The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 03, 1887, Image 1
WATCHMAN, StfablUfced April, 1850*
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TKB TK?K SOUTHKOK, BttoMfcfaB* J^IM?
. % 1881.1
SUMTER, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1887.
Sew Series-foi. TI. Ko. 3L
gliibUAsl awry Thursday,
BY
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of our ftfe should be nude as comfort*
able AS possible, and for the purpose of
aiding. Ibis -good work, and makio* some
tnoo*v^w?,now offer the best COTTON BAT
TfNG MATTRESS^ vee put upon this market,
J?ire^ta^mwjm?de^-^OO^OO, $7.00.
Sample and -full information at Store of
Treasurer, A. Moses. ~ -
Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or
coooex refunded.
SUMTER COTTON MILLS.
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Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
Are receiving; bj steamer ?nd rail from the
North and West full supplies
each week of
CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEMONS. PO?
TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS
- OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC.
/a^Grders solicited and promptly filled.
Nov 9 x _
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Testimonials of Eminent Physicians
of the State.
The following are selected from many sim*
Harones i
Da* L- C. KKSBXOY, of Spartanburg,
writes the Proprietors : 4 'The remedial qual
itiesof-Gleon Springs I have known for over
f?rtjTyears, and can attest to its value ic
Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl derange
?eat ?f/thi? Liver, Genera! Debility, Dropsical
Mptoai TTu i* II Irregularity and Affections
of the Kidneys and_Bladder. To the last dis?
eases I would particularly call attention, as
the water* tare abown large Tntive powers
sn these complaints."
Da. O. B. M AT CB, of Newberry, S. G.,
.aya: "I have sec t more than fifty persons
suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and
have never been disappointed io any case;
they all speedily recovered. I eau not find
werdato express my confidence in the Glenn
Springs" water, as a remedy for the Liver,
When functional ly deranged. Dyspepsia,
Dropsy, certain ski? diseases, troubles in the
Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver,
have. ai), as I know, disappeared at the
Springs/''
Da. JAKES MCINTOSH, President of the Med?
ical Association ol South Cacalina, ia his an?
ana! address' before rfcftt body remarks :
"Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys, deserves to raak with
aa j other en the continent."
U ~^PR?CE OF WATER. ' "~
?aseotf two dosen quart bottles, soscrely
y?n<| ^e??vered on the train ai Spar tao
Per gallop by the barrel, 4e?vered at
Spartan burg, 20 cents.
Per gallon, for less than a barrel. 25 cen ts.
Address SIMPSON A SIMPSON,
Glenn Springs, S. C.
"JTor sale in Sumter, by Or. A. J. Chi DA.
lif?? nf Suter ai Ai
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HS:
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in my <
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oat add one cent to your necessary expenses.
? am not striving to accumulate wealth bot
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' W.*G. KENNEDY,
Jan. 20._at Sumter Book Store.
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BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS.
AFINS ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES
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2 Doora North of John Reids.
ICHABOD AND OTHER POEMS,
c BY W. G. KENNEDY.
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gsraogf._
ie on ?ein Philadelphia
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TO MY LOVE.
One kind wish before we part'
Drop a tear, and bid adieu :
Though we sever, my fond beart,
Till we meet, shall pant for you.
Yet, yet weep not so, my love,
Let me kiss that falling tear ;
Though my body mast remove,
All my soul will still be here.
Ali my soul and all my heart,
And every wish shall pant for you ;
One kind kiss, then, ere we part,
Drop a tear, and bid adieu,
i - . ; . -Robert Do?dey.
RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN
WILKES BOOTH AND
OLD WAH DAYS.
BY GENERAL ADAM BADEAU.
[New York Star ]
There cao never have been io any
one box io a theatre io this world the
same number of persons destined to
fates so awful and unanticipated as at
Washington on the night of April 14,
1865-the President and bis wife;
their two friends, Major Henry
Rathbone and bis step-sister, Miss
Otara Harris; and later, the actor,
John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was as?
sassinated that night in the very sight
of the audience, almost on the stage,
and in the midst of the rejoicings of the
nation which he had helped to save.
Mw. Kncoro, ^poor-womaD, died insane
a few year years later, having defied
her son and forced him-to take steps to
restrain ber conduct;, if not her person.
Wilkes Booth, the son of one great actor
and the brother of an ot be r, h i mself not
Vith'?ut a touch of the dramatic quality,
lamed tri tb seif as he leaped to the foot
1 ig hts, and/after a marvelous flight and
an almost theatrical pursuit, \ was
brought to bay at night in a barn, sur?
rounded by troops who set fire to the
building, and wheo his comrades \ de?
serted him' he yet remained in the
fames, defiant to the last, till he was
shot almost io the same part of the body
in which he had wounded Lincoln.
Then, like his historic victim, he linger?
ed a few hoars and died.
Wilkes Booth had never displayed
any trait or indicated any sentiment
that made it probable he would end bis
career with this appalling catastrophe.
I had seen him several times under un?
usual circumstances. I was intimate as i
a young man with his more distinguish- \
ed brother, Edwin, and thus had mst
the younger, who was bright and ex?
tremely handsome, as well as graceful
and manly in ordinary behavior. He
was born in Maryland, and when Johu
Brown's raid occurred he shared the
horror and indignation of most Southern?
ers, as well as of many Northerners at
that time The Governor of Virginia
called for a regiment of volunteers, and
Wilkes was one of the first to respond ;
for there were apprehensions of an in?
surrection of the slaves as well as
of other invasions from the North
But the panic passed away, and Wilkes
returned to the stage.
In July, 1863, I was a Union officer
and sent home from New Orleans badly
wounded. The steamer ttat brought
me arrived at New York just before the
riots broke out, which so alarmed not
only that city but the entire North. I
was taken to the house of my relative,
General Bas teed, an Irishman by birth,
who bad been a violent Democrat, but
was nevertheless an ardent supporter of
the war. His house was therefore mark
ed out by the rioters for destruction, and
he was notified to leave it, not only by
the authorities, but by some among the
mob who had once been his political
friends and retained a touch of their
former kindness. Accordingly the
ladies of the family were removed to the
New York Hotel, but I was in such a
physical condition that it was thought
nowise to transfer me unless it became
absolutely indispensable. In a day or
two, however, the rioters were more
rampant still, and Busteed was again
warned that it was unsafe for any inmate
to remain in the bouse.
It was late in the summer, and I bad
no other near friend in town bat Edwin
Booth, who was living with his mother
in the house of George P. Putnam, the
publisher. I was very anxious not to
go to a hotel, and Booth at once con?
sented to receive me. On the 19th of
July I was taken to his house. Wilkes
Booth was there and stood io the door
wheo I arrived. He was a strong,
stalwart young fellow of 26, and him?
self helped to lift ms out of the carriage,
and afterward carried me in his arms to
an upper story ; for my wound was in
the foot, and I was unable to stand.
For a week he nursed me tenderly,
dressed my wounds, gave me my medi?
cines, and, when I was strong enough
again he bore me in his arms daily up
and down the stairs. All this while the
riot was raging in the streets. Several
times a day Wilkes went out to learn
the situation, and when he returned re?
ported it to us all, but be said not one word
to indicate that he sympathized with thc
rioters or with the canse that was their
apparent instigation. On the contrary,
he spoke with detestation of the burning
of bouses, shooting Union officers aod
murdering inoffensive negroes.
I had a black servant, a lad of about
20 years, who had followed me from
New Orleans, and Edwin Booth took
him in, though at the risk of incurring
the rage of the rioters. The whole
family pitted the poor fellow, and when
the murders at the Negro Asylum oc?
curred Wilkes proposed that Randall
should be hidden in the cellar. He de?
clared he would protect the boy at the
hazard of his life if the mob came after |
him. But he was not discovered, and j
when the excitement abated and the
streets were clear a^ain I was taken to
the country and Randall was released
from his concealment.
I saw Wilkes Booth once afterward.
In the early winter of 1865 I was again
in New York, this?tne recovering from
a camp fever, and was driven daily to the
house of Edwin Bootb, where Wilkes
was staying as before. At this period
I was staff officer of General Grant, aod
as Edwin was very loyal, indeed even
ardent in his sentiment, he and I talk?
ed constantly of my desire to join my j
chief and of the prospects of the war.
Again Wilkes Booth restrained in my
presence any expressions of sympathy
with the South ; he said not one word j
to excite my suspicions, or even those
.of his family. Edwin indeed told me
afterward that he had long and violent
political discussions with bis brother
this time. Wilkes, declared bis wi
for the success of the rebellioa so c
cidediy that Edwin finally told him
should go elsewhere to make soch sen
menta known; that he was not at libel
to express them in the house of a Uni
man. But even then, when possibly
was plotting something of the consp
acy which was only too successful
one horrible aim, he was careful not
disclose or suggest anything that mig
awake suspicion or anxiety
His whole conduct seemed to.m
when I learned it afterward and look?
back at the man as I bad known bit
like the heated behavior of an- act
used to portraying conspiracies i ai
mimic plots, and brooding }opon sm
themes till his brain was turned. Tl
entire story is ..theatrical in the la
degree; the concealed meetings, tl
consultations, the^dtsgnises' that pr
ceded the end were precisely like tl
scenes in a p-ay ; while the climax n
sembles anything but the contri vam
i of a calm, clearheaded conspirator. - 1
select a theater, the most public pla<
in ti.e world for the assassination of tl
nation's chief; to rush into a boz au
leap upon the stage after performio
the. act, would have occurred to ii
human being but an actor; and the
id the face of the audience to brandis
his dagger and cry 'Sic semper ty rai
nis V there was never a madder pie<
of effrontery, a more supremely garie
theatrical bit of display in the work
The subsequent story, the midnight rio
in his agony, the concealment in on
| house after another, the final conflagn
tion, and the climax, precisely like tb
culmination of a melodrama--the mai
derer shot in the way in which he ha
himself shot bis victim-this portion <
the terrible tradgedy the un for tonal
player had not planned. But all tb
rest he must have rehearsed, in his ow
mind as he had rehearsed other trag<
dies for the stage. His imaginatio
was doubtless crowded witb recollectioc
of the dramas that made up so much <
his life and the influence of which ha
penetrated and permeated hts charactei
There was besides a streak of mac
ness in him, which, unluckily for bia
self and sadly, terribly for. the natio
and its beloved chief, culminated i
the way that the world knows. Thei
are stories in the family of his strang
behavior at various times ; of his tait
ing and muttering to himself; of h
living at the solitary farm near Bait
more with no one but one old servant
whom he frightened with his raving;
his brandishing of thea trial swordi
his recitations and rebearsings <
dramas and tragedies, that she took t
be real. I knew that house, for I ha
visited it years before wich the eld<
brother, my friend. We found it ha
abandoned and unoccupied ; tb
grounds overgrown with weeds, tb
rooms dark and moldering; heaps <
theatrical dresses and paraphernalia a
arouud ; and I eau readily ima^iue ho
the brain of one of the Booths mig!
have become disturbed in the midst <
these suggestije garments and weapon
and memories.
For Booth the father lived there
part of bis moody, eccentric life ; ther
the three brothers-Junius, Edwin
Wilkes-passed their boyhood, witness
ing the strange freaks of their geniu
of. a father ; going with him to th
theater, dressing bim for the play
watchiog his^yerlrormances*,'and comm,
home to see him in bursts of tendernos
and - passion like those of Lear; o
brooding in a melancholy equal to tha
of the Dance. What effect su ;h
childhood and such a parentage and sud
surroundings may have had upon soch :
nature not evenly balanced at the best
wno can tell 2 It is better for th
nation to believe that the inherited ir
regularity and the added theatrical in
fluences turned the poor brain of ai
emotional, imaginative being, than t
suppose bim a conspirator conscious o
all the load of guilt that else would b
heaped upon him. **
For his act had no motive bot th<
gratification of an impersonal revenge
and he hurt the South more than he in
jured the North that had conquered
No mao at the South but recogoizet
this at the time ; no sane friend off thc
South, no sensible enemy of the Nortl
would have advised the deed. But tb?
poor madman paid his penalty all thc
same. He struck at one who was Ilk?
the life of the nation in the very crisii
of its existence, and he made for him
self the most unenviable memory ii
history, becoming the subject of a mon
miserable tragedy than any in which h<
ever stalked across the mimic scene.
He was laid for a while in a grave with*
out a monument over which not ever
the mother was allowed to mourn hei
child. The government refused undei
Stanton and Grant to restore the re
mains to the family, and it was not til;
the public emotion was appeased thal
thc bones of the unhappy actor were
placed beside those of bis father; theil
last play acted out ; their last death
scene performed. Not a year agc
his wretched mother, who never
ceased to lament her most unfor?
tunate son, followed bim to that
abode where the wildest sorrows ol
earth are hushed, and the most miser?
able of earth's children rest undisturb?
ed.
The two other occupants of that box
at Ford's theatre were doomed also to a
further and tragic history. Major
Kath bone was the son of Mrs. Rathbone
of Albany, by ber first husband, and
Clara Harris was the daughter of Ira
Harris, United States Senator from New
York. The surviving parents married,
making these two step brother and sis?
ter. It is well known that Rathbone
strove to ward oifthe dagger of Booth,
and was himself wounded in tho arm.
He was thus unable to prevent the fatal
shot or to stop the madman when he
leaped upon the stage. The scene left
an impression on his nerves from which
they never recovered. He was noticed
afterward to be more depressed in man?
ner and spirit than ever before ; he was
still a young man, bat with a gravity
greater than was natural for his years.
The awful occurrence which he and
Miss Harris witnessed perhaps brought
them into a singular sympathy, and in
a year or two they were married,
although their connection had already
! been so peculiar that in most cases mar?
riage would not bave been thought of.
They had fortune and high character ; ;
chiidreo were born to them, and they pass*!
ed a few years in Washington, respect
ed by all, extremely d?corons io their
lives and character ; but those who were
io their especial intimacy knew that
there was a cloud always hanging o?er
the spirit of Rathbone. Finally the
family went abroad, and shortly after?
ward the world was shocked to learn
that Major Rathbone had killed tba
wife wWtB be bad so tenderly loved,
using first ? knife as Booth bad used
a dagger, ami then a pistol, carry?
ing out the dread'fuf imitation to
the last It was plain that thc horrible
scene of that 14th of April, 1865,
bad oever left his memory, and when
his brain gave way he attempted to re?
peated the ghastly spectacle. Re suc?
ceeded on?y to "ell. He murdered bis
wife and now lingera out his sad exist?
ence in a German madhouse.
Experiments With Manure
* and Cotton,
SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION GATHERED
LAST YEAR ABOUT MANURES FOB COTTON.
From the Cotton Plant.
Editor Cotton Plant:
Knowing the interest all oar farm?
ers take in the experiments with com?
mercial fertilizers, I send yon the sub?
joined table and comments for publi?
cation in y ocr valuable journal.
These tests were made on a sandy
loam soil, underlaid bj a yellow clay
at the depth of six to twelve inches
about the quality of soil on which
three-fourths of the cotton planted in
onr county is made. Tbis land bad
been planted iii oats two years pre?
viously, and pastured after oats with
hogs, considerable vegetable growth
notwithstanding. Ground was bro?
ken with ordinary turn plows in Feb?
ruary to a depth of four to six inches ;
laid off feet rows with a shovel to
the depth of five inches. The fertil?
izers were distributed in shovel fur?
rows and bedded upon with turn
plows, and planted with a Cox plauter
on April 27th and 28th I mean all
preparation and planting, except
breaking, was done on those days.
The vaiiety of planting was my own
selection of Herlongseed except when
otherwise noted :
Experiments xc?h Commercial Fertilizers and <
No.
1 Nothing-.....
2 Compost.
3 Compost....
4 Compost....'..
5 Compost.
6 Compost..
7 j Green Cottoo Seed.
8 Cotton Seed, Green. 900
Acid Phosphate.... 200
Green Cotton Seed. 900
9 Acid Phosphate. 200
Kaiuit. 200
10 Nothing.
11 Colton Seed Meal.
12 Cotton Seed Meal." 250
Acid Phosphate. 200
Cotton Seed Meal...250
13 i Acid Phosphate. 200
? Kainit.....'.. 200
14 j Compost. 6?0
j Cotton Seed Meal..... 250
15 Compost .MM
16 Pee Dee Fertilizer...
17 Asbepoo A ramon ia ted DU. Boot.
Cotton Seed Meal." 125
Acid Phosphate. loo
18 Kainit. 100
Cotton Seed Meal. 500
Acid Phosphate-.... 400
19 Kainit. 400
20 Cottonseed Meal.........;._.
21 Nothing.
Kind of Fertilizer.
18(
18(
18(
18(
18(
9(
IK
13(
21
4!
61
8;
49?
2;
21
131
5(
The composts above mentioned
were composed of 900 pounds green
cotton seed, 900 pounds stable ma?
nure, 200 pounds Acid Phosphate and
200 pounds Kaiuit, standing in heap
about seven weeks.
The Pee Dee fertilizer contained 21
per cent of ammonia ; the Asbepoo
dissolved bone l? per cent, ammonia.
In estimating the re* ul ts of these
experiments due consideration should
be given to the fact that the season of
18?6 was unprecedented in amount
and continuance of rainfall. The am?
monia aud potash of the fertilizers
were almost entirely leached out of
the soil ; especially was this the case
with potash, as I am convinced by the
fact that rust did considerable damage
to cotton on land, which, when ma?
nured freely with Kainit, I have never
seen rust to any extent before.
No. 18 was fertilized, as stated, at
time of planting, with intention then
of making two similar applications,
say : One first to middle of June, and
the last the middle of July, bot being
kept out of the field by water till the
latter part of July, the second appli?
cation was not made, but the last,
minus the cotton seed meal, was made
the latter part of July, and the result
shows advantage of secotid or third
application, of fertilizers, as only 125
pounds cotton seed meal was applied,
and 250 pounds each of Kainit and
Acid Phosphate. The result was
among the most favorable and at much
less cost. 1 think if meal had been
added to last application the result
would have been much more favor?
able.
It will be noticed that green cotton
seed proved considerablj' superior to
to cotton seed meal. Much of this
was doubtless owing to more soluble
condition favoring greater leaching,
and to inferior quality of cotton
seed meal used, hulls now being
ground with seed or mixed with meal,
thereby reducing very much the
standard and value of it.
Notwithstanding the heavy rainfall,
the largest application of fertilizer
paid the best profit. This will be no?
ticed by comparing Nos. 15 and 19
willi Nos. 5 and 13.
In No. ll 150 pounds cotton seed
meal injured the yield as compared
willi No. 10 by ils side, and even 500
pounds of the same, uncombined, ,
made a small increase as compared
with more complete fertilizers. Green
cotton seed appears to much more
nearly approach thc quality of a com?
plete fertilizer than its meal. Green
cotton seed seems to be but little bet?
ter in its effect by the addition of
Acid Phosphate, while in every in?
stance, as well as this, in the whole
list of tests, Kainit proved an import?
ant factor in increasing production.
Cotton seed meal seems to have ^ecn
rendered much more productive by
thc addition of Acid Phosphate, while
?icen cotton socd was but slightly so.
The tests with varieties of cotton
confirm experiments of the last four
years. First, that acclimated Her?
long seed produces the largest yield
vf seed cotton, win'Ie Texas Wood
produces the greatest arnon nt of lint.
Thc latter this season produced 33
per cent, more lint from a given
amount of seed cotton weighed and
ginned for the purpose, than the
former. The difference is not usually
00 much aa this. My neighbors had
a cotton which they deemed very
prolific, and which bas descended
from the Simpson's and ia so called
above, as will be seen bj referring to
the table. It fell short of my own
Her long, 210 pounds per acre, with
precisely the same treatment aa tbe j
others. This amount on the crop of j
a farm, county or. State, might mean
a loss or gain of five or six dollars an
acre. Here is one good field for an
experimental station to benefit the
fat mers of the State.
ED. B. SMITH.
Mario?, S. C., Jan. 18, 87.
Lager.
The word Lager means a conch
or bed. In connection with tire word
Beer it signifies the frame on which
the barrels of beer are laid, to grow
old before being used, A bed is
suggestive of sleep, and the term is
therefore appropriate when applied to
a beverage that makes one sleepy and
sluggish.
Thc word Lager also means a liar,
and certainly the places where lager
is sold may Se fitly described as
'lairs.' While under the influence of]
lager, men certainly act more like
wild beasts than men, and the keep?
er of a lager or lair saloon may be
said to 'lie in wait* for bis customers.
The word laggard is also clearly
related in Its origin to the word lager.
A laggard means a slow person, a
loiterer, .and it is a fact that those
who drmk beer are the persons who
'get left.** The word should perhaps
be pronounced L-ager-for the con?
tinued use of the liquor will make
any one shake like a person with the
'ager.'
)ther Fertilizer* on Cotton for Seaton of 1886.
li
:re.
)0
;o
)0
)0
)0
)0
)0
)0
Variety of Cotton.
Own HerIODg...............
Texas Wood alias Peterkin
Sea Island.
Improved H erlong........
My Own Herloog..
Simpson.
Owu Her long.
>0
>0
>0
>0
)0
>0
>0
25
M> I
)0
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Seed Golton
per acre.
397
780
585
840
885
675
COO
615
840
390
375
660
795
600
1230
440
496
825
1260
480
315
One More Say as to "Tote."
We are not satisfied yet that the
word ''tote'* does not occur io Chau?
cer's 'Canterbury Tales/ although the
learned Professor at Cornell University
says otherwise. We propose now to
invite a further examination. The ar?
rangement of the various 'Tales' bas
always been a matter of doubt. Io
the present editions the arrangement
often differs from Tyrwhitt's. We
learn from the 'Introduction' of our
copy that 'the Parson's tale is connect?
ed by its prologue with that of the
Manciple, sud follows it in all manu?
scripts. The old printed editions after
1542, inserted between the*e a poem,
which was evidently misplaced under,
the title of the Plowman s Tale, but
on what authority it was placed there
we are totally ignorant/
Now unfortunately for us we are
unable to pursue the investigation as
we desire, and suggest a farther exam?
ination by those who have access to
great libraries and a full collection of
the different editions of Chaucer. We
would be glad to ascertain if thc follow?
ing canoot be found in 'British Libra?
ry. February 18, 1783. Bell's Edition
-The Poets of Great Britiao Complete
from Chaucer to Churchill.'
'Who toteth on hem the hen uutall.*
-Plowman's Tale, 1st Part, line
2014.
'Thei toteth on ther summe totall.*
Plowman's Tale, 1st Part, line 4358.
In a previous article by this writer
some years ago we find this note :
'In Urry's note in 1721 he says that
'the editor Isltp's 1602 book says he
has seen it in a hand of near to Chau?
cer's term for antiquity.*
We are anxious to vindicate the re?
collection of our friend Colonel Wor?
tham, and to justify our ofteo repeated
declaration that tote is a good English
word as old as Chaucer, 'the father of
English poetry,' and a great poet at
that. - WU m in g ton Sta r.
There are one hundred and eighty
five democrats in thc present House.
It requires only one hundred and
sixty-three members to constitute a
I quorum, yet there is hardly a ?lay
?that the Republicans do not defeat
Democratic legislation hy refusing to
vote, thus leaving the House without
a quorum A regular attendant in?
formed a correspondent recently that
the average number of Democrat? ab
sent daily from the House W:IR about
forty. On the other side (he Repub?
licans were alway? on hand when it
came to voting It is the old story,
Republican discipline and Democratic
demoralization.
An austere-looking lady walked into
a furrier's yesterday, and said to the
yellow-headed clerk : 'I would like to
get a moff.' 'What fur ?" inquired thc j
dude. *To keep my hands warm,' ex- i
claimed thc madame, crushing him like j
a th nuder-storm.- Washington Critic.
Our State Contemporaries.
A Specious Swindle?
Christian Neighbor.
A tsertaio Publishing Company asks
us to advertise "A ?20.00 Bibical Re?
ward" to any person who ?ill tel! them
tbe middle verse io tbe New Testament
Scriptures, Should two or more cor
rect answers be given the Reward will
be divided. Every one who tries for
the reward must send 20 cents in sil?
ver or postal note, for wbieb he or she
will receive a copy of a pamphlet show?
ing who gets or get the reward
Supposing there be only 500 persons
big enough fools to try for that $20.00
tbe 20 coots sent bf ese h person would
put io the pocket . of that company,
$50.00-$30 clear gain. Not one of
the 500, TS suppose, would fail to tell
the verse mentioned. Now divide the
$20.09 among fbe 500 persons and
each one would get four cents ! Double
the na moer of fools (there are plenty of
them in the world) and those "Bibli?
cal" lottery men would make $60 clear,
and e&ch dupe would be entitled to two
j cents ! Would they get eveo that ?
Winnsboro Newt and Herald.
The proposition to bold the r/ext
State Normal lost il ute at Winnsboro
has been mentioned before in these
columns aud the suggestion bas been
favorably commented upoo elsewhere.
But tbe discovery has been made ?hat
the last Legislature refused to pas? the
osuai appropriation for the support of
i this Institute aod so the project must be
abandoned-so mock for the the wisdom
of our "reform" Legislature. Now if
there is anything which the State can*
not afford' to do it is to abandon the
great work of public education which it
has undertaken ; aod yet this seems to
hara been one of the very things which
the so-called "reform" Legislature
wanted to do. Among other assaults
upon the public school system they
tried lo abolish tbe office of county
schjol school commissioner. There
is oo mistaking the attitude of our
last Legislature toward public edu?
cado o ; it was hostile. For tbe most
part, ignorant themselves, tbe members
could see oo advantage io education.
The refusal to pass the small appro*
priatioo for the State Normal Institute
was a contemptible, piece of penurious?
ness, and altogether worthy of tbe
collective folly of the State. The 're?
form" Legislature was a dismal failure.
Prosperity Press and Reporter.
The ONeall Farmers' Club held a
meeting not long since, and sent a re?
quest to the St. Luke's Farmers's Club
to co-operate with them in calling a
meeting of the citizens of No. 9 and
surrounding townships, for the purpose
of considering the following matters :
The election of a cotton weigher, soy
business relating to cotton weighing,
how much to pay per bale, aod who
should pay for the weighing. The St.
Luke's Farmer's Club held a meeting
sod agreed to join with the O'Neall
Farmer's Club. A committee was ap?
pointed, and by them it was decided to
hold a meeting-as stated above-io
the towo of Prosperity, oo March 12,
1887, st 3 o'clock p. m. The commit?
tee request a full turnout of all the sur?
rounding townships.
Georgetown Enquirer.
The Texas Judge who wants the Leg?
islature of that State to adopt a r?solu*
tioo declaring the United States inves?
tigation of alleged political outrages io
Washington Couoty, to be 'insolting to
Texas, unwarranted by law, and with?
out the scope of the Senate's authority,'
is oot as 'crazy' as some persons would
have it believed. There is a good deal
of so u t?d se use io what Judge Cook
says. These gradual encroachments
upon the sovereignty of the States at?
tract less aod less attention with eaoh
advancing step, and, as was said by
Gov. Gordon io his inaugural address,
the people cannot be too thoroughly
aroused to the dangerous consequences
of this insidious centralization policy.
Greenville News.
There is an enormous quantity of
foolishness in the cities and towns of
tbe Sooth that stand off and watch the
booming iron towns and weakly and
vaguely wish for iroo or gold discoveries
to provide progress.
Iroo is no more staple thao cotton.
Iron stays io the groond useless and
valueless until brains, energy and
capital find methods to dig it ont and
manufacture it. Cotton will do little
good oniil we learn and ase the methods
to make a bale to the acre and manufac?
ture it at home.
If every cleared acre of cotton laod
in the territory trading with Greenville
produced a bale of cotton and if most
of the product was woven or spun here ;
if our facilities for growing, drying
and canning fruits and vegetables,
growing grapes aud making wine were
developed-we would have a richer
people aud city than iron can ever
make.
All these things could be done by
systematic, patient energy, public spirit
and liberality in this city. Pushing
and advertising are needed, and we will
get neither by doing nothing. There
is humiliation in the thought of the
fact that the Richmond & Danville
railroad every day anti night carries hy
Greenville hundreds of people with
money in their pockets seeking invest?
ment and going to towns having less
than half our natural advantages.
Petit Larceny.
Marion Star.
In II recent decision. State vs.
Jenkins, the Supreme Court decides
that Trial Justices have no jurisdic?
tion in cases of petit larceny.
Hitherto, the law on this subject has
been a matter of uncertainty. The
practice has been for Trial Justices to
try these cases; but now, the law is
definitely settled, and there is no longer
any doubt as to the law in snob cases.
Nor is it much of a question whether
the practice that was, is not far better
thao the law that is.
lt ts an iincient truth tbat men arc
deterred from crime much less by the
severity of punishment, than by the
celerity and certainty of punishment.
In addition to this view, all the ex?
pense under the former practice will be
iocurred as the law now stands, to- j
gethcr with thc increased expense to '
tbc taxpayers of long terms of impris?
onment peodiog triol?, to- aay nothing
of tbe injustice of immuring innocent
accused persons, to able to procure bail ;
the increased a-ttendance of jaron,
Coart Constables and the other expen?
sive appendages ol the Circuit Courts ;
the per diem sod mileage of State's
witness, who receive nothing in Courts
of Trial Justices ; the time lost and
personal expense to prosecutors in danc?
ing attendance, for days, perhaps, on
the Courts before the trials come off;
the valuable time expended lbj the
Court in disposing of a trivial case,
that tn a Court of Trial Jos tice would
be disposed of before a jory eonld be
impanelled in the Circu?s Court, and
two or three of which, would be tried
in the morning by the time the digni?
fied Judges convene Coart; and ihe
greater difficulty of convicting the
guilty.
These considerations-grave consid?
erations of economy-besides the im?
portant effect of annulling the dis?
franchisement of a certain class of ob?
jectionable voters, demand that the
Legislature, at its next session, malte
some effort to reform the law in regard
i to this offence and place the jurisdic- I
tion where it properly belongs, and not
prove soch a burden to the people.
- mum ? t ? ? mmm
Carrent Comment.
A great deal has been said and writ
' ten about the New Sooth. There has
been Pelion upon Ossa of eulogy.
( Every claim bas been made as to the
magnitude of its fut ere. New towns and
booming cities have been described
with a prodigality of adjectives.
Zealous friends have declared that
Pennsylvania's industrial greatness is
to be transferred to Georgia -and Ala?
bama ; that New England manufacto?
ries are to give way to their rivals of
the South. This extravagance is not
only unwise, it is thoroughly injurious
lt raises expectations that are not ful?
filled, lt describes conditions that do
not exist. It produces an excitement
that mast necessarily be followed by a
reaction. We do not for an instant de?
cry tba wonderful growth of the South.
No section contains greater possibilities.
No section has gone forward more rap?
id ly. In no part of the country is there
as mach money to be made within the
next, decade. Its new life is a pushing,
thriving, enterprising vitality. Its pro?
gress ts fall of substance, and Us peo?
ple are on the right road to prosperity.
But tho South cannot reach wealth by
one boom. Industrial greatness ts not
a matter o?hours ; it is the_growth of
years.-'Baltimore American, ??j
'East Lynne* was the pioneer of a
class of books out of which bai been
evolved the modern 'society novel,*
which in its most elaborate form is not
very wholesome reading. It would be
unjust to Mrs. Wood to bold her re?
sponsible for the "Ouidaa" of literature,
bot she certainly took the first step
which made the ''Ouidas** possible.
Before ber death she saw herself far
outstripped in her own chosen . field ;
bot it is pleasant to believe that she
never tried to eclipse her rival?, bat
was content to overstep the bounds of
decency as little as possible in the
search for sensation.-New York Times.
Mr. Henry George is right io his
fundamental proposition and wrong in
his conclusion. All land does belong
primarily 'to the State, that is, to the
people. Bat this means that the pres?
ent owners of the land cannot be dis?
turbed in their titles. The ownership
of all land. is originally, in tba State
and therefore it cannot be confiscated to
the State. Mr. George is wrong in his
con ol u sion because h is fundamen tal prop?
osition is right. The title to all pri?
vate property in land is based on the
ownership of that lauri by the State.
All private titles to land came from the
State and would be worthless if the
State had not the power of giving
them. As the State had the power of
giving them, and as it gave them, so it
is bound to secure them and so it does
secure them.-N. Y. Churchman.
Postprandial.
Augusta. Chronicle.
There has been a good deal of ban?
queting at the North recently. At the
New York Board of Trade. Gen.
Sherman, for the five-hundredth time,
oratorically 'marched to the sea from
Akanta.' He varied the entertainment
by saying :
"But as a man said to me to-night, a
man (Mr. Tr en hoi rn) whom I regard
with the highest esteem, 'Harsh and
stern as that march was I am glad you
did it.* We have come out of the fire
without a star missing, with the same
stripes, the same manly, generous feel?
ing, as men respected by men and be?
loved of women, on that plane where
we can meet on-ter m 8 of perfect equality
and entire friendship.*'
As Mr. Treuholm was present, made
a speech, and did not deny what Sher?
man stated, we suppose the quotation
was correct. How many men in South
Carolina are glad Sherman made that
march, as Mr. Trenholm is?
Mr. Dargan, from his Texas exile,
should send greeting to Mr. Trenholm,
in a snug Government berth. Poor
Dargan, for one speech at Brooklyn fell
under the ban. Is Mr. Trenholm to be
applauded for declaring that he is glad
Sherman made the march that burned
Columbia?
The pospraodial speech is getting to
bc a play with dynamite as well as fire.
Overdoing lt.
Augusta Chronicle.
Gen. Sherman quotes Mr, W. L
Trenholm as expressing himself glad of
that pyrotechnical soldier's march
through Georgia and South ?aroliua.
Now comes John A. Wise, the son of
bis father, who, at the second annual
banquet, held at Detroit, of the Michi?
gan club, is thus reported :
'The speaker spoke of the advance
made by thc coan try io the last century.
'Washington experienced one revolu?
tion,* said be, *we have had a thousand
-in political and domestic economy.
So much happens that it is useless.to
talk of the past. Jefferson Davis talk-J
ing s?cession to-day amounts to no
more than an Italian organ-grinder !
playing'Dixie.' The children of the j
South were being educated to believe
Abraham .-LIBC^ was^ooe-oftow gr??t?
es t "ages.'' _
? Thel?n?0?fc >nsja*aai? being o*rr*
done. The c&l?uVe?, ?futir? Sooth ^wiH
not be teofebt lu dej^eciate 5tricfcio*
colo, bot they thank-<?od fersach ideals
as Robert ? Lee. Thomas ?F. ?rasksac
and A. P. H?L.. Match them T ..
Many c?mWfo'se?3 great trouble hi
the-prohibition4 movement. M ?cb
more, it is intiroateoV wonfd be done
for ha fuiiberance* bot that ft might
unsettle- the pol?tica of tile State.
This ia a fimey pretext for apposing
what is understood io be a righteoos
measure:-1 ?^Hh^nSor?, that which
? moraHy right is -all that we respect
in any party and if the dominant
party is wedded te vice and iuiqa?ty,
let it be panned or let it forfeit ita
claims on the people. ThePnraibi
tion party does oot propose waging
warfare with any po?rriea? organiza?
tion for its object ia not to wrest the
power from any party, bot to redeem
the people fr ow the contri of whisky.
This evil moat he reaaedied and If
Democratic hands are too tender to
adjust it, some sterner ones will be
speedily introduced. The Demo?
cratic party practically ignores the
question, so far aa volunteering relief
is eenceroe?V~- ll is' cuuiypseo^of per?
sons regardless of. race, color or pre?
vious condition] and makes loud and
lusty pretences of interest, bot the
most vital question- its constituents
have before them is discarded.
One of the mest potent reasons
for this is that few are willing to de?
part from the old beaten track, erek
if it does terminale iii min. There is
something particularly ? repulsive to
the average politician in this move?
ment They are following ra tbe
wake of public sentiment with mach
reluctance, bot erelong, however load
may be their weeping and lamenta?
tion thc question .will be considered
' and decided. Politicians may wince
i beneath the lashings of conscience
'and groan over coming events, but
its all in vain. If Christian people
can not justly demand that all offices
of trust and honor be filled by sober,
competent men, then we sulbm? that
the whole organization ru an ontaiti
gated farce. ' It can'tTje possible our
forefathers carried down to the grave
all our decency and serf-respect, and
ail our love' for sufJering^nd oppress?
ed humanity has liown away. This
cannot be, -fortfhobler, truer people
never H ved than those in South Car?
olina, a?K?yfet Ts- expected by scm<S
that we remara : dormant' and dead to
the crying demands-of our people in
this matter.- Sadr a.course will bring
shame and contempt ?pon us, and in
after days: oar ?war?jaes -will see those
in the.whirlpools of crime who might
have been their country's pride. Let
every honest man beware, for there
is danger folio wing tbe political
god* of this day? -Unless some ampio
and satisfactory provisions are soon
made the axe will be laid at the roots
and the pranmg hook to tiie brandies
O? OUT ^pofitiCS^ rVi.-i
It is trae we. are a democratic peo?
ple, composing a democratic State,
loving with unfeigned devotion all her
institutions^ yet our ties ste not too
sarong to be broken, when the cause
of humanity dem ands it. We have
reached the period in our history
when men's, consciences witt not,
like Banquo's Ghost, .down at man's
bidding; v *
South Carolina does not want a
disreputable and drunken clique to
dictate be?^policy, to interpret ber
laws or disgrace her legislative halls,
and God speed the moment when tbfs
will be recalled as things of the past.
There are ties infinitely stronger than
those brading HS to the creed or code
of mani ,There is, to honest men, a
higher conception of right and truth
than which is set forth in the ponder?
ous preambles and resolutions of con?
ventions. The people need out be
amazed at the candid statements that
are made concerning the issues before
the people.
Oar Meal dream is not of technical
teetotalism, nor of visionary prohib?
itory laws, but for something higher
still. It is to see every saloon in
Sooth Carolina dosed forever and a
speedy surcease of oppression from
the ravages of ram and ita concomi?
tants. A freedom from the ' vultures
that are tearing out the life-blood
from tlie homes of thousands of Amer?
ican citizens.-Temperance Workcv.
The Randall tariff bill comes near
potting one important article on the
free list beside lumber. It leaves tba
doty of 75 cents a too oo coal undisturb?
ed, while it puts'coal slack,' in which
there is no free trade, on the free list.
-Phil. Record, Dem.
Let Congress pass the Blair bill and
how long will it be before we shall
have a bureau something like tbe
Freedman's Bureau-to hear complaints
of discrimination-and to execute *tbe
roles and regulations to carry the laws
into effect.'-Montgomery Dispatch
Dem.
Mr. Manoiog's reply to the foreign
affairs committee of the Ho ose of Re?
presentatives reads like a warning to
Great Britain. It is a proclamation
that the administration proposes to
exert all the power tb&t Coogress w?l
give to the eod that Canada may be
treated to a dose of her own medicine.
-m r. Man.
Mr. Randall is^doing his level best
tc defeat thc fiscal policy of the Ad?
ministration at^ VJ^ashiugton ^and
paralyse the t)emocratsc party in Pens
svlvania. He will get his rewardwhen
the Republican Legislature shall 80,
apportion the city bf Philadelphia as tu
gerrymander him back ioto Coogress.
Presideot Cleveland ooght to hats',
great joy of the aortes of his favorite.--"
Phil. Record, Deni.
Rockj?ii?l, in York County, ?fc$n?.
fasted with what appears to oe.a^regt
ul arly organized band of bold robbers.*
Several residences ?iave been burgiarV;
ized and quantities of proviaion?,
stolen wi tfn ii the past two weeltSv ' ?
Brigham Joung waa 77 years of ar*
when he diea\ some, ten years ago. - Ka*
is said to have reappeared in good con?
dition. without any marks of the scorch?
ing it is reasonable to believe, be got in
the meantime.