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---------- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - ~ - . RTI-W'VEEKL EI)TON. IVINNSBRIO. S. C.. 'r U~ ESDY SilTFLT4HER 24, )88 & .. O ALAS, FAIR MEMIIS! A 2'E1ititinLlc 'IVr'uTiin? 01 or' P Tzi A Vivid Account of the Ravages of the Yellow Fever, GivCn by the Memphis "Avalanche"- -Who Will be Loft to Toll the Tale ? A stricken city ! Alai, fair Momii phis I What sights mIot the eye of those who yet reiain in youri midst! At every turn and corner a cry of distress is wafted on the breeze that floats o'or housotops, tlirough your streets and alleys. On every sido is mot the bowoul formt of some citi, zon who has lost a relativo or friend. "The river in a caja,, is hurried onward Througi chiine bis of desiir." The small burnt piles of bedding that are seen on every (tret but tell the passer-by,-"A death has oc, currod here." Theso blackened *spots are growing in number daily, and yet tl)ero aro scores of brave hearts who, roinunig, bound Ly a duty to their follow-mou, cannot but shudder in anticipating that perliaps within the week tho bed on which he throws himself to rest to-night will mark the stroet with its burning record of a sacrificed lifo. During the day there is bustle and confusion. Doctors ar hurrying by. The hearse is mnet oil every square. The Howard visitor is sen in every in habited dwelling. Tie change of this comes when night has tlhrown its mantlo of darkness over all. Then, only the runbling of soni buggy over the stony street is le;ard; or, some nurso sent in hasto for a physician to como and try to bring back to 'life the dying patient, is mot as he spoods in search of the doctor ; or; the patrofiin, as1 ho ,walks iis beat guarding the store or dwelling of soie citizen who has fled to escape the epidomic, is seen by soie Howard whi his toifed lato in the night to succor the oiphIant childrou of a dead parent. E:ci day brings its changes. The form that but yesterday was soon in the full vigor of manhood, to-night lies tossing upon a bed, aching with fover. The chair on which -a dear friend chatted whailo* relating the horrors of the plaguo, scarcely twenty-four hours since, is filled not by him who had shown 'sucli a .brave spirit the night beforo-no, he is in his be, stricken down, leav ing his friend to try and write of death's doings, that is making such a fearful record in the' history' of our city. Who will be left to toll the tafo to-niorrow ? The Latest Accounts of the Fever. NEW ORLEANS, Sep tember 19. Deaths 55, cases reported1 195, of which 134 were prior to the 16th instant. The weather is cooler, cloudy and threatening rain. Thme doatths re ported from noon to 6 p. n. are 29,I cases -86, ot wvhich .41 date prior to the 16th instant. MEMPIs, September 19.-Sinco yester day .joon 57 deaths have boeon reported. Among thie new cases are Dr. T. H. Force, of Hot Springs, Ark. ; Dr. L. Upps, of Los An~e los, Cal., and George D. T.iancdrunl, youngest son of tihe Rev. S. Li'mi drum. Dr. 'Hiram Pearce, of Gin cinnati, died last evening. Chief of Police Atthey is convalescing. Yes terday he made his first apparance. since he was takeni ' idk. Luke El. Wright, wvho had bern convalesciug, took a relapso. MomLE,, September ,19-The board of health rebdi't officially this mnorning two more cases of yellow fever on the 17th. Both torminatodl fatally. These cases occurred in tihe same part of tile city as those previously reported. *BATON ROUGE; September 19. Ex-Governor Sam Bard died last night of yollow lever. Although his~ family were absent lie received every attention, and consequently urge-.1 that they be not informed of his illness, as ho hoped that he wvould recover. 'Deaflis three, nowv cases thirty-one. CANTON, September 19.-The fever is abating. *MORGAN CITY, September 19.-The fever is increasing. There ~have been nine cases and seven deaths ill the last forty-eight hours. Total cases 60, deaths 21, recovered 11. ' EW' ORLERAN#, September 19.-A. letter from Pattersonville says that at Lagonda plantation twenty-nine cases of! fee ndeIaht deaths have occurred. Tho proprietors are dangerously ill. Further accounts from the strick el cition; siow a slight abattomnt ill the fever. A condonsed stattoe nt of its ravages upl) to SatiurdIy is crowded of this issiluo by a press of local lmaittor.--E os. ] GE|CENuJt IKIt it .N) |If IgIg. The Barbecue Given by the Two Clubs on PrIclay--A Grand Success in Evary Particultar. Tho last grandi "gnahering .of the )choracy or Fairlihl3'1, )e!foro the primairy olootion, was hold on Frid-y last, midor tho atuspioso of the Greabrior and the H1oi;ol) Demo cratic Clubs. It was latural to ex. poet that there would bo ia i.ar crowd on li-md. A. very geneiraLl ill vitationl had boon extenided, an1d the widely-known hospitality of the neighborhood vas evidecc that all who were alk(d wero expected. vith the C.didltes it wa4 a 1. opportn1lity, anud they must put themsolves in their best trim to use it to tihe best advantago. What ver m-1'v h:tvo boon tho aw icipa tiolls of tOio intirtlc-ded, there was sorely no groundm to Complain of the success of the gathering. Tho day was all tha could bo do-ired bright and pleasant. Vary sooi peo pl began to arrivo from difl'ent qiuarters, and by tho time the moet ing opnlod there were about live hudred preselt. Tho pvlco( solet. od for the meeting was ill a beautiful wood near the residence of Dr. Ira T. Smith. Tho stan1d for the sipeak - ers was pleas:altly situated, anl slpplied with comfortablo chairs for those who were to conupy it. Tihe fag.r of tho Groonbriers floated in front of it, nd was aln appiopriato reminder of that gallant club. In front worn tho seats for the ladies -and well filled they were. The mcting was callod t) o'dor Ity Major Woodward, presilentl of the Greenbrier Club, and the pro.. c-edings were opened with prayer by Rov. Villard Richardson. After extending a wolcome to the audionco, especially to the ladies, Maij. W\ood,. ward introduced, as the first speaker of the day, Mr. Jno. W. Robinson, who spok' as follows We havo mot horo to-day in a social, happy reunion, upon which I congratulate you all. I can con, (Civa of nothiing better calculated to unify and solidily our people than gathrmings such as this. Here we interchange ideas, and fool that wo! are indeed one pool , with ono groat ond ill viow'-aid that purposo to' SIavc our country and )or)Otulato its happiness. W(e nmust be truo to ourselves, and thon it follows, as the day follows thme night, that we cannot be false to any man. F air field hias long been noted for her generosity and1( hlospitality, and these qtialitics have been1 fully shownvm iln this canvass. Th~1dre have boen bettwoon thirty and forty can, didates on the road all the time andl timereC's manyf a cickon "gone up)." My friends, we aro' truly a grat peCoplo. I miot at Nor'therni man a short time ago, and ho said to me, "I am going back to myl 1)eop)1 and tell them about vou. Yon have su1ffeed muchi, and have showvn most heroic endurance. You will soon) regaini your old positionm. I'll tell tihe N~orthorn people thant thtero is no more noble and high' 'minded and chivalrous people on1 the earth." I recontly made a trip) to .Boar. Creek, and enjoyed it very much. They have a good country thore-it is not bare of water or ladies or any other good thing, and I 1hop) it won't be bare of Roinon votes. [Laughter.] While I wvas down there -they gave mec an arm-chair to sit in -but whenoi I got iln there wvasn't much chair left. [Laughter.] As to p)olitics I thin~k I nood30 say bult little. We should have 1no sido0 issues, but should maintain our or ganization-which, as we all knowv, waus, in 1876, time most perfect that ever existod. Bly unity among our pooeple the party wvas kept together. The groonbackc party seems to be spreading, but I see no use in split% ting tihe Democratic party. We must stick to that party--and sye are doing it. I believe in progres sion, but why split tihe Doeocatic par'ty'? Eveor since tihe days of Jefferson the party has been den,, nioiiiecd, as having fulfilled its Imiissiol, andit said to bo inl its donii hi strugg-e. and so forth. But it, has always coio out safo in tihe endl. If wo split, thoro is 10 knowing what will becomo of us. 1 hope the party will renmin solidly united siili 1880, wyheni w'e shall have the greatest struggle of all.-As to 1hom1 11miatters, I am in favor of it liberal system of educat-ion. We 111 ts i' every mneans in ou power to osduceato our childrien. It has be.en sabl that, little kno owlge is IL da0or:;lms thinlig, but I cannot thinlik this is 8. Happiness will nov0r thrive onl igtioramco. The pleasires aiu I advait;ges of odic-ttiolL aro too numerous to mention. WoC "ho1ld all leari to approciato themli. Wo must mt)1 think of abaundoing our granid old Stato. Wo have anaiy advanitaeros of soil and climate, anld w'o .-ahauil iot givo themu up.-I finld ImyseIlf su 'cring for wind--I only hope I havo gainied som1" votes. j iiughter.] And now, my friends, I hiave 01nlV to Say that we have stick to you elosor than a brother, an1d the timei1 is moon comling1 wheln wve shall want yon to Stick to us. [iaaghtr and applause.] The chiajirn1vi next introdIiced Col. I. G. Lanar,' wvh , after an apprprite eordumproceeded to dliscuiXsl dill'eroit qiemtiols, as follows 1. Taxation.- Every cffort .hould b1 m ad.le to iodieo taxation to the lowest possiblo limit. The pay of the Legislaturo should bo rodlied, both inl dollars and coits and il the length of ti cession. Thor.o should h short sesione, vith ro0thiCed pay. Ex1)eeiS Iuiist be cut down inl every direction. The 011 "0 county't auditor should be abolished'.. The. pr-oent inlaembot is il over'y Wayl a 11s1t vorthy got I lm1m, but the offlc its-elf is useless and should be abolished. WC ar 1)0o1. aid wO 8loul conm dowi to hard pan-rsolid rock--stop "leks, and then go up liill. 2. Tie blnde.1 debt OF th Stat. T111 <u-stion is now in the couirts, hbut if it siild get into the Liegislature, I sh111.1 favor a repudjition of the ( ontire debt maldo by ' the l1ulicals. Wo had no han in making the debt, and we shonld havo lo hand in payrig iU. .3. Thm phosh))Ae .tcm lion. The phosp'.mte intit of the itlaito should be Itiliz'i for the bonet of te st.tc, and shoild not, bu given out to lo a iolnopolv. If sent Io thoi Legislatiure, I shIll witch witi j 0O tavi oo the phosphato in ttrosts ol the Stale.' 4. The Now York Codo. This was brougit here by Corbin and Chamberlain, and is a very expenlsive system. I favor the abolition of this code, and the framing of one of our own. Cof. L.unar closed with an earnest appeal for unity, and the ignoring of all sido ass mS, 31 p ti I -t handsomae tributo to the iiflueice exerted by the lakdio ini the gran 1 c tnpaign of 1.870. Wo nm11.-t st~amd toget:(hler nlow, and aill do Our full duty. [Applause.] The nxt speaker was Maj. James Pagan. Ho expressod himself as extremely gatified to make the ac <pulintance of the people of Horob) and.0 Groonbr'ier, wvhom ho had long known by reputation. Hie w~as os poeCially glad to seo the ladies Cout in such1 full numbers, as their j inenco, was always for good. 1'airfield cou~lnty, from~ thme days of 1773 uip to thtis tilme, has~ a repuItation inferior to that of no other counmty, and we miust no0w sustain it. Ini overy struggle sinic) that time her peCoplo hav( borne a miost honlorablo part. H e was glad to see evidenoes of hap pinuess andl~ prosp)er1ity, and express' ed the belief that inI a few years wo shouild soo our1 counittry flourish -as of yore. We sho11( uld al- ork, and train our young ment t~o work. Thoy are willing to work, and this wvill1 tell in the long run. We should give more attention to atgricultulrel-a matteor strangely neglected in our legislation. In our national govern mont we have a sopamrato department looking after other interodts, but no representative ot agriculture in the cabinet--only a comnmssionor with poor~ pazy and poor1 facilities. Woe shall see more attention paid to ag rioulturo hereafter. It engages be tweoon six andi eight tenths of all the labor of the wVorldl, anud should re-. ceive more attention. Comoiroor and manufactures both doepondc upon it. As to finance, we need not trouble our legislation with it. If we had a good cabiot, there wvould be no mnoie trouble about it. In the South especially, agriculture is the paramount interest, and hence legislation must be directed to it most especially. We shontld also strive .to establish ootton factories in our midst, and thus' make at home the large profit of the manufactur ers. Already our South Carolina factories-~-suchi as the Piedmuont, the Langley and the Granitoville havo gained a roputation in all the leading markets of f,he country. We havo a highly favorod country, and wo should make a proper uso of all our advanitages. Our young len shold cheer up--there is a bctter futuro before thema. CoIttoni is low ill price, but, inl View of the Colm paratively short supply now on hand, it cannot fall lower, and will probably ritio highr.-As to politics, wO are out of R-ucal rule, and we are not going to get back into it. [lajor Woodward : "Not short/y."] WO are glad to see our colorod friends ait these meetings. We are iml dead eaniest, anld we want the colored men to join us in kCoipinlg upl) a good governm11ifeit-it will make thern happier jnst .s it will mako the white peoplo. The Democrut'-ic party is going to rule the nation. They have the ilHouse now, will soon have the Senalltc., and are sure to elect their presidout, in 1880. Gov. olfloi Haupton and the Democrats have birought peace and kept peace in South Carolina. It is not pos sible for the Radicals to rule this country er .his State. They will Imiako an at tempt to regain their lost power.. but. they will never succeed. No black man over was or ever will bo beinlitted by Radlical rule, and we 110po they viJl joill in with the Dlemocrats to koop up1) a good gov. erument for all. Major Pagan close(d with a tribute to the wvomkiel of Fairliold, who had always done their part nobly. Thanking the audience for their at-tentive hearing, h took lis seat. [Applause.] The Iext speaker was Mr. Thos. S. Brice, who said: I noed not Say that it gives mec great pleasure t() leot til( good peoplo of this leighborhood, to mako new acquain tances and renvow old friend ships. Though this is my first visit to your clubs, you are not strangers to m. I knowV you through your presidents, and b tho good work you did in the grand citalpaigi of 1876. In tile efforta we made against th bad govern mont of the Rbadical party, w have re ason to be proud of the result. It seemod as if ours was indeed it forlorn hopm ill 1876. Think of thc Coimipaict Rldical party, aided by the Federal govcrnli:ent and the North ' n people. We Voroc1 Poor-, wll e ti hladicals reveled il Pillpkl aid lino linen. They waved thc bloody shirt, and tried to lire thc Northern heart iin hostility towards us. But, with Hampton as our loador, WO won a victory that has boon most prolifio of good results, and will be even tmoro so in the nar futuro. Wo havo cast our broad o1 tho waters, and it has returned to us after llaly days. In our first efforts we wero unsuceussfufl, yet wo gained great advantagves, and paved the way for the oloction of Demo cratic representatives from ou r county, andJ complto succc0su3 inl the future. Wo have established the fact that the Radical trongllihold can be stormed and carried. Ot-r success hans brought into our ranks many men wvho formerly btlievea thlat all our otlorts would prove futile and abortive. The "Reformn" p~arty of 1.870 was a mistake--ro~ form and Radicalismn aro' utuallhy op)posod and1 imicomnpatiblo. The D~emocratic p)art~y has nnited the 1poophle, and-1 they should main tain its orgalnization. Home rule is the onl1y hop)e for our State. Our victory maliy not be easy--too much reliance on our strength is hazard,. Oils. The Replublicuas haive puft forwatrd 1no State ticket. They puLrsue~d tile samolf courso ini North Carolina, anid at the followving c. tion sweopt the State. We must look out for something of tis sort inl 1.880. Wo sihiould ignore all side issues, such as than public debt, the phIosphlate questioni and the like. As to the bonded doebt: when the last Legislature met, the Consolidation Act had been p~assoa, and1( thlroe-fourthls of the State's creditors had come in under its terms. It was5 then most eaconomicjal settlomoent we could make, ro(ducinlg the debt; one-half. The Democratic party, through its Executive Coin. mittee, mfade a so00lomn pledge, and I am in favor of keoping that pleodge. As to tile p)hosphto bill, it is sup posed1 to militate against the farm-' oral, bult this is a very great mis-. take. That bill only grants rights to mine river phosphates, and -you have never used any of. that. We farmoera use land phosp1hate, and the river ph1ospha5tes are shipped in the rough state to foreign coun tries. The report of Attorney General Conner showed that' the State hlad never been paid the royalty, and the bill passed 'by Ltho Legislature was intended to -cure t~his evil nand protect thQ interest of the Stato- Wo legislated for the Stato at largo, and not for auf particular class. The companied cartered haivo capital and improved maciincry, and they can dig phos. phato to much greator advantage to the Stato than private individuals can1. I might go into other quesl tions, but I considor thon irroloa vant. Wo should lay aside all prejiudicost and minor differoncos, as we did in 1876. Then wo will ba successful, and unqjor the bonigri influences of Democritic supromacy our advan tages vill be mn'any 'and great. Agriculturo will be foster. ed. The farmers aro a power in the land, and they will make tlhom solves heard. I thank you again for your kindness and courtesy to nc. [Applauso.] The next speaker was Dr. T. B. McKinstry, who spoke in substaned as fullows: It was usoloss to say that he felt pleasure in appearing before an audiene composed of the people amng whomi he was reared, but if ho made a speech it would seem alhost likO speakilg to his own family. His sentiments were well known to the peoile. Ie had alwayr, joined heartily in every movement intended for their benefit. We have no special issues to engage our attention, and nd questions should be sprung * calcu4 l ited to creato dissensions among us. As to the bonded debt, that subject was fully discussed by the Legislature, - and that body, with all the data before them, thought that the question should go into the courts, and thero it should remain. But we should not ropudiate-we should thr-ow out the dishonest porfion of the debt, and paty the honest part. As to the phosphate (uostion, many pople discuss it, when they -don't know what they are discussing. When the minei vero dug by private parties the State got a royalty of about $6,000, and undor the plan now in opera tion moneyed men, with full facili, ties, paid $186,000. The podplo, therofore, would not be long in deciding wvhich is the better plan. If the phosphatos will, as is claimed, pay the Stato debt, why let them pay it. If we want to buy - tilizers, let us buy them from I ho comipamnis. But we use too much of thoi1 anyhow, and risk a whole crop sometimos on them, a'nd then lose all. This is poor policy and poor farming. As to the fence law, it is a purely local matter, and should not be brbught into our campaign. Taxation is the most important item of all. Our taxes have been greatly reduced, and our expenses should be still further curtailed. - Our State is progressing, and soon we shall bb in the same position we occupied be.. fore the war. Our judiciary was the admiration of the country, and our present, udgos are all that w6 could wish t hen to bo. It is a hap py condition when the people can gather togother, as they do now, in a quiot, social way. The colored people should, and they soon will, join us in trying to porpotukte the blessings of good government. Theyg have booen duped, and they are be ginning to knowv it. Education is of the greatest importance, and should receive its due share of public attention. We rniust lay aside all side issues and press on to vio& tory. The speaker renewed his thanks to the assemblage, and closed by saying that he would ~like to be the third man on the ficket, to see that the other twvo (lid their duty'. [Laughter and applause.] After Dr. McIinstry's address, Major Woodward, in appropriate terums, announced dinner, and the large crowd of men, womdn ang children repaired to Lhe' tables' These lattor' wore laden to hleir utmost capacity with nice odiblos, and the crowd woero not iong ih making themselves quite at home. The meats woero deliciouslf' cook'ed, the broad was 'fresh' and erfs'p, 'and the hash-well, we can't do justice to that hash. ,Wo must' refer' to some of those present with us a't the table. We claim to be'a judgbo of hash-in fact, we like hash,a it.' is always like that on 'the tablA on Friday-amid w~o challerig6anybody to boat that hash that 't'hv fe 'us at the Greenbrior-Horeb' barbeub There was tEi 'greatst' abundande of eatabl~s ihr eve'rybody, And wheh all was over (we mean' when thle people 21Id aotaally get thtough4 thoi-e was a quantity left on hand,. oontinued on innrth pngo, . ..