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" , .... . THE I NEWS AND HERALD.! r ~uBL.lS3.ED EVERT VBJ)SSSUA.Y\ ?Di ? NEWS AND HRRiID COMPANY. advance; <>:ie .Vcar, ... SI.50 Six Mouths, - - .75 ID '/ZiiTISlXG HAT as, CASE: Cu3 doila: a square for tie first insertion Fifty Cents for each subse';unt insert: Special rates for contract adver: i-^rs. rates charged for obituaries* ' Hders for Job Work solicited. This newspaper is net responsible for ?pinions ar>?l Yie*.v? e\pressed .anywhere e!>e tlu'.n in the edi-- ir.'.-oluran. *n ?-v.- y pt.ini- must be ac ~i.il Cii ?v.? 1W1 Cjmptmlc-d by the true name o* the author -uti written "i:i rcrjeclful; language and vitten ov. onesiiJ- of i'.e paper. The true line r^quiredas .; evidence of good faith ill coiii'munica; ons?editorial, business local?should '-e addressed to The .1 and Herald Co. vVlNNSBCRO, S. C. Wednesday. Ausrtist-i, - - 1S97. SUSPEND JUDGMENT. ?-n^ A great deal of interest has been "excited La Mr. Mayfield's assertion that he could prove that G >vernor Ellcrbe had been guilty of duplicity in his action wiih reference to the Charleston metropolitan police. Majfield has been silent although challenged to produce his evidence. The News and Courier intimates that May field is afraid to talk, because in exposing Eilerbe he will have to expose himself. The Charleston Post-, a few days ago, evidently believing that May field 5 mot-o thu TVOUKl prosesu ioi vinvnu i.w disclosures, after the Governor's challenge, undertakes to guess what Mayiield will say. 3c resurrects from the Greenville Xews cvf March 2otb, a correspondence to the effect that a prominent Reformer teoli the oars for Columbia, on Sunday 7th of March, 19 see the Grsvsrnor. The r?ak vras a te:egraE? from L*u to A-UnUs ia Chirlestoa to see tbaj? so ace of the aldermea refuse to aig-ft ike paper pledging the ?:ty couucil to enforce tie ditpeasarj law. Tas Pss-t guesses that Representative Cram, 0/ Barnwell, was the woll-kGOwn gentleman who vi?i'od Governor Eilerbe. It reconstructs the Greenville News' story of March 25th by substituting 2?Ii\ Cram lor the well-known gentleman, so that it reads as follows: On Saturday the Gth cay of March, Mayor Smyth visited Governor Ellerbe by Invitation. To bim was submitted an agreement lor signature by the city council oi' Charleston. No stipulation _ o^junanimous signature was made by th? Governor. The friends of Martin fiud <?nt the terms of the agreement. Tbey see" s loophole if tbev c^n only work upon the Governor. Mr. Crum, \ of Barnwell, undertakes the mission. IK1 shows Governor Eilerbe that he can cscape on a technicality, he scares the Governor by threats of reform vengeance^ persuades the Governor to r-v: aquisn his guide, the right, and to r'..=jrt to a trick on ihe people of Charleston. Governor Ellerbe prom ises to require unanimous signature, word i* flashed to Charleston, Martin Uses his aldennaaic friends and on Monday, March 8, seven aldermen reinse io sign an agreement to enforce the State law. a^d Elierbe refuses to remove the metr politan police. If the Post is i >rrect, we do not see how May Held is in it. Ellerbe, however, has denie.l that he is guilty of any duplicity, and it is nothing but right to suspend judgment until the evidence is all out, and bwnght out, by creditable witnesses. ? Senator McLaurix "was appointed by Governor iillerbe, and unquestionably this gives^him prestege over his opponcut-s. It is the most natural thing in the -world that he should feel grateful to Governor Elterbe. We presume that he considers himself the Governor's personal friend. It is not surprising, therefor?, that he should undertake to defend the Governor's administration whv.n it is [attacked, If he did not do so, he would be open rtl.rturrA of f * r* iV 1*13 "f f*T <">r> fl L'w> LIHJ VI AilJ iiivuvv and ingratitude. It seems to as, however, that it is not necessary that he should consume all of his time in a defence ?f the Governor. Let Lim C-iicc for all say cpenly and boldly that he is the Governor's friend, that ho approves of some things in the administration and disapproves of other?, or approves everything, ^ltt as he aay A?rl rlion rr' r* r>r*t > r*d Lf\ on. I UliUft, LliVU *2* ,v iv IJAV v^/ i };uBCHt5 that ko is noi to be dragged into tiie matter any further. Gerernor li.lerbe's :-*rtn will not ?xpi-o? Htitii r.v.xtyear. and thai he caa answer for hiaiself. r& all fairness, we do not think McLfturin sheuld le held ao-1 emu table for whaterer mistakes j E.lerbe may hare made, and n would j n x be a brcach of friendship for him j say ?o. _ ?, ? I "Fon a cotton :niil operative to vole for McLaarin is !o endorse and give victory to the Charleston News and Courier; and to endorse the News and Courier is to endorse the displacement I of white mil! operatives to make room io: negroes/"? I'icdmont Headlight. This is a fair simple of the logic of many of our newspapers. Spartanburg has a great many cotton mills, ho::<-3 this kind uf point must be mThf: TTcadlicrht savs after this briiiuut syllogism: "Is there a cotton mil! hand in the whole of Spartanbur.; county or ibis Piedmont section re. .y to do this: If so, such a man shouH go out an.1 hang himself." If there is a man who swallows such j nonsense, he ou^ht to go out and hang himself. if a thief endorses your fru-nd who U running f >r oliioc, then to vote .'or your friend is an endorsement of tl'2 thief The Populists endorsed Br van, ih. ivforu all those who voted for lirvan cuiorsed the Populist Tv>i-\- \V;>*sr In#,,1.! no cuk:;-no fay . This is *he Tray all druggists sell J Grove's Taskt.es; Chill "Toxic for Cliii!s and }Ia!r-;ia. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. Chii-1 drc. love it. Adults prefer it to bitter! nauseating1 tor.i<s. Price, 50e. ' I ^ ^ ^ > > ^ .. i The road congrofs wi!< ?r.e:-t in i j Winnsboro on August S:;h., and j j every sees ion of the coum:, -hould be ! j properly represented. Vv'? suggest I that the citizens of eacb township get together and agree upon five or six of their number to represent them, but if a -meeting of the citiznis of the several townships can not be held then 1 T'Krt let everyone inieresuu wmt. congress cannot be too large. The larger it is, the greater enthusiasm wiii be created. This congress can do a great deal of good, or if may rissile into nothing. Everything depends upon its composition. The question, whether we are to have good roads or to have the present miserable highways depends upon the sr.cess or failure of this congres?. Its importance, therefore, can not be over est ii mated. Tut Darliugion News admonishes the Columbia Record that it is u-eiess to talk about trades and combinations, for both sides in the senatorial race will trade all they cau and it is simply a question as to who will make the greatest number of trades. We think it more correct to say the man uill be successful who makes (he bc-t trade. EXPERIENCE "WITH A CHIXAMAX. Mr. Editor: On the 90th July, we, a "Tar Heel" and the writer, started from Blackstock for a few days' visit in Florida. I hid a congcniM companion, a clear conscience, good appetite and a comfortable pair of shoes. I had a good time. A man who cannot enjoy a trip to Florida under these agreeable conditions ou^ht to be turned oat of the church, unless he pays liberally. We reached Tampa, our jaurnev's end, at G p. m. Wednesday. At c be depot we were met by Iridic?, who took u-> to their home, where \vc wci e entertained "Irishlv." The Irish can mase you icei at. huhiv >uunci uuu longer than any other people. Tampa and Ybor City are almost en--; it is hard to tell where one town euds aad vrhere the other commcncea. The combined population Is 25,000, mostly all kinds of people. Tbor ' ity is Cuban. Eight thousand of these peculiar, patriotic, piebald ?olorca pceple 'lire, have tbdr b?ing, aaove around, ku^h and ta'k, and roll nLnety-fonr iiUiou cigars per annum. Some of theae ara real fine 1 ? l-? ? ? A /-n -C-o-* s\n -f/rnf nrcfi lOUKt-LI^, TYltU .LWitvui' <av, fine, black eyes, good no^and ibo ih, fair skin and beautif&l black hair. Others are as blaek as tiie aee of spades, flat nosed, thick lips, with hair as kinky and tangled as the tariff question. John Chinaman is here in Ybor, forty-odd strong. One good thiDg about the Chinaman is, it is not necessary for you to see all ot them to study their peculiarity; just see one and you have seen them all. I went into one of the John's shops with a bundle ot soiled linen, and was sur* 1 J ^ ~ m < KaaIT^ priseu io sec nuw tiuuu ivcpu mo by the single entry system. After exchaogingUie time of day, I handed my dads; he took the package in his yellow palm, cast his almond-shaped eyes at it, flung the bundle in the corner with apparently no thought for the morrow; they he turned on his slippers and reached for a piece of red paper, covered with cat tracks, tore it half, and hsnded a piece to ms. I learned afterwards that this was my receipt in full up to date. He then directed his tea-stained countenance towards & shirt bosom and went on ironing. I wanted to tals to this gentleman from the other end of the easth. I felt like he knew a thing or two which I had failed to learn wbils attending the university of the words. I asked, pointing with ray index finger to a stout-looking quart tea-pot near his rigbt elbow, "Where do yon orpt vnnpfpfl?" This answered to my &s"w ; ? ^ entire satisfaction. I are^ near him, examined his teeth, and a>k, "How old are you?-" Now this important and often overlooked quesuoii, the age of a Chinaman, has always worried' me?like theology, the more you look into and read about it thee less you know. This Chinaman, I felt almost constrained to believe, was somewhere between nineteen and ninety-nine, just where I would not say, for his teeth were stained with opium, and to make confasion more confounded, half of his head was bald, and the balance - i i_ri.?j u?:? naa very Jong pmueu uau ?uu. uaugmg down almost to tbe ground like a pig's tail. But John, the other John I mean, solved the riddle for me. lie turned his yellow features my way, parted his well-developed catfish lips, smiled an old time rusty smile, one of those fellows you have to pick powder in your teeth to it off, and gave me the much coveted and verr important information. I do not feel at liberty to give his age; however, you have a perfect right, as far as I am concerned, to go and ask him. Seeing thet his skull was well filled out in the region j af inhabliiveness, or lore nome, 1 decided to appeal to his saddle-colored nature through his affections. *'1)0 yob. intend to die in this country or will you go back to your old home to finish up?'' "(Jhange scarce, hard to gitem, hard tohoWcm when raegitem; when me ?rt some change ladee by m-3 [go home. Hi M, ti hi., fcbn la." The last Johns-iaw of cftch other r*-?? mu nt Dpsto "Pirk i*>?tndav after-' Boon. Tb? other Join was pulling rass to f?ed his pet <[<ser, and this it! where we dear friend*: parted. These Tampa and Yoor people, or rather most of them, are strict Sabbathtarians. They observe the Sibbath muchly, aud pretty much as ti ?y please. Their commrndment seems to read six days shaltthou take the wori i easily, not working too hard; but ihe seventh cay is for fan and all manner of frolicking, make ye the best of this day. On Saturday night we saw a former citizen of the Boro doing business as a soldier in the Salvation Army. He wore a red shirt, fail beard, and beat the big drum. J. B. Morrison. Blackstoek, July 30, 1S97. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge : ^o often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer s C ? ?i rrr?r*o f L- 7/-1 notr t ' OU UiU IJL1W L UC4U X* ?\XL1^J 4 V/Oi\.V(J iulfills every wish in relieving pain in i the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It. corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing ir, or bad effect loiiovving use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant nocessitv of being compelled to srot i up many limes during the uight. i The mild and the extraordinary ctiect J of Swamp-Koot is soon realized n < stauds the highest far its wonderful ; cures of the most distressing cases. It i you need a medicine vou should have ' the best. Sold bv druggists, price fifty < cents and one do!lav. "You may have l a sample t ot13c of this great kidney com* ;-oo !iv inflil. als i a nam- i ph'.et." Mention The News and Hek- : ai.d and >cnd your full postnffice ad- I ares? to Dr. Kilmer & Co , Bingham- ? ton, 2s. Y. The proprietors of this J paper guarantee the genuineness of 1 this ofTcr. * ] BATTLE-FIELD OF CHICK AXACGA. [ _ . * J jL . K'uior. It. \6 ^j:oro).:y know.i j by ]?ii'tt i . ;:.v' warm the ^outh en: (,';> f. <1> ray, itt d people wi.o h:ve read the hiaiorv of 5lie war, 1 liat L* i:?Strcc'.'s ; >:*{'- was uii c?wcini.ii part o( Lee's aivn <>t' N-irHu-ni Virginia; bat that after lnviu^ jjonc through ihe summer campaign of 1S0:>, including the battlas of Chancellorsvi.'l :is d Gettysbuig, with all the intermediate marching and fighting between those two great events, we had recrossed the river at Falling-waters and came down to Waller's Tavern, Va., where we camped a few days, hoping that we were to rest for awhile at least, when orders were issued to "fall in", and we passed through Richmond to Petersburg, where we were shipped on freight cars to Weldon, N. C., thence to Wilmington, thence to Augusta, Ga., via Florence, Kingville and Branchville, S. C., (the Augusta extension of the Charlotte and Columbia railway was not yet buik). From Augusta we went direct to Atlanta, thence to Ringgold; arriving at the latter place Saturday afternoon, September 19th; we camped until about 3 or 4 o'clock next morning, (Sabbath 20th), when we were aroused aud put on the march through dust in mauy places ankle deep, but although I so dry and so early in the fall, there was a heavy killing frost, the first of toe season. "VFe crossed Chickamauga Creek after a march of ten or twelve mile3,1 think about 8 o'clock?at any rate after sunrise?and halted some two or three miles beyond the creek in full hearing of the battle then raging in front, and not out of danger, for occasionally a cannon shct or shell or a rifle ball fell amoDgst us or passed over us, but we rested on our arms until about 1 or 1.30 p. m., all the while expecting' a courier to ride up and order us to the irout Let me aay here, parer.ibeiic&lly, sue1! suspense was always to me worse tban going into battle. At last the expected courier came, we fall in, dress to the line and front, load and prepare for action. Captain I'OWUSecU, 01 UOiTCSUury, wss iu command of our battalion. Capt. Wlntonpr, of our company, acting ae next in command, put the responsibility of leading ear own Ixtle-kaadful of about twenty men on myself. I suppose nos one of James battalion now living has forg >tten the injunction ot our brave Town^nd as he stood in front of *3 and remindiHg as of the fa?t that our field offlccrs all lio Livfrv TYl)iW l j UV -*? ? v> j ? ? ? to remember where we were from, and do his full duty, and thus maintain the record we h*d heretofore nsade. Poor, brare Capt. Townsend; be did not survive to see how well his words were heeded, and to say the cpproviDg- words, "Well doDe," for by the time we were in the thick of the fight, a grape or canister shot from the enemy's battery in our front, and at short range, tore away seemingly to me the whole left side of his head and face, and he fell as be had lived, bravely discharging his duty. But I have digressed. Our brigade, (Kershaw's), in solid line of battle, moved forward, and emerging Irom a skirt of woods, entered an open field and advanced np Snodgrass Hill toward a forest at the crest of the bill where the enemy, sheltered measurably by the woods, were pouring a deadly fire into our ranks. Our battalion being on the extreme left of the line was the battalion of direction, and by oar colors the entire brigade must advance in line. Our color-bearer was William Evans, who not knowing exactly the direction he was expected to move, f nm thft riprht line a little. when the keen, grey eyes of Gen. I Kershaw detected the deflection, and walking up to Evans he seized the flag and with steady tread marched out in front and advanced on the foe. Evans of course felt mortified and following at Kershaw's heels plead with him in these words: "General, please give me the flag, and just tell me where you want me to go, I'll carry it there." Gen. Kershaw, pointing to a large green pine, said in his sharp, tenor voice: "Do you see that pine tree? Marcb direct to that/' We were by this time pretty near the edge of the woods at the top of the liill, and just mA fAQrtKfl/1 Kinr ffr/?on T"nnP I '13 >Y O i^aV/U^U IUV 1/15 J1/iuuj Jodl W. Ashiord, our orderly sergeant, being next me, grasped my hand and said, e<I am shot." Of course I could not stop, so I said, "Good-bye, old fellow, fearing he was killed. I never expected to see bim alive again, even if I survived the fight myself. Of course I felt the loss most keenly; he was then as he has ever proved himsel ? to be since, one of my best friends. We advanced down the bill across a ravins and up the opposite hill, driving the enemy slowly before us." They resisted very stubbornly. I saw them run up the bat tery to open on us torougn me wouus, and I think it was the first volley that killed Capi. Townsend, whose death I have already mentioned. Here Russ Milling lost his leg, Billy Craig tost an arm from which he died at home after amputation, Matthew McGrady lost his arm, William Morgan was killed, William Tinkler was wounded In the hand, Dave Gladney was slightly wounded in tne side. I received a severe tie*h wound, whioh came near fflntinor thp IrtSS ftf mt left. lap1. Pftr haps I would not have been hit, but] for the fact that Erans was shot and I j gathered up the fug, th? shfi'of whioh was struck iwice while I held it. I I think it was about 4 p. in. when I was shot and left the field, coming back by the tame rouie we had advanced. 1 expected to see Ashfoid lying there cold and stiff in death, bat he was not there. What was my joy and surprise when after limping and halting back to the field infirmary, near where we had crossed Cbicfcamanga in the morn ing, I found him, severely but not dangerously wounded in the right side. Now, Mr. Editor, I am ready to begin my letter, which after such a long introduction, I will try to make short. I had such a vivid recollection of the events of that 20 th day of September, 1863, being the Lord's day, that I have always felt confident- I would recognize the ground, if I should ever see it again; so after an early breakfast in "Chattanooga, where I left your readers on Monday eveniug, the 2Sth i Df June, 1S97, I set out Tuesday morn- j * i ^ ^ l T A %? Ill^i 11) a DUg?"y uuuuiu u, une. uaveuei, 3r;ven bv Bunk Stone, an intelligent < negro. We went bv the Rossville I Grip road out across Missionary Ridge, i ,i line turnpike, a distance of about iwelve miles. My driver was in some s measure acquainted with the general ] features of tne battle-ground, he knew I exactly where the iirotberton Mouse tauds, where Longstreet swung ( iround, breaking the enemy's back- < 3one, an.i capturing Rosccrans' head I juarters, with batteries, wagon trains, ( prisoners, etc., and bat lor Gen. i rnornas' stubborn resistance won'd 1 aave routed the whole Federal army ( ind created a general stampede, but < ic did not kuow exactly the part of ? he Held, where iversJhaw's brigade J [ought. I had learned thai the hill i {There we fought was called snodgrass. r [ almost began to fear that my search f w?.s jrol.'j: to be in vain, the battle 'u;e was so long?I sopi^.-se four miles o" more?bft after driving- and lookiug uLitil I was nearly out of heart, there arc so many read?;, at last my oyc fell on an old field hill skirted with woods at the north side, about a half mile ahead of u?, and I said, "That looks very much like the place." He replied, "That is Snodgrass Hill," not knowing that was where Kershaw fonght. Of cour-e we drove to it, and of conrse I could not remain in the boggy, but must v a'k. I went direct to about the point where the flag incident between Gen. Kershaw and Evans, already related,-took place. I advanced with bare head and softened tread along tne route dv wmcn we charged ilia encjiy, right pu:-t the green pine near where Ashtord fell, down the hill through the woods and across the ravine where Capt. Townsend fcl1, and where Milling and Craig and McGrady lost their arms and Uiily Morgan was killed, and on up the liil! to where I was ehot. I belitvo I could point out wilhin five feet of manv ofthcae spots. There is whcic Kvans fell and I gathered up the fia/, just a little farther up the hill stands a monument erected where fhe Federal battery stood that fired the fatal shot that cut down Capt. Townsend. On a tree near there is a board nailed on which is printed, "The farthest advanced point of Kershaw's brigade on September 20th, 1S63, 2nd Regiment. S. C., 3rd Regiment, S. C., and 3. d Battalion, S. C I mua: tell before I clo.-e, at the iisk of cri.icisti!, that as I walked over and stood on 11jc very gruuud, which I could rccogiiizo loan absolute certainty, where nearly thirty-lour years ago I [.ass through and took part in one of the bloodiest fights recorded in bistorv, I repeated to mvself all alone, but audibly, Psalm 140:7. I was so thankful and gratified at having f.mnd the.srround, and that it looks so much to-daj* as it -did then. The fi>iest trees hare grown some of coursr, hut the difference in appearance is hardly appreciable, [only that I could s(,c no builet marks on them, and \cl I am aire 1 would not exaggeraie were I to say that hundreds of those large oaks have imbeded in them " * ** - > - scores 01 OUliets; toe uaih. uus iieaxeu over so that even the scars are not perceptible. The Government has bought up the entire flald of about fifteen thousand acres, and converted it into a National Park, with splendid drives all through it. Tnere are I doubt uot a thousand fine monuments of granite and marble marking places where Federal bateric? stood and where Federal officers fcll, while bristling cannon by the thousand staHd with open mputh pointing in the direction of bath Federal and Confederate ad vanccs. Ttrere arc aiso uumeruua iron lablets where you can re/id of the Confederate forces, where ihev occupied certaiij positions or where they advanced 111 batil-i. Indeed a rt>an might la a tew days b?v studying the inscriptions on these tablets and on 1 he numerous monuments get a pretty good history of the plan of the battle and of its result. I believe from all I saw that the effort has been made to show up the great drama of the two days' battle impartially. jLbegpardou for the length of this letter, and promise you and your readers a resst. Returning to Chattanooga we went by way of the Missionary Ridge road, a fine turnpike built by the United Stares Government. It is the best engineered and constructed road I ever saw I think, cut in^the side of the ? /-Iromn tnwarc\ fhft UJtUUl ia;u, uiq urn. inun .. .v.. valley, with a regular incline toward the mountain, where a ditch conveys the water to gutters at convenient points running under the road to the valley below. All the water falling 011 the road runs toward the mountaiu so that there is absolutely no washing of the road-bed toward tLe valley. The grade by which you make the ascent to the summit and then the descent to the foot is so gradual that you hardly realize that you are constantly climbing the mountain on the In <-> r, /I n/inctontlir or in a down On VJli^ *JU>U14 Vi. WU^bUuu; v-, ?. ? the other, aud when at the top you are hundreds of feet above the valley or plain on which the city stands. R. H. Jennings. Itch on human, mange on horses, dogs and all stock, cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This htr XV. T?. Aiken. UTC v iano. wviu Kfj ii ?- ? , druggist, Winnsboro, S. C. - - ^ <p FEASTERVILLE ITEMS. Two Deaths?Personal Mention?New County Proposed, We have bad two deaths In the comrau.jitv since I wrote m.v last article. After an illness of five or six weeks Mr. Albert Widener died on the night of Ju^e 30th. His remains were interred iu the iamily burying ground ' 1 * J ? - C/\lArvtAr? near mo resiaeuce ux ?\u? yuiuuiwu Widener. The funeral services were conducted by Ear. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Widener was of a quiet, unassuming disposition and a sood, law-abiding citizsn. Mrs. William Weir, Sr., who had been very feeble lor some time, after a few days illness, died on the 13th July. Mrs. Weir had been a member of tbc church for sixty rears. She first ' * " - - - * ?- ' L joined tne Metfioaist cnurcu, sou siusequently joined the Baptist Church, and remained a consistent member of tlr&t church during the remainder cf her life. The funeral services were aonduetcd by Pk*v< E. A. McDowell, aftor which the remains were interred in the burial ground at Beaver Creek Church. .Vr.j. "Weir was in the S2nc3 yew of In i vgj. Few people, nowadays, Jiv i / fh t limit of four fcore years. .M;ui\ ?.? us are calicd hence much i in lil'e. But when we think o: ;;e iUin:.table space of lime a :d what a sbori period has been weicd out to us, we cannot but realize tbe fact that the earthly existence of man, compared with the infinite space of time, is no more than the fla?h of fire from the family hearthstone. Crups are pretty good in this section. Mr. J. W. Bleuse aud his sister, Miis M. F. Blease, of Saluda County, are visiting friends in this county. Mrs. D. G. ItufF, of the Horeb seclion, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Crosvy and family. Dr. aud Mrs. V". P. Clayton and claughter, of Columbia, are visiting relatives in this scction. Mrs. George Lauderdale and Mr. Cephus Bolick, of Wiansboro, have oeen visiting ielatives in this community. - - - - - " ~ ~ * K, _ I Mr. and Mrs. 5. o. uo:eman, aucr spending awhile with Prof, and Mrs. D. B. Busby, of Saluda County, rc:urned home not long since. Mr. Editor, I think we need a new :ounty formed up here by taking some )ff Fairfield, Chester, Union and New:>erv counties. There might be some objections on account of Broad River 'anning through it. Bat it need not je any obstacle. Two townships oII Jbsstcr and three or four oft this . iounty would make as large a county is many of the counties iu Georgia. List's take Township No. 1, which is eu miles from east to west aud tea niles from north to south. Pour or. i ive or live or six townships of that; rf^BTr?irfcTirrrarnwr.r??tts at i, rfwyagnairrin nn size voulcl make a j^ood size county ! if you c >p taxing the poople so h?;rh I and appropriating so nncb for the j maintenance of State institutions, and I tax them for the cstablisnuieut of a ucw county, tben an wouiu uc oene-1 filed alike. Tiieu we would not have j to go twenty-live or thirty miles to J our conntyseat. Fairfield and Chester connties are plenty large to make three coudties. I must bring this hurried!?- written le::ter to a close, for I may be alone in my idea of a new county. Cut 1 believe i( is advisable, and would be a great convenience to the people. We j need not tax the property owuers to build a railroad, but let's build the county-seat and some railroad comnanv would, perhaps, be induced to j run a road through Ibis section. "Robt. II. Jellares. July 31, 1897. Incontinence of water during sleep is stopped immediately by Dr. Dctchon's Anti Diuretic. Cures children and adults alike. Price $1. Sold by W. E. Aiken, Druggist, Winusboro, S. C. ISIIJOJtW-iX .UAXXJC.li.-5. j Until recently our little village has been very quiet, but during the past week or two alTairs have become somewhat more lively. District Conference of the M.E. Courch, South, convened here last week, and wi:h it camc a host of ministers and laymen. The cor. ierence, we nave uecu unu, wm ? vci^successful one, and was greatly ei.joyed by the -people of llidsjeway as well as by visitors from abr. ad. Amynz the more promiDent Methodists present were Bishop W. W. Duncan, of Spartanburg'; Dr. Juo. O. Wilson, o? Greenville; Dr. Jas. A. Rice and Rev. R. E. Stackbou?\ of j the Columbia Female College. Masterly addresses were delivered by each of thesie gentlemen. Dr. Wilson, - r* - * /"*t_ -a! ~.. A A editor or tne ooutnern uunsuau ^uvocate, and Dr. Rice, president of the Columbia Female College, brought forth some able arguments in favor of his respective charge. The Mormon elder?., we believe, are to be !!i;: kcd lor giving rise lc> some exciteit!c*n'. during the last few weeks. Some days *? >, it will be remembered, a Mormon ih?i sing house was burned, and lui it r v a brush arbor also, which u...; i. .r,, *,} frtt. tomnnvnrv? n.eft bv 1J ill i i J <?ij ? i ^V. l*w i,VA VWU?J>/v>?>^ ?- , them. Seine have been advised to get ;wiiy from Ridgewav and seek other and more pleasant fields of adventure. This >s iD<i-?r decidedly the wish of the public,}? the Mormons arc reported to I'fti-e nLiered a statement, namely, j "On! ihis persecution must stop, else ! the knife wiil be resorted to," ana of i friurre it they have decreed that sir h a Mate i>f affairs will comc about, it rs?a-i-?:?'-bIe (?) to suppose that sac-i inde << will be the case. The future, I HOW?*vi;r, win s?i nu ujiu^o at i ( th;u point. Mi-s Annie Aiken returned hut week to her borne in Wiunsboro after a very pleasant visit to Mrs. TV. II. Ruff. Messrs. Ed. Parker and Herbert Ruff, Jr., left Wednesday morning for Rock Hill. They intenaed making the entire trip on bicycles. The Misses Coleman, of tlie RiverTn-firmnrv (Charleston. returned lo their post of duu last week after a visit to their mother. These young ladies have many lrieodshere who are always glad to wclcome them home. Messrs. Jr.o. Mclntvre and "VV. II. Ruff returned Wednesday from I5awley's Island J. A. Dw-sTuries, Jr., is at home for a few da\s. Jas. li. DesPories ppsnt Monday it) Winnsboro. A p.-iny from here expect to attend a picnic at Jenkin's spring some time next wo k. A jolly time is anticipated. Mr. Frank Sawyer spent Thursday last in the capital city. w r. >r. July 23, 1897. STltOTIIEK NEWS. Picnics in Abundance?Mr. Ladd's Fine 3Iusic, Mr. Editor: Though onr neighborhood is quiet at present, it boasts of having had three picnics the same week, all of them in succession too! On the sixteenth the first took place at Mr. J. S. Lyles; that night there " ' w- ? ur was a moonlight picnic at iur, a. . Ladd's and the following day auother sunlight one at Strother, that is, at the Station. We would make special reference to the one at Mr. Ladd's. Though there wa3 a nice supper, agreeable conversation, promenades in the moonlight, &c., the most pleasing feature of the evening was iJr. Ladd's music. He rendered some beautiful selections from the lovely old opera ot Norman, also played iM-nf+ir marches, ifcc. *1JUUJ yiV/HJ MMiiwvv, ? 1 There are some who play sweetly on J the violin, there are few who play correctly, and very few who plar with soul?such soul as does Mr. Ladd. An observer can perceive that he feels his own music, which readily accounts for the genuine pleasure it affords others. Mr. James Hamilton who teaches school at Blcnheraa, 6. CVis speuding J his vacation with his sister, Miss Mag- j gie Hamilton. Mrs. McDowell,. of Coluoabia, who ! has been visiting Mrs. E. A. McDowell I lias returned to ker home in the city-.: Mr. Willie Sc?tt and Miss Ire^e | Seott who have also been staying with j Mrs. E. A. McDowell left for Mitforii ! last week. Mrs. P. Sims and son, Mr. Law- reucs Sims, returned to Spartanburg | last week alter a weeks visit to Mr. j and Mrs. J. G. ^Martin of Monticelio. Gardens are comparatively good, i and most everyone can enjoy a first- j rofo vpo-p.tabie dinner. Melon patches j are unusually Hue. We would ven- j ture to assert that Mr. J. I. Loag can boast of some of the best melons in the county. If our "dark skin ' colored man" passes such |a fine field! of melons as is Mr. Long's without! taking his hmir.a onl of his pockets, he ! simply deserves a, niedii ior honesty. (vi'QDs :ij*? said to I)-; in a flourishing j conditio:). Cotton i- roomily prom- I ising W'c lope t ib r;ii! will briDg to | the poor liar.i-H-o: ked f u ni?r a {rood I yield of both cotton mid corn and aj fairpric.' fur Uiu lir.-t mentioned commodity. X'.jm/ ihur ;!n' l>;i-v tea.-on is over we hope iieiiriib ?r!i00d will sjon begiu :t.c >ci ic- ><i trnieties, lor we only have o..c mouth before the summer season vvill be over, and September will be upon us causing the inevitable partings which must be taken with our collc-ge boys ana gins. I Nclie. j JJucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, j Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum-; Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, j' UhillbiuiJis, Corns, and all Skin Ertip, lions, >in;i positively cnn Piles, or no j pay requied. It is guaranteed to -Jive . perfect, (satisfaction, or n-oney refund- j ed. Pnjce "it eems per box. For sale i by ilcMaster & Co. : ' II I ?" II 11 " - Ill-1 WORKING Til7, Pi:NSIO>*ER5. Columbia Cor. 2?cic$ and Courier. J-i'i/ 26. The letter whic1' CanvTidaiy is G. Mayfield ha- boon sending' to the Confederate v?.ur~;.a vm the pensions rolls in this State, which was published in the AVinnsboro Nf\vs axd Herald, and reprinted in this correspondence on Sunday morning, has occasioned much comment in political circles in this vicinity. It is only necessary to say it does not appear that Mr. Mayfield has done his cause much good by the issuing of that particular letter. One of the letters was received in Columbia, addressed to a certain veteran who died some time ago. Tbe letter was delivered by the po3loffice tn ilio TTOteran'a *on. cl U { LIKJa. 1 UVC IV MiVj VIWMVA f so ? ? , and the latter has taken occasion to rep'y to it. Here is the reply which was sent to Mr. Mayficld at Dan-mark to-day: Dear Sir: your circular letter addressed to my father, has been received by me. lie has joined the ranks of those who have pitched their tents on the camp ground of eternity. While his beloved State patriotically constituted a pension law, of which, by persuasion, he became a beneficiary, I am confident, were lie here at this time, he would as patriotically cast his vote as he deemed it to the best interest of our State, and at the same time, be tt,?f en<*Vi Iowa .li'P r.qqspfl as are a? ax ^ ouvu ??? w ?.%?. v ?,- ? prompted by the sentiment of common people. lie would entertain a natural gratitude to his State's people, but would not leel bis vote should, or could, bs purchased by any one's political act. I respectfully reply, ari ) so as your letter closes with the request "Let me hear from you." I, his son, will endeavor to act as a cohceplion of a father's true and honest disposition would exemplify. CATARRH CA>'XOT.BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cuue is taken internnllv. and asts directly on the blood ancl mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a resniar prescription. It is composed uf the be->t tonics known, combined wiih the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. Tbe combination of the two ingredients is what produces such woimerrui results in curing Catarrh. Send lor testimor^iqlc fppp F.' J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family'Pillfi are the best. CASTORIA Tor Infants and Children. It is ??Not Strange That so many people have lost confidence in medicines that have been palmed off on the public as "cures" for every disease with which the human race is afflicted and frequently persons refuse to ! believe' anything tbey near aoont a reliable remedy. Africana , ? The Great Blood Purifier is "Working Wonders- v-o it Wives nope ior * ear. it Gives Joy for Sorrow. It Gives Light fcr Darkness. It Gives Health for Sickness, IT [S THE KING OF ALL BLOOD liEMEDIES. + TKV AFKICANA H3NDERCORNS The only sc?e Ctsefcr Corns. Stops all paip. Makes walking tasy. 15c, at Druygitts. RK9 PARKER'S S ^^^PSm.._HA[R BALSAM^ | I^oniote* a luxuriant growth. | Never Faila to Hestore Grays ^SSjKfe)^53 Hair to itn Youthfal Color, ? I Cures scabs d'.wtuos & hair failing, g W&SZi?t5 ^^5*j &)c, and $1.06. at 3?rnggi<ft g If yon are CONSUMPTIVE or bare Inalfestlon. Painful Ills or IVbillty of any kind use PABKSK-S GINGEE ICONIC. 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HOFFMAN'S VITAL RESTORATIVE TABLETS. with a legal guarantee to permanent]? cure LOST MANHOOD, SELF. ? r WT A irVTTQQ VARICOCELE, STOPS FOREVER NIGHT EMISSIONS and all unuatuial drains, lleturns to former rippearances emaciated organs. If tv*c could not cure, vc would not send onr mediciue FREE to trys and pay when sa:islied. Write to-day, as thii may not appear again. . Address WESTEI^MEDICINE CO Kalamazoo, Mjcii. Incorporated. 3-31 vr } ^ ^ BAM.iiJ C3^ AN QPFiy /CTO & >2 S ls2BE3 b To MO" WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE < EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE \V< "PITCHER'S CASTOR! I3 DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, was the originator of "PITC1 that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of This is the original" PITCHER5 r\ry)nn r\~P fJio TVTrrtTn Ll?)CU/ Hb VICO It/UllOOO IJJ VIOKs JJJ.WIU\ years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the "bind you have always bougl and has the signature c per. No one has authority fi cept The Centaur Company of President. March 8, 1897. Do Not Be Do not endanger the life a cheap substitute which so (because he makes a few r gredients of which even h "The Kind You Hai BEARS THE FAC-S1N Insist on The Kind That I' TM< CCNTAUH COMPANY, 77 MU ^sKEEP WE ARE SHOWING SOME pretty things ir> "White Goods, Satin, Stripe Organdies and open Tvork effects. Also. Plain India Li?en, i .1 nr_..v.. tc?i? j.\ ainsooic ana .unmixes, x*iuui-uiuwiva and Laces in variety. Very sheer Silk Stripe Linens for waists, Crash for skirfcj to match, Colored Organdies. Muslins and Jackonet look pretty and make cool dresses for hot davs. SOME GOOD MIS IS Ginghams?new patterns and colorings. New styles and colors in Belts. Silk Mitts?black and colored.rLadies' Gauze Yess?cheap and p etty. Ventilated Corsets. SHC New lot of Ladies' Oxford. Ties Misses' and Children's Oxfords and i Low-cut Congress. A large assortment of styles anc Gents' Gauze Shirts. Sicilian and Alpaca Coats and "V -MILLI] We have had a big sale in Sprin out balance of summer stock at very A dollar will move a lot of good lar. Come and see us. We will ma Respectfully, CALE ??LAE SB II ?SKU JUST OPENED =BIG :: SH of these goods. \\ CHEAPER than goods and make th COME EARLY I CHC Q. D. wi: Mt, 21oi) Institute WINJSTSB( Tiie next session begins September 2< pupil is required tj pay an entrance Je penses. Tuition*.?Scholars in the Graded Sc except in cases where they take up ex'r One extra, 7o cents per month; two exi Literary coarse, to cenw per Scientific cour C Each higher course include all that p in private families. The record of the scholars of this sclj their standing in the higher colleges, is SS^For further particulars address, W. H. VS L-1 fean ? ^ IIsdo tTMCDfi a B S SfaBMfi ^jam COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE ^ 3RD C ASTORIA," AND IA,*' AS OUR TRADE MARK. cf Hyannis, Massachusetts, JER'S CASTOR!A," the same ^ nr. mi on I S CASTORIA," which has been ?rs of America for over thirty the wrapper and see thai it is vm me to use my name exwhich Chas. H. Eetcher is /_ . 23. ' Deceived. d of your child by accepting ? me druggist. may offer you nore pennies on it), the ine does not know: re Always BougM" 1ILE SIGNATURE OF Having fever Failed Yon. STRCCT. N(W *??K CITY. j i aflMBMMOMMMHNRWMBMflaMa rnm m mm " V and Strap Sandals in black and tan. Sandals. Gents' Southern Ties and I colorings in Negligee Shirts?cheap. Vsts-cfcap, NERY~ig Millinery, and now anxious to close "low pricesIs the*e hot days. We need the ?loL ke it pay you. 'WELL & BDFF. >IES'f* EUJlfl RTS.?> UP, ANOTHER IPMENT? 'ill sell them to you < you can buy the em. LND GET FIRST ICE. ^ LLIFORD. I ai Graded Seliool I DRO S. C. 0, 1897, and ends Jcr.e 24, 1898. Each ^ ;e of 50 cents to meet contingent exhool are not required to pay tuition, ?8 a studies in the Collegiate Department. se, $1.00 per month- jfjji Classical course, $1.50 per month. JB& recede. Good beard can be obtainag tool at competitive examinations,^! the best guarantee of its efficiency? /"ITHEROW, PrincJ