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XVIII.?New Series. | UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA? AUGUST 5,1887. V v NUMBER 30
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WiLKtMSViLLR, July '29th, 1887.
* Mr. Editor.?This afternoon is quito warm,
bat not so hot as the weather was several days
ago. From the 15th to y?o '20th, wo had a
sry unusual hot spell of weather. It was oppressive
on both man and beast. However,
the healed term was out off by gentle showers
on Thursday and Friday afternoons and on
Saturday afternoon we had a splendid rain, and
I think it was very general. Tlio rain continued
to fall after night. I don't know how
long, for I retired early and was soon lost in
loop and dreams. The rain was acoompsaied
by some wind but did no serious damrOge
ta ojrops, so far as 1 li.qva. heard, from.
Crops tire very uuoh revived tutd aro doing
well. Seme of the farmers on Broad lliver
^ oouat on making enough of com t > do them
two years, if nothing happens to it from this
on. The cotton orop on Broad River and her
adjacent hills is also vory promising at this
time, and-I am sorry to hear that it is not so
in other looalitios of Union. .Mr. J. il. BarUes,
of your town, is visiting in this neighborhood
and I understand hn r?nnrlM IIia Ai-nnu
_ljr r ?- ,
orry from Union, C. II. up this wny. Well,
I will say to you all down lliero oa tlio ridge
what II. W. Grady aaid to the North-Western
folks I When ho heard of their orop failure
he invited them down South whero it was always
seasonable. If you cant do any better,
just niovo up into the 'dark corner,' mid we
will try and tako oaro of you until you csu
make a crop. We would like first-rnte to
hare a town and a Railroad to enlighten us a
little up hero. I hare heard it said, that a
locomotive was the groatcst oivilixer in the
World. A little civilising and moralising
would not hurt us. The crops aro about 'laid
by' and the big meetings will commcnco this
week at Salem Churob, conducted by W, W.
Katchford, and our brother Methodists are to
have n protracted meeting at Wilson's Chapel
of this town, embracing the 1st Sabbath of
August, and our brother Uiptists you {know
Will fall in line with their series of meetings
sometime in August, eo when they all get
done with us I reckon we will fool like there
has been a general eradication of all our sins 1
and that we have started out ou a higher
moral piano. It is mighty hard for a fellow ]
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ui? iuiujj iu ma muruia IU II1C riglll SOTl |
of tuoe. Our folk liavo an old black liou with
about a dozen chickens that have corrupted
my morals some lately, by trespassing on my
watermelon patch. I bad a boy to run her 1
down yesterday and catch her, I then pulled
all the feathers out of one of her wings and
put her in a coop. I thought I was done being
worried with her, but she got out this morn- |
lag, and when I visited the watermelon patch
found that she had been there and sampled
several melons, 1 looked for her but could not
find her anywhere. I told the housekeeper 1
they might say what they pleased, I intended I
to shoot that old hen if I caught her in that i
melon patch again. I think I will get her
soon in the morning. My girl is 'countin on'
eating some of those molous, and I am do-'
termined that the old lien shall not cause her ,
to be disappointed. My time ie up.. I think
we will have moro raisr tlii? afternoon, The '
health of our vicinity is very good. 1 want 1
you to give your'Devil' a good shaking* up t
and make him quit swapping my words for some ]
of bis wheu I write to you. I
Yours truly, 1'. 11. L.
Interesting Items from Uatfney.
Qaffmky City, July 27, 1887.
Since my last report we have bad good show- !
era of rain which seems to have set up the |
crops all right, and our farmers seem happy, ,
and the merchants woar a nleasant ?mil? nn
their countenances with tho hope that planters
will be able to pay oil' their mortgages and '
liens, which so many Tailed to do last year. 1
If the prospect continues as good as it seems to 1
be now, It ia to be hoped that the farmers will j
get even and keep so, and no longer be bothered |
with euoh nightmares as mortgages and Ileus, (
which has so long proved a curse to this sec- j
tion of country.
Tho dwelling house of Mr. Thos. MeCraw, '
of this placo was struck by lightning Wednesday
of last week, and a considerable amouut '
of weather-boarding torn off one side, notwith- 1
standing there wore two lightning rods on the '
house. None of its inmates were injured. I
l'rof) Orilhth, of the Limeetono Institute (
lost a fine oow last week by having its leg (
broken in the pasture. It has not been long
since ho lost a fine borso ia the same manner.
Since my last two of tho sick mentioned, '
vis : Mr. Juns tfurrait and Mr. J. T. Harris
havsdied from the sffeots of tho fovor. Miss j
CorryTate is improving. Jno. .Smith, son of
Abo Smith, a very worthy colored man is very
siekwith the fever. We have heard of no
new CMet.
Our town in very quiet and ponce ible, end
our Town Merslial lias an easy time, keeping '
company with the idle cferks. j
Watermelons are plentiful, but they are (
small and badly matured. (
No grumbling aluut rain now. We begin to
fear damages on ereek bottoms. ,
Daring tne recent s torms lightning struck
soreral trees in this locality, but we bare '
beard of no serious daurage.
Several of our ollitens have lost fine cows I
from a very peculiar disease. They lire but ? |
short iime after being taken sick. 4
Mrs. Marco has been sick with fever for, the |
isp mre? ween, dui la nowj^pro viug.
* The Sanitary Committee has had (ha town
thoroughly cleaned, sod we hope thst oar pititens
will beoomo more healthy, and thst we
may here no more fever.'
. Hesvy' shower of rain with thunder and
lightning Tuesday evening. Hrriah.
MiOoab't Vltallser la what you need for Constipation
low of appetite, Plxslnewt. and all aymptoma of Pyapepela.
Price 10 eed 75 ceate. per boUle. For wie by ,
J W Poeey * Bro.
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Electric Fiiie Balls.?A writer in
New York 6'uh says : In nearly aU of tbo
reports * of personal injury by lightning
strokos, victims who reoovcr say they have
seen balls of tiro. The fire ball soems to
figure conspicuously in all stories of prosstration
by lightning, and it would be interesting
to study this special phaso of tho
phenomena for tho purpose of ascertaining
whether the fiery ball has any cxistonco
except as the result of the bright Hash upon
tho optic nerves. Almost invariably tho
persons who are close enough to a flash of
lightning ?n eoo this ball have. doclarq^
that it moved Slowly, dancing and bound-,
ing through tho.rooro or across tho field,
and in oases where men and women have
been prostrated nnd subsequently recovered
they have asserted that tho ball
bounded slowly toward them and struck
them full in the chest. I recently talked
with a man who was in a factory which was
struck by lightning, md ho told uie that
two balls of Grc approach cd him from tho
end of tho room, slowly bounding along
the floor, nud leaping almost to tho coiling.
Whou they reached him, lie said, they
both 6truck him on tho breast at the same
iustnnt, aud he fell insensible. T ie factory
ohimuey was struck on this occasion and
partly demolished. IIo recovered in fifteen
minutes, aud carefully examined his
clothes to see if they were burned.
I firmly boliovo that the ball of fire 5b
merely au optical illusion, and that it is
Been ouly by persons who are not in tho
direct lino of tho electric current. Has
anybody investigated the matter?
Two Young Mf.n Cur Down.?llcnuotlsville,
July 20.?James M. Alford, 18
years old and a most promising young uiau,
died yesterday at his homo in Blenheim,
seven miles from this place, and was buried
to-day. lie had been a student at tho
State University for two terms, and had
taken a very high stand in his classes.
He was ambitious, aud studied bard previous
to tho examinations at the close of
the last term, and was takeu sick be for o he
loft Uolumbia with typhoid fovcr, of which
bo died.
Sydney Marsha1.!, another youug man,
tbo last of that natno in this town, where it
has long been known, was also buried today.
His mother and two sisters died last
summer, and the nervous strain incident to
thoir sickness and decease brought on paralysis,
from which ho never recovered.
Most sections of the county have been
visited by fine rains. A few miles around
Bennottsvillc still suffers from the drought.
Tho crops of both corn and cotton will be
iff from uu avcrago orop considerably. Tho
weed of the cotton is vory small and it is
ihcdding its fruit. I think from both
report and observation I can truthfully say
that tho crops arc tho poorest we have had
for many years.?Sjirciul to i\cws and
Courier.
A Misplaced Switch.?Chicago, July
27.?An accident occurred to the Philadelphia
and Chicago cxpross on the Baltimore
sud Ubio Kail way at York, Indiana. Tliu
train left here at 6 o'clock last uight, and
it York, owing to a misplaced switch, rati
iulo a siding nod into a freight train which
was standing there. Engineer Cramer
tod Fireman Kooker of the passenger
train wero both killed, and W. lv. Devinc,
juginccr of the freight, was bady injured,
tiut will recover, it is thought. No one
i
ilsc was hurt.
There is good roason for the suspicion '
that tho uccideut was lite result of a dolibnato
attempt to wreck tho passenger train.
Thirty minutes before the passenger train
passed York au excursion train passed '
tafely over tho switch, and after the nceiicut
it was found that the switch lock had |
t>eeo brokou open with a heavy oaken
slub. '
'A Natural IJoun Fool.'?The follow- '
iug extract tnkon from an editorial in the 1
Abbeville Medium, on the battle of Grat
Manassas, is characteristic of (ho editor :
'The result of tbe battle is historic. It
was an u^er route of the Union forces.
The Southern soldiers were dressed as civilians,
many of thotn having on the Guest
cassimerca. They had an epaulette of
flanool to distinguish them from the enemy.
In tho routo wo captured a wagon load of
handcuffs, brought down for tho purppstf'"i)f
degrading our ldadors. ICriinmiiiger, a
printer from Due West, captured a lot of
hoopskirts and ^tpll slippers. The editor of
the Median captured the saddle-pock ots
if t paymaster with $1,000 io 'gold. He
handed it over to the Confederate States,
Like a 'natural, born, foal.'
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A Trottinu Match.?Detroit, July
21.?Harry Wilkes, trotter, and Johnston,
paoer, raced this afternoon for a purse of
five thousand dollars. The race was the
best 3 out of 5, Johnston being driven to
wagon and Wikes to harness, Johnston
took tbe first heat and Wikos tho last three.
Tine, 2.16, 2.14*, 2.19. 2.18* 2.21 5-4 (
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OCR FORGOTTEN DEAD.
The Ladies Memorial Associotion of Charleston,
S. C.t respectfully asks your nctivo assistance
in making known throughout the Slate
the neglected condition of tho graves of the
Confederate Dead at Johnson's Island, Ohio,
aut^ in calling attention to tho effort to rescue
them from ruin and oblivion. Col. R. B.
Brown, tho Secretary of "The Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home," of Sandusky, Ohio, who recently
joined with the Grand Army I'ost at
that placo in decorating these graves with
flowers, has written to the Editor of the
Charleston News and Courier, calling attention
to their dilapidated condition, and staling
that the wooden headboards with a few exceptions,
now "lie rotting on tho ground." Many
of these are the graves of South Carolinians,
and tho ladies of this Association nro anxious
to place a durable marblo tablet over them, at
least, but would be glad if they could raise
fuuds sufficient to purchase the small plot of
ground set apart ns a Cemetery, enclose it with
a suitable fcnco, and erect a monument in the
centre of the lot upon which could be inscribed
the name,'company, and State of all the brave
Confederates, who Iio buried so far from homo
and kindred.
Will you not undeitnko to push this matter
in /our vxuiniy, ana solicit contributions? 1
If there is au organized Memorial Association
in your county, will you not cudeavor ]
to secure its active co-operation in this labor .
of love and gratitude ? Wo liopo for the assistance
of all tho Southern States in this
holy work. Contributions may be sent to Miss '
P. PI. Do Saussure, No. 1 East battery, '
Charleston. I
Dy order of I
MltS. M. A. SNOW DEN, l'res't. ,
Miss Anna Simpson, Peo'y.
Bloody Dkkd op a Child.?Greenville,
July 23.?Special: Tho details of
a criuic which involves a remarkable instance
ol juvenile depravity were received* '
here to day from Butler township, in this
county, about fourteen miles from the city.
Ou Lawrcns Fowler's place two negro families
lived ucar together, the lludsons and
the Typings. On Saturday morning tho
two mothers of these families went off on
au all-day visit. They came back about
sundown and found that Georgianua Hudson,
aged about 7 years, bad killed tho '
youngest Typing child, a baby 1 year ol'L,
All the children told the story of the deed.
When tho Typings mother bad left her
place Gcorgianna wont there and carried'"'
tho two Typing children up to her mother's
house. For souio reason, which the
children could uot explain, Georgianuu
became euraged with the baby and killed
it, beating it ou tbo head with a stick and ^
nubbing sand in its eyes and cars.
Then, as if couscious of the enormity of
the deed, she carried the body to a well and |
threw it in. She next seized another
Typings child, a boy of 5 years, and beat
him fearfully, taking a latch from tbo door .
as a weapon. Sho then tried to throw ^
him in the well, but ho resisted vigorously ^
and she failed to overpower him. When
questioned sho said that sho would have
killed him too, but'ho kicked.'
Trial Justice Voqden hold an inquest (
yesterday, in which the preceding facts
woro developed. Tho mother of the inlant
murderess testified that sho has always been
au incorrigible girl and very untruthful.
The child was brought to jail to-day, and t
appjarcd perfectly rcconcield to her situa- <
ution iu a coll with revcrul negro women. I
Sho is small even for her ago, fra?l and (
with a good faco. She replies intelligently 1
to questions, but tells varying stories of the
,i i
Ut'UU.
A Georgia Cask Heeore tiie Commission.?The
iuter-Stalo oouiinissiuu Saturday
gave a hearing in the caso of William
II. Council against the Western and
Atlautic railroad. Council is the colored
man who, having purchased a first-class
ticket, charges that he was refused permission
iu a first-class car, aud was forced to
go into tho smoking car. Mr. Council said
lie was approached by two men, ouo of
whom carried a lantern and the othor had
his hand upon his hip pocket. The uiaii
with the lantern seized witness, hit him
over the head several times with tho lautern,
cutting his head badly and breaking
the glass. Witneas appealed to passengers
but without avail. His assailauts then
seized and carried him into tho forward
car. Thiscir was very filthy and was full
of smoke. As ho was being pushed from
ono car to the other the brakeuian told him
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requested. The answer admits tho duty I
of the couapfhy to fnrnish equal accommo- 1
dations for all Brat class passengers, hut it j
claims the right to classify passengers, eith- ,
r by tbe color lioo or otberwiso. 1,
The eommiseioti has do# dqnred its i
docket of oases assigued for hearing during I
tho present month. It is their present
purpose to take a recess during tbe month |
of August and to resume pubiio duties on
the 1st of September, at which time they
hare assigned a bearing at Rutland, Ver- ,
moat.
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in dion atfon meeting op tfte citizen
op Laurens County.?Laurens July
25.??,A meeting of the citizens of the County
of Igkuroua will be held in the court house
on Monday next, 25th instaut. The Object
of said, meeting will bo to contradict L telegram
.in the News and Courier stating*
that th^ people of Lauren* justify tho
homteido of It. Jjf.. Bishop. (Signed) 11.
W. AJffsooj Ws*l?. Cpsp Jatuca Whann,
A. O. Owiu??, Wv rfcKoddard, J. D. M.
Shaw, A. Q. boll, P. H.
gathered at tho court bouso to-day. Corooner
J. J. Boozer#was requested to tako tho
chair and J. S. NolfF to act as secretary.
Dr. Boozer thanked the people for the honor
of presiding over this one of tho uiost important
mcctiugs ever held iu Laurens. A
committee was appointed to draw suitable
resolutions fur the meeting, and in about
n _ . .*
uvo nunuccs tney returned, and the following
resolutions were presented :
'Whereas ou the fourth day of July, 1887,
ltufus L. Bishop, upon the streets, unarmed
aud unaware, was slain by John D. Shcahau
while running and appealing for mercy ;
ind whereas, in a few minutes after the
laid homicide, Joseph T. Johnsou, a paid
correspondent of the Xcws ami Courier
and the attorney for -John L>. Shcahau,
without waitiug to liud out the opiuiou of
the people of Laurcus, but, as we believe,
to forestall aud operate upon public opinion
and to muzzle the public press of the State,
lid telegraph the Xcics aud Courier tho
followiug words, to wit: 'The defense
claims it w'as done in self defense, aud so
lay tho people.' And whereas, the said J.
D. Sheahan has been tried and acquitted
ay a jury of this county; now, therefore.
llie it resolved by tho people, in mass
neeting assembled : 1st. That tho said
:clegram was a malicious libel and slander
upon tho people of Laurens County.
'2d. lie it further resolved, That while
we do uot wish to impugn the motives of
the jury empauclled iu sail ease, we caunot
express too strongly our dissalisfuctiou at
the verdict iu said case.
~ elves, i^div idifc
ally and collectively, to maintain and vindicate
if*o law of our c5iato iu il.o future.)
4th. That we regard John D. Sheahan,
though acquitted in tho court, devoid of
any respect for the laws of our couutry,
having been charged in every court sinco
ne Has been auiougst us for violations ot
law.
A paper from Clinton, signed by twentytwo
of tho most prouiiueut citizens of Clin
ton, to tho same effect as the resolutions)
was received as follows : 'We endorse nny
resolutions condemning the action of the
iury who sat on this ease, and also any resilutious
for getting rid of John D. Sbeaian,'
\yas and made a part of the minutes,
ind tho resolutions were adopted without a
lisscnting vote.
Tho mocting was very enthusiastic
.hroughout.
A City Drinkiku Men.?Columbia, July 28.
?The water question in Columbia is getting to
le more and more important, stilt it does not
leem likely that it will be solved with any
latisl'nciion for several years to come. The city
souncil acknowletlgcs the situation, but is una>le
to apply a remedy without expending S-O,>00
for a filter, which the council lias but little
faith in, while they believe the city is unable
o furnish Uio sum for a filter at the present
imc.
It is proposed to build another reservoir in
lie southeastern portion of the city, which
would be supplied by a branch. This would
ncrcase the supply an t improvo the quuality
>f the water) but (he present council is opposed
o borrowing moucy for any purpose, and us
he treasury is pretty low, there is no prospect
>f another reservoir until the people are taxed
or it, and the people are kicking about tbe
iresent rate of taxes, so that Columbia's water
s in a very unpromising condition. For two
uoiithstlie wat-ir that has been given tho pco>te
to driuk has beeu simply undrinkable, and
t is becoming more and more like mud every
lay. There is no possibility of making it setle
or become clear except by tilt ration, and
i mc cuy is not going to apply a remedy, a
imall filter factory established here would be a
rrofitable enterprise. Well water in Columbia
ias beeu selling high for some time. The
uuell of the nuid which is in this water is aim>ly
horrible. It is remarkable that the mor.ility
has not been greater, but as one of the
ildermsn recently said: "Columbia is loosing
Iter reputation as a health resort on account of
her bad water.
A I'tCNio fur Convicts.?At least a hundred
ganlleiuon from Co'tuubiA aitouded a barbecue
on Mr. Augbtrey's plantation seven miles from
Columbia to-day. The barbecue was pronouncsd
excellent. When the whites had finished
|hair dinner, the tables wera again loaded with
tha barbecued meats and the gang of confiots
abich the Sla(? worked upon Mr. Aaghtrey'a
plantation was called up and given a feast,
rbe South Carolina convict is at present having
what night he termed "a piooio" in ootnpariion
with hia Qeorgia brother. ? Cor. Newt ami
Courier.
?a? - 8)eeples*
nlRhtv, m*le miserable, l>y that tcrrit.l
C>ugh. Shlloh'* Cure is the remedy for you. For ante
j J. W. l'oeejr A Bro.
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f. Fiends m Hum a a Fobm.?licssie Waa|ttqb-.
lot), a little colored"girl about 2] yearn ^U,
died en Mr, J. W. Williams plaotaiioii' on
Saturday last, it is supposed from the effects of
the crael treatment it received at the handftof
: its reputed father, Giles Washington, andBOP 1
aunt, Silla Washington. About., ihm* <nPlt*
-ago the mother of the cbild died and left-it td
the cafe of its ropuie'dfather. Tho father, tookj, .
it, but ho and his wife, Silla Washington, .'both' i
treated the'-child badly, and on several oc-.
casjU>q| whipped H most unmercifully, . 0?T
Saturday, jibe 10th, Qilps whipped the ahild^j
*wtth tho wagon eehlp?knocked it dovrti*and-: r
beat it in a terrible manucr. On Bfnn^aA, L
a f-rii
a half feet long, knocking it down several
times. On that day Harriet Williams, tlic
grandmother of the child, hearing of its bru.
tal treatment at the hands of Giles and Silla,
and that Giles had said lie would kill the
'd?n thing,' went to tho house and got the
child aud carried it to her home. It could not
walk and she had to carry it in her arms. It
was badly bruised up aud showed numbers of
marks of violence. She sunt for Mr. Williams
anil a li..?.....I I.:? .< -
ouvncu iui iiiv- nu'iuus aim urutses upon
it; She took care of the child and gave it
every attention, but on Saturday last it died.
The Coroner was notifie I and held an inquest.
The above facts together with a view of the
child's body led the Coronet's jury,an exeep- ^
liotially intelligent one, to bring in a verdict
that 'licssio Washington came to her death
from malicious and violent abuse at the bauds '
of Giles Washington and Silia Washington.' I
They were arrested and lodged in jail on the 1
warrant of the Coroner?Lancaster lientw.
Inckkasi: in tiik Patch or Ton vcco.?New l
York, July liS?The Krcning Post says.- There '
is 8uoli excitement among tobacco dealers at <1 '
manufaclutcrs at the present time as lias not
been known for years and pviccs for leaf tobacco
have increased from fifty to a hundred per '
cent, during July, and thu end is not yet.
Munufucturcrs have been sending up their
prices in response to demands made upon
litem by controllers of the leaf supply. On i
plug tobacco alone the Lorillurds have advanced
their wholesale price niue cents per pound
during the past three weeks. Other manufacturers
have kept pace with them, and Western
manufacturers, who initiated the rivalry of low
prices a few years back, have.not been able to
keep out of the prcswt movement. The cause
of the increase arc complex, but the chief immediate
cause is sjecul.itivc enterprise."
Mr. Lyall of the firm of lluclmnaa & *LyaP,
said this afternoon;^ %
Tobacco wlAeb sold for
pound three months ago is now worn? TVom f"i(T
> 8i ecnts per pound. The rise is due to tfce
increased demand, and this is traceable to this
fact that the crop planted this year is not more
than oO to <i0 per cent, of last year's. Then
the drought wc have had will reduce the yield
to a much lower point than tho diminished tillage
would represent, lite crop this year will
certainly bet-trull, but what its amount will be, I
will not be known with cerluinly until seme I 1
turec week* neuce."
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A Nkiilectkii Crop.? It would be better for t
us if we consider the manure male ou the farm
as a crop; an l it is strange that we do not do
so, for it is a product of the farm and has a
money vnlue as much as corn or hay or cotton. (
When we ouce consider manure as a crop, we
will take just as much pride in making a crop |
of manure as of corn, and we will no moro al- |
low part of the manure crop to go to waste (
than we would part of the wheat or hay crop, ;
Generally hut little can bo charged against the (
production ol'thc manure crop, nil the cost is (
often the expense of harvesting (gathering and |
storing) this crop. Ou the most fertile farms ,
this crop is worth to the farmer several times t
the cost of harvesting it. '1 he cleanly man will ?
harvest a large manure crop, because ho will 1
gather up all refuse and put it in the compost .
heap. He will have clean stables, clean barns, (
cleau yard?a clsan farm; and cleanliness is ,
the preserver of health. Thus wo see that ,
while the wheat or potato crop supplies
strength and energy, the manure crop, closely
gathered and well kept, prevents the agents of
disease from stealing away t .at strength, l'ridc j
in the manure crop gocth before wealth and (
health.
Don't Kxi'Uiumknt.?Voit cannot alford to
waste lime in experimenting when your lungs
are iu danger. Coosumntioil always Mens, at
lirat only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to (
impose upon you with some cheap imitation of
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs, mid Colds, hut he sure y^u get the
genuine, llccnusc lie can mike more profit he
mny tell you lie has something ju,st as good, or
just the soine. Don't ho deceived, lut insist
upon gelling Dr. King's Now Discovery, which
is guareutccd to give relief iu all Throat, Lung
una Chest nflcctions. Trial bottles free at J.
W. l'osey's Drug Ktore.
Rains Destiioy Chops.? Heavy rains ;
iu this community lust Friday and Saturday
nights destroyed a great deal of com on
the branches and creeks. Taylor's Creek ,
was higher Saturday night than in 25 i
yonrs. Wild Oat and Toole's Fork were
higher than last year nod tlio flood in
Fishiog Crcok was within 18 inches of
tho high water uiark of the great freshet
in June of last yoar. Tho destruction of
t crops on these creeks has been great.?
Rock Hill Utrald.
Saved IIis Litk.?Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of
Horse Cave Ky.t says ho was, for many years,
badly afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes ; the
p -ins were almost unendurable and would sometimes
almost throw him into convulsions. lie
tried Electric Bitters nnd got relief frntir first
bottle, and after inking six bottles was em WYco
red, and had gained in Hi st eicrhlpi j,y j,;|00. '
Hays ho positively belicytrfhia a bottle by ,1 <
hs?l it not be*- *
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A* Evening Newspaper ton Charleston.?
Charleston, S. C., July 23.?It is now definitely
announced that Charleston is to have
shortly an afternoon newspaper. John McElrpe,
of jewelry palace famo, is ffi be the pro >
. priotor. He has leased a building on Droae^
street and line purchased the material of tho %
old Journal of Commerce. McElrco has man
%y
aged by his unique advertisements to set one'Ttatf
of the city by the ears and has so pleased
himself by his cards that nothing but a whole
Newspaper to himself will satisfy him. He
diss made a fortune by judicious advertising
ran doubtless afford the luxury. Like all
ihp near pttpers started hero in the last dozen
mare years Its objective points of attack
will doubtless be the city administration and
the A'eics ami Courier. The name of the paper
hns not yet becu announced.?Special lo Regit(cr.
tile ' stln*' to RISE on august 15ti|.
Charleston, S. C., July 20.?Charleston Is to
nave anoincr unuy newspaper. mere 19 now
no longer any <loubt about it. Wliot was rumor
yesterday is fact to-day.
This paper will, in all probability, issue its
first number at four o'clock p. m., August
loth. Tho new sheet will be called The Sun,
and its proprietor says 'it will shine for all.'
It is to be tin evening newspaper, sis issues
per week, and is to be placed on the streets at
four o'clock every day.
The press and all the material ol' the Journal
if Commerce have been purchased, end the new
paper is to bo of about the sizo ot' that steiling
and honest journal-. A home for the visitor
has a'ready been secured and it will be domiciled
at No. 120 Liroad street, a few doors from
Lhc News and Courier. This building has been
leased for a period of three years and is now
being fitted up expressly foi its next occupant.
The proprietor of 'the Sun' is Mr. John
Mcl-llrcc, who has shown that lie himself wields
a deft and trenchant pencil, 011 occasion, ami
whose business success in this city is a guarantee
of his success in this unbeaten pa h
lie;oud this he has proved, more clearly than
mi}tiling else, perhaps, that lie has an abiding
faith in Charleston, and iliat lie is read} lo
liglit licr bullies and defend her rights.
Mr. A. H. Williams, now editor and proprietor
of liie Crceuvillc A'cws, is lo be the editorin-cbief.
Mr. Williams' pen is too well kuown
id South Carolina to need comment. His
writing has ever been marked with force nud
clearness, and is always infused by a spirit of
fairness and unwavering justness. When on
the stall' of a paper hero ho w&s noted and
sought out bccauso of these qualities.
b'YWhem mauago* l4ttr. Boss A. Smith,
the popular publisher of our city directory.
Mr. Smith is said to be(Irresistible, Me has
achieved success in his business and will doubtless
achieve a wider success for the now paper,
lie will begin the storming of Charleston on
Wednesday, and the advertisers are anxiously
watching f ?r him.
The rest of the personei has not been arranged,
but all will be engaged within a few
days.
lu the meanwhile expectation Is cn tiptoe,
md predictions of success arc falling 'thick as
luluiun leaves.'?Special lo Augusta Chronicle.
I'HouiuiTioN In Politics.?Chicago, July i?8.
?The National Prohibition party to-day issued
lie following call:
"The national committee of tho Prohibition
party are hereby called to meet in Chicago on
Ihc lGih of November, 188", at 10 A. M., for
he purpose of fixing the time and place of the
National Nominating Convention of 1888, and
ransacting such other business as pertaios to
Die national committee. In Stale* which have
acen organized since July '24, 1881. it is requested
that the State central commitiecs nnnto
wo members of the National committee, and
lend a record of such appointment to this office.
In any cisi> where a member of the National
soiiuiiitlce cannot attend the meeting of the
'ommittee on the Kith of Novembtr, a proxy
nay be appointed, hut such proxy must l>e a
resident of the State he represents.
On ihe 17th of November a general ccnfersiice
of the Prohibitionists will be held in Chisago
for suggestions and consultation, and ar.
invitation is hereby extended to members of
the party to bo present.
St'\utajsuttnti To Ualtimoiir.?What a Spartanhurgnliysician
has to say in praise of Westmorelnnl's
Calisaya Tonic: -I am delighted
with the bonci't I have derived from luk;ng
Calisaya Tonic. 1 e nsi ler it an excellent pre
.. \ I .? ia iiaiu tintlap llmvi il lini
| nun I'M-. ,ujr iiunu-ii so ?v? ?v..v. ..
been fir years. It tones up the stomach, anil
gives life and vigor to the whole system.'
IIai.timoiu:, Mii., Feb. 12, lSKti.
Messrs. Westmoreland Itros.?Gentlemen .
Having been a conlirmeil dyspeptic for years,
receiving no relief from the best medical attendance.
or the uuincrouily advertised 'patent
medicines,' I tried your 'Calisaya Tonio,'
which I consider the best preparation before
Hie public, having given me instant relief after
years of suffering. Yours truly.
OLIVER P. MEKKYMAN.
A Rio Family.?The largest family of children
in America, born of one mother and father
is probably that of Mrs. Brandon, of Moundsville,
W. Va. The mother is only sev
1.1 OI.? ?.?. Ki.ll. I.
Ullljr*3l'tCII jnus UUI. UHC ?? -? g***a? V>f IN IV
and reared thirty-three children, five daughters
and twenty-eight sons. Sixteen of the sons
measure in height collectively l?t> feet 7 inches.
All of these sixteen were volunteers in the
Union army during (ho rebellion. One eras
hilled at 1'iitsburg Landing one died in Andersonville,
and one, Cherles, the youngeet bey,
served the longest term in the Libby prison of
auy Union soldier now living. Of the fonrteen
boys who survived the war all "**
and draw pensions. Mf%n?lately"beel mntld
of Ill's band *2,000. The old M, i. ..
.o ? urigni
mil attractive as moat women of one-half her
tge. Shu is fond of out-door exercise, and
>nly a few days ago walked twenty ro les wtthn
five hours.
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