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TEACHER'S COLUMN.
-o-1
(T^P All communications intended
for this column should bo addressed
to S, P. Stribling, School Commis
sioner, Walhalla, S. C.
Tho law requires all toaohers in
tho publie schools to mako contracts
with tho trustoes of tho distriot in
which' they propose.teaching before
they opon thoir schools. We would
suggest that tho trustees ignoro tho
teacher's claims who refuses or neg
lects to comply with tho law in this
respcot.
Tito Board of Examiners for
Oconeo propose asking tito Leg
islature at thc ensuing . session to
discontinuo tho public schools of
Oconeo, and that it clothe tho Board
of Examiners with thc power to ap
ply so much of the publio fund as
may bo necessary to survoy the
county into school districts of con
venient dimensions and that tho re
mainder of tile fund bo applied to
the construction of good school
houses.
. If we should succeed in tho above
proposition, then there will bo no
public fund for the next fiscal year.
Wo .would therefore suggest that
tho contracts be made conditionally,
or tho opening of thc schools he
postponed until after thc next ses
sion of the Legislature.
Scheel Trustees.
Section 1,011 of thc School Law
requires : "Tho Board of Trustees
shall hold a regular session in their
School District at least two weeks
before thc commencement of any
and every school term, for tho trans
action of any and all business neces
sary to tho prosperity of schools."
Allow us to pitt ff?f > -Ity to tho Trus
tees the propriety o." holding l?tese
public meetings in id the districts,
and at these meetings to require all
parties who have matters of business
to bring to thc attention of the Trus
tees, to present them at thc fi rsl.
meeting, to determino tho basis of
apportionment, to locale tho schools,
to regulate thc opening and closing
of tho public schools, to require tho
teachers to present their cirtiiicates
of qualification, to enter into con
tracts with the Trustees, to make
out their monthly reports and pre
sent thom with their daily registers
on thc first. Saturday after tho close
of each month, al which lime thc
Trustees shall draw an order in
duplicate on tho County Treasurer
for thc amount due such teacher, if
they approvo his claim (Sec. 101 li).
This system will necessitate four
days, one before tho schools open
and ono after the closing of each
school month. Wc would also suffi
(/est that, tho -Trustees assure them
selves of tho accuracy of thc reports
before they approve them ; also, that
they require tho ti 'achers to present
their reports on the regular days of
meeting, and no other, unless pre
vented by a sufiicicnt reason. These
regulations will work no inconven
ience upon any teacher, as notice
will bc given of thc various Hoards
at least one month before the meet
ing takes pince, and should it bo
somewhat inconvenient, iL should be
remembered that the Trustees get no
pny for the services which they aro
roquired to render, and that a chari
table consideration should be exor
cised toward these gentlemen. Tho
publio funds arc placed in tho hands
of thc Trustees as custodians only
and should bc expended on a just
basis; that is, every teacher of like,
grade should receive for his pupils
tho same pet' cent of money. Equal
and exact justice demands this, and
it is eminently right and proper, as
all men are required by law to pay
thc constitutional two mill tax, whe
ther they have children to rcceivo
thc benefit or not. Thc rights of
the people should receive due con
sideration and should bc acted upon
with unswerving justice.
S. 1\ Srmiu.iNii.
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How's This.
Wo offer one hundred dollars roward
for any caso of catarrh that cannot bo
Cured by laking Hall's Catarrh (aire.
F. .1. eil KN io Y A co., Proprietors.
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned-, have known F.
.J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and be
lieve bini perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able to
carry ont any obligations made by their
linn".
West A TrUftX, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, Ohio.
Wabling, Kilman Ai Marvin, Wholesalo
Druggists; Toledo, Ohio.
K. ll. Vail I Imsen, Cashier Toledo Na
tional Dank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon Ibo blood and mu
cus surfaces (if tile system. Tesl bunni
als sent, free. Price l5c. per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
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To Th lue ?wu Mclf ase True nud It Munt Pollox um the Night the ?ny, Thou ?aua'i Not Then lie FnUc to Any ?ifau.
B?< THOMPSON, SMITH & JAYNES.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CABOLINA, SEPTEMBER 12, I88?).
yOLVMB XL_NO 87.
Dotti from Onkway.
OAKWAY,S.C., Soptombor 7, 1889.
DUAU Ooint'KR ! Orops gonornlly
look woll, particularly corn. Cotton
is nlBO looking woll, but in our judg
ment it is goiiig too much to weed
mid in not fruiting ns it should do,
to make tho orop somo aro antioipftt
ing, nnd such is tho opinion of tho
I loading and close observing farmers
in Ulis sootion.
Among tho many recent improvo
monts in this seotion wo note neat
farm residences hoing built by Orango
Ilaloy, Asberry Cox, John T. Mar
tin, Lewis Jaynes and others. Thoso
ave all h?ht', voll built and comfort ?
blo cottages.
A vory interest! ig meeting wound
up at Now Providence on Sunday
Inst, with eleven additions to tho
church, liev. Di B. Waite, the pas
tor, assisted by Revs. J. II. Stono
and W. W. Leathers, conducted tho
mooting.
Our little town, which is second,
if not first, in importance, on the
mail routo from Westminster to
Westminster, has boon plnccd ut a
great disad van cage by tho recent
change of schedule. The mail
which was formerly duo hore at 7
o'clock A. M., does not arrive now
until about 5 P. M., which virtually
platos us one day behind, and that
just to please tho whims of thc mail
carrier and possibly make a few
nickles for a postmaster, whose greed
j oxceods his enterprise and public
spirit.
Tho young mon of this commu
nity havo organized a base-ball club.
They meet at tho residence of Mr.
J. II. McGuftin.
Messrs. Hutchins & Beard.cn aro
filling their large store with goods
for the fall trade. They have, done
a largo oredit business this season
and expect a good cash trade this
fall.
Mr. J. .T. Haley is talhing of start
ing to New York this week to lay in
his stock of fall and winter goods.
He went last fall and says it pays
well to go once a year.
A petit ion has been in circulation
for the appointment of J. J. Haley
as postmaster at this placo and has
been very numerously signed.
Thoro will be preaching and bap
tismal services at Bethel church, on
next Sunday, by BOY. .1. II. Sullivan.
DAX.
Tlie Village Tattler.
This is a species of the genus homo
of either gender, and indigenous to
all countries and climates, but is
most frequently mot with in towns
and villages of the so called lug! ly
educated, civilized countries. This
industrious, never tiring, never sleep
ing animal contributes moro to keep
ing up strife and sinfulness in society
than any other known source of evil.
With the oyo of a lynx and the sonso
of hearing developed to such an ex
tent that they can hear a mosquito
dance a "horn-pipe" two miles dis
tant, they are ever on thc alert for the
smallest microbe of evil news that it
set afloat, and it is at once rehashed,
redressed and magnified, and dealt
out with a lavish hand. A good
name besmirched is their special de
light, and woe be unto the unfortu
nate sinner that incurs their displeas
ure. Kvcry indecorous step of bis
or ber life will be uncovered and en
larged to such an extont that they
will have to fold their tents and steal
silently away. Thc inventive Yankee
has ne\cr yet devised an armor that
the poison of thoso evil doers will
not penetrate. The work of years
in building up a name and reputation
will be destroyed by this indefati
gable creature in a day.- Picken a
Sentinel.
Mercurial Poison.
Mercury is frequently injudiciously
used by quack doctors in cases of mala
ria ami blood poison. Its aftereffect is
Worse than tho c,!ginal disease 1$. lt.
B. (Botanic lP.yurf Balm) contains no
mercury, but will eliminate mercurial
poison from tbesystom. Writo to Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, fla., for book of con
vincing proof of its curativo virtue.
A. I?. Britton, Jackson, Tenn., writos:
"I caught malaria in Louisiana, and wlion
tho fever at last broke, my system was
saturated with poison, and I lind HOICH in
my mouth and knots on my tonino. I
got two bottles B. B. B., which healed
my tongue and mouth and made a now
man of mo."
Win. Richmond, Atlanta, (?a., writos:
"My'wife could hardly seo. Doctors
called it syphilitic iritis, lier oyes were
in a dreadful condition, lier appetite
failed, she had pain in her joints and
hones. Her kidneys were deranged also
and no one thought she could bo cured.
Dr. oillam recommended n. R- h. which
she used until her health was entiroly re
stored.'^
K. P. B. Jones. Atlanta, Ca., writos:
"I was troubled with copper colored
eruptions, loss of a opel ?tc, pain in back,
aching joints, debility, emaciation, loss
of hair, soro throat and great nervous
ness. B. B. B. put my system in lino
condition."
Fish or ito Flail.
Editor Larry Gantt presents thia
trriovanoo in tho AthoiiB fGn.) Hau
lier : During tho lato excursion of
tho Grady party down tho Savannalt
Uiver, wo hoard on every 'hand com
plaints from tho peoplo about tho
Augusta dam stopping tho run of
simd. Before this obstacle was
placed in tho river shad fishing was
a profitable business, and many men
who owned.fisheries found thom far
more profitable than farms. Besides,
they wore a great comfort to the
people, for they were enablod, dur
ing the running season, to purchase
nil the Ash they wanted for a more
song. Often a wagon load were
caught at a single drag of the Reine.
Kot only was the Savannah abun
dantly supplied with shad, but .all
tho tributary streams, and oven
small crooks swarmed with thom.'
Hundreds of people would turn out,
and in a few hours capture enough
fish to feed a county for days.
But as soon as Augusta built her
canal dam, this business went by the
board, and shad became as scarce in
tho upper waters as hen's tooth.
Not only a profitable business was
destroyed, but the people deprived
of their ohief luxury. Every shad
they ate had to be brought from Au
gusta, and an extortionate price paid
for it. The Savannah River simd is
considered up North thc greatest de
licacy iii tho fish line, and ns tho
Augusta dam proved an insurmount
able obstacle for the passage of these
fish, of course thoso living below
that obstruction reaped all the bene
fits.
A so-called fish way was placed in
the dam at Augusta, but a shad had
as well try lo scale the Eiffel tower
as to pass through it. Thc few fish
that made the attempt were found
in the traps below, broken to pieces
by the force of thc current.
There is no doubt about there be
ing a groat wrong perpetrated on
the people living on thc lipper wa
ters of tho Savannah, by depriving
them of their fisheries, and tho
Jianncr editor determined to investi
gate the matter and see by what
right and authority a city could
block thc channel of a great water
OO.ursti for its individual benefit.
During our recent visit to Atlanta
we searched the State library for all
reports bearing on this subject, and
also to discover by what authority
the Savannah River was given en
tirely lo Georgia. This is a solemn
treaty made and ratified between
Georgia and South Carolina, and in
closing the Savannah against tho
free passage of fish-which the . Au
gusta dam certainly does-Georgia
violates this compact, and wc be
hove the people of Carolina can
force her to remove that obstruction.
But it will not bc necessary to de
stroy this important manufacturing
enterprise to re-establish a channel
for thc migration of shad. A fish
way can bo made in tho Augusta
dam by which the finny tribo can go
nj) stream. The fish-way at Augusta
.should be made by legislative, en
actment to build, if it costs |50,000
or more to do so. Such fish-ways
are successfully used in many dams
up North. By permitting Augusta
to blockade this great river the Le
gislature not only violates a solemn
treaty with a neighboring State, but
also works injustice and hardship on
a large class of her people.
Fish' culture is now a most impor
tant matter. Mr. Henry W. Grady
tells ur. that the United States Fish
Commissioner stated to him that he
could raise more meat in thc streams
of Georgia, if they were left free of
obstructions, than thc land could
produce. The immense population
of China is chiefly fed on fish, and
then? is no reason why our own
State should not enjoy this saving
and luxury.
The government will stock any
stream with fish where they have a
free passage, and so soon as a good
fish-way is built in the Augusta
dam, we can have several million
young shad planted in the uppor wa
ters of tho Savannah.
To tho foregoing, . the Augusta
Chronicle replies a follows :
The complaint of tho up-country
that shad do not ascend is an old
one, and was heard very many years
before the canal was built or even
dreamed of. As far back as 1802 an
Oct was passed which recites that
the Savannah Uiver had been so ob
structed by dams, traps and other
obstructions as to almos? totally pre
vent the passage of fish to Ihe back
country. A linc of $20 per day was
imposed on those keoping up such
obstructions, and it was made the
duty of all magistrates to soo tho
act enforced. In 1809 another aot
was passed which reoites tho exist
ence of tho same ovil and raises tho
penalty to #100 por day. Offenders
were made subjeot to indictment,
and commissioners were appointed
for tho Counties of Richmond, Co
lumbia, Lincoln,' Elbert and Frank
lin to seo that the river was kept
clear and offenders agaiimt the act
brought to justice. To like offcot
Acts woro passed in 1812,1816, 1829,
1880, 1881, 1884, 1887, 1S09 and
1842, all, as will bo seen, before the
construction of the canal oven in
it* ov5i?ion.l fono, AIM! mor'?- tba!)
thirty years beforo tho building of
tho present dam. Thoso statutes
aro all of tho same tenor. They de
clnro that the river is so much ob
structed, partly by nature and partly
by many that tho transit of fish to
thc upper waters is almost totally
provonted, whereby tho citizens of
thc counties up tho river wero de
prived of that articlo of food. Each
Act intimates, by the additional pro
visions it contains looking to tho
freo passage of fish, that the statutes
preceding it had failed to effect.
Tho repressive legislation wentt so
far that tho commissioners woro nt
ono timo authorized to call on the
sheriff to summon thc posse comita
tus and forthwith destroy all ob
structions. In another Act it is pro
mised that tho militia may bc
callod out for the same purpose. Is
it possible to road this legislation
without seeing that the fish did not
ascend in those days, and that tho
complaints of the up-country woro
unintormitted? Each of the com
plaining counties had its own set of
commissioners charged with the duty
of keeping tho stream clean; their
powers wero ample; tho whole ma
chinery of thc courts, and oven tho
military arm was put at their ser
vice. Either tho commissioners
shamefully and grossly neglected
their duties, or the failure of the
4X<*\\ to ascend, while attributed thou,
as now, to obstructions, was in re
ality duo to other causes.
It seems to bc taken for granted
that lioforo thc. canal dam was built
thc river swarmed with shad, and
tho upper counties hauled them out
of the stream by the wagon load,
but the statute book of the State
does not say so. To the contrary, it
shows that for forty years before
thc canal was projected the fish did
not ascend, despite constant OiTort to
remove the obstructions wilie1! it
was supposed deterred thom.
May it not in reality be the case
that for many years back, as fai
back, indeed, as tho beginning oi
this cjntury, the shad, for reasons
best known to themselves, were de
serting thc head waters of thc Sa
vannah as a breeding pince? Wc
know so little of thc habits of thc
finny tribe it is difficult to answei
authoritatively, but one thing wc dc
know, and that is the fact as evi
denced by thc legislation cited, thal
tho dearth of fish in thc upper Sa
varnish is no new thing.
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The Townville correspondent o
thc NeiOB and Courier^ of thc 29tl
August, says: "A meeting of consi
dcrable interest, which had been ii
progress in tho Presbyterian oh ur cl
herc for six days, closed yesterday
Some fifteen persons, all of whoa
are young, united with the church
Thc pastor, POY. T. C. Ligon, wa
assisted by the POY. J. Lowrie Wi!
son, D. D., who is pastor of th
Presbyterian church at Abbeville
Dr. Wilson is a preacher of rar
merit and has had withal a rathe
remarkable career. Porn at Aliaba
had, on the river flanges, in Pritis
India, where his father, thc late Ke\
Janies Wilson, was stationed as
Presbyterian missionary, his earl
youth was passed in that far-o:
lund. Returning lo this countr
with his parents he received bis lite
rary training at Stewart Colleg?
which is now thc Southwestern Pro
byterian University, at Olarksvilh
Tenn. His theological course wa
not taken, however, till the close c
the lato war, when he attended th
Theological Seminary, at Columbi!
S. C. Ile enlisted in tho Confcdc
rate service in the Gild Tcnnesse
Infantry, and was several times sc
verely wounded. A deep scar o
the side of the face records a vcr
narrow escape from death. Ile lot
a leg in an engagement near Drew
ry's Bluff, below Pichmond, on th
James, in thc spring of '64.
A Safe I ii vost mont,
laoiic willoh is gunrnutcrii to bring you ?ntl
factory results, qr in eascnf ft failure ft return i
purchase |?rlco. Oh thu wtfo pian yon cnn in
from our advertirn-U druggist 'ft liotlloof li
King's Kow Discovery for Consumption, it
gtlftrAiltOCri to bring relief In every case, win
used for any affection of Thront, f,linga or Chu.'
mich as Consumption, Inlinemint lon of Lung
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Crou
etc., cte. It ls pleasant anti agrcciiMo to tast
perfectly safe amt ?'nit ni ways ho depended lipo
'i'rlftl houles free at Norman Drug C^'o.'s Uri
Store.
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Frosh French candy at Darby A Co's.
What 1 S my in tho Up*Couutry.
[Kditprinl Conospoudonco SumtorWatoh
inan.J .
An enforced sojourn of nix weeks :
in what ?B known to ns ns the up
country, has renewed my acquain
tance with Homo conditions of life,
and enabled me to form that of
others, a description of all of which
may bo of intorost to tho roadors of
this journal.
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For some years past, grape culturo
has attracted much attontion from
tho more advanced agricultural
thinkers of 'Greenville and Oconeo
counties. Tho climate awl eoM np
poar co be thoroughly adapted to
thc growth of tho vino, and tho timo
is not far distant when most othor
crops must give placo to it in that
section. Ten years ago, vineyards
were unknown; now thousands of
gallons of Wino aro annually shipped
from Greenville, and in tho summor
soason, no table is too poor to afford
an abundance of grapes. Tho in
dustry is still in Us infanoy, though
many oar loads of grapes aro shipped
North and South. Thus far it has
been impossible to divest grape
growers of tho idea that sugar is
necessary to make good wine, but
they will undoubtedly discover that
they must look to claret wines alono
for their money. ,f .
Thc grape industry lias advanced
furthor in tho neighborhood of Wal
halla than olscwhorc in tho State.
Mr. Wieoking of that piaco ships
large quantities of fruit to Birming
ham, and on the day of my depart
ure I saw Mr. Wanner loading a
consignment (to Charleston I think.)
This town ?ormorly controlled a
largo mountain trade and was a
shipping point for cattle, but thc ox
tension >f tho Western North Caro
lina road bas turned much of this
trade in another direction. The fu
ture of tho place doponds upon tho
wino and stock industries. Number
of high grade horses and fine mules
are raised annually, and at a stock
show in Pendleton some days since,
no less than sixty mulo colts woro
shown in ono lot. A wino and dis
tilling company has just commenced
business in Walhalla, and some idea
of its first season's work may be ob
tained from thc fact that it has made
1,000 gallons of blackberry brandy
alone.
Walhalla is a very prosperous
town, which annually furnishes large
quantities of produce for thc con
sumption of other places moro ad
vantageously located from a com
mercial point of view. It ?B, also, a
summer resort for hundreds from
the coast region, and ranks among
tho pleasantest and healthiest of such
resorts.
Thc grain and fruit crops of this
section aro tho largest for many
years, but tho season was too lato
for cotton. Cheohco Valley, in tho
Western part of Oconeo county, is
thc prettiest country I ever saw.
Extensive fiolds of corn boar evi
dence to thc thrift of the people,
while the circling mountains furnish
a background ot varying and end
less beauty to a picture which has
few equals in Amorioa. From this
place I visited the exotic town ol
Highlands, N. C., crossing in a jour
ney of 22 miles, portions of three
States, and traversing a road whicli
nothing but thc energy and perse
verance of a Yankee could have con
structed. Thc town is situated al
an altitude of about 4,000 feet ami
possesses a climate unrivalled for itf
dryness and evenness. The inhabi
tants are principally Bottlers fron
tho Northern States. Tho onlj
communication with the outside
world is by stage lines to Walhalh
and Seneca. Tho temperature ii
too low for thc successful cultiva
tion of anything but grass, clovei
and vegetables, but these grow t<
perfection. Blackberries are per
fectly green in August and Knglisl
peas have just become large enougl
for tablo use. Many boarding
houses aro filled with guests during
the summer, among which I can no
do less than mention specially tba
of Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania
whore I received unstinted hospi
tality. Mr. W. F. JJ. Ilaynswortl
was with me thero and will join m<
in my remembrance of our kind hos
and hostess.
Highlands is certainly a mode
resort for those afflicted with pul
monary troubles, and all seeking
groat altitude and freodom fron
dust, dampness and heat.
The uniform kindness and polite
ness of all thc up-country pcoph
will attract attention from the mos
careless, and one cannot leave then
with aught but pleasant recollection
of these and kindred virtuos.
In my wanderings I found m
place where lifo can bo spent mor
pleasantly and happily than in Sum
tor county"; nor did I noto anywhor
a more encouraging prospect thai
now greets tho produoing class ii
our county.
Thc credit that is got by a li
only lasts till tho truth comes out.
Writing for tho Tress.
Tho following article is copied
from tho Fort Worth (Texas) Ga
zette several weeks ago. People
who nvo fond of writing for tho
uowspapors - should rend it enrof ully
und remember it :
In writing for tho press uso noth
ing smnllor than a half shoot of note
paper, ovon though it contains but a
?fingi? word ; white paper is ohenp
ind anything written on a little two
inches by four slip, is liable to bo lost
;>r blown away. Don't abbrovaito.
it is'an abomination to writo "pres.."
md "v. pros." for president and vico
wcodeot, while tho pei'3o:: who
.vritos "Thurs, ovo." for Thursday
?vening ought to bo drawn and
pmrtorod. Do not omit words and
)xpcot the editor or tho printer to
amply them ; tho only^ proper ;plaoe
:ci\manuscript that states "Mr. S.
nado a good speech ; reply by Mr.
I3r(/wn," for "Mr. Smith mado a good
mccoll which was replied to by Mr.
lirown," is tho waste bnskot. Do
lot orowd lines too near togothor or i
ittompt to chango a word by writing
)vor it. Cross out and bogin in a ,
low place, or writo tho ono wanted
lireotly over tho ono crossed. Do 1
mt mako a "short &" when you want
i long "and" to appoar in print.
Wo havo known oven this seemingly
ilight defect to mako a composing
oom smell of brimstone. If you
>egin an article and put no head to
t leave a space at the top so the odit
>r may write ono without palting
m anothor sheet. If you aro a
ilergyman or tho secretary of a se
jret organization, put neither tho
ivords "come," "all aro invited" nor
'a full attendance is desir' d" at tho
;losc of a notice of a meeting. If
>ho editor docB his duty ho will cross
uiporiluous words, and porhnps take
i disliko to the writer who porsists
ii putting them in. Never write ilp
ili both sides of tho paper, unless
you desire tho contempt of every
body in tile printing ofiice from tho
tlovil down. Finally, if you do not
know how to spell or construct sen
toncos, do not writo for thc press nt
all ; it will savo you considerable) trou
ble. Fe w, if any paragraphs should
bo made in articles that relate to ono
subject. TIio matter of paragraph
is largely arbitrary in various news
paper offices ; some newspapers make
a good many and otliors very fow.
A remarkable y. ?ii was' recently
filed in thc Probate's ofiice of this
county. Two bachelor brothers,
Wakefield, lived near l?cidvillo.
Thoy wore quito wealthy, owning
about 5,000 acres of land around
that town. They gave thc land on
which tho Heidvillo schools were
founded. Tho schools were named
for Mr. Reid; It is said tho Wake
fields never forgave the trustees for
not giving their name to the schools.
When ono of thc brothers died lie
willed tho whole property to his
brother. The surviving brother re
cently died. His will leaves the
whole property to Iiis sister during
lier life, then to the Judgo of Pro
bato for Spartanburg county in
trust for ninety-nine years, and after
that time the whole cstato with tho
accumulated interest is to go to his
heirs living one hundred years honce.
If his will could be carried into ef
fect the property around Kcidvillo
would bc tied nj) to a very hurtful
extent. But it is not probable that
the latter clause of Iiis will will bo
sustained by tho courts. Tho law
in this State seems well settled that
a man cannot direct tho disposition
of his property after death longer
than thc lifo of a person living and
twenty-one years after the death of
that person.-Sjiartanbnrg Spartan.
Speaking of widows marrying
made me think of an incident that
happened near whore I lived way
back in thc fifties. I lived noxt to
Dick Tolbot. He had fivo little
brats. Dick went off 'hunting one
day and shot Iiis leg. It was mighty
bad weather, and ai, last tho doctors
had to cut off his log to save his lifo.
Ho lingered along for sevoral months
and then died at last. I was thoro
the night he died. His wife took on
mighty bad. Sonic of tho neighbors
went to consolo her, but it did no
good. At longth I went to tho
seemingly heartbroken wife and told
her that poor Dick was gone, and I
told her it did no good to "tako on"
so. "I can't holp it," said she, and
continuing, pointing toward hor chil
dren, said J "Just think that these
poor cbildron will havo to come un
der a stepfather. It is moro than I
oan bear."-Chattanooga Times,
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Old Picketts in .840,
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Walhalla in 1868.
Destroyed by Fire June
21st, (887.
Re-Established August 11
1887. ^
Tho Drummer's Buso.
A short timo ago a drummer from
?brof.i? o????j? ?I u Bangor iivory ata
blo and wanted a double team for a
ten days' trip into tho country. '
Tho stable man rofused to lot him
havo ono, on tho ground that ho
was a stranger. Thoro was much
discussion ovor tho mattor, and
finally the drummer said :
"What is your team worth?"
?Four hundred and fifty do?lan:,"
was tho reply.
"If I pay you that sum for it, will
yon pay it bnok again when I re
turn?" asked tho oustomor j and
upon receiving au uttmuativo ropiy
ho promptly put up tho cash.
Ton days lator ho returned, and
driving into the atablo ho alighted
and ontored tho office, saying :
"Woll, boro is your toam, and now
I want my money baok."
Tho sum was passed lo him, and
he turned and wa? leaving tho place,
when tho livery man called out :
"Look hero, aren't you going to
sottlo for that team?"
"For what team?" asked tho
?rummor, in a surprised tono.
"For tho ono you just brought
baok."
"Well, now," drawled tho drum
mer, "you aren't fool enough to sup
pose that I would pay any one for
tho usc of my own proporty aro
you?" and ho shook tho dust of tho
placo from his foot.
Tho Democratic State Convention
of Ohio convened-at Dayton, August
28. Hon. Jas. E. Campboll was
nominated on tho third ballot aa tim '.
D?mocratie Candidate for Governor.
Tho convention was harmonious and
tho Domooraoy onthusioBtic. Tho
following resolutions woro adopted
with unanimity and applause:
1. "Tho Democracy of Ohio, in
convention assorablod, approve tho
declaration of principles mado by tho
National Domooraoy in St. Louis in
1887, and ospoofally that part of it
demanding a reduction of tho tariff
taxes. Wo will continuo tho battle
for tariff reform until tho cause of
tho people is triumphant.
"2. Wo regard trusts, in what
ever form organized, as tho legiti
mate result of our present tariff sys
tem, and wo demand tho ropcal of all
tariff taxes that onablo thom to ox
tort from tho pcoplo exorbitant,
prices for tho products they control."
Tho ?South Atlantic says : "Thoro
aro 80vonteen cotton seed oil mills in
South Carolina located as follows :
Greenville, Chostor, Columbia, Un-,
ion, Laurens, Greonwood, Abbeville,
Soneca, Darlington, Marion, 'Bon-'
nottsville, Dillard, Floronco, Kock ,
Hill, Anderson and Winnsboro. The
mills at Greenville, Chester and
Columbia bolong to tho Amorioan
Cotton Oil Trust Company, and tho
others are termod independent mill?.'?- '
In 1884 Wm. Vandovoontor and
wifo woro murdered in thoir houso a
few miles from Florida, .missoun.
Bill Dully, a colored man, was ar
rested, tried, convicted and hanged
for the crime at Paris, Mo., a low
months after tho tragody. Last wook
Perry Thrall lay on his death bed.
In the presence of death consoionoo
roso in awful strength, and tho dying
mau confessed that he had committed
tho crime for which noor Dully had
??ffored judicial homioido.
About ono month ago a young
man, named Joe Harpster, of St.
Louis, was struck on tho baok of his
head with a pair of brass knuoklos
by a footpad, knocking him sonaoless,
and for more than a month ho lay
unconscious. A few days ago ho
suddenly recovered his souses, but
whon ho did ho was able to converso
intelligently only in tho Gorman lan
guage. He was born of Amorioan
parents, who spoke Gorman, lind that
was tho language he first learned.
Ho gavo that up, howovor, and
learned English, using it at all times,
ontirely forgetting his Gem?an,
Now ho can romombor nothing of
English. Soiontists are wrestling
with tho problem.
The latest dovelopmont of thc
automatic machino is a Doctor
Curoall, in Holland. It is a wbodon
figure of a man, with compartments
all over it, labeled with tho names of
various aibnonts. If you havo a pain
find its corresponding looation on
tho figuro, drop a coin into tho slot,
and tho propor pill or powder will
como out.
Merit Win*.
We desire to ,>i?y to our oltlssons, that for yours
wo have boon soiling Dr. King's Now Discovery,
for Consumption, Dr, King's Now Lifo Pills,
Hiiklon'A A m lex Salvo ?ucl Klcotrio nlttors, and
hayo novor handlea remodlos that soil as woll, or
tint havogiven such milvorsnlsatisfaction. Wo
do not'.imitate to guarantor them ovory limo,
and wi stand ready to rofund tho pinchaso price
If satisfactory rosulO) do not follow thoir uso.
Thoso romodios havo wo? their giiiat popularity
puroly on thoir moriU. Norman Drug Co.,
Druggists.
It will require 00,000 car* to haul
off tho Kanwas wheat,