Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>' ?"1 il ) nirif li 11 li fi? i Elim . ?* ?.? "? . .? SU?TKK WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's SUM TER, S. O., THURSD AY, APRIL 7,1887. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EetaWished Jane, 1S^# New Series?Yol. TI. No. 36. st ?ftS Qr: ?STEEN, SUMTER, S. C. ~~ teres: Two Dollars per annum?in advance. .ad v?etisembxts. One Square, first insertion-.-....$1 00 fi very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve nrivate t--- iatereste a^?>?o?arge4 foMs advertisements; Obita^es^an^ tributes of respect' will be charted for. OH! MY BACK ?viiqw?a^oi^o?^?aek? that weak hack ^ _ a?4_?e*rrj prortratcs you* ftp ilfw~rlrwj > ' - - ? Steadies the Nerves. r^rtrtmtfce Bloca? Otvee Xew Yigor? DKj.iyifiiiUcTMtfeld,Iowa,says; ? - ~ ? ?*>?3 a littban i? toe best Iron nwdicine1 ?amtauwn^iar 3^8?^ practice. IhaT?focndi* ? ^^ 1 a? a? or i^y?aieih*^stiati, -itt wf??ntxt** ^ a2ments list bear so beav y iw Um ijhIiiiii Uee it freeJy in Toy own family." ^ ^?" ?^ ^^^ nay back. Brown s Iron Bjttwa^attBBtMBrtaBBd ro'tn beala ? ??min? bas aboweTrado Mark and croesed red Knee . on wrapper. Take oo other. Made only by HM&Wa CHEMICAL CO., A / , M?. COTTaX^lTTLNG MATTRESSES. tS WS SPEND ALMOST HALF i of our IH? should be made as comfort able as possible, and for the purpose of aiding this good wort, and making some raooeyvwenow offer the best COTTON BAT TING ?fATTRESS ever put upon this market. Three grades now made?$5.00, S6.00, $7.00. Sample aod full information at Store of Treasurer,-A. Moses. Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or money refunded. SCUTER COTTON MILLS 6, BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT ! CHARLESTON, S. O., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the liorth and West full supplies -each week of CHOTCE APPLES, PEARS. LEMONS. PO TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NCTS OF ALL KINDS, Etc., Etc Jf&Or?trs solicited and promptly filled. XotS _ Sin Spp lierai fater. Testimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The folio wing are selected from many sim ilar ones : De-.L^ C. Krssedt, of Spartanburg, writes the Proprietors : "The remedial qual ities of Glena ?>priags I have known for over forty years, h od cao attest to its value io Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl derange ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical Effnsion*. (IterineIrregulariiy and Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis eases ? would particularly call atteotlon, as the waters have showa large curative powers in theee complaints." ^Da. <L-;B. Matee, of Newberry, S. C, says: "I have seat more Than fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and bavenerer been disappointed tu any case: they -all speedily recovered. I cannot find words toerpress my confidence in the G'.enn Springs water, a3 a remedy for the Liver, when functionally deraaged Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain ok in diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, bare all, as I know, disappeared at the Springs." Da. Jaxxs McIstosh, President of the Med ical Association o? South Carolina, in his an nual address before that body remarks : **Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with any other on tbe continent." PRICE OF WATER. "Per case of two dozen quart bott?e3. securely packed aod delivered on tbe-train at Spartan torg, $4.00. Per gallon, by tbe barrel, delivered at Spartan borg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for less than a barrel. 25 cents. Address SIMPSON .& SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C. ? For sale ?n Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China. BGtOKS. SCHOOL BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS Books* Blank Books, Copy Books, Memo randum Books, Draft Books, Receipt Books. Note Books, Music Books. Best grade of alt kind* of Writing Paper and Envelope?, Photographie, Autograph and Scrap Albums. Playing Cards in variety and Marriage Certi ficates, at The Sumter Book Store, kept by W. G. KEXXEDY, 2 Doors North of Johu Reids. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. AHNE ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, in large print at Sumter Book Store, kept by W. G KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of Jobp Reids. m?m AND OTHER POEMS, BY W. G. KENNEDY. F SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. Price reduced to one doliar per copy. _ _ THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Smovedfrom Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, S. C. linder the Editorial management of K?v. H. F. Chrkitzrerg, e.W.c.t. of i.o.q.t. op s. c. Assisted by an able corps of Editors. ' The patronage and influence of all friends Temperance is solicited. Terms, only 60 ftafi a jear. To advertisers desiring a wide ^jreoiatton, it offers sn excellent medium. ^ fc?Wr**r address N. G. OSTEEN, THREE BEAUTIES. I. THE GIRL IN THE SEALSKIN SACQUE. Oh ! the girl ia the sealskin sacque is fair, She's a vision that charms the eve, With her ripe red lips and her golden hair. And teeth like the pearls that lie In the coral caves of the ocean, where The mermaid dresses her golden hair And chants the dirge of th? teamen S>rave , Whose bark has Sunk 'neath the foaming wave. II. THE SUMMER GIRL. Oh ! the snmtner girl with her golden hair And her robe of snowy lawn, And ht r blushing cheek is a vision as fair. As the summer morning's dawn. Her cheeks are the blushing-- |f?es s^kissed,.. Her dress is the morning's flee%:<niis^ Her eyes are the ocean's f^V)]?es#blae, And her lips are rosebuds ?esS?sdlii dew. - ? ?? III. ?35? THE EASTER BRIDE?" ? fi Bnt the robes of the maidenj^mejitioned;.pa'le| Into the nothingness hesidjg ?? ??;- j The iilac silk and the BrusI gHsi? Of the blushing Easter bride ; And their charms are eclipsed as the bride appears Like an April day in smiles and tears. At the altar, and there with the bride groom stands Till the kind old pastor has joined their hands. ?Sosion Courier. Catawba Falls In 1802 John Dray&? f}cg ernor of South Caro];na5"puBKehed a email work, now ratb^^e^sce^^^ view of South Carolina as respects her natural and civil concerns/ In the first chapter, under one of the heads, 'Cascades/ he thus describes the Catawba Falls, at the f^affeasir era corner of Chester county : 'For quantity of water eadP grand eur of appearance, perla^^?e^Ca tawba Falls are the most" interesting of any in this State. They are situa ted a little above Rocky Mount, and the approach to them is over the hills which line the sides of the river. On either side the rocks are piled up in a wall of many feet high, and .hills rising above them in sharp :cqnical summits, nod over the rupture below. Now the Catawba is arrested in its course and from a width of one hun dred and eighty yards this river is forced by the hills and rocks on eith er side to shoot down 'the gulpb/ in a channel of only eixtyvfoe,. yards wide. Collecting its waters; impetu ous and noisy, it thunders down the falls, tumbling over mossy rocks and foaming from shore to shore, wheeling its large whirlpools and glancing from arock to rock with maddening fury, not ceasing its troubled waves until it has leaped over twenty falls in the distance of two and half miles, and has precipitated from its heigjit^of a depth of ninety feet. Here^below Rocky Mount, it begins -to subside and spread over a channel three hun dred and eighty yards wide ; bi\t is not composed. For miles below, rocks are scattered in its way, ut times irritating its waters and pro voking the rapidity of its stream 7 Dr. David Ramsey (1808) and Robert Mills (1826) give similar descriptions of these falis, which are connected with an almost forgotten page of our history. A committee of the House of Rep resentatives of the Third Congress, 'to whom so much of the President's speech as relates to arms and military stores, magazines and arsenals5 was referred, made their report March 5, 1794. They offered the following resolutions : 'Resolved, that the Pres ident of the United Slates be au thorized to direct two arsenals and magazines, to be erected in proper situations, to accommodate the South ern and Middle States, and that a 6um not exceeding fifty-nine thousand dollars be provided for that purpose.' December 12, 1795, Timothy Pick ering, secretary of war, reported on the measures which have been pur sued to obtain proper sites for arse nals. He says : 'It having been determined to er?ct one arsenal on the Potomac and another in South Carolina, the latter in a situation to and from which water transportation would be afforded, and the ibrtner in the vicinit}' a number of iron works the necessary orders were given in the year 1794 tor exp?or?ng both countries/ * * 'T?e {engineer employed for the purpose m Soufh~ Carolina made a report, which was received early in the last summer He had explored that part of the coun try to which his attention had beert directed by the Executive. He also examined another. The latter, inde pendent of its being in a more health- . fui situation, was. ch emed to possess j some other advantages over the for mer.' 17?..' The engineer al!uded_ to was must probably 'C<>1 John Christian,-engi neer to the State/ who at that time was digging the Santee Canal "(17-92 1800.) The second piace referred to was probably Rocky Mount ; the first place is not known. February 2, 1802, Thomas Jeffer son, President, sent in ?- short mes sage, in which, he says, 'Beside* the permanent magazines established at Springfield, West Point, Harper's Ferry, it is thought one should be established in some point convenient for the States of NortH Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia ; such a point will probably .be found near the border of the Carolinas, and some small provision by the 'Legis'ra ture preparatory to the establishment will be necessary for the present year/ In January 1803, Eli Whitney, 'inventor of the cotton gin,' was se lected to assist Col. Senf, in choosing the site for the arsenal near Rocky Mount. Whitney was at that time, pressing his claims before the North Carolina Legislature. For expenses from Raleigh to Rocky Mount, and for professional services while there, he received the very moderate fee of fifty dollars Col. Senf, with the rank of 'superintendent of the arsenal at Rocky Mount/ received eixty dol lars, 'for making a plan of the arsenal at Rocky Mount, and report thereon, including his travelling expenses. During that year (1803) four thou sand dollars were paid ort^ account of expenditures in erecting the arsenal, magazines, etc., at Rocky Mount, S. C/ During the veare 1803*4 the total kjMMi?l - ... ? amount expended at Rocky Mount was fourteen thousand four hundred and forty-eight dol?ais, being four times the amount spent on the -arse nal and magazine at West Point during those years. Of this sum three thousand one hundred and thirty-eight dollars were for the pur chase (through 'Thomas Sumpter') of a 'tract of land in South Carolina for an arsenal/ Gerf. Henry Dearborn, secretary of war under Jefferson, visited Rocky Mount and laid the corner stone of the main building. Robert Mills (statistician of South Carolina,) states this fact, but. does not_give the exact date?which must have been in 1803. The spot was known ?s Mount Dear born for many years.. in 1>08 a committee of Congress reported a 'system pf great canals along, the " Atlantic coast.' In oui State, they say, 'The Santee or Ca tawba, is said to be "occasionally nav igable for more than three hundred miles, as high as Morganton, N. C. Two companies have been incorpor ated by_ that State, and the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of improving its navigation. The Low Falls are above Caraden, and not far from the arsenal, of^the United States, at Mount Rock?V (If ,a late Congress has made appropriations confusing geography and names, it is ouly history repeating itself^ per haps) In 1803 'The Catawba and Wa teree Company* asked Congress for help. A committee of Congress re ported that the cauals would be cf vast importance and utility to the in habitants of North and South Caro lina and Tennessee, and that the ar mory and arsenal of the United States, established at Rocky Mount would also be considerably benefitted, yet, on view of the present condition of finances, and the critical situation 'of our country in relation to foreign Governments, it would be unadvisable to apply any public money/ In the journal of Bishop Francis Asbury ( 1809) he speaks of preaching near William Heath's, on Fishing Creek, when, 'to ray surprise a num ber of United States officers came up I invited them in. These gentlemeu are attached to an establishment at Rocky Mount/ In the Annals of Congress, under date of December 26, 1815, the 'com mittee on military affairs' reported a bill 'establishing three additional mil itary academies?one within the Dis trict of Columbia, one at Mount Dearborn, in South Carolina, and one in the vicinity of Newport, Ken- > tucky/ 'The bill was read twice and j committed/ A few days later, in i 'committee of the whole/ Mr. Camp-1 bell (probably a misprint, meaning Col J. J. Chappell, of South Caro lina.) 'proposed to change the loca tion of '.he Southern Academy from Mount Dearborn to Columbia on ac count of the superior advantages of that place over Mount Dearborn and j the elijjibilitv of its situation for such an institution ' The House refused' to make the change in location by a large majority. Mr. Pickens, of ! North Carolina, 'was in favor of a ! more upland site than either of those mentioned, and gave a decided pre ference of the two to Mount Dear born over Columbia. He proposed a point in Buncombe county / Ash- J ville was soon put in nomination j against Mount Deaiborn, but was negatived by a Sarge vote. The com- j mittee, after a long debate, in which Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, Speaker of the House,-joined, (both advoca ting three academies,) agreed to strike out three and insert one. A year later, February, 18IT, the whole matter was indefinitely postponed. These references show that for several years an 'arsenal and maga zine' (in oue place the word 'armory* is used) were kept up near Rocky ' Mount. In the original paper, or during the ??lection of a place, esti mates were giveu for the following buildings: brick building, three stories hi?rh. one hundred und seventv five feet long and forty-two feet wide, would contain twenty thousand mus kets, attillery and carriages in pro portion, together "with all the light appendages thereof. An arched brick magazine, capable, of containing two thousand five hundred barrels of pow der. Brick barracks, arid workshop for one hundred armorers, for neces sary guard.' It does not appear how far this plan was carried out. Mills, writing in 1320, some time after tlie enterprise was abandoned, says : 'The United States establishment, near R?ck}7 Mount, commands.atten tion also, though now abandoned'arid is in ruins. This circumstance only tends to make it more interesting to the traveler. Tiie buildings erected there were handsome and extensive. Tue magazine, (a. conical brick build ing) has entirely tumbled down. The arsenal is a substantial building, erected close to the canal, constructed by the State, and rs the ouly building of the whole that promises to be realiy useful The barracks surround a square, fronted by the officers' quarters, a large brick edifice, the whole erected on a promontory pro* jeeting into the river. * * * * Naturo furnishes few spots more vari ously romantic than this, a noble river rendered more interesting by the rocks which impede its course ; the islands scattered in the stream ; the surrounding" h?ls covered with woods, and towering above it, all in duce a wish that the project of a mil itary establishment here had succeed ed and this fairy spot had been the abode of refined society/ The references and quotations in this article have all been verified, so that this short sketch of the 'Rocky Mount Establishment' is believed to be correct. It is wcomplele, as it is prepared without access to sources which would give other items as well as the time and a cause of abandon ment. The local tradition is that Rocky Mount came within one vote of being the West Point of the United States. This mav not be so, still those so in cliaed may speculate as to trie effect in oar history if a great 'national mil itary academy/ witli all the attendant patronage and influence, had been es? tablished ou the banks of the Catawba like that on the Hudson ' In the Grun kel ville, which the printers of Mills' Statistics give as one name of Rocky Mount, some readers may not see the design to honor the name of Grimke, by calling the place Grimkeville. Unfortunately, several attempts made to perpetuate names truly worthy have been failures?as Grimkeville, Dray ton ville, Pinck ne378ville, Chatham (original name of Cheraw,) Granby, etc. B. J. Lossing in 1840 visited Rocky Mount, with pen ar? pencil in hand. He gives several sketches and rather full accounts ofctlfeRevointionary in cidents connectcd|wtth the place. lie says: 'Here yet tr?main the founda tion of a projected??uited States mil itary establishment to be called Mount DeartWnfw?fich was abandon ed.' Since Lossing's visit another array has crossed the Catawba at that historic point. Before the late war a cotton factory stood on the banks of the canal, own ed by Mr. Daniel McCullough ; the spot still bearing the old name, Mount Dearborn. Mr. ^McCullough is yet living, one of an unusual group of a half dozen meri, all over eighty years of age, near Rocky Mount. They might give sorne interesting items from their early re'collections about the United States establishment Robert Mills has a paragraph that should not be overlooked. 'Here (Rocky Mount) repose the ashes of one whose memory should be cherish ed by Carolinians, for his devotion to their cause in the Revolution, and his subsequent efforts to serve them in his professional capacity. Col. Senf, the engineer, both of the Ca tawba Company and of the Santee Canal. He sleeps, in what was his garden, at Rocky Mount, but no obituary stone records his name. A few trees (which he planted in a spot that he had cut in the fashion of a falling garden) shade his grave. Col. Senf was a military engineer of considerable talont.' (Statistics, p. 53.) The two great works of the Ger man engineer, in our State, are now little known. TheT>ed of the Santee Canal is dry, and" the very ruins of his arsenal and magazine on Mount j Dearborn hav? jg?rifched. If the pro ! p?sed railroad from'Camden to Rocky j Mount is built, the silence of the hills around his lonely grave will be disturbed by the scream of the engine ? a power lie little dreamed of in his day. Let a station or at least a loco motive bear his name. Let a stone be placed under those trees to mark the spot where rests, away from kindred and home, the foreigner who helped us in our day of weakness and trial. May the old Mount never again echo the sonnd of a hostile gun, or the tread of an army ! Jas. . Carlisle. Sparlanbnrg, S. C. Jones-Johnstone Shooting. further particulars of the affair the words that led to rapid action. [From the Newberry Newspapers.] On Thursday afternoon last Mr. Reeves, having wound up his business, here as he thought, drove out with his two wagons. After going about six miles he was ove:taken by Judge Blease's constable and arrested, and his wagons,- teams; etc., attached, iti a civil suit in which J J. Corum was plaintiff. ? The arrest was made under the non resident act, and the suit was for ?100 which Mr. Corum claimed that Mr. Reeves owed him. Mr. Reeves was brought back with his wagons. The attachment bond re quired of the plaintiff had been signed by E. W. Thomason, Theodore Spehl and ?. ?. Coursey, Mr. Spehl alone qualifying ; and he went to the trial justice on Friday after the arrest and asked that his name be taken off the bond. The case came up before Judge Blease Saturday morning, Mr. Car lisle and Mr. Jones appearing for the j plaintiff, and Messrs Johnstone and Crorner for the defendant. Tbe de fendant moved to dissolve the attach ment on the ground that it had been tmprovidently issued, and that the only responsible surety had requested to be released?there may have been other grounds. After a little argu ment on this point, Judge Blease sug gested to the parties, through their attorneys, that they consent to a trial of the case at once to decide whether Reeves owed Corum anything, and if so how much. Both shies consented and a jury was drawn to try the case, and the trial set for the afternoon. Then the argument as to the attach- j ment was resumed. It was generally known that Mr. i Johnstone and Mr. Jones had had a ! little spat of words at the hearing of the case before Commissioner Dennis ; but nobody anticipated trouble in the court room, and there was quite a crowd present?twenty five or thirty people. Inside the bar, which is a railed inclosure about twelve feet square, were the attorneys and their clients. The conversation that seemed to be the immediate cause of the draw- ! ing of pistols, was about as follows : ? Mr. Jones : 'If the court pi ?-ase. i Counsel for the defense admit it that j this is a court of ?record.' Mr. Johnstone : 'No, if the court j please, we do not admit that, for j the statutes expressly say that it is j not a court of record.' Mr. Jones : *1 was addressing my | remarks to the court,'* Mr. Johnstone : 'And I was ad t dressing my remarks to the court.' Mr. Jones : 'Will the court hear my argument?' Mr. Blease: 'Yes, proceed, Mr Jones. Don't interrupt him, Mr. Johnstone.' Mr. Jones : 'Oh, he can't confuse me ; I don't not ico anything that j comes from such a source.' Mr. Johnstone (rising) : 'If the in soient puppy repeats that I'll slap hie face,' Mr. Jones jerked his pistol out of his breast pocket and fired. Mr. Johnstone drew his pistol, and then they both continued to fire in rapid succession, both emptying their pis tols, Mr. Jones firing five times and Mr. Johnstone four, one chamber of Mr. Johnslone's pistol having been empty when the firing began. After Johnstone had exhausted his first pistol he drew a second, but did not use it when he found Jones had ex hausted his ammunition. Some persons who witnessed the shooting say that Jones fired twice before Johnstone fired at all; and others once. All the firing was over in less than a minute, and both par ties had emptied all the chambers of their pistols. During the firing the two combatants were so near each other that they could have touched pistols. Mr. Jones was taken into Mr. Mower's office near by and phy sicians were summoned. An exami nation showed that a ball had entered the left side between the eighth and ninth ribs and ranging across and downward, stopped just under the skin on the right side. It was thought he could live only a short time, but he rallied from the shock and the physicians began to have hopes of his life, meantime doing everything possible for his relief. He was struck only once Mr. Johnstone was struck in four places ; one ball passed through the right ear close to the head; anoth ( which he thinks was the first shot) struck the handle of the pistol in his pantaloons pocket, aud, glancing, grazed his groin for two or three inches and lodged in his clothes, another grazed his arm, and another struck his shoulder Mr. George B. Cromer in attempt ing to stop the shooting made a nar row escape, one ball passing through his sleeve near the shoulder and cut ting the skin, another passing through the sleeve of the other arm near the wrist. Death of John B. Jones. Newberry, S. C, April 2?Colonel John B. Jones died this mornioz at 3 o'clock from the effects of the wound received in his shooting affray with Colonel George Johnstone in Trial Jus tice Blease's court room one week ago to-day. Be had been slowly sinking for several days, and his death was not unexpected. The Coroner's jury found that John B. Jones came to his death on the 2d day of April, 1887, from the effect of a pistol wound inflicted by the band of George Johnstone on the 26th day of March, 1887, in the town of Newberry, State of South Carolina. John Belton O'Neal Jones was the youngest son of Major Lambert j. Jones, one of the oldest members of the Newberry bar. He was graduated from Newberry College in 1880. and imme diately began the study of law io the office of his brother-in-law, George S. Mower. He was admitted to the bar in 1882. and continued the practice of law up to the time of his death, He was one of Newberry's most promising, young lawyers, and no doubt would have attained high honor in bis chosen profession had he lived. The deceased was in his twenty-seventh year. By his pleasing address and excellent qual ities he had won a host of friends. His death is deeply regretted by all. *mmmmm9?.. 'j 52.-_.j' Chamberlain in Columbia. D. H. Chamberlain, New York.' Such was the entry which the regis ter of Wright's HoteL-bore yesterday in the bold business hand of South Caro lina's Governor from 1872 to.1876. The ex-Governor arrived x from Charleston on the morning traiD", and spent but a few hours io the city. Dur ing that time, however, he met many former acquaintances and friends', pro minent and otherwise, and received a cordial greeting from all. Quite a num ber called upoo him at the hotel and re newed old acquaintance. A representative of the Register was favored with a chat with the Ex-Gover nor, who said that he bad been called South by business in Savannah. The object of his trip there being accom plished he had returned to Charleston, and, after spending a day there, avail ed himself of the chance to make a flying trip to Columbia, which city it had long been his desire to revisit at the first favorable opportunity. He said he liad always felt a great interest in the prosperity of Columbia, and was pleased with the evidences of progress he saw here Main street, he said, presented a much busier and more lively aspect than any of Charles ton's chief thoroughfares. The Ex-Governor inquired as to the whereabouts of maoy with whom, in rime past, he had held acquaintance, and expressed a very kindly interest in those who were still here, saying he had met a good many on the street.. Ile had taken a somewhat extended cd walk around the city, and was struck with the improvement and pro gress made in ten years, which was the length of time since he had been in Co lumbia, having left it in May. 1877 lie saw no reason, he said, why the city should not become a placo of im- ? poi tance and a trade centro Ile foli j sati.-?ed that a first-class hotel. Grst- j class in the sense in which health and \ pleasure seekers from the North ami | elsewhere regarded it Such a cot?ve ! nie nee would he sur?1 to attract a largo : number of that class of people. He f thought, there was a manifest tendency j on the part of such travellers to quit j the oh! resorts and try new ones. Co Iumhia should secure the advantage of J this tendency. It had every requisite i*f j healthfulness, beauty aud the like, to j commend it. The Ex-Governor mad? some iuquir- ? ?es in relation to the political conditions j in South Carolina, and said he had been pleased to observe that the conservative ! influences io ?the politics of the State! had grown in strength during his ah- ! sen ce, and also that much .-f the old ; bitterness and prejudice was dying out | as a consequence Tn reg-trd to national politics, which : the ex-Governor did not directly speak : of, the Presidential campaign of .1888, * it was evident that he was a strong Cleveland man, and thought very high ly of our Chief Magistrate's ability and character. He seemed anxious to learn the feeliug towards tbe President in South Carolina, and expresed the opin ion that from tbe very growth of con servative sentiment he bad referred to it mast be generally favorable. He thought Cleveland had made himself liked by the business men of the coun try, and would grow stronger and stronger every day, Mr. Chamberlain is looking remark ably well, being much heavier than of yore, weighing 185 now, against 150 ten years ago. His eyes have their old time penetrating character and rougish twinkle, and altogether the Ex-Gover bor looks actually younger than ever, j and the last decade has left no ageing trace upon bis countenance ? Columbia Regista'. Our State Contemporaries, Berkeley Gazette. There is no reason why canning fac tories in the South should not supply the South with the canned fruits and vegetables she*uses. it is something like bringing the mills to the cotton? why should we not bring the cans to the com and tomatoes and peas and as paragus, instead of shipping them North, and then buying tbem back again, covered with tin, after the sea eon is over. There are no finer vege tables raised anvwbere than here, and there is no place better suited for a can ning factory than Mount Pleasant. Truck farms and fruit orchards surround us, labor is cheap and facilities for stor ing and handling the canned goods could be had for a small outlay. These facts, and others, have impressed them pelves on the minds of a number of Mount Pleasant raen, aod the result was an informal meeting of those inter ested at the store of Mr. J. H. Patjeo last night, for the purpose of discussing and arranging the preliminaries looking to the organization of a stock company for the purpose named. Florence Times. We venture the assertion, without fear of contradiction, that during the past year there were more houses built in.Florence than in any other place in the State, and there arc numbers now under way or in process of completion. Although so many residences have been put up, yet there are no vaca.ot bouses in town that we know of, and this fact proves that the population of the place is constantly on the increase,, evidenc ing a healthy sign of prosperity and consequent increase in values of proper^ ty. And now that tbe Wilson Road is being built, and other lines contem plated, it is but fair to say that tbe town is on a boom that places it in the foremost ranks of tbe prosperous places of the State. One of the most gratifying announce ments that could be made for Florence, is that the long-needed bank will short ly be established here. Heretofore, every effort has been made to secure outside help to establish a bank, and when tbe people saw that promises were made for naught, and that if they were to bave tbe benefits of such an institu tion they must depend on their indi vidual efforts, they have rightly gone to work to establish a bank themselves. Marlboro Democrat. The market last week was all astir, and the price of the staple run up to 9J cents. In onr opinion it is nothing more than.the annual spring boom to deceive the planter, and induce him to plant another heavy crop. If the plant ers could'hold their cotton until spring, we would soon hear of no spring booms. Our advice is be not deceived Plant plenty of graiu and only a medium crop of tbe staple. Greenville Ncics. A mass meeting is called to take ac tioo for having the State awd United States experimental farm located in this county. The time is short, other coun ties are ahead of us, and to do anything we must move briskly and strongly. The location of the farms here will brine ?12,000 to $15,000 a year to be spent here and be of inestimable benefit in many other ways to the county and city. Laurens Advertiser .They say that prohibition does pro hibit in Anderson, and .we hope that this may be said as long as the law is in force. If prohibition continues to prohibit in that city, however, Ander son will find herself famous, as the ooly place ou earth that has succeeded. Laureus was several times 'dry* and started out with a great show at enforc ing tbe law: but she got 'wet' after a while. So did Atlanta; and in Pro vidence R. I. where it was said 'prohi bition would prohibit,' we find after six months trial, 106 arrests for viola tions and three convictions. There is one way to stop the sale of whiskey ; that is. cut off the demand for if Supply and demand go together ou this article. The Plaindeiihr. It is the opinion of the mass of the people that, the bject of the Citadel Academy, for the support of which our legislators voted au appropriation of ?20:000, was- for lire purpose of giving the poor bo s of the State a chance to obtain an education free of charge, but , from what we have learned recently it would .scorn that such is not the case. W'c have not been able to <ror a copy of the Act, hut have learned, from those iti a posici?n to know, that no young man whose father's property is encum bered by mortgage or otherwise, is per mitted to stand the competitive exami nation or receive the appointment as a beneficiary We also know of two young men being refused the privilege of part ici pa ti ti g in the examination on account of their, father having given a mortgage. This is a great injustice to a large portion of the young men of the State, for a number of our poor men, especially far:?iv;rs, are compelled to give mortgages to obtain supplies for themselves and families while they are making their cro^s. and their sons are therefore debarred all benefits of the Citadel. It would also seem that our legisla tors const Jer the giving of a mortgage dis honorable. This is a new view of tbe matter to us, ?s we have always con sidered it the most honorable way a man coald secure his creditor, as no one bat himseli* could then suffer by bis failure to meet his obligation at the specified time ; bat even if we take it as a dishonorable act to give a mortgage, we do not think that part of the Scrip tures which reads that the sins of the father shall be visited upon the child is applicable in this case. If the Citadel Academy is iotended for the poor boy. let ail poor hoys have a chance to enter its doors, regardless of encumbrances on his father's property. Allow all to stand the competitive examination who desire to do so. and be who merits it re ceive the appointment, though his fath er's property be literally covered by mortgages. It should be a greater rea son for his appointment, for his father would be less able to help him under those circumstances. ?~ihn-mmmm Information for Trial Jus tices, The recent decision of our Supreme j Court determining that Trial Justices j have no jurisdiction in cases of petit larceny brings, frequently, great ex pense on the counties and great hard ship o ) the accused. Solicitor Jervey, of Charleston, writer to the Attorney General: week since a trial justice applied to me for advice in the follow ing case: A little negro W3s caught stealing a pair of pigeons valued at twenty cents. could not give bail, and it was too late to give out a bill at this time, so the little fellow had to be locked up, and will be kept in durance vile until the end of June awaiting trial. This is unjust to the culprit and ruinous to the county, and a plan has suggested itself to me which, while it devolves a great deal of trouble and additional work on the solicitor, is the only scheme I can devise to meet the emergency.' The Attorney General approves the plan. He hae iostructee* Trial Justices in bis circuit that, in accordance with this decision, in all cases of petty larceny should there be probable cause, the defendant should be committed or bound over to appear for trial at the next term of General Ses sione-. Io making such preliminary examinations they are nrgently request ed to reduce all testimony to writing, have the same signed by the witnesses, give the defendant an opportunity to make his statement, and immediately forward to him, the Solicitor, all the papers, with such remarks as they may deem proper. The solicitor then ex amines the testimony and the suggest ions of the Justices, when he thinks the culprit has received sufficient punishment for the crime, orders his release from jail on his own recogui zance for appearance at the next term of Court, when be will be discharged. Any habitual thief, who steals again after the expiration of a short term, will be summarily taken up and held in jail until Court meets. This'suggesticn ; is a good one and should be adopted all over the State. It will entail some extra labor in the solicitors but will save the prisoners unnecessary imprisonment and the counties unnec essary expense. - I I OH Loring's Lost Sweetheart. | Savannah News. General William W. Loring, the distinguished officer of the Confederate army, who was buried in St. Augustine last Friday, the home of his youth, with high honor, recalls to memory the days of young manhood, when be was a lawyer. At tbe age of 20 Loring was a handsome young fellow of promis ed ability and moved in tbe best society, but owing to his bashfulness mingled little with the opposite sex. The year before he enlisted for the Mexican war he fell in love with a handsome bru nette, then a belle of St. Augustine. The young lady was very beautiful and much admired. Young Loring deter mined to win her for his wife, but dcys and weeks rolled on, bis courage fail ing every time he was about to make known his love. What the beaft feels, however, the tongue will speak', and on the Fourth of July evening, as the couple were strolling on the sea wall at St. Angus- j tine, young Loring told the story of his love. He did not receive any en couragement. Soon afterward a gentle-j man friend suggested that they call on j the young lady. He expressed his unwillingness, but finally consented. At the door the young man asked Loring to ring the bell. He hesitated some time, but finally did so. In the mean time the young man had depart ed. The servant came to the door and he was asked in. His face was scarlet. He did not mention the trick that had been played upon him, though his em barrassment excited surprise He visit was of short duration. Next day the joke was all over town, and Loring never called on the lady again. Soon after this little episode the lady's en gagement to another gentleman was made public. The lady is now a resi dent of Palatka, and still shows traces of tbe remarkable beauty of her youth. She was General Loring's first lady love. Wanted Some on Account. A few days since a well-known negro man, who was the fortunate prosessor of a fine lot on one of the leading resident streets of the city, sold his property for ?10,000* cash. He was given a check for that amount, which was carried in due time to one of the banks. The paying teller asked the negro how much of the money be wanted in cash. wants all that'ar paper calls far/ replied the negro. What ! You don't want ?10,000 in cash V 'Jesso, sah.' 'All right,' answered the man, who shuffies the bank bills, and in five minutes he began piling the money on tbe counter. As he laid the ?500 packages on the counter the .negro's eyes began to grow larger, and finally, when twenty of the packages were placed before him his eyes looked as large as new moons. The pegro look ed intently at the stack of money for a moment and then, with a broad gria on his face, said : Tse jist paralyzed, boss: gimme ?1.50 and you kin keep de rest of that till I call again/ A victim nyaropnooia* Anderson, March 30?Mr. James II. Carlisle, a very highly respected citizen, of Abbeville County, died on Monday morning of hydrophobia. It seems to have been a olear case. About thirty days ago Mr. Caili?!*, while lying near his coal kiln, one night, was bitten on the nose by a dog. Very little attention was paid to the affair, the wound soon healed and Mr. Carlisle thought nothing of it until, four or five days before Iii? death, he frit peculiar symptoms and told his friends he was satisfied he had been bitten by a rabid dog. Dr. Spear attended the unfortunate man and administered to his relief as far as was possible. Mr Carlisle was about sixty years old and will be greatly missed in the neighborhood of Diamond . Spring. He was a suc cessful fat mer and in every way a worthy citizen. Ex-Secretary Manning's Health. London, April 2.?Hon. Daniel Manning, who is now at Bourne* mont, is not seriously ill. He has been staying at Meridale Hall, Bonrnemont, since last Sunday. He is suffering from heart complaint but his malady is not serions enotrgh to prevent him driving out daily. - IMI- I ? A Blow at Liquor Dealers. The Connecticut house of "represen* ratives passed a curious bill oa Then* day. It is the straightest temperance measure of the session, and it hits a hard rap at the saloons. Heretofore saloons have been permitted to be open from five o'clock in the morning antri midnight. The bill passed Thursday requires them to keep their doors locked until seven in the morning, so that all working people who begin their labors at that houraresbut off from getting their morning Dip. An effort was made to amend the bill so as to make no restriction on the morning hour for opening saloons in the cities, but the seven o'clock fea-, ture tickled the fancy of the temperance element because of the practical destrac tion of the morning business of the sa loons, and they voted down the amendment by 132 to 65. The bill closes all saloons in the country towns at eleven o'clock at night, but in the cities they may be kept open until mid night by special permission of the authorities. The bill which will doubt less pass the senate, is the hardest blow I to the liquor trade for years. Sleep A Prevntive of Head ache. A scientific writer says : Sleep if taken in the right moment, will pre vent an attack of nervous headache. If the subjects of such headache* will watch the symptons of its com ing, they can notice that it begins with a feeling of weariness ot heaviness. This is the time a sleep of an hour, or even two, as nature guides, will effectually prevent the headache. If not taken just then, it will be too late, for, after the attack is fairly under way, it is impossible to get sleep till far into the the night, perhaps, li is so common in these days for doctors to foibid having their patients waked to take med icine, if they are asleep when the hour comes round, that the people have learned the lesson pretty well, and they generally know that sleep is better for the sick than medicine. But it is not so- well known that sleep is a wonderful preventive of disease?better than tonic regulators and stimulants.' An Anecdote of the President? A few days since a prominent citizen' of a far Southern State called at the White House to see ? about the prospects of a friend for whom he wanted an onice. The President informed him that his friend had not only been ap pointed, but his commission had been issued. The President continued: Al though I have appointed your friend and his commission is in his pocket, I cannot say that I know anything about him. Who is he?' 'Weil, Mr. Pres ident,' was the response. *he is the man who helped me to give you our State delegation at Chicago, which fact con tributed very materially to your nomi nation, but I cautioned him. above all things, not to let you kaow this, for I was satisfied if he did you would be sure not to appoint him.' The Pres ident smiled somewhat grimly at this, but made no further remark, and then passed on to anorhcr subject.?Balti more Sun's Washington Letter. The Difference. A surplus of only $0.000,000 in the revenue of Great Britain, and the prob ability of a larger excess for the coming year, at once give rise to a movement for the reduction of taxes. An Eng lish Cabinet that should neglect to re mit taxes which are nrodacing more revenue than the government needs would hear a roar from John Balidom that would shake it from its seat. It is different here. For seven years the Government has collected annually, noi a mere $0.000,000 beyond its needs, but ?100.000.000 Next year the ex cess will be ?1-25,000,000. Do our people really leve io be taxed unueces j sarily ? Is Republican government lese I responsive to the popular needs and j will than is a constitutional monarchy? ?X. ?. World, lud. Dem. Copperas on the jtarm. In British experiments last year, copperas proved a valuable fertilizer ! for manv cn???. An increase of 400 j pounds in the potato yield of au j eighth of an acre resulted from treat? j ment with fourteen pounds of cop j peras. It gave as good a crop of j turnips as did guano and dissolved bonos, and nearly doubled the yield of a field of hay. Good results were also obtained with onions, beans and j mangold-wurzol. They are haviog quite a sensati m at Davidson College now. It has beeu dev loped that Prof. Bingham is a brother of the Bingham who murdered Miss Turlington (or Tariiogham^