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^^UELJSEED XVBRY> TMDBSDAY. S: ??lNKSOALES, 1 Edhobs akd ^r-;s^:0;-IiAN?STON,:- j Psopeietoes. '.EHUBSDAY, JULY 18, 18?9. TERMSi . ^'o^^Ajs;M..,y^^M,...?? si.00. SECiCOHTHP^..^..^...._.......^? 75o. via and Kilirain have finally man ^eyade the officers of every State, land safely in New York, where 'they axe with frienoa and are in hiding. dispatch from Washing ton Bays the sideht will is3i^ a. proclamation on ' mher 28, convening; Congress in ordinary and special session Octo ^^p.qnt:Be?^thi&'pbio: man who had a stirring op tl-a negroes of Southern ^proclaiming himself the new ah. has been Arrested, and is now in the lunatic asylam at Milledgeville. I serious condition exists as to: the ^pqguaia;ahd a part of the North . Caro; 1 :1 tobacco crop, due to the pa?i wet ,ther and continued rains, The leaf, i&barira^anci built tobacco in factories as ?well,: is moulding and growing dark. \,Brights are consequently higher, and in ^strong demand, anciihero'will be little for 3fjexpbrt. ? ?; . ?. ? ' ? , ; At a meeting of theI -Alumni Associa? tion of$16; 'StatejUniversity, held in Columbia recently, the Association pledg ?ip^-t6;s[nppbpli^'w?, poor boys at the ^^niTersjty, each tx? receive $180 a year^. ^^?h^ninnerj'of selecting was left to a ^^mouttee. -ThfV Association will me ^^ron?iTO.the; Genial Assembly to giive ^p^^pi^ntatiuiiv;On the Board of : Trustees.-: ' . "?.? ' ..'? '?am '' '-:-' j^^ O^a?? Court of Common Pleas fl^'^^^i^^^Mm decided that the "otherofi^ not claim homestead. This is one point of |{K^ipmestead law?which hsa never been ;p,decided by;pur Sijjpreme Court. Judge ?"^'Hud^ctf^ the head 0-pf:a/la^l iainiiy be entitled to the ?|t-iight of homesteatl Jind exemption under i^tfie Ctons^tution laws of South Caro ? Hna. ?,|;<::Ella .Wheeler Wilcox, the writer of ;^sweet poems,'saysl?i plain prose: "Ifl "^?irertfasVed to define . the ' meaning of a successful inan, I should say a man who. .. h^s made a happy home for his wife and |||piUdron^ what he has not i^^bWin thewayof achieving wealth or. ^^hora^ifhe has dfs^e that he iu.a .grand. <? ~ success. Ifhe has sot done that, and it ;^^8*h]^(^{iari the high ^iesfcSn the land, hel a most pitiable fail-, '"ore"' .-' . . ?' _ -dapatch^^oruy^Iemphis reports that ^j^nnac^?nteble' -'disease: is - working ^MopMith the cotton plant in Lsuder cjvilie;;^^ -Ten 'f|eswe^:and Mississippi County, Arkansas, ^among-.-i?e..mps:t;.: productive. of the' .|?^&'i;-^C6tton thr.t looks"" green and j ^^orooa at night is found black 8nd ^itSere^^tbo roots' in the morning. jFhe youngest j?nd is ;50t^ecte^;T?he older and stouter stalkB axe-the ones that are. killed. - ^ili;Dako.f?^editbrJfks-'invented 'a new nnive^llanguage, s/hich certainly baa ^e-me>ityoi^ simpler than -tie awkward look ;pak;. He would discard all foreign words, l^^instan'ce substituting .fish-lore for ^j^|olp^';bir^-lpro "for ornithology, ^c^^iltheseatteraptsat/a new lan* J^^rhbwever,are of little account, as , ngJhuV,is rapidly winning its way as .. the: ^universal lang;?8ge all over the world. gBmtMcmvfwiure^z Record s?yu there riately.bjBen nnpivccedented activity, in |^^g new cotton seed oil mills,- most of which .are -independent of the Cotton ^?/d; trusty though the- trust has, it is gen ^irilly^eported, rece2ily: virtually secured Jconf?l ?f the" Southern . Oil company, ^|&|i^eight:large :; mills. The Record ^publishes a complex list of all coiton ara^oU mills in theSouth, Bhowing 213 vmills with an aggregate capital of about ;$20^?^(^/again8t forty mills, with a ^capital-of$8,500,000, in 1880. . ?ThempratQij xevoiy of the State' Be 'partment of"Agriculture, which has jusfc ?been issued in Colnmbia, places the aver* TBge condition of cotton 0nJuly lat8S ^against 84 .of the same date last year. ATbpseasonB have becb favorable and the |^^crppi'afe gpodv Thg condition is 97 to J:8T^t-the same date IA year. The rice u'.CTop iiin good condition, though there ?has been^ decrease of 3 per cent, in the ; "arej|3 'since last year. The average con? dition is 96 against 98 at the same, date ^kiatyear^- -The small krain crop was har nvested in fine condition. Wheat was slightly injured by rast. The yield is estimated at 8.bushels or very nearly an a verage. The production ia l per cent, greater than last year and the quality ttor. The yield of oats is estimated at 11 bushels per acre, fro total product 15 per cent less than la^year, quality bet :^ter;:* Theimaller crops, sorghum, sugar li^caxxe, 'sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, water '.melons and other fruits, are all in excell? ent condition. TheiSouth is to he the great iron ^working center of the future ; it will [produce most of the world's cotton sup? ply, much of the lumber, and a large ? percentage of other products. With this vabundant wealth it cannot be expected i?iafc the people of the South can reach ithftdegree of econou>/ and thrift that the ? .people off Holland have reached, but -they, can approach close to it. They can do thoroughly whatever "they undertake. ' They can man?factuie - their own iron ^intp.Bteel. rails, or into watch springs if '=;deaired. They can manufacture their l^wn iotton and sell it in the foreign markets in competition with the English ^roducti They can make their timber "intojnatched boards into fine carved ffirniture or cabinet work. They can spin and weave theiif wool, tan and man ^factoe.their leather, raise their, own tK?vvheat and corn, supply themselves wilJb IfJ&Mv?, butter and cheese f in short, make ^rftcmVelves practically independent in rri-atmbst every article of necessity, and at ^be same time' be_ the world's leading ?'gTodu.cer. . . Now for High JLTlcefl Shoes. :^#J&*it,. N. J., Jaly 14.?Arrauge Im'ents are making to form a leather syu jdicAte or. trust he:e. This city is a centre ^O^ipatent. leather, nine tenths of that imade iff thia country being manufactured $erev'. Preliminary stops are being taken 5 that wben'Geo. ?. Kalsey and Samuel rowelF return from Europe the trust rilLbe ready to go into operation. '?'?CJAE? raws, COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. The Stock and Fruit Show at Pendleton. At a me; ting held in the Farmers' Hall here on the llth, reports from the differ? ent committee-men from their respective departments showecl/that everything is now waking up and working finely in the way of making%preparations for the big week here (7th to 9th inclusive) in Au? gust Capt. J. J. Sitton, our efficient town Intendant, is now at work overhaul? ing and fi .ling the Pendleton Hotel full 'of new furniture from bottom to top in order to accommodate as mauy of the vis tors during the summer meeting as possi? ble. The most interesting feature of the meeting, was the addresses of Mr, Ho well, the Editor of the Cotton Plant of Green j ville, and Mr, G. Wanner, the enterpris? ing and successful vineyardist and fruit grower from Walhalla. Mr. Wanner is the originator of the idea of holding an exhibition of fruits and flowers at this meeting, and it is safe to say that with this plucky and energetic German at the helm, the ultimate success of the fruit show is a foregone conclusion, and we I will have the finest show of fruits yet seen In this section, or perhaps in the State. The fruit show will be held in the Far? mers' Hall, a well-lighted and suitable hall for the exhibition, and a Committee of six of Pen die ton's young ladies was chosen to get up the flower exhibit and festoon, the Hall. This flower exhibition is a very appropriate and important ad? junct to the fruit show, for what would a fruit show be without flowers, or man be without bis m^te and fairer sex. It 'was ever thus since the little episode in the garden of.Eden that man has been tempted by the fairer sex, fruits and flowers. Whoever is' it that is not tempted by such charms, it is he only who has less of the Adam and more of the animal than the majority of the men of to day. ? ; ? The frnit^how will be open for exhibi? tion from the 7th to the 9th of August, and Mr. H. L. Trescotj.R. E. Sloan and E. H. Shaiiklin are the Committee to receive and place the fruit, and everybody thst can send even, one variety or sped men of any kind of fruit or melons, will be in? vited to do so. To give some idea of the probable magnitude of specimens that are. expected, I will state that one exhibitor has booked for show here one hundred ? .and forty varieties of grapes, besides other fruits. ? The Honorable P. I. Berksman, of Ac gusta, who is President of the American Pomological Society, is invited to address the fruit growers on the occasion, i Farmer's Son. County Sunday School Convention. The inter-denomination?l Sunday School Convention of Anderson County will be held in' the Baptist Churoh, Anderson, 8. C, July .80th and 51st/ . PROQ?AM?K. Tuesday, 4 p. m.?1. Organization. 2. . Query:. What is a Sunday School worth to a community? Speakers?E. P. Earle, J. P. JGHgnn and A. C. La timer. \ : Txiesday Nights-Address by Rev-' J. W. Shell, State Organizer.. Subject: The In? ter-Denominational Sunday School Con? vention?its value and place in Christian work. .. Wednesday Morning?1. Keports from Sunday Schools. 2. Query; The qualifica tion's of the Sunday School teacher. Speak? ers?D. H. Bussell, Rev. C. B. Smith and L, E. Campbell. 3. Query: Duty of pa? rents to the Sunday School. Spsakers? Rev. Thomas F. Gadsden, Rev. D. E. Fii erson,Rev. W. H. Wroten and Rev. A. P. ^Nicholson. It is earnestly desired that every/Sunday I School in the County will send delegates. I Ample provision will be made for their en? tertainment, and a warm welcome given j them. Those expecting to come will please {notify one of the undersigned that homes [may be assigned them. A. B. Towaav I ?. F. Mauldiu, . I C..F. Jokes. I Corner Items. I The morning of the llth inst. dawned bright and cheerful. The time for the I olooing exercises of Moffattsville School j had arrived, and early quite a represen I tativo portion of the Southern section of j the County bad collected upon and around j the classic and sacred hills of old Generos I tee. This was was examination day, and j precisely at 9 a. m. Prof. McElroy an I nonnced the opening of the exercises, His school, which has averaged about seventy-five pupils, is divided into five j classes, and named the first letters of the I alphabet. It-is impossible to make ape I cial mention of each of these through all I their varied studies, it might suffice to I say that the general verdict of a large, j interested and intelligent audience was I an average far above ordinary. There I was a few exceptions,, but they were ex? ceptions, indeed, demonstrating so clearly j the efficiency of the work both of the I Principal in chief and his worthy assis I tant, Miss Leona Blake. Without feign | lng to be partial, we can't help but men? tioning two classes of little boys and girls j belonging to Miss Blake's department. [ The first was composed of little chaps six and seven years of age in spelling. I Through a promiscuous exercise of near half an hour, the fewest number of words possible were missed, each little fellow speaking out clearly and distinctly. When a word was misspelled it was passed' unnoticed by the teacher and would probably pass nearly around the class, other words being given out and some little fellow would take up the mis? spelled word and correct it, showing their close attention, and as a reward would be allowed to go up to the head of the class. I This strikes us as being a great improve j ment over the old style of next. The next I was a class principally of little girls in I grammar. It was astonishing how I promptly and accurately they would an? swer the most difficult question. They' I were given sentences to classify and an j alyze, and the promptness and manner I with which they went through with this j performance woald do honor to much I older heads. I dou't^think it was ever j onr pleasure to listen to a more thor? oughly drilled set of children, the age of j oldest not exceeding eleven or twelve, j. Their little ideas had been trained to J slioot, and shoot with accuracy. Others might be mentioned, but space in your j columns is too limited. The closing ezer J oises of the day, and not by any means j the less important, wan the admirable oration of Prof. Wm. Hood, of Erskine j College. Any attempt on our part at out I lining his address would simply be an j irjjustice; suffice to say that he fully sus? tained his well-earned reputation, and I held for one hour his vast audience firmly bound with a chain of the sublime, deep and profitable thought to which this peo? ple have been treated in a long while. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees in the afternoon resolutions of thanks were passed and publicly tendered the Professors for the entire satisfaction they had given. Prof. McElroy was re elected Principal for another year, and Mise Blake will certainly be the assistant if she can see her way clear to accept. The evening of the 12th was not quite so flattering as the previous, angry and threatening clouds passing around, but socn dispersing left us to the enjoyment of a lovely moonlight evening. Wa found upon the grounds, on our arrival, j \: C. C. Langston, of the Intelligencer, with whom we were glad to meet, and to whose- appreciative mind and depictive pen we leave further comment. Among some of the most prominent guests, daring this onr gala week, we no? tice the Misses GIberts of Abbeville, R. 0. Webb of Anderson, Dr. W. A. Thompson and Prof. Brown of Carswell, Prof Wm. Hood of Erskine, and Miss Maggie Wil? liams, a member of the yery able corps of Professors in the Due West Female Col? lege. Prof. McElroy and family are off this week on a visit of several weeks to their parents and friends at Doraville and Cov ington, Gn. . Secundus. Helton Items. Captain Land is pushing along the work on the depot. His good will for Belton and the habit be has of trying to please everybody wilt prove strong aids to his fine judgment, and the marks of credit to him will cause our town to long remember him and more highly appreciate his kind? ness and care for our convenience. We will be sorry when he will have to leave us. What a useful citizen he could make Belton if the mil road could afford to give him up. Universal sadness overspread our town last Friday at the announcement of Mrs. Sallie Key's death. She was buried at Meal's Creek Saturday afternoon. A very large concourse of relatives and friends at? tended. Rev. Campbell officiated at the grave. - Our sympathy is deeply stirred for Mr. and Mrs. J. W-Poore, who have been called by a telegram to the .bedside of their daughter, Mrs. Leila Wilhams of Lancas? ter. Though her serious Hiness makes her numerous friends anxious, still we hope the next report will be a promise of recov? ery. Mr. J. M. Geer is home spending a month's vacation. But as some come in others run off. Miss Stella Mitchell has gone to Gainesville, Ga., for the summer. Not a few tears were shed when ehe left. Mrs. E. T. Kemp left on Friday to visit relatives in Abbeyille County. May they enjoy their visits and return before Belton forgets them entirely. The Trustees have re-elected E. T. Kemp to the Prlncipalship.of Belton Academy. They are not slow to express their satis? faction with the past year's success, and their determination to make this one' of the best schools in the upper part of the State. Mr. Kemp in devoting the time of his vacation to the interest of the school. He already regards the indications for a full opening in September very promising, He is attending the Teachers' State Asso? ciation this week. Kappa. Mrs. C. C. Mitchell and her charming daughter, Miss Stella, have gone to Gaines? ville, Qa., for the summer months. Mrs. James McDavid, of Fellowship, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hay craft, of Ocala, Fla., are here for the summer, and are enjoying very much the cool mountain breezes and pure water. Mr. A. N. Todd has gone to Lenoir, N. C, to spend a week, and then is to bring his wife and son home. They have .been there since the first of Jnne. Mrs Preston Mitchell and her sister, Miss Senora Richardson, will make Bel? ton their home until first of September. . Miss Nannie Cox, one of our favorite young ladies, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dr. Holcomb, at Fountain Inn. James D. Campbell, of the Nashville American, spent the past two weeks here with his father, Mr. Alfred Campbell. Misses Corrie Poore and Rena Rice are visiting friends at Honea Path. Mrs. Elizabeth Kobinson has just re? turned from a visit to Fountain Inn. Miss Georgie McDavid has delightec her young gentlemen friends by her reiurn from Columbia. Our place is on a boom. Several new residences are to be built soon, and a large store of general merchandise is to be started in the early fall. The "two Ernests" are consoling each other over the absence of their beat girl. With the "turning of the leaves" we will have to give up three of our young ladieB to gladden the hearts of these old bache? lors. _? A. Honaa Path Items. The meeting in the Baptist Church is still going on with increasing interest. Many are asking the question, "Lord, what'wilt thou have me to do ?". A little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Baylors, near Broadmonth Church, was buried here on Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. K. Menden ?hall conducting the funeral. On Monday afternoon the remains of Mrs. Abney were laid to rest, after funeral I services, conducted by Rev. D. W. Hiott. Mrs. A. was nearly ninety years old. The young and old alike are dying, reminding us that we all must pass away. Let us c:y to be prepared for that hour. Hon. W..E. Barmore, of Abboville Cou n ty, a few miles below here,. died on lest Sunday. Truly a good man has left us. Mr. Warren Ridge, of Augusta. Ga., is on a visit to his brother, Mr. John A. Ridge, near here. Mr. W. Turner Ashley brought the first load of melons here for sale on 9th inst. Miss Emma. Meredith has done a good work during the past week in furnishing very fine music for the protracted meeting. It is a real treat to hear her sing and play. We trust that God will give her stars in her crown in glory for labors done here. Oh, the good we all could do i? we would only try. Let us try. T. R. Finley, G. M. Greer and Master Edgar Hiatt have all been sick, bnt we are glad to report them much better now. Miss Annie Shirley has been sick, but is out again. Bev. Marion Gassaway, of Furman Uni? versity, is on a visit to his brother, Mr. B. F. Gassaway, near here. ? Prof. J. L. Kaynie and daughter, of . Greenville, were on a visit to Mr. R. E. Parker's this week. Work has been commenced on the school house. Mr. W. A. Kay has the contract, and with efficient help he will soon com? plete the work, and then we will have room enough for our large school. Messenger.. Several weekB ago we received a kind in? vitation from the M. E.S. 8., of Belton, to join our children with'theirs in a pic nie at the big spring, one mile from this place. About 10 o'clock last Saturday morning we met at the appointed place, and very soon the children had formed many new ac? quaintances, and at once entered the antic? ipated pleasures of the day. At 11.30 a.m. a number of the older people went to church, and enjoyed a most excellent ser? mon from Ray. J. K. Mendenhall, who has been laboring earnestly among our people for the salvation of their souls. AL I.S0 p. m. .we returned to the pic nie ground, ! where we found a number of wagon-bodies turned over, on which was spread a most sumptuous dinner, in which we all en? joyed heartily. We spent the afternoon pleasantly, in a social way, and by seeing the children indulge heartily in a quantity of lemonade made for their enjoyment The good people of Belton certainly know, how to make such occasions pleasant, and we hope to have the pleasure of sponding many more such days with them. _ A Visitor. Attention, Sunday Schools. All who belong to the Saluda B. S. S. Institute will please send their delegatps to meet with the Church at Hopewell on Tuesday before the 4th Sunday inst., July 23rd, at 11 o'clock, a. m. P. W. Htqtt, President. ? Brooklyn at present is becoming over-crowded with young dentists who are trying each one to beat the other in building up immense practices. A few years ago the Brooklynite had to pay $1 to have a tooth extracted, but now the rates have been so cut, owing to the spring graduations of the dental colleges, that the price has been changed to 15 cents a tooth, or two for 25 cents Tho Best Acre of Corn. Columbia, S. 0., July 13.?There are numerous contestants in South Carolina for the money prizes offered by the Amer? ican Agriculturist and the department of agriculture for the most productive acre of corn. The prize crops are said to be in excel? lent conditions, and as yet there is no tell? ing which is the best acre. Persons who have seen the competing corn say that m03t of the plats have from 1,500 to 2,700 stalks to the acre. One field is reported as now having 2,200 stalks with an aver of two ears to the stalk. Those who have inspected tho different acres all say there will be a big yield from each of the plats. A prominent man who has seen the acres offers to bet ?50 against the field that South Carolina will win the $1,000 prize. The different contestants need not bo at all fearful of the result. They have a good chance, aud the Palmetto State has won the prize before this. The News and Courier representative has succeeded in obtaining a complete list of all the farmers of the State who have filed their names as contestants. The list shows that many of our moBt prominent and successful farmers are contesting. The contestants and their postofficea are: B. F. Perry, Greenville. James A. Peterkin, Fort Motte. T. F. Moore, Moore. John Lawton, Lawtonville. L. D. Childs, Columbia. Mike Brown, Barnwell. J. G. Rice, Fish Dam. S. W. Wright, Chester. 0. R. Radcliff, Blackville. J. E. Craig, Sincerity. T. E. Moore, Welford. Perry Halfacre, Trauk. J. H. Fanning, Jr., Springfield. H. H. Harper, George's. Harry S. Hill, Edgefield. W. E. Erwin, Yorkville. Samuel R. Kelley, Eaaley. James O. Meredith, Newberry. W. P. Dowling, Charleston, R. J. Brownfield, Catball. J. A.Sligb, Prosperity. J. L. Drake, Drake. J. O. Moody, Marion. ? J. O. Stribling, Pendleton. Henry Wood, Columbia. E. E. Gonzales, Columbia. Alfred Aldrich, Barnwell, R. R. Hudgens, Forreston. N. F. Mixon, Little River. Brown Moseley, Prosperity. Riddle & Connors, Lancaster. J. F. Riser, Newberry. M. G. Ramsey, Ramsey. A. H. White, Rock Hill. W. F. Coleman, Chester. B. J. Day, Trenton. W. A. Hill, Salnda Old Town. L. J. Jennings, Tigerville. J. E. Cathcart, Winnsboro. W. O. Guy, Lowryville. W. E. Collins, Collinsville. W. V. Best/ Gallivant'a Ferry, j W. 0. Davis, Ellenton. I J. Snelling, Snelling's. : W. H. Stewart, Rock Hill. E. M. Williamson, Dove's. B. M. Grist, Yorkville. S. H. Clarke, Fort Motte. R. M. Allison, Hickory Grove. J. B, Finlay, Maynard. P. E. Rowell, Graham's. J. 0. Darby, Lowrysville. R. P. Autley,' Jamisou. ' J. S. Peden, Fairview. 1. H. Zimmerman, St. Matthew's. J. J. Dominick, Hopewell. Gen. E. W. Moise, Sumter. S. F. McCravy, Spavtanburg. D. P. Duncan, Union. T. J. Moore, Moore's. G. S. Cooper, Indiantown. R. H. Rodgers, Darlington. W. 0. Davis, Ellenton. J. B. Finley, Maynard. B. F. Keese, Fair Plf.y. J. A. Sligh, Prosperity. Dr. Robert Rudolph, Beaufort. W. H. Steward, Rock Hill. . A. H. White, Rock Bill. S, Logan Lang, Camden. B. J. Day, Trenton. W. A. Lowery, Seneca City. D. M. Bethume, Lauotilin. Pan). V. Moore, Moo:re. P. E. Rowell, Tabernacle. ' James McCutcbeon, Church. F. Werber, Newberry. There are eighty-one live farmers who have entered the contest, and, to Bay the least, the man who makes the best yield in the State will have to show a fine crop._ The Yalne of Cctton Seed. To ike Editor of the News and Courier: Having noticed your late articles and comments upon the value of the products of cotton seed, and endorsing the sound? ness of your advice to our farmers that they shall directly avail themselves of all that can be produced out of them, I ask for space in your columns for data and specifications tending io prove the points yon make. . In the matter of the value of the hulls the facts aa to what they have positively accomplished in fattening cattle are in? contestable. The exact proportionate value is made a known quantity by chemical analysis. Dr. Dabney gives this analysis as follows: ,58 per cent, fats, 47.12 per cent crude cellulose, 38.67 per cent, carbo-hydrates and 2.19 per cent, profeine. Their value as cattle food, as rated from this analysis, is as 1.89 to 1.50 of timothy hay, and 1.60 of grain, thongh some users claim that the nutri? ment is more available, and that practi? cally they are better for fattening than the best hay. Their present selling price for this purpose will average $4 per ton, thongh, as compared with the items above, their real value is more, and a higher price ought to be and probably will be obtained. The inconvenience of their bulk could be readily done away with by pressing them into a condensed form, -. First as a cattle food and then as a fer? tilizer, these hulls have been pearls of unknown value, but unfortunately they have not been enough cast before swine'. The raw seed contains about 50 per cent, each of hulls and meats. The value of the decorticated seed or meats, taking in? to consideration the fact that their reduc? ed coat of freights, greater convenience io handling, and their more direct avail? ability in oil manufacture will more than compensate for the losa of the lint, is computed on a reasonable basis to be twice that of the raw seed per ton, or in other words these meats from each ton of seed will Bell for aa much as ia now real? ized from the entire ton of seed itself. Since so many local mills are now in process of erection in this State, the mar? ket will be a sure snd accessible one, and. there is no room here as in the case of the hulls for an advance over present val? ues. Thun at the lowest estimate our pltiutera can get $4 more per ton for their seed than they have previously obtained. In this calculation no allowance is made for the value of tho lint which remains on the seed after ginning, and which, after being taken off by special gins made for the purpose, yields an average of thirty pounds per ton, worth from five to six cents par pound, $1.50 to $1.80 per ton of seed. Of course this lint la value? less as cattle food, and the hulls would not loee in value by its separation from them. Thus common sensp would seem to dictate the provision of means for the realizing of the profits pointed out, and the utilization at home of all the products of the cotton seed will yearly add thou* eanda of dollars to the wealth of the country in which they are produced. It has been well said chat no country offers a better field for cattle, stock, hog and sheep raising than our sunny South, and the only obstacle^ the providing of a cheap food supply, seems to be met by the never exhaustible country of "Great King Cotton." W. H. G. Jr. Columbia, S. C, July 13. ? The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Ma bou8, in annqal convention assembled, have resolved that saloon-keepers and li? quor dealers are ineligible for member? ship, and that those who are already in the Order canuot be advanced to a higher degree. This course has also been adopted by the States of Kentucky, Mis? souri, Nebraska and Michigan. The Masons are a large, influential body, and generally on the side of law and order and morality, and their influence must bp large. To Inventors and Investors. To the Editor of the Neva and Courier: Whilst we are on a boom as regards oil mills and factories, etc, I will suggest that the inventive minds cf the mechani? cal geauises of the country be also directed towards other and no less important discoveries and improvements. I have for several years past noted the want of an establishment where stained and dirty cotton could be bleached and cleansed. In unfavorable seasons for gathering or picking cotton, a large pro* portion of the crop is rated at the lower grades, and is sold frequently at a differ? ence of 2 to 2J cents below the better qualities. Cotton is stained from three causes: First, by falling to the ground, being colored by the soil, or the lower bolls may be stained by the dirty water which splatters on them during showers; and second, by mould or mildew, rhich at? tacks it in the boll after long spells of wet warm weather; and thirdly, by the effects of frost. When immature cotton encounters weather cold enough for frost in the mornings, with warmer tempera? ture during the day, there is always great discoloration oHhe staple, and everybody is anxious to pick over his crop at once to get rid of the stained articles. The staining in this instance is produced as follows: When|the boll, still full of water and immature, is assailed by frost the veins or sap vesicles are ruptured by its actions, and as Boon as the thaw occurs the sap is allowed to flow out amongst the lint and we have discoloration from ex? travasation of sap, just as discoloration occurs in the animal kingdom by extravasation of blood by the rupture of a vein. Now it is a well known fact that the lint (i. e. the staple) of most of these stains is just as strong and as long as the better grades, and also that only a few days of sunshine, rain and wind are necessary to bleach this, the ugliest stain of all, as white as show. But, as remarked above, a difference of the 2? cents is made when we go to market. Why not then have some market centre, either at Charleston or Columbia, where lanre bleaching estab? lishments should be erected for the pur? pose of dealing solely in these grades, where our farmers could get something like fair prices for now inferior grades which knock off so largely of our profits? What the exact process is to be I am not prepared to say; whether by gases or eolutions remains-to be tested. But there is no doubt of its practicability, for na? ture shows the experiment successfully performed many times each winter in the fields of every cotton raiser in the South. The profits of the lower grades now accrue to manufacturers, who spin the cotton and bleach the yarns, which are easily handled, and I am told that about 10 cents' worth of chlorine gas will bleach a bale of cotton?I mean the yams of a bale?as white bb is desirable. Here, then, is a new industry for the New South, one calculated to keep money at home and where most needed?in the pocket of our farmers. Another matter of great importance is the manufacture of a gin which will lint the seed ready for the oil mill. Cotton Beed, as now sold, have adhering to them a considerable amount of lint, which adds largely to the resources of the mills. This lint on the seed is bought, rating a bushel of seed at 80 pounds and price at 20 cents per bushel, at ? of a cent per pound, and its removal is by a process necessary to the proper extraction of the oil, and may be said, therefore, to cost nothing; and yet the lint is worth, I hear, 6 to 7 cents per pound. Now, what is needed is a gin, as is usual, with another set of saws below to clean?that is, thoroughly lint the seed as they fall from the saws above, and blow this lint into the lint room or condenser roll, incorporating it thorough? ly with the poor cotton, and we have this immense drain flowing from us returned to the pockets of those entitled to it?the farmer who made the cotton. I charge nothing for these ideas, which .are practicable, fo:: I shall be amply re? paid if some chemist and mechanic will do at once what will be done ere long? perfect the arrangements and details for the successful application of my ideas to tne approaching crop. It is about time to begin in earnest the fight, not only against jute, but a Iso against tariff, rail? road exorbitant freights, trusts and money rings generally, which take our money away and blackguard us in return for it. T. W. Woodward. Eocktont S. C, July 13. Faying the Pensions. Columbia, Jury 11.?Every one in the State" is interested in the success and workings of the Confederate pensions given by the State to the dependent sol? diers and their widows. All the pension rolls have been received from the clerk of Court of the respective counties, and are now on file with Secretary of State Marshall. From the roll of pensioners now on hand there are 1,932 who regularly re? ceive the pension money. The chances are that all of the pensioners have not yet applied and that the roll will yet reach 2,000. The payment of pensions for this year was begun in February and the full pension will be payed until the 1st of August, when a small balance will be left, which will be divided among the pensioners pro rata for their September allowance. As soon as the money is ex? hausted payment will be stopped until another appropriation is made. It must be remembered that the ex? penses of this year have been necessarily I heavy because the Act establishing these ' pensions for this year authorised the payment of $8 per day to each of the three members of the county boards, their services not being paid for more than eight days. The pay of these commis? sioners amounted to $2,450, which waB Said from the $50,000 appropriated. Text year this expense will not be n.ecpg sary, as the work of the commission has been done. The probabilities are that the pension roll will number 2,000 next year, and this number will require an ap? propriation of $72,000 to pay each of them $3 per month as is intended. It may be stated that these applicants have all gone through the most rigid ex? amination, and none but the most deserv? ing are on the roll. Many applications have been refused so as to give place to. these ones which were adopted. The laws regulating pensions have been close? ly observed by the board in granting the pensions. So it can be seen that hereaf? ter, if the pensions are to be kept running for the entire year, at least $72,000 will be needed. From the pension rolls the News and Courier representative has made a sum? mary by counties, Spartanburg heads the toil with 193 pensioners. Greenville follows with 126, and Anderson comes in for a good third with 123. York, Lau rene, Edgefield aud Oconee comejnext in the order named. The counties with the smallest numbers of pensioners are Beau? fort with 1, Georgetown with 2, Berkeley 19 and Sumter 23. Abbeville, Berkeley and Clarendon each have 1 negro pen? sioner, ? The Cincinnati Ihnes Star says: (,A Texan physician has made and announc? ed the discovery that chewing tobacco is a preventive in cases predisposed to tu? berculosis. From observation made dur? ing twenty-five years he has solemnly reached the conclusion that the parasite responsible for this dread malady has no more powerful enemy than nicotine if taken in quid doses between the ages of twenty aud thirty. Smoking, he insists, does no good; the tobacco must be 'chaw? ed' in order to extract the nicotine. This gives hope to the male consumptive, but what of the female7 Are the narrow chested ladies to escape the fell destroyer by decorating the corners of their erst white rose-bud mouths with the mud colored liquid squeezed from the Reductive leaf? Is the cigarette smoking habit contracted by some of Eves fair daughters to be backed up by the 'chaw* tobacker' habit? Is the gum to give way to fine cut and plug ?" ? The Bait trust is to be incorporated in New York with a capital of $20,000, 000, It includes all the leading salt pro? ducers of the country who will join and operations will be begun in Janua? ry. Color Prejudice. The truth is that this color prejudice is entertained by most whiLe people?by a great many who concede it that it seema unreasonable, and yet who confess that they cannot get over it. How far this prejudice is the result, conscious or un? conscious, of Blavery: how far, if at all, it is really a race feeling, which ia perma? nent?these are questions which nobody can settle off-hand. This is emphatically a matter which calls for patience and for? bearance. We must remember that it is only about thirty years since Abraham Lincoln, in his famous joint debate with DouglaBB, in answering on the 18th of September, 1858, the question whether he waa "really in favor of producing a per? fect equality between the negroes and white people," replied: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white peo? ple ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races, which I believe will forever forbid the two races living to? gether on terms of social and political equality." Abraham Lincoln would not stand by that doctrine if he were living in 1889, when a white man ia tried for murder in Charleston, S. C, before a jury, half of whose members are negroeB; but neither would Abraham Lincoln, in 1889, call it "monstrous" for Southern people still to entertain a prejudice of color which he had himself ao fully shared. He would be likely to suggest to the Boutellea and the ClarkaonB that they had. better devote all their energies for the present to the task laid before them by a candid Iowa editor, who Bays, apropos of the Grinnell incident: "Hadn't we better pick out some of the beama from our own eyes be? fore we make such a fuss about the motes in the eyes of others."?New York Even ing Post. No Room for Kickers. The following prose poem from a Flor? ida paper, applies to all latitudes as well: "Saint Peter, it is said, sits ou; by the Heavenly gates, his hands on the strings of his lyre, and he sings, as he si ;s, a low song, aa he waits for the souls of thoae who expire. He hears in the diatance the chorus of 80og, that swells at the foot of the throne, and he smilea aa the music ia wafted along, and warbles this lay of his own: "There's room in thia region for millions of souls, who by sorrow and woe' were bereft; 'tis for those who have suffered the melody rolls, but the kickers must turn to the left. There ia room here for people whojwhen they were young peraiated in sowing wild oata, yet who boomed up the city with sinew and tongue, but the kickers must go with the goats. There is room for people who pointed with pride to the beauty and growth of their town, who kept singing its praises and charms till they died, but the kickers will please amble down. There is room for the burghere who cheerfully paid their taxes for sewers and lights, but the kickera must dwell where the drainage is bad, and burnt sulphur illumines the nights. There is room for the voters, on whose loyal support their party could al? ways rely, but the kickers must go to the satanic court, a place they can't bolt when they die. There ia room for all those who at last and at first, supported their trades? men at home, but the kickera who brand? ed home goods as the worat, from thia mansion forever must roam. They'd say that the music waa all out of tune, and angelic robes, hand-me-downs, and they'd send for a jeweler off to the moon, to sample the gold in their crowns. So, < while there ia room for million of bouIb, j who by Borrow and woe are bereft, we want no complaints of the m n sic that rolls and the kickers will turn to the left.". A Wonder for the Women. Augusta, Ga., July 11.?The latest Georgia invention is on exhibition in Augusta to day at Mr. James TJ. Jack? son's office. It is the Brosiusi Motor sewing machine, which has no pedals or outside motor, but runs itself. The ma? chine is worked by a spring motor, which ia quickly renewed by a pump handle movement with the hand, which imparts power to a double spring, which acts on the same principle as a watch spring, and imparts the correct motion to the machine. The speed of the machine is easily controlled, and is regulated by the simple touch of a knob, or by the pressure of the foot on a spring. The machine was invented by Mr. J. M. Broaiua, of this State, who haB organ? ized a company with a capital stock of $500,000 for the manufacture of this new and wonderful motor machine. A plant of fifty acres near Atlanta has been pur? chased, and the machinery with the ca? pacity of turning out fifty mach in es a day has already been bought, and the new company will commence the manufac? turing about the 1st of January. The manufacture of this automatic machine will be an exclusively Georgia enterprise, aa it was invented by a Geor? gian, and the manufacturing company will be a Georgia corporation and the works will be made of Georgia material. The machine has been patented both in this and foreign countries and it promises to be a bonanza for the stockholders. Few people would imagine that a machine could be worked without either the pedala or electric or water motors, hut now the women will he relieved of the labor of operating the machine with their weary feet, for with thia new machine all that has to be done ia to start it off and then juBt ait and guide the sewing. The machine is being exhibited here by Dr. D. L. Che&tham and Mr. H.H. Bacon, who take pleasure in explaining the working of the machine to the. large crowd of people who call to examine the simplicity of tho machinery, or the main feature, the spring motor.?Dispatch to News and Courier. Pendletou's Promise. Pendleton, S. C, July 18.?The re porta of the committee appointed by the Pendletdn Farmers' Society to arrange f*r the agricultural meetings to be held here in August next were yesterday submitted to the Society' and approved. The report of the committee on atock ahow was aloo accepted. The queation of an exhibition of fruit was then taken up and arrangements were perfected to have also a fruit and flower exhibition. All parties living in the Piedmont section who are interested in fruit cnlture will please communicate with G. Wanner, of Walhalla, S. C. Special rates have been applied. for "fruit exhibitions" from the Express company and the railroad, and it is be? lieved that the companies will grant them. Every available means is being used by the Pendleton people to make these meetings a success and entertain the "delegates" to the best of our ability. The olfl hotel ia being equipped with ne? cessary furniture, papered, &c, for the accommodation of visitors. There are alBO two boarding houses open that visi? tors may stop at, The old farmer's hall will be fitted up for the display of fruit and flowers. Al? ready the walls are being decorated with field products.?Correspondence Greenville News. ? It is very doubtful if the fast traiu eervice between New York and Philadel? phia is equalled in point anywhere on the continent. The run, which covers a dia? tance of ninety miles, is made in two hours, this including the ferry across the Hudson, which usually consumes about ten minulet. In a period covering 130 day3 the fast express on the Jersey Cen? tral waa lata in arriving at Bound Brook only nine times. It was exactly on time sixteen times and was from one to four minutes ahead of time 105 times. On one trip, a run of thirteen and a half miles was made in ten and a half minutes, or at the rate of seventy seven rrjilea ? an hour. ? The Courier Journal says that all the money in the bank of England would not educate people who are not willing to ed? ucate themselves, CRIMES AND CASUALTIES, Charlotte, N. C, Jaly 13.?News is received here to-Dight of the very sad death of a young man in Stanley County yesterday. Willis Henderson was horse? back riding with a young lady, when her horse took fright and dashed off at a furious rate. Young Henderson lashed his horse and was in a moment at the heels of the flyiug horse. The young man leaned over to one side to rescue .he young lady from her perilous condition, when Henderson's head struck with terrific force against a tree, knocking him from his horse and crushing his skull. He was picked up dead. The young lady fell from her horse, but, aside from a terrible fright, she was not seriously injured. Jacksonville, Fla., July 12.?At Mount Pleasant, Fla., Tuesday, Frances Cooper, a colored woman, invited three other negro women neighbors, to dinner, After dinner the three guests were taken with convulsions, and one expired in great agony. An investigation estab? lished the fact of poisoning, and to-day Frances Cooper confessed that she bad a grudge against these women, arising through some neighborhood quarrel, and had placed "rough on rats" in a dish of butter beans for the purpose of poisoning them. She said her husband had urged her to do it. Austin Cooper, her hus? band, told several stories about the affair, but finally confessed his wife's confession. The two surviving victims will probably die. Birmingham, Ala., July 10.?A large crowd of people assembled at Mount Hope Church, Lamar County, on Sunday morning, to witness the marriage of Julius Shearer and Minnie. Moron, two prominent young people of tho neigh? borhood. Just as the preacher began the ceremony Shearer sank to the floor and died in a few moments. He had heart disease, and the excitement of -the occasion bronght on a fatal attack. Among those present in the church was William Langley, a rejected hum or r.' Miss Moran. At the first opportuuhy Langley approached the young lady and told her that Providence had interposed to prevent her marriage to Shearer. He insisted that she ought to marry him, as the Lord was clearly on his side. Miss Moran finally consented to marry Lang ley as ho on as Shearer was buried. Shearer's funeral took place yesterday morning, und last night Langley and Miss Moran were married without Provi? dential interference. ? The citizens of Kearney, Neb., who has a population of 10,000, have under? taken to raise $250,000 as a subsidy for an Eastern cotton manufacturing compa? ny to remove its extensive plant to Kear? ney. In two days $181,000 was raised, and the remainder has doubtless been se? cured. It will be Nebraska's first cotton mill, and the Keameysites are enthusias? tic over the prospect. ? A little three-year-old son of Mr. P. H. Walsh, time-keeper in the shops, was bitten on the cheek by a cat several weeks ago. The wound was cauterized and healed over, and no further notice was taken of it. About a week ago Mrs. Walsh and her children left home for a visit to Wilmington and Beaufort, N. C. On Tuesday last Mr. Walsh received a telegram informing him that his little son was in Wilmington very ill, having been attacked with bydrophobia. He went down forthwith, but the sad news reached here yesterday morning that the child had died the night before in great agony. The remains came on last night, and will be buried here to-day.?Farmer's Friend, Florence. ? "There is not in the State of Delaware to-day a single penitentiary. If a man beats his wife, or sets fire to a neighbor's barn, or breaks into a house, he isn't shut up with a lot of other crim? inals, with full time and opportunity to learn all their tricks of deviltry that he did not know before. As a preventive of crime the whipping post has a much greater terror than a term in the peniten? tiary, and I have never known of a man that came back for a second dose. He simply leaves the State. Maybe he comes to New York; I don't know. At any rate he seeks another home, and you may rest assured that if he stays in Delaware he lives a very quiet life. To be sure it is a relic of oarbarism, but it is our way."? Governor Biggs in the New York Star. ? A flock of goats were browsing and looking for stray oyster cans, sardine boxes and the like in North Dallas, when all at once there was a commotion among the foremost ones, which beat a hasty retreat. An old Billy, who had been fetching up the rear with the solemity of a deacon, walked, to the front, paused, and began to strike the ground right hard in an odd sort of way with his fore feet, and at the same time to shake his head as tious incantation. He then walked back in the direction he had come for a few yards, and, taking a running start, made a long jump, alighting with his legs bunched, and immediately on hitting the ground made a second long jump far out to one side. The gentleman who witness? ed this strange performance, prompted by curiosity, went up to see what the trouble was, and there lay a big rattle? snake cut nearly in two, writhing in the throes of death.?Dallas, Texast Slati if going through some ? Gen. Neal Dow has an invalid daughter in Nashua, N. H., who may certainly be regarded as a wonderful woman. The lady has not been able to move from her chair for years, but she has been an indefatigable student and has mastered the French, German, Span? ish, Russian and Greek languages. She recently performed the feat of repeating a long passage from her Greek testament, verbatim, from memory, a month after sbo had read it. Miss Dow loses sight of ner misfortunes in ber love of study. ? Buffalo Bill has been engaged by the French government to teach 100 cav? alry officers to ride in the American style. ? A syndicate of Englishmen has bought up most of the big flouring mills of Minneapolis, Minn. ? Jim Re8chler a well known mil? lionaire, won $35.000 at one sitting at faro in the Pennsylvania Club House at Long Branch on Sunday night. He played no system and a $500 limit and was in his seat from 5 p. m. to 5 a. m. He was at one time $50,000 ahead. It is the biggest wiuning in the history of the Branch. Stockholders' Meeting!! THE Annual Meeting of the Stockhold? ers of the Anderson Educational. As? sociation will be held in the Court House on Monday, the 22nd inst., at 9 o'clock a. m. Business of importance will claim yonr attention, and all thfl Shareholders are nrged to be present. J. J. BAKER, Sec. and Treas. July 18.1883_2 1 Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that applica? tion will be made to the Cferk of Court of Anderson County on 16th day of August, 1889. for a Charter for First Creek Baptist Church. T. L. CLINKSCALES, and others. July 18,1889 2_4 STORE ROOM, EXT door to McCully, Cathcarl. & Co., from 1st next September. Ap? ply to A. H. OSBORNE. July 18,. 1889_2_4 Due West Female College. NEXT Session begins ? OCTOBER 7th. Full corps of accomplished and ex? perienced instructors. Splendid advanta? ges in Art, Music and Literary Depart? ments. Moral tone of community and school all that could be desired. Located in one of the healthiest towns in the Pied? mont country. Excellent boarding depart? ment. Board and regular tuition for the year $105.00. For Catalogue address MRS. L. M. BONNER, Principal, Or H. E. BONNER, Vice Principal, Due West, 8. C. July 18,1889_2_ " SHERIFF'S SALE. State of South Cabolina, County of. Andebsox. BY virtue of various Executions to mo directed, I will sell at Anderson C.H., S. C, on the first Monday in August, 1889, all of A, E. Bohannon's interest in one lot of Land containing five acres, more or less, lying two miles South of Anderson Court House, adjoining lands of J. W. Daniels. Col. M. P. Tribble and others. Levied on as the property of A. E. Bo hannon at the suit of W. C. Murphy and others. Terms?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for necessary papers. W. L. BOLT, Sheriff Anderson Countv. July 11,1860_1_a' Session Opens Sept. 10,1889. FOR Catalogue of Williamston Fe? male College, a live, thorough, progressive, prosperous, cheap, up-country School for young ladies, address Rev. S. Lander, President, Williamston, S. C. Its merits widely known. One hundred and sixty-five pupils last year. More expected next. July 11,1889_1_2m_ A. G. STRICKLAND, ZDEISTTIST. ITROTJS OXIDE given at all timea for the Painless Extraction of Teeth, Office on corner of Granite Row over Bleckley Mercantile Co. Nov 15,1888 19 JUST RECEIVED, A fine lot of Children's Carriages, With Steel Wheels. ALSO, A Lot of Kcfrigcrators, "Y^THICH will be sold at low prices at TOIiliY'S FURNITURE STORE! May 28,1880_46 _ TO FARMERS AND GINNERS. . BO YOU WANT TO GET THE BEST COTTON GINNING MACHINERY MADE ? If SO, call and see us, or write to us for Prices and Terms before vou buy. We are agents for the CELEBRATED? Dan'l. Pratt Gins, Feeders and Condensers. This Gin has been on the market for fifty-seven years, and embraces all the im? provements and practical advantages necessary to make it the most perfect and effective Gin made in the world. We are also agents for? The Barbour Cotton Seed and Grain Crusher, Tlie Pjance, Hand and Power Press, Osgood's Plantation and Gin House Scales. ?S^ Be sure to see U3, or write for prices and terms. McOULLT, CATHCART & CO., Dealers in General Merchandise, Cotton and Fertilizers. Anderson, S. C, July 11,1889, 1 . TEARING UP THE EARTH !! Don'i get Exeitc.1, though?they are only "clearing np" lor the foundation or onr new Store-room, NEXT DOOR TO THE FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK, AND WE'LL BE THERE IN SEPTEMBER. Meanwhile, don*t neglect to call at our "Old Stand" and? SEE THE C0MPLETEST STOCK OF WATCHES AND JEWELRY In the City. Special Bargains in clocks, &c FINE WPECT AXLES that will alnioat restore sight to the Blind, and a perfect lit ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. _JOHN fit BTOBABD & BRO? Jewelers. CHEAP FRESH GROCERIES - a.t - IE. W. TAYLOR'S. ? IN THE ? IRL SB HlLLf ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. SLOAN, Having just returned from the East? ern Markets, where they spent a long while in search of? RARE BARGAINS. Now take pleasure in stating that we never bought a Stock 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 SPEING STOCK Ever cffe::ed on this market, but taking quality of material into considera? tion? By Fir 1 Gteinst! DRESS GOODS, every Style,' Color and Texture, Including Challies, Henriettas, BnUffan tines, 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. Our Stock of? TRIMMINGS 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 detcriptjea. Never bef ieen our good fortune to ru~ ?r ?_ha handeome, tasty nnd elegant lot of Buttons as we have now waiting your inspection. Don't forget that as we were the first o introduce those soft ?m'sb, elegant DRESS LININGS, we stfll give this line our personal attention, : MISS MALLALIEU Continues her DRESS MAKING In our Establishment, and is better pre? pared than ever before to fill, in a thor? ough and stylish manner, all orders entrusted to her. A full and carefully selected? STQGK OF HOSIERY1, Hankerchiefs, Gloves and Parasols. Jo Laces and Mull Embroideries wo defy competition. As usual we take the LEAD IN MILLINER Of every description* We have bad exceptional advantages in buying this year. We begin with our leader?a nice shade Hat,, in black and white, at 20c Staying late enough to attend all the retail openings, we are not only laden with the most beautiful and stylish. Goods ever shown here, but have a thor? ough knowledge of how to manipulate them. So that with stylish Shapes, beautiful Flowers, airy Laees and en? trancing Ribbons, the latest French and New York fashions, and above all THE LOWEST PRICES ever offered, we are boani to bring joy to the hearts of ewr many customers, old and new. Very re*p?et&lly, ft. S. HILL.