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MAYKVILLB, S. C., August IStb,'94.
Battor Watchman and Southron: I see ia
your lastweek?* papera pj?ce-of land ?owned
by me, advertised for taxes. Last fall I wrote
to Capt. Keels to seed me the amonot of my
taxes ; he told nae tbe amount, and I seat the
moaey to a party ia Somier - and be paid it.
Now if I had gone there and told him to give
rae the amount of my taxes fer Mayesville, or
any other place, there would be an excuse for
the mistake, bot I told him to send me the
amount on the books. Now be makes out
executions against me without saying a word
to me. Now what I think of an officer that
will do me such a thing I will not say.
I will also mention another case that will
show the indifference of the Treasurer and
- Sheriff. Last year a man, Marcus Wilson*, was
forced to pay taxes for another mao, after
proof bad been furnished to the Treasurer and
Sheriff tbafctfife wes sot the? manganji also
that* th?fm^ Marcus Wilson cid, not, have
the property charged.?garast bit?. ; |
Now I went to tbe Treasurer and he would
send me to the Sheriff, each claiming that the
other was the one to blame, and they still have
my jmoney, for I bsd- to pay the amount for
this maav . ~ - . .? ?
^iw^ttwrwawptM^^ were in
formed that they "were Arcing the W/S?og'
, maa to pay t bese-taxes they can .ger i twight"
at their door. The people of Snorer County
can make the comments. J. W. COOPER.
News From St. Pani.
ST. FAC?, CLARSJDOS COm S. C., Aog. 20, '94.
Our little town can boast of a few new
buildings in course of erection. Mr. David
Levi, oar merchant prince, with his usual
energy and push, is having erected near the
C- S. k N. R. R., a very neat and conven?
ient ginning outfit to take the place of bis
ginnery which was destroyed by are in the
early sommer. The gin bouse and engine
room is being built of corrugated iroo and
covered with tin. The Munger System of
gin ni nig machinery wiO be used,' which is a
decided improvement oa the old style. Mr.
Levi will be ready for the ginning season,
which ts so near at hand,and expects to do a
good business. _
':XK"R^.~lSf?iB^ Springs,
Ala., was sent here to put the machinery
together.
Mr. W. H. Sbirer is also erecting a store
on bis lot in front of tbe C. S. & N. Depot,
and carpenters well-soon commenc? work on
the publi? school building which will be
ready to be occupied at the opeoeoig of the
free school term.
The political pot is ooly slightly simmer?
ing in these parts. The Antis are keeping
cool-from necessity of coarse. Tillman has
declared he will go to the United States
Senate and that John Gary Svans is sore to
fill the Gubernatorial chair, and nobody is
disputing it. We are glad to sea our friend,
Mr. Ellison Capers, jr , of this place out for
Legislative honors. Mr. Capers is a Straight
out from the ground up) and is a good man.
He is a son of Bishop Ellison Capers, of
Columbia, and a graduate of the South
Carolina College. He bas been engaged in
farming in oar neighborhood for the last four
years, and has made many warm friends.
Although the Tillmanites seem to ba ve every?
thing their own way, we think Mr. Capers
will make a. good run.
Mr. Gabriel Levy, of Charleston, was io
the neighborhood one day last week. Also
Mr. W. M. Hay ns worth, of Darlington.
Mrs. W. H. Shirer and children, are visit?
ing relatives near BisbopVille.
Mr. Ellison Capers, Jr., is visiting his
brother Capt. John G. Capers, of Columbia*
Mr. W. E. Keels is visiting at Wedgefield.
Mr. J. K. Boyleston of the South Carolina
' Cotton Oil Co., was here a few days ago in
interest of his company.
Mr. R. J. Carrigan has returned from a
visit to relatives near Privateer.
Cotton is opening rapidly and the darkey
is happy, while producers are complaining
of the low prices they will likely get for tbe
staple. _ "SAXTEE."
--? ? WM
Letter From Wedgefield.
W EDENFIELD, S. C., Ang. 21, 1894.
The hardest rain of the season fell on the
fifteenth, accompanied by considerable wind.
No serious damage was done. Young corn
was blown fiat but the sun bas straightened
it sufficiently for a good crop to be made and
the prospect is fine. If our farmers are not
out of debt the following increase in the
small grain crop in tbe last few years is in
couraging. No small grain was threshed
here prior to 1891, and that year only about
300 bushels of oats ; 1892 about 600 " bushels
of oats and 75 bushels of wheat ; 1893 about
800 bushels of oats and 2C0 bushels of wheat;
1894 about 1,500 bushels of oats, and 400
bushels of wheat and 30 bushels of rye.
Besides, this year while a thresher was at
work in Wedgefield, another was io the
country only 3 miles away.
Public roads were, as usual, farcically
worked within the last few days, which as a
matter of course, makes them very disagree?
able to drive over. It is very seldom that
any real good accrues from such hacking up
of the roads. The law is good enough, and
as for labor it is superabundant, but road
working is a frolic!: more than any thing
else, hence the system amounts only to a
farce. I sincerely trust that when Mr.
Dinkins gets into office under the new system,
things will take a change for tbe better.
Everybody says every time, the road mu<t
be vjorked this time, and yet when they finish
walking over, they leave tbe road in the same
old fix.
Mrs. Minnie Lampley and children are
visiting friends in town.
Prof. B. F. Clifford, of Unioo, is spending
to-day in town in the interest of the Clifford
Female Seminary
Miss Marie Singleton has gooe to Asheville
for a several weeks' stay.
Stateburg played Brickbats again, on
Wedgefield grounds, on last Saturday ; result
24 to 23 in favor of Brickbats.
Rembert Notes.
RKMBEBT, S.C., Aug. 20, 1894.
Fodder pulling has been almost completed.
Tobacco curing is more than half finished.
The quality is good and a fairly large crop
bas been made. The prospect for pea vice
bay is excellent. Cotton bas not taken on as
much fruit as the size of the weed warranted
us to expect.
There will be a dance at the residence of
Mr. T. P. Sanders this evening. A pleasant
time is anticipated.
Judge Watts and family are visiting Capt.
R. G. Ellerbe
Col. J. A. Rhame and wife, of Magnolia,
spent several days of last week visitiog in the
neighborhood.
Mr. W. J. McKain wasalso visiting in the
neighborhood last week.
The repairs on the dam of Rembert's mill
are progressing, but tbe public road across is
not yet passable. All travel to Sumter is by
way of Ellerbe's mill.
Nearly or quite a full vote will be polled
by the Conservatives in this precinct, lt will
be seen to, also, that no votes from Kershaw
County are polled. I. A. H.
Hood'3 Pills are purely vegetable, and do
not purge pain or gripe. Sold by all drug?
gists.
Ionia Letter.
j IONIA, S. C., Aug. 20, 1S94.
Fodder puHmg iai.be. order of the day, and
we are LA vin jr a right nice time to pull it.
Cotlon: is opening"right fast DOW. The farm?
ers b&*? had tbeir rest. They will not get
any more rest until they get through gather?
ing their crops..
Miss Bennie Skinner, of Antioch neighbor?
hood,,, died Saturday night and was buried
at New Salem yesterday evening., at 4 o'clock.
Mr. J. H. ?hewning, jr., is sick with fever,
and a great many more-cannot undertake to
mention them all.
There has been a series of meetings going oa
at Salem, at which much good bas been
accomplished. Ten professed sanctification.
Three were converted. Also there was a j
I meeting carried on at Antioch Baptist church. ?
! One is being carried on at Spring Hill.
Little Farmer has started to pick colton
i this morning. Gess be will get a bale or
! more this month.
TABLEY WITHDEAWS.
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j The following address to the*pnbjic, issued
I,Saturday "hy^Gen; Hogb:. L. Farley, upon
l^tbdr?wiag From the race, for-Congress in
th> 4th district, and reiirin? to private life,
will be found "mighty interesting 'reading,"
:n view of the fact that no one bas ever, for a
moment, doubted that Gen. Farley was a
true, tried and sincere Reformer. He went
iota the Reform movementat its inception, and
has held the position of Adjutant and. In spec
tor General ever since. Tillman took. the. retios
of. the State government into bis hands. Here
i3?3Uoraeral ^farley's address to the people of
tli& ?tate ;j? m W "
To the Public :
In hereby announcing my withdrawal from
the rc.ee in the fourth Congressional district,
I desire to make some additional remarks ex?
planatory of my actions and the political situ?
ation in general. ~ It was with a good deal of
hesitation and not sanguine expectations of
election that I entered the race-but deter?
mined to take my chances, and keep in touch
with the people, with reasonable grounds for
believing that, with a full vote, I would be in
the second race, where I could win against a
single competitor. The action of the commit?
tee tn refusing to call off the "Colleton plan"
convention, and the small vote of the clubs,
as well as the evident dissatisfaction of the
people, show unmistakably that the vote at
the primary wjli.iaot oply. termal 1, but large?
ly co n S n ed t o-1 he same "?l?ments w hieb un der
the dictation of the bosses, voted in the clubs.
Hence, no one, but those who are already
slated, wiil stand any chance io the primary .
election, -or the September convention, unless
there is an immediate uprising of the people,
who have not participated io toe clubs, by
the placing of ac opposition ticket in the field
as delegates to the September convention,
and this seems improbable at-this late date.
S?viewrng toe canses that have led' up to
tile present situation, may'for the pr?sent be a
profitless but not uninteresting occupation,
aod, as I am given to "philosophical reflec?
tions" now aod theo, I do not mind giving
a few more to the public, for its amusement,
if not for its instruction.
Now as soon as these nomiaations are made
all of the disappointed aspirants will be lay?
ing the blame at the door of my friend Gov?
ernor Ti 11 m a n-my sel f alone excepted. Right
here io the beginning I want to meet this dis?
satisfaction, as unreasonable as it is unjust,
by a flat denial, and the facts I think will
bear me out, particularly among those in the
Reform ranks who are best posted, for tbe
evidence is clear that be did not want, and
was not the author of the so-called "Colleton
plan" of makiog nominations.
It will be remembered that last Christmas
Governor Tillman failed to appear at a caucus
held by Senator Irby at L?ureos, wheo it
was said oo one cared to go except Larry
Gantt and D. A. J. Sullivan. Oo the other
side a caucus was held io Colombia about tbe
6th of January at the Governor's Mansion, at
which Messrs. Shell, Elierbe, Bowden, etc.,
were fouod, aod it was generally agreed that
Shell should call a March convention, for the
purpose of considering the property of making
nominations, aod sooo afterwards it was un?
derstood that Elierbe was to be tbe man for
Governor.
Later the Governor unequivocally express?
ed himself against any nominatio ns except by
the primary plao, as provided for by the Re?
form platform. Unfortunately these fscts
were not kept a secret, and reached oot only
the ears of my friend, Mr. Joho Gary Evans,
but also those of Senator Irby io Washiogtoo,
who put on his war-paint and swore by all
that was holy, that Reform movement or no
Reform movent, no "State House ring" should
I control matters.*
Unfortunately again, Governor Tillman had
to go oo to Washington about the 20th of
January to look after some "internal reveoue
matters in connection with the dispensary,"
aod theo fell ioto the compaoy dod under tbe
evil influence of that "greatest of political
leaders," Senator Irby, who, it seems, is
destined to be the "evil genius," of the Gov?
ernor. Many are the rumors that came to us
of that meeting, for the truth of which we
cannot vouch. Some say that threats were
made, aod some say that tbe "riot act was
read" to the Governor ; but, oo matter what
occurred, it is certain that after his return the
programme was changed, the "Colleton plan"
or "idea" was suggested, aod oo more was
heard of Shell aod bis March convection, nor
of Elierbe and his candidacy as the adminis
j t ration favorite for Governor, except the par
j tial light thro wo upoo the subject by Mr.
j Elierbe in the campaign. The Governor is
j always open aod sincere, aod there is no j
j doubt that be was sincere in his intentions.
and that circumstances beyond bis control
; aod too numerous to meotioo prevented'
i him from carrying them out. He wanted to
staod by Shell, the March cooveotion aod the '
i platform primary election, but acknowledged j
j "thar, oe could not pullJohn Gary Evans off," j
j as he promised. I am satisfied, gentlemen,
that he wanted to staod by all of us old liue '
j Reformers, who helped bim to power and who j
stood guard over his person for years defend
tog htm and bis cause against all comers, but
Irby would not let him.
The paternity of "the Colleton idea," j
! which was so carefully concealed under a
j false name, bas been boastingly acknowledged I
; by Senator Irby of late, oo the stump, at j
? Jack's township, io Laurens, as "the Laurens
j idea," and previously by Lisboo club resolu
I tious to the effect that it was the plan agreed !
I upon by Senator Irby and Governor Tillman
J io Washington. The "Colletoo plao," is ?
j nothing but a shrewd trick played by Seoa- j
: tor Irby, chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee upon the unsuspecting
Reformers, and finds its best illustration io a j
gambler's trick, as often told by the Senator,
occurring in a saloon, with ao unsuspecting j
victim in a game of porker. The game goes j
along very oicely until the victim gets a j
good safe hand, on which he bets heavily and ;
j is "called by his opponent, wheo be exhibits '
, his hand, and to his astonishment is told that
it is oo good, because tbe gambler bas a
"Leo Loo," as he calls it, aod shows a
worthless hand. Poioting to a card on the
wall, as one of the rules of the game, he ?
j shows the astonished victim the words : "A j
j Loo Loo beats everything." Tbe game goes ?
I oo until the victim gets a "Loo Loo" and !
; bets heavily, when to his mortification and;
j surprise, be finds another card on the wall
i saying, "A Loo Loo can be played but once
in a game." The question is, did Senator
! Irby play a "Loo Loo" on the Governor in
j Washington, and then on us? If so weean
say tbat no matter how many times he may I
be able to play it ou the Governor, thank God
he can play it but once on the people.
After all this, how unreasonable it is to
blame the Governor. If Senator Irby played
a "Loo Loo," he could Dot help it. If m
coonectioo with that he made "slates" and
combinations, and used the Governor's
influence to carry them to success, bow could
the Governor help it ? We may cuss and
quarrel, and get dissatisfied mid full out with
Senator Irby as much as we please, but we
must not blame the Governor, more especially
after bis disclaimer. And w? ought not to
blame Irby too much, because he played the
"Loo Lo" according to the roles of the
game. Gorernor Tillman is in the same posi?
tion that we are-he could not help it, and,
while he may not be able to command our ad?
miration so fully as he bas done, he is cer?
tainly entitled to our sympathy, because it
looks as if be, too, had beeo victimized.
Speaking of admiration there are but two
things that have commended miee to the
fullest extent in the campaign. One was the
magnificent fight made all alone by Senator
Butler, who, deserted by the Conservatives
and leading a forlorn hope, against all odds,
still commanded the respect and attention of
crowds overwhelmingly against bim, making
at times speeches that have had no equals in
any of the campaigns which I had attended
since 1876. Tbe world knows that I have
never admired Senator Irby mucb, but I do
not mind confessing that John has won my
admiration at last by bis magnificent dash
and spirit, and by the cool and daring way
that be played that "Loo Loo" band on the
Governor and tbe rest of us in this "alto?
gether fair and lovely" campaign.
Hereafter be is entitled to coat of arms
showing a Reform liar and bis whelps, and
conchant, with -John standing rampant, bis
foot on the lion's neck, John Gary Evans and
others smiling from the back gronnd ; a great
admiring public looking on as be trium?
phantly waves the card which bears the
legion: "A Loo Loo beats everything." It's
grand aod lays Governor Tillman in the
shade, for, as Mark Twain said of bis hero,
Tom-Sawyer, "hurrah for John, be will be
President yet, if he ie not hung.
Defeat is bard to bear, as I know by
experience, especially if we think that we
have deserved better things. I confess to
considerable disappointment myself, bat shall
try to eet the rest a good example. After so
many years of devotion to, and fighting with
him for the Reform cause, I must confess that
it is mortifying o see him robbed of hil
glory, and even my admiration forcibly
transferred to Senator Irby.
' Tbe Governor's election to the Senate has
long been a foregone conclusion, as a legiti?
mate result of the success of tbe movement,
but I bad cherished Lopes that when the Re?
form movement, with its new and improved
system of education ; tts equalization of taxes,
and above ail its primary election system
(before which we could all "have a fair
chance" and "run on our merits"), bad been
fully accomplished, our great leader could go
to the Senate with the prizes and plaudits of
a whole people, taught, to see and appreciate
the great results accomplished. But after the
victory bas been woo, and the rejoicing is
being beard in tbe land, it is bard to be
forced to realize that the great movement,
which ought, and, in time, will prove foll of
blessings and beneficence to our people,
should just now be degraded and prostituted
to tbe low ambitions and petty revenges of
demagogues and the glory of the campaign
transferred from the hand of its real leader,
to that of a political mountebank.
Instead of the praises of a whole people, we
have only the "bowling of a successful mob,"
which is "mistaken for the voice of fame,"
and, instead of a nappy, harmonious grate?
ful people, we have nothing but discord and
distrust, and dissatisfaction and division
left.
Most surely it is Senator Irby's year of
triumph, and Governor Tillman's and our
day of humiliation. A great opportunity,
which would have placed tbe crown of the
statesman oo some one's head, has been lost,
and lost forever.
Although I do not like or admire some of
his political associations. I cannot bat- feel
some gratification in the election of Gary
Evans to the position of Governor, on
account of my past association with Gen.
Gary and the family, for it does seem some?
thing like poetic, if not retributive justice,
which I hope the jouog man will turn into
a blessing for the people of the State who
should give bim a fair trial.
One word to the Conservatives, before I
close, I know that you have just cause for
complaint and dissatisfaction at the way you
have been treated in not being allowed a
voice in State affairs, to select even between
Reformers in the gubernatorial race. I know
that tbe only gratification that you have, as
you sit on the fence, watching the game
between the Reformers, is a sort of malicious
pleasure, that yon feel, in seeing some of us
defeated, and you say : "Now they will come
to us." In this you are mistaken, because
"Once a sincere Reformer, always a Re?
former." We are aware that the movement,
and its aims and professions, have received
a severe blow, and its record been tarnished
by some of the acts of its leaders. We are
aware that the wise counsels of some of its
best friends have been unheeded, and that an
almost fatal blow has been struck at the very
life of the faction, in the enforcement of tbe
"Colleton Idea," which violates our pro?
mises and principles, and stultified its authors
aod supporters. But we are not prepared
to desert our principles nor to take any step
backwards. You have not been altogether
sincere in your cry for "Peace and Har?
mony," but still hope and scheme for the
complete overthrow of the whole movement.
In this you will be disappointed, for new
i deas and a new state of affairs have come
to stay, and you need not hope for a restora?
tion.
The situation is an unfortunate one, just
now, and the remedy lies, not in making bad
matters worse by ao independent move?
ment and an appeal to the negroes, but in
cultivating and working for the reconcili?
ation witb the more conservative or real
Reformers, and working with them, for tbe
good of tbe State.
The Reform party has accomplished all of
its important work, and is only ^eld together
as a partisan body by the ridicule and bitter?
ness of the press, and some of its opponents,
and also by cohesive power of public office.
It can only be broken by a candid ac?
knowledgment of its success, and the culti?
vation of friendly relations with its followers,
some of whom know, and many feel instinc?
tively, not only that they are right, but that
their rights are not yet safe io your bands.
The only and real remedy lies in patience aud
time, by which our people will soon be con?
vinced that there is no real cause for dissen?
sion, bitterness and hatred ; and to pursue
any other course is but to play into the hands
of the demagogues, who always come to the
front in such movements, no matter bow
noble the cause may be.
I have been retired, regardless of wbat
I have done in the past, for simply
entertaining and advising a liberal, just and
conciliatory course, and, like myself, you
must bide your time, until a returning sense
of justice brings about a better state of
affairs. In tbe meantime, I can write a his?
tory of the Reform movement and do justice
to its leaders, while the Irbys, Wilsons and
Gantts et id omne find their level, "or kill
themselves," for, in the language of Uncle
Remus, I do believe "It's a mighty good
thing (brethren) to wait on the Lord."
"Hold your glasses steady ;
"Look your comrades in tbe eye,
"Here's to the dead already
"And hurrah for the next to die."
Respectfully,
H. L. FARLEY.
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Two blocks from the Third and Sixth Avenue
Elevated Railroads.
The Madison and Fourth Avenue and Belt
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H. M. CLARK, Proprietor.
Passenger Elevator runs all night
Sign, ?reen Front!
HAMMOND
Has removed to Main Street next to
Dr. DeLorme'? Drug Store,
Where he is now selling many lines of seasonable and de?
sirable goods considerably below their real
value. A comparison of styles, qualities and midsummer
prices will clearly show why
Our Volume of Business Increases Dailv !
Ladies' Dongola, Patent Tip Shoes, ?1.00 per pair-Regular Price, ?1.35.
Canopy Bars, Flexible Hoops, with Cord and Pulley, white, only ?1.00.
Ladies' Belt Buckles, extra quality, silver plated, regular price 50c, our price 15 cents.
Ladies' Windsor Ties, all silk, regular price 25c, our price 15 cents.
We have another case of Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Undervests, 5 cents.
Ecru and Tan Laces, 5 cents per yard.
The latest Percale styles in Ladies' Shirt Waist Calicoes.
Ladies' Summer Corsets 50 cents per pair.
A good Linen Doyley 25 cents per dozen.
36-inch Sea Island 16 yards for one dollar.
Tinted Ground Dotted Swiss Lawns, 6? cents per yard.
Corded Fancy Check Lawns Si cents, was 12A cents.
Scotch Lawns, new styles, 6i cents, was 10 cents.
Check Nainsooks, short lengths, 5 cents per yard, regular price 7 cents.
White Plaid Mulls 61 cents, was 10 cents; 8k., was 12k. Fancy Stripes 10 cents, was 15
cents; 12i cents, was 20 cents.
Men's Half Bleached and German Fancy Socks, 15c, regular price 25c, all sizes at present.
Men's Puff Bosom Summer Shirts, 14? inches to 17 inches, 50 cents.
Ladies' White Aprons 15 cents, regular price 25 cents.
Men's 4-ply Linen Collars, drummer's samples, 5 cents each.
We are also the Agent in Sumter for the James Means Shoe,
the best Shoe on the Market, and every pair guaranteed.
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