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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. TILLMAN RENOMINATED. THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVEN TION AND ITS DOINGS. Tovmsen* dominated for Attor ney General-Reformers Have Everytlilnfir Their Own Way The Colombia Register En dorsed Despite Haskell's Oppo sition. Senator John L. M. Irby, Chair man of the Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee called the Dem ocratic Stato Convention to order in tba hall of the Hous^bof-Rep^ resentativea at 12:15 o'clock yes terday af te moon. There were* 320 delegates tovthe convention, 264 of whom were Till m an i te s, and: the remainder wore ant?B, or self-styled "Conser^ vatives." Hon. Join Gary Evans, of Aiken, nominated for temporary chairman of the convention Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry. Sec onded by Rev. J. A. Bligh, of New berry. Dr. Pope was elected by accla- J mation without a dissenting voice. . Messrs. Evans and Sligh were ? ' appointed a committee to escort the newly elected officer to the ] chair. ; ] Chairman Pope, upon assuming ' the office spoke as foliows : "I thank you for the distin- ] gu i shed honor which you have 1 conferred-upon me. I congratu- 4 late you that- in South Carolina to- 1 day there is union among the ! white-people. I congratulate you ' that in Sou ;h Carolina we have Democracy in its purity. I con- ! grat?late you that while the Third ' party as* beib^^pushedforward in several S tates,-in- South Carolina it has no foothold at all. (Applause.) I congratulate you, gentlemen, ? that you are united for Cleveland and Reform., (applause) and I be lieve that-in the approaching elec tion we will give the largest ma jority for Cleveland for President and Tillman for Governor that has j '.. ever ' been given in-S^*3-**r"~ _4inaJ' (Applanse^ By acclamation'Met > ui L. - Weeks " and L. S. Mei 1; cha ic p j were elected secretary an i ?r.i ant secretary, respectively . j The roll of counties called, and the chairman of each delega tion - handed in the list of dele- ] gates representing his county. In the convention Edgefield was | represented by Ernest Gary, J.C Morgan, H. H. Townes, G. M. Kinard, Zed Crouch, W. H. Stall worth, B. W. Rushton, L. W Reese, W; T: Walton. S. T. Williams, Thos. Whittle, S. M. Smith. It was moved that* as there were no contests or protests among or against anv of the delegations, the usual committee on credentials be dispensed with, and that the roll, as called by the secretary, be adopted as the official roll of the convention, Adopted. On motion of John Gary Evans the temporary organization was declared permanent. On motion of Mr. McCalla, of | .h" raille, a committee on plat al and resolutions were ordered I 4 without debate. Ho. r. M. Townee represented J Edgefield on this committee, and also on the executive committee. The rules of the House of Rep resentatives were adopted as the j ones to govern the deliberations of ) the-convention. Hons. John Gary Evans and Edward McCrady, Jr., offered resolutions which were referred, without reading, to the committee on platform and resolutions. Mr. Evans also offered an amendment to the constitution, which was likewise referred to the same com mittee. Considerable discussion was oe- ! casioned by a motion to take a re cess until 3:30 p. m. It was amended to read 4 p. m., and this was met by a motion to lay it upon the table. The motion to table, was carried. Next came a motion to take a recess until 5 p. m., in order to al low the committee on platform and resolutions ample time for trans acting the business referred toit. Opposition to this motion de veloped vigorously, and it was tabled. The convention then decided to take a recess until 4 p. m. At 4 o'clock a further recess of one hour was taken. On reassembling in the after noon two caucuses were held. The object of these meetings was to consider matters of general party policy", and to solve the Townsend m Benet problem,,and to agree , upon t upon electors: It was? about 3 c in the afternoon j after one or two intermissions, that the caucus dis- * solved, and Major Townsend hav- I ing been selected to fill the place of Attorney General. It was some J ? time after the public announce ment before the convention got to * work again'. . A great many of 1 Major. Townsend's friends called 1 upou him in his office, and con- E gratulated him very cordially on his good fortuner arnon g the : call- * ere being a number of ladies.; The, next business transacted 6 by thu' caucus'was- the agreement & upon the'-electoral ticket, with the following resalt : At-l?rge^Ernest Gaiy and Dr. j Jj J; Wc*?tokes, J ' Firs>DMrict--C. C. Tracy. Se^nt?sMct^-T?rSi-.^Ulisms. ThifuM)istrict-Ti HiMcColl. 1 Fourth-District-LrB. Walker. J Fifth Districtr-J. S. Brice. Sixth District-L. W. Nettles. Seventh D'strict-Jams F.Hart. The majority report of the com mittee on platforms is as follows : | J We, the representatives of the Democratic party of South Caro lina, in convention assembled, do j h reaffirm our allegiance to the principles of tho party as for mulated by Jefferson, exemplified ind illustrated by his successors in leadership, and endorsed by Dur people in the recent primary alection ; and we pledge our loyal " mpport to the nominess of the * national Democracy-Cleveland 11 md Stevenson We denounce as unpatriotic and infamous the attempts which have been made to Injure the credit and honor of the State, both at home and abroad. The people of South Carolina, conscious of their ability and integrity, are determined that every just obligation of the State shal lbe honorably and promptly discharged. We boldly proclaim that, upon this one subject th*!*? ?* rfc TO&nce or ?ivifion .>:' s?nti? mx:r, aiL-onjz the so.'i* i \ boxided d^bioi arie . ts -.e ii - ?*.-*.Ti? t's ave 'tt^irr- . - t . enc cmpie. ? j ? . :-. iphate 4cpooiUr alone j / ?16 o tate is rich, and since the f litigation in regard thereto has been adjusted, the monthly re-L ceipts from phosphate royalty for [ thepast two months is nearly usfficisnt to meet the interest on the debt and eventully to pay the debt itself. We earnestly recommeud to the i Legislature to set apart by law 2 any excess of phosphate royalty, after paying annual interest on the State debt, as a sinking fund v to the be placed at interest and- c sacredly kept and used for the t purpose-of paying the principal of the State debt. The minority report presented by General McCrady, was as fol lows: Resolved by the convtntion of I the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina, on this 21st day of September, 1892 assembled : [ t 1. That we adopted the plat form of principles announced by j the Natiiynal Democracy pledge . ourselves to a foll and hearty co operation m securing the election of its distinguished nominees, Grover Cleveland of Nev York|t and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. 2. That any and every person nominated by this convention as a Presidential elector shall with in-days after the adjournment of this convention file with the execu tive committee of the State Demo cratic party at their office in Co- \ lumbia a pledge in writing that he will if elected as such elector cast his vote for Grover Cleveland I las Presideat of the United States And in case any such person so I i nominated shall within the said! time refuse or fail so to do, the said executtve committee is hereby authorized and required to nomi nate in each such instance some [other suitable person who shall by them be required to give such pledge ; and such person so nomi nated shall be the nominee of the Democratic party in this State as Presidential elector. 3. Resolved, That it is the sense: of this convention that every person elected at thc State Demo cratic primary as the candidate of the Democraticy as a member of Congress, upon the acceptance of said nomination, is thereby bound in good faith and honor to act in every respect with the national Democratic party ; that the sup port by any one claiming to re present the Democrocy of this State of any of the measures advocated by the third party which are in opposition to any part of the platform of the Demo cratic party as adopted at the re cent Chicago convention will be an act of disloyalty which should \ >ei condemned by all true Demo ?ffttB. Mr. John Gary Evans moved he adoption of the majority re )ort. The majority report was carried )y an immense vote. On motion of John Gary Evans he" convention then went into ?ominations for State officers. It vas agreed that nominations mould be made without speeches. John Gary Evans nominated br Governor the present incumb mt, Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Seconded all over the house amid ;reat cheering. C. A. Douglass of Richland lominated Hon. John C. Shep ard. Seconded by Altamont loses of Sumter. The vote gave Tillman 264 and Sheppard 50. Beaufort,. Charles en, Richland and Sumter Conn ies were the only ones casting heir votes for Sheppard. Geor ;etown, which had six delegates, 7&h not represented. Hon. S. G. Mayfield, of- Barn well, County, nominated Eugene \: Gary tor Lieutenant Governor, Ir. E. J. Brenneg, of Columbia, lominated Mr. J. L. Orr for the lame office. The vote was the ame as in the bubernatorial con est, viz : 264 for Gary ; 50 for >rr. It was then moved and seconded hat the remainder of the ticket e nominated as a whole jadopted. Vhereupon M. R. Cooper placed a nomination the following gentle aen: J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State. \V. H. Ellerbe, Comptroller ieneral. W. T. C. Bates, Treasurer. D, A. Townsend, Attorney G?n ral. W. D. Mayfield, Superintendent f Education. H. L. Farley, Adjutant and npector General. This ticket was greeted with 'ociferous applause, and . was ir-ubia nominated the '??.g; mpt?olierj E. R. Mciver, Treasurer. W. Perry Murphy, Attorney ieneral. Rev. D. W. Hiott, Superinten nt of Education. W. W. Dixon, Adjutant and: nspector General. The vote resulted as follows: Picket headed by J. E. Tindal, !64; that headed by L. W. You nans, 50. When the vote was declared it VHS received with cheering all over "th?-hall, delegates and^sp?ct? ors, alike, taking part in the man festations-of approval. The following committee- was ippointed to inform the nominees >f their nomination, and to conduct' hem into the hall: John Gary Svans, W. A. Neal, Joseph Weeks/ Altamont Moses and R. D. Lee. The appearance in the hall of ;he nominees and their escorts vaB marked by a grand demonstra ron, the whole ticket being cheered 'rom-the door to the rostrum. Governor Tillman was introduced jy the president of the conven ;ion in a few happy phrases, and ifter the cheering, responded to lis nomination as follows : THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. Mr. President and Gentlemen >f the Convention: The Good Book says that there is a time cor all things. Judging by the mantity of it we have had in South Carolina during the past summer, there must have been a time for speaking, and I think I have done my share of it. \ [Laugh ter and applause.^ I shall, there fore, trespass on your patience but for a few moments tonight. We have passed through a very bitter, exciting and, I might say, malignant campaign-of white men against white men, of Democrat against Democrat. We have met here as the re presentatives of a majority of the Democratic people of South Caro? lina. This convention is differ ent from any other heretofore held in South Carolina, inasmuch as you have come direct from your masters-the people. You have not been constituted by any thim ble-rigging county conventior process, or "club" business, dele gating its powers to send yoi1 here. But you have come righi straight from the ground, fresl from and in immediate touch anc sympathy with the people. The issues of tho campaigi ?eneral. through which we haye just passed are well understood, and it : is quite unnecessary for me to rehearse them now. One of these issues-and perhaps the one that was fought with the most bitter ness, and excited the most ?htbus siasm-was whether I should be returned-to my home in Edgefield with tko stigma of the disgrace upon me that I wa* an unw.orthy abd incompetent public servant, wor whether I should receive: the plaudits of my people as h?ving tried to do my duty. ( Cheer? and applause.) The; efforts put forth by those who believed that I was unfit to govern this'State wer? per haps worthy of patriots, because they certainly fought me with all the ardoi, enthusiasm and vigor of men en gae d ina patriotic un dertaking. But, I am not here to stigmatize their motives. I am here ready to a ck no wie dgo that there are good men on both sides, patriots on both sides, and that those who fought the Farmers movement and Befcrm in State afairs made their fight on what they believed to be their duty .{All I now ask them is that they shall believe and ad mit that we were actuated by a sense of duty. (Ap plause.) I stand here, gentlemen, to thank the people of South Carolina who have sent you here^ that they have not sent me home in disgrace, but have again placed in my hand the banner which they gave me two years ago-that banner of un stained Democracy under which we shall again move forward, working with common will, com mon zeal, and common energy for the welfare of South Carolina. (Applause.) Let me ask youj gen tlemen, when you go back home, to return my thanks to the people again. Individually, too, I thank you, because you have been in the ranks with the masses. And to those who have fought us L would Say, we extend you the right hand of fellowship, friendship, and brotherly ..' C?rol'nlii?j to'. .:io, thc hobo ?hal- we ; snail r..?;VM * nyaT, ?iUyy?od hy. 'f?se'One ?oeiro fr- ;. ia&V* jestf . ? th'- SU (Applause acd , Chi 3?H.) Driex spew be? and thanks were also made Dy Lieutenant Governor Gary, Secre tary of State Tindal, Treasurer Bates, Attorney General Townsend, Superintendent of Education]May field, and Adjutant and-' Inspector General Farley. On account of in disposition Comptroller General Ellerbe waB not able to be present and respond. The following resolution, which was offered by Col. D. K; Norrie,, was then pa? sed : We return thanks to our presid ing officer for the able and impar tial manner-in which he has* pre siu^d^over 'thWeliberations of 'the1 body, and to our secretaries fdr the effioieat discharge of-their-duties. On m to i on o fi Col. Cole L. Bl ease, of Newberry, the,following/esolu tion, which will explain itself, was passed : We, the Democratic party of South Carolina, in convention as sembled, desire to express our ap preciation of the patriotic services of. the Columbi a Register \ and its able editor, Mr. T. Li Gantt, in be half of the cause of true Democ racy and the rights of the people. The .'resolution waB vigorously opposed by Col. John C. Haskell, who held that the convention had already passed upon its subject matter, that the committee on reso lutions had been discharged and that many members of the con vention having left it would amount to a snap judgment. Col. Blease, in reply, simply moved to suspend the, rules, and the resolution was put and-carried with a rush and a whoop. In a few moments thereafter, at 9:30 p. m., the convention had passed into history, to use a phrase of Gov. Tillman, "the people be ing still in the saddle." Aunty-I feel provoked to think that you and your mama wore ia town the other day and went to s restaurant instead of coming tc our house for dinner. Why. didn*1 you come? Little Nephew-We was hungry -Ex. One of the worst "calamitj howlers" that has appeared latelj is Howling Bear, an Indian, wh< proclaims that within two years i great famine will spread over th entire country, and that there wil be neither corn, wheat, or grase and that all animals will die o starvation. A stirring, Encounter. Jp is a story of a duel to the death between two wild! creatures in the rem?le.forests of South America.? The battle was watched irorn&eginning to end by Manuel, the tiger hunter. The duel was be tweei|a. spotted tiger and a boa constrictor. It was in the after noon-[of a hot day that Manuel walkeil softly down the path that leoTjto'the camp, but upon this occasion he* was creeping along with- unsual stealthiness, for he had a: pr?t ty clear idea that a tiger was Swalking; along the path a short distance in front of him. At the ?roper"time he would attract the tiger's attention and offer him battle. Within a few hundred yardli of his hut the hunter be came' aware, from subtle animal instinct, that the tiger had stop ped m the path. The hunter paused and listened. There was a rustling in the leaves and a stirring in the Undergrowth that he did not quite understand. Undoubtedly the ijiiger Jbad found something that.attracted his attention. The rustling ceased for a moment, but began' agan a trifle more vigor ously. Then came a low, muffled , and a thrashing among the leavps, as though the tiger was showing his teeth and swinging his .'tail from side to side. The hunter crept forward like a shadow. At ? curve in the path he stopped short. A strange thing was going .n ih the narrow path a few yards before him. A tiger was pacing back and forth, with his tail wav ing ?nd his hair bristling in sud denjanger. In front of him lay a bilge boa constrictor, coiled ready, for a spring. The big snake's j eyes, shone like diamonds in the sun, and his tongue darted in and ou^like forked lightning. His gr??t coils were a-quivering ! with ragfc and fury. What had stirred up those two wild creatures to a pitch of anger, Manuel was unable to Bjiiy. The snake had probably lin the.path,' about, to seize ' -~.*o smallanimal, when the'tiger j >; . ajrod and bro?athV i>p55.! i ;>*.'*. [s** T"-:hi Wr^j >'?\ \ ai JiMii t' Ct ; .. ?-. >;.. ?-sifti !. Iii .ak?- had fot? .] } tjgL:.; if? -.-oi:-' sud afe^ct ';? [ground wit-6 unmistak? . of an arouoovi -0.i \? ? This annoyed the quadruped! to such an extent that he showed his teeth, -growled, and thrashed his tail. It was at this instant that the hunter came along the path and stopped. Neither the snake nor th? tiger saw him, and he stepped quickly dehiru' a caotuflbush to await hip /por tt?n?ty,'of being; in. at tb/ .ch. It very'soon became a; ont that there was to' be i ug'ht. Both creatures grew.more angry each moment,.and, watching it- all with internje delight, the hunter smiled as one might smile who noted the the condition of a favorite gladia tor. While Manuel thought these thoughts, these two wild things in the path moved back and forth as though sparring for au opening. The snake was alert with'sullen anger, Iiis glistening head darting here and there like flashes of light. The tiger was not so vindictively savage, but his spotted hide quivered with wave upon wave of rising anger. At length the tiger, unablb to restrain his rage, leaped at the serpent's swaying head like a dazzle of light, but the snake's head was not there. The tiger landed in the path on the other side of the snake, but al most before he had touched the ground a glistening coil had been thrown over him. He gave a thrilling cry and leaped fully a dozen feet in the air. He landed sate and unharmed on his own side of the path, a little shaken up perhapss, but still full of good fighting blood. The snake was back in an instant, coiled ready for defence. The tiger couched in the path as if about to spring. The snake quivered with nervous preparations. The hunter caught his breath in quick antici pation. This was the critical moment. Furious beyond all control, the two wild creatures sprang upon each other in the same instant. For a scant half second there was poised in the air a yellow blur, wrapped about with great glistening coils, like the trunk of a small tree, and then snake and tiger rolled in the dust together. It was a grand battle3 and right nobly was it fought. The serpent's coils were tighten ing about the tiger with strained, convulsive movements of the shining skin, but the tiger's long teeth; and sharp claws we're buried deep in the serpent's neck and body. In that terrible embrace there could be no result other than death. Tighter grew the great coils ; the tiger's bones were crackiug one by one. Deeper sank the long teeth ; the serpent's life-blood was forming little pools in the path; convulsively the 'fighters rolled in the path, but weaker grew their struggles.. The end was coming. Perhaps foresee ing the tiger made one frantic; desperate effort to free himseif from the deadly embrace, but the blood-streaked coils only tigh tened the more. Then the tiger again sank his teeth and claws into the serpent's neck and body. He would die as he had lived, a thing of unshaken courage. The serpent, in a spasm of pain and dying rage, tried once for all to crush his enemy into a shapeless mass, but his flesh and muscles h*A been sadly torn away and his *k was breaking under the tiger's teeth. The hunter caught his breath hard and stepped from the shelter of the cactus bush. The end was at hand. Death was glazing the eyes of the tiger ; the serpent's head fell helplessly to one side. There was a. feeble struggle in the shoulders of the tiger, a galvanic shudder in the coils of the serpent, and then& all was still. It was over. A Wonderful Star that No Man Jas Seen. The many wonderful discover ies in astronomy recently made by the aid of photography, have seemed to leave the older methods of astronomical investigation far in the rear. But just now Mr. S. C. Chandler, of Bcston. has made what may be called a discovery by the aid of mathematical methods, recalling the achievement of Lever rier and Adams in the^ detection of Neptune fifteen year? ago. Their, is in the norther _?y a star known as.Algol, which the sharp sighted Arabs, who discovered, ita * . : . -VA J_ll_3 1 . Al fle^iOli a'.i-r. r\ two days: ^^^""'..-^^ . '^-?V* I a'- antes fc?i??s ???;r [denis" beg?nti':! to '.?lie, ait:; continue; :.o %?OVj .*.'.;' '.MT tc* ehre? or lour hours, il j the second to nearly tue iourtn magnitude. After remaining thus for a few minutes, it begins to brighten, and in the course of three or four hours more regains its former brilliancy. Within the past few years it has been dis covered that there is a huge dark body revolving around Algol at a distance of some three million miles, and to this phenomenon the variations in Algol's light are due. At regular intervals1 this dark companion star comes into the line of sight between Algol and the earth, and thus partially eclipses Algol, cutting off perhaps five-sixths of its light. These stars, Algol and its strange non luminous comrade, are of great size, Algol itself being more than eleven hundred thousand miles in diameter, while the diameter of the dark body that circles around it is eight hundred and forty thousand miles.-New York Sun. Supposed Leprosy. When the witnesses in the Gates case were being summoned yester day to appear at the hearing to day, a horrrible case of disease, supposed to be leprosy, was un earthed. To-day may witness some interesting developments. The unfortunate being is Robert Lovett, a white man, who lives about twelve or fifteen miles from Columbia in the sand hills. He is about fifty years of age and fought all through the war. He is the principal witness in the case, and when Trial Justice Kiernan was told of his condition he said he could not enter his office. The chief of police has been notified about his coming to the city. He will have to be hauled here if he comes tor he cannot walk. A responsible man who has seen him says the neighborhood doctor has pronounced the case one of genuine leprosy. All the flesh has gone from a greater part of the body and" his fingers and toes have dropped o ff both hands and feet. His fearful disease began six years ago and for a while he was in thc county almshouse. He is pictured as being a revolting sight now. If the case is one of leprosy it . is hard to tell where the man could have caught it unless through some old contaminated clothing he may have picked up during the war and brought home. No one in the neighborhood has i developed any symptoms. 'I Don't Care a Damn for - Votes This remarkof Governor Flower, rf New. York, in response to the mggestioa that he might lose rotes if he ordered soldiers to Fire Island to beat baok the nhuman mob who wore re steting ;he landing of the "Nbrmannia's passengers, will go thundering lown the ages. The recording ingel will not hesitate to write lown that "damn" on the credit ride of his book. It would made in appropriate text for a laudatory Sunday sermon. Nothing, could it more cleverly into a d?ss?rtation rn civil service reform. It is a i Jacksonism, expressed in Jack sonian Saxon? The next time ;hat Governor Flower shall run "or office thai saying :, should be ais ' sufficient platform. After the demonstration of jjovefnor Flower's executive capa ;ity in bis managament of the .-ail road strike at Buffalo the editor of the Record felt reaming to make his acquain :ance. This later explosion of indignant patriotism and robust lumanity has turned yearning into resolve, The friendship of >uch a man is an honor, His in ?umbency as the executive of a preat State in a time of emergency md disaster is a stroke of'good 'ortune for the whole country. The virile manhood that does lot eare a damn for votes when luty points one way and ex jediency another is a quality that jan .not be too fondly cherished imong free men-Philadelphia Record. What a Horse Can Do. A horse will travel 406 yards ;n four and one-half minutes at i walk, 400 yards in two minutes it a trot, 400 yards in one minute it a gallop* The usual work of a aorse is taken at 22,600 pounds raised one foot per minute for sight hours per day. A hbrsejwill 3arry 160 pounds twenty-five niles per day-of eight hours. An iverage draft horse witt- draw: tffl? pounds; twoirty-thro?1 miles is F F Tl Cl F: si so se se 24 ci J. . . hr?H ?quiviB??T?t to tiwi ?C /ive mon In a bo?Sfl-a&P] 00710? oe cares feet, per sesead-, ai :ridk twenty-jfive ? di.-:j;ror,!re tie exerts with the machine the power of four and one-half horses. The greatest amount a horse can pnll in a horizontal line is 900 pounds, but he can only do this momentarily: in continued I exer tion probably half of this is the limit. He attains his growth in five years, will "live twenty-five md average sixteen years. A horse wi. liv? t^entyrfive1 days ni water withdut solid food,!seven teen days without ea ting-or dan ing but bnly?^'di^'b?Y?d?'wIt&ottt; drinking. A ear t^drawn by a horse over an ordinaryroad: will traveo 1.1 miles per hour of trip;- A four horsa team will haul from twenty five to thirty-six cubic feet of limestoue at each load. The time expended in loading, unloading, etc., including delays, averages thirty-five minutes per trip! The cost of loading! and unloading a cart using labor is $1.25 per day and a horse 75 cents ii 25 cents a perch-24.75 cubic feet.; Ou metal rails a horse can draw one and two-thirds times as much as on asphalt pavemrnt, three and one-third times as much as on good; Belgian blocks, Ave times as much as on good cobble-dtohe, twenty times as much as on1 good earth road forty times as much ai on sand. A modern compilation of engineering maxims states that on a horse can drag, aB compared with what he can carry oh his back, in the following porprotions: On the worst road, three times ; on a good macadammized road, nine ; on plank, twentyflve ; on a on a stone trackway, forty-three ; and on a good railway, fifty-four times as much-The Humane World. Silence is the best weapon to use against a vulgar and spiteful tongue. Three men in France competed to see who could drink the most water. One swallowed twenty quarts- the second nine, and the third seven. All three died from the effects. A Jersey man married five wives 11 and they were all red headed. He explains it by relating that the first one clawedtthe spirit out of | ] him so completely that he didn't care after that if he married a porcupine. T:E?E - WILL OPEN ITS - brty-Third Session SEPT. 7,1892. Uli ? WSM, Greenville, S. C. be next session will begin on SEPTEMBER 28, 1892. ?th a foll corps of professors and s tr uctors. There are several courses ading to degrees. Instruction thor igh.. Expenses moderate. For farther information apply . DB. C. MANLY, or PBOF. H. T. COOK. DUE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. DUE WEST, S.C. uird-third year begins Oct. 3,1892. As a boarding school offers spe al advantages in Literature, rench, German, Art, and Music. Teachers thorough and progres ve. Moral influences unusual. Location beautiful. Rates rea mable. Enrolled 189 pupils last ssion. Inquire about the school and nd for catalogue. Mrs. L. M. BONNER, Principal. H. E. BONNER, Vice-Principal. Greenville "emale - College, GREENVILLE, S. C. lie session of 1892-93 will begin WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28. On Tuesday, Sept. 27th, the resident will meet at Columbia id at points on the Columbia and reenville R. R. young ladies com ig to this college by that route, hose arriving by other railroads ill have arrangements made for teir being met at convenient jhrts on arrival. Corps ?f twenty instructors, umber of students last session, 12. Department of Music with Con rv?tory Course. Wa.de Q. Brown, rtist Graduate of N. E., Conser itory, 'Boston. DTl'CC! w?fV? f?vo <>ooiafoT)t' - ! o tf ?./'**?'? " ' J??"? Str??2 L. Ferrfe ruij Bbston, ?jiscr?c??r ?.. litar?. F- " . fe* course. E?ignsi ?nd ' ' ' ' j ! cord surpasses . : ale colleges in the State. Send >r new catalogue. A. S. TOWNES, Pres. Vofford College, SPARTAN BU RC, S* C. AS. H. CARLISLE, LL.D., PRES. FOUNDED 18 51. Wofford College offers to students in ie four college classes, two parallel mrses of study, each leading to the igr?e of Bachelor of Arts, in one of bich Modern Languages are substi ?ted for Greek. EXPENSES. Board tuition, matriculation, wash lg, light, fuel, books and stationery, ie necessary college expenses for the ear, can be met with $150. The ad antages offered by Wightman and lumni Halls enable students to meet leir college expenses with this very nail amount. The next session begins the 3rd day f October, 1892. J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary of Faculty fiord College Fitting Mool, SPARTANBURC,S. C. The Sixth Session begins October rd, 1892. Boys prepared for College. Expenses evered by $160 a year. Supervision areful and constant. A. G. BEMBERT, A. .M, Head Master. J. M. COBB, Edgefield, S. C. Six Great Leaders ! 62.00, $2.50, $3.00 CENTS SHOE. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 LADIES SHOES. Sven F? Warranted Sol Of 24 dozen pairs of these goods ?old last season-only 2 pairs have leen returned for repairs. This .ecord cannot be beaten by any ihoe dealer in the State. When rou want a GOOD Shoe go to J. M. COBB.