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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-28
0 NANCE AND TRUTH.
THREE STORIES FROM THE WEST.
Information Wanted H~~Eardisg CertntA
Folks That Are Talked About-

Information Wanted Regarding Certain
Folks That Are Talked About.
vi the only passenger by the stage. the
driver OF which was Il lumblc-looking man OF
forty Ave. l shared his seat with him. and
after we had got well started he turned to mo
and said;
stranger, I want to nsk you three or four
questions. and I hope you won't Git mad"
&c ahead md ask anything you please"
I've been drivin' on this line for ten years
and more. and have carried n heap OF intel.
licept people. Some OF 'em make 1t a pint to
talk to me. had one old cayuse up hero this
summer who kept talkin' about Christopher
Columbus till he got me half scared to death.
I'll be hanged IL I ever heard OF any SIGH
galoot. II you have. then give 1t to me
straight"
Yes. there was a Christopher Columbus
lie was a spaniard. He died $50 years ago"
did. eh2 And that old caynse kept on
talkin' about him as II he hadn't been dead
over n month. SO there was q mbu
What was his particular liner
"Why. he discovered America"
"Is that allP Why. I thought he'd killed .
dozen Indians by the way the old chap blowed
around. Just discovered America. chr I'll
re ncmber that and be primed fur the next
feller as tries to show of over me. Nov
then. who was Shakespeare? I had a woman
up hero the other day who kept talkin' about
Shakespeare. i kinder let on that I'd seen him
once or twice. and that he'd passed over this
limo two or three times. but now I want dead
facts. What's his pecoolarities2
Shakespeare was q great English wfassA
you know"
Il wrote. ell"
Yes"
Did nuthin but write
Couldn't stay by a buoking bronco. throw
q lnsso. or handle u gun /"
believe not
-".Humph! And people talk about him. All
Columbus did was to discover America. AND all
Shakespeare did was to write booksl Say.
stranger"
"Lemmc ask you sunthin else"
G on"
Yes"
And that old cayuse and that old woman
were from the East too. / guess ?"
wanted TO ask 2"
Jist this. stranger: How in Halifax d. you
manage to 1.-Two in a blamed country whar they
praise up folks who hev bin deader'n q dead
gopher fur oyer 800 years? Why. one OF our
drivers killed n stage robber last. summer iist
below hero. and the thing got old all along the
line inside Of ten days!'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-28
she Studies TO Please.

Rom tie some vi 10 Jou nat
fhe-That couple IN front OF us-do you think they
are married.
nt--iss, ! am sure they are. They have been married
. long lime, too
shs-why. how do you knowt
Hs-HAvsn't you noticed that when . pretty girl
CONES on the stage she alive hands the opera glasses
ever rSht await
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Ex-Mayor Estes, Of Augusta
Ga, has written Gov. Tillman as
follows anent his Port Royal
Railroad message:
Augusta. Ga. Nov. 30. Hon.
B. R. Tillman, Governor.
Columbia, S. G.
Dear Governor am glad to
see that you are moving in the
matter of releasing the Port Royal
Railroad, from the bottling process
of the Georgia Central Railroad
which bulldozed the Mallory Line
.of steamers out of PortRoyal and
only allowed them the privilege OF
getting freight at Brunswick, Ga,
The manufacturers of this place
and vicinity have been compelled
to pay an advance of 25 per cent
on their freights to the North. The
only way we avoid it is to ship via
river to Savannah, and thence to
Brunswick and from there to New
York.
I hope you will be able to gel
this road into the. hands of parties
Who will not force everything into
the hands of the Central, and there
by put the Port Royal in a I,osi'
ton to be run in the interest of the
territory and people that it was
originally intended to beuefit.
1 happen to know that th'
Mallory line would be running in
to Port Royal now but for th'
bulldozing of The Central. Your
very truly,
(Signed) Chas. Estes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08


Unless an extra session of Con-
gress be called il will be late in
1894 before the Mckinley bill can
be repealed or any reduction made
for the tariff. In the meantime
the people may begin to ask ques-
tons which the Democracy may
find it troublesome to answer. 1t
seems to he the part of wisdom to
call an extra session. In any event
by SO doing President Cleveland
can lay the burden on Congress of
doing something or doing
ing nothing, but if he fails to call
an extra session and thus give
Congress au opportunity to do
something, the blame of monaco.
ton or delayed action on the tariff
question will attach, and properly
attach, to him alone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Gov. Tillman is away ahead in
the Agricultural Hall case. 1t will
be remembered that w. Fl. Lyles.
attorney for the purchaser, brought
Il against B. R. Tillman in his
sie4el capacity for damages
!. s'lsirg g to deliver possession.
Ne. make a long story short,
Mr.. tss has discontinued the
suit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
OBITUARY.

J.
JOSEPH Fl. ALTON. eldestson of Mai
john w. Alton, OF Gray township, died
on the 18th ult. after swift case OF
typhoid fever. A good citizen, faithful
to his friends, generous and brave, has
laid down his life while it was yet
morning; leaving brothers and sisters
to the experience of an, irreparable
loss. And many outside of the sacred
circle of kindred share their sorrow
and feel that they too have lost much !:
such friends are none too FREQUENTLY
found. Born Sept. 90, 1868, he had but
entered upon his thirty-fourth year
when he was taken from those to whom
he was uncommonly dear and valuable.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
sufficient for them.
j. JORDAN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Port Royal.

-
terizes the threatened divorce
ment of the Port Royal railroad
from the Central as a "wrecking
scheme" Would it be wreck
ing scheme to raise the blockade
on the finest -harbor of the South
Atlantic coast, and allow COM
merce to take its natural course?
The Port Royal railroad is at
present mere sidetraek, run only
to comply with the law. At the
time it passed under the control OF
the Central, the latter would have
pursued the identical policy to-
wards it that it did pursue toward
the elevator and compensation
it to rot down or move it elsewhere.
The Central's manifest object in
leasing it was to get it out of the
way and seal up Port Royal, and
it has carried out its purpose up to
the present time as effectually as
circumstances would permit.
Port Royal to-day presents "a
melancholy spectacle of the vesti-
ges of embryo greatness. The
immense wharves that were once
crowded with merchandise are bare
and falling to decay the splendid
grain elevator is a crumbling ruin I;
the cotton compress that once
handled thousands of bales of the
staple has been moved away, and
the railroad workshops have been
dismantled. Port Royals i'm.
perial harbor, that will admit the
Great Eastern to come up to hef
docks without lightering, and up
on whose broad bosom the navies
of the world can ride at ease, is
we'll nigh as useless to-day as when
the country was inhabited ny
savages.
GoUernor TiIlman in his mess.
age to the South Carolina legis-
lature, makes an insuperable
argument against the manner IL
which an entire line of railroad il
practically abandoned and 8
magnificent harbor obliterateo
from the map. 1t is the same thai
was used with powerful effect IL
Wrestling the Central from the
grasp of the Terminal. 1t is this;
Under the comfy of states nc
railroad is allowed do to in an
other state that which ID forploael'
by the laws of its own state. Itis
thet it G5t4gls Issto1 1o3
one railroad to buy or lease another
tor the purpose of lessening OF
defeating competition, or to
encourage or set up monopoly, and
consequently it is illegal to do the
same in South Carolina.
A powerful and wealthy syndic-
pfepsFflss p5s PsHf sf Port 5ba ina are
proceeding to develop the town.
No government appropriation for
deepening the harbor is asked for
and no aid of any description. All
that is wanted is that it be given a
chance. It's natural superiority
will do the rsst.-Macon News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Jay Gould, the millionaire, il
dead. We do not believe that he
was the mercenary wretch the
newspapers painted him. He took
a delight in running down and
lassooing the elusive dollar, as
other men delightin chasing Offices,
or foxes, or in going fishing, and
if he distanced the most of his
competitors they were rich men
like himself, and the poor didn't
suffer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
The estimate for pensions, to b,

The estimate for pensions, to be
paid out by the Federal govern
ment during the coming fiacal
year, reaches the enormous sum OF
nearly two hundred million dol
lars. How this is to be done and
the tariff reduced We do not un-
derstand. Hon. Geo. D. Tillnan
was, we believe, the first Southern
Democrat to call attention to the
infamous legislation by Congress
on this subject Of pensions, and to
declare that it was a milestone
around the necks of the people
which generations yet unborn
would have to wear.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

The Kansas State board of elec-
ton canyassers has adopted a
novel method of determining what
candidates were elected in that
State. To decide a tie vote in
Coffee county for a member of the
Legislature, the board drew straws,
and a Republican was chosen
This gives the Republicans control
Of the lower house.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
The Message-what They Think,

1t is an able State paper, written
in plain, clear and forcible Ian
guage, and is admired and fa-
vorably commented upoa.by the
press of both factions. There is no
uncertain sound in the ring of his
message, he goes on record and
there is no mistaklng the re-
cord. The whole document
carries plain evidences of his
sympathy for the taxpayer, and of
his anxiety for the progress and
prosper ity of the state.-People
Journal.
The annual message of Governor
Tillman to the General Assembly
is a paper that the Governor of
any State may have just cause to
be proud of. The document is a
long one but rendered necessarily
so by the numerous subjects that
it treats of. It is in fact a comp
lete synopsis of the history of our
State government for the past
twelve months. Despite its
length there is no tendency to
verbosity or self-praise in it. The
language used is clear and concise
and its meaning not to be mistaken
-Colleton Courier.
Governor Tillman's inaugural
address appears to have been
disappointment to everybody, but
do not understand why. He
indicated in advance that he had
special he wanted to say,
Ind he is not the kind of man to
'ay nothing gracefully-for which
small blame to him. He ia not ,
lsed to platitudes and empty COM I
,liments in talking or writing. He 9
las a good many of the qualities of Q
he bull dog and I, for one would :
70 sorry to see a bull dog frisking e
nd doing little tricks like a '
'oodle. 1t would be an unneces- ]
ary sacrifice of natural dignity 8
nd entirely unbecoming and :
npleasant-Greenville News.
1t is not often that The Star s
as tie opportunity afforded it of s
raising the present Administra-
ion; but it can't refrain from a
light testimonial to Governor I
illman's course in reference to
10 control Of the Port Royal and
ugusts Railroad by the Georgia 9
entral contained in his special 8
'essage to the. Legislature in &
'lation to the matter on last Sat- )
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

In England the country roads
are SO good that a single horse can
pull vehicle with two passengers
and a driver more than forty miles
a day, and do it with perfect ease.
The public highways are: likewise
good on the continent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Uncle Moses 'Posum Prayer
Answered..

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 13.-Great
CONSERVATION, followed by wild
laughter, was an innovation of the
chapel exercises at the 9enitentiary
this morning. 1t was occasioned
by possum prayer from old
Nose Allen, a South Caplina negro
with one leg, who was deaming of
Thanksgiving Day in he near
future. Chaplain Dudley opened
the prayer meeting as uslal and
prisoners followed briefly When
all heads were bowed in reerence,
,ld .:Mose jumped at theoppor-,
tunity and delivered the following
prayer:
"Dear, belobed bredrin' nd sis
tern I tank de Lord fur pemittin
me to KUN ter chuch dis beutlful
Sabbat mornin' You all dlhno dat
de butiful Thanksgibin' Day is
near at ham, On dat da. some
folks eat turkey an SOLE eat.
chicken an some eat dck, an
some eat lamb, and sore eat
sheep. But us niggers, wewould
like dat good old 'poss. Keh i'm
bring i'm in, take all de hasyoff'u
i'm, put i'm out two night and
let IN fross. Bring 'imin. Pabile
um. Stuff i'm like stuff turkey
an n'base 'um. Put i'm in the pan.she
stove doah. Go way tlnking abou
Booregard, Jeff Davis, Lincoln an
Grant. Let i'm stay in, dere awhile
Open dat stove doah. OF Possy
all turned brown and de graY
drippin in the pan declar d1
'poss am cooked. Bring dat lbs
out dat stove, put i'm on de ta2l{
Don't cut i'm while e's 'ot. 10
Chrlst's sake amen. ]
Chaplain. Dudley stood agha
at the conclusion of the prsyer:I
moment afterward the Vhapel 7
echoed the wild and wicked shoui
of the prisoners. For nearly fii
minutes CONSERVATION reigned, q
the end of which time prayei
"v-~--eaumed, with no furthe
expressions from the c61of5i
brethren.-Cleveland Learder. |
UNCLE NOSE PRAYER ANSWERED!
coIuM BUS, O., Nov. 2 1.-The sout
Carolina prisoner VIII amusa
every body in the Ohio penitent:ay
prayer meeting last week by askiA =
'possnm and sweet taters sia
gravy for a Thanksgiving dinnG
has had his prayer answered, ard
has received five fat 'possums ard
several bushels of sweet potatoes.
One of the little animals was seat
from Xenia. One from Springfield,
0, and three from this city. The
warden will roast all of them. and
on Thanksgiving Day all the
darkies in the penitentiary will
have a feast-st Louis Globe DEM
ocrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

President Cleveland is shooting
ducks 81 the coast of Maryland.
5 A dispatch says he killed ffty-two
snipe at one shot wonder if the man
who sent that dispatch expects to
get an office for it? He ought to be
recognized in some way by the
Presldent-elect. Old snipe hunt
ers recognize him as the biggest
liar since Joe Mulhatton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Alcohol was invented $50 years
ago by the son of a strange woman,
Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it
with powder to paint themselves
that they might appear more beau
tiful, and this powder was called
alcohol.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Josh Ashley, member Of the
House of Representatives from
Anderson county, has introduced
8. bill.in that body 10 reduce salar-
les Of all State officers. He says
that the people are getting awfully
tired of hearing tell and not see
;nn
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

In England farming is consider
ed a business that must be learned,
as we'll as anything else. A man
without experience would have
difficulty in renting or leasing a
good farm there, no matter how
much capital he might b ave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

now outstanding for four years at
6 Per cent, making them due in
1897. In the meantime arrange
ments can be perfected for refund
ing at a lower rate of interest.
Charleston fnanciers think this
plan feasible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
,e
towns.

Gov. Tillman's message on the
Port Royal Railroad and its bot
tied up condition, has excited a
great deal of favorable comment
both in this. State. and Georgia
Indeed that message reached the
high water mark .ofpractical states
nanship.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

According to: Gov. Tillman's.
message there are 613 bar-rooms in
South Carolina, and these pay
ss1,1Oo intc the various county
treasures, and $1S4,S72 to the
towns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Typhoid dfeYefsis epidemic in St.
Louis. Every hospital in that city
contains typhoid patients. There
were. .215 new cases on last satur-
day. Thigspidsslnio is said to ! be
due to the nsaI;gn influence Of the
comet, which didn't come-it.-
This is about as correct q theory
as half that are offered.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

' The largest and oldest chssaut
tree in the world stands at the foot
of Mount Etna, 1t is 213 feet in
circumference and is known to be
at least 1000 year old.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

A woman in Ohio has a chura
which has been in her possession
for. IS years, and which has made
more than $4,000 worth Of butter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

a good many of our exchanges
are. abusing Gov. Tillman for, as
they. style it, jumping on the
iudges.' And why, pray, shouldn't
the Judges be. jumped on, II. they
deserve it? We remember few
years ago that nearly, or quite all,
the brethren jumped on the judges
for their decisions on the woman's
separate estate statute.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

"Hades must be like a big hotel
in the crowded season." eyes
without fire escapes"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
What They Say.

On last Saturday Ernest Gary
Esqr, of Edgefeld WAS elected
Judge of the Fifth Circuit, in the
stead Of Judge ]. B.. Kershaw re-
tired, over W. D. Trantham Esq.,
of Camden, by a vote Of 12l to 2l.
Judge Gary is a man of decided
ability, a good lawyer and his
elevation is eminently satisfactory
to both factions of the State
Democracy.
Ernest Gary was last Saturday
Ielected Judge of the Fifth Circuit,
by the General Assembly and w. A
Neal superintedent of the Pen
itentiary. Judge Gary has the
reputation of being a good lawyer
71t5v1tvHV Juuge. MI. ENeaPs past
experience as director eminently
fits him for superintent, ,--Pickens
Sentinel,
Mr.. Ernest Gary, of .Edge6eld,
was on last Saturday elected by
the Legislatnee Judge of the 5th
Circuit to sueeeed- -I,1dra -Knrshaw
who retires on account of i'll
health. He willtake his seat next
June, and hold his first court at
Camden. He is nephew of. Gen.
M. W. Gary, thirty-6ve years old,
unmarried. and an able lawyer.
-Ex.
The Herald does not believe in
abusing men for the sole reason
that they hold political views
antagonistic to our own. We take
no stock in the little fings
occasionally hurled against the
new judge, Ernest Gary. We are
to give him a fair show.
he is, 80 far as his reputation goes,
IN upright and capable lawyer
and we doubt not he fully ap-
oreciates the high and honorable
position he holds-spartangburg
Herald.
Abbeville is we'll represented in
his General Assembly. Our peo- /,
,le have reason to De proud of her +
ons
To-day Hon. Ernest Gary was
lected Judge Of the 9Th judicial
ircuit to succeed Judge Joseph B i
lershaw whose term expires next a
une. He received one hundred b
nd twenty one votes in joint L
ssembly out of one hundred and 8
orty two, seventy two being il
ecessary to a choice, This is a Il
altering evidence of the high s
pinion entertained of his ability t7
ed fitness to wear the judicial le
.mine.-Medium. "
The Legislature last Saturday la
ected Ernest: Gerry, of Edgefeld al
ldge of the Fifth Circuit. Mr.. :
ary's only opponent was W. D.
rantham, of Camden. The vote q,
as, Gary, 121; Trantham, 81 d,
ldge Kershaw declined to stand T
r reelection. IN
Judge Ernest Gary is the second M
n Of the late DR.. F. F. Gary, and AZ
other of Lieut.. Gov, E. B. Gary. 90
ldge Gary was born and reared in sn
obeville county, received his us
imary education at Cokesbury, nj
ter his graduation he studied ha
" under his uncle Maj. w. T. th
Try, of fAugusta. hepracticed law be
tn his uncle Gen. M. W. Gary an
Edgefeld, and succeeded him in DO
practice. Judge Gary is only sa
out thirty-six year old, but is a an
Q lawyer and a man of character un
d ability. Heis well qualified
the position and will reflect
ditupon himself and the State 40
artanburg Herald. r. p.'
IN England the country roads sill
40 good that q single horse can Til
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
nrday, and which is published

nrday, and which is published in
another column Of this issue.
The Governors manly and
patriotic action inrelation to this
Georgia railroad deserves the
unstinted applaus. and approba=
tion of every South Carolinaian;
and the document il question ia an
exceedingly able vigorous, and we'll
timed State ,paper.-Marlon Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Congress met last Tuesday.
sThisiis Harrison's Congress, uthis
last one.

The recent rise in cotton is said
to have been without a precedent,
except during the late war when
the Southern ports we're blockaded..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Why do you pay big profits on
Tobacco, when you can buy as
cheap from ]. M. Cobb as you can
from any wholesale dealer.