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Proas. and mi*- Uob Printing (ilylMOG In tbe lb Prewt- VOL.X1V. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., OCTOBER 30,1890. 4’-- - ^ - Are too Busy to Write up a Many Worded -:- Advertisement of Gushing and Glittering Generali ties, but they will be Very Glad to see And Serve Treasurers Notice. THE iW GOOO-EY. me -AND- THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH jf < ‘ * Grood G-oods, IFaii* IPriecs Golden Rule Treatment —AND- OeKKE CorJiTY TUEA^rKER, i Bauswkul C. H. f S. C., Sept. 22d, 1890. | The Treasurer will beat the following place* for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1890, on the days mentioned below ; * . — Manuels, 9 u. in. to 12 in., Wednesday Oct. 15. Priesters, a to . r » p. in. “ “ Krwiiiton, Thursday Oct. 16. » Allendale, Friday tuid Saturday Oct. 17 A 18. Kinard’s, Monday Oct. 20. Khrhardts, Tuesday Oct. 21. Hunter’s Chapel, Wednesday Oct. 22. Midway, Thursday Oct. 23. Ba m Ik*rg,, Fridgy f SldJaiday OcL Sai A 25. (iranutus Moridav Oct. 27. Blackvillc, Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 28 and 29. * Williston, Thursday Oct. 30. Blanton’s, Friday Oct. 31. 8even Pines, Sat unlay Nov. 1st. Barnwell C. H., Monday Nt*v. 3. Dunbarton, Tuettday Nov. 4. Ashley'a Home Store, Wcdncwlay Nov. 5. F'urse’s St«»re. Tlmrsday Not. 6. Baldoc, Frida> Nov. 7. Sandora Store, Satunlay Nov. 8. Dr. 11. W. Kearse’s Store, Monday Nov. 10. lioorge’s t rock, Tuewlay Nov. 11. Barnwell C. H., from AVedncsday Nov. 12 to Dec. 15. , ♦ flaw shall «• kwow M hi Um last yood-by t The skies wtU sot be Aerk—i la thai ha«% i No sudden bhght will flsB oa No stogie bird wM kaSh Nj iswlsas s^, ▲ad you will bold a*/ Just as baforo In your dear ayas will sasw la But Uiare will ooaas to voice af No voice to whisper: “Now, •paeo tor last words, For all tbe wild. Of those who, 'iSTm, thnmffe loof, kmly aftwaoo—, wbfld Amot.f flow “Who kaowsf* waaap, bat daub* aad fear res Would tmj ehooae to part tkm atowaraf iCL A PRETTY GIRL’S WHIM. TAX LEVY. State Taxes.... mills Count) .. 4 Special School f. 2 mill- mill mills mills Total Ijpvv National Hank bills, tn»M and silver coin re- crivabitf for taxes. Mutuat^l bills and coin will not Ire taken. After ftie l.'ith of DecemlxM* 15 p<*rcetiL pen- ; ally jund »jl ■mi n- ■ ■■ .U L unpaid taxes. N. F. KIRKLAND, Treasurer Barnwell County. Ouf Stocks of JVIefchapdise AHK— Large ai)d Coippleie •AND Nare Been Selected With the Closest Care. N l> t to it- T hey wf.rk boloiit. right ill be wld rigid. M •• d , not rx|i get rich this »ea*oti hut we do h« tvan>aet lot* of Ko*.it«*e* at •|Mtck. low | We feel very *ure that we suit al gtaxl tastes and •atUfy all -eoainlc jn Jgnu nt l |Mn that plat* form we g>, before the jieojilr an I a«U th ir trade. AH In favor of huylng the ItL^T UtHJD.S at the —e- FAlUKwf FfGf RK'* dnd of selling OOTTOUST at tba hrst quotatimis arc <*onlU|ly InvitoU im try M C NAB, W/1LKER & 60., Dealers it) General Merchandise. Cotton ••• Buyers. Barnwell C. H., S. C. TOWN 1.0TS FOR SALE On Salesday in November I will offer for sale, at public auc tion, a few desirable residence Lots in the Town of These lots are all dry, being located on the hill in j the Northern portion of the t Town. The streetsare from 60 i feet to 80 feet wide. The lots measure about one-half acre | each. Not more than two lots [ will be sold to one purchaser. Only desirable neighbors wan ted. Sinxon. IP-u.2?© Sgills©- Trine* th* creation nw*n, and women too. hare been trvlng »o letter their e«*i» <!Rlt»ns. In savhendeavor* they have resulted !«* all sort* of uieans ami measures. Just now a great inauy p«*«*ple an* exjeciing tiiat liciu*r tim* * will It was a beautiful which one might almost loae one's self among the heavy swhi— of the bloe- soming syringa boahes an4 the aesuuea of pink wygeUa that wonai Irragulariy here and there. It was a July day. A gir! lay idly in a wide luxurious hammock, bar height head on tbe soft tinted cwehiooa, her deep brown eye* upraised to the whie- pering leave* above. She looked the ideal of happy content as she lay there in pretty latinam, one slim hand drooping over the hammock's edge. A great Newfoundland dog lay on the grass beside her as she swayed gently to and fro, toying with the dog's great, noble head, —flomatiiaas be wonid open hi human eyes aad took up at her with a happy content that own. It wm very pi meant there. TVs book the had been reading had dropped the grace and lay with crumpled 1 A rosebud marked the piece. Wilma Pierce, whom summers ware spent at bar grandmother's quaint old country home, had uonae hare a few days since, tired out In body and brain as only a young, hard working teacher eaa be. “ Already the soothing quiet of the love ly place had done her good, and the brightness of complexion and the Hthe- nees of form, which had been impaired by the year's hard work, were letaralng to her. A silvery haired, sweat faced old lady came out of the wide hall door with a light wrap in her the hammock with her kind, old faca. , -Child, it is cool for must be more prudent with thyself." She wrapped the soft, gray shawl about the girl'e shoulders with Wring, motherly hands. Wilma looked up and smiled prvteetiagly but 1 submit.” She took the wrinkled old hand In hers aad held it gently against her wane cheek. The old Quakerem bent her stately form aad left a soft, swift Was upon the Ctrl's forehead. . "1 must go in, beat fall asleep for a little if thee eaa. The soft, gray acmes tbe grass, ai beside tbe door to pull These lots may be bought at She want in, aad the girl < 1 dumb companion They walked tegsthsr in the mat dtA and along the man* ad sat Idly on the Jttde bridge, watching the ikytWnta of the waters aad the minnows la the oool, dark daflths below. It was an idyllio summer. Both wars happy. One knew why it was; the other only half gueaaed It Ronald Mitchell at 10 years had for the flrst time felt hie inmost heart stirred abd thrilled by a woman s . dace. Be Weed her with aU the ms- wasted strength of his psrfset manhood, with aU the tsnOsrniss of a* true amah flrst lorn. One ersniag he told her. They an Barnwell, high and Wlbaa had thrown off bar wide den hat, and the lets roes la ha hair glsamed whttely Hho a soft the dusk. What caprice seised thegirlf She listened to bis eager words with averted face tuned toward th* dying When he had did not aa- "H* takes too much for granted," As thought; “he W too masterful; he asks as though my heart was soane light thing to which he had a right. I will Idas Hjs noL" 8h* rose aad tamed to go. Be ami« rX “Wilma, JS you not going to say a word? Are you thea the coquetts I al most tbouabt yon that Aral dayf Bis words sfeuag har. She tried to frus hsrmlf, and the rues fell Be stoked It up. “If you wont say an ft vs me this roes, bops to ma.” She snatched It “Whs* I am ready to *! will sead It to optional oourteelee may be that which governs the con duct of persona in crowded public con veyances. South of Mason and Dixon*# line no man would brave public opinion by —»****»*—g seated when a woman a standing position, even she the humblest of her sex. A would argue fa each a case that he Gsd paid for his seat, that there could be no more reaeon for his rising in s street car than it he were oc- oapytag a seat at the opera or at a hotel r* table. la Mow York, which is too cosmopoli tan a sity to ba cited as sa example, street car etiquette is decidedly variable, and whether or not it is asnsaeary to ▼*» sate a seat la a lady's favor Is a much mooted question. One thing is certain, and that is, that youth peal to both high and ssost boorish individual being willing to rehnqwiah hie rights in favor of a wom an with a pair of bright eyea aad a styl ish Agars. The poor wage worker, in her faded cotton gowa and with ftagereahowiag evidences of toil, is rarely th* recipient of snob courtesy. Th* man la broad cloth, who has been seated in his lux urious office most of the day, keeps his seat without a qualm of oonecieooe, and hotda hie paper before hie face to ob struct th* view of the appealing eye* aad worn flaura. Women ta public 1 vehicles often n- hibit a remarkable salflsh rises and a total dkregard for th* ooasfort of others. Maay of tUaen accept a seat to which they have no legal right with a saucy tom of the head aad without reeognixii* by ae much ae a bow or a you." Aa audible etprsasiosi of the least a lady shoald offer la for the sacriflo* of a place, this should be tendered m freely to m to the dude la RaWter Riaga Bis Vaad. For a long time lumps of erode rubber and elastic beads have mysterious!] ished from the counter of “all night" pharmacy in Brooklyn., body wae able to throw aay lighten th* enigma anti! Drug Clerk Boewt a discovery. It wm late at night and the store quiet: Trade had been dull for an hour aad Bocworth felt like taking a nap. Just m he wm about dropping off to sleep he happened to look up aad caught a glimpse of “Doc," a big cat that Uvea th tbs pharmacy. * Be was at hutch, aad wm feasting on rubber bands. One by one he extracted them from their little glass receptacle sad munched . away with evident raUsh. Boswortk did not disturb him, but sat still sad count ed the rings m they vanished down the beauty ap- j cat's throat. Whan forty-three had low, even the faded from view “Doc" stopped eating. gave a wide yawn aad stretched himself out for sa after dinner nap on top rif a showcase. Baring accidentally solved the my*, tety, Bosworth resolved to t some fun at “Doc's" expense, so, after the eat had been dosing for aa hour, he called him. ''Doc" came to the front quickly, la his head Bosworth held a large elas tic band. This ha extended toward th* cat “Doc's" eyes aeemed to sparkle ae be contemplated the lueHnue morsel, without hesitation seised it with Bat the girl %e yield. A a Ronald Mitchell had,ggood grip m the eat puUed. Bosworth, on the other Bosworth polled, too. hut th* MttW tug of war did net lastlsng, for the mie- chWvoua dark suddenly ralaMd hie hold on the band, and m it Mapped hack IS caught the unlucky out a sHagfag cut ea the end of his nose. Be droy ;ed the m if it ware a hot |* A spice of part of har away ate with Ups that do love him—I do love the garden. • willful h COMK FROM COLUMBIA r the next elet ii'tfi *ha1l Iihvi* plm***!! n*** pilot* in charge of the >bIp of State. • A’bile it i« pro|K*r to enUTrain h'*|>«* nmJ»*r riu* in«»*t glitoiny cimiiHutanov*, i»*t it Is well te retn<-moer that seif h«i|* i* the Ih-*i help. To uivii of mature years ami sober thought it is aa plain as sunshine that there are , Surer, Safer and Shorter Roads to Reform than those cQiurelled by tbe (Mriiticians. Tha prurient do not put all their egg* 'la sue basket nor port] their all in «*no venture. It will not do for wi*»p p*np|** to * wait for something to turn up, ami if itiloe* not come quickly enough they will make the opportunity themselves. Now in all candor the most ln*ting prosperity starts at home. It begins there and grows by practice and cultivation. xThe otd sailor read* the signs in the skies that have no meaning for the careless landsman and trims his cralt to meet and conquer th** coming storm. So the vet eran merchant, understanding the conditions of trade and commerce, makes ready for the extreincut fliirtUMtions while the |>eaee of perfect summer is in the * golden skies. In this philosophy 4 SUMrOILT BIRCTWHSr, Thirty-one years leader of trade on the South Carolina Railroad, has anticipated the AL.A.RMTNO RISK IN PRIOiiS by personally buying in the largest’matket* of the country, the MOST M AONIK1CKNT Stock of General Merchandise ever risked by any Carolina merchant outside of Charleston. To attempt any description or enumeration would be like under- tsking to publish an unabridged dictionary in a country newspaper olflee. THK HUBJK(;T IS TOO VAST But each man and every woman can come. They can bring their little ones along, and all can be suited no matter how widely their needs, wishes and means . may differ. It la a proverb of the olden time that < ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME. and If the people will only read and reason they shall soon have the evidence of . their own eyes, hstida, pockets amLiierson* that they can find # . BAROAINSTN BEACKVILLE unapproachable In any interior American market North or South. East or West Tbe range of my Immense stock is limited only by the ingenuity and enterprise ef the human race. Tbe best productions of our own hnd, the choicest manu factures of all around the world, everything that man needs on his life journey from ths cradle to the grave*are to be found in my emporium. Every implement that the farmer uses, every article that the housekeeper requires, everything for everybody now waltingtor the peopl . By selling the best goods at the lowest prices I hope to prove a benefactor to all former customers and all new friend*. By paying-the very highest cash prices for cotton and, all country produce I ixpeet to make myself invincible against any and all competition. i private sale. Plats to be* seen at Court ! House and at A^aster’s office. Terms at public sale: Half Cash. Purchaser to pay for pa- pers. " G. DUNCAN BELLINGER. ^ octt6-td Real Reform. our neighbors too, that from every nook and well, nil roads lead sooner or later to corner of Aiken, Orange- Brown $ in Blackville. Captain Tillman, the Legislature, or somebody else may, after awhile, brin„ better times to the country, but CHRISTIE & HAY, under the Opera House, Barnwell, S. C, have, of their own motion, inaugurated a reform movement heavy freighted with lu lp for all who will come and get their shares. All people of ail occupations who have been oppressed by high prices, robbed by extortioners, deceived by li> poerites will llnd early and ample re lief at the. ^ Barnwell Racket Store. The Congress may keep on raising the Taritl' and forging the force bill, hut we shall continue to cut prices as they pile on the duties, and in proof of onr Sincerity we invite your attention to the follow ing quotation, unmatched in all this section of the .State : Pantsfrom 49 cents up/ Stoves so cheap that we are ashamed to print prices. Thousands of articles with hardly anv price attached. Straws show the way the wind blows, and the above are quoted as only mild samples of the good things and great bargains that w e are presenting to the people Our country friends are cor dially invited to come to see our Bazaar when they visit Barnwell. The flrst call is sure to lie followed by many more, for we have a thousand articles that all admirers of the useiul and or namental need and Oi|r prices are tbs low figures that the country want* and that old stvle merchants cannot realize. Yours to command, X CHRISTIE A HAY, aug2l -v Xv • {witton or shall to go astray from your, determination to go to Headquarters. | lo ms and buy your good* from tm* F pledge myself that do better by you Test me by the “TRY RULE" and I ts over I bare no fear hut that I will be the first DID ATE Hagood’sHay. We keep constantly for sale Hay from Gov. H*good’* Saluda farm. It U far superior te any Westeru or Eastern production. - ~ Also lilt* lot of choice MU cheap f <»r By aud by she fell aalssp. Th* at her bars, whit* throat rose aad fell with gentl* regularity as her breath came and went. It wm a pretty picture. Ronald Mitchell, coming quietly across the garden, thought so to h* caught tight of it, and paused involuntarily. Ths dog raised his great, shaggy hood and looked a silent welcome from his brown eyea They were old friends— Ronald, ths young fanner, and Rebecca Northfield’s dog Dan. Tbe young man stood bmstblsm a mo ment looking at ths sleeper, then with a softer light in his bias eyes and n warmer tinge on his smooth shares cheek he went oa toward ths bouse. He entered with tbs familiarity of a w*U known and welcome friend, and sot down easily in a big, antiquated rocking chair. < Reb.*^a NorthfieM cams into ths room, Id face alight with wslooms. She came and laid her ■nail hand on his shoulder. “Ronald," she said, “my grandchild, Wilma IMetre, is come. Perhaps it is not news to thee? She is a good child, Wilma ta, but 1 four sb* loves the world too well. There is Uttl* of the (Quaker about her, Ronald." He smiled. “I saw her when I com* through ths garden just now. Sh* is unlike yon in her dress, but her face has a likeness to yours." They sat together in ths quiet and talked a Uttl* white. All at shadow fell across th* bore, whit* floor, and tlvey both looked up. Wilma stood in the wide doorway, her foe* a Uttl* flushed with sleep, her eyes dewy liks a child's after a refreshing slumber. HSm held a yellow rose in her hand. ♦*rh-«.nrimmmmA ) > * gh* sold, sB tmCOtt- •cious of a stranger’s presence, as ah* looked half sleepily at tbs flower; “grand mamma, what a lovely rosst Just sm how" “Wilma." the calm, sweet vole* inter rupted her, “come hers. This is Ronald Mitchell, the son of my old friend and schoolmate, Eunice Sand!" Wilma advanced a Uttl* and held out her hand frankly, but wh*n sh* met th* Intense gase of th* dear bln* ayes above her a shy look cam* into her the withdrew her hand. Ronald, watching her, wondered it her grandmother's remark about her had implied that she wm a bit of a coquette. She leaned over the old lady's high backed chair and fastened th* rich roM in th* silvery white waves of har bMuti- ful hair. And than ah* want away,with a murmured word of sxcms, leaving be hind her n scent of roaM and a brancs of a fair, fresh flowertik* oboe* her That wm their ftrat issstisg All mertbsyoang his own wtH and helped to mahs th* old not Iforthflsld at hi* tngty at th* qutet faced girt On* lag A* cams Into th* quaint old ! with Us sloping roof and where Wilma ant reading. “1 thought I'd tell thee. Remold la gulag a wny tired, hsaaid when 1 a and needs a change. B* I wonder why he hasps away from aa" keenly through bar gold at th* girl “1 don't knew, grandm-nMa. Tu •nra Ha does eet titsngily ef WiU h* stay away long. 4* yon “A mont The girl drew a quick breath. “A In a Month 1 shall ba book in achool." beat quickly. Alter a white took a Uttte box down slaiin and out Into tha city u+n. 1 wanted to t* tap th* to th* City hall 1 aright bars ef lariisaa to have but It occurred to in Chicago. 1 of ths iterators and told what 1 wanted. Ha oa ths public library severed 1 wm in ths wrong place. I took another •tovntor, and told th* driver of that on* what I wanted. Ha tel bm off seniswhassaad told ma to go. I followed his myself Howland. I didn't ask him. far I mw he wm buer. I found an offiem la I to She called to Doa and waadsisd down to tbs mossy teg beside th* creek. 8b* hod been her* every day rino* that tim* a w**k ago. Bh* sot down on ths log, and Don sat down beside bar, looking gravely at ths ranntac stream. She drew a Uttte folded note from th* box In hor band and op*n*d it “Com* to ma," it said, and than in deli- oat* tracery bar noma, “Wilma." That wm aU. Th* rirt’s eye* shone half misohtevone- ly m she fastened th* tiny box to Don's tilvsr roller with a bit of ribbon, and a bright color glowed In her chaaka ’nmn sh* fokted her annll hand* to gether aad looked seriously into tha dog's great noble *y«a. “Good old Doa," sh* said, “take it te Ronald —to Ronald —do yon Thmlf B* looked up intelligently into face and trotted off sedately. Ronald Mitchell wm in Ms On* by on* each articles as were rare being packed into his traveling beg. A sodden patter on the stein Ida attention, aad tha block hand wm tha half opened doorway “Why, Dost, old fallow! Ogme te any food-byf What's thteT Ba nnfateMiil tha little box and open ed it Whan he hod unfolded th* sUp of fannd the withered white he sprang te his fast Then, to Don's amammsnt, ho bounded down the stairs and eat into the summer twilight, th* grave dog fallowing at kta hsete. Be found her on th* mossy log beside •he creek, looking expectantly toward him with th* shy, sweet glow of lor* la her dork eym and on her face. Only Don wm the witnees of that ametteg, but when a Uttte Inter the happy lovers wondered up tha sweetly sesmted gardn, cool and snodowyia the and p—te—Man com* te thssa with a glad light ef eahn contentment in face, all thoughts of the projected vttit ware baeiaheri end the terif i— traveling be^ lay forgotten on the floor te home.—Harriet Franeane Crock* te New York Ledger. kirn very mack I met in the City hall id he rrmd acted 1 had teat nearly i Um proper i of iDtallixrnra are put in places where inquiries Interview in Chicago Tribune. prvpvr Why don't the proper oothori- Tba Opal. White mote gssns owe their tint to ths presence ef some foreign coloring mat ter ths many bosd and beautiful opal ditfstm. It is opaque, deriving its beauty from tbs marvelous property it pos- seeses of decomposing the rays of light, and thus reflecting from its pitched surface all tbe colors of the rainbow. It needs, therefore, no brilliant, but ap pears to tha beat advantage when akmu It is te present among tbe most prised of gems, and has held its place far ages. Mark Antony ones offered £170,000 for an opal tbs tine of a hazelnut, hut the owner, Nonius, n Roman senator, pre ferred exile to parting with Us treasure. In spits of their value opals are unsafe investments, for time and exposure dim their luster, white their aaaaitivenaM to betels so great that the warmth of the hand has been known to crock th«an Tbe finest stones come from Hungary, and among the Austrian crown jewels are gems of greater rise aad beauty th— that which tempted the Roman emperor. —London Court Journal. Mesteel ItoiremeeU. A French military surgeon has been making researches on wind instruments which hod been used by phthisical baadmnen, and warns musicians of the importance of disinfection. He recom mends that instruments should be filled with a 5 per cant, solution of carbolic add, or, in the case of mstolHc instru ments, that they should be dipped into toittag water. These precautions ore of ths utmost importance when phthisical psnona have used the instruments; for it wm found fa such cases that liquids Med to wash them out presented a viru- teros similar to that of a pure culture of tuberculosis. Fortunately, the danger is suaB as kng as the interior is thoroughly moist, which of oouxm it usually is; but when an instrument has been lying by for some time, so that the interior hM be come dry, there is real danger of air containing dried farms of the disease being dmwn into ths lungs of the parson who nest pteys upon it—Now talk pntteni iter that the wit of the ef the of xiHmj the basket wm a TImm change, and the grandsoos of the mm who carried their own bMhste Sa market are waited upon by the! and green grocer te their of the gray haired Jibe of bte men still go down to on Saturdays, and they naturally have enough imitators to soaks this visitation a feature, oa Saturdays dally. This Ml are careful 1 and only buy after study. They know what Is where to get it. and evidently it them to carry their own York Bun. People who wish to i grams from abroad commonly system of cipher te erder to expense m small m poetibte. A story te told of one man, howeve ity supplied the lack of any cipher. ‘ A western men who owned n greet farm te Dakota wm obliged to cross ths water for bustesM purposes. For thrse months be beard nothing frosa the man whom he had left te charge of the farm, and at last he became somewhat dis turbed. He wm an illiterate parson, though s capital farmer, and the wilting of a telegram wm a nutter of som* dtiR* culty. At test he sent off the followiaf comprehensive message: "Is things all right te the farm?" Impatiently he awaked tha answer. It would be expensive, he felt sure, whether it brought good or bod judging by hie own experience. But hie trusty foreman wae a of few words and strict idsM of oxny, and the envelops Which Ms ions employer received m soon as pond- ble contained tixsply this "Things is."—Youth's Companion. A Tva* A philanthropic lady, is about to sell her family ths purpose af opening a! girls te Ireland, npytt of are 700 yean old, and the unique tion comprises bate, brooches, old wood aa This lady has, by the holpof eome Mmds In "England, succeeded te entehgr n building on n piece of longed to har, and it Is of furnishing the Interior, af