The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 09, 1886, Image 2

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m Mk W??mm mh ff item f 'IV :_;_ __ twf 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 " THE TB?E SOUTBR?K, Established ?n?e ?sefr ?WBS?lidated Aug. 2, 18S1.1_SUMTER, S. 0., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1886._ Sew Series-Yol, TI. Ko. IS. P_ttUsht& 070X7 Tuesday, BY N. GK OSTEJ5N, SUH13SR, S. C. TERMS : Tita Dollars per ana um-in advance. 1DTIRTISKMSNTS. OneiSquare, first insertion_._.........$1 00 Every subsequent insertion_............ 50 Contracts foj^b^ree^months, or longer will be made at recced rates. All communication s "which subserve private nterestflL Will be charged for as advertisements. OM?-ii ? ? il -irlfoatea -of respect will be charged for. TAX NOTICE. riS TREASURER OP SUMTER COUN? TY gives notice that his books will be opes from the FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTO? BER, ?886, to the FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1886, for the collection o Taxes for the Fiscal., year commencing No rembei 1st, 1885, in Sumter County. The following are ,the rates per centum of the levy: L. For State purposes-five and one-fourth -ills on every dollar of the value of all taxa? ble property. 2. For County purposes-three mills on every dollar of such value, of which the pro? ceeds 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 31, 1885, and of one-fourth of a mill to the payment of the cost of opening and constructing a public highway from Privateer Township across Poetnflg? 9ww?p lo Concord Township. 3. For support of j>a^l?cschools--two mills oo every dollar of such value. 4. ?ojriolfar era each taxable poll, (to wit betw?ojj&?ig^f 2: and 60 years.) ?"TC Treasurer w?? 1 *ln person or by deputy attend at the foilowifig^ places and times for the collection 'oftbe said taxes : S-Jefrurg, Tuesday . November 2. M ?Sanders' fortier office ID Raf ung Creek Township, Wednesday, Xovember 3. Smithville, Thursday, November 4. Scarborough's Store, near Tirzah Church, Friday, November 5. Privateer, Saturday, November 6. Mayesville, Monday, November 8. Reid's HiU, Tuesday, November 9. Lynchburg, in Lynchburg Township, Wednesday, November 10. Shiloh, Tburaday, November ll. Lewis Chapel, Friday, November 12. Me^b^ics ville, Monday, November 15. BisnqtrtBe, Tuesday, November 16. Mac avilie, Wednesday, November 17. Manchester, Friday, November 19. Wedgefield, Saturday,-November 20. And on the other days, from October 15th to December 15th, at hts office at the County seat. > W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, Sep^riS- ~ - Treasurer of Sumter Co. A NEW DEAL. EVTgfcYi<??E IN SOUTH CAROLINA wants anew deal in State politics, there? fore I think it-wise to get up a new deal in the ?EWING-M^CHINE TRADE. I have -succeeded in getting the agency for The New High Am Davis Vertical Peed, which is known ?ll over the world to be the lightest running, most practical and simplest Macsaaemade.: TT IS EASILY UNDERSTOOD by those not accustomed to -running sewing machines, and beginners can easily accomplish work on it that the'most skilled cannot approach on any otber-Macbine. Henee I oner FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD FOR ANY SEWING MACHINE ThotunU follow ike DAVIS through its " vost ronye of practical and ' fancy work. It is gotten np on the most scientific princi? ples, and will last a life-time. See it befdreyouhuy andy on ic?l have no other. I am selling a number of these machines, an<iaiw*y& keep a large stock on hand. Will bejjieased to show them to any one that will call, or if they will write me I will have one of my operators take a Machine to their hot^f?flPd give foll instructions. ."HOUSEHOLD. which 'is ~TH? BEST UNDERFEED MA? CHINE MADE, and is only excelled by the "Kew High-Arm Davis Vertical Feed." WI?. BOGI*, June 29 Main Street, Sumter, S. C. J. D. CRAIG, ESTABLISHED 1856. ^^^? FTONIT?RE DEALER WOULD THANK HIS FRIENDS and the public generally for their liberal patronage to the past, and hopes by low prices . and fair dealing to merit a continuance of the same. Hohes received already a large and varied assortaient of HOUSEHOLD Furniture for the Fall Trade, to which weekly additions are being made, and there can be found IN HIS WELL STOCKED ROOMS as great a display of FURNITURE OF ALL GRADES as in the first-class city houses. He bas boaght his goods DIRECT FROM THE FACTORIES, at lowest prices to be bad and proposes to give his customers the full benefit of his bargains. ... PARLOR SUITES, Wood aod Marble-Top Bed Room Suites, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Spring Beds, Chairs, Sideboards, Sofas, Lounges, Safes, Bareaaa, Washstands, Pictures, Picture Frames, Window Shades, and all other articles supplied by the furniture trade. -ALSO, WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY. Call at bis store and be convinced by a per? sonal examination of goods and prices that these assertions are true. He takes pleasure in showing customers around. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT, Is complete with a large number of styles of Coffins and Caskets, from the smallest"to the largest sixes made, and at as reasonable prices as the same can fee boaght anywhere. Calls promptly attended to, dav or night. J. D'. CRAIG. OctS_ FOR SALE. MILK COWS ALWAYS ON HAND B. B. THOMAS, Wedgefield, S. C. LARGE ARRIVALS ! o Crowded Daily -o I MY FALL STOCK has been greatly reduced by tbe many customers, who have secured GREAT BARGAINS in all lines. r By every train I am receiving a fine assortment of WINTER GOODS I ?a every department. Store Crowded Daily. The people bave learned where to find desirable and choice goods, and daily crowd my store, supplying their wants, with a feeling of confidence that they are fairly dealt with. I deal FAIRLY AND SQUARELY with all, and those who are not judges of quality can depend npon the repre? sentations of my salesmen. I call espe? cial attention to FRESH ARRIVALS. DRESS GOODS, in all the latest styles, LADIES' COVERINGS, in great variety, BLANKETS, BED SPREADS, LONG CLOTHS, SHEETINGS, .TABLE DAMASK, TOWELING, FLANNELS, all kinds, CASSIMERES, JEANS, KERSEYS, CARPETING, RUGS, &c. HOSIERY and FANCY GOODS. s n o m s OF ALL KINDS. My Hardware Stock IS FULL. IN MY CLOTHING ROOM will be found A fine assortment for Men and Boys. Overcoats VERY CHEAP. Large assortment in SHIRTS, of best material and make. GROCERIES. In my Grocery Room will be foond a ! large assortment of FIRST CLASS GOODS. I deal only in the choicest articles. Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Wooden ware, Hollow ware of every kind. Wagon Material, Harness, Saddlery, Plantation Goods. I cannot enumerate the low prices. Ask your friends who have been here. COE ii see fir Yourself, and you will theo understand why such crowds are daily at my counters. ALL WHO ARE INDEBTED to ne, will please make settlement. A. A. SOLOMONS. Nov 2 BEST TONIC. ? This medicine, combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics, quickly and completely Cure? Dyspepsia, Indigestion? Weakness? Impure Blood? Malaria,Chills and Forera? and Neuralgia* It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the Kidneys and Liver. It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all "who lead sedentary lives. It does not inj ure the teeth, cause headache,or produce constipation-other Iron medicines do. It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re? lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength? ens the muscles- and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of Energy, &c., it has no equal. * Jt&- The genuine has above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Eftde only by ?EOW.N CHE JUC AL CO., BALTTBORE, SO. AURANT 11 Most of the diseases which Afflict mankind axe origin? ally ciased by a disordered condition of the LIVER? For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver, Biliousness. Nervous Dyspepsia. Indiges? tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu? lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flax, 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 STADIGER'S A?BANTH is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases, but falloir all diseases of the LIVER, ^UUKE STOMACH and BOWELS. lt changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to & raddy, healthy color. It entirely removes tow, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL* TERATIYES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and ls A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII For sale by all Druggists. Price $1.00 per bottle. C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, AO SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa. A FINE FLOlfiTTOHiD! Mr. FOSTER S. CHAPMAN, One of the landmarks of the Georgia Drug trade, now of Orlando, Florida, writes: "I can hardly select a single case bf the many others to whom I haye GUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RE? NEWER, but 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, "Oriando, Fia." A CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH ! A SUPERB Flesh Producer and Tonic! GUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheuma? tism, Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not in your market it will be forwarded on receipt of price. Small bottles $1.00: large bottles Si.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY. Macon, Georgia. For Sale by Da. A. J. CHINA. July 13. Sumter, S. C. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. FALL MEETING. AT THE RECENT MEETING OF THE Executive Committee of the SUMTER AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, it was determined to hold the usnal Autumn meet? ing of the Association in the Court House in Sumter on MONDAY the 15th of NOVEM? BER, prox., at 12 o'clock M., with the follow? ing programme: I. The President will deliver bis Annual Address. II. Essay-Importance of Book Keeping in Farming, by Dr. F. M. Beckham. III. Essay-What Ails the Farmer, by Capt. E. H. Holman. IV. Experience in Tobacco Culture, by Mr. F. E. Thomas. After the reading of ef.ch paper, the sub? jects will he open for general discussion. A cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested in the advancement of agriculture to attend, and to bring any fine specimen of field crops, vegetables, fruits, livestock, and labor-saving farm implements. E. W. DABBS, Sec. and Treas. S. A. A. October 26. FALL m WINTER MILLINERY. Mrs. WHITS S Miss MILLER Are prepared to furnish their friends and patrons with Trimmed aud Untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, ?c., in great variety. ZEPHYRS AND CANVAS. Goods shown with pleasure. Cull and examine our stock before pur? chasing elsewhere. October "20. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, S. C. Under the Editorial management of KEV. II. F. GIIRK?TZJ{KRG, G.W.C.T. OF I.O.O.T. OF S. C. Assisted by an able corps of Editors. The patronage and influence of nil friends of Temperance is solicited. Term? only 60 cents a year. Tb advertiser? desiring a wide circulation, it oilers an excellent medium. Oa busiuess, addrc?? N. G. OSTEEN, Publisher. A QUARREL. There's a knowing little proverb, From the sunny land of Spain ; Bot in Northland as in Southland, Is its meaning clear and plain. Lock it up within your heart; Neither lose nor lend it. Two it takes to make a quarrel ; One can always end it. Try it well in every way, Still you'll find it true, In a fight withont a foe, Pray what could you do ? If the wrath is yours alone, Soon you will expend it, Two it takes to make a quarrel ; One can always end it. Let's suppose that both are wroth, And the strife begun, If oae voice shall cry for "Peace," Soon it will be done ; If but one shall span the breach, He will quickly mend it, Two it takes to make a quarrel ; One can always end it. Written for the Watchman and Southron. Recollections of Potter's Raid. NCMBER XVIII. Tbe army by this time had passed, though there were men passing and some of them loitering around the prem? ises watching an opportunity to do some mischief or to carry off anything they might see yet unappropriated. Every thing was in dire confusion and the air filled with smoke from the burning buildings. About that time there came into the house a soldier. His uniform indicated that he was commissioned, and either a captain or lieutenant. He was a mulatto. The family, in terror, were huddled together in the one room, the children clinging as closely to their mother as they could. They thought he might be an Irishman, but became satisfied afterwards that he was a mu? latto. He was accompanied by six ne? gro soldiers, entirely under his author? ity. The appearance of this man cre? ated the greatest alarm, and if it had been possible, Mrs. Hodge would have escaped from the house with her terrified children ; but this they were not allowed to do, and unprotected, they had to remain in tbs room with this man and these six soldiers. There was a ferocity and brutality of ex? pression in his face that made him ap? pear scarcely human. The helpless? ness and distress of this family can hardly be conceived at this time. Every building was on fire or had been burn? ed, and nothing was left them. The husband away, and they now at the mercy of these terrible looking crea? tures, headed by one whose fiendish ap? pearance induced a feeling of hopeless? ness to seize them. This officer entered the room, using the most offensive language and utter? ing the most alarming threats. Ap proaching Mrs. Hodge he tore from her band a valuable finger ring. They stood in amazement at his behaviour. He then ordered these negro soldiers to fasten up securely all the windows and doors of the house, so that no one could escape, and then ordered them to fire the house on the outside at every cor? ner, saying he intended that the -should be burned up, every one of them, saying he only regretted that-H. was not there and the boy, who they knew was in his hiding place, that they might be all burned up together and that not a vestige of this -family should be left behind, ad? ding, 'if H. was here I'd roast him alive.' The wife and her terrified children stood in silent horror at hearing these orders, and the promptness with which they were beiog executed. They could distinctly see one of them running to one of the burning houses for fire with which to fire the dwelling. It was more than the eldest daughter could bear, and being nearer the door than the others, slipped out quickly, appar? ently without attracting attention. When she reached the yard she looked hurriedly around to find, if possible, some one from whom she could implore assistance and safety. "To her great re? lief she saw an officer sitting in his sad? dle at the gate. She ran to bim and called for help. His manner encour? aged her. Seeing and hearing her, he rode quickly into the yard through the gate, and met her at the steps. The father on.leaving home that morning at 3 o'clock to join the others at Dingle's Mill, bad given careful directions how they must act if they were disturbed, and had given them a sign which must be made if any great emergency should arise, to any officer whose attention they could secure. The emergency had now arisen in Miss Eugenia's mind. There was an extremity upon her moth? er, her brothers and sisters. She made the sign and then quickly she told bim of the orders issued and the condition of her mother in the house. By this time the house was on fire at different points. This officer was quick to take in all the surroundings, and dismounting, he hitched his horse and, approaching the house, be ordered the negroes to leave. They obeyed bim sullenly ; but they had done their work effectually. The blaze looked formidable. This officer exerted him? self to the utmost, bringiog water from the well, and calling for assistance from negroes who were passing, and after great effort announced that the five was extinguished at all points. Ile now resumed his seat upon his horse and continued to sit as their protector, re? maining at the gate until al! the soldiers and stragglers had passed up the road But thc army was now some distance away, and it was necessary for bini to follow on. Before bidding them adieu he said to them, 'If our aainy should be repulsed at Dingle's Mill by your tuen where we learn they arc preparing to give us battle, and we are compelled to return that they must under no circum? stances ftc found in thc linc of their re? treat : hut to take steps to oct airo JJ, ceca ?j (hey had to yo into the dork waters of Black River. They watched him as he rode away and their great interest in him induced inquiries which have resulted in the opinion that this officer was Lieut. Col. Carmichael. When he had ridden out of sight, they distinctly heard consid? erable firing up the road. It might have been that thc Confedcra'c pickets were harassing Potter. Th-.'y moved rapidly and the day was warm. Sume of the road was heavy and 'he men were hurried up which was hard to do j in the deep sand. There were, however, i respites in their march--tbcru teing many settlements directly on the road, and their work being that of destraction, they were required to stop frequently to apply the torch. They completely wrecked every one in their march. After passing Dudley E. Hodge's place, they came to that of Mr. John H. Hodge. I have noticed bis visit to my home that morning but bad co idea of the treatment he had received at their hands. He made no reference to it. His whole attention and sympa? thies seemed to be drawn out in our be? half as he witnessed our forlorn and my very feeble condition. He had man? aged, however, to find a lone chicken or two which were brought us. Potter had stripped him of every? thing. His gin house, out-baildings and 80 bales of cotton were all consum? ed. They left him literally nothing to eat. The next farm was that of Mrs. Eliza Hodge. Her gin house was burned and they destroyed everything in the line of provisions/ They now approached Arthur Har vin's. His gin house and all of bis provisions were destroyed. They be? haved very rudely and boisterously in their work of destruction. They now struck Wm. S. Reames. His gin house and all of his provisions were destroyed. Rob't McFaddin Durant's gin house was at once fired and they proceeded to destroy his corn and fodder. His in? terests were large. But the negroes interposed. They claimed, thc provis? ions as theirs, and begged that it be spared. Their wishes were met and the provisions were left untouched. John B. Brogdon'8 premises were now before them. He was also a large planter. His corn and meat were in large quantities. These were entirely destroyed. His blacksmith shop and all the outbuildings were literally swept away. A thousand bushels of corn found there was burning for days. The negroes wanted the dwelling burnt, but the officers protected it. The next on the road was Spencer Davis. They left him with literally nothing to eat, bis meat and corn being all destroyed. It was a time of dis? tress to this family. The Mason Cotton Harvester. What a Gentleman from New Orleans Says Abont the Wonder? ful Machine. From the Ifew Orkan* Picayune. An important inspection of the Mason Cotton Harvester has just been con? cluded by a committee of the National Cotton Planters' Association. The committee was composed of Mr. R. P. Duncan, of Mississippi ; the Hon. J. T. Henderson commissioner of agricul? ture of Georgia, and Messrs. John A. Cobb, of Georgia, and J. M. Hollings? worth, of Louisiana-men whose prac ctal ideas and long experience in the cultivation of the great Southern sta? ple especially fitted them for the deli? cate and responsible task they had to perform. The harvester was tested by these gentlemen io the cotton field at Sumter, S. C., on the 2 Uh instant, and under conditions which demonstrated the entire practicability of the machine, ac they state in their report, which was published in the Charleston News and Courier of the 22d. Casually meeting Mr. J. B. Lafitte, one of the best informed cotton men of the United States, a reporter of the Picayune questioned bim on the sub? ject. Said Mr. Lafitte : 'I attended a practical test of the 'Mason Cotton Har? vester' in an open field near Sumter, S. C., on the 20th instant, in company with Col. F. C. Morehead, president of the National Cotton Planter's Associa-' ?ion, and a committee of practical and intelligent cotton planters from that body.' I concur in tbe opto rons express? ed by that committee, that the Mason Harvester embodies the correct princi? ple, and in the near future its practical and useful operation will be as complete as the mower and tbe reaper and self binder, which for years seemed as diffi? cult of successful solution.' 'Was the machine exhibited consid? ered to be a perfect success ?' *It was not. Mr. Mason informed us at tbe outset that it was not so con? sidered by himself or his associates. Their object was to satiefy the public that the machine was capable of gath? ering at least 80 per cent, of the crop, and that its operation did not injure the plant in the slightest degree."1" The test was made under adverse circumstances, as the field operated upon was of sandy soil, and a drought had prevailed for eight weeks. The result of the test showed 240 pounds of lint cotton gath? ered per hour, as free from leaf as if gathered by hand, with no injury to blossoms, bolls or leaves. The only objection raised was that there was some waste by some of the picked bolls falling from the machine. Tins was ex? plained by the fact that the carrier which carried the cotton to the eleva? tors at the rear of the machine was level and without a protecting ridge. This difficulty it was explained, .would be remedied in a new machine with a ridge forming a box five inches deep.' 'Are you of opinion that a perfect machine will bc upon the market in time for the nest crop?' 'I am confident such a machine will bc placed upon the market by the Mason Company. In my opinion, the 'picker finger' invented by Mr. Mason bears the same relation to thc future cotton har? vester as thc needle with the eye in the point, bore to thc sewing machine. Once obtained a picker that will dis ' criminate bervrrcn matured bolls and all other parts of the plant, without in? jury to ;iny portion of it, there remains ?lily matters of mechanical' detail as to? ir.* application ; these details I ?:m euri fi dent Mr. Mason has successfully adopt? ed in a new machino now in process of construction, hut which recent events render it important for prudential rea? sons to whhhoid from publie exhibition until completed a>nd patents shall have been secured in all cotton producing cona tr ies. ' Wl??!.-* admitting thc vital importance of ,% got ton barvcst?r to our own plan? ters, do yo? not. consider that thc same advantage will resolt to planters in other countries T 1 do not. T believe that it. is in our ! country alone that the labor that makes tuc oiop is ijjconij>otoii& te gather H. ? Our planters are io consequence bandi* capped with the heavy expenses of extra labor, at high prices, to gather the crop. The harvester will, I think, be scarcely used in India, our most formidable com? petitor, in consequence of the excessive cheapness of labor, and of the further fact that the greater portion of that crop is raised tn small patches and gathered exclusively by the ryots who plant it. The harvester con be operated quite as well on moonlight or starlight nights as in the day time, it only being necessary that the driver should be able to guide the machine over the centre of the rows. Another advantage will be that ginning can be carried on simultaneously with the gathering of the crop. Mason's Gin Takes The First Premium. MACON, GEORGIA, November 3. One of the special features of interest to cotton men at the State Fair, which is now in full blast at this city, is the exhibition of the Mason Cylinder Gin, invented by Mr. CharlesT. Mason, Jr., of Sumter, S. C, and owned by the Mason Cotton Gin Company, of Charles? ton, SC. The peculiar advantages claimed for this new process of ginning cotton with out the use of the dangerous and inju? rious saws, is that the lint is pulled from the seed and the staple is in no way cut ; that the gin can be operated without danger to the life or limb of the ginner; that there is absolute safe? ty from fire and that the cost of con? struction is so small as to be far less than the manufactures' cost of renewing worn-out saws for a saw gio. To-day was set apart by the Fair au? thorities for the test of the seven saw gins and the Mason Cylinder Gin, and the Mason Gin was awarded the first premium, over all competitors, for the superiority of the ginned cotton. What Our Editors Say. Our Bailroad Facilities with the Eastern Fart of the State. Columbia Register. To express it truly, we have no rail? road facilities with the Eastern part of the State whatever, although there are lines of road communicating with all the important trade centres. Darlington and Cheraw, Marion, Timmonsvil?c and other places on our Eastern system of road have no practical connection with our city whatever. It is actually so, for instance, that the Ben netts vi He people get tbe New York papers before they can get the papers from their own capital, and all passenger traffic, as well as all other, is literally cot off between Columbia and the Eastern section of the State: Nobody will come here who cao help it as long as they have such schedules to uodergo as is now afforded them. The Eastern portion of the State is now moving for better accommodations. Will they get it? We don't know. We are informed that some of the offi? cers of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Road favor this movement. We hope this is so. But it is not easy to see if this road had favored such ac? commodation to tbe general public, why it should have been so long deferred. The East is decidedly tbe richest portion of the State, and yet it is prac? tically a dead section to us in Columbia Then and Now. Orangeburg Time* and Democrat. What a contrast there was in the election held last Tuesday and the one he?d on November 7th, 1886. In com? parison) one was like a gentle summer zephyr to a cyclone. Those of os who were old enough to engage in the cam? paign of 1876 will never forget it. How the good people of the then pros? trate State rose in their majestic might and threw off the Radical leeches that were sucking her very life blood is a matter of history, aod mark an epoch in our career as a people. The patriot? ism and courage displayed by our peo? ple on that occasion was one of the sublimest spectacles ever presented to the gaze of the American nation. In that great battle for existence, for really tbat was what it amounted to, the rich and poor, tbe high and low, vied with each other in serving their common mother, the dear old State of South Carolina. Every one wanted the post of danger, and all were actuated by the same great overshadowing motive, the overthrow of . the thieves and rascals tbat had fastened themselves upon us, and who were slowly bot surely des? troying us. We all remember how it thrilled our souls with joy when the glad shout went up all over thc State : '[lampton is elected.' Then, and only then, did we realize the great work we bad accomplished, and that we had won a grand and glorious victory over the thieves. The great black cloud of ig? norance and corruption had been rolled back, and the sun of peace and prosper? ity was breaking forth in all his beauty. Let us appreciate the change that was accomplished by that victory, and go bravely to work to put South Carolina in tbe front rank of the great galaxy of States that make up the American Uuion. The General Assembly. Newberry Herald <j- Xeics* The General Assembly meets on thc fourth Tuesday of this month. Wc be? lieve that about ninety, of the one hun- ! dred and twenty-5o?r members, are new men. Much will bc expected of them, and doubtless roany will be disappoint? ed in their aotions. whatever they may be. There aro those WFM> expect to see them cut off thc appropriations for the State House, thc military, tho Univer? sity and thc Citadel, thc canal, and to reduce thc goneral expenses of thc ?roverntuent considerably. That there may be room for some sirvall savings wo have no doubt, but th'owi who arc ex peeling a radical reduction in the ex? penses, without impairing the efficiency of thc government aud effecting the credit of thc State will be disappointed, as there is very little room for retrench? ment, and when thc newly elected mem? bers find out the true coLxirtron of affairs as tliey exist, they will* reach the same conclusion. What is needed to-day, to bring our people closer (together, is to givo them a olear insight of the way affairs of the government are managed. If a change in the management of leg? islative affairs will help thc matter,, let them pot a new man io tbe Speaker's chair. The Speaker has the appoint- ? ment of the committees, and they have j \ mach to do with shapiog the course of legislation. We have no fault to find with Speaker Simonds ; we believe that he bas made an admirable Speaker, bot ! if they think that another would better represent the dominant sentiment in the State than he, they have the power to fill his place with another, and he will be responsible to them for bis actions, Prosperity Press and Reporter. The confinement at Washington does not seem to agree with Congressman Tillman. Judging him by his speech delivered at Johnston, he must have a bad case of dyspepsia. Thc people of his district ought to give him a rest next term. Notwithstanding the fact that time and again the Democracy bad nominated other men for the Presidency and failed, Congressman Tillman thinks the nomination of Cleveland was un? wise. Our worthy President has not followed the plan be would have pursu? ed, so Mr. Tillman pronounces him a failure. Of course, Congressman Till? man did not refer to the pension bills the President bad vetoed. Such a step wonld have led to a criticism of Demo? cratic Congressman. Although an in? viting field, Congressman Tillman did not enter it. It was so much easier to find fault with the President. Repub? licans will doubtless "chuckle/* when they read Tillman's speech, but good Democrats will be put on their guard. Anderson Intelligencer. The Rev. Ellison Capers, of Green I ville, bas been tendered the Bishopric j of Easton, Maryland, one of the im I portant dioceses of the Episcopal Church. It is not known whether be will accept the proffered honor in his Church or remain in Greenville. We can heartily join the Greenville News in saying that the removal of Gen. Ca per 8 from this diocese would be the cause of universal sorrow, and a deeply felt loss to the diocese of which he has been an ornament and a power, the State, which has been very proud of bim as soldier, citizen and clergyman, and this city, in which he is a valuable citizen, recognized as a strong and active factor io every progressive movement in religious and material affairs. Carolina Spartan. Some time ago we published certain extracts from published letters of B. R. Tillman of Edgefield and h. A. Ran? som of the Department of Agriculture. Very harsh language was used towards Tillman, as our readers will remember. Last week be published a long letter in the New? and Courier, showing that the State University had proposed to analyze fertilizers and that the expenses of the government were as he stated He publishes letters from several mem? bers of the faculty of the University to corroborate his first assertion and be shows figures to prove the second. It looks as if Farmer Tillman is on top ! again. Let the agitation and investiga? tion go on. No good man or worthy cause will suffer. Greenville News. lt is not unlikely that Colonel Ed? ward McCrady'8 defeat for renomina? tion for the legislature in Charleston will tnako bim the next Governor of i the State. Newspapers is almost every county express wonder and indignation at the action of the Charleston demo? crats. Those who are most bitterly hostile to some cf the measures and policies Col McCrady has represented and defended, are loudest in declaring that his absebce from the legislature is a loss to the State and bra defeat a re? markable manifestation of political in? gratitude. Public sympathy is more strongly with him than it has been at any time heretofore, and unless the public mood ohanges be will be elected like a flash to any State office be asks j for. - Exit Col. Dargan. Charleston Dispatch. Col. J. J. Dargan, the leader of the Free Trade movement in South Car . oho a, has thrown up the sponge and will remove to Texas. Free Trade was one of Col. Dargan*s mistakes. He tried hard to interest the people in the : movement, but they could not see through Col. Dargan's spectacles. South Carolina is not prepared for free ' trade. Don't want it ; won't have it ; ; and that settles it. Col. Dargan bas been specially hon? ored in South Carolina and represented the "Young Democracy7' in the State Senate. He labored bard for the wel? fare of the State, but his impulsive enthuiasm sometimes led him to ex? tremes. Whether in or out of South Carolina, however, he will always have the best wishes of bis people, who know bim to be a man of honor and worth. The Georgia Alstons. The suicide is announced of young Robert W. Alstons, of Georgia, in Washington. Alston through the in? fluence of Governor Gordon, was em? ployed in the sixth auditor's office but, thinking that he deserved a better ! position, he became morose and finally took his life. His father, Coi. Alston, was a prominent man ia Georgia politics and a staunch supporter of b Gen. Gordon, Col. Alston's death was ? no less tragic than that of his son. i li? was killed six or seven years ago in < the State Capitol at Atlanta after a desperate duel with Cap*. Cox. The i trouble grew out of politics. A strange ? fatality seems to- nm through the male members o-f thc Alston family. They < have always been men ready to fight, ? and but few of them have died with their boots off. Three uncles of the i young man wh=o killed himself fell in ' duels after they had killed one or more ? men each in similar encounters. The 1 grand n-ncle of young Alston, whose i name was Robert Alston, killed three men in duels in Florida, and the Gov- t crBo.r of that State offered a reward of i $2,500 for bim. ?Vue day there rode I up to thc hotel at Valley Forge, Ga., < a man on horseback, who coolly read ! the offer of reward posted- on the door of thc hotel, and went ia and got his i dinner. There were about. Sfty men < in front of the hotel. When the stran- 11 ger came from the dining-room he j i found himself- and the offered reward 1 the subject of their con Terr?t i on. Sev? eral of them expressed a wish that they could meet Robert Alston, saying that if they did that $2.500 would oe theirs. Walking coolly up to them, with two drawn Derringers, Alston an? nounced himself, and asked any one who Wanted the reward to take him. No one moved. Alston mounted hh horse and coolly rode away. - - i i- ? A Neglected Crop. It would be better for os if we con? sidered the manure made on the farm afs a crop ; and it is str?nge that we' do not do so, for it is a product of the farm and bas s money value a's much as cont or hay or cotton. When wa once consider minore 88 a crop, we will take just as m nob pride in making a big crop of manure as of corn f and we will no more allow part of the man ure erop to go to waste, than we would part of the wheat or hay crop. Gen? erally but little can be charged against the production of the manure crop j ali the cost is often the expense of harves? ting (gathering and storing.)' this crop. On the most fertile farms this crop is tforth to the farmer several times the eost of harvesting it. And it is the greatest wonder of our farming that we do not start out in the fall with a deter? mination to make a better manure crop than our neighbor, as we start out in the spring wita a determination to make a better oat, potato or tobacco crop. The cleanly man will harvest a large manure crop, because he will gather up all refuse and pot it in the compost heap. He will have clean stables, clean barns, clean yards-a clean farm ; and cleanliness is the preserver of health. Thus we see that while the wheat or potato crop supplies strength and energy, the manure crop, closely gathered and well kept, prevents the agents of disease from stealing away that strength. Pride in the manure crop goeth before wealth and health. American Agriculturist for November. Carp for Every Farm. Seth Green, the noted fish culturist, writes to the Awerican Agriculturist for Novmberi To construct a pond, first stake off your land the desired dimensions ; then take a plow and scraper, and with them make the necessary excavation. The pond should be about five or six feet deep in the center, gradually slop? ing up to the edges. The object in having the pond deep in the center is to provide the fish with a place to settle into daring the winter without danger of the water freezing solid and thereby killing them, as would be the case in cold climates If the water was all shallow. The reason for having the bottom sloping is, that thereby the fish can have access to plenty of warm, shoal water, and also that in case the old fish are not taken out after spawn? ing, the young fish will have the protec? tion of the shallow water along the edges, into which the larger fish can? not swim if they should' feel inclined ta make a meal on some of their younger relatives. The outlet should Be about three feet wide, and so constructed that fe can bc well screened to prevent th? fish from escaping, and so as to admit of the water being drawn off when it is desired to remove the fish or to cleans* the pond. The screens may be made of wire netting, and painted with gas tar mixed with one-third turpentine, or to the consistency of paint, and applied with an ordinary paint brush. The wire netting should be tacked to strong wooden frames, made to fit the space to be screened. To screen* a earp pond effectually, three screens of different sized meshes should be used. These should slide in a grooved frame work, so that they can be taken out easily and cleaned. Carp can be raised m wet! water, but water from a brook is preferable. They will succeed in the Northern States if thc ponds are deep enough not to freezer to the bottom in winter. Carp do not require feeding in winter, as they but row into the mod or hibernate, until tb* ice disappears in the spring. There appears to be a difference of opinion among the authorities as to which is the best kind of caro. Th? scale carp are said to be thc most prolific,, and the leather carp grow the fastest. For my part I prefer the lat? ter ; it is the handsomer and finer fish of the two. As to their qualities a* table fish, so far as my experience goes, I have not been able to discover any difference between them. An Unwelcome Guest. Our young friend Parker went roano? the other evening to Visit the two Mts? Smiths. After conversing with then* awhile, Miss Susan excused herself for a while and went upstairs. Presently Parker thought he heard her coming, and slipped behind the door, and sug? gested that the other Miss Smith should tell Miss Susan he had gone. But it wasn't Susan *. it was old Mr. Smith in brb slippers. As he entered he looked around and said to his daughter > 'Ah, ah ! Ss- Farber's* gotrc. Oom! riddance. ? was just comte' down fa keep my eye OG him. I hope her hasn't proposed to yo?. I didn't want any such lan tern-ja wed', red-headed idiot around here. He hasn't got the' sense of a ruta-baga turnip, or money enough te boy a* clean shirt. He gets* ?one of my daughters. I'll shake the life out of him if I catch him here* again, mind me.7 Just as* fire concluded, Susan- c?ese? lo wn, and not 'perceiving Parker, she said : 4 Th auk goodness, he's- gone. Tha* man is enough to provoke a saint. I tras awfully afraid he was going to stay ind spend the evening. Mary Jane, t hope you didn't ask bim ty come igain V Then Parker didn-'t know whether ta ?tay there or bolt, while Mary Jane looked as if she would like to drop into' ?he cellar. I?ut Parker finally walked jut, and rushed to the entry, seized hr* hat, shot down th? front steps, atid^ went home meditatwg upon the empti? ness of human happiness, and the un 5crtatnty of Smiths. He has not called since, and his life thus far has befen' unmolested by the head of tue. StnitU family.