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November. ij 2. 3 4 5 6 7 Sf ?1011 12 18 14 15 1718 19 20:21 22 28 24 25; 20 27 2$2930 December. 8 4 o 0 7 S 9 IO n ?2 18 l-l :>; ; 17 l$:19?202] 2228 1 2125 -J\-?1 2S2??8II? 81i..;..?. ?..?.. LOCAL MENTION. Just received at F. E. Harrison's a large lot of Cone's Boss pants and shirts. Dr. J. R. Weldon, of Greenville, is vis iting his friend. Dr. C.. ? . Fahnestock. F. E. Harrison's 'our has arrived. Cal] and get some and try it. j. Washington is a place where Many feel 1 they have a call just now, hut few are J? choseu. j ' i The happiest man to-day is the man who is not looking for office under the new administration. He lias everything to gain and nothing to lose. Ex-Secretary Tracy says that, in addi- ? ' tion to thc hard labor and constant aux- ? ( iety. bis Cabinet life cost him about i j $30,000 a year over and above his salary. j Parties going on to Washington to se- U . cure an appointment would be acting the . t part of prudence ~o provide themselves ; with return tickets. , On a single dollar note a Washington I c board of health doctor found the germs < of three different dirt diseases. It makes , a one shudder to think of what a $100 bill j t might represent in its filthy lucre way. j \ The planting season approaches, when j j every editor who knows the difference j between a dinner boru and a fallow field begins to tell the fanner how to plant his 1 crop. j 1 Every day brings news of certain j * classes who need not expect office under j ^ the new administration, but there is a * pitiful lack of information concerning'! those who may. Who is qualified for office ia the crying question of the hour. !. An elaborate preliminary programme j has been prepared for the State Sunday 1 School Convention to be in session two | days at Abbeville, from April 4th to 6th. : Reduced railroad rates will be procured j , over all roads. A pension office clerk a few days ago | : remarked that all the existing pension : ? laws require to make them perfect is an , amendment granting pensions to veterans ; for baldness. The sarcasm got to the ears of <?en. Raum, whopromptly scalped i the clerk. j ^ .I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a j, number of years, and it has always given , me satisfaction. It is an excellent dress- {j ing. prevents the hair from turning gray. ? insures its vigorous growth, and keeps , the scalp white and clean."-Mary A. j < Jackson. Salem. Mass. ? i An old criminal was asked what was j the first step that lcd to his ruin, when : he answered: "The first step was cheat- j, ing an editor out of his subscription.), When I had done that, the devil had got . such a grip OD me that I never could shake him off." j ; For thc first time since her child..">?". I Mrs. PhillipMaltryand hertwolittle chil- : dren, of Little Switzerland Park. Atlanta, ! Ga.,accompanied by her niece. Miss Annie ; Overhoffer. Of New York. ;> spending]' some time with her aunt. Mrs. C. B. ! Oehmig, of Walhalla. .. The Charleston House." Mr. O. H. j Schumacher, proprietor, gives a timely , juotation of prices thi> week. Here is found a large si >ck of goods to suit the season and the clerks wiD serve you in handsome style. Mr. Schumacher is an enterprising merchant and means to kn$>1 abreast of the times. Head his adver-; tisement and then give him a call. A large blockade distillery on Crow Creek. Pi? kens county, and conducted by ? G. W. Alexander, Sr.. E. M. Alexander and G. W. Alexander. Jr., was raided last w eek by Revenue Agent Ensor and a j posse of deputies. The three blockaders ; named were captured and carried to Greenville jail, and a large quantity of beer ar:i low wines, as well as of uten sils, were destroyed. The following are the appointments of Rev. John (). Willson. Presiding Pllder of j Greenville District, for his second quar- : teriy conferences in Oconee county:; Walhalla Circuit. Zion church. April Sth ; and 9th; Westminster Circuit. Rockrl Springs church,, April 22d and 23d; Se neca Circuit. Seneca church. April ^8d and 24th; Townville Circuit, Zion church. ! April 2Sth- Delegates to the District Conference will be elected on this round, j Secretary of State Tindal, one of the Trustees of Clemson College, says there has been a steady increase in the number of applicants for admission to the college. At the last meeting there were only about 250 young men who had sent no- i tices to the effect that they were certain j of attending. Since that time enough ] additional replies have been received to j run the opening number up to nearly ? 401). Tiie enterprising citizens of Batesburg have formed a company for the establish ment of a fifty thousand dollar cotton mill. It ?s said that the mill will be built at once. Why can't Walhalla get up a fifty thousand dollar cotton mill ? We j believe it can be done. Who will move in the matter? We know of men in this community who could if they wouid.sub scribe $5,000 or $10,000 a piece. Let's have the factory. It will help everybody. The wife Dr. B. Frank Smith, of El berton, Ga., is on a visit to his father and mother. Mr. Mrs. J. J. Smith, of Walhalla. Mrs. Smith is accompanied by ber two little children. Dr. Smith studied medicine under the late Dr. L. B. Johnson at this place, and il is gratifying to learn that he stands high as a practi tioner and has an extensive and growing 'tice in his adopted home. He is an ?HA^dhalh* "boy'- that we "are proud 743 i>x The tim? for early gardening 1 rived. Messrs. 'Norton & Ashworth received their tobacco granulator a now beginning the manufacture of ing tobacco. Town Marshal Powell and fo ! hands are doing some badly needec ! on the streets. We hope to see hir ! have them in first-class condition. i Mrs. N. L. Fant, of Belton, and M. A. Dean, of Anderson, are vi their mother, Mrs. W. G. Smiih, ic Union. Mr. W. Henry Reeder, of High is moving to Walhalla and will o the Garner house, in West End. welcome him among us and hope him become a permanent citizen. Mr. Ed. Perry, of Atlanta, and Mi Perry, of Macon, Ga., accompanic Mr. Chai lie Henes, of Atlanta, an visit to their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oehmig. Misses Ida, Callie and Clara Ru three charming and accomplished y ladies, paid the COURIER office an apj ated call on Monday last. Come a ladies. Mr. R. A. Ervin has accepted the agency for the Mutual Life Insui Company, of New York, in Oconct Pickens counties. This is oaf of giants ir= life insurance, and Mi. I will write a desirable policy in one o: very best companies. C. L. Reid ?fr Son are still doing 1 ness at the old stand and intend to i all the demands of the times for seas ble goods. Their spring stock is ( plete. and their many customers k thc excellent quality of the goods : sell. See rdvertisement. "Say what you will, the city or 6 which has the largest manufactu: interests is the plan that is getting t! with both feet." That is very true, the town that does not build manu turing enterprises is the town that is tiug left and will continue to be left, you see the point? Mrs. Smith, the wife of our popi and well-known conductor, Capt. \1 ("Billy") (T. Smith, returned to her home in West Union last week, fr Columbia, S. C.. where she has been ing for several months. We arc sorry state that Mrs. Smith is quite sick at present writing. M. W. Coleman vt Co.. of Seneca, ca A> the tastes of the ladies of Oconee t veek, and tell about thc linc stock iress goods and ladies* wc-ar now bc! jeir ht in New York for the spring tra? t will do all the ladies good toread th tdvertisement, and then still more go o call and see the nooda. Try it. We copy the following paragraph ittingly proper at all times and to : ?ditors: "There is more joy in a printii iffice over one sinner who pays in ad van .nd abuses the editor on every occasio han over ninety and nine righteous mi vho borrow the paper and sing i ?raises without contributing a cent ;cep it out of elie poor liouoa." Mr. Widie Cox. died at the home lis father. Mr. Jessie F. Cox. near Wi lalla, on Tuesday morning, the 14th i itant. after a lingering illness. He hi ust reached young manhood win nicken with disease, and soon fad? tway. Willie was a good boy. He w: xuied in the cemetery at the Bapti di ure h in Walhalla on Wednesday mor: tig at ten o'clock. The COURIER office was honored th veck with a call from a lovely bevy < "air damsels. Misses Ida Russell. Ilass [vester, Callie Russell. Rosa Iveste Maud Hcrndon. Cora Kay and Clara Ru ?ll brightened our sanctum Wednesda if ter noon. What an inspiration in the iwt t-r, winsome ways, not only to th lull, plodding editors, but also to tl '?/?>"s I Call again, young ladies. Columbia Register: "The Democrat A the South are making a pitiable spe< tacle of themselves in their ravenin ;reed for Federal offices. Mr. develan tvould (io well to send them all to th right about and select men for position in his gift who are not applicants. . man who don'i seem to be able to exii without a government office seems to h liad material for a public servant." Messrs. Joseph Smart. L. C. McClure Dill Mason and John McDowell, of Maco county. X. C.. are in Walhalla to-da doing their season's trading. They ar successful farmers and were attracted t Walhalla by the tobacco factory of Noi t<>:i ?V Ashworth; to whom some of then have heretofore sold a lot of tine tobacco Their county is well adapted to th growth of tobacco and doubtless the; will run some of our Oconee farmers ; close race in the growth of the weed We hope tiley may see it to their ad vant ige to make frequent visits to Walhalla The finest painter that has been ir these parts for many years is Anthon* Eltricir. who is just now putting the fin ishing touches on the Smeltzer building recently purchased by R. T. Jaynes. Esq He came to Walhalla about the middle of Januaryand bega: work on this house His work now speaks for itself arni shows him to be a master painter. H< is thirty-two years of age and served r regular apprenticeship as painter it Richmond, Ya. He has been painting for twenty-three years, and, we think, he understands his business. He con templates locating in Walhalla and open ing a shop. The town needs a first-clasi painter, and if he finds sufficient work he will remain. We have no hesitation in recommending his work, and hope to see him locate in Walhalla permanently. The ladies of the Lutheran Aid Society, assisted by Mrs. Julia Johnson, are pre paring for a delightful entertainment, to come off on Friday evening, the 17th instaut, at Kaufmann's Hall. The pro gramme will be both interesting and amusing. The most novel and attractive feature of the programme will be an "Empire Drill," made up of seventeen young ladies, sixteen forming the com pany and one acting as captain. The maids chosen for this drill are the most charming and graceful of Walhalla's fair daughters. There will be a variety of music from the best talent of the city; also readings a:.,, recitations, pathetic, sentimental and humorous. The object of thc entertainment is to raise funds to assist in 1 ifting a debt over the church. Let everybody attend and bring their sisters, cousins and aunts. Doors open at balf-past seven. Admission, twenty five cents: children, fifteen cents. Mr. Cyrus D. Welch died at his home, in Niantic, Connecticut, on February 19, 1SI?, in his seventy-second year. He was the father of Mr. A. S. Welch, who for merly resided in Walhalla: For twenty five years he held a responsible position in the factory of the New Haven Clock Company. On account of advancing years he retired from business four years ago upon a well earned competency. He had enjoyed tolerably good health until about five weeks before his death, when j he was stricken with apoplexy, and from that time he gradually failed, despite de voted eire and the best medical skill. Conscious that his end waa approaching, he looked forward to the event calmly, with resignation and without fear. He was in religious faith an Episcopalian, and his life "V?? marked by a high sense of duty, and as a loving husband and father he will oe very deeply mourned. . J. W. Shelor, Esq., bas returned from attendance upon the United States Court at Greenville. Dr. D. B. Darby has returned from Washington, where he attended the inau- [ guiation ceremonies and visited ki^ bro-, ther. Mr. TS". L. Fant is again in his old posi tion of mail agot on the Columbia and Greenville roaci running from Walhalla j to Columbia. Walhalla furnishes two applicants for j Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in this district, viz: Dr. W. J. Bramlett and C. R. D. Burns. Do not wear impermeable and tight fitting hats that constrict the blood-ves-1 sels of the scalp. Use Hall's Hair Re newer occasionally, and you will not be bald. We have heard of the following appli cants for the Walhalla post office under | the new administration: Dr. D. B. Darby, J. J. Smith, W. W. Moss, J. L. Fennell, Sr., and W. O. White. Mr. D. Oelkers has greatly improved the yard in front of his new residence. It has been laid off in nice plats and planted in shr--b?ery and grasses. The street in front of his house has been greatly improved also. Mr. Oelkers has one of the nicest residences in town. The new law creating County Boards j of Medical Examiners instead of the old State Board is causing seri?tus c< nplica tion. In some counties ther?. ire no hoards, as no physicians can be found to accept the position of examiner. Gov. Tillman is desirous of returning to the | old law. The United States Senate Committees have been announced. Senator Butler is Chairman of the Committee on Inter state Commerce and the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. He is also a member >f the Committees on Foreign Relations. S'aval Affairs, to Investigate Trespassers jpou ndian Lands and Additional Ac commodations for the Library of Con gress. Senator Irby is Chairman of the Committee on Transportation Routes to :he Seaboard and is also a member of ;he Committees on Post Offices and Post r?oads. Mines, Coast Defence and Civil Jervice. Greenville Xetcs : "Many of the wit icsses at the United States Court are ticking and are obviously unhappy. They are defendaut witnesses who are ouched in the tenderest aud deepest ecesses of thc;: souls and pockets by he enforcement of the rule that wit icsses of a defendant, unless expressly j x ummoned by the court, shall not be .aid a red cent for coming here to testify. Jany of thom have had to borro w money o enable them to get back to their tomes and it will be a frosty day before hey come to testify for an accused again inlcss i.uered by the court. The effect >f the enforcement will probably have he result of materially decreasing the umber of witnesses hereafter." It seems that <ome negroes never will jarn the danger: of leaving home and ?eking up smab children in the house. "U?< was done Wednesday afternoon by Viii and Mag ? ......._ ^ live in Mid. ray, m a small house on a COJ..~. _f fj .aw lot. They have two small children nd locked them in before leaving. The hildren put a bioom in the fire and then tuck it to the bed, which caught, and oon the inside was in a mass of flames. ?. little negro of another family hap lened just then to be passing. He dis overed the fire and raised the alarm, 'ortunately several men were working tear by. They ran to the rescue, hurst ?pen the door, took out the little negroes .ud by heroic efforts saved the house, lut all the inside was bumed. The legroes lost their household effects. The United States Court at Greenville las determined the following cases, imong many others: B. F. Coward, re ailing, was tried in his absence and bund guilty. Sealed sentence. David Wail, retailing, guilty. Sen eneed to one month in Oconee jail and i line of $100. .lames Eller. retailing, plead guilty, sentenced t?> one mo th in Oconee jail ind a line of $100. Sam N. Wilson, distilling, found guilty md sentenced to six months in Oconee ail. Dan. Roach, retailing, guilty. Sen :enced to one month in Oconee jail and a line ?>i $200. Wm. L. Littleton, retailing. Sentence suspended. James lt. Morton, retailing, ?fcc. guilty. Sentence withheld until August term. John Cobb, retailing, guilty. Not pre sent. Sealed sentence. i Home for Convenience and Comfort. There is no place in the county, per haps, th ;t will surpass the home and :"arni ?>f Dr. T. G. C. Fahnestock for the comfort and utility of its appointments. The first of this week we paid him a brief visit at his home, on the Westmin ster road, two miles from Walhalla. Here the doctor has one of the most iraluable farms, containing over three hundred acre;;. Much of it is cultivated on the intensive system and its yields are prolific. But the greatest novelty for these parts is his ice house, in which is securely packed away over forty-nine tons of solid ice. During the cold spell in January he gathered from his iarge fish pond this immense quantity of ice. It froze to the thickness of six inches, and the huge blocks of ice were cut in squares and I>acked away as though it was so much wood. The house is built almost entiiely above ground, the walls are about one foot apart, and all between filled with saw-dust. The layers of saw-dust, both above and below the ice, are at least a foot thick. Since storing it away the melting has been so small as to be scarcely perceptible. In connection with his fish pond is an hydraulic ram. which is the most com plete and economical device for a pump ever yet devised. The pond is in a hol low seven hundred and fifty feet from the dwelling house, and one hundred and ten feet below its level. In the top of the dwelling is a large tank, which is supplied with a constant stream of water from the pond. The water is forced to this height and distance by the simple little hydraulic ram, which does its work without hurry or flurry and never tires of its endless task. In it is found the nearest approach'to a perpetual motion ever yet invented by the genius of man. It was started on the 17th day of August, 18SSL and has been silently doing its work, day and night, ever since. From the tank in his tower the water is con veyed through pipes into every room of the house, to the lot for stock and to the garden for purposes of irrigation. Dr. Fahnestock is a successful gardener, too. Just now he is putting out one thousand asparagus plants, several hun dred raspberries and different kinds of early vegetables. Near by, he has a thrifty young vineyard, from which he gathers grapes every year for domestic use, and makes, besides, one or two bar rels of the most delicious wine. It would be profitable, as well as pleas ant, for many of our farmers to visit Dr. Fahnestock'? farm, to study its appoint ments and manner of cultivation, into the details of which we have not the time nor space to enter. We feel sure, however, that any one would gain some valuable ideas by an inspection of his home and farm. The Road Law. A mistake was made in the publication of the road law last week. Sections 10S5 to 1094 of the General Statutes are cor rect and applicable to Oconee county. But the ten sections, under the caption "The New Road Law," constitute a spe cial stat--> regulating the working of roads in .^-'.vberry, Abbeville and some other cou:i'!es. It has no application in Oconee county. We would call attention again to the exemptions from road duty. None but teachers and students of schools and col leges and ministers, who are serving a congregation as pastor, are exempt. Some think that school trustees are ex empt, but they are not. In Oconee a commutation tax of four dollars is allowed, provided it is paid between the first days of January and March in each year. We regret the mistake made in the publication last week. It was done inad vertently by cutting same from one of our exchanges. Our County Commis sioners did not request the publication of the Act, but had simply requested us in a general way to publish the road law as applicable to Oconee county. The mistake was ours and we take this, the first, opportunity of correcting it. Real Estate Transfers in Oconee Comity for the Month of February, 1S93. The following are the real estate trans fers, entered upon the Auditor's books, in Oconee county, for the month of | February, 1893: CENTER TOWNSHIP. Harriett T. Marett to Dr. E. B. Webb, 19 73-100 acres. $98.65. A. R. Marett to Sarah E. Br a, 1 acre, $15. S. E. Barton to F. M. Davis, 1 acre, m. R. F. Cleveland, executor, to F. M. Davis, 105 acres, $508.50. J. A. F. Hutchins to J. A. Elrod, 100 j icres, $1,000. J. A. F. Hutchins to J. A. Elrod, j | icre <?nd buildings, $800. R. F. Cleveland, executor, to J. W. shirley, 113 acres, $000. J. W. Holleman, Master, to W. C. Ma- ] ion, .39$ acres, $39.50. C. G. Martin to James O. nix, 50$ | teres. $160. R. F. Cleveland, executor, to Thos. E. }lark, 128 acres, $262.40. Thos. E. Clarke to R. F. Cleveland, 12S | icres, $262.40. SENECA CITY. Nancy E. Easley and others to Rich nond and Danville Railroad Co., 2 lots, ilOO. Amanda Gantt to J. W. Harper, 1 lot J .nd house, $155. TTJGALOO TOWNSHIP. Nancy E. Vinson to Robert J. Vinson, 7 acres, $5, gift. Jasper N. Adams to Newton Adams, 7 acres, $500. Jasper N. Adams to Mrs. Sallie E. Dun- j ap, 74 acres, $500. WESTMINSTER. M. A. Terrell to Hugh Blair, 1 lot and louse, $900. WAKENER TOWNSHIP. Harriett Barker and others to E. O. ilexander, 51$ arres, $500. ; r1"- D. Alexander and others to E. O. ilexauv. , , T. D. A?^f ' "* *cres- $1'4f 5 acres. $500. ? Harriett Barker to W. O. - : $0-100 acres, $2.35. E. O. Alexander and others to Jas. W. Alexander, 32$ acres, " \ W. O. Alexander to J. W. Alexander, 1 icre, $10. E. 0. Alexander and others to T. D. ind W. O. Alexander, 198'acres, $1,9S0. W. O. Alexander to T. D. Alexander, ?$ acres, $500. Roxie A. Alexander to T. D. Alexander, t7$ acres, $550. Louisa Abbott to Theo. D. Alexander, individed interest in 480 acres, $400. WAI.UAI.LA. John D. Vcrner, Intendant, to John \aufmann, 1 cemetery lot, $5. John Joost to Mrs. Mary M. Joost, un livided i interest in 1 lot and house, $400. KEOWKE TOWNSHIP. John M. Hudson to T. J. Hudson, 10 icres. $10. John M. Hudson to W. M. Hudson, 25 icres, $50. D. E. Brown to F. E. and L. B. Pace, IS2 acres, $!HX). PfLASKI TOWNSHIP. B. C. Rothell to E. G. Rohletter, 22 veres, $125. Wm. Pitts to E. G. Rohlctter, 22 acres, SI 50. Mary Burton, Sr., to A. M. Rholetter, 100 aeres, $250. F. D. Rothell and Dilly Pitts to E. G. RholcUer, 44 acres, $225. Alexander Holebrooks to Jonathan F?olebrooks, 136 acres. $125. OHATTOOGA TOWNSHIP. R. A. Nichols to Mary M. Nichols, 252 icres, love aud $5. WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP. Jane Holden, executrix, and W. V Holden to Josiah Holden, 50 acres, $50. Not Our Fault. Under thc above heading an exchange has thc following to say, and we endorse avery word of it and hope our readers will profit by it and send us iu the news if they have any: "A local newspaper is often accused of bias in regard to giving personal notices, :oramenting on the coming ..ad going of some and omitting others. The accusa tion is very wrong and unjust. It is with the people and not the editor. He is always willing and even anxious to tell who comes and goes, if he can find out; but a country paper cannot^ afford to have a score of salaried reporters. If you have visitors, let us know who they are and where they came from; if any thing happens in your community, let us know all about it; if you know anything tell us all about it. You will find us as ready to notice one as another, patron or otherwise, friend or foe." County Alliance Meetings. The County Allianci of the Third Dis trict will hold their next quarterly meet ings on the days indicated below, viz: Pickens-Tuesday, April 4. Oconee-Wednesday, April 5. Anderson-Friday, April 7. Abbeville-Thursday, April 13. Newberry-Friday, April 14. By order of the President. Jxo. C. WATKINS, Sec. 3d District Alliance. Missionary Notice. J. M. banders,.Missionary and Colpor teur of Beaverdam Association, will preach at the following churches: Saturday, March the 18, at the Poor House at ll o'clock. Sunday, the 19th, at Toxaway at ll o'clock. Sunday night at Rock Springs. Monday, the 20th, Old Liberty at night. Tuesday, the 21st, Fort Madison at night. He will have on hand a supply of books. A collection will be taken at each church for State missions. If you. want bargains. in shoes, cloth ing and hats we have marked them down. They have to go. W-i are obliged to have room for our spring stock. The Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. Westminster Dots. WESTMINSTER, S. C., March 14, '98. DEAR COURIER: On account of so much had weather this spring the farm-i-s of this vicinity are not as well up with their work as they would like to be. Work has been pushed rapidly the past ten days, and we notice that some corn has been planted. "Wheat and oats look very promising, especially the fall sown oats. There has been more guano sold and delivered at Westminster this season than we ever saw before. Last week the streets were blockaded with wagons of every description loaded with fertilizers. The Farmers' Alliance order theirs by the car load, and there are several mer chants here who sell and are kept busy most all the time. Prohibition don't seem to prohibit much in these parts. Last fall a social club bar-room war. established just out side the incorporate limits of town. The people here were opposed to it very much, but nothing could be done to pre vent it. It closed up on the first of Jan uary and everybody wa? made glad, for they expected to see no more whiskey drinking and drunkenness. To the sor row of us all the same thing was renewed this spring. It did not continue so long this time as before. We learn that on hu>t Saturday a man came from parts unknown and sold a large quantity at ? the noted "social club house." He did not seem to have any fear of the law whatever. He disposed of so much that on Sunday the Irishman, tho German, the Englishman, the American and the African all pot drunk together at the same time. On Monday a citizen of this place went to see him aud told him he had bet ter leave OT he would be reported. He replied that he was not afraid of the law. Late in the afternoon he was seen two or three miles above town with the keg on his shoulder aud making tracks for the mountains. The Westminster brass band have been touching up the town with some nice music the past few weeks. We wish this band success, as nothing improves a town more than good music. Rev. W. E. Justus preached an inter- < esting sermon to a large congregation on ' last Sunday on the rules governing the j ' Methodist church. Rev. W. W. Leathers, pastor of the Baptist church at this place, will preach . at Toxaway church on next Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Leathers is an eloquent divine and we bespeak for him a large congregation. Miss Daisy Justus, an amiable young lady of Hendersonville, X. C., is visiting her brother, Rev. W. B. Justus. She will remain here for some time for the purpose of teaching a class in music. She is a fine organist. Miss Pauline Mason, one of Westmin ster's most charming young ladies, spent several days at Seneca last Week visiting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Lunney. Mrs. W. C. Mason visited her mother, Mrs. Peden, of Greenville county, last week. Mrs. R. E. Mason has our thanks for a dish of the nicest honey wc ever saw. Col. Mason keeps quite a number of bees and has the best apiary in the county. Mr. M. C. Barton passed through West minster this week en route to Fair Play, Ids home. Mr. Barton has just closed a flourishing school at Long Creek. Mr. Brown, of Spartanburg, whom we nentioLcd last week as having bought property here, has arrived with his fam vf; has rented the farm of Mr. T. his attention uP??"" town, and will give Sh ingles seem to be tf?e ^ .. from Westminster now. There certawxt is a large amount shipped from here dur- j ing the year. There are several men here who deal in them. L. ? Lynched by Negroes. MEMPHIS, TEXX., March 13.-Rufus Haywood, a colored planter, was assault- i ed by Lee Walton, a notorious negro desperado, Saturday night at Xitta Yuma, Miss. After robbing his victim Walton tied but was run down by blood hounds and captured yesterday morning. He was taken to Xitta Yuma, where he was being guarded by the Sheriff until the arrival of a train for Rolling Fork, the county seat. Just before thc train j arrived a mob of 5u0 negroes overpowered | the Sheriff and took the murderer to the j scene of his crime where he was hanged to a limb and his body filled with bullets, j COLD SPRING, X. Y., March ll.-Mrs. Ellsworth Miller, who holds the world's ? record in the matter of multiple child- j bearing, has just presented her husband with triplets, two boys and a girl. These are thc third triplets, and she is now the j m- ther of sixteen. She was married j on October 10,18$^, nine years and five months ago, and she is now 31 years old. She now has seven living children. Her grandmother's sister gave birth to two sets of quintets, dying with the second set. Mrs. Miller's record stands at three sefes of triplets, three sets of twins and one single birth. Her remarkable career was foretold by a gypsy fortune-teller when she was still the blithsome Miss Avery. The prediction of the jryPs>' was: "You will have three sets of twins, three sets of triplets, besides other chil dren. Your progeny will be numerous as the sands of the sea." LAURENS, S. C.. March IL-Col. John Cunningham died last night at Rose mont, in this county. Col. Cunningham was a native of Laurens, but passed the greater part of his life in Charleston, j He was a brilliant lawyer and repre sented his adopted city for a number of j years in the General Assembly.' " He wao a brother of Miss Pamella Cunningham, ! first vice regent of Mount Vernon. Rozetta Hinton, a colored woman liv ing near Princeton, X. C., was a grand mother before she was twenty-seven years old. She was under thirteen when her daughter was born, and this daughter became a mother before she was four teen. People's Advocate: "The condition of the public roads is simply horrible, as wo have had abundant reason to know in the last few week* from actual observa tion, being compelled to drive upon them. It emphasizes the necessity of some other system, not of road working, but of road making." ? H. Jacobs, of Greensboro, X. C., has a bed spread containg 5,000 pieces, wnich will be sent to the world's fair. It 's handsewed, every seam pressed and then cross-stiched. WASHIXGTOX, March 14.-The free gold in the treasury has been bji?t up until it aggregates more than $5,000,000. Several offers were to-day received from Western points aggregating $300,000. Secretary Carlisle is accepting these offers as fast as he can supply small trea sury notes for them. Gen. W. H. Jackson, proprietor of the famous Bell Mead stock farm, says that, though the 5,300-acre domain seems per fect to visitors, he himself is far from thinking so, and spends from $50,000 to $75,000 on it every year. It has been in the family for a century. There are twenty-five miles of stone fences, which cost $1 per yard to construct. There is a park of 500 acres, filled with squirrels, partridges and 300 deer. ?Ve?Uni?*ter Group. WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REV. NEWTON* SMITH, PASTOR. Preaching 1st Sabbath at 4 p. M. ; 4th Sabbath at ll A. M. and 8 p. M.; prayei meeting Thursday at 8 P. M. ; Sabbath school, 9.45 A. M., Elder W. P. Anderson, Superintendent. Ladies' Missionary Society meets Mon days after 1st and 3d Sabbath at 4 p. M., Mrs. C. E. Gray, President. Busy Bee Society meets semi-monthly. RETREAT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REV. NEWTON SMITH, STATED SUPPLY. Preaching 1st and 3d Sabbaths at ll A. M. ; Sabbath school at 10 A. M., Elder Jno. W. Shelor, Suj>erintendent. TUGALOO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REV. NEWTON SMITH, STATED SUPPLY. Preaching 2d Sabbath at ll A. M.; Sab bath school 2d Sabbath at 10 A. M : other Sabbaths at 3 P. M., Elder O. L Walker, Superintendent. Postmaster General Bissell reports that he has received the resignations of no less than 5,000 postmasters, and many of these are from postmasters of the first class, who received their appointment from the President. Baylis James, a house painter, work ing near Greenville, wis found dead in his bed on Wednesday morning of last week. The verdict attributes his death to excessive drinking on the day before. Paint.-., oils, glass, machine and castor oil (by the gallon), bridles, saddles, col lars, buggy and wagon harness, road carts, buggies, one and two horse wagons, cheap for cash or on a credit until fall. The Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. A woman teacher at Topeka, Kan., bas taught school for twenty-two years, it is said, without ever having missed one dav's attendance. The auger that bores a square hole consists of a screw auger in a square tube, the corners of which are sharp ened from within, and as the auger advances, pressure on the tube cuts the round hole square. AVERS Sarsaparilla Is superior to all other preparations claiming to be blood-purifiers. First of ail, because the principal ingredi ent used in it is the extract of gen uine Honduras sarsaparilla root, the variety richest in medicinal proper Cures Catarrh c^tne yel low dock, being raised expressly for the Company, is always fresh and of the very best kind. With equal discrimination and care, each of the other ingredients are selected and compounded. It ls * THE Superior Medicine because it is always the same in ap pearance, flavor, and effect, and, be ing highly concentrated, only small doses are needed. It is, therefore, the most econonr al blood-purifier p in existence. It ?orWj S makes food nour OUnUi ? " ishing, work pleas ing, and life enjoyable?'**) refresh out all impurities in the systems ext els them harmlessly by the natu ral channels. AVER'S Sarsaparilla gives elasticity to the step, and im parts to the aged and infirm, re newed health, strength, and vitality. AVER'S Sarsaparilla "Vopnrod hv Dr. J. C. A v.-r fc Co., Low.?!!. Ma??. Sow bya!tI)ni?rJ?t?; Prlcefl'; ?1x bottle?. *5. Cures others, wi!! rure vou CAVEATS? TRADE MARKS, 0E8I0N PATENTS, I COPYRICHT8, etoJ For information and free Handbook writ* to MUNN A CO- 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Oldest bureau for securing patents la America. Every patent taken out by us la brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Jtoatifti Ataman Lareeat circulation of any scientific paper m the world. Splendidly Illustrated. No lntellKrent man should be without lt. Weekly,Q?~00 rn, ?&AT; $L50s1x montha. Address MUN.'. ? ?.0" CTaum 361 Broadway, New York City. ONE HUNDRED SUITS OF YOUTHS' CLOTHING, ages 14 to IS, to go at $2.00 to $3.50, worth from $5.00 to $7.50. Eight dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose, to go at S cents, worth 15 cents. Five dozen Good White Unlaundered Shirts, to go at 45 cents, worth $1.00, sizes 16 and IT. A large lot of Children's Fast Black and Grey Mixed Hose, to go at 12j cents, worth 15 cent*. All of my stock of all wool Underwear to go At Cost. Don't miss these bargains, as they don't come your way often. FLOUR. N. B.-One car load of FLOUR to ar rive this week, from the cheapest to th? highest grades. GUANO. My GUANO and ACID PHOSPHAT! hate arrived, and I can supply all wh< want it now. Very respectfully, F. E. Harrison. February 23, 1893. AT THE OLD STAND I AM OPENING Groceries and wan to buy all kinds of Country Prodrce Will sell nothing but straight goods au guarantee prices. J* JE. HEIVI>RIX. March 2,1893. Highest of all in Leavening Power.-latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE Less ia Boston's Big Fire. BOSTON*. March IL-There is no change in thc estimated loss and insurauce of the fire of yesterday. The loss of prop erty is 84,500,000. A little over 81.000. <XX) is on buildings and the remainder on stock. This is covered by insurance of 8400,000 on the total loss. Only three persons are known to have lost their lives. The injured will number more than a score. The colored church people atColum:.ia seem to be in trouble. There was an all night conference and nearly a riot at the Sidney Park Methodist church Saturday j night and Bishop Hokey with difficulty j arranged a compromise. Two trust?es ', ?are charged with misappropriating j church funds. At tho Free Will Baptist ; the police were called in because three ! excited preachers were all claiming the ; pulpit. ... j Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best Saive in the world for cuts, ! bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever: sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-j tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, ! or money refunded. Price. 20 cents per box. For sale by the Kerman Carroll < v.. I THAT MAN TODD Is still on hand to sell you Furniture and Hardware. See if anybody can beat the following prices: BEDS so cheap as to surprise you. BUKE AUS so cheap as to make your head swim. SAPES ?o cheap you'll wunder how he got them. BED SPRINGS so cheap you'll wonder if they are good. CHAIRS SO cheap you'll say "Is it pos sible ?" WARDROBES, Ex<*it*i?D Tables, Mar ble Top Wainui Tables. Sa>h. Door.-. Blinds, Wheelbarrows. A few Pictures at a sacrifice. If the priers given above don't suit you just go and see That Man Todd At Seneca., Ai " he will give you prices that will suit }"ou. By the way, he can suit you in a nice OAK SUIT at a SUITABLE PRICE, and don't you forget it. December S. 1802. I\e Sprinff Koods D, RT GOODS, nATS AND SHOES, IN COMPLETE LINES, ALL QUALITIES, STYLES AND PRICES. LINEN CHAMBRAYS, beautiful patterns; OUTINGS, PRINTS. GINGHAMS, WHITE GOODS, CASHMERES, HENRIETTAS, ?c. Give us an early call. Portrait Companies in the land for our customers, free of charge, except the small cost of the frame. See samples at our store. C. L. REID & SON. March 16, lSft?. ISO NEW GOODS. PLENTY OF FERTILIZERS on hand. Come and see me before buying. I will M?o.vour interest to do so. of SHOES. Call auu pw lot of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. Also, a good lot T. E. Aleiana?lT'yo"1T^sewl,erc" March 0, IS'.':'.. ,U-Ua, S. C. Fresh Garden Seeds! ! ?T is nearly tim-* to p'r.nt your gardens, and I have the Seed. If yon want the BEST SEED, either in papers or quantity, get them from me. FRESH DRUGS AND MEDICINES ALWAYS ON HAND. A FINE LOT OE TOBACCOS ALSO. W ? J ? lull ^ y E Y 9 : SENECA DJEEXJO STOKE. Seneca, S. C. i February i>. 189?. s is no WE HAVE THE GOODS THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN IN QUALITY OR PRICE I Now is a chance of a lifetime to secure bargains never before heard of. We are making bottom prices on DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISNING Goods, Domestics, Flannels, etc. If you need shoes do not miss see ing our stock. They are priced greatly below value and cannot and will not be equaled. We are compelled to sell, our Win ter Stock at a sacrifice to make room for our immense Spring Stock. c WESTMINSTER, S. C. February 0, 1S93. CHEAP FOR CASH] QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS! " " Call and look over my well selected stock before purchasing elsewhere. A few Christmas goods I am still offering at cost: SILVERWARE, KNIVES, BANJOES, JEWELRY, RAZORS, VIOLINS, ACCORDIONS, BRUSHES, ?HEARS, COMBS, ALBUMS, VIOLIN AND BLANK BOOKS, PERFUMERY, CIGAUS, BANJO ST3XXGS, WRITING PAPER, HAIR OIL, TOBACCO, INK, . HAIR DYE, PEPPER, MUCILAGE. A fresh lot of Drugs and Patent Medicines jost received. GARDEN ?SEEDS, ONION ?SETS, TABACCO SEED AN. SEED IRISH POTATOES! -ALL AT February 9,1893.