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8. Taxes! Taxes! NIg But Taxes p

" IaACS ldACos SSNo
The Missouri Ca,ta is aroused on
the Tax Question, aialks out manly
and truthfully, after Caucasian style,
as follows. His is tB of the oppress-
ed payer wearief the burden i'm
posed upon him, an}d of giving his
substance month al month and year
after wear to the soul thieves and rob-
bers in ofice-oneo already ex-
hibits determinatioie long to resist
with his strong rightIand trusty mus
ket the unendurabhd constant de-
mands of the oppreE And until we
all come to the sameI Ibut just conclu-
siops. the tax commits will day by
day grow more exk in their base
plumber and robbery he people.
This year it is saidwill have to paw
a tax of Twenty-fveEhirty Mills on
the dollar. Can we fthis tax in JUS
tice to those who arebendent, upon us
for bread and rainf- And shall we
dastardly submit toEcrownlng act OF
extortion? :? Or shsle like men who
know our rights an1fb MAINTAIN them,
strike defiantly andh will for an
" Honest GovernmeNnd Down aOith
the Thieves and Uslfss"
Read the followitxtracts from the
Caucasian, and yvill think with us
that it is high timelthe outraged tax
payer to be burnisHuR ms armor;
All over the lanbm Maine to Mex
co, from Florida Minnesota, from the
codfshy shores oflstychusetts to the
golden walls of Cailias, hear the groan-
ing and the moanbf . people crushed
beneath their goydental burdens. On
every hand at q turn, from every
hillside, plain andley. hear, the sigh
ing and the wailiT one long, vast, uni
versal note of v one bitter, endless,
heaven piercing 9f- national lamenta-
ton. TAXES xEsl NOTHING SUT
TAxEsw A tax The poor man has the
right to labor-T cali it license, or a
poll. A tax on tools with which the
poor man laborsley scall it manufpc
turers' tax. A on 1.-THE poor mans
hard earned pitt They call it income
tax. A tax on @ bite, that out Of the
scanty remnant ds Eebly-taxed earn
ings, the poor mpuyssto eat. A tax
on every rag he B to wear. A tax on
everything he 81 tands or lies upon. A
tax on everythinb touches, tastes, sees,
smells or handle{om ithe lace cap his
babe IS christenh, :tb the bed he dies
on, and the hro|andsbox he's buried
in. He>pays fed taxes He pays state
taxes. He pays santystaxes. He pays
city taxes. He S revenue taxes. He
pays dirt-road ts. H pays railroad
taxes He paysite Seaool taxes. He
pays niger schotaxeH He pays poll
taxes, and in ma caseS gets kicked from
the polls. He Us dfict taxes. lie
pays indirect tax
~ .,;tl, ;;,al;,o
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South Carolina Monument Association.

The Board of Directors of the South
Carolina Monument Association desire
again to bring before the people of the
State the work in which they are engaged.
They have bought and paid for a most
eligible site in Columbia for the erection
of the monument-that commanding en-
inence so we'll known as "Taylors Hill"
and have entered into a contract with an
artist in Louisville, Kentucky, for the
construction of the monument the granite
to be furnished from our own State quar-
ry, and the marble from the famous quar-
RES of Carrara, Italy, where the marble
part of the work will be executed. In
April, 1874, the cornerstone Of the mon
ument will be laid, and then the Board
will feel that large part of their labor
of love has been accomplished. There re-
mains, however, $4,000 more to be raised
before The work can be completed, and it
is earnestly hoped that this sum will soon
be made up, and this last tribute paid to
our honored dead and the principles for
which they died. The women of South
Carolina, who have assumed this sacred
task, do not feel that this work conflicts
in any way with the duty they owe to the
widows and orphans of our fallen heroes;
indeed, the Monument Association is in
great measure, composed of these bereaved
ones, and there is scarcely one member to
whom the Southern cause is not doubly
sacred from its having cost her the life
blood of her dearest and best. While,
therefore, they feel it a proud privilege to
assist the widow and orphan Of the Con-
federate soldier, they know that this is a
privilege, in its very nature transltory,
and they would, in the enduring granite
and marble, place on record, before COM
ing generations their undying fidelity to
the principles of South Carolina. in her
best days, and their gratitude to the men
who died to maintain them Confidently,
then, the Board Of Directors appeal to the
women of the State to rally once more to
their aid, 5000 from each District will give
them the required sum. Surely, for this
small sum, they<will not appeal in vain.
The ladies of Columbia will again open
bazaar, during the fair, in that portion
of the fair building allotted to them by
the courtesy of the officers Of the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
Association. Contributions Of any kind
will be gratefully received, and may be
sent to either OF the following Board of
Directors: Mrs. William Wallace, Mrs
John T. Darby, Mrs. William Martin,
Mrs. w. H Gibbes, Mrs. ]. L. Reynolds,
Mrs. Geo. Howe, Mrs. John Fisher, Mrs.
John Mckenzie, Miss Stark, Miss LaBorde,
Mrs. C. MacFie, Mrs. w. K. Bachman,
Mrs. John Watics, Mrs. Samuel Fair,
Mrs. R. C. Beck, Mrs Alphonse Dargan,
Mrs. Coleman Walker, Mrs. B. Z. Levy,
Miss Hampton, Miss Wade, Miss Martin.
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For the Advertiser.

Lines in memory of DAVID YANcEY
HAMILTON, infant child Of Mr. w. M.
and Mrs. CHARLOTTE HAMILTON, who
died the 2sth July last, aged three years,
three months and three days.
Decked in bright robes of spotless white,
And in the land where there's no night,
yerging the pure crystal stream,
is our dear little Yancey now.
Dear ma and pa he sweetly sings,
You know my voice with music rings
AS round the savior's throne l fly,
Not hid from His all-seeing eye.
Come, o come, to this happy land,-
Emmanuel here in glory stands;
You know He's ready to impart,
Holy Rest to the pure in heart.
A river whose pure waters shine,
More than supplies this soul of mine;
It is stream that does impart,
Life, health and strength to every heart.
The Savior hero doth reign supreme,
Over all His own precious ones;
Nor would they leave this blest abode.
A FRIEND,
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A Life Insurance Company Busted.


At st. Louis, Mo-, on the 7th, the State
Superintendent of Insurance filed pc
tition in the Circuit Court asking for an
injunction to restrain the st. Louis Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company from trans
acting any further business, and espe-
cially from issuing new policies, reinsur-
ing any of it's risks or paying out any
money whatever. The petition further
asks for the appointment of a Receiver
and 4 decree dissolving the Company
and winding up its affairs. The petition
is based upon the fact, as the Superil-
tendent alleges, that an examination OF
the affairs of the Company discloses its
liabilities to exceed its assets by S904, 300
exclusive of the 100000 capital stock.
The writ OF injunction was granted.
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hat the Customhouse lv.-nu.

that the Customhouse iv.-GU, .e
got from low. and, therefore, productive
duties on few articles, not from high,
and, therefore, less productive duties OIL
two thousand articles. We demand u re-
turn to specie payments, and that the pol
icy of paper initiation, protective tariff and
government subsidies shall be abandoned
to the half-clvllized nations and ages OF
which it is relic, because it plumbers the
farmers OF the United States both IN the
income and outgo; it converts our foreign
commerce into an unsafe speculation, and
our domestic trade into game of chance ;
it breeds extravaganza in our homes, and
dishonesty in public and private trusts; II
fosters corrupt combinations u sectional
interest, and it is the prime cause of the
late financial disasters. We point the
country to the true remud Y in the tried
and historical principles Of the old Demo
cratic party, applicable throughout to our
National, State and municipal life which
limit and localize most jealous!y the pow.
ers entrusted 10 public servants; which
enforce honesty and lrugallty lnpubllc and
private affairs which prcsrib. equal tax
alton for all, and currency us good as
gold. and we hold out TO the farmers OF
the United States the righthand Of hearty
fellowship in their just resistance to the
exacliolls Of lnonopolists, and their just
demands for these great reforms.
Resolced. That those WI. are vested by
our laws with the appropriate, mud ex-
penditure of the public money, I'D be
subjected to the same restrictions AM "eG
ulations that are imposed upon the ta:-
PAYERS and collectors, who should, In like
manner, be required to keep such accounts
of their business affairs as are demanded
of merchants end manufacturers, SO that
an examination of their books and trans
actions will show any frauds and corrup-
ton in their official business; that they
shall take and subscribe to official oaths,
at proper pelods, that they have not III
Anv way been unlawfullv benefited by
their official action.
Resolued, That we recognize IN the LIB
eral Republicans worthy coadl lutors, and
we cordially invite them to unite With us
in our effort to restore a pure government
in our State and Federal administration.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed The convention then proceeded to
nominate State ticket, and after consld-
erable discussion Of the other candidates
Deideyich Winners, Jr., OF Seneca, was
nominated for secretary of State Thomas
Rains, Liberal Republican and the pres
emf incumbent, was nominated for State
treasurer, Sylvans H. Sweet, for State
engineer; Ashur P. Nichols received the
nomination for comptroller The nomlna-
ton for attorney general was next in or
der and Daniel Pratt was selected. James
Jackson was nominated for canal commits
sioner The nomination of Rains, Lib,
eral Republican, for treasurer was w greeted
with great applause. Geo. W: Millspaush
received the nomination for State Prison
inspector, thus completing the ticket
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A u..a .L.l1 d..

A Hard-shell Baptist minister over in
Indiana, who married a fortnight after his
wifes death, made the following satisfac-
tory explanation in the pulpit Che Sunday
following: II searched the Scriptures from
Ginisees 10 Revelations and found plenty
of promises to the widder, but nary one
to the widderer. And 30 l took it that
the good Lord didn't waste sympathy on
q man when it was in his power to. com
fort himself, and hayinga Afst-rate chance
to marry in the Lord, |. did SO, and would
do SO again. Besides, brethren, con1sid
er that poor Patsy was just as dead as
she ever would b81,". -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-16

Galesburg, Ill, has fortified the re-
nown which she retained in former years
as Black Abolition Hole" She now
refuses to admit colored children to her
public schools. She refused last Friday
to lend the colored citizens an American
flag to carry in. the procession. On the
same day respectable colored man at
tempted to procure cup o.. tea or coffee
there, but he was repulsed from three or
four restaurants and eating-houses on
account Of his color.
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Too BAD.-An old lady as far down
the decline of life as seventy.nine, like
people generally about that age, was con-
stantly worrying herself about something
or other, She lost her spectacles on one
occasion. These were replaced by new
pair out Of which one Of the glasses soon
followed the former missing PAIR. While
the latter were being repaired, the other
pair were found. Finally both pairs came
home, and her indulgent son, on the same
day, presented her with a pair of gold
spectacles. On receiving the whole three
pairs Of specs in looking order, the
old lady, in q subdued voice, exclaimed
with long-dra~n sigh, "Oh dear what
have | got to worry myself about now p
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-16

The Montgomery State Journal rejoices
over the completion in its city Of Ma
sonic Temple costing 100000. 1t is a
thing Of beauty and usefulness, no doubt.
But suppose the 100000 had been in
vested in cotton factory, says the Co.
lumbus Sun, wherein would the invest
nent have fallen short, either as dis.
penser Of senetolence or a promoter OF
the prosperity Of the city,
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INSURE AGAINST FIRE!
Capital and Assets, Over $500, 900.

IHE Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany insures property against loss by
fire at the National and State Board rates.
The Georgia Home" is a good and Ire
liable Company-pays all losses prompt
ly-and is worthy of the confidence and
patronage of the people of Edgetield.
Call on the undersigned and secure
Policy on your Dwelling, Furniture, and
Merchandise. Insure Mt once!
d. II. DURISOE. Agent.
Mr.. ]. Fl. HUIEr, at Batesville. and
Mr.. SAM. C. CAKrLEDGE, at Ridge
Spring, or Mr.. ELIJAH kEESE, will
furnish Applications and give all neces-
sary information to parties wishing to
insure in the Georgia Home" Call on
them.
Sept. "a, 3m Az
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State of South Carolina
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

EDGEFIELD CUUNI I.
NOTICE is hereby given that the un-
IN dersigned will make application TO
the Judge Of the Probate Court for Edge.
field County, on Thursday, the 10th OF
November. next, for Final Discharge as
an Executor Of the last will and testa-
lnent of Zedekiah Watkins. decd.
8. r. EDWARDS,
One of the Executors.
Oct8, IT. 20 AZ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-16

A LARGE RATTLEsNAKE.-A rattle
snake two feet in circumference. six feet
long, and with eighteen rattles, was Kill
ed the latter part of last week, on Judge
J. M. Roberts place near Warrenton.
Thirty-six small snakes from eighteen
to twenty inches long, crawled from the
body of the dead reptiles Chronicle d
Sentinel.
That story settles the big snake ques-
tion-and the Albany .Nevs snake man
might as well, subside at once. 1.-TWO
feet in circumference W-h-e-w!
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Falling from the Clouds.
WApELLo. La. September

WAPELLo, Ia, September. 26.
The managers Of the Agricultural Fair,
now being held at this place, extensively
advertised an extraneous attraction in two
balloon ascensions by Professor j. H. Bo-
ley, the original date for the first being
the 9th. The professor was a practical
aeronaut, living at Aledo, ILL.,, but spend
ing the summer months each year.in max
ing ascensions at Western State and coun-
ty fairs. On the appointed day heavy
rain enforced postponement but yester-
day was bright and clear, and arrange
ments for the event proceeded under the
eyes of vast attendance. The balloon
used was not filled with gas, but was a
large Mongolfer, consisting of
ABAG FOR HOLDING HOT ALP,
10 which was attached by ropes light
trapeze. These balloons are regarded by
aeronauts as extremely dangerous, because
of their aptitude for catching fire or max
ing rapid descents when the air in the bag
cools too suddenly. None but reckless
operators use them. A wind sprang up
in the afternoon and threatened to neces-
state anothera adjournment, butat o'clock
it had so nearly subsidized that, unwilling
to disappoint the spectators, Boley pre-
n8rcd to make - cs"T The folds OF
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Land Sale.

CANEBRAKE, or the DEARING
" PLANTATION, situate go;
Saluda River, Edgefield Cou {" ".l, n
ing 1900 or 1900 acres, uplar ~ a7t
toms, best quality. A Magn.- I
dence, and other mprovemenh-
The said Lands will be soldas,
tation, or in-lots to suit purchase.
Edgetield c. II on the first Mono
rvenfscr-.restv'-~>-.- ~>-.-----s---e--
TERMS.-One-third cash; the BIT,
on one, and two years time. Notes
interest from date, with Mortga:
premises for security.
L. CHARLTON, As
Ridge, S. c., Oct J., 5t IL
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The Strong Platform of the New York
Democracy.

UTICA, N. Y, October 3.
The Democratic State Convention met
at ten o'clock this morning, when the
committee on resolutions submitted the
platform as follows:
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-: il. ..uas u.a4., :.


las- 1t is not enough that you are prais-
ed by the good; you have failed some
where in your duty if you are not cursed
by the bad.
MS- There is "strike' among the
Doctors in one of the Swiss Cantons. The
people are exceedingly reioiced, and at
last accounts all Of them were in perfect
health.
sGS- "You have played the deuce with
my heart" said Il gentleman to lady
who was his partner i'll social game Of
whist at an evening party. "Well,'' re-
piled the lady, with an arch smile, lit
was because you played the knave."
~ 1t is singular what 4 little thing
will put man out. ~ Jerseys City law
yer was making high-flown speech the
other day, telling about angels tears.
weeping willows, and-silenttomb stones
when His Honor said: sc tine your
remarks to the dOg-tight CD he law
yer sat down.
~ The proprietor o.
jcwclry establishment
Gently hy an imdivif
know if he could .pl..,, >,
engraved on his, ch case.
.ne' y, well known authoreSs gives it
us a secret of domestic felicity that Il hus-
band should be absent from home at
least six hours every day. Then why
.ucll Il row if he chooses to select tho
time to suit limself:-say in the evening?
''The verb to love-" says awicked
French writer, "is All active verb which
runs until it sinks exhausted into the
easy chair of matrimony."
. A YOUNG GIRL ScALpED ALIVE
While Amelia Grunne, u young girl, was
working last week in shingle mill in
Oshkosh, Wis, under shaft which was
going at the rate of 200 revolutions per.
minute, her hair, which was very long,
caught in the knuckle joint, and in an in
StdHt IL WIS lOtl culIicIk silOill ucl Hctip,
taking with it all the flesh and muscles on
her head From a line,' says local pa
Pc, drawn around from each eyebrow,
her skull was left white and bare, without
q trace of blood or flesh The strangest
part OF the accident is that she felt little
or no pain, declaring that when it was be-
ing torn off all that she realized was a
tickling sensation in erhead. She coolly
walked out of the room and waited pa
tiently for a buggy to take her home.
Her only regret was the fright it would
give her mother The scalp, with its beau,
tiful long locks of hair, was curled and
entwined around the shaft at the joint,
and when the mill was stopped, it was
taken down, but no one had sufficient
presence of mind to place it upon her
head 1t is nearly perfect, and the doc
tors have determined to tan it with the
hair on, so that if the girl RECEIVERS, it may
be used as wig. The case isone of the
most remarkable on record."
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DRIVEN TO THE KNEES

in the ground, having struck squarely on
the feet, then falling forwards on its face.
The leg bones were broken off and driven
into the body, and scarcely bone of any
kind remained unfractured. The body
was like mass of jelly, so terrible had
been the concusson. Several men who
reached the spot Immediately after the
fall, having followed the course of the
balloon on horseback say that no signs Of
life were then visible. Mrs. Boley started
for home this morning with the body.
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If all the railroads in the United States
had been built and paid for by the Sec
tions ten miles wide through which they
passed, and the first cost had been sunk,
the increase in the value of the land
would be double the loss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-16

It is not what people eat, but what they
digest, that makes them strong. 1t is,
not what they gain, but what they save,
that makes them rich. It is not what
they read, hut what they remember, that
makes them learned. I,is not what they
profess, but what they practice, that
makes them righteous. ~ '.'Nap,y' :,
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THE TERRIBLE PLIGHT

he had apparently tried to disengage him
self from this, intending probably to drop
to the ground; but before he had got him
self loose from the strap, the balloon had
reached such height that a fall would
have been mole certain death than TO
cling to the balloon. Meantime, the bal
loon was being rapidly consumed. One
of the ropes from which the trapeze was
suspended burned off, but Boley still held
on. Then the other gave way, and he
tell. He struggled impotently at first in
his fightful descent, but kept a nearly
erect position. Then he turned on his
side, but piece of the burning canvass
still hanging to the piece Of rope, and
presenting sort. Of resistance to the at
mosphere, he was Strengthened up again as
he clung to II. Although he struck more
than half mile away from the starting
place, the spectators, now breathlessly ST.
lent, distinctly heard the jhud as his body
struck the ground. A stampede to the
spot ensued, which was joined in by the
aeronanut's wife, who had been Mortified
witness of the ascension and its end. The
body was found
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-16

~ Laziness is good deal like money
tho more ar,nan has of it the more he
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WE nALLooN WAS oX FIEE.

1t had caught from the flame used to in
fate it, and the rush upward through the
air had the effect Of a tremendous draft,
sending the jets Of fire down the ropes
which held the trapeze The doomed man
instantly saw his peril, but could do moth:
ing. Hot air balloons are not furnished
with valves, or with any apparatus for
regulating their flight. They rise until
the air within them cools, and then drop
more or less rapidly, the speed depending
upon the state of the outside atmosphere.
Boley was not more than three hundred
feet from the ground when the flames
were discovered, and the breeze was car
rying him to the northeast. The heat Of
the flames seemed to send the balloon
higher with increasing rapidity, until an
altitude OF not less than twelve hundred
feet was reached. To avoid falling while
performing his usual gymnastic feats on
the trapeze, he had attached strap. from
his belt to the bar Upon first discover
mo
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Seth Grimes and were classmates once,
And was rich and he was poor;
I had, alas, it was my bane,
The wealth a father left in store.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-19


WAsnlxoroS. July l9,-During the rest
Of Saturday. for the Eastern, Gulf aud
South Atlantic States, Ohio valley aud
Northwest, winds, clear and clearing
weather and lower temperature. For
the middle Atlantic States, clearer and
dryer weather, increasing westerly winds.
For Northern New England, falling bar
ometer, winds increasing 10 fresh aud
brisk and veering from northwest 20
south winds with clouds aud rain. For
Southern New England, noriheasterly
winds, backing to westerly with clouds
aud rain attending; a storm center now
developing in New Jersey. For the
lower lakes, west and northwest winds
with clearing weather. For the upper
lake and Illinois region, northwest winds
and clear weather. For the Northwest,
clear weather and light winds, followed
by falling barometer, south and east
winds by Saturday night. Morning tel
egraphic reports are missing from Flor
ida, the Eastern, Northwestern and
Rocky Mountain stations.