Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

WATCHMAN, l*t*lli?he? April, 18?0* "Be Just and Fear not-Let air the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's STJMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY.' JULY 18, 1888. THE TE?E SOUTHBOX, EetaWiihed >ase, HtiW Sew Series?Toi. TH. Ko. 48. .$100 50\ l?^p^icatians-which subserve private 'afradvertisemeata.' respect will be ^fvir^?:^jt;-niarv?.--.of'; and VKboicsomeaess- More: aad-carP l with the multitude al?rS-or : c*lif.&cans. ROYAL B?K-" tg &; ioe 3^ali^, y^Yr " ^-^?eace of ^hVar?co^ ?oe?hraa^.gei^ _ io. thel'?asal iaasages^and tfeia^pftiat it aeod8 forth- a poig??ous virus fe^wjreeea^-; v5r^^ wts^ ?ruf&feta ; by g $6 Watren Street, New York " rt^^? S&sk and ? ^ tbaa ever be j we sell them eau be or Jone 5* ft HARBT & CO. &S0N, Sfaaafact?>?er8 of ? King, opposite Cannon Street, U 0- BROWN & BRO., COLUMBIA, & a Use & Bilms, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. PAINTS, OILS ANS TARNISHES. ILSTER WHITE LEAD, ; -"The Best in the Market. i?ctli Attention-' Given to Orders Cfepr^ Post 05SceT By BOBEKT LOUIS STEVMSOH. T?ne wet^on, -and the- boy's health stfll ^wly d?cline?. The doctor blamed the weather; which Iras cold and boisterous. He called,, in Liaconfrero. from Bourron, took a -fancy for him, magnified his capacity, and was pretty sooa under himself?it Scarce^-appear^oT'for what complaint He -and Jean-Marie had each to take medicine at "diff?r?t periods of the day. The doctor used to lie in "wait for the exact moment, r watch in hand "There is nothing like regu *larityr"he would say, fill.out the doses, and dilate on the virtues of the draught; and if the boy seemed none the better,'the doctor' w^ not at aE the worse. . Gunpowder day the boy was particularly low. K" was sccwlingi squally weather. *Huge broken companies of clouds Bailed ^swlftry overhead; raking gleams of sunlight swept the village, and were f oHowed "by in ^teryak of darkness and -white, flying rain, At times the wind lifted up its voice, and bel lowed The trees were all scourging them- - selves along the meadows, the last leaves fly inghxe<itasfc; The doctor, between the boy and the. weather, was in. ins element ; he had I a theory to prove. He sat with bis vjtch i outand a barometar in front of bim, waiting - for the squalls ard noting their effect upon the human pulse^ 'Forthetruephilosopher," ^bjerenmrked delightedly, "every fact in na ture is a toy.? A letter came to him, but as its arrival coincided',*with the approach of another gust he nier^ry.cxannned it into bis pocket, gave the time to Jean-Marie, and the \ nexfcmoment they ^er?^l^h^untlng their pulses as if for a wager.' / It besieged. the J!m^ -every side; as if with batteries of cannon; the {bouses shook and groaned; live coals were blown upon the floor. The uproar and terror of the night kept people long awake* sitting with pallid faces giving ear. -It was 12before tbe Desprez fam?y retired By 1:30!, when the storm was already some what pact its height the. doctor was awak ened from a troubled slumber, and sat up. A noise still rang in his cars, but whether of i this world or the world of dreams he was not certain: Another clap of wind followed It was accompanied by a sickening movement of the whole house, and in the subsequent lull Devrez could hear the tiles pouring like a cataract into the loft above his head He plucked Anastasie bodily cut of bed ---"Run!" he cried^thrusting some wearing apparel into her hands; "the house is falling! To thegarden!". :- She did not^panse to be twice bidden; she Kas down the stair in an instant She had never^f ore suspected herself of such activ ity. The doctor meanwhile;with^the speed of a piece-of pantomime business, and unde terred by broken shins, proceeded to rout out Jean-Marie, tore Anne from her virgin slum bers, seized her "by the hand and tumbled down stairs and into the garden, with the girl tumbling behind him, still not half awake. The" fugitives rendezvoused in the arbor by some common instinct Uten came a bull's eye flash of struggling moonshine, which disclosed their four ?gures standing huddled from the wind in a-raffle, offlyingdrapery, and not without a considerable - need for, more. At- "-.t?*a humiliating spectacle "j Anastasie clutched her night dress desperately about her and burst loudly into tears. The doctor flew to console her; but she elbowed bim away. She suspected everybody of being the general public; and thought tbe darkness was alive with eyes. Another gleam and another violent gust arrived together ;: the house was seen to rock onitefoundation, aad Just* as 'the ught was once more eclipsed, a crash which triumphed over the shouting of the wind announced its fall, and for a moment the whole garden was alive with skipping tiles and brickbats. One such missile grazed the doctor's ear; an other descended on the bare foot of Ahne, who instantly made night hideous with 'her shrieks. - By this time the hamlet was alarmM, lights flashed from the windows, !s reached the party, and the doctor answered, nobly contending against Aline and the tempest -But this' prospect of help only awakened Anastasie to a more active stage of .terror. "Henri, people will be roming,7" she screamed in her husband's ear. . "I trust so," be replied ? "They cannot I would rather die," she wailed sj - "My dear," said tbe doctor reprovingly, f*you are excited I gave you some clothes.^ What have you done with them?" f. "Oh, ? don't know?I must have thrown . them away ! *??here are they?" she sobbed Desprez groped about in the darkness. . ?AdnnrableT* hie remarked; "iny gray vel veteen trousers! This will exactly meet your necessities." ^Give them to me!" she cried fiercely; but soon as she had them in her hands her mood appeared to alter-?she stood silent for a moment, and then pressed the garment back upon the doctor. "Give itto A4me," she said ?"poor girL" - "Nonsenser said the doctor. "Aline does not know what she is about "Aline is beside herself with terror; and, at any rate, she is a peasant. Now I am really concerned at-this exposure for a person of your housekeeping habits; my solicitude and your fantastic modesty both point to the same remedy?the pantaloons." He held them ready. "It is impossible. You do not understand," she said with dignity. By this time rescue was at hand It had been found impracticable to enter by the street, for the gate was blocked with masonry," and the nodding ruin still threatened further avalanches.- But between the doctor's gar den and the one on the right hand there was that very picturesque contrivance?a com mon well; the door on the Desprez' side had chanced to be unbolted; and now, through the arched aperture, a man's bearded face and an arm supporting a lantern were intro duced-into the world of windy darkness, where Anastasie concealed her woes. The light struck here and. there among the tossing apple boughs, it glinted on the grass; but the lantern and the glowing face became the center of the world Anastasie crouched back from the intrusion. "This way!" shouted the man. "Are you all safer Ahne, still screaming, ran to the new comer, and was presently hauled head fore most through the wall. "Now, Anastasie, come on; it's your turn," said the husband "I cannot." she replied "Are we all to die of exposure, madame?" thundered Dr. Desprez: "You can go!" she cried "Oh, go, go away! I can stay here; I am quite warm." The doctor took her by the shoulders with an oath. "Stop!" she screamed "I will put them on." She took the detested tendings in her hand once more; but her repulsion was stronger than shame. "Never!" she cried, shudder ing, and flung them far away into the night Next moment the doctor had whirled her to the welt. The man waa there and the lan tern; Anastasie closed her eyes and appeared to herself to be about to die How she wai transported through the arch she knew not: but once on the other side she was received by the neighbor's wife, and enveloped in a friendly blanket Beds were made ready for the two women, clothes of very various sizes for the doctor and Jean-Marie; and for the remainder oi the night, while madame dozed in and out on the borderland of hysterics, her husband sat beside the fire and held forth to tbe admiring neighbors. He showed them, at length, the causes of the accident; for years, he ex plained, .the fall had been impending; one sign had followed another, the joints had opened, the plaster had crackled, the old walls bowed inward;, last, not thr ee weeks ago, the cellar door .-had begun to work vr'th difficulty in its grooves. "The cellar !" he said, gravely shaking his head over a glass cf tnu'?ed wine. "That reminds me of my poor vintages. By a maniifest Providence the Hermitage was nearly at an end. One bot WMM^t^ - - - --' ? : f 1 tie?I lose but one'botde of that incompara ble wine. It had been set apart against Jean .Marie's wedding. Well, I must lay down some more; it will be an interest in life. I am, however, a man somewhat advanced in years. My great work is now. buried in tho fall of my humble roof ; it will never be com pleted?my name will have been writ in water. And yet you find me calm?I would say cheerful Gain your priest do more?" JBy the first glimpse of the day the party sallied forth from the fireside into the street. The wind had fallen, but still charioted a world of troubled clouds; the air. bit like frost; and the party, as they stood about the ruins in the rainy twilight of the. morning, beat upon their breasts and blew into their hands for warmth. The house had entirely fallen, the walls outward, the roof in; it was a mere heap of rubbish, with here and there a forlorn spear of broken raf ter? A sentinel , was placed over the ruina to protect the j property, and the party adjourned to Ten ! taillon's to break their fast at the doctor's . expense. The bottle circulated somewhat .freely; and before they left the table it had . begun to snow. '. ' For three days the snow continued to fall, and the ruins, covered with tarpaulin and watched by sentries, were left undisturbed. -The Desprez' meanwhile-had taken up their abode ?t T?ntaillon's. . Madame spent her time in the kitchen, concocting little delica cies, with the admiring aid of Mme. Tentail lon, or sitting by the fire in thoughtful ab straction. The fall of the house affected her wonderfully little; that blow had been par ; ried by another; and uriner mind she was continually fighting over again the battle of the trousers. Had she done right! Had she done wrong? And now she would applaud her determination; and anon, with a horrid flush of .unavailing penrteace, she would re gret the trousers. .No Juncture in her life had so much exercised her judgment. In the meantime the doctor had become vastly pleased with the situation. Two of the sum mer boarders still lingered behind the rest, prisoners for lack of a remittance; they were both English, bat one of them spoke French pretty fluently, and was, besides, a humor ous, agile minded fellow, with whom the doc tor could reason by the hour, secure of com prehension.. Many were' the glasses they emptied, many the topics they discussed.* . "Anastasi?,": the doctor said on the third morning, "take an example from your hus band, from Jean-Marie. The excitement has done more for the boy than all my tonics, he takes his turn as sentry with positive gusto. As for me, you behold ma I have made friends with the Egyptians; and my Pharaoh is, I swear it, a most agreeable companion. You alone are hipped. About a house?a few dresses? What are they in comparison to the 'Pharmacopoeia'?the labor of years lying buried below stones and sticks in this depressing hamlet? The snow fails; I shake it from my cloak! Imitate me. Our income w?lbe impaired, I grant ft, since we must re build; but moderation, patience and philoso phy T.I11 gather about the hearth. In the meanwhile, the Tentai lions are obliging; the table, with your additions, will pass; only the wine is execrable?well, I shall send for some to-day. My Pharaoh will be gratified to drink a decent glass; aha! and I shall see if he possesses 'the acme, of organization?a palate. If he has a palate, he is perfect" "Henri," she said, shaking her head,. "you are a men; you cannot understand my feel ings; no woman could shake off the memory of so public a humiliation." The doctor could not restrain a titter. "Pardon mo, darling'," he said; "but really, to the philosophical intelligence, the incident appears so small a trifle. * You looked ex tremely well" "Henri!" she cried. "Well, well, I will say no more," he re plied, "Though, to be sure, if you had con sented to indue?A propos," he broke off, "and- my trousers! They are lying in the snow?my "favorite trousers?" And he dashed in quest of Jean-Marie. Two hours afterward the boy returned to the ton with a spade under one arm and a curious sop of clothing under the other. The doctor ruefully took it in his hands. "They have been!" he said. "Iheir tense is past. Excellent pantaloons, you are no more! Stay! something in the pocket," and he pro duced a piece of paper. "A letter! ay, now -IE mind me;" it was received on the morning of the gale, when I was absorbed in delicate investigations. It is still'legible. From poor, dear Casimir! It is as weU," he chuckled; "that I have educated him to patience. Poor Casimir and his correspondence?his infini tesimal, timorous, idiotic correspondence!" He had by this time cautiously unfolded tho wet letter; but, as he bent himself to de cipher the writing," a cloud descended on his brow. "Bigre?" he cried, with a galvanic start. And then the letter was whipped into the fire, and the doctor's cap was on his head in the turn of a haad. "Ten minutes! I can catch it, if I run," he cried. "It is always late. I go to Paris. I shall telegraph." "Henri! what is wrong?" cried his wife. "Ottoman bonds!" came from the disap pearing doctor; and Anastasie and Jean Marie were left face to-face with the wet trousers. Desprezhad gone to Paris, for the second time in seven years, he had gone to Paris with a pair of wooden shoes, a knitted spencer, a black blouse, a country nightcap, and twenty francs in his pocket. The fall of the house was but a secondary marvel; the whole world might have fallen and scarce left his family more petrified. CHAPTER TILL THE VTACES OF PHILOSOPHY. On the morning of tho next day the doc tor, a mere specter of himself, was brought back in the custody of Casimir. They found Anastasie and the boy sitting together by the fire; an^f Desprez, who had exchanged his toilet fbr a ready made rig out of poor mate rials, waved his hand as he entered and sunk speechless on the nearest chair. Madame turned direct to Casimir. "What is wrong?' she cried. "Well," replied Casimir, "what have I told you all along? It has come. It is a clean shave this time; so you may as well bear up and make the best of it. House down, too., *h? Bad luck, upon my souL" "Are we?are we?ruined?" she gasped. Thf doctor strejtched out his arms to her. "Ruined," he replied, "you are ruined by your smisterbusband." Casimir observed the consequent embrace through his eyeglass; then he turned to Jean Marie. "You hear?' he said. "They are ruined; no more pickings, no more house, no more fat cutlets. It strikes me, my friend, that you had best be packing; tho present speculation is about worked, out." And he nodded to him meaningly. "Never!" cried Desprez, springing up "Jean-Marie, if you prefer to leave me, now that I am poor, you can go; y?u shall receive your hundred francs, if so much remains to me. But if you will consent to stay"?the doctor wept?"Casimir offers me a place?as clerk." he resumed. "The emoluments are slender, but they will be enough for three. It is too much already to have lost my for tune; must I l?se my son?' Jean-Marie sobbed bitterly, but without a word. "I don't like boys who cry," observed Casi mir. "This one is.olways crying. Here! you clear out of this for a little; I have business with your master and mistress, and these domestic feelings may be settled after I am gone. March!" and ho held the door open. Jean-Marie slunk out, like a detected thief. By 12 they were all at the table but Jean Marie. "Hey?" said Casimir. "Gone, you see. Took the hint at once." "I do not, I confess," said Desprez, "I do not seek to excuse his absence. It speaks of want of heart that disappoints me sorely." "Want of manners," corrected Casimir. "Heart, he never had. Why, Desprez, for a clever fellow, you are the most gullible mortal in creation. Your ignorance of human na ture and human business is beyond belief. You are swindled by heathen Turks, swindled by vagabond children, swindled right and left, up stairs and down stairs. I think it must be your imagination. I thank my stars I have none." "Pardon me," replied. Desprez, still hum bly, but with a return of spirit at sight of a distinction to be drawn; "pardon me, Casi mir. You possess, even to an eminent de-. ? gree, the commercial imagination. It was the lack of that in me?it appears it is my weak point?that has lad to these repeated shocks. By the commercial imagination the financier forecasts-the destiny of his' invest ments, marks the falling house" "Egad," interrupted Casimir; "our friend the stable boy appears to have his share of it" The doctor was silenced; and the meal was continued and finished principally to the tune of the brother-in-law's not very consolatory conversation. He entirely ignored the two young English painters, turning a blind eye glass to their salutations, and continuing his remarks as if he were alono in the bosom of his family; and with every second word he ripped another stitch out of the air balloon of Desprez' vanity. By tho time coffee was over the poor doctor was as limp as a napkin. "Let us go and see the ruins," said Casimir. They strolled forth Into the street The fall of the house, like the loss of a front tooth, had quite transformed the village. Through the gap the eye commanded a great stretch of open snowy country, and the place shrunk in comparison. It was like a room with an open door. The sentinel stood by the green g?t?, looking very red and cold, but he had a pleasant word for the doctor and his wealthy kinsman. Casimir looked at the mound of ruins, he tried the quality of the tarpaulin. "H'm," he said, "I hope the cellar arch has stood. If it has, my good brother, I will give you a good price for the wines." "We shall start digging to-morrow," said the sentry. "There is no more fear of snow." "My friend," returned Casimir senten fiously, "you had better waft till you get paid." The doctor winced, and began dragging his offensive brother-in-law toward Ten tail Ion's. In the house there would be fewer auditors, and these already in the secret of his fall ."Halloo," cried Casimir, "there goes the stadle boy with his luggage ; no, egad, he is taking it into the inn." And sure enough, Jean-Marie was seen to cross the snowy street and enter Tentaillon's, staggering under a large hamper. The doctor stopped with a sudden,, wild hope. "What can he haver he said. "Let us go and see." And be hurried on. "His- luggage, to be sure," answered Casimir. 4 'He is on the move?thanks to the commercial imagination." "I have not seen that hamper for?forever so long," remarked the doctor. "Uor will you see it much longer,"chuckled Casimir, "unless, indeed, we interfere. And, by the way, I insist on an examination." "You will no.t require," said Desprez, pos-' itively, with a sob; and, casting a moist, tri umphant glance at Casimir, he began to run. "What the devil is up with him, I won der?" Casimir reflected; and then, curiosity taking the upper hand, he followed the doc tor's example and took to his heels. The hamper was so heavy and large, and Jean-Marie himself so little and so weary, that it had taken him a great while to bundle it up stairs to the Desprez' private room, and he had just set it down on the floor in front of Anastasie when the doctor arrived, and was closely followed by the man of busi ness. Boy and hamper were both in a most -sorry plight, for the one had 'passed four months underground in a certain cave on the way to Acheres, and the other had run about five miles as hard as his legs would carry him, half that distance under a staggering weigbt " Jean-Marie," cried the doctor, in a voice that was*only too seraphic to be called hys terical, "is it?? It is!" .he cried. "<5h, my son, my son!" And he sat down upon the hamper and sobbed like a little child. "You will.not go to Paris, now'r" said Jean Marie, sheepishly.. "Cashnir," said Desprez, raising his wet face, "do you see that boy, that angel boy? He is the thief; he took the treasure from a man unfit to bo intrusted with its use; he brings it back to mo when I am sobered and humbled. These, Cfcsimir, are the Fruits of my Teaching, and this moment is the Re ward of my Life." "Tiens." said Casimir._ HAND TO HAND. By REBECCA HARDLTO DAVIS. [Copyrighted.] _ The first chapters of Hand to Hand, an intensely interesting story by Rebec ca Hardiog Davis, will be published io the Watchman ank Southron next week. Be sure to read it. If you are not a subscriber send in your name at once. The Circus Opened. The Republican mountain bas labor ed and the mouse bas come forth. Af ter a week of disgraceful wrangling, buying and selling, shyst?ring and fili bustering, ball-dozing and swinging aloft tbat filthy, worn-out garment, the bloody-sbirt?after slobbering over Fred Douglass and shouting themselves hoarse over Blaine?after the band bad tooted itself hoarse playing 'Marching Through Georgia,1 and every delegate nearly was loaded np on beer and sec tional prejudice?Harrison has been nominated The first question which leaped to every lip when this astounding news was given was, 4Who is Harrison V And the most earnest questionings could only elicit the reply that he was a man with an ancestry. He has never as yet been guilty of a brilliant nor a statesmanlike action. He is a good man?a nice man?an unlucky man ; and as he has never yet experienced a remarkable victory, it is extremely like ly that he will be able to take bis whip ping better than most men. With his Domination John Sherman disappears from the face of the earth, James 6. - Biaine sinks into retirement, and the Republican party, deprived of its main 3tay,"ils support, its well-beloved leader, starts out to try new fields under a new man?to experience fresh disasters aud an additional defeat. The circus has opened; the clown is makiDg fun for the boys, aud Le vi P. Morton is casting his ducats out very freely?that's what lie's there for. Well, let's watch out for fun, and in the meantime let Brother Harrison read Dp on some nice but not confining bus incfts, such as raising chickens, with which to amuse himself after he gets through 'running for President.'?The Georgia Cracker. - ? m**-' It seems that fifty of tho Southern Jelegates who attended the recent Na tional Republican Convention fared very well. The Hon. Wm. Youogblooo, member of the National Republican Committee and residing at Birmingham, Ala is authority for the statement that Alger (who was a Presidential candi date) and his men purchased the votes )f fifty Southern delegates who went to the Convention pledged to the support )f Sherman. He says the price paid was $7,500 in cash, all expenses in Chicago and their expenses both ways, f he result was fifty Southern delegates ;ame home flushed with~~greeubacks, ind several of these fifty are South Car jliniaus. Our State Contemporaries, =Mr. Bigham's Speech. Pu Du Index, Jostice to the people of Marion-de* mands that notice be taken of the speech made by Mr. L. S. Bingham in tbe convention on the 2nd inst., and that tbe repudiation of such sentiments by tbe good people of Marion be placed npon record. We therefore publish the correct and most exact report of that speech which appeared in the News and Courier on Friday, 6th inst. 'In the course of tbe proceedings, Mr. L. S. Bighatn, a candidate for tbe Senate, made a speech, in which he charged that tbe judiciary of South Car olina was corrupt; that tbe records in the various clerk's offices of tbe State wonld show that our Circuit Judges took sides in cases, and that our Su preme Conrt Judges decided cases against tbe Constitution.' Mr. Bighanj added that Governor Perry retired from tbe practice of law because of this corruption of the judicia ry, expressly giving that as bis reason. 'He also said that the Governor of South Carolina received more money than bis salary, and to prove it said , that during th?* session of tbe Legisla ture in the winter of 1886 an appropri ation of $2.700 was made to improve tbe Governor's mansion ; that a former Legislature bad appropriated $700 to furnish the mansion, and that a com* mittee which was appointed to investi* gate and report as to how tbe money had been spent, made tbeir report on tbe floor of the House during tbe ses sion of 1886 ; that they found in tbe Governor's mansion nothing but an old table worth tweoty five cents, and that it was the presumption of tbe commit tee .that tbe Governor, who at that time or just before bad retired, had. carried off witb bim nothing bot what belonged I to bim.' He explicitly informed the oonven tion that be was not on tbe investigating committee, that this was their whole re port-; but that had be been on tbe com mittee be would have said more. 'Mr. Bid g bam was asked who was tbe Governor be alluded to, and after a good deal of hesitation he said it was Governor Thompson, and that be did not know whether tbe cbarge was false or not, bat that tbe committee reported as be bad detailed it.' When. Mr. Bigham replied as above tbe same gentleman in a clear and de termined voice responded that neither be nor any other man in that bouse be lieved that any Governor since '76 would stoop to steal tbe people's money. To this Mr. Bigham made no reply. Such was tbe speech so far as it re lated to matters outside of the county. The strength of bis charges may be well estimated -from tbe allusion, to Governor Perry's retirement from tbe practice of law. Unless we are very much mistaken tbe Governor retired when the Radical judges, admitted on all sides to have been corrupt, occupied the bench in the State. But however be may have reached his conclusions.. such sentiments are un qualifiedly repudiated by the people of Marion, and tbe weight of responsi bility must rest npon Mr. Bigham's own bead. In writing this we do not- wish to affect Mr. Bigham's run in tbe coming election, but we do mean to set the peo ple of Marion County straight before tbe people of tbe State. Elliott in Congress. Palmetto Post. # Congressman Elliott is famous in these parts for quick repartee, and is evidently gaining'a reputation for quick retort in Congress. On Tuesday, when | tbe House was. considering the rice question in the-Mills bill, which, by tbe ! by, went through under tbe able efforts of Mr. Elliott, Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, and several other Republicans charged that the bill was drawn in tbe interest of tbe Sooth as agaiost tbe North and West. It was charged that there was no necessity for placing such a defini tion in the bill, bot a few Southern planters came to Washington and de mander certain concessions on rice, otherwise tbeir representatives in Con* gross would not vote for tbe Mills bill, and upon tbis threat tbe committee at tbe dictation of tbe party caucus modi fied tbe bill accordingly. Representative Elliott in reply to these insinuations turned the laugh on tbe Republicans by declaring that it was refreshing to observe their new found zeal in behalf of cheap rice. Said he witb graat emphasis : *JThe Republican party is to-day pre paring to reduce tbe duty on rice in be half of tbeir oew found brethren the Chinese, to whom they have also given a candidate for the Presidency, and tbeir course in this debate shows tbat tbey are abandoning tbeir old colored friends-in tbe South for their new found friends tbe Chinese.' The Crucial Period of Columbia. Columbia Regkter. Columbia is just -now at her crucial period. Having successfully placed the bonds thus far for the completion of the canal and put the work under oontract, that great work, so long halting be tween promise aad performance, may now be considered fairly oo its legs. This work completed, makes Colum bia the manufacturing centre, as she is now, beyond all doubt, tbe educa tional centre, of the State, affording educational facilities not. excelled, if equalled, by any other locality in the South. As a railroad centr? we have already between twenty-five and thirty dai'y arrivals and departures of passenger trains. Along with the old roads oou centratiug here, three new lines of im portance are either id course of construc tion or in earnest practical contempla tion. Tbe Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Road has quietly and steadily pushed on, so that by January next we may witness the trains crossing tbe river at Cemetery Hill on the superb bridge structure, the graoite piers of which will soon be receiving the super structure. Tbis road ODce on its way will find beyond question a practical connection with Western routes, either at Greenville or Tallulah Falls, or per chance strike both. Be this ns it may, tbe road is fairly afoot and will accom plish some successful conuectioD through the best country in the whole South. Then comes the Palmetto Road, from Cheraw via Camden to Colombia, aod from hence to Augusta through Aiken. The road is steadier building hitberward, and with anything like a helping band ought not to be more than eighteen months off from completion. This pots us on the most direct route Northward. Next comes th? South Bound Road, which Savannah is pushing directly for Columbia, through one of the most fruitful and best timbered countries in. the Sooth. This gives os the most di rect and agreeable route to th? far South, putting as in direct connection with all the famous health resorts of the South, aod tending certainly to the creation of new ones along the great line. All things put together, it is not easy to see why Columbia should not become a great trade centre. Neither Augusta, Atlanta nor Macoo have the agricultu ral surround Jugs that Columbia enjoys, and- we can therefore say to our sister cities: Whilst we wish you no harm, we are coming, sisters, coming! For Lieut.-Governor. Lancaster Ledger. . Editors Ledger :?We take pleasure in - nominating Dr Sampson Pope of Newberry for the office of Lieut-Gov ernor subject to the action of the next Democratic Convention. Dr. Pope is wejl informed, able, sincere and fearless, and would do honor to the office and the State. Without being a demagogue he is the bold, earnest and persistent cham pion of the right and interests of the people. His four years of aseful service in the House of Representatives should convince the people.that he may be safely trusted with the public inter ests. His record there is marked by bis manly fights for enoonomy and re form. He was the staunch friend and advocate of the Agricultural College. He opposed the Williams and Wesley so-called claims amounting principal aod interest to over two millions of dol lars. His watch over the State treasury deserves the commendation of all lovers of economy in the administration of public foods. . He was largely instru mental in reducing the interest oo the State debt to foor per cent. His able fight oo the Phosphate bill last winter resulted in saving to tbe farmers of the State an iocrease io the price of their phosphates. Having served the whole State so faithfully be deserves some mark of the people's-appreciation. Lancaster Farmer. Let Us. Vote for Governor in the Primary. Keovee Courier. It has been suggested to os that tbe clubs in the county vote for Governor in the approaching primary e?ectfoD, thereby expressing io tbe highest possi ble way the choice of the people for this important office. By the time of our primary election it will be generally known who are the aspirants for guber natorial honors in the State, and the clobs can vote for such of them as may be io the . field, and the resolt of the vote can be made at the same time as tbe other candidates for State and coun ty officers, the candidate polling the highest number of votes receiving the endorsement of this county io the State Dominating convention. While we have no rule or law io our county authorizing or governing primary elections for Governor, yet we think there can be no valid objections raised to such a procedure. It will be the voice of tbe people aod oo one should complain. We think the county chairman, with out the necessity of calling the execu tive committee together, could recom mend, to the clubs to cast a vote for Governor at the primary election, to be held on the 10th of August, and for that matter, the clobs could also vote fote for Lieutenant Governor at the same time. We throw out these suggestion* to the Democracy, of Ocooee for what they are worth, aod will abide the resolt in whatever it in its wisdom seems best. Congressional Candidates. Ilorry Herald. It was our purpose to keep tbe col umns of the Herald free from the advo cacy of either one of tbe promioeot cau didates for Congress io this county. We admitted last week Mr. Banta's ar ticle advocating Mr. Dargan's re-elec tion contrary to our'judgment. It con tains statements that we cannot allow to pass oochall.en^ 1. Personally we are as friendly to Dargan as we are to New ton and we shall say nothing in malice, resentment, or that is not sustained by admitted facts. We judge calmly and deliberately and without prejudice to-or against either. Mr..Banta should have written with more care and forethought and not suf fe'red himself to be caught in the same snare with B R. E. Mr. Banta pro tested vigorously against B; R. E.'s use of the personal pronoun 'we' in his communication to the Charleston World, and yet Mr. Banta audaciously assumes to speak for the supporters of Newton and thoughtlessly says their support is based upon friendship ; nothing more Why, bless my life, is Mr. Baota the custodian of the consciences of Newton's supporters ? Suppose Newton's frieuds were to retort that Dargan's friends support him because of personal favors received from Dargan, what would he say ? Now we have an opinion that he will find more personal- favor men for Dargan than he will personal friend ship men for Newton. Wonder, if Newton's friends can&ot find some stronger reason for support ing Newton than mere friendship? Let us see. Is not Newton tbe intellectual equal of Dargan and in physical endur ance is he not Dargan's superior? for the reason that ho has a sound body to sustain him. He haa uever failed io any position to which he has been ele vated. And does Mr. Banta think that Christian character counts for nothing, other things being equal, io a candi date for Congress. Perhaps be does, but we have been taught to think differ ently We have been taught to believe the Christian religion elevates, purifies and ennobles, and we arc not ashamed to avow our support, in part, is influ enced by the purity of bis Christian character. These, with others are in trinsic reasons why some people support Newton io preference to Dargan and there are jet extrinsic reasons.. 1 ti The friends of Dargan claim that he bas been 'a faithful servant.' We do not know what their criterion of fidel ily is, bat we can show by tbeir own admissions that he has been derelict of duty on two important occasions. In tbe matter of Clark and Mingo Creeks, was it not Dargan's neglect of duty that produced such confusion and brought forth that fscetio-caustic letter from Col. Aiken ? And is not his excuse that he placed the matter in the hands of"Jones, of Alabama? Do people elect Congressmen to attend to tbe peo ple's business, or to tbeir own private business. Again, was it not a bald de reliction of duty in tbe matter of. tbe Waccamaw appropriation for the cur rent year, that he should allow tbe Senate Committee having charge'of tbe River and Harbor bill to reduce the amount from $15,000 to $10,000 with out his asking to be- heard before the Committee? Persons familiar witb legislative proceedings know the fact, that Committees are invariably courte ous and obliging. If Mr. Dargan could not conveniently have met tbe Committee on. tbe day appointed for the committee to consider the bill, be could have notified the Committee to designate a certain day to bear bim, and, no doubt, tbe committee would have cheerfully granted his request. They say, be asked Co!.- Elliott to at tend to tbe matter for him: Does that relieve Dargan from the charge of neg ligence ? Did the people of Horry vote for Col. Elliott to do tbeir busioess for them or did they place that responsi bility npon Dargan? Besides, Col. Elliott had a greater load to carry than be could manage, and lost the $100, 000 appropriation for Winyah Bay, bet Senator Butler came manfully to bis rescue and succeeded in having it restored. . Dargan has failed thus .far in having his lost $6,000 restored, but, they soy, he will succeed in the Conference Con vention. Perhaps he may, and perhaps he may fail there. Tbe better plan is never be guilty of such gross dereliction of duty, thus entailing Rouble work. Mr. Dargan is a member of tbe Com mittee on Reform in tbe Civil Service and is a strong advocate of that policy in the Government and yet when it suits his purpose and convenience he does not scruple to violate the princi ples of Civil Service and place an ap pointment where be thinks it will do him the most good in securing his re election. . We think the law a good one and properly executed would remove a large proportion of the government offices from tbe influence and control of political bosses. Such conduct on the part of men in high positron has served to bring the law into disrepute. _ Why sbonld oar lawmakers desire to -place restrictions on others that they are not willing to obey themselves ? We like practice as well as preaching, and a man whose practice does not conform to bis preaching cannot be called sincere. Greenville News. Few people reflect upon tbe value of some of the crops wbioh nature produces in some of the Southern States without man's. help or cultivation* In the follow ing items some idea may be obtained of how some of the people of North Caro lina make a good part of tbeir living. In this immediate section of country I statistics would show, if they were made up, that the wild fruits of the woods afford employment and the means of getting bread and meat to a considerable part of tbe rural population in the sum mer season. It stated on good author ity that the shipments of dried black berries over tbe Western North Caro lina railroad last, year, to northern and western markets aggregated over three mil fron pounds. The figurer for tbe State foot op enormously, exceeding the sorn crop. The bernes are gathered and dried principally by the poor people of tbe sountry and are bought and shipped by the town merchants. Tbe dried berries are as salable in tbe market as most of tbe staple articles of food, retailing in the large cities at 15 cents per pound. The following is from tbe Clinton, (N. C.) Caucasian ; We stated two weeks ago that the buckleberry crop of Sampson county lb is-year, if properly saved and market ed, would bring into tbe couoty one hundred thousand dollars. Many thought tbis estimate much too large, but we are now convinced that it is much too small. We -have no doubt :hat witb a little care and cultivation tbe preseot crop can be easily doubled, [t will then bring into tbe county frenr $200,000 to ?400,000 annually. Considering the productiveness of the ffild blackberry in the Piedmont section )f this State, as well as in the State ?eneraily, it would seem that this is a eserve force in our agricultural possi >ilities that only awaits development. Some farmers who have tried cotton o tbeir satisfaction without remunera ion might ?nd a substitute in tbe black >erry and buckleberry crops that would >rove a bonanza. Expensive Information. Abbeville Medium. South Carolina has an Agricultural bureau which is said by some to have icen of great benefit to tbe farmers of he State Many of our c'nizens bow ver know but little about its operations iu instance of bow things are managed nd the valuable information it gives nay not be out of place at this time. Last Spring, Michael Werts who ives at Silver Street in Newberry Coun y when breaking up some laud on rhiclt the 'whippoorwiU' pea bad been lau ted found that tbe fiber from the Id vines gathered around his plowstock nd made the work hard. Be picked p the fiber and found it hard to break, 'he idea struck him that it might-bo lade into rope or bagging. On April , he wrote to the State Agricultural tare?u to find out if the fiber was vailable for the purpose. Col. Butler id not give bim the information desired ut in quest of light himself wrote to be U. S. Department of Agriculture at Vashington. He received the follow ig response : U. S. Department op Agbiculture. Wasuingtox. D. C, April 16, 1888. A. P. Butler, Com'tof Agriculture, Columbia S. C ?Sir : I am in receipt f your letter of the 7th inst. transm?t es tbe letter of Michael Werts ia refereojrejo the barS of a vine varioufily known ai*'speckled pea- and 'whippoor^ will pea/ . / The tine' all tided to, of wbieh yoa ~ send me specimen.is *1loabtleM~'.^^ Dolichos Catjaog," now- called Catjaog, and belongs to tbe same fata~ ; ily as the so-called eow^f^J^j??fe^ Soutbero States. In some places, each as Northern Mexico, ivis used for rotigfc tying purposes, -but I am do* awaraV; that it has any special value as a fiber producing plaut. ... ' :\ The letter of Mr. p^^^reirp^ returned.* Respectfully, Norman J. Colman, Commissioner. It does seem to us that this^ was?* long distance to send "fora liule Infor mation about ?op-peas. <?oL Butler should have ajiptiea1 -te- tbe Y^Anse^'j which was neer at hand. The ;Agrf0 cultural professors might have been able to give the desired information, without the necessity of correspondence. ; Our fanners will know htrivaftet'oot ' to speak of "the 'wbippoorwill or' %peet led pea but must say 'Dolichos Cat$aog*: or 'Vigna Catjang* if they wish to b? regarded as intelligent. ~ The professors*of the Annex sboolof look after this Catjang subject so-arto; be able to give information to the peo* ple without recourse to. Washington^ .: If these city farmers don't kndw? whafe 'timothy,' 015 'red top' is aod can'?telW any thing about Catjang, it is certaioiy a great revelation. The, question taty . well be asked 'what do they kpowf l^. ' would be cheaper to give a man $1000 . a year to correspond with Washington than to kjeep op the 'Anner.' According to the new plan the Col?r lege of Agricoltore aod -Mecfoujc'Art* ; is to have a 'President^ 13 Professors \1 (including adjunct aod assistant "j?ro fes8ors),"2 instructors, 3 totorsv-a ?rm saperintendent, a florist and 3 foremen/ If the new plan works- no better" to?a? > the old there will be a great waste of % money. There has been a lot of money; > expended to find oot^from; Washington that the - 'whippoorwiH pear so^pld^$e called'Vigoa Gatjaog;' Beunion of CJonfederate Sur vivors. . Arrangements have been perfected?" for a grand reooioo of Sooth Carolina ' Confederate Yeteraos at Greenville dor*-^. ing tbe Gala Week aod encampment. Thursday, July 26, of theGalaWe^ bas been set apart for" veterans* day:by the programme committee, and; itr ? proposed to make it the occasion of thev gathering together of old soldiers of toe .,. service from every section of ; the State.-' Go vern or Fitzbugh- Leer;of ' Vfrg?o?a^ has already accepted an ihrttatioU to-. deliver the oration of the day, an^o^fcer distinguished Confederate leaderr wilf \ be present. A cordial invitation hat been extended to Confederate soidierr all over tbe State to attend the reuoioir - and to bring with them such waf ftags^ as they may come into posgession'of.- - J. K. Balcb, a youpg white mao* twenty-two years old; died in Fairfie^^ Goooty last Friday, from hydrophoibia> 5 resulting from the bite of a' eat nine? months ago. An eclipse of the moon w?l occur on?, the" 22nd of?Foly, aod will be more io* teresting than the one of January-2^tb. ; The diameter of the earth's shadow wil$ be much larger at that time in propor tion to the diameter of the moon, dark- . eoiog tbe sorface more totally. It wilt* take place at midnight when the moonv is higher In the heavens and wt?: bo vis ible in this section. The Philadelphia News says tBat f&?-r Philadelphia: m int cannot keep op with the demand' that is being made 012 it? from the .Sooth for pennies, aod that" the increase io the ose of toe penny in* the South has, of late, been tremendous.- ' Fhey are ^used oow io merchandise ia< in this and other States where a*few" years ago they could hardly be passed. This is a good sign, aod it will be fooncF beneficial to the South, if ttj peoo'y" somes into as <geoeral- ose here as it?* in the Norths 'If the people vrill taker ? :are of tbe pennies, tbe dollars will uke= jare of themselves/ The cash system is gradually exteooT ;ng southward, where the credit system* ?as prevailed to a "deplorable* exteot. The latest indication of this dr?nge is 0 Atlanta, Ga., where over forty retail n er chant 9 have united io aonoucciug hat after tHc 1st of July next they w/i'fc elr goods for cash only* -They say hey purchase most of their goods for iash, and find it impossible to conduct t remunerative business 00 the credit y stem, owing to bad- debts and slow !ollections. . They have concluded that? be cash system will not only be to their >wn advantage, but also-of vast be ue tt to tbeir patrons. The underdrainiog of feirsr" is a prob em that will attract more attention io he Sooth than heretofore. The only inderdrains in use have been the blind, [itches on low lands for the purpose of Irying off wet spots. Those are goner-*.. lly filled six to too inches wi<b line poles with a little pine brush - oa op to keep the dirt out. When prop rly made this b an excellent under.?* rain for lowlands and wiii last for ears. Io the North the faru ers ander** rain much of their upland especially rhere it holds water and becomes hard fter drying off. Undcrdrains, thirty to s~ty feet apart, are laid with pipe tiling.. *hey say the crop capacity of their land ? dooblcd by this operaiiou-. The Execotive Committee of Ibe ftate Farmers' Associatioo met io Co lombia oo Tuesday night of last week.. Lroong the promioeot members present rere Messrs. B. R. Tillmao, H.'R. .'bornas, D. K. Norris, E. T. Staclr ouse and J. W". Beaseley. As the ?eeting was secret, nothing definite1 bout the proceedings could be obtained. According to the report made by the: orrespoodeot of the News aod Coorier;. owever, Mr. Tillmao made some* ery swecpiog assertions which were ot entirely accepted by those present, t wa3 resolved that Capt. T?Hmam, hould attend all the^ regolor meetii?g3^ a the State canvass, and that the-Asie? iation support candidates of its own jr Governor aod Lieu tenant-Go verier-, l&ad-'Iland to Eand" wxtvreemv