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TEACHER'S COLUMN.
???r* All communications intended
for this column should bo addressed
to S. P. Stribling, School Commis
sioner, Wallinna, S. C.
Toaohors. must bjar in mind that
a resolution of the Stato Board of
Education requires tho books adopt
ed by the County Board to bo car
ried into effect not later than the
26th of October, 1889. Tho County
Board will insist upon this resolu
tion hoing carried out. Tho under
signed is propared to mako tho ox
ebfmgo ut thc wbolofid.o j)i\bH?h&r$'
prices, wjiich is, at loast, ton per
cont less than book-sellers' prices. I
do not want any profit on tho books;
all that I will requiro is the postage,
which will bo nominal. Tho books
offered in oxehango must bo of
K similar grado to tho new books de
sired, no matter how . ragged the
old book may bo. Tho chango may
work a hardship upon many, but it
is a mandate of tho officers of the
Stato and the law clothes them
with this power; it is, therefore,
best to obey the law (?beerfully.
Our next visit brings us to tho
Fair View school, under tho tutor
age of Miss Einum Lawrence, one of
Pieken? county's choice young la
dies. Thc rain was falling almost
incessantly on the day we paid our
visit to tho Fair View school, but
the teacher was there amidst a
goodly number of children, which
fact furnishes evidence of an abid
ing interest on the part of both the
teacher and tho pupils. Our stay
and observation further convinced us
of the fact,
Thc Canerun colored school, in thc
same community, presided over by
one J. N. Miller, colored, was, we
suppose, drowned out on that day.
We waited some time at tho school
house, but. neither toucher nor pu
pils dared to venture out.
Tho regular fall examination of
teachers for Oconec County will .be
held on Friday, October thc 4th, in
tho School Commissioner's office.
All who expect to teach in tho pub
lic schools must govern themselves
accordingly.
Miss lilla Dendy, a native of our
own county, and educated in our
common schools, is tho teacher at
Bounty Land. The" ?people of this
community aro fortunate in their
choice of Miss Dendy. Sho has
classes prosecuting all thc studies
required by law, except physiology,
hygiene and music. Wc have fond
recollections of tho days spent by us
in thc Bounty Land school, under
thc auspices of tho lamented and
honored W. T. Cleveland, than
whom a better instructor never
lived. Tlic principles of business
taught in that school are of moro
service to us in our daily avocation
and tho methods of teaching which
wc drew from Iiis experience and
Which wc have adopted in our teach
ing, have proved of more advantage
to us than any information acquired
through any other channel. The
conj mon school rightly instructed
and disciplined affords sufliciont fa
cilities for all ordinary business en
gagements. If proper care be taken
in tim development of the talents of
our boys and girls in the common
Schools of our land, there will be
more prosperity, thrift, enterprise
and intelligence among our citizens,
more tranquillity in connu unities,
more religion in our churches and a
higher degree of oxcollenco gene
rally. S. P. STKIIII.IN?.
Mercurial Poison.
Mercury is frequently injudiciously
used by quack doctors in cases of mala
ria ami blood poison. Its after olTect is
worse than tho original disease II. lb
lb (Botanic Blqori balm) contains no
mercury, hut will eliminato mercurial
poison from tho system. Write to lilood
balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., for book of con
vincing proof of its curativo virtue.
A. !?. Britton, Jackson, Tenn., writes!
"I caught malaria in Louisiana, and whoo
tho fever at last broko, my system was
saturated with poison, and I had sores in
my mouth and knots on my tongue . I
got two bottles ??, B. M., which healed
my tonguo and mouth and made a now
man of mo."
Wm. Richmond, Atlflilftft, GlV, writes:
"My wifo could hardly see. Doctors
called it syphilitic iritis. ' lier oyes were
in a dreadful condition, lier appetite
failed. .She had pain in her joints and
bones. lier kidneys were deranged also
and no ono thought she could bo cured.
Dr. (Jillam recommended ll. II. ll. which
she used until ber health was cntiroly ro
stered."
K. P. lb Jones. Atlanta, Ga., writes:
"I was troubled with coppor .colored
eruptions, loss of appetite, pain in back,
aching joints, debility, emaciation, loss
of. hair, sore throat and great nervous
ness, il. H. H. put my system in lino
condition."
Grocer-How is tjiat butter I sent
you ?
Cottager-Bolter, thanks-gains
strongth every day.
To Thine Own Sol* Ile Tiffie trad It HfuM Follow nm tho Night the ?ar? Thon Cnne't Not Then Be Yttlte to Any Ittnu.
*1 .* K\WAW?k*iUJX^;*.?. , 'M>.-i.M.aL*.?
BY THOMPSON, SMITH & ?TAYNI3S.
WAX/HALI/A, SOUTH OAltOI?INA, S10PTF,MBI?*e 20, 1880.
VOLUME XI/.--NO30.
LETTER F KO M HIGHLANDS.
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Sut uln and wilt tosido as Boon by Our
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[From tho Aikon Journal and ItovloW,]
Agrooably to proniiso" I send you a
few linos from our present mountain
resort, and although thoy may not
bo very interesting to your general
reader, it is to bo hoped that they
may not provo uninteresting to your
prospectivo mountain tourist.
To ono who wishes to appreciate
impressively the grandeur, tho sub
limity and the v(i\d and rugged im
mensities of tim mount aili panorama,
he must keep himself constantly to
tho foreground of his picture, other
wise the vanishing lines of his per
spective will bc lost in irregular and
broken lines and dots upon the dis
tant horizon,'and his landscape will
soon bc nome taino and monotonous.
Lot us givo you briefly some of
tho salient points of our mountain
picture.
Highlands, our mountain resort, is
situated in a small basin, or rather
in a beautiful and undulating valley,
closed in by an amphitheatre of
mountains. The links in this chain
which encompasses us are sq closely
and firmly welded together that til ere
aro apparently no outlets to tho
world beyond us. Yot there aro
three outlets by roads, ono leading
to Walhalla, one to Seneca City and
the other to Whitesido Cove. To
roach thet o it is necessary to make a
descent from our village of nearly
2,000 feet. A road also leads to
Franklin, the county seat, distant
about 80 miles.
Within a eon veil lent distance of
our village, and easily accessible on
foot, are some very beautiful and at
tractive cascades and water falls.
Among these tho most noted aro
Glenn's Falls, Highland Falls and
Calaseju Falls. Comfortable walks
and inviting pathways lead to these
places of resort, and hore tho lover
of solitude may pleasantly while
away a few hours among the gigan
tic forn and tho glossy green leaves
of the royal rhododendron, viewing
tho seething and foaming masses of
water as they plunge over huge
ledges of rock hundreds of feet hfgh
and leaping from crag to crag break
into fleeoy sprays until finally they
are buried in the thickets and jun
gles of the forest below. These
are inviting spots and should not
be neglected by the mountain tou
rist.
The most prominent feature of our
panorama, howover, is Satula Moun
tain which towers some 1,000 feet
above us. Wo commence its ascent
a few yards from our doorway and
by activo climbing for about an hour
reach its highest pinnacle. From
this point we look out over into the
confines of four States.
Far to tho West our vision passes
over ridges of dark green moun
tains, intercepted occasionally by
tho passing hither and thither of
cloud shadows, still darkening thc
already deep green of our landscape
until all is lost in tho dim vista of
the great Smoky Mountain, eighty
miles distant.
These huge mountains being them
selves capped by large masses of
snowy white cumulus. Far to the
Southwest, thirty miles distant, we
can discern the faint outlines of
Walhalla, Westminster and Seneca
City. Distinctly visible in thc
Northwest aro the towering peaks of
Bear's Pen and Yellow Mountain.
To thc Northeast Whiteside Moun
tain, said to bo 5,000 feet high, looms
up like a huge monster with its Ar
gus eyes constantly fixed upon us
whithersoever wo go.
We had been told that a view
from this mountain (Whiteside,)
would give us a different variety of
mountain scenery from that which
wo have just described. A small
party from our hotel, therefore, de:
cided to pay it a visit. Although
this mountain is only five miles dis
tant in a direct lino from our village,
wo found it necessary to make a de
tour of about ten miles and to make
the approach to it from the rear, thc
only accessible route to its summit
Wc left the village in a direction di
rectly opposite from that in whicli
tho mountain lay. A drive of t
few miles over a fairly good moun
tain road brings us to a road loading
abruptly to tho right. A milo oi
two on this road and we approach i
seemingly impassible barrier to om
further progress. Immcnso mam
moth roots of thc gigantic heinlocl
are inextricably interwoven and mat
tod with thc roots of thc rooty rho
dodendron, all seeming to rest upoi
nu immcnso quagmire of blaok loam
It was much feared that our horses
wotdd bo unable to got over these
obstaolos and still more that our
oonoo would bo ?biO to follow thuin.
But on wo go, over tho top of this
immense "joggling board," und thoro
begins a oonfliot for lifo. Joggled
and jostled, bounced and pitched
wo endeavor to grasp everything
within our reach to maintain our
equilibrium. During theso ncrobntio
contortions wo aro calmly and seri
ously debating which of tho alterna
tives it would bo hotter to take,
either to bo killed by being thrown
through thc top of tho vehiolo or to
meet with thc samo fate by being
turo WU through tho sides. But,
presto!, ono immense bound and
wo aro landed safely on terra jirina.
We were told that these kind of
road beds are not uncommon in this
section of country. Porhaps so. But
they are novelties to us, hut such no
velties we do not caro to tackle again.
A vory modest young lady by our side
modestly informed us that they "aro
called "kiss-me-quicks" hy the na
tives. If this be so, it would not
require any very great stretch of
imagination to make theso roots of
the hemlock and rhododendron par
Hceps critninis to the oscillatory
Creaks which thc meaning of these
words would seem to imply. But
on wc go. A few miles further on
und wc come to a dead liait. A bar
rier'in front, a huge boulder on our
right and an immense precipice close
on our loft. The consternation de
picted upon the countenances of our
party clearly indicate that we aro
lost. Then an exciting sccno en
sues. Some of our party get mad.
Thou some Vory harsh and angry
words are hurled at thc proprietor
for sending a driver who had never
been over the country before. But
?ill is over and wc are rapidly, retro
grading our path. The kiss-me
rpiicks are left far behind and again
aur beautiful mountain road turns
again abruptly to tho right and now
wc know wo arc on tho right road.
Four miles of gentle ascent brings
us within 100 feet of tho goal of our
aspiration.
To attain this, however, we lind
that it will be necessary to do some
precipitous climbing among thc
clefts of thc rocks. Wo therefore
prepare for it and take a lunch near
\ beautiful spring of pure water.
We will mention en passant for
the benefit of thc future hunting
tourist that three cub bears were
killed a few days subsequent to this
visit within a stone's throw of this
spring. Wo saw the carcasses of
thc little bruins ourselves in thc vil
lage.
Thc ascent is made and 51:30 finds
ns, field glass in hand ready to take
in our beautiful panorama. Wc
iiave spread out before and beneath
iis ?0,000 acres of thc beautiful cove
:>f Whiteside. We arc now stand
ing on thc verge of a precipice 1,000
Feet high, below us and under our
feet is a long fringe of gigantic hem
lock, chestnuts and oaks dwarfed to
a mass of green shrubs. As our
rango of vision ascends and takes in
ii large scope of field, the human
figur? becomes indiscernable. Thc
cultivated field, thc hamlet, thc
green groves, the roads crossing and
recrossing, the sinuous and tortuous
windings of thc Keowce, reilect back
to us through thc rays of a beautiful
August sun the varied hues and con
ventional tints of the topographer's
brush. As we still further enlarge
our field vision those objects become
more and moro indistinct, thc tints
more mellowed, until finally this por
tion of our beautiful picture vanishes
into tlie blue hn/o of tho distant
mountains.
On our extreme left, Grimshnw's,
ano of thc most attractive and pic
turesque spots in tho. valley, looms
np not far from our background.
Thc tinkling bolla of tho browsing
licrds of cattle and sheep in its green
pastures of grassy slopes is hoard
and give a charming pastoral sccno
that is enchanting. On our right
thc strong outlines of thc littlo vil
lage wo left so carly iii tho morning)
is distinctly visible.
Thc lofty and isolated peaks of
Hogsback, . Chimney Top and thc
Devil's Court House, (?11 up thc in
terstices of our beautiful panorama
and wc have done.
Mountain scenery is becoming
*talc and monotonous. Thc tints of
Autumn aro making their impress
upon the leaves of the forests, and in
a few weeks wc expect to be on our
way "Homeward Bound."
HlCXDKKSHOTT,
Thc man who kan't do any hurt in
this world kan't do any good.
A Monument to HOY. J. Ii. Kennedy.
C'AKMLL, S. C., August 17th, 1889.
a. lllCVIlilOfj \fX \llk\i .munni VL UiU
"Thaliftn Acadomy" was hold at
Carmel Church, August 17th, 1889,
and after an ablo address by Hon.
John S. Vernor, an organization was
formed for tho purposo of erecting a
monument to the memory.of Hov. J.
L. Kennedy. A contribution from
each ono of us will secure tho monti
mont, and hereby show our respect
for thc honored name of our esteemed
teacher. Tho monument will bo
placed at Carmel, and the names of
all contributors will bo loft on record
With tile Chili cu? Pl?USjO solid US i
your contributions at once, ns tho
work'is to bo completed by tho 1st
of Novomber, and if you can sec any
of our fellow, students and secure
their holp in thc matter, you will
confer a favor on the committee.
Tho following named gentlemen
will receive and forward contribu
tions :
B. Frank Mauldin, Anderson, S. C.
John Ferguson, Greenville, S. 0.
John C. Carey, Soncca, S. C.
J. E. Boggs, Pickons, S. C.
George Johnstone, Newberry, S. C. :
Remittances may bc made by
money ordor on Anderson, Pickcns,
or Easloy, or by postal note or reg
istered letter. Tho committee trusts 1
that tho gratitude of his pupils may <
raise a handsomo monument to their ?
beloved preceptor.
J. P. SMITH, <
Chairman Committee, 1
Equality, S. C. i
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Resources ot Ralina. 1
Rabun county, Cn., issituatodintho
Northeastern corner of tho State,
and upon both sides of the cole- 1
bruted Blue Ridge Mountains. To
say that the country is mountainous
is nothing but truth, but where else
in all the country can you find such
scenes of surpassing loveliness as (
exists at this place? Where clso .
can you find such fortilo soil,"such ,
immense forests and such pellucid
streams ? To supposo for. an instant
that thc whole country is rough and
uncouth would bo a great mistake.
There are thousands of acres of level
valley lands, whose productiveness
cannot be excelled anywhere. Tho
tops of thc mountains arc, in many
instances, immense plateaus of finely
watered lovel lands, and from tho
very nature of their elevated situa
tions, are peculiarly adapted to tho
cultivation of many species of vege
tation that arc almost absolutely ne
cessary to man. In many places
these plateaus or "Hats," as they aro
technica l ly called, arc immonso mea
dows of luxuriant grasses and clover.
Situated as they are above tho
Thermal Zone, and their consequent
immunity from fogs and frosts, ren
der them thc most favored spots of
earth for thc growth of tender
fruits. There arc many orchards of
apples and penches that never fail,
and many situations whore tho rot
and mildew is a tiling unknown.
There is no more profitable industry
known than the cultivation of the
grape and hop, and tho climate and
soil of this county aro peculiarly
adapted to tho growth of both. Tho
citizens arc beginning to seo the ne
cessity of a diversity of crops, and
it will not bc many years until the
slopes of the grand old mountains of
Rabun will be covered with a carpet
of living green, and tho vines laden
with the luscious fruit, and of a
quality delicious enough to tompt
the palate of an epicure, and in tho
valleys thc happy homes of tho hum
ble tillers of thc soil.- Toccoa (Ga.)
News.
How's This.
Wo offer ono hundred dollars reward
for any caso of catarrh that cannot bo
cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Curo.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprietors,
Toledo, Ohio.
Wc, tho undersigned, have known F.
.T. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and bc
liovo him perfectly honorable, in all bush
ness transactions and financially ablo to
carry out any obligations mado by thoir
firm.
West A Truax, Wholcsalo Druggists, To
ledo, Ohio.
Wabling, Kilman & Mervin. Wholcsalo
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
E. II. Vanllfosen, <'ashier Toledo Na
tional Hank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon tho blood and mu
cus surfaces of tho system. Testimoni
als sent free, price 75c. per bottlo, Sold
by all druggists.
Mr. Gladstone defines his domestic
policy ns follows : Whoncvor my
wife insists, I submit ; whenever I in
sist she submits. Wc novor discuss
family affairs at the table, and if any
thing unpleasant occurs during the
evening we never refer to it till the
next day.
How a Charleston Editor Sees lt.
Tho editor of tho Charleston
TJ ^rJa, in disoussing Col. Ben. Ter
rel and the Alliance, says :
The lecturo of tho representative I
of tho Formers' Alliance is, however, !
of interest to others besides farm?
ors, for it is an attempt to organize a
combination which, if successful,
will undoubtedly exert a powerful
influenae .upon tho ontiro Southern
section of tim United States.
Wo cannot understand why there
should bu any objeotion to tho Alli
ance interesting itself concerning po
litics, and it is noticeable that this j
epoakci docs not hesitate io avow
that politics aro discussed in the
mootings of the Alliance.
With tho strength which lins year
by year como to tho Alliance, it is
very amusing to note tho reception
by tho press of tho State of the j
Hon. Ben. Terroll, of Texas, which]
is certainly different from tho treat
ment, whioh Tillman received nt an
earlier day.
As far ns wo can see, tho objects
of both aro pretty much tho same.
We have heard Tillman, whilo Ter
rel's statements wo obtained second
hand, but their plans are similar.
Terrell gives us, on a more ex
tended scale tho objects of the Na
tional Association, while Tillman 1
confined his remarks to the State of i
South Carolina. ' i
Tho main difference, as far as wo 1
san see, is that tho Texan fools that 1
lie represents a power and that bo
must bo onrcful, for ho is a delegate,
while Tillman, when bo started, t
represented what was under his hat, i
md it was absolutely necessary for t
lim first to attract some attention. 1
Thc consequence was that Till- 8
linn aroused that bitter feeling t
which generally accompanies tho at- t
iompt to create a g cent chango and, t
ilthough, 4,0-day, Bon. Terrell is all e
>ho rage and Ben. Tillman is "quite i
jut of fashion," yet Tillman un- t
loubtedly did a great deal to organ- I
iz? the farmers of this State ; so that
if Ben. Terrell is engaged in a good
work Tillman could not hnvo been
mgaged in a very bad onq.
We would bo pleased if tho lion. 11
Lion. Terrell would conclude, after
nil, to speak in Charleston, for a)
speaker, who expects to havo 50,000
people in this State endorsing his I j
views, bas important work in band
und is engaged in an attempt which
is of interest to all of us.
New Postal Cards. j
Tho Post Office Department bas
just given out a contract to have
loverai million now postal cards
nado. Tho now cards arc to bo bot
ter than the old ones, and it is said
will cost less. Thero are to be tbreo
ii/.cs of cards which will bo of great
convenience, ono to bo smaller and
sue larger than tho cards now used.
Tho estimated number of cards |
covered by the contract is two thou
sand million, and will cost $800 000.
Tho contract will require about |
seven thousand tons of paper.
The uso of postal cards was first
introduced into this country in 1878,
and thc issue for the first year was
dbout ono hundrod million cards.
Tho contract prico was then $1*80
por thousand, about th reo time as
much as thc contract just awardod.
The now cards will bc ready for
use by the first of October.
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Tho sixth annual review of tho
progress in trade, manufactures, ag
riculture and education in tho South
ern States, published on Soptembor
2 by the Now Orleans Times-Demo
erat, is an invaluable contribution to
tho economical literature of thc day.
Tlie work lins been admirably dono
and thc results aro striking. Tho
Times-.Democrat gives the following
table showing tho assessed vah?o of
property in the States of Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Qoorgia, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tonnesseo,
Toxns and Virginia :
Year. Assessment.
1879 .... . $2,164,792,795
1880 .2,877,564,841
1881 . 2,478,620,428
1882 . . . . . 2,565,908,787
1888 . 2,782,115,803
1884 . 2,887,884,861
1885 . 2.906,514,585
1886 . U, 64,268,818
1887 . 8,407,087,091
1888 .... . 8,522,597,867
1889 . 8,759,058,867
Thc increase in tho assessed value
of tho property in tho twolvo States
named during the past decado was
78.9 per cent, and this vnRt improve
ment iii the material condition of
the South is attributed by tho Times*
Democrat "to an nd.vanee in ovovy
lino of industry, manufacturo?, m,bv
lng, agriculture,"
Uni lcd They Foll.
?
CHAKLOTTB, N. 0., September ll.
-There is a big oxoitomont through
out Burk county on account of a
doubl.0 lynching whioh occurred at
Morganton parly this morning.
. Two murderers, Frank Staok,
whito, aud D.avb Boone, colored,
have been confined in Morgantown
jail for about one weok, Thoir
orimcs wore soparato, but thoy both
paid tho penalty at the ends of ono
ropo.
Stack on tho Otb of last month
very brutally shot down and instantly
killod Robort S. Parkor in his garden
nt iiutheriard College. Mr. Parkor
was making preparations to enter the
Methodist miuistry. Boone mur- 01
dored a white man by tho name of n
Holden at a camp meeting on Sun- 0
clay night, September the first. P
When Stack was oaptured and placed
in jail somo eight days ago fears wore Vl
then expressed that ho would bo n
lynobed and an extra guard was 0
placed about tho jail to insure pro
tection. A few days af tor Stack was ty
jailed Boone was placed in also and ,r<
then talk of lynching was again w
heard and the guard about tho jail ct
was rotained. 81
People bogan to think tho feeling 0i
was gradually dying out, but early *\
ibis morning two hundred masked V
nen silently rodo into Morganton ^r
md marching to tho jail demanded r>
;ho koys. This being rofuscd, heavy tl'
lammers wore taken from a buggy ?*
whioh bad been brought for tho pur- ?^
pose and thc doors wore soon bat- 01
crcd down. Only a fow blows were n<
cquired to break tho locks on tho
-wo coll doors in which Stack and rc
ioono wero confined. As tho men 01
itepped in Stack's coll they found V,;
ho murderer lying on tho floor mut- P(
onng prayers. Whon commanded $
o get up he made no nttompt to do .
io, but sliook like a loaf. Then two ?!'
nen jerked him to his foot and
(tarted out with him. Boone was P<
icing carried out into tho hallway of th
ho jail. There both'were brought bi
together and securely bound. The p)
,wo murderers cast a glance at oaoh W
)ther but did not speak. When id
mund they wero carried and placed bi
n a double seated buggy by tho side w
if two mon. to
Then the march to death was bo- M
mn. Tho mob moved off slowly
md cautiously. They carried thc
?wo murderers to a railroad bridge
lear by and aftor carrying them out
nto tho middle of tho bridge a
iwenty foot ropo was tied in tho
niddlo to a cross tie. Ono end of the
.ope was adjusted about Stack's
leek and the other was tied about
ho neck of Boone. Tho men wero
lion given fivo minutes to pray.
The leader drew a watcli from his
locket and timed them. Whoh tho
,imo was up ho gave a signal and
joth were pushed off tho bridge and
!icir bodies were dangling over tho
miall stream. Some shots wero fired
it them and then tho mob dispersed
md quickly galloppod away. .
Only Saturday morning ot last
week John Sigmond, colored, was
lynched in Gnston County for rape.
.Officers at Morganton are making
ii special offort to capture tho lynch
ers. Warrants for many parties
liave been issued and many arrests
uro oxpected to follow. Public senti
ment dooB not seem to justify tho
lynching.
A Snake Story.
Mr. C. J. Soymour related a most
wonderful snake story to us ono day
last weok. Some timo ago, while
working the old Columbia road near
Beaver Creek in Caw Caw Township
he, with Mr. A. B. Zciglcr, saw
large moccasin run undor a log at
tho side of tho road. Tho log was
turned over and the simke was killed
by Mr. Soymour, who cut oft' its
head. Directly afterwards a little
snake crawled out of tho largo ono
which operation continued until
twonty-soven little ones had crawled
?ut.- Orangeburg Times and De
mocrat. ; ^
Their Business noomlng.
Probably no ono thing has caused such A go
ic ral revival of trade nt Nonnnn Drug Co.
Irug ?toro AA tnolr giving AWAY to thoir cristo
norn of so many freo trial bottles of Hr. King
Mow Discovery for consumption. Their t?,id?
s simply enormous in this vory valuable artlclo
from tho faot that lt Always oures Ami never dis
ippolnts. Coughs, cold* bronohltl*,' croup- and
tl) tin oat And lung dlsoasoA quickly cured. You
?an test lt boforo buying by getting A trial bottlo
Yee, largt size 91*. Kvcry bottlo wArrantcd.
:-<*
Tlie suit against tho South For
fishing Club, wlfo owned tho lake
which dostroyed Johnstown, is hoing
prosecuted with energy. Those who
liavo it in hand havo plonty of. money,
\yA are in cattiest,
KEOVV?E COURIER,
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--KBTAIW.ISHKI) AT-- , TBB
Old PJ^kens^iS/jQ, r ? .
Walhalla ir? ,ftA? ?
TI w?**v, >.? r.-.i i:i . v. vo".??..?ii
Destroyed by Fire June
2?st, 1887.
Re Established August ?
l887<r ">
Some Cold Facts Sot Forth .-by the
Pennsylvania Democrat Io Colored
State League.
IlAKiusuuua, Pa., September 13.
-Tho oxooutlvo oommlttco of tho
Ocmooratlo Colored Stato League
mvo been in session boro to-day, and
mvo issued an address to tho oolored
voters of Pennsylvania. It appears
o tho. coloved voter to rogard ?\?
?rjnciples of the parties rather than
ho mon whom tho party bossos favor .
pith tboir smiles. It ,says tho col
red man has not recoived tho rc
ognition from tho Ilopublloau
arty that bo deserved in roturn foi*
lb luyui JIU? ciortilohJp. It innis : , '
"Wo have been hoodwinked and
Rjolod, feted with, promises, and
avo seen others reap tho roward of
ur labors when tho beat of tho oanu
aign was over."
Tim address rominds tbe colored
oters that tboir raoe is booomiug
toro intelligent and moro industri
as, und continuing, says :
"A foreignor entering our legisla
vo halls and judging from the rop
isoutativos of tlic people assembled,
ould never know that Pennsylvania
mtaincd upwards of 100,000 no
roes, whoso loyalty to tho Ropubli
m party was undeniable. Tho
oors of tho factoriop and manufac
iring industries ovviiCu and con
oiled chiefly by Republicans in tho
tate of Pennsylvania have boon
ghtly barred against us and our
did ron and y ot thrown op?n to a
ass of foreigners who never loam
ir oustomcs, adopt our mannerism,
>r becomo citizens of tho country."
Thc address endorses tho tariff
form plank of tho rocont Demo?
atic Stato Convention and Grovor
loveland's administration,.and ap
rnls to tho colored voters to cast
oir ballots for Clio Domoorati? oan
dato for Stato Treasurer. In coll
usion tho address says :
"Wo doploro tho condition of our
soplo in thc South, and counsel
icm to ameliorate their condition
/ allying themselves with tho poo
e of tboir section of the country,
itii whom their interests should bo
entified, rather than stir up strife
f adhering to tho Ropublioan party,
hieb cither is unwilling or unablo
i givo thom tho protection guar
lteed by constitutional enactment
? all citizens. This view should bo
mnrent to overy intelligent and
linking man of our race, for during
resident Cleveland's administration
io condit.on of our pooplo in tho
outh was far bettor than it is to
ity. And it is now time that our
?oplo should cease to bo deluded by
io seductive promise of aid from tho
?publican party in tho North, and
ko thc condition of affairs on their
vii hands, cease to be doad mart
i's, and become living exponents of
truly now South. We trust that
DU will look at thoso facts cooly and
npartially, and determino from tho
rstcmatic bad faith on the part of
io Republican party, and show them
mt wo no longer will bo hewors of
ood and drawers of water."
A Ucorffia Mammoth Cave.
ROMK, Ga., August 80.-Whilo a
ell was being dug th rc o miles in tho
Duntry yesterday, and when tho
ork.ncn had reached a depth of
vcnty-fivo foot, to their constorna
on tho bottom of tho woll suddenly
;ll out, dropping them ton foot and
idging thom iii a cave. An explora
on was tho next thing in order, and
i was found that tho cavo was miles
i length, with chambers of various
/.cs nero and thot?. Finally tho
(ive parted, several apartments lend
lg in various directions. Whon tho
arty roturncd, an exploring party
>rmcd, which will thoroughly exploro
il parts of tho cave.
Epoch.
Tho transition from long, lingorlng abd pain
il Alertness to robust lioalth marks an enoch lu
io lifo of tito individual. Suoh a romnrkablo
-ont Is treasured In the moinory and tho agency
lierobytho good health lins beor, attained ls
-atofully blessed, Hence it is that so much
heard in ur also of Electric Bitters. So many
el thoy owo tholr restoration to health, to tho
io of tho groat alterative and tonio. If you
o troubled with any tllsoaso of kidneys, liver
'Stomach, of longor short standing you will
iroly flnd r?i?of by U?i> ?!.>? ?.f Kk-uiriu ??iimn.
?ld nt Boc. and $1 per bottlo nt Norman Drug
?.'s drng store.
I- . '??''fi
Tho Georgetown 7Vm,?.9, undor tho
oading "Lying by note," makes tho
.Mowing home hints: "Ono of tho
artiest duties of tho editor is to
hoop it up for the town-announc
lg its superiority over neighbors
.hon ho knows that tho advertising
illinois indioato that ho is a liar,
ditors aro human, and have a coil
dence, and work and work and
rito with tho greatest vim when
mir pursos nr?i full of money. Np
vwn should allow its papers to go
nt looking Uko tho ndviu'co agent
f a cemetery."