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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
IT co M ES. AT LAST !!
A Grand Victory for Gov
ernor B. R. Tillman.
OLD MAN SIMONToN HAD TO COME
To Time My SOn-Hufrah for
3. r. Tillman and the y
RefOrmers.

CHARLESTON, March : 13.-The
State gained a decisive victory
over the railroads in the United
States Circuit Court to-day, when
Judge Simonton filed decree in
the much litigated railroad tax
cases. Last year the assessment
on all the railroad property was
arbitrarily laised by the board OF
equalization. The railroads refused
to pay the taxes on the increased
assessment and carried the case
into the United States courts.
They, however, rendered the
amount of taxes on the old assess
ment. The case decided to-day
was brought by D. H. Chamberlain,
receiver of the South Carolina
Railway, to test the constitution
ality of the assessment made by
the board of equalization. The
court, in a lengthy opinion, decided
that the assessment was not uncon-
stitutional and orders the receiver
to pay to .he State the balance due
and q so costs of the action.
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REIGNS In. RIO NOW.
Admiral Da Cana Escapes
oh.a French Steamer.
ADMIRAL MELLo HAS DESERTED
His Eollowers-If Caught They
Will in all Probability be
Court -Martialled.'

Rlo .ps JAsElRo, March IA
Faorinc' Peixoto is triumphant.
The. Ins!rsent vessels surrendered
llast night without having answer
eEwith a single gun shot the
csnnoaading from the hill to bat
tefies,.
e;:feport that. admiral da
Ganra had fled was confirmed this
msrnin!g. He sought safety on the
French cruiser Magan.
The Amebican Officers Of the
gosernnfeut-war ships came ashore
this afternoon. They report that
ths crews Of the, vessels are well
and delighted that.tbey got through
=
without a fight. Excepting the
officers, nobody aboard .Peixoto's
men-of-war seems to have been
eager for q battle.
In coming up the harbor this
morning the government feet sa-
luted the United States flag ard
RearAdmiral Benham. The United
States fleet will disperse soon.
The men aboard the American
wae ships are in excellent health.
The end Of Insurgent power in the
harbor has been welcomed with
joyiin the city. Exchange has i'm
proved rs per cent. Business is as
usual. Not symptom Of disorder
has appeared in the city.
The. people are preparing 20
celebrate the collapse'of the in
>surreotion. The Aquidaban and
Repuslica, which: Constitute about
all; that is .left Of the Insurgent
cause. are reported to be. m South
Brazilian waters. Both arossaid
to he aiss6leds !, i.
Hiral " 10. has just been
8 g " Mon [e leg.
He has deserted his followers as
Admiral da Cana deserted his
officers and men on the harbor
fleet.
The Insurgents sailors here will
be pardoned. The officers will be
court martialcd.
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Rank Treason.
The Columbia State says:

The Columbia State says:
''If the statement attributed to
President Cleveland that the pass
age of the Bland bill will be de-
structive of the repose which now
surrounds the financial condition
of the country was really made by
him, it is an unfortunate remark.
The financial repose' of the coun-
try is the repose of stagnation'
The money centres may be satisfied
with this 'repose' but the rest OF
the country isn't, and the sooner
the President understands that the
better it will be for him and his
party. A veto of that bill, ap-
proved by four-ffths of the Demo
Gratis in Congress will give an i'm:
petus everywhere. The repeal of
the State bank tax may be oh
iected to on the same ground; but
it has to come. Prosperity for the
country is better than 'repose' for
Wall street"
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BANK OF CHESTER ASSIGNS
Depositors Protected..and Stock
holders Will Lose Nothing.

Columbia State.
CHESTER, March 13.-The Bank
of Chester made an assignment to-
day to protect the creditors at large,
1t was through due consideration
of the directors that such a course
was taken. The depositors will be
paid off in full and the stockhold-
ers will not suffer, as the assets are
sufficient to protect all the liabili.
ties. President J. J. Mcclure had
lust returned from New York where
he had gone to raise the necessary
cash funds to carry on a satlstac-
tory business and the inability to
procure enough funds to tide over
the summer months caused the as
signment. Owing to the tightness
and scarcity of money, collections
on the notes maturing at this time
of the year could not be made.
The assignees are John j. Hemp
hill, and J. Lyles Glenn. The ac-
ton of the board of directors is
approved of by the whole commu-
nifty.
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Tillman's Fidelity to Duty.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.

Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Governor Tillman of South
Carolina is by no means an ideal
parsonage, but he has displayed
some qualities as an executive
which must commend him to the
approval of law abiding citizens.
His course in reference to the en-
forcement of the Dispensary law
has certainly shown that he is
absolutely fearless in the per-
formance of what he conceives to
be his duty. This law has been
stubbornly resisted in Charleston,
where something in the nature of
a conspiracy against it and the
officers with it's execution has
been organized by the liquor in
terest. 1t is said that spies and
spoilers dog the steps of the con-
stables and harass them with
threats of personal violence; that
this defiance of the law is encour-
aged in more influential quarters;
and it is this state of affairs which
provokes Governor Tillman to
aggressive action. He meets the
bulldozing of the liquor sellers
with this declaration: "The law
will have to be obeyed. I will
stop illicit whiskey-selling in
Charleston if it takes all the mill
tary and constables in the State
to do it, and even if we have to
kill a few Of these Italian cut
throats and bulldozers." There is
no mistaking the meaning of this
declaration. The Governor is not
wise, perhaps, in his talk about
killing, but he is right in his de-
termination to maintain and en-
force the laws, and if he should
actually employ the military, as
he says he will if necessary to do
so, and those who defy him should
become victims of his displeasure
and their own folly, right-minded
people would overlook his intem-
perance of speech in their approv-
al of his fidelity to official duty.
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How Jimmy Tended the Baby

I never could see the use of
babies. We have one at our house
that belongs to mother, and she
thinks everything of it. All it can
do is to cry, and pull hair, and
kick. It hasn't half the sense of
my dog, and can't even chase cat.
Mother and Sue wouldn't have a
dog in the house but they are al
ways going on abont the baby, and
saying, "Ain't it perfectly sweet?"
The worst thing ABOUT a baby is,
that you're expected to take care of
him, and then you get scolded at
forwards. Folks say, "Here, jim
my, just hold the baby a minute,
there's good boy" and then, as
soon as you have got it, they say,
"Don't do that Just look at him !!
That boy will kill the child Hold
it up straight, you good-for-nothing
little wretch!" It's pretty hard to
do your best, and then be scolded
for it; but that is the way boys are
treated. Perhaps after Pm dead,
folks will wish they had done diff
ferently.
Last Saturday, mother and Sue
went out to make calls, and told
me to stay at home and take
care of the baby. There was a
baseball match, but what did they
care for that? They didn't want to
go to it,and so it made no diff renee
whether I went to it or not. They
said they would be gone only a
little while, and if the baby walked
up, I was to play with it, and keep
it from crying, and 'be sure and
notlet it swallow any pins" Of
course I had to do it. The baby
was sound asleep when they went
out; so I leftit just few minutes
while I went to see if there was
any pie in the pantry. If l was a
woman, I wouldn't be so dreadful
suspicious as to keep everything
locked up. When [ got back up
stairs again, the baby was awake,
and was bowling like he was full
of pins. So I gave him the first
thing that came handy, to keep
him quiet. 1t happened to be a
bottle of French polish, with a
sponge on the end of a wire' that
Sue uses, to black her boots, be-
cause girls are too lazy to use the
regular brush. The baby stopped
crying as soon as I gave him the
bottle, and I sat down to read a
papor. The next time I looked at
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down with it. could raise a win
ter or early spring crop but II
would choke out any corn or cot
ton crop I could plant.
Five years ago I raised acrop OF
Irish potatoes on it, then planted
it in corn. Before it was large
enough to hoe, it was a mass OF
green nut grass, and to get it out
of the hill pulled up nearly all
the corn. II was very dry at the
time, and by the time 1 was
through, my corn was nearly all
dead, but the grass was doing finely
/ concluded to try heroic treat
ment on it. So took Planet
(Jr. cultivator and tore up every
blade of corn and grass in the
field, using hoe around the
fences.
In about four days a new crop
came up. Then I cultivated it the
other way, always in the hot sun
The fourth time I plowed it deep.
and 1 got another pretty good
crop Of grass started, which I
cultivated as before.
In one mouth, 1 think, [ had
sprouted and killed every, vestige
of it, as not stalk has appeared
since, and it has been planted
corn or sweet potatoes every
since.
You can take this for what it is
worth, but the only way to get rid
of it is to keep it from seeding.
either top or root: and cultivate
and Ygerminate all dormant seed
and kill them by cultivation in
the dry hot weather OF May and
June.
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How They Loved Him.

Washington Post.
"Gen. Robert e. Lee once told
me of an ovation he received that
touched him more than any demo
stration ever made in his honor"
said the venerable Judge White, of
Virginia, to a Post man at the Ma
tional. Following closely on the
surrender of the Southern army,
the commander-in chief of the
Confederacy went to pass.a season
at the home of his particular
friend, E. R. Cooke, who last
November ran as the PopulEisst
Eaana OF sinst
Col, O'Ferrall. After a few weeks
of the most hospitable and ele-
CANT entertainment General. Lee
was called to the presidency OF
the Washington and Lee Univel-
sity. Bidding his kind friends
adieu he started for Lexington on
horseback and alone. He had gone
some miles and was passing
through rather dreary stretch OF
wooded country, when he espied a
plain old countryman mounted on
a sorry nag coming toward him.
AS they passed each other both
bowed as is the fashion when
strangers meet in out of the way
places, but the old farmer in the
homespun suit started hard at the
soldierly figure as though not
quite certain of recognition. He
went his way a little further, then
turning his horse around, cantered
back and soon came up Will tue
General again.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but is
this Gen. Robert Lee. Did [ ever
meet you before, my friend"
"Then the old Confederate
grasped the chieftain's hand and
with the tears streaming down his
face said: General Lee, do you
mind if I cheer you. The General
assured him that he did not mind,
and there on that lonesome pine
bordered highway with no one else
in sight, the old rebel veteran with
swinging hat lifted up his voice
in three ringing rounds of hurrahs
for the man that the Southland
idolized. Then both went their
way without al other word being
spoken"
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For THE THOUGHTFUL.

SELECTED.
Egotism is an unmatched devil.
To mules ears mules voice
is music.
Read about Jesus, how he suf-
fered and died for you.
Believing the word of God will
always give rest and peace.
There is no such a thing as the
right use of a wrong thing.
It is the one who will not forgive
who is always in the wrong.
1t takes dark days to show us
that we really do trust in God.
Trials never weaken us. They
only show us that we are weak.
No man can have a Daniels God
who is Lot willing to 60 to the lions
den.
All cannot be rich, but all may \
become well off by being con-
tented.
Days which begin in darkness
and storm often end in a glorious
sunset.
God has promised that the man
who will have mercy shall re-
ceive it.
Faith is the one thing that makes
the Christian seek after he has lost
every thing else. =
Living without plan is as fool
ish as going TO sea without COM
pass in the ship.
Paul preached resurrection as a
truth, lived it as fact, and waited
for it as hope.
You can never pay your debt to
God by money you have stolen
from your neighbor.
Don't be always asking who
Gains wife was. It is none of your
business. Don't be always hanging
around the whale that swallowed
up Jonah. If Jonah had minded
his own business the whale would
not have touched him. If you
t-don'timind yours you will be swal.
flowed by a worse whale.
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him, he'd got out the sponga, and
about half of his face was jet black.
This was a nice fix, for I knew
nothing could get the black off
his face, and when mother came
she would say the baby was spoil
ed and had done it. Now I think
an all black baby is ever SO much
more stylish than an all white
baby, and when I saw that the
baby was part black, I made up
M. mind that if I LACKED 1T all
over it would be worth more than
it had ever been, and perhaps
mother would be ever so much
pleased, SO I hurried up, and gave
it a good coat of black.
You should have seen how that
baby shinedl The polish dried as
soon as it was put on, and 1 bad
just time to- get baby dressed
again, when mother and Sue came
in. I wouldn't lower myself to
repeat their unkind language.
When you've been called amurder-
ing little william, and unnatural
son, 1t rankles in your heart for
ages. After what they had said to
me, I didn't even seem to mind
father, but went up stairs with
him almost if I was going to
church, or something that didn't
hurt much. The baby is beauti-
full and Rhiny, though the doctor
says it will wear off in few years.
Nobody shows any gratitude for
all the trouble I took, and I can
tell you it'isn't easy to black a baby
without getting it into his eyes
and hair. 1 sometime think it is
hardly worth while to live in this
cold unfeeling world.
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"What is your name?" asked the
police magistrate. The prisoner
aI stutter a little and with your
Honor's permission I'll spell it
o, double t, i, double you, e, double
/; double you; double o; dee"
whiskers on the prisoner were
shorter than the moss on this
chestnut, but the clerk made the
proper entry without any trouble,
and so can you.
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The strong man held up the
n;ano on his chest. He also had
the strength to support the player
but then! Alas! The player
plavad "Daisy Bell" and with q
proan the strong man collapsed
twas too much for his strength
Tho last straw had broken the
camel's back.
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How toKill Nut Grass.
Tohn Axten.

John Axtell
I have seen several inquiries
lately for a method of killing nut
grass. I used to think the only
way to get rid of it was to move of
aid leave it but I have found 8
better method of treating it. ]
had about one acre of very rich
garden land thoroughly seeded
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THE JUDGMENT.
A Vivid Picture of the Great
Day, by a Negro Preacher.

The most wonderful sermon l
ever heard, said a business man
recently, in conversation with a
Pittsburg Dispatch reporter, was
delivered by colored preacher in
South Carolina, shortly after the
war. I happened to drop into a
large gathering of colored people
one night and was informed that a
new preacher was about to tried. by
The preacher arose back of a pull
pit that had been simproy
from barrel turned bottom up
ward, on which was lighted call
die stuck in bottle. He began
to read the Bible, but stumbled at
every word, spelling some through
out before pronouncing them. A
man in the rear said, Go ahead
with your sermon, and the preacher
ceased reading. He stood up at
length, and in the dim Pickering
light of the lone candle looked
more like an apparition than a
man. His subject was "Thc Judg-
ment." Here came in that wonder
full imaginative power for which
the colored race is noted. In going
about during the war he had be-
come imbued with the military
spirit, so he began by giving a
vivid word picture of the hosts of
heaven lying in their tents asleep
the night before the judgment day.
Then he worked up to a point
where the bugle sounded to pre-
pare for the descent upon sinful
world. He pictured the heavenly
hosts hurriedly running out of
their tents to form in line of bat
tie with the Great Commander in
front. Then he described the still
ness that reigned when all was
ready, awaiting the command to
advance. BY this time the who lie
congregation, including myself,
were sitting with nerves strained,
excited in the extreme, and
as the preacher described the
tramp, tramp of the mighty host
approaching the earth. 1 saw
several members, terrified, get
under the benches. He then fol-
lowed courier coming down from
the distance, who reported, "Death
on O white horse" as having ap-
peared far away. When the
preacher described the Commander
detailing a squad of his soldiers to
go capture DEATH" a terrified
groan came from the audience.
Finally he brought the army of
heaven down to earth just be
fore day break, and had them
resting on their arms, awaiting
Gabriel's trumpet. He pictured
at length how quiet everything
was, then putting his hands to his
mouth he initiated the bugle call,
which so terrified and completely
unstung his audience that the
greater portion of it arose hurriedly
and rushed out of the building. In
all my life I have never heard a
sermon that had such a startling
effect upon congregation.
He-What a sad face that wo-
.~,,,, 1,og
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MAY LYNCH GOV. WAITE.
The People Worked Up
to a Frenzy.
WILL HOLD THE HALL IF IT TAKES
Dynamite to do 1.-THE Military
Gathering from all
Over the State.

cal fight waged by Gov. Waite cul-
minated to-day in the most ex-
citing scenes, and mob violence
was imminent many times during
the day. Fortunately the common
citizens was calm and collected,
and the prompt action of leading
citizens, in leaving their business
and appearing in solid bodies to be
in time to consider the situation
carefully, caused a delay that prob
ably prevented bloodshed, and the
probable assassination of Gov.
Waite. In all probability, had a
shot been fired, a mob would have
quickly formed, and have captured
the Governor before official assist
ance could have reached him.
At 6 o'clock the intelligence that
the Governor had called upon Gen,
McCook, to preserve the peace, set
tied all fears of a contest between
the militia, and the police, backed
by as fearless a lot of deputies,
sworn in by the sheriff as could
possibly be gathered together.
Soapy Smiths crowd of sports
had been sworn in as deputies, and
they were placed at the hall to
await orders.
From 2 o'clock until long after
dark a dense mass of humanity
empacked in front of the City Hall,
and upon the streets adjacent.
They cheered and chafed and
joked, yet did not hesitate to ex:
press indignation at the situation.
IN MOTION TO ATTACK.
On Fourteenth street the First
Regiment of the Colorado National
Guards stood Aanking the Chaf
Eigh htsArti tillery, onsisting fofFfour
gattling guns, with cassion, filled
with ammunition. Their position
commanded the entire front of the
hall, and once the militia was un-
der motion for the attack on the
hall, when Secretary Lorenz ar
rived with message from the Gov
ernor to stay the attack for half
an hour, to permit q conference
looking toward peaceful settle
ment.
From that time until the United
States troops were called out, the
most intense anxiety prevailed,
All sorts of rumors hoated about.
The sheriff issued an order to ar
rest the militia and take their
arms away. A friend of the deposed
members of the fire and police
board went out of the City Hall to
apply for a warrant to arrest the
Governor.
A committee of the most in
huentlal citizens were arguing with
the board, with the militia, with
the Governor and with the police.
but nothing was accomplished
The Governor declared he would
order the militia to fire upon the
City Hall regardless of crowds OF
spectators, and the police board
within maintained their position
to resist attack.
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The new pastor of a country
church said to one of his Deacons
"I find that Brother Linkum has
very liberal religious views. ""Yes"
replied the Deacon, Brother
Linkum is more liberal in his
views than in his contributions" "
Standard.
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WATTENToY.

P. S.-Me says and the little
ones saw, "Come to see US and
would be proud, glad, yes come
please, and I would shave, kill q
goat, keep the little ones home
from school, and all take holiday
even 10 the cream-flly, "Ginger.
Snan" The old roam "Ellick' he
he is gone.
Truly, w.
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TOBACCO!
TOBACCO! J!

We have fine lot of excellent
quality-Virginia and North Caro-
lima Chewing and Smoking. We
invite you to examine our goods
and see our prices, We will save
you money. We have a fine lot
nut up,in CADDIES OF 10 AND
12 POUNDS for the convenience
of our farmers in supplying their
hands.
JAS. Nj. COBB.