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KEG WE IO COU Ul ER. tl. A. THOMPSON. 1). A. SMITH. lt. I-. JAVXKS. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & .IA Y Mis. THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 1889. Proposed Republican Election Laws. I A Washington coi respondent of tile Chicago //< ra hi in a reeent eom muiiiention gives an mulline ?d' (lif Sherman bill, wliieb prt?pt>ses, iii effect, lt? plaee in llie hands of ibo President of thc United Stales the power to scour'1 'I.lection >it' a House of Ucprcscnlativcs whose majority will he in politieal sympa thy with himself. Ile says: Senator Sherman's infamous bill, which is said to be the joint product of himself and thal other areli ! champion of centralization and mo-I nopoly, "lliU" Chandler, provides that after .May I, I K'lti, (.11-.| : 111.1 regulation* ot elections for Repre sentatives in Congress shall be taken ! from the several Stati s ami placed 1 lintier the direel :? ut li-I \ of tin President of the United State-. Thc machinery by which ihi- revolution is to ho effected may h. .hm de scribed : I. A board ol' live Slate canvass ers ill each State, lo be appointe.I by the President, "by ami willi I In- ap proval of ibo Senate." ii. An electoral boar.I of three members in o- ch Congressional dis trict, :?!>o to ie appointed by ; lu President, willi thc. approval of thc Semite. ?1. A registrar for each precinct or election district, to bc appoint. .! I.y tile electoral boar.I nf undi Congres sioimi tlist rici. .I. Three judges of election for each precinct or electoral district, t. be appointed hy lhe electoral bonni of each Congressional district. ?. Two e|erk> of election for euell precinct or election district, lo be appointed hy the judges of election therein. (?. A board >>i cain : - ?ers in < ach county, city, or corresponding po lil ?cal division, lo be designated hy the electoral board of each ( 'ongres siomtl district fruin among the judges of clot lion. This proposed law would alone create an anny of lill(l,(lliil I 'doral ollicc-hohlers t.. be added (ot he 'joo,. (mn w h.. are already more or li *s al thc bidding of the Kxceudve. 'rion are 1*2 State-. :'..'." ( oiign ssional .li Irids, aiul (esiimatetl ? |(K?,iniii r|ec t i- in product - in the l'iiitod Sinti -. Sherman proposes, t herefon : fix |-j Mat.- i uivassi i -. pi :!x:;:'.o < 'ong. dist. . !.. total hoards wm I \ too,m KI rcgisl rars.IOO.OIMI .".XIOO.OIMI judges ol election. . :...?... ... ?ix loo,ooo dei ks . >: clct lion Total.lilli,-.'!!!) ll is highly probable that sonic such schemes as ibis are hutching in lilt- minds of certain I ?. publican loaders, who are willing lo establish u monarchy, ii need i.e. in order lo capture, by moans >.t the colored Vote-, several -eal- in llie I louse of 1 ieple-eiil al ive- thal ale now lit!.I by Soot bel ii I ?em. .. ra!-. Tin- whole mensure, while it would operate in all lin- Mal. -, is aimed din-el ly al the South fm- llie purp?? .< of reduc ing her t" :i coiidit ?ott of polit ?cn! vassaling!- t.- tho lb-publican party. Hut w e belie! e ii improbable t hat any such wickedly devised -du un win o\ er suce! !-d. por thc pasl c nt ur;. I lu- Legisla tun - nf each Sta!.- have regulated lite t ?mes, plai-i - ami manner of elect nig I ?c presen I a I i \ ? - in ( 'ongn-ss. lt lins worked .. ll. and every p..--i. ble tlf..rt W ill 11 o ll b I less be Ilia.le by thc I lenioerats lo .1> ;'. at this r?volu i inii.'iry project. Ml'. Sliernian -,i\ th : it is die intent ion of thc I{epublieaiis t .< put this if.onslrous meas u-e into an en net mcul in i inte lo govern lhe Con grossional elections .f |> io, If da v succeed, I'resith'iil Harrison will have the privilege and lin- ph asitrt to create tIn- gn al I '- h i I election machine ami lake out ol' I ht- hatul of thc Slate- mid the pi opie lill righi l ui control of the eh-el iou of their licprcscntutivc -, I hereby ena bling him lo porpot uale him elf as President undi ibo people umiM rise in their might and overthrow the dictator ami his satellite.-. This scheine i- a speen - > .! eeii 1 ra li/.a liol i an.I Usurpation (hal we do liol believe il. . American people will-ever brook, lt is om- of the most monstrous pr. positions ever brough! indore ( 'ung n . timi \ el the H e pu I il ?ea 11 s make lui -i er, I of their purpose t.. push il I brough thal bo.ly. IL ir Senator Sherman. He says:' I f necessary. wc will make a (.:iueiis measure of ii, am] din- hohl ?ill weak-kneed lb-publicans in line. There must be n.> backsliders. If we uro to have election reform, par ticularly in the Solidi, sonic such min., ..1M,n\ ns those proposed in the bill Vb Hi?" 1 intn.duce.l las! .la.mary must bc rtpsm-lod lo. Now is Hie lime lo secu>^' legisint i. w hilt we have both ^branches of ( onoress and tito Ivxcoulnv*' Thus i< sonni lc** <J ^ thc toe in of war ?ind ol' danger toVa-prcn nial v. government, lt i- I ?ut Viv asonable lo presum?- that thc I h-nn/?er alie niinori tv will throw them.Aol vi - into die breach when thc a -huit is made, ami timi this infamous ciie.'m- will m v i r become a law, if they can |> issibly pre .. ... H Cor thom no lillibnsti .tMg will bo loo desperate when invoked for the laudable purpose nf self-pre servation ami du- perpetuation ni re prese ni al ive America ii governinenl in its pristine purity. Thc revolu tionists will be resisted with all lin power of llio minority at ever%> stage of tlu-assatili when the) ut l v-1111 . t lo twist1 tin' rail's for enslave mont of the minority, winni tiley en deavor to unseat Democratic mein hers in order to increase their work- j iug majority, and li tinily, if that point he readied, on tho hill itself. Tho Prize Acre of Corn. There were about eighty contest- j I ants in South Carolina for lite pre ' 1 inium of ?1,000 offered by thc State ? Department of Agriculture and I liv ] . \ me pto i H Ayrhrulturirt for t lie best ? aere of corn. A number of contest- j ? ants have had their acre measured - and have reported lite same as fol- ' lows: Mr. J. Snelling, of Ihirnwcll couti- I tv- |::i bushels. li. T. tiillespie, Vork county- 110 j < ._'-7i> bushels. : li. Keesc, < leonco county- I Ho 1 bushels, 2.'l pounds, li. M. Allis. Vork county HM 'I bushels, ."> ipiai l s. \V. li. If. (Jas.pio, .Marion cornily ? s."> bushels, I pounds. .Major A. II. White, \ ork county -81) bushels, :; pounds. -x Kdwiu Ilarper, Cieoriictown conn ly -7'? bushels, I peek, I ipl.'irts. Wylie King, Darlington eoiuHy los bushels on I { acres, or 01 7 bush, ls lo the aere. .lanes McCutchcn, hingst roo, Williamsburg county 0n| hush,.;-.. Washington heller. ( I'Vom our I {i . "_r 111 ; i r Correspondent.) j 1 i WASMINCTON, Oetober *20, lv^'.t. .Mr. Harrison has been happy (his!1 week, compared In what lie has been i I lor several weeks past, not withstand ing thc kicking of the Illinois Sena tors al (he appointmeul o. Mr. Kanni ' lo be Commissioner of Pensions. It , . . . . ( is only lair H> tlx- new ( omtnissioncr lo say that th?' Senators do not 1 ?eel lo hint personally, but thev blaine Mr. Harrison for appointing him without consulting them, and besides, (hey ohjeel lo Mr. Haunt's being credited lo Illinois winn he lias been ?t resident of Washington or ninny yen rs. I hit all this is 1 . nothing t. Mr, Harrison when com- ' pare.I to thc torment lie was dailv ! going through in trying t.> lind a man who w as big enough, who would consent t>. lake Tanner's vacant seat. ? hie would suppose thai this np- ' [.ointment would have ended tho pension sean.lal. but ? n the ci>nI rn rs the scandal has hardly begun, as the public Will see a little later rill. There is :i seeming disposition on ibo part of the ollieials of the In terior department t.. shield some body thal is bound to result ill trou ble. For instance, when a list ,,i I he employ?es of the I'erndon Oflice uh., had their pensions revoked h\ Tanner, was published ibis week, len or twelve names, including I hat , of First Deputy Commissioner Smith, wh.. gol more limn $(?,(1(111 arrear-1 ages, u . re h it . .it'. The w hole t ntl h about i his business will ne\ er be known Hm? a Congressional investi galion i - hehl, a II. I it is eei t ai 11 1.1 1.. luld. lu the incant ?inc the disinter ested public is wait i Hg to see if Ctu missiouer Ifauin proposes t.? .lis ehnrgo lim.Ilieials whom Secre tary Nobie has . p.-iily charged with fraudulently obtaining money from t lu g ,\ eminent. The board -.i' pr..?noli..11 ..| Hie World's Kxposition of I^'.i-J, com posed 11 representatives from nearly all I he States, held au enthusiast ic meeting; hen.1 this wi ck. A ne ii.ot ial lo ( 'oiiglcss, setting forth the a.Iv an I agi - of holding tho Kxposition in W.-islington, ami calling attention to lin- fad thal it is lo be a national celebration ami should liol be eoii I rolled by local corporations, was unanimously adopted ami will be brough) lo Hie atienli.if ( 'ongross as -....M ?is the se.sion opens. The hoard called on the Presid? ni lo gel his help. Ile gave them a diplo matic aie-wer, not deeming il good policy at I his 1 ?nie !?> openly fa vor any par? ?ciliar localil \. lt i- know 11, however, that Mr. Narri on i- hearti ly in favor of W ash'nigloti. The lighl for the Speakership of llie House may now he considered as open. Mr, Cannon has been hero fol" sollie tillie, i.'iltl the ot luis will all be IM IC in a fi w .lav s. M r. ( 'an tion's friends ligure thai Mr. I,', ed Will go ? ll IO I ?ie r:il iel I s willi 7 '1 Vote-, illirie, II li -s than I he number neces sary to nominale, while Mr. Cannon will -1 :t I'l willi !.*? votes, Thc) da i in (hal I {et d's voto w ill fall off after llie I i l's 1 ballot, alni Cannon's in en uso until lie gets (he nomination, 'l . mr correspi .intent helie\ cs that Peed, win. is secretly supported by ibo administration, will be nomi nated before the fourth ballot is reached in the I It-publican caucus. lieprti 'lila! ive I buick, of Tnim s see, nni.oiinees his purposi !.. ?utri> CHCC il bill in Congr? ss repealing the Civil Servile lau, aid lo force il lo a Vide, if possible. If such a bill ev er gels bc fi ?re lin- I louse, pari v lilies w ill h. .! conn) l'..i nindi, as ii has opponent s Ms well a- friends on both sides of the House. Non. lioger Q. Mills Ins arrived m tho city for tim winier. His du ties will liol be a-arduous during (lu coming session as thoy were al thc last. .Mr. Mills docs not think that any legislation of importance will he passed hy lins Congres. t hief Justice Kulkr lins put a stop to the talk of nominating him for President in 1892 by stating positively thai under no circumstan .cs will he allow the use of his name in that connection. And to clinch hr nutter, he has told a friend that ie would not accept the nomination f unanimously tendered him. Ile s entirely satisfied with his present losition. Secretary Noble sneeringly speaks >t 'l auner as a "back number." He ? li??tibi remember (hal he will hinisoll ir a "hark number" one of these lays, lt is always the fate of oilier udders. ijo22,000,000 is the amount that '.ingress: will be asked to appropri ?e lo continue the building of thc tew vessels for llie navy. l'Ii v School CoMtnilssloncr's State uieut*-*Unex|ientleil Money-?- Schoo Dist rids, fee, ,ilKsA?.-i, l.lil tous, : ?ii ;i copy o our paper, a few week i ago, lin. Internent was made by Mr. S. I* ?Uribling, the School Commissioner li.it lhere was something over >-.>()( if utiexpendetl money in the treasury >f this amount hr says the sum o ;'Jiio was intended lo have a Norma school for tlie training (d' teacher! I u rino th?'summer, bul thc Unan IM liol think thr teachers manifest . I sullicicul interest in such ?I schon o justify thrill in expending il lo liai purpose. This is not surpris ng. lt is not to be expected tba hoy -hoiil,I. The truth is, Un ? achers arr discouraged. They ar o j.riv paid they have no induce nents io take any interest in Norina ir .HIV other kimi of schools. Th 'on i in issi? mer kindly suggests tba his unexpended money lie used t li fray the expense of the Scion )istriots, ?.tc. This is very consul rate in him ; but one should be just io fi ?rc he is generous. "Thou sha! lot muzzle the mouth of thc ox," i hr comm.'iml of ( bul, and if an limi er was over worthy of his hit ? i- the teacher. Would it not hav icen moro reasonable, more in ai oi'dance with justice, had Mr. Stril ing suggested that ibis money li ise.l to defray thc expenses of il loni* teachers win. tread through co] nd rain and mud with scared ? ?i ii j o ii s.i t i, m enough to pay fi heir shoes-/ Kxpcnsc nf the Sebo. >islricts, indeed! Mow abs ur vhen so many teachers ure cryit or I heir hard earned money! < b von!.I suppose that with all M -t rib ting's experience in the sehn .oi tn his sympathies would lie wi he teachers, lt is some consolath .. know thnt thnr is yet a lilt vmpathy existing among the tone -rs. The pay they gol is not cot nensurale willi the work they i I'liey have lo endure so much, pi brough sii.-h tribulations beb ley gel tli.ir money, lhal th .von h I scarcely be human, did th lot sometimes console i ?Ile alioth If I here was u< > im ?ney in thc t rc try, if each (cacher, according .'..ade, without any favoritism ..rlialily, had receive.1 thc -MI ie ree I I I.-ige of what there was, tlc iViuil-l 11 .i \ i ? lu en no murmuring a e. dissatisfaction, As il is, .] ivonhl grumble ami Moses would noved with indignai ion. h is i -robable lhal either of thom e aught school. I lad they done hey Would in v er hav e susi .lilied eplllatioll they have. No, ?siribling, it you please, sir, rei mb-r your suggestion and Iel jusi IM- linne, though the heavens I At least show the teachers that sympathize with tln iii ami appreei llieir efforts. Unthcr suggest I lin- III.i Ap eldo. I money be paid ii.. wie? have so nobly earned When thi- has been done, then liol uni il I hen, should il be used lefrny.the expenses nf School I i rids. K. * . i [" . i n i -. n ? i ? N ? r i x i . i : i ?. 1 ( harjics (hal ('imbi uni bc Prove Sonic lime ago a warrant -worn ..ut fm- Seth \\ . Scruggs, lilis di y, fur a long lime il gov nieiil stnivkecpcr and gauger Walhalla, on charges nf v iolati if different sod inns of thc rev?? laws .itulc Mr. Scruggs was lil i,i- po-itioii under tin1 gnvernin The e . anio up f,,r a prcHmil i-xainiiialioii several weeks ago fore Commissioner Hawthorne, w as colli inned awail ing l ui llier lonee. Tin* continued hearing a rame up yesterday and Comm ?ssh Hawthorne disini ;;;cd Mr. Sern lin evidence being very insulin rh arly v ?a.licit ing him ami pro him 1>. hav e been a model ami 11 w ort hy < -ll' rr of thc gn\ emmet ftninvUti Xrirtt. ? .? Thc recent elei-l ion- in K ru lie ; ulled in a cninplele I ri ii I ii [ di of public IllisJII. Till' hopes of Mona rel i i-I s o| ali sha? les ap pe be iilterlv ovcrlhrowii, and foundations nf llie lb-public 1 io assume an appearance of s??l mid durahilil v. ST. PAUL, Minn., October '28. Hon. I,. Ii. lien, of .Miles City, .Mont., is in this city. Ile says thai in Western .Montana the grass is liter ally withered away for want of rain. Many thousand head of cattle have starved io death for want of grass and famished for water. Ranchmen are paying over $20 and $25 a ton for hay, and in a week or two it will he impossible to get it at any price. Water is being hauled in some cases as far as twenl v miles. lil lt MI NO ll AM, Ala., October '28. Saturday morning over 500 colored emigrants passed through here from North Carolina en route to Arkansas and Texas. 'They say large numbers will follow later on. A leading pas senger agent states that no less than 10,000 colored people have left ('ani lina and Georgia this fall and gone West. The reason they "ave is dis content ami poor crops. In one of the parties Saturday was a distin guished personage, Groat Spirit of tin! Sky, an Indian chief, formerly with tho Catawba Indians of North Carolina. Ho is ooino- lo the Ch??ro kee nation, where he wants lo settle. Ile has two wives and seventeen children, win? accompany him. "So you m-e the new girl," said tin* boarders to the new waiter; "and liv what name aro w e to rail you ?" "Pearl," said the maid, with a saucy loss of lier hoad. "()," asked a smart boarder, "are you the pearl of great pri?e?" "No; Fm thc pearl thal was east before swine." There was a long silence, broken only by the lui/./, of ihr ll i os iii the inilk pilclier. New Advertisements. Remember That UT ANO NOT KS and nil other. TRANSACTIONS are due NOV KM UKI! i |ST. So collie ililli settle lip so We call pay ami keep up thc equilibrium, We are always anxious to buy Cotton j Al the IIIUIIKST PRICK. A ml wc want all I ho COTTON SK KI) I we can gel for the SUNKCA OIL MILL, at 20 Cents 4?er Bushel, Cash. W. A. STROTHER k GO. WEST UNION, S. C. I Iclober ::i. Merchant Tailor. Ml Kl )K l? M K TIIK1I.Kl'III.. late I (lei in.HIV. a professional tailor, is prepared to no ?HIV kind of work in his line on reasonable terms. Uive him a i all at his olin.ll Main st reel. nest door In Hank. Walhalla. S. I '. ? letober :il, issn. I M? Patents, ( "a void and Trade Marks obtained, ami all l'aient business conduct ed for MonicuATi-: I KKKS. Our office is opposite V. S. l'aient I Ollice and wc cnn secure patents in less j time and al lessons! than those remote 1 fruin Washington. Scud model, drawing j or photograph, with description. We ad vise, if patentable ?r liol, free of charge. Our fee liol due lill patent is secured. A Lu i I I: ll.v. 'Ihm to ol.tain Latents," w iib naines nf actual clients in your State, count v or town soul tree. Address, C. A. SNl >\V A CO., Opp. Psi toil I (Mice, Washington, | >. r. Hm Mill. Cotton Oin iii KNOWN AS THE WAXXKK'S MILLS, situai.-il I miles South of Walhalla. S. ( '.. als.. acres nf small grain, corn and cotton lands, ?f desired, are for ron I for a lorin ol years. Machinery and build ings in good (.riler. Apply for (erins lo (.. WA NN Kit, Proprietor. ( ?Hoher L'l. I SSI I. |:? lt T 1 llK County Commissioners of Ocouec county will, on lin Mb day of NOVKM KKK NKNT.nl fluir ollice in Walhalla. S. i .. Iel to lb . lowest responsible bid dor Ibo cont,.,ct to remodel uni repair thc dwelling le n c at the Poor Karin. ! Sealed bids will I .. ri ccu . il bj Ibo un ihn signed al Hie ..iii.-.- m I il the lt h day of November, Issn, Plans ami spoollloa lioiis for said ttorls can bc soon bj calling ?ll the ollice. .1. W. Ml K.I.I 111, clerk of Hoard. Cc I ober 17. Issi?. ?ia ::i NOT!CK ! ;\ LL persons indebted lo inc will please c ome forward ;it once and settle. Non will timi meal. Seneca. S. C.. al tho I >r. I lavis' obi stand. (?nano and Acids siro due. so come at .nee ami save un- Ibo (rouble of hunting ! von Up. Youls Iriilv, L . T>. I l A Y I K Oe tobo I 17. Issn. s KN KC A. s. C. 12 lin I lillk II riM; MPUI? ll lillie --I hilve just received an entire new stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Notions, BOOts, Hardware and Groceries, And i am sidling them so cheap that people say "WONDERED!.." Conic anti see mo and he con ?need. I don't intend to hi' undersold. -HEADQUARTERS For Country Produce of all kinds. Highest market price for Chickens ami Kggs. (?ive mc a call, aud if you can't timi me, John will lu* on hand ami will he only too glad to serve you. Respectfully, I>, OBLKEBS. Walhalla, S. C. October 21, ISSI?. M. W. Coleman & Co., Headwaiters ?or Fine Goods. Since last week wo havo had another shipment of DRESS coons, in nil Wool Serges, nil Wool Henriettas, and Kinbrojdcred Hohes, tho ii Beautiiui anti Stylish Goods ol die season. Silk Velvets ami Plushes, in all the fashionable shades. In Black Dress fabrics, WO lui VU Henriettas, Drap d'Alina, Camel's Hair Twills, Indian Cashmeres and all Wool Hannels. Also, a full lino of Second Mourning Ciders, in same goods, with and without side hands. These are BE AU TI F IT I j ?rOOI>S, And yon must soe them before you buy -WM HAVE. A BEAUTIFUL LIN K Ol'' WRAPS, DIRECTORS COATS AND JACKETS, Ai! new ami nobby. Our real Blush Jackets are as handsome as can he fourni tn the Slate, ami at less than city prices. SHOES. In SHOES wt- still have a full line of Ladies' Kine Hoods, of R. P. I {ced A Cu., Monngnhu, Bay A: Co. and Lynn Union Shoes. Don't miss a pair of 11 onie-M ade B BOCA NS al *l. .-'.">. (?nod Copper Tip Child's Shoe tit 2fl cents. I Men I y of standard Prints at I cents per yard. ? Come and seo our stock. Yours truly. !U W, g?LEEQ?li % 00., SENECA, S. C. (lctoher IT. ISSU._ FALL AND WINTER Millinery, liions, Dress Goods, Sloes, THE LAT HST THIXH IN LADIES' WEAH. Miss Lewi.-,, of Allanta, has charge of thc MILLI Xii HY. Sat ?sf act ion g uara ut ceil. I hope lo seo thc smiling faces of all my ubi customers and a great many nii\\ ones. ll. ll. CAMA K, Seneca., S. C. Money to Loan os Improved farm lands. In sums ol' $:tiM)ni.il o i. w un ls. l.ouns repayante in small annual In KlalliiH-nlM lliroilKll a i io rim I ul six yean, thus uiiahlini; MK' Imrrnwer to payoff lils liulcliied-1 ness williiml exhausting Ins crop mi any nun year. Apply i>> STItlltl.l.NtS ?; IIKUNDON, Attorneys, Walhalla, S. <\ Itel, ttl, issn. FORECLOSURE SALE. jVjoTH'H is humby given Dint limier ll and by virtue' of lim power mid au tinnily eon ferrel I in a mortgage by .1. K. Dawson lo ll. D. A. Uicmaun, bullring date Hie Killi day of Mareil, IST/, (lilly curt? lied ami recorded m tho office of l?egister Meslie < 'oilveyaiiee ot Coonee ('utility, in Hook (', pag'es :MU-7-?*, I will ! sell, to the highest bidder. III publie nilC lioii, al Walhalla < 'oort House, on sale-! ?lavin November next, between the. le gal hours of sale, the real estate, de- j scribed in said mortgage as follows, to- 1 wir,: AU (hat certain tract or lot of land, lying and being situated in the village of West Cnion, and containing one acre, more or less, hy a survey made hy Cen. W. fc\ Ervin, thc sam?' being a part of a linet ?d' land known as the West Union tract, in the. county and State aforesaid, and being I bc same I tact I bought from Itenjaniin N. .Mitchell, also my frame dwelling house ami outhouses now standing on said lot; also that piece or parcel of land adjoining the above men lioned lot, containing one acre, more or less, being the same thal I bought, of Capt. John C. Neville; both Ibu above lots are hound hy lauds ?d' Jacob Schro der, Henry Stucke ami ('apt. John ( '. Neville, the saul mortgaged premises lo he sold to satisfy a balance duo mi the mortgage debt ami Hie expenses of the sal?;. 'I'Eh.MS. ( ash. Purchaser lo pay ex Ira for papers JOHN c. NEVILLE, Assignee ol' Mortgagee. (Midier IO, IsS'.l. il ll Public Sale. 1)l'i:sl'.\N"r lo a.der nf the Court ; . >l ( '< 111) 1111 Ol Pleas ol' ( Iconee count v. j I will sell, lo the highest bidder, at Wal halla Court House, mi MONDAY, the Ith ?lay ol" November, ISSI),all the judgments and choses in action belonging lo thc! estates of William I.. Keith and Elizabeth ll. Keith, appraised doubtful or worth less. Terms cash. J. J. NOI?TOX, Surviving Executor. ( Mobcr lo, ISSO. Il-.it. CITATION. IN THU COI UT or PltOllAYK. Ill IticiiAitn Lr.wi?, Ji m;.; or Pnou.vri:. VViiKitKAs, W. A. Holcomb has made suit lo meto grant him Letters of A?l 1 minist rat ion of the Estilles and Effects of J. H. Holcomb and P.. A. Holcomb, ; deceased These are, thereto) ', to cite and ad mcnish all and singular the kindred ami creditors of thc said .1. H. Holcomb and E. A. Hillclimb, ?lecease.il, that they hu and appear before me. in the (.'our! of I'roba le, lo he held al Walhalla Court House, s. c., un Saturday, the nih day of November, lNHt>, aller publication hereof, at tu o'clock in the forenoon, tu show cause, if any they have, why Un said administration should not he grant cd. Hiveii limier my hand and se il this the -1st dav of October, Anim Domini ISSU, 111 < ' 11 A Kl) LEWIS. Judge of Probate of ( inmcc ( 'mini v. 1 Hid ober 21, issn. .1.1-21 Master's Sales. STATK Ol-' SOUTH OAHOLINA. I ( Icox KU Cm MI. S IN rm: cor KT OK COMMON PI.KAS. Pl AN I tn judgments ol' foreclosure ililli decrees ul sale in Mic following cnti tlcil cases. I will sell, un salesilav in NOV KM H Kl! NKXT. lutlie highest'hid der, iii I run I nf Walhalla Court House, at public outcry, (luring Hie legal hours ut' sale. Hie following (Icsci'ibcd real estate. OH thu tCI'IIIS specified iii lin respective eases,I nw il : lo Hie ease, nf Kohcrt A. Thompson, as agent nf Lydia Neal, against A. C. Hrown anil c. L. Leid : All that piece, pan el or Tl!ACT < IK LANI), situate in Ocouue county, in the State aforesaid, on branches of Oeonee creek, waters of Little Uiver, containing Two Hundred Acres, i ne ne or less, and adjoining la ml s ol' Mis. ] M. .1. I li own. David Duncan, K.I i ja h Den Ion, Kiley place and others. THUMS-One-third cash on thu day of ' sale, the balance un a credit nf one year, I with intern; ;, thu credit portion lo bc se I Cltrud by a bond of the purchaser and a i mortgage of t'ne premises. Purchaser lo ? pay for papers. .lohn K. Mickler, I'lainlill, against .lames Seaborn, as administrator, el al.. De fendants--CIIMPI.AIXT roi: KKI.II.I . All that piece, nal eel ,.r TH A OT OK ; LAND, whereon .lohn C. Klinge lived al ? Hie t ?me of his decease, situate, lying and being in I he county and Male aforesaid. ; on waters nt Crooked Creek ami Little Liver, adjoining lands of Lewis Mulgan. W. .1. Dollie, estate of H. K. Knox and ot hers, i oiitaining One Hundred and Fifty Acres, nmre ur less. Th. KM s OK SAKI'. Cash. Purchaser In pay ex I ra for lilies. A. c. Knu t ami < . W. Hunt, as executors, Plaintiffs, against ll. A. ( nie. et al.. I iel em la ii I s ( o u i 'i. \ i \ i MU: Ki.;.na. All that piece, pared or TUA HT OK LAND, situate, lying and being in the county and Stale il ircsaid, near Seneca City, S. C., and known as Lol Nu. I, nf the hume fillet, of the real estate ul Hansom Hunt, deceased, as subdivided and platted by C. A. Magee, surveyor, un ' the '.Md October, I SSH, and containing 24 3-10 Acres, j more or less, adjoining lands of - Liinipkin, T. A. McCarlev and others. TKKMs OK SALK-Cash. Purchaser In pay exI ra for I ?I les. In casu nf Lydia Neal, Administrai rix, I against W. T. Unod and Joseph C. Kmerson. ; All thal piece, parcel or THAI T < >K I LA ND, situate in Oeonee county, on thc wafers of Little Uiver, containing One Hundred Acres, more ur less, and adjoining lands now or foi nierly owned hy Levi N. liohins, .1. .1. . Norton and others, being thc tract nt laud conveyed lo the defendant, W. T. Hood, by .1. Hurlston Morgan, and lying i near thc' Woolf Slake. ' TKHMS < IK SAKI'.. ' Hie Hoi.I cad, on Hie day nf sale, and balance mi a credit nf twelve lUOIllllS, li. he scilircil by a bond of thu purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser lo pay extra fur papers. (liven under my hand and seal the 7th dav of ( n t.da r A*. I>.. Issi). I L. S. I inOHAKD LKW IS, Master, j October lo, ISSU. ||..|| K- K- K DON'T M KAN Kill King Kotton, Hui U ?loci? incanMiat thu KB0WB6 Kort Knewspaper Says for you lo Kum Kwick Kurnal And buy Hmso things your gund and faithful wife waubs or Keep Kennverins Kaptain Until your houso is woll furnished and Kundertnldc for Kuz/.lns and Kumpaiiy -OH KliEP KITCHENS KLliAR Of old Stoves and old Kooking Kulch Knocked To pieces und Kum and Kntcli some Know Prices of Cooking.and Heating Stoves, Furniture, Doora and Sash, Ac, or Keep Klean Konsciences Hy paving what you owe that man TODD, ?t Seneca. October 17, ISS?. TO LET, " THE CEDARS." Iwill rent my cottage, opposite Kauf mauu's Opern House, to a careful ten ant. Family without small chil dren preferred'. Thc house is nicely lin ixltcd inside and painted throughout. I Minds on every window. Terms $0.28 per month. Apply at Norma's Drug Store. Itcspcel fully, V. h. NOI5MAN. October 21, issn. 4:t-tf. Final Settlement. VTOTICK is hereby given thal I will ap 1> ply to Hiehard Lewis, Kst|., .Judge of Probate for Oeonec county, S. C., at hisollice in Walhalla, S. C.. for leave to make Html settlement of thc estates of huey F. Orvhl nu- Cain and Mary Cyn thia' F. Ki cnian m r Cain, minors, on Kridav, 22d dav of November next, at 11 o'clock A. M. ' ASA I.FATHFKS, tiuurdian. ( Ictobcr 2 I, ISSI?. 4;l-4t Tax Notice. THKA.SUItKlt'S oFFKF, WALHALLA, S. C., October 1st, issn. T 1 11 F hooks for the collection of taxes for thc liscal year commencing November Ist. ISSS, will bc opened on thc billi of October and close bit h of December, I sst i : Slate tax .."ii Mills. Ordinary county tax ..".j. Special county tax.I School tax.ii Special School Tax in Seneca Cruded District.:? AU males Ind ween 21 and 50 years of agc, md exempt by law, $1.00 poll tax. I will attend at (he places named and the limes speeilied below for the collec tion ol' laxes ?uni on ail other days at Hie Court House: Fort Madison, October Kith, until tho departure of Hie noon train. Westminster, October Kith, alter the arrival of the noon train to the departure nf the noon I rain on 1 he 171 h. Itichland, < Ictobcr 17th, alter Hie arrival of the noon train. Seneca, i Ictobcr IStli and luth. Cherry Place, October '-'1st, lo to 12 A. M. Adams Cr??ssing, October 21st, 2 lo I P. M. Sitton's Mills. October ?2d, IO lo 2. Fair Piny, < lolohor 2:;d. Ki to ::. South I nion. < Ictobcr 2-1 th, S to IO. Haley's Store, October 2-1 th, ll lo 2. Ililli Falls. I ictobcr 2.'.th, IO lo ll. Sal..m. i Ictobcr 2.">!h. I to billie hiver. < leloher 201 h, !> lo ll. Mrs. Kaiikins", Oct ober 2iit h. I to:!. Abd l;?d.ins*. October 2Slh, hilo 12. .lonas Phillips'. < Ictobcr 2Sth, 2 lo I. D. F. Carter's, October 20th, tl lo lt. \V. F. Welborn's, October 20th, 2 lo !. Taxes are payable in gold and silver coin. United Stales currency. National Hank Notes and Coupons which shall be come payable during tho yoni issn on thc consolidated bonds of this State, known as " I'.t own Hoods," ?md t he hom. , of (IK-Sinti- known as " Dcllcicncy Bunds," mill on any other bonds which may bc issued by authority of any Act nf Mic (u ncial Assembly passed al its lasl session. Fi fl cen per cenl penally will attach on all unpaid laxes on December loth, I8S0. I nl'oi mal ion as lo laxes cheerfully given by mail. Please enclose stamp for reply. J. W. UOLLEMAN, Treasurer Oconee County. New Stoic Now Goods. ON hand CHOCK KUY, CLASS AND TIN WA UK, of latest slyles und newest patterns. Decorated ('humber Sets, sl.oo; Tin Chamber Sets, ?1.7?. Cups anti Sane?is from 2f?c, up. Dish pans from ldc. up. Funnels and Measures from fte, up, Mai king Pols, 2.V. Sunups, 20c. up. Waiters from I ."ic. up, etc., el?. Will hailer tor Cotton lings, Wool, Hees wax, ?-te. Can also sell Fngiiics, (Jins, Presses, Cann Mills, K va porn tors, ('?der Mills. Wagon Scales, Corn Shelters, Huh her Helling, (lubber Piping, Har bed Wire Fencing, ( 'ombinalioii renee nod Sausage Mills and Stlll?ers. t all and see mc. Prices low. Heavy Hoods delivered at residences. V. F. MARTIN, Ap;ont, Hell IJuihlhig, Walhalla, S. C. N . H.-Hooks of Account straightened up or posted af mod?rale rales. < Ictobcr '?, ISS0, lo :hn Annual Meeting County Commissioners. rilli F. County ' 'ommissioners of Ooonco I cornily will hold their annual meel on TU KS |) A V. the .'dh day ol November, Issn, al 11 o'clock A. M. All persons holding claims ol' an\ chai.icier against Ocoucc county, which have mil been presen)ed, will deposit the same with Hu- undersigned on or before Hie Isl dav ?.| November, ISSO, so that (hey may ho examined ami ordered paid at the annual meeting. .1. w. SIIKI.OU, Clerk of Hoard. i ?ci..ho in, issn. -li- it