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The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Ghnrrh nirerfnry.
Methodist Church REV w. II. Kirton,

Pastor Pich'en$ CirruU.
First Sunday ut ! | a. M, at DacNSville,
and at 3 .. M. at Antioch.
Wednesday night before second Sun
day, ut > o'clock. at Easlcv.
Saturday bcfor" second Sunday at II
=. m., at Taho".\
Second Sunday, /. Il. m, at Picktns,
and 3 p. m. at Bethlehem.
Sutmdaybefore third Sunday, at | | a..
N. at Mt. Bethel
at 3 p. NJ. at Portcr's Chapel.
Saturday before fourth Sunday at | |
a. IN. ut Union.
Fourth Sunday at II a. VI. at Faslcy,
and at 3 p. m. at Zion.
Baptist Church. .Rcy. d. w. Hiott
First Sunday, II q. m. and s p. m..
and Saturday before at , p. ill.,. at
Easlcy. S. G.. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night. Sunday School
each Sabbath at 4 y. m.
Second Sunday at Griifil church ut II
a. m; Saturday before at ID M. At
Presbyterian church, Picl<ens c. II.
at 80 p. m. ... .~-
Third Sunday at Central at II a. m.:
Saturday before. at II m.
Fourth Sunday at Liberty, il a. IN.
~Li&t Of appointments for the An
!trSon Circuit Of NJ. =. Church
Fairview. 4tl Sabbath in each month.
harmony. 1St 4" "
Smiths Chappcl. 2dSab :. "
Savannah church. 3d Sab. - "
N. E. McKIsSICK, y. G.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
[For the Messenger.
Officers Salaries.

Nix EDITOR: Dear sir, | ask
room in the MESSENGER for few
lines in explanation. ! under
stand the members Of the Lcgisla-
turc are being cursed publicly and
privately for the raising of sala-
rics, etc. The Old law was that
the Auditor WAS to be paid $500.
90 by the State, anl $4,000 for
Clerk hire by the county; provi-
ded the same be necessary. He
was required to make out an item
izcd account, showing the num-
Der OF clerks, and amount paid
each one, and swear to the ac-
count.
never thought he needed any
clerks, and often expressed my
self SO, to those in authority. This
money was almost always paid
him. The law now fixes that $780,.
w on him to prevent the dispute.
SO there is virtually no increase.
The School Commissioner is Civ
en- travelling expenses. The
Trcasurers salary is not increased.
The law is this: He is to have +
per cent. on the first $4,000 he
collects; 3 on 2nd, and 9 on the
3rd; provided it does not amount
to less than $4,000, nor more than
$4,000, { in Pickcns and 3 or +
other small countics). Some of
the home folks have helped to
raise this salary, since we collect
about $4,000 rail road tax, by
their vote; this off would leave
$4,000 only. Ifthcsc parties are
honest enough to take the physic
they prescribe for their ncighbors,
they will swallow a part Of their
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

'oaths or q dose Of fish hooks TO
.clcanso their own stomachs. The
members Of the General Assembly
from this County, are in no wise
responsible Cur any raising Of sal
aries. I know it is like striking
4 hornets nest TO advocate q rcduc-
tlon OF pay to officers, but this is
my hobby: think they ought to
be cut down from 20 to Is per
cent. in most cases. anu | expect
to ''provc my faith by my works.
| think we can take enough mon
cy from the over paid officers to
give the Trustees, supervisors Of
high h-ways and managers Of elcc-
tions 4 small per diem, ana $ still
save several thousand dollars
One Of the evils of high salaries
outside Of robbing the people, is
thc tremendous thirst for Office
it creates.
think l sec in my minls eve
several parties who have been
strong advocates Of high pay for
officers, because they expect to be
an officer and some Of these same
men will see ten thousand other
things before they will see SIG
in their hand made in office Make
mark here. Suuandcring public
money is not the great sin OF YOUR
representatives most certainly not
IN rcfcrcncnce to one Of them. /
love to hear some men rail and
feel very mach co:nplimcntcd BY
it, since they Go not approve Che
right. FIELD.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

"A circus clown dropped dead
of heart disease in the ring at Sa-
linevillc, Ohio, on Monday while
getting Off the old mother-in-law
joke. This should be Il warning
to all clowns. '
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION.
-Washington, April IA decis
ION was rendered in the Supreme
Court OF the United States TODAY
IN Observation-Disclosures brought
by the State Of Kansas in her own
Court against the Union Pacific
and Kansas Pacific Railroad Com
panics to defeat the consolidation
OF those companies, which was cf-
fccted oy the agreement entered
into on the Oath Feb, 1880. The
questions presented here relate to
the right Of removal from the State
to Federal Courts, which is claim
cd By the railroad companies and
denied by the State. This Court
holds: lst, that these are suits Of
a civil nature. 2nd, that they are
suits arising under the laws of the
United States, and 3rd, that they
are properly removable to Fed
,cral Court under the Act Of March
Is, lS75.-Despatch to News and
Courier.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

Many persons in the upper
part OF Due West township, Able
vile, have dug out holes in the
ground for safety during storms.
4. {. Pruit has, perhaps, the. most
complete hole in the ground in the
ncighborhood. 1t is framed, floor
ed and weather boarded with heavy
timber and large enough to accom-
modatc a dozen persons.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
The GrOwth or Billions.

Blaine in his letter of acceptance declares
that our national wealth increased during
the twenty years from 1860 to 1880, S3O,-
OOn, 900. 900.
That is a prodigious sum. 1t shows IN
increase of $4,000 to each inhabitant.
Let the voters inquire among themselves
how much they got individually of this
enormous production Of wealth.
They all know that Vanderbilt has got
500, ,0Oa, ,o0n; that Stanford. Crocker, Hunt
ington and the Hopkins family got the av-
erage Of S5n0Ou 900 each; that JAY Gould
has something like 500. .oO0 900: that fifty
others have sums ranging from Sl0, ,O00. 900
to $50. zoo, 900 each: and that millionaires
We're more numerous in 1850 than men were
in 1860 who had S20O.0OO.
Rut the masses Of the people have not
rolled up this great wealth. They have
produced it, but the wealthy and the priv
LEGGED take it away from those who have
earned it.
Now. if Mr.. Blaine would devise some
scheme by which this enormous wealth pro-
duction would be more equally distributed
by which the workers who produce it
would not be robbed of their earnings, he
could with some consistency pose as the
friend of the people.
But he does not. He wants the same
conditions To continue, and i'll 1890 when
the census returns add $40. 900, OOn, 900 to
the increase of national wealth, the thou
sand milionaires will he rs common as the
hundred -millionaires are to-day. and the
millions of workers will be cerrespondingly
poorer working for steadily decreasing
rate Of wages and being obliged to buy the
necessaries Of life in a rising and protected
market
That is the tendency of the times, and
that is what Blaine stands for in this con-
test. - StocktoH tCafl Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Speaking Of the Fact

That farmers always sell their produce in
the market to the highest bidder virtually
mt auction n friend of ours remarked the
other day that he would be glad to see the
time when farmers should sell. rs mer-
chants sell their goods. at a price fixed by
the seller. There is more than an idle
fancy in the thought. We have seen To-
cality Tin Colorado where buyers went to
the farmers wagon and inquired, not what
he had been offered, but what he asked for the
produce he had to sell. Why is the rule re-
yersed in the great farming regions? Why
does the farmer sell at the buyers price?
Why does he sell for the highest price that
is bid. and not nj price which the farmer
establishes? Because the farmer sells at
forced sale, Not every one of them is
obliged to sell, but enough are compelled
to sell 50 that the necessities Of their class
determine the prices for all of them.
The man whose debts compel him to sell
always sells at forced sale. He must
sell, and he must take what he can get.
No matter whether he or the Constable
or the Sheriff makes the sale. if debt COM
pels the sale it is a forced sale, and the
property must 60 Mt the buyers price. So
any system under which great number of
farmers are in debt is a system under which
farm produce must sell, to all intents and
purposes, at auction, and to the highest
bidder.
It is to the interest Of all farmers, those
not in debt as well as those who owe, that
the indebtedness of the country, of their
States, counties and towns. and Of indi-
yiduals. shall be reduced to the lowest pos
sible amount. Compulsory sales by large
part of the farming community fix the price
at compulsory sale, for the produce of all
| those who are not in debt as well as those
who are. II is rs plain as the multiplication
table that tie more money the less debt,
and the less money the more debt. Clear
ly, policy of perpetual debt for country
and individuals is a policy which will nj
ways compel farmers to sell their produce
at the buyers price.-Hastings p. ID.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
What the Paciilc Railroads Owe the
Government.

Mr.. Armstrong, the Commissioner of
Railroads. reports the Indebtedness of the
Union Pacific Railroad 10 the Government
is S6i 626, Ga6 Central Pacific So, ,9T6, isi:
Sioux City and Pacific--Allison and Viii
sons Road S3,oaa,6lI. Central branch,
Union Pacific, -. III, sbs. They are cred
tied with S2t ,iG9,2a2 for transportation
services aud money paid into the Treasury
in the past year. The sinking fund pro-
siaea for by the Thurman art has not ac-
compllshed the result expected. and may be
regarded rs a failure for want Of suitable
investments, owing to the high premium Oh
tho United States bonds. lie fayors amend
ment of the act 80 ~ to permit the invest
ment of the sinking fund in the first mort
gage bond, of the company. Anything To
stop tue payment If the public debt. II is
a fallnre to pay any af that,
The Thurman aet Was designed by the
statesman Nhasr name il bears. IL compel
these roads IA pay each year certain
amount toward their debt To the Gasefn-
msnt. hut every law IN the interest Of the
people is soon found by Republican officials
t. be failure.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

Politicians OF the professional type,
often appeal to the patriotic imagina-
tions of their hearers. An exchange
records an incident of this kind of ro-
liticai work. One afternoon, as the
Polish procession made long halt on
Il certain avenue. 4 ward politician Of
considerable note hurried into a
store, and called out to the pro-
prietor:
Here's my chance now! Half a
dozen Of those Poles are here, and
now's my time to get in little fall
work. want to make 'em speech"
"Nell, You may"
"Bnt | want to tickle EN-. What was
the name of that great Polish hero ?
kos-koski-you must have heard of
him."
Yes, | have. 1t was either Kos
metic or kosmopolitan, but I've forgot
ten which
"Oh, they'll be gone! kos-koski-
usko-that's the chap
What did he do?"
Let's see? There's an old poem
about him, | believe.
"hes-ses hurry mp! Why didn't /
post up OH this thing yesterday?"
And ii comes IN somehow:
And freedom and freedom and
Yes, I've got it,"
And freedom shriekel when Kos
kiuseo fell"
"she lid. she did! Bless you. that's
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

Shall vulgar liar be elected President of
the United States?
Since the recent developments in regard
to Mr.. Blaines connection with the Hook
ing Valley mines and his bare-faced and
untruthful denials this is the real question
before the country. There seems to be no
longer any room for doubt upon this point.
1t being settled that Mr.. Blaine was guilty
of falsehood i'll this matter it follows that
he is simply a vulgar lara man SO utterly
regardless of the truth that he is unfit to
fill the most insignificant position of trust,
much less the highest office in the land.
The case is very simple one. In the
Hooking Valley in Ohio the miners have
been thrown out of employment by the
importation of contract labor. 1t was
unfortunate for Mr.. Blaine that he was one
of those owners. 1t would be unfortunate
for any candidate for the suffnges of
American workingmen that company in
which he holds large interest should be
engaged in depressing American labor 10y
the introduction of cheap laborers under
false representations But bold man and
an honest one would not have met the
emergency with lie This what Mr..
Blaine did Over his own signature he de-
MED that he owns or owned any coal lands
in the Hooking Valley, whereupon IA letter
is produced from him in regard TO his pur-
chase of such nh interest, and his receipts
are exhibited for the purchase money and
for transfers of stock relating to these
transactions. His only object in the denial,
apparently, was to prevent the loss of a
few thousand votes among the Hooking
Valley miners. lie has not gained his oh
iect, but Oh the contrary, he has shown
himself most faeile and unblnshing liar +.
l. such man tit To he lntrusted with the
government of great country?
We think not. The success of such a
candidate cannot fail To have most dis
astrous effect upon the morals If the peo~
pile. Such an example would be par
ficularls bad one to set before the yonng
men of the country. What will the world
think?~what shall we think of ourselves if
We elect man 50 utterly Enthusiastically and
untrnthfnl President of the United States.
Blaine's election would be tantamount to
saying to our Young men growing up and
just entering politics or busines: BE smart,
be eloquent, make money honestly, if You
can. but make il; fill Your purses, however
dishonofabe the means; lie when you are
comerea, lie openly, boldly, reekieasly, aud
some day You may gel 10 he President, like
Blaine, Of Maine. who VAS heir 10 all that
was noblest and best III James A. Garfield.
Ii is not to b. denied that in the course
pursued by Mr. Blaine III regard to his con
neetion with the Hope Furnace enterprise
aud the Standard Coal Company he lied as
openly and ,ulgarly lis II he hld learned
to tline with the truth from our eminent
fellow citizen, Hungry Joe. This In
itself IL sufficient Ia condemn him. lie in
nnht T. be President because he is a liar.
But when Ia liz H. his own behalf ir
added his Nillinglt s Il entertain a pfapO.
sition to blaeken the private character oi
his risai--to tell lie In order to destroy
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

who Ind given to jeff Davis $4,000, to
piye to the Union cause S2O,OD0. and so on
through the list. Every possible contriy-
ance was resorted to to evade the payment
Of this assessment. Nalnables We're buried,
sold, and given away to prevent its collec-
ton: md in one instance wealthy family
advertised u funeral had long funeral
procession, sermon preached. and u
splendid ebony coffin was deposited with
great formalits and show Of grief, in the
family vault. Gen. Butler had in eye to
the situation, his suspicious We're aroused
and he wanted to See the corpse. The coffin
was found to contain great many thousand
dollars. worth Of gold and silver plate, silver
spoons and other valuables: ii was eonfis-
Gated and turned over t. the commissary
depaItment. while the rebels were furious
and started the cry Of spoon thief, Pick
aynne Butler" ""old cock -eye.' Beast But
Ter, aud all Other opplobrious epithets
that have since been chcwed over and spit
ont Mt Gen. Butler by disloyal journals of
the North: and that was the beginning of
tn apoon- thief cry in New Orleans. The
~ IN .yason for the assessment We have
.antionea was found in the fact that Gen.
3u.er found more than 10000 starving
people i'll that city, and for days and
weeks was obliged to feed them from
army supplies: to open a free market where,
every day. A procession nearly half a mile
long came with baskets, pals and naked
hands for food to keep the wolf from the
door, and Gen. Butler Justly concluded
that. where there was wealth enough TO give
hundreds Of thousands of dollars for
treason, there was wealth enough to give
a portion Of that sum toward paving for
the support of home laupers, composed
mostly of the wives and children of those
engaged in lighting the Government; hence
the assessment
When we landed in New Orleans barrel
of flour could not be bought there for 500
in gold, and eur boys actually traded ham
bones they We're going to throw away for
barrel of sugar each.
Butler found the wives and children of
his enemies nakedand starving: he assessed
the wealthy authors of the rebellion for
means to feed and clothe the suffering, and
who shall say that he was wrong:-Er-
cLunu9
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

The national banker gees to the United
States Treasury Department and deposits
800, 900 of United States bonds bearing
interest, and the Government loans him
without interest except what little he re-
turns by the way of tax upon his circula-
tom $4,000 Of currency, guaranteed by
the Endorsement of the Government
This amount he takes home and loans to
the farmers, merchants, and manufacturers
Mt from 4 Id lo, and sometimes as high as
% per cent. las is the case frequently in
Colomdo.l
In this way he draws interest at both
ends--a sort of double-aetion suction
pump. His rule in banking is that the
man who needs money the most he charges
the highest rate of interest.
In this way he helps destroy the man
who is nearest the verge of ruin.
He makes still heavier the burden that
is already crushing the unfortunate man to
the earth.
The Government helps him in his work
of oppression.
Ithelps him to become an autocmt Of the
industrial and commercial world.
But suppose the farmer wants to borrow
5000 to build house or improve his farm.
lie happens to have n 81 900 bond. He
takes it to the Treasury Department and
asks for 5000. The Comptroller says to
him: Il can let You have the $500, but it
must apply OH the bond and the interest
must stop. The Government does not loan
money to farmers without interest--that is
II privilege enjoyed exclusively by the 2,0o0
bank corporations. But you can go to one
of those national banks and borrow some of
that currency which the Government has
loaned them without interest and get the
coma v,l,i ,iah NIL hxy, ,ssa
interest"
Now, will some hard money, national
bank advocate please inform us why the
Government should make any distinction
between the banker and the farmer?
But. SAYS some hard money monkey, if
the Government should 60 into the business
Of loanin. money to farmers for nothing
there would be no end tn the imitation" of
the currency.
In reply we say there is no end 10 the
imitation through the national bank ma
chimes. They can initiate the currency to
any extent $50 long rs they can get hold of
bonds to depositl which their interest or
their caprice may demand.
If they want to scale down prices, in or
der that they may be able to buy up proper
ty Mt half what it cost, they contract in
stead of initiate. Then, after having bought
Hp property al HalI price, II tnsS want 10
sell ii ont and double their money, they
initiate by going to the Government and
borrowing more currency without interest
and putting it out, which process of con
traction" and imitation they keep up year
after year and generation after generation,
producing famine, bankruptcy, distress, aud
ruin.
Instead of the Government ioaulng
money 10 bankers the Greenback party
| says: Issue money direct to the people, IA
| full legal tender, putting 1t out by paving
the expenses of the Government and pay
| ing off bonds, and let the people utilize the
national debt for Il national currency. there
by saving S6D,00o, eoo Of interest money
every year - Chicago Sentinel.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

big pointer for me! He fell. Where
did lie fall?"
Haven't the least idea whether il was
at Austerlitz or first Bull Run. Like
enough he fell off house.
He fell,' mused the politician.
Freedom shrieked. It must have been
on q battlefield. Try and remember
what field it was.
mo use. Even il l could remember
that, l wouldn't be sure that he was
killed."
The politician dashed out, and APP
pealed to the first man he met with:
"Say, you-where did koskiusco
fall? Quick--I cant spare minute'
sOn his ear, guess" was the indif-
ferent reply.
The orator mounted q table, but
hardly had he said:
My dear, patriotic Poles,' when the
band struck up, and the procession
moved.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

his opponent--his conduct must disgust all
decent Republicans ms well as honest
Democrats. Such behavior is disgracefnl,
disgusting, degrading. As President of
the United States the whole country could
only look upon him with shame. His elec-
ton would bring with it disgrace in itself
and evil in its consequences It would be
the beginning of generalization which in
the end would be sure to undermine and
destroy the Republic. No, we cannot be-
lieve it. The American people will not
elect vulgar liar President of the United
States.--N. Y. Truth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
The s.ApOOn" Story.

During Gen. Buffers occupancy OF New
Orleans, in 1862, he was obliged 10 feed
many thousands of starving women and
children Thinking that the Union cans"
bud load enough to carry, b. compelled tho
rich rebels af the city to bear the expense
Of feeding the poor,
aen Butler got hold of subscription
paper whereon the rels had signed several
hundred thousand dollars tn support the re-
bellion. lie duplicated the list and AS
seased each signer one-fonrth tue sum he
had devoted to treason, thus requiring him
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

When Rosa Bonheur paints her pict-
ures or wanders about among her
horses cattle, and other live stock, she
wears sack and trousers; but when
she consents to receive visitors she puts
Oh the dress upon which Eugenie, with
her own hands, pinned the decoration
of the Legion of Honor. An exchange
says she lives happily and quietly at
By, near fontainenleau, but she can't
be perfectly happy, AS she is tormented
with cancer which must, sooner or
later, end her life. Hartford Post.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

WESTERN farmers eke ont II bare exist
enee by missing corn at - cents per bushel.
Tie Eastern Morkingnen eke ont bare
existence because they have TO pa, thy the
time the eoin gets into the shape IF brown
brad ready for the table, about three dol
Lars per bnshel for the corn.
The men who get the bulk of the differ
enee are the railroad monapolists, the Board
of Tlade spectators, and the banker who
furnishes the money 10 move tue crops. -
Chicago Sentinel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

OLD party lines are being broken aud
smashed. With tile Prohibition army
marching upon the one funk aud the Green-
back army marching up on the other, the
old parties are lady aemofaii1ed, aud will
soon be wiped out OF existence.