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m rm I mpm l j 1r-Ste THE NEWS AND HERALD. | * * r1""" " I WENMSBOROi s. b. ! WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. : : 1885. j JXO. 5. EEYXOL&S. ) y Ezkcoks. W. X. 3?cDOXAL2>. ) William K. Robertson. There hare been few men more actively and continuously identified ? *n TToii-finl/l fKon Willi ptiuiiu OJU.au 9 111 x auuviu uiuu i William R. Robertson. Born in the | Longtown section on the 30th Novem- j ber, 1S18, he spent among this people j the long life that ended peacefully on last Wednesday afternoon. Judge Robertson was the son of Thomas Robertson, and the grandson ofj Captain Robertson, who served in the j Revolutionary War, commanding a I company in the battle of Eutaw Springs. He received a sound common-school education, and afterwards studied law in Winnsboro, under the Hon. Joseph Woodward. lie was admitted to the bar in December, 1840, and practised for a time in partnership with Jno. M. McCall. He was married in 1844 to Miss Elizabeth C. Rabb, a most estimable lady of this county. Of this marriage there were three chil3? i _ i _ ... ureu, one oniy 01 wnoui is now living?T. R, Robertson, Esq., ot Charlotte, North Carolina. Judge Robertson was, until very late years, a man of extraordinary physical vigor. Until the year 1876 he was almost without interruption in the finest health, and the unfavorable symptoms he then showed soon passed away. In June, 1833, he suffered a severe stroke of naralvsis. and thoncrh ho soon rallied sufficiently to enabi e him to attend as usual to business, j et it was plain to be seen that the dissase had laid fatal hold upon him. Within a few months past, he commenced to grow dc .;iedly weaker, and some weeks ago the decline was more than ever marked. The end was not unexpected at last. From an early pe:riod in life, Judge Robertson took an active part in public an/1 was rnllpr? tr? mnni' ??-v positious of public trust. In 1S46 he' was elected Intendar.t of Winnsboro. In 1S48 he was sent to the House of Representatives, and was re-elected in ISoO. In 1852 he was elected by the Legislature to the important post of Commissioner in Equity for Fairfield District, and in this office served with the greatest credit for twelve yearsthen declining another term. In this position Judge Robertson showed ex traordmary capacity, discharging his duties in sach a manner as to evoke the complimentary notice of more than one of the Chancellors. After the war he was elected District Judge for Fairfield, and served tili the State government was placed under the control of the military forces of the United States. He then resumed the practice of law, nntil he was, in 1873, called to the presidency of the Winnsl?oro National Bank, then just organ ized. Tbe duties of this position he continued to discharge until his last illness. He served for twenty years as a director of the railroad corporation known at different times as the "Charlotte & South Carolina", and the "Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta". He was also a director of the Planters' Bank of Fairfield. Forty years ago he was made a life member of the Mount Ziou society, ana be was for many years chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute under the care of that body. He represented Fairfield in several important Conventions, including that called by Andrew Johnson in 1865, to frame a new Constitution for the State. In all of these different stations Judge Robertson's course was marked by industry, ability, an.d a careful regard for all the interests committed to his keeping. Li the private relations of life, Judge Robertson made many and warm friends, snd his k>\ altv to these sometimes led him to places where self-interest wonld not have taken him. Frankness was a conspicuous trait in his character, and this quality aided in large degree to the strong impres'sion he made as well upon the community as upon individuals. Possessed AP oT1 \r inoniiA nroc I vi uug uiaiiuciO) 110 >? ao well fitted to dispense the hospitality which to him was a pleasnre. In times of troable he could, with peculiar ease and grace, perform those offices which are especially grateful to the recipient, because they must come unasked. There was scarcely a man in our county of wider acquaintance than Judge Robertson, and here, where his whole life was spent, there are num bers indeed who will regret to learn of his death* and join in offering tribute to his memory. The United States Supreme Court has refused the motion for a rehearing in the Virgina coupon cases. Ix the habeas corpus case of W. S. Roberts, president of the Augusta Bank, Judge Speer held that Mr. Roberts was subject to extradition. A strike by stoneraen in Chicago has created no little excitement. A collision between them and the militia resulted in the killing of several strikers and the wonuding of many others. The President has appointed Mr. B. F. Huger postmaster for the city of Charleston, vice W. X. Tafc, commission expired. There was only one ?r?n!ir?Hnn fhr this officp. and Wft snr> pose the citizens will be satisfied. Maxwell, the murderer of Preller in. a hotel in St. Louis, has been arrested at Auckland, New Zealand, and a requisition will be sent by an officer from San Francisco at an early date. The railroad commission ot Ala bama rendered a decision some days ago in which they hold that they cannot regulate freight charges from points outside of the State. Some complaint was made to them that charges were greater from New York to one point in the State than to another. The Robert Lee Camp of Virginia j has accepted the invitation to partici pate in the celebration at the reunion n of the Army of the Potomac at Ba'.ti- a more. The Baltimore American speaks j of the visit as follows: "We bespeak t for these gentlemen a most cordial re- I ccption. It is an occasion where the g nnrafe hncnitalif v fnr tchi^h Tialtiin^ is so renowned may be most gracefully * offered." t The Syracuse Courier is anthority c for the statement that the friends of i ex-President Arthur will work for his ? nomination as Governor of New York ^ this fall. They intend, if successful, ' to make it a stepping stone to the s Presidential nomination in 18-S8. We 1 2 are rather of the opinion that Mr. ^ Arthur has entered the White House s for the last time as President of the t F7niff>f? Rtafp.s. * " " rc, \ Senator Wade Hampton has brought j suit in New York against one Mr. T Wood, a broker of that city, for the i value of sixteen bonds of the Atlanta 1 & Charlotte Air Line Railway, which were sold by him with instructions ( that said broker should place the pro- 1 ceeds to his credit. It is chimed that I he failed to do as instructed, and suit * is brought to recover $6,68U, their market value. The difficulty between England and Russia seems at last to be settled. Mr. Gladstone said on the 4th inst. that "all impediments in the way of a friendly prosecution of the correspondence between the two countries seem to be removed, and that they were now ready to refer to the sovereign of some friendly State auv difficulties which may be found to exist in regard to the 17th nf \fsroli wifh tr? the fipfflfi ment of the matter in a mode consis- ] tent with the honor of both States." \ The people of the Sonth have reason i for congratulation as it would have | been a severe blow to them if there had been a war between England and , Russia. i By invitation of the students of the < Universitv of Pennsylvania, Professor < Sumner, of Yale College, delivered a j lecture on "Free Trade" some days | ago, in which he said: 1 We have had protection for the past < twenty-five years ana hard times for 1 the last twelve years. Protection has .' not brought about the promised result. 1 We have had socialistic devices which promised to bring us equality, but they i tw-tv-rsi V* H/lll ^ ?C? ? 1\ AA I1A 1 1 ^ IT rI1 \tT s\ UaYC VlUll^UL Ud ni^V?uaiiOj? x ??u years ago Congress appointed a Tariff Commission, which recommended a reduction of tariff of twenty-five per * cent. Congress, however, took no < notice of this, but butidled the mass of accumulated evidence into the hands of a tariff conference, and these, around a table, fixed the taxation for the people of the United States. It is 1 an everlasting effort to get a tariff to fit'ns, but we never can succeed. We j are living to-day under a sys.em of taxation fitted to as twenty years a<jo. 1 We have secured to onrselves the home market, having- shut others ont, and now it is a matter of life and death to get ont ourselves. Sooner qt later one people will come to the conclusion that the tariff is a burden upon them, and they will unite irrespective of party affiliation in ridding themselves of this burdensome taxation, as it has not brought the result promised by its advocates. Some rlavs a<ro it was stated that the contract for furnishing the granite for the custotn-house wharf at Charleston had been given to Mr. Pearce of the Winnsboro quarries. While (he granite may comc from our quarries it , seems almost cei'tain that il will not be furnished by Mr. Pearce, as the 1 following letter from Major T. W. Woodwrrd, one of the owners, to the 1Veics and Courier, will show: You are entirely mistaken in stating i that Colonel Pearce has contracted to i oeiiver me scone xor tue cusioui-:jouse < wharf fro? tbe quarries near Wint.s- i boro. I am one of three owners of i these quarries and of tbe railroad eon- ! necting them with the Charlotte, Co- I lninbia & Augusta Railroad, and I to-day saw another of tbe owners; i neither of us know of any such ar- 1 rangement. In fact, Colonel Pearce's < lease to quarry and railroad expired < on the first of January last, and no 1 new contract has been entered into I except that be might continue until notice to quit was served. The notice was served some time since, hence i vonr article nlaces Colonel Pearce in 1 an unenviable and false position, and < it is but just that this correction should 1 be maue. It is not proposed to lease 1 this property again, but it will be run < in the interest of the present owners i and such others as are asssuciated by I purchase with them. s T. W. Woodward. < By all raeaus let the contract with its t benefit come to the Fairfield quarries, j The centennial edition of the Au- < gusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist i was issued 011 Sunday, the 3rd inst. ' ' I It is a mammoth sheet of twenty .four ^ pages, designed to celebrate the one , hundredth anniversary of this iuter- t esting and enterprising journal. It is * nothing less than a short, well written j and interesting history of the State ( fi-nm ito o-iflincf- nn fn 1 present time of her vigorous manhood. 1 For some time its readers and the pub- f lie generally have looked forward to t the issuing of this edition with pleas- $ ure, and their expectations have been i fully realized. It is the result of the J careful work of Mr. Walsh and his t able associates, and they have jast c reason to be satisfied of their work, t Among some of the more interesting" j pieces we may mention, "Early His- ^ tory of Augusta," "Georgia in the Civil War," "Georgia Literature," { "Military Operations in Georgiaduring ? the Revolutionary War," "South Caro- < litia." Sixty thousand copies' were ( issued; a single number can be ob- ( tained for fifteen ccuts. We extend our congratulations and best wishes for its continued success, with the hope that it may live long to enjoy many more centennial anniversaries. Mr. Watterso>\ of the Courier7 1 Journal has been spending some time in Washington, according to his own statement, in hopes that the executive " and department treatment would euro . a case of sore eyes. He expresses * himeelf much pleased with the new administration, and concludes his let- s ter as follows: ^ "Cleveland is a plain, sober man, ^ There is nothing dramatic or sensa- * tioiial obout him. He has not, like so 11 tianv politicians, a lon<r conscience I: nd a..short memory. His hates and i r lis loves are few, positive and sincere, i le has shown himself abundantly able i = o say 'iio,? and yet, as I have seen lim, no man has a livelier wish to c rratify the Wishes of others. He s pants to do the ricrht thin? and kindlv , hing, and there is not the smallest loubt that since his election he has 1 )cen inspired by the truest spirit of | 2 ustic.eana the most conscientious sense is )f duty, equally loyal to his great j I jlace and to his party, a=king no favors t ind looking to his work to vindicate i tself. Very great forbearance and )atienl temper?' says Mr. Watterson. 'should be extended by the public to ;uch a public servant. He selected his { >olitical advisers by the rule of fitness, i inci he has inspired them with his own t )usiness-like spirit. The departments ; ire in hands the most uniform and ' nethodical. In every one of thGm J here circulates the atmosphere of the 1 vorkshop. To say nothing about > >ractical benefits and utilitarian per'ormance and promise, all this has a noral value incalculation. It is in J ll' 1 ~ C J C ~ I, 1 tseu a sui l ui uuiuucrauv ui a ujuou J needed sort." While there has been some little j lissatisfaction with the President's < ippointments, yet the majority of the i people are with him, and will support ] lim in every reformation. The following from the New York 1 Sun will be appreciated by oar people 1 is showing the necessitv of a chancre )f officers in Federal positions South, ' md we verily believe that the President will in time remove the great majority of persons now holding officcs ' mder the Federal Government : The necessity of making a clean ! >weep of Republican Federal office- 1 lolders in the Southern States is ad- < nittcd even by the Mugwumps. With he removal of these officials, a step ui patiently awaited by the Southern people, the last vestigoof twenty years 1 >f Republican rule will be swept "awav < from the South. The Republicans ( nay recover their ascendency in the North; but in the South where for p. _ ^? 1-0 .1. . ? i :ime iney nua uusuiuiesw?^, me yius- pects of the party seem for the mo aaent almost hopeless. If it is to re- ] rive and grow, ii must have leaders different from those who have so long ' disgraced it, and it must exhibit a ' Jiguity and character which it has thus i far -wanted. In the North Republicanism has been in its day a party of principles; in the South, it has been from first to last only a party of plun- { ler, a conspiracy of rascals to exploit for their own advantage the ignorance Df a race which believed in its sim- ' plicity that the Republicans of the North had a peculiar claim to its re- 1 *ard. 1 We agree with the Sun that the Republican party South has been one 3nly for plunder. It was a party without principle, headed by political ad venturers, who in a ft umber of oases came from the Northern States to stir up strife between the two races, rnd to enrich themselves from the public treasury. But it has been buried beyond resurrection and our government is in the hands of our own 50ns?a happy, contented people. I>on't Go West. A correspondent of the 1Vexes and Courier, writing from San Francisco, Cal., after traversing the plains of the West, gives an interesting account of his observations, and gives to those who are dissatisfied with their Southern homes some very sound advice. It will be read with interest by our people as showing that after being in nearly every section of the South and West this correspondent is forced to the conclusion that there is no part of the countrv superior to the South. lie says: If the dissatisfied farmers of South Carolina could cfoss the Continent as your correspondent has done, they would be more content with their own State on their return home. From Western Texas to Middle California the tourist travels over vast wastes of arid land, which is mostly unfit for cultivation. As far East as San Antonio, Texas, irrigation is necessary, md even on the "vast plains of that oime, wuere IL IS U>U<UI\ that immense herds of cattle graze and ivax fat, your correspondent learned, to his surprise, that ten acres of pasture land was necessary to maintain jach cow, and that, even with that area i>t paturage, the animals had to be fattened before they would be fit for t>eef. Across the boundless deserts of Western Texas, New Mxico, Arizona md Southern California the traveler looks from the cars upon open expanses )f sterile sand or rocks, with hills in rievv on cither side, but generally : svitheut sign of human habitation, save J jnly the railroad stations at long inter- *; - i - mt. ~ - A.*:, 3 :<.t. t'a:s. i ne uye uecuuius luu^ui-u wmi :he vast uniilled laudscape, where no smoke arises frotn any settler's hamlet, where no water is seen, 110 cattle ! jraze, no plough furrows disturb the i 3ire monotony of the view; even cat- < ;!e are unseen and no tree grows, i'otir correspondent has been in every 1 ;ounty of South Carolina, and nowhere ] it her limits can be found such abso- < lately barren lands as the Southern ( Pacific Railroad traverses for a thons- , nid miles or more. Iu some places ' tvater is carried by engines in large auks, because it canuot be had iu iufficient quantities along the line of he railroad to furnish the locomotives. Dne naturally wonders bow a railroad 1 ;an live where there is so little local I freight or passenger business, and < vere it not for the large terminal traffic ] ind transportation such corporations x)uld not survive. Sanguine persons i ;here are who believe that with Arte- i iian wells water can be obtained for i rrigation, and that the lands now so s ivaste may then become productive; i )ut your correspondent is of opinion t hat were such the case it would re- < juire millions of people to occupy he immeasurable tracts where no tim )er grows, and many years of hard ' abor to convert this arid plain into fertile farming lauds and homes. How does this account of the advances of the "West compare with the uivantages of our land? Herein the South we are surrounded with nearly iverytbing that nature with her benefi:ent hand could bestow. Our soil is jreferable to the barren plains of the {Vest, and her water power is every niiiir that couia De ciesirea ior mauu-1 ] iacturing industries. As wc hare said 1 jefore, one reason why oar farmers i >ecome dissatisfied with their situation c s that they do not give enough of ( heir attention to raising their own i tnnnlips. Thpv df?T>r>nrt frvj mnrih on i - jc j he cotton crop, and neglect to their i njary the raising of corn and bacon. ! t faring the winter a large number of I i he colored race left their homes in the i jouth and sought for better ones in the ^ iVest, bat those who were so foolish i lave seen the error .of their way and f ong to return to their happy Southern tomes. It is equally true with a great a lumber of the white people who have a fone West; they return to their old s lomes, uelieving that there is no place, i >11 the continent where farmers with r mall capital can make as much money. I jet our farmers take the advice of a s eadinjr exchange and make "bread c tnd meat first and as much cotton after j is they can," and our people will be as r )rosperous and happy as anv on the 7 'lobe. Tlie Railroad Commission. The Columbia Register courteously J( :a!ls attention to an inaccuracy in the , iditoiial in The News and Herald, ( ouching the recent decision of the 1 supreme Court, as to the power of the J Elailroad Commission to fix rates on j j At* /v ri a/1 Ka_ 1 i V/i V/ii ^00^41^^19 U41HVU UU [ V ronil the State line. 1 In the case as made before Judge 1 c i Kershaw, the Railroad Company relied upon two propositions: 1. That the regulation of charges for freight crossing the Slate^liuc, whether Altering or departing this State,was not authorized by the statutes defining the powers of the Railroad Commission. 2. That if the statute conferred the power so to regulate, then the statute itself was void, becanse in contraven- < tion of the Constiutiou of the United | States. . + i The Supreme Court, it seems, differs with Judge Kershaw as to the first i proposition, but adopts his conclusion I is to the second. The result is the ' same to the Railroad Company, as if ' the Supreme Court had altogether ac- s :epted Judge Kershaw's reasoning. . A.nd as the general public care only j for the result of the case, it does not < appear;to us that we have "gravely 1 irred" in our statement of the scope [ Df the decision. The truth is, the ^ [ea.s>uiuijg uca.be is never ui nume- i iiate moment. To the mind of the ' winning party that reasoning is always * but the expression of the highest wis- * ilom?while the loser Iras no time to look after anything but practical re- 1 suits. ; The llcgister thinks that in holding ; the second proposition above, "our i Courts went out of their way to admit < what was not true either in law or in < fact." This, coupled with the context, we take to be a distinct assignment of error in the judgment of the Supreme Court. "VVe we must beg leave to differ utterly with our Columbia contemporary. For our part we consider that me supreme uourr 01 souin ^uroliua is the infallible expositor of all questions falling- within its jurisdiction. As, by the common law of England, ''the King can do no wrong," so we maintain that the jndgments of the Supreme Court of South Carolina are always free from error. How far it is profitable, in this view, for the liegister to hold decided questious under "studious /vmsuiorfttioii " wo do not nil dertake to determine. The Register's article concludes: When our Winnsboro com emporarv says: "By far the greater part of the business of railroads consists of transporting freights which cross, or have crossed in their transit, some State line," it makes another grossly erroneous statement, uuiess we are orfooMir m-cf-oL-on A nrl wKon tvith the evident satisfaction of a partisan it proclaims "Othello's occupation's gone," wc would remind it that we have yet to see whether the courts of the State mean to set themselves to work to destroy the railroad law of the State, which the people's representatives, at the demand of their constituents, have seen fit to enact for the protection of the public -in the control and regulation of railroad receipts and charges covering over ?6,000,000 a year. Whether, indeed, the statement about the' business of railroads, is ^grossly erroneous", we cannot positively as-; sert. The railroads claim it to be true, and it seems to ns that the probabilities are in favor of the correctness of their view. "We have not looked at all into the statistics of.the matter. The News axd Herald is not a "partisan" on the railroad question. The views it now holds were expressed before the passage of the Act of 1882. One proof of its non-partisan position may be found in the fact that its friend the Lancaster Ledger differs with it in this?that that paper thinks there should be 110 Railroad Commissioner at all. We want one, with properly limited powers. In this matter there are indeed "many men of many minds". We scarcely think the Courts of our State "mean to set themselves to work to destroy the railroad law of the State". We are sure the Courts will never act, until properly moved by parties in interest. We are equally sure that they are not bent upon any ' destruction. They will only declare md enforce the law as they find it written. , I QUESTIONANITAS8 WEB. Messrs. Editors'. A great deal has Deeu said of late about the suffering Jiat would be entailed upon the people ( >f this section should "England and Russia go to war, etc. Now are there not reasons in the lature of things which indicate that, with oar impoverished son, we win !or a long time to come remain a poor j md dependent people? Will not the iiost energetic of oar young men seek heir homes and fortunes in the West >r elsewhere? . Subscriber. This letter brings up some issues which we have ^.cussed before and which we arc not unwilling to discuss igain. It has been Sitid that a conntry ] s anything that its people make it; j md whether or not this proposition { expresses a universal truth it appears :o us that it is true with reference to 1 jurs. It is admitted that the fertility )f the soil has somewhat deteriorated, 3ut it is susceptible of an almost inlefinite improvement, and this imDrovement it is sure to receive. A ' lew restless spirits will of course move < iwav, but the work of progress will I jontinue. What we need is energy; i ;nergy to improve; energy to diversify ; energy to utilize the resources which nature has placed within our 1 each. While the southern portion of ! he State grows cotton and rice and nines phosphate, the upper portion I ' * * ' - t i* ?_ iT. . nav wuu lis inarveious iacuiues in ine ray of water powers turn its attention n part to the manufacture of cotton 5 abrics. The industrial collapse in this section I .ttfibhtable to peculiar causes which ire easily pointed out, and what are uffering from most now is the disputing effects of such collapse. The evival of energy is, we think, at hand. ,[ is Jmpussiuic 101 mi: utuuiui ic- | ;ources of this countrv to remain un- j ' leveloped; material progress moves j n obedience to inflexible laws. Our >eople may shake oft' dependence monentarily if they will. General Brat ton for Governor. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, says: "There is a juiet casting about goinjr on for those vlio will till the State offices by virtue j )f the next election. To head the lext State ticket the name of General John Brat ton, of Fairfield, is mcntion;d, and no man in the State has been 1~ n? iu ujc yuwjjie. nc lias scivcu us Jomptroller General, and tilled the mexpired term of Congressman Evins, uid his next call will be to the Guberlatorial chair of the State." It is as Sure as the Sun Else To-morrow. As sure as to-morrow's sun rise is he Grand Drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans, monthly. The next, the 181st, an Extraordinary Grand Drawing, will take !>lace on June 16th, when over $522, )00 will go hither and yon, to holders >f 100,000 tickets at $10 each, or frac:ions at $1, of which full information ;an be had of 31. A. Dauphin, New [)rleans, La. At the 179th Gaud Drawing, on April 14th, 1885, the folowing was the result: Ticket No. 39,075 drew the First prize of $75,000; .1 was sold in fifths at $1 each?one to John W. Haywood & L. M. Verdery, So. 38 Charlton St., Savannah, Ga., jne to .1. A. Put man, Mt. Pleasant, rexas, one to F. Spendrup, Donaldsonvilie. La., one to W. C. Parker, of Windfall, Ind; and another to a party n Washington, D. C. The Second Prize?$25,000?won by No. 58,818, >old also in fifths?one to Henry OrDan, U. S. Marine Hospital, San Francisco, Ca!; one to Freak Maas, New STork city; one to Fred. S. Beach, 20G Fifth Ave., N. Y. city; the other fifths Event elsewhere. No. (34,580 drew the rhird Prize of $10,000 was ulsu sold in ifths?one held by Dan M. Moriarty, W> Si?f?r?rirl A vp.. ?pw Ynrl>' pifv. jne by W.J. Collier, 621 G. St., N.W. Washington, D. C.; one collected jv Britton &Koontz, Bankers,Natchez Nliss.; two others by John M. Gies, No. 218 Croghan St., Detroit Mich, rhe Fourth Prizes, each $6,000, drawn oy Nos. 6,216 and 29,671 were scattered in fractions to Boston, San Franlisco, St. Paul, Hanly, Kv., Gainesville, Texas and Montgomery, Ala. * AYER'S Hair Vigor restores, wun. iae gioss auu iresuuess 01 youth, faded or gray hair to a natural, rich brown color, or deep black, as may be desired. Uy its use light or red hair may be- darkened, thin hair thickened, and baldness- often, j though not always, cured. It checks falling of the hair, and stimulates a weak and sickly growth to vigor. It prevents and cures scurf and daudruif, and heals nearly every disease peculiar to the soalp. As a Ladies' Hair Dressing, the Vigor is unequalled; it contains neither oil nor dye, renders the hair soft, glossy, and silken in appearance, and imparts a delicate, agreeable, and lasting perfume. .Mr. C. P. 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C, 1SS0: " Ever since my hair began to give silvery evidence of the change which tleeting time procureth, I have used AVer's Hair 1'.""" ? -* " 1 nt,ln mltntnln an nppcarance of youtlifulness?a matter of considerable conseqnence to ministers, orators, actors, and in fact every 011c who lives ia tlio eyes of the public." Mns. O. A. Pnnscorr, writing from 1ft Elm Si., C/uirtesloicu, Mass., April 14, 1ss2, says : " Two years ago about two-thirds of my liair came off. It thinned very rapidly, aud i was fast growing bald. On using Aykr's Hair Vicon the falling stopped and a new growth commenced, and in about a month my head was completely covered with short hair. It lias continued to grow, and is now as good as before it felt I regularly used but one bottle of the Vigdb, but now use it occasionally as a dressing." "We have hundreds of similar testimonials to tlie efficacy of Ayee's Hair Vigoe. It needs but a trial to convince the most skeptical of its value. PEEPABED BY Dp. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lov/ell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. GBOCERIES AT COST TO CLOSE OUT. I HA YE determined to close out all rnv Groceries, and will, till all are sold, put them at cost for CASH ?XLY. sugnre, Coffees, Teas, Canned Peaches, Apples, Pears, Pineapples. jrated Pineapple, Preserves, - Tomatoes, Corn, Okra and Tomatoes, Peas, Gelatines, Roast Beef, Horned Beef English Brawn (nice), Gilt Edge Cneese. JUST OPENED. A tub of Gilt Edge Butter, 30c.? cost. Lard, Molasses, Rice, Salt, Spices, Ex;racts, etc. Stoves, Tin and Woodenware, md. House Furnishing Goods?a nice line it reasonable prices. J. H. CUMMDsGS. fill! HOTEL. The undersigned takes pleasin informing the people of Fairfield bounty and the traveling public that he r,t fi,Q YvrvwTtnTjn ia^ KLRC1L \.liai^O \JL !T HOTEL, and is how prepared to receive jotli permanent and transient boarders. The bailding has just been repainted ind put in first-rate condition throughout. The table will be supplied with the best. ;lut the local and neighboring; markets ifford, and no pains will be spared to insure the comfort of guests. A Sample Room is provided, eonvenientv arranged for the use of Commercial travelers. TERMS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. A. F. GOOD5XG, Proprietor. Sep6fxtf CAPITAL PRIZE. $150,000. "We do hereby certify that we xvpsreixe the (trranqnneuhfor all the Monthly and ct_* 7"> ti ? i ? a iru-jiurauil, JSluuiojs vj j. uc j//umuhu S ate Lottery Company, and in person manaye and control the ]Jraicings themselves, and that the same are conducted, with hone-ity. fairness and in good faith toward aU parties, and we authorize the Gompany to use this certificate, with thefac-siniile)>ofovr signatures attached, in its advertisement*." Commissioners. TT^PRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! U OVEii HALF A illLLlON DISTKIBL'TED. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in 18GS for 20 years by the Legislature for Educational and Charitable purposes?with a capital of ?1,000,000?to wl ich a reserve fund of over ?550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of t!ie present State Constitution adopted December 2nd, A. D. 1X70. Its Graud Single Number Drawings will take place monthly. It never sctut* or postpones. Look at the following Distribution: .*> ^ ISlst Granrt KoAlUy AND THE Extraordinary Semi-Amraal Drawing; In the Academy of Music, New Orleans, -Tun* 1 A i Under the personal supervision and management. of Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana, and Gen. JL'.AL A. EARLY, of Virginia. CAPITAL PHIZE, SI50.000. ^"NOTICE.?Tickets are TEN" DOLLARS ONLY. Halves, $3 Fifths, $2. Tenths, SI. LIST OF PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF ?150,000. .?150,000 I GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.. 20,000 20 KRIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000 50 do 51*).. 2J,000 .i? ..Art ntin iuw uu .iuw-. 200 do 200.. 40,000 GOO do 100.. 60,000 1,000 do 50.. 50,000 Approximation prizes. 100 Approxi't'n Prizes of $200.. ?20,000 100 do do 100.. 10,000 100 do do 75.. 7,5C0 2,279 Prizes, amounting to ?522,500 Application for rates to clubs shoiild be made only to the offlce or the Company In NewOrleans. For further Information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL, NOTES, Express .Money Oraers. or New York Exchange la ordinary letter. Currency by Express (nil sums of $5 and uo wards at our exoense) addressed M A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or M. A DAUPHIN, 607 Seventh St, Washington, D. C. Make P. 0. Money Orders payable and address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans. La. TAX NOTICE. | OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S. C. WlXXSBOKO. S. C.. April 23, 1885. T TXT* J) f\f \ttc rvi? httt7c at?!? i ni? tvtt t i JL UD DV/V/IVO VI' 1 VI JL XVJU ii iL/u be opened to icceive the taxes for the fiscal year 1RS1-85, cn the FIRST DAY OF MAT next awl remain open to the FIRST DAY OF JUNE following. The rate per centum is as follbws: School Districts Xos. 1. 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12,13,1(? and IT?For State, 5}4 mills: for County, 3 mills; for Constitutional School Tax, 2 mills: total, 10J4 mills. School Districts Xos. 14 and 15?For State, mills; for County, 3 mills; for Special School, 1 y. mills; for Constitutional School Tax, 2 mills; total, 12 mills. A Poll-Tax of One Dollar is required of all male persons between Hie ages of 21 and Go years of age, except those exempt by lavr. These taxes are due and payable in two equal annual instalments, as follows: The first instalment shall be due and payable from the FIRST DAY OF MAY to the FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1885, and tiie second instalment shall be due and payable from the FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER to the THIRTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER, ISSo. Provided, That it is left to ilie option of the taxpayer to pay the amount of the lirst instalment at the time first mentioned, or to nav the whole amount at the time of the second instalment thereof. If the first instalment is not paid in May a penaity of five per cent thereon shail be .added. The Treasurer is authorized to receive in payment of the above taxes Gold and Silver Coin, United States Currency, National Bank Notes and Coupons which shall become payable during the year 1885. on the valid Consolidated Bonds of this State known as "Brown Bonds", and on the bonds of this State known as "Deficiency Bonds*'. Jury Certificates and the p'",r diem of State witnesses in the Circuit Courts, will be received for County taxes, not including School taxes. JAMES Q. DAYIS, County Treasurer. Apr25f3x3 LEMING-TON, JR. v.V->. THE young Horse, LEM1NGTON, Jr., will stand the ensuing spring season at his stable in Winnsboro. Service, Ten Dollars paid in advance. Every care will be taken to prevent accidents, but no liability will be assumed for any that may occur. PEDIGREE OF LEMJJSGTOX. Was bred by Col- Thos. G. Bacon from his celebrated race horse Lynchburg, he by imported Lemiiiffton, (see Bruce's American Stud Book, Gray Norma, page 41?9,) the dam of Lemington, Jr., was Lost Cause, by Revenue, out of Seabrase, she < by imported Albion, out of Gray Norma, she by imported Leviathian, out of ! Morgianna, she by Pacalet. out of Black j Sonhia and she by Topgallant. The | celebrity of the stock mentioned renders i further tracing of the pedigree unnecessary. A. WIIXIFORD & SONS. QOAA nnn *npre$entxgicenauray. Send 06vU,UUU us 5 cents postage, and by uiail you will get free a package of goods of lnnre value, that will start you in work <* + i\r\ncx hrinor vaji in TTJATIPV tiion anything else in America. Ail about the ?200,000 in presents with > ach box. Agents wanted even/where, of either sex, of all acres, for all the time, or spare time only, to work for us at their own homes, Fortunes for all workers absolutely as-= sured. Don't delay. IJallett & Cotl Portland. Maine. 1 I i STATE OF .SOUTH CAROLINA, ] < COUNTY OF FAIRFIKLD, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. : Henry Ayers and Sarah Ayers, Plaintiffs, against George W. Ayers, B. Frank Ayers, William Ayers, Eiizabeth Taylor, John Ayers, Sarah Hankie, W. S. Dunlap, .Rebecca Dunlap, Sarah Dunlap, Elizabeth Simpson and Itobert Duniap, vutri'rvi/~.>iO "Fs\y T?l>1 JL/ClCllUiimO. CU '/K/CVUO ^V/ AK/VfV; . VV??r- j plaint not Served. To the Defendants Above-Named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pieas, lor the said Count}-, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on"the subscribers at their office No. 2 Law Ranpte, Winns- " boro. S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ! Dated March 21, A. D. im. RAGSDALE & RAGSDALE, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. To the Defendants "William Ayers, Saral: Hankie and Elizabeth Taylor: TAKE notice that the summons in this action (of which the foregoing is a copy) and the complaint were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Winnsboro, in the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, on the 8th day of April, A. D. 18S5. RAGSDALE & RAGSDALE, ApI9x6t Plaintiffs' Attorneys. TO THE CITIZENS -OFFairfli aM Chester. Where you can get Great Bargains in Anfo' T?nmiclnnflf AJLO. U3 auu utuiw JL utawMiu^ j Goods, Trunks and everything kept at a FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT. PHILIP EPSTIN, 14S MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. I have introduced this season the nove enterprise of distributing 1,000 of the most beautiful PAINTINGS to all my customers who will favor me with the purchase of a Suit of Clothes, at your own price, will l>e entitled. 10 one nanasome vaulting, which will make your home cheerful, fiee of charge. In "my BOY'S DEPARTMENT of Ready-Made Clothing, of the best manufacture, the latest styles, and best qualities are always on hand in large variety; and to every Boy and Youth's Suit sold the purchaser will be entitled to a handsome pair of Skits regardless of the r?rif?o rnn s<*rpp ?n nav fnr it Yet those r**wv jv~ ?i?j ? r handsome and valuable gifts arc distributed to every purchaser. Remember I guarantee everjr article sold to be as represented, and the prices lower than any house North or South, or the money will be reunded. Since the introduction of tU?- above enterprise I have had a great rush for those beautiful Paintings, and the boys is determired to learn how to skate, especially when it costs them nothing. Send in you order for a suit if you can't come yourself and I will send you a suit, C. 0. D., with tne beautnui painting or tne pair 01 sKates attacked, with the privilege to exam the suit before paying for it All visitors to the Capital are respectfuly invited to call at my store and examine my Art Gallery of Handsome Paintings. PHILIP EPSTIHf, Proprietor Of the Xew York Clothing Store, 148 MAIX ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. Novl2xc6m FRESH GE CER1ES! FRESH GROCERIES ! ! FLOURS?Luxury, Patent Cream. MOLASSES?New Orleans, Muscovado and Sn<rar Drin. CHEESE AND MACAKONI. COFFEES?The Celebrated ilomaja, Old Government Java and Graded Rics. TEAS?(ireen ana uiac-K. MOIR'S CHOW-CHOW, Mixed Pickle, and a fresh and well assorted lotof Canned Goodg FOR THE LAUNDRY?French Starch, enameled. Try it. Call and examine before baying else where, J>. R. FLEMIKE9T. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. PASSEDGEE, DEPAETXEKT. WILMINGTON, N. C, OCT. G, 1881 35THTW" XS?2STtt ?BETWEEN? Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. GOING NORTH. Leave Charleston 7.00 a. m. Leave Lanes 8.40 a. m. Leave Sumter 9.48 a. m. Leave Columbia 11.00 a. m. j Leave Winnsboro 2.31 p. m. Leave Chester * 3.45 p. m. ljeave jora.vme y. m. j Leave Lancaster 6.25 p. in. ] Leave Rock Hill 5.00 p, m. < Leave Charlotte 615 p. m. GOING SOUTH. Arrive at Charlotte 1.00 p.m. Arrive at Rock Hill 2.00 p. m. Arrive at Lancaster 9.00 p. m. Arrive at Yorkville 1.00 p m. ] Arrive at Chester 2.44 p. m. j Arrive at Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. j Arrive at Columbia 5.30 p. m. 1 Arrive at Sumter 6.55 p. m. j Arrive at Lanes 8.05 p. m. j Arrive at Charleston 9.45 p. m. < Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia. J. F. riYINE, T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Sup't. Gen'l Pass. Agent. KENTUCKY MULES AND HORSES. ; JUST arrived a car-load of combined ] saddle and harness horses \ and WELL BROKEN YOUNG MULES, j which we will sell for cash, or on time. < G. W. CRAWFORD & SON. . Apl28fxlm ] ' j ^ r^riiittrrr^dggf ' II Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta R. E ^ SCIIEDULE IX EFFECT OCTOBER 12; lSSi?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. XO. 53, MAIL AST) EXPRESS. Leave Augusta 9.03 a. m. r.A5V<l W C* At A .r^Tn^tiAn 1 19 TV T*V Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m, Leave Columbia 1.32 p. m. Leave Killian's 1.58 p. m. Leave Blythewood 2.13 p. m Leave Ridge way 2.34 p. m. _ Leave Simpson's 2.47 p. m. ' Leave Winnsboro 3.02 p. ra. Leave White Oak. 3.22 p. in. Leave Wood ward's 3.43 p. m. Leave Blaekstock 3.50 p. m. Leave Cornwall's 3.5$ p. m. jl/eave i. tester i.n p. m. Leave Lewis' 4.32 p. m. \ Leave Smith's 4.40 p. hi. Leave Reek Hill 5.01 p. m. Leave Fort Mill 5.20 p, m. Leave Pineville 5.40 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte 6.10 p. m. Arrive at Statesville 9.35 p. m. No. 17, TTav Freight, Passenger Coach J Attached, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Columbia 5.45 a. in. . Leave Winnsboro 8.55 a. m. ^ Leave Chester 12.05 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte 4.10 p. m. GOING SOUTH. xo. 52, mail axd express. Leave Statesville 7.45 a. m. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. m. Leave Pineville 1.27 p. m. Leave Fort illl 1 1.44 p. in. .*;f| Leave liock Hill 2.02 p. m. Leave Smith's 2.22 p. ra. f '41 Leave Lewis' 2.30 p m. Leave Chester 2.44 p. m. Leave Cornwall's.; 3.03 p. m. Leave Blackstock. 3.12 p. m. Leave Woodward's 3.18 p. m. Leave White Oak 3.30 p. m. Leave Winnsboro .3.48 p. m. Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. Leave Ridjjeway 4.16 p. m. Leave BMhe wood 4.32 p. m. Leave Klllian's 4.49 p. m Arrive at Columbia 5.15 p. m. Leave Columbia 5.25 p. m. ^ Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. m. Arrive at Augusta.: 9.38 p. m. No. 18, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Charlotte 5.10 a. m. Leave Chester 9.40 a. m. Leave Winnsboro ^ 12.15 p. m. ^ Arrive at Columbia 3.3S p. m. 1 Connection is now made at Chester (by trains 52 and 53) for Lancaster and intermediate points on C. & C. R. R., and for ail points on C. <& L. R. R. as far as Newton, N. C. M. SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. ^ D. CARDWELL, A. G. P. A. A CREAM TARTAR. fj ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF PURE CREAM OF TARTAR. -ALSO- ^ ONE HUNDRED POUNDS SUPEIICARB SODA. Just received at the Drug Store of' -v W. E AIKEN. ^ m HIGH (jRADE FERTILIZER. JR.ECOGXIZIXG the importance, in a late season, of farmers usizg HIGH Li' AiDIOXIATED FERTILIZERS, we have t arranged to supply the wants of our 1 patrons in this line and can offer them, until the 1st of May, a HIGH GRADE FERTILIZER, ammoniated with the best quality of DRIED BLOOD, the highest 'aA 1?n a ,TT*? frt fro/lo aiiU. UC31 <*111 illvmuiICVI IVIIVW u w Wiuuv. Shipments made promptly. DOMESTIC FERTILIZING CO., Colnmbia, S. C. ' LO W PRICES! O HLTE LAWN, FAIR QUALITY, at J 10 cents per yard. W1I1TE LAWNS. GOOD QUALITY, at 14 cents per yard. A beautiful line of Hamburg Edging and other trimmings. The prices on these goods are selling them lapidly AT TfiE CORNER STORE. J. M. BEATY & BKO. C BART&CO; 1 | 55 I 1 57 I I AND | j 59 ^ JUAKbJST Sii'lihJil, ^ CHARLESTON, SO. CA.* '^ Tbe Largest Fruit and Produce Ilouse in the South. Impoit and keep constantly on hand Bananas, Cocoanuts, Oranges, Pineapples, Apples, Lemons, Xuts, Raisins, Potatoes* Cabbages, Onions, X. C. and Ya. Peanuts'. w-" ORDERS SOLICITED, AND PROMPT- \g LY FILLED. M Nov28x6m J|g PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, * E. T. GAILLARD, - - Proprietor.- ^ ^jg STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS, OTIS' PASSENGER ELEVATOR, ELECTRIC BELLS, HEATED ROTUNDA. | Rates, ?2.00 to ?3.00. . Marl8xly COLUMBIA BOY, THE very fast trotting stallion COLUMBIA "BOY will stand the season of 1885 at Rock City. Columbia Boy is a very handsome bay sixteen hands high, six years old, and is of exceedingly kind disposition. For terms and information ad- ? dress JAMES MARK, - ^ At Granite Quarries. j Post-office?Winnsboro, S. C. SHOES! SHOES!! __ ^ f\. new lot just received: Children's, Misses' and Ladies' FIXE SHOES. Gents' Hand-Sewed Fine Shoes, AT THE CORNER STORE. J r >? DP A TV kV T>I5A U* Jl* JL Ob ULWJ. WASTED-A SCHOOL. A METHODIST MINISTER (single), twenty-eight years old, who can /jf teach the classics and the branches of an. WfEnglish education, desires a good sr*? jo!v as soon as possible. He is a South Caro- * 4 linian, and is experienced in the school^ room. Address, stating terms, number oC scholar, their advancement, etc., REV. R. M. LATIMER, Apl23flx5 . Walhalla, S. C. THE A0HIBERS OF THE PRODUCT OF 1. W. EAR- ' JM PER, Distiller, Nelson County, Kentucky, ire hereby informed that his Whiskey "is not sold promiscuously over the country, trat is placed only into the hands of one J respectable dealer in eaeh place, whose name is a guarantee that the Whiskey is m jold pure as it comes from the Distillerv. T. T. LUMPKIN is the only authorized j \aent for Winnsboro, S. C. " jiar.i3TX.5iii A pp [71? Send six cents for postal i IUZjIj. age, and receive free, a ?1 iostly box of goods which will help you to nore" money right away than anything lese n this world. All, of either sex. succeed 'rota first hour. The broad road to fortune >pens before the workers absolutely sure. . ^t once address. True & Co., Augusta^. Stlaine. i --m i? - Mi