Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Til U USD AY, J A X U ARY *20.1 SO!. Hnrrth for Rill! 7 Oovornor l>. U- Hill wm elected Tni- ted Hate« Senator from New Yotk, beating W. M. Evarta, the Republican inoumbeulj, by two vote*. ''' Ooveri>o# Hill baa never been defeat ed in any political race be has made. Perhaps bf may be the Democratic Vid to knockout the Republicau C^oliab next year. - We would like to give a vote for the man whose platform is-^lte| Mr. Robert terae troth : ‘ I am a Democrat ” If hiaibry repeats Itself Oov. Hill would be elected President, for all Democrats chosen to that office in the last thirty- five years, Buchanan, Tildcn and Cleve land, have been haehe.ors. f The papers show that In the last ten days there has been a great falling off in the average number of accidental Irtllitigs and cetd blooded hWfdfTI Tif these United States. People every where seem to bo discontinuing their Christmas enjoyments and turning to work for bread and meat. , ^ Whatever objections people may have to the present State Administration no body can lay the charge of laziness at their doors. They are working nix days In the week and occasionally travel on Sundays. A ycaV from now their work can be fairly measured. Then it can' be soon if Tverfortnanee comes up to jnomiso. Tbe Force Bill was -tide tracked on Monday in the United Stales Senate by. a vote of 36 to 31 to make way for the T v'lia&o cf the roanportionment bill. ’/his good work was accomplUhad un der the splendid general top m ^»-T*>ifor Arthur T. Gorman, of-Maryland, a.dvd by six Republicans who f«r once voted right. If this mischievous measure dies the death- it dei'erves Senator Gorrpan ought to be the next Democratic car.di- sUle l«rtboA a 04V44»*mry.— . *—.. I The New York llei'uld Ui in favor of ‘‘assisted emigration” and believes that tbe race problem can be most saf< ly set tled by htilping the negro to return to tbe home of his forefathers. If the Herald and all other meddle some people who don’t understand the situation iu the youth, in eithor black or whits, woul J only let us alone the qaestion would settle itself the sooner and more satisfactorily. A1J their In- t rf*;rcnoo only complicates the difficulty and delays the best solution cl its dan gers. or Tber fTn Fa-nwell county, notably th^ “Angus Patterson Place” on JKdisto River, and the “Edwin Hagood Place”'ucav your town were bought by the father’and grandfather respectively of their pres ent owners for twenty-five (2f») cents an tire. While this was in some measure owing to the then scarcity of labor, it Was chiefly due to that conservatism which everywhere mnkfc't farmers averse to abrupt change*. One of the few far sighted enough to foresee the c'*ming industrial revolution from Whit ney’s Gin was Governor Rutledge, prac tically the Revolutionary Dictator m South Carolina. Just alter peace came he had bulk saw mills at “Cron's Mills” ift-this section to utilize his many thou sand-acres of tlmhfsr, and today the old dams but liule sunk are as firm and the n^ud sIUb as sound as when put up mure than one (J) hundred .years ago. lie now began to prepare for extensive cot ton culture and instructed his Manager. Dunbar, to build quarters for several hundred slaves to be im ported from Africa Death cut hKo„rt Governor Rutledge’s plans The letter of instruction from him is still pre served in the Dunbar family. During this long period of one hun- 1 dreef and twenty-live (12.1) years the in mates of~the-old “Boyd House” of course witnessed marked political chan ges. First, after King George’s Gov ernment, indiapyfably* ike bett and kindli-st JA« Sunth ever had, there came in thn ex^/u- idi'r m^rm^rm^ortT niir'l u'^^ftTr American Rebellion. Ther, the trap- ance Department TB*w>r:;min iwin Adopted as tbe County OrganXy the Coun ty ..lliaiuc July 5th, IbtiO. 7 ■ .. M. J. PsVTE, Assogiat* Editor; To whom all Communicationa ou AUiuuce Matters r.hould be addressed. OfflmN of thf Coo»>tj llliaaco. D. F. Sojourner, Frcridetu. A. F. FVcc, Vice President. W. 8. Batnlverg, 8eeretavy.' N. F. Kirkland, Treasurer. W. G Britton, Chaplain. Geo, 1 II. Kirkland, lecturer. M. O. Wall, Steward. W. K. dadler, Door Keeper. R. R. Harley, Assistant floor Keeper. >5 W. Btxlitord, Sewaut-at Arms. M. W. Phillips, Business Agent. Executive Commute*.*—C. B. Free, W. W. Patrick. W. A. Faust. , . " , Tmdo Committee—-C?• ^f. Hunter, E. II. Dowling, 5. M. Ulmer, W. A. All > Committee on Good of the. Order—J. ’C. Mc- MUlftn, C. v[. Edenfleld, VV. T. Cave, jJ. K. Snelilng, E. B. Guess. IMPORTANT MEETING. A meeting of Sub-Alliance Trustee pres-Ion of the African slave trade; tne wars of 1312, of Florida and Alextco; the unsuccessful Rebellion of the South with its Negro emancipattern, its un couth Black Rule, Ruin and evenrual White Freedom. Then, tho Political Chapter ending with tho. “Tillman Farce” of substituting one sett of* po litically favored families for another sett pits Reform cry a' sham as shad owy as the Brooke in which.the old house vanished the other day. F6r one and u quarter centuries its inmate-, in turn “strutting their brief hour on the Stage o rLtrc, “const ston tty^ ra rrfc d nna-^/^r. mirt' Movement' ’ cvntammated by ntilh'er i'o- luxal Btlutivti nor Creed for a stur- dv Race w itbout aspiration other than ttio'.r Calling. In all that time am far as known, there were but two who .even temporarily sought other pursuits. One, tiie owner of many thousand acres and more than an huudr.od shews, re tired from public life content with one Legislative term Another, an *x- slave, Simon P. Coker, alter several terma-went IjIb reward of *,ix leot- < f Mother Earth in the Race Troubh s of 1870, with many of his deluded follow ers. M. B. liattievllle, Barnwell County, V. C. The Death of Dr. Kcarse. f • f - Barnlng of the Bo}d House. An accidental flic in this section a f jvr da>s since destroyed “The Boyd House,” not oniy tho oldest building in toe county of Barnwell, but older by rlno years fwan the Declaration of In dependence of the Unlre J Sutes. ft was j i tin year sevRittvon hundred and s.x- fy-flve built by John Golphin,tuhoae lather, an Indian trader, niji/rried a chiefs danghtvr, and aequiroTTtbereby an extensive Ini.d tract adjoining “Sil ver Bluff’’ Savannah River, just below Augusta, Ga. The latter town \va« then only an Indian Trading Post, al though the largest, in Georgia and the Carolina*. The biggest “Land Grab” oi iu day was founded on this Indian title, and !U fraudulent exposure led to the political dow nfall of one of the most brilliant Congresfcmeu from Georgia. Public censure in that day of political purity promptly retired corrupt otfl. cials. What a commentary on the present! With such an ancient house tradition c muHcts many events of interest. The del Is around it were once fertilized /with shad and herring from the super- . abundance of the river, and cultivated with the rude implements of colonial Tanning made in Mother England. Its- flours .w ez£. iirs.1 pi e.^ol Ly. sined feet of the early settler. 'I’he clumsy flint lock, followed in slow sue-’ cession by the percussion gun and tile modern breech-loaders rested in turn agaluKt its walls, decorated with the skins and horns of their victims; the panther, the wolf, the bear and the deer. From its doors the frugal housewife, fearful for her clothes line and fowl i roosts, once pasaed out as a peace offer- ! i.ig the broken fqpd to tho rogue in | dian, shabby descendant of the once ! lords of the soil. For many years it was the only build- \ jng more than one storied in the conn- j ly; the prejudice being that sucii would J be “too topheavy in a high wind.” The i “Joyce Mixson” house of one and a half | Horles, the oldest in your town, was for j years regarded by the incoming conn- ; try people as unsafe because of iu un- ; due height. Them w as hut little travel j by the general public in that day ain^ auch were the crude ideas of a simple! peoplje isolated in a measure fr- ru the ij. great centres o/ civilization. Rut iff! this connection we must remember that Dr. Henry W. Ke.arae, Ure^ident «»f the Barn wet) Uouity Medtoal Society, died on Monday ni his home near'Bu ford’s Bndgu of nervous prostration.ie- ■ulti’ig from a chronic pulmon rry uf- feotbiu Ho wan about Js y< ais of age. A wife, six children, many relative*ami a multitude of friends survive to share the great common sorrow of hiK too early death. “Hi* sun bag gone down while it is yet day," but hi* life wa» a* full round ed a* if he had lived to the utnmst limit of three score years anji ten The Cen tral tight of a happy home circle ha* been taken to the better land to wait the reunion that shall have no ending j be in all the ages of (be coming eternity, ! ac the ccnrMent Christian ha; been call* d da mag by tho Father’s voice and g lided by His J c Jas» o hand «afe Into 'he court < f Heaven, the | tender .Stockholders will be held in the Court Hauseat Barnwell on Monday, 2d Feb ruary, for the tranaaction of important burfliies*. A full attendance is desired, i^etevsry Sub-Alliance bo represented., UimXTPST - County Trustee Stockholder. C. M. EDENFIELD, County Exchange Agent. td The WoxJf oi the Alliance. Iferetoforq, the people of the NTorth- west and North have ijeen qfpart.from us. 'They did not and woirid not un- derstaud ou? A position HT a yolitiottl sense. All efforts on our part to make them tsee u« a* we aro were futile \ change has at last come. Through the efforts of the Alliance we have come to gether and Hie day i* Hot lar distant .H-w hcn, despite-the wheming of the poli ticians of the bloody shirt order, the people of these section* will stand to gether as one man, battling for the Con stitution of our fathers, for a govern ment of the people, by the people and tor the people.- -Coiumbia Register. The National Farmer*’ Alliance Com mittee ou Confederation met ia""’a*$h- ington on the22nd in*t. Delegate* w ere present representing the Knight* of Labor, tbe Farmer*’ National Beneficial A'llla‘uce;“The Farmers’ Atliance and 4^Hiu*tri»l Can ji* and tb**4 Dnem ei s’ Alliance. The general purpose of the meeting was to carry out the ne- _ Trlbile of Bes'peet. To tho memory of the late brother Gsbortie Dyches. At a regular meeting of the Order of Good Templar* at Blackville, S. C., Jan 2ddi~18fll a committee was appointed and the following preamble and reaolu. Ilona were adopted : - W;hereas tbe All-wise Father, who never err* In Hla dealing* with men, ha* aeen fit to remove from our Order our friend and brother, be it, therefore, Resolved, 1. That this Order and the w hole cOmnffinlty, of which he has been so long an honored and useful cltlzei.l have suffered a great los*. Resolved, 2. That his upright and consistent Christian life, his devotion to duty and example to the young will ever be an inspiration and incentive to the nobler deeduriamnoftier. achieve- uient* ' ; - ^ Resolved, fl. That a blank page in our minute book be inscribed to hiH memory and a copy of theke resolutions i*e trans twitted to the family of our deceased brother, tendering them our sincerest sympathy in their sad bereavement and to the Advertiser and People for publi cation. . L. C. Stephens, J. Henry Sanders* Committee. BROWN’S IRON BITTERS digestion & Debility* A person born In hot weather stands the heat a great deal better than one born in the eold mouths of winter; of course, the rule works vice versa. Those b6m in the spring are usually of more robust constitution than if born at any other time of the year. A New York editor who- wrote an .nbitnftry notice of a man of some celeb rity said, “He began life, as a legal prac titioner, but was diverted y from it by a lovo of letters.” He did not see the pi inter’s proof, and w as confronted the nexT morning w ithTliis—.“II« began life as a legal politician, but he was Ti ed from it by a love of bitters." , Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castorla. f/ha? Discharge. Thirty day* after data I will apply to Janu s O. Patterson, Esq., Probate Judge for Barnwell CounTV. for a Hnal Di* charge as executor of the estate of Jane Gregory, deceased. W. V. WlLCOX, 'Executor. ^ AijctidaJic, 3. C., 2fith was to carry comniendatiomof the’Ocala Iffmvention looking to a union of the tfgricultural and labor organizations In tho pursuit of common objects of legislation, but it? was distinctly stated by Chairman Ben Terrell, of the Executive Committee, that no thira partv movement is con templated. ihe following’’jdatform was adopted: 1. W« demand the abolition of the na tional banks n* bank* of issue, and, as a substitute for n&'i*»nal bank notes, we tema/id ihst legal teiider treasury notes i*Ku«'d in situlcknt volume to trails- iho. business of the country witiiout or *pe THE STATE OF; SOUTH CAROLINA BAKXH ELL ( OtNTY. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. By James O Puiterg4.1i, Esq., Judge of Probate in Barnwell County. Whereas, W. Gilmore Simms, C. C. P applies for Letters of Administration the derelict estate of S. J. llartzog, State counts to-day uns< .'.-.11 atrio t*in so *adlv tho wi*e one le^< sou of nil !al advan c tiling, such not* * In pay inert *,f all public and/private, vvheir dfetriaiideii by t! e and p,- age to any 10 bo legal debts, both ^u.h «J>e, bhal! be *> mpatni of hi* his neighbor* mi* otinsel kindly j leaded t > thc-iu at not more than 2 per if--a presen c and fmrtit. per annum »>h uon-perUhabie his t iiiiaen proJosHlou tnourns the death j products a* Indicateil iu the Ktib-trea*- of on.! of it* l»p.t illustration* and < ury plan, and also uimn tvitl estate, w ith brightest oruamHut*. For In* loved th«* i proper iitiaitati<uiupon the quautitv oi noble calling of mercy ff* which nature 1 j^nd and ainount of rnonev. destined him with all tin* vigor of th.* ; 2.-AVe demand the free.'.md unlimited sinmg Intellect and all the affection oi * coinage of silver. a heart always tender to human w.jk* demand the passage of laws | prohibiting alien ownership if lan4i, j and t hat Congress trike prompt action to on deceased These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular, the' kindred and creditor* of the *sid deceased, to bt and appear before me at a Court of Pro bate for the *aid county, to be bolder at Barov.ell C* H. on Saturday the 7th j day of March, 1891, at 11 o’clock a. m J to show cau«.e, if any, why the said ad- mwd-tration should not be granted. Given und**r my hand and the seal oi th3 Court this yjth day of January, A. D. ISiy, ativl In the 115tli year 01 American Independence. > J AAiE’s O. PATTERSON, Probate Judge. jan28-Cw S'Jinmonsto Absent Defendants. Cburi of Probate. State of South Carolina,] diamtctU County. ( Iu it* pursuit he k- ptewn btep of pro gress w ith its ablest mind* and in its practice, forgetful of self and neglect ful of In* failing health, he answered every call to the couches of the atlticte.l and can ie'i «'omfort to rich ami poor alike. Hi* life work is ended and he lias died a* much a martyr a* if he had perished at the stake in the barbarous day* of old, but hi* memory shall live a* long;as human heart* shall thrill and grow thankful at the recollection of the j none, good deed* of his pure, w hite, jKu feet | tiona! life. . lie was laid to tho la-t iv>t by loving hands in the Methodist churcfr yard at Buford** Bridge on Tuesday. Bright *ki<s w ere above his burial devise some plan to obtain all land* now owned by aliens and foreign syndicate*; and that all land* now held by-railroad* and ollrer corporation* in excels of auch j a$ i* actually used and needed by them, J he reclaimed by the government and j held for actual settler* only. 1. Believing in the doctrine of equal 7 ri';ht* to all and special privilege* to we demand that taxation, up state or municipal, shall not bo used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another one. 5. We demand that all revenue*, na- ' , t h>nal, state ami county, shall i>e lim- ha* gone gjap-: ^ pen ye*, g tf . s^n’ino, and the impaling Tight 4+f his ex- go^vernrnent, economically afid honestly ample will lead other* from the sorrow aiiuiiniatered. and suffering of eurtii r.o tiie perfect health and,happiness that lie has found beyond the shores Of time. 0. We demand' a just and equitable system of graduated tax on income. 7. We demand the most rigid, honest and just skate and national governmen tal control and supervision of tiie means of public communication and transpor tation, opj. if tilts.control and super vision does not remove the evil* now ex- Bambekg. H. C’., January 23,1891. ; Editor l 'eojtlc: r • I I notice in your last i*sue a <ei of re.«- I olutious passed by the tst.-John* A Hi- ! unce, in referonee to certain Fertilizer ! Compatne* and myself and I beg that ) you will allow mu tlm privilege of re- i filyingto them through your column*, j The business agent of that Alliance, t M /-' /-» . . • 1 • * ment to tne Constitution r C- It. I lay ton, \vn* certaiulv in *ta- 1 , hi .t, ., JW » v.,., . , , J 1 .. . . , tne election oi Lniuat Mates ken when he say* that the Ashenoo Phosphaui Co. refused to quote prices and gave as their reason that They had given me the exclusive right to deal in their goods at Bamberg. Mr, Clayton well know* that the Ashepoo goods ate handled by three of* the leading, mer- hant* of the town beside* myself, viz: D. ( opelandjs Thomas Black and. Cope & Brabham,'^viio are all agents for the well known Eutaw Fertilizer A. T Woodward as Administrator of the Estate of Simon Friester, de ceased, and Mike Brown, Fiair against Annie Friester, Silas I’riester, George Aunal>obson, Dorah Pri**atcr, EU01 Kirkland, Rosa Bradley, Louie Prie*- ter, The American Freehold Land Mortgage Company of London, Litn- iteii, and all other creditor* of Simon Pi tester, deceased; Defendant*. ♦ COPY SLHMONS TOR RELIEF. [Complain: not Served.) To the Defendant*, Annie Priestor, Si- ta* Pricstcr George Anna Dobson, Do rah Pne^ter, E Dor Kirkland, itosa ---Bnuliey, Louie Priwiuac. The Ameri can Freehold Laud Mortgage Compa ny of London, Limited, and ail other j creditors of Simon Priester, tleceased, I You 1 are hereby sumuioned and re quired t4> answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy,]* now. on file in the office of the 1’robete-Judge, and to scare a copy of your answer to the said complaint <»n the subscriber at his office . in the Town of Barnwell w ithin twenty istmg, we demand government owner- days after the service hereof, exclusive ship-of such means of communication of the day of such service; and if you ami transportation. i fail to answer the complaint within The 8. We demand that the Congress of j time aforesaid, the plaintiff iro this ad- tfie l nited States sutmiit an amend- j tion will apply to the^Court for t&e re- providing ier } lief demanded in the complaint. senators by a direct Vote of the people of each State; also, the President and Yice- Pre-udeni by a popular vote. Resolved, That this confqderation of industrial organizations demand that in each State a system shall be provided and faithfully executed that will insure iin honest and accurate registration of fSll voters, a free, lair, secret and official Complaint now on file in the oifiee of the Probate Judge in and for the said State and County. Dated January 24, A D. 1S91, J.O. PATTERSON, J. P. R.C. [ls] W. A. HOLMAN, Plaintiff, * Attorney. To the Absent Defendant, The Ameri- ! can Freehold Land Mortgage Compa? ny’ of London, Limited. ballot, and an honest public count; and Take notice that the Sirminons and -2 ctily some forty years ago the South > manufaPiured bjr the Ashepoo T'hos- (’arolina RailroadCompany used barrel | phate Co. As for tiie Peliean Bone, for shaped coaches because offering less at- which Dowie A Moiso are general mospfferic resistance they were thougiit I agents I admit tliat l am the only agent robe speedier than the box-shaped. I they have at this place, having taken The “Boyd House” was seventy (70) j the agency when the goods were first 5, ear * old when steamboats bfcgan to : introdneedinto this section,-and I have ffavigate Savannah River. Before that! continued to be their agent up to tiie day the few supplies purchased (little/: present time These are not the only !.Phosphate Companies who have agents besides iron ware and salt) were freight ed in flat boat* pol^l-agaln»t the eur-f at bur place and if they wish to buy on- rent. Up to the day of Whitney’s Gin the little lint cotton needed for domes tic nse was picked from the’ seed cotton by hand. The common task In the long B winter night* from supper till bed time, was for each child to pick hi* shoe* full of lifft. The old house was forty-five year* old when the first ginnery w'aKes- tablisbed iu Che county of Barnwell. It wr* built at Furse’* udll in this neigh- _borhood ami being the only one lor *< ine years for several counties around ginned cotton brought ntany miles away; in s-une instances sixty or more. Before cotton cultivation was general rhe income of the county came mainly from jmle* of^attle raised on wild oat* aiidaeaue; the oat* being the exclusive undergrowth in pine woods as scrub •ak i*now, One of the “Boyd House" proprietor* carried a drove of beeves valued at one (1) thousand thdlttr* to Augusta, Ga , and refused for it an of fer of several thousand acre* of land ex- tendintf fmm ^and Bar Ferrv to Uie t -r:'t . now worth t- y ■ ■ — 4 •• ly fr>m those Companies who have no agent* it will be welMor them to look into the matter farther. Yours Respectfully, C. R. Br.4BBam. ForMalaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS 1 tell you the poor A nti-Poverty have mo chants." “That** particularly Jmeln regard to poetry. I know sonic tslit4»rs who re ject.poems for no other reason t^gh that they aro poor.” . lie was an old gubsefiber—Editor: Mr. Fuukcr, you have been taking my we demand that each State Legislature shall make it a felony f<tr any improper interfen nee w ith tiie exercise of regis- i | tration, ballot oY count. Permanent organization was then j forimd by the 4*iceiion of Ben Terrell, ] Ud Texas, President, and J. W. llaye* fc , of i'enusyivaui i, as Secretary and ! Treasurer, - /• ... . Upon invitation, L. I.. Eolk, Presi- : d*:nt of the National Fanners’ Alliance, addressed the meeting: Mr. Polk spoke warmly in support* of the views of the j confederation as expressed in the above ; series of demands. ! Ben Terrell, A. \]\ Wright and J. J. Rogers were appointed a committee on , by-laws. ‘ J/' • j 'J'he President was instructed, upon I the applu ation of other industrial or- ganUaUuD* f4n membership, to nuhniit j tiie same by letter to the inetnbers of-j t the co nf ode rat itni and fftroclaim t lie vote on their admission. ’ * . ^ The amalgatnatevl organizations will beknowu a* the Confederation of Indus trial orgaui/:Ui<t:is. j For the disseminatltfii of the prlnci- j pie* of the cun federation, and • the in- j struetion of tiie people in the same, a j . plan’ of action was agreed upon. Each ; organization in every ^ute is to liave a i Complaint herein were filed in the office of the Judge of Probate for Barnwell County, South Carolina, on the 24tb day 0$ JaiAtary, A/D. 1891. . \V. A. HOLMAN, ■ plaintiff'* Attorney. jan29-6w Find Discharge} Notice 1* hereby given that the und^- vlgned will file hi* final account with J. O. Pattemon, K*q., Judge of Probate, on Thursday, the Sfitk day of February next, at 10 o’clock in tbe forenoon, a* Guardian of the estate of Uizxle Harley and Carrie Harley, and a*k for Letter* DUmlssory. K. K. HARLEY, Guardian. BANK NOTICE. £ m 1 • ( Book* of Subscription to the Capital Stock of the Citizen*’ Bank of Barnwell will be o|>ened on Wednesday next; the 4th.day of February, 1891, at the office of A. T Woodward^ Esq., In the town of BaruwelL • J. Allen Tobin* W v Gilmore Sitnm*, N. F, Kirkland, Sr., A. T. Woodward, Isaac Michal*on, E. L. ^andert; P. M. Buckingham, Corporator*.' jan29-lw iifiistrator's Sale. Personal Property. Pursuant to an order of sale, made by Jag. G. Patterson, Esq , Judge of Pro bate for the County of Barnwell, 1 will sell at public outcry op the 31*t day of January, 1891, to the highest bidder for cash ail of the personal goods and chat-' tels of the late Simon Priester not al lowed to hi* widow as a homestead. Said sale to take place at the residence of the *aid Simon Priester, deceased, except three bales of cotton in the lint, which will be sold on the above date at Barnwell Court House, South Carolina. A. T. WOODWARD, Administrator of the Estate of Simon Priester, deceased. January 17th,*A. D. 1891. Master’s Sale. State or South Caro lisa, Barxwcll County—In tue Court or Common Plea*. > . Franklin-W. Fairey, Plaintiff, against William M. Carter, C. H. Carter, Jas. .McMillan, and F. J. Pelzer, F. S. Rodgers, W. G- Muckbhfuss, Thomas 8. Iugle*by and F J. Pejzer, Jr., Co partner*. trading under the firm name of Pelzer, Rodgers it Co., Defendants. FORECLOSURE. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause i wilj *eU at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, the second ikvy-of Febroarr, H9L, it being-saterfiry in said tn9tilh, within the legal hour* of sale, tiie following described real property r Home and Headquarters. For Good Goods and a plenty of them. Low Prices on Everything and Fair Treatment for Everybody, hia cleared, out khe surplus of Fall and Winter Goods andis ready with Full New Stocks for the SIPIRIHSTG- TmVTDE. Without hot hurry, with the r*nat deliberate care) he has uiode|selection* In tho best first market*, bought at the most favorable times and is now fully prepared w‘tb a _ Series of Spring Surprises and that cannot fall to please the people by their extent and variety and startle stagger all competition by their CHEAPNESS and COMPLETENESS. It D an advance edition of the much talked of American Exposition to be held in Chicago two years off, brought to your very doors and containing the best good* from tbe best manufactories in the old world and tbe new, from the North, the South, the East and the Westland all at price* strange in all this region and unknown to.ajl competitors. In Dry Good* and Notions, Dress Good* for Ladies, I have all tbe established favorites of the fair sex and all the new staples made for their use and enjoyment. " 10 Staple and Fancy Groceries and Farm Supplies, Agricultural Impleinents and Hardware-Lam head and shoulders above all weak imitation. In Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, Crockery and Tinware, Wagons, Buggies and Road Cart*, Harness ana Sadkty 1 sin years ahead of the alow pro cession that U marching upon my trail. In Clothing for men and boys, in Shoes for ladies and the lord* of creation, in all the necessaries that all must have anu lu all the luxuries that tbe well to da can afford l am master of tbe situation. For the campaign of 1891 I stand oi\ the-platform of the Largest Stocks and Lowest Price* and i ahall not eat my ‘words. ' -—- 4 i « I am Prepared to f me, wwwand at all tlnrMrttut U wtH par tt/HHnJiflwtrr^miCTq tffc and so 1 inVHe one L and all, rich apd poor, from far aud near, to come to All that certain piece, parrel or tract of land, situate in Three Mile Town ship, in the County uf Barnwell hi the >tate aforesaid, on White Oak Bay, wa fers of Combabee River, containing two hundred and ninety-six (296) acre*,’ more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Charles F. Ayers, East by lands of JacSb Carter and Henry Car ter, on the South by lands of M. J. Kearse, and on the West by lands df A. Cbitty and R. Fisk, according to a di vision put made by L. B. Harvey, D. S., aud dated the 12th dar of Januarv, A. D. I808, whDh by reference to said plat will more fullv appear. Terms: One-half cash, and tbe bal ance on a credit of one and two years, the credit portion to be secured by tbe bond of the purchaser, bearing annual interest from the day of sale, t g.'ther with a mortgage of the premises so sold, with the privilege to the purcha ser of paying all cash, the purchaser to pay Master for paper* and recording. n DUNCAN BELLINGER, jan!5-td Master B. C. Business Change. The Copsrtnerf.hip heretofore exist ing at Wiilistou between us, under the firm name of Mellicharope A Co., was dissolved by. mutual consent 29th De cember, 1890. * L. 8. MELLICHAMPE, J.K EASTERLING. THE PLACE F0R THE PE0PL ►MieHALSON’S, BARNWELL, S. O. j*n 29-tf Mortgagees Sale. t Tiie hmdnee* will be continued at the dd stand bv tbe undersigned under the tiriu name of Mellicharope «t Co. All parties indebted to the old firm will make payment to the new. L. s. mkllicHampe, - R. c. MELLICHAMPE. Williston, S. C., 12th January, 1891. , janl 6- :jw Master’s Sale. FOR SALE. Three fijt* on Main street with 50 feet front by2100 deep, betweeu Davis'* law office and Post 4.ftire. Four lot* opposite Mr. W. Gilmore Simms, same measurement. The lot and residence now occupied by Capt. VV4>4»dw ariU,l ( x»x‘200 feet. The five lot* and building* between Tobin’* drug store and Post office on Main Street. These are the most desirable buildin lot* in the town for any purpose an will be sold reasonably. For full particular* apply to A. T WOODWARD feb 20-tf Sifnnnsns to Absent Defendants. Court 01 Common Pleat. LOW PRICES AVill be made on Talbott & Sons* Engines and Boilers. paper Je»s than a year, and yet .'<>Uj ( -vj«iiniu*;cinun,wli<»i.stohavethepow- in this! -V..' .-.-.Ci— sign yourself “Old Subscriber [comm link a tion. Huiiker-»Y oung man, I ant 08 3'cars of age “W bli*!! fe. do Ten Re 4m : or to app<n«t such as>-t*tants a* he may . need tor counties, u»\vn<hip*, etc., in the tcrritOTsc to bp covered. Special estimates on 3Iaclilncry gen erally, at bottom figured. Saw Mill* : $200.00 to §600.00, Corn Mill* 115.00 to 375.00 Planer* and Matchers, 200.00 to $150%90 ' m 1 sell tbe most complete line of Saw Mills and Wood-working Machinery fxf the State* ^ V” a*ked 1 edi- Ms t* ••MSA* In fact, even after sting cotton culture richest were rated ex- “Naitbcr,’’ replied the editor, rally ing at ou< e; “my paper h pubiifln*d pn strict u)m Igbt principles. F1u*h money i* what the young hu*- b‘an\l part* w ith fur *.H>^bJug syrups. • A t- cu.i- ge,*ay* a -Ever dollar of li*H 1# *4trti! * V. C. BADHAM, “« OICNKKAL AOKN’T. COLUMBIA, 8. C. Ta,boW 11 g u,e date of the dollars you handle isd you • oniy come acros: it. ‘ i uiar JJitf State of South Caroiina Barmsell County. )ora| Williams, nf^ Stewart, Blaintiff, against James Milhoiise Stewart, Mary Anh Stew art, David R. Stew art, J. Wesley Stewart, Hansford D- Stewart, Hattie R. Davis and WC. Wightman Stewart, Defemlants. ‘ ‘ . copy summon* for rblief. (Complaint notServed) To the Defendants, James Milhouse Stewart, Mary .Aim Stewart, David II. Stewart, J. Wesley Stew art, Hans ford 1). Stewart. Hattie R. Davis and W. Wightman Stewart. Yon are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, a copy of which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court for said County, and to serve a copy of your an swer to the said complaint on the sub scriber at his office in Bamberg, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such ser vice ^and if you faiHoaoswer the com plaint \yithiu tiie thne aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the CGurt for the relief demauded in the complaint. ^ Dated December 11 th, 1890. FRANCIS F. CARROLL, Jr., - ^ Flaintlff’s Attorney. W .Gilmore Simm*, C. C. P. ‘A? G. S. [ls] To the Absent Defendants, Hansford D. ' Stew art, David R. Stew art and James >^Hilbou$te Stewart; Take notice that the Summons and Complaint herein were filed in the office of tiie Clerk of the Court bf Common. Pleas for Barnwell County, South Car olina, on the 11th day oi December, 4. D. 1890. 1 FRANCIS F. CARROLL. Jr., 4 4 Plaintiff’* Attorney. > | dec25-ffw ^ BY VIRTUE of tbe power vested in II. S. Baxley,hi* executors, administra- Cors and assign* by and under the cer tain mortgage given by B. k\ Baxley to secure the payment of purohase money of land deacribed therein, dated 1st June. 1889, and duly rooorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Convey ance* Tor BarnwellCOunty in Volume ft K, page 403 and upon w hu-h is now due ! $-00 (purchase money) with interest! from date at ten per cent, per annum, ‘ default having been made and the con ditions of said mortgage secures being broken I will sell at pub lic outcry at tbe Court House step* in Barnwell, S C , on Monday, February 2 1891, during the hour* f6r public sale*, all that tract oi4parcel of land lying and being in BaDlwell.tounty, s. C , containing one hundred and eighty- three aeres. more or less, bounded as foHow*: North bv land* of J. W. Fare and W. W. Snelltng, East by Mr*. M. Z. Smith and W. M. C*ve, South by O. C. Baxley and We*t by J.Snelllug and J. A. KiDingsworth Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for pa pers. W. R. OWENS, Administrator of the ♦ state of II. S. Baxley, deceased. janlf*-td State or SortH Caeolina, Barnwell County—In tue Court or Common Plkas. Emma C. Carter, Plaintiff, against Lewi* A. Seafce, Harriet Seaae, 8u*an ' Seaseaud John D.-Sease, Dwfendanu. JPARTITION. Mortgagee's Sale of Land. BY VIRTUE of the power vested In the Bradley Fertilizer Company by and under the certain mortgage given it by W B. Steedly and T E. River*, dated December 3, 1888. and duly recorded in Barnwell County in Vol. 5 T, page 522, and upon which is now due $464.00 with Interest from December 1, 1888 at 8 per cent, per annum and ten per 2ent. on debtdueas Attorney’a’fee* for collec tion, defaulChaving been made ami the conditions of said nmrtgage and the note it secures being broken, the Brad ley Fertilizer Company will sell at pub lic outcry at the Court House step* in Barnwell. S. C., on Monday, February 2, .1891, during the hours for public sales, all that certain tract of land situ ate in Barnwell County, South Caroli na, about siK mile* from Midway, known as “The William Folk Place/’ containing one hundred and sixty-six and three quarters acre*, more or less, bounded North by lands of Jacob BiMhd}), East by estate J. J Folk, South bv >V. A. Hickmataand other*. West by Mr*. Whetstone. Terms cash and purchaser to pay for titles. BRADLEY FERTILIZER COM PANY, Mortgagee—bv its Attor ney* HENDERSON BROS, AL ken, S. C7-~ January 7th, 1891, jan9-td BY VIRTUE of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause ; I will sell at Barnwell, tn front of the I Court House, on Mondav, the second U’th: u ,u - v of tVbru,rv . 11 ^ ln * *»'• d *y •nil IB. note It |0 u|d nl , )nth w |,b| n the Irgal lioun of *ale, tbe following described real prop>- erty: t 'All that tract'Of land situate in the *aid county and State aud containing, one hundred and thirty-four (134) acres/ more or less, bounded by land* of the estate of Jacob Carter, estate of George I PxiCster. J. D. Copeland and land* of s John I/. Cothran, Raid sale to be made In *eparate parcel* a* follows: Tract Number One containing thirty-* three acre*. Tract N umber Two containing thirty•• four and forty hundredth acre*. Tract N urtiber Three containing thir* ty-two acres. Tract Number Four containing thlr* ty-four and one-twenty-fifth acres. ’ Terras cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. G DUNCAN BELLINGER, janl5-td Master B. C. < ( V Dissolution Notice 1 The Copartnership heretofore exist ing'between the undersigned, under the firm name of McNab, Walker & Co., is dissolved this day by the withdrawal of Mr. G. Duioan Bellinger* '• WM. McNAB, N. G. W. WALKER, G DUNCAN BELLINGER. Barnwell, S. C;, 1st January, 1891. The business will be continued at the old stand by the undersigned, under the firm name of McNABA WALKER. Wm. McNAB, ' _N.G. W. WALKER. Barnwell, 8. C., 1st January, V891, I * janI5 Jw Annual Returns. All Executors, Administrators, Guar* dian* and Trustee* are hereby notified that they are required by law to make returns to the Probate Court.of estates in their hands during tbe months of January and February of every year.^ The office of tbe Judge of Probate will be open to receive these returns. Ex-W ecu tors, Administrators, etc., failing to make returns within the time required by law aro subject to a heavy line and of all coromlRsions. forfeiture jan!5 J. O. PATTERSON, Probate Judge. SHERIFF’S SALE. State of 3outh Carolina, Barnwell County—In the Cou«\ ot^ommoh Pleas. C F. W. Wagener A Co., against, J. W, - Woodward. BY VIRTUE of an. execution to mo directed ill the above entitled cause I have levied upon and will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell on Mon* day, the 2nd day of February next. It being salesday iu said month, within the legal bpurs of sale, the following real property { * . All that tract or plantation of land about one mil* frdm Barnwell C. H, ^consisting of three hundred aud fifty four (354) acres and bounded by lands of the estate of M. R. Snares, J. W,, Woodward. $*tateof S J. Hay, the pub* - lie road from Barnwell C. H. to Blacks vilie. lands of Charles Pechmann, Trust estate of Mrs R. L. Patter non and known ae “Lake Farm.” Levied upon and to be sold as the property of said defendant to satisfy tiie execution in favor of above named plaintiffs. - Said land will be sold subject to a 1 mortgage given for the purchase money by J. W. Woodward Co W. A. Martin. - J. W. LANCASTER, S. B. C, jaulft-td ■*\ — 'T 9)