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A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
AWELL SITUATED FARM of one hun?
dred and ten acres, about sixty cleared,
situated one roils from Sumter C. H., S. C.
A beautiful grove of live oaks around the
dwelling, with well and fine spring of water.
Terms accommodating. A pp iv to
July 15_ A. WHITE. Agent.
FOR SALE.
rpHAT DESIRABLE SIX-ROOM HOUSE,
JL with all the necessary out-buildings,
situated on Church Street, opposite the resi?
dence of Col. J. H. Earle, where I now reside.
Fine shade trees, fruit trees, and as good
water as can be found.
AH large rooms; house newly painted, and
lot contains about three acres of land.
Centrally located to Schools, Churches and
business.
Terms reasonable. A rare chance for pur?
chasers. Possession given at any time.
D. J. WINN.
Joly 29._
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OtR STANDARD BEARERS.
FOR PRESIDENT :
GROVER CLEVELAND,
of New York.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
THGS. A. HENDRICKS,
of Indiana.
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STATE TICKET.
For Governor :
HUGH S. THOMPSON.
For Lieutenant-Governor :
JOHN C. SHEPHERD.
For Secretary of State :
J. N. LIPSCOMB.
For Treasurer :
J. P. RICHARDSON.
For Adjt. and Iosp. Geoeral i
A. M. M ANIO AULT.
For Comptroller-General :
W. E. STONEY.
For Attorney-General :
C. R- MILES.
For Superintendent of Education :
ASBURY COWARD.
For Congress, Seventh District :
COL. WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
For Solicitor Third Circuit:
T. M. GILLAND.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Representatives :
RICHARD D. LEE. J. REID MULDROW
F. M. BECKHAM, E M. COOPER.
For Sheriff:
JJ A RION SANDERS.
For Clerk of Court :
W. H. CCTTINO.
For Judge cf Probate :
T. V. WALSH.
For School Com missioner :
E. C. ROGERS
For Coroner :
D. J ACLD.
For County Couuuissioners :
F. M. MELLETT. S. L. SHAW,
R. E. MCLDROW.
APPOINTMENTS. .
The Democratic Mass Meetings
Throughout; the State.
The following is a list of the appoint?
ments 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
in the State will be addressed by either
Senator Hampton or Senator Butler,
several of the candidates on the State
ticket, the candidate for Congress in
the several districts, the candidates for
Presidential electors, the candidates
for Solicitor and other eminent mem?
bers of the party :
Conway, Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Georgetown C. H., Thursday. Octo?
ber. 23.
Kingstree, Friday, Oct. 24.
Sumter CH, Monday Oct. 27.
Manning, Tuesday, Oct, 28.
Charleston, Weduesday, Oet. 29
Mount Pleasant, Berkeley County,
Thursday. Oct. 30.
Columbia, Friday, Oct. 31.
North Carolina State Fair.
A State that Rivals California
Chunks of Pure Gold- Valuable
Neio Gems that sell for Prices
equal to the Diamond.
Mr. Editor: As I am in the city of
Raleigh, North Carolina, where the
State Exposition is in progress and will j
continue until the 27lh of the present J
month, I hope you will allow me to ?
give your readers a faint idea of the
immense exhibit Really, I am so
greatly surprised and carried away io
amazement that I am at a loss to know
where to begin. The fir>t thing that
strikes me most forcibly is that any oue
St?te possesses so many varied resources
and in such inexhaustible quantities. Be?
ing far removed from this State our
ideas of her have always been very
closely associated with those of 'tar,
pitch and turpentine but not >o now :
?This exhibit tears away thc glass,
j 'brough which we had seen her but
I dimly, and we behold an empire, vast,
i rich and virgin.
Energy and enterprise have penetra?
ted the deep recesses of the earth and
brought up rich and sparkling gems and
ores which form one of the most glitter?
ing constellations that adorns the dia- 1
dem of any State in the union,
j On tables and shelves arranged for j
the purpose are large nuggets of pure
or almost pure gold, crystals, silver,
copper, iron, mica, coal of several va?
rieties, itacolumite or flexible sand
stones, amethysts, sapphires, &c. La?,t
bat not least, we see here beautiful
specimens of that valuable gem known
as the Hiddenite. This mineral is
said to be more valuable than the dia?
mond and is found only in this State.
The display shows that North Carolina
produces every manner of fruit and
grain that can be grown in any State
i and as ?ne in quality as that gathered
from any soil.
The display of machinery, art, and
handiwork, show that the people of
North Carolina are not wanting in ge?
nius or mental ability.
A most wonderful curiosity was
pointed out to me in the Albermale ex?
hibit, being the trunk of a mammoth
cypress tree inside of which can be
quartered one company of the State
Guard, thirty-three in number. Time
and searches may yet compel California
and the Yellowstone Park to hand over
thc banner for large trees to North
Carolina.
The people seemed to have awaken?
ed from their lethargy and appear to
have all the energy of giants refreshed
with new wine. They have just dis?
covered that they are surrounded by
untold millions of undeveloped wealth,
and they will soon command a position
as a State commensurable with their
resources, wealth, and ability. It cer?
tainly eclipses any State exhibit that I
have ever seen and my surprise at all this
array of wealth could not have been
greater had I suddenly and unexpect?
edly awakened from a night's repose in
same foreign country.
I shall never regret having visited
the old North State and seeing this
magnificent display.
35 PROSPECTOR.
BETSY HAMILTON.
Betsy Tells how Her Brother Had
His Cotton Picked Without much
Expense.
Buddy had overcrapt his-self with
cotton, it allers takes more hands to
pick it out than it does to plant it,
and atter pap had that ar bone fellun
on his right thumb and couldn't pick
cottou nor do nothin' else, buddy, he
tried binn* of hands to hep git it out,
and them he hired by the day and
found 'em, didn't more'n yearn ther
dinner, and them he hired at fifty cents
a hundred he cotch 'em puttin' rocks io
the cotton, but he needn't speck nothin'
else from them low down Simmonses
and Potter boys. And so he got mad
aud lowed ef he couldn't pick it his self
it could go on picked. But its been so
dry the cotton's opened monstrous fast,
and it was-a bungin' in big white leeks
from one eend of the row to tot ber, and
it looked like a pity not to git it out
fore the raiu sot in to spile it. Peared
like Fd ruther pick it aster eat sugar,
so I and Flurridy turned iu and hope
him, and Old Miss Green 'lowed:
'Haiot you gals afeard some body
will pass long the road aud see you
with them bags tied around you a pickin
cottou V 'What if they do,' says Flur?
ridy Tennysy, 'haint it our own land
and our own cotton? Aud aster the
bags to be sho they aint pretty, but its
the easiest way to pick it.* 'But they
mought laugh at you,'says she. 'Well,
what if they do? Laughiu' is healthy,'
says she, 'they tell me, thats the way
to grow fat.' 'That gal's a plum
sight,' says Aunt Nancy, as Flurridy
grabbed up the cotton basket and clum
the fence into the five acre field. Bud?
dy 'lowci we'uos bad worked so hard
here of late that he was a gittin' plum
sick for a frolic, we hadn't saw no fuu
sense the apple peeliu', and he lowed to
gin a cotton pickin', ax in a gang of
boys to pick tel dinner then atter dinner
they could dauce and play kissin' games
and go home longer the gals by moon?
light. So w*e riz by the peep of day
aud red up the house and swept the
yard, and wheeled into gittiu' diuner.
lt takes a power of vitdes for workin'
hands Buddy he kilt a pig, and you
think Cousin Pink would eat a mouth?
ful of it, kase she had slopt it and it
was a pet ; but time they all got done
eatiu' thar wasn't a foot nor a year of it
left. It bad ingons and red pepper
and sage on it, and was baked louger
sweet taters. Pap cut off one of the
ribs for old man Simpson, aud he
greased his mouth from year to year,
and lowed it wa? 'goodenough to make
a poor man swalier bis tongue.'
Buddy never had no trouble in gittiu'
up his crowd. They come soon and let
in ou the five acre field, and cleaned it
up like a passel of army worms. The
settiu' room was plum full of gals.
Caledony was the life of the crowd, and
Cousio Pink wasn't far behind her.
They had jist tried they-selves to see
how many riddles they could tell, and
Caledony had told all .our fortunes with
cards, and we'uos had all had a power
of fun, all 'cept two or three gals that
never has no fun th'out a boy is about.
I looked outen the wiuder and seed
little Sammy Gooden a comiu' across
the truck patch hard as he could stave,
bolierin', "Snake! snake! snake I'
Maw she grabbed the cam-fire and
Auut Nancy the wizzard ile-that
'oman will die by wizzard ile-and they
come a ruunin' out'n breath. Maw
with her hands full of dough, and
Aunt Nancy with a ingon and case
knife iu one band and the wizzard ile
in t'other, shore somebody was snake
bit. Ji>t then Sam he clum the yard
fence and Sung a dead snake up iu a
apple tree.
'Now hang thar,* says be, 'tel it
rains. Oh, it's a gwine to rain sho and
sar ti?, kase I huDg npasnake. 'Snake
baked a hoe-cake and sot the frog to
mind it,'"' he sung so-loud he couldn't
hear a word we'uns said. He had
fotch the jug to take the boys some
water, and when he seed me in the door
he sung on tu the same tune, 'Miss
Betsy, here's a note, a note, note,
notey,' then stopt singio' aud handed
me the note a little dirty piece of paper
that read ;
'Miss Betsy nary loc er coteu is not
a gwine to be pick in the eric botom
feel sep you yung ladys cums to hep.
I ch use you, and 'Bill say he ch use
Miss Pink frum your fren Jackson
Gates.'
'Mis* Betsy,' says Sammy, 'them
boys says they be dog gone ef they
picks arr? nuther bole er cotton ef you
gals don't come and hep 'em. They've
.done swrp the five acre, and fixin' to
go into the crick bottom. They air a
chnostn' up sides like it was a spellin'
match.'
.What do you say, gals,' says 1 \
'shall we go V
'All in favor rise,' and they all riz.
So we pitched out and went
Jackson Gates is about fourteen year
old, but he thinks he ?3 older'n bis
daddy. Cap Dewberry and Iky Rob?
erson axed me time I got Lhar to pick
with them, but Jack Gates was a head
of 'cm, so bin? and me tuck a row
together, and fothers all got ther pard*
ners and sot into pickin' and picked tel
thc horn blowed for dinner.
'We a?r a gwine over tho creek atter
some mu-dy-dimes atter dinuer,' says
Jack. 'Will you incept cr me to tote
your basket.'
I had a lcetle grain ruttier Went
longer some of t'other boys, but I
thought it mought be funny to torment
"em in pertickler Cap, so says I : 'Yes,
you can tote my basket, Jack, if
you'll be a good little boy.'
I seed he looked disappintrd like he'd
luther 1 wouldn't call htm a boy.
Buddy he tuck the wagin and hauled
up thc cotton and weighed it, and our
side got beat.
'Courtin' and work is two things that
can't, go on together,' says pap. 'Some
of 'em on that side must er done more
conrtin' than work.'
In course he never thought, about I
and Jack, but Jack he tuck it. all to
his-self and was turribly plagued ; his
face and years got red, and the laugh
was turned on bim. WTe played fisbin'
for love and Jack tuck mc ever lime;
and we played thimble and ho allers
give u:c thimble. The old folks was a
iookin' on, and I over beam Squire
Roberson say to pap : 'Oh, yes ; he's a
bigger mau now than he will ever bc
again. See how he watches her, and see
how jealous he is of t'other fellers. He
thinks he's in love, and notbin' bu
time is a gwine to k'ore him. Nothln j
but time can make that man a boj ?
again.'
Then when we got ready to go atter i
muscadines every boy that axed me to .
j go with him got mad when I told 'em j
I was gwine longer Jack. 'Why Jack's j
nothin' but a little boy,' they'd say. j
Cap Dewberry went up to him and j
lowed : 'Look a here, Jacky boy, j
honey, you go longer the chillun and |
let me have Miss Betsy.'
He got mad quick as lightnin', kasc !
he tuck a notion that may be I wanted
to go with Can instead cf him, and j
lowed : 'I was the foss man that axed j
her, but cf Miss Betsy air the gal to j
chuse to go longer one man when t'other
man axed her fuss, why I haint the
mon to say a word agin it.'
1 had my baske'. on my arm and was
ready to go, so says I : 'I choose to go
longer you, Jack. You are the very
man I'm a gwine with-the very man,'
says I, and we led the way to the
creek.
On the way he said to me, 'Miss
Betsy. I know you thinks I'm a curis
man, but ef them boys don't let me
alone about you I low to commit suicide
on some of 'em, ef I'm hung fur it.'
BETSY HAMILTON.
The Negro and the Politician.
The other night, Captain Maviltou j 1
hearing a noise, stole out to the hen- |
house and found old Jasper Payne, a 11
well-known politician, creating great
excitement among the chickens. The j
moon was shining brightly and the j 1
Captain, at once recognized the iu- j
truder.
.What are you doing there, you j
thieving scoundrel?'
The old fellow dropped on his '
knees, clasped his hands, and paying {
no attention to the Captian, began to (
pray. < p !
.Ob, Lawd !' said he. *doan think j
it strange dat yer sarvant sought sich
er place ez dis ter pray in, fur, Lawd,
when de sire far prayer comes on yer j J
sarvant he baster hunt de neardest .
place an' drap down in santificatiou !
an' lub an' thankfulness, an' oh, j(
Lawd-' j1
'Come out !' ;1
'Speakiu' ter me, sah V unclasping j4
his bands and looking up.
'Yes, I am speaking to you. What j J
are you doing in there ?'
.Who, me?' j'
'Yes. confound you, and I am ai
great mind to shoot off the top of your j
head.' j j
.Oh, Lawd, take kere o' yer chile, j
fer I sees dat dar is still in dis wicked j(
lan' a mighty 'sire ter prossycute de j?
Christian.' j{
'Come out of there.'
Yas, sah,' obeying. 4In 'cose I j *
aint got no right ter tresspass on yer !
premises, ebeu dough I'se 'gaged in de j
good work.'
.I believe I'll take you down and j j
turn you over to the police. Don't j
run. I'll shoot you like I would a j(
snake.'
.Ain't gwine ter run, sah. Gwine j
ter staad right hear 'case de Lawd is ; '
wid nie.' j (
'What did you go ia here for?!'
Say!' ~ j?
'Ter pray, sah.'
'Why didu't you pray out ou the '
street ?' j 1
'Peered o' being 'rested for a fanny-1
tick, sah.'
.Why didn't you wait until you got j j
j home. ;,
'Who me?'
'Yes, you, d-you.'
.Doan cuss me ef yer please, sah. ji
What eher you doss doau' cuss me. | '
Man cussed me once an' 1 aint felt j 1
right sense.' 1
'Never mind all that. What made ?
you go in that hen-house ?' 1
'Dis heah heu-house V (
*D- your ugly skin !' The Cap- 1
taiu seized old Jasper by thc collar and !1
jerked him.
'Look out, look out! What ober M
yer does doun jerk me. Man jerked J 1
me onct an' I aiut felt right sense, j '
Turn me loose an' I'll 'splain myse'f.' j
The Captain released his hold and i '
old Jasper continued: 'I wus coorin'! J
long from er ward meeting,' an' 'bout' j
'de time I got heah, I felt de need o ! '
pni'r. I wuz 'sputin' wid myse'f ! '
whuder ur not Fd vote de dimocrat 1
? ticket. Without 'flection an' how" it 1
I woul' seem ter er uninterested party, ,
I ciim'ober heall an' woot inter dat j ?
house. I had gunter git some little !;
advice an' consolation when yerse'f j1
corned up and broke de spell. Ef I ],
uu'erstood de whisper o' dc Lawd, Ile j *
tole me (er vote de dimocrat ticket, j
an' ter speshuly vote fur Cap'u Mavil- i
ton, what am er runnin' fur de legisla- i1
tur'. I bad jes' cr bout 'eluded ter go j1
j down 'mong de niggers au' hol' meet- j J
j in's in dc Captain's faber, but yesse'f j '
i had ter come up. I see yer aiut no i
j frien' ter dat pusson.' ! <
I *i am the Captain, myself.' ! I
'Whut, is dat er faek 1 Shake.'
The Captain allowed old Jasper to j *
take his hand, 'i'se glad ter meet j
yer out hear, eben dough dc sarkum
stances is a little peculiar. Wu.sh I 1
had time ter talk wid yer 'bout de
campaign, but I'.se got er monstrous 11
Mgbt o' wilek 1er do. Great passel o'
niggers wan ti u' fur me ter 'vise wid
'em how fer vote.'
.Jasper. I hope that you w*?ll tell i
them to vote for me. It is time that
wc were having good men in office.
If elected, I shall feel that ? am net :
the representative a party, but of a j 1
people. I didn't understand your j
motive for going into my hen-house, i
bot now that we understand each other, j
I wiiy it's all right.' ! 1
Glad ter heah yer talk dat way, ;
boss, au' I belches yer'll make er I
! mighty fine representer. Say, l'se j 1
gwine ter bab a few o' de nigger leaders i (
at my house fur dinner ter mor', j 1
Lemme take er couple or so of dese
chickens iong wid mc ?'
'Help yourself.' J
j 'Thankee, sah.'
The old fellow took down three large 1
I chickens, l?e bade the Captain a cour- j
j tcous good night, and muttered to him- ':
1 self as he gained the street: Now, j]
. doan yer see how much better it am j ?
j ter bab chickens gin ter yer den it is ! I
ter steal 'em ? Kr yer wants er ru
ter be honest*, why jes' gio him
chance. ?luh. when er white m
wonts office, he's dun los' all his sens
-Arkansaic Traveller.
Write it on the liquor store,
Write it on the prison door,
Write it on the ein shop fine,
Write-aye, write this truthful line :
"Where there's driuk, there's danger."
Write ii on the work house gate,
Write it on the school hoy's slate,
Write it in the copy book,
That the young may on it look :
"Where there's drink, there's danger."
Write it on the church jard mound,
Where the drink slain dead are found ;
Write it on the gallows high,
Write it for all passers by .
"Where there's drink, there's danger."
Write it underneath your feet,
Up and down the busj" Street j
Write it for the great and small,
In the mansion, cot and hall :
"Where iheie's drink, there's danger."
Write ii on the ships which gail,
Borne along hy storm and gale;
Write it in large letters plain,
O'er our land and past thc main :
"Where there's drink, there's danger."
NEW ORLE ACTS.
We copy from the Exposition Bull
in the fellowing editorial, for the i:
brmatiou of those of our readers wi
liay wish to go:
Altogether the pleasantest way
ive in New Orleans is in furnishe
rooms, taking your meals when au
??here you please. Of course, in
jyeat mauy instances, this is not prai
icable. One comes with a family. <
:here are invalids in the par-'y, or ollie
?vise objections exist. But the averu^
ourist can live better, more comforts
;>lyand more economically in furnishe
?ooms than in any hotel. This is
business especially well-understood i
NTevr Orleaus. The k?cpiog of furn?sl
jd rooms has always been a prwfessio
)? it.self, aud long years practice ba
riven us something very near perfectiot
There arc places on liam pa rt, Dryade?
Customhouse and Bourbon, and othe
streets lying immediately contiguou
o Canal, where ono can get as absc
utcly enjoyable a bedroom as is to b
bund in the world. There are n
jostly frescoes, no blinding evolution c
nirrors. Tuc rooms are pre'iily eve
ichly papered, tastily carpeted an
tbundautiy furnished ; but such bed'
such sheets, such cleanliness, such ?be
.al views as to water, soap, towels, etc.
such divine coffee in thc morning, sud
juiet though effective service ! I:
hese houses there is no noise, no shuf
ling to and fro, none of that hubbu'
md confusion which is the curse o
lotel life. New Orleans furnishe
?nuugh gaiety and light upon th
streets, in her theatres and restaurants
ibout her face courses aud her water
side resorts. The theory is that th
deeping apartments should be the per
fectiun of luxurious quiet.
Thesi rooms during the gay seasot
>f winter range from ?5 to $1 pe
lay. They are better equipped am
oetter attended than rooms in New Yorl
>r Washington at similar, prices an?
:hey are accompanied by the verj
widest freedom as to movement on thi
part of tho lodger and by a larger cboici
jf restaurants and eating-houses that
jan be had in any city on the coutinen
outside of New York. At these latte
places enc can live very much as h<
pleases. He can find breakfast at al
aiost any price, ranging from the twen
ty-five cents tabla d'hote on lloyal o;
Uustomhoust* street to the elegant rcs
tau rant of Pizzini on Canal street
lhere are a number of excellent place:
in New Orleaus kept as first-class res
durants and well-knowu, beside a seor?
jf smaller places, chop, lunch ant
?ofTee-houscs. Thc market here is ad
aiirablc. Our game and fish cannot b(
excelled iu the world, our oysters an
iainous; v/e have beef, mutton and al
the ordinary articles of food in bewil
idl ing variety ; our vegetables anc
rruits are superior. And best cf all,
ive have good cooks.
Let the hint go forth io those whe
ire coming to New Orleans unembar?
rassed as to their arrangements thal
hoy can, by thc exercise of a little ef
brt, locate themselves most channing
y and get fed fa a style worthy of epi
iures, by simply bearing in mind thc
lints we have given thom. They can
ive as cheaply' os they desire ?fi thal
;vay, and if they are prepared to pay what
iverage accommodations at the Ho fi?
lian costs, they can dwell in something
revy much ike luxury. They could
:ay of that luxury rn thinking of it
Lfterwards, 'Si non e vero, e beri tro
:ato.
Shs Was '^fraid^He'd Stop.
A young woman from the coon try
vas suing her ex-sweefheart for breach
if promise, and the lawyers were, as
jsual, making all Gorts of inquisitive
nterrcgatorics.
'You say,' remarked ono, 'that the
lefendant frequently sat very close ty
r-ouV
'Yes, sir,' was the reply with a beo
ic flush.
'How close ?'
'Close enough, so's one cheer was uti
lie sittin' room we needed.'
'And you say he put bis arm around
foa V
.No, I diduV
What did you say, ihon Y
.I said he put both arms around me.'
'Then what V
'Ile bugged me.'
Very hard ?'
'Yes, he did. So hard that I came
3urty near millerin' right ont.'
'VVhy didn't you boiler?'
' 'Cause.'
.That's no reason. Bo explicit,
please. Because whnt V
4 'Cause I was afeered he'd stop.'
The Court ft;ll off the bench and had
o be carried out and put. under the hy
Irant for the purpose of resuscitation.
Chico go Tribune.
- <a- - ? ? - sw?
Robert Bonner paid ?227.000 for
light trotters; Joe Elliott, Edwin
Forrest, Edward Everett, Startle,
Pocahontas. Dexter, Hat us and Maud S.
A Boston girl fell in love with a
gray-haired old man, and some of her
acquaintances were mean euough to say
that ?hc has got tho autiquc craze.
What Our Editors Say,
The Black Distriet?
Columbia Register.
If we go io to coDtest the Black Dis?
trict we should go io to win it. There
is no telliog what a big heart and a
brave work may be doDe in the direst
pinch. When old Patrick Henry stood
up in the Virginia Convention and an?
nounced ic the burning words cf patriot?
ism : The battle is not alone to thc
strong, but to the active, the vigilant
and the brave,' he rang out the key?
note of thc situation of this very Black
District. Why should the district be
black ? Is it not plain to every man's
good sense, be he colored cr otherwise,
that an intelligent, presentable citizen
like William Elliott could achieve more
in Congress for all the peculiar inter
? ests of thc district than could Smalls ?
The fact is too plain for deuial Now,
then, if Smalls' black face entitles
him to the support of the colored 1
voters, what becomes of the distinction j
of race forbidden by the Constitution j
and denounced by colored people them?
selves ? If these colored people them?
selves draw the color line, can they
I complain if the race line is drawn, and
sharply drawn, on them ? If they choose
Smalls over Elliott it can only be ou
the. color linc.
We insist, then, that the contest shall i
be shoved home to its last results, and j
if we do not win the District, we should
not have to reproach ourselves with
haviug left a single stone unturned to
do it. We should refuse to make the
fight as a forlorn chance.
Again, we should not forgot that we
need every possible Democratic vote in
the District fur the Presidential Elec?
tors, and that an active Congressional
canvass will bring many a Democratic
vote to thc polls that otherwise would
have sta! i away. The people of tho
District, white and colored, know Col.
Elliott thoroughly. They know that he
will make them an earnest, highly efiS
cicnt Representative. They kuow that
there is and can be no sort of compari?
son between Smalls and himself, and
they should be called on as meu and
Carolinians, without distinction of
race, color or previous condition of par?
ty servitude, to do their duty as men
to the grand old District and send for?
ward a representative of their own j
choice who will do them service and !
honor at the same time.
Keowee Courier.
The scarcity of money is the general
complaint. The people are gathering
and putting ia market the Tittie cotton
made, but the proceeds are passing into
the hands of the merchants and tax
gatherer, so that by December the peo?
ple will find themselves without corn,
meat or flour and no mouey to lay out
for these necessary articles. If we
had au abuudmt crop of food, times
would look less gloomy, but the 3ll-cct
ton system of farming keeps cur people
living from hand to mouth, year after
year. What is worse, is, that the
short crop of cotton will leave our peo?
ple so far behind with their store bills
that merchants cannot or will not be
able I) advance a- liberally as in past
years. Two scant crops, such as we
have had in 1SS3 and 1S84. will try
men's so*Ms. for wc have never ex?
perienced as hard tiuies as the future
promises.
It is said blessings often come iu dis?
guise and it may be our very destitu?
tion will prove our sahatiou in the
future. Men will be forced to reflect,
and this may lead to such speculation
as to the cause of our present disasters ;
as to work out a remedy. Money is j
scarce and no one cuu wonder at it j
Our crops arc spout or pawned to the
merchant before they are gathered.
Thc merehaut has also spent them for I
goods and provisions before they are
put in market. The money passes from
the fanner to the heme merchant
and from bim to the Northern
merchant. From every farm in !
little rivulets flow into our towns the
products of our soil, and gathering
bulk the whole yield of the year ru hes
in large streams into the great ocean of
Northern wealth lhere are articles,
as sugar, coffee, salt and other groceries !
we must buy abroad ; but must we nut i
admit that thc bulk cf our crops goes !
for corn, wheat and meat, with articles {
of dress not required, all of which j
could be made at home. Our section j
is a stock aud grain growing climate, j
To this it is adapted in all respects j
To grow cotton we must make a climate !
by tillage and fertilization, and yet our ?
people i- alizing this continue "to climb !
the hill of adversity which coustantly j
grows steeper and more rugged and
bas BO end ; this, too, while observa?
tion and experience are yearly markers, ;
with thc inscription 'this is the road j
to poverty and to ruin.' They want to i
borrow money abroad to clinch their j
chains, paying ruinous rates of interest, j
the principal to bc swallowed in tho j
same injudicious fanning. They think j
if only they had capital all would bc ;
well, and so it would if by industry j
economy and judicious farming they j
created this capital. One thing is ccr- j
tain so long as we continue cot tori fa reti?
ing, so long will we remain poor.
Will not our people as one man set
their heads to make their own provi- j
binns? If this be tried Cvc years wc j
will Sod prosperity returning. Surely j
wc cannot be worsted for the price of i
cotton is below the cori of production j
herc and bids fair to go lower.
A Hardship to the People.
Aileen Journal and Kevine.
It is generally understood thnt the j
law requiring thc County Treasurers to i
make au annual tour of thc County in 1
thc Fall, to collect thc tases in each j
precinct, was to ??ave thc mass of the j
taxpayers from the iu convenience of
coming to inc Court Mouse. A* the i
matter now stands, it is an absolute !
farce. No one knows bettor than the j
average legislator that on thc 1st. of
September there is no ready mouey in ?
the country, and that this being thc \
case, the tax-payers are obliged finally
to rile or walk to their County Scats
to settle their dues. The reason given
for this stupid requirement is that the
Legislature meets on tue llb Monday
in November and the reports have v bc
been made up in time for their infor?
mation. The law .should be changed*.
The tax books should not be opeued
until-the 1st of October and remain
j open until November 30'h.
I At the coming cession of the Legis
I lature, a law should bc passed changing
i the time for the collection of taxes, and
: the Legislature should also submit to
j the people at? amendmeut fo be voted
j on iu 1*86 changing the time of their
i meeting to the first Tuesday in Jan
I nary, in the meantime they can meet
[ ia November, adjourn and bc called
j together agaiu by the Governor, to
meet in January, and so o;i until the
aasend mc-nt can bc a icpted. By this
mean? ample time will elapse betwoeu
the collection of the taxes and the meet?
ing of thc Legislature.
Electoral and Congressional Tick?
ets-Their Importance and
.t .e Work Required.
Aiken Journal awl Rwieu-.
We would cai! the serious attention
of every Democratic voter iu Aiken
count}' to the vital necessity of seeing
ro it that thc electoral ticket and the .
Congressman from this District, is elect?
ed It, is truly of the gravest impor?
tance that South Carolina's Electoral
vote be solidly cist fur Cleveland a:;<I
Hendricks, aud that v?e have a Demo- j
eratic Congressmau tc represent us in
Congress. L--t us be warned iu time.
The State ticket put up by the Radicals
is only a s h a ai and a blind to distract :
our at te nt iou from the main issu?.
They well kuow that they have not the
ghost of a chance of electing it. Their ;
only aim is to elect Radical Congressmen j
and i^ivc the vote of the State to Biaiue ;
and Logan, if they can du that, the
lew white Radical rapscallions left in j
tho State would be enabled to hold their i
fat ?rdiees. Every electoral vote ia need- j
ed to elect Ctevtlatid aud Hendricks, :
and the National Democratic party ?
counts confidently on nine electoral '.
votes from our State. Therefore every ;
Democrat in South Carolina is expected j
to devote the entire day of election to :
the Congressional aud electoral box. It j
w'r: take hard work and plenty of it to '
carry our tickets successfully through,
and we mutt carry them without doubt
We say candidly it will taite thc hard
work of 1S7G to do it. You will do it j
we know, and remember, this is a
Presidential election year aud simple
voting won't do, we must stay at the
polls from the openiug to its close: and
work as we never worked before. The
prospects of Cleveland and Hendricks'
election are magnificent, and South
Carolina would cut'a sorry figure ia the
du ion should ber vote bc actually ueed- i
ed to ma'c'e up the number necessary to j
elect them, aud they went for the !
Radieal ticket. The day of election is :
drawing near, let us be i?p and doing. ;
Let us bury the Republican corpse so '
deep on Nov. 4th, that a trial justice '
search warrant will be unable to ?nd it. :
The "Workingmen.
Wilmington Star.
One reason why we have a strong
hope cf the defeat of Blaine is the .
deranged, depressed, ruiued condition j
of trade and manufactures. In 1880, j
the'busiuess of the country had about \
recovered from the long panic aud ?
paralysis that began in the spring of j
3873, and ex'ended to IS70 or later.
The Republican Protectionists made
their usual appeals and misrepresenta- j
tiuns to the laboring classes and inade
them believe that their prosperity was
identified with a continuance of the ;
War TarilT. Rut the outlook is chang- j
ed now. The manufacturers are shut-:
ting down their furuaces aud closing ?
up their mills aud hundreds of thou- ;
rands of working people are receiving .
baif wages or are turned out to shirt j
for themselves. It is now seen that i
Protection does not protect It is j
now apparent that bounty-fed mills j
cannot flourish permanently with a high
Chinese Wall around the country shitt- ',
tiny in American products cf thc loom ;
and the work shops. ;
It is not a good time for "Blaine and j
Logan and the other gay deceivers !
to go among laboring men with empty ;
pockets and empty stomachs, and their j
children crying for bread, and dark and j
gloomy days before them, and tell ?
them of thc splendid prosperity of our
glorious country, and how blessed and
fruitful of good to them is a iligu
Tariff-how it brings so many comforts ;
to the laborers of the land-how it fills :
the heart with gladness and the pockets
with gold, and makes life one joyous
song. It is indeed a very bsd time
to tell the poor starving workingmen :
that a il iii Ii Tariff has built more fine j
mansions for tin; rich and piled up '
greater fortunes for a special class ;
than has been known iu all history j
since the times in Rome when the oi
ficials of thc Empire returned loaded j
with the spoils nf Provinces and cities.
Au empty, famishing stomach is not
apt. to be responsive to pictures of]
wealth a:ol luxury aud thrift on thc
part of the few. Tire starving gamin
as he peers through the French plate
glass in the display windows arid sccs j
thc piled >.:p delicacies for those with j
money will no; be apt to appreciate a
zrorgecu* description <>f the 5ne tirr.es ;
the children of tho rich have in their
Insurious homes.
"1 say'" said a railroad brakeman j
running into a depot restaurant, "the ;
forward trucks of my car have slipped
oil" the rails. Have you <_ot a piece of
ir..?u anywhere about that we could use
for a lover?'! "1 don't believe I hare."
replied the proprietor. "What's this?*'
asked the" brakeman trying to lift
something from thc counter. "That's j
sponge oak.'.*1 "Well, 1 guess it will
do if it isn't too brittle. I will bring it ;
ba-?k in a minute."
An old feilow living in a "back
county" of Arkansaw found a lot of
eggs, and thinking they were the pro?
duct of the turtle, boiled and atc them.
About tho thue he was finishing his re?
past, a friend caine up and said:
"Great Loni. Jim, do you know what
you're cat?n'?" "Yes; eatin' turtle
eirgs." "No, they a int. They are
snake eggs." "Weli," swallowing tho j
last one, "it's too late to quit. Next
time Til be more particular."
"Mvdcar," said a Mormon wife to j
her husband, "1 should think that you 1
would bc ashamed of yourself, flirting
with that Miss B. as you did in church
to-day." "Flirting with her?" he re
plied'in astonishment, "why we have
been engaged for mor.? than three
months, it's all ever town." "Oh, I
hi-* your pardon." said his wife in?
differently. "If you are engaged to .
her, 1 suppose it is all right. "When
does the nappy event occur?"-i>Atte
delpkia Call. k
RYERSOX'S TAME BEAR,
A Painful Resiilt of r-orgetfulness on
the Part of the Landlord.
* 'A good many folks think, when they
see Shorty Everson for the fus' time,
that some time or other he must ha*
ben a lavin" in tho saw mill whar toe
log had ortcr ben. with the mill a-goin*
fuil split; but that ain't ir," said Sol,
landlord of the lavern at Sol's Ridge.
Shorty Rycrsoii had just gone out.
There was nothing remarkable about
his appearance except that lie was loss
than five foot high, and that every
square inch of one side of ??s face was
a scar.
.?No, that wa'nt it," said old SoL
"Ye see, goiu' on ter live year ago I
liad a tame b'ar, an' kep' him chained
to that pole out thar in the road. Him
an' Shorty was p'licklar good friends,
an' when Shorty wa'n't ?oin' nothin',
which were giner'ily from daylight one
mornin' tili daylight nex' mornin',
countin' Sundays, he war out thar fool
in' with that "Var. They'd cuddie
down together and ?.-o lo sleep, Shorty"
au' the b'ar would, jes' as narrai 'zif
tiiey were both b*r& an' it got so that
when Shorty happened to be away fur
ten minutes the o ar'd get so oneasy
that ye could hear him '.oller like a
baby ail 'round the Ridge. Shorty
larne the b'ar heap o' .- m?rt tricks,
an' business was s* pended hali th?
time, an' the folks ail out a-watchin*
him puttin' the i/ar through whait ?ie
know'd.
..The tiling that tickled 'em most
was the boxi'u" matches i->'iorty an* th?
b'ar'd give. Shorty had Tarnt that
b'ar so he'd stan' up aa' spar with bini.
ez nat'ral ez life, an' I swan if 'twa'at
a sight good fur a iife-thnc to see 'em
stan' thar an1 bat away at one another
ez if they was a aghtia" far money au'
the stakes was up. 'Notker thing that
usety to take the town down was tho
way that b'ar'd waik into the tavern
with S.iorty whenever any one invited
him to take sunipin', and stan' thar
'longside o' him un' take his glass o'
rum ez good ez the best on 'em. That,
b'ar were a Iiarve.it fur Shorty, far
everybody that'd come along'd haf to
call far Shorty an' Solomon-Shorty,
named the b'ar Solomon 'cause he
knowed so ter'ole much-they'd all
cali Shorty an' Solomon in to nev
sampln.-1 Ccns'kence was that both.
Shorty an' the b'ar had thor wathless.
skins ful! pooty much all the time.
'They got to be the hardest drinkers oa
tlic Ridge, an' I usety say that the fast
thing they'd beth git the jams.
"Wail, by-an'-by Shorty and the b'ai
got to be a nuisance. I get tired o*
seein' 'em p'iormin' out thar in the
road, an' s nek in' rum, au' the hull
town spendin' its time a watchin' 'em,
an' I threatened lime an' agin to shoot,
the durn b'ar an' slop life hull business.
But I haled to do it, an' kep' a pattin'.,
up with, it, aa' takin' it out in cussin'..
Shorty aliuz commenced business with
the b'ar long about daylight, an' the fust
thing on the programme were aliuz a
sparriu' match. One nico mornin' in
June Shorty come slu?iu' down ez us-,
uai to begin the day's work. Thc b'ar
were cuddled up 'round the pole
Shorty gite him a whack on the side
an' hollers out: "Come Solomon! Git
up an' put up yer ?ippers.'
The b'ar got up an' put up his flip-;
pers. Ye see waar that panel o' board
fence is, up thai* by the hen house?
Wall, Shorty were picked up right thar.
They took him .hum aa' sewed bis face
up ez good ez- they could, an' the b'ar
were gone when Shorty came back to
the tavern six weeks arterw'dw Ho
never asked no questions 'eept to say.
'So' must ha' hud the janis, didn't he*?*.
"Ye see, the nigh: ::r'or? the b'ar put
up his flippers to Shorty, ez I told ye,
an' arter ev'ry body had gone hum th'
were a peddler como long to step ail
night. He ii ad a darn ugly b'ar with
him that he'd traded fur, and the idee
struck mc to swap Solomon iur that
b'ar an' to Loot, an' I did. The
new b'ar were chained to the pole, an'
by daylight nex' morning Solomon were,
on his v,-ay East. Aa' ye sec, I furgot
to sen' word to Shorty 'bout the dicker.'
-m ? -o?
Tho Dead Dake.
The duke was ion?! of literary socie?
ty, and liked lo get eminent authors
around him, and to talk with them
about books and writers. It was his
custom to ask at a party to be made
known to any mau of letters who might,
be present. He weah; sometimes seek
special introduction to au author whose
book ho had read with pleasure. Wei
believe, for example, that ou rending
Mr. James Pnyn's story, "A Perfect
Treasure," he asked to bo introduced*
to the writer, and cficrward found
much occasional amusement in his
company. He had a '.-;;rv keen appre?
ciation of humor and ????rghcd heartily,
at a good story. ?&? secretary and
doctor could record issany comments :
of much point and skevierg scrioas
thought. Iiis iii hea-r?h. was aa occa?
sional ganse of melancholy observation.
On one occasion aa eminent literary
mau and a member of the house of
lords were ta*khrg with him, when the
conversation turned un what gave the?
bes* chance of happy Kfe. The literary
mau said that persons in a middle po
fiition who were without ambitions they
could sot satisfy were in the happiest.
state. The conversation weat os, and
ene cf the speakers said to the duke
that his own position must be a happy
one. "Yo;; forge;," he said, "I 'am
worst oft" of all ' I want the chief thing.
It is health-healtk-iie'aith.'' His po?
litical views were sirougiy conserva?
tive, bat he w::s reserved 5n his ex?
pression of them,- a?d in no way re
sentcd tho utterance of thc most oppo?
site opinion. He was extremely fond
of music, and was, we believe, himself
a performer oa various instruments.
He ha i, too,- a passion for whist aad
was a fa ir: v good player-London Da>
ty Aocft_" ? ^_
An inquirer asked*. "How can I tell
classical ninnie?'" Thai is easy enough.
When you hem' anybo iv applaud and"
look relieved a.'ter the piece is finished,
then yon can know that it is strictly
class ion 1.
When a young lady encourages a fel?
low for two or three years and then
suddenly cures around and tells him she
never can be more than a sister to him,
he can for the lirst time sec freckles on
her nose.
It doesn't at all elevate thc spirits or
increase thc general happiness of the
rural Ethiopian who beats carpets fora
living to learn that the people in his
neighborhood are about to discard
carpets and take to stained iioors.
lt's a pretty difficult thing iVr a high
school giri tovhmk of something to say*
when she goes to write a composition,
but as soon af she ?rets out ot school
and while on the waj nomo she can
sav a whole newspaper full without
thinking.
"Yes. John is a little wild, and I'm
somewhat afraid of him; but he's gota v
good run o: trade, and wc can't dis
cliarge him very-well. Tell you what
lot's do. Take him into tbe lirra, aad
I guess lie"ii be glad to get cut ia less
than six months.
Up to date the Sault St. Marie cana?.
and iniorcvementshavecost $3.000.000