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J. L. SIMS, Editor and Proprietor. Terms. Subscription Rates.?One copy, one year, SI 50: op? copy, six months, 7? cents: one cop}, three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising Rates.?One square, first in sertion, ?1 00; each subsequent inser tion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular adver tisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communi cation of a personal character will be pub lished except as an advertisement. For further information address JAMES L. SIMS. Lock fJox "No. 11G, Orangeburg, S. C. Hard Times. Inquiry of merchants and business men will always bring the answers, "business dull, nothing doing and hard times," without their being able to ac count for it or to approximate a satis factory reason. While this may be true, and doubtless is true, the signs of industry and thrift around us do not materially differ from other years at the same season. Builders are busy and, apparently, have had, at all times, as much work as they could well at tend to; public carriers are constantly on the go and seem to enjoy as little rest as any class of our citizens; even the merchants, on the usual busy days, have enough to do to keep them from loafing about the streets and have cer tainly enjoyed prosperity enough to keep their stocks up and their places of business in excellent condition. State and city taxes have been paid without any considerable amount of grumbling; lawyers are unusually affable and have always enough clients about to keep them in that amiable mood; and, not less an index of success than the others, schools are full and doing more effec tive work than ever before. These appearances are gratifying, and may not a solution of the problem be found in the fact that Orangeburg has in deed grown to be a city with enlarged capacity for business; that our mer chants, feeling themselves financially stronger, have increased their stocks and are better able, than ever before, to do a large business; and that our people, having paid a large per cent, of their debts, are better able to economize and consequently are more independ ent of merchants, factors and specula tors. The discouragement, therefore, does not arise so much from an actual falling off in business as from disap pointment because business has not in creased in proportion to the capacity to transact it. As the city grows and our capacity for busies increases new enterprises ought to be developed, and the territory of suppy ought to be enlarged. For Orangeburg to sit still and allow large slices of her territory to be cut off and given to Charleston or any other market is suicidal in the first degree, and is unbecoming the character of so "progressive and thriv ing a community. She must reach out her arms by constructing railroads, wherever these can be made available for enlarging her area of supply; by creating new channels of trade, wher ever these may be feasible; and by mak ing her market a cheaper and a more reliable market than any within a radius of a hundred miles. She must* also hold her present territory by im proving her common highways. This can and must be done by straitening and grading those already existing, by cutting new ones in every direction, by building bridges, and by shortening the distance from this'center to every point of the compass. Xo community can flourish without good highways, strait and with level and hard beds. The future prosperity of Orangeburg depends as much or more upon com mon highways as upon railroads, be cause when the former are good it is cheaper to haul farm produce than to use the rail and pay freight. This is the experience of every growing town until it becomes a commercial mart, when extent of territory and railroad connections become a necessity. There is no truer exponent of theprogrcssive ness of a country than its common'nigh ways and there is no,, better way of en larging our capacity for business and securing a sure supply of business than by these methods, together with a cheap and rehable market. Strange Kaels. Few nations have exhibited truer magnanimity and a higher sense of justice in dealing with troublesome elements of their population than the United States with reference to the Indians. This people has cost the government millions of dollars and thousands of lives already and yet, numbering only 205,000, they have a landed estate, granted by the govern ment of 132.00O.000 acres. If equally distributed, this would give each red skin nearly 500 acres; but the law allows 1,100 acres to an Indian and his squaw and, if the family numbers six in all, 3,300 acres are set off for their personal use. The Sioux seem to be the pets and are allowed 20,000,000 acres, an allotment of 815 acres to every lazy red skin, which justly entitles them to the time-honored appellation oi' landed aristocrats. Besides this there is an annual appropriation of uboutl 0,000,000 dollars for the support of . Indians. It seems altogether feasible that these people ought to be very com fortable and happy. "Lo, the poorj Indian" sounds very strange with these facts before us and we are rather in dined to the opinion that they should j constitute the richest class of our popu lation. If they are not, we had better divide two-thirds of this large estate among the white settlers who arc crowding upon the Indian reservation. Married Woman'* Contracts. The Supreme Court of the State has lately filed a very important decision relative to the validity of contracts made by married women. The facts in the case were: Bawls & Wilhalf, be ing indebted to C. C. Hahenicht, gave him a note, with Mrs. Jennie Agnew. a married woman, as surety. The note being sued on. the Court hold that Mrs. Agnew's contract as surety is void. The Act of 1872 gave to a mar ried woman the right "to contract or be contracted with in the same man ner as if she were unmarried." But the Revised Statutes of 1882 amends the Act of J872 by inserting the words "as to her separate property? The Supreme Court holds that before a married woman can be made liable on a contract made by her it must be made to appear that the contract was made in relation to or concerned her separate property. The Court goes further and says (we quote from the decision). "If. therefore, a wife should sign a note as security for her husband or, indeed, for any other person, and should declare in the note in express terms her intention to bind her separate estate, that would not make the contract valid as to her, unless it was made to appear that the contract, though executed by her as surety, was designed to benefit her separate property, or in some other way related to or concerned such property." Home Kule fur Ireland. Mr. Gladstone delivered his expected and now famous speech in parliament on last Thursday. The "grand old man" was received with the most overwhelm ing applause and he unburdened him self of his great task with firmness and vigor. The policy of a parliament for Ireland, which he presented, is sur rounded by many difficulties, and further ventilation of the whole sub ject will be necessary to obtain an indorsement of the plan offered. lie sets before the English people that a crisis is upon them, and that action for the pacification of Ireland is absolutely necessary, and that action must he immediate. Mr. JParnell seems to en dorse the general policy offered by Mr. Gladstone, but amid so many contend ing elements as are at present presented in the parliament it requires much deliberation to settle this matter to the accptance of a majority. The Silver Qnetttion. The silver struggle culminated in the House last Thursday by two votes being taken, the combined result of which leaves the coinage law exactly as it stands at present, two million dol lars per month. The first vote was on I Mr. Dibble's motion that silver coinage be suspended after a certain time, if the co-operation of European countries in circulating silver could not be ob tained. This was defeated by a vote of 84 ayes to 201 noes. The bill of Mr. Bland providing for the free and un limited- coinage of silver, which had been reported adversely from the com mittee, then came up and was lost by a vote of 126 ayes and 163 noes. Of Carolina Congressmen those voting for free coinage were Messrs. Perry and Tillman. Those voting no, were Messrs. Dibble, Hemphill and Smalls. Messrs. Dargan and Aiken did not vote. A Mistake . It is charged in some quarters that the Orangeburg Agricultural Society by its action last Saturday arrogated to itself an importance that it does not possess, and in electing delegates with out calling a general meeting of the farmers of the County that it acted without authority. This is altogether a mistake. Under the call for the Columbia Convention each organized Agricultural Society in the State were invited to send five delegates, and it was under this suggestion that the Society elected its delegates. Of course this does not prevent the farmers out side of the Society from holding a meet ing and sending delegates if they see fit. There is no presumption on the part of the Society, and no one need feel aggrieved at its action. A Farmers' Meeting. As will be seen by a call in another column the farmers of the County are requested to meet at the Courthouse on the 24th instant, for the pursose of electing delegates to the Convention which assembles in Columbia on the 29th instant. This is an important meeting and should be attended by every farmer in the County who can possibly make it convenient to do so. THE Orangeburg Agricultural So ciety at its meeting last Saturday elected Drs. J. W. Summers, J. C. Hol man and Messrs. E. It. Walter, Jas. H. Fowles and James M. Moss as delegates to the Farmers' Convention in Colum bia to represent the Society. Every one of these gentlemen are good and true men, and will faithfully represent the best interests of the tillers of the soil. A. Howard Patterson has announced himself a candidate through the Barn well papers for Judge of Probate of j that county. He certainly believes in the old saying that the early bird I I catches the worm. I New York Journalism. The relations of some of the leading papers on Printing House. Square are strained. Matters look black and un less arbitration is brought in by a na tional board or by professional experts there will be trouble. The New York Times, usually an amiable arfd conser vative sheet, has the floor. Editor Miller has this paragraph in his last issue. It is reported that the New York Sun will shortly be enlarged from its pres ent four-page form to a sheet of eight pages. This change will be made, we suppose, upon the theory that a crotch ery and spiteful old man who has brought a once valuable newspaper to the verge of ruin can restore its wast ed circulation and prosperity by taking twice as much room for the display of his insane freaks and the paying oil of his private grudges. This is good for a polemic, but not so strong as he can do, when occasion ar rives or the weather is bleak. Hear this delivery: Mr. Whitelaw Heid, the editor of the New York Tribune, knowingly, wil fully, and maliciously falsifies and lies in each and every one of the statements he has made or caused or allowed to be made 'in his paper reflecting on the course of the Times toward Mr. Jacob Sharp's Broadway railroad. The state ments, insinuations, hints, allegations, charges, innuendos and implications of Mr. Whitelaw Heid and his Tribune touching the Times' views and com ments upon the Hroadmay railroad, now or in the past are, all and several, wanton lies, uttered with wicked in tent to deceive. That seems to us to meet the case fairly well. "Well Pleased with Hlw." The Colleton Press, of the 8th instant, says: "llichland, writing to the Augusta Chronicle, states that Mr. Jennings W. Perry, of Waiterboro', and Solicitor of the circuit, wilP oppose Mr. Dibble, in the first Congressional District. Mr. Perry, is not of Waiterboro, neither is he solicitor of the Second Circuit. It would be hard to find a man'that could beat Mr. Dibble in his district. The people are well pleased with him and we feel safe in saying that the entire white vote of Colleton will go solidly for Mr. Dibble, if he is a candidate in the approaching campaign." We are pleased to know that our Colleton friends are so much attached to Mr. Dibble. We are satisfied that their confidence is well bestowed, and that they could not get a better man to look after their interests in Congress than the Hon. Samuel Dibble. Rev. Patheu William H. Mc Nulty, pastor of St. John's Catholic Church of Paterson, made one of his peculiar raids on Paterson liquor saloon on Sunday night. He went in the back way as he saw others go. Then he backed up against the door so none should escape. He took the names of all he knew, where there was anything on the bar he tasted it. J^is, expected that a number of complaints will follow. The saloon keepers are in dignant, but they are afraid of "Father Mac." He is not a prohibitionists, but he insists that the law shall be obeyed. The general Assembly of the Presby terian Church of the entire United States will meet in Augusta, in the Frist Presbyterian Church, on Thurs day, the 20th of May. This is the greatest of all the conventions of this denomination, and the opening ser mon will be preached by the Moderator of the last aqnual Assembly. The ses sion will then be formally opened "for deliberative business and remain in session for several days. It is computed that there are some thing over 41,000 Republican postmas ters, exclusive of Presidential appoin tees, now holding fourth-class offices. In view of this fact, it seems rather strange that Republican spoilsmen should claim that they had been hard ly dealt with by the Administration. This number will be very material}' reduced by the appointing power dur ing the present year._ Easter comes on the 25th of April this year. The last time it came as late as this was in the year 1734.152 years ago, and it will not come as late again till 11)43. In 325, A. D., the Council of Nice made the rule that it should be observed on the Sunday following the fujlmoon after the 21st of March. It cannot occur any later than it docs this year, nor any earlier than March 22d._ SEXATOK Jones, of Florida, explain ing in his own defense, says : "My vote has not been lost on a single public measure. 1 have been paired on all questions/' This is excellent as far as it goes; and in view of the fact that it "was not the Senator's fault that he did not succeed in pairing in Detroit, it is as ingenuous as could be wished. Robert G. Phillips was hanged at Indianopolis Friday for wife murder. Phillips attempted suicide at the same time he killed his wife, by cutting his throat. The wound had never thoroughly healed, and he has breathed through a tube since June 2-? last. An emissary of the Mormon Church is said to be lurking about the neigh borhood oi Gaffney, seeking converts to Mormonisin. His oily tongue and insinuating manners are only brought to bear on the ignorant and unsophisti cated. _ An old maid in Brooklyn has just been committed to the lunatic asylum. Her delusion is that President Cleve land and his cabinet have formed a conspiracy to get possession of herj)ro pesty, which amounts to about 81,100. A regiment of tramps would seem to be marching through this country now. They have"evidently left, their' "base of supplies." with the intention of li\ ing "Sherman-like" on the country. i ( BARNWELL IN A BLAZE. I Destruction of Brown'? Stores und Stables and Several Law Olllces. Bahn well C. IL, April'8-5.30 A. M.?The embers are smoking over the most destructive fire that has occurred in Barnwell since Sherman visited it in 1865. It orignated in a corner of Mike Brown's store about 2.30 A. M., and was not discovered until the whole corner of the building was in flames. All the buildings in this section of the town being of wood and built close to gether, the flames spread from building to building until they destroyed Mike Brown's main store building, his furni ture store, stables, grain store and the mess hall for his clerks, (Jen. J. C. Davant's law office, and the tip-town telegraph otlice. Charles Carroll Simms and W. A. Ilolman had law ofliccs over Brown's furniture store, and only the books and papers of Mr. Simms were saved; his odice furniture and every thing that was in Mr. Holman's ollice were destroyed. The furniture in Brown's furniture store, and the books and furniture of Gen. Davant were saved. It was with great difficulty that the store of JIagood 'Jros., the law ollice of Col. W. II. Duncan, the store and billiard saloon of Johnson Tobin, 'the bakery of G. K. Ryan, and the frame of the Methodist Church, which is be ing built, were saved. Every one of these buildings caught on fire, but were saved by the timely exertions of the citizens. Charlie Califf, one of Brown's clerks, had to jump out of a second story window to escape, but fortunate ly the story was not high and he escap ed uninjured. The principal loss falls upon Mike Brown, being estimated at $21,000, and insured for 11,U00; no other insurance, The total loss, including the insurance, is about :?22,000. It is thought by Mr. Brown's clerks that the' fire was the work of an incendairy, as no fire had been used in that part of the store where it originated, it being the place where the Hour was stored This is the third time this section of the town has been swept out by fi.e?in 183<i. then by Sherman in 1805, and this which ha's just occurred.?News and Courier. April in tin; Country. Wife and the larger children have taken a drive in the neighborhood, and ?I, the "man o' the house* remains at home to keep our little urchin quiet. While the baby quietly plays on the floor, sitting in the airy piazza, the thermometer indicating 75 degrees, I find that a pleasant, dreamy kind of feeling steals over me as the con stant hum of the hundred insects of the various species of the bee family fall upon the ear mingled with the lazy, soothing, dream-provoking, con stant sighing of the gentle zephyrs as they softly brush their way through the yielding branches of the stately pines, which return their salutations in a thousand graceful bowings and gentle swayings of their lofty tops. The spirea, wisteria, jonquil, Sec, being in l ull bloom in the front garden, the butterfly flits gleefully from flower to llower, presenting its long bill for sweets; and each busy bee buries its tongue and head deep among the floral petals for its share of nectar; while just below the stalk or vine the planta tion hen is industriously scratching for some tiny, delicious morsel in the shape of a worm, inseqt or seed, her dependent "brood of sixteen chicks signifying their approbation by a happy satisfactory twittering, quite different from the disagreeable hungry chirrup. Now she finch a worm and half a dozen try to get it; but only one is lucky enough to get this one. Away she scratches again. Xo time to lose with sixteen young ones to feed. Look I She darts ?fi'! There! She springs up in the air! Ah yes! She has a fine big bug. Xow they all pull and peck at it; but she is scratching again?good example for some of us to follow. She intends to raise those chickens, and she will succeed if the hawk lets them itlone. Yes, busy bee, llowers do not bloom all the year; and you are making the most of the op portunity to store away the honey. Let idle, thriftless farmers learn a lesson here. Real life with happiness is ac tivity. Xo activity?no life. How thankful man should be for life, for health, and the opportunity to be en gaged in active, useful and honest em ployment. How insipid, miserable and degrading an idle life is without any definite object in view. Alter all there is more enjoyment in the hopeful pursuits of an object than in its pos session or acquisition. How we all farmers, merchants, doctors, &c, strove last year; but we were all disappointed in net realizing what wc expected as the material result of our labors. The merchant was hopeful and happy while advancing his goods on credit, the dili gent farmer enjoyed the planting and tilling of the soil, and the good physi cian rather enjoyed the labor, toil and anxiety incident to his practice; when he saw the happy results in the relief of suffering. But all labored in the hope of getting a substantial reward for their labors; and nearly all were more, or less disappointed when the year ended. But was there not happi ness in hopeful industry? Would there not have been misery in hopeful idle ness? Then cheer up farmers! A merciful Benefactor whispers hope in tin.' gentle breeze of Spring. Nature is clothed in verdant foliage again. Then let hope spring up in your heart as the tender leaflet [springs up from the seed which you are plant ing. Let the merchant trust the hon est 1 armer again; but the farmer should learn to practice economy and gradual ly discard the debt system of farming. Let the physician not be tempted to think some of his patrons arc stingy and ungrateful; but let him bury his disappointment, and, under the inspira tion of hope, with the renewal of Na ture's verdure, renew his efforts to soothe and remove the pains of afflic tion, and gently lead his patients from the trroaninprs of sick despair to the joyous bloom of healthful life. But here comes the family vehicle its faithful grey cheerfully trots it home, and this reminds me of my little charge' ?the baby, whom I had almost forgot ten. Why its been a "dood little boy" to let pa write so long! MUDETTA. Dantzler, S. C, April, 188?. Old friends of Cleveland whisper em phatically that the President will never marry. They say that the only woman that the President ever really loved lias been in her grave for more than twenty-live years. During the past month 517 slaves; were declared free in the province of Matansas, Cuba. ! Uucklcn's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve m the world for Cuts, Bruises,' Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. - It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr. J. G. Wannamaker. James Brewer was dangerously in jured by being thrown from his wagon near Walhalla. Notice. nPIIE FARMERS' OF ORAGE JL burg County are requested to meet at the Court House" '24th day of April, to elect Delegates to attend the Farmers' Conven tion, which meets on 2!)th April, at Colum bia, S. C. MANY FARMERS. Notice. X Roads^Iellville and State Road. TTAVTXG BOUGHT THE RIGHT O. to sell the AMMON'S PATENT PLOW GUAGE AND GUIDE in Orange burg County 1 am prepared to furnish them and solicit the patronage of all the farmers in the county. ' M. M. METIS, April 15-31110 St. Matthews, S. C. ]CtiiI<Iii:?? aai<1 *Lo:u: As.sofia rJMIE REGULAR MONTHLY 1 Meeting of this Association will be held Tuesday evening, April. 20, 1886, at 8 o'clock .P. M. Dues will be received by the Secretarv at his office during the day, until G o'clock P. M. KIRK ROBINSON, Secretary and Treasurer. ?ESAA'C'KHCI.'nt? Ice Cream Saloon "WTHERE CAX BE FOUND. ICE > y CREAM, CAKE, PIES, FRUIT and NUTS of every description. ST PIC N1CS and PARTIES furnish ed on short notice. 13?" A call Solicited by MRS. LUCIE T. L. WANNAMAKER, Proprietress. Notice* Office County Commissioners, ) Oranoeburo, S. C. April 5, 1886. J "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN -Li that the County Commissioners will let out a contract to 'the lowest responsible bidder, on the 30th day of April, 188G, at 12 o'clock, M., for the* purpose of BUILDING A CAUSEWAY at Uolman's Bridge across the South Edisto River. Specification will be made known at above time and place. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board County Commissioners. B. II. MOSS, Clerk Board County Commissioners. April 15-2t. Notice. Office County Commissioners, \ Oranoeburo, s. C. April io, 188G. s "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN i-1 that the County Commissioners will meet at Mount Lebanon Lutheran Church, on the 23rd day of April, 188G, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of letting out contracts, for OPENING A PUBLIC ROAD running from said Church to the Bellville Road near the City of Orangeburg, to the lowest responsible bidders. Specification will be made known at the above time and place. The Hoard reserves the right to raject any and all bids. By order of the Board Countv Commissioners. B. II. MOSS, Clerk Board County Commissioners. April 15-2t. Notice. Office of Comptroller General, ) Columbia, s*C, April 1st. 1880.) I CERTIFY THAT KIRK 110BIN 1 SON, of Orangeburg, Agent of the LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE Insurance Company; CONTINEN TAL Insurance Company; GPJORGIA ROME Insurance Company; PHENIX Insurance Company and the GERMAN AMERICAN Insurance Company, has complied with the requisition of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "A.n Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Compa nies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina." and I hereby license the said KIRK ROBINSON, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of In surance in this State, in the County of Orangeburg, for and in ?ehalt of said Companies. Expires March, 31st, 1887. (Signed) W. E. STONEY. April 15-11. Comptroller General. Nolicc. Executive Department, ) Office of Comptroller General. > Columbia, S. 0? April l, 1886.) T CERTIFY. THAT BULL & SC? 1 VILL, of Orangeburg, Agents of the Citizens and llnnover Fire Insurance Com panies incorporated by the State of New York; of the Hartford Fire Insurance Com pany, incorporated by the State of Connec ticut; and the Sprillglicltl Fire and Marine Insurance Company incorporated by the State of Massachusetts, have complied With the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate Agencies of Insurance Companies not incor porated in the State of South Carolina," ami 1 hereby license the said Mcssr*. BULL ?fc SCO VILL Agents aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insurance in this State, in the County of Orangeburg, for and in behalf of said Companies. Ex pires March 31st, ins;. W. E. STONEY, Comptroller General. April 15 3mo. ."*/I;in1?m'*s S:il<?. State of South Carolina, County id' Orange burg?In the Court <>f Centn on Picas. Harriet K. Xoal, Plaintiff, against Frances i. Ott, et. ab. Defendants. By virtue of the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in and foi said county and State, in the above entitled action, i wdl sell at public auction, at Orangeburg Court House, on the first Monday in May next, durum the legal hours of sale, all that cer tain TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being in Caw Caw Township, in said County and State, con taining six hundred and thirty-two (632) acres, more or less, and bounded by lands now or ?oiucrl) of Millctl^e Elerlonc, AVcs ley Houscr, Aim Collins, Estate of Nathan Culcleasure and others. The tract will be sold in parcels, and plat exhibited on day of sale. Terms?One-third cash, and the balance on a credit of one and two years in equal annual instalments, the cremt portion to be secured by a Bond of the purchaser or pur chasers, bearing interest from the day of sah', payable annually, and a Mortgage of the premises sold, purchaser to pay Master for papers and recording; and all taxes that shall be payable in issij and in case the purchaser or purchasers shall fail to comply with the terms of sale, the premises will 1h; re-sold on the next or sonic convenient sales day, on the same terms, at the risk of the rormer purcliasei or purchaser--. ANDREW C. DIBBLE. Master. Ma.-ter's Office, Orangeburg CIL, S.U. April 11, ISSU. Aotice. THE BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the Orangeburg and Lewiedale Rail Road Company, will he open until the I first d<iv of May next at the offices of Moss & I Dantzler and Bull & Scoville. Shares810O I each. Subscriptions received by either of I the undersigned. B. H. MOSS, J. E. BULL, Committee. To Public School Trustees." Office of School Commissioner, } Orangeburg County,? j > Orange'rurg, S. C, April, 15, 1886.) T AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A to the Public School Trustees of Orange burg County that the end, so long desired, of gaining up the one year behind on the school fund, has, at last, been accomplished, and that all future apportionments will be cash, which will put a stop to the tloatinc. of school claims upon the market There is, also, enough cash now initand to pay NEARLY all of the balance of this year's apportionment?and possibly, ALL claims issued, after this date, wil The cash ed?I will, at any rate, cash all claims, hereafter Issued, until the money is ex hausted. STILES R. MELL1CHAMP, April i3-2t. School Commissioner, 0. C. I HAMILTON'S INSURANCE AGENCY LICENSE. Executive Department. } Office of Comptroller General, > Columbia, s. C, April 1.1886.) Icertify that Mr. John A. Hamilton, of Orangeburg, S. C, Agent of the NORTH BRITISH and MERCANTILE, QUEEN Insurance Companies of North America, WESTERN ASSURANCE, FA CTOR'S and TRADER'S, PEICAN and HOME INSUR ANCE COMPANIES, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly entitled An Act to regu late the Agencies of Iusurance Companies not incorporated in the State of South Caro lina, and 1 herebv license the said JOHN A. HAMILTON Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of insurance in this State in the County of Orangeburg for and in behalf of said Comoauics. Ex pires March 31st, 1887. W. E STONEY, Comptroller General. ATTENTION T?SPENTINE FAEMES3I New Departure In rVavail Stores! W. J. Keenan h as estauli3hed XN office at COLUMBIA. S. C. For the purchase of Rosin and Spirits Turpentine. Shipments to be made to Charleston and Bills Lading to Colum bia. Produce sold for half Commissions and cash returns on date of arrival at Charleston regardless of state of the mar ket. I receive 80 per cent of the product of Bichland and Lexington Counties and refer to any large producer in these coun tses or any Bank in Columbia. Address. W. J. KEENAN, ' P. 0. Box 42. COLUMBIA, S. C. April 8-? mo, MONEY TO LOAN" ON COTTON FARMS, In Sums of ?.'00 to ?<3,000. Interest 10 pc? j-cent per annum. For further information, apply to JOHN B. PALMER & SON. COLUMBIA, S. C. or COL. MORTIMER GLOVER, ORANGEBURG, S. C. March 18-1 mo. Carolina Cultivator, Patented October 13,1885. FARMERS ARE INVITED TO examine this CULTIVATOR at the office of Mr. Kirk Robinson. It cultivates COTTON, CORN or VEGETABLES dur ing the'.r early growth, working BOTH SIDES of plants AT THE SAME TIME, and will harrow cotton before coming up without injuring stand. It BARS OFF or throws dirt TO the plants as maybe desir ed. It is simple, durable, and a great labor-saver. It took first Premium at the last State Fair. Send for descriptive circu lar. Price, ?8.50 and freight from Colum bia, S. C. Address, JAS. H. FOWLES, Patentee, Orangeburg, S. C. April L Notice. Office op County Commissioners, I OltANOEUUIlG, S. C, April 5, 1880. i I LL PERSONS AR K II EH EB Y I 1 A. notified not to plow, or to plant any I crops too near the Public Roads, or to re I move dirt or sand from the said roads in Orangeburg County. Any person violating the above will be prosecuted according to law. By order the I Board County Commissioners. B. H. MOSS, Clerk Board County Commissioners. April 8-2t. Notice oriHsmissn!. rpjUBTY DAYS AFTER DATE I the undersigned will apply to tin; Judge of Probate of Orangeburg County for his final discharge as Executor of the Will <>f W. J. llutson, deceased. C. J. C. Hl'TSON, April l-4t Executor. Police of Dismissal. ON THE CTH DAY OF MAY I will file my final account with the Judge of Probate as Guardian of J. E. C. Dukes and ask for a discharge. EDMON1) F. DL'KES. April 8-4t. Guardian. Tanning"! Tannin;;-!! tTAVING RESUMED THE TAN -1 I ning Business near Orangeburg I am now prepared to Tan and Dress all kinds or Hides on halves. ? In front of Dr. Mur ! rav's Residence. WM. PRUSNER. I March 18 .3iimho Watermelon Seed. f CAN FURNISH A LIMITED 1 number of pounds of the above Seed at the billowing prices: For 10 pounds 75 i cents per pound. Less then 10pounds81.00. per poundd. JEIITJ G. l'OSTELL. KfSK# for Sale. I WILL SELL A FEW SETTINGS 1 of Prize Black Hamburgh Eggs at Sl.r.O per setting of i:J. They are the bt;st breed for lavint; and are adapted to the South. \VM. BENNETT, . March J5 Orangeburg, S. C.