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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13

augusta News.

With or without money the Rich
mond and Danvilie railroad continues
its scoop with unparalleled gall, Of
everything in sight. So far their sue
cess in this work has been most eX-
cellent, and the fertile and bright
minds of the Calhoun Brothers are
very important factors in this great
work.
Their last scoop, however, ofthe lit
tie narrow gauge from Augusta to
Sandersville, means great deal, and
the best evidence of this is that the
minute it was rejected by the parties
who purchased the same, it was imme-
diately grabbed at the same price as
the original sale.
The question arises, what do they
want with the narrow gauge ? The an
swer is generally given, and all Florida
travel will go through Augusta. The
owners of the Richmond and Danville
and the Coast Line, are not on the
most friendly terms and the reported
appointment of Sol. Haas in place OF
Peyton Randolph as general manager
of the Richmond and Dauville means
fight for the freight and passenger
BUSINESS to Florida with Augusta as
the diverging point. The narrow
gauge is to be Immediately widentd
to a broad guage and the road con-
tinucd to Hawkinsville, thence to
Florida. In the meantime travel will
be carried via Macon and Albany, cut
ting out of the way Of the Florida
travel.
This means great things for Augusta,
as we are sure to catch Il large portion
of Florida travel in both directions,
and the local business Of the narrow
gauge can never be taken from US. The
purchase of the road by Mr.. Swami
and others simply means AZ r.. u ID.
deal.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
THEIR EONEYMoe.. cLoUDED.
"A mysterious Beauty that is following fs,>
Prince Hatzfeldt and his Bride.
New York Society Review

New York Society Review.7
AS matter of foreign news, some
strange information reaches US about
the Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt, who
are travelling about on q tour in Eu-
rope.
The Princess, it is known, has some
very dear friends in New York. with
whom she has been in constant cor.
respondence since her marriage. She is
very lavish with her gifts to those
whom she calls her Oldest friends, and
very handsome clock arrived here the
other day from Rome, accompanied by
a lettor containing the extraordinary
information that the Princess and her
husband were being followed from city
to city by mysterious French beauty
OF the keen Partisan stamp.
This woman has only presented her
self once to the Princess in person; but
both the Prince and Princess are in
constant receipt of abusive letters and
demands for money under threat Of
some unknown exposure. These threats
are principally directed against the
Prince, who as yet has taken no steps
to prevent the annoyance.
Although their movements are per
slstently followed by this solitary Ne
1nesis, she is not usually seen by them,
and their notification of her presence
With them en- voyage is always by the
post.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
A Cloud-Burst in China,

SAN Francisco. February 5.-The
Shanghai Mecury of January 7, re-
celVed by the steamer Rio Janeiro yes-
terday, gives brief account of great
eloud-burst near Marking, of which a
short announcement was received by
cable at the time. It says: On the 7th
of this moon, in Jangtze River, near
Marking, at about 10 a. m, when the
weather was bright there was suddenly
heard rushing noise as of water pour
ing. Two large black clouds appeared
and soon enveloped everything like a
fog. The waters were much disturbed
and the river was full of large waves.
The two clouds eventually reached a
place called Tsi Ii Chow, when they
burst asunder, making very loud re
port. During the disturbance many
boats were destroyed and over 100 peo-
pie were drowned. More than fifty were
picked up in an exhausted condition
by the Chinese life preserving associa-
ton. Those who lost their lives were
buried by the authorities.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
AGAINST NEGROES.
They Have no Civil Rights in Missouri
and Cannot Force Their Way in Upon
Hotels or Theatres, Which are
Hun as Private Speculations,

KANSAS CITY, No, Feb. 4.-Judge
! Il. H. Field, Of the Circuit Court, to-day
! declared in a decision that 4 colored
man could be refused admlttance not
only to theatre, but to hotels, public
balls, etc. The suit was that of Simr-
son W. Younger against the Ninth
Street theatre, and was test case.
Younger, who is a graduate Of Ober-
lin University, and popular with the
colored population, appeared at the
theatre November y, 1888, with a
colored female, and bought two Or
chestra seats. 4 new man was in the
box Office, and by mistake the tickets
were sold to him. The ushers refused
to give him seats, and he demanded
them, and was elected immediately.
He brought suit for S5O,0 900 damages,
in which he was supported by nearly
5000 colored people in Eastern Kansas
and Missouri. The suit has been i'll the
courts for over year. The colored peo-
pie are incensed with the court, and
much excitement prevailed. Judge
Field held that, as the civil rights bill
had been declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court of the United
States, the rights of the colored people,
rs we'll as others in this behalf, were to
be determined by the common laws
that theatres and race courses We're
private property, which the proprietors
could run to suit themselves, and that
2 ticket thereto was i license revokable
at any time, upon return or tender OF
the costs of the ticket.
The plaintiff contended that because
the owners of the railroads were bound
to receive as passengers any person,
that the same rule would apply to
theatres, but Judge Field held that rail-
roads were necessities of life, while thea
tres, like race courses, were luXurles
aud amusements. In other words, the
rights Of the public against railroad
companies were u necessity, whereas
the privilege of going to theatre or a
horse race was an amusement and a
pastime, and the damage resulting
from u failure to enjoy which would he
merely speculative and sentimental.
Therefore theatres who receive no con-
cessions from the public could make
any rule or regulation fereging and
forbidding auy class of patrons which
the proprietors deemed prejudicial to
the business or against their wish,
though they should act capriciously in
so doing.
Judge Field, while delivering his
opinion, said that he believed that
even if person be refused admittanc
to a hotel, his damages would be
merely nominal, that is, not more than
one cent or one dollar, unless that was
the only hotel in the place, or the per-
son was denid entrance at all the
hotels in the place.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
CLEVELAND IN 1892.
Depew Says He Will Be Nominated With
Hurrail.

Interview in Washington Post.
"rhe Cleveland Bill controversy is
red bot there, and is growing more in
tense every day. The Tammany and
County Democracy trouble is also grow
ing more bitter because of the absolute
domination of Tammany in every de-
partment of the city government, and
because Tammany will also be the
sufferer through not having places
enough to take care of all the people
who think they ought to be taken care
Of, and who, when they are disap-
pointed, will join the County Demo-
cracy. 1 don't see in sight any divis-
ion in the Republican party for '92."
Mr.. Depew thought it was too far
ahead to tell who would be the Repub-
lican standard-bearer in the next CAM
paign, but he was willing to be a
prophet for the Democrats.
"Cleveland," he said, twill, I think,
without any doubt whatever, be nomi-
mated by the Democrats with a rush
and hurrah. There will be no caudi-
date against him in the convention.
HIS election is another question. He
represents, however, the only idea upon
which Democracy can make fight.
The Republican party solidly repre-
sents the idea of protection. If the
Democratic party claims to represent
modified form of that idea, it is neither
flesh, fish, nor fowl, and the American
public hates mixtures. Whatever it
takes it takes straight"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
Coincidents in the Governors Office.
from the Wateree Messenger.

From the Wateree Messenger.
About our present chief executive,
Governor John Peter Richardson, there
are several condolences which are not
only interesting, but singular.
His father, who was also named
John Peter Richardson, was Governor Of
South Carolina from 1910 to 1922. This
is the only instance, I believe, in the
history Of our State where two Cover
nors have borne exactly the same
name. The Governor who preceded
the first John Peter Richardson was
B. x. Henegan, who was not elected to
that office. but was only filling out an
unexpired term; the Governor who
preceded the second John Peter Rich
ardson was John c. Sheppard, who,
like Henegan was not elected to the
office, but was also filling out an uneX-
pired term. The Lieutenant Governor
under the first John Peter Richardson
was an upcountryman, Col. ". X.
Clowney, of Union, whose first name
was William. The Lieutenant Cover
nor under the second John Peter Rich
ardson, is an upcountryman; whose
first name is also William.
We see then, that South Carolina
numbers among her chief executives,
two men, father and son, whose names
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
The Winner of the Nellie Bly, Trip Prize
New York WOrld.1

F. w. Stevens, of No. 1913 Second
Avenue, New York city, is the winaer
of the free trip to Europe, his guess be-
ing nearer the exact time consumed by
Nellie Bly, in her trip around the world
than any Of the other million competi-
tors.
The following certificate is the basis
Oh which the award is made:
New YORK, January Is, 1890.
We, the undersigned timekeepers, do
hereby certify that We were present in
the Pennsylvania railroad depot, Jersey
City, the 18th day of January, 1890, on
the arrival of Miss Nellie Bly,, and that
she set foot to the ground at 81 minutes
and "A seconds past o'clock in the
afternoon.
We hereby certify that the elapsed
time from start to finish of Miss Nellie
Bly's trip around the world is q DAYS,
6 hours, II minutes and IA seconds.
G. A. AVERY,
Manhattan Athletic Club.
ROBERT SToLL,
New York Athletic Club.
&C. HUGHES,
Manhattan Athletic Club.
The winning coupon is given here
with:
THE SUCCESSFUL COUPON.
To the European trip Editor:
My guess as to the exact time of
Nellie Bly's tour of the world is as
follows:
December 23.1
Days. Hours. Minutes. Seconds.
~ & II IA 2-5
Name Of guesser:
F. w. STEVENS.
Residence Of guesser:
1913 Second Avenue.
Date Of guess:
January %.
Mr.. Stevens was just two-ffths Of
one second out of the way. His guess
was received in the World office the
day before Miss Bly, reached Chicago.
The New York World gives long
sketch of Nellie Bly,, saying among
other things, that the World and Miss
Bly, have kept the secret we'll, and most
Of the printed matter about this young
lady has come entirely from hearsay.
In the first place she is not "Helen
Finnegan."' Nor is she a "widow."
Nor-so far as the World knows-is
she engaged to marry anybody. Nor
is she "anywhere from thirty to forty
five years DID," as various journals,
have stated. Nor is she "a brazen-
faced, masculine woman, who forces
her way in search of news" All of
these things have been said Of her and
all Of them are false. Nellie Bly, is
known in private life as Miss Elizabeth
Cochrane. She is an Unmarried woman,
twenty-three years of age. She lives
quietly in an up town flat with her
widowed mother. The kind of work
she has done has made it necessary
that she would know as few people as
possible, and on that account her pri-
vate life has been a very quiet one.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
A Big Job of Printing.
finland Printer.1

One of the largest jobs of printing
over undertaken in this country is now
being executed by King, Towle Il Co.,
Milwaukee. 1t consists of 10000, 900
books, called ''Secrets" issued by the
Pabst Brewing Company of that city.
1t is the intention Of Captain Pabst
to leave book upon the doorstep of
every house in all cities of the United
States which have a population of $500.
The ground has been gone over once,
end it took $4,000 books to do it.
The intention is to 80 over the country
that way four times. The cost of the
whole job is $4,000 and King, Towle
g. Co. are under contract to deliver
$4,000 books every twenty-four hours
It will take twenty-seven carloads Of
paper to make 20,000,0 900 books.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
John C. Sheppard for Governor.
From the Cheraw Reporter. !

L. AO'AA lIC NhCldn 41CPo1SOi.
AS the political cauldron has begun
to bubble and nominations or, more
properly speaking, suggestions, for
Governor are in order, we would be
pleased to mention the name of the
Hon. John G. Sheppard, of Edgefeld.
Mr. Sheppard, it is true, is not Pee
Dee man, but lie is the very man for
the place. 1t is all we'll enough for a
newspaper to bring forward for Office
the man of its own section provided
circumstances favor, but to pursue such
g course for merely sectional reasons
strikes us as not altogether advisable.
Mr.. Sheppard has already served the
State as Lieutenant Governor and filed
the Governors chair for short time,
and every one knows with what ability
he filled both positions. He is young
man of high attainments and states
man-like ideas, and such are the kind
that we should all desire in office.
Therefore we have come to the conclu-
sion that the State Convention could
do no better than nominate him for
Governor.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
THE SHELL PROCLAMATION.
A Pee-Dee Farmer Objects to Mr shelfs
Political Hroadside.

To the Editor of The News anc
Courier; In your issue OF January =
we have an address signed by u. '"
Shell, president of the Farmers Asso'
citation of South Carolina. L am sur
prised that Mr.. Shell should allow MS
name to be signed to an article WritIen
bv some one else. We have read sucn
utterances before, and know the ear
marks The indictment is again drawn
"and the foodgates Of misrepresenta'
tion and SANDER are turned loose no'
odlv "to destroy influence" but to
drag down to level with themselves
men who are disharging their duty as
public officials with credit to them
selves and honor to the State.
I cannot believe that such paper
wonld have been sent out bya meeting
ofthe farmers at this time. We have an
organization of farmers; not only IN
this State, but in nearly every State IN
the Union, that has already accom-
plished a great deal for the farmers
and has a great work still to do. 1t Is
separate and distinct from the Farm
ers' Association, of which Mr.. Tlllman
is the political head. There is a grow
ing tendency to drag the Alliance into
nolitics. We must steer clear OF de-
signing politicians if we expect to ac-
complish great good for ourselves as
farmers.
We can protect our rights by voting
for the best men for each othce, ana
voting inteligenly. We can work out
wholesome reforms socially, indus
trially, financially and politically in
this way and wrong no one.
We are not to say that no one IS ut
or shall hold office, but member OF
our order. Don't form a trust and
saw that men who are as good Demo-
Gratis as ourselves, and have done as
much or more for Democratic success,
must stand aside and allow men
whose only recommendation is their
greed for office and their ability to
slander, by insinuations, those who are
in their way. Cannot we stand on
the broad platform, Equal rights to
all; special privileges to none?"
Are we, as farmers, to say that the
whole political machinery must be
turned over to the Farmers Associa-
ton, and they shall dictate to the Dem
ocratic clubs, the county conventions,
the State Convention, the State chair
man and executive committee what
shall be done? The Democratic party
has constitution which prescribes the
manner and process of selecting its
candidates, and every true Democrat
has right to say who shall be nom
mated for all and every office.
How can this address be to the
Democracy of South Carolina" when
50 manv are excluded? We can puri-
fy our politics with less harshness Of
warfare. Remember that "everythlng
that glitters is not gold" especially IN
politics. PEE DEE FARMER
Darlington, February 5.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
Drought in Lower Georgia.


SAVANNAH, Feb, 6.-The farmers Of
Emanuel County are despondent on
account of the total absence of rain for
so long period. The creeks and other
streams have dried up to such an ex-
tent that it is difficult to even water
the stock properly. Those who cut
lumber in the winter months have had
to stop work simply because they could
not get their product to market. Vast
piles of logs are waiting for rain that
fill up the river sufficiently to permit
floating them down to Darien. The
farmers are also unable to plough and
get ready for the spring planting on
account of the hardness of the ground.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
Alliance Men Beware Of Party Independ
entism.

The Sparta ga Ishmaelite, one Of
the best and bravest papers in all the
South, gives this solemn and timely
warning to the Farmers Alliance of
South Carolina:
"In Alabama and in South Carolina,
leading members Of the Alliance have
shown purpose to withdraw from the
Democratic party, and to carry the
members of the order with them. In
deed, in the latter State, call has been
made by leading Alliancemen for
convention, to form a distinct party
organization for political purposes. 1t
is move to set aside the Democratic
party as the party of the people and to
antagonize it with the proposed new
party. 1t is piece of unspeakable fol-
ly, especially when viewed from the
farmers standpoint. This view of the
matter is more apparent in the case Of
South Carolina than in that of Ala
bama or Georgia ,and it is true and forci-
BILE in its application alike to all of
them.
"South Carolina has hardly recov-
cred as yet from the domination of
thieving carpet-baggers and scalawags
acting under Republican auspices. The
poke of roguery was thrown off by
Democratic agencies. BY the same
power the true people of the State were
restoredlto their rightful position at the
head Of affairs, and through it every
effort Of ignorant and corrupt numbers
to rule and ruin has been thwarted.
Secure in person and in property under
Democratic rule, the waste places have
begun to grow green again, and the en-
tire State has walked up to renewed
vigor and hopefulness.
but this suicidal movement ON the
part of the Alliance of the State be-
clouds the prospect. 1t purposes to
divide into two antagonistic hosts the
political army in and through whose
united strength alone the State won
victory and maintained dominion.
What then? The carpet-baggers and
scalawags will take courage and unite
again. The party of plunder and of
ignorance will again take the field.
Encouraged by Democratic division
and aided by shameless Federal inter-
ference, the enemies of white domina-
tion will again sit in the high places Of
the State, and the wreck and ruin of a
day, Infamous beyond characterization,
will return to emphasize the folly of
Alliance leadership in South Carolina.
Only through the party solidity of the
white men of the South may our Sec
ton hope to beat back the corrupting,
devastating invasion of the Republican
hosts, Should they conquer through
any foolish division among Democrats
and again take posses ION Of the State
governments of the South, the last
estate of our section will be worse than
the first"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
"Grady" and "Graves."
Tribune of Rome.1

In East Rome on January the 31st
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Watt Can
eldtwin boys, weighing seven and a
fourth, and seven and three-fourths
pounds respectively. To DR.. o. T.
Dozier who had the pleasure Of. present
ing them to their parents was! dele
gated the honor of naming the bright
little citizen, and after brief reflection
DR.. Dozier decided 'Henry W. Grady"
and "John Temple Graves" to be the
names they should henceforth bear,
And at last accounts they were bearing
these names quite Justify.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
Edgefeld Law.
New York World !

The law in Edgefeld County, South
Carolina, prescribes that a man found
guilty by any young woman of having
trifed with her affections shall be pun
ished at the discretion of the girls big
brother. We infer the term of the
statute on this subject from the events
reported In the Sunday World by tele-
graph. in which the punishment in
ficted was fearful horsewhipping.
The fact that there was no talk or
thought of holding the man who ad-
ministered the castigation to any sort of
responsibility indicates that the COM
munity-which is the source of all law
approves this act, in other words that
the law in Edgefeld is as we have
stated it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
TILLMAN TO THE FRONT.
The Edgefeld AGitator Brought Out for
Governor-Is this What the March
Convention Means?

To the Editor of the News and Cou-
rier: Almost before the ink was dry
upon the columns of the Call of the
Farmers Convention" kind friends
have come forward to fix the ticket for
US. However, be it remembered, we
will officer this campaign to suit our
ideas. To this end we ask your columns
to place in nomination for Governor
the name of Cept. B. r. Tillman.
No eulogistic pen need trace his
claims, or services rendered to our pro-
fession or State, for his record has won
for him gratitude in our hearts that
we only wish an'opportunity to requite
by placing him in a position Of honor
and leadership for which his large and
singular ability so eminently fits him.
It would be tame to attempt to name
his services to the State, and farmers
in particular, and would be reflection
upon their intelligence. However,
allow US to say that time and common
sense of the people have endorsed all
the fundamental reforms advocated by
his acute foresight. Witness the re-
form in our General Assembly, sneered
at by his enemies at first. Witness the
eager scramble of the South Carolina
College and its friends to embalm agri-
cultural and industrial education in
the hearts of the people, in the internal
management of their college, yet all
the while branding its champion as a
crank, dangerous leader, ETC., and agrl-
cultural education a humbug. 60,
farmers, through the annex depart
ment of the South Carolina College, and
see how the crowd have really endorsed
the wisdom and genius of B. Z. Till
man.
In bringing his name before the peo-
pie we bring one that will rekindle the
enthusiasm of 1876 in the Democratic
party; one which will call the farmers
to battle from mountain to seaboard;
one which will be able to lead, and
answer the willy and oily tongued poll
tician. Farmers, demand your rights,
call to the head of the State once again
q real farmer, one who will dare do his
duty and answer your requests. Be
not cajoled out Of your birthright by
the fiattery Of those who would destroy
you, nor by whimperings Of the timid
or the leadership Of the weak and jeal.
Gus Brutuses in our ranks. Call youl
Cincinnatus to lead YOU, and let nc
temporizing policy prevail. Remem
Der how Tillman has been vilitied
hooted, ridiculed, impugned, all be-
cause he had the manliness to advocate
your rights. All these things has beer
done to you through him. Now vim
d;cate yourselves and him from al
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
Who He Is.
New York World

Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, who
has been making himself prominent OF
late, is a son Of an English actor OF re-
pute. The elder Crisp played at the
Park Theatre in this city many years
ago, and at one time supported Mrs.
Nowatt when she first went on the
stage. He afterwards settled in Geor-
gia and died there.