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HIE NEWS AN1) HEIULP. WLN'XSBOIiO, S. C. wed.\e>dat, jo'je 0, : : : : : 1ssc. iyO. S. RFTSOLDS. ) > kosroxs. W. L. JfcLOSALD. j Puesidext Cleveland .=oo!i after his marriage, received a cablegram of congratulation from Queen Victoria. Miss Cleveland will return to Xew York after the festivities succeeding" her brother's marriage, for the purpose of continuing1 her literary labors. Bex Butler has been retained to defend some of the Anarchists of Chicago who have been indicted for mur der and conspiring to murder. The President's mansion has undergone a thorough cleansing and repainting in preparation for his marriage, which took place on Wednesday evening. Gen*. Sherman, it is said, has finally succeeded in disposing of his residence in St. Louis, and will about the 1st July take up his permanent residence in New York. A leading exchange says that J. G. Blaine is an active worker of the Knights of Labor. lie probably has a Presidential bee in his hat, ami wishes the friendship of the labor men of the country. The annual commencement exer- j cises of ClafSn University took place this week, and show that instiution to be in a healthy condition and doing a good work. There were nineteen graduates. A bill has been reported to the I Honse in lieu of several others on the same subject, in relation to the transmission through the mails of lottery advertisements, and under the proposed Act, all papers containing advertisements of lotteries are declared non-mailable matter, and will nor be delivered from any postoffice. John Kelly, the noted leader of the Tammany Democracy, died at his home in New York on Tuesday. Although his health has not been good for some time his death was not ex pected. Perhaps no political leader had more influence in the city of 2sew York than John Kelly. He had many virtues which will live after him. The Supreme Court on Thursday heard argument upon the motion of F. TV. Fickling, of the Columbia bar, to disbar TV. H. Lvles, Esq., from practice before the Supreme Court, for the alleged crime of perjury in the Bruce-McDaniel case. The Court dismissed the rule, as without foundation for an order to be issued. While Capt. S. M. Saunders, of the New York Grand Army of the Republic, was in Savannah during the late centennial, he proposed the health of Jefferson Davis on one occasion. His action on that occasion has very much enraged his comrades, who,communications have passed between him and the commander of the post. Captain Saunders says he acted as an individual and nas notbing to regret. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are pledged ia their platform of 1884 to a revision of the tariff laws. Now we hear of recommitting the bill without debate. The laws should be settled one way or the other, aud not have it as a subject for discussion at every session of Congress. Those members who oppose reform, whether Democrats or Republicans, violate the promise of their platform to the American people. The commission appointed by Secretary Manning to examine the accounts of various States in connection with the direct tax of 1S61, in their recent report finds the account of South Carolina upon a very different basis from that originally r ported by the department. The amount assessed upon the State wa? $363,570.07, and i. the first statement submitted it was found that ouuiu vaiuiiHii uau vvn^iu uy auwui $14,000. The recent report gives the State a credit of only $222,396.30, leaving a balance to be liquidated by the Stale of $141,174.31. Quite a huge sum! -o . mrn. , Senator Hampton* has addressed a ] letter, which has just been made public, ? tr\ the ct>f?rt?tovv the* TTreo TYsi.'li? As.'* sociation, in which he promises hearty . co-operation in the grand work of t relieving our people of the trouble- t some tariff taxation. While not an * absolute free-trader just at present, he J realizes the great importance of making ; some reduction, and making the tariff i one for revenue only. In concluding ? he expresses the hope that no disturb- j ing questions will be brought into the t approaching campaign to overshadow i the supreme issue of maintaining the 1 good government which has been j established by heroic efforts on the t part of our people. The prime cause ? of our troubles he believes to be Fed- 1 eral, not State taxation. ^ The Turkish minister at Washing- i ton, while in conversation with a re- ^ porter in regard to the religion of his ? country on matrimony, said that the ? Mohammedan religion permits only c four wives. If the first wife object? c the husband cannot bring a second j wife under the same roof; indeed, he v cannot marry another unless he is t amply able to keep a separate estab- t lishment. The law gives the wife the P right to have her husband drasrged => _o before the courts if he violates that o rule. Plural wives are not universal I o among the Turks, and in Constantino-1 i ^ pie one wife is the general rule. In j Sl Asiatic Turkey the custom of plural 1 o wives among the peasantry is very j t< common. The first wife, who works | !* in the field with her husband, urges : g * - i - -i - y i i Jtiiin to marry a secona, a tmrii, anu j frequently a fourth wife, in order to j a: have more assistance in tilling the 1 ^ farm- These women, toa, are great y; ?????caaa?BE ??a ?? company to each olhcr, and iielp to lighten the common daily burden-. It appears from this that the husband is the party of the house at ease while his wives do the drudgery of farm work and support the household. Our esteemed contemporary the yeics and Courier, in commenting upon the indiscriminate shooting in South Carolina, strikes the keynote of reform when it savs: Whatever be their cause, however. indis;riminatc shooting and killing in South Carolina, at least, must be stopped. The law against carrying concealed weapons was passed in compliance with public sentiment, and should bo enforced by public sentiment. The man who is known by nearly every one of his fellow-citizens, except by those whose duty it is to know, to carry a pistol habitually is a disgrace to the community in which he Jives, and should be marked and treated accordingly. A law-breaking anil dangerous citizen, he is unworthy of the respect or confidence of his neighbors and should be made to' feel his position. Failing to reform him in this way, he should be handled without mercy when the crime which he courts is at last committed, and the deadly shot proclaims beyond question what is his true character. Nothing will go oo far towards reducing the number of those who carry concealed weapons as a few public hangings of members of this class who have used iheir weapons with deadly effect, and one or two snch hnnrnno-s are sadlv needed in this ~ C5 ?C ? State. Almost every mail brings the intelligence of some difficulty win-re tho ready pistol or other weapon is brought into play, and in many instances the deaih of one of the parties is 'he result. The law must be vindicated and human life higher esteemed than it seems to be in our State at present. A few hangings would work a wonderful reform in | this direction. GESERAL JiK.LTlOS'S POSITION'. flc (iivcs his Views nhnut the "Farnifrs' Movement" in this Slate. 'Jno. S. Reynolds, ., IVin usboro, *S?. (J.: Dear Siu?Yours asking | more definite information as to tiie : position taken by me in reference to the "farmers' movement", so-called, than that contained in the Rvjidcrs report of our little club meeting at White Oak, is received. My only objection to compliance with your request arises f rom pressure on mv time, occasioned bv the unu | snal difficulties, presented by this rainy season, in the management of the grass, whether it he in the meadow or ! in the crop. Both require active atten| tion just now and have raised an issue well calculated to discourage "Cuffee" unless his organization is well kept up and energetically led. "While I am indebted to the reporter (whoever he may be) of the Register for the very flattering terms used in connection with my name, his report mnv lp.ac] to misaDDreneusion on a point on which I may be ovcr-sensitive and which on that account seems to me to be a public evil. I allude to the practice, which seems to be growing, of assailing the motive-, of men who, actuated, perhaps, by the highest sense of duty, and certain';* in the exercise of their plain right, and the performance, more fully than others, of their simpie duty as free and sovereign citizens, form opinions as to the themselves conspicuous by urging and advocating them. Vague charges, and the casting of suspicion on the motives of public-spirited men, have been, are and perhaps ever will be, used as effective weapons in political warfare; but I have never had any respect for that sort of thins- as an argument. vro or con., on the merits of a question. In fact, I tave never been able to resist a feeling of contempt for it, which reaches in a measure to the individual who would resort to if. I desire to be distinctly understood as according to the advocates o: the farmers' movement the honesty of purpose and good faith that I claim for myself, and indeed have ever claimed for the sturdy tanners of the land in public matters. The expression "to the manor b -rii", "viiii uli the devoted fidelity to country that it carries with it, has ever been associated in my mind especially with the owners and tillers ot the soil. Their interests are as fixed as the soil itself. They cannot be stored in sales, or boxed and scut oil'to foreign vaults in the liineol trouble. They mu>t abide the fate ot meir country, wuuuser u u-j hcvmtated by an invading foe, or rem and torn by internal dissensions and class conflicts, or calmly rests under the peaceful reign of law based on mutual concessions. It' they arc not true in their hearts to the best interests of the State, where are we to look for fidelity ? With no doubt as to their motives, I hoped and expected that the (Jonven llvlll >VUUtU W iiil UUVJOl I ? C aoUli . agitation, and by its consideration and discussion of rhe agricultural situation reach some intelligent conclusion as to [he cause of the depression, or, at !ea->l, throw some light on the subject md to that extent allay the unrest and discontent which seem to prevail, it was with feelings of disappointment md regret that I found myself unable ;o concur in the action of the (Jonvenion or in the assumptions on which it >eems to have been predicated. I say teems, because in the published pro:eedings the grounds on which the lotion was based are not clearly and lelinitelv stated. There seemed to be i vague, indefinite idea that the body politic was afflicted with leprosy and lotiey-combed with rottenness, and hat amid this rubbish of leprosy and oM'T.ness, concealed somewhere, is a nasi- ed enemy to the agricultural inerests of the State. I cannot concur u these assumptions. I cannot con;ur in the idea that is floated on the lir, not fixed and located, that injusice has been done to, or justice been vithheld from, the farmers of the State >y any other class in the State, or that he agricultural depression prevailing s in any way, shape or form attributa- , >le to the conduct of our State gov- , rnment. The administration of our , rovernment since '76 has never been ' xcelled in purity, or in fidelity to : onstitutional obligations, and it will , ontinue to be an honor and blessing o the people of the State as iong as it , s controlled by a political organization . vhich combines in harmonious union , he conservatism, the intelligence and , he character of all classes of our peo- * ile, whether the offices are filled by ttrraers or not. If there is an individual, or a class, rganized or disorganized, in the limits f the State, in hostile attitude to the gricultural interests of the State, I s rill venture to sav that he or they are I o closely masked as to defy the skill t the best scouts of the farmers' army ) locate them. To my mind it is all aseless assumption?putting up an naginary enemy in order to get up a ght. But grant the correctness of the>e 1 ssutnptions?do the measures pro- 1 used reach and cure the evils? Do v ley tend to generate or call into ser- 1 ice 3 healthy^ sound, elevated, liberal: 11 jitjd enlightened public sentiment This is the oniy reliance?the sing] attd sole airency by which rotiennes i:; a government like ours can b reached and eradicated. To meet th assumed condition (which, by th way, has strayed entirely away fror the incipient object of the Convention namelv, agricultural depression and i: cause) the farmers are called upon t organize as a class, to enforce c!:ts il'glMilUUil ?A' UI|UU1U LilU ill ' to take what legislation they want They arc to call a convention of th people, and reoganizc the Vovernmen to .>uit their views. In the meantime such institutions as the assembled wis dom of all ela=scs of the State iiav been able, with patient and carnes labor in adjusting complications am surmounting difficulties, to build o t!ie ashes of our ruins, are to be felld at one blow as State institutions, and without regard to cost, converted int class establishments. If the farmer organize for such a liirht tliev wil inaugurate class conflict, in which th actions of men are governed, not b; moderation and wisdom aud calm con sidcration for the common weal, bn by passion and prejudice. Will this I submit to the organizers, call int< action that sound, healthy public sen tiincnt that you need to cure rottennes in ihe government? Ir. seems that one of the purposes o the movement is to take by Iegislatioi for the benefit of the fanners their jus share of the public treasure. Whci the power is obtained by such mean to do that, who is to determine wha the just share of the farmer class is Who is to measure the grab? Whetis the authority for distributing tin public treasure, justly or unjustly among the classes of our people When was it ever done in out* couii try, except unjustly and indirectly, a is proposed here, by class ley islet ion the great source to \viilcli some ol' 11 trace the depression of our industries I mean Federal '.-lass legislation, how ever, not State. But push 011 a stej further. We make this class fiijrht am win. And what do we as farmers, o: our agricultural interests, gain t( remunerate us for the wounds an< scars with which a crippled and de based political sentiment emerges frou the conflict? We will have lowered our standan of education, especially lh:it of th< farmer, by substituting, regardless 0 expense, a set of special class school for our State University system. 1J; special class education we will secun the perpetuation of the class dissen sions and strife which we have inau unrated. The Stale will not be allowet to concentrate her educational strengil and, in Iter impoverished condition exorcise the highest and wisest economy in affording opportunities for th< moral and intellectual culture of he: sons and, breaking" down class lines train up ali into onn hearty, healthy strong family mutually dependent mutually supporting and always strug gling together for the welfare, bono and glory of their common mother How Ibis is to benefit the farmer as ai individual, or the farmers as a class or the agricultural interests of tlx State, it will be difficult to show. There is one assumption that 1 neg lected to mention, which is correct and that is, that the farmers constituti the majority of the dominant politica party of the State. This is a rirst-clas: ground for not organizing as farmer: for political purposes, as in that domi _ ? I.. *i ?:~i .1 nuiii puny uiiiy can uic\ wiuiu ujuji political strength wisely for the welfare ot the State and for the benefit o: themselves. But the programme is an appeal to them, not to assert that strength as citizens and Democrats, but to organize it and wield it as clas power for cla>s purposes. This powei is to be wielded within the lines of tin Democratic partv. That is the avowee a, movement contribute to the hurmonj and efficiency ot that party: Is there any conservatism, any spirit of concession in it? Is there not the shadow of the spirit that would rule or ruin: A<rn111 ? it is ii farniors' oro-:!mv.sitior to carry out a platform political in its character and other than that of the Democratic party. How is the membership of such an organization limited to Democrats? Is it not unfurling a flag that might attract even a judicious enemy of Democracy and under which lie could judiciously tight? There is no provision against it. Can we all'ord ihis sort of thing in our condition? Fearfully handicapped by the weight of a newly-Hedged and debased citizenship, is it not suicidal to fritter away our strength for such a purpose, when it i.-i all needed to uphold the ! thin veil of the law between us and 1IVV 4tn?t VlV"/tUlVy?iVU V v? UlliV-iJlj and with it, ii* it ever eome> again, tlie debasement oi' our standard of free citizenship? From such a conditio, there can bo no restoration for us. The situation here in South Carolina devolves on us of tlie white race t!ic i:'<4he.sr duties of citizenship?re lilt llkill il ILIlviilVyV; WI LilO IJI^IKs^b standard of citizenship. While orators, writers and sentimental philanthropists theorize at :i distance on the race question, it is oar fate to be in the forefront in the practical solution of the problem. The yits:l question with as is?can we, under the load thrust upon us, maintain a healthy, liberal, enlightened public and political sentiment, or are we to succumb and be dragged down to its level? By taking care of ourselves in this matter, we render the highest service and do our full duty to the State, and, indeed, by thus holding up to his view a high and worthy standard we render the only aid In our power to the "man and brother" in \vorking out his own destiny; for that lie must, under the laws of nature, do for himself. But the point is made for application to our-, selves and our duty in working out our own destiny. Is it not the part of wisdom, is it not the dictate oi seif preservation, 10 concentrate our iorcc ?our intellectual and moral fuvce, our educational and political force, our Anglo-:>axou race force?and apply it to the accomplishment of this purpose? How can we do it? The only agency in our reach for effecting this combination is the Democratic party?the organization not of any class, "but of all classes?the organization of the | people. It was framed for the pur- j pose and used effectively to lift the j political sentiment of the State from a | condition ol ruinous and disgusting i tiegradation to a healthy standard, and thereby restore to its allegiance to the Constitution the government of the State. It is the only means at our command lor maintaining the fidelity of government to the expressed j will of the people. It is the j >nly instrumentality thiough which) ive can concentrate our strength for :he supreme duty of the situation. So or.g as it will require of the ci'icials of r ?vernmcnt fidelity to constitutional >bligations in the conduct of their jlhces, and maintain the rule of the :onstitution, so long may we await in ;alui security the development of the | lestiny of the black race. Tlic Demo- j :ratic party, with all its faults and j ihortcomings, is our sole reliance, our orlorn hope, in the conflict with the I lifiiculties and dangers of this critical ! >eriod in the life of the State. Can ve afford anv movement rimr will I .-ripple and impair its efficiency? But enough has been said to indicate . ny views on the subject. I am forced o the conclusion that tlx; movement nil operate in the opposite direction rom that intended, ami is a ino?t infortunate mistake.-.Its fullest sue ? j ccs? would sacrifice the substance for | e | the shadow, and, far from benefitting- j s ' the agricultural interests of the State, \ e | would be detrimental lo all the inter- i e ests of the State and especiallv to the ' e 1 agricultural. lint tht- particular mis- i n | fortune of such a movement lie? in the j i, fact that ?uccess is not necessary to ' s i enable ir to do harm. The mere pero sistence in it wili be like a fire in the :3 J rear and will distract and cripple our e ! strength in the great confiict in front. . j In iny judgment the action of the j e ! Convention wa* ill-considered and int considerate, radical and unreasonable, ! and utterly regardless of the difllcul- i ties and complications of the situation e here in South Carolina. t Yours truly, 1 Jxo. Buattox. j :i d EVES'TS AT D.L JJ'A'/.YS. o Dawkixs, May 14, 18SG.?The long f looked-for rain for oats has come at II 1 la>t, and in an abundant quantity, too. y On Tuesday the rain began fallingi gently about seven o'clock in the rnornt ing; by evening the ground was too ' wet for ploughing. Many farmers' . countenances onghteneu at toe pross pccis of having a good siancl of cottui). and the oals crop receiving' such a I high season made all in good spirits. ;t There was no.v a chance to increase II the feed of Deck, Judy and John. But 5 alas! Tuesday night there must have \ been a tremendous rain up the river, q for 011 rising "Wednesday morning we q beheld a broad sheet of water in our i front?west. Looking south and north, the same wide extended sheet of rip,, l'ling water was visible. In fact, I , found myself living ujjoii a peninsu? la that morning?the night before. I lived on high ground iialf-a-mile from , the river. The rain continued to fall I I nearly all day, gently; at night it. '' ; c:une down in torrents, and on the this point was well worthy of the I "! name geographically given it, for iL j 11 i was one mile wide, extending u[> Pole | 1 j Branch f>>r a distance of one mile Iron j the depot, covering corn and cotton ! | with water from three to fifteen feet. | j In front of Mr. II. M. Zealy's resi-1 ! dencc, just opposite the station, the j corn of his on bottoms was under j 0 | water fully fifteen feet?tin-, too, half- j "j a-mile from the banks of Broad river.! I The water rose so rapidly that fear j ! was entertained by the clerks of Mr. I 1 J. S. Swygert for the safctv of his ' store here. At 12 o'clock Thursday j ^ night the water was within four feet of ' i the southwest co ner of the store. It 1 had already climbed near the eaves of ! ;he shed of the mess-house, just a few ' feet distant from the store. Had the ' water continued to rise for two hours " longer at the same rapidity, it cer1 tainlv would have been alarming to ' the safety of the surroundings at 1 Dawkins. I The damage done to crops, pastures " and stock cannot be estimated. I know of not one pasture fence on ihc j fi-nni In snnif I . j 1.1V. ! \! below Dawkins remaining. This | I | throws all the cattle on the hands of] . | the owners, to be grazed, or fed, since * [ the no-fence law will not al 1 o\V them j " | turned at large. Haltered cows can I j be teen anywhere now, led by little' i buys and men. r; All the trestles 011 the Spartanburg, j Union & Columbia Railroad between j this place and Alston are gone. Wind' j bank, Peach-tree, and the one over | Owcns's Creek were carried away. : The 1,000-ft. trestle below Alston was ' ^ j seriously damaged, and the road-bed f 1 between the twelve-mile post and tbc i eight cominsr from Columbia is entire ' - .<r\ x-i* r . 200 men on the line at work, yet officials say that it will be two months before the locomotive will toot at Dawkins, and that it will take $100,000 to place the lines in the condition they we;*e before the freshef. ! I>oth ends of the trestle at Shelton i were undermined and carricd off. Our friend Joseph G. Martin, living near | Strother, lost a fine mule in the river, i That genial gentleman, Capt. W. J. Clowney, lost an entire flock of sheep, consisting of thirty-five or forty. They | were on the island jusi a short distance ! Irom Stroiher. 'Tis said that great ; effort was made by himself and bands to save them, only abandoning the attempt after bateau sunk, leaving three of his hands on a snag or raft lodged in the river, from which they were rescued by a small thread. I am [ told that the process was unravelling I I a rope and tieing together, then a i i small thread or fish"m<r line was tied to i tsic rope, and a ruck (small one of i I course) was attached to the end of the ! . thread. This was thrown to the men I in the river, which was caught by I them after many unsuccessful attempts. ! Thev drew the thread until the un* ravelled rope reacned them, and so j continued until the stout rope cx. tended from the bank to them; then j the parties 011 shore pulled them across ! and thus rescued the trio. A little ; | romantic, but I have given this cir- ] | cumstanec just as it was related to A | me by a fascinating, charming little j I j widow. If any exaggeration, why J i forgive her; she did not so intend ir. 1 The mill of Capt. T. M. Lyles, at! t j LyJes's Ford, was said to be moved! ; j from its loundation and lodged in a j ; j tree below. All of the outhouses of ; t i Mrs. Elkin, at Alston, including her j ! burn and stables, were carried awav? I ! a general moving oat down there was ! the order of the day. i Our "old bach/', Mr. James 1). | Martin, needs the sympathy of his friends. His entire crop was destroyed , ? corn, cotton and oats?together with i all his wire fence around his pasture. lie is going to plant over, though. I The river at Dawkins was two and i ' a half feet higher than the high water , | mark of 1SG.3, as shown mo Col. J. T. : Dawkins just before leaving for Texas. | It is certainly the highest in twenty j J years to my own knowledge. No i | trains have readied here since Wed lies-1 : day. Dawkins looks like Sunday | now, not many people coming to it I I since the stoppage of trains. In fact, J it is no use, for the inability of the j road to transfer freight to this point is I a truth which will be felt seriously, lor I venture tint mere are noi nve j farmers whom the merchants here are j furnishing, or agreed to do so, who h, lias corn for their stock ten days. Very many are now out of corn and Baltimore bacon. It has caught the %v lien store here in a bad fix. There is no corn for beasts nor meal for man. Sj I cannot conceive how the lienors at rf this place will do if the communica- tl tion remain cut for two months, as it i has been said by sums knowing ones. ie In addition to those who arc being ~ furnished by Mr. Swygcrt, add all the p( farmers along the line who deal in Charleston, and you have a legion that in are dependent upon the speedy run- i ri: ning of the trains. On paper It seems I n.( light, but I assure you it is a serious si matter to know that hundreds are out of bread to-day, and unless relief comes pretty soon immense suffering on will be the result, rnose wijo nappen i tu have a little on hand will have to | reduce rations one-half or they will ! _ be out before the road is repaired, ; The authorities of the road seem to be j alive to the emergency, though. They T have two hundred men at work on the j Columbia & Greenville Railroad below j fie Alston. It is to be hoped that they will push things up and close the gap son. More anon. Economy. " - iiw i in CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. I " We do hereby certify that ire. fnincrviM theorrangement.-for <dl the Monthly and1 Quarterly Druining* of The Louisiana \ Htate Lottery Conijuiny. and in person manage and control the Draining.< theviselces, and that the tame nre conducted with hun\ esty, fi'irnexKii/id in good fnitk toward all j partiex, and ire authorize the Company to I v.sc thus ccrtijicat< , with the facsimile* of our signatures attached, in lis advertisements." Commissioners. We the vwlerxi'jned Banland Bankers ; icill pay all Prize* draim in The LonisUina State Lotteries ichkh may be presented at aur counters. J. If. OGLES BY, Pres. Louisiana National Hank. J. W. K1LBKETII. PreB. State National Bank, j A. BALD1VIX. Pres. New Orleans National Bank. , . XPRKCEDKNTED ATTRACTION! U OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. Louisiana State Lottery Company, , Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legislature for Educational and Charitable I purposes?wiui a capiuu ot ?>i,uuu,uuu?10 | wHfli a reserve fund of over $550,000 has I j since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its j franchise was made a part of the present; State Constitution adopted December 2nd, j A. I). 1*70. Its Grand Single Number Drawings will take place monthly. It never mile* or postpones. Look at tlie following distribution: 193tli Grand Monthly u i tin. Kxiraordinary Quarterly Drawing1 In llic Academy of Music, New Orleans, Tuesday, June 15, 188G, Under the personal supervision and management of Gen. G. T. IJKAUKEGAliD, of Louisiana, 4 and Gen. JliliAL A ?AKLY, of Virciula. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. IW^S OTICE.?Tickets are TEX DOLLARS ONLY. Halves, $5. Fifths, ?2. Tenths, Si. LIST OK PHIZES. 1 C.U'ITAT, PRIZE OF ?150,000. .?150,000 ' 1 GRAND PRIZE OF .>0,000.. 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PHIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.. 20,000 20 l'ltlZES OF 1,000.. 20,000 "1 50 do 500.. 25,000 J 100 do .'300.. 30,000 200 do 200.. 40,000 GOO do 100.. 00,000 1,000 do 50.. 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 10O Approxi't'n Prizes of S200.. ?20,000 I J 1 llll /1r> 1(111 1 l\ fillA i 100 do do 75.. 7,500 i L'.27!> Prizes, amounting to ?522,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the olTlce of the Company In New Orleans. For further Information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL >"OTES, Express Money Orners. or New York Exchange In ordl- ^ nary letter. Currency hy Express (at our expense) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or St. A. DAUPHIN'. Washington, D. C. Make P. 0. Money Orders payable and address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. RICHMOND & DANVILLE K. li. hOUTII CAROLINA DIVISION". ClCIIKDULE IX EFFECT OCTOBER 4 0 lStv>,?Eastern .Standard Time. GOING NORTH. _ NO. 53, MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta.. .V... .TV." y.lD a: m. Leave W. (J. &. A. Junction 1.12 p. in. Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m, Leave Columbia 1.32 p. m. Leave Killiaii's 1.58 p. in. S Leave lily the wood 2.13 p. m Leave Kidgeway 2.34 p. m. Leave Simpson's 2.47 p. m. Leave Winnsboro 3.02 p. m. Leave White Oak 3.22 p. in. ? Leave Woodward's 3.43 p. m. I' Leave IJlackstoek 3.y0 p. in. i Leave Cornwall's 3.58 p. m. I. Leave Chester . .4.15 p. m. Leave Lewis' "... .4.32 p. m. Leave Smith's 4.40 p. m. Leave Rock HilJ 4.5G p. m. Leave Fort Mill 5.20 p, m. Leave Pineville 5.40 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte G.OO p. m Arrive at Sratesville... 9.35 p. m GOING SOUTH. NO. 52, MAIL AND EXl'ItESS. ai Leave Statesville 7.45 a. in. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. m Leave Pineville 1.27 p. 111 Leave Fort Mill 1.44 p. in. Leave Iloek Hill 2.02 p. n?. oi Leave Smith's 2.22 p. m. Leave Lewis' 2.30 p m. Leave Chester 2.44 p. m. Leave Cornwall's p. m. IOn m Leave Woodward's '>.1 x p. m. Leave White Oak 3.30 j). m. Leave Wir.nsboro 3.48 p. m. Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. Leave Ridneway 4.16 p. m. Leave iilythewood 4.32 p. :n. Leave Killian's....- 4.4<Jp.m . Arrive at Columbia ">.15 p. m. inl Leave Columbia 5.25 p. m. Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. in. Vrrive at Aujrusta 9.38 p. in. Connection is now made at Chester (by rains 52 and 53) for Lancaster awl ititernediate points on C. & 0. R. R., and for til points on C. & L. R. R. as far as New- i on, N. < L L \V. CIIEARS, Assist. G. P. A. CI ('t. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. I). CAKDWELL. A. G. V. A. 1 I THE \OiniAX PERCHEI10N STALLION '^LAjrOR" -May be found as follows, until further ~ lotice: ^ Winns5?oro, March 2l>-31. Uiackstock, April TVI Ps Urid^e. April 5-10. n Wiunsboro, April 12-14. Vnril 1:1-1 7 Bell's Bridge, Aprii l'J-24. no1 "Winnsboro, April 2(??lis. Blackstock, April 2*i, :50, May 1. Bell'* Bridge, May 3-8. Winnsboro, May 10-12. Blackstock, May 1:1-13. Bell's Bridge, May 17-22 Winnsboro, May 24-26. Blackstock, May 27-2L?. Other appointments will be announced ereafter. "Major is a beautiful red bay, black lane and tail, nine years old, a good alker, and works well in harness/ lie as bred and raised by E. Dillon & Co., Tloomington, Ills.; was sired by celebrated t. Laurent, a horse whose reputation and :cord as a breeder are not excelled by lose of any draft stallion on the ContiL'nt. St. Laurent is also the largest, heovst-boned and most powerful Norman jrse ever imported to the United States, otwithstanding Major's immense size he assesses .nrny tine points seldom found in y i large a horse?such broad, flat legs, assive quarters, wonderful shoulders T * sing well on the wethers, elegant arched H ;ck, a fine head well set on, large, expresve eyes, for which his colts are all noted. r-' Terms?Twenty dollars insurance, or teen dollars season. <Mares from a distance will be pastured i icuMmuuii; tLiiiia. nun II. R. ADAMS, men Mar23tx3m Winnsboro, S. C, In fron ?? ?< MONEY TO LEND. [,"f\ N* sums of from SoOO to So,000 on Fair- jjId County farm lands. A.pply bv letter to J. ALLEN TOBIX, TE \pl2lxG Barnwell C. H., S. C. ??2 " s. ??ae??? ? ~sFringT SHOES. i WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR STOCK OF LADIES', GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S SPRING SHOES. AVE DESIRE TO CALL "SPECIAL ATTENTION" TO THIS DEPARTirwt' a vr> PTrnrrvsiT a v tv_ i JXUi.1 X j XIUV^VJUV l ^>4.1 AJ?*SPECTION BY THE PIBLIC (aHEK.illV. ! i I I 1 WE IIAVE A SPLENDID!,\t>SORT-: I MENT OF I I KELTS' A3T5> 31 A- j ^H2XK-?IAS>K SHOES. I! i I \.LL OF WHICH ARE GUAR AN- J TEED TO GIVE i / ENTIRE SATISFACTION. ! i i i< CALL AND SEE OUR < SADIES' BUTT OX KID GAITER, AT $2.25. IT CAN'T BE BEAT. I'MASTER. JBRICE & KETCHIN. 188G-Sjfini-1886 ! J \ ?. Laniecksr & Bro. j I I HT WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR C 0 took of new * v ijiif ifl Smier GOODS, ul req?e??. :.n .lispection by our eustoaas and the trade generally, both in and ; I it of Town. I We have a fine, assnrtm?nfc of | JSF~Calicos at 5 cents. r gg'Dress Goods from 8 cen'cs up. jg^Blackand Colored Satins. HF" Velvet Brocades in different celorSs. ! WHITE GOODS. ! i M Wr. have INDIA LAWNS AT FIVE j SXTS per yard. I C LOTIIIX G, i S^'Furnisliins Goods and j 35^1 Iats, fur men and boys. i 52F~\Ve arc agents for the OXTL\ENTAL SHIRTS, rIIK REST AND rTIEAPTTSTSTTTttTS ! ^ ( i n a made. j ^ Respectfully, j Q P. LANDECKER & BRO. j jjg GENERAL ? isurance Agency ca l_ ! . I i !l SUKK your life in tin* EQUITABLE I ^ 'E of Xrw York, one of the strongest most reliable Companies in the world, j sou a I the iEMI- TONTINE FOLIC Y, ' j -forfeitable after three annual pay- J I its. j I as isure your Property against damage 1 lire and lightning. ! >licies written in reliable, prompt-pay-: ** companies at the lowest rates allowed j Southeastern Tariff Association. J. C. CALDWELL, j avl9fxlv Insurance Agen: i L IN in, IS PAPEB ; as ; Bureau (K> Sprni* SiA wh?r? advanlMuX ' JJ raou flusr U suCo it ii IX HXW XOfiC ; THIS IS Tf: EVERYBODY?BIG a vn v/ J; JL V Should buy their DRY GOC UNDERWEAR and STRAW D. A. HE ] Why? Because this is the la goods AT COST. THE PROPOSI ?OF 01 B UIL1 WILL CURTAIL OUR the progress of the work. We nmnnir mrmiT oimi oilM Uiu'lL oAit We will sell our entire s Laces, Edgings, Dress Goods, Etc., at COST FOR C All other Dry Goods, Gent Trunks, Etc., will be greatly rec Shoes will be offered at QUI Many Job Lots will be sold at :lose them out. Come and sec sell. No Goods will be CHARG Respectfully, April 22, 1886. TRADE 0. p. WlLLIP THEY WILL SAY; gr* BUYERS DELIGHTED, and looker vith astonishment. They all say our prices a: ind BARGAIN'S. Observe some of our prices :euts each. 240 nice (. ape May Straw Hats at foe Felt Ilats worth ?:3.00, will be sold for ?1 ;heap. A good White Shirt worth 75 cents for 50 c vorld. Bound to keep the ball rolling. Headquarters for line Laces and Einbroidt )o not spend a cent until you look over them. AOAUi/lwk at vui iituvk of Dress <ioc figured Lawns. They arc captivating, enchai NOTIONS, NOTIONS?They are exquisit J RAND. Large Fancy Dress Buttons and sir if Bleached and Unbleached Domestics in whi Tend) Shoe Polish only 10cents. Best Sperm* REMEMBER, we teen the best assortmen ["own. A large lot of Gents' .Linen Standing ( Let there l)e a generous response to our G re advertise. Come'early?come quick. Glat Q. D. "W BIG- VA FOR THE NEXT ?WE HAVE DECIDI 1ERE AT A SACRIFICE IN rrn T\TmA 11 li\ 1 U L iOW IF YOU WANT BARG SHOES, CLOTHING, HA'J TO VISIT OUR EST. Respectfully, J. L. Mi M N A REGrlSTEEJ FHOML. SAM1. TO THE P 5P3 Attention is called to my RY GOODS, CLOTHING, ENTS' FURNISHING GOOI 5pMy Store is being filled eve? F GOODS, which will be sold ; hey are considered the CHE/ rly inspection is solicited. LOT TO THE PUBLIC. U i RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE Hie that I have taken the store next tli of that of Mt'Onrlcy <fc Co., and will < re conduct a ! / FIRST CLASS BAR. Cai shall k<-ep none hut good articles, and ik a share of the public patronage. ; *** 17 pat rnn ! i [arl3fxtf ;3Ct i pa" REPAIR YOUR GINS. i J OWIS THE TIME FOR PERSON'S having Gins to repair to send them ! ? as work is slack at this time, but will,: w llwavs, be crowded in August ; v [?yoxlm J. M. ELLIOTT. | IE WEEK r, LITTLE, OLD )U m ?DS, NOTIONS, SHOES, HATS irom ST D RIX. st week he will offer you ^ DD CHANGE JR? D 1 ^ G STORE-ROOM DURING must reduce our JBDAf, MAY 1st. tock of Notions, Hosiery, Table Damask, Toweling, A QT-T s' Furnishing Goods, Hats, luced. Our entire stock of CK SELLING PRICES, and BELOW COST to ?we have determined to ^ rED at the reduced prices J. M. BEATY & BRO. WITH OP.D & jCo. E YOU MONEY. s surprised. All classes struck dumb J iv. ri<?ht. So make tracks for novplties m i: 5 dozen splendid Corsets only 25 |jl ; 15 cents each. A large Job Lot of .50. STACKS OF STRAW GOODS :ents, and the best $1.00 Shirt in the ? ;rings. Glad and willing to show you. )ds, Calicoes, Ginghams, White and iting and fascinating. ?~^ and the great assortment strikingly tail ones to match. Large quantities ch we shall not he undersold Best Oil for Sewing Machines?only 10 cents, t of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods in dollars at 5 cents each?all sizes. RAND OPENING. We show what 1 to show you?glad to *ce you. ILL1FORD & CO. LUES! SIXTY DAYS 4 < D TO OFFERORDER TO CONVERT ? AINS IN DRY GOODS, O rS, &c., DON'T FAIL ABLISHMENT. .UGH & CO. ED DOTS "* JELS. UBL1C. IMMENSE STOCK o HATS, SHOES AND )S. TUT? T5VCP J V v 1L11 JL?l^d JJJJOl it REGULAR PRICES. ^PEST in Town. An * i JIS SAMUELS. ADVERTISERS i learn the exact cost any proposed line of vertising in American pers by addressing :o. P. Rowell & Co., ewspaper Advertising Bureau, lO Spruce St., New York. 1 IO013. for 100-P*so Pamphlet. ^