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A sc: 'roprietors. ,S. C~ _epRY. S. C, Story of - "E,FEBRU;aRY"13 18!0 in the wr housand yeis of--- -- housandoes OF THE DIFFICULTIES. new shoes ir in the attics. =teditor of a country newspar-i all in the wholeof ekly newspaper-has a gieat many ably no shopPL,:rficulties to conterd with, possibly not more thr other people, but they a mnap~ t are of a nature that makes it a very ocult thing to know just what to dt We desire it understood that we have no reference to the delinquent sub scriber, or the collection of an adver tising account. These are big enough things in their way, but they do not bother us half as much as some other things. Our experience is that people will pay for their paper at some time or other, and whenever the money comes in it always seems to be the very time we need it most. And we have only once or twice called upon subscribers to pay, through the paper. But there are other things that trouble us. The paper must come out once a week on time. The editor must fill a column or two with leaders on the live subjects of the day. And just what to write about sometimes puzzles us most awfully. The tariff is worn thread bare, and what do our readers care about our opinion on the tariff any way, for we confess that we know very little about it. The negro has been discussed in Senate chambers and banquet halls by legislators and after dinner orators, until everybody is sur feited on that subject. Every editor in the State, who has an opinion, has given it on Chairman Shell's address and call for a Democratic nominating State Convention within the Demo cratic party, but not of it. The farmers have been advised time and again how they should raise their own supplies at home and make cotton the surplus crop, and when the moon was right for planting potatoes until they scarce heed the advice any longer. We have ad vised the people of the town how they should go to work and build factories and invest their money in manufactur ing enterpries, and thus build up a great and thriving city in their midst, but we did not have the money to back our judgment with a big subscription at the head of the list, and our eloquent words fell flat on listless ears, or so it seemed. Then what are we to do? What shall we write about, after exhausting all these weighty subjects? So, dear reader, you perceive some of the difficulties under which the editor of a country weekly labors, aind this faint glimpse is only in one direction, and does not enumerate the half. Yet he must write and write about some thing, or write nothing of something, as is frequently done. And this is proper, for .if he can't write about something, or write nothing of some thing, he had better retire from his position. Yet wvith it all the country editor has a fairly good time, or at least other people think he does, and it makes it just the same as if he did-to them. But we are not complaining, for we love our work, and we shall always try to give our readers the news, and our opinion too. The latter may not be worth much, but we shall always try to have an opinion, and not wait to see which wvay the current is strongest be fore we express it. We shall always strive to perform the duty that lies at hand, whatever the difficulties may he, and persevere in whatever promises good without being * particular as to the sphere of action. Columbia people and papers are be ginning to discuss the mayoralty. It is thought Mayor Rhett will retire at * the expiration of his present term of office. Chester has exc~ellent graded schools established, and we observe now that in an election held there the other day it was determined to issue bonds to the amount of $10,000 to put up buildings for the school. There was not a vote against the issue of the bonds. That is the way to do things. Chester is no larger place than New berry. Mr. Charles B. Smith who has been for some time correspondent and traveling agent for the Greenville News * ~ham:-igned to take a position on the editorial staff' of the Knoxvill, (Tenn.) Tribune. We wvish him success in his new field of labor. FRIENDS AND FRIENDs. Napoleon wrote at one time that "a faithful friend is the true image of the Deity." Then there are friends who are such only in name, and are friends to you only so long as you are smiled upon by fortune. Then there are friends who are only pretended friends, and are such only for their persoi al aggrandizement and advanceinent; to further their private ends and selfish desires. "The man that hails you Tonm or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend, that one had ineed Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it." Such a friend as here set forth is one loud in his professions of friendship, ,and is always trying to impress upon you his friendship for you and interes* in you. We sometimes wonder if the farmers do not become sick and tired, and even disgusted, with some politicians and editore, who are always posing as the friends of the farmer, and who, as soon as they think they see which is the popular side, rush in the midst of the fray, and are ready with their little advice to the farmer, and then put 'themselves up as the self constituted champions of the farmer and his rights. We are sorry to say that it does ap pear at times that the farmer does not see through the thin gauze wvhich covers these loud champions, and dis cern their truenmotiv-e. That man is not always your best friend, who rides along with tbe cur rent, and cracks the whip that he thinks will give him popularity. There may be in the easy sailing stream a high precipice and a deep and yawning chasm just ahead. Would it not be best, and prove truer friendship to point out the danger, and thus avert the catastrophe that is just ahead, if the ship continues to glide down the stream with the current, than to glide along with the throng with loud professions of friendship and let. a! be swallowed up in the v- ;ex of dangers that are in the w!y. Yet that seems to us to be the attitude of many of these clamor ing and noisy friends of the farmer. But the signs of the times indicate one thing, and that is, that our farmers are beginning to think for themselves, and they can discern between true and feigned friendship, and that the man who protests friendship simply in idle words will wake up some day and find himself badly left. They love manly men. A man who has convictions, and the courage to maintain them, and if he happens not always to agree with them, but has the merit in him and the courage of his convictions, he will sooner or later find himself coming to the front. We hail the day gladly when our farmers will fully realize that many of their would be friends, and those who are making the greatest demonstration of their friendship, are such who, in many cases at least, are trying to ride into popularity on the farmers ship. The Centennial of the formation of the Supreme Court of the United States was properly and fittingly celebrated in New York last week. Reports indicate that the Augusta Division of the Three C's, will be built. And now it looks that Newberry is to be on the main line. But we will not hope too much until we see some work begun on this division. We have had these flattering prospects several times before, and a new road just within our grasp, but they all passed away. We trust this time they mean business and that we will have the road to New berry by next fall. EX-GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN IN BOSTON. Ex-Governor Chamberlain last week made a speech in Boston before the Reform Club, in which he seems to have dealt plainly with two big ques tions, that of pensions and the negro, and is reported to have been at times applauded to the echo. In regard to pensions he gave some facts and figures to show that the pub lie treasury was being raided to satisfy the pension grabbers. We have nearly as many pensioners as Germany sup ports in her standing army. Last year there were nearly 500.000 pensioners, and during the same year $89,000,000 wvere spent in this direction. He thinks if the pension grabbers are not checked it will take about $200,000,000 annually to pay the pensioners. It is fearful to con template. Upon the other question discussed by Mr. Chamberlain, he speaks very plain ly. He says he cannot see why the race question should attract so much attention just at this time. It is the same question that it was in 1867 and in 1876. He says that in sections of the South where the negro is largely in the majority he nowhere rules. The edu cated, self-reliant, proud race is bound to rule the one that has the opposite characteristics, where the t wo races flve together. "A higher law than that en rolled on parchment" controls in this matter. As a reason for this he showed how the carpet bag governments in the South during the days of reconstruc tion had been complete failures. His idea is that the negro is happier, more prosperous, and better contented than he has ever been since his freedom, and that the best plan is to let him alone. He felt that the great duty of the North in this matter was to let the negro alone. If a man was murdered or butchered in some of the States nothing was saidI of it, but'if a negro was killed in a Southern State by a white man there goes up at once the cry of a race prob lem. In his own words the duty of the North in this matter is to let him alone. "1 know no duty more imperative than to apply the gag of public reproba tion and contempt to the mouths of such ghoul-like demagogues as Chand ler and Ingalls. Can a patriotic American conceive of a more un patri otic and infamous course of conduct infamous towards the negro as well as the white man of the South-than, without other than a cold-bloooded partisan aim, to arouse the hatred of both races towards each other, to set the negro and white man at each other's throats, while they, in cowardly safety, in Newv Hampshire and Kansas, look on at the bloody results. And such men, God save the mark! are our Senators and Republican leaders ! When Presi dent H ar rison calls for a "bugle blast," or Depew discourses solemnly of our duty to defend a free ballot, let us be brave enough and manly enough to tell them that such thunrder is a stase trick which has had its day of success, an d that the real point of danger to a free ballot and to American institutions lies in the means and methods wvhiich in the last election carried New York for Harrison. "The negro is to-day working out his own salvation where he is, without your help. He is doing; infinitely bet ter than when yo tried to help hini, than when you triedl to protect him by bayonets. You left him in 18sm, in order to save the Presidence for the Rep)ublicani p)arty, to his fate. Hie has met that fate, and met it well. You have done all you can do for hziim. The!~ only effective p)rotection lie can have under our system of government is t he protection of the stronger rice with wh'h his lot is cast." The speech was forcib!y and logical !y put and contained miany solid chunks of facts. Still wve believe the best thing for both races is a gradtual separationl. In concluding, Mir. Chamberlain made a plea to his Northern friends for good fellowship in the matter, and Isaid: But, as I have said, and as I permit myself to repeat, there is no cause of alarm, except to party politicians, ex eept to your Hoars and Lodges, to your Ingallses aucrt Chanidlers. The negro of the South is doing wvell. The white man of the South is doing wvell. Close your ears to these siren voic-es which sing the woes of the South. There is great and constant nie-d of good feeling, good fellowship between North and South, between MI'ssach Iuset ts and South Carolina; there is al ways an open and wide field for private munificence to aid in the great work LL. . .LJ V .L-JJAMA J. .1 . -.LA. by religious and educational influences, but there is need towards the negro, es pecially, for much of what Burke, in an immortal phrase, called "a wise and salutary neglect" in the political sense. \Ir. President and gentlem en, I have spoken with perfeet freedom as became ei, and, as I supposed, beca Me this club and this otccasioni. We must aban don old ideas which are unsuited to present conditions and problems. There coie to my miid as fitly closing my remarks the words of one of your own poets--the most illustrious living man of letters-stateslal and patriot too .lames Russell Lowell; words as true to-day as when written forty years ago: "New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient good uncouth: They must upward still, and ouNward, who would keep abreast of truth; Lo! before us gleam her camp fires: we ourselves ruust pilgrims be, Launch our Maytiowerand steer boldly into the desperate wintry sea, Nor attempt the Future's portals with the Past's blood-rusted key!" CHESTER'S GRADED SCHOOL. The Town Votes $10,000 to Provide a Conutmodiour and Well Equipped School House. [Special to News and C(ouriCr.] CHESTER, February 10.-The -pecial election on the question of issuing $10,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of erecting a connodious and well equipped graded school building was held here to-day. The vote was unami uous in favor of the issue of the bonds, not a single ballot being cast against the loan. These bonds are to be issued by the school district, and not by the town, although the two corporations have nearly the same bounds. Chester's graded school was the second one organized in the State out side of Charleston and has always been handicapped by the lack of a good building. The vote to-day removes that obstacle. A site has been donated for the building already. Hence the loan will not be subtracted from to purchase a lot. The place choseu is a four acre lot on the Brice place, between Colum bia street and the Riclunond and )an ville Road. SA1 RANDALL DYING. The Great Democrat Suddenly Stricken Doctors Without:Hope. [Special to The St. Louis Republic.] WAsmtNu roN, D. C., Feb G.-San uel J. Randall was reported to be dy ing to-night. He had a bad turn in the afternoon, and the doctors have been in continual attendance since. The members of his family decline to give any information regarding his condition, but from a reliable source your correspondent learns that lie is gradually sinking, and that his hours on earth are numbered. He felt better yesterday than for several weeks previously, and had a long interview with Mr. Carlisle, in which the subject of the rules and the policy of the Democrats in the House was freely discussed. The great Penn sylvanian was delighted at the light the Democrats were making, and told Mr. Carlisle to extend his congratula tions to his party friends. This morn ing it was reported he was attacked with a lit of vomiting, and he grad ualiy grew worse, until to-night the doctors have about abandoned hope of being able to preserve his life much longer. A BA RNWELL BUTCH ER CA['TURIED Ready, Who Murdered a Helplens Prisoner, Taken by Geor;ia Ot1icers. [Charleston World.] A CGUsTA, Feb. 10.-David C. Ready, who shot and killed William Black, a iregro man who was umnder arrest for burglarizing a store near Robbins's Station, several weeks ago, is iin the Augusta jail. He was captured by Mir. James Twiggs, chief of the Augusta police force yesterday morning, nine miles north of MIadison, Florida, who brought himn to the city oii the Port Royal train at 15I to-day. MIr. Twiggs, in describing the arrest to the World correspondent, said that lie, ini comnipa ny with the sheriff andl a posse who were sworn in, left Mladison yesterday morning and went out to the house of Bounce Cockering, where Ready wvas staying. They then surrounded the house and came upon the inmates una ware, lutckily' catching Ready a way from bis guni, which was in the room across the hall. As Mir. Trwiggs entered the door Ready made a dash for him, and bring ing all his enormous strength to bear, attempted to throw him aside andl get to his.rifle, but Mir. Tw~,iggs clinched him at once. For several minutes they swayed backward and forward, neither being able to get the upperhand. A fter a while, however, the superior weight of Ready- began to tell, and, getting~ Mir. Twigg's arm againist the wall, he~ gave it a fearful wrench and nearly gained his liberty, whben the sherifiand deptuty came in and forced him to surrender. He was then handcuffed and brought to Augusta, where he is now lodgedh in jail, awaiting :i telegram from the Barn well sheriff. Resigaation of~ Mr. J. S. Land. [Register 9th.] MIr. Jf. S. Land, for a nuniber of years past master of trains of tihe Columibia and (Greenvi1ll ac:nd Chr lotte, Colunrhia and Augusta Railroads, has tendered1 his resignation to take effect on M1arch 1st. This ha~s been accep)ted by Superintendent Talcott, arid M1r. L. T. Nichols, f'ormerly agent of the Richmond and D)anville at Chester, has been app)ointed to fill the position. M1r. Nichols, for some time past, has been train dispatcher for the Cheraw and Chester and Chester amid Lenoi r Railroads, narrowv guage roads; wvith headqdarters at Chester. 3Ir Land has proved hiimself a faithful, capable and effieient officer for a longv number (if years that he has held this~ responsible pilace, anti his 01113 r'easonm for resigning now is to get sonic much n1eeded rest, Hie conitenmplates devotinmg him nself to no business at pirese nt, but will keep otut of harniess for some months, or un:til lie has thoroughly ire c uperated. MR. LAND NOTi RE:sloNE1D. [(Colmuibia Rccord.i] 3Mr. J1. S. Land, the courteous niaster of t rains of the (Colnumbia and Greeni vill!e and Charlotte, Colutmibia and Au guista railroads. who wasi reported to have resigned his posit ion by oiur imiorn ng conmtempolrary., has noit dlonte so. lint has mierely obitainmed a three mon(thls' leave of absence. so as to gain a muchel needed rest. the discharge oif h is onlerous dui ties having al most comi pletely' broken him down. lie intends to try and re cuperate himself ini the three mionthis' leave lie has ob tainied, and wvill spend a port ion of it in travelling. Dturing his absence his poist will lbe filled by 3Mr. L. T. Nicholls, fornierly the agenit of the Rlichimiond and D)'i ville at Chester, liut lately the t! iin dhisp atcher f'or the (Chleraw and Chest r, anid Chester ando Lenoir roads. Murder in Eda field. [Special to The Register. ] JonINsroN, S. C., Feb..-At E'dge field C. H., this eveningr John Smrnith cut very serious, if not fatally, Pi'erce. MIitchel Mitchell asked Smith to pay3 himfl an account, whben Smithl wheeled and cut him in the nek, [severing the large artery. smithisn jail. Both p)arties are colored. Mitchell i~ d'~ tug BOILING DOWN A BLUNDER. Sheii Man,ife.to, With the Venom Ex tractedi To the Editor of the News and Courier : In answer to the commiunica tioi of (o1. I;cdell Jones, published in The News and Courier on the 3d inst., allow me to say that I am afraid he has taken a one-sided view of the call for a Convention of the Farmers' Asso ciation. which is to be held at Colum bia on March 27, proximo. The call when boiled down and tersely stated, aincounts to this: First. A demrand for a more econo mical goveriient by the reduction of expenses, salaries and unnecessary "existing institutions'' wherever prae ticable and possibe, which will insure a general reduction of taxes, as well as the benefits of an agricultural college, without increasing the burdens of our people Second. A leiand for cheaper, more practical and scientitie education for the fariers and meelanies, artisans and laborers in the State, all of which is enbraced in the demand for an ag ricultural college. Third. A demlanld that the land scrip and Hatch funds, the agricultural bureau, and fertilizeri funds be used for the purpose for which they were intended, instead of being di1vertei anl monopolized for other "existing it:stitution:' as they have been. Fourth. A demand that the railroad commission be made of some benetit and use to the State, or abolished alto gether, so that the responsibility may rest surely upon the railroads for any mriismrangenient and oppression, until such time as the people may see fit to curb and control them, by fair and proper laws. Fifth. A demand for reapportion ment of Representatives and Senators in the General Assembly, and also in our Democratic Conventions, so that all parts of the State may be fairly rep resented, and the State freed from the autocratic control of certain parties and places, regardless of the will and wishes of the people. Sixth. A demand for a constitutional Convention by which ourjudiciary and certain fundamental laws could be re formed, thereby making a better and more economical goveriinent of the State possible. Seventh. A demand that the peni tentiary system be so conducted as to give the greatest possible return to the State, both in money, and in the im provenciit of our public works, roads, highways, bridges, etc. Eighth. A demand that the South Carolina University, which has had no opposition from us, should take care of its own interests, and that its friends and advocates should cease their oppo sition to the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, for in truth there is no necessary antagonism between the two. These are the principal demands niade in the call which I had issued, at the request of the executive committee of the Farmers' Association, and the call ends as follows: "We therefore issue the call for a conventiou of those Democrats who symnpatbize with our views and purpo ses, as herein set forth, to imeet in Columbia in the House of Representa tives on Thursday, the 27th day of March proximio, at 12 o'clock M., to nominate a ticket for every State ofli eer, from Giovernror dtown, to be p)ut in thre field for raiicationi or rejection by the next D)emnocratie State Convention, arid we pledIge ourselves to abide thre rcstrlt, whether that is for or against Now is t here a single demand niade therein that was not made ini the Far mers' Convention oif ISS86, and which has not been repeated timec and again, both in and out of our conventions, up to thre present time? The farmers do represent a bout eighty per cent of the peopleC of the State, and they have endeavored by every meauis in their power to secure the benefits arnd remedy the evils alluded to in the call, arid they have also endeavored to "modify tIelaws of tire State by other methods," arid now, after having been bitterly opposed and thwarted at every turn, they have been compelled to call a convention of all those who sympathize with them anid their views for the purpose of nomiinating a ticket which will go before tIhe people and advocate them. Tire call miakes no distinction as to profession, callirrgs or classes, and all "artisans, mrechiarrics and laborers. as well as all p)rofessional or mercantile classes who sympr~atize with us," are invited to co-op)erate. Certainly "the Demiocratic party is strongenrotugh, and good enough," and we do not propoise to use airy other, but we certainly have the right inside of tire p)arty to mecet, foirulate our viws let our wants be nmade known, and put representatives in the field who will ad vocate theim, arid riost surely. we admit the right of others who (do rot agree wvith us to pursute a similar course. Of course it would suit some peple for us to go along in the old ruts, and let other people control tds, as they see fit, but we have found that the "usual nmethiods" arc inadequate to tire occasion, particularly as they are under the conitrol (of "exist ing institutions." Tire Clemison College will not be secure until we have a Legislature per feetly ini sympjathy with us, and our other dermanids will not be complied with until we have a Democratic Con vetion, arid a State Government in perfect accord with us. If we sit still, rely u porn "ordinmary methods," allow our Democratic Convention, State Government and General Assembrly to re controlled as they have been, we can onrly expect a rep)etition of the ring rule which thas so long been tire bane o thbe State. G. W- SH ELL. Laureris Court House, S. C., Febru ary 7, 1 WJn. SHOT DEAD) BY A POSSE. How the Brother in Black is Treated in Mr. Harrison's state. Cn.:vE:nAND0, Oniro, February 8.-A special fromn Munrice, Ind, says that vesterday afternoon a notorious colored nan noned Eli Ladd was ejected frorm W illianm IH azell's drug store ini Blounit ville, Henry County. Ladd( went hromec making threats arid armred himself, soon rcturiniig with t wo revolvers. A posse of citizens~ had gathered at HaIzel's store antd when Ladd appeared firing beCgan, Ladd( ursing two of his waplonrs wh ile running backwards with hivinrg lead after him fi romi tire posse, who chkased until one oif their numiber, Join Davis, fell fromt a bullet ini his leg, arid arll but two of the citizens stopped. (Cha:rles Lake and Charles Selzer purisued( Ltadd ov&r half a mile when he dIropped (dead on the road. An exainrationI showetd seven bul lets ini is per.soni, one entering Iris neck uner tire chini. One pursuer was shot in the arm. A p)art .of thre piose wvere Wmnr Hazel1 and( .J.P1. Srith anid tIhe above mienitioned.i, all rep)utab,le citizens, wo se actio,ns are 'enernally commiended by the residen ts of that locality, who at all timeis feared Lardd. Somie arrests will me mrade with probably light punnismnt. Excitemrenit runs high. D)eath or Far,ner Jone.~' Arnax-ra, Feb. s.-Primrrus Jones, a ermber oif thre Leg~islatu re, anid the farmer who has for a long timie past irarketed the first bale o)f cotton for tre whole .South each season, died to day of p)rneoniia. He was probably tre miost stuccessful farmer ini Georgia. Is Life Worth Living ? Not if you go through the world a dyspeptic. Acker's Dy spepsia Talblets are a positive cure for-the wvorst forms of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, F'latulency and Constipatio'n. Guaranteed andI sold by Belcher, Houseal & Kibler.j / WORK ON THE G., C. AND N. A The Partner of the Late L. Shultz Comes The Si )own to Complete the Contract. [Special to the Charleston \World.1.] 1 SANTUC, Union Co., Feb. '..-Major Cot1 Jones, of Knoxville, Tenn., a partner annua of Mr. L. Shultz, who was shot and was hi killed by R. Moorman at Fish Dani of agri last -Monday, and reported in this cor- lowin; respondence, arrived here on the .5th Woi and succeeded in rallying the forces, overse that were somewhat unsettled under stewar the excitement, occasioned by the kill- W. I ing of their employer, and is said it will Allen, take about six weeks to complete the F. Rui grade. Nearly all of the rock for the The three piers of the Shultz contract in Thoni Broad river are c.. the grounds, and paper, rock is being rapidly hauled for the News abutment where the new road passes recomin under the Spartanburg, Unioni and is one Columbia railroad. Me.srs. Miurdoek m11iun & Coleman have completed their two i and in piers on the Broad river. fibres, Mr. J. H. Winedor shipped the larger manuf part of his tools and iniplernents from State : here last week, to a point in Abbeville ST. County, his contract just west of here 'he being cowpleted, except a large cut li sixty-three feet deep that continues to Societ cave, and which necessitates the re niaining behind of a sniall force of hands to keep it cleared out. The Trial Justice J. H. Evans Itemoved. electet John Guess, [Special to News & Courier.] A. E. CotUMBIA, February 10.-Governor e ' Richardson has removed from office eIety Mr. Junius H. Evans, trial justice at ' . Marion. The Governor took this ac- nit tion in response to a strong petition -littee from citizens of Marion, being influ- b-lap eneed also by the adniission of Mr. aol. Evans in the public press. The cause Ciln of the removal, as most of the readers of the News and Courier will readily haust understand, was Mr. Evan's iinplica tion in the attack recently made on the editor of the Marion Index in his ollice to e -thefi Another Democrat to he Unseated. were yeal' 1 \\as111xNcToN, Feb. 11.-After some i'stl v discussion, the House "otinlnittee oil The ti election, this morning, by a strict party $9,376 vote, decided to recommend that the opera House unseat Pendleton and seat Atkin- cent o son as Representative from the First pense West Virginia District. Chairman receilp Rowell will present the majority report Mr. to the House as soon as the rules are the N disposed or, and probably O'Ferrall that 1 will submit the views of the minority. aiien the at The Freak of a River. $25 in -- newe< Los AN(;ELES, (AL., February S.- exclui Great damage has been done by the siall Los Angeles River. It has changed its to vot course at almost a right angle just .Jud south of the city limits, and after cross- substi ing the country for six miles empties Rolie into the old San Gabriel River. The "aR inundation covers a large area. A large have nunlher of orange, walnut, lemon and montl other orchards are almost ruined. ('ol Growing crops in its course are conl- for mna pletely destroyed. The tolal damage secret in this locality is estimated at $75,000. duties - - . v - - resign Another Phenomenally Mild Winter. A. Ra Hask . .surer. The memory of "the oldest inlhabi- Pet tant" is frequently at fault in regard to cietv the state of the weather in past years. urn For instance, that veracious old fellow nieeti has never seen such a miild winter as s.uk we have beeni experiencing. Perhaps At his nmemory is Pot so retentive as it met formerly wvas,for in other days there was niext as phenimenaully .mild a winter as the nt( onie we ar~e passing through. Soin te book-w~ormi was found in an 01(1 volume of the Poat Folio for 1817 the following *The statement :.J. 1)rt "Otn the 27th day of Decenmber, in rment the year 1816, the weather was so larges warm as to render it necessary to cov'er preCsel all- the fires in the House of Represen- and p: tatives at Washington, and nearly the made same degree of beat continued for sev- warra eral days." Thissamie volume of the Port FolioNe con tainus some thermuometrical observa -___ tionis made in Alexandia, Va., ini Au gust and December, 1836, as follows:- H Aug. 21, thermometer 636 deg. at 2 p. mn. Aug. 22, " 5.5 "at Ii a. ru. Aug. 22, 71i " at 5p. nm. Aug. 23. " 56" at&6.0a.nm. Aug. 23, " 69 " at 2 p. mn. C D)ec. 211, " 69 "' at 2 p.* m. qluestc Dec. 27, " 55 " at 7 a. in.prm Dec. 27, "' 65 " at 2 p.mi. Board'( D)ec. 2s, " 47 "' at 7 a. mn. lml>or Dec. 28, " 47. " at 2p.mI. coil These observations show that theheli morning oif the 27th of Decemnber was three degrees warmer thin athat of the ___ 22d of August, and that the heat of the STAT 21st of August at two o'clock in the co() afternoon was only one dIegree greater (C(p than that of the 27th of December at the same hour. .John A Tennessee newspaper stated a few weeks ago that the winter of 18S27-8 was very mild; that peachtrees bloomied H in .January, 1828, and( the gentleman Ital upon whose authority this statement ceased wvas miade, says lie never saw a better ade crop) of peaches than g,rew~ that year. .bfor b- ef< re Not aPimple on Ba by " Mas Enhy one year old. Bad with Ezema., Hair all gone. Sealp covered ithi SI1AT eruptions. C'uredl by ('uticura. Hair ('(Jh splendid and not a pimple on him. CO Cured by Cuticura. "" I can not say enough in praise of the (.T'- 3 iUn 1E3EDIEs. 3ly boy, when?r one yeartt of r age. was so bad withI cenma thait lie lost all , of h,is hair. H is scalp was covered wj ih erp- th li( tioniss, which the doctors saidl was scallhead,. first % an tIhat his hair would never grow agai.ilil I espairin ig of a cure f rom physicians, 1 be)a t he use of the ('uTiru:R IE3MEDI ES, arid. I~ ofm -) happy to say, with, the most perfect sutcce.' . Ter1 HI is hair is now splendid. and there is not a piminpieon hima. [ recomneind thle ('UTICrn Rt:MEDIEs to mothers as the muost speedy, Ma econiomical, and sure cure tor all sk in diseases of infants and childre, and feel t hat every mtot her who has an aihleted chiild will thiank I mue for so doing. E i 31 ItS. M1. E. WOODt)S M. Norway, M. Fever Sore Eight Years. I tiust extenid toi you ihe thanks oaf one of 'V ay custorners, ". ho has becen cured lby us, ig~ the CUTiCRA lIFMEDIEs, of an old slate, caiused'by a long spell of sickness or fever eight years ago, Hie was so bad lhe was fear fudlihe would have to have his leg amputated, but is happy to say lhe is noiw ontirely well- FRI sound" as a dolilar. He requci ests mae to utse his name. which is H. H-. .Asos, rnerchianit. JUOIIN v. M INuRli1ruggist. Gainesborio, Tenni. We have beern sellintg youir O'riertA 'iEM- Re Enitis forn yea rs, andt have thle ti rst coin t i yet to ree.iye from a purchnaser. Onre of tih l1EP worst casies iof scrofula I ever saw was cured lby theizi. TA YLOJIt & TA YL OtH. F-r:ankfo.rd, Kani. Cutioura Resolvent. H The new Blood anid Skin Purifier andl purMt anti best nfl Humnor Rtemedties, intearnral'y, and 'tTtrRuA, I lie gre'at Skin (itre, anal 4 er ia SaoiAie.an exqisite Sk i nBeatitiir, externail- . cure every disease and hiumor of the skin. scalp. and biloid. with loss oif hair, wet her Alini tchini g. huni nlg, seauly, p1imn ply. sinrofu ious, Exa i or hereditary, whieni all ot her remedies fail. -- Sold everywhere. Price. ('rTmreR. 5.; cy Su.te 25c.; RtEs'iLvENT. $1. Prepuared by thI PoTi'TE1: Data; ANti C1Eitt2tCA4L (ot:t'o:ACTi Bostoan. I. CMSend foir"HIow to curec Skint liseases al pages, .50 illuistratuions, a nd 1i00 testimuo- (autt nials.------- - -- the sat BYBA snSin aind scaip jpreseirved anal torney BAT beautitied yeTrn ,e A-1td solutly pumre. - Lii.~' aA' h s egE'ERY MUSCLE ACHES, \ Sharp Aches, 1Dull Patis, '-trains. 1-We aknesses relleved in onte in ute by the ('utien~ra A~ tn Pain Plaster. The riest and ontly instan tatieous palin-killing stretngrnin rg laster. :5cent s. T Bucklen's Arn.ca Salve- ilndeabt 'Te Be-t Sat'.e in thie world fair inuts. 5'or'-, accou: Bruises. t'laeirs.alt Rhleum. Fever Sare-.Te1a'- Febru: ter, Chappaed H arid'. ( h1iltlalits. ournis and atl Skini Erupt lins, ad posit ive'ly cures tauit tl Ples or nio pay. required. It is gu'ar:anteed to that dr '-k-e perfect satis~f'action. or mnoney refunded l-ui Price:15 cenits per boxt. For sale by Rtobert-. son & Gilder. \\righ .......................... - - GRICULTURAL MEETINGS. ate Gran-e-lncreared Receipts a the State Fair. roni the News and Courier.] -MIrA, February 5.-The first I meeting of the State Grange "d in the hall of the'department culture this morning. The fol oflicers were present: thy master, W. K. Thompson; i ?r, B. B. McWhite; assistant (, .J. HI. Stone, secretary, Thomas olloway; gate-keeper, V. B3. and Mesrs R. A. Love and \V. sell, of the executive committee. annual address of Worthy Master ,)son was an able and instructive which will be published in The and Courier later, Among the iendaitions of the worthy master urging the State to offer a pre for the encouragement of growth anufacture of the okra and other and the establishment of a actory of bagging, etc, in the 'enitentiarv. TE AGRICULTtRAL SOCIEtY. February meeting of the South na Agricultural and Mechanical y was held in the hail of the ment of agriculture this even following new life members were l: J. S. Yerner, Frazier Harden, Horlbeck, H. F. Ferrell, J. B. L. A. Ransoni, J. 0. Walling, -onzales, J. 1). Brown, Sandiforr Ir. Z. .J. Drake, of Marlboro, was I an honorary member of the So Duncan, chairman of the com on by-laws, submitted a set of s, which were unanimously d. J. P. Thomas, chairman of the e committee, submitted an ex ye report, which, as briefly =ized below, shows the affairs of >ciety to be in a highly satisfac mudition. total receipts from all sources for cal yearending February 15. 1S90, sl5.903 as against $21,109 for the revious The disbursements for -ere $12,170 as against $10,981. >tal gate receipts for 1889 were as against $5.362 for 188S. The ing expenses for 1889 were 28 per f the receipts; the operating ex for 1888 were 3U per cent of the ts. Roche, who had given notice at o venber meeting of the Society e would at this meeting move to i the constitution so as to make mission fee for life membership stead of $10, as at present, re I his motion saying he made it to he the entrance of members at a fee ju4 before election in order e in such elections. ge Haskell offered the following tute, which was accepted by Mr. and adopted by the Society: solved, That no member shall he right to vote till at least three is after his election." Thomas V. Holloway, who has ny years held the position of ,ry and treasurer, finding the of the two offices too onerous ed the latter position, and Mr. L. nsom was nomiinaied by Judge -l and unanimously elected trea tions were presented to the So roi Rock Hilland RidgeSpring the Society to hold its summer ig at those p)laces. The selection ft to the executive committee. I P. M1. the Society adjourned to m the 1st Wednesday in August it a place to be hereafter desig by the executive committee. N AGRICULTURAL TROPH Y. check for S.500) issued to Mr. Z. ke, of Marlboro, by the depart of agrienlture, as a prize for the yield of corn in the world, was ted at the State treasury to-day id. Photographer Reckling has i. handsome photograph of the it as an agricultural trophy. r. Advertisements. EALTH NOTICE. MfAYOR'S OFFICE, EwvERv, S. C., Feb. 12, 1890. SCITIZENS OF THE TOWN f Newberry are earnestly re d to cleanse and disinfect their ses at once, as suggested by the of Health. It is of the utmost tance that our citizens should y with this request, andl to that ,aid in preserving the publie GEO. B. CROMER, Mayor. E OF SOUTH CAROLINA' N'NTY OF NEWBERRY-IN IMON PLEAS. \I..Kinard, Adm'r., vs. Eloise M. Brown, andi others. Notice to Creditors. CREDITORS OF THE ES e of .Jefferson E. Brown, de ,are hlereb)y required to render Lablish their resp)ective demands the Master, at his olfice, on or the tenth day of March, 1890, or ill be precluded. I LASJOHNSTONE, Master. ter's Office, 11 Feb., 1 b90. E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ~NTY OF NEWBERRY-IN ION PLEAS. .J. Fant, Executrix.. vs. lone E. Faiit and others. ORD)ER OF THlE COU~RT, will sell at pulic outcry, before urt iHouse at Newberry, on the oliday in M1areb, ]1890, the re ig chioses in action) of the estate Samuel F'. F~anit, deceased. as (Cashi. LAS .JOHNSTONE*. Mas.ter. er's O11ice, 11 Feb., 1990. :kens o Party LLt B3E GIVFN AT .TING RINK HALL, NLEWBERRY, *-. (. DAY EVENING, A CONSISTING; OF dlng, Reitations, Dialogues. LINTIONS AN IIESE.NT.UIONS L.RLES DICKENS. Dickens Oysters ! Dickens Refreshments ! ecutors' Notice. [5 PERSONS H OL DING aimlis amgainlst thle estate ofi Jamies t, detceasedl, are reuired to hand ne. prope-rly attes:ei, to our ait s,Bieas.: & lllease, 411 01 before - of March, 189I0. .JNO. A. LTIDSEY, Rt. H1. LIND)SEY. CARD. respetfull e1tdc-l upon aOl l pers'ons' d1 to them either byx note oir t to settle the samei by the 1st of ry next, as It is high ly i mmpor at ':heir old business be clo%ed by te. (Oe or both of themn maxy bie ~t tihe Book store o1ftZak F. t. BIG BAI A SMITH & FOR ' NEXT 30 HURRY UP OR yo The cold wave has come and BLALOCK'I Have a heavy stock of OVERCOATS t at a sacri A $20.00 OVERCO! AN $18.00 OVERCC We will give you a Good Overcoat f< The price of cotton goes up 1 We bought our sto-k cheap and mur to make ro, SPRING Now is your chance to buy clothing seized, will lead you on to fortune. A thing of beauty and a joy forever. A Remember this when you want OLO'I~ BOOTS, SH OES, H A AND GIVE US We mean business. Our Winter regardless of cost. Wright & J. WV. Coppock's Old Stand. J< d< h COME ONE ANDALL AT ONCE TO SEE US.S New Goods ARRIVIG DAIL. RES~PECTIFTLLY, i 0. KLETTNER.I B We ask you to see of our lnext week Price List. fe a H 18 if of lif lif fo: he NGAINSI IAEAR N'S 1"H E SDAYS! its no use to shiver for GREEN hat must be sold, and will be sold flee. LT FOR $14.50 AT FOR $12.00 >r $2.00 or $1.50 if you prefer. >ut clothing goes down. ~t sell it before the winter is over omu for GOODS, cheap, and if the opportunity be ' suit bought from us will be a dollar saved is a dollar made. [I]NTG-, TS, CAPS, &C., &C., A CALL. Btock of Clothing must be sold TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERBY.-IN COMMON PLEAS. ~sse C. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of New berry and State aforesaid, Plain tiff, against James Crawford, Ben Harrington and James Cannon, De fendants. Judgment in Toreelosure. 'N PURSUANCE OF THE DE - cree in the foregoing action, ren ared by the Honorable M. Moses, as idge of the seventh Judicial Circuit, ited the 24th day of November, A. D. 173, I will sell at Newberry Court >use, in the county and State afore id, on the f.rst Monday in March, .D., 1890, ot the usual hour of sales, public outcry to the highest bidder r cash, the following lands in the own of Newberry in the county and ate aforesr.id, in the following order sale: First: All that lot of land, contain g two and one-quarter acres of land, ore or less, as the lot of land upon hich Ben Harrington was living as Le owner at the time of his death, unded by lands of Reuben Harring-' n and others. Second: All that lot of land, contain g two and one-quarter acres, more or ss, which is now in the pssession, as Le owner thereof, of Ruben Har ngton, bounded by lands of Jim Can n, by Vincent Street, and bylands 'estate of James Crawford and others. Terms of sale cash. W. W. RISER, Sheriff N. C. Sheriff's Office, Feb. 5, 1890. ['ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.-I C JMMON PLEAS. dldon Raft and Others vs. Jesse C. .Brooks. Y ORDER ''0F THE COURT ) herein, dated 27 January. 1890, will sell at public outcry, on the first A onday in March, 1890, (in twopareels, indicated by plats thereof,) all that t of land in the town of Newberry, the County and State aforesaid, the al estate of Dan'l Cockerel, decasd utaining two acres, more or less, and uuded by Scott Street, Gauntt Street, ts of John McMorris, - McKelIar, id Mahala Sutherlung. Terms: The purchaser will be re iired to pay in cash one-half of the r:-chase money, and to secure the bal ice, payable at twelve months with terest from the day of sale, by a bond id mortgage of the premises, and to y for papers. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master Master's Office, 5 e,., 1890. rATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. 7- J. B. Fellers, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Caroline Pitts, hath ade suit to mue to grant her Letters Administration of the Estate and 'ects of J. G. Pitts, deceased: These are, therefore, To cite and ad onish all and singular the kindred d creditors of the said J. G. Pitts, ceased, that they he and ap ar before me, in the Court of Pro te, to be held at Newberry Court ouse, on the 18th day of February, 9~0, after publication hereof, at 11 :lock in the forenoon, to show cause, ainy they have, why the said Ad iuistration should not be granted. tGiven under my hand this 3rd day February, A. D)., 1890. J. B. FEL LERS, J. P. N.C. GYNECOLOGY. WILL CURE THE DISEASES of women in those who may apply me for relief. Those in advanced e, and thos.e in married and virgin e, and the diseases that have existed r more than twenty years, all can be red, and the patients restored to good althin a few months. P. . RTTFF. M n F