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il ? ? P ?/ : EDGEFIELD, S, ?i-f: 'J ^0 lu b". ..'?iT-'.U Jd> ?O'| ,??t?!l?? sai t?rtd -.? s-?n* -i 4-;;.'-JJ:-.-V v,:/:t..i . ,v> _! td OJ . .J; ?#? ' " -?-?ll qi 'li . f, NOVEMBER 22. 1883. .% \ ? HMXT^ : ? VOL XLVIIL---NO. 50. THUS. J. AUAM?, mux xv. i Faltad Winter Attractions hi AM ydW REA DY to exhibit the Largest Stock of Goods that I have over wn, {and I might say the largest stock ever brought to (his town). .And prices _positively-lower. I have taken moreteare in the selection of my goods, am better prepared to show them, and am sol linc goods closer than ever before. I will mention a few represoutative bargains : PRINTS, from 6c,lip. ? ?Jj BLEACHING, from 5o to Wc per yard, by the piece, for the best quality. COTTON FLANNELS at 10c, as good as sold last season for 15c. Examine it and you will testify to the same. Good Sheeting, 10-4- wide, at 25c per yard. All-wool Red Flannel, at 15c per yard. 'Beef 50c Corset ever shown ia ibid market. Towels at 5c that would be cheap at lOc. and up to very handsome ones. Table Linens at 50c, worth 65c, and for 85c really cheap at fl 00. Socks and Stockings st 5c per pair. A large hemmed 10c Handkerchief for 5c. Our stock of Dress Ooods surpasses anything we have ever shown. Every thing that could be wanted in Mull, India Linen, Nainsook, Cambric, Pique, Lin en Lawns and other White Goods, at tho lowest possible prices. We are offering at wonderfully low prices an unusually largo assortment of Hamburg Edgings and Insertions, lovely Spanish Lace, Silk Guipure L*ce, Fichus, Ribbons, Silk Hand Kerchiefs, ?tc. All-wool Jersey Jackots in all colors, Jersey Walking jackets, Ladies Cloaks from $1 50 to fine imported ones. Plash in all colors, Velvet, Silks, Satin, Black Cashmere, Black Alpaca. Choice assortment of Red and White Flannels, Opera Flannels, French Impe rial Twilled Suiting Flannels, in all the desirable colors. :' "I wish to particularly mentiou my lanre line of Children's, Misses', Ladies' and Gents' Uhdervests,'Hosiery, Gloves, Ac. Everything imaginable in Notions. Boys-and Gents'Shirts, a tremendously larcestock, exceedingly cheap; all the late stylos of Gents' Collars, Cravats, Cliffs, Ac. A fall line of Children's, Boys' and Gents' Clothing. Our Departments of Gents' Hats, Stationery, Crcckerj*, Hardware, Tinware, Fancy Groceries. Umbrellas. Ac, are quite completo. Nearly $4,000 worth ot' Shoes. Ali wishing shoes should examine our stock. We have first class quality, and guarantee them, and are selling them at extreme ly elope prices. We have a great many special bargains, that it will be impossible to duplicate, and our customers should tike advantage o them. I mean by bargains, new and desirable goods, fine and stylish goods, at prices that are seldom heard of. We invite a personal inspection of our immense stock. ALVIN HART. Edgefield, S. C, Oct. 3, 8M. BIG BONANZA B ? PERFECT SLAUGHTER IS TRICES! - MB ASD It ls the constant aim of our firm, by every means in our power, to supply th "bread whiners" of this fair village and the surroundingconutry with the best BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CLOTHING -AT THE LOW13ST PRICES! So closely do we look after our business, that if there is a bankrupt sale of d sirable stock in our city, or one thousand miles away, we aro notified and a repi sentative of our firm, with ample cash, is at once sent to take all the bargains th are offered. "Goods well boujrht are half sold," and this is the reason why o stores are constantly so crowded that at times we find it extremely difficult to wi on all who favor us with a call. . Thepresent season we have been able to do more tban over before ftnrouir Onr best barv^JL&y n yr ^Vl,i^i ? njif rJH'rti'f'lr1!"*!*!HUI?f?g'lHfW^lgiL.ti-.ifB?1^ "stock that We Can Sell At Half Price: These goods range from the highest to tho lowest grades in quality and price, and it will be strange if wo cannot suit you from our immense stock. We quote some of our goods and prices : Tn fan ts' Lace Shoes, 25 cents. Children's Lace Shoes, with heels, -10 cts. Children's Heavy Boots, 50 cents, Women's Pegged Shoes, 50 cents, Ladies' Standard Calf Shoes, solid, $1, Misses' Kid Sewed Buttoned Boots, $1, Boya* Heavv Brogans, 50 cents, Boys' Calf Ties, 75 cents, Gents' Leather Slippers, ?j cents, I Men's Wax Brogans, $1, I Gents' Calf Ties, a great bargain, fl, ! Gents' Rewed Congress Gaiters, $1 25, Gents* Heavy Boots. Solid, $1 50, I Gents' Calf imperial Congress, $2, i Hoys' Nobby Hats, 25 cents, I Gents' Wool" Hats, Good quality, 50 cts., ? I Jems' Fine Stiff Hats, 75 cent6, I Gents' Fine Soft Felt Hats, $j, And a host of other good bargains too numerous to mention. Call early and secure the best selections. Put down the price and push up the trade is our motto. No trouble to show goods. Satisfaction guaranteed. WM. M?LHEBIN & CO., 722 & 913 Broad St.: Clothing Department, 14 Jones st., Augusta, Ga. Sept. 12, 1883.-3rru0 Pleasure and Profit to all to Have WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED AT ar. n. F ES J3L TEL Y> 729 Croad St. (Op. Central Hotel) AUGUSTA, GA., f&*Thc Gold IVScdal Manufacturer."^? A FULL LINEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Monogram Engraving and Optical Goods a Specialty. Oct. 3.1883.-43 tr j THE OID STOVE DEALER STILL IN EXISTENCE. JD. L. FULLERTON, ^^628 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., V j jr: .. .' ; Is still at h%old trick-sopplying the good people of Edgefield with the BEST I Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves, Tin Ware, Crsrkerv Ware and Wooden Ware that the country affords. If you want the finest cooking apparatus, call for one of the following: MONITOR WROUGHT I RON STOVE, CHAMPION MONITOR CAST IRON STOVE. NEW LIGHT HOUSE CAST IRON STOVE, NEW CAPITOL CAST IRON STOVE. Every Stove warranted to bake satisfactorilv. Pricfs always as cheap as the cheapest Steves for $12, $15, $18. $20, $22 50, $25. $28 50. $30, $35. $40. $50. $75, $100 If you make Butter, and churn as much as 6 to 8 quarts, do not be satisfied Until JTHJ have purchased a .? STAK CHURN." Call at B. L. FULLERTON'S for Brass Andirons and Shovels and Tongs, Tes Tray?, Knives and Forks. Spoons. Step Lv-d-lers. Tnh?4. Rockets, and all sort? of Cooking Utensils. T?TTT T T TTI^T?^lXT Stove Dealer, 628 Oct 3,1883.-6m] X? U JU JU ?J Iii til V/lN , Broad St., Augusta. $50,000 WORTH O F ? THAT MUST BB SOLD IMMENSE SLAUGHTER ? Jf? ?fe within g and determined to LOSE MONEY through Sacrifice in*Gooas'ih order to secure the immediate advantages of READY GASH To Clear it Out, and Make Room for On Fall Stock! Awi* U n / ir.. /.. 'O'S v. ; : 17 ; ? ta what we want to co now. You will find it to your advantage to MB'V QB, as everything is to be markrd down and sold. ".ANY, PRICE WITHIN REASON WILL RUY TEEM. ?IT-y?n IrVe 5 miles away, it you live 1 or 100 miles away, it matte not, it will pay^ ^on to come. We will show yon 11?"J iT PRICES FMMW (MP We St&ftdi; Alone as Leaders of Prices. Goods Stand Upon Their Merits. On a i PLATT BROS. & 710 Broad St, AUGUSTA, Gi COULD WE BUT KNOW. Could wo but know be land that eijds our dark, uncertain travel, : .. . '' '"* . There lie those happier bills and mead ows low .h ? if beyond the spirit's inmost cavil .Aught of that country could we surely .?'.'know Who would not go? Might we but hear ?he hovering angels' high imagined '. chorus, .j. Orcatoh, betimes, with wakeful eyes and clear, )ne radiant vista of the realm before ns, . With one rapt moment given to see and hear, I Ab! who would fear? Were we quite sure . . Pb find the peerless friend who lett us lonely, Or there, by some celestial. stream as pure, To gaze in eyes, that here, were love lit onlv- . This, weary mortal coil, were we quite sure, Who would enduro ? -Edmund Clarence Stedman. Should Public (juicers Give .Bond ? The Newberry Observer makes the Eroposition', as . suggestions to- ;he egislature are DOW in orde^ that, " public officers be no longer required to give bond, but that the people at large be required to make np any defaults or deficiencies tha' may oc cur." It insists that this is the cor rect theory, arguing that " officers are not agents ol' the few men called bondsmen, but of the people at large; and it the people choose incompetent or dishonest men as their agents thej should be willing to answer for theil conduct,and be taxed to make u? their deficiencies" Not to pronounci this position essentially arcadian, noi to intimate that it comes from a sym pathizerof the bondmen ol Newber ry's defaulting Treasurer Whites, w would sav that our contemporary i oiiJy si eking to provoke a di6cussio were it not we think it surely entei taine a higher view of the editor? prerogative than to assume and sur porta position it does not really a] prove. We would ask if the exper euee of Newberry alone is not suf cient to show conclusively that th ideal suggestion ia not practical ? D the good people of that county n suppose that they were placing i honest and competent mau in t Tseasurer'a office? Were it not i {the security required by law th e- ? would have had to pay dearly i their mistake as to the character o neighbor and fellow citizen: I ability to give a: good and sufficii bond ia rieh tl v regarded it en'nTteBtlHiT'proof ot^one'e hon sty and competence. The act of a jondear?an ia voluntary, and his rela ion to the official for whom he is urety is nearer than that of princi >al and agent. He is a partner in .esponsibility, and that of his own ree will, so that when called upon to inswer for conduct or make up de ficiencies he has no light to complain Di a hardthip. On the otht r hand, mppose this theory to be adopted ind that some ill fated day the ap pointing power of the State should pass into the hands of an unprinci pled Governor, uiih a Senate dis posed to cobfirm bia acts, would the Obsciver then clamor for a law re quiring the people at large to make good the deficiencies of a defaulting officer? Our contemporary's sugges tion is neither correct nor poll: ic, and we suggest that it withdraw its amendment until the arrival of the millennium.-Anderson Journal. We submit .hat the proposition of the Newberry Observer is a good one, and the only equitable plan of which we have heard. If the people choose ti elect an incompetent or faithless officer, they should suffer the penalty of their mistake. While we approve the suggestion of the Observer, we do so on the condition that the default ing officer be put in the peni tentiary, and that he be kept there for the remainder cf his life, or un til he makes restitution of the stolen money. This, we believe, is the law of England.-Abbeville Press and Banner. Working for Political Effect. A few of the Northern Republican papera and politicians are trying to work up a little agitation over the Supreme court civil rights decieioD, but do not seem to be making much progress. It ia somewhat remarkable that the only meetings held to protesl against that decision have been in the North where it was supposed the negro enjoyed all the civil rights hf could handle while in th? South, foi which especially the civil rights bil was passed, the negrots are no bothering their heads in the slightes degree about it. We said when com menting upon the decision wien an nounced that it would not injurious ly affect the colored people of th South, who would enjoy quite a many privileges S?DCO its announce ment as they did before, and eve; more, as the Southern people woul be inclined to grant many things vol untarily which they would resist ur der attempted compulsion. Since tb decision of the court, Gov. Irelant of Texas, has entered into correspond euee with tho managers of the rai roads in that State urging them t place special cars on their passengt trains for the accommodation of co ored travelers, while Senator Brow of Georgia, president ot the Georg Western road, has decided to. do thi upop his road, an example which wi in all probability be followed ""toy tl managers of tba other roads in tb State. On roads where the travel not auch as to justify the running separate car?; the road authoriti will doubtless see th.t cotnfortab accommodations are provide for ci o:< d people, and that they he eu jectea to no unjust discriminad treatment. They should not crowded into uncomfortable, inferi cars, and they awe entitled to alLt accommodation they are willing top for and for which the company i cepts pay. Fair .treatment is not ot due to the colored people, but it is the interest of the whites and to I interest of "thv roads.-Charlotte ( server. Dr. M. J. Davis, Lewis, Iowa, sa " Brown's Iron Bitters give the t of satisfaction to those who HHS it.' Col. Croft, of Aiken. lia View? mn the Tarli)* and lu tern al . Revenue. il > ?' i a 18 id Ot in he 'or ey for fa "he .ntl Columbia Correspondent Augusta Chroni cle and Constitutionalist. Col. Croft favors a reduction of the ;ariff whenever it can be done with aut injury to home industries, and he thinks it would be unwise for the Democratic party to make any effjrt to reduce the tariff at this time ; for, he.eays, if the Uouse of Representa tives should pass a tariff bill thar Would meet the approval of the Se - ate and President, tne credit of such action would be divided with the Republican party, and if the House should attempt legislation that would fall through the non concurrence of tho Senate or the vote of the Presi dent, their work would go for nothing and might result in alarming the. business men of the country, aud de feat the party in 1884. Cok--Croit says that he is a Protectionist to this extent: If the internal revenue is' abolished he is willing, if necessary, to raise the amount lost to the Gov ernment by doing this by au increase in the import duties. He says that the moBt popular thing that the party could do at this time would be to abolish the whole internal revenue tax. If this.was done, he very truly says, it would give peace to the South; it would destroy Mahone in Virginia and bury Iudependentism in alt the Southern States aud would nd our people of a crowd of the most inta mous scoundrels that ever cursed a tree country. Coi Croft thinks that the tax now collected by the General Government on whiskey and tobacco might be col lected by the States, which would rapidly pay eil their debts and de crease taxation to a minimum rate ; and the people would directly and immediately feel the benefits of this change. Col. Croit is not a Protec tionist only to the extent of fostering and developing home industries and enterprise. A modification ol' th< tariff, in many particulars, would without doubt, encourage competitioi from abroad that would be beneficia to consumers and not injurious to on own producers; but this 18 hardly th time lor such action. When the Derne eratic party has gained entire contre of the executive and legislative d< parements of the Government, it ca then undertake a revi-ion of the taril Being asked if Col-^'^^^Mj?S^S of Mr. Randall for the-Sneakershi Les in the dis :rict, Col. Croft oaid that he thought X would not injure him politically. Of course, he said the press wielded i po.verfu! influence, and if this in fluence was med solid ly against a public man, it usually had a damag in>. effect, b-U on tim subject of the tariff the people were birdly yet sufficiently aroused to turn out their Congressman for his views oa this question; but thy are becoming more interested in it every year, a:id it is certainly the question of the fa ture. Genera! Toomb's inception lato Church. A Georgia correspondent gives the following account ol the reception ol General Toombs into the church: " Robert Tbombs was baptized and admitted into the Melhodist Church roll of members by Bishop Pierce last Sunday. The discourse of the Bishop was alter his usual pplendid sty ie, and was heard by quite a large congrega tion. After the sermon, during, the ceremonies at the reception of the new member, scarcely a dry ey?; could have benn found in the house, so great was the joy felt by the people when they knew that our grand old citizen had made peace with his God. Mr. Gabriel Toomba had long leen a Christian, and the sigh' o. the pleas ure on his fice as he sto'jd by his brother duiing the ceremonies is well worth one's memory foryears toc?me.'' Emory Speer, accordirgto a Wash ington correspondent is going "gaily to the fray." He evidently expects to accomplish the couvietion of South Carolinians charged with violation of the election laws, with as much facility as he secured conviction in ; the ku-klnx cases. Mr. Speer will1 enter the State of Palmettoes with feathers high and colors Hying, but ere long he will doubtless present the appearance of a chanticleer after a rain, and Mr. Breveter will see an other idol fall and take his seat be side Mahone. It is useless for Mr. Arthur to attempt to start even the most puny independent biom in this section by encouraging reuegades with his favor, and fodder from the government crib. Mr. Speer will be another " independent" who will go up like a rocket and come down like a stick-only h? will not stay up quite as long as some others who have made a similar journey.-Green ville JVcK'S. There was a convention of the teachers and trustees of Orange^urg couuty. lately, and they listened to an address by Colonel Coward. He 6tated that in a population of less than one million, there were 170,000 children attending the public schoole at a cost of $450,000. His addresf was said to* be full of valuable sug> gestions. Mr. Dibble followed and advocated a local tax in every school district in the county. How TO TELL DIPHTHERIA.-If th; threat ie red and smaller, no fear o diphtheria; but ii it looks as thcugl someone had thrown a htndful ol ashes into the throat-a dull gra* color-look out. It's diphtheria'; danger signal. The Attorney General has decide that no letter or circular concernin lotteries shall be carried in the mai The law prescribes a fine of $500 nc less than $100, with cost, of prosect tion, for its violation. He has sent circular letter of instruction to a the District Attorneys in the Unite States. Captain T. W. Dawson, editor the ?eivs.ahd Courier, has forward* two hundred dollars to the S^.va nah sufferers-contributions of Cha lestonians. An AnaihBlator of Life, Machine Wh| out Noise otlf j tor Was ] A well-kn? >r, who r'efu iakes public' agine which oigele83 anni^ mich ctn be o in, and/ whil overo ment ut for hirjat hiracter ad ie used for eporter visit hown the ma_ ejection to ijjj ' on the part Kills a Man Wit? ?II-wtiy its luvea pi?aed^PaJ?nt? bridgeport Profes give his Dame, fact?. concern?ng an Cilia/the instant and of human life, Pated "without detec , *;the i United States ?f hst refuged tv pat u ie of-its'd?rjgeroua fear that ic will . purposes., A mau and waa ":SfrThe priucipal said -rthe . .inventor, tb-' tinited States 'atent Orfice w^sJLI. beh?v;, the fact hat they t'ear'Jpp was in league wjith oellige-rc-nt ir'.^Ren, and wan seeking ;he protection HRour government io the future worBfti' killing off Eng lisa members (HJParliament who are hostile to the iJHd Leaguers. " I have noc?ction now to exhib it my inventionfl|Xii;ive spent ye ira | upon it-iu foc^F ha3 taken all my | leisure houra fomaarly a decade; but as I find I canjgit be protec-ed by patent, and that?jay models and plans have been seea/OT, many persons in Washington, anJ'|f can prevent no one from uaing'tft} sim-*! I have no reason for hirthjCpScrecy." ? The itiventionftpnaists of a bri93 belt, shining hf* gold and of fine workmanship ?is forty two inches long by five lnclfi^wlle, and is five eighths of an inp thick. As the in ventor took it uj~atid turned it io various positionjhe - petted it loving ly, and then abrjrtly wanted to know if it was not inderi a beautiful piece of mechanism. JJ)J you see that?' he exclaimed, pating to a slightly projecting nipple .ait was exactly in the middle of troj^hilt, "I can drive a pellet from tnt nipple that will penetrate the ski^f an ox a* a dis tance of six'y feej-'f. the ox is - live, I will guarantee fa ?ill it within fit teen minutes, by.'bku- of the same pellet. There wa^e no noise from the firing of thia" d'dly mtpsiie, as you shah ses be?M you leave. I simply place my 'pwr to my 'side and the machinegw? with the force of a rifle. The .:elI^you will note," and here the invetr took down a case containing serai gre isy, green ian iookingrPbject .?ontthree inches long and'as ' largeJika lead of a "', ' is asi; inters on. It is all poi, y pressure, 10ft p, nd the ingredient ' ly aecret. Now, ?oment, I will br] ave in the Back" compost concentrated rfcs into 1 part, of that poiaon is you will wait a H>_a dog that I ir</, and which I eeided this morning to lay on the ltar of science. You will thea be ble to ju Ige as to the effectiveness f my bea itiful invention." In the absence of th-j old min the orrespoudeat took up the deadly ?elt and examined it closely. Tuough he outside was ol brass it was lined nth steel and was very flexible and wilow The trout was wider and ?bicker than the sides and bick, and .he whole machine felt much heavier h.ni it looked. A hmge allowed the sack to open and the belt to encncle ;he body. Once in place it eaapped together much like a hindcuff. The entire front was composed ol smooth brass, on the underside ot which, right auder the nipple, there was an attachment whi^h seemed tobe to eu able the wearer to load the belt. Oth erwise the m ichine-looked far from beiug dangerous. The Professor came in struggling at one end ol a top?, with a misera ble io king street dog at the other '"As I was going to eay, just before I went out,"-he said, with thia beau ti lui invention of mine a man witli ordinary cara and intelligence can take ( ff any public mdividual at any time, and anywhere, without incur nug the slightest riak for himself, and causing no pain to the perauu at lacked. D . you know that the cruel and dreadlul deaths of some of the Eoropean crowned heads have caused me much pain? The idea of the jleab J and bones of kings being strewn j ulong the roadside, ?rom the torca 01 : bomb explosions, to say nothing ol the other systemaof destruction which have been employed from time lo time by assassins is dreadlul. lt has seemed to rae that such deaths were cruel and unnecessary. Now, I have worked night and day to provide real reformers and legal executioners with a weapon that will remove humm beings without pain.. I ask mankiud nothing for my invention, and" I shall take uotbiug. I have received in quiries from a few people in refer euee to this machine.! A well known 1 R issian reformer, a good man, wants one cf them. I have had no appli cation from Irishmen as yet, but an attache of the Cuban journal Sepa ratist, the organ of the revolutionists of New York, was here last week to see me concerning it. As I am pro tected by no patent now, I propose to furnish nothing but workiug draw ings, but I want to show you the ma' chine in action." The poor dog was ^dczing by the stove. The .professor bToi^ht-cut an air pump from the closet, placed the belt under it, and proceeded to cnargo it with a tremendous pressure. When he had finished the gauge in the pump stood at 20 000 pounds. The belt was then quite rigid, but give no evidence-otTUB tumble stra.n upon i:. After he had removed tue bric from the pump he threw a ide his coat, clasped the belt about him, pl?c ed ons ol the pellets in the uipp.e and ai randed two little steel lever? one uuder each arm, which ha then connected with the belt Alter re placing hie clothing, taking care tc put the nipple through a botton holt m bia waiat- lat where it was scarcelj observable, he annoanced that ht was ready. "Watch me closely,' said he; "you will hear no sound.' Facing the dog, ho pressed his lef elbow against ins side, which actioi he said " cooked" the strange device m iking it ready to go oil troua a Ugh pressure on the other side of hi body. Next his right arm fel! " There," said be, with a nervous m: tion, wiping the beada of aweat fro: his forehead. " That 'dog is shot. I n pi ca hi fo m esa than fifteen' meutes it will ba iead." There was a profound 'silence o the room. .Nothing bul the tick ng of the old clock.on the wall broke. ;he stillness. It .lid not seem posai-1 ile that the. d jg h A been struck with j anything. Tne Professor explained j ;hat th- p?n?tration was so swift, and j ;ke hole m??de'by the peliet so small j -hat it c mae i very little pain, no. ! nore than that ravi? by the point.of i pin.1' Suddenly* Miho dog gave a: kereing shriek, jumped from the liorinto the air, aal fell b^ck', J i ie - ess. He wac dead. .' It ;ia not' nesewary," a ii J the Professor, " that thjae projectiles," is he picked up one of- tua. pelleta,' ' should reach a vital part, to Cause ieeth. I' i-t only4beces9iry that the )roj-;ctile should eriter under the skin >f the animal or mm. Trie warmth md moindre .pf. the b i ly diaso ve he ?ubs'.?oce of vvhica the pellet n ?orapoaed, a-id the instant a drop of blood that ia tainted with it enters the heart, death ensues." Fbhway at Augusta. The firth commissioner has contract id with Dr. Simmons,, the -stipend endent and manager of the MCDOD ild Fiahway Company cf Washing .on, to place a fishway in the opening m the S )Uth Carolina side of the Au *uata Ciual dam across the Savannah River. Work on the fun way has been jHguo and if no accident luppens it viii completed within two weeks. Tht? MrDmaid fiahway is considered me best and it is expected that the ?ivahnah River. fish will have no more trouble in slipping by Augusta. H hy President Arthur did not Vote. Considerable surprise has been ex pressed on account of the President's tai lure to go home to N^w York to vote. The fact is that the President Joes not consider the present content in New York of sufficient importance to take him away trom scenes in which he is far more deeply inter ested. Aim ist the only ii-fuiry he made to dav ia regard to the e.ections was as to Virginia It ison the pow er of M-mone to keep the old Do minion well ia hand that the Presi dent placea the confidence necessary for the preservation of a stiff npper lip for next fall. The President will regard a victory in Virginia as a vindication cf the only "policy" of his administration, and a .sure indica - xt year for the nominee of the Re lblican convention. Who that will ! he does not yet guess, though he ,n see that eveuta point toward mself as the most available person r that perilous task.-0>r. S.t/'i ore American. Is Coleridge Co/rect? Before his derarture, L'?rJ Cole dge left ui the burning question of ie practical utility of a classical edu -ition. Speaking to the Yalu stu eats, the illustrious Chief-Justice tid ''Il you lookover the history f men who have succeeded in this le, you will find them, almost with ut au exc3ption, men trained by f.he urnculum which you enjoy." We lust dissent from the opinion of the ,reat j-inat, and we believe the Yai tudent will agree with ne. Who lave ma le a greater su-jces in life imbin the past two years than Mr. Sullivan, ol Boston, Mr. Rowell, of iogUnd. Mr. HanUo, of Toronto? Te:i thousand people will come togath rr at ten hours' notice toase Mr. Sulli van spar, Mr. Ilmlai row, Mr. Rowell aralk. The poet Arnold cannot at tract so large an audiet.ee in a week. A.nd yet neither Rowell nor H mian nor Sullivan ever heard of the Cole ridge curriculum. The Lord Chief Justice should carefully con?ider bis opinions bi-dor? delivering lh?:n.-N. Y. Morning Journal. Wasn't Consulted. .' You should learn some trade, my eon," said an Au-tin gentleman to his young hopeful. " Brick layers ar getting $6 60 a day, whi'e lawyers can't aff /rd to ride on street cars." "Pa. why didn't you learn a tr ide when you were a boy?" " T.iat'a not only a silly, but also an impertinent qti??ti'in. I didn't learn a trade when I wai a b ?y out of regard for your feelings. I WMited to give yon an opportunity to say that your father waa a gentleman." " It can't he helped now," replied the boy moodily, " bur I wish you had c stilted me, for if we had arranged for you to be the bricklayer, I could have been the gentleman myself." Texas Siftings. The growth of our large church denominations as shown forth in the statistical reports submitted isagrati fying proof of the fact that, in spite of all assertions to tne contrary, the influence of the church is not on the wane. As the St.. Louis Globe-Demo cral puts it : " When the people who profess religion are more numerous than ever before, and church services ara more frequent and comprehensive, and contributions are growing larger every ye*r, it will not do to say that faith is dying out and men are losing their interest in Christian work and progress." ^_ Prohibition vvas adopted by a large majority io Birnwell county, S. O'., last week. The Chester Bulletin says that Congressman elect Hemphill of tbe Filth District was married on Wed nesday evening last to Miss Addie Avery, of Morgant >n, N. C. The Governor has appointed Thom as M. Ilanckel, E-q, M aster foi Charleston, vice W. D. Clancy, de ceased. The Episcopal General Conven tion has fixed August 6 as the dat for the Feast ot the Transfiguration " Got on your husband's craval haven't vou ?" asked a neighbor c Mrs. Bil kins. "Yes," replied Mn B , sadly. ' It's the only tie there i between ua now " Mr. A. J. Marchant, St. George S C , says : " I u-ed Brown's Ire Bitters tor decrepitude. It has m-ul me strong." Mr. Speer's Suiishc-rii Mis?ioitf J|J A W?fihingtqn special-to th??i\5ac&.?r: and Courier, saya : ,Tbe Hon-. Emory. LI Speer, United... States- Attorney for i Georgia, haB been .assigned-'by ,the j Attorney Geperalae.'special'.; United States Attorney-V) | assist ;Mr?;M?lton ia. Son.th .Q&o)i&& .p&\itM&iei \ Sf ri*! $Pee?:ft.?$W^?onMog; iwjai-'tbe de- j pahment,, of. JnaUiJer-ibtAnaiiejnoon lyntr^bund^joX 1 ^g%l > p'?P.eoa^iit < *c&* hand: ?:\I;j^ave^a'?tibeen: np"getting my.; ir^tr#iq?ojifcvV9-4d., [Mesa?8peef 1 jv; brapr.iibinftjthe dq?ujmeniB..}? " Your " instructions rtppq^ tq-J^i^??inous,M I WAS .saggfist'edi;. ?, M Ob ,.:ibia j? Jiutter . worthy briffe.; J-go.in bisjpfaj^fro? see, and., they: ; gave.; me -bi?wpa^ew,4 which were--puspar-nl. ? go Sorithf imaaet??tely.?.MiJ'?Bj?yoaJeipe?t to convict?' i'-1--have just convicted ?even Georgia Ku klux, and they seem' to tbink Lmight-have luck. .'I 'haven't examined the> caeefe-yet; brJ? willige- ro work rignt away. ; Butterworth "bas gone into -patents,"-said Speer, laugh ingly, and I think", perha^s.ifc woo.Id take a patent lawyer to convict jthe South Carolina men."' Mr*. Spe?rnaiL a long, conference . with .1 Attorney, beneral Brewster, ?nd-it isHo'be the policy of the administration^eipce the Mahone failure;tq run the Sr^ ern outrage mill for ali rt is wo*t? Tue Columbia Register -.-rr..' ii :i ti , This superbly printed and ably edited daily; haifing^froih tb? capital of the State, enme to us last t ighe in an enlarged brm, and dressed - in an entirely new suit from bead to foot i The Register has worked up to a high standard under the most adverse circumstances, and is a monument to. the pluck and indomitable energy of its worthy proprietor,'-- MT. ' Charles A. Calvo, jr. ?Untf?* tbe'pr?sent ed itorial martagementtbere is evidence of dignity hbd superior ability, an air.of respectability' and ;a: harihoni ' ons symmetry about' the- hcgisler which makes it pleasant to receive and read I L.. . pspVK-.Abhcr??e Pr?s* and Bander. Once upon a time there was a par cel of meu iu thia State known aa the Greenback party, and.it claimed to be connected- with a Federal-, party j of the same name: It will be observ ed that this, alleged party baa Dot achieved any very brilliant or con spicuous insults in the recent elec none. In Ohio, tba Green back ticket sod of 2.000 votes in a total pain ol ?er six hundred thousand. less than ie third of one per cent ol the vo ?re of that State being apparency insistent Greenbackers. In Maesa auaetrtp the GreenAiackers beeped* to' ote for lien. Butler and combined rith the Democrats. and ali the riff uff in that Commonwealth were ?e ?ated by more than 10,000 majority The Rej uhlican party must go. Ot the Greenback P^rty has alrecd) ;ine. This fief cofjHidered with ihe verwb-lmiijg of Mahone. an . the uterment i f the Maryland Reform >w does not make the outlook very iheering for Mr. Hendrix .Mcl/?r.t md the other patriota and philan hropi-ts who have undertaken the ib ut breaking the solid Siuth with a iberal Greenbick-indepeadent move nen t.- Green ville Ne\os. Titus Not io be Despised. Ti lea are not to be ridiculed . nor l^piged. Tney ar? as harmless a [io>lie I ?ga, and in many waya they aie useful. They help to preserve thc ?q liltbriuqa of society, and: in many instance.] they are the heavy end o! t!ie concern and rno&t impor tant pirt of it. "Wlitre tlie til^gs are the he-ivy end, they biUnce up "the other eui and krep it from sinking ID'.O tio?tiing-i??>\s arid oblivion. Many a min without hi?, title would be bu; the shadow - f weakness': with it he h-is rhi strength mid noise of " Jupi terTjnas." Yju.jwpuldn't lend that de.id beat, simply as Dick Dodler, 5 ??.ht* ; btu as " colonel" or " general" ?)ick Djil!er, you would be almost anxiom t > lend him $5. M*ny. .a ininUtt-r without Ins I), i). would, be vo?ed a very \' w?ik brorher"; bu?, the two D.'s help him m ire thau two sticking plas-ers, and. transform his dui.est trash into pr itundity.. and eloquence.- United Presbyte* ian. .. Marv An larson ls noLiikeiy.-to^e readily forgotten in England. Twen ty-five thoivaud^of. rh*-: jjbotograpbe, taken since her anivai- ?n England, have been sold, and Mr. ; Van.'4er Wy ede, to whom alone she 'Las sat, bas prepared a photograph o? heroic size of "Tne Giecian Maiden.'.' Tu?s measures eight feet by. three, .carbon,, and is therefore permanent. XJaia enlargement, on ths greatest scale ever taken, is.remarkable for p rfec tion of the half tones.and. puiity'q.f the light. Macon, Ga , Telegraph : The pres-, ent drouth is the longe?t knbfrii'-for many years. Iii portions,.of South-, western Georgia, the farmers.wno patronize steam milla have not .only, to haul their corn to: the mills but also barrels of water with which to ?tl the boilers to raise' eteatni ?1 the springs and branches"'are dried" up, and in many case?; the wells. There ijJiLttfih Buffering amongr.p'.apia, and cattle. ^ j The fi^t colc^?H'i?an\ho has ever ? s^rv^d on a j-irp in the United States Courts in' New York State wa* drawn ou Friday. . ,, An Irishman, watching a gam>u>f b\se b*ll, wis sent to the grass by a foul which struck him under the, fifth rib. u A Lwl, was it? Ooh, sure, I j thought it was a mule !" . ? When you suffer from dyspt-psiai heartburn, malarial affections kiln, y j disaase, liver comp'aint;: end othn I wasting diseases. VVb.e?'ypu wi>h to j enrich the blood and purify the syei I tem generally. When you wish tc ! rem ive ali feeling of weakness, Weari ' ness, lack of euer'gy, try a bottle qi i Brown's Iron Bitters' ang fi?e hrjro greatly it will benefit you,,;,It .sur rasRes all known remedies -as an ?n richer of the-bloc*1 and a perlect reg nlator of the v^riousliodily functions Ask your druggist. 8' TT a li ?Jiw : ? To Examine the Stock of . ?ir:I lo diana *?t cl f-.:...>...?..i \;'".'\'' "*.*".'" ' ' ' -, . . '. .. Pryiloods, Notions, Carpets. T?* ?I'JI.- ft , ' Curtains, ..... .V ;.. . .7 ? *' ... . . ; ?l&U?.O ul fiiadaokihiil ikft ::<i< /: ? . Ri?nrjfer> h vrd c< :-u: ..-.?-i.- ", j " 'S, bay? ?vi wlL i Jrl '.!:>; ySW?U '. I -.- ... . _i_ U??CflO>l ?d H5?I ?? iivjri! AUGUSTA. GA. I ..?! ii-:!: la? ?iWe'ltfe filling up every department daily, and we can } cw.- Lira t: ' .. ; .:. '.j .- ? "'. Seal Bargains to All Who Sall on U*u ti- ?flf%d ; - * : .. ; r I ?iin?-a?-i .. -.?La :.)*-. u ' .' . ; : - . } *r h v. ! .... j -Vvr.\y Goodi?onest .Goods at }hc .Lowest Prices, and no Hum ing practiced or allowed on our premises. Everything; guar unteedas; represen ted; -'Goods for rich and poor, and full value given for your money. : / COME.ONE! COME ALL! and see us. DELANE & HICKOK. 630 Broad Street, AUGUSTA; ?A. 'Sept. J2, 1883.--40- f? Horse Power Engine, 30-Horse Power Boiler Now Running at Trenton, 8. C., for Sale Cheap. AUGUSTA, GA. Foundry, Machine and ?il?r Works near Wa-' .Tower. . "I i PULLEYS. KT.m feet SHAFTING Sept. 12, 1883-ly] -REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. I 8 Car loads SEW I ENGINES. 1 Car load 81 OND-HANOl 'GINES. A. T 3 !5 "h Edgefield C. H., I c., 'S .? A ill ni vayB lind a foll stock of Um and l'AAl? GliUlEKIES, (DAMED GOODS, i?&^", Glass, Crockery, Wood and Tin Ware, i fact everything usually kept in a well regulated Grocery Store, and all marked i low a? the same goods can be sold in this market. -Also, as Fine and Parc Wines, Whiskeys, Brandy, Gin, Rum, Ale, Beer. &c., as can be found in this town. With sincere'thahks for past favors, T respectfully ask a continuance of the sarao. C. Ii. B. HARSH. Edgefield C. H., 8. C., Oct. 2, 18S3. QljR LOW PRICES TELL! Jur low prices are appreciated by he people. The thousands that jny SHOES from ns attest that ac?, amiaccbrr? ns the "palm" for telling the Cheapest and Best Slides'cf any honse in ;hin country. No.deception practiced. Don't ?J be imposed upon any longer by jj the would-be Shoe men in this city, who make out they: know all about Shoes, . when they don't know any more about it than the man in toe moon. BUY SHOES OT UV ours is" the OLDEST SHOE HOUSE in Augusta-our exrerienc? is wo:th something to yon-. The Lari eil Stock! Leading Styles ! The Best Goods ! The to west Prices ! That's the platform we stand on. Come to us, yon that are heavily burdened with poor Shoes and high prices, and we will give g W. MURPHEY & SOC 564. Broad St., Augusta. Ga. ??4 Sept. lO, 18S3.-mr3l./1;, :. . 'T^? Mastodon Guano . Uwe's Georgia FormulaT^ainit Acid Pho^pjiiatc. Complete Grain Fertilizer. * Bissolv?d Bone Phosphate & Potash. GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS. ..: . t i .yt *?aii Uo.t L - : c? . rri? . r#$? I say to the PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD CO., Buy Shoes of MURPHEY & SON Augusta, Ga* m P.??rAKEp EXPRESSLY JTOR "WHEAT AXD OATS. THERE is'nb'way that'a good ?mmoniated Fer>tlizer can be used .to bet? ter -advantage than when appila tu tao cultivation pi Wheat and Oats? ' lu/s ract haM 4ohg-bt;en ktiowh'to the ldiinefs of Pennsylvania, Maryland ,and V?irgiViia,-vho tise it with good results, and eetdom put in email grain ^without tu ?GOB (?rain Fertilizer-hap. been prepped .especially thigh in each j ol the t??cebsdryr chemical ingrediente required to produce iarge yields. . It is made vvry ?Lry^ud?oe, and ean be dr?led with the seed, if so desired. Use'our DISSOLVED BONR A^D POTASH, which if applied in the drill &\ the ratear 2U0 to-40O poohdS'pfer acre, will give wonderful results. These Fertilizers can be had through our Agente, or upon application to Sept. 26, -'83.-3mj M. A. STOVALL, Treas.