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W-:?i|3^"Bc"the number oi HKv B^ve (ill beau well at-nmder good moral discoy WbSe Liius-1-^ devotional -- ^ cosr.ccteu wib^^ | .' books. r cation is paramotci, and wi r,ot throw a tittle' 9* obstruc r ..t the furtherance of nob} - work yet there are many objtftiiqn to *ht present school system. Hun : j il. j 1 I.JI I uitrtia t*iiu tuuuaauus Ui uiumrs u?yi been appropriated and squander?* by misappropriations. There are to* many schools in some townships They should be so arranged as not t< compel, children to go farther thai two or three miles. And while wi believe in competency we think thi Trustees are entirely wrong to pa; fir it grade rates to teachers of thirc grade school^, which undoubted}; cuts thencbools short, giving the bene St to., the teachers instead of thi pupils, for which the tax is intended The pay of teachers should be gov erned by the scholars taught by them If they have first grade scholars the; should receive first grade pay, thin 7-"^ scholars third grade ray, act be schools would be kept, run * oogefj antvgbe children wouk ? the feil-Sfe'nect of the gffcoo A _ -- ? ? a - OFF FOB CHABLBSTON. j? Cheap excursion fates to Charles "* toD over all the railroads daring the Anneal Floral Exhibition given by the Agricultural Society of South Carolina from the 17th to the 20th instant. Tickets for sale from the 17 th to the 19th, all good to return until the 23d inclusive. Over the Sooth Carolina Kail road the rates are 3 cents per mile for the round trip; Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad and Columbia & Greenville Railroad, 4 cents per mile for the round trip. It is a great sight to see such a large and beautifal collection of flowers, &a, at the Floral Exhibition. and besides, this is a splendid tirpe to visit the "City by the Sea," and enjoy the delightful sea breeze, early vegetables and excellent hotel e~.~n Tt is really a grand opportui * any of oar citizens to take ? p and have a week of pleas Via- .. .$32,242 05 * addition to tie above the i . . . . xcliooJ tax in ifotesburg amounts tc I $i.'-:,34. i . - asiness is brisk in the navy yards. I Several war ships are in course oi jj v: jtruction, and some of the old L v. ' els which have been badly shatr ': by the motion of the waves are Ir : airing. In two years from date; ;. : announced, we shall have a "new navy," at a cost equal to that of one iron-f'"'1 recently brru 'V * Italian govsrumtai jjtj 'v r ^jmSEgE&ed to build a $50,000 eS^hBIE^'Lo shofcat Guitean, ^^tessrs. S. S. Cox, Carlisle and ! Randall, candidates for the Speakerj styp, are makiDg arrangements to be joa hand with their forces early rh the j fall at Washington. Postmaster L. ?> ortb, of Brnns ! wick, Ga., was arrested last weel * i ,i charged with fcrncez-ZiemeDc 01 guv ' j eromeDt funds to tlu amonntof $12,' j GOO. His bondsmea will make ii -good. Peter Cooper, the great philanthro ' pist oi New York City, died at liii ^ residence last Monday, aged 92 years "' He was a friend for luborluj 3 j class of New Yor' d his kind deed ||will ever last. . ? ^?_^w:t..stauuiij n nppearaoce o H general prosperity ic business circle , the failures for tL*. first quarter o ; the present year show a formidabl i increase over those of 1882 and 1881 ? i both in regard to numbers and th * ; ainonnts involved. . ^ i Since the floods in Cincinnati an* g; the hotel fires in ether plaees, it ba ^ j been almost impossible to Soit hob " I gaesis. They want rooms above big water mark nod below the fire Iin< ft . and finally the hotel proprietors con promise by bitching a skiff to ever window, so, in cas^of fire or water, v guest conld paddle his own canoe. Q M the disenaaions of the Latbera j ministers of-the'East on Couferenci j at Easton, Pa., Wednesday, therejw L a unanimous-yxpreSston^io favor ( 3 the episcopate for the America 3 Church. A committee for eac 0 conference of the old Pennsylvani 0 Synod was appointed to bring th y matter before the conferences an j see that the qnestions were discnssec p The annnal meeting of the stock . holders of the South Carolina Rail a way Company was held in Charlestoi on Wednesday. The annnal repor . of the President and Board of Di rectors showed the improvement j which bad been made and *the ver ] satisfactory mooing operations of tb 11 year. ^ The ^ld Bosrd of dry goods imported into the Uniier States exceeded $106,000,000 ii valne?a total uot reached in air > corresponding period since 1872, tb< year preceding the panic. Added t< i' our home production, these enor moas imports indicate a part dresi 1 plays in the economy of nations now adays. Trade with our merchauts ii obviously brisk, and the outlay foi handsome raiment is a proof of pros :i... ?i... I., loro ?i l; pcill> ) OillMUC Jt'WUU KJl JLOftJ OUUUIL be kept in mind lest competition leac to over production and collapse. Tbe examination of the citizens o: Williamsburg County charged witt illegal votiug, &e,, was concluded bj Commissioner Gayer at Cbarlestoc Friday. Iu rendering his decisiot the Commissioner said: "In my view of the statnte a prima fane, case o fraudulent voting must be made oul in order \n have the accused bounc I over for trial. In my judgment un! less such < ease is made out I would bo dereleet to doty if I ran the govpf,men*, or the accused to the ex : pense of uhat, in my opinion, would h : Ub-o. -s prosccnliou. From the testimony l?eforo me no such case hft? be* n ro:. ' out, and I must dismist h' I '-iDgs." The prisoners wen thereupon discharged. Thus endi i another act of McLlaue's farce. 1 ' l.i UtmrcwsHj the ."vnte to the expense of calling an e:: session of the Legislator* mereh o make au appropriation tc defray the necessary expenses of oui persecuted citizens in the U. S. Conrl at Charleston. These cases have about l apsed, and there remain* but fe.v cases to be tried, and surel] LiO truly patriotic citizen would hesr ; trie to contribnte liberally toward* the expense in these cases. The I Greenville News speaks the true sen timents of all good Democrats wher it says "No honest Sonth Caroliniar :| can look at the political persecution* with indifference, however far he ma] | be from the scene, or however safe h< i himself may be from the trouble , We people of the up country ow< l them all the aid they need of us, ant i if the temper of oor people is not mis i ~ 7" ff" \\ ill lr . -rl ill g: ? ti;. Stat* ' Two hundred oo?yicts are at work on the Colucibift canal. . The Aiken SchuMzenfest will be celebrated on the 19th and 20th instant. The jurors in the United States Circuit Court at Charleston have been discharged until the lGth. A new hotel is to be erected at ] JLiken (bis Snmmer. It will be of i brick, two stories LigL and farnished 1 in firtfcgfass style. Tie summer meeting of the State :' Agricultural and Mechanical Society and the State Grange will be held at Marion on Wednesday, July 25tb. fc The %prt of Session for Horry Comity adjftfrned last week without " sending a single oonvict to the Pen8 itentiary and only a few to jail for ' short terms. l ^ . i loci. TlIefffTa good opening foi f j some enterprising man who uuder8 j Btands the business. '* William Wood, a young white 6 citizen of Pickens County, was ac'' cidentally killed by a falling tree 6 while at work with road hands on the public road near Easley Station on ^ Tuesday.. 3 Last Thursday Mr. J. B. Oliver and k J. B. Williamson both white had a difficulty on the plantation of Capt. 5' John H. Kinsler in Richland County. l~ Williamson was shot by Oliver in the J breast and face with a ghot gun from a which he soon died. Oliver snrren derea mmsen 10 mo aiuaoriues. ms n defence is self-defence. B? The Town Council of Aiken proa pose to convey ten acres of land to ^ the Carolina, Cnmberland Gap and D Chicago Railway Company for the k erection of tho machine shops, &c., ft of the road. It is estimated that the 6 location of these shops in Aiken would add an increase of at least 500 to the '* population of the town. General News Notes. Q President Arthur is in Florida en? * joying himself fishing and hnntiDg. On Wednesday last, in Washington City, a drnnken Frenchman shot and ^ killed his wife and then shot and 8 killed himself. a. North Carotin i wi'.i mal:e a full . display of her products rf the. IV, _C N. w-r -Libp; itxt/v. Hint*' (late at Boston in September nest. 3 J ji Senator Vest of Missouri says we ^ are sure to have a Democratic President next time if we havo a good candidate. He thinks Gen. "McDonald 3 of Indiana is the man. ) The. President has appointed Wal3 ter Q. Gresham, of Indiaua, Postmas. ter-General. He is now United s States Circuit Judge for the Seveuvh r Circuit of the State of Indiana. An order baa been promulgated by 1 the Post-office Department which prol vides for the forwarding by postmasters of all letters upon which one fall f rate has been paid and all postal , cards from office to office until the . party addressed has been reached. i Samuel Lee has finally succeeded i in obtaining a berth at $5 a day and r expenses under the general land off fice. He is appointed a special land t agent for the detection of fraudulent I entries of public lands and assigned . to the State of Alabama. Congress t gave $100,000 to be expended for this purpose, at the discretion of the de partment, and a number of agents I have been sent out. 3 Another hotel horror is reported at 3 Greenville, Texas, on the 7th instant, 3 in which thirteen persons were buried 3 io the ruins and a number of others 3 wounded, some of them serious. A j keg of powder in a store underneath Hlbe hotel, which was a two-story ? brick building, exploded from some } cause nnkiiown^_and?U?? >' entire end of the building, which : afterwards caught fire and was con-' t sumed. 3 j Judge Bond has instructed the J! Clerk of the U. S. Court to notify the ! Commissioners that they must not -; issue warrants of arrest upon affidavits ^ I <i # . i i i* ? * made upon information ana oenet i: merely without any inquiry as to the -, sonrces of the affiant's information or i the grouuils of his belief. No i warrant of seizure for any offense 3 against the laws of the United States 71 upon the mere belief or suspicion of 3 any persau should be issued. The l ; issuing of warrants of arrest and ? seizure is not a mere ministerial act 1 but a judicial function, and should - i not be done until the Commissioner's ' ' ; V : ; * fhci >>' ;U.il;le . "i 7' : '""* " ~ v-V. *$? . . ^ ^ > IHIRNG 1883.1 I ^0S^ ^ C8^Ve<^ ^ Spring Stock of * , jf Hats & Caps, f - 1 Boots & Shoes, ? 'V Hardware & Groceries. i Boriuii fitnn'ht my Entire Stock for Cash, I ant Enabled to Meet Any Competition. '1' :i imine before buying. Everything fresh and new. ? /W. P. ROOF, -drLgtorx, S. C. - It r'~"~ ' " Mar. 28-8o?. ^ i Des|ortes ^iSamunds, I Dr; Goods, SJwes and Hats, ! COLUMBIA, S. C. H? ALL THf NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON IN SPRIW3 GOODS. .?M . ! \\ ' We Have Som. Big Drives for Those Who Will Come First, Namely: Prints at 5c. Gent's Stiff Hats at 25e. 1 ' * j 1 Best Prints at j 6c.-' Boys' Wool Hats at 25c. Dress Ginghams at i 10c. Ladies' Shoes at 1,C0 Plantation Plaids at 8c. Ladies' Dress Kid Button Shoes at. 1.25 10,000 yds. $ Homewn at. .* 5c. 700 pairs Children's Shoes at 35c. Ladies'Corsets at A '. 25c. Infants'"Shoes at 25c. I J Ladies' Hose at,. . .1. .. 5c. Parasols at 10c. _ ? c_ Straw Hats at j 5c. | lients aau noseai; - *#;. 1 > New Goods by Every Steamer. DESPORTES & EDMUNDS. April 4?ly. MARY A. DIAL, EX., Continuing the Business of t JOHN C. DIAL, Direct Importer and Dealer in ENGLISH and AMERICAN IIARDWAEL, C ?l\am"bia,, 46. CL t:.::;.. tubL>. ' S.:^, . .;.tvr. Sheet Copt? Saws, Lime. Cuiiett. iverr"Window Gla.-s. Paint::, Ihu^hcs, Carriage. I>u#?v a?Wagon Material "f Lverv !\seripiion. Quality of 6aids and Prices Guaranteed. Order.-. Accosp.ini?*u the Money or Satisfactory Reference Will Keceive Careful Attention. Feb. 14?3m. i ^ * - i J THE LEXINGTON STORE. i Piatt, Hook & Skull, 2CB Main Street, Near Post-office, COLUMBIA, S. C. | WE CONTFNI i: T- ??! tf, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, TIN AND WOODEN-WARE ! AT AS LOW.ASH PRICES AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE SOLD. A CALL WILL CONVINCE YOU OF THIS FACT. B~We hn\ ih-iorofortahle Wagon Yard in the City, especially for car Lexington Fri-s^K , Sept. 27?ly. HNHBMll I And will cos. .i<. - ! In the entire eeitem in thrae month*. Aarperma who will tiki OlfB PTIX I EACH N10 KLVE WEEKS.m*Tbere?U>redto?ooncUie?lth,if lueh a thiac ii po?iMaI For cnnn, f - . -'.t: - fills h*ve no e>iu?l. PhyeieUne me them in their practice. Sold tTerywhera ^ir^en^j^. . I .. ,t*r?n. Send for pamphlet. L 8. JOHNSON & CO., Boaton. Haaa. Dec. 20, ly?Sni & chg. CCZ 30TT0W. PIAWTER Tool: 1 N emiiim at tlie State Fair at Ralei^Js. .N. <J"., and Eastern IV. C. Fair, Rock v 31* nhii . Eastern TV. C. Fair, (Tlni bi )TT' , 1. STANLY & KENNEDY, Proprietors, April 11 -hv ft. Kington, X, C. .ft*? Steel Plows. yffipjM' T HAVE A FULL LINE OF POLISHED - _|_ Tempered Plow Shapes of all kinds, wade from the best quality of plow steel, SOhii IF^hIimy while their durability and the ease with ,kjvUn> 5 k. -.'.ill A, which they turn up the earth in plowing gives them a superiority over all other ::rr in plow shapes offered iu this market. I have reduced my prices so low as to make it to Wines, liquors- Bier. Soda Water, the interest of every farmer to buy from me. I also sell, and am sole agent for the Smokii.g ft-d Chfwiiit* Tobacco. celebrated Dixie I3oy Plow, Cob. M v o cci'i.i n Stkekts, which is the best aud most durable cast T" filmic- '< C plow offered iu this market, as well as the ] ; cheapest. It has taken the place of the Avery aiul the Watt plows, aud only re- quires h trial to convince the most incrcdn- j Having j> new place of |OIJS< i business, n ' : s. last patronage t a and solicit a .ntinc.: of the same, j 'JOllll Affll?W? which I his, to rnerii with aood liouorsi , n ^ lcv er.1 i ' W 'UHbH(f \ b. i Ti- > -ly. j ? -*< W'i ?iim* j . ."? * . DAVID SET GOODS AHD 0i: We keep a fall line of Sonthern made Homespuns, Cottosades Call and examine "White's favorite'^ shirt that s"tl. _ SAVE MOTH??' SA direct to merchants and farmers n$"Vovy T /O'W ton CHARLES 7: .= I SAVANNAH. GA. Jan 17 3ia 1 T. A. MoCltEKKy & CO. WHOLESAEE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Boots] Shoes, Hats and Cape, Beady Made Clothing, Sat., Col^ajpa/teia,, s. C.-- | ^ > ? < .- * WE beg to inform our Lexington friends and customers that ?v hate sow is So? one of the Largest Stocks of Goods in the above iine that has ever been dova fiAiHmWn TKa lowTd inftrfiftsp of nnr htiKmess has rendered it neceoart to tan onr EMTIRE ESTABLIsfelENT (from cellar to roof; into SALES BOOMS,"and Ti han filled them all with goods of the most desirable and suitable styles for our extensive teada. '; * '' ? OUB lower floors are devoted to the RETAIL TRADE exclusively, and in this <pr customers will And everything they want, from HOMESPUNS to SZUS^JMaRf? Underwear, Shirts, Drawers, Shawls, Clonks, Flannels, Blankets, Toweling*, SteettiK Shirtings, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassimcrs, Cloths, Fancy and Staple Goods in end!ass variety, indent they cannot be enumerated in an advertisement, and most be seen to be appreciated. OUB stock of BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, and Beady Made CLOTHING n peahen* A* Most EXTENSIVE and CHE//EST {hat can be found in the SOUtE in are DETEBMINED to give our cus(oui?*x GOOD BARGAINS, and it WILL PAT time who have not hitherto dealt with 'us to EXAMINE OUB STOCK 1?fct? to;** OUB Upper Floors are exclusively devoted to the WHOLESALE TRADE. end we earnestly solicit MERCHANTS of LEXINGTON County to carefully eat ^ Stock before trying other markets. fThov will find it more VARIED and the G0OD6 BETTER SUITED to their wants than nan find in any one house anywhere, '*?& ! at FEICES at which they cannot hay item CHEAPER South cf New Tork 5ty ! TTTE can SAVE you MONEY jby baying of us, and WE MEAN TO DO IT.-' Ar j VV examination of onr sU'ck ind prices is :.l! that is necessary to CONVINCE you. ! m * -wwr ~ [s the LARGEST. M^st Complete, and CHEAPEST ever offered in Columbia, aarf wtN hi sold strictly ior CASH, at prices def> ins all competition. M Lexinjfton Purchasei's with ready money to buy, tbig is your place te invest It. DRY GOODS. DKLSS GOODS. FANCY GOODS. HOSIERY A NO GLOVES. OASSYMEBE* ANL JEANS. CALICOES AND CAJLURICS, DOMESTIC COODii. ? EDGINGS AND LACES. RIBBONS AND TIES. <?o.. &e.. Ac. BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ac. . ' SPECIAL BARGAINS THIS WEEK. mo Pieces good Spring Calicoes, new styles J300 i> -!; . r:.:,v Goods 18U. l? * sad 6e per yard. ( 85c ; -r yiird. 63? Pieces best Prints beatiful patterns ?e. 1136b.:!1 4. *A. 16c per yard. 180 Pieces new syle Dress Goods Q4, | 260P:. .ts ? :y Lawn M. I8fccyard. TXe per yard, I 380 Do? ' * '< * and flocks 6c pair. 130 Pieces English Cashmere all cols. 15c yd. 130,000 ;in.- ^:k Ri! >on fU Inch wide <Uc 150 Pieces good Alpaca all colors ltXc yard, j Hams in- i . si.;,:. nil colors30c yard. Fine Bed Spreads full size 5o and 05c each. 7 850,000 yards Beautiful Embrolderlcst at 1.8,3.4. *n.' i per yard Thousands of Articles on the BARGAIN CODNTJ > ' .T1J'ML1 i CHEAP. Country Merchiants ai?, * -keepers who wish to MAKE MONEY should examine this s: > i-1 fere pui-lifting. a^-DO NOT MISTAKE THE PLACE-UNDE;" GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL,-?* McCREERY & BSOffiER, WHOLES ALB AND RETAII IfEIwHANTS, . Jan. 1 ly COLUMBIA , S. TO THOSE TOT#1' "'imT WE PJtESEN" ' TIT J" ' l.i*. ^ i. *.^* ENGINES, GINS, HAY und '<'MOA _ir.r.^K-. oHKT XHLLs. . > WALKING CCLTIVAT <>!- J?-U It A K ?>;d -ill sod* of SBWWy. 'Fwmers, tamb?nn'enaii(l M . : to enm*s>,on<l mtl n* b*ton jftclusing machinery. A* i w.- lor Ultra out* or ? traw or. jetton, m Forty Dollars each. southekm \< r.inein r>r.porijr ii. A. BBiDGEs, Sui-eXiuti Ui-V i I r~ -n 1 ?