Local and Special.
' THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1884.
*Subscribers are asked to look at th
figures opposite their names, and i
they see that their subscriptions have
exp:red, will please remit the sum due.
b Deaths.
Mr. D. G. Dorroh died on the 15t1
inst., of typhoid fever, in the 27tl
year of his age. Cut down in thi
days of his young and strong man
hood, his death has cast a gloom o
N. sadness over the community and a
pall of desolation over a large circle oa
relatives and friends. 'T:s hard t<
realize that we are no more to feel th<
warm grasp of his friendly hand of
hear the ringing peals of his merry
laugh, for he was so kind and affece
tionate and cheerful and bright. H<
has passed over the river and rests un
der the shade of 'the trees. "His im
mortal soul shall live, amid the war of
Lu klement.=, the wreck of matter and
e crush of worlds." Truly, deati
iniag broad in the land and has all sea
if the for hIts own. The deceased had
us of it. married only 1 year and 7 months.
Mrthe t-ereaved and sorrowing ones
Is extend our heartfelt sympathy iri
Diethe dark hour of their deep dis
.4 E
tres,
The painful intelligence was receiv
ed Tuesday night that Mr. J. T. By
num, who was at Glenn Springs for
1 the benefit of his health, had died that
1day. The painful intelligence was tak
en to his wife by Rev. Mr. Clifton.
Mrs. Bynum is confined to her bed by
recent illness. Death is at all times
ia sad affliction, and in this case how
painful and! touching to the bereaved.
The re'nains of the deceased reached
Newberry Wednesday, and were in
terred at Rosemont the same day.
The Herald and News Heading
has not come to hand yet, for the
reason that the party of whom it was
ordered, after retaining the order two
weeks, wrote us that they could not
i11 the bill. We hope that we may be
able to met mt the heading by next
issue.
You can not expect yourchildren to thrive
when they are being destroyed by worms.
G ive them a few dones of Schriner's Indian
Vermifu e and they will be re:tored to
health. For sale by Dr. S. F. Fant.
Aug. 34-it.
To the Railroads.
A reader of the Register asks that
paper to inform him of the price or ex
curson tickets to Baltimore and New
York, and that paper refers the mat
ter to the railroads, suggesting that
they advertise the same. We also ask
rheam to do so.
What's Left
Of the Republican party in this
county will hold a convention here
soon (so we are informed by County
Chairman Henry Kennedy) to elect
delegates to th' State Convention,
b" which meets in Columbia sometime in
September.
Relgious.
Rev. R. A. Fair will preach at Gilder
Creek Church on the 5th Sabbath of
this month.
Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop of
the Dioeese of South Carolina, will
visit St. Luke's (Episcopal) Church on
the 7th of September.
A Narrow Escape.
Dleath would have resulted but for Brew
ersLungf Restorer. if this remedy is taken
intie U i add many years to your life.
Aug. 33-it.
First New Cotton.
Mr. A. M. Nichols furnishes this of
lice the first open cotton this season,
having brought in on last Friday morn
ing two open bolls. Mr. N. takes the
button, and we take the cotton.
Since the above was written, we
have been shown some open bolls by
Messrs. T. P. Latne and WV. H. Pratt.
"HuckleberrIes."
The soldiers ia the late war established
the fact that the huckleberry wLs much
mnore effBeacious in chronic buwel tr.ubles
than the blackberry. Dr. Biggers' Hluekle
h.errv Eordial, the GREAT SOUTHEEN~
REWEDY, will restore the little suffering
one from the effects o' teething, and cures
Diarrhs.i,, Dysentery and all novel affec
tilons. FoJr sale by nll druggists at 50 cents.
Ang. 31-it.
Court.
The Court of General Sessions will
convene on the second Monday (the
8th day) of September, Judge B. C.
Pressley to preside.
The Common Pleas Court will con
vane on the first Monday of November.
.The list of jurors can be found In
anto'her column.
Did It Pay?7
This is the question which has become a
Jort of phllosophesr's stone to aln Americans,
and by thee apileation of this te-t, all values
aire arrzved af,. By this it would seemn that
the people who carried six hundred car loads
af exhib its to the Southern xofis of 1sal,
must have done well, as the sold are. han
dred oar load., always at goo proaats, and oa
)go hded ca lad were taken away.
A Fatal Affray In Unions.
The Time, saysi A didieityoco
curred last FrIday at the 'Timber Ridge
precInct, between Stap Moseley and a
Oaan named Paris, In which iloseley
was so severely cut in the aide that he
died frqn; the woud on Tuesday af
~ernoon. The details of the difficulty
five not reached us ; but we are told
p'qat is grew out of the electIon.
A rkea Column.
That Imposing columpn of nomina'
tions which has been standing from
week to week, pre.sentig such a solid
front, and to which all eyes have
turned and returned, has been torn
down and other matter taikes Itsplace.
T wo years hence another eolumn will
be raised and the cry wIll be repeated,
Stll they come, the woods Is full of
them.
They have Finished their Course.
The candidates have fought a good
A1ght and ran the race. To those who
have secured the prize and will wear
the crown we otTer congratulations.
To those who did not reach the goal
we extend our 9w. We can still
shake with as firm a grasp as we were
wont to do before the fateful primary.
Thus endeth the first chapter of lamn
entations. The second chapter Is In
exodus of hash, pork, mutton, phos
phates, &;e.
The Primary Election.
The election passed off without any
disturbances, although it was close.
exciting and enthusiastic. The friends
of each candidate worked hard and
faithfully for the success of his favor.:
tes. The result of the election can be
found In another column. The tabu
lated statement, however, Is not of
*Ial, but It was carefully compiled 1
from the returns as they came In.1
The names of the candidates nomii- 2
nated appear at the top of our edito
rial column. Nominations were made 1
for all the offices except the Sherifi's I
and the Treasurer's. The race is there
fore to be run over by Thos. Cook and
-W W. Riser for Sherifr, and A.
4, and K. I, Gary for Tress- I
ses thousa
New Yo.
the
gouth.
was nh
NEW BOOK STORE,
MOLLOHON ROW,
OPPosITE THE COURT HOUSE.
COFIELD, PETTY & CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
Avoid malaria by using in time Pel
ham's Certain Chill and Ague Specific.
See what the people say : E P. Chal
mers, Clerk of Cotirt, testifies one bot
tle cured four of his family one year
ago, and the chills have not yet re
turned. Jno. Henderson on Broad
River testities to its work as a chill
cure. Jos. Hargrove, Mollohon see
tion, says he had chills for 2 years in
his family until he commenced the Chill
Specific, with no return of the disease
since. So testify also Frank G. Spear
man, Silver Street ; T. E. Summer,
Peak Station ; T. H. Alewine, Glymph
ville, and a host of other people. Come
and see the certificates and buy a bot
tle. Aug. a4-tf.
The Last "Called Meeting."
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Newberry last Friday night was ad
dressed from the Court House steps
by Messrs. Wilson, Sligh, Mower,
Boozer, Pope. Folk, Moorman and
Schumpert. Good order and feeling
prevailed, among candidates and peo
ple. At the close of the speeches Mr.
Ben Powell, in disguise as "Old Steve,"
was Introduced to the crowd. He
brought down the house. Three split
bottom chairs for "Old Steve."
A Relic of the Lost Cause.
A letter from a neighboring town
came through the Newberry post office
last week enclosed in an ancient look
hig blue envelope which bore in its
upper right hand corner this legend :
"ConfederateStates of America,Treas
ury Department." The franking privi
lege extended by that Government to
its officers having ceased twenty year:
ago the official character of the envel
ope was not enough to carry it to its
destination, and in another corner
was the familiar stamp-"U. S. post
age, two cents."
Female Academy.
In addition to the election of Miss
Garlington as teacher in the N. F. A.,
of whom mention was made last week,
we have the pleasure of stating that
the Board of Trustees have made an
addition to the corps of teachers by
electing Miss Anna Young, of Due
West, as second assistant. This young
lady is the daughter of Prof. Young,
and a lady of culture. Her reputation
as an instructress is very flattering.
Besides the usual branches of English,
she will teach Painting, Drawing and
Calisthenics. We are pleased to see
that this institution is in such a pros
perous and active condition.
The Newberry Conference
Of the South Carolina Synod will
meet in St. Paul's church, Rev. J. A.
Sligh, pastor, at 10 a. m., Friday, Aug.
29, 1884. Programme : Opening Ser
men, Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh Esay
on "Public Worship in relation to the
Sermon and the Sacraments," Presi
dent G. W. Holland ; Preparatory
Sermon, J. Hawkins, D. D.; Discus
sion on question, "Is the Moral Con
dition of the World Improvino? "
opened by Revs. J. F. Probst anriG.
WV. Holland; Essay on "The Soul of
Man." J. Steck, D. D.; Discussion on
"Faith Cure," opened by J. Hawkins,
D. D.; Conmmm:ion Sermon on "The
Ministry," Principal J. P. Smeltzer,
D. D.; Sunday-school addiesses, Revs.
S. T. Hallman and J. E. Bushnell.
SECRETARY.
Disinfect your premises with crude
carbolic acid, VERY CHEAP, at Pel
ham's Drug Store. Aug. 34--tf.
Personals.
Col Christian H. Suber has returned
home.
Misses Carrie and Annie Greneker
have gone on a visit to Pine Pleasant,
Edgefield County, the guests of Mrs.
Fannie Coleman.
Mrs. MeD. Metts of Charleston Is on
a visit to her old home. She spent the
first night with Mrs. D. B. Wheeler,
and is now in the country.
MIsses Ella and Christie Sligh have
returned fronm a visit to Dr. Albert
Cannon's.
MIss Caddie Keckley has returned
to Columbia, accompanied by Miss
Sallie Lane.
Mr. W. S. Sill is setting type on the
Columbia Register.
Mrs. Jacoby of Sumnmarville is on a
visit to her daughts.j, Mrs. J. Mann.
Glenn's Spring Water, ALWAvs
FREsu, at Pelham's Drug Store.
The Eldridge "B" Sewing Machine
leads the world.
B. C. WILLIAMS, Agt.
Nesrt door to Z. L. White's. 1
Mri. Gough ont Silk Hats.
"It would be no violation of the C
commandment," said John B, Gough, I
"if a man were to fall down and wor
ship the silk hat, for it is not made in
the likeness of anything in heaven, or
on earth, or, in the waters which are
under the earth." Besides it heats the I
bead and causes the hair to fall otl. 2
Parker's Hair Balsam will stop that 1
and restore the original color to gray
or faded hair. Not oily, not a dye,a
beneficial, deliciously perfumed. A (
perfect hair dressing. cc. All drug- ~
gIsts- Aug. 14, 1mn.
I have known and watched the use
of Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) for overC
liftyyears, and never have known orh
trof its failure to cure any case of 3
Blood Poison when properly taken.
H. L. DENNARD, Perry, Ga. A
Aug. 14, lan. G
Various articles at COST FOR 30
DAYS, in Fancy Goods and Notions,
at R. C. WILLIAMS'. S
iy313t
Miss Lola Hurst says she would a L
icap rather be on a plantation than
raveling about in the North. She has
0a,000 in bank as her share of profits pl
n nine months, and has spent proba
>ly as much more "for dresses and
ixings." She thinks her power not
tItogether so strong as it was a few ir
nonths ago. She is ten pounds heavier Si
han when she started out, now weigh- re
ng 143 pounds. She is in religious Si
natteus a Baptist. of
Sinator Hampton has been booked
ao n t~ cam
The Floral Cabinet
And Home Companion for August
is a most excellent number. It is full
of beautiful reading. and beside is il
lustrated, and handsomely printed.
Subscription price $125 per year, and
published at 22 Vesy St., N. Y.
Godey's Lady's Book
For September is received and the household
is delig ted, and every household which
comes within reach of the HauLD IND Naw's
advice, should also receive its monthly visits.
It is only $2,0u a yeat, or clubbed with our
paper the two can be obtained for $3,50. It
you pretbr to subscribe for Godey's alone,
send vs $2.
Peterson's for September is to hand,
and the present is a most charming
number. Every lady who appreciates
the beautiful and the good should have
Peterson's, and we advise all who are not
in receipt of it to become a subscriber at
once. Clubbed with the HERALD AND
NEws it can be had for $3.50, but
separately it is $2, the HERALD AND
NEws also is $2. We advise you to
take both and thus save 50 cents.
The American Agriculturist for Sep
tember is a most interesting nlmnber,
containing valuable agricultural aifd
horticultural hints, besides much re
lating to stock interests. It is one of the
best and most reliable monthlies on
our exchange list. It is only $1.50 per
annum, and is published by the Orange
Judd Co., New York.
Attention.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mr. Thos. F. Harmon, who
advertises for sale several very valua
ble tracts of land.
The weekly News Ar Courier can be
had from this date to Jan 1885 for 50
cents. The best paper in the State is
thus made the cheapest.
The Newberry Female Academy's
next session will begin on the 17th of
September. Make your preparations
and be ready accordingly.
The Midland Railroad Company will
apply for act of incorporation at the
ensuing session of the Legislature.
The cotton planting community will
find Mr. J. Taylor's cotton ginning and
packing facilities a great convenience
and aid in getting their cotton to
market.
More Baseball.
A game of baseball was played be
tween the Mower and Caldwell clubs
last Friday afternoon, near Mr. J. L.
Keitt's. The Mower nine were : T. D.
Lake, M. B. Kelly, C. J. Purcell, Jno.
B. Jones, S. J. McCaughrin, F. B.
Lane, J. S. Wells, D. S. Ellisor, W. G.
Houseal. The Caldwell nine were:
J. L. Keitt, Jas. I. Fair, Will Sondley,
T. W. Keitt, R. Gibson, Caleb Buz
hardt, Jno. T. Duncan, Jos. Caldwell,
- Brown. Eight innings were
played, when the result of the game
was announced to be 12 to 56 in favor
of the Mowers. Mr. I. W. Walter um
pired the game, with Messrs. S. A.
Boozer and W. F. Ewart as scorers.
Besides winning the game the town
boys had a good time in that hospitable
section of our county.
Ponarla Notes.
Our Pomaria Itemizer sends us the
following notes :
Some thief broke into the mill-house
of Wedeman & Berley on Saturday
night and stole several sacks of flour.
No clue to the rogue.
There will be a large barbecue by
Sam'l J. Williamson, at the Wesle
Folk place on Saturday 23d, which
will give the defeated candidates a
chance to appear before the "dear peo
ple", to renew exertions for the second
race.
Crops in this section have improved
S31 per cent. in the last ten days, tho'
we are needing rain badly.
Genl. Henry Koon lost some 20 bush
els of wheat some nights laist week.
1'he thief escaped.
Dr. Berley reports considerable sick
ness, but none ini our immediate
neighborhood.
Johnston Dots
Gathered from the Monitor:
Rev. Luther Broadus, of Newberry,
llelivered a most excellent sermon be
!ore a large congregation in the Bap
bist Church last Wednesday night.
Prof. -Smith's singing class was or
ganized last night in the Methodist
:hurch with about fifteen members.
All were pleased with the first lesson.
Misses Mattie and Sallie Watkins, of
S'ewberry, have been visiting their
~riends, the Misses Wrights, near
rohnston. We hope they had a pleas
mnt stay and will come again.
Our devil received a box the other
lay labelled "Chappell Canaries."
I'hey were queer birds, with neither
vings nor feathers, but legs ! good
less ! And jump ! Whew, you just
ught to see 'em ! But they couldn't1
ing. May be they caused the bird toj
lng In his heart. May be ; we don't
mnow. And these are "Chappell Ca
larnes I" Well, well!1
!aUl Term 1884.1
SESSIONS JURY.-B Frank Boozer,
a C Welch, H T Longshore, Wmn H
Libler, Francis Bobb, 0 P Saxon, W
I Lyles, T J Boozer, Jr; Win L Duck
Ct, Thos F Ray, J B Kempson, Frank]
iD rikDJuusHentz, DS8
(angum, Walter P Counts, A P
Tangho, W S Birge, Posey 0 Glenn,
Eno HI Williams, Jno N Feagle, Jno A
Verts, A P DominIck, J Preston Ki
iard, Goo K Monts, Wmn J Boozer,
'hos K Hentz, J L Hunter, W I Her.
ert, Juo C Sligh, Allen Hawkins,
'i II Sondley, P B 81igb, E P Gro.
ser.
C. P. JcEY, 1ST WEEK.-W L1
l-ourdino, p c, Adam Mayfield, p e,
uther R Dennis, W H! Bobb, D I
healy, W W Suber, J T Davis, J B
hgh, J C Moore, J A Wise. R W 1
Thite, J K Mathis, 3 Furman Brook.,
'S Abramns, Walter F Koon, Geo K
aeng, J D Hutchison, J P Blair, Jas
L Adams, J K Boland F F Calmes, I
ST Wight, J I air4 i) A Thomas,
d Whittier, p c, Juo P Sterling, J C
Brown. Geo McNary, J A Glenn,
eo A Cook, D M Langford, H J
[oates, M Luther Long, a Cames,
no C Koon, David Henderson.
SECOND WEEK.-Archy B Mills,
W McKittrick, Geo H Werts, Johrn
Wilson, A K Wyse, A / Willing
am, A B Piester, T Jeff Hurnter, A A
'ates, T L Wheeler, Geo F .Abrams,
Berley Hawkins, Jno B Cook, J
dam Bartman. Joseph Pitts, Jno K
'lymph, J G Jenkins, W B Whitney,
C Johnston, J C Hargro ye, C D
[Wler, Geo B Aull, A P Boland Carey
ahnston, Jno F Banks, Wm A Benn,
K Hawkins, G C Ridlehuher, C F
ehuitz, Andrew Fuilmer, Wm. F.
mright, Walter Sheely, Simeon Bt'ak
ty, WT Baker, B W Boozer, B H
ovelace.
A cow wth ayoung(alf a find ia
arehaser at this office. A good eo e
anted. t
The result of the primary electie ii
Laurens is as follows: For ti ae
mate-R. P. Todd. HIouse of Re p
sentatives--JamIes )arrow, H. 3 L
mpson and J. H. Wharton. Cle. rk
'Court-G. W. Shell. Sheriff-B. I Y'.
allew. Treasurer-... H. Copelan 4.
CLOCKS ob .asj' terms at
hi t i 1it Cs WnfILanS'.
Various and All About.
Business is dull.
Pic nics are getting scarce.
Cool nights and mornings.
Cotton picking will soon begin.
Some think that indications tend to
an early fall.
"Our acts make or mar us. We are
the children of our own deeds."
The Louisville Exposition is now
open.
The latest thing in ladles' hose-A
pretty foot and ankle.
Charleston is now shipping new
sweet potatoes to New York.
The first bale of new cotton was re
ceived at Selma, Ala., on last Satur
day.
Monday and Tuesday the gnats, the
heat and politics were intensely un
comfortable.
The faster a typo sets 'em up the
better a compositor he is. This does
not hold good in every business.
A writer has said that women enjoy
more the pleasure they give than the
pleasure they feel.
Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb, Superin
tendent of the Penitentiary, has gone
to Glenn Springs for a season.
"Now is the time for action against
the enemy, not for division among
ourselves."
Tight pants are going out of fash
ion, but the number of tight men in
pants will probably always remain the
same.
Persons seeing smoke issuing from
the windows of this office need not be
alarmed. We are simply trying to
burn out the gnats.
The reunion of the students of New
berry College will take place at Spring
Hill, Lexington County, on the 22nd
inst. The public generally is invited.
New cotton is now in order, but a
successful New Chapel planter says
that he hopes his cotton will not open
so early.
We are pleased to learn that the mem
bers of Col. A. P. Butler's family that
have been seriously sick are much bet
ter.
We regret to learn that Mr. Frank
N. Parker is very ill at Pulaski, N. Y.
His many friends here hope for his
speedy recovery.
Dr. Holland of Newberry College
preached highly interesting and in
structive sermons at St. Stephen's and
Providence Churches, in Lexington,
on Sunday before last.
An exchange says that when calling
on their sweethearts young men should
carry affection in their hearts, perfec
tion in their manners and confection
in their pockets.
Mr. Wm. M. Dart will accept our
acknowledgments for a copy of an ad
dress delivered at Orangeburg, before
the S. C. Teachers' Association, in
July last.
It is announced that the Columbia
and Greenville Railroad authorities
will certainly surrender their lease of
the Spartanburg and Union Railroad
on the first of September.
Good news comes from the county.
Crops were never better. There has
been no lack of rain this summer.
Fail business therefore is looked for
ward to with the~ liveliest interest.
Lula Hurst 1:as been drawing big
crowds of swell people at Newport.
She is reported to have been secretly
married to Paul Atkinson, the "elocu
tionist" who accompanies her.
A terrible row occurred at Drayton
ville, Union County, last Saturday af
ternoon. Sevt i-al persons were in
jured by brickb ats, stones and knives,
and one was se lously cut.
There is a ru.nor In Anderson that
the railroad authorities intend placing
a turntable at Seneca at an early day
and that thereafter they will discon
tinue running trains to Walhalla.
.Maj. Lewis R. Redmond, the' fa
mor.. "moonshiner," spent a day re
eently in Anderson, and was followed
Irounao' by a larg.e crowd, all anxious
to get a look atihim and hear him talk.
The merchants adjacent to Athens,
(la.. are selling a great deal of cotton
to be delivered next winter. One
sealer last- Saturday disposed of 1,000
bales at 10f cents.
'I'd like to have y.m give me a good
tend-off," said a niunz to the editor the
>ther day. "Well. as soon as my
boots come b:wk fromn the cobbler's
t'll do it," was the eYective reply.
It will be asto:aishing to~ know the
sumber of men that knew exactly
sow the election 'would turn out. "1
old you so. Didni't I know it ? Ain't
[rigt?" It is reatly wonderful,
An exchange says, and we endorse
t, that If you want to read your home
paper, subscri>e for It-don't sponge
>n your neighbor. It a. s but a small
tumn, and mon"y inveated in this way
pays a great interest.
G. L. Oxner saya ft'ry time he
30r1~AM$ own he is mistaken for G.
Leag, anid that he wants George
iither to turn out a full beard (if h
an) or shave off that little usoustache,
is it too mush resemble. his,
We sympathise writh frienRd Crews In
hat he wilnot go to the legislative
halls this session, and at the same time
songratulate him that he will remain
it home and be able to attend to the
business of his office. We think he is
Li luck.
The telephone operat-ors In Rich
niond are prohibited[ all conversation
wver the wires with subscr'bers. Two
signals in response.to an orAer for con
section means that the line asked for
Ls in use. One signal means that the
:onnection has been made.
A gallant was riding alone In his
buggy in this county not lonA ago,
when he came across two young la
lies. Ostensibly addressing the two
se said, "5Won't one of you young la
aies rid, with me, Miss Anna?" 73 Iss
&.nna rode.
We have eighty-three fonts of faney
lob type, besides various kinds of rule,
borders and flourishes In the HRaAW.
AND NEws office, with which to de
job work, and we take pleasare in,
mentioning this Interesting fact.
Bring in your work and see how it.
vill be done.
Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate
sy (so called) has the knack of being
~ii the newspapers. She is now lving
is .Austin, Texas, and is defendant in
Sa suit brought by her husband, J. W.
Mammond, who charges her witha ruin
ons extravagac and infidellty.
T1he entIre train of five cars icontain
lng the WaIhalla contingent of the
exeursion from Charleston to the
mountains last Friday,~ was throwa
from the track fonr iles abWvC Beltom
by the giving away of aspair of. grucki
nua 8ern=o a M tem.n lgramaumj
HORRIBLE WIFE-MURDER.
In Broad Day-Light.
The shooting and killing of Mrs.
Sloan by her husband, John P. Sloan,
Tuesday between 12 and 1 o'clock, was
one of the most brutal and fiendish
acts ever perpetrated in Newberry. It
appears that he had been ill-treating
his wife for a long period, and a day
or two before the murder, the wife had
fled from her home In the country to
the house of Mrs. Christian, in town.
They had seven children, and the old
est a boy nearly grown, frequently re
sented his father's treatment. Monday
the father struck the boy with his fist,
drawing blood. The mother wished
to keep all the children to which the
father objected.
On Monday night Sloan went to
Mrs. Christian's house and took three
or four of the children and carried
them home. The next morning, in
company with Mr. John Lane, he re
turned to town, and remarked on the
way that "the difficulty between him
and his wife would be settled that
morning." This was only a short time
before the murder was committed.
It appears then that he went to his
wife's house, as we are told, and find
ing her seated on the steps of the back
plaza, said, "d-n you, I have got you
at last, at the same time leveling his
pistol a few feet from her breast,
firing two shots immediately upon her
appeal to an old family servant who
was in the yard, to save her life. Sloan
told the man to keep still or he would
blow his brains out. Mrs. Sloan
immediately sprang forward and fell,
a little daughter supporting her mo
ther's head upon her lap. The mur
dered woman died almost instantly.
The Sloan% had a comfortable home
abundantly supplied, and it ought to
have been a happy one, but the father,
brooding over imaginary wrongs in the
settlement of property, descended step
by step to the dread inferno, whence
he has bereft his children In a moment
of dark passion of both a mother's love
and a father's care.
Sloan, who is about 40 years of age,
immediately fled on foot, evading his
pursuers. The Sheriff's posse is in
pursuit, but up to the hour of going to
press he has not been captured.
The General Health.
We learn from some of our exchan
ges that much sickness prevails in lo
calities. In our own county and im
mediate section some fever prevails
and we regret to add in several cases
it has been attended with fatal results.
Owing to the irregularity of seasons of
late and atmospheric conditions, there
are perhaps an undue amount of
malaria and disease-producing germs
in the atmosphere, to guard against
which, successfully, would require a
knowledge of physiological law and
hygiene,and an application of them,to
gether with comparative good health
on the part of the people to ward off
the approach of disease.
While we may not entirely over
come these evils, we can go a great
way in preventing some forms of dis
ease. Pure air, light and sunshine
are potent factors. A wholesome dieta
ry, light and nour!shing, together with
proper clothing, the bath, &c., alter
nate rest and recreation, when neces
sary, and seasonable:sleep, are all es
sential. While a cheerful, even tem
per, free from anxiety or a spirit of
unrest, will add very much to the
health forces. We all know the effect
of mind over matter. How the ever
renewed tale of- hope quickens the
pulse, brightens the eye and mantles
the cheek; and how on the other hand,
fear or grief can blanche the cheek
and stay the heart's beat. How corrod
ing the effect of the "ravel'd sleeve of
care," upon the weak and nervous.
And alas, how exacting and remorse
less the drain upon the life forces of
the over-driven worker in the hive of
life.
Drainage is a matter of prime im
portance, for through interstitial drain
age, impurities can follow the veins a
great distance to the serious Injury of
well-water. Typhoid fever has often
been traced to impure water. There is
nothing more important than pure
drinking water. No debris or decaying
matter should be. allowed to accumu
late or remaiu under the house, in cel
lars, fire-places or in the yard ; streets
and yards should be kept clean; water
closets kept clean, deodorized and ven.
tilated; the escaping gases of stables
and pig pens absorbed; fowl houses fu
migated and whitewashed, and all
dark and damp places disinfected to
destroy the bacteria usual to them.
Rank growths of weeds should be
cut down in hot, clear weather and
burned so soon as dry, and places
of stagnant water covered with dry
earth.
It is said that whatever adds to com
fort, adds to health, and hence to hap
piness; so the preservation of health is
of paramount importance. And we
should all help to keep it.
Heaven's Best Gift.
There are more prizes than blanks
in the lotter of marriage. The giving
of Eve to Adam in the garden of Par
adise showed the love of God. She
was intended to be a help-meet, a comi
panion, a solace, a joy, a beauty, to
Adam, and so it has been down to the
present day. Heaven's best glt to
man is woman, and happy is that man
who is blessed with a good wile. She
Is everything to him, the very best
part of himself ; she shares his troubles
and griefs, soothes his pains, and in
the sell-sacrificing spirit of her love
takes upon herself more than half of
the trials of life. A good wile is a
treasure beyond compare, and, as we
said above, there are more prizes than
blanks, the Divine economy having so
ordained it. But there are women who
by birth, education and habit are en
tirely unfit for the, relation of wife and
mother, and none but fools would
enter the bonds- of matr'imony with
them, and they are so easily recogniza
ble that it is unnecessary to describe
them. Neither is It necessary to show
the qualities of those "best gifts."
There is a distinctive mark about them,
altogether unmistakable to a man with
his eyes open. We are led to these re
fleetitons by the too evident want of
appreciation on the part of some man
for their wives, and how It Is so we
can scarcely realize ; the clinging,
sensitive, delicate nature of woman
should appeal to the best feelings of
the heart of man ; her boundless love,
her sacrifices in a thousand little ways
are enough to touch any and all but
the hardest, most callous heart. To
the man who is blessed with one of
these prizes we say, show a greater
appreciation of the "gift" than ever
you have done before, and It will come
back to you in a much larger measure
than you can dream of. And to the
other class our advice is just the same.
You know not the jewel you wear so
carelessly, so Indliferently in your
bosom.
rest masters are requested to notify
us of any Inaccuracies In our mall. A
paper may be misdirected, or a paper
may fail to reach the post office, or a
subscriber mi refuse to take It from
theeee. fI86 ikform Va of these
pipEASMIbIl tI
PEN AND SCISSORS.
10,000 people attended the Methodist camp
meeting at Sing Sig, N. Y., on Sunday.
It is said that there are only fire genuine sig.
natures of Shakespeare in existence.
The Sultan of Morocco has caused the massa
cre of a whole tribe in Angora because they
asked for F'rench protection.
The Boston Democrats are confident. A bet
has been made in that city that Cleveland will
there get two votes to Blaine's one.
The new water sapply for New York City will
cost from 5,,00,000 to 3,000,00. The reser
voir will supply 400,000,000 gallons daily.
Blaine got his de-ree of L. L D. from Bow.
doin on account of his literary distinction. He
is known as the author of the Mulligan letters.
It is best to feed young stock frequently, In
stead of too much at a single meal, as they often
gorge when very hungry, and overfeed them
selves, which Is injurious.
A Southern n bet that he could knock a
hog over by bucking him with his bead. He not
only lost the bet, but injured himself severely in
the attempt. So much for Buckingu1A.
Mrs. Partington is three-score years and ten
in age. The seventieth birthday of Benjamin
P. Shillaber (Mr. Partington) was recently ap
ropriately observed athis residence in Chelsea,
There are i5) Republican lawyers among the
Boston independents who repudiate Blaine.
Not a Democratic lawyer can be found in that
city who refuses to support Cleveland.
A Missisippi man, whose time hung heavy
on his hands, counted the number of grains tn a
bushel. He found 72.1&) of corn, 132,000 of
wheat, 100,900 of peas, 161,4156 of cotton seed.
A lady In Barnwell County has never lost a
fowl from cholera. She keeps a small begot
lime in the water through all the year round,
and attributes their healtfulness to this cause.
The Republican ticket is made up of a jobber
and a "slang-whanger;'' the Democratic of an
executive reformer and a great national states
man. Honest patriots will have no dificulty
in making a choice.
Bill Arp says : "Money is a right good thing
and no sensible man will turn up his nose at
it. Money brings comfort and leisure and
Solomon says, in leisure there is wisdom."
And we agree with Bill on the subject.
It is now believed that drummers were corn
mon in the world several thousand years ago.
The jaw-bone, over two feet long, of a prehis
toric man, has recently been discovered. What
a cheek the fellow must have had.
A man in New York was fined $300 Friday
for attemrting to kiss a pretty girl. Pretty
girls must be at a premium in Gotham.
It is stated that of 50,000 post-masters of the
United States there are 2,000 whose salaries are
below $10, thirty-four whose salaries did not
last year amount to the sum of Si each, fifteen
whose salaries were less than fifty cents, and
one-H. H. Forest, Bedallis, Pitts County. N.
C.-whose earnings for the tyear were nine
cents.
A despatch from Brighton, England,
gives the intelligence of the death of
the Duke of Wellington. He dropped
(lead while entering the train for Lon
don, of heart disease it is said.
One of the most terrific thunder
storms ever known, swept over the
North of England and Scotland on
the 13th. Many buildings were de
stroyed by lightning, and several per
sons were kil.d, among them the Earl
of Lauderdale.
The Democratic Convention, we
learn, elicited the warmest meed of
praise from the Chicagoans, its mem
bers being uniformly decorous and
well behaved, in contra-distinction to
to that of the Republican convention,
which is said to have been unruly.
A feature during the Convention
was an immense German pie nic, the
procession of which was two miles
long. This was on Sunday, and the
estimate of the lager drank during the
march it is impossible for us to set
down in figures. A gun ship no doubt
might have floated on it.
Two brave Boston firemen were
burnt to a crisp, while in the perform
ance of their duty, at a fire in that city
August 13th. They had carried a hose
to the top of the burning building,
when the roof fell through and they
were precipitated below and perished
in the flame.
Another radical has been gathered
to his fathers. Robert B. Elliott, who
darkened the atmosphere in the halls
of Congress in the days which tried
our souls, died in New Orleans on the
10th inst. Latterly he was getting a
scanty living as a lawyer in the police
courts.
The Greenville District Conference
convened at Walhalla on the 8th inst.
T. P. Herbert, presided. There are
sixty-seven churches and ten parson
ages in the district. The Rev. Jas. H.
Carlisle made an imprssive discourse
on the Centenar of nized Ameri
can Methodism. The Revs. Drs. 0. A.
Darby and Samuel Lander addressed
the conference, and a centenary col
lection of $1200 was taken up for the
Columbia and Williamston Colleges.
A universal newspaper exchange has
been opened in connection 'vith the
World's Fair. Hundreds of newspapers
are received daily from all parts of the
world and placed on ile where all per
sons are cordially invited to inspect
them. The press has performed a
g enerous and kindly service to the
Suthern people by keeping the pubice
mind Impressed with the importance
and magnitude of the great Exposi
tion.
Womans' work will loom up at the
Worlds' Fair next winter. Every
thing that a woman's nimble fingers
can make will be made in the beat
possible way and exhibited. Drawing,
pictorial painting, sculpture, carving,
needlework, plain and ornamental,
and every article of use or luxury,
and possible for the hand of we.man to
create will be reproduced in hundreds
of beautiful or convenient forms. The
Southern ladies have been industrious
workers in this enterprise and they
mean to see how grand they oani make
It.
It has come out that the Aictic
heroes, Lt. Greely and others, did aer
tually eat the flesh of their dead com
panions in order to sustain life. The
thought Is too horrible to contemplate
and yet the act was justifiable, and
pardonable under the circumstances.
The pity Is that it has been revealed
to the public-every man of the relief
party should have been sworn to a
life-long sececy, and too the caskets
should never have been opened, to
show the ghastly secret contained in
side. We Imagine thSt these men forced
to cannibalism can har4ly recover from
the horrible odIum of the act, 1t is no
wonder that'It takes so long a time for
the party to get their health back,
The Palmer House, one of the larg
est in Chicago, accommodated to lodg
ings twenty-three hundred guests, and
fed three thousand. Col. Palmer, its
proprietor, Is a millionaire, but not
above attending to his own business,
and it is said that he Is up every morn
ing by 5 o'olock, and does his own
marketing, lie superintends the shoe
ing of his horses, which is done at the
shop of the nephew of our fellow.oltie
zen E. A, Scott, Mr. Palmer is now
using some of his millions in the erec.
tion of a palatial marble residence,
over-looking Lincoln Park, This ?#rk
Is a magnificnt enclosure, and shows
In one of Its beds the name of LINCOL4
artistically arranged in floral charac
rers.
Miss Ella Benjamin, a resident ol
Charleston, was drowned in the surn
of Sullivan's Island on Friday after
noon after having saved Julian Reid,
little son of Loughton R. Reid, whc
had gone beyond his depth. Misi
Benjamin sank just as the boy wai
lifted from her arms into a boat,
Senator Hampton will address
r06atlLe snedting at Shelby
FLYNN
Needing MONEY!
100mb pla2n fawk
O ff e .el e
$5,000
U . . X N' 3 T
And must be had by the 30th day of June if goods at
half price can be any inducement. We are willing to lose
$1,500 on the actual New York cost of the goods and still
make money. On the first day of July we can buy a bank
rupt stock of $11,027 67-100 for $5,000 in cash down and
in that way we make our money. If this plain statement
does not convince the reader a careful perusal of the follow.
ing prices will enlighten him and get him to thinking that
a cyclone has struck Flynn's and torn it all to pieces, and
now comes the thunder of our prices that is bound to carry
terror to our competitors:
2 doz buttons for 1c. 12 doz for 5c.
2 doz good buttons for 3c. 2 doz buttons 5 worth 10 per doz.
1000 doz buttons 5c. worth 15c. 1000 doz 10 worth 25c.
" 8c. " 20c. " " 15 " 40c.
Hairpins lc. per paper. 500 fine Palmetto fans. c. each'
Jersey Gloves, extra long, at a terrible sacrifice.
2 papers Pins for 5c. 3 balls Sewing Thread for 5c.
Calico 3 3-4, 41-2, 5, 6 1-4, reduced from 5, 61-4, 7, 8c.
A Sweeping Reduction in Dress Goods I
Fancy Dress Muslins 4s. reduced from 61-4.c
"S c. " " 8c.
6 61-4c. " " 10c.
Fine Cambric Muslin, fancy colors, 10c. reduced from 15c.
Imported Organdies latest styles 12 1-2c. " " 18c.
Solid colored Worsted all the new shades at 10c. former
price 15c. Fancy Broch's all the latest designs 15, 17 1.2,
and 20c. cost 17, 20, 23 1-2c. Summer Mohair in fancy
mixed Shades reduced from 45c. to 25c. Lace Bunting
reduced from 25 to 15c. Lama Wool plaids reduced from
65 to 38c. Nuns Veiling in the newest tints at 17 1.2, 20,
22 1-2c. reduced from 25, 30, 35c. Silk Pongee at 40c. re
duced from 65c.
In black and mourning goods the slaughter is immense, black Cash
mere marked down from 60, 70, 75, 90, 1.00, 1.25 to 85, 40, 45, 50, 60
and 75c.
Black Henruttal reduced from 65 and 90c. to 40 and 55c. Linings and
trimmings to match all the Dress Goods.
Read on, for we have made a clean
sweep in Laces, Hamburg edging,
Inserting, Lace Collars, Fichues ties,
Corsets and Hosiery, these goods are
condemned to go if 50c. on the dollar
of the former prices wil1sell them.
Laces and Crochet edging at 1c. per yd. 12 yds. for 10c. Laces at 11, 2,
8, 4, 6, 6}, 8, 10, 12j, and 15c. reduced from 3, 4, 6*, 8. 10, 121, 16w, 20.
25, and 80. Hamburg edging 2, 8, 4, 5, 6*, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 85, 40,
45, 50, 80 and 70c. reduced from 4, 6, 8,10, 12j, 161, 20, 80, 40, 50, 60.
75, 85, 90, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50, Lace oolars, ties and flehues in stock at
half their former prices. Corsets are bound to go If 45c. on the doI
lar will clear them; It is strange how this can be done but we are deter.
mined to do it and clear the decks to gain our point. White lawn 48
inches ide marked down from 15o, to 81, Ane white lawns at 10, 12j,
15, 18, 20, 22j, redigced from 18, 25,830,85, 40 and 50. Ladies Under,
vests 85, 40 and 60, from 50, 76 and 1.00. Iloulery In plain *nd fancy
colors, fqll and vegplar made at s foe4 ale vediwtlon &his mesne basI,
ness,
In Clothing we make competitors standc i-om un4er, but
as our space is limited we carnnot quote the grices. Cassi?
meres, I8leaching, Towels, T4ble L4inen, Sloes, Shirts, Col,
lars, Ties, anid in fact every thing that coomplates th~e stock of.
a first class store to be found on our counters, at the same pro,
portion of slaughter puioes as the above mentioned goods. If
customers will see to their interest they will call at qnoe
where they can buy as many goods for a ten 4olier zote qe
can be had elsewhere for $1.8.00.
Respeotfully,
D. C. FLYNN
Cha1s. 3. Purcell,