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IHK SU?TER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18SO. oHsalidated 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 ? THE TRUE SO?XHKON, Established Jod?, 1Sfjtf, STJMTER, S. C THURSDAY, MARCH 34,1887. :_ . . . nr^ New Series?Yol. TI. No. 34. t i ^ linn ( t?iii ? ? > /? ? ? <?? r>t~ tli?if. ue*>tit Published o very Thursday, bt . Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. terms: Two Dollars per aonum?io advance. advertise " ts. 0*e Square, first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private terests wi 11 be charged for as ad vertisemen ts. OKtuaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. rVYSPEPSIA ??*daageroo? asireQ as distrasse complaint. If -?eefccted. it tende, by impair^ notation, and de m?ut rTin tnnri nf tin njrtrni to ? - *T rBxp?lte&n*. , -, -O -THE Bts??QiaS X ?abs?eiely Cares ?y.swpwa fa s2 its forma. Hearths m,-Uc I chins. Ztmft?am the F?ad? eto. it enriches and pux??es the biood.ecmn latea the^oetite. ?ad. aida the aesxzmlatioa ef food. ?ET. J^TT;Kossrrzs.-the honored nitor of the 3?5rst Kelociie i Church. Baltimore. 3Id.. says: HsvHJ^used Srown' s Kon -Bitters for DjBpepea and- Imfc^s?oti. I tai* great pleasure is recont Ejendrr^nt high?r. ?Jso consider it a splendid tcnio and toMMBtcaj and very s&mgthftning." Hox JoespsC Sdtt, Jodge of CSrecit Corrt. CBatOB Bte; aagc ** I bear mort cheerfoi testi to the eSeacy of Brown's Iron Bitters far ~ rjao^ara'toosc.*" Camino Ira nbove-Trkde Hark and crossed red linee _ on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BEO V CHBJttlCAJL CO-, itAXTiMOK?. it?? COITOS BATTISG MATTRESSES. XTTHERE WE SPEND ALMOST HALF W of o?r ^fe should be made as comfort able as possible, and for the purpose of aiding this good work, and making some money, we now offer the best COTTON BAT TING-l?ATTLSc?S ever put upon this market. Three grades now made? $5.00, $6.00, $7.00. Sample and full information at Store of Treasurer, A. Moses. ."Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or money refunded. S?MTER COTTON MILLS G. BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT ! CHARLESTON, S. C, Are receiving by 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. ^S**Orders solicited and promptly filled. Nov9 _ Gtei Spp 'lierai Water. Testimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The following are selected from many sim ilar ones : Db. L. C. Kesszdy, of Sparenburg, writes the Proprietors: "The remedial qual ities of Glean Springs I have known for over forty years, and can attest to its value in Dyspepsia'from gastric or functional derange ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis . eases I would particularly call attention, as the waters have shown large curative powers in these complaints." .0*. O. B. Mater, of Newberry, S- C., says: "I have seat more than fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed in any case; they all speedily recovered. I cannot find words to express my confidence in the Gienn Springs water, as a remedy for the Liver, when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, have all, as I know, disappeared at the Springs." Da. James McIhtosh, President of the Med ical Association o? South Carolina, in bis an nual address before that body remarks : **Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, Lifer and Kidneys, deserves to rank with Any other on the continent." , PRICE OF WATER. Per case of two dozen quart botties. securely packed aod delivered on the train at Spari&n borg, $4.00. . Per gallon, by the barrel, delivered at Spartaoburg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for les3 than a barrel, 25 cents. Address SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C. For sale in Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China. BOOKS. SCHOOL BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS Books, Blank ??ooks, Copy Books, Memo randum Books, Draft Books, Receipt Books. .Note Books, M ?sic Books. Best irrade of ali kinds of Writing Paper and Envelopes, Photographic, Autograph and Scrap Albums. Playing Cards in variety and Marriage Certi ficates, at The Sumter Book Store, kept bv W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of John Reids. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. AFINE ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, in large print at Sumter Boot Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of Johu Reids. ICHABQD AND OTHER POEMS, BY W. G. KENNEDY. FR SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. Price reduced to one dollar per copy. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, S. C. Upder the Editorial management of Kkv. H. F. Cebktfzberg, g.w.c.t. o? i.o.g.t. or s. c. Assisted by an able corps of Editors. The patronage and infiuenee of all friends ' OfTemperance is solicited. Terms only 60 cents a year. To, advertisers desiring a wide I Circulation, it oSersan excellent medium. On business, address N. G. OSTEEN, Publisher. ! THE CANDIDATE'S SOUL OQTJ?*. Let's see, I'm fifty years of age to-day, My hair is slowly turning gray, And now's the time my friends all say To make the nomination. Of course they cannot think me rash, Ifin politics ? cut a dash? For they know I hare but little cash, But I'll have the nomination. So I'll go to work with all my might; I'll doff my coat, prepare to fight, For I'm convinced that I'm all right ; Ob, 1*11 get the nomination. I'll write my friends I'm in the field, To Smith or Jones I will not yield, For *cheek' I think's the strongest shield To win the nomination. Let's see, I think my friends of course Will all join in to swell my force, And hire for me a coach and horse To hunt the nomination. By George ! I'll drive from East to West, English and Dutch, I'll talk my best; Tbe babies, too must be caressed If I wain tbe nomination. My cards I'll band to one and all ; Tickets I'll boy for every bail, And on my bands and knees U crawl To get the nomination. And if a score of friends I raee? In passing up and down the street, To soda water I will treat To get the nomination. To Sunday Schools of every tribe, . To bands and Churches I'll subscribe, Thus scores of voters ? will bribe To help me get the nomination. Gewillikens! My hopes run high; But six months more must first pass by Before the day and hour draws nigh To make the nomination. Then if successful I sball be, 1*11 sing and dance and shout with glee? Turn somersaults about three times three, When I get the Domination. But if I 'get left,' 0 my ! 'Tis sad To think of anything so bad 1 Then, by gosh ! I'll iielp the lud That gets the nomination. Mr. Vanderbilt's Arrival at Port Royal. Speculation as to His Object. Special Correspondence Augusta Chronicle. Port Royal, S C, March 20.?I arrived, here after midnight, and. as Mr. Vanderbilt had not arrived, I rest ed until 7 o'clock, when I awoke. Tbe citizens of Port Royal, who were all in anticipation of the coming of the millionaire king, collected on the wharf early this morning. Becoming tired of waiting, I retired to m y room to take a short nap before breakfast. I had not been there long before i was awakened and told that the Alva was rounding the point and coming up Battery creek. ? was not many minutes in getting back to the wharf and watched the yacht, moving like a man-of-war, as she steamed ioto the port of Port Royal 'mid the gaze of a doubtful people. TBE PEOPLE COMMENTING. vVhat has be come for? said one. Have'not you heard ? answered a gen tleman standing by. Why, real estate has gone np and the great millionaire, at the request of his friend Holl?n?, has come to look iuto the advantages of the great Southern port, where vessels drawing water even twenty-five feet can enter with safety at most any time, and which is almost entirely deserted, save by a few vessels which come into port with ballast and go out with lum ber. Have not you read the Chront ctet says another. It gives the whole scheme away, said aoother gentleman Telegrams were received from a num ber of gentlemen, mostly in Augusta, in regard to land, and one ordered his agent not to reut any of his land. Ain't she a daisy ? Look how ^he 3pins ? I moved away and watched the move ments of the party on deck, who seem ed to be taking in every point with the deepest interest. The anchor is cast, md tbe Alva. with the Vanderbilt par ty is in what is to be the great South ern port I was about to get a rowboat and go aboard the Alva, when a boat was lowered and moved to the wharf I hailed this as an opportunity, and when the steward came ashore for fresh milk, etc , learned that Mr. Vanderbilt would be ashore in a half hour. Hur rying through my breakfast. I hastened back to be on hand when the millionaire should land. IS IS SPECIAL CAR. Mr. Vanderbilt and his party arrived at Port Royal at 9:50 this morning. A few minutes after 10 o'clock he and a part of his party "came ashore and went into his special car. the Mariquita Tour correspondent was introducid to the millionaire by Capt W. W Starr, and was surprised to find him so young and fine looking a fellow, with clear cut features, small side whiskers and grey eagle .ejes*. He was dressed likr a navy officer and. had we not known would have taken him for the command- ' ant of the yacht. He is rather pleas ant in his manner, and answered ques tions pleasantly not knowing, how ever, that your corre.^ondent was a newsgatherer. On bfcii?jj^-^sk^d what he thought of the harbor he sitid it was magnificent and *I am surprised to find such au excellent oue. We came in.' be said, 'with the greatest ease at low tide, and t'ic Alva, you know, draws seventeen and a half feet.' ABOARD THE YACHT. As Mr. Vanderbilt had just put his ladies in the car, and had an arm full of letters and telegrams, I asked per mission for our party to visit the Aiva He gave us an order which our party availed themselves of and visited the yacht, which cost ?600,000, or three times as much as aDy of the Ocean steamship steamers. The description th?t I could give over tie wire of the Alva but faintly conveys what itis. The yacht Alva, or Vanderbilt's sea resi dence, is two hundred end eighty-five feet long. Her capacity is from twelve to fifteen knots per hour, and is propel- j lea by an immense motive power of j 1.800 horse-power. The deck shines j bright and the brasses are clear polish- j ed. The side of the long clean deck, j with its two brass cannons and its crews at work, gave more the appear ance of a man-of-war than a pleasure yacht, but the idea of aught but pleas ure was dispelled when we were turned over by tbe first officer to the steward, and then conducted to the saloon or ! dining room, and when I attempt j this description I fear lest describing : its elegaece I may be considered cxtrav- j agact. TUR BEAUTIES O?' THE BOAT The walls are painted white with elegant golden ornamentation raised on j the wood. There are satin curtains, embossed, and rich blue and crimson velvet chairs and lounges, and an elaborate side board with thick plate mirrors and two elegant silver closets and a desk all of walnut and rosewood. The floor carpet is in keeeping with the room. Elegant gil1* chandeliers abound, and in this room, like all over the yacht, there are electric lights. We passed along the hallway and stopped and examined the engine and machin ery, with its wonderful motive power, where the names of the makers, Har lam Hollingsworlh Co., Wilmington, Del., and tbe designers, St. Claire & Co., were noticed, being the manufac turers of the largest pleasure yachts and most expensive boats that travel the deep waters. The library is in keeping with the other rooms, and the sleeping apartments are elegantly and elaborately famished, having iu each hot and cold water. Both rooms for the Vauderbilt family are aft and for visitors at the other end of the yacht. Mr. Vander bilt's as well as Mrs. Vanderbilt's s?t I tiug room is most elegantly and richly j upholstered. THE PARTY ABROAD. Mr. Vanderbilt is accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Alva E. Vanderbilt. His wife has a fine looking ruddy face, though she is not a handsome lady. Then there are his pretty and delicate little daughter, Consuelo, of eleven summers, and his bright-eyed boy, Uke35a, of eight winters, and last, but not least, the mother's joy, Harrold Sterling. The other members of the party accompanying him on the trip are Messrs. W. S Boyt, T. O. Beach, E. S. Keys, G. H. Reduin, aud W. H. Gray. The pantry and culinary por tions of the yaaht are complete in the most minute details. I failed to men tion that the decoration and upholster ing of the dining room was done by the famous French upholsterer, Marcotte, and the other portions by the builders. The crew employed in the management of the yacht numbers fifty-five, and tbe first mate iuforms me that it cannot cost less than two hundred thousand dollars per annum to run the Alva. TALKING WITH VANDERBILT. After enjoying the trip over the yacht, I sought and succeeded in ob taining an interview with Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, and though short, it was sufficient to show that he came to Port Royal at tbe instance of Mr. Hollins. I put the following to him : 'What, Mr. Vanderbilt, is your opinion of the harbor?' 'Excellent; one of the best I know of, and it is a matter of great astonish ment that it has not been utilized be fore V 'What brought you into this port?' *l have been on a cruize since Feb ruary 15th ; been to Tutgas,. Havana. Santiago, Cuba and Nassau, and I promised my friend Hollins that ? would take a look at Port Royal harbor before retarniug East, and then my wife and children are tired of tbe sea voyage, and I can send them home by land.' 'Do you own any Central railroad stock ' To this question Mr. Vauderbilt made an evasive answer, but, was loud in praise of the wonderful harbor. His wife and family, accompanied by j {3 Mr Gray, their friend, will return to |j, N-w York by rail to-morrow morning j j He sailed to-day at one o'clock and will s get to New York within a few hours of j v his family. TniNGS STIRRED DP. The mysterious appearance of the millionaire at the almost dead town of Port Royal has stirred up things con siderably. I asked Mr. Colcock. the agent of Appleton at Port Royal, if he would sell land at the price Mr. Apple ton put on it, and at which it has been lately offered. His reply was that he would not. I was informed by an other owner of real estate here that sev eral Augusta stock brokers had been endeavoring to get the refusal of land here. However, there have been no sales, but there have been big advances in prices?all awaiting developments. WEAT PRESIDENT ALEXANDER SAYS : A special to the Augusta Chronicle dated Savannah. March 21st, says : General Alexander smiled to-day when shown the Chronicle's Port Rovai special, and remarked that it is folly to attach any si-rniScance to Mr. Vaoder bill's visit there. As for his thinking ab'>ut Port Royal as a railroad terminal, the Central's President said that it is likely that he never thought of it five minutes in thatconnection. Port Royal, he added, is like Brunswick?neither place is in a naturai trade channel? and Mr. Vanderbilt could spend all the j money he has on either port and not make cities of them. '[ believe in helping every place that shows the least tendency to grow. Further than j *j that. 1 am in favor '>f investing capital in order to divert, trade and assist it in making a channel fur itself; "but after the experiment is made and trade will not flow into the channel made for it. there is no use in trying to force it there The Central tried the experi ment of building up Port Royal aud . put a large elevator and cotton compress and boilt extensive wharves, but trade will uot go there. The ?120,000 in vested there by the Central has never paid, and the elevator and wharves arc idle.' On the streets here all the talk about Vanderbilt building up Port Rojal is regarded as nonsense. WHAT THE CHRONICLE SAYS. Savannah seems somewhat worried over Vanderbilt's visit to Port Royal. How could the elevator or compress or town of Port Royal flourish when tbe former management of the Central bottled up the great harbor at the South for four of taking away Savannah's j J trade ? The interview with General Alexan der by our Savannah correspondent, j 3 makes it appear that the Central built v the elevator, compress, &c , at Port v Royal, whioh has never paid. Such ia not the case. The Port Royal railroad ? j1 built them. The Central bought and ' . i bottled up the port in Savannah's in-'t terest. j 4 n it may be interesting to many of our readers to know that the limit of age : for entering the free schools has been changed from 16 to 18 years. c "Contentment is Wealth." A reporter got bold of Jay Gould a few days ago, and tbe millionaire un burdened himself to the news-gatherer ifter this fashion : 'The poor roan ought to be tbe hap piest man. Wealth brings cares with out compensation. A man gets rich and then he's a slave. Very mistaken ?deas exist on this subject. Ah, I often recur to the days when I was a boy up in Delaware county. I was a pretty bappy lad. There wasn't much wear ind tear in life then. How good it would feel to go out and drive the cat tle home from pasture once more! And bow delicious it would be to stoop down by the old cow again to do the m or ri ng's milking, and just squirt a stream )f her fresh, hot milk in between my lips as I used to do ! That was nectar. That's what gave an appetite for break fast. boy on a farm ought to be one of he happiest beings alive,' he added, tie may leave to go out in the busier vorld, and be may make more money ?lsewhcre and in other ways, but he'll jever be a jot happier anywhere or any low?not a jot ; it isn't in him.' Tbe miserable man paused a moment tod then continued : 'After ail, what does aoy man, how ?ver rich he may be, get in this world ixcept his board and his clothes and a )lace to live ? Why, as it is,"I am kept m the drive now from early in the uorning till late at night, without any ct-up, day in and day out. The money 've made has enslaved me. With inancial success, cares and responsabili t?s and trials unnumbered go close to gether ; and there's no escaping the mbarrassments and troubles. A rich nan ought to be judged pretty gene ously. f?e has a good deal more to ontend with than poople who aren't ich generally suppose.' Has it Come Again ? Summerville South Carolina, is ap parently the centre of earthquake dis - urbance in this region. It may be hat tbe crust of the earth is very thin here. The water of the sea somewhere oust still find an entrance to the cen ral fires, and shocks that do no hurt lsewhere create a special racket and oovulsion at the little Carolina town. We regret this. It is a charming pot and a healthy one ordinarily. It 5 curious that the tremors should have ome in the hottest days of last sum aer and the coldest days of this spring. A correspondent of the Courier Tournai, writing from the Riviera, 'etails a thrilling scene at church dur Dg the recent shudders cf the globe, le says : A moment before the shock the nest having forgotton something re- I ?uisite to the service, passed out into I he sacristy ; then fell the great high ome direc'iy over the high altar. The ?eople in the church were untouched, ut filled with terror, one woman dying rom fright. But the priest, holy and rave in his Christian faith, returned o the scene and calmly quieted them rith a few brief words, and blessing hem, sent them out into the open pace already full of people from those licturesque and hatigiug houses, who i ad felt the shock, but not being in ured either in body or home, but like he rest, overcome with fear?the fear of omethicji more to follow?somethiug rorse, something final. Wo trust that our people will escape nother experience like that of last august, and it may be that the sum lerville episode of Friday last was }ere by the old earth's disgustai being isited with an arctic spell unseasonably. A Remarkable Family. Henry A. Middleton whose death oc urred recently at his home in Cbarles an, was the oldest living member of ne of the most remarkable families nown in the history of this couutry, nd was himself probably the most dis inct connecting link between the ear ier and more recent history of the ountry alive in it. Edward Middleton he first of tbe family in the State, ras a member of the council under the ords proprietors in 1680, ten years fter the first settlement. He was loted for republican and revolutionary endencies and his son Arthur, who was ?resident of the council in 1712, led the novement that resulted in the aband onment of Locke's model constitution nd the elevation of the State from a monetary settlement to the dignity of . colony under toe immediate control f the crown. Henry Middleton, ' ;randson of Edward, was president of he first continental congress at Phila elphia in 1775. and his son Arthur ras a member of the later con fess and signed the declaration of in ependenee. Henry Middleton, the on of Arthur, wus governor of this Jtate, representative in congress and uinister to Russia. He was first cou in to Heury A. Middleton, just de eased. The Correspondencia de Esjiana vers that there is a literary gentleman t present in Madrid who has solved lie problem of perpetual motion. He ? said to have based it upon the pnn iple of Archimedes relative to the pres ure of liquids. Dr. X. loses his wife ami ho goes to lie marblecuttet's to order a monunicnt le selects an expensive modci, but dc nands a reduction in the price. The idler objects, but finally consents with he remark: "Well, let it go at that. 3ut remember it is only to you. because ou send us so many good customers." j ?French Fun. Mrs. Greene?Timothy, what, have \ rou done with tins letter that was lying \ >n the bureau? Timothy?I put it into ; he letter-box, ma'm. * Mrs. G.?O! j >rovoking! Didn't you see there was no j iddress on the envelope? Timothy? : fes, ma'm; but I thought ycr didn't ! rant nobody to know who you was I vritin' to.?Life. Restaurant proprietor (to chef)?'Tra J iraid you have put too much veal in i his chicken salad, Napoleon." Chef? j "It is all veal, sir. Shalt I put in a lit- J le chicken?" Restau rant proprietor ? j : 'No, certainly not. Put in sonic fentli- ; rs. and if any guest says veal to me I'll ;, sk him if he ever saw a calf with : rings."?Life. ! Some claim that the pulley is the oldest j 1 mechanical invention, but probably the ! low bar has a pi ver claim. 1 < Our State Contemporaries. Of Interest to Trial Justice Jurors. Athen Review. A question of general interest to the public was decided by Jud?;. Norton at the last term of the Kersbaw Court. A Mr. Baum of that County was cummon ed a juror by a trial justice; he failed to attend and was fined $2.00, which he paid. A few days afterwards he was again summoned, but he refused to serve upon the ground that as no man can be required to serve twi?ein one year by the same jastice. his fine was equivalent to having served. The jus tice again fioed him, and upon appeal to the upper Court, Judge Norton de cided that failing to serve as a juror aod paying the ?ne was not equivalent to ser vice ; and that Mr. Baum was liable to be sum mooed again. He therefore affirmed the judgment of the trial jus tice. Tt may be law but like a great many other laws on the books, there is very little justice in it. Pickena Sentinel. The area in tobacco this year will be far less than it was last. The result of the recent inspection at Columbia of the samples sent into the department of Agriculture is anything but encour aging. In brief, the inspector, Mr. E. M. Pace, of Virginia, said the stuff there on exhibition for the prize was no 'count. Darlington Keuca, March 15. A meeting will be hsld io the Court House on Monday next to consider the advisability of endeavoring to obtain one of the Agricultural Experimental Sta tions for Darlington. Ten thousand dollars was appropiated at the last ses sion of the Legislature for the estab lishment of these Stations, one of which 'shall be located io the Piedmoot region of the State and one in the lower tier of counties ' At these stations it is pro posed to conduct various experiments in agriculture ; to determine the value of fertilizers ; to test the purity and vital ity of seeds ; to examine weeds, grasses, and other plants; to investigate the growth, requirements and comparative value of different crops ; to study the economic producing of milk and butter; and to conduct 'such other tests, inves tigations and experiments in the field as may bear upon questionscoonected with either the science or practice of agri culture.' Each Station will be under the charge of one director and there will be such employees connected with it as may be necessary Parlington would be an excellent place for one of these Stations. Be sides, it would prove of great benefit to our county ; so a full attendance of our people at the meeting on Monday is earnestly desired. Columbijt Record. The. conviction of Jones was a sur prise to most people. All the indica tions, when the jury took tfce case, pointed to a mistrial?just the most un satisfactory outcome of a judicial inves ti gat . The general impression of Jones's case was that he was guilty of cold-blooded murder. The facts as given in the newspapers certainly point ed that way. The verdict finding Jones guilty of manslaughter was the result of a compromise aaiong the jurymeu This method of reaching a conclusion upOD an issue involving the majesty of the law on the one hand and the life of a citizen on the other is apt to lead to strange atid bad results, but it seems frequently necessary iu order to avoid mistrials We must hopp that the con viction in itself?a declaration at least that crimes against humble life shall not go altogether unpunished?will be as effectual in deterring men from crime as would have been a verdict finding the accused guilty of murder. Knights of Labor. Pickena Sentinel. The announcement in the Sentinel a few weeks ago that a Knights of Labor Club had been organized at Cen tral seems to have excited no little iuterest. One of the members being requested by the editor to give infor mation as to what the club proposes, has furnished us a copy of the constitu tion, which we give for the benefit of those whe have not yet seeu it. To Tue Public ?The alarming de velopment aod aggressiveness of great capitalists and corporations, unless checked, will inevitably lead to the pauperization and hopeless degradation of the toiling masses. It is imperative if we desire to en joy the full blessings of life, that a check be placed upon unjust accumu lation, and the power for evil of aggre gated wealth. This much desired object cao be ac complished only by the onited efforts of those who obey the divine injunc tion, *In the sweat of thy face shalt thou cat bread.' Therefore we have formed the Or der of Knights of Labor, for the pur pose of organizing and directing the power of the industrial masses, not as a political party for it is more?io it are chrystalized sentiments and measures for the benefit of the whole people, but it should be borne in mind, when exer cising the right of suffrage, that most, of the objects herein set furth can only I be obtained through legislation, and that it is duty of all to assist in nom- j ina ting and supporting with their v.-tes ? only such candidates as will pledge ! their support to those measures, regard- ? less of party. But no one shall, ho - ? ever, be compelled to voto with the I majority, and calling upon a!) who hn- j lieve in securing 'the greatest good to j the greatest number,' to join ?nd assist ; us, wc declare to fhc world that our : aims are : ' ? ?...?? -..??' I I. To make indu>tri;:l a?:d mor?l | worth, not wealth the true standard of j individual and National greatness. II. To secure to fhc workers tin1 ! full enjoyment of the wealth they ere- j ate, sufficient leisure iu which to de-1 vcl"p their intellectual, moral aod so- j cial faculties ; al! of the benefits, ree- : reation and pleasures of association : in ! a word, to enable them to share in the ' gains and honors of advancing civili zation. In order to sre.ure these results we [ demand at the hands of 'lie State : III. The establishment of Bureaus of Labor Statistics that wo ma arrive at a correct snowieuge or iDe eaucauou al, moral and financial condition of the laboring masses. IV. That the public lands, the heri tage of the people, be reserved for actual settlers ; not another acre for railroads or speculators, and that all land now held for speculative purposes be taxed to their full value. V. The abrogation of laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor, and the removal of unjust technicalities, delays and discriminations in the admin istration of justice. VI. The adoption of measures provi ding for the health and safety of those engaged in mining and manufacturing, building industries, and for indemnifi cation to those engaged (therein for in juries received through lack of neces sary safeguards. VII. The recognition, by ?fecopora tion, of trades' unions, orders and such other associations as may be organ ized by the working masses to improve their condition and protect their rights VIII. The enactment of laws to compel corporations to pay (heir em ployees weekly, in lawful money, for the labor of the preceeding product of their labor to the extent of their full wages. IX. The abolition of the contract sys tem on National, ?State and Municipal works. X. The enactment of laws providing for arbitration between employers and employed, and to enforce the decision of the arbitrators. XL The prohibition by law of the employment of children under 15 years of age in work shops, mines and factories. XII. To prohibit the hiring out of convict labor. XIII. That a graduated income tax be levied. And we deumnd at the bands of Congress : XIV. The establishment of a mone tary system, io which a circulating me dium in necessary quantity shall issue direct to the people without the inter vention of banks ; that a.I the National issue shall be full legal tender in pay ment of ali debts, public and private; and that tbe government shall not guar antee or recognize, any private bank, or create any banking corporations. XV. That interest-bearing bonds, bills of credit or notes shall never be issued by a Government, but that, when need arises, tbe emergency shall be met by issue of legal tender, non-interest bearing money. XVI That the importation of foreign labor under contract be prohibited. XV?I. That, in connectien with tbe post office, the Government shall organ ize financial exchanges, safe deposits and facilities for deposit of the savings of the people in small sums. XVIII. That the Government shall obtain possession, by purchase, under the right of eminent domain, of all tel egraphs, telephones and railroads, aud that hereafter no charter of license be issued to any corporation for construc tion or operation of any means of trans portation, intelligence, passengers or freight. And while making the foregoing de mands upon the State and National Government, we will endeavor to ass'o ciate our own labors. XIX To establish co-operative in stitutions such as will tend to suDersede the wage system by the introduction of co-operative industrial system. XX To secure for both sexes equal pay for equal work. XXI. To shorten the hour of labor by a general refusal to work for more than eight hours XXII. To persuade employers to agree to arbitrate all differences which may arise between tbem aud tbe?r em ployees, in order that tbe bonds of sym pathy between them may be strength ened and that strikes may be rendered unnecessary. Labor Clubs in Greenville. Enterprise and 3Jouni>tineer. We are informed by Lee Minor, col ored, that the Co-Operative Workers, an organization composed of laboring men organized by II F. Hover, now numbers five hundred in this City. There are fifteen different clubs, most of tbe members being colored people. general mass meeting of these clubs was held in a building in West Green ville last Friday night, but we have not learned in which particular build ing. Three huudred members were in attendance. A leading and wt-ll-known gentle man of this City has received the fol lowing letter concerning H. F. Hover, the organizer of these clubs: 'Hickory, N. C , March 9 . F. Hover came here iu 1836, then passiug himself as general canvas ser for the "Knights of Labor/ Being called upon for his credentials he had none, and then passed on to other towns; StatesviHe. Charlotte, Concord, S?o , in none of which towns eouid he j succeed in his deception to the filling of j his pocket. 'He next appeared here later in the ! year talking of an organizafi-?n called ; the 'Co-operative Workers of America.7 i He pretended that this organization had ? a large membership?wheii rei 11 y it j had no existence elsewhere. Its ex- ! isrence here was kept secret as l??ng as . possible. The m osi o!" these he (Hover) had named as officers here have been ; hear::! ashamed of it, and some have . denied it. j We believe the said ?? ver to be to- i ' tally unworthy <?* confidence among men, c<peehn!?y those who live by their : iiail)' labor.1 copy of this letter, having appear- ; ed in the DtrHj/ X*-irs of this City iu , 1 Friday's i>sue was read by Lee Minor j He Meeting. j , This tietn ral meeting of the clubs i, w;?s called in c??ns<quenco of the pubi?- ' , canon alluded to After a general discussion and ex- 1 ; planatimi by the members of the meets- j 1 ing. resolutions wi re adopted express- ' ! ing entire confidence in Hover and i the Society for which he is working. I ; The members of the societies will coo- j , t'tiue to pay all their dues and fees. ! ] The price of admission is fifty-fi ve cents, j Oi::r?er!v dues fifty cents. There are J also three or four degrees, for which J numbers taking them have to nay one j a??!lar each for initiation fee. ( The difJeieut Clubs meet at private * j rooms in me v^iry \y c couia not | ascertain the places of meeting. Each j club has a secretary and treasurer, which are all the oncers elected. Our informant told us that Hover is now in Gainesville, Ga., organizing a club there. The following additional information concerning Hover explains itself: TUE SAME MAX A2?D ORDER. We notice in the Greenville, S. C , Daily Neics ?hat ene H. F. Hover is in Greenville, S. C, trying to organize a local lodge of 'The Co operative Workers of America.' Is not this the same man and the same Order that was denounced as a fraud by the Mayor of Hickory sometime ago ? If so, and our memory serves us right, it is charged that 'The Co-Operative Workers of America' has no general headquarters, and, in fact, no existence.?Gastonia Gazette. Yes, it is the same man, and the same order. The only 'general head quarters' we ever heard or read of was here about Hickory, and when it was whisper; d aronod during our last court week that the grand jury was investi gating the matter under Section 2,000 of the Code, the man moved his head quarters to South Carolina, since which the above is the first we have heard from him.?Hiclzory ( . C.) Carolin' ian, 11th instant Another letter from Hickory from a wholesale and retail firm dated the 9th inst., says : 'In our opinion Mr. Hover is a rank fraud. He is so dealt with here and we are informed is now indict ed in our court. He has no headquar ters bere nor anywhere else. He has lived bere or near here for six or eight months, but we think his proper or de served home is in Sing Sing.' The Atlantic Coast Line. Collimila Register. It is reported that a change. is to be made in the Atlantic Coast Line of rail roads, which includes all the connecting roads between Quantico and Charleston, S. C, after the first of April. Exactly what the change will be has not been made public, but it is stated that the Atlantic Coast Line system will have full control of the llicbaiond, Freder icsburg and Potomac railroad, and that the present Superintendent of that road, Maj. E. T. D. Myers, will be the Gen eral Superintendent of all the road* be tween Quantico and Weldon. At Wel don, which is to be the terminal point for all trains, a large engine round house is to be built, the building of which will require about one million bricks. The contract for doing this work, it is said, has been awarded to a contractor at this place. A Ba3e Ball Association Organ ized. Greenville Jfetcs. There was a well attended meeting at the Mansion House last night to organize a base ball association and club for this city. Dr. C. C. Jones, alderman from the First ward, was call ed to the chair. The association was organized by the election of A. B. Williams presideat, J. Byrd Henry vice president, W. C. Beacham secre tary and J. F. Richardson treasurer, and the enrollment of a number of names. The secretary was instructed to cor respond with the gentlemen at Sumter who are moving for the organization of a State league, as a preliminary move for having Greenville represented at the coming league meeting. Alder man Jones and Messrs. Whitmire and Beacham were appointed a committee to select twenty players and learn how many of them can arrange with their employers to be given the necessary time for practice and play during the season. Messrs. Patton, Sloan, Marshall, Hammett and Cureton were appointed a committee to solicit membership The idea of the association is to form a stock company with a capital of a few hundred dollars to organize and main tain a club. Tt?e present purpose is to have all the players amateurs but the batteries. Sii e Has Disappeared From the : Novels. Has it occurred to nobody in his struggles to keep abreast of the tide of activity that sets in fiction, as in every * other department of modern thought, to 1 cast one deploring glance over his ! shoulder at the lovely form of the hero- ; ine of old-time, drifting fast and far into oblivion? asks a writer in the ' Toronto M eek. It would be strange, in- 1 deed, if we did not regret her, this daughter of the lively imagination of a ' bygone day. By long familiarity how 1 dear her features grew! Having heard 1 of her blue eyes, with what zestful an- 1 ticipatiou we foreknew the golden hair, < therosebtid mouth, the faintly-flushed j ethereal check, and the pink sea-shell ' that was privileged to do auricular duty ' in catching the never-ceasing murmur * of adoration that beat about the feet of 1 the blonde maiden! Wotting of her J ebon locks, with what subtle prescience 1 we guessed the dark and flashing optics. 1 the alabaster forehead, the lips curved 1 in line scorn, the regal bight, and the ( very unapproachable demeanor of the < brunet! The fact that these startling * differonces were purely physical, that * lines of their physical construction ran t sweetly parallel, never interfered with J our joyous interest in them as wc - brcatniessly followed their varying for- 1 tunes, from an auspicious beginning, * through harrowing vicissitudes, to a 1 blissful close. So that her ringlets were e long enough, and her woes deep enough, anil her conduct under them markedly \ a beautiful resignation and the more j becoming forms of grief, it never occur- < rod to us to cavil at the object of Alger- 1 nous passion because her capabilities j were strictly limited to making love and j c Oriental landscapes in Berlin wool. Her very feminine attributes were in- ? * variably forthcoming; and if the author j 1 by any chance forgot to particularize ? c the sweetness of Iter disposition, the ; 1 neatness of her boudoir?they all liad i ? boudoirs?or the twining nature of her j 1 affections, we unconsciously supplied ; J the deficiency and thought no less re-1 * ?pectfully of Araminta. ?>he was very i f wooden, this person for whoru gallant; J vouths attained remarkable hights of ? f self-sacrifice and villains intrigued in j 11 vain; her virtues and her faults alike : ^ might form part of the intricate and ex- j V pensive interior of a Paris doll; and we & loved lier perhaps with the unmeaning l' love of infancy for toys. She was the S tainted pivot of the merry-go-round? ; t could not possibly revolve, with its ex- ! jiting episovlos, without her; yet her c aumb?c presence bore no striking re?a- u a boat her. She vanished with the last page, ceased utterly with the sonnd of her wedding bells; ami we remember for a little space, not the maiden, but the duels in her honor, the designs upon her fortune, and the poetic justice' that overtook her calumniators. Jockey Archer's First Ride. As a matter of course, Fred was put in the saddle at an early age. and show ed such aptitude for riding'that no iong' time elapsed ere a determination was" reached as to the business he sbonld: adopt, and the first step towards what was destined to be a wonderful career' occurred in his apprenticeship to Mr. Matthew Dawson. An indefatigable and accurate writer on turf matters has recorded that the first winner ridden by poor Fred was in a steeplechase at Ban ger, which fell to a racing pony called Maid of Kent, whose rider was at that time but eleven years of age and weighed only four stones eleven pounds. His earliest successful ride on the fiat was over the strange primitive coarse at Chesterfield, where, in 1870, he had the successful mount on Athol Daisy for a Nursery Handicap, going to scales at 6 stone 5 pounds. In the spring of 1872 the subject of this notice was within an ace of ridiug the winner in an import ant stake, as on-the back of Mr. C Naylor's Marmora he suffered a neck ?Pf?at ?rom En?icld in the Newmarket Handicap, an objection to the winner on the ground of a cross being overruled. A Clever Young Journalist* Miss Jeanette Gilder is a woman who has made for herself a very enviable place in journalism, says the New York World. She founded and bas carried . to a definite success a weekly journal. The Critic, which was an experiment and something quite new in its aim and scope. Of her career and her experiences in the Tarions departments of news paper work she writes in a pleasant, frank, manly fashion. Personally Miss Gilder is" a curious combination of feminine and masculine traits. She is passionately fond of children and is de voted to the pretty infants of her brother, the poet; in social life she is entirely feminine, and is quite what any other clever, sweet-tempered woman would be. But in her office she is utter ly changed. A woman who bad occa sion to meet her there once gave rather an amusing decription of her own emo tions on the occasion. *I went into the fresh, bright, sunny little office," she said, "possessed by a good deal of curiosity to see this clever woman of business. She was sitting at her desk looking over letters and rose courteously at once. She is quite tall and rather slim, with a large, strong, pale, and not unhandsome tuce, and just a slight resemblance to Richard Watson Gilder, of the Century. X scarce ly noticed her clothes at first, except that : they were dark and plain, but as we sat and talked I grew more and more in terested in noting that outward and visi ble sign of the inward and spinte al . tendencies in woman. It was a cold day, and Miss Gilder had come in but a moment before me, so that she had not yet laid aside her outer coat, a long, dark ulster. It was unbuttoned and thrown back, however, with the white silk handkerchief, such as are common ly folded by men about their throats un der the edge of the overcoat in winter. Her skirts were also of a dark, mingled looking stuf? and kilted plainly to the waist with no overdress. The waist was a half-fitted sack coat with the cut at the throat similar to that of a man and with the same pockets. Under it was a close-fitting waistcoat in which were watch and chain; a plain stand ing collar and cravat were entirely masculine in tone. I got so interested in noting the little details that I scarce ly observed what she was saying. 1 even noticed that she wore wide cuffs with heavy link-buttons and a seal ring and when she began to look in her pockets for her handkerchief I almost held my breath with the keenness of my curiosity to see what sort it would be and almost laughed aloud when it proved to be, as I had half anticipated, a plain, large square of hemstitched China silk." This masculine attire of Miss Gilder is not worn with any ostentation, and people meeting her on the street would scarcely notice iL She wears it during her business because she really works very hard and has to have complete physical ease to concentrate her mind on her labors. Hardly any arrange ment of fashionable feminine dress will do thai; the arms, throat, and-waist are all more or less cramped and confined, - and this clever young journalist does not allow any unreasoning prejudice to stand in the way of complete equipment for her work. The ftfode at Dinner There is an apparent tendency in dinners this season to do away al together with heavy viands when ladies arc among the company. Substantial roasts and saddles of mutton have given way to fillets about as big round as a tvatch-case, with a trifle of artichoke or beanaise. The purpose is to have everything so [rail that the knife may be dispensed with, and women be enabled to provide ;hemselvcs plentifully with a fork and (vithout the necessity, if impulse move, >f removing their gloves. Flowers are nore used than ever, and are likely to je all winter. Three women, whose in luence ordinarily is forceful in setting ;he modes in society, undertook to ar ray themselves against the use of flowers is dinner-table decorations. They gave in elaborate luncheon, and forbade the ?se of a single rose upon or about the able. They experienced so much diffi culty, however, in procuring substitutes )f even half the decorative beauty that lowers possess that they abandoned the iffht, and at a dinner given by one of hem the other night all precedent in he lavish use of roses was surpassed. The stand to make now is against the rulgar overdoing of a very pretty idea, ^hina and fine glass more than hold heir own in popular favor, and one ;ces porcelain in town that would be >rized in the home of a Howard. Dcco ations are, and apparently, if one may udge by what is already to be seen, will ?ontinne to be pronounced in colors, ed and other bright, warm tints pre -ailing. No hue predominates, how iver, to the exclusion of others. What vere called yellow dinners at Bar Har )or are already decidedly passe. They lever, indeed, were much in favor ex jept with social sensationalists, and hey could uot last if forno other reason lian the one that only one complexion a thousand could stand against hem. For an autumnal kink the many lued leaves of fall are very pretty as lecorations and are a good deal used, fhey may be preserved after gat hering or two weeks or more by keeping them a cold water. Rich roil ivy has also teen ?ised with great effect, and will robabiy come into decided favor for ?ig occasions. But ivy grows so slowly hat the generous use of ?t moans Teat expense.?I'h.ladc'ph Ar?tff& About 200,000 Americans arc interc<t ? in brass bands, either as uiayecs or jakcrs o? insti u.iicnis?