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][|i ?a$3eft PCBUSHKU EVERY FRIDAY W. I. YlLLEl'iGUE, CAMDL>\ S. C.T Jan. 27th, 1S93 5eed of Immiri *tion Evory rucourajit-JBCBt ehould >?<? given for ihrifiy and isr.nest immi grants to come and s-HtT* amongst u?. Kershaw county eru'd givr corrsiortable honus lo a thousand familie*. v. cr eoi!, if sot rk-Fi. i? produc tive, and by rotation in crops and proper cttUivsuon, enn be a?.4 u> yield profitable crops. Onr ;:ii roate is uueqijatert sn\ where; our winters, although the present is a j cotahle rxciption, are jrtncr.nllv I " % mild; daring en ramer vre rarely have nfneh extrea if heat ami pri dotn protracted droughts. Our ? : water is dear and 'pine aii<l o?r lands are heavily Hn. here*}. BY We need a Iar.er *ltrte popula tion to inciense all^rauehes cf business; lo a*sit-t e n^xprises end lo add f<> the gi-serahwi Marc. We wast ira migrants. but, we want only people * li o can and will woik, and *fco espetl to woik. Ou: ' climate, as healthy as h If. will net support a family without the necessaries < f lif^, nnd our water, pure and clear as it is. i? n<?t a sub stantial diet. For pj actienl- farmers. with or wit hoot eapital, asd for any uble bodicd day laborer?, our county otFers great inducements. James B. R*!cn.?.L w rlics as folfows to the Argu?t? Cferevpik-ifr ftv.m Wash ington: ; ^-'Senator Butler, of S?.uth Oarofina, will make a determined light tor tne Senatorahip. His enemies would like to aCc him accept a foreign" mission, but the wish father to the ti ought. He i.? not to-be switched off in that fashion. Time may work w hbjcjs fcir him. There may be momentous changes i? South Carolijia,snd a counter-revolution when Butler ia ready lor a t ericas carnpjii^n. He will not stand aloof lite Hampton did, but, on the contrary, fight to a finish./* The News and Courier, commenting on the above, Kays: *' The Legislature electtd in KoveirDer. }S$4,"witl choose * Senator Butler's t-uetegscr. It is not known what candidates will be in the 4TeId, but it is generally believed that Governor Tillman will enter the li*t?. -> What the result will be **o oneTair-tell -at this time." ? The educators in Indian* are advo- 1 * ??ating township libaik#, to be located at Home convenient place in each township, j the Looks, suitable lor school children, j to be passed around fr?>t n one school tr. : another and finallv returned to the libra- j ry, as is dene successfully in several eft- j ies in the state. Ike idea is a gocd'ond, ; as it would supn^'the farmers an<f Yhoir sons and daughters w.th much good . rea'iirg matter that they could not oth- j erwise get. L. Q. C. I-.AMAR, KSsjj reuse court, died in Macon, Gn., Monday. The death of thi> j distinguished jtuist. besides being a y:reat loss t ? the nation, i.> particularly j unfortunate at this time, inasmuch as : it gives President Harrison the oppor- j trinity to appoint a Republican in his : place. Justice Lamar was a Mississi- 1 pian, and the only representative the | ?outh has ? had on the supreme bench since the war. Just let us rermirk, p'ease, that there j are now provided by the state .ihree col leges in South Carolina for the higher education of white boys, one for the higher education ef negro I03S and re- j gi*o girls and none, r.o not ore, for the ? white girls. Does no man feel a^lianitc j of th?|?? Sumter Free man. \ What's the matter with the Winthrop j Normal College? It has always been understood that I.arry Gar.nt was a prctty dirty individu al, and < the impression was <. really strengthened by a curious c< im idence. On Friday it was announced that a soap factory was to be -established in Colum bia and the next day Larry resigned his job oifc^e Register and left town. r Congressman Kilcore, of Texas, ha* been to see Mr Cleveland and says the next President has learned a thing or t*o since he occupied the White Ho.ise four vear3 ago ar.d that he $;is going to turn the rivals out with rs? atness ar.ddi;-| . patch." r I It is stated that a ca.-^t will be made j up, by cons&ut, in order to have* the Su preme Court pass on the validity of th<- J ippensary law. This w?uid be a sc-ui-i ? Tocecding, best for all interests. as bee* favoriibly^o^ rite North OtfelinaJ^ifddiare imposing :< fine ot $500 on any person engaged in. Hacking. Thi? is all right so far as it ?'oes, b?at it will make convirti >is any ! ? ! f-asier? The T'nited States Senatorship ' west is a position sought after almo.-t .i. <agerlv as that of < ountv commissioner :q South Carolina. In Nebraska there j ?are row forty edd candidates in the field. The south'a reputation as a wittt-r re ?K>rt is vicdlcaU d. Pretty much all the winter in the country seeros to have re ported to this lalilnde. Mk Cleveland occcpiea a unique j?ositi#x in that he is ftl the same time an ex atd r nex* preside t. How They Identified Him. When the} wreck vas over beside them ' Uy, k An untawwn *san? alas ! And They aaad: 4*H?> an ed'tjr? plain : an day? One aftm and a railroad puss !7 WASHINGTON LETTER. 'From our regular f*>T7*spondei.t ] W*8hsxgtos, Jan .24. 1803. "The Carlisle tariif Kill." How | rioen that strike you as a popular j title fnr the democratic tariff hill winch is tf> . i?e pa^sttK ^Vr tViei Fift ?-thi*d Congress? Unless x number of gentlemen who :ire in positions to know are t longin th.-ir calculations Senator Carlisle, whose resignation as ^Senator .^ill U'ke etfect the fourth *?f next montV, if the man who will frame that bit!, 'i he great success of the Walker tar riff l?ill, fiamnd l.y President Folk's Secretary of the Treasury, was. rt is said, whrt induced Mr Cleveland lo f'jllow thv* same plan and entrust the framing cf t?riff .bill which is to he strictly in ac cord with democratic idea?, to his? SfcC. of the Treasury. I', is no*, to b*- understood ?r infos red that 1 Si is movers intended to prirc ? the Ways ard M^aps Committee of the next House of any of its rich's. 'Hie idea is .r.erely to put ioto tie hant?s of that corcniit'ee a com plete tnrii'r bill, leaving its members 'to decide whethefr it sS all be ac cept! das pi epa rector be amended I before h ing repotted to the Hons*. ; Whatever o^t's opinion rf\jlii* method rii? g \\\e tariflM?ill. m?Y be, it- c^nn<% Vie denied jhH John G. Carlisle is by exr?Tiejce ; and abriiy specially well qualijiea to frame I be democratic bill. , has for many years been a loading tariff reformer. ant) his namtf at tached to the bill would of make it popular with the rank ar.d file of the democratic paity. Much curiosity is f*H concerning the answer t' a" Secretary Fostw will nmkc to Represent rtive Scott s resolution, which has bee* adopted l>v the House,' calVing>for inform ation as to the delay in the erection of puMie buildings for whnh the moneY has b? en appropriated h\ Conorcss. Mr ScoU save he is satisfied' that the delay has been caused by the lack <?i money ?n the! Tiea???y, nnd lj?e- are all apparently with' him *, bl?t it^ it hardly probaMe feat the^wily Sec retary of the TieW*/ w-u a<lHJ t h a t. . * Representative Bynum s resnfln tion, which has been adopted/ by the House, calling on the Civil vice Com mission *o furnish a of :,!! the men reinstated in classified service of *he Government under rule 10, since tfarch 4, together with the date of flieir dismissal -or resignation from the s( rvice, the States ilfey were firm and the States charged with Uieir apnointrr.enfi the date of their.re instateinent, and the departments in which they were reinstated.. Rule 10, referred to in this resolu tion was gotten vpf by republicans ostensibly to allow the reinstate mmt within one year of their dis missal or resignation" of ex-soldiers, but if the information called for hy the resolution be truth fulW aiven it will be -seen that it has been terribly stretched, both as to time ??d persons It would be much better to absolutely suspend the Civil Service law so far as it relates to appointments and lemov als, for the first year of every ad ministration, as pre pesed by Rep resentative DeArmond s bill, now in the hands oJ a 1:? n^e Committee aSa. ? t it, a- h -.s been done t.hnn I.U i T, unkr tliis srtnJiTtWnmo-. .?? fides it would be much more main) and honors- '.e. The favorable n'p' it to the House on Uio bill repealing all federal eUction laws contains some very strong language, but. as the re?)* rt truthfuily says: ''These laws aie a continued menace to the peace and welfare of the counti\, ?xr.il nothing said against them can he too strong. The House will jri*s this bill, not with any <^pec ?ation that it can get through the Senate ct this session, but to em phasize the position of the demo cratic party Against these laws. The republicans of the Se.iate have f.ppaient ly adopted a sort of a frc-r^-vou please pace. I wo at tempts have been made within the 1 last week by means of caucuses, to ! get them together, but they were j j hot h failures. The most of their, i J appear to wish to avoid doing an\-, things aside f;-om some speci :i I bill in lyhieh they are interested, and ? j to be\>nablej to interest a sufficient! j nNtpbtfr' ^Ijtheir colleagues in any j lone measure to get it endorsed by. | a cau us. Having given up the silver question entirely they will j this werk caucus on the admission ' of nvw statrs. When the results of! 1 1 lie lest are considered the repub-^ ! Jicans are excusable for being) I slinht'iy demoralized. j Senator Wolcoit has Keen having! some fun st the expense of the j Postmaster General. He doesn't lik e the Columbus slsinr.s.'und Sat in day lie made a humorous speech ; in favor (.f his joint resolution di-; reeling; t!:e Po*t master General to ! Jitop the aale^?f them, and he raise d ^Jaugty by that lie had a letter i^om a physician who srtid | that if the salw-rVf these stamps is stopted the stock on hand might be utilized as chest protectory He, intimated in relation to Mr Wati namakei's statement that 1*1,500. ] 000 profit would be realized from the sale of these stamps to collcct t>; s i s 1 a l this Government was too big io go into the chromo business, a busintis that might do for some! l.ttle Central America state, that was a few thousand dollars '*shv . Things are n< w going wuli ?. i rush at the heauquarter9 cl the ' Inaugural comicittce, and so great; ' has i>een the demand for ho t?f 1 ae- j j coroodations that good quarters are; setting scarce. : O C To Prevent Grip Or any other similiar epidemic, the bk-od j ' and the tv hole system should "oe kept in : healthy condition. If you feel worn out i or havt>"tbat tirtd feeling" in the mora- j ing, do not be guilty ol neglect. Give | immediate attention to yourself. Take j Hood's Sarsaparilla to give strength, purify the blcod and prevent diaoase. Hood's Pilla care lifer ills, jaun dice, biliou???ss, sick headache, consti pation. - ? P THE DISPENSARY ACT. Reason* of a I,c?isfat*?r for op-j po -is>K Its Passage. I Editsr C\\mdj: n CiiKoyjcr.R: ? The "Evan's Liquor Law" perns to iio n i subject of more oimmpnt than any other j act of the Into session of the Legislature. As one of the members from Kershaw, I will trke tip a j art < f } onr space to explain soinVo of the^resson* that led rce j to f ppcre the measure. Tin v inir paired j on this q'.ustion with Mr McT.aurin, of ; Marion , rr.y vote did not rppesr in the ! [papers, f ut was recorded in opposition j | on the Ji urn::! o: tbe ]roi;=e. i There i-rrmed to me sr-n\?? serious ot>- j j jeetions t? tl e 1 i!! . now f;i\r . ?n string] | 3ft tn r.mweiph it* bettor fi'iuuros. I'tv | ' til shown ?>v fte'n i! experiment, T could i | r.r?t believe that- the spiiit < f m-r people | j would ToVrnte the censorship of a dis i perser over thciV Lai its and murals, t?. , whom they nui.-t prove a good character. ? before r?T< ivinjr his favors. 'On the ! other hand , ran ir ho sepposed tf*xt one j man will le a'1?** t? cope v?ith the cx \ pidify and anpvfites < fa county. without ! can sin 2 irijnrh r Sense by beinjr-either too | strict or too Tax, or l>v makimr odiom j distinctions ? ?'life "mu?t end either Ly I sellinjr to ;ilmoft everybody or to hardly anybody. It is bound to be either very ! wet O" \cfv dry. "Yet many will seek to dfsp. n-e, an<! | ? * ^ i j we shall 'n<a doubt' see yn outbreak of ?: that '"leprosy" which Tillman o nee so canterj/ed. A:v I this brings up the most ohjecjfionthle phiise ot~ the ncxr'system. } thajrit greatly multiplies patroriajie and concentrates tli f liquor elements dirvtlv jrwpon and v\;?pun the official life of the j state. It 'ad? a corrupting power to the | ?polities! 'machinery of office in Co- j lumbia and it would not be surprising. I after a sho.t trial, to see the whole i t?i injr indfeanfcly swept away by ourpeo- f pie. For despite the many utopfss nn ! paper whi<h have appeared of late, the ; dangers of centralizing power still ex- j ist ; nor is it bv any means certain that i this venture of the state rn a commercial | transaction will prove a succc?s . If no< j managed with skill rbc costly ex peri- f ment wili collapse. Cn ? i ' ^ I <l . S>ftl we are ready to grant that these j Ejections in practice, may pr?i-e to 1><* > unfounded, and (hat the frispc n*j?ry pla:> 1 may pr-?ve a success, It is copied after the new political theories <f Bellamy tvd others, who i*r>Il that tie for sell-protection, should assume and j exercise many ^nf those fur.ciijond now|\ left to private parties. In ottyir wordt^ it is an experiment along the line uy. doctrine from which ha? spinrg Lhesijo- ( treasury plan, the demand forgover^- ? ment ownership, of railroads and sue likcv. Jteij.g still imbued with ;the oi?l^ fcty!e, ortlud?x democratic school qf thought, wt lco? with skepticism on these innovations. "R^tfiey may he all ? right. In lict the Evan's fci.'} was an in- 1, geniour compromise. It undertook to divide the liquor snen by granting spec ial privileges to mall liquors Jind by leaving tTistjilleries undisturbed. It had a smack of prohibition in under taking, rn paper, to forbid sales to ex- : cessive drinker.--. Rut in trying to make j this blanket cover so m:;ry. the chances are that none will be pleased and we may look for a reveal cf tl?e iiqrtir h sue in !p<o?itics. Scme[noveI legal questions have sprung j up around the act. touching it.-, eonstitu- [ tionality, but judging by the course of j decisions, there is not much probabil- 1 itv that the courts will upset it. The j people alone can it an.l of one j | tlifr jr Vherd can fe no d.-uib*, that there will he no ?*isorderly resistanc e. The I fight will be at the ballot box. and the j miliii.i will remain in customaiy ir.nocu- j ous desuetude. Tiios. .T. Kiurcam>. i A GOOD YIELD. $S0.i!0 Clear Profit MjxV on r;ne Acre oi Corn fertilized by the Globe Phosphate Co's Fertilizer. Say ?4 bushels yield. at 7or, X $63.Cft| Less cost of fertilizer, manure and labor M2.S0 N'et Profit, fSO.LM , ! Meet:ng Stieet. S. C., ) j Oct. 22, 1892. ) John H. IIuikt, Esq., ' Pres. Globe Phos. Co., i Columbia, S. C. : Pear Sir: ? According to promise !j send you herewith result of my experi- j mcnt with your fertilizer f^onc acre of j corn : * I ii winter I broadcasted 100 bushels of! cotton seed and turned it under; first of i May bedded out land r.nd put in water- j furrow compost of 400 rounds of your Ac'd Phoshphate. 20 busht-ls cotton seed , with some rough lot manure , i idling on ! this. On 21>t of May split this ridjre ! and dropped the corn vix to ten inches, ? and put in the drill 200 pounds. your ! Alkaline Guano. When corn was about J hand high I ran aror.r.d the cor^i , the j rain set in and continued a! out s vreeks. | P?etwee:i showers I went in with piow ; and put in t'.vo more furrows. adding in j drill i,00 pounds more (/ Alkaline Gu- j *uq; at hist of tt.e v. et Reason I pvt tw.?' in' re furrows tlx the middle w ith heel- j sweep, running shallow . After this 8 ! week* o: vat w.-ather we had a pro-, traded dry ..pell f.r S wei-k*, WjiJifUO. rain. except oi.e lirht ihnwer. j The f u?rn f.red up wLcsk it had been htilding too rwuch water in the wet scas-n I do not. know how mucn fodder 1 got? , it was a good deal. I gathered, the corn and measured ' every tar of ii. I measured 84 bushels, i ? > I W hen I set out in the airing I wanted to make 1(K) bushels on one ?<t. . ar.d witlj the manure us* d and cco-i *vo;k find good sensors, i io;tM l.ave madi my hundred bushelsc The way the season was the. last man- i urir.g did no good. 8 weeks of wet ancf1? : w^eka of dry weather, with only 6 fur- ' rows, and they put in too wet. I made: ?4 bushels. The cost of manure, <?nar.o, rot ton see.; , and labor all was $32. Su. " I had fourteen acres of o.^rn planted j beside*. and not manured as welL 1 j gathered 56-3 bushel?. My cotton crop j wis poor; will not 'quite average a .bale, to the acre. Yours Truly* W. T. Waltox. ? 1 I : T . I ? ; j Old papers for sale at this office at 20 cents per hundred. , 1893 1893 X V \ Wishes its many customers a H \PPY NEW YEAR, trusting that will bring them greater happiness and pros perity than they hivo ever experience;! in the past. I Ky # ^ g?ne, ann with it must pot lie biggest bargains IQl/Zi ever oftVrvd in <!n goods i-tc.. as the quotations be low will show : Beautiful line f? ncv wca.ve Henriettas, all shades, cheap at 40c., now 33 k\ 30 inch broken plaid, all wool serge Flan'fieli, formerly .-old a 75c now 35c, %AH wool Henriettas. 3D inch, worth 7oc, now oOe., and col ored Henriettas^ 44 inch, offered now at 4~>c.. Sweeping reduction in all Winter Dress Goods also in Eider Down and 1 laid Flannels. ? ) CARPETS! CARPETS!! Biggest Line and Best Assortment in the city and we call'special attention to the sweeping reduction in prices: Former price 20 c., now loo. - 37 ic, '? 'J8o. ,{ ; 4">c, 33c. " 47k, - 3:3 ic. " :>0c, 44 40c. " o7c, %i 41c. Floor ():.l Cloth 4-4 'Joe. ' S-4 oO \ Lenolium 8-4 $1 .00. Hemp Carpets, nice patterns from 11c to 18c. Big reduction in Rugs ? Smyrna and Moqueti',. 1 Bi^ line Blankets and Comforts at C ()>"! . Dm't buy your Z^$00D3Ce2S till you visit the FA MOUS (ill, L' EDO E STORE ; we will sorely nave you tnoiiev ? PRICE IS NO OHJKCT. Cull early nnd secure some of the great bargains in CI, , and Overcoats, for the l.ig redu-tioii in prices ircaasin* them to disappear. Al-o a few Ladies' Cloaks left which will he d L,i out at COST. v ' Misses' and Childrl^sVclonks at ABSOLUTE COST, With Sincere thanks to the trading nuMic for past* avo^ ? - soliciting a continuance of the same, RESPECTFULLY, P. T. VILLEPIGUEr ? ht . ? PROPRIETOR. DO YOU WANT tQt Maybe N?n<itngoutb*bfe|o?U done before, bo** furnished bee* mi this one. Everyone that's the twveMM little black -?nd-trhi? you but a faint fctoe 6f \ ** m a which we propose to __ tatlon The little a pillow, an 1 1i In tbo pin k sock, the mate of i off and flung aside Witb ft The llesh Unts are per footer" you, no matter where ? " - rite rp)?roduetlott$ of tl Ida wtiuffh (tv.e mo* painter* of b;>by Ufeli who subscribe to T Blue for IS83. The . _ told from tbo ortgtaa are the same plae il7x life sia?\ and atao.utoly aljo la preparation, * srribere durinjf 189ft, < nueh artirta as Percy M< Louis Dcacbampa. and renown. Take only tl . _ we lid during the past jwk ' su*," and "A Whtfce Bottlt wife of President llifrrtaofi, I w'jrUt our promises mean. Those who subscribe for Magnsine for 190* wi] qi:UUe works Of artj Magazine tbst cam the World for Its tx aubjeot matter, that' c-i on all the topics of fads and different tteml i household, besides ful reading matfr, both whole family; and n a fashion Magasio?s Its fa foot, and wo giro you, frctaft tents you wish to ttse<dur1nf in any size you eboose. ]?~ sorlptton at oneo. ?oly St, ( ?ret over $26 (n viilue. Add W. Jennings Ocmoroat, ir York. If yoti are *inat^_ Ua^uslnc, seud 10 ffftnts forai and trice ?tamped Ml writ when mav? ? Hold etcrywktiHi " Jhis IS THE ft est wit* WHI fire etrh?lv? rait pBrnts. Writ r? for rntalo?u?. !#??< ulaJ, alie and width wasted* 1'ofel HIR a: 1UST Just m Yi il( SAVE CLOTHING. Ciiildi^eci's Kilt ? a from 3j to 5.09. Boy's Jersey kttee pant* suii from 3.00 to .5.00. Hoys' kne* pants suits 75c. to 7.00. Youths' lona pants suits to 10.00. * ? Men's rnck suits from 3.^0 '20.00. i Men's cutawav suits | 5.00 to IS. 00. Overcoats from 3.Q0 to lo.i _ Single pants from 50c. to o.OO.^ j Mens1 and boys' crush hati fri i shirts, white and red, oOc. \o 201 !cy cap* chcap. The quality of I K':?ll and get a bargain. si i ZEMP BB \ ; is the time to get f) Tv\ o ?> AND GENTS FURNIS: AT CAP! W e don't wait until cold weathrr ii NOW in season ?