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7 THE NEWS AND HK!uLDT-J1 WIXXSiSOEO, S. C. Ij WEDNESDAY, JANUARY *,:T, : : : 1SS6. , JS'O. S. BETXOTsDS. ) j ( y Editors. rr. z. 3TcDOSALD. ) _ . . T I < It is said that Logan, Edmund?, : 1 fcvarts and Sherman, Unitetl States:1 Senators, are all wiring for the Re- j ' publican nomination tor the Presiden- j( f*v ?r* fKA novf r^kf^rk ] k The New York World says it is nn- i, derstood that the President will ap-: t point General Lawton, of Georgia, [ < whose disabilities were removed Wed- j ] nesdav, bv Congress, as minister to j -( Austria, in place of Keiley whom Ans-. | tria refused to receive. j l The coming session of the Legis'a- ! ' ture in Iowa will he forced to malce | j provision for a deficit of $600,000 in j i the State revenue, the fulling off being j I ( occasioned, it is alleged, by the effects . of Prohibition, which cutoff an enorl mous amt/unt of taxes fm merlv coli lected. At the same time it is not j' claimed that there was less consnmp- j tion of liqnor during I he year in which j Prohibition has been enforced than be- I fore it bccame a law. ?? In the lasc Presidential election Ben i Butler, the Greenback candidate for : the Presidency, received 134.20*2 votes, and St. John, the Prohibition candi-j date received 150,820, but neither of these candidates got ;i single vote in the Electoral College. It is a singular historial fact that in 1828 Jackson, the 1 successful candidate, received but a i few thousand more votes than Butler and St. John in 18S4, and was yet able to take the Presidential chair. These figures show a marvelous growth o#j the country. Augusta Chronicle: When the Irish | agitators begin to beat about for home rule, England becomes alarmed, and prates about the disruption of the Empire. If Irishmen were quiet and made no sign, England would point to them as worthy subjects, devoted to the government, and Ireland would never get home rule. It is a little remarkable that no reform in Irish affairs has been mooted in .Parliament. The Queen's speech deals royally in alarms and prejudices. Mr. Gladstone talks mildly but indefinitely. lie i counsels gentleness anu coiiMuerauun, j and calls for prompt action, bat he j wants the anion of six hundred years j maintained at all hazards. Lord Salisbury thinks the distemper in Ireland originated at Westminster, and charges Gladstone with not suppressing i\ Meanwhile Hicks-Beach challenges a division, and home rule lies between the upper and nether millstones. Some Queer Statioaery. The report of the Clerk of the House j of Representatives for the year ending j Jane 30,13S5, has just been issued. It i shows that the total amount spent I * * "* 1 * ? T.. I .A ! .. I<v K A I UUring IIIUL [isriuu hi luiiiiiiuimiig, uic the House was $512,871.12. The newsstationary allowance, $125, in cash. 1 Among these^tnrs S. S. Cox, present ( Minister to Turkey. Representative c iiandall bought $13.41 worth of sta- 1 tionerv and drew $111.59 in cash. ' John S. Caine, the Mormon delegate, drew $67.94 worth of stationery. 1 Perry Belmont spent $38.93 in the 1 same way. Torn Ochiltrec, the auburn- 2 haired Texan, used all l>ut $13.06 of f his allowance. Frank lli-cock, on the J contrary, had S11.02 left at the end of ' the year. Judge liolman, of Indiana, 1 tbe economist or me non^c, purcnasea | $46.4l worth of stationery. Among : c the articles most in demand among ! * members, as shown by the )i>t of pur-! 1 chases in the stationerv-r otn. were i * I . autograph album?, of which four j 1 dozen were purchased at one time and 1 ten dozen at another. A lot of fancy articles purchased c on the 18th November for the station- s ery-room included dressing-cases, c nail-sets, cushions, muses' sets, opera ' glass bags, etc. A large number of silver whistles were purchased at one j time, rangingin price from $275 down, t One nurchase of ouera and marine ? t * glasses aggregated $o6i>.2<>. Mr. s Springer, of Illinois, Mr. Warner, of Ohio, Barclay Henley and the Cierk of f the House order the New York World ! c{ through the stationery-room. O'llara, j , the colored member from N<>rtli laro-'t lina, ordered three of the Harpers' i publications and the Century One j Congressman from the West supplied j \ himself with a book on etiquette, j t Another purchased one "Democratic ; 1 Party," according the tveord, and j c there were nine copies of ''Money and t * ' - ordered through the station-1 c ery^^^ "fHe~a^soci^jon of- names j t havino-nrobablv struck an answering i s : chord in the hearts of nine Repnbli-! a can members. One "Congressional t Government" is alone included in the c purchase made. Among- the miseella- j t nwus expenditures in February is | towel washing, $409.65. Towel wash-: 1 ing for the year cost $2,353, which, at ! 1 ... the uniform rate of fifty cents a dozen,, i would make a total of' nearly 56,500 j r * towels. J *rp-Country" and "Low-Country." ^ There is a good deal now written in s the papers about the hostility said to i s exist between the "up-coa^ry" and ! c the "lo w-countrvn \ ( Those who cl^fll^^iSoiuh this ho^y|^Rn that there docs exist^fl |^flmy, seek to find evidence of | v action of the Legislature in ! refn?ing to provide for :i rci?u*, and j k refusing to limit Charleston county to J a ] one Senator. Without yrt admitting [ r <Kof ti>? Qiitao-onisin does exi>t, let us i v *?.V 9 nevertheless look a little i?iti? these j 1 " two matters. ; o It is complained that the double rep* : 1 resentation of Charleston in the Senate t is a relic of the old parish system ? ! & against wbich there has always been \ . just opposition in many portions of the ! ? ; State. Even in the city of Charleston j t ' there were, before the war, numbers ; 1 ' of people who thought tint the -vs- j r 'tern was unfair, and who labored as { t I % JL. ^' - " '* jest t hey cwtild for its abolition or at | east for such modification a* would do I list ice to these portions of the State j tfherc tnc system had no place. The I )pportunit?- for the desired reform :ame in 1865. Provisional Governor j Perry, under the instructions of Presi- I tent Johnson, called a convention of 1 | he people of.South Carolina, to frame i new Constitution. The parish sys:etn was abolished. The new district )f Berkeley was formed, with one senator, 2nd Charleston retained her ;wo Senators. This reform was the roluntary act of the white people of ;he State, through their chosen delegates, and it met no opposition. The icw Constitution was put in operation, xnd so continued till it occurred to :he malicious ingenuity of the Radical leader* to "reconstruct" the Southern States. This Constitution and the laws passed thereunder were j-set aside at the point of the bayonet. The Contention of 1S6S abolished the district >f Berkeley, throwing that territory into Charleston county, and giving the latter county still its two Senators. [t? 1S82 Berkeley county was formed, wi;h iis one Senator? thus, by the act of a Democratic Legislature, giving old Charleston county, in tacr, three Senators. The resolutiou to amend the Constitution so as to take one Senator from Charleston Jailed at the recent session. It will thus bo seen that the allowance of two Senators to Charleston is the act, not of the Radicals, but of the Democracy of the State?an act d??ne deliberately, and, we may say, repeatedly. Tiie idea upon which the extra representation is allowed is an old one ?too old, doubtles?, to please those who, to show their desire for progress, as they cull it, would tear (.town all that remains of old South Carolina ? destroj ing the good, in order to be lid of what they happen to think bad. But we believe the allowance ot two Senators to Charleston to be fouuded in reason and justice. It is simply making proper allowance for the greater amount of property and population. It is not intended to assert the superiority of the people of Charleston. It is not intended as an affront to the up country. The up-country, barring the office-seekers and a few croaking newspapers, does not so regard it. It is indeed a reflection upon the intelligence of the up-country to say that the people of this section c mntcnancc the onslaught upon Charleston and thelowcouniry, in which some papers and some politicians have recently indulged. The urgent demand, in some quarters, for the taking of the census, seems to arise from the conviction that some counties, Charleston most especially, have in the lower house cf the General Assembly representation disproportioned to their population? this to the detriment of the upper counties. Yet it is claimed by the papers in t lie lower part of the State that a re-apportionment would have little if any effect upon the distribution of representatives. However this may be, it is not established ihat the up-country favors and rt^Ua^a-rTTtVtry >p~poses a census. The opposition to he census seems to have been based >n purely economic grounds, it is sonceired by the opponents of the neasure that the expense would be too nuch for the good to be accomplished. Dial is our view. We think ?'ne State :an well afford to wait a few years onjjer, meantime providing for the idopiion of the United States census i* a basis of apportionment. The inustice, if any, to those counties that lave too few members is abstract ather than actual, and they cannot ;uffrr. It is true, there is a maudate >f the Constitution, requiring- a census. Jut that mandate is no more explicit han the section which requires the General Assembly to provide for Jusices of the Peace, to be chosen by the >eopic. Yet we near no racket aoout he neglect of the Legislature to meet his requirement. Indeed, most folks ire not troubling themselves about the juestion whether the Constitution be iterally followed or no. We should be sorry to think that ralousy between different sections of hn StatL* does exist. The Greenville Veics, however, thinks that it doc?, aying: \YV contended ami contend that secional feeling does exist; ihat*it is :Iearlv manifest and iucrea-ing in biterni-ss and very harmful, and that the ray to remove it is to recognize its existence and treat it br a system of nutual toIeratioH and exa^t justice. "We should be glad if the Netos vould divide the State into the "secions" between which the feeling of litteruess is said to exi*t. Which! jouJiuescoiwiiuie me np-counuy, ana vhich the low-country? What are the ausesofthe alleged antagonism? Are hev found alone in the doable reprceniation of Charleston in the Senate .nd her aliened excess of members in he IIuu?e? Are these the only cause?, >r are there others, for the bitter secional feeling said to prevail? We hope, and wc believe, that the Yetcs is mistaken. We believe, as we lavesaid, that the people at large are itlle, if any at all, exercised about the rpresentation of the lower counties. V.nd we believe that the alleged sec-' ional feeling is largely imaginary. Ye l?t-Iieve it has no place-in public entinient in Fairfiehl. "We cannot peak fur Greenville. Let the JYeicS anvass sentiment among the t>eople hcrc-rfor whom, while we are verv j|^-om agreeing with some of its ^S^gnually far from sppruTunr iews treatment. we )uic of its meu7oaSlTOfflS^g^|j^^^^ now it has labored most assiauffl^Pl nd faithfully. "Wc donbt not that the esuit of the canvass would disclose ery, very little of sectional feeling, 'he editor of the yeics is t. an ffiite-seeker, so that he will not feel urL when we sav that he woulc* find he feeling confined exclusively to spirants ami demagogues. The truth is, sectional feeling is so groundless, so senseless a sentiment hat it cannot long, if at all, have a odgmeiit among intelligent people. It ncans narrowness, bigotry, unchariableness and folly?all of these. ??? - nnia.w It will be an evil day lor the good pea-1 i pie of Sooth Carolina when they divide j among themselves. * Better far tliat tJ forbearance should go to the extent of ^ self-sacrifice than that we shall have j \ ; on us the time wherein different sec-: i I 4 1 | tions our State shall, through dc.Mre to j cure real or imaginary evils, so act ! [ j that we shall be unable, in case of j c I need, to present an unbroken front to j 1 j any enemy who is quiescent simply j ' because he is looking for his opportu- j t nitr. And we think thai to effect u : ? division amonjj our people will re- J 1 : quire grievances far grealer than are to j ] | be found in the double representation i * | of Charleston m the Senate, or in the j i j failure of the General Assembly to j 1 j provide for a census. TAXES AXD TIIE PEOPLE. j ; Messrs. Editois: That a word may j ' be fitly spokeu in tiie season of our tin- , prccedented poverty, and that a prayer ] for relief may be offered up to tho^e 5 | in authority, a little space of you is! i craved, aud the earnest attention of- . I f the County Board of Equalization t; j solicited. j? j Perhaps at no other period in the j > i litcfnn* nf fliA cmii.tv. stnc'.ft tiie Cl*a i ' j .l.uw. j v,. v..~ . , j ; of reconstruction, certainly not with- ; , in the past decide, lisis business expc- i ricnccd great depression, or :i more 1 profound gloom enveloped the ^agricultural, mercantile and professional ] interests of the people. Successive i . failures in the staple crops have but; 1 ! naturally produced want and to-uay4. | the masses of the people are standing j neck deep in the ashes of poverty! < I Can there be a more opportune time 1 j to give thought to the subject of our taxes, or a more fit occasion to confer with the Board of Equalization upon the matter of the assessment, for taxation, of the people's pro pert v. Lt shall be the purpose of this article, Messrs. Editors, to demonstrate the tar.t that the greatest po$>ible inequality exists between the* assessments ot property in the various counties of i the State?and that Fairfield county is, J in consequence, made to pay thousands | of dollars into the treasury of tlie j State. It shall then be our purpose ! to pursue the inquiry but one step j farther and to show that the remedy | in the-premises is solely and alone j | with the County Boardof Equalization. J i That the grossest inequalities do j exist is unquestionable and it. is certainly 110 discovery of to-day! They have existed for a half a decade and more, and the silent acquiescence in the continuance of this palpable wrong has but accumulated the oppression's of a tax law most fearfully and radi callv defective. To the present able and efficient Comptroller-General of the State we are indebted for a most i thorough ventilation of this subject, \ and the tahlps Drenared bv hirr? should 1 . receive the close attention of those j who would sincerely abridge the gov-! ernmental expenses and save the i money of the taxpayer and ciiizen of the State. Suspecting that all was not i right and truly anxious that he might j lay before the people the wrongs of the present system, the Comptroller J placed himself in communication with the county auditors throughout ilie j -^rrRi. ana personal property in tlie I 'c different counties. In order th:it this ! a might be must reliably done, the mar-, ket price, as evidenced by public sales 1 1 and bona Jlde private sales in all sec- j ? tions of the counties, were taken as 6 the crucial test of real value. Tni? j l, rauch wc esteemed necessary to be said j 51 bv way of explanation, in order that 11 l.* I ?> !. i 1] me vaiuu uiou iauic?, uiu^ miciuii; ; prepared, might be duly and properly ! l: appreciatpd. This investigation was i j continncd during the years lSS4-So ' and his annual reports contain the ; l1 startling results of his admirable j I1 work. The reports for 1SS4-S5 show j r practically the same inequalities of! 1' assessment, and we shall, fer the pur- j c poses of this article, draw for our! -s facts from them indiscriminately. In the assessment of real estate, j comparing one county with another, I the inequalities are absolutely enor- j mouse. In the column of "percen I 11 tone of assessed valuation to selling j ^ puce" the facts arc laid bare and here j ? is the proof: The lands in the county ! d of Abbeville are assessed at only 66 | 15 per cent, of their actual market value, j c in Berkeley at 56 pe: cent., (/hotter- j 0 Held 47, Greenville 41, Lexington ;33, i ^ Marlboro 2S, Lancaster 25 and Barn-1 well 23 per cent. Upon the other side ] of tbe picture we find this spectacle b presented: Tiie county of Colleton j ^ paying taxes on her lands at an as- d sessed value of 95 per cent, of ih=? actual selling value of her lands, ' ? Fairfield 96 per cent., Beaufort 99, and j c, Georgetown 174-rand the average in the State is but 64 ner cent. ~ I I1 It will be seen from llie data above I ^ given that the counties of Barnwei1, ]51 Greenville, Lexington, Marlboro and j Lancaster are taxed at an assessed j c value of 41, 23, 31, 30 and 3'J per cent.. I 11 respectively, below the aceraye a$*ess-1 P ment in the State, and tlie.se same j counties are taxed at an assessed value j I' of 77, o9, 67, 72 and 75 per cent, be- I !l low the market valae of their lands,, 0 while the counties of Colleton, Fair- j J; field, tfeaurort ana ijreorgctown are ; v to-day respectively paying taxes upon ; ^ their lands at the rate* of 31, 32, 35 i c! and 110 per cent, above their just ;?nd i C( fair quota of the taxes of the common j wealth. These strange and unjust J differences arc not confined to the! lands throughout the counties, but they 1 exist in all their enormity between the ! towns aud cities of the State. ? To instance simply?the percentage ^ of assessment of the town lots to the "P actual selling price in the towns of ^ Georgetown, "VVinnsboro and Newberry is 306, 109 and 118, while in a Chesterfield, Hampton and Union the ; e' Dercentaare is respectively 30, 29 and 12, and the average assessment in tiie i State is odIv 73 per cent. .And if this interesting investigation i ^ is carried still another step further, j. i? the student of the people's rights will | s< learn that the inequalities of assess-! 11 meat aiejust as great in the matter of i u personal as real estate. The avenge j is assessed price of horses per head in j ^ the counties of Barnwell and Fairfield : is respectively $84.34 and S81.78, and j b in the counties of Pickonsand Laurens C $48.23 and $46.53. In the matter of cattle Fairfield and Charleston hc.d al t,A lSof .ttWV. ?1*3 77 ni.cl sMn. no 1 ill HOW If llll V"'. ? v 'J V?v cv Hi. II L ^1''^'-^ ' I' aud $6.59; and even in the matter of; mnlcs and asses Fairfield is made to j head the list with an average valuation j of $88.53, aud again ^aureus is ex- i n< cused with a return of $48.72 per I B head?a difference?an average difler-; s: ence between these two counties <>f,al $40 per head. And if we are to adopt j ai the "assessed value as the test 01 real j u value, then we must conclude that j t even sheep and goals in poor old Fair-1 c< field are superior to any in the State; : i! that her hogs are exceptiousjjly fi:ir>, ! a and her dogs superior to those in ] 1 twenty-five counties in the Staie. And , ti shall we prolong the argument of facts , & mil figures?facts that cannot be jrushed away?figures that do not lie? fhe Comptroller, in his annual report} n\ = : "Taking a? a basis of valuation lit* assessment <>f Fairfield county, vhere the country and town property s must nearly equalized, the State joanl, with ?uch a table ocrore it, I litoiilil have seen that in thirty counics ;!:c value of lauds should be inireascd and in two counties decreased. \Yv. would not then see the land in 3aruwell county assessed at per of it> \a!ue, while in George- ' own at 174 and those in Beautort at )i) per cent. of their value.*' * * * '\Vhy a horse should be worth $97 in iJorrv and only $46 in Greenville, jpaitanburg :tnd Pickens, and why a mile should be valued at $33 in Fair-* ield and $46 in Lauren-, or yet again vhut peculiarity of the dogs of An lersou ami Oconee makes their value it but $i.3G ami $1.12, while tho3e of :\iken, Barnwell and Clarendon are worth 810 and $11, are questions which ;he-e boards should ask themselves." This showing, beyond a shadow Of i doubt, establishes the fact that a tax aw which makes possible the preseut state of affairs is most se:iousl\ and jravely defective. At the last annua! session of the General Asscmblv the wriier, in conjunction with others, sought mosf iarnestiy to effect the necessary changes in the law. Time and space will net permit a rehash of its provisions here-. Suffice it to say that the measure 5UU^iIL IU UiCCt tlJ^ CAl^giivno v* i tge j :-ituatiou, and none, in the halls of lesi>l:uion or t-l-ewliure, dared deny the ! w isdom, efficacy and justice of iijs j provisions. It met witli an untimely! death?need it be said at the haj^tJsjjfj those who represented th?-*?>uiniKs contributing least (and by far j liiife) to the governmental expenses bf: Lhe commonwealth. ; I And it may be always thus. It J shall be in the future, as it has been in i the past, a task most difficult to fipd men -legislators?who are high enough I'O u_v anviio VA. vv?u^M I interest ami vole lor measures of simple ju&ticc, ichen an increase of taxation upon thai? constituents must inevitably result. And all the while Fairfield county is paying taxes upon her country lands at a rale too high of '62 per cent, and upon her town property a percentage of 30 in exee?s of what they ' should be. It would take, Messrs. , Editors, bur, a simple arithmetical calculation to show that our impoverished j county vcarly pays in thy treasury ol j the State over $o,U00 thai in justice, j in cquitj and good conscience should to-day be in the pockets of our pe >ple. j r ur II \\ I UIIq ttiiu <*?! ou mvti strons there should be and there is somewhere a heroic remedy. Seeing that the Legislature has done nothing, and that the State Board of Equaliza tion has ali these years slept on, while the injuries continued and the people toiled, the last and only relief must come from our County Hoard of Equalization! The year 1886 is one or'the years tixed by law for the assessment of real property by Township and County Boards of Equalization. Let dm Cmmfv Tlnrml first of all remove the inequalities of assessment between 1 he townships of the county, and ihey are great and unnecessarily inequitable. Then let the board strike deep for the root of the wrong and .with a manly resolve tear it up from the soil of our living and our hopes. If our assessment is o2 per cent, above the average in the State, then with one full swoon cut down the assessment - ?,wl 1 yi per ccih. ujjuii tvti? invu o^vmhii i and acre of soil within tJi"confines of ] the county.. tTic land value for; taxati'.?*uTthe county down to 6-1 per e':i7! of its market value. It cannot 10 unjust to a>k that our assessment >e lowered to the common standard iid be placed upon the plane of an cknowlcdged average; nor can it be mpulhic or unwise to assert, ajJfctts- j ci ting, to carry into execution a right o palpable and so plain. "Cut down J he assessment to the average and the; irate Board with the issue sharply n-iHr? will nnf rlarn to deal with the ! noblcin in a manner unfair to the icople ol' Fairfield. The Slate Board n the past lias done absolutely nothng, and in the future it will be as iassivc a< it has been useless in the ust. Upon our County Board the esponsibilit'y is as solemn as the oblation is great and the character and omposition of that bodv is guaranty uffiennit that the issue will be squarer met. and the nroblem fearlessly olvcd. ' It will save dollars, hundred of dolus, aye thousands of dollars, lo a lanly" ' at poverty-stricken people, 'o do u will be but to obey a behest facknowledged equity, and by so oing, the gentlemen of the board wili icrit and receive the gratitude of the ' ountv and the heady commendation fall fair-minded men throughout the tate. In conclusion let me say . that liis is the golden opportunity to right lie wrong, if indeed it is to be righted, cforc the year 1890- if not" remedied nis vear it cannot and will not be one for four long years to come. Let ie board, then, adopt the standard in ther counties, follow the precedent stabiished all along the line, and rut of all. take note and care of the eople and the territory, over which y law, it is to preside. Lower the sscssmeut, 1 repeat, to the common ;vei and the general average, ana dv amnion consent let us see to it that 10 value for taxation of personal ropertv be sealed in accordance with ie same principle. Messrs. Editors, anion this trespass ngon your time nd valuable space; let the importance f the tiieme be the apology sufficient, f by this article I shall cause the 'cntnty Board of Equalization to take r.t one slight step in the desired di- ciion, I shall esteem myself amply Dmponeated for the task. Very truly, . Ciias. A. Douglass. It is worth remembering that no- ; Dtly enjoys the nicest Mirroimdiugs 'in bad liealih. These are miserable eoplc about to-day with one foot in ; ic grave, to whom a bottle of Parer's"Tonic would do more good than II the doctorsand medicines they have | i*er used. * A:: Enterprising, Reliable House. McMaster, Brice & Ivetchin can al ays ue reucu upon, wh oiuy 10 carryi stock the best of everything, but to xuue the Agency for such articles as ave well-known merit, and are poplar with the people, thereby sustainig ihe reputation of being always utcrprisiug, and ever reliable. 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Gold is said to be scattetQd all j ^ through the rocks in the northerifpor-' [ tion ot Spartaubursr, mid some shrewd speculator may yefstep in and realize p handsomely. ?Xo use putting a keg of uails or a cart-wheel tire into your stomach to get a little iron. into, your blood. Use Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, which is both pleasatrtr and potent. McMaster, Brice & ?LCu;ifin, A.?cnxd. How Six >Veut2nto $75,000 Once. One-fifth of ticket No. 46,71)1), which drew the Capital Prize of $75,000 in The . Louisiana State Lottery,' Nov. 10th, was j held in Traverse City. Six persons sent together for fifths of "tickets. vVh?n they came each took one, and that held by Mr. ( "Joseph Pohl, a worthy young salesman with Hamilton & Milliken, drew one-fifth of. the Capital Prize of $75,000, and it was collected through the First National Bank 1 of this city?$15,000?and divided. All of j tbe lucky "ones will make good use "f the ' moneyI-4 Traverse City (Mich.) Eti'jle, Dec. zu. . * rvns.rcinp Iajoivii wv/uivu i | ! IN* ALL SIZES, WITII AND WITII out.Reservo'x RICHMOND "LEE", all sizes and 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, Sheet lion, black and galvanized, Tin Plate, Solder, Valley Tin, Wire, Etc. j iioufe a iimisinng uoous, Wooden-ware Willow-ware, Tin-ware, IIol!ow-warcf Ilard-ware, Yellow-ware. I Spokes, Riuis, " "Header Chilled Plows, all sizes, A nice lot of FANCY BUCKETS. J. H. (13IJII\GS. Buy BK KKOM FENCE WIRE. DIRECT IMPORTATION. Otard, Dupey~?v Co.'s Cognac Brandy, Trible Flavor Holland ? Gin, G. TJ. Mumm <fc Co.'s Champagne, Boss's Koyal' Belfast Ginger Ale,. Pure Jamaica Bum, Genuine Port and Sherry "Wine, at F. W. Habenicbt's Saloon. GrE A.JL \ Insurance Agency T I xr^Trnr? i:r.. r_ Al.^ rATTfT A T? I "E* jl?oux\jcj your me iu lu? ? LIFE of New York, one of the strongest and most reliable Companies in the world. Try a I SEMI- TONTINE FOLIC r, c non-forfeitable after three annual payments. Insure your Property against damage J from lire and lightning. Policies written in reliable, prompt-paying companies at the lowest rates allowed by Southeastern Tariff Association. J. C. CALDWELL, T MaylOfxly Insurance Agent. I IA iLA-UAA-l W -UW/0 ?ANDFOR SALE! T . V' -- ' - : 1 >j?.' ' ? /.f. ; - , . _-iVr * ' V . -r - '< } i. /* yi: "' FORTY HEAD OF FAT KFXTUCKY n MULES AXI) HORSES?anion? them some good Saddle and Harness Ilorss-s: also a few gocni Young Brood Mares. We also have a fine selection in Mules, ffrtm 1.4 hon/^c fa 1^1/ l?in/lo liurli oil T IT iid.iIVl.-5 IV I*'/! iioiiuo **i4 \ sound and right. All sales guaranteed as represented. We will sell them cheap for CASH, or on time until next fall by the purchaser giving us I satisfactory papers. COME ONE! COME ALL! ~ Ilere is an opening for the County to ^ start their plows. A. WILLIFORD & SON, Winnsboro, S. G. VERY OLD FINE WHISKIES! The Celebrated "Kentucky Bell" i ^ Whiskey, the Choice Old Cabinet! 1! Rye; the Old "Golden Grain" Ken- j ^ fcnc-ky Bourbon, the Old Silver j " Creek Kentucky Bourbon, the Old 'Genuine) David Jones Kentucky Bourbon, for sale at prices to suit the times, at F. "W. Habenicht's Sabcji, rc GENERAL! e! To be found at F. W. Habeaicht's: Fine Gineer Brandy, Blackberry Brandy, Old "Whiskies. Pure Rums, Pure Gins, Tolu Rock md Rye, Tolu Tonic, Cider, Port Wise, Sherry Wine, Seltzer Wa- E fcer, ides, etc., generally kept in a; h first-class Liquor Establishment, j "V at F. W. Habenicht's. i ^CAPITAL PltlZE. 875.000. a' | rickets only $5.00. Shares id Proportion j Louisiana State Lottery Company. " We do hereby certify that ice supervise he arrangement* for all the Monthly and Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manige and control the Draicings themselves, ind thai the same are conducted with hon'sty, fairness and in good faith toicard all /artics, and ice authorize the Company to ise this certificate, icith the facsimile* of our tignatures attached, in its adcertisements." Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers 5jill pay all Prizes dratcn in The Louisiana State Lotteries ichi-h may be presented at mr counters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana National Bank. SAMl'El H. KENNEDY, Pres. State National Bank A. BALDWIN, Pres. Netv Orleans National Bank* Incorporated in 1868 for '25 years by the Legislature for Educational and Charitable purposes?with a capital of $1,000,000?to w' ich a reserve fund of over ?550,000 lias since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2nd, A. D. 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place Monthly, an<l the Extraordinary Drawings regularly every three months instead of Semi-Annuaiiy as nereioiorc, beginning March, 1S86. ASPLKXDID OPPORTUNITY TO YVIX A FOKTl'XH SECOND GRAND DRAWING CLASS B. IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY, FEBRUABY 9,1SS6?189th Monthly DrawlDg CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100.000 Tickets at Five Dollars Kach. Fractions, In Fifth-, In Proportion. I.I8T OF PKIZBi. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 1 du clo 25.000 1 do do lo.ooo 2 PRIZES OF $5000 12,000 5 d> 2000 10,000 io do lmxi lo.ooo 20 do 500 10,000 100 do 200 20,000 300 do loo 30.000 500 do CO 25,000 1000 do 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. . 9 Approximation Prizes of $750 c,75o 9 do do 5?>o 4.5oo 9 do do 250 2,250 1267 Prizes, amounting to $265,500 Am,illation for rates to clubs should be made only to the office or the Company in NewOrleans. For furlher informatlon write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Oraers. or New York Exchange In ordinary letter. Currency by Express (Ml sums of $5 and upwards at our expense) address?*i M A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., Or M.A.DAUPHIN. Washington, D. C. Make ?, 0. Money Orders payable and address Registered Letters to NEJV ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. ? n inn 1 Tirn I mum FOR THE S'EXT THIBTY DAYS. We have concluded to reluce our immense STOCK >y selling the same at COST! ST0 HUMBUG, only COST -'RICE will be charged for >ur entire stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SOOTS, SHOES, I ATS, CAPS. llnnl/ntn BlnnVnfn JMiiiDtd D1QU&.01D.I I AGENTS FOR THE CONTINENTAL SHIRT, The best and cheapest Shirt iow made. cojyl-e ainu uii uujn,'inced. > UNDECKER&BBO. tROCEEIES ! GROCERIES. | Fresh Magnolia Hams at' 124 cents er pound, fresh Shoulders at 6<J cents, .ngnsta Meal, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, ea, fresh Oat Meal, and a fresh and ell assorted lot of Canned Goods t - - 1 I wavs on isaiui. ALSO, Corn, Oats and Drmi at the lowest iarkct prices. Call and examine before buying sewhere. McCARLEY & CO. OYSTERS! Fresh three times a week, from orfolk. The Celebrated Lynaven and James River Oysters, at rinrisboro Ice House. F. W. Habenicht, Proprietor. +' MM?gaain? i u ji?m ! SPREAD T: . | SELLING 01) Read my prices and you will see that I am . CALICOES. CAL1C | 40 pieces of Calico, warranted fast colors, 30 pieces of ijtandaid Brands, fast colors, j 23 p:oces of standard Brands, price 5c., co j 2 pieces U'a n-pn>of. l>r.wis'and Blue, pr 3 pieces Cafhuu-res, price 25c., cost 18c. 2 pieces Plaid W orsted, warranted all woe 2 dozen Ladies' Uundervests, price $2.50, 1 dozen Ladies' Merino Shirts, price ?1.50 2 dozen Men's Undershirts, price $2.75. co 3 dozen Men's Undershirts, 51.00,' cost 50< 2 dozen Men's Drawers, Canton Flannel, 2 dozen Men's Cotton Drawers, at 25c. ea SHOES. SHOj 100 pairs Women Shoes, reduced from ?1.5 80 pairs Women Shoes, price ?1.25, cost ?1 12 pairs Ladies Fine Shoes, hand-sewed, I 24 pairs Ladies' Fine Button Shees, solid 8 cases Men's and Boys' Boots will be sc New York cost. .This sale will continue for a few days o made. So now is the time to get bargains tt .!>; NEXT DOOR TO THE BAj> DRY G THAT MUST B WE HAVE A COMPLETE Li CONSIST DlitSS GOODS, DRESS FLAN" Velven-en, Cashmeres, Ginghams, Ble Ticking, Ilcd and White Flannels, Clot! Damask, Towels and Toweling, Trunks BOOTS AN which we intend to sell as low as any h< the money We will not say how and where we one to call and examine the goods and I as to quality, cheapness, etc., etc. CEJi "grand c AT L. SAM WITH A FULL STOC JUST RECEIVED, a full Cashmeres and Dress Flannels EES. BE JDBT-. Also a full line of Domes: Cloaks. Men's, Boys' and Chil I have a large stock, which I times. Hats, Boots, Shoes and Ti Goods. IT STANDS A1 ^ m For Sale by J. M BE.4 HTApronts wanted in unoccupied territory. CII1NE COMPANY, 90<J Main Street, Richnu AT /^\"TT7 TCI rn J_\ \J VV ID ? ?TO G] El JL 9F& Ct d jt Remaining stock of Walnut Sui Desks, Spring Beds, Picture Fn cot pg? A FRJiSH SUPPLY C DAY GOODS, at a small marg Septl9 / I fjvm iwrnmmsm positively^ OES. (9 price Sj^c., 9 price 7c., cosJH st 4c. ;ce 75e.; cost>^|g il, price 35c^c^H| cost ?1.95 per lata , cost $1.15 per|H st $2.10 per pair.S| price 75c., cost St ? cli. BS. &&OJ2S.9 9 to $1.20. .00. >rice $3.00, cost S2.2C* leather, cost $1.50. Id for seventy-five cemB nly. Eemember mon^B lese hard times from s?| k -i-nrsTkT-r\-JB a. it r^y INE OF GOODS IX Msls, plain and brocaded 1 aching,* i? all standard brands, Bed* I ling", Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Table J and Valises. Also a line of J) SHOES. J onse in town, simply becan?e we want fl.Acn crnrnlc lint invite CTGWum UiriW?Ul II1VOV CV"'. J icar our prices and be their own judsfi? ITER& CXAKKE. JBM ' JL- JL-J Jl. * _1?L 1 DUELS', K OF DRY GO0l>i5J line of Black and Colored I in all shades at 1| tics, Notions, Circulars and M dren's Clothing. S will sell at prices to suit the 1 unks. To trouble to sho\^B ' TEE HEAD. I THE m LIGHT-ETJOTXNff DOMESTIC! Tbi< rut shews the new style ?f Jfi wood work tlie ccmpary is now icir*- ' M ^ ducing. A *JTTcmi/i * ? ' * JSJiALi ilJlfl* WITHOUT A g In its n*-<l ;.meal c ustrcction it li?< | no rival. n THE NEW LINE OK ATTACH- 1 I ments tLat are i.ow U iuji pia'.-t-d with 9 the lrolll'fcTli; r.re s]j? c.a!tU->. No I otlx r mat-lain* has tht m. The>?* ?f taeh- 8% ments and the SEW WOOD WORK Ifl make the DOMESTIC more than eve: without question, the acknowledged standard of excellence. lTY & BR?., Winnsboro, S. C. . Address DOMESTIC SEWING MAjnd, Va. M iy23-lv 9H T?r~ "i r nt?* ~r ? JrLJii TIME I ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCARCITY OF H tes, Wardrobes, BookcM imes, Etc., Etc., at M sks r~i ~j JL m m in above cost. fl B. W. PUILU