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r- - - f; k }) Y? T VV A p j; V f)'\\ Xl.ikil.lv i\ \jIlIV -W :!. THE SOUTH CAF.OL!NA L^.G'Sl_Ai UP.E AS c.jr?;v |,\ VID-ftPSS!..:N. ^ - ?? T!ie First Two Vi'mI'S Devoted io I.colth';; over the Field?>oi!?e !>ica>t:iv> of I'nbJic ImportiiEM'?Notes of t!ie S?-<sionji Columuia, S. r? jjec. fecial: j 01 servers of the work of the presmt j (Ii Pferal A>seniliiy h::n- l>-?n trr? ::t ,"y j impressed with one i'uc* ili<- very ' small quantity of business thus far actually accomplished, ''"he session may ' le considered half p>n?\ and as yet j * u ^ * ' *-? ^ ^ Jfco/I I f r\\i :-n tilt"I c is hv uiiraoiiimuiv* xzv-?v?ov, | which looks to a solution of any oi' the ! (['.iestions that have agitated, of at least j interested, the people for many months j past. One reason given for this condi- j tion of the Legislative business is that j the body has been awaiting the stig- j gestions ol Governor Tillman. Th^se ! bavins: been formally made in thu* in- j . augural address of his Excellency, it j may now be expected that the lawmakers' attention will be given to somejof ! the matters affecting the people's in- i terests most?because they affect the condition of their pockets. The all important subject, of retrenchment has been but gently touched. If ail the measures thus far suprcre^ted as tendincr to reduce the public i expenditures should be passed, the ef-j y?feet upon the tax levies would be bare- j ly, if at all, perceptible. This is not "saying that the authors of the proposed reforms are untrue to their pledges of j economy in every department of our j public service. The few efforts made ! at retrenchment should serve only to illustrate the fact that while a re'duc-1 tion of appropriations is surely desira-1, ble, it is not always easy to say at i what place reform should bi'gin. ! Anion? the bills looking to retrench- i1 mentare the following: a i.;m i Uill LU acviidu LU*J UlllVC Ui JUi V I I devolve his duties 1' annual p-iy of the jury commission*?!I: is about $75.00, The fate ol' the measure is doubtful. A bill to abolish the office of super- > visor of registration and devolve his duties on the county auditor. The House committee has reported this unfavorably, and it will doubtless be killed. In connection with these two pro-, positions may be noted that to abolish the office of county auditor and de volve his duties on the county treasurer. Every effort to make such a change.has thus far tailed. No bill, looking to this "reform." is vet on the calendar of either house. In" view of the make up j of the present Assembly, such a change j would seem likely to command large i support. But its fate would for many [ .? reasons, be extremely doubtful. [ A bill to abolish the pay of election : managers and their clerks. It is estimated that this would save between seven and eight thousand dolors in every election year?it being assumed , that there may be found, in sufficient numbers, citizens competent for the work and willing to perform it for nothing. Present indications point to the passage of the bill. Bills to reduce the pay of membersone fixing the per diem*at .">3 and another at S-i. If precedents be followed * there will be no reduction. r. Hardin, of Chester has introduced u uiii iu ux umtrreui, salaries as njuyws: Governor 83,000, now 83,500. Secretary of State 1.800; State Treasurer, 1,800; Comptroller General. 1,800: Su perinfenttent of Education, 1,500; Commissioner of Agriculture; l.bU> Adjutant and Inspector General. 1,000; Attorney General, 1,800, now 2.100. Assistant Attorney General 1,000, now 1,500. State Librarian, 8500. now <'.25. : Superintendent Penitentiarv, 81,500. 1 now 2,100. Physician rcDitenf iary 81 ,0m.'; now | Keeper ouvie liuuse Grounds, *'&*), ' now^OO."" ' 1 Chief Clerk Secretary of State, three ' clerks State Treasurer. Chief Clerk '! Comptroller General each. ?1.200, now l 1,500 each. 1 .Bookkeeper of Comptroller General, 1 Clerk Superintendent oi' Education, ' Clerk Commissioner of Agriculture, *each. 81,000 now 1,500 each, except the Clerk of the Superintendent of Euuca- c tion whose salary is Sl,2<.?0. ' Clerk of Adjutant and Inspector Gen- e eral ?750, now 1,200. ( ' In connection with these bills it may * be noted that the House has elected a . chaplain, whose compensation is in the Jdiscresion of the body, while there is l! now pending a bill to" provide a chap- 1 "? r. __ 1L _ rt 1 -r XI 4T* \ lam ior xne nonse ana one 1 or tne | * ate?each to receive the pay of a mem- j * ber. The fate of the measure is doubt- {: ?faL \ The present chaplain of the House is the Rev. O. A. Darby, well known as the former president of the Female Col- 1 lege. || some vnoposed chances. j1 _ Some idea of proposed changes in F certain directions may be gathered !' frcm the following reports of House committees: u Unfavorable report from the judici- ? ary committee on bill to ablolish costs | tkn catrlnmont nt* inr?jr- ! l\Jl ftUU iiV J O iil l-uo k-Vl.tiVaiv..iv 4 *..*, Vw ? state estates, liill rejected. t< Unfavorable report from same com- si mittee on the b:ll to require a license u for the sale of pistols and cartridges, b Bill ordered to be placed on the Calcn- ei dar. t! Favorable report from same committee on the bill to abolish the costs of attorneys. Laid over Tor future a consideration. h Unfavorable report from same com- ii mittee on bill to abolish the ollicc of c< iIast^M?jMren$ Countv. J.aid over, (j ducethof-PV" "Port on the bill to re- c. ^ -ntf* nf mtfrps*-. to .> ner ti cent, j.aia over. Unfavorable report on u,e t0' . make the office of railroad commission _ ^ er elective by the people. Bill reject- Bn id i S!!< There is a general impression that _ the present railroad Commission will be abolished, and its duties devolved upon a single commissioner at an an- (le nual salary of 82,500. st:i Among the bills passed by the House, st<> may be noted the following: pin To amend the law relating to for- tlei feited lands, delinquent lands and col- to i lection of taxes. The bill is an impor- rie< taDt one and provides that the sheriffs yoi; of the different counties in making lev- kee ies and sales. in making returns and in cut paying over mont>y collected under tax don warrants or executions placed in th-ir and hands by county treasurers, shall he doll subject to the direction and undc tlia er ; control of the Comptroller (General of j row the State in like manner as they now are to plaintiffs in execution: arid the (. Comptroller (Jenerai is invested with all the rjghtsand privieges of a plain- V. . Tiffin ovdfiitifin to mil-,. !,l> v*A4. *** V V V* va* ?.V/ liiiu V.1 .J i. Cl i 1 i i ? the aid of the Court to compel rtirac- i 1 .T tory sheriffs to discharge their duties ! in the enforcement of tax executions, i (*r-| Jt isalso the duty of s her ill's to make { return of all tax executions to the, ^'!(treasurers of their respective counties ! within ninety d:iys after the date of is-: sue, and in case of default the county ; V ' treasurers shall have the ri^ht to recover from any such Ueiaultiug slier:IT JV"* trel''e the amount of such penalties :.u* r In any Court of competent jurisdiction, j v^1.1 f Substituting >. s. McBride as trustee k of the estate ?)[ John do la Howe in ! ! 1 jjj|^ " To reduce the licenses of hawkers, ]!< bill provoked the lirst debate of the i towi ^season. }lr. Boozer, of Eiigeiiekl, {l>rot 3fei;oved to kill the bill. He thought the i all v rejLilers would be much better era- i ran ; in sjrae more respectable bti.-i-! (."I.u IRr off without the articles they j bai>\ ^object of the bill was to com- 1 were pr I i.Ills class oi' pej ipalette menhs.sts | to ;>ay a license. 'J' icy would no: pay Si'.Vj. 11:^ still illicit y plied their?rade.! A reuuc d :icon<:e could !;e more easily ! coilectf vi. .ww-ra -utile effort t(.;nak*e ; the- I icons;* 6*0. th** hill was passed In J its orijjiuai sh-ipe. i si(; J . WitljO'.'.t SUV Uvij;i* \i- Vi 'f, r ones "flit resoluti-.n re- | quiring the Secret.i--y ot State to corn-: liiuriicjttc foy m?'ss:-Tgor if tho'ujrht desirai>!?-_) \v:!h i!;c Secretary of the lute-1 riur :11i<i j>r?iroin thai functionary i a statHi'iftit. o! the population of the ! several i'^untw-s of this State, as assi-rt:?in? ?l i-v J in- of .s:is rw-f-ntly akert. \Vj;< !i t:n* roniut ion reached th" Senate it met. an unexpected fate. Senator Meet/.*? of Lexington moved j ! he nflrmt loo o!' th.- r<-s;oln?mn. Seha tor Evans objected on the ground that I the information desired would not be j needed at the present session of the: Assembly. inasmuch as the reappor-: liniment eould not oe made until much i inter, l-y which time the Assembly wou !d have the );< nelit of the published cersNs. xi.z'iv lo-::i. of llieidand. Kp' ke on the same iiue as .Senator Evans, oi M;uli.-'io. and the resolution was uiit < i.nc'.in d in. The negative vote was confined to the Senator l'rom Lexington. in connection wilh tin: proposed errand to Washington it may be mentioned that before 'he concurrent resolution reached the Senate there were no less than a dozen applications to the Secretary of State for the position of messenger. "TilK ( i IMM.X COLLEGE." The trustees of the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College have made an elaborate report to the Gen<%% ?-. 1 A V ,1 t? rvor>/ir ic n AH* in uai auu tiic 10 u\J ?? *u the hands of tlie members. A synopsis of its contents must prove interesting. The trustees met in Columbia on the 2uth day of January. lbfO. and organized l y"electing 1J. \\\ Simpson president of the board, and .J. K. Wannamaker secretary and treasurer, and upon resignation of the latter P. IL E. Sloan. secretary and treasurer, and II. \V. Simpson, 1). K. Xorris, .Tas. L. Orr, Alan Johnstone and li. K. Do wen were Ejected members of the executive committecT The report irt'les Ujx --nrotyirepiejx^ of plans and specitications l'or the buildings: the acquisition of the Clemso:. estate, upon the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States; the work preliminary to the erection of buildings: the election of Prof. II. A. Strode to the presidency; and the trouble with brick-maliing in its early stages. These troubles past, the board have now on hand 800,000 brick of their own making?sufficient for all building that can be done before spring. The board at its last meeting elected Prof. J. P. Duggar, graduate of the Mississippi Agricultural College, assistant director of the experiment station and advised the station to be put in immediate operation. This direction of the board has been carried into effect, and the station is being supported by that part of the fund commonly known as the "Hatch" fund, turned over to the.secretary and treasurer by the ??outh Carolina "University, being about two-thirds of one-q:iarter, or the sum of 82,280.03. The exp' dituros of the year \ver? 817.195.31.. .iving a balance on hand of *25:>>13.8t>. The buildings are estimated to cost 8150.000. The board estimate i 11 _? f in #*> , \ti i* i?\ /-?.-*? ? \ nn 1 in i 1/7 i r? rr< LUCil, III V1V4VX \ LilV.- UUUVUU^O in time to open the college before the fall of lbi*2, there should be an appropriation. for that purpose of SOU,000 by the present Legislature: The board also ask 100 additional convicts. They recommend that the executors of the will be authorized to pay Miss Lee her legacy, and request ;m"appropriation, of j?uOO out of the money bequeathed, to place a monument at the grave of Thomas G. Clemson, and *M) lor a portrait of-that rrpnflunvm Thi> renrvrf rnnplllflflS ns follows: . ~ _ __ - ?*>-ouinut'The Clemson i fflffeultural and Mechanical College i siapparently an estat>lished fact, and i t lias been demonstrated that it can be < staMishfd and maintained at a very < it;'--, if any. cost to the .State, we earn- 1 'Stiy n. quest ail the friends of educa- ; ion ami those who desire \ he elevation t l.vu prosperity of all of the people of i hi; Statt: io unite in bestowing upon t he Clernson College that encourage- t nont and generous aid necessary to i nake it a success and an honor to" the jtate. s "The friends of agricultural and rae-! l hanical education in South Carolina j J io not consider this the only kind of s .1 i ?: ?.x V?1.. .x 11 I *. iu;i:cuiuii ucMirtuu; iui au yciauu:*, nui L io they seek to pull down or destroy e he efficiency of any of the other educa- j ional institutions of the State. They i lesire rathef to see thera all prosper t ilike and labor harmoniously together t n furnishing:, if possible," to every 1 outh in South Carolina such an educa- c ion, either technological or literary, as i vill best advance the interest of the j ndividual and promote the welfare n nd prosperity of the State." r The trustees at their recent meeting t pcr-.mmpmlpi] that. the nrpsent pxneri- c iicnt stations and the State depart- s neat of agriculture be abolished, and ht-ir work transferred to Clernson Col- ]; ^e. It appears altogether probable s hat these suggestions will be adopted s y the Legislature at the present ses- a ion. 1 I.'NITED STATUS SENATOK. a The canvass for United States Sena- n :)r is proceeding very quietly. Is'either s ide is very demonstrative. At this v rriting the choice appears narrowed etween Senator Ilampton and Speakr Irby?with the chances in favor of c ie latter. e ' THE NEW OFFICIAL*." The general changes in the ofiicers % - i t ?i..T ?S uu ui uic ii^iaiaiui c uci uuir sueins not to have hindered the body c 1 the transaction of business. It is s ^needed that both Clerks?General 0 ray and I)r. Pope?already make ex- n L-lk'nt ofiicers, and that the work of ^ le subordinates is r.lso well done. .Speaker Irby makes a fine presiding 1: Hirer. Lieutenant Governor Gary is f v .,nd therefore not yet fully at ease, f it ins u.,??'. nr'-'iinr for him a verv ~ ?ci\sstiu career. ?. , ? " ' ' j T1 r<>o <>oo?l to l>e Lost. I in; vri.AXTA, .Nov. On the day that <Tn u. Cordon was elected to the United -fa ites Senate two gentlemen went into a ne; re with a tiny piece of cotton rope bo lied 0:1 their coats. They told a gen- <tp lion it was a part of the rope fastened :he cannon on which Cordon was car- tht 1 to the Kimbal House. Clothes-line, i know, is pretty cheap. The store the per invested a quarter in cotton rope, fre it into little pieces, labeled it "Cor- loc : rope." sold each piece for ten cents the i as a result of the sale had twenty j boc ars in his pocket. the fool-kill- the uiift dead yet; he's weeding a wide 1 in Atlanta every day. Co 1 ver Kliiott is the Congressinan. ^ i >i.I'M in.\. Nov. 2s. -Tiie State board ; ;inc canvassers met in the Secretary of ! ^re; o's otlice at noon to-day. and in ae-} u-j{ lance with the decision of the >u- j Qe ne Court, they ;it once took up the : reo er-F!li<;tt contest, and decided to > the certificate to Col. Kliiott. The j iiicaV' of election was then made out. j Col. Kliiott appeared and it was j ti to him. The board then adjourn- I poS( iue die. and with that adjournment ecame functus oilicio. Col. Kliiott j ed iiis Certificate in iiis nuclei :m<l i . 1 afternoon lit- let't f>>r his home. He | n;0! iturallv much pleased with his sue- i tjc., and says he will not go to Washing-! <r< :mtil Congress reassembles. " e j ^ Dashed Uafoy's lirains Oat. lish tnd X. J.. Dec.4.?James A a well known builder of this I the :i. hired a carriage to tak* his | fort hers wife and child for a ride. As how rere seated. the horse started and j bre? nway. in turning1 a short curve at j mar rch street he upset the carriage, j tive wing all three people out. The of e a\ear olu, struck against the i wei< lodist parsonage gate and its brains j selvi dashed out. ' wisl GOVERNOR TiLLMAN. !i\AUGL RATiON OF THE CHIFF EXlCU*."!V? CF SOUTH CAROLINA A Larfie Crowd in Attendance? The SiuiI>1< Cerniiouii.s-'i'Iit! Ina:ij;ur.il Auilre.ss --An Kxlwi:>!iVr Kfcvi?-iv of l'nblic Affairs--";! fKivii.iisnf K<-1 ! < lu ll iiK D I ;in<3 tlcform. (.'oi.cmijia. S. Drc. 4.?Special: Tlios*- int?-ffs*ed irt the ceremonies incident :<> the in;?utrur.iti?>u of the Coventor of Soul ii Carolina were full of gloomy forcl?:tlii)?f yesterday. Every siffii pointed to a rainy day for the oc casioa?and rain would have spoiled things l?adly. 'Jut the rain confined itself to a tittle shower last night. This mornings sun shone with "especial brightness, and the day has been the prettiest of the season. Some little time before the hour set for the exercises, people began moving towards the State House, just north of which had been erected the platform, capable of seating about 5<JU people. There was* as is usual on such occasions, some little delay, and it wasabout 1:20 when the procession headed by the Chief Justice and the (Jovernor-elect reached the platform. The space in front was well filled with spectators. The number of people present is estimated at3,5ix>. The exercises were opened with prayer by the I lev. 0. A. Darby, J). J)., of this city. The oath of oflice was then administered by Chief Justice Simpson to Governor Tillman, who thereupon proceeded to deliver his , IXAUOUItAL ADDRESS which is a most exhaustive review of public affairs in South Carolina, with suggestions of administrative reforms. rrt.?. /l/innmonf cnnhntlo JlhfMlt. Sp\'pn thousand words. The following synopsis includes all its salient points. Governor Tillman said: It is seldom in the history of politics that a man is so honored as I am. It is customary to perform the ceremony of inauguration in public and only once before that 1 am aware has it been necessary in South Carolina to hold it >J1 open air in order to let the people see. To the large nu'iriueipf my fellow citizens who have done me trie "ti'UlPJL to_ come as witnesses of this impressive ceremonial I can only say in simple words I thank you. To the people I owe my election after a m6st memorable canvass. To the people only I owe allegiance and to the people I pledge my loyal service. Tliis is no mere holiday occasion. The citizens of this great commonwealth have for the Grst time in its history demanded and obtained the right io choose their Gpveinor, and 1, as the exponent and leader of the revolution which brought about the change, am here to take the solemn oath of ollice and enter upon the discharge of its onerous duties. Before doing this it is proper, and usage mnKes it obligatory on me, to inaKe known rny views and opinions on the important questions agitating the public mind and t.o show where aud how the reforms are needed and can be wrought. With such an audience as this, sympathetic and enthusiastic. I might if 1 were an orator attempt to play upon your feelings and win applause by ilights of what some call eloquence, but which sensible people consider as "glittering generalities," the tinsel and brass buttons cf a dress parade, meaning nothing and worth nothing. The responsibilities of my position, the reliance of tne people upon my leadership, the shortness of our legislative session (one fourth of which is already gone) alike demand display ot practical statesmanship and business meU^^^^Te are rng|4?-4o the busidiscus^ ideal governnent. We come as ref^risi^rs, chaining that many {things in the ?royernnent are wrong and that there is room "or retrechment and reduction of taxes. Jul* task is to give the people better government and more ellicient governing t as cheaply as possible. We must, io\vever, never lose sight ol' the fact hut niggardliness is not, aiways economy. The people will pay even more axes than at present if they know hose taxes are wisely expended and 'or their benefit. Before J proceed to discuss in- plain, straightforward, fanner fashion, the egislation [ shall ask you to consider, : desire to congratulate you upon the signal victory achieved by the people hroughout "the Union at the recent flection. Democracy, the rule of the )eople, has won a victory unparalleled n its magnitude and Importance, and hnqp wlinsft hpnrts were troubled as hey watched the trend of National egislation in its unblushing usurpation >f authority, its centralizing grasp ipon the throats of the States, its abect surrender to the power of corporite money and class interests?all such (lust lift up joyful hearts of praise to he All Ruler and feel their faith in the tabilitj of our republican institutions trengthened. N The Governor next discussed the reasons of the races, and, while emphaizing the paramount necessity of white upremacy, urged justice and consider < f + V?rv r* /-\ 1 A I?A/1 vv/iArvl A HA .liUii iUl tliu V/UlUl XZKl -IX^OUlL/.lgy condemned lynching, and suggested, s one preventive of it, that the Goverior be empowered to remove any heriff permitting prisoners to suffer iolence while in jaU. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. For the improvement of the free ommon schools the Governor suggestd the following scheme : The respective counties should be deided, by a reliable surveyor, into chool districts as nearly square as the ontour and the larger streams and wamns will permit. These should be f an area not greater than thirty-six or less than sixteen square miles, in proportion as population Is dense, and nth one white and one colored school n each. All the public school funds hould be concentrated to run these lone. The trustees should be elected < y the residents of said districts, only ' roe-holders being1 eligible to the oflice. , ie poll tax Should be increased to 83 i stead of SI, as no\v,!tirertfrr?? vrill reire a constitutional amendmeriTSr^j npower trustees to erect buildings pi :ir centre of district, with money 01 rrowed for that purpose, and set th art each year so much of school rid as may be necessary to liquidate fir ? entire debt in ten years, principal si i interest. The property-holders in or : several school districts should be to e to supplement the State taxes with v< si levies. Steps should be taken to ri publication of a series of school ti< >ks that should be truthful touching War of Secession. la 'ouching the State University the m vernor recommended that the Uni- sh sity system be abolished, the exiinental farm at Columbia be sold us I the' proceeds be covered into the be isury, the mechanical department, tei h ail its belongings transferred t3 m: mson College and that a complete wl rganization be ordered. A liberal pr iropriation an 1 one which will dp ice to give the institution stnbility re: character ou^ht to be made, scl rtv thousand dollars for all pur- tic s s and tuition fees can be profitably I in his opinion, and the Governor he ed that it will receive that amount *lal jerpctual annual grant so as to re- Lh ;e the college altogether frotn poli- in 1 influences and antagonisms. pe< ouching Clemson College he adopt-1 to he suggestion of the trustees?pubMi elsewhere. tier expressing the opinion that th< re-opening of the Citadel was un- eri un;;te. '.he Governor said: "It, ever, holds a warm place in the dis ists of many of our people as a land- ch; k of the old regime. A conserva- the regard for the rights and wishes ma ven a small minority ought to have me ;ht with those who have them- i: es so long been denied what they jot; 1. There are too few lights in toM t *. i .Sou^h v' i-otina ior us io p;<? out a.iy of tLcra an . norths present i recomiuscd J that tre annual appropriation be granted.'' :ie i-; u.'iiii> i!'iUvi L.r: i of r.hrei coa:mi>sicners to ascertain | the cos* of tstaUiahiUiC and : ing an industrial school fori'iiis. lie i paid a high compliment to the Winj thr p Training School, saying that "110 : money ^pent !?y the State foreducation pro .dsesa richer return than that i given tl.'s institution. The ;rv comes i from .ill over the State for better trainj ed teach r-rs." A.S> r.I'M AN'H PISXI TENT IA It Y. The (Jovernor called attention to the j increasing cost of the Lunatic Asylum, land suggested. reform. i?y more exact! ing requirements for admission, the support of pauper paients in the same J ; stvlr? only as they could have at home, j I the commitment of harmless patients i to the c mnty poor houses, and the re| quirement that each comity support j its own lunatics. "Next in importance to the asylum is the penitentiary. The results ob-j tained at this institution have not been satisfactory, and the Lane of its management is politics. In my judgment the best resultsjto make the institution yield an income commensurate with its work c;;n be secured by removing all restrictions on leasing or hiring theconvicts? and allowing them to be em ployed on any work, public or private, that pays best." THE CONSTITUTION. Governor Tillman next urged the calling of a Constitutional Convention, as the only means of adapting the organic law to the present condition of the people. He laid especial stress on the fact that Charleston County, as laid out in the Constitution of 1868, has now three Senators?one being from Berkeley which was formerly included in Charleston. He cited this condition of things as a most pressing reason for a Constitutional Convention. "THE PEOPLE'S MONEY." In suggesting means of saving the people's money, his Excellency urged as one means of such saving a new railroad law honestly and fearlessly administered. He suggested the Georgia law touching railroads, as a model for South Carolina. After criticising the present system of assessing and taxing property, and pointing out some of its greatest in^ following scheme of county govern-; ment: ' Let the voters from each township elect from its freeholders a board of three supervisors who ;shall have charee of roads and the assessment of I property in their respective townshipsLet the'pay of these supervisors, if any, be just what the people of that town, ship are willing to pay out of their own pockets, as voted in township meetings. When the Auditor comes around to assess property let these supervisors be present and put prices on land, stock, etc., under oath, and should any taxpayer neglect to make returns let the supervisor lind out and assess his propertv, receiving therefor 31 from each taxpayer that neglects to meet the Auditor. Let the chairmen of these township boards of supervisors constitute a county board of finance. The Auditor should be altogether free ^from political iniluences, and be ap yUAUCCU, txO UU V\ , UU ClIC lCUUllllllCUU<i" tio'n of the county board of finance, rather than by the primary system." THE PHOSPHATE BHDS. The Governor expressed the opinion that a survey alone can determine the extent and value of the phosphate beds. He thinks that an appropriation of ?10,000 will be sufficient, and by the time the General Assembly meets a year hence it will.have something definite to go upon, and can continue the work or not, as it may deem be3t. OTHER SUGGESTIONS. Other suggestions contained in the address are as follows: That' honL-c wifh tho treasure State bonds in amount equal to the State deposits in such banks. every bank chartered by the State be reqair<ft^toinvest a part of its capital stock, sayl^eneentyj^^j^ bonds. That every insurance company doing business in the State be required to deposit v.'ith the State treasurer 825,000 in State bonds, as a guarantee cf solvency. "CONCLUSION." Geatlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives, 1 must apologize for the time I have consumed in discussing these important matters, and with a few remarks as to the relations . which ought to exist between the Executive and the Representatives of the T it'll! z'* 1 c*r* ycvyit, I. I During the recent campaign the lines were sharply drawn, and I was ' elected on a platform which, among ' other things, demands "rigid economy in public expenditures, the abolition of useless officers, reduction of salaries < and fees of all officers, State and coun- j ty. to conform to the increased pur- j chasing power of money, and the da- j creased ability of the "people to pay . taxes, that public officers be paid in ; proportion to their labors and respon- 1 sibilitv." 1 An overwhelming majority of both ' your honorable' bodies was elected on the single issue aa to whether you endorsed this platform and its exponent. , We are here to redeem these pledges, ' ana it is your duty to inane tne laws aad mine to execute. The responsi- * bilitv is squarely on us and \re cannot j shirk it. * There are some minor matters to which I will direct your attention in special messages from time to time. *; The observations I have made and the * recommendations I hare offered are : for your consideration. Your duty is 1 not discharged unless you sift, amend. c alter and add to these suggestions, any- c thing which, in your Judgment, will c perfect them and subserve the object | which alone should actuate us all, the : public welfare. 1 have given you tne u best light I have, but I am not infalli- s ble and have no pride of opinion. c There is a fearful responsibility rest- r' ing upon me by reason of the reliance J on my leadership, but you cannot avoid the responsibility resting on your own ^ A 11 A ~ MtrAn trs, S 3::'v>uiuci.3, auu juu win ukj wiung tv cast a single vote against your judgment, no matter whence comes the re- , commendation. In the matter of ap- * ^j^tinents I must rely almost wholly 1 i yoiJrSt^vice and suggestion where ? le'people us any choice. } The most impOT5pfi?t appointive of- ' ;e in each county is urr coo^nls- ^ oner. The pressure broughtTo bear"*^ 1 this o'Hcer by his friends, and at- ?.a rneys of men indicted for murder is t}r: jry strong, and unless he is incor- "9 iptible the jury gets "fixed" and jus- )yi :e is cheated. lse The ofiice of trial iustir.e is nr.p nf th; rge power and importance, and no an who ever drinks to intoxication |rc ould hold it. Jin Only three weeks remain of the . ual legislative session which lias m= en limited to Christmas by unwrit- ex] [i law. You have to deal with many : utters of great importance, and ?nf Aether you can perform these duties y} operly in so ;short a time must de- ^ nd on your diligence and absolute s fusal to waste time on silly, wild-cat *'j(liemes, and local and special legisla- ' m which are curses of our time. cl?: Hedging you my best efforts and arty co-operation in your arduous )ors. and invoking the guidance and n w ^ i.-t J lug "i tuc i auiei upuu uiu" iauors behalf of our beloved State and its her )ple, 1 am now ready to call Heaven ty, witness and take the oath of olllce. fad CLOSING CEREMONIES. 1110 Che Chief Justice then administered ed i i oath of oflice to Lieutenant Gov- fjvc lor Eusrene 13. Gary. * ma, L'he Joint Assembly beiug declared jnQ solved, the Senate retired to its rtf1. irnber and the Representatives to ^ 'ir hall. Lieutenant Governor Gary , :de a short sp.ech of acknowledg- ?1C nt. He Shortly afterwards each house ad- tl^2 irned till the usual hour of meeting and morrow morning. . bia k ?? ?? - . ... .1. 3Lui'<Iw:-eu l?y si Tiuii; l^oUber. | Xi:\v Okleaxs. December b.~A! i special to the Time.s-Democrnt 'rem j j T ;Lt. Texas, says: A train robbery j i oicurre.l i''.L-.v;en ami o'clock last! [niihton i'-ic ('ntion licit K'?ad. beUvt-en j ; 1) banilv and ' > iuona. The train wa* j : No 23. mixed passenger ami freight, i ! anil was bouud South. From Oscar i Si-hmit. of Milwaukee. Wis. one of the ; ! psissi-uircrs. tli'1 followim; particulars | were odtained: At Uilmore a spare faced nuiti about j | live feet seven <t einht inches high. j j with a black musta.-.he and Mack eyes. J bought a ticki:t lor liig Sandv. There | In- g<?t oil'and bought a ticket for Tyler, i When the train started t?? pull out from the water tank between J>iir Sandy and Winona the coupling between the passenger car in front either broke or was pur | posely removed, and the train nulled I out. leaving the coach behind. There were several passengers in the coach, among 'hem one colored woman. All the passengers, except Schmit, J, li. Gerhardt and the man who committed the robbery, leltthc car and went out on the platform to discover what was the matter. The lirst intimation the robber gave was pulling a bii; pistol. liring a shot into the car and crying out: "Hands up, gentlemen." Schmit said: I looked around to see what was the matter thinking it was some drunken robber, and r found a pistol under my nose. The man with the pistol told me J to shell out my money and I made haste, reached down in my pocket and gave him what silver I had, about $9 or ?10. He turned to Gerhardt, who was in the seat with me, and asked him for his mencv, pointing the pistol at his breast as he did so. Gerhardt said: "I have no money." "I know better, shell out," said the robber. Gorhardt raises his hand to turn saide the pistol wlicii the robber tired, the ball entering Gerltfirdt's left side just below the heart. Gerhardt then grappled with the robber, tiring to not possession of wii; [iisiun iiuu mm U? tuu uwt v/i the car. During the scuille the robber fired five lines, then, his pistol being emptor he turned and ran. ^j^^rainmen say that the enigine adMmftcaving the passenger coach beHrircc men signaled them, but, they refused to stop. "" After tlie robbery they uacked up and the coach was taken on again. Gerhardt, the wounded man. was brought to this city and placed in the railroad hospital. He cannot recover, lie represents a sewing machine company and travels from Marshall, Texas. His family reside in Paris, Texas. POLK DENOUNCED VANCE. .Bitter criticisms 01 me seziaior iu mo Alliance Orjran. Winston, .N. C., Xov. 20.?In today's issue of the Progressive Farmer, President Polk's Alliance organ, lie comes out stronger than ever against Senator Vance, and finalh' declares in three different editorials that he shall not be re-elected by Alliance votes. To answer the charge made by Vance's supporters that enough of the assemblymen elected were instructed to insure Vance's re-elcction, the Farmer says: "In many counties where representatives were instructed by the convention, a large majority of the people were opposed to such instructions. "A majority of the members of thf Alliance in iNorth Carolina have most solemnly promised to do all in their power to get the State and national de mands enacted into a law. If they al- ' low a United States Senator to be elcced who, for icveral months, lias taken a position squarely against the demands, how do they ever expect to accomplish anything hereafter? This pledging bus* _ mess was done -usdei' whip and spur, t Every democratic paper in the State { iqatfy'proclaims that 'no man should be r< elected who opposes Senator Vance. "The members of the Legislature iu * North Carolina should remember how some of the members of the last Legis- ^ lature misrepresented the people on the railroad commission question. They ^ should note the fact that none of these t misrepresentatives has been or ever will , he returned airain." t The Farmer then goes on to warn Al- c liance members against supporting t Vance, and concludes another editorial c thus: i "Seuator Vance makes this issue P squarely. In ellect he says to 00,000 Al- j liance men in tiie State: You are all L ivrong and I am right; you must give up c your demands and support me." "The Progressive Farmer has 90 per . :cnt, at least, of the order to stand by it c in its demand that the men who no to the Legislature and to Congress shall be t friends and notenenres of our measures. ] [low cau an Alliancc man consistently ^ and conscientiously vote for any man c >vho opposes the measures and principles I the Alliance." a Hicks for December. t Under date of St. Louis. Mo., Xovem- t" jer 18, Rev. Irl R. Hicks sends out ad- t; ranee sheets of his meteorological fore- t ;asts for December prepared for his t nontmy vvora ana or*.. xiiey itreiis t follows: Indications point to cold, bright * veather during the opening days of b December. The 5th is the central day o )f the lirst disturbed period for the p nonth. ,111 correct observations will c ;how a general swing of mercurial read- 7 ngs from conditions of fair to those of g :hange and storminess during a period c >f three to live days, with the 5th as the v :entre. These conditions will be pro- ti ,rressi ve from West to East, met possibly n >y Northeasterly blasts along the ex- t; reme Atlantic coasts. Cold days wiii S ufoeorl niit.il flip ruartinnnrv mnvemftnt.s h >n the 11th and 12th, when softer skies n tnd Southerly winds will bring reaction- t; iry storms. All must remember that rom this date our globe passes into the p /inter solstice disturbance. "Winter torms until near the close of the month V rill be due at any time. E The next regular period, however, is st rom the 14th to 17th. The qeuinox of b Mercury on the 18th, with moon's first el [iiarter on same date, and earth about T he crisis of winter solstice, with snow ,nd sleet?look fo:hoary sleet?past the eactionary days, the 22d and 23d. Alnost beyond peradventure heavy winter n storms will occur about this C ne The^ldlL1^1 a,nc* we men" n as centSISSlJligfe?^ ? th the reaCtionaVy^a'.-&^ ^ * abulia:* UU SC.t aim iciuu | JO it ought to excite the most IwtassssssSB re and watchfulness. Much hard Ko< ezing will follow the storms at these "Ti les. The full moon on the 25th ought evii rise on the rim of cold, Christmas tari flit, underspread with wide and deep and ?anses of fresh snow, sleet and ice. inJ \ hnf- P.Aru'jo 111 rc*l??v li?c? 1t/>o w??v^ -I1.U 1/VH.CVO >MiilUUA 1 no 11 V/Ct p. which change in temperature will The jin in the West and move steadily trai stward. attended by thawing and re- brai ting in renewed storms of rain and beir ?w on and next to the 28th. 2Hth and for h. For the most part December will ton se with good winter prevailing in the true rthern hemisphere. the Thwre is Money in Farming. ri.MMOXSVILLE, Xov. 20.?Ml. Rot Feel of Cartersvillc, Florence Coun- , ^ lias given additional evidence of the r'ie . .1i .. ? ... tO C< . mux vy wise management mere is jn oey in farming. On 100 acres plant- our n cotton he made this year seventy; bales: on thirty-six acrcs in corn he 0f tj lie I'O" bushels? on twenty-three acres vote ats SOU bushels. lie cut twenty tons not: lay and dug 300 bushels of potatoes. q , also had a considerable number of _or^ ep. and will this winter kill forty hogs, is a great believer in homemade for- jn a ;ers, and in this particular his belief notj practice no hand in hand.?Colum- fore, Register. shar THE FAitMERS IN POLiTiCS. Au Alliance \iew of the llecenl Llec- ! | t ions. Washington", November29.?Atthe | Farmers' A:!b.ruv heaoquar-1 ters iwe r-wnbody is sailing ami full' of hope. Col. L. I,. Polk, the president, has just retiirned iroiu an extended tour through the South and West, and lo? ks remarkably fresh for a man that has trawled over 25,000 miles m the! last live months and made hundreds of speeches. U is secretary is as busy as a bee. and business seems to be the order of the day sit. headquarters. On being asked what in his opinion \vas the ean>e ol H;e recent upheaval in pontics, .'ol. 1 'oik replief, without a iiionierit's hesitation: "The failure of this Congress to heed the demands of the people. We went before Congress armed with petitions, representing the will of over 3.(hXHhjO voters, and Congresssaid: * We are your masters; you are not ours. We know better what you need than you do. Your petitions amount to nothing. We could get your petitioners to sign just the reverse if we were to go among them.' That the people learned all this; that they heard their Representatives' slanders on their ability and integrity is an open secret, and in their wrath tluv said: 'If this Congress will not heed us, the next one will."' "To what do you particularly refer?" "First, to free coinage or silver. Wo though' that if the policy of this Government was to foster and aid the development of the iron industry, it ought to aid and foster the development of silver. That is, that without regard to silver as a money metal, silver was entitled, if protection was applied toother metals, to proection as well as iron ore or nickel or other minerals. We knew that silver was the unit of value when Jefferson gave to the people the formulas of the Democratic* party. When the Republican party built" itself up silver was the standard, and the great statesmen of neither party ever taught a single gold standard idea. We held that we had as good right to go to the mints with our silver and have it coined as with our gold. Then it would increase the volume of currency. For these and other reasons the people demanded free coinage. Congress passed a Jaw placing the power of the amount coined in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury. Wej^bje&lo^y^manj)o\y-J er. We opposecfthe bill. Congress paid no attention to us. The people said: "We will teach these servants of ours that we are their masters;' and they did. Again we demanded that the" selling of futures be prohibited. Again we were ignored. We presented a bill for an increase of the currency. We were ridiculed as hayseeders, as agrarian humbugs, etc, and our bill was not reported." ''So you regard the upheaval as directly traceable to the close organization and co-operation of the farmers and laborers ?" ;'I most certainly do. Take the Pacific Coast States." The Senators and memuers or congress were in iavor or a greater volume of currency, and the farmers and laborers made" no organized eifort there. Had they done so they would have supported their friends, not punished them. In the Southern States the light was made in the primaries, and the Democratic party accepted the situation save in South Carolina,' where they openly fought us with a candidate of their own. The ground-swell was not Democratic but Alliance in that light. In Ohio we have no State organization. The ground-swell did not reach that 3UUG. JLJ1C JLfClLIUtJiaia lUi>L licav 11 V 1U McKinley's district, although the Major did not succeed in getting elected. Take any State you please. Show your figures and compare them-.with" the figures that show the strength of the League, the Grangers, the Patrons of Industry, the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Ass&C&teQn, the Knights of Labor aDd ;he Farmer^ttf/atfvae, and just^pro)ortion to the strengt\of these orgam- T :ations has been the cyclone;* "Does this mean that these organiza,ions are Democratic?" "]>v no means. We held this Congress* responsible for what it did and for ] vhat it failed to do, just as we will the < >2d Congress. It is a novel procedure? i he great reform party working within . he lines of the two olu parties. You j vill see that we required "no costly ma- i hinery, no money, and neither party , :ould tell where we would strike. All i lepended 011 the pledges of the candi- . lates. We wanted sectionalism pun- ] shed. iDgalls, of KaDsas, was the ; rreat promoter of sectionalism. The i 'republicans of Kansas st .od by their I irethren in the South and >ve stamped nit sectionalism and proved to both >arties that bloody shirts will no onger avail in apolitical campaign." { ' What has the tariff to do with this 1 ampaign?" 1 "Comparatively little. The tariff is 1 he same in California that it is in 1 Kansas; the same in Ohio that it is in 2 Iichigan. Pennsylvania has not; aban- ? loned the protective tariff, but she re- I >UKea macmne pontics. me peupic :?serted themselves. The people said, * i*e object to the inequalities" of the ( arilT. If it is proven that it is better s or the country to have a 50 per cent, arift", the farmers, who always are c nlling to do what is best for thecoun- e ry, would be willing to endure the ^ arilT, though it is oppressive to them. a v Inrtrp npmpnt.i<rp rin not. so believe. ? ut accepti-jg the tarill as a fact, we ppose the taxing of our necessities 75 er centum and luxuries only 25 per F entum. We want luxuries placed at 5 per centum and such manufactured ^ oods a.s are used by the poor at 25 per e entum, or some other figure that fould be just and equitable. The Xaional Alliance has never made de* lands on Congress in reference to the ? uriif. In Kansas and other Western * tates the people refused to go out and ear the great tariff orators. They de-.. landed currency?not tariff, or more i. ixation." " . -Will you act with the Democratic r; arty in the future?" li "We are not partisan in any matter. Tf fi,A V e only act 1 Ul UU1 UCllCUt. jli tug r emocrats heed our demands we will , .and by them, if they do not we will , e forced to down the new Confess and 1 Sect one of our own."?New York ribune. The Tiirift- Dhl It. 2 3 The oflicial returns from the ten Illi- 3 ois Congressional districts, outside of hicago, which were carried by Kepub- $: r?o V* c ivi TiiVV cliQTir f-liot thft flp^rp^sp LtWiO H*. v?-?- -?- ~ om the Republican vote of 1886 was 5,223. The decrease was the greatest J l Mr. Ilitt's district, a Republican mairit^educiu^njj^^j^to 502. The o; ?kford Register (KepiMwyded with t ie election returns are cro^k the new Jence of the fact that it wasVelothing ff bill increasing the tax on nkwhich . many other necessary articlesntoubuced the people to desert the KeWbar. n party in such multitudes this vm^i s cause of the revolution whiclfek isferred the control of the popularroL nr>h nf ('nn<rr?>cc tn ttto 1 VminnMtc lg known, it is the part of wisdom g tlie Republican leaders at Washing K this winter to prove themselves ?| i servants of the people by repealing ? McKinley tariff and adopting in it's P d a measure perceptibly reducing II old schedules." 'e are sorry to*see a disposition on Si part of some newspapers in the State g )ntinue to abuse Cant. Tillman. W'e k this is a, blunder 011 the part of contemporaries. It will do 110 good. Sol t. Tillman has been elected governor ^ le .State by an immense majority of ^ s. and It is not only idle talk but is 3? iii good taste, to say the least. ?3 vu fount.\ is setting an example ^ :hy of imitation to a number of her $9 t States. 2S"0 text book can be used public School of that State that is published in the State. She is. there^H i independent of book trusts jum I n, .11 ...I. H Jaw , GliiiEA'VILLE. Dei:. 4.?Ileniv I soil colored, who v.a? riddled \vuli bullets near Central i> Imed.a \e>terila\ tuornini' for tl;-: assault u|><>ti Mrs. T!;?;mas Walters. .va> er^uaied M-me uiur ia>i uiuul ;;ii i uicv. iin'iiu m l uteris could iimhmiiiitiir of him but. a small j $ portion of one font, which was charred I * by the lire. Johnson recovered ?*??n- j I sciousuc>s We.Ims.lavaail. it i>s:i'.<l. Im-2- j | ^cti lor water. I g The n-porl ;!ial he died \?.*stenia4' | afternoon and that, sc.'er.d hours after S his hod v was o-vnvd \\11!? hrusii and | lous. A lighted match was applied by j an uukovvn person and the blaze, from a the burning wood -nd tlesh leaped high | iir.o tl;c air and could l>e s<l*u from the ? roadside, li is rumored that the ne^ro ? was yelling uiien the lire was set, but g trustworthy infonnatioii contradicts this. | jonnsou S puniMilUCIIL w;j> i s;i uimi> wut g of the most terrible ever inllietcd lor bis i crime.?Columbia llegister. The Cuuse o( i'aiu. | An aclie or pain is not of itself a dis | ease, it is but a symptom, and warns the 3 sufferer that there is something the mat- | ter with his physical organization. | Weak kidneys, bad blood, and nervous- | ness are frequently the source or cause | of the many mysterious aching sensa- | tions that atilictthe body. You can re- | move the causeof such distress by using f 15. 15.13. (Botanic Blood Balm). " 1 C. II. ftobetts, Atlanta, Ga., writes: | "My kidneys were disordered and gave ? me excruciating pain. A single bottle | of B. B. B. helped me wonderfully." Wm. X. Nelson, McDough.Ga..writes: i ]>. B. J', has benefited my daughter 8 vnr'T ivmoh sill, u-flc with SC.- I 2 very nervousness. I think it the best | family medicine." AV. K. Ellis, Brunswick. Ga., writes: "I ? have tried B. B. B. and it isagr eat thing | for the blood. It- has alsoc ured me of s rheumatic pains." ft A lionmnce in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. A notacle g wedding cerc-mony was performed here | to-nigh 1. It united Major Marion C. 1 Riser, one of Atlanta's most prominent g and wealthy merchants, and Mrs. Sarah a Turner Ivey. Thirty-live years ago Mr. e Kiser and Miss Tamer were engaged to ; be married. The wedding day came, i. the bride and the minister were ready, f but the groom-elect did not appear. iisic ddi ng^j^nce t then, Miss Turner married MrT Ivey, n and Major Kiser in the meantime has | had two wives. Some months ago Mrs. Ivey lost her husband, and later Major Kiser's second wife died. The old love < was renewed, and now it is Mr. and ? Mrs. M. C. Kiser. Our Total Popalatlon 62,622^230. , Washington, Xov. 29.?To-night \ i. 7 > L' ~ ~ aP 4 nuuen jr. x'unur. ouycuutcauaut vi uic Census, presented a statement to the \ Secretary of the Interior, giving the pop- \ ulatton of the several States and Territor- I iesof the United States as finally deter- j rained. The verifh'i population of the 3 United States in 1890 is fixed at 62,022,- ( 250. This total differs by 141,710 irom ^ that contained in the report of the cen- I sus office under date of October 28, 1890. ? The change is due to the corrections of J the errors of what is turned the first or ? rough count and additions of names acer- ' tained to have been omitted from the en- 1 umeration. The New Hampshire Legislature. '* Coxcoiti), X. II., > ov. 28.?The resig- i nation of G. A. Dickev, clerk of the 'i House of Representatives, simplilies 3 legislation. His successor will be S. J. * Jowett ofLaconia, who will receive the full Republican vote at the opening of this special session. The Democrats f will be united in opposition to the pas- I sage of the bill instructing the clerk as sj to the method of preparing the roll of 3 the next House, and as there are enough 3 Republicans who take the same posi- | tion to prevent its j>assage the only Ji iramessTIiat wifi"lje"transacte(rw!i?-^?^ the election of the clerk and his assist- i int. 1 i:inos and Organ*. ? "V \V Pn-.l S [tirnbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, ? iirect from factory. Xo agents' commissions. The celebrated Chickerlng 3 Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated 2 for its clearness of tone, lightness of ~ touch and lasting qualities. Mason & * [Iamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up- right Pianos, from 822 to 2.25. Mason &, n [Iamlin Organs, surpased by none.Ster- J ling Organs, S50 up. Every'lnstrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' :rial, expenses both ways, if not satis- Ei factory. Sold on Instalments. A Xew Kind of Xesro. LaGuaxe, Ga.. Nov. 26.?Ilenry Ferguson, colored, died here from the ef:'ects of a bite on the hand three nonlhs ago by Joe Strozier. Blood poisoning ensued.and he could get no elief. The negroes claim that Stro- w o nanrrn ^ nrl r<x. xo tb uun.iv.u v, wuu av/ jard a bite from one of that kiDd as )oisonous as that of a rattlesnake. vrery few negroes would have anyhing to do with his burial on account )f their superstitious fears in regard to i deatli of this character. Q One-sixtii of the human race dies if consumption. If I)r. Koch's discoviry can stop this he will be indeed the >enefactor of all mankind, and his ichievemeDt will rank with the dis overy of anawtnetics. Wk do not believe a word of the re>ort that Col. Polk, President of the National Alliance, will support Ingalls. 1 -Ve rather think this is a yarn concoctd by some one to injure Col. Poik in lis Senatorial race in Xorth Carolina Senator Ingalls, it is said, has been fifered the editorship ol' Frank Leslie's lhistrated Newspaper at 815,000 a ear. lie had better take it. j Diseases Peculiar to Women especialy monthly disorders, are cured by the imely uso of Bradfield's Female PtCguitor. A complete Bedroom Suit for 816.50 reight.paid to year depot. Send for !atalogue. Address L. P. Padgett, iia< Lugusta. Ga. nei READ THESE I'lGf KES. Farm Wagons, complete with oody etc. li? * 3-4 in Thimble Skin ?39.50 an< in Thimble skin 41.00 l7 in Thimble Skin 42.00 c One Horse Wagons, ?24.50, S2G.50 and on 28.50. Warranted second to none. <j Write for Circulars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, &c., at 1,ei b per cent less than regular prices. Send ~ >r Catalogue. This offer is for only 30 G 1 ays in order to reduce stock?so order at nee. [ I0LLER & ANDERSON BUGGI* CO., KOCK HILL, S. C., ^ In writing mention thij paper. ( t&?BS?K.TO? -pre iffnffiWBlHgBBH LiprsJ^HKSj eProprtaJj SBEm L r> ii . TL.' 11 $ raup rap me magi i A GHKAT OhFtH THAT MAY \OT AfiAlSbk Reheated, so do Nor delay, 1 "STKiivE Wku.ethe Ikon is H ot." ] 1 Write for Catalogue now, a id s;-y what; paper yuu saw tt.is advertisement in. j Remember that I sell everything that) 2oes to furnishing a home?manufacturing some things and buying others in the. Itlii l.if n*l?i/>K lii >o K1 n Q ma f/J ivui, iai^ wi wipe out all eonioetition. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY ST ART J LING BARGAINS i A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full! i>ize, 15x17 in<*h oven, fitted with 2: pieces! jof ware, delivered at your own depot,! all freight charges paid by cue, for! only Twelve Dollars. ! Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cooking. IRange loxlo inch oven, 18x2(5 inch top, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, for THIRTEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to your depot. DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR YOUR GOODS. I I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, [walnut frame. either In rmnihinat.mn or 'banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, [to vour jailroad station, freight paid. | I will also sell you a nice Bedromos uit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high _ head Bedstead, l Wa&hstand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane seat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight jH to your depot. a ffl Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom! suit with large glass, full marble top, fora 9 ?30, and pay freight. 8 j&k Nice window shade on soring roller ? 401 Elegant Jarge walnut 8 day clock, 4.001 H Walnut lounge, 7.001 Lace curtains per window, 1.001 jl cauuut uescuue ever} uuug in a siuaii ^ ~w advertisement, but have an immense store ' - * containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with V ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta, making in ail the largest business of this kind under one management in the Southern States. These storesand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of the best factories. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. I pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT. Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. : k Spring Micinsjf I IAN AND WOMAN. I I*. ?. ?. will purify and TitaHae your fi .. blooA, create a good appetite and give yoor B ? -hole^vstem tone and strength. ij A prominent railroad superintendent at ?? J t Suvaun^h.suiferic# with Y^laria, Dyspep- 9 fl 2 f-ia. and Rheumatism sa.1 'i itaf' -mp P. P. P. he never felt so well in his life, ana I 3 ie<*ls as if he could live forever, if he oould jB always get P. P. P." v ? If you are tired out ff.n v?tc? .> ?* find I jji close coufluesient, take If you are feeline b^JIy in tie spring E 5 and out of sorts, take S ^ ; P. P. P. I -< If your digestive orgins need toeing up, E jfcP.P. 1 ^ If vou suffer with headache, indigestion, ? 3 debility and weakness, sake i IP. P.P. i j If you suffer with rervous prostration, | a nerves unstrung and a general let down 3 5 of the system, take IP Dp i fi la J jtSBB&tmi ? } Poison. Rheuraatieaa. ScroC- \ Malaria, Chronic Female | Prickly Ash, Poke Root 1 and Potassium. The best blood purifier In the wortd. LIPP5IAX BP.os., Wholesale Druggists, Sole Proprietors, Lifphan's Block, Savannah, Go. j 7ALBOTT SON'S. VfiTYES TJOTLERS. SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS -f :e acknowledged to be the best ever sold in this State. hen you buy one of them you are satisfied that you have made no mistake.; Write for our prices, Jotton Gins and i Gotton Presses AT BOTTOM FIGURES. . can savo you money. 1 , C, Badham, GeajAgt., COLUMBIA.'*. C. Sgrilome office and Factory, KECinio.^D, vi. m BcarflifCFallestoi. A MRS. & B. HA.SELL } reopened her housa on the V. E. Oor w of Wentworth and Globe Streets, and )repared to receive permanent, Jransieu"^.-_j r house is centrally located, and directly the line of the City Railway. fl ipecial rates made .lor Commercial trade . s. -Octi DEPLETE 91NN ERI E7 rPON THE M> ST APPROVED > plans, with Suction Fan or Spited !t Seed Cotton Elevator furnished at npetitive prices. ;OTTON* GINS and PRESSES of best kers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Deering t'Aro / T J i rrrvtrra on/1 "Plonof Tr Y? CJ. O, VyVXK/lSJ. JLAMiiVTIJ wuu * 4UUVU, V i.. t Itlvators. l large stock of Portable and Stationary minj and Saw Mid Engine? on hard State Agent.* for G. COOPER & GO'S Corlis En- m es Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Com- M iy's complete line. W. H. GIBBES, JR.. & CO., Near Union Depot, Columbia. S. C. Jfl|