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7^** y [ ti t In Barnwell People. —~- l .. . . I ^.- I . ... ^SUBSCRIPTION. p£*r Annum...', ^l,r*0 *2.00 HUR8DAY. MAY 21, 1801. In i * {, ^ • The next regular communication of Harmony I^nlite Np. 17 A.;. F.*. M.*. will be held at the new Masonic Tem ple in Barnwell upon 13th day ol 1S!)1, the same beinR the 2nd Saturday month, beginning at “High twelve.” ier of W -. M.\ - R. C. Kikklano, Secretary. The Sally Rifles Will give their Antuial ple-nic at John town Mills on nekt Thursday, 28th inst. It will not be quite as large as the Columbia Centennial, but it will give nu>re pleasure in one day than the capital did in three. Appleton Novki Nice rains have fallen, crop prospects are promising and our farmer* are hap py. . There will be some fruit, the apple crop being the best. The pie hie crop will-be -fnll-and fine. One was given on the Kith, the Sunday School and the Alliance will have an other this month and next Mra.'W. A Walker'Aimhool pic niv which is sure to be pleasant. ^ Zknouia. The County Crops. Spring'oat* are almost a total failure. Fall oats arc better itt some sections than others and average about half a crop for the County. years ago. The Sunday school plc-nle at Mr. D. M. Johnston's grove last Friday was a grand success, so much so that ail the participants felt that it would be a good thing to make it ah annual affair. Your correspondent was berated for having neglected to invite the e liter < f Tub Pjcople as he was commissioned to. The Major will pardon my negli gence I trusit^ and will consider himself invited to attend the second annual pie-nie of the Elko and Oak Grove Sun day. .school* which -tvill conie oft - some time in May on the same grounds (i>. v.) - - Wllliston News. , * Owing to sickness in his family Rev. P. L. Kirton was unable to fill his pul pit on Sunday. Prof. Howell, of Gra hams, preached for him mArning and evening from the text ‘‘He not deceived, God is not mocked.” From the man ner in which lie handled his subject I Corn was never more promising at of the opinion that he will at no dis- this season. With timely (Work "and tant day be one of the brightest lights Tl ton fuil in shower* a prosperous abundance Avill be made. Cotton i« doing nicely. Tin** earlv plantings have been nut iu apple pie order ana arc ready for hot nights. The late cotton ha* plenty of time to make a full crop yet. v N' atcrmclon vines are running wild. Hie Bamkejrg Herald. Our new near neighbor came out last Thursday as bright and sparkling as a May tfflVfunx sun rise under fair skies. It was just a« nice ami newsy as weex- jHcteJLiLthtist be with Brother llartzog easy chair and busy, booming, big hearted Bamberg behind it YVooi- Y o will be the next Senator? I Ft forget to call »n Gill ahd get coo jid be happy. ' / 1. J. A. Summersett 1ms been ap- poi gj ]{. R. Agent at Grahams in pU of Mr. J. S. Newlin, resigned. I i pupils of the Barnwell Graded 5*li il are preparing for an examina- Jot o be given next month at the end )ft scholastic year- T Second Quarterly Meeting of Wil- iit Circuit, M. E. Church, South," ivij je held at Pierce’s Chapel next iat day and Sunday. II Leroy Molair has added to our abiet<>f curiosities the. tinest Indian rro t bead we have ever seen. It was ouiSon hia Saltkehatchie farm. Or the fourth of June we will publish be ]stof subscribers who remember us hiitoonth. Payments may be made to urigents if more convenient than to etni to the home office. X. Tl > ^‘ ,n Meeting of the Second l>i- Kili^he HarnwcH Baptist Assifeia- ionwill he held with the Seven Pines ’httjfh, beginning on Saturday be- are th Sunday In May. Tl >re will lie'a'meeting at the Metho- i>t bureh Tuesday evening, the 20th 1st. at ^o’clock for the purpose of or- aij irg an Urd^r of Good Teniplars. lit! will »H* addresses by Hev. J. I. iflf and others. The public is cordi- lly ivited. t ^neeting ot the Barnwell | P^itoroVcnient Association ' _day. A dividend ol | k f decUreil and the of- . B. 'i he stockholders arc ( *11 u.**s*‘Y with their management.! fie jvidend will be paid on and alter l ml m , - r —. % HTTfnim IHack ** |r. JYV. I’eeples, called to see us H ■a i iys ago. He is a very handsotite »di ell t>eh»ved HtHo gentleman, but e w i afraid that uiiles* eios**|y wnteb- l |> will turn out to be an editor )oi the year lt»U. He looks like he pi jeKined to »ueh luck. Th Little F.xee’aior Nine went over itm lay and played a match gam** w ith I Hied in Asheville, \. C., on tb Kltb eIaekvllle Juniors. The score stood, i inst., Mr. B. A. Hart, aged about titty- K>t^i«>r«'• lunlng.i. 15 rtr.a; Junh»r-» two years. He bad Uen In declining 14 run*, 'i be lUrnweH bo)t I baaltlt for mmiHI jraara ami IhmI gntM | to the umuntalna in hooe of improve- | imnt. Heart failure was the immediate I eause of |»la death. His remains were brought to Barnwell and buried in the i Baptist cemetery with Masonic cere- i monies. He was a man of tine business rapacity and high int-giity and up to j the failure of hi* health was a leading I cotton factor in Savannah.* Hied at her home near Barnwell on the l.*»th inst Mrs S. 1, Peacock, hav- I iug a husband, several children and many frityuls and lelatircs to mourn her loss. of the M. K. Church. 1 am informed that he exi»ects to join the Conference next fall. Mrs. A. K. Pa nek died at the reai* i deuce of Mr. J. M. Ashley on Thursday i last, aged 84 year*. Her remains were I taken to Charleston for burial. Miss Nettie I/lar, of Charleston, is j vikitiuglier sister, Mrs. Dr. E. C Smith, i Quite a crowd-went from this place to the Southern Baptist Convention. All save one haw returned. Some of our .•young men went expecting to stay but j were -oon satUtled that there i« no place plike home, at least that is the way it af fect* a fellow .when in Birmingham, i -From personal ex)»erietice i pro- SALUTATIONS REAPERS; MOWERS, RAKES AND RINDERS. Send for DEERIXG’S CATALOGUE, ”Th« Whv» T and Whereforea’ . By Thkhkfork I)o So, Ej»q.’’ 1 It will convince you that we are State Agents for the best line of Harvesting Machinery madtj in America. Full stock of repairs coimtantly-on hand. „ Alai)dealers Li Engines, Boilers, Saw Milla, Grist Mills, Gina, Cotton Preaaea, Ac., Ac. YVe will name bottom nricea on all kinds of Machinery. . Witte tor pricea to W. H. (iIBBES, JR.; & CO., / . Columbia, S. C. J. R. Tcrxer, Grahams, S C., Agent for Barnwell County. % V J K 1VIJKE BPGWR & Bp©., ~ Barnwell, S. C. , . , • , , , * *t*. * i . i« , Mouneo the pic-nic of the Oak (lioie l«.,l tlier.Kln hand .,1 ^htnml Mlow- al „, klkc si,,!,!.! S,ln-d. at Mr. I). M. "h,|, with h. arty l-h-i'iirr, f-r w are j,,,,,..,,.,, . |., wV - , ...ranO njoy the day and there wris nothing to mar rhWy s wt-Hli. a Torcetin iac tor in the progress and prosperity of its home Editor llartz?>g'a |»eii' adorns whatever it touches and Bamberg ean- not do too miicli for him and the Her ald that i* to !*• ir its messages of tCTift anil enterprise abr»-:td. Heath M. Ill |,er eiil iii glowing term* of the hospltall- of Hieir hosts, and are anxkm* U» •Icaiie tbeui to “the hill.” Thilive men of Bamberg have loosed their plethoric nd live men * ariugs of oksaml subscribed four aer- * of lam d Bt.-en thou*and dollar* in motiej *e«re the bH'ation there **f the A-*.* 1 AA-ademy. Thai * Ub* the . fieti. F. M. Batiibwg headed poeket of land V the happiness of any ot«c. /I’here w as an abundance of good eating but I e«* peeially enjoyed a part of Hill Ogden’s six pound,trout. A straw tarry aiirliee cream festiAal wh» held in Brow n’s Hall Friday night. The net proceeds were $.»»;, which will lie used to furnish amusement* for the Sunday school *« - holar* and all who may attend the jdc-nic of the two sehool*, which will come off next Thurs day At t apt. M YV. Phillips's park. A good band from Augusta will be pr***- • tit and foot ball, (•atent swing*,• cro quet and other amiisement* will Ik* pro vided. The editor is most cordially in vited to attend . Hal.. ibial unary i Um w ith a subsceip;ioi**of live thou* id pillars. 'ogntry and Augusta capitalist* are j kitg *«*rious'y h-moi* hiillduig a large t-a fa« tory on the I’pp* r Knti* near • u<e'» Bridge. A civil engineer ha* ! s*rVsJ-on the b ration md water Is meeting is Ap|**inted for this week ' *t tin Nal! in m< J • u. Hit* b•.•>,|- tobuild a brain h railroad will In »traded«low n the Kuna Y'allev, con- [ tiog with the Port Royal Road near j mi Mills. n the match game Friday afternoon Eseelslor* found in the Etttcj'priso e competitors who will, with more dice, plav “great ball," The *eore > tw lest of the merit* id tiieplayei>. M«ie fi« the oi!t-P« - ld bad been' a* 1 tainiad us pitcher Long, catcher t ami third base King the re*tilt 114 have been quite ditferent. The Another Homicide. Berry Munfort was shot and killed Saturday night by Boss Hall, both col- ' ored. at a South Bound campon Mrs.S. | E. Hutto’s place in George* ‘ reel; tow n ship. Trial J us lice Kuwcll held ibe in- , quest. Hr. A. L. Izlar eondqcting the, »ut«q*sy. According to the evidence ; Hall shot Munfort year before last but j | their dUliculty had been made up. Sat- ! , u%lav nigltt a number «»f negrpe* wen i l playingalid Munfort stepped in a |*ot ! i 'u which Ross'* wife was cooking. She j | told Munfort be must not do so, he told ! ! her to shut up. Soiue.om* odd Ross 1 ’ who ran up, MiKtched hi* pisud from a ; j bystander and shot Munfort, Hie ball | | penetrating the brain. Ho** claimed j I lie “didn’t know it was loaded” but run terprise team should practice more . ItfV to turn the tables oil Hr.' Hoi- I a . Wa > :i “ d '- nl1 ^ tT be a p' . I’ JieSee, State on Fridar. 1«- J-a ,4a>h ti>-- , i‘T l h*. i.AniKa riage and Wagon Manufaetiirlng usauy.'’ The corporators are If. .1 t«*ui, J. H. Copeland, E R. Hay*, L Brabham, 11. C. Folk, F. M. Bam- ;,T A. Green, J. B. Black,.! r , and L Copeland. Tin* capital stock is dtt 850,<Kk» w4th the privilege of in- ising it to$l()o.i>oo. Ills divid-‘d iu- Wsharesof the par value of $10o i. The Company w ill mnnufactiire ■iage.s, buggies, wagons, tubs, buek- &c. Iwjnnnual mooting of the Stoekbold- of tarnwell Oil and Fertiliser Com-' y a* heJd on the Uth inst, at its ki and following directors e Jtdcted: Mike Brown, A. nJ ard, W. Gilmore Simms, Hr. N. \ii [land, Sr., Dr. Geo. YV. Morrall. J. tally,George A. YYagener. Simon wi and 1). Paul Sojourner,- . ii« directors subsequently elected e Brown, president and general ia|er; Hr. X. F. Kirkland, Sr., sec- ryand treasurer and X. G. YV. YVal- boitk-keeper. I though this is its first season the h»s done quite as well as any in the tbjjhaving handled J,< 00 tons of fer- erj. Superintendent Biggcrstatl r*urn to a more profitable position tlftua. from d for postponed of His Rope Brabham, the young negro imherg, who ipunlered John B. in Italian, in Charlotte, N. C., |3th of April, is to bo hanged pthe Supreme Court having con- >e verdict of the lower Court, jtifled of his fate he said he ire a d—nthat he would be fer lesson earth aird a *trang(>r lie e)>ent his time iu jail in ig and playing cards. Needing or cbitdren " h ' inc on, *h<*n'd tahe ■ mtUWX ajJAULV. xu^ ho want build- 'to take, cures Malnna. Indl- fwAtiou, bliinukDcbA and Liver > ouipLum*. Effie^^^mans, of Campbell- of Aiken, and [core, Ot Hampton, are visiting in BArWw cll. B^e*. Ksq», went to Atlanta srnoon on professional bus!- Idy” Mi^re. of the 8. T. Itosrn Mond.iy',*luvking bamls inany friends and *Hing bar- [)§ numerous custom*- kYnllerton Bu^ ha .’ i l ^-n a i — - 14 uiotu- Suggestive Program Fort’uion Meeting of Barnwell Asso ciation : I R1PAV, MAY 20, 11 A. M.. 1. Sermon. 2. Organization, business and ap pointment of speakers. SATt’RIUY, 10 A. M. 1. Devotional exercises or sermon. 2. Work of the Southern Baptist Convention. (1) Homo missions. (2) Foreign missions. J. YY'ork of the State Convention. (1) State mission*. (2) Orphanage. 4. Verbal reports of CYiurch and Sunday school from delegate*. SUNDAY, 10 a. m. - 1. Christian education in our State and in our County. 2. Missionary sermon. . C. P. EkvTn, D. YV. Key, Comniitteo. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Elko News. A large number of the citizen* of the Elko School District attended the meet ing held on Saturday the 16th, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of voting upon the special tax to be levied for school purpose*. Much .interest was manifested. The meeting voted unani mously two mill*. Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. J. J. Johnston, is able to be out again after his long confinement on account of a broken limb. x \ 'Hie friends of Mr. E. R. Willi* yY|ll regret to learn of hi* continued illness'. He has been suffering several mouths from a severe attack of nervous dys pepsia. . ‘ Some oUmir young men are wearing long faces oh Account of the departure of one of our most popular young ladies, Miss bally Phillips, wh6 has gone to Clarksville, 8. C., to take a position as telegraph ojierator. This is but one of the many example* of the growing Inde pendence of our young Southern girl* who are branching out for themselves in every direction. Look ont boy«, you w ill be left in more ways than one if you don’t mind. ' , Sergt. N. il. Stansoll, with a large family of aids from tbi* place, is keep ing thing* straight along the EdUto this week. They left early Monday morning to be gone several day*. Mi*s Lizzie, daughter of Mr. B. O. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria* Hlarkvilie News. The Gordon Volunteers wera delight ed w tili their part iu the celebration of Columbia * Centennial as »eat of the S'ate Government. The round trip in their sjiecial coach, fragrant with flow- s*r* from the fair'hands of their lady friend* al home', was as plca*antHs could b'e. The Company was the second in the Mate to reach Hie capital and carried tiie handsomest bag in the long line of ! thirty-four companies. Like veteran* I they marched through the abundant I mud, attracting *|M*cial attention from ail observer* **l the im|io*iiig pageant > by their soldierly hearing and {wrfect equipment. But the trophy most prized was a splendid bouquet of magnificent rose# presented them on the march by a ' beautiful Carolina maiden, unknow n j hut not forgotten. Perhaps a majority i of the command, benedicts as well as ; bachelors, tell as deeply in love with i h> r as they walked iiv the saturated street*, and some of the your ger mem- i j hers would gladly go through such an- I other campaign for one look at her bon- I I ny face. The Centennial ^Detachment consisted of Captain L. T. 1/Jar, Lieu- tonants ^ l.f M , .Tl; .A igeants. J. L Buist, First, M J. Dodds, Tiiird; Private*, John O’Gor- man, YVillie Hutto, 11. P. Dyches, C. E. Gyles, H. D. Leonard, 8 *11. Kush, D. H YVitherspoon, Frank Crosland, YV. T. Mixson, J. YY’. Mixson, J. IL Kelly, G. YV. Nevils, Ryan Gyles, B. K. Car- roll, C. Burekinyer, L. YV. DeYVitt. C. C. Patterson, O C. Able, YV. M. Garvin, J.C. ICammer, YV. 8. Minus, A. L. Iz- lai ; Marker, Green Mathis. Col. Hall lias appointed Lieut. C. S. Buist Quartermaster and Rev. A. Buist Chaplain of the First Regimerrt. The work of grading the connecting link between the Barnwell and Black* ville, Alston and Newberry Railroad* is proceeding nicely and will be finished in a couple ot weeks. Major T. B. Lee and staff will soon begin the survey of the Northern exten sion of the B. A. A X. R. R. It i* thought Greenwood will be the union point sought, hut railroad men are so reficent that there’s no finding ont. The many friends of Col. M. F. Me lon y will regret to learn that hfe has suite red-very much for soijie time with iritis. Rep. Ask every reader of Tit* Fiortato give a careful and critic*! ex- 1 aminntlon to this open letter and to lend their copies to their neigh—; hors so that everybody may learn the good news and better realiza tions in store for them. BARNWELL’S BOOM. burjcoming open* a new and thrilling chapter in the growth and development of thifc most favored section. Our ambition i* not hedg ed in by the limits of the town nor confined to the boundaries of the township. Our aspirations take w idcr scope. Our long anil success ful experience, our superior trade connections and our ample capital encourage us to hope ahd expect that our anticipations will he ful ly realized, and that before the summer comes npd goes the firm name of » MIKE BROWN ARB BROTHER will be a favorite household term In every hopeful home in all this brave old county. To that high aim we have set our resolve, and to reach it safely and surely shall be the laborofe\ery day, the thought of every night. IRyaxi/s Cor^Txei?. At this favorite stand on Court House Square and Main Street we have now full stocks of the choicest Family Groceries that can be bought in the best American market*. New good* are coming in every day and our correspondents in the great central citie*are gath- ing for iu abundant avalanches of all the real mwcAarte* and rarest iuxurh K. of ciynued 1 ife, Th^cnst ! » i mere..oLG!y ..aeViHlIUl'LL .UU.., navnne most |>eriect confidence that they will always get the purest and freshest good* and llfal no adulterations will be permitted to peril health or plunder the poeket. Kexi Door North. Those in need of pure Wines, Brandies, Whhkey*. Gin*, Rum*, Ales or Beers for medicinal, convivial or soeial purposes will find goods that do not have a headache to a barrel at their orderly saloon in the Kyan Building, next door North of the entrance on the 8quar<*. South of the Circle. Our new two story mercantile emporium,our extensive ware house, our capaciou* sale stables, store house* and other outbuildings, making in and by themselvc* a village invite the visits and in- speoifon of all deAlring to keep step wdth the march of LOYV TKICK8 TH HOUGH THE LAND. Here we have gathered , the heat good* of the old world and the new, and we can confidently claim *Jiat we have the mo*t complete collection of the greatest triumph* of human ingenuity and industry ever exhibited in this section of the South. All the improved imple ments that lighten the labor* of Ufa, for man in the fields, Uie workshops or the office* of professions, for woman in the tiresbmo routine of housekeeping that robs her of health and *lrengUi and come ly beauty while the young year* should rest with light and gentle touch upon her, all the com fort irtbat make nocia) life a luxury to be coveted and the home circle the happy centra* attar around which sire and son, mother and blushing maiden, the lover and the friend ail delight to group and count t'le hour* weary until they shall meet again, are here for w idest distribution Hi the completeness of our stocks in all department* we have utmost con tl dene* of supreme triumph over all competition and imitation, but in our T FIRE, FIRE I AM XOYV PREPARED and will be pleased to place your Insurance bT letter or " ire in the strongest and the most reliable companies on t!> e Globe. A U rates for Fire Insurance are the same for reliable Companies so when you pay for insurance be sure you are received in a company that is able to pay when a lose occur* I represent the following Companies with assets as stated : LANCASHIRE, of Manchester, Eng.. .$2,000,000 CONTINENTAL, of N. Y 5,587,000 11A KTFORD, of Hartford, Conn c ...6,570,000 HumE or K. Y -9,ooi,k*2 KNOXVILLE, bfTcnn ' . 400,000 St, PAI L GERMAN 500,000 St. PAUL FIRE & MARINE 1,870,000 NORTHERN A88URAXCKef 1,503,000 GIN HOUSES. I will insure on easy terms in any part of the County. WINDSTORM Ptdieies written. For Insurance call on AqdreW T. Woodwfard, . mav 1 l*tf BARNWELL, S. C. YVe feel especial pride. For the varied array of seasonable goods, from pretty Prints, through all the rising step* of tasty Ginghams, fairest Lawn*, lovely I.aces to splendid Silks is so complete In all the moat popular fabric*. *o perfect in exquisite good taste ami beauty, that no lady, no matter how choice and ca- pricidu*her fanoy may be, can tail to find something—everything—to become her and please her admirer* far more than anything ever dreamed of before even iii her happiest slumbers. And so perfect w ill be found ouV stock* of all ladies' goods, from daintiest foot wear to the parasol that shades fair beauty from thr too ardent gaze of the Hummer sun. And our masculine friend* w ill find that we have not forgotten them, that we are prepared to supply them with Clothing and Furnishing Goods, flats and SiUniwi imttfcft Ufc aawiaaMtUiiit in lifopivom lYie ■pWw>il'i' -werwp*W:*n. Mini fU'iirTt* “How glorious it is to be engaged in a purely intellectual occupation!” mur mured a young maiden, gazing raptui rously into the admiring eyes of an edi- tor-“your own - mental faculties for tools, and the whole universe for a workshop. Now tell me,” she added, “what do you find the most difficult thing connected with your noble pro fession?” “Paying the printer,” «^id the editor. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. PERFECTED CRYSTAL LENSES TNAOK MARS. Guilty rtnt nd alvtyi. Mansell of Charleston, i* MXMiding *omc » Hike u»-own »u i her relative* h**re. Tbi* i* T. \H*r a«Ki *• L 1 ’ ot her childhood and *11 of Iowa ye»:<rtuy > ‘ I ^CiiSKr* charmed with the ~a m..t _l^ ^ ■ ■ 4^gT^ 1 .HrI that 'LJ* VaY^» *--• In the little far PtfcKer 1 * m.: N3-- D. C LANGE. ND# 27» R. K. AVENUE. Ha* Exeltndve Sale of theue Celebrated L«n*e* finished -In Steel, Niekle and Gold Frames, BLACKY ILI^!, C. FAl LKNER, KKLLAM A MOORE, The only Manufacturing Optician* In the South, AlUnU, Ga Peddler* art not tupplied with theae '••tou* finaaea. Jf 1 ■ MM 111 M dailv bread by the sweat of the. human brow to the professions that coin brain work Into wealth, and reap their harvests In the Helds of thought. Familiar as weave with the attraction* and advantage* we have prepared we find that we might as well undertake to describe In one brief lecture all the adventures of an eventful voyage around the world as to picture in one advertisement all tin varied beauties and excellence* of our world-wide, world-round exposition. So, extending a sincere invitation to every citizen of each of the nineteen tow n ships In the county to come, bringing every member of every family, that all may sec apd learn for themselves that this old town, once dead, is alive again w ith the energy of the New South pulsing from our Headquarters we call atten tion to our ^ Leadership ef Lew Prices. In these active time*, when inquiry is busy and all men are tensely striving for victory in the battle of life we recognize'the changed conditions that encom pass u* and have so girded ourselves for the struggle, YY’e face the fact with out fear for we are not in competition with the shopkeeper who is rusting awav life’* golden hours while he sits loncRomelv amidst his cart load of good*, but that quick transit and the enterprUe of this high pressure age have brought to our very door* the pushing rivalry of the neighboring cities of our own and sister tftate. x Accepting that true condition of affairs we are prepared to meet it* most ur gent and exacting tests. If W'e cannot hold our own in such an emulation of ef fort and enterprise we need not, can not and do not expect, hope or care for the crowning of our campaign with the honor* of victory and the golden rewards oi triumph. YY e have counted the cost and made preparation before entering upon this w ar with the veterans of mercantile service and we kmyw that we will com mand success by deserving it. YY’e will win our way to the confidence of the peo ple by the tactic* that have not known failure since the birth of time. In giv ing them goods suited to their every need and desire and at prices that they can pay and that no opposition can venture to offer to approach we shall prove every w eek day in the year that wo have CONQUERED COMPETITION and with the confidence of the public we shall bury High Prices so’deeply that they shall never again stalk tyrant* reaping reckless profit* from the toiijng masse*. THE BKOYY'N BANNER shall conquer thu black flag that has *n mqg floated over the pirates of tradd and spoiled so many helpless homes to wanritfrd poverty. * , * For the moderate profits that become these times and that will satisfy our ex peetations we rely on J - \ .... A VASTER VOLUME” ! of patronage than has ever before been poured into anv establishment in Caro lina, and so we ask the universal public, not only of thl* county but of aH otticrs adjacent, to investigate our professions and pass intelligent judgment on th^Tr worthiness. The welcome with wrbich all will be greeted will be warm froifTour hearts and true from our heads, and when they have seen and learned Gsrthem- selves that our platform W not a mere lip service, but a constant and unvarying living up to the pole star principles that shall guide our steady business career,, we know.that'there will be the one unanimous verdict that we have inaugurated business method* ahead of the century and that will revolutionize the long rule of hardships that have rough raided our people, into.the full fruition and realiza tion of the knowledge that the “good times a’ coming” so long sung and hoped for have come at last in verieat earnest. Sunshine iiml Slliklws; THE 1 SPRINGTIME \ 1 HasroxiK again. Nature I* waking from tin - long «1uiiil»er« of the re.tful whiter. Gentle»hoW- >i* and golden Kiinsliin* are titir*it)'Hiitn^iew grow th the seed* . of |d*nt life and fair Held*and bar* W<M»dland« are puttingon their garb* Of green, the adornment* of fair, fra grant flow er*. M IC’ll A 1.80N D here, bringing to the sou* and daughter* of men hii Him brightest beauty, all the mo«t perfect • * comfort that the skill of arti«t hand*, liie In spiration of high gilted inlud* have created In all laiul* beneath the eireling •um for human use and enjoyment. Shelve*, counter* and store-rmnn* are ^ crowded with best good* for every wish and want and * rar« bargain* arc ripe to be pluVked by sR ages, tastes, condition*. The e*{>ecial attention of the ladies is called to all the old favorite*, all the new conception* In Dry and Dress Goods, India Linen* an I plain Law us, Gingham*, Ijnen Lhatnbrajr*, UhaUiea, Dcjleige*, Embroidered Flouncing*, E^lC* Ingv, Insertion*, .8ilk Mohairs, Albatross, Henriettas, Sateen*, lh<J . Utc»t and inoRiartistic doidgns, Mata. Scarfs, beautiful Trimmings ' in 8lce], 8ilVer, Gold and Jewel effects, all to match tny magnificent ot dre** goods, new Lawn Suits, Modine Suiting*, Ladies Silver cud brotderedOxfords, Opera-, Harrison Tie*, Kid Operaa, Kid Oxfords, 5Jl-*es Oxford Button, Kid Button, and the grandest line of Spring Novelties ever displayed In this County. For men, youths and boys we have superb stocks of the newest style - # of Clothing, Hat*, Hut#, Hats, Straw, Felt, Ac.,—all the popular Hhapes, French Balhriggan an;l Neglige stilrU, Hosiery, Neckwear, Patent Leather Oxfords, Velvet Embroidered Slippers, Eeigler’* and Sailer. ]#ewin& Co.’s celebrated Philadel phia II atid-niada bhoes a specialty, now open fur In- ‘ * spection and ssile w Uh all the standard goods kept by first-class houses at Mlchalson’s, at prices as the very cheapest bone«t dealer can make them. 1‘lie celebrated Piedmont YVagon* and the fa- • mou* Anderson and Harris Buggies and Road Carts. So, without wasting words in this busy morning, of the year, we open wide our doors and speed far and near our message to the people. Old friends will be welcome and w*j " r 1 lliTr.'' uangl m:jx " to.fast allies If they w ill hut allow us chances to put . our promise* and profes sion* into positive proofs. As the lH*i was a “record • ■- breaking” ‘year ' in political revolutions wc shall , • make , this ‘ Equally Startling in Undreamed of Bargains. /SMC M/CHALSOb THE FARMERS’ FRIEND. mm for Infant# and Children- “Casterf a is ao Iran adapted to children that I r•commend it as superior to aojprMeriptioa kaowatome.” ^H. A. Aacma, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, Jf. T. “The nse of 4 Cast6ria»fa go unlrerwU and fts merits no well known that it seem* a work of superorocatien to endorae it Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach” Cablos MAtmtD.D., )tew York City. Late Pastor Bloom mgdale Reformed Church. Castoria enres CJollc, Oowittnatfon, Hour Stomach, Piarrhosa. Eructation, Kills Worms, fires sleep, and promotaa dh WitSoUt injurious msdteUBK * For several years I have recommended J our * Castoria, ’ and ihall always continue to e so as it ha# invariably produced benefkdal readta." Bern* F. Pabdbx. M. hath Street and 7th Are., Few York Ottj. Tn CawtAca OosnfAVT, T7 MuaaAf Srant. Farr Tom. Coffins and Caskets. R- W. RILBY, *= /THE HONEST HUSTLERS. “ Barnwell, S. C. a » l ll sltci.y o.viiaxd. ;- MELLK HAMPE & CO., YYTaUattB, S. C. SURGEON DENTIST, . , "-t