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K. B. 31f Ii KA Y, Editor. THUitSDAY, SKIT. 1881. TERMS : (?SB VKAIt.?1.00. 8IX MONTHS. We? Two Dollars if not in utlvaupf. AND Tills IS Tilt: KS M <>? MAN. The struggle i- over, und after more than two mouths of anxious, breathless waiting and fervent supplications lo the (liver of all life by the whole American people, their President is dead. Not only had he endeared himself to them by ?tis brave, patriotic and conservativo ad ministration during the few eventful months that had been given him in tho While House, but in the death struggle by his manly ami patient submission to the will .d' Him that doetii all thing'? well ; by his tirol grasp upon life and de termination to n cover if human will ?md trust in < ?cd could accomplish it ; and by bis beautiful love and tender solicitude fir his aged mother and fond wife, evinced oven i;i the pain and suffi ring of bis mortal illh0?s, he added lo the re spect and confidence that hi- official ac's hud begun to inspire an admiration ami sympathy which ha- catiacd thc great heart ol thc American people to go out to him in love and longing for his rc covcry, as it lins seldom, if ever, gone out lo any man. President Marfield was not tie- choice of tho .South, nor did lu- begin his ad ministration with the confidence nor love of our people. As the accredited hoad of our government, thc South gave to him that loyal fealty which thc true sub ject owes the ruler; and, laying aside prejudice, waited lo judge thc new ad ministration by its official ?ut*. <>ur people believed that the President lind done many thing- in his long and suc cessful political career which, from a high mural standpoint, ho ought not to have dune : and that at times be bad been inexcusably bitter and vindictive in his utterances towards our people; and yet withal there was something in bis char acter that commanded admiration, even in the heat of a political canvass, where thc winde i-flbrt of contending parties was to show up thc worst side of the op posing candidates. James \. Garfield had, by his own ex ertions, raised himself 'rom the ranks io thc chief command. Ho bad, as canal boatman, a laborer and mechanic, in early life, earned his own livelihood and helped t-/ cheer his widowed motlier in ber widowed poverty. At the same time the higher spirit within bim asserted it self, ami out of his scant earning-?, and amid the labors from which le.-- lofty souls would have fatigued and slumbered, in i.dd times bc procured thc rudiments of an education, which fitted him for college. Here, again, bis poverty con fronted him, and would have balked a more ordinary personage. Not PO with him. He had a higher destiny to fulfill, and thc spirit within urged him onward to its accomplishment. With a common sense and nobility rarely to he found, he accepted the position of Janitor of Hi ram College, and performed thc services of this position to pay for his tuition. Graduated herc, he sought lu go higher in mental culture, and for several years taught school to obtain money for further progresa, which he finally mado at Wil liams College. He was afterwards Pres ident and Professor in Hiram College. From Ictlera he was called into war, and soon rose lo the rank of Major-Gen eral. He was, however, only in the ?er vice a short time until bis constituents sent him to Congress. From bia eutry there be began unfolding his brilliant powers as an orator and a leader. In thia position ho evinced tho moral weak ness to which we have alluded, but the better spirit w ithin seemed to assert it self, and as he rose higher he appeared also to grow helter and nobler, and tho country's hope for peace and concord strangely centered in him, and bis official actions, while strictly partisan, were con servntive and wholesome. He was fast obliterating the very bitterness between the two sections which he himself in the lower walks of life bad helped to fan into living force. A purer and nobler impulso seemed to have possession of tho niau after bia ac cession to tho Presidency, and ho was building for himself a naino and fame that would last beyond thc years of the architect. In tho midst of his great work, wheo the years of experience were beginning to rest upon him, and when thc highest niche in the temple of bis country's fame had been achieved, when tho broadest field of usefulness and of citizen glory was unfolding itaclf to bia view, in the midst of health and strength, and aa he was starting to visit the classic grounds of Williams College, where tho ? -training which lilted him for tho exalted station bia countrymen had bestowed upon him, thc crack of a pistol waa heard iu a railroad depot, and this was succeeded by another crack. Thc strong man fell, and neither the skill of science nor the prayers of millions of his country men could check the ebbing tide of life or bring back the vigor of manhood. On tho 2nd of July President Garfield fell, the second ruler of thc United States murdered by an assassin in consequenco of his official station. Thc bereavement to tho country waa overwhelming. Tho North, the South, ?ho East a tul thc West, forgetting and forgiving the estrange ments mid the trials and troubles of tho past, gathered aa common brothers and mourners in their prayera and affections around their suffering President. Tho work of reatoration which the dead Pres ident began last March waa consumma ted and sealed with his lifo's blood on that memorable Saturday in July. The wholesome public sentiment which gath ered around thc dying President has for ever taken away thc bitterness of the past, and given new hope, new aims and higher impulses for the futuro of our country. This loving and hearty union of all sections and al! parties in sympathy and prayers and kindness to thc s'neken one, soothed bia elying pillow and doubt less soothed his pains and comforted and atrengthencd him through the ten weeks of suffering and wavering hope and de spoir which characterized that painful period. "The Inst station has been pasaed." Thc President is at rest, and while the country mourns the "Mid calamity and ! bo*? in sorrow beneath tho chastening f M], yet tin? ileath has been tho means in the hands nf Providence of bringing about a restoration of harmony and mu tual appreciation between all of our people moro rapidly and securely than could have been done in a score of years by any other means of which wc can conceive. In future years President Garfield's memory will stand as high and be as much revered as that of any Pres ident. _ The resolutions of Orion Lodge <>f Good Templars cnn accomplish no good end, nu l if followed to any extent by other Lodges will only embitter thc temperance discussion which H now going on in the State. The resolution cannot he carried out for many reasons, prominent among which is the fact that people buy whero they can buy cheapest, or securo tue article they like best, and they are not going to 'top to ask whether tho mau who has tin- article they want ii in favor of a wet or dry ticket. People are not g''ing to pay a profit to a man simply became he ngrees with them on thc subject of temperance, nor arc they going to take un inferior article for the came reasou, when a l etter can bc pro cured just as easily. Su. h a course, if practicable, i? not advisable, l'->r it smacks strongly of intolerance. There would be just ?is much reason tor thc Methodist churches to resolve to trade with Metho dists or the Presbyterian churches to resolve to trade only with Presbyterians. Thc laws of trade cannot, and ought not, to bc reduced to any ?neb narrow limit-*. The merchants' ware- should be allowed to -peak for themselves, and people should, us they always do, buy where they can buy to best advantage and sell where they can sell highest, regardless of whether the trading parties square their lives by thc .?.ame rules on ail moral questions or not. Thero is another objection to the resolutions, and thal is it invites a separation of classes, ami tho wet men would thereby be driven to trade with one another in self-protection. At this time thc two classes would proba bly be tolerably evenly divided as re ga??s property, but the wet men would be in the majority as to numbers, which would be an actual advantage lo the wet men who are in business over the dry men. Three, ?ir four years ago the wet men would have had three customers to where thc dry men would have hat! one. The tables may at some future time bo again turned, and then the wei men would have tho advantage. Oreal moral reforms cannot bo effected by in tolerance. It creates a sympathy for till otherside, and retards instead of ad vane ing thc opinions sought to be enforced The feeling of uneasiness and panii which prevailed throughout the conn try a few weeks ago, has subsided in i large measure. Tho farmers realize tin fact that they arc in debt, and that the; have contracted to pay those debts They find that at thc end of a year of hart I toil they have not made enough to pa; expenses, and thereforo that they wi! be unable to pay otl* these obligation this Kail. At first tho dread ot mimer ons foreclosures and suits created a gen uinc fear of serious financial complica tious, and this induced the ,nlk nbou settling off at fifty cents on the dollai After they ha .; looked over the situa tion, however, they find that wdiile thcr will not be reductions in many cases, ye that their creditors arc not disposed t unnecessarily embarrass thom by enfort ed collections, but are willing to exten the time for payment of tho balance due, after the application of tho ero] and afford assistance for another yet where it is needed. This hoing the casi every one is going forward to meet h obligations as fully as possible, and a range for iiotber year. Thc credit < the country will be saved, and thong economy and care for the coming ye: will be necessary, yet thero is no dangi of any person starving. Thc failures < this year will give the country a *>at set for two or three years, but after tin the effects of the great dry year will ni be felt. There is nothing like lenowir one's situation and then cheerfully worl ing it out. Our people, both merchan and fanners, realize the condition of tl country, and by mutually helping cac other will diminish the misfortunes i this year, as far as lies in thc power < men. The death of Senator Burnside, Rhode Island, only heips to dimini: the proportions of tho Virginia Rca justers. The organization of thc Sena will assuredly be Democratic for tv youri longer, at least. In this comic tion the New York Ilrral<i rensibly say "The Republicans lose two senators by political hari-kari and one by tho act God. The Democrats are in no way r sponsible. The power they have com to them honorably. It is not only the privilego but their duty to use it. Po1 tics is not sentimentalism, but har headed business. If the Democra meet in the Senate with a majority three they should uso that majority lil hard-headed business men-honest! with patriotic regard for the COUntr and at the same time for whatev political advantage may accrue from it It looks now like it would bo perm nently impossible for the Rep?blica to pay Mahono thc stipulated consider tion for his treachery. Thc outlex for Gorham and Riddlcborger is not r assuring. The Columbia Ilryitlrr says that tl Clydo syndicate recently made an effo to purchase the Chester &, Lenoir Narro Gauge Railroad, which proved unsucccs ful. Col. A. C. Haskell, represents the syndicate, offered to pay 2J per cen per annum on the stock and complete tl road for a lease of ninety-nine ycai The Directors, however, peremptorily r fused the offer, and named such terms j Col. Haskel), on the other baud, ?mm clinicly rejected. The road will, tber fore, remain in the hands of thc origin stockholders, and it is said efforts will I made to extend it to Georgetown, on tl coast. The Republicans and Independents Orangcbtirg elected their ticket over tl straightout Democratic ticket. There an evident disposition iu many parts this State to break off from thc regul Democracy. Our people should reco nizo this fact and check it beforo it a Burnes such proportions as to political undo us in South Carolina. Mr. YV. Leig?i Wilson, to whom Col. Clair, tho Readjuster candidate for At torncy-C'encrnl in Virginia, wrote the letter abusing tl.e negroes, a.-.-erts that tho letter, which Mair denies writing, is a genuino and tine document received by liim in due course 'd' mail in Blair's handwriting, and forming a part of a g<lierai ocrrespotidcnce, which shows its authenticity. Ile lia- endeavored to mut Illair in public, but he always dodges, so Mr. Wilson challenges bim to MIC for libel in the publication ?d' thc letter, and promises in ('out: to pr..ve ?ts gcnuiuencrt?. This makes things I. >> ? k badly fir thc Itcadjustcr*. lt is said they will lose thousands of colored votes oh account cf this letter. A Voice from Sui annuli Township. HAV.INXAII Tow '-w-.IIii'. A.NUKIISON Cor.NTV, Sept. 1'.?. Mu. Km ion : Please, for once, allow UH tb rough your columns m give our views on the untiing of ibo fanners of Savannah township ni reference to ibo settlement of their debts, Tho fanners of .Savannah nu t, as waa stated by tho Secretary of ibo mooting. t > <? nsider the f.r.tf mode of /-i_,iii;/ their debts, mid not to consider, as some have erroneously eon sliucd, a way to keep / an [laying them. Mob an olea was tho least of their thoughts ut that time, and I li?po is yet . I.ii- somo whoso minds aro very biased and '?vor ready to misconstrue have gone s.> lat ax to alf ui le to tho peojile of Savan nah township a- Headjlisters, Midi?nos and everything Lui holiest mon--a thing most loo* m neb to biku w ithout express ing -..ine thoughts in viudicalioii ot their a-11 : - or sont i incuts in corroboration of their intention. Tho pe.?ph- of Savan nah, as .class, an ns hono.-t as any peo ple, as willing to pay their debts us any other se -lion and, as the first resolution espressos it, *'lo preservo our honor, in tegrity and self-respect unsullied,'' did they call the UK cling for a, mutual con sideration ?is to I. .w io ?i t'i their debts. Now, Mr. I-'ditor, laying aside all self interest, conscientiously, have they not fallen upon a good plan ? Should there be a few moro I ry years, nono ol' thc far iner, e.,nfl evor pay out of debt and would it bo right to pay Mr. A all this year and Mr. ll none? Should tho far mers make lino crups and In; able to pay Ibo arrearage together willi nest year's debt, there would ho nothing so very cul pable about it; but to fiay one man all and another nono would bo tho moat un just thing in tho world. This would bo Kcudjnatniciit sure enough. Why was tho bankrupt law made, if it was not to POOH re justice liv giving to each creditor a pre rata share? Sumo nave said that tho farmers acted rashly ; but Ibero was real ly very little rna h ncaa ubout tho matter. lt has been dry in Savannah for the three p.tst years, and the people have been fall? inc. behind every year to some extent. Hence, after estimating thu cotton crop at '?.'i per cont, ami tho corn at lil per cont, id au average crop, they cat no to tho con clusion to pay, in the lairest possible manner, all they could, ami not tout they would not pay any, after having asked ?1 reduction in the prien of fertilizers and a discount on tho merchants' profus. Hav ing scanned the 1 irst resolution, wo don't see anything thal would eal! forth cen suro from any fair minded man. As for tho li fib resolution, wc will ad mit ilia*, thora is a possibility of its hoing misinterpreted, ns ibo word .'saino" ia equivoca' in thu construction of tho sen tence, but not in the intention. The real intention of tho resolution was, should thurn bo ti reduction mado by dealers in fertilizers a pr? nita share, and not tho whole, of tho reduction should bo given the e..fired tom.nts. This was nothing but fair and honorable-a self-evident proof and vindication of Ibo justice und fair dealings of ibo people of Savannah township. Now, if dealing faith- and honorably with our col? rod friends, tho penniless tenant, ?uni all classes bo read justment and Mahonoistn, wo say let us havo moro Mahonoistn and readjustment, und all will prosper in agreator degree. Tho Xetcs amt ('avrice, alter dwelling upon tho option plan's advantage to tho farmer, goes on to say that tho farmers ilo not divide their profits on good crops with dealers in fertilizers; they do not bold meotings aud |iaas resolutions, that in view of lino crops ami high prices, Ibo farmers shall pay a premium over and above tho price agreed upon in tho first instance. Tiieso arc not parallel eases. Tho dealers bohl their meeting before hand, and sustain no loss, but includo their profits in tho stipulated price, whilo ibo fanners, having 110 control over tho seasons as tho dealera do over their pur chasers, sustain all tho losses, lt also goes on to say that tho ''merchants and dealers in fertilizers aro rich anti are able to take caro of themselves." i'recisoly so; just what wo know. Hut wi.an tho poor farmers of Savannah township peti tion the merchants imo dealers in fertil izers, in tho most humble terms, for a re duction as "great us their profita will jus lily and as they may bo W?.?HJ to mako," thoro conics np a cry of censuro from Ibo AVici n/iii ' burier-a censure bocauso of the people's being honest, we reckon, "('on sistuncy, thou art a jewel." Tho AVicjand CSturirr, speaking of thc manufacturo of fertilizers, says "ibero is no room for re duction," but still further on in bis argu ment says, again. "Ibo merchants anil dealers in fertilizers aro rich, and can take caro of themselves." What of tho inconsistency ? We always tbought tho rich wore tho ones who wore able to mako reductions, and we still think so. Now, as "ibey aro aldo to take caro of them selves,1' and rich, too, thoy must surely bo able to lend a helping band to the poor.lwho have not said they would not pay their debus, but simply asked for a reduction in vlow of tho'present bard times and of harder coining. Tho far mers aro as willing to pay their debts aa any class, and liod forbid that thoy should entertain any other thought than that of honor and integrity. "Honor lost and all is lost" with ita, for, tis a class, wo are poor. Then lot us stand by our honor and integrity till all ol so bo gone. Wo ?lo not pretond to exonerate Savan nah of every mean and selfish man ; 'jut wodo conscientiously say that sbo is 11 respectable township, and that tho old, whoso honor cannot bo impeached, woro present to givo thoir opinions ?nd add counsel to the occasion. Thoro is truth in tho assertion, n good natue is like a precious jowol, and wo believe the far mers of this section have recognized it ere this, and carno out Uko mon and openly asked fora reasonable discount In order rn meet their demands; not secretly swearing within themselves that they would not pay their debts, or that they wotlld take ad vantage of tho laws, which thing would roiuler them odious in every body's eyes, and stigmatize them v. iib shame and disgrace. If the farmers of Savannah township had mado threats and passed resolutions that they would 11?/ settle uii their dues, wo would havo joined in tho s?tiro hurled at thom a few days since. Hut as they have endeav ored, in our opinion, Iii net fairly sind honorably with ultparties, wo will* never take a stand on tho siilo of ridiculo, tho Xews and Courier ami Atlanta Constitution to tho contrary notwitstaiuliiig. In a political view it never forcsha d?. -ved tho readjuster sentiment, and wo cannot seo how auch intentions could bo so construed. As long as the farmors bear al! blame, suataluall losses and sub mil to all consures, all things go on in tho right direction : but let thom attempt to give their views upon matters, and all is wrong. Fellow-friends, always strlvo to bo in the right, and then maintain it. Mr. Kditor, wo believe wo have ex pressed tho sontiments of every farmer in Savannah township in roforenco to tho meeting. Wo hope thoso who have been censuring tho people of Savannah will preservo unsullied their own names be fore again dubbing tis with the misnomer of Hcadjustors aud Maltones. Let tho Atlanta Constitution tako caro of its Fol toni tes and Spoarltcs before at tempting to ridiculo the good namo of Savannah township with Mahonoism. Respectfully, M. 15. Cl.lNKsCAI.KS. - Tl o timo for application fur space in tho pro >osed exposition at Atlanta, lia., closeil saturday las*.. There were over one hundred thousand mo?? feetof ttpaco applied for than thoro was speco to allot, although exhibitors were cut down to tho VOry lowest limit. An elaborate pro gramme bas been arranged foi tho open ing day, ono feature of which will be tho rendering of tho "Hallelujah Chorus" by n choir of flvo hundred vocalists, to bo made up from ibo principal cities of (ioorgia. Mr. Chancery M. ('adv, a mtt sician of national reputation, w ill act as master of tho chorus, and Mr Daniol Wiogand, leader of tho Fifth United States Artillery Hand, will conduct tho orchestra on tho occasion. Thirteen Rea-oiis VVIiy tue Li?? I"" Should bo Repealed A Soul Sub ??IHule Suggested. LiUToits I.NTKI.I.I<II:M KH : "l-'uniwr" lias modo Ollt ii str-:.L' case m l'a\ -I 1 ' lh<> repeal <-f tho Lion law, I- t l?y no mean* hits exhausted the subject Another tai llier would ash a small spare in your col ?linns t>> present his view-, and. at iii" risk < f repeating what may have laren already said, will '?lier in the ep-arest and simplest manner he ran tho followini? reasons why the Lien law should bo re pealed orn e and forever: l-l. lier use the law is an unmitigated evil, without one redeeming \ irtuo falso in theory, ruinous in practice. It will be ii curso io both landowner and tenant as hm/ as it eiiiiiliers our statute books. 'Jud Hocauso it is rounded on fiction j and au unreality, creating a wholesale ? redit system whero there is no real basis of credit, w hereby extravagance and wild sp?culation are fostered and encouraged. .''.ni. liccauso it-1 ofTeel is class l?gisla tion lt takes lain" ly from thu control of the landowner his land ?md labor, ami t.- ansfers both to the merchant ami dealer. Thin is show n by the 00,000 or 7".""" liens givoil th" present year. ?Hh liecailBO it induces the most care less an ! ulovonly farming, thwarts every ?.?oit towards advanced and skillful eul in at ion, and dost roy* constant ?nd cer tain labor, whereby all permanent im provement can be olfeeted. .'.th. I leca use it ? neon rages large colton planting lo the neglect of th.' grains mid grasses. bib. Ileeauso it ii tho credit system with a vengeance-Ibo credit system willi h every larmer in tho land know s by exp?rience is ruin and self-II in riler, and which e\orv newspaper in tho Statu bas' denounced without stint. 7th Itecauso it violates this claii-e III th" great Petition, "Load us not into temptation," holding good in both morals and economics, lt cannot bo denied that the law ii a temptation lo the unwary and ignorant. Mb. Itecauso tho late convention of fanners assembled at i?reenville, from every quarter of the f?late, without any known concert, almost unanimously pro nounced in favor of repeal. loth. I localise no agricultural people, be they in tho plains of Caldea, tho val ley of the Nile or Mississippi, or our own favored laud and clinic, can pay HO huge a percent, over cash pri?es for their prin cipal supplies ami prosper. If what has been asserted ami published to tho coun try bo true, thal tho licuor pays from lilly to two hundred per cent, per lill Uti Ul for h>s supplies, then it becomes self-evi dent he must soon go under. It is not a debatable subject. Tho simple statement ot fact is enough. If, however, what has bu n assorted be not true, then it isaduly they cammi escapo for Ibo merchants to show that tho assertion is not correct, and thal they may not want occasion to show the contrary, I do herein renew the charge and challenge thom to a fair ex hibit of their books to provo tho reverse. 11th. Because it makes the poor poorer and the rich richer, l.iko tho mirage of tho desert alluring Ibo weary travolor by ils glamour but retreating" as fast as bo approaches , or like thc beautiful apples of tho Dead .Sea, tempting the hand to roach forth and pluck, when ;i hursts into a cloud of dust; .- th? cooling drinks and choice viands of ino fabled Tantalus, over just beyond roach. So in like- maimer tim Lien law has held out to the poor tenant the tempting morsel, and he has clutched it, and followed this w ill of tin; wisp through brake, briar and bramble, and, scratched, torn mid bleed ing, bis strength is exhausted and his w ill to resist gone, ho pursues on and on. Ho has soon himself grow poorer and poorer year by year. Un a dow n grade for ibo last len years, ho is going now at a tremendous speed down, dow n to tho bottom. A decade of toil, hardship and struggle, and tho country is Impover ished, livery observant farmer must confess that in means and resources wa are poorer than we were a dozen yen: ; ago. l~th. Because it issues to thc poor ma i as it woro a debased coin, a deprecU '.ed currency, a confederate money, worth from thirty-three to seventy-live per cont, in the dollar. What denunciations and anathemas would bo hurled against a law that allowed the farmer to biro laborers at from eight to ten dollars per month, payable at ibo end of twelve mont ha, and who, fr<?m time to timo during that period, should pay theso laborers from three to seven dollars por month, would pronounce tho contrai l fulfilled and tho obligation satisfied, 'i bo principle is tho samo. Ho not deceived poor man. llet tor, far bettor, to hire yourself for from ?(JO to &S? a year and got your board than to try auy longer tho Lion law. Von would havo double, thrihblo moro money at settling up timo. 13th. tiocauso it is an incubus upon tho prosperity of tho country. It antagon izes tho tenant and landlord, w hore thero should ho mutual interest felt. It ren ders labor independent of the land w hero thore .should ho mutual dependence. It has boen suggested that tho law should not ho repeated before a subs'itulo is provided. That suggestion might hold good il" tho law was possessed of defects only and was a necessity , hut as tho.sur rounding States havo no Lion laws of this character, it is fair lo infer that wo do not need it, and, as tho law is unnat ural, abnormal and ruinous in its prac tical workings, it follows that repeal should ooino first and substitution sec ond. Furthermore, it is urged that tho widespread drought, and tho grout want and destitution that will ensile, ought to nut oil'tho time of repeal. It is eminent ly proper that tho condition of tho coun try ho considered, ami that our sympa thies should ho with distress in every form, hut to perpetuate an evil neither belongs to wisdom nor charity. This is an illegitimate, and must bc cut oil' from in ber it anco. When, in our past history, tho national bank became an evil ami a curso to tho country, even at a time of great money prcssuro and still greater prospective embarrassment, President Jackson did not hesitate to abolish it in tho face of tho strongest opposition ami most doleful predictions. Time has proved tho wisdom of thot tonsure. And moro recently, w hen lt w "s proposed to resume specif) pay mont nt a cortaiu ?lay, it was predicted that panie and wide spread distress would follow. Nothing of tho kind took place, and now we havo specie at u discount. To put oil" repeal for one or two moro vears would ho only adding to tho dillleultics and embarrass ments and rendering thc ruin moro cer tain ami gcnoral. Lot di' ;ont enquiry bo mndo by nil our Legislator** as to tho situation of tho country up to thot imo of tho assembling ol" their body, ami should it appear that tho emergency is HO groat that tho efforts of tho people themselves cannot ovorcomo it, then let tim Lcgis laturo help in such substantial way as will confur a real benefit Upon tho pe?plo al largo. examples aro not wanting whore governments havo stopped in and helped their subjects by loans secured by mortgage on real estate ar ' other good securities. A plan perfectly rational may bo matured whereby relief can bo afford ed to our entire agricultural population, w ithout injury to any other class. The chattel mortgage may ho remedied by legislation, and tho Homestead in tho manner prescribed. ANOTHER FARMER. - Tho merchants and guano men of Newberry say tho farmers of that County are paying np with commendable promptness. - Orocnvillo's now furniture factory has hoon in oooration for two weeks, turning out daily a number of articles in tb? cheaper grades of furniture, nil of Which aro sahl to bo of first-rate quality - Tho Augustu and Knoxville Rail road is now completed four milos be yond tho river on Edgofleld soil. Four teen trestles have been erected on these four miles. - Tho littlo sovon-year-old daughter of David Holland, of Florence, attempt ed to kindlea Siro by pouring keroseno oil on it. An explosion ensued, and tho child was so frightfully burned that sho dlod in two hours. - Miss Crockett Hill, ot Kansas, and Miss Nollie Archer, of Missouri, rodo a twentv milo race at Lawrence, Kansaa, for $10,000 on Saturday. 30,000 people w>ro present, and $100.000 was bo.. Tho Missouri girl won by haifa length in 4(1 minutes, '.!:... excitement belog ?nlonao. and tho winner's frlonda becoming wild witn joy. Hor mother fainted when erroneously Informed that sim had hoon beaton. - Congressman Tillman said to tho editor of tho Aiken Journal that bo know of a valuable substituto for corn, and that it was nothing less than cano from ibo swamps He says a largo armful cut green is equal to ton cars of corn, and that a horse or mule can do four-tilths of tho work lt would do If fed with 00rn. It is not to bo dried or stored, hut al ways cut green and fed direct. (.nilli .m. \V.\->IIJX'iT< s , -..j.ta-?ii!.cr I ' ?.un(eau i-t now in II cell in iinother u mg of tlie i iil Iront where ll? was when Sergeant Mason tried to shoot him OH Sunday night last. Notwithstanding his narrow escape Irom Mason's bullet bo stoutly objected to being UWVod. (>U looking in bi new quarters and noticing that a new wall bail bien run nj'. sO thal th., io!.I:e:> on duty ..u thc outside ol'tho ail could not practice any more i II bun. he stoutly objected lo occupying the cell, saying, "ll is not a lit place lor a gentle, ulan to be j.ut in." His objections, bow . ev er, wi ri-not considered, and soon the key was turne.1 on bim. To tho deputy wanlen he said, "What famous or ?nfl", ?iotis man bas been a prisoner m tin? coll?" "Stone, tin;colored wifo-liiui'der or," was the answer. "What became of Iiiin?" li ti it tenuasked. "Ile was bung." tho deputy warden replied, "right out in that yard. His execution mudo a big sensation, bis head having been pulled oil' his I iou y Uv tho ropo." "1 remember i reading of'il," (?iii tt ea tl answered, "but 1 never supposed at ibo timo that I would bo the next man to occupy bis coll. There seems to bo an unpleasant history connected with all of the cells." "Yes, ' answered the deputy '.varden, ; "there is a strange history connected with tho next cell to you." "Kxcusc nie, I please.'" said Ouitteaii, "but 1 would pre fer not to boar it. I have board enough already, lt makes ino sick." In speak ing to tho juil guard on dut, in bis cor ridor, (?llillcnil said la>t night: "1 don't fear these attacks that people are provid ing for mo. (?od will protect mo and save me from injury from tiny of them." Then getting in an inquisitivo mood, hu asked, "What do yon think will bu dom. with mo'.'" The guard answered: "My own opinion ia that you will bo killen by Dino ono whether thu President dies or ot." Uuittcnii's only remark was, "I hope not." ?nc thousand dollars premium is i offered for tho best halo of cotton ut tho Cotton Exposition in Atlanta, oom- ? meucing in Octohcr and ending In : Jauuary. There is a boom in turpentine and ; naval stores us well as cotton. Tho j [.rice of turpentine is now lilly cents per j gallon, and rosin advanced proportlona- i lily. Mr. John S. Harbour, President of tho Virginiaa Midland Railroad, says I positively that tho North Carolina Mid- | land is to bo completed to SpartanUurg. j It is said that an organization has j been made among the house servants of j Atlanta for tho purpose of calling a . general strike just as tho Cotton Kx posi tion opens. Miss Susan Stephens, ul ?'ino Knot, Ky., was putting on ber wedd ng dress, expecting to bo married in a few min utes, when she was struck by lightning and killed. They have started a factory in Chat tanooga," Tenn., for the manufacture of shoep cheese. Tho manager comes from Austria, whore tho product of sheep dai ries is a favorite article of food. Hilling is very cheap in tho Noith just now. You can go from Posion to Chicago, sotno 1,200 miles, for Sd. Of this sum tho Pennsylvania Railroad re ceives25 cents. Such is competition. - An Illinois farmer declared that bis daughter didn't earn ber salt. She re torted that she would bo glad to stand on tho santo footing as bis hired help. Ho consented, signed an agreement, ami soon lorgot all about it. That happened live years ago. Now tho girl sues for wages and gets a verdict of ??00. .1 Cough, <'?/(/ or Sore 'throat should be stopped. Neglect frequently results in au Incurable Lung Diseuse ur Consumption, Uro'cn't Bronchial Troches arc certain to give relief in Asthma, lironrhitit, Coughs, Catarrh, Consumptiveaiul Throat Diseases. Ker thirty years thc Troches have been recoin inendes I by physicians, and always give perfect sat isfaction. They are not new or untried, but having been tested by wide and constant use for nearly an entire generation, they have attained well-merited rank muong thc few staple remedies of the age. Publie Speakers and Singers uso them to clear and ; strengthen the Voice. Hold at twenty-live | cents a box everywhere. 15-ly ; MOTHERS ! MOTHERS ! ! MOTHERS!!!- ? Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child sabering and cry ing with the excruciating pain of cutting teeth ! If so, go at once and get a bottle of | Mas. WINSLOW'S SOOTH INC. SYRUP. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately -depend upon it ; there is no mistake about it. There is nut a mother 011 earth who has over used it who will not tell you nt once that it will regulate thc bowels, and give rest to thc mother, and relief and health to thc child, operating like magic. It is per fiH'tly safe to usc in all cases, and pleasant to thc taste, and is the prescription of one of thc oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States." S ?ld everywhere. 25 cents a bottle. 15-ly TO RENT. IWI I.I. RENT MY PLANTATION, three and one-half miles West of An- ' dcrsOn, near Provost's Mills, to a good Ten- j ant, fora term of years, on very favorable ' terms. Por further information, apply to 1 W. W. II 11 in pb revs, Esq. MKS. 'AMANDA J. A 1.1.KN". ! Sept 22, 2*81_11_2 ; FOR SALE. T WILL sell at public outcry on FRI A DAY, thc 30th September, at my res idence in Savannah Township, to tho high est bidder, the following personal property, if not sooner sold at private sale, to wit : Three Mules, one Filly, two tine Cows, one lot Wheat, Household and Kitchen Furni ture, Wagon, Ruggy and Farming Imple ments. ' A. N. SAUNDERS. _Sep_t 22,1881 J1_2_ "f^OTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Robinson, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to the undersigned, properly attested, within thc time prescribed by law. or they will be barred. All persons indebted to said Es tate aro requested to settle with the under signed. JESSE ROBINSON, Adm'r. Sept 22, ISSI U ii NEW FIRM ! nm m CLOTHING, HAT BROCK * WT V 7 F. desire to introduce ourselves to the 'J and to inlicit a share of its patronage, which aim ..upply a want long felt in Anderson, CLASS 8tock of CS EX TN* F C It .\ I ft II I IXCJ. Also, a line line of (UKNTH' ai specially f.?r our trade. Our Stock has just been carefully selected complete in every detail, and having been pu tire satisfaction, both hi PRICES ami QUAI WAVERLY IK In tho Store Room lately occupied by W. A friends will give us a call and examine our 0 Sept 22. 1881._ ?T. Azt. <?c J_i. 3 McCULiliY'S GENTS' FUKNT "WE ARK NOW READY TO SHOW / i; \ T T \ MIA wrvrmni* Which we are determined to se! Wc arc also prepared to show .1 handsome FRENCH and AMERICAN PROA FANCY CASSI M ERES, J 1 Wc also keep a nice !i And in fact anything to tit np n man, except Crops arc very short, we intend to make our Come in and inspect 0 Our Senior partner still gives his whole Xl EXT, and will be pleased to sec all of bis f 8opt 22, ISSI A LOST ! SADDLE, BRIDLE nu : BLANKET, ihroueh mistake was put >" ... ono ,r ,. wagon on Saturday. I7ti.bist - that "to al mar Railroad bridge on Maiu street. Th? owner of -aid wagon wil confer a fa vor bv letting the unJtwj?nul know aha wua .'lune with Killie, lt 11 Jg*T .-.i.l<ll?. almost asg()od ns iww. ,|'ttM,^ red. with him- ho: h. Bridle had MM wrapped will wire, Information ran ho left iii I M ri i i'll <,,^V'' JJ LIRAIIJS. FREE TO EVERYBODY. A Beautiful Book for the Asking. BY aimlvimr personally a' 'll1' nc.uesi ot?el?fTllKSlN<?feK M ASI. FAC TI' I'd N't. ('( i. (or hv postal - ard if ut a dis tance.) any mMi person will he presented with a beautifully illustrai..<! copy of a New Hook entitled GENIUS REWARDED. UR THE Story oftbe Sewing HacMne, Containing a handsome and costly steel en graving frontispiece also. JW ?ni. lv engra ved w.I cuts, and hound in au elaborate blue und gold lithographed cover. No charge whatever i^ made for thia handsome hook, which can he obtained only by application ul thc brunch and -uhordinate olh.es of Tho Singer Manufacturing C>. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO., Principal Olllco. ol lunion S.piare, N. Y. Sept 22. Ii?! H 0,11. A CARD. To tho Trading Public : WK have entered into a partnership un? <ii,r I ho name and style of LIGON .V H II A. TC PIS* for the transaction of a General Merchan dise Business. We are just receiving and opening oui a SEW and FRESH lot of (;0<>1)S. which were bought for the Cash, and if you want tu IH'Y CHEAP, just try us. ?.?ur Stock consists of Shoes and Hoot-, Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Hardware of all ki inls, Pry Goods and Notions. Hats, Crockery Ware. Saddles, Leather, ''alf -kins. Slea- Fin ling-. Wooden Ware, And most ANYTHING ELSE kept in a first-class retail Store. Call in and see our NEW THINGS. so THOU ii LE i" ?tto ir yoi ?in *TOCK. W. S. LIGON, Lui* IS SHA UTE. Sept 15, ls?l IO ly MISS DELLA KEYS IS dully receiving a very handsome stock of Full and Winter Millinery, and desires to inform her lady friends and customers that she is prepared to furnish them with anything in the linc of MILLI* NEKY that they may need at thc very lowest prices for which such articles can he purchased in this market. Special attention is given to thc M ANTF A KY DEPARTMENT, and in every thing satisfaction guaranteed. Room over Andrew iV Provost's confec tionary, at McCullv's Corner. Sept 15, issi IO 'Jin 5(>th YEAR CPU-' THF, MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA, AVUUST?, (LIA. rTHHS Institution constitute.- the Medical -I Department of tho State University. Tho Diplomas are sign?e ' . its Chancellor. The session will commence on the lirst day of November, and will end on the first of March following. Apply for circular to GEO. W. KAINS, Dean. Sept 1".. 1881 10 .'{ Dissolution of Partnership. rjilIK partnership heretofore existing bc JL tween thc undersigned, under tho timi name of J. K. Fant it Co., is this dav dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. C. C. Cum mings withdrawing. The Notes and Ac counts due the old Finn will he held by Mr. J. Heese Fant, and payments must be made to him. The business will bc contin ued by Mr. Fan! at the present stand, un der thc same linn nnmeof J. It. Fant .t Co. J. RE KSK FANT. C. C. CUMMINGS. Sept L'S, 18S1_ 10 3 FOR SALE. ONE STORE ROOM. Located on thc Public Square. .550* Apply ut this o thee. Sept 8, ISSI il ODS ! NEW PRICES ! 'S AND SHOES. ?Vado of Anderson and .surrounding country, wo shall strive to deserve, lt will bo our by keeping constantly on hand a FIRST NCi ?OODS, HAT? nml CLOTH nd S.AOICS' NHOKS. manufactured by us in person in New York, and being irchased FOR CASH, we can guarantee en ,ITY. Wc are to he found in the BLOCK, . CHAPMAN, and ast only that our new oods beforo making their purchases .gg*"Jl.... --mlmm P. snyciTZEa:, i CORNER. SHINGr STORE. i i BEAUTIFUL LINK OF SLDY-MADE CLOTHING lat VERY SHORT PROFITS. *X?^T> linc of MKC'K GOODS, consisting of DCLOTHS and DIAGONALS .'ANS, Ar. ?nc of Goods) for UOJH nud Youth., IIS?CS?8^86P2SIS,,,? FAD LHAT ur Stock-It will Pay. attention to the TAILORING DEPART rienda who desire work In his line .'. R. * L. P. SMITH. Sm A SPECIALTY ! BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS Something Long Needed in our Towj; A SH OE STORE ! WU EKE von can ?et any Mylo of shoe you wish-front tue cheapest t0llui and ut Mich pricer as cannot he beaten in any market in this State. .< LADIES' AND MISSES' SHOES. onr Smck of Ladies' and Mis.cs' Sinus is a c?mplete assortment, varied ia M uncen and we shall endeavor, hy giving ibis Imo ol Shoes our especial2$* CHILDREN'S SHOES. h, this Department wc feel assured we can please any one, AND DKKY I"KJ TION lt is loo often neglected by our merchants, for it IS thc universal comVrH is inipobSiblc to get a good child's Shoe." (?ive us a trial. *i**A GENTS' FINE BOOTS, SHOES AND HAR IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES. *4ll?? TRUNKS AND VALISES. Iff- We extend au invitation to every one to come and examine our SPECIALTIES : QUALITY, STYLES AND PRICKS! MAXWELL & SLOAN, No. 4 Brick Range? Anderson, 8, (] Kepi -:2. P. F. FA lt M ER. J. L. PARIOj NEW STORE, NEW GOODS ?yi^^K ARE .H ST l?ErEIVINli A ?KAN NEW STOCK Ol' STAPLE DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, &c, 4tJ Which we will Sell at Prices to Suit the Hard Tin' Wi- Call and examine our Goods, at the old stand of WATSON & 80S j j Waverly SIon,.e Uuildiug, before buying elsewhere. Sept '2'2, 1881 FARMER & BRO. SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO il THAT WE A ll K RECEIVING THE LARGEST STOCK OF GROCER!! Ever Carried by us, and we propose to meet HARD TIMES WITH LOW PRICES] You will never know what we can do unless you Try Us. All grades of Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Molasses, &c. Bagging and Ties a Specialty. A Car Load of new Arrow Ties, Which we are offering Very Low. DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDW1, ii TO ME KT ANY COMPETITION. TOBACCO, TOBACCO, TOBlHk AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. TWO HUNDRED HONKS- all grades-laid in before the recentadvao?.H propose giving special attention to thc Bale of TOBACCO, and weonljuicf early examination of our Goods and Price*. UV tri// tell no Tobacco that ?m? /tilly guaranteed. Rubber Beltiug, Lace Leather, Engine Packing, k ALWAYS ON HAND. Sept 22, ISSI SULLIVAN & MATTISON. I 4 TiTBy' Qif STILL ^LIYE I -o X HAVE exorcised unusual caro in selecting my FALL and WINTBESWJ OF GOODS, and in consequence of the short crops, am selling Goods THAN THE I ?WEST. n Making Ladies' Goods a specially, I am determined to please if SUPER!' GOODS and KOW PRICES will do it. I have everything USEFUL, BEAUTIFUL and ORNAMENT? And promise to make my prices suit the hard times. With many thanks foti* favors, I cordially invite all of my friends and customers to call and be conn* that I mean what I sny. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. Sept 22, 1881_y_ THERE IS NO NEED OF CRYING HARD TIMBI When Yon can Buy nil Kinds of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, &c. &c, M the LOWEST Fi??BES, so low In fact, that they will Surpr,s0 J0"' I zB^crwisr BROS., IN NEW BUILDING, 1UST BELO*** MASONIC HALL, Bx&' \\ HO tire always in tho COTTON MA uiTET, and will givo yon*?'' in Cash, and moro in Goods, "than any othor man." Wo have a few RED OATS Sept ?5,1881 10 J. P. SULLIVAN & BOOTS J^?TX) SSOSS y^OINfi business for CASH, we offer our ?OOtla nt u close margin. *"^^s?cWl JUC announce that our principle has proven a decided success, nm 1 vc? ) our trade. Wc. respectfully solicit a careful exnminatioi of our stocK 01 Boots and Shoes, A large stock ut' Kentucky Jeans, Ladies' Shawls and Cloaks, Dry Goods generally, Rubber Overcoats, Wall Tapering, ?c Good Family Flour, Sugar and Coffee. We sincerely return thanks to our customers for the patronage |>?lo 0f fte*** und trusi our dealings have been ho satisfactory ns to mern a contin?an Very respectfully, ^ ? SUIXiVA^ * W Sept -J2, 1S81 ll