jiMeriJon Intelligencer.
PV3Z1UEBD XVERY WEDNEWA 7.
J. F. CLn-TKSCALES,) Editors and
S3. C. LAKGSTCN, J Proprietors,
~~ TERMS?.
ONE TEAR_m.?1 50
SJIX MONTHS ._ 75
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1894.
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Congressman McLaurin haa recently
written a breezy better to the editor of the
Manning Times, which we publish on
the first prge of the Intelligencer this
week. Coming iVom auch a prominent
Reformer a9Mr. MoLourin, it is very
Interesting reading.
Matters are now about ripe for all
honest anil patriotic citizens who appre?
ciate' their State reputation and are in?
terested ir. its general prosperity, to bury
past differences, and to come together
again enc- unite for tho common good,
political and industrial.
. Daring the past two years five United
States Senators from the Southern States
; have died at their post of duty. They
were Senators Barbour, of Virginia;
:Xenna, cf West Virginia; Gibson of
Louisiana,; CWqnitt, of Georgia, and
Vance, of North Carolina. All of them,
except Senator Gibson, died in Washing?
ton.
The fourth annual Reunion of the Con?
federate Veterans In Birmingham, Als,,
last weak was a brilliant sncecs, and was
attended by more than ten thousand
-veterans. The meeting continued through
two days, and was full of interest to every
delegate present. Gen. John K Gordon
.was re-eketed Commander-in-Chief, and
it was decided to hold the reunion next
year at Hoastcn, Texas.
If indefatigable push-and persistence
can acco mplish the capture of the north
pole then) is no doubt nut that an Ameri?
can will l>o the first to lay hooks on that
much 3oi ght for and still nnlocated prize
of horde;; of Arctio explorers, A fresh
of sanguine would-be pole finders are
fixing up to start out this spring, unde
eterrod by the failures of those who
have gonn before.
Postmaster General Bissel i has ruled
that bereifter only short names, or names
of one word only, shall he accepted as
names of newly established post offices.
The only exception allowed ia where the
name la 1 Istorical, or has became affixed
to the legality by long usage. Changes
ia the mimes cf poatoffioea will only be
" owed for the beet of reasons, which
ust be presented to the department,
e Posi master General says that these
es will remove a source of much
nbyamie to the department' and of
jury to the postal service.
Profano swearing is very much dis
nraged in Baxte: county, Ark. The
grand jury found .that there was on
statu I e book a forgotten law making
it a crine to use profanity in public
places. , 11 proceeded to Interrogate wit
? . n esses and found a great bout of indict?
ments ajainatthe people of the county.
The ease] were all continued to the next
term of < ocrt, now in session, and they
have bet in hsiving a lovely time of It.
- About half the people indicted have
pleaded guilty and been fined 91 and
posts. The rest of them are fighting the
law. . _
Mrs. M. Fay Pierce advanced some
very raillc&l views in a recent lecture
before t ae Political Study Club or New
?York. IShe said that she had never
joined in any petition for female suffrage
for she bfiieved that women had the suf
if they only chose to exercise the
right. She said that the one thing desira?
ble for the advancement of women was
the organization of a female branch for
every legislature, SUte and National, in
10 coun xy, and she thinks that if women
>nld sjreo to elect such, and send them
up to Join in the deliberations of the
men, thslr Influence would be acknowl
Iged and the male Legislatures would
not venture to declare any bill law which
did not Meet their approval.
At the fifth week of the tar in debate in
the Seriate opened last Monday. If
rumor lv) true, some material changes in
the bill have been made in the way of
concessions and the industries of the
Stales represented by the so-called "con
iv<?" Senators will get more pro
ion ihan was believed possible-early
weok. In many cases it is said
BpeclQo rates will be restored and Senate
reouctlons of rates imposed by the House
bill aba ador.ed. No changes have been
isde in the free list so fiu* as can be
ued. Coal, Iron ore and lead ore
m said, remain as the Senate pre?
viously reported them, although great
?ressnro was brought to bear to have
duties ou these raw materials increased.
: , The town of Chester is the first In the
State to declare itself regarding the anom?
alous liquor situation. The city council
after obtaining legal advice has passed
an ordinance to the effect that whereas,
according to the decision of the Supreme
Court, they have no authority to grant
liquor !licenses, and whereas parties are
openly violating the law by selling liquor,
' auch parties are deemed guilty of a mis?
demeanor and, upon conviction, are to
be fined not less than 520 and imprisoned
not leas than twenty days. Their places
. . are declared to be nuisances and the
police lire commanded to abate them at
once. It is probable that a test case may
be brought under this ordinance, as the
liquor men, if arrested, will sue for an
injunction._
The constitutional convention of New
York will consider a stsrtiing proposi?
tion to abrogate wills. It in proposed to
hereaftiir to allow no law to be
enacted, conferring upon anyone the
power to dispose of his or her
property after his or her natural life.
By thin amendment to the New York
constitution all existing laws are to be
made inoperative and void. It haa long
been chimed that there never yet was a
will drawn that could not be broken, so
that th are is alwaya temptation on the
part of the wicked or avaricious to
attempt the work of will breaking. In
oppositi on to wills it is claimed that the
channels carefully marked out by the
law of Inheritance closely follows the
line of natural affection and equity; that
in about ninety-nine per cent of all cases
the law makes better testaments for peo?
ple than they can make for themselves.
The General Conference of the South?
ern Methodist Church, which meets at
Memphis, Tann., during May, several
matters of interest and importance will
be brought up and discussed. The ques?
tion of organic union with the Methodist
Episcopal Church will be considered,
though it ia believed that, as usual, noth?
ing will come of it, owing to the size of ]
the two great religious bodies. An effort
will al so be made at this Conference to
change the name of the Church. "The
aime as lit is to-day," says a correspon?
dent, "is recognized by all, excepting a
few in the border conferences, and in the
far Werit, it has no political or geographi?
cal significance and should not be chang?
ed. But it is thought by many some?
thing ahcnld be done towards an under?
standing between the two great Metho?
dist bodies regarding the establishment
of Churches and Conferences in the same
territory able to support but one branch,
jtnd the union of the missionary
Keff?'>'r-.r i?h ??<? i r*? of'b"('Lurch."
The Washington correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle eays that some few of I
the Republican Senators have begun to
kick over the traces. Senator Sherman
has refused to attempt a delay of the
tariff, and announced a few days ago that
whenever the Democrats could muster
sufficient votes to put through the meas?
ure it could be done. Senator Dnbois
told the correspondent that every indica?
tion pointed to a passage of the bill by
June. Tbe wings of the Democratic
party have begun to flap in unison, and
all Beems fair sailing for the rest of the
session. Senator Hill is still vigorously
working for delay and to defeat the in?
come tax, but when the final vote on the
bill is reached it is not generally believed
that he will withhold his vote in favor of
the measure as a whole.
A Washington correspondent says
there is a purpose on foot among the
Democratic Senators to hold a caucus
and adopt a resolution reading Senator
Hill out of the party. The position taken
by Mr. Hill as to the tariff bill is of
course very offensive to the advocates of
that measure and to the administration.
Prior to the delivery of his speech be was
held in suspicion by the tariff reformers.
Since then the antagonism has been open.
It is held by most of the radical tariff
reformers that by his speech Mr. Hill
placed himself outside the party. The
assumption from this spec- *i is that he
will not vote for the ts ~ . 1., and the
purpose is, as soon as it is set Jd tbat he
will not vote for tbe measure, to hold a
canons and declare that his position Is
undemocratic and tbat he cannot be re?
cognized as a Democrat in the organiza?
tion of the Senate and can not be permit?
ted to participate in the party caucuses.
An Interesting Letter from Mexico.
Zacatecas, Mexico, April 20,1594.
Editors Intelligencer: The struggle for
religious liberty In Mexico has been a
long, continuous nnd continued one. To
one who is fond of studying history there
is in connection with this struggle many
interesting incidents. In 1820, when Itur
bide proclaimed Mexico free from Spanish
domination, it was with the understanding
that the priests of the Catholic Church
should have complete control of the pub?
lic exchequer. But ever since It-* conquest
by Cortcz there had been a bitter struggle
between the priests and the civil rulers.
After her independence from Spanish rule
this internal struggle between the clergy
and the civil rulers became more severe,
and the strife more bitter. In 1887 Juarez
proclaimed entire separation between
Church and State, and while the victory
won Was In favor of the State, still the
struggle goes on even yet. While the I
State obtained nominal victory, yet it is I
in no tense complete We must remem
ber that the clergy dominated Mexico for
three whole centuries, and it is not to be
supposed tbat the customs they imposed
on the people during that time can be
thrown off in lees than half a century.
It is interesting to notice how these two
forces contend the one against the other,
even now. To show the great power of
the Catholic Church with the people I
have to mention only a single in cid eat.
During holy (?) week all the stores in Za
oatecas were dosed, and everybody took
holiday. This custom was imposed on
the country by the Catholics. Now, un?
der these circumstances, what does the
State do? Does she observe holy (?) week
like the Catholic Church? No, that
would never do. To do so would be yield?
ing to the customs of tbe Church, which
she would not think of doing for a mo?
ment. But her employees must have a.
week's rest, too; so, instead of observing
holy (?) week, the "State allows her em*
ployees to rest the week following, thus
trying to cut loose from the holidays of
the Church. But it is uphill business.
In the history of Mexico we read of
the f eetness of tbe Indians, and of their
\ powers of endurance, It is recorded that
1 tbe Chief Mactezuma bad fresh fish every
morning for breakfast that were brought
from the coast by runners?a distance of
two hundred miles This was done by
having men stationed along the route at
certain intervals, each one running a cer?
tain distance.. The writer has positive
proof of their powers of endurance, and
ability to travel long distances without
rest. BecenUy he visited Colattan, a city
southwest of Zacatecas?a city Car remov?
ed from ibe railroad or even a stage line.
On my return I had to travel forty-five
miles on horse-hack before reaching a
point on the stage line. This was done in
less than a day, and a man came along
with me afoot to take the horse back.
When I reached my destination my man
was there to take charge of my horse, and
seemed less fatigued than I, although I
had ridden all the way and he walked.
This to me is a very interesting fact, espe?
cially in the light of past traditions.
There is a great deal said now a-day8
about customs of Mexico. Some of toe
things we hear are doubtless true, and
some otherwise. Bat a case recently came
ander the writer's observation that was
neither stale nor second-handed, but fresh
from the mink A young man wished to
propound a certain important question to
tbe idol of bis hetut. What does he do ?
Does be exercise the right of a free-born
American citizen in propounding this all
important question himself ? Kot at all.
He has discovered another way ot meeting
tbe difficult-. His method is tbe follow?
ing: He, in a somewhat tremulous man?
ner, goes to his father, and in a bait
stammering way, tells him what 1b the
matter with him. The father then goes to
some person (in this case known to the
writer) acceptable to the young lady, and
requests that he make known the wishes
of nls son to the yonng lady, and also to
her family. In the present case, the young
lady did not return an affirmative answer,
but begged for more time, in which she
might have an opportunity to get better
acquainted with hornovia before getting
engaged. In this, it seems to the writes.
she acted wisely. It m ight not be out of
place to say she is a Christian young lady.
Respectfully,
M. GASSAWAY.
Be Beats Tfrree Horses.
Columbia, April 20.?The bicycle-horse
race run here this afternoon was the most
exciUng race of any kind ever run on
this track. It was full of life, spirit and
excitement from beginning to end. Fully
five hundred people were out to see the
race. It was five o'clock beforo the start
was made.
Jack Prince, the victorious long-dis?
tance rider, and Nellie, one of the three
horses to race with him, got an evon
start, and during the first mile and a
half around the track the horses, which
were changed every mile and a half
kept from ten to twenty- yards ahead.
Then the nip and tuck began. At one
time tbe horses were ahead and then
Jack Prince. Toward the end Prince
took the lead, but on the twenty-sixth,
the next to the last lap, lost his position,
and thon George W., Haight's best racer,
was put in and most persons thought
Prince would lose, but he lot himself out
and after having made fast time during
the whole race made the last mile in 2.424
and the last half in 1.20.
The occupants of the grand stand rose
en masse towards the finish and all the
while fearful that the horse would
win, but Prince bent over his wheel
and with one superhuman spurt he cross?
ed the line five feet ahead of tbe plunging
horse.
There was no hoax about tbe race.
Height entered George W., Nellio and
Kittle, three of his best horses, and let
them out. Prince worked splendidly
and had to contend against n billy and
somewhat rough track. The time for tbe
twenty miles was 62 minutes and
18 2-5 seconds. The Blowest mile run was
In 3.12}, and the second mile was made
in 2.54.
Prince was in good shape when be fin?
ished, as the first thing he did was to oom
Elain of tbe track, an evidence of his hav
ig wind.
Everyone was delighted with tbe ex?
citing race and Prince received an ova?
tion after winning. The race was for a
purse of $200 and 75 per cent, of the gate
receipts to tbe winner. Tbe only relief
Prince got was the two drinks he took
while in transit.?JVews and Courier,
? When fevers and other epidemics
are around, safety lies in fortifying tbe
system with Ayers Sarsaparille. A per?
son having thin and impure blood, is in
tbe most favorable condition to "catch"
whatever disease may be floating in the
air. Be wise in time.
? Prof. Ball, the astronomer royal of j
Ireland, calls attention to a ourious fact
in connection with tides. At present the
moon is 240,000 miles away, but there
was a time in the distant past when it
was only about one-sixth part of this, or
say about 40,000 miles. If the moon at a
distance of 240,000 miles gives us tides
that average three feet the world over,
they must have been 216 times higher, or
at least 640 feet, at the time when it was
only 40,000 miles away. Such a tide as
tbe above would drown the Mississippi
Valley from tbe Eads jetties to the
mouth of the Bad Axe, and would pile
up water 300 feet deep in f ie streets of St,
L' Ii i s
DOW? IT MUST 60.
J?te Bagglug hat Served Its Day und Gen?
eration.
Atlanta Constitution.
The days of jute are numbered !
For years and years tbe farmers of tbis
country have been in servitude to this
foreign importation. It has never been
popular for the simple reason that it fails
to give protection ; and by tbe time a
bale of cotton reaches England, after its
Erolonged voyage, it bears a close resem
lance to a huge sponge and looks as if
it might have come from that aquarian
family.
At last, however, bo fares bagging is
concerned, it looks as if jute must go.
In the courso of a few years a piece of
jute bagging will be as hard to find as
tbe lost tribes of Israel.
It may get into a museum or find its
way through dark alleys into the varied
assortment of an old curiosity shop, but
the world will know very little of it ex?
cept through tbe relic hunter and the
antiquarian.
This may sound a bit like humor, and
.yet at the same time it is sober prophecy.
A thoughtful man has taken it upon
himself to relieve the farmers of this coun?
try from their unhappy thraldom, and to
supply a substitute for jute bagging.
In this enterprise he appears to have
been successful. At least his invention
ban met with tbe endorsement of the
leading practical business men of tbis
country.
This gentleman, who holds the key to
the situation, is Mr. H. O. King.
It happens that Mr. King is a reside tit
of Atlanta. This is in accordance with
"the eternal fitness of things," as Atlanta
is the empress of tbe cotton belt. He
came originally from tbe State of South
Carolina.
Mr. King proposes tc substitute a gal?
vanized wire netting in place of the old
jute bagging.
Underneath the netting and wrapping
the bale of cotton, is a covering of wood
pulp. Thin renders the bale impervious
to water, oU or other liquids, which so
frequently injure the commodity.
Tbe bale, by tbis process of treatment,
is also rendered fire-proof, and Mr. King
says, if his patent is adopted, that such a
thing as a burning or tbe conflagration of
a warehouse, caused by a careless pipe or
an accidental spark, will be entirely re?
moved from the pale of probability.
In view of the fact that warehouses Are
being destroyed every day of the world,
and that millions of dollars are thus con?
sumed every year for the want of better
protection, St Is an argument in favor of
this new process, aside from any question
of cost or practical economy.
Theoost of preparing a bale of cotton,
in this way, however, for tbe market, is
cheap enough to enter the field of com?
petition, aside from its superior service
and the more thorough protection which
it gives to the bale of cotton.
This statement of the case, as taken
from the lips of Mr. King, should excite
popular interest and rivet commercial
attention.
If successful in its universal applica?
tion, it will be one of tbe most remarka?
ble patents of the century, and will affect
the entire civilized world.
A very interesting conversation was
held with Mr. King yesterday afternoon
in regard to his wire netting.
"I began to think over tbe matter
several years ago," said Mr. King,
thoughtfully, a3 he endeavored to locate
tbe exact period of time. "It was during
our first Cotton exposition, in 1881, and,
I believe, during tbe first week of the
exposition. I had long been interested
in the subject of cotton, and to me tbe
I exposition was full of soggostlveness. I
saw the inferiority of jute, or rather Its
inefficiency, for at that time I had no
other article in mind, which would
enable me to make a comparison, and I
determined then and there to give the
matter my attention. I have never since
abandoned the idea. It has been present
with me night and day, until at last I am
satisfied that my efforts have been suc?
cessfully rewarded."
"What of pine-straw bagging, and of
bagging made from the cotton itself?"
the question was asked. "Is there any
likelihood of oomnetltlon from either
direction?"
Mr. King only smiled. "Neither of
them," said be, "has been able to dis?
place jute, and neither of them renders
any protection to tbe bale of cotton."
"We not only want a substitute for jute
bagging, but something that will render
better service. Under this new patent
the shape of tbe bale is preserved, while
nothing can soil or injure the staple by
reason of its secure packing. It is not
exposed to tbe open air, nor to any of the
liabilities which surround a bale of cot-1
ton In its present condition."
"Is the process simple and capable of
being easily understood by tbe farmer?"
"2s othing Is simpler. A bale of cotton
can be dressed with the wood pulp and
covered with the wire nettingas easily as
it can be covered with jute bagging. The
farmer can fix it up at his own plantation
gin and when he has dressed it, he can
then take it to tbe compress and get it
ready for exportation. It Is tbe simplest
thing in the world. When the bale is
compressed It is not flat and ungainly
like a bale o.' cotton under tbe present
system In operation, but is round and
symmetrical. It presents tbe appearance
of a cylinder, and fs a very neat and
attractive looking bundle. It is hard
and compact, and such a thing as larceny
la effectively prevented. It is im possible
for an ounce of cotton to be stolen."
The reputation of Mr. Edward Atkin?
son is international. The endorsement
of such an eminent authority as Mr.
Atkinson, whose life has been devoted to
tbe study of practical economy and phil?
anthropic research, is a very potential
consideration. ?
Mr. Atkinson has written the follow?
ing letter to Mr. King:
"Dear Sir: On examination of tbe bale
which you have brought to Boston, it
appears that your coarse wire netting
keeps the bale in a muob better shape for
carrying than any that I have yet seen,
the shape being substantially uniform i
not quite rectangular at tbe corners aud
edges, but so nearly so as to make the
bale one easily packed in storehouses or
on shipboard.
"That your bale will be much safer
from fire conveyed by sparks or even by
actual proximity to ignited substances
there can bo no doubt. It will have
another great advantage over tbe ordiuary
bale. If it becomes impregnated with oil
or grease at any point, the grease spot
will show on tbe covering, which is of
light color, thereby indicating a danger
which is not easily avoided in tbe ordi?
nary bale.
"The adoption of yonr method of pack?
ing will also lead to another great and
necessary reform. The bale will not be
cut open to facilitate the present crude
and wasteful method of taking samples.
The superintendent of each gin may be
made a sworn weigher and a sworn sam?
pler to sample the cotton in duplicate and
certify the samples by certificates which
ga with tbe bale. If to this you add the
binese habit of putting the grower's
name and address into the middle of
every bale, you will, I think, have taken
the longest step toward the right im?
provement of the methods of handling
and dealing with cotton. As an under?
writer, insuring very large quantities of
cotton, in factory storehouses, I most
earnestly hope for your success iu the
introduction of tbis important method
of baling cotton. Yours very truly,
"Edwaep Atkiksos."
This letter, in a nutshell unfolds the
entire story of Mr, King's Invention and
the advantages to be gained.
It should be gratifying to Atlanta's
pride to know that a process of baling
cotton, which is destined to have its
recognition throughout tbe world, if not
a complete adoption, has originated in
her midst and is the product, so to speak, J
of her own ingenuity.
Mr. D. M. Thompson, of Providence,
R. 1., recently brought tbe matter before
a semi-annual meeting of tbe Northeast
Cotton Manufacturers' Association.
Among other things this well-known
financier observed; ''My attention was
recently called to a new method of cov?
ering cotton. It is a patented process,
invented iu 1889, and known as the 'King
oo t t on bale covering.' Sam pie bales have
been exhibited, during the past two
years, through the South and have re?
ceived the endorsement of thp Farmers'
Alliance Association in seven of tbe cot?
ton States. It has also been exhibited at
tbe cotton exchange in New York and
may bave been seen by some of the
members present. A bale of cotton, cov?
ered by the King method, is now in tbe
corridor of this bulldiug. In view of tho
continual loss which we have sustained
from fire, I am deeply impressed with
the importance of discovering and adopt?
ing a better method than has heretofore
existed for covering and baling cotton.
"The King cotton covering consists of
a wrapper called asbestos, but which is
made of a vegetable largely composed of
cotton stalks ground into a pulp and
treated by a chemioal process, which
renders it absolutely indestruotible by
fire and, for practical purposes, Is Imper?
vious to water, while it possesses the
properties of absorbing or Imparting
moisture as affected by atmospheric con?
ditions. The covering thus composed is
made into a sheet of about three thirty
seconds of an inch thick: within the
central body thereof is laid a fine wire
cloth of one quarter inch mesb, which
gives to the material a firm and reliable
structure. This covering is then laid in
two sheets, one above and tbe other
below the bale to be covered; the edges
are overlapped, thus completely enclos?
ing the cotton. The bale is then secured
by means of a galvanized wire cloth of
two-inch mesh made of No. 18 steel wire.
It is made of a width slightly less than
the breadth and thickness of the bale aud
cut off in lengths required. When the
bale has been compressed to the density
required the selvedge edges of the wire
cloth cover are fastened by means of
wire hooks. The weight of this cover is
about the same as two-pound bagging,
and I am assured by the inventor, sup?
plemented by the written proposals of
the manufacturers, that it can be sold to
the farmers at a cost not exceeding 75
cents per bale. It will, therefore, effect
a saving of at least. 20 cents to the farmer,
nearly equal to .ho resale of bags and
ties.
Laoghlng at Law.
Florence, April 28.?On the 25th inst.
I the city council of Florence, at their
j regnlar meeting, passed an ordinance
providing for the issue of licenses for the
sale of liquor. The next day W. B.
Rollins, having complied with all the
necessary requirements prescribed by
the council and having paid the license
fee of 550C, received his licenso to retail
spirituous liquors.
Yesterday Mr. John N. Honckle swore
out a warrant against him for violating
the Dispensary Act of 1893, by the sale of
liquor. Mr. lien ekle named as witnesses
to the violation of the latest Dispensary
law by Mr. Rollins, J. E. Suhouboe,
Editor Clayton, of the Reform Advocate,
the local Tillman organ, and others.
Mr. Rollins was arrested by the sheriff
and kept in his custody.
This morning Mr. C. S Nettles, the
well known Darlington attorney, left
Florence for the purpose of procuring a
writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme
Court in Mr. Rollins' behalf, his purpose
being to test the last Dispensary Aot and
to determine whether municipalities
could or could not license the sale of
liquor. It was hoped that by Monday, at
least, Mr. Nettles might have the ques?
tion before the Supreme Court and end
the reign of what Governor Tillman calls
"free liquor." To the surprise of our
Eeople, however. Trial Justice E. W.
loyd, who issued the warrant, received
a dispatch from Attorney General Buch?
anan, ordering him to release Mr. Rol?
lins from enstody. This was done, and
so, by the Act of the administration,
making a flagrant abuse of power, a set?
tlement of the legal status of the liquor
question is prevented and free liquor
forced upon our people.?State.
Plenty to Drink.
Columbia, S. C, April 28.?No State or
country in the world has, perhaps,
ever been so peculiarly situated with
regard to the control of the liquor traffic
as South Carolina is just at this time.
It is free liquor everywhere for every?
body.
Saloons are starting; up bv the hundred.
All kinds of mixed drjnks'can be secured
once more. The liquor men are paying
no license, nor anything else, and are
reaping a big harvest. The municipal?
ities are powerless to control the traffic,
and it is liquor, liquor everywhere.
So much for present conditions. It
might bo added, however, that the Uoi
ted States revenue authorities have is?
sued something over a hundred liquor
licenses to date. Another feature of this
wholesale traffic is tbo fact that liquor
drinking has fallen off considerably since
the dispensary system was knocked
out. It is simply no longer forbidden
frnit. Everybody is looking to the fu?
ture.
There is every indication to-day that
by next fall the dispensary law will be
re-enacted and will be held to be consti?
tutional and that this State will have it
for a term of several years.
' A few days ago circulars were sent out
to all trial justices that when a liquor
case came before them they must notify
the Attorney General by wire. A man
was arrested in Florence Friday. Mr. C.
S. Kettles, the attorney who bo success?
fully fought the dispensary law, was just
about to get into the Supreme Court to
have it define its recent decision, when
the State showed its hand ordering the
prisoner dismissed and the case discon?
tinued. This action is regarded by the
attorney aa indicating plainly the govern?
or's future course and explaining his
statement that he would fight in the
coming campaign for the law just as it
went to the Supreme Court, and that there
would be more dispensary business.
This latter statement came through the
liquor commissioners.
The State's scheme seems to be to block
any possible case getting before the pres?
ent Supreme Court; to go into the cam?
paign and make as much as possible out
of the comparison of absolutely free li?
quor with the dispensary system; to
give justice-elect Gary time to supplant
Judge McGowan on the Supreme bench
and to say, "I dissent," instead of "I
concur;" to get the next Legislature to
re-enact the law, and then let a case go
up and that the law be held constitution- '
al; to resume business forthwith and
continue it.
The Supreme Courtis the final court in
such matters, provided no federal ques?
tion is decided. So far the questions in?
volved apply strictly to the State Consti?
tution. The law, once held constitution?
al, would remain impregnable for sever?
al years, as the terms of the new judges
are long. Governor Tillman will no
longer be Governor and will not have to
enforce the law. At the same time be
will leave bis pet issue in a law on the
statute books, playing quite a card for
himself in his senatorial race. A promi?
nent man to-day said that he feared that
serious trouble would result whenever
an attempt was made to enforce this law
a second time, for the people had op
{>osod it from the first on the ground that
t deprived citizens of inalienable rights,
and now, since the decision of the court,
they ware more convinced of this than
ever.?Atlanta Constitution.
The Landslide !
QOEnEO, April 30.?About 8.30 o'olock
Friday night the inhabitants of the vil?
lage of St. Alban, situated some fifty
miles from here in Port Neuf county,
heard a terrific noise, resembling the roll
of thunder in the distance. The soil
commencing to vibrate, a panic ensued.
Farmers ran out of their dwellings to
avoid being buried under the ruins, as
they believed the ground was going to
give away beneath them. At the upper
end of the village, some three miles from
the parish church, is a curve formed by
the river St. Anne and close to the curve
is a waterfall 150 feet high. The ground
forming the right hand side of the fall
gave way, burying the pulp wood mill,
which was situated right underneath,
and blocking the course of the stream.
The stream, which was very rapid on
account of the melting snow over the
mountains and adjacent valley, spread
over tho adjoining farms and caused the
undermined embankment to slide into
tho river, filling it up. Several houses
along the river bank were carried into
the river, One of them was occupied by
a family named Gautbier, numbering
four persons, all of whom perished.
Smoke was seen to ascend from under
the ruins, showing what an awful death
the occupants m ust have met. The ground
which slid into the river measured about
six square miles. Whole farms have
been destroyed and their stocks and farm
produce. The old bed of St. Anne river
is now levelled and the rivsr runs miles
from where it coursed before. People in
the neighborhood of the scene of the dis?
aster are still terror-stricken.
The oldest inhabitants of tho place
never witnessed or beard of such a thing
before, although several landslides have
occurred in the neighborhood during the
last fifty years. The rush of water from
the Laurentian chain of mountains is
tremendous during the spring time,
owing to the melting snow, and it is
thought by scientific men that the ground
had been honeycomed by the water,
owing to the fact that the lower strata of
soil formation, aru mostly clay. Large
tracts of land with trees and vegetation
1 have been shifted without the least dis?
turbance, while in other places, the land
was completely turned over. The losses
are estimated at $500,000.
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A Southeru Invention.
Chattanooga, April 24.?A Chattanoo?
ga oompany has oompletnd and had pat?
ented a oontinuous automatio roll train,
for converting steel billets into rods and
hoops, that they claim will revolutionize
that portion of the steel manufacturing
business. The billet of steel when once
placed in the rolls can, without being
again handled, be brought out in any
dimension or shape wanted. It is claim?
ed this will bsvo fully ?1.50 on every ton
of eteol handled.
The patent roller was built by Stanley
O. Haskins, a son of the patentee and
builder of the first continuous rolls ever
made and which are now used in near?
ly every large steel mill in the United
States,
A company has also been formed in
this city to put the patent into immediate
use and is now putting three of the rolls
in place and will within the next thirty
days begin the manufacture of cotton
ties on a large scale. With the new ma?
chine, the billet of steel is put into the
rolls and when next seen, is a cotton Uo
ready for bundling and shipping. The
machine will reduce the cost of manu?
facturing cotton ties by about f 2 per ton.
Loyalty of the Sonth to the Flag.
New York, April 27.?The annual
dinner in celebration of tbe birthday of
Gen. U. S. Grant, arranged by a commit?
tee consisting of Gen. Grenville M.
Dodge, Gen. Horace Porter, Gf?n. Charles
H. T. Collins and others, took place at the
Waldorf tbis evening. About one hun?
dred and twenty persons were in attend?
ance. Elihu Root presided, and Secre?
tary of the Navy Herbert delivered the
principal address. He said in part:
Away down South in Alabama, nestling
in the lap of the mountains, is Birming?
ham. It was founded after the great
American conflict had passed Into histo?
ry by men who had fought under Lee
and Jackson and Johnston. Then came
to help ibem men who fought under
Grant and Sherman, and the Union men
and the Ex-Confederates together build
ed tbe Magic City, a city that is already
known far and wide as the coming rival
of the industrial centres of tbe world.
That city, with Its furnaces aglow by
night and by day, and with its railroads
stretching out to the North and West is
an object lesson, teaching not only the
material value of the union of all these
States, but illustrating also by the condi?
tion of its growth tbe grand characteris?
tics of tbe American people who fought
each other with a courage that was never
surpassed, and then threw down their
arms and clasped hands to fight together
the battles of peace with a unanimity that
has never been equalled.
Tbe material advancement of the
Southern States in recent years, of which
the growth of Birmingham is a type, is
something wonderful, but the change
that has taken place in that section has
been more marvelous still. During tbis
f?resent week there has been a gathering
n that city of those who fought against
the union of these States, They met to
do honor to the virtues of those who died
by their sides, to rekindle the friendships
that were formed around the campfires
and cemented on the battlefield, and to
daviso means to relieve as they might
the sufferings and wants of such of their
comrades as were in need of help. They
have not ceased and they never will
cease to do honor to the memory of the
brave men who fell by their sides. And
yet I say to you, gentlemen, what I know
to be true, that in all tbis gathering of
Ex-Confederates there was not one lin?
gering sentiment of disloyalty to the flag
of the Union that floated ?ver their heads
as they deliberated.
I say to you further that there was not
in that meeting a man who, when he was
a soldier thirty years before under the
Confederate flag, could have for a mo?
ment believed that the change of feeling
that has taken place In his heart toward
tbe union for these States was among the
possibilities of the future; but so it is;
that which was seemingly impossible has
now become an accomplished fact.
Verily the facts of American history are
stranger than any fiction that ever was
conceived by tbe brain of man.
And this mighty revolution of public
sentiment has not been confined to the
South. From the very beginning of our
Government, from the day when North
Carolina hesitated for months, and
Rhode Island deliberated for nearly two
years before agreeing to come into the
Union, down to the war for secession,
the value of that Union was freely ques ?
tioned, and often debated. At different
times great conventions of excited men
now in England and then in tbe South,
and statesmen in Congress and on the hus?
tings discussed it.
Whether a State had the right to sever
its connections to the Union was an open
qnestion until it was settled by the ar?
bitrament of war. Since that great tri?
bunal entered its judgment and adjourn?
ed without a day more than a quarter of
a century had elapsed, and from that hour
up to tbis moment not a State Legislature
or a State convention, or a county con?
vention or even a school boys' debating
society has taken up that question for
discussion.
We are not to be two nations of Anglo
Saxon people lying side by side, each
like the unhappy nations of tbe Old
World, armed to tbe teeth on land and
sea against its neighbors. We are to live
under one flag, and tbis is to be tbe guar?
antee to us of peace and prosperity,
and we are to constitute all together,
North, South, East and West, one gov?
ernment.
The Secretary then spoke eloquently
ot Gen. Grant, dwelling at considerable
length on his ability as a commander of
armies, of his patriotism, of his Innate
nobility, and especially of his magna?
nimity.
Strange, If True.
"I guess you never heard of how Jef?
ferson Davis freed a lot of niggers long
before the thought of freeing the blacks
iu tbis country was anything more than
a chimerical dream in the minds of some
New England Pnrltans, did you?" in?
quired Major L. H. Casnn, of Nashville,
Tenn., of a St. Louis reporter. "It may
be a fairy tale or it may not, but anyhow,
it will bear repeating:
"As I received the story direct from
my grandfather, who claimed to kuow
all tbe circumstances, it ran about this
way: While a young man, and soon after
moving from bis native home In Ken?
tucky, Jeff Davis bought a cargo of
blacks just brought over from Africa by
a slave trader, who ran tbe blockade and
landed them in New Orleans. While
they were working in the cotton field one
day, Mr. Davis observed bis new negroes
making Masonic signs of distress to the
Overseer. That individual, not being a
Mason, thought the negroes were only
carrying on a system of signals prepara?
tory to revolt and was about to have them
whipped.
Mr. Davis stopped this proceeding.
He tested the negroes thoroughly, and,
to his amazement, discovered that they
were third degree Masons, though
brought from the very heart of Africa.
Being a Mason himself, you can under?
stand that he lost no time in giving tbem
their freedom and the choice of either re?
turning to Africa or remaining on his es?
tate until he could provide for tbem in
some other way. Most of tbem were
shipped to Africa at Mr. Davis' expense,
though some of them remained with him
until the end.
"Now,' if this story is true?and I don't
doubt it?how did Masonry find its way
into the heart of Africa. I have often
thought it strange that the Maiions have
never investigated this matter."
Earthquake Predictions.
Speaking of Professor Falb, the Aus?
trian expert, whose earthquake predic?
tions have attracted so much attention,
and who predicts that New York will be
overwhelmed by a tidal wave this sum?
mer, the New York Advertiser says:
A hiBtory of successful earthquake pre?
dictions, which are numerous, is given by
Professor M'lne. In 1843 a bishop of
Iscbja forewarned his people of a coming
earthquake and saved many lives. The
shock of 1851 at Melphi was predicted by
tbe Capuchin fathers. In the first case
the warning was based on a change in
tbe character of mineral waters, and in
the other a lake very near tbe door of
the monastery became turbulent without
any apparent cause. A crazy soldier an?
nounced In advance the London earth?
quake in 1691 and a Milanese astrologer
that of Leghorn in 1742. These were
happy guesses. In earthquake countries
there'are shock prophets just as there are
weather prophets with us. In both
cases only the successful guesses are re?
corded,
Professor Falb bases bis predictions
on the old theory that earthquake shocks
are produced by the attractive influence
of the sun and moon produoiog a tide in
the fluid interior of tbe earth, which
causes fractures of the solid orust. Pos?
sibly when we understand electricity
bet'er we shall have an earthquake as
well as a weather bureau.
He left Eight Widows,
New York, April 27.?One of the most
remarkable cases on record of matrimo?
ny run mad has just developed at Coney
Island.
George Island, a saloon keeper, died
there Sunday morning, Monday his
widows began to arrive to claim his
corpse, The last came Tuesday night,
and when they were counted up it was
found that there were seven in all. They
found Island's body in obarge of his
last and eighth putative wife. One from
Brooklyn and another from Baltimore
backed up their claims with marriage
certificates, but those females who were
not supplied with documents of that sort
at first refused to give way. For a time
it looked as though tbe claimants would
have to draw Iota for the possession of is?
land's body,
His father, who had been telegraphed
to by the woman young Island was liv?
ing with when he died, came on from
Connecticut, reaching Coney Island on
Tuesday. Only the two legal wives and
the woman in whose arms he died faced
the father. The others hovered around
the house weeping and walling, but not
daring to enter and face the stern yet sor?
rowing father.
-w A child was cured of croup by a dose
or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, A
neighbor's ohild died of tbe same dread
disease, while. the father was getting
ready to call tbe doctor. This shows the
necessity of having Ayer's Cherry Peo
toral always at hand, ?$9
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
CcntervUlc Items.
A number of the people of this section
are having a rongh time with the mum])'*.
Mr. Tom. King and several others are
very low with this disease.
The farmers have about finished plant?
ing cotton, and they will Boon have to be?
gin working it, for tbe grass is coming.
Mrs. Cummings, of Texas, is in this ecc
tion visiting friends.
Mr. Joseph Burgess, of Townville, has
been visiting in this section.
We had the pleasure of visiting Fort
Hill the other day, and, of course, enjoyed
the trip. Everything is working smoothly
up there.
This section is getting to be noted for its
piety, and we are having a great deal of
preaching. Let tbe good work continue.
One of onr girls says she in going to
stop dressing so fln?, as tbe boys were get?
ting oo tbey do not P'ke fine dresses, and
would not go with girls who wore them.
Mr. Lawrence has purchasod a new
ouggy, and says he now needs a cook. <
Look out, girls. Little Pet. ;
Townville Local*.
As the Dispensary law has been pro?
nounced unconstitutional, we hope the au?
thorities will enforce prohibition strictly.
? A member of Congress lately said :
"I received during the last two years I
was in the House so many begging let?
ters that I was astonished, and I filed
them. At the end of my term?two
years you know?I looked them over
and added up the sums asked of me. My
salary is $5,000 a year ; I was asked to
give away ?22,000 in ouo year and the
same sum the second year, with $500
more added.
All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to try
it Free. Call on tbe advertised Druggist
and get aTrial Bottle?Free. Send your
name and address to II E. Backlen & Co.,
Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's
New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of
Guide to Health and Household Instructor
Free. AK of which is guaranteed to do
you good and cost you nothing at Hill
Bros. Drugstore.
See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents.
Upon receipt of your address and fifteen
cents in postage stamps, we will mail you
prepaid our "Souvenir Portfolio of the
world's Columbian Exposition." The reg?
ular price is fifty cents, out as wc want you
to have one, we make the price nominal.
You will find it a work of art and a thing
to be prized. It contains full page views
of the great buildings, with descriptions
of same, and is executed in highest style
Let us show to B. It. Tillnian and nome or
his followers that we are not law-breakers
when the laws come under the constitu?
tion of our 8tate.
Mr. P. S. Mabaffey, a substantial far?
mer living near this place, lost a fine mule
tho other day. The mule got hung in the
stable and was disabled so that it died.
Miss Claudia Parker, of Uonea Path, S.
C, is spending awhile with her sister,
Mrs. J T. Guinea, of this place
Col. J. N. Brown and family, of Ander?
son, S. C , have been vUitiug the Colonel's
mother, Mr*. H. T. Brown, of Ibis place.
Mr. E. P. Earle made a very practical
speech in the Baptist Sunday School last
Sunday.
Mr. Pleas Mabaffey, of Auderson, at?
tended Church here Sunday,
Mr. J. T. Gaines, of this place, de?
lights in company. There is a young
female visitor at bin hou^e that be has de?
cided to keep all tbe time.
Mesura. E. P. Earle, L. 0. Bruce, J. P..
Bruce, W. N. Bruce, and the Rev. J. P.
Singleton, of this place, left this morning
to attend the Union Meeting at Mountain
Creek.
We have been traveling over Oconce
and Anderson Counties a good deal this
spring, and we find that the small grain
crop is looking fine. But we notice too
much cotton planted for the amount of
corn.
Mrs. Andrew II unter is still in very fee?
ble health.
Miss Mamie Brown, of Anderson, S. C,
is spending awhile with her graud-mother,
Mrs. H. T. Brown, at this place.
We visited Mr. Wm Campbell up in
OcDneo the other day. Mr. Campbell la a
prosperous farmer, raising all bis corn
and meat at honia and making his cotton
crop a surplus.
All who can do so should take advan?
tage of the low rates and attend the South?
ern Baptist Convention that convenes in
Dallas, Texas, in May.
Olb Rosin De Bow.
Newell Mews.
With the expression cf one who has
played the ace of trumps, the boys an?
nounce that they are about done planting
and have got their corn worked over the
first time.
We are needing ram now and needing it
badly, too.
City bicyclists who enjoy a ?pin through
the country will ti;.d our roads in trim
now.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M Stone, of Donnalds,
are on a visit to the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E- Wiglugton, at this place.
Gardeners are having a time of it, sure.
The frosts oleaned them up once and now
the moles, woods rats, etc.. are trying
tbelr luck.
A good many of our people are on tho
sick list this week. Mr. H. D. Rogers is
seriously ill and has been confined to his
bed for several weeks with fever.
Drummers, peddlers, agents, A.c., in
firofusion. Guess the book agents and
ightning rod men will be around in a few
days. We are training our dog anyhow.
Oar friend, Mr. James Smith, killed a
Ol tXri. XI COL OUU3UUU W1LU lb Olktl JUI
get it we will refund the stamps and le
you keep tbe book. Address U. E. Buck'
en & Co. Chicago, 111.
$50.00 REWARD.
ESCAPED from my Stockade near An
derson one negro convict naiuec
Thomas McNeill. Age 22, 6 feet 6 incbei
high, scar on corner left eye, hole in lef
ear for ring, has large mouth and thicl
lip and large neck. I will pay $50.00 re
ward for his delivery at my farm. If ar
rested notify J. S. Fowler at Anderson
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? lt., that measured four feet and four
inches from tip to tip. It was the largest
one ever seen through here.
Among the physicians licensed by the
State Board of Medical Examiners in Co
lumbia last Tuesday was our frieud Dr.
W. A. THpp. ??Will" bangs out his
shingle with flattering prefects.
Some of tbe farmers tell us tbat they
have about as fine prospects for a good
wheat crop as ever. Since it has come
out so, they think tbat perhaps the freeze
killed the insects and was not so bad after
all.
We would urge "A Blushing Pansy,"
our Pisgah correspondent, to boom tint
literary society. Several of the Mountain
Springs boys say that they will join It and
attend regularly. So many of the mem
bers of their society have moved away
that tbey bad to disband.
Several of our farmers express them?
selves as being in a state of uneasiness
about tbe cut worms and grasshoppers.
Tbey say tbat tbey never saw as many of
them for tbe time of year as there is now
If the boys are not stopped from scouring
the country in the fall and winter shoot?
ing birds these peats will soon be a serious
thing to contend with. Let the birds
alone and they will keep them down. Let
the birds live! He is one of your most
faitbfnl laborers and exacts for his pay
but a small per cent, of vi hat be saves for
you. Ned Needle
Poverty Ridge Items.
We are still having fine weather for
farm work. I do not remember to have
ever seen a better lime for tbe farmers to
Ereparo and plant a crop, than we have
ad in this section since we began work
There has not been over a day tbat the
land was too wet to plough, yet we have
had rain enough to keep tbe land from
becoming too bard.
Mrs J. S. Ragsdale and son while re?
turning from Honea Path last Friday tbe
mule tbey were driving became frightened
and ran away with the buggy, throwing
Mrs, Ragsdale out snd paiulclly hurting
ber, and damaging the buggy a good deal.
John is a worthy young man, but it seems
he is unfortunate. He had a good young
mule to die some weeks ago and had to buy
another, which ran away and tore up his
buggy.
We have had six or seven old-time log?
rollings in this section lately, during
which politics and the right time of the
moon to plaut were the topics of discus?
sion. Nearly all agree that the dark of
the moon is the right time to plant, but
disagree when tbe moon 1b dark. Some
claim it to bo da?k from the full until new
moon. Others claim that it is dark from
last quarter to first quarter. Two of my
neighbors went to town on the same day,
and both bought Irish potatoes. It was
just after the new moon. One planted his
potatoes right away, as he said the moon
was right. The other did not plant until
the moon was full, for, be said, if planted
on the new of the moon, they would all
go to vine and make no potatoes. Now
each is certain he is right. 'I have always
made fair crops of potatoes by planting in
the soil, moon or no. moon.
Mr. J. M Shirley still keeps up his fish
pond.' He has some very fine carp and an
immense magnitude of snakes. As Mr.
Shirley and I are too old to try to tell a
snake story, any one wishing to know the
number, color and size will have to ask
BURNING QUESTION
W1TAT KIND TU BUY
AND WHERE TO BUY II
PURE
WATER
WHITE
EVERY GALLON FOLLY
GUAKANTEED
MAKES A
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LIGHT.
:. NO
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HAVE AGREED TO SELL
FIFTY BARREL!
Juat as soon as we can, and must
have your assistance
Uli. uuikuu. "'?""^
stamp there were not a score, but If there
had been as many more and half as many
more and two so&?as e.nd a half there
would have been a score. How many
snakes were there ?
Mr. N. A. J. Greer is having his grove
cleaned off for a play ground for the can?
didates this summer.
Have we prohibition or free whiskey ?
It reems to me it is prohibition and noth?
ing else. Well, that is what the majority
voted for.
The Silver veto is discussed by some
and cuesed by others. It may be the
banks have the government by the leg,
as Col. Oates says, or in the condition our
creditors get us poor fellows sometimes
when we have to dance to their music.
Tbero is only one thing about silver that
I profess to know, and that is I am out of
the commodity.
There was a large crowd at the Union
Meeting, which met with the Barker's
Creek Church last Sunday. The meeting
came too soon or the chicken crop too late
to have much fried ohicken, but it was a
nice day for the young ladies to show
their new hats. Fox Aaron,
? Mr. Abram Corraut, who lived in
Charlton county, Georgia, Just over the
line from Florida, died recently at the
ace of S4. Ho was a veteran of the Mexi
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? At the recent meeting of the Metho?
dist preachers of the North and South
Atlanta districts of Georgia the Rev.
Howard Crumley created a sensation by
declaring that he thought there should
be deaconesses in the Church. He said
the women did a great deal of good, and
deserved the title. The more conser?
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STRAP SANDALS and
B AS KINS,
At prices that make them go.
Here are some of their prices: 50c., 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.75,
$2.00, $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00.
BEAUTIFUL LACE SHOES at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00.
??? Ask to see tlieir $1.00 Baskin and $1.00 Oxford.
COSSETT * BROWN,
-FINE SHOES,
ANDERSON.SOUTH CAROLINA.
SPECIAL WOTICE.
*^Ve beg to call yonr attention, not exclusively but especially, to our Fine Brand ol
FLOUR?"Omega"?guaranteed to please the most fastidious. Also, to our su?
perior line of?
CANNED FRUITS and VEGETABLES,
JELLIES and JAMS,
LEWIS' SNOW FLAKE CRACKERS,
TEA FLAKES, Etc.
BREDIS STEAM BREAD, HAMS,
BREAKFAST BACON,
And everything, too numerous to mention, usually kept at a First Class Grocery Store,
We shall be more than delighted for you to give us a call, and let us fill your or?
ders. Thanking you in advance, we are. ? Yours very truly,
WEBB & WEBB.
P. S.? Remember, all Qoou* delivered FREE.
TO THE PUBLIC.
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Lend Me Your Ear and Listen;
I HAVE purchased the Stock of Goods and good will of Humphreys &
Co., who have been engaged in business in the McCully Block, two doon
from Hill Bros. Drug Store, and have changed my place of business to theii
old stand, where I will be delighted to greet ray old patrons. I now have a
larger Stock of?
Fancy and Family Groceries, Confections,
Ciffars, Tobacco, Etc.,
And am determined to sell them, if low prices be an inducement.
Give me a call early and often, and I will guarantee satisfaction.
Yours to please,
n. TP PT^TIV
BEGIN TN TIME!
The Greatest Implement of the age for Culfmtfag
Cotton and Corn!
THE CELEBRATED TERRELL CULTIVATOR
Stands out pre-eminent above all!
Hoes, Hoes, Hoes!
A New Hoe?a great improvement on all
other Hoes.
Call and examine the SUBLETT PATENT FIELD HOES?about
as cheap in price as any, and far superior to anything ever known before in
this line.
KEMEMBER ALWAYS
That we are certainly Headquarters for
EVERYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE!
SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO.
FLOUR, FLOUR, FLOUR.
IHAVE just received a big lot of Flour which I bought before the advance in price
and freight. So you see I am right in the "push," and it will pay you to<gefcmw
prices before you buy. I have also on hand a big lot of?
Molasses, Coffee, Tobacco and all kinds oi Groceries,
That I will sell astonishingly cheap. Try J. N. No. 2 Coffee, the best you ev?r drank,-,
and get a Ten Ponnd Caddie of "Little Reaper Tobacco," the best you ever bought for
the money. I have also an immense stock of?
DRY GOODS, SHOES AND HATS,
Which I am selling cheaper than ever before.
?Sr- Come and examine and price my Goods, and I will convinceyo^ that I mean
business. Yours truly,
M- A. DEAN.
NEW ARRIVAL
- OF
OUTINGS, GINGHAMS,
PRINTS,
NAINSOOKS, LAWNS,
DOTTED SWISSES,
In White, Pink, Blue, Green, Orange and Black,
LACES and EMBROIDERIES,
- AIVD -
Many other things we are going to sell Oheaj
CALL AND SEE TJS.
Yours truly,
BROWN, OSBORNE & CO..