The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 17, 1892, Image 3

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.-. .-. * WKDNBSDAY, FEB. 1?,>98. fiaf?4 B. Hill. Ifce Uadi*g Points of Eis Political thrrcr. The political life of David B. Hill . began in Elwira, N. Y , and that city for nearly shirty years has. been the scene of bte poiitical activity and meta ?BT fi? tod act been in Elmira long before be ?a? elected a justice of the peace. Polities soon became ??th bim a passion, to the prasuit of which every thing waa subordinated. He cared nothing for literature or general cohere, and be never mingled in respectable ec "??ety. From the first he aimed to ?fabe himself supreme as a Democratic leader ia Elmira For thia reason be never chose a? bis associates men who ?ste his equals, and who might subse? quently contest bis leadership, but be chose as bis lieutenants men who were often from she lowest dregs of society. ?* order to achieve bis purpose^ be did wot hesitate to fors a coalition with his Opponents m tbe opposite party in order ?o defeat aa oppose*t ia ais own party. looked to bis personal and not his party's success. These matters ?re of common tradition to-day in E!mi ra. and will be substantiated by partic? ular instances. Hill took up hts residence io the Third Ward of Elmira, ?ad the history of his doings in that Ward is the story of the way in which the politics of the whole city was gradually debaucbed. : Democrats and Republicans alike tw fess that rote buy?n? bas developed there intt a regular business, and that l?mira to day is one of the most cor? rupt cities, politically, in Cse United . States. Prominent euket-s trace tbe beginning of this State of affairs to ?avid ^ *? *.. When he first began %ts p^..; . il career the Third Ward bad lt large ?oatrog popehtion. It also had a* very heavy negro vote. It was there / *?iat hs began to fcuild op a political power There *s a common tradition, fisher denied by Sill, tbat be went into . the Third Wari with fifty crisp one-dol? lar birts, y ith these be purchased fif? ty negro votes. .Tout was in the early -Sixiie*. When Hill ran for Mayor - votes had gone ap to $10, and wheo he was a candidate for Governor the price I} was |20. Two responsible citizens of Elmira ba Ve stated to a representative of the Evening Post that they have seen Hill band money to voters. The statement of one ot these men, a merchant who .bas lived io tbe Third Ward for thirty ^eare. was as foi lo ws : M*? personally saw Hill band an en? velope to an old man who bad the pal ?sy. The man was unable to open it WUMT handed it to one of my clerks. I -saar tbe derk opon it ind take out a *4*e>4d6&ar bill and band it to tbe old .aaa*?* <j3o& ?*f -these men are willing to .attest' Ibe feds should Hill ever deny .taat?a^tibariyper80oaUy purchased votes. '.For yeans WiiQ openly and boldly bought votes?as? scores of lawyers and business men in Elmira will attest to .?be fact ?When Hill first began to work for %po?tieal prestige, tbe Aroota were a po llitwial ipower. The so-called Arnot ?party.comprised the best and most con ?servative portion of Elmira Democracy. iHill began to build himself up as an .opponent to tbe Arnols He rallied to 'himself .all the disreputable elements /of ihe Third Ward, and gradually of "tba wholfttftiy. His tutor at tbe time wac a notorious character nt med Ed? ward Ii Patrick, who was dismissed frota the Union Army, He was one of Hill's roost intimate friends,. "Ss Bill grew bolder be openly scoff? ed at buying votes of bis own party, and io order to overcome bfcs Democratic opponents be hired gangs st Eepublican repeaters to go Cram one votiag-pJace to another, io this way beefeater dele gat?? at tbe primaries, l One inaident of bis early legal career w remembered: Oo June 17, 1856." a furious storm fell upon the centra] ?.mtie* of tbe Southern part sf the ?ste, Tbs water poured down, filling tribe Cbemung Canal and o ver fio wing it. Much damage was done to adjacent property.' At tue time there was no ?hozigbt of holding tbe Stats respcast bie. Tears afterwards, however, the firm of Smith & Hill represented to the formers 'tbat they bad a jost claim against tbe State. " Tbe farmers made ias>Kig rcwai i1 nt whereby the lawyers were to undertake the ease, receiving nothing if they ?te*, and tbe largest part of tbe damages if they won. In 1869 II ill's tutoc, Patrick, being a member of the Assembly a bill was pasced directing tbs Canal Appraisers to pay the dam? ages. Hill himself was in the Assem? bly when the last batch of bills was passed. The aggregate amount of these claims was nearly $6,000,000, the jgreater part being in behalf of the clients of Hill & Smith. One of the awards was for $11,445 to James A. Locke, whose whole estate was not worth that amount. lu 1875 Gov. Til? den*? Canal Commission exposed the na? tur?; of these claims. Locke testified that be first learned fro ? the lawyers Smith & Hill that be bad been damaged by the Stats. "Tell us," said the questioner of the Commission, ' in what manner and by whom was this question first pre? en ted to you of making a claim ? " %#I ibiok it was by Smith & Hill," re? plied Locke. '?You got your informa? tion in some way ? *'I got it from ?bem.n replied th*> witness. In the fall of 1870 Hill was elected to tbe Assembly succeeding Patrick, who became a pension agent, and con? ducted tbat business in such a manner thai; he was charged with drawing pen? sions for persons who were dead, was convicted, and sentenced to the peniten? tiary. Wheo hi? ".erm expired be left tba-country-and bas neyer returned. fa the Assembly Mr. Hill became one of the most subservient and useful agents Tweed bad outside of the city of New Ycrk io carrying out bis schemes for robbing this city. Patrick had served Tweed during the sessions of ;18t^ and 1870, and it was quite to Mr. Hill's inclination to take up tba Tweed connection whe e bis former political mentor bad been obliged to drop it. The relations between Tweed and Mr. Hill ripened into partnership in tbe business of pub? lishing a newspaper. To aid himself io bis eavass for the Assembly in 1870, $fr. Hill conceived tbe idea of owning or controlling the D?mocratie Elmira Gazette He got an option OD it and formed m stock company witb a capital of $Jfl"8o0. half of which was to be paid ur IJill ap4 t^o pthcr ftiipira k t si ti tl ? b h ii a ? P w P f( tl r P P b a I men too): $10,000 of tbe paid-op stock, aoH Siward S. Patrick took $10.000 fdr som is person not named. Soon afterwards, however, this "seme person" tamed ont to be William M. Tweed, tbe great thief. To bim Patrick trans? ferred his $10,000 certificate of part? nership io the paper Mr. Hill was eleeted to the Assembly, where he was owned and controlled by Tweed. He voted fur tbe bills that enabled the Tweed ring to consummate their plot against the city, and against the repeal of tbe Erie Classification Act, that bad enabled Goold and Fisk to steal the Brie railway, aa Tweed and his band bad stolen money from New York city He opposed tbe impeachment of .Judge Cardoso, and on the 8>>or of the Assem? bly undertook to apologise for that other corrupt judge, George C. Barnard. In 1872 Hill returned to Elmira. He had followed the fortunes of Tweed, bot OQ bis downfall he attached himself to Tildeo aod became his lieutenant. Al? though for several years he held DO political office, he engaged in all the tocal political fights. Wheo Robinson was a candidate for governor, the Arnot influence was with Kelly. That fact proved a strong leverage for Hill. Io 1880 Hill was elected Alderman from the Toled Ward, aod io 1882 he was eleeted Mayor of Elmira. At that time a mao by the o ame of "Tom" Gorman was Hill's active worker, Gorman worked indifferently for either party candidate. Be had an eye for '"what was io it" for himself. He was wholly a osero pol ous Wheo elected Mayor, Hill placated the Arnot factioo by promising to transfer the city deposits to the Arnot baok. Hill afterwards coo fessed that he owed bis election largely to Gormao. Oo Decem ber 28, 1SS2, be resigned the Mayoralty to become Liea-eoant Governor. From that time on, although bis history is largely that of the chief executive of the State, he bas never withdrawn from Elmira fights tod factions Io persoo or through hi* .'heelers** he bas directed every igbt. Io variably he appears io Elmira he Sooday before election and all that lay bis omeo ?warms with bis workers, .beelera" and friends. Hundreds go iway with the sevelopes that constitute be secret of Hill's ioSoenee. Nearly all bis friends aod workers ire the dregs of the community. He irovidefl liberally for them. The fol'ow Dg are a few of those who have dooe ita work, have been bis intim?tes, aod ia ve been rewarded therefor by him as rovernov: Hoger Sullivan, a mao who for years ept a gambling house in Elmira, an? ointed to the Department of Public Vorksio Albany. .'Billy** Dilmore,a man from Millport canal towo. sent to Elmira to do isreputable political work, appointed to position io the Department of Public Vorks at Albany : "Al" Hitchcock, an active political rorker of the lower type, appointed to a option in Albany. Mark Eustace, with no particular oowledge of banking, appointed to the Unkiog Department. Joe Eustace, was Colonel oo Hill's taff, became so dissipated that be bad 0 be dismissed Alexander C. Eustace, appointed oo ie Civil-Service Commission. All the los tace brothers were Hil Ts active porkers. "Mott" Eustace was a gam? ier, aod it is said that Hill settled a irge number of his debts. A prominent business mau of Elmira, 1 summing op Hill's career, said, "As Democrat he oever allowed another democrat to become a leader or get into ower. Sooner thao permit this he oald unite with factions of the opposite arty He is first for Hill and second >r the Democratic party, and rather san yield to other leaders he will dis npt his party. He has debauched the o! it i OP of oar city, and built whatever ?wer he has from the most disreputa le elements of his party by means of loney and bribery.**-N. Y. Evening 'ost. E Vire Pullers and Poor People get the Taxes. ri 01 si T is is le le w it u it ic n; T u st b g c? it h; th e( tl tl b; A correspondent of the Atlanta Jour al relates the following : The following confab with a ?lever Confederate veteran, who had never odied the matter, "iplaios the matter i understood by ?any who have oever lade figures oo it. He said : "Oar taxes are enormous, and they et worse every year. I do weeder hat goes with tbe money.. Here ?8 ty tax receipt. I only give io a little . *er 03.000 worth of property, and I ay $20 40. ii takes nearly a bale of itton. I just can't stand it. Tbe ran try is ruined if there is not so?e- 1 ling done to save us from such extrav gaoce. My tax, at the rate we p-.id efore the war would not exceed ?3 or 4, and here I am working myself to eath to keep a few sharp political 'ire-workers in o See aud pay them ex rbitant salaries.** "Were you in the war?** "Yes, and fought about three years or the lost canse, and lost my leg in attie, and here I am rtfj'itred to pay hese exorbitant taxes without kuowing rhere it goes to.'* "How many children have you ?" , "Nine - "Did you send them to school last ?arr "Ves; t sent six of them five nonths." ..How much tuition did you pay ?" "I didn't ?pay any-seut them cn the ?Wie." " What weald it have cost you if you lad had to pay tuition T* "Well. 1 suppose, on an average, ibout $1 25 p?T month each ; that vould be about ?37 50.'* "Do rou get a pension from the State?"* "Yes; I get $100 a year " "Who pays this tuition of ?37 50 md $I?j0 passion? " "lt is paid hy the State, of course " "What did you say your taxes vere ?"' "I said they were ?*29 40." "You draw $137 5U from the State md pay ?20 40 taxe.??, and cant tell whore it goes to or what ui?kea taxes so ligh. Isn't that strange V" "John, let's go This fellow don't enow nothin* no how." "Where do you suppose these politi? sai wire puller.- get their big salaries?" "John, let's g'>. I tell you this fel ow don't know what he's talkiu' ibout." n cl t* h V? P st Ix ?< tl st T ac w f 4' bi al w b< ci ar g< in U cr ro m ci C bs of hi w di S tl ol tl B t< P tl tl r< a F The towo council of Summerville has ?eeo petitioo&d to allow the Charleston. holleton and Berkeley B ft .the exten ion of C S & N. K R , to pass brough the Main street of that town. Savannah, l?T iferect a ?2000 lonamcnt to Father ityan, the poet. \ a Blaine and Tillman. Governor Tillman and Secretary of State Blaine had a little correspondence, which was given to the press yesterday, says the Colombia Register of the 7th. Secretary Blaine's letter is as fcliows : DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 6, 1892. To His Excellency B R. Tillman, Gov? ernor of the State of Sooth Carolina. Sir : I have the honor to state that it has been brought to the attention of the department that on the first day of December last Jefferson Chandler, in behalf of the Campagne Francaise du Telegraph de Paris a New York, other wise known as the French Atlantic Ca? ble company, requested the official con? sent of your State to the landing of a cable on the shores of South Carolina ; aod that Mr. Chandler's communication having been referred by yon to the gen? eral assembly, the latter on the 23J of December passed a joint resolution au? thorising and permitting the French Atlantic cable company "to laod a sub? marine cable at some eligible point in tbe State of Sooth Carolina, where nav? igation will be in no degree disturbed or affected by such landing." Oo the second day of December last Mr. Cbaodler, id behalf of the same jompaoy, presented an application to ihe president of the United States for :he landing of the cable to which the Foregoing letter referred. Tbatapplica ;ion is still pending. The landing of loreign cables bas heretofore been re? garded as within the exclusive control >f the general government as an inci? tent of its authority with respect to the egulation of foreign commerce. As be cable company has applied to tbis lepartmeot for ?be necessary permis? i?n to land its cable, I assume that dr. Chandler's object io applying to roar excellency was not to avoid the isual conditions which it has always teen the policy of the United States to equire ia sach cases, but simply out f abundance of caution to secure the omalative permis-ioo of the State au? tarkies. I have thought it proper, owever, to advise you of tbe foregoing, od ? have the hooor to be, sir, your bedieot servaot. JAMES G BLAINE To this communication Governor 'iliman replied as follows : lon. James G. Blaine, Washington, D. C. Sir : Your letter of February 6 h, in terence to the permission given by ur general assembly at its recent ses on to the Compagnie Francaise du elegraphe de Paris a New York to md its cable on the shore of this State, i received. Whatever the motive of Mr. Cband T in making the request which our .gi s la ture probably considered, and hatever the opioioo heretofore exist lg as to such matters being entirely oder federal control. I do not consider possible that there will be aoy clash ig between South Carolina aod the ational government about this matter, he advisability and necessity of the nited States government being con iked in cases of this kind is not deoied y me, bat I fail to see what a tele rapbic cable has to do with "foreign >mmerce,*' except as a very remote icident. The agent of the company as requested permission to land from ie president, and they have acknowl ]ged both the State and Federal au loriries ; and I mast say I consider ie one as necessary as the other. I ave the honor to be sir. Your obedient servant. B. R. TILLMAN. i. Steamship to Carry Sup? plies to Russia. PHILADELPHIA,!^ 8.-The Russian ?lief committee has succeeded in bartering; the steamship "Indiana" > carry supplies to Russia, but may ave to engage a tramp steamer to ike the western corn and grain. Dis at ches from Minnesota and Iowa ;ate that their supplies have already ?en started to New York, and the Indiana" would either have to go to tat port to load or else a special ves ;1 would have to be sent there, he latter will probably be the course Iopted. The wettern supplies ould fill a 2.000 ton ship, and the Indiana,'* which is 3,500 tons, could ? loaded with goods from this State one. The cost of transportation ill exceed $30,000, all of witted will i subscibcd by the citizens of this ty. The '.Indiana" is expected to rive by February 15th, and the jods intended for her wi.I be stored a ware house until she is ready to 3 loaded. b< ul fo bc si dc di it Si at ci' tb co m ac of A A op he C. S. Bc N. and Summer? ville. Receiver C. E. Kimball, of the harleston, Sumter and Northern Rail ad, aud Col. J. II. Averill, general anager of the same road, were in the fy yesterday, and were staying at tbe barlestoo Hotel. R ceiver Kimball is just comi Jeted a careful inspection ' the property of the road, and is on is way to his home io New York city, here his headquarter are. General Manager Averill said yester iy that he had sent an engineer to ummerville to make a survey of a line trough that place, as she town council F Summerville bad offered to give to ie Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad the right of way through the )wn if the company would build their roposed southern extension through ie town and build a depot there. The company has hot yet accepted ie offer and will not do so until the eport of tho civil engineer is received nd considered -News aud Courier eh. Hrh. de ca J< tb ca cu th tb itt th The Drummers Get There. Two hundred and fifty thousand nmmercial travelers in this country re interested in bill, which was avorab'y reported in the Senate, iroviding that nothing; in the inter tate commerce laws shall prevent or irohibit any common carrier from ;iving reduced rates of transposion nd permission to carry baggage in xcess of the usu il weight to com? mercial travelers The bill, if pa?*s?id, will riot be bligatory upon the railroads, but nil relieve thom from the inter? pretation of law that now forbids hern to extend the commercial tra? der the advantages enjoyed by them ii Canada and other countries, and irliicli they believe thoy should en >y here The Travelers, Protective L6Sociation extends from Texas to the orthern border of thc United States, as vA its branches are found itt every ^ otl tb wi rei lin oh th asl or; du an da thi by fol th. no of nt loi to tal mi po ex pe wc pa ro th tb th of Pf of tb oe at ei P< in til ti? fo pi la t> iii w P m si is P sa th city from Providence, R I., to Port? land, Oregon, lt is estimated that they contribute to the railroad cor? porations in ."ares the enormous sum of ?70,000,000 annually, and they expend a large additional sum in pay? ing excess baggage. In the prose? cution of their business they contri? bute to the railroad companies some thing like 600,000.000 tons bf freight, to be distributed to all parts of the country. Tho consideration of these facts, which have been pre 8ented to the committees of both branches of Congress by Geo. S McGrew, national president of the Travelers' Protective Association of America, Chas. A. Barcher, vice chairman of the legislative committee T. P. A., and Lois T. Beaume,nation al secretary T. P. A., led to thc approval of the bill by the House committee on interstate commerce, iud was convincing Lo the commerce jommittee of the Senate. Resigna ti on of the Regents. COLUMBIA, Feb. ll -The board of egents of the State Lunatic Asylum net this morning at 10 30,and after rou ine business was dispensed with the fol owing communication was drawn up nd forwarded to the Governor: To his Excellency, - Governor B R Allman-Dear Sir: The board of regents f the Lunatic Asylum having failed to each a unanimous conclusion nuder the lictof the Legislature reduciog the Duin? er from nine five, we, the members, ereby tender you our resignation, to ike effect as soon as you shall have ap ointed and co urn's ioned our successors. We respectfully enclose herewith the ctioo of the board this day Signed: B- W. Taylor, Iredell Jones, . C. Wilson, A White, W. J. Good ?g, Dr Jas C. Mullins, A. H. Hayden The following is the action of the oard: Whereas, this board bas been required y a recent Act of the General Assem iy to reduce by lot its number from ine to five, and whereas, such method i our judgment is objectionable in that may defeat the intent of the law un er which the board is at present con ituted, whereas a representation was ?cured from all parts of the State and hereas, in our judgments safer result iay be reached by an intelligent selec ? to a geographical distribution; be it. Resolved. That we deem it best that rery member of the board resign and ave it to the Executive of the State to try out the law as may seem to him ?8t. Adopted-seven yeas, one nay. J. W. Bunch, Sec. and Treas. Dr. A. N. Talley was the only mem jr of the board who did not resign,and )on being questioned as to his reasons r continuing his connection with the >ard. he said that he did not resign m ply because he saw no reason for )iog so; that so far as the "mode" of awing lots was concerned, he thought fair and just, and inasmuch as the ipreme Court of the United States had times resorted to thi? method of de ding certain questions, he thought at the board of regents of the Asylum uld with "safety" resort -to such a ethod and not sacrifice their dignity. Governor Tillman has not yet taken tion in the resignation of the members the board of regents of the Lunatio sylum but has referred the matter to ttorney General MoLaurin for bis ?inion.- News and Courier. he Supreme Court Sustains the Claims of the Banks. The supreme court on Feb. ll ren? ted its decision in the Newberry bank se, Judge Fraser sitting in place of jstice Pope, who was disqualified rough precious connections with the se. The decision of the court, con rred in by all the judges, is against e comptroller general's right to raise e assessment of the bank stock from i par value to what in the opio iou of at official was the real market value Yardmaster Crushed to Death. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 10 - An ?ier fatal accident occurred today io e Northeastern rail road yard, by lich C. A O'Brien, actiug yardmas was crushed to death while coup g cars. The deceased was 22 years 1. He will be sent to Sineath's on 3 South Carolina railway for burial. Thy Women may Propose Colin Shackleford said: "Some one ked me the other day what was the ?gin of women proposing marriage ring a leap year. I looked it ap. d while it may not be new to all I re say it will iuterest many. Tn 3 year 1288 a statute was published the Scotch parliament, of which the In wing is a copy, and is, to my mind, 3 origin of the custom or idea. I do t know that it is a custom or ever was : " 'It is ordaint that during the reign Her Maist Blessit Majestie Margaret. ;e maiden, ladee of bait h b'gh and w estate, shall have liberty to speak the man bhe likes. Gif he refuses to ke her to be his wyf, he shale be alct in the sum of ane hundredity unds or less, as his estate may bee, cept au alwais gif he can make it. ap? ar that he is betrothit to another >man, then he shall be free.' "After the dear old Margaret had .ssed away the women became c'amo us for their privileges, and to appease em another act of parliament allowed em the privilege every fourth year.'' ?Chicago Tribune The Washington correspondent of e New York Stat states that the post fice authorities ate alarmed at the pro >rtions which the organized business mail robbery has assumed. During e last fiscal y<ar torty-eight stage .aehes transporting mail matter were tacked, and eight hundred and sixty ght post-offices were robbed- The )st-ofHce inspectora recommend that creased rewards Htjould be offered for e capture of the robbers. No sugges an is made with regard to the other rms of robbery, practised by the em oyees of the department. During the st year, fifty-eight postmasters, tweu -three assistant postmasters, forty clerks, aud sixty six mail carriers ere arrested on charges of dishonesty, ri vate express companies seem to be j j uch safer from outside as w-'ll as in- , de thieves, and tho reason doubtless J that they are more securely guarded. ? ri vate firms are responsible for thc j fe delivery of the matter intrusted to ! j em, while the Government Post-office 1 I I j sumes no responsibility for losses oe- j irring under its inauagomeut. j ' What Keeps the South Poor? During the year 1891 the cereal crop of the South increased in value $70, 000/000 over the crop of 1890. an3 ths cotton crop iocreased about ?17,000, 000. The New York Stockholder gives tho figures as follow.-: Total, $1,108, 976 200, or ?121 541,450 more than in 1890, aDd ?497 297.000 more than in 1S30. Corn. 510 330,000 bushel*, as against 268.757,000 bushels in 1881. Wheat, 48.490 000 bushels, an increase of 12,500,000 bushels over 1890 Oats. 76,178,000 bushels, an increase ot 16 000,000 bushels. Sugar, ?35. 462.872, an increase of ?2 287,672 over 1890. Tobacco. ?35.750.405, aa increase of $1.471.881. Fruit, $40, 526,000, an increase of ?15,905.500. Hay, $23,476,400, an increase of ?2,4.06,960. Potato^, ?18.853.762, an increase of ?4,581,162. Rice, $8,482,600, an increase of ?43.640. Other products, ?182 879,401. With such an increase all along the line, parallel, with an increase in manufac? tures, it seems wonderful that the South is not enjoying an era of excep? tional prosperity. The Appeal-Aval andie has already pointed out some of the causes, legitimate and illegitimate, for the depression in the cottoo-produc iog Mates, but when a marked increase in cereals, in cotton, in manufactures, ic the introduction of agricultural ma? chinery, in acreage of cultivated lauds, and in live stock, the depression is not easy to account for. Only two explan? ations suggest themselves, and these are the heavy burdens imposed by the tariffand the pension list About ?40, 000,000 is the annual contribution of the South to support the horde of patriots for revenue only, now drawing pensions from the nation. Such a drain as this, takiog all this money out of the South and bringing noue of it back, is bound to tell upon the prosperity of this ! section. But this is a small matter, compared with the millions which the farmers of the South pay to the pro? tected manufacturers of the North. The necessaries of life in the South would, we will venture to say, not cost half what they do today, if the burdens of the tariff were removed from the backs of the people. Nearly everything the farmer eats, drinks, wears and works with, is taxed to death; and nearly all these taxes go out of the South and do not come back. The immense outflow of money helps to build up the North, and diminishes our resources by that much; so that the Southern people are compelled not only to keep up with the demands of the day, but also to cover up this steady dreinage from their resources.-Mem? phis Appeal. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Taverner, in the Boston Post, speaks thus of an aged and beloved philosopher and poet: "Now that Dr. Holmes' birthday visitors, have departed, I shall discreetly make my way into the study of the still youthful poet, (for. of course, he takes the Post), and present my compliments, and my good wishes for the ensuing year. I was glad to learn that be did not allow his callers on Saturday last to interfere with his customary drive io the afternoon, and that he rigidly follows the regimen which he bas marked out for himself. Oue hears much about Dr. Holmes' thermometers and barometers ; his par? ticularities as to clothing, his abstem? iousness at the table, etc. But in all thia the Autocrat, I am convinced, is actuated by no vulgar desire for mere length of days. "Nobody really knows Dr. Holmes who does not recognize the fact that he possesses the instincts of a true sporting j man. His love of horses is sincere, as the three immortal poems (?oon to be published, by the way, in a neat little book by themselves, at which I had a pe p not long since) will testify. But what bearing has the sportsmanship of Dr. Holmes upon his careful mode of life? Simply this: the Autocrat, un? less I mistake, is engaged io a manly race with time. If he reaches the 100 pear point before death overtaks him, he wins and humanity profits by the vic? tory. The odds are with the autocrat : ie has entered the home stretch in good beart and form, and I look to see him jace under the wire at least a neck ihead of his adversary. May Heaveu rive strength to his feet. - Mil - Ju Germany, like others countries, suf ers from the gradual depopulation of Milages by the increase of migration to he cities, Couut Coprivi has announ :ed his intention of introducing a bill o check the evil. Atty peasant wishing o try his fortune elsewhere must inform he police of his dest ination, and of his irospects of making a livelihood. If he latter be deemed satisfactory, he viii be allowed to. depart; if not, he viii be compelled to remain where he is. Should he fail to prosper in his new tome within a certain period and seem ikely to become a public charge, he viii be sent back by the authorities to tis native, village, which wilt be requir? ed to find him food and lodging until te can obtain work. The cost of his keep s to bi provided by a small tax to be evicd upon the wages of other laborers n his parish. The theory of the gover neot authorities is that there are not lands enough in the country districts low for the work that requires to be lone, and the object of the proposed aw is to mike it the interest of every millage to prevent its inhabitants from nigrating.- To-Day. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Is it not worth the small price of 75c to Ye?? yourself of every symptom of these dis ressing complaints, if you think so call at mr store and get a bottle of Shiloh's Vi alizer, every bottle has a printed guarantee HI it, use accordingly und if it does you no rood it will cost .von nothing. Sold by Dr. A.. J. Chi OH, Sumter S. C. 5 We h ive a speedy and positive cure for catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth and head iche. io Shiloh's C ttarrh Remedy. A nasal injector free with each bottle. Use it if you iesire beni th mid sweet breath. Price 50c. Sold by Dr. A. J. Chitin, Sumter S. C. 5 Ob, What a Cougb. Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach ot that more terrible disease Conuraption. Ask yourselves f y?u can afford for the-sake nf saving 50c, o run the risk ?md do nothing for it. We <now from experience that Shiloh's Cure will Mire your cough, lt never fails. This ex? plains why more than a .Milli n Bottles were ?old the pnst year. It relieves croup and whooping cough at once. Mothers, do not ie without it. For lanie back, side or chest .se .Shiloh's Porous plaster Sold hy Dr A. J. China. Sumter S. C. 4 BEAL ESTATE ASENCY. rHB UNDERSIGNED has established a Real l?state and Collection Agency in Sumter and desires property holders having irbperty for sale or rent to list same with lim. Tenants secured and rents collected iromptlv. Best references given. Apr. ?0. W. H. COMMANDER. NEWS ITEMS. Another revolution has broken out rn Brazil. Texas is looming np as an iron pro dacing State. There was a mil?ion dollar fire in Memphis, Tennessee, last week. Mcllvaine, a murderer was electro? cuted in Sing Sing, N. Y. prison last week. Fifty-three horses wpre sold for $158,535 in Lexington Ky., on Feb. 8th. A reorganization of the South Caro? lina Railway company is being formu? lated. The Emperor of Germany has deci? ded upon active measures against the Socialists. The Darlington bank will fight the Comptroller ou the raise in assessment fot taxation. The Navajo Indians of New Mexico have gone on the war path against the cow boys. A Commandery of Uniform Rank, Knights of Honor has been established in Charleston. Dr. Talley, of Columbia, will deliver thc commencement address at the Geor? gia Medical College. Congress has been asked to ap?ropri ate $16 000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi river. The Hotel Royal was burned up in New York city and more than twenty five of the inmates lost their lives. You don't want a torpid liver. You don't want a bad complexion. Yon don't want a bad breath. You don't want a headache. Then use DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. J. S. Bugbson k Co. It is an established fact that DeVViti's Lit? tle Earlv Risers have an enormous sale, and why? Simply because they are pleasant in taking and happy in results. A pill for the multitude. W. H.Gilliland & Co.* Yon don't want a torpid liver. 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