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E. ??. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883. TERMS : ONE YKAB.?I.BO. SIX MONTHS. 75c. Turo Dollarn If uot paid In advance. Tho Kale of thc Richmond and Dun ville Railroad to the Seney syndicate, which controls tiie Ka?! Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia system, was a great surprise in railroad circles. This sale gives the new company very great ad vantages, and makes them the strongest railroad combination iu the South, con trolling as they do over 4,000 miles of railroad in a connected system in the ?States of Virginia, North Carolina, .South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, and connecting the great Mississippi by one system of roads willi thc ports pf Baltimore, Norfolk and West l'oint. It is not piobablc that the sale will work any chantre in the management of the roads through this section, unless it be to give ns increased facilities for transpor tation. During the recent agricultural meet ing in Marion Senator Huller, in .speak ing upon the labor question, advocated the introduction of 200,000 German im migrants into South Carolina, lo lake the place of 200,000 negroes that lie was nilling lo see lear- the State. The tele graph operators somewhere between Marion and New York distorted our Senator's speech to the extent of report ing that be desired to bring into .South Carolina 200,000 Mormon immigrants,at which sonic of the New York papers began lo express great wonder and sur prise. The mistake was probably ono of thc incidents to having inexperienced operators in charge of tho telegraph wires instead of the regular operators who arc on a strike. Thc strike of the members of the Brotherhood of Telegraph Operators still continues unchanged, except that the Western Guion bas lilied its offices with inexperienced operators, and is now attempting lo do its full business as bcretofore. It is claimed by many that if lite Brotherhood can maintain them selves until the Tall business sets in, the company will be obliged to employ them again at advanced prices in order to trot through their business which presses so heavily and is HO profitable nt that sea son. It seems, however, to us that the position of tho strikers is becoming weaker by tho delay, for if tho company is able lo run its business now, ibo oper ators who aro at present inexperienced will considerably improve, and in many instances bc able to do the work. The company may bo compelled to take some operators back in tho largest offices, but it seems to us that the strike, taken alto gether, is a partial iailuro, if indeed it does not prove so entirely. There seems ta bo an evident desire on tho part of newspapers of the country to run the next Democratic Presidential campaign, and to formulate the issues of tho canvass, which finds expression in long and carefully written editorials, nnd frequent pungent paragraphs, written for the purpose of convincing tho party managers that nothing short of a com plete adoption of the policy advocated by the papers can possibly result in a Demo cratic victory. This discussion is doubt lens beneficial, if it is not always con vincing, for when conducted in the proper spirit it elicits the various views entertained by thoughtful and, in n large measure, disinterested members of the Democratic party upon tho vital question of party policy. The fact that there is so much difference of opinion upon party policy is of Itself the best evidence of tho necessity for delibetato discussion. The main point of variance is, of cou rao, tho tariff; and upon it the members of the party occupy various positions, from that of tho high protection, advocated by Mr Randall aud bia party, to the extreme of free trade, represented by Mr. Frank Hurd, of Ohio. It will not do to read all'men out of the party who do not subscribe to any one theory upon the tariff, for when a State like Virginia in ils D?mocratie Convention declares for the abolition of internal duties, it practi cally places the party of that Stato io favor of a correspondingly high tariff. There is far from uniformity in the party on thia subject, and nothing but the most calm and elaborate discussion can aecure concert of action between the ad herents of the different views entertained upon it. It ought to be entered iuto with tho determination to present each aide fully and fairly, and then abide tho result in the National Convention. The election of Speaker of tho next House will and ought to he made a preliminary skirmish on this matter, and the revenue tariff advocates should, by all means, elect their candidate if possible, for such an election will give to the country an earnest of revenue reform which will greatly sUengthen the party before tho people. After this election, however, wo think tho next session of Congress should avoid any attempted legislation upon the subject for several reasons. In the . first place, it will be impossible to do any good by passing a bill in the House ca tho subject. It wcsld surely be defeated io tho Republican Senate, and would be a waste of time and money for which the Democratic party would be arraigned in the canvass. And in the next place the coming House will not be prepared to legislate intelligently upon the subject. It should, in our opinion, confine itself to a close investigation Im proper committees of the present cost of every department of the government as administered by the Republican party, and also of the aboses lo . each depart? ment, and what are the necessary expen . ess of soco department where economi cally administered. This is a practical work for which the country will be grateful, and will lay the foundation for more real reform than by years of igno rant gas upoo the tariff question can do. We profess to favor a tariff for reveooe only, ami therefore we must fix the rev ?noe necessary for the government be fore we fix the tariff. It will apt do to toko the present estimates for the reve nde, for |f so tb ere will be no change in the tariff. We ?pend ali that we collect now, and therefore in orr^r to show how much we eau reduce tho tarif!' taxation, wo hhould show lo the country how much tho expenses of thc government can be reduced. It seems to us, then, thal the next Congress ought not to upend any time in discussing the tari O', but should throw the light ol'investiga* tiou upon Republican extravagancies j and fraud; after which tho National D?mocratie Convention should declare for such revenue reform as tin investiga tions warrant, and u turill'reduced sn in only to raise this revenue. < 'ur po-ilioii, then, would he easily maintuiiied Ix ! ire liie people. Uv this com sc we would | gain also the advantage id being able to attack the present IiiiijtiitoiH tariff fd the Republicans. Il wo puss a bill which i can liol go into operation lh< Itcpubli* cans will at once attack our bill and put us on the defensive. Wi have lliein lhere now, and should not release our advantage. Let u- then elect a it-venue ; reforiuci Sneaker, investigate all ibo ex penses of the government, timi he pic pared fully foi beneficial turill' legisla tion as soon us we obtain control ol i ou gu ss, or can command Republican votes 111 tho Senate Irolll the loree of public I opinion brought lo bear m consequence : ol the developments of our in vestigati m. j I 'ul i* of Polk of TcmicsM e. NA^HVH.I.K, July L'7. J he jury io th.- ; rase ol'Marshall T. Polk, former treas urer of Tennessee, yesterday lonni ihc d?tendant guilty; ami fixed hi- term ;:: the Penitentiary nt twei ly years A \ line oi ?.'ioO,f?IU.ll), the ann.uni al which ! thc jury lixul lite deficit, wa* nl.-o entered against thc defendant. 1 lie officer who i was in charge ol the jury caine into couti I a lew minutes before '.. o'clock and .-tated ! to .Judge Allen that the jury had agreed on a verdict. Mr. Polk was not pri sent, as lie was not aware thc Court mel so emly, but he arrived shortly after the jury did. The appearance ol tin: jury on thc streets ol' course suggested tho idea that they bad agreed ou a verdict, and hythe time the defendant entered ibo room the courtroom was about hall lilied. When Polk came thc jury wai ranged up beiore Judge Ail-.!! and theil naines wen; called by tho clerk in order tu ascertain if tiie lull jury was present, lu answer to the question of Judge Allen, if ibo jury had r.grecd, S. H. Stone, thc lore man of the jury, replied that they had found the defendant guilty, and had given him twenty years in the penitenti ary and fixed his fin? nt ?tfi?ti/i-tO.lt). The announcement ol the verdict was made in a low tone by ibo foreman, and was not generally beard by those present. Consequently there was not so much ol u sensation caused as might have been ex pected. Mr. Polk did not hear it. and asked Judge East what il was. (In being told what it was, lhere was no change in the extrcasurers's face, and whatever passing emotion there may have been in his mind was not indexed on his face. After the jury had been discharged Judge Hast callie forward and asked to have u motion for a new trial entered, which was done. Judgo Allen said to the attorneys for the defence: "Gentle men, 1 um nearly worn out, and need rest, and furthermore, I am compelled to go to Murfrcesbi.ro' in a few days to bold court, and for these reasons I would bo exceedingly obliged lo have you dispose of this motion to day, as I am as ready to net upon it uow as I ever will be, unless yon have some new facts of which I know nothing." Judge East replied that it would be impossible lo argue the motion then ns the attorneys for the de fence were preparing the bill of excep tions. He thought, however, that tho motion could be argued thu next day (to day.) Several of the jurors, afler their dis charge, stated that but one ballot was taken. That w is taken the night before, and on that bal ot it was seen that tho jury were unanimous for guilty." They regurded the evidence as convincing. There waa no difficulty in arriving at the limit nf the imprisonment. To-day tho counsel for the defence j read un affidavit in court from two wit nesses accusing one of the jurymen in this case willi saying lhat he was coming to Nashville to sit on the jury, and he wouid see that Polk was hanged. The COHO was continued until to-morrow to enable thu o Dicers to sub|)iena all thc witnesses in the matter. 'Ibo object of thc affidavit is to prove the incompetency of tho jury und thus obtain a new trial. Motion for ? Mew Trial Untied. NASHVILLE, July 20.-In the Polk case yesterday Judge Allon overruled the motion for n now trial, and passed sen tence upon tho prisoner. The case was appealed to tho Supreme Court, and the bond raised to$46,000, which was given Gould in a Tight Place. Some little excitement and a groat deal of talk were created in financial cir cles in New York, Wednesday night, by the following dispatch, received during the afternoon : WABHINOTON, D. C., July li.1}.-A re port, emanating Irom a local stock bro ker's office to-day, is to tho effect that Jay Gould, being seriously embarrassed, forced the principal banks to lunn him money enough to tide over his present difficulties by threatening them with a panic which would shake every bank in the United States if he should bo defeat ed in his present attempt to hold the market up. Wall street men who wore informed of the message that had come over the wire, shook their bends and closed their mouths as tightly as oysters. Others smiled significantly und said it was evi dent that the dispatch brought news Lwhich would Bet speculators to thinking. Not a few, who were informed of the supposed new move on the part of tho wily financier, were apparently per turbed. An operator on the street, who is very near to Gould and Sage, was ap proached last night by a reporter and asked for his views regarding the news wired from Washington. "This is the first I have heard of it," said he. "You have probably read that passage in Prot Harte which says that 'for ways that are dark and tricks that are vaiu, the heathen Chinee is peculiar.' lt is exactly in this light that we look upon Jay Gould in Wall street. It is impossible to tell when he may havo four aces up his sleeve. I may havo reliable information that he holds two of a kind, but just so euro as I pluck up courage to call his hand, by some astute proceeding he throws down three of a kind. Now, in my judgment, this dis patch is a canard, on a par with tho ter rible assault upon Lady Florence Dixie, and the death of Gen. Grant, which spread through the city only a week ago in connection with the telegraphic Btrike. But so uncertain am 1 of ?Gould's movements that I should bo lit tle surprised to find it verified." "lt has been understood in Wall street that Mr. Gould has been carrying a heavy load financially for a long time past." observed a well known broker, ''ana I would not be surprised to know that he has been compelled to resort to desperate means to raise money. I have heard it whispered that he has lost large sums of money in several of his business ventures. We ?ll know that a vast amount of his reputed wealth is so locked ap in railroad and other enterprises that he could cot make it available for use in case of a sudden emergency.. Mr. Gould has had much to dUcourngo him of late. The trouble between the Wes tern Union Company and the telegraph Operators ls a great financial drawback for him. I really fear that poor Gould has much to make him unhappy nowa days." Webb's Last Swim, UI'ITALO, N. V., July 21.--('upi. .Matthew Webb, thc noted Kuy I Uh swimmer, was last MICH in thc Niagara j whirlpool rapid* tim afternoon. Il hail | been advertised for several weeks that | in- would uttcmpt to go over the course , which thc Maid oj' (/.'? Mut ran in her ? nip io c-cape au attachment many years ago. No crail hut this one ever survived iii?- peril.' id I hat I'-rrdilc channel and no ? liuiiian lu ?og s ive her crew ever parsed ! alive through the rapids. I III ll I V.I I S'TO I III Itt VI ll. It ivas precisely t?? minutes pa-t ? when Webb sprang from his ho.a about ; a third ol a unie nhove tho railroad j bridge, ?iud close to the old Maid of ibe i Misi landing. Ile was entirely nude . -ave a nai.it wolli around lili budy for thu protection ot hi? ?to.nach. Thu daring : and accomplished nwiiumci gave h i msc ll ; no ailllieial us-?-iance whatever. His leap lroin tm boat was greeted with prolonged cheering. He .stunk boldly imo thc middle ol the ihcr and buoyed himself gracefully upon thu surface of iii?; walei ns ibe mighty current carried | loin toward tho deadly whirlpool nearly i .i mile mid II hah below, lt was a tin ?liing spectacle and a brilliant per formance. I tie struggle in lim rapids j histed thirteen in i li II les, by which time Capt. Webb had reached the whirlpool. Iii- object was lo hug the American side ol tin- liver, although many contend thal in-ci,.mci - would have lu cn better on the (.'anadian side. Hy thu peculiar formation ol tho channel ut titi.- point, | ?Uli ils curves und lidges ol rock, the j water i dashed upward .i distance of lotty oi lilly feet, resembling thu billows | <i au aiigty sou. linn it whirls andi seethes as il lapin-.1 by a thousand de- | mons, lu lin: frightful vortex thus formed a vessel, a slick of timber, un anima! or a human heilig is tarried un der, and, in some cases, will remain lor days before escaping into the lake below. As thc intrepid navigator came lo the whirlpool he wa? seen lo throw up one of his arms. W hether this was inten ded as a signal of distress, fears of dan go or merely to exhibit his strength to lhost! on land can only bc conjectured. Nothint! was -cen of bim afterwards. The search was kept up till dark, when bis manager announced that lhere was no hope lor his recovery. lill; FAMO t'S SWIMMER'* CA lt EEK. Capt. Webb was forty years of agc and was born in Shropshire, England. He leaves a widow and two children in his native place, ile had been a seafaring inati all his life He was of medium size, finely proportioned and very intel ligent-looking. It was in 1873 that he lir.st became lamons in a natatorial way. While serving before the mast on the Cunard steamship ttuff?'.i, a shipmate fell overboard from the rigging. A gale was blowing at the time and the Iiuua was booming along at the rate of fifteen knots per hour. Webb sprang into the water and made n desperate and gallant elfort to save the life of his companion, ile could not reach him, however, and Webb was taken into a boat after strug gling in the waves upwards of bali an hour. He was given a purse of ??500 on the spot, and u medal. SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. Alter this Webb ruined local fame as a swimmer in thc hames. He swain from Blackwell to Gravesend, a distance of twenty miles down thc stream in four bonis, and be accomplished the distance of eighteen miles, in nine hours. He attempted, but failed, lo swim across the English Channel on August l?, 1875, but on August 25, of the same year, he made the perilous voyage, reaching Calais, France, twenty-three hours after the start. So brilliant a feat was hailed willi en thusiasm all over England. The poet lt. H. Horne, a swimmer of considerable experience wrote ?i letter requesting that the honor of knighthood be conferred on Capt. Webb. The press dissuaded the tineen from such H thing, and tho ques tion of honoring the Captain dropped out of the public mind. Capt. Webb attempted, in August, lti7s, the feat of swimming for thirty-six hours io tho River ''"names, ile drop ped into thc river nt tho Rr ide at Wool wich at .> o'clock on the evening of Au gust 2 lost year in the presence nf 100,000 people. Long into the night this crowd awaited his return from Gravesend, but he gave up before reaching Woolwich on the rellim trip, having sw um twonty-two miles in nine hours. He has had many contests in swim ming with Capt Tani Boyton, the hitler attired in his buoyant rubber suit and Webb in n simple bathing dress. In New Hands. SARATOGA, N. Y., July 27.-The most important railroad transaction that has ever taken pince in the South is re ported to have been consummated to day. lt is the purchase of the Richmond nnd Danville system, or rathci a controlling interest in the same, from (len. T. AL Logan ?Gill his associates, by whom it has heretofore been held. Tho purchasing syndicate consists of George I. Seney, George F. Baker, E. D. Fahncstock, Calvin S. Brice, William P. Clyde and Gen. E. T. Thomas. This is tho same syndicate that is behind tho East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and is the most pow erful organization that has ever yet taken hold of Southern roads. Seney, Brice and Thomas represent the old Seney Combination and the Metropolitan National Bank. Scott is of the firm of Georgo S. Scott & Co. Baker and Fahnestock represent the First National Bank of New York, while Clyde is ot tho Great shipping houso of William P. Clyde & Co. IOC H THOUSAND MILES OK ROAD. This party will control nboot 2,500 miles of the Richmond and Danville and l,f>00 miles of the East Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia, making in all about 4,000 miles of road, whose gross earnings are from ten to twelve million dollars per annum. Tho property ncquired perfects a sys tem that pjives direct on.let for all Mis sissippi River and Southwestern points to the Atlantic seaboard at Washington, Baltimore and other points. It extends from Washington, via thc Virginia Midland, to Danville, Va., and from West Point, on the Chesapeake, to Rich mond. It then continues via the Pied mont Road, Carolina Central and Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta to Atlanta, Ga., and also via thc Western and North Carolina Road through tim most pictu resque country in tho South. The con nection nt the various Southern cities aro represented to all to be of tho most ad vantageous character. STEAMSHIP CONNECTION. Besides its railroad connections, steam ship connections of a very satisfactory character are to be made and tho new organization will embroco a large steam ship line. The property is reported to Le in exceptionally good condition for business and tho now ownors, who have recently made careful trips over the sys tem, report that they propose putting the whole four thousand miles under one head and have it kept up in the very best shane. It is also stated that the purchase has been made for thc purpose of making profits from tho operation, and that no stock-jobbing scbemo is to be entered into. Tho assignment of the stock has been made in such, a manner as to assure its remaining in tho hands of the syndi cate for some limo to come. The road is to operate Pullman cars of the finest pattern on all divisions, and through cars will be mn from Mississippi River points to Washington, Baltimore Phila delphia and other Eastern cities. Uni nek j Greenville, (JKKKNVIU.K, July 27.-The inacliiiic ?hop and luui?er houses of Shumate Grady & Nichols, builders and contrae tors, situated near the Richmond and Danville Railroad depot, were burned about !Il o'clock this afternoon. The lire .wis purely accidental, originating from sparks from the engine dropping on a pile of shavings. The mill contained much improved machinery of the latest patents used in the dressing and prepa ration ol' lumber. The buildings were frame, two-story, shingle roof structures. Nothing ol' any considerable value was saved. The total loss is estimated at tlf.ono. No insurance. Dentil of Montgomery Blair. \VA>IIINC;T?>X, July '27.- The Hon. Montgomery Blair died nt his residence a' Silver spring*, m ar thi' city, this morning. Montgomery Dla ir wa- ihr father of Francis Creston Hlair, who was the can didate for Vice-President on the Demo- j eratic ticket ?leaded by Horatio Seymour in 1808. lie was born in 1A1!I, in Frank lin Couiity, ivy., graduated at West Coi ut in ls.'i?, but resigned the next year und began the practice of law in St. Louis. Like Iii, son he was by turns I ?euiocratic and Republican and held o Hi ce under both parties. He was the unsuccessful counsel for the plaintiff in the Dredd Scott case in 1807, and was pas'master general from 1801 to 1801, having been appointed by Cre-idcnt Lincoln. Internal Keveline. WASHINGTON, duly -J7.- The commis sioner of internal revenue has made a report to Secretary Folger that the entire collections of internal revenue for the fiscal year ended June SO, 188!t, amount ed to ?144,553,3(16. The cost ol' the in ternal revenue service for the same period was $5,120,000, being 3J per cent, of the total collections. The receipts for the year just ended were $969,907 less than thc previous year. The com missioner estimates the probable reduc tion of the revenue for the current fiscal year ut $43,000,000. lu the amount of collections for thc past year the State of Illinois heads the list with $25,977,525, New York returned $17,967,187, ohio $15,704,047, Kentucky $15,387 <T7, Penn sylvania $8,703,679, Missouri $7,680,411, Indiana $5,592,719, New Jersey $5,424, 457, Virginia $5,07*. 196 and Iowa $4, 0?2.720. A Terrible Earthquake. LONDON, July 29.-The Town of Casa miccola, near Naples, was almost entire ly destroyed by nu earthquake last night. Thc neighboring towns of Fario and Lacceatneno were greatly damaged. One hundred persons, more or less severely injured, have arrived at Naples by steamers. The shocks beg.ui at half-past 9 o'clock last night. At that hour a majority of the people of the upper classes were at tho theatre. Nearly all the houses in town collapsed. It is estimated that one thousand persons were killed and eight hundred injured. A number of steamers have been brought into vervice to carry the injured to Naples. The impression produced by the disaster is indescribable. Ninny of thc victims belong to good fam ilies. Casatniccola, pronounced Ca-sa mit-cho'la, was a town of about 4,0Gu inhabitants, at the foot of .Mount Epo meo. It had warm spiings and baths. NA 1*1.1?, July U9.-Stcumers loaded with injured people are constantly arriv ing here from the scene of the earth quake. The hospitals are being lilied with still'crers. A Bickens View of it. Sentinel: Capt. Kirk, with his corps of engineers roached Kosley last Saturday, completing, we suppose, the survey of the "flank movement" by Greenville. We learn that he did not go nearer (Ireenvillo than two miles, and crossed tho Air Line Komi near where tho pub lic road from this place by Cox's bridge crosses it. Ho then crossed the Saluda river ra Ligon's yid bridge and ran by Col. Bowen's mills to 1'asley. The rea son, we understand, for not going nearer (?reenville than be did, was to save dis tance. The route surveyed, it is said, increases the distance over the old route nine or ten miles. The corps will move towards thc mountains this week, but how fur they intend going we do not know. There is but Htllo work to do by the engineer on the old route, (the one '.'.non which the road will be built, if subsisting obligations aud common sense is to govern the actions of the company) iu this Stale, but there is much lu do in North Carolina and we suppose Capt. Kirk will go on with that work nt this time. Struck by Lightning. HOCK HILL, July 25.-Yesterday evening, about 6 o'clock, Mrs. John L. Storr and daughter were returning home from a picnic in a buggy when they were overtaken by a thunder storm. A flash of lightning instantly killed the animal which Mrs. Storr was driving and Mrs. Sto?T was struck above the left ear, cutting an ugly wound fully three inches long, and a larger wound on her left thigh, from which shock she is still lying in a statu of unconsciousness, with but few chances for ber recovery. Miss Ibrim, the daughter, was severely burned and badly shocked, but bas be come conscious and it is hoped will es cape further trouble A young man, Mr. Bob Hannah, was riding about fifteen or twenty feet in tho rear of Mrs. Storr's buggy and he was knocked off his mare. Mr. Hannah, after he recovered from tho fall and shock, went up to Mrs. Storr's buggy and there found Mrs. Storr lying over the back of tho seat apparently dead and bleeding profusely and M its Ibrim lyiug down in tho bottom of the buggy in the same condition and her clothes on fire, which he soon succeeded in putting out. Mr. Hannah then thought the best thing to do would be to get on his mare, which was still standing ?bout seventy-five yards distant from where she had been struck, and ride to Mr. Lou Moore's and tell the news and get assistance, but to bis amazement when be approached bis mare and caught the bridle she fell dead and in falling caught Mr. Hannah's foot, which is badly sprained. Mr. Hannah then called loudiy for help and his voice was beard by a negro boy who had beeu ploughing near by and be came up and soon other negroes, and they unhitched the dead animal from the buggy and pulled the buggy up to Mr. Lou Moore's them selves with tue two ladies still lying un conscious in the buggy. The ladies were soon carried into Mr. Moore's house and doctors were seut for at once. Dre. Campbell, Crawford and Bratton arrived and are doing all within their power to restore Mrs. Storr.- Cbrr??/>onii<rnet: JVVtr* and Courier. - The British Medical Journal gives a valuable hint to householders thus: "Observations made by M. Rafford, a member of the Society d'Horticulture at Limoges show that a castor oil plant having been placed in a room infected with flies, they disappeared as by en chantment. Wishing to find the cause, be soon found nuder the caster oil plant a number of dead flies, and a large num ber of bodies bad remained clinging to the under surface of the leaves. It would therefore appear that the leaves of tho castor oil plant give ont an essential oil, or some toxic principle which poss sesses very strong insectide qualities," Respectfully referred to N. E. Georgia hotels. - Mrs. h. A. McCall, of Marlboro' County, lias succeeded in raising some very palatable toa from plants obtained .'rom Washington. - Mr. A. J. Cox. of Georgetown County, died on last Friday night from the effects of a dose of strychnine taken by mistake. - Mark Twain, in a serious moment, puts upon record that last year by chop* ping wood he cured himself ol thirteen different und distinct diseases. Tbis beats artesian water mid drug--. - A correspondent ol' the New York .Intimal i 'ourirr says : "Why don't some benevolent mau establish a free school for teaching the colored woman ot' Hie South how to lie Mich ?'? cook a- her mother und grandmother were .'*' Woy i I.. Ked? - A colored mau living near Verdery, Abbeville l 'nunty, accidentally shot him self <'ii Sunday, the I-~?111 instant. He denied shooting himself, and declared that a white mau bad shot bim. L'poh investigation, however, ii pistol, with one barrel empty, was lound about bis person : besides, a lude was shot through bis hip pocket and his drawers were stained with powder. - Thc Camden Journal says : "The damage to vegetation in this section caused by the drought is so great that it can not well bc estimated. The gardens arc damaged beyond recovery, and thc early corn is in about the fame condition. The rain would not help it any if il were to fall now. Cotton has stood the dry weather well up to within the past week, and now it is firing ami shedding both fruit and leaves. - The Keoweo Courier says: '"Mr. John .1. .Smith sold this week thirty acres of lauri, adjoining the west end of Walhalla, ?it twenty lour dollars and fifty cents per acre! All the tract is Upland, but lies well, about twenty ai res being open and in cultivation. Mr. James T. Wilson, of Charleston, is the purchaser, and, we understand, he in tends to convert the tract into a vineyard for wine making." * ?*"! lurability is bettor than show." Durability of health is worth more than the wealth of a Vanderbilt. Kidney Wort is mao's co-laborer in maintaining health. With healthy liver, bowels and kidneys, nun and women will always be in good heul th. If the bowels are tor pid, if piles torment, il the back is full of pain, get a | ackage of Kidney-Wort and bc cured without more suffering. jr-ff-The most brilliant shades possible, on all fabrics are mad" by Ilia Diamond l>yes. Unequalled tur brilliancy and du rability, lo eta. IF THU EXISTENCE OF WORMS IN TUE Intestine* darkens tho complex* ion, is it not reasonable to suppose that their presence will ruin health ? Shriiicr's Indian Vermifuge will destroy and expel them from the body. :AU ladies who univ he troubled with nervous prostration, who sutler from organ ic displacement : who have a sense ot weariness and u feeling of lassitude; wdio are languid iii the morning: in whom the appetite for food is capricious and sleep at proper hours uncertain, should have ie. course to il rs. Plnkham's Vegetable Coin pound. ITS PR A ist? AUK 11 KA un nv Tim WAY 8i ni: AMI is Tin-; ttisv Muns OF TUA OE. -it ess. Benson iV Co., of Hartwell, Ga. Merchants, in convers?t iou with the pop ular traveling salesman of the well known house of Cox, Hill iv. Thompson, Atlanta, On. said that Norman's Neutralizing Cor dial was- un excellent medicine and is giving satisfaction wherever used. They sell great ?leal of it. jVTOTICE To CREDITORS. -131 AU persons having demands against the Estate of Grant A. Moore, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make pavment. WILLIAM MOORE, Bx'r. Au? ls.s:; :i 3* FIRE INSURANCE. rpilIS is to certify that William G. Willi .L. ilen is hereby authorized to transact an Insurance Business for the following Companies, 1 having issued a License to him for each of them : Continental Insurance Co. of New York. Liverpo 1 mid London and tl lobe Ins. Co. North British and Mercantile Ins. C?i. Clio nix Ins. Co. of London. Standard Fire Ollice of London. Rochester German Ins. Co. of N. Y. Crescent Ins. Co. of New Orleans. (Signed) W. E. STONEY, Comptroller General. INSURE vour property in either of the above first-class Companies. Risks on Steam Cotton (Jins, Grist and Wheat Mills, and machinery generally taken at ns low rates as in ai?y first-class Company. Merchandise, Stores and Farm property at fair rates. Address WILLIAM G. WIIILDEN, Insurance Agent, Pelzer, Anderson County, S. C. Aug 2, 1883 3 1 SIMPSON. REID & CO., Intending soon to move to WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER, Will offer Bargains in Certain Kinds of Goods. TURNIP SEED. FRUIT JARS. July 2G, 1883 2 FISH FOR SALE. PURE. BIOI)<SCAL13 CARP. One and two inches long. 10c. each. Three and four inches. 20c. each. II. P, BROWNE, Anderson, S C. July IO, 1883 1 3 County Equalization Board. 11HE County Board of Equalization for . Anderson County will ineot at the Auditor's Office on Tuesday, the "th day of August, 1S83, to hear complaints of Tax payers, and to equalize tho property re turned for taxation in said Countv for tho year 1883. THOMAS J. WEBB, A. A. C. Julv 2fi, 1883 3 o Notice to Creditors. Kentucky Flour Co., et al.. PlaintitTs, vs. Hart ?ft Mahon, et al., Defendants. ALL persons having claims against Hart & Malton are hereby notified to pre sent and establish them before me on or by the 1st day of September next, or bc barret! of all right to participate in thc benefits of this suit. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. July 26, 1883 2 ? NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned, Administrator ot the Estate of Dr. F. G. Carpenter, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judgo of Frobate for Anderson County, on the 2lst day of August, 1883, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and discharge from his office ns Administrator. T. 8. CARPENTER, Adm'r. July 19, 1883 1 5 The Boat Shoes in the Market. IAM now receding my Spring Stock of Men, Women and Children's SHOES, jute celebrated "Bay State" Shoes-the best in the market. Every pair warranted. Come and see them. No ?barge for show ing. A. B. TOWERS, No, 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. March 15, 1883 35 TOHN S. MATTISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ALL Business promptly attended to. Ornea-With H. G. Scndday. March 22, 1883 SC 3m S ? ?-g l-_>P3 r/2 ts 30 O X SB 3D > 30 o ?o 0) r O > THE ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOL ANDERSON, S. C., Tlf UJ, begin il? exercises on MONDAY, W SEPTEMBER 17. 1883. in the build iiigsnf the Carolina Collegiate Institute. The scholastic year will he divided into two sessions. The first session will end Kel?. I. 1 Hs ?. and Hie st.nd will end .lone 18, lWrtf. 'I l e following rai.s will bc charged per session : r'irsl Class.$ 0 **. Second Class. 12 OO Thlnl t'lass. K> <??? Fourth Class. 18 OD Contingent Fee. '>.' Prof. II. <?. RI:I:I? will have charge of the Hoarding House and will be able to board abott* sixty strident* nt $10.00 per inoiHli. A Circular will he Issued soon giving fuller information. For thc present ad dress, \V. J. LICION';] prhM.jl,ahj II. (i. RKKI), I 1 r,,,t,l''?ls' .f ulV li. 188"! .r>2 Sin EEPAI UNG AND WHETTING GINS ! THE EUREKA GIN WHET TS the greatest invention of the age of its A kind. It is an easy, certain and quick way of whetting Hin saws, which renders the old-fashioned way of whetting a thing of the past. The reason why it is prefera ble to all others is, it hinges in the throat of the tooth. I am now prepared to do the very hest of work in Sharpening (Jin-saws, as well as general repairing of all kinds at thc lowest prices. Persons can purchase a Machine for ten dollars, and do their own sharpening. Any one can learn in fifteen minutes. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Thc immense sale of this .Machine is the best guaranty of its merit. All who have tried It arc delighted with its work. 1 will sell either State, County or individual rights. Information concerning it cheerfully ni ven. All orders for whetting or repairing should he handed in at once or write to nie. OFFICE--Up-stairs, over NV. P. lian's Store, on (iranite Kow. Anderson. S. C. K. W. SOUTH. July 2ii. tSS'? 2 :tm TI IK STANDARD ORGAN IF there isa single one of the two hun dred "Standard" Organs, made by I'e lotthct ?fc Cu., which has been in constant use for the last seven years that is not giv ing satisfaction, please let us hear from it. There are live of these Organs in Ander son County to one of any other make. If that is not sufficient evidence of ?heir supe riority, then the judgment of thc people is wrong. Extracts I'roni Letters Received. NEVA I?. O. J. A. Daniels : The "Standard"' Organ I bought from you is the sweetest toned, hest finished, and most substantial organ 1 ever saw. (Signed) R. W. ANDERSON. MoFFATTSV I LUE P. O. J. A. Daniels : The "Standard" Organ I bought from you takes the, day in my neighborhood. It is superior to iinv other. (Signed) L. E. CSA FT. After carefully comparing the tone, finish and workmanship of the "Standard" Or gan, side by sido with other celebrated make of Organs, I have no hesitancy .. j saying the "Standard" pleases me the best. It is giving satisfaction. (Signed) W. O. SMITH, Conductor C. A. G. R. R. Call and see seventeen other written tes timonials. I buy these Organs in lots of five at a time, directly from the Factory, (not from other agents,) for cash, giving tho profits the middle mon make on sub-agents to my customers. Hence, I sell tho best Organ made for the least money, (according to the judgment of the people who have bought and used them.) Test one by paying $15 cash, and the hahmce in November. J. A. DANIELS. July 12, 18S3 52 wliil i lil ?fr. a g s z ^-j? s |4 a .Itt 4?| 2 I 5=0 pl *l t ? sr wife ?> i ? ? g ?3, W ?-3 M ?"> 91 s ?. tlf co Y-?- fe ? E" ? OT CK* OSBORN & McGTJKIN ANDERSON, S. C., ]y?ANUFACTlTRERS and Dealers in all DRESSED LUMBER, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MANTLES, MOLDINGS BRACKETS, BANISTERS, sawed and turtled. Factory Near Railroad Depot. QRI8T MILL will rnn every day. July 26, 1883 o cTHE CREAT CURF! 1 -RHE^(rrA TxS li- ! 2 -mart fons? of thb ?2337STMaa. g_PERFECTLY CuatDT^ ft I ruo, Itu uqrrooa SUT. SOLO ?^KTCCUTS. I I Kl DISTEY>WORT ANDERSON MACHINE Wfj HAYING miiovcd from Rccd'a liuilding into my new ?nt?^.. Ktre??! l<>H<liiig lo lilli?' ICicl??> yard, and brfn",,,8iE?Bl plete outlil nf FIRST CLASS TOOLS und MATERIALS; [ j^W-11*!ti! Repair Steam Engines and Machiner Of all kinds ut riiort notice. I will always* keen on hand a full tu, ' ?Iiiiur.v. connstine, of Traction, Porlublo and NtuiiA'1'yof Geh ?iiM'M, Thretdier*, Suiv Mill?, Av. I nm also i.r^,,^ , Rp? *t*i kind of Miichineyou may .id. 1 1 rwl lo order ?? 1 al.-" keep on hand II full supply of Ginn ami Hemp Packb Valves, Globe Valves, Glass Water Gauges, Steam Gauges Steam P> ^l spirators. Triumph Injectors, Ki rt lng Injectors, porn ami 'wiieat MniupS' B?" Circular Saws, Klbows, Nippers, Union's Reducers, in fart cvervthi ' chinerv busbies!*. Come and Dee mu bet?re buying, anti von ?ni Dt*Wia . hiss Mai hine. ' J 111 be Sl"e log R. F- DIVVET August -j, ow-_ m Ander?ontf}J HEADQUARTERS I THE BEST IS THE CHEAPS BY contract in writing with the Manufacturers, weare tho only authorized., the Counties of Anderwon, Abbeville and Oeonee fortbeulei DANIEL PRATT'S REVOLVING HEAD GIN! FEEDERS AND COxVDElYSERS. We uUiiRinteeto sell at Manufacturers- prices, and will give perfect satisfy ask for nu pay. ... . , . Mon- Pratt Ota* knee (??en ?old tn oar territory m (IK tait fee yean thant kind* combined. . aar TEHMS EASY. Send for Circulars. Mo CU LL Y & TAYLOR, Anderson, S. 4!) June 21. I**'! Tremendous Low Prie I MEAN WHAT I SAY. MY STOCK IS Now TOO LARGE, and in order to REDUCE I offer to ll lie a LAltGK and WELL-ASSORTED stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing) Hats. COME TO SEE US AND YOU WILL SAVE mu? 1 WANT MONEY, AND HAVE THRO WK UPON MY COUNTERS J Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Seasonable WHICH I OFFER AT A SACRIFICE. Keep this on the brain when you leave home. Balance of Ready Made Clothing at Actual First Jp*)- Your presence is respectfully solicited. A. LESSER.! June l-l, 1S83 48 "Wait for the wagon, the good old wagon, And we will ali take a ride." A CAR LOAD Of TENNESSEE WAGONS, made in Nashville, Tenn,jj nTix s/sV ?T111,0 B,I?ST WAGON, probably, in the world, unless it ia the "STl . i ', both of which we have exclusive salo for in this section of country, right along, buy your Wagons from us, and also all of your other Goods neeiW DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, SHOES, HATS, .nd IIr , YANKEE NOTIONS, ^ Amt all Goods generally wanted in this market, and we will do you RIGHT. ron,oPIE-VKEI?,!,I.ut wc carry heavy Stocks, want to buy all the Cotton made County, and pay highest Cash prices for it. tt? ,ie .? ?,e ln stock nn<1 ?? tn? way a large lot of RUBBER BELTING, UH ny- U, -, -'J, 3, i, 5, ?,.7 and 8 inch, 3 and 4 ply. Respectfully, _Iun, ?. m BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWEl TAKE NOTICE, HA^'tSSi?2?S^i K,NLAROED MY STORE. I nm now belter PWJ Goods taSS???ffo?ft^ of Sheet Copper, Tin. Ac. Thefoll Vu! ?iulCH.t>"?i Charter Oak Cook Stoves, i ? ?? . Improved Cottee Pot. I ? ??" y !,,l!an? ?'rult Dryer In the market, ... ? ??nly 8"ccessful Peach Parcr-wlll parc any *Hw "I ?JJ Traps, Atcatc Iron Ware, Tinware in Abundance. HIDES, BEESWAX AND RAGS BOUGHT FOR THE CASH. Roofing and Guttering Done at the Shortest Not June 14, 1883 TT11 48 _ A NEW AND STYLISH LOT J SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHII -AT- I J- I3- Sullivan & Co.'f at,TS COMPLETE AT THEHLOWEST PBI^l IAntP? S 331 O 233 S. UADI*s'and VISSES SLIPPERS TUC Mi s-.'ILLADIIiS' ,X)W CUT, low heel?!, broad bottomSko* E BSST SUCAR AND COfF? -**ways on hand at the VERY LOWEST Caub prices. Respectfully, May 17,1883 J. P. SUM-IVAN* C?