Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SOMTISB watchman, Kstabiiehed APr?. ISSO. "Be Just and Fe- not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " _ _ _ THETKCfi S?uibbo?, BrtsblM.?* Joni. Ii?? Consolidated An?. 2 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER;?, 1892. _ New Series-Yol. XiL No. 6 M Puhl! shoo. sTory ^odnssday, BY N. Gr. OSTESN, SUMTER, S. G. TERMS I Two Dollars per annum?in advance. - ADVSRTI8SMSSTS. Otte Square, firs? insertion.$1 00 Bvery-subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo made at reduced rates. AH communication;? which subserve private nterjsts w$I be charged for s-s advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. the mmm national bask, OF S UM TER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.S < 5,000 00 Sarplu3 Fund. 10,500 00 Transacts a General Sinking Business. Careful attention given 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 nrst day s of January, April, Ju?v and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. It. S. CassoN, Aug. 7 Cashier. HI BMI W iHTK i sumter, s c. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts & general Banking business. Also hes A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. w. f. b. Haynsworte, W. F. Rhamb. President. Cashier. Ang 21._ Bl I ALTA ?M?? J>ENT1ST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns & Pardy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICK, D. 3). S. Office over Bogin's New Store, khtraxck 05 ma?s str32t SUMTER, S. C. Office Honrs.?9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ mm\m shop. AU kinds of MACHINE WORK REPAIRS can be had in Sumter, at short notice, and in j the very best class of work, at the shop re ceatly opened by the undersigned on Liberty Street, near the C. S. & N. Depot. Boite Patched, and IE! and Gin Work a Specialty. Prompt attention given to work in the eoantry, and first class workmen sent to at tend to same. Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aog 13 EDGAR SKINNER IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public generally that my Saw Mill located oa the C. S. & N. R. R., just back of my residence, is now in full operatic.i. and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grad&s. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. ifcb 18. _._ l d. johnston, sumter, s. c, -THE Practical Carpenter, Contractor AND BUILDER, TT70ULD RESPECTFULLY inform the f V citizens of Sumter and surrounding country that ire is prepared to furnish plans, and estimates on brick and wooden buildings All work entrusted to him will be done first' ciass. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Aug 19 o Why Rent Land When Yon Can Buy a Home on Easy Terms? FOR SALE. ATRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND Timber land, containing 900 ??eres w'uk good dwelliugand outbuildings, well located half mile from ReicTs station on ?ho Manches ter and Augusta R. R., ? :ni!ei from Sumter. Will sell as a whole or ia lots to suit pur chasers. Terms?One-third cash, balance easy pay ments and low interest. See or address W. O. CAIN, Ramsey, P. O., S. C. OR E. W. Babbs, Agt. Ramsey P. O., S. C. Dec. 30.?tf. Bti?ABff??t?i I 1529 Arch St.. Pl/iia. Perm, For Cod sain pticc, Astha&a, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Debility, Rheu ma ti^?i?, Necra?g?a, And ail ZJhvonic and W?rvoBLS disorders. It has been in use for more than twenty years ; thousands cf patients have been treat ed, and over one thoasand physicians hav( used it and recommend '<:?a very significant fact. ' It Is agreeable. There is no nauseou3 taste, nor after-tast?, nor sickening smell. *'Compound Oxygen?It Mode of Action ?od Results,'' is the title a book of 200 pages, published by Drs. Si rkey.'? <' en, which gives to ail inquirers full informs ici as to this r?raarkablecurati"5 igen! snd record of ?urprisi;?g euro s wide.range chronic cases?many ol after abandoned to die by otfr pi rsic?ans. Wi be mailed free to any a 3 vs ou applicatio! . j M STARK?Y & faim | 1529 Arch St., ghitacTeIp2iia3 1 120 Setter St., San Ffcaacisco, Cal. ; Please mention ibis psj er Dec. 9.? j THE SOMTISB watchman, Kstabiiehed APr?. ISSO. "Be Just and Fe- not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " _ _ _ THETKCfi S?uibbo?, BrtsblM.?* Joni. Ii?? Consolidated An?. 2 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER;?, 1892. _ New Series-Yol. XiL No. 6 I AM STILL SELLING First Class Goods AT LIVING PRICES. It takes too much room toi enumerate all the bargains! 1 have to offer, but I must call jour attention to our - HANDSOME CHAMBER SETS: Both in China and tin. i Eie ORfVES SH GLASSWARE- j SHOES' j That are soiid and will wear. HAVE YOU TRIED MY Coffee at 20c. pr. lb AND Tea at 25c. pr. Ib.? If not, jou are missing a genuine bar gain. It ba3 long been a household word, that yoa ?et nothing but good goods, and full value at Oct. 6. y NEW COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUM TER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP . For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Monuments, T01M?, Sc, And doing a General Business in that line. A complete work-shop has been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to exeeu?e will: promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain t.ur price before placing au order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jure IG Fer Infants and Chr'dren. Cn^rioria promotes digestion, and overcomes Flatulency] Coi^slipatiu.u, Sour Stomach, Diarrh.o.-a, and Fevcrisdiuess. Thus tlio child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as .s;;i*-i\iur tu any prescription j irao'v?to me." H. A. Archer. M. i... 11! South uxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. j **1 ?se Castoria in my practice, and find it I Bpecidlly adaz>ted to affections of eh i Id reu." Alex. RonsRTsoN, 21. D., KOT 2d Ave., New York. "From personal tncvrlod^e and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine | for children, acting as a laxative and relierias: the r>ent up bowels and fcenaral system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex cellent effect upon their children." Da. G. C. Oscoor., Lowell, Mass. The Cesta-k CoiTPAxr, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. ???????? s?ia CzJ r-?? a&L ? ? e roraw?y :;ro wonderful in their eSects . ivn-i-.'j t;.o fjystcso o? I'iltou-siicss' and malaria. No one living iu Malarial Regions < should *>o without th'-aj. Their tieo prevents attocka o? ciilii* and fever, . dumb ague, bliioua Coiie, and srivrsl the sy>tciii ptr'-nyrth to realst u?i the ev?iscf an unhealthy and impure at-j inosphere. Elegantly su;c:tr-coated. ' 3Prioe,25c Office, Sftl^kf'Iece.N.Y. ? ? ? G GLENN SPRINGS allALKAL vVAIM I Kg i . c: *? ta . W?m wm A Safe, Pleasant Cure for ?11 di^ea-es of the LIVER. KIDNEYS. BLADDER AND BOWELS. FOR SALE V Dr. A. j. CHINA, Du. J. F. W. DkLOuME, .-A N D W. il. DELGAR, / gent. PAUL SIMPSON, Shipper, Gieun Springs, S. C. PREPARE FOR OCT. 21. i ' The outline of what is proposed for ' Columbus Day is enough to indicate two I thing? First?That the official programme will be eo simple and can be so easily ar ranged that no scttool need wait till it is published before beginning its own preparations for the celebration. Second?That the object of the na tional public school celebration of Co lumbus Day needs the cordial co-opera tion of the citizens generally in each lo cality in order to be fully realized. The executive committee has also sent us a few suggestions of a practical nature which will be of advantage to teachers and all other friends of the cele bration just at present. They are as follows: First?A strong local committee should j be appointed at once. It would be well to include in this committee not only I the leading school officials, but also editors of the local press, army veterans ! and leading citizens who are known to I favor the celebration by the schools. Only such as are likely to give earnest support to the work should be appointed. Second?The postofnee address of the chairman of this local committee should be sent to the ofrke of the chairman of the national executive committee (Fran cis Bellamy, Youth's Companion office. Boston, Mass.), in order that the chair man of the local committee may receive the official programme and other com munications. Third?This committee should first see that each school is provided with a flag, the salute to which will be the first fea ture of the official programme. They should also advise with each principal as to the best way in which the celebra tion can l>e carried on in his school house, arranging for speakers and sug gesting exercises additional to the offi cial programme. Fourth?This committee should also arrange that the citizens' celebration be made to occur in the afternoon, and should see that the desired prominence is given to tho free school idea in public ceremonies. Where no arrangements have yet been made for a citizens' cele bration this committee might them selves take the initiative, and organize the afternoon demonstrations as well as the morning observances' in the school houses. Fifth-?The greater publicity that is given to this committee, both in its for mation and in its work, the better. Ac cordingly, the attention of the people generally must be gained and their inter est secured. Let tiie people be freely in vited to give suggestions and to send communications to the local press as to the best conduct of the celebration. Sixth?The committee should see that" the editors of the local papers are inter ested in the movement, and tho people j informed through the columns of these ! papers of the celebration and what is I being done to make it a success. I In one word, this 400th anniversary of ' America belongs to all the people. The public echools take tho lead because they are the organization closest to tho peo ple, most characteristic of the people and fullest of hope for the people. FRIDAY ONCE WAS LUCKY. Tho New York board of women man agers of the Columbian exposition are alive to the mistake of dedicating the buildings and grounds of the World's fair on Oct. 12. At a recent meeting in Albany a member of the board made a comprehensive statement of the reasons j why the change of date to Oct. 21 should be made, and said in ciosing: "1 would also like to .state, in this connection, one sentimental reason which I am sure will show a very interesting set of coinci dences. Columbus left the Old World on a Friday, discovered the New World on a Friday, left tlio New World on a Friday, returned to the Old World on a Friday, and the 21st of October also falls on a Friday; so we see that for us, at least, Friday is not an unlucky day." j THE FLAG AT COLUMBIA CORNERS. The school committee had engaged j Helen Fenton to teach fer the fall and ! winter, tenus at Columbia Corners with ! .some misgivings. "We ought to have j got a teacher with more determination i and energy," suggested Chairman Ross, I of the committee. "Miss Fenton took S an excellent examination, but she's stich j amil? little lx>dy I'm afraid some of the I toughs up there will be too much for her." Mr. Williams, of the committee, j to whom these remarks were addressed, j chuckled quietly and finally drawled j out: "Well, you remember Josh Billings j says, 'You can't always tell how far a j toad'll jump by looking at him.' Per I baps she*3 got more sand than you think j for. Anyway she's engaged, and thero ain't no use in being sorry about it now. j Perhaps she'll turn out all right.." Miss Fenton's manner certainly did j seem placid. She was scarcely twenty I years old, and a triiie below tho average I in height. But if her face did not indi i cato it she was nevertheless a pe rson of j unusual spirit and determination. In lees than n fortnight after lier introduc tion into tho school she had instituted several reforms, disciplined the unruly j spirits and placed her schoo) on a good j working basis. i In the belief that her pupils-would "do I better work and would be more tracta ble if they c^uld all be brought to gether and become interested in a com mon cause, she conceived the idea of j inviting their co-operation in an effort to procure a flag for the school. Into this project all the boys and girls entered with great enthusiasm. They went to j work earnestly to find ninety persons j who would become shareholders in th<' I flair. Tho curious little "certificates of i stock," which wen: prepared by Miss i Fenton with painstaking car*, sold j readily. Aft- r a ?ew days' canvass the ninetieth iuv-Mor had exchanged bis dime for the lost certificate, of which tho tollowing i> an exa? copy: : . THIS CKHTIFTCATB '. : cntitlt i t lu: holder to ? '. ! : SH.VKE : : ?ntho-patriotif: infiuences-of tho : i SCHOOL 1'LAO. : The t<in cent pieces were ^gathered to gether and a splendid bunting flag <<f .ample size was ordered. Then half a dozen of the older boys selected astrai ;ht j young tree for a pole, cut it down, I trimmed off the branches and in a short time the flagstaff, properly fitted with halyards, was raised. It wm decided to raise the flag on Oct. 17, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the admission of their state into the Union. The boys and girls worked like beavers during the days that intervened to ar range a demonstration which would l>o a credit to Columbia Corners. The eventful day came at last, and it seemed as though everybody in the county was on hand to see the flag raised. Cheer after cheer went up when .its stars and stripes were thrown to the breeze. The band swelled the chorus with the "Star Spangled Banner." "Then came the presenta tion, the address of acceptance and tho plcdgo of allegiance. The closing num ber on the programme was the recita tion of Mr. Butterwurth's poem, "Rais ing the School House Flag," by Willie Piper, the school joining in tho refrain; Flag of tho euu that glowa for all. Flag of tho breeze that blows for all. Flag of tbo sea that flows for all. Flag of tbo school that stand? for ?IL, Flag of the people, one and all. But the flag and staff which had cost so much effort were not long allowed to grace tho school undisturbed. One morning about a week after the raising tho staff was found cut off level with the ground. One of the school windows had been forced open and the flag was gone. An impudent note in a miserable scrawl fastened to the stump of the staff bore testimony to the spirit of vandal ism which ha<? inspired the act. It closed with the words, "We'll cut down your poles and lug off your flags as fast as you hist 'em." For the moment the young teacher was stunned. She was not only thor oughly indignant, but she felt the keen est disappointment. This latter feeling was due not so much to the loss of the flag and the destruction of the pole, but rather to the realization that there wore wanton characters in that community who would disregard tho national em blem. She knew that a second flag would probably share a similar fate. Tho school building was too far removed from the village to permit its being kept under very close guard. Nevertheless she was determined that a flag should fly over her school. The news traveled through the vil lage. It was on every one's tongue. The local paper, in a highly colored half column article, recounted every detail of the occurrence. The state papers noted the episode, berated the miscreants and warmly commended Miss Fenton's an nounced determination to raise a second flag and protect it herself. The pupils were now thoroughly in earnest, and not many days elapsed be fore their accumulated savings were suf ficient to buy a flag exactly like the first one. During these days a taller andstraight er tree than the flrst was transformed into a staff and occupied the old place of honor in front of the school. When the flag arrived it was promptly raised, and the Columbia Corners school was again shadowed by the national colors. The local paper chronicled the fact that another flag had been raised, and indiscreetly added that tho miscreants who carried oil the first one would scarcely have the nerve to carry out the threat to servo other flags which might be raised over that school after a like fashion. It was not, however, generally known that Miss Fenton was well prepared to defend the flag from molestation during school hours. Only a few were aware I that a Winchester rifle was looked in her email closet in the entry. These friends knew the resolute spirit which Miss Fen ton possessed, and not one doubted that, if occasion required, ehe would make use of it For over a- week following tho arrival of the new flag the routine of school work was unbroken. At the opening of school each morning the flag was raised, the entire school joining in a salute. At tho close of the day's work it was low ered from its lofty position and given into the keeping of its stanch defender. Then occurred an incident which proved the determined little teacher equal to the emergency. It was Friday afternoon and the i school work for the week was about | over. One of the boys was listlessly j erasing tho written exercises from the blackboard, when, chancing to glance i through thy window, he saw something j which at once made him all attention. Two men. whom he recognized as Pete Johnson and Jack Welsh, wero entering tho schoolyard. They were lx>th noto rious characters and had been arrested some months before charged with hav- j ing set fire to a barn. There was not ! sufficient evidence upon which to hold i them and tho sheriff had reluctantly re-1 leased them. They entered the schoolyard with a j swagger, Johnson carrying in his hand j an ax. The purpose of their visit flashed : through the boy's mind. In an instant j ho was at Miss Fenton's desk. Breath lessly ho told her what he laid seen. The } color left the teacher's face as she lis tened, for Johnson and Welsh were well j known as reckless and lawless men. { For a moment she felt unable to carry out the resolution sho had formed that ! the flag should not bo disturbed. But | it was only for a moment. Quickly h av ing her chair she stepped to her closet and brought f>-rth tuorifle which she had provided f<u- the emergency sho i must now face. An instant biter she ; passed through the door, closely fol lowed bv the boy who had . . -pied tho men. Tf seals, sc passing. men. The other pupils remained in tin seats, scarcely conscious of what was "iv.uch that i?a? if you durer 13<>th men looked and were startled to ; find themselves confronting tho danger- . ous end of a gun barrel, which in the hands :>f the plu< kv little teachev-looked ( eoldand unsympathetic. A hasty glance j was sidneieul to. assure Johnson that he '. was in an undesirable locality. His courage might bo equal to forcing an en trance into a deserted school building in tin ::Ui:,brtr :i did v. -: - in.) the test of i .. fS, in the ban is I tin little teacher, j who handled it ?s t!?< ah he knew how j * . it.aud he slunk toward the gate, i Welsh, how- v r. sto d hi -round." ?To j had come there T-? take down ih<' fl:e: I and i< vol the polo with the ground and he hated to bo thwarted. He looked j into the resolute face of Miss Fenton, j and hU eye caught the glint of the gleaming barrel. He flinched as he met : 1er steadfast gaze and stood irresolute. "Leave, here at once!" ordered Miss Fenton Ho heard the command and dared not disregard it. He turned, and with an attempt at a defiant air moved toward his companion, who was already skulk ing down the road Miss Fenton watched them until they had put a considerable distance l>etween themselves and tho flag. Her face was pale and her agitation showed how great had been the s.train ui>on her. Trembling, she turned toward the little school building, dazed by what had oc curred during the last few minutes. The pupils had in the meantime come into the yard ami the girls huddled around her, while the boy who first espied the intruders, true "to the l>oy nature, proceeded to take to himself the glory of their defeat. The news was not long in reaching the town, where the theft of the first flag still furnished a topic for specula tion. Johnson and Welsh wcroeeen no more in the ncdgh?x>rhood. The ]x^ple in Columbia Corners found many ways in which to express their appr?ciation of Miss Fenton*s worth. Her heroism had captured the hearts of the people. She not only had gained the confidence of the parents and the devoted allegiance of the pupils, but she also found herself the recipient of various sorts of testimonials from the several orders and organizations of the neighl>orhood, who fell into a way of outdoing one another in evidenco of their admiration for her courage. Tho story of her undaunted confront ing of the ruffians in the defense of the flag traveled through tho newspapers of all the states, often given, it must be admitted, with original variations of coloring. Eat she had Income a hero ine of the people. The unique oppor tunity which had been thrust upon her of doing a really daring thing for the national emblem was of the sort that appealed to the imagination, and made fur lier a ha ?ny fame. But in spite of desirable invitations to other schools Miss Fenton remained at her hmnble desk at the Corners for two years. Then the principalship of the Aurora Literary Institute for young ladies was pressed upon her in such terms that she could no longer refuse to accept the larger responsibilities. Mr. Williams is still a member of the school committee of Columbia Corners, and he never drives by the school house without stopping to look at the stars and stripes which are raised even* morning of the session. If a friend is" with him he always relates the story of Miss Fen ton's school flag movement and lier de fense of it. "And now tho young ones get out and cheer 'Old Glory' every day. And when there is an anniversary of anything big in tiie history of the coun try they have to have a time over it around the flagpole. Columbus Day is coming, and we're not going to be out done here by any school in the state. All the folks 'round in tho district aro going to come hero and help the school Celebrate old Columbus. W e've got to get a new flag for that day, I reckon; that one is get-ting to look like one of our oid battlefiags." Then he goes back to Miss Fenton, who started it all, and after vividly de^-ribing, how the mild looking teacher balked the two rufiians, usua? ly winds up by remarking, "You re member Josh Billings save you can't al ways tell how far a toad? jump by look ing at him.'* Harold Roberts. A Young Aft-lean Hero. Some of you have bard words to bear at times because you love the Lord Jesus. Bat, in s^me parts of the world people who say they believe in biin are beaten cruelly, and even put to death. n Central Africa, a few years ago, so ,e boys were burned to death by order of the king because they were Christians. Yet in spite of this, a boy of about sixteen years was brave enough to wish to become a Christian. lie came to the missionary, and said in his own language : "My friend, I wish to be baptized." "Do you know what yen are ask- j ing?"said the missionary in surprise. I knew, my friend " "But if you say that you are a Christian, they will kill you." "I know, my friend." "But if they ask you if you arc a Christian, will you tell a lie, and say 'No' ?" Bravely and firmly came the boy's answer: "I shall confess, my frieud." A little talk followed, in which he showed clearly that he understood what it was to be a Christian : so the mis sionary baptized him by the name of Samweli, which is the same as our Samuel. The king . and him so useful that he employed him to collect the taxes, which \ are paid in cowrie?, little shells which ; iu Africa are used instead of money. Ooe day, when he wa3 away on this business, the king sgain got angry with the Christians, and ordered that all the | leading ones should be killed. Sam- j weli'- name was found upon the list. As he came back he heard of the death that was awaiting him. That night, when it was quite dark, the missionary was awakened by a low knocking at the door. It was Samweli and his friends, come to know what he should do. Should he run aw:;y, or mnst he go and hand over the money he- had collected ? After a silence the missionary said : "Teil me what you think." -1 Looking up, Satuwcli replied: "M} friend, I cannot leave the things of the king." His friends earnestly begged him to fly. but the inis>ionary said : "No, he in r:gj;t. lie !::::; sp;;kca well ; he mast deliver up the money.'' They all knelt down in prayer fog ether, the missionary wondering sadly if he should ever see the young hero again. "My friend, I will try to ?tart early, and leave the cowries with the chief," said the lad, as he s"t off ; "bat I fear my carriers will not be ready till atter daylight, and if I am seen 1 shall be caught, (xood by loo God kept him. lie west boldly to the chiefs hut, pu? down the cowries, | am! walked away, !!?' went again a j few uTffhts after to t-.'!' the missionary, i who said: "You ran wheu you got outside." "No, my friend, for I should hive been noticed a* once 1 walked quite, slowly until i got out of sight, and then \ ran as fast as I could, and so I escaped.', Thir. is a true et? ry, taken from Mr. Ashere book, "Two Kings of Uganda." it idmwfl the love of Christ eau make a boy brave fo do his doty even in the face of danger an : death "In the fear of the i,;'rd is strong coo fid ? nee."?The Children's Record. Gabriel-?Say, you must be more circumspect in your conduct in luturc. j St. Peter?What's the matter? Gabr?el-Tbc Recording Angel has) been showing around a New York paper J that, is full of your witty sayings, and ? the general impression i.s that you are i getting too tuuuv for your job. i Doar's Disgraceful DoiDgs. The most despicable trick attempted by any man io the reccot campaign is that of Sheriff Doar, county chairman of Georgetown county, who, exercising his authority as county chairman, ruled his Conservative competitor and other candidates out of the primary. Even Irby and Governor Tili man do not hes itate to condemn bis action. It will be remembered that previous to the election the Conservative candi dates attempted to file the required pledges with Chairman Doar, within the given time ! but in order to prevent that he absented himself from George town, going on a fishing expedition and only returning on the morning the pledges were required to be in. They were then tendered him and he refused them on tho ground that it was then 10 o'clock and they should have been filed by 8 o'clock that morning, and that the legal time had expired. The case was referred to State Chair man Irby, who said that while it might be beyond his jurisdiction, the pledges were tendered in time, and that such a ruling was not the intention of the con stitution, it being merely desired to se cure the pledges, and the question of time was not in any way vital. Mr. Walter Hazard, the Conservative caudidate for State Senator, was in the city yesterday, and he brought the de tails of interesting new developments, which makes an ugly case for Doar. Mr. Hazard called on Gov. Tillman during the morning, and talked the mat ter over with him. Later, Gov. Till man, in talking of the case, condemned Doar's action, agreed with what Irby had said as to the question of time, and said that the voice of the people in a South Carolina primary election should never be drowned by a technicality. Mr. Hazard, the newly elected State Senator, gave an impartial statement of how Chairman Doar i? trying to retain his office and euchre the Conservatives out of the victory they have won. On Thursday last the executive committee met to tabulate the returns. Chairman Doar instructed the secretary to recog nize the votes of only such persons as had been reccgized by him as being the legal Democratic candidates, By bis decision as to the pledges, he ruled that the Cocservativea could not have their ballots counted and so instructed the clerk. He said that as long as he was chairman the votes of only such as he recognized to be Democratic candidates would be counted. In accordance with his instructions the votes of only the Tillmanitc county officers were counted and the Conservative vote totally ignored As the meeting was strictly for the purpose of tubulating the returns and not for entertaining any protest' nothing wa.-; done by the Conservative members exc,;pt to condemn the injustice done. After Mr. Doar bad hud his little count the Conservatives had Secretary Dothens pxamine the official returns and give, the Conservative vote to them. The figures showed that Mr. Walter Hazard received a majority of 136 for State Senator, Mr. Skinner a majority of 36 for sheriff, and Mr. Brown the Conservative candidate for clerk of the court, a plurality vote over his two competitors. The Conservatives then filed with Chairman Doar a formal protest and de manded that their votes bo counted. Chairman Doar held that he had do right to entertain a protest from men whom be did not. recognize as candi dates. He was asked to call a meetig of the executive committee to hear the grounds on which the Conservat:ve nominees based their claims to election, but he told Mr. Steadman, a Conserva tive member of the committee, that he would not called a meeting of the com : mit tee for that purpose. Tho Conser vative committecmen however sucevded in getting an adjourned meeting until next Tuesday, when the case will be heard. With the four Conseratives, Mr. Detgens and possibly one or two other Tillmanito members, it is expected that a quorum will be secure*, and that Chairman Doar will bo overruled in his arbitrary ruling, that the vote will be counted, and that Chairman Doar will be defeated for sheriff. It is expected that the fairness of the committee wiil assert itself aud that the vote will be counted after an explana tion is had. Unless that is done the case will be carried to the courts.?The State. Queer Stones of Lucky Min ers. A few of the many stories that arc told of n:iniTsj* luck will enable the reader to understand how and why the ^hoads of whole communities may be Xrned in mining regions. Jim Whit j >. b, tho discoverer of the Whitlatch Uintb mine, near Helena, led a typical W'eMe.u miner's life. The mine in question is now owned in England, and has produced ?20,000.000 in gold. After Jim Whit latch had sold the pro perty for g 1.500,000 lie went to New York "to make as much money as Vanderhilt." lie was a rare treat to Wall Su cet, which fattened ou him, and in one year let him go with only the clothes on his back. He returned to Montana, began "prospecting" again, and discovered a miue for which he got ?250,000. He went to Chicago to rival Mr. Potter Palmer in Wealth, and returned just as ho did from New York ?* fiat-strapped/7 a he would have ex pressed it. lie made still au other fortune, and wont to Sau Francisco, j where ho died a poor man. Another { Lewis ami Clarke County mine?the ; Druai Lu m men?provides another such atory. It was discovered by an Irish j immigrant named Thomas Cruse, j Although he owned it, he could nut wot | a sack of Hour oa credit. He sold it to j an English syndicate for $1,500,000 j Bat ho n maim; one of the wealthy men ; of lloii oa. There is an ex State Senator ia Beavc? lead ' ' uu'ty '.','. >, ow. < i\ verv rich miue, tlu re yi< Idina $7 to the I ton ne!. Ho is a California "Forty-j niner,' who came a." a pros; cctor to ] Montana, -;.u ^nce discovering his mine has lived upon it in a peculiar j way. He has no faith in banks. Ho 1 Mi)s money is su'est in the ground. When lie has sjent what, money he has, j ho takes out a w?gou-luad of ore, ships i it to Uuiaba, soils it, aud lives oil the return uutil he needs another wngoo load. There is a queer story concerning the Spotted Horse Mine, in Fergus County. It was found by P. A. McAdow. who sold it to Governor Hauser and A. M. Holder for ?500,000 three years ago. They paid a large 6um down in cash, and the other payments were to come out of .he ground. The ore was in pockets, each of which was easily exhausted. Whatever was taken cut went to McAdow, who got about $100. ?00. Then the purchasers abandoned it. on the advice of experts, and Mr. McAdow took hold of it. He found the vein, over which rails had been laid for a mining car. He has taken out. $500, 000, and it is still a good mine. One of these children of luck came to Helena with money, picked out ajwife, who was then a poor seamstress, hired a hotel, and invited the town to tho wedding The amount of champagne that flowed at that wedding was fabulous, and it is paid that the whole town reeled to bed that night.?Harper's Magazine National Names. I wonder if any of the little students of the big geographies know that the names of countries they study about have any meaning? The names of heroes and kings, of vanished peoples, tire records of queer geographicall and historical mistakes, the evidences [ of forgotten national characteristics, the stamp of the contempt < f powerful neighbors, arc all to be found in the names of nations, j .No one would expect to find in the modern name of the Holy Land a re minder of that ancient people, the Philistines?a people who have ?o ut terly disappeared that no one can say whence they came, whither they have gone, or of what race they were. The Jewish people still exist, but the Holy Land is not Judea or Israel; it is Palestine, Hebrew Peleslitim, the land of the Philistines. In the name Egypt we have an instance where the name of a person has been given to a country, for Egyptus was tiie mythical founder of the Egyptian kingdom. However, Egypt was a name given the country by the Greeks, and was never used by the inhabitants themselves. The native name was Kham, which signi fies black, and is the Egyptian equi valent of the Hebrew Harn. The Hebrews called it both Mizraim and the "land of Ham." The people whom we know as "Greeks" never called their country "Greece." Hellas is the true name of the country?Hellenes of the peo-1 pie. The name Gi<ecia, from which I we get the English "Greece/' was given the country by the Romans. It comes from the Qrsecii, an ancient tribe of Epirus who never became of any historical importance, but whose name was once widely spread on the western coast, as the inhabitants of Italy came to know the whole country under this name. There are various accounts of the origin of the name Italy. Some saj* ; that the name conies from Itallus, a chief of the (Enotri; others that it is from the Greek Italos (Latin, viiulus, a young bullock), but beyond the similarity of names, there is nothing to support this theory. Spain (Spanish Espana), gets its name from the Latin Haspania, which comes from the Phoenician spahan, a rabbit, as the early Phoenician colonists found the country overrun by vast numbers of these animals. Portugal is from Fori us Cale, the an cient name of the city of Oporto. At first the name of a single city,thon of a principality including the northern provinces of the country, it became the name of the whole country as the Moors, who had captured the central and southern provinces, were gradual ly driven out. Indeed,down to compar atively modern times the name Por tugal was not applied to the whole country, and the kingdom was styled ' The Kingdom of Portugal and Al srrave," Algrave beinsr the name of the old Moorish kingdom. France (Gallic, France), the bit ter enemy of all that is German, gets its name from a German tribe, the Franks, who wrested Gaul from the Romans and imposed their own name upon it. In the name Germany,som*. scholars believe that they have a strong proof in favor of the theory that the Ger ! mans migrated to their present home I from Central Asia. In early times, the name Dschermania was applied I to the country lying north of the Oxus, the modern Amoo, the Miss issippi of Central Asia. The people inhabiting this territory were of the Medo Persian race. In the time of Herodotus, the Germani were one of the Persian tribes. More than this, the mime of the modern Prussians, may be found in tiie ancient Persians, for there we find Pruschan, in tin; sense of a people Induing the same religion. The names of other Gei lnau tribes appear m Persian, and ! there is a remarkable similarity be- j tweeu old Gothic, the parent of the I J German tongue, and old Persian The j j name Germani in its primitiv.? import j meant ' followers of Buddha." The Netherlands arc; "the under ! lands/' tho lowlands, and this term is j applied, because a large portion of the ! country is below the level of the sea ! Our name Holland is not the propel name of the country. Holland is the name vl by fai the n ost important province t,l the kingdom, and was the name if the whole country un 1er Louis Don aparte, but is not now the official designation. The Belgians get their name from the Celtic Bc'giadd, warlike, and held the name when they first appeared it: history. Denmark is "the Mark of the Dane." mark (English inarch) j signifying territory, district. F he j warder ? toe v> eisn Mau es *vas Lue j chiefoi guard on the V eish fron tier. Austria Is an Anglicized form of Oesterreich, "the Eastern Em Pi,c" ... . . Britain :s ascribed to various <>n gins. Some derive il iront the Pino nician Baratanac, "tho land of tin,'' because the Phoenician voyagers first I landed in Cornwall and lia.led with j the nativet, lor tin ; others believe m f to liave come from the Celtic Brit??,* painted, an appellation given the enr-. ly inhabitants from their custom of painting their bodies ; and a few say/ that it comes from one Brit, or Bru tus, a Trojan follower of ./Eneas, who ruled the island. England is Angle land, and comes from the Angles,' who with the Saxons and Jufes, con quered the Celtic aborigines Wales' means "land of stammerers," a name given the country by the Teutonic. Saxons, according to the universal' Teutonic custom of calling all for eigners, Welsh, stammerers. Scotland i3 the "land of the Scots/' and Scot is the Gaelic Squit/ a wanderer, The derivation of (he name Ireland is uncertain. It is thought to be from King Ir, the son', of Eber, the son of Giiiam, the chief of some Spanish invaders who over ran the island in the beginning of tho Christian era. Ireland was called" Scotland until the sixth century, when the powerful tribe of Scots' transferred themselves to Caledonia," henceforth to be called Scotland. ? Poland is the English form of Pri ska, flat land. Russia is from th? Kuss, or Varangians, a Swedish tribe* which under Surick, founded, the' Russian empire at Novgorod. These Scandinavian Rnss were soon swal lowed up in the mass of the surround ing Slavonic population, but the em pire they founded and ils royal line/ still su; vive. Turkey is a Mongol word meaning' "tributary people," but the Centra'. Asian nation l?iat bore their title ot slaver}r, overthrew their masters- arid' established an cm; ire of greater extent than the empire of Alexander. With lijoir rise to power, the Turks cast aside their old name and called themselves. 1 Osman?," after their great Sultan Osman or Olhman.. Persia means "land of brightness,'" and comes from the most important province of the country Hindustan' means "fixed habitation;''Ceylon, the great island to the south, means "lions," and Rajpufana, the chief in dependent state of Hindustan, is' "land of the sons of kings." Siam. means "datk land," from th? color of the soil. Japan is a corruption of Marco Polo's term Zipangn, wh?ch" represents the Chinese Shipenku,' "sun-rise kingdom." Coming to the New World, we' find that many of the sonorous names" of our sister republics of Spanish* America are in reality almost ridicu lous in their meanings. Nicaragua' means "Sweet water," Honduras,. "Depths," Costa Rica, "Rich Coast," Venezuela, "Little Venice," Ecuador; "Equator," Argentine Republic, ''Sil ver Republic." Mexico is from Mexicatl, 'the 6ons of the War God," Mexitl being the War god of the" Aztecs. The romance of a national name" often vanishes when we know its* meaning. The patriotic struggles'of the "Flat landers," and the "Under; landers," seem all the more worthy of admiration when we realize how prosaic and commonplace are the names of their beloved fatherlands.. It would be a very small amount of Fourth of July enthusiasm that the" average American small boy could" arouse by shouting: "Hurrah for Sweet Water, Little Venice, Depths,* Rich Coast, or Silver." There ie* something in 3 name ?espre Shakes peare.?New York Observer. Faithful Unto Death. The engineer of a train, running into Montreal, discovered a little* ahead of him a large dog on the track. The dog faced the on-coming' locomotive, baiking ceaselessly and furiously, but did not stir, though the* engineer blew the whistle to ft ightcu him away. Uttering a pitiful moan; and crouching low, he was struck by the locomotive and instantly killed. The engineer, discovering a bit of white muslin on the engine, stopped the train and relumed to the spot. There lay the mangled brute, and the.' dead body of a little child which had wandered from home and fallen asleep on the track. The dog ha<f signaled the train to slop, but failing to stop it, had died at his post. We sometimes sing : ''Where du:y calls, er ?.?.?.ge.?: Uv nev-.r wanting ihere.M n:e do well and need the words, j Duty and dangerare not always asso j ciated, no: commonly indeed, in such' ! work as ours, and in such a day as* [ ours. The danger, rather, is where j the duty is neglected. God has i committed the custody of you.?g chil j aren to -:s. Along the track of life; peril comes thundering toward them, j Whether the pcuil shall be averted I depends very larsrelv upon our fidel ity. Tho occasion is not otie that demands the sacrifice of our lives; but only of our slothful ease and self i ish indiifercnce. Let the faithful dog, I watching sleeplessly Ms precious I charge, and dying bravely by its side, teach us a lesson that shall shame us' into vigilance, Texas Sittings : "Pa, some of these people who are buried here have not gone to heaven." Pa?Hash, Temniy;how dc yotl kuow they havn't. "Because I read ^ it or the Soitfb } stones "Read what on the tombstones?*' "On ever so many of them I read Peace to Iiis ashes ' There ain't no' a.-hes except whore it is very hot, is there H X Little Girl's Kxi>er?:nce lr- IdgM? Iiouse. Mr and Mrs. Loren Prcscott nre keepers of the t?ov Lighthouse at Smd :?ea>-h. Mich.,"and are blessed wirh a daughter, four years old. Last Apri! she was taken down with Measles,' followed with a dreadful Cough and turning into a Fever. Doctors at hotni and at Detroit' treated her, but ir. rain, she grew worse rapjd [v,until she was a aoero ' uto:dfcl of bones. ? Then she tt ied !>r Kit.-.: Saw Discovery and .'ter che use ul twe an ! a half bottles, was completely cared, fbcy say Or. King's N<.w Discovery is worth ils weight in gold. >xt y.-u iar0 get a trl.l b..tt?c free at J. ? W De Lor e's Drugstore 6 liucklc-u'o Arulca Saiv?.' The licit Salve in tbo ?rorl I i\>r Cats, 3ruiso3 Sores. U:-:c.--, Salt Rbes??, Fever Sores, Tetter, Cbappod Hands Chilblains, C -ras and a 11^ Skin Jsrapiion*. ?au positively eures Wies.. i?? so pay centred, il t? suarsntcod to give per-* I, ".("i:-t. . r t?:? uev refunded- Pri?e* 2?e*nts per hoi.' For saie >y_ J. .l'iM-V*?"