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r THE NEWS AND HEIULJ?. I WLNNSBOKO, S. U. ! tc I : - |L wednesday, jo'e 23, : : : : : 1s8g. i I e: l\0. S. urYSuLDS ) I Sditoks. W. L. XcZtOSALD. j ^ - ; * Prof. W. G. Brown, of the South j Carolina Military Academy, has been ei elected by the trustees of Washington ! ni and Lee University Professor of Chem- j istrv and Gsologv. j ai ?? ! tl The Rev. A. Coke Smith, of Coluin- j ei bia, has been elected Professor of Men- : ol ta! and Moral Philosophv in Wofford ; vi College, to fill the vacancy caused by sf the election of Prof. Duncan to the j Bishopric of South Carolina. i P ?| is A Washington* correspondent says ' ^ that Messrs. Randall, Morrison, Hoi-; man and Carlisle are too much inter- ai ested in the Presidential bee to make ! U any fight on the tarifi question. We j 01 predict that there will be four gentle- j men very much disappointed after the i j next national Democratic Convention. , A Massachusetts journal, in com- P menting upon the recent disaster on j " the Atlantic Cou-t Line, says: id The coroner's jury at Charleston, S. I C., which investigated the accident on b the Northeastern Railroad on the 7th, t] been partly covered by the largest: freshet for twenty years, and that no ^ examination had been made before the : C( train passed over it. And yet tliese !l men bring in a verdict that the cause ;l of the accident is unknown. It would be interesting to know from apsycho'o- i gist what is the scientilic ba?is of the i * fact that when a man enters a coroner's ; tc jury i c assumes many of the diameter-: ft istics of an imbecile. | ^ The following interesting note from , s( a leading exchange shows what the j !r Italians think of journalism: k{Jonr- i ^ nalism is taking a spurt in Italy, In V Naples there is a regular newspaper-! reading craze, and even the beg- j ]j gars gather around some fortunate i li possessor or a daily paper as he reads | ? aloud in the street. But the people j j] soon get tired of any one paper and j s, ( Isimftr -fnr <l upw r?nf?_ Thf> ftftnse- I quence is that almost every day some paper dies and another takes its place. One of the most certain ways of kill- } ing a newspaper in Italy, by-the-wav, c is to fill it with news. What they j want is good local lies and blood- } b curdling sensations." t( It has been rumored for some time ^ a that Judge Bryan, of the United States j; Court, would resign at an early day. j \\ This rumor has been confirmed, and j 2 already several aspirants for the posi- j ? tion are in the field. The bar of I a AVinusboro unanimously signed the j h petition asking that Ool. Charles H. j Simonton, of Charleston, be appointed y to fili the vacancy. Coi. Simonton has j" no superior in the State as a lawyer, o and his faithful service in the legislature of oar State entitles him to the support of our people. His elevation n to the bench will be a well deserved d honor, and none will be more heartv v F in congratulating him than his rela^ ? p tives and many friends in FairfielciThe following is an account of the ^ suicide of King Ludwig, who ended o his own life on the 14th inst.: k King Ludwig, of Bavaria, who was u recently deposed from the Bavarian throne, committed suicide at 6 o'clock t( yesterday evening. He bad gone out ? for a promenade in the park of Berg CastJe, accompanied by Dr. Mndden, his physician. The King suddenly n threw himself iuto Starenberg Luke and was drowned. The physician jumped into the water to rescue the n King and was also drowned. The I medical commission which examined ij the late King Ludwig report that he had ordered the members of the ininisterial deputation, headed by Count j Holsiein, who called upon him to pro- t( cure his consent to a regency, to be ^ flogged until they bled and then to s have their eyes extracted. Before his r death the beiief was spreading among a the common people of Bavaria that -j the King's deposition was illegal. T.ie people did not believe that he was | insane, and precautions had been taken to prevent the populace from rising to ^ restore the King. ^ The New York Financial Chronicle, alter examining the bureau report of p the condition and acreage of t iie pres- c ent cotton finds that an increase of 1.52 r per cent in acreage is indicated, mak- * ing the area for this year IS,994,COO r acres. The reports of the condition t appear to indicate a very hopeful pros- ^ pect, though more depends upon cli- * matic influences this season than is c usual, because of the backward state c of the plant in more than half of the ^ area. It is reported that the condition ^ is as good as it was last year, or better, in States having about 7,400,000 acres ii in cotton, while in States having about ^ 11,600,000 acres the condition is at ' present mort dependent upon climatic t influences than it was a year ago. It p may be roughly inferred that, with k favorable weather, the yiekl this year may range from 6,300,000 bales, to 6,700,000 bales if the season should be decidedly favorable. ^ Ik a London letter to the New York s? Sun a correspondent says: "The s' summer promises to be stormy, not a only in England but in France, which }| is profoundly disturbed, not so much 1 by the expulsion of the princes as by n the Socialist and Communist move- J ments, of which the expulsion is only tl a symptom. The princes go into exile c to make way for certain other exiles f who are bent on going into power. " The expulsion is the logical result of ? giving amnesty to the Communards, b It must be remembered that it was not ?' the princes but the republic which sent j* the Communards into servitude, tin- t) der the Amnesty Act the Communards t! ana princes were an citizens ot tne 11 republic alike. Under the Expulsion Act the princes cease to be citizens but :} become pretenders, while the Com- i, munards, remaining citizens, are encouraged to demand amnesty for the f( Commune as well as for themselves, .. and to insist that the experiment suppressed through blood and flame by jl the Thiers republic be made again by Jj the Paris municipality under more ^ drastic conditions." \ ADVICE TO MOTHERS. '[ Mks. Wixsl??w's soothing sy?rr should al- * ' ways be used for children teet hing. It soothes b the child, softens the gums, allays ail pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy 'or fllarrhcea. Twenty-flve cents a bottle n Juiyl4Ltyi u Co:,. A. K. McCj.luk, of the I'hila.-Iphia Tones, delivered the address i tiie students ol' the Washington and r*rx fiuvnpciti' *it tli/* r?mnnif?iir*fMfir*?it zeroises on Wednesday. He chose > the theme for his address, "The . essons of the Civil War,'' and in a lasterly way he discussed the irreat ssons to be learned, and the duty of ,*ery citizen to learn them, that they lay properly act well their part in the rand drama of life when those who :c now our leaders have passed from ie stajje. The people are the sov eign and by their voice the judgment [ ine nignusi uiounuis navy ua-u :e- : srsed. In concluding his address, he lid: Trust the people; educate the peoIe; teach thern that eternal vigilance ever the price of liberty; warn them gainst every approach to despotic aulority in a government whose su reme sovereignty is only in the people, ; rid whose Nation. State, Country and tome are "distinct as the billows, yet nc as the sea." The correspondent of the New York 1imest in speaking of the condition of [Fairs in Ulster, says: "The de lorable scene? in Ulster are regarded 1 y all parties with dismay, not only as iscrediting the people of the prov-! ice, both 'Protestant and Catholic, ut as raising a menacing cbstaclein ic way of settlement of the irreat ues!ion at issue. It is generally collided that the Protestants have been ie more aggressive oi the two parties, nd sympathy for their cause has visily diminished here during ti:e week, 'here is grave tear entertained of a irrible outbreak on the lib of July. >r which day the Orangemen are ' > > %.latf!" r-.n-cf.cted ?lr-?nnii """""s - :ration. The Irish Xalionali>ts a:e loving heaven and earth to prevent leir friends from giving any provocaon to violence on that day, but, unn'tunately, the Orangemen, excited 5 they arc by the wicked talk of men ke Lord Randolph Churchill, are not keiy to wait for provocation. The et result of this Loyalist turbulence : the North must be tu destroy the i*t remaining superstition about the uperior sense and sweetness of the "Isier Irish here in England." In speaking of the action of Mr. and Irs. Cleveland al the White House, a orrespondent says: Although the m." stress of the White louse has occupied her new position lit a few days it has been long enough ;> show that 110 changes of any conseuence wiil result in "the White House rrangements. The domestic routine > conducted about the same as formerr. Broakfast is served at about 9 "clock, lunch at 2, and dinner about . The President attends to his offiia! business with the same regularity s formerly and occasionally jjoes into is office and works a while before reakfast. Mrs. Cleveland has seldom een outside the private part of the Vhite House. Since her return from )eer Park her time has been busily ocupied in unpacking and arranging tie numerous handsome wedding pres"nts received, as well as her personal rardrobe, and in attending to other matters connected with the household emanding her personal attention. It ;as stated that upon the return of the 'resident and his bride a number of rominent officials would entertain hem at a dinner, but as yet they have ot been cut to dine, nor, indeed, ave they been invited anywhere. The fficial announcement that" Mrs. Clcvemd would not be at home to callers ntil after the receptions next week ^as regarded as a desire on her part ? remain quietly at home for the prcsnt. Tiie President and Mrs. Cleve um iJcivv; u\/ iiiiuiiuun \ji ivamip Vushington until alter the adjournment of Congress, at least." The Heivs and Courier, in comicntiiiir upon the action of those )emocruts who voted with the Jlepabcans on the tariff question, says: There is no excuse for the conduct f the Democrats who voted with the icpublicans on Thursday. The pres:ice that, they dislike the Morrison illl as it stands will not serve them, incc if they had allowed the bill to e considered there would have been i! opportunity for them to amend and ruprove it t-.> their satisfaction. Their efusal even 10 consider it shows that l ? ? IIL'V Hi u u[;uu>v;w IU luuutiii^, UJV; ncroil.s iiucl unfair tariff taxes, and, f he has accomplished no more, Mr. lorrison has rendered good service ?y briii2 this fact to light and driving he recalcitrants over the line and compiling them to fight under their true olors. lie lias announced his determination to put them to a second test, ml should lose 110 opportunity to ilace them upon record. It is to be egret led, indeed, that he did net draw lie line sooner, but, now that it has icen drawn, it cannot be made too narp ana piaiu. ine rigni niusi oe nade, and something is gained for the idc of the honest and sincere reformrs when ihev are shown whom they iave to fight, besides their open and vowed enemies. Temporary defeat aeaus very little in this cause, which > assuredly right, and every reverse is tsclf a step toward the final victory. Ir. Randall and those who h.ive fol3wed him are less to be feared where hey now stand than where they stood wo days ago, and the Democratic iarty can better spare them than to eep them in is councils. Ik speaking of the approaching Print-on firm. the Tfetrs and Courier says: There is a very decided feeling-, in ome parts of the State, that the C011titution of the Democratic party eeds overhauling, so that the methods nd conditions of organization may, i possible, be improved, and so that lie choosing of candidates by lot, by oniinating bodies- otherwise the "hat ame"-shall be absolutely prohibited, t is probable that the regulations for ie government of the Democratic Inbs can be improved. Besides this, aere is a feeling, which was expressed 1 the Farmers' Convention, that all andidates for public office, from the i-overnor down, should be nominated y primary election, instead of by i onvetion. This idea is taking shape ! i one of the Congressional districts at ;ast, but we are constrained to think )ar, under the present Constitution of ie party, the candidates for Congress inst be nominated by convention. No uihority other than "the State Convenon can change the mode of making >e nomination. Tiie constitution of ie party (iocs not contemplate the election of Congressional candidates y primaries. The provision upon ie subject is found in Article XIII., (id i* as follows: "Representation ) judicial ai.d Congressional convenons shall be on the same basis as in tare conventions." It is true that in Li'ticlc VI. it is prescribed that "the iode and manner of nominating can: * JUillO IVH UUUlllJ. cutui i c regulated in each county by the j ispcctive county conventions/' Dud o sncli power, as to mode and mail-1 er, is given in the case of the candi- | dates for State, circuit and Congressional offices We ure not disposed to think ti.:it it would be advantageous to the public, or the party, to nominate candidates tor State offices by primary election, ttlllVsii ??UU1U VVUUi V IV^fc^VU U1V voters exhausted, if not inanimate, ' when the active work of the actual canvass began. But there is reason enough for consideraing these questions. It is only proper that the Democratic pa^ty shall have a hearing, so that the disputed points can be determined by the action of a sovereign convention, and not by the action of ! any committee, however capable and impartial. Foi Adjutant and Inspector <ien?ral It is with no ordinary pride that we point to Adjutant and Inspector Genera! Manigault as an officer of our State. For six long years he has faith tally served tne people ot our state as an officer, and we feel that we ai*e indebted to him for the proficiency to which our State militia has been raised within the past few years. We take pleasure in voicing the sentiments of Fairfield county and of other counties of the State in nominating him for I re-election to the office which lie now .so nobly tills. The veteran of two wars?the Mexican and the Confederate?no more suitable candidate could be nominated for the office. We feel sure that if he should be nominated by the Democratic convention of onr State that he would as in the past continue to to exert his utmost {ability to raise our State militia to a standard of which our State and the entire country might well be proud, j it' nominated, we feel sure lie would j be elected, and would continue to serve our State ably and with honor to himself and our entire country. WHAT IS CIIEAT? Messrs. Editors: I noticed an article in your hist issue, headed as above, and your request "to hear from some of our farmers on the question/'. I am not a farmer now, but- was one for the space of forty-five years, and will ?r /r! vnoilAt'C mr VIOVTC long entertained on the above subject. Cheat or chess is the offspring of imperfect. wheat or oats and other small grain, I think, not possessing vitality sufficient to produce its own speciescaused either by the grain being imperfect when sown, or becoming so by the soil remaining wet for a long time after sown, as seen more plentiful in wet spots in the field; or the stalk may be so injured, sometime after sewing, by freezes, as was the case in the fall sewing last winter, sapping its vigor to the extent that it failed to produce its own species. We all know that the fall sewing of oats has changed lo cheat the present year, which is proof sufficient of my views t. I learn there is no cheat in the spring sewing. My attention was called to a lield of wheat in 1845 in new berry county by a friend, who was a practical planter for many years, which had much cheat in it. He asked me if I knew the origin of cheat. I gave my views as above stated, and he corroborated them by saying that he and his brother sewed wheat in adjoining fields, of the same variety and same soil, his brother sewing two weeks before he did; much rain fell on his brothers wheat immediately after sewing, but none on his until after it had made its appearance above ground. The result was that his brother's wheat was tiricii miesteu w;riicnear, wuereas his was exempt from it. IIo then asked if I had not noticed inorc cheat in fields in low and wet spots than elsewhere. I an>wcred in I lie affirmative. As there are several varieties of chess or cheat, two of which I noticed yesterday, one that bunches, not 1111iike oats, tho oilier having1 its grains adhering to the .-talk, which ;s found in wheat, the other in oats. 1 became more convinced of the theory I have advanced as to their origin. Any ?:rain or .seed, unless a water plant oeiongs 10 ir, win iose muon 01 us vitality in wet ground whiic germinating-. This, is seen in most plants when just above ground, or before a wet spell oi' weather. No doubt all farmers and gardeners have uoticed the ATeakne?s or want of vitality in plants, and want of green color, that appear above ground after much wet or cold weather. I doubt not that some varieties of chess or cheat take their origin from the same species. Be this as it m:tv, br.t that does not preveut wheat or oats under the circumstances changing to cheat. If I am in error I should be pleased to be corrected in your next issue by some on whose experience has led them to a different conclusion. W. E. P. S.?In corroboration of my theory as to the origin of cheat it is a well known fact that all our fruits and esculents have undergone a radical change since they were first known. I recollect when there was but one variety of the Irish potato, and only two of the" street, and they the poorest esculents I ever cat. So also with garden vegetables. When a boy I never saw but three varieties of beans or cabbage and one of turnips. What changes in variety and flavor have since occurred no one but the aged knows. The same theory will also apply to most or all of the animal as welfas the vegetable kingdom. "\\r v Lyles's Ford, June -i, 18SG. General Bratton's Letter. "We publish elsewhere the letter of Geu. John Bratton, whose services in the last war are still so warmly remembered by the people ot the State, especially those who were his comrades in arms. Nor did he rest beneath the laurel shade of the hero and soldier. Immediately after returning home, he entered the honorable list of those tilling the soil, and j has ever since devoted his entire time ana taienis 10 agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with full and well merited success. This letter will commend itself to those who desire the prosperity of the whole State, and further, show in the difiercnencc of opinion from many now current, how men, in the full integrity of purpose, may differ, and do so honestly. We can afford to admit of no division among us, and should act as a unit. Classification will brin^ about crimi nation ana rccnimimuun, ;uiu unu combination, will in the light of all experience, be met by another combination, and what of the result??Jfanninfj Times. ?Food for the Vnv.iii and iutws that will invigorate tho body without intoxicating, Is what we need in these days of ru<h and worry. Parker's Tonic restores the vital energies, soothes the nerves, and br'ngs i g<Mid health quicker than any tiling yon can use. f THE FARMERS' MOV Ell EXT. J/c.vat.v. Editors: The letter you pubiSljft last week from Gen. Bratton on the "loj-uiciv movement*' is a sorry exchange for his much-to-bedesired participation, his experience, talents and purity of purpose, in or<ranizin<r and shamn<r this movement for the true advancement of his fellowfanners. Among those who, like him, j have not attended a single meeting, and yet are crying out about the rot^ tenness in Denmark, his letter is cal{ culated to strengthen the feeling of : timidity and mistrust that always : accompanies ignorance and uncertainty. There was no doubt a general wish for the presence of General Bratton at j the meetings hitherto held, for his | presence would have aided in the orj ganization as only the co-operation of I an able, pure and experienced gentle| man could have done. And to those j who see, though, it is true, darkly, as i in a glass, still do sec ahead some <>reat j good to follow from this agitation if j rightly guided, his letter is a decided : disappointment. It will not affect, j however, those who have troubled themselves to attend, even with incon! venienoe, these preliminary meetings it) the county and that in Columbia. Anyone sees that the General, irn! agining the evil which indeed might | have resulted but for the conservatism ' and disinterestedness of the organizers, and accepting secondary evidence in : the partial reports of t'lu; press, and ; perhap>, prejudiced opinions of others j also, as absolute proof, has gone off | indefinitely on a tangent with his ideas i that this agitation is gotten up simply i to tear down the present State admin; ic.rntion and to exalt the farmer class above every other one. The General is right in saying that discontent and unrest seem to prevail. That is the cause of this agitation, and I it has ever oeen inai wnere gcuurui j distress prevailed, imaginary or real, | among the masses, the government ; they lived under held accountable for j it. Hence it is that some inquiries i were made in the meetings at ColumI bia, in a perfectly respectful manner, i however, to some of the State officers who were requested to convey the information, and with a satisfactory result to both parties, in regard to certain expenditures of the public funds, and the practicability of rcduc1 ing taxation on certain, lines was disI cussed. But, though, I have attended I these county meetings in part, and j closely observed the drift of sentiment j at the great meeting in Columbia, with j no special preanecuon one way ur me other, I have to bear through this letI ter for the first time of any "leprosy-'' i or "rottenness" and "rubbish" and "enmity to farmers" alleged to exist among the State administration. The General says he does not concur in these assumptions, wherein the General is very level-headed. The farmers are conscious that they j have ever constitutedjin this State the j rank and file of the Democracy "fit | for duty", and that this administrai tion, as all others, has been created by j their power, and they do not expect to [ stultify themselves by heaping abuse upon the creatures of their own. It is true that doubt is held as to the wisdom of remaining longer under a Constitution exotic and unsuited to the i genius of our people, one which was fitted to us by main force, and which would by by amendments made to suit us better. Still, the General is mightily misinformed if he thinks the farmers believe that cheating and stealing are a part of the daily occupation of gentlemen who are attending to the people's business in Columbia. No such charge could have ever been made by the wildest of grangers. So much for assumptions. As to the actions of the farmers so nn-itOti/Ml n c chfttvn liv 1U1 illlHIg 111 HIWMgilxuv.. "* ~J the Columbia Convention, the General says that they were "ill-considered ami inconsiderate, radical and unreasonable". As I recollect some of the things done there, they were such things as the proposal to recommend the abolishment of the fee bill, which was said to cost the people yearly many thousands- of dollars to the unreasonable emoluments of lawyers, and which eminent lawyers themselves had advised was a gross imposition and heavy ouruen upon ujc peopie. Then the Legislature was memorialized to perfect a better system of pub| lie roads, which certainly, it" respcctj fully brought to the attention of that j body, is not a very revolutionary proi ceeding ar destructive to the Demotratic parly. An examination was proposed to be made whether less taxation was possible. Sundry resolutk ns were passed urging fanners io | raise their supplies at home, with cotton as a surplus, persistence in which would hardly be "detrimental to all the interests of the State, and especially the agricultural". The equalization of values of taxable property was another subject considered and tn flip ?v>nsidfirfl.tion of the next Legislature, a matter of vital importance to our county specially, and which was first brought to the attention of the public, I believe, by one of our own representatives. It short, there many important and serious topics discussed, and few indeed that would have been opposed or deemed imflamrnatory in their nature by even the most conservative of Democrats. As to much that the General has to say in regard to this movement being in hostile array against any other class of citizens or a deadly thrust into the Democratic side,f the resolutions or platform presented to the Columbia Convention by Senator Talbcrt, himself a lawyer,"seconded by Thompson, of EdgeSeld, himself a doctor, advocated by Sligb, himself a preacher, and unanimously and enthusiastically adopted by the whole body of delegates, themselves admitted by the most intelligent convention of Simonpure Democrats ever assembled in South Carolica.; these resolutions, I say, too lengthy to quote with justice, are a complete reiuiuuun ui any suuu charges, and a thorough reassurance to all timid Democrats, who look for a cyclone to carry off the party whenever the wind begins to blow a little. The Convention heard gladly words of cheer from Colonel Lipscomb, an officer of the people, who unfurled "God bless you" as his motto all through his speech. Colonel Duncan, another officer, spoke and declared that nothing could keep him out?he ! was in the house of his fathers and meant to abide therein. Finally, the Governor himself was enthusiastimIIv received bv the Convention standing, when, after the body was properly organized, it was appropriate to hear him. He for one, he said, had no fear of the result of this Convention. The position that Mr. Tillman holds towards this movement may be the reason that many mistrust it. From raising Berkshire hogs on his retired farm he became suddenly tlfe prime mover of a universal uprising, whose influence has already reached beyond his commonwealth. Not being known or proven by the fire of experience, people naturally look askance upon [ him, learing lie may be either using | ins present importance v.* a *icppmg s / : stone to higher things, or, worse yet, I ! he the tool of astute men. Everv one ' ! 1.01.1 l.: , ....... /v,.;,.: .......I..I Cilll 1IUMI II I ^ W?* il U^illiUII ^/lllyV.1 ItJil^ ; "Moses", as to me I believe him to be i too pure in hi* ambition in the lirst, j too sagacious lor the second alterna] tion to be accepted. I believe his eye, . : in more senses than one, is single for . | the truf; interests of the people. His! | view maybe narrow, and he has made [ | mistakes which he himself has ae- 1 j knowledged. Certainly I will not 1 j agree with him to uproot a well \ j equipped school like the Citadel, and c I may the hand wither that attempts to t j undermine the venerable College, is j | the prayer of nearly every one who 1 loves the past glory of his mother s 1 State, and cares for her future reputation. But the tremendous growth of this movement as soon as Tillmau sounded , the note the interest aroused from Oconee to Edisto, the large assembly of picked man, the moderation of sentiment and calmness of discussion?all these show* at once it is no "one man's" afiair, that it is dependent for life upon ^ no clique, run by no machine, simply < a popular uprising throughout the c farmers of the State. For what purpose, it is called? The General thinks for no good one to be sure. But he is wrong; if there are no practical ends to be "gained of advantage to the people, it will die out as in course of nature, and can do no evil. For my part I believe the ultimate , I aims and purposes have not been and i cannot yet be shaped; circumstances * i will worthy determine their character, s ! A few thing will be accomplished, I like an agricultural college, bnt surely 1 it did not require all this turmoil to do * j that little. For my part, I believe the J | reason for this movement to be a e ! deeper one. 1 believe it exists in the : fact that it is affording a common j ground for the men of the State to j i meet for the discussion of their politi- J ! cal affairs, where a difference of \ ! opinion can be expressed withfearlessj ness, and a division be compatible ] j with safety to the State, without af- > fecting the party machinery by which 1 that safety is preserved by all as a paramount and sacred dutv to them- i - t .1 !U 1 *4|.a:.. SC1VCS, uieir uuuuren anu uieir raou. Men of our race cannot be bottled up and labeled all one thing, laid in qniet on the shelf "to be u^ed once in every j four years". The Anglo-Saxon spirit ; ferments in bondage, it is hard to hold men in for so long a stress, fears of an oxplosion have only kept the spirit down these ten years past. Hence it is that if this "Committee i of the whole" of the Democracy subserves no other end than this, perpetuating in this safeguard the party organization intact, all differences be- tween men us men being settled with- 1 out strain upon their common land of union, the party organization, it c would well be worth the active upI proval of all such pure patriots as the \ General is. r. Other questions to be before this F | "annex" doubtless, as reduction of offices where feasible, tne simpiynying ? of government machinery, tue establishment ot schools of Technology, and the like?all these aims will be of small importance compared wiih the g inestimable blessing to this state of this organization becoming, as I believe, instead of a threatened destruction to the Democratic party, the means of its purification and preservation, and hcuce the strongest safeguard for the continued peace and prosperity * of South Carolina in the hands of the Anglo-Saxon race. It this is so, there is no danger of /.loec linincr uoriiinct I llig JUIillVl ViUCO Mt * V*^U*?VV I the le^ral profession or the merchants. j Questions of this plow or that; this crop or that; whether 50 per cent, is reasonable for a merchant to expect from his leinor, or shall he look for another fifty; whether the lawyers have less brains but more sense than the farmers, or the farmers more brains but less sense; all these subjects can be safely intrusted to agricultural clubs and court house rings to solve. But if this movement becomes as it is suggested it may, political in its nature, and as I, for one, have advocated from the start, it is hoped the General may hoe out his grass in time and deem it worth his while to attend j the August meeting and see for fiimself - if the devil is reaiiy as uiacs as ne is painted. Septem. A Large Dividend in Kailroad Employees. Mr. Chuney J. Stedwell, Train Master of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cinn. and Indianapolis Ity., was said to have heid onefifth of ticket No. 7<!,244 in the Louisiana j State Lotteiy, which on May 11 drew the [capital prize of $7.1,000. May 26 he told a | Plain Dealer reporter at his residence, 152 Lake street, Cleveland, O., that "it is true that the ?15 000 drawn by the fifth of this I ticket was paid to me, but I only acted as I collector for others. The fortunate hold ors were five employees of the C. C. C. & ] I. Ivy., in my department, as follows: j II. .Johnson, brakeman, 461 Sterling ave.; j J. Lahiff, conductor, .'55 Seymour"" ave.; j Thos. Murphy, conductor, 44 Bailey st.; 1 F. Williams, conductor, 75 Delaware st; j E. Constant, brakeman. 1187 Lorain st., ] who came and urged me to attend to the . collection of the money and divide it. I forwarded the ticket to "New Orleans, and \ it'was promptly paid, and I paid each of j them $3,000. * j ;WIiut Cau lie Done. * By trving again and keeping up courage many tilings seemingly impossible may be attained. Hundreds of hopeless cases of Kidney and Liver Complaint have been . ; cured by Electric Bitters, after everything I else had been tned in vain. So "don't think th^re is no cure for you. but try ! Electric Bitters. There if no other medi cine so safe, so pure and so perfect a tfiooa Purifier. Electric Bitters will cure Dyspepsia, Diabetes and all Diseases of the Kidneys. Invaluable in affections of * Stomach and Liver, and overcome all Urinary Difficulties. Larue Bottles only 50 cts. at McMaster, Brice & Ketchin. * TIE BILL FOIll. \ I THE GRAND JURY OF FAIRFIELD County, State of South Carolina, for the year 1X8G, in examining public buildings find that the NEW HOUSE recently 4 opened by UKOKSOJiJSJL & CO., next doore to Dr. W. E. Aiken's Drue: - i Store, as a KESTAIRAAT, BAR I -ANDC BILLIARD SALOON, f found that it is neatly and properly kept, and that the proprietors do all in their power to please their customers by serving them with the best WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS ATOBACCO, and give the LARGEST MEAL and the RH;f;EST DRINK for less money than | any House in the County. Therefore, we < I ! recommend the public to patronize them. DAVY JONES, Foreman. 1 I nrrTTC! T> A "DXT? mxr b? foowd om. %t 0?a xJCLLO X iiX JkQr p. kowoU * Co * Xewapap* i i-.' VtUltlgBuro*a('W Srprae* StAwher* adi^rtiocx j wowwtt j**/ U iaart* Uc a lH KXW YOiS tsrCAPITAL PKIZE. S75.000._a; rickots only $5. Shares in Proportion. Louisiana State Lottery Company. " We do hereby certify that icr, s-upertue he arrangement* for all the Monthly and Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person roanige and control the Drafting* thermselce*, md that the same are conducted with hon sty, fairness and in good faith toicard all parties, and icc authorize the Company to ise this certificate, with the facsimiles oj our signatures attached, in its advertisements." Commissionerg. We the -undersigned Bunks and Bunkers cill pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which inay be presented at , nir counters. J. H. OGLES BY, Pres. Louisiana National Bank. J. W. KILBRETK. Pres. State National Bank. A. BALDH 5 Pres. New Orleans National Bank. Incorporated in 18G8 for 23 years by the legislature for Educational and Charitable >urposes?'with a capital of $1,out),000?to vhich a reserve fund* of over ?.j30,u0u ha> iince been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its ranchise was made a part of tiie present state Constitution adopted December 2nd, I). 187!>. The. on hi LoUe.ru er.tr voted on and en lorsecl by the pcopie of any Stuir.. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand .Singh; Number Drawing* take >lacc Monthly, ami the Kxtraordiuary )rawing* regularly every three months nKtead of Semi-Annually as heretofore, >eginning Mareh, 1SS<>. ASPL??H) OPPOKTI'MTV TO ft'Iii' A FOKTI XE. SKYENTH G K A X i> )RA\ViXG. CLASS O. IX I11E ACADEMY OF IUSIC. XEW ORLEAXs. TUESDAY, JULY i 3,1SSG?194th Mont lily Drawing. CAPITAL, PRIZE, *75,000. .00,000 Tickets at Fivo Dollars Fach. Fractions, in Fifths, in Proportion. LIST OF PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,wo 1 do do 23.000 1 rtn do !0.00!) i PHIZES OF SGtiOO 12.000 5 ill) -0(W '.0,000 [ 10 do 1 MI0 10,000 20 do 500 10,000 I 100 do 200 2'>,000 | 300 (lo 100 30.000 i 500 do 50 25.000 000 dl) 25 25,000 I AlTJCOXIMATION" 1'ltIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of ST30 f.,73o 9 do do 5S0 -1.500 9 do do 250 2,250 907 Prizes, amounting to ?2C5,500 Application for rates to clubs should be mude mly to the office or the C- mp;ti.y la New )rleans. For further information write clearly, ?lvins ; ull address. POSTAL NOTES, Express. >Ioney Oraers. or New Yo^k- Exchange la ordllary letter. Currency by Express (at our ex- I >ense) addressed M A. DAUPHIN, j>ew orieans, L>a., r at. A. DAUPHJN. Washington, D. C. Make P, 0. Money Orders payable md address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL HANK, New Orleans, La. RICHMOND & DANVILLE h\ K. SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION". SCHEDULE IX EFFECT OCTOBER 4 5 1885,?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. NO. 53, MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta 9.10 a. in. l.eave W. C. &. A. Junction 1.12 p. in. Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m. L.eave Columbia 1.32 p. m. Leave Killian's 1.58 p. m. ^eave BIytliewood 2.13 p. m L,eave Ridgeway 2.34 p. m. L,eave Simpson's 2.47 p. m. -.eave Winnsboro 3.02 p. m. ^eave White Oak 3.22 p. m. Leave Woodward's 3.43 p. m. L.eave Blackstock 3.50 p. in. L.eave Corn wall's 3.58 p. m. Leave Chester 4.15 p. in. Leave Lewis' 4.32 p. m. Leave Smith's 4.40 p. m. Leave Rock Ilill 4.56 p. m. Leave Fort Mill 5.20 p, m. Leave Pincville 5.40 p. m. irrive at Charlotte G.00 p. m Arrive at Statesville 9.35 p. m GOING SOUTHNO. 52, MAIL AND EXPRESS. L?eave Statesville ..7.45 a. ra. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. in ^eave Pineville 1.27 p. ra l<eave Fort Mill 1.44 p. m. ^eave Koek Hill 2.02 p. m. r _.eave Smith's 2.22 p. m. L,eave Lewis' 2.30 p m. ^eave Chester 2.44 p. m. ..eave Cornwall's 3.03 p. in. jeavex>ia.cK5MJCK >. i_ m. jeave "Woodward's 3.18 p. nx. jeave White Oak 3.30 p. m. Leave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. -.eave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. L.eave Ridgeway 4.16 p. ra. Lieave Blythewood 4.32 p. m. l,eave Killian's 4.4i> p. m Arrive at Columbia 5.15 p. m. jeave Columbia 5.25 p. m. Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. ni. Arrive at Augusta 0.38 p. m. Connection is now made at Chester (by rains 52 and 53) for Lancaster and internediate points on C. & C. K. li., and for ill points on C..& L. li. II. as far as Xew;on, N. 0. C W. CII EARS, Assist, G. P. A. G. R. TALCOTT, .Superintendent. D. CARD WELL. A. G. P. A. QUICK-MEAL mm mm , bate, cheaper than wood, lurable, no smoke, no ashes, 10 sooty pots, no heat. THE L1DIES ire invited to witness the .vork of this Stove. Those desiring to test its making qualifies can send a )an of biscuits, cake or bread, md in fifteen minutes see hem baked. J. H CUMMIN GS. fELSON'S HOTEL COLOMBIA, S. C. st near to business part of ;ity. 3T" Hot and Cold Batlis five to guests, lituation quiet. The only First-Class Hotel in Columbia run at $1.50 per Day.! W. n. XELSOX, Owner and Pkopp.ietor. P^h;' 1^ AVE HAVE THE PL W S Of introducing to the peon W n and County the most popular uY ^33 And we n cjur-st ai 1 exanijnjit:i! 11 jiasOTnjf worn, especially in the collar. E-BJB The celebrated F and C Co!la by us, once examined will make J. 31. BEA BlZ IS B5SOS* 1^' A >"25 SEK THE B OX THK COS 3 o 8 ? . If1 GIVE US A CALL. Q. D. Wi THIS IS TH EVERYBODY?BIG, AND YOl Should buy their DRY GOOD! UNDERWEAR and STRAW H I). A. HEN Why? Bccausc this is the last goods AT COST. REGISTERl FROM? T o a ,rr jL. QxxjVi L TO THE PI IjPir5 Attention is called to my DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, 1 GENTS' FURNISHING GOOD [jpjgT'My Store is being tilled eve?} OF GOODS, which will be sold a: They are considered the CHEA earl}' inspection is solicited. r / \ T" lAJkj MAGNOLIA" BAMS~r| HA(i\OUA HAIS. FRESH AXD CHEAP. \ H MACKEREL, MACKEREL, j 0 FROM NO. 1 TO NO. :5. j p? We also keep constantly on hand the hot l^froj FLOUR. CORN, MEAL, |thofr iJUCKWHEAT, WHEATIiKAX, |th<5tI SY IiUI* AND LIME. ' u OGBURN'S FIRST GRADE Bunion CHEWING TOBACCO. feet co clso fcii CHEAP FOR CASH. | McCARLEY & CO. " : Lu''\v MONEY TO LEND. ; a.-libl T . ; nica i X sums of from 5309 to ?.">,000 on Fair-1 Tarra County farm lands. c?>ain< Ai'ply l>y~ letter to |v J. ALLEN" TOBIN, | u " jj AoI2l\t? Barnwell C. II., S. C. j Ma; ' ?ma??3? rs ami (J tiffs sold Jffi ia lastingimpres- 555 J TV & BIIO. . JULf ? BIZ. KST POILAR miRT i v v T? "V 'an x ~ a. ^ J? jbl * Q HH S )-2 r-= Ua feoatf g r< 3 2 > ?5 & ? 1 I o | umu ^ LLIFORD & CO. | E WEEK ' LITTLE, OLD r jjsct 3, NOTIONS, SHOES, ATS irom DRIX. s week he will offer you CD DOTS JELS. JBL1C. IMMENSE STOCK o I ATS, SHOES AND S. day with THE BEST t REGULAR PRICES. PEST in Town. An IS SAMUELS parker's fihihair balsam (?a the popular favorite for dressing IKSthe hair, Restoring color when Ti ^ rarffnm" preventing Dandruff. cleanses the scalp, stops tho jJH ?H& hair falling, and is sure to please. i?L?i SM Wc.a^d8i-<x) at Druggists. :hc best Cor.gh Cure yon can nse, Jjjft he best preventive known for Consumption. It gm8 bodily ?:id all disorders of the Stomach, Lane, Liver, Kidneys. 1'rinary Organs and j&q ;r.ialo Complaints. The feeble and sick, strug. t38j against di.?.ase, ar.d slowly drifting towards rave, will In most eases recover their health b7 I M siely uso of I'akeee's Toxic, but delay is dan* ? is. Take it in time. Sold by all Druggists in JH bottles at S LOO. M IftDERCORNS J afest, surest, quickest and best cure for Corns^ s. Warts, Moles, Callouses,<?c. Hinderstheir fur* owth. Stopsallpain. Givesnotroubre. JJalct-sthe XjfiS nifortablc. Jlindcrcorns cures Yriie!i everything J 1| is. Sold by Druggists at 15c, Jliscox& Co., 1<. xT.4 BLUE CASTILE SOAP ! / *0. I VOIiY SOAP, EXTiyfcT JJest Teas, (itun Camphor, Ine Ink, C'rabb's Eye, Buckley's ArS;iiw. Syrun of 11 ypopIi^Tplntes, nt's A:>j>rriHnt, Eye Lofion, Coir, Toothache Drops, 13est Jpota.>h and rushing or making soaix and many goods in our line just rdc-Hved. IcMASTElt, BRICE ^KETCllIX. / 0 i