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BY KEITH, OUITII & CO. THURSDAYTN?VEMBER 8, 1881. .X?S1X1.3MCI8II ffiT For tubtcrlpllon, $1.60 per annum, tl rielly in advance; for six month?, 75 cent?. Advertisements inserted at one dollar per tavare of one ineh or let? for th? firtt insertion and fifty cent? for each subsequent insertion. t?h Obituary Notice* exceeding five line? Tribubes of Respect, Communication? ef a per* tonal eharaeter, when admissable, and Announce - ment? of Candidates will be charged for a? adver titementt. tSF Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed Hfc?F Netettity compel? ut to adhere strictly to the requirement? of Cash Payment?. wkm?wam?kwmmm???m?kmkWkmkWmW?mmm Death of Mr. C. Jones. The doath of Mr. Christopher Jones, which occurred at his residonoe at Tomassee, on tho morning of November Ut, 1881, from inflamma tion of the bowels, is a souroo of deep regret to his many friends and acquaintances. Ile had boen ill but a short timo and his death was un expected. His loss is regarded ns a publio calamity at this timo, as ho was one of those aotivc, progresslvo publio spirited mon, whoso proaouoo and influence, were ever ready and ever felt in whatever ooncorned or promoted the moral, educational and material progress of tho oounty. Ho possessed largo means for this country and his band was ever ready to devote a liberal portion to every publio entorpriao and bis voioe and io?ucnco wcro freely given to the samo end. Mr. Jones was an cnergotio worker in raising means and stimulating our peoplo to send a full exhibit of tho varied products and resources of our oounty to tho Atlanta Exposition, of whioh ho was ono of tho vice-Presidents from this Stato, believing such a oourse would dircot labor and capital to this section. Ho kept up a con stant correspondence with manufacturers ia tho North and in England, and was looking to havo a largo dolcgnlion of capitalists visit our oounty during tho exposition. Mr. Jones was quiet and unobtrusive as a citizen, neither meddling with politics nor seeking political preferment, but voting and quietly using his influcuco ut all (?mes for (he eleolion of competent, men to ellice and for an honest and economical administration of tho government. Few men oan bo found who filled in a higher degree the truo measuro of a worthy citizen than Mr. Jones. II: Las gone, but his example in publio spirit and liberality in all enterprises of a publio character oro well worthy of retnembranre and imitation. Mr. Jones was a nativo of Abbeville county and a grad?alo of tho South Carolina College in tho palmy days of that institution. After his graduation ho went to Mexico, where he spent a number of years, and by industry aud busi ness qualities amassed a largo fortune During tho war ho returned lo this country and pur chased from Mr. Elam Sharpe tho Tomaseco plantation, then and now ono of thc largest, most fertile and valuable plantations in tho count j. Soon after this ho married a daughter of Mr. A. B. Grant, of Che oh ec, aud settled on his farm. Ho has continued lo reside (hero until his death, devoting himself to farming and public improve ments. Mr. Jones was not only well educated, but ho had traveled extensively and had gathered from observation and experience valuable informa tion on all subjects. Ho was between fifty and sixty yoors of ago and leaves a wife and several ohildrcn to mourn his loss. How to See lt BsThcro havo been numberless exaggerations Mto tho cost of coming to Atlanta and eee BaWig tho Exposition, lt can till be seen and enjoyed for very little monoy. TIIOBO who come should not stay less than three days, and, if possible should put in a full weok. It will tako one day simply to glimpse- tho grounds and tho vast extent of buildings with their full, rich displays. Two moro days will bo needed to properly obsorvo and study tho Exposition BO RS to understand its true oxtent and moaning. Of conree it is bettor to como and seo this groot show oven for ono day than not to eco it at al), but it is best to remain at least threo days. A lino around all tho buildings on tho grounds would bc ovor cloven milos, and of course tho various walks through them would ex tend tho di alan co ni noli fur titer. Thcro aro six milos of water pipes alone, besides tho milos and milos of steam pipes and sewer age Thoro aro nearly 2,000 separate dis plays. If each exhibit woro inspected but for ono minute it would take about thirty five hours to seo tho ontiro show, not allowing for tho timo necessary in passing from ono to the othor. Thoso figuros give somoidoaof tho oxtont of tho show, but they aro put very low, for (hero aro few exhibits which would not need moro than a minuto, while many of them requiro half an hour to un derstand in any degrco of ocournoy. As to t' cost of staying in Atlanta now tho cxage .tionn havo been strikingly gross. Excellent board and lodging can bo had for $2 a day and ovon lowor than that. .By tho wook good accommodations aro procurable at fifty places for $10. Kates aro not ono oont higher than tho advac . ? in provioious and labor has made necessary. Thoro is no effort to 8quoozo tho crowds. A person can visit tho Exposition and romain in Atlanta a week for fifteen dollars vory easily, so far as necessary exponsos go. A good throo day visit Cnn bo enjoyed for $10. Thoso stato - monts are in striking contrast to tho whole? salo * misrepresentations circulated in tho Stato, but they aro strictly truo and can bo provon by any ono who will mako tho expo t\mwit.~-Atlanta Constitution. Cheaper Railroad Rated. \An effort is hoing'dado to secure clienpor railroad ratos to and from' Atlanta on all tho linos. Tho railroad authorities will probably \o petitioned by tho- exeoutivo oommittoo to i've still further reductions on roguluf rates ?i; iw to indueo many to como who Would BC), de so Rt the present rates; A is thought thain teduotion would bo of groat betiefit both to lailrpads. and tho Exposition. The railroads zubsoribod liberally to tho ontOM prise ?ad they will help it succeed if tho maMori s^ fairly laid befofo thom. -Atlanta .Mttnifwr, ^rij....^;::;::^'i::.';':..:J::.'!..-x:.fl?? Court Proceedings-Some Inter esting Cases Tried. Court opened at 10 o'clock A. M., His Honor Judge Frasor presiding. Ile is look? log well and presides with the ability and oourtosy of his old limo illustrious predo? oessors. Solioitor Orr was in his soat with a batch of indictments, chiefly for minor of fenses, though ono bill will bo given out for murder. Tlioro was a conspicuous absonco of those crimes known 09 infamous, most of thom boing for assault and battery, and other offonsos in the naturo of breaches of tho peace. Tho following indictments woro given out; State vs. John Whitman for malicious trespass. Stato vs. Edward Owens, oolorod, oorrying conoonlcd weapons. Stato vs. Edward Owens, oolorod, assault and battery with intent to kill. Stato vs. Robert Baldwin for currying oonoealad woapons. State vs. Henry Hombree, Jamos II ur poi and Wm. Jnokson, riot and assault une battery. Stato ve? Allen Carver for malicious mis chief. State vs. Allon Busby, ot al., riot Jbo. His Honor, after tho witnesses were sworn proceeded to chnrgo tho grand jury, omitting to again remind thom specially of their gen eral duties, ns they had at previous term of the court boon fully instructed lu thora. His Honor then instructed them as to tin bills of indictment handed to them, givinf thom a plain etatomont of their duties ir considering tho bills. They Woro instructed ia COHOS of homicide to (Ind a truo bill, when tho Stato proves the killing, lt is a publii right to have Ruch gravo crimes heard ir open court and such a oourso is a protcctior to tho dofondant, who might show a gool defense now, but which in tho la pro of time ho might bo unable to show, though tho fao of killing could bc proved. After tho grand jury retired, tho cour called tho caso of tho Stato vs. Daphno Max j woll and Jcannotto Maxwell. Indictmcn for murder, (infanticide.) Tho prisoner wore brought into court and arraigned ant I putin a ploa of not guilty, and aftor a jurj was obtained, tho trial prococdod. Messrs Calhoun and Gibson represented tho accusci by appointment of tho court. Tho Stato provod substantially that Joan netto Maxwell was delivered of a chili about thc morning of thc Otk of Juno, 1881 Sho had worked at Mr. Neville's on tho 8t and was complaining of hoing sick; enid sh I had toothache; sho was soon squatting do wi j several timos during tho morning. At 1 o'clook n shower of rain foll and all hand knocked off. Jcannctto and Daphno did nt return to work that ovoning, though th other hands did. Jeannette was largor tba sho is now. On tho morning of tho Ut Daphno went to tho house of Mary Crum and told hor Jonnncttoo had n child nnd was dead. On going to tho houso tho chil I was found, and witness, Mary Crump, pro oecded to got something to droi ! it, ns nothing had boon proparoi by tl mother. On drossing tho child witnoi found largo blisters on parts of tho bod and severo bruises on tho hoad and ju\ Tho skull appeared to be apart, so tho bac part of ftho head would fall back when tl hoad was raised up. Tho skin was slight! broken and bruised and blood would oo: out of its nostrils. Has seen sovornl sti born children, but none having tbceo nj pearnneos. Daphne told witness sho did n know how tho hurts happened, unless tin wcro caused by currying heavy polos. Limerick Gadsden, on tho part of tl ; Stato, was oxcludcd, because ho had bei J eonvictod of burglary and could not prodm his pardon. Dr. L. B. Johnson, ft physician of thir yoars cxporionco, who attended tho post mo tem examination of tho child, testified th ho bolievod tho child was barn alivo nt died from violence. Ho arrived at tho concludions from several ronsons: 1st. Tho child in structure and dovelo mont showed no imperfections, was of a gu eizo and no indications showing it was bo dead. 2d. There wcro bruises on tho ho and nock sufficient to have produced death. 3d. Tho blood which flowed from mouth, noso nnd cars was of n eimroc which indioatod the child had lived. 4th. Tho Bwollod condition of tho nt and throat indicated violonco before lifo w oxtinct, and tho brnisos on tho back of I head and coagulated blood in tho sk pointed in tho samo direction. 6th. Tho post mortem 6howcd no e donee of violonco on tho abdomen or otl intestines. Otb. Tho chest of a child bcoomos larj after it brooches than boforc, by tho cxpt sion of tho lungs. This was found to bo from tho indications, 7tb. Whon a child has breathed thoro nomo chango in thc position of tho diaphra and this indioation also nppoirod in examination, indicating lifo. 8th. Tho condition of tho duots, wh regulato tho footal circulation, indicated child was born alivo. Tho ducts wcro p tinily closed, showing a now oiroulati Tho footal circulation differs from that a birth, in tho formor tho blood passing throi those ducts, while nftor birth it pa through tho heart into tho lungs and bc oxygonotod returns to tho other nuncios tho heart from whence it is propelled thru1 tho syatom. Tho closing of the foetal di indioatod a living birth. 9th. Tho hydrostatic tost also indie: tho child had breathed, ns tho lungs fina This is not n reliable tost alone, ns tho li ! might float even in oasc of a still born ol by oxpnnsion from gao generated by doc position. Resides ohildron may bo born livo a short timo and yet tho lungs si ti I watof. On tho diseeotion of tho head ho fe nearly a half pint of dotted blood in bock part mid indications of severo bru Tho neck on dissection also indicated bri and was swollen. Tho undor jaw was kon in the cooler anil fractured, though broken in two on ono side. Tho nosh I tho uppor jawbone inside tho mouth lacerated and torn from tho bono for on or moro. Tho black appearance of the Immen is a decided sign that they i r m (ido during lifo. Ho theo explained the different appearance of brutees ihndo during life and those ofter doath, in tho former the heart forcea tho blood Into tho oollular tissue* in and about tho bruisos and produces n widely diil'oront appoaraooe from a bruise aftor doath, whioh is purely local and shows no inflammation or blook appoaranoo, euoh as in lifo. Eohoraosis is tho nearest infallible ol any tost, and whilo no ono test can bo on* Uroly conclusivo, the conjunction of 80 ninny pointing to a living birth, satisfies his mind both that tho child was born nlivo and died from violoneo. Tho dootor also stated that tho large blistors found on tho ohild could nut havo boon produced after doath, and farther that their siro would havo prevented delivery without their bursting. Tho dootor further stated it ns his opinion tho injuries collectively could not have been inflicted be fore, birth, nor in proooss of dolivory from natural causes, nor from any reasonable- o flo rt on tho part of tho ihotbor to assist tho do livory, nor through adcident. Dr. Burt Mitchell, of Walhalla, agreed with Dr. Johnson that tho injuries collec tively could not havo resulted from accidet t or natural causes. Dr. B. C. Davis, a prominent young"*phy?i<? oin ti from Seneca, on tho part of tho defense, differed to some extent from Dr. Johnson, and stated that eovernl of tho injuries might havo roHulted from natural cansos, but could not cay that all of them had boon so pro duded. The defendants gavo their version jof tho matter, stating tho child was born dead, and they had not injured it in any way. The abovo contains tho lending facts in tho cas?. We were, howovor, unable to givo fully or in ordor tho testimony of Dr. John eon and may not havo stated fully BOUIO of his testimony. After argument for defendants by Mr. Calhoun and by tho Solieitor for the State court adjourned until Tuesday morning nt 9 o'clock A. M. On tho reassembling of oourt His Honor charged tho jury, calling' to thoir minds thc solemn duty which dovolvcd on both tho Judgo and jury in cases involving lifo. Tho law nnd society demand tho faithful perfor mance of tho duty. First question ia whether tho child was a person nlivo at tho timo tho wounds woro inflicted. No qnostion ns to killing in ulero is before you. Tho ehnrgo is mordor and it is tho killing of a human boing with malice aforethought. Thc child must have an in dependent existence before tho churgo ol murder can bo sustained. Tho child, nays medical authorities, may brealhn beforo bc* log completely born. If you OOnoludo thc j ohild was born alivo, then tho next question is, whether tho injuries found on tho child caused its death and who inflicted them. Both may bo guilty or ono only may bc guilty, ncoording to your conclusions, thal both boing present, ono inflicted tho injuries tho other aiding nnd abetting or consenting thereto, or ono only, if tho other neithci knew or assented to tho injuries. Both may bo not guilty, if you cnncludo that thc mother undesignedly produced tho injurie: and doath in her efforts to aid dolivcry. Thc Stato charges that death resulted from th? wilful net oj tho parties and with intent tc produce doath. This it must provo to youi satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt. Il you barn any doubt na to tho child bein;, born alive or of tho injuries boing wilfullj io?iotod, you should give tho prisoners tin benefit of that doubt. You have hoard th? evidence and tho issue is chiefly ono of fact. There appears to bo nothing in this caso ot which to baso a verdict of manslaughter. Tho jury, ofter an nbsonco of thrco quar tors of an hour, roturncd a verdict of no guilty. Tho caso of the Stato vs. Wm. Higgins foi murder was then takon up. Thc defendan was represented by Messrs. Stribling ant Keith, Mr. Stribling examining tho wit nosscs. After tho eloso of tho testimony tin caso was submitted without argument, nm being dourly a caso of self defense, tho jun roturncd a verdict of not guilty. Tho following additional bill was bandet out: Stato vs. N. Dunn and Mrs. Shed, li vin j in adultery, und on tho return of a truo bil tho case was continued, tho defendants bein] on bail. On Tuesday tho following additional caso wero tried; State vs. Edward Owens for a high um aggravated assault and batterry. Not guilty In the coso of tho Stato vs. Edward Owens carrying concealed weapons, tho Sulioito: entorod a nol pros. In tho oaso of tho Stato vs. II. Hombro for a high and aggravated assault and batter j tho jury returned a verdict of guilty. Thc defendants in those cases wore rcprc scntod by Mosers. Keith ?fc Yorner. A fow cases of small moment romain t bo disposed of, and tho criminal business wi bo concl uded. Tho Court of common Picas will open b noon ou Wodnosday. Tho Solicitor entered a nol pros, in Bovcr; eases on payment of tho costs. In tho oaso of tho Stato vs. Logan I Kamoy cl. al., for riot, no indictment wt given o\it, tito Solicitor entering a nol prot by concent of Higgins and wife, tho prose outore, and on tho further recommendation > a number of the leading citizens of t!:e con munity whero tho dofondants lived. Tl defendants wero moro youths and H discretion exercised by tho Solicitor upc tho strong recommendation presented him was commendable. All partios wc satisfied and tho community generally r commended that tho matter bo dropped ( payment of costs by defendants. On Wednesday morning the caso of thc Stn vs. Elisha Fendlcy, John Fcndloy and I, Sicgling for gambling was taken up, Mr. Ca representing tho d?fendants. Tho evldon showed tho defendants played tfards in an c pino fiold soma dislanoo from thc road. Parti traveling tho road could not seo thom/ Th proposed to bet MX old pipe against nn c pocket' book, neither nrtiolo boing worth mc than thrco or four cent!). Witness saw tlx play two hands. Saw no property chan hands. Another witness saw tho parties pla lng cards at samo timo. Heard ono bet I pipo against fifteen conlB. Raw no propor chango hands. Saw them play two hands a left them playing. Another witness saw I parties playing saino Sunday. Paid no atti lion to them. Heard thom say thoy wero pla lng for a pipo and pocket book. Tho pi worth about 16 ocnts. Did not soo John Fen loy playing. M ?rabile diet u! out of throe w newses (one of thom a colored boy) no ono knew ono card from another, and tho only remaining witness knew card? and had played a little, but not enough to tell tho number of cards in a dook or to know what gamo tho parties woro playing. Tho oaso is unlquo ia its smallness and as all the witnesses pointed to but ono oo casion and to but two gamea, for a pipo and two cent pookct bosk, which never changed bands, and that too when tho gamo was played iU a pino field, wo think tho morals of our county aro hardly of BO high an Order ns to re quire snob matters lo And their way into tho court of sessionN. Gambling in its usual ac ceptation is a demoralizing mid ruiudils habit, enticing tho young into ooiupntly ?nd t?tiiptafc tiona Willoh tond lo destroy tho uaemlness ?if th? cititeu mid tho loss bf both his Soul and body; ?lill wo hopo in tho future our trial Justices will examine moro fully into ? ea?o nm) not scud up enoh trivial oases. Out- moral .stan dard is not so high nS lo call for Ibo Sending un Of BO email and uncertainly proved eased. A good moral Icoturo front thc Trial .Justice against Sabbath breaking and a caution against gaining would bavo accomplished mero good iii tlilb oaso thau a trial db tho expense of tho county. Tho jury ren dered a verdict of guilty against Elisha Fondley and Lee Riegling. Wo presumo tho gravamen of thu ofJonoe rested on tho fact that tho oard playing was on Sunday and this doubtless prompted tho sending up of thc caso. tn thc case of thu Slnto vs. Hubert Baldwin for carrying concealed Weapons, dofoudant appeared in open court and put in a plea of guilty. Tho Court of Sessions adjouroed on Wednesday at 3 o'elook, after sonteneing Robert iluldwiu, fur carrying conccalod weapons, to a fi io of 910, or imprisonment for tcu days. Ho paid. Heury Ilctnbicc, assault and battery of a high und aggravated nature, to u lino of 825 or imprisonment for one month, ile paid. Loo Seigliug and Elisha Fendley, gamb ling, to o fino of 810 ouch or imprisoumcnt for ouo mouth. AMcn Carver, charged with malicious mischief, (killing a hog) was found njt guilty. IBattlo Creek (Mich.) Daily Journal] Upon being spoken to concerning St. Ja cobs Oil, our fellow townsman, Mr. Theodore Wnkclce, paid: I had been suffering with rheumatism, und obtained tho groatest re? liof from tho uso of St. Jacobs Oil. ll has also been used in my family for some time and has never been found to fail In giving prompt relief. ?dgoflold in Flames. Tfco-TiiiriDe OK TUE TOWN SAI? TO nt DE STROYED. Cor.osint.i, Octobor 30.-Information re ceived hero to day ntntes that n fire broke out nt ridgefield this morning and destroyed a large portion of tho town. It is suid that two-thirds of thc villago was destroyed. The loss Is OHiimatcd nt $100,000. Tho fire is said to have originated in a etublo carly this rooming and ie thought to bavo boen incen diary. Humors us to its extent aro seme what indefinite, but all ngreo that tho do - sti notion was very great. lt is not yet known what thc insurance amounts to. The fire broke out just beforo dawn this morning in thc stable of Mrs. Tillman and destroyed nearly tho whole business portion of tho town, only three stores being left. ANoTlt BR ACCOUNT. i EntlBPIRLD, October 30.-lidgefiold is in ashes, flic business part of (ho town has bc,ei. totally destroyed, only tbreo small stores being left. Tho largo Tillman Hotel was consumed. There aro not provisions enough in tho town to feed it forty-eight hours. Tho new paper, tho Chronicle, was burned out. Tho Advertiser's building and property ure safo. The firo broko out just beforo dawn in tho largo livery stable of tho Tillman Hotel. The merchants and business men aro terri? bio losers. Thc firo desolated everything from the Tillman Hotel to thu Saluda IIoUKO. Tho IOKS of property is immense. The Hincks of goods generally were not insured. Mrs. Till II) a n und her daughters arc homeless, but arc in tho bands ul many friends who will take caro of thom. Tho fire is supposed to bo incendiary. At this hour tho Bro has exhausted itself. POD plo from thc country aro thronging in, and tho scene is one ol wild confusion and awful sadness. Thc loss ia estimated nt moro than $100,000. Insurance about $34,000. Govornor's Day at Atlanta. ATLANTA, GA., Octobor 27.-Nine Gover nors of Stn ton aro now in this city. Tho Governor of Connecticut, with his staff and a largo party of prominent citizons, arrived this morning. They expressed themselves gratified with their reception nt Charleston and Augusta, and rcgnrdod it asan expres sion of genuino Southern welcomo. Trains are arriving hourly loaded with visitera. Tho visiting Governors woro formally wolcomed to tho Exposition at 2 o'olook. Governor Cclquitt, of Georgia, delivered un address of welcome, which wan responded to to by Governors Bigelow, of Connecticut, Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, Blackburn, of Ken tucky, Jarvis, nf North Carolina, and others, Tho crowd was overwhelming nnd the eni thus'ia^m groat. One fen turo of tho day was th ti making of two suits of clotbos, ono for Governor Colquitt and ono for Governor Bigelow, from seed cotton picked at 7 o'clock. Tho suit? wero worn nt tho recoption this evening. Tho Ouvernors will loavc for their homos to-morrow. CHARLOTTE. C., Octobor 23.-Allen Johnson, colored, aged nbout 25, formerly of Greenville, S. C , was hanged hero to day for tho murder, under tho most brutal cir cumstances and for n few cents, of a blir.d old negro man namod Crump, ubout the last of January, 1880. Ho was captured only lust August, and was convicted at tho Sep tember Court, having conlcssod his partici pation in tho mordor with two other negro men, both of whom woro captured after (ho mulder and both of whom died in jail whilo awaiting trial. Tho execution took placo within ibo jail in prosonoo ol 36 I spectators, nt ll o'clock. Johnson mani > foatod hut littlo trepidation ou tho gallows, j His nook was broken by tho full and his ; heart ceased to beat in 12 minutos after thc I signal for exocution was given. Ho was ' buried at tho foot of tho gravo of tho mur dered man. Clad in Cottonado. HOW O0VKUNOH8 CGI.QUITT AND BIGELOW WERE Ur ii 0 i.sT KU IN ATLANTA. [From tho Constitution, Ootobor 28.] Yesterday tho Williir.nntio Company did 801110 work against timo io whioh tho old ftvthor was vanquished. Ono of tho foatur09 of tho day's doings was to ho tito making of tho tWo suits of clothes fron) tho seed cotton. H right and emly a h li in her nf pcoplo wont out to tho fitir grounds to SCO \ho process. A little ofter billinue a fow individuals on hand for tho occasion mopped into ono ot tho patches oil the ground, and almost in a twinkling tho colton Was picked and ginned. At twenty minutes to seven it started on its way. Entering first tho Kitson picker nt 7 o'clock it wont to tho Foss it Pcvoy carde; thence to tho railway hoad, built hy Um Law* bil '.Machine Company. Thon ii rapidly fou lid its way to tho spocdor built hy tho City Machino Company, of Providence. From there lt Went to tho Fails ft Jonks frame, and was ooon what tho observe was ready to pronounce t broad. This was taken to iv Crompton loom and tho process of weaving oommoncod. Tho crowd that had watched tho course of tho cotton as it passed from stage to s tugo grew until tho niidoa woro blocked up. Everybody wanted to seo tho work going on. As soon ns tho cloth emerged from tho loom it was ti ken to tho dye-house ol N. Spencer Thomas and dyed As soon as it was dried it was taken to tho Wheoler tfc Wilson ex hibit, whore tho suits woro cut out-ono for Oovernor Colquilt and one for Oovoruor Bigelow. Tho cilk which had been furnished by Cheney Brothers, and which was nf American manufacturo, was ready. Tho making of the suits was oommonccd. Tho cutting was dono by Atlanta's fuvorito tailor, Mr Giosso, whoso taste und ability guaran teed perfection in his departmont of tho work. Tho button holes wnro made nt tho rato of two tv minuto by II L. Phelps, of New York, on tho National Machino Compa ny's hulton hole machino. As tho day closed tho suits carno completed from the hands of tho tailors, and in tho evening tho Governors woro handsome black suits, mudo irom colton that ut sunrito dangled dew gemmcd, from' tho stalks. So much for t'n-t machinery. Falso Repr?sentations to a Com mercial Agency. Tho eighty-third volume of New York Re ports, just published, contains a decision by thc Court ol' Appeals of much practical interest and iuipcrtaiico to thc mercantile community. It appeared ibnt thc plaintiffs had Sold goods on credit to a firm oil thc report of its financial Standing obtnincd from a commercial ngcuoy. This report, which was based on information given to tho ngency by thc defendant, a member of thc firm, was found to bc false. Thereupon nn action for deceit was begun against tho do fcudant. Tho latter claimed that bc was not liable, because' (ho representations as to thc standing of his firm Intel not been made directly to thc Belling house. The Court of Appeals holds thal this is no defence and (hat an action can bc maintained against a person making false repr?sentai ions to a commercial agency by any subscriber lo (be agency who has boen thereby deceive;!. "If ll person," says thc opinion, "furnishes to such an agency a wilfully false statement of his circumstances or pecu uiury ability with intent lo obtain a standing and credit to which he knows he ls not justly entitled, and thus to di fraud w hoever may resort to thc agency, and, in reliance upon the false information lhere lodged, extend a credit to him, there is no reason why Iiis li.ibilily to any party defrauded by thoso means should not bo thc same ns if bc had made Hie false repre sentation directly to thc party injured." Professor David Duncan, A, M. One of the most thorough, and probably tho oldest, of South Carolina's scholars has passed away. Professor David 1 uncap. A. M., Emeritus Professor of Ancient Lan guages and Literature in Wofford College, died at bis hollie in Spnrtuuhurg on Sunday, October 30, at tho advanced age of 80 years. Professor Duncan was iv naiivo of Ireland and a graduate of Ol usgo W University, but bad h>ng claimed South Carolina as his home ami been claimed by ber us an honored ?iud trusted citizen, A ripe scholar and a Chris tian gentleman, Professor Duncan had been connected w i'.b Wofford College over since its foundation, more than a quarter of a cen tury ugo, nod had greatly contributed bv his learning lind influence to thc big 1 moral and intellectual standard which is tho just boas! ol that institute. Professor Duncan leaves worthy representativos of his honored nanie in his two MitiH, the lion. D. N. Duncan, So licitor of tho Seventh Circuit, and Profossor W. W. Duncan, of Wofford College Beul,IN, October 30.-The funeral servioo In memory of tho late President Garfield was celebrated nt noon lo day in (he principal saloon of the Town Hall, which was draped in mourn-* ing. Many persons were present, including members of thc diplomatic corps, soientific and learned societies and municipal authorities. Prof. Oroist delivered an oration before Hie colossal bust of the deceased President, Ho declared that tho providential feature of Gar field's career was his strong will which raised him a step above parlies in political conflicts, and fitted him io act impartially as a pilot against the stream. Ho linderet00(1 thu sup pression ol' the system ol' spoliation mid plunder which caused Qlllteau to setze Hu; assassin's weapon without, regard lo ?lie loss whioh tho nation would sustain, and wiihoiu perceiving Hutt his act would slump thc brand of infamy upon thc system. Garfield's martyrdom, liko Lincoln's, indicated the irrevocable abolition of tho system of plunder. There was choral music nt thc opening and conclusion of tho ser vico.* GET OUT DOORS.- Tho oloso confinement of nil factory work, gives tho operatives pallid faces, poor appetite, languid, moorabie lootings, poor blood, imvolivo liver, kidneys and urinary troubles, and all tho physicians and medicine in the world cannot help thom nnloss they get out of doors or uso flap BittorS, tho purest nnd best remedy, espo? dally for such cu-cs, having abundance of health, suii'hino and roxy cheeks in them. They cost but a trille.-'Christian lie* corder. The Musical Convention of Oconcc will meet willi ibo church at Old Liberty on Saturday berner (ho first Sunday i xi December at 10 o'clock A. M. All choirs mid schools of (ho county aro requested to lie represented. Hov. Q. II. Caner will entertain (he convention at ll o'clock Salurduy morning with an address, Vt. Vt. LEATHERS, Secretary. (South Bond Evonint? Rogistor.) Whoa curtain powors uro claimed for aa nrtiele, nod everybody testifies that it duoa moro than is claimed fur it, to gainsay ita vrortb ia upeloss. This is tho substanoo of the St. Jaooba Oil record. WASHINGTON, Ootobor 81.-An ordor WOB roOoivod in this city for Confedorato bonds to tho amount of $1,000,000. It is said that tho rcocut demand for thcso bonds hos grown o?t of tho circumstance that seventeen millhill of dollars in gold, placed in tho t?uglieh t unics during tho war, to tho oredit of tho Confederate Go vernment, is still held on deposit. Tho United Sutes Treasury, it is further said, has made jsovernl attempts to obtain pos session of tlio gold, but hos ul ways failed, ttie English banka contending that tko money could tiot bo surrendered except to helder* of bunds issued by the Confedorato Government. itudgos differ ns well ns dootors. As stated last w?ok, Judge Mnokoy rulos that au unloaded pistol is not a deadly weapon with in tho moaning of tho law. Wo soo from tho Hampton Guardian that Judge Kershaw had ruled that if a person carries a pistol la bis pocket with only a portion of it visible it is a violation of tho law. A-??U ? 111 .tmitrnMrnrnmnmrn ?????imni i,mmmmtmmmfimmm New Advertisements. LADIES' CLOAKS -AT COLE & COFFEE'S, O lae sup er than -tile Cheapest. Also, a Largo Supply of FAMILY GROCERIES -CONSISTING OF Bacon, PTLo-ur, <Sco. flood Coffee at 160IOJ cents per pound-. Sugars from 001 "JA cents per pouud. -ALSO -A Largo Stock of ll a vii iva re, ifc ii ce ii ?wa w< \\ o < M! e 11 w a fe. Hollowware, itali*, ?fcc. Wagon Tiro Iron ol' all sizes, ?Hound Iron, Squnrc Band, Oval and Half Oval Iron. These goods to bo sold as low as thc lowest for cash or exchanged for country produce. Highest cash pri?es paid for fowls. Call ami examine before purchasing else-* where. COJ.U & COFFEE, AT THE S. K. DENDY STAND, WALHALLA, S. C. November 8. 1881 49'ff' Ii Y ^?W hlt?l}Q ANI) ,n?ip HMR? VJ A OV' LU 1 Iii HO should all send for sample copy of (hal wonderful paper, TI 113' VOlU.O AND SOLDIER, published al Washing ton, 1). C. Ii Contains stories of thc war, camp' life, scenes from (lie battlefield and a thousand things of interest lo our country's defenders; lt contains all the laws and instructions relating lo pensions and bounty for soldiers aud their heirs. Light pages, forty columns, weekly. $1 a year. Sample free Address WOULD AXir SOLIMKII. Ho:: 688, Washington, 1?. O. Final Settlement and Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that I IIIITO ap-, fdied fi llielniTd Lo vii?, Esq , Jmigo of Probate ol' Ouonco Omntv. for letters dismis? sury it? administrator nf die personal catato of James Todd deceased,and for final settlement of said esiaie. snitl application tobo heard on .M.>ud,iv, thc 28th day of November next. W. W. BUSKIN, Administrator. October 27. 1881. S0?4t. Final Settlement and Discharge. 'PUK undersigned hereby gives notice that ho I will apply lo Itiohurd Lewis, Bsq.? Judgo of Probate, in lils office, nt Walhalla Court House, on .Monday, the -Hilt day of November, 1881, for a final discharge as administrator of tho estate of James .Millonee, deceased SIMPSON WA 1TB, Administrator. October 27. 1881 _50 dt_ M?tlce* OKFICR OK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WALHALLA, S. C., October lt?, 1881. \I.L prisons holding bills, accounts or de mands of any kind against (ho County of Oooncc, willoh have not heretofore during tho fl sea I year ot 1880 and 1831 been presented io ihe Hoard ol' County Commissioners of said I Comity ut their spooril meuiings, aro hereby, i notified lo deposit tho same wini the under I signed. Cicrk ol ibo Hoard, nt his ollie.e, Wal I halla, S. C.. on or by ibo Isl day of November next, so thal they may bu examined mid ordered paid on Tuesday aller Ibo first Monday in November, tho day of Ibo annual mooting of said Hoard. J. S. VI". KN Kit, Clerk Hoard County Commissioners Coonee Co. October 18, 1881 48-<li PUBLIC SALE. 1Wi Lb sell nt public salo, to tho highest bidder, on thc promises, ooo mile and a half from Kori Madison, on (ho 8lhdayof November next, unless sold bolero tho day nani ed at private sale, all my traci of land, containing one hundred and cighty-nino ( 1 Hi?) acres, moro or less, including about lificen aoros of branoh bottom, and sixty acres of open lund on tho place, with good buildings and outbuildings and a young orchard. ALSO. Two hundred bushels ol oom, foddor, sliuokn, wheal, household and kitoheu furnituro, farm tools. &o. ALSO, One good mulo and a ono horso wagon, ?tc. Ho glad to show any ono over the land. Tonus cash. W. A. DU KB,, j October 13,1881' 48 Ids*