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ftw?Ma??sgii? maeaiSM? THE SEWS AND HEHMJ). WIXNSBORO, S. ; i Wednesday, habch Z4, i . 1 issc. JXO. S. UPYSOJ re#. ) ). 2Dst-HS. J W. L. XkDQSALD. I "Old Sorkel," the well known war steed of Stonewall Jackson, is (le:ul. His skin will be stuffi-d and preserved. The Hoji. \V. H. Perry will please accept our thanks for interesting spcccuufe UII UH; pl.'lJSiUH ?]>[? uwi louun bill. The East Tennessee, Virginia mid Georgia Railroad will be sold under an order of Court not later than the 25th of May. No bid will be taken for less than $10,000,000. Esau Bbowx, who was arrested i some time ago on suspicion of having > assaulted Xancv River?, has been identified by her, and will stand his j trial at the nest term of the Court for j Charleston county. Thb election in York coanty las: week, to decide whether the coaniv should subscribe to the new railroad which is proposed to be built through the county or not, was carried in favor of a subscription by a large majority. The steamer Oregon, one of the largest vessel* afloat, was struck by an unknown vessel near Xew York hi-r week and was sunk. The entire crew of the unknown vessel were lost, ami it was only through heroic efforts that the crew of the Oregon were saved. It is seldom that our country experi ences sucli a general strike among workingmen. All over the country there seems to be a general demand fo.i higher wages and fewer hours for work. What the result will be it is hard to state. The conference of the M. E. Church, Sonth, which has beeu in session ai Baltimore for several days, have decided by a vote of 173 to 2 not to change the name of the conference from 31. E. Conference, South, to M. E. Conference of America. Tbe> like the old name, and we don't blame them. For some time it has been rumored that Col. W. L. Trenholm, now one of the Civil Service Commissioner*, would be appointed Comptroller oi the Currency by President Cleveland This rumor was confirmed on Tuesday by sending to the Senate his nomrna- I tion. The salary of the position i* $5,000 per andam. We feel confiden: that all Sooth Carolinians will join us in saying that the appointment is an excellent one, ana will give entire satisfaction. Herb is oue of Sam Jones's utterances from the pulpit: "It is impossible for a society woman to be pure. I never saw a reformed society woman yet". Does the Christian church tolerate such talk as this? Does Mr. Jones make these statements under ibe sanction of the Christian church^ gr. -- wsji*! under its protection ? Does/^e themselves t^^ewho think that Sam Jones, however well meaning, is doing little or nothing for the real a?l vancementof tne religion ne proiesses. ^ i Our esteemed contemporary, the Charlotte Observer, has been publishing some very interesting accounts recently, showing the nnlimited extravagance of members of Congress and Senators at the expense of the general government. Its latest publication is the expenses of the committee appointed to attend the funeral of the late Hon. H. B. Anthony. They were only gone tliree daye, and to give some instances of expenses in that line, there was $70.00 spent for telegrams, $80.00 for kid gloves, hotel bil! $369.00, amount paid for twenty-four silk sashes $144 00. These are only a few of the tnauv sums charged up to the government. It is said that the expenses ol the funeral of Senator Miller j will not fall far short of twenty thousand-dollars, and all from the pocket.* i of '.he people. t\f P.ilnmKio uvo I AIICi 1/^itivv/t v/i wiu xvi* x i getting ready lor the approaching municipal election. In the Coanly ! Executive Committee there wa> a dil- j ference of opinion on the manner of making the nominations?whether by convention or by primary election. The Committee referred the mu'ter to the ward dabs. The Colombia D; mrwrjts ii.-id hetr^r take the ttrimarv! pi an. Where there is no difference 01 opinion as to flic method of selecting the par'y candidates, the convention will answer every {K>rpos<*. Bur the primary will <ivoid tne possibility of dis? ? -^fe5^<?ae;ioi), by having tbr n?minatioti6 proceed directly from ihe voters themselves. Tlu; tnun who grnuiM^x over the result, 'Mist grumble at ihe people. The prim-irv gives oppona-l tiity for testing the real merits of aspirants, and for making known the real wi;?he.> of the voters?which can rarely be done through a convention. Properly conducted, the primary system is fair to everybody, and yet decisive of every issue involved in the I eoutest. Consistency a Jewel. Our esteemed contemporary, the Hews and Courier, and the leading daily of the State and the South, after uablishins: column after column which in substance if not in words advocated the movement of the farmers now in progress in the State under the leadership of Mr. B. R. Tillman, comes out in a flaming editorial to prove the fact that the farmers of the State have arnrnrrwl it. s!mcp '?evfnitV-six. and that they were responsible for the mistakes which have been made, if any there be. Without entering into a long statement, it seems that our contemporary has been convinced that the movement will not have the popular faver which it expected, and to ease itself down from the position which it had formerJy taken it makes a gigantic straddle, neither advocating n<?r condemning the | : movement, but simply showing fitrnres j and allowing each one to draw his i ; own >,t inclusion. Under these state-; ! inents it woald then be in a [tosnion to j | jump to the mo>t popular side >hwn!d ! thp contest come. Consistency?what ; ! a jewel! | & ? Colonel Perry's Reply. ! Some weeks ago, by order of the ' Executive Committee of the Free-Trade ; ! Association of South Carolina, a letter i i j was addressed ti? our Senators and ! i Representatives in Congress, urging j them to Use their influence in tavor of j a reduction in the present tariff, and | to address their constituents upon the | subject with a view to awakening a | general interest in favor of a tariff reform. The following reply from Col. \Y\ H. I'errv, has been made l>ub- < lie through the columns of the Colum- i bia liegistcr: While theoretically a free-trader, be- j lieviug that every man should have | ; the right to buy whe re he can buy cheapest, and sell where he can sell dearest, I am not prepared to say that free-trade is practicable or desirable at this time. I am not prepared to say that the burden of direct taxation, by which the revenues of the government | would have to be raised if we had abj solute free-trade, would not be greater upon a State situated as South Carolina now is than if the revenue should be raised under a just and wise tariff on | imports. 1 am, however, heartily in accord with the object of your association in I securing a revisi?>n?of the present j iniquitous tarifT and securing "a tariff ! i*?.Vf*iinf* /it tit* 1 know that some Southern cotton manutacturers Y;;vor such a tariff, and | I believe it will be to their interest to do The pressure of business nv?w upon j me as a member of Congress, and which is likelv to exi.-t ibr sometime, renders it impossible for me to fix am specified ; time at which I can have the honor ot [ disrii>>ing the>e matters with my con [ stnuents, out i snau avail my sen or tne j ; earliest opportunity of doing so. ! From the foregoing it will be readily seen that the member from the 4th Congressional District is heartily in sympathy with the movement in our State on the tariff question, and will use his influence in promoting the rood work. To secure absolute fn.ej trade, some other mode of raising a revctiue lor tne government would have to be resorted to, and we think it j doubtful whether absolute tree-trade would be a benefit to our people. Hut the present tariff can be reduced to a great extent, leaving the tariff* on articies j of luxury and making a reduction on all articles for maintenance and support and used alike, by the rich and poor. Should this be done, then each individual would pay a tax to the government exactly in proportion to his ability to purchase and enjoy the luxuries ot life If Congress is to conrinue in the course which it has pursued for the last four months, ftgfcS trade or even much reductior^n the present tariff Jaws is fai^tffthe future. Four momhs ot th*}/present session h.ivn nlreadv - IX ^VU'^UUltU y ?? ILIIout (he M^sage of any law or ever a<J^?cussion on the questions of vi^irunportance to the people gener.1X the silver and tariff questions. We feel .?urc ihut if more effort were made by the general constituency to urge their Representatives to action on these important questions a more decisive action would be taken by them. IIUJ win : The Presidents Papers, The New York Star calls attention to the fact that Mr. Cleveland is not the first President who has regarded papers addressed to his official discretion as private and not public. When Mr. Buchanan's tenn of office expired a vast mass of naners which had ac *' ? I" "f ? cumulated in his hands during hi? Presidency were removed to his hou*c of "Wheatland," near Lancaster. They related to every conccivable matter that had come bpfore him officially, whether his official action was guided by a fixed law or rested in his own discretion. After his death thc^e papers, along with everything e !>c thai related to Mr. Buchanan's history. were placed bv bis executors in tue bunds of Mr. George Tieknor l'ur?i-; and when Mr. Cnrils h:id finished ;he life of Mr. Buch.iiiun, which he published ill 1S33, all t!in papers were re- j turned by him to ib?; exeGU!??ra. According1 to the routine of b;isinc*> in the Executive Mansion, everything fKof Mtno fn fno V??nf flip r*? of each day was placed in the offi.se ??f j his private secretary, whure .he piq?ers j were indexed in books kept for the j purpose. When any of thein required j to be referred to one of the depart- j men:?, ihe private secretary or one of hi< el^rk* made an indorsement on the papers that tliey were so referred, meaning that the ina-'Ur was for the consideration ai;d action of the head f that department. If the tnatter required no fnrOier attention from- the President, tl.c papers remained in the I department, and so became.- i>art oi us j ti;es. Bat if rliK matter had to go back i to the President for hi* consideration, ! the pop. ra wvre returned to (he White | House, and, so Jar as th.ey related to | things on which the President Irnd to ! exercise his discretion, Mr. Buchanan { alwavs treated them as private, I When he retired from office lie car-1 I nn-n.- rr-iili liiti. i ficin c-amJc r\i cnr-li I I icvi a *> a* i>u iimi. w. v?,v.. papers, relating to all kinds of acts which he had to perform upon information that he alone was concerned to have. It is not easy to conceive how else he could have acted in all that branch of his official duties where- i in he had to judge for himself whether j to do or not to do an official act, and j if to do it, in what mode to do it. Ifj he had placed all this mass of papers j on the files of one or more of the Ce-1 ? 1. _ >1 J ?] J 41 ! ! pari mews ue wouiu nave [Jitiufii mere j papers tiiat no one but himself had to j act upon; that would not hr?ve been in j any sense public documents, and that {could, if afterward accessible, have j raised no question; excepting one that j | would have related to his cwp. motives j ; and purposes in doing something that j j rested entirely in his discretion. When i a President lias left office, Ins motives ami purposes in any ofj5ci3l act may be a matter of interest to bim or to nis | biographer, but they are not matters | with which auy branch of the govern. ment can officially have any concern. i ' "When a President i9 still in office, his motives and pnrposes in doing official act cannot be inquired into for any purpose excepting to lay the ionnda-1 tion for an impeachment. It is not pretended that the Senate | can Inquire into the reasons that influ- j euced the President in suspending an | officer during the recess ot 'he Senate; | and as he lias informed the Senate that { the papers which influenced him, more j or less or not at all, have not been j made by him part of the public tiles of j any department, we do not see how i the Senate can call for their produc- ! tion an> more than they could require i them to be brought from the White j House by the President's private secre- j tary. A GOOD SUGGESTlOy. One of the Farmers Propones a Xew Kail- j road, by Way of Diversion. Messrs. Editors'. To even the casual observer it is apparent that a shaking of the dry bones is needed in old Fairfield?something which will divert the minds and energies of our people from than great tyrant, King Cotton, and enable us to live whilst our landc are being recuperated, and the habits and manners of the citizens adapted to that new order of thiugs which the exigencies of the peculiar tiroes demand. Agriculture as at present prac-! ti*ed is dead, too dead to be resur- i rected, until our people have changed \ --nrsr, tneir current or mougut into a different channel; and then adopted a second and consequently different system of fanning. This involves time, ami must be the work of the generation which is to succeed us. The wayfaring man, though a fool, can see on all sides that the lands of tl>*? nrf* orrnwinw nnni^r parrh *..w ~ o - ~ o ; year. In fact, they have already, | under the iniquitous mode attended j to, beeu skinned of their surface and ' sapped of their substance until they wiii not now "sprout cow peas." The only exception to this general fact?for I speak of what I see and know?are i in the lower and more level sections, | where the exception prevails inoiej from advantages of topography than from tha genius of the farmers. How j vitally important then that our people ! should have something to stand upon, j some other source from which to draw rations, whilst, in plantation parlance, we "roll up our sleeves, spii on our hands and take first hold." Men' of Fairfield and of all ;he upper counties, let me say to you, iu all soberness and truth, that your escape is not in Lhe direction of the plow. There is a time in the future when these old hills will be made to blossom like a flower garden, but it is beyond your time and mine. We must have immediate relief which can only come from diversity of pursuits. Our sister counties, no doubt impressed with this same importance of doing something, are already moving in the matter or railroads. Richland, Lexington, Newberry, Chester, Lancaster and Kershaw, immediately around us, are wideawake, in t'act^&*5PU!,t? a?d actually on the wa?=~. path. l'as a fiiier.-1ield for operations and-gtSS,t^T necessity for a railroad than any of th6rt*r She own>, in coi.junctiou with our old neighbor Chester countv, the grandest waterpower in the United States?a power still undeveloped, and *\hich could be bought at a song, but with its advances of climate and contfeuitv to raw material would in a few years make Lowell shed tears over its departed glory. Within her borders are three deposits of granite, separate and distiuct, and yet pronounced by scientists and practical workers to be the best of its class on the continent. These quarries, two of which are in full operation, with railroads and tramways connecting them to the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, can compete with the Eastern quarries in all the cities south ot ana including Philadelphia, and only ask an equal showing on the part of the railroads now operated, to make good the assertion. A nroDer development of these industries?water-powers and quarries ?necessarily means remunerative labor for our people, business for our railroads, trade for our merchant, general prosperity for the State, by promoting a good class of immigration. And, greater than even these, it efi'ecrs withdrawal of our tune ana energies from that greatest, of cu^es?cotton culture. But it has been the history of some of our iailroatl-. ?notably so since U'f i war?that they take no care to foster j the inteit.sts of communities! along j their lines which might be inadr ! HmrCvS ol r? Vt-nurt in the near future. HaviiiiT lit;lc faith in liie development of tl-.K country?a^ they well might, nave, whil-t we k<rpi cotton on the brain?and heitig owned almost en-1 tirelx by non-residcuU of the State, in j tact tVuin a M'i'tiiiu lately hostile to us, j and not over fiietnih ?-ven now, we teally have little hope of Miccor trom il.i* quarter. Indeed, but for the fact that the>e road-, many of them ropre- j sentiug the sub>tancc of Southern j - ? -W t t % xv ? I \ Wwiueu aim i..tMiiet?eraie orpnau*, ?vic ; gobbled up at the end of tlic war t'orl much less than one-fonrih their value. | we would have no right t?? expect different treatment. Everything is done on business principles nowadays, and the immediate present claims attention even to the killing o*' the goose for the golden ejjjr. Corporation* | notoriously have no f-ouls, and rail- j road companies of this character have | less than is n^uallv awarded. We j have lathing, therefore, to gain by | either complaint or entreaty. We i must look to Grod and our own ener- j gies. and oxen and ritu our own roads in our own interest. ? II ?r< A?tf A?i/) i Liviving \ lauio i4i v j aiiu wishing fur some change which may benefit the people of'my county and section, I propose a road to commence at Newberry, to connect there with the road to be built from Columbia. From Newborn- northwart it would pass j .i fKA ! lIlIUllglE 1 IIII81A/I\fy lUMJij; III LUVi quarries and it" needs be using the track down. From "Winnsboro it will run to Lancaster, taking in the waterpowers on the Catawba on the way, and thence to Monroe or Wadesboro, N, C., as shall be agreed upon. To the southward of dewberry and developing the nne quarries there and at Columbia, it should pass through Edgefield and end either at Augusta or Camak, as shall be agreed. Glance vAni* olminr flio man fi*nm AitliAi* Monroe or Wadesboro, N. C., past Lancaster, Winnsboro, Newberry and JSdgetield, S. C., and by applying to (Jamak, Georgia, ajid wo have a route of ?reat possibilities. What say yon, Messrs. Editors, all along the line? Let ns hear Irom you atone. In the mpftnfjmn ?pf old Fairfield hfio-in this movement, by calling a public meeting | of her citizens at an early day. One of the Farmers. ?You can:t work to much pu'gose unless you are well, but you can build up your health and strength wilh Parker's Tonic, and wi-rk will then become easy, It sets the lungs, Jiver and kidneys in woi'kinsr order- Cpaffhs and colds vanish before jt. Take it in time. * issaar Wond< r> of the Sky. ! ? . A VISIT TO THE NAVAL OBSERVATORl AT j WASHINGTON ? WHAT GEN. JOHNSTONE j JONES SAW THEKK?SATURN, EIS RINGS : AND SATELLITES; THE NEBUL2 IN OBION J j THE PLEIADES A H.VNDFCL OF DIAMONDS; j THE MOON A GREAT SNOW-FIELD. Gen. Johnstone Jones, sou of Col. ! C. Jones, of York County, recently j visited the Naval Observatory "at WjtshingtoD, and upon bis return l'.oniA wrotn his father nu iutereofcinrr letter descriptive of what be saw there. We lmve been permitted to make the following extracts from the letter; Remembering your suggestion as j to looking at Saturn through the great i kit-scope, I procured a letter of introduction to Commodore Belknap from : his son-in-law Dr. Westray Battle, who resides here, and called at the Naval Observatory. The Commodore received me kiudly, and invited me to bok through the telescope the first ! fair night. The night of February* ytu was tolerably lair, aua l visitea ; the Observatory, and in company with ! the Commodore and his wife called j upon Professor Hall, who has charge j of the great instrument I saw Sat- j j urn. his rings and satellites; the | nebulpe iu Orion; Sirius; the Moon;! the Pleiades, and the star Aldebaran. j Of all these eight Saturn wasr the grandest and most beautiful; but the ; nebulfe in Orion the most sublime i and impressive. Saturn appeared a perfectly l'Viiucl, smooth bali, with well defined etlges, as yellow as gold, and without scin tilhition. The sphere whs encircled ] by two bright, Hat lings of the same i color >us the planet, separated by a j dark line, supposed to be empty space i between them. All along the interior j edge of the inside ring was a cloudy J or vaporous appearance. The rings | liud clear-cut edges and seemed to be solid bodies. In the black space surrounding these luminous bodies shone the eight satellites?each a brilliant star?a diamond point of clear, steady, I cu'lfai-i-.tuliita U<rV?f af nncnnu] ! tuuces from the lings. It appeared to be about the size of the full moon. Tiie wonder of the spectacle is greatly increased when we reflect that it is 790 miilious of miles distant from the earth, or 880 millions from the sun, and that it is more than fifty times as large as the eartii. Compared to this riuged-wonder of the skies our plauet is small, commonplace and insignificant. The Pleiades under the power of j the telcscope spread out iuto about j T-? I OAAtM/iA I lull i\ ucauiiiui oiuic* xutj otcujcu ; a handful of diamonds strewn on the i sky, without order or system. Sirius, the largest of the fixed stars, j if not the nearest, was brilliant beyond j description. It sciutillated violently, j bliudingly, flashing out a reddish 1 yellowish light. Tiie Moon seemed a great snow- j field, with the crater, liie mountain?, i and the shadows of the mouutains all I ^f?sr^JTrrcs,-umd J by the distant sun, filled me with a; reeling of indescribable awe. I had j always thought the moon ap*.eared j dark under the telescope, but t be only j dark spots about it are the shadows | of the mountains on the plains and i valleys. The most sublime spectacle is the nebulre in Orion. It is a faint, whitish cloud, shaped like a ploughshare. In the centre are four brilliant stars? i callpd the Trapezium?flunked by two stars that appear to be iu the cloud? veiled, as it were. Whether they are in this nebulous matter, or on the other side of it, seen though it as through a veii, is an unsolved and most puzzling question. Off below the point, which juts out into the black, empty space, appear two beautiful stars, with no nebulous matter around them. This field of cloud must be many millions of miles in extent, and the stars each a great sun, the centre of some mighty solar system,perhaps. At this immense distance Saturn would not be seen at all, even with the greatest telescope; our own sun would appear but a small poiut of li^bt?size of a star as it appears to ! the naked eye. This nebuke and the | Trapezium cannot l>e seen with the j naked eye. When I imvt \??u again I wiil tell you more of lhe>e wonders of the sk;. The ct is one all j unfiiMtii'MV t'> mv vocabulary ! Most Excellent. J. J. Arkin-. (of Ki.ox- | villi;, Trim., writes: *'My Jam''} u>nl | I jtrc iKMicfi-iaries of your inn'" exrrl- J lent medicine, Dr. King'* N<'?- !>i coven for CoiiMimptiou; having- f n nl | it to be all that von claim for it, ?le-ir?* i io lesiifv t<? it< viriuu My frit-nd* to J \vhom I have recommended ii. prli-c j it at evrry opportunity." Dr. King's New Dim*..very for (.'on -umplion lo ?;un- L'ou_h?, Colcte, Bronchitis, A*thma, Croup ami every at' led ion of Throat, Chest and Lnn^s. Trial Battles Frt-e at McMaster, Brice & Ketchin's Di ng Store. Large Size $1.00. _ * An Old Citizen Speaks. Mr. J. M. Noiris, an old resident of Home, Gu., says tliat he has been troubled with Kidney Complaint for a srrcat many years and wiih Eczema for three years; at times could scarcelv walk and had tried many remedies without cencfit, until he began taking Electric Bitters ami and anointing his hands and feet with Buckien's Arnica w*.. rP: > Io flX him OUIVU* J. ill*} (iUULll^iiv ?av/j**vw ? great relief and he strongly recommends Electric Bitters to all who suffer with Kidney Complaints, or need a Blood Purser. Sold by McAiasier, Brice & Kiiohei:. * An Allecrcd Compromise. The Senate committee on finance has i voted to report favorably upon the! nominations of a number of internal' revenue collectors whose predecessors were suspended, and is likely to report all the nominations before it in a few days. A mutual understanding between the committee and the secietary of the treasury has been reached covering all suspensions from and nominations to offices which have no fixed tenure. The nature of the arnnKli/* o IO HVli III auv [/u vm. J UUb U i considerable number of letters have i recently been sent by the secretary to the committee in response to an equal number of inquiries, and the correspondence is still in progress. This arrangement covers all. nominations before the committee. How a Shoemaker Wins 815,000 in Gold. Frederick ocliarf, a shoemaker of No. 704 DeKalb ave., Brooklyn, reveived notice that a (Louisiana State) lottery ticket, had drawn the capital prize Feb. y'th; of $75,AAA 1 im Cl"rtArt OriQ rtf llie WV, entitling UiilA W V*v,wvv. vnc VI XMO friends named Meyers, one day bantered him t<> buy a lottery ticket for Si. The t;wo men pot a list of the lucky numbers and Scharf's \*-as among them. What to As\ TTTJ+II fliA mfinor Hoc nnf uw ** il;i bug uiuucr i*v ?*?w vtvviuvuj although a miiltitucle of advisers are seeking to cive him wisdom.? Jfeta York Tribune, Feb. 15. * GRAND ARRIVAL OF NEW GOODS >>- ?*? 1 jSry -y-. ^ - a ~s\. % ?AT? I ?& %%'. ?; t?V "J." 3s> ' I - 1 PRICES GUARANTEED TO BE THE LOWEST ! I JUST RECEIVED : Choicest and latest styles Dress Goods, Buntings, Cashmeres, Black and White Goods, Laces. Edgings, A Hovers, Table Damages, Quilts, Towels, Doylies, Gents' and Ladies' Underwear, Trimmings, Corsets, and a full and complete line of Domestic Goods. THE LARGEST AXD CHEAPEST LIXE OF STRAW HATS FOR LADIES, MISSES, MEXAXD CHILDREN IX TOWX. Come and see them. I will save you from 10 to 2^ per cent, if you will only buy your fine SPRING SHOES from me. IK A. HEUDBII. Next door to Winnsboro National Bank. r JUST A'RRTV KD! ?A LINE OF? [ ' " . : GENTS'STIFF HATS IN THE LATEST SHAPES AND STYLES] ' 1 WE ARE SELLING OUR AT A SACRIFICE TO CASH BUYERS. ALSO, A FEW NICE TRUNKS AT COST FOR THE CASH. CENTER & CLARKE. GRAND OPENING : AT 4 : f T -SAMTTPT.S' B 1 A. JL JLTJL 1 A _A A KJ % j . WITH A FULL STOCK OF DRY i}OOD*. JUST RECEIVED, a full line of Black and Colored Cashmeres and Dress Flannels in ail shades at * | BBS. Jfc-M*. Also a fulL line of Domestics, -Notions, Circulars and Cloaks. Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing. I have a large stock, which I will sell at prices to suit the times.. . Hats, Boots, Shoes and Trunks. To trouble to show Goods. . . , ' I ?m> aeon a bmukjm a mm wini? mm a cbv IT 5TAJNU5 AT THE fiEAB. This* cut shows the new style j>f | w- -o<* -work the company is now intro- ; g^duc.tfv. ^ J 1l >2 11 v *Wr 1? its merlutnieaJ ? list ruction it has ! H| no rival. menfe. tliatare^ i.ow bvitiK placed witk & titber 4iw<l:hiel as :li?-m. 'Hi**? itttafli*' inejit-'ai<d the .- *| m . fcvtF!*- n/>MlmTTr nmro than nrwi without question, the acknowltilged ! ? l-^==-? standard of excj^gnce. For Sale by jf. M REATT A BBO., ViBisbora, S. . \ iruntc n.-'inta/i in iinnKKiiniail tarritftrr A(liln>S<1 DOMFSTTr ST?VTT\(i VA CIIINE COMPANY, 909 Main Street, Richmond, Va. if iy23-iy ?uij .'i jbyr- | Buck-Thorn Fence Effective, Safe and Strong. Hamdaorae, Lietiag aad-Cheap. East to build. Simple to repair. Any bright fxraair"* boy or ssart ifcra hand can bos* the job. Write for Sample and Circular. Th? Bock-Thorn Feccc Cou* Treaton, N. L Hit above and Kibbon Hire (same style without barbs), Grape Trellis.Wire, i Shent Iron, Black and Galvanized Russia Iron, ~in Plate, Yallev Tin. etc. | J. It, CUMMINGS. j Positively GreaT n/\-\)T-n A T~> \ rp I TTTHT V riD A "\T F% I K^yjm.r xiv miu j. vjt?\>?L?V ?J, SUPEKLATIVELY STUNNING!! THE RED-HOT GIT - UP - AXM - GIT, GREASED LIGHTING BUSINESS HOUSE OF T\ TT 7 " 0 r\ JJ. J/Villiford <y jwo.| Stall dispose of all odds and ends in Winter Goods at 20 per cent, lower than they have heretofore offered them, in orderto make room for Spring Goods.. Look at our fine Dress Flannels, forty-five inches wide, only'45c. per yard. Our Plaid Flannels ?nothing more attractive can be seen in the "Boro. RICH, RARE AND CIIEAP.?Ladies, we know yon like nice Embroideries and j Laces. >Ve have them?the cheapest in the county. Take oar advice and buy now,! for as sure as you breathe the invigorating air of freedom, yon will never again have i Mich an opportunity to buy atsuch Low Prices. Remember, this, is only for j SPOT CASH. Therefore it behooves ail snrewd buyers to indulge in some of trie SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS now being offered atQ. D.WILLIFORD & CO.'S. NOW WE GO AGAIN ?We mean business and plenty of St. Do not be bulldozed by dealers who shout big things and claim to show what they cannot produce. Necessity has no law. We must sell off our matchless inducements and incompara blr bargains in the NE^T THIRTY DAYS. HEADQUARTERS FOR GOOD SHOES, antf cart-loads of them. No trouble ftp pull down stock and show goods. Polite attention to all, and goods exchanged or money refunded. " Our efforts are to please the people. Q. D. WHXIFOBD & CO. |TO%THff, I ISlImimn^ J ??> R*jm? *>ill. Jil ? WE bare opened a brai ch house her# i Caldwell, where we will carry a first-cia: BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, IIARDW; FURNITURE, ETC. Our buyer, SfH. MIMNAUOll, leaves i buy our Spring Stock, which will be open I ! Now in order to make room we offer the stc SEE THE YALUj 100 pairs ' l.ildren's? iioi s, "5 cents a p; 75 cents 90 pairs Men's Brians at <Jt) cei.t | a pair. Granite viile 17. U" Shirting. 4% ten a yard, fee our Dress Goods at 3^', 7, ? a i ccnts. Ladies' Untiiinmed Hats at 10 cents i YARD. 100 Men's Llats at 25cts., worth 5< Blue, Seal Brown, also Mixed Colors at 10c a paper; Ball Thread, 1^'cts. a ball: Needl I ball, bee our values in Glassware: Tuuibh Suspenders 5ctss each. See the values we J Memorandum Books at srreatly reduced pri< We are here for BUSINESS, and we ar TME REGULATORS OF VALUES Feb20? TEDE BE FK0I1) TOE GRAND JUBY OF FAIRFIELD Courty, State of South Carolina, for the year 18SG, in examining public buildings find that the NEW HOUSE recently opened by GKOESCHEL & CO., I t next doore to Dr. W. E. Aiken's Drag Store, as a KESTAURA5T, B A li -ANDBILLIARD vALOOX, found that it is neatly and properly kept, r .J*- and that the proprietors do all in their power to please th^ir customers by serving them with the best WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and give the LARGEST MEAL and the BIGGEST DRINK for less money than any House in the County. Therefore, we recommend the public to patronize them. wv A Bfmf VAWO UAV 1 ilVJUCiiSt evr^iUBu. mwi FOR THE ' NEXT THIBTY DAYS. 9 -1 ? ? We have concluded to reduce our immense STOCK by selling the same at NO HUMBUG, only COST PRICE will be charged for onr entire stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, 1. " . SHOES, HATS, CAPS. Jlaiihfc - lilanta! JLUUiliLU IU JJiUiULOlkt. j AGENTS FOR THE. i CONTINENTAL SHIRT,! J! The best and cheapest Shirt! now ipade. v" j / COME AND BE CON-; i VINGED. * P. L4NDECKEK & BRO. "ipyaqo "> ! t ' * r I Dnke Durham Cigarettes, just: received at F. W. Habenicht's. j ~ WE WISH TO i INVITE TITE A INTENTION OF THE J pcbuc to qfk * jl 3 ( NEW GOODS.! FRESH LOT OF MAGNOLIA. HAMS, j FBESH LOT OF CBACKEkS AND; CAKES, OGBUKX'S BEST H?W- j HG TOBAClO, and all other planta-' tion supplies. And last, but not least, our! COMBINATION SCRUB BRUSH.! Something in design antf as useful as | 'tis new. AH at prices to suit the times ; j WrtrARi,P!v x- r,n CBART& CO J CHARLESTON, S. C., The Largest Importers of In the South, offer for sale a well selected j stock of Apples. Oranges, Bananas, Co \ coanuts, Lemons, Nuts, Dried Figs, Kaisins, Potato es, Cabbages, Onions, Peanuts,; and eveiy thingelse that a first-class Whole-, sale Fnnt Eouse should have. EST" Country orders filled with dispatch. SToyll- r PUBLIC. lUGH & CO. n the storeroom recently occupied by Sir. ss stock of IjIIY (>(JC)L)S. XOTiONS, iKE, GLASS ami CiiOCKLRYWAIlE, :or the Xew York markets next week to lere for inspection in about three weeks. H^k on hand at a SACRIFICE ES THIS WEEK. air; 60 p?irs Woman's Polka?, new stock, s a paii*. Lots of woniens shot s at 50 cents its l?y the \ard: Good Calicoes at Sy, cents ,nd 10 cents: Cheeked Homespun at 6% . See our Pants Cloth at TEN CENTS A )cts. Misses' Penitentiary Ilose in Navy ts.; Paper Collars, Sets a box: pins,'2^cts. es at 3}?cts. a pap-.-r: Spool Cotton, 2cts. a ;rs, SJ^cts. each: Glass Sets, :>:>%cts a set. ire offering in Fine Goods. ccs. ? determined to retain our reputation as EX OUR L?E. *T. L. MIMXAUGH & CO. ! SPRING A SHOES. I 9 I J ? j WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR ? } STOCK OF LADIES', GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S ' SPRING SHOES. ' w i - , . > f ! WE DESIRE TOCALL "SPECIAL ' ATTENTION" TO TBIS DEPART- ; MENT, AND REQUEST AN INSPECTION BY THE -} 1 . | PUBLIC GENERALLY. I " ' $ I ' ' | WE HAVE A SPLENDID ASSORTI * '' rv f MEN'T OF I .... . j GEXT&' HAX? iXD IA! CHIXE-HADR SKOES. ALL OF WHICH ARE GUAR AX- ^ TEED TO GIVE I ENTIRE SATISFACTION. BIS CALL AND S3&gUR_e I LADIES' BUTTOX j !M'MASTER. J3RICE & KETCHIN. 1 CIGARS! CIGARS!! CIGARS!! I Good Cigars at 2? cents apiece, good Cigars 3 for 10 cents, good \ Cigars at 5 cents apiece, fine Ci| gars 3 for 25 cents, fine Cigars 2 I for 25 cents, Superior Cigars 1 for j25 cents, at F. W. Habeniclit's . i (Saloon. - p 'KINARD'S l% "/ n/v.E c c w.% "*1 vj ~ IS THE MOST FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM, in the State i Vf uviv an i?o^*i liiiCIK- JLK'il >j 1 Ollta S unci Boys' Clothing of aii styles and prices can he found at all seasons of the year. My stock of Fals ami V."inter Suitsand Overcoats have Ihk?ij greatly reduced in pricrs in order to make room for my SPUING STOCK, which is now hein?r manufactured expressly for my trade. 1 wish to infonn you that you have an opportunity in securing a bargain in a Suit or Overcoat if you make your purchase here. At these prices it will pay you to . carry them ov^r until next season." At this uuie ui n?r season a gentleman r.eeas an ^ : extra pair of pants, and I have a g<jc<r" -^hal assortment of these goods ?it low prices, which are bound to These Suits are made equal to any custom-made garment made, trimmed nf.d sewed with silk. In . 1 fact every garment guaranteed as re pre- B seated; If you ;ire in need of anything in ' * my line send in your orders to* mv ad- J| dress and they will receive prompt attentior. Respectfully, M. L. KJDTARD, COLUMBIA, S. C. NELSON'S HOTEL. (Fonnerly Central Hotel,) NO. 49 WEST PLAIN STREET, COUHB1A. - - S. , THIS HOUSE lias been renovated and put in first-class condition, and is now oVn for tlie accommodation of travel Situation cool and retired, and within two minute*' walk of the main business part of tire city. Terms 81.50 and $2.00 per Day, ACCORDING TO ROOM. W. Hi. XELSOS, Proprietor* Novl9|xtf ' ~Sc*?a3r