The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 28, 1888, Image 1

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?HK SUMMER WATC KM AN, ?ktabliaried April, 1850. Aug. ?, lM.l "Be Just and Fear aot--Let all the Ends thon Aimt't at, be thy Country's, thy G'o?Tz and Truth's SUMTES,- S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, 1888. THE TKCE SOTJTJ*KOK, Established /urie, New Series-Yoi. TIL No. 8l. ?ST. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. ?Nro Dollars per attrrtxm-in advance. IDTHTlSIMIItTS. One "Sqaare, first iaserfi?n?..v.\...-$1 00 Sr^ry snfcs^uen t insertion. 50 TJa&tracts' for iVree mon tbs, or longer will be Dade at reduced rates. All commtrnicxtions which subserve private interests wiil be charged for as advertisements. "Obituaries And tributes of respect will be charged for. <C. T. EMT. H. A. ?OTT C. L HOYT & BRO., Gold and Silver Watches, docks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to B re ec h-Lo ad in? Gans, geo i_ Cf m SL * SE Ali Y S Drag Store, Not a Branch House. Under Susie Hall, SUMTER, s. a mi DRUBS AND CHEMICALS constan!v OD band. A fine assortment of TOILET ARTICLES, PATENT MEDI? CINES, LADIES' REQUISITES, nd all articles kept bj first class druggists. Personal attention gi Ten to the compound? ing of physicians' prescriptions. . Cold, sparkling Soda Water, with choice tream syraps. Sarsaparilla Meade, and Milk Shakes tb fait the most fastidious. G. 8. SEALY, _Api 13 Grad nate of Pharmacy. ig,t% CATARRH Cream BalniBffg^>i Y*=^BM Cleanses tbe ?Uays Palo ^Rf^l? VJ INFLAMMATION W?$M ??als &e*-Seres? y SENSr^OFTASTK^H|^^^^B and Smell. mWB?Z&^&!\ THY TH* cnRE.iiAY-FEVER ii ? disease bf the raucous membrane, gener? ally originating in the nasal passages and fcmintainiag its stronghold in the head. From this point it sends IbHS a poisonous virus into. the. stoesach and through the digestive Organs, corrapting the blood and producing Otner rrotibteome ?ad dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable. Price50 cents at Qrctggists : by mail, registered, 60 cents. ELY BROS., 235 Greenwich Street, New York. P. H. Folsom. I? W. Foison. F. H. FOLSOM & BRO., Established in 1868. -Dealers in suaaio&y TATCSSS, CLOCZS, STERLING SILYERand PLATED WARE, j Jewelry, Optical Goods, Gold Pens, Pencils, Machine Needles, &c. Repairing promptly done and warranted by practical workmen. Orders from tbe coantry wi?? receive oar f careful attention. Try ns. Nor 9 o SEALY'S EMULSION -OF COD LIVER OIL AND Hg^KspMUs of Lime mi SH This preparation contains seventy-five per j cent, of Pare Cod Liver Oil, and one drachm each of tfce Hypopbosphites of Lime and Soda, making it one of the most agreeable prepara? tions of the kind known to tbe medical faculty. A tablespoonful contains two grains each of the fl jpopbosphkes. Prepared only by . GILBERT S. SEALY, Pharmaceutical Chemist, SUMTER, C. 8. Dec. 7 _?_ ALL ABOARD! FOB THE CELESTIAL CITY? ALL RIGHT 1 NOW! We wotfld be glad tobelpyottoo the way rejoicing, by supplying yon with a choice Family Bible, any style and price: twenty-two dollars, down to a complete, substantial, and beau? tiful Bible for ooly three dollars and fifty cents. My address, Majesville, S. C. Yoois faithfully, HARVEY W. BAKER.. Dec 21 o ?I^?BrWf?BL?r GO TO THE SUMTER COTTON FACTORY, ! AND BUY FOR CASH, Cotton Batting fflatress8s, from $3.50 to $10.00. Satisfaction guaran? teed or money refunded. ; pie and foll information at store of A. Moses. D. JAMES WINN, President, i Always to tlie Front ! O?E PRICES -ARE THE LOWEST IN THE CITY, -AND OUR GOODS M MY 1ST! Come in and see us when jon are in need of PLAIN AND FANCY GROCERIES. WE WILL SATE YOU MONEY. We-sell nothing but the best quality of goods and we guarantee all goods as represented, j Our 25 cts. Butter is good enough for table ose, and hundreds of thebest families use it in preference to pay? ing other houses 35 cents for Butter no better than ours at 25 cents. Our Point Lace Flour is the best on the market ; 25 lbs. for 90 cts. We are handling the LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF Plain and Fancy Crackers in the city. Soda Biscuits.at 10 cents as fine as Stiow Flafcae. TEA. TEA. Mixed Tea, BUck Tea, Green Tea. at 50c. per pound. This is a delicious Tea and you should try it. Gofiee from 18 2-3 to 25 cts. per Pound. Old Government Java at 25 cents. Our Roas ed Coffee at 25 cents is the best in town. in addition to our Grocery Siock we handle a nice line of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, SHOES AND HA JS, ' in which the buyer will find many bargains. A close buyer knows there are more bar? gains to be had in a small house than in the larger ones, because there is less expense attached to the running of a small than there i is to a large one. j WE DELIVER GOODS FREE j to any part of the city, and money refunded where goods do not prove satisfactory. Call on us and you will find us true to ocr word. KINGHAM & CO. Main Street, next to C. E. Stubhs. Feb. 15. CONSTANTLY ON HAND A' Full Supply of the Celebrated "TOLTEG GIGAR." Warranted fuil Havaoa filler. Tire best 5 cent Cigar in America. KIXGMAX & CO , Sole ?gents Tbr Sumter, S. C. ! Feb 29 x 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 Wall-st., N. Y. PUBLIC N?TIGET CLERK & TREASURER'S OFFTCE, SUMTER, S. C., March 21, 1888 ALL PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS against the City of Sumter, excepting Coupon Bonds, are requested to present same for examination by Council, ani payment when audited and approved. By order of Council. C. M. HURST, March 21 Clerk & Treasurer. Beef, Perl ai Sausages, IBEG TO INFORM. THE CITIZENS OF Sumter that I keep fresh Beef, Pork and Sausages on band daily, and thanking them for past favors I solicit a continuance of their patronage. W. J. DAWSEY. Feb 29 lm_ Slate of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judye WHEREAS, JAMES D. GRAHAM, C. C. P. & G. S. for Sumter County in said Stale, made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Esta'refnd Effects of SAMUEL W. GILLESPIE, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Samuel W. Gillespie, late of said Coun? ty ano State, aeceased, that they be and ap? pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on April. 2nd?, 1888. next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock iu the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 22nd day of Februarv, Anno Domini, 1888. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J Judge of Probate Sumter Co. Feb. 22-2t. State of South Caroma, COUNTY OF SUMTER, By T. V Walsh, ?&7.j Probate Judge. \TTHEKEAS, Mas. KEHA J. CARSON, f Widow, made suit to me to gran: lr-r Leeters of Administration of the Estate and effects of JAMES M. CARSON, deceased, These are t':ieref;re to cito at.d admonish ?il and singular ?Le kindred and credit -rs <-f the said JAMES M. CARSON, l'::e nf said County and ?tate, decked, thnt they be an-i appear before me. in the Court cf Probate t be held at Sumter C. H.. ?n March 29:b. 1 SSS. next after publication hereof, ar ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. <3iven under :r.r hand, this 14"ih day of March, A.D., I8SS- T. V. WALSH, M cit 14 ind: Probate FARMERS WHO ARE LAYING IN THEIR SUPPLIES WILL PLEASE Get My Prices Before Ordering. 1 CAN'T BE BEAT ON FLOUR, SUGAR, MEAT AND OTHER GROCERIES. In Fertilizers I am Selling Soluble Pacific Guano, Dissolved Bone and Kaimt, ALTAMONT MOSES, Feb. 1, '88. PLEASE ANNOUNCE To the Public, that though there have been many Car Loads Stock already sold by me, yet there will be ANOTHER LOAD IKIffi MD ililli TO ARRIVE ^\BOUT UTI ARCH IStiu This may be the last of the season, so purchasers will find it to their interest to call early and make their selections. j Respectfully, Sumter, S. C., Marcb 12, 188$. j THE SHADOW CHASEK. With outstretched bands **re*aw hts cfei?d joys ixhe, And vanish with (he passing of the day, Like ships that keep their coarse far out at se*, Nor heed thc lodging watchers in the bay. And glad youth ?b'ccd bira following ardent eyed, The fleeting phantom that he ever lost, And all his eager manhood was denied The tweet reward such weary searching cost. Then came at last Life's lord, sweet Death, and said, "Oh, loyal heart, well done, behold thy wage." And lo!-with fadeless beauty overspread The shadow of bis childhood, youth and age. ~ Henrietta Christian Wright, in Scribner's Magazine for April. BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY. Copyrighted by the Author, and published by arrangement wit! i him. CHAPTER XVI WHAT WILL THEY BRING? Days passed till they made weeks, and weeks till they made months, and no change came for the mills or for the lives of the creatures who worked within their grim walls, except the change from poor to more poor. His acquaintances saw new expressions on his face-the open, boyish look had gone, and bis voice had new tones of decision; his ste? had grown firmer and his eyes met a gland with a new steadiness. One morning the three men who had been once on the fire escape committee met in tho doorway of No. 2 mill, restored afta* the fire. They had left their work for a breath ol fresh air. "He is closer than his father; he scrimps and saves li kc a poor cuss trying to support a family on ?5 the week. What show is there for usp "Yell mind it's all j?st as ? told ye, Bil] Rogers," suggested Graves, the comfort of 'I' told you so' being left to him out of the general wreck. "JistasI told ye that night j moreen a six; month ago in front of oi<? j Breton's. As soon as the lad feels his oats that's the last of his kind heart." "The boy's had hard luck since then^' said Rogers, handling his pipe cut- of old force of ? kiibir. "Praps lift's punisiiih"us for it, It seems so strange somehow bis chang??1 all so sudden." " 'Taint that," said Graves, as he turned to go back to work, and then lingering a mc" ment longer: "It is thc natur of a man and crops but as sure as he gets his swing. There ain't a one of us but would make a meaner rich man than him. It comes easy to be a labor reformer and radical as long as a fellow is poor, and it's just as easy for a man to talk beautiful if he ain't looked to to do nothing. But it makes a man drunk when ho feels the reins in his hands, and him nothin' but a man of the same stuff as the rest on us. Look at Curran now; how much better'n the rest is he? He deserted us at the most critical mo? ment. Somethin1 made him throw us up as if we had all of a sudden sickened on his stomach.. We're poor stuff, all on us, boys. I never seen a finer feller than that Curran, but he's forgot all about the wrongs and rights he used to holler so purty about. There's no chance for us in any man's mercy ; we must fiepend on ourselves." At this very moment Philip Breton was pressing thc little brass bell on his counting room tallie. For an answer his paymaster came in with his pen, wet from the ink, in his hand. "Do we pay our help enough?" A thousand 'ger voices would have shout? ed a no to him that f*ould have shaken the foundations of stone, but ilr. Jennings? the paymaster, put his pen behind hi$ ear, took it down, looked keenly at it, then in surprise at the young mill owner. "We can get 1,000 as good for the same, if that is what you mean." Ali, what chance have the poor milk people, when the young master choo-es such advisers as this? "Nb,'' said Philip, slowly, "it isn't ex? actly what I mean; can we raise the wages?'' "Can you; why yes, I suppose you can step right into thc mills and give a ?100 bill to ever}- hand. But you couldn't afford to do that thing long, and I don't think it would do anybody any good. I wouldn't assume to advise you. sin but why not just as well go up street and insist on paying a fancy price for your flour?' "Butidont they find it hard to live on what we give them '. And what a life it is at that," suggested Philip, sadly. Apparently he had not quite forgotten thom. "No doubt, no doubt!" repeated the pay? master with the querulousness of? his class, "but is there any sense in putting in your or my fiat? You can't make a ninety cent laborer worth a dollar and a quarter by giv? ing it to him. You insult him and damage business by making it all uncertain with the gratuitous element." "I see you don't believe in benevolence, my dear Jennings," and Philip smiled curiously. "Yes, I do, for sick people and paupers, but if you don't want to make paupers of every? body you mustn't" "Eut I am nota pauper, and I never earned a penny in my life till a few months ago." j Philips eyes flashed at a sudden revelation. "But, ah- *nn- that Ls different. Drop that I thon. To make our cloth there are a number of expenses; there is the mill and the ma? chinery, thc money locked up in fabrics and material. These are fixed* yon don't think it your duty to pay extra prices for raw ma ferial, nor make a gratuity with every dollar you spendion machinery, no matter how jx>or the man that sells to you. Now comes an? other element, labor. That should be as fixed as the rest ar.(1 all calculations based on its market price. When you go to market with your cloth you don't ask any gratuity, nor does the buyer claim any; the price is fixed '.ettor than t ho caprice of a moment could fix ." The element of labor eaters int?' the c<>st. The differencebetween the cost and price is your profit. If labor stands you in its mar? ket price your profit will reward your efforts, and it will pay you to kee}? up your mill. If you paid higher wages your profits would bo small: you would ?ive up your enterprise and all would suffer.'' '.I didn't know you could bc so eager. Put supposing they tell me my profit is too targe, ?bat my labor ??ys me so well [ ought to make it up t?? them.** The young proprietor where ? ;:Ulu:u?j w":id was ehasihx the r'^sset leaves in .savage glee. Mr: Jennings, the p:?vinaster, bud reached tho door, but. waited ri moment lo clinch his.argument. "Then if you lost nu ?ney your help ought to contribute. But it might ?mt !<e nt all their fault that y>n ?osi, i.ny mor?- than -t is ty? their credit you sueco??d. Their labor in rpj.tn: ii v niel ou.tliiv \v>.i;l?l l?c just the same. What re.-ison in changing its valuation? No, f am sure there is but mi" way, to measure the value of your lal><*** ns you* do everything else, l>v what it will bring."' ,yNo1 mute every tb hi g." said Philip; but he said it so ?ow the argumentative Jenmi?gsd?d not hear it. All he heard was just n?? be was closing his door: "Please send in the overseer of No. 1 weave room." It was but a few moments, during which Philip did not move from his seat, before tho overseer came in, stroking his apron defer? ential Iv. "Mr. Bright; the mm and giris complain; they say they ought to be paid by the day instead of by the piece." ..U'bicli <..-.? comnjain? The lazy ones, 1 guess. Why surely, Mr. Breton, it wouldn't be right to pay the best weaver and the|??x>r est the same." I "Why notr asked Philip, with unct&Qg* I features watching the look of astonishme: that shone ou the man's round fat fae j "Why not, if we paid them all the highe j priced j "Well sir, it wouldn't be a month befo j bad and good would ail be worth about tl same, and that as little as thc poorest ? them. It would be a poor way to encouru^ them to be smart." "Does Graves work in your room?" "Yes, but he is just going out for th moram!-his" "Send him in if you can find him." Phil: rose to his feet now, and was walking tl room impatiently when John Graves .slouchc in. He turned on him as if he was going 1 do violence to his visitor, but it was only question he hurled at him. ""What do you think ought to be chang? in the mill? Speak up now, and let me kno your mind." ?"I think we work too hard for our pa; then," drawled the laborer, but his mind wi in an "unusually excited condition. "That is because the public want sue goixls as ours so cheap." . 'There's other things to cut on besides lab* forever and ever. Oh, no, yo cant buy poe cot ton, it would show in the cloth; ye can eave on machinery, it would spoil yer sales but if we carders and weavers and spinnei be cut, it don't leave a mark on the clot! But it leaves deep gashes in our hearts an joys, you be sure." Graves looked at th young man to see if he might go on. but h could not read his master's face. He hes. lated a moment and then he continued. "There aint a poor bent girl in the mi] but might live a life so happy it would mak a strong man cry to think of it. We are o more account than your machinery. N beltin' or patent self acting springs could d< our work; it takes immortal souls, and intel leets in the image of God to do it. It's th same sort of work you do, and compare wha the two of us gets. We iain* fairly paid til we gets, the weakest of us, a taste of th< sweet things in this world we have longed fo: so long. I don't care what yer wise bool men says." Was the young proprietor angry he stood so grave and still ? What a change Time was when pity would have shone 01 I every line of his fate. But he might hav< been a statue for all appearance of melting ii him now. lil pay you the market price, as much ai the other mill owners." Well, God have mercy on his poor children if Philip Breton could make that excuse The man sat down without an invitation, anc leaned his brawny elbows on the table. "Now seo herc; you told me to speak my mind, and I am ago in' to. We are poor; w? ain't got nothin'; we can't lay back and wait for our price. We want somethin' to eat today; we come to you for work; w? must hare work, if it only earns us a loaf of bread. Is it right, then, to value us at whatjpve can be got for? If we could haggle with ye, and hang off the way a little ready cash lets a man do, there might bc some sense in it. But you never let us get j enough ahead for that. It's work or go hungry with us. The poorer we gets, thc j tighter ye can squeeze ur-, and I sometimes I wonder why ye gives us as much as ye do. I s'pose-a man might live on a little less. And it's all business; as ye sa}*." Philip had seated himself, but he said 1 nothing. He had given the man the priv? ilege of his tongue, and he did not seem dis? posed to stop him i "Is the right price of a thin? what a man 'll give for it? If they had the money, men would give $1,000,000 for a breath of air, when they're stifled. Would it be right to pump off the air, and then let it on at ?1,000, I 000 a breathing? If you was drowning, I you'd give si,Ooo, 000 to be saved if it was only to hold out a pole to yer. Is that a fair price for holdin' out a pole? We're star vin' unless we can get a bite to eat. Is it any j more right to bargain with us for a life of : hard work, for just enough to live on? A man wants somethm' more than food. He wants j to send his children to school; to get a loafm' hour now and then, to make himself some I thin* besides a brute. He wants-he wants some such things and chances as you have, j Why, squire, we're all men trgether." The i man's eyes looked across at Philip with a ?vague wistfulness, as if he were thinking of the beautiful possibilities of a life so far all drudgerv and want. '?But wjiat is there to do?" exclaimed Philip in an impatient tone that put to flight all the workman's foolish fancies. The young man's heart seemed changed tc flint "You don't want to be objects of charity, do you?" Jr.hn Graves straightened his arms along the table; then he stood up.' "Chanty! Well; no, not such charity as picks a creature up today as soft as a baby, and drops him to-morrow like a dog. But if payin1 yer help enough of yer gain so they can know what life is-if that is charity, as you call -it, give it to us. Ye needn't be so precious frairt ^f hurtin' the laboring classes; as they call 'em, by treatin' 'em too well. They're sinkin' every day lower and lower, and lots of fellows in specs keep a warnin' you not to spoil 'em, not to hurt their pride, or break their spirit by givin' 'em something. As if kindness ever hurt any human >oul. Not that I would call it charity; they earns every mite ye'H ever give 'em." "But if the nulls* or employers" don't make such'gains as you seem to take for grant? ed"-. "If there ain't money made, why, nobody can find no fault not tc' get big pay. All I mean is when money is made, and that's pretty often, we ought to' have some share in it." "Don't go, John, I want to'ask you" "I must; I asked out for today,'- and the door closed after the man. For quite a while after In's last visitor had gone, Philip sat with his eyes fixed on the door knob in in? tense abstraction. Was he angry at the audacity- of the common laborer? When he pushed back his cjiair and rose to his fee:., running his hands through his hair, he made one exclamation: "How Mind." But whom he meant, whether hi? class *T the laborers, did not appear from his tone or from thc bitter smile on his lips. John Graves would have told in a moment tiiat the young proprietor meant no good to his heh). The man had hada glinnner of hupt? that Philip Breien might only bc waiting for fm opr?ortunit}\ but this interview had dispelled it from his mind. lr wa* some little time afterwards that Philip left his counting room and made his way up thc street. He was dressed in som berest black, and his silV hat was sulnhied ?ith a wide band "-f crape. But his dress was no more melancholy than his face When under pressure or' business, one would not have -noticed it so especially, but the in? stant he was thrown back upon himself: his fae?.' became as sad and hopeless ns the face of the iu>>st wretched laborer in his mill. He was tasting the most bitter dregs iii life, he thought. What soul could be mop-' crushed t han his; The time was when it would have bfv.n impossible for him to see a lenna:! crea? ture suffer without a thrill of sympathy. It j would have seemed a cruel ?md unnatural | stroke of fortune, which it was for him to | prevent or cure. But he bad /learned better, j he thought. Suffering wa coinmo-? to -vii: ? ii:'.- or tii?: : tery??"?- <'A?'?.?:>.? was ?'- r. vcr at work. Conditions made but little differ? ence; rich and poor, high and low, agonized together over some form of broken hope, souie unsatisfied hunger The chapel door s?ooi.iopon. and he stopped and look eil in. It was here Bertha and he were to have been married. And i: wvuld ? have lw< n K-f-'i-.- this- but T>OW. Fie saw the j place where they wouhl have stood Uigether: j Th? church was empty'and he walked softly ? in; as if afraid of disturluug the ghost.-: - !' i:-.s dead hopes; who haunted yet. perhaps, ihe sacred spot they glori lie? I in all tl Kilrea ms of ; h?s.carlv inmiboM. He walked wearily up the echoing aisle and threw himself into a seat !!<. bowed his head upon the back of tlie pew in front of bim. Kail he no shame to com?* to thc rese?e of his broken heart! would he grieve forever over a woman tant had laconic another maus wife? ?She had called on tho laws of the land for her protec? tion: he had no right 1" even t li ink of her now. She was shut away from him fore wv. lt had become a sin for him now to long f.>r her. though she had bee.-i ?o nearly his own wife: There was no place tu thc world for unhVnt'.tl lovers like him. Ii" she had ni t. roamed that tuan! How strange thal bc bad heard nothing &i that jnarriage; her note had not mentioned it. and no one had spoken of it since. Why. his belief in ber purity was"3?' absolute lie had not even thought to question her marriage, and now it was like a guilty thing, that he permitted himself to entertain for a moment terrible fears." What vengeance would l>e stern sr.d'releittlc-ss enough for hin? who had wrecked the noblest womanhood ito the world, who had sullied a purity like an angel's, aud insulted a sacred dignity like Bertha's? Oh, it could not l>o: no mau on earth could have been so bold, so impious, How wild his imagination had l>ec*me. "Oh, I didn't knew but it was young Breton and that Bertha Ellmgsworth*that was going to be married.*" Two graceless women had come in and seated themselves in a neigbb?rirtg pew. Philip had been thinking so intensely until now that an ?arthquake woidd hardly have disturbed him. '.That'll never be," giggled the other, "you don't say you didn't know she eloped with that Curran fellow, though it's been kept pretty still?" "Do tell!" Philip shuddered. Why were creatures lik? these permitted to touch names like Bertha's? "Married another chop, el * Well, young Breton never Was much for looks, anyhow." "Married!" Philip started at her tone. "Who said she was married? The shoe's on the other tock: ?iie aint married at alb Handsome follow like bim has a wife in every town, such ns they be. That proud miar is only one on 'em" How they rolled tn* shameful story, ?ike a sweet morsel under their tongues, as if it relieved the blackness of their contemptible souls, th#.t one woman m?re had singed her angel wings in the piti? less flame of disgrace. Philip had struggled to his feet. The women blushed like fire and tried to look un? conscious, but he did not even glance at them as he moved down the aisle. He could not see very well. Was the chapel full as it seemed? and was that an usher in white kids who was coming toward him and saying: "Just one minute more; the bridal coupl? are just coming in." Bolt upright he sat where he had been ?guided, and saw as in a dream a white phan? tom of a woman it seemed and a Dlack shadow of a man go by. "Married! who said she was married? Ah! it was horrible! Perhaps they two, those women fiends, were all that knew the shameful secret. Would it do any good to pray them for the mercy of Ged to keep it? Would money hire a woman to keep a disgrace that had fallen on a fair sister's name?" .'Aren't you going to salute the bride/51 smiled an acquaintance. "This is the mar-, riage cf I ?abor and Capital at last." He had perpetrated his witticism a dozen times at least, and this was the first hearer who had not laughed. Jane Graves and Silas Eilings* worth, Bertha's" father-were they mad, or was he?" "I am ill," he muttered incoherently, as ha pushed his way almost roughly out. [TO BE CONTINUED:! Cur State Contemporiries^ Yankee Blue Uniforms, . Clarendon Enterprise. The Governor's Guards and Rich? land Volunteers of Columbia, Ft. Motte Guards, Spartanburg Rifles and Mor? gan Rifles pf Spartanburg, Simpson Rangers of Laurens, Mauldin Guards of Greenville, and the Lake City Light Dragoons of Williamsburg, have adopt? ed the U. S. regulation uniform, (Yan? kee blue,) and have made application to the Adjutant General to be supplied with the same from the U- S. militia appropriation. It is not unlikely that the Manning Guards will do likewise, and that ere long the ??tire State mili? tia will don the old blue. Hcfnpion Herald. Much surprise is felt at thc great number of applications for pension un? der the recent act of the Legislature, providing fer the same, and there is serious apprehension that the amount appropriated is insufficient to meet the demand. At last reports from Greenville, that county alone contained eighty appli? cants, and the number was daily in? creasing. If pensions are granted only to the eighty, an expenditure of ?400 per month, or ?4,800 a year, would be? come necessary for that county alone. If the entire number in each county in the State of those applying and who may hereafter apply, be equal to the number of applications already in for Greenville, it would involve an expen? diture from the Srate treasury of more than $150,000 annually. What now? Will not the Legislature, at its next session, hare to go to work to pass an 'Act to amend au act, entitled an act,-" etc., as usual ? The Welsh Tieck Baptist Church. Darlington ?Teics* The 19th of April next will b?* the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Welsh Neck Baptist Church at Society Hill. On that occasion there will be a celebration cf the event, in which many rhiuisiers of ?he denomi? nation will take part. Pr. James Fur man, who was Pastor there 50 years ago will preach. Tbs meeting will be? gin on the day nr.med, Thursday. x-Vpril 19th, and will continue through the Sunday following. Greenville Xcics. It looks tolerably tough that A C. Haskell, ex-Colonel and gallant soldier of the Confederate anny, who led the Democrats of this o?ate to victory and was dictator of South Carolina in 1870, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court, presi? dent of two railroads and a life-lon g resident and honored citizen of Colum? bia, was defeated for alderman in a Democratic primary in his own city, while J. l\ Smith, a former Radical oi?ice holder, was triumphantly nomi? nated. But ii is American politics, and probably just as well. Smith may male as good an alderman a? Col ilas kell was a soldier, aud tho Colonel might have failed lamentably in mect ir-ii thc public view on the proper man f, r ire clerk cf thc ma:kee cr the best j loca rina for a new street ?ump. The Miltary Encampment. Colwahnt II?gi*ter. it is pretty well decided that Green-j ville will be tho p'.n.-c ci hoidirjg the j annual military encampment this year, { as sixteen of the iwrnty-five Cu m pa ni cs ? replying to the Adjurant Genera!> | circular have declared in favor of that c;ry ns thc location of j thc encampment. Some of the cavalry j companies of tho low country will prob ably camp at Rawley's Island, while; li a mp iou and Karu well companies will ! camp near home The encampment j will take place about thc last week in j July. lt is expected that Coi. Henry M. Black, now of lin4 Twenty-third Reg- ' invent. United States Regulars, who was formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment when it wars star tioued ia Columbia, will be secured to atteod the encampment. He will b? present at the North Carolina encamp? ment shortly before tlie date mentioned. Up to date twelve companies have voted to adopt the United States Army regulation uniform and sent in their applications. B'lrnxcrXl People. And if the whole State were 'dot??d* with the houses of thrifty emigrants' it does not follow that the homes of the original inhabitants would be in any degree beuefitted by their prosperity. Rather the contrary, fur with increase' of population the rich grow richer and the poor become poorer, and it is harder for the poor swimmer to rise above the surface in crowded currents where all are struggling for life than it is for him to reach shore in still waters. -The advice to sell lands and invest the proceeds in other enterprises is a suggestion of doubtful ventures, a swap? ping of the slow and sure for the peri? lous path through ?ife. If t^erc' be more prcSt in other enterprises than in farming in the South let the immigrant invest his money in such'methods, and leave the farmer to hold bis lands. Be? sides it takes special training to se? cure success io 'other enterprises.' Pol? itical economy teaches that population increases faster than does the produc? tive capacity of land, and therefore, the more rapid its growth the greater the decline in the average in?o?n? of ?ro-" ducers. The People, speaking for its single self, confesses that it i's fully recon? structed but continues to think more of! a single Southerner than of a whole village full of Yankees. While it wel? comes the individual immigrant who comes to identify himself with us. it has no desire for a torrent of seekers, for an El Dorado that bas ?o existence, save in imagination. So much is said; to excite thought among our home peo1 pie and to guard them against what it considers the most fatal chalice ever held to their lips, and in justice to the Northern people who, from New Hamp? shire to Dakota, are writing for copies of the People that they may learn more of this State. The prophecy of Alex H. Stephens, so often referred to by us, that North? ern capital would absorb, first, the rail? ways of the South ; next the trade of her cities, and next the lands of the country, comes up with new force, and too many of her people are. eager to for-1 ward its unhappy accomplishments"! The Farmers' Movement. Greenville News. We observe that the Mount Bethel farmers' club, of Laurens county, re? quested the publication of its resolutions in three daily newspapers-the Charles? ton World and Sun and The Greenville Daily News. We suppose this indicates the belief of the club that the three newspapers mentioned are in sympathy with the'far mers"' movement, . as it is called. So far as The Greenville News is concerned, the belief right, with some limitations. The Greenville Daily News never accepted ali Mr. B. R. Tillman's facts and figures as accurate or all of bis plans and theories r.s right, and it never advised anybody else to do so. Blind following of a general leader calling himself a farmer is as bad as the blind following of local leaders calling them? selves statesmen, we have been doing these many years past. But Mr. Till? man is a bold man who sounded a trumpet blast in a sleeping camp against entrenched and encroaching wrongs. The blast may not have been very musical and the direction cf the assault may not have been the best, but the camp was very thoroughly awakened, and the resulting movement did much and lasting good. If the farmers of the State and those in sympathy with them act like sheep, or children, and scatter ?a dlsm?y be? cause r?r. Tillman has retired and the ;?rst movement was not entirely success? ful, they must expect to lose all they have gained, to relapsa iuto helpless feebleness and to be the pr?t of any strong cr cunning spoiler who finds them worth preying on. If they act like men they can get ail they need aud ask for. They ought to keep their organiza? tions and independence, talk, thiuk and act for themselves and assert and main? tain their proper position as masters, de? manding explanation of proposed legis? lation aud party action, and urging such reforms and charges as they may think best for them. There is no reason for discouragement in the past career of? their movement ; it accomplished won? derful results fer its short life aud lack of organization and defined purpose, and j it can do much more, offensive and j defensive, in the future. The cause of the farmers is the cause | of the people. Every interest in our State is founded on agriculture and must j stand or fall with the farmer. There j are no really conflicting interests among the people. We are all in the same boat. When the farmers show that they have grievances to redress, rights to maintain and purposes to ertecfte and thc strength to work together for ac? complishment of their purposes, they will find the overwhelming weight of public s:mtinrent :::?d action with thom, sud will surely secure a progtcssive, economical, simple administration of our government for the good of the people, and not fer tho bene St of a few skillful log rollers and trading demagogues. A Circular to Sontk Carolina Far? mers. Copies of the circular given below have been sent out by D. K. Norris, President of thc South Carolina Alli? ance, better known as the Tillman o rga n iza r i o n : The farmers of thc State, through their association, asked the Legislature to c?taelis!. a separate agricultural col- ! lege in behalf ?d' the languishing agri- ; culture ot the State and for thc control of their m on ev in the custody of the State, viz : The inspection fee on guanos and thc two donations from Con . gross, amounting to upwa rds of ?50,000 a?nuai! v. ti of these demands were denied us. ls uub!ic opinion, as voiced by the farmers of your neighborhood, satisfied witij the action of the Legislature on '.hose questions ? \? it thc sentiment of your commu D?ty of farmers to acqoioce iii th?' action of tbe Legislature, whereby the' Sooth Carolina University was enlarged and the separate agricultural coll?ge denied csT Io your judgment, as made ap from such an expression of general opinion, as you have been able to ?atuer*. <?? your cou o ty be carried for a separate college if lbs question is" submitted to the farmers i% t?i? approaching canvass? Please give the names*and pbstoSces, of ODe or two farmers' wHo are actively interested in tbe aims and objects of the Farmers' Association in your vicinity. Please answer and retara ss soon t? convenient. - mm ri - Hurrah for Ben TillmaSi The Mount Bethel Club of Laurens Calls on Sim lo Restate tis Lead? ership. ..... . Greezviile Ifaci: At a meeting of the Mt. ??ta??'iara ers club, of Laurens, last week the fol? lowing preamble and resolutions were, offered by Enoch Mitchell, E<<* \ which were unanimously adopted r . Whereas, the farmers of SoulB Caro? lina have, for a long tioie eschewed politics, relying implicitly npo? the in? tegrity of their chosen representatives, and whereas an abuse of confidence baa become so manifest, and the combina? tion of power of select politicians' so palpably aggressive and dictatorial ia their actions, ?nd whereas suih preten? tious methods' ein only serve to destroy the best int'?fsst and harmony of ocr people. Therefore, be it Resolved, 1st. That resolutions adopted by the Lisbon Farm?rV Club, whilst couched io strong language, nev? ertheless sustained by oficial testimony; we gave it as oar opinion that it will devolve upon Gov. Richardson to prove by his future action the troth' cr falsity of the charges preferred. ."** 2a\ The News and Courier in refus? ing to publisb the proceedings of Farm? ers" Clubs when respectfully retested* to do so (and any newspaper criticising tbe Farmers' Movement Without jost cause) have given evidence of treachery to the farming interest, and should not be patronized by thea'. 3d. As citizens of a common country, we demand the respect and attention of our State ofScers as well as the Press, and unless our wishes are gratified wo will not withhold* oar censare nor con? demnation. 4th. If this is a govern menti of tire people, by ?he people ??d for the peo? ple, then it should be governed accord* ingly, bat trtxcklin*. trading and doubt? ful politicians are not worthy of confi? dence, and to Such we will not give sop port. 5th. We recognize in Capt.- B. R. Tillman an able advocate, and join ia the conceded fact that he has rendered invaluable services to the farmers of the State, aod earnestly request him to con tin ne his work of exposing mystic prob? lems, aod assure brm Of oar hearty co? operation. After the business of the club was* concluded, Capt. Shell, the county chairman of the Farmers' Organisation; was invited to address the club. Capt. Shell addressed himself directly to the' duty cf farmers, urging the necessity of thorough organization, and advised an unconditional demand for au "Agricul? tural College," separate ?nd distinct from any University or Colleg?, and denounced the methods used to defeat ' the re?sb??bLe demands of the farmers*,, and exposed the m al-appropri?t i on of the funds given by the Federal Gov? ernment to advance agricultural educa? tion. This ?nd similar questions will be prominent in the coming campaign, and all interested had as well take heed; This club is solid for the farmers' movement, as originated by Capt. B R. Tillman, and its motto is, "Hurrah for Tillman." On ?Dtiofr, the following State papers' were respectful!? requested to publ?sa thc preamble and resolutions passed by our club at this meering: Charleston World and Son, Newberry Observer; Greenville News, and Laurensviile Herald. It is reported from Columbia thari the military encampment will be held at Greenville during the last week iu July It is hoped that Col. Black, of the regular army, will be present. A man in Columbia w?s leaning on ? hoe last Thursday, with the firandf? between his legs, when he tripped and fell and had on? of his legs broken. Moral : Hoes are made to hoe with, not to lean on ; if there is a lieu on you? crop, hoe ail the more. The m tm who now goes West wira the idea of growing up with the couu try will more likely and himself snowed up before he can do any growing If dt young marr desires to 'grow up* he sho?ld migra'te South. It is said that arrangements have bsen Completed for the marriage of the Pf?^ce of Naples, son of King Humbert and heir to the Crown of italy.- to' Princess Sophia Dorothy, third da ugh- * ter of Emperor Frederick of Germany. The following is an extract from a recent editorial iu the Augusta Chroni? cle : *?od die Trau r Ut kei?e g?heuc?:? eite, denn Wilhelm wohnte in den Herze seines Yolks : er liebte sie. sie liebten ihn, und sein Audenkcn bleibt bei ihnen im Segen.' We agree with thc* Chronicle. Mr. Gladstone is cow to take his turn in demolishing Piobert G. ingersoll, the" most famou* American as>ailant of th? Christian system of which Gladstone is a diam pion The British statesman will work his religious batteries through: I au American magazine next May. j At the Darlington experimental sta ! tion there will be *200 nlats in cottori and 110 plats in corn. Each plat wilt contain onc-tweutieth of an acre. In the general crop sixtccu acres will be planted in corn and ten acres ia cotton lu addition to this, there will be planted a half acre in tobacco and one and a half acres in sorghum. Real sugar ? cane will also be planted. Eight or nine acres of vegetation suitable for ensilage will bc planted, and peas will also bc planted for forage. The ex? periment in tobacco will depend upoa whether the plant? can* bc bad.