The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 02, 1886, Image 1

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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. Consolidated Aug- 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's TBE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 186tf? SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1886. New Series-Tel. TI. No. 14. BY N. Gh. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. -: A' D 7IKTIIXKKKT8. On? Square, first ? naertion.~~.$1 00 Bvery subs?quent inseriros............- 50 Contracts for three months^ or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private ntei^ts. will be charged foras adversements. Ohitnanes andT tnbiites of respect will be charged for. TIE TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN? TY gi ves- notice that his books will he open from the FIFTEENTH DA Y OF OCTO BER, 1886, to the FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER. 18S6, for the collection o Taxes for the Fiscal year commencing No Tember 1st, 1885, in Sumter County. The following are the rates per cen tom of the levy: 1. For State purposes-dre and one-fourth aulla on every dollar of'the raine of all dia? ble property. 2. For "County purposes-'three mills on erery dollar of such vaiue, oi which the pro? ceed* of two and one-half mills are to be ap? plied to ordinary County expenses, and of one-fourth of a mill to paying the deficiencies of^the -fiscal year ending October 3lT 1885, and-of one-fourth of a mill to tte payment of the cost of opening and constructing a public highway from Privateer Township across Pocotaligo Swamp to Concord Township. 3. For support cf public schools- two mills on erery dollar of such raine. * <r One dollar on each taxable poll, (to wit between, thc ages of 21 and ?0 years.) The Treasurer will in person or by deputy - attend ?t the following places and times for tb** collection of the said taxes : Stateburg, Tuesday, November 2. li. Sanders* former office in Rafting-Creek Townsh?p^Wednes?ay, November 3. Smithville, Thursday T November 4. Scarborough's Store, near Tirzah Church; Friday, November 5. Privateer, Saturday,. November 5. Mayesville, Monday, November 8. Reid's HUI, Tuesday, November Lynchburg, in Lynchburg Township, Wednesday, November io". -: Shiloh; Thursday, November 1 J. . Lewis Chapel, Friday, November 12. Mechanicsvil?e, donday, November 15. Bisbopville, Tuesday, November 16. lUouTille, Wednesday, November 17. Manchester, Friday, November 19. Wedgefield, Saturday, November 20. And on the other days, from October 15th to December I5tb, at his office at the County seat. W. PT B. HAYNSWORTH, fCS?pt.<2?^ ? Treasurer of Sum ter Co. A NEW DEAL EVERY ONE IN SOUTH CAROLINA I wants a new deal in State politics, there? fore! think it wise to get np a hew deal in the SEWING MACHINE TRADE. - I have succeeded m getting the agency for The New High Arm Davis Vertical which is known all over the world to be the' lightest running, most practical and simplest achine made. ^Wa IT IS EASiLr UNDERSTOOD by those <Mfcfcaccustomed to running sewing machines, Vol beginners caa easily accomplish work on lit t$at the most skilled cannot approach OD Ay other. Machine. Hence I offer . FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD v * FQR ANT SEWING MACHINE That will follow the DA VIS through its t ? vase ranye of practical and / : % V v fancy tcorh. It is gotten up on-the most scientific princi? ples) and will last a life-time. See ii beforeyou bay andyoKwillkaoeno other. I am selling a number of these machines, - and always keep a large stock on hand. Will be pleased to show them to any one that will cali, or if they will write me I will hare one of. my operators take a Machine to their home, and give full instructions. 1*1*0 tell the which if: THE BEST UNDERFEED MA CHINE MADE, and is only excelled hythe "New High-Arm Davis Vertical Feed." s "wim. B?GIN, June 29 - Main Street, Sumter, S. C. J. D. CRAIG 5 ESTABLISHED 1856. FURNITURE DEALER j A2TD J UNDERTAKER, MAXS STREET, S?J1TEK, c WOULD THANK HIS FRIENDS and the public generally for their liberal patronage in the past, and hopes by low prices and fair dealing to merit a continuance of the same. He has received already a large and varied assortment of HOUSEHOLD Furniture for thePall Trade, to which weekly additions are being made, and there can' be found IN HIS WELL ST06KED B004?& as great a display of FURNITURE OF ALL GRADES as ia the first-class city booses. He bas bought his- goods DIRECT FROM THE FACTORIES, at lowest prices to be had and proposes to gire his customers the full benefit of his bargains. PARLOR SUITE?, Wood and Marble-Top Bed Room Suites, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Spring Beds, Chairs, Sideboards, Sofas, Lounges, Safes, Bureaus, Washstands, Pictures, Picture Frames, Window Shades, and all other articles supplied by the furniture trade. --AL?, WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTT. Call at bis-store and be convinced by a per? sonal examination of goods and prices that these assertions are tine. He-takes pleasure in soo wing customers around. THE UNWrRTAKINfi DEPARTMENT, Is complete with alargo number of styles of Coffins and Caskets, from the smallest to the largest sizes made; and' at a? reasonable prices as the same can be bought anywhere. Calls promptly attended to, day or night. J. D. CRAIG. Oct5_ FOR SALK MILK COWS ALWAYS ON HAND H. K. THOMAS,. Wedgefield*. Si. G-. OUR STANDARD BEARERS. State Ticket. For Governor. JOHN PETER RICHARDSON of Clarendon. For Lieutenant Governor. WILLIAM L. MA?LDIN of GreenvilTe. For Secretary of State. W. Z. LEITNER of Kershaw, For Comptroller General. W. E. STONEY of Berkeley. - For Treasurer, I. S. BAMBERG of Barnwell, For Attorney General, JOSEPH H. EARLE of Sumter. For Superintendent of Education. JAMES H. RICE of Abbeville. For. Adjutant and Inspector General. M. L. BONHAM, of Abbeville. For Congressman, Seventh District. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, of Beaufort. County Ticket. For Senator. MARION MOISE. For the Legislature. W. 0. CAIN, H. F. WILSON, H. G. SHAW, A. MOSES. For Auditor.. W. R. DELGAR. For County Commissioners. J. M. ROSS, T. J. BAKER. J. 0. DURANT. For Treasurer. P. P. GAILLARD. For School Commissioner. J. T. WILDER. For Probate Judge? T. V. WALSH. A QUESTION ABOUT Browns Iron Bitters ANSWERED. Tho qmstion hu probably been asked thousands of tnn9B,-Hjyr can Brown's Iron Bitters care every thmgT*WeU, it doesn't. Bot it does cure any disease for which a repctable physician wonld prescribe I EOS Physicians recognize Iron-as the- best restorative agent known to the profession, and inquiry of any leading rbi-mT^ firm will substantiate the assertion thao t?tere are more preparations of iron than of any other substance used in m?cheme- This shows coo clusiveiy that iron is acknowledged to bo the most importent factor m sacceesfu? metbcil practfoe. It is, however, a remarkable fact tbjit prior to the discov? ery of BROWN'S IRON BITTERS no perfect. TrgTitTffV^oryfeoacombiBataon had ever been found. BBSWM'SfROMBITTERS?-? headache, or prodece constipation-all other iron medicine* do. BROWN'S lltOX BITTERS . cares Indigestion, Biliousness, Weakness, Dyspepsia, DIaLaria, Chills and Fevers? Tired Feeling, General Debil iry7 Pain in the Side* Rack or Limbs,Headache andNenraf gda-for ali these ailments" Iron is prescribed dany. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS.^S?^ a?nate. all other thorough medicine^, it acts ?ow?, when taken by the first symptom of benefit is renewed energy. The muscles then become firm er, the digestion inproves, the bowels ?re active. ^?"*?*theeff ectis us?aify more rapid arnTmarkerL The eye? begin at once to brighten: the skin clears np; healthy color comes to the cheeks; nervousness disappears; functional derangements become regu? lar, and if a nursing mother, abundant susteaaMe fcjsnppfisd for the child. Remember Brown's Iron ratters is tho ON" LY iron medicine that is not in jurions. Physicien)s and Druggists recommend ii. Tba Genuine h&a Trade Mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER. AU RANT ?I Moat af the diaeaaos which afflict mankind are origin aHy caused by a disordered condition of the LIV E R ? For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity flt the liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges? tion. Irregularity of the Bowels, Ck)^^ lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar? rhoea. Loss of Appetite. Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down f^-*-STAGER'S aUBMTH is invaluable. It is not & panacea foran diseases, t^AIIOC all diseases of the LIVER, wm vUnX STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yeHoi* tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL? TERATIVES ami PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and ts A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII Fx sale by an Druggists. Price S 1.00 per bottle, C.F.STADICER, Proprietor, S4Q SO. FRONT ST.," Philadelphia Pa. A FINE ~~ FLOR?DFT??IC! Hr. FOSTER S. CHAPMAN, One of the landmarks of the Georgia Drug trade, now of Orlando, Florida, writes: "? can hardly select a single case of the many others to whom I have GUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RE? NEWER, bat what have been satis fied; and I find it the best remedy for all Skin Diseases I have ever sold, and a Fine Florida Tonic. "FOSTERS. CHAPMAN, "Orlando, Fla." A CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH! A SUPERB Flesh Producer and Tonic! GUINN'S PIONKEK BXOOI> KEXEIVER Cares all Blood and Skin Diseases. Rheuma? tism, Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not m your market it will be forwarded on receipt of price. Small bottles $1.00: large bottles $1.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed MACON MEDICINE COMPANY. Macon. Georgia. ll! For Sale by DB. A. J. CHINA. July 13. Sumter, S. C. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, S. C. Under the Editorial management of REV. II. F. CIIREITZBERQ, G.W.C.T. OP I.O.G.T. OK S. C. Assisted br an able corps of Bditors. The patronage and influence of all friends of Temperance is solicited. Terms only 60 oeots a year. To advertisers desiring a wide circoiation, it offers an excellent medium. 0? business, address N. G-. OSTEEN,. Publisher. WHERE ARE WICKED FOLKS BURIED, "TeTT me, gray-haired sexton," I saidr "Where in this field are the wicked folks laid? I have wandered the quaint old grave-yard through And studied the epitaphs old and new ; Bat on a monument, obelisk, pillar or stone I read of no evil that men have done." The old sexton stood by a grave newly made ; With his chin on his band, his band on his spade ; 11 knew by the gleam of his eloquent eye That his heart was instructing his lipsr to reply. "Who is to judge when the soul lakes its flight? Who is to judge 'twixt the wrong and the right? Which of us mortals shalLdare to say That our neighbor was wicked who died . to-day? "Ia our journey through life, the further we speed, The better we learn that humanity's need Is charity's spirit, that prompts us to find Rather virtue than vice in ?he lives of our kind. "Therefore good deeds we record on these stones ; The evil men do, let it die with their bones. I have labored a3 sexton this many a year. But I never have buried a bad man here." Written-for the Watchman and Southron. Recollections of Potter's Raid? NUMBER XVII. Early Sunday morning, (April 9th, '65) the noise from the workmen re? pairing the bridges ceased, and an hoar or so "afterwards the small force of Con? federate, soldiers at the head of the causeway, seeing that resistance to such numbers would be futile, took np their retreat towards Sumter, passing Mr. D. E. Hodge's door. In view of this pos? sibility the family had prepared a boun? tiful breakfast, bat they deemed it pru? dence to. pass on and inform the author? ities in or near Sumter that Potter was in motion. The first intimation that Mrs. Hodge and the children had of the near prox? imity of the enemy was the smoke of the mill bouse which bad been fired by them a mile away to the Southward, . and soon the loud roar of the water as it rushed down from the pond, when the floodgates gave way before the fire, reached their ears. This was an old mill site. It bad stood the storms of three generations. The first glimpses : that the family bad of the enemy was through afield glass, aboui three-quar? ters of a mile away. It was a multi ; tude. The family felt their loneliness ? ever since Mr. Hodge bad left them that morning, but now they were filled ! with terror and alarm as they saw this \ vast army approaching. The noise and confusion is not to be described. The j commanding General and his staff rode I in front, being elegantly uniformed and well mounted, they made an imposing and, to the family, a terrible appear? ance. Far behind them could be dis? tinctly seen the smoke and flames, with seemingly, an endless multitude of sol? diers. As they advanced, they fired the cot? ton press and tben the gin house, and the spacious barn and stables. In these were stored a large amount of cotton, corn, fodder, peas, riee and meal. The confusion incident to these sur? roundings and the terror created can i hardly be described. The negro quar? ter came next in this werk of destruc? tion. The occupants of some of these houses bad already left. These were at once fired, and then as others would get their things together and go out, the torch was quickly applied A few of the more intelligent negro men had been sent into Black Uiver swamp with all the horses and mules, excepting two mules harnessed to a light wagon for the purpose of conveying the family to a place of safety when the time for flight appeared necessary. One of the sons, a little boy.: had been put tn charge of bis sister Eugenia's riding pony and her large Newfoundland dog. The three were in their hiding place, three times very near the enemy. The child felt all the care of what had been put in his hands. He had, 'boy like/ a strong wish to'see this army, yet he kept bid and the knowing, faithful dog did not stir or make a sound, notwith? standing the fearful confusion so near him, by which their hiding place was not betrayed. When the army reached the front of the house the negroes in charge of the horses and mules came out of the woods and meeting the enemy, delivered all up into their hands. They at once har? nessed them to the plantation wagons and carts, and into these were placed everything considered worth hauling off. These loads were miscellaneous in char? acter, embracing furniture, all classes of household goods, provisions-all were mixed into a confused mass; for the soldiers, particularly the black troops, were in a hurry and these poor deluded creatures lost much of value here, and in many instances lost all. Such things as in their great haste they could not readily see how to carry with them, were destroyed. China, glass and hardware were broken up as the time or*energy of their vandal drivers allow? ed. Feather beds were cut open ard the contents were scattered to the winds, barrels of salt and syrup were emptied on the ground, and quantities of lard taken out of the cans and jars, was thrown upon the ground, andover the yard so as to render it useless. Quan? tities of meal, then on- hand, was also destroyed-all tu fact which was not carried off. The smoke house, liberal in Us proportions, was broken into and all the meat, to the amount of some fifteen thousand- pounds, disposed of. To finish their work they then set fire to it. Mr. Hodge's interests were large. His mills, tannery and shoe factory placed many dependant upon him ; hence the absolute necessity for his large amount of provisions. It was all destroyed. Thc cotton packed and that io the seed" with his corn and peas was burning for several days. Fortunately in bis forethought, he had hurriedly prepared a? few pens in the swamp*. Io these he had stored some prov?3?ons. Upon this thc family subsisted fop a lit? tle while. The fish left in tho pond, when the flood' gates gave way before thc fire, for a few days was a help to them. The weather, however, being warm, they were after a little while un- : fit for use. On the first rumors of the approach of the negro army Mr. Hodge bad- ar panged a comfortable place of refuge for hrs wife and children in case of any great emergency like this which now seemed imminent. Of course on the arst sight of the enemy, she did Dot fly. It was only natural in her to wish to* remain in her home just as long as possible. She waited--the ^moment of Sight did not present itself. The alarm and fright of the children and the roar? ing of the flames dazed her; and when the time did come the nearness of the flames made it to late for her to turn her .back upon her home \ and then, too, re , treat was simply impossible, for the trusted servant who was to convey her i and the children to the swamp bad de? livered up the team and wagon, ali j ready for their flight, fco the enemy. Where the officers and their atfcen i ?dante reached the front of the house they remained opon their horses, and .seemed to be conversing socially, appa . rently entirely oblivious to everything going on around them save their own enjoyment, leaving tie lower grade of . men and oScers, white and blaek, to take charge of the place and this vandal work. They were not slew in the work of appropriating and destruction. They poured into the yard m the wild? est confusion, each man purposing to be first. The fence in a trise was lev-' el led to the ground and before the fam? ily could realise it. every room of the dwelling swarmed. The entire house was invaded and (hey could look in no direction but what the family met the glaring eyes hand the detesfable forms of these ruffian soldirs. Their first act was to demand the field glass? It was a valuable instrument. Of coarse it was handed over to them. One bru? tally savage looking mulatto of&cer, io the most nsslting manner,- asked to be told where the little boy was with the riding pony, and how long had the pickets been gone from the gate. Miss Eugenia, the daughter replied ran hour ago.' Quickly the mulatto wretch's hand was upon his sabre, and its flash? ing blade was before her eyes and drawing the baek of the blade partially across her throat said 'none of that/ The pickets had left an hour before, but a Texan and Mr. Witherspoon ?I had left the gate later and were then about three hundred yards up the road. These were not known by her as pick? ets. The dining room had been bountiful? ly supplied with cooked food, the fami? ly remembering that there was a Con? federate force at the bead of the cause? way, and these preparations of food had been made for them. This breakfast was quickly eaten up amid a great deal of confusion and clamor, and, judging from the sounds proceeding from the dining room, some strife. Mrs. Hodge and the childre? remain? ed in one room, the childrcu clinging closely to their mother, their only pro? tection. The house servants all ran out in the greatest glee to meet th? sol? dier's at their first approach. The fur? niture in the room occupied now by the family was not distnred to any great extent. The calm and dignified de? meanor of Mrs. Hodge impressed them, coarse, vulgar and bratal as they were. But they would enter the room, make their addresses in contemptuous and in? sulting language. They'd stand before them and gaze into their faces, and scrutinize their persons, making horri? ble and ugly gestures and grimaces. One old fellow, more loathsome than the others, came into their room and after gazing at them in the most disgusting manner said, 'good morning aunties. You don't speak this morning.' His manner was too disgusting even to his companions, and he was by another ordered out of the house in that authori? tative tone, that he quickly obeyed, and left the room. A Pair Exchange. He slid quietly into a Jefferson . avenue hardware store yesterday fore? noon, unrolled a paper on the counter, and as he held up a patent door spring he said : 'I buy him two days ago, und I like to oxebange him for a whetstone V .What's the matter?' .Vhell, I can't make him fit on my screen door.' 'Why, that's the easiest thing in the world. See here i this end screws on the door, and that end on the casing.' 'I tried bim dot vb av, und he dean' work.' 'When it is on you take this metal pin and turn the spring. See the holes there V 'I does dot vbayl and my screen door flies open.7 'Fou turned the wrong way.' 'I turns him eafery way. Some* times der door vhas wide open, und all derbies in Michigan go in, und some? times he vash shut oop so tight I can't get in my own house. I begin on him io der morning, und I doan' leave off till night, but he won't work right.' 'That's curious. What tools did you have ?' 'I used a hammer und screw-drifcr und cold shisel und saw und auger und crow-bar und lots of more, but he doan' spring for me. My wife works at him. too, und my hired man he lose half a day, und I vash discouraged. I guess I trade him for a whetstone.' 'Well, I'll excSauge with you. bu? I'm sure I can show you how to adjust it. I guess I doan* try any more. You see, my life vhas short und I cau't spare so mooch time mit machinery. If I get a- whetstone I doan' Imf to screw him on nor turn him around. JDere vhoe no pins or ratchets iii his stomach. lie vhas all right both ends oop. May pe he doan' keep oudt flies, but he makes no trouble for me.' The exchange was made, and" thc man went away light-hearted-, calling back from the doer. '1 can make oudt a- whetstone all right, undi vhas obliged mit you. A whetstone winds cop only one v-hay.' A Bad Break. 'Yes,' sait! tho chairman;-, sadly, 'our temperance meeting- last night would- have boen more successful il the lecturer hadn't been so absent minded.' .What d?d?iedo?' .Ile tried to blow thc foam Hum a glass of- ?va torr' The Poor Old Mother. No Room for Her in the Homes of Her Rich and Fashionable Daughters. 'Goiog north, madam V *No ma'am/ 'Going south, then V 'I don't know, ma'am/ 'Why, there are only two ways to go.* *I don't know. I was never on the cars. I'm waiting for the train to John/ 'John ? There rs no town called John. Where is it V 'Oh! John's my son. He's out in Kansas on a claim.' 'I am going right to Kansas myself. You intend to visit ?' 'No, ma'am.' She said it with a sigh so burdened that .the heart of the stranger was touched. 'John sick Y : 'No/ The evasive tone, the look of pain in the furrowed face, were noticed bv the stylish lady as the gray head bowed upon the toil-marked hand. She want? ed So hear her story to help her. 'Excuse me, John in trouble Y .No, no-Fm in trouble. Trouble my old heart never thought to see/ 'The train does not eome for some time. Here, rest your head on my cloak/ 'You are kind. If my own were so ;I shouldn't be in trouble to-night/ .What is your trouble? Maybe I :ean help you/ 'It's bard to tell tt to strangers, but i my heart is too full to keep it back. When I was left a widow with three little children I thought it was more ' than I could bear, but it wasn't bad as this/ , Tae stranger waited m.'1! she recov? ered her voice to go on. *I had only the cottage and my will i wg hands. I tori ed early and late all the year till John could help me. Then we kept the girls at school, John and me. They married not long ago. Mar? ried rich, as the world goes. John sold the eottage, sent me to thc city to live with them and he went West to to begin for himself. He said he had provided for th? giris and they would provide for me now-' Her voice choked with emotion. The : stranger waited in silence. *1 went to them in the city. I went to Mary's first. She lived in a great house with servants to wait on her-a .house marny times larger than the little -cottage, bat I soon found that there wasn't room enough- for me-' ? The tears stood in the lin?? on- Ber cheeks. The ticket agent came out softly, stirred the fire and went back. After a pause she continued :. 'I weBt to Martha's-?went with a :pain in my heart I never felt before. I was williog to d? anything so as not ; to be a burden. Buc that wasn't it. I found they were ashamed of my bent old body and my withered face ; asham? ed ol my Fough, wrinkled hands-a; ade so, toiling for them-' The tears came thick and fast now. The stranger's hand rested caressingly on tho gray head. 'At last they tord1 me that I must live ata boarding house, and they'd keep me there. I couldn't say anything back. My heart was* too fall of pain. I wrote to John what they were going to do. He wrote right back a long, kind letter fer me to come right to him. I always bad a home while he had a roof, bc said. Toc?me right there and stay as long as I lived. That his moth? er should never go ont to* strangers. So I'm gokig to John. He's got OB?ry his rough hands and bis great warm heart :-but there's room for his old mother God bless him-' The stranger brunner! a tear from her fair cheek and awaited the conclu? sion. 'Some day when I am* gone where I'll never trouble them again, Mary and Martha will think of it all. Some dayr when the bands that toiled for them are folded and still} when the eyes that watched over them through many a weary night are closed forever when the little old body, best with' the burdens it bore for them, is put away where it can never shame them-' The agent dFew bis band (juickly be? fore bis eyes, and went out as if to look for the train. The stranger's jeweled fingers stroked the gray locks, while the tears of sympathy and the freaks of sorrow fell together. The weary heart was unburdened. Soothed by a touch .of sympathy thc troubled soul yielded to the longing for rest, and she fell asleep. The agent went noiselessly about his duties that he might not awake her. As the fair stranger watch? ed, she saw a smile on the careworn face. Thc lips moved. She bent down to hear : .I'm doing it for Marj and Martha. They'll take care of me somelime.' She was dreaming of the days in the little cottage-of the fond hopes which inspired her, long before she learned, with a true heart, that some day she would turn, homeless io the world, to go to John. Felon Remedy. That woollen smoke is a cure for a felou is certainly one of thc medical discoveiies of tho age. Could we give the name of thc correspondent who sends us the following it. would be at once recognized as of authority suf? ficient to guarantee the truthfulness of any assertion to which it might be ap? pended : 'If yotf ever endure the a^ony of a Mon you will appreciate the fact that it can be cure?! hy woollen smoke. Place the woollen rags under an inverted flower pot and put coals upon them, or set them on lire in sume other way ; then hold the felon over thc smoke, aud it will ox fro cfc ail thc pain-. This, has been deus by a friend of mine wubin a- week. 1 assure you that in my circle we consider it as great a discovery as that ether will temporarily -deaden pain.- The only remedy fur a felon that! ever considered . itifalliable, ami I '?ave had cognizance of several aggravated ca^cs, was having thc part laid open (under the influence of ether) and the bone thoroughly scraped That reaches the root of the difficulty, but the smoke cure is far better/-Hos tun Transcript. What 0&r Editors Say. Columbia Register, The special committee of the Charles? ton Cotton Exchange, who witnessH the field trial of the Mason cotton har? vester last week, report that they were agreeably surprised at the amount of work accomplished by the machinef and believe that the principle embodied in its construction is correct, that the cot? ton picked was fully the average qual? ity and more free from leaf than much of the cotton now being marketed. The "committee think the machine requires development and further adaptation to make it a complete success, as there was a wastage in picking and too much of the cotton left unpicked ?fte?* the passage of the machine. The commit? tee also say that the damage to the cot? ton plant was of little consequence as compared with the resulta obtained. The Comstock. Augusta Chronicle, ^fre abandonment of deep mining in the Comstock region of Nevada is said to be the death-knell of Virginia City already in a most dilapidated eon ?ilion, because of the failure of the raines in that vicinity. The California papers recall the his? tory of the 'Big Bonanza* and what marvels were created by it in Califor? nia as well as Nevada. The yield of the Comstock mines to date is $350\000,000. To get that som $290,000,000 were expended. The net profit was $60,009.000. But for the accidental discovery of the bonan? zas in three or four mines, the loss would have been prodigious. While many substantial resal?s were brought about, never before,- in this country, was there snch an era of gam? bling demoralization. In 1876 the aggregate market value of the Comstock shares was $272,000, 000. Last week, these shares were not worth "more than $1,000,000 quota bly. Charleston mourns the wiping out of ?5,000,000 of property. Cali? fornia and Nevada have, in ten years, witnessed the demolition of $271,000, 00G. One of the curious facts of this min? ing history is that ?350,000,000 were taken from ten acres of ground. The Columbia Seminary, Columbia Record. . All Columbians naturally feel a live? ly interest in tho Theological Seminary situated in this city, and this alone is sufficient to lead us to watch with con? cern the controversy concerning the origin of Adam's body, which is having the effect of keeping the doors of that institution closed. This question of evolution is something about which . people will #disagree, and about which good Christian people do now disagree, as is evidenced by the very discussion i going on between members and minis? ters in the Presbyterian Church. It is matter of regret that the doors of the Seminary should not be opened, while the discussion continues, to such stu? dents as desire to attend. Those whose consciences will not permit them to at? tend while Dr. Woodrow is a professor there, even though he does not teach . evolutionr could follow the dictates of their consciences ; while those who do :90t feel so restricted might be pursuing their studies with advantage and pre? paring themselves to enter somewhat sooner upon their intended life work. A reading ef the report of the pro? ceedings of the Synod that has just ad? journed shows that its action was pred? icated upon a desire for the reopening and suceessfai operation of the Semi? nary, This object can certainly be ac? complished by throwing open its doors at once and by each'of its friends using his utmost personal influence to induce students to attend. fairfield Neves and f?ercltf. ' The 'situation,' so far as it concern;? the relations of the Republicans and the Prohibitionists, seems to be simply this : The latter insist upon legislation .prohibiting* the sale of liquor and the enforcement of the law when it shall be enacted. They want the Republicans . to dec?are whether or not they asree : with them cn this subject. The Re? publicans are'afraid to answer, and the Prohibitionists reply :> 'Well, we will oppose you, even if our opposition shall benefit the Democratic party, uuless ,you come to our doctrine.' Therefore the Republicans abuse the Prohibition? ists, and point to their own sham rec? ord they have made in Maine a? proof . that they are frii?ds of temperance. The Prohibitionists simply insist on fish ting their fi^ht and on being no lodger the victims of deceit and hypoc? risy. Carolina SparfcX. The first accident to a regular train on the Ashville & Spartauburg Railroad happended last week. There is a high J embankment four miles this side of Ashville. It measures 80 feet at the highest point. The down traiu of last Wednesday met with an accideut at this point, the tender, express and baggage car and smoking car jumped the track. The tender and express cars stopped after rolling over once. The smoking ear roiled to the bottom of the embankment, and was splinter? ed-. Not a single man was killed. Everyone on the cars experienced some scratch, some being painfully hurt, none itally. Capt. McGuire, the faithful conductor, his farber and a drummer named Greenwald, of Wil? mington, suffered most. The road- is to bc congratulated that r:ot one of 27 passengers was seriously hurt. Thc . cause of the ru? off was a spreading of the track. Sportanburg Herald'. The assembly of Knights of habor, in Richmond, adjourned last Wednes? day. One of their last arts was a re? solution appealing for mercy for thc seven Chicago anarchists, condemned to : death for throwing dynamite with such frightful results into the ranks of the police, if ever men deserved death Parson, Spies and their devilish crew deserve it. This resolution will go far ; toward breaking down the respect which the public have hitherto held for the Knights, lt is true they passed a resolution 'that while asking for mercy for thc condemned men we arc not in sympathy with tho- activus of thc anarchists, nor with any attempts of of individuals or associated bodies that teach or practice violent infractions of the law, believing that peaceful meth? ods are the surest and best means of securing reforms.' This means simply j that they do not believe dynamite, murder, anarehy, to be the best meth? ods to accomplish their purposes. But if others try the experiment and are caught, the Knights will try to have them excused. No More Fighting Against Slicer. N. Y. Sun. Tt is a notworthy circumstance that although we are in the midst of an clecsion canvass for Representatives to a new Congress, not a word re said any? where about the silver question. Can? didates are not asked to pledge them? selves to vote against stiver, notwith? standing the awful warning presented* by the case of Hon. William M. Evarts. The enemies of silver seecm to have abandoned the fight against it. The fact rs that the people have come around to the position taken by the Sun two years ago, namely, that the coinage of the silver dollar does no barm what? ever. All the dollars coined up to this time and all that will be coined for the next five years merely replace a corres? ponding amount ef retired national bank sotes, and thus preserve the country from a contraction of the currency. The prophecies of financial disaster which* were so confidently made at the beginning of 18S5 have proved to be, as we said they would, of no more value than Mr. Wiggin's predictions of storms and earthquakes. The silver dollar is here to stay. Tillman's Agricultural College. Abbeville j'ress and Banner. I As it is possible that an effort may be made at the next sitting of the General Assembly to establish an Agricu-ltaral College, and as it is Hkely that sack an institution will not be established in Charleston or Columbia without induce? ments being offered, we would suggest that the different towns or counties be allowed to bid for it, or to offer induce? ments to have the institution established . to suit themselves best, while serving the State equally well as if located else : where. There is nothing like a little wholesale competition, even in educa tional matters, and we would like to see the College located where the largest advantages are offered. We are no en? thusiast en the subject of a manual labor school, wkh a hifalutin name, but if it is deternined te-establish sachan i institution let us go at it in a business? like way. The College, we think, shouid bc located in the country, away . from the vices and allurements of the city, and free from influence which would make labor disreputable, or which would have a tendency to create diffe** ent castes among the students. Then let a suitable tract of land be chosen in the country, where ample accommoda? tion for agricultural pursuits could be had, and whera all the facilities and op? portunities for successful tests and ex? periments could be found. If it should be so determined that the College would be located where the greatest inducements could be offered, the ecst to the State would be greatly reduced, while its usefulness and effi? ciency would no doubt be increased. If the different localities of the State should enter in generous rivalry for the possession of an institution which should be so highly prized, Abbeville County would no doubt put in a bid, and if so, would make the winning section pay a liberal price for it. i * Tho ISew York Star perhaps fie most progressive daily in New York, gives the Knights of Labor some time? ly advice in regard to interfering with the social customs of the people of : Richmond. It says:: 'The very untoward consequences that followed the attempt of the Knights of Labor to outrage the social customs of the people of Richmond contain a lesson which we have endeavored to impress upon the Knights on one or two previous occasions. They maybe assured that, while the South sympa? thizes most heartily in their plans for the elevation and emancipation of labor, -it.wMI not brook for the smallest frac? tion of a moment even the semblance of interference with Southern social institutions. 'The Knights have obstacles enough already in their way without needlessly invoking this new antagonism. They have a great work before them, the legitimate difficulties of which will call j into play whatever of energy and ad? dress they can command. When they go out of their way gratuitously to irritate those who would rathe? be .their friends, they commit a grievous error. 'They have had occasion hitherto to i com plain of the enmity they have en? countered, but all such enmity as that is trivial compared with thc fury they must face when they undertake to inter? fere with the social regulations and observances of the Southern people. That experiment has been a-ttempted by a far more powerful organization than .the Knights of Labor can ever hope to be, and it failed in misery and humilia? tion.' * Ransey Sniffle Blaine. Augusta Ckroy?clc. Mr. Blaine says: 'We stood up to fight until the last Rebel soldier had surrendered.' Indeed ! In the years 1801-05 Mr. Blaine was a young man, healthy and able-bodied, but he never stood up in any field of battle, and' fuced any 'Rober soldier. Ke was at 1 home casting anchors to windward and making mouey on army contracts. He put in a substitute and has done all of his fighting since the war. Mr. Blaine has not even the courage of a Dugald Dalgeity, who, at least, proved a good soldier in thc hour cf combat, although he picked up spoil after the fight. Mr. Blaine is more like Falstaff. lie could not meet Hotspur on the field of war, but bc can thrust an inglorious weapon into his dead body. This kind of a Plumed Knight is indeed thc great original who was invisible ia war and invincible ic peace. Nay, he falls below that mark even. lie was not invincible at the polls, in spite of his bloody shirt banner and wooden sword. I The Mullein Test in Cony sut?pticn. Tfie success attending tEe treatment of consumption with mullan leaves by Quinlan, of Butlm. and which bas been so widely published, has led him1 to make a formulated statement. show? ing briefly that in the earlier and' pretubercalar stage of pulmonary con?? sumption mullein has a weight-increas? ing and curative power, greater than that of cod liver oil, and-equal1 to that of Russian koumiss. In eases where tubercles are well established or cavities exist, the mullein has great power in relieving cough ;- phthisical diarrhea U completely obviated by the mullein ; but it has no power or effect on the night sweats of con s sun pt ion, which are to be combated by atrepia sulphate. Three ornees of the fresh green -leaves, or about ten times as much of, the dried, are boiled in a pin? of fresh cow's- milk, and after boiling a* moment ' the infaejen is allowed to stand and ' -sipe' for fen min?tes, wbe* i* ifr strim? ed,, sweetened and drank while warm. : This quantity is taken* twice or tbrea times a day. It is generally mach relished by ehe patients, who regard Ur as a pleasant article of diet,, rather than as a- medicine. Tne smoke of these ; leaves, inhaled into the respiratory passages,, relieves irritation and spas? modic cong bs.-Chicago Tribune. Feace Posts. The folfowing is said to Bo a goodr method for preparing fence posts,-which: kcan be made of any ?ind- of timber?; It is from the German Gazette, of Forestry. It says : .The soaking of the posts with blue vitriol-ia found to be the best test yet; obtained. The mode of procedure fe,, indeed, very simple and easily executed. The posts must be new-^that is,- green ; now dissolve, in a kerosene-oil barrel, which is well adapted to irais, four pounds of blae vitriol in 1-00 quarts of rain water in this- solution place .the -pests ia as sunny and warm a place as possible. As early as the next day'' you wHi observe how thc splint is turn . isg green, a sign thai thc vitriol has fully impregnated the wood cells ; in a few days the vitriol rises to the top of the posts, which thus become hardened . against' rot and weather. The posts should not be pointed before suth soak? ing a square end draws tjie fluid mach, better. This ie a very simple, well tried, and proven remedy, which can safely be recommended to every fermer. Posts so saturated have, stood fifteen years on the first point, wheres-* tbose . not so prepared, but otherwise tinder like circumstances, lasted- ba? four years.'-Cotton Ptant. mm III " They Met, Tiiey Spoke, They Parted. A Defroster who was worK?g aereas one of the northen counties with a? horse and baggy this sommer mets;, farmer on foot and asked him- how far it was to Greenville. * Which one V Was the query after half a minute in reflection. .Why, I didn't know that Chere was? ! but one Greenville.' ?Didn't you ? " ?bertfs one ito Sooth* 'Carolina, a second in Kansas, third! in Ohio and a fourth-- in Iowa?. Which1 one do yow want So go--to?-' .The nearest one..' 'Well, that's about; seven' mi?es oC 'Next time you inquire for Greenville^. you'd better name the Slate. ?roi; an/ :tobacco V 'Which fooacco do yotf want V I 'Why, I didn't know as there was1 ?more'n one'tobacco.' 'Oh ! yes, there fe. There's, ping tobacco, One-cut, short and* smoking.* Which do you want?, ?Well I'll take plug/ 'I haven't got any. 2&it time yow ^inquire for tobacco you'd better mention1 the kind.' i The two rooxed* at each other /or' ote* a minnte and then separated for Hle.-=?: Detroit Fret Press. Was Married Himself 'Bo yon- realize, sir' said- a- tong* i haired passenger, 'that there is One . who sees and hears all we do, who can solve our inmost thoughts,- and1 before whom we are bat crushed- and braised worms?'. 'Give us your hand* stranger',' re' plied the othrr. 'I know just howr you feel. Pm married myself.'-" New York Sun. ? gentleman who had been m* town only three days, but who hail? been paying attention to a- prominent bell, wanted- to propose bot waa? afraid he wo did' Be thought too- hasty.? Ile delicately broached the subject as folioW6: 'If I were to speak to you of marriage, after having only made your acquaintance three days* ago, what would yotr say of it?' ?Weil, I should- say, rNever put otf' till to-morrow that Which yon should! have done day before yesterday.' 'Fare,' said a railway conductor tip an old negro. 'Sab-? [ 'I say, fare.' .Yas, an' we'r needin' rain, too.' 'I say, I want your ticket or youy fare.' 'Ob, yar waits money?' 'Yes, hurry ap.' .How much does' yer Want V 'Where are you going ?' . 'Sah?' 'How far are yotf going t' r: 4 'Don't know how many miles it is.'r ?What is the name of the stat?on; V .Jones's woodyard.' .Fifty cents.' .f aiat got no money!' ?Well, what made yon* get'On? t .Cos I wanted to ride, but stop d? ct>' an' I'll get off, fur it 'pears like I im'tr welcome hesb; nohow. Good dayji boss. Dis is de woodyard.'-Arkana saw Traveler. indian affairs-conrcakes.-Lowell!' Courier. Thc pluckiest' man of ancient tim?s? was Tantalus-he never took waif i?. -The Judge. Josh Billings has made his success by throwing a peculiar spell*overman, public.-Milton News-.-.