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DSPh ?.' w Tlie FairfieM "News and Herald. I > . V J i"JBLl\<UED EVERY W SDN EH DA Y -BY? Newo - and - Herald -|Co. | _ i *V'.J3. DOUiiL VS5, ) : ? > KdiUrs. .j*s. <?. D.WI.S; ) TUKMS, IX ADVANCE: tour. .... si.; O j ?lx Montiii, - - - - .75 1 ? 1 . , .J.D YKHVISING RATES. CASH: j " wW:i"fe'dollar a square for tli? first iascr- i ona^jd .fifty .Ceuts for each subsequent ! usertiou .Special rates for contract ad- j rertssers. Marriage and death notices fret Kejcular rates chared for obituaries. j Orders for .Job Worfc solicited. * " i ; winnsboro, s. c. i Wednesday, July 8, : : : 18fl | We prefer to have used a correct; * -and-good metaphor in speaking ot j i '"""the' lamp of truth," though ?tis :i little | antique, than to. have spoken of the I ??jS^' ~ ."^thetics of journalism" instead of; "as?* the eih:es of j inrnalisin. This is i 'fine! Brother, did yon originate this , .#'^v ^ ^ rnt . poeuc ngnre.' i ?rre ?> ucuu.um ( more poetry in it, than justice in the ..charge'''? tha* is, the luck of nianli- ' uess. *-> > ; ,.v.. Cai'T. ILayne McMkkkix '-iiels an -. . Impulse" to take exception to a short j paragraph it* one of the recent issues! t""of'TrtE Xkws axi> Hkkald directed j principally to the Charleston World.; saying that the World was in "the : wrong- crowd.v which was possibly j :i somewhat an inelegant expression, j reference was liad to the candidates for Suite officer*, and as the World is .... no longer a supporter of Gov. Tillman,, and, presumably, of none of the - State officers, and was an ardent and warm supporter of them during the canvass, the enjoyment of ;icrow"now -is easily understood As far a con-: * - spiracy on the part of the press "to v'" render his CGov. Tillman Y) adminis '* trafion a failure," The News axd Hekald hardly thinks it necessary to ) say that it will praise Gov. Tillman when he deserves it and censure hi* \ " "when he deserves it. This was promised when he first arent inte office, and we lliiuk we hare kept our faith. As for the people thinking- for themselves, this was discovered toiue time ago, and we have never asked them to put us in possession of their 1 brains and let us do their thinking1 for them. Concerning "an organ that would bark back' " we have offered no objection and claim no right to ofl'er . any to the establishment of such. Kr.Thackstan Explains. "We have withheld full comment on the Thackston matter until the full facts were divulged. Mr. Thackston, we understand, is a young: man, and it would have been especially unfortunate had he wilfully attempted to use his" position for puttiug the State's money into his own pocket. It is to be regretted that the circumstances of the case hare been such that his explanation couldn't have come sooner. His statement delivers him from criminal intentions. A. man's good character is worth a great deal in this world. It is about all some of us have to carrr us through life, and it should afford no pleasure t? a high and right-minded man to see one's character wrecked. Mr. Thackston was, unfortunately, put i? pe cuiiany suspicious ci.cuwisiiinuco far as the general .public could tell, and the public had the right to d?maud how came it so. He has extricated himself and deserves exoneration at the hands of the public so far as a crime is concerned. His statement fully explains his position aad that of the Superintendant of Education. 31 r. Joaes' Charge*. ( Tri- Weekly Xeir* and Herald, July 1.) The Rev. U. Herbert Jones makes some very serious charges against Thk News ani> Herald. They are so grave and .sweeping that we shail not pass them over without comment, and we shall deal with them as openly and freely as they are preterrcd. If they L? could be sustained, then 'twere better for the moral, social, religious and material welfare of thii community had The News and Hekald suspended publication "some eighteen months a20," at least. The News and Herald is a private ^ enterpiise, but in a certain sense it belongs i?-xhe public. Its policy and genera! management as a newspaper are alwa_\s opened to public criticism, provided the criticism i* made in respectful language; and the editors will ever be ready and willing to hold themselves responsible lor the taste of Mrliot- ie rmMichpri ft? I1CWS. [he VlCWS expressed in the editorial column, and the genera! policy of the paper. We feel no inclination in the present instance to shirk our responsibility, and, therefore, we say to you, Mr. Jones, that we stand on our record, and if you can tear that record, or even the record of "some eighteen months," into frazihpn we shall vri:h the pieces and perish with them. We chalieiine Mr. Jones, who has been here ;,io<ne eighteen months," or anybody who lias been here during the whole time of the present management of this paper, to "* *??? point out a cleaner secular newspaper in this or any other State. This is as sweeping a generalization as are the charges alleged l?y Mr. Jones, but we are ready to stand by ir. We thi&k ? -* ? - 1 IQSl >V C lilltc 9VUK wuwpuuu VI .Til-l is good ta&te, but if our consciousness and appreciation of it in the past have been blunt, we want to knew it?that is to say, we shall welcome a revelation by Mr. Jones. We have made some profession of conducting this. paper on such a plane that no man need fear to read it before his family, however delicate and aesthetic may be his sense of propriety, and we have been scrupulously particular in eliminating whatever news was low and vu'gar, and have striven to elevate and r.ot degrade our readers?that is to siy, we thought we were suppressing what might be distasteful to some of ill? fastidious. It our ( entimems h ive not been high enough, if we have moved on a plane too low, we want to be taught better?that is to say. we shall welcome Mr. Jones' assistance and accept it as freely and respectfully as he oilers his suggestions and criticisms this morning. If we have tacitly and passively suppressed ''the highest and best sentiments of this town," and have beets the instruments of teaching that which is low, meau ami vulgar, have s>ugbt to drag our readers through fiilh, and contributed nothing to "truth and the prosperity ot our people," then we have mistaken false for true and true tor false. The News and Herald is uot a religious paper; but if it has, bv its utterance*, encouraged a low staudard of morality, then we want to know i?r but we shall demand strict proof ol it by facts. If Mr. Joues thinks that he can prove it, we offer him free access to the private files of Tue News and Herald, and tie may searcn until lie mar&naus las facts ia iuch a formidable array that the editors, the local reporter, the printers and e>f:ii the pressman are driven from tiie office in shame which publishes a sheet, reporting to IUe. world that "here in Wimnboro bar reoms, balls ana Diooaea stoc-K are our chief concern," and that seldom, if aver, gives notice to. those , things ''which go to ihe formation of a belter a:sd healthier sentiment," but reports those things which "are operating ayaiust the highest and best interests of this people" and seeks not "for the. truth and the prosperity of our people." If you can demonstrate "this seemingly general rule" which you profess to have discovered, Mr. Jones, and that the Jamp or truth nas never passed along the pathway of The ! News and Herald, 1'rom its establishment in 18J4 to 1S91, and that it has been a hindrance rather than a helper in advancing the interests of Wlunsboro, then its missien has been i in vain, and we shall bless your "arrival here some eighteen months ago." I JNow, Mr. .Joues, voa nave set . yourself up as the apostle of "truth and the prosperity of our people.-," and we shall hold you down rigidly to the profession of one who i-? interested in seeing that ?he sentiment'',"interests and good name of the people of this 1 : r COIXJUIUIU; \ ill c wncv> in the loo.il prefix. One would think that oar lulls her* in Wiuinbom, a town noted for its chivalry, culture, refinement. ami \vi?h as pare irid high ! min 'cd win[ic;i us ever lived, were ne i more thin the ballad* of the stuck of i nrimitivp folk-lore in Gotland, or the ! kol?>? iu Russia, or that M. Pitre tells ! j of in Italy, and Ilerr Ulrich 111 Greece, : where they, centuries ago, were scene* | of debauchery, and properly disgusted j the better element. We resent and i indignmily pretest again>t our balls : being put on a level with "barrooms | and blooded >tock," for it is a slander | on many of the best people of this i place. You might justify, Mr. Jones, j your indiscrijiinatioij between our j DSiiS suiu oarr<K>iii.?, were yuu living | in the times of the low ballads and j vulgar d.-mccs in England, which the ! Reformation and Puritanism crushed, ! but in the name of many of the Christian people of thi-i community, who | hold their "religious feelings" as I sacred as you, we shall not suffer it to j be advertised to the world that WintisI boro's vonny ladies and srentlemen at ! tend entertainments of such a. characI ter. We are, believe us, ' yours for the truth and the proup'-ritv of our people," ami it The New j and Herald has never clone any good in the past, it will not suffer this slanderous association of our ''barroom5, balls and blooded stock" <?o bv unnoticed. I We shall do that much at least for "'.he ' truth and prosperity of our people," Says Mr. .Jones: "There is, ap: patently a spirit of passive antagonism I manifested toward the spiritual wel| fare of this town. This I have noticed ! since my arrival here some eighteen j months ajro." What is it? How has ! it iii'on irijinifiisted? Tills is a severe j whack and we demand that Mr. Jones i shall establish his indictment. Tiik News and Hek.vld is nut, a::d doe? j not purport to be :? religious oryan. ! We do not write articles on leligious j or theological subject?, but leave that I for Mr. Jone< and his fellow ministers. ! Thi< secular newspapers are exp3Cted j to do. We do, however, try to report i religious meeting, ana nave time ana i again requested I he ministers in the | several churches to furnish us with ; synopses of their sermons delivered on I Sundays for publication in Tuesday's ; Tri-Weekly. Some of Ihein thought it ; iu bad taste as it looked too much like : advertising them-elves, and others j were willing, but declined unlets all j consented. So it has never been done. Again Mr. Jones savs that "a large i ? . . * . j unnsnau element in tin* piace - i arc greeted very painfully often by | allusions and complimentary notices of : tilings ami measures which outrage i their religions feelings/' Pray, what j does the man moan. Why doesn't he j specify something that has shocked hiui so much? We are at a lt?$s to ?-- ... ? i..? .1..:..: a, I1/v ' KIIOW Hliai i;c i> ai. ii; iiu i says something about "b.irraoms, balls ! am! blomleri .??ucL*," p->*-?ibiy, he means | notices refer! ing t?> ttiecn. As fur the i barrooms, I hey pay us for a regular j contract advertisement and every local ! on tUeir advertisement ig paid for. They pay ns on the sauie principle that n J.wi-miii noid f*Ai" linnlinor tliir? j liqnor from the depot, or the railroad : is paid for transportation, or a prirate j individual is paid rent for a room used : as a bar. However, this is the private i business management of a private : business enterprise, and we must deny ! Mr. Jones the right to say how the strictly business feature our journal shall be conducted. It is different from the editorial po'icv of the paper I and the taste of publishing news item* [ | ^hichweare willing fo have criti- j ci?ed. *' ' The following parallel w:ll dispose, j i practically, ot' the remainder ot Mr. j i Jones' charges: ! r W)uit Xr_ Jotifji Saw.) i( ff'lutt The .\Vn.? ami j One of the Chris- "'.CP1? T<<- I tian churches here -0-) had arranged and' Religious S Enadvertised a series oii**1-^*?A series of religious meetings.'revival services will A clergyman was in-ibe?"? at the Uaptist vited to c o n d u c ti!^ u r c h to morrow | these, j:?dcanie weJn^'1 the aid of liev. I j endorsed i.s a Chris- U. Patrick, tne | tian gentleman and popular young pastor | able preacher of theiof Vorkvilie and! cospel of C h r i s t. 'chaplain oi the JenYet dtirincr the whole Ititfes. Preach u? n.,* I I time of hi* stay ! semcc u-> f^ntion^ at " " i/the I of kin not .m 'fjf^son of Capt. Patrick! : Zwnaveti (Itol'cs PriuciPal of i>atrick* ; *P, P ( Military Institute at ? - ' \ Anderson, S. C\, and i '.-son-in-law of D r. j 'Charles Manly, pres- { , .... :identof Furnran University at Greenville, f S. C. Nature and \ 'cjrace have done mucli ' - for him, but he has . . also done his part, graduating at fur'uian . University at 'seventeen and the i Southern Baptist iTheological SeminaIry, Louisville,' Ky., .... . . iat twenty* one, the . . .. ,. jyouugest graduate ' 'the institution has 'ever turned out The ' - ' "'publlc in general are ' cordially invited to . v;,.. . attend, and the sym .. ..patuy, prayers wuu | ..^presence of the pas-! cors and nieuibers of ! all our churches are ''moist' earnestly and 'affectionately solicit ted when there is no I i... . . conflict. with their ...... . regular s-rvjcfs. {Tri-W'etkiy, June 27.) . . .Special REVIVAL . . Services. ? According to last Saturday's I ' Hiiiiouncenre&t U.O. ' -' : Patrick arrived in our ... town on the alter- j L... . . . ... ... .noon train and, was) I.. ............ .greeted:juudaymorn1 _ * [jug and eveni g by musiKiIIy luige congregations. and so jableand earnest wece | < - , . . ,ais discourses t h a t , prayer meetings at1 ,10.30 a. m. and iprea liihjj at 8.45 "v p. rn.' duriiig the nveek were attended oy fair and increasing congregations in spite of tlie busy sea son and special attiactioi-s. Theinem ' ' bers o? the Baptist. | - Church are grateful i . . ' for the sympathy and , r. . ... .. . eucouragemeiit. o n i the part of the com T cu unity la general | -'and ; Trust tint all j have enjoyed a bless-i - ;ing. Several among j . .. . . . jthe most intelligent ; _|iu the community I 'have manifested a ':' 'deep personal Inter- I irst iu their soul's I ' ' 'welfare and are trust | imuch and laxting l fjooil has bee/i accvm-1 pltsked' 'I " If is true these notices are brief, and I thoy are not as full as we desired, but on account of some misunderstanding the 'meetings were not more fuMv reported. Still some mention was made of Mr. Patrick and his work, and Mr. J Jones appears not to have read all ;he papers?at least only what "outraged" < his "religious feeling?." Says Mr. Jones: "Your two liistj iisue* of last week are 110 exceptions ' ot this seemingly general rule," mean- j ingf, we suppose, w|>a?Hve auiagoni>m to the J-pixi'tr.al welfire of ihc town." In the vcrv fir?t is'uc of ihe Tri* Weekly of last week one column ami | a half was devoted, and it was cheerfully devoted and written with pleasure by the writer, to the Y. M. C. A. of Union Chnrch. But Mr. Jones didn't read it, or n no uiu. ir cuine within (he "seemingly general rule.1' We have already said enough, bat before dismissing Mr. Jone*. we desire j to say to him, I hut if lie now offers his suggestions in ''the kindliest ot feelings'' and has known of our "passive antagonism to the spiritual welfare ot this town," and that (hit; "seemingly general rule" has obtained anth us for "some eighteen months" why hasn't he come to us in a spirit of friendli ness iiid told us that we were aoing .injury, loog, long ago? If what you say is the caser then by your own passivciie.*?, Mr. Jone?, you hare held your tongue for "some eighteen month*" and allowed us to notice "very seldom,indeed, if ever" * * "things which go to the formation of a better and healthier sentiment." I "Thift Seemingly (>oneral 3(u!e.'' I (Tri "Weekly Ntic* and Huahl, July j | Rev. R Herbert Jones mikes a re-1 j ply to that "exquisitely withering, j i Kliolii!n<r df>mn!iahin?r. annihilating! j *"" ? ?? r > a I i editorial so full of logical conclusions j : and rhetorical flight?-'," and whether or j j not his ariicle is a complete reply (he ' | public will be left to dcci<!?\ Whether | or not there is a want of inspect towards Mr. Joue*, er a want of fairness or manliness on our part we are "perfectly willing to leave lo -any intclli! sent, fair minded man." Wc fully ! apprcciuled how it was calculated to j | arouse our feelings to be tolil that we | j were discriminating "between things j I moral and religiou?, and things otheri wise." Things otherwise! What are ! thev? Whv, it i* a reasonable inferI J ence that we, in preference to "things ! moral and religious," published | "things" iminoial and irreligious. In i other words, if we had to make an .. U! .1 : 17? ,%,wl I CICCIIOll "LUiWKl'U Uilii?S muiai iim-i i i "things immoral" we always elected j ! tl.e latte?\ '-Thing*" immoral. Mr. j ; Jones, i>i a very broad term, and we I i had a legitimate right to discus-, this | rcry broad charge in a very broad | | ?ay. There arc different grades of i j immoral thing?, and, in the abscncc off : any .specifications by you, and in view ' ot' \'?nr extreme canu stness sn^?T' st- ! ' I j j injj that "even common policy should j j dictate a change" ana luac we snouiu j not "outrage" the "religions feelings" |; of ?otne of our readers, :u is our i I ! "seemingly general rule" it was reason-! able to infer that "the menu of the < local column of The News and < Herald" was not for "the truth and 1 ; the prosperity of our people' and that; i I >ou had made "an onslaught upon the J i virtue and truthfulness ot The News i i aki) Herald." "Things" immoral, are ! coarse and vulgar, and we think we j i i bad a perfect right to protect against i our disseminating vulgarity as news. | This construction of your ?nic!e was ( reasonable an-.', in I lie absrnoe ot further luhr, v. o were buund to follow it. Yuu, iiowrvr, disclaim lint you made ".;n oti*!iM^iii u] on ilie virtrte and truMii'u in--- ui 'I'm: News and flKUAL!)," and we \ oil we shall take y >ur v*??;d tor i:: :j?i, with all due uflert-iM-f to *oitr 4>aii cv?n-iruction, v\e Mibiiiil our [/<>-i:i >n ww a fair oiif io .11.! lit: ? ;iiv not fiMiiui-tl ".is "f dealing fatrlv v. iih a iest.-cit'.j' prous* J'rom a Ciljz-51 "1 i;?>:ij^::ir;iryWe" knew, Mr.-Join s, th.-i:, cimirovi rsies of thi-. ki .<i, :e;njje:* and f-clin^ would MMiirlinivs 1:1.1 Ut: !i'o.-e i:ni;HiiCcl in (he discussion *:?y things ] and w.aud r inio j'lTx.uiu'.ulc-i which i neiihei .ek'\:?ic! tin* a l iters iht j r moted "ihu hi^im*! 'tid K.-t Ol Ui)? puGpJr, an*!, I dull )m>?n>cu on account *<i \oui ch.usjc- bivsii3?*! tlic> appi'iiie.l l" u< ufvv-inu'iic.t, uej tiici to 1 i-it ab-vc < ileusiw !??-r-<?naIi- ] tics', aiid wc kncv ihe position uf tliu j gent!eni?>i whom uc wcru ?fj*i-lci."j; t ? j coitfrwvert; ;tiio, thmfn'o, guarded a<raiTi?t aitribiviiur unmanl'incss to hitn or fl?e tisr- ?.f ijirn rng^ition p-?ints wo?d<', making t Mem sngirestive of their opposite It ntlonU u< pkufiiiv. Mr. .Jones, to j note that that splendid alliteration ' "barrooms, ball* and blooded stock" J finds no place in your article to-day. j and we record withpleasure, that you ' initialed no slander "upon the chivairy, j culture and refinement of our people.! and upon ;ihe high-minded women" of this fair town.*5 It was .simply the josticeyouowed tomany of'thehigh-. minded women" of this fail-town" that. you should sav that the unfortunate -*i - i.- ii, Ciassiiioaiioit oi "u;u n>yiu>, imu j blooded storkv together, and connected by :i coordinate conjunction, and impliedly all tinder the. general head of immoral things andtliat could properly be put in the same category 'with "the thing* otherwise," was a mere accident. It was not our object <;to enlist the sympathetic support of those who may he antagonized toward" your "communication by the high coloring of these imaginary oflcnces/' but it was our purpose that "the outside world" should not "form from the local press the opinion" that reporting balls was an outrage in Wimisboro, -M..1 II.nf I'flnA..f7 ti/i* .1 hull IIVIJ HA aim liiAt i tj/vi inijj * uuti ??*%./ .?v j than reporting whatever was incident! to a barroom, or that it was left in doubt whether the people of Winns-' boro considered a ball any better than a barroein. If we can interpret your article t?-dav "fairly" and ' 'manly" and without exhibiting any ?how of being' "smart," Mr. .Tones, we believe | ' I you disclaim putting ''barrooms, balls and blooded stock" o:ra level. Everytliing is lopped oil' this time except "the passive antagonism to the spiritual welfare of this town,"' and ' this is the only and sole charge. Says Mr. Jones: If there is any amusement in progress or in anticipation, be it a circus, dunce, theatrical or anything else these receive more attention than special church services. The former you will hardly fail to reeognizc as non-spiritual.' Of course, we agree with Mr. Junes as to the non-spiritual character of the things mentioned and that generally speaking the nonspiritual things will receive more extended notice than the spiritual. Our newspaper being secular, our readers look to it. nrincina'lv. for secular, and not religious news. It is devoted j mostly to worldly news because it is. I in a sense, of the world, and is expected to record the social ami political news of the day, and we hardly think that people will go to it for spiritual benefit. We repeat again that it is no religious paper, it is the advocate of no denominational creed, but when practicable it will report all religious news of a public interest, and such has been, and still is, our desire.; Now we want ilr. Jones to show that we have "seldom, indeed, if ever" noticed "those things which go to the formation of a better and healihier sentiment," meaning as we now understand him, .since he has boiled down his charge, the non-reporting ' 'all such things us church . meetings, revival services, temperance aflairs." As for "church meetings," frequently they arc held and we get no information of them. }Yc can't attend all the churches on the same day. As for "'revival services," we liave generally reported them as well as we could. As for "temperance affairs,'' we publish all notices of the meetings of the W. C. T. 1". free of charge, and used j to publish, sometimes, a column or more containing a story or something of the kind illustrative of the good of teinpcrance. These articles were fre quently very long extracts trom outer papers, not written by citizens of Winnsboro. and bad frequently to bo rejected because the ordinary current j news of the day, actual happenings I and events of the day, and advertise- j racnts, which are paid for, conld not; go in the paper if we published them.! But we have never yet refused the I publication of an original article on! temperance by anyone here, and those j we did reject were extracts, not writ- j ten by home folks. So according to i Mr. Jones' logic, as applied to llie? Y. M. C. A. at I'nion, this was not "passive antagonism to tlie .spiritual j welfare of this town." | We will al-o .-tali! th.-M onto lilts | ladies of the \V. T. C. L'. enquire I ol j iI? what we would charge for a column for om-\ ear. We answered them that we would let them have ii for half pri>:e and ivgieticd it was not so, that they could get it free of charge j This is business, however, an ! tins 110 j bearing on tlie c ?ntrov??rav. As for i uad" in irks not appearing over bar- j room locals-, we call Mr. Jones' utten | lion, th.it it is a j art of our contracts i with all our advertisers to give a localj L-ach time their advertisements are ! changed. This rule, we believe, ob- j tains with all newspaper?,. and each- j morning Mr. Jones will lind "new I ilvertisement.v' at the hfead of tl.e' local column, and who*e tUov are. As for that deadly parallel, it didn't escape''cur legal taleut" or editorial talent to sec that twa papers inter-1 rened between the 20th and the 27th j Df Junp, and, right below these dan-j geruu> TVc ui'ii **. j report \ra-8 iu>t firt-ii of Mr. Patrick' beca:i>e <>t :i tsiijtiiuU*rst:iiiflni?: but.: bti!!, Mr.'.Ioric-, it' \<>i! want to he SO very rigid, \\\-y !>i " hurrj" did | yon ovorli ??k tin? !*:?? : ; ?? \ our own j logical w';?\ (.f p <?vi:iJ 'IrS.-i ,4|i:iS>ive ! ant* \vi i II ( !? :?! n* "re*pOii- ; s'ble for 11 .?r ii-j.i-i.iir Mr. Patrick anil ! 111? t* *?' V k * I* * %" \ I ?I lives iii Yoi'Kv.iii. mil W j.u.sboro. it , p-.ibli>hi?ijr t ."jt; X--H. C7 AV^'U'iiton j rtoc> Winnl-b-rrf. -nMiy->h nt d i < iMicMi.tr > n Lv lit? r's per- ! iiicm dcHw'! <Ti"''"any DO'T,"011 why >lfo;i!i] any imikV >L;m.>n pub- i l:tl]?d in The Nj:\Vs and IIkuvld do i any jfooi!? N?>w-; Mr. .lone-, }n?t be I iliilis*!' !li?; t>:?!i pltivoko ynn, t ami \<>ti arc laKiii^f it out .<>11 ns? ... o j TliCSf t.o.:c?:s ipp'Mml in "lie p:ipCl* j thy ?layMr. I'jmYfc aniVe?I mi?I the j day lie h.-1'r, hit a. cutnpii ;.cm was ! p:ii<l hiui \\h i:s l;?* cauu', atul hi* ser- j vicei :i:i' 1 hinwH' \ri-ro <riveu notice j iquuKj as rising', w hen lie do-; parted. ... | Uut Mr. Junes narrows hi- charge I more and more. lis claim* that we ; neglect to report his church news. Ifj wc hive, we regn.t it and have never , been conscious ??1 it.' That we have! s >iii:'ttC(l 'lis cliurt'li ncvv?, and made ' i-II >:ts t'> report ir. the following will j Mifiwj'and we trust it will fie as jfood 1. a tiinrl t > is-'s-'tlii! parallel in j 1 - . i Mil" Winnsi.or.?, S. i\, JWhmsboro; S. , .Ju}y :i, VMJt.j .In.A" ;:,..isiulUc.R.Jlerltu t Jones: W.I). l)uv'/Ui**, I)e;ir Sir?"Do \ on' Dear* Sir ? Y o u r j recali :i conversation'note of this'mornin? I is Trrtf X E\v? axdHo liasujand-i:m p!y i Hekai.iv some let- roe-say that I do !' time during ill laslirecall some suelv con - ! spring, i? trut pres- wjrsatiou a> t )i a t J enee of Mr. lliu y, tliereili deseri -ed i j and we. were discu-s concerning, the-. pit sintr .whetiut or no: iR-ation.of texts; and | th several ministers ^that I was 'aslcetl to ' in Ur.vu would iif- rc^ort my ciiureii j nish- us wit-1 tl eiriieWs,' Ki'sp-jctt'iiily, | ' texts for tii" forluw-'R. hrktfkiit Joxks. i -iiiiX Sundays *o that I w e might publish:.; -- j them in Saturday's .... issue, and tliat-I.a.we'-1 as -Mr. Huey,* ... | said to you, that fir?iuent!y matters oi j inte-est iu y ou) chinch would happen that in my tiniV.N might not reach uo,' * ' ! anil that [ would acjceptit.asa kindness [ if you would furnish- r. I us, from time to time, - . \v;th church news.:. . I Please do me the ' j. kindness to ansvvei , ...j by note whether you | rrcall this,' a ii d whether or not you, | atanytiwe, have-been* | asked to five usj news, in vourchmch, oi public interest. Your* ivs'ect'uliy ... \V D. DOUOI'ASS .i . ! We do not intend any '-'lack" of re-.! SMect or cruelly by the above* "booine- ? rang/' but if.yon knew of "tliis seem in^Iv general ru'.c," why, Miv Jonc6,' didn't \ou tell us in fnemi'JiuQfe* at the time of thin conversation, and not ; published us in- our own j nirnal as . i ol?^nr!n/r llo i\ocw5vrt ?1 it I ! ir? > 111 C m f ?lif* *??? * ?*?*, ~ spirit i il welfare oi'thi- lowu'r" .... . CROP KKVOJIT. j White Oak, S. 0. July i.--Special Li^lit *h )u t. rs for the past few day?,! but no i] iirongh season in s?oine time. early corn is being "laid by." Cotton is bein^ hoed I he third time. The i grass is making- a peivUtt-ut illort to: hold the fori, but a few days of fair weather wi.l o?uu' the siiuaiim. The ! corn needs rain, though cotton wmi!d ! be as weil without it for a few days. I I cnnm? fn hA aiviU'iny linw r I V/V UV" " V M V I. v ? Corn is not going to be as good as it ! promised unless th?re be thorough I rains very soon. The vet*}' hat ?ni: has j wiltered it nearly every day for the ; past week. Peas arc growing. Fruit i scarce. Oats fair. Wheat turns out, well. j.m.o. j G! i, add en's () uovk, S. C\, July G.-- j jSpeciil: Crops have improved in the | last week very much,but still I can .-ee i fields that hare the appearance of April j and May?at a distance. We fanners j lip here con'i join in with our brother i tanners of Longtown and other places | and brag on our crops, fur we have j nothing to brag on, unless it is our j slock or other things. \V* had splen<?.? ->Ori. .,,,,1 nit I U1U 1UIU3 \Jil lilt .?/UJ 441114 VVlii UUtf j which wee needed very much. Ij heard a gentleman reninik that the crops on Gen. Drat ion's place wree I lie j pO'?rcsl tha' he ever saw on li.e same j land; and ivc have p'eufy ju-t Mich i farms in the neighborho id, ?vhieh I j am mi:tv lo repot i. I can stand on j mv farm, with which I have a line j view for '& di-'unee of four or live | mile?, mid ran only see a green lield | here itiid iin.ro, and licit seem to be in ! spots. The cotton crop a lit tie south | of Gludden's Grove i t the neighbor-1 hood of Watt itc Chinch i-< looking up | :i lilde. C??rn ia Mill tine where :t has ! been well cultivated. J. m. J Middm-: Gl.vddkn's Guovk, C., July <>.?Spociol: \\"<; ha;l several little rains lust week. Crops doing very A I'M. c. >. f. I Mossy Dam:. S. C., July (i.?Special: Farmers are getting pretty well up with tin* grass. Cotton is showing >om? imprwvciniMit: stands very! broken. Old c^rn pretty well laid by: j looks well. Ci:u'(leus improving. Mellon crop backward, liain a week < aifo: appearances of more. t. n. m'k. , ' ?? ' Ram:, S. C . July 4?Special; No] rain >ii.ce June l'J. Cotton has Improved a great ueal and about out of thegia s. Oltl corn i.-iid b*' and look- i ing well, but cannot stand a long; drought. Every one around he:e is ^ ce!eln*a!iiiif ttie "glorious old f-uiril.7' by !u\ i:i?j :isiu iii- touls :iik! taking a lioli !ity. 11 col i li of t lie. lOimnniiity guoi'. It. II. Happy Tfoosiers. Win. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaville, j Jnd., writes: "Electric Bitters lu.s done more for rae than all other medicines com- j bined, for that bad feeling arising from ' Kidney and Liver troubles." John Leslie, j farmer and stockman, of same place, says: j "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver medicine, made me feel like a new man." J. \V. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for a man who is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just like lie had a new lease on life. Only 50c. a bottle, at }IeMa>ter, Brice & Ketchin's Ding Store. * .u:s iczxsr/LLE xn its. I ! v. j S, </.. July 4.? i Spoci:t!V,V .a.:J f-p!eiulitl rain.- <>:> l!ie j 28Ui a:i; 1 i'i'tii nil., whiolj witc very I timely, leviviisg1 :iM ve^M.-uion, esp:--i eially corn. Tl.e i- -iir! !it> <ti:?g { the f-?l t in MHii*' am! i; looks a> ! t'jou^h it will ; >i:ie our ?; >i <ju n.r. Isi! f'.i ot j * u i*;*e .o take Sittckli'MW*'.- ru'.vlc*. drop rivrv i other n>*v ?'fe>t;?n:. Some have i:?i>-; 1 - r* tfroDDL'd ! * il^\i Uh. /.?? ? t f every o;h- r lh?l<l. <*?-?:t<?n, though i ?cneniliy'.>j>eakiic; ! i >k?= well. We have, with u--i ftrtnue tiller who J can ?o!vc srv mvvti-rv. If \f?u l< se i . i anything he t:?n !*-1 i yon ivIi-mv it is j or wh<> "lock it "V?r she -;ntH inn of Iwenty live ecu's. "lie enu locate a! stolen ckiukcK, turke*, cow, a not i of gold or anything: that is'iu.-t. There am* a soeiah'e at Mfs> Ciia*pell's a fe w hiith;.- <. Miss Mat;h -w.-, or' Fiurida, i-s visiting relatives in (he neighborhood. Miss Minnie Ma<:fi-at, of the Coluinbia graded school, i< visiting friends' and relative.*. Mr,*. Brown Dotula-s hi* been | in altondanc' :?t tin; Women's Stale Mis-i'-n u y im Columbia. I A Household Remedy i * __ rCrl ALu _v J S BLOOD?">8KIN2' A 5*^ 9 4** .*? C- p* i or ?: ? J <-,? j-? ???* Vr? V By ^ r - u?' 2 O m >n w e*-? r. | Bsfanis Ei?sd Bairn I f If f*t i ro? 'CSOf.'LA, ULCERS, SALT t V ?t V^urgj ;:t.?'.a rcZESSA, every f ? fcrrn ci r.i..:i j a .*. SKiJ; ERUPTION, be- ^ A sides being tt^.c-ciij^s in tcr.ixg up the g 5 system zr.ij lesicsirg ihs ccr$!ituticn, .J ' r when irspsirsd f-cn cry csi.*e. Its ? | ctinApntli?,iI prnnarttas m ! ? justify us in (psrcni;ci?3 a cure, If A I \ directions are J. 5 i QCiJT csrc iir.rsTRJLTED \ i ^ OfcU 2 Til " l;~*k cf Wender*." W ! ? BLCCD CAl.o C .'..lar.ta, Ga. f "~\ K V>r A DV KRTISE M E.NTS~~ CAN AN DA1G UA ACADEMY. i ISoys Only. Incorporated in 1795. Thorough preparation for all cores* & and for Wissinrss. Home caiv and training I iii Principal's tamiiy. >end for catalogue to J. N orris, Prin , Canandaiifua. N. Y. iVi ri) v*. ' .V 'J --<$ ... ; . .i?i: .!>.>. uv ryarkiiuK.and i . '.k ..o t t-;> A I.c.v. titul llctcre ' .-::v <.ui- fMicsrJt . -C. I.. f() . fliiUielphii. Pa. | i PARKER'S \ ! HAIR BALSAM \ j x 4SS Clcamcs iad beautifies the liair. < I ! K3i ^romc,!t:> * growth. j I : ^Ef^Uivor Fails to Sestore Gray! ! ' :%Vt 'iK^TSSgi Kaii' to Its ToutMttl Color. I ! ^^.VrtA^lSsfS Cures sciip di.*n*;s & imir tailing. : f'.-AVstfc? JOc.acdSl.Wci DruggiaU j i k^^^SXn3!EB3SB\ i'-;- >.ir>:crrtf Ginffcr Tonic. It cure* the worrt Cough, ! WVck Luapt, Debility, Indigootiou, Pain, Take in time. X) eta. Mj^DERCORNS.. (Thc Orfvniw cure for Com;. vwj.'s m'1 Ijc &* or IIwCOa* i> CO., Tdmixistiiator-s notice. I A LI- persons luldins claim.; against the J IX. estate of D?. Abraham F. Hunter, deceased. are hereby Notified to prr>ent j them duly attested unto the undersigned, j and all persons indebted to said e.state are j notified to in l*e payment to the under- j signed. W. DAVIS DOUGLASS. (>-18-1 Administrator. M IH ALOVITCH'S iipi Biactterry Juice.! V XOX-ALCOHOLIC ^ j The Great Stomach Remedv. Having tested \onr nonalcoholic Hungarian Blackbery Juice t'noionghly | I am pleased to say I can heartily j recommend it in all ca-es of diarrha\i, I whether in men. women, or children.! I have had occasion to observe i's 1 effects on a good many ot my patients, i I tind tii;it >f is th? iiir.fil rofroshintf i drink that can be given ;o patients old I or young, in levers where there is a j constant demand for refreshment:?. Youri truly, H. C. GI..OVEI?, MD. | For sale by F, W. HABENICHT. | Opposite I'ostffTiee. I i NOTICE, vjUUVKYIX'i DONE AND SOLICIT 0 ed by K1?C AK TllAPi', 12?12fxiy .leniiinjS4, S 1 POLITICAL S A TRIO OF ANXIOUS , ONI-; ADVOCATES IT ANOTHER 1 THE Till QUAY. I Happens along and puts ar the general appearance of your Weight Clothes for this kind of journed to Wiiiif) They weie shown Suits fn $8.00. They saw all kinds of Linens, Mohairs and Henriettas them. Let others be guided b} we don't want your votes, but w Q. D. Vi Every Toi Should liave a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, the 1 hair, restoring its color when faded or gray, p cool, healthy, and free from dandruff. "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for some time < and it has worked wonders for me. J was trcu- j ii bled with dandruff and was rapidly becoming rei bald; bat since using the Vigor my head is per-: d: fectly clear of dandruff, the hair has ceased j b< coming out. and I now have a good growth, of ; 01 the same color as when I was a young woman, j v; __I can recommend, any ouo suffer'ng from dan- * p; dmll or loss of hair to use Ayer's il.tir Vigor."? v.Mrs. Lydia O. Moody, East 1'ittston, Me. SI Avers Ha J Prepared by DR. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, S _ For the Cure 'The Conf Of colds, coughs, and all de- Chat people have i: ranpiements of the respiratory saparil'.a as a b!oo< organs, no other medicine is so the' natural resu reliable as Ayer"s Cherry Pec- years' experience, toral. It relieves sufferers from handed down frov consumption, eveu in advanced child, as a favorite stages ot* that disease, and has cine, perfectly re! saved innumerable lives. scrofulous disorder Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Aysr's Sars T^or>o-rO^ Hr T r ivar f- 1 V,TT T>I- .1 CooS/Owell,bias's. SoldbylDrusr-1 <'o..*?o well/Mass.! gists. Price gl. Six bottles, So. 1tattles, &. Worth for Infants a "Castor!* Is so weH adapted to children that j I recommend itas superior to any prescriptk>r. j knotra to me." H. A. Ahcesih, 31. D., Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, X. Y. I "The use of 'Castoria' Is so universal an J its merits so -well known that seems a work of supererogation to endorse iX Few are the intelligent families who do cot keep Castoria within easy reach." Carlos Martw.vD.D., New York City. Late Pastor Bloomingdalfi Est'armed Church. Tax Ceotatje ' j BgtaE8Fe|B~|j Board ox Supervised Barracks. Mess Hall, Su: I 1&0F TEACHERS- Open Sf w. T. B. BELL, A.M.,! Mexica Must I : A Cure for the A and I A 1 . _., 1 i. long-testea pam reliever. Its use is almost universal t Farmer, the Stock Rai requiring an effective li No other application compa This well-known remedy h years, almost generatioi No medicine chest, is compk Mustang Liniment. Occasions arise* fnr ikp s All druggists and dealers ha NOW, OR IX JULY! j IS the time to sow TCuta J>;iga Seed, of j which we have a fresh ?upply, with; other best varieties of Turnip Seed. Fine lot of Cigars nnri Chewing Tobacco, j A variety <-f Flavoring Kxtrac's, Insect i Powder to exterminate flies. Mosquito; Mixture, Pond's Extracts and other lini-! menis; Corn Cures, Cordial for Cholera i Morbus and Dysentery, Nipple Shields, j Ureast Pumps,"Toilet"Sotps, Household; Ammonia. Fruit Jars, etc., etc., at the Drug Store j of McMASTF.H, BRICE A KETCHIN. j CEHE OH CONfi ASPIRANTS DISCUSSING ' CAMPAIGN. tv a nr? ilJJLJ JL iS 1J. WANTS TARIFF KEF [lib CHAP CLAMORS TIE GREAT CL( 1 end to the debate by remarkii wearing apparel, permit me to weather v The meeting then jrd's Iotiiiag B )m $5.00 to $25.00. They loo Light Weight Coats and Yes Finally they all bought. Oi * the wisdom of the above gc re do want your notes. ILL! FORD let Table jest preparation ever mnde for dressing the * reventing baldness, and keeping the sca!;> "Several months a~o my hair commenced fa'.llg our, and in a few weeks my head was almost utirely bare. I tried many remedies but they id me no {*ood. I was finally induced to buy * ottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and. after using illy a part of the liquid, my head was covered ith a heavy growth of hair. I recommend yocr ? reparation as the best liair restorer iu "the ^ orld. It can't be be.it."? Thomas N. Munday, \ liaron Grove, Ky. . I :>1 ir Vigor, _ U lass. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers. _ ___ 1 irlAnP.P 1 M2T1T7 PIQP 1UVUUU ?J_LJf ?IUUU a Ayer's Sar- In the morning with headache 1 medicine is and without appetite ? synipIt of many toms of torpidity of the liver It lias been and a deranged condition of the n parent to 'stomach. To restore healthy family med- action to these organs,pothing liable in all else is so efficacious as an oc s. casional dose of ,;ii. aparilla, Ayer's Pills, i r. C. Ayer & Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Price 81; six Co..LoweluMass. Sold l>v Dtukf5 a bottle, gists and Dealers in Medicines. 1 ' * ' * ^ nd Children. I Caaiorla c.jras Colic, Constipation. ~j I Sour Stouiich, Disrrhoea, Eructation, -JJ ! Kii-> "VVcr^j, gives sleep, and. promotes di gesticjir , . , , [ WltEcut injurious medication. **" " Tor several years I have recommended your Oa^toria,1 and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." edwi.v F. Paedee, h. D., u The "Winthrop,-" 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City i Compajtt, 77 IIubsay Stheet, ksw tobe. ^ f ITipV INSTITUTE, S.J fuJfi B Jior'th Carolina. j ?~ I ~ ' .. i, Mess Plan. New Iluiicing!? including M ??i?r\ ,? , cm i moo* JCriiUCIlUCllCd CK. f ULL VW?/ U :ptcmbc-r ist, 1S91. Send for register. M Superintendent, RUTHERFORDTON, N. C. " . ' > ;? -V n " 1'}J ' |l ang ? t-.-s - niment. .ilments of Man 3east. % J >y the Housewife, the 1 ser, and by every one v | niment. i ires with it in efficacy. as stood the test of is. ite without a bottle of m, Imost every day. ive it. Hiirsr*c??t?o? iug ?i?ii? i *Oi>'^*-v^"> >,!. the \\orl<l. Our facilities *re iJ !;,?Vr& 2t*{v! tsi!?vul*d. am! to intr<x!u.M-ou? Ijiyy .t3 ? = .;?? J itpnuipooJswewillsoudFREi f' / ? ? | lu'tNK it.i:m)X ra each locality. Tj h a-abmo On!/ those who write \ yl?:_' y~*' Wi< at iwwfi# mtke sore o{ ' '$% A!! you hire to do in 7-" ySJ^'Sjlis "turn :? to ?how our poods to f j v". . "h'> rail?your neighbors "* i*s '*> >?? a'otiod you. The beAVE ICl j^> * 1 gi'nnin; of this *drcrti?em?nt i/tUJ li_ ?how* the small end of the tele?. 'ipc. T..c foiSotrtns cut rives tae amiearajice of it reduced to ?*r: of i:* bulk ft ? a frracd.doubfcuizetcje- ^ ? ope. r.- iarjxra* i*p&?7tocsrrjr- XVt \vi!l al*o show you bow you ! im mak?* from S3 toSlO a Jay *t Jcmt, from :bc surt.wich- H it iMtrr write at once \Vc nay all rxpr*** charge*. .U*+%.1\ SJ.\M?K! r&U).. Box h?0, PoutlaMi, Mai>1. rEfiSS STREET. j rut: I5SU&& U* 11 - ^ - OHM. I FOR PROTECTION. 1 )TMiER, 1 ig, "Gentlemen, judging from say that you all need Light broke up and the trio ad 9 fillet vjpvc? keel at ^Pantaloons irom 50c. m ts to match in Seersuckers, ar low price platform caught 1 :ntlemen, and remember, that ^ j _ m