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imtamBmmmtamwt?MWmtummea?MM?MBmM ~lG. Br MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JUKE ll, 188?. T RMS t ONE \ KAU. ... .Bl.BO. 8IX MONTHS._ 7flc. Two Uollurn if nut pahl lu advance. The Cullimbin Register of Sunday contains three and ono-half co'noins ol editorial. Over two of this amount I< devoted to a personal reply to the INTEL LIGENCER, and the balance to a personal reply to the Columbia correspondent ol thc News awl Courier, Verily tho Regis ter revels in personal controversies. Among thc candidates for tho office of Clerk of the Stale Senate, there is no one better qualified to discharge accepta bly thc duties of the position than Capt. Vincent V. Marlin, of AndersonvUle. Capt. Martin is a son of General Marlin, who was for many years Clerk of thc Senate, and upon several occasions helped his father in thc discharge of tho duties of thc office, or in his absence took his place. He is a graduate of thc South Carolina College, an accomplished gentleman and a most honorable mau in all of the adair* of life. If ho is cloded, tho Senate will nol only havo a cour teous, efficient aud faithful officer, bul will havo a most accomplished and pleasant gontleman in the place. Capt. Marlin was a valiant soldier during the war, md has been an active and faithful Darrccrat since the war. Not ouly would b?a fiiends bo delighted to seo him ac corded the position, bui Anderson County would be gratified to see an honor so worthily bestowed upon ono of her citi zens. Wo hope the Senate will favorably consider his candidacy. In the death of Curran ll. Sloan, which occurred at hit; homo in Green ville on Sunday night, a nuble and usoful life hos been cut down as it was verging upon the meridian of a maturo manhood, whoso past has been one of honorable and unselfish devotion lo all tho -e duticB which foll so heavily upon many youug men of his age, as tho result ot the dis asters which followed the late war. Mauy of our citizens will romomber with ploasure the bravo and wonderfully suc cessful manner in which ho began as a mere boy the baltic of lifo, and his gen erous, manly and honorable nature hus always marked him from boyhood to the grave as ono worthy of tho confidence and devotion which ho received from a host of friends. With a bright mind, a sound judgment, a level head and a big heart, to which were added an indefati gable energy and an indomitable resolu tion, he was fully equipped for the busi ness of lifo, and not only was ho able to command, but moreover deserved the success which he achieved. Tho death of mich a man at such an ago iu a loss to his community an woll as to his ?inme diato friends. True, israve, manly and good, he has gone to his rest without a Bpot upon a bright character, and leaves behind him no memories of his lifo save those which aro pleaaatit. AM TJN8U8TATNKD DENIAL. Tho Columbia Register,as wo expected, paya especial attention to tho article of tho INTELLIGENCER of last week, and pursues its usual course of venomous vituperation. It views tho whole field of its differences with the INTELLIGENCER, and aa to the first article from which wo dissented, and which gave to tho Register uuch mortal offense that journal rei ter . ates: .i? * ? The Register, citing the facia as it recelvod them from many journals having correspondents in Wash ington, chose upon the recited facts, to concur in the censure visited on tho Sec retary. That ia, we added our humble voici, to the condemnation of appoint ments proceeding on personal favoritism, This Is all, ona positively all, of oui o?ibndiiij.; * * * If Mr. Bayard was wrongful! r charged, it was not our charge, but that cf some of the most important and trustworthy journals in the country in and out of the Democratic ranks." We bava already pointed out that this statement vlf the Register is a perversion of the facti about its first artiole. It did not upon a recited state of fscts censure Secretary 1 layar?, but it endorsed a state ment of fa ;ts by sayiog that the criticism based opon these facts was just what be deserved. Therefore, it was its charge. It may have also been somebody elbe's charge, but the Register made the charge its own, for lt alleged that the criticism was just what the Secretary deserved. If lt ' vas not based opon a true statement of facts, lt was not what the Secretary deservid ; but the R?guler asserted tba) he deseived tho censure, without qualifi cation, and thereby made the charge on its own account. Here are the Hegisier't own words, and they show that it bsd no qualification in its denunciation : "It is safe to say" that Mr. Bayard hus Battered coriolis loss in the respect and confidence of Democrats in all parts ol the Union. The storm of criticism which has befallen the new Secretary for treat ing his office as his own personal proper ty, entitling him to bestow positions and 6rofe?ments on his personal favorites to io oxcl?Blon of others, ia inst what he deserves. This sharp criticism of Mr Bayard's coarse, it is said, is approved bj nia Cabinet associates. People near home mayjprofit by Mr. Bayard's example wltl much advantage to themselves. Every body is about tired of this sort of thing . ' and are going to show their teeth abou No matter where the Register got thew charges, it makes them its own here We shall not use epithets here to describ? . the veracity of the writer who penn? these .two extracts. They speak fo themselves. Therefore, the INTBLLIOEN CEE in criticising the first article couh not have' beeb far from right, for th? Register has persistently, tried to chang? the meaning and responsibility for lt - unworthy attack upon a faithful publi officer. Our Columbia critic noal says "From this original cause of diflerenc ?nd our sharp retort to the INTELLIGEN CBA'B gratuitous censure of our course . ihpt journal ehoee to justify, io contra - diction lo the views of almost a anani mous Stftto press, tho appointment o Cammi Morgaa as a favor to Cantu'.i 0 Dawson, av member of tho Nationa Executlvo Committee." AM" -V^?Wlf . Va?iB?oistotmumm too mu?l ?rhett it imagines ocr article upon th* Black ville meeting ; hid anything to di frith; the original cause of different: with" the Register, aw! lt la a very poo juc^c of newspapers if It thinks tb ?NTELLiOEifcnft suppresses an opinl?i itWUd * majority pf ?be prom of Ot* ??fiwniir-' man im m i . State take a different view of a matter fiom that taken by tho INTELLIGENCER. If the Register wiii remember the INTEL* LIOENCBR has sometimes stood almost alone, as it did in its advocacy of a Dem ocratic canvass in 187G ; but the number of men who agree or disagree with us, has no influenco in controlling our opin ions beyond the fact that whero wo find many disagree with us we consider '.he question more fully than wo might other wise do, hut when we are satisfied we nover hesitate to express our opinion for what it may be worth. Therefore, the views of the State press did not in this instance control us. The Register, how ever, constitutes itself the representative of the State press, and proceeds to attack the INTELLIGENCER. The RegitUrr pays that it did not inti tnato that there ought to be a difference between native and adopted citizens. Well, it did not nay so, ami as it now says il did not intend such au intimation, wo can only say that the construction of its article huit week caused us to think such an intimation was intended. Thu Register's announce meut, however, shown that there is at least one point on which tho INTELLIGENCER and the Register agree. We congratulate our contempo rary that opposition to our adopted citi zens is not one of its vagaries. The Register next says : "Hut it lias pleased the INTELLIGEN CER to justify Captaiu Dawson's pro curement for his connection by tho fol lowing totally unjustifiable language : 'The Register s malice towards the News and Courier leads it into thc pourilo po sition of belittling Captain Dawson and his claims upon the people of South Carolina.' Are all journals of tho State moved by malico to the Newt and Courier in criticising and condemning this ap pointment as au unworthy one ? Aro all tho numerous journals out of the Stato who condemn thin appointment in the most unqualified words moved by malice to tho Nexos and Courier t Let tho IN TELLIGENCER answer. ***??. "Now, behold the petty invidiousness of this lanfniago. Were wo talking of what Captain Dawson had dono for South Carolina I Were wo not talking rather ol what he had dono for his brother-in law at the expenso of South Carolioa ? If ho had a right to do what ho did, thire is an end of it without throwing tho Netos and Courier into the scale." Wo answer that all papers in the State aro not actuated by mulice to tho Nam and Courier. Several of them have crit icised tho Morgan appointment, but they have dono so without tho manifestation of that malico which tho Register ex hibits. Tho Register was talking about Captain Dawson in a manner to bring his record as a citizen of South Carolina into dispute, aud it ought to givo itt* readers credit for having souse onoug.i to discern this, for thoy would be piti fully stupid not to discover it in theso words of tho Register ; "Well, this was Dawson's act, and as such it provokes sharp censure and it han aroused the iudignation ot every man who fcolu like a South Carolinian. Peo ple naturally ask : Who is thia man who thus assumes to havo positions assigned to South Carolina given to him as his pomonal reward to bestow to whom he will? Aud it is a most becoming ques tion." ThcBO wero tho questions which caused us to comparo what Capt. Dawson bas done for South Carolina with what the present management of the Register has done. The Register cannot conceal ita malace to the News and Courier. In the Barae issue it has a controversy with the News and Courier, in which it shows this malico in tho following extract : "The truth is thal for years the AV KM and Courier bas been pushing at the Register, and no effort to undermine it in popular favor here has been spared by its representatives, paid to do tho dirty work. Any one who has read tho Ac uv and Courier with honesty muat see thal no pains have been spared to belittle thia paper in overy imaginable way. Il is only necessary to read after this very diligent detractor of to-day, who non plumes himself as having the ear which was rofuBcd tho Register oj tho Board ol Visitors." This Bbows that tho Register entertain; ill feelings towards tho Nen-s and Courier, and accounts for its bitterness toward) that paper. The Register concludes iti article by denying the charge made bj tho INTELLIGENCER that there is scarce ly a public man In the State that it hai not belittled or censured. To refuto thii j the Register quotes a highly laudatory I letter to John W. R. Pope, Esq., datet Ootober 17th, 1883, signed by Gov Thompson, Senator Hampton, Col, Wallace, Col. McMaater, Col. Youmani and Chief Justice Simpson, expressly their regret that he had severed bi connection with the Register, and tho! appreciation of bis editorial work, am wishing him increased usofulness am ! Bucccsa. This letter looks loo much Uki [ a petition for office, and illustrates th i'act that mena' sympathies often indue them to sign papers. Mr. Pope h ai given up, for some, reason not necessary to be stated here, his position on tb Register. He needed another, and th letter waa written to help him get il The Register asserts that this accueatioi Ia not true, and relies upon the lette mentioned to prove ita denial. This ia i denial and avoidance of tho* issue, i man charged with a crime could no acquit himself by proving bia Inno cence nearly two years ago. Now, w j havo a very simple proposition to maa < to this journal. We assert that its ton and conduct tends to belittle and censor tba prominent men of the Stato. 1 donica, and says tbe only evidence lt wll .ddoce is a letter signed by some of th prominent men of the State near tw years ago. Onr contemporary must ee that this letter does not refuto a charg made as lo its present conduct. But i has seen fit to introduce certain publi men, and if it will take their testtaon to-day, we will agree to be bound by i Therefore, if it will procure their slgni tore to a paper stating that the Register course baa not in their honest judgmet tended either to belittle or to cent .re tb public men of the State, we will adm that onr charge is unfounded, retract i and apologise for making it. Thia is ci easy BO", ut ion to tho ?BSUO. Epithets wi not take.the place bf facts, and we ai willing to iel the men the Register bi called as lu witnesses settle the questioi In the very paper io which our conten? porary denies this charge, it has an an clo censuring the Governor, the Board < Visitors of the University, and the Frei ident of the College, because they did m send a special mention to it of * pendln address to bo delivered at the Col leg Wo are willing to let any ono who real tho paper ? ay whether ita course doti, < ... . .. ;.- j ..-...'?/:; ; : ; does not, tend to belittle or censure tho public men of tbo State. Its denial will not prove that our charge is incorrect, though it may prove that tho Itcgitter is incapable of telling the truth, where it is to its interest to deny or vary it. The President has appointed Mr. E. M. Boy kin, of Camden, United States Mur bhal for South Carolina instead of Mar ohal Tourney suspended. Mr. Hoykiu is a partial graduate of the University of Virginia, mid has for ttvo terms been a member of the L?gislature from Kershaw. He was not a resident of tho State in 187r>, but Hince his return baa been an active worker for tho Democracy of his County. Ho will mako a good officer. [Published hy Request.J An Explanation, Prom the Hout/urn Presbyterian From various published statements touching the proceedings of the Hoard of Directors of thc Columbia Seminary at their lalo meeting, it hus uppeared that on several questions of great importance, two members cast their votes in opposi tion to tho meanuros passed hy tho ma jority. Thc undersigned are the tw? members to whom allusion has been made. And wc deem it due to those for the management of whoso Institution we are in pari responsible, and to ourselves also, that we submit a brief statement of tho reasons which induced us, under a sense of duty, to assume the position that wo did iu respect to some of tho matters referred to. 1. AB to the election of Mr. Vos. Wo knew nothing whatever against this young brother; on tho contrary, were led to form a high opinion of his native ability, his scholarly attainments, and his Christian character, by the very strong commendations ol'his instructor, Dr. Oreen, of Princeton Seminary, ?ut it scorned to us very unwise and unsafe to place in a professorship in our Semi nary, the very fountain of theological instruction and training for our rising ministry, and that in the most importnnt and difficult chair of "Biblical Litera ture and Exegesis of Scripture," a man so young and inexperienced as Mr. Vos, who had but tho week before been grad uated at Princeton Seminary : of whoso capacity to teach, wc had no testimony whatever ; who is a foroignor, writes his sermons in a foreign tongue and holds membership in a foreign Church and of whoso requisite qualifications for the chair wo had almost no knowledgo, Dr. Green's letters containing all the infor mation that we had concerning him. Besides, we regard him as ineligible to the offico undor tho Constitution of the Seminary, which requires that the Pro fessors Bnall bo ordainod ministers of the Sesnel (seo Section 3, Art. 21 ; which ifliculty tho calling of Mr. Vos "Pro visional Instructor" does not relievo, since he will bo expected to discharge all the duties of the chair, and tho Board has ao authority iu tho Constitution to elect any Professor except as contained in that article, tho appointment of "a tutor of tho Hohr 'anguage" belonging to the Faculty (Sec .J, Art. 1). In view of these facts we felt that wo could not vote for Mr. Voe, while there aro good and ablo and experienced men in our Church whom wo know, and who wo are persuaded aro more competent to QU that chair. 2. As to tho filling of tho Perkins Chair. The Constitution (Section 3, Articles ? and ll) expressly provides in tho caBo of the Board's removal of a Professor from bis office, that it "shall bo roported to the Synods and bo subject to their approval" ; and "if approved by a mnjority of tho Synods, or if the Syn ods fail to act, it shad bo regarded as complete." And as tho renoval of Pro fessor Woodrow has not yet been report ed to or acted upon by the controlling Syuods, that chair in our judgment is not yet vacant, and tho Board has no right under the Constitution to elect another person to it at the present stage of the case. When, therefore, the ma jority had overruled our objection and proceeded to go into an election for that chair, we could not conscientiously take any part in the proceeding and asked to be excused from voting. With regard to Dr. Ilersman, the nominee for the posi tion, of whom wo had never heard before and knew nothing whatever, wo said nothing for or against. Upon several of the points mentioned above, other members of the Board expressed themselves as agreeing with us, but on the general questions voted with tho majority. 8. As to the continuance of the finan cial agency of Dr. Mack for the year 1886. Wo opposed this simply upon business principles, carefully avoiding any and every laing personal with regard to tho incumbent. The Treasurer's report for the last year .shows that the expenso of the agency was 50 per cent, of the amount actually collected, and we believe it to be a wrong to the Church and bad business policy to continue an agency that costa so largo a proportion of i'a receipts. And after the motion to co . .niuo the agency for another year waa carried over us, we presented the following paper, which we respectfully asked to navo recorded, aa stating the rea sons ot our opposing vote ; but after con siderable discussion our request was refused : "The undersigned respectfully request that their vote against the reappointment of a Financial Agent for another year be recorded, together with the following, as a reason that should forbid their so doing. During tho last year the Financial Agent has collected in cash only $2,889.42 : and In subscript ions only $4,000, and this at a cost of $1,488.33. This expense of col lection being out of all proportion to the receipts of the agency, on purelyabusi ness principles they believe that it is unwise and inexpedient to reappoint a Financial Agent at this time to uer ve from January 1st, 1886, td January 1st, 1887. " 4. In reference to the balance of $338, due on the salary of Professor Boggs for the present scholastic year, we called the attention of the Board to tho matter and urged payment as a measure of Justice and financial obligation. Dr. Bogg's salary had been fixed at $2,000 per annam, for the eight months' service included in the Seminary session ; he had rendered these services fully; the o.hcr professors received their lull sala ries for the same service; and lt was an arrangement of the Board io setting Sep tember as the time for the beginning of bia pay; therefore we argued that it was morally and legally duo to him. Bat the motion to instruct the Treasurer to pay Mr. Boggs the balanco was laid upon the table. It 1B proper to add that Director? T. B. Fraser of Sooth Carolina and hf. L. McLeo of Alabama, were not present at this meeting, and that Mr. James Hemp bill, President, waa in the chair, and took no part In the discussions. And now. in thia statement, we make no complainte and bring no charges against our brethren who voted in tho majority : whose actions speak for them selves. We cheerfully allow them the same right lo their opinions that we claim for ourselves. And we seek no centro?*?** vUb them upon these mat ters. We publish thia statement in jus tico to ourselves, as wo have been placed in that unhappy position of the minority who havo no voice In the determinations of tho Board. ' THOMAS H. LAW, W. J. MCKAY. - The explosion of n boiler et Lin s tod t's phosDhate wotka, near Charles ton, OD Tuesday killel two in end wounded a third. A ?'ccullnr CUli Service Board, Considerable dissatisfaction is express ed ic South Carolioa at thc designation by the Civil Service Couvnisaion of C. M. Wilder. Henry A. Wallace and J. 8. Leapbart a? a board of civil service examiners for the conduct ol the exami nation in Columbia of applicants for po sitions in the classified departmental service. Tho personnel of tho board xs described hy the Newberry Observer as follows: "Lcaphart is deputy postmas ter at Columbia, who has been acting postmaster for many year*, ile is a while mau and clever and capable. C. M. Wilder is postmaster at Columbia, or rather he holds the commission anddravts the salary, but is not capable of attend ing to the duties of the otlice. If we arc correctly info'med he can scarcely write his own name. Ho is u negro. Henry A. Wallace is a young negro and a clerk in tho postofficc. Both colored men are Republicans and Lenphart is a Democrat. And this is tho trio to pass on qualifica tioosof South Carolinians who want ollico under a Democratic Administration." These statements were shown to Com? missioner Raton. la?t night by a l'ust reporter. Without directly answering them he indulged in an excited mono logue. "The whole articlo shows," said ho, "tho total ignorance of tho man who wrote it. In the t?r*t place, it is an in sult to Mr. Cleveland to imagine that if those men wero not competent to (ill tho offices they occupy he would retain them iu their positions. They have nothing to do but to receive the instructions of | tho chief examiner, Mr. Lyman, who himself conducts the examination. They just keep opon the office and do thc rou tino work. The commission has to take people in tho public pervice to do this work. At Columbia there aro none but the postmasters. Nearly all the South Carolinians who have applied for Gov ernment positions have passed before these same men aud arc now in the departments here. Instead of not wish ing to como before them, the people come in swarms ; we can't keep them away. And when once they get the positions they won't give them up until they are kicked out. Mr. Wilder is a competent man or he would not be in bis office. Is tho man who wroto that article a mean, contemptible sneak in disguise trying to moko a ?ly thrust at tho heart of the Administration? What oise is ho? Hasn't tho Democratic party selec ted a man for tho Presidency who pledged himself before hiB election to civil service reform ? Did not Cleveland carry New York simply on that basis? Then what does this mean, sniveling, cowardly attack signify? I think it is too contemptible to notice. It is that sort of man who would rather revel in a saturnalia of spoils than in thc eternal bliss of para dise." Senator Butler's attention was Sunday called by a Post reportor to the tirade of Mr. Dorman B. Eaton against the editor of the Newberry (S. C.) Observer pub lished elsewhere, because of h!a criticism of the board of civil service examiners at Columbia, S. C.. and he was asked if Mr. Eaton's harsh language was justified. Senator Butler inquired if it was possible that Mr. Eaton could have used tho lan S;uage attributed to bim, aud, being nformed that he waB correctly reported, expressed great surprise, and added that bo thought Mr. Eaton himself should be sent before a board for examination as to his qualifications for the position he holds. "This exhibition of childish temper and indecent language towards the editor of the Newberry naper, on any account," said Senator Butler, "shows him to be utterly unfit for so important and respon sible a position as the chairman of the Civil Servico Commission." "Do y. Vnow the editor of tho New berry Observer f" "I do. and he is the equal of Mr. Eaton in intelligence, and, judging by this lan guage, very much his superior in gentili ty and good breeding-and better quali fied in every way to form a correct opin ion of the Columbia board of examin ers." "Are the Observer's criticism of the Columbia board just?" "I think entirely so. The appointment of such a board for such a purpose ia more calculated to bring contempt and odium upon the law than anything that could be done, aud I concur heartily in what tho editor of the Observer says." "Were you aware of the personnel of this board in Columbia ?" "I was not, and have no hesitation in saying it is little less than an outrage. The two colored men, Wilder and Wal lace, are respectable, as far as I know, but with nono of the qualifications for the work they are required to perform, or with very few of the necessary qualifica tions. And while Mr. Leapbart is a perfectly reputable man I should not select bim for this business. Upon the whole, the board is one that ought not to have been appointed, and reflects very little credit on tho person making the appointment." "Is the statement of Mr. Eaton true that at Columbia there are none-mean ing people in public service-but the postmasters to serve on this board of ] examiners?" "It cannot be true, because the collec tor of Internal revenue and his assistants and the United States district attorney and his assistants are at O.lumbia, and I do no' see wby they were not available for tl s work. Some of them were men of a nigh order of intelligence, and were on tho spot. Mr. Eaton nas given way to an angry, intemperate fit of passion, not creditable to ODO of his age and posi tion, and I trust for the sake of the suc cessful execution of the law. for which I am io a measure responsible, he will reconsider or modify or retract bis h*?.rah language. No public officer is above criticism, and, instead of resenting it, he ought to encourage, every proper a:,d legitim?te inquiry into his official acta." The Fight for Collector. WASHINGTON*, June 5.-Congressman Dibble made two visits to the White House to-day. His first call was to pr? sent to the President Robert Ohisolm, of Charleston, who ls here on private busi ness. When Mr. Dibble appeared at the White House the second time his busi ness was of a personal nature. He has since handed to me the following card with the request that it be telegraphed to the Nervs and Courier for publication : A CARD. To-day I found on file in the treasury department, among the papers from the White House, the following telegram : "CHARLESTON, 8. C., May 28.-Col. Lamont, Private Secretary : Please do me the kindness to say to the President that Congressman Dibble has attempted to impose upon bim by the grossest de ception in the Mowry collecto? rhip case. I will do myself the honor of calling apon the President on Monday next, W. A. COURTENAY, "Mayor of Charleston." As I have reason to believe that the author of this base, wilfully false and malicious communication has been on the streets of Charleston indulging in similar slanders, I take this m.ethod of aayins to my Charleston constituency that I will at an early day present for their information some matters connected with the oollectorshlp, which are of in terest to them as well as to the several candidates whom this champion defamer has in tarn supported and abandoned aa another's chancea appeared brighter. I shall accompany It with my vievs, which were submitted to the President In writ ing, and a copy of which I have called for, so that my own position may be folly understood by all concerned. SAMUEL DIBBLB, I W aahingtoD, D. C., Jua? 5,1885. The New Postal Roguery. POBTIJAND, OREGON, June 5'.-A ppe cial from Lewiston, Idaho, give? moro fully tho story of the defalcation of Isaac Hibbs, postmaster at Lewiston. He was appointed in March, lb34. Last January the registered mail pouch was robbed, but an official investigation developed nothing, and the affair was eventually forgotten. On .May 2 Hibbs left for an alleged silver mine on the Upper Columbia. The portal inspector, alarmed at his continued absence, inves tigated tho affair-! of the office and found in Hibbs's writing receipts for a large number of registered mail pouches, des tined for the fictitious names in different postofficcs supplied from Lewiston. The modus operandi was as follows: Lewis ton is a distributing point for a large number of offices in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington Territory. Hibbs would issue a money order in a fictitious name at this office, drawn in favor of a bank in Iowa, where the orders were payable. The customary letter of advice was forwarded to tbe paying postmaster. Hibbs then wrote to tho bank that he would shortly visit town, enclosed the money orders and requested tho bank to cash them and place the amounts on deposit to his credit until he arrived. Later he wrote to the bank that he could not make tho contemplated visit, and requested that a draft for tho amount of money on deposit be returned by regis tered mail to the fictitious names at tached to the money orders, and always at Borne office where the mail passed through Lewiston. When tho drafts arrived Hibbs signed the fictitious names and returned the receipt cards, and tho transaction was completed. Money orders are limited to $300 in favor of ono person, but with forethought and judi cious distribution of dates and places an opening offers through which unscrupu lous postmasters could bankrupt the United States. Tho amount of defalca tion exceeds $20,000, and is expected to reach ?$50,000. Tho postal inspector says that these robberies will necessitate tho authorities reorganizing the money order system of the United Stales and elsewhere. The scheme is surprisingly simple and tho officers are surprised that it was never thought of and worked before. John Evans, cashier of the First Na tional Rank, Wm. Kiltonback, cashier of tho Lewiston National Bank, and Alexander, Thiesser and Woodworth, were Hibbs's bondsmen for $8,000. Alexander and Thiosser were secured before Hibbs left. Hibbs was last seen on May 30, at tbe second crossing of the Canadian PaciGc Road on his way to Missoula and Helena for the purpose of cashing drafts ordered to be sent to those places. The Condition of tho Crops. Information received from tho cotton belt shows that the crop prospects aro moro favorable than at this time last year. The stands generally are good and tho weather propitious. In Texas the acreage planted shows au increase of 7 per cent, over last year, and, although in Homo parts of the State the stands are poor and the fields badly "in the grass," still tho prospect, taking the State as a whole, is os good as, if not bet ter than last year. In Arkansas the Blands are better than last year. The crop looks well though it is about ten days late. The fields aro free from grass and the weather has beeu good. There bas been about 2 per cent, increase in the acreage. In Mississippi the prospect is good for the State at large. In nomo sections rains have done slight damage. There has been but a small increase in the acreage. The fields are free from grass and the plants though small are strong. In Louisiana there has been a marked increase in thc acreage, and in St. Joseph Parish alone this increase has reached 50 per cent. The stands are good, but the growth of the plant has been somewhat retarded by the cool weather which prevailed early in the season. In Alabama the crop prospects are generally favorable. Good stands are reported, but the plant bas been retarded. There has been a slight increase in the acreage planted. The condition of labor is good. In nome sections there is too much grass in the fields aud rains have been prevalent. In Georgia the crop reports are good, with an increase in the acreage planted over last year. The stands are all good and the plants strong. More fertilizers have been used than last year. Labor is plentiful. In Tennessee the crop is late but the stands are good. The plant though small is strong. The acresge has been increas ed slightly. In some sections the rains during the past ten days have done harm. In South Carolina tho reports from the interior show that the condition of tho crop could hardly be better. Tbeie has been a slight increase in the acreage. Larger quantities of fertilizers have been used than ever before. Labor is plenti ful. Raina have done no damage. Tho crop is about ten days late. There have been no complaints of grass. New Cotton Picking Machine, To relieve the slow, tedious and expensive operation of picking cotton by hand Mr. R. K. Charles, of Darlington, S. C., has invented a cotton harvester, mounted upon wheels which stride the cotton row, and which is designed to gather the cotton from the growing plants with the least possible damage to them, and to automatically deliver the cotton into a receptacle carried on the machine. The machine is double, there being a right and left portion ; and as lt passes over the rows it is intended that the pickers come in contact with every one-half inch of the entire pleats, from top to bottom, and gather every boll il of open cotton, which ia delivered to the receptacle absolutely free from dirt of every description. The capacity oi the macliino is meas ured by the number of acres it can bo drawn over in a given timo, and the amount of open cotton it then encoun ters. For instance, if there were half a bale to tho aero, and it were drawn over eight acres a day, this would not be an excessive load for two horses. As the machine weighs about 800 pounds, it ! would pick out lour bales a day, thus doing tbe work of sixty hands. At this rate the machine would gather cotton at I a cost of lew than one dollar per bale. The ?Scientific American of May 0, has a I diagram of Mr. Charles's machine, nnd 1 says it is simple in construction, its parts few and not liable to deraugement, and it removes the cotton, whether from high or low plants, efficiently and rapidly, and leaves the plants comparatively uninjured. The machine has not yet been put to a practical lest and hence its merits aro problematical. Thcsuroeffects if Ayers Sarsaparilla ure thorough und permanent. If tuero is ii lurking taint of BCrefula about you, Ayer's Sarsaparilla will dislodge it, and expel it from youi system. "They who Live in Glass Housoi Shoull Mind how Thov Cast Stones." "The wicked flccth when noonopursu eth." It is amusing to seo how tender-footed certain blood remedy proprietors have become of lute. They mako much ado ubout "apes und imitators" when none are in .sight. Tho proprietors of B. B. H. would say most emphatically that tholr remedy stands upon its own merit. Should wo attempt to imitate, it would not bo those who do not understand the modus operandi of that which they offer. Our own loni; experience in tho profes sion precludes such an Idea. Tho field for blood remedies is large and broad, affording ample room for all present aspi rants. Wo do not desire to close tho door against others, neither shall it be closed against US. B. li. B. is tho quickest remedy, does not contain mineral or vegetable poison, does not imitate, and is in tho field a.s an honorable competitor for public favor, and it.s success is with out n parallel. WARNING. A LU persons are hereby warned not to J\, hire or harbor Stewart Sampson, col ored, fir any of his family, aa they ure un der contract to work for mo daring thc present yenr, and have left without my consent. Thoss disregarding this notice will be prosecuted at law. MRS. S. J. UAINE8, Townville, S. C. June ll, 18S5 48 1 WARNING. ALL persons are hereby warned not to hire or harbor Julius Weston, color ed, as he is under contract to work for me, and has left without my consent. Those disregarding this notice will bo prosecuted at law. W. I. SHARPE, Townville, S. C. Juno ll, 1835 48 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against tho Estate of Spencer Brown, deceased, aro hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within tho time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. J. L. TRIBU LE, Adm'r. June ll, 1885 48 8 SPECIAL NOTICE. IN order to reduce niv Stock of Goods by the 10th of July I will effer INDUCEMENTS to CASH BUYERS - IN - DRY GOODS, Consisting of a full linc of CALICO, MUSLINS, PIQUES, WHITE GOODS, a full lino, MARSEILLES QUILTS, CASSI M ERES, COTTO NADES. HATS. A good stock of Hats. SHOES. , My stock of Shoes is just splendid. If you want a first-class ihoe at a low pries I can accommodate yon. Special attention called to my LADIES' SHOKS, Men's Low Cut Shoes, Kips, Brogans and Gaiters. My stock of GROCERIES And other Goods complete. I have a large sale in Roasted Arica and Golden Rio Coffee and fine Tea. Give nie a call btfore buying. ... A. B. TOWERS. June ll, 1885 48 LOCATIONJF_DEP?TS. "fcTOTlCE ls hereby given that the Board i r? 11 of Piiectore of the Savannah Val ley Railroad Company will meet at Ander ??T f"-C?V on June 25t,h' at 10 ?'c??<* a. m., for the purpose of locating tho De pots of said Road. All persons" or com mun ties interested are requested to com municate with the Board either in person or in writing what aid they are willing to give to secure the location of Depots. Tho Company will expect from the dif ferent communities not lees than ?300 with f?fes?to?Sffi,ta Application for Charter. N0TI9E 18 ii??*-' ^ven thnt appHca "on will be made to tho Clerk of Court of Anderson County, S. C on tho 26th day of June 1885, for* f Charter for tho Anderson Telephon?} Exchange J. L. MAULDIN, May 28,1885 ^^4?? In^orators. SPRING - HAS - ARRIVED ! AND with it that peculiar condition qi th* tyitem, known at impure blood, lt it a fuel, known to everybody, that if ie* httet any Hu mm iii tht\Blood, it is almost titre to break out in the Spring months in Eczema, Erythema, Tetter, Ring Worm, Splotches on/ace, de., dre. Now, tht reason for this is generally tuppost'l to bt tht change of th? seasont, and a irani cf ubatinene* from food. During the Winter, lehcn th? iceather is bitter ould, vt eal a great deal of grease-especially hog meat. Our whole system becomes, as il teere, permeated and clogged up leith our heavy diet, and when Spring comes, and hot weather begins, very few of us ar* careful in our eating, continuing the sam* heaiy articles of diet, thal are only fit for bitter cold weather, when, in fact, w* shu-ul eat very little itntil our system becomes acclimatized to the hot weather. Most people imderstand thal they har* to take a dose of Pills or Calomel, or something of the kind, to prepare the system Jor the Spring and Summer ; and moot of them now know that to prevent the "Spring Rashes," Boils, dre., they must take tom? kind of Blood Purifier-ntch as SARSAPA RILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or QUEEN'S DELIGHT tuid IODIDE PO TASH, or SARSAPARILLA and YELLOW DOCK-which latter is made and highly re commended by Lamar, Rankin dr Lamar, of Atlanta. Or SUCCUS ALTERANS, which is a very fine and efficacivut remedy, or tome of the Patent Medicine?, which eura very highly recommended by the parties who made them. Now, we always keep on hand a good stock of th* abov* remedies, and many others, for tht diseases of Spring and Summer, Yours truly, ORR ?TSLOAW, DEALERS IN DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Prescriptions a Specialty, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, . May 7, 1880 43 AS THIS 18 not a season for advtrtWD- ' specialties In our Uno, "eilsj; j ourselves o? the O|>por1t,nttj ta?J the attention ot our fr|en|1l( , ' preparations of ours Mut l," hitherto been brought ,^?,_ *J before th? publia Thu (j^ DOMESTIC COLOQUE, made from a formula known o I to ourselves, and mi taUfc DEFY COMPETITION, ?j? dies in Town -vho have trUdlt will, one and ah, attest to it? sQ rior qualities. This b) Do ?J* boast, and we respectful!, "L those who don't believe what say to como und see lor Ihtliuelr!! The next is our Grease Extractor, a formula ulso of our o*n and which we Q?ARANTBK la jX ANY KIND of (irwu *H ' ANY KTND of cloth, from the heaviest Jeans to tim moU doli^ ly tiuU'd Ribbon. On u," H likewise invito inspection. ' Respectfully, HILL BROS., DRUGGISTS April 2, 18H5 THE KNABE PIM HAS built up a reputation unequally in the last fifty years. Manufactured a Baltimore, it stand? our cl i male bet. fv combination of volume ami riclinw 4 tone, together with refined nreetiieu aal purity, IT STANDS TUB LKi?lXQ PIANO FORTIS OF AMERICA. 8aV stanti.d and durahlo. Fully warrants fa five years. THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE, steins, they ?ill nd buy any but tho STANDARD ORGASj Made by Pelonbet & Co. In fifteen monfii I sold thirty-one of them, omi pablaba thc testimony of thc fnti>facliun of ti purchasers to tho world. I have tried U sell four other makes of Orgnni for th?ld two years and only sold fuur. Mo?,Ila people's judgment may be wrong-bat tia is their VERDICT. They prefer the Su dani Organ, made by Peloubet lt Ca Hence, I will not sell any othor Insta-! ment but the above. Sold ON BAST TERMS. Come and see mc, or writes me. J. A. DANIELS, Excluirte Agtni May 28, 1884 40_ THE YEAR of JUBILE All Creation Happy, andBuyiB?| Pinnoa and Organs. Unusually Easy Iustillmciit Ten? now offered by J. HAYNIE, Williamston, S. C. PIANOS, $50 CASH and BAL. NOV.L ORGANS, $20 CASH and BAL. NOV.I And if crops turn out poor, ao that tbs Nov. 1st comes the entire babul?! CUM be paid, we will accept one-half ont, BJ wait until Nov. U 1888. foi: the.otto.h? Now, come up, buyers. OurlnstrineJ lead the world. Our prices a? the Jot*] our terms the easiest, and we offer er^ inducement that can bo uoncitlyunder to. June 4, 1885_47_ ; f m i ~ 0 t? 30 ft I co vi tr1 ****** y* i li P ?3 m a rn5| E s ! . g ff r grTll' I fey go 3?o?i H lt i5S* 5 SS aWl ' 1 S *? ! 3 SS ? f J gi - I THEY&; j "^^^^^^ , 2 MASONIC BUILD^0 ,, f l I ltorehlP.lWo ^ j FOR SALE ! One Second-hand, 6-Horse Power AGRICULTURAL ENGINE, On wheels, as good as new. Suitable for ginning and threshing, ONE CARDWELL THRESHER, 28 inches, on fonr wheels. Only used one reason. In good condi tion. Ready for work. The aboye ran be had at LOW PRICES and on GOOD TERMS, with approve* paper. A LARGE STOCK OF Johnston Reapers -AND - Brown Cultivators, . AJ? now nWRc? on tn^cla) tcrnp. ?s9~ For further particulars, apply to STriLiXiIV^l-T &c BRO. HARDWARE DEALERS. i Juue 4,1885 47