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ra? SVHTBB WATCHMAN, JKetablished April, IS SO. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. G., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1892. THE TRUE SOSJTHttON, KUmHUibe* Jone, tSttf Xew Series?Vol. XL No. 39. Published OTcry Wodassday, 3T N. Gr. OSTEEN, S II M TEK, S. C. T2R3?S : .Two Dollars per annum?in advance. ?dts&tis5msxts. jne Square, firsi insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo made at reduced rates. All communication- which subserve private Bterest3 will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes cf respect wili be charged for. THE SDI?5DS KATiOXAL BASE, OF S UM TER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, SUM TER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$t5;000 0c Surplus Fund.11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attrition given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Io terest allowed at the r*te of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, ou first daj s of January, April, July and October. R. 31. WALLACE, President. L. S. Carson, Aug. 7 C?sbJeaf._ Tli ?M If SBMTiR, SUMTISR, S C. CITT A'-iD COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking ousiuess. Also h?s A Savings Bank Department. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B- HAYNSWORTH, W. "F. Raixs, President. Cashier. Aug 21._ m E. ALY? SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Uffi.e OVER 2R0WNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns ? Puriv and Durant & Son. OFP'CE HOURS: 9 tQ^fcB-? ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Su m ter, S. C . April 29._ G.W. BICE, D. B. S. OSce over Bogjo's New Store, isthaxc? cs ?ain strkst ? SU?TER. S. C. Office Hours.?S rx> 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept S_ NEWJ.?MBER ??BD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public genernfly that my Saw -Miii located on the C. S ? N R. R.. just back of my residence, is now in full operation, and 1 am prepared to furnish al! <:~ades of Yfl?ow PiDe Luraoer from unbted timber, at prices according to crrad;?3 Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18 NEW IKS. COMMANDER ? BiOH?RQSQH. LIBERTY STREET, SU M TER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing IiMts, iHi Sc., And doing a General Business in that line. A complete work-shop has been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET. NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed Obtain our nrice before placing an order elsewhere. W. B. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jurp 1$ lAffliS il SOUTHRON co? Or? o -o o j5 o o o Z O Z ? ? o o JOB PRINTING O ? ? C O C ? Z z z z z z z z z z z z j W'e carry a large and com plete stock of Curd?. Envelopes 0 and Paper. Trial Justice's 0 and other Blanks. All work padded when so ordered. ; d 31 I P - h ? IT im 7: e IN _._ ? ? L.CARDS o OCCZOZOZZZ oLETTER HEADS_ ;o N< KfE; HEAPS - BILL HEADS o ? lO _ - TATEMENTS o- ENVELOPES [?|- v - INVITATIONS ? POSTERS ' ~~~ g|- HANDBILLS ' ~ j o - RECEIPTS o . . . CIRCULA KS 1? - - PAMPHLETS ? ' i : i ' FOLDERS X o.TAGS ocozzoozzzzzzzzzzzz IS COMPLETE. ? O 0 c c c c ? ^ V w C ^ ! Law Bvefs a specialty. We have facil ities for the prompt and correct execut.-.:; j of this class of work. Constkution and j By-Laws neatly printed and l>on.ud. E*ti- j mates cheerfully furnished on application TO RENT. EITHER OR BOTH BUILDINGS, fur nished or no?, opposite the A. C. L. pas senger depot. Lunch counter, and 2 Soda Water aparatuces and Milk Shake attachment. Call on or address, CURTIS HOUSE. L H. B. & C. S. CURTIS, Proprietors, Sumter. S.C. Highest of all m Leavening Po INSURE YOUR GINS -IN THE Assurance Company 9\ i OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY j -IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. [ For particulars, etc., apply to j ALTS' S, AGENT. P. S.?We do also a Gene- ; ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the wrorld. Aug. 17. BaBBBBBlBSaMBI for Infants and Children. Castoria promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep naturaL Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. 'Castoria is ko well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Archer, 3?. D., Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y "I use Castoria in my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." Ales. Robertson, M. D., 1057 id Are., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and reliev'ng the pent up bowels and frener^. system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex cellent effect upon their children." Dtt. G. C. Osoorr?, Lowell, Mass. The Cent auf. Costpant, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. OOOQGOO00 cadi S:eIi-KV'-i'/acho, rcn;?ori:jj? SiSs tr?-'er?ib?e, t.Liii tiio^ resaeUj is at your hand f ekjs a?Ja ?Till mm ras? ?^wHl ppocdlIyrcmoror-71 th:s trr.uole, /e^ enable yon to eat ar.i d-trcst your food. t^y pre Tent headache s:.*ci impart r-n Va' W<na *tvanr-c:r. Do-.o EZ2S?1. Price, 2? cor* s. Office, 2D p-\rk Place, N. Y. ??QQ?08@@@ THE Suniter Institute. THE INSTITUTE ha* opened its sessions ander very auspicious circumstances. The boarding department is we'! appointed and *he rooms htp pic?y. ?iiiing up. Those d"sirin?r roor:. hcnld apply >?:i early day The Ar* room has i-f^n enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili ties for gr?od work. Special ie.--<>ns in Painting j-.r.d Drawing, each Sir>h term; in Book-keeping-, Steno graphy, Typewriting and Penrnanshin, each ?10 a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music eace $20 ? term, with S3 for use of insturaeoi for practice/ Elocution $7.50 a term. Studeots will be received for any ef thep? special courses at any time duriag tb* and we solicit patronage of the young ladies of :he city r-.o: regularly entered tn the school. or further inform) il. :v 10 FRANK WILSON, President. FOR SALE. I have on hand a fine lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, lor sale by the gallon or less quantity. ALSO, HONEY IN TUE COMB. Orders filled at residence, on Republican j Street. Samples can he seen at UV/fAww i and Southron office. N. G. OST KEN. I JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. O, Attends to business in any part of the j State. Practices iu U. S Courts. Sefjt. 21?x. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA,. S. 0\ rrtBIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOCSL 1 X_ wi'h ail modern improvements,i3 now I open for the reception of "uests S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Proprietors, j " j JRipans Tabules cin-c hives. Kipuns Tabules are of great vajtip. /er.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. The Politics of Sixty Years Ago Similar to the Present. Prof. J. H Carlisle, of Spartanburg-, writes as follows to the Southern Chris tian Advocate : There lies before me a pamphlet pub lished in Columbia, S. C , in 1833 One sentence reads as follows: "Who that will not willfully shut his eyes, or deaf his ears, to matters of fact, b'?t must remember the disgusting arid wicked scenes of corruption and strate gy, that have beeo acted over and over again in every city, town and village and district in the State, by these haughty rulers, to eeiz2 upon every j public office, post or appointment." AbouJ the same time a prominent old ! public man cf our Srate said : "A [ young man must lay in a large stock of Democracy if he expects to held out to old age.'7 He said to a young friend j wishiug to enter public life "When ; you become a member of the Legisla ture, take my advice, conciliate the fools, for they are always in the major itj " j Ten years later an ez-member of the ! Legislature writes : "I am more and more pleased at not being in the Legis lature, and would not now take a seat there for several hundred dollars I ! have seen so much intriguing and elec I tioneering this session that I am utterly I disgusted with politics." In 1844 a messenger was wanted to j carry the Sra?e electoral vote to Wash ington For this office there were about * * fif * y candidates." In 184? there were thirty-two cindi j dates, for "messenger" oi the Senate,' ten or fifteen for Secretary of St-?te. I and as many for Superintendent of Pub lie Works. These few extracts may furnish prof itable reading just now. [ am not con certed to prove that the fi?*f?t quotation S'ates historic truth, tho' the writer goes 00 to js?ive names a:>d instances. It is j enough to be reminded that in "the j good days of our fathers" partisans ! deal? in strong language It was D?t j left to our day to invent abusive term' J and har>h charges. N >r was it l?!r for j those now seeking (See to make discovery that the prizes of public life j are tempting. Every generation has its perils and ! its crisis. New elements are entering into politics Reporters, telegraph wires and daily papers are more and more powerful agencies. Violent and abusive terms seem more and more at variance with an improving public sen- j ttment and conscience. Tilings have been said and dune, by men of ail par ties, which tiie doers and savers no doubt regret G'>od men must not j seriously divide Oh questions of public j expediency. The virtues of g<-od oiti ! Z?nship are f;?und alike in men who! went to the po'U together and voted? opposing ticket?. Tho ties of neighborhood and the ! amenities of social ties mu*t prove themselves ?o be stronger than party ties Charity, forbearance, fairness, i moderation must not be driven aw^y by State or national elections. Our State \ i> larger, greater, dearer than any part j or any party. An English Bi-h^p. in a current magazine, after describing toe times of an old Hebrew prophet, co-.ne? djwn to 1 hi;* own country of to-day. "Is there ; not a measure of fiercenesss in the lar- j gaage of men ? Does not the ferocity j of antagonism render men bru?al ? Does not the spirit of partisanship make i them blind ? U the meekness und gen- j tleness of Christ, practiced, or even vet y : highly esteemed, among us? Do we; not gather enthusiastically to 'he meet ings where the blazing notes of defiance j are b'owo fro:;; unscrupulous throats I and insinuations of dishonesty are ap- I plauded to the echo? Even when we i are convinced of the truth, do we speak it in love V These are timely questions. Let the ! reader, whatever may he his political ! creed who professes to be a Christian, I read them over a second time thought- I The Bay State Democracy, j Boston. Sept. 27.?The Democratic ! State convention was called to or3e.r to day by }i m Josiah Quincy, temporary chairman A! r a neat address by Mr. I Quincy, the u?uai committees were ap pointed. Charles T Kussel! of Cam- 1 bridge- was chosen permanent chairman | and delivered a stirring speech The platform adopted cleariy end.?r- 1 ses the platform at Chicago ; proudly reealis the Presidency of one whose statesmanship, honesty and political courage gave to our country an admin istration unexcelled by it- predecessors, and confidently hopes for the re election j of Cleveland ; demands that raw mate- I ri>.!, particularly wool coal, iion, lo-n ber and all drugs, be t!-"1 of duty ; asserts that in the event of Republican : success an attempt will again be made ; to enact a force bill ; denounces trusts and combinations (?! capital, which an j fostered by the Republican party, and 1 denounces the silver act of 1S90 as a menace to sound currency. Nominations being in order, Con gressman J. H ONeil named William E. Russell, the incumbent, for Gover- I nor. The nomination was unanimously carried. James i> Carrol! of Spring- : field was re-nominated for L' utenanl | (iovernor. The balance of the ticket \ selected is as f"!i'>ws : Secretary of : State, Charles S. Ilamlic ; treasurer and receiver Gen. J. S. Grinneil ; au-j T. B Sayles ; attorney general, j Charles F. Wy ; Residential elec- j tor* at large, Patrick A ^:",?S ??,J | John K ?lu?seil. I After selecting Presidential electors! for the several districts, tho convention adju^rncd. " 1 ; Reply to foe Misrepresenta tions of Weaver. Atlanta, Ga . Sept 27.?Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, chairman of the demo cratic executive comoihtee of Georgia, says in reply to the published address ot Gen. Weaver, and various special tele grains which have been sent oni from Georgia by Mr3. Lease, that they do great injustice not only to (be democrat but to the people of tbe State. He say? : "According to bis own admission, Gen. Weaver received a respectful hearing at Waycross and Columbus. At Albany bis speech w*s listet,8=1 to by several hundred people, and no effort whatever was made to prevent him from sneaking A prominent negro of that place at the conclusion of Weaver's speech took the stand to refute what be had said and bitterly attacked Weaver i and tbe third party. Weaver was so indignant that the negro should attempt to answer him that be immediately left the platform. The only possible foun dation for tbe greatly exaggerated egg story spread broadcast by Gen. Weaver and Mrs Lease, is tha? a small boy in an open air audience at Macon threw an egg and he was promptly arrested and put:-is h od for it " As to Mrs. Lease's statement that the disgraceful scenes at Macon were repeated twb*e in the presence of the Governor of Georgia at the state capi tol, Mr. Atkinson .-ays : "Gen. Weaver or Mrs. L?ase did not appear as advertised in Atlanta. They would not go up t? the capital where a large crowd bad assembled to hear them. Governor Northen himself hearing that Weaver would not speak, claiming that be would not be listened to went to insure him a hearing and the meeting by a vote guaranteed that he would he respectfully listened to I called on the chairman of the executive co m'ni :i tee of tbe people's party of the state early in the evening to extend him this guarantee, and he told tue that Weaver h-.d made up his mind not to speak. Iiis claim of persecution is nothing mere than an overworked ctTort to pose as a martyr. His statements deliberately misrepresent tbe people of Georgia and are cunningly devised for campaign purposes, il-: did not want o speak in Atlanta, and would have had just as fair a showing as any man who ever spoke here. EJc cancelled bis engagements in Georgia because he saw that, he had bec? imposed upon by his own party managers who lia i h-d him to believe that there w::s a chance for the people's party in Georgia. He found that such was not the case and was greatly disappointed by bis visit here and triad to get out of the state While here he could not conceal bis chagrin a;;d disappointment engendered by the weakness of his party in the s'ate. Georgia will go democratic next Wednesday from forty to fifty thousand uuj >ri:y." Greenville's Monument. Greenville, S. ?., Sept. 27 ?The Confederate monument erected by the Ladies'Confederate Memorial associa tion was unveiled today in the presence of several thousand spectators. Tue parade was one of the largest ever seen in this city The occasion was made a public holiday and in the column were over a thousand pupil? of the public school*, a regiment of state troops, three hundred confederate veterans, the city fi-e department, the maynr and aldermen of the city, the Ladies' Con federate Memorial association, and a number cf distinguished visitors and citizen8 of the city and county. The monument is Greeted at. the bead of Main Street, a high p^int which overlooks the city. The shaft of marble, resting on a granite base sur mounted by a statue of a confederate soldier, the whole being thirty feet high. The model for the statue is the present chief of police of Greenville city. Capt J. 1> Ligon, who whs an officer in the confederate army from this conn-y. The ceremonies of unveiling took place at noon The platform was occupied by the Ladies1 Memorial Asso ciation, young ladies representing the southern states, and little girls repre senting each company which went ou? from this county. Lieut. Gov W L Maulcin presided. After an invocation by Rev. Dr. J. A. Mundy, of the Baptist church, G >v. Mauldio introduced Judge J S. Coth ran a* tbe orator selected to take the place of Gen. Capers, who was not able to be present. Judge Cothran paid tribute to Gen Capers for his heroic performance of duty during the w;!r, and paused a moment. At a signal from the chairman the cords were pull ed and the canvass dropped from the statue. For a moment there was a silence almost painful, followed by wild confederate yells from three hundred veteran throats, which was taken up by the military, firemen and thousands of spectators An order was given by the colonel commanding and the regimen: fired a salu?e. As the smoke rolled up from the guns a large confederate flag shot across the street on a suspended wire fl ?ated just ab ?ve the sta';: Another wild yell, and the wuvtn : of ban ?k<T cb'efs and the vast throng stood gaz in g at the conquered banner. O'd g riz zled soldiers wept like children a- the; recalled morn ?ries ci istering abou' iii ii battle ? ig, and th u liiere was silence as J-?dge C ?tbrati bi'g'in t.? speak. C A James \ lloyt followed Judge Cot li ra > i:i an address Both speeches breathed patriotic love of country and admiration of th'1 heroic deeds <?f their dead comrades, Young ladies and children renresentiotr the confederate states and companies from the county Rang the patriotic hymn, "My Country. 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty." The unveiling ceremonies closed with a benediction by Ji v Mr. Mun j The monument i.s regarded as one of the fin st in the south The statue, by C V. ivoblruss, of Augusta, is of pure I la Man marble ot the finest tex ture. A? the tap of the drum thi military f,r tV-A? trad marched away, slowly fol lowed by t he vast concourse of spectators Mit:v of the old soldiers remained g;z i??g at tbo silent comrade. Tht y too, moved awav, leaving the siljut sentinel on guard. To Revolutionize Trottina:. A well known Santa Rosa horseman has a scheme for trotting horses which promises to beat the "scoot*' track all to pieces as an important factor in aiding a h >rse to obtain a fast record. He if planning a sulky that will not only run itself, but will push the horse along a j bit too. lie says it is to be built on the plan of a watch. It will have big coil springs to driv.j the wheels and he contends that it will revolutionize trot ting. Right under the driver's seat the spring will be located, and it is bis intention to have things so neatly ad justed that when he wishes to go a 2 10 gait all he will have to do is to set it at tho 2 10 figure and it will do the rest When wound up tho su'ky will run one mile and a half. A very clever feature of the sulky is the seif winding appara ts. By simply touching a little spring near hi* stirrup, the driver can make the wheels wind up the spring, and. by a hand device, lie can tftmw them out of gear when the indicator tel is him that the spring has been wound up to \ the proper tension. Thus in scoring whatever power is lost can be regained And it is so arranged that the power can be turned on r-t will by the driver. The gentleman claims everything for this invention, lie says i: will trans form the slowest scrub in o a world i beater and make 2, ihrce minute horse able to go a 2 08| record. The invent or apparently had ooihing green in his eyes when he was talking about his wonderful sulky **ut time and develop j meots wili tell whether he has been in dulging in too many air castles or not. ? Santa Rosa Republican Two Years More of Tillman. Benjamin R. Tillmaa was renomi nated by the State Democratic Conven tion yesterday for a second term in the office of Governor. He was not our choice for the office, he will not, we believe, administer his tru-t for the bene?t of the whole people of the State, be does not possess the qualities or the qualifications which the Chief Pjxecutive of South Caroiina should possess in order to make his administration sub serve the best interests of the State, he has not proved competent or fit. for the office after two years of trial, bat he is the choice of amajority of the white voters who voted at the recent Democratic priuiar}-, and if they can stand him for two yesrs more it is the dury of all the rest, of the white people of the State to endure the hardship like good soldiers. The News and Courier will supper. Governor Tillman earnestly and with all the force it can command in the cam paign and at the polls, not from personal j choice, but simply and wholly from a sense of par. duty and responsibility. It is as true today in South Carolina as it was years ago that "an Indepen dent is worse thon a Radical," and the timo has not yet come when any white Democratic io this State can afford to ! throw cfT his allegiance to the organized ! Democracy. Thirty four thousand j Democrats voted against Governor Till ) man s nomination at the August pri- j mary. Under the obligation then voluntarily assumed by them they are bound to vote for him at the election in November. It does not make any difference so far as th -ir obligation goes whether he has any opposition or not? it is their duty to go to the polls on elec tion day and vote the straight Demo cratic ticket. It is no longer a question of candi dates but a question of Democracy, or what we call Democracy in South Caro lina We may not escape from the duty of voting in November by pleading that the platform on which Governor Tillman stands is not. a Democratic plat form?we ail went into the primary and bound ourselves to vote-for Tillman if he should receive a majority of the j votes cast knowing when we did so that J he was running on a Democratic plat- \ form. It will probably be said that if ihe result of the primary had been diff?rent, Governor Tillman would not have been bound by its decision ; but we cannot escape from the performance of J our obvious duty by such a pic- as this, j We opposed him on his own ground and under his own conditions and wo wore defeated. While it is our du*y. therefore, to the party to support. Governor Tili man in j tho campaign and at ??to p d^s, it h also j our duty to the State and its best inter- | ests to do what we can after he {.ball be I elected to make his administration a ! .... 1 succ?s-, not by inaiscriminate praise oi j his executive acts, but by holding u;> [ his hands whet ever he siuli seek lion j estly to promote mat pro-p'-ri?y j of South Carolina. We shall : ! Ige him j by what he does, not by what he has j said, and shall ever 'It our | J'tst censure attend the true event. M'ire than this we cannot promise : h s*. . than this we i-r out fail io do -?News j and Courier. lie Deserved Expulsion. A boy it: the grammer seh ?ol has bor il suspended fur reading the ?.?;! ..w in g essa y on " pants : " * Pants are made for m ;n and no! ni n for pants. Worm n are ma le for men ' i'.'i n ' i'??r p ints. \\ ben a m ?n pants for a woman, or a woman p.;;?:s p?r a j man, the* arc a pair of punts Hue!) i pants don't last. Pants arc like mo-'., lasses, t:i inn er in hot weather, sn.l thicker in cold. 'J he man i-: the moon j changes I.is liants during the ?c-io.-e | Men arc often mistaken in pants. Such | mistakes make breeches ?i{ premise. There lias boon much discussion as to j whet h t pants is singular or plural. J Seems to us when men weir pants they are plural, and if they don't wear any it is singular. Men get on a tear in their i pants and it is all rig!)' : but when the J panfs get on a tear it i* all wrong.'1 This from the Boston Courier gives 1 the situation tersely : If this country should -hut its shores to immigrants it would keep out mn<*h scum to say noth- j iog of Cholera. Perhans this cholera ; scare may be a blessing in disguise, j after all. To speak plainly, the author ities have allow-d our ports to be the end of the sewers of ivirope, without heed : r>"w that cholera i- in the drain, ! perhaps they will reform. Southern Lynchings The fact that 3 cumber of negroes have lataly been lynched iu the sou* h for outrages upon white women is to be deplored in the sense that it i.s always better to let justice be enforced by r."gn!nr means than to resort to violent measures; but there is a peculiar atrocity in those cases which goes far to excuse the action cf the lynchers. In all the list of erim?s there is nothing more revolting than an offense of this kind ; and it is no wonder that white men hasten to hang black ones who are guilty of it. The same quick and conclusive penalty should, undoubtedly, be visited upon white 0{fenders under like circumstances; but it is easy to understand why special indignation is aroused when a negro outrages a white woman There are reasons why it is difficult for a community to be patient when su eh a deed is perpetrated ; and it is useless to quarrel with the senti ment that endorses lynching when the law's delay might possibly defeat the cr.da of justice Little consideration is due to the bru'c who does a woman the worst of wrongs. When he is knowo to be guilty, there is no room for sympathy or forgiveness. Oe ought to have a formal trial when it is convenient, but the fact that a trial is dispensed with docs not imply that he deserves better treatment. It is well known that these outrages have increased in recent years ; and it is probably that many occur which t?re never reported, the v:ctims preferring to conceal their terrible shame. Frederick Douglas? insists that negroes are often unjustly accused in the matter, and that race prejudice condemns them without a fair bearing. "It is not true,'* he declares, "that colored men are rav ishers of women and children," and he points to the fact that during the war, when the white meu were mostly away from home, such outrages were un known. But the negroes of tbe present, are not the negroes of the past, Mr. Douglass should recollect. The new generation differs from the old one in many respects, and this tendency to criminal assaults upon white women is one of the marked changes. There can bo no doubt about the facts, for they are fully authenticated. It is not at all likely that an innocent person has ever been lynched for this form of crime, The people are always well satisfied that they bave eaugb? the right man, and in most instances a confession precedes the hanging Mr Douglass is not to b* blamed for defending Iiis race, but he-is greatly mistaken if he thinks be can make the country believe that respect able white women io the south bear false witness against the negroes in such a relation. The crimes are surely com mitted as represented, and so long as they continue we miy expect to hear 0: additional application cf lynch law to those who thus shock r .d infuriate society with their depravity. A Country Without Fences. South Carolina is n country without fences, writes a correspondent, and it is a vast improvement in the landscape, as well as a great saving in money. It. locks odd at ?rst, on the big level plain on which Aiken stands to see a great stretch of country unbroken by a single fence and here and there a house or barn without any protecting walls or fences. The legislature has abolished fences by declaring that every-man is entitled to enjoy his own land, without interference or damage from his neigh bor's cattle. That is, if I own two scrubby and hungry pigs and you have a thousand acre farm n~xt door, I must keep n:y pigs at borne and not compel you to spend half your substance in building a fence around your farm Life, liberty and the keeping of pigs and mules are a!! sacred under the constitution, but the man who owns the pigs or a;:y other animals must, fence thorn iu or otherwise connnc them. ?' thev run lor.se or break loose and do any damage their owner mu<t pay for it This is th" mos' sensible solution of the fence problem !h~? I hive ever seen or hetvd of ?' ?s entirely new to me, so ? e:j v it .vi more, a d tbe nnre I think ,': i- the mom sensible it seems [t goes right down to ihe root of justice. [J.?re you have in New York State or in ; New J Tsey a thousand acres of land or a hundred a-'-r;v> or any other ijuantity. and y e: are entitled to reap and enjoy \ the frtti-s of y mr lab r on the cnpi:ai invested in that land without let or hin drance But one of your neighbors may wish to keep a d z u sheep, and another a cr*w. an 1 a third a hind'ul of chickens the.: p-. hah v will not. lay egg (! speak from experience here.) and ; tor that reason yea muet put a fence of certain I- i: :d height avl pattern around your wh::o! place, or else \o:j j cennot m???e your neighbors p 1 y for i damage their cattle may do your crops ; It would bejistas reasonable to say 1 that r:o man sbai! be convicted ": burgla-y unless the h ou- u he brcs?rsj it <> 1: * wails so many feet thick | S. s.t'' ?"s>i??a is fifty yer.rs in advance | i?f the N'T'h iu the handling of th:. ?enec p ohiem ?N Y Farmer r-j ivai Construction. The Senat e Com mit tee has proposed seme important amendments to t House N.tv.il Appropriation i??i To the provision f..r the construction of an j armo-ed cruiser of the New York type has been added the authorization 0? a heavily armored battleship of i> i)0^ tons, a d mblc turret e:-:>; defender < ? 7 500 tons, four gunboats of from 800 ; to 1.'_!><() tons each, and six torpedo b a?s. The acceptance of the House provision f?r an armored cruiser was wise, such a vessel having been asked for by Secretary Tracy, and the New York, to which if is to bo similar i?: design, being one of the r;r st efficient ; vessels i>t its class to be ( ?Und in anv navy. But as the Secretary also asked < for two battleships cf the Indiana typei an 1 the 11 m c C !;nmi:teee ad o: ted that the c urn try oug t to have nine mon battles'ips. rn/.k:i g twelve in all; and 1 thirts torped'jb )its, the Senate Can: nit lee ha* in its amendments only given 1 the p-esent ses io ? of Congress i'> prop- ' er share in the wok of authorization. 1 T'n" last Congress, it will be rem em- ! bered. au horiz'd in i's corresponding session three battleship*, a 7,500 ton protected cruiser, a torpedo cruiser aud a torpedo boat, so that too p-esenq Naval ^Appropriation biii will be quite within the limits set by its predecessor The Senate Commut?e bis substituted a doubleturret harbor defence monitor for cue of the battleships asked for by Secretary Tracy, which will cort one fourth less, bat has only increase! fh actual appropriations of the House bi?i by ?747 000, all but ?05.000 of which is for armor and machinery. It ha*, beside, met the evident desire of the House to make a record for economy during the present session by making no appropriations for the new vessels it proposes, asking only that they shall be authorized in order that work upon the designs, estimates, etc , may be entered upon at once Such work necesssarily takes a long time, and as Secretary l'racy has said : "Any authority given at the present session of Congress could hardly reach the point of effectual com mencement of work before the spring of 1893 " The House Committee urged the delay in securing armor plates a* a pretext for postponing the authorization of the battleships, which it acknowledged that the country ought to have, but even if the establishment at Pittsburgh and Bethlehem are as overloaded with contracts as is alleged, the plea lies rather agaiost appopriatioo than authorization. With the latter conced ed, the preliminary work of designing, securing bids and letting contracts may be proceeded with, and the appropria tion-! made at the next session of Con gress, though for the smaller vessels, which cost comparatively little and could be built in the ship yards of the interior, they might well be made now The amendments, in brief, are so reasonable as to insure S">me sa:i.sfa:t>ry agreement, the more that the. House bill is plainly inadt-qiate, that its original appropriations will be but slightly increased, and that the author izttion provided for in the amended bill will, in the popularity of the navy with the country, certainly be concurred in by the people ?N. Y. Observer. Do Figures Lie. Let us see ! Two women had 30 chickens each, which they took to market. They agreed to divide equally the proceeds of their sale. " One sold her chickens, 2 f >r a dollar getting for the 30 chickens?^15 The o'her 3oid hers 3 for a dollar getting for her 30 chickens?010 This made $25 realizing tor the 60 cbi?kens ! The merchants called on to divide the money said : "Your sold your SO chickens, 2 for a dollar, and you sold your 30 chickens 3 fer a dollar. That makes GO chickens at the rates of 5 for 2 dollars. Weli 5 into GO goes 12 times?twice 12 is 24 That makes ?24 your chickens have brought." But as shown above, the women actually had $25 io pocket. And yet the merchant.-' figures were right. Do figures tie??Ex. Not Himself. Many a scot has laughed the tale i)f that heavy-headed Scottish carrier who, falling asleep one night in the straw at the bottom of his cart, slum bered till the well-trained horse stopped *t his own door, when his wife, seeing nothing of her busband, unhitched and led away the horse, leaving the cart in the road Sandy awoke a few moments iater, and sitting up, began to soli?o "Noo, is this me, or is it no me : [f it's me, I bae lost a horse ; and if j it's no me, I hae found a eairi !"' But among (he legetids of the Russian peasantry cccars a similar tale, record ing a confusion of identity even more hopeless than this. A Cossack villager having gone to the nearest town to buy himself a pair of new boots, celebrated the acquisition with a hearty dinner, ! he result of whi h was that on his way home he lay do su in the middle of the road and fell fast a*leep. and while be -lept., some enterprising "conveyancer >f property" pulled off Iiis new boots lad ran away with then. Presently a teamster came j'ggi'-g ti >r.:* the road where the tdeeper was ;)i:!g, and catching sight of him, barely in time, pulled up and shouted : "Hey, brother! take your leg out of the way, or you'll be run over !" The prostrate man awoke, and seeing [:is tare feet glistening io th4 moon light, replied, in a tone of perfect con viction . "Those are not my i.'gs ; mine had boots on " There will be two Sva?e elections held luring the moi'h of October, in Georgia ind Florida Bo*h are scheduled f??r iiie first Wednesday in the month, fail ing on the 4:1?. The contests are between the Democratic and Peop??% parries There is no doubt, as ;o th resuit of cither State. In P.orida a -ham of campaign has been made hj the We aye rites, bat no enthusiasm lus been aroused Io G o.-.rU. on the other hand, the Third Party p op'e have made a vigorous campaign, and rlcelare that thev wiii elect th< ir S:ate ticket. The Georgia Democrats &rs not greatly alarmed Ka?icnal Com mifteemai Clark ll?well estimate* thai he nr:j .';i:v f>r the regular Democratic rick t will not fall si. >r< <>? 4<O..0CO During the last year of Cleveland's idminsts :tion the I uited States govern ment paid seventy-nine million dollars or pensions. Tin-, the last year ot Harrison's administration, the pension savmcHie amount to one hundred and fort y six millions, in other words, the pension list has shout doubled during ho present a 1 mini nation What would t be :<? the end ot another four years of tlrpuhltc-Jti rule? Sou'h Carolina pay> ?2 000.0?? of this amount, which is $2 for everv man, woman and ?'ii?ii in the State, When the Darlington ii.raM speaks] <f r ;! Larry Gantt's b ving "ex changed he truth." cfe "for gold/* we ?Uppose it refers t<> that cune he was presented wi.h By the way Col. Gantt has come to be looked upon as a pattern ol veracity?1 bias pattern dou'i you know??Laarcns Advertiser. PUea ?>r peopte b?tve piles, Uni DeWitt's Vvin-h H-*z?t S live will cure itiezn. J. S Uagbson ? Co. COLUMBUS DAY. Practical Suggestions on the Proper O?h servancc of the Anniversary. CTOBEE 21 wilf be a gala day from one end to' the other of the" United States, audit?.- 'int prop-. ^S?)k er that it shoull *3?* so'for -*" no?r >' -101* Columbus Day, ,>*<r and will it not., commemorate the discovery of a world' which in the comparatively short time* of four centuries bus emerged from the blackness cf the forest and the ignor ance of the savage into the blazing snn' of prosperity and the noontide of intelli gence? Now that the o?eial programme for the uniform popular celebration of Co*" iumbus Day has been published, the* question cf the participation by this' community in the national exercises be-' comes a Eve issue. It goes without saying that the people" of this locality will not be backward in evidencing their patriotism by an appro priate celebration of the memorable day, anu. a few suggestions as to the* best method of executing this com-, mendable design may not be amiss at this time. In the first place, it should be borne it. mind that it ?3 intended that the school1 children should be the principal partici pants in the exercises. The pupils are to be at their places in school at 9" o'clock as usual. It is desirable that business be entirely su pended so that the relatives cf the pupils may also" be present Printed programmes sh?uhf be provided when possible, and the ex ercises will of course bo subject to the" limitations of the scholars, but every thing which may be done should tend1 to the central ideas of Columbus* achievement and the remarkable prog-, ress of the country under the impetus cf education. Appropriate patriotic deco rations are necessary, and allegorical' tableaux will add greatly to the effect iveness and enjoyment cf the exercises. Music is also desirable. In the afternoon comes the citizens' celebration, but, as in the morning ex ercises, the school children should take" the most prominent part. Of course in the country districts this will not be the case, and the afternoon should be de-, voted to games for the young people and social gatherings for their eldcrs/though** every house should be decorated with* the national colors. In the towns the" afternoon should bo devoted to'some sort of formal celebration, in which all of the civic and military organizations" should be invited to participate. A review of school children after they, have reached the reviewing stand and saluted the Sag will add much to the "life and color" of the scene. A mass' meeting of the citizens should follow during the day, when the best orators of the locality, and the most ?lo* quer.t of the declaimers among the' children?say one from each school? might deliver addresses appropriate to* the occasion. The topics of these' speeches will readily suggest them selves, but it must be borne in mind that any thine: relating to Columbus will be more interesting than anything else on such an occasion. The flag salute, the ode and the patriotic songs should" be executed by the children without a hitch, and for this reason a great deal" of preliminary work will have to be done by them. Upon ?he school teachers will devolve* the greatest portion of this labor. Each* teacher should at once, if it has not al-. ready been done, present the matter of the celebration of Coinmbus D?.y to his pupils, and it should be laid before the young people in such a manner that each will be anxious to contribute as' much' as possible to the success of the affair. Enthusiasm is what is wanted* and needed, for without it failure must result. Lei each teacher select commit-* tees on reception, on decorations, on ex ercises, on printing, on newspapers, on arrangements and on finance. The principal must be actually if not nom inally the directing spirit of each' com mittee. At the morning exercises at the schools" the veterans should have charge of th*?' flag and should aiso act as guards of honor to the schools on the march to the* reviewing stand. The pocnliar appropri ateness of the veterans being the special; patrons of the school celebration is ap parent. Money and the active co-opera tion of the citizens at large are absolute-' ?y necessary to the success of the cele bration, and these should and probably will be promptly f< >rt"bcoming. Only the general outlines of exercises suggested in the c-Eci&l programme are here given. These may be enlarged or contracted to conform to the wishes and* risibilities of the celebrants. THE PRESENT'S PROCLAMATION: ?le Kocon;rio;ii'., tbo General Observance ?:f Coinutbus Day on Oct. 31. Whereas, by a joint resolution, approve*! Jx:ru: ISSU, it was resolved by the somite and house of repr?senta; ive> of the United States* of Am?ricain congress assembled,**Tb.at the presid -n; ..?' the United States be authorized and directed to issue a proclamation recom tuendingto the people the observance in all their local it tes of ihe 400:b nimivorsary of the tliscovcry of America, on the ~'st of October,. 1S92, by public demonstrations and by suitably exercisi s i:i their s?. booh* cud other places of assembly:** Xo-.v, therefore, I. Benjamin Harrison, presi dent of the United States of America, in pur suance of the aforesaid joint resolution, do her? by appoint Friday, Oer, 21, l!*ft? the 400th' anniversary cf the discovery of America by. Ccluinb*is,asa general holiday for ibe i>oop!e of the United States. On that day let the i>ep plc so far as possible cease from mil and de vote thorns- Ivos to stich exercises as may best express boner to the discoverer and their ap-. preciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of America!! life. Columbus stood tn his a^c as the pioneer of progress and enliglrtenmeRt. The system of universal education b in our age the most prominent and salutary future of the spi'rjt qt> enlighteumcat.and it is pecn??arty appropriate that the si ii.ii Is be made by the people the oen terof the day's demonstration. Let the na tional Cag final over L?vexj school bouse in the country, and ihc exercises he such as shall im. press upon our youth the patriotic duties of American cil izenshlp. In the churches and in the other places of assembly of the people let there be expressions' of gratitude to divine Providence for the de-, vout faith of the discoverer, and for the divine care and guidance which have directed our his tory and so abundantly blessed our people. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ray^ band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. . . Pone at the city of Washington, this 21s1 day. of July, in the year cf our Lord one thousand"] eight hundred and ninety-two. and of the iu-_ dependence of the United States the one butf dred and seventeenth. By the President: JOHN W. FOSTER, Secre-* tary of State.. A gcr\ en ?n ct this county who has ex 1 ! nt judgrn-.ent rtma:kP'i ton? *!; ? other G?y \ \ at he knew cf no pill so coed f>r coasts a-, tion, dvsp?p a aid liv-r r<vm?* im *$' rvw?tt's L?ttl? Early Risers J S Hu>bsoa4 & Co.