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John W. Holmes, l£XTO* AND P*OP*tCTO*. UH81ST COUNTY OIECULATION THUY, FEBRUAKY 1900. KJ f!"■ -UMl U U XM' '• —'l-l—SLL- -U-^B «lode* June* AMiioh look lh« o»tb of offiot bofoMr Chtsf Justice Stapson on SnturOAf. On Mourtcj be begsu oork at Anderson, presiding orsr the Conn of Coanon Plenty . YW_. poaocrstlo Bute Etccutlve Com mitts* will meet tu ColuaMs to night to fleet o stiuoetsor to Judge Janes F. Itler ns Stele Cbelmisn. ■on.* W. B. Rrewley, of Cberleston, will prsbeWj be sleeted. Judge B. C. Press ley completed bis fodlcttl career on Saturday, bis aeveu- ty-0fth birthday. Dh Is still in fair health and works an hour la bis gar den every week day when bn is st home. When he began to prauUoe iu Charleston he owned a place thre* miles from town.-' He would walk but in the afternoons, plow a couple of hours and walk hack again, lie ha«* served the Bute well aud deserves the afternoon of rest. iu*4 proiesintui, wiiue i>r. ; durig doctor,*' M«U fair to of the •*brlgbl. jjghU. , --| ►tor, on** phyaician and the ; bushes on lire ooruer uow occupied bj Caahier. and K. I >. UoIammi Book • Jh^MrBiee^wiorrtl^rd:^wwriwifn d The healthfuln. *• ou;rshao.a.la — the approach of the uaauspoctiug Belay j known, though should sickness, occur —plfrmnd springing upon iH’r she cslled three allTTfur physlclaus are atones Mr- loudly for her young eiater-in-law tolaorvice. Drx Frederick and Tlndsl are com** and “hold the w retch,” while she i veterans iii the profesidou, w hile l>r. applied her cowhide so vlgoroitaly that Iziar, tho “young doctor,*' bids Betsy IV* new honieepuu dp^s wa> cut* become one of into shreds. Such retnbutsry juM u's* > With one pastor nilgUt prove ellicacloui st this lute day. principal of her school under twenty- Time anu apace forbid a sketch of all [-tlve tears of age Cral.anthi is throwing the men w ho have engiiged in busluesa in Grahams,’hut 1 will mention the inewt Imporunl. In 1A41 <J. C. Cooper nun* here and o|amed a tailor shop, which he ehangc<| in a year nr two Into a regular oonotry store, which busings )a con tinued fox, iLruiuiVox of .year*. .Jaa, W. Larrv, — Brandenburgs Bshll AnstiB, Tfina. ^impSWl, Bf.lflbe J. D. Barnes, (father of the Miss A Bide Berne**, of Atlanta, Gs.,) voting |>opidatlou is fi3 whites and 33 and J W. >'eld«r were among the tmui- 1.”^Alliance Department. . wamr - ~~ Adopted as the County Organ by the Coun ty Alliance July 5tli, ]XHP. kf^G! off a little old-fogylsni. Tiie oldest res- lUfpce lu tow n is C. C. Cooper's whkih he has owned and occupied oonUhously for fortv-flve years Next-come tbs Kica and Gralinm homesteads each oc c.iplcd hy reprewniativss of the origi- nabowners. With feer exceptions tbs | Uchllug A i population of Urfham's has btrrn an 1 U» ftf lei DeWltr, tkalelJo.scoplc in Its uhangr* that space £• y authoress,! forbids recapitulation. The present & W Bot * . The South Georgia melon crop will be mu eft) larger thli year thsn it was but. That is bad news for Csmlins growers, espctdalIr as they will make swverai plantings and their shipments will be ia consuiit eompetiilon with the Carolina crop. 4t *e«m« that.tlie Georgians have h»H*n wider awoke than our folks and hy starting soon and rigkt have securwi better freight, rates than they bare had before. The Columbia Register is becoming an Echo. A few weeks ago, when it seconded a dlulril** of Ihr —and Courier against the people of Barnwell, we look it to be an intHllgent reality and wasted some words upon-the fyot hilt Stillness. It has sgsiu echoi'd tno airy dissertation OT the Greenville >iews upon the Bamnwcll Pr.ortx, but learning wisdom from our one mistake, w e shall let It irwrely alone •ntil it ahall break out of the leading r: rings with which it is self ha^n»aM^l "*TSe Btrnwell Ol77m?l?rt!iiisr Hill will be built in time for the fail trade. As we tindemtand its pur|K>se it w ill be a heocdi to a wide scojk* of country without the lncor|K>rale limits of tbt* Town of Barnwell. It will gi\e the farmers a good market for Undr sur plus cotton seed and offer to them home made fertilisers that will always he up to tbs standard and especially suited to tbofr crop* aud aversge season*. Besides that it win relieve them from the necessity of selling their cotton ss fast as gathered to meet maturing ob ligations. By storing It in the lire proof ware bomu that will be built .they will be nbto''t* get cheap Insur ance, and to gat advances of most of Us market value until such times as dt~ ahaii suit them to sell. As a guuersl rule it may pay best to make early sales, but there are times when the grower feels like holding on. He can do that In this immediate neigh borhood hereafter, and many other towns will soon furuish like opportu nities. All the larger places ou our rallrpads should have such warehouses aud the several sub-Alliances ought to set the ball lu motion - if the tow as and local banks do not take the lead quick- 1/. bor engaged lu merchandising before the war. One of these name*, however, deserves more than a passing notice, t e. John W. Felder Betide Contributing largely toward* building tb? MethodUt Church he built a large school-lit mss at his own expense, furnishing it with all that was then couddered necssiotry apparatus for teaching. This house was burned by an Incendiary VK*n after the war. When the UHtSiu of war sounded through our Scythlatul this noble philanthropic* gentleman (for he was a bachelor) wan among the first to shoulder arms in her defence. He fell a victim to disease in the early part of tho Mtnigjgle ^ iVrlnp* it would inSorrMt some of my younu readers U* coin pur* the modes t>f travel in HU with the pre-ent. The barrel-shaped pnsHeoger coaehek on tho It. R. were snccvedetl hy a square car riage with foot board extending along the outddv w here the conductor walked lQ_cullect fares. They contained -no toilet conveniences and hy Charleston st daylight ou a Spring uor nlng one might reach Grahams at 3 o’clock p. m. There was no telegraph line or express then and one mail, hag carried all the mail colored. The asseased value sf proper ty is about IX). Besides a good school sod tbs twe churches already mentioned there ars several societies, a lodge of Good Tem- olar*, Y. M. C A. Farmers Alliance cJul», and a l.itsriery Club. With these -ami the prospect of several new busi ness entet prises being fully devclo|>ed in the near future a brighter day is surely drw nlug on Graham’s. Editor Pinylc: The .faculty of memory is of such practlc.il Importance, that all means of intelligently developing its powers lor the acquirement of knowledge should meet with encouragement. The memory of the average American is becoming'weaker day by day. Hur ried newspaper reading and mechanical routine work, and excessive stimulants hanrTThpaired more or le*n tho memory of every man. Even literary men use copious notes when making bob-tall leaving sj^ei lms of thirty minutes when KingThotof Egypt heard of the Invention of writing he disapprov ed it ou the ground that it would weak en the natural force ■ ■ T- n ~ */a st f's Jurftce agafiist -Hie foolish s\ <tteius of uwu«*n i* a that base be* ir^TTOtdfohmt t?T Eimonhies to the prenem dky. TherA • are. bowerrr, some nuggt-U imbedded of memory. And matterfmm Oh.ir^ j hi* prfxll^ion has come true, leston t<» Ilsmburg. 'i'iie train wouldi l« ihe Aehoois Historic is taught to wait while the rmtte agent ran into the | t r ' l l" the imagination, Logic i* taught postofllce, emptinl thtf entire cthtents I to develoj^tlie reason W l»jr Is it that of the mail pouch on the counter, picked s i KV hd attention in not given to the fa- oi*t letters .for Grahams, replacv-others, | memory. ihe i memory retu.ru to ihe car and repoht this per- : ^r. ngtheqs g-anmauly-wT*!* (orffiancA- rr-pn it ft nio.» »hd w Cakins .•ilarmingly by neglect on the line, posrag* was never pre-; J?onie w ill xay that It lauseleasto have paid. It dost twelv- and aJnlf cent* to 1 memory training beeanse what- get a U tter from L'lurleston aud twen- 1 cter cbivelops the mlitiT Tu general w ill tv-tlve cents, for ili-tances oxer three ltiU tife ttieniory. _Fact*«^|tot rWCfUtt' indre,i inm*s; 1...1 thVn gvitifiga K-t" rh, ' r P<»-»Hi<»n, be, auseTT^uently we ter was almost an era I)f«iTe’« exi.r- mi et learned men w hohave treacherous eucc ami It was nol c.uislderml discour- ! mcro**c|**and frequently wemeetstupld teoiis to enquire from whence and I u,,, l partial Idhds who have re- w horn eome<* your letter ainl.w hut U the j marknbly retentive memories, news? T*m trains had no regular ached- 1 There In* some u ho object to special ule, they started as *-,oo as each g,»t memory training becaiiM) uf their pre ready and xx he.; tw o train- happened to u>a«*t bei4»e»-H stations t>»c drarptn 7 ITT, Isock xv'hM loTh v. turuuut amt*aBow thr ouicr wMr.f n.. OU eugim'a until 1**I2. -The old “(jnlar Springs Baptist Church” was moved to Grahams nnd a neat frame building (still iummI) eiwted on a lot donned by II B Kicc lu ls43. This was tiie ili -t church in the tow a and there is only one tnoiuher living who belonged to it then, Mrs I.avlcy Cnfieland. The M E. Church xvan built about ten year* later. Grahams ban never had a resident lawyer. The physhogns of auto-halliiin days were I>r*. S. B. Graham, (».. B Lartigue and — So itener, preceptor of our late lamented I»r. 1 Kanst. Two of lhe<*e physicians dissected the body of a negro in a vacant house in town aud as long n« thv ruins of this house j held together the school children viewed them with lH»rror an*l when ne- j tessltv compelled one to psss there it ; xxas <!<Mie with liable. Squire Ira C. Felder was the pca«*t* ofliccr here' for ‘ many year* I must not omit the name of I>r. Henry llane, who was also a practising phyaician in Grahams before : the war. &everal other physlciau* liv ing in th*.adjacent country have done I profc'-slotial xxutk In tow n, prqttiin<*nt j among whom were Dr*. Edgcrtoii, Tur- , ner nnd Faust. During the w.nrcxery store houne w as ' occupied by familisM of refuge*** from 1 the coast, and it xxa* not uncommon for I ladies an«l children to live for weeks at | M. J FATE, Abbocutb Ki>iiob, To whom all ComnmnicatIons on Alliance MutUrs shoukl be addressed. - XBountalos- 1/ we lack mo»xey, we have g«»t moral rrmrage and backbone, and where there is a will there Is always a way. Whan you rind a morchan’ offer ing aud selling good* to individuals for less than he w ill sefi them to a whole Alliance, It is not beoausc be Joves the Individual mure, but because he loves the Afitauce less. Pikk. I 0®«rrs sf Us Osaatr SUtaass. D. P. Sojonffier, Preside at. A. F. Free, Vine PreetdeuL W. 1). Uamlierg, Secretary. N. F. Kirk 1 suJ, Treaaurvr. W. G Briuon, Chapkuu. L A Took. Lsctnrer. lancastsr. Door Keeper. Ptaoock, Ariistant Dor»r Keeper. . BodUord, Jh nteant ai Anna & W. PtiiUJbs, Business Agi-nt. ectttlv* Committee-C B. 1 Patrlrlt, \V. A. Faust. Trade Committee—<J. M. Hunter, E. Dowling, J. M. tinier, W. A. All. C'oinuiittee ou Good of the Order—J. C. Mr- Mlllan, (!. M. faleuflcld, W. T. Cave, J. K. Bnrtltug, E. It Uuess. ' Kstiee.'^ If you want your letter* answered at tach the .Seal of your Alliance. M. W. PitiLi.ipa, County Truttoo and Busiucas Agt Frve, W. W. If. FOR SALE. For Sq/e. —ui, an tu** * m i* r» vtrkf r « v tx t■r'x’O'i' BANK NOTICE. S ’ATl’RDAY next, Si'd Insc., being a National Holiday/ The Bank of Barnwell W^l he-closed from 3p. m. mi Friday iintii Monday J4th fust. Parties having p;tf>«r maturing on that day >111 please auticiPAte payaient. fSB 20-tf THEO J. SIMON’S, ' Cashier. Find Discharge. ^OTICE 1* hereby given that the un- isi. K. T. Mtsrkkssss. Col. F.. T. Stackhouse, President of the State Alliance, wa* born in Marion District, now County, near tne place on which he now liven. t»5 year*, ago. He ha* been “only a farmer” all hi* life. hereb deralgjied will die hi* final ac count vhth J. O. Pattcmon, Ks<|., Judgs of Probate, on Thursday, the Wth day of March next, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, as Guardian of the estate of Mar garet Aim Carroll W. M. Dyches, J. ! O. Dyches and D. II. Dyches, aud ask for Letter* DistnU*ory. B. J. HUTTO, fab 20-4w ) tiuardian. Final Discharge. 1 VQTICK is hereby given that the un- i 1’ dersigned w ill die hi* dnal ac- j count w itli J. G. Patterooii, Esq., Judge of Probate, on Thursday, the mb day * r “ r . vth, "‘f /or “><■! „f March net, .t lo oVI.^k In,ho fere- sustenaux^f* of man and beast ou htsoxoru ' place. He suend* annually six dollar* per acre for lertilizcrs, and for thirteen years past ha* averaged JKXT |M>uiid* of lint cotton 4^er acre on hU w age* farm. Last year he gathered 171) bales of cot ton from I* • acrsN ou his home farm. For thirteen years the average 3 >id~ of corn on h:s wage* farm has been fifty bushels per acre. INK FlBMEftN ALI.U.XCK. noon, a* Adminint ator of the estate of VVVH. Dyches. de-josaed, add ask for Letters Diamisaory. b. j mriTO. feb 20-4wj Administrator. Dissolution Notice. T HE (WARTXKRSHir h.r.'tnr.m- «] Tbs kffsrta B*lsff Xa4« t» Rrrs* Its ssd IMtIS# it* MraiV-rs. lk'*-k Hid lirraM.] Oue year ago the general impression among non-Alliance men was that the nizatiou would soon go to piece*. existing between the uudarMgued xra* dissolved by luiitual conacnt on the { Ar*THay of January, 1KIX). All liabili ties of the late firm are assumed hy Dr. %)oht>—Mr Mndch, wTib xxill collect all claims due to It,~and continue the busi ness under bis name and on ht* own ae- rirgi lb * opinion ^r«<«ha*ed upon the fact tlifl there LauT>een no organization of the farmers in the paMt that had proved *obe permanent. That opinion i* part ly true and partly fal*e. Be that ms it may, it ba'*-mnhtng to do w itli our pres ent par pose and our duty iu the future. There l»a* never been in ihe pn*l hi-tory of this country the uece aity for «MgA-orga(«ieat4oft fhr wur^mmnal count. J NO. M. SMITH. ,M. !»., \v. II. woodward. Willfsion. S. C. - G> FeHr.. HIK).Jwr 1 Master’s Sale. Ourf 0/ Common ruas. State 0/South Carolina, iiuruvdl County^ J. E. Sindifer, L. B. Sandlfer, L. A. Sanjifer. Annie Crider, Jane Elisey, Julia A. Miller aud A. P. Miller, Guardian ad Litem for E. J*. Sandl- fer. Si. M. Sandifer, Henrietta E Sau- drter, Aquiiia II. Sandifer aud George "I.. Sandifer, Plaintiffs, against Mary Smoak aud A. I*. Miller and L. E. M. Smoak, Defendants. PARTITION. B Y VIRTUE of a decretal order tome directed in the above entitled cause I will *eil at publicauctiou in 'front of the Court House, in Hie Toxvn of Barn well, in *ald State, 01. Monday tiie Jki day of March, 1SU0. it being saleday in *uid month, within tiie legal hours ot sale-the following described property: “All that certaiu tract of land situate, lying and being In BrfniweU County in said Ntalo, containing three hundred and fifty acres, more oriess,and Itouud- ed on the North oy lands uow or lately of Wililam Beasiuger aud G S’. Patrick, South by l.itula fntely of Natlian Crider, East By lands formerly of Hie estate of Henry ifutto," WesCby lands noxy or lat«*ly of James Smoke and. Lucius Bal linger.” G DUNCAN BELLINGER, Mister 1). C. Mastar * OlBce, Hth Kwhy 1STXJ. - T HE HOLLAND COTTAGE LOT, on Railroad Avenue, near the Meth odist Parsonage, WillDton, 8. C. For prl;e k)id particulars a] GEO. H BA' Barnwell C. 11., 8. CT feb 4-lf 5. II W Notice of Sale. • ' TTTYj Hwnndmriffnpff, Tenant* In Com- YY mon of the follow ing described Three lota on Main Street wltit SO feet front by 300 deep, between Davis’s law office and Post office. Four lots opposite Mr. W. Gilmore Simms, same measdrement. The lot and.residence now* occupied by Capt. W oodward 100x300 feet. The five lots and buildings between. Tobin’s drugstore aud Poj»koftix*e on Malu Street. ~ r ■ J These sre the most desirable building lots in the town for any put pose a**l W UlJtf.s*Ud ressouabfy.- ur ,ul1 Wgr •* An nU I ^ J1 U UU U J uaa(r«0*«m.(«r-a A. i, M UUUtt AED. | tr»u >|>rd| C II, w ithin the legal hour* of sale: “All that tract or parcel ef land situ ated, lying aud beta* in the County of liarnwrll, State of South Carolina, ia Great Cypre-a Township, containing Ninety-six acres more or lea*, and bounded *a folloxv*: On the North by lands of Milton Harden, on the South by lauds of John Cater, on the East by laud* of Robert Rosier and on the West hy laud* of John Cater ’’ , Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay J O Patterson for paper*. Title* warranted. R I. WILSON, J P READY, B B READY. K M READY, Barnwell 8th February, 18SX). NOTICE a » Rsa.vwKt f.. S. (’., Feb. 12ih, 1800. Master’s Sale. j Cuur I t Court of Common Stott tf South Carolina, iiarn-cetl Cuunjy. Augusta A. Fau^t, by her Guardia)) ad litem, Govau Simms, Plaintiff, against Angus A. Fwoat, Hebrcra f'HU*!, V\ ado 11. Funst aud Harriet J. Wretell, Dttltrml.tJit*. 4 M EETi NG x»f the holder* of | TJT VIR I'l K of a decretal order to im •*» the'Baruwai) Oil MUi Fertilizer Co. AJ directedin mlKt nmTurf-ftTWPt: *t-the preMhX T tu the rough quartz uf incmorie*. The 1 Mamrite* 20iX) year* ago, iu order Pi prevent corruption of t!ie text made an | Invent'-ry of the chaiiter*. verne* and I J lltte'S in the Bible, aud letter* forming , woni* xvcrc used to express number^. | : Till* changed abstract* into nmcrete* 1 : and thus aided the memory Thi* mne- | monical *y*tein of reincuibering figun** ha* never le en i.nproved U|*m and is ado|Hrd to-day hy the most approved book* on nirmory. Br thi* devb e | recently memorized : in three hours the ratio of *he circuin- > ferci^e to the diameUT run out to 708 j dcclrnalL which with me xvouid Have It i* not my puryove in this article to give these reason*; Ihiiy are patent to thn mind of every thinking man. The though;* to which 1 d< *ire to call your atUU<.ioii, Is the effort* that ere living made to break our ranks and di vide our m»-rubcr*. You can bear men on every hand saying that they are in sympathy with the farmers, and that I the Fanners' Alliance i« a goed thing, but they »re airs id wo won’t hold to gether, and that we will go into poli tics; and they liaxe rwx word for u* ex cept word* of discouragement. Now, those fellows are simply lying; they a f c net iu xympatliy with u*, and donT want us to succeed. • The \lliancet in manv inetanre* are thor- 1 iji called for the purpo*»-i>f *»TgA ni iaikvW f fi 1 ** 1 !. >r '‘ 1 N'C. on d' mivd ,-w-Hhe Rank - Gm ^'oort lluuse, in Tiuie.' [Tng flou-eTn Barnwell. well.Jn aai*4 btate < If you cauuot attend plea-e send Proxy to C'hainnaii of Iucori>oralors. Johnson H swoop. Mix it Brown, — Jkkk Sniili.ivo, John M. Gricxx, D P. .Sojoi rnkk. D. II. SaLlxt, Ei.1.101 r L. 8snokk*, ('orjHirators. Notice. IM. A th fmen an iui|>o*Kible feat w itb the nut oral P u,, ' n £ their money together and buy- | memory. ,M k' '•* bulk, in order to get bette*- terms. I All the key*, pegs, links and In, all- | I , '‘ M ,4 hrmc*t and legtiiwiat**, and no | tie* of mticiiionic* are notaiiuainl and 1 or Jiulgiiieiit. j abMird. ' ” 1,t w ben wfc soe meiwhant* select men | How list'd to learn and how ea*r to f , ** 4iin ®t both iu tlte Ailinicc and out 1 forget tho li*t of President*! But let) 01 ll ‘ lh ‘*‘ n better term* on * he initial* of eacH word in the follow- : * rua .^ er bill*, xxe knoxv wh.il it ineMt)-. lug mnemonic veroe stand for th** llr»t ^ ainiplj incait* to prove to those men hM-erin the name of each of the Pre*|- j th,4t ll, «y can bny g«H*d* jo^t as cheap j pers.m)W holding claims against the late James 8. Bn»w n must prop erly afiest the same ami prcju*nt tq my AtP»rneys, Messrs. Skinner A Williams, and all per-ou* indebted t«> the same xvill be kiml enough to mskn payuient to-to v Vitorncx s, all at their office at No. 87' t Main Street. 4 ’olumhia, S. C., xx here Mr. > illtam* will examine and direct payiueui. revive ami receipt fur claim*. M SAN M BROWN, Qualified Administratrix, feb 13- 4 w ! the above ctilitb'd cause, Mssm Ui Trawe sH ns “ M inTHTMT?; lu tllvTowii of Baiu- on Monday, the ;kl <fay of March, fbtX), It being saleday in Haul month, xxiUua.. the teg*»4--hour* of sale, the loiloxving described pr**|w*rty : “All that tract or parcel of land *itu- ate, Iwing and being ui the County of Uirnwell and State "of South Carolina, containing three hundred and eighty- five acre®, more or less, and bounded a* follows: On the North by laud* of W. Vf. I nnt and C, C. Fao»t, *»u tiie south by lauds of Mrs. R. I. Faust and Mr*. V. S. Doxxliug, ou Hij Eaj*t by land* of ; Robert Hightower and on tho Wc»t b> 1 land*of Dr. II. M. F*u»t.” TerniM ca*h. Purchaser to pay for papers G DUNCAN BELLINGER. Master li. C. Master’s Office, 8th Febv. liCJU For Sale. 1 ALU ABLE PlantAtloq lying on Port Royal Railway around Martin’s Station, containing ,3i0U acres, about half cleared, rest in virgin foreat. At the Statioa is txxo Store*, three Out building*, one Gin House, iron-roof, 13 11 P. ?» *aw Gin, Screw, Ac., and Steam Sprinkling apparatus. I he settlement* are scattered conveniently the over place and there la ample accom modation for t he lal»orer* and live stock. The field* are clay land pud are in a high state of cultivation, yielding hand- *ome return*. Tiie residence in center of PUutaGou l*a beautiful cottar *tir- rounded by a Ko-r garden aud large —. evergreen oak*, also outliuilding*, *uch Kitchen, Snmke House, BlackHinlth Shop, Carriage House, Mable*, Bariia, Ae. Around r* aidenev aliuiUfuit.t aciea \» uijd^r good Itmce. On West obh) plantaiion abutting ou Runs i* aswamp aud-uplatnl-pasture under rail fences wire of about •'Hu aiTe*. The tu* ct*w «, Ehnep. hogs, w agons, plow a, iii raws, vul«ivaior», urvwer and rake caff be treated for at *aiue time. A l#SG ' That Farm one mile from C. ft. known Vbiilalh l.fijf J IScSZT! Fartn-s w i»hing to purchase w ill apply ^ \\\ A. M ARTIN - Martin’*, 8. C, feb o-fctn Plantation For Sale. dent* iu order, and learn the IDt: thru how easy to , I ^IIRKE HunJred and Eighty-eigiit acres of «/ood cotton land in Bull “ WisUsai And Ju*il« , e Many Mrn Admire Jurrin^Vuc Hanu.i Truth’* l*ure Tre.nUling . , ni|nv lnn:Ulc ^ „ lr> . wjM 4(lcce ^j t lllH , r Pray Ue Loyol Jmt; Go Ili*he*t Good \c- hu . v< ‘ r ’ , forgetting, or ignoring the fact, qn ir.” 1 **“* — **-— out of the Alliaiica a* in it. And tiie purpose is for a few dollar* and cents to buy these men out of the Alliance, and ; |* 0 nd Township, eight mile* from Al- tbu* w eaken the Argonizatiou. An t in | | ( ., 1( |g| 4 ,' same di«ratice fmm Matthews Ittuff. The iuiprovciuents wnisist of a There arc so many standard publica- a tliiiM in freight box cars on the sw itch • lion* on the development of the natural 1 aa*rt HUtsri sf brskssis, S. C. ^ifty-fourmiles Southwest of Colum bia, the State capital, eighty-one from Charleston and fifty-six from Augusta on ihd 8. C. R. W. (the oldest Railroad of any considerable length in America) lies the little village of Grahams. Shu baa deserved the aouhriquet applied by some of her sister villages of “Rip Van imti) some unoccupied hou»e could Im* found out iu the country. The pntri-1 otic heroism of the women of Graham* j must not be overlooked or forgotten. The memory of their devotion to the Lost Cause will never die. Ma'rons, maiden* and children were employed in making garment*, knitting took* and preparing hospital supplies for tho sol dier*. Tiny finger*, too frail for heav ier work, raveled liueu scrap* and made *o f t pad* of lint to dre*s Him prise, hut she lias in the past at well the pre* handed, ms ircsetit taken the lead ia open- gcuerou* hospitality The Wndncssef her citizens is proverbial. When the 11 mt bouse at this station wus built 1 have been unable to learn. in 18.17 Capt. Z. G. Graham s<dd to the t’harleston, Cincinnati aud Louisville Cans! A K R. Co. (the chartered name of the.8. C. R. R.) seventeen acres of land on xvhicb to build a turnout and es tablish a station Capt. Grabxm, who ow ned a large tract of laud extending a little iMiyond the present depot, Inserted in his title to the R. Rrt’o, a proviso, that no whiskey should be sold on this land. Among the first store* was a log cabin bar-room owned by H. B. Rice, w here Ms customers were served with the cup that exhilarates, but did not, in those good old day*. Intoxicate so frequently as at the present time. This house was located “up” the R. R, Soon after thi* II. B. Rico opened a store in a amall fraots building in the rear of the pres ent site dt the Baptlat Church* Chilly A Do* ing. afterward llartzog A ChlL- ty, kept store at the same time on the Coruor bow occupied hy J. W. Crum. Mrs. J. H Crum and Mr. Samuel llart- are the only aurvlyin)( children of this geuUeman. Mr. Cbittv, afterward Cleric of Court of Barnwell District, has a son living in till*comity. In 1838 Mr. David Rice, grandfather of Judge B. T. Rflceof Barnwell, entered into eopart- ffershtp with H. U Rice and they built * large store, w Uh brick basement, on the corner now occupied by 1 Rich, where they continued bu-irics* for some years. H B. Klee and T. J. Counu then built a large store on thilot now occupiedbv tiie Graham’s Bank. Mr. Counts withdrawing from the firm, btitioes* was continued by Rice A Ty- Ibr. MeMra. llartzog A (’hitty having retired from mercantile business, an Iriobman named Dolan opened a bar- rjiom lu their store. The wife of this mahiuao w a- .noted for her amazonian jUA! AfitlADftngth.. dhRitMildllft a bar-. re» of forty-oue gallons of whiskey from the floor to the counter. This perform ance* was gone through with for the atotsaotBunt of ber husband's customer*. : This circumstance recalls another, where a rather unique piece of justice . was administered. Mr*. Bettor Ac., also ^a raaldeot of Grahams, heard that Betsy D.had been gossiping about ber; seeing memory tliut it U Kludv ninrmoDiesr- a waMte of lime to wound*. For txvo years thi citiz-ns of our vilisgc fed the soldier* on psssing l.oi*‘‘it«'* “1 hy*iologicat Memory” I* a \Aluahlu b<*»k but he require* each subscrilier to sign a flxv hundred dollar bond not to reveal the system. ShedT* ‘‘Natural Memory Method” t* a clear practical work and easy to master. Frof. O. 8. Fowler in his * Memory ami .Inte.lectual Improxeuient” treat* ugly ; the subjsct pleasantly from apbrcnolo- food for the able bodied and baskets of such dainties as could lie procured tube carried lulu the cars by fair hands to tlie sick and wounded. - ** » I must not leave the rp^Kh of the war. in iny sta te*h of Graham’s xviiliout al luding to tho memorable march of Sher man and his army through South Caro lina in ISOo. Although twenty-five years have rolled ground since, tjio*e time* aud scehe* nn* stHiuped in xxbrd* of living lire ou Chu heart* of many of the inhabitants vf’this toxvn.. This wa* tiie first |K)int<ui the S U R. K rearhed by ibis vast army, and they made quick work of tearing up tin* railroad track, twisting the bars of iron around pine trees, burning public ^property, etc.— The women and children xvere assured by officer* that they Xx ould not l»e mo lested ;iud no occupied Iiou«m w ould be burned. Hoxv well .thi* proiiHse wa* kept tbe following Incident will *Uow ; Mr. McMillan, onoof the snpervf«.ora of the R. K. w ith hi* family of inotherh^M children, two of them young ladles lived here. Kuoxv4ogtb.it alt men w ould be taken a* prisoners by the enemy— the father refugeed ahead of the Yan kees. I he sscoud day of the raid a cav alry officer rode up to the McMillan’s gate, called one oT the young ladies out and compelled h«r to stand and listen to hi* Rhus* of her country and people while hi* men applied torches aud burn ed tiie residence to the ground. He gave the other sister and little children fifteen minutes to save w 'uat they could from the burning building. Every lady gical standpoint. Quick on ‘ How to Train the Memory” attrvamw-Obbk;’fcbnsistliig of com monplace and worthies* suggestion*. Ribot on “Diseases of the Memor)”'l» a standard work well known. Special attention should be paid to tiie memory in the schools. The idea of teaching is not merely to Impart speci fic knowledge but to train the mind hoxv to study. Hence graduating day I* called commencement because then the scholar is drilled aud equip|>cd for study iu real life. Giving memory les son* w ill be one of the wsysof show ing the scholar, hoxv to study. When tnry are taught how to m ike a synopsis of a chapter of history they can absorb* and assimilate that chapter Quicker rntMin it lunget and understand it betters Children arc fond of memorizing and the pieces learned iu childhood hang in Urn galleries of the mind all through life like sxvect memorials of departed days. I'UOKXHSOK. that they are getting these term* be cause of the existence a«.d influence of the Farmer*’ Alliance. We don’t ques tion the right of any merchant to sell hi* goods to whom he please*—and a* Jong a* he pleases, or to give them away if lie m.*o* proper to <10 so, but it is re markably strange that they can afford to be so generous to those particular in dividuals all at once, and sell them goods at lower figures than they are w filing to lake for larger bills. It can he for no other purp«** than to keep curtain men out of the Alliance, anl dis satisfy others that are already member* It is the same old dodge that was i played on the Grange. If the Alliance embraced.410 higher mou+«*,ot object*: than Uv*question of dollars snd cent., then we might be weakened, and our organization destroyed 4 by fhe kamc ugen^ick that destroyed the nfficieocy of the Grange. But we arc actuated by g«H»d twelve room dwelling hou*e and good outbuildings. It i«strictly healthy ami Jia* good xx ater. For terms apply to or address G. M. WILLIAMS, feb 4-Juij Allendale, 8. Q. jL _ __ _ Notice of Dismissal. Thirty days from date we will file our final account, with fhe Judge of l*ro- bate for Barn w ell Vnuntx\ a* Executors of the c»t.tte of John Grubbs, deceased, and ask for Letters of Dismissal. ^ J. M. Gri uim, i W T Gut bus. - Executors. N» C. Gut hlie ) j.uM t<i _ Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the^un- dc.rsigned will file her final account xx ith higher uio'lves and higher aim*. Whila I J. O. Patterson, F.*q., Judge of Pro An old man of our acquaintance says lie was born atthe wrong time. ‘^WheB I was young,” lie says, young men were no account; and now. that I am old, old uimi are n > account.” On* evening a man, tall and spare, surrounded by a country atmosphere, cautiously approached the de*k of an Edgefield hotel and hesitatingly said lie wanted a room. The clerk placed the register before him, and handed him a I>♦‘11. “What’s that fori*” inquired the wpuld-bc guest. .“Sign your name, please,” was tl)e reply. “I’ve got a living here then could, tell eoiue out-> " Bit me. It * iwy w ife--we’ve iu- rage or tndiguily Inflicted, but this stance will suffice my purpose. The I*. O. |ia* always been Grahams Turn Out, but the town xx r a* Incorpo rated Graham’s by the State LegUIature iu 1870. C. O, Cooper was eleelod first In tend ant. This charter In* been re- I A clergyman tel 1 * how a pastor got newed since, hut the name remain* the ; tired of eontinualir praying with a same. 1 line and apace forbid a “ketch j mHn to drink. 80 at last he of mon engaged In husine** liero since went to tho man, road some Bible Just got married,” w as the faltering re mark «*f the visitor. “Then vyrite both your names on the register,” was the advice given. An inspection a moment later rexcaled the following entry: “Miss Jennie A me.” 1gaged Prom the war Fromiurnt among tho mur- JJaUi hnr slanderer wslkliur alnnir the ros C*W-blde I IfiMHl ItiiUll >lltt filllMA i ITPial* flton 60 Snul), F. E. Nalinas'Frt* A Wroteu, K. Martin, Oliver Hewitt. Wroten A StcadtiiaM. .Steadman A 'I’ur- u«r, .8. Llcbmau and — Rubenstien. At present the mercautlle bu«ine*s 1s rep resented by H. C. Rice, J. K. Hteadman J W. ('rum, Dr. Iziar, (dbtigglst.) !. Rich, W4L. CsMff. N. A. Hand, SonjAg A Aoti,aui Mr*. G. II. Center, tqiilm. ery) with the usual number of negro nuiiclation* Iwm of -isr the -trrar some Bible de- drunkard, add got going to we regard our material interests a* greatly im(K>rtant and intend to do our level be.t U* belt r and advance these interests, xve regard the mental osul moral condition of our |w*op1e of vastly greater' importance. —We are looking, forxx ard to the time xx lien higher edu cation w ill .not be Hooght alone by thi' young men Who are aspiring to entrance into some one of the learned profession*, so-called, but will be sought by hun dreds of our young men, w ith a viexv to carry these trained mind* into our fields and into our workshops. Our noble calling ha* fallen Into de cay, aud is de»pi*ed by our sons and daughters. And why? Because the farm* hax e been run xvith hut one sin gle object—to make money to the entire neglect of everything else that make* life worth living. To thi* end the Southern planters have grown enor mous crops of cotton. Have they made money? A few have; but for the mo*t part the majority wf the farmers are poorer than they were ten years ago. They liax-e made vast sums of money for tho*e who have handled the cotton, and the supplies necessary to grow it, while the farmers aud their families haVeTIved on poor fare, and kept their children bucked down to hard work. It Is no xvomier so many of our youngmen are going to town and going West. One of the grandest aims of the Alli ance i* to correct th 1 * state of thing*. We must beautify our home.*aud make them attractive, and educate our chil dren Our farms must be run, not to make money, hut to make a comfortable living for our families. To do this and get on the high road to pro*|>crity. we nni*t stick together, practice economy, study lea* about hoxv to make money and more anOuTTiow to-make a living. TWT pray with me?” aiked the man niecklv. “No,” replied the minister. “I don’t think you need prayers. ( have prayed with you again snd again, and you get drunk just a* much as ever.” “Well,” said tho man, “if you won’t pray for me 1 will pray inraelf.” And he prayed. His prayer wa*: “O thou knoxvewt that I am a poor, mioer- awe Miiiuer; tuou unowest wtai 1 am a bate, on Satufday, the l*t day of March 18‘JO at ID o’clock in the forenoon, n* Administratrix of the estate of 11. R. Anderson deceased, and ask for Let ters Di*mik»ory. MRS. ELLA ANDERSON, Administratrix. jan 30 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS . All persons having claims sgainsttlie estate of I). F. Drew, deceased, are re quest'd to present them duly attested, and all |>erkoni» indebted lo the said es tate are required to make payment to the underkigued. , n . P. J. DREW, ' Administrator, jan 30-4w ] Blackyille, 8. C. Warrants Wanted. I am prepared to nay the best prices for Land Warranta issued to soldier* of the United State* Army for service in the wars with Mexico and the Seminole Indian* iii Florida. Write or »pply in person to A. B CON\NOR, Attorney-at-Law, Allendale, 8. C.— Jan. 10-tf Mortgage Sale. --'l-fN DER ami by virtue of )M>wersof sale L contained in txx o Mortgage*: One from li.J • roft U» Simon lirovx ti dnn-d January 81b, 187b, and r»*eordcrt-lTT _ or- r of Register of" Mesne Conveyances iu Barnwell Coupty, in B<*ok 4 L, page* 884, *>#.'> and w|ij.cli **id Mortgage has be^n assigued lo me: and tiie oilier from ir*. .Mary Moore u» me, daud February 23d, i887, and rccordetl in said office, iu Book ;> N, page 341, l w ill of fer for sale at ItarimeiTC. li on Sales- day, the third day of March, lN!R), at pulrfie auction, all that tract of land, con tain i ng one h u n d red an cl sex rn acre*, known ha a porthui of the Estate of Nicholas Hutto, deeeaned Quisle iu George’s Creek T’oxvusfiip In Bsrnxxell County, and boiincled on tiie North by laud of Willis Browning, on the East by liud of Simon Brown, on the South by land of Joe Joiner and 011 the Most by land* of I Delphi N evils, J. >V. Col lins, Sr., J. W. Collin*, Jr. aud M. C. Eubanks. Terms cash. I’urchaser to pay for title deed. M1KE BROWN. ^fake Ihe nlilee of ni.r ; ppor, miserable drunkard; O yek, (whip) and in reply to the ^ue oewiy e-wousn.-a reopie. Z>an* I^rd. thou knowest that I am « d- not a cumini**ary departniciit In wlHcti to atoreand cook supplies bought iu the towns on credit at high price*. ^ Wo are not organized to iniUrt any other clan* orcalllng, but to defend our selves and prevent other* from injuring 11*. This we intend to do, notwith standing xxe xvillhaveto fight tiie world, Ijord, j the flesh, and the devil. Let me nay, In conclusion, that while F0BSALE, F INE RESIDENCE In the Town of Barnwell, lit bv Ga*, furnished with Water Pij*cs and Bath-room, and containing Eleven Rooms, Pantry and Cellar. Built two years ago. Lot mens- ioct. interrogaliou ahoni ipi use. is a siil»«tanfiai brick ^structure neatly 1 i» see. j finished and fucpiihed. OIMeered by clump »>f j ^ M-Guess, President, C. L. Wrotcn, thou knowest that I am « fool.” After such a coufesslou —d am we may be many years In reaching the lofty point at which we aim, our eon- stAritefforrtn thUdilection w ill be help ful nod elevating in its tendencies. We surq that this good minister could not, are4horoughly organized, and can tot'ch refuse hi*request. “ (shoulders from the seaboard to the ng Artesian Well and Ki*h Basin on premises: Kitchen, Servant’s Ifbuse, SUblcs, Well, Ac. Terms: One-third cash, balance on long time with 10 per .cent, interest. ALSO • * A Plantation containing MS acres, cleared upland, balance sw amp pasture, ! within one mile of Barnwell j Five new Tenant Houses and SflHe* Two Wells of gooil W'ater. Price $3, >00; 11,000 cash, I.IOO in 13 mouths, aud balance on time lo suit purchaser. O. DUNCAN BELLINGER, % Feby. 20th, liJOO-tf Mortgage Sale:. B Y VIRTUE of the power contained in a Mortgage, given hy B. if. San der* to Simon firowu, dated 1.1th Janu ary 1 M *4 ami recorded in ihe office of the Register of Mesne .Conveyance for the County of Barnwell, on the i4th day of January, 1881, 1 will *ell, at public auction, in front of the Court IIoiihc iu Barnwell, S. ('., on Monday the 3d of Mnreh, 1800, as soon uh Sheriff's arid MasterN saies are concluded, the follow ing described property : “All that tract or parcel of land, ly ing and being in Barnwell County, state of South Carolina, containing one hun dred acres more or lea*, and bounded a* folloxvs: North by lands of .11 II. Nevels and E. C. Sanders, EhaI by lands of Johnson Sanders, South by laud* of Green Barker, ami on the Went by laud* oLH. H. Nevels.” Terms of sale <4sh! and purchaser to pay James Thomson, E*q., for papers. blMON BROWN, Mortgagee. February 7th, 1890. Administrators Sale. iDY VIRTUE of an order of the Pro- Jj bate Court of Bsrnwell County made this 4ih day of February, 1800, I will aell at public auction on Saturday, the 33d of February, 1890, at 10 o'clock a. in In front of the store of D. K. Drew A Co., in Blackville, 8.. C., the One- lialf interest of D. F. Drew of Barn well Countv, late deceased, in and to the stock of Liquors, Cigars, Ac. and Billiard and Pool Tables with fixtures. Bar Counters. Side-boards and Bar fix ture* ami other iiersonal pro|>erty which were of the firm of D ¥. Drew A Co. Terms uf sale cash! P. J. DREIIV-— Administrator bf*EHale of l). F. Drcw. feb 4-3t NOTICE above I* a.copy] wa* filed Tn the 1 of the 'Clerk of said Court, at If well. In the County of Barnwell, In sahi State, on the 14th day of January, 18V0; aud that you are required to appear In , . — , thia cause or answer to the aauie within dia.i* ami 1 rustecs are liereby notified twenty days after the service hereof, or I frsa rw •• La a* * l wv i ■» I — a. ^ • * I . • “ TO ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDI ANS, EXECUVORs, AND TRUS TEES. All Adinlnlttrktors, Execut«>r*, Guar- aus and Trustees are hereby uotifiut to make their aimunl returns to thi* of ficti during the months of January and February as required by law. * J. o. Patterson, J udge of Probate. January 9, lf90. APPOINTMENTS -OP- ASSESSORS. T H2 A1 AUDITORS OFFICE. ) > JaX. JOtb, 18‘JO.f ^ follow ing is a list of Township »se»M»rs ami will nieez for the |iiir|>oM' of A««t'**iiig K**iI and Prrstinal pr^iierty for Taxation, at the Court Houar, 00 tli*' days iudnated, uuirss they baxe arraiigxil n* meet in thrir re- *pe»'tiv** Tow n-bi;*s: All**ii«lal»—J s .Mixson, F il Dickin- . .-oil, VV R Brabham—in**«*t on Feb loth. Baldork—FbOxxetis, M M Calhoun, K U Walker—meet Feb 23th. Bamberg—J G II Gtic**, Ed R Hays, E II Dowling - llioet Krb 2*»th. Birnweil—G W peax'tnk. 1-aacAtla- w .1 x. \V R < hri*:b*—meet Feb33cll.‘ Bennett Springs G W Morrall. P M Cater, J A Meyer -no'et Feb 2 *th. Bufonl * Bridge - It C Kirklsml, Wil lie Rice, II J Kearoc-rnieet Feb 25lh. Blackx file—J M Dycl.es, J J W»U- *ing«*r, W 1’ Walk*r--meet Feb 2oth. Bull i’oiid—W V Gill, H F Killings- xvortb, W P Gray—meel Feb2*uli. Fish Pond G M IItinier, J'il .unith, E I’roveaux—iiM*et Feb 2Ulb. . — Four Mile—J E( ocl.ran, L A Bush, Wni \V Limbrick—meat Feb 20th. Grorgc'k ( m k—J W I.anca^ter, li J Croft, l A l>yches —meet Feb 'itllh. ^ (ireut Cypres*—W K B«*ynton, J T Hogg, T J Mori is—meet Feb 28th. Midway—J 1 Coiielaiid. J W Hill, P >V Sandifer—meet Feb 2nth. Red Oak—It P Gantt, W illia Donqan, S 1’ I.anglev—meet Feb 2»*lh. < Richlan.i—W m lloliand. J A KilliAB worth, A P Dicks—meet Feb 2tith.^^ Rostmgry—JL A Woodward-, »Yat Fowell, d>i> LGatrbl^—nnwt Feb 2Sth. Sycamore—J D Jenny, V Manuel, J 1’ Pricster—nmet Feb ’iUih. ^ ’i’hrce . Mile—J C McMillan. Joaiah Ritter, (.’ F Rent/—meet Feb 27th . Wdiiaton—I, B Toole, 1) M Johnston, Dr B F Peeples—meet Feb 27ih 'I he Board of Equalization meets at (kmrt House on the Second Tuesday iu March. S. IV. TKOTTI, Auditor Barnwell County. UH IIlUiS th .ibs’ill D frfi hills. Slot* of South Carolina, LarnVtU Ibiihty Court of Common Pleas. ( O. I w omylaint 5errfJ) Wilson, Harriett Weaver, Georga Gill, Julia Gill. Cornelia Steven son, Arnold Wilsoa and Mary Far mer, Plaintiff*, against Henrietta Ha zel, Eliza Webber and TathenaSmlth, Defendants. To the Defendants Henrietta Hazel, Eliza Webber and Tathena Smith : You are hereby Summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, xx hich is Hied in tho office of the Clerk of said Court, and a copy la hercxviih served upon you, and to aerva a copy of your answer U> the said com plaint on the subscriber at Ms office, in the I’oxxiiof Barn well, within twenty day* after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such aeTYice; and If you fail to ansxxer the complaint w ithin the time aforesaid, tin* Plaintiff in this ac tion w ill apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in the complaint. Dated January 14th, 1890. . ‘ A. HOWARD PATTERSON, Plalutitft Attorney. W. Gilmobk Simms, C. C. 1*. To the Defendants Eliza VV>fch**c ami Tathena Smith, two of the Defen dants iu this case, whose place of resi dence ia unknown * * “Tate notjee, that this action ia com- "tnertcod^for“parilikdi oT lau3Tn too" Court of Common IMeas of the State of South Carolina, In and for the County of Barnweil, and that the complaint [together with the Sutuiouna of w 3 tiie Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint. _ . • — A. HOWARD PATTERSON, Plaintiffs Attorney, January 14th, IW)U. _