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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. 7" " * WHAT WAS II [NOTE.-It ie rumored the proprietors of a well-i museum in New York City made arrange naen ts with Dr. ] to exhibit to the public the t lar cast which Mr. Escott dep< with him. So extraordinary tory cannot fail to attract ui sal attention.] Inquiry has been made ai the different museums conce the truth of this rumor which . made public by Fitz James O'] some years ago in Harper's , thly and which the propri have allowed us to reprint, the singular reticence observe the authorities^ only serve deepen the mystery. IT is, I confess, with cons able diffidence that I approacl strange narrative which I am a to relate. The events which. I pose detailing are of so ext: dinary and unheard-of a chan that I am quite prepared to^i with an unusual amoun - incredulity and scorn. I accep such beforehand. IJhave, I t the literary courage to face belief. I have, after mature sideration, resolved to narr?t as simple and straightforwa: manner as I can compass, e facts that passed under my obBe tion in the month of July last, which, in the annals of the i tories of physical? science, wholly unparalleled. I live st No.-Twenty-s: Street, in thiaxity. The hous< in some respects a curious om has enjoyed for the last two y? the reputation of being hauntei It is a large and stately reside] surrounded by what was one garden, but which is now onl; green inclosure used for bleach clothes. The dry basin of w has been a fountain, and a fruit-trees, ragged and unprui indicate that this spot, in j , days, was a pleasant, shady re tr filled with fruits and flowers i the sweet murmur of waters. The house is very spacious, hall of noble size leads to a v spiral staircase winding thro-, its centre ; while * the vari? apartments are of imposing dim sions. It was built -some fifteen the well-known : New YeJrk m chant, who five years ago threw 1 commercial worldintoconvulsic by a stupendous bank fraud. i A-, as every one knoi escaped to Europe, and died i long after of a broken heart, i most immediately after the ne of his decease reached this coun and was verified, the report, spre in Twenty sixth Street that No, was haunted. Legal measures h dispossessed the widow of its f< mer owner, and it was inhabit merely by a care-taker and 1 wife, placed there by the houi ^agent into whose hands it h passed for the purposes of rentii , of sale. These people declar that they were troubled with u natural noises. Doors were open without any visible agency. T remnants, of furniture scatter through the various rooms we] during the night, piled one up< the other by unknown hands. I visible feet passed up aud do\i the stairs in broad daylight, a companied, by the rustle of unsee silk drejwes aud the gliding viewless hands along the massr balusters. The care-takes and h wife declared they would live the no longer. The house-agent laug) ed, dismissed them, and pi others in their place. The noisi and supernatural manifestatioi continued. The neigh borhoc caught up the story, and the hom remained untenanted for thn years. Several parties negotiate for it ; but somehow, always befoi the bargain was closed they hear the unpleasant -rumors, and dee lined to treat any further. It was in this state of thing that my landlady-who at th a time kept a- boarding-house i Bleecker Street, and who wi she to move farther uptown-conceive' the bold idea of renting No. Twenty-sixth Street. Happenin; to have in her house rather i plucky and philosophical set o boarders, she laid her scheme be fore us. stating candidly every S thing she had heard respecting the ghostly qualities of the establishment to which she wishec to remove us. With the excepti?i of one or two timid persons-a sea captain and a returned Californ ian, who immediately gavo notice that they would leave-?severy on( of Mrs. Moffat's guests declared . that they vrould accompany her ir her chivalric incursion into thc abode pf spirits. Our Temoval was effected in thc month pf May, and we we] charmed with our new res id The portion of Twenty-sixth ? where our house is situated tween Seventh and Eighth av? -is one ? of-s^the : pleasa localities in New York. Tho ga: j back of the houses, running I nearly to tho Hudson, from, i I summer time, a perfect ave m verdure, air is pure and invi< ting, sweeping, as it does, stn across the river from the Wee ken heights, and even the ra garden which surrounded house on two sides, ;.alth< displaying on washing-day n too much clothe&rliiue, still us a piece of green sward to . at, and a cool retreat in the i mer evenings, where we smi our cigars in the dusk, and wa ed the fire-flies flashing i dark-lanterns in. the long grai 'Of course we had no so established ourselves at Ts1 than we began to expect the gb We absolutely awaited their vent with eagerness. Our dil conversation was supernati One of the boarders, who had chased Mrs. Crowe's "Night . of Nature" for his own prr delectation, was regarded as a \ lie enemy by the entire housel for not having bought twenty < ?es. The man led a life of supr wretchedness while he was pe ing the volume. A system espionage was established, which he was the victim. If incautiously laid the book dc for an instant and left the roon was immediately seized and 1 aloud in secret places to a se] few. I found myself a person immense importance, it hav leaked out that I was tolero well versed in the history supernaturalism, and had o: written a story, entitled "The ] of Tulips," for Harper's Month the foundation of which was ghost. If a table or a wains panel had happened to warp wi we were assembled in ' the la: . driving-room, fhc-r? ras f.f? in*ti silence, and every one a\ie prc pai for ah immediate clanking ? ch ias-and aipcctral fortn. ! If ter a-J3?onlii;:oi ^..'vclioji ...;:< is..- ? "itet?ent, if ^vas flif? ?b? '?$??i ?ii%.-?H*israc?ion f '?af- wo were fore to acknowleage ?L^ nothing the remotest degree approach i the supernatural had manifest itself. Once the black but] asseverated that his candle h been blown out by some invisil agency while in the act of undrei ing himself for the night ; but I had more than once discover this colored gentlemaa in a co dition when one candle must ha appeared to him like two, I thoug it possible that, by going a et farther in his potations, he mig have reversed this phenomeno and seen no candle at all where ] ought to have beheld one. Things were in this state wh( an incident took place so awf and inexplicable in its charact that my reason fairly reels at tl bare memory of the occurrenc It was the loth of July- After di] ner was over I repaired, with m friend Dr. Hammond, to the ga den to smoke my eveuing pip Independent of certain menti sympathies which existed betwee the doctor and myself, we wei linked together by a eecret. W both smoked opium. We kne each other's secret,. and respecte it. We enjoyed together th? wonderful expansion of thought that marvellous intensifying c the perceptive faculties; tba boundless feeling of existenc when we seem to have points c contact with the whole universe in short, that unimaginabl spiritual bliss, which I would no surrender for a throne ; and whici I hope you, reader, will nevor taste. Those hourse of opium happi ness which the. doctor and I spen together in secret were regulatec with a scientific accuracy. We di( ; not blindly smoke the drug, o: Paradise, and leave our dreams t< chance. While smoking we care fully steered our conversatior through the brightest and calmesl channels of thought. We talked of the East, and endeavored tc recall the magical panorama of itt glowing scenery. We criticised the moBt sensuous poets, those who painted life ruddy with health, brimming with passion, happy in the possession of youth, and strength, and beauty, If we talked of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream," we lingered over Ariel and avoided Caliban. Like the Gebers, we turned our faces to the East, and saw only the s side of the world. This skilful coloring of train of thought, produced in ? lbsequent visions a corresp ing tone. The splendors of Ara fairy-land dyed our dreams, paced-that narrow strip of ? with the tread and port of k The song of the Rana arl: while he clung to the bark of ragged plum-tree sounded like strains, of divine orches House?, walls, and streets me like rain-clouds, and vista unimaginable glory stretched a before us. It was a rapturous ( panionship. We each of us joyed the vast delight more fectly beeause, even in our i ecstatic moments, we were conscious of each other's prese Our pleasures, while individ were still twin, vibrating moving in musical accord. On the evening in question, 7oth of July, the doctor and self found ourselves in an usally metaphysical mood. W our large meerschaums, filled ? fine Turkish tobacco, in the of which burned a little black of opium, that, like the nut in fairy tale, held within its nar limits wonders beyond the re of kings; we paced to aud conversing. A strange perver dominated the currents of thought. They would not i through the sun-lit channels i which we strove to divert th For some unaccountable rea they constantly diverged into d and lonesome beds, where a c tinual gloom brooded. It was vain that, after our old fashi we flung ourselves on the she of the East, and talked of its | bazaars, of tho splendors of time of Haroun, of harems f golden palaces. Black af re continually, arose from the dep of our talk, and expanded, like one the fisherman released fr the copper vessel, unt? they b] ted out everything bright from < viQinn. Insensiblv wo vielded the occult i orce that swayed and "?nlge? in gloomy ?jioec tio?. We talked some ti mina to ijafysncjisrn t?:?d tue aim? universal love of tin Terril .ween Hammond suddenly said m.. "What do you consider to be I greatest element of Terror?" The question, I own, puzzled r That many thingB were terrible knew. Stumbling over a cor] in the dark ; beholding, as I or did, a woman floating down a de and rapid river, with wildly lift arms and awful, upturned fa uttering, as she sank, shrieks tl rent one's heart, while we, t spectators, stood frozen at a wi dow which overhung the river a height of sixty feet, unable make the slightest effort to sa her, but dumbly watching her li supreme agony and her di sa pearance. A shattered wrec with no life visible, encounter floating listlessly on the ocean, a terrible object, for it suggests huge terror, the proportions which are veiled. But it nc struck me for the first time th there must be one great and ruin embodiment of . fear, a King Terrors to which all others mu succumb. What might it be? ' what trainof circumstances won! it owe its existence? TO BE CONTINUED. How Western Towns Give Then selves Away. It is an old truth, but only o men seem to understand the part cular importance of honest simplicity, and order. Your towns, like young men, are coi Btantly trying experiments, on! to discover that the old way much better than any other so th? they are at last compelled to con back to it- Much has been sai as to what is the greatest pit) I think it is that young men aa young towns do not accept the le sons of their elders without tl punishment of experience. Mo Western country towns are guilt of all sorts of mistakes, becauE Tew of them have reached the yea: of discretion. However wise man may be in his individui capacity, and however wise he ma have been as a resident of an ol community, as|a citizen of a ne town he votes bonds with the reel lessness that characterizes your men in giving notes forgetting that pay day will inevitable ro around and that they will probbal not be prepared to pay. Many c the great forthues in the Eat were gifts from communities c the West. The people conspire fe months to get control of thei valuables, in order that they ma give them away. If there is a valu able franchise in a Western countr town, the people usually manag to give it away, the recipient being men who have probabl; been victims themselves in Bora new community.-E. W. Howe ij the September forum. THE SIGNS OP THE.TIME Two Chapters From the Chron c?e of Archelaus in the Time and During the Reign of Benjamin the Till man! te. CHAPTER I. 1 Now. during the reign . i Hugh, surnamed Thompson, he i Governor's mansion fame, arpi one Benjamin, a son of the houE of Tillman, a man whoso hea was filled with love for the yeopl one ot whom he was, lor h occupation was that of ?, tiller < the soil. . 2. And this Benjamin didst ci aloud unto the people through tl mouth of the carriers of new throughout all the length an breadth of the 1 and. and his mes age ran thus : , 3. Oh I ye people hide ye yoi faces that your brethern may n< look upon you, for verily I say xxpA you that though in name thou ai freemen, yet in fact thou art slave ' 4. Thou hast no voice in tl selection of your rulers, but ai governed by a ring composed o the chieftians und wise men of few'tribes against whom thou hat hereto foredared not rebel. 5. The chieftains and wise me of these tribes kave said unt themselves-our right to rule ove all these people is divine, fo have not we and our foiefather exercised that right for five scoi years and more? 6. And wherefore should we nc in these later days continue t govern as aforetime, for was it nc through ?B that the people wei delivered out of the hands of th blacks, tho Scalawags, and th Carpet-baggers? 7. Year verily, we ?hall cor tinue to rule, and our child re after us, and the spoils of offic shall be ours, and the people c these alien tribes shall not sh ar therein. 8. All this did Benjamin of th house of Tillman speak unto th people thro?erh the mouth of'th i irriers of now?. 1 " ? ' " r:--flier . . ? ". . . ? r. .-h ' UV U Sf Vf}\ I deny vc a tho right of represent?tio: in the connells of State. 10. Thus did Benjamin of th house of Tillman speak unto th people, and much more also, b; which he greatly angered the rulrt but his words found much favo with the people for they wer 1 words of truth. 11. Now, Benjamin did go ii ; and out among the rulers, gleanini 1 knowledge which he did ever an< anon give out to the people througl .the mouth of the carriers of new ! and great commotion wai ; excited thereby, for he told then nothing but truth and the telling ' thereof did not please the ears o: I those in high places. 12. Now, in the fullness of time ; the chieftans of tho tribes witl ; many of their brethren, assembl?e ; together to choose unto themselvei : new rulers, and with them cam? - this Benjamin the Tillmanite ' whose burning words of truth nae sunk deep in the hearts of many and he did rise up and say unt< the assembly, 13. Hearken unto my words you chieftans and wise men. Thert [ is one amoung you whom W3 wil . select to rule over us ; for .he is ? , man learned of the law, gentle o: ? speech and will be a wise and jus ' ruler , 14. And the name of this mai ; is John, surnamed Sheppard - whose fame is known to you and J whom in the past thou hast deligh ! ted to honor. 15. But the wise men and chief 3 tains of the ring rule tribes had previously consulted together a J a little tavern called "The Club,' 3 and had sent many of those amonf i them who were cunning of speed 1 out privily among the people ol ^ the alien tribes saying unto them 16. Who is this Benjamin whe . presumest to dictate unto us wh( g shall be our rulers? He is but ? - schemer who would mould you tc I his own selfish purposes and tc ? your owu confusion. t 17. And one of these men ii f not the chief of the m, was Jame* r of the house of Orr, the fame oi r ? , which house waxed great in the _ days and during the reign of the y Blacks, the Scalawags and of the 3 Carpet Baggers. 8 18 Now the people gave heed tc ? these words of cunning, and ! rejecting John the Sheppardite, John Peter,of the house o,f Richard I son, wits selected to rule over them I for the space of two years. And it was said of him that he I was "all things unto all men." 20. And it came to pass that Benjamin the Tillmanite came down with the chief tans and wise men ofithe tribes when they again assembled for the purpose of choosing new rulers, and with them came Joseph the Earlite who was importuned by Benjamin to take thfrec6|iter, but Jje would not. 21. H5pw, the heart of Benjamin waB so^ebwithin him, for he loved his pejjple and wept for their wrongs] and would not be com forted. 22. Thus it came to pass that he who wis "all things unto all men" came again to rule over the people j for the space of two more years which |ie did without great honor but without reproach. i CHAPTER II. 1. N?w, when these things of which tl have told you had come about, ^Benjamin the Tillmanite betookjhimself tr? his own*country, and summoned unto him John, surnamed Irby, and George, sur named^Sh?ll, mighty men from the cor hty of Laurens^that they mights i tike counsel together, what sBould be done to arouse the people?rom the lethargy that was upon them. 2. And this twain with Benja min the Tillmanite did evolve a plan which could not but bring confusion to the ranks of the ring rulerSj^and result in their utter downfall and ruin. 3. Others also were called unto this conf?rence for the emancipa tion ofithe people from the yoke of rin^ism, prominent among whom ftwas Laurence, surnamed Youmins, but the.y being of timor ous nature came not to the con ference^ but stood afar*off, waiting for thai which rie ver came. 4. ?^jad it was said1 of them their ijame is Denis, and griever shall their voice be heard in coun ts fi, not shall they rale over tho ;;3o ? uiiP-'ripo i\?r.f> ix?n ??r?:-, ? ?vr. ?..*.->"-. :*. a??d a proclamation teethe people, through the ai?uih of the carriers ui news tutti, lucy euuuiu in me third month of the new year send representatives from the various tribes to the capital city of the country that they mightest con sult how this heavy yoke should be lifted. 6. And when they had gathered together it was found that they were a mighty host. And the chief tans and wise men thereof didst prevail upon Benjamin the Tillmanite that he shouldst' allow them to use his name as one most suited to lead an undisciplined host to victory. 8. To t^is after much persuasion did Benjamin consent, and im mediately were the vials of wrath from the news carriers of the ring rulers, and from the mouths of the rulers and their kinsmen and friends, a cast upon his devoted head, g 9. Then arose Benjamin, con scious of rectitude of purpose, and going out among the people, he proclaimed that they should be free from the yoke of the ringster. 10. Yet not unmolested was he in prosecuting this labor of love for the ?hieftans of the ring-rulers hastily assembled and deputed Joseph the Earlite, and John of Bratton to make head against this insolent contemner of their divine (?) rights. 11. But Benjamin didst say unto them, ye are the few, we are the many, and the prophecy must be fulfilled. 12. The majority must rule, the people are aroused and ye must retire to 3'our fastnesses, there to mourn over lost offices forever for we, the people, are now in the sad dle and ye have not walked long enough to be tired. 13. And it came to pass accord ing to the prophecy that Benjamin didst roust che opposing forces and ruled wisely and well in their stead. 14. Before this thing had come about however the chief tans among the Ring Rulers again gathered themselves together and said unto the people: "This man Benjamin the Tillmanite shall not rule over us. 15. Wo will-give you Aleck, sur named Haskell, to be your ruler, and him shall you serve, even as ye have soi ved us always. 16t And they further said unto the people : Unto our ranks will come the blacks, the scalawag ar the carpetbagger, and we " wi make a .mock of this Benjamin. 17. But it came not to pass i the Ring-rulers had said, for veril were they sorely smitten, and tl offices which once they held, he] they no more forever. 18. Now, in the second year < the rule of Benjamin the Til manite, the carriers of news of tl Ring rulers, and the chief tans, ye even the priests of their people didst circulate divers false rumoi concerning him among the peopl that they might fall, away froi him, and they themselves agai return to power. ' - 19. But Benjamin had learne much of cunning during his ten of office and. the people loved hin and he did disprove the fate rumors and suffered not at a from them. 20. Wherefore, seeing that sec? plots and open slander would nc prevail against Benjamin, th Ring rulers , called upon al the disaffected to meet in COE ference at the capital city, even i the third month of the year as di the hosts of Renjamin. 21. And, when the disaffecte were gathered together, many wer they in numbers, and the chief tan thereof had a lean and hungr; look, for they mourned for the i lost officers and would not be com forted. 22. Now, these men being ii conference* from the going dowi of the sun to the rising thereof didst at last select from their num ber one from each section whicl they did call a committee of th< dark closet which did, as thei] name indicates, retire into t darkened room from the confine* of which no sound could penetrate for the purpose of selecting those who should go out among the neo pie and do battle with their mor tal enemy, Benjamin the Till marnte. 23. And this committee did^in i M i course cJ r-.x't lo tue :fc-rence, ?viy jQieir- r< port was . ? ? ;? tbie ? / "-JV ?, ?. . ?. ' 3fts?rv: f?k ' ' " ' 'r"': i L'ilimaaito had aforetime ondea j.vor&d i.o ex?:ii to KS chief xvh.r OVOi! uu vuu jpwpiC, W Uti IO UU battle with this Benjamin to cast him down from the rulership of the people. 25. Yet more wonderful was the selection of James of the house of Orr to be chief lieutenant to John the Sheppardite, for James had said of John that in him there was no good. 26. Laurence also, even that Laurence, surnamed Youmans, who though thirsting for the spoils of office, had refused aid to Benjamin the Tillmanite, wast called upon to assist in the re-enslavement of the people, and he did respond promptly. 27. For his heart was filled with bitterness against Benjamin being, though a tiller of the soil himself, of a house which was great in the councils of the ring-rulers. 28. And this Laurence did pos sess a parchment on which was in scribed many of the sayings and doings of Benjamin the Tillman ite in the days before he became ruler over all the people. 29. This parchment was called by| some, a scrap-book,Jand sportively by others a slop-bucket, but by whatsoever name, Laurence didst read.from it alw ay whon he could prevail upon the people to listen unto him,andhe did distort the words of Benjamin, seeking to make of him a falsifier. 30. But the people gave not heed to tho words of Laurence for though once blind, their eyes now beheld the light, aiid sensible were they to tho difference between pure gold and dross. 32. And it came to pass that the people were gathered at aplace called Lexington to give heed to the words of Benjamin the Till manite, and of John the Shep pardite, and of JameB of the house of Orr, and with them came Laurence, who much desired to read unto the assembled multiude certain passages from his scrap book,called by some the slop bucket .32. But the people sa.d unto them ; our ears shall not be opened unto you, for thou declarest unto us not the truth. And one of the tillers of the soil from the country , around abut didst show unto him an egg-squash, and made pretense to cast it at him, whereupon Laurence didst cry aloud : Persecu tion? persecution? these de-, generate Tillmanites would rot Jggme. 33. And his words provo jreat laughter when the carrie lews of the Tillman ites proclaii o the world that Laurence 'earless had deserted the field he sight of an egg s quash. 34. Now, Benjamin and Jai >f Orr, and John the Sheppard vit h Laurence and other cap ts >f the rival hosts didst go ab rom country to country e rom the sixth month to wentieth day of the ninth mo ?peaking unto the people. 35. And the carriers of the n )f the Ring rulers loudly j daimed that the power of B am i n the Till m an i te was brok ind that when there was a m cering of the people, John I Sheppardxte would come to x jverthe countiy. 36. And it came to pass that the thirtieth day of* the ni: month,'there was a numbering the people, and the Ring ru! ?rere utterly confounded for tl people numbered I ut one i a half score and two thousa while the hosts of Benjamin di number two and ?t?ilaf score ? five thousand men. Theref Benjamin came again to rule o the people for the space of ; :wo more years. We know that many rea ;rs of the Advertiser dist-i :he advertisement which a lounces goods at cost; a such distrust is a wis?' skepi :ism on the part of the publ for no merchant can sell goo it cost and meet his own bil kvhen presented for paymei A.nd yet we are going to ofi mr stock of Shoes-oa? tho: md dollars worth-at acti :ost, less the freight. The Shoes are of all grades ai sizes for ladies', gents', ai :hildren. We also offer i our Notions, Dry Goods, ai Crockery at cost, less tl freight. Our reasons for sel rig ;:. cost ?re, ?rst* we c.; AS weil arTord t<_. sei). ;it cost to .keep them at cost.1. ye -propw-.v." ir. il f-irir- try rt? -jr'y croce business", and must disp?st jycryLZiiii'i wt K.ee.p, . groceries, in or?ei to ti store room. These two reasons ought satisfy the most skeptical th we mean business. If partii wish it we will show our bill CHEATHAM & BURNET . Edgefield C. H., S. C. Splendid Farm For Sale. ?A)u ? two miles from Trenton, 1 icres just cleared, and made ready f he plow, balance in woods. Bord? ;he railroad % mile. On it are 2 dwel ngs,l barn, 1 crib, 4 stables, bu? House, wagon shelter, horse lot plank? in, and a good well, .all complete, ar ara nd new. The land' lies well'and beautifully ' elevated. A fine oppo amity for watermelon-raising, . J here is a railroad switch on the plac .Vow is the time to get the cream of lewly settled place. Will sell chea md on easy terms.1 If desired wi ?ell also on the place 3 fine youri nules ages 4, 5 and 6, and .wagon, i Vc particulars apply to D. R. DURISOE, Real Estate Agtf Edgefield, S C. Wi L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENSEN. ?And other specialties ti GenUemen, Ladles, Boys aa Best in the World, See descriptive advert?s merit which will appear 1 Take no Substitute but Insist on haring W. I DOUGLAS' SHOES,wit name sad price stamped c bottom. Sold b7 ' J" IMC COBB, EDGEFIELD, S. C. JOHN WARE TONSORIAL ARTIST. EDGEFIELD, - - S. C Up stairs over E. J. Norris's store Satisfaction in a Shave and Hair-Cut guaranteed. C. S. THOMAS - WITH - ARLINGTON HOTEL I am now in.the employ of the Ar lington Hotel, Augusta, Ga., where will be pleased to see and serve m Edgefield friends. _C. S. THOMAS. '"Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Semproniut, we'll deserve lt. In looking for a school for you daughter, we believe you would like t find one That receives only enoug boarders to make a large family : Tha thinks of the woman while it deal with the girl; That has a fair histor; on which to base its fair promises That has a first-class equipment fo everything it teaches; That is high ii its scholarship and low in it rates That has many extra advantages am few extra charges. We should be gla? to serve you, if you eonfer with us. Most obediently, S. LANDER & SOM, W i 1 liam eton, S. C. -yVriLh OPEN IT% - Forty-Third Session SEPT. 7, 1892. W?? HS! Greenville, S. C. The next session will begin on SEPTEMBER 28, 1892. with a fall corps of professors and instructors. There are several courses leading to degrees. Instruction thor ough. Expenses moderate. For further information apply to DB. C. MANLY, or PKOF. H. T. COOK. DUE WEST FEMALE .COLLEGE. DUE WEST, S. C. Third-third year begins Oct. 3.1S92. As a boarding school offers spe cial advantages in Literature, French, German, Art, and Music.. Teachers thorough and progres sive. Moral influences unusual. Location beautiful. Rates rea sonable. Enrolled 189 pupils last session. Inquire about the school and send for catalogue. Mrs. L. M. BONNER; Principal. H. E. BONNER, Vice-Principal. Greenville . Female - College, GREENVILLE. S. C. The session of 1892-93 will begin WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28. On Tuesday, '?ept. 27th, the president will meet at Columbia and at points on the Columbia and Greenville R. R. young ladies com ing to this collego by that route. Those arriving by other Railroads will have arrangements made for their being met at convenient points on arrival. Corps of twenty instructors. Number of students last session, 242. .Department of Music with Con s^jrvatofr Oom^'p WftdeQ Brown; j Arl". ..>?ki.iit o? .- ?oiiser l^tery* >'"-. *ff?r>' : .iJ.Tft.'fw-v:\ih ftyij ag???t?nt jGr&?iiu> . ... . rv. ?Cov? Besten, -w t rs'-?. ?r o? voice j culture ? . . . Kiah stand ard of scholarship. The health record surpasses that of all Fe male colleges in the State. Send for new catalogue. A. S. TOWNES. Pres. Wofford College, SPARTAN BU RC, S* C. JAS. H. CARLISLE, LL.D., PRES. FOUNDED 18 51. .. Wofford College offers to students in the four college classes, two parallel courses of study, each leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in one of which Modern .Languages are substi tuted for Greek. EXPENSES. Board tuition, matriculation, wash ing, light, fuel, books and stationery, the necessary, co.'legre expenses for the year, can be met with $150. The ad vantages offered by Wightman and Alumni Halls enable students'to meet their college expenses with this very small amount. The next session begins the 3rd day of October, 1892. J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary of Faculty Wo??ord College Fittii School, SPARTANBURC,S. C. The Sixth Session begins October 3rd, 1892. Boys prepared for College. Expenses covered by $150 a year. Supervision careful and constant. A. G. REMBERT. A. .M, Head Master. J. M. COBB, Edgefield, S. C. Six Cd Leaders ! $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 CENTS SHOE. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 LADIES SHOES. Every Pair Warranted Sol. Of 24 dozen pairs of these goods sold last season-only 2 pairs have been returned for repairs. This record cannot be beaten by any shoe dealer in the State. When you want a GOOD Shoe go to J. M. COBB.