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rJwj[ 9IK^93e^bhS * Wf}\xsz)k'1 BH9EBhBS y-j HHHi i1 Hmarman, >J| Q8HBt?A'.vs of subscription. H^RfljMR^Vcopy one year $1.50 BHV six mouths 75 << three months 50 BSHBSl^TiTTrn Tmnmrar h| %\)t Oi$patcl). w. * w *..,*. VOL, XIV. * LEXINGTON, S. C., WltQJ^iUY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883. NO- L Mwrmiiir iiroiiii, fi THE Wm PHILANTHROPIST OF BfCxOTHfNG,! jmin > ( *| S^ds Greetic^^ the Citi- i ; zen. of Lexirtpftn and its 11 IWJ ?j:? +j?,f V?n * oumujiuillg vuiuiucp (^?V J^ii, B D II MAMMOTH STOCK ] o *' 8' i CLOTHING- ! M l To ever}' oie wlio is hi want, fc ElBi^fa Xice Silt at Lower Prices \ any hcJ^ can offer in a I^B^HHa^k^^g^T^^petition. fll examine iTT^inj^ Ip 7 B ^wks, Valises s & \ ^ts' Furnishing G?ods, * SB, /. \/ TVARL, ^ M V/ i collars, Ac., V / th > vj,yf co Voii^a-iil^l'e coiiviy ^ tb HnflfjwiaTfTTre is more truth tyanl t pr HHHHBtibn in my tietermjn^Aon Sc ^HBSSt to act selfish in selling en BHPjj^Mei^^gVyinv line as above ^ ^^rated at Benth^aj prices to the purchasers. \ Besides I have ih^H|ace(l coi a New Feature in inyN^si- ma ness this season: I will giw . away to evety Gents' Suit <fF ^ Clothes a Fxst-class Mantle oil Clock, warranted as a Perfect 8P< Time Piece, vhich in itself is les a blessing U every family Bemember * do not obligatr^jf > - %uu iu w a* uuui vuu camaraw i sav | yoiu' PjM ^ecause-^6u have bis 11 0 *l?h to enrich ^'n W^^j^seller, buWyon positively ? get your clock on the spot with the suit of clothes you bes buy at a certain price. for For particulars call on the caE Proprietor, who will send vou ?" . 18 < off happy with an everlasting gta | . rememberance of the present ch, you received. iai I have also addopted the tb< following novelty in my Boys' ?" Clothing Department: A ch choice Bat and Ball will be Nc presented to every School do Boy's Suit. I dqjso in order y0 to encourage Me Xational jjj . game of Base Ball which is 8tl now so popular all over the ga , country. have in stock no *>i: ^ Tl&ssa tlian 6(H) Bovs' Suits |W! f ^whicli-must be sold, and will ^ be sold at one-fourth less o1 * ' price than you can buy them 81< anywhere. cc ) h: To the Ladies la . 4 I can offer the Largest Ya- a riety of Cloaks at Lower oi Prices than Manufacturer's ^ * Production. w DC rS^All I ask is an inspec- | v tion of iny Stock and Prices b and you will be convinced of a the Great Bargains I offer. 8 Pesnectfullv, J 1 PHILIP EPSTIN, 1 v I I 148 Main Street, t * COLUMBIA, S. C. ' 13?if 1 i&P-' V Pea-Pictures fcy the Way. Loitering in PhiladelpMa-The Beautifol Schnylkill-The Zoological Garden-Fairmount Park, Etc. Just two hundred years ago the jreat and good William Penn landed nr the-deeee-woods on the Schuylkill^ River and laid the plans for a great iity. The street* were marked ont brough the forest, running at right ugles to each other, and gradually here sprang up out of the density of he wild woods, the city of brotherly ore. It has always enjoyed a pros>erotx8 growth, and is to-day second n wealth and popnlation to any in he United States. The stranger, as be loiters in Phildelphia, will find many things to nterest him, in things both old and ew. I have getae with the reader of be Dispatch, in a former letter, hroogh the interesting chambers of Id Independence Hall, and if he is rilling will now turn our*atteotion to ight seeing in Gev western part of secity. Going dawn Gerard Aveae we pass the coltbge by4hat name, at will return to it afterwards. Be>re as lies the beaatifal Schuylkill? >r its scenery and varied landscape iews, one of the prettiest rivers in merica. It waters many a fertile illev, passes many a homestead, and dws by many a bappy and prosper38 village. And here it comes by je great city with its stream of fresh whcflesome water to slake the hmt of the tboasaods of citizens, to ear V> the sea on its bosom the ships hat baltfe ttre g^leT and to make a ookand pleasant retreat for the 1 reaiy in, splendid parks which : trelch qiit along its coorse. We cpss on the strong bridge that 1 pros Pe stream at the foot of the 1 L$nof> and stand at the gate of the ' /pltgical Garden. We pay the J qjaV snni of 25 cents and. are ad- 1 jyted into a world of wonders?ad- 1 jtted into a single garden where 1 16 can see more living specitSsns of * e animal race in one day tham he' nld find in years of travel. Within pf tfogfff Wftllft ..pnrlnsinff ft ) . etty hillside on /the banks of the huylkill, animals are to be found, ibractog the 'from the 14 8hcW-^9^??3aDd tropic x we Of^eotral Africa. Yije fTei building we : ;s marked "j^*fiouse," and j .1 a varw**s specimens of aui- j 3tauk. ,, . ? _ r ils bl,0D8ia? 10 100 ,Ion iamuythe are *wo Bevage lookr k -^eir Bkic cnt and recent fights with each Near by lies a pretty loepard, all over, and seemiogly harrab ' See bow kindly he looks at jtb^ongh those half closed eyes, Vhe would like to be yonr friend, ah! he is a loepard, belongs to a age family, and yon cannot change manners, neither can yon trust 1. Farther on, at foil length on floor of his cell, lies a Bengal jr, fast asleep, and with a simple -tition between, stands the king of 18ts, the lion, yawning and whining liberty and revenge. Bat we t< mot paase at every cage. Jast to ) left as we leave the Lion * Hoase ;he monkey region, where we can nd and langh for honrs, if we x>se to be amased by that Darwint brother nnder a hairy skin. To j i rightis'the snake house with its isty reptiles crawling and hissing all directions, making the cold ills gallop ap and down yonr back. >t far from this is a model prairie g camp, bat wbea you approach a see oaly holes in the ground, for e little dirt diggers have all scamred below. We cross a small ream, but are forced to stop and ze at the long-legged crane-like rds stepping majestically about the ^ iter. Beyond the little stream we tKo lonrl of dpor. of' bashv I bCl bUW 4tawv* wo www. , ^ irns, the laud of sheep and goats, I waudering about their pens, or eepiog in the shade of their strawivered sheds. On the ridge near I j are the bird houses. All are well- t [led with rare specimens, aod ad- | ining this department is a large < ike with a beautiful island in the mtre, all devoted to the convenience i f the duck and goose tribes. Here, >o, are large lakes of water in which sals and kindred amphibious animlls are kept. Animals from eleated Asiatic couutries occapy the adding near these lakes, notably moDg them the yak, which has been een browsiDg in Asia more than 19,00 feet above the level of the sea. ?he elephant and giraff building adorns the one just mentioned, and beween the two is a plot of ground in ?hich are kept several large and >eautifnl ostriches. The camel lot, he buffalo lot, and the wild ox lot ill come in oruer auu nr? >ion ??v,, i few minnte8 inspection, at least. j Bat we cannot tarry longer in this j wonderful garden, full of the many I pretty animals of creation. If we are tired we can enter the large refreshment bonse that stands in the midst of the garden, and, like Adam of old, partake of socb forbidden thing as a glass of cool beer, or sit on the porch and smoke oar cigars together. Leaving the gate of the "Zoo" Garden we cross the wide Avenue and enter the welcome shade of Fairmount Park. This beautiful retreat, rural in aspect, y?fL lying iso near a great, busy city, is bf priceless benefit to the people of Philadelphia, and especially to the poor. There are thousands, who are not able to leave the city in the heated season, who have the time but not the means, and were it not for a pleasant spot like Fairmonnt their lot in snmmer wonld be a drearj one indeed. But with tins shady nook so near, they can steal away from the noise and dost of the cit/, from fts angry and maddening rash of basiness activity, and find in so qaiet a retreat the solitade and seclusion they so much desire. Here the grass grows green ou? every bank; here are glimpses of summer landscape, with river and bills to make them still more lovely; here the voice of the wind in the tree L ' . 1 tops speak of a groat and good spirit; and here the birds sing just as sweetly as they do in the distant country < places. Ah! sweet m/stkitbe to the weary denizen of the close -office or sale-room to find repose beneath those spreading oaks, to feel .the tonch of Nature's breath in the cool breeze, to lie npon the grassy sod and watch the phantom-like clouds playing in the summer sky. But see, the suDh'gbt has left the river's bosom, the great heart of thej s city throbs more calmly, and twi-j ' light is creeping along the val]e/> We have been beguiled in tbii?W*' lit retreat?we have forgot^# bow ^ swiftly the golden honrs a ng?so let us rise and go if Let ns leave the secljfcn / ^ shady retreat, and u^F Slight learn something M^**nrry'*ng light life of this gr rom our hotel porch/^Eyi!i The 1 4k ^ -W I1UI X' TEX#'" JSS; wit N^ABA.v dia f FLORIDA} we .GEORGIA.? wi) OREGON.^ "INDIAiraS esj MISSOURI. ^ i Nf ARKANSAS. . B* LOUISIANA. " ^7 R DELAWARE. Sfc KENTUCKY. \ bj MISSISSIPPI. B! MARYLAND. di TENNESSEE. CALIFORNIA. ..NEW YORK. ,I( NEW JERSEY. WEST VIRGINIA. SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH CARofcTNA. ' in Twenty-three States, with 250 elec- w )ral votes. Necessary to a choice, 201. y. The Republican Column. b ? p NEW HAMPSHIRE. MASSACHUSETTS. CONNECTICUT. / PENNSYLVANIA. RHODE ISLAND. MINNESOTA. WISCONSIN. u COLORADO. t( NEBRASKA. if VERMONT. b MICHIGAN. b ILLINOIS. r KANSAS. t; MAINE. a .IOWA. q fifteen States with 151 electoral votes, n ~ 1 Woman. t y Hope for suffering woman. Some- ? thing new under the snn. By rea- c son of her peculiar relations, and her 1 peculiar ailments, woman has been * compelled to suffer, not only her own c ills, but those arising from the want * of knowledge, or consideration on the 1 part of those with whom she stands 1 connected in the social organization. 3 The frequent and distressing irregu- ' ' tn hur ?bi have thus * mruies pc^mim w been aggravated to a degree which * no language can express. In the f mansions of. the rich and the hovel of the poor alike, woman has been the victim of ills unknowi to man, and ! which uone but she-could ondnre? i aud without a remaly. But now the I hour of her redenption has como. < She need not suffer longer, when she i can find relief in. Dr. J. Bradfield's Female Regulator, "Woman's Best Friend." Prepared by Dr. J. Bradfield, Atlanta, era. Price, trial size, 75c.; large site, $1.50. For sale by | all druggist;. 1 / Dots from Piatt Springs. \lj [Wiitten for the Lexington Dispatch.] ' Well, here we have it again! Th grand assembly of school trustees foi the County of Lexington have unanimously, yeB, s&, decided to red nee the wages of the public school teachers. For what pnrpoflfe? They answer tjie question by telliDg us that it & to give the people longer terms of school. A friend suggests that the terms may be longer, but that, doubttess.'-^hej teaching will be shorter. It was not! certainly with an eye to progress, norl in insnro creator f?rv>r? for fho ophnolo 1 ? ~ 1 As well might you expect to increase light in a room by partially extinguishing the lamps; to increase the warmth by withdrawing the elements of heat However weJi-nreftfit the action of that worthy board?a^nd I disclaim all intent to impugn their motives?they -have, at their 'hVl meeting, injured rather than fostered the cause of out free schools. But I reserve facts?srf^e auinnition for the future?for I prtpose right here to j toss my ganotlef into the arena in ; behalf of the pool teachers of Lexing- J , ton County uponfe1^ proposition, j t viz.: The reduction VW ^Bers* wages ( s at the late tro??L. 4-seeting j wrong, and will .asiUA; -against the a educational interests^ the county. ? If any friend of th^Hltaide sees dj good in the nnse^l Lim ink I premise and fan, All_ TV? . % uwm oi wie Jjxspaicn are /^c^fpeUiDg bee at Tjd!^MM| U*d.my oc the 26th ,?, pmted set of matches. The cltjfj . jSfo?"J,nn"P8"^'wot Swin- It J?bD Broot<* J 11 Sa"Hl "Uogaejadgee. I aster George Smith wet, the prL J handsome booh. The class over* met JearirOODteSted 41,8 for P toettme.M'asSalJie Johnson win>?Book /?d?' ??W 0f a^'s Boot of Poetry. Then came J . " ""'tog 000 teat of all-, , I t orT.^"" whether po- ? flu , ii- , _ i to the Dvtpalch. At night the oni to school-room was well-filled to in Ddss the recitation of declamations, aD( logues, &c. The pieces recited y^j re fall of pathos and fan, which, ^ ,h the sweet tones of the organ, we 0Q jsed the hours by very pleasantly. caS ie prizes for best declamation and Ye jay were won by Master Allen^^J ?ese and Miss Ella Johnson?each aj( ine copy of elocution. Messrs. L. <3e Smith, Fred. Huffman and L. K. th urkie were jadges: We expect to te ,ve another bee and exhibition, also fa Christmas. Tree, daring the holi- tU A petition is being circulated ask- J ig our Legislators to grant the priwl* ^ age of "fencing off" about five to^jfa. ^ lips ill the corner of Lexmgjfcn? 8( idnding Ball Swamp, Sandy Ron 0 ad'Blatt Springs. Many /re sign- ? ig it with tbe belief tkkt it will do ai lacb toward relievingn&is section of bat they regard as bnrdens of g le stock law. If theJjlan is feasi- ^ le it will sorelv. ranted, bring C( Bace to many trouHea souls. * FE8TUS. 8) Pise Plains Academy, Not. 2, *83. ^ fi A Silver Eule. b You all know the golden rule: "Do J nto others as you would wish them-. J ) do unto yon." Here is a rule which ^ i almost a part of the golden rule, at which we will pat by itself, and ft ecause of its valte call it the silver |( ule: "Think and *ay all you can of # be good qualities ol others; forget {1 nd keep silent concertingtheft bad d ualities." You cannot Conceive how e < auch suoh a course wflv heighten (r, our own happiness and rai?| you in yw he esteem of your companion# Sid' ^ ou ever think any more of;a boy or p ;irl because he or she found fault with at there? Never call your schoolmates iD igly or cross namef to their faces or th >ehind their backs If they are ugly ra >r stiDgy, it doesnot make them any p, >etter for you to talk or think about ij( t, while it teaks yon love to dwell ipon the fa;J?8 of others, and causes 8a ronr own to grow smaller and th >ecome l*e the 'onl bird that prefers re) jarrion br food. Rather tell all the ^ jood jou can, am. try to think of j0, jomeg00^ quality ov.OQr ma^g ~ rni The Superior Polisl,g goa1,_ an Phis soap is harmless. 1 contains to ao acid or grit, and is prone ((;ed by ^ those who have used it to be \ begfc thj cleaner and polisher in existenc Ifc ^ F^d an co 'and ^ jfat i J I of the Monumental Asso- i lation Committe in the r Pork. CTAIUA, NEAR LEESVILLE, S. C. [ ^ Nov. 2ud, 1883. ["Editor:?As the praceediogB of !^e&st meeting of the "Ladies Mon- ! ?Jaital Association of Lexington >Qrfty," held Oct 1st, have not been i to the public through your jAfy paper, I beg leave to state jS?at said peeling three ladies, pt/^ting-of Misses Virginia QaattleL), Alice Meetze and Maurice lusipr, were a(J|5ointed to canvass lgonuty and solicit aid for oar Vimental cause. I, a a a member ?mt committee, in company with TMAlice Meetze, "crossed over the on the 13th ult., and com- j |^Hd the work assigned ns by the ^ fton, in that section of our Bry cBvn as the Lexington ior. it ia of that section, or, more parbalarly, of its people that I would writs M; companion and co-worker, Miss AfcgMeetze, being prevented by in^spo'jbon from remaining with me first few days, I was left) "moft as "a stranger in a strange | wid''_Lfor I must confess that, being | JyseVf a resident of the extreme '6frtd>rn portion of the county near flBttfa|^^Edgefie]d and Aiken, I I Kt ntve personally of those Mn iople of >tbe Fork, so proHl^Wor theit/free hospitality and ^^^nracQf; but noble indeed did and welcome, yea, more did they make me feel ^^^Hunties of their family boards, ^Be comforts of their home j H^st of all, they did not torn oar call in behalf of oar many of whom sleep ^^^^Bsoldiers' graves, or whose Id far from their ed ones that were k life itself, he Fork cherish iotism, and know i chivalrie deeds, gotten the fallen ; though the tear and Ilinw ii? y that now joins ortb, South, East ire gcciT the leas *us to Bhow honor hose who pourdd >d so freely in a >e jnst and trne. he Fork have reslly to our call for or of onr cherished bearing on its face ;red to be forgotand to which the memory of noble ! not die. Let all and as\ cheerfully iur labor of lore ?mated; the Lex- | Monument" will j f Lexington, with ill rejoice over a ifed, a holy duty j ecompiisnea; x In conclusion 1 would thus publicly ive expressions of heart-felt thanks | > the Several escorts who so kindly | onveyed me from place to place on ly mission, and to those, as well, who afl^OJially received me in their | Kpible homes to enjoy all needBl rt, comfort, and social pleasure j B Yours most respectfully, ; ; JESNIE QUATTLEBAUM. I SKrin Mourning for Mahoue. 11 hAnaros, November 7.?The ! ' jrB| feeling here in political circles j < h^Bthe Republicans gained a i it^fcvantage in the elections yes- j ajH/ They feej. compensated for : di^Kat sustained in Ohio in Octo- i 1 all believe that both parties are j j aB^ed in an equal position for ^ ieJ^aidential racfi next year. The i resilmt is, of course, disappoiutod i * , th*jesult of the election iu Virginia, j c wfcih he took much interest. In I ^ ie departments the clerks are gene- ? ,]lyj>Ieased with the result, and ex- ^ esfllhe utmost confidence in Repub- ^ janiuccess in 1884. Secretary Tel- P S+. 4a A_ 3 A l i I i i c r san 10-uay mat ue was agreeaoiy j D' rpdsed at the result. He considered i 01 at ilahone would be unable to i 81 tri^e what he had lost next year, Si d believed that Bntlor would no ig* be a potential factor in Massa- i ^ aietts politics. Frank Hatton was j ^ ufrcbagrined at Mahone's defeat, ! dBttributed it in a great measure n< limocratic intimidation. Tlepnba) politicians here generally assert ; a the North must be depended a to elect a Republican President., cthat the South must not bo Bn uted iu any Republican estimate r.884. an -?- ?-?-?? ro on't linger where "your love lies fcting." Wake her up and tell on ' tc get the breakfast. pr Miscellaneous Mows. More than one hundred pupils are dow attending Mount Zion College at Winnsboro*. , A civil rights indignation meeting of colored people wa3 held in Memphis on Saturday night. The residence of Robt. A Dickson, twelve miles north of Greenville, was burned Friday afternoon. Shriner's Indian Vermifage will destroy and expel worms. It is reliable. It is cheap. Only 25 cents a bottle. There are more than 300 hands at work on the ungraded portion of the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartan-; burg Railroad. Reece Butler, of Palo, Alto County, Texas, who is only 30 years of age, is the grandfather of a 15 pound boy, his daughter's child. The sugar cane crop is a dead feature, which seems to be the 'case all over the country, and therefore syrup will be higher than last year. If you own a horse you should not be without Kendall's Treatise on the the Horse. Price, only 25 cents, at this office. 27?t? To steal tin umbrella is at least a crime. But if a map steals a bottle of Dr. Rail's Cough Syrup to care his cough, can it be called a crfme ? 'I It is estimated by the Commissioner of Pensions that $40,000,000 will be required for the payment of pensions during the next fiscal year. A farmer of New York put $11,000 in paper money in the stove to hide it from burglars. His wife, not know ing it, lighted the fire and burned it up. Slaves indeed are the American people. They are not free to boy where they buy cheapest and sell i where they, can7 sell dearest. The ! tariff keeps them in chains. Miss Lena Reobenam sat up in hei 1 coffin during the funeral services over ' her body at Black River Falls, Wis., the other day. She had been in ? trance, but appeared as if dead, j; The idoa of the Abbeville Press am wiw .j?a vim.'w" MIrriiweaw , declare for froe Irado, on the grounc | that it is more important to hav< ! good principles than to elect a Presi 1 dent Id politics as in love, nothing venture nothing have. The Newberry News says: Owing to some action reoently taken bj council, onr police force tendered its resignation, which was accepted; and, betog withoat a police, the city ; fathers themselves have become the guardians of the night. At a civil rights meeting of colored people in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, the carman said be believed that the Southern people, without regard to party lines, would prove the last refuge of the colored people, and woald help them to reach a higher and nobler manhood. A certain ex-Confederate soldier of Lonreus County, S. C., 62 years old, who was three times seriously woonded in battle, and whose property at the beginning of the war was valued at $50,000, followed the plow all last summer for his daily bread, and otherwise worked hard for a living. The Athens, Ga., Banner says: j "The Judges of the Superior Court of! Georgia have about broken up carrying concealed weapons. A few well directed large fines will break up nearly anything. It is a rare thing now that you can hear of any one being fined for carrying a pistol unless it is with the colored population who have been taught that a pistol is is essential as health, wealth or happilesa." Mahone ix a Sad Plight.?It is iow believed that the popular maority against Mahone will reach 30,100, and that the Democrats will have t majority of 28 on joint ballot in the legislature. This Legislature will loubtless reapportion the State for loDgressional districts, and the new lenators will vote in the election of Jnited States Senator in 1885. Maone's defeat shows that while the eople of Virginia may be divided on ame great State issne which they J DDsider demands consideration, they re solid for the Democratic party on II national questions. Mabone's j .rgest losses are in the white couues which heretofore stood by him. ow that be is defeated his office- j Dlders will desert him, and he can ^ ?ver carry this State in another con8t' ' ' 1 o - ? - c Don't put on airs in your new othes. Remember the tailor is ^ tiering. y Don't mourn over financial griev- p ices. Bide your time and real sor- 1 j \v will come. J Don't ask your pastor to pay with- n ,t notes. How else can he pay his t< ovision bills? a Disgusted With the Negro. To the Editor of the News and Courier:?A few days ago I sent you an article, which you were pleased to caption, ''Disgusted with the .Negro." Right My attention has just been called to a squib in a subsequent issue of the News and% Courier signed by two men, strangers to me, but who are, I presume, colored men, appealing to me to show my manliness and give them my name. What do they want with my namer Do they dispute the facts recited in my former article? ,:Can[ tbey dis'provo their truthfulness? If the; can, let them do so. If they cannot, and have h^d advantages their fellows have,not, let them combine together, call in help and search out a Nehemjah to pilot'fcheir people bach to the land of their fathers. To encourage them, let 'them ponder the following nndonbUd statis tical facts. It my do theui good: In 1860~Pickens County comprised what is now Pickens and Oconee, ant contained 15,335 white people ant 4,304 negroes, and grew 939 bales o cotton. In 1880 the same territor; (now Pickens and Oconee,) containet 22,628 white people and 8,017 ne groes, and grew 9,574 bales of cotton Who made this wonderful increase? In 1860 Greenville contained 44, 631 white people and 7,261 negroei and grew 2,682 bales of cotton. I 1880 tfie same county contained 22, 983 white people and 14,511 negroei and grew 17,064 bales of cotton. In 1860 Spartanburg containe 18 537 white people and 8,382 negroei and grew 7,279 bales of cotton. I 1880 the same county contained 26 372 white people and 14,035 negroei and grew 24,188 bales of cotton. In 1860 Beanfort Coanty, whic comprised the present Beanfort an ' the larger portion of Hamptoa, cm tained 6,714 white pedple and 33 J negroes, and prodoced^JflflH^B pounds of rice. In and all of Hampton white people and produced 11,917 la bales of bales. Go to, the them thei^HH^B^^^^H i they carry and what a cl^^HH^H|j In 1860 QeorgetowniW^^H 3,013 whites and 18,292 negroes]iB produced 55,805,385 pounds of rid besides 106 bales.of cotton. In 188 Georgetown contained 3,466 white and 16,146 negroes, and produce^ 10,627,889 pounds of rice and 16 bales of cotton.In I860 Colleton contained 9,26j whites and 32,661 negroes, and gre* 22,838,984 pounds of rice, 30,811 i pounds of tobacco and 9,731 bales o cotton. In'1880 Colleton contained 12,184 whites and 24,181 negroes and produced 11,136,056 pounds o rice, 4,869 bales of cotton and no tobacco at alL In 1860 white men controlled affairs in all these coast counties. In 1880 the negro ruled the roogt. Is further comment necessary? A Farmer. The Stock Law in Lexington. A meeting of citizens of Lexington County opposed to the stock law was held at Boiling Springs Church on the 3d instant. The following persons participated in the deliberations: M. A.Gunter,Chairman; L.J.Shealy, Secretary, and Evans Hall, J. E. Bankin, Davis Hollman, Henry B. Smith, M. Bisk, W. J. Gantt, B. Kyzer, Jacob Shumpert, William Wells, John Shumpert, A. L. Smith, S. E. Bicard, A. J. Bicard, T. C. Smith, N. S. Crout, Wesley Crout, J. L. Shealy, Z. Steele, A. D. Taylor, William Crout and J. Taylor. James Bodio and L. J. Shealy were cko3en as messengers to bear the anti-stock law petitions of the various townships to the Legislature at its forthcoming session. A resolution was adopted assessing each township two dollars to defray the sxpeoses of the above named messengers, to whom all petitions are to be ror ward Ad.?flnl umhin Pen isttpr To Repair Damages.?Dear lady, .here is probably no use telling yon hat fashionable life in a great city is i rough one on your beauty. Late lours, loss of sleep and mental exiitemeut will leave you by and by horn of those beautiful tresses which Irew lovers uround you in other ears. Artificial substitutes can never iass for those rich and glossy locks, ^rker's Hair Balsam will stop your air from fulliug out, restore its atural color and softness, and prove 3 be cleansiDg and beneficial to the jalp. 2 I \ ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 75c per square of ODe inch space lor * first insertion, and 50c per square for each \ subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Notices in local column 10c. per line each insertion Marriage notices inserted free. Obituaries over ten lines charged for at regular advertising rates. Address, G. M. HABMAN, Editor and Proprietor. The Sad Boy's Picnic. *1 ? HE MISCHIEVOUSLY PBOFITS BY THE PRE" CEPTS OF HIS PiSTOR. ? 'Say, yoa think of about everything mean there is going, don't yon ?" said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came in to show that his black eye had been cored. "The minister ex- ^ claimed to me yesterday how yoa * caused him and your father to lay and soak in the water for about three hours, one hot day last Summer, ia the lake, and they both blistered their backs. The minister says the^ skin has not stopped peeling off his shoulders yet. What caused yop 'to play such a mean trick on them ?* "Oh, it was their own fault," said the boy as he looked with disdain on a watermelon that was out of season, and bad no charms in October. "Yoa ma the niffht the sociable was at oar ?> a honse, the minister and some of the deacons were tip in my room, which , they used that night for a smoking . room, and while they were smoking , they were telling stories abonfc what ^ fan they had when they were boys, and I remember one story the minis' ter told abont finding some girls in awimming once, and stealing their clothes, and making them wait till night, and then a girl had t^fix herself np with newspapers aid go _ home and send a wagon after the rest * jflB ^ of the girls. The minister tbooght it was awfal canning, so when ihfbahprch had the picnic last Somtder^ oh the^J^H the lake E e afte^| ^| o s ':~(n|^BB[^HnM| read away.' coald hear all the^^^^whfliHH|^^H 5 pretended to read a novel They swaio^HBfl ? around and made a noise, bat I wasfl^^J ) deaf and I thought it wasn't any f worse for me to sit on the stump than ^BH I it was for the minister, when be was a good little boy, to steal the clothes f of the girls. I stayed until I got tired, ^ . and didn't hear them when they hoilered to me to go away, and after a I while they got water soaked and had i to do something, so the minister broke i off a piece of a tree and dressed himself in it, and came np to me and said, 'Madam, excuse me for troubling you bat if yon will go away while I get my clothes I will take it as a faror.' I pretended to be insulted, and got np and walked off very indignant, and went back to the picnic and returned the clothes, and pretty soon , they came np, looking as red as if they had been drinking, and the picnic was ready to go home. Somebody told pa it was me, bnt I don't know who it was that gave it away. Anyway, he chased me clear out ol the woods with a piece of saplin. That was the first time I told you I was too tired to ride, and walked home from the picnic. Pa has forgiven me, ^ bat I don't believe the minister ever will. Don't yoa think some of these pioas folks are awfnl unforgiving?" "Oh, people are not all as good as yon and I are," said the grocery man I as ho watched the boy making a sneak on a bunch of grapes. ----- ? A Pabtially Dead Man.?The Boston, Md., Morning Herald states: Maj. B. S. White, of this city, describes his miraculous cure as follows: "I have been a partially dead man for ten years. Doctors attributed my sufferings to the enlargement of certain glands. The qaantity of medicine I took without relief would be sufficient to set up a firstclass apothecary shop. Finally St. Jacob's Oil was recommended. I mw aaI i? ? - t- ' ? unit iuj opium tutUUJU lUUIUUgQIJ rubbed with it. All those knot", kinks and stiffness have passed away, and I am myself again." "Doing nothing is doiog ill."