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WIXN'SBORO, S. C.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, : : 1885.
.ISO. S. HETSObVS. )
Editors
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Judge McCoy, United States District
Judge, has issued a retraining
Order against the declaring ot' the re- j
cent prohibition election in Atlanta.
Columbia, had a very serious fire
the first of the week, destroying fifteen
or twenty thousand dollars worth of
property. It was supposed to be accidental,
and the loss is partly covered
by insurance.
A delegation* of Senators and
Representatives together with two
members of the Supreme bcnch at
tended the funeral of Mr, Hendricks;
also all members of the Cabinet except
Secretary Manning.
The Democrats of Virginia, in spite
of Governor Fifz Lee's opposition,
have decided to celebrate the overthrow
of Little Billy Mahone and his
party with a grand inauguration ball
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The first prohibition gun of the sea- j
son was fired in the LegMaturc on
Tuesday. It comes from Abbeville
coautv. Some of the representatives
from tbat county favor the bill while
others aro opposed to it.
The Erskine Student, published by
a committee of the Senior Class of
Erskine College, has been received at
this ofiica. It is a neatly gotten up
sheet and will compare favorably with
other college journals of this and other
States.
People havinsr business with the \
various departments in Washington
have noticed a marked change in the
manners of the employees. Formerly
insolence and impertinence was the
rule, now politeness and attention is
the rule.
The Governor has appointed Mr.
W. Perry Murphy, of Colleton, to fill
the unexpired term of Mr. F. Hay
Gantt as Solicitor of the second circuit.
He was chosen from a dozen
names who applied for the position
and is doubtless an admirable selection.
^ i
The President reconsidered his determination
to be present at the funeral
of Vice-President Hendricks at the
earnest solicitation of Iriends from all
over the country. A.n accident might
have left the Government without a
head.
Col. A. P. Bctler, who has so Ion?
efficiently served the State as Commissioner
of Agriculture, has been reelected
to that important office. No
better man could have been found in
the State, add it is a well-deserved
compliment to this able and efficient
officer of the State Government.
At the sale of the Rock Hill Herald
a few davs ago, Mr. J. J. Hull was the
highest bidder. Mr. Hull has edited
the Herald for a number of years and
through his influence it has grown
constantly in popularity, and we predict
that under his control it will continue
to take its stand among the best
county papers of the State.
The reports of the committees appointed
by the reform caucus -which
met recently in Columbia is the best
vindication and highest commendation
which our State government could
have received. The reformers were
loud in their denunciation of the administration
of the affairs of the State,
but upon investigation they were unable
to find facts to support them.
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The Philadelphia Record says: "It
is gratifying to learn that Mr. Randall
has devoted the greater part of the
summer to a scheme of tariff reform
with which he will be prepared to
dazzle and delight the country as soon
as Congress has been organised. With
the committee on appropriations unchanged.
Mr. Randall also has a pla?
for running the next House, for electing
himself to the Presidency, and for
carrying Pennsylvania by 82,000 majority.
Considering that he bus excogitated
all these plans in the few leisure
moments not occupied in begging for
Federal offices or in filling the public
service with his retainers, the industry
of our local statesman is phenomenal?
as phenomenal as his infinite variety,!
There has been nothing like it recorded
since the days of Nick Bottom the
weaver, who was prepared to play
Pyramus, and Thisbe, and the Lion%
and every other part in the drama,
rather than abate his self-importance
or give auy one else a show."
The Farmer* in Coujjress.
The Farmers' National Congress met
in annnai session on the 2t\i inst. at
Indianapolis, Ind. for the purpose of
discussing and advocating legal reforms
of importance to agriculturalists.
They recommend the creation of Secretary
of Agriculture as a cabinet
officer- The Congress is composed of
representative farmers from nearly
every State, and they will doubtless
exercise a great influence for good
over the interests of that class. South
Carolina should be represented hi such
meetings.
Prohibition in the State.
There is a strong effort being made
by the friends of prohibition lo force !
it into the politics of the State, and the j
probabilities are that sooner or later j
they will succeed. When it becomes j
an issue in any campaign we may expect
to see the Democracy of South
Carolina divided and opportunity;
given to the Radical party to re-cstab- j
lish itself in power. We do not de-j
fend whiskey drinking or intemper- j
ance. but we are opposed to legislation !
which will interfere with the rights of;
citizens and which will endanger the j
cause of good government in South i
Carolina.
We do not believe that the anticipat-;
ed good will be accomplished by!
Drohibitive legislation. Such legisla-!
tion encroaches upon the province of i
ii i urni "Timiin rM
the church. it is the duty ui our
spiritual pastors and master* to teach
the people that whiskey drinking is
wrong-, and that it is just as great a
nrm^or frv Knv wKicl-^v oc if ic fn coll
it. When the people are educated to
this point, there will be littles need of
legislation on the subject. Until then
such laws will be but the dead forms
of words photographed on our statute
book*. If there is to be any legislation
on the subject, punish the man who
buys it as well as the man who sells it;
but as long as there are men who are
willing to buy there will be men who j
are willing to sell it.
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The Department of Agriculture.
iu a recent issue or tne j\e>cs ana
Courier sl letter from 15. li. Tiliman
011 the Agricultural Department of
the State was published. The following
reply from the Commissioner of
Agriculture will be of interest to our,
readers, as showing what has been ;
done by the Commissioner:
The board of agriculture is composed
of the Governor, the lion. J. N.
Lipscomb, the Hon. D. P. Duncan, the
Hon. A. S. J. Perry and the Hon.
W. D. Johuson, and they are too well
known in the State for any one to believe
that anv public trust committed
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to llieir cnarjje wouiu oe uisciiargeu
in any other way than for the best
interests of the whole people. But a
g-Iance at the wort 0f department
will show that arcoinntichnii
great good for all clashes of our people,
and particularly for the farming
interests.
Under its supervision the amount of
royalty received by the State has been
greatly increased, the analysis of fertilizers
has not only kept up the standard
of those goods, but ha* resulted in
increased sales at greatly reduced
prices. The publications of the department
have gone into every part of
the country, informing our own peoDle
on agricultural matters and giving
informal irm strangers of the re
sources and advantages of South Carolina.
The exhibit of the products of
the State it the World's Exposition at
New Orleans last winter wa*> a grand
representation of onr resources, and is
of itself the highest evidence of the
efficiency and usefulness of the department.
I think that a more careful
perusal of the annual reports of the
commissioner will convince Capt. Tillman,
and all others, that the department
has been administed in the interests
01 the whole people, and especial
ly of the farmers, for au analysis of
its work will show that the end always
sought to be accomplished, in every
branch of its work, has been the promotion
of the agricultural interest of
South Carolina. The establishment of
an experimental station is very important,
and the reports *h?nv that the
board has had this idea in view all the
time, and has only been prevented
from carrying it into execution by the
small amount of money available for
the support of the department.
The dedartment has now passed the
experimental stage of its existence,
and is entering upon the work that
promises so much good in the future.
The little time at my command pre
rents me from replying In detail to
Capt. Tillman's letter, but I am prepared
to do this in due time and am
confident that I can prove to any disinterested
uersor. that the deDartment
deserves praise and support rather
than blame and condemnation.
. The "Economic Caucus."
Considerable attention has been '
drawn t? the "cancas" of members of
the Legislature, held for the purpose
of devising means of reducing the expenses
of the State government. We
borrow the word caucus from the
daily papers in whose columns have
originally appeared tue proceedings ot
the several meetings. These meetings,
however, lacked the essentials of the
cancus, in that the proceedings were
not secret, nor was any action of the
assemblage binding on the participants.
The gatherings were rather in the
natnre of consultations; and they are
not to be criticised on the score of
Dronrietv. ex cent on the srronnd lhat
all {hat the participants claimed should
be done, might far better have been
done in the Legislature itself. It would
be grossly unfair to those members
who did not see fit to take part in the
conferences to say that these gentlemen
are less desirous of reform, so
far as reform may be necessary and
practicable, than those who preferred 1
the "caucus" method. It would seem
that the floor of the House, and of the
Senate, is the place to state grievances
and seek proper remedies. It would
have been far better, certainly more in
keeping with the dignity of the Gen?
eral Assembly, if these gentlemen of
the "caucus" ha<l submitted their
views to the two branches of that
body. If we mistake not, there is in
each branch, a committee on "retrench
mcnt aiul reform." A proper reference
to this* committee would doubtless
have evoked a statement of fads
and figures as full as those procured
by the "caucus" committees. An
opportunity would thus have been
given to every member, upon his ,
official responsibility, to examine care
fully into the .alleged extravagances
and look about for a remedy. Asiti*,
it seems as if the "caucus" was rather
an ritipty thing.
It appears, from the reports of the
multitudinous committees appointed
by the "caucus," that things are not
quite so bad as they seem. The Agricultural
Department, denounced as a
humbug, turns out to be a very blessing
to the farmers of the State, and an
honor to the commonwealth. The
Railroad Commission, which some of
of the members of the "caucus" wanted
summarily swept out of existence, is
discovered to be the precisely proper
means of resistance to the aggressions
of bloated corporations. The lunatic
asylum, supposed to have been badly '
infected with the prevailing spirit of
extravagance, is honestly, efficiently '
and economically managed. In and '
about the penitentiary, the only bad
people are the convicts--and some
means should be devised to have them
earn tneir support oiusiae me wai.s 01
the prison. The Columbia Canal must
have at least five thousand dollars
more?a sum which the "caucus"
think will put it in shape to obviate
any fur'.her work. The scheme for a
census of the State?that is, making a
copy of the United States census?at a
cost of twenty-five dollars, is, in the
opinion of the three lawyers to whom
the matter was referred by the "cau- 1
cus," unconstitutional; so the House, ;
on Saturday, passed a bill appropriat- <
ing $25,000 lor this work) only five
members voting against the measure.
On the apprialiohS for the College and
the Citadel, the "caucas" were (of
"* J- 4ual.
course; aiviaea m opiuiuu, suu. iu?
matter was let alone. The only reduction
of salaries suggested by the
"caucus*' is to the effect that the Clerk
of the Senate and of the House shonld
receive each $700 instead of the present
salary of $1,000?a saving that looks
small, after the hue and cry about
wafete of the taxpayers' money.
In the "caucus" debates there was
some of the usual talk about the downtrodden
farmers, with sufficient flings
at the lawyers to make the remarks in
keeping with the usual order of such
speeches. No man with two ideas
denies the proposition that all classes
of people in South Carolina are dependent
for their prosperity?nay, for
their living itself?upon the success of
our agriculture. Yet this proposition
was stated in the "caucus" with all the
earnestness and unction which we
shnld expect from a statement of a
truth which had never before been
evolved by the human intellect. Nobody
denies that all means should be
employed to further our farming interests.
Bat the trouble is that as things
now go, mostoi tnose wno weep over me
farmers' wrongs are tliemselves seekers
after the farmers' votes. So it is that
sounded as if they were made in view
of the next primary. The anti-lawyer
idea is very, very old. But, somehow,
those terrible lawyers make friends
enough to get about what they want
in the way of office; and, stranger
than all else, the people id ill send them
to the Legis'.ature term after terra.
We don't understand it. We know
our farmers are neither dupes nor
fools. They know what they are
about when they vote. And yet these
wicked fellows the lawyers are continually
sent to Colnmbia. Even the
"caucus" don't expect to stop this.
It is barely possible that the farmers
themselves, duped though they be the
wiles of the legal fraternity, have
somehow discovered that the antilawyer
idea obtains chiefly among
those who are of the van-guard of the
grand army of office-seekers.
No reflection is' intended upon those
who participated in the "caucus" when
it is said that they made a mistake in
the methods they adopted. We are
bound to assume that these gentlemen
were actuated by a desire to do good.
And it is cause for rejoicing that they
did no harm. They certainly do not
deserve ridiculc.
mere may De ways 01 iignieumg
the burdens of taxation?burdeus bravely
borne, yet none the less heavy in
these times of great depression. But
those ways can best be devised by the
proper authority?the Legislature of
the State. To the wisdom, prudence
and patriotism of that body we think
the people are willing to leavo the
whoi*j matter of "retrenchment and
reform."
TUB STATJB CAPITAL.
rh<5 Conference of the Hoformcrg nnJ
Other Matters of Interest in and About
tho suite House.
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Columbia, S. C., December 3.?It
was the privilege of your correspondent
to witness for several days the
proceedings of the Legislature while
in the discharge of its legitimate work,
l 1 it was also my privilege to be
present at the second meeting of the
so-called reformers, who by their advocacy
of a picavunish policy have
won for themselves the unenviable
nickname of "Three for a Quarter"
legislators. As the readers of The
News axd Herald may not be familiar
with this reform movement, he will
give a few words by way of explananation.
Among the members of the
Legislature there are a number of men
who know very little about the machinery
of government and whose
ability to learn more is, to say the
least, very limited. These worthy
gentlemen are good, honest, hardworking,
straight-forward men, to
whom the smallest fire-cent piece appears
as big as a cart-wlicel, and
when they hear that a Governor, Judge
or other State official receives as a
salary the immense sum of two or
three thousand dollars they immediate
ly conclude that "there is something
rotten in Denmark," and that the
country is going to "the deranition
bow-wow?," and conirncncc to cry cut
for "Retrenchment," and dub themselves
reformers.
Several days ago a meeting of these
self-styled reformers was held in the
House of Representatives and committees
were appointed to investigate the
virions departments of government.
TKaha n*Ann trr?/\ r]awq t*fmnnic cwrn^r?e>#
liiciu n vic in v iiucuio agaium
which they were especially bitter, viz.:
The Railroad Commission and the
Agricultural Department. The railroad
investigating committee reported
that they had been courteously received
and every means given them to
facilitate the work of inspection, and
that in their opinion the Commission
was of inestimable benefit to the people
ot the State, and that they could
iind no leak in the office and no room
for reform. The committee appointed
to investigate the Department of Agriculture
reported very favorably on the
affairs of the department. By the
report it was made plain that in the
collection of the phosphate royalty
ilone thousands of dollars were saved
every year, and that as a protection to
inc iai iuu wtiv vvu^ui iiiAi/w o iug
department was worth more than its
cost and ceaid not be dispensed with.
It was recommended by one of the
committees that the appropriation for!
the militia of the State be abolished.
At present four dollars a head is given
lo the volunteer troops in the State. I
The Gordons will be sorry to hear that
even this pittarce will be* taken away
from them if these "three for a quarter"
men get control.
A number of other reports were
made" by various committees, but they
contained nothing that could not be
found in the various official reports.
This caucus was composed almost
entirely of famers. The call for the
meeting seems to have been shrouded
in mystery, and it was not known
who originated the movement. It has
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harm by establishing a precedent for
the holding of secret caucuses within
the Democratic party?admitting some
gfood Democrats and excluding others.
This very caucus would have furnished
a nucleus for the establishment of an
opposition party if there had been
j present an unscrupulous man with
brains sufficient to have given him the
position of leader. Under the eircum- ]
stanccs, however, there was little to be
feared from this cause; Your correspondent
hopes that he will not be mis- s
understood in his criticism of the I
meeting-. lie does not question the I
motive which animated this body, but <
he does think that bad means were J
adopted in the endeavor to accomplish i
a good end. The reformers claim that f
they were only seeking information.!;
Their investigation only gave them the i
information which they could have j
easily obtained by reading the reports <
of the Siate officials, or if these were >
too voluminous by rcadiug the sum- i
raarv of reporis published in the col- '
umns ot' the News ank Courier. . |
Messrs. Kntland and Brice, of the (
Fairfield delegation, attended the meet- !
ing. That these gentlemen were pres- <
ent is sufficient evidence that nothing '
prejudicial to South Carolina or trait- i
orous to the Democratic party was <
intended. Mr. Rutland, on belalf of J
the committee endorsing the Railroad i
Commission, made a capital speech, in 1
which he eulogized the Commission. <
He stated that he was still an adrocate 1
for reduction of taxes and reform in i
the affairs ot government. Mr. Brice <
also advocated the reduction cf taxes, <
and contended that though taxts may 1
not be higher now than formerly, the
tightness of the monev markef made
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me ourueu imruer ior me ytuyie iu
bear. ?7 1
Senator Woodward and Keprtsenta- <
tivc Douglass did not attend the meet- ]
ings as they did not think that good J
would result from such a increment i
Thev think that - . ti measures^uiUL 1
v, -*-? ?..<* tuiCL. j
Houses and not ventilated by extra <
legislative proceedings. - . I
Among the bills recently introduced 1
is a bill to utilize the labor of municipal
and county convicts and convicts
sentenced to the penitentiary for a ,
period of one year or under upon the ;
public read?. This bill has passed the
House and is now pending iu the '
Senate. J
Another important bill is one intro- 1
duced by Mr. Douglass aud endorsed 1
by the Fairfield delegation in regard to
trial justices. This bill divides the
county into seven district, viz.: First
district, Feasterville and Rock Creek j
townships; second, Briee and Jackson's
Creek; third, Gladden's Grove 1
and Wateree; fourth, Oaklaid and '
Mount Zion; fifth, Bear Creek and ]
Kidgeway; sixth, bunpson andbreen- ;
brier; and seventh, Horeb and Jen- J
kinsville. One trial justice to be 1
appointed by the Governor for.each
district. That they shall have exclu-'
sive jurisdiction in their districts: each
to receive a salary of $250 per arnum,
and $100 for constable. All fines and" 1
costs collected by them to be paid to
the county treasurer.
There have been a number of amendmen;?
to the Constitulian proposed.,
It is rumored that the anti-free taition
men and the free tuition men were*
about to make some compromise.T^ere
was a long fight over a prohibition
bill for Abbeville county. The'
anu-pronioiuonisis were victorious.
A. T.
The Voto of Virginia.
Iii the General Assembly in Richmond
last week, the counting of the
vote for Governor *nd LieutenantGovernor
was concluded with the following
result: Total vote cast for Governor
269,071, of which Fitzhugh Lee.
Democrat, received 152,544; John S..
Wise, Republican, 136,510; scattering.
17. Total vote for Lieutenant-Gov-'
ernor 284,003, of which John E. Massey,
Democrat, received 149,179 ;H. C.
Wood, Republican, 134,791; scatter- .
ing 33. The vote lor Lieutenant-,
Governor in Scott con:?tv MTfta
ceived. Tee and Massey were'" then
declared Governor and Lieutenant Governor
for a term of four years beginning
January 1, 1886.
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Indian Atrocities. 1
The Chiricahua Indians killed the
driver of the Graham bullion team on
Sunday night, sixteen miles from the
San Carlos agency, Arizona. Indians
also killed two American herders nam- ,
ed Harrison and Waldo, nine White
Mountain squaws and a number of 1
children. The reservation has been
raided for sixty miles. Renegades
crossed the Gila River, going south,
at the sub-agency. Gen. Sheridan and <
his aides arrived at Fort Bowie iast
week, where he is ccnferriHg with .
Gen Crook- ' .
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.
Interesting: Extracts from Documents Pre
pared for the Use of Congress.
^ Trie annual report of the third assistant
postinostcr-general shows that
the total revenues during the year were
* 42,560,843, expenditures, actual and
jstiinated, including compensation to
Pacific Railroad, $50,842,415, leaving
in excess of the estimated cost 01 the
service over the gross receipts of $8,>81,571.
The estimated deficiency tor
the next fiscal year is $7,443,914. The
?ross rece ipts "are $765,114 or 1.7 per
rent, less than the year ending June
JO, 1884. A part of the decrease is
ittributcd to the increase ot the unit of
weight on second class matter from
l.wo ounces to four ounces without
jhange in the rate of postage; but the
more potent factor was the"stagnation
3f business throughout the country,
l'he amouut required for the compensation
of postmasters during the year
exceeded the amount appropriated by
5243,848, which must be provided for
in the deficiency appropriation bill,
while in other items there were exjesses
of appropriations over expendibles
aggregating $1,074,361. The
loss that will result from the reduction
af postage on second-class matter
(mailed by publishers) during the next
tiscal year is estimated at $1,200,568.
SUGAR MII.LIXG.
The annual report of the commissioner
of agriculture states that the
jxperiments undertaken with the purpese
of cliecking the present enormous
waste of sugar?fully one-half?
in the milling process, met with highly
?rratif\in?r results so far as the di
^iviieTO)i.miniii^i^i<aiiyt'K
Lhe plants subjected to experiments
having been secured.
rood adulteration.
An important seriesof investigations
in food adulterations has been commenced.
The work so far has been
chiefly with butter and honey, but it is
proposed to extend it until uniform
methods of examination and standards
of comparison are established.
the imitation butter fradijs.
The commissioner describes the results
of the work of. microscopical division
iu the discovery of a method of
detecting counterfeit butter, and in
this connection sav?: The unparalleled
increase in the past few years of the
mMtinfjirtiifP ntirl (if rni'ioiu nnm.
pounds of animal fats, vegetable oils
and other substances, which arc fraudulently
represented*to the public as
butter, threatens ihe destruction of the
legitimate dairy interests, which are
of the largest .magnitude and affects all
sections of the cauutry. It is not, he
says, competition with dairying that
is deprecated, bat the stimulation of
true dairy products, the deception of
a misleading name, the use of impure
substances and the dishonest sale at
high rates of products otherwise of
little value, practices which demoralize
trade, defraud honest industry and
deceive thj buyer: To protect the
public from these deceptive practices
ho ooiMiftcl It' rnnnm mAnrlc flic* mv^riht
wv v>ai uvoi i j i vwuiiiiwiiuo niv
passage of a stringent law by Congress
to prevent the continuance of this business,
except UHder such regulation as
the necessities of the case demand.
The enforcement of. ibis law, if thought
advisable by Congress, is to be placed
under the control of the internal revenue
department.
FOREIGN MEDICINAL PLANTS.
The commissioner, referring to the
request of the American Pharmaceutical
Association that the commissioner
of agriculture take measures f?r the
introduction into cultivation in this
oftnntry of ?tioh tmnartant foriMffii nifdefift!*phmt8
be a^pfecf to
our climate in order that they might
Kft Kiodilv nKtQinilila in o f.'Mili ctnfp
and that another industry niipht be
be added to our country's resource**,
says there is no doubt that manv of
the most important medicinal plants
are adapted to our climate and could
be cultivated in perfection; and it
would seem well that means should be
taken to give them a proper trial.
Fears are expressed, he adds, that
some of these plants are becoming- exterminated
in their native stations, and
ill iespeui iu buiiic vi men;, a* iui mstancc
the ginsing plant, the time has
come when they may probably be
made objects of profitable cnltivation.
?Sam Jones managed to keep out
of the way of the cyclone in his Northwestern
tour, but he has met wicli a
terrible blow in the discover) that a
bogus Sam Jones has been doing entirely
successful revival work through
reveral towns in Minnesota.
?Jay Gould's father, a staid, honest
old fanner in Delcware county, New
York, had very little faith in his son's
capacity to get on, becatise he was not
fond of chopping, ploughing-, sowing
or reaping. When the lad decided t
quit his rural home, the elder Gould,
it is said, handed -him half a dollar,
and (old hiui he would certainly go to
the devil. And hels Mill going there.
?Ferdinand Ward's work hh? been
lightened in Situ*' Sin?. Instead ??f
grinding stove r;;?tiiig> h* arts a* an
errand hov or porter, earning en-t
n>gs rr?'?m piacc lo place in ilie ?>u i?ting.
ADVIl'K 1?? SinHKK*.
Mxs WinslW.s svr.rr alwa>s
be used forclili < ?-'"the8
the child, sounds Us- -.1, puln.
cur"s wind colic. mi<! t- h?- f?x r.>?
11;;rrliOJ;i. Tw? ul) Uvc c?-ni? a t-nif
I ul.viJL'y i
FORT MLLM'il
THIS WELL-KNOWN ESTAS1lishment,
located next door to the Stables
of Messrs. A. Wjlliford & Son, is now open
is a first-class
SALOON AND RESTAURANT.
THE FINEST
WINES, LIQUORS,
BEER,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
Will be served to its customers.
OUR RESTAURANT
Will be open on the First of September,
with the
FIRST FRESH OYSTERS
OF THE SEASON.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
COME TO SEE US.
&KOESCHEL & CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
I
ss
CAPITAL PRIZE, ;
"We do hereby certify that wt <>
the arrangement* for all the Monthly
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisa
State Lottery Company, and in person manage
and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same are conducted with honesty,
fairness and in good faith toward all
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with the fac-simitea of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements."
Z'/
Commissioners.
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
[ ic ill pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana
State lotteries which may be presented at
I our counters.
J. H. OGLESB Y,
| Pres. Louisiana National Uank.
8A3IIEL H. KEXXEDY,
Pres. State National Bank.
A. BALDWIN,
Pres. New Orleans National Bank.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!
OVEli HALF A MILLION DISTK1BTTED.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes?with a capital of $1,000,000?to
a reserve fund of over ?550,000 has
since been added. |
By an overwhelming popular vot<' its
blaze '(jo"is\iTufion auop?e<i ^eceiii'oe/:2nd,
A. D. 1879.
Its Grand Single dumber Drawings
will take place monthly. It never
scales or postpones. Look at the following
distribution:
187tli Grand Monthly
AND THE
Extraordinary Semi-Annual Drawing
In tho Academy of Muitic, NVw Orl?-?Dt,
Tuesday, December 15, 1885.
Under the personalsupervisic 11 and management
of
Gen. G. T. BEAUBEGAKD, of Lotiitlantt,
and Gen. JUBAL A EARLY, of VJrrlnia.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
ESfNOTICE.?Tickets are TEX DOLLARS
ONLY, llaives, ?5. Fifths, $5.
Tenth?, $1.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAl'ITAL PRIZE OF $150;000. .$150,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OK 20,000.. 20,000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000
a i ixin.v voi7Pt nu ~i 000 20.000
20 PRIZES OK 1,000.. 20,0U0
50 do 500.. 25,000
100 do 300.. 30,000
2o0 do . 200.. 40,000
600 do . 100.. (50,000
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.. 7,500
2,279 Prizes, amounting to ?522,500
Application lor rates to clubs should be made
only to the office or the Company la New
Orleans.
For rurtlierInformation write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Oruers. or New York Exchange lu ordinary
letter. Cuirency by Express (ail sums or
$5 and upwards at our t xpense) addressed
M. A. DADPHIX,
Sew Orleaim, La.,
OrM. A DAUPHIN.
Washington, D. C.
Make P. 0. Money Orders payable
and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
OK
LOUISIANA NATIONAL BANK,
N?*w Orleans, La.,
STATE NATIONAL BANK,
New Orl*an?, La.,
GERMAN IA NATIONAL BANK,
New OrleaD*. La.
GEN iCBAL"
Tn siira.nr.fi Affenrv
?&?V
InSURE your life in the EQUITABLE
, LIFE of New York, one of the strongest
and most reliable Companies in the world.
Try a
SEMI-TONTINE POLICY,
non-forfeitable after three annual payments.
Insure your Property against damage
from fire and lightning.
Policies written in reliable, prompt-paying
companies at the lowest rates allowed
by Southeastern Tariff Association.
J. C. CALDWELL,
>fayl9fxly Insurance Asent.
ONE BARREL
Pure Old Mountain Apple Brandy,
just in. F. W. Habenicht.
EXCFXSIOR COOKS
IX ALL SIZES, WITH AND WITH
out Reservoir.
RICHMOND "LKE", allsizesand styles.
GOLDEN HARVEST, all sizes and
styles.
. The above Stoves are first-class ard warranted.
i have a full line of cheap Stoves
from $11.50 to ?20. All styles of HEATERS
for coal or wood.
Stove Furniture,
Stove Repairs
Stove Pipe,
Ol i. 1. 1.1 1. 1
CHietl. 11 Oil, UliiCA ilUU J^ill ? UIIUCU,
Tin Plate, Solder,
Valley Tin, Wire, Etc.
Hou?e Furnishing Goods,
Wooden-ware Willow-ware,
Tin-ware, Hollow-ware,
Ilard-ware, Yellow-ware.
Spokes, Rims,
Shafts, Poles, Hubs,
Leader Chilled Plows, all sizes,
A nice lot of FANCY BUCKETS.
J. H. CUHM1XGS.
Boy BI CKHOM FENCE WIRE.
. etal Polish.
This Polish is a Pomade
and an excellent thing. With
it you can, in a few minutes,
brighten up any kind of metal
?from a tin pot to a fine gold
watch.
Try a small Ten Cents Box
and be convinced,
For sale by
W. E. AIKEN.
10,000
Duke Durham Cigarettes, just
received at F. W. Habenicht's,
" midiiii in
-CUJiU
I).
GIVES notice to the pufitiv^
this week a jrcsh and new supj>
Flour, Grits, Macaroni, Canned
Corn, Tomatoes, &c.
This week I will offer Simpsc
?fc. per yard, and a few pieces of
5c. Call early and you can get fi
D.A
NEXT DOOR TO THE BANK
DRY G<
THAT MUST BE
WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINT
COy SIS TINi
DRESS GOODS, DRESS FLANNEI
Velveteen} Cashmeres, Ginghams, Bleachi
Ticking, Red ami White Flannels, Clothing
Damask, Towels and Toweling, Trunks ant
BOOTS ANJ)
which we intend to seH as low as any house
the money
We will not say how and where we boti
one to call and examine the goods and hear
as to quality, cheapness, etc., etc.
CENT
GBAND 0]
AT
L. SAM"
WITH A FULL STOCK
IUST RECEIVED, a full li
J ~ '
Cashmeres and Dress Flannels in
r^:duc:^.? :
Also a full line of Domestic
Cloaks. Men's, Boys' and Childr
I have a large stock, which I w
times.
Hats, Boots, Shoes and Trui
Goods.
IT STANDS AT
1!
For Sale by J. M BEAT5
E3T Aiifiits wanted in unoccupied territory. 1
CH1XE COMPANY, 909 Main Street, Richmond
"Di I T> I l~\ I /"I IT
Demands that we shall no longer offer to tlie peo
Largest Stock of Goods ever offered in our Town
goods on the Lien' or Long Time System, thus lo<
per annum invariably offered for
SPOT CA<
Our buyer diligently worked for the Lowest Prlc
York recently, and YTQ can no\V say we are in shs
LOWPRK
to Cash Buyers the times demand of a Progressiv
make our purchases judiciously as to sufficient qi
selection, with judgment as to fabric, with taste i
COME AJTD
Calling attention to our Dress Goods (Buttons, T
say they are pretty. Our selection of (.'allcots, (
Collars, Edgings, Etc.,,is better and cheaper thai
low prices of our Flannels, Cotton Flannels, B
Bleached Homespuns, Ticking, Domestic Goods (
GEXTS' DEPAK
The ' Gold" and "Sliver" Shirts should be exami
wear well. Our Hats are stylish.
SHO?S A AD 1
The reputation of our house in this line will be
styles are more varied, and our stock will meet tl
RE MEM BEE THE CORNER S^TOl
J. M. B :
Sept $5
^RIX
' receive
Meal,
Saii^
X
& @3
)u & Son's best Priq^
' other Standard PrinS^^^^j
. HENDRIX.
, WINNSBORO, S.
30D8. !
SOLD OUT!
: of goods jy stork
7 of
,S, PLAIN AND BROCADED
ug-, in all standard brands, Bed,
Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Table
I Valises. ANo a line of
o TTATi?
oriASJCja,
in town, simply because we want
ght these gooiN, but invite every
our prices and be their own.iu
ER & CLARKE.
PENING
I
I/ELS', j
: OF DRY GOODS.
J
ne of Black and Colored
all shades at
BE"
s, Notions, Circulars and
en's Clothing.
ill sell at prices to suit the
iks. To trouble to show
mVTTS "PPT* A TS
IHA Jtt&AV.
1HK
ISET-Em?KING DOMESTIC!
Tiiis <Mit shows the new style of
?>i*kt wii; \ the tvtujtaliy i> r.vw iurt'oIK'Slti.
Ai;Tl- TU'AI.I.V F.KAl . IH'l? ,
iV. TUC IT A VI:
li its nu-c 1.; i.'wai ? .i.??truction it has
no rival.
Ti:r NEW l ixg OK ATTACH
eiits t! at are lujw'ljeinjr placed Vttfc .
!.? 1 < i!FSTl?. Sire 2Jo
l! : KiJM l iiM-l as tlii in. Thes>? aitaciv
en;s ai.?f ti e
SEW WOOD WORK
iake the DOMESTIC more than ev?
itlu.ut question, the acknowledge*!
andai-'l of excellence.
f & BRO., Wtansboro, Si. C.
Wlilrocc nnMC-QTTf CPOTTVP \fl
hUMAvcv i/v.'jiAjnv uft\T4;iu y:
, Va. 5Iiy23-ly _.i y
ilElS.IS
pie of Winn&boro and Fafrfield tho
; that w? nhaU no longer buy our
ing the Vi% to 25 per cent, interest
*15.
es and bost discounts when in New
ipe, and are willing; to make the
DES Sk
e House. We haw rcA'awwtf 7?>
asntity to give ow ou^uner* * nire
is to styles and designs.
SEE.
timmlngs, etc., to match} we will
Singhains, Hosiery, Handkerchief?,
n usual. Posted buyers will note the
leacbed and Unbleached Shirting.
of all kinds, etc., etc.
tTJIKXT.
ined. F & C Collars will fit asd
SOOTS.
fully sustained this season. Our
le increasing demand.
IE,
EATY & BRO. *