The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 27, 1889, Image 2

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W^im?mmiD jivbby, tsubsday: 3(?,'C.\EANGSTOX, ? j Proprietors. - THXFESDAY, JUNE 27, 18*9.^ YEAiL~_--~.-~-.... ?1.50. ifBCg?r trast" robbers are geling*] _ _||^&ea?<work just now, and: the whole ^^?^^#wfc:p>j--tnBttte to; the ycou.n ^^^'el&who have a-"corner" on this ne ^^?^ityoflife. There will be some way to throttle'; these' Anarchists,' sooner or :'?,- /later. : ' ?The^SopoL-intendant of tho National |q^^'n|j^3i^^B:tha> physicians in the ^?liext:.year keep exact account 'of vital ;::^ Btajf?Bc3, and that farmers keep correct ^^ft^n^njCf/e^peMe.'and'-' income in de dl/sVtb.?t next year when the census Men the answers may be .exact and >th? agrti'gate bei valuable. understood in Washington that . Jiyil Servicei Commission will short i^eqnest|he President to issue an order ringjmgvwithin the civil service law the MS^ne^ce^^^fbr'^the. 'taking of the ^eJenWc^hsnsvtvShpuld the. President |gralit-^ give the; com ^misai?ri; cohtroj of about 1,500 appoint? ments. ; ' . - ? v, _ '^^epcesident. has - appointed ' Geo, I. ^^'^gham, of; Charleston,. United Ea^2^^a^for^ath:.Caroiina. Mr. ^am is-i;/Wealthy merchant of! lie^tonpjahd has "twice held the office r^br3b(tnat city. He:ia; a straight 3poblican^and has a very honest ineTOx?^ for the. poaitd^ a sur? prise, to^^^ as weJias tothe fflident'8.?:.-" ? / v ? ?? ? ^(^^N^Taft?Sehato^ ||r}j?:(3f^ S. C," last ?Thrir^ymo^ a native of j :;Khode Jai.and^but earned / ^o'close]of-the war in command of a regiment of;FederaI troops. He .soon ^^[ftec|M^^olitic3; and ere long beenme ^^lu|>tttftulemdiBr8:. >bf^ the- Bepnbiican '^tj^-^piith Carolina. He.was reoog l/a'saj&nservative Republican, and is^esslwas.": considered a man of rity, BKrewdness-and 'capacity." ' r^nsj^:: ~ th^miaih: - buiiding an d a i^Ber of c ottages for "the' Georgia Con lljp?e^ and j j?|t?erwprjk of construction will begin in a ! directors- have rf :;. pr^hajied or;e hundred and twenty-:ive acres, within two.3nd a-half miles of .the /canfer of Atlanta, for' $9,540, upon which HHK erect the home! It promises to bo a credit: to its generous projectors, and will | n-*-^affi>rd; ? a:.comfortable.-...'asylnm for many daabled-Wd needy.; veterans. - ^SThe^ A?ahtaV:C^ns^^cm- has biien jS^gjilis'l;:;bf;-lynchinga"in '.Northern.-1 ^Btaies tb com pare with the list of Sonl;h ^sr?.lyBchingVsome of the Northern, pa-.'| '^'enr;kre so fond of parading. The com ison is not much to the advantage of J ^^?Bhern Crimea- -pf .this sort. - In. the $ South;pe?pIet'are lynched, as a rule, for ^hht?he^?'ffen^ ?f an: nusbeakabie char j;acterj"bntin :San3a?i and Indiana they |' are lynched ibr Iheft.and burglary, and j |_ lACincihnatf, according to the, Hot? Stir, :$^lifeof an ad vocate of the 'enforcement 'f&ejf??&jr\ law-is. hot'safe. ^ ex- Confederate Association, of ^ich Mr. 'Thoedore Noel, of Chicago, Siaithe secretary, has been' formed in that 0&&ib;enbi a monument to the 4,300 ex "^Ooafo& Oakwood | atery;:- The;>.:association-'' desires to ^??^*3u<ii*- '.' "V.;.".- ? -.' . ? ?- ? irreapondwith 'the friends and relatives :*tb^\4ea&./frames'of ..those who died n^mp Dcuglaa, the ^lisi giving. .com-:' f?n^ia^ be secured from ..,^;So^4The.-.%H*?y of War has ^^V^^efmissibn to erect the monument,: /and.the erTort'willbo.to make it a credit ?j?&e;ceinetery, in .which both Federal: /and Confederate dead lie buried togeth? er. '? " ?"! . ^Vr Hon. Isaac S. Bamberg, State Treasu ;3'r^ disdan?denly at his home in Colum ^bni la^t:Friday. afternoon, of heart diB ^e^;/:Hehadi been in feeble health for ? year or more. Mr. Bamberg was born ^w^Bajrhwell.County, and was bout 55 ::^yoar8lqld.^ He was'only able to enjoy a ^^mniipj^-schobl'edcication,but in his ^boy^oa days he. displayed characterise pities.-of^ industry and perseverance; which 'won ibr him later wealth and prominence. iHe servedfthroogh the war, and made a ;|fice^ojdier. In 1876 he was. elected ^rojh^is native County to the lower I'^b^uclf^ influential member. In 1886 he waB .; elected State Treasurer, and last Novem ber:'.was re-elected. He made, an'. ex ^^^cellent officer, and by his death' the ^^3)?cr?cy: loses a most faithful exponent ^gfand^the. State one. .of its best citizens. ?Dying to Aid Science. ^^pi^SEDALLi, Mo., June 15.?Dr. Edsvin Small," chief surgeon of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road, two weeks ago was the owner of seven valuable hunting dogs. - Five of the number died last week ; of hydrophobia. To-day the sixth was ?:'*''f0und to be'aiflicted with the rabies, and the seventh also exhibits symptoms. B> A. Blair and Dr. T. E. White of this city have in their^possession so called ^^pinad^ttones, which they claim are sure antidotes, for mad dog bites. Small ;-v/^ "asserts-that a mad stone possesses no. virtue whatever, and, to test the matter, Jr. he offers $500 to any person who will fe^iBQbmit to being bit by the rabid dog f:(Z$&?win:b\B possession and run the ^ risk of the mad stone removing the poison? ous effects of the bite. The offer is made ^p^n.jgood'faith and is open to all. ' Se?alia, Mo., jnne 19.?The offer of ##:Dr. EdJ N. Small of this city to . give :'.' > $500 to any one who would be bitten by ^'^?f-rabid'-dog'of'Dr. Small's, and trust to a. ;V^^mad stone for cure, while not intended '?i?^a? a'bona fide.offer, has .attracted more ?-"v^iattention tban the Doctor anticipated. 'He'has had applications from several ; men by mail and in person to accept the / proposition, but to all of them the Doctor . replied that the offer was a joke, and that ? ho would not stand by it. ^pgv.'?rie'man,'' however, a stranger in the ?j city, from Arkansas, who refused to give hii name, was not to be put off in this way, r"?He gained access to the place where the rabid dog was, boldly bared his arm, and ^exposed it to the dog. The animal im ? mediately bit a piece of flesh out of the " /rash man's arm. The dog died in con 7^ -^ulsions fifteen minutes later. The man ?^r- applied a madstone to the wonnd, and iB r'-'stifl alive and well, but apprehensions are felt for his future, It is thought the : : man> mind is affected. ? A-clergyman relates that he was . ionce completely nonplussed by a young :-K^d5te/;af a .christening. The child having been.taken to church to be baptized was ^^ept^?cb^dificoncerted at the minister's v- sprinkling /his face that he interrupted ?"xby- exclaiming.; 5'Stop I I won't _,_ COUNP/ CORRESPONDENCE. To tlie People of Anderson Count j, My resignation of the office of County Treasurer was on the Geh instant tendered to the Governor. Remembering with grati? tude the repeated evidences of your con fidence, and in many instances of kindly personal interest, I think it proper thus to account for my withdrawal from your ser? vice. . My service of thepeople of the county has not been, without'serious difficulties from the beginning, arising partly from conflict? ing legislation with regard to the duties of the office, nnd partly from want of corres? pondence between this office and others which, the Legislature has linked with it for the con doc t of the business of the county. These difficulties, however, so far- from dis? couraging, haverather proved an incentive to greater diligence la the effort to reform and per fee; as far as possible the work of the office. With what measure of success these efforts'have been followed I need not here undertake to show. I will only say that little has been accomplished through the Legislature, the sessions of which have, of late years been so short and crowded with measures, as that all efforts at reform in this line nave been crowded to the rear. On the other hand the legislation has been rather in the direction of complication. Special bills in the interest of particular localities and special county measures have added, not only work, but with it confusion. Here is a case which illustrates somewhat strongly what I have just laid down: At its | last session, the State Legislature enacted j for Anderson and some other counties a j law-which'provides that the County Com? missioners and School Commissioners shall, in advance of the collection of taxes for their respective departments of county ex penditore, borrow such Bums as may be 1 needed for conducting their respective de- j partments on a cash basis. It does not pro? vide how these' funds so borrowed shall be held, by what officer disbursed, nor how sach officer shall bo paid for his work. In Anderson county it was taken for granted tbat the. c as tod y of these funds fell to the. lot of the County Treasurer, and under the act about 5512,000 were borrowed for county purposes. They were placed to my. credit at bank, without my consenting to assume charge of Imem. . The loan for county pur? poses was the first negotiated, the County Commissioners insisting that it was my duty to disburse- it, and that they had r.o< right to contract with me or any one else* for the work. I disliked to refuse to dis? charge any duty'which might properly fall to my lot, and yet I.considered it an unrea sonable demand for it would add possibly ? $30,000 of responsibility and several months of extra work to that already assumed by [myself and my sureties,. while, it did not offer a dime of extra -pay- In view, how? ever, of its importance to the-county?of tha public convenienci or inconvenience involved?I proposed to the Commissioners a; .friendly case between us covering the questions involved, to be submitted to the Circuit judge, .'either at chambers or at Feb? ruary; term, for our mutual guidance In the premises. This they declined. Numer? ous olaimants were present, having been notified that these loans would Jbe secured, and it would have placed me in an unpleas? ant attitude before them to refuse to pay their checks when they had been informed that I had the funds' on hand. The alter native was thus unfairly thrust upon me of choosing whether I should assume so many ?thousand dollars more of risk and an in? definite amount of extra work. and annoy? ance without compensation, or block the business of the county. I preferred to sin against myself and assumed the Work and responsibility. These funds, with $8,000 borrowed-for'schools, have been in the main disbursed by me. on claims arising sinco November 1st last, for 1888-89. These loans were negotiated before the office had closed for the collection of taxes for 1887-88, and their disbursement began at a time when the bulk of claims for 1887-88 had not been paid, and thus two years' funds have been disbursed at once, side by side. For one not familiar with the 'difficulties inci? dent to conducting one year's work in the office, it is well nigh impossible to conceive the confusion precipitated by the attempt to conduct two year's work at once, and espe? cially when so much depends upon the ac? curate completion of the old before begin-. ning theuew.. I have spoken of a want of correspondence between this and the other offices connected with it. Thus office is linked with the . County Auditor on the one hand, and with the County Commissioners, School Commis? sioners and boards of school trustees on the other. On the one hand, the County Treas? urer is the collector of the State's charges against the taxpayers, as made up by the County : Auditor. Everything depends upon accuracy on the part of the assessor and tax pay er, for what is done at return time gives a character and shape to each man's account with-the State which clings to it from the 'time the taxpayer sits down and answers the first question on the-list to the time he is served, fourteen months after, with a warrant in the hands of the Sheriff's depu? ty. The mistakes made then never turn up until the taxpayer calls for his tax receipt, and oftentimes not then, but it takes a Treasurer's warrant (whichgoes out against every , name on the tax book not marked paid) to develop the fact that the person making the return did not give ac? curately the name of tlie taxpayer whose return he was making, or returned him lia? ble for poll when he was not, or as resident in one township when in fact he resided in another. Few taxpayers stop to consider, and some are unwilling to believe, that the Treasurer is not responsible for these inac? curacies. X have had trouble from this source, but scarcely more than is naturally incident to a business wbich. deals directly, with every man, rich and poor, white and black, educated and illiterate, in the county, and these inaccuracies invariably occur from some error on the part of the person making the return. My reference to them is only incidental, as illustrating this con? nection of the office, and it is perfectly fair to say that I have fonnd the work of the County Auditor done always with an accu? racy and a fidelity that in view of the chances for mistake is truly surprising. The connection on the other hand with County Commissioners, School Commiss? ioners, and school trustees, establishes a different relation. IHs the connection be? tween approving officers and a paying officer, the respective and relative duties of whom the Legisla ture has denned with more or less clearness, but one thing it has failed to do, and that is to place them all under a common executive management. That this should be done will sound like a strange proposition, but such will indeed become a practical necessity if the present system is to continue. For, as matter stand onf?nioer^anTftffce thToWrs to do their duties, and unless they work accord? ing to an understanding, and in perfect har < mony with each other, the business of the 1 county will drag. When the law is not plain they must agree upon a common in? terpretation of it. The conditions of sue-, cess are a generous regard on the part of each of the rights of tUe others, and a read? iness to do, not only all that the law re? quires fin letter and spirit, but. anything, which may become practically necessary or proper to be done for furthering the interests of the county. Least of all should personal or political feeling enter into offi? cial business transactions. Prejudices should be buried, and honest differences reconciled or amicably adjudicated. So much for the principles which must of necessity govern in the management of a business like this which divides responsi? bility among a number. Realizing the im? portance to the county of an amicable ad? justment of all differences, some time ago, when .a difference arose between the Couu ty Commissioners and myself as to the propei* application of a county fund. I proponed to submit the questions involved in an igreed statement of facts (for we could not but agree as to what the facts I were) to the presiding judge at February i term for the guidance of both. This being 1 refuse!, I even proposed to submit the questions involved to some leading attor? ney hure on whom wo might agree. But this was declined, and v without notice or agreement, a case was made against me at the February term, which fell through on a slight defect. Nothing was done for some time, until when in the midst of my annutil settlement (which means to me more care and work than the reader can imag? ine) the case was renewed, and I was com? pelled to make ready to answer to a rule befor?' Judge Norton. Under the circum? stances, in whioh the interests of the cou ti ty were involved, I deemed it proper to retain counsel, and I employed Messrs. Whituer & Simpson, who have conducted my defense throughout, and these attor? neys I have employed at my own private cost. The case was brought in the name and in the interest of a private individual, and the plaintiff's fees paid from the pub Mc funds. Strenuous efforts were made to bring suits in two other cases, but they failed because the parties themselves, in whose favor the Buits were proposed, de? clined. This leads me to give here one of the chief reasons for my surrender of the. office. My course in refusing to become a 8arty to what I considered an attempt to ivert a fund from the purpose to which the Legislature had declared it to be sacred had the endorsement of the Comptroller General. It was his opinion that I was entitled to the State's assistance through the Attorney General. The Attorney Gen- I eral, however, holds to the opinion that I j am not entitled to the assistance of his j office.. Thus I am placed in the extremely awkward and pitiable-'position of being j required to follow the State's instructions j through her executive officer, the Comp? troller General, and yet, when in pursuance of such instructions, I get into trouble, I cannot look to the State for aid or protec? tion, however much I may be endeavoring to protect her interests. There is another feature of the connec? tion between the approving and tLe paying officers which should hare be emphasized, and that is the importan ce of absolute accu? racy of work, and the practical necessity of Kerfect correspondence ia the accounts kept y each. The law creating the responsible office of school trustee, and regulating the duties of the same, presents the strangelv incongruous situation of an office entrusted with the disbursement of public funds, while the officers are not paid a dime for their services, nor required to give a dollar of bond for the faithful performance of them. If it is defended on the ground that the School Commissioner is the approving officer who passes upon the drafts of trus? tees, and that he is liable on his official bond, I answer that cases may often occur in which the School Commissioner may be made to suffer through the careless acts of a board of trustees, and yet he and his sure? ties have no recourse upon them. They are Irresponsible in law for their acts. What recourse has the Treasurer except upon the School Commissioner in case of an overpayment consequent upon an over? draft by a board of trustees ? It is an ine? quality and an injustice to bond some and not others of a set of officers connected in the same business, What accuracy or fidelity can be looked for from an officer who is neither salaried nor bonded ? Yet m contemplation of law the boards of school trustees are supposed to make no mistakes. The law contemplates that boards of school trustees, having been fur? nished by the School Commissioner with an estimate of the pro ro ta npon which each may draw for any given fiscal year, may leave undrawn, if they choose, large bal? ances with which to swell their credits with the Treasurer the following year and be applicable as cash to new claims arising; or they may draw up to the notch and stop; but beyond this they cannot go. An order drawn in excess of the fund is declared by statute to be void, and is worth no more to the holder, or to tho Treasurer either, should he pay it, than the paper on whioh it is written, When he payB such a draft? although he may be ignorant that it is an overdraftj^md therefore innocent?he pays it from his salary. The law contemplates that each board of trustees has drawn always within the margin and has kept an account in which an accurate entry of each claim drawn has been made, and that at the School Commissioner's office another account has been kept with that district on which appears as. approved the identical claims drawn, and that these two accounts correspond precisely in their footings; that in each office and in each account- that dis? trict stands credited with the same amount subject to draft; so that even should an order by chance be drawn in excess of the fund by the trustees, th a School Commis? sioner will make the di&sovery, disapprove the order, and notify the board and have it stricken from then* books. There should be no reason for a Treasurer to fear that he might pay an overdraft. The books of school trustees should <vch year at a given time be balanced with the accounts of the School Commissioner, and they In turn be balanced with those of the County Treas? urer. Not only the acevtfacy of the work of the County Treasurer, but the safety of his salary, depends .upon this; and yet he has no power to enforce it, and in Anderson county it has never been done, so far as relates to balancing of accounts of trustees and School Commissioner with each other, and I doubt aeriousily whether every board ' of trustees in the county could show a set of hooks at all. - Now, if it is replied that I am insisting upon too much nicety in this business, or that the dangers to tho paying officer are speculative rather than real, I answer by giving a few figures from the books of last year, 1887-88: In omi district overdrafts $159.96, in another $176.17, in ahothrtr $88. 96. It has been a constant fight to avoid pay? ing these overdrafts, and notwithstanding the. moat constant watchfulness on my part against this danger, I have been caught in two or "three instances, and in one serious? ly, for in.one district I paid $88.96 more on claims than I collected, through an inaccu? racy in the report to me of claims approved for that year by the School Commissioner, the reportshowing claims approved $81.62 .within the margin, whoa it should have showed f(>S8.96 beyond and overdrawn, a diifleren.ee of-$170.58. X can only look to the State Legislature to legaliize the trans i action and relieve me.. Had I taken the correctness of work in other offices along the line for granted, I would have been to-day the holder of orders amounting to 8452.65, for which I had paid dollar for dollar, which the Legislature declares to be worthless, and which 13 nearly 60 per cent, of what I get for a year's work, wear and tear in the office. My only reason for referring to these matters is that the people of the county may-know that I am net recklessly casting aside a position with which they have kindly entrusted me, b ut that there are reasons for the course I have pursued. The condition of things under which I .'am placed is one for which neither I nor the people" of the county are responsible, and it is a condition of things in which they cannot come to my relief, I sincerely trust, therefore, that my withdrawal, which I make under pressure, will not be the occa? sion of any breach between us. I expect to live in Anderson county as long as hon? est industry will ensuro me a livelihood, here, and my interest iu the welfare of my county will not be abate-i one whit. The substantial proofs of the true friendship whioh many have given me in connection with the office I can never forgot. It would be a pleasure to serve .-he people of the county to the end of my term could I do so in a manner satisfactorily to myself and to them, but I am sure that I cannot. My withdrawal at this time finds endorsement in the necessity which I am under of re? cruiting my health, which has yielded ma? terially-to the pressure during the past few months." I withdraw without any ill will towards any man or officer in the county, and shall hold myself ri&ady to render any aid in my power, not only to my successor, but to any of the officers of the county When occasion offers. W. H. Fbierson. Honea Patl; Items. . Mr. J. A. Rickets can boast of the first cotton bloom in this section. He could show a bloom on 23rd irwfc Mrs. H. E. Watkins, and two daughters have returned to Honea Path after spending several months in Greenville,, where the girls have been attending College. They took the first honor of their class. Our town and her people are hard, to beat. Wo are expecting Prof. H. H. " Watkins of Forman University to spend some timo here with his.people. We gladly welcome them back to their former home. On the first Sunday in July the M. E. "-oa'-CLyJEchcal will .obser ve Children's Day. . They have invited severai Sunday School.? to take part with them. The invited speakers are Col. John 3. Clink sea I es, of Columbia, Capt. Humbert, of Lanrens, Prof. J. B. and H. H. Watkins, Eev. E. E. Da small and D. W. Hioti. Of course they expect to have meeting all day. Our efficient and popular depot agent has had vacation, a part of which he spent in Columbia* Mr. Wilson, of Ninety 8ix, has been filling his plnae. Due West?Due West. Commencement! Commencement is now the talk. I think we have the greatest Comniencment going people that I have even known. That shows they are interested in education. A protracted meeting wiU be held in the Baptist Church, D. v., commencing on the first Sunday night in July. Eev. J. K. Mendenhall, of Greenville, will assist the pastor. Let all Christian people pray for a good meeting. Mr. E. M. Shirley is now at work on his new building. We feasted on okra and tomato soup to? day. Is it not early for such vegetables? Peaches and blackberrt&s are plentiful now,?what a time for pies, &c One of our citizens atiended the-com? mencement at Williamston. He expresses himself as highly pleased with Eev. Mr. Marshall's sermon, also tlie good order, &o. Dr. Lander knows how to get people to behave well. It is saiid that the order was not so good at Greenville. Messenger. PJorcetowa l'.omti. The pic nie at Liberty Springs was almost a failure, as we had rain in the morning and afternoon. Soiae of the base ball boys were disappointed, as the rain knock? ed them out. About one hour before sun? down it cleared off, and it was a beautiful night for the exhibition. All who took part in the exhibition did exceedingly well, especially John C. Kay, the "Bishop," A. L. Smith, Edgar Williams, Warren Watkins, Claudo Smith and a. Bix-year-old daughter of-Mr. Geo. Mullikin. Would like to give all the particulars, but it would consume too much time. The ex? hibition was a success. Children's Day at Friendship was well attended, the house not being suffi? cient to accommodate tho crowd. Speeches were made by D. I. Spearman, Dr. J. W. Crymes, J. H. Browning and J. I. Spear? man. E. A. Mullikin led in singing. Mr, D. J. Owen had his organ out, which add? ed a great deal to the singing. Miss Foster, Mr. Martin and Mr. Owen were the per? formers. Dr. Crymes can tell the best joke yet on how to break a man from drinking whiskev, and learn him to hatch 250 chick? ens out of 300*eggs, and five a sober, good man. I would give the whole thing, but it would be too long. It is rumored that a man living in this section stole a pig and has it staked in an oat field. This is the first hog I ever heard of being staked out. W. C. Martin has a cow that he has milked 46 gallons from before she found a calf. Who can beat that ? There is but little sickness in this neigh hood at present. Crops are looking well. We hear that our friend, Gus. Anderson, has quit getting letters, and gets big bugs, hard-heaaed enough to butt holes through a box. Last Monday afternoon we had some very fine music at Williams & Guyton's store. Mr. Barr Harris came by with his organ, carrying it home, His friend, Joe. Poore, was along with him. They stopped, Barr uncovered bis organ, Clarence Guy ton crawled into the wagon with his violin, Joe Poore drawed out an old rusty harp, and fur about two hours tbey made that old mule they were driving feel like ho was in cJover. ? The boys seemed to do their very best, and thev got there. They did as well in that one "hoss" wagon as they could have done in a two "hoss" parlor. They then exchanged a few fibs, sang L m. doiology and parted. A person can enjoy himself while in company with such boys. _ Clod Hopper. Dark. Corner Items. Some of our neighbors and friends are certainly in the hands of Gen. Green, and unless favorable seasons prevail, they will mo3t assdrediy have to succumb, and the writer don't claim to be an exception in this caso. Miss Mary, a daughter of the late John M. Simpson, Esq., who, several years ago moved from this section to Toccoa, Ga., is visiting her relatives and frionds of the Corner. Miss La la Sherard has just ro turned from a visit of several days to your city. She took in the Commencement and ex? presses herself as highly pleased, but what are the feeling;; of some of the young men, we imagine. Great surprise and regret is expressed, in every instance, at the resignation of our present efficient and accommodating County Treasurer. His successor may prove satisfactory, but as to general fitness for the office, can never surpass the pres? ent incumbent. While, we feel satisfied that his reasons for his present course are sufficient, still, we hope that in the near fnture he may see his way clear to serve as in the same or more useful capacity. Prof. McElroy having been appointed a member of the Examining Committee of Erskine College, 1b off this week attend 1 ing the same. He will also remain for the Commencement and fiftieth anniver? sary of said College. The programme for this, the semi-centennial, is varied and very interesting,1, and we imagine would well repay any one for the trouble and expense of visiting Due West on this oc? casion. Mr. Joseph L. McKee, a young man with a fair and prosperous future before him became, on the moining of the 19th inst., a victim of that fell destroyer, typhoid fever. Joe was highly respected by all who knew him?to meet and dis? charge all his honeet obligations seemed to be a trait of his character. His re? mains, after appropriate funeral services by the Rev. R. O. Ligon on the following day, were placed to rest in the Good Hope cemetery. A fond and loving mother of this neigh? borhood has discovered quite a novel plan of testing the eye-sight. Sue has reached about that age when vision begins to recede. Her plan is practicable only once annually Every Spring as the little ones are prattling around her knees she gently takes them up and examines to hud if she can see the chigoe as well as she did the preceding Spring; finding it the conclusion is, "I'm all right 1" Capt. D. L. Hall, whose health has been failing for some time, is thought to be im? proving. The Capt. stands high in his neighborhood, and we trust may soon be restored to his former health and useful? ness. Mr. Willis Wiles, a young man who left here some two or three years ago to try bis fortune in the West, has returned to the home of his childhood a physical wreck? all things considered we find the advantages and privileges of the old Pal? metto equal to any of the States. Seouxdus. Notes trom Townvllle. It is understood that the Rev. A. A. Marsball, of Anderson, will assist the pas? tor, Kev. J. B. Earle, in the conduct of a protracted meeting at the Baptist Church here the first week of August. Spearman Dobbins, the lG-year-old son of W. L. Dobbins, .of this Township, re? ceived a very painful wound last week by running a scissors point into his knee. A young negro man of this place nar? rowly escaped death from lightning dur? ing a thunder storm one afternoon last week. The shock rendered him nearly speechless for several hours. The school at Cedar Grove will be re? opened Monday, July 15th, by the teacher, W. A. Dickson. There are several cases of typhoid fever in the Fork at present, but so far none have been fatal. i Mr. E. B. Farmer will shortly quit I merchandizing and go on his farm, which he has bought in the suburbs. The Townville Lodge of tbe Farmers' Alliance is constantly receiving new members. Lewie M. Mahaffey, who has been a stu? dent atFurman University the past year, has returned home. It may be said in thin connection that W. Eugene King, ! who, for the past two years, has been a student of the preparatory department of Wofford College, has also just returned home. It is safe to assert that the Fork leads the other Townships of the County in the number of young men sent- abroad to school this year. I count ten?Broyles, Fant, Farmer, Hatcher, King, Mabaffey, Mairet, Milford, Moore, Sharpe?and they are a fine lot. Mr. Perry Phillips died rather suddenly at.his home a few miles from here in Oconee last week of paralysis, aged about seventy-five years. He was born and reared in Anderson County, near Pendleton, and lived all his life in tbe neighborhood of his birth place. He married a daughter of the late Tillman C. Magee, who, as an invalid, together wi th Bix- children, survives him. One of these is Col. J. P. Phillips, of Ninety-Six. Though past age, he entered the service of the Confederacy as a volunteer and made a good soldier. Late in life he united with Hephzibah Baptist Church, of which* his nephew, Rev. H. B. Faht, was pastor, and though his Christian coarse on earth was brief he gaye full proof of the soundness of his conversion and of his consequent fitness for the better land. Ho was laid to rest at Hephzibah which stands but a hundred yards from -his. iiomcst Cod, - - lis^bzlbah f/hur.cb was built only a few years ago. Mr. Phillips contributed largely of his means to its erection, and it was so ordered that his body should be the first to receive sepul? ture there. Mr. Phillips' characteristics were great energy, sound judgment and the strictest probity. D. The Weather and the Crops. Washington, June 22.?The weather crop bulletin for the week ending June 22, shows that it has been slightly warmer than usual generally throughout all agri? cultural regions east of the Mississippi River. MoreJhan the UBual amount of rain is reported from Georgia and Ten? nessee, while well-distributed showers oc? curred in tbp South Atlantic States and Virginia. The rainfall for the season continues in excess on the Atlantic coast, from New York to South Carolina, and from the Missouri Valley southward to the West Gulf ccast. The large deficien? cy in rainfall formerly reported from the Ohio Valley and Tennessee has been re? duced, and at present tbe rainfall in this section generally exceeds 70 per cent of the normal. The weather was generally favorable for the growing crops in all districts ex? cept Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas, where excessive rains caused some dam? age to wheat and cotton. Reports from these States show that the crops are growing rapidly, but are becoming grassy. The harvesting of wheat, barley and clover is in progress as far north aB the central portions of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, but tbe work has been retarded by frequent rains, and in some sections harvested crops are slightly injured by the rains. Reports from Kentucky state that the tobacco crop is excellent. The high temperature and general rains in Louisiana were very favorable and doubt? less greatly improved the corn, cane and rice crops. In the east and central portions or cot? ton region all crops were favorably affect? ed. The wheat harvest is about comple? ted and the crop prospects are reported as fine. ? The Sugar Trust cleared $14,000,000 in 1888, and in.the five months preceding June of this year $0,230,000. The price of sugar has been made so much higher that profits during the rest of the year will be larger. So this tariff-protected combination has a good thing and knows it. But tbe heads of families throughout the Union have a b,ad thing, and some are beginning to find it out, CRIMES A>'D CASrUTIES. Indianapolis, Ind., June 20.?A boy named Snider thirteen years old, residing at Highland, near Terre Haute, was murdered by four boys, whose ages range from nine to fifteen. The boys are two brothers named Pearman, r>ud two named Douglass. Snider's body was found in a creek. He bad been stabbed and shot. All the boys are under arrest. Johnstown, Pa., June 22.?All the local physicians met accidentally at the Bedford Street hospital last night. They represented all parts of the stricken city, and after discussing the calamity, joined in the conclusion that not less than 10, 000 people were lost in the flood. On account of the general knowledge of the people possessed by the physicians, their estimate is looked upon as reliable. Nashville, June 20.?All the mail that left the Nashville po?toffice for the South on the night of May 7 has disap? peared. The fact has been withheld by the police officials that the investigation might not be hampered. This mail was arranged as usual, put in a pouch, locked up, and delivered at the door of the post office for the driver of the wagon which carries the mail to the depot. The pouch was locked up in this wagon, which drove off towards the depot and that is the last heard of it as yet. It is impossible now to learn how much money was in the mail. It was destined for a large and important territory and the presumption is that the pouch contained much valua? ble matter. Trenton, June 21.?Press Younce, the unfortunate young man who was so bru? tally shot by Murrell and Carpenter last Saturday evening, died this morning at 3 o'clock. Younce had four skilled doctors attending him, but medical aid could not save him. Mnrrell was arrested on Sunday evening, Carpenter went to EJgefield yesterday and surrendered him? self to the sheriff. He did this in order to save his neck, Excitement runs high in the neighborhood over this deplorable affair, and if Carpenter had been at large to day and could have been found, he evidently would have paid the penalty before this writing. He is safe now in jail, where he and Murrell will be tender? ly cared for, and in a abort while will, no doubt, be free birds. Indianapolis, June 20.?On Novem? ber 12,1888, Richard O. Allen, an aged farmer living near Washington, Ind., was found tied to a tree near his bouse with hia throat cut from ear to ear. His death was thought to be a case of suicide and no inquiry was made. A few days ago, while laboring under religious excitement Mrs. Charlotte Allen, 70 yeara old, the widow of the dead man, confessed to two colored aervanta that she committed the crime. She said that she and her hus? band had trouble as to who was the rightful owner of the farm, and in order to Bettle the dispute she gave her huaband morphine in his tea. Allen fell asleep in the garden. She then procured a table knife and rope and tied the rope around the body, and, making eeveral slashes at hia throat, half severed his head from his body. She then dragged the body to a tree and tied it there. Wilmington, Del., June 21.?Joaeph Cockran and James Downey, both of Philadelphia, Captain and deck hand of the schooner Seaman's Bride, were drowned in the Delaware, near here, laat night. The men, with other members of the crew, were taking on a cargo of ice, and all got under the influence of liquor. Downey fell overboard, and an attempt waa made to rescue him, but he was drowned. The Captain, who waa in a drnukeu stupor, came from the cabin to ascertain the cause of the commotion and walked overboard, and the crew were too drunk to render him assistance. Neither body has been recovered, and the survi? ving members of the crew are locked up,. that they may aober up and await the Coroner's action. Philadelphia, June 23.?Harry and William Jee8er, aged 15 and 17 years, were killed yeaterday, and are victime of tbeir mechanical precocity. They were inventive lade *ud employed much of their time running a small engine. They have been generating steam in an old boiler and conveying it to their engine by meana of a gas pipe. They couceived the idea of attaching the engine to the family ice cream freezer and thereby do away with hand turning. They were getting up fire for this purpose yesterday in the smaller brick furnace under the boiler, when a terrific explosion took place, killing both boys and injuring Mrs. Flora Kniese and little Ecnry Kniese, who were standing near by. Little Rock, Abk., June 22.?A dis? tressing story comes from Clinton, on the upper Bed River. An old man named Emmeraon waa with hia^ family in his house at night, when a fierce storm arose. After hours of rain, the water gradually flooded hia house, and fearing danger in? side, he gathered two of hia children in hia arms and made for the door to escape. As the door opened, a huge log afloat dashed in the entrance and knocked the little ones from hia arms. They fell at hia feet into the swift current and were lost. He then took up two more, one in each arm, and succeeded in getting out with them safely, telling his wife to follow | with the others; but in attempting to es? cape in the same manner, the mother, with two children in her arms and three clinging to her dress, was carried down with the flood and drowned. The father and two children, the only ones left in the family of eleven, escaped with tbeir lives. The night was dark and the father with the only two aurvivora Btood in wa? ter above his waist, clinging to a tree for several honrs. When the waters subsided in the morning search was made and the dead bodies of the mother and seven, children were discovered, ecattered here and there for a con8iderabIe_jliat?.3Ce around the place, .their clothing' having caught in the underbr usfr,'and: the. bodlea helu 'faat in that way. Two of the bod ies were found in the garden lot a short distance from the house, to where they had been carried by the force of the wa? ter, and the others as far as 50 yarda from the house. The Riches or the Sontb. Chattanooga, June 22,?The Chatta? nooga Mining and Manufacturing Com? pany, composed of Chattanooga, Boston and Lynn, Maas., capitalists, have pur? chased two thousand acres of manganese and brown hematite ore land adjacent to Tunnell Hill, Ga., and twenty-Bix miles from Chattanooga, and have commenced mining manganese. JTour carloads of ore were shipped to Andrew Carnegie to-day for steel making. The company will at once build a railroad to the mines, and a 100-ton furnace and a tremendous man? ganese cou version for making speigeleison at Chattanooga. This will be one of the largest and moat important plants in the South. The company has ample capital to finiah the work rapidly. Who Was Hel Mt. Carmell, III., June 18, 1888. To the Editor of^ the Register: You will pardon me for taking the liberty to write you the following facta, which will doubt? less be of interest to some parents, broth era and sistera of your State: At 2 o'clock a. m. on the 16th inat., a man with dark hair, about 25 yeara old, weight about 105 pounds, with a scar in the palm of hia left hand, just above (the little finger) whose name was Lern Wise or Wyatt, while ajleep on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad, was atrock by a passing engine aud killed. Thia occurred in Gibson County, Ind., and be waB brought here by the same train. I waa foreman of the Coroner's jury and the evidence showed that he lived, and had relatives in South Caroli? na, but hia postoffice address did not ap? pear. He was a nice looking young man, pretty well dressed. He waa buried here on the 10th. If you will publish these facts hia relatives may by that means learn them. Any letters of inquiry di? rected to me in regard to him will receive prompt replies. Very respectfully, etc. M. H. Mundy, ? A company has been formed in New York to manufacture sandwiches by the thousand and retail them throughout the city in liquor stores, offices and factories by means of ppddlers. Telegraphing from a Moving Train. Raleigh, N. 0., June 18.?A teat was made to day on the Raleigh and Gaaton Railroad, in the presence of a number of prominent railroad men, of the process recently invented by Baylua Cade of this County for telegraphing to and from moving trains. The current is maintain? ed by means of a drag, which is attached to the car and which B?des over a set of wireB laid along the track. Messages were received from the offices at Raleigh and Greensboro while the train was run? ning at the rate of thirty miles an hour, ? During the laat ten years Americana have contributed $20,000,000 to relieve Buffering caused by disasters or epidem? ics. ? The total Indian population is less than 250,000. Of these 21,232 live in houses and 9,621 families are engaged in agriculture. Aod among theae 80 called savages there are 28,063 church members. ? Cotton bagging is not Buch a new thing after all. Commissioner of Agri culture Henderson, of Georgia, has receiv? ed a sample of cotton bagging that cover? ed a bale of cotton forty-five yeara ago. It ia in a state of fine "preservation and resembles the class of goods now adopted by the Farmers' Alliance. It was made at the old factory, at Thomaston, and was used extensively by the farmers of that day. ? The South ia Boon to have a compet? itor in raising cotton in Australia. As the area of Australia ia about equal to that of the United States and its climate and soil eeem to be favorable to cotton, America may find in her a formidable competitor. Experimente are now being made in different sections of the Island, and the results are reported as most satis? factory. Commissioner Henderson, of Georgia, furnished the Australian Gov? ernment with aeed for the experiments, which included both long and short cot? ton. ? The Northwestern Railroad advan? ces a novel theory to account for an alleg? ed increase of storms and floods in these latter years. It says that there are more than 30,000 locomotives in use in North America, and that the vapor from these Bent out into the atmoapbere each week will meaaure more than 50,000,000,000 cubic yards, which must be returned aa rain. Other non-condensing s;eam en? gines add eight times aa much more, so that the total mass of vapor diacharged into the atmosphere must be each week more than 470,000,000,000 cubic yarda. ? John L. Lawes, the phenomenal fat man, died at his home, in Elmira, N. Y., Monday, of eryBipelaa. Mr. Lawea weighed at his death 640 pounds. He was born in England, and was 40 years of age. He was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade up to three years ago. Pre viouB to that time he had weighed only a little over 200 pounds. He then began to gain rapidly in weight, forcing htm to give up work at his trade. He gained in weight at the rate of from five to ten ponnda per week. Everything that med? ical science suggested was applied, but it was of no avail. Aa he grew in weight his appetite increased. Iwo and three pounds of beefsteak was but a small meal for him, and he ate as often aa five or six times a day. His physicians recommend? ed a diet, but bis appetite grew insatiable, until, at the time of his death, his princi? pal occupa tion was eating. A False Prophet in Georgia. Savannah,June, 21.?Fora month a man calling himself Jesus Christ haa been going through Liberty County, raving in an insane way which he called preaching, The negroes have come to believe in him, and they are really in a moat lamentable state. They have ac? cepted his words aa - inspired teachings, "Give up everything and follow me," he commanded. "Let your crops go; turn your cattle in the patches; the Lord will provide for you." And, obeying him, hundreds of negroes luve quit work. Their little crops have grown up with weeds, the planters have been deseirted by their laborers, who absolutely refuse to work, the turpentine manufacturers and the aaw mill men have difficulty in getting help enough to continue opera? tions. The colored population haa been com? pletely demoralized for three weeks. To auch an extent has the craze spread that the intelligent colored people and the whites joined in discussing some plan to put a atop to it. It was decided to arrest the crank or Bend him out of the country. Some were ready to lynch him, but better counsel prevailed. So yesterday a war? rant was issued by Magistrate W. A. Fleming for the. man's arrest. He calls himself Jesus Christ, declaring that he descended from Heaven in a cloud. In the warrant the name of Campbell was applied to him. Two respectable colored preachers had the warrant issued. They charged Camp? bell with vagrancy. He had prophesied that he would be arrested, and his fol? io wera?diaci plea, as they call them? selves?had declared that he should not be taken away and that no violence should be done him. The women were more emphatic than the men, and the former had armed themselvea with guns, but the new prophet told his people not to offer any resistance. They feared that he would be crucified, but he told them that he would not be put to death again. When the officers went to arrest him no resistance was offered, but a large crowd Boon joined the favored disci plea who are almost constantly about him. They were ready to tear the officers to pieces, but at their prophet'a request tt.ey suffered him to be taken quietly awny. Thinking that he waa to be carried to _Eineaville, the county seat, 8everal milea away, two hundred men and women, but mostly women, touk a short route acr"?s the. S?Sjitjy. ?iustoa? of going to Hinea vilie'tBe conatable drove to Flemington, where Justice Fleming reBidea, To?day Campbell was tried. Ex-Congressman Norwood went to Flemington to prosecute the imposter at the request of the leading citizens of the connty. There is no telegraph office near Flemington and the resalt of the trial could not be learned to-night. Some of the whites and blacks wanted to lynch the man, but were persuaded riot to do BO. Campbell snow scars in his hands, which he aaya were made by the sails when he was crucified on Calvary. His hair and beard are long and shaggy, although he evidently endeavors to trim his beard aa the Saviour's is represented in some old pictures. The negroes fall down and worship him and kiss bia hands and feet and anoint him. He dresses shabbily sometimeu and at all times poorly. He refuses money publicly, but is said to have money, and it waa feared that the.charge of vagrancy could not be sustained. Campbell came from the West, it is believed. At his bidding women have left their huabanda and men their fami? lies to follow him about. His familiarity with the Scriptures ia exceptional. He has told the people that he will go back to Heaven in a chariot of fire at an early ! date. NUMBER 2. THE Second Installment of the Ten per Cent, of Subscriptions to the Ander? son Cotton Milte has been called for, and subscribers are urged to be prompt in making payments. By order of the Board of Directors. J. A. BROCK, President and Treasurer.. June 27, 18S9_51 1 To the Teachers and School Pa< trons of Anderson County. BY direction of the County Board of Examiners the Teachers' Institute for Anderson County will begin on Monday, July 1st It is exceedingly important that the Teachers of the County attend this In 1 stitute, for great benefit will accrue to the children of the County thereby. To the Teachers we would say, do not begin you. Schools until this is over ; and to the pa? trons we would say, insist upon it that your Teacher shall attend this Institute. It is almost useless in any locality to begin a School the first Monday in July, because the people are not through with their work, and the Teachers will find, the tirne ' well cpont hero, D. H, RUSSELL, S. O. , June 27, 1389 61 1 Notice to Road Overseers. Office of County Commissioners, .axideifson, S. OV. June 26.1689. ALL Overseers who have failed to make their reports to this office are hereby notified to appear before us at 11 a. m. on the 6th day of July, 1889, and show cause why we should not proceed against them for non-compliance with the law requiring them to make report to this office. B. C. MARTIN, Ch'm'n, A. VV. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Cora., Anderson Co., S. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. June 27,1889 51 1 JUST RECEIVED, A fine lot of Children's Carriages, With Steel Wheels. ALSO, A Lot of Refrigerators, "^^"HICH will be sold at low prices at TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! May 23, 1859 46 HURRAH! HURRAH!! FOR C. S. MINOR, THE FAMOUS TEN CENT MAN. E _AS returned from the great West, and takes pleasure in announcing that seve? ral new contracts have been made with the Factories, and must be carried out. We have agreed to sell twelve great gross FRUIT JARS. They must be sold. We have agreed to sell ten great gross FANOY VA8ES. They must go. New NOTIONS, new TIN, new GLASS every day this week. Come and see. Read below, and look out next week. 10 dozen Sugar Pishes, 10c each. 12 dozen Lamps, 10c each. 16 dozen Molasses Pitchers, 10c each. 18 dozen Dew Drop Goblets, 5c each. 1C dozen Hotel Goblets, 10c each. 10 dozen large Gloss Cake Plates, 10c ac.h. 2G dozen Glass Mugs. 5c each. 12 dozen Cream Pitchers, 10c each. 8 dozen Preserve Dishes, 10c each. 20 dozen small Berry Bowls, 5c each. Large lot Lamp Wicks and Burners. "We Deg to call especial attention to our "Sunny South" Laundry Soap, ono'2^ lb. Bar for 10c, and two Yi lb. Bars for 5c 25 doz y. bushel Market Baskets, 10c each. 15 do=^n Sifters, 10c each. 1 gri.s8 wire-bound Whisk Brooms, 10c each. 1 grow 7-pin Hat Racks, 10c each. ? 7 boxes Clothes Pins, two dozen for 5c. 10 dozen Embroidery Cotton, two spools for Sc Teuell C>rd, 10c per ball, three for 25c. 10 dozen Curry Combs at 5c and 10 each. 6 dozen Hearth Brooms at 10c each. 10 dozen Fire Shovels, at 10c each. 10 dozen M ouse Traps, 10c each. 12 dozen D-.ncb Shears to sell at 10c, 12 doz. 7-lnch Shears to sell at 5c, 18 doz Tramp Terror Pad Locks at 10c, 10 doz Horse Shoo Magnets at 10c, 10 doz Horse Shoe Magnets at 5c, 144 doz Safety Pins at 10c dozen, 72 doz Safety Pins at 5c dozen, 10 doz balls Braid at 5c, 8 doz Checker Boar1 s at 10c, 8 doz Checkermen be:' at 10c a set. 18 doz Dressing ConiU, rubber and horn at 10c, 12 doz Dressing Combs, rubber and hoin, at 5c, 4 doz Barber Combs, rubber and horn, at 10c, 10 doz Fine Combs at 10c, 5 doz Pocket Combs and glass at 10c, 10 gross skeins Turkey Red Floss at 10c a doz, 5 gross Spools Turkey Red Embroidery, cotton, two for 5c, 8 doz Tooth Brushes at 5c and 10c, 17 doz balls Stay Binding at two for 5c, 20 doz Japanese Fans at 5c, 20 doz Japanese Fans at 10c, 80 doz Palmetto Fans at three for 5c, 4 gross Papers Pins, dressing, three for 5c, 2 gross Papers Brass Pins, dressing, 5c paper, 100 doz Spool Cotton Thread, two for 5c, 200 Coats Spool Cotton at 5c, or 50c a dozen, 10 doz Tea Bells at 10c, 9 doz Spring Balances, twenty-four lbs, at 10c, 10 doz Vanilla and Lemon Extract at 10c, 5 gross Table Knives and Forks at 5c per piece, 1G doz Popular Bustles, large, at 10c, 8 doz Spring Coil Bustles at 10c, 48 gross Rice Buttons at 5c gross, 36 gross Rice Buttons, large, at 10c card, 8 gross best quality Pearl shirt Buttons 10c doz, 18 doz Children's Oil Cloth Aprons at 10c, 6 doz Can Openers, Glass Cutter, Pller t-nd Wrench combined, 10c, ? 4 doz Can Openers, separate, at 10c, 16 doz Rubber Balls, solid, hollow and fancy, at 6c and 10c, 10doz Crochet Sets, very convenient, 10c set, 4 doz large Shoe Buttonera at 5c, . 16 doz boxes Hair Pins, five kinds, at 5c & box, 6 doz packages Mournicg Pins at 5c a package, 7 doz Mirrors, pocket, at 5c and 10c, 8 doz bottles German Cologne at 10c, 14 doz fancy and plain Scarfs at 10c, 10 doz Rubber and Tin Rattlers at 10c, 12 doz Lisln Thread Gloves at 10c, 16 doz fancy Dress Bows at 10c 5 doz Corset Clasps at 10c per pair, 8 great gross Pants Buttons, brass, at 10c a box, 4 gross boxes Wash Blueing at three for 5c, G doz Swan's Down, two colors, at 10c, 6 doz CascarUly Lilly White at 10c, 8 doz Cakes extra good Shaving Soap at 10c, 10 gross bona Collar Buttons at 10c doa, 14 dos Steel Thimbles at 5c, 10 doz Ladles' Ficbues at 10c, 10 doz Ladies'Ties at 10c, 6 gross Pen-holders at 10c a doz, 7 doz Arrow-holders and Pen 10c euch, 5 dos Perfection Holders and Pen 10c each, 8 gross Falcon Pen at 10c doz, 1 gross two-foot Rules at 10c each, 8G doz yards Garter Web at 5c a yard, 8 doz yards Garter Web, silk, at lOo a yard, 14 doz Round Combs at 5? and 10c, 8 gross boxes Suspender Buttons at 10c a box, 6 dozen Fancy Baskets at 10c, S gross spring steel Key Rings at 5o each, 4Sr* Those iO-qt. DIsb Pans and 2-qt. Coffee Pots 1 gross 3-quart Buckets, 10c each. Ugross 2-quart Pudding Pans, 5c each, j/j gross 13-inch Basting Spoons, 5c each. 1 gross 9-inch Shallow Jelly Plates, 5c each. 1 gress 9-Inch Deep Jelly Plates, 5c each. 1 gross 1-quart Dippers, 5c each. 1 gross 2-quart Dippers, lue each. 2 gross Riveted woodon-handle Dippers, 10c 1 gross 2-quart Dairy Pans, 5c each. 2 gross 6-quart Dairv Pans, 10c each. 1 gross Sauce Pans, 10c each. ]-2 groBs Cuspidors, 10c each. 2 gross 2-quart Coffee Pots, 10c each, 1 gross 6-quart Milk Buckets, 10c each. 1 gross 10-quart Dish Pans. 10c each. 3-fgross Wire and Rag Milk Strainers, 10c oach. 1 gross No. 6 Wash Pans, 5c each. 1 gross 6-quart Pudding Pans, 10c each. 1 ?'-??? 'j-fjti irt Ofl Cans, 10c each. ? ^...o. 8 v\ a?h i'ans, 10c each. 6 dozen Yellow Chambers, 10c each. 6 dozen Yellow Baking Dishes, 10c each, 6 dozen Yellow Bowls, 10c oach. 12 dozen Footed Butler Dishes, 10c each. 18 dozen 6-lnch Berry Bowls, 10c each. 20 boxes fancy covered Slate Pencils at 5c a doz, G doz Dolls, five kinds, at 5c and 10c, 10 great gross Pearl Dress Buttons at 5c, 7 J~c, S^c and 10c a doz.. 1 great gross Metal Buttons, very fine, at lOe doz, 2 great gross Fancy Dress Buttons at 5c a doz, 10 doz Hair Ornaments at 10c each, 8 doz Hair Ornaments at two for 5c, 6 doz Dress Extenders at 10c a set, 10 doz Barlow Knives at 10c each, 10 gross Shoe Strings, leather, at 4 and 6 for 5c, 5 gross Lace Strings at 4 and G for 5c, 4 doz Automatic Carriers at 10c, 3 doz Chick In Egg at 10c, 190 doz Ladies' Hose at 10c or three for 25c, 200 doz Gents' Half Hose 10c or three for 25c, 20 doz Misses Hose at 10c or three tqr 25c, 18 doz Misses Hose, ribbed, at 10c v. pair, 12 doz Infants' Hose at 10c or two for 15c, 24 doz yards American Lace at 5,8% and 10c yd, 30 doz yards Oriental Lace at 5c and 10c a yard, GO doz yards Fancy Laee at 5c and 10c a yard, 40 doz yards Torchon Lace at 5c to 10c a yard, 25 doz yards real Llneu Torchon at 5,6% and I0c, 10 doz yards Linen Torchon Inserting at 5c and 10c a yard, 20 doz Turkish Bath Towels at 5c and 10c oach, 30 dozen Linen Towels at 10c each, 10 doz Cotton Towels, large, at 10c, 8 doz Ladies' Garters at 5c a pair, 6 doz Ladies Garters, silk, at 10c a pair, 20 reams Note Paper at 5c a quire, 5 reams Letter Paper at 10c a quire, 5 reams Legal Cap at 10c a quire, 40 gross Lead Pencils at 5c a dozen, 12 gross Lead Pencils, rubber tipped, five for 5c, 20 doz Wood Pipes at 10c each, 30 doz Dirt Pipes at five for 10c, 24 doz Ladles' and Gents' Purses at 5c and l Oc, 10 doz Photograph Frames, cabinet, at 10c, 50 doz Rick Rack at 5c and 10c a bunch, 7 doz Cuff Holders at 10c a pair, SO doz Suspenders at 10c a pair. ' 50 dozen Toilet Soap at 5c a cake, 500 balls Sewing Thread at three for 5c, 42 doz Fancy Chromos at 5c and 10c each, 10 doz Autograph Albums at 10c each, 8 doz Ladies' Belts at 10c each, Big lot Shelf Oil Cloth at 10c a yard, 5 sacks Marbles at twenty-four for 5c, G doz Horse Brushes at 10c, G doe Olllne Dressing at 10c a bottle, 20 doz Mason's Challenge Blacking at Co, 6 doz Lace Collars at 10c, 24 doz yards Buching at 5c and 10c a yard", 15 doz Boys' Tops at 5c and 10c each, 36 doz yds Hzaibiire Edging at 5c and 10c yard, 50 doz Ladles' and Gentr Collars at lOo each, 4 doz Ladies' Mourning Collars at 10c each, SO doz Ladles' and Gents' Cuffs at 10c a pair, 72 doz yards Ribbon at 5c and 10c a yard, 60 doz Imitation Silk Handkerchiefs at 10c each, 24 doz Turkey Red Handkerchief nt 106 each, 12 doz Ladies' Fancy Handkerchiefs at lCc each, 10 doz Sateen Handkerchiefs at 5c each, 11 doz fast-colored Handkerchiefs at two for &j, 9 doz Cotton Handkerchiefs three for 5c, 24 doa Napkins at 5c and 10c, 10 doz Buggy Whips at 10c oach, 24.000 Envelopes at twenty-fivo for 5c, 6 doz Shoe Brushes at 10c oach, 10 doz Cards Needles, S papers on card, 10c card, 60 doz Papers Needles at two for 5c, 4 doz Razor Straps ut 10c. have arrived at 10c. C. S. MINOR & CO., BROY'.ES BUILDING, SOUTH MAIN STREET. S5.00. $5.00. 85.00. TURNIP SEED DoN'T forget that we are offering a Premium of FIVE DOLLARS for the LARGEST TURNIP grown from our Seed, to be decided November 1st. We have a big stock, and they will come up, both of which fact3 we can demonstrate to your satisfaction if you will call and see ut. - ORR Sc SLOAN. P. S,? The Beet prize was won by S. C. Majors and W. C. Haddon. The Onion premium is due July 15th. The Watermelon premium is due August 15th. The Cabbage premium is due November 1st. ORR & SLOAN. PREPARATORY TO STOCK TAKING ! JTor Twenty Days I Trill soil MUSLINS, GHALLIES AND STRAW HATS at COST FOR CASH. Also, a lot of Misses and Woman's SHOES at COST, and fresh stock at re? duced prices. Now is your time to boy Shoes if you want good Shoes at low prices. CHARLOTTESVILLE CASSIMERE and OASHMARET?the best quality at low prices. ' In fact, my assortment in all lines of Goods is complete, and in order to reduce stock, preparatory to stock taking, I am determined to please everybody in prices. Come soon, as this opportunity will only be for a limited time. JUST RECEIVED, Preserviug Kettles and Towler's Improved Fly Fans. The best Fly Fan I know anything about. If you want comfort in your dining room buy Fowler's Fly Fan and Harper's Trap. WALL PAPER -1200 to 1500 pieces beautiful Wall Paper and Borders for sale low by A. B. TOWERS? No. 1 Granite How. DISSOLUTION ! The Firm of JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. will dissolve September 1, 1889, by mutual consent, and parties will get RARE BARGAINS until that time in? TINWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C. We have a nice line of? . Refrigerators, Ice Cream Churns, Ice Coolers, Fly Fans, Fly Traps, Jelly GlasseB, Fruit Jars, Etc. Etc. 1 quart Fruit Cans 60c. per duz. 2 quart Fruit Cans $1.00 per doz. In theee goods our supply is limited. Come at once and secure bargains. We also have ? OA.2STE MILLS On hand, and the best Mill made. We manufacture? EYAPORATOBS, And can save you money in buying from us. Come and secure bargains, as we want to reduoe our stock. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. STILL IK THE Li EAD R? S. HILL, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. SLOAN, HaVING just returned from the East? ern Markets, where they apent ft lonjc while in search of? RARE BARGAINS. Now take pleasure in stating that we never bought a 8tock of Goods more to our own satisfaction than we did this, time. In our opinion, we can show not only? The Largest, Handsomest, And most Varied SPRING STOCK Ever offered on this market, but taking QUALITY of material into considera? tion By Far i Ctopst DUESS GOODS, every Style, Color and Texture, Including Challies, Henriettas, Brillian tinea, Mohairs, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Sateens and White Goods, world withou end. In fact, all the NEW GOODS, in every imaginable shade that the markets afford. .Oor Stock of? TEMMINGS ' Is replete with all this season's Novel ties, including Persian Band Embroide? ries, Braids of all kinds?Silver, Gold and Hercules, in different shades. Also, those new and beautiful Felt and Braid ^ Trimmings combined, as well as Guimps and Garnitures of every description^ ' ZBTJTTG2TS! Sri? Never before has it been our good i fortune to run upon -such a handsome, taity and elegant lot of Buttons as we^ have now waiting your insr^tionr'^N^ 1 Don't forget t?fi>ftTwe were the first i o introduce these soft-finish, elegant IdRESS LININGS, we stfll give this ? line our personal, attention, MISS MALLALIE? Continuea her DRESS MAKING In our Establiehment, and is better pre? pared than ever before to fill, in a thor? ough and atyliuh manner, all orders entrusted to her. A full and carefully selected? STOGK OF HOSIERY, f Hankerchiefs, Gloves and Parasols. In Laces and' Mull Embroideries we defy competition. As usual we take the? LEAD IN MILLINERY Of every description. We have had exceptional advantages in buying this year. We begin with our leader?a nice shade Hat, in black and white, at* 20c. Staying late enoogh to attend all the retail openings, we are not only laden with the most beautiful and stylish, Goods ever ahown here, but have a thor ? y ough knowledge of how to manipulate' them. So that with stylish Shapes,, beautiful Flowers, airy Lac? and on- - trancing Ribboni, the lateat French and New York fashions, and above all. THE . LOWEST PRICES ever offered, we are bound to bring joy to the hearls of our many customers, old and new. ^ ? Very respectfully, R. S. HILL.