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. -. ■ jEjl.- tk ' The Barnwell People. MO. W. HOLMES. Kditok akp pKoritiKToR. —— tAttORST COUNTY CIRCULATION THURSDAY. MAY 2J». 18W> T»« Hilli *r the (Jiind Mr. Benjamin HurriMon ims lienn PreshHuit of the«c Duitod alnw vh»* Hli of March 18S0. In tli^t short time the country has mack a long inarch toward Nationalixatioiu When the Republican party returned to power after iU four years of banish ment during Mr. Cleveland's term it came back permeated with the one first purpose of so entrenching and fortifying itself that it might safely and ■ aerenely laugh at the qiukdreuninl as saults of the 0|>fK>site Democracy. That one idea basaha|n>(l its course, prompted every outrage that it has |>orfected and encouraged aif the further transgres- woiih ttiat it is plotting against the rights of tW people in tiie interest of. its own iiufiirests. To strengthon fil own weakening roll call in the Senate of the Union it has admitted in reckless haste and on doubtful credentials four new Sbvtca ou the Pacific sIojm}. And when One of these new sister stars sc lit Democrats to streak for and represent her in that higher house the Republican majority shamelessly reversed the ver dict of the people and seated political thieves in place of fairly chosen honest servants of a so-called sovereign .State. The majority in the House of Repre sentative* has even eclipsed their iwers In Urn august Senate in their frequent sacrifices of right. At the crock of the party whip every Republican has fallen Into line as quickly as trained soldiers do at the summons of the morning drum Wat. That they might run rough shml over4he minority that still held to the faith of their fathers, all the time tried and hoaorod rules of procedure were •wept away and a partisan speaker us urped powers that made him master of the situation, and dwindled common- weaHTfs to Ihe TnsTgh(Uranee of "pawui the miserable time serving pica that the end Justifies the means they have time and again set aside the results of fair alections, and InilaTIeiirpuppcts of their own selection in place of fair men dele gated from a thousand |»o|]ing places to represent tiie best interests of thy peo ple by whom they were entrusted with such honor. They* have opened every floodgate of tbs plethoric National treasury that they may enlist In their service every soldier that wore the victorious blue, every camp follower that robbed a lien roost •r cheated a negro out of bis hard earu- •d Rule hoard. To make assurance doubly sure that their souls may take their ease, with none to- molest or make them afraid, tlicy are new meditating a new recon~ •traction of the South, and are only de laying its beginning in order that they wiay moat inteualfy its meanne**. He- 1 fore the next midsummer conies, it U now promised, legislation will be whip ped through pulling all federal elec tions in the control of their party, mak ing the seared consoiences of hired re turning boards au|>erior to that voice of the people which has boeu counted in all free lands as the voice of God, in its omuipotonce. To pay the bribes with which they have bought such a multitude of voters they have laid burdens hard to be borne upon tiie shoulders of the people. The exactions of their tariff system reach to every humble rural home and rob each toller in the fields of the first fruits of bis lalmr. This tribute to our masters uiusi lie jjpid’ before a simple dies* is “ i tHWight fUr ttlfiTMf'b'^’ofn wlT^TRTpfr tured primer put in baby’s dimpled hands. And wiser men than we, those who , have made the service and study of pub lic affairs their best life work, tell that in all the bitter past there has brooded over the martyred South no hours so dark aslhe days before and marching on with tireless quick step to cover her with trouble and set retrograde her civiliza tion. ZI ihe corresponding months of last year. Even the old reliable South Carolina Ratfroad la prospering. Last week she added a new ami elegant ‘‘buffet car” to her equipment. Among the very first reforms to lie effected by the next ad ministration should be the enactment of a law requiring these corporations to provide separate accommodations for ii’itVcling races. They can’t plead pov erty any longer. We hope to have the chance to vote for candidate* for the Legislature who will put that plank in their platforms ami keep ou It and mean business. C osstItutii>n of llir Dfsiorrsllr Party of Koath Carolina. As amended in the State Convention held at Columbia, S. C., August 2ml, 1882. Art. 1. There shall be one or more democratic clubs organized in each election precinct, cacU^jiCAyhkh clubs shall have atlistifrcttitle^“Tim domocraiUc club,” apd sliaJl elect a rfesident, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Kecoriling and a Corresponding Sec retary, ami a Treasurer;Timl shall have tlu* follow ing working committees, of not less than three members each, viz.: a committee ou rcgislralioii, an execu tive committee, and such other com mittees as to each club may seem cxpu=_ dient. _ w - Art. 2. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after tho openings of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address attach meeting, if practieahio. Art. 3*. The President shall have power to cull an extra meeting of the club, and members of the club shall constitute a quorum for the truu suction of business. . - Art 4. Tiie clubs in each county shall be held together and Gjmrateuiuler the control of a county executive com mittee, which shall consist of one mem ber Troth eacli club, to be nominated by the respective cl^ibs and elected by the County Convention, and such other member*ns the ConventtOfi may add. ted, shall appoint its own oillcers and r " » ■■ .. W».i —r***'^—» nil vacancies wiilch may arise wlmu N lions. A majority of delegates shall, be present at a convention to constitute a quorum for* nominating a candidate ejther for Congress or Solicitor. The delegation of each county In aCongres- Hionu! or judical convention shall have power to fill any vacancy In the delega tion. And whenever any county is or shall be sub-divided among tw’o or hiore Congressional districts the del egates to the conventions of the several Congressional districts shall be elected by the county democratic convention, and apportioned among tiie respective Congressional sub-divisions of the county in proportion to population. in every convention to nominate a candidate for Congress, or for the office of Solicitor, a majority of the votes shall be necessary for a choice, and tho votes shall be taken viva voce and recorded, unless there be but one candidate, in which event the vole may be taken by acclamation. As soon as a Congres sional or Judical Convention-has nom inated the party candidate for Congress or Solicitor, it shall adjourn sine die; Hiul w henever a candidate to till an tin- expired term of either office has to be nominated, it shall he done by a new convention of delegate* fresh from tiie people. The executive committee of each Congressional tlistrictoT Judicial circuit shall consist of the several coun ty chairmen of the respective counties composing such district—©T^cTrcuit, which committee shall elect its own chairman, secretary and treasurer, who, shall continue in office for two years In a Ulstrict and for four years in a circuit, resjactively, or until thftlr •ucveKsfrrff shall have been clct ted. It .-hall m- qlitre the consent of a majority of the w hole executive committee in any dis trict or circuit to call a nominating con- vontion. . T - ——-- ■ — The Executive, committee of each district or circuit shall be especially cliarged in its discretion, except as herein provided, and subject to tiie State platform, as well as under the supervision of the Suite executive com mittee,.with the conduct of every elec- Alliance Department. Adopted aa the County Organ by the C#ou- largelit display of products grown or}—tiien her price is far alsivc rubies, and proddeod by residents of tiie county, f the loss ®f sucli a wife, of such a help- premiums will he awarded as follows: meet, of such influence,of sueji a hless- 1st Premium arise "HStfUTT vr,-. But we have never had a firmer faith In the better fortunes of the future than that w hich now' stirs our heart. Less than a decade ago, on the Texan prairies, less than a dozen humble farm ers allied themselves to protect their lit tle all from the robbery ofthe cattle bar ons who, ateach yearly “rounding up” branded with their own marks every in crease that tholr oow' boys efluld corral, -like the little cloud no larger than a man’s hand that small beginning has spread, is spreading, until all America shall be won. Beneath and behind it are the peace and prosperity of the peo ple, and before it is a victory that shall regenerate this government from the downward slopeoftyranny along whic^ It is sinking. It may conic to the capi tal of the Nation as suddenly and terri bly as tbo downfall of fair old Babylon broke upon the world, but it will come and the first beams of its day dawn ore coming out of the darkness. That, as we understand it, IsHhe destiny and mission of die Farmers’ Alliance, that Is being shaped by a Providence wiser than human intelligence And under thfi inspiration oLfthat faith we have held tfiat it should keep itself free from die halting entanglements of minor •ims that do not need Its sacrifice, and be ready and unitedly rekolved to go for ward as one man in th« plain path that Will bring to this great Republic a fairer lorn thanRliasknowu,aperfeet con- uition of the grandest march and that the beat development of family has ever been called tenure of olllce of the executive com mittee shall lie until the next general campaign, unless sooner removed or suspended by the* Vounty Convention. Art.fi. County democratic conven tions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs—one delegate for every club, and an addi tional delegate for every twenty-five (25) enrolled members—with the right to each county convention to enlarge or diminish the representation, according to circumstances. This. convention shall be called together by the chair man of tbo executive committee, under such rules as each county may ado|d, and when assembled shall be called to order by the chairmau of the executive committee, and proceed to elect from among its members a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and n Treasurer. The convention shall proceed to business, and when tho sainc is transacted it shall adjourn, sine die. Art. 0. Tbe mode and manner of nominating candidates for county offices or for the State, Judicial and Congressional conventions shall be regulated by tbe retqiective county con ventions. Art. 7. The State Convention shall be composed of delegates from each coun ty, in the numerical proportion to w hlch that county is entitled in both branches of tiie Genera! Assembly. Art. 8. Tiie officers shall be a Pres ident, one Vice-President from each Congressional District, tw'o Secretaries, and a Treasurer. , ■^rrr^ TTfB suw axmrtm cSffiim 11 - teo shall be composed of threw from each Congressional District. The del egates from the counties comprising the Congressional District to nominate tiie candidates from that district, and the convention shall then proceed to an election. Tbe member representing South Carolina ou the national demo cratic committee shall be ex-officio a member of the State democratic com mittee. Art. 10. The executive committee shall elect its own chairman and other officers, and shall meet at the call of the chairman or any five members, at such times and places as he or they may ap point. Art. 11. The executive committee shall have power, by a vote of a niSSjor- ity of the whole committee, to call a convention of the democratic party of the .State, at such time and place as it may designate; and is charged with the execution and direction of tiie policy of the party in the State,; subject only to this Constitution, the principles dfe dared in the platform, and such in structions, by resolution or otherwise as the State convention may from time to time adopt; and shall continue in office for two years from the time of election, or until the assembling of the next State convention for the nomina tion of a State ticket,^pless superseded by the action of the State convention. And if any vacancy on the State ticket be occasioned by death, removal, or other cause, the committee shall have power to fill the vacancy: Provided, this shall not apply to the office of Governor when there shall be sufficient time to call a State convention. Art. 12* Whert the State democratic convention assembles, it shall be called to order by the cha’ruian of the State The executive committee, when elec- U<>u fur Uongrcsaumal Representatives wild said committee slmil meet nt Jjm. WfPTJTTTPPrrnaTrmHiwu' any three ruein- bers, at sucli times and places as lie or they may HppoUit. Each Congressional convention shall inoet within its Congressional district, and each judicial convention slntll meet within its circv.it. * ty Anisiiqe Jul> 5th, 18HU. M. J. PATE, Asoocixtk Editor, , To w’hom sll Communications on Alliance Matters should be addressed. Officers of (he ( mint) AUianr*. I>. P. .Sojourner, President. A. K. Free, Vice President. W. 8. IlHUioenr, Hecrctaiiy.— N. F. Kirk hind, Treasurer. W. (I llrttton, Chapltdu: L. It. Toole, beeturer. J. U. Hay, Assistant Lecturer. ' J. H. Lancaster, floor Keeper. E. J. Peacock, Assistant Door Kee.pet!. It W. Itodiford, Ser^en'iit-at Arms. M. W. Phillips, Husintm A^cnt. Executive .Committee—C. It. Free, \V\ W, Patrick, W. A. Faust. Trade Committee-G. M. Hunter, E. II. Dowling. J. M. rimer, W. A. All. Committee on Good of the Order—J. C. Mc Millan, C.’M. Eden field, W. T. Cave,'J. Sneliing, E. U. Guess. • • , _ t . A meeting of Remly Brandi Alliance No. fi02 is called lor Saturday,’ lltli of Juno, at J o'clock p. m .’at their Jlall. A full attendance is very important. Turn out in full force. By order of t he President. W. F^. Sadlkk. Secretary. Tutknr 1\ <)., S. C., May Kith, is'Hi. At a regular meeting, of the Shaily Grove Alliance held May Kith, tlio fol low ing resoliitions were adopted: ' Resolved, 1, That wu the incinlwrs of Shady Grove AHIaucc do endorse tiie action of tiie County A Hoi in regard to S. K. Marshall & Co , and further we will not patronize any merchant who handles S. K. Marshalls goods after De cember 1st, , 2irel. That no member of tills Alliance recognize any man’s gin that wraps his own Or any other man's cotUm in any other hut the cot ion i»iggi11g. Gko. I>. Kixakd, Secretary. Will Wait-* Wklfe. - At'a'fneeting of the Businetts Agents of the Barnwell Division of tbo Barn well Alliance, held in the Court House on Friday, 23dof May, pursuant to a call of L. O. Richardson, -president of said agents, for the purpose of discussing tin* advisability of erecting a w areliou 'f at ibis place, after an able address by our Count/ProahhaH^Jluffi f>. I*.Bojowruer,, w ho was present by request, tiie follow ing resolutions were adopted: RrsqiymL.Ihayd cou^ef^u^aim nutiuing <nTi warehouse at tliis place hr 2d Premium 150 3d Premium ioo I n 4tll ..|500* All grain must ho shown in quantities not le.-s than one half bushel. The judges making the award in this contest, will consider first, quality^ second, quantity; third, variety, and fourth ar rangements. Articles for tiie county display will not count in the individual premium.” .. r-/ I beg that you call special attention to this feature, and Urge your County to he a competitor in the eoute,st. Aside from the. money involved, County pride should stimulate our farmers to enter heartily into tlie matter, ami thus show the progress of agriculture in our State. -1 take ittiiat the most effective plan would la.* tor tiie several County Alli ances from the sub-MItanceH, to canvass the matter at an early day, will be a hire to know' what will be showu, and atj. w hot railroad station shipments will be made. Railroads require prepayment of freight, but upon its return to the orig inal point of shipment, with the certifi cate of the .Secretary that the same had been on exhibition, ihe amount paid.will be ref unded. I will lie pleased to furnish a copy of the premium list to all who may apply to Fours trirly.i Tji < is. 1V. ” JTo l i.o way, - ^*crctary. b d and potent iftH+istry ^HHl eoHqmnLm ship, is a proper element of damage* to be eoiiaideretj by the jury infipn^ the solatium to be awarded to the husUaiid for tearing her from hi* heartandhortie,”, About Xrloni. The first car load^of 1 'Florida melons will go North this week. Georgia slilp- ineBtswill begin Jn earnest about the middle of June. It is now estimated that Georgia will grow 12,000 cars. On account oi’ the failure of the fruit crpp they are calling for melons already up North. The Georgian Fruit Exchange will Jiaudio tiie crop, and expects to dis- trihule shipmetits so judiciously that no market shall be glutted. “Ma, I’ve an idea that some of the folks iudhis graveyard havent gone to lieavcti.” “You don’t sayt What makes you think they havent 9 ” “Be cause I read it on the tombstones ” “No!” “Yes, l did though. It was carved on ever so many, ‘Peace to bis ashes.’ Now there isn’t any ashes ’eept where its very hot, is tflfere ttiaV” FOR* COUNTY TRIiASURERfl ~ We prepfise the name of Mr. W. A. ALLj 8r., for tbe office of Coanty Treasurer. We pledge him to abide the Democratic primaries, Mc-nv Kmmndh. V- . Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Stockhold ers of the Blackville, Alston and New berry Railroad Company wlM be hehl on the third Wednesday of June, (l8tl* of Juno, 189Q) at 12 o’dloi^k m at tiie of fice of the Company, in Blackville, S. C. in the County of Barnwell. H. R. WALKER, Secretary. Barnwell, S. C,, May 28th, IHiX), tf * — —• r — Law Co-partnership. Notice. The undersigned have this day enter ed into corpartnertiliiix-iinder the linn name of Croft ^ Burckhalter..— Aix. George >V^Croft of tiie Aiken Bar will renraiiijtt ^ixen but will be in di- rect ^oniiuurilcation by letter and wire with Mr. J. B. Burckhalte'r whose office i* at Barnwell ( . Hr All matters of importance will receive flic personal attention of Mr. Croft a* “well as oi -Mr. Burckliaiter. GEOiRiK W. CROFT, JAMES B. lU KCKHAI/i'ER. May 27th, 181 Kk The lUrnwHI Schuol. Roll of Honor of tho Balnwell Graded school for unnith (umnmmcing April Uitffiiml i.iosiiig May Kith 18!X): t Gxo. W. Clio ft, Aiken, S. C. J. B. BritCKH.VLTKK, Barnwell, rt. C, Croft & Burckhalter, LsTGka de. Ina Faust, Mattie Burckhalter, Pearl Dydtfs, James McNah, Dan Halford, Frank Armstrong, Lewis Nevils, Zai- aIcc Simms. ’ 2xn Grape. Frlzclle May, Nora. Cave, Evrr Dyche*, Manic Price, Dukes Dyches. I.ovey Dicks K .EsUdle llugoud, Root. Jlarri*ou. - * 3d Gkadk. Mary Dyches, Maud Harrison, Maud Price, i’earl Hagood, Kate Sanders, Fannie Armstrong, Minnie Christie, Daisy McXab, Ros^dla i'arkcr. • , 4ni Gkadk. Clara McLetuore, Mattie Aldrich, Allie Parser, Kkiise Owvm* Afaifil't**;-Joh'n‘-i»grm:TTr;*^tTttTy >> ' VCHTTiT^ The Susthrm Kftptixt lasrentlua. Tur Pkoi’lk is indebted to Rev. Ar thur Bulst, of Bfuckville, for the follow hig facts ami figures from the pmeoed- ings of the Forty Fifth .Session of the Southern Baptist Convention, held iu Full Wuilll, Tells, May 9tli-13th. . Bishop Buist looks well after his visit to the once wild West. He admired the push and progress of their new civiliza tion, but comes back mure convinced than ever that there U no place like South Carolina, and that Barnwell County is its garden *|>ot. HOUK MISSION BOA It D. The re|Kirt of the Home Mission Board for tiie last year show s that317 mission aries were employed, who labored for 13,841) w eeks at 1,181 churches and sth tions, making 38,741 sermon* and aij: dresses, attending 0,210 prayer meet ings, administering 4,477 baptisms, re ceiving by letter 3,021, organizing 330 Sunday school* with 12,420 pupils, pay ing 53,010~ religious visits, organizing 207 churches, building 84 house* of wor ship, distributing857,400 pages of tract* and 5,728 Bibles and Testament*. The Board lias 270 missionaries work ing among the native w hite population and thirty laborers among tbe foreign population, including Indian*. It al#o a.sM>t* to support fol ly-live colored mis sionaries. In Cuba it has 21 missiona ries, the total niembersiiip is more than 1,700, tiie attendance of the daily school* 'over 700 and of the Sunday more than 2,000. “In 1880 we had mission* in China, Af rica, Italy and Brazil, 18 missionaries, 38 Jiative assistant*, 32 churches and stations, 570 members. Now we see missions in Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Africa and China. We have 78 foreign missionaries, 80 native assistants, 223 preaching places, 2,214 members and 075 scholar* in our schools. - The most hopeful field is China, where we have 13 churches, 43 stations and 07 missionaries, native and foreign.-r- The sum in figures of missionary work is five hundred missions, 20,000; mis sion stations, 40,000; missionarfes, 500^- 000 Sunday school scholars, 1,000,000 native communicants, 2,000,000 native adherents. The receipts this year have been $100,174.20, an increase of $10,150.- 35 over last year. South Carolina’s con tribution is $10,412.18 which is $472.18 ■4> • more than was asked for. South Caro lina also contributed more than any of the thirteen "States embraced in our home work todlm Women’s Mission So cieties/! Th^Couventlon w^s a grand review' of a grand ye^r’* work, a reunion of the .Soldiers of the Cross who are “carrying Its flag of peace and good will around the world. From its blessed associa tions and infiuences tho delegate* go forth again to sow' in all lands, with fresh courage to go forward in their la bor of love to redeem the world. The Convention will meet next year at Birmingham, Ala. lawyers and the court house ring. And now brethren, I want to say something to you about politics, and that is thk importance and necessity of keeping the Alliance clear of “partisan polilje*.” The Alliance claims t» lie a Non-partisan organization.* We are on the eve of a very excited State cam paign. There are tw o factions in the Democratic party to which we lieloiig; many of our member* are actively en- iUted on each of tiie two sides, and HucUu* I S »r.y.. u.-,.,. i. «-«»>* .W, TO THE LADIES OF BAB* WELL C0C8TT. l it i* hereby proposed tliat the ladies _ of Barnwell county form them«elves executive coiumUt«o,~ .hall «lw't a teni: State seem to l>e From porary President, and shall proceed im mediately to the election of jiernianeut olllcer* and the trans^ptioii of business. The convention, w hen U has conclu ded its business, shall adjourn sine die, And when a convention i« palled by the executive commute*;, such convention shall becou^fe*cd of newly elected del- Aft 13. Re presentation In Judical I Congressional con v« utfc>ns ahxU be as Iff State goffiven- of eretUlng a Confederate monument. To this end the ladies of Barnwell vil lage libve arranged a ifle«*tlng to take place on Thursdav, the 6th of June, 181)0, at the Opera House.at 4 o’clock p. m. All trte towuship*4(>ihecounty are cordially invited tq^Aeiul delegate* for a fuR and free-discussion of the best measures fur furthering this patriotic enterprise. , ^ -Teacher—And now, chUdfwv* yon Ananias. What beard the story of | should we learn from his (out Never to get taught. we can store our cotton Ac. at a small cost. Resolved, Iliat we, the Barnwell Di vision, will ]H>st|Htnc tin* coiisiderhiioii •>of building a w arcliouse for tlu* present. L. G. Richardson. President. B. W . I'KKri.KM, Ncretary. * •‘Word* of WUS«ta.” An address of Lueas MelutMh, ( 'iiairniuu «»f the State Executive L’om- mittee, to Swift Greek Alliance, closes a* follow s: To keep informed on tiie question* of the day and also to keep step in all Allianee movement*, the member* should take unc or more Allianoe pa- jicrs, read them carefully and then dis cus* their contents in tiie meetings. Each Sub-Alliance lecturer should la* furnished, at the ex;ieii*e of the Alli ance, with a copy of the State ami na tional organ, which he should bo ex pected and required uHfead Hiidj*» give liis Alliance the benefit of ids fending. Under some such‘(•ystem a* tliis, the lecturer wonli be, a< be ought to be, the most iin|»ortant officer in. the *uli- Alliance, and iu a vear’s time the mem- liers wouldj^* surprisetl to note the development in thenisehs and in each otlier. Vfiion when they aticiidpolitical eopveiittons and othe7 public meeting*, they would iiave something to say and could say it in a way to command re- sjH*otfulj^BttontiiMi. They would not have to sit in rhe crowd witli nothing ignis, Dai»y 1 licks, Bcimic Jeiikiu?., rirffiird Myers. 5th Gkadk. Michel Peeples, Anna Dunbar, Ed ward* Patterson; Fred Fnlkeiisicin, Klorrie 1’rice, Eloise Sanders, AUua William*, Mary Arnuiruug. (Jtii Gkadk. Emmie Midair, Bonnie \ Id rich, Lula Faikenstein, Belle Bailey, Kate Jen kins, \'ergic Patterson, Alice Boyle*, s 7ru Gkadk. Mutiiic Holmes, I'antdc Hag(*>d. • % 8th Gkadk. Fred Molnir, Lizzie Jenkins, Sam Riley, Ja*. Lancaster. A. F. Otis, IVihciple. —— * W * — I'vlittrsl an* Pt-raoiial. Gov. Richardson lias given out the Some Pcopl* Object' ! To providing lightning rods for their building:- becausfi they have DO Jnitli in their elficacy. to protect,. Whoever believes tjiat properly cqm_ Mtiucted and property applied liglit- ning rods w ill m»t d rro ^*f tbo struc tures to w hich they are applied against damage by lightning, must believe, in. order to maintain his position, that,- J-*t. The teaching of electric science, as is uow luiiglit, sittttrhF be banished from all schools, because their teach ing* of eleuirie laws are wrong, if it be t,pirt f1i.1t. W1>1I digiit niug rod* will not protect-, ami it is evident.- that error sliottid not lie taught to the young or qid. 2nd. Ho must believe that ho is wiser on this subject than all the learned indiA uluals and scientific eom- tnlssiotis tliat tiie ktading governments have, from time to time, appointed to devise mean* to protect life and projier- ty against damage by lightning; iie- -tuHtse;tf-Hdsi>«licf is it.ghi, ii l.M'Uit( r nr that theirs is wrong, as they recom mend the use of lightning rods, and as sure us tliat they will protect, if prop erly constructed and applied, and tf they will mdr afford that protection, then it is evident that he is w iser, and tliat lie is justified in that belief. Ami that is not all; if he Is .right in his belief n>.Cl*S£Sr rnnn.rttno.il.MlBlItS These arc, therefore, to cite and ad monish ail auU-*iugul»r, t he kindred and creditor* of the said doccased, to Ik? and appear before meat sCourt of Pro bate for tiie >ni.l coruGry,m le* tudden at^ BarnwidLC. ii. on-IVcduisdavv Hie filli day (*f July, l s 'tHi, at 11 o’clock a. in., to'show cause, if any, w hy the aaid administration shouhlnot be granted. Given under my liatid and tiie seal of the Court this '-"'tli day of May, A. D. I v.M), and in the llithyear of Ameri can ludejietuiema*. J AM LB O. PATTERSON. A.TTO ItX K VH AITX*AAV. BARN WE Lire. II., S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State ami in tiie-United State* (.'ourts. Mr. Croft will attend the Courts of Barnwell County and all matters of iiq- portance wITLreceive, tiie p«‘rsonal at- teution of each member of the firin^ —innv 2t»-rf THIS SlAf 1£ OK S'JUl H OAKOUNA ■ a it! • i (□ n BARN WKLL COUNTW IN Til K corKT OK TKOBATK. By James O. Fattersou, Esq., JmIge“of Probate in Buniwell County oDijr’frtn^ Know fed* jsis^cssed by ad tiie eminently learned nidi tliat have from' time to lime held membership in tire Academies of Sci ence durfug the past two tlilnl* of a j century* beeauJe he ha* l»ecu able to | discover an error in a theory univer- ' sally Admitted to tic correct by tlieui, and ail other learned men mi Urn globe, w ho have made a .spcciauy of the study of tills subject. He inu»t believe that we cammt send iue**ngc* over telegraph lines, ait converse w ith the jwrsoii* at long dis tance by the ii*e of telephone, because neither the on* nor the other can he sucee**fully done' except through the agency of electricity; and it can lie shown that we could not utilize this agency tor these pui |H»*cs if it lie that lightning rods, properly constructed and properly applied, w ill not protect, because the same electric law* are l»»- JUdge of I'roba'e. Notice. B Y S' I ItTU K of a tMiwer contained In a I contract for a handsome residence on voiced, in tiie main, iu telegraphing ClarrTi }*»d tclepliouing that are Invohed in to say, and lIhui go home to atm ay yps State. Xlm latest ahuouiu-einetits are K. M. Brayton, w hiteoiitskle, and (Jeo. W r . M ui ray, Mack in and out, in theX/o- lumbia and Sumter District*. ids plantation at Summcrtou, don county. . , Lawyer F. L. Whitlock, of ClieAter, will run for Congress on tiie Farmers’ | platform against John J. Hemphill, the preneiit member. • ’ * Col. Eugene f». (iary', of Abbeville, is I lines, or converse at Ion u illiirg to be the candidate Dh- Attor- 1 ney (•cticral on tlu *l’i If man rh’kt'f. Htm Young Jidyi Pope, of Newberry, i* scrouging him for tiie place. RepuMican candidates for ('ongre*- are coming to tbe. front all over mortgage given by L- Seidemaun to I. Robinson, dated the 2titli day of May, IN'*;, and recorded in tiie office of ' Register of Mesne Conveyance for Barn- 1 w«Mi county on tin* Ptli day of June, protecting buildings by the uo* id ! I*-*,. in ;» N *t page .181,. I w ill sell at Itghluiiig rod*, 'iherefore if wecauiiot i puldie auetioii in Iremt (»f the ( nurt protect our building* i*y tm- u-e of {House at Barnw^l, S. C., between llm properly constructed ami pr< perlv an. I ImiArs ol II o clock a. in. and I o clock plied lightning rod*, tueii it follow* we p. m.on Motiday, the 2nd of June, 1s:n», cannot send message* o\er tclcgrapli 1 “AH tba r pk*ce or lot of land, with distance* by the use* of the telephone. Neither could wc succes*tuily produce and iiiaiutain electric light*, because, ms stated.’ the •pun) electric law* are, to a very con* sidernbic extent, at ica-t, involved in doing the one that are iuvoived in D 1 *' [ doing tiie other.. Can it la* |N>ssiblc tliat the unbt ers are righLqn tills subject, and tliat Another Anti-Tillman conference was held in Columbia on the 20th inst. Tliir- ty-four delegates were present trout twenty-foui*counties. Eleven counties the bushiltiK* I hereon, situated, lying ami boiug in the tov u of Blackville, in the eonuty of Barnwell and State of .uouih i andinn, having a front of 50 feet, more o. - le*-, «*n \N alker Street ant| ruutiliig back from -aid street to a depth of about 150 feet, more t*r lesr. living of I an irregular width in the centre ami on diev-I hack ot lot,-and houtuied as folltiw s') < »n the Nortli by hit* of Hehrl B. Hart-' Dr. Franklin, Edison, Mor.*e, and all j zog, estate of Black and P. J. I. Ret$- iearned men .on the globe, who have | m'»nd, on the South by lotof E«th«r made a speciality of investigating it ill jJDighe*, on »Ho Ea*l bv Walker Street the light of all the practical, the theiw the West by lot of P. J. I, iied- xetical knowledge that lias been aceu* niulated during the pa*t 1J5 year* that were unrepresented. Fhe countie* tliat I lightning rod* Have been in tiAe,.ani| were in tiie !ir*t conference had no del egates in tiie second, while eight that took no part in the first hud delegates in the second. A uu^LojiXo.caliACAiJis’jeu» rase, »nv appearance of an attempt on tiie part of the Alliance to endorse or condemn either side would produce a had break in our ranks, that might cause us to lose most of the good we have already gained and all we hope for in the future. . I w as very glad to see tliat In his first campaign speech, in Fairfield, Mr. Tillman, the leader of one of these factions, ustfd the* fol lowing language: “I want to ssy the Alliance is not a political inacb-ine, and you ought not to use it in politics. The light is im tho party, and not in the Alliancer Anything like dragging the Alliance into politic*, will - ruin ami finally destroy it.” Mr. Tillman’s bitterest enemy should honor him for that speech; and 1 hope both his ad- red that some mcjnb«rs of the confer ence will take step* to bring an anti-Tilluitii candidate in the field Ih^. fore the opening of the State canvass on the 10t.ii June. The conference >**1, with closed doors, but it leaked out that (ten. John Bratton, was first favorite and J. L. Oi r second choice. JIurraFs BUtske. Several months ago ( oniptroHer-Gen- eral Yerner found out that Mr. J. K. Murray, the Aiken county treasurer, was badly behind financially. IL* went to work quietly ami wisely and managed toget $(5,8*15.5(5 from Mr. .Murray, which reduced his entire defalcation to $18,- 174:27, for State, School and County tax- inircrs and his opponents will follow- ■cs.—The Comptroller’s report to Judge Fraser, who w ill preside at the summer term of this Circuit, was tiled on the 21st inst. The same day Gov. Richard son removed Mr. Murray "and State Treasurer Mclver issued a warrant for his arrest.. The-t’omptroHer and Grand Jury committee who»*aijiiricdthc books say that Mr. Murray and the “county commissioners have failed to keep their accounts in any ’business shape, ami were utterly ignorant of the condition of the cofinty finances.” Mr. Murray had held the office for years and wtfs one of the most popular men in Aiken county. Hi* bond is said to be good for the amount of his shortage.. P. S. On Tuesday hi* sureties paid his debt to the State. Whit WIvei ir* Worth. ' A recent opinion rendered by the Vir ginia Court of Appeal* show* that the law recognize* a graded valuation of wives. The complainant had sued for dam ages for the loss of his w4fe, who had been accidentally killed through the negligence of the defendants. Gn 4b* trial evidence tending to show that tho deceased-had.been a superior v wife was offered, and presumably influenced by ....... r - , - . , ,, , r this, the jtirv gave the complainant a this good advice. And 1 especially trust that tiie brethren in Darlington county Will keep their politics out of tfimj; Alliance. Don’tumlerstaml from 4 this flrat I Would advise you to take no part in politic*. On tiie contrary, I hohl tbat it is every man’s duty, ns a good citizen of the State, to interest himself in polities, but to do it as a citizen and not as a member of . the Alliance.'The part the Alliance will take in hi* politics will be, that i£ lie ha* made good use of his privileges a* a member, ho will lie better able to form correct estimates of men # and measures. From present appearances tho com ing campaign will be a bitter one. But during all its heat, let us constantly strive to maintain Jirotherly love among ourselves. Let us be always ready to accord to those w ho differ, with us, the same honesty anti sincerity of purpose and conviction that wu claim for ourselves. If a brother or a neigh bor differs from you and you can rea son him Into 3’oul' way of thinking, very good. But if you can’t convince Kini by lair argument, rt^it assured you will never do it by losing your temper and using hard words. Which, when the campaign is over, you will that thcfc learotMi men sire all in error ? The great philosopher, Lichten'kurg, of (lOttinger, said in the y**ar 1874: ’•I’epplo aro atrauk.atul- tb»*ir- dweRMig*- are.dtsLfoyed by lightningbec:iu*c they will have it so. It doe* not matter to u* whether parsjniony. carelessness, ignorance or anyiliiug else is the cause of tliis ’ Yon Otto BitchiieTy t>4—Wei mar, Germany, asserts ( *that this dic tum may be equally applied to the pres ent generation.” Owing to ike Increased electrical intensity of the atmojpHrre, w hich is induced by the colitirnialN^ ulsioir of steam and smoke, Dr. An dries esti mates that the danger from ligtilning is from three to five times grater liq^n it was fifty year* ago. From an estimate by IV. Koniranch, it appears that if tiie energy of light ning were stored up and distributed for electric lighting, from seven to thirty-five fiallies would he required to keep one incandescent lamp aglow an hour. M. Jarriant, a French scientist, in his work on electricity and how to control it, says: 1 “I cannot too strongly advise, that, in erecting lightning conductors those specialists should be improved whose studies and constant practice enabled them to ensure perfect vvork.” The non-insulated circuit. xystem with ample earth is the only system that w ill ensure certain and safe pro tection, * 1 "VVe w ill give you another article on this subject next week % - Read it. uiond. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for pa|>cr*. - L. ROBINSON, Mortgagee. inayLVtd —-blaster’s Sale. St-itr 4>f South Cuiokltd, .UumwfU County. Court of Common rUas. . W. C. GORHAM, — DKALEK IN ALL KINDS OK—■ MODERN IMPROVED Lightning Conductors, Caroline Iff. Salinas and C. Edward Sa- lina*, copartners, under the firm name of A. J. Salinas tt fton. Plaintiffs, again*t NV. D. Bennett and C. W,- ^'Bennett, copartners, under tiie tiriit name of Bennett Brothers, Defend ants. . B5’ \'IR'Tl K of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled causo I will *el| at Barnwell, ju front of the (’otirt limtse, on Monday, the 2nd day of June next, it being salesday in said ntonHi. within the legal hours of sale, the foBow ing descrilied real estate situ ate, lyime ami being within the Stale and count v aforesaid: “AH that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, tving and being in tiie tow n of Bamberg, H^ounty and State aforesaid and bounded as follows: East by Bamberg Street, Soiitlt hy lot of C. Sablman, Jr., West by lotNqf J. B. Black, Jr., and North by lot recently transferred by H. C, Folk and J r F Folk to Fripp.iV: Rentz, and mcasurti on the front ami rear 33 feet, and run ning back on both side* one hundred and thirty-one feot feet from Bamberg Street. Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. G. DUNCAN BELLINGER, Master’s Ollice, Stli May, 1890. f mayl5-td TOPLAHTERS get. Let us ever bear iu mind that grand motto of our order, “In things essen tial unity, in all things charity.’’ 8kcrktaev’s Okkick or thk ) 8TATK AtlKlCCLTl’R \L AND MkCHAN- CAL fciOCIETY OKisOCIH GaKOUNA ud*» oioounting In the aggregate to $500, fur the counties making the best display of (’minty Products, to be shown at the Fair November loth. 1**): “To the county making the beat and Pomakia, 8. C., May 15th, 18P0. Dear 8ir:—On page 10 of the premi um list of this society for the present year, will be found the offer of ptemi-1 jury will be measured accordingly'. But jected to proof as to the character of tiie w ife, and carried the issue to the high est court of the State. ■* ThiCt tribunal holds that such evidence was perfectly-proper as means of esti mating the damage suffered by the hus band. **lt the character and conduct of the wife,” says tbe Court, “be *uch that her death will cause but little sorrow', suf fering and mental angui*h to the hus band, then the fair and jus* proportion of the damages to be awarded by the if on the contrary,” the court adds, “the wife be loving, tender and dutiful to husband: thrifty, industrlou mica! and prudent—a* the av «, ecor id cuce in tbU ca*e prevod Mrs. McCunneil to be r POINTS, DISPERSERS, WEATHER VANES, AND EVERY VARIETY OFTRl M MINGS. ^ 1 AVorJc erected’at sliort notice qn the most improved circuit ay stem. Will be in Barnwell a few days. Permanent address, Lock Box 134, Wilson, N. C K • FOR THE PEOPLE. 2^ —Two Hundred Bushels of— Iiron IPeas These pe4* are rust proof and weather proof, never rotting a* long as they aro above grouucLi Try them and you ovtH be pleased and profited. For sale by • H. la. P1£A.CX>CK:. —AND— -:-M!LL MEN,:- As4lm44«nerRl State Agent of Talbott & Sons of Richmond, Va., i desire to, call your attention to their iStamlard Engines and Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills and Machinery generally. Thes* Engines arc of the highest design am\ finish and In development of power un surpassed. For quality, value*offered, price* are very low*. I also offer Special inducement in Cot ton Pre.-^e* and Gina, Planers $nd Wood Working 'Machinery. Complete Gin neries designed and equipped. -— — Write for pricai aorf catalogues. Y. C. BADHAM, CHUN, lilt AL AOKJffT. t ;4y