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.A COMMON FATE. ChIldren twain In the woods at play, Taking no heed of the passhig hours, Loitering homeward at close of day, Rich with their treasures of fruits and flowers, A boy, who walks with a bearing bold; A girl, who moves with a quiet mein, He is wishing they both were old, She s count ing the yearis between. A maiden and youth, as the shadows fall, Wandering down by the brooklet's flow; Hearts that answer to passion's call; Lives thatare gladdened by hope's fai. glow; Eyes that brighten, and checks that flush; Earnest pleadings and timid speech; Whispered words in the sumset hush, Binding for evermore each to each. A lonely man with a weight of care, Growing heavier, day by day, A jeweled bracelet, a tress of hair; Relics of one who has passed away. Childhood the web of its fancy weaves, Youth takes ever a hopeful tone; ,Comes the shadow of death, and leaves Manhood to sit by Its hearth alone. [For the Messenger. MR. EDITOR: Notwithstanding the season has been, and is still being n favorable the MESSENGER "goes like hot cakes;" everybody likes it, and iearly everybody takes it. "Let her roll. Well, we are in sight of gathering time, can see about how much corn, cotton, pead, potatoes, &c., we are go ing to gather this fall, and to see and know, that it is going to be one of the ligbtest,if not the lightest,crop gather ed in years and makes the outlook a little blue-makes the merchant, farn er and everybody else feel blue. If the farming interest is neglected, or if the crope fail, the inpoi tance of stic eessful farming will be felt and appre ciated at a rate never before known to us. Let everpbody realize the fact that the crop is light-far below an av erage-and connence at once to save (he brend-stuff. Extravagant, waxte ful iving is not a neccessity, but a sin, in the face of the serious surrounding fuets in our case. Better realize the facts now than next spring and sum mier when we'll be without a remedy. Readers of the MESSENGER think sensibly, and act prudently about this umatter. Sow turnips, oats, barley, '"Save hay while the sun shines." But let us turn from this gloomy pic ture for the present. There is to be mtore moving, re-moving, and shifting about among the renters this fall th han I have ever known. T1hey all appear to be in an unieasy, restless state of Muind. The actual condition of t he majority of the ienters is deplorable. The abundancee of fruit and bea ries, w~hich we have ha'd this season, is~ about gone, and it is not at all probable that we will have the benetit of such an abundant crop next ycar. Let us .practice the closest, strictest economy, and try Anid pass through the hard times inst. before us. Somne may think I am "worse scared than hurt." .1 hope it may turn out to be so, if it does, i.'il st~ilcontirnue to . LET UtER ROLL. -Now is the tie when decaying fruit, veget~ble, aid other pfensive nmtter botit th preisBek 4& the careless marx wiltire very disas-. trotik to Iian exmmaIc~ TaE WiFE MURDERER AT GREERs. -It will -be remembered that on the day after Sloan. the man who killed his wife in Newberry,. com mitted the crime, Sheriff Gilreath, of Greenville, received telegraphic information to look out for him. It seems the authorities guessed accurately at Sloan's movements. The Newberry Herald-News says the following letter, written by Sloan and postmarked Greer,s,was received by the sheriff of New berry after the suicide, having been mis directed: GREER,s STATIoN, S. C., A ig. 3, '84. 'Mr. Wheeler: I know I did wrong by killing my wife. Dr. Halfacre is the cause of it; he talk ed to her what to do. My aim was to kill myself too, and be bur ied together. I loved my wife. She was a good woman. Nothing more. I am in 13 miles of Green ville. 'John P. Sloan.' It is probable that Sloan came to Greer's, wrote the letter for the puapose of throwing the officers on the wrong track and then retraced his steps to Laurens- It is not at all improbable. that if his letter had gone straight it would have accom plished its purpose and ended the search in the neighborhood where Sloan was found and where he shot himself. A LoVER ' s FATAL JOKE. -The death at Cadiz, Ohio, of Miss Alice McCiban disclosed a strange and sad affair. The girl, who was young, intelligent and a great fa vorite, but exceedingly nervous, dlied after an illness of thirty-six hours, during the whole of which time she was unconscious, three men being required to hold her at. Limes. Miss McCiban was engag ed to a young man named Nash, a resident of the neighborhood, and aI highly esteemed gentleman. Saturday evning he called on Miss McCiban and remained some time. When taking his departure, in iest, lie said to her that he had con 2luded to sever their relations, and that there could be nothing be tween them but friendship. The prl was so affected that she went nto spasms, which continued un ill her dleath). Every effort was nade to restore her to consci >usness, unavailingly. Nashb, who vas frantic with grief, was con stantly in attendance, but his pres mnee had no effect upon the young ady. It is feared that he will be some insane.' PJLosoFUY ON A FAnM.-'Auf a iramp comes along und vants to lire me out on a farm,' said old Switzerease, 'I examine his clod ngs, pardicular bia bantaloons. Auf dey vas batched in vront, uint [ nome york hat, I git him a choh, but auf de3 vas batched pehint on ler got down blace of his preeches, [ told him I don't no vork got at bresent, but he dan a leetle vood saw for preakfast. .Oh I told you ue man whohert vorks don't year oud his preeches bt>hint. You ehuat put dot in y'our bipe unmd schinoke it.' --Aftash of lighitning has some strikingichaaterlicir Marble and Granite, MONUMENTS, Greenville, S. C. May 2:3 ly BOWEN'S MILLS.! H A VING been recently overhauled, are now In first rate order. Per sons coming from a distance will get, their grinding done at night. They will tind a house to stay in and stalls for their horses. Give us a trial. All persons wishing their GINS filed. by the 0'N EIL SAW FILING MA CHINE, ban have it done at Esley, by Mr. Marion Day, or if you will notify ime at Briggs Postoffice, S. C., I will Pend a man to yoir Gin and do the work. It is better than all oth. er Mchir.es. Try It and be convinced. july 25 tf it. E. BOWEN. S~lENTS~wajed for AGENTS Sliaof all the Presidents of the U.S.The larg estludsomest best book ever sold for less than twice our price. The fastest selling boxk in Amerlca.innense pro fits to agents. All intelligent people want it. Any onecan become a success fuul agentt.Termu free. HIAL.erTB OOK Co., Portland. Mailne. may 23 lv RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD. 1ASSEN GERt DEPARTM ENT. On after Aug. 3d, 1884, Plassenger iTraml s'ervice on the A. & C. Air-Line Divi.40tn will be a follows xO" l I preS ail, No. 51 No.53 Dail y . DaIly. Leave Atlanita. .. A 4 401 ) m8 ~4Ia i A r. Gainesville.. . . 6 57 P i 10 35 a in Lula .... .... 7 2.5 p in 11 01 a m JRab.OapJunclt 8 12p m 1130 a in Toccoa ....... C 8 44 p m,1204 p) m seneca Cit.y.. 1) 9 59 P Im 100 p Im Central........ 10 32 1.) m 152 p in "Liberty ........ 10 53 p i 2 13p in Easley's. .......11 10 p m 2 27 p m " Greenville . ... EIl 42 p mj 2 47 p m '' Spartanuhnrg. .F 1 01 a m 3 56 p m " Gastonia.. .G 3 20 a ml 5 54 pm "Charlotte. ..H 4 10 a m' 6 40 p mi ~SOUTf HWARD. Express, 'Mail, No.50 No.52. Daily. Daily LeavelCh:rlotte..'1 45 I i100 p~in At. Gastonia...... 230am, I45pm "Spamrtan'ourzg. .. 428am 345pm "Greenville..... 543am 455pm " Easley's. .. .... 6 17 a mj 5 26 pm " Liberty... ..... 6 34 a mn 5 42 pin " Central........ 655 am 6 00 pm " Seneca City3.... 7 32a m, 6 37p m " Toecon.....840am 7 35 pim " Rab. GapJune.| 934 amt 8 30p m " Lula. .. .. .. .. 10 00am1 8 59 pm " Gainesville. .. .. 10 36 a mn 9 25 p mn " Atlanta....... 100 pmI 11 30p mn Accommodation T1raln, (Air-Linte Belle (GOING NORtTII. Leave Atlanta..............6 15 p mn Arrive Gainesvlle..............8 2.5 p mn Accomnmodation Traitn,(Air-Line Belle) GOING SOUrir. L've Gainesville ............... 7 00 a mn A rr ive Atlanta......... ......... 9 20 a mn No. 18-Local Freight, Gobing Sottth. Leave Charlotte............... 6 00 a mn A trive Gaffny's...,.......10 50) a m A rrive 8baftaburg-........12 53 p m Arrive Greeniville............ 4 l5 p mn Arrive at Easleys............ 6 0PS pitm A rrive at LIhgrty................ 6 4 Arrive Centr4l .................. 7 30 p m~ No, 17.-L.ocal Freight, Going North. Leave Central ................ 4 45 a m Arrive at Liberty........... 5b15 a Ir. Arrive at Easleys........... 5 50 a Mr Ai rive G reenville.......... ... 7 03 a m Arrive Spartanburg............10 20 a m Arrive Gaffucy's................ 1 03 p in Arrive Charlotte......... 6 15 p m All freight trains on this road carry passengers. All passenger trains run birough to Danville & Richmond with rut chige connecting at Danville with Va. MilJand, to all Eastern cities, and At Atlanta with all lines diverging, No. 50 leaves Richmond at 1 30 p. m, Anld No. 51 arrives theie at 3 50 p m. . 62 leaves Richimond 1 28 a m. 53 arrives there 7 00 a m. The local freights stop nt above statIons 20 to 30 minutes. BUFFET SLEEPING CARS WIT. OUT CH1 ANGE. On trains Nos. 60 and 51, New York and Atlanta, via Washington and Dan ville, and also Goldsboro and Warm Springs. On trains Nos, 52 and 53, Richmond and Danville, Washington and Antgus ta, Washington and New Orleans. Returntig, on No. 52 - sleeyer Greens boro to Richmond. ''lirotgh Tickets on Kale it (O harlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spar tanburg and ainesville to all points South, Southwest, North and East. A, with N it it to and froug Athens. B, with N E ]a R to and from Tallu lah Falls. C, with El. Air-Line, to and trom Elberton an(d Bowersville. ), with Blue Ridge it R to and from alhalla, &c.. E, with C and G It It to iud from Newberry, Aiston and Columbia. F, with A and s and s U and C it n to and from Hiendersonville, Aiston &c. G, with Chester and Lenoir R R to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dallas 11, with N C Division and C C and A R R to and frotu Greensboro, Raleigh &c. EDWIN BERKLEY, Supt. M. SLAUGHT'EIt, Gen. Pass. Agt. A. L. RIvES, 2d V P & Gei. Man'r. South Carolina Railway Company. C ommnening Sunday, May 11, 1884, at 4 p m. Passenger Trains will rim as follows until fuirt her notice, 4Eastern time :" TO AND FROM CHA RLESTON. EAST (DA ILY.) Depart Columbia at 7 50 a m 5 25 p m Dite Charleston at 12 20 a In 9 55 " WEST (DAILY.) Depart C(harleston 8 18 a m 4 30 p m Due atColu Aaat 1238 4 9 22 " TO AND FROM CA MDEN. East (Daily ex(1 L, Sunday.) D~epart Colu mbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p mn Due at Camden at 2 25 p mn 8 253 West (Daily except Sunday.) Depart Camden ait 9 00 a m 4 00 p mn Due a t Colubia 12 38 " 9 22" TO AND FoM[ AUGUSTA. East (Daily.) Depart Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p) m Due at Augusta at 1 2(0 p mn 8 10 a mr est (Daily.) Depart Augusta at 7 15 a mn D)ue at Columbia at 12 38 p m CONNE.CTn ONS made at C'olumbia with Golumnbia amndl Greenville Railroad by train arriving a.t 12 38 p mn, and dlepar'ting at 5 50p. mn. At Columnbla Jnnetion with Char lotte, Columabia and Augusta Rlail road, by3 samte train to and from all poiants 0on bo0th road~s. At Charleston with Steamnern fo New York on Saturd&ay; and on rTues day and Saturday with Steamer for Jacksonville anud points oni St. John's River; also, with Chuarlestoj add~ Sa-. vainnah RiallroadU to and 'from Sat'an nah and( all points ini Florida, At Angusta with) Georgnia and Cen - tral R~ail roads0 to and from *41l point s W est and Sodd't. A t Blaekville to and fromi poQints 0n Birn'wel RaIVkoad. 'lbrough tickets caibelp~urchased to al I poin~ts Southi and Weset by apign to D.McQUEEN, A ent, Columbia, 8.C. LD CA ?sLik.enn1'Inw4 aa~""' ~