Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; y . -jgfe;-.-:-;---'-^ Tns??isWATCBMAX, icstablfahod April. 1850. "Bc Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " TBB TKEK SOUTHRON, K?tabtUhe? June, 126? ._ y _ _ _ - - - - - - - ? i i ? i i. i -, . - - _ Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1891. Nev Series-Yoi. X. No. 49. Published msr Wednesday, Br - " N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TUMS: Two Dollar? per annum-io adranoe. ADTIKTI1IK1XTS. 0?* Square, first insertion-_%\ co frery tcbaeqoent insertion.................. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo made at reduced * rates. All comm^gicaiiQns which subserve private fe tercets wjB he^erged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. REMOVAL --AND NEW COOPS. -, To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi? ness, I have removed to the handsome and commodious new Brick Store next to John* Reid's, old stand, where I ?found with a stock of | >NDSV Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, SPECTACLES, &c surpassing in brilliancy, extent and variety any stock of the kind ever shown in this city, rith daily additions of new at ?tions. Thanking my friends sod the public generally for the rery liberal patronage bestowed 00 me at my old stand, I hope . to merit a eootinaaoee of the same, and I hereby extend to all a cordial invita? tion ?0 pay me a visit at my new stand, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities in every way I am better pre* pared than ever to eater to their wants. ~> Don't forget the place, REID'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., SUMTER, S. Ca Towra, anrioas to please, L l FOLSOM. everything in the line of repairing done as heretofore. Oct 8 ?*Af HOYT, Successor to <X I. BOTT & BRO. I Sold and Silver Watches, FINS DIAMONDS. H SRI DSN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, to. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. What would you, like ?-in the way of a corset? Sohfetbing that's easy and comfortable, with "bones*' that can't break or kink, and sSoft eyelets that won't rust or cut tn? laces-something that clasps the figure closely, but yields to every movement? #^*|&e? you want the Ball's Corset, ; If you find that you dpa't, after wearing for two thfee weeks, you have tb return it to us and .your money back. ?BESG & SONS. & LEMASTE?. ?DE RS, IS;TBE COMB. on Rep? 14 kan seen at Wutehma* CHILD BIRTH . . / MADE EASY! " MOTHERS' FRIEND " is a scientific? ally prepared Liniment, every ingre? dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro s fission. These ingredients are com? bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' . FRIEND" . WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " MOTHERS "mailed FREE, con taming valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express on recei pt of price $1.50 per bottle 8MDREL9 REGULATOR CO., Atlanta.St. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. For Infants and Children. Castoria promote* IHgeatfam, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus tiie child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural Caatorfa contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. M Castori? is sn weQ adapted to children that 1 recommend it aa superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. D., 111 Sooth Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. **I me Casioria in my practice, and And it specially adapted to affections of children." *iw ROBERTSON, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. ..Rom personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving the pent ap bowels and general system very much. Jiany mothers have told me of its ex? cellent effect upon their children." DE. G. a OSGOOD, Lowen, Man. Ta? CKSTAUR Co tfPAKY, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Are You Interested? Are jon suffering with any of the following symptoms: Loss of, or irregular appetite, loss of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight io the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a doll pain with a sensation of heaviness in the head, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will core you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of Georgia, says, three bottles cured him after having tried almost everything eire. Judge R. F, Idar, Macon, Ga., says, Holt's Elixir accomplished what all other remedies failed to do, a perfect cure. J. B. Paollin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes: "I have no hesitancy in recommending it, as it cured me of dyspepsia. For aoy fottber information inquire of! your druggist. For sale by all druggists. IVE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid op Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fond. 9,250 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention-gi ven to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.: Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice Pr?sident. L. S. CARSON, Aug. 7 Cashier. Ti ?? (ff wm SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hes A Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, i Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITS, JR., President. Cashier. I Aog 21. Bi ? ALVA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns & Purdy and Durant k Soo. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICE, D. I). S. Office over Bogin's New Store, EXTRA NOt OH KAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. Office Honrs.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ Dr. T. W. BOOKHART* DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultmao k Bro.'e Shoe Store KNTRAHCJt ON MAIN STKKET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o AGENTS "WANTED FOR SUMTER COUNTY for the NATION? AL CAPITAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. The right man will earn $75 00 per week This Associstion is receiving the support of Farmers Alliances. W. S. MONTEITH, Manager So. Division, Columbia, S. C. June 10.2 Sample Cops Ml \ The Sunny South, our great Soot tern Family Weekly-,- shou[d be taken in every household. The price is only $2 a year, and ?^jkesaut wbicb is worth th?t amonm or ?M?0 ? sent for every yearly subscript! TH. ?& sample- copy will be sent free to any ad^rtesa. Write at onee to & B. SEALS k CO., Atlanta, Ga. l?ltaMs Calisaya Tonic. S^ke Grmt 8outhem Remedy, Will Cure Chills anti ?ttsr, Dy'ipepsia, and all Liver and BloodDueastt. Rev. W. H. Hunt, of Atlanta, Ga , writes: -From the benefits I have received from a single bottle of Dr. Westmoreland's Caiisaya Tonic, I-hate no hesitation in saying that I consider i tan excellent remedy for indiges ^* J^^>?aamett, Prest. Camperdown sndPie^??jai^ifells, Greenville, S. C., BUTS : - ^^??sSMSSttfaklar?a, and suffered greatly in tia yario%i^^> for near two years ; tried two or th??^^Sfl|0Springs-The most ski i \ f il riij i''1'iMQfffStfy oot relieved. Was cured w^l^^^^^bottles of Dr. West THE MONUMENT TO JEFFER? SON DAVIS. Because as a United States Senator and Secretary of War Mr. Davis used bis influence to promote the spirit which led to the effort to overthrow the Union, it should be supposed that his armory wilt command patriotic respect and ap? plause, is certainly extraordinary. No one can complain that his friends should build bi* monument. But it should I not be done as the monument of an j American patriot, without protest Mr. Thomas Wilson Dorr, of Rhode Island, was one of the most personally j irreproachable and intellectually honest men in that State fifty years ago. In obedience to his convictions, and at the ! risk of any cost to himself and to others, I he attempted by force of arms to over? throw tts government. After his total ! defeat and imprisonment he was very i properly pardoned by the State, and no one who personally knew bim ever I suspected him of selfish motives. But the people of Rhode Island have not erected a monument to commemorate his services to the State. If a mon? ument should be erected to Jefferson Davis for his services to his country, the statues of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln should be overthrown. The above extract from Harper's \ Weekly is aootber evidence that the bitter fanatical hatred of the men who were leaders during the South's strug? gle to exercise the rights guaranteed to the States by the Constitution, still sways the Northern mind a? potently as ever. This post mortem villification of the men whom the South honored and trusted in times past, and whose mem? ory all the youth, of this and all time | to come who claim the South as the land of their nativity should revere, is a thing that is not to be borne with patience. As Grant is honored, as Lincoln is almost deified by the Nor h as conquering heroes, so is Lee and Davis glorified by the South as moral heroes, who dared all and suffered de? feat, but never disgrace, for a people's rights. Let the 'North erect all the monuments they wish with the people's money, the South paying ber full quota, and it is all right ; the South is a fine country, and her people are a generous people-so said. But this is said for effect, for the purpose of obtain? ing something greater the next time But let the Sooth speak of erecting a monument, immediately we are all rebels and our leaders are all seditious traitors even though their very bones have long been turned to dust. But we must possess our souls in patience, or seem to, for "to the victor belongs the spoils,*' and in the eyes of a majority of the Yankees, it would seem as if monuments were a part of the spoils, as well as silver spoons, etc. That Jefferson Davis' administration of the Secretaryship of War was one of, if not, the most able in its history there is no doubt. We need but to go to history to be convinced The Memoir recently published from the pen of Mrs. Davis does full justice to the memory of- the distinguished President of the Southern Confederacy while relating historical facts in an impartial manner, that have been unusually suppressed, or slightingly treated by Northern histo I rians. We hope the Memoir will have a large circulation throughout our ? Southern country, so that the youth may have a source of truthful informa? tion respecting the life and times of one of the most distinguished men this land has yet produced. We of the South if only true to our selves and to the past, can afford to wait -to pass over the malicious slaoders of [ our statesmen-but truth will prevail, j and a just and honest public opinion of the future will not fail to do foll justice to our heroes. New Asylum Superintendent. Colombia State Jolj 2d. The situation in the asylum matter has been relieved at last by Governor Tillman in filing the place of superin? tendent, from which he so summarily dismissed Dr. Griffin, and now the "investigation" is doubtless at an end Ever since Dr. Griffin's removal, Dr. Thompson has been acting as su? perintendent by appointment, and the Governor has been considering the applications for the place and endeavoring to choose a man "to his taste." Yesterday he settled the matter by appointing Dr. James W. Babcock, of the McLean Asylum, of Somerville, Mass. The appointment is made out to take effect Angust?, and reads that the appointee is to hold it "du? ring the pleasure of the Governor." The Governor had received a large number of applications and recently offered the post to Dr. W. II. Nardin, of Anderson, who declined in the fol? lowing letter received Tuesday: Hon. B. R. Tillman, Governor, Co? lumbia S. C. DEAR SIR : Yonr esteemed favor of the 27th instant at hand. Please accept my thanks for the honor con? ferred upon me, by your selection for the high and responsible position tendered, and \i is with regret that I am forced to decline the honor, first from a sense of my fitness for the posi* tion and, second, the unwillingness to raise my growing family thus sur? rounded. With highest esteem, and hoping you may find one more wor? thy, I am with respect, yours truly, % fl ^ARDIX. As will be seen &fo offer was re? fused only on the 0*?y*before the ap? pointment of another was made. Dr. Babcock, was in the city yes? terday morning and after a short con? ference between him and the gover? nor, the appointment was announced Ile left the city soon after and could not be seen. There is scat eely a doubt, however, that he has accepted the position Ile did not apply for the position himself, it is stated, but his friends did so for him. The new superintendent is a native South Carolina* being a native of Chester. Ile obtained his education at ITar vard University, having graduated there in both the literary and medical courses with high honors, winning a scholarship. After that he traveled extensively in Europe, paying partic? ular attention to the study of the workings of lunatic asylums. For the past six years he han been assist* ant physician at the McLean Asylum at Somerville, Mass. Ile comes with high recomendations. Ile is, about thirty-five years of age. Thackston Makes His De? fense. State, July 2. Mr. W. J. Thackston, who Las been quite sick for two days, last night wrote and gave to the press his promised full statement of the recent resolution matter. The statement is pibltsbed in full below. To The Public: I feel that it is due to myself aod to the public that I should say that not until I read the statement of Superintendent Mayfield, on his return to the city, and of Professor Johnson, published in the Record of Monday, 29th ult., did I know that I bad misconceived the action of the board of examiners with regard to the Palmetto School Journal. It had been until that time wy hon? est impression that the action of the board bad been what was stated by me in ny editorial in reference thereto, which appeared in the April number of the journal (page 263) In that editorial, which was widely circulated, but which the board of examiners evidently did not read, if they saw a oopy of the Journal, I wrote as follows : "The State beard of examiners adopted a resolution urging the trustees throughout the State to become sub scribers and allowing them to pay for their subscription out of the contingent fund of their district " During the meeting of the board of examiners on the 4th of April, of which board I am, by law, clerk, I made orally the proposition in question name? ly: That the board should officially endorse the Palmetto Schoo! Jouroal as i te organ, and should urge the school trustees to become subscribers, paying for their subscription out of the funds of their district. That proposition in? cluded the offer of ail ppace, free of charge, necessary for the publication of official matter. I then asked to be excused from the meeting that the board might consider this proposition without my presence. When I returned, the board had passed to other subjects, and I was in? formed that the bord had endorsed the Palmetto School Journal. Nothing else was said to me in refereooe to the matter at that time, or subsequently by any member of the board, aod knowing of no other proposition, I naturally supposed that what was said referred to the proposition I bad submitted. Under this impression, I wrote the editorial in the Journal already men? tioned, the circular letter to the trustees and the statement recently prepared by me for publication. I bad no idea that I was mistaken until I saw the state? ments ia Monday's Record. It is inconceivable that [ should have attempted to pervert a resolution of the board where detection and exposure would be so certain to follow. I committed the error of not verifying my impression simply because I did not suspect the possibility of mistake. Had I entertained any doubt, I could easily have done so, as I am clerk of the board and keeper of its records. The proposition itself was made openly, in perfect good faith, and with the sincere desire to advaoce the inter? ests of public education. It seemed to me to be justified by precedent and to be within the legitimate powers of the board. In this State, the State board of exam? iners, on the 17th day of April, 1889, passed the following resolution in ref? erence to the Carolina School Jour? nal: "Resolved, further, that the chair? man be requested to subscribe for five copies of the Journal for the use of the board." If the board of examiners could sub? scribe for five copies of the Carolina School Journal, one for each member of the board, and pay for them out of the public funds, they certainly have the right to authorize the trustees to sub? scribe for a school journal for their use aud pay for it out of the public funds, j If a school journal paid for by the State is a good thiog for the members of the State board of examiners why is it not equally as good for the trustees who are supposed to need the information it contains much more? The twenty first annual report of the State Superintendent for 1889 (page 20) shows this entry: "Subscription to Charleston World, .V. If in the past it was thought expedi? ent to pay for a daily newspaper for the head of the educational department of the State out of public funds what im? propriety could there be in paying for an educational journal for subordinate school officers of the State out of public funds, whioh journal contains officia! in? formation from the State board and de? partment of education If my information is correct, in seve? ral other States, including Pennsylvania and Virginia, educational journals are paid for direct out Sute fuods. The acceptance of my proposition was a question for the board. I felt pure they would adopt no plan which was not advisable and right; and supposing they had adopted my proposition as submitted, I felt at liberty to proceed on their authority. I now see that [ committed error io not carefully verifying their action, but I positively disclaim all intention of misrepresenting the facts. I have acted throughout in entire good faith and without 'intentional concealment. It is dutt-?o-.Superintendcnt Mayfield that. I should say that the editorial in the Palmetto Journal, the circular let? ter to thc trustees and my former state ment given to the press, were written and published without bia knowledge sod during his absence. He was not consulted by me because be bad no interest whatever in the Journal, and was not responsible for my action as its editor. It is also doe to the members of the board of examiners to acquit them of all responsibility for my mistake. This statement is made public ss soon as possible after I bad discovered that I had been all along mistaken as to the action of the board with reference to the Palmetto School Journal. VV. J. THACKSTOX. "Sic Semper Tyrannis." We have as Chief Executive of South Carolina an individual who a few weeks ago was budding into a dictator. Serene in bis appreciation of his own capacities, secure in his assumption that he and he only, had been chosen to rule South Carolina, contemptuous of pre? cedent, holding himself above those whom be had led into office, he came naturally think that he was the admin? istration, be was the State. He was as promising a tyrant as was ever bred by a free republic. Some unpunished indulgence in Rus? sian methods, some experience of short cuts over legal fields to the ends he de? sired, encouraged him io bis belief that he could do what others dared not, and enforce his will without regard to forms and ceremonies of law or custom. He wielded the sword of decapitation with a bold and free hand. Several times it fell and several times tt e beads of vic? tims fell dumbly into the basket. Having bargained with one faction in Charleston to his own advantage, the time came when the other faction his original supporters-required a tes? timonial of hts sincerity. That testi? mony was the hoad of Mr. W. P. Cant? well, Supervisor of Registration. Nothing more easy ! What was Mr. Cantwell to Governor Tillman ? What was the "Ring" to him, after he had mado it serve his purpose in his elec? tion? Mr. Cantrell's head most fal!. The sword swung and fell ; but Mr. Cantwell stepped aside in time under the.sheltering ogis of the law, and there he did battle for his rights. The rest of the story is known. Io place of the supposedly decapitated Mr. Cantwell, G ^vernor Tillman appointed an excellent and worthy gentleman, who, within a few hours, registered more Republican voters than bad been registered in eighteen months before. That was the extent of the "reform." Mr. Cantwell pushed hts case in the State Court. The eloquent Attorney General defeoded the action of bis modern, "Andrew Jackson," but had to intimate that his hero had given a reason-the reason that Mr. Cantwell held two incompatible offices-which was his weakest reason for the removal, and, in fact, not the real reason. And now Judge Wallace bas render? ed his decision which utterly contemos the Governor's excuse for the removal, and reinstates Mr. Cantwell in the position from which it was sought to oust him. Judge Wallace decides that officers who can only be appointed by and with the consent of the Senate, can only be removed by and with that coo sent. He decides that the two offi? ces held by Mr. Cantwell are not in? compatible, and he directs that Mr. Cantwell's books as Supervisor of Regis? tration be forthwith returned to him. Mr. Cantwell has won a victory for himself for which be is io be congratu? lated ; but he has done more than this. He has won a victory for orderly, law? ful, constitutional government in South Carolina. By his pluck in making the fight he bas demonstrated that there are limits to executive power in this State; that although we have a Governor who is ambitious of exercising despotic powers, we have not yet a dictator or a Czar, and that these powers can not be exercised while we have courageous men to resist the usurpation. So, while felicitations to Mr. Cant? well upon his own success are in order, they sbooid be multiplied to him be? cause, by standing upon his rights, he has been the means of teaching a would be despot that in South Carolina the methods of Barillas and Baimaceda will not be tolerated by free people under their own laws.-State, July 3. The Reform Administration. The Reform administration went ioto office pledged to various reforms. New 4 per cent, bonds were to take the place of 6 per cent, hoods, which were then a few points above par. Re snit, the sixes are six per ceut. below par. We were to have an economical ad? ministration. Result, a large sum has beeo expended on Clemson college The State has been deprived of $2,000 a week-phospba'e royalty-and to save a great increase of taxation, unjust and iniquitous levies are to be made upon the railroads and other corpora? tions to cover tho extravagances or in? creased expenditures and to make good the idiotic stoppage of the phosphate royalty. The new administration pledged it? self against "free passes," and pro? mised to keep out of entangling alli? ances with tho great railroad corpora? tions. Result, the Governor admits that be goes careering around the State on Pas? No. 1, and it is said that other members of the Reform administration are doing the exact thing for which the preceding administration was de? nounced. The State Board of Examiners and Mr. Tbackston have an ugly affair on hand between them, which goes very near to the danger line of official cor? ruption. The penitentiary management has created a public scandal for improperly feeding the helpless convicts. The Reform administration having failed to conduct the affairs of State iu a manner so as to command the respect and approval of the fret; and untram? meled newspapers of tba State, the Governer admits to have invited cer? tain leaders in the "Dominant Element" to meet him, and devise ways and means by which "organs" could be started in Columbia and in the country districts which would endorse their schemes, and manufacture public senti? ment. The expease of publishing these "or- 1 gau8,'* it was thought, could be token | from the publie treasury by forcing all legal advertising to be dowe in the col? umns of these obscure and unprincipled "organs." The matter of Mr. Thackston Y to? gether with the official support of "or? gans" is on a par with the corruption of the Republicans, and any attempt on the part of the administra ion to es? tablish a venal press whereby a public opinion might be controlled, would stink in the nostrils of every decent citizen of South Caro'ina. During the campaign the Charleston World, we believe without a single ex* ception, supported, endorsed, or advo? cated every measure which the Reform administration advocated, aod orged the election of each and every one of the Reform candidates. Result, the Reform candidates got the offices, and now they have turned their backs on their chief supporter and defender, and shower the favors on other newspapers, to which, by every sense of honor and fair dealiog the World is justly entitled. The history of tbat paper and the ex? perience of other newspapers teach all other newspapers the folly of tieiog too tightly to the fortunes of any politician. With a record like this in six months what may we reasonably expect in eighteen months? If the best citizens who supported and endorsed the candi dacy of the Reform administration are not heartily ashamed of the conduct of their leaders, then we will be very much disappointed. The bare proposition to muzzle the press of the State by legalized enact? ments would be enough to disgrace the government in the eyes of ali decent and liberty-loving people.-Abbeville Press and Banner. The Next State Ticket. The Herald and News has accident? ally run upon the fact that a slate has been arranged for a State ticket in 1892 It did not obtain this slate through the Charleston World's kinetograph either, but it is a genuine state, and feelers are being put out. We do not pretend to say who the originator is, but it is none the less genuine. What do you think of it? Here it is: For Governor: W. Jasper Talbert, of Edge field. For Lieutenant Governor: Cole L. Blease, of Newberry. For Secretary of State: W. D, Kvaos, of Marlboro. For Attorney General: John Gary Evans, of Aiken. For Treasurer: John R. Harrison, of Greenville. For Comptroller General: -. Nor? ton, of Marion. For Adjutant and Inspector General: John P. Thomas, of Richland For Superintendent of Education: Johu L. Weber, of Charleston. Commenting on the above ticket the Greenville News has this to say: "We do not think the Newberry News and Herald bas got the slate for next year correct. Putting past events and pre? sent developments together, we are in? clined to believe that Alliance Lecturer, Talbert is camping on the trail of Uncle George Tillman, and has his eye glued upon the seat in Congress now occupied by that robust statesman. Anyhow, sanguine and ambitious brethren should not forget that the Till? man family is in the slate business it? self, and will be mighty likely to have some remarks to make and some scuf? fling to do before the graud divide is completed. Col. Thomas, says the Columbia Re? cord, is not a candidate. An Open Letter to Tillman. The Governor Earnestly Exhorted to Repent tlie Sin of Receiving a Free Pass and to Malee Restitution to the Rail Roods of the Amount of Fare he has Sa ved hy Using the Pans. GREENWOOD, S. C., June, 23 1891. To B. R Tillman, governor of South Carolina-My Dear Governor : I see from the papers that you have at last' fallen from grace, that you have been tempted and have accepted the accursed free rail road pass. They say Bunch McBee did it. Our Bunch. I know Bunch well. Ile and I were raised in the same town, were school boy? together, great friends, are stilll. We boys are as proud of Bunch's success in rail loading as Ben's in politics. Bunch always had an eye to business. We now fear Bunch has been too smart for Hen. Now, dear governor, as you have fallen from grace, and as I am one of your "Old Guard" who stood under your flag last year, and I, being a Methodist, believing a man can fall from grace ; you being of Presbyteri? an inclination, may not think so, but it is true nevertheless. Peter fell from grace, but repented and was restored. Now, goveriM r, if you were a Metho? dist you would know at once what to do I would now speak for the "Old Guard," and tell you what ia required. In your case we make the State the church. You must publicly confess you have done wrong in accepting tiie pass. You must then return Bunch thc pass, and pay at once to the rail road all that you have saved by using the pass. In your case we will not require "four fold." Do this," ami the sooner yon do it the bettor--and when you do so, you will feel so much better. We will then give you once more a hearty shake of the hand. If you refuse to repent, you will find out soon that you will be tempted to do something else wrong. You will go fast from bad to worse. The Bible tells UR to j ..resist the devil and he will flee from you." I don't mean to say that Bunch is thc devil. Your friend, L. M. MOORE. P. vS. Look after Mayfield and Thackston ; they ar? ruining us. L M. M. _ m? t i m- - Fighting The Tax. Ciur.i.KSToo, S. C., June oO.--The People's Natioual bank, of this city, has determined to fight the Comptroller i General's increased assessment by divid- | iDg"ihe surplus, aod as a commencement have declared a dividend of 30 per cent ,1 ? per cent payable on July 6 and 25; per cent, on October 29. This proc will doubtless be followed by the oil banks whose capita! is assessed by t Comptroller General at what he calls t market value of the stoek. The Praise of Blind Pigs. There was once a bear who dane for a living. He did not adopt this c copation from choice, bot from nec< sity, and because bis master carried strong whip and had a quick arm. But be was a conscientious bear, ai anxious to do bi;? best, although it w not the sort of work he preferred. I danced carefully, and practised ? steps along the road, when he travel beside his master from town to town. One day, executing a new waltz he went, he psr.sed a monkey, who s on the topmost rail of a fence, and su veyed the bear'* performance with quiet smile. "What do you thiok of my dancin ?ir?" asked the bear, wishing to he the opio ion of one who had a reput tion for wit and wisdom. "It ie bad enough,'' replied tl monkey. "You are a tremendous clumsy fellow. Bat you have a certa heavy style of your own, and may ii prove if you apply yourself lor enough." His remarks saddened the bear, b did not prevent his still trying painful to make his steps correctly. Presently he came to a couple pigs, half blind, who lay dozing in ti sunshine beside the road. "What do you think of my dancing! asked the bear. He was foolish en ou g to ask every one the same question. "Beautiful! Exquisite!" cried 01 pig, without opeuiug her eyes. "Such enchanting grace, such lovely figure, such perfect time gruntod the other. 4-Beau ti fol! beautiful!*' and they bot fell asleep again immediately. Then the bear, suddenly seeing wh; a simpleton be was, sat down ac groaned, hiding bis nose in his paws. "Now what do you mean?" cried h master, wrathfully, raising bis wbij "Get up, and go on with your steps, j not that approval enough? What mot do you expect? Dance again, that yo may have more praise." "Master," wept the humiliated beal "I can never dance again. The mor key's criticism worried me; but I knew what he was talking about, and still had hopes of doing better. Bc when I have fallen so low as to b treated to fulsome praise from blind pi$ -I see clearly that my case is hopelest and that as a dancer I shall never sui ceed." The Energy of Children. There is sometimes an element c fierceness in the energy of children They are not only lively and active an noisy, but they are aggressively sc They are not satisfied without constan attention and sympathy. Their elder must look at that, know this, an* praise the other; and their placidity being continually stirred, the elder get weary of schooling their souls t patience. This aggressive energy is a terribl strain on rasped nerves and tired body It is tn such moments of stress 0 spirit tbat the mother makes the hast; impatient speech, and then, with self reproach, does for the child tenfoli more than she ought, to punish bersel for the brief sin It is true, however some may exclain against it, that all mothers do not mergi their whole being is motherhood Sometimes the spirit ts willing but th< flesh is weak, and sometimes the spiri itself rebels. ? woman who was the mother 0 twelve children brought np ber sons ant daughters to honor and love her She was a model wife, friend, anc neighbor. Years after her boys anc girls bad grown np and were scattered ?he confessed, "I did use to get dread? fully tired of my children !" She wa? a faithful mother in spite of the feeling, perhaps better because of her perception of it, but she was a woman first, and il wa? hard to forget that. "Job's comforters'* come around, say? ing: "Think how badly you would feel if you lost them I Thiok bow you would regret the trouble wheo they are grown up solemn men and women !" Ail that is true enough, though, like some other truths, no present relief. But when the infliction is worst, it might afford a little help to consider what a wonderful mercy it is that chil? dren do have such an abundant stock of aggressive energy to start with ! What a help it is in the chaoces and changes of this troublesome life ! It is the ener? getic, enthusiastic man who keeps a bold front and a steadfast soul io the world's battle fields. It is tbeeoerget ic, brave-spirited woman who preserves a happy youthful heart, and meets trials and tribulations with a smiling defi? ance. Yes, the children will need through life all the eoergy they can command. Let us try to be thankful they have such a good supply to begin on.- Harpers Bazar. Some man living iu the low country writes The News aod Courier complain? ing of the short notice given for the ex? amination for thc Winthrop school aud expressing the opinion that it. was so arranged on purpose to discriminate against country girls. The notice was short, we do not know#why, but suppose there is some reasonable explanation. Of course the idea suggested by The News and Courier's correspondent is absurd. It illustrates two things first, the misconstructions and suspicions those who try to serve the public must expect; second, the result of the pre? judices and petty, unworthy accusations which those now io power did so much last year to encourage again>t those who were then in power. The present admisiatration is reapin? a liberal crop from its own sowing.-Greenville Neta __- ^mm w - - A year ago Governor Tillman was in favor of abolishing the Citadel an 1 called it a "dude factory." Last week he sai l that "the academy is too dear to the hearts <<f the pe?>p!e of the State for it to be t< uched " His present at? titude toward* this institution of learn? ing will ra se him in the estimati?n of the friends of tbe academy and of the pc<>p!e generally -Marion Indue. Hov Some Queer Fish Dine The carp carries his teetb back in his throat, so that wheo be has a sore throat be does not know whether to send for the doctor or the dentist. He resembles the oow io the respect that he chews bb cad. it is a pity that some of tne other virtues of eow do not; also pertain to the carp, for be would be a much more useful fi?b if tb?* w< re so although it would not be possible for him to give milk, as does our good bovine friend, owing to the certain j ?st ruction of every drop of it by the river in which be lives, and which, as many of the readers of this paper know, is foll of water. The horseshoe crab chews tts food with its legs, which is a very curio i? thing eveo for a crab to do, while the oyster feeds with its beard. The oys? ters would starve to death if they had to wait as long as title boys and girls do for their beards to grow: but for? tunately they have to do nothing of the sort, although, tc tell the troth, the oyster' beard is hardly more oereeptible than that of the smoothest faced little boy or girl in the world. The jelly 6sb basnet any teeth, but uses himself just as if be were a piece of paper when be is hungry, get? ting bia food, and then wrapping him? self aboutit. The starfish, on the con? trary, turns himself inside out and wraps his food around hin, and stays that way until he bas bad enough The prongs of the starfish look like teeth, but in reality they are not, being noth? ing but ornaments to his person. These are but a small proportion of the queer things about queer fish, but I think we have learned enough to make os all glad that we are what we are, and not Ssh, especially about dinner? time.-J. K Bangs, in Harper s Young People, "Lady-5' There ts something ludicrous and irresistibly comic says The Household, in the way and manner in which the word "ladpy" has come to he used. "YtTotnau" bas almost disappeared, and to call any one of the female sex a "woman" is to insult her. "Lady" is from an old Saxon word which meant a "loaf giver," or one who went about giving bread to the hungry. As only the rieb women were able todo this, tue term "lady" was gradually applied to coe rich enough t ? give alms. Still latter it was applied to all females who were rich enrugh to live without labor. It was a mark of distinction. But when it was broad? ened in its use and applied to every female it lost all of its significance. An advertisment not long ago appeared in a New York paper asking for a position as "saleswoman." It was refreshing to read it, for the want columns are full of such words as "forelady," *'8alelady,M "washlady," etc. In the old days, a girl was not ashamed to be called a "saleswoman," a "needlewoman," and so on. No one talks of a "ealesgentleman or a "fore gentleman. '* No; "man" is used for the male sex. Is not "woman" as honorable a distinction as "man ?" Let us get rid of these snobtMi and silly words, and let any woman be proud of the cognomen. There is something old-fashioned but grand in the simple word, "woman." It is a very common mistake which men make when registering at hotels, to write "John Jones and Lady." No gentleman should ever make such a ridiculous blunder. "John Jones aud Wife'' is the proper designation. ?^????? - The trial of "Jack the Ripper" for the murder of the old woman in New York develops some remarkable mi* croscopie testimony Experts swear that the particles of blood scraped from under "the ripper's** finger mails were mixed with intestinal fluid and particles of partly digested corned beef, cabbage and rhubarb and that the blood was from a dead body. The old woman was strangled before being mutilated, her stomach was slashed and it was proved that ber last meal was of corned beef and cabbage with rhubarb pie. -? Mr. W. P. Cantwell, Supervisor of Registration for Charleston county, deserves the thanks of the people of South Carolina for his brave and manly fight against our would be Czar's arbi? trary, as it proves, lawl s proceeding. Judge Wallace decider t *^e Gover* nor not only had no i to remove Mr Cantwell, but that to j two posi? tions held by (be gentleman were not incompatible.-Col. 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