Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I ' ?;'< ?; ?_. Ki \ . i V Cfc* Resiste limier, JP^BL?8H<r> JEVfcnvTH U rt S l) ft Y MORNING. ~ -BY.~ JAVNB8, GHF.LOU, SMITH & STROKj J? VY. BHKLOtt, J *"*. I 1 vm- \ J. A. BTI?OK. SUBSCRIPTION. #1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. CQ^*" Communications of n porsounl oh am?ter ohargod for ns advertisements, * Obituary notices nud tributes of respect, of not ovor ono bundrod words, will bo pi luted freo of ohnrgo. Allover tbot number must bo paid for at tho rato of ono cont a word. Cash to accompany rnnnusoript. WALHALLA, S. C. t TlKV.HBDAYi AUOI'MT Ul, I SOO. LOOKS GLOOMY FOR THE FARMERS. . A vory unfavorable Boasou has hofnllon our pcoplo this year and consequently a very bad crop has hoon made-not moro titan half tho usual ono. Our pooplo fool vory much dicouragod ovor their failure to i oap tho reward of their labor. Wo should romombor that suoh is lifo and that it is not so had ns it might havo hoon and not so had ns it is in tither sections. Wo havo nevor soon it so bad that tbero was not a remedy for tho industrious. It is in order to bogie to doviso moans to ovorcoino tho shortage and prepare to mako a hotter showing next year. Tho romody is now to sow plenteously of small grain and mako tho samo as bounteous as conditions will allow. It bas heretofore boon tho custom to put in small grain with as little labor as possi ble This has always boon a mistako and much more BO will il bo this fall, livery farmer shouid, as soon as possible, begin to proparo for a largo crop of small grain. Propare tho soil woll by deep ploughing and thorough preparation. Tho custom of sowing givon on tho rough land and carelessly plowing it in is a mistake. Lot ovory farmer in tho county Orst plow his lands well and then sow his grain nud plow or harrow it in and roll well tho soil. Forlilh'o well and give tho small gravi as much attontion ns lins horotoforo boon given to cotton and all will bo woll. Tho seeding of land h not only profita ble in furnishing food for both man and boast, but is an improvement to tho land. Whoo South Carolina begins to produce ita own supplies wo will bo prosperous, and not until then. THE PRINCIPAL INDICTED-ACCOMPLICE GOES FREE. At tho last session of tho Legislature a Commission was appointed to investi* gato tho condition of tho Stale peniten tiary. Tho Commission has mado a re port in which it appears that ox-Supor intondcnl W. A. Neal is short between ton and twelve thousand dollars. It fur ther linds that ux-Covornors Tillman, Evans and Ellorbo and Congressman Latimer and Directors of the penitentiary, T. J. Cunningham and (harris, received a part of this shortage. Since the report has been filed with the Governor Col. T. J. Cunningham lina sworn out a warrant against W. A. Neal, charging him with failing to turn over to bis successor, 1). J. Griffith, funds belonging to the peni tentiary. It appears that while Superintendent Neal distributed to di (forent persons, high iii oftioial position, certain products of the penitentiary. Tho warrant was sworn out by Col. T. J. Cunningham, Chairman of tho Hoard of Directors of tho penitentiary. If Col. Cunningham received freo of ohnrgo any part of tho articles constitut ing tho shortage bo is as guilty as Col. Neal and should be held to as strict an account. Every one participating in this matter is as guilty as Col. Neal. If ono is to be prosecuted all .should bo. They aro all particops orimlnis. Every ono participating in tho division of funds seems to have been Col. Neal's BUporioi'8 in Oftloo, and, therefore, should havo prevented the division. . lint in stead of doing so they participated in it, and became equally culpable with Col. Neal. Hcnco/hoy should all be proso ^f.uMHftg?tkor. They wero elected and paid to superviso tho business, and, therefore, know, or ought to have known, that Col. Neal bad no right to give them tho State's property. All tho gang should bo mado to feel that public ofllco is a public trust. Tho County of Florenco has bought a portablo iron or steol cage, In which to house and transport tho chaingang from l>lnco to placo. It ii' about thirty feet long, ten feet wide and about eight feet high. It is portablo, and is well made. Tho cago ?B provided with wire cots, which aro swung m tho side of the cago. Jt will accommodate about twenty-four. It. A. Fowler, of Greenville, tho arm less proachor and forger, now in tho pen tontiary, has boen granted a peculiar commutation of sontence. He presented a petition signed hy numerous citizens, in which it was asked that bo bo allowed to servo tho romaindor of his sentence on tho chaingang in Greenville county. Tho commutation was granted, as il was not regarded that thore was any diminution of sentence. Tho attention of our good friends in Boston, who are always lashing them selves into a fury over tho discrimina tions against tho negro by tho white man of the .South, is respectfully called to thofapt that municipal ordinances in tho G. A. H. town of Fitzgerald, Ga., forbids negroes tho privilege even of residence. This town is owned and cor. trolled ?exclusively by ox-Fedoral soldiers, tho men who fought, bled and di rd for tho emancipation of tho race that they now dor.y the lowest of all privileges of Citizenship to. This :,t verily a strange world, and our Now England friends aro tho strangest people in it. A Dallas dispatch of the 'SM says a "veritable hell" prevailed in North Texas on that day. Tho thermometer registor ed IOH degrees in the shade, breaking the record. "The streets wero furnaces, furn (turo in houses was hot to tho tom h, horses fell dead with sunstroke, labor was paralyzed and busbies almost, wholly suspended. Even old shade trees wilted under tho floreo rays of the sun." It is positively asserted that tho cotton crop in that and moro Northern countries is practically destroyed, in some localities tho yield not being more than a bale to twenty acros. IN n d.pt ?vc IIIHO?ISCI tlioimnnitfl have ll .'md il?Vi't know ii. M yon want ipilck results KIDNEY TROUBLE y.'.ii can mirko no mistake by UMIIIK Dr. Kilmer's Bwalnn-Root. lim ^icut kidney remedy, Al driiKuLts In fifty rems mid one dollar ftlzPM. Sum ido homo ny mull free- als?vAih|tlitGi lolling yon how to Ana ont If yon nave kidney trouble, Athlresu Jir. Kilmer & Co,, Jllnglinniloni N. V*. THEOVE AN OUTING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 'MER RESORTS PE AND MK. (j. A. STECK, OK CHARLESTON HUCH-NE8DKD REST-THE LIMPID (EDITORIAL COR On Thursday Inst at noon wo hastily paoked our grip and stnrtod on a briof trip to tito various mountain resorts within easy roaoh of Widlmlla by private conveyance Wo had for our traveling companions Mr. G. A. Stook, of CharloB ton, and Mr. J. A. Stook, tho juuior mombor of tho Cowmen flrrn. "Jake" wns tho faithful drivor, who hold tho reins soouroly ovor a pair of Alexander's blacks. Jooassoo and Whitewater woro our ilrst objeotivo points. Nightfall found us at tho hospitablo homo of Mr. M. Nioholson, who is well known to our readers, ns ho has sorvod two tor ms as County Commissioner, and is esteemed ono of Oconoo's boat oiti zons. 3 toro wo enjoyed a few hours of refreshing rostand started out carly Fri day morning for a tramp through Jooas soo Valloy, accompanied by Mr. D. F.. Nicholson. This valloy has long boon noted for its beautiful sconory. Tho limpid waters of Whitewater river dow through it in a Southeasterly direotlon. About two milos apart aro tho upper and lowor falls. In boauty thoy aro sonrcoly surpassed by any in tho Piedmont sec tion, oven though thoy aro spokon of less frequently. Wo munt confess that wo woro agreeably surprised to find such magnificent sconory within a five hours ride of Walhalla. Wo liad novor boforo boen i inpressed with tho fact that right boro in Oconco county-almost at our very door-exist mountains and valloys, rivers and water fall.?, all combining and constituting as lino sconory as tho oyo need to behold. While viowing thosoono and recalling how little wo havo ovor heard or scon written about tho varied natural attractions of this beautiful val ley, wo were again romlndod: '"Tis dis tance that lends enchantment to tho view." Certain it is that both poisons and things sometimos fail of recognition and proper appreciation by reason of closo proximity. "A prophot is not without honor savo in his own country and among his own poo plo." In like manaor tho works of nature aro not esteemed by us because of their nearness and familiarly. Thoro is little doubt that thoro aro thousands of persons in distant cities who would gladly spend tho sn minors in this valloy if thoy only knew of its attractions. Mut wo t hink tho timo is not far distant when it will bo sought out and Us varied natural resources laid under tributo to tho health and happiness of manas novor dreamed of heretofore. . Friday afternoon and night wore spout with Con. W. F. Ervlu at his summer home on tho banks of tho Whitewater river midway between thu falls. Hore wo found a jolly company of young mon from (?reenvide, S. C., and LaCross, Ga. They bad spout a weok and woro loud in sounding tho praises of their host and the pleasures they had c..joyed. In the afternoon wo joined thom in a ground hog chase. For an hour excitement ran high as "Now York" and "Jnko" deftly handled tho spado in digging thc hog out ed his hole in tho ground. Finally their work was rewarded and tho hog located. The climax was reached when the faithful dogs "Mill" and 'Moo" wore lot into the hole, and such a dog-and-hog fight as thou ensued is ra roi y scon. But thc bog got the worst of lt, and ho was soon lying Ump and lifeless on tho bank of his home, which ho had doubtless Iiitbcrto regarded as secure from tho assaults of man or boast, Tho reador has doubtless often heard of "tho ground bog caso ?" After this chaso wo caught anew tho force of tho expression and its fitness for portraying a dead sure thing. Refreshing sleep Friday night rcnowod our strength for tho activities of tho new day. Bright and early wo started on a squirrel hunt. Wo had gone about a quarter up tho valloy whoa wo were recalled by tho repeated cries of "Jake" on t hc bank of tho livor at tho watering place below tho biidgo: "lloro! hore 11 come her?! ! como boro! quick!" lt was ovidont that ho was in a high stato of excitement Just a fow niomonts before wo bad loft him attending to his mules '?s calm and contented as a darkey on a mountain jaunt could bc. Mut if ho had boon set npon by a hand of outlaws and a demand made for his mules or bis lifo, ho could not havo screamed moro vo ciferonly. Wo rushed to his rcscuo as speedily as possible lind when wo got in calling dislanoo "Jake" mot us with holli hands up and eyes as big as sau cers, crying, "Mucki buck!! Did you seo him V I had watered do mulos, and den was stoopin down washin my face and hans, when, all at once, I beared somin splasin down do ribor, ohoogl choogll I looks up, and whats you rocin ? A great big buck with horns dis wide (extending his arms and haiuls nearly throe foot) jis cum bopin down do middle of tho liber. Ito cum in ton steps uv mo, and I smacks my hans and ho turns and runs back up do ribor a peace and out a cross do Hold dis way." At first wo woro rathol- skeptical and thought "Jnko's" eyes must bo in eclipse or olso ho was playing a hugo joko on us. Mut tho dogs woro called and soon put on tho track, and a lively chaso was had for a fow miles. His track was plain ly seen along tho banks of tho river, but ho succeeded in making .safe his escapo after scaring "Joko" out of a year's growth. .1 A i< 1: A NU TUR ?eca parted company, but thoy will alway? bo recalled as an interesting incident of our visit to Whitewater. BAPPJItUH, N. t). At nine o'clock on .Saturday morning A tired woman, Just as much as a sick ! and ailing one, needs Dr. I'iorco's Favor ite Proscription, that builds up, strengthens, and invigorates tho ontiro female system. It regulato? and pro motes all tho proper functions of woman hood, improves digestion, enriches tho blood, dispels aches and pains, melan choly and nervousness, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health and strength, lt's a powerful restorative tonic and soothing nervine, made especially for 1 woman s needs, and for years was sold ' under a positive giiarantoe as a remedy for woman's wonkiiosscs and ailmonts. In all 'Tomato complaints and Irregu larities, it will fully sustain tho good ! rope talion herotofor'o won by lt, NORTH CAROLINA-FAMOUS 81 R30NRL MENTION. wiiioyiii ii , ENJOYING A GOOL CLIMATS AND A WATERS OK WHITEWATER RIYKR. RESPONDENCE.) wo atartod ovor tho mountains to "Sap phire, N. 0., a distance of niuo milos. The drlvo was mado 'by half-past oloveu. Wo stopped for diunor and to tako in the sights ?ib.mt and around this famous re sort, willie both nature ami art have combined in portrayal of tho boautiful. Tho Toxaway- Company, under tho su pervision of Mr. J. F. Hoyos, as general manngor, havo workod wonders in trans forming tiioso rugged mountain sides into voritabJo bowors of boanty. Two lanzo nrtifloial lakes have boon formed by building high dams across dcop ra viuos. Splondid roads hnvo boon out around thom and to othor poiuts of inte rest on tho proporty. Two largo hotols havo boon built and aro now full of guests. Tho hotels aro about two milos apart and furnish accommodations for guests at prices ranging from two dollars por day upward. This wns our Jlrst trip ovor tho now road to Snppbiro, of which so muoh lins boon said in tho last yoar. Wo think it in destined to bocomo ono of tho princi pal mountain roads in our county and hopo soon to soo it muoh improved. It is plain that tho portion of tho now road in Oconco is not near so good as tho portion in North Carolina, which was built by tho Toxaway Company uudor tho direction of Mr. Hayes. Most of-tho grado on our ond is very good, but in places it could bo improved, and thou tho road bod itsolf is badly in need of moro work. With this ond of tho road put in first class condition, and a now road loading from Jooassoo Valloy out in tho direction of Mr. M. Nicholson's and tapping this road, tho facilities for travel in this section would bo vastly improved, and that, too, afc a saving of work and oxponso in keeping up about eight milos of Btoop and rooky mountain road that could bo abandonod by tho construction of about four milos of now road on an oasy grado. But moro of this anon. Saturday afternoon wo drovo from Sapphire to Highlands, n distance of oightoon milos through Cashier's Valloy and over tho mountains. This was ono of tho most delightful drives on tho wliolo trip. A light rain had fallon, tho sun was behind a cloud, tho temperature was pleasant and tho sconory grand. Evory turn in tho road was liko tho turn of a kaleidoscope, soino now scono was presented, and all of exquisito beauty and intense interest. mo it LAN ns, N. e. Saturday night and Sunday woro spout at Highlands. When wo loft Walhalla the temperature was 1)2 dogrees and on roaching boro wo folt quito chilly in a temperature of (13. On Sunday a mini mum of MO with a maximum of 72 mado heavy clothos comfortable. Highlands luis long boon famous as a sunnnor re sort, and justly so. With an allitndo of 0,800 foot, and a temperature unexcelled, it is known far and near as ono of tho vory finest places to spend tho sunnnor. At present ox-Sccrotary of Stato Day, now a Federal Circuit J migo, is ono among tho distinguished guests of tho season. Ho ii; also woll known as ono of tho Commissioners of tho United Statos who took part in framing tho protocol with tho Spanish Commissioners, ceding tho Philippines to tho United Statos, and concluding tho tonus of poaco whoroby tho recent war with Spain was onded ant", tho prosont wnr against tho Fili pinos started. It will bo rccogni/.od at once that ho has traveled nvtomdvoiv and knows something of tho climates of different places and countrios. Ho is understood as expressing groator dolight with tho olimate hore than any placo ho has ever visited, and it is not surprising that wo hear his opinion frcoly quoted. This is our second visit to Highlands and thoro can bo no question of tho rarity of tho atmosph?re and tho salubrity of tho olimato, Its sconory is also attraotivo and high mountains abound. Our host on Hus occasion was Mr. David Norton, who has relatives in Wal halla and many friends inO?onoo. Hero wo had tho plcasvu o of mooting Capt. John W. Daniels who was tho honored and efficient Clork of Court of Andorson for twenty years. On Sunday a birthday dinner was spread in honor of his sixty sixth birthday and Mr. Norton's sixty 11 ftl?. This is tho 8th timo they havo thus eolobrated their birthdays. On tho pro t'ont occasion it happened that tho birth days of two of the guests wove also eolo brated, viz: Mrs. A. M. Hrinsmado, of (heat Harrington, Mass., widow of a prominent Presbyterian minister, who bad attained her Bovontioth birthday, and Miss Flsio Thompson, of Charleston, S. C., whoso birthday wo felt a delicacy in inquiring, notwithstanding her ox tromo youth. FRANKLIN, N. V, This is our second visit to Franklin, tho county scat of Macon, ono of tho best counties in Wostorn North Caroline. Wo lind it a beautiful town of six hundred inhabitants, situate on tho banks of tho Tcnnoss?o river, ano enjoying a tmiquo position in a fortilo valley. Sovoral nico brick buildings stand on oithor BUIO of Main street, and tho wholo placo pro sonts an air of piospority. A largo rollor (louring mill has recently boon put up, and is said to bo doing a good business. Thoro aro a number of elegant residences, and tho people aro ovidently happy and contented, Mr. W. A. Curtis is tho aldo ortitor of tho franklin press, an up-to-date weekly nowspapor. Ho was not at homo, but wo met him at (?layton, and found him to bo a gentleman of ploasant address. We spout tho night with Mr. D. Cunningham, who onco lived in Wal halla, and has many frlnnds in this Stato. Ho inquired especially oftor nomo of bis former friends. Ho kesps a nico house, and in popular with tho traveling public. Ho still owns a lot of fino horses, and loves to talk of their good points as woll as in ?ho days of yoro. Ho knows how to adorn a tale, and ho gave us quito a lot of provincial incidents and anecdotes, recounting his oxporionccs as a moun taineer. Ono wo sanod down as a good snako story. On .. ride from Franklin t'> Highlands ho killed sovonty-six rattle snakes, and lt was not a good day for \ M Buakos, oithor. Wh'onovor . tao reader may bo iu Franklin, bo Bure to cal) on Mr. Cunningham and bavo him toll yon about his snako killing, niu' tko location of tbo biggOHt dor of rattl CHU alcoa in tho world. Hut time forbids UH tarrying longer here, oud we pursu/o, our journey to ( > CLAYTON, GA. Tho drlvo through tho Tmmossoo Val loy add Rabun Gap on a olear day pre sente mauy interesting sights. This is a lino farming sootlon. Thore aro many good farms along this route, and the landa are rioh and productivo. Corn, wboat aud hay aro tho principio crops. The i armors aro manifestly woll-to-do. A groat many llvo in largo two-story houses, nlooly painted and tho prom isos beaut ?tied. Arriving at Clayton, tho oapital of Ka inui, .we found tho Superior Court in sossion, with Judgo J. B. Estes, of Gainesville, prosiding. This afforded us an opportunity of mootiug many of tho representativo oitizous Of Kabun from vario us Bootions of tho oounty. Ono does not have to talk with thom long to dis cover tho - hard horse BOUSO of thone sturdy utouuta!noora. Tboy aro of the kind that is tho bait of thc earth, a nd Kabun olaims tho birthplaoo of many mon of renown in ohuroh and Stato, among thom hoing ono of tho greatost jurists' of tho South, and an Ex-Chief JUBtioo Of tho Supremo Court of tho State. Boiug court wook wo had thc pleasure of mooting many mombors of tho bar of tho North East Ciroult, among whom woro Hon. W. A. Ohartors, of Dahlonega, Solicitor Gouoral of thi? Cirruit, who ?B a terror to ovil doors ; II H. Boan, Ilubort Estos, W. F. Findley, Gninesvillo ; Chas. L. Boss, J. J. Bow don, G. P. Erwin, Clarkosvillo; ox-Judgo J. J. Kinsey, J. W. Underwood, isaac Oaks, Clovolaud ; A. G. MoCurry, Hart woll ; John J. Striclkand, Robt. Mo Millhui, Caloway Edwards, Athone ; W. S. Paris and Robt, tiamby, Clayton. Robt. J. Swain, of Gainesville, a relativo by marriage of our Mr. J. \V. Sholor, is tho oifloiont stenographer of tho court, A ubiquitous nowspapor man also find a homo boro, and wo formed tho acquain tance of Col. J. A. Roynolds, odltor and proprietor of tho Clayton Tribuno, a noway journal oightoon months old. Ho desorvos woll at tho hands of tho pooplo of Rabun, and wo hopo to hoar of his venturo mooting with abundant, nuocoss, Our monis woro takon at tho Wall Houso, kopt hy Miss Blancho Wall, whoso hos pitable ontortnlnmont has booomo pro vorbial. Rooms for tho night aro fur nished at tho delightful homo of Dr. J. C. Do vor, who is recognized as ono of tho foremost physicians of Northeast Geor gia. Wo found at both Franklin anil Clay ton much enthusiasm ovor tho proposed Black Diamond railroad. Givon good railroad facilities this section would soou bo '.coining with varied industries, and ita rich and varied natural rosourccs WOUld bo dovolopod ill a manner lit bio dreamed of now. A throe hours' drive across tho hills puts us at Tallulah Falls, where a fow hours aro spout, and wo board tho train for ho mo, arriving at Walhalla at half past six o'clock Tuesday evening. During an outing of llvo days wo Hat tor onrsolvos that, wo saw as much of "Tho Ovor Hills of Ottaray" as it is pos siblo to roach in so slim I a timo. Somo linguistic antiquarian has lately boon studying tho Cborokoo tongue, and has givon to tho press tho name of ' Ottaray," as descriptivo of tho region generally known as tho "Piedmont." This is an old Indian name, which has rccontly boon rocovorod. Wo aro told that in 17(10 "Ottaray" simply meant "Highlands." Tho name scorns to havo struck a respon sive cord and has como to stay. All lov ers of tho beautiful in nat ure and names aro appealed to in bohalf of "Tho Ovor Hills of Ottaray" as tho uamo of those pleasant altitudes forovor horoaftor. So lot it bo. n. T. J. Iii glass. That's tho way Dr. Piorco's Pleasant Pcllots como. And it's a moro important point than you think. It keeps thom always frosh and reliable, unlike tho ordinary pills in cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. Thoy're \ ut nj* in a bottor way, and tboy act in a bottor way. than tho hugo, old-fashion pills. No griping, no violonco, no reaction afterwood that sometimes loaves you worso off than before. In that way, tboy euro permanently. Sick hundacho, bili ous headache, constipation, indigestion, bilious attacks, and all derangement a Of tho livor, Btomaoh and bowols aro pre vented, roliovcd, and cured. They're tiny, sugar-coated granules, a compound of refined and conc?n tratod vogotablo oxtracts-tho smallest in B?ZO, tho oasiost to take. .J** Tho Porll ol Franco. Tho gonoral demoralization of tho prosont ruling clasB in Franco scorns to bre?me more mid more pi omi noni, US the Dreyfus trial progresses. At first tho world was moved hy sym pathy for thc imprisoned captain. It was holioved that ho had boon tho vic tim of an unjust combination of circum stances, and that a now trial would make all this plain. The suicido of Houri was tho first intimation of no seriousness of tho question about to ho probed. Tho trial opened with tho looming up of Labori as a skillful advocato. His handling of an intricate question, his fearlessness whon confronted by power, and last of all, tho assassin's thrust, mado of him thoforomost figuro. Now Dreyfus and Labor! recodo from viow, and it IK botrayod Franco whioh bocomcs prominent. Mon emblazoned in tho decorations of public sorvico stop up on tho witnosB stand to como down in dlsgraco, oaoh ono acknowledging simm part in tho porlldy which makes Franco blush with shamu I It is a torrlblo ordoal through which tho ropuhlio is going. All of her public Idols havo boon sbatterod so that noth ing short of now men and a rolontloss surgeon*M knife can savo hor.-Atlanta Constitution. Tho Rev. W. B. Costloy, of Stockhi idgo, Ga., whilo attending to his pastoral duties at Ellonwood, that Stato, was at tacked by eholora morbus. lin says: "Hy chance 1 ha ppenod t o got hold Ol a bottlo of Chamberlain's Collo, Cholera and I liai i lura Kerned y, and I lld nh it was tho moans of saving my lifo. It re lieved mo at once. For salo by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Sonoca; H. If. '/immorman, Westminster. . Killian in Lexington. RISHTON, August 27.- James Attaway was shot and klllod hy John McLood on Sunday ovonlng. Tho two woro good friends up to within a fow minutos of tho killing. Whiskoy was at tho bottom of tho wholo afffilr. McLeod surrendered himself to tho sheriff this morning and is now safoly in jail at Loxington 0. H. ?? ? ---? Congressman Thomas H. Rood has tendered hi? i esignal ion to lake client Septoinbor 'Ith. mk. . r,i . '3. THE ROUNDUP U?LE PRESS. Benelili to Farmers aiid dinners Donmnslia tod in Operation. Mr. T. W. P? tb, of Huntsville, Ala., is president of tho Wost Huptsvillo Cotton Mill, and operates at the same place ono of tho largest ginning plauts in tho coun try. He lias boon ruting tho roundlap balo for two years, ?ud expects to put up 8,000 to 10,000 hales of 1500 pound? eaoh during the coming soason. Mr.. Pratt has also organised companies for building two vory largo roundlap halo plants at TuBoaloosa and Domopolls, Ala., and estimates that ho will haudle at these two points this year 30,000 to 40,000 halos of 260 pounds each, or tho equal of 15,000 to 20,000 squaro halos. In a lotter to tho M ann fae turor's Kocord, giving his oxporionoe with his Hunts ville plant, ho soys: "We aro glnnors aud ootton manufao turors, and oporato ton ?O-saw gins and four pressen. Por two yoars WO have operated roundlap balo proseos of tho American cotton Co. Tho <ilrat year wo handlod 2,200 600 pouud halos. This year with a good orop iu this vioinity, wo ox poot to put up 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Cur oxporionco.bas boon most satlsfaotory, both from a ginnor's and a manufac turer's standpoint, and tho faot that wo havo so largely Inoroasod our business is ampio oviduuoo that the plantera aro well satisfied. Tim universal opinion ex pro8sod hy all eustomors is that they ate moro than satisflod. And why should thoy ho othorwiso ? Wo gin and com press for $1 and pay tho plantors ono oighth cont promium on thoir crop, or it wo buy in tho seed, as is now tho rulo boro, wo pay thom on this basis, and thoy soil thoir load and get spot casli for it, thus saving much labor formerly neces sary. Undor tho old process thoy paid $3 for ginning, mado a trip to tho gin with thoir load, generally had to loavo lt aud wait several days for ginning, and then made a sooond trip for tho ootton and seed and anothor trip to market. In tho spring wo furnish thom sood at tho Bftmo prico wo paid whoo ginning was dono, and choy oro thou suro of gGttlng good sood for planting, and only what thoy want, llonco there is no. waste. Any plaid er who has dealt with us will oortify to tho fact that ho can bettor afford to haul ootton twonty to thirty miles to our gins rath or than gin noar homo, with '*?o extravagant old-fash ionod motho. Ho can not only Bavo timo, but make money by so doing, and goto paid for all tho cotton ho brlugs, whothor ho sells at onco or holds his orop. l?o also appreciates tho saving in having tho halo samplod onco hiBtoad of many timos, and ho futhor understands that ho gots a bottor grado than ho docB on tho old o mntry gins, owing to tho .superior mnohiuory itaod for cleaning, oto. So nundi for tho plantor. "Now lot us soo how tho giunor stands. First, ho can gin, cover and compress GOO pounds of lint in eight minutes, using a good outlit of flvo 70-saw gliiB to tho press, and can do bottor witli a larger battery. This can bo dono at a cost not oxcooding forty couts all told, whilo tho old process costs him not loss than $1.26 inoluding bagging and tics. In enso tho ginuor wants to sbuy and soil cotton on his own account, most of tho railroads of tho South will allow bim compress fros of oight and ono-hnlf couta por hundred weight, or forty-two and ono balf cents por halo. If ho wants to soil his cotton to tho American Cotton Co., lt allows him a premium of $2.25 por halo ovor tho value of tho samo cotton in square halos at his locality, thus giving him $1.25 aftor paying royalty of twonty couts por hundred weight for tho uso of tho press, mainton nco of tho samo and rogular inspections. Tho gin plant can bo run with loss labor and loss cost of in suranco than tho old systom, and if cot ton is stored, four times as much can bo placod in tho samo room. "Thoro is no chanco of mixing halos or samples, owing to tho porfoot systom in uso, and no ohnnco of losing cotton by country damage, as water will not por moato tho halo, owing to all air hoing ex cluded in baling. Tho streot buyor, snm plor and cotton t-hiof, owing to complote covering, havo no chanco to got thoir 'auger in,' to uso a common expression, as thors ia no nocossity for cutting tho covoring undor tho Amorican Cotton Co.'s sampling systom. "From a manufacturer's standpoint, tho advautagosof tho aystom aro too nu merous to menl inn, hut the host ovidoneo of tho advantages derived hy tho mills is that cotton linds a ready salo at a good promium over tho square halo, and now mills aro now hoing orcotod which will do away with halo breakers, oponing lap pors, otc. Thoro is no necessity for mid dlomon, ns tho mills can buy direct from glnnors or from tho Amorican Cotton Co., and bc suro of getting what is or dered. "Tho warohouBoman who has handlod tho roundlap bale is loud in his praises. Ho lins no 'turtlo baoks' to handle, no lost ties to replace, no damaged bulos to pick and inspect, and ho knows that tho weight stamped plabiely upon the bur lap covering is tho actual weight of tho bale, and will not vary. Ho oan bandi o to tho mills, load in cars or on wagons with half tho holp formorly required, and his warohouso is not littered up with cotton and dirt, as undor tho old systom. Tho howl of tho middlemen, 'town crop' hamlin a, compress stockholders and op orators Is but natural and oxpootod, ns thoy aro hurt, and badly hurt. Hut who can blame thom for trying to got up com bines, compress trusts, rogulationized pros? boxes, laws to provont tho opera tion of tho round halo systom, and for tolling all kinds of stories about hard coros (which do not exist), otc? If thoy did not see the handwriting upon tho wall thoy would not bo so vigorous in thoir olTorts. Hut to tho produoors, gin uors, carriors and coiiHumors, tho only four parties who aro interested, the situ ation ?B entirely difforcnt, and especially to tho producor, who, by reason of tho low prico of cotton, Is eompollcd to adopt now and cheaper methods or givo up tho fight. Tho now Bystom lins como at a time whoo tho plantor most needed it, and those who havo taken advanlago of tho systom aro froo to state that but for tliia improved niothod and it? economiz ing advantages it would bo Impossible for tho cotton planter to continuo on tho farm." .-.-. - - ?.-. Volcanic Eruptions Aro grand, but skin eruptions rob lifo bf Joy. Hucklen'fi Arnica Salvo euros thorn; also old, running and fovor sores, ulcers, bolls, felons, corns, warts, cuts, bruisos, burns, scald1, chapped hands, obilblains, host pilo ouro on onrth. Drives out pains and solios. Curo guar anteed. Sold by all druggists. Only 2?Tcont? a box. This your's South Carolina tobacco orop will amount to flftooti to twonty million pounds. >Tho prico up to dato has ranged from 4\to 20 cont? a pound. ACTS OENTIY ON THE KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS F .?ANSES THE SYSTEM li .^EFFECTUALLY. ii PSM?? OVERCOMES Xjtfi? W?HSSS? eur THE oENv/iNt * MArtT'O ey (AUfcKNIA F?C XYRVP?S **it.??* fon SAU iy< Ml D\ur':'M.'> POW SOC I ll! S I III. A WARRANT FOR MR.SNEAL, Ex-8uporintcndonl of tho Stato Penitentiary, Has Boon Issued and Scnrto Pickons. COLUMBIA, August 20.-A oriminnl warrant was to-day forniardod to Piokons oounty to bo served against Col. NV. A. Neal, former Superintendent of tho Stato Penitentiary. It is tho result of tho investigation which has boon iu pro gress for somo limo. Tho history of tho caso IB contempo raneous and thoro ls no uso to roitorato it. Tho affidavit to tho warrant was madel by Chairman Cunningham, of tho Hoard of Directors. Tho warrant wno taken out through Magistrato J. M. Smith, of Columbia, and consequently tho prelimi nary bearing will bo held in this county, and tho caso will bo tried boro, unless a ohangojof vonuo bo asked for and granted. Tho caso was brought in this county bo cnuBO it is alleged that tho misdoings, if any, wero committed In this county. It was uncertain what would bo tho natuio of tho indictmont, whothor it would bo for ombozzloinont, misappro priation of funds, malfeasance in of?ioo or somothiug of that sort. Attornoy Genoral Bollinger, aftor going thoroughly ovor tho case, carno to tho conclusion that tho proper indictmont would bo "for failure to turn over to his successor," within thirty days aftor retiring from office, public funds in his custody," It is stated that undor this chargo a former ofticor in Lexington county wns convicted and that tho law docs not con tomplato that tho ofllcor should ho asked for tho turning ovor of funds of which he has chargo, and that it is Iiis duty to turn ovor all funds in hi,s kooping or for which ho is responsible without any ono asking for it. lt is probablo that tho warrant will bo served in Easloy on Mon day and that Col. Neal will como to Co lumbia Monday or Tuesday for tho pre liminary, which will very likoly bo waived, and thou Col. Neal will givo bond in Columbia for bis appcaranco at tho next term of Court in this county. Tho caso, will no doubt attract very considerable attontion on account of its uniqueness and tho complexity of tho issues involved. r.ATBH. Col. W. A. Neal was arrested on Tuos day in Pickons county by Constable J. J. Roach and carried to Columbia. Ho waived examination and gavo bond for his appcaranco for trial at tho Court of, Genoral Sessions for Richland county in tho sum of ?8,500. It is understood that thoro will bo other warrants in tho matter hoforo many moro days. About ono month ago my child, which is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhoea, accompanied by vomiting. I gavo it such remedios as aro usually given in such cases, but as nothing gavo rolief wo sont for a physician, and it was undor his caro for a weok. At this timo tho child had hoon sick for about ton dayB, aiul was having about twonty-llvo operations of tho bowols ovory twolvo hours, and wo wore convinced that unless it soon obtained roliof it would not live Chamberlain's Colic, Cholora and Diar rhoea Romcdy was recommended, and I docided to try it. I soon noticed a chango for tho hotter. Hy its continued uso a complete euro was brought about, and it is now porfectly healthy.-C. L. Hoc?;?, Stumptown, Gilmor county, W. Va. For Balo by J. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. J. Lun ney, Soncca; H. II. Zimmerman, West minster. . SOME BULLISH NEWS. Impression Brows that IMotll's Estimate is Too Largo. Tho opinions of Charleston cotton mon, published in tho Nows and Courier BOV oral days ago, diseountonanolng tho esti mate of Neill, aro receiving substantiation ns reports como in from all ovor tho cot ton States. Cotton mon in thlsjcity, par ticularly tho bulls, and thoy aro largely in the majority, can find no foundation for Neill's Rguros in tho roports from South Carolina and Georgia, or, for that matter* in tho gonoral roports. The opinion is entertained boro that Nolll ha? allowed personal onds to bias his judgmont. Ho is recognized as ono of tho foremost, if not tho foremost, boar In tho South, and it would ho strictly to hi? porsonat gain for a vory largo orob to roach tho market and for tho prico to go I down in conscquonco. Prico, McCormick ?VT CO. liavo rocolvcd j replies from Ol responsible Arms and in dividuals throughout tho cotton States, which indicnto that tho orop production ha? suffered a rcduotlon of about 20 por cont. Tholr correspondents roport a re duction or damage of anywhoro from 10 to 00 por cont. Tho States from which roplios were rc coived aro Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, South ( 'si ulina and Tonnessoo, Louisiana, according to responses, is tho only Stato whore tho yiold will bo equal to last year. A tologram received from Now Orlenns Wcdnosday evening said : "Crop in our sootion perfect. Georgia, North Carolina, Toxas, Arkan sas, South Carolina, Tonnessoo and somo sootions of Mississippi roport dnmago by hot winds.-Nows and Courier, August 27th, Public Icio). THE PUBLIC SCHOOL at Seneca, S. C., "will begin MONDAY, SEPTEM BER' 4TU. ; All tho patron8 ot tho School aro | urged to havo tholr children attend at | tho opening. Tlio School will bo i aught by three ex poriouood teachers. Tho Collogo Pre paratory Department will bo in ohnrgo Of tho Principal. Thoro will bo no charges during tho terra Of tho Public School. J. E. WARD, A. B., Principal. August 81, 1800. 86-88 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ;-,.;;> ALL porsons indobtod to tho estate of H. D. "Roohestor, docoasod, aro horcl? uotillod to muko paymout tc tho 'undersigned, and all porsons having claims ogainst said estate will present tho samo, duly attostod, within tho timo prosoribod by law or be barred. LEAH CRAIG, Administratrix of tho Estato of H. D. Roohestor, deceased. I-ostOfllco Address: Antun, S, C. . August 81, ?80Q. 35-30 Citation Notice; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OF OCONKK. f IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. By D. A. Smith, Esq., Judgo of Probate WutuuAs, D. J. D. Riohoy has mado suit to mo to grant hor letters of administration of tho personal estate of and offeots of John T. Riohoy, do --j guimou Theao aro, thoroforo, to cito and ad monish all and siugulnr tho kindred and oroditors of tho said John T. Riohoy, deceased, that thoy bo and appear before mo, in tho Court of Probato, to bo hold at Walhalla Court House, S. C., on Friday, Soptombor 161b, 1800, aftor pub lication thereof, at llo'olookln tho fore noon, to show oauso, if any thoy havo, I why tho said Administration should not bogroutod. Glvon under my hand this 25th day of August Anno Domini 1800. ?-A-O D. A. SMITH, I L,S. > Judgo Probato for ( ~v~~ ) Oconoo county, S. C. Published on tho Slot day of August, 1800, in tho Koowoo Courior. 86-80 THIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR J. H. DARBY, Druggist. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OV OCONKK. J IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT TO DECREE OF THE AFORESAID COURT, In tho oaso mentioned bolow, I will offer for salo, to tho highost bidder, in front of tho Court House, at Walhalla, S. C., on MONDAY, tho 4th day of Soptombor, 1800. it hoing Salosday, between tho legal boura of salo, tho tract of land hoi ow described: In tho caso of Wm. J. Stribliug, Plain tiff, against Martha Williams ot al., Defendants. AM. that picco, pared or tract of land, sit?ale, lying and hoing in tho County of Oconoo; Stato of South Caro lina, in tho town of Wost Union, hoing tho lot formerly owned by James J. Hooper, fronting on Main streeton South eldo thoroof, ono hundred and ton foot, running back samo width to Carolina stroot, containing ono and one-quarter acres, moro or loss, hoing tho samo con voyed to E. D. Willia ms by Richard Lewis, Mastor. TERMS : Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. , j J. W. HQLLEMAN, Mastor for Oconoo county. August 10, 1800. 32-35 Spring Cleaning, YOU givo your house, and farm a good oloaning up ovory spring. Why not give yourself -mc, too? Your systom needs it aftor going through tho bad win tor season as muon as your house does. Wo havo tho Medicino that does tho work, and does it well, too. It contains in ovory bottlo all of tho best Drugs known to bo useful as systom-ronovators. (Jomo and soo. and lot us show it to you, and common sonso will do tho rest. All it costs is 50o. and 00c. a hollie. Yon can't afford to do without it. And if you aro just gotting ovor tho grip wo can holp you In that, too. lt costs us notlung to show you our Medicines-in fact, wo tako ploasuro I always in doing it. Mumm SENECA, S. C. I have removed to the ReidStore with my stock of Staple and Fancy Grocer ies, all new and fresh. Also, Dry Goods, Notions, Jewelry, &c. All of which will be sold at the Lowest possible price for Cash. Gome and see me and you will not regret it. H. A. H. GIBSON. August 10, 1800, m tl Ci OJ oa GO TO FOR SHOES LADIES* ANO CHILDREN'S OXFORDS, A PEW PAIRS LEFT, GOING CHEAP. Ask to ROO om- Ludios' Dongoln Hulton Shoo for 7?>o. It is tho host bargain in tho county. Also, our Mon's Brogans at tl. Don't forget us whon in noon of Shoos, for wo arc crowded on them, and will cortatnly soil thom right. Wo also carry a good lino of Leather and Shuok Collars, and Collar Pads to match. Mowing Blades, Nails, Horno and Mulo Shoes and Nails. Domostio Dry Goods and Notions. NICE LINE COVERED LUNCH BAS KETS FROM 5c;. TO 2?O. EACH. HEAVY GROCERIES-CORN, BRAN, &o,, ?fcc, Ac, Dring us your Rue .vax, Dry and Green Hides and all Country Produce. Wo pay tho highest market price-cash or har tor. Respectfully, La Ca GRAIO9 WALKALLA, S. C. ir. G. C. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Ofllco two Doors East of Bank, Second Floor. HOURS : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 1*. M. AW 2 TO 0 r. 11, March 24, 1808. TSTotico of Filial Set tlemont uri ?I JT>i? elifi?*g,e. NOTICE ls herehy given that tlio un dersigned will mako applioation to D. A. Smith i Esq.. Judgo of Prohato for Oconco county, in tho St ato of South Carolina, at his ofllco at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, tho 25th day of Sop tomhor, 1800, at 11 o'clock In tho fore noon, or ns noon thereafter as said appli cation can ho heard, for leavo to mako Anal sottlomont of tho estate of Monroe Oilnioro, deceased, and final dischnrgo aa Executor of said estate. C. R..D. BURNS, i Executor of Estatoof Monroo Gilmoro, Dccoascd. August '2-1, 1809. :!1 ;i7 SEND US YOUR JOB WORK I