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S . an. fo r. ..x ~ 28j. 1882a te; strctl.y in advance. nwerted al one dollar per se iuch or less for the flrt insertion onto for each subsequent insertioR. oent made to merchants and other. -for -a* onths or&y the year. yotices and ?'iistae of- Rcspect r ~ ~ as alvert'isements. Candidate# five dollar,, in .ad )-rgatkie. In 0 st issue, in an editorial, we n' O'~ilportance of an early reorganiza WN~e mocrate olebs-'throughout the 4X!dWquested he Execu'tive Cow ILhe Coutly to take the miter un skleraton and advise such act ion us, udgemnt,,would promoi e ihee-St fithe party it is the priillege of thc ttee to ordg raeorganiation wheu i s eg 9 -opoer to Ao so, but. bO far no $oIo has bebh takcen. It has not, been uAO 1'eorganize the clubs in this Comuy j"fi, " moutlhs before the pri-miwy elec - sidiidecd there has not been mtiy Ielty for it heretofore, bml 4he inipor . X bICe of having a full aid comelete re.is tion of all the Democratic voters iii the M16ity, necessitates earlier action. In oul%* 1Ion, a full registration can only be se 04red through the organized machinery of Sth'e parity, and as Recgistration cononeese on the 1st of May it ia necess-ary to havie Ialtiatory neasurei perfected before 110s1 time. We know that the Commi eo is coipo 4d.of good and true men, bm for fe. thbey N vg notb given the malter the liodgia vnil .tteution It deserves, we again call i beir tent * to it, and urge tho impotanice o atly action. the Xost Liberal Men on .Ear ~h. -Bo said a lady about tle publishers ot lhe uotdhrn .Musical Journw/, and she wias a bout right. The gills talit they give to sub m0ribers would well betit a Kbng. Int 1871 they gave RL. WV. Jamsisons, of' iBacou, Gan., aL *plen'iid piuno, and in 1878, atnothaer one Vto Mtrs. itowland; in 1880 another piano to the Savanntah Masonic Fair. FrChrist innin 1882, to Mrs. RA. Miolina, a $Q5 sewing srachine, andl on March 1st, to Mr. J. F. Gearon, a 522 lhy Organ. Now for A p iii 1st, they will give away a $50) Gold Watch amotng subscribers only. Sl secuesc the Journal for a whole year, and a Ticket - A the Premium drawing. Send youi dot% lar quilok, and it will be in timo. Address eii publishers, LUDDEN &t B~u-s, Savauniah Georgia: - he Atlantic anti French Broad Val1 .- ..ley Railroad. The Edgefield Advertiser has thme rollowing grautiig Intelligence, if true, concerning te Atlantic and French Broadt Rilroas: "Two gentlemen of our sect ion, who have been up to Troy lately, and ret urned, bring very en~coraging rumors concerning the Apeedy commuiencemnent of work on osur Ibail road. One rumor is that wit l in the course. of the next month, five hundred irishmen will begin work at either end of the line, that Is Troy and Edgetield. Anot her rumsor SIs that filteen hundred Irish men are to comn uencoe digging right. here wit hiin our corro h'Ate limits beo three weeks shall have etpired. These Irishmen are to be brouighi out tiom New York. Is not negro labor cheaper? Political Arrests in Sumter. The United States authorities are making -arrests In Sumter County for alleged frauds in the last election. Why they have waited until now is easily undersb ood. Th'ie cle tions come off this fall und they want all the political capital thecy can manmufact ure. It appears though that. tile arrests are to be conflned wnostly to .a fe w individuals in Bumter County. y. C. II., the Columbia correspondent. or the New's and Ciourier writes his journal under date of the 13t b instanit: Thap arrests in Sumter County on lI , 7rIday~ the particulars of which were tele graphed to the Noes and Ciourier, haive ere, Ated some speculat ion in politicaL citrcl e as to what point. will next. be at tacked by t he -Government. It. is clear- now, hlowever, tl b.a ,there will be no genral miovemnaca again ~ -the parties who have been indicted for. vio )etlons of thec elect ion~ laws, and thust only a case here and there will be selected for trial. I ihave it from the best authority that, the arrests in Sumnter County wer~e oitde not with the view of increasing the numnber- Of eases but to complete the record of thme r ulted States Commimssiotiim which wias ina ~omple. The parties stow under bonds itre ~Ekssary parties to a proper investigationa ~the pendmng cases Irom suter County. -~ ~r.~*l~kenumber of cases have been pit t he counsel for thle Governmsent. ~ t~j4~ot being to curtail rather- thans to y ~jbe number of oases. The catses & re against the Commissioners *T.taand managers as Raltin Creek ar(.'s Crossir~g polling precitnts; and 95tie man-agers at: t hese two pre. #b e been summned, thirty other th a0as uay who were previously - setor til wilt not be required t o ~ 5~sIh teni of the I'nited Stat es 9Oarestion. As aut present ag. ~.I boe additional asirests in eosnt in the State. ut~iont of the election cases 9 .Wl be represeted by Dis.. e*Iton aissisted by l)alhis Wf~itadelpia, and Mesars. ll. 1$ is probable that, thisbl State will be also de f he indicted par g ia.egal dia'oot iona of K~Aiter, of CThatrlest on, eCst legol talent. ~II~I~dpaftis haring odntes. A u aral A~tipopriteei a geudrJi dIpeession Congressnan 1ken urged thaet the bill-be amend I asto allow th1 (omeniSsioner of griulture to -distiIbuto neer und Iluable seeds and plants to prao cal farmers, instead of 6appjyin'g lemh to Sonators and Congressmen or distribution. He Bad : Moreover I cannot understand Phy it should be tho duty, the priv oge, or the ploaure of a member i Congress to distribute seeds of twy sort to any person. I do not oubt'but that every congressnan % sufficiently circumspect to be fia niliarly acquainted with the most uccessful fiarimore in his d strict, iven thtugh t'aid district be situated n t.o nidst of one of our largo Adies; for who knows every man- he meets, or even those ho never met before, better than a member of Congress, particulatly whon grave results are antrcipaited on the first. T'uosday in the following November? Why, sir, these diminutive little seed bns, containing perhaps the one-threo-hundrud-'-a41nd--seventy seventh pint of sono rare and val unb1h.o seed, botnsticailly known by some iinpronounceable name, doubit less familiar ho wover to the mrnmber of Congress, are potent to effoat rc sults in the futuro. They aro as effective as tho famous tissuo-bal-, lots, which After having served the term of a patented existonce (seven Leeen ye0:1rS) in Yankee-land, i ro.. put.cd to have sought an extension away down in Dixio. With et'ereneo to the appropiia Lion of ,00 for expert imontsLa in the culture and mnanuflactur'e of tea, Col. A'kcn gavc a history of the Sum. mcville (S. C ) tea fiarm, showing that the unitfavorable report of Mr. Sainde's iS 1f0l of living prejuiidice, vciited sploen1 and distorted facts.' IIid wO Should not hesitato to appropriat liberally, annuanillly for th; dee'lopDmen t of this nOW indus t1, for its prot(Spects niO Ia vornAhlo, hi- more so thaln V:t the dovelop ment of CUtLonl culture a century ago, a1nd yet wo export annually over $200,000,000 worth of rawv cot t1on an1d cons ine one-tht itrd as m uch in o ur home inanut factories. Col. A iked showe~'d the cont rast, bet wecn the moU~1itar'y proLceton given by tlie government,111 t~O agricultiure and~ comm nerco and said: We speak of aigricl t ture, t-ou nrco and mnaniu-. hotuo es ais han dimaids of enen oither, thte thre contitu LtLing a symbolic ttincy of thbo first nation in the w.old to daiy. Hetreal toforoe Ottir (sOVCtte iet n as ta0t fo0 te red ari -- mnerce t.o death; an td we hajve throw n richems in the hiap of mianufajcturerrs Until this third handmaid has bie come the mistress of the land. Whly, sir', manuiifact urors no lontg'r ask aid at, the lands of the Governmnt; they simply lay hold utpon protec tion antd r'etai n it unt)ili they exact in 01n0 shapie or' anfotert houndreids of millions o1 dollars anualnly from the pockets of thle people for the benefit of a umero brigade of -men. Would that I had the time o nw ando hero to review~ the histocry of our vartied mnanuitfatetuc. It.~i wolit he pleaisan t for too and p ofit able for this llouse It, imust silirec, htowe~ver, that for' a lowv moment hs I trace the origitn ata . p rogress of but a L sinBgl Ine 0 of them. To be conIciso I shaill contfitne my remar:1*ks to ih t4 1o iro ~I indstieis Of tte xi ingle Stat.e of Penntsylvania and stato simpn ly facts, i ncon troverti ile Ifacts, I ten cily ftomn thbe statis calI re ports fr'om1 the Census Un reau, of the iron and steel protecti of the United Staites. PlENNLYLVANIA' S PlUNDER. .Reca pi tubiting the figures bto had E.ivent, God. Aiken said: r~These figuresa ate startling andJ iv ill bear' repe Ii 1i01; so allo w me to icenlpitliate, i It miz~ing thl~e to ttIl pro% luet of the Unoited Stat&k, the total ly, andic Pennsyx3lvanmia's shate of .,eah. It the Unmited S.taites in 1880 therc were produced as Tollows, i, Otis: .Pig iron, 8,781,021; tariff. $26,~ 167,1 19; l'e iints Iva nia's prodluct, I,.930.a 11; prtct(iont, S 13,512,177. Rol led I roi, 2,353.248; t ari ff, $58 , 81 200O; Pennmtsylv'ania's prodnet, ,07 LO09S; prtot(et iotn, 826,777.450. Bessemter steecl inogots, 985,208; ar i;i $4 4.335,360; Pennasylvania's >roducite, 556,314; protection, $25, )134,130. O)pen-heath steel ingcets, 4,802; .atY', $3,792,500; PonsylIvania's >rOdutct, 37,092; protcectiutn, $1,669,,. A40. (Jruniei blo steel, 76,201; tari ff, $3,. 20,045; Pen nsyivantia's prmoducL, 6v. Pig-iron blooms, &o.., 34,924; tar,. If, $698,480; P.en nsylvan ia's pro., lucL, 24,446; prtotection, $488.920. Iron ta ils, 466,917i; tatifti, 6536,,. 138; Pen nsylvzai's product,, 157,,. 313; protection, $2,200,982. Bessemer steel tails 741,475; tar., f, $18,53,875; Pent nsaylvanin's prto,. luct, 409,339; protection, *10,288,s 175. Open-hon'th steel rails 9,105 tariff, $227,625; Pen nsylIvan ia's pro,~ d uet, 8.360; protoc tion, $84,000. .Cut riails, 252,830; tar'iff, $7,584,,. 900; Pen r.sylIvan ia's product,, 75,849; protection, 82 275,470. Total tarift' ont iron prcducts in 1880, $170,440,060; Ponnslvaniia's share, $84,989,879. I respectfully ask, out of '.hose pockets came these tiabelous sums to en rich' the few iron mnfcturers, (of the United States? But let us lootk' *jiwe farther and investigato Itf we can1the subject of enhanoed w *es' ~ ~ -~ -. - AeftvrefI ek krtvthe irivilege of working in tie 117Ir nanItuf14etories of be a 04i h-0 sates, ate reportod as - nU Mberist 14o,978, antd to etsh of the, is p. as his unnuid wages the, t'voage kutn of 6898.51, or a total umnutt1 of $55,476.785, or a litt le over one third the otal intount paiJ by the people to the employers in the shapqo of protection, r, in -other woids, Lte ir-on mttnuf'aoturers pay their latbor ers $55,476,785 anntally4 while the people pay through protection t< &h4*e iron manufacturer's 8170,440, 060. A nd tho State of Peinsylvaun' it, receiving thro-ugh protection $81 989,379 upon her iton pI'odtction, iv paid at bounty of $29,572,594 by th< Consuners of hotr productos ovOr amj above the total amount of w:ago: annulily pzaid by the iron mantiufac torios of' the U nited States to ill o their- employees. .Is iL tiny wondor then, Mr. Chairmun that, our' i'or manufacLurers are able to patly lar<.r sa1atriesa to htborr? And still les, iS thIero CIuSO o' 1r111i)sO thttI iro01 maiiuftcturters are protctijve tatrifl nen, reguardless of any other phasn of their politicail crood? TIE WOURKMEN DO NOT OET IT. But, Mr. Clirtilman, there is 0n< nsp1.ecL of this subjot, that, (1003 pro voke my surprise, tin -1 that is thai any man should attLointl to prove or should even assert, as we liave had it, asserted, repeated, and reas, eerlod soveral imes i) the -same speech siico the Isasoibling of the present Conagreiss, that 90 p1e' ceni of the maniafletturd prodUCtS of om coiitry ik laor. Strainge inftiUta tionl! Un less figures lie, nild unlos our Census sttLities ure a fraud, tI< botity paid by the lariff to the 'oin manniliiacturces aIlonlo of the sinlgle SLato of PenIsylvania iS 11010 thari 50 por cent in excess of till the Waz ges paid by all thb1 m11 a)nIfacture 01 tron n all parls of the United States. Bu t, M r. Chaui rmatill, let us exam inIo anj)Otl(1 Ihlaso of Lis8 kaloido scopic Sub'ct,. In 1880 the aggaro gttted capital invested in iron an11d steel indust I ies i) 0t United States was 8230,971,884. Of Lis amtioult $106,247,006, or 40 per1 cent,, 'evre n vested in Pennsylnia. W It the mar~ket, value of the annual0 pwo d1uct of thiis permanout1)11 inivesLitmon is 1 have no0 mean~ls of knowing, but I do know that, be iL whlat it may it is onhla'need in Valano by prol (ectiou) to thle amlouni ot 8170,440,U000 or 7( per aent upon))LI Ch (capital investe< 8. per~ cent Iu pon~ the invesC~ttments $iI Il'nns8ylvantia. VuLlgal ly a le band1(1 holder is denom0Fin~ated ats bloateut becausc heC pa~ys no tax tiponi his inI vestmnt. WNhit shall we st ylu iub man01 whose inives'.tment,) is ianuall) enh111anced int value nearly1 100O poi cent by the bunty11 of' the G oven ment? Wise as serpeants at e thest iroladIL~ 1 proetive Lar)if menl C t oi they have caijuiled~ bo(th thetir1 om ployces and this grea t Governmen1.I~ into the belief thaL thle tariff is mo isti tat iont lou nded exptressly for t.br pro'(tct ion a of the Ialbor ing mnan. Sutppose0 ihese lab~orerls, im bue d w illI thtl Mlpirit of rebellioan u bicht the geantlean fromhn Peannsylvana (.\1e Kelly) Lid us y'esterday lie hadl sooi mainilestod in) hi8 State Lin opI) 1Asitiol to the supervision1 reqiried by oro sysSteml of itetral taixaition, we2) 10 stikoI 10or aI (Osperati ve dhist ribu Lien of LIhe Carin~igs of thi) oIUwI) ha' bor, tilnk you1, Mr C hair1ma n, ii would tafutunt to no more thaan 3! po0r cenL, of the bounty paid the~s( mt~ianutfatuirers by3 cl0o(Governmnat, Ian aigricu ilturo labfor' is fr'eqaiuntly Cs' t Imaate.d as half thbo value of Lte prou du ct. Ian iron1 flt manfatturIs it Ia less than 35 por' cent of the bount3 of the GovernmenLlt, and( yet, it, a claimed to be 90 per (cent, of the val u0 prod)IIucd. Thol assort'ion) reailly MOComs Ial. 0 1. TIlE cOT"JON TIE~ FRAUD. Mr. Chlairmaan, howv insatiato it the greed of' bhomn iy! Not, con tout with their alrecady daazzling in comeCs through the bouanty of th<~ Government, these iron men01 uare at Lemnptin~g to inlcra~se, andm dou btles* will increaise, thle tar itT upon t hat chass oif manu Itifactuitred Iiron in wh ich is I icluded "'cotton tics,"' a descrips. tion1 of iront thoat aaffects the packet 8 of the greaitest, number ic of t he poor% (st Iaborerus of this (0ount ry. Th e's Ia borer's areo, how ever, all farmeris, who seldom feel theo0 heling hand of a patern'aal Gov'crtament. The diuty 0on cotton ties some y' ars8 ago wa'zs 70 por 'ent, ad vaIOloem For some recason, not por1tinenti t this mo, amount, ti s duty was iredireed to. 85 per OCnt ad valotoma, wvh ich is aibout. thr)e o tlls of 1 cnt1 pet' p)od. The bill faimiliarly known ats the McKinley bill pa'oposes. r'o restore the 70 p~er cent tax or inlcreatso the dutty thiree-f'ourths of I (Cnt por' poun)Id. (CortaIinly 1suF4ch a tax is on, 13y a mnito whea implo.se'd upon)1 an in, divid ual farmoer, but wh iat is it when aggi egated utpon ai Cttonl crop numn berinig millio0ns of bales? Eaich batle usually hats six ties around it and they waty ten pounds, hene the le vy upon each b~j o is 7& cents. The crop of 188 doubtless aggre. gate 0,000,000 bales, and hence the taix-on the 30,000),000 tics that bind them will lamount, to the sum of $450,000. Now, siar, if' this ZamouttL could be collecteod at, our custom,~ houses and be then 'covereud into the treasury, not a f'uamer in the South would complaiun of 1.he tax. But, when we kutow fraomn past experieince that it, will till goC, pr at letast $449, 000 of it,, into thfe coffors of' loss than a halt dozen cotton tie manus uoturers of this country, we can . hat danuanano th flm' m.l-:.~nam Lio0 i . is not;Lu to-o $f ton I, te IqAbe price 1 IWnd the )rice in New 1iuon tl )riue Uha h' ket,, whih its g Sluatedby eela tion.and not by '4upply44d doma uJ 'I t~his. Congres. wotuld 6'bedui~d imn 1)01 the penalty of the hangmitnti'S rope around ,he neck ot every man who dealt in what is known .:olhni Cally Us "cotton 'fULIrce," - positive and direct protection woeld be giv% il t tthe -cLLo) plantOIS inl bO fi' us they are detrnuded by the kan oler- of New York .and esew'here. But from -the iwaauen. ot tle Liver pool mairket thoycan ge3er antici pato protection, for English cotton buyors schedule Lno pri-c of cottonh as8 if ovbtry' putlchtae Were Imade of the net int. .A standard 0-'t, is do I ducted from every balo as it is weigh ed, which isan ubsoiu e 1088 of tweity punds to the bal , Ohe Wei; 'ht of t '0 bagging aid ties, and "i ossfalls directly upon the pro ISducer. llence tin increasing duty upOn the cotton tio would be a di reet Lax upon the farmer for the bonefit, Cfthe manufiactuiror. THE OLD ORY. Ir. Chairman, there is another feature about the iron. indubtrics of oul coun1try worthy of attention. ion manutieturers never admit, that a redouction of the Lairiff will injire their in vestmen; they always awsort that it will complotely destroy them. A way back in 1785 the iron mam facturers ot Pennsylvaida politioned the Goi'oral -Ass-embly to rovent te ipurtation ot foreign iron by at roh ibitory tariff, "or there woulId be a Lo:ail stoppage and destiuction of that, very usetul and beneficial manuIacture" in that province. From that day to this the echo of that up peal has been reverberating through the'se halls, growing louder and more p)otout as Lime rolls on- - A few years ago. when the duty on cotton tics was reduced from 70 to 35 per cent ad valorem, we were as surod tha, thertwould be m:Aiufne, turies closed- up ad laborers. wiLh depen~dent tailie's tilrownI pooni'o1ss 'p n ain uncharu titaf~l w orb, and1( great suffleintg ini conlsequieieo. T'hat aunt sp)'et'o, the paupei~r labisror' o>l' inglantd , waus to step) righit, in and1( IIupoverlish 0our cottonl tie man~)ufao un- ers. AX.las, for these jiwoph ets, re, On the conitrar'y, he0 f:.ctor ies were kept, busy -almost.. tuih. undt daiy, anid thie prIieCof cotto., ties to the. fimer wvere reduced in peh-e~ more~( than thie redutctio of1 , the dluty, and iIobody seems~l to have been1 isijured. * But, sir,~ thi I. Vry of "(deste'IIU'.iOa o the eniterpriise if youL redlure the - t u- if'" scen peculhu-a to thle v'oca the F'orty fifthI Congress the dutyv was 011 runnedlI11 (rom quinine we were s1a4iured t he Ii:tuii fuac'tuire 's Ocilpal. Lion was5 gonte. liigli piced~ qliui(n all were* the prognos10tics of ~ thi u u'' given us by the quiinoe, mo1 1 11pol1ists at that tim41). But wvha t aro thle Lets in) cLie case? Two ~ month I ..i be Iorie the re'pe.il oU'thbft tin ty qinine si bl in thisi (ity alt $5 ani I u 0111 , fori i bough-it iIatI th at, price. Suibsegiteutly i 04)11git it, at 6 1.2;,. A year ago I. boul~ght it att $:3 50 Siunce theni it was sold for' *3, and to day can) bo bough~t lor' .2 WVe have heard of no consaequent, suff1 er ing, Mr. Chiairnman, nior of adultera,. ted qinine, and thle factories are ait avrk, and( reeiin all the ne', earnin1gs their labor dceerves. TIlE TAIFF ON R ICE. As withy cotton ties and quinine, -so it, woulid ho with pig iron, Besse,% mier steel, cut nails, oi' any other in dutstry now too highly priotcte~d by our tariff laws. D)o not understand me)L) Mr. CJhairman, as advocating. thle repe)al of' thbe Laifft in toto. Cer tainly in this Iato daiy, when We are oppr'essed with that, initena system of' ta.tatiofl which a'r. Jeffeirsoni doub tleSs charaetorised and djenoun) cod ini stronger 1ans!ungo than that attribt ed to him by thbe gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr'. Kelley) and( w hen we are burdened with au heavy national debt, no ceaonsoable man01 would desire to see tihe onie re pealed, the other entailed 11pon1 p)o. terit~y, and our customhouse doors, thrownI open to foreigners to tihe detrtimenCIt, if not, destruction, of all flome mau actures. I i maigino such ui prop)ositionl never Ce'ed thle brain of the most ex treme ireetador'. But 1 do not, doubt but that a ma,' jority of tihe thiinking men of our coun itry have conltomplatedI and do desire ai reduction of the tuariti uIpsI mo- t of our mnanufnietured ar'ticles. In my mind it is appaient that no protcetion should be given any arti clo0 beyond that, which would plao thle pi oduacer on equal footing w ih the foreign producer in tihe hlome mlariket. For instance, 1p0 pound. 06.East Inidia r'ice can be delivered in our custom housos0 for $2.90. It costs our home producers of rice I 4.33 to plaice a lixe qjuantLity in' our bomne marilkot. The difforenice 18 *1.43- To that extent I would Iproet thle r'ico planrter' of my Staie I nd no moiro. Tihe present tariff on rice in $2 50 per hundred pounds. Th1is is $1.07 milre' thunl the differ,. onco in the cost of production here and p)rodulction) abroad, and just thatg much moriei'. than11 it, ought, to be, be cause it is taking by law from the consumera of 100 pounds of rico $1?.. 07, for' which no eartLhly equilvaleunt is givenl In 'eturn. Anid ithg pme ulo would hold good, Mr. Cha hn, ar an tra ha would a4d bAly he'"eauty ad u'thetivenesea GU e, that its Ounoll big not yet Seen to provide. the g.at misforuut III regard to the streets, Is Ih'Lthey are .& little oo welt "drttined." -etting qua shad trees isa very important mAtter, but ita fortunately the Couucil are not very able tkodied men, if they wre. I do not think they would be much for digging. there Is an ordinance, under which our- citizens tmight be tt'ed, but out of their own good ness they havepaid' such a libera! clhirth tax. ant the Council is s.ow tq'. icrease the burden. 0 , '[he "chips and heaps of compost." have been very liberal'in akt distribution or noxious goases. Many families in the lower part of the county are suffering from its lijiriois effects. But aside from a' ques lion of health, common decency skould re quire every intelligent, citizen to make things phasant about his premises. " Verbun eat *ap)ienti " All I hate to say in reply to that is: "flora fix skarun; conutI.. #li instani Maru pu 8andy plunkua." "Observer's" paragraph about the school W4 al right, And the portion in regard ao the bell has had the dei-re1 effect, as the amount to purcha.3e the same has already been secured: so we will soon have one on top of the house that will out rat le all those inside, and, moreover will rattle precisely at the right - T'i ,. Col. John T. Ithett has received the Dem, ocraiii nomination fer Mayor of Columbia. I ls nommietr is a good one, tind be should 41e elected by an overwhelming majority. It. A. 11 Gibson, Jr., was convicted of forgery at W:alhalla Court last week, and has fled the oeunttvy Conductor Warren, on the Columbia & Greenville Railroad and conductor Griffith on tile Air Line, were both accidentally kil led on their roads last week. The great floods of the West continue to carry destrict ion before them. Severe I lives are reported to have bei lost. & ad an ioial levees are breaking doily. Many teo~ple are living oin rafts, floating about. on the water, and ot hers are living in tle up per stories of barns ansi Cot a'on g as in a strving~ condit ius The govermalnent is still issuing rations. Th Distinguishih~g uharms. Adelightaful fra'grance: of fresl.ly gather ed flowere and sphices is the distinguishing charm of Floreston Colognie. 4 Cii iur.o-rr:, N. C.. .\arch 13 ---Yesterday 11 lilosi C iw;Lt~! ly alti bililal aittI ~Iih g) at miir, ti- r wva.n i tide tdaur siiiies. fet'u i hi4 jll;tce. iis Saiio C \loore s4tar teid Io ch urch abt II A. .\l. i aid was fodiaowedl by at niegro b.ly nam.nl lieu WVit hers. ag.4d ontly abom11 15. *f imert disatance fromn a he house lhe bo3 irniek N\ iss \io'.re over t he head wth Ii iarge stick v'hlirbe fellid her to thle grotunda Ihe subhsegm-n' ly cut her abhroat and -i et - r0, dead l'itruit was.' made.a niunos t inn diately. andi (Ihe negro arlre-s ed anid pbiced inl jult. No co ise hias bee-n assigne- I aor iihe dteed, MIissN wlor was alethi . i s miorning atnt may possibuly ree-iver. Tihe i t l!enfce of Sei.reant .\a~on, who ftrel ati GUite:ai, lias beenoi opirove I by Gen IIa stcock. The -entensce* is, I bat Ihe e ,hshon nub y d isc-harged wvahi loss- of aill p..y and5( ilownnesie. andl to lw coniine~..d in ible pesni ent iary at hard babor for eigh t yeatrs. N~iaivut., TI-.sN., March 13 - special fr-om Nle iintaville says t hat J. M. Davis, a he celebrated raider of moon-''i er<, was walylaid and k ilied thItis nm m iroon abot ih-ee mailes frm n Mc.\linniivill e. Thiomas .V 'ckeis, who waus w it aim.vis. say ihai th ere were t wetinay men in thei gang athat dad the shioo-inig. Monty for a R~in1 Day. '-For six years my daughter was pick fronm kidiiey and other disorders. W~e had used up ouir savings on doctors, when our dominie advised us to try Parker's Ginger Tonic. Four bottiles effect ed a cur e, and its a dollars worthb has kept our tamiily welt over a year, we have been able to lay by money again for a rainy day ."-.a Poor Man's Wife 4 CHEAwini, March 1:.-inuformat ion has j sts reached here that another homicide hs occurired in this county. A few nights ago i wo brot hers by t he name of. Baker, rebi ding in the upper part of this county, met at ohe of their homes, and becoming eiiga ged in an abteroation the younger waus shiot andl instantly killed. The elder immediately surrendered himself to the sheriff and is now in jail. The parties are white andt have borne a good name. SorrTr UiTIrLsIrEM, PA., March 18. dalulpox is epidemic here, there being up wa.-dls or tifny cases in t own), neariy all ol which hasve beent reported ince daltuidauy. Teo schools lhave been closed. Tar is bair tned ini di tferet, parts of thle town, and mionwg efforts are being made to prevent the con agion from spreading, The malady prevails in its worse formi. Ua.Acrcvia.s, March 13.--Bud Mims was kilhed at Ilua's M~Iill, near Elko, In ibi enuinty on Sma erday lst, by his tnephew, lboth white. 'lThe decese~d quarreled wit~h Isis tiepheow andt assaulted him with his kniife, when the hattecr struck him a blow with lia stick on thle side of thle head, from he elffcots of which lie died int a very shorL i te. PANAiMA, March l8.--Advlces from Cossa [licab stiate tht AIlajmelai, Sian liomot, Ore uia and lieuredit hasve been desa royed by an ~arthquake. In Alajuela alone several hotusatnd lives were lost. Those alive are tomeless. "Wiuswi! Coming up the~se stair. takes he wind oust of me,"* remarks the getitle nan who climbs to (lie editorial toems to give advice abot running the paper. ' 80 clad" says the editor, shaking iatt by the taind, and the gentleman thinks the editor a delighted to see hirn. Only Thirty Days' Trial We wIll mend Dr. Dye's Celebrated Else ro Voltaic Belts and oither Electrio Appli tnees on trial for thair y days to y oung anean and older persons who are aEIuted with hbaennau Dehility L.ost Va t.atty,. ete., anarE AGENTr FOR~ ST010 HOEPAT GREENVILLE ' .. ( W E WILL DELIVER STONO IN 1 TON LOTS at EasleY, for 400 lb Middling Cotton for I Ton of Fertiliser. We will sell single ton at our store I Greenville at. the same rate. Parties wi solyt money to call on us. Riespeo'fully, FERGUSON & MILLER. march 9, 188226 4. BLUE*GRASS SEE) RED CLOVER SEED. Orchard Grass Seed flERDS CRASS SEED. White Clover Seed EUCERNE SEEDi, PAIN TS. GLASS. P U T T Y, & C. A T The Greenville Drug, sce< anud Paint Storee. 4LAN BR~Gsa oct 6, 18 4 Clerk's Sale. 0 STATE OF SOtJJ U CAROLINa C'UNTzY (F PICKENS. IN COURT' OF COMMON PLE.\ J. C, Grifli, Adma'r, vs. Ann Keith et a 1581 , by Hon-11 j.. II Hudson, Precsidim Ju~dge. I w-ill hell n 'Pickena Court flonts onl Saled~oy in A pril next, duritng the legi hioulrM of .I de, all (Ihe rest., re.,-i tIue and r m-:inader ot the lIenal E~aate of' .StephIeni I KeithI, dcenased, consiasintg of lhree Pairce or Lute ot L:ad reumanining ntter settinag U a iloumest ead to Mrs Ann Keih, to wit: One T1ract coniiig 10 9-10 A cres, muoi or less utn A dams ('reek, adjoininug lanads M it thew llendricks, Rebecca Keith ala others. On.e Tract cont nining 14 1-10 A cres, Dmot or les, on Oolenaoyg. Itt yer, ad ejoinin tg Iant of J., K. 8udhearland and Samuel Edens. Th'lat Lot. of Land knaowni as the TABL ROCK IHOTEL [PLACE, containinag Thar Acres, btute or less, whereon the5 Hotel no sLtads-=-theo said Hotel contains 2 ruOms, and on the Lot thter, are good au con Veualent Stables and other outbuildingu T1.lt MS-*'-Onae-half cash, thae balance o a credit of t welve monthas; credit portion be scoured by a bond of thec purchaser an maortgage or the premises. Purchasers pay extra for papers. J. J. LEWIS, e.c.r. march 0, 1882 25 4 Sheriff's Sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PICItENE, B Y virtue of sundry executions to in directed I have levied upon, And wi sell to thei highest bidder for cash, durn ihe legmal haouars of sale on the first, Monda in A pril, 1882, before the Colt Houl door of Pickents CJounty, All that 'aTpct of Land, lying and bein in the County of P'ickens, in the State 4 Soath Carolinta, on Big Crow (Creek, watem of Keowee River, adjoitning lands of Thomm Newton, J. N. Murphree and others, oo: tnining Onae Hundred and Eighty-nix Acre more or less. Levied o'i as the property of T. Miltc Alexander. Whattever interest, therein subject, to sale for te dnbts of said Milto Alexanader, will be sold, at tho suit..of usn B Alexander and Aurora T. Alexande Plaiat iiff, against T. Milt~ol Aexiandbe Adiniastrator and Sarah A. Alexande Administratrlx of the estate of- Founltai Alexander, deceased, Defendants. A LSO, All the Interest., Ritght and Title of Dudl Wigingbon, In thaat Tract of Land, c which he now lives, situate and being I thec State and County aforesaid. adjoinis lands of John P. Uraig, Thomas Craij George, ZlarrettL and others, containing Ttu Hlundred Acres, more or less; levied on the property of tihe said Dudley Wiginglt it the suit of lRobert F. Morgan. ALSO, All of that T ract of Land, whereon Frari Gibson now liv es, situate and being in ti State and Couunty af'oresaidI, near Bix Mi Mountain, adjoiuing lands of John P. Erai Daniel Mills and others, opntainling 0.) Hundred and Eigh i Aeres, mire or less. All of thatI Tendt of Land on which J3 seph' gstttia pow lives, situate and beirt in s te o'2nt~and4Site aforeaid, onSiv Cw~l gj*11ng Indk ef Mrs. Neal au pt t.4't ag ive lundred Acre: Shovels Spc 4 Il Mattocks, Piek' n I A RAKES. Cross Cut Sawao LOts of other Goods it W. T. McFALL'S. PICKENS C. H., S. a. jan 5, 1S82 16 NEW FIRM I -0 NEW GOODS -0 NE W PRICE S I 0 WE 1HO1E TO BE ABLE TO MIERV1 the patronage so liberally bestowed on th' Old Firm, and *it.h the New Year we start out withl the determinatior, to Increase out trade for the year 188250 per cent over thait of 1881. In order io d this We will coni nue to giv6 our ftiends the very lowest prices on ay thing they wish to a.ny, and by4teeping OUR STOC0K .. Well up with the demand. of our trade, and by polite and couriteous alttentionl we are des termined to win. llemembIer we sell 21 Y ards Print afor $1.00. 7--8 Shirtinug for (62 cenltd. Won:en's Poll~a Shloes at 75 cents, and se on do win t he list.. A good lot of RE ADY .\MAPE CleIllIING, . l1ankets, and other Winter Goods to cleed out at co~tatund carringo. liRespecfually, IIORT DN & iIROWN, jnt 5, 1882 10 if , R. II. Anderson& Co. To the renders of this we would ask yaod to pay strict atteltion to our pri.-os, a'nd* youwil lfind that "IHard Times" cain be e, ".\lndcEasy." W~e will certainly make it to y your ?dvaintage, tu see us before buyini cs' sellIhgi aend we hike pleasure in on'e-rin'g to d our friendsand customaer~s Goods at auch a ireduced price. n Calico, 8tandard Prints, 29 yards to tit ~o $1; --8 $hirtireg. 610. per yard; Cotten 4 d Plaiid, 9o. Bleaohing, onue yard wide, 7e.) o Ladies' Ilose, 5o,; Handkerch~efs. 5o. to $1. 25; Laundreli Shirts. 500. to $1 25; Far. mecr's hickory Shirts,80o. We can sell Jeans cheaper tha~n any stet18 in Pickens County, 11 to 55o. per yard. A large Stock Hants from 25c. to $8; a warranted Brogan Shoe, $1.15; The Ladies' Polka Shoe, 70c; Ladies' Double Grain Butt ton Shoe, $1.25; Child's Polka Shoe, 450, Always look at our Boots before you buy, and we will save you money. It is rtimnored that Flour is on the rife ,. now if you want to save money 'call on us* We have just received 100 hunrrels, and will guarantee to sell it at Glrecnville prices.-' Rtemem-ber this if you have to buy. e We are also, agents for the Old1 Hickory Wagon, the best Wuagon~ soldlin the (State. I you doubt the veracity of this, we will wits pleasure refer you to Ri. A. hester, e WI I. Chapman and J. J. Wakelin, Ohs' trade is brisk, our profits are shot, gand our prices are torrpting. B. HI. ANDERSON & CO., nov 10, 1881 0 6 s The Old Reliable!' n ONE OF THlE ' B E ST1N E W S A PE R ! rIN THlE SOUTh. 17o Sensationali1smI N~o Immorality, I, 1 88 2, SUIBS(IBIBE' IOR Ife - -0 'rf HIE Chronicle and Cons t ltutionalist is he oldest newspaper in the South, k alhd pet-haps the (oldest in the United Statee, e huavinug been estiablishued in 1786. Whit. e thoroughly Demnocraitio in principle, it Is 4" ~, liberal, progressive and toleriint The ' e CnaoER J. contains the latest. news from all parts of the world, and is recognised de a frat class paper. -. As an advertising medinm, It covers thr g country in Georgia and South Oaroling tri~ r butary toP Angusta d We en leavor to exclude eatpli ., We publish no artiolas of an Immark h.r4