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generate Tillmanites would rotten

generate Tillmanites would rotten
egg me.
33. And his words provoked
great laughter when the carrier .of
news of the Tillmanites proclaimed
to the world that Laurence the
fearless had deserted the field. at
the sight Of an eggsquash.
"a. Now, Benjamin and James
of Orr, and John the Sheppardite,
with Laurence and other captains
of the rival hosts didst 60 about
from country to country even
from the sixth month to the
twentieth day of the ninth month
speaking unto the people.
35. And the carriers of the news
of the Ring rulers loudly pro
claimed that the power Of Ben
jamin the Tillmanite was broken,
and that when there was q num-
bering Of the people, John the
sheppardite would come to rule
over the country.
SO. And it came to pass that OF
the th,rtieth day of. the ninth
month, there was numbering Of
the people, and the Ring rulers
were utterly confounded for thei'
people numbered | ut one and
half score and two thousan &
while the hosts of Benjamin didst
number tvs and Shlaf score and
five thousand men. Therefore
Benjamin came again to rule owe,
the people for the space of yet
two more years.
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vi news LnaL tuey snoulu III tne
third month of the new year send
representatives from the various
tribes to the capital city of the
country that they mightest con-
suit how this heavy yoke should
be lifted.
6. And when they had gathered
together it was found that they
were mighty host.
Il. And the chieftans and wise
men thereof didst prevail upon
Benjamin the Tillmanite that he
shouldst' allow them to use his
name as one most suited to lead an
undisciphned host to victory.
9. To this after much persuasion
did Benjamin consent, and i'm
mediately we're the walls of wrath
from the news carriers of the ring
rulers, and from the mouths of the
rulers and their kinsmen and
friends, east upon his devoted
head.
9. Then arose Benjamin, con-
scious of rectitude of purpose,
and going out among the people,
he proclaimed that they should be
free from the yoke of the ringster.
10. Yet not unmolested was he
in prosecuting this labor of love
for the chieftans of the ring-rulers
hastily assembled and deputed
Joseph the Earlite, and John OF
Bratton to make head against this
insolent contemner of their divine
(?) rights.
II. But Benjamin didst say
unto them, ye are the few, we are
the many, and the prophecy must
be fulfilled.
12. The majority must rule, the
people are aroused and ye must
retire to your Businesses, there to
mourn over lost Offices forever for
we, the people, are now in the sad
die and ye have not walked long
enough to be tired.
13. And it came to pass accord
ing to the prophecy that Benjamin
didst roust che opposing forces and
ruled wisely and we'll in their stead
IA. Before this thing had come
about however the chieftans among
the Ring Rulers again gathered
themselves together and said unto
the people: "This man Benjamin
the Tillmanite shall not rule over
US.
Is. We will give you Aleck, sur.
named Haskell, to be your ruler
and him shall you serve, even Of
ye have served US always.
16. And they further said unto
] the people: Unto our ranks will
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07oi all OnU pvvpie, WAS 10 uo
battle with this Benjamin to cast
him down from the rulership of
the people.
25. Yet more wonderful was the
selection of James of the house of
Orr to be chief lieutenant to John
the Sheppardite, for James had
said of John that in him there was
no good.
26. Laurence also, even that
Laurence, surnamed Youmans,
who though thirsting for the
spoils of office, had refused aid to
Benjamin the Tillmanite, vast
called upon to assist in the
re-enslavement of the people, and
he did respond promptly.
27. For his heart was filled with
bitterness against Benjamin being,
though tiller of the soil himself,
of a house which was great in the
councils of the ring-rulers.
%. And this Laurence did pos
sess parchment on which was in
scribed many of the sayings and
doings of Benjamin the Tillman-
lite in the days before he became
ruler over all the people.
20. This parchment was called
byI some, a scrap-book, ,!!and
sportively by others a slop-bucket,
but by whatsoever name, Laurence
didst read.from it alw ay when he
could prevail upon the people to
listen unto him, ,and he did distort
the words of Benjamin, seeking to
make of him a falsifer.
30. Bnt the people gave not
heed to the words of Laurence for
though once blind, their eyes now
beheld the light, and sensible were
thew to the difference between
pure gold and dross.
80. And it came to pass that
the people were gathered at aplace
called Lexington to give heed to
the words of Benjamin the Till
mantle, and of John the Shep-
pardite, and of James of the house
of Orr, and with them came
Laurence, who much desired te
read unto the assembled multitude
certain passages from his scrap
book, called by some the slop bucket
.32. But the people sad unto
them; our ears shall not be opened
unto you, for thou declarest unto
us not the truth. And one OF the
tillers of the soil from the country
around abut didst show unto him
an egg-squash, and made pretense
to cast it at him, whereupor
Laurence didst cry aloud: Persecu'
ton? persecution? these de.
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THE SIGNS OF. THE.TIMEs.
Two Chapters From the Chroni-
Gle of Archelaus in the Time
and During the Reign Of
Benjamin the Till
mantle.
CHAPTER I.

Now. during the reign of
Hugh, surnamed Thompson, he of
Governors mansion fame, arose
one Benjamin, son of the house
of Tillman, a man whose heart
was filled with love for the people,
one OF whom he was, tor his
occupation was that of e. tiller of
the soil.
2..And this Benjamin didst cry
aloud unto the people through the
mouth of the carriers of news,
throughout all the length and
breadth Of. the land. and his mess
age ran thus:
.3. Obi ye people hide ye your
faces that your brethren may not
look upon you, for verilyI say unto
you that though in name thou art
freemen, yet in fact thou art slaves.
4. Thou hast no voice in the
selection of your rulers, but art
governed by ring composed of
the chieftians md wise men of a
few tribes against whom thou hast
hereto fcredared not rebel.
5. The chieftains and wise men
of these tribes have said unto
themselves-our right to rule over
all these people is divine. for
have not we and our folefathers
exercised that right for five score
years and more?
6. And wherefore should we not
in these later days continue to
govern as aforetime, for was it not
through us that the people were
delivered out of the hands of the
blacks, the scalawags, and the
Carpet-baggers?
Z. Year verify, we shall con-
tinue to rule, and our children
after US, and the spoils of Office
shall be oura, and the people of
these alien tribes shall not share
therein.
8. All this did Benjamin of the
house of Tillman speak unto the
people through the mouth of'the
l.-,-r-in-s % .,n,rs
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10. Thus did Benjamin Of the
house of Tillrnan speak unto the
people, and much more also, by
which he greatly angered the rulrs,
but his words found much favor
with the people for they were
words of truth.
II. Now, Benjamin did go in
and out among the rulers, cleaning
knowledge which he did ever and
anon give out to the people through
the mouth of the carriers of news
and great commotion was
excited thereby, for he told them
nothing but truth and the telling
thereof did not please the ears of
those in high places.
IL. Now, in the fullness of time,
the chieftans of the tribes with
many of their brethren, assembled
together to choose unto themselves
new rulers, and with them came
this Benjamin the Tillmanite,
whose burning words of truth had
sunk deep in the hearts of many
and he did rise up and say unto
the assembly,
13. Hearken unto my words,
you chieftans and wise men. There
is one amoung you whom ws will
select to rule over us; for he is a
man learned of the law, gentle Of
speech and will be wise and just
ruler
IA. And the name of this man
is John, surnamed. Sheppard
whose fame is known to you and
whom in the past thou hast deligh-
ted to honor.
Is. But the wise men and chief.
tains of the ring rule tribes had
previously consulted together al
a little tavern called "The Club ,
and had sent many of those among
them who were cunning of speech
out privily among the people Of
the alien tribes saying unto them
l16. Who is this Benjamin who
presumest to dictate unto us who
shall be our rulers? He is but
schemer who would mould you tc
his own selfish purposes and te
your own confusion.
II. And one of these men il
not the chief of the N, was James
of the house of Orr, the fame oi
which house waxed great in the
days and during the reign of the
Blacks, the scalawags and of the
Carpet Baggers.
1s Now the people gave heed tc
these words of cunning, and
rejecting John the sheppardite
John. .Peter,of the house Of Richard.
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come the blacks, the scalawag and
the carpetbagger, and we will
make a mock of this Benjamin.
II. But it came not to pass as
the Ring-rulers had said, for verify
were they sorely smitten, and the
Offices which once they held, held
they no more forever.
18. Now, in the second year of
the rule of Benjamin the Till
mantle, the carriers of news of the
Ring rulers, and the chieftans, yea
even the priests of their people
didst circulate divers false rumors
concerning him among the people
that they might fall: away from
him, and they themselves again
return to power.
10. But Benjamin had learned
much Of cunning during his term
of Office and. the people loved him,
and he did disprove the false
rumors and suffered not at all
from them.
20. Wherefore, seeing that secret
plots and open slande1 would not
prevail against Benjamin, the
Ring rulers called upon all
the disaffected to meet in con-
ference at the capital city, even in
the third month of the year as did
the hosts of Renjamin.
21. And, when the disaffected
were gathered together, many were
they in numbers, and the chieftans
thereof had a lean and hungry
look, for they mourned for their
lost officers and would not be COM
forted.
%. Now, these men being in
conference from the going down
of the sun to the rising thereof,
didst at last select from their num-
ber one from each section which
they did call a committee of the
dark closet which did, as their
name indicates, retire into a
darkened room from the confines
of which no sound could penetrate,
for the purpose of selecting those
who should go out among the peo-
pie and do battle with their NOR
tai enemy, Benjamin the Till
1hanlte.
%. And this committee did:in
due eou.s@ 9. s'eaa ls9eft 10 the
feraade, ai. .heir report vas
aer this Ss
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CHAPTER II.

/. Now, when these things of
which IT have told you had come
about, Benjamin the Tillmanite
betookI himself to his ownecountry,
and summoned unto him John,
surnamed Irby, and George, sur,
nameds Shell, mighty men from
the comfy of Laurenss that they
mightst take counsel together,
what should be done to arouse the
people from the lethargy that was
upon them.
2. And this twain with Benja-
min the Tillmanire did evolve a
plan which could not but bring
confusion to the ranks Of the ring
rulers, band result in their utter
downfall and ruin.
8. Others also were called unto
this conference for the emancipa-
tion ofsthe people from the yoke
of riHgism, prominent among
whom hwas Laurence, surnamed
Youmans, but they being of timor-
GUS nature came not to the con-
ference, but stood afar.off, waiting
for that which never came.
4. And it was said of them
their name is Denis, and never
shall their voice be heard in coun-
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,HEATHAM & BURNETT
Edgefeld C. H., S. c.
Splendid Farm For Sale.


O6n1 ACRES of fine land, about
LUL2 two miles from Trenton, 100
acres just cleared, and made ready for
the plow, balance in woods. Borders
the railroad "a mile. On it are 2 dwell
ings,l 1 barn, /. crib, 4 stables, buggy
house, wagon shelter, horse lot planked
in, and a good well, all complete COZ and
brand new. The land lies well and is
beautifully elevated. : "A fine, oppor.
tunlty for watermelen-raisin8, as
there is railroad switch on the place.
Now is the time to get the cream Of 9
newly settled place. will sell cheap
and or easy terms. II desired will
sell also on the place fine young
mules ages 4, and6 andswagon. For
particulars apply to
D. r. DURISOE,
Real Estate Agt
Edgefield, S G.
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s,Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, sempronius, we'll deserve it."
In looking for. school for your
daughter, we believe you would like to
find one That receives only enough
boarders to make large family: That
thinks Of the woman while it deals
with the girl; That has q fair history
on which to base its fair promises;
That has flrst-class equipment for
everything it teaches; That is high IN
its scholarship and low in it rates;
That has many extra advantages ana
few extra charges, We should be glad
to serve you, if You confer with US.
Most obediently,
S. LANDER & Son,
Williamson, 8. G.
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AS a boarding school offers spe-
cial advantages in Literature,
French, German, Art, and Music.
Teachers thorough and progress.
sive. Moral influences unusual.
Location beautiful. Rates rea-
sonable. Enrolled 1S9 pupils last
session.
Inquire about the school and
send for catalogue.
Mrs. L. M. BONNER; Principal.
II. E. BONNER, ce-Principal.
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EDGE
the East, and saw oily the sunny
side of the world.
This skilful coloring of our
train of thought produced in our
subsequent visions a correspond
ing tone. The splendors of Arabian
fairy-land dyed our dreams. We
paced that narrow strip of grass
with the tread and port of kings.
The song of the Rama arborea
while he clung to the bark of the
ragged plum-tree sounded like the
strains. of divine orchestras.
Houses, walls, and streets melted
like rain-clouds, and vistas of
unimaginable glory stretched away
before us. Itwas a rapturous COM
panionship. We each of us en-,
joyed the vast delight more per-
fectly because, even in our most
ecstatic moments, we were ever
conscious of each others presence,
Our pleasures, while individual,
were still twin, vibrating and
moving in musical accord.
On the evening in question, the.
10th of July, the doctor and my
self found ourselves in an un-
usally metaphysical mood. We lit
our large meerschaums, filled with
fine Turkish tobacco, in the core
of which burned a little black nut
of opium, that, like the nut in the
fairy tale, held within its narrow
limits wonders beyond the reach
of kings; we paced to and fro,
conversing. A strange perversity
dominated the currents of our
thought. They would not flow
through the sun-lit channels into
which we strove to divert them.
For some unaccountable reason
they constantly diverged into dark
and lonesome beds, where a con-
tinual gloom brooded. 1t was in
vain that, after our old fashion,
we flung ourselves on the shores
of the East, and talked of its gay
bazaars, of the splendors of the
time of Haroun, of harcms and
golden palaces. Black afreets
continually arose from the depths
of our talk, and expanded, like the
one the fisherman released from
the copper vessel, until they blot
ted out everything bright from our
vision. Insensiblv we Welded to
the occult lorce tnaJ swayed Us,
| and ;dniged N gleospy aaocvte
ton. We inaa talked some nma
upon tha pfa.1eaass
! laild S "a s!ic,sn .,.i si.2 .'iIno.a
universal love OF tba 2-l~iais
waen Hanmoad s,,1Glenl. sale. =
M:
"What do you consider to be the
greatest element of Terror"
The question, own, puzzled me.
That many things were TERRIBLE
knew. Stumbling over corpse
in the dark; beholding, as I once
did, a woman floating down g deep
and rapid river, with wildly lifted
arms and awful, upturned face,
uttering, as she sank, shrieks that
rent ones heart, while we, the
spectators, stood frozen at a win
dow which overhung the river at a
height of sixty feet, unable to
make the slightest effort to save
her, but dumbly watching her last
supreme agony and her disap-
pearance. A shattered wreck,
with no life visible, encountered
floating listlessly on the ocean, is
a terrible object, for it euggests a
huge terror, the proportions of
which are veiled. But it now
struck me for the first time that
there must be one great and ruling
embodiment of fear, a King of
Terrors to which all others must
succumb. What might it be? To
what trainof circumstances would
lit owe it's existence?
TO BE CONTINUED.
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We know that many read
ers of the Advertiser distrust
the advertisement which an
nounces goods at cost; and
such distrust is a wise skepti-
cism on the part of the public,
for no merchant can sell goods
at cost and meet his own bills,
when presented for payment.
And yet we are going to offer
our stock of Shoes-oue thou
and dollars worth-at actual
cost, less the freight. These
Shoes are of all grades and
sizes for ladies', gents, and
children. We also offer all
our Notions, Dry Goods, and
Crockery at cost, less the
freight. Our reasons for SELL
ing 4, cost are, hrst;: we CAN
rs well afford To sell at cost as
IL keep tilcal at cost sH9
.ScGai.s.i- He propose II yts
5tlr~ : grocery
BUSINESS, a.! must ,..apa'st It
gVerytElin& .se. %
groceries, in order so sst the
store room.
These two reasons ought to
satisfy the most skeptical that
we mean business. If parties
wish it we will show our bills.
CHEATHAM & BURNETT
Edgefeld G. H., S. C..
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Greenville
Female : College,
cREENvILLE, S. c.
The session of 1928 Will begin
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %.

WEDNESDAY DEPT. 20
On Tuesday, Sept. 9th, the
president will meet at Columbia
and at points on the Columbia and
Greenville R. R. young ladies COM
ing to this college by that route.
Those arriving by other railroads
will have arrangements made for
their being met at convenient
points on arrival.
Corps of twenty instructors.
Number of students last session,
242.
Department of Music with Con-
sarvata5r Course WadcQ Brown,
ri. ss.aa:e 81 : r Fonser-
vatovv nasto:
J:re;a sst,Ts--w;;t:. syc a52!srant
;J..islt-..s -. y,
Co, Bcs.cr ;retran;oa ri vcice
c.}ture
: ~! co!!4sc c2@.so. High stand
ard of scholarship. The health
record surpasses that of all Fe-
male colleges in the State. Send
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sn5 came t. nars T5s
:ss $50 sii.e isn fIie :s-'r,sf.
.,s:s,, -. ssG;:. :. -t4.' -. .-i's:s =
54ed . proclamation &c yhe peoqte,
through. tha alollih u tie carriers
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Those hourse of opium happi-
ness which the. doctor and ! spent
together in secret were regulated
with a scientific accuracy. We did
not blindly smoke the drug Of
Paradise, and leave our dreams to
chance. While smoking we care
fully steered our conversation
through the brightest and calmest
channels of thought. We talked
of the East, and endeavored to
recall the magical panorama of its
glowing scenery. We criticised
the most sensuous poets, those who
painted life ruddy with health,
brimming with passion, happy in
the possession of youth, and
strength, and beauty, Ifw talked
of shakespeare's midsummer
Nights Dream" we fingered over
Ariel and avoided Caliban. Like
the Gebers, we turned our faces to
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DUE WEST
FEMALE COLLEGE.
DUE WEST, S. C. Q

Third-third year begins Oct. 8, 1892.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-17
UNQUALIFIEDLY FALSE.
Grover Cleveland Makes Reply to Some Alb
surd statements.

Grover Cleveland Makes Reply to Some Alb
surd statements.
BosToN, July 16.-A few days ago w.
Back, of Chelsea, wrote Grover Cleveland.
calling attention 10 the statement quoted
from the British american Citizen to the
effect that when Cleveland became presi-
dent he placed Roman Catholic at the
head Of every division and permitted nuns,
contrary to printed instructions, hung in
every building in Washington to go twice
monthly through the building and COM
mand every clerk to con tribute to the sup
port Of the Roman Catholic church, and if
he or she refused had their envelopes sent
them.
Cleveland's reply printed IN the British
AmeTfcdn Citizen this week reads as fol-
lows:
GRAY GABLES, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
July 11.-Wm. Back, ESQ.,: Dear Sri
am almost ashamed to yield to your re-
quest to deny statement so silly and alb
surd on its face as the one you send me-
However, as this is the second application
have received on the same subject ]
think it best and so far as it IS possible
will do so by branding the statement IN all
its details as an unqualified lie and abso-
iutely talse. know Cardinal Gibbons and
know him TO be q good citizen
and a first rate American and
that his kindness of heart and instruction
is in contrast with the fierce moderation
and vicious malignancy that disgraces
some who claim to be protestRnts. l know
number of mem bers OF the Catholic
church who were employed in the public
service during my administration, and l
suppose there were many so employed, 1
should be ashamed of my Presbyterianism
if these declarations gave grounds of de-
Tense. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-17
HOUSE.

The House in committee OF the whole
resumed consideration of the Senate
amendment to the sundry civil approprla-
ton bill. Taylor offered an amendment
that the machinery be run on Sunday at
the Worlds fair, if open and that hall be
provided for religious services.
Wheeler of Missouri, opposed the appro-
priution, Hopkins of Texas, spoke in favor
of it.
Livingston of Georgia, denied that the
proposed appropriation was q question of
patriotism. Henderson OF Iowa, said that
there was but one question involved in the
debate that did honor to the American Re-
public and he prayed that Congress would
lift it out of the narrow channel of parti-
sanship.
Covert of New York denied that New
York was jealous of Chicago, but New
York stood jealous of the faithful perform
ance OF the sacred compact solemnly en-
tered into-Chicago having assumed the
obligation Of making the fair success, the
contract should be kept He failed to see
how the honor of the government was az
sailed when it refused to become partner
in the stock speculation.
Atkinson of Pennsylvania offered an
amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxi-
eating LIQUORS on the fair grounds.
Chapman of Michigan opposed the Senate
the prohibition amendment.
After further debate the committee rose
and the House adjourned.