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wTir'ri W. B. CASH KILLED .- . >0Si... i XY A SHERIFF'S TOSSE "WHILST EESISTtXiS ARKSfST.^ ' - ~-x V i*.v . .- r-i.* >A.'*? EJ?ht "Aimed Men Surrontotl ^the Barn \vh?T? the ]PoeItive i?' oSai^ilcd-He iiakes tli$ Appearance Armed "to the ^frth W hen Called rpont^Halt ReptXt** t*F3tli a Volley from his Winchester? The Pgs*?' icetum the Fire and He Falls, Middled 4Vith Ballets. - [Speaal iotJi& Blister. OiTEEirwy- May 15.?After "Sheriff c^tofford's disgraceful test week to arrest ?W. B. Cast,-Solicitor Newtott 'sSiii his pOTemptorr-orders fo'ftirn over the papers Jn the asfr waiter to - Deputy E. J. King. Last night Bepiuy i'T Ky^ took a posse -of -tea meniaud proceedei'ta W^B. Caslrs residence, sbuut Iv -r-/-CU THTIC XEireS' wuiu owucw ?.. two men; between the-;h<mse and7the barn and two: men between*^thc barn arid'the Msforfef swamp.': Subsequently, friiding Cash, was in the barn, lie" strrrounded fctk -m'e^ :i^trb^oaisr iio? teyt&e ??iless * -aH^.*'e7*&?cess^jv:, JiTthallH&Trtirne one of Cash'sTstrikeys .managed to get to. the brmr-ti^-give-him the alarm. A'f "4^80 -o'e?<tefcJ' a. ran :W.- B.;_ Cash - xsBtQ&.-fiixt "oTttie'-barn, ^ftm*Twlth a *' tlenbfeiarceled' shbt^a'atiti,.- a^ Win Chester A?gsbbtt as"6~e~^is or. ? -dcVcdl?"J5ilT*1i<n?^ned fire udod the arres^^i>w^;wliU"r^rfi^tfee fire, iaTiogbr ynvrt&sh, \v\i6&bc&y-tffis^ftefiaHy-Eid&Jgd with - -Wnicb^terb&Is. firing after.be wft&downTfighting till the .. <fyath.."Samsel Uee, W. B." hash's .v - jidrtieular henchman, imd. ;w!kj was tried for his life a fe#~yeirs -ago for the murder of yoanjg Presslv, but by some means e vadedcon vict ion, was secreted under W. iJ. Cash's house, armed,-frora whence he fired upon the arresting psu^, trat^as soon silenced > hLjt' iW]eTth^gh ^jeK4jfegr. -He was /?"brought bef<^3Trial Justic^'McQneen at Cheraw tKS^aiorningand committed for %ps&* TKfbnly pe?an hart in the arr&rijjtifig party is" MfTHF. H. Hilton, whgtfcas one finger shot'off by W. B. Cash. "The ball fortunately was turned a.^idftJtw^rik^^te t^i'fel <>f. Hilton's sa^g5fc3^.0 5?be coroner was seift for* tfil? mCrniifig and will hold aik Inque&y&'obfbly this afternoon. V iWstonfiVs'^osse were E. T. King, deputy ~shfian,"E. L. Rhodes, ~ ^^^ray Jucbf-pRrJ,*E. McXair,-H. D. :'Oe^eix,-fiifton, Jules Sellers sndcNedAsery. .... . >Chkk3.w; - ifay -15.?At half-past (MOV-KU- *J> U'JVc. iiiu? uiui mug L_V WeTTs proceeded toimpannpfa jtirv of : the -'wah^nt of Trial :iijf^cer^^ At ' " one"MftThel-a w for the sceivs of ihc shooting ^rad ^u-rived oiftficOToinr'dj Sfrceiinnf^frorn hare, "afictftr-y'pf'm. Tte"'ji?ry' was sworn ^ with- J, -S. -Buatlv- as- foreman. The .._ "' Sody'"-yiV-:view^. aad was !onu3.to . tweuty wouHds.,- includ" h^-btrckshof- wotmds.An entire 'eSfcff&e* cflJueksfcot -enfefed the right -&igfb:,';' ik^erag the femoi-al aitery. ^a^'flier^'.'was a rifle *r wound:" There were other wounds, in the back, -side,. breast and head, Dx/EoBock testified, ^o^d^^j&sedi&sfent death. - Five^witnesses were examined, and tUeir testimany shows'that }Y. B. Cash fired the first shots after being ordered tu haftvarid1 that he" had ample opport unitv.-lo surrender without bloodshed. The testimony further shows that he tired-three shots after being down, and (liai^he / shooting by the posse was only resorted to when it was thought to "be absolutely necessary. All the shootiag was at very short range. A fter-the-examination of the five witnesses the inquest was adjourned over to Monday morning* at die raw. After the adjomment, the body was carried over to Col. Watts'*, the only member of the family present. The burial will take place to-morrow, at the Ellerbe family burial ground. Nothing was seen of Colonel Cash. Public sentiment sustains the action of Deputy Sheriff King. Burial of W* B. Cash. Cheraw, S. C., May 16.?W. B. Cash was buried this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the orchard, about 200 yards smith of his father's residence." The body was followed to'fhc. grave by all the members of the Family except Colonel :Ca$bitfhoFlstodd, however, on his piazza, in sight of the grave. No - *muister was in attendance, and, in fact, there was no service of any kind ...krtiMMAM 'uAlkn**Anft At* SA wjjaievui) vi uuici n The body was simply borne in silence to the grave and covered with the earth, the whole proceeding occupying but a very few minutes. There being no public" notice of the time or place of burial, the attendance was qaite small. Colonel Cash is- very uncommunicative and appears to be very quiet, so far as known, expressing no opinion on the event. Public . excitement here has cooled off, and already the whole matter is looked upon as an affair of the past. An Interview Repudiated. Hon. Jeff. Davis makes an emphatic denial o,f the correctness of an alleged interview - with him, famished to the Indianapolis Jourqty hjV a. 3?r. Taylor, }\ prutuztic.&st Javy v c; ui tuiti yIl>* pavis says: A Mr. Taylor caine to my bouse in the night, sajing he had called to pay his respects. ~ lie proposed to go to a neighboring village to stay until morning. It was"quite dark, ^tidi the road was narrow and crooked, and he was invjtecl to remain where lie was until morning, when he took the train to New Orleans, to which place - he desired to go. Whether it ' Obligations of .society, that life- wfent off to i^^^^oMr^rsa0pn hjgj^jnnng the time he was a guest, is unimpor: " lantr I^^"i9?^50iTsequeficerb0w. ever, th?iiemi33r^esent$ uiy opinions stoli liacts asrifcSy Vere' fe&wn to ' - me/ima therefore I am gaiegrsn re he is indebted Either to hisiiiverrtion or his Sefective memory in htS statements 6i remarks attributed to me. ~Tor ex smpje, he says I thought $eji!^IcCIel; laii-jcoBJthave entered Richmond if He'bad ^pushed on across theXhiekahominy, arid that G-en.~ Lee 'thought so too. Sen. Lee did not thhilffeo, and hadassnr&dmethst if McClellan made :the attempthe would be uporiKsheels before ^Be couTd break the liaeibf dejifcnse,' Which I with a smair^fcfrce on - the -south side of the Chickabeminy wofitftf maintain. With a grain of tratiOftere is a sreneral nusreoresen tation*.J>? anything I could have said aboatrjGranfc or Sherman, Meade or McCl(&aB." Business Failures. New York, May 16.?The brisiness failures of the last week throughout the country, as reported io; B. G. Dun & Go-., Dumber for the United .States 182, and for Canada 27, or a total of 209. i&s compared with the total of 191 for last week, showing an increase of 18 .feilures, which is jasfc about the number that have occurred owing to the flurry in "Wall street. - The other (VMintinT rariAri-1 afrmiif ''vv/uvuo vi uiv v/vuuvi j ?v^v^v ? the same immber of castraltfes as last week. EmOKXTs Little Cathartic '^Pills are sufficieagy powerful for "tlie ffiest ^robust, yet thft^jfest for children and "weak! constitutes^ the action in an?'"disease is nnifon?^?rtain and; safe, painless and "effective: -Brngsjsts?*5-eents. * rff " ' ' i j aggggtt "ii "ttt ?r-!-;r aggm HENPRIX McLANES MOVEMENT. The Visit of the Greenback Apostle to South Carolina, and What It all Means -Getting Ready to Use the Negro Vote to Help 1 Alone the Sep nhli cans?Th e Crazy. Talk of a Crank and Charlatan. ~ [ From the Clevelarul, 0., Leader.] Charleston, S. C., May G.?J. Hen- i drix McLane, the leader of the antiBourbon forces in this State, reached < }>?> <?itv Kfltrtrdav nitrhf and ttjis visitftfl by the"representative of the Cleveland Leader this morning. Mr. McLane is ( nominally the headpiece of the Green- ( back Labor element, but really the chici' of all those forces outside of the Republican party which oppose the * present dynasty of the Bourbons. t In person McLane is a tall, ordinary t looking man, welll bearded and some- c what inclined to baldness. He is just C from the np-countrv, where he has 1 been laboring for the past three weeks, J having in that time visited seven coun- ^ ties. From July last until his recent t advent his headquarters have been at Washington. . s He states, that the executive commit- i tee of the anti-Bourbons will meet in a Columbia on the loth inst. Representatives will be selected at that time to ( confer with the nominee of the Repub- c lican party. { The rank and file of McLane's adhe- i rents will vote for the candidate of the .1 Republican party, and, with the active a co-operation of the United States mar- | shal, securing a fair ballot and an hon- i- t miniL Soirth Carolina can elect fiie I Republican electoral ticket. In the J last campaign, when McLane ran for i Governor against Thompson, he polled t in upper Carolina over 10,000 white i votes. This part of the State is the i stronghold of the Democratic party.- s The plan developed by him is the only ? feasible way or overthrowing Bour- i bonism. "When white men become candidates and, white votes ja^e polled i for them they are generalJj^Qanted. ( The .negro vote is almost always the 'i only one tampered with. The reasdtfT t for "this is obvious. The Independents, * as they are sometimes called, are large- t ly composed' of the- most violent and c dangerous political partisans. These 5 men are those who organized them- i selves into the infamous red shirt and ] rifle clubs, were staunch followers of 1 Unmkmu# Pnf1ni? nn/1 XT 4 J_LttLUUUl? I^UUCl Ci.il Lk -LACiLUpLU-Uj flUU V were the tools of Butler iu the Ham- ? burg and Ellenton riots in '76. "The t coming campaigu," said Mr. McLane, I "will be vigorously prosecuted. "We c intend to nominate a regular ticket, I put it into the fiefd, and if it wins to * enjoy the fruits of victory. The only f principle at stake is the purity of the t ballot-box. For eight years there has s never been a fair election in South 1 Carolina. Our efforts are a protest s against the outrages of the past. All of my followers, as well as myself, are a thoroughly distrusted with "Bourbon j Democracy. We don't believe in an f :i* .1 5 _ 1 ongarcny, aua a wayianng mau can j plainly see that even the white people are only a cat's-paw for the handful of i aristocrats who use as and then abuse t us. The action of such men as Dezen- t dorf, of Virginia, makes our work i harder, and there are plenty of them ( in this State. 'The cohesive "power of I public plunder' keeps them together, I while the judicious distribution of pap s blinds many of the leaders of the col- ( ored people to their own interests, c We are going to take away from the \ Bourbons in this campaign all of their i thunder. Their maiu stay is Anglo- ^ Saxon supremacy. By a judicious t selection we'll w hip-them on their own e battle ground. I think we can give, c the white voters of this State a far t more decent ticket than the Bourbons, e How we propose to ?lect it is some- g thing like this: The total vote of the i Cf n *a nVk/mt^ AAA 'PVi_ 1 KjLrt.it; IO uuvuu -Wjvw? JLiicic .aic Wf- J 000 white votes against 115,000 colored. The colored vote is practically solid-; say the anti-Bourbon ticket gets 100,00*0 colored votes, we shall poll at least 25,000 white votes, which will give onr ticket 125,000 votes against 75,000 for the opposition. This can be douej and will be if our plans work." BY HIS OWN HAXD. The Saicide of a Prominent Kentucky. Judge^-H<?w it -was DoneMount Sterling, Ivy., May 15.? ' This community was thrown iuto the wildest excitcmcnt abont 11 o'clock by the startling announcement that Judge Reid had committed suicide. Judge Reid was cowhided recently by lawyer Cornelison, it will be remem- i fKa r\ocf ftirr vaIO C | UU vvu x vi 1110 ivifti lives had noticed that he was consider- s ably depressed in spirits and com- s roeuted on it, but he had just returned ft from a canvass of this (Applegate) j t district, and had been in close consul- s tation with his friends as to theadvisa- \ bilitv of still remaining in the-field, as I he appeared to be discouraged at the outlook. i This morning he was more cheerful t and in better spirits than he had been I for some weeks, and was hopeful of I the canvass and made arrangements to e visit different portions of the county during the week. His mental aber- * ration mast have come npoii him sud- I denly, doubtless Superinduced by a g pain in his head, of which he com- C plained to Judge Breck. It appears 1 that he went into Judge Breck's law S office about 10.30 this morning and 1 told him he would like to go. up stairs, t as lie was suffering from a severe head- s ache. Judge Breck1 after a lapse of an hour, went up stairs, und was hor- c rifled to see Judge lieid stretched out t on the floor dying, with his head lying I in a pool of blood and a pistol on the t floor by his side. The following note, f witten on the back of a business card, -t was found: "Mad \ mad! Forgive t me, dear wife, and love to the bov." It is not signed, bat is .in>the:feand- ( writing of Judge lieid. It is asingu- c lar fact that no report of a pistol was t heard. The weapon csed by Judge t Reid was one he kept his house, but never carried. It appeared to have been jttst loaded. ta, a Chairman Banmm's Candidates. "V Washington, May 14.?Hon. "William H. Barnnm, "Chairman^ of the ? democratic JNationai uommittee, is * now in Washington. In an interview , to-day, Mr. Barnum said his first choice for Democratic standard-bearers \ in the coming campaign were Tilden Jand Hendricks. The old ticket he thinks the strongest the party can , nominate. Sboala Mr, Tilden decline, Mr. Flower, of New York, in the opinion of Mr. Barnum, is the strongest man, and can carry New York by ^ GO,000 majority, and New Jersey, Con- ? necticut and Indiana, and probably ? Ohio. After Mr. Flower, Mr. Bar- t nnm thinks Mr. Randall the next best , mnn "Kir all " Wh?lo ovnroecilio1 this individual opinion as to the rela- -, tive strength of individuals, Mr. Bar- ^ nnm, when asked whom he favored, I; replied, "The nominee." a The Fare to New Orleans. ? W.ashdcgton, May 15.?From the h statements made before the Senate g committee on appropriations to-day it t appears that excursion rates of one t cent per mile to the New Orleans Cot- h ton Exposition have been agreed npon r by 160 railroads* This will make the ti rates abont as follows: Halifax, $23; a TVsctnn ftlA? ATpwVnrt. 551S? Philadel- 11 phia, $12; Baltimore, $11, and Rich- c mond, $10. There are proportionately low rates from points adjacent to r New Orleans. Director-General Burke t< estimates that the receipts of the expo- e sition from Louisiana and the ten adjacent SEateswHIraore than repay the v loan made by Congress. t] EDITORS ON A FROLIC: [ HE ANNtTAL MEETING OF THE STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION. low Some Newspaper Men Enjoyed Themselves in Charleston-Handsomely Entertained?Matters of Interest in the City. The State Press Association of South Carolina held its annual meeting in Charleston on Wednesday, the 14th nst. The armory of the Washington Light Infantry had been tendered for he use of the Association, and here he body was called to order at 12 >'clock by the president. Col. T. B. >ews, of the Laurepsville Herald. ["he were about twenty-five journalists iresent, either members already, or vishing to join. These latter were manimously elected. A number of invitations to the Asiociation, to visit different points of nterest about the city, were received, md accepted with thanks. Mr. W. Waddy Thompson, of the Jaffney Carolinian,, was expected to ieliver the annual oration, but was )revented by sickness. He had placed lis manuscript in the hands of Capt. P. H. Clarke,*of the Camden Journal, md it was acceptably read by that gentleman. The subject of the address vas, "Milton's Miuor Poems". On notion of Capt. F. W. Dawson, of the Wews and Courier, the thanks of the Association were extended to the auhor and the reader of the address, and t was ordered to be printed In the ninntes. After the transaction of some routine business the Association idjourned till four o'clock in the afterloon. In the afternoon the Association, in :esponse to the invitation ,of the City Council of Charleston, repaired to Atlantic wharf, to take, a ran around he harbor. The party boarded the iteam tug Monarch, and were soon on he very -pleasaat.little trip. A couple )f hours were thus mo3t delightfully ipent. It had been previously anlouiiced that the "refreshment" department would be in charge of Aldernan ,K. C. Barkeley?assurance that hiugs in this line would be done exictly right. The Alderman was maser of ceremonies, and right well did le-discharge his A faupy incilent of the trip was the voung of a )eautiful-''bouquetto the handsomest nan" in the Association. The choice ell upon Major M. B. McSwecuey, of he Hampton Buardtarif. and the premutation was made by w. P. Calhoun, Ssq'.j ^bft'the^ lJSalfiSa Both ipeakers were heartily applauded. The Monarch returned to the wharf kbout seven o'clock, thus leaving the ournalists some little time to prepare ni- tho hftunnof at the Charleston lotel, appointed for eight o'clock. , At the appointed hour the party, mihbering about "forty,'assfefcibled at he hotel,1and were soou seated around he tables. Gapt. F. "W. Dawson, epresenting the News and Courier Company* the hqsts of the occasion, >resided. Among the guests were Hayor Courtenav, Capt. James Arm:trong, Col. Moore, of Hampton, 2apt. Marshall, of the "W. L. I., and ithers. Of the splendid repast -that vas spread, it "need only be said that t. was universally enjoyed. There yere but two - regul&r toasts?one to he Press of South Carolina, re&pond;d to by Col. T. 33, Crews, the presilent of" the Association, and one to he State and her Metropolis, respondid to by Mayor Courtenay. Several gentlemen were afterwards called ipon, and responded appropriately. Che festivities were continued till "a ate hour, when Hhe party dispersed, ully impressed with the "elegant hos>ita"lity of their hosts. On Thursday morning the press lartv boarded the elesrant 3teamer Sappho, bound for Sullivan's Island? >eirig on this occasion the guests of the klount Pleasant and Sullivan's Island 'criy Company. The trip to the 'slaud, via, Mount Pleasant, was very lelightful. On the arrival of the party hey were driven in the cars on the Middle Street . ailroad, to the New Brighton Hotel,' where they were iourteonslv received by Mr. J. F. Surnhain," the proprietor. The new lotel is one ot the features of Charleson's progress. A frill description of he handsome and commodious buildng mus^bo ddfccred;fdir another occaion. ? The ijfossj'partfe ^pused themelnc? iy^fbcfcfng- ovef^Sc hotel and trolling* on the "beach. After awhile l^ey were iavited into the New Brighon,?; wjier^ a (feUcioos lnrictf was erved, "and o'f "course enjoyed. A rote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Jurnham for his courtesies. Returning to the city, the party re-* >aired to the Claussen Brewery," aj?l JreWerfo" under -tWe direction of Mr. iersten, the head brewer, and were auch interested. In the afternoon, the Association seld a meeting in the parlor of the 'avilion Hotel, when a handsome ^old-headed cane was presented to ;ol. Jordan Stone, of the North Caroina Press Association. Major McSweenev, on behalf of the Soath Caroina Association, made the presentaion; specch, and Col.' Stone made a nitable response. At half-past.; fofli* o'clock the Assoiation were taken in carriages, under he charge of Gen. G. Irvine Walker, resident of the Charleston Manufacuring Comprany,-' to visit the cotton actory. They "were shown all over be>'^toildittg, atod- wdre of iconrse inerested and entertained. ' The Association-next'drove to the /itadel Academy, to witness the drill if the Cadets?"after *Whieh they reamed to the Pavilion Hotel for a'final nsiness meeting THE EDITORS IN MEETING. After the lunch at the New Brighton . special meeting of the Association pas held. The first business was the election of ifficers. President Crews said he felt hat be had been president longenough -nd he did not desire to monoplize an lonor that any one would prize. Capt. Clarke, however, moved that President }rews be re-elected, and the vote was mammons. President Crews returned lis thanks, and pledged himself to do lis utmost to promote the usefulness if the Association. The following officers were unaniQously elected: First vice-president, lajor M. B. McSweency, of Harapr?r? spp.nnd virp-nrpsirlftnt. Col. R. A. ?hoDipsoiij of Qcouee; secretary, Capt. Ei P. Beard:,. of Kershaw; treasurer, /Ol. Franz Melchers, of Charleston. Capt. Clarke, of Kershaw, and Mr. rno. S. Reynolds, of Fairfield, were manimonsly ejected the orators for he next annual meeting'. Capt. Dawson gave the Association , cordial invitation to meet next year 11 Charleston, assnring them of a iearty welcome and a profitable time ;enerally. He said that he extended he invitation, at this time, in order hat Charleston's position might not e misunderstood. The invitation was eceived with thanks and referred to he executive committee, which will t the proper time fix the time and lace of the next meeting of the Assoiation. After appointing a committee on esNations, tne Association aajournea d meet at the Pavilion Hotel in the vening. At the evening session resolutions rere adopted, extending the thanks of hie Association to the people of .Obaitdfetouvto the City Council* to the "ifews arid Courier, to the hotels cjfCharleston, to the railroads of thfe State, to the proprietors of the New Brighton Hotel, to Mr. J. C. H. Clau^sen, of the Palmetto Brewery, to the "Washington Light Infantry, "to Col. Thomas, the superintendent of the Citadel Academy, to the Mount PleaSsant and Sullivan's Island Ferry Conipanv and to Gen. C. I. Walker," president, of the Charleston Manufacturing Company, for courtesies extended. Mr. F. P. Beard, of the Kershaw 1 Gazette, offered the following resold- e tion, which was also adopted: c Resolve#, That this Association, recognizing the great beneficial influ- " ence which will be exerted bv the * prosperity and success of the New . Brighton Hotel ou Sullivan's Island upon the city of Charleston, and through Charleston upon the entire , State, pledges itself, to use its endeav- ^ ors to advance the interests of this , new apd promising enterprise. The Association then*adjourned sine die' s V . i TEE AKTHUK B0021. ' C * ' . C A Circular to Republican Delegates to the s Xational Convention. The circular prepared by the Repub- j lican conference committee of New c York city, and sent to every delegate s chosen to attend the Republican Xa- a tional Convention, has been made public. It starts out with the assumption' s that the Republican party cannot win t in the next election without the elec- t toralvOte of New York. It declares c that "any candidate who has- been in i any way involved in the Republican' e faction fights in New York would, a i . _ t_ rrA? aowever coinmenuaoie ais quanuus iu j other respects might be. lose thousands ^ of Republican and Independent votes, c thereby putting the State in the utmost r jeoparSv."' This is understood to be i aimed at President Arthur. It is then e declared that ^anv man; whose record i is tainted with the advocacy of an uu- i sound mdney system would be partico- ( larly weak in New York." This is meant for Gen-.-Logan. It is finally f asserted that "any candidate likely to c launch, the Government into a fantastic c or adventurous jpolicv, calculated to c bring about a. disturbance bf our peac- i able intercourse with foreign countries t will therefore Inspire distrust, and not t only lose a great iflaiiy individual c votes, but also deprive the Republican c ticket of that moral and material sop-" port which it usually receives from the a business communito generally." This a is intended for Mr. Blaiae. The drcu- t lar concludes by declaring thai "there t are among the prominent members of i the Republican- party- men! well fitted \ to be its standard-bearers?men of i pure record and irreproachable charac- t ter?men untainted Witbthescandals -t of past administrations or with; odious affiliations?men of sound principles, i arid commending themselves in all i essential respects to the esteem and ( confidence of their fellow-cTjtizens." r : THE POLITICAL PROSECrTlOKS. ~ Why they trero Discontitmed~3Ir. Melton ^ had Nothing Whatever to do With the , Matter-The Mystery Solved. - ~ CSpecial to the Register.] j. Dareikgtoj.v S. C., May IS.?The Barnwell Sentinel, in an issne of a r late date, says .that "Melton gave as ( his reason for discontin>jingthepoliti- s cal cases the inability of the Government to convict with 8onth Carolina r juries," The Kershaw Gazette -says e that Melton "seeks to take upon him- ^ self the credit of stopping them." The ( Chester Reporter asks why Mr.-Mel- c ton did not use his discretion at first, ( thus imDlvinsr that Melton had discoJir ;i tinned *he;cas<Js at- his own discretion c The Pickens -Sentinel says that he de- ? serves no credit for* "discontinuing t them. . ; A I have quoted from the above men- ; tioned papers merely to show that they s were toistaken as to the reason wliv c the political cnS6s-were dropped. The \ News and Courier, too-, with all its :g keen scent after news', after its elabo- [ rate editorials-oh the subject and long interviews with Melton, failed to get a s key to the solution of the mystery. r Melton had nothing to do with the c matter. . If it had been left to him the T cases would be on the docket even ; now. The facts of the matter inJbrieif c are these: A number of Congress- ^ , men, severarof thern from South Carolina, waited - upon Attorney General t Brewster and requested him to stop a the prosecution of the political cases, c telHngfcim that, bo good could cone -f of it, aud that -it--would but keep the \ State in an eternal ferment. He, upon ? this representation, promised to have them stopped, and upon his order they t were discontinued. This I know to s b<5 %^me Congressman that was { with "!he number that waited on the ? Attorney* general for this purpose? ^ ga<ve *mk the facts abdVe narrated.- Hfe 3 name I withhold by request. - j DEATH OF CHAKJLES O'COXOB. * v v$u s A Brief Ske&h of the Eminent Lawyer's t Naktucxet, Mas&i, May 13-Chades c O'Conor is dead. '{Mr. O'CouoMgas ? born in New York In 1804. Sm^Iv before Ms birth f&ffcfer -fcihigratea; a from Ireland, and: soo a After his. arri- c val lost a handsome property which he I had inherited. ' This prevented the son ? from receiving a;Mberal' education, but ! he learned at school the: primaryEng- j branches, and r&eived some instrnc- 1 tion in Latin from his father^ who also 2. l\??n ln????Anc . m 1Ti^hir>Vt t prUUUlW iUl jiiui JW<7ovn?:;i? xivmvk He studied law, and in:l$24 was admitted to tfee- bar. His chiefeases are * the Slave Jack Case (1335)/ :iThe Lis- ? penard Will Case (1843). T^ePorrest , Divorce Case (1851). The Mason s Will Case. (1853). The. Leminon Slave s Case (1856). The Parish Will. Case I (i862>, and the fitigaticm cOneertritig. t the JnmeF estate. And'ife has been" employed In many other important 1 cases, some of which involved sums ;c varying from $100,000 to million's. Me a was prominent in prosecuting the !! "ring" cases against the municipal * officers of New York in 1-873. A zeal- * ons Democrat, he has been repeatedly I urged by his party to accept noraina- } tions to the very highest offices, bnt 1 retnsea. lie consented 10 serve K>r fifteen months as United States Bis- I trict Attorney for New York, under President Pierce, and was a member c of the New York State Constitutional c Convention of 1846 and 1864. He was ^ nominated for the Presidency by the 8 Labor Reform Convention, m Phila- a delphia, August 22, 1872, and by the ? Straightout Democrats in Louisville, c Ky., September 3, 1872. He declined ** both nominations, but in the subse- .J quent Presideutaf election received a . handsome complimentary vote.] Mb. Hewitt's Tariff Bill.?The * "Washington Star says: "The proba- f Kilifv ia thnf.'Mr. Hewitt's tariS* bill will not be reported to the House by L the ways and meajis committee this t session. Ifthfe committee conld feel that there was any chance of passing any bill for tariff reduction this session they would report this bill. But they are convinced by the action on the Morrison bill that auy bill whatsoever which reduced tariff duties wonld ; be opposed by the same combined power that struck the enacting clause _ au- ir-?k:i: jj 5 OUl Oi - UH; JlUl &ldUU U1M? - W * IlA5rovEii, 0., Feb. 13, 1884.?After a having lung fever and pneumonia I had a 15 dreadful cough and could not sleep at . nigbt The aoctors told me I had con d sumption and would die. I have tafeen sii- c bottles of Piso's Cure and my cough is eajv >k : :t&eiy-g*me and I am well as even?MH^ ; - , - ?r ' >T^35bS? " ' ' ' y. : THE LAW OF THE PAR?!. * : j C el [ HE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUTH . CAXO^ESA DEMOCRACY. a) ? ; tb - p! rhe Instrument- aa:'Amended in the State Convention, August 2, 1882?Interesting Reading: for Every Good Democrat. 03 Article I. There shall be one or 11 nore Democratic clubs organized in :ach election prccinct, each of which .Tnhe eVxill liQiro o "Thf> ? ? Democratic Club," and shall elect i president, one or more vice-presi- 3 lents, a recording and a correspondng secretary, and a treasurer, and ^ hall have the following working com- r, nittees, of not less than three mem- 1~ >ers each, viz.: a committee on regisration, an executive committee, and I1*1 uch other committees as to to each h dub may seem expedient. Aet. il. The meetings of the clubs ? hould be frequent after opening of the -n an vass, and some member of the chib ?r invited speaker deliver an address r( it each meeting, if practicable. ^ Aet. III. The president shall have jower to call an extra meeting of the h ilub, and members of tha club ._ hall constitute a quorum for the trans- " iction of business. Aet. IV. The clubs iu each "county hair be held together and operate rader the control of a county execu- fp ire committee, which shall consist of * >ne member from eaeh club, to -be lominatcd by the respective clubs and U sleeted by the County Convention, and B uch other membersas the convention jc nay add. The executive committee, vben elected, shall appoint its own js >fScers and fill all vacancies whieh te nay arise when the convention is not tl n session. The tenure of office of the ixecutive committee shall be until the -p Acmno>nfn nnWc CAAno** _ enioved or suspended by the County ^ Convention. Art. V. County Democratic Contentions shall be composed of delegates i "8* elected by the several local clubs?one lelegate for every club, and additional *c Lelegite for every twenty-five enrolled nembers?with the right to each Conn- g y Convention to enlarge ordiminish si he representation, according to cir- a; iumstances. This convention shall be ailed together by the chairman of the fj ixecutive committee, ander suchmlesi .ft is each county may adopt, and when" T assembled shall be* called to order by y he chairmian of the executive comraitee, and proceed to ^efctTrom among ts members a pr&identi one or more tdce*presidehts, a seeretary-and trcasirer. The convention shall proceed 0. business,-and-when the name is ransActed it'shall adjoam sine die. ' Aut. VI. Themodeand manner of ri i0UJiLU*ULig raniuucu.ca vi*. : Ices oribr the * State, JdBBciar and <* Congressional Conventions shall Be " egulated iff each" coonty fry the" re;pective Cotmty Conventions. P Aet. VII. The State Convention ai hall be composed'of legates from T iach county, in the numerical propor- w ion to wliich-that coanty ifi entitled in >oth branches of the General Asscm>ly. : ?- . ti Ajkt. Yin. The officers " shall be a g jresident, oirevice-gresidentfrom each f? Congressional District, two secretaries rmfo treasurer. T Abt. IX. TheState' Executive Com- * nittee shalf be'eotaposed-'of three from ? >ach Congressional District. The dele- 5v pates frefcHhe chanties comprising the Congressional District to nominate the candidates from that district, and the ^ Convention shall- then proceed to an b ilection. The Tnem'bei- representing t* jonfh Carolina on "the "National Demo^ a irafcic Committee; shall be ex-officio a tl nember of the State Democratic Com mttee. . V jAkt. X.! Tltfr E^ectttive Committee p; ball bfect its ami cbafrman and other .gi fficers, and shall' meet at the call of . w he chairman or any five members, at Lfc nek times and places as heidr they oay appoint. :tt . Art. XI. The Executive1 Committee jr hali have power, by 'the'Vote of a ? najority of the whole committee, to C( allaGonventioa of the. Democratic a] arty of tla* State, at., such time and >lace as it? may designate; and is , :harged with the execution asd direcr iori of the poKcy of the party in the State, sifbject only to tbts Coristrtntion, ^ he principles declared in the Platform, 7~ .nd sadlt instructions, by resolution or. .7" rthenyise, ag tlwState Convention; may Srom fiwfe toti roe-adopt; aiid^fcalt co?mtie in office for-tirtfr years- ^romi the to rtlnrtf l/\n AN tlY>i - ft. lUiC Ml ClClrftiVUp \Jl if 1I< 14 005C4ir ? rfing of the next State' Contention: for H he nomination of a State ticfcetytyiless P uperseded by the action of therStafe ^ Convention. And.if amy vacatfcv on ^ hastate -tfc&et-be occasioned by-death, Ctrt0y^,0^other <?crse,^h^t?tjrmittee V haR'hate to'fill the vacancy^ SJ i^yidedtra^wkllinot apply to' the S rffiee of Governor when, there" shall ^be di nfficieuttiirie to call a; -State {Joaven- m km. fc Aet. XII. Ifhen the Stete IJeinorattc Conf^ntion assembles, it shall-be a< ailed to order by the-chairman of the s| state Executive'GomhiKtee, "shall elect oj i temporary president^: and shall pro- jj, ?ed immediate!? -totbe election - of 1 vj >ermaneftt oSieew end the transaction. V( ifbttSindss. The cOilvention, when it ^ ias concluded'Its business, shall adourii sine die. And when a conven- -r, ion is edited bv "the Executive Com- r, uittee,?Hch convention shall be com- " >6sed of newly elected delegates. Art. XIII. [Representation in Judi? iaJ' and Congressional Conventions ?' hall be on the same basis as in State Conventions. A majority of delegates bail be present at a convention to contitute a. quorum for nominating a andidaie either for Congress or solici- d< or. The delegation of each connty in ? [ Congressional or Jndicial Conven- F ion shall have power to fill any vacan- in y in'the delegation. And whenever b< iiiy conntv is or shall be subdivided W unong two or more Congressional f & districts the delegates to the conveniens of the several Congressional Dis- T rietssfeall be elected by the County w )emocratic Convention, and appor- ft ioned among the respective Congres- rt ional subdivisions of the county hi m >roportion to population. " H In every convention to nominate a a andidate for Congress, or for the >fRce of solicitor, a majority of the ... rotes shall be necessary to a choice, V. jid the votes shall be taken viva voce ,nd recorded, unless therebe but one andidate,-in which event-the vote may >e taken by acdamation. As soon as vj , ConsressiOrtal or Jndicial Convert- _ ion has nominated thepartycandidate F' or Congress or solicitor, it shall ad- ai onrn sine die; and whenever a candiiate to fill an unexpired term of either at >fSce has to be nominated, it shall be di [one by a new convention of delegates ai resh from the people. The executive te ommittee of each Congressional Dis- pi rict or Judicial Circuit shall consist of a he several county chairmen of the re- h< pective counties and parts of counties: tt omposing such district or circuit, 01 ehicb committee shall elect its own ai hairman, secretary and treasurer, who di hall continue in office for two-years in , district and for four years in a cirait, respectively, or until their sueessors shall have been elected. It "j hall require the consent of a majority f the whole executive committee in ny district or circuit to call a nomi- ^ ating convention. ? The executive committee of each I istrict or circuit shall be specially ^ hiteed in its -except as erera tf^icfed,fcnd subject to -tfce: .. . - - ? *1 J tare rianorm, as wcit -a? tmuer we | .: :"; > - ' - /d ipervision of the State - Executive ommittee, with the conctagt of every ection for Congressional.represents-, ves or solicitors in such' disfrict or rcuit; and said committee shall meet : the^call of the chairman or of any iree members, at such times and [aces as he or they may appoint. Each Congressional Convention shall teet within its Congressional District, ad eaeh Judicial Convention shall leet withinits circuit. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ?Dynamite has been found, under a rail of Wool rich arsenal. ?Dennis Deasy, the dynamiter, ied in Chatham prison on Saturday, -j ?The Supreme Council .of the jiights of Honor of the TMfced States in session in Chicago. ?Chas. . Green, tried for the roarer of ;Ed. Philpot, at Augusta, Ga., as been acquitted. ?The New York Cancer Hospital jrner stone -was laid on Saturday ith appropriate ceremonies. ?There were a few more failures iported on Saturday from New York ot confidence seemed to be restored. -Joe Jefferson, the actor, will exibit some of the finest blooded stock i America at the New Orleans Ezpotion. ?Now that the Franco-Chinese eaty has been ratified, France will radually withdraw her troops from onquin. ?J. B. Eustis wa3 nominated for nited States Senator Thursday at ataa Bofige, La., by the Democratic tint can'cas. ?Two men were hairffedI at Ash ind, Ohio, on Friday, and-a mob of :n thousand peqplewfio surrounded le jailhowled'witfi delight. ?The .^rgantlemaniage of Grand uke Lonis, of Hesse Darmstadt, with[adame Kolelrne, has been leg-ally Lssolved. ?The ' steaofsbip Illyrian -went shore on Friday on the southern >ast of .Ireland. SDo { lives were >st. ? ? ?The Paris police continue to raid ambling hells. Women, cards and a&esare siezed and the proprietresses crested. --It is estimated that the exportaon of wheat from South. Australia in 5S4 will amount to 11,000;000 bushels, here : have been IsplenSid rains n'oughoui the country. ;; ?Sir AJicbael Hicks-Beach's motion jnsuring the government for its Egyp an policy was aeieaiea xaesaay ight in the British Hoase of om10ns. ' ?The Dakota Democratic Territorial Convention has chosen delegates > the National Convention who are elieved to be for'Tilcten and Henricks. ?The General Assembly of the tesbyteriani Church, Sonth,: convened L Ylcksburg on Thnrsd&y. The Rev. D. - Witherspoon, of Louisville, 'as elect fed lloderator. ?The Italian government is prearing a scheme' for'the conversion of le national :debt. Hie capitalists at erlin and Frankfort are hesrtilv in ivotfofithe conversion. ?A conference was held'-in the reasary " Department at Washington a Saturday to consider .what would i the best conrse to pursue to relieve leflnaucial' pressure in New York. ?Work is progressing on the orktowR-monument. A wharf has eeirboiit to1 land-the-material, and a smporary railroad track is being )nstructed therefrom to. the site of le monnment. ?Mr. S. W. Henly, the editor of the FadesbOi'o' (N. G.) Intelligencer, is repairing a sketch of the: life of Bogan Cash, of Chesterfield county, hich will.be published in pamphlet >rm at an" early day. ?The Mslagassv government has :ade tieV overtures of peace to the 'i-wfiph onrMMrmmit. T< oflfors 1,000,000; as an indemnity, ou the >ndition .that France shall" renounce [1 claims to territory in Madagascar. ?Two hundred and fifty' delegates tended the thirty-fifth animal seson of the Medical Society of PennrivAHia in Philadelphia Wednesday, light female physicians were admitja to seats in the convention as visi>rswithout the' right to vote. ?Lnst Thursday evening the Duith and Sirperior ferry-boat ran down sail-boat used as a ferry-boat between ;ie's Point, Duluth, "and Corner's oint; Twenty-one persons were in re jjiHI-boatafetft^Jtimc and four of them 'ered^owneti. -?Martha Wilson, colored, and H.L. /"ells, who first testified on behalf of [iss.Hillin the Sharon divorce case at an Francisco, and.when called by the efemse later swore their first testilonv was latee, have been arrested ?Frank EFeitz, of Port Jems, N. Y., *ed twenty-five years, was fatally lot on Monday night on the stairway f his residence by George Smith, who id been a suitor for tne hand of his ictim's wife. The murderer is fifty Jars of age and the woman-twentytree. ?A recent order issued by the rench Minister of War, to the" effect iat boxing should form a part of the gnlar training of French soldiers, as caused similar informal orders to b given-.to various English regiments, he gymnasium drill is leading to a jneralrevival ofl>oxing. ?Four inches of hail fell at McKinsv and Bonham, Texas, on Satnrday Mng great damage, fields of wheat, >tU>n and oats were destroyed. ruit trees were srnppea. ine rearkable feature of the storms at >th places-was the size of the stones. iHK&eck'^f'them being- larger than m^gs. ?On Satdrday night.a.-.tramp, at urner's, near Fort Jarvis/New York as robbing. a farm house. The rmerresisted iirtKJ fhe tramp drew a ttolver arid-'Shot -sit 1iim. The bail issfcdthe-farmer but killed his wife, e their clubbed the farmer and es tpcd with $400 ?Col. J. F. II. Claiborne, the disnguished historian, of Natchez, Miss., :ecl on Saturday morning-, aged sevlty-five years." He was prominent i politics afcd represented Mississippi i Congress during several terms, is latest years were devoted to the reparation of a history of Mississippi id the Southwest. ?During a game of base ball ; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on Tlnirsiv, two boys named James Tash id W. \V. Fortune, both aged sixen, quarrelled about the manner of itching the ball, when Tash picked up brick and struck Fortune over the jad, knocking him senseless. Forme revived and went home, but died i Friday at eight o'clock. Tash was resieu wiixie atieiupuug w tsvsipg m. sgnise. ?James Stephens has issued a cirllar from Paris to Irish nationalists i America, stating that he has coniiited to again place himself at their jad. becanse the moment has arrived hen a uuion of all Irishmen is possif. As soon as he receives' answers om America the new conference of ish leaders will meet in Paris. <-Vw?+ Tntknd ctiqll hf> i independent republic before be dies. ?'Ayoang'G^rn&H-, Henry Httlsner, of Savannah, sent a barrel of Georgia potatoes to his father, residing in the town of Hanover! Prussia. A letter from Mr. Hnlsner states that the German officials seized the potatoes and searched his father's house anil put him under police surveillance, the innocent Geo rgia roots being .magnified into a Socialist plot to introduce the Colorado potato bug*into the Empire. The German consnf at Savannah has been called on to set the matter straight. --The case of Theresa Seward against Joseph Ashmead, for sednctiou under promise 01 marnage, was unuer taamiuation at Jamaica, L. I,, "Wednesday. The public was excluded. The parties;'are prominent, and Ashmead's grandfather, who defends the suit, is yen* wealthy. Ashmead denied the charge under oath, and for Ms defense attacked the character of Miss Seward. Thirteen young men were present as witnesses," and the son of a minister decamped to avoid examination. Miss Seward is fifteen years old and Ashmead twenty. BXtdaU. Pleased With Virginia. Washington, May 15?Mr. Randall and his friends" are enthusiastic over the result of the Democratic convention in Virginia. They maintain that the bulk^of the States that can be depended on to elect a Democratic President will endorse the Ohio platform. Mr. Uandail said to-day that the people were; rapidly awakening to the fact' that tariff ag&atioir at this time wouki.be rumens to-tno ousiness interests of the country. He believed that the National Democratic Convention would, insert a tariff plank similar to that in the Ohio platform. "There are tariff reformers iu ,Con? gress)" said be, "who do not reflect the; will of constituents. It improbable ; that the convention will be made up, of delegates who more truly rep^ resent the wishes ofthe country. I think we will have a winning platform and that it will not include tariff agitation." OliililR HAS REMOVED HIS BAB BOOM TO EID&EWAY, S. C., Where he will always keep on hand a fine assortment of Mquors, including XXXX GIBSON EYE, OLD CROW WHISKEY, ' SWEET MASH CORN, N. C. CORN WHISKEY, ? ?.-kt. ?n /.is? lUgCUICl WllU iiu ^ltuics UJI II lUb) U>U) etc., etc. All goods sold at COLUMBIA AND CHARLOTTE PRICES. LAGER BEER AT $1.00 per Dozen. ORDERS SOLICITED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Jan 8SALE AND FEED STABLES. *Tn>m k r?T>Tvnrv 4..UX n A T>T A A HQ ATT JUOi AAIV1 V X/i> mu vauuv/ixi/u vi HORSES AND MULES, in addition to stock on liand, among them some NO. 1 SADDLE HORSES. Also some good young brood mares, some fine driving horses, a few heavy turpentine mules?seventy-five head on hand. We will sell or swap for broken down stock, as .we have a large pasture to turn them in. We wiil also swap mules for 'horses or horses for mutes, iust to suit our customers. Call soon and examine for yourselves. A. WILLLFORD ?fc SONS. Winnsboro, S. C. Hie champion ALL PARTIES DESIRING TO PUR chase the CELEBRATED CHAMPION HARVESTING. MACHINES, and will give us their order within the next ten or fifteen days, so as to enable us to get up a iull. car-load, reducing freight, we will sell at the following prices: LIGHT two^horse, self-raker. $100 00 HEAVY two-horse, self-raker ?120 00 BINDER, improved patern 1884 $235 00 BINDER, patern 1883 $200 00 Bear in mind that the CHAMPION BINDER for 1884 is the only Binder tha has any material improvements over las season; it is three hundred and fifty pounds lighter, and is unquestionably the best Binder ever made. Our last year's Binder is far superior to any machine on the market ^ We have already engaged several machines this season and sold several last year, enough to make it to our interest to keep in stock the parts that are liable to break or wear, saving you the time and expense of telegraphing for what you need. Time is precious (luring the harvest, as every farmer knows. Come to see us before purchasing. We will give time until the 15th of October where desired. W. R. DOTY & CO. Ap 3-fx2w M. BROWN McMASTER, Attoeney at Law, WINNSBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA Office in north end of Beaty Building, Up Stairs. Special attention also given to Surveying. Mchl8-tx6m S2pd % ' \ - . T'';w.. v!. TheVerdief4 ?OF? THE PEOPLE, L Tf ? ?? - - > Buy the Best! ? ok .. Ma. J. 0. Boag?Dear Sir; I bought the ?| first Davis Machine sold by you over five M years ago lor my wife, who "has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased -with fl?S . it. It never gives any irouble, and is good as when first bought. J. W. Bozjqe. Wiimsboro, S, 0., April, 1883L fl Mb.JBoaq: Yonwishtoknowwhatlhave 1 to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of yon three years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I mads about $80 within five months, at times running it so &st that the neodlewOnld jet perfectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could not hnva dnxa oio sattia wirt with as mriak (mtfl and so well -with any other' machine. No tame was lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine' I hare ever treadled. Brother James- and. William's famiii^ are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought of you. X Treat nor?-=-% better maohine. As I said before, I don't 4 think too much can be said fcr the Davis * Machine. Eeepectfal?Y> : jiiwStbvsssos. Fairfield county, April, 1SS3. Ma. Boao: My machine gives ms perfect w "satisfaction. I find no: fault wittt it The attachments are ao simple.- I iriah for no better than the Davis Vfical Feed. Respectfully. ji Mas. 'S. MintJao. ?j| FairSaI? coa?sy, April,'ISS3. Ms. Bojbs: I bought a Davis Tertica Feed Sewing Machine from you four year ago. l am delighted with it. It never ha8 given me any trouble, and has never teen the least out of order. 'It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recom w ^ mend it. Respectfully, ; Mas. M. J. Kxxszaxd. Monti cello, April 30,1883. ' . . This is to certify that I have been osing a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over two years. purchased of Mr. J. 0. Boag. I hwen't found it possessed of any fault? > v all uie attachments are so simple. It never refuses to work, and is certainly the lightest 'Si running in the market. I consider it a first c^s^machine. Very respectfully, ifcnrr* M. Wouusosiic. Oakland, Fairfield county, S. 0. Mb. Boao : I am well pleased in every par-. ticnlar with the Davis Machine bought o?. - ; you. I think it- a first-class machine iv/ every respect. You know you sold severs . mooUn/u! si? anmA make to different? members ofoar families,- all-of whom, as fair i i as I know; a?o vail pleased with them. , ^ Respectfully, Ms. M. Hr Mocblkk. : - Fairfield county, April, 188S. ose tha Davis Machine bought ofyacrrftaM throe years ago. As we take in weak, onaH have madethe price of it several times over and don't want any better machine. It is ^ always ready to do anyJrind of work we have ? to do. No puckering or skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleased, and wish no better machine. Cxthzbisb Wxlee and Sister. Apnl 25,1883. I have no fault to find with my zna&it>??f and don't want any %-iter. I have made <1 the price of it several times by talfeg in. sewing. It is alwayi rwdy to do its wort. I think it a Srst-olaa* machine. I feel I ean't say too mach fee tha Davis Vertical Feed Marine. aras. Thoscas Ssqtb. Fairfield county,April, 1883. ?- -^3 Mb. J. O. Boag?Dear Sir: It gives me much pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of yw about fivejtears ago has been almost in omstot'use ever since that ton* I cannot see that ft isHgorn any, and?v ^ has not cost me on* cent for Repairs since ve hare had it. Am well pleased and don't wish . or any better." Tocrr truly, BOBXBX CsiWTOBD. Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro, S. 0. We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sew. 'mg Machine .for 'the last five years. We M would not have any other make at any price. ^ The machine has given us unbounded satisfaction. Very respectfully, jd Mas. W. ?. Tuasrza and Daughters, Fairfield county, S. C., Jan. 27,18s? Having bonght a Darit -Vertical Feed Sew . I 4rtvm Wr J A_ Snxcr s/vmAth? years ago, and it baying given me perfect satisfaction in every-respe<& as a family ma- ? chine,, both for heavy and light sewing, and 1 never needed the least repair, in any way, I A can cbeerfully recommend it to any one as a first-class machine in every ^particular, and think it second to'none, a'is one of the simplest machines made; my childrem'use ii with all ease. The attachments are. most workby means of its Yeriicad^Feed thanany* . other machine I have ever seen or used. Mas. Teokas Owntoa. " Winnsboro, Fairfield county, S. 0. ' ' We have had one of the Davis Xf'">vimrt about four years and have -always found ii ready to do all kinds of work we have b id. \ occaaion to do. Can't see that the machint is worn any, and works as well as when new.. ^ ^M*S. W. J. fhti-gnx->T?rw jj Jactson ureec, rarnuna county, & u, ^ My wife ie highly jfcased with theDaflu Machine bought of yon. She would not take j double what she gave for it. The machine 1 has not been oat of order since she had it and she can do any load of work on it J Very respectfully, i J AS. I'. FuSft. M MonticeUo, Fairfield county, S. C. JH The Davis Sewing Machine is simply Jgk reasure. Mas. J. A. Goodwyx mB Ridseway, N. 0., Jan. 10,1883. ?? J. 0. Boxo, Esq., Agent?Dear Sir: My jfl Irife has been using a Davis Sewing Machine ^Hj instantly for the past four years, and it aas never needed any rejxurs and works just ?H as well as -whan first bought She says it will do a greater range of practical work JH and do it easier better than any machine zH ehe has ever nsed. We cheerfully .recoct* a mend it as a No. X family machine. Yours truly, Jas. Q, Dxyis. jH Winasboro, S. C., Jan- 3,1883. Mb. Boag?I have always found my Davis machine ready to do all kinds of work I have had occasion to do. I eannot see that M the machine is worn a particle, and it works ? well as when new. Respectfully, Mas. Eobzbt C. Gooddjg. jg WrsasBoao, S. C., April, 1833. Jtk Ms. Bo ao?My wife has been constantly A asing the Davis machine bought of you J about five years ago. I have never regretted m buying it, as it is always ready for-any kind IB of family sewing, either heavy or light. It -jM never out of uxor needing repairs. Yery respectfully, I tiaras a.a, Hnch m" " ;