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jijjWEDNESDAY tin? tb? planters t ' -v i'x ciated, and wiihou NE AND RSRi LD COMPANY, practical !v impossi ? '**- j.:- r- remember, howevei ZJKXS. I* ADVANCE ; Qugh ^ pQwerful N. one Year, - . - si.5c to keep prices dowr SixjioBths, 75 tkj3 organization c ADVERTISING RATES. CASE: ^ye hare a Irea 93i el >11 ir a siaira for the firsi:iasertiou onr own county ad Fifty Cents for each subs^quut inser. >^ r>lant more ion. Special rat*-, for contract adver , would plant moie Isors. v and it is high time, rates cUarsei'for obituaries. feeglU the Orgaiiizi Orders for Job Work solicited. cut down cotton a This newspaper is not responsible for d0 t0 depend on i n'-ntons and, views expressed .anywhere , , , iaft than in.the editorial column. bad -?a.?ons ana All articles for publication must be ac- reduce the croo. cvmpan&d by the true name of the author ,, f }h ff , , fc -ud written in rcspectful language and .rijfen on one side of the pa;>er The true crop did good, but gfns required as an evidence of good faith rAr hio-b^r comrnunicatsons?editorial, business cause *or tae n^ner - xy local?should be addressed to The was aue to bad seas -^swc i^D Herald Co. Fairfield Countj B W. D. Douglass, Editor. , . _ ' j as. Q. Davis, Treasurer. nucleus for a Stat |?g|r TT. J. Elliott, Business Manager. the State organizafi m systematic moveir WINNS"30R0, S. C. South. It is only tl 6.- . now until the plan! D?*jnbw> U\, t : ,3h5 upon n?, and if the W. 13. HxpEY, the author of every negro, who c; Financial School, propose? to pall a plow, will < /f" called "The possible in cotton, ? ?.<....?~ -c a ^Efla co i if u.JM I ?ipxf fall <3s sure as ui "" " ?- - ? ? -be political, but ha>Sj30 can !ii\res. It does seem tha II "will go as all politi^p societies hare should teach this done?soon die. taught for so many ms9.^<sa^. _ What will the . Those who are ?ya'ch,nZ the poll- p:inter do abont ft; ticians of .South Carhna seem to think -??~ ,, ^ ? 3?r. Cleveland that every or.e of ihetn are at tea. It is too early yet, the iss-ues are not Wo hare not hat shaped an<i 110 one knows w|:a' the i-eadinv caret''ally thnext more will bo nor what s,reng'h m-.-.ajje to (Jongre it will develop. So the statesmen are ago, out a- ti.e f lying low watching the peop'e and always a live and "the other fellow." it is not out of da " ?=>???=?? the President has We are indebted to Mr. F. P. Jen . . n. 1o .. _ , to it. Mr. Cierela kins wr a copy of the new constitn- . e , , a strong ca^e for h tion as reported by the commntee on t;on tha. jt seem. ?i order, style and revision and also a agaiost tbo !re8 and p||^^py of a directory of the convention 0f silver Is fast una report of' the ^ committee Though P|^^^y5=sJ^.coIored cIabs in ilassacba-! In May, 1878, tW a3^*nZ for national legislation st^tute was passed J ^^^^K-n/ceVe-Jt ^lynching ?f negroes in ^er cancellation n ?oa^. There is no denying- toe ^ese notes. Th>' *hafc J7?ch!n? is too common in doited their rancc ^^^g^^Soutii and the same is true of | v,:det* that the note |(gggg&er parts of the Union. But the I saed a"d paid out barbarity gives Mr. Hoar the circulation." The ^ preach from that the notes ia circulation offered. $346,681,016. As 3 ? wot! c.qt~.~ ((Tl,: :em, and amount of $95,o00,00C ites and proceeds of which tog< He feeoas in the treasury also inti creafc a sufficient fund inhliMri! tion of such notes, a Ippilined to favor the South as the ttis fund> w^5( tare field for Republican recruits. ?00<J reserve did not te recruits, ia our opinion, will be 000>0e0- I" July, -189 few. The Republican party as has which the public generj v&ys been its history will show its eci ua* PaS:?ed requiring jerent nature of oppression when- j of ;he Treasury to ] |r put in power. Witness the recent j aj30'*15^ silver mi ^ress seeking j^ ^n^^ , Or^SLnizt. i parity of the two mt xor cotton this year J tucjj vatio as mav he pn. convince erery cot-1 Wl]& {he Acl ieft j the only way for; tjon of the Sec etary t?1 i high prices is by j fA c~ ~:i Ie crop down to about 6,?00,-1 required to keep the tvs es. A crop of that dnmb?r Qaiitw Thi* cjuid not bet. year will bring a great j paying gold as there was Lb an the same number of difference b ibe value ?tbis year, for the reason J 8-jver in the m-tiis o was exists from the big i xtiese twse* amount to years and for the j an^ a? t;.Cy ,t be c cotton next veai* [ .A. BIOGRAPHY WORTIIKEEPrXG. nt<, and, possibly, j r-ae ^jograpjjy below has been copied : SggHB e difficulty of get- j from a w-or]It jn the hand? of a lady in j o make a &:rai^ht j ^harlot-tc, entitle!. 'lThe Living Ft-1 >n is fully appro- j male Writers of the South." |?ar"gj t orgauiz nion it is j This work was gotten up by a lady &W Jj8 b'e. They should jn Mobile, under the nom de pin me of wk ?g \ that a most thor- j^a f>aym >nd, and dedicated to John mL @g organization exists K> Thompson, of Virgiuia, James i, and the power of \y00j Davidson, A. M., of South Caroan only be met by Iina> aon> ym G. McAdo, of Georgia, * and Charles Dimitry, of Louisiana, a ch 1 < d farmeis in qnartette of Southern authors, who intimate that they bare ever kir.tlly encouraged and _?^ cotton next year, judiciously advised tbe female writers time right now, to of tbe South. ? ng of the force? to -phe Living Writers wore stereo* I creage. It wiil not typed by Fagan & Son, and published , the very uncertain 0y More Brothers, of Philadelphia, in ~ ^ fvorms in Texas to 1371. 3fot a volume ef this work can We have 110 doubt now found for sale. year to reduce the Mrs. Catharine Ladd. cLilc by far the greater The name that heads this article ( Drice of thit year will call a thrill of pleasure to many ? u/\r?-fXi* fhic i^.l^v one of the most f . * noted and successful teachers ot the I r might start the state of South Carolina; and hundreds' ! e organization, and of her old pupils, many of them now j i on might induce a teaching throughout the land, reme;iitent all over the ber her kindness and entire unselfish-j ! , , ness. i i iree or four motnhs ,*s t^e m0!;t generous of wMineii; I Ling season will b? her time, her talents, her worldly Sa?tori: matter is not tbor- goods are at the command of a 1 h-r Castorif eiv white man and friends, sa? one of ber ex-puplb. ?? Mrs. Ladd :sa native of Virginia, Castorii au get an animal 10 y,&s born jn Q^cber 1S09, m trric-i cultivate every acre when eighteen years old to Mr. Lid I. ?? * * - _x : That means ruin f a portrait and tnin'.auue painpT. the sun shall shine ^er maiden name was Cathariny Don't a , fctratton. x past experience j^or severai yeari alter her uiairUg'C that lesson, so forcibly Mrs. Lada wrote poetry, which was vears. published in the various periodicals of ? ' Southern cotton the da-v- For thr*e years *he was a , regular correspondent of several newsn papers and publisned a series of arti[ on Finances. cies ou drawing, painting, and edn? . cation, which attracted considerable 1 an opportunity of attention. In 1S41 Mrs. Ladd perma- g e President'? ivcei.i neutly settled iu the town of Wiuns ?s until a few fl*v< boro, Sortii (Jaroima, wnere sue es- KE3BWB iiur.cial oaf-lion";, t?b!ished one of the: large,t insiim. . . tions of learning: m the State, while interesting subj-c? sustained its well deserved reputation ? e to consider wh.t uutil closed in 1S61. Mrs. Ladd has cl'c.am.> and to <-ay in n fercuce c ntribafea tales, sketches, cs.-avs and scription. nd make?at 1Kb P'etns 10 various journals under dtf- ?h ?? . .. - . f- rent 110ms de plume as ilitnne Mav- 3 ,, is side of the ques- fiiwcrf "Aretmns," "Alider" and a,1<* careful to u; hi- argument Moina. During the existence of the L n?' , unlimited coinage Fioral Wreath, pnbli*he<l in Charles- r5UUX ?' iiswerabl.'. ' | "on by Mr. Edwin Heriolt, Mrs Lvld * r .u ! whs a lvgolar contributor. Mr. Hearts . 0 :' us statement of t..e a notice of the literary talent of the \ ~J?an,.n=^ta cannot do so in his ; South, speaking of Mrs. Ladd's po.-ti- f r rnasre as peculiarly | cal works, said, "They are sweet, ou?h , ~ " sniootii ana nowmg, particularly >u, mi(kt,, * , , bat like Scotch music, thoir gave*t ;,j Ln7' ,s the fact that the l:0tes are sad>? ? " judgment, s, commonly callcd In 1S51 she, with ardor, took up the "ncier sucl led in large volume subject of education, home manufac- Ji? etween the States, Jo.iea, and .encouragement of white L t doI, ? _ . ,. labor, believing in at the ultimate pros- i i; * n Cori0re?* at the per;lv 0f South Carolina would de-i 1>P \ advocates of such pemi on ir. She reasoned from a c n- ** n;c 51 it was onlv intend- vietion that South Carolina c:iuld not j)! w = ir iS'Ue to "meet the long compete witn the more southern .* , and southwestern sia:es m raising t TI . >ncy of the war. cou6Bi a].d au extcnsir0 system ^ Lissted to $381,999,- slave labor would realize no profit, n r o,5 p be \ear 1374 Mrs. Ladd'splays, written at the solici- p]ice'^rJ a law "was passed 'f1'00 01 menus ana perxoruieu ?.T I jui!/|; can k / th. m, were verv popular. The "Grand Luory.?~L , isnmpuon ,,f spec.e s,;lieme? alld' <.?0nevmoon" were Secretary of the celebrated far and wide. The ?nci- "Jl* t nl ired, uhenev-rad- do.its and introductions of characters ?hem bv w i was icsned to showed that she had more than ordi- g.-,5 t" -f * nary talent for that species of com;io- iJLf;rtTI sure United Stares ??,.? t?;ji u^r. , 1 or location < sition. Mrs. Lacd has a "wonderful tO0?uo.. nnt to 80 per cent knack of managing young people, j . S'5 n national bank c!r- A iter the commencement ot' the war tL t tj7~V>? notes reduced to A*r"i* Ladd gave up everything to de- feaci.ers anc er .he fir.t. ?f .Tan- . X'.':c.!ler'.e!.f tod* caiaSe of theSanth. B;,.T ?jjjj'iilg-QSggtions kept |he nocietv well" I at least $50 r=55aai wn Her wn, coaicandins 2?I ? '.it ?1J;U n 7~rrm ctt pejsonal supervision beino- Con. cii:de ;h.; pu however, another ?a?tly in demand. In Winnsboro no 8 v Si:cil forbidding the far- ?"?,rcn ls D"i".' ?,? eerily solicited, no ^p^io , . ? ^ ball, concert, tableaux or fait*, nothing ' .I retirement of goes on without her cheerful and ever ' ,' :?c: not on!/ pro- rt'suiy aid. Mrs. Ladd is said to be Qjj ,.t, Nation, but pro- "homely" and dresses to suit herself, bra':'u fa^.(n.; ?m iiu,,,;. never caringabout the latest "fashion?," ?? ?..! ' be.av , M h0=ps and ? we.rs.Mr Zip *u! *d again and kept in bair short. Her manner is abrupt and blacksiocA amount of such decided, bet one instinctively feeis it _ , lJ[e% _ , . k ' KuI Ila; R*! at this time was to >' Kl*ia- , T,,;, tUn fi- ni iTT^'n ri cn r?-.c Confederate fl ur is said to have aui? i? -ue u ,! Oiifinated with Mrs. Ladd. The fire J. E. Dou^ the condition Ox ofKe^iuiry 21st, 1S65, destroyed the tODia eariy u >f January. 1879, li-emry works ot thirty years. With that there is i upon four years toe a-sistance of a Federal officer Mrs. and he has i or entering upon b"d :av?d th? J?w.e!s of '^.J1380'"' bn'in<f ? ? . r loa^>> m the next hou-^e to hers, bat Dr. L. S. L retirement ot ah t;,e n.mes an<j smoke prevented her erect a coinni rhich such abnn-: rinding the "charter." L>y this time lot near the < i provided. The I the fire had <?ot so mm-H ?ho<wi 0 ? ??v.. .<a piea oy Jno. in'thp anomsilons own premises and the confusion was willcirrva s so great, that she lost everything. Craig is a ve the nolaers 01 its t|ia(- outside of the walls of business andi in gold 011 de- her school Mrs. Ladd was the gav, Miss Corinr either re retired social companion nt every lady under ing young Ihd Tin di>char*e Folfcrnb* to to ,hc isMaO school-room you instantjy fe!t the Mie-s 2s-uiu le Qxovernment, Qi.anjre; though iwt perhaps a word West's belles, aal varments in was spoken, every voun^ lady felt it. Brice, nf*ar W to redeem with- She h*s a powerful will and habit of Capt. ft. T. without cenrt?ring every thought and feeliing Tenn., is spent in -1 i:. tly on t he occupation of U:e greeting his ol mouiunt. hope to see hit ct of 1875 to ths confusion of voices or pass, ng Una awl i lYCi-e so.a, tne oojcc s never seemed to d'sturb her [ The price of ther with other V7i-" writing. A friend of Mrs. Ladd's | politician who Zl, l her quick motions show the stays there, ha was though: to rapidity of tboo-ht. it clismoum on for the reaemp- Even now, at the aire of fifty-eight, there. :id up to April, a-ere yon wallking behind her, you :h is called the might mistake her from the light bouy ?tmn anc. of step, for a voiing girl. * .' Mrs Ladd, the subject of the above: 0, the act with ui?:;;aphy, is now in the 87ih veil- of ! * J illy is acquaint- h?-r age. Sbe commenced teaching in I % *|j' r the Secretary o-'Uth Carolina in ;25 and beiran her |j oarchsse large "^ary career in'29. She is now the |H| ,,, , ol-'vst Jiviug writer and teacher in this & Dnth.v ana to ^-l2- From a severe attack of neu- C > es, payable in ralgia iu the head, in the year 1S91, i J* i nieiit ror sucn | st-c was stricken totally blind, since |H%, silver. This ! vvl:ioh l'me she has written nothing \ L *" - i- J '? kne poetrr. ~ / iniestaolishe-.i r \ ^3Stlis'^SI'e^b Cili!dren Crl' feir Pitcher's Castoria. | | |~f@< legal ratio, or ? -- ? )vi?:ed bylaw. blackstock items. j /means SO ] t to the i.i Ci C i>r0,jwl0a? Scbool"CIaim More ?<toney I yOU 11X13.^1. : the Trea-ur* -Penonais. , J* fatal disea. er, yet l.e was Diacicstock, S. C.. Dec. 1G.? A fi-wi -n -- i g tntimgf ailn o metais on a we?-k? after school commenced 1m-1J % -pv >, i . be without Se:>:o ..b?r, we predicted, that under \ \ 1 P * such a great the present management, th? school g~ of gold and would <*oon outgrow the build in.1, a :d ; ? f the world n.ed more spacious apartments. O.ir j * $501,000,000, predictions are already* verified, and j j? ancelled, ther it is found noce^ry t} build a music; f for depicting room at one- in or l.-M* to accommodate ? If !i can, there- j a large and increasing music oi.;>?. In i "i | jjQTl :at s > long as | order to assist in raiding fu n',- for ill's : 'L A etirc-d or can- i building, it was decide ! to ,-erve a ^ TO ? * a , ,, , . .. , 1 , ! ! * to Ciraw ffOlll. t III): .IH.'iai- t:. . , ? ^ a^ai- "U1'U,,:1S0I' I iJJilltJl, lust dwindle last Friday n;gut. Aow the ladies of; ? something is B:;icksiock are noted tar and near for ; jr'-M " thy tempting bill of fare prepared for; * t tcts, it Is ob- guch occasions, and this wa? no ex- J ? result of the CPption to the rule, or I might better & Dyspepsia, i6?to?ilVer at sa>'th:,; j 3,1 except'^ io:- it 1 , 1?acegaacssBBBgg =s.-rrrM"?.gas .it f.r aaeg ny-m-.. gsgrrrrr-ry?pbob wi ? r for. Enfants and Children- J: _ n (? r^rrx^r , -T. ^ o ?r^*% +1,^ T>Q/TTftnAf*A of i.?va x yaara ooBei-\out/u ui x ?millions o? persons, permit -as to speak of It without gnossing. V 't is iraqtxastionsfcly iho oest remedy for Infants and Children. *crorld ha3 cvrr- ;:nc-ra. It is harmless. Children like it. It v s them health. It pill save their lives. In it Mothers havo rj thing xoiiioTx is absolutely safe and praotioally perfect ar. a L*3 medicino. F Dastoria destroys Worms. " ~ a Castoria allays Feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Soar CnrcL ; Castoria cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves Teething Trouble*. * "ostoria curao Cons.tips.tion and Flatulency. a neutralizes tlie effects of carbonic acid gas or poisonous air. a does sot contain m orphine, opinm, or other narcotic property. C ^ . r, fJio fnnil. TAPTilates the stomach and hcwels, :g hcaSthy and np-tnral ! . . , a a is put tip in QH3"siza "bottlas only. It is not sold in tmlk. j Ilo-cy any one to sell yon anything else on the plea or promise it is "jest aa good" and "will answer evory purport.'* c se that yon get C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A. c 5 The fac-simile S7)* / '?"* ovory ^ signature of "/-HZc/Ufo ^SS??' j r JhslcSren Cry for Pitcher's C^tona, 1 MgagBBBBB^E&SaggSaMagg?MBMMB?ea???a - X c cake of "all kindr~and dc-1 tee treatment of hog -jiicxl ;:-a The crowd was waited on and $"wixe Prague. ! c ung ladies of the school, _ , , , ~~ , .. ( iodest manner, sought lor Can hog cholera be cured? and, if su, e ly fillea the orders giveu what remedy will restore the diseased ( nty viands serverd by ; animals to hef. 1th? These arc the first ( ds^ will always icmpf.s the; qaesti0nS aSkfcd by the swine-arower, \ saint and sinner, married; . , .. . , ..II oJd and young, and the a mind ihis shoui.i oe t.ic : t bles were rapidly relieved i objective point of all investigations, t dens, and doubtless many, j "With all diseases of this c'a-;?, lv>v. ever, t ho I am sure of, awokeiprevention is cheaper m.d it) every * aignt with trouble m the t. , s ls! appetite often overcomes; wa>* m0l'e satislactorv than medical ? but everybody is excused; treatment. The great aim of the 1 circumstances as these, j Government and the farmers should ; of short notice the crowdh be therefore, to prevent the spread of . se, but the neat sum of | v** rs was realized from the ich proves that the crowd grower should use tbe utmos. preow to appreciate and ap- cautions to prevent tbe introduction ood thing wheu they saw 0f these plagues into bis herd In yas furnished by Miss Kil- jte Qf gucj1 preventive measures he piano accompanied bv maUy herds will become infected. Jlen ou the violin. _ _ Until the Federal Government or the vxth bchool Commissioner iu^ivj^Qai states enforce measures of nson might not be oit: of eracijcation, it is, consequently, legitlb seems that the public jmate to ask and to answer the quese used in most any manner tion &g tbe pr0per medical treat>ol commissioner and school mentf >e fit to direct, and the Before formulating this treatment it .11 has been adopted by erpJained that a remedy hich each school is allowed ^.jjich will cure every ca-e is not to be na mcsyuuuvc vjj. uicujwojs | ex ecte^ There has never been disschool. Now it jingle j covered a remedy for a single one of ih twenty-five pupils caji j jnfectious diseases of man or anier month, then how is it | majg -^hich will cure every individual ckstock school with three attacked.. Some forms of these dii fi(ty students from rair-1 jeases are so violerit and rapid that v yvyr: -/2M*>tr-ouii?iJivu^-nwrTr-is'nw -nTTje-zo:r--~ wtfTwe s1i<m.(r not draw- the most . , ^ pet month, 01 bettci still, pfV.t, tiip a a mi ruL I c srno-ji. n.-ul \ - u v.-iij c n , VgB biio l'u-ids t'xpen.I' d nii\ii'- * ~ 'csa viruienc a!Jd tnercrT^l great returns yui v* ill I M'?e t0 ^eat the animals after they are I per-; cllort io inc.e.iae our!6 ' a a^so whote herd after i>." , some members of it have shown that ; is uU blowing i.i anvl1^7 are.distased. For a long time I u-.jy? uii coltuii Motoric- i ,er. beginning the investigations of b.:t tlie ilhs infectious diseases of swine, the - ? " k ; writer was doubtful if anv remedy or ar s* away abov? par. ; combination of remedies could be aT ! and zee! z c! zes! _ j made which would produce any aTi school is iho school for | marked effect. The experiments ot ac ; the; la-t year, however, indicate that &>j a-.d Re! II:?! Re! j treatment*!! properly applied may be ^ place you ought to be. j successful. With the assistance of Dr. ? las?, who moved to Gis-jE. A. de Schweinitz, chemist of the : ts.o fall, has found out j Bureau, and Dr. V. A. Norgaard, into j)l:ii;? like !?!'iok>tocu, J specto:, a number of formulas have noved b ;ck a.id opened j been developed and used in the field , ic lit lapiiiii "building. i with good remits. cle >.,ugluss is preparing to'. The most efficacious formula which uuion? su?rer-?'?iii on his | nas Deeri triecl is the following: tec iepot. it will ot:ou- j round?. JJe K. Cru'.g & Sons tcho Wood charcoal 1 sui stock of groceries. Mr. Sulphur....... 1 ?jterou iu the mercantile Sodium chloride 2 for s bound to succeed. Sodium bicarbonate 2 Bal ie Davis, a mo?t char in- Sodinm hyposulphite 2 * y from Covington, Ga., Sodium sulphate 1 -Irs. M. J. Wylie's. . Antimony sulphide 1 l.e ?:,e Dl!e | These ingredients should be com- | is vi-iting Mrs. Maggie: pletely pulverized and thoroughly p. oodward. mixed. Mockbee, of Memphis,! Th<? ft* - 1 vuio miAtuic ii large cun^a Jew dtys in t )?vu tablespoonful for each 200 pounds pi d friends, ail of whom weight of hogs to be treated, and it I ? 11 return 10 Soui:i Uaro- should be given only once a day. ibis pince his _ i When hegs are afTectfd with these g0idi cotton is like the wily . diseases they should not be fed on corn gsts on lie fehco aud i alone, but they should have at least i we still lio.je * > see j once a day soft ieed, made by mixing 1*^a, the right side unci stay i bran and middlings, or middlings and ii J.E. 11. | corn meal, or ground oats and corn, i or crushed wheat with hot water, and 1? ; then stirring into this the proper quanI tity of the medieiue. II ><is are J'ond laws' I of "ihis mixture, it increases their appe% tiie, aud when they once taste of food epps': <? 1 with which it has been mixed they deiica jf ! will eat it though nothing else would clous3! i tempt them. tution 'f Animals that are very sick and that # will not come to the feed should be us re; ^^-^5 $ drenched with thn mpdipino 1 _ uy y|B 3 j with water. Great cire should be ^a] ? ; exercised in drenching hogs or they Gazette a?3 a ifl J* will be suffocated. Do not turn the 1 j hog on its back to drench it, but pull jam* I I If \ the cheek away from the teeth so as JL ??^J?. h J* j to form a pouch, into which the medij. | cine may be slowly poured. It will Tinrh mnrp than (flew from the cheek into the mouth, ?) *i y I and when the bog finds out what it is, 6 ^e serious SflQ'a j Will fctop squealing and swallow. ? ses result from "f < In our experiments hogs which were r t nec-lec^c 1 ' so sick that they would eat nothiucr % ^ * ? j have commenced to eat very soon after ? ~x< l'y With JNatrare 3 ^ ; getting a dose of the remedy, and have ? ? iff. health ? j steadily improved until tbey appeared ? ^ ? !perfectly well if you arc feeling ^ j This medicine may also be used as a S < l^d%n?e"aiiy ex-'l j preventive of these diseases, and for \ V* jhausied, nervous, / this purpose should be put ill the feed K .3 andCcan-tSrwork',^ | ?^ wiiole herd. Care should Of f / 1 i c \ . \ WHITE OAK LOCALS. ft Lite Oak, Dec. 16.?Since our last \ S eport everything has been quiet. The \ M lerchants so. in t) be doing a good \ assess. _ \ ?^)ij &V j The market is over stocked with urkevs. Mr. 5. D. Patrick has a carDad on hand bui can find no sale for laOoT I f \ IHflF hem. hkl The chain gang has done some good | rork around this place under Super- V/l \ L* k. utendcnt J. W. Bankhead. The gang ?- im;Ted about five miles from here, p beauty, strength, :i'-linton Creek. / [ . Walter M. Cloud and wife are running qualities, no othc W.Cwg Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Seil, Mr*. Byy a V;ctor and knQ, ,it.net's parents. llev. J A. Smith and wife have been isiting relatives in North Carolina. ?hoy returned home Thursday. Mr. Jiui Raines, of Blythewood, OVERSVSAh tas'ed through here Tuesday. Ilis Makers of victor i :orse became frightened at the train bcston. w hd ruu away, throwing Mr. Eaines Detroit. ?r.t of the cart. He was unhurt, but PA Lc'horse sprained his ankle. sa? francisco. lo; .T udging by what one of our bachelors mo ^ vas bayins one night last week, some g nan will be minus a daughter soon. - 10ri^VV There will be a sociable given at the ' ^ ami bio Vhitc Oak school house on the night JS+s ^^-Jpaid11^ Li ll\ lllVltGU 10 attend. A. gOOCl tlOCLL ?>a*? ioihi>AY. 3o*aTL?-vv, Hons. &ol * expected. J. P. B. ForsaleinWinnsboro.S. Ths Ojlumbia State says that it has / ^ jj \ |L^ 3 ( ,n es'imate, on competent authority, fj . j { JL4> .i~ I hat the corn crop of South Carolina ^ J ^ ? or this \ ear is not less than 20,000,000 "t-s4? mshels. The largest previous corn n op in the history of the State was uily 17,000,000 bushels. There was a ? nrp!ns of corn last year, and this tar that surplus is bound to Irs a great leal larger. The cotton acreage this rear is estimated at 1,957,000, ard so NOW IS THE TIME to boy yc />on i ao u.i.a An fKo rn?h rmnmprifies. Atood Dress an< nr Udi? j 1"?0 JJ?XIC5 nave uccu ^/uii wu wu^ - ? - - ? ? ?-- ? narket. Taken altogether, the size of and np. Outings, Ginghams, Doc he crop and the prices that hare been T;ckiug, Flannel, Brown Homespun eceived. the ?rate winds up the year spun, Canton Flannel, Jeans, Ca&sin n better condition than at any time Umbrellas, &c, &c. luring the pas,t decade. * * m How to Enjoy Good Health. w If yon rre suffering with any skin jf~*d f J ,H >r bloo.; disease, Rheumatism, Catarrh, A JL a Jlcer , Old Sores, General Debility. ilc., =end SLamp to the Biood Bdim i vn \T>r>T"\nr a -p a i??to c , t. ,? . AJND jIOUE TO AKRLViii in a i( fcrfiJ rorea,' f.oe*. ThU book will and boy what we recommend and ? >oiisi the way to speedv recovery. S^anic lllood Balm (B. R. B.) is manti'actured aftor a long tested prescrip- "w* ion of an eminent physician, ana is " J' - J U--J :c~ n*T.'P CfTP.AT? T>^rr-,Wc/l ?,lOTr ilC DCS! DUilGlUg'Up ttllU ULUUU puill) - ouunu, a v?? u^vu ^? ng medicine in the world. Beware of for use; Currants, washed ready : ubstitutes. Price $1.00 for large bot- wheat Flour, Oat Meal Flakes, Chee le. i-'ee advertisement elsewhere. Pickies, Soic s, Tea, Coffee, Soap, For sale by Druggists. * Matches, &c. Ayer S WE HATE a lot of Home-raised ^ / A-Ir^A \ seed. Call aud examine. FILLS -K^V) \ \W0RLDfS/ / Received V^F AI C Highest Awards I Em Pm REED & co >s and PadeE ] at the Respectfully, World's Fair j. M. I the "best ^2tio l/medal) ] _ i vvvorldv* / family has put new life and h( jp ||\f? j-g Pct new iuto trade. We ^AjR^^&atSKsi ^"'r t0 its Youthful Color. 8 ?5^gSjj^^?5^ CureB^saiIp^di5caaca ik^hair falling. I HINDERCGRNS. ?>.? only rure Cure i or Corn a. Stop? all pain. Er.rurcG com- "Y VT "O TO T71 O O 1O1 T1 Q Ktlo mo let-- ilikej walking easy. UcU. as Oiuffiina. X 1\ JU XIJCj O O Q" U jJ C Since 1861 I have beerWo fho race for quality ai sufferer fro n catarrh va i ty. lie sure to s-ee them befo tris-1 Elv'tsCream Balm c^cQLDl vou Ui.\ On" line of Black Goo ul to all apjmrane^CSI,!K >e excelled. Si:ks for waii l^'frmZhih and Tpii..,..ii.Kf, beautiful Crepor Offered are none.-W. Jw/M ne* sty c 5-asteei.s, Oafmg, Onngha \J. Jlitchcock^ Lat |p||^^jgg and Prims io please every one. t.' Dip i/11 flj? i\T WAAf liATt CATARRH ?WW* lou shou-a not suffer from cold th Ely's Cream Baba opens and winter. We can sell yon wool gooc ausesthe ^asal Passages, Allays Pain cheaper ihao you ever bought then I tSfteta colds?Restores gp?W in Flannels ?nd Bia, ; Senses of Taste and Smell. The Balm kets; nl*o men s, ;adies and children applied directly into the nostrils, is Underlie"*. ckly absorbed and gives relief at once. F's Pineola Balsam is a snre cure "VTe wunt your trade, and can offer Cnughs, Colds, &c. Price ot Cream aD(j nr]CA ra, 50 cents at Druggists or by mail. ' ;LY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., N. Y CAU I Chlche?ter'? EngUnh Diamond Brand. E^^YBOYAL PILLS J.1ST. Original and Only Gcnalnc. A s*rc, alwayi reliable. LAO:CO ail; J r J Brnssist for Ckie\e*t?r't JZnglith Din- j?a\ Brand in Kcd and Gold mottilieVVwv I ?~?>C?tf2horc3' sealed with blue ribbon. Take &.-JBO other. Ref:ut dangerous mbstUu- V ? fffliOM and imitations. At Druggists, ot send 4e. ? Jjf is rump, for particn'.nrs, testimonials ar.i * M "Relief for Ladlen." in Utter, bv return If MalL 10,000 Testimonials. .Van* Paper. , n/wriTn OhIchc*terChcmlcaICo.,ilatH*onS<iuar^ satjsa(->.l seasoning". 1/ oil Local Druggists. JfMlada., I'a. 'grateful-comforting. rnpv 9tapptt PPS'S COCOA, ?? royal baking powder. breakfast. a thorough knowledge or the natural irliieh govern the operations or digestion oFXCJES. utrltion. and by a careful application ot le properties ot well-selected comh mr Has provided our breakrast tables wit * r. iV-xPVrTTQ r, _ -p,,, tely llavoured beverage which may save tiLo, JMC., r.tc. ny heavy doctors' bills. It Is by the judl- | use or sucli articles of diet that a constl- I may be gradually built up until strong aiso ? S!7nriiv of h to resist every tendency to disease. " ?l "u u eds of subtle maladies are lloatlng around ^ \\*c may escape^ many^a fatal shaft by PAPEII AND ENY^^ Sojd^nly in half pound tins, by Grocers, j ISOTiiSRS RSAD THIS, | r^A ^A^/j" ^ ^ 3pt-i^T$r>?%-ZT ga'^.:. 7 " 5r.;i (iGrC'&Si : .ppciii^j^. \Cj' - I ' "r wai*w J.JL,JU ram fCLESir. ST GRADE ** sTLY MADE . " . ^ j . lightness, durability ana easy Igg tr bicycle can equal the Victor. a iv you have the best. J WHEEL CO. IS Bicycles and Athletic Goods. IEW YORK. DEKVER. CHICACd. JQ CiFIC WHai, 5 ANGELES. PORTLAND. St Tj5s Fasaons Remedy cures Quickly, permanently an -rvoui dl:?<:a?cs, Weak Memory. Loss of Brain Power, 'IHAMHI .eadaciic, Y/aitc'aiJiess, Lo?t Vitality, Nlgbtly 2mis* JBj rll dreams, impoter.cy and wasting diseases caused b mS errors or excesses. Contains no opiates. Is a nerve tonic M od builder. Makes the pale and pnny strong aod plump. fH irriedlnvestpoc!:et.Slperbox;6forl55. Bymall.pre- S f.h c. written Qiisiran&e or Tnoney refunded. Write ns,xree B) 1 booU, sealed plain wrapper, with testimonials and lstandinc. Kochnrijeforcorundtatioris. Beware of imita* 1 by OPT agentij or 5EKTE BMP CO., gatOatcXegpi^QllOCa. V C.,by J. R. McMASTER, Druggist. J&S 3TMAS 2 ? ! o* f ^^ w ^ ur goods for Christmas before the extreme 1 Trimmings at low prices. .Calico at 5c. jjg k, Fatten, Sheeting. Bleached Homespan, i, Checked Homespun, Sea Island Home- 9 leres, Hosiery, Handkerchief#, Hats, Cap.s, Jfl 'omSBBE SHOES. B| jw days. Give us your trade in this liar ill will be pleased. ?H \ - . 6- - 3(fi9 I I j ceries. JS Citron, Seedless Raisins, washed ready fm for use; Crackers, Candy, Apples, Buckise, Macaroni, Gelatine, Fiavorinj Extracts, 9 Starch, N. O. Molasses, Vinegar, Cigars, fl |X / _ ,^| [ Red Rust Proof Oats. Pare and heavy 9 3bs. j9 Bros'. Shoes at cost to close out. Beaty & Bro, jS & of Cotton f| DPE IN THE LAND, AND HAS ALSO have Sulti a large quantity of goods _ e a larger amount which we jBI 1^1 ip| - M ir ? ?, fl| rl 0 re I .behave ha J a rasbing busine^wj a ! this department, but have nceiv?H g|| ts uew sUPPli?S a;,d can ple^^e \<?u i'!^6| ' style and wo:k Do \ou need a VVrup? ^ We have tbem c!ir-&p. j i To suit every one in sivle and quaiity. | Oar Shoes give good service, jjv* ||| is comfort, and are at prices to suit your sB is purse. We have some good bargain* 1. in Clothing?men's!, boys and cbii- H i- dreu's. The late?t styles iu men's 's Hats at low prices. Something pretty Jm in Neckwear. you every indvcement in variety, quality m i| DWELL & RUFF. 9 i Christmas * fl i '?* ' ? VJjygfflsj i ^g | Cranberries, CusS