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h clarefield Advertiser Tros. J. ADAMS,.BDITOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1S95. Astronomers predict tho Star of Bethlehem this year. Four inches of snow and ice galore in the west on Monday last. The New York World, the most widely circulated democratic pa per in the country, has decided leanings towards bimetalism. The agricultural department at Washington has made a report of the acreage planted in cotton this year, and it is only thr?e per cent, less than last year-what rot ! D. H. Tompkins, secretary of the State democratic executive committee, has called a meeting of the committee in Columbia on Wednesday night of this week. This meeting is to forestall and head off Goff's injunctions and the results thereof with reference to the constitutional convention. Judge Goff has decided that the registration law is unconstitution al and enjoins the further regis tration of voters in this State. He has also enjoined the seizure of liquors brought into the State from other States where such li quors are intended for the uso of the person ordering them. "Coins Financial School," a little book devoted to bimetalism, is being quoted from by all the leading journals in America. This little pamphlet presents the argu ment in favor of a double stand ard so plainly and simply that a child could almost understand them, and a distinguished goldite has declared that its arguments cannot be answered, and it is use less to try. The Columbia Evening News very truthfully says: "Admit all concerning the Re formers in .South Carolina that any man can with justice claim, and what does it sum up? Merely that tim rank and file are plain, honest folks, who mayhap have committed now and then political mistake?, and who have at times been misled by some of their lead ers. But that their purposes are sincere, we believe few men will be found to deny." Cuban dispatch _Jo~-???-..New York Herr.ld says : "Marshal Martinez Campos has official ly charged through Havana newspapers that the conspiracy to throw off the Spanish yoke was spread through the island of Cu ba, and that it had its erigin and chief support in the Masonic lodges and Protestant churches, especially the Baptist Church. Thc government some time ago forbade Masons to hold meetings, and they have also suppressed all Protestant missions outside of Havana." gWJiat Tillman Says. GAINESVILLE, FLA., May 10.-In response to questions as to his opinion ot the decision of Judges Goff and Simonton relative to the registration law, United States Senator Tillman said to a corres uondent: "No general election will be held in South Carolina this year and the decision will interfere on ly with the election of delegates to the constitutional convention. "Evidently a conspiracy is on foot and this dirty Republican Judge was brought from West Virginia to do the work which it was hoped by some will over throw the will of the people in our State. "Simonton, in whose Circuit South Carolina is, was, I think, a member of the Legislature at the time the registration law was pass ed in 18S2. It was gond enough then, because he and bis clique governed tho State. "The Dispensar}' has been watched with much interest by people ou!side with almost abso lutely certainty of being adop'.ed by other States. Bar-keepers and liquor manufacturers could well alford to raise a million to buy a judge or two. Congress has deci ded by enactment that liquors upon their arrival in a State shall be subject to the Jaws of that State, the same as though they were manufactured therein. "It behooves lovers of temper ance to make their iniluence heard and felt at this crisis. Simonton has once declared the Dispensary law constitutional. He has prac tically reversed himself. From the swet'ptng nature of the injunc tion I think that he has been im properly influenced. The Dispen sary law is so popular in the State that it will continue ita bene ficent work of reducing drunken ness. "Judges by their decisions and injunctions, and Congressmen by their votes, are rapidly making this country a despotism in which the rights and interests of the musses are of as li'.tle account as in Russia, but I am glad that they are pressing the scheme so vigor ously. It will only bring revolu tion that much sooner and the re lief we must have." The Senator left for home to night. CORRESPONDENCE THE BATTLE ON! IX FAVOR OF WOMAN SUF FRAGE. Fair Dido Takes up the Gauntlet Thrown Down by Semphronicus. I am, to say the least, surprised to know that such men as Sem phronicus would deny women one single right, or that so many in telligent men spend their leisure in dredging for a reason why she should not be content to remain where she was placed by false ideas of barbarism hundreds of years ago. I do not agree with Col. Keitt when he says the presence of wo men would annihilate the "foul mouth lout with his club &c." These self same "louts," after the day at the poles, go to the homes of good and pure women, and many a mother and wife spend the night in tears and prays to a God who "will only help us when we cannot help oursel/es. Only the ballot is left them, and women will cast an unbiassed ballot. Yes, woman has an inherent right to vote. Gen. 1st ch. 20 v.-"And God said, let us make man in our im age after our likeness: and let them have dominion tte." 27 v. So God created man in bis own image * * * male and female created he them. Max O'Rell in "Eastman's Jour nal" speaks of woman as "a great power,'* said she had the "leadiug part in the first drama of which the literature of the world gives any account, the snake and the poor weak man had the minor parts." A general r? capitulation would show as man) instances of mans shirking duties as women, and I warrant she is capaMe of delend ing her laws even on the battle field. The peasant girl who saved France did it by leadiug, and the admiration for bravery and con tempt for cowardice, innate with woman, prove her capability. But there is no need for that, as civilization advances and Christ's teachings are promulgated war will cease. Women make up one half the people, and they are native born citizens, property holders, taxpay ers ; man)'' support themselves, and in part the schools, churches, poor houses, jails, BjaMMjtLS-the whola machinery of ?BS?^P1^^'111 d yei-irare no voice in a single law that manages their affairs or de mauds their tax money? Think of the condition of affairs my friend, and then cease to wonder that wo man wants a hand at the helm. According to official reports the people of the United States U6ed four gallons of intoxicating drinks per caput. in 1S40, twelve gallons iu 1S83. The production of malt liquor has risen from 1,G2S,934 barrels in 1863 to 18,998,619 bar rels in 1884. The temperance re form has made wondai ful progress, and there are'more tetotalers than ever before, and yet there must be more of excess than ever before. Indulgence in alcohol makes mis ery for all the world, but most of ail for women and children. Stim ulants are sold under legal guar antees which make our govern ment partner in the traffic. Esti mate the number of needy fami lies in Edge field County. Then get the sales of the dispensai)* li quor, aud estimate how long they could live on that unnecessary ex penditure, be comfortably clothed and fed-or how many boys and girls could be educated. Where is womans rightful sphere? I wonld be glad to have it clearly defined. All women would not act like Mrs. Lease ; and what would be the condition of af fairs if all men were like Sullivan? I wonder if those who oppose suffrage on the grounds of pro tecting women from contact with swearing and drinking men think those rowdies go off and hide themselves after the day is over? Xo, they go to tho homes of good and pure women, and only they and God know the agony endur ed. That is one scourge which is lashing women into asking the privilege to aid in framing laws in which she is so deeply interest ed. Another is that having been raised in iguorance of all busi ness she leans on father, having married she leans on husband, suddenly Providence snatches her prop Irom her. lleing trained to trust some man, and ignorant of business, she continues to trust some man. Tho result need not be told for penniless widows aud or phans from that cause are too com mon. Tennyson is uo criterion; note whero he calls love "an empty sound, a modern fair ones jest," and almost in the same breath says, "Angelina, ever dear, my charmer turn and see thine own" itc. Augusta Wilson is well known to live among the clouds. She cannot claim a single cbarac-j 1er true to nature, all are over drawn. Weare to deal with plain prosaic, matter of fact life. DIDO. News From Antioch. Mit. EDITOJI: The semi-monthly meeting of our Literary Club was held on Wednesday night at the residence of Mrs. Sallie Jones. Gladly did we accept the invita tion to meet there, for Mrs. Joues' hospitality is unbounded. In what soever we undertake we can always (expect a word of encouragement from this most estimable woman. It is no wonder then that these meet ings at her house have become a rendezvous for the young people of Antioch. The programme was: "Old Black Joe" by Club. Mrs. A. A Glover then read a most iuterest ing aud instructive selectiou from Ladies Home Journal, "Sunshiny Girl." After which Miss Julia Prescott played "Graud Concert Waltz." A most appropriate and well read piece was that of Mr. B F. Glanton Jr., entitled, "Good Society." Then came a recitation l.y that gifted young lady Miss Lizzie Kubanks, "Katie Malony," indeed Miss Eubanks is an elocu tionist of rare ability, aud her ef fort on this occasion would have done credit to one more experienc ed. After the recitation by Miss Eubanks, Mr. A. A. Glover read a paper on "what was the difference in the greatness of George Wash ington and Alexander the Great." Miss Julia Prescott delighted the audience again with excellent mu sic. This popuh.r young lady then charmed those present by reading a most interesting piece the au thor of which we failed to get. Then again were we treated to good music and good reading by Miss Emmie Jones, one of our most popular young ladies. All of these present then joined in the singing of "Old Folks At Home." Longfellow being the poet of the evening, the programme was com pleted by quotations from this popular author. After t: e pro gramme wa* finished, Master Wm. Gardner gave us some sweet music on the violin. Willie i's a talented little fellow and bids fair to make an excellent"performer. Miss Julia Prescott left on Fri day to visit friends iii your city. Judge Luther Bell and Mr. Hugh Anderson, have been down on business. Our farmers are very backward with their crops on account of too much rain. We have just heard of the death of Mr. Ed Miller. His death was no surprise to his friend.*, for hw had beeu an invalid for about four years. One more good man has passed over the river. One more soul launched into eternity. In all the relations of life Ed Miller wa*-, a man. As husband there w-ss none more devoted. ..As father he was kind and aii'ectiouata. As neigh bor he did as he wished to be done by. What greater tribute can be paid the memory of any man. What richer inheritance could be handed down to posterity. Mr Miller left a wife and large fami ly of children to whom the hearts of our entire community go out in sympathy in this the hour of their sad bereavement. G. Some Practical Suggestions to School Teachers and Parents. "Tis education forms the common mind Just as the twig is bent the tree's in clined." There are men to-day, whose lives are entire failures and for this there must be a reason. Thii reason is found in the fact that their youthful training was not such as to prepare them for lives of usefulness. Take care of the small things and the great things will 1ake care of themselves. We are commanded to train up a child in the way in which he ehould go and the promise is when he is old he will not depart from it. During infancy children should be taught that order is heaven's first law. Obedience and system should reign in every household. I Those two vital requirements neg- ( lected often lead to ruin. Just so it is with school life. When chil dren enter school, they should go regularly and be there on time. |] Many parents complain and ac cuse the teacher unjustly because their children do not progressas tney should, when really the teach- j ] er has exerted himself in behalf of the child and rid himself of every responsibility. Where is the sculptor who can t chisel a "Madonna" when he has 1 no marble? Where is the teacher who oan draw out and polish a child's mind when the child is not present? The fault lies in the fact that the parent has not required bis child to bc punctual at school nor studious at home. What a faith ful teacher has labored several days to accomplish may be all un done by one day's absence from school. The parents and teachers must be co-workers if success in the mental and physical develop ment of the child is to be ob- ( tained. i We need a higher standard of education and lt can only be se cured by obedience and system in our school work. Many parents labor nuder a mistaken idea in sending a child to school three days in a week and requiring him to work three. Such " course is anything but economy The child at once gathers only broken limbs and is not able to weld them, hence, he is no betti r prepared to meet the responsibilities of life than before he had gathered his few disconnected fragments. A child that has been allowed to waste his childhood thus, beging life with no object in view and on ly an idea, here and chere. He has worked and studied without com pl i au ce with any law and entirely devoid ot'? systematic course ; con sequently, he knows nothing but confusion. Is not the cause of our present political chaos and finan cial crisis attributable to disobe dience and want of system? Where then is the root of this evil? We claim that il began with the train ing during childhood. What we want now is a e.]ass of men and wpmen from the rising generation who will be an aggressive and law abiding people-therefore, we ap peal to the parents in Edgefield county, who have children iu our common schools, that they require a regular attendance and strict robed.euee. Soon we will be num bered with those who have been and our children will occupy our places. Ought we not to instruct them so they will be better quali fied than we? There is no neutral position, we either progress or re trograde and our successors will most certainly be either better or worse. We insist that teachers and pa rents should work jointly for the upbuilding of the children, and to insure success there mupt be reg ular attendance at school, a syste matic course pursued, and obedi 3I1CO on the part of the pupils. A COUNTY SCHOOL TEYCHER. About That Cnexpeiulcrt Bal ance. EDITOR ADVERTISER: In reply to many win are desirous of more information relative to th* first apportionment and unexpended balance, I would -say that, the workings of the oiFice were all new to nie, and that in making the first apportionment I allowed nothing for expense?, and when Judge Earle ordered the $0,853.21 paid oui I went to Capt. W. L. Stev-ns, County Treasurer and asked him wher* th<- report, showing the above figures, was ni ad P. He in formed me it was hi- November report and that several hundred dollars in chums had bien paid out since then and he did not know how much more was held against the ouexpi lided balance. Capt. Stevens, Auditor Haltiwan ger and myself, agreed that it would not be safe to apportion morn (han four thousand dollars. I am not desirous of keeping th? schools out of one cent that, can be used by them and am id ways glad lo give any Information desired. My books are always open, 1 will take pleasure in going through then, and explain anything to those seeking information. I\ N. LOTT, Sch. Com. E. C. Where We Are At. - Columbia Evening New.*, . The Staci's placed in a critical ilhu'embarrassing situation as re gards the health of the public mind. As concerns practical re 3ults there need be no uneasiness. In this regard the effect of both decisions-?. c. the registration ind dispensary cases-is apt to be overrated. In the first place we have left as the eight-box law, and this will shock the negro as of old. The cutting down in this way will be 9normous; and it must, not be forgotten|tbat the ois inertia? of the negro race is mighty. In other words the race has so long been in a stale of political apathy, that it will be difiicult, if not impossible, to arouse the entire voting strength and bring the masses to the polls. Another factor will play its part in culling down the number of vo ters is the question of time of keep! a;/ open the polls. South Car olina has plenty of resources. No one need fear that the Con stitutional Convention will not be held ; nor need any one be dis quieted lest it should be controll ;d by the negro element. It will be controlled by good and true white men, and anybody who obstructs and opposes will drop ueneath the waves of political ob livion. The white men of South Caroli na hold the key to the situation, md can unlock the doors of our prison-house, if they will. But if oy continued folly they, seek to nromote division and foment strife, they will reap the rewaid of their sowing. Of course, there remains but one ogical course, and that is for ev ?rybody to come into the first com oromise-the Tillman-iiarnwell rlemphill agreement and agree opon that basis of reconciliation. This is an agreement backed by oower and plainly stated inten sions, and does not deal in vague, indefinite generalities. The white people of the State should rally to a man, for it will' require the manhood of the State ;o meet thc emergency and for a ;ime all thought of partisan gain ought to be sunk out of sight. The negro will find before he is brough wRh it that he is be ;ween the "devil and the deep >ea." The decision yesterday put ois entire race in jeopardy, and only the severest prudence can ivert a catastrophe. If indiscre ion is indulged it will be paid for it a ruinous price. There never vu8 a time when the negro race talked so near the verge of a pre iipice; a single false step now and t is hurled to ruin. lhere remains but one more )oint to be noted in conclusion, md that is that, the Conservatives ire not going lo take sides against he majority of the white people if South Carolina. We are not (peaking f?r them bul of them, iud from an Ultimate acquaint-1 ince with the muk and file brou gb out South Carolina. What 'he Cou.-ervalives of Co ombia will d". we do not know; out it may be asserted that n > man .r s>'t of men can lead the Con servatives of South C trotina igaisi their blood and rt c .. Tit ey iv i J1 not follow, and when it comes to a question of white eun emacy, which is now the overshadowing issue, thiTC-fourlhs of them will ! j j ? join their fortunes with th" Re formers, and this combination will ensure tuccess. Tlie Steadfast Gold Dollar'? Galhitin Tennesenn. "A good, steadfast dollar," in deed ! Ouo that in 1S7:> !-ought one silver dollar and now buys two-Gjt lbs of cotton, end now buys 20-;V bushels of wheat and now over 2 bushels. Hough t 100th part >.f a mu I" and now buys lha 3-100th-? days work and now a day and a half. And on and on ever increasing; and ever to increase. Where is your "steadfast doUar going to stop steadfasting? It stops right at debt and interest and taxes. When it reaches them it reaches its thus far and no farther." How can any sane man think that the single gold is 'honest' or 'stead fast." By what mental process does any one (except the usurer) reach such a conslusion? was there ever such a robber as this beautiful "honest dollar'.'? He found the world happy prosperous and full of business with ali labor employed and in 22 years he has brought it to bankrupty, ruin, and beggery and sure slavery in sight, and yet hp wants us to believe his same old chestnutty lies worn thread bare by the constant ding donging of his paid press and speakers, and the iteration and reiteration of the poor dupes who THE SOUTH AND I NEW YORK AND < H. A. SMITH, Gener field. THE LLOYDS system, establis ago) by Edward Lloyd, is madi through rpgnlar business progressi NEVER FAILED. MANY PRO IN IT, because, as business people iiig featnm nf the Lloyd?, coupled ty than M oflVied by any other ins offer a uniform cut of fifteen per c case of excessive rates having been than this. Among our polio) hoi? Jones & Son, E. J. Norris, Alvin II Mrs. S. A. Dozier, Jas. A Dennet, most prominent Northern corporal the South, arc in the Lloyd?, such Crawford it Simpson, Postal Cabin Jordan, March it Co., Edison Elec Sugar Refining Co., J. B. Lippi nco lard & Co., of Jersey City, ?rmst Henry S winbin n & Co., Daniel Mil CAROLINA Ibo largest concerns ? ranee received at Thj^frV^gittiSEB Mav 1, ifiaSr-^ JOHNSTON an DEAL" Vehicles of all Kinds, FURNITURE and COFFIN Jan. 29-1895. Pratt ni Amista Cc Lange Steen o* Hip EXIGUS Machinery and Supplies. F $8F~ Get our Prices before yoi WM. SeHWE -RELIABLE Has all the Newest G Diamonds, Wa LADIES SHIRT WAIST SE FINE SILVER BELT BUCKLES SILVER SPOONS and FORKS lc Watch and Clock Repairing F Workmen. COR. BROAD and 7THSTTE1 WHAT DO ? LEWIS F. 937 BROAD ST. IS SELLING AN OAK I WITH A 15x24 GLASS, A ' AND A BRONZE FACING EG J'S, sJ-100 TO $2 50 PEU SBTTIXG. W. D. OUZTS, ?still cling lo li?Hir id.M?iirw Who made tramps? (.'ulii. Who made "hird Mmes"? froid. Who made "MM work'"'? vrold. Who load*, 4c cotton. 40c wheal, $27 mules? Go (!. Who made strikes, enforr od idlorvss, unwilling povertyf (fDld. Who changed in an in htatit every contract noteaud bond :from an hones* df,h*, r0 a legal jrnbhpry? Gold. Who cou nt ed out 'Tilden to ?ml in Sherman as Treasury nnmagprY Wold. Wiiol has .nade this nation ?i laughing stock und a buncoed fool in every mart? Gold. Who changed this from a government "of Ihn people by the people, for the people" to a government of the bankers, by the Biitish tor the Rothchilds? Gold, and vet gold is "honest !" What e.-l ly twaddle." That lovely furniture Mrs. - showed us yesterday came from Ram sey & Bland's. If you have put oil' buying those curtains, there is still a chance to ?io so at Ramsey it Bland's. Tell it in Oath, if you want to, for it is true that Ramsey & Bland sell goods dirt cheap. If you trust luck you may loose, but if you trust to Ramsey & Bland's taste and experience you will always have cause to be pleased. It is not ha.f as hard tocare for your buggy as it is to get one; but you can save dollars by buying in the first place of Ramsey & Blind and then hy observing their advice regarding the proper care of it. ST011TH AMERICAN CHICAGO LLOYDS. >) al Co. Ag't. for Edge lied in 1GS8. (over two centuries 1 now more thorough ?ind perfect on. A LLOYDS COMPANY P?AS MINENT BUSINESS MENACE , they are bound to accept the PHV wiih equal, if not greater reliabili ty ni nee in exipteiic*1. The Lloyds (?nt. on the old line prices, and in mad**, they give even gre?ter relief b-rs in Edgi fi * ld we name a few: fart. W. IL Penn, Mrs A. E. Lewis, R. P. Holloway, R. L. Fox. The ions and congrus, well known in UK Austin, Nichols & Co., Simpson, ? & Telegrapli Co., of N??w York, i ric Light Co. of Bonton, Spreckles ti A Co. of Philadelphia, P. Loiri roug, Ca'or & Co.. Burnell & Cn. Il-r & Co, of Balamor.?. f?j SOUTH i.tfc-iir" it. 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