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MOW. HOLMES^^Z
IARQBST COUNTY C1KCULAT10N
THURSDAY, APRII- tt, fSOl. '
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The grippe li killing IndUns in the
Korthw^it and Chiiatlaui in the Kant
With equal iigpirtiality.
Ko, Brother^rahatus Newe.THii pEO-
Tlz did dot aay “the South Bouu d folk?
want to buy the Carolina Midland.” It
•aid that waa “the latest grape vine ru
mor.” '
Watch and prey Is the religion of the
mouey kings. Last week the New York
bears forced down the price of cotton
for future delivery because the weather
in the Sonth was reported tot>e favora-
ble.
The labor trouble# in the coal and
iron district* of PenneyIvahia fiave been
renewed. Aa a strong remedy the mine
and mill owners offer to Import negroes
to All the place* of the aiarved out stri
kers.
The Spring term of the Supreme Court
may be omitted this year on account of
Justice McGowan’s 111 health., lie is
•lowly recovering from his severe attack
of the grippe, but his physicians and
friends say that he Is not yet well enough
to undertake w ork.
The people of Galveston, Texas, were
delighted last Sunday because Presi
dent Harrison took a quiet walk on the
shady sides of their streets. How the
lone star would have twinkled if the
head of the American people had
mounted an untamed broncho!
Judge Joshua H. Hudson, at least.,
lias not been “bamboozled” by the Co
lumbia Club, He has decided that that
institution must pay license like public
bar rooms or cease to dis\M.»nse drinks to
Its members ai.nl their guests. The case
w ill be curried to the Supreme Court
probably. > .
I*. T. Baruum was proud to bo called
the greatest showman in the world, lie
w as also the greatest advertiser In his
line of business He left an estate val
ued at $5,000,000, and he wisely nttrih-
Yted mucTTor bis’ probity to the
drawing and fertilizing properties of
printers ink.
Col. Patrick Walsh, of the Augusta
Chronicle, has promised to visit Barn
well soon. When he comes the freedom
of the tow it shall be his. He shall wear
r>ftes on each lapel, feast on strawber
ries ami Sallkeliatcbie trout and drink
water ad libitum from the White Oak
spring out of our new gourd.
The Clemson College trustees have
adopted the miller's rule of ‘ilrst come
Jlrst served.” Students are to be re
ceived in the order of their application.
Already .‘#*0 names have been enrolled
and that about tills its capacity.
As this is, or rather w ill be, a popu
lar institution supported by general
taxation the trustees ought to adopt a
fairer rule than this easy grab game.
Attendance should oe portioned out
among the counties on some fair basis
and the poorer applicants have prefer
ence over the more well-to-do
Don’t you think so, Mr. President
Simpson ?
President Harrison began a triumphal
tour through the Southern and Western
provinces last week. He is travelling
in magnificent style on a special train.
His tour w ill last 35 days, extending
0,050 miles, reaching to California and
costing ?40,000. In Virginia, Tennes
see, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas ami
^Texas he w as honored and feted ard
cheered and gushed over by State and
municipal officials. He will return to
Washington with a two story opinion
of his own greatness and can point with
pride to the deinqnsjtjatiqns ke received
ms proof efhis pop Ufa illy and oftire^
satisfaction of the South w ith his ad
ministration. In fact it would not be
surprising if lie were to feed so encour
aged as to justify himself in appointing
Rome negro lawyer to one of the new
Judgeship he is to til}.
Several Judges ihid nearly a hundred
lawyers, all white,of Detroit Michigan,
have signed petitions asking President
Harrison to appoint 1). Augustus btra-
ker, colored, to one of the new Federal
Judgeships created by the last Con
gress. Straker was a carpet-bagger
who came from the West Indies shortly
after the war and was naturalized in
Baltimore. He settled in this State and
-was returned in 1S7G as elected to the
Legislature trom Orangeburg county.
His seat w as contested and he w as oust
ed. He soon after left the State, He
fa as black as charcoal and as bright as
a razor. Before investing him with ju
dicial honors it might be well to have
his career before he became an Ameri
can investigated. He said, in 1877, that
he had foxgotten the name of the vessel
that brought him to this land of the
free, and that circumstance is suspi
cious, to say the least of it. -
The End of the World.
Nxw LIavkx, April 11.—Lieutenants
Charles Totten, military instructor at
Yale University, author of notable pub
lications qn the identity of our roee
with the Hebrew race, discoverer odhe
exact date of Joshua's long day, and
reader of scriptural prophesy, now sub
mits an “ominous exegesis” based on
scriptural texts, in which by mathemat
ical computation he has arrived at a
prediction that the end of the world
will come dm March, 1802. Prof. Totten
declares that “never in the history of
man stood Adam’s posterity upon so
ominous a threshold.” if this start
ling prediction should prove correct
Prof. Totten’s prophecies regarding
Jewish irridentalfam will hardly have
time to materialize.
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A charter was granted on Monday to
the Southern Investment Company,
which U building the Carolina Midlaud
Railroad. The directors are F. W. W ag-
oner, K. Seigling, James Simons, If ike
Arown and H. Offer man. $184,400,
over half the capital, bat been, sub--
ibed and 20 par cent- paid in cash. '‘H
The Gallaat Got doat. .
Tfta KdTlbr irtd staff acknowledge an
Invitation to the Third Annual Ball of
the Gordou'Voluuteers to be given at
Court House Hail, Blackville, on
Wodnesday evening, May tub 1891, be
ginning at 8,30 and to continue until
the brightest society viotory that has
ever adorned the history of Blackville
shall be decisively won. The Gordons
are a boat tu Hremiclves, and all that
will be needed to complete tbelr proud
triumph will be the presence of fair
womanhood, at w f hose feet alT their
stain lees laurels w ill be laid. Thecom-
mittees In charge are :
Reception Committeev-Col. C. C.
Rush, Chairman; P. W. Farrell, J. C,
Keys. J. P. Strobel, Dr G. B.Lartigue,
Coi. F. M. Mlxson.
Seniob Committee.—Sergt. J. L.
Buisf, Bergt. T. M. W alsh, Privt. Jno.
D. Gerald, Privt. Win. Mori Ison, H, W.
Briggs, WVJL. Wefasiuger,
JuNtou CojuMirrax.—Lrivt. Wm. M.
Garvin, Privt, Jno C. Katnmer, Privt.
J.AVTMlxson, Privt. S. il. Rush, Privt.
W. T. Mix son.
COMMITUE* OP ArRANORMEFTH.—
Lieut. P. J. Drew, Coi p. J no. O’Gor
man, Sergt.'J. W, Brolvulng, Corp. G.
W. Nevils,-Privt. 11. G. Burckmyer,
Privt. 0. Burckniyer.
Floor Manaukrs.—Lieut.C- S.-Buist
Privt. Chas Brown, Prvt. R. C. Laugh-
Hn.
Military visitors appear in uniform.
Music by Bearden Bros. Band.
Blackville News.
Every heart in this community w as
grieved and saddened on Saturday mor
ning by the announcement of the death
of Mrs. Henry Hammer, daughter of
Mr. him! Mrs. J. H. Bbrger. For many
days she had lingered between life and
death, butliumau skill, the devoted love
of her family and the kindly services of
many friends could not stay the hand
of the destroyer. For the young hus
band whose life is so darkened by thi*
great sorrow', for the bereaved father
and mother, so heart broken for the loss
of their last loved one and for the in
fant that can never know the tender
ness ot the mother love our. people all
feel a sorrow too deep and * hi cere, to be
expressed in words. To them is left
the comfort that the life just ended on
earth is renewed forever in the better
laud, and the hope of meeting her again
in the eternal home, where the pangs
of parting are forgotten in its perfect
haitpiness.
Lieut. 1*. J. Drew, of the Gordon Vol
unteers, W'** elected Nlajnr’of the Sep-»J
ond Regiment on the Iltli lifst»^ rereiv
log Hit votes to 8,1 given to three other
candidates. The command will have a
Major who is as good and gallant as he
is handsome audit occasion should offer
lie w ill preserve the proud record of tlm
cU&AtlffrmvvhiMtfrai i s |ii i we IHW" ""v'
'The Gordonk also eleeted, to fill \ ;i-
euncies, I). M. Jolinston, Se»*ond l.leu-
tenant, and M. E.,Izlar, Junior Second
Lieutenant.
Mr. W. A. Gyles attended the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge of Knights
of Honor in Columbia last week, «!fd (
brought hack glow ing accounts of the*
pleasant occasion and the solid growth
of the order.
Dr, Ryan A. Gyles returned from
Baltimore last week, having graduated
from the Medical Department of the
University. The Mary lander* wfabed
to keep him among them but his hear
and ho|>es areln tue'atinny South.
A Haw3 FwsrBTOW. -
fAnderson Journal.]
We are tk»wm with the blues,
On account of the news; .
The telcgnum arc XU alarming,
' r be cry for brcsdstuils
Is warning cuough
To change our program in farming.
We live and we more;
Bnt do we Impro ve I «•. —
We scarcely car» boast of progression,
We. are bound to confess,
1 hat instead of progrese,
The rage of the age fa transgression.
We labor and toll,
Mid strife and tin moll,
We are forced to subsist on half rations,
The garments we wear,
Are nearly threadbare,
We cannot keep up with the fashions.
I think that with me,
Nearly all will agree,
There’s a screw loose somewhere In the na
•ion, * *
There must be a flaw,
Somewhere in the law,
1 hat causes financial btarration. , 5 *';
Now, I’d like to know’,
The cau**e of this woe,
1 pause for an explanation.
But I’m certain we’ve got,
A most villainous lot,
OLswindlcrs in administration.
Shanes.
Tribute of Respect.
At the regular quarterly meeting of
the Barnwell County Medical Society
held at Hnrnw cli, April Iltli, 1891, the
following reMoiuUpns, offered by I»r.,N
“F. Kirkland, Sr., were unanimously
adopted :
Whereas, the great Physician, in the
exercise of the Eternal Wisdom that
cannot make mistake,' lias called from
the care and toil of earth to the peace
and rest of Heaven our late friend, as
sociate and President, Dr. Henry W.
Hearse, therefore be it resolved by tin
Barnwell ('guilty Medical Society—
1st. That in the death of Dr. Henry
W. Hearse th'm Association and the med
leal fraternity have lost one upon whose
like we shall not soon look again, one
who in every act of his busy, useful and
unselfish life illustrated the highest
ethics of our profession and w hose ser
vices to afflicted humanity, so wisely,
»o generously rendered, have made him
an exemplar worthy of our highest ad
miration and most earnest imitation,
for we know that in ministering relit
and healing to tliV sufferings of others
he surrendered his own lease of life,
hut so tioing, he won the honor of
stainless knighthood that crowns those
who have loved their kind better that
self and the vainer pleasures of longer
and less fruitful years.
2nd. That the State ha? been
hy hfartoo-early death of «a son \vht
loved her w ith every fibre of his Iming,
for in the troubled times in which lie
lived there w as in her service no danger
too perilous to daunt ids brave soul, no
labor too great to pause his strong w ill,
no sacrifice of time or means too dear to
he made for the mother Commonwealth
that gave him birth and that now holds
his remains, a sacred treasure, in her
bosom until the breaking of the resur
rection morn shall <k>me. *
3d. That society has had removed
from its ranks one whose life was a
vivid lesson of the best human virtue, a
gentleman in every act and thought and
impulse, a scholar rich in this world’s
learning yet riper in the higher, better
knowledge that comes through faith,
the first fast source of all perfect wis
dom.
4th. That the family has parted with
the husband ami father whose heart’s
best worship'was given to the altar of
home, and w Idle the forgetting hand of
time can never cure the'sorrow that now
broods w heye so lately, so brightly, his
coming brought the_Jight of love and
hope and hwpptneaapa’et the teaching of
ids lips, more eloquent titan words, for
the little while that he was lent to earth,
w ill rest around his loved ones, a bless
ing as constant as the guardian spirit’s
watchful care, untd it leads them from
the shadows of the present, along the
narrow pathway that he trod, to the
blessed shore on which he waits their
coming, where the spectre* of pain and
grief cannot come, and where the smile
of the All Wfse Father is the ITght that
.-shall forever brighten the Eden Para
dise regained.
r , 5Ui. That a copy of this tribute, une
qual to his virtues gJid Ids merits, still
the earnest utterance of hearts that
loved and honored him and that now
mourn because a prince among men has
fallen', be transmitted to Ids family and
that it be published in the county pa
pers and inscribed upon the records of
our Association.
G. IV. Morrall, M. !>.,
1st Vice President.
D. K. Briggs, H- Secretary.
v A Bad Barnwell Negro Abroad.
Charlotte, N. C., was on the imminent
edge trf'a real Ta«e war the Ilrst of last
week, and Henry Brabham, a negro
born in Bamberg, fa charged with start
ing the Double under the folio wing cir
cumstances :
For some time a strange negro, .call
ing himself George Williams, had been
making frequent visits to a fruit and
confectionery store kept by an Italian
named John B. Mecca. On Saturday
night he went in ami asked to have a
lifty cent pi-ce change 1. As Meeci
opened the cashdraw vr the nego looked
over the counter and saw that it was
pretty well tilled with money. He got
the change and went away, but return
ed about 11 o’clock,’tinding Mecca and
ids littfe seven year old son alone in the
store. lie called for apples and as Mecca
turned to get them the negro struck him
a deadly blow on the back of the head
witli a railroad coupling pin wrapped
In a handkerchief. His victim fell and
the negro robbed the drawer of $23 and
went oil - . Mecca lingered unconscious
until tjie next morning when he died.
The negio was arrested and lodged in
jail. Theevidence that he was guilty oi
the atrocious crime was so strong that
some white men threatened to lynch the
prisoner The sheriff stationed a w bite
rifle company in the jail for its protec
tion. The negroes assembled in strong
force near the jail. They professed to
believe that the white troops in the jail
Would suricmicr Up# pri-unrr tu tin
lynchers If they should- come. Tin
whites turned out and re-enforcement*
trooped in from the country. For a
good while it looked as if a conflict was
inevitable but the peacemakers finally
composed tire tumult. The negro ar
rested as George Williams talkep freely
in jaif He sannhat Henry B rah ham
was Ids name, that he was from Bam-
Trerg where ids father a former slave ol
the well-known family, still lives, that
at II years of age lie went to Claflin
University w here he learned to rejid and
w rte well, that he had lived six years
w ith an aunt at (5 Felix st., Charh ston.
and that he had been a waiter at the
Mills House for two vears. He i* 21
years old, sinotftli faced, dark brown, of
medium height and slender build, talk*
rapidly ami grammatically, pronounce*
clearly aod correctly, has a shifty eye
and rather a snakey month and tw fats
Ids lips nervously. He is dudfah in his
dress, wearing a well brushed beaver
hat, white silk handkerchief about his
neck new and well-titting suit of black
and well polfahrd shoes, acegrding to
AluvGreenville New s correspondence.
He claims to be innocent, says that he
bought a packet of cigarettes from
Me* oi and then went to the Bu'ord
house where he collected money for
clothes sold to two waiters ami that he
knew nothing of the murder until ar
rested next morning. The grand jury,
then In session, foundatrue bill against
him and his trial was appointed for
Monday. '1'he case against him is an
ugly .one if reports are true. He is also
suspected of having committed a similar
mu’der In Greensboro, N. C., some time
ago.
Last summer he was a waiter at the
Mansion # House in Greenville. While
there he went to lawyer C. F. Dill and
told him that Alex Brabham, bis father,
had died and left him 113 a« res of land
in Barnwell. lie employed Mr Dill to
take charge of the property and gave
him a mortgage to secure his fee. Next
he wanted to borrow $250 on a second
mortgage to buy a restaurant. Lawyer
Dili .wrote to ArG. May 4icW,--K*q»., and-
learned from him that Alex Brabham
was still living and that Henry was
wanted in Barnwell for grand larceny.
Mecca lived in Gaffney City before lie
moved to Charlotte. The story is afloat
that lie had told that be came to Ameri
ca because he had killed nine men out
of ten who attacked him at night in his
story in Italy twelve years ago, using
the stiletto on bis assailants
On Tuesday the jury found him guil
ty. He was defended by able lawyers
but put up uo witnesses.
The Cross Mother.
At no time in her busy days is an in
telligent mother so apt to fold the arms
and close the eyes of maternal justice
as when she is cross—simply and un
doubtedly cross. This crossness is
chiefly caused by fatigue—weariness of
mind and body, and sometimes of soul.
With tired nerves and weary body, she
cannot endure the common demands
made upon her, and ill-temper follow s.
She sows bitter feelings and repels lov
ing attention with her irritable, hasty
words. Broadly speaking, no rrtother
lias any right to get so tir<d. She' can
not afford it. It takes too much out of
her life, and too much out of.her chil
dren’s life. Such a condition can more
frequently he prevented than is gener
ally believed.
The careless or shallow woman says :
I was overworked. It made me cross,”
and she,*considers that admission the
sufficient reason and excuse for any
amount of similar indulgence. The re
ligious or sympathetic woman worries
over it, sheds bitter tears—and then the
trouble repeats itself. The remedy lies
near at hand. Let a mother find out
what makes her cross, and then let her
avoid the cause if possible. If social
pleasures weary her, let them be d**cid.-
ediv lessened. If there is too much
cooking, or too many household cares,
lessen them. I f economical efforts cause
the severe strain, stop economising at
such a cost. That fa the w orst of wastes.
Let the first economy be of that precious
Affiance Department.
Adopted as the Comity Organ by the Coun
ty Alliance JolySth* 1889. ,
M. J. PATE, Associate Editoh,
To Whom all Communications on Alliance
Matters should be addressed.
’ Offlrrn of the Const/ AUlsace.
D. F. Sojourner, President.
A. F. Free, Vice President. > *
W. $. Bamberg, Secretary.
N-. F Kirkland, Treasurer.
W. G Britton, Chaplain.
Geo. H Kirkland, Lecturer.
M. O. Wall, Steward.
W. E. Sadler, Door Keeper.
K: R. Harley-j Assistaid Door Keeper.
B W. Bodiford, Hergeout-at Arms.
M. W. Phillips, Bubiuess Agent.
Executive Committee—(L B. Free, W. W.
Patrick, W. A. Faust.
Trade Committee—G. M. Hunter, E. H.
Dowling, J. M. Ulmer, W. A. All.
Committee on Good of the Order—J. C. Mc
Millan, C. M. Edenfield, W. T. Cave, J. K;
Snelling, E. B. Guest*.*
*,.The New’ York State Alliance was to
be organized yesterday. It has 400 sub-
Alllauces and 15,000 members and is
just beginning to grow.
“It is never too late to mend.” lion.
E. J. Phelps, of hide bound Vermont,
made a-speech in New .York Monday
night in which he baid in speaking of
the Alliance movement “There is a
mighty amount of merit Hi what they
aiut to accomplish.”
AVe are glad to publish the pleasant
tidings sent us from Double Ponds by a
thoughtful -brother The good exam
ple set in making known its sound con
dition and Chl-fatian work of neighborly
kindness deserves all praise and imita
tion. Such reports are, in our judg
ment,of far more ad vantage to the or
der than quotations from the speeches
and sayings of public men that we have
so freely made in the past. They show
the firm foundation in the hearts of the
people of the principles of the grande-t
movement of the later centuries. They
prove the excellence of its intentions
and the practical benevolence of it* un
selfish workings and stimulate others to
like good deeds. Brethren, do not hide
your light under a bushel. Let it shine
There fa always room in this,Depart
ment for home Alliance news. *
The public and Sub-Alliances ot
Barnwell county are cordially -invited
»o Aieet anti aid, u* in a.basket picnic a?
Oakland Saturday, May 2nd. Col. Tal-'
lierf. State Lecturer, will-be with us.
and w ill deliver an address on AMianci
principles, also the Rev. W. D. McMil
lan, of Blackville, on Education.
Come one, come all.
•_ G J. Fogle, Secretary.
Lees. S. C., April 20th, 1801.
Double Ponds all Right.
Doculk Ponds, S. C’., April 15,1891.
Editor Ptojile :
As I have not seen anything from
Doflble I’omfa Alliance No. 5*o I will
try to give Tine Barnwell PeoTle a
few items.
Double. Ponds Alliance fa in good
working order. The most of it* tin m-
Iter* are faithful to the cause, but *ouu-
scein to be negligent in attendance.
We have two shares in the Exchange
and havA.paid up in full.
Twenty-two of our Alliance brethren
met Tuesday, April I ltli, to prepare the
land and plant the cotton crop of broth
er C- H. still, a faithful member of tin
Alliance, who ha* l»een sick for the ht*i
three weeks, not able to work at all, but
is better at this time. 1. 11. 11.
TEACHERS'COLUMN.
Adoptetl a* the County Organ by theTeach-
«*rs' Association of Barnwell County ty |.t. 27th,
1S90.
A. F. OTIS, - - - - Editor,
To whom all cotnmonieation* should l*e ad
dressed on Saturday before every issue.
Program of the Barnwell County
Teacher*’ Association to be held at
Blackville (the permanent pla-e of
meeting^ on Saturday before the second
Sunday in,May.
* 1 How to Teach U. S. History—Prof.
W. W. Stuart. .
2. Special Memory Training—Mia*
Anna Walker.
3. (’hildmind: Its Growth and De
velopment—Rev. H. S. Hnrtzog.
4. Friday Afternoon Exercises—Mfa-
. F7. Joiin*on.
5. The New Education vs the Oh
Education—Mis* Minnie Dicks.
t». School Punishment*: Extra work,
detention, demerits, corporal punish
ment suspension, expulsion, Ac—1‘rof
l*. E. Rowell.
7 Commencement Exercises—Prof
T. E. Woodson
AbouttwcTtc ySTs agb a white man
named Tom White was hanged in Spar-
tanburgfor thekillingof anegronamed
Pet Hawkins upon strong circumstan
tial evidence. He protested his Infio-
cence ail along and his last words on
the scaffold were: “I am an innocent
man,' and I am now to suffer death for
Mice.
-M
NOTICE.
another man’s deed. Dick Bird, white, -
was one of the State’s witnesses on
White’s trial. Soon after the convic
tion he movecl to North,Carolina. Last
year he died, and on his death bed con
fessed that he had killed Hawkins and
that White was innocent.
The quaintest of Lincoln’s letters is
quoted again. A business house in the
East had written asking about the re
sources of Mr. Brown, with whom they
had some dealing*.- Mr. Lincoln re
plied : “Pam well acquainted with Mr.
Brown, and know his circumstances.
First of all, he has a w ife and baby; to
gether they ought to be worth $50,000
to any man. Secondly, he ha**RH office
in which there js a table worth '$1.50,
and three chairs Worth, say, $1. Last
of all, there is in one corner a large rat
hole, wdiich will bear looking into.”
Gen. Wade Ufampton, of South Caro
lina, was one of the Southerners w ho
“walked home” after the great race be
tween Henry and Eclipse, over the
Union course on Long Island, thirty-
five years ago. and has just divulged
why Henry happened to lose the race.
It was all on account of lobster salad.
Co). Johnson, who trained and man
aged Henry, ate what lie called “a mess
of salad” on the night previous to the
race, and he did not recover from his fit
of indigestion next day in time to give
his jockey needed instructions. Gen
Hampton has never liked lobster salad
himself from that day to this.--Savan
nah Times.
Ren Terrell spoke in Charlotte on the
Iltli* Inst, and the Charlotte Evening
News says of the address :
“Mr. Terrell spoke for exactly two
hours. He said the Alliance is a politi
cal, business and a social organization,
and discussed it under each head. He
declared he was a Democrat, if the
Democratic party would do what he
wanted If not, he was a Republican if
that party would do what he wanted,
and if that party was not right for hirn,
he wrs a Third party man. The Alli
ance, he said, is determined to wipe
from the statute hooks everything not
in accordance with its wants.
He is a sub-treasury man, if he eah-
h »t get any thing better.
The farmer, lie declared, l* a better
security to the government*than the
b mdiiolder. *
There are some lawyers, he said, who
can be bought for.$L.in, while there are
others who can’t be corrupted by any
S irn of ..money; some omrcliaht* w ho
#711 pa** a pi ve of inotlieaten cloth on
a blind woman, and others w ho ffte of
h »nor; some farmers with big hearts
and souls, and others who could craw l
around a grain of mustard 12 mouth*
and not reach the other side.”
We are not responsible for any debts
contracted by Sub-Contractor* or la
borers without a w ritten order/
JNO. MACKLKR & CO,
"Final Discharge.
The undersigned w ill apply to J. 0-
Patterson, Esq., Judge of Probate for
Barnwell County, for a final discharge
as Administratrix of the estate of Jos.
A. All, deceased, on,Saturday, 9th day
of May, 1891.
MRS. S. Y. ALL,
* ‘ V Administratrix.
Barnwell, S. C., 6th April, 189L
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Teachers' Examinations.
The Spring Examinations of Public
School Teachers will be held at Barn
well on Friday 24th inst., beginning at
11 o’clock.
White teachers will -reporj; at the
Court House and colored teachers at
Coker’s.Hall.
R. C. KIRKLAND, Sr.,
School Commissioner.
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
In obedience to instructions from the
•Comptroller General Notice is hereby
given to Insurance Agents and owners
of Bonds and other credits subject to
taxation that the law must be complied
with or the penalties will bo attached.
As the time for making tax returns
free of penalty has passed .prompt at
tention to the matter is required.
G M. HUNTER,
Auditor B. C. -
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Pretty Places.
1 offer for sale one of the most desir
able lots in the town of Elko, contain
ing one acre and having a nice cottage
residence and all necessary.improve
ments.
ALSO
A tract of one hundred acres of laird
a mile from the Elko depot, healthy,
with excellent neighbors, a dwelling
and other farm buildings.
For terms and prkvsoali on or write to
ANDREW T. WOODWARD,
aprU-tf) Barnwell, 8. C.
A meeting of the ^JUockhoWera of th»
Blackville, Alston and Newberry Rail
road Company will be held at Black-
ville, Barnwell County, on Monday,
May 4, 1391, at 11 o’clock a. m., to con-
skiera proposition for Consolidation-
with the Barnwell Railway.
By order Board of Directors.
H.R. WALKER, .
Secretary B., A. A N. Railroad Co.
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NOTICE,
A meeting of the Stockholderg o.f the-
Barnwell Railway Ce. will be held at
Barnwell, in the County of Barnwell,
at the office of the Company on the 4tfa
day of May, 18SM, at 3 o’clock p. m.,. to
consider a proposition for consolidation!
with the Blackville, Alston A Newberry
Rai 1 road Com puny.
H. R. WALKER, Secretary.
Barnw’eil, 8. C.,, April 6th, 1891.
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Master's Sale.
State of South Carolina—Barnw ell
County
Anna Hillingsw orth. Mr*. Fannie
Barnes and J. T. Killiugsworth,
Plaintiffs,
against
Kilen Kllltngsworth, Rosa Killing*-
'worth and Lizzie Killingsworth. De
fendants.
partition.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order to
me d' he above entitled cause,
I wil ^rnwell, in front ot the
Court House, on Monday, the fourth
day of May Isni it n* ifrg sajeday in
said month, within the legal hours of
sale, the follow ing descrllted property :
All that certain piece, parcel or tract
of laud, situate in Bennett Springs
township, in the County of Barnwell,
State aforesaid, containing4>X E*ll l’ N-
DKKl* and MXTY ACRES more or
le-s, anti bounded on the North by
I land*of B. F Hilling-worth, on Ka*t
by land* of estate of F. F. Dunbar and
Weather*bee, on South by lalid* of e*-
tafeof F. F Dunbar and John W. San
der* and ent by lauds of estate of John
H . Sanders.
I’erms—One third cash, balance on a
credit of on* year, the credit portion to
f>e -ecured hy bond of purchaser, bear
ing annual interest from the date of said
sale, together with a mortgage of the
prwtufae* *o sold, w Rh the privilege to
the purchaser of paying all cash. The
purchaser to pay Master for papers and
recording.
G. DUNCAN BELLINGER,
Master
Master’s Office, 7th April, 1891.
commodity of a mother's strength,
iven the extent of one’s religious and
|The laborers on the Midland are gen- j 'jhilanthropic work should be carefully
orally quiet, but on Sunday there was • examined, and If the trouble lies there,
a difficulty in wolcli Drury Manning,, ! calmly and Wisely dismiss some or all
colored, drew a pistol on — Travis, of it from the weight of duties for
white. On Moiidayjiiorning wliilo Man-j “what doth it profit a man if he gain
ning was ploughing dirt for the scoop* tin-whole world and lose hi# ow n soulV”
Travis struck him three blows cn the j It is surprising bow easily seeming ib-
baek of the head w ith a pick. Manning terests or needs can be spared without
continues lu a critical condition.. Dr* j injury to the home life whenever the
K. L. PaUmwon, Jr. t who is attending ibeugfatful woman seeks to And "them,
and surely one of the
the case cannot teii w hether the skull is
fractured on tccouu of the swelling.
Travis has gone. _
worst of house
hold Influences is mother’s crossness.—
Ua/per’s Bazar. '
Summer Institutes.
It gave me pleasure, at our last meet
ing, to discuss the importance of sum
mer institutes. lam truly glad that a
forward move, educationally, has com
menced. and out summer institutes
which are provided for by a legislative
enactment will result in incalculable
value to our teachers if properly man
aged.
In order that the institutes may re
sult in the greatest possitde good we
need men of broad views and liberal
principle*, untrammeled by other du
ties, who w ill devote their entire time
to this important work, and push it to
it* fullest extent. Our teacher* too
should be thoroughly aroused to the ne
cessity of attending these institute# and
thereby fitting ihemselve* to do the
very best work possible, for the time
ha* come when shoddy work in the
school room will not be tolerated and
the teacher# who fail to improve their
opportunities will be left behind, as they
should be. There is perhaps no class of
persons who occupy positions of higher
trust and responsibility than those who
have the training of minds and morals,
save the ministry. They are laying the
foundations upon which structures are
to be erected t/hat will give shape to the
pillars of trust upon w hich the weight
of nations repose. And as the founda
tion gives shape and character to the
structure reared upon it. it is of vital
importance that the foundation be prop
erly laid.
There fa an increasing demand for a
more practical education, .store the<i
mind with rich food for thought, get
all the learning your God giyln minds
are capable of receiving, but don’t con
clude when this is done that the work
has be^n accomplished. You have only
laid the foundation upon which your
future glory and usefulness I* to be
reeled. E. Y. P.
“You’ll never d(e of consumption,
John,” said a wife to her husband when
he came home at a late hour # little the
worse for wear. *•
“1 won’t die of consumption. What
makes you think so?”
“Because your lungs are sound.”
“How do you know?”
“How do I know? Because your
breath Is co strong. — .
An Editor’s Fnlrnea*.
That editors are heartless beings—ever
regardful of themselves, always regard-
leas of the author—has become almost a
proverb in the minds of hundreds df lit
erary people, especially those whose ed
itorial experience is limited. Once in a
while an instance leaks out which shows
the fallacy of this belief, and the follow
ing is such a one: ^
C^uite a well known auvhor not long
ago sent a jioem to a prominent maga
zine. The poem was duly read, accept
ed, and a generous check was scut the
author, who was thoroughly satisfied
with the amount paid The poem was
laid by for a while, when it was again
read by the editor, this time with a view
to illustration. The merit of the verses
not only again appealed to the editor,
but bo strikingly did it impress itself
upon him at a second reading tiiat he
had another check made out and for-
warded to the author, with a note Raying
that the editor felt the previous amount
insufficient with the striking merit of
the work. .*
, The cynical mind will Ray, “Yea. bnt
such a course 'is exceptional.*' Not at
all, my friend, only the instances do not
come to light. Who is the editor in this
case? Well, I will give the names: Mr.
Alden, of Haqicr’s Magazine: the author
Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, and the poem
“The Quaker Lady.”—Edward W. BokV
Letter.
A Hard Case.
A Fort street car which was traveling
the northerly end of its route was hailed
, by a bareheaded and excited housewife,
who Raid to the conductor as the car
came to a stop. ' ' .
“Oh, sir, you and the driver and all
the passengers come into my house as
quick as you can!” ^
“What’s the matter?"
"It’s perfectly awful, sir. I opened
the stair door and a mouse ran into the
sitting room, and he's there yet. That’s
my daughter crying in the back yard ,
and that’s thu poor baby yelling in the 1 s,ate 54,1,1 < ' oun Lv aforesaid, on th« Bnl-
kitchen, and bring your revolver and a ' rtnt * Barnwell road, about nine
club and"* * j mile* from Barnwell and bounded by
lands of John J. ('ater, Emmet (7.
ens, A. Manfan ami J. C. Fdwke;
said lands to he-sold subject to a small
annual payment of between ten and
twelve dollars for the support of Mrs.
Emma R. Owens.
Term* cash. 4 Purchaser to pay for
papers '*
G. DUNCAN BELLINGER.
Master.
Master’s Office, 11th April, 1891.
Silmims to Absent Defendants,
State "of South Carolina [Court ot Common/
Bamicdl County. '[ Pleat.
COPY SUMMONS. FOR RELIEF.
(Complaint not Served)
Susan Bowman, and Sallie Dorn, by
her Guardian ad litem J. O. Patterson..
Plaintiffs, ' r. »
against 1
Lillian Broadwater, Joseph Prince, S.
M. Broadwater, Savannah Riggings,.
Mattie Winn, J. II. Ergle, Sarah, M..
Ergle, William Ergle, Minnie Broad
water, William Broadwater, Defend
ant*.
To the Defendant# above named :
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to answer the complaint-in- this
action, which is filed in the office ot
Clerk of Court in said County, amj U>
serve a copy of your ansvfer to the said
complaint on the subscriber at his of
fice in Biackville, 8.’C., within twenty
days after the service hereof, exclusive-
of the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the
rime aforesaid, the plaintiff in this ae-
ti*»n will apply to thp Court for the re
lief-demanded in the complaint. v
ffcKAL.J W. Gilmohk SlMfeg,
^ C C. P. & G. S,
Dated Ith March. A 1). 1891. .
LAURIE T. 1ZLAR,
Plaintiffs’ Attorney.
To the defendant* Lillian Broadw ater.
'Savannah 'Riggings and William-
Broadwater:
'I’ak*- notice that the complaint in this.
action (together with the .*sunimona of
which the foregoing js a copy) w as filed
'irftfie7rff1<-e oT the Ctrrk'of The TTfemT”
Court, at Barnwell U. H., ip,the Coun
ty of Bnrrtuell. in the Statf of South
Carolina, on the HHh dav of March*
1391. LAURIE T. IZI.AR,
Plaintiffs Attorney..
Xffh March. 1SUI.
Barnwell Oil
—AND—
Fertilizer Company.
Capital $50,000.
JOHNSON HAGOOD,
President. *
MIKE BROWN,
Sec A I rkas. A Gen’l Manager..
. DIRECTORS:
Johnson IIaoood. Rarnw'#K c. f|. s. C
Miek Brown, Barnwell C. IP, c.
It. P. >ojoi fcNKR. LtV*, p». o.
Simon Brown, Blackville, S C.
G. V\. Morrall, Milk»it\ille, >.C.
Jno. M. Green. Atlanta, Ga.
O A. M A4lLNfc.lt, Chai !.*»loh, S. C.
J. K. Garnett, Savannah, Ga.
D. H. Sally, >all\ #. S. c
Thfa Company fa now ready for buxi
ne
THE r.IXSEn Y.
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina, Barnwell
County—In the Coi rt ok Common-
Plea#. • , '
Wood#and Company, Plaintiffs, against
(>. 11. Owensirt; a*, DetCiHiants.
l-Oht Ul.oM HK.
BY VIRT1 E of a decretal order to
me directed in the above entitled cause
I will sell at Barnwell, mi front of the
Court House, on Monday, the fourth
day of May, 1891, it being sale day in
said month, within ti e legal hours of
sale, the follow ing described real prop
erty :
All that tiact of land containing otie
hundred and fifty 1150) acre# more or
less, situate, lying and being in the
The conductor rang two bells and the ( j u
car rolled on.—Detroit Free Press.
Electricity lu TMiiladcIphla.
There are over 5,000 buildings in Phil
adelphia equipped with electric wires
for light ar.d power purposes. During
the year the insurance companies writ
ing these risks have not suffered a dol
lar’s loss from fires caused by electric
wires. Fires from this cauke in previous
years have been so few and far betw r een
as to create great surprise when they
did occur. A perfect understanding is
said to exist between the insurance and
the electrical companies. The natural
result of this is good insulations, which
fact explains why fires from electrical
causes are so few in Philadelphia.--
Electric Review.
Singular Question of Jurisdiction.
A singular question recently arose be
tween the coroners for Shropshire and
South Staffordshire. A farmer namea
James, of Ruckley Wood, near Shiffnal,
was killed by a passing train on the,
Great Western line near that place on
Saturday night. The body was found
near the scene of the accident, but the
head was carried by the engine to Wol
verhampton. The question was, which
of the tWo coroners in whose respective
districts the divided remains lio should
hold the inquest?—London Tit-Bits.
The Girl VTma Teo Coy.
They were rich. The daughter was
taking lessons in coyness and social small
talk. “A penny for yonr thought*," she
archly remarked to an abstracted vis
itor, and then felt, from the look of hor
ror that overspread her parent’s face, she
must have been guilty of a false step.
“Why didn’t yon offer him a dollarr
was that lady’s criticism after the visit
or’s departure. “We’ve got money, and
you mustn’t be afraid to let folks know
it.”—Philadelphia Times, • .
Master’s Sale.
.State ok South Carolina, Barnwell
County—In the Court ok Common
Pleas.
D. L. Copeland, Plaintiff, against Ha-
gar Dowling, A turn Gre«n, Lucretia*
- Frederick, Paul Daniels, Fannie
Daniels, Carrie Daniels, James Dan
iels, George Henry Daniels, Emma
Daniels and Mary Ella Daniels, De
fendants.
F0RKCL08URE, -
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order tt)
me directedin the above entitled cause
I wiil sell aURarnwell, in front of the
Court House, ob Monday, the fourth
day of May, 1891, it being sale day in
said month within the legal hours of
sale, the following described real prop
erty :
All that certain tract of land situate,
lying and being in the County of Barn
well, in the State aforesaid, containing
about sixty-one and one-half acres, and 1
bounded a# follow#; On the North by
landsof J. W. Brown, on the East by
lands of Mis# 8 Bellinger, on the South
by land# of Jane Bellinger and on the
West by land# of J. W Brown.
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for
paper#.
G. DUNCAN BELLINGER,
♦ ‘Master.
Master’s Office, 11th April, 1891.. '
LADIES
Reeding s tonic, or children who went bond
ing op, should take
BROWN’S IRON HITTERS.
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, IndP
gtstioa, filUoufeAecs sod Uvsr ‘ plaints
Gko. W. Croft,
Aiken, 8. C.
J. B. Bubckhaltkr,
Barnwell, S. C.
Croft & Burckhalter,
A > 'TORN'F.'VH AT LAW
BARN’WELL C. H., 8 C.
Will practU*e in all the Courts of this
State and in the United States Courts.
Mr. Croft will attend the ‘Coafts of.
Barnwell County and all matters of im
portance will receive the personal at
tention'of each H*''r.Lar of the firm,
may 29-tX
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Wt* will gili ami park unttnn st 25 ct*
per l<>n pound*, l*eii»g $| 2>» for a .7<»
pound bale. Not more tban obw |rtir*ork
need accompany tlie wagon, a* our ma
chinery bandies the seed cotton and lb*
cotton seed. .
THE \VA BEIJfj VSE,
For parties desiring t* hold their cot
ton we will warehouse and iii*ufe,tb*
same for a period not exceeding ono
month at 50 eejiis peFBate. For longer
period* -*9 cent# each additional month.
Special rate# made with >ub- VhiaiMja*
for short period* of storage, awaiting
Alliance sale* days. Our warehouse
receipts will betaken by The »Bank of
Barnwell a# collateral upon loans to the
extent of so cents upon the dollar, thus
'Tfruildiiig tanners to meet pressing lia
bilities without forcing their cotton
qpon the market. »+.
OIL MILL. .
Cotton Seed bought at market rate#
and paid for in cash. Cotton seed meal
or Fertilizers. *
/ E H 77 L JZER S.'
We will fill orders cash or approved
credit
For Acid Phosphate,
For Cotton Seed Meal,
For Blood,
For Hamit, *
For (‘.’hemicafa,
Our own brand# of first class Manip
ulated Fertilizers and make are spe
cial Fertilizer to order.
Farmers and dealer* arc invited to
personally inspect our w ork# and meth
ods. We are convinced that their ap
proval and patronage will follow.
Cheap, <4uick and Faithful Work
Guaranteed. aug21
. Road Notice.
Oekiuf. County*Commissioner*,
Barnwell, S. C., March 12,1891.
The ( ommissioners will consider at
their meeting on the 2nd day of June
next a petition asking that the road
from Elko to the old Charleston road,
commencing at Mr M. Willis’# mill
road and running through Mr Joseph
Phillips’s place, passing his residence,
be declared a Public Road.
All persons objecting are notified to
appear*before the Board on the date
above named.
If ho objection be made and the right
of w ay be granted the said road will be
declared a highway.
Bv order of the Board.
marl2-td] M. J. PATE, Clerk.