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. ?Y KE?TH, W^IITBK A CO, ' \A/'<^ii^etiici?? *a?. o; *t??R8ll>AY?,SlAY 4,- ?88& ta^wi' ?J._' . i . J_cj fot subscription, $1.50 per annum, ' /o?1 ?W ?n<m<A?, lo <*?if>: t?** Advertisements inserted at one dollar pw "'^oi Ittt fot t?t fittt insertion each i ubi ?ditent insertion. J Not\C?? exceeding five linet IVibubes of Respect, Communications ef a per tonal character, when admissable, and Announce ment* of Candidates Hill bt Charged for at adver , Ittm?ritt. Haff' Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed Neressity compels ns to' adhere ttHcUy . the r?oulrem?nts of Cash"Payments. Now Counties. . In connection" With * Call of the Legislature tb redistrict tho' State some of our exchanges ?bjoot to th? calf foi tho reason that it is pro posed in redistricting to dui tfp our counties. We object to the reassembling of tho Legis? la turo ns it ntl ecos sa ry abd bol i ovo wo cart and Will carry th? State aa a" ifbolo and by dis tricts for' tho Demooratio party, and that another session of the Legislature would open out anew the questions whieb have so agi* tated tho people and might revive tho bitter feelings which are daily passing a#ay. As ?o' fhe creation of new counties by reducing tba prescrit constitutional area of oounties we .re opposed to'any and ali sohom'os looking to euoh an end. If, however, tho people do aire smaller countios they will have them, whether the Legislaturo be reassembled or tba State bo rediatrioted at this time or not. Wo cannot seo that thin hus anything to do with the matter. Should our counties bo reduced below 025 squnro miles? We think not with our present aparfi? population, ovon if they should under ?my olroumatancos. In tho first place the creation of new countios increases taxation, Inasmuch as eaeU county must have tho same OX pon sive mn oh i h ev y in the way of oourts, publ?o buildings, noblio officers, Auditors, Treasurers abd School Commissioners. The great cry of the age is the heavy county taxa> tion. Our tax this fear is 9ij mills for all jp?r poses tis foll own: 4 j mills for State pur poses, 2 for school o and th rc 6 for county pur ?oses. Of the tax for State purposes hbarly 400,000 or 2} mills are required to pdy the interest on the publie debt, leaving hui twb Tor the expenses of the State Government, or doe mill less tban the county expenses. In fuot tho counties of this State h?ve averaged four mills annually for ten years, (hough our county bas not perhaps exceeded an aver ago of 3} mills. Do our people desire to in?rense taxation by increasing the number of coontie.-? It may b? said the county expenses will he re duced by shorter oourts and fewer crim?nala to feed in Jail by lessening thoir area. If true at all, which wo doubt, this reduction irould bo small. Our opinion, as formed from both observation nnd experience is, that as you inorease the facilities' for litigation you ineraaee litigation, and wo believe if a court were held here every month in the year it would always have business. You may no tibe as Courts draw near caitos arise for them, ft?d sinco Trial Justices have been invested With jurisdiction to try fllhall offences, they bear' as many oases in one year, cognisant In tho Court of General Sessions before the war, al tho old Court of Sessions, hold but twice a yCaY, would try in Bve years. If tho oourt of sessions had sole jurisdiction of these casos, as it did in 1860, it would hold from January to January iii a great ninny oounties. It is true another element has baan added to eur population in thc negro, bot apart from him, tho court viould bo pressed to hear the business of soino counties. Ae our counties are arranged persons can come from the remotest points, attend to their business* abd return the same day. They seldom bav? to com? and Vre would oppose any increased ?tpaoaea for so little' inconven ience. Again, large counties have large business Contr?s, Whore people find a better market both to bby and sell, and tho cutting Up of counties wot'1 1 either cripple or destroy tho value of the t?iab'e property of such places. Some say our State Seriate should be enlarged bnt tbe enlargement, if any bo nooded, should ra'thor bo in' the quality than io the quantity Ol the material sent thorc. Our Stato has tbirthy four S?riators and ill havo thirty five iii the futuro, enough to agree or disa gree, lo discut? ?'nd r?di sou ss any subject Tba faot ia tho' l?ouso ought to bo re duced ono.half and tho' Senate certainly not increased. The little oounties of Georgia have inferior central towns, inferior publio buildings, in ferior roads and of u necessity not as coinV patent publio officers ns our oounties havo, for the reason that tho foes and emoluments are smaller. Their landa have generally tated lower than similar lands in this State. Soma few of our counties may be incon veniently large, but we think the constitu tional limit of 025 square miles sufficiently ?mall. *-****.. The Colombia Register has the following on the subject ot large und small oountiosj By tho census of 1880 Georgia bad 137 Coon ti es to an nr?a of 50.475 square miles and a popo Inti on of 1,542,180. Morin Carolina bad ?G oounties to 52.260 .quit? wllea and a population of 1.390.750. South Carolina bad 33 Oounties to 30. 670 rquaro mile? and a population of 095, Thie would gi vo to thc average Georgia conn, ty 434 square miles with an avorugo county popoulation of 11,267; to the nvornge North Carolina County 54 3'sq? aro mi ICH und 14,477 population; to the average South Carolina coo on ty 020 square mile's arid 30 100 popula tion. Our counties then Ara over twice ns large as the Georgia Counties und 1.} timos tba sice of North Carolina Coonties, and con tain 2.68 timer the population of tho Georgia oounties odd 2.??' times that of the North Caro, lina counties. Our county towns aro becoming important centres and Aggregations ni popu . lation and tradb which it would not be wiso to disturb more than tbe absolute necessities of our peop'e intelligently expressed should require.. These oouoty towns aro important faotora in our prosont Sooio-industrial econo my, snob aa they wera noter before the war at least lo tba same entent that, they aro DOW* Tbis assuredly means well for I lib increased thrift and intelligence of our peo pl? All this bogins to express itself to nn im pressive dogrco in the enterprise and pro gressiva aenti moms of . our interior. Hy _ ?b Important area and hf ad of popo, lotion, muro or le?? tribu tot ty to these county | contro?, U appears reasonable to suppose that they will form aggregations of a moro Im* portant nod tolling force in our general econ omy- than if we drivelled out these cent rc? be tween many small counties. Our parish di vidions before the war bad very much this effect and thus men of great ability living in them were dwarfed into comparativo in significance by tho small political oentres in whioh they moved. Wo havo heard other objeotinno urged to small bounties, among them that their ten dency is to develop iamllien and not individ uals. Small counties are liable to fall under tho Oontfol of large and prominent familos. connected by blood, murringo or social tios, and in this way tend td suppress individual effort and worth to rise.' We think this, too, is true, and that no effort should bo mudo to reduce our counties below tho prosent fixed minimum area. Registration. The Supervisor of Regisliallon of Ooonee county has recoived his books aud will begin tbe registering of voters at Walhalla on Satur day, May 6th. It is USCICBS to say more on the importance of every man registering. The Republican Chairman of Barnwoll county has issued a circular calling upon all Republi cans to preservo their right to vote by register ing and tells them not to let "sickness, crops, contracts or anything oleo," keep them from R. This will be The couran in overy county of th? State and our peoplo may make tip their minds that in tho oanvass next fall they will hate 16 contend with tho solid Republioan party. To do this successfully will require both tho vote and influence ol every Democrat, and our people should unito. register, and laying aside all minor differences growing out of recent legisla tion, rally for tho causo of good government. It is not ia the South so much a fight between parties as between i??iulligc'iico und ighoruu.ee, integrity and corruption, good government ?ind plunder. Wo would caro but little who made our laws or administered them, so they wero just and impartial in themselves and in their administration, but who could look for theso essentials, to tho happiness and prosperity of a people from a South Carolina Ropublicau legis lator? Thc eight years af misrule, from 1808 to 187(1, well nigh ruined the Stato, and to be re manded to it, just OB we are recovering from its effects, would dampen overy energy arid out ott every new enterprise. Lei us all, then, register and stand together for good government. We have heard that the impression prevails among oome of our people that they must pay to register. This is not tho case. Tho voter pays nothing, as every feature of the Aot re quiring fees or deposits of money was stricken out and the right made free to all. We have heard others say this is a free ?ouatry and they did not intend to carry a pass (certificate) in order lo voto. Your governor, your judges, your ministers and evory citizen of every grudo and class must do so, and why should any ono object to doing what all aro re quired to do? How can you change or modify tho law, If by refusing to comply with it, you put it boyond your power lo vole? Through the ballot box lies your remedy and registration ia tho only door to ihe ballot box. Criminal Procedure. We seo from the New York Sim that the Le gislature of that State has jual passed u bill, so changing the law in all trials for capital olfenoes or crimes involving a liability to imprisonment for life, as to givo lo thc conned for the de fendant tho right to make tho closing argument to the jury, lt Seems tho original code of pro cedure, as reported tn 1850, went farther ami gave the closing argument to the defendant in all trials for any crime triable by jury, but this provision was changed, giving thc closing argu ment to the so.icilor. In our State the solicitor has the closing argument in all casts in which the defendant puts up any witnesses, tho rule in civil and criminal ouscs being the same, (he plaintiff or actor having the closing argument, if the defence offtrs any testimony. We took the position long ago that in every trial of a citizen tor any crime tho d?tendant should have tho reply and published some articles to thal effect, asking thc passage of a law with provisions to effect it. Wo still enter tain the same opinion aud hope to soo pro gressive humanity demand such a law. lip lo 1837 prisoners oh trial for capital crimes in England were not permitted to have tho services Of counsel in their defence, and tho Sun says truly that tho time will corrie when wc will won der no leas thal accused persons here have been denied tho reply on their trial than wo now wonder at tho harshness and inhumanity of tho old English law. Ia I860 the citizens of Ch?uango county, Now York, embodied in a petition to (ho Legislature that they deemed ii "a matter of righi lo every person accused io bc allowed to answer Ihe arguments urged as well as thc proofs given against him, which often, and especially in cases of innocence, affect him moro injuriously than the evidence itself." Thc Sun expresses thc opinion that thc arguments addressed in support ot that position are, or semi to bc, unanswerable nnd pro nounces tho recent chango by statute to be "a reform in the administration of justice long desired and long ago advocated by tome of the ablest lawyers of tho Stato." We will have something further lo say on Ibis subject in our nexl issue, as Ibo question is one that concerns tho lite, liberty and good name of] every person who is charged with crime. Ihe Pistol in Abbeville. An altercation occurred nt Abbeville on last Saturday night, the 29th ultimo, in which Mr. II. Tillman Wurdlaw, one of tho editors of the Press and Banner, wu? dangerously shot by E. Noble, Jr., Esq The cause of tho diff.culty is not known. Tho pistol ball entered the lower part of tho abdomen, and tbe wound, although considered dangerous, is not necessarily fatal. Bennion* Some of tho survivors of tbs "Rutledge Mounted Riflemen" hold n mooting in Charleston on Tbufffday, the 20th ultimo, Oo), W. L. Tronliolm hoing in tho obair, at whioh a resofutiun was adopted that a committee of five be appointed to opon a correspondence with surviving members nf tho command, throughout tho State, with n vi ow of holding a reunion nt Anderdon C. II in AugUBt next, during ibo meeting ol the Stato Agi ?cultural Society. There are a number nf this comma nd. i d mir County and ii few live in and near Walhalla. Aa tho point agreed on is convenient to them, and tho occasion ono of public intercut, wo pro sumo they will bo on hand tn greo't those who with them endured a commun danger and privation in tho dark duys of our civil war. Hanged for Arson. THUNK NKORO INCENDIARIES PAY TUB DRBAD PBNALTT. GKKENVIM.B. 8. 0., April 28.-Pleasant Adams, Riobard Batea end Joe Burton were hanged here to-day for burning the Aoodemj of Munie in 1870. Tho condemned men ptisficil a sleepless night, which wa? ?pent Sn singing and prayer. They were up at an early hour, and hore little trace of Buffering or. anxiety. The; were cheerful and expressed thomsolve? ns ready for the terrible ordeal. Alter partak ing of a hearty breakfast furnished thom by a noted courtesan of this city, who had encouraged them "to die bravely, un there was DO hell," they remained in their cell taking leave of friends and relations until ll o'clock, when they were taken separately into the hall of the juit and each dressed in a neat blaok suit furnished by the Sheriff for the occasion. They then returned to their cells Th? Rev. J. II. 0. H. Young, the colored pastor of the First Colored Baptist Church, Macon, Ga., enterod their cell, con. verged with them as to their spiritual oondi lion and had prayers, in wbiob the doomed men joined. From this timo up to 12 ?|olook the prisoners were engaged in conversing with tboir spiritual advisers. Th oj wero then taken from the cell, their hands tied behind them, and conducted to the soaffold which Was erected in the jailyard, whore they arrived at 12.10 P. M. Up to this timo the prisoners had beon frequently interviewed and protested their innocence. They mounted the scaffold with firm step, showing no signs uf fear. The Sheriff told them they could make a state? ment if they wished. Burton then said: "You all see I hnvo to die. 1 am brought here without oauso, but for keeping bad company- I die innocent. When you swear against your fellow*mun jon ought to remember what ia your respon sibility. Remember! you don't out off a chicken's head when jou kill a man. My counsel have served me well, and put off the day of my death till I havo made peace with hortvoh." fintea said: "I nm innocent and feeljpro par?d to go to heaven. I believe Mr. Nix lias don? all ho could for me." Adams said: "1 stand before you to-daj fdr something I have never done. 1 am in nocent. When jurors ore sworn-und kiss tho Bible they ought tn bo more cautions and not shed innocent men's blood. If man com? mitted the crime I don't know anything about it. Mr. Oilreatli and Mr. Nis, you have done well by mo. My counsel. Mr. Nix and Mr. Stokes, hnvo duna everything thoy can for me." ? ! Mr. Nix said to tho prisoner?: "I have done all I can for you. You have no hope If you aro guilty you should confess." But all answered Baying they w?r? innoeont. Thc Rov. P. V IIuzcl, colored, of Green ville, read the 103d Psalm, ?luring whioh Burton and Bates ritood c-rect with smiling faces. Adams stood with his face lifted heavenward und eye? closed as if in prayer. Kev. F. Brown, colored, of Grcopvillo, read u hymn und sung, tho prisoners joining in tho singing with clear,,strong voices. At the concludion of this tho Rev. R. P. Rumley, cf Spartatibnrg, offered a fervent und earn est prayer, tho prisoners kneeling and jul ni? ing in with dovout feeling and seeming much affected. Rev. Mr. Rumley ptayod for those who had prosecuted these unfortunate men, nod the officers nf tho law, judges and the Governor, and n? ked the blessing of God on the Sheriff und his assistants and tho poor Ethiopian race and hoped they would stund together Uko the while race. At half-past 12 Mr. Nix interrogated tho prisoners separately, each ono still declaring his innocence. The Sheriff and his deputies then nd j usted tho ropos around tho prisoners' necks and proceeded to rend the denitlt son icnce. Their legs were thon strapped to gether and ibo blacks cap? drawn over their faces, when tho Shoriff bailo them good-bye and asked them if they wero ready. They replied yes and tho Sheriff descended ihe scaffold. As he renched tho last step ho sprung the trap, and thc drop fell at precisely 12 40 o'clock and the unfortunate mon were launched into eternity. Bates and Adams died in seventeen min utes and Burton in nineteen, their necks being broken. Thirty flvo minutes after thc drop foll they were pronounced dead by the physicians, und tho bodies were taken do*n and placed in pine coff ns. When the caps wein removed thc features of Adams were found to bo natural, tho oyos hoing closed and with no indication of s o Her ing in his loco Thc features of Bates and Burton wero very much distorted; tho eyes wore open und glarinc nnd tongues protru ding from their mouths. Tho bodies will probably bo buried by thc authorities A de tachment of tho Greenville and Buller Guards were pcesent under the command of Capt. Norwood and Lieutenant Hill, to preservo order and prevent any disturbance. The crowd in the adjacent streets was quito large, but no disposition to disorder was manifested. The arrangements wero complete and the Sheriff, P. I). Gilrenth, performed his and duty with coolness and determination. Only tho number of persons permitted by law woro allowed access to tho jailyard Ai sun was mudo u capital offertes by an Act approved March 22 1878, and the exe cution yesterday is (ho first which ha* taken place- sinco the passage uf tho law. TttB DISTINOUI-IIINO CnABJi.--? delightful Irngranoo of fret h ly gathered dowers nod spices is tho distinguishing charin of Flures ton Cologne. A UsRf.Rss INSTITUTION.-Tho guard houso is no longer used for the purpo.o for whioh it Was originally intended ??111:0 no liquor ?S sold in Lancaster and we would make tho suggestion that the Town Council sell this structure and invest tho prouceds in tho Qon Btruction of cisterna fir the uso of the Oro company in c??r a fno breaks out. Thus thoy wi-1 turn their swords ?mo ploughshares, so to speak.-Lancaster Ledger. --^ ? MONBV fon A RAI NV DAV --"For six years my daughter was sioK fruin kidney and other disorders. Wo had used up mir savings on douiors when nur dominie advised us tn try Panier's Ginger Tonio. Four bottles efiWed a uure, um! as a dollar's worth has kept our family well for liver n year we have been able to lay bj mon'oy again for a rai nj' daj." -A poor Mim's Wifo, lairan-r -??ri II vfci--*Ti?,??-,n?,un?mY, rrr, rira-yra Oakway Items. ? OOKWAY, 8. 0., May 1, 1882; We have various kinds of weather-some cool, some warm and a good deal of rain, perhaps too much for the good of wheat. There ts some j talk of rust already. Wheat aud oats look very floe. Cotton is corulug up very well, (louerai Oreen bas made his appearauoe In tho ootton fields. The farmers have wade good uss of the work time about here and they are as far ad vanced lu their work as oby other neighborhood in the county. I am of the opinion that this I? a very early spring tor vegetation. The mistress al Oakway graced 0. CH labio with a fine strawberry pie this week. Would have been glad, that "de voted friend aud admirer" (?) bad been present to partook of auch a dessert. Il would have cured him of his anonymousness. If we should have a real good crop this year improvement will ensue, business develop, tho price of real estato will go up, industry bo en couraged. Ooonee county will be better appro elated for its richness in agriculture, mineralogy and horticulture. It will bo dcvolopcd and its vast forests utilized. Kailroads will demand as much forest timber from Oconeo as any oilier county, if the people would offer it to them at as reasoteblo tenus as they could alford to take and the railroads afford to give. If more atten tion was given to the development of tho un developed material of tills county and lesa breath spent on politics tho pcoplo would got along in business better, friendship would In crease, the religious and moral character of the people would be more elevated, blessings would crown our efforts and wc would be a happier people. Old Mrs. K?thel, relict of James K?thel, do censed, is very ill and husbeeu for several days. She ia upwards of eighty years old. o. c. Failed to Agree CHARLESTON, Maw I-In tho United State* Circuit Court here to-day tho jury, charged with the awe of tho United States ngain?i John T. Hogg and others, accused of obstruct' ing the qualified voters in Barnwell county at I he election in 1880, wero called into cou ri at 1 P M , and having failed tn agrco on r verdiot, they wero discharged nnd a m i st i'm was entered. Tho jury ?toed ten for acquitta and two for conviction. Thc Government this morning took up the cans of tho Unitei States against John B. Nixon, Mani ?et Maguire und J. L. Leting, munsgcrs of lin elections at the Hope Engine, liouso preoinc in this city, at tho election in 1880. Tin charge is "stuffing the ballot box." Thc Gov ornment examined fi ? o witnesses, ooo o whnm? testified that there was an exue?a o 1,079 tickets in thu box over the number o names on the poll list, another testified lu saw one of tho managers with hi? hand ii the poll box after the poll closed, and thre testified that they saw two of thc malinger putting something resembling tickets inti the bolo of tbe b illot box during tho day Tho Government will examino tho otho witnesses to morrow. -There WBH $10.000.000 worth of bartie wire ?enees built in this country last year. A Pittsburg jury has deoided that dealer n "options," "futures," "puts" and "calla1 ire not gamblers within the meaning of tin aw. Mrs. Lydia Williams. Wifo of Mr. Samuc Williams, died suddenly of up iploxy at bc loiiitf, nour Picken*, on Munday. -Mr. J. Et. Tucker, in Ihe upper edge ( \bbeville county, has two acres and a ha if nats from whioh ho expects to liar vest tw lundrod und fifty bu.-hols. Ho sewed tc )ushcla on the patch. -The bill compelling railroads in tho Slat of Texas to curry pai>M-ngers at a uni fort aie of three cents a milo, passed tho Legh aturo and was signed by Governor Rober vithin fifteen minutes after it was prc.-eutt o him. -The London Times warns tho public he great danger of injections of uiorphh mder the skin, and ?wy*: "It is a practice ixtreme hazard, nnd wo aro of opinion tin mrgioai instrument makers should refo-C ?ell M?e requisito apparatus to lay rersor md that medicnl men should forbid thc uso." -Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia w mil from Now York for Europe Muv 10. u sompunied by his family. Gen Gordon vi its Europe t) work up i ni m (?rat ititi mtere n connection willi his extensive ru i I m ichomos, in which ho will bo u*-i-tod by < [Ion, A. R. (totaler, or' We-t Virginia, w HBO sails on tho ?anio day. -Prof. Ventnor, in reply to inquiries tts ho signification of the recent aurora, pr licts that (he approaching rummer will jold and wet over a ?erv considerable ju lion of the continent South and West, would not ho surprised should cacti mm "or tho remainder if* ihn year bring frosts -The pond bill, whioh has boc.uno u I n Ohio, imposes i yearlv tux on -ahum kel 3rs in villages of loss than 2.000 populati af $150; in villages of leis than 10 000 p< illation, !ji200; in towns of ibo second cl having 10.000 population amt onwards, $? nnd in cilios of the first class $300 -Thcro was n killing frost throughout trucking aoction mound Norfolk, Va, Tuesday morning. Tho snap bonus, noon bora, oyrobltngs and other tender ?egota was killed. Green pou* wore much iuju and the Irish potatoes nil turned black were out down. Many of tho Hookers v to work replanting benns. -Tho wann weather of tho past ten d has materially improved tho orup pnnp in the Northwest. Throughout most of Southern part of Minnesnotu ibo soil is onough for agricultural operation:*, und s ing fur whom is gen or.il Iv gong on same is (ruo of tho Northern part of State, and nf Dukotu, eioopt in those sect visited by tho late spring rains rind fl which have delny ed soeding operations s < W hut. -The Oreenvillo hanging last Frida notable us hoing the firAt instance of on punishment for arson in Sooth Caro This is in ono respect punishment for n extraordinary ornoo, lind ono um cnti'iiip nf human lifo; yet in ulher respects, yt the onounistnncos under which HI S -u is mined make extraordinary ponuliio*. n Bury, tho ouse itself, from its novelty am torost, ls one of tho most exciting in the rials of orime -A. putty wo? gathered together In No VT? I berry Monday, and after talking awhile on general subjects they drifted into the u*ual channel ol "remarkable nconrrcnooB." Mr. I Doug. Burton told of a gourd ?ino that grew On Sandy Ruo several youri ago that bore fifteen hundred gourds. The mun who owned tho vine bad the gourds ouunted by eouio of the most reliable men of the neighborhood, j and there were actually fifteen hundred of thom Several gentleman of the county oao bear testimony to tho fact. - Dittriot Attoraey Melton nm? eeero a little inconsistent now and then. Io 1872 to 1876 be did not make much of nn effort to vindicate the "sopreumoy of the law." Then whoo he accepted tho present office be was a very mild and censorfutivo man, but now he is as dcoided a Stalwart as Quiteau. All that ia easily explained. Melton is consis tent. Judge Bryan cannot hold his plaoe on tho Benoit muoh langer. He oau retire now OD full pay. Wheo he is out of the way a sucoosior ba* to bo appointed, and who stands n better chance than Samuel W. Mel ton? A wise man is Samuel in his gouoru lion, and be ul ways, both in ponce and war, had a eye open for Samuel's advancement. It is open now.-Spartan. -"A gentleman from Candolaria," says the Canon (Nov ) Appeal, "informs 04 that tho smallest baby in tho world was born in that camp at noon on tho 3d inctant. The father is a miner in the employ ot tho North ern Bollo mino, and weighs IOU pound? Tho mother a stout hoaltby woman, weighing perhaps IOU pi. .ods. The ohild is o male, na perfectly formed as a human being caa be, but upon its birth only weighed eight cuneos. Its faoe is about the sise of ahorse chestnut, and the tose of its limbs may be imagined when wo any that a ring worn on the little finger of its mother was easily slipped over its font nearly up to tho knee. Our informant ututos that it was the opinion of tho attend ing physician that the child would live and prosper in good health, notwithstanding its diminutive proportions. Tho midget is so small that thrco of its size could play hide and seek in a oigar box. This is believed to bo the smallest baby over born." -President Lincoln's body is ?aid to be petrified. The form, and even the features, aro presorted. -Franklin J. Moses, lato Governor of South Carolina, is on his way to tho peni tentiary, and yot President. Arthur's admin istration, is exceedingly anxious to destroy the Democratic party in that State and re pent the Republican experiment of robbory and spoliation. -The International Distillery Company of Des Moines. Iowa, owns tho largest distil lery in tho wm-d. It han a daily o tpacitf of 14,000 bushels, making 50 000 gallons of spirits each day, the tax upon which amounts to $50,400. -The Now York World wants to know what would probably hara boon tho ruling of Judge B md, hud tho verdict in tho Acton case been for acquittal bot protested by two negro juron He would have issued a rule against tho other ten to ?how ouu-o why their names should not bestricken from thu list of juror?. -Cincinnati is the most drunken city on this continent, from uti accounts. Men, wir* men xml childi en ?bare in tho debouchment. The Gazette estimates that 1 he equi ?a lent of ino hundred thousand men arc idle (rom ono lo three day* per week on account of Sumir,y JruokennesH. -At n plowing match nt Inverness, Scotland, the other dav, n prize wa? offered lo the plowman who bad been n mini abstainer from iiitoxiouling liquors for tho longest pe riod. Tho plowmen were quito frank und tho prize was awarded lo ono who hud not drunk since dinner, two hours before. A nd vet Scotland is spoken of ns a pious noun try. -Tho Rev. Dr. Tnlinago occupied his Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday morning fur dio Gmt limo since bis recent visit to the South. Ile. said that bis trip WHS a pleasant mic and that the kindness chown him hy thc Southern pe >|do would never bo forgotten by (lim. IL; -poke of ibo blooming trees and bright fl >?vern. maiiv specimens, ot which If intended bringing North, but on his way the plant? willie ed dav by day. und us they died li? was obliged to discard them. "But ." ho ?aid. "tho fragrance of tho hospltr.titj of I be Sim 1 horn people will never d'.c in my heart." [Mt. Clemens, (Mioh.) Truo Record J W T Leo. Esq., of this paper saya: Bn ing non vi need ol' the efficacy of ch. Jacob- Oil in coring rhea mal ism, 1 have no hesitancy in recommending it. The Atlanta Constitution ?taten that no new BUSO of small pox hus ?jeveloped in the past Q*e days, and thal lijo disenso i? now under sont roi und likely 'tu disappear. The lillie scare hos had the effect of producing a general system of yuuoinntion in every sec tion, whiuh may prove a blessing at some futuro timo. [Wausau Central Wisconsin.] Being 11?ked concerning tho oil. Mr. Aug. Kink buschinformed th? questioner that St. Jacobs Oil lind provod an excellent and most u>eful ieinedk in every family 'hat had used il A largo majority of ease? pronounced in curable huvo been entirely outed. -Col. Carver, of Cuthbert, Ga., has corn in tho silk. In Congress, on tho 29th ellimo, the con tested election euro of Lynch VH. Chalmers, fr"in Mi-si-sippi. WAS taken up and tho de bate closed. A volo wa? then lind on the resolution of the minority on tho committee on elections, declaring Mr. Chalmers eu tilled 10 his neat and bist. The vote stood yea- 104, nays 126, a parly volo. ?11 the majority resolution, declaring Chalmers not eui iti? il io his Will, the vote stood yens 124 naya 71. Lvuch a ns thou by a parly volo declared cntiiled to ? the scat made vacant by tho ousting of Gen. Chalmers hy a party vote, yens ?25, nays 83. and wun sworn in. Lynch is n negro Republican and Gen. Chalmers a white man and a Democrat. Tho ease?, of Smalls (negro) against Till man, and Muck ev ag i'm.t Dibble, from South Carolina, will bo taken up ut an oatly day? Tho Latest. A most beautiful lot, o I birthday oard* and scrap book pictures just received as Nor man's. , Hummocks Prioo il 30 ai Norman's. Qm moa I for tho sion ut Norman's, Tino tooth and hair brushos at.Mormn'n's A new lot.of .banjos.at.Norman's, Fish linc? and hooke nt Norman V . COLOMBIA. B. O., April 28,-A . peel al Jo* (he Daily Register, from Ringville,. 8- O./ ruy ? the steamor Mario?, employed io the) Wntorco Uiver, exploded one of her boilers between ll end 12 o'clock to-day. She had on board a plonio party, 30 or 40 in number. Mian Minnie Heney vine JtfManjtly .killed/. Misses Mattie and Nannie Henry are misslog and are eupposod to have been drowned? Miss Lizzy Henry was badly burt, and is not expeoled to live. J. 0. Eason was badly burt and is not expected to recover. W. M. Trnmbln was badly soahled. Miss Mimi nie Bates had an arm broken and sustained Other serious injuries. Arvell Stiles is mis-, sine, and is supposed tn have beeo drowned. Tom Richardson, colored, one of the crew", was badly hurt. GOOD TEM?-LAR?.-The annnnl meeting Ol' tho Grand L?dge of Good Templars oonvsnedt in Greenville on Tuesday last, about thirty doligalos being in attendance. Tho report ot i he G. W. S. was rend by vv. P. Rhame, and ooniuinud much statistical information? The present membership in the State aggro* gutes 1,518; number of lodges now in suc cessful working urder 40. The greatest in?? croe se in membership of any lodge is lhat of the Martha Washington Lodge, ol Charleston, being 220 por cont. M nit of ihe lodges aro in ti flourishing condition. , The following officer* were oleo tod to serve for the ensuing year; ..G. YV. 0. T., T. B. Crews. G. YT. C., J. II. Bryce. O W S . W. F. Rhame. G W. T . C. L. Fike. G. S. J. T., Mr?. C. E. Gilbert. Repre sentatives lo R. VY. Grand Lodge-?Ooh Jamos MoCulloogh. of Greenville; Miss R .bide McKay, of Greenville. Alternates-? W. F. Rhamo, of Sumter; Mrs. C. A. Mayes, of Spnrtunburg. Oo motion, Spartanbnrg wan selected as the placo of meeting of the Grand Lodge at its next session. NASHVILLE. TERN., April 29.-At a salo of thoroughbred yearling colts nod fillies nt Ooo. Harding's breeding establishment, at liollnraoude, nour Nashville, to-day, thirty seven colts and fillies by Enquirer nndGreat Tom realised an aggrogato of $23.355. Tho higbost price paid were for the Enquirer colt Emperor, $4,500, and Tom Young's Eldorado, $2.400. A CASE IW POINT.-It Is said that when Melton once defended Butts on a memorable occasion, on being asked what the fee wa?, be very slowly turned and replied, "$50 tor legal services and $150 for the odium." Wo wonder how much he is paid for tho odium? now -Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Married, by Rev. Fletcher Smith, on tbo 271 ti of April, Mr. John T. Ropor to Miss Disa Johnson, both of Ooonee. Married, on tho 27th ultimo, by Rev. John Owen. Mr. D. C. Alexander to Mise Jsoe Holden, ult of Ooonee. New Advertisements. DEPUTY KIJRVC?OR AND W OT A lt Y PUBLIC. YVf ILL give prompt attention to Surveying of tl Land, taking Dowers, proving Deeds, Ac counts, &c. Suitable blanks kepi on -and. Otlico at . . Tngoloo P. O., S. 0. May 4. 1882. 84-lf TAX RETURNS. COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WALHALLA, S. C., May 2, 1882, NoTICE IB hereby given that tho Auditor'? Omee will be open lo receive TAX RETURNS from JUNE 1st lo JULY 20lb, 1882. Tfc* Auditor or hi? assistant will altead at the fol lowing pinera at Ibo limes specified for the nspesstnenl of Personal Property, viz : Wm Row'nnd'e, Monday, Jwne 5th. Abel Robins', Tuesday. Juno 6th. Fenton Hall's, Wednesday, June 7th. Fort Madison, Thursday, June 8ib. Westminster, Friday and Saturday, Juno Ol h nnd I Ot h. West Union, Saturday, July 1st. Seneca City, Monday and Tuesday, July 8tl and -llh. Bird Allheit'?, Wednesday, July 6tb. Sill?n'? Mills, Thursday, July Ctlu Fair Piny. Friday, July 7th. J. B. Sandi ra', .'?aturday, July 8th? High Falls. Monday, July 10th. Talley'e Shops, Tuesday, July 11th. Alcxitnder'n Store, Wednesday, July 12th. Aller the 20lh of July tho returns of those Tailing lo return will bc mnde from Ihe best in formation that can be obtained and fifty per cent, ndtled thereto. All male persons from lw en ly ?one lo sixty yenr.t of age, excepting tboso exempt by law, are required to return their polia. Merchant?. Mani facturcrs and Rankers must make their ninnis strictly according lo law. Each tax payer, except when impossible to do so, must ?.? ?.<? their own return. All assessments of personal property must be "Ibo usual selling price of similar property on tho usual terms al executors' or administrators' sales, al the pinces whore Ibo return in made." J. J, SM1??, AUDITOR OOONEE COUNTY; May 4, 1882. 24-? Notice td Creditors. John W. Gibson, as Administrator, S Complaint, against I for Eliza P. Cain and others! J Relief. -, ljfURS?ANT td an order In the above stated I aotion, by Hon. J. P. Aldrich, Presiding Jtldgo, thc creditors of tho estate of A. J. Gib son, drneased, aro hereby notified to present and prove their demands hu fore mo on or bofore tho 17lh day of June, 1882. or ho barret!. Kl (Ml A Ul) LEWIS, Master Ooonee County. May 4. 1882 24-0t. Notice to Creditors. 8. E. Jenkius ns Administrator, \ Complaint against V for. John It Sander? and others. ) Relief. ?)U USU INT to an order .in tho above stated, acron by lion. J. P. Aldrioli, Presiding Jiulgo, thc creditors of the eslnto of Jesse .Jon kins, deceased, are hereby notiliod to present and provo i hen- 'leoounls before me on or boforo thc 1'/th day of June, 18(1:!. or bo barred. .RICHARD LU WIS, . I ; ; Miisier Ooonco County.>. May 1, 1832 24-Ut