Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IBB sp?ter WATCHMAN, Established April, 1880. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's *na Truth's " the true socthros, e?ih:fesd/oaeV 186c* nAnsAiMfttAd Ana-. 2. 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, ATJG-UST 24, 1887. ftew Series?Vol. fil. &>. ?. PffeU*Ixt& OTory STodaoslay, BT N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. terms : Two Dollars per annum?in advance. 1DTXKTISXM?XT3. Ooe. Square, first insertion..................$l 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be chaneeoVfor. I . POWDER Absolutely Pure.; This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multitude of "low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK ING POWDER CO., 106 Wallet., N. Y. A SPECIFIC FOB Woman's Diseases A : ?SOCK as 1 ? miTEWSTRTJATION or JUULoHTHLY SICKNESa ' if t?te during the CHANGES OF LIFE, great ttflaring and danger will be avoided. ^"Seulfoc wok ** usaoi to fom," mailed free. fcaafguo Baaraaeo* Col. Atlanta, Ga. PROSPECTUS. CHATJTAUQUAN ^'AMomthly Literary Journal, For the Teachers and S tu den t? of South Car* ^ otf?tf; tintf ai! others interested in the Cause of Education. Methods of teaching will be diseased, and instructive reading w?l! be given for the pu pils Eacf? ffepaftm?nt w?1I be condacted With an eyeto'gefieral culture intellectually. Chaidauquah will consist of twenty pages reading jiut tier (each page 6z? inches), and will be pub&he? <?tfftag the ten school months of the year. TneffrSt number will be issued Sept. 1, 1887. Subscription price, %\ per year. To insure success ?? tais enterprise we earn estly solicit the co-operation of advertisers, guaranteeing a monthly circulation of not less than 1,000 copies in fcouth Carolina. Respectfully solfc?r? the aid of teachers, pupHs, and the public we are, Yours for success, ? USB. S. C. NETTLES ALSBROOK. Bt?fXETTstills, S. C, July 23, 1887. Teacher for fourteen years. Retired from the Manning Academy, June 10, '87. Aug 17. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Rmootdfrom Columbia, 8. C. A Live, Temp?rance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in S?MTER, S. .C. Under tie Editorial management of Key. H. F. Chseitzberg, G.W.C.T. OK I.O.g.T. OF s. C. ?and? Rev. J. S. Mattison, i Assisted by an able corps of Editors. The patronage and influence of all friends of Temperance is solicited. Terms only 60 ceats a year. To advertisers desiring a wide circulation, it offers an excellent medium, On business, address N. G. OSTEEN. Publisher. SUMTER PALACE ICE CREAM SALOON! Cake & Confectionery Establishment, In the Monaghau building, opposite Dr. DeLorme's Drug Store, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Choice Cream, Sherbet, Cakes, Crack ers, Biscuits, Candies, Bon Bons, and Other Good Things Always on Hand. -ALSO, Soda Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, Cakes, Candies, Biscuits, &c, Received Fresh Weekly. The patronage of the ladies and the pnblic generally, is respectfully solicited, also the people of the surrounding townships, to whom we extend a cordial invitation to visit us when they come to town. Ko trouble to show goods : polite attention paid to all who call. Respectfully, & CO. Junel._ o BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. FHfB ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, in- large print at Somter Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of John Heids. rjt oHnr?,wh? wish to <~ i mnv ttWpapRf.of obtain estimates OAadMWnf Spacawhen in C?wcsgD? will finditon Waat' fttAdwrtMifigAfmcyof LOfiDt THOMAS A BABY'S COMMAND. LILLIAN D?- RICE, Just three years old was our baby, A little town maid was she, A grass-plat to her meant country, A fountain the boundless sea. For all of her tiny life time Had passed midst the houses high, Whose tops, to her childish fancy, Were part of the arching sky. So one Angus: day when his sunship Was baking the city brown, We carried her off to the seaside, Away from the breathless town ; Stripped her of socks and slippers, Regardless of freckles and tan, And told her to go and frolic As only a baby can. But she stood with her wee hands folded, A specfc on the sandy shore, And gazed at the waves advancing With thundering crash and roar. We knew that some thought was stirring The depth of her little brain, As she listened to God's great organ Pealing its grand refrain. At last in her clear child's treble. As sweet as a robin's trill, With one little finger lifted, She cried to the sea '*Be still 1" Ah, dear little fair haired baby, Like you in this mortal strife, There's many a one made weary And stunned with the waves of life. But the billows of both, my darling, Are moved at the Master's will, And only His voice can hush them, By whispering, "Peace be still !" ?From The Pansy. The Necessity of Enriching Lands. [From Dr. H. H. Battle's Address at ML Holly.] It is a principle in agriculture, as well as in every day life that to grow and mature and ripen a plant must have food, just as much as any ani mal. The plant, however, derives its nourishment from the soil almost entirely. Without this nourishment it soon fades and dies, and bears no I semblance to the vigorous lusty plant which has had the benefit of the I proper food. An old experiment will illustrate this. In two pots is put fine white sand prepared so as to contain uot a particle of plant food ; in one of these pots is mixed a small quantity of the ingredients contain ing what is necessary for the young sprout, for example?nitrate of pot ash and phosphate of lime ; and the other pot is left with only the pure sand therein. Two seed of any hardy plant are placed in each pot and are moistened from time to time with distilled water. All of the seed germinate and spring up which is due to the food contained in the seed themselves. But now what do we notice?from this very point the seed in one pot commence to decline, shrivel and soon they are only stunt ed growth ; while in the other the plants are growing vigorously and healthily, and in the same time at tain a height of seven times more than those in the other pot, and a weight of more than forty or fifty times. What produces this differ ence ? Obviously the plant contain ed in the pot. The plant, as wc know, takes its food from the soil, and un less the soil is replenished by the addition of similar ingredients as those extracted, it wastes away aud after awhile will no longer grow a crop which aforetime was so plenti ful. If all lands were so situated as those in Egypt, where the river Nile annually reinvigorates the soil and supplies those elements taken away, there would scarcely be any need of a discussion of my subject, but un fortunately we have not that advan tage and we must do artificially what the Nile does naturally?that is t>y the addition of artificial ma nures to our lands ; and to do this In the cheapest and most economical manner is a subject in which all of us are deeply interested. The only way to accomplish this is through our home-made composts, and the utilization of those fertilizing ingre dients which are now uncared for, or at least not to the best advantage. Some Memorable Railway Disasters. Only two other railway disasters in this country begin to parallel that near Cbattswonh?one at Campbell, Tenn., July 17, 1856, the result of a collision, and the other at Ashtabula, Ohio, December 29,. 1ST6, when- a bridge gave way over a creek. A hundred or more lives were lost on both occasions. Greater havoc, how ever, was wrought near Cuantia, Mexico, June 25, 1381, when the fall of a bridge destroyed nearly 200 lives ; and near Tcherny (166 miles west of Moscow,) Rusbia, July 13, 1882, where, by derailment, 173 pas sengers were killed, and the remain ing thirty-nine on the train were all injured. Indeed, as one comes down the scale be still finds most of the worst accidents of this class oc curring abroad. By that at St. Ilil aire, Canada, where the train ran off a bridge, eighty-three were killed and 200 wounded, June 29, 1864 ; seven ty-four persons perished when the Tay Bridge, near Dundee Scotland, was blown with a railway train into the river. December 28, 1879; thir ty-four deaths ensued and seventy persons were hurt by the breaking of a carriage tire on the Great Western, at Shipton, England, December 24, 1874; fifteen were killed and 100 in jured by the W** ^Sburg collision, be tween Edinburgh, and Glasgow, Octo ber 13, 1862 ; sixteen killed and 320 injured at Kentish Town (Ilarnpstead Junction,) England, September 2, 1861 ; twenty-three killed and 176 in jured two weeks before by the Clay ton Tunnel collision on the London 1 and Brighton road, and 209 were hurt by the Kirby collision, on the Liver pool and Blackpool road, June 27, 1857. - ? 1 1 - 'Blind Tom/ under order of Judge Bond of the United States Court, bas been turned over to A. J. Lercche, for his Dew committee, Mrs. Eliza Bcthune, of New York, by J. A. Bethune, in United States Court room, J at Lynchburg. Tom at first declined to go, but finally reluctantly consented [ and left for New York declariag how ! ever, that he would not play again until 1 ke ca-ote back to Virginia. "Hold Your Ground !" The Last Order Given by General Stonewall Jackson. After nightfall Stonewall Jackson rode off with his staff to reeonnoiter in front of the Hoe he had gained. It was his idea to stretch completely around in the rear of Hooker and cut htm off from the river. The night was dark and Jackson soon came upon the union lines. Their infantry drove bim back, and as be re turned in the darkness bis own soldiers began firing at their commander, of course mistaking his party for the enemy. Jackson was shot in the band and wrist and in the upper arm at the same time. His horse turned and the General lost his hold of the briddle rein ; his cap was brushed from his head by the branches ; he reeled and was caught in the arms of an officer. After a mo ment he was assisted to dismount, his wound was examined and a litter was brought. Just then the Union artillery opened again, and a murderous fire came down upon the party through the woods and the darkness. One of the litter bearers stumbled and fell, and the others were frightened ; they laid the litter down on the .ground, the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping over them like bail. Jackson attempted to rise, but his aide-de-camp held him down till the tempest of fire was lulled. Then the wounded General was helped to rise, and walked a few steps in the forest ; but be became faint, and was laid again on the litter. Ooce he rolled to the ground, when an assistant was shot, and the litter fell. Just then General Peoder, ohe of his subordinates, passed. He stopped and said : "I hope you are not seriously hurt, General I fear I shall have to retire my troops, they are so much broken.1' But Jackson looked up at once and exclaimed : "You must hold your ground, Gen eral Pender ; you must bold your ground, sir I" This was the last order he ever gave. He was borne some distance to the near est bouse and examined by the surgeon ; and after mid-night bis left arm was amputated at the ehoulder. When Lee was told that bis most trusted lieutenant bad been wounded, he was greatly distressed, for the ref lations between them were almost ten der. "Jackson has lost bis left arm," said Lee, "but I have lost my right arm.7' ??jS3t. Nicholas for August. Lily Langtry'8 New Flay. Cogldan to he Slain by Beauty in a Dud. Long Branch, Aogcst 16, 1887.? What a glorious birthright is beanty ! and yet even that glorious royalty haB its disadvantages. I walked to-day a quarter of a mile along Ocean ave nue with the Jersey Lily. Young ladies forsook croquet mallets and lawn tennis nets and trooped to the fence for a look at her. Young wo men forgot their breeding and young men their manners, becoming for the nonce all eyes and the eyes all stare as the Lily's lithe figure floated along the graveled walk. One gentleman of years mature intrenched himself on a veranda, armed with an enormous opera glass, but the sun striking directly on his bald head betrayed him, and a parasol promptly lowered cut him off from all further delights of the eye. The most wonderful thing about the Lily is the astonishing freshness of her complexion. This is rare among ladies of the stage. Her se* cret,youngbeautie8, is neither'cream* nor 'powder,' 'lotion' nor 'wash,*' but simply much cold water, no cosmetics except those she is compelled to use upon the stage, and lots of exercise in the open air. The Lily thinks noth ing of walking over to Monmouth Park and back, and that too at a rate of speed few active men could keep up with. Behind her pretty cottage, is a wide lawn with a tennis net across it. Here she spends her morn ings when not occupied in fencing with Sarnac, who comes over from New York for an assaut with her three times a week. She has not bat tled with the waves yet, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding, and the descriptions of her fancy bathing suits are also due to a fierce spirit of newspaper enterprise. What she wore in the Water this morning was simply a: plain white flannel French bathing dress, coquettish!y trimmed with blue and ornamented with a number of foul anchors, like a yachting dress. The Lily includes among her other accomplishments that of being an ex cellent swimmer. 'My nerves are very much shatter ed 6ince I came to America,' said the Lily, as she walked up the Bteps of her cottage veranda and sank into cne of the large rocking chairs. 'The newspapers made me so. Not the theatrical criticisms, but the sharp personal attacks on me that sometimes appeared in them. Some of the things that appeared were very cruel. I am very sensitive and felt them keenly. Yes, I am afraid I read them ail. 'I intend to remain in the United States for the next two or three years at any rate, and am now looking for a suitable house in New York. Tbe Twenty-third street house I intend to give up. It is a little out of the way ; not central enough. Mr. Coghlan, I my leading man, is writing a new play for me. I caunot explain the plot to yon as I have only seen the first three acts. In one act I appear dressed as a boy and fight a duel with Mr. Coghlan. It is for this purpose that I take fencing lessons. Mr. Coghlan is excellent support and it would be hardly fair for mc to put his eye out. 'Did I ever have stage fright ? In deed I did. What the feeling is ? Why, as if you were turning round and round in the air and walking on nothing. It doesn't last?that is one consolation. Is there any trath in the rumor that I am to give one per formance at the West End Casino ? I understand that some of the best known residents here would' like it, j and in that case I will certainly I oblige them. If I do play it will be in 'Peril.' 'Yes, I have declared my intentions and am resolved to be 'a good Amer ican.' Every penny I ever earned in this country is invested here. I have a farm of 7,000 acres in California. The land is extremely fertile and! f#e climate charming. 'Among the newspaper attacks that; I felt to be unjust was the oft re peated one that I had gone on the stage without sufficient preparation. Now, my answer to that charge is simply this : Not long ago I express* ed my desire to secure a leading lady. Of a list of fifteen shown to me not one had been on the stage more than two years. The idea that one 'must swallow the dust of the stage for years' before attempting leading parts is absurd when we consider that there are here no regular schools of acting, as there are in Italy and France/ Brookside Cottage No. 2 is a daint ily famished double cottage, with a wide hallway running through the centre, and the stables a proper dis tance from the house. Mrs. Lang try's servants are all English, with the exception of two second maids, and are as perfectly trained to noise less attention as good domestics of that country usually are. On the hat rackcin the hall are the Lily's dainty fencing masks and gloves with a great assortment of many-colored par asols, sunshades, riding whips and 'crops.' She has a parasol to match every walking dress in her very ex tensive collection. As she sits In her chair, with her slender fingers clasping the arms and the dying rays of the sun lending a glow to her hair of a color seldom seen out of Gior gion's pictures, she certainly makes a very pretty picture herself. A dainty little child runs out on the piazza to kiss lier. It is little Miss Le Breton, the child of her brother, an officer in the East India service. Murdered for His Money. Charleston*, August 16.?The city was excited to-day by another mys terious murder, which happened in the same section where the McKnight murder occurred three years ago. The victim is a white man named T. J. Croghan, about thirty-five years of ,.ge, who was engaged in planting a truck farm near the city boundarv, in the northwestern suburb. Croghan lived alone in a house on the farm, and was generally reported to have kept his money on the premises. The last seen of him alive was last night about 7 o'clock, when he went in the house to prepare his supper This morning his body was found lying on the piazza, badly bruised and ; battered and with a load of buckshot I in his side. The murderer bad en tered the house, it is supposed, while Croghan was eating his supper, shot him with a shotgun or musket loaded with buckshot, and then started to drag the body out of the house, when he was evidently frightened and left it lying on the piazza. A silver watch that he had on is missing. An inquest was organized, but there is absolutely no clue to the murderer, and the case threatens to be envelop in the same mystery that still envel ops the McKnight murder. Sam Hunter, a negro, has been arrested on suspicion. mm * > ? A Strange Injunction. Mrs. Mary A. Moore, a widow, of Yolo county. Cal., aged 69, with her one-half million, becoming weary of her lone condition, determined towed James A. Black, the foreman of her ranch, a good looking fellow, aged 30. The license was procured, but the relatives of Mrs. More, who saw her money about to slip through her fingers, served an iojanction restraining ber from marry ing until her mental condition could be inquired into, and had Black arrested, accusing him of "stealiog the body of the woman." The Supreme Court is now wrestling with the case. Mrs. More is a vigorous, gray-haired woman, of unusual force of character. Toombs on Sumter. A writer in the Constitution states specifically that General Toombs op j posed the firing on Sumter, and said : i "Mr. President, you will wantonly ; strike a hornet's nest that fills the i north from ocean to ocean, and legions, now quiet, will swarm out to sting us to death. It is unnecessary ; it puts us in the wrong ; it is' fatal." It is strange that this illustration of wisdom did not come out before to day. It is also strange that General Toombs did not perceive, as Mr. Stephens tried to demonstrate, that secession had already stirred up the hornet's nest The defeat of Doug las at Charleston was the fatal mistake of the South.?Annvston (Ala.) Hot JJlaeL mm I I ? Only Two Left. ! Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, and Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina, arc the only two Ex-Sena tors now living of all the Southern members of that body who, in July, 1861, were expelled from the United States Senate for having left their j seats and gone over to the Con fed er-1 acy. And the names of these are just now most prominent before the coun try in connection with whiskey and tobacco?the former on account of his anti prohibition letter toEx-Gov. Lub bock ; the latter on acconnt of his; "tobacco remedies," which he adver tises as a panacea for the ills that flesh is heir to. -mm^ m??' - Gen. James Longstreet lives in n quiet farmhouse on the summit of a mountain ridge in North Georgia. A friend who has just been paving him a visit says that his hair is silver, bit. j whiskers are enow his giant figure I somewhat bent, but his eagle eyes still flash with the old-time fire, and years have only deepened the strong lines in bis face. He Was dressed for comfort. He did not care that his coffaf was awry, that his waistcoat adorned a chair poet, that bis alpaca coat was ripped up the back, and he did not care that his slippers went flup-flap flap against bis j heels as he walked. Loans on Lands. An Important Decision in the United States Court?Commissions and Usu rious Rates of Interest. Washington, Angnst 13?lion. Emory Speer, presiding in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia, who has been in the City for some weeks, to-day ren dered a decision in the case of Sher wood vs. Rountree, against the va lidity of contracts of money loan com panies, lie held that the practice of these companies, of withholding from 15 to 20 per cent, of the amount loan ed under the device of commissions for negotiating the loan, was usurious and illegal, and that where the money lender who dealt through loan com panies was shown to have carried on a settled business where these exorbi tant and extravagant rates in addi tion to regular interest were charged he was presumed to Understand the the nature of the contracts the loan companies were making, and in the absence of satisfactory proof to rebut the presumption he could recover only the amount received by the borrower and the legal interest and not commis sions which are included in the amount stated in the note or mort gage. A verdict had been rendered in Georgia upon this basis. The loan company had moved lor a new trial. The decision is distinguished from the leading case of Call vs. Palmer, 116 United States, where there was but a si&gie loan, and where proof was brought that the lender knew nothing of the usurous commission charged, and did not authorize them. This is the first decision upon this precise question in the United States Courts, and it is thought to have an important bearing, particularly in the South and West, where these con tracts are numerous. The Land Loan Companies. j The Land and Loan Associations ! that commenced business in Georgia five years ago, loaning money on farms for that term of years, are rapidly fore closing their mortgages and getting judgments against the unfortunate farmers in the United States courts. Farmers will do Well to be warned in time and resort to every known species of economy to get out of debt rather than borrow money that is often un wisely ezpended and In the end brings financial ruin to the borne, it was in tended to benefit. We might strength en our argument by stating that the Farmer's Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., in a s access fu I farming country, con tains two and a half solid' pages in the finest type, of foreclosure notices of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Com pany.?Southern CuU?t?tor, The Road Law. We publish the following concern ing the road law, which we take from an exchange, as it contains such in formation as we are frequently asked about, and is of special interest to a number of our readers at this time : Now is the usual time for proper and thorough repair of the publie* highways of the coonty. The ques tion has been often asked, who are liable to road doty, etc. ? ?or the in formation of all interested we state that the age of liability to road duty is from sixteen to fifty years. All able-bodied males between the ages' above given are liable to road duty, except teachers and students of schools and colleges, and ministers of the gospel who are serving congre gations as pastors. (Acts of 1885, page 228 ) Prior to the passage of the last Act of Assembly upon the subject, December 24, l?S?, members of State and County Board of Exam iners and School Trust?es, board of assessors, millers engaged in grist or merchant mills, guard keepers and employees and officers of lunatic asy lum and the warrier for five days were also exempt. It will'be observed that under trie law as it now is, not even the warner is exempt from road duty. A Prohibition View of th? i Defeat. The Anderson Intelligencer, whose editor, Maj. E. B'. Murray, is the, author of the celebrated 'Murray bill'" which was defeated in Anderson Tues day, says editorially : The prohibitionists bave been badly defeated in this county. The result bas been accepted by them in good tem per, and although the majority is large, they had nothing particularly discou'r agiog in the result, for it has Isen at-1 tained by the colored vote, and by irregularities in the registratioo,-grow ing out of the laxity of the registration, clause of the Act. Many negroes un der age are believed, to have registered, and many disqualified by crime have also been voted. The full white vote was not registered. Tbe anti-probibi tionists admit that 2,300 negroes were registered, while the prohibitionists think tbe number was fully 2,500? 2.800. There are from 1.S00?2,000 colored voters registered uuder the State registration, aod there were cer tainly we think, not more than two thirds of the vote registered. We arc sat isfied there were fully 2.400 negro votes cast on last Tuesday, of which the ; prohibitionists, from the best reports wc can obtain did not poll over 3u0 or 2U0 at the outside. There were 5,003 votes polled, of which, by this count there were 3,000 whites. Thus it will be seen that the vote With the white voters was close, giving a small majori ty to tbe prohibitiontsts of from 73 to \ 300 votes. Wc regard these figures as making the allowances against the pro hibitionists. In the last senatorial elec tion the democratic vote was 9,4&"?. All of this vote did not appear fn this election, ar?d it contained several hun dred colored votes which Were teu into the clubs in different parts of the coun ty. The sDti-probibitiofirists on Tues day managed the negro votes better and more absolutely than wo have" ever ween the republican leaders d? ft, and ft served them an excellent purpose. The battle is over, and the prohibi tionists are content that they have made a good figbt under adverse circum staa-ceaf. We hope tfcfc Brtferiyes's of the canvass may subside, and are satisfied that the reaction of public sentiment after the election will increase the pro hibition sentiment of the county. -?-^*Mm>--++--^mm~? Our State Contemporaries. The Homestead* Pickens Sentinel. The Keowee Courier saysi 'If the Homestead and Lien laws were repealed, it would promote honesty and industry, enlarge credit on a sound basis, and work far greater good than can ever flow from the continuance of these laws. Besides, people, knowing they must pay, would trade more cautiously and gradually improve their condition. The repeal of these laws would render un necessary several criminal statutes based os them and save expense to the tax* payers." We trust that our law-makers will study the workings of these laws, and and see their baleful influence upon the prosperity of our country, and have the patriotism to strike them from the stat utes. The ends of justice are never served by the homestead, and when the lien law comes in at one door, industry and contentment go out at the other1. Pee Dee tndet. Some of the Northern newspapers have had a great deal to say about the act of the Georgia Legislature prohib iting the co-education of white and col ored children. They have condemned the law of course. That Was expected. Some of our Southern contemporaries, on the other hand, have devoted column upon column to a defence of the law. They bave taken upon themselves A Use less task. There is no necessity to de fend the law. The Georgia Legislature had a right to enact it, and it is in con sonance With the feelings of the South ern people on the race question. By elaborate defence we tacitly admit that the law may be wrong, whereas there are few who do not regard it as an emi nently just and proper one4 Where Will the Court House be I Located ? Camden Journal. The residents of Bishopville and vi cinity who are so anxious for a new county ought to first investigate and see if Bishopville is likely to be selected as the county seat. Whenever a new county is formed it is customary f?r the voters to say where the county seat shall be, and the place which offers the greatest inducement (if it is any ways centrally located) is generally selected. We understand that the citizens of Florence will bear the expense of all the necessary public buildings if their ap plication for the formation of a new county is granted ana" Florence is se lected as the county seat. Will the citizens of Bishopville do as much if their petition is granted? The resi dents of the ffectlon of this county who are interested in the matter would like to know* this much before they go any further. If you mean business, now is your time to speak out, and give a guar antee toat yo? mean it, too'. Brother Brown and th? Brothers in Black. Barntcell P?opl?. ?f We were to follow the did advice, 'Say nothing b?t good of the dead,' we would not fulfill our. .promise to put a quietus to brother ?Frown's movement to raise contributions from white church es for the education ?f colored minis ters. As it died at lo tender an age it does not become us to heap dirt Upon its early grave, but the occasion gives op portunity for a few remarks that ought to do good, and Will If the seed' We now sow shall fall on good grOond. The admirable address of ?ov. Rich ardson to the eolofed Teacher's ?natt ttite at Coldtobis, several Weeks ago/ advising his bearer* to rely on them selves and not to leak for. manna from the outside wWd, forcibly indicated that self help is the only help worth bating. Hut tee years dur?og which the eolored people wandered in the wil derness as the 'Wards of the Nation/ and their retrogression ddring that pe riod, are an arguaient that sentiment ein not weakci n?r sympathy overcome. Again, charity should begin at home, and before churches or church members Lor the sinners without their gates give I money to any missionary purpose what i ever, ample provision should be made I for the comfortable and respectable sus ' tentation of the veteran ministers who I are enlisted, for life, in the war of the church against Satan and his works. From our knowledge of affairs we sor rowfully express the opinion that not a reputable preacher in this county, no matter what may be his creed or color, .is paid enough to enable him to give all his time and thought to the service of the Master who* has ca*led him to labor in the harvest of souls! The People has very high regard for Brother Brown, but th? event bas dem onstrated that be has made a mistake. In that be has only followed the exam ple of all lives, and while it may disap point his desires it will not weaken his undoubted claim to goodness of charac ter and singleness of purpose. The Canal and the State's WatSr Power. Tfacbtrry Herald. Wo wonder if the State has been spending monry digging a canal through the lands of private individuals, and haviu2 uo available sites of her own upon which to erect factories and thus utilise the great water pov?er tbc canal id to afford. Columbia has been talking of building a cotton mill, and it is said will bcild it, but when an efFort is made to secure s site and obtain power from the canal to drive the mill it is found j that sncb an cnotmous price is asked for the site that it is thought cheaper to se cure ? sifte elsewhere even if the rail! will bstc to be run by steam. This land, ?C0, fur which so much is demand ed is now growing up in weeds, and we supiwse, is otfrr?d Vy pr?v3tc hydirrd uals. \Yc wonder if trV?se psrf?cs fa search of this site WeSt above Gervais street bridge to view the ataifabfc sites thefc. Id fcici we believe the catoai is Only ?o isbed as far as Gervars street bfidga. U seems strange to us that Columbia, after being so anxious for the comple tion of the canal, and arguing the great advantages to accrue to the State froiu a utilisation of tbe water power to be af forded by the canal, should d?termine it Was cheaper to bai Id their cotton mill On a Bite other than on the banks of this Cabal. If real estate is booming in this Way along tbe banks of this stream so as to make it impracticable to bnild facto ries on it, what benefit can it ever be to the State ? Or has the State any sites of its own upon which to erect factories so as to utilize this vast water power 1 These are matters that should be con sidered by our legislators before any more money is spent on the canal. What does it mean anyhow f The fac tory or cotton mill is to be built bat not to be ran by Water-power from tbe canal. We cannot understand the use of the canal to the State if other power is cheaper in Colombia for running fac tories and cotton mills. The Hfelratograpfi." Professor Elisha Gray, of telephone fame* is perfecting an invention which promises great results. The 'telauto graph' is the name by tfhicb the in strument will be known. By means of it a fac simile of a written message can be sent to any distance, tie exact copy being reproduced af tjte other end of the line the moment of its send ing. Orders for the sale, of sto?ks, or checks and drafts can be sent also* The electric current,, of coarse, is an important factor in the invention, but the Chief feature is trie p??te or instru ment on which {h? writiug is done. No particular kind of pen or pencil bas to be used j in fact, a sharp' pointed instrument of any kind, ?f: even a p?ece. of wood; will answer the purpose. The paper on which the writing is done and tbe autograph re produced does not have to be.preparV ed, for in the first instanc? it is tb'd pressur? on the plaie which gives th? impulse to the machine/ while the, Re production is brought about by a trac ing point,; which may b? a properly inked pen or even ?n> ordinary lead peifcil attached to a movable arm in the receiving machine at the other end of the line. A number of experi ments with the machine have been made at Highland Park, Chicago) where Prof. Gray's laboratory is, all of them of the most satisfactory char acter. Prof. Gray is inclined to tiling the machine will be required in all cases where absolute accuracy in the delivery and filing of an order is re quired/ and that it will eventually su persede the present system . of tele graphic communication ; in fact, that an operator will simply transcribe; a message, and, while in th? act of so doin?, will wire it to any point on .the continent, the reproduticU at th? o&ier point always being a fa? simile of the Writing ot the person at th? macuin?. The S?tttti Advancing To the farmers assembled in Atlanta, Mr. ??etiry W. Grady sjtofre in these glowing terms of the flew South : There are 23?, OOO artisans at work in tbe South to-day that were not here in 1880, and this does not include the thousands that are building new enter prises. We manufactured .list, year $213,000,000 worth; of af tides .that six years ago we bought from the North5 or West, in six years following the Cot ton ?iposftict? Of lSYS"" new cotton mills have been built h tbe South'start ing, lMtl.?Qti new swindles. The South to-day Is itititemtig an industrial revolution,for ifbieb history bas no pre cedent. Figures do not measure it and amasement ?s atffipTV ItntSeo1 by c?m preheflsion. DO Your BfeSt tf?ien I was a little boysaid a "emu cue dajr to a friend with whom bo waa talM'ag *f paid a visit to mi graodfatber. He t'as an aged man, end Wore a black veltet ca* af^dP knie breeches with vlarge silver buck les it tbe huess. Wneo t went to say good-b^e to him, be fcut ma between his knees, kissed nie ki'ndly, and then laying his hand on my head, he said, 'My dear boy, I have only one thing, to say to you. Will yon try and re member it?' I looked him in the. face and said, 'I will, grandpa.' 'Well,'* said be, 'it is this : whatever you do, always do the best yoti caiz.' This tras my grandfather's legacy to flie. It was worth more than thousands of gold and silver* I ?svei forgot bis words, aod have always" tried to act upon them.' Tbe heart thai trusts forever sings, And feels as light as it had wings. Horire Courtes*e& I am one of those whose lot \? life has been to' go into an unfriendly world at an early age artd of nearly, twenty families in Which I made my bor?e ?0 the cerurs? of about nine years there were only three that could os designated as happy families f aud the cs'oas' of trouble was was not so much the lack of love as the lacE of care i? ?atfffest it.' The c?pd?g tidr&s of thts. sen tence give the frtfisful socYc? of family alienations", of heartaches innumerable, of sad faces aod gloomy home circles. 'Not so much tbe lajj|of love as the lack to vianifest it.* ""^Sbt more than three happy families in twenty ! and the cause so easily remedied ! In tbe 'small courtesies of life* What powc^j resides ! .-m*ma0**?*0*- mm*> A yoang medical stndsnt died the other day from effects cf snicking cigafe?tes. It is said be smoked sixty a day. There hate been other deaths noted from this ea'toe habit and the habit seems to be increasing tirnt?? it becomes a' serious matter.- It is sa:d to be tbe most injurious way in which to bacc? Fs ttecd. These who are addicted to the habit should efSp and thin* and letfve it o# if *ict?!*ble. Parents should try to seii Uf n (h'at the habit is not formed ?ty tfce?r boys. ?t is in Mi rions. It is useless. It is so inju rious that wb?S used to excess it pro duces desth. Then why smote crga iiit?s. News comee from Georgia to' iiii ef fect that a man in that State is living 'pleasantly With ?w eighth wife. This shows tfo value of trying i0n ?T al first you don't succeed. The time to'bury a hatchet is before blood' is found ujfdir if. Sews Iteifag The Kerska'w &azette has* started a'1 temperance department^ Jpst ^itor* Beard s?ys that he does not edit it. Georgia's first bale of new cotton* was sold for 20 cents, per pound. Ala bama's for ?2? and So?th Carolines for" 12 cents. The fanerai ^rVices'of Job?; M/ . Clay, the last remaining son of Henry _ Clay, took,.place, at Lexington, ?!en-~~ tucky, on Thursday of last week. Gen George .^ashinVto? Castis Lee,' president*of the, .Washington' and Lee. university of ^Virginia* eldest son of Gen^_ Robert. J3. Lee, is; hing ;datiger-" - ??sly ill at ?'avensworth, Virginia. The Edgeneld Advertiser says,:' ?U is" . said that the lynching case cost the par ties concerned ten thousand dollars,' seven thousand five hundred" rjf winch* * went to the lawyers. . ? . A" syndicate of B?ffalo-cap?tajists'.has T just purchased for over $750.000, a tract' of .timber,,.lan.d of .about 4?0. square'* miles in ?forth. Carolina, comprising the* greater part of pkre county amfa jior- ! tion of 'tirreil county. ' - , Mr. K C. - Bertrand, the aatftcr of * 'Grandfather's ?loc?,' oled recently] in a "London hospital. ; ?t waY t e only production cf his that ever becarn? pop ular, and' it tvW the t publishers 4hb made a little fortune out. of the' c?Stice '' success, and not the author.' \ . \. -, , jr. . i ' A white man nanied filraci Eolliaiair was arreated'a few days since, in Dar lington/for forging a. $10 check in the n?m? of MY. George Hill. life attempt-" ed to'escape wbile seeking bait but was" 5 recap tared and . lodged in ja3." fie4!? ?T now out ?ii ball. , 0vni means not one. and iSlt front Milton to Eusklh it is used ? a plural' sense,as often as io. the singular. ?ut ;> t)ie Professor of English' Literature in' Glasgow University, says it should be only used in the singular." tt is ?jf?r- ' version to use it otherwise. Belva Lbckwood Has returned'to'jler law office at "vTashtngtoh after a* short - vacation, She .says she wiU > not be, a_ candidate for President in ?888 if Mrs;' Cleveland will accept the nomination:. Under th^p circumstances U.seems like ly that Mrs. Lock wood will run again* *? Last week we mentioned the amount ' in'cash'realise4 by Mr. W". It. Hayes by the .sal? of wateriheloua from his v patch cf three, acres. Since then he has added $55.SO to. the amount,* his : sales to Saturday night last, footing up $162.25, He is sti?f selling melons oa our market and expects" to realize in all mor? than tworjaundrjed ja casli' for hl? crop.?Roch ?iU Herald. ? . Ban Lyons, who...wa? thSl 0 4st*> '* Saturday in New York and ?\f?if ht : the same man who killed another man , only a week or so', ago. f?is bojly was laid out for sepulture at his sister's, Mrs. Martin's where bis friends gath ered around it and' played' cards ?'fi'd drank whiskey. A'large nugget of gold was" found*. . near Breckenridge, Colorado,, lately. ,| It weighed 1*56 ounces" and 5* penoy . weights, ft had a fittie leccl and .o^'artf ia ?i, bfcif tfaa' worth ?bout ^.??fc ? This'is the largest lump ever found ttt Colorado. , The largest nugget in . the . . world was taken out at Ballarat, Aas- - i tralia, and weighed^ 136 po?cdis; ??i. ? was worth about $30,000. * ? 1 ..The President of tfiav^^?^ Yfom?Vs Christian Temr^r?nce ?njon;: ; MW. Mirgar.et Bright Lu*ca3, .ej?j^n'; X dpn, apd .Miss Frances fit iS^af^."** Vice-Presi?j?nt for. the ?ntled. '?tfte?V' * and t?rs. Hannah* Wh?ta?l &?V?*, pt% . Philadelphia, Secretary, ?ave ee?lf.ot^ "J 'a call t? ybristiari won?e? id <kffr$ l"ta$ and of every denomination wSo ire in-^ 3 ter?St?d -in temperance refqrnV to ob ;serva the Kth and ?3th of NovemB?r neit as days of pa^fer for t& s^cesaoT ^ the work in which tcey are ?bgzg?S. *' Bob Smaljs, the convict, fs on toe * rampage. Her? is ?n extract .from ? ^ speech he recently made a?t Ottawa*;-^ Kansas,'a few evenings ago :' 'We (th?- * colored people)'have really no rights ia a South Carolina. The courts,, are nra>**^ nipulated against our race.' The regis^ * trat:bn hw worss es a hardship. WH'af ^ can we do in the nrstter ? ISotBingf. Three to thirty-sii in the petit jteey; ': 'and two to twelve in grand ! Brethre?/ '* dnve y?'cr stakes deep in Kansas. Give them' a stfcke deeper ?V?ry day1. ** I met two colored men gofng to i?eo^ I tacky. 4My God,' l efc?s?med *fcettevr>< - go hsek to Kansas, ?x a sta^e, tie aV fop? around, and starte 16 death rather ' thao go t? tHe So nth. ' " ?eaven helry r them if they have once enjoyed the freedom of the ???r?5 z?? (fen ^o'bac^ t? the 5out?.* ^* t The "Great ^mcflca^ "Desert" wa^" , ?lon? a^o found out to be a ciythf anof , Jnow some of the remotest corners wlii'cH" were once s'Jppbsed to b? rnc??ded fn" H , are prov?ng to oifer t5'e largest promised ;-of vat?e for agricultural an'd1 grating ' purposes. In i^ew ?f?erico, tor e?cf- . pie/it bas tobg been thought that ??r- / tain immense areas nTu'stalways'becbw paratTvely useless because of their na iural aridity. "But engineers have just completed plans for tapping the Rio* Grande with a canal and thus bringing Lunder irrigation a tract some ten mile? I wide and a hundred and fifty long, Con taining nbarly a millron acres". The addition of so vast a'n ?rea? te' t&*5 ir?-. ble land of the Territory means, of cours?, a lirge increase iff the jjroduc- -, tive resources of that section. Other canals cray fessiMy c^o as much. Thh"*"" work^of sinking artesian w???s ?S also" ' going^h there extensively, while thefa' projec^f constructing great storage t servorrs, in vih'ich tfie rainfall of tS? <?et 5cascii my be collected' and fibm" then gradually distributed du'rrag the 5ry season, is already in serious contem1- 1 platTon bf private enterprise. Modern* scicntiGc irrigatrbti has already accom- . plished wonders for tH? agriculture of Stah ; ft ?ecni5 likely to do even more for Now Mexico. So long, of codree/ as fherc waS an abundance of ?Hoccupied.' far?liag land id Kansas.. Nebraska and' thereabouts, it mattered little what possi bilities might exist elsewhere. Bat" now that population is beginning to' crowd these States the promise that is offered fro?i the remote S?tet'bw'?fit'ii? im portant.