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i i in i i TEE NEWS AND HEEALD. WDTCSBORO, s. c. p ii WEDXE8DAT, AUGUST 31, : : 1S87. 6 M. M. RA.GSnj.LS, ) C v Sditoxs. W. Z. XcnOXJLZD, f I - i "Ev^mvAVD Ward expresses the j opinion that Ives is a "jim-dandy." ^ Jaxes -Russell Lowell is writing i a life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Thus J does he get even with the family of the 1 man who interviewed him. ( The sectional bitterness of Repabli- < can politicians?the party has lost its j breed of statesmen?is what has made , CrtnfhAm states certainly Demo- ] WUC> VJVUVMV cratic. ' ^?i? Governor Foraker, with a fine smile, protests that it is an error to believe that there was anything halfhearted about the endorsement of Sherman by the Ohio Republicans. The Pennsylvania platform is a proclamation to the American people that they can expect no relief whatAlthough President Cleveland has traveled less than most men who hare reached his years and have had his experience in public affairs, he promises to make a good record as a tourist before the year is over. Katkoff, the great Russian editor, onee uttered the profound sentiment that Russia was made for the Russians and America was made for the Americans. That is where Katkoff showed his ignorance of America. The fact that England is now a Liberal country and that the Tory Ministry has become a minority Cabinet is settled beyond question in the mind of every intelligent observer of British Parliamentary affairs. The same want of confidence continues, that has existed, does exist and will exist in the future. The handling1 of "other people's money" resembles, in many rospects, the handling of pitch, which is liable to stick one's finsrers. Iuish sentiment regarding the suppression of the Land League is expressed ty Archbishop "Walsh in the statement that he "cannot conccive of any act of authority more directly calculated to plunge Ireland in confusion and anarev." A Harvard professor ran through the streats of a Connecticut town a few days ago in haste to catch a train. He came very near being arrested for a lunatic. If he had been a messenger boy he would doubtless have been : taken to an asylum at once. ; According to a foreign theosophical J journal, length of life is determined hv 'will rf <i man- mjitpa nn his WW? "" iiljft 18 flV6lajyjiUiUilv. it isinhis power to escape death. This, of coarse, does not apply to a man who eats too much cake colored with chrome yellow. Mb. E. Beery "Wall was refused admittance recently to the ball-room of the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga * ?- * ? ^ oecanse ue wore a uicus ou??. w nuvut tails?the latest English freak. Mr. ] Wall can appreciate now the trials of < Dr. Mary Walker and Oscar Wilde in < advocating reform in dress. < Iris considered remarkable by the J Chicago Herald that the New York Tribune should expend its editorial ( wonaer on a Bnfiklo physician who < brought a patient back to life "after | he had been dead some hours," while >? the Tribune itself is regularly engaged in trying to revive political issues that have been dead some years. The Inter-State Extradition Convention has adopted a code of rales which will greatly facilitate uuiformity of proceedings by the executive officers of the States, which were parties to the conference. The conclusion to frame a bill lor presentation to Conj" /?t TTT k1 />v? TTTll 1 ko )^IC38 IB UUC IUC Ui&tlk v?* niuvu nu> ?v much discussed and may be considered open to doabt; bat of the advantages of the course adopted as to the similarity of State procedures there is no dispute. Unsayobt details as to the career of General Tattle are being brought to light every week in consequence of his idiotic attack upon President Cleveland. The charge that he seized valuable lots of cotton while stationed at Vicksburg and blackmailed the owners he has never thought it worth I while to deny. Now it is alleged that he allowed his regiment to despoil Mc- i Dowell's Medical College at St Louis. I Will General Tattle never deem it ? necessary to try to defend himself, or J doesn't he mind being called a thief y and a plunderer? y Bank Smashers. ( There is something almost deplora- 1 ble in the number of bank defaulters < that our country is producing in this t generation. Heretofore the trouble has been for the most i art confined to J the great cities of the North, but the ' contagious force of an evil example is 1 being felt everywhere. The Sumter i case brings the thing home tc us. t * There ought to be a remedy for the s evil somewhere, and there is one. We must nave * new enraumun ireaiy ? with Canada, which shall enable us to f reach the bank-wrecker and bring him s back to his proper place at the peni- s tentiary. t ?: There is another matter in connec- t tion with the Sumter case which de- c serves comment. From the reports ? which were sent out from that place f to various newspapers, we gather the inference that the directors of the h bank knew sometime ago that Bartlett ii was a defaulter, and notwithstanding c this they retained him in his position g ui ltuov iw xmuuic, ?uu YYAIU CVWV * opportunity to steal, other people's o money. If this is true, the directors ? are as culpable as Bartlctt, the fngi- o tire from justice. ti Evading: the Law. The Inter-State Commerce law exressly prohibits railroads from charg3g more for a shorter than for a longr haul oyer the same line. That is, hey are not allowed, for example, to barge more for hauling goods from ( trt Winnsboro than they ( UVUUivwu . . tave for hauling the same goods from ): Richmond to Columbia?manifestly a 'ery just provision. But we are cred- 1 tably informed that the Richmond & Danville Company are secretly evadng the law. It is said that the tariff >n sixth class goods from Richmond md Lynchburg to Winnsboro is now J7 cents per 100 pounds, and that the ariff on the same class of goods to Augusta, Ga., over the same line, and much the longer haul, is only 23 cents. This matter deserves investigation. The task of keeping up with the railroad companies is not going to be a very easy one, but it is one that must be looked after. The people must watch; they may look out for secret 'combinations," "rebates" and all sorts of rascality. The law will become a dead letter unless it is promptly and energetically enforced. that "protection" is a divine law and the declaration is calculated to take the breath of virtuously inclined people. "We have seen a great many hard XL! -1- Knt LUIili^S litiU ?tt IliC XCUli Vi uiriiuvj , i/ui this is "the most unkindest cut of all." Protection that plunders the money to enrich the few; protection that creates and sustains monopolies, and that fastens upon the masses of the people a system of industrial servi1 J 1 J" ?VvA L AMM lUae--aiJU Uiai 15 wuai UUL wuicui^vr rary would call a divine law. We entertain quite other notions of divinity. We hold that protection is not only not a divine law, but that it exists in wicked defiance of divine law, and for this reason must and shall be swept away. How can the advocates of protection, who claim the sanction of divinity for th6ir creed, if loT7lOC T1TVM1 jUObUJ IUV UlUUkV Ifuivu aw i aw the half paid toiler of the field, who has nothing in common with factories, and upon the pauper and mendicant who begs his pittance from the passerby? Will our contemporary answer this? We claim that the world in its slow progress from barbarism to civilization is moving on to the doctrine of free trade?to the law of equal freedom?which is the very antithesis of protection, which is a fundamental principle of ethical science, and which Grotius has called with classic precision the Jure divino. Protection and Labor. The principal cry of the protection ists in this country against free trade is that it will bring a great calamity on the laboring classes. Their benevolence is always exercised on account of the laboring man, especially is this the case aboat the time of a general election. They would have the country believe that the tariff laws exist for the sole benefit of American labor; their generous solicitude is calculated to excite the wonder, if not the admiration of mankind. But unfortunately for their virtuous professions, there is another side to the question which shows that the protectionist is capable of preaching ane gospel in public and of practising luite another in private. Mr. Powieriy, who is presumed to know the condition of the working classes in this country and practices of their employers, has recently said in a careful iiscussion of the subject that "the individual employer aarujy eiisiu 10* lay, and that legal entity, the joint stock corporation, is practically passing away. The 'combinations,' 'pools' md 'trusts' of manufacturers are becoming the fashion in the industrial world. This means simply a confed oration of employers to raise the prices >f articles of ordinary consumption 3y means of curtailing their produc:ion. It does not mean the raising of wages even in the industries affected, jut less work and less pay, and workmen generally suffer in proportion to iiis artificial restriction of produc;ion, for they are the largest consumes in society and spend the greater ?art of their incomes in mere subsis:ence. It means a deterioration of the >vageworker socially and industrially." Thus is the hypocrisy of the protecionists exposed. "We repeat again on lie authority of the head of organized abor in this country, that the gospel >f the protectionists brings no salvaion to labor. The "Horncraadits"Creed Again. It is needless to argue with one who s not open to conviction. This truth las passed into an aphorism. Our :steemed contemporary, the Charlotte Komet, argued heretofore that notwithstanding certain advantages which ve enjoy over England for the manu acture 01 cotton laorics, tnat mat sounery, by reason of its "pauper abor," would destroy our "infant iniustries" were it not for our protecive tariff. Now, afterwards, in its issue of August 22, the Hornet agrees with us, 'that competition and monopolies lave combined both in England and n this country t? drive wages down o the low water mark of a bare subistance." Then by the Hornet's own admision the question of labor is eliminated rom the problem since "a bare sub istence" in reai terms must mean the ame thing in England that it does in his country. All the profits, then, of he factory go down into the pockets >f capitalists. The Hornet has knocked he last prop from under its tottering abric. But onr contemporary thinks that it tas settled the whole issue by showing that "England has been importing ottonand shipping us manufactured oods, notwithstanding the tariff." 1 5ut even this argument from an ac- ; omplished fact wjll not bear a logical i cruliney. It seems never to have . ccured to the Hornet that the fact tiat England can come and haul our : I i :ottom three thousand iniles ana man- ; lfacture it for ns may result from that ^ ibnormal condition of affairs brought < ibout by the "tariff plunder" which <* :he Hornet so much extolls. 1 Let the Chinese wall which the folly j jf onr people has erected around our 1 commerce be battered down so that 3 the nations of the earth may come < with their products to exchange |for ours; let trade become normal; llet < the law of supply and demand have , unrestricted play, and the Eornet will learn that there is a virtue iu | freedom that the narrow dogmas of its ecomic creed have hitherto obscured. The Jones Case. R. T. Jones killed Edward Presslev. Sr., and his two sons, Charles Pressley and Edward Pressley, Jr., and was indicted for the triple murder. Upon his trial for the murder of Edward Pressly, Sr., he was convicted of manslanghter and sentenced to thirty vears, mi ?of ill J in the penitentiary, .mere tvwtouu, two indictments for murder against j him when he was tried and convicted, but he was ordered to be discharged from custody, as to these indictments, because he was not tried at the second term of Court after the cemmitment. When, at the last term oi Court, the two- wfa-ioa ?all?d, the counsel for Jones raised the point thai ha was in the same Wallace tod bsen a^m^Ju^Yeshad been improperly kept on the docket. - ft. e intents to give out new bills in the cases, it is said, and the defence insist thar this cannot be done. The ' * ~ ? XL. appeal to tne supreme uourt siavs tne execution of the sentence in the case of Presslev, Sr., and, if Jones can get i a new trial and then secure an acquittal, he will go free absolutely according to the theory of his counsel.?News and Courier. The theory of his counsel is without the foundation of law. The Statute provides that "if any person committed for treason or felony, etc., upon his prayer or petition in open Court 011 the first week of the term to be brought to trial, shall not be indicted sometime in the next term after such commitment, shall, upon motion, etc., be set at liberty upon bail unless it appear to the Court upon oath that the witnesses for the State could not be produced the same term; and if any person committed as aforesaid, upon his prayer or petition in open Court, the first week of the term, to be brought to trial, shall not be indicted and tned the second term after his commitment, or upon his trial shall be acquitted, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment." This section of the habeas corpus act was intended simply to prevent the indefinite imprisonment of parties charged with non-bailable offences. To be entitled to the benefit of this section the accused mast have exhibited the diligence which the section imposes. If, for example, he neglects at the first term to exhibit his petition to be brought to trial, he will not be entitled to his absolute discharge at the second term, nor will he be entitled to this if the continuance at the first term is had on account of the absonco of tho State's witnesoes?for a more powerful reason, he will not be entitled to it if the continuance is had on his own motion at either term. Before the accused shall be entitled to this absoluta discharge he must have exhibited bis petition to be brought to trial at two successive terms of the Court after his incarceration, and the law imposes upon the judge the imperative duty of discharging him unless it appears upon oath, etc., that "the witnesses for the State could not be produced at the same term." This interpretation is borne out by the sollowing section of the Act, which provides?"that if the accused shall neglect for two two terms to apply for habeas corpus for his enlargement, that he shall not be entitled to the writ in vacation time." In order to entitle the accused to his discharge on account of delay in bringing the trial the State must be at fault. ?Hard on Habeas Corpus, p, 445; 2 Bay, 563. The striking of the cases from the docket does not amount to anything; they may be restored, or he may be indicted again. Even if an order has been passed discharging the defendant in these cases it is no bar. The facts of Jones's case do not entitle him to the extraordinary remedy which the law providas. Some Disgruntled Xewsp&pers. The newspapers of New York are wont to call themselves the guardians of the rights of the people. It may well be asked to-day whether they are not most dangerous enemies. To the constitutional liberty of citizens and to the honesty and purity of thejudiciaw Thppp. hftR hepn nothing" more scandalous in the history of the New York press than the almost criminal ignorance and prejudice displayed in their comments on the stay granted by Justice Potter in the case of Jacob Sharp. It may well cause comment when the Star is the only newspaper in New York that has had the courage to discuss the trial and conviction of Mr. Sharp with impartiality, honesty and intelligence. We have maintained from the first that Mr. Sharp should have the rights and privileges which the law allows every citizen and no more. An honest and capable judge has now shown that he is not to be swerved from his duty by popular prejudice, newspaper clamor or open threats. It is not a matter of surprise to us, because we have always held that he could not well do otherwise, but it has thrown our contemporaries into a state of fury which would be amusing if it were not disgraceful. It is well known that nine-tenths of the best lawyers in the city have exr?roccp/? thf? nninion that there have been grave errors in the rulings of Jadge Barrett. 'This being the case, i let us examine the criticisms to which 1 Jadge Potter has been subjected by fche laymen of the press because he has chosen to coincide with the intel. J ligence of the bar. The Sun has a j short but dignified article, to which J I r*Q n ho fovon tilo i LllUC UUjCVUUU \A?U wv . , Tribune, after bewailing the anfortu- J J aate decision of Judge Potter, says \ . i * - - ? ' * ' *? - ^--3 I hat "Sharp was triea uy a juugo ivhose experience upon the l>ench has >ccupied twenty-five years c f his life, md who in all that time :aas never c tnown what it was to have { , criminal iudgment reversed." It ther. proceeds svith a eulogy of Judge Barrett whicii t is so unctuous that we must infer thit i the Tribune regards him as infallible. t We know of no reason for ranking Judge Barrett above a do sen othjr justices of the Supreme Court, atd until his opinions are shown to be tfce ^ resuu 01 uiviuc luopiuuvu have to be questioned likes tuoseof t other men. The Times insinuates thai it woiid e be indecent to assume that .1 udge Ptt- t ter was not actuated by he punst j motives, and adds that if his acti#n { has resulted in a mockery of just.ce i that is not his fault. It suggests t&t i in some communities lynching migit ( be regarded as the proper :hing, aid ' fnww on makes this r?marka:le j statement: j After the defendant has been cavicted, if one judge out of thirty ad can be pursuaded that the ot her ju^e, of equal authority and squivalnt jurisdiction, who tried the cause, las made a mistake in any of t ie numrous rulings that he is called uporto testify testimony in his favor, the 1 this on? viction, so difficult to attain, goesfbr nothinor. anrl the work nf hiincrin?*fif> man to justice has to be beg an allo^er 5 again, if in the mean time the mn has not prudently run away. Mr. Sharp's conviction does notgo for nothing, as we presume the Tites must know. Its statement is simpba perversion of the facts, for iv can hadly be possible that the TLv-es can -e guilty of such culpable ignorance. "We are not accustomed to looker honesty and imnarfialitv in ftifi Wnrti.. , ^ ?,, and we are not surprised to find it , casting slurs at Judge Potter's abiiiy ; and uprightness. He is condemned & : au obscure country judge, a failing | which he shares with the most aHe . jurists who have sat in the Court ?f J Appeals. The World, as vras to fe ftrnpf.fpd. enpq t'nrf.hpr than th#> nthfi* papers, and hints what it dare xki ' assert, that the wealth of tha prisonei was instrumental in securing the stay. | The Herald is not surprised at Judge Potter's decisiou. Its claim that M.\ Sharp's testimony before the Senate investigating committee was proper evidence we discuss in another plac3. The evening papers, we are glad \o state, exhibit more moderation and intelligence than their morning con temporaries, j&ven tne uommerciai Advertiser, which has been asserting vehemently- that Judge Potter could find no excuse for granting a stay, expresses its grief with a prcper show of moderation, and says that the fate of any one man is of little importance compared with the danger that our process threatens if justice shonld be affected by clamor or outside dictation. But view the question as we may, it is well that Governor Hill has conven ed an extra term of the Soglfmel Court. "Wiiether Juage " Judge Potter is at fault, there is no reason why the points at issue affecting Mr. Sharp should not be decided as speedily as possible.?JV. Y. Star. A MONUMEXTTO GOVERNOR PEEET. (GrecnxiUe News.) A handsome and imposing monument has been erected over the grave of ex-Gevernor Benjamin Franklin Perry in the cemetery of Christ Episcopal church, in this city. The monument is of a design, chaste and beautiful and befitting the character of the noble patriot and statesman, whose mo.rvn-vi.TT if Toill winjmpmftrftfe. Tfc UigiUN/l J AV nm VV*?M.vm.v.mvv. stands in the southeast corner of the family burying lot, rising to a height of twenty feet from the grass sod at its feet. The monument is of Barre granite. It consists of three bases, supporting a die, upon which rests a cap, from which in turn rises the pyramidal spire. The lower base is plain. On the western face of the second base is the name "Perry," sculptured in bold letters in relief" There are no other inscriptions on the bases. ~ * " " iL. un eacn or me iour iaces 01 ujc uie are raised tablets on the polished face of which are lettered the inscriptions. The western face contains the following:. In memory of Benj, Franklin Peert, Born November 20, 1805. Died Decembers, 1886. On the opposite face of the die appears the following inscription: District Judge and District Attorney of tha Southern Confederacy. State Senator and Provisional Governor of South Carolina and United States oenator elect. On the southern tablet are the words, "The world is better that he lived," and on the northern side, "Safe in the keeping of everlasting love." The shaft that rises from the cap of the die is plain, except that on the ; western face is an artistic monogram of the letters "B. F. P." comprising ' the Governor's initials. Tbe whole effect of the monnment ( is impressive. It stands next to the : grave of the young daughter of Gov- , ernor and Mrs. Perry, and the con- ' trast thus brought to pass between the sturdy statesman, dead in the ripeness , of an honored old age, and the maiden J taken in the flower of youth and loveliness, heightens the impressiveness of the solid granite shalt. ( Lucky Boston. i At the last drawing of the Louisiana : State Lottery held in New Orleans June 14, New England was especially favored f by the blind goddess, as parts of both the I second grand prize of ?i00,000 and of the y fourth prize of 325,000, as well as a great ? number of smaller prizes, were drawn by ! tickets held in Maine and Massachusetts. Mr. A. B. Clark and Mr. R. J. Tuffin, of I \ this city, each held a portion of the ticket J that drew the fourth grand prize, and each < are correspondingly elated.?Bottoa Cau-JM rier, July 2. . The Verdict Unanimous. "W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Inu teg. j tifies: "I can recommend Electric [sitters as the very best remedy. Everyn>ottle ' sold has given relief in every easel one i man took six bottles, and was cuf|.e(j 0f ( Rheumatism 01 ten years surname." ' Abraham Hare, Druggist, Bellville q^'0 : affirms: "The best selling medicinefj jjavg iver handled in my twenty yearsfl eXD . 1 rience, is Electric Bitters." lhous?n(j3^f I others have added their testimony,jso that ] the verdict is unanimous that Elecf^c Bit- 1 ters do cure all diseases of the Liv?r xid- i neys or Blood. Only a half dollar^ bottle 1 it McMaster, Brice & Ketchin'i. Drue 1 Store. * ( L I A. TRIP TO TEXAS. NUMBER TWELVE. j The city of Sherman, th2 county seat i if Grayson county, is well laid out vith good, wide streets, a number of vhich arc ornamented by nice shade rees; the silver maple predominatng, as it is a much prettier tree thau he Umbrella China or Elm, both of vhich ycu also see here. It is located m high, rolling laud, which gives it latural drainage, nature thus com)ining with art to make it a pretty )lace. A population estimated at ,welve thousand, the last census giving t ten, here finds active and lucrative imployment, and has gathered around hem all the modern city itnproveneuts, such as street cars, electric ights, gas, water works, etc. By an ^lightened ana Jioerai poncy iuuy lave induced three railroad companies to locate their lines through 'he >ity, thu3 giving them competitive ates to all points North, South, East, >r West, by which to ship their grain, iay, live stock and cotton, as weli as mabling them to land goods at the nimimum sum, and last, but not least, 1: nn,n|? secure to me iraveuug [mum, aui^v md comfortable accommodation, oolite attention and cheap fare, tickets selling at three cents a mile for lirst;Iass, two and one-half for second class passage. The manufacturing interests ;oneJst of four large Hour mills, threo ;orn mills, several foundries, round .iouse and machine shops of one or more railroads, cotton compresses, ice factories and a cotton gin, which is ilso an oil mill, said to be the largest pn in the world, turning out daily two huudred bales of cotton. This furnishes employment to a large force, md during our stay the puff, pulf of ihe engine did not cease day nor night, except the Sabbath. The public buildings are substantially built of brick ofn-na ovp finft snpeimens of A1JU OUVUVf "i'vi architectural beauty. The most noticeable of these is the'Court-house, in the centre of the square, two hotels, the Dpera house and two public school buildings. The last named deserve more than simply a passing- notice. Both are large, three-storv brick buildins, planned by an experienced aud capable architect, and ornamented with galvanized iron trimmings, made right in the city. A sight of these enables one to forgive the seeming Willi VYU1V/U IUV/ c* f points them out, for they are trulymagnificent. These, together with Austin College for young men, Slierman Female Institute and Female College, Prof. La Tellier's school for boys and girls, and the academy under the control of the Catholic Church, gives this the name of the city of schools. It was our good fortune as well as pleasure to form the acquaintance of a number of the solid, sub stantial business men of this city. In order that oar friends maykuow who to write in case they^should ever wish to do so,we will give the names of some of these: J. P. Gei*en, who has the honor of being the lord mayor of the city; Lewis <fc Evins, real estate dealers; James Harrison, of the firm of Pittman, Harrison & Co., the largest grain dealers in North Texas; Roberts, JIardwicke & Taylor, hardware deal ers, all three of whom are fine gentlemen, and showed us considerable attention, for which we are grateful. A. F. Goode, Profs. J. C. Edmunds and Wharton, of the Austin College; Tom Randolph, the boy president of the Merchants' and Planters' Bank, who was made cashier before reaching his maturity, and had to have his dis-kv-an act-?the Legislature: R. A. Chapman, vice-" president of the same concern; Capt. R. J. Cunningham, fromj Liberty Hill, of this State, holds the position of county treasurer. From his books was obtained the following information: Grayson county has an area of 960 square miles, with a population of 50,000. Horses and mules 16,763; cattle 45,607; sheep 16,44; goats 518: hogs 25,217. The county is out of debt, pays as it goes and the taxes for all purposes are eight and one-half mills, or less than one per cent. Being accustomed for several years to go behind the ventures in our own county we compared the returns as shown by the books with the prices asked us for land as a purchaser. We found the asking price to be about three times the amount on which taxes was paid. From our limited observation, we would say that the tax valuation is about one-half of the true value. The real estate dealers gave us a ride every day into the country, assuring us that it made no difference whether we made a purchase or not, as they were anxious to let strangers sec their country. About one-third of the country stands in original woods, consisting of oak, hickory, elm, ash, pecan and other timber, the remainder being rolling prairie. The farms were well tilled by v^hite labor and devoted mainly to grain and grass, those nearest the city having a considerable area devoted to frait. We noticed one orchard of twenty-five acres, which was all the land owned by the proprietor, who made a support for self and family by cultivating the spaces between the trees and from the sale of his fruit. The owner of one farm wishing to show us his wheal: wr\ f*r-rr\ riAOfc Otul Ctoivl UC1U JJUiiUU U [J HYV ^VOtOj uuu oiuuu ing on one while his hired man stood on the other thus pressing down the wires, invited us to drive in. We were driving two horses, and taking the old gentleman in, wc drove right over and through this wheat field of one hundred and sixty acres. A better idea of the fertility and beauty of these fields can be given the reader by simply stating that they have yielded the present season, of wheat twenty-five bushels, some fields giving forty-two per acre, oats seventy-five to eighty-five bushels. Corn is estimated at from forty to fifty, and cotton at one bale per acre. We noticed that rv?l\r email nrpas wprfi nlailted in cotton, and asked a renter why this was so. The reply was that more cotton ' wonld compel! them to stop the children from school. But we have finished the work which we had in view, and not wishing to abuse the hospitality so freely extended, we a?;ain bid adieu to our new made friends some of whom actually go with us to the depot, and set our face homeward. Upon application at the railroad office, [ am informed that the inter-State commerce bill will prevent me trom jetting a through ticket. "We buy as for. ooof oo vco ran hv VtiV of Houston, Sfew Orleans, Birmingham md Atlanta, and make oar way to Carolina. The fields of sugar-cane, rice and irrigated corn of Louisiana, is well a* the cities; above-mentioned, might each form the basis of a commutiicatmnj but these letters have already lenstffensd out beyond our intention ^expectation, we having no idea of ^writing a book." And now kind readers our talk is done, in.uiiat manuer it is for you to say.' We have mentioned many ^things which perhaps in themselves sound trivial, but which appeared to us to be necessary, in order to give a true pen picture of of the country and its people. We have written" without fear, favor or hope of reward, and with the desire I of inducing no man to leave the old , State which we all love so dearly, the mention of whose will ever fill us* with - TTT-*1_ L | the tenderest emotions. ? na regret fvc sever the lies of friendship which iave been cemented by an intercourse )f more than twenty years, and go g??m?QMBcnroca?ggmjBiiBf forth to seek social, religious and educational advantages without which life is but a burden, and which we can in the old home no longer enjoy. "With a sigh fur those who love me, And a smile for those who hate; And whatever sky is above me, With a heart for every fate." We bid yon, Messrs. Editors, aud your readers, a fond and affectionate adieu. j. v. OUK EXCHANGES. (J[anning Times.) Fred Scott, colored, was tried on Monday for failure to do road work, and fined five dollars, lie p'.ead as an excuse that he was a Bishop of the Free Will Baptist Church, but the justice and a theological expert faiicd to recall any such office in that denomination. Several other parties were arraigned for this offence, but they were acquitted for the reason that they were not properly warned. (Pee Dee Index.) So far no complaint has been made of boll worms or caterpillars in this | county. In Sumter, Jiamptou, urange- | barg and perhaps other countics these J enemies ot the cotton plant have made their appearance. It is to be sincerely hoped that Marion will cscape the ravages of these vermin. While the buik of the crop is already made still there is time for the cotton to make and mature a good deal more, which, with favorable conditions, it will do. ( Aiken Recorder.) On Sunday morning the dead body of a negro man who was identified as Primus Wright, of Hamburg, was found lying on the south side of the South Carolina Jiailroad track, a few hundred yards on the west side of Horse Creek, by persons on a Sunday fishing excursion from Augusta. The railroad authorities were quickly notified and a special engine and car was sent to Graniteville for the coronerHe was carried to the place and an inquest held, when the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by being struck by the pilet of a nnesanffni- nncrinr> TcViilf Ivincr on the -J-~0 I track, and exonerated the railroad ; company from all blame. Wright's head was split in twain, and the body was found lying within two feet of the rail. The body was taken to Hamburg, where a "large crowd of negro friends soon gathered. It is though!, by raauy that Wright was murdered with an "axe or some heavy instrument and then laid near the track in order to create the impression that his death was caused by the train. The truth of this theory will probably never be known. (Edgefield Monitor.) "While a night meeting was going on at Sardis Church, near Sit. Willing, on Thursday night, a thunderstorm came up and a mule belonging to Mr. Joel Minick, which was hitched to a tree near church, was struck by lightning ai:d killed. Mr. M. M. Ilolston, who was sitting at one ef the windows of the cnarch, was slightly burned on the neck by a current of the fluid. (Edgefield Chronicle.) 'On "Wednesday, our Clerk of Court received from Judge "Wallace the order admitting Jones to bail?in the sum of ten thousand dollars?with not less than two nor more than four sore sureties. We are willing to believe that Judge Wallace has done the best he could under the law. We suppose Jones can give the bond. The sureties are to justify in twice the sum. The law by which such a murderer as Jones goes at large, ought to be amended as soon as possible, to meet such cases. And here will be a bond which it wouldJbeJbppve our "grsfrtrjary or a "ftpAo.iafccommittee" io' look narrowly ialo?very narrowly. (Yorkvdlc Enquirer.) For some time past Inteudant O'Leary and a number of other citizens have been obtaining information in regard to the expediency of providing a system of water works for Yorkville. An estimate has been received from a contractor putting the cost of suitable works at a sum not exceeding $7,000. This estimate includes 6,600 feet of four-inch pipe, a steam pump, tank, hydrants for ?re purhoses, ctc. The matter will be canvassed with the view of ascertaining what steps are necessary to ensure the success of the enterprise. (Sumter Advance.) The true way to build up a town is to talk it up and not talk it down. Then pationize everything at home conrlinrr alirrtarl TllPn flH xuoi^au vi uviiu4i<Q MMWU ? vertise liberally the advantages you have to offer. Give your local papers all the work you have to do. Most of our merchants are now in the markets, laying in their supplies, and now is the time to plant advertisements, so as to attract the attention of the people, and start the volume of trade this way as early in the season as possible. Starting in time will do o arcai- /IaoI c p*v**v %*vw* liliil lf?f POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the ; multitude of low test, short weight alum ! or phosphate powders. Hold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co., 10G Wall St., N. Y. bold by McMaster, Brice & Ketchin, Grocers. ilchSfxly TIT! A_ 100 LBS. HYSON TEA,' J BOUGHT FAVORABLY, AND OF- 1 * FERED FOR SALE AT50c., <50c., i 70c. AND 80c. PER POUND. ] ALSO, < 10 ISS. POULTKY F0WD3E, 1 IN BULK, AT FIVE CENTS AN OUNCE, AT THE DRUG STORE OF W. E. AIKEX. 2 ??BBMBH?aMMMB B3Q?MBCaug I rm JD ATemWeSrecalOgsralioa j A FATAL MISTAKE. I ! a The Cleveland (Ohio) Fress, ? of February 23d, 1883, pub- i? listed an account of a fatal j 6 surgical operation which caused J a great commotion among med- iSl ical men throughout the whole i country, Dr. Thayer, the most ; eminent surgeon in Cleveland, j pronouncing it scandalous. It j appears tliat a Mrs. Xing Lad | been suffering for many years j ^ from some disease of the stom- j ? UC1I. YVUUUU HcIU. XW131UI CJJLU I ,j I treatment of all the physicians . in attendance. The disease c commenced with a slight de- ; rangement of the digestion, I with a poor appetite, followed ! ^ by a peculiar indescribable dis- i tress in the stomach, a feeling l that has been described as a faint "all gone" sensation, a J sticky slime collecting about --i? x?-l"L ??? .j n me tee tu, causixj^ ii able taste. This sensation, was not removed by food, but, on 1 the contrary, it was -increased. 1 ** 1 After a while the hands and J feet became cold and sticky? ? a cold perspiration. There was a constant tired and lan- i guid feeling. Then followed a J dreadful nervousness, with gloomy forebodings. Finally the patient was unable to retain any food whatever, and there was constant pain in the abdomen. All prescribed remedies failing to give relief, a consultation was held, when it was decided that the patient had a cancer in the stomach, and in order to save th e patient's life an operation was justin- ? * "?* 1? - - j-1- - c\o.i i a Die. iiccoramgiy, on mo zzu i c of February, 1883, the opera- c ticn was performed by Dr. \ Vance in the pres nee o? Dr. I Tuckermaa, Dr. Ferrier, Dr. j Arms, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Capner, 0 and Dr. Ilnlliweli of the Police Board. The operation consist- 1 ed in laying open tlio cavity of the abdomen and exposing , the stomnch and bowels. When a this had been done an oxamin- \ ation of the organs \v:& made, 1 7 Cl but to the horror a:id dismay of the doctors there was no cancer to be found. The pa- i tient did not bav? a cancer, o VvLeu itx? t.li-0 judical men J discovered that they had made , a terrible mistake; but they ' sewed the parts together and dressed the wound that they had made, bnt the poor woman 1 sank from exhaustion and died in a few hours. How sad it i must be for the Lusbsnu of tliis 1 poor woman to know that Lis wife died from the eirecls of a surgical operation that ought 1 never to have been performed, i If this woman had taken the proper remedy for Dyspepsia T and Kervous Prostration (for , this was what the disease really 1 was), she would have been living to-day. Shaker Extract of i Hoots, or Seigel's Curative 1 Syrup, a remedy raade ex- T T" *i r pressiy lor jjyspepsia or mai- i ^estion, lias restored many such eases to perfect health after all I other kinds of treatment have a failed. The evidence of its S efficacy in curing this class of b cases is too voluminous to be e published here; but those who ? read the published evidence in si favor of this dyspeptic? remedy a do not question its convincing n - i P nature, ctn-.l tL; article lias an extend v. | MEvV 1 EEIV4LS 1 U .J i ?AT? D S. S. WOLFE'S. r i ! \\J & carry the largest stock of Teas in { u the place, ajicl sell at low figures. Coffees and Sugars, at prices not to be i undersold. Rice, flour, Grits, Meal, New Orleans and West India Syrups. Just opened, the very finest Lemons. CANNED GOODS. Salmon, Sardines and Lobsters and Oysters. We have Three-Pound Cans Boast Beef, large and small Cans Corned Beef, small ana large Cans Beef Tongue? /cry fine. Potted Ham, Turkey and Chickens, Fresh Cheese and Maccaroni. JUST RECEIVED. Quarter Boxes Raisins, Currants and Citron. Powdered Sugar and Spices of ill ALSO, ^ Oat Ileal. Farina, Ilice Fioar and Sago. S"e\v Iluta Baga Turnip Seed, ail of which will be sold cheap for Uisli. S. S. Vv'OLFE. ^ WIDE ATtVAKE. "TAKE CARE OF THE CEXTS, ;ne cioiiars win uikc care 01 uiL-m&civcs. rt"e have been told we are the only house n town that practices exact change. No jenuriousness; our goods are marked at Sew Idea Prices (small profits). The odd Pl :ents belong justly to the customer. We as say it. One hundred cents saved will juv 120 boxes matches. J. il. EEATY & BRO BREAKFAST ST KIPS, SUGAR-CURED. WHO SAYS TIIEY ire not nice? Xo one. L< T "vr T>X' A TV ?. T> '>f\ V* JL a JJUV. | =z: a CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. i; Yi'e do hereby certify that ire supervise ^ rearrangements for all the Monthly and 'cni-Auirtnl Drawings of The Ixmuiana 'lute Lottery Company, and in person mange and control the Draftings themselves, nd that the tame arc conducted icith honity. fairness and in good faith toward all artt-cs, and ire authorize the Company to se this ccrtif.catc, isith the facsimiles oj our 'gnaiures attached, i lis advertisements." v Commissioners. We the undersigned BanJcs and Bankers a .illpay all Prizes draicn in The Louisiana i 'tate lotteries which may be presented at ur counters. - il. OGLESSV. I'rcs. Louisiana, 2fat. Bk. js 'IICIiUK LAXAVX, Pres. State Nat. Bk. L. BALDWIN, Pres.New Orleans Nat. Bk. * IAP.L KOHN, Pres. Union National Bk. T | , NPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! ? U OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. jouisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in 18(38 for 25 years by ..the iC.^isIature for Educational and Charitable ^ lurposes?'with a capital of ?1,000,000?to irfcicb a reserve fund of over $550,000 has ince been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its ranchise was made a part of the present itate Constitution adopted December 2nd, l L 1). 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and en'orscd by the pcopte of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take jjgfl ilrtce Monthly, and the Semi-AKnoal Drawings regularly every six months June and December). ASS'LEXDII) OPPORTUNITY TO ^ ,V1S A FORTIJXE. NINTH GRAND - "W >RAWJNG. CLASS I, IN THE ACADEMY OF ^ i I'SIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY.SEPTEM- 1 >EU 13,1SST?208th Monthly Drawing. yi * -r-v-i-m a r "rfcr^trf'n ^-t ^/v aa/\ liArliAJj rjdixjc;, <piou,uw. OTICE.?Tickets are TEN DOLjAKS ONLY. Halves, ?3. Fifths, ?2. tenths, ?1. LIST OF PRIZES. X CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000. .$150,000 1GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000 ^ 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 i LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.. 20,000 20 l'RIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000 50 (To 500.. 25,000 100 do 300.. 30,000 2'jO do 200.. 40,000 oOO do 100.. 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approxi't'n Prizes of ?300.. ?30,000 *""? 100 do do 200.. 20,000 100 do do ' 100.. 10,000 1,000 Terminal do 50.. 50,000 :.l"9 Prizes, amounting to ?535,000 Application for rates to clubs sliould be made inly* to tiic offlce cf tie Company In New >r:eans. For further information write clearly, giving ' ull address. POSTAL NOTES, Express \ iloncy Orcers. or New York Exchange in ordllary letter, currency by Express (at our exicnsc) addressed 51. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., r X. A. DAUPHIN*. Washington, jl). C. Address Kegistered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. RFAiFMRF^ That the presence or Generais Beauregard 4 md Early, who are in charge or the drawings, 5 a guarantee or absolute fairness and lnteglty, that the chances are all equal, and that to one can possibly divine what numbers will Lraw a Prize. j&^MESISJER that the payment of all >rf-A.1S M" ARAWrn 3V FOFR l'ATIO.Vi\L BAXRS ot New Orleans, and he Tickets oro-^tgiitd hy the President or an nstltution, wiic^e chartered rights are recogtlzcd In ihe highest Courts, therefore, heware it any imitations c? anonymous schemes. t. kjatii Caroili>:4r~fianVay nOiDIEXCIXG'SUNDAY, JUNE, 12, U 1837, at G.10 A. M., Passenger Trains vill run as follows, "Easterr time:" TO AND FROM CHARLESTON. EAST (DAILT). depart Columbia.. G.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m, )ne Charleston 10.35 a. m. 9.45 p. m. Y.-EST (DAILT). Jepart Charleston. 7.00 a. m. 8.00 p. m. )ue Columbia 10.43 a. m. 9.45 p. m. TO AND FROM CAMDEN. EAST (DAILY EXCE1T SU2JDAY.) ] a. m. a. m. p-m. )epart Columbia. ..6.50 7.45 5.00 5.33 p m. p. m. p. m. p, m. )ue Camden 12.52 12.52 7.42 7.42 ' V.'EST (DAILY SUXDAY EXCEI'TED.) a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. 4* )epartCamden 7.45 7.45 3.S0 3.30 a. m. a. m. u m. u m. )ue Columbia 10.25 10.45 7.30 9.45 TO AND FROM AUGUSTA. EAST (DAILY). )epart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m. )ue Augusta 11.40 a. m. 10.25 p. m. west (daily). )epart Augusta... G.10 a. m. 4.40 p. m. >ue Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.55 p. m. CONNECTIONS ? lade at Union Depot, Columbia, with V laiumbia & Greenville Railroad by train rriving at 10.45 A M, and departing at ^ . 33 P. Also, with 0. C. & A. Railroad y same train to and from all points on , uth roads. Passengers take Breakfast and Supper at '.ranchviile and Columbia Depot. At Pregnalls to and from all points on lutawville liaiiroad. At Charleston with ^ ^ Learners for New York, Jacksonville and ' oints on St. John's River on Tuesdays W nd Saturdays: with Charleston and Sayan- 1JE ah liaiiroad to and from Savannah and v oints in Florida daily. At" AtKTMcfn with (-La/wrrin or?/3 1 w MAVM VVX'ijjltt *4A?Vl VUUUA1 I :ailroads to and from all points West and outh. At Blaekville to and from points ii Barnwell Railroad. Through tickets in be purchased to ail points South and j rest by applying to u X102S' DEPOT, Agent, Columbia, S. C. M DUX B. PECK, General Manager. B . C. ALLEN, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt, X j Charleston, S. C. 0 r. - / In addition to my stock heretofore J i hand, I have just received a carad of fine ' 4 'r i HESTERS MORSES AXD JUICES, J 'Inch I ofler at reasonable prices. I ill also exchange for 00> STO K. ~ Parties wishing anything in this line ^ ill do well to give" me a call before ? irehasinsr, as I will guarantee both 1 to quality and price. A. WILLIFORD, f WTV\xt).nRn ? n ^ _ ^ FAMILY GROCERIES, ALL Kixrs. T1IE BEST GOODS. C iwest prices. J J. il. BEATT & CO,