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? f F*' AM ~~ ?? A RTATKMINT VBOM COLON ML JOHN 1'. TIIOMAS. ?1" ( ?a Ki i lt? ? t)i? OiiMBtUuitM Comtltutlu* hi* IXfMdiii for Hc?I(uIds Ihe Huperta '>&{>' (fV0? tho JNetet and Courier, Attguft 7.). As loio Superintendent of the South ['Carolina Military Academy, jnstlco to myself a* well as to the causc of sound, dlsoipiine tu I ho State's military school constrains mo reluctlantly to break my reticence in councctiou witij my relsg nation and to plaoe the facts before the public tribunal. The caso is beat stated ty. the logical order of the fol lowing communications: 1. Undor date Of July 6, 1885, Col Thoipas, Superintendent, wroto as to 1 - lows to General Hagood, Chairman of t ho Board of Visitors: "Tho Executive Comtnitteo of tho Doard ot Visitors having on a recent occasion declined to investigate & re port made by mo as Superintendent, of combination of serious characto among the cadets oft his Academy, an having farther excusod a mooting ui said cadets boldly held without tho Srevious knowledge or sanction of tlie Superintendent, both cases involving, ,as I hold, priuciplep vital to discipline I toko leavo to state that I tool that I havo not boen sustained, and that the Executive Committee has not givon to my office tho consideration duo to It undortho law of the Academy. *'Uen<to I havo tho honor, agreeably to Artlelo 5th, Regulations, to glvo the required notice of resignation.'* Soejii thereafter I. applied to tho Chairman for his consent to my making public this notico of my resignation in ordor that- tho.lssuo made might be distinct and disconnected from subBo .J?. ? To this the , ... of good of tho vouviny.' declined to assent. 2? Under date of August 2, 1885, ColondlO. Thomas; Superintendent, wroto as follows to General Ilagood, Chairman Board of Visitors: "My communication of July 5, 1886, contains the immediate grounds of my resignation. Desiring tho Board of Visitors,to understand fully my canse of motion, I have the honor to requost that you submit to that body the re ports Nos. 1 and 2, e icloBed horowith which tho Exoewtlvo Commltte o tho Board did not deem it expedient to "WSle the serious differences of opinion growing out of a.grave ques tion of discipline, and some.discord , iu general between the Board of Vis itors and -thd Superintendent, mako ? my retiremont from tny offices Imper ative and irrevocable, lot mo hero ox prjass the jentimont that moves mo of unimpaired dovotlOn to my alma mate. Connected for udarly twenty years with itho old Academy and the now, and thus bound to both ;by strong ties and tender memories I shall.continue to maintain with unswerving loyalty tho cause of tho Citadel. No longer serving* the Academy under tha.Board I shall bo found In tho ranks of the citizenship of tho State doing all in my pow.otf.fo magnify South. Carolina'* ;fchoolo/artaand'arms,an institution ab solutely Indispensable to the full devel opment Of the mental andtmor&l forces or her youth. No longer tho oxccutiTo ( inf Jhn BQ^rd, X shall bo Its ally and Its Ion in evelfy wise measure Of fta administration. Arm pjurposo: ? How far I hlv^efffec cd iy(na (o #hat extent I nm piyfiQii rospotrslble fdr fny. unrealized ideal, I I hulldod tfoo best l.kuew how; that II have tried to oomprehpud my trust f and to keop faithful to It with slnglonos of aim^r. >, ' ; ''TtftyUtOal SJotlWt* of Visitors Bought tho good of tho oharge com* mlttcd to itl h^yo never doubted; and my *>raycr is ,that its administration lA^Qiliild w|ih the latest and best iWuW ?W tHb Aoademy and the oourt-i i . . ??When fho ii'mo shall como i'os* mo to rolluqdlah myi'I congratulate ! mysolr 'i/poit the ^fttot 'that t shall be enabled to turn over to tho Board of Visitors tho Academy In cxcellont Working ordor, and Without one dol lar'? iji^btcdnoga.*! i?: ,. Atn/n*ti d. 1M/I - ^ -? littW Angnat; 4, 1886, whou llio mxA ot Visitors sitting at the Citadel wore on tho ovo of adjournment tint ss'sssa I previous consultation with tho Super* nest?oui<'>:r5^-;.Tv> /' {/tetrad*from WhuM.} "Oaokt dbiuiiMKu's Cask..- When rOui rooen t-Conrfc of inquiry was oou*; vetSed the Board of Visitors reserved to >er for tho olfloi> to tainted. Having dls snolvert, Tihat, oonsldorlng all the! rtslauocs>:dcyelopcd,. whllo the ,bavo acquitted Cadet Scblrmer ? Court 6? inquiry of charges lut r inquiry of tyo Charges lehenslon tin. ncsdemlo "'lAt 'loosK'not M'1'" fhlmtodlt MffliiRpP rmbtnlent isdeiftlc "ot a^Mbl Pu;i 1 reeded to revoke Tr*dot ppolntment as a Sergeant >n US receipt, Invito (o my .office,! row ly notified him that, ' HlOgainj did UMI ? " replied, in ?tlung more v ctuted., I .ft of my mgkM" m ofthe L.w? " >n of k?w? **iu wraier like in the auce of their duties, and rt plary In their general deports..,. Again: "Cadet officers, of whatever iv.nk, are required to bo toyal to tbelr trust ami do tbelr duty with oonrtesy, bu at the same time with firmness an V eutire impartiality. Any cadet officer who negleottv hit duty and betrays the confidence reposod in him will be roducc * to the ramts," &o. It is not stated, oe it noticed,. that the cadet officer must of necessity bo pop ular with his comrades^- BeW sum marily called upon, without previous*, conference on a delicate maltoifi. twjj revoke.tlie appointment which I ?' tnado under tho law?in which appoint ment, as to its wisdom and propriety, I havo been-authorized by M?Jor Coin, Lieut. Weaver, IJ. S. A., and C^i.\ Lyman Hall, of my late n.flltnry fam ily, to stato,if I deetned it contributory to my vindication, that, although not originally consulted by ine in tho mak ing ot it, they fully ooncurred with mo ? 1 could not hesitate as to my duty. To rovoko Cadot Sergeant Schirmer's appointinont was to redrce him to tho ranks, to put him unfe." ban without oauso and without trial?to donv him the rights and privileges accorded to other cadcts. That, in my judgment, was tho plain English of tho ordc * that came to mo. As tho Regulation stato thai a cadet officer can be do privod of his office 'only when e nogiecis duty or betrays confidence posed in hitn I held that the order the Board was clearly illegal, and I i' as a man ana soldier absolved ftv a any obligation to obey said order, ,? could not and would not eorvo at t'io altar of what I deemed illegal s..criiioo ?i 'egal as to tho written law and tho Regulations and also as to the unwrit ten law ot common justice. 4. Subsequently, the samo evening of August 4,1 eent to tho Chairman tho following formal notlco: "I ha*e received tho order of tho Boa d of Visitors directing me to re vo!.o Cadet Sohlrmor's appointment ns Sergeant of tho corps, without enter ing Into tho question of the logallty of tho order, ? have the honor to dcollno to bo the instrument, in mv- official position as Superintonde it, for doing hat I regard a serious Injustico to a v.orthy and deserving cadet by inflict w'g upon him that punishmont which, by the regulations of tho Academy, ,'s especially appropriate to the case of a ?cade, yfficor who riegleote his duty, and betrays the confidence reposed in him,' nielther of whloli offences Cadet Ser geant Schirmer has committed." Tho JVSmos and Courier of August 6, by authority of'Vsomq member or member of ihe Boardjof Visitors " as tho Chairman subsequently Inforned ine,' announced that my'roslgnation had been accepted, to take efteot, as J bad proposed July 28, on' October 1 next; This was my first notlco "f no! ton on my resignation, although 1 had on July 15 and on July 18 urgently but unsuccessfully asked letivo ot t Chairman^to mako tho fact of sa'.l resignation public. 6. / ' out 6 p. m. August 5. General Walker, acting Secretary of tho Board of yisitors, sent mo tho following paper: (: tract from the Minute of the Hoard of VM(or$ ?9? C, if* A ?) August 4,1886. Tho resignation of Co). JT. P. Thomas as Superintendent 'As recoivejiJ^And ?%to toko effoct >r* In accepting the reslgnatio t >1. J. P. Thomas, Superintend ?t nth Carolina Military Academy, d sires to express its tonse of tho teal and earhestuoss with which he has dis charged the duties of his office, and that in retiring from the institution iiel cartles with hfm the best wishos of tho Board ferhis futuro wolfhreV August 5, 1885. On motion, the action of tho Board relative to Colonel Thomas's resignation at thfc meotlng August < 4 was reponsidored and tho fo'lowing substituted thorefor: "Resignation of Colonol Thomas was submitted. i Jtesoivedt\. Thnt Colonol Thomai's roslgnat'on as Superintendent bo ao* copied to tako effect to-day. 2. That tho senior officer prcout for duty is placod in command > nd will dlsohai'ge the duties of Snpe In tendont until further orders." My rot\ieal to revoko his app 1-1 meni, and to reduco Cadet Serg ?-\it ?Sol)inner to the ranks, explains :he change of Action by the Bourd towards mo. My rostgnatlon was based upon tho failure of tho Executive Committee of the Bourd to instain discipline on the occasion of (Wo serious violations of the special law of tho Aoadoiny. form ally and regularly reported by tho Superlnlendent and Ignored by tho Exeoutlvo Committee or the Board. As to tho clroumstauoe* under whlnh my resignation of July 5 whs finally accepted, 1 am content to leave tiie matter al issno with the tribnnul before which, with an Httlo ooinment as 1 eould aObrd, I have placed It. Until dissatisfaction of cadets with tho promotion of Cadet Sohlrmer met oncouragcmont from thoso lit authori ty, in v work in establishing the South Carolina Military Academy upon a sound basts and nutting It upon a suc cessful eareor hnu npt been questioned. If I havo retired from my post, after arduous Horvloo, without the eom i. eiidattou of tho Ilourd of Visitors, I can >t least hopo for that higher ward, tho approval of tho people of tho State, for Whom In this work I h?V6 labored. Jouk P. Thomas. A C*rd from Johmon Il?jroo<1, ?V? Oit*trMt*n dfthcB ant of Visitor*. p i IlAUNWKt.i,, August 21, 1885,; 1 1\) the IbHtor of th? Columbia HegUter: At Its late session in Charleston i'?e Board of Visitors of tho Stato Military Aoadoiny? with a frill itfondanoo of Its member?, hud to deal with complicated and ', Icato matters affecting the tfel fsre of the Academy as well a* lu* olvlng tho rights and fooling of Indi vid n*l#?p&'..':'. r ??' Will; < Thev acted upon tho issues present ed, giving to tho puhllo at the tlmo lit as brief term# as posslblo the rotults at which thoy had arrived; proposing also to thomsolvos In due course to lnr before the Legislature, In their an-i.tal report < a fall statomont of tho feet* id reasons upon whtoh their aotlon "'fit based. This is tho usual conr,, n obedlonce to tho mandate of the A > ?f Asaembly establishing tho mli'.t vy school, that tho Board shall "in each and every yoar make a minute and fall ropoft bf the coriditlMi and manage ment of said sohool to the Governor, to be by him laid beforo tho Legisla ture." ; Another consideration Induolng the reticence of tlte Board at the tlmo of Its action was a sincere deslro to avoid itemmot """"w ??'? ^enerottft vtr, thq public f ,hr00gll STp!? Z!SS&&% Board, and determined tho position it Slnoe tbe adjournment of (be Board. t . . . ? T" "? ??v ?UK 9 mont officially made by the Board, hftvo been made tbe basis of widespread discussion. r This discussion appears to mo to be baaed in part upon a mlsapprohousfou ?fwta,andI*nowit to bo without ,n th? matter. The Chairman, while tbe oxeoutive ?7W ?r1>' ou? member in seven ?,.t4,15>Jm!.?and **** ftro gentlemen or individual record and tho habit of i (dividual assertion. He must carry out Us poliev as Indicated to him until i!,c ??***$ ?vtlng as such itself changes it. Tho body necessarily mecta to pass upon- applications for tho beneficiary vacancies in tbo Acodotny in about threo weeks. it will then be open to them to docldo whether to retain tl *r first position, or, under present c . cumstanoes, to.glvo to the public, in advance of their report to tho Legisla ture, a full statemant of tho fLcts and reasons which controlled its action in matters which havo boon so generally commented upon in tho press of the State. Whatever conclusion is roach cd will bo dictated by tho intorests of the Academy as thoy see it. Let ino add, in conclusion, that the Board of Visitors, individually and collectively, feel tho gravity of the duty with which thoy havo "been In trusted in tho management of one of tho chiof educational institutions of tho State; aud they recognize, to tho fullest extent, tholr responsibility to tho people of South Carolina for tho wis* dom and fidelity of that management. In reporting to tho Legislature thov obey the law under which they are apV pointed, and report to tho people through their representatives. ? Thoy shrink, from no critlsm. If just, it must redound to tho bonoflt ot the Academy, which with them Js abovo personal consideration: if unjust, they havo confldonco in the sobiletv of second thought to make reparation. It is not tho first timo as sons ot* tho State that they .havo boon called upon to do their duty duty to her irrespec tive of consequouces to themsolves. Johnson Hagooi>, Chairman. CROP PIIOSPKCTB IN TDK SOUTH. Encouraging Estimates of a Trustworthy Newspaper?A Fine Outlook. The Bnltimoro Manufacturers' lie published last weok uoarly flvo pa^es of special reports covering the whole South fYojn Virginian to Toxas showing that tho prospects for tho crops and tho outlook for ^business In this section aro remurkabjy good. Not only is tho acreage of tho cotton, corn and tobacco crops tljp largest on record but the reports aro aluios, unan imous In stating that tlie yield of these crops as woll as of tho smaller crops, excepting wheat, will greatly^ oxcecd tho best crops ever before produced. It is also shown that the orops have been made at a much lower cost than in any preooding year And that tbe liens on tho crops for money advanced to the farmers in much less thau here tofore. Tho official reports from South Car olina show that while this 8tate will prodoee about four million bushel* A?08 8'V0tn t0 obtain advances upon tho growing crops is $8,000,000 loss than In 1882, notwithstanding the ftfi too*. intervening years 1883 and 1884 wore unfavorable orop yoars. IivOeuMfia the agricultural depart Jvoo1^8 ?mauR. th0 ??.rn cr?P At 40, 000,000 bushels against 81,000,000 bushels Inst year, and 24,000,000 bush 018 ill 10v3i Tho reports regarding tho corn crop from tho whole South aro of tho most flattering charactor. somo stating that tho yield will bo tho best for years, others the best for twonty vcars, and many tho best over known. - It is thought by tho United States commissioner of agriculture that the Increased aoroago in corn ovor last year, and tho splondld yield which Is now assured, will glvo tho South not muohloss than 50,000,000 bushols of ooyn more than last year. Tho cotton orop, It i? bellovod, U safe for much tho largest ovor made, ,enst ftom 1,000,000 lo 1, 600,000 hales more thau last yOar. Of tobaoeo, fruits and vogetablos (ho crops ?|ro the largest ovor mode in the South, while ileq promlsos a splendid yield and sugar Is for more satis factory and profitable a orop than in loo4. * " Stimulated by tho unprecedented orons, business is already showing a decided improvement, and tho pros pects throughout the South for the fall and wlntor trade aro reported as un usually good. In tho organization of railroad and manufacturing enter prises there Is groat ootlvJty, and tho outlook for the Industrial interests is partlculRi ly promising. A TALK OV TURKIC TJIAMI'8. Th? Midnight KitMnntor. of *n Jndlnnn I P?rm?r. The resideuoo of Noah Lockablll, on a farm near llrown'sr Vullcv, Indiana, Wtts ontored by tramps on - Sunday night. Lockablll \vn? awakened by tho noiso. sprang froth his bed and olosed with the one In tho room. Tho burglar wan reinforced by t wo othdrs. Lookablll is a powerful man and flung tho eapturod burglar against the two others in ?uoh a manner as to bring thoLhreoto the floor. Thou he went at them with a olnb. His wife brought a olothcs lino, and together they bound the tramps, sat .down and waited tor them to recover. WJien the tramps regained eon*olonsnois Lockablll aikod them which thoy preferred, to bo taken (o Orawlbrdsvlilo and pfacod In jail. W here (hey stood (he clmnoe 6f vovora. years in the ponltentlarvj or to bfc lod out ono sit a tlinn and receive snob whipping aa ho ,wotild administer. They ehofto tho latter, and the Ikrmor took thom out severally, tlod them to tho unto-post and administered one hun dred lashes to eaob tramp with a llrgo new rawhide wagon whip. Each stroke of tho whin raised a huge well on tho back of the tramp, and when the oporatlon was coinploted a pool of blood could i?e seen where they stood. Their pltftons orjes for mercy called"In ; the neighbors until quite a little crowd had assembled to witness the CAstiga* tton of tramp No. 8. As all ftytnpa* thi*ed with the Irate termor the p>r formanoo went on until ho had com* plotod tho hundred lashes. , Vv?, t' / "> 4-Tho cholera In tipaln oontinnos un abated. The avetfctfp of dtathft is rftboul fifteen hundred a day. < Th# plague seems to be oonflned ohlofly to j the poor. The only wealthy persons who have been (Utacked are the public officials who Are compelled to Visit II* hotbed* of the Infection. Many peo ple. Am returning to the o1tlei, Wh!ch Jhey consider safbr than the provinces. [The plague seems to bo spreading in ; France. Cv;:;n?->L>w . ? - - - lati special save: Tbo Ohio Democrat^ Stato Convention, which is to bo held at Columbus on the 19th lust.. i? exciting. uo small or interest, and a task of some lv will be is its hands. It Is not a foregone conclusion that-Gov ernor Hoadlv will again he?a t|>e Ucket. Judgo Hoadlv is an able man bat he Is woefully lucking in political balance and his conduot of his cah|t I wign two veers ago was full of mis- I Ake*. He U too impntsive to makfe * ihrcwd and calculating politician, and I oo emtio and Ail! of moods to meet be pnblicy day after day and forevor wguilo it into his way of thinking and lead it to his support at tbo polls. Whatever lie for toe moment thinks,! that to minis revealed gospel, aod his I first impulse Is to onunciate it A-om I the platform on which he may happen I to be plaa-d.' It oomos on^ood inside tuthority that a deep feeling against tits re-i.oininatiou exists in Cinoln>l nhtl, his home, a?u. that serious opno-1 sition from that quarter may yet arlso Judge lioadly was never popular with I I the L\ i i/crntic masses of Ciueiunatl.l I and his ways wore not theiv .ways, and I he never paid much attention to local I affairs or local leaders until ho camel |nt> as candidato for nomination fori Governor. Thcro never was any loy* ltv for him in Hamilton county. Ex-MAyor Means, of Cinciunati, Isl aid to desire the position of ^iloutongnt Glovernor, and to that ond favors the ioih* latioii of some man for the bead of t' o ticLout A*oin tho central or iorthei '1 pari of the Btato. It is uot, therefore, settled that Uoadiy will bS ro-uomiim'od, and il is altogether mora than likely that any decided show qt opposition irny driVe him A*oty the field alloj?<;tlioi\ Little is aald about miuor plnccs ou tbo ticket or toiichlnjj tho platform. Tho lattor will, of course deolaro for a liquor license law, as it has dono for several years in tho past. Tho great contest this year Is, in (hot, over tho Legislature, no matter how much cncli side may try to covor 'he quostlon up and keep tho tJnitcd States benatorship in thq background. It will not stay there, but ryVOals itself at almost evory turn and corner of the debato. THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. EathuaUatlo Ottbtrlni of th* Parly In Con ?entlon?Governor Hoiully, m Vine 8tat? Xlckel, and a Sound Platform. Tho Ohio Democratic Stato Convou tion assembled at Co)umbos on Thtirs* day last. A permanent organization was readily onbeted, and all prelimina ry questions were promptly settled; . { Nominations for Governor being in ordor, Congressman Geo. W. Geddes o fie red tlte name of Governor I load I y in qnlto an oxtendrd speech. Ho paid a high compliment to Judge Thurtnan for the course takeu by tb*t gentleman in announcing that he could nol allow the use of his name before the conven tion. Mr. Geddes concluded by mov ing a suspension of the rules aud the nomination of Governor Hoadly by acclamation. General Michael Ryan, of Ginolunatij seconding the motion, defended tbd Governor at length against charged that he had mode mistakes. When thl motion was put the vote was nnantf mous nud enthusiastic with tbe fcxeep} tion of four voices from the Hamilton county delegation. ^ ] After a committee had been appoint ed to wait on Governor Hoadly bring him before tbe convention, Wl V. Marquis, of Logan county, In rt short speech presonted tho ijamo oj .John G. .Wav wick, of J' renomin|tlonfor LlpuU t^Mlnations Governor Introduced amid much on. explained why l e had not wW.. spoken candldato for tho uomt ??? Tho psrty had brought him tbt. before without much effort on his and he throught he "bad ho fi?jhT ^ claim renomfnation under the rules of prccodont. thd Convention being lted to act without asking. He ooula noW be held to respond to the call, and With hotter health would hopo for eve better results in the discharge of ft trust. Ho demanded the most soared ing criticism of his official acts. II ondorsed tho work of tho last Logisli. ture, saying that nothing was done bj it which Judge Fornkur would have dared to veto if he bad the power. He thought that Judge Foraker Instead ol finding fault with tho present adminis tration should be defending the mem ory of Ruthorford B. Haves and the Legislature whlob robbed Cincinnati of local self-government. Governor Hoadly dofined himself as against nro hibition and said he did not believe that regulation and taxation were Oterral. Taxation was'odious to him. ' After tho Governor had concluded his spceoh, on motion of tho Hamilton county contlngoht which had objected to his nomination, three cheers-were givon. Tho ticket was completed bv tho nomination of Poter Brady for Treas urer, James Lawrence for Attorney General, Gibson Athdrtori for short term Supreme Judge, Chos. D. Martin for tho long term, and Henry Werble fof Member of the Board of Ptibllu Works. try \\ Horn ning ...... bwii j uuvn me determination of the President tnaon flne tho use of pttbli* Mmds to public purposeSi ilt commends the adminis tration of Governor l!oadlyt and reaf firms the state plat .'orm of 1884, It opposos sumptuary legislation, and denounces monopollos. it mourn* tho doath -of G* icrnl Grant, and pays a brief tributo to Ills tv/< . The Convonilon adjourned amid groat enthusiasm. : ? ?, ??* . -. I l.o OklHhnmt llonmain. A distinguished member of Coi from the Northwest has written soorctary of tho Interior informed that tho settlers homa boomors) have In dispersed and will no lot) camp. This, action ou; Administration oon6ernlng loasos and tho occupanoy i ffiica^lnlhe Indian INj President meets w.? among tho people, ati greatest confluence; t.., that tho Administration &.. with equal fltlrness with ...wwn of the Indian Torrltory. Q}' \'l>toh i.?w *a4 atwMte* A special from Chatti frays? "Fifty men well tored Dalton, G?., sh6i? night on Tuesday night house owned by Mrs. woman and six of h< dragged from their fifty lashes each. Some a critical condition and lM?y aw. jvn ?Btnd'iheii went to tho hourieV; 'Fdm Carver, a notorious thief, and beat him to death*' after having tortured him for half an houf. A ' rmlntead was then ^ wwwn at ho ttill die. J Suhsoqnontly several persons were notified by the mob t? Idontlty of any members of th^ band." .y~ tromx Vutou 0??rt*r?. ' fovef Is reported In New Fv'' Grant monuuicu' fuml has ot yet rcaulxxl $60,000. ?Two divorces were recently grnnt d in Chicago in half an hour." ?A genuine Voodoo doctor has been isoorercd uear Atlanta, Ga. * ?, 4 -The troatv of Tien Tsln is a doad or. The Chinese refuse to s leave uquin. ?'tho rccout strike of the strcot-car 1 rivers In Memphis was ended by a xxnpromiso. -^JSliae Dal y, the Grecnbackor, has inuouueed himself aa a candidate for Jovernor of Iowa. . -^-Within the past ten days Ihe con 9donce of the Virginia Democrats has pneatly Increased ?-Queen Victoria and tho Priuoo of Wale* liavo started for Norwav on ono itfho royal yachts. ?The youngest son of Gen. Fitzhngh Lee, of Virginia, died at Evergreen, Fairfax eonntv, last week. Germany has formaiiv proclaimed lior soizuru of the Caroline Islands, rormorly clnincd by Spain. ?Trouble is brewing between Spain HN Germany relativo to tho occupa tion of tho Carolino Islands. Nino monuments to Grant will bo erected in this country unless some of Ihe present projects tail. I?ft is said that Maxwell, tho alleged murderer of l'rcller in St." Louis, is the son of an English schoolmaster. ?Tho Rev. Di*. Farrar,- Archdeacon I of Westminster Abbey, will sail fori tho United 8iates in a couple of weeks. ??Gon. Goodo Bryan, a graduate of West Point and a hero of the Mexican and tho late war, died in Augusta, Gn.. lU^lfjMk, ' >? lj?Maxwell is vory cool and jokes With the reporters about Preller, my-1 lpg ho killed him accldcntnlh, or hcl may bo up in a balloon, etc. ?Russian ngonts are reported as intriguing In Macedonia to bring about a revolt In that couutrv against Turks! I JT??nnctt Mirrell, a prominent resi dent of Lynn, Mass., suicided last week in London; tho supposed cause being losses In laud speculation, kDaniel Leroy, a meiubor of a well known Knickerbocker familv of Now York, died last week. HU sister was tho wife of Daniel Webster. j? -~The most valuable present received! by Prlncoss Uoatrlco was a tea and coffeo service of solid gold, flchlv chasod, which was Sont by tho Empress ? I 1. ?Dantol McCaiu, an old colored maiioilving juat across the Worth Caro lina lino from Laucastor, dropped doad pn 8uliday hurt, Just afier oatinsr a hoirty dinner. " I ?Tho British ship Haddingtonshire, from Astoria, Oregon, for Livorpool with a cargo of flour and salmon, went I ashore off Point Reyos, Cal., last wcok. Eighteen lives were lost. " L' Grand High Mass was eolobrated iu Montreal la$t Wednesday with the Intention of invpkiog tho Almighty to rffaht a cessation of the smallpox opi-: demio prevailing thero. 4 ?While Messrs. Charles Carr and An?P? Gar and woro cleaning out al well in Union county, N. C., last Tuos day, they wcro overcome by foul gae, from which the formor died. iw* on? hundred and ? POWlcte c^ipeil last woek.from Jsis ijw. ? WW, ag.tnrt irhioh there is fall Insurance. < ?The completion of tho .railroad fW>m Pemberton's Ferry to Lakeland, Va., is tho lost link In the all-rail route to Tampa, and extends tho fast mail system'to Havana by steamor. I ?The Mississippi Democratic Con vention last week nominated Govornor Lpw^ry tor re-oleotlon, and a full State ticket. President Cleveland's administration was warmly endorsed. I, -^Jho spinning, drawing and comb ing departinout of Itlohard Williamson and Co.'s worsted mills afOamdon, N. J., ww burned Inst week. Tho loss estimated at between $76,000 nnd 9ivy|0vv? "v *~Tlio grain warohouso of O. T. Wells, and nleo tho residences of Ed ward Dwyor, of Washington, La., nnd E. O. Aldrioh, ,nt Sherman, Toxns, were burned on Wednesday. The total loss amouiilod to $00,000 and tho inriuranco to $40,000. r. TT<,0dlo? and two children of a Columbia county, Fla., family died frowi eating poisoned watermolons. A Slantor, annoyed at repeated depreda ons on his naloh, poisoned some of ine IWilt and Wot to tell his partnor, Who sont ono of tho poisoned melons ?home. ?An unskillful phvslclan set tho brokon arm of a Tad named Davlo Block, who was thrown lYom a horso bntJt wn# dohoso badU that tho bone protrttded, mortl hii!?5.l!iftnmuft?r tfroftl suffering tho child diod. The butcher has boefi warned to leavo tho country. ?Pleuro pneumonia it prevailing to tt? B,nf ropTon of Ken tucky. Monov is being raised to buy up the infected cattle and havo them Kivii K ?*^r,0"ce ??as shown that disease *V Wfty t0 ><art1I> onfc tho r^-P^Otoghipher at Louisville, Ky,, On Monday, dUeovored a blue-cyej Oolorod girl, with kinky hair rfiid oonl black eomploxlon. Sho is bolloved to be tho only ono now in exlstonoc. rW bl?o*oycd eolored ^K\;oVc&Trt'our,l,o,,M>v"' 1fa5,,,ed Af ^ treasury depftrt /'?i,^Is,no.w quUoabrlsk ?ka JJSa ^5?!* 2??^thaft during tho SeLJSSJ ^poriod of last year and 1s ftidr)UQngr, a n%ro 0,,u,*ch Plonio at JL ?Jorida, two colored women (jnartwed about their lovers, StflplKid to the waist, fought and Kilt ?Mt ?*Bustod, when their '?T1r*.with n?n ami women thi eaten to try razors when (hey get well. ^^1 3f "oo'nlo' '"'iWi11 o n of opinion A-oiti manufacturers and .3 a1!0" !h? o( '?rtffroW? M",n ?Tlie State Demoeratio Convention i si?>*& is gewts SS JgJjjw P'Wde?ll%ev?l?!!!d,? "Sn."!!; ?intlon weroenthniiutlc.il> BSWHH or rmmrr. ?lMtSul?n Mtl IH>la|i la fcoatb Carolina. ?^jr^ H> ? an ox in Spaitanbnfg _ ,.o?? old. ?John Wadsworth, of Chcstorfleld county, aged lJi, died on tho 4th lust. r-Tho Anderson County Normal Institute has been unusually snccoss ?The Charleston custom houso Is to bo tamed ovor to Mr. Jervey Septem ber 1. ?Lexington exacts tho best crops of corn, peas, potatoes, etc., this year, which she has<evor grown. ?B. P. Davis, of Lancaster, had a fine cow cho! cd to death last week by getting an applo in her (lirpnt. s ?The preparations for the annual hall of tho South Carolina Club, to be held in Columbia during Fair week, have already begun. ?An honest colored .votnan picked up a sum of money in Grocnville and promptly turned'it over toiler em ployer to be advertised. ?The ltev. Gilbert A. Oilman, ol Utiea, N.-Y., has accepted a call to the rcotorshin of tlio Episcopal churches of Yorkville and Lancaster. ? A white oak tree recently cut on Pacolet Uivcr in the Piedmont section measured G.J feet through. It is esti mated that it will make upwards of 10,000 chingles ?Dr. \V. E. Wright, of Greenville, was severely stung on the hand by a largo black spider, hut was relieved by the application of ammonia and other remedies. ? At a reunion of Company K, Orr's Itifio Kegimeut, held in llonea I'atli on tho 18th, it was found that there arc only forty out of one hundred and eighty members left. ? William Itobbn was c in-lied to ! death in Spartanburg by a log rolling on him. lie wib endeavoring to got it I on a wagon by the aid of a mule when the animal backed. I Tho jail in Sninlcr was tired last week by prisoners who expected to escapo during the contusion, but the Hemes were extinguished before any so.'lous damage was done. ?James Anderson, an old colored' man, was poisoned by eating water melon impregnated with strychnine, obtained from a neighbor's patch in Aiken'. 1 In will recover. ?The annual reunion of tho survi vors of tho Twelfth Regiment hnrf been postponed from Thursday the 20th nst., to Thursday, September 24th. It will be held at Yorkville. ?Thomas A. Wallace, the six-year old, son of James A. Wallace, a black smith, fHl Into a cistern in tho rear part of Rose's stable in Greenville, on Wednesday afternoon, and was drown ed. ? A fugitive from justice in Texas settled among hit: relatives in Chester field about a year ago. A large re ward having been offered for him, parties attempted his capture, bat ho outgeneraled them and escaped. ?Mr. E. M. Kenton, of Abbeville, has iuvontcd an attachment for sewing machines which will proves of im mense advantage. Liv winding up a steel spring and affixing a band, tho machine can bo run all day without the slightest exertion on tho tmrt of tho person u<\ing it. ?Tho United States grand jury at Greenville returned true bills against J. J. Cooley and A. J. Surratt, the citiuetis of Willininston accused of making and uttering couutcifeit^coins. Tlioir ca6e will bo tor trial this week, and will bo the most important una interesting one of tho term. i-Tho statomont that Daly. "^llda ft JU viiunvnum, luOiandea #vr \nm, was orrondot)s. Both Daly and hi?^ alleged flccomplleo, Divine, a colored man, were discharged by tho Trial Justlco, on tho ground thai no prima facie enso was mtule out ngaiust either of thorn. GKN1CKAT, GRANT'S IJOOK. Tito First Kdltloii of tlio Ociiornl'i) Mcinoli'i to Iteivolt IJOfl.OOO Copliid. The first edition of tho personal me moirs of U. 8. Grant is 160,000 copies. Tho publishers say tliey may add 60, 000 copies to it. A socond edition is Already made neccssary by tho hugo number of subscriptions roeeivvd. Tho presses will bo set to work upon it Just as soon as tlio first, edition is completed, which will be in about three weeks. Tho second edition will bo quite as large as the first. Tho first volumo of the first edition will uot be delivered until December. Tho second volumo will bo ready in March. Orders for the book havo been coming in vory'stendily at the average of flvo thousand a day. The South is doing its share of ordering. Already 300,000 sots of two volumes have beenordored. This doos not include foreign orders. Tho book will bo translated into French, Uerman, Spanish and Italian. Tho entire mnmucript for both volumes was in the publishers' nands on Friday boforo Goncral Grant died. Mr. Webster took tho j/alley proofs of the last fifty pages to Mount McGregor on that day ?i?nd showed them to the General. .-The inanusurlpt brings tho story dov)n to tho end of the war and not to the day of the General's dentil, lis reportod. Mrs. Grant is to receive sevonty-fivo per cent, of tho profit on tho book in America and olyhty-flvo per cent, on that abroad. .An Rai'lhqnnk* in tho ltln? Rldgst. Thcro were violent shocks of earth rjunko last Thursday in the llluo Itidgo Mountains, in Watauga county, N. U. At first there were noises like thundor clops, whllo tho sky was cloudless, then the earth, shook and terrlblo noises woro heard. Those woro felt for many mllos, at (ho height of 4,100 fuel, and in Grandfather Mountains, 0,000 feet, people woro frightened so that they fled. Tho noises and shocks wcro felt at Iloouo. , . ?Win. Doster and (lohert Winches tor, Who had boon drinking older freely at tho houso of a Mr. Long, in Union eounly, N. C.. on Frldav morning, re turned at night for more. Long refused tO fldllllt tllOln, when llicv broko open tho door of tho houso', helped themselves and made threats ogftlnst Long, who procured a gun and nrfcd On tho Intruders, killing Doster and wounding Winchester. -~Kolly flOhnoll, tho well known bllllardist, died In Atlanta sovoral dav? ago and n (pioer Ineldont occurrcd in connection with Ids death. Thirty /6Ar? ago, when ho was an Infant, his mothor missed a needlo. The dooiors said that It had ontcred the child's b<?dy and wotild come ont soma day. An nonr l>eforo his doath ho complofnnd Of an itching sensation in his shoulder and a few mlnntes tutor tho long miss log needle forced Its way out. .??; 1 "fi,m4"r'hy i% ?'v 1 r-Two colored children killed their baby brother with a gun, on the 14th of Jane, in Abbevlllo, but tho matter wm not Investigated nntll lalt week, when tho youthful mnrderera were *?nt to jail. ^ T'ostinaster-OonorAl Vila# is nulto unwell at Madison, Wis. 116 !? raW ing with a norvonn affection, btoaght on by overwork. { ,'9 :' >OM^TOLl) HIM 1>EATII. **? Jf?nrk4?Jrt rr^Wy ?r * U((ltt ffrmrtjr Q.?> m?m. *" . Valloy CoU .p., a Kvick. N. -'tfffi a lw U,e Otaolnuml wSt^h^' ?i :i ,WHy ",atiuu t'?? -?r^i i h?Vway between itsimm??f "" KVckl^,ul L*ko. It tukos ts uutuo from a hamlwt. ud I ti o hara wVlcX .V'0 'iUn' ofJn,'? %??"'. X was long the moat prominent man in , ?|.p,,uc* On Juno 11, Mr. H'. or died, and undorcircunUtaneus that *?v? ?wo?,.ro?u aiuonx the villagers. Air. Ryder died ? Prophesying for throe days that Mr"?u iWuuK1 bo l,is 1;,st ll:" "<> earth Mr. Ryder was a wealthy fi.rmor in Jt if H ,U! ilJ 11,0 church at Rockland Uko. llo was 70 \ J,,'l & ::."i "r unVol" or ,,P ^V0."? ?"?iioation of ?p. proaclnng dissolution. Ho used to boast that iio had never been ill a ?| lv wwked L t U,> l? a fmV vvceks 'io l>o daylight ' K?'Ug ?Ut l? l'lovv at One day ho returned to tho farm chaiT Uw! 8?!lt0li *?iua,solf iM a" reu'icd 7 n8ked ,f bo W!l9 111 ho rep.ica that ho was not, but snid- *1 fnaJ0 1>iOWC(lIn,y l^t; I havo sowed'inv last. Now, I feel that as I have passed bo)ond tho thrcoscoro and ten tho fo?-OSGo?!h lillrV0d ,nC' 1 Sb;l11 not live done ? an?3t" God'd wi" b? His farm work foil into tho hands of oivl l n?"' ttnd ho '"ochanicallv re , w ,,r roiTu- A11 d:t-v w:.ik,.,i up and down tho veranda, his ho .d I am tirod, ho would say when ZI ?/ ,lU? nc,S?ibor? or his JolaiivM rallied him ou his actions, ??] shall not 11vo long. Soon I will toll you bo last5 ''"" dU> Which sha11 lj? niy On Tuesday. Juno 9. ho called his family around him and sent a servant I after iho farm-hands, nioauwhilo pro ! "serving a calm demeanor. Whon all had assembled he said in deep and im I prossivo touos: 1 ?i iM'V Jriont,s' ti,uo 's drawinc 7 .M? of life havo nearly 1 ?l,t* **ut lvyo days moro and I shall not b0 with you. I havo received ?! g aming, and it portends death. My friends, I leave you with a life, I hoi./ clear of enmo and with a hope and a belief in tho inlinito tondcrncs-t nn.l morcv ?f truo ?ml >??> o ?J ?turning to n farm-hand, ho said w h surpnslng energy: .-Harness up Wun m1u1 ft1*?'- 1)d h 'luicklv." W hon the vohiclo was ready h? spranir in unassisted and drove to tho Jittlo burying-gronnd noar by, owned bv few of tho old faiuilios m tho neighbor hood. Arriving ut tho crave-v ml hr> looked around, aud. running to a mound where thoro was a pil0 of stakes, ho marked oil' tho space in whioh ho wantod to bo buried Driving homo he did not'sparo tho horse, and when his house was reached ho immediately dispatched a servant to N)ack for a lawyor who had done logal busiuoss for him before. In tho note ho said ho wanted to draw up his will. Ho also ordered the man to Lrin an undertaker back with him. Tho uu" dortaker oamo and Joklnely measured tho oil gontlomau. "Now <rivo mo your bill; I want to pay it uow " ho said to tho undertaker. Tho surprised undertaker oboyod with roluctanco and the old gentleman paid the mouoy down. Tho lawyer came after a nocond messenger had been sent for him. . Tho will w7?s duly diawn up, and aftor tho instrument had boon signed, giving tho proporty in proportion to his children, ho inyj^ tod tho lawyor to eouio to his funoral as ho was an old friend of tho family' and also act as pail-boaror. Tho IrwI yor lftufeli.ngly assented to thoproposU I 1?.?' ww but a wldm of his | old olioDl. Mr, Hydor thon named HliM o\Lr liiuii hfl ivawimi iu uul iw !)all-boarers. In tho lawyer's prosonco to namod all tho other details about tho funeral aud lmuio disposition of his porsoual efl'ects and menliouOil his friends. Qn tho following day Mr. Hydor sat In hn old arm-clia!r on tho veranda most of the time. During tho night following ho got up several timos and his family heard him walking through tho house. Ho was in his usual placo in tho morning and appeared to bo in his usual health. Toward noon ho called his family around him, saying: ".My friends, I am going. Good-by all, and God bloss you." Ho thon lay back lh his arm-ohair, and gazing tenderly at his family, gpntly closed his eyes. His lips moved in prayor, and onoo again*ho oponed his oyos and smiled, and a^ain tho oyo lids closod and all was still. Thoso around liim thought ho was slooping, but whon thoy -called him ho did not answor. Ho was (load. Many promi nent oitlzuiiH of Nyaek and vicinity vouch for tho truth of tho details of tho old gontloman's demise. Ono of Mr. Rydor's son<j'f who is about 40 years of ago, is a prominent business man in tills city. Mr. Rydor was buried Satur day, all his dosiros ami requests boing rollgiously followed. it sonnies to bo tho ambition of all young wives to look well whon any ono calls. A young bride heard a ring at tho front uoor. Tho maid w:is out, and sho rushod up-stairs to "tidy" a little boforo admitting tho i?;ill?ir. Thoro was a momont of lightning work boforo tho dresslng-tablo. QtiicKor than it 'takes to toll it, a ribbon was fastened to lior tlnoat, a flower stabbed into lior hair, a Hash of powdor on her face, and sho was at tho door?all smiles and blushes. Tho "gontloman" said ho had tho cheapest clothes-props that could bo bought for tho money. An Eastern housekeopor says tho best way to destroy moths is to take dry powdered salt and feprinklo it all over tho carpet, particularly along tho edges; then swoop It thoroughly. Ilo poat this aiiout once a mouth in moth time, and you will havo no trouble from that destructive insect. Tho suit nr.?y also be sprinkled on any wooden furni turo and brushed oil with a whisp broom. It Is porfoctly harmless and will help to cloause and prosorvo tho color Of tho wood. From tho persistency wilji which tho Dccoasod-Wifo's Sister hill is being agitated in England, it may belnforrod that tho Englishman cannot be happy until lie gets nn opportunity to marry lits wife s sister. A9 we have hoard nothing of a Deceased-Husband's Jlrothor bill the copclusiou Is irresisti ble that his wifo thinks ono mombor of ? family is enough?if not too much.? Norristowi Harold. THB MANNING TIM KS POD I<1811KD Ii Y y-x. Xi. cris,., ?AT? HI A W M ? Hf ?? ?? ?. Only $1.50 per annum In advance. Ohonp advertising medium. *. t. IjlJlfKPKflV'* (;ORNANl>RYR W1IINK1KN have for years enjoyed an ftitvjablo repnta tlon for tnolr flno flavor, their ripeness And tlielr absolute pnrlty, The )ar#o and con* ttontly Increasing demand in conclusive proof Ihnt tlK? high standard of Cxoellonoo W bolng maintained 1>y him In every par ticular. .In:;,n *55'^Ii V' ? '? * ?OF? THE PEOPLE. Buy the Best! Ma. J. 0. BoiO ? Doir Sir: I bought the tret Davin Machine sold by you over five years ago for my wife, who has given it a long and fair triid. I ?:n well pleasod with It. It nover gives any trouble, and is aa good aa when llr?t bought. J. W. lkn.io*. Winusboro, 8. C., April, 1833. ^In. Boao : Yon wish to know what I have to eay in rogard to the I)wis Mnohino bought of you three years ago. I fo.'l I can I say too much in its favor. I made about within tive months, at times running it so fast that tho neodlo wou'd get porfootly hot (.'om friction. I feel coufUlont 1 oould not havo done tho saino work with as inuoh case an 1 so well with any other machine. No - time was ,'ost in adjusting attachments. The liahtost running machine I have ovor treadled. Brother James and William's families aro as much ploaseJ with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no bettor maohino. As I naid beforo, I don't think too much can bo said fee tho Dav.< \lnohine. Respectful1)*, Jcllkx SrxvxsaoH. Fairfield oouuty, April, 1833. Mb. Boao : My machino gives ino perfect vitisfaction. I And no faiflt with it. Tl.v attachments nro so simple. I wish for no better th in tho Davis W' ioal Foo*l. Kospoct fully Mns. H. Mil* ino. FairfliY o April, 1883. Ma. Boao: I bought a Davis Vcrtiea food 8'twing M ichino from you four year \go. I am deli^h'od with it. It nover . a4 ifivon mo any troiblo, and his never lux Iho ler?st out of or.W. It i * as good as whe* I first bought it. 1 can ghoorfully roco it ?nend it. Hospectlully, Miis. M. J. Kiuki.an^. MontioM'.O, April IW, lX8ii. TV.a is to c.-r ify t! at I havo boon using ' Pavis Voitical Food Sowing Machino fot j/er twoyo:ir.s. purchased of Mr. J. O. Bcag [ hrven't found it posflcs.sod of any fault ? ill mo attach.n?:its aro so simplo. It novot refu' is to w >ik. and i* <ortnitily the lightmi mining In tha market I consider it a first iltti'S mashiue. Vory respoctfully, Minnii M. Wrr.x.iNOuas? Oakland, Fairtiold oounty. S. 0. Mil. Bo.vo : I am well p'o.isod in ovsry p<tr tic.ilnr with tho Davis M ic'iin i bought o? you. I think it a firit-il.w* -uiohlne iu ?very rospe-'t. You 1;? >.v y>n ?,Jd aovora laachinos of the emu j make to diffcronl niomborsof ouv families all of whom, na far as I knaw, nrj well ploiso l with thorn. Rehpooifully, <? Mit. M. II. Moiimjx. Faijrfleld oounty, April, 1883. This to oartlf/ wo.havo had In o>4*tAnt" uu tiff Put throo yoarq ngo, Aa wo t ike In work, and havo made tho prloo of it several timoi over and don't want any hoi I or machine. It is always rt aily to do nny kind of work wo have to do. ho pnekoring or skipviug stltohoa. Wo can only say wo avo well pleated, and wish no hotter maohino. Oatiikiumk Wyj in and Sister* iprU 25, 18811. 1 h:i70 no fit' It to IVvl with my inJ don't want,an/v-4.tor, I havo mada M10 price of it aovorti 'Imw by taking in mowing. \t u alwa?t > ?idy t<> do its work, think it m tlrat-o;.in> machine. I fool 1 in'I any Vio inuoh iu? tha Davis Vortioaj Toe,. M i"uif?o. Klin. Thomas Sutra. Fnirfio'id oounty, April, 1888. Mn. J. O. Bdai--J)<ar Sir: It give.* n. much plonsnro to testify to tho merits of tl>t Davis Vortlo'il Feo.l Sewing Mnohino, Tho machine I got of you fib mi t five yoarH ago hus boon almost in constant uso ever sinee that tima, I canaot see that it is worn any, and has not oo:st 1 no one oont for repairs ainoo wo havo had it. Am wall plonse.1 and don't */<../? or any hotter. Yours truly, llonBnT OnAwroni). Granito Quarry, noar Wlnnsboro, S. 0. Wo have nsod tho Davis Vortical Feo.l Sow. lug MaohiiiB for tho last llvo yoarn. \V? would not havo any other mako at any prl';n Tho mAflhino has given us unhoundod latin, faction. Vory rospect/nlly, Mrs. W. K. Tuhnbs and Dauifhto.s. Fair Hold oounty, S. C., Jnn. 27, 18W Having bought a Davit Vnrttool Feort ing Machino from Mr. J. p. Bong sotuoth.'w^ yearn ago, and it having glvon mo porfe^t oatisfaotlon in every rospo6t as a family ma chlno, both for heavy and light Rowing, anil novor neodod the lefat reoalr in nny way, 1 can ohoerfally recommend It to any one as ?s flrat-olana mnohino in ovory particular, and think it aooond to none. It is 0110 of (lit simplest mnohinos made; iny ohlldron um< it with all eaie. The attnohinentn nro morv easily adjuslod and it doca a greater run-.ro 61 work by ineanit of its Vortical Feed thiiu any othor machine I have evor seon or una.l. Mhh. Tiiomam Owimhs. Wlnnslioro, Falrflold oounty, S. 0. We havo had ono of tho Davia Maohib.t about four yoars and havo alwayn found il roady to do all kinds of work wo havo 1 id occasion to do. Can't sco that tho innehini is worn any, and works as well as when now Mas. W. J. Gaawkoxium Jaokson Oreok, Fairfield county, H. O. My wife Is highly j^oi? -e| with tho Dntw Machine bought of you. Shn would not t il t double what she gavo for It. Tho uiaeldm hns not boon out of ordor since alio Imd il and she can do any kind of work on it. Very respectfully. Jab. F. Fhk*. Montioello, Fairfield county, H. 0. The Davis flowing MaohlnA In ?mipl> hy<t?vre. Mfifl, J. A. Cl0;)'?yv5 Uldgeway, N. 0., ^an. 10,1883. J. (). Mo*o, Atfy>i>- >??ai rt'r: (ifi? hub boon tiftiiitf 'i I .'ftviK MrtfiiuA lonntniitlv for tlm | ah: four yonrs. nnil It iiih lift/or needed niiy r.-;nii(?lin?l w>rk* juat 11 woll n* wh<>n Hint b:inuhfc. ftha Bnye il will do n (;r( utnr ra?f?o a( practical work and do it Piu-.lcr ??:?? lirvic" IhnJi any machine ?ho Iiaa e\?r lifted. Wo ohoarfnUy ?<ic?>nft. Aeud It aa a No. 1 family machine, , Your* truly, .1 JaK Q. <Vhineboro, H. O., Jan. 0, 1888. Vfn, D<uo?1 have nlvray? frtnml my 1)a*V machine ready to do all kind* of Work I bavo had oocftMon to do. I cannot neo that Ihe machine in worn r\ particle, and it work# m w*U aa *fhou new, Respectfully, ? Mftil. ftOttMftt 0. UOODtNrt. iVikmahoro, 8. O., \?ril, IWlfl. Mb, BoiO?My wife ban bftfn conaUntly win# the I)av1a machino bought of yea Ibdttt flv* year* ago. I have nover regrttted bnvtncr it. Mltii always rondy 'of,Any kind >f family oewlns, either heavy or light. It fc Hover out of nx or needing repair*. / ; or needing repair* Ver/i w<i*e<3tfn^j, .... Utafc, *; . t Atari ?%n 0, O,. MAreh 1888. f i