Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ih WM???m at? JMsm WSD2?SSDAY, JULY 27. ' The Suntfer Watchman was founded ifc ISSO aad the True S&xtkroni* 1866. The Watchman and Sosihron cow has iba combined circulation and influence of. both .of the old papere-, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sum ter. Attention Advertisers. The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Wednesday, and advertisements should be sent in not later, than Tuesday, afternoon. Changes- of contract advertisements must be made Monday morning: We-give up a part of onr space to a letter of Mr. H. 11. Thomas on the sub ject of an Agricultural College r but it .iron?a* be out of place to make any apology to- our readers therefor. It w "well worth the space, aad those who fa i-l to- read- ?tali will miss something good. PEK "VS. BAT. Our young friends* of Shiloh and Lynchburg, after a "friendly*' game - seem inclined to lay down the ball and bet aod take up the pen. Were we sure that the use of our columns would cul tivate a continued use of and familiarity "3>ith the latter pastine, equaling the interest shown in the former, and that the game, would continue "frien?Ty/' j without any kicking against the Edito rial Umpire or objections to comments j and fua'by * 'spectators," we would gladly^ offer all the facilities desired. However, as we have no assurance of these conditions, and in our opinion a base pall controversy is the least of all ' newspaper controversies to be desired, . we have decided, after having given :both sides a hearing, to shot down on it-. In accordance with this determina tion we publish the second article from the. Shiloh side as an advertisement. v*e hope our.young friends will appre- j --c?ate our course?in the hereafter if not j just now. We h?ve see3 several simi- j, ?ar arguments in oar exchanges lately that we^do not think paid. - The readers of the Greenville News-; . Columbia Register and Charleston News and Courier have lately had con eiderable information about the. rowdy ism* sad gambling at a game lately played at Greenwood. OUK COUST3 A ?UBIES. ! < < The criticism made by the Walter- j boro Star cpon the Valedictory Ad- ? * dress by Mr. Withers has brought out j ?:reply from that gentleman, and we ? < ?Dioflded reprinting it, but could not do ? i so in this issae. The matter cf our j4 courts and juries is receiving general i ? attention, and as will be seen by the ex- j { tracts- from oar contemporaries there j are opinions on both sides. We invite j attention to the report of the meeting ? t -o? citizens in Laureas in this connec- j ::c??, growing oat of the acquittal of j * Shehan tried for the-murder of Bishop, j : . "udge Pressley wis the presiding judge, ! j ?na his charge on the law of the case ! ? as against the defendant. j A special dispatch to the JV?rs and \M ToTcrier. dated Colombia, July 22, '1 -ays : A mistrial in the Shehan case was [v 'expected in Laarens because several !s raembers of the jury were believed to jc "ivor the prisoner. The State having \ >wiy two challenges, was able merely to j1 retire two of the most obnoxious candi- j-1 dates for the panel. Th? verdict, bow-1 1 ever, was net a surprise. The - repr?- j* seni a five's of the State during the jc progress of the trial had informa-1c ion that several of the jurors had | 1 reen bribed to acquit Shehan. They jc r.deavored to get this put in the j rm of afidavits for use in Court,]*5 rzi, could not induce their iufor <;a:sts to take this step- and nothing -as done. The cpiniou gains ground - iat it will be impossible to coovict a ih ito man of murder until the law is so ranged as to allow the State to chal ice a ?arge number of jurors. )Mm ?.H rj other Journalistic Venture. It i? now definitely announced that j * * Charleston is to have shortly an j { a:rr.ron newspaper, John McKlree of,' verry palace fame is to be the pro- j - ietor. lio has leased a building on ! * road Street and b*s purchased the ! ' material of the old Journal of Commerce. j : ? Ill re has managed bv his anione ad- : " -a . A. : ( .ti-.ments to sot one half the city by I - : ears and has so pleaded himself by is cards that nothing but a whole i i cw-o'oerto himself will satisfy him. I I-e ? i-= ruade a fortune bv ?adic?oui,ad- : . ..?;??:; :ng ?n-d can doubtless afford the | ;:?;?.?.?. Like ali the newspapers that; ?n-ve started nere ;n toe last dozen or < I - . 1:1 ?: ?: <? years its objective points or attacii ; -tit doubtless be the city administration j \ the Netcs and Convier.. The name j : ti - paper has not yet been anaoua?- | i. bat the appropriate name of *Thc ! ? -?:,-ding Spot Express* is subirestid I y spt?je one.?Ghxiiitf?oii C<n Y<*[>rAil- \ < ? 'rf the Columbia tCegisttr. Colletort Kukaix. id zb1 anti-stock law Kuklux, of Colle- j ;;. are carrying things with a high ' ad. Recently a band went into a' d f a Mr. aod systematically i ?-; wn several acres of his growing i bp d'eorr.. A reign of terror pre-; ils. A correspondent of the Neics \ ?; ( ':>::.r?. r say s that one of the leaders i ?iiis dastardly baud has declared that j a teck law is Dot repealed in Colle- \ ?.. :aat they will accomplish by prac- ! ; ree wii^t they fail to obtain by ; S '.; : ' COSS O? i?W; The "Tdielon Law. At; act to panisi? the stealing of . .. . and fruit was passed at the last i .-ri a of the Cenerai Assembly. h ovid 03 that ?'Whoever shall steal ru :.premises of aaotber any melons ; fruits, whether St^vered from the free- | d ? r net, shall be deemed guiitv of a 1 isde^iianor, and on conviction thereof, I o> be punished by imp riso men 5 for j t marc shah thirty days, or by a Sue -? taor^tUi^n fifV d jllars.'" THS VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Indignation Meeting of the Citizens of Laurens County. tub verdict of a jury condemned and the character of the defend ant handled without gloves. Laurens,-July 25.? meeting of the County of Laurens will be held in the court house on Monday next, 25th instant. The object of said meeting 'will be to contradict a telegram in the ! Neics and Courier statiug that the peo ple of Laurens justify the homicide of K. L. Bishop. (Signed) R. W. Alli son, W. E. Crisp, James Whann, A. I 0. Owings, W B. Stoddafci, J. D. M. Sfaaw, A S; S. Owings, J. II. Shell, ! F. R. Owiogs.' Pursuant to the above call, a large crowd gathered at the court hoose .to day. Coroner J. J. Boozer was re quested to take the chair and J. S. ?oiff to act as secretary. Dr. Boozer thanked- the people for the honor of presiding over this one of the most im portant meetings ever held in Laurens. A committee was appointed to draw suitable resolutions for the meeting, and io about five minutes they return ed, and the fello wing resolutions were presented : 'Whereas on the fourth day of July, 18S7, Rufus L. Bishop, upon the streets unarmed and unaware, was slain by John D. Sheahan while run ning and appealing for mercy ; and whereas in a few minutes after the said homicide, Joseph T. Johnson, a paid correspondent of the News a7id Courier and the attorney for John D. Sheahan, without waiting to find out the opinion of the people of Laurens, but, as we believe, to forestall and operate upon oublie opinion and to muzzle the public press of the State, did telegraph the News and Courier the following words to wit: 'The defense claims it was done in self-defense, and so say the people.' And whereas the said J. D. Sheahan has been tried and acquitted by a jury of this county ; now, therefore, 'Be it resolved by the people, in mass meeting assembled: 1st. That the said telegram was a malicious libel a '1 slander upon the people of Lau rens County. *2ad. Be it further resolved. That while we do not wish to impugn the motives of the jury empanelled in said jase, we cannot express too strongly Dur dissatisfaction at the verdict in said ease. '3rd. That we pledge ourselves indi vidually and collectively, to maintain md vindicate the law of our State in the future. '4th. That we regard John D. Shea ban, though acquitted in the court, de void of any respect for the laws of our country, having been charged in every jourt since he has been amongst us for violations of law. *Dth. That a copy of these resolu :ions and the Judge's charge be pub iswed in the newspapers of the county, :he Ne&s and Courier and the Augusta Ohrouicle.9 A paper from Clinton, signed by ,wenty-two of the most prominent citi zens of Clinton, to the same effect as ;he resolutions, and endorsed as follows : 'We endorse any resolutions condemn ng the action of the jury who sat on his case, and also any resolutions for getting rid of John D. Sheahan,* was hen made a part of the minutes, and he resolutions were adopted without a lissentiag vote. The meeting was very enthusiastic hroughout. The Augusta Chronicle in publishing he above says : j e Mr Sheahan was well known in Au gusta, where he spent his boyhood and foung manhood, being known as a fplendid business man and a sterling ellow withal. The meeting was quietly conducted, tnd aroused no visible ill-feeling. Mr. Sheahan's friefids attribute the,-demon (trations not so much to the*' former's ?onnect?on with the recent tragedy as o the fact of his having sold whiskey Laurens during a period that its sale vas prohibited. Others have suggested hat it is a sharp scheme to manufac ure political capital in the interest of iertain prospective candidates. Some >f the best men in the county, however, ook an active part in the meeting, and daim that they were actuated in sutrh :oorse by a conscientious desire to irouse public sentiment to the impor a ce of vindicating and sustaining the aw of the State. Railroad Changes Hands. u a a t! d The Bishopville Railroad, a line Sf- j ^ :een miles in length, extending from ? s' rVtkins to Bishnpville, changed hande >n Monday. The road was built by Harber & Atkins and the present pur chasers are Messrs Rankin and Bridges, wo prominent merchants of Wiltnicc on. N. C. Under the new management Mr P. \j: Bridges has been made President, Mr. . B. Rankin, Auditor and Gen ial Freight and Passenger Agent and I >lr. John Barry has been elected Gen- ' ?ral Superintendent. Mr. Barry is a ? ailrond man of high reputation, having j :>een for thirty years Road master of the Wilmington and Weld on Railroad. srhich is acknowledged as one of the j j i>est railroads in the Southern States. The railroad runs through a very j deb country, his no curves and requires j io expensive grading in its construe- j tion. The road itself owns but one ! ?ng:oe and no rollini; stock, ami the ? ^ ;ars of the Atlantic Coast Line arc run i ">ver the road, mileage being paid.? j ColumLin fZea ister-. Juin 27. - i ? " ' Spartanburg Encampment. ! " Dear Sut t At the request of some . 1 of vour readers, we issue the following : t - ? - i items of information respecting the i s Encampment at tSpartanburg. l'lease j ^ kindly notice iu the columns of your ? f paper. ! t No charge for entrance to the j f grounds. \ c No charge for mineral, agricultural or native wood exhibits. i c Railroads agree to carry and return J <' all exhibits free. ? c One fare for round trip. Trains will run every ^ hour from ' i Spartanburg to the Encampment ! ? ^rounds. j Ar:.pie accommodations at the three i t Hotels, boarding-houses and bin camp- ; ; ment grounds for any crowd. 1 Meals *d? cents each, and lodging ' I and meals on the grounds, ?1 per day. i ? Telegraph and Express oiikes as well j as Depot on the grounds. Yours very truly, Warren Du Rre'. Sec. and T. ? 'Chuch-bel!/ is now sai l instead of chestnut,' because it has been tolled1 HOME-SPUN FARMER'S VIEW. The Reasonable Demands of the Farmers' Convention. NEED OF PRACTICA!. TRAINING?EACH CIRI) SHOULD HATCH ITS OWN EC G 3? NEGROES HAVE MORE ADVANTAGES THAN WHITES?WHAT TUB FARMERS RE QUIRE. To die - Eclitor of the Ncks and Courier; I beg you will give space in your columns for a home-spun farmer to air his views in relation to the reason able aDd just demands of the Farmers' Convention. By reason of their numbers the farm ers are entitled to a uiost respectful hearing, aad because upon the results of their labors depends the prosperity or adversity of every class and industry iu the State, they are deserving of the most favorable consideration. my county the farmers pay four times as much tax as all the other avocations sombined and in the disbursement of those taxes {contend that the needs and wants of the farmers should be consider ed first, not last ; they should get the cream, not the crumbs Farmers are not encouraged to work with that determination and zeal to in sure success when they see their class Impoverished for the benefit of our pam pered and multitudinous public officials, when they see their hard-earned taxes io into the hands of the tax-gatherers, where much of it is used up in transitu, ind much of it appropriated to the sup port of literary institutions, while not a ;eat is given for the education and raining of those upon whom the materi al wealth of the State depends. The >eople demand for their own and their children's enjoyment and* advancement he fruit of their sweat and toil. When he people know that the demands of the ax-gatherers are excessive and unheccs ary, and that farm property, consisting if houses, land and stock, which cannot ?scape .the eye of the assessor, is heavi y loaded with the.burden of taxation to iducate and stimulate other callings and ndustries at the expense of their own, heir energies become paralyzed, and hey are seen flocking into the towns, .baodoning productive industries to well the list of consumers. In this >tate, where agriculture is the founda ion of all the other industries, where line-tenths cf the people are' engaged farming, paying three-fourths of the axes, we have not a single institution phere a farmer's boy can gcta practical armer's education. Is this right, is it ?st, is it wise to thus neglect to encour ge and nurse the great industry upon rhich ail the others lean for support Agriculture is said to be the nurse mother of all the other industries. Is t wise to starve the mother in order to j1 ive.health, vigor and growth to the i hildren ? Any old granny knows that j1 t is unwise and impolitic, but those j ?enators who opposed the farmers' bill j re Bourbons up to the hub, learning othiog and forgetting nothing, live aen clinging to the dead past. In the chivalric days of Charlemagne aen used t? don their armour and ride | ] round the country looking for some- ; udy "to knock the chip off their houlders ;" these were called knight rrants, and they were the "bon-ton" j ' f the country. To-day if we were to | 1 ee an old-time knight riding through he country he would be arrested as a I ' agabond, without visible means of sup- 1 ort. ?sot loog ago, for often the most tri tai provocation, the chivalric gentle men of South Carolina would invite ach other out and shoot one another own by law, under the duelling code, nd come home to be lionized, but to ay this champion of the duello is deem d a murderer. Along with those days, rhich have silently passed away, was [ie old apprentice system. They ali erished because the conditions of socie y under which these things were possi le no longer exists. Before the war be Charleston merchants used to take oung men for their board to teach aeru business, but in tbese days, if a oung man chooses to be a merchant he j oes to a business college ; if he dcter iioes to be a lawyer he goes to a law ;boo) ; if he decides to be a doctor he oes to a medical college. But woe oto him if he wishes to be a farmer or mechanic. Even though he pays the ulk of taxes, there is no place io this gricultural State where he can get an gricultural education. Before the war be South Carolina College was a spIeD id institution, well fitted to fill the rants of the young men of that day, rho, after graduation returned to their I( ornes, where they had hundreds of j 1 laves ; there they used their education j 1 nd talents ia keening dowu taxes and uilding up a splendid country society. >ut those days have passed ; the times nd pecuuiary circumstances of our peo le force our young men of to-day, after ' ?aving college, to go immediately to ^ rork. Then how necessary that they j I hould be taught some business or trade, ! ' 0 that when their school day3 are end- ? 1 d they would have something to sell in j ' be markets of the world, something |c li?t has a real money value. 1 A class has just graduated at the 1 lout Carolina College. Of this class | 1 lie intended pursuits are as follows: j( Awyers 7, doctors 4, teachers 4, form- j rs 1, civil engineer 1, editor 1. rail- ( oad man 1. don't know 1. Here are ? ( wenty young men graduated, for whose j ? dueatton the Stn'e appropriated for ! * ouih Carolina University ?2*>.O00 ?' faking my county as an average, | ^ there the farmers pay ?4*2,000 out of f he Sol .000 taxes paid uy the county., j ; ?17,250 of the appropriation comes out j - f toe farmers of the Srate. Besides ? 'i>,5(X> is given by the United States ; i iovernment with the understanding t hat. agriculture ami the mechanic arts < hall be the leading branches taught i | inly one of tnesc graoua?c* propose to ! ? ?llow agricultural pursuits, and on!}- ; his one proposes to engage in a tax- ; I iroducing industry. His education has ! I :ost the farmers of the Statc.^'J'd.To", if ; i vamter County is an average. The j < ither nineteen propose, so far as this ] :b?ss is concerned, to live off the pro ! I lucts of this one. \ \ The average ages of rais cbiss given ; the Xnr.< t:ti,l C'tnrivi arc ') years, : 1 months and IS days. They would ; vow, no doubt, like to go to work, but here is nothing they knew how to du ' yet. Full grown, for their average 1 ?veights arc 144 pounds; well educated, 1 jut as innocent as Mary's little lamb of j knowing how ro make a dollar. Now, i contend that not. a single one of these i young men is as well equipped to-day j to earn his food and raiment as is the \ class just, grad'iated from the Clafiin j University, where not only their minds ; are taught how to think but their hands arc trained how to work. One graduate in his speech maintain ed that the negro should not be allowed to vote. I wish he wasn't, but he does vote and will continue to do so, and un less tbc system of education in this State is changed and the whites taught to be producers, taught that to make cotton, corn, wool and meat, to raise stock of all kin is, fruit, wine, honey, milk, butter and cheese : taught to build houses, steamboats, loco motives, ?q. ; to manufacture our chief staple iui? the more expensive cloths and our splendid woods into furniture and implements of all kinds ; to manu facture our iron into the multiplicity of thiogs for which it is used in this age of steam and iron ; unless they are taught that these things are equally as honorably as it is to roll out pills or write bnefs, my concern is that the ne J^ro will get ahead in the race of life and ?fot allow us te- vote. ~: We are hopeful of some day building up factories in the South,' but as yet the factories established here are not doiog any but the common and cheap kinds of work ; they make cotton and wool into yarn and white cloth, but I doubt if you could find in the South a man . to the manor born who is capable of making a design for some of our beautiful and high-priced cloths or carpets and work ing it out on the loom. So in the art of moulding?to make the drawings, model the wood pattern and cut the ; pattern in the metal. Even in build ing fine houses one can scarcely find men capable of drawing every part and working from the drawings. Some months ago some gentlemen wrote several columns in the Neics and 1 Courier comparing the catalogue of the South Carolina College, as an agricul tural and mechanical school, with Gen. 1 Lee's College* in Mississippi. lie proved our College far superior, but un fortunately our agricultural college has ' brought forth and produced one gradu- ? ate who proposes to be a farmer at a 1 cost of ?22,750 to the farmers of the ' State. Mr. Hammond in the issue of June 1 23d ridiculed the Agricultural and Me- ' shauical College 'pure and simple.' lie proposed instead a big University at the ! South Carolina College. This College 1 has already been receiving the. 'land 1 scrip'fund with the distinct understand- 1 iog that agriculture and the mechanic j < arts shall be the leading branches taught. | ' Ihe College this year has turned out ! 1 seven lawyer? and one farmer. 'By ?1 their fruits ye ehall know them.1 Some- j 1 time ago one of my little children set ? Dur pet hen on the Hammond big Uni- 1 versity plan?set her on some turkey, ' cro?se, duck, guinea and chicken eggs. ! * She swelled up wonderfully and tried to ? I jover them all. After three weeks the j ;hicken eggs hatched, and all the other I < ?ggs would have spoiled, but we put j 1 them under the other hens and at last ? got thctn all hatched out. Ever since t there has been no peace, the pet hen is ' forever in trouble. The lordly turkey ' i 'eels himself too big to associate with \ t little guineas and chickens, and wahr Tr iers far off into the fields in search of ; grasshoppers, the goslings and ducks ! i stray off down to the pond in search of J < minnows and tadpoles, and the guineas' M deas of life are not exactlv like the f< ?hickens. Our hen has finally given it j ap, that the Hammond University plan j1 won't work, and the few of her brood ? * :hat are left are all weak and sickly, 1 We prefer the Till man plan of putting j ( jen eggs under a hen and let each kind |2 )f bird hatch her own eggs. The farm- 1 irs are tired raisiog lawyers and doc- 1 ors at our expense. We want to raise class of scientifically trained agricul- c urists and mechanics just to get the } seed. " I [ A thorough knowledge of a trade ! c )ften yields its possessor au income ; * >quiv3lent to that received from ?20,- ? f )00 in Government bonds. Is this bar- jc rest to be reaped by strangers, foreign- ? t ?rs and the negro graduates of the Claflin ? 1' Jniversity, while our own boys, the ; 1 ?ons of our old Confederate soldiers, \ <* ?dio made the Dame of South_Cafo?inal ?3 a m ou s throughout' the world, shall be | i Jenietf, for want of educational training, j t he proud distinction of developing the s esources of our State, and showing to ! he world the great possibilities of her j ertile fields, of her natural highways of j torn merce and of her vast wealth, of i i vocd, iron and phosphates? It is to j a )e hoped that the patriotism and intel- t igence of those Senators who voted c igainst the farmers' bill will induce! s hem to consider, in the future, more j c avorably the wants and needs of our j t State and people as we find them to-day. j I low can a farmer work with any as- r iurance of success when he is ignorant I i )f the composiston of his soil and the j r equirements of the plants he wishes to ? r aise ; cf the composition and habits of j inirnals and the kind of food required? ; s \s this is the tax-producing industry of ? he State it is essential that our people j a ?hould be educated and trained in that j s ine, so that we might attain to our 1a jighest productive capacity. It is of j t )aramount importance, also, for the ! t eason that in this line of life the white ; c nan is brought in direct competition j .vith the negro, with all the advantages >f climate and muscle in favor of the icgro, and there is no way to nlace our .virile boys ahead in the race of life, but : o give them superior advantages for ! obtaining a technical education. While wc are doing nothing for the iducatioD and training, of the children fc our old Confederate soldiers, but \ . spending our substance in building fine ! State-Houses and digging 'big ditches' j Columbia, the negroes have in the ; J?afiin University by far the finest in- ; ^ ;t?tutina of practical training in the ? # >ra?c. A special correspondent uf the ! A*'/r.s- and Courier sa s : I t: 'The students, if they desire, may be i ? nstructed and trained in almost every ! rade and vocation by experienced and i ' Nipable instructors. The school (if car peri try is well supplied with all noces- . ] otry tools .and working implements. ! The work done and the articles manu- | e 'act ured are first class and much of the ? c furniture and other articles used in the ! nstitutiou are made here. A printing ; ) fii ce has been fitted up where practical ? printing is taught to those who desire to become acquainted with the art. Tire e ilico is furnished with a good j i press and a su Undent supply of type ! t.o dt? a gond line of job printing, t A paper is published here. The tvpe I t setting and printing, the editorial and j ? local matter is furnished by the sto- ! dents. he school of house painting ! 1 and graining gives practical experience . in mixing and applying paints. The ' school of tailoring, shoemaking and :( blacks nithing have proved to be popu- ? lar and profitable industries. The < school of agriculture gives the studeuts | - lessons in practical farming?there is! about 90 acres uuder cultivation, which ! , produced last year 1,500 bushels corn, | 900 bushels sweet potatoes, 200 bushels : . grapes, 17 bushels peas-, l'i bales cot- 1 ton, 1,750 quarts of milk, besides meat and vegetables. The farm furnishes employment to the students and sup plies the demands of the mess hall.-The mess hall is a marvel of neatness and order, is under the management of the students themselves; the cost of board is $3.40 per month, the Dumber of boarders is 260. Last year 641 stu dents attended the institution. This correspondent further says : 'Its a novel sight to see a negro demonstrate the most intricate problems in higher mathematics with ease and facility, or to hear them conjugate with precision difficult Latin and Greek verbs through all their varied ramifications.1 What do you reckon the soldier on the monument in Columbia would say could he turn around and see our fine State-House, indicating a wealthy and prosperous people, theo get down off his pedestal and see the deserted 'big ditch?' Hear him say: 'Yes, she's rich ; she has money to invest in all sorts of enterprises.' Then he steps into the adjutant general's office and there sees this official, his clerk and the militia on books, consuming ?16,716 of the people's taxes. He is sure his be loved South Carolina is very rich, and be hurries away to his home to see what this rich State has dene for his children. He passes the Ciaflin Univer sity and sees his former slaves editing newspapers, trained in all the useful in dustries, demonstrating mathematical problems and conjugating difficult Latin and Greek verbs; his anxiety is increas ed to reach his home. By and by he somes in sight of his lands lying idle and his fields grown up in bushes. Further on he sees his uopaintsd and dilapidated home, taxed to death to make sumptuous provision for paupers, thieves and vagabonds in the different 30unties and to support a great horde of sleek, fat, and, too often, whiskey irinking officials. His children rush sut to meet him, and he is sure from what he sees and hears that the sol dier's boy and the soldier's daughter bave been allowed by the State for which he gave his life to grow up un ible to do any but the simplest 'mathe matical problems' and entirely unable :o "conjugate cither Latin or Greek rerbs:* From observation and contrast rhe future looks dark and gloomy for :he soldier's children, and he co-mos to :he sad conclusion that South Carolina s a nursery for politicians who keep ier sucked so dry that there is left no rMk with which to raise any other Dabes. Tvdtb a sad heart he returns to its pedestal and prays that the light nings of Heaven would again strike iim"off and hide the shame on his face. Then the farmers ask that the hoard )f agriculture be recommended by the Farmers' Convention and that the ag ricultural department be given over to he control of the farmers. In other vords, they ask that the farmers of the ? siate be allowed to control their own iffairs, to manage their own household. Fii? composition of the present board of ?griculture is an insult to the intelli gence of the farmers of the State. The jDvernor of the State was not elected | governor on accouot of his fitness to be j ihairman of the board of agriculture; ind if he is a farmer at ali, it is a mere iccident. He is therefore incomp?tent ind should be ineligible. The same nay be said of the presidents of the ! }range and of the State Agricultural ? ind Mechanical Society. Of the re naming two, the one is a distinguished awyer and the other is a merchant. The legal department of the State, if >f any value, must be composed of law yers, and so the board of agriculture nust be composed of farmers, and the j lepartment of agriculture, if of any j -alue to the State must be controlled by armers.^^Sy-tfn will be seen the wis lom whijJgej&aled ?he Creator when ie cre^^^Sl"T beast after his own rind.JBpflp?fhcr composition of tiie Soarjfit^frumiliation wliich the farm ^ $?? 3' resent. In Electing the Furfge's, only lawyers.ttr?sij^?igible ; so electing the board of agriculture and he commisioner, none but farmers hould be eligible, and to eliminate pol tics the Farmer's Convention should ecommend the persons to be elected. The old-time slip shod way of farm ng wont do in these days of low cotton >nd high taxes. Agriculture in order o be successfully prosecuted must be iooducted on scientific principles, where kill and intelligence must be combin id. In order for a young man to know he nature and composition of the crops ie raises, of the land and of the ma lure he applies, and to obtain that skill the use of tools and knowledge of nachinery, he must be taught at an ag icultural and mechanical school. The State cannot render a higher ervicc to her children than to fit them >y proper education to make an bonor tble living as soon as they step out of chool, by giving them cultivated minds :nd trained and skilled hands, enabling hem on some spot or other 'to make wo blades of grass grow where only >nc grew before.' . It. Thomas. . Wedgefield, July , 1837. Our Exchanges. Our Lililc Men and Women for August ornes with ils '24 pages of half-and-half read- i .nd picmres, as usual. . Ir. it we learn that a village of ants nuai crVsometimes half-a-million and that all the habitants not only know one another when hey meet on the street, but remember one e - ither for months. A naturalist found that ut by catching some and keeping them four nonius and then putrin*; them bach Among heir old neighbors. Their friends were SO lad to see them that they actually took them j in iind caressed and carried them in their? | rins? Ants talk with their horns. That is, they oss their horns and understand one another. bittSc folles have the ad va ma tre nowadays ? f picking up a great deal of knowledge in j cat in 2 to read. That :s really what tins j Magazine is for?fun and fact together. You sin get a specimen copy of it Uy sending five cuts to I). Loth rop Company, boston. 77/'.? American Agriculturalist for ti gast, j ss7. contains original articles by no less j han forty well-known writers, front twentv ne States and Territories. Two full page 'ni*raviriirs and many smaller illustrations of .nan animals, plans of buildings, plants and iOwetv, new labor-saving devices, and imp le nen ts. etc. A prominent feature of this num er is the ''Fair Lisi." fiiving the dates of all he State, County and l'istrici Fairs, to be held j his fail, so far as announced. The House- I told, and b >ys and Girls columns, arc, as j isual. full of interesting and entertaining natter: and in the iluuibug department sever- j tl frauds aad cheats get more notoriety than ! hey may relish. Pri?e. Si alo per year. Eng ish or German ; Single numbers, 15 cts. Ad \ress American Agriculturist, 751 Broadway, N'ew York. Readers of Mr. Fawcett's story in the Au gust number of the American Magazine will ? iind out a great deal more than they have previously learned about the cousins and ibe aunts of the fair Olivia. 1 What 'Uncle Sam7 Has to Say. That Calisaya Tonic is just what it pur ports to be. a toxic, a medicinal preparation of real merit, and not a compound of impure and adulterated distilled spirits artfully dis guised as Bitters, which poison the blond aud lead to the formation of an appetite for strong drink, the following decision of' the Commissioner of Infernal Revenue will show : TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office of Internal Revenue. Washington, Jan. 25th, 1883. Messrs. Westmoreland Bros., Greenville, S. C.?Gentlemen : Your formula for making your 'Calisaya Tonic,' certified to under oath on the 22d instant, has been examined. My decision is that, for purpose3 of taxa tion under the Internal Revenue laws, this Tonic, so made, may be classed as a propri etary medicinal tonic subject to stamp tax, and that sales thereof will be subject to the provisions of Section 3243, ?. S. Revised Statutes. Respeetfullv, GREEN . RAUM, Commissioner. Sold by Druggists everywhere atfU.OOa bottle. Try Duke's Anli-Biliious Wafers in con nection with Westmoreland's Tonic. A Husband's Greatest Blessing is a strong, healthy, vigorous wife, with a clear, handsome complexion. These can all be acquired by usiog Dr. Hatter's Iron Tonic. - -?? ? ? Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises Sor?3. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns nnd a!i Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per fect satisfaction, or money refunded- Price 25cents per box. For sale by J. F. W. De Lorme. - o The next morning John came down stairs smiling; his wife seemed startled for it had been a long time since he smiled. "What is the matter, John ?' Oh, nothing, my dear; only the effects of a dose of Dr. Chipman's Pills. A CARD. The undersigned is now in the employ of Messrs. O' Donnei 1 & Co., where he will be pleased to see and serve as many of his friends and former customers as will favcr him with a call. Respectfully, T. M. DxLobme. July 27th, 1837. [advertisement.] Lynchburg and Shiloh B. B. Clubs. Mr. Editor: We have considered Mr. E. I. Kitrell's article written under a resolution passed by the members of the Lynchberg, base ball club, authorizing him to reply to ocr communication of July 9th, and fail to see anything in reply which necessitates fur ther notice; but inasmuch as he has digressed from his instruction in the resolution and at tached another side show, prodigious in his imagination, to his circus, in the shape of hos pitality, we deem it incumbent on our part to say that we have never complained of our de feat, and that the leader of them lovely lub berly descendants of Ham says he was to be j paid for his performance, which performance the Lynchburg club is responsible tor, and it ? is unreasonable to presume they would have j acted the part they did without compensation, j The noisome conduct of the members of the ? Lynchburg Club, a part of which there has been I an apology rendered to us for. is no reason why ? we should have denied ourselves the liberal hospitalities extended to us by the generous j people of Lrnchburg, and there was no incon sistency on our part in accepting the hospitali ties of the fair minded people of that communi ty. His defence in support of the umpire is only manufactured'stuff, and no evidence or proof whatever that the umpire acted with proprie ty, or that the game was umpired fairly and without partiality. Mr. K. disposed of the greater part of our j communication by saying "this is all bosh," j but we perceive his ingenuity in avoiding any j statement of facts to bear him out in the as- : sertiou. Now, if he will give a plain and ? open statement setting forth ail the facts con nected with the game, from the time we ap peared upon the field until the game was end- j ed, and then does not sec their sins, we will | let them go their way, multiplying their ini- j quities in the undisturbed chambers of i pandemonium. "We." Shiloh, S. C, July 25, 18ST. NOTICE. . A LL PARTIES HAYING REAL ES- ! tate for sale, improved or otherwise, j win please address the undersigned, giving j full description of property, stating price, ? terms. &c., ?c. M. July 27. Mayesville. J. W. McKIEYER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, IS NOW STOPPING AT THE JERYEY HOUSE, and is prepared to furnish esti mates on repairing and building houses. Your patronage respeetfullv solicited. July 27_' J. B, CARR^ CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, SUM?ER, s. c. PLANS DRAWN AND ESTIMATES made. Work done promptly and satis faction guaranteed. Always ready to give a bid on any work. J. W. ADKINS, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, SUMTER, S. C. SOLICITS WORK IN THE BUILDING LINE, and will promptly attend to all work entrusted to him, Residence next to Epperson's Stables, July 20_ For Rent* THE STORE ON MAIN STREET known as Mason's Jewelrv Store. Apply to C. T. MASON. July 20. BEGS TO ANNOUNCE to his friends and j the publie generally that he is still doing j business for Ma. JOHN R. LONDON", of Rock UHI, S. C, who is general agent for J Frick Co. Eclipse Steam Engines, ' Saw Mills. Separators, &o. j We can sell any s:zc Engine or Bodor ?rom ? 4 h. . to 500 h. p., either Portable, Station- j ary, Upright or Horizontal. We seil the best and cheapest Ginning and Sawing Outfits! on the market and put up and start all j machinery free of charge. We also sell the well-known Van Winkle Cotton 'Gins, Feeders and Condensers, ?and? STEAM POWER COTTON PRESSES. JAS. HUNTER'S CORN MILLS, which is the best mill buiit tor light power. We have a few SECOND-HAND ENGINES, PRESSES. &c. at Surnter which we will sell low down and on good time. I also repair engines and boilers. Address WM, E, BR?NSON, Agi, SUMTE Ra S. C. P. O. Box 84. July 20 CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS. ; ALKALINE LITJIIA AND SUPERIOR \ 1?OX WATERS. HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, W. VA. THIS CELEBRATED MOUNTAIN RE- j sort tor health and pleasure ; Baths of j any Temperature ; a summer climate unsur- j passed; a charming summer home, with its j man* improvements, accommodating SCO j guests, o-oen June 1. Send for circular and j rate?heei (For medical and other testimo ny WM. H. SALE, Proprietor. Say where you saw this advertisement. June 23 lm LOW COST. For the next 30 days we will sell the balance of our Summer Goods, consisting of Mi Low Cut Mi S?m Sais an? Slier flott?l, -ALSO Lais5 aM fe?S?ies, Ems Lams ani Muslins, vi AND BELOW COST FOR CASI1. We mean business, so ali desiring to obtain bargains will call early at July 27 . RYTTENBERG & SONS STJMTER, S. C. I GUNS. GUNS. U- *~W^ for i-ria Liii. OuaWorkj,Pl??traixlLjl:^^F Double Barrel Breech Loading: Sbot Guns, chokebore, S10 to 100. Single Breech Load ing Shot Guns, $4 to 25. Every, kind of Breech Loading and Repeating Rifles. S3 to 40. Latest Patents. Muzzle Loading Dou ble Shot Guns $5 to 35. Single Sbot G?ns, S2.50 to 12. Revolvers $1 to 20. All kinds of Cartridges, Shells. Caps, Wads, Tools, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Primers. Send 4c for our Mammoth Illustrated Catalogue, or 2c for Price List. No postals answered. Ad dress, GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. N. B.?-This is a 20-year old reliable firm. Perfectly trustworthy. Orders filled prompt ly and goods sent by mail or express to any part of the world. No matter what jou want in the gun line you can get itat the Great Western by writing a letter. July 27. BIDS WANTED. ESTIMATES ARE SOLICITED FROM builders and contractors to re-shingle and re-paint the FJpiscopal Church in the town of Sumter according to specifications. Esti mates to be handed in to H. L. DARR, July 27. Senior Warden. WOULD INFORM THEIR |^ PATRONS and the public gener ic ally that on the 1st day of Septem ber, next, they will re-open their PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at the old stand on Liberty Street opposite Monumental Square, and respectfully solicit a continuance of the generous patronage which they formerly received. We will do our utmost to please, and confidently refer to any of our old natrons. Latin and other branches will be taught. Music will be taught by Mrs. Kershaw. Terms reasonable. Tuition payable monthly. SUITER INSTi?UTl THE EXERCISES OF THE INSTITUTE will be resumed on Thursday, Sept. 1, 1887. Extensive and expensive additions have been made to the premises. Competent instructors in all Departments. Pupils will fiad it to their advantage to enter orcmptlv. For terms, kc. appi to Mas. L. A. BROWNE, Miss E. E. COOPER, Julv 27-tsi5 Principals. AVIS SCHOOL LA GRANGE, N. C. Military Boarding School for Bovs ana Young Hen. Full prep aration for any College or for Business. Healthy location-.fine climate : m;M winters; excellent buildings: Cadet Cornet Band; Cadet Orchestra : Resident Sur hjs^tSS-Sfi !;?<?..;>. _\o chorffc for Medicei , S&??<&?caE- Attention. So Extra Charge for ?S^Sb^^^ Laagaages or Sciences. Depart: ?zpzr-****^ ment o? Art. Full Course in Tel egraphy. Verv Low K.itcs. For Resister with full particatars. address Col. A. C. DAVIS, SgPg F?RM?N UNIVERSITY. GREENVILLE, S. C. THE NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN Wednesday SEPTEMBER 2STH. The Collegiate department includes the full Col- I lege curriculum. There is aiso a preparatory | department thoroughly organized. Expenses j have been reduced. For information or cata logue, address, July 20. PROF. H. T. COOK. ECLECTIC COLLEGE, S?MTER, S. C. Miss M. EL GIRARDEAU. Principal. CORPS OF TEACHERS. Miss M. H. GIRARDEAU. Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU. Miss V. MARION GIRARDEAU. Rev. C. C. BROWN. Rev. JOHN KERSHAW. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. MUSIC. Mrs. JOHN KERSHAW, Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU. ART AND ELOCUTION. Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU. BOARDING DEPAKTMOT. Sfcss HARRIET CAMPBELL. ADVISORY BOARD. Rev. John Kershaw, Rev. T. E. Wanna maker, Rev. C. C. Brown. Miss Girar?eau would annource to her patrons that not only will the Primary, in charge of a competent assistant, be under her ? immediate supervision, but a portion of her j own time will be devoted to the duties ofthat important department. Medicai attendance free, except in cases of j protracted illness. For particulars apply to the Principal. July C. THE SUMTER 3 US FOIS BOYS, Affording superior advantages J||*~in ENGLISH; MATHEMATICS; ^SpRpaad the CLASSICS, will reopen <?^/^ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, ISS7. L. W. DICK, ] > Principals. A. C. McINTOSH, J TUTTIt iN?From $2 to S"> por month. BOARD?-with the principals, $12 per mo. For further information apply to PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL, Lock Box No. 49. ! Jim S Sumter, S. C. j MONROE; HIGH SCHOOL. FALL SESSION OPENS AUGUST 22, IbST. Instruction thorough, board and tuition a\ Location healthful, Church fa cilities splendid. Prohibition prevails Send! for Cir ;u!;irs to J. A. MONROE, A. XI., Principal. Monroe, N. C. July 20. LEXINGTON, KY. The best equipped schert ?' trr-Sfnto: acc^mmo^-tions I strictly fiT>t-cla?s: honterl hv stc^m .-i:nl lighted by ?ras; ; only two yonnir indios the room : splendid faculty of i ex'poricnec?! teachers. Si-ssion l>ocriris "'nd Monday i in September; For particulars or Catalogues, address ! tT. T. rATTJ?liSOy. rrcs., l xingtonfKy. ! ooo- WHY JWT' i-ooo ATTEND ^*\ vidual instructi-m. Teaehincby Theory and Actual practice what others teach by theory only. Catalogue containing full information and testimonials free, ??dress J. G. DUNSHOKE, M.A.,President, Stauafcm, V% i State of South Carolina? COUNTY OF SUMTER. ! By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, JAMES D. GRAHAM, CC C. P. & g. S. for said/County, has made ; suit to.me to grant him Letters of Admiais \ tration of the Estate' and effects of ALFRED" i H. SMITH, deceased. These are therefore to cite aad admonish stt and singular the kindred and creditors of the said ALFRED H SMITH, decea?sd, late of said County and State, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to I be held .at Samter C. H-, on August -30 , ! 1SS7, efter publication hereof, at o'clock j in the forenoon, to shew canse, if any they have, why the s?id Administration should cot be granted. ^ I Given under my hand, this 20tb day of July, A. D.. 1SS5. T. V. WALSH* July 20?6t._Judge of Probate. - I The State of South Carolina County of Sumter. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, JAS. D. GRAHAM, C. C. P. and G. S. for said County, made suit to rae to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of CUNNINGHAM BOYLE, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish aQ and singular the kindred and creditore,of the said Cunningham Boyle, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter G. H. ort August 30th, 1887, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should noli be' granted. Given under my hand, this 20th day of I Julv, Anno Domini. 1887. t. V; WALSH, [L. s.j ? July 20. 6t Judge of Probate. j The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER,.. By . V. Walsh, Esq., Probate ?wdge\?* WHEREAS, WM. A. JAMES. Sr.,^ae made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministrai ion, of the Estate aud effects of WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS, deceased, Cam Testamento annexo, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said William J. Reynolds, late of-said County and State, thnt they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C.H. on August 4tb, 1S87, next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis ! tration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 20th day of July, A. D., 1SS7. . V. WALSH, June 20?2t Judge of Probate. Goods Must Go - - I , Make Way -FALL, iHBRsiicttniiillelk Colored Lawns reduced from 122e^o 8c Colored Lawns reduced from 7c and 8c'to 5c Colored Lawns reduced ? from 5c to 4c Plaid Dress Goods reduced from 122C to, 8c Seersuckers reduced from 12he and 15c to lOe Check Muslins and Piques ; from 10 and 12k to 7 and 8c Wash Poplins and Cheese Cloth from 6* and S?c to 5c Worsteds reduced from I2h and 15c to 10c Summer Worsteds reduced from 20c to 13c Embroidered Dresses at Cost Gcnts? Straw Hats at Cost. Too much trouble to enu merate ; price anything you want and we will sell yoik A Full Stock of CHOICE GROCERIES ALWAYS ON HAND. Fine lot of Perfumery and Toilet Soaps just received. Full pound bar of Laundry Soap for 5c. Taxsill's Punch is the best cigar in America for 5c. For ' a delicious smoke try Princess Fiora at 10c. j? ALTAM?NT MOSES^ July IS ROOMS FOR RENT, ? TWO COMFORTABLE AND AIRY front rooms in residence at corner of Bepub lican and Sumtes Streets?either furnished or unfurnished. Apply at premises to July 13-i. Mrs. Z. P. MOSES. A.iveKlslnp Bureau ( iO Spruce ScV whose advat3tt cvujtiacu stay bo made fer. it Iii oewxqmm* i