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UV KEITH, SMITH & c:?. ~ rr^--r-rr--r?, .y.T:,:.7".y.rr,? TilUHSDAV, 8KP?BMBBlt 8, 1881. te!;.?:g;i.i:-.i. l'.'i1-ll-iL'ii-U Jil' HO* For subscription, $1.60 per annum, strictly in advance,' for sit months, 75 e<m/.<. t*3r* Advert? tentent* inserted at one dollar per tqvaro of one inch or less for the first insertion and fifty tent* for each subsequent insertion. trjr Obituary Notices exceeding five lines 'JYi ?bet of Respect, Communications ef a per tonal character, when admistable, and Announce' meats of Candidates will be charged for at adver tisements, tiff* fob Printing neatly and cheaply executed BQ),N Necessity compclt ut to adfiere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. Spocial Notico Thoso who are indebted to tho KEOWEE COU JUKK for subscription, advertising, job work and by note, are earnestly requested to come for ward and make Irnmediato paymont. Wo aro needing money and now Is tho limo to pay. We know that the crops are short aod those who cannot pay ia full Can pay us part. The Lien Law to order to determino the wisdom or policy of tho lion law we must look not to tho number who derivo cr?dit under it, but to tho length of timo tho law has boon in existence, the object of its possaga and whether tho humber who avail themselves of its provis? lons orO increasing or diminishing annually. The law was passed in 1HG6 as a t?m'pnrary measure to relieve our people from tho deso lation Of tho war. tt has be?n in forcO fur sixteen years and its merits a's a base of oro lit and a means of recuperation has had ampio timo to becomo known. Ilavo wc grown richor under it, or has tho numbor who got credit undor it incrcasoJ? Our nu. ttual productions have certainly increased in quantity and value, but has tho mass of people becomo richer? Is not tho bulk of our pooplo poorer and deopor in dobt than in I860? If it bo li ne, ns wc submit it is, that ibo numbor and amount of lions hitvo unnu nlly increased, can any one entertain a hopo of tho timo when oiir people will beenni'o prosperous and independent a'nd havo no far their occasion for tho lien law? Will not tho. law becomo moro and more indispensable until its repeal will becomo impracticable if not impossible? Will not tho 500,000 dependent on it incroaso lo 800,000, and on until tho property of the Stato will ho accumulated in the hands of a fow, the great bulk of tho people laboring annually for a subsistence Oked out through this precarious credit? Is ?ucb a state of things dosirablo or oven pro motivo of good government? Wo will admit thal tho highost production of a country and tho highest degree of pros perity aro attained by tho largos numbor of small, indopenden'. (armors, but as a country virgos towards tenants and luhorers living npon thoir mere earnings and shifted yearly from placo to placo, every interest of tho government, moral, financial and political, is put at hazard. If any ono, then, can show us that tho lion law is likoly to correct its own ? v i l's by becoming yoarly loss a neces sity, then wc will advocate its continuance. But if, as WO four, tho evils of tho system tiro oxtending in tho numbers it feeds and the amounts socured by it, thou it o\n only tend to general poverty. Is not this tho oosc? D'o not tho numbor and amount of liens con* Blandy increase? The law is ono which specially concerns tho farming interests and as thc present Lcgr islaturc is' composed largoly of that class, thoy will have its decision. As a matter of solf intorOst professional'men would oppose the repeal of tho lien law, as Yt gives their ton'ants crodit for supplies without risk to thom and nt tho samo timo securos their rents, but we look to tho general wolfare. if, in the public judgment, tlris law promotos it, then wo aro satisfied, otherwise no Consid eration of personal benefit should control any ono. Believing tho law unwise Wo adv?calo its ropeal, leaving to nil thoir free privilege to entertain and adv?calo other views. We all want to seo thc bulk of our population bc? ?imo prosperous and independent. Tho laboring class constituto tho bono and sinew of ovcry country arid to elevate them and enablo thom to ncquiro property will give character and stability to our institutions. Wo have tried thc lien law sixteen years and if this class has grown poorer and tho law thoreby becomo moro nccossary, it is evident its influence is not wholesome. Should tho law be ropealod to toko cfleot at onco? In view of thc present short crop all will ogroo tho law should not bo repealed at onco. To repeal it absolutely at the end of ono year might bo hazardous, but if tho present law should bo rcpcalod to take effect a year hence and an Act passed that for two years ihcroaftor a lien for supplies might be given on somo definite proportion of tho crop, say ono third of tho corn and two thirds of tho cotton belonging to tho Honor, tho offoot would bo to enable each Honor to re tain somo money and oom for futuro uso and would limit bis credit to his necessities until ho mado a start. Tho system has boen in operation too long to out it off suddenly, es pecially at this timo of gonorol disaster; but upon somo arrangement of tho kind referred to tho law would disappear gradually and without injurious consequence to any ono. Amendmots to tho Stato Constitution. Tho commission appointed by tho Legis lature ut its Inst session to preparo amend ments to Onr .State Constitution have reported the following. A minority of tho commission report in favor of a Slate Convention to ro tnodol tho Constitution. The follow are tho amendments proposed by tho majority of tho commission: 1. That Articlod of tho Constitution, re lating to tho Judicial department, bo stricken out, and another Article, to bo known ns Ar tielo 4, bo inserted in its placo. Tho changes made by tho new Articlo ores That tho JndgOB of the Su'promo and Circuit Courts, eleoted aftor tho ratification of tho amend" mont, shall hold their respectivo offices dur? Jog good behavior, and that vacancies shall I.? filled hy nppoln'mcnt by (he Governor nn MfKMMtW^ltl^Uwar???^??^^?^? I HIM-|i<l>-><IIMI WAIl'll I 111 tho Mime ?hall bo filled bj the General As sembly; end that tho Oo?nty Commisioners and Probate Judges shall be oleotod for four years, i nat cud of two. Tho provisions of the' prosout Article in relation to Justices of tho Penco, and tho cxolo8tvo jurisdiction of tho Courts of Coifimon Pleas in all oases of di vorce are omitted, ns well a? the provisions, ? wbloh are now ?hh?ooi?airy,- concerning the old Courts of Equity. II. That Boolloo 19, Arti?lo 1, bo nmonded SO that all often ec s less than felony, in which tho punishment doo? not exceed a fino of $100 or imprisonment for thirty days, "nVn'y be tried summarily beforo an officer author ised by law," ito., instead of "shall bo tried summarily beforo a Justic? of tho Penco or other officer," &o. III. That Section 2, Arti?lo 10, of tho Constitution, be PO omendod that there shall bo a SlatO Board nf ll location, to consist of tho Stnto Superintendent of Education, ns chairman, and four porsuus to bo nppn?nt?d by tho ?ovornor, with tho advice and COUP sont of tho Sonnte, who shall hold office for four years; and that thc State Board of Education shall appoint in ouch county ono School Commissioner, who shall hold ellice for two years. Tho existing provision is that a School Commissioner in each county shall bo cleated biennially by tho poople, and tho whole of these County School Commis' sionore with tho Superintendent of Education form tho Board. IV. That Section 8, Articlo 8, of tho Constitution ho so amended ns to pr?vido that "tho (lenora! Assombly shall never pass any law that will deprive any of tho citizens of this Stnto of the right of suffrage, except for treason, mordor, burglary, lar. eny, per jury, forgery or tiny other infamous crime, or duelling" Tho chango is to substituto "burglary" for "robbery/' and to mid lar ceny, perjury, forgery or any other infamous orime to tho offences for which ono may bo disfranchised. V. Thut an Articlo 17 bo added ti Iho Constitution, providing that tho term of ofKco of Senators nud members of tho ?ono oral Assembly chosen at a general election shall begin on tho Monday following such election nnd (insteOu of two years) shall contin?o fur four year.?; that tho Onvorner, Lieutenant Oovcrnor, Comptroller General, Secretary of Stnto, Treasurer. Attorney Gen" crtti, Adjutant and Inspector Gcnernl nnd Superintendent of Education .--hull held their ollices for lour years Instead of twa years; and ihnt tho general election for members of tho General Assombly shall bc held in every fourth year, al such time, in such manner anti in such i lace 09 tho General Assembly may provide, VI. That Section 3. Article 2, of tho Con stitution ?billi bo changed so as to rend Ihnt no how county shall be formed of less extent than four hundred square miles. Tho pros crit minimum area is 025 square milos, irrc BpcOlivo of tho population. To rccapitul ile: Tho Commission propase that the lorin ol' office of thc .lodges shnll be during got.d behavior; that tho Governor mid Lieutenant Governor and other Stute officors. ibo members of the General Assem bly. County Commissioners and Probate Judgos hhnll serve for four years instead nf two; that tho School Commissioner in tho Connlic.-t shall bo appointed for two years by tho Board of Education, inste id of being elected by thc people; that persons miiv be disfranchised upon conviction of robbery, larceny, perjury and forgery, and that now Counties may be formed, which shall have moro than 25 000 inhabitants or bo four hun dred squnro miles in extent. Tho Commis sion sny in their report Mint that they "do tormincd to confino themselves to such amendments only a* appear te bc necessary, the primary object of most of which is to relieve the poi pie from tho constant recur rence of numerous elections, and to remove thc distractions attending frequent and ex citing canvasses." Iho Stato Constitution. Thc Abbovillc Press and Manner regards the present constitution of South Carolina ns without nn "cqnul lu theso I'nited Staios," and opposes nil changes and amendments. Whilo wo caro bul. little about tho tenure of office of tho Governor, mcmbors of tho Leg islature, Ac, or whether thc sessions bo an nual or biennial, wo think lhere aro defects in our organic law which should bc remedied. Wc desire no chungo in the bill of rights or iri anything of a political east, and whilo thc provision for electing Judges ?ivory four yours does not meet our approval, yet this could stand without much detriment. Wo do object, however, to those provisions which attempt to defino the juridiction of courts ol inferior jurisdiction and tho election of Jus tices of tho Peaco and Constables by Ihr people. Tho question of tho true jtirisdic diction of Probate Courts has cost litigant? thoennds of dollars in this State and we di: net beliovo there is a lawyer or Judgo in tho Stato who properly understands it to tiny Whether Trial Justices arc propoi ly invested with tho jurisdiction given them by statntr has been often litigated, nnd ns lo Constable; thorn is not a lau folly appointed one in (lu State. If tho constitution bad designate those couria and oflicors and gave thom sud jurisdiction as tho Legislature might confci by law, then no conflict between tho constl tullun and slntitcs would havo talton placo Wo think a general provision ns to thc eren lion and jurisdiction of inferior courts wouh have boon better. Thoro aro many nmond met.ts, which, cn examination, might iin provo tho instrument, but, as wo stated bo foro, wo aro not willing tb advocate a conven tion nt this time. - . - [Worcostor (Mass.) Spy.] Nothing on ti'.arin so 4? o oil. Certainly a strong opinion, said ono of on reportors to whom ilio following wns detail cd by Mr. Henry Kaschop, with Mr. Geo. li Millor, 4I8 Main St , this city; I su Dor? so badly with rheumatism in my leg In' v inlOr, Ithat I was unablo to attend to in work, being completely helpless. 1 hear of St. Jacobs Gil nnd bought a bottle, nfic using which I felt greatly relieved. Wit tho use of tho second bottle I was complolcl cured. ?In my estimation ibero is nothing o earh so good for rheumatism as St. Jaoot Oil. Its acts Uko a charm'. The phosphnto business of th ip Stnto lit booomo a very important ono. In 1807 tl shipment of crudo rock amounted to on1 si* tons, in 1881 to thrco hundred thoi sand. In addition to this there aro i Charleston thirteen fodtorics for propane tho orudo rook for fertilizing purpos which ship annually ninety thousand ton Tho sohool boy is now feeling bad ov the near approach of sohool days. . i. . . I..L L .???? The Blue Ridge Railroad. 'Tho reipirvoy of this long talked of Uno continuos without any knowledge or intima* tien ne io tho real purposes of the Danville Syn il icu lo It is generally conceded that the survey is with tho view of nucortalning how much of tho work has been done and what will bo tho cost of completing tho lino. On this depends tlib final determination of tho Syndicate. \\'o hear that unusual caro ls observed in tho survey, and that tho estimates will bo ns neouralo as science can make them. For this reason progrcos ia alow and a month or moro may, pas* before the est? male can ho made. Wo understand that SO far about HO per cont, of the work has boon dono, including repairs to tho grading, it'o , from timo and decay. It is behoved tho lino to Clayton will show over 70 por cent, of tho work dono* If tho' road originally was not a cranky idea, wo may supposo that a company owning this work and all connect ing linos will hardly regard 30 per cont, of cost ai hnauidouf investment. Considering tho advantages this company enjoy, tho length ttnd shortness of tho line, its connec tions with' tho grain growing sections of tho country oh tho West, tho soaboard on tho Fast, with tho fortilo ard undeveloped conns try it ti averses, its completion warrants tho belief of n paying investment, constantly in creasing. Thc Charleston Keics and Courier on this subject says: "Wo think that wc may say that tho Dan? ville Syndicate aro determined lo boro.a Hue of their own across ibo 13luo lt id go to Knox? villo, and thc route preferred is by way of Rabila Gap. Tho Danville Syndicato own Ibo road from Knoxville to Miiryvillo und hnvo nearly ibo whole of the outstanding mortgago bonds of tho Dino Ridge Railroad Cumpany. In acquiring tho Northeastern Railroad of Georgia (Athens to Lula) tho Dunville Syndicato agreed to extend that road to tho Stale lino, on ibo North, within live years, and this w us taken UH evidence of a determination lo make a connection with tho West at Knoxville. Tho ndvntitugos of ibo old Rluo Ridge route were then pressed upon tho Danville Syndicato. Only 32 miles of (ho Rluo Ridge Railrnau (hom Walhalla to Ander.-on) MO In operation. There aro 133 miles to build. Upon tho lino about four million dollars hnvo been spent, and thc work was so thoroughly dono that it is in almost as good oidoras when operations ?ero suspended dually ten or twelve years ago. In solidity and thoroughness tito work dono on the Rluo Ridge Railroad goes far beyond what is usually seen in this country. Tho Lngli-di railways wero taken ii* the model, ami no expenso was spured. It would indeed bo a crying sbamo to allow thc money lav ished on thc Rluo Ridgo Railroad to be Wholly wasted A vast amount of tunnelling and grading bas been done and any company which follows ibo old route will get thc lull benefit of every dollar already spent. The Danville Syndicale have been fully advised on these points, and a survey of (ho blue Ridgo line bas been ordored. Tho purpose is to ascertain definitely how much it will cost to c?mplelo tho linc to .Maryville. "Tho Danvillo Syndicale, wo fool sure, will build ibo Rluo Ridge Railroad if they can do it as cheaply as they can construct a similar lino from buln or some oilier point on tho Air Line Ruilrr.ad, instead of from Wal? halloi. Tl is decision will depend limb . therefore, tm tho result of ibo survey m v m progress. Rut ;*. will not depend upon this entirely. It yu.! bc, wc think, within tho pnwnr nf ibo counties expecting to bo roo-t honelited by ihe Rino Ridgo Railroad to fa cilitate its Construction by subscribing a part of tbo cost in bonds or otherwise. Tho promise of liberal subscriptions, wo aro pretty couQdont, will muko ibo prospect good, if ibo work dono on tho line is in ne lino condition ns is generally behoved, Atv? dcrsnn and Goonoo and Piokens will doubt less be on tho alert. The c>nstruction of thc liluo Ridgo Railroad would nt once improve their condition, give thc whole ol tho North western section <d ibo State a fresh start and bring additional lifo and activity to every part of tho ?tate.'' A special dispatch from Richmond, Va,, of September cd, on thc same subject says: "Tho Richmond and Danville Railroad officials du not know what will bo done in regard to tho completion of tho Rino Ridge Road. Col. A S. Buford, ibo President ol thc rond, is out nf tho city nnd will not ro llin) for HCvonil weeks. Col. T. M. R Talcott, ibo general manager, is not informed as to the intentions nf his company in regard to ibo Blue Ridge Road. Gen. James Con nor, of South Carolina, tho counsel for thc butor rand, who is hore, says that engineers arc busily engaged in making u survey ol tho lino for tho purpose nf ascertaining tho value of the works already dono and ihe cost to finish tho road- Hu docs net know tllO intentions (it the Danvillo Company rolating to tho futuro of Ibo prospective lino." We earnestly hope that this long cherishec enterprise will not bo longer neglected, bu that we may soon hear of ?bo work bein} natively resumed. The Oconcc Female University openci nt Walhalla last Thursday under charge o Mrs. Cobb, as principal. She is well cdu oatcd and has seveml years experience ii teaching, two years in connection willi tin Female College, lier terms oro rcnsonabli and 8ho liberully proposes to teach th children of deceased Confederate soldier freo of ohorgo. We clip from thc Kdgc field Advertiser thc following complimcn t'ary notico of her oohool: FR?F. ToiT'lOif" TO CoNl'EUER ATE Olli*!! AMS -Free tuition to Ihe daughters of decease Confed?ralo soldiers. This is a featur which in any school in South Carolina ough to make thc whole Stnto risc up nnd call tim school "blessed " And in this conncclio we would call tho attention of our reader tn tho curd, in another column, of Mrs. Sa lie Sloan Cobb, Principal of ibo Oe me romalo University, at Walhalla. This can moro thnn in ordinary cases, is wor|h th careful consideration of pnronts and gum (linns. .Mrs Sallie Sloan Cobb was former! Mis? Lynch, of Abboville, nnd is an olde half sister of our beloved friend nnd towns man, Mr. W. B. Lynoh. Mrs. Cobb has very fin? reputation us a teacher, and vt would ho much rejoiced to seo Edgefield coi suit its best interests by becoming foremoi among bor rn,\rona.~-?(if/rJield Advertiser. Ts it possible l?int a remedy made of sue common, simple plnnts ns Hops, Btichi Mandrake, Dandelion, &o., make so mae and such marvelous euros ns Hop Ritters d< It must bo, for when old nnd young, rioh nu poor. Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and Edito all tenti fy to having been cured by them, ? must boliovo and doubt no longer - Pool, Mrs. Brayton, widow of Deputy .dar.th Thoa. L. Brayton, will probably bo nppointi postmrts'or nt Greenville Seneca City. Wo spent a tiny last Friday in tlio neighbor hood of Seneca City, and part of tho time in that flourishing town. Wo found tho orops very liltlo botter than about Walhalla, tho drought ond heat showing their blighting luflucuco on holli corn and cotton. Tho lands appear to have becu woll cub i vated and will yield over a half orop, but far short of on averago. In driving out into the country wo met several loads of cotton, some going to (ho gin, and others baled and being oarriod to market. Wo understood cotton was bringing 10.V cents. IT all accounts of tho ootton crop bo correct tho staple will go higher, ns thc yield In the Cotton Stoles is estimated at ono half lo two thirds of on dvefdgo orop. Tho risc will not likely tnke placo until Iho liens for fertilizers nnd no vanees aro paid off, ns tho settlement of these claims press a large proportion of thc crop Into mar ket imho tall. Tho day wns so warm that w? did not nt ir nbout town much, but wo noticed Improvements wore going up ni BCVeral places. Tho commo dious dwelling honso ol Mr. M. W. Coleman appears from (ho outside lo bo completed and presents nn Imposing appearance We noticed a nen two story building also being put up by Strlbling & Ramsay, near Ibo ono heretofore finished by thom. A good deal of colton wns coming in nnd the stir of trade nnd noir.c of (rains coming nnd going gayo a lively business appearance lo (bo (own. Willi (bc completion of (ho Hine Rhlgo Road Seneca will enjoy advantages equal or superior to any (own iii tho State, and will doubtless extend her limits mid population rapidly. Wc spent our leisure (imo in Seneca at tho Kcowco Hotel, recently completed ami put in operation by Mr. John C. Cary, un enterprising cotton merchant, who lins in a few years accu mulated a good properly by strict attention to business. Mr. Cary is n native of our county and a prominent citizen of Scacon, holding at this timo Ibo position of Intendant of thc town. His hotel is n tbrco story building, neatly finished inside nnd outside, nod is Mic best furnished hotel wo have been in this sido of Charleston, nil Iho rooms having carpets and first class bcd room furniture li has boon built nnd furnished at n cost of little less (hon $10,000. It is well conducted, well supplied with servants 'and wailers, who are neatly dressed and courteous, so thal no one ."-lopping lhere ?3 neglected. The clowning attraction of tho hotel, ?ti our judgment, is thc dining hall about meat (linc. Herc lhere is no stint in variety or quantity, thc bill ol' fare offering almost any reasonable article that could he dilled for or expeclcd in (ho up-conni ry, prepared, (oo, In a way to render It palatable io (he most epicurean taste. The lietel lints had a large run of custom Ibis summer, nnd under ils present management is likely to maintain lin reputation. Wc wish Mr. Cary much sucocsO rn tho future. Tho Atlanta Exposition. This great fair will open tho 5th of October and continue open for (bree month?. Tho prospects of its success constantly brighten and it promises to repny visitors from thc extent and character of thc display, embrac ing products, i., ii nu fact urea nnd machinery of nil kinds. No one who can spare tho ('ino nnd money should fail to spend several days in Atlanta during thc exposition From a catalogue of general information, published by tho exposition, we note that regular rates of ttavol from all points ns btw ns i wo cents a mile each way will bc allowed during thc three months nnd special excur sions will bc run nt intervals nt nbmit ono cent a mile ench way. TiokctB will be sold nt nil principal stations co Atlanta and points farther South. Tho hotel facilities of Atlanta will bo largely Increased. Thc exposition managers arc building a fine hotel near tho grounds capable bf accommodating r.ro thousand guests. Other hotel t mo being erected by private parlies nnd additions la ii g made to (hose now in op?ration. Private boni din p and tent accommodation? arc als > bi'ing pre pared nnd hotels it- towns in a reasum? I lc dis? tnncc of tho city are preparing lo take in visitors. The magnitude nf ibo preparation* indicates thc expectation of thousands of visi tors corni ng mid going constantly. We set thal commissioners huvo boen appointed ir over thirty of ibo Mintos nnd Territories, als, in Cnnndn, Cenlrnl America, ???S?CO, Eng land, Frunce, Italy. Switzerland, &o. Our county is preparing lo furnish a fail share of exhibits. A number of lots of tim ber hnve been brought in already und wt hopo to hnvo a fair samplo of our minera products beforo tho day. Fruits and farm products will also be gathered and whntovci i<> calculated lo direct attention to our sectloi and its resources will be forwarded. Evor citizen should feel nu intcrost in this made and lend bis cnorgies to give our county it full advantages. Thc time is drawing'-near. FIVE DOLLA P.3. Five do)lard will bc givcti for tho larges and best collection of medicinal plantf rools and herbs, delivered at Walhalla, io thc Atilinta Exposition. G. WANNER, Chairman. September 6, ISSI. Tho Abbeville Press and Banner sayi Thora is no imo talking about repealing th lien law. I( can't bo done The farmers < country aro not able (o cult?valo tho so without aid, nnd it Is vain lo cntortain such thought. Tho lien law hurts nobody exeof (lioso who abuse its privileges. OurhizinOri hurts more (han (ho lion law. If wo woul sow onts and cloar our bottom lands, v would not need to como to tho village lo bu corn. [La Crosso Republican I ender f Having been cured by St. Jacobs Oil. recommend (bc sumo lo nil snll'orors wjl Rheumatism, says Mr. li. Shiftman, 28( Calumet Ave., Chicago 111. OFF FOR AuiitmN.-Redmond, Kel nnd Mooro left Greenville on Saturday f Auburn penitentiary, whero thc first w romain ten years, tho seoond two years ai eight months and ibo lost two years. . Young Harper, who was hangod for mu dor recently, in Arizona, snid: "Stand heap from a man hoforo killing him. Mai young man hus bocomo a murderer simp bocnuso ho lind a pistol handy." Tho Central Railroad. Tho Cont ni llailroad of South Om lina is making Vor; favorable, progress. Tho eutiro lino is under contract, and tho grad ing ?a going forward at a rapid rato. Thcro oro about 800 hands employed hy tho dif ferent contractors. On tho Sumter end of tho lino Mr. J. 1). Hardin has a contract for grading cloven miles Ho hau 200 hands at work and during tho past mouth hus finished four miles of his contract and will completo tho rest of the distance by tho middle cf Octo ber. This rouimot carries tho rood to within about seven wiles of Manning, tho remainder of tho road to tho town being under contract to three parties, who have 100 banda employed. Seventy hands aro at work getting out timbers for tho Black Uiver trestle, aud at Maiming souio sixty hands aro engaged in grading tho road. Tho work at this point is thc heaviest on tho lino, thero being ooo cut fifteen foot in depth. On this side of Manning, M II. M e Lau ri u ?fe Bro. hnvo a contract for grading tea miles and have 200 hands employed. Moro than ono third of their eon tract has been finished. Maj. Lind is working a contract of three miles Forty hands aro at work taking up thc old ?rou and laying thc truck with new htccl rails. Tho company now havo ono cargo of steel rails at Wilmington. It is being transponed to Sumterover tho Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta Hoad and unlondcd nt that point. Another carno is ou thc way to Wilmington, and tho bill of lading hoe been received of another cargo of six or seven hundred tons of rails from New York by thc echoonor I . S. Powell, which is expected to roach Charleston on thc 5th instant. ?. contract for fourteen hundred tons of rails has been made iu Europe This shipment will reach Charles ton hy October ?? nud furnish enough rails lo lay tho entire road, which will be ready for service hy tho first or tniddlo of Novem ber. Tho maximum grade of Mic road is thirty five feel,'sod thc linc will doubtless be one of the most profitable, roads in thc State, Its idvautages to Charleston can hardly be over estimated. The Central Road commenoos ot Sumter and will intersect with thc Northeastern ll'iilroad abovo Charleston. We bad lite pleasure of grasping the hand of our old friend O ll. P. Fant, of Anderson, who made a short visit to our town on last Thursday. Ho thinks this year will ho worse in his Rcction than in 1815, that memorable period known ns the dry year, when farmers gave away good horse-) to keep from feeding thom. They had to haul ci rn from the mountains. Now they plant cotton in thc mountains, and thc mountaineers will have to do like thc black bear, crawl into a cavo and suck their paws until spring of tho year when cabbage plants begin to sprout and worms to orawl. Speaking of worms wc remem ber that lin army worms that year nto everything green that carno in their way, and wo know two stngo d ivers who were ilcvourcd by I heul, Nothing of them was left but their toe-nails and a whiskey flask - J lar t iv ell Sun. Capt. Georgo Anderson died nt residence, it Waterloo, Laurens county, on (ho 30ih ultimo, nt ibo advanced age of 85 years. TOMASSKli LANI) TO RS?TT. ACHES of good Corn and Coll?n Land to rent. To desirable tenants favorable lenna will be given. Here we rarely suffer from drought. For terms apply on Hie premises or iddresa Hie undersigned at Chcohoe Post Office, Ocmicc (-?univ. S. (!. C. JON KS. September 8. 1881 48JH J LIST RUC ttl VIC I) A NI015' Ltff'OF HAMS, ?? f-3 CENTS PRK POUND. My Fall and Winter Stock of Goods, at prices to snit everybody, will bc on hand in a few days. J, C._ M?CKLE1I. Notice to Creditors. James Niobols, ns Administrator of James Nichols. Deceased, Plaintiff, against Martha Nichols and others, D?fendants-Co>u>i,AiN'f l'Oit It l. I.I UK. pUKSUANT lo an ordor in thc abovo slated 1 action by lion. J. II, Hudson, Presiding JUdgO, tho creditors of tho eolalo of James Niobols. deceased, mid John Nichols, deconscd, aro hereby nolifiod to presont aud provo their demands before me on or before tho 4th day of October, 1881, or bo barred. ICC HA nu LEWIS, " , "J ,1 Master Oconco Conni y. September 8, 1881 .jvj Jf AUCTION EVEET 5H1M?, OF THE STOCK OF OOODS ASSIGNED TQ, mo by A. I. Luorouo for (Ito benefit of hit} creditors, until they are ult sold, nt bia old aland in Seneca City, S. C. TERMS CASH. I also offer nt private salo his Moro Monte ?Hld I>W?Jlliiltf until Oolobor 1st. next, and if not previously sold I will, on tho Inst men tioned day, sell Die said Real Eslnle nt unction, TliRMS-Ono tblrd cnsli. balance in ono year with interest from day of sale. JOHN VT. DANIEL.. Assignee and Agent of Creditors. Scptcinbor 1, 1881 42-ot A Tugaloo Farm FOR SAL.K. ANY ono desiring lo purolmso a good TtfGA LOO FARM omi Hud ono by applying to Ibo undersigned. It contains ninety acres of bottom mid thirty of Upland. Cnn bo bougbt on rcnsonnblo terms. Situated seven milos above Fort Madison mid six miles from Toocoa, Georgia. Address or apply to T. S. RAMSAY. Scp'ombcr I, 1881 42-.It A GOOD FARM FOB SA.T_.E3, SITUATED and lying on Conneross Ci'cet/ O Iwonnd-n-hnlf miles abovo Walhalla, on Ibo" public road leading lo Stump House Mountain, containing two hundred acres, Ibirly of which is good bottom land. Il was a pnrt of (lie fand formerly known ns Ibo Wm. Qrlsbani placo mid afterwards belonging to Ur. Yarbrougb. Apply to C. F. SE lil) A, Walbnlla, S. C. Soptcmbcr 1, lfiSl 42-lf Notico of Finnl Settlement and Discharge NOTICE is hereby given that Ibo undersigned, administrator of tho estate of Moses Can trell, deceased, will make a lina! set I le mont of tho ? state of said deceased in thc Probate O.'lioo nt Walhalla, S. C , on Monday, the 3d day of October next, mid will on that day apply to Richnrd Lewis, Esq., Judge of Probate, for a final discharge ns administrator of said de ceased. Creditors, distributees and nil others claiming nn interest in said estate will take notice to appear on thal day with their claims. JOHN T. CANTRELL, Administrator. September 1. ISSI 42 ot Notice to Creditors. James II Rutledge, Administrator Estate of L. 0, Rutledge, Deceased, Plaintiff, ngniust Pnrtbenin Snead nm! others, Defendants COMPLAINT rou RKLIKF, &o. PURSUANT lo nu order in Ibo nbove 3(at?d ntliun by Hon. J. R. Kershaw, Presiding ?ludgo, thc croditors of Ibo estate of N inny Rutledge, deceased, are hereby notified lo pro senl and provo their demands bflforo me on or before Saturday, October Isl. 1881, orbe barred, IUCI) A RD LEWIS, Master Oeoncc County. Sen? ember 1, 1881 4_?l CHOICE CANVASSED ?1VJA Vf SUGARS, A N B> A I, ?i AT Weare rocotving this wook our FALL & WINTER STOCK OF n ES, &C, I). BI?MANN, SON k CO