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Published oyery Thursday morning. . For subscription, $1,50 pc-r" annum, striotiy Iii advance; for six months, 75 cent1';'for four months, 60 cents. Advertisements inserted at ono dollar per square of ono Inch or less for the llrst insertion and fifty cents for each sub sequent insertion. Obituary Notleos exceeding Ilvo Unos, Tributos of Ueepoct, Communications of a personal character, 'when admissablo, and Ann'Duncomonts of Candidates will bo charged for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and oheaply oxcou Nooossity compols us to adhm-o strictly too requlromonts of Cash Payments. to To Thine Qw? ?elf Be True nud It Wwa, P<t?oW M tht) ihe Day> Th.? f?ft ^ ^ ? F(iUe ^ ^ l'Imi. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JAYNJBS. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNK 1?, 1800. VOLUME XL?.-NO 24. The Charleston House. JUST. RECEIVED 1 Oar Fresh Patent Flour, " Schumacher's " Daisy Double Patent, And 'Oven Lifter," Single Patent. Also, Low Grades from $2.75 per Bbl. Upwards. Fancy and' Staple Groceries, Canned Goods, &c. Tiif*' X>rives in Olotliiiig', lints, Dry Goods, Shoes, Sec? 1X)?NTERS FOR THE PUBLIC. ^ohiimaonox^s Goods 02^'" Are iALl'w&ys 13ixi*?rtimH, (GeP Always tiro Dest, 03"' Always, tlie Newest, Alwitys tlie Olienpest. Otto H. Schumacher, Walhalla, S . C. i roodH Ir* tidied nuc? 'Delivered Free. NEW STYLES, AID IM PRICES ! Wo havo just rcoyiyod our new SPRING STOCK, consisting of the largest Spring Stock of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Henriettas, Worsteds, Lawns, Prints, Satines, Lucos, Ifnnoy Goods, Notions, Clothing, lints and Shoes, and propose to sell at prices that defy competition. In Ready-made Clothing we feel that we havo the largest, host selected stock und nicest styles ever brought to Westminster. Suits from $3.f)0 up. Odd Pants for everybody and a pair for any one olsc that may want them, ?hoap. F ?RNITU.UE ! FUUNITUUE ! ! Just received, another large &c, &c, cheaper than ever, ?y COFFINS ! lot of liureaus, Rcdstonds, Washstands, COFFINS 1 Wo havo just received another large lot of Collins and Caskets and are prepared to lit them up at all hours. In Groceries we are still leaders of Low Prices. Can sell you a good Family Flour that we warrant to bp pure for $8.50 per barrel. Try it. E We are constantly receiving New Goods, in theso linos, and will givo our customers Pock Bott?ni Prices. trial will convince any one of this boast. In conclusion, wo will say Ours is the place to buy, And the roason why will tell, - Wo bought tho Goods and paid tho cash And are determined to soli. . N. Carter & Co., Westminster, S, C, New Advertisements. Register ! Register ! MY books will bo open St Walhalla Court House for the registration of voters only two more days, to-wit: Tb? 1st. Monday In -Inno and the 1st Monday in July. II persons so entitled are urged to come forward and register, blank applications for renewals of lost certificates can he had at. any time by calling nt my office. The applications must, bo in writ ing. All pensons wanting to register or renew their Certificates must, appear before me in person. N. C. M<-DONALD, Supervisor liegisl ration. May , 18(10. ll-ld Notice is Hereby Given the following described por .L sonai property, having been soi/.ed on tho loth day of'May, 1800, in Ph-kons County, S. C, for violation of Sections filftO and .'h2l)ll, H. S. United Stales, par tics claiming the same must Hie bond in tho Collector's Olliee at Columbia, S. C. within 80 dayr from dale hereof, or the samo will bo declared forfeited to the United States: One black Dorso Mule, I years old. 1 One-Morse Wagon. One Se' Singlo Harness. ICIoven todious Corn Whiskey. Seized as the property of Win. S. Dal l'vmplo and Wm. II. Bryant, THOS. (}. C. VA 11 KSTOCK, Deputy Collector, Walhalla, June 2d, IflOO. ' 22:3t WEBSTER Tho so-called "Webster'sUn abridged Dictionary *,* which i? bei iigr haAvkcd about tho country and o tiered for sale in Dry Goods Stores at a low price, and also oti rod ns a premium in a few ensos, for subscriptions to pa pers, is substantially tho book of OVER FORTY YE?RS AGO Tho body of the work, from A to Z, is a oheap reprint, page for page, of f he edition of 1847, reproduced, broken tyne, errors and all, by phototype process. DO NOT BE DECEIVED I! Get the Beet!} Whl??n?owr Merchant Tailor. flRKDNRICK aortiti THKILKUHL professional ate tailor, 1 prepared to do any kind of work in his lino on ronsonahin terms. Givo him a call at his oOico on Main street, next door to Rank, Walhalla, S. C. October 81, 1880. 44-tf Jifaldos many othor valuable fcaturos.ltcomprlsea A Dictionary of the Language containing 118,000 words and 3000 Engravings, f i A Dictionary of Biography ( facta alM>ut nearly 10,000 Notod Tersone giving A Dictionary of Geography locating and brlolly describing 2 .000 l1acc#, A Dictionary of Fiction Vonnd only In Wobstor'e Unabrldgod, ? Ali in One Book. The New York" Tribune Haya? ?lereeognUot! as Ilio most ueorul oxlstlng "word-book" of tho English language all ovor the world. Sold by all Itookaollora. Pamphlet freo. 0. A C. MIRRIAM * CO., Pub'r*,flpirlngfield, Mae?. TEACHER'S COLUMN. ? -o. All communications intended for th?B column should ho addressed to S. P. Stribling, Sohool Commis Bionor, Walhalla, S. O. New School Districts. long: ennuie school district, no. 45. Beginning at the mouth of Fall Creole, on Chattooga River, thonce down said river to tho mouth of Fieli Trap branoh, thence a straight lino to J. N. Watkins', thence a Btraight lino to J. H. Carter's, thonce a Btraight lino to J. li. Butt's, thence a straight lino to the Man rock, on Pula?ki Township, ort- tho Rogue's | ford road, thonco said Township lino to Chauga Creek, thence up said creek to tho mouth of Double Branch, theneo a straight lino to J. 1 J. Woodall's, thonco a straight lino to W. II. Thrift's, thonco a straight lino to tho mouth of Fall Creek on Chattooga Hiver. I'ULABIU SCHOOL DISTRICT, no. 46, Beginning at tho Pulaski Town ship line, on Tugaloo Rivor, thonco said line to tho Western branch of Long Nose Crook, thence a straight lino to tho North end of Piny Moun tain, thonco a straight lino to the llorso fordfon Big Brasstown Creek, thonce a straight lino to tho mouth of Battle Creek, on Tugaloo River, thonco said rivor to tho beginning point. nUASSTOWN SCHOOL DI8T1UCT, no. 47. Beginning at J. R. drier's resi dence, thence a straight lino to J. B. Butt's residence, thence a straight lino to tho Man rook, on the Pulaski Township line, thence said Township lino to Chauga Creek, thence up said creek to tho mouth of the Double Branch, thence a straight lino to J. J. Woodall's residence, thence the old ridgo road to Long Creek church, thence the Pulaski road to the begin ning point. DAMASCUS SCHOOL district, no. 48. Beginning at tho mouth of Battle Crook, on Tugaloo Rivor, thonco a straight lino to tho Ho'rso ford, on Big Brasstown, thence a Btraight line to the North end of Piny Moun tain, thonco a straight line to the crossing of -the Western branch of Long Nose Creek and tho Pulaski Township line, thonco said line to Man rock, on Rogue's Ford road, thence a straight lino to J. B. Butt's residence, thence a straight line to J. R. Carter's residence, thonce a straight lino to J. N. Wntkins', thonco a straight lino to tho mouth of Fish Trap branch, on Chattooga River, thonco down said rivor to the begin ning point. S. P. Sthiiilino. No Woman. No woman ought to marry a man she cannot respect. No woman ought to be more con cerned about her bonnet than she ie about her salvation. No woman ought to say things about other peoplo that sho would not liko to havo said about'hcrsolf. No woman ought to neglect her babies to become a philanthropist. No woman ought to be afraid to do what sho knows eho ought to do. No woman ought to scold her children. No woman ought to be cross to her husband. No woman ought to bo a tattler. No woman ought to bo a busybody. No woman ought to forgot to bo polite to everybody. No woman ought to bo anything less than lovable. No woman ought to bo a poor housekeopor. No woman ought to be uncharita ble. No woman ought to be unforgiving. No woman ought to be resentful. No woman ought to be envious.? Indianapolis Harne Horn. Columuia, S. C, Juno 0.?Tho June report of the Stato Department of Agriculture, compiled from 240 reports of special correspondents, shows that, with a few exceptions, perfect stands of cotton exist throughout tho State. The plant is healthy, vigorous and well ndvnncod, blossoms having been reported in tho lower counties several days ago. Tho average condition is 108, against 78 last year. The increase in acre age is four per cent. An excellent stand of corn is reported and the crop is clean and growing finely. The Now York Central Railroad has twenty-six fornaio station agents. Huiler at tho Front. Gen. Butler, our Senator, mudo a specoli at Leoevlllo on tho 5th in stant. Wo make tho following ox traets from the speech : I know what I am talking about when I suy that tho farmers of tho South, and particularly of this State, are gotting on botter than those of any other section. In tho North west thoy have reason to bo despond ent with corn, their groat staple crop, Boiling at twelve conts a bushel , or burned for fuel, and their farms mortgaged beyond redemption. And I can say to you t[hat those farmers of tho Northwest a never realized until now what has been tho mattor with thorn. But the scales are falling from their oyes. Politicians havo cultivated their hatred against us. But thoy are finding out that, like our farmors, tho ohlof causo of their troubles ie not in tho Stato govern ments, but in various Fedora! laws which aro taxing agriculturists to death. When I was speaking in Greenville two years ago I made referenco to tho oppressions of tho tariff A man got up aftor me and pooh-poohed. Ilo said it was not tho tariff, but the trusts which woro making tho trou blo, failing to see that tho trusts were tho fruit of tho vicious r-ystem of taxation which tho Kopublioan party had put upon uh. This man said that it was not tho tariff, because ploughs and horse shoes woro clicap or now than before the war. But that it is because of improvements in manufacturing?because articles which were then made by hand aro now made infinitely cheapor by ma chinery. But if ploughs and horso shoes are oheaper now, why, in the name of common honesty, should thoy not be made still cheapor to our farmors by tho reduction of ta riff taxes upon them V Now I am going to astonish you. I tell you that everything which ovory man, woman and child in tins hall has to buy is taxed on the avo rago forty-BOven conts on the dollar 1 You pay that much to tho manu facturer or to the treasury of the United States. You don't feel it di rectly in every coat and shoo and dress you buy for yourself or your wife, beoaueo it is an indirect tax, but you pay it all the same.. Yet every effort wo make to reduce this tariff taxation fails. Tho large manufacturers of tho country havo raised corruption funds of millions of dollars and placed men in Con gress to provent tho reduction of such taxes. llowcvor, from recent develop ments I am inclined to think that the farmors of the Northwest will not be influenced much longer by tho sec tional cry against robel brigadiers and Southern hostility. I believe I will claim tho right of an American citizen and a South Carolinian to express my opinion on any public question. have some papers on tho sub-treasury scheme, and I intend to talk about it, but I don't think I'll boro you. ("Go ahead 1" ."Go ahead !" "Wo want information about that!") All right. I will go ahead. One of these bills provides that tho Secretary of Agriculture?a Bc publican now?upon the petition of ono hundred citizens, with certain certificates, in certain counties in tho United States, producing certain agricultural products to tho value of half a million dollars?upon tho filing of these papers, shall causo to bo built in each county a government waro house, with elevators, bins and weighing apparatus, and that when built tho products of my friend, Jack Bates and myself, corn, cotton, wheat, oatB and tobaeco can bo placod in one of them, wo receiving a certificate to tho amount of 80 per cent, of tho value of tho products stored, and that wo can send tho certificate to Washington and get treasury notes at 1 percent, interest. Tho produce shall remain in the warehouse not more than eleven month0 Tho manager of tho ware house nst weigh the produce, and Bates and I pay the expenses of it. Now I maintain in the first place that Congress has no more right to build and operate a warehouse than it has to send ami have mine and your cotton hoed. Tho treasury has no right to loan money to individuals on interest. It is not a bank. Its powers aro like those of tho State treasury, limited to tho collection and disbursement of funds. Thore are roan f other objections to tho bill, but tho constitutional ono is sufficient. Now, when a question of public ?'? v.' ":'? ' . ?: "':...".' ? > ? policy is brought up 1 consider it nnd thou state my position truthfully in regard to it, and you can kick me out of my place tomorrow if I am expected to hold it at tho ?aerifico of truth and honor 1 (Applauso.) I was approached some time ago by a young man, an advooato of tho bill, who asked me whether I would support it. I answered him: "I'll see you in a pretty warm place he fore I do 1" (Lnughtor and appluuse.) I could not support that bill without violating my conscience?my oath to dofond tho Constitution. Wo havo been struggling along almost against hopo. I havo struggled to keop tho Federal power away from tie, and I stand to tho fight ! Lot tho pcoplo alono, in Cod's ?amo I llore comes a bill inviting tho Fede ral government to como into our midst with an army of officials to regulate our privato affairs ! Why, gent leinen, has it COIUO to this, that tho people of this Stato and country havo become like chil dren, so dependent that thoy can't attend to their own business, but must get tho United States Gov ernment to attend to it for thorn ? Whon 1 first road the bill I really thought it was the offspring of a crank. There was not a singlo pro position in it to commend it to any farmer in this country ! I was in hopes that tho Farmers' Alliance, which is a proper and praiseworthy organization, was go ing forward to the ? farmers in self reliance, economy and thrift, proper and praiseworthy objects. But when an organization of that kind is started the politicians jump on it and rido it to death for office. I am delighted to sec tho agitation among farmers on all questions, to see thorn working up thoir own in terests, but all I beg of them is not to be led away by such an ignis fatuus as this sub-treasury bill. Do any of you know how many counties there arc in the United States ? Twenty-eight hundred 1 And the proposed appropriation for this solicino ? Fifty millions of dol lars I Now I don't know whethor you could ecoure a warehouse if the bill should pass. Lexington, Bickens, Gconec and tho smaller counties I don't think could. Edgeiicld might. Tho bill discriminates against the smaller counties. Absurd ! There are a great many questions which I would like to discuss, but havo not time now. It may bocomo my duty before the campaign is over to speak upon them, and if so I will express my honest opinion. I am not going to fall into a passion about them. If theso various propositions aro discussed honestly and frankly I have no fear of the result. "Laying by" Corn. Corn planted in March or April will soon be sufficiently advanced as to require* no further cultivation. Most farmers have some sort of rule to guide them as to the proper time or stage of development of tho plants at which cultivation should cease. Some think tho crop may be safoly plowed, if done very shallow, up to the time of silking; while others in sist that. cultivation by the plow should not extend beyond tho "bunching for tassel" stage. Both aro right, and both aro wrong?some times; which is equivalent to saying thnt no definito rule can bo given as to tho time. If tho plants arc growing vigor ously, nnd the gronnd is left clear of grass ami in good condition by a thorough surface plowing at about the timo the tassels begin to appear, further cultivation will probably not bo required. But if such last plow ing ho immediately followed by a heavy rain, wo would prefer to go over tho Held again in a few days, with a very shallow running cultiva tor, sweep or scrape, unless prevented by the fact that peas have boon sown broadcast. The practice of "hilling up" corn, either with a plow or hoe, is now rarely practiced. The idea that such hilling enables tho spur roots moro readily to enter the soil, and thnt these spur roots arc intended to per form the special functions of feod ing the fast approaching car, is, in our judgment, fallacious. Wo pre fer to oall thein brace roots, ns sig nificant of the special office they aro intended to perform?to sustain tho stalks against the force of tho winds. ?Routhem Cultivator. Tho population of New Orloans has increased 120,000 in ten1%marfl. It is now C30,000, \ Visited by an Editor. Tho editor of tho Anderson Jour~ nal 1ms rooently booh on a visit to relatives and friends in Oooneo County, and writos interestingly of his trip. Among tho many nioo things he had to say avo note the following : From Fort Hill wo drift to Old Stono Ohuroh, Hopowoll Presbyterian ohuroh of formor times, tho congre gation afterwards changing to Pon dloton. Hopowoll church was organ ized in 1790, just one hundred years ago, whon a log house of worship was built. In 1797 tho work of oreoting tho etono ohuroh was com menced, and in 1799 it was com pleted. Some years later, tho oxact dato wo do not know, tho wood work was destroyed by fire, but the st?no walls were loft standing, to be refitted'with flooring, roof, doors and windows. Thorc has boon no organ ized congregation thcro for many yonrs, but occasionally sorvices are hold thoro, nnd now and thon addi tions aro mudo to tho sleeping con gregation in tho adjacent ohuroh yard. Here are buried mombors of families for three or four generations, nnd thoro is a great doal that is sublimely interesting in a visit to their quiet resting placo. lloro is tho gravo of John Millor, who came from England nnd became tho pio neer of journalism in upper South Carolina, and also tho graves of his descendants for two or throe genera tions; bore is tho grave of .Joseph Whitner, who came from Germany, father of tho lato Judgo Josoph N. Whitnor; boro aro tho graves of Gonoral Pickons, Goneral Anderson, and a host of others, including the unfortunate young Bynum, who lost his life in a duel with Major (after wards Governor) B. F. Perry. At tho hoad and foot of By urn's gravo arc two massivo pino trocs, which tradition says sprouted from tho poles on which his coffin rested whon he was buried. Thoro was a heavy rain, and tho graveyard was roaohod with difficulty ns night oamo on, owing to swollen streams, nnd whon tho grave had boon filled the two pino poles on which tho coffin rested wore sot in tho ground at tho two ends of the grave, and to-day two pmo trees aro tho only marks of the place where Bynum was buried. Thoro is in connection with stone ohurch a small tract of land, and arrangements have recently boon made to loase a part of it, the con sideration being that tho gravoyard shall be kept in a neat and proper manner. Monday afternoon wo took tho train at Pendleton, from whioh place it is an oasy run to Bon Cleveland, provided you have a ticket from some point off the Air Line, as tho afternoon train does not usually stop at that place, and local tiokets are not sold to that place for that train. Bear in mind that what is now Ben Cleveland wnsformorly Fort Madi son, and that tho post office is now simply Cleveland. This is now an important point for lumber, shingles and crossties, nnd other business is growing yearly. Horo we spent Monday night, Tuesdc y aid Tuesday night at the home of Mr. Joel Jones and family and his good old mother, Mrs. Margaret Jones. Tho farm was one of thoso fertile river bottom places settled shortly after the Indi ans loft. Much of tho land was worn out under the old system of farming, abandoned and al lowed to grow up in pinos, &c, after which it was cleared again nnd is now old land for a second time, though in a high state of cultiva tion. Tho stone chimneys to tho dW?lling houso arc the ones origi nally erectod, but the houso was burned down at one timo and after wards re-built. Thoro is in tho'yard a grand old oak tree, nineteen foet in circumference, with outstretched limbs covering an area of 150 foot. It is now shading tho fourth genera tion. Leaving this interesting placo oarly Wednesday morning, wo went fivo milos (regulation Oconco miles) up thoTugaloo Valloy to the home of Mr. Leonard Jones, a lovoly spot in a covo about half a milo from Tuga loo Pi ver. This farm is ono of tho sub-divisions of tho old Humphreys estate, Mr. Walker owning anothor and Mrs. Hughes a third. Wo spent a day and night with Mr. Jones and his charming family?ho has a wife who is a treasure, and four as fine children as can bo found any where. He has a fine supply of fresh spring water from the moun tain sido delivered by a spout in his front yard and to his milk houso. I KEOWEE COURIER, , ,] ? a, ? ) A??? Old Pickens in ?840, ?MOVED TO? ' J Walhalla in 1868. Destroyed by Fire June 2?st, 1887, Re-Established August it 1887. And such milk and buttorl Mr. Jones has a lot of fino hogs and lino fowls, including a beautiful Hook of Pekin duoks that flourish in his. spring branch. One of his ducks layed 104 oggs this spring without missing a day. Tho river bottoms in this sootion aro in a fino stato of cultivation, .and; tho orops aro vory promising, but they novor count on thorn till everything is gathered and garnered, for destructive freshets havo come so frequently in rcoonfc yoars that they rather oxpoot thorn than otherwise. Hut forth o Hoods, lifo Ih this beautiful spot, far re* inovod from tho strifes and conten tions of tho world, would ho approxi mately a m dorn Paradiso. l?otwoon .Anderson and Tugaloo Hiver tho orops of oorh and cotton looked well, but whoat and oats wore rather sorry. Hoyond tho Tugaloo tho principio agricultural produots Boomed to bo tanbar' : and crosstios, with a fair sprinkling of shinglos and lumber. Tho Riohmond and Danville authorities aro having the Air Lino road put in fino shnpo, ballasting tho track and building iroii bridges, to ready to moot tho competition of the now Georgia, Carolina and North ern road, which will soon make a strong bid for Now York business. A Paradleo for Negroes. 'Henry M. Stanley says, in a hotter to Mosers. Fords, Howard & Ilul bort, praising their publication, "An Apponi to Pharaoh :" "There is spaco enough in ono sootion of tho.Upper Congo baBin to locato double the number of the negroes of tho Unitod Stato without disturbing a singlo tribe of the Aborigines now inhabiting it. I refer to tho immenso Upper Congo forest country, 850,000 squaro miles in extent, which is three times largor than tho Argontino Republio and ono and a half times larger than tho ontiro German Empire, umbrageous forest land, wherein ovory unit of tho 7,000,000 negroes might becomo tho owner of noarly a quartor squaro mile of land. Fivo noros of this planted in bananas and plantains would furnish every soul with s?itll ciont subsistence?:food and wino. Tho remaining 27 acres, of his ostato would furnish him with timber, rub ber, gums, dyestuffs for sale. Thcro are 160 days of rain throughout the year. There is a cloar stream ovory fow hundred yards. In a day's jour ney we havo crossed as many as thirty-two streams. Tho olimato is healthy and ci,.'.ablo, owing to tho impervious forests, which protoot tho land from chilly winds and draughts. All my whito oilicore passed through the wide aroa safely. Eight navigable rivers course through it. Hills and ridges diversify tho scenery and give inagnificont pros pects. To those negroes in tho South accustomed io Arkansas, Mis sissippi and Louisiana it would bo a reminder of their own plantations, without swamps and tho doprossing influences of cypress forest. Any thing and everything might be grown in it, from tho oranges, guavas, sugar cano and cotton of sub-tropioal lands to whoat of California and rico of South Carolina. If tho emigration was prudently concoived and carried out tho glowing accounts sent homo by tho first sottlers would soon dissi pato all foar and reluctance on tho part of tho others." -?? > ? A Colored Collego at Greenwood* * John A. Wheeler, of Fitohburg, a representativo of tho American Missionary Association, is in tho city making arrangements in regard to the erection at Greenwood of tho buildings for a colored collego to bo located there. Tho Association ? re ferred to is an extensivo ono, and spends a thousand dollars a day for missionary work among tho nogroes, Indians and Chinese. Tho present colored School at Greenwood, loca ted about a milo from tho railroad, is to bo taken as tho nuolous of tho intended college The present build ing thore is to havo and an addition al story put on and will bo rom?d elcd into a building of the Queen Anno style. Two other buildings are to bo erected near by, both of wood, and tho wholo outlay of the Association in connection with tho college will reach r, large sum. Mr, F. W. Wing, of this city, will fur nish a largo quantity of building material for tho proposed building, tho crootion of which Mr. Wheeler will superintend himself,-? Columbia l?eyietcn.