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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. ? ~ THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1885. TBRM6: ONE TEAS, mm*' ????.*??1.50. SIX MONTHS,._._....... 75o. Two Dollars II not paid in advance. The conservatives of England under Saulabury do not find themselves in a comfortable position growing out of their unexpected advent to power. They defeated Gladstone upon his supply bill, bat have not a majority of the House of Commons, and foresee that the Liberals will defeat them as soon as they assume charge of the "government. Hence they will dread the consequences of their pbyrric victory. The charges of cruelty to convicts are I - entirely too numerous in this State. Newspaper discussion will only serve to point public attention to the wrong, but ?'..the matter ought to be carried to the Courts. If it is true, the guilty men should be punished; and if untiue, the reputation of the contractors and of the State should be vindicated by a verdict \?if our Courts.' We hope all serious charges of cruelty to convicts will here? after go to the Courts rather than to the press in. South Carolina. This would deter from the commission of such out? rages,,, and punish 'their perpetrators when they happen. X?' This is the best season of the year to wort the public roads, and We trust our County Commissioners will order out the fall force of the County for the full time allowed by. law, as soon as the lay-by season arrives, not to play marbles or sit in the shade, but to work the public roads. Our roads are in terrible condi? tion, and should receive as thorough overhauling as is possible under the existing law. Good roads are said to be an index to a'County's civilisation, and if so our civilization is on the retrogade "??vThis should not be. Our County Com? missioners, we have no doubt, will take active steps as soon as the condition of the crops will permit, and see to it that the cause of complaint is removed as far as they have the power to. do so. Give us .better roads. ' -Gen, McCrady:publishes an able arti? cle in the News 4hd- Courier upon the over-constraction of railroads in South Carolina, showing that from the standard of Poor's Manual we now have more railroad routes than are wholesome for , <jw people. It is contended that a. mile '' of railroad to every 850 inhabitants is sufficient for the wants of a community, while we now have only 646.47 citizens to each mile of railroad, This argument ia to us specions, for it depends upon the production of a country as mach as upon ? the number of its inhabitants as to what its carrying" trade will be. There is no danger of new railroads drying up the towns of the State, for experience proves that railroads are stimulants not exhaus tives. - There may be more roads than are healthy for the stockholders, but that will not injure the prosperity of our ... country nor of our towns unless they \ unreasonably involve themselves in debt to secure the roads. Neither is there any danger of the State assuming the debts of the towns or Counties of the State incurred to build railroads. It would take an amendment to the Consti? tution to accomplish this result, and there? fore it ia purely visionary to fear such a result. There is much in what Gen. McCrady says about improved highways that is worthy of attention and adoption. His views show thought, and present the advantages of good roads in a forceful * way, which should produce practical re? sults. We will lay the letter before our readers at some future time, and present farther views upon the highway portion of the subject. Re tu rn eil from Louisiana. Lucy ? Blackwell, colored, arrived in town last Monday on her return from. Louisiana. Her family and- forty-three other families, numbering over a hundred route. left the city of Anderson, io March,.1884, in high hopes of finding great prosperity] and happiness on the arms of Louisiana, but her recital of facts show how greatly they have been disappointed. On their arrival in Louisiana, at the point for distribution among the planters, the following named persons went to what she terms; the Lyon farm, viz: Edmund BlackweU, wife and four children?-Edmund Blackwell and two of his children are dead. Edward Davis, wife, and eight chil? dren?-all dead. June Sanders?dead. Andrew Walsteine?dead. Solomon Bowen and wife?both dead ?died the same day. Edmund JBo wen?dead. B. B. Session?dead. He left a wife and family in Abbeville County. Davis Jones, wife, and seven children ?all dead. Luck BlackweU reports that out of the whole forty-four families, who left An? derson in March, 1884, the following named are all who are still alive, and they have returned to their homes, or as nearly so as their limited means would allow: Lucy BlackweU and two children came to Abbeville. Josh Jones, wife and two children? went by Seneca City, on Air Line Road. George Davis, wife and two children? stopped at Tocoa City for want of money to pay passage for the remainder of the way. Lucy BlackweU spoke lightly of the scenes of sickness and death through which she had passed, and spoke enthu? siastically of the crops which she left in that wonderful country, of which she seemed to know so little. She could give no idea as to what part of the State she went to, and could only describe the location as the "Lyon Farm." She is a ginger-cake colored woman, having two children of a darker hne. She wore a white "Mother Hnbbard" dress, and was the observed of all observers, while sho took great pleasure in reciting the facts above stated.?Abbeville Press and Ban? ner. . ? In speaking of cruelty to convicts, the Abbeville Press and Banner says: The air is full of reports as to cruelty of treatment in the management of convicts now at work on the Savannah Valley Railroad, and the many deaths that have occurred there of late would seem to give a coloring of truth to these reports. One instance of cruelty was shown, when out of a squad of eight returning from work one escaped, and the next morning the remaining seven were whipped so unmer? cifully that one of them has been too disabled to work since. If one half of what has been said of the management of these convicts is true, it is a disgrace to our civilization to allow a continuance of this barbaric treatment. The Returned Convicts. The Register yesterday placed the reading public in possession of the facts that there were rumors of a repetition of inhuman treatment of convicts at the camp of Mai. Twiggs, who is working them on the line of the Savannah Valley Railroad, in Abbeville County, and that seven of the convicts from that camp had been returned to the Penitentiary in ? disabled condition. Colonel John C. Haskell, who had returned from Abbe? ville on last Tuesday, informed tbe Gov? ernor that reports of cruel treatment inflicted upon the convicts employed on the Savannah Valley Railroad were cur? rent there. These reports stated that the convicts were compelled to work fifteen hours a day, and that tbe indications strongly pointed to harsh treatment as the cause of two deaths which had occur? red recently. At the Governor's request, Colonel Haskell submitted a statement of these reports in writing; whereupon the Governor immediately directed the Su? perintendent of. the Penitentiary, accom? panied by the Surgeon, to make a perso? nal inspection Of tbe convicts, and, after a careful investigation of the charges of maltreatment, to make a full report of their condition. In accordance with these instructions, Colonel Lipscomb and Dr. Pope left on Wednesday for the con? vict camp. A reporter of the Register was at the Penitentiary yesterday morning when Dr. Gaubert, who, in the absence of tbe Physician of the Penitentiary attends to his duties, examined these convicts. They were all negroes, their names being Tom Williams, John Willians, Elias Williams, Massa Cameron, Joe Arm? strong, Nathan Mitchell and Paten Wil? son. Five of them were in the hospital, where they had been placed immediately on their arrival. They were suffering from .various causes, but nothing in their cases pointed to any such brutal or severe treatment at the camp as indicated by the rumors above alluded to. None of them made any complaint of being them? selves subjected to- treatment harsher than being compelled to leave their camp before daylight in the morning, in order to reach the work, which was five or six miles; away, working until dark and not getting back to camp until about 5 o'clock at night. They all spoke of the brutality practiced on some of the other convicts by a white man named Jackson from Georgia, who was left in charge of them during the absence of Major Twiggs and Captain Cahill. In consequence of the fearful beatings inflicted by this man on them two con nets had died within a month past, one being Sam. Fludd from Qrangeburg County and the other John Fant, both negroes. ? Another convict, named Henry Porter, had been bound up with wires and beaten until, as the wit? nesses state, his back was left raw from his neck down, and in that condition he now lies at the camp. When Captain Cahill returned to the camp after an absence of about a week, during which, it is alleged, these atrocities were perpe? trated by Jackson, the latter left, as the witnesses believe, having been dismissed by Captain Cahill. It will be seen that the Governor has acted promptly on receipt of the first in? formation, and while it is likeiy that the rumored atrocities have been greatly magnified, there is little room to doubt that the official investigation which Col. Lipscomb and Dr. Pope are now making on the spot, will show that sufficient cause exists to justify the demand which was made so emphatic during the last year, on the report of similar brutalities, that these exhibitions of inhumanity to these defenseless creatures shall henceforth be made impossible by abolishing the sys? tem of leasing convicts outside the Peni? tentiary. Meanwhile we await the devel? opments which may be made on the return of Col. Lipscomb and Dr. Pope.? Columbia Register. A Queer Scene in Court. Fort Worth Texas, June 20.?A fight occurred in tbe District Courtroom last night which came near resulting fatally. The trial of young Stephens, charged with the murder of Dr. Wallace, at Mansfield, in this county, had just opened, the entire day having been spent in impanelling a jury. The attorneys were tired and petulant. Henry F?r? man, the leading counsel for the defence, "became embroiled in a controversy with County Attorney Bowlin, and they final? ly came to blows. Every one expected to see a double tragedy. The Courtroom was quickly emptied. Both men were undoubtedly armed, and each only wait? ing for the other to draw. In the midst of this confusion Judge Beckman leaped from the bench into the arena. As he did so, Lawyer Weare, who is associated with Bowlin in the prosecution, excited? ly struck the Judge a very severe blow under the ear. The Court was dazed for an instant, but being a powerful man instantly recovered his balance and let fall a sledge-hammer blow that prostra? ted Lawyer Weare. Turning his atten? tion to the principal combatants, who by this time had clinched and were com? mitting mayhem upon one another's ears and cheeks, the Judge commanded the jury to arise and quell the riot. At the same time tbe Court seized one of the combatants and two jurymen another, thus separating them. Furman and Bowlin were fined $50 each for contempt, after which the Court immediately adjourned, as all the combatants were bleeding profusely. The Court did not fine Lawyer Weare. It is feared tbe feeling engendered will yet result in a tragedy. A Wire and Baby for $100. Cleveland, June 19.?Henry Sauer bier, wife and baby arrived here from Logan, Ohio, and put up at the Empire House. To-day a burly Irishman, also from Logan, put in appearance and bad a conference with Sauerbier. The result of tbe meeting was tbe sale of Sauerbier'a wife and baby to McFarland for $100. Sauerbier at first wanted more money, but McFarland refused - to raise his bid. Last night McFarland, the woman and the infant returned to Logan, while Sauerbier took a train for Chicago. The deal was a genuine one, and is vouched for by the landlord of the hotel, who heard tbe trade talked over and saw tbe written agreement. Loring and his Loot. Washington, June 18.?The Post says that first comptroller Durham has officially requested Dr. Loring, ex com? missioner of agriculture, to make good his accounts, so that tbe business of his department may be closed. The same paper states that Dr. Loring has recently transferred property in this city to John A. Loring, of Boston, consisting of the house in which he resides and the lot on K street. Dr. Loring is held responsi? ble for an item of about $30,000, expend? ed for seeds in excess of tho seed appro? priation. Tho money was taken from other funds of the department. ? It is said, on the best authority, that Preaident Cleveland and the Administra? tion are entirely and absolutely opposed to all acquisitions of territory, whether of Cuba or parts of Mexico or elsewhere. Tl e President feels very strongly and positively on this point. He believes that we have now as much territory and as lar^e a mass of illiterate and incon? gruous' .naterial in our population as we can safely manage. He is totally oppos? ed to an aggrandizing foreign policy and believes that we have work enough to do at home in reforming our home Adminis? tration. ? Thirty- six out of the one hundred and thirty-two applicants for admission to the West point academy have been found deficient. Among the successful ones is Andrews, a colored applicant from South Carolina. 1 CIRCULAR LETTER. Joint Summer Sleeting of the State Agri? cultural and Mechanical Society and the State Grange. Arrangements have been perfected with the Railroad authorities for free passage for three delegates from each Courty Agricultural Society or Clnb to tbe joint Summer meeting of this Society and of the State Grange to be held at Bennetts ville, Marlboro' County, on Wednesday, the fifth of August next. Each County Agricultural Society is invited and re? quested to be represented at tbe meeting. Where there is no such County Associa? tion, farmers' Club or Society it is de? sired that steps for such organization be taken at once; that a meeting of citizens be called say salesday in July to select three delegates to tbe Summer meeting and inform me at once of tbe names of delegates so chosen so that tbe necessary arrangements may be made for transpor? tation, and homes assigned. The name of each delegate with post office addresss should be plainly written. These annual .Summer meetings are becoming more interesting, and are im? portant factors, educationally and other? wise, in connection with the Annual State Fair in developing by experience as well as observations the varied resour? ces of our State. It is hoped, therefore, that the meeting at Bennettsville will be well attended by all interested in the cause of Agriculture and thus give a further impetus to the efforts of our peo? ple in attaining the highest round in the ladder of prosperity and happiness. The Pee Dee section is little known to our Piedmont people, and a visit to tbe County of the State claiming, and no doubt justly so, the credit of being fore? most in cotton culture; with her broad level fields; thrifty population and un? bounded hospitality of her citizens will insure to the Agriculturists of our State a pleasant recreation from their busy and trying experiences at borne and furnish them a delightful impetus for the comple? tion of their labors. We have the assurance of a full dele? gation from our sister State Georgia; whose presence and the benefit of their counsel will add still more to the inter? esting occasion. By order of tbe President. Thos. W. Holloway, ? Secretary. ' ESSAYISTS Alb SUBJECTS. Col. Thomas J. Moore, Spartanburg ?Tobacco, the kind to be grown on the different soils of tbe State. H. B. Buist, Esq., Greenville?Grape Culture and wine manufacture. E. L. Rivers, Esq., James Island? Best and most economical method of Drainage and Irrigation. Washington A. Clark, Esq., Columbia ?Thoroughbred Cattle. Dr. P. E. Chazal, Stato Chemist, Co? lumbia?Fertilizers best suited to the agricultural products on the different soils of our State. SUBJECT for DISCU8SI0N. The preparing and growing Winter forage crops. Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary S. A. & M. S. and S. G. Kaluit as a Manure. Dr. Lucius, the tbe Prussian minister of agricultural affairs, spoke as follows at the Bitting of the House of Deputies on the 14th March, 1885: "Regarding the matters mentioned by Deputy Schultz-Lupitz, I can only glad? ly state that all those agricultural meas? ures, in the furthering of which the ministry of agriculture is particularly interested, are on his part also zealously supported to tbe advantage of agriculture at large. I can only acknowledge that the application of artificial manures, more especially of Kainite, for provinces and districts with light sandy soils, is of the highest importance, and it affords me very great pleasure to see that Deputy Scbultz-Lupitz has such personal and important practical results to bring be? fore us, thereby rendering valued ser? vices to agriculture. The results that have been produced on light soils with artificial manures, especially with Kainite, are certainly in the highest degree sur prising, and it is quite right, and will well repay the trouble, to enumerate them here in order to call tbe attention of that part of the population whom it may concern to what may thus be at? tained. "During last summer, in Neunbausen, here in tbe Mark, I was personally able to see what wonderful effects can be pro? duced in a movable sandy soil with arti? ficial manure; in considering which, however, we must presume that, at the proper time, rain does not completely fail, as was the case in this instance. I have seen adjacent fields, one belonging to a peasant proprietor and the other to a wealthy landowner. Whilst on the one hand there was a perfect wood of rye, standing to man's height, and upon a shifting sandy soil a harvest was about to be reaped which could be estimated at not much less tban 15-16 cenl<ner pro morgen, (equal' to about 45-50 bushels per acre,) alongside of it, and merely divided by a shallow furrow, the peasant proprietor's field, whose soil had tbe same properties, stood there in all its ! miserable poverty, with a crop of at most 2-8 centBer pro morgen, (equal to about [ 6-10 bushels per acre.) j "On the occasion of my inspection, I 1 remarked that tbe edge of tbe field be? longing to the peasant proprietor showed a greatly increased growtn where, as a few paces further on, the falling off was very marked. I inquired the reason of Ibis from tbe inspector who accompanied mo, and be informed me that this tract of land was used for beating out the sack of Kainite in distributing the dung, and it is probably that the better condi? tion of this part of the field was entirely due to the Kainite which bad fallen off during tbe process of beating out tbe sacks. I have never seen such a tangible proof of what it is possible to attain in this way." Cursing the Judge. Indianapolis, Ind., June 19.?Frank Whitney and Charles Daniels, convicted burglars, were arraigned in the criminal court yesterday. Wheu Judge Norton asked Whitney if he bad anything to say w.by sentence should not be pro? nounced, the prisoner sprang to his feet, abused the court with a volley of profanitv, and then tearing away from the bailiff, hurled a pair oniandouffs at the judge. The missile passed over the judge's head, spattering the heavy plate glass. Whitney turned fiercety upon the police, and had to be souudly beaten before ho was subdued. His friends in the court room pressed into the prisoner's box, and the officers were finally com? pelled to draw their revolvers. The two men were handcuffed and taken to Mich? igan City prison. ? Judge Foraker, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio, received a letter of congratulation from James G. Biaine recently, in which was an offer from that gen. Joan to stump Ohio for Foraker tbis Fall. ? The Greenville Ncm says: "By tho way, what has become of J. Hendrix McLane and the Greenback party in the present crisip? They sf-.em to have dir? appeared from tho very face of the earth since the November cyclone, and even their memory is becoming indistinct." ? Spartanburg Herald: The six car? rier pigeons, liberated on Monday, Stb inst.. at G o'clock a. rn., by express agent J. D. Steen, on the top of the Palmetto House, reached Baltimore, Md., at 4 p. m. the same day, notwithstanding the day was stormy and rainy. The distance, air line, is about 500 miles, being an average of fifty miles an hour for the bird?. Remarkable Stalk of Cotton. Mr. G. K. Williams sent the Register yesterday a stalk of upland cotton taken from & thitty-acre field near Gadsden, some twenty miles below this city. The stalk is a remarkable one for any season in this vicinity. It is, by careful meas? urement, thirty-two inches in height, and by close count has fifty forms and two blooms. The stalk appears to us to be a hybrid of the cluster and common varie? ty. It has evidently made rapid growth it) the last fifteen days, as js shown by the openness of its limbs. Such a stalk would reach over five feet in height by the 4th of July. A field of such cotton should have five feet between the rows and nothing less than three feet between the stalks. This would give about 3,000 stalks to the acre. With 100 good average pods gathered to the stalk this would show 300,000 pods gathered, and with 100 pods to the pound of cotton in the seed, just 90O pounds of lint, or two good marketable bales of 450 pounds each. In crops of such growth distance is all important and no crop of rank growth can possibly make anything like a full yield without it. We recall here an incident olten told as an illustration of courage in handling cotton crops of abnormal growth. The late Captain Huguenin, of Upper St. Luke's, had a field of cotton on Bear Island. Year after year he had lost crops upon it owing to overgrowth, though the plants prom? ised an overwhelming yield. One season, when most promising, he made a close inspection of the field, accompanied by his experienced overseer and trusted driver. He saw an immeose growth and at once ordered every?ther stalk cut out with a sharp axe, so as not to disturb the roots of the remaining plants. He visited the field again shortly afterwards and seeing still an enormous growth he ordered, against the strenuous protesta? tions of the overseer and driver, every third row cut out. The result was an enormous crop, and Bear Island proved a gold mine ever afterwards. Other planters on the coast had the same ex? perience, and it is well known that in the Mississippi bottoms the distance between the rows is six and seven feet, with full distance between plants on the row. There can be no doubt about it, the cotton plant must have sun and air, and if it is crowded it will not often give half the yield that it would with proper space. Of course thie matter requires judg? ment and that common sense in the con? duct of the crop, which is worth piles of all other sense to any planter. We would like to see two acres of this thirty-acre field experimented on?one of them given the usual distance and the other stretched to the utmost distance which judicious experience would warrant.?Columbia Register. ? A colored preacher, who had been put on trial before a jury in Darien, Ga., ?for some offense, was brought in not guilty the other day. The defendant said : "Read that again." "Not guilty," was repeated. With a spring be bounded into the air, giving vent to religious ejac? ulations. The colored women, who crowded the court room, Bet up a hallelu? jah chorus, in which the preacher joined, and the judge bad to sit still and let them have it out. ? The people of Pickens County be? lieve in railroads, and are willing to pay for their building. They are now paying a tax of 21 mills on the dollar on account of their subscription to the Air Line road, and in several townships they have recently voted to be taxed 5 per cent, upon their property for the purpose of completing the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago road. . ? A special from Dalton, Ga., says that Lern Jones, a disreputable citizen of Spring Place, Murray County, Ga., who has persisteutly refused to provide for his family, was taken from bis borne on Sat? urday night and terribly flogged by a party of twenty masked men. He was told that if he did not do better the dose would be repeated. ? It is reported that General G. W. C. Lee had resigned the Presidency of the Washington and Lee University at Lex? ington, Va. It is stated tn-night, upon the highest authority, that General Lee has tendered his resignation in conse? quence of ill health, but it is believed that some arrangement will be made to relieve him. ? Five hundred and forty-one Mor? mons sailed from Europe on Saturday, bound for the United States. The ma? trimonial industry in this country can never thrive so long as the monopolist Saints are allowed to import pauper wives free of duty. A prohibitory tariff should be promptly enacted for the pro? tection of the home market. ? Agriculture must have been in a backwad state in the eighteenth century, on the banks of the Potomac, since, it is now stated that George Washington had one hundred cows and yet was compelled to buy butter. That reads more like a Texas than a Maryland yarn. ? George A. Fyers, of Baltimore, a white man, has been convicted of beating his wife while she was in a delicate con? dition of health. He was sentenced to receive fifteen lashes, and to four months in jail. -He is the second white man sentenced to the lash for wife-beating. ? It is estimated that forty leading hotels in New York entertained au aver? age of 5,000 transient guests daily. In-1 eluding the lodging houses, it is believed that not less than 15,000 transient guests find a resting place in New York every night. ? It is said that 955 farms in Iowa are owned by women, and that twenty dairy farms are managed by women. There are 125 women physicians and five women attorneys-at-law in the State. ? By actual count-,-said to have been made there recently, 22,308 vehicles passed a certain point on Broadway, New York, between tho hours of 7 a. m. and C p. m. ? Five colored school teachers have been indicted at the present term of court in Aiken for forgery. Scrofula. J havo had hereditary scrofula broken on'; on mo for eight years. My mother and one si.stor died with it, and I, sup? posing that I would go as other members of ;ho family had, had despaired of life. The treatment of mercury and potash seemed to aggravate instead of curing tho disease. In tins condition I was pressed to use Swift's Specific. After taking six bottles the fearful ulcors on iny nock and arms disappeared and tho scars only re? main to remind me of my suffering. Had I taken S. S. S. at first, I would havo been a well man long ago. Fu.Vnk Gilchek, Danville, Ky. Oct. IS, 1SS4. Eozema. I was affected for nearly four years with eczema. Tho doctors called it at first erysipelas. I was treated by physicians. I was cured by Swift's Specific.' I used about thirty bottles and have had no trouble with, it since. I refused to tako it oven after it was recommended to mo by others, for somo time?such was my prejudice of the name of it; but having tried it myself, 1 now boliovo it is the best blood puriiicr in all my knowledge. It did another thing for me. 1 had suf? fered from piles for many years. Sinco taking this medicine I havo been relieved, and believe it cured me. R. H. Jon km. Cr.rtersvlllo, Ga., August "r>, 1884. My daughter, seven years old, lias been afflicted with eczema for two years, and after trying other remedies in vain, I gave hnr Swift's Specific (S. S. S.), and one and a half bottles cured her sound and well. It is the best blood remedy in the oountrv. Mrs. M. S. Judkins. Cedartown Mill, July 23, 1884. Treatise on Wood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Tue Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga The Lash. The bastinado in the East is said to be prepotent in the correction of individ? ual crime. Even Mr. Bergh admits that no man punished that way once ever has need of asecond dose for a similar offence. Delaware has found her whipping post the best corrective of certain crimes, and so has England. Men who did not grieve at imprisonment or transportation were cowed by personal chastisement. The very sight of a cat o'-nine tftils became an incentive to virtue. Maryland has revived corporal punishment for wife beating, and tbe law is enforced. Tbe first person punished was a negro. The second is a white man highly connected, who brutally assailed his wife when she most required his tenderest affection. He has been sentenced to one year's in? carceration and twenty lashes well laid on his bare back. It is said that fine and imprisonment had no terrors for him, but he broke down at the whipping. Not a few of the papers, East and West, that set up such a howl over the punishments of slave times in tbe South, are beginning to recognize the efficacy of the whipping post, especially in cases of cruelty and outrage toward women. The human brute stalks about multitudinous ly East and West, and the best way to subdue him and protect the female is seen to be bodily castig'ation. There would be fewer bestial crimes and fewer lynchings if tbe law inflicted upon the sensual villain irrespective of color, a sound thrashing. We would not be surprised if much of the juvenile depravity of the day had been caused by neglect of tbe good old Bible precept of rod discipline; and it seems to be a stern and imperative neces? sity to introduce the lash for punishment of certain classes of hardened and'mature offenders.?Augusta Chronicle. ? There is a mortgage and lien on record in the Clerk's office at Pickens given to secure tbe payment of five dol? lars, in which the mortgagor conveys to the morgagce all his stock, farming im Elements, crops and all his household and itcben furniturei ? "My dear, if you do not marry you will be an old maid."" "Yes, but if I marry I shall be made old." Women to Oppose Foraker. Cleveland, 0., June 16.?The State Convention of the Ohio Women's Chris? tian Temperance Union unanimously agreed to oppose the Republican party, and particularly Mr. Foraker, who won their disapproval by running on the liquor tax platform two years ago and consenting to run on a similar platform this year. Forty-eight of the delegates, although voting to oppose the Republi? cans, were opposed to the resolution committing the union to lend its aid to the Prohibitionists. The Republicans are very Indignant, and have dubbed the union the Democratic Aid Society. Several of the union delegates who were opposed to going back on the Republi? cans were actuated by the fear that it would cut off much of the revenue which the organization has heretofore obtained. "We realize that such will be the re-; suit," said Miss Pugh, the Secretary rind Treasurer, "but if we are to get anything we must get it through votes. The rep? resentatives of the old parties who go to the Legislature, be they ever so ardent temperance men, will not dare go beyond the platform of their parties, and hence we have decided to do our utmost to lend our aid to the Prohibitionists and to oppose the Republicans this fall. Wo will prosecute an active campaign." ? The inventor of barbs on fence wire receives a royalty of $120,000 a year. To the Stockholders of the Anderson Educational Association. YOUR Annual Meeting will be held in the Court House Wednesday, July 1st, at 0 o'clock a. m. Besides the regular business, other im? portant interests to the Association will claim your attention at this meeting. J. J. BAKER, Sec. and Treos. June 25, 1885_50_1 Notice of Dissolution. THE partnership heretofore existing be? tween W. C. Meredith and myself for the sale of The'Taylor it Cox Patent Fire Extinguisher has been this day dis? solved by mutual consent. The partnership for the sale o? the Meredith Patent Fire Extinguisher was dissolved on the 20th day of August, 188-1. A. C. LATIMER. June 20, 1885 50 31? COME AND SEE THE COMMON SENSE WATER LIFTER, TO BE SEEN AT L. K. SEEL'S TIN AND STOVE HOUSE. ALSO AT THE PUBLIC WELL, North of the Court House. Can be bought for one-half what others cost, and ?will last a life-time. Windlass cannot slip from the hand, as it has a Patent R?chet attached. A child can draw three gallons of wator in half the time it usually takes in the old way. June 25,1885 50 Gin REDUCTION! IN order to further reduce my Stock by August 1st, I hare determined to greatly re? duce the prices, and to cash buyer* or prompt time customers I have solid bargains to offer in? SHOES, STAPLE DRY GOODS, HATS, &0. TOBACCO ! TOBACCO ! Big stock, good variety, and at prices you nevor heard of belore. PATENT HEEL, SWEEPS And other styles to work your.cotton with. June 25, 1885 J. J. BAKER, Benson House. 50 JOHN E. PEOPLES, AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED Van Winkle Gin, Feeder AND CONDENSER, Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, and to which the Premium was awarded at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Charleston Industrial Exhibition, Feb. 2,1882, and at the South Carolina and Georgia State Fairs 1SS1. CERTIFICATE : E. VAN WINKLE it CO.?Awarded for best Sample, best general results in Gin? ning, and best constructed Machine, the first prize, $100, or Gold Medal. Juixjks?B. S. RICKS, Mississippi. T. W. SMEDES, Mississippi. W. E. BARROWS, Connecticut. H. I. KIMBALL, Director General Atlanta Cotton Exposition. THIC VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND CONDENSER can he attached to any other Gin ; so parties having other make of Gin? and wishing Feeders or Condensers can bo supplied by sending in their order in time, and I will guarantee satisfaction. All kinds of Pulleys and Shafting and Mo?t Improved Cane Mills and Evaporators furnished to order. Van Winkle King Cotton Press Has long been before the public, and is too well known to need any further description. Its chief points of merits are: It takes very little ruom, is easily handled, and takrs so little power ; can bo used on all kinds of powers?horse, steam or wa? ter. Ginning aud packing can all go on at the same time without interfering with the Gin. A two-inch bell will pack a 500 lb. bale of cotton. It saves its cost the first season in labor. Read the following testimonial: Anderson, S. C?Mr. John E. Peoples?Sir : The Steam Power Van Winkle Cotton Press bought of you last Fall has givcu entire satisfac? tion. I packed bales of cotton woighing (160 to 725 lbs. in five minutes with all ease, using a 4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. There did not seem any more strain on the Press than with a 450 lb. bale. For durability, strength, lightness of power, small quantity of steam required, economy of space. I deem it the King of all Cotton Prcjses; especially so as the low pries at which it can be bought puts it within reach of every man running a steam Gin. In fact I would not be without it for twice its cost. I would advise all my friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Presses, as you will save its cost in labor in one year. M. A. COBB. Below find the names of parties who aro using the Van Winkle Tress, who will testify as to its merits : CS ft U J Milford, JE&J VMcClsre, Broylcs, Routh it Co, James N Richoy, J Willci Prevosi, Gantt it Co, W Q Hammond, Sligh it Woodin. Stringer it Pooro, John McAlister, K W it J M Ashley, Garrett it Opt, C P Davis, S J Duckworth, W M Martin, Shirley it Co, Realien Clinkscalcs, Thomas C Jackson, Fred G Brown, J opt ha Watkins, D H Hammond, H Rush, Dr John Wilson, G (J Richards, Bolt it Milford, Jolly Poole. Keiuslcr <fc Lindsay, M A Mahaffey, Mr Simpson, Piedmont, S. C. James Erskinc, J C Je W 1* Shirley, J B Douthit, Drake ft McConncll. W J Ervin, Hcmbree it Bowun, Leak it Jones, Wright it Knox, Samuel Kuox, Jesse T Ashley, B C Martin, S 11 Timms, Welborn ft We!born, J W Ashley. THE HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, Manufactured al Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The Saws are made of the best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An examination of other Gins will convince you it ia the most substantially built Gin in use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving head, as the secret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking the roll is in the proper shape of the roll-box. Every one should examine the improvements in the Hall Gin made this year, he improvement in the Feeder. B? low I give you a few names of those who especially Hi have purchased the Hall Gin Lewis C Clinkscalcs, W M Shirley, Basil Ca 11 ah am, James Erskine, J E ft J T McCiure, W M Alewine, Richard T Elrod, Hcmbree it Bo wen, Shirley ft Burford, J D Pinson, M A (!obb, Marlin it Duckworth, Dr Jos Marshall, Abbc'U Welborn ft Welborn, A Brenekcr A J Stringer, S R Timms, Welborn ft Martin, Shirley it Co, J C ft W V Shirley, B F Dacua ft Bro, J W Ashley, K A it B F Russell, S A Hutchinson, L H Welborn, D H Hammond, Josse T Ashley. Hugh Rush. J W Pooro, A1 ford Sheriff. John D Kelly, C S ft C J Milford, Morris & Outz, Reuben Clinksbals, John McAlister. Johnson ft Dacus, W A Neal, Knight ft Balcntine, Abram Bolt, J L Haddon, Garrett ft Opt, R A Drake, E W Long, Gabe Hodges, J C Milford. ?Sr* E. Van Winkle ft Co. make a Single Screw Press that will pack a bale of cot? ton in two minutes. Send for prices and catalogue. $$r- Sample Gin on be seen at my Store. JOHN E. PEOPLES. Jim? 25, 18?4 50 8 DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES I! LOOK AT THESE Unapproachable Leaders! NOW IS YOUR TIME TO GET REAL, GENUINE, UNDISPUTABLE BARGAINS. DRESS GOODS, fully worth 30c fKr yard, only 15c. BROCADE BUNTINGS, worth ^c per yard, only 15c. ALL WOOL SUITINGS, worth 40c per yard, only 20c. PLAID BUNTINGS, worth 30c per yard, only 15c. CASHMERES, (imported,) worth 90c per yard, only 50c. SILVER GREY BUNTINGS, worth 20c per yard, only 121c, BLACK SILKS, worth $1.50 per yard, only $1.00. SATINS, in all colors, worth 75c per yard, only 50c. WHITE GO?DS, worth 12Jc per yard, only 8c. NAINSOOKS, worth 15c per yard, only 10c. LACES, LACES, In all coluis und grades, lower than ever known. Don't fail to call for them. Children's, Misses' and Ladies' LACE CAPES, Very desirable and pretty patterns, in Oriental and Hamburgs, to close out for less than cost. PARASOLS, PARASOLS. Ladies in need of a Parasol .should call carlv, as we have placed r^Uov on. the, BARGAIN COUNTER, and mean to sell them". Men's and Boys' STRAW HATS, In endless variety, at prices to suit hard times. CLOTHING, CLOTHING. Remember, that wc are. still offering Clothing at COST, and we can save you some money in buying a Suit. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Shirts, Scarfs, Collars, CufFs, Hose, Suspenders, Gloves, &c., &c, WAY BE? LOW REGULAR PRICES. SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.' Wc repeat again to those in need of Shoes that we carry the largest stock and BEST GOODS made in America, and we arc offering them at very low figures. MILLINERY GOODS TO CLOSE OUT AT HALF PRICE, A HANDSOME LOT of Ladies'Street and Dress Hats and Bounets to close out at 11 :? rd pan priced. Children's Sailors, worth 50c, only 25c Now. Come early aud secure ouc bofore they arc sold out. IN CONCLUSION WE beg leave to state to our many customers aud the trading public generally that this is no TRAP to catch you, but wc exactly mean to sell the Goods as adver? tised, as our stock is too large for this season, aud prefer to sell them rather than to carry tbom over for another season. It is truo that some people pay very little attention to advertising?in other words, they have no faith in whatever they read. To those we would say that a visit to our Store would convince them thai our intentions are not to misrepresent a single article, aud sell Goods upon their merit only. Everybody knows that money is very scarce, and very difficult to obtain large profits; hence our policy for reducing prices in every department, so as to enable all classps to buy then:, contenting ourselves that wo ha\e to share in the hardships of the masses, and hoping for a better day to come. We have placed on our counters BARGAINS th;U arc matchless and beyond dispute, and we invite all to call eariy and secure their money's worth at the? Great Bargain House ? op ? A. LESSER. June 18, 1884 49