Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^jO***1 ^^?^^ft^BC**- ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ? . : ,_5_;_,___:_ _________ . . ? - ... - ? . :-;---jy THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." TELE TUCK SO?THROX, Established *nne, 186?. j?opsoliclated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1884. N?UoJd mr? Tuesday, t?> :?- - , 7 1 -TUB fFerfc?oian and Southron Publishing SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS: Two Dollars per anuum -in advance. ADV K RT i SKMKNTS . ^Jl^P^^aar-.-first insertion.?1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three mon 'As, or longer will be made at reduced rates. <.:AU com tu u nicatio n s which suhserve private interests will be charged for as ad vertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. * . f Eotr job* work or contracts for advertising -~ ^'aWress WalcJtman and Southron, or apply at the Office, to N. G. OSTERN, Business Manager. Wm Y Absolutely Pure. lU" *33?is powder never varies. A marvel of pority, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can N not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, shorfweigkt, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only tn cans. ROYAL liAK ?... ING POWDER CO., 106 Wai 1-st., N. Y. THE SUMTER PARK -AND WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL FAIR fs/i -ON THE ^?I8th, 19tb, 20th and 21st ?OVEillBEK, 1SS4. / ) CHAS. 13. .MOISE, " Aug 5 SECT'Y k TREAS. REGISTERCO. 1109 ? NEW TREATMENT -For Consnndion, Asthma. Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh. Headache, Debili? ty, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders. A CARD. We, the undersigned, having received great and permanent benefit from the use of ''COM? POUND OXYGEN," prepared and adminis? tered by Das. STAKKEY k PAKS, of Philadel? phia and being satisfied that it is a new dis? covery in medical science, and all that is claimed for it, consider ii a duty which wc owe.to the many thousands who ?re suffering from chronic and so-called "incurable*' dis? eases todo all that vre eau to mr:i:e its virt:??*s known aud to iuspire the public with confi? dence. We have personal-kn o wird ge of Drs. Star key & Paien. They are educated, intelligent, and conscientiotts physicians, who will out, we are sure, make any statement, which they do not know or believe to fce trae, nor pub? lish any testimonials or reports of cases which are not genuine. WM. D. KELLY, Member of Congres* from Philadelphia. T. S. AUTHUR, Editor and Publisher "Arthur's Borne. ' Magazine, ' ' Ph ilad.lph ia. V. L.CONRAD Editor of l:Lutheran Observer" Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, PA., J CSE I, ISS2. Tn order to meet a natural inquiry in re? gard tooor professional and personal stand " iog, and to give increased confidence in our statements and in the genuine?* of our testi montais and reports of cases, we print thc above card from gentlemen wrll an t widdy known and of the highest personal character. 2%!~70ur ''Treatiseon Compound Oxygtn," con staining a history of the discovery of and mode of action of this remarkable curative 8? ?gent, and a large record of surprising cures Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi \ tis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of Chron? ic ? c diseases, will be sent free. Address Drs. STARKEY k PALEN. I j HOS k 1 ll I Girard Street, Phifndelpnia.. Pa. I A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE 5 JT WELL SITUATED FARM of one hun $ ^\"dred and ten acres, About sixty ele?red, 6 situated one mile from Sumter C. H., S. C. 3 A beautiful grove of live oaks around thc g dwelling, with well and fine spring of water. Terms accommodating. Apply to *? My 15 A. WHITE, Agent. ? FOR SALE. rpHAT DESIRABLE SIX-ROOM HOUSE, J /with all thc necessary out-buiidings, Situated on Church Street, opposite thc JPS? denceof Col. J. H. Earle, where 1 now reside. Fine shade trees, fruit trees, and as good water as can be found. ???j All lar jje rooms ; house newly painted, and lot cootatflVabout three acres bf land. '?? "CeuUaHr located to Schools, Churches and bsf?csf. ; Afirma reasonable. ? rare chance for pur? chasers. Possession given at any time. D. J. WINN. Joly 23._ BLANKS ; LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks m Variety, FOR SAL-E AT THIS OFFICE. WANTED-A LITTLE GIRL. Where hare they gone to-the little glrte, With natur?! manners and natural carls? Who love their dollies and like their toys, And talk of something besides the boys? Little old women in plenty I find, Mature in manners and old of mind ; Little old flirts who talk of their "beans" And vie with each other io stylish cloths. Little old belles, who, at nine and ten, Are sick of pleasure and tired of men, Weary of travel, of balls, of fun And find no new thing under thc sun. Once, in the beautiful long ago, Some dear little children I used to know ; Girls who were merry os lambs at play, And laughed and rollicked the livelong day. They thought not at all of the "style of their clothes, They never imagined that boys were "beaux" "Other giris' brothers" and "mates were thej^l Splendid^felldws to help them play. Where haye they gone to ? If yon see One of thtjre, anywhere, send her to me, I would give a^ggdal of purest gold To one of those d?rffiittlc girls of old, With aariqboceat heart and open smile, Who k noirs not the mention'of 'flirt" or "stile." ELLA WHEELER. OPR STMMRD BEARERS. FOR PRESIDENT : GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT ! THOS. A. HENDRICKS, of Indiana. -o STATE TICKET. For Governor : IIucu S. THOMPSON. For Lieutenant-Governor : JOUN C. SHEPHERD. For Secretary of State : J. N. LIPSCOMB. For Treasurer : J. P. RICHARDSON. For Adjt. and Insp. General : A. M. MASIG AULT. For Comptroller-General : W. E. STONEY. For Attorney-General: C. R. MILES. R>r Superintendent of Education : ASBURY COWARD. For Solicitor Third Circuit: T. M. GILLAND. COUNTY TICKET. For Representatives ; Lt icm RD D. LEE, J. REID MULDROW, F. M. BECKHAM, E. M. COOPER. For Sheriff: MARION 8ANDERS. For Clerk of Court : W. H. CLTTINO. For Judge cf Probate : T. V. WALSH. For School Coo*missioner : E. C. ROGERS For Coroner : D. J AULD. For County Commissioners : * M. MELLETT, S. L. Su AW, R. E. MCLDROW. APPOINTMENTS. Tho Democratic Mass Meetings Throughout the State. Thc following is a list of the appoint nents that have been made by the State Democratic Committee and the dates on which thc several mass meetings in the State will be held. Each mass meeting u the State will be addressed by either Scuator Hampton or Senator Butler, icveral of thc candidates on the State icket, the candidate for Congress ii; he several districts, the candidates for presidential electors, the candidates or Solicitor and other eminent mem? bers of thc party : Abbeville C. H., Tuesday, Oct. 7. Camden, Tuesday, Oct. 7. Lexington C. H., Thursday. Oct. 9 Sedgefield C H., Thursday, Oct. 9. Aiken, Friday, Oct, 10. Barnwell C. II , Saturday, Oct. ll. Oraogeburg C H.,Saturday, Oct. ll. Chesterfield CH., Tuesday. Oct. 14 Waltcboro, Tuesday, Oct. 14 Hampton C II , Thursday, Oct. 16. Bcnncttsville, Thursday, Oct. IG. Darlington CH., Friday, Oct. 17. Marion C H., Saturday, Oct. 18. Beauforte. H., Saturday, Oct. 18. Conway, Tuesday, Oct. 21. Georgetown C. H., Thursday, Ooto >er. 23. Kingstrce, Friday, Oct. 24. Sumter C. H., Saturday, Oct. 25. Manning, Tuesday, Oct, 28. Charleston, Weducsday, Oct. 29. Mount Pleasant, Berkeley County, Thursday, Oct. 30. Columbia, Friday, Oct. 31. The Business Situation. The corn crop is now safe from frost, md thc estimated yield is 1S(K) million >ushels, or about 250 million more tliau ast year. It is the largest crop of corn n the history of the country. This j neans an immeuse supply of beef j :nd pork for home use and for export, i Together with the wheat crop it means ?heap food for the people of this country. The surplus of both wheat and corn yill bc so large that thc chief problem n the Northwest relates cow to a raar? iet for it. Food products arc however il ways saleable at some price, and great ;rops are very apt in some way to bring o the people contentment, if not pros? perity. A crop of over 500 million )ushels of wheat and another of 1800 niliion bushels of corn ?rc bound to tell n the trade of thc fall aud winter. Thc London agent of the agricultural lepartment say Europe will need 180 nillion bushels of wheat from foreign iourccs ; and if tho farmers of the North? west are wisc, they will not higgle over thc price in filling the order. We have ust about that amount to spare. Thc other great export crop, cotton, s coming on fairly well. The agricul -ural department lo<?ks for a crop of >,250,000 bales, as against 5,714,052 ast .year. This estimate is based on reports received on thc first of the lion tb. Whatever the crop Day prove o bo, there will be a market, for all of t at fair juices; for the consumption of ho world is fully keeping pace with >roductioo. The rest, ot the world is growing less cotton, aud the increased supply is drawn from ibis country. Statistics show that the production manufactured cotton goods is doubl? every twenty years. The population the world is not increasing at that rat but the world's people are consumit each year more cotton goods per capit and the result is, there is very litt danger of growing more cotton tha the world wants at some price. Gres Britain alone takes nearly 4,000,UC bales, or one-half more than she di two years ago. There is nothing in the situation t discourage our people. They will I able to buy meats and flour and corn : unprecedently low rates, and there i no reason to believe their cotton will g a-bciririn?. Now that confidence i supposed to be restored and the pani handed over to history, there is no rea son why money should be tight Say the New York Herald of last Sunday "Up to thc present time the denian from the interior for currency has bee exceedingly small, and can hardly b said to have affected the holdings of th city banks. It may be looking some what ahead, but we believe that a giu of capital seeking investment will be ; marked feature during the cominj year." Money should not be allowe< to lie idle in New York when the Son tl ! needs it, and a new movement may se in with the fall trade that will brighter faces that have beeu too elongated fo comfort these many months. At an] rate the fall and winter trade promisei well, and when the cotton has beet I turned into money, that money will o course go into circulation. The idle currency of New York will then fill thc pockets of Southern fanners and businesj men.-Atlanta Constitution. The News and Courier's Nerc Press, News and Courier, September 29. Ten years ago it would have been considered an irr.possibility to print newspapers from one form of type upon both sides at the same operation and give a speed of even from 6,000 to 8,000 papers per hour, but the press now erected in thia--office prints, folds, pastes, counts and delivers the papers at a speed of 12,000 complete copies per hour from one form of type only. In order that our readers may understand thc operation of this extraordinary piece of me? chanism we will endeavor tc describe it as clearly as possible. A necessary preliminary to the operation of the new press is the pro? cess of WETTING THE PAPER. The paper for the press is received from the paper mill in rolls wound on hollow spools or cores. The rolls are about thirty six inches in diame? ter, and contain about , five miles of paper. To wet thc paper a spindle is run through the core, and the roll is lifted into bearings at one end'of the wetting machine ; a friction strap is passed around a pulley on one end o? the spindle and attached to a lever, which is used to regulate the strain on the paper as the roll is unwound. Another core is then placed on a second spindle, and this is placed in bearings which are connected to and slide on inclined brackets at the op? posite end of the machine. The end of the paper is passed down tinder a. roller, along a short distance under the water trough to a second roller, and thence hp and over a driving cyl? inder, and is pasted to the iron core just mentioned, which rests on the driving cylinder, and is driven by friction with it. As the paper passes up to the driving cylinder it comes in contact with the wetting cylinder, which revolves in an iron trough, that is automatically filled wit?i water. Thc cylinder as it revolves carries just enough water, on its surface, to dampen the paper to the right degree. ? Its surface is cut with a broad spiral groove, running from the centre to the right and left. Thc advantage of this is that while it wets sufficient of the paper for all practical purposes, it leaves enough dry space to pre? serve thc strength of the paper, and prevent its tearing as it is drawn through the machine. As some.paper requires more moisture than other qualities, thc wetting cylinder is driven with a belt and pulleys, so that the supply of water may bc reg? ulated at will. When the machine is sta'i'd, the empty core which rests ! on thc driving cylinder begins to ! revolve with it, draws the paper off from the dry roll, and winds it upon itself. When the paper is entirely unwound and rewound in a damn roll j it is taken from the machine and is ready for the press. This machine works at almost railroad speed. The driving cylinder makes 200 revolu? tions per minute, and wets a mile of paper i ti four minnies, or, at the rate of fifteen miles per hour. HOW THE PRESS WORKS. Thc type, which is set up in the usual way in the composing room, is placi d on eight curved type-beds, technically called "turtles," similar in construction to those used in the four, six and eight-cylinder type-re? volving machines. When these beds which contain the eight pages of the Neics and Courier, reach the press? room they are- hoisted in the clutch j of "grippers," and by means of I wheel?" rolling along an iron bar are ? swung over the press to a point just I above their place in the machine, i They are then lowered to their posi? tion and securely placed upon a large j central type-cylinder. As thc forms occupy only about one-half the cir? cumference of this cylinder, thc space between them is used as an ink-dis? tributing surface, and receives the ink from ari inking apparatus in thc usual manner. t Thc type-cylinder is surrouudu^hy and connect? with four impression cylinders, alongside of each of which j is placed a set of form inking rollers, , which, as tho type cylinder revolves, j receives ink hom the inking surface, j and in turn ink thc forms. Tho paper is taken from ro!!?;. ; which are about three feet in diame? ter ami contain about live miles <<? ; paper, Ol' about 9>000 sheets ol the j Netcs (hi'd Courter each. Tho roll or web ol paper having been previ j oil sly dampened, as already describ-; cd, passes between ib-j type-cylinder ' and the first two impression-cyli ders, aud receives two cons?cutif impresions from the outside and ii side forms alternately, and in th order its first side is printing. The endless sheet of paper nei runs downward and through a simpl but ingenious device called a "turi er,"* consisting of two oblique etatioi ary bars and a roller, which operat to turn the paper upside down. Th paper then runs upward at thc oppc site side of the press, and passe between thc type-cylinder and th next two impression cylinders, au has its second side printed from thee same forms, in precisely thc sam manner and order as was the firs side, but it was so turned when prc sented to these last impression cylin ders that the outside pages will bi printed on their opposite sides fron tiic inside forms, and the inside page; will in like manner be printed fron the outside forms. Thus the web o paper, as it issues from the printing cylinders, will be composed alternate ty of two consecutive sheets bavin* the outside pages uppermost am their heads pointing in the opposiU direction. The web of paper now passes or to the cutting cylinders, at the uppei part of the machine, which at ead revolution cuts off a sheet. These sheets enter a series of tapes, and art couducted to a collecting cylinder which carries the first sheet around with it, and at its next revolution receives a second sheet upon the first one. This pair of sheets are, by means of a device termed a switch, dircetiug off from the collecting cy] iudcr into a set of tapes, which con? ducts them to one of a set of folders, where the "chopping knives*' press them from cylinder to switch and gives each paper three folds, the papers flying right and left, and being carried accurately to their places ot deposit by the nicely adjusted ma? chinery. About 80 feet of paper is in the press and folder all the time the papers are in process of printing, turning, cutting, pasting and folding. But the wonderful powers of the press have been but half told. By substituting a roll of paper 50 per cent wider than the roll above de? scribed, and by placing twelve "turtles'* upon the type-cylinder instead of eight, a twelve-page paper may be printed as easily and as rapidly as to-day's eight-page issue. The twelve-page form will be adopted for The Weekiy News and Courier,, and may aiso, on extraordinary occa? sions, be used for the daily edition. Whether the paper be eight pages ar twelve, the machine will print on both sides, cul, fold, paste, count and ieliver at a speed of 12,000 to 15,000 complete copies per hour. ITS ADVANTAGES. The great advantages of this press will be appreciated by our readers at i glance, as it does away with a agr??t amount of labor required in feeding separate papers to the press, md passing them by hand through separate folding machines. Besides Lhe foreman of the room only one ittendant is required for the new press, whose duty it is to walch the roll of paper, and a boy to remove the papers as delivered. Heretofore it was necessary to go to press with jue side vt our paper in advance, md later or. the last side was printed, tfow the forms can ali be made up it one time, and the matter classified is desired. The machine eau also t>e stopped at any lime to insert type ! willi the latest news. There is no waste of paper, which would be I caused by printing one side in ad- ! trance, and no delay in delivery. In act the machine seems to be what .he advance in newspaper business n this fast and expanding agc dc nanded. It throws off 1:2,000 to 15,000 quarto papers per hour, all icatly printed, cut into separate sheets, pasted, and folded in compact iud convenient shape, for circulation ii bulk or bundle so that thc reader will not have cut open the leaves or puges of tho paper ; thc number printed is registered as fast as the printing proceeds ; and all is done it that rapid rate by an invention which unites a printing press and 'older in one compact machine. This feature of The News and Courier press, like some others, is an improve nent upon the other styles of web perfecting presses in use in the offices )f the large New York journals, rbis latest and highest achievement in the perfection of rapid printing nackinery is entirely in the line of the world's greatest modem advances ;n other fields of discovery. A TRIUMPH OF HUMAN' GENIUS. Nothing short of seeing is compre icnding this machine, which has a whole civilization in itself. The News and Courier would be glad to have each of its readers to look :>ver this great work of inventive genius, and clearly understand how it works and what il can do. Think of it taking in one end of a roll of deli? cate paper five miles long and whirl? ing it through a curious system of wheels and knives and tapes and switches that twitch it buck and forth so rapidly that the eye is unable to distinguish the individual papers till they are printed and cut, and you have some idea of this work. Ben Franklin's press, now preserved in the interior department, would print 12(1 papers on one side in one hour. Hoe's press will print 12,000 to 15,000 on both sides in one hour. This gives some idea of what can be done. To reel off in one hour twelve miles of paper-reel it off almost as fast as a train of cars runs-ami not tear or crumple it, is no mean achieve? ment. To run the papers out five for every lick of the watch and take them out of tho way without fuiiling them against each other seems to be indeed a miracle ol'meehan ism. -MK- ? ? v - ^m** Warner WilS"? deliberately gol drunk when about '!... ac \ ern j Alum , because he bad ??bscrYcd ? throughout his religious experience thai ; intoxication always aroused him te cs- I peeini torver. His acquaintances say that he wa.> sincere in this, af ho was i deeply impressed willi thu ooleaiuity of thc occasion. j What Our Editors Say. Blaine as he Is. Florence Times. Since Blaine made his bow before the people of the United States as a candi? date for the highest office at their dis? posal, his character has become so blackened by the expose of his many acts of fraud and venality, that solid men are deserting his standard every day. Blame is positively thc most corrupt politician in America, and bis election, conceediug thc remote possi? bility of such a national calamity, would be an ioeraseablc stigma in our history. The climax of the will of the Republican party was reached when Blaine was nominated, and that party now see their error, but it is too lats, and it will undoubtedly prove so fatal that Republicanism will be hurled to destruction in November. Blaine bas violated every trust that has been im? posed in bim. His greatest ambition seems to have been to grow rich at the expense of the public coilers. Venality and corruption, are his chief character? istics ; and that such a man should ask for the suffrages of the American peo? ple, is indeed the highest kind of effrontery. See the Simplicity of it. Abbeville Medium. All politicians say that the farmers support the government by paying more taxes than persons in other occu? pations. Tn fact, this is the generally accepted opiuion and there is no reasou why it should not be so. Thc farmers arc the most prosperous and iuderen* dent people in our country, liven half-work will put them beyond want and bring reasonable comfort for their fam? ilies. If any judgment it all is exer? cised, tn their business, not only a competency but wealth can be secured ia a few years. There arc many exam? ples in our owQ midst that prove this ussertion. Now, 'see the simplicity of it.* Any ordinary farmer can raise his own corn, wheat, vegetables, bay, hogs, cows and everything properly belong? ing to a farm. He can raise all these to Kell besides making his living. There is no necessity fur him to go to thc store and buy necessaries. He has all this in his own hand and is the only truly independent man in the country. He must, however, cultivate a diver? sity of crops and not confine himself to cotton alone. Ile can sow his wheat and other ?rain in the Fall and take his case ail Winter. No work is needed for these ;rops. They will grow themselves, [u the Spring, his corn is put in the ground and after a few ploughings his :rop is made. There is money or com? fort in everything he undertakes. A nan who raises everything for himself tnd family need have no fear of want )r inconvenience. Farming is the best occupation and inc surest means of livelihood and com? fort. Let the farmers diversify their ;rops and *soe the simplicity of it.' Some Sound Advice. Chester JJulletin. .The farmers will never bc prosper? ous in this country as they fail to make heir provisions. They caunot prosper :o raise cotton at 9 cents a pound and yjy their hog and hominy. Frosper >us farmers will bear testimony to this assertion, it is an indisputable raet. lt frequently happens that they realize less thau 9 cents for their cotton 5nch will be the case this year unless :hc cotton can bc held until next Spring. But how many farmers cnn hold their cotton that long ; Very few. The hog and hominy which should have jecn raised at home must come out of :he cotton. If once there is a great rush to sell. The Yankee sharks and Wall Street speculators are aware of all ;hesc facts. They know thc farmers ire obliged to sell their cotton. What follows ? Thc capitalists want cotton jheap and they begin to .bear1 the narkct down, ' dowu uutil really the narkct seems to have no bottom, and ibout thc time they thiuk the poor armers have disposed of their last cot :on, the northern capitalists are pretty well loaded up with cotton at low prices, md at once begin to 'bull' the market ;o unload at higher prices. This is the ^ame played year after year at the 'armer's expense and the truth of the natter is, thc farmers arc principally to dame for it ; because if they made .heir necessaries at home they would bc ? d?pendent of the tricks and devices of Yankee sharks. Wc think cotton is going lower, and ?ve advise all farmers, who aro unable ;o hold their cotton till next Spring to rick it rapidly by day and gin it hur? riedly by night until they have dis? posed of it, and sow one-half of your plantation in red oats as soon as possi? ble. We must keep time with the march )f events, and abreast with the world. This is a ulititarian age. The times ?on't suit the laggard or tho old fogy. Wc must abandon the old ruts of our forefathers, .and fogy is m must give tvay before the rapid march of new deas or stagnate in the sluggish pool am mg obsolete fossile of past Greenville Xe ces. There will be a peculiar pleasure for many people in voting against Blaine this year, lt will not bc enough for thc people of this State to make sure that her electoral vote will bc cast for Cleveland. Wo should pile up such a majority that thc figures will be an emphatic declaration to Blaine that thc mass of our people detest and despise bini and thc principles and par? ty he appropriately represents. South? ern men when they go to the ballot box should ram their votes hi deep with the feeling that they arc stabbing ouc of tim men who labored to keep thc white and black corpet-bag and native tbioves , in power over as, who forgot all tho ! lies of blood and race ia 'lu i; IVaiitic . ??ori.? to put il;:. k man's fo>t un | tii<_: white man's .".ck. who ?iiii.il Scott whew in* ?.ur white .non women and j children unarmed at the mercy ot" a i black and armed ':10b known as Stale J militia, who backed and defended-Frank j Moses when bc rubbed ub b> the whole- | sale cud ..eut his L.ulotc to Uauut their | silks in tbe faces of deccDt men's wives on the streets of Columbia. James G. Blaine is one of the leaders of the in? famous gang of professional liars who systematically slandered the south and her people for political effect and stir red the northern heart against us while we were poor and weak and needy that they might retain power. ? He kicked us while we were down, and ! j now that we have thc opportunity to j strike back, let us do it well, directly ! and manfully. Thc southern man who votes for i Blaine, votes for a man who endorsed j and aided Scott, Moses and Chamber- i laine, and approved the bringing of ! the bayonets that threatened the throats j of free-born white men at thc polls and ? borred the way of the representatives of j the people of South Carolina who sought j admission to South Carolina's hails of legislation. Thc democratic party is the party j that stood by the south and southern ? white men in times of evil report, when i friends were few and foes were many and strong. Inch by inch, the demo? crats of the north fought our battles ? against overwhelming odds, and in thc j face of almost impregnable fortrescs of corruption and prejudice. When we were in the lowest and darkest depths they defended us and aided us ; and j it required nerve and courage and self- j sacrifice iu those days to speak well of ? the hated aud prostrate south and stand I for her honor. Without the po- j tent aid of the democratic press I and speakers and statesmen on the j other side, of the Mason and Dixon line we would never have attained political emancipation and would be to-day un? der the heel of the radical negro and ' his infamous carpet bsg allies. Let us never forget these things : let us remember them especially now. With revenge to move us again>t Blaine and with the gratitude that influences the very brutes appealing to us for those who were our friends when we needed friends sorely, let us to the very last man turu out in November and stick our votes for Cleveland and Hendricks and against James G. Blaine to the very bottom of the boxes ! The Nature of cur Danger. News and Courier. Thc Republicans in South Carolina ! are quarrelling like pickpockets. There I is war to the knife betweeu thc 'omni-j vorous white officeholder' and the ubi? quitous colored voter. The Custom- ! house is antagonized by the Postofficc. Between the eternal revenue ring aud all other Federal favorities there is open eumity. The local differences aggravate the general confusion. Yet the Republicans can poll their full elec? toral vote, and intend to do it. The wrangling aud the combats are j not for show. They are genuine as far as they go. But they go a very short way. Behind and above the voters and the officeholders are Blaine managers j who in the name of the Republican par- | ty in thc moment of imminent danger, j will dr maud that their followers and j *he mfollowers of their followers in this State, shall come together for twenty- j four hours ?t least and carry thc State for the Republican candidates. Why not ? The Republicans struggle j desperately for success iu West Vir- j ginia and in Florida. They are at j work iu North Carolina. They have j an eye on Louisiana. South Carolina, j to appearances is easier to conquer than i the oilier States named. There is a j large colored majority in South Caroii- j na, and the Democracy it will bc tis-1 sumed, aro likely to be apathetic be cause they feel that their candidates j for State and County olHccs arc safe. ? The South Carolina elecfiou law, mark j you ! act? as a bribe to timid voters. They can make .--ure of tito State Gov- j crament, without going nigh thc place j where Presidential Electors and Con? gressmen arc to be voted for I The Republicans hare every induce? ment to compel a coalition of tito Re- I publicans and Independen ls, and make | a dead set at South Carolina, lt is in I the programme. From the first, ir has j been promised thr.r, Blaine would break | thc Democratic linc in the South, Thc j Democracy must arouse themselves. They must recall the sufferings and the | triumphs of other campaigns, and re- j solve to work unremittingly and syste- j niaticaily for thc next month or South i Carolina will be in serious dauger in Nov cu: ber. Conducton tho Scaffold. Thc behavior of the Princess Monaco, j one of thc many victims of the French revolution, on tho morning of the exe- j cution, will long bo remembered for her eccentricity and heroism. About half au hour before thc fatal summons came, after having in vain endeavored to procure a pair of scissors, she broke one of the panes from the window that was in her room, ami with a fragment of tho glass sawed off her hair, which she delivered to a confidential friend, to be kept for her children ; she then took a pot of rouge, ami with thc x:t most deliberation applied some of it to each of her cheeks, assigning ns a rea? son for this extraordinary eon.1 net that j if she happened to have a moment of ; weakness the populace, at least, should i not have the satisfaction o? perceiving j it. Tho celebrated Mad. Roland's eon- j duct, under tho same circumstance, I evinces perhaps a still stranger in- j stance of greatness of mind in a fe? male. She was carried to the place of j execution in company with one man only, who seemed by no means recon- ? oiled to his fate; but, on the contrary, j showed symptoms of thc most violent terror; when they arrived at the scaf- j ?old. Mad. Rebind begged that ho would ascend thc first, as she was well j convinced that he had not sufficient j courage to witness her execution. "Bc- I sides, sir," added she, "you certainly j have too much good breeding to ref uso the last request of a lady." Social Hi val ry. ..Mamma," said a New York girl, ..do you know that at tho Fitzsiniuions ! dinner party yesterday peaches were . served in unlimited quantities?'1 ..Yes, 1 heard about it." .?.They ar< a hateful set. They knew that wo tire to give dinner ;>"..;7 next wees and thev gave theirs just to spite : us." "Wh} st??'1 asked the mother. "Why st??1' the dauuliler repeated. "Because they must have heard that , we arc to serve peaches, and they wanted to bo the li rsl t*? do so. ] only I hope th cv won't ??u do wu um iii price." ; -FkiladctyVa Cali. ' ! BILL ABP. He Takes a Trip to Home and Chattooga Valley. I Business called me away up among ! the highlands of Chattooga; and I stop ! ped over night at Rome and heard tiie boys speak for a prize in the opera Louse. There was a nice audi? ence gathered and half a dozen manly youths displayed their eloquence, and they all did well and I felt proud of them for they have a laudable ambi? tion, and the people ought to encour? age ai! such commendable exercises. There v/ap not one indifferent speaker though I was obliged to think that one ] spoke a little too much with his legs, and another with his arms and anoth- ? or spoke long and another did not! speak distinct enough and another I put on most too much theatrical ag? ony, but a few years and some practice j wili cure these defects and I can't ! help saying for the benefit and com- ! fort of the buys who got no medals thai \ there wen? several of us who would have given a different verdict from thc one that was giv<m. Then there was the exquisite melody of the solo mu? sic from the ladies that was worth a day's journey to hear, and if any bet? ter was ever rendered I never heard it and 1 dont want to, for 1 was eleva? ted about as high as my limite I musi? cal nature could bear. Those deli? cious ?v>es of "Bonnie Bessie" that floated so softly- in the air and those Swiss echoes that died away so sweet? ly among tho distant mountains are haunting me still and sometimes when I think of death it seems as if il would have no terrors, could I pass ? away with such melody near hy. Then there was that curious, humorous fan? tastic recitation, "How Ruby Played," that could not have been dune better, and kept the house convulsed with laughter, and then came the cornet playing, by a stripling of a boy, that was in delightful contrast to all that had gone before and left us all calm and serene. Thc finale was thc pre? sentation of the medals, which the young professor did in happy style and happier speech, and wc left tue hall feeling no regrets, for we hal encouraged a good occasion and got far more than the worth of our mon? ey. Long may the library live to give to the people of Rome such innocent and pleasant recreations. The next day found us on our jour? ney, and as we neared Taylor's ridge wc heard the rumbling of distant thun? der and saw the dark clouds gathering in our front, and so we pressed the horse to the top, aud from that high point the scene was grand, gloomy and peculiar. The beautiful valley of Chattooga was before us down in the lap of nature, down in the wide cra? dle that was flanked by Taylor's ridge on one side and Lookout moun? tain on the other. Dark and angry clouds hovered over thc scene. The ; lightning flashed, the thunder pealed and made the mountain tremble. The surging wind bent low the tree tops and moaned among thc pines. It was a scene never io be forgotten, for we sa iv nature in her awful grandeur and felt our own humility. Turning a trembling gaze towards a high per? pendicular "? cliff that skirted the moun? tain brow I saw or thought I saw ( for ray vision is growing old and dim) 1 three huge serpents upon thc face of the rocks-three serpents in a row j: with heads erect and colored white and red, and for a moment I was 1er- j roi' stricken, for I thought maybe it. j was a sign from the wrath of heaven, J a warning, a supernatural vision, and j so hurrying on my glasses, i looked 1 again and was relieved, for I saw ? that it. was only SSS that was paint? ed there. Not far oil was another sign upon another rock and it was "Lucy Hinton." Alas, poor Lucy. I ? wonder how many enamored lovers she has made crazy, for everywhere I go I see where some feller has paint? ed her name upon a rock or a wall or a wayside fence. Lucy Hinton ? What did she do and where did she live, and is she alive or is she dead ? Methinks 1 sec that frantic youth climbing up Taylor's ridge not bear? ing a flag nor shouting excelsior, but with a sweet and patient sadness ex? claiming, "Come haste, Orlando, carve on every tree, The fair, the ehaste, thc unexpected she." "Tell me, my friend," said 1 tn my ! companion, "tell me if you know, j why did this lovesick youth paint Lucy Hinton's name upon lhesv-' lonely rocks ?" solemnly he chewed i his cud and spat upon thc ground as he replied "to back her." Well, I reckon lhere must bc some j charm in three letters all alike and in j a row, for a colored friend of mine came the other day and says he, I "boss, if you is gwine to town i wish j you would take dis herc dollar and ' get me some medicine, my ole 'oman ? is right puny and dont have no appc lite to eat nothin' and ? want you te ! get her some chronic medicine, some? thing with three letters on it all in a row. Three S's or three B's or three X's or some tother letters all alike. ! 1 think it will help lier." Well, I for- ! got it and brought him back his dol? lar and his wife got weil. Chattooga valley, winch includes Broom town and other divisions is about twenty miles long and will average ten milos wide, and there is not a lovlier or more productive region in thc south. Good people live there. Plain people, hospitable ar.dkind and j of simple habits am! limited ambition, j Hemmed in by the mountains, they j have not yet been demoralized bv the I follies and fashions that modem civ? ilization brings. They have their in | nocent pleasures And pastimes, their j schools and churches, their fireside j gatherings and carnes, their "love and cornish! 1 and happy marriage, j but they do not have their shows and ' eirenssos nor !*;d!s u sr operas. ?J ! gas-lit saloons, noi billiard tables, uer ; ar neal pilgrimages to tee springs in ; search of pleasure, rho giris need no [ pawi lo maki* Ll icm rosy, no hundred dollar silks to make thara lovely , no ; 'ten dollar parasols to keep lucm lair, no morning drives to keep thom if? good health, no i wvhghi dresses or j ?vuucc?i i li in:; led down, ci uamsto U ' trod on, or California diamonds to bedazzle fools. They are girls, they are just human, and when a farmer, boy marries one of them he gets a' wife. Their boys need no baseball to give them strength. Baseball? well, I used io have respect for the old low.? bali we used to play, and foe awhile in those later years I had re-, spect for baseball, for ? thought maybe it was au i m pro \ ement upon the game/ but since they have got to sendiogoif alter professionals who do nothing but play for money, I have lost ail inter, est in tho sport. Baseball is a fine sport but a poor business. Business is one thing and play is another, and when boys put play ahead and make it a business instead of a recreation, I am obliged to think they had bettet stop. The thing is about run in the ground now ali over the state, aud the first thing the boys know they, will lost- their situations, or lose their, ambition to excel in study or to pur? sue some useful occupation. I may. be wrong in my old fashioned, peen? Har views- but i wish I had two nines in my fodder-field for about two dsyc ou a wager as to who would pull the most fodder, and I would like ta have Henry Grady to sit on the fence with an umbrella over him, and hear biro holler, '.hurrah for the Atlantas.", I visited Trion factory, the model enterprise that Mr. Allgood conceived., mid established some thirty-five years ago, and which l.;?s grown to be one of the largest aud, perhaps the most prosperous in the south. A man ot great force af character and will power and determination and plan and foresight, ho was able to enlist; oilier capital with his own and for al! these yours it has been a success, enriching those who were interested,, and giving employment to hundreds of poor and dependent people. When he died his associates showed their respect for his labors and his memory by erecting a monument to him. It is; built of Italian marble and cost $5,00fl and stands in the factory yard, a silent, but ever speaking monitor to those who come after him saying, "be earnest; be diligent, be bold and fear not." His son seems to have inherited thc father's virtues, and though a young" man, mai)ages these large interests profitably and well. For years it has cost an average of $7,500 annually td. carry their products over the" mountain to Home, and added to this is the outlay for forty mules and wag-, ons and harness. This sum is six per cent, interest upon $125,000 and Mr: Allgood and his associates have re? cently determined to get rid of the heavy load and to build a railroad from Trion, either to Rome or tc* Chattanooga, and are now negotiating with the citizens of both place? to see who will give Trion the most aid and encouragement. That the railroad will be speedily built, either to one city or tho other is now a certainty ? and it is more than probable it will be built to botii. Trion means business and holds the key to thc situation. What a great big house it is where the Ail<roo(is live. What a mansion. O None of your towers or turrets or French roofs or labarynthene plans where a stranger eau get lost and open the wrong door to get in or get out, but a spacious brick house with twelve spacious rooms twenty feet square and a spacious closet and bath toom attached to each. I never saw. such a house. The main entrance hall is twenty feet wide, and the piazza is twelve feet and extends all around ihe house. Besides thc two stories there is a basement aboveground and an attic next tlc roof, and ? just thought that if Mrs. A rp and I had have had that house and all that room to raise our children in, what a glo? rious time we would have had. Why, we could have raise i two dozen there just as easy as we did one in our lim? ited donvicil. But I dont waut to try ii again. 1 dont, house or no house. We wore treated with generous hospitality. The very house, with its broad, open, double doors and the huge red rocking chairs sitting iu the spacious piazza, spoke a welcome and we were soon made to feel at home with kindly greetings Our kind hostess is blessed with u bright and cheerful face, and the manners of an old time muiron. It is a happy family of widowed mother and loving children, an! whoever may envy; them, ? don't, for they deserve alt the blessings that they enjoy. They have a telephone to Rome, and every' little while thc heil went tiug-a-ling and Mrs AHgood would talk to her daughter twenty-rive miles away, and Mr. Allgood would talk to Doctor Holmes, '.hallo, Dec," and Doc would* answer "hello," and then they would converse on either business or pleas? ure or domestic affairs. Addison sairl that thc sight was the most useful and thc most important and tire most pleas? urable of all our senses, but 1 am ii* dined to think that when our dear relatives live far awav wc wouldf tallier hear them talk to ns tbam lo see them dumb. Thc Sharon-li ill divorce case whick has been dragging its slow length along for six months in the courts of SaB* Francisco is nearly ?nished. Reputa? ble Californians will hardly regret thc termination of this 'school for scandal.' Thc evidence lins been of the most con? tradictory character, only agreeing upon ene point, and that is thc thoroughly depraved social customs of thc Pacific Coast, and the Judge wi!F have the need of all of Solomon's wis? dom to evolve truth from thc huge mass of perjured lies that go to make up the testimony in this case of monumental" tharne. 'Is it a strong congregation?' asked a man respecting a body of worshippers. 'Yes/ was thc reply. 'How many Uictabers are ti;i re V 'Seventy-six.* .Seven ty-sis ' Aro they so very wcakhv .' 'No, they ure poor.' 4j*ow/ then, uo you a-ij i: i.- s strosg church Y .Because,' said thc gentleman, 'they ure earnest, devoted, at peace, loving e:;eh other, :;?<! striving '-pether to do the Master's vrorfc. Such a ecngrega tion is >tr?O??, whether composed ot* a dozen or five hundred members.' And b?? snoki the truth - ??u?-uoi d AiivO'