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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 1 As Address Delivered by Hon. J. S. Ver. ^ nerl>efor?s the ill. Zion Society. AIb. President of Mount Zion j Society, Ladies and Gentlemen: i We love to stand with uncovered head J in Ihe presence of a venerable man, whose life has witnessed the growth of his country, and whose days have been spent in deed* of patriotism, not . only in war but in peace, and listen to the s:orv he tells of battles won, of principles secared, and of constitutions made. We delight to i*everence such a character and erect to his memory the marble shaft to commemorate hts heroic,deeds, and to recount to those around the story suggested by the commemorative marble. But standing in the presence of a venerable institution like this, that was born amid the throes of the mightiest revolution of the earth's historv, whose one hundred o " ' and thirteen years witnessed the glory and death of Washington and Jefferson, of Monroe and Madison, of Sum ter and Marion, Pickens and Horry, watched Ihe mighty civic contentions of Calhoun. Webster, and Clav. and saw them pass off the stage, passed through the war of Revolution 1776, 1812, and 1860, through nullification and secession, through fire and sword, whose every pulsation is replete with history. We, not only in our reverential feelings, bow the head and bend the knee. Speech fails to express our feelings, and we can ouly bow with eyes closed and lips compressed. However, awed with this feeling we cannot help speaking of the light which has gone out from this organization. It was but the forerunner of that powei which made itself felt throughout every uook and corner of South Carolina. The light which has burned from yonder hill has been felt in every county from Ocouee to Lanrens. It is profitable for us to contemplate v the principles which actuated the \ founders of this Society, what those \ principles are and the influence which ^,thev have bad on the age in which we live. We owe it to their memory, to ihe self-sacrifice and devotion of their lives to the State, and the cause of liberty to keep fresh in the minds of the present generation the wort which they did, and which has given to our State its present character. One has beautifully said that character 4s the only thing current in the Universe. Early training is that which determines character. This is true Of-the individual, the family, and the State. The principles which regulate conduct in the earlier and fosaiatfye period is that which fixes character. and determines ihe destiny of persons, of families, and nations. Therp are two great principles which have been governing men/first, that which makes the family, tribe, or State, everything and'-he individual ' rights of man nothing, and second, thai which makes the individual right? of maa everythingj and the State a servant of those rights. Upon these two ideas States have been formed through all the past ages and the welfaie of man regulated. To the Greek, Greek was everything;, and the Grecian nothing. Tgjjg'-J Grecian orator, poet, philosopher^] painter, sculptor, and wo^rr?fj*^^ for the glory of Grgfics^^x^e agricm.1 tnre, pomoaeree, and every other purL? T "" ' peace, were fostered only that the Grecian State might have power. This civilization left to the world an rrJon r?f Ka<>riff at* tvk?fw. anrl nrstfrvit Which has been Incorporated into and copied by those of subsequent ages. TheJ Roman advanced one step further toward lhe rights of the individual man. His: empire was a family of States with Borne at its head. Rome recognized home rule and the domestic institutions of each individual State, when they were obedient to the general government. She governed by law, Spates as families, regardless of the rights of each member of the family. She taught the world the idea of government by law. From theidea of home rule for families, to a recognition of the rights of each individual, the transition was easy in the light of the Golden Rule, "Do onto others as ye would have that tbey should do "unto vou," and the divinely given parable which answers the question who. is my neighbor? To. make this transaction was. the glory of the English speaking people. From the government by the* State for the State, and the government by law |br communities to-the government of the people;, by the people, and for the people, under law, which recognizes all men as born free and equal is the grandest evolution ot tnougnt wmcn nas ever. come from the brain of man. It could come, ":d did come only from Him who was and is the Ligrht of the nations. The expression oi a government of the people, by the people, for the people, is only a governmental formula, expressive of that Go&fen Rule, which was and could only be the product of divine thought. It i&djfiicult for us who are familiar withtfcese trite sayings to realize their power and importance and the fruits which they have borne to this %e. It is my purpose this evening to speak to you of the fruits which these principles are bearing to you. How precious thby are, and how dear to fbe hearts of freemen. I will not attempt to portray. This I will leave io the descendants of Wynn, Ellison, Buchanan, and Woodward to imagine. 1 can only say that their advocacy gave to South Carolina the glory o'f furnishing to the world one Marion, b&e Sumter, and a Calhoun, men who fulfilled in their persons the fullness of these divinely given truths. But they only planted, and it is ours to reap. One of the grandest results of this planting is the idea of the individuality of man. Man as a personal being, with rights which are personal to himself, which no power of society can abridge or invade, is the product t rrru~ :?..i ~? Vi UUB ago. xiiO auwcui uivm^auun I know nothing of this. Might vra? right, and the weak gave way to tbe capaciousness of the strong. In the wars between tribe and tribe or nation sncl 'nation, the conquered be. caaje the slaves of the conqueror. There wej-e no nets sacred from tbe invasions of superior force. The right of personal freedom, the rights Of property, and liberty of conscience were enslaved to the unbridled license of an irresponsible power. In ancient Egypt, th i most collossal government of all time, "bricks without straw," was tbe inexorable law, even to those Who were the special care of God and Ms own peculiar people. In Greece the Spartan government was the most illustrious example of tbe subversion ; of the rights of the individual to those i of the State. The constitution of Lycurgus took tke child of seven j years from his parents, trained and educated him for the State. His * identity was lost in that of the State, t and those God given rights of freedom of thought and action were Sup- I pressed, and made conducive to the I s political advancement of Sparta. The F avocations and pursuits of the people v were chosen for them and regulated h jy law. Even the poet Homer was :ompelled to Jc-ve the peaceful in- : Suence of the Muses and buckle on ; he armor of the soldier. Homer's j account of the seige of Troy is the report of a poet-warrior. The more liberal constitution of Athens under which the arts reached the highest perfection, and under which oratory, poetry, and philosophy flourished most abundantly, obscured the individual and made him a slave to a tyranny of law. Even Rome, whose government by law has impressed itself upon every civilized nation upon ihe earth, knew nothing of the sacredtines r>f lhfc individual!!v of man. The assassins dagger reeked in the blood of Caesar, not because lie desired a crown, but because he sought to enlarge the rights of the people. The Romans erected their temples to the worship of abstractions. The virtues of concord, of purity, of chasity, and charity were worshipped in the abstract, and men haviugpersonated these virtues in their living were defied and worshipped as Gods, yet when Christ came, as the personification of all virtues and the liberal or of men, a Roman governor nailed him ;o the cross. Paul, though a citizen of Rouie, was beaten openly, condemned, and cast into prison. The Egyptian, the Greek, and the Roman knew nothing of the individual rights of man. It was left to the Teutonic races, in the light of the gpspels, to iorrn governments to protect the weak, and allow ^man in the exercise of the freedom of thought and action to follow that course which will conduce to his greatest happiness. From the blue eyed Teuton of Northern Europe with his love of liberty and respect for woman to England and the United States, where the whole spirit of their constitutions are for the weltare of the people, the evolution is wonderful. Man as an individual with constitutions, with Congress, and Parliaments, and Courts to Drotect his rights is one of the marvels of the age. Allied with the Thought of the individuality of man and proceeding from the fame source is the idea of his brotherhood. Exce:Sive individualism as exemplified by the anarchists and socialists, by Spies, Parsons, and others in the realm of government, and Ingersoll in the realm of religion is to be dreaded on the one hand, as much as the invasion of true individualism on the other. The man who is bound by 110 law either human or divine, who is a person in political thought, and an Ingersoll in religion is an enemy to human race. Liberty to pursue one's own happiness should not grow into a license to invade that of others. LiI cense to invade the rights of others | throws as into the realm of lawlessness, and liberty without law is license both in statecraft and religion. But the Golden Rule and the enlargement of man's neighborhood by | electricity and steam has impressed upon this age the idea of the brotherhood of man which is revolutionizing ! the world. Man's inhumanity to man ; is giving way to man's charity to rr.an. [ Hnmau sympathy is enlarging,. and the means of giving larger scope to its ! practical operation are multiplying on every hand. The church with its various enterprises in educational and charitable work is rapidly seizing hold of the hearts of men. The rai?si$njy^? fields are bein^r more ljj*gely and ! thoroughly cultivatec^ajrfl the seeds 01 me gospei sowj*^ iiiruugiioui. iuc | whole world. JFYtfm this work societies Jfor the *?TeViat ion of the poor and safferinsr<ire beiD? organized everywkgjgn In Christian" lands to-day over two hundred societies Whichaa3-Rr-C0nnected witb the church, whose m^i2?Js one of love for the mpoor. Mayor Hewit, oF~I?ew York, says the movement of charity organizations makes, as it were a mile stone upon upou the path of huinau progress. This band of union is more powerful than the bauds of iron which, under the operation of steam are uniting all portions of the earth. The cold selfishness of'the health is giving way to deeds of love. The fire and life insurance companies are to me the tno3t striking instance of the power wbich this truth has upon the heart of men. In South Carolina to-day there are seventyfive insurance companies representing $500,000,000, licensed to do business, whose management ana iaithfulness are pledges of the absolate security of loss from the fire fiend, which often suddenly destroys, in an hour, that which has taken a lifetime to accumulate. Not a year passes that some, great disaster has not befallen the country from the ravages of fire. These organizations have so lessened aud mitigated these disasters, that frequently they are blessings in disguise, enabling the insured to regain his loss with greater comfort to himself. The greatest marvel of the age is however the work of life insurance companies, thus offering a means to the poor to provide for the comfort of those dependent upon them after their death. These organizations and their management express more eloquently than words can do how wide and boundless are the human sympathies becoming. No pain can be more acme, no torture more racking, and no burden more intolerable than that which comes to the thought, that after death the loved ones of home may be unprovided for, that the faithful and loving wife mayhave not only the care of the widowed bleediDg heart, but the wants of. a helpless and dependent family of tender children clinging to and arouud her, that the children may grow up in ignorance and vice without means to cultivate the mind and purify the heart. How great then is the comfort that in such organizations as the Knights of HonoiC Knights of Pythias, and the Golden Rule, the widow and orphans are provided for and their wants satisfied. Isn't it remarkable that to-day in this State rhere are numbers of your best citizens bound to the widow and orphans of Ma:ne, Massachusetts, etc., by a hand which no power can break, and that the citizens of Maine, etc., members of this same organization regard your widow and orphan. The means given by these noble organizations-are bread" cast upon the waters. Knowing the practical good that lias been accomplished by fliem men are made better and have a higher idea of the nobility of man. In my experience I have seen the delicate, refined and lovely widowed mother snatched as it were from the very jaws of want and starvation, fbe beautiful, lovely children provided with means to educate and unfold the mind, and their lives saved from misery and want by these noble ctiuzlif^s. Such views of human society, make men better, the w?.?rld brighter and l?fo orroofftv F? * t Kir? aovlioi* Avxr <11^ C" vvvvi . XII i li v v vi man he was continually at war with bis neighbor. The weak was at the mercy of tbe strong. Even in tbe Church .the inquisition was institnted for the peaceable methods of the gospel, and men became to each other more ferocions than beasts of prey. How wonderful and amazing "to ns ] 's the persecution of such men as ' Wickliffe, Knox, Baxter, Bunion, the f stake and the inquisition for peace on 1 ;arth and good will toward man. ' The ideas of man's individuality and i lis brotherhood have made such in- 1 truments of torture obsolutely im- * ossible. .Not only so they have elected him to a plane which is a har- I inger of better things to come. I ^mm % The education of woman has come < from the association of these thoughts i and their influence upon men. The i greater the hold these ideas have had 1 upon the nations, the greater the eleva- 1 don of woman. The Teutonic races ] have always been noted for their love < of individual libery aud their respect j for woman, and in the progress of i their civilzation woman has been elevoted in proportion as that individual- j ity has been preserved and brotherhood respected. The emancipation of woman has followed in the train of these thoughts. Says Dr. Phelps: "Of slow growth, yet as sure as the < growth of a coral continent, and as lasting-, is this principle of onr most refined and purest civilization. Woman suffrage that crowing hen burlesques and retards this reform for a little foct a/?f?nmnlatino* its WUUC, UUL. 11 IJ IW-Jli -B trophies in the higher education of womau, in the recognition of his rights of property, in the enlargement ofher range of industrial employment, in just legislation for her in her special pre-eminence in social charities, and more than all else, in the unwritten social law by which her companionship with man is established without statute to affirm it' because without a voice denying it." There are more means being used to-day in the education of woman than ever before. There are not only many private and church colleges for the education for girls, where the highest order of talent is employed for their training, but even the governments are appropriating means to establish schools to aid young women to become better educated and fitted ! for the complex duties of life. The State of South Carolina, at the last session of the General Assembly, gave five thousand dollars to the "Winthrop Training School, at Columbia, for the purpose of enabling young ladie3 who are teachers to perfect themselves in their wdrk. Not only so, but every State in the Union is paying more attention to famale education than ever i before in their history. While men [ are thns acknowledging her rights to a higher education, they have also recognized her rights of property. In the constitutions of more than tweuty-five States of the Union the right of woman to acquire, hold and alien her property without the interference of the marital rights of her husband has been solemnly guaranteed so that what property she inherit or acquires is her own without the guardianship imposed by law, of sometimes a worthless husband. Thus edncated and with rights of property she has become pre-emiuent in all the noble charities of the Church. In the mission of the Church in the care of the poor, and every other work of the Church, when self-sacrifive and devotion is required she is foremost. Such has been the liberating power of these ideas, that modern society has beed completely revolutionized. In the language of a distinguished writer, "Associated with these and collaries from them are many others. They are such as the-recognition of the freedom of the press and of public speech, of a popular literaturer-of' the sacredness human life, of the^eriminali.tv of war, of the inferioRtv of a military life, of the mj^dgrous character of the dneJjj&tffTdigmty of labor, of the refojafofthe criminal code, of the inhjiHrfauity of torture in the courts of Lvtntfafo of thp reformatory* element I V in punishment of humanity in the treatment of the insane, of the right of animals to the protection from cruelty, of gentleness in family government, of the abolition of brutality from public schools, and from the discipline of armies and navies, of the disgrace attached to the drinking usages of society, of the subjection of the sale of intoxicating drinks to law, of the subordination of wealth to character, and of manners to mind in estimating the worth of mau." Under the liberating power of these mighty principles man has become free indeed?free in thoughs, free in speech, free in conscience, free in action, bound only by the law of the Golden Rule, the others thereof being interpreted in the light Gospel's neighbor. They have thus been not only the liberators of mind and heart, but the basis of the most wonderful material civilization kuown to history. In proportion as men have been free in thought and conscience, just in that same proportion have they been fruitful, multiplied, and replenished the earth and subdued it. The darkest asres of the world were those when man's mind was darkened and his conscience enslaved. Mind and conscience were enslavei, and the secrets of naf are held. Mind and conscience are free, steam and electricity are revealed. It has been the pride of the Roman historian to boast of the Agastine age of Rome; to tell of the time when the great Emperor .ofj Rome, havinsr overcome Lepidns and Mark Anthony, was master of Asia, of Africa and Europe, when magnificent highways, the works of conquered slaves, going out from Rome bound all parts of thei Empre together, when the blue Mediteraneau was the highway of a commerce upon which all languages plied their busy trade, when Rome and Jerusalem, Alexandria and Athens, with their millions of populations, their magnificent public buildings, their halis of legislation, their fornms, their temples, their academies, their statesmen, their orators, their priests, their philosopher, their poets, their sculptors, and their painters bowed with bended knee and submissive head to the Emperor who was a patron of letters and a friend to religion. The historian, Macaulay, delighted to tell of the glories of the great revolution of England, how in the course that revolution terminated the long struggle between the sovereigns and their parliaments, and bound up together the rights of the people and title of the reigning dynasty; how the new settlement was, daring many troubled years, successfully defended against foreign and domestic enemies; bow under that settlement the authority of law and the security of property were found ! to be compatible with a liberty of i conscience and of individrral action : never before known; how from the '( inauspicious.union of order and freedom sprung a prosperity of which the ' annals of human affairs had furnished no exaropje; now ms country, irom a : state of ignominious vassalage, rapidly rose to the place of umpire among European powers; how her opulence and martial glory e:rew together; how by wise and resolute good faith was j gradually established a public credit fruitful of marvels,-which to the states- . men of former ages would have seemed ' incredible; how a gigantic commerce 1 gave birth to a maritine power com- * pared with which every other marl- ] time power, ancient and modean, sinks J into insignificance; how Scotland, after ages of enmity, was at length united to Englaud, not merely by legal bands, but by indissoluble ties of interest and affection; how in America the British colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms c which Cortez and Pizarro have added 1 to the dominions of Charles V.; how I in Asia British adventures found- 3 id an empire not less splendid and ( uore durable than that of Alexandria; xj low tame is this boast of the Roman f md English historian iu comparison * ivith the civilization which this gener- F ition witnesses. d While Washington and Jefferson, J x " ? - ?J A /Iavma T? 11 f anW I KLOCroe a Liu jLiuaiuo, nuucugc ai;u j Henry, were contending for the prin-1 iiple of no taxation without representation, Franklin tamed, the lightning and made electricity submissive to his svill, and while Hamilton and Madison were discussing to an eager nation the principles of their constitutional government, Morse and Fulton began the application of steam and electricity to every day avocations of life, and since these mighty civilizinginflaence have Ejone hand and hand. The thirteen States lying upon the Atlantic coasts have taken into their CTnion twenty-five additional States ar.d ten Territories embracing an area of 3,547,000 square miles, with every variety of climate, from the colder climate of the North to the tropical suns of the South, frym Maine to Florida, and from the vine clad hills of the Pacific slope to the fields of waving grain on the Atlantic. Everyindustry has beeu quickened under the application of steam and electricity. Agriculture has been advanced to one of the exact sciences. The analization and the cultivation of soils, the manufacture ar.d manipulation of manures, tbe experiment in the testing of seeds and field crops by agricultural colleges and experimental stations has revealed to the farmer a wealth of practical knowledge which the most observant of former agriculturalist never dreamed of. With-this wider range of knowledge more improved implements of farming have been used. The irophe plow has given way to the gang plow and the sulky, the reap hook and the scythe to the reader and binder, ao that the labor of one man has become equal to that of ten men under former system. These new appliances have- made agriculture more pleasant and profitable. The great grainaries of the Northwest look with complacency upon the white cot'on fields of the South, and the South reciprocates that complacency in a busy exchange of products. This activity in agriculture has communicated itself to the manufacturing interest. In the manufacturing of cotton products alone, steam has been ,""1 ii ^ appiieu to mure man uvc uisiauul principles, in the ginning of cotton, in the spinning of cotton, in the weaving of cotton, in the pressing of cotton, and in the making of oil from cotton seed, and Mason, of Sumpter, is now solving the problem of picking cottou by steam. The cotton gin with its sixty saws, the cotton press with its ponderous machinery for compression, the great mills with thousands of spindles and looms, and the wondrous mill for Ithe manipulation of cotton seed oil are industries which were not known sixty vears ago, but owe their origin to the activity of brain begotten by our free institutions. Not only so but the manufacture of iron ard wood and other raw materialhave kept apace with the cottoniudiistries, giving respectable eirrployment to a thrift aud happy population. 'The products of the farm and factory through exchange by the merchant, have given impulse to the building of the most wonderful high ways of the wonderful high ways of travel ever known in the world. Says Dr, Strong iu his wonderful book, Buxton says: "Intercourse is the soul of progress." The impulses given to enter communication of every sort by the application of steam I was the beginning of a new lite. This Society had its birth at the origin of this life. The nineteenth centruy has seen a very large proportion of all the progress in civilization made by the race. "When seven years old he might have 6een Fulton's steam boat on her trial trip up the Hudson. When thirty he might have traveled on the first railway passenger train. Fifty years later the world had two hundred and twenty-two thousand miles of railway. For the first thirtj'-three years of his life he had to rely on the tinder box for fire, now the safety match is a 1 necessity. He was thirty-eight years when steam communication between 1 l*1 A rrrftn Anfokl'nk^/1 | JCiUI'UJJC auu AUiCUta rr ao cctavuoucu. He bad arrived at forty-four when the first telegram was sent. Thirtysix years later the world had 904,000 miles of telegraph, lines. A9 this limitless power is applied more and more to the uses of man the closer becomes his union. -Time is obliterated and space destroyed, and the consequence human industries diversified and man made more dependent upon each other. Thns these great principles of the individuality and the biotberhood of man and woman's elevation have not only libex*ated the mind, but revealed the secrets of nature, which have been made subervient to their propagation and establishment in the hearts of the people. These principles are moulding the destiny of our country and fixing the character of every individual however humble or exalted he or she may be. The strength of our manhood and womanhood is dependant upon the reception we give them, and the rigidity with which we cling to them. They should be taught in the nursery around the table an'd fireside, in the school, in the college, in the pulpit, on the stump, in the courts, and the hall of legislature. The mother should teach them to her child, the mother and lather to each other, the brother to the sister, and the sister to the brother,- and the sweetheart to her lover, aud the lovep to his sweetheart. They should be practiced at home, in the family, {in the church, in the business of life, on the farm, in the work shop, behind the counter, by the physician, by the lawyer, by the politician, so that ail classes and all pi ofeesions may proclaim with united heart and voice the angelic refrain peace on earth and good will toward men. Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, with a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole, Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, In bliss returns to reign. ITS USE FOR KIDN1EY8. Jesup, Ga., May 26, 1887. I have been suffering from kidney disease for a month past, and the pain in my back -was very severe. My occupation requires a good deal of writing''it night and I suffered all the time. I saw one man who said he was cured by using Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) and I commenced using it, and the pain is a great deal less. I have only used two bottles and believe it will effect a cure by tire use of a few more bottles. Yours respectfully, J. E. Coleman. PURE BLOOD IS OF PRICELES9 VALUE. The Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.: My Dear Sir?I have, for sometime past, ised B. B. B. as purifier of the blood md to build up the system generally, ind consider it without exception the inest remedy of the kind in the market. Yours with best wishes, Asthub G. Lewis. Editor Southern Society. PIANOS A.\D ORGANS. One thousand Pianos and Ofgans to :lose out by October 1. All Organs and Pianos sold at cash price, payable November 1?no interest?delivered to rour nearest depot. Fifteen days trial )reans from S24 up: Pianos from 8150 iP: All instruments warranted. Send or circnlars. Buy now and have the* iee of the instrument Remember we ay freight both ways if the instrument xm't suit. Prices guaranteed less th.va few York. N. W. TBUMP, , * Columbia, 8. 0. 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TAKE TBI f~ r N 0 R\T CAR /u V % U r& "J 0 , Ivuu/s ^ozmutm/^^^Y^ oY ^4f* fAUMJERA "0m~m,mmmm-dpi*'9mm9.- *7" $e>* Xy ?| SpartcurbiavIf I 'i' >(? ? * | x *\ VC A\ ' J* rj o ; r * * />*0rs-rL e e rat ryrr s#c to. vy i' I? ? 1 THE MOUNTAIN VIEW j LOCATED AT THE ALL-HEA] This elegant Summer Resort is now Accommodations equal to the best. Eleval reasonable. Send ior illustrated circular a rates. Respectfully, All-Heal Saw H, Hissing d Agricultural MACHINERY". SPECIAL ATTENTION! Being agent for almost the entire State for Liddeli & Co., of Charlotte, N. C., I am in a position to offer close figures on their Variable Feed Saw Mills. New Era Boilers, Boss Presses, Straight Line Engines, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. Their ? -J r T V>n?ro o nnmW tjiiglllO, U1 vriuuu J. Liayc nuu a u?m) is the most satisfactory I have ever handled, and I earnestly recommend a consideration ot its merits to all prospective purchasers. Van Winkle, Pratt and Winship Gins will be offered as cheap as manufacturers' discount to dealers will allow. The Improved Deering Mower with its durable and Unbreakable Steel Pitman Connections, in one of its three size's?one-horse, two-horse and giant? and the Thomas Imperial Hay Bake and Plant and Cultivator should be on every farm. Don't forget that you will need a Barbour Cotton Seed Crusher in the fall. Wind Mills, Force Pumps, Brick Machines, Planers, etc., for sale. Write for descriptive catalogue. W. H. GIBBES, Jb,, Successor to McMaster & Gibbes and W. G. & L. IX Childs, COLUMBIA, S. C. Gilder's Liver PILLS. Purely Vegetable, mild and gentle, but effective in their action. GILDEK'S' PILLS for sale by all Druggists. Manufactured by G. BABBETT & CO., Augusta, Ga. I rrfnr.intTint a rrvi ATTTT T n TnmT7T7\T> J-Hi-ftD&i JXiaiOun-iJ-iuauuxjCi v^xv CURE, guaranteed to cure any case of Chills, Fevers or Dysentery or money refunded. Large bottle 50 cents. If your merchsat has not Jersey Flats send to G. BARRETT & CO., Augusta, Ga. H. H. P. i3 guaranteed to cure Sick Headache in 20 minutes. Relieve any case of constipation. Relieve all Disorders of the Bowels. H. H. P. guaranteed to please or money refunded by S. EAEEETTI CO. AUGUSTA, GA. IVY* ATiKlfcr p WmMrnm Irregularities PiBCimR-TO HERSEX. APsa^c^BKcaxmiR AND POWERFUL TaHHI. , & iF-TAKEN'DURJNG>T&e~\ CHAHOKHF-IlFtt ? GREAT SUFEEiUH&AHa-~ DANGER WILL BE MO/DEB. ? ?SEND KOR-sr BOOK.?- *+ Bradfield ReguusbirCc ^ An.AKTA.GA. A SPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS, CATAWBA COUNTY, N. 0. Newly fitted up with new Hotel and Furniture for over 400 guests and the proprietors would be glad to see all their I old and many new trends here. The medical properties of the water are unrivalled for Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseases, General Debility and nervous prostration. Healthier location not to be found. Much new furniture is being added. BATHS COMPLETE. Cool, Shower, "Warm and Hot Sulphur, Hot Air and Vapor Baths. Fine Band of Music and all amusements kept at first-clasH Watering Places. Write for Catalogue. Db. E. O. ELLIOTT & SON, Proprietors. PITTS CARMINATIVE! KOK iniKAAT8 A>U TEETHING CHIL DREN. An inst?*nt relief for colic of infants. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or anv diseases of the stomach ind bowels. Makes- the critical period of Teething safe and easy. Is a eafe and pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, and for wholesale by Howabd, Willet & Co., Augusta, Ga S ROUTE. act " I zcolntcm^ f %" / iUa*s j l^L'rtj;ri1,r I HT7T \une /3 /south i ^Lccrtaister wester R 0 L I N A ] \L S?uming Zoca-iu?Tv V of the-Tamous \, ALL HEALING MINERAL SPRING. \ NORTH CAROLINA. 1 r EOTEL AND COTTAGES. [JNG MINERAL SPRINGS. J open with many new Improvements. Son 2,000 feet above sea leveL Rates ad special prices, with list of railroad COZZENS & THOMAS, ing, Gaston Comity, North Carolina. / FRESH ! ? C CHOICE EYAPOR\TED APPLES. CHOICE TURKISH PRUNES. ] CHOICE CREAM CHEESE. 1 I CHOICE MESSINA LEMONS. 1 CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S IM- ] PORTED PICKLES. LEA & PERRIN'S WORCHESTER- j SHIRE SAUCE. i 1 FRESH MACCARONI. \ STEAM-COOKED CRUSHED OATS \ ? A full line oi" Canned Goods, in- < eluding something very fine in ^ Peaches and Sliced and Grated \ Pineapple. \ FRESH GROUND SPICE-all kinds, j j SUGAR-CURED PIG HAMS. J ] ROYAL BAKING POWDER, j at reduced prioes. TERMS FOR ABOVE-CASH. K. M. HUEY. )o( j M'CORMICK | HARVESTING MACHINES, BINDERS, REAPERS and MOWERS. CANE MILLS. SELF-SKIMMING E VAPOR ATORS AND PORTABLE FURNACES. o WATElEtTOWKT -STEAM ENGINES. o No** is your time to place yonr order. J. F. McMASTER & CO. COME QUICKLY! 6EEAT REDUCTION -INSUMMER HATS. WE WILL CLOSE OUR STOCK of Sum mar Hats regardless of cost for the next Everybody wanting bargains wil call and we will convince them of the fact. ALSO RECEIVED, A new lot of Shapes?the latest styles. Call and examine onr stock. Bespectfully, MBS. J.D.McCALREY. POLITICAL TIP. WHO WILL BF THE SUCCES3fnl candidates in this campaign, and who has the best Bye and Corn Whiskey in town? are the questions ; .which agitate the public mind. QUESTIONS. \ Who will be President of the United States? Who will be Sheriff of Fairfield County? ' i Who will be Clerk of Coart? | Who will be the Connty Commis: sionere? Who will be the Representatives? Who will be Supervisor of Registration ? Who will be County Auditor? Who will be School Commissioner? Go to Groeschel & Co., who wiH 1 give you a Pint and a Tip, and all.it costs is Fifty Cents a Bottle. Respectfully, GROESCHEL & CO. FAMILY SBQCiBISS, WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ETC., -GO TOR. P. LUMPKIN'S, ] Three doors south of W. C. Beaty's and d one door north of S. S. Wolfe's, Winnsboro, S. C. g J MY motto is "Quick Sales and A Small Profits." Cheapest in b [own for cash. I also sell the famous 1 * FIRE-PROOF OIL, 2 175 degrees. The safest and best. It s just what you want and what you should use. It is a good insurance ~ x>licv. Ask for Fire-Proof Oil. . R. P. LUMPKIN. S?*PUR? RYE AND CORN WHIS?EY A SPECIALTY. FEARLINE ? rwo BOXES, i UST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE sBY W. E. AIKEN. I PIEDJTOIT AIB-LIVE. f RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R.B. SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION. Condensed Schedule^ in Effect Jane 24, tMj TRAINS RUN BY 75TH MERIDIAN TDCZ. gj forth Bound. No. 51. No. 53. jV. Charleston viaS.C.RR.) 5.10p.m. 7.00a.m. uY. Augusta, 7.00p.m. 8.30a.m. i?, V jV. GraniteviHe, 7.53p.m. 9.09a.m. jY. Trenton, 8.30p.m. 9.45a.m. >. Johnston's 8.47p.m.l0.02a.m. A jV. Columbia, 11.25p.m. 12.15p.m. jY. Winnsboro, 1.10 a.m. 2.13p.m. * jV. Chester, 2.17a.m. 3.23p.m. .v. Rock Hill. :>. 10a.m. 4.08p.m. ^r. Charlotte, 4 20a.m. 5.16p.m. Lr. Salisbury. 6.22a.m. 7.05p.m. Lr. Greensboro, 8.00a.m. 8.40p.m. Lr Richmond, 3.30p.m. 5.00a.m. , Lr. Washington, 8.23p.m. 7.00a.m. \.v. Baltimore, 11.25p.m. 8.25a.m. kr. Philadelphia, 3.00a.m.l0.47a.m Lr. New York, 6.20a.m. 1.20p.m.?^ South Bound. No. 52. No. -50. - -i Lv. New York, 4.30p.m. 12.15agt. Ly. Phila'phia, 6.57p.m. 7.20a.m. ^ Lv. Baltimore, 9.42p.m. 9.45a.m. f ^ Lv.Washlngton 11.00p.m. ll.24a.rn Lv. Richmond, 2.30a.m. 3.10p.m. fi Lv. Greensboro, 9.48a.m. 10.44p.m Ly. Salisbury, ? 1.23a.m. I2.37ngt. " ..H Lv. Charlotte, 1.00p.m. 2.10a.m. m Lv. Rock Hill, 2.02p.m. 3.10a.m. Lv. Chester, 2.45p.m. 3.52a.m. rS Lv. Winnsboro, 3.47 p.m. 4^3a.m. &j. Columbia, - 5.43p.m. 6.55a.m< ;i Lv. Johnston's, ' 7.45p.m. 9.01a.m. Lv. Trenton, 8.02p.m. 9.18a.m. |sg Lv. Graniteviile, 8.31p.m. 9.46a.m. . cL Aj:. Augusta, 9.10p.m. 10.30a.m. A r fihftrfpsiou (vfaS. O.R.R.) 9.45p.m ll.00a.ia. g Ar. Savannah (via Cent. R. R.) 6.l5a.m 5.0Op.m 1 THROUGH CAB SERVICE. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta j and Danville on Nos. 50 and 5L - 0 Pullman Palace Buffet Cars between Augustaand Washington, D. C., on4fog 52 and?. SDL. HAAS, | Traffic Manager. D. CARDWELL, IXP. A., . ~ Columbia, S. C. JAS. L. TAYLOR, General Passenger Agent. v Potatoes Potatoes. ' POTATOES. o? A NICE LOT OF VERY FINS Sj HOaiE-BAISllD M Irish Potatoes J * -ATm FOBTYCMTfi , i ?A PEC K.= . : rl FOB SALE BY F. W. HABENIC'HT, V Winn8bcraIce-Hoase. ' - SALE \ HORSES I stiil have on hand., twenty head of 9 Horses and Males, all broke and ready for fgj the farm; among them I have some Marge jm TUBPENTINE AND LOG StULES. 9 Also a few medium size. I also have a B few plug mules. I have afew uice, young I MILCH COWS fnrcula /tr cpiH PTVhan<7A t.VlPMI fnrdrV ^ cattle. I am also paying the highest cash price tor dry cattle, both fat a ad poor. -a Persons wishing to trade will do well to ndi at my staEles and see me as I am always waiting and ready to accommodate aiy friends, either in bayine or selling. A. WILUFOSD, WINNSBOEO, S. C. Summer Esadisg. ' ' ~:r-L WE have ordered a big lot of choice books for summer reading, which will be in within the next day >r two. Here are some of the popaar writers that will be represented in * he selection; Xider Haggard, "The Duchess." gfl tfancy Hartshorn, Mrs. Alexander, ? lugh Conway, Dora Thorne, iev. T. DeWitt'Talmage, > _ Sara Small, Jed Buntline? IF. C. Phillips, Lnnie Bradshaw, * M. A. Holmes^ iobt. L. Stevenson, "Josiah Allan's Wife," ? Vilkie Collins, Belle C. Greene, 2. A. Young, Geo. W. Peck, Sli Perkins, Elliott Barnes, if- ~ M L Quad, BUI Nye. >liver Goldsmith, Sir Walter Scotfe?^- 9 Lnd many others. Twenty different A elective stories by [arry Lockwood, Tony Pastor, udson R. Taylor, Ernest Stark, md others. Any of these books will Sfl e sold at the lowest price, FIF- 1 'icEN CENTS each. Call early and M et yoar choice from fl D. LAUDEBDALE, ST07ES. I OoKl m & HEATING STOYES j ALWAYS ON HAND. i LSO, TINWARE, HOLLOW-WARE L Jars, Flower-Pots, and general house- 1 ?ld furnishing goods. ' rOVES, TINWARE, &C., REPaIEED ? AH wortc guaranteed iust cl&sa. Everying at prices to suit the times. When in town give me a call. Ose door M rth of P. Landecker & Bro.'s. JM W. W. KETCHIN, Apt.. mk Successor tc J. H. Cummings. flHB