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Thos. J. Adams, Editor. Edgefield, S. C., Dec. 17, 1885. Senator Butler bas introduced a bill in the Senate for the erection of a public building at Greenville at a coat of $50,000. Senator Maxwell's Bill. One of the most important meas ores proposed at this term of-our-leg ial?ture, was to reduce the number* of County Commissioners from three to one. ""The bill will not become a law. But attention has been called to the matter and Senator Maxwell's speech 'on the subject ought to 'satisfy any oae of the wisdom of the change. Want of space prevents the publica tion of the Senator's speech. Congress. Up to date' nothing has been ac complished by Congress. The time has been occupied in discussing a new set of rules and in the preliminaries of organization for work. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, was the first Senator on the floor. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the blind preacher and lecturer, has been elect ed Chaplain af the House oi Repre7 rwh?m_Bome one h#f wittily remarked that, being bl he will not be mortified at seeing 1 bare the seats are when he makes hil morning prayers. The Death of Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, the richest m^u in the world, died suddenly last week at his palatial home in New York City. His wealth wai estimated at two hundred millions of dollar?, and his income was $19 00 per minute. His chan ties were of the gigantic order, and the world will call them ostentatious. He gave to an institution of learning in Nashville, Tenn., the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which h called Vanderbilt University; he de frayed the whole expense of trans porting the Egyptian Obelisk to New York City, which amounted to anoth er one hundred thousand, and he founded a College of Medicine in the same city at a cost of five hundred thousand dollars. Several bills have been already in troduced into both Houses of Con gress for the repeal of the unlimited silver coinage act. There will be warm work yet over this measure. The South Carolina Bar Association has elected the following officers: Gen. W. W. Harles, of Marion, President ; W. C. Benet, of Abbeville, Secretary ; J. Q. Marshal, of Columbia, Treasurer. THE LIEN LAW.-It looks as if the Senate will confirm the action of the House in repealing the lien law. The Senate is a very conservative body, and in any event the vote will be a close one. _ , DB, POPE TRIUMPHANT.--J . DUI ct; CQ? J?vvii ^UBMUjUBP11 cussed, in th? Rouse of RejKBBB tives on Tuesday; One prominent lawyer attempted to amend it, bot Dr. Pope, remembering how the law yers amended the same bill oat of ex istence last year, refused all amend ments, and triumphantly carried his bill through, all the lawyers voting with him.-News and Courier. The usual penalty for non-payment of taxes next spring will be saved, as the tax books will not be ready until September, and all of the taxes will be collected in the fall at one time, in stead of in two installments as here tofore. The surplus in the treasury and the increased receipts from phos phate royalty will meet the current expenses of the government until the j taxes come in in the fall. The Last Days of Toombs. WASHINGTON, Ga,, December 13. The condition of General Robert Toombs has changed considerably for the worse in the post day, and Dr. Mulligan, his attending physician, ex presses the opinion that the end is near at hand. This announcement will I e heard with.sorrow throughout: the country, for the distinguished suf ferer has the sympathy of all in this, his last struggle. Many an anxious eye has been turned to his bedside, and a sigh of relief was expressed wheo there was reason to believe that he was better. But he is yielding to the inevitable, and in doing BO he faces death with the same courage that characterized his remarkable career. At 1 o'clock, December 15, General Toombs is sinking gradually and his death is momentarily expected. The physicians say there is not the slight est hope for him. Important Decisions. every that are regarded by the legal profes sion as of unusual interest In Kirk vs. Fraser, a Charleston case, the Court holds that a mortgage not recorded within the time prescri! ed by law has a lien from the date of its record, under the Act of 1876, and is preferred to innocent unsecured creditors for valuable consideration, without notice, whose debts were created between the date of the mort-' gage and the date of its record. The assistant Episcopalian Bishop of Mississippi, Hugh Miller Thomp son, in a letter to the New Orleans Times Democrat, writes as follows from Oxford, in that State: "I have just seen what I consider the most hopeful eight so far visible to my?y?s in Mississippi-fifty or sixty young men-white men, mind you-with hands and hoes down in-the soil dig ging potatoes and planting strawber ries, at eight cents an hoar. They were not tramps, nor boors, bet schol ars' and gent!emen-sons of our best people-and were learning many things of vast promise to themselves and Mississippi, in this close and prac tical acquaintance with its soil." The white men to whom the assistant Bishop had reference were students at the Stark vi lie Agricultural College, where there are 375 young men study ing agriculture. The time is not very distant when small farms will be the rule in the South, when white men will labor in the fields and vineyards to a much greater extent than at pres ent, and when there will be marvel ]0us changes in agriculture. > Legislative Proceedings. In the House. The Lien Law. Mr. Haskell characterized it as a most dangerous experiment. The Legislature had once before tried the repeal of the law, and when it met again the law was re enacted. He said that it would he a most inoppor tune time to repeal this law. He diu not believe the agricultural classes could get. along without it. He did not believe in restricting business in this way. This is a Democratic gov ernment, and the people have a right to use their property or money as they please. It is a notorious fact that the crops have been a failure and the coming year promises to be the hardest we have had for along time. He trusted the members would not consent to repeal this necessary law. Mr. W. B. Wilson spoke earnestly and very intelligently in support of the bill. He answered clearly and forcibly the points made by the oppo nents of the bill and enumerated a half dozen potential reasons why the General Assembly should lose no time in getting rid of the odious law. He said that the farming classes, those most interested in the working of the law, are practically unanimous for its repeal. Mr. Jones of Edgefield came to the advocacy of the bill in a singularly direct and convincing argument. As the representative of the planters he felt it his duty to raise bis voice in their behalf and do ail in his power to cause this infamous lew to be abol ie_ et ?-.?",ri*^^?w?T^iy spoi on the same side. He sana that a I large propr-*^- "f ^fi^Tfln most attected by the law desires its imme diate repeal, and this should of itself be enough to induce the members to pass the bill. The question of strik ing out the enacting clause was then decided by the yeas and nays-yeas 43 ; nays 70. The bill was then pass ed to its third reading. The Leasing of Convicts. Next in order the bill to repeal the Act prohibiting the leasing ont of convicts was reached. There was some desultory discussion of the bill and a flood of amendment^ but these were all voted down, the sentiment of the House being evidently in favor of the bill. In fact, there can scarce ly be any doubt of the necessity of repealing the law in question. Unless this is done, an appropriation of $100, 000 will be needed to support the convicta. Mr. McCrady moved to amend the bill so as to virtually kill it, and sup ported his motion with an earnest speech, beseeching the House not to go back upon its humane action of lani year for any consideration of re trenchment. Mr. Folk, of Edgefield, opposed the amendment. Mr. Ly les, of Richmond, said that the sentiments pf the gentleman from Charleston (Mr. McCrady) were shared by every one, and the commit tee had carefully considered the mat ter. This bill gave protection to the convicts, but at the same time per mitted their hiring out. Other gentlemen followed, and in the course of the argument it was claimed that the mortality among the convictsin the Penitentiary was great er than in the convict camps, owing to the insufficiency of the accommo dating and the want of proper cloth wou??TT? a simple act of humanity. Mr. Brawley said he voted for the bill last year in the hope that it would effect a remedy for a very grievous wrong, but the Act had not accom plished its purpose. Mr. McCrady's amendment was ta bled-yeas 97 uays8. Messrs. Ficken, McCrady, Davis, Simonton, Macusker and Mikell voted no. Mr. Davis offered an amendment prohibiting the corporal punishment of the convicts by the contractors. Mr. Lee moved to amend this by a provision prohibiting the infliction of corporal punishment by any one. Mr. Wilson moved to lay both amendments on the table. Adopted. Mr. Haskell, who had been out of the House, and who had returned after the last vote, then moved to strike out the enacting clause of the bill, which renewed the discussion. Mr. Haskell spoke long and earnestly against the passage of the bill. After some further discussion the motion to strike out was tabled-yeas 8G, nays IC. After two hours' discussion the bill was passed, with an amendment providing that any contractor violat ing the laws for the protection of con victs shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and that in all euch prose cutions any convict who has been ill treated Bb a 1.1 be considered a compe tent witness for the State. ^Appropriations. The Ways and Means Committee submitted on Saturday the bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year commencing November 1,1885. 'Hre aggregate appropriations, exclusive of the interest on the pub lic debt, amount to $505,335, dis tributed as follows : Governor & Lt. Governor $ 10,650 Secretary of State 4,100 tM?tf^cj "-ci . ?~i __ 6.4501 State Treatnrer- " "~73lWp Superintendent of Education 6,400 idj't. & Inspector General 18,900 Attorney General 7,860 ?tate Librarian 1,725 < State House and Grounds 1,660 i Fudicial Department 56,750 < Health Department 12,100 j [ax Department 24,400 t Agricultural Department 24,909 Jniversity . 21,10011 Citadel Academy 20,000 Penitentiary 109 000 ] ^unatic Asylum 82,810 \ )eaf, Dumb and Blind 14,231 1 Catawba Indians 800 Jiscellaneoua 75,090 Total $505,335 In the Senate. The Yellow-Bellied Cootcr. Senator Baist's bill to prohibit the etching of terrapins between the brat day of April and the thirtieth of one in any year, excited on its final eading the hostility of Senator How ll, who made motions to kill it in av?rai ways. He said that the ter spin industry in Colleton was a large ne, participated in by a considerable roportion of the colored population, o fine and imprison a man for catch ]g a terrapin was wrong. If the ill passed it would fill the Courts .ith little terrapin cases. Senator Buist defended his bill, 'errapine were worth $3 a dozen and ere as proper subjects of protection . 3 fish and birds during the breeding | ti ?ason. He thought that these ugly at delicious little creatures should D carefully guarded. Senator Maul in, from a Greenville standpoint, in quired whether "terrapins" meant up-country "cootera." Senator Smythe gave the Senate an interesting essay on herpetology. He explained that the terr:'pin about which snch solicitude was felt weat by the precise but homely name of "yaller-belly Gooter." (By the way, the popular Senatorial pronunciation of terrapin is " tarrypin." 'Senator Woodward, amid laughter, moved to amend' by miking the bill apply specially to " salt water yaller belly cooters," which was proof that the Senator had not familiarized him self with this fresh water dainty. After some further sparring, which made it ppparent that tho up country desired free trade in "cooters," Sen ator Smythe amended the bill so as to apply to the Counties of George town, Charleston, Beaufort, Colietoj and Berkeley. Senator Smith stated that1 Horry did not want any tarry pin laws." Senator Howell moved lo reject the amendment, but withdrew the motion, and the bill passed as amended, applying to all ''terrapins" in the Counties named. The judiciary committee reported favorably, without amendment, the House bill to repeal the lien law. There was no minority report. St - ator Leitner, who made the report, says that the bill will pass the Senate. It was only defeated last year by two votes, and several Senators have since changed their minds and will favor it. The judiciary committee reported favorably a census bill. A minority of the committee, comprising Senat ors Smythe, Munro, Fo^ll aud Izlar, dissent because they conceive that if any, enumeration be made during the til the next annual session of tho Leg islature, which will be in November, 1880, and after the next general elec tion. They therefore urge that they can see no practical benefit to be de rived from the expenditure of the large sum necessary to t*ke such enu meration at this time. They further dissent on the ground that the appro priation of $25,000 provided for in the bill is insufficient. It is evident that there will be a very bari ?gbt made against the bill in thc Senate. The Penitentiary committee report ed favorably the bill to abandon last year's legislative safeguards to con victs hired out. The Municipal Convict Labor DU!. The special order for 1 P. M. was the jail and municipal convict labor bill. It had been discussed every other day for a week and had grown tiresome. Senator Smythe got hold of it, and in 6pite of Senator Ejrk-'e opposition amended it in sever.il p?r ticulars. It was made to apply ex elusively to j iii and municipal con victs who have been senteuced to im prisonment at labor for periods not exceeding sixty days. All reference to Penitentiary convicta was elimi nated. In euch shape the bill goes back to the House for concurrence by a vote of 18 to 15, both uf the Churleu ton Senators voting io the negative. The j'?nt resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution by vesting the election cf the superia tendent of education in the General Assembly and the appointment of county school commissioner in the Governor, came up as a third rpecial order. Senator Earle asked for information from the friends of the measure as to the necessity for it. Senator Buist explained that toe proposition was to let the people have an opportunity of voting upon a measure which it was expected would ffm^/ggfthrr btmoSb ot- o?nenH ion hy securing a better class of sch-ol effi cers. Senator Earle thought that, the peo ple ought to have the right of select ing their own officeis. They could be trusted, and if they made mistakes they would be the only sufferers. He objected to this monarchical idea that the Executive was the best jndgs of officers. As long as the Governor was a good and wise man the choice was safe, but who could guarantee that he would remain so. Senators Leitner and Mauldiaur.it ed in approving the submission of the question to the people. They ought to have an opportunity of voting on it. Senator Buiststated '.hst his object in the measure was to put the super intendent of education out of politico and on the same high plane aa the udiciary, and he nrgsd thai the Gov ernor bad better facilities ?cr select ing good school commissioners than the people. Senator Bobo spoko strongly in favor of the j*?i'at re*o!u(.ion. Nine times out oi ten the Governor, with the advice of the General Assembly, could Pelect better Bchorl ; filia's than the people could do in voting. It was a well known fact that school commissioners were often not elected for their educational efficiency, bu' on account of political popularity. Senator Moore, of Hampton, urged that the advice ot Govern .r Thomp son and Superintendent Co-V?rd in favor of the measure waa very weighty and ehould have the endorsement of the General Aes?mbly. ile made a capital point when he said that while gentlemen on th9 other side opposed this measure because the people ought to have the right to vote, they, by that act, opposed the righi of tue peo pie to pass upon this constitutional amendment. Senator Patter on felt that he was not so assured of tho value of the il unit) ??iiT"T"~Tna locate it as a measure of relief. He youle), therafore, vote against it. Sanator Williams approved of all ixcept the provision 1er the appoint neut of school commissionets. He lid not think this onerous and un jleasaut duty should be imposed upon ;he Giv?in)r. The joint resolution was hst under ,he following pecularly adverse vote : Yeas-Black, Bobo, Buist, Coker, .'zlar, Leitner, McCall, Aladdin, M^x vell, Moody, Moore of Hiiapton, idunro, Smythe and Woodward-14. Nays-Bell, Benbow, Byrd, Ciy )urn, Earle, Field, Howell, Moore cf Anderson, Patterson, Red fear n, Ray lolds, Sligb, Smith,Talbert, Wallace, Villiame, Wingard and Youmaco-10. The third special order was also un ortunate. It was the bill to provide ar the appointment cf stenographers jr the F.fth and Sixth circuits It ras cremated by a vote of 18 io 15 Atlanta Prohibition a Failure. ATLANTA, December l-l -The r.r umetit was returned in the contested lection case before Judge McKay ol JD United States Court. Tue counsel >r the prohibitior.ists admit that the instruction of the bill which permits ie sales of Georgia made wine and scludes wines made in other States i unconstitutional, but claim that the ill should stand without that, sec ?n. This seems to be a most ira ortant development. Argument will a concluded to morrow. Go to LYNCH'S for Choice Apples. The Senate ia naturally an exper.? sive body of men. There" are now, for inptazca, three cleita and a mee f.-rrT >r; r tn every Senator, and it cofits ua&rly $10,000 tu $12,000 a year for the delivery ol the Senate mail. No wander tht-TH ia ? movement to ab is-h Ihn Iiou??! of Lords. More Trouble in Edgcfield. AU satisfactorily settled ly the time ly arrival of a fine ttocJc of Christmas Wines, Whiskeys, Gin, Eura, Bran dies, Champagne, Ale, Beer-in fact everything to tempt the taste of all, both old and young. Give mc a call,. and go home happy. As ever, yours, DICK ANDERSON, G. ? fem* MAERIED, on tho 10th Dac, 1885, at the residence of the briede'a parents, by Rev. W. A. Gaines, Miss ANNA LEILA^ STROM, daughter of Hon. Jas. H. Strom," and C. J. B. WILLIAMS, son of the late Dr. Carr Williams. From the fair bride we acknowledge the receipt of a delicious-cake. (bitaaxg, Sj From bor home in this County, OOM 24th, 1885. MKS. ELIZA. ANN GAR? NEK, wife of SAMUEL W. GARDNER, r passod to her heavenly rest-being ne ly 09 years old. As with tho year, so it was wUh "he the Spring anet Summer ot life had pi cd, and its Autumn, ricMy laden mature fruits, was approaching the ' (?pr of old age. Th?s, though ffwas "sore and yelj 'Bwiy^rnicTtmTTragran ce sweetest flowers How fitting it is ero the coming ot life's " wintry Vi er." Yet we weep that she has gone, home is left desolate-""What is ho without a mother?" An agod husbaid, too, is left in gripf. The golden chaitrofi lovo had bound their hearts and lives to-/ gather for fifty-three years. Now it ia [ sundered. But he need not sorrow ^as one without hope; in the mansionsabo/ye ho may moet her again. The evidences of a pure Christian char acter were exhibited in her patient en d ? rance of ber alliictions ; her dying tesPj timonyof her trust in the blessed Sav ior; and along life of self sacrifice in be half of others. She was the mother ol thirteen childron-eight of whom sur vivo her. For these, and her forty-eight ] grand-clrldren and twelve great-grand children, any sacrifice on her part was to her a pleasure. Her thoughtfulness of the comfort of others was a life-long habit, ami a most beautifnl instance of it occurred only about ten minutes before her death. Her only brother, Mr. Rob ert Butler, of Hamburg, came to see her j and she, knowing his feeble condition, and though in tho greatest pain herself, yet with clear mind gave the minutest ordern about providing for his comfort Will not sho be among those to whom the Lord will say in' that day: "Inas much '.s yo have done it unto those, you did it unto me?-' She was, from her youth, a member of | the Big Stevens Creek Baptist Church. She has lett them now to join the Church triumphant above. Oue less on earth; one more in heaven. About forty of her children and grandchildren were present at her funeral, together with a large con course of neighbors. E. W. S.' Notice to Corporators A., E. & V. R. B. A MEETING of the Corporators of the Ix. Augusta, Edgefield arid Newbery Rail F.oad Company will be held atEdgP field CH., S.C., at 12 noon, Monday, Dc;. 2l3t, 1SS5. It is important that eve ry Corporator shall be present. R M. MITCHELL, Chair., D?rc. 9, 1S85. ? For Sale or Rent, AT AIKEN, S. C. AVALUADLE Business Corner on the main business street *t Aikob, front ol' SO feet MUQO^feeLon.RichlajAd .V?.J?UO, -..ut.?"St?re noTisVauaTW?^ ing, including Bakery, 00x30 feet. Barn and largo Cistern oh the lot. An ap proved stand for Grocery and Liquor, or any othor business. Will sell low, on easy terms, or rent to good tonant. There is pleut j' ol' room here for another Edge held man to do well. Address, JOHN KLEIN, or B. F. GUNTER, Attorney-at Law, . Doc. 10, 1SS5.-2] Aiken, S. Ci Laiid tor Sate on the Line if Aiken and Orangeburg Cos. APLANTATION of 1800 Acres, in forks of Dean Swamp Creek and South Edisto River, near Davis' bridge, and at the head of boat navigation as prr jocted and surveyed by U. S. Engi neers. Good dwelling, first class gin house, shops, and other buildings. SOO Acres hind cleared. Unsurpassed pas ture, includes 100 acres Swamp land in grass and a belt of cane. Healthy-one ca*n of fever in 1S5S, none since. Will sell in a body for one-fourth less per acre than smaller tracts in samo neighborhood ure .sold, or six hundred acres, including settlement, at the usual soiling price'of land in vicinity. Terms: J cash, balance in one, two and th reo years. J. G. GUIGNARD, Dec. 8, '85 -1] Davis' Bridge, S. C. ?RAY'S Globe Hotel! Headquarters for Commercial men find Country Merchants. Centrally located-Comer Broad and Jackson Streets, Augusta, Ga. J. WALTER GRAY; Sept 9, 1SS5. i --a-?? i --y CHEAP. CHEAl ' L.FTJ Who for so many yoars has supplied ti CHARTER OAKS, .CIIIE1 COO PHIUSTIIROPIST, VS RODI md o.her reliablo makes of Cooking < Itoves ho wants of housekeepers with RAN?GB8. SKATES, TIN WARK and WOODHN W. jertf.ins to tue Kitchen outfit. W hen vc.u want a real good, subst antial >r a {rood Cast Iron Stove, or ANY K ITCH JEKTON, 628 Broad Street, Aueusta, < per ALL GOODS AT REDUCE D PR Nov. 17. 1RS5 -r>0 ON TIME is a flea; SECURE A GOOD A^/LE 729 Broad St. (Op. Central SOLID GOLD and SILVER and PLATE! iu the Latest Desitrns. EXPERTS 1 JEWELRY and OPTIC Nov. 17. 1885.-50 3T. T. Bl Wholesale mid Rei Stationery, B ALL KINDS SCfi FINE PLUSH AND 525 BROAD ST-, . School Books a Profit for Everybody. J Parker's Tonic kept in a home is a sen tinel to keep sickness out. Used dis creetly it keeps the blood pure, and the stomach, liver and kidneys in working order. Coughs and colds vanish before it. It builds up the health. "I 8911 large quantities of Parker's Touic in my dru? store. Among my custmnots, a doctor, has been prescrib ing it for thu past two years. He was .nearly dead himself, and tried every j remedy known to his profession, without j ?ny relief. After ho had used four bot tles of Parker's Tonic he began to grow in llesh, and tho improvement in his health wa3 absolutely wonderful. He now recommends it to overyone."-J. E. DARKOW, Cblumet Ave. Pharm cy, 113 'Twenty-ninth Stroet, Chicago, 111. Parker's Tonic. [Prepared by Hiscox ?fe Co., N. Y.] Sold by all druggists in large bottles afc One Dollar. [Nov. 15.-1 m AUDITOR'S NOTICE. IWILL bo at the following places on tho days and dates named for the As sessment of Real and Personal Property and Polls, v.'z: Friday. Jan. 1, Fruit Hill, Saturday, " 2, Richardsonville, Monday, " 4, Coleman's X Rd's. Tuesday. " 5, W W. Owdom's, Wednesday, M 6, Traywick Chapel, Thursday, " 7, Haltiwangers, Friday and Saturday, " 8 & 9. Durst's Storo, Monday, "ll, Minor's Store, Tuesday, " 12, Liberty Hill, Wednesday, M 13, Plrm Branch, Thursday, *' 14, Parksville, Friday, " 15. Modoc, Saturday, " IC, Clark's Hill, "???onday and Tuesday, " IS & 19, Holder's Store, Wednesday, " 20, Colliers, * Thursday, ?' 2', Red Hill, Monday, " 25, Denny's X Roads, Tuesday, M 26, Pnrifoy's, Wednesday, " 27, Kinard's, Thursdav, " 28, Caughman's, Friday, " *' 29, Holston'sX Roads, .Saturday, " 30, Mt. Willing, "Monday. F"*?. 1, Forrest's Storo, M T??s??ay. t'.' i3.>-^?-f^y^Hou4fcJrC1 Wedmsday, " 3, Ridge Spring, liliwirjday, " 4, Wards, friday, * .* 5, Johnston, Saturday, " 6, Trenton, Monday and Tuesday, " 11& 12, Meeting Stroot, Wednesday and Thursday, " 13 & 14, Pleasant Lane. Friday, " 15, Cheatham's Store, Saturday, " IC, P. P. Doolittle's. The remainder of the term of Assess ment at Edgefield C. H. The time ex pires on the 20th February, alter which rime 50 per c-ut. will be added to all as sessraents. The Township Boards of As se sors are n quested at my appointments in their respective Townships The Of fice will be open during my absenco for the transaction of business. J. B. DAVIS, Dec. 1, 1885._Auditor E. C. Township Board of Assess ors, Edgefield County. THE following citizens have been ap pointed Township Boards o. Assess ors in their respective Townships: Blocker-F A Timmons, J R Wil liams, R C May. Collins-W L McDaniel, Henry Bus sey, E W Dowty. Collier-B T Minor, L J Miller, DT Mathis. Coleman-W W Owdom, A P Cole man, W O Carson. Cooper-C W Kinard, T A Pitts, F V Cooper. Gennanville-B L Caughman, T F Ethe edge. Gray-W L Durst, J W Aiton, C M Williams. Hibler-W H Ycldoll, J T White, J C Collison. Huiet-D B Purifoy, Henry Black, Zed Crouch. Johnston-Wm Lott, Mark Toney, W J Huiet. Meriwether-Beujamin Tillman, H H Townes, P B Lanham. Mobley-H F Watson, U G Wright, B F Bouknight. Moss-J D Fraser, J H Walker, Wal ter Brunsen. Norris-Dr. H M Folk, AS Bouknight, Thomas Cato. Pickens-O L Dobson, A F Broadwa ter, Jas B Tompkins. Pine Grove-Jas R Hill, W T Walton, Ramsey Hargrove. Byan-J P Blackwell, Jos A Reyuolds, James Wideman. Shaw-M M Padgett, M A Lott, T H Clark. Talbert-T F Talbert, C M Burckhal >o?\ R A. Cochran. Washington-T E Jennings, J C Mor gan, J A Butler. Ward-C Ward, W II Ti m merman, J T Nicholson. Wise-Lewis Jones, S B Mays, R Can telou. J. B. DAVIS, Dec. 9, 1885. Auditor E C. Homestead Notice Ex Parle Elizabeth Tim merman. ?\roTICE is hereby given that Eliza _LM beth Timmerman. widow of David Timmorman, dee'd., has apDlied to me to set apart to her her constitutional ex emption, to wit : a Homestead in realty and exemption of personalty. This is therefore to notify all persons that, un less cause be shown to the contrary, on or before Saturday, tho 9th January, 1^86, I shall p oceed to appoint appraisers as provided for by law, to appraise and set off to said applicant the said exemptions prayed for. _ n S. S. TOMPKINS, Master E. C. Dec. 4, 1885. _ DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, NOW is the time when everyone ?vho bas a Mill should be looking how he can make tho most aud the best Flour. In order to do tlds, he mus: have a good Bolting Cloth. You can get that by call ing or sending to JAMES MILLER, Miller's Corner, Auqusta, Ga. July U 1885.-30 _ vrm be maned FUEE to all applicants, and tocuatomeraof ;-.it jaar without crdcrln; lt. lt coutaloa about 180 pag*,, COO llluitratlons, prlcca. accurate dcacrlpltooa and ra'uabla direction, fer jilastias all rarictlc. of VEGETABLE and FLOW Kit HF.Kl?*, IlUI.ItH, ?ic. Inr.lu.bl. to til, eiptclallj to Hariet Cardenrn. Send for lt. D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan. ?SBXSOHTWIAR 271 I make NORTH CAROLINA CORN WET lecialty. I am also agent for Alfred Speer 1 Brandy, Pure BAKER WHI8E Bottled SODA WATER ao i " ..u with their IK^WLIT LIGHT HOUSE, GUT IRON "MONITOR," i, is still in the market, and supplying STOVES, SLATE MANTELS, COAL ARE, and everything of the best that Wrought Iron, or Boiler Iron Stove, EN UTENSIL, call on D. L. FUL *?'. ICES [WS, 628 Broad St. sure and Profit. RICAN TIME PIECE Hotel) AUGUSTA, GA, ) WARE. HOLIDAY GOODS all EMPLOYED in tho WATCH, JAL departments. tail Dealer in lank Books, IOOL BOOKS, riD FE3STCIIL.S FANCY GOODS, a^TT?TTSTA., GA. Specially. to .$150. let. A W**rern Manufacturer of Fine Wa!DH"t Furniture waft ed to nv-ike a change in busi ness. 21. We took bis Sleek ut H very Low Figure. 3d. In fact, we mack Our Own Terms. 4-.h. TheSGooils are Perice i in DE SIGN AND FINISH. 5th. Our Customers are Tendered the Reduction which we have obt iued, amouniing to about 25 PER CENT. Geh. If you will cali we vs ill PROVE OUR ASSERTIONS. 7th. We carnot obtain Duplicates. Stn. If you wif,h CHAMBER SUITS a? Low as $18 00, we have them. 9ih. Your interest and ours are identical. & 710 Broad St., Nov. 3. 1885. METHODIST MUTUAL AID ASSOC IATION, Louisville, Kentucky. OFFICRRS: C. P. ATMORK. Piwident; Dr. H. K. ICAT.PDS, Vice-president ; ?G. W. RONALD. M. ?., Medical Directo;.; GERMAN BANK, Treasurer; G. G. RHO DIE, General Agont; S. C. ALLEN,-acc retary. The objects of tho Association aro. : To provide a Beneficiary Fund from which the families of members aro paid potex ceeding $'{.000 at death of tho member, on the basis of SI per member at the time of de. tn ; orouc-haif of the ?moil ht in caso of total disability ; which amount cannot be roached by process of law or claims of creditors ; -so that the family ia euro to receive the benefit. Rates: ?0 admission feo, Si aemi-anuual dues, and a>sessments according to age. Females and males arc received iq>on ?precisely thc same terms. The Chcapett and Safrst Mode of .Mak ing a Certain Prevision for One's Family. Among the special reas "ns for joining tho METHODIST MUTUAL AID AS SOCIATION are: It is tho safest insu rance, because thorn ar.) fewer risks than with the boat of Life Insurance Compa nies, and it involves uo risk of failure because- it incurs no largo debts, nor makes large investments to depreciate or be lost. For further particulars, call on or ad dress, Dr. W. K. GRIFFIN, Aff?t~. * Mino CreeK P. 0., Nov. 24, '85.] Edgefield Co., ?S. C. .ja In Hie Old Eva? Hotel Fine' Whiskeys, Brandies. Gin, Rum, Aie, Poller, Wines, Beer, Cider, &c.. &e. And Tobaeeo and Cigars. I ro3p6ctfully invite my friends and the public in general to call nt tho New and Splendidly Furnished "EXCEL SIOR SALOON'," in tLo East end of the old Ryan hotel, where they shall have the kindest attention and ?et the purest beverages to be found in tho markets. E. P. PAUL. November 3,1885. HER BEST FRIEND. This famous remedy most happily meets the demand of the ace for woman's peculiar and multiform ?Mictions, lt io a remedy f>r WOMAN ONLY, and for one SPECIAL CLASS of her diseases. It is a specific for certain diseased condi tions of the womb, ?iud proposes to so control tho Menstrual Function as to reg ulate all the derangements and irrcgu larities of Woman's MONTHLY SICKNESS. Its proprietors claim for it nootherined Ical property ; and to doubt the fact that this medicine does positively possess such controlling and regulating powors is simply to discredit tho voluntary tes timony of thousands of liviug witnesses who are to-day exulting in the restora tion to sound health and happiness. Bradfield^ Female Regulator ls strictly a vegetablo compound, and is tho product of medical science and prac tical experience directad towards tho benefit ol .>. SUFFERING, WOMAN ! ;_J r*. is the studied prescription of a learned ,jB Tician whose specialty was \?rD M AN, * * "?se fame became onviablo and kEY, Pc because of his wonderful suc reatment and cute of female :ompimu?j. Ti^E Rci<?tftV?TOR is ibo" 3RANDEST REMEDY known, and ichly deserves its name: Woman's Best Friend because it controls a class of functious he various derangements of which cause nore ill health than all other causes orabined, and thus rescues her from a ong train of afflictions which Sorely om litter her life and prematurely ond her xistence. Oh ! what a mnltitudo of liv ag witnesses can testify to its charming fleets! WOMAN! tako to your comi ence this 'RECIOUS BOON OF HEALTH ! It will relieve you of nearly all the smplaints peculiar to your sex. Rely pon it as yoursafeguard for health, hap mess and long life. Sold by all druggists. Send for our oatise on the Health and Happiness of tornan, mailed fret?, which gives ail articulars. The Hradlield Regulator Co., Box 2<, Atlanta, Gd liss MEDORA CQV?B Invites tho attention of the Ladies of igelield aud surrounding couutry to e Large and Attractive Stock of Goods st received, which embraces the very dest Styles of ats and Bonnets, Birds Feathers, Pompons, Neckwear, d everything usually kept in a FIRST j ASS "MILLINERY ESTABLISH BNT, nt prices lower than over before own in Edgetiold. Give mea call. Miss MEDORA ('OVAII. Edgelield, Oct. 27,1885. AT THEIR |^HE^EAD^J^1TH_THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASS?RTKETr5PT~?F" EVER SEEN IN EBGEFIELD. Space Will Not Permit Naming Articles-Curiosities, &c. j adi ads* Icy ....J,ir? 9' ,utn> te'-*-1'- j } Ai . i -f .. - . . . COMB AND SEE! fl The improved prospects all through the South this fall, indicate a large in crease of business, and we have prepared for this in our line by providing thc LARGEST. HANDSOMEST, MOST COMPLETELY ASSORTED and BEST SELECTED STOCK OE DRY GOODS, JYOTI ONS JIJYD NOVELTIES, Ever Shown in Carolina or Georgia-in cluding ever) thing from low priced sub stantial goods, to the finest fabrics made at !iome or abroad. SSfThe Superiority of our Goode is recognized everywhere, and cn pri ces, we guarantee to beat, as we always have beaten, those eo called "bar gains" houses that pretend they never ask over half price for th<ir goods. Iii?" We keep no traeh for advertising pnrp?tie?, and we permit no mis representation of geoda: Orders filled with promptness and care. In writing for Sample?, olease specify particularly the kind of goods desired, DALY & ARMSTRONG, Fannus for Fair Dealing and Reliable fiends. Augusta, Ga*., Oct. 6,1885. To Wholesale anti Retail Buyer* ot* C!oih?n? & SB .s is. Cooke's Clothing I Hat Store, 711 BIRO-AJD ST., .A.TTG-TTST^3 G-J?_ Many advertisers eecm to think they are doiDg the right thing to claim uve rything. There may have been a lime when this would pay, but certainly this lime bas passed. Now Goods and Prices Must Speak for Them -- selves I This ia our reason f r our I??G??> R?J?iE, to allow none but the BEST FITTING, the MOST STYLISH, the MOST JS^^'^g^A U DURABLE, and the BEST MAKES room in 1 our Store. OR, IN OTHER Words, to expect to merit a sensible rain's ap proyal when ?e sees our offering-. WE ASK no one to buy who is not s^fied in QUALITY, PRICE, FIT and STYLE, and this makes us careful to have the right thing, al the righi lime, and at the right pnce. WE MENTION goods that we believe we c;n soi: every one io: Suits for Hen and Boys? Ovcrcoais fer Slea and Boys. Hats f?r Men and Boys. Underwear, Trunks, Valise?, Umbrellas, &c. i WE KNOW THEY ARE RIGHT. " We koo* the assortment ie choie? and we will take pleasure in sLuwii g it to you. A. W. BLANCHARD, Oct. G, 1885.-41] For J, C. Ludlow A Co. ?il mumu M l?ttl Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. R^prctl'ully assures tho Ladies of Kdgefield Count} that ber Stock o? Fal! and. Winier Is M Excelled in thc Souih* ??"The Ladies of Edgefield are respectfully invited to call and exam tie my Goody. I will endeavor to give satisfaction in every instance."?!! (Krfflats and Bouueis TI*EBSIEISIN? to ?rdeiysa ?Kiss NELLIE PURCELL, Under Central Hotel, AUGUSTA. VA. Oct. 7,1885.-?] To Lawycis. TUK AnvKKTTSER Office in prepared to o RRIBF work with nnaluoss and dis Btch. Just received a fresh supply of Citron, Currant-* and Soodlesi Urisino, at 50 LYNCH'S.