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Barnwell People. 1 T" JII W. mm, Editor I. Prop'n LAKUEST <«|TMT1f CMRULATION. TIIITR^!>AY, SKPI'KMIIKR 11. ISM. \ . 1 ■ ! - . Klrotlon* have re.^iiHy 1t«h Ih*!'! In .tivfl (•oni.tirK to till VHCiilicle*. I.rM full thr Drmwrntf currtwl tlH-n*. Thin full thj' thinJ parly ciimlidatr* — awrpt thrm.-—-——^——— Ml«ft ( Inra lUrum. l*n*«UI*'iit of H»« Ki'd <Jro « Annocinticm, wrnt to li. HU- fnrt lantWr^A,- ht rontpanv with Uov, T.lllmnw ami Sonwtor lintlcr,'tt) lu'lp look afMM: th« ryt-lonc Mtll. rfrn o» (lie l<!an<!a. f’ronident lantl’* iu‘w itau^litwr lian bcrn named Ei'tlmr, which name >lj|nlfl«M “» mar." or “Rnml fortune,” The lionk of K-titer, ifjimlerMflmUnx- iv road, will j^lvo tSo 1‘roaidonnt some timely political hint*. Yellow fever has broken out again at JSruhswieb, fi.i., :u.d thns-e best poatbd ixd’njvo it will lueome *'p|deuiii:.» A ntriet quarantine Jia^ been Innt.itnted. Tito nnhnp|<y |ample shut up in the mty ■will need helpfr»mi.ottt>ide.- The St vte I.urtiitii: Axyluni TiTTw has 7b’> patient*, the large«t nil fit her ever known. And if the diearv debate In the ldiired States SeiH(te N is to he ron*- tinned iudtdlnltely and generally read tireTTTTTntrer will he linrnensely im i'cnaed Texas fanners planted last spring for two and a half million hales of cotton. The highest esliiii ite of (laheston cqt- ton merchants is that a million and three quarter hales niey he reached. BdHor Otewa of the t<ntm tievlHc lierahl tnrned thftehtt'V neatly on Sen- at<*» yttller last week, i he Senator wonW get lodged herd and fast and had to he blown out by pitting pow der in the tonrh hole; The inti lets complained lo lbe Uovernor that A It. HuIIIvmii, eamlidiile for Itisixnsnrv book keeper atl.aurcns,cqnveypdoim^eightb of an acre of land to .V> |a?rsoi»a, making them nominal free holders ami aosacur- -a ' ’ ’ » ' '• ' * ' Inga sulMehuMr numlver rrf (WtHlondra for the establishment o/ q |iispen««ry. Kililor Crew s charges Unit Senator dul ler ‘ had thii'f, property qualllicaiiiyi elunae tmvirporaU d In the Dispen-ary law prhvhling tor the di<framdiising r f The more e.onservnlire million ami a Imlf hala«. estimate is a White Capa arc ingniiJ/^d In nenily every county In Mississippi, ai.d have po-ted noiic-i* on gins, forhiddingowu- ers to g n <rotton until t he price goes up to ten cents. Some disregarded the no- tlcfe and went to work '1'heir gins were prontp'ly bnrued down and tli(*y were wai ned that another utP mpt to resume will be followed by death. The negroes in \ Irgitda have <’e hied to run a colored ticket for State oHiecrs at the election to he held in November. They numher u(KI Voters ni the Sta.te and are prettjy solid, while the whites are divided into dynioerats, re-‘ publienua and populists. White Vir ginians mighCto read vKsop’s j-'ithles and learn some sense. The Governor lias been pretty \ igor- busly criticised as favoring the enact ment of a stay law. As we remember ha said in substance that if the panic grows worse and if the price of cotton goes lower legislative action might be ip order for the relief of (be leople. If our recollection.is right the critics sqiened tire before getting the correct rttrge of ids position. Happily the panic is getting better and the |M-U» of cnUoft hM iiU(ttovcd anU fhc Sokth wtit ■ ewrvrve. 7 ■■ ^ Owing to the losses sustained front tlie cyclone by the pliospliate mining eonipanics and the general unpndlla hloness of the hnstness tlie Hoard of JMiospliate ('oinmi<s'ioners lias reduced the royalty for the balance of (Ids vear to tifty cents a ton. For next year a v dollar a ton will lie charged until tli- Internet on tlie State debt. $7.is raised, and all alter that v ill go free. T h* contpanics have he *n losing money and refused to relmild tlieir works and machinery unless tlie State would niase liberal obneession* Tillman, Senator Hutler and MUa Clfttft llartoii, ITcsidcnt of the Ked Gross Asabclntion, last week in spected tb® sea islaiidt devAstated Ity the eyeh>iM>, from Beaufort Gliark’*- to i. Tiiey fountl Mie situation to he a« sieploralile as it has boon described. After full consul ation it, w as utianT- maudy agreed .to turn the entire vy< rk «'f relief over to tlie lied Cross Aasocia- tiui. which will make its headquarters At Beaufort, and to wliicli all contribu tions sliould he sent. The relief com mittees already organized will cotuirin to act under Miss Harton's direction. South ( Hi idiiiu,” and add* that 'Mi' Sen ator !• tiller, as the leproseiiiative of tlie people can t..ke tlie hull h» the horns and disfran diise his most loyal (sr.stit- tie ms, certainly lie oiiglit not to take so, nmch to iiOAi t their ellhiIs to reclaim tlieir'elti/.t-rishlp.” Crops and Honey in Sight. That well known authority, tlie Aiiierh aii Agrienlturi-t, argues Hint there Is soon to he gt-uit activity in msm- ufa'‘turing. The <iouie>tic deinaiid i- promlslng and the Kpglish inills hav ing cleaned uj< ail tlieji surplus eotuqi will rail foi a lieuvy ex port' f -0111 tliis country. I , resciit. indications point ton crop of 1i.txxi hnsjnda of mirn. contrasted witli I ( <ij l/KKI.qQO Inst year and oveV 'J/nG/l hi ( 0<h huslicls in the hiniicnso 5 iekl of two seasons previous Tins wle'utxcrup is guo'l tiud the year’s averagel»i r»ats has miyer been exeecd- c.l,-f - he re 4- the o s -t stl sjoKtitlry »tf rye alid Hi*l supply of iiay’ Is over o»gt,0uo tons, Ciu.de Sam is surely not mi tlie way to the poor limitc when the hay crop is believed to represent a value to the far mers ol ifl,(i)0,(> o,n((q. Corneal docents' per hn-hel, comes next with a total of *7JV>(>0,0<»b, followed by wheat, valued at $.100,000,000, If worth <k) cents a W0ra all molded at borne, an2k if the rseU* wrge.pot cut off verv smooth, it tnnde them deflect a little and miss the gunners aim. This deflection was very had until rifles were invented. Rifles moan little spiral grooves ex tending from the niu/rle to the breech. They give the ball u rotary motion be fore it leaves the gun and keeps that motion in its flight, and even if a hall la a little otu-sided or irregular, it will go straight to' the mark. The gun took its name from the groove* that erg.ctriifd rifles., For vcbcsaba veaaar. Homestead Notice. n laair by tlie name ot Rogers made rifles in A«’gu*M. (la., and they were celebrated all over the south. The equipments of a riUeina~n were many And peculiar, and were all home trade. His powder-horn was a cow's horn, that had lieen boiled and scraped and Hied until it was thin and dear and translucent. The charger was a sma 11 tube, made of a turkey bone or'pos sum leg or boar s tusk, anil held just a charge for the gun.- A charge of powder is just enough to hide a bullet wshen in the open palm of the hand. Tjfe charger held that much and had • Up on one side. The powder was CArefnliy pi-urcd *, tlie gun, anti then the putchin was next in order. Now" put on your hall and cut your putefiin ami istai tier Ikomc. Then the frixr.cn was thrown back with the thumb, and tiic tuuvh-hole und the pan Tvtre fliicd from the powder-horn,. ■whtle ttiF grnini'r held thr^PTi tween hie teeth. The friixen was shut down, and HeJ^y Jane wah loaded. The aliot-pouch was inftile ofTloi’r skin or eon t.kin,‘ and ortuimeuted with the various things besides, the bullet molds an 1 tlie'bnllets and tlie patchin. There was grease f<»r tli^.' lock and gun wipers and Hints and screw driver and a wire for tkc touch hole, iictsy and her turn-out Vas as mnch a part of the kousehoid us the bucy. I used to-trot after one of these old riflemen and carry his squirrels and see him walk round the tree, or watch anil wait un- Im-sUeVami hy oal«, ; yorUt41^.hbU0,(HMI,.. tit the Httie -fctimwAlyty his It’.'Ch't* ■aj.il .at *111 jSJ.tftAaJA t K . •. % 1 I a . - 1 ] head, and crack went the gun, and If valued at iiO taints a bushel on the ffiTin. I’otutdes promise to not hti aV* ernge. of 70or 7.‘> cents ptjr btislie), or n total of fli.l.tKgMKto, while the prospect ive cpt tm crop, at $.'W a bale, w ill he wort it not lesj tlian $J.'i),(00,< ()0, Room Yoslhess and Htop lioardlng money.—Hostoii Globe. (ILD RIFLE That Did Gpod Sarvloa In Oiunlfathor’A Thm. Our ARP TELLS ALL ABOUT “8LD BETST’’ Ifetiry W. Cochran, for flirty years employed by the Cnitcd States iniitt at l‘lilladulpliia,)i.'is had solei usfotfy since l’>77 of a vault oonfaining sixteen inii- lion d<dlnrs in gold liars. On opening it on the stli to have the gold coined iJO bar* worth $1 it (KM) were missing. Cochran had, so the story goes, pulled them out with a garden rake, lie ad- n itted taking it and showed where 1100,<W0 vyas hidden, and more was found at liis ho si'. The govei t in tit, With Its Flint anal Sti-sl l.ncli Imrovv- . , - v nii'U's .In t lrnsjiiis (aouil'Shuta with thr Old Httlcs. The ages have their names Historic and prchi-doric. There are the stone age. the bronze age, the iron age. the irolden age and Hie dark ages, but the age in which we live may well Is* ealleil the age of invention. Never itefore in tlie historv of the world Ini'* there lH»en HUehaAcraof wOhdarfai inventions ami ctmteiranc 's fur the use anil comfort and cortyi'nieneea of mankind, floes not Vtiip or even cAii A h>lj. Kvory yar tir.iigs new surprises, and laww w tien wc hear of some Isdti, 4h- eompr.diiuisiiile proposit .oii *ve do not dan* to .av it is impossihie. ’1 here ia no advance in literalitreur pa uting or • rvhTfeiTtirc or oratory or many other arts that require the highest order of intellect, hide.si.- it is to ;k* lamented that weno more have/ a .Shakespeare or Miltou or < hiMsinith W'lturiiK or Tom Moore: no more a niiphuel or Michael Angelo: no more a Cicero or a Burke or Wcii ter. - Ripe sehuiiirship tins de- clined. aud this generation lias neither tim,* nor taste for it. but in evert- thing thnt lessens labor and elienpen* tlie neecssuries ain^ comforts of life we are far ahead, of our ancestors. I whs ruminating a bout tills because I happened to come aeroas an old time rillc with a flint look nod I handled it wRU n-verenee. for it li»«i tired and fought in .Inekson's war at New.Or leans. tiiid was still preserved and honored by the great gi andsons of tie* soldier who loaded it behind tlie cot ton liah-s and waited to see the whites of the‘enemies’ eyes' Indore he pulled the trigger.,' The name of this rifl * was etched in a rude way upon the barrel, and it was “Betsy.” All of them had names in. the olden tlipes-femi nine names, sueh as Betsy or Betsy .lane or Betsy Ann or Susan or iMHy or .Mandy or Kuliine. Matty of these old time rifles are still in use. hat the old flint lock has gone. .Such a loci a curiosity flow. A town-raised hits never seen one. The hardware stores have ceased to keep them. The gunmukera have ceased to make them, and yet thiise are the lock* that did the work, ih the revolution and the last British war and the Mexican war and Trade many mm Indfan TUTeTKe dimt.inany a deer and turkey give their meat to the hunter. I used to sell these locks when I was ji boy clerk in mv father's store, aud ooujil talk fluently ulsiut the hammer and fri/.xen and roller and tumbler and the dog end tlie pan. We sold flints by ek is oov xvill not lose tujytiling. Cochran U rra- *.' • lit* dlalmwl tjic.golii bccsuse liyi liail | the score flints that were warranted -once prevented a mint robbery aud had sure tire. The Hint was made fast be- beeii overworked and ittiderjiaiiW ’ Tlie newspapers of this State, that is tlie “leading'’ journals, generally, spe cially and .mlxcellauoouKly, are too cj^recd'ui’r quickness i* probably caused by their eagerness to *erouge in ahead of their competitor*. A* to Ucafing both sides that Is too slow for timm. When the tween two chttnps in the Cock or hum mer. and when the hammer tvas pro- jeeted forward against the steel friz- /.en the contact make the sparks to fall and tliev fell into the little pow- der pan thativaaattachad to the touch Terms tail of the animal, qa a^trisnepimes with bend* -nr—rmbioidei i.-—it rontuined A Way sped the ball into his eye. A good rifleman never broke a bone in the body of hit game. 1 know one now who will shoot u chicken or a guinea in the eye at sixty yards off hand, tyiben^bj* wife wants one for dinner he takes down Betsy and stands in the pla/.za until obe conies in sight. But the old locks passed away when the''" percussion came. Then 1 got to selling caps instead of flints.- And now the caps have almost passed away and the ibauclc-ldadcrs are going. There is no powder-horn nor ramrod. Betsy and .lune are out. Good gracious! If •htekson’s men had had these breerh- loading double-barreled guns, with a bag full of shell*, there wouldn’t have been a nu(u left of all 1’Uckvn- ham's army. , ■> But i don't like these modern mur derous weapons from Krupp's great guns down to tiic mean, little, sly, devilish, hip-pqeket pistol. I wish they were all aimlished. especially the pistol. I - verily believe that .fudge Ha'iiHiond told the truth when he Charged the grand jury that every hian who curried one ulmnt with him was a coward. " Yes. gentlemen, I charge yon that a in&n who carries a pistol habitually has got a streak of cowardice running ilown his buck* Abel*#, But the. ohM.ime rifle- is a quiet. pence<We gun. it -m-dipniHed. - 4tr make* but little noise, and it takes a cool, unexcited man to use it in a proper manner. A man who is nurd enough witftwnnothrr to kill him never says “I'll get a rifle and shoot him.’’ But he says, "I'll get me a double-bar reled shotgun anil blow his brain* out," or elae he slips up on him with one of these little, dirty, sneaking pistol* and shoots him unawares. But the tnilleniiun .hnsu't come yet, and folks will keep oh killings folks awhile longer. Kver since t'din killed Alsd and l.amoeh killed the. young man. folks have Wen killing folks and the devil is at the Jiottom of it all - will the time ever come when a man will not resist evil; when the Christian who is stricken on one cheek will turn thn other to his foe? TMd the Savior mean that? If he did. how many Christians are there? 1ULC ARI\ THEiSIATKOF SOUTH t'AKOI.INA BARXWEI.fa COUNTY. IN niK COt'HT 111 rKOII.nK. By .la- O. Butter son, K-q., Judge of , Brobatfi in Biirnwell Countj'. IVJiereas .1. S. Hureklialter applies for Betters of A.dmiiiistratioii on the estate of .1. II. Burekli.ilter, deceased. Tliuse are, therefore, to cite and nd- ui'viiislr all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to lie and appear before Meat aCourtof pro bate for the said county, t« he holden at Barnwell ('. II. on Saturdsy, the .‘intli day of Si»| tenilier, |s!i;t, at 11 o'clock a. in., to show cause, if any, why the said administration slotttlii not Ik* granted. Given under my liaiidan.i the seal of TTfe Court tlii> 1 Itlidayof Se|iternher A. I>. iHlt.’l, and in tliel IHtlCj ear of Ameri can Independence. ; JAS. O. I’ATTKRaSOX, Proliate Judge. hole. If tlie touch hole was stopped up there was « “flash in the pan" and t hat was all. M the flint did not make a spark, then the rule was "to “pick your flint and try it again.” The half of one sidu is told they are as quick | ^ der ‘° lhe }\?}* J"? , , . • . the pruning, and if it Wliirnot securelr f spread tlie new* and exaggerate the by tht . frir.zen and got wet i detail* a* the proverbial women’* tea parties of old times. A ml they do Wore mischief too, having larger audivnee* mnd leaa cnnecielit-u Liian tlieir feminine propitj’pes. “We have in .our mind’s eye now a ♦he rain, it w^uld not ignite and hence the soldier wa*.enjoined to “keep your phwder dry.’’ These old time expres sions are still familiar and historic. Sometimes wq still , hear a baekwoodo- man suy “now cut your putchin,” which is an expression of defiance and dozen “esteemed conteinjiorarieii” who comes from the manner of loading a have trauagresaed'in that i ay since the ! rifle. A small piece of cluth or rag xjvoimrt. Ttii we an* not eon- was lni ' 1 OTer the nmszle, the bub i Abandoned Land Sale. BY YIIM'CE of aeertnin exeeution from A. K. Free, Treasurt'r of Barnw ell Coi:ti«y, S. to me directed ai.d lodged in my oftlee, | will offer for sale on Monday, October 2d IHit.’J, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., at tlie ri»k of the former purchaser, tiic following deserUied property, to w it: ' Two Imndn'd t2W)) aefes In Sycamore towuvhip, known as John Connelly land. AT.HO, Seventy-four (74) acres in Midway township, knots'll a* Simmon* Bay Cy press Bond. J. W. LANCASTER, S. B.C. Barnwell, S. C., fiopr.T I, iHfl.'t. South Carolina, Barnwell County. In Re Estate of John R. Turner, de- ceased. Tii is i* to give not lea that application lias been made to me to have appraised ami set off to J. Rufus Turner, for him self. Mud for Joe A Tnrner»Mrs. Emily l>. Rarbar*, Sallle Turner and Rebecca Turner, children of John R. Turner, deceased, late of Stateaud county afore said, a homestead exemption of one thousand dmlais in the realty and of live hundred dollars in the personalty of tlieestateol the said John R. Turner, dow—wi: '~~ r ~ ; \ A. HOWARD B ATT ERROR, sept 14 Ma«ter. + Master’s Sale. StAty. or Soctii Carolina, liAKN .VBLL C'Ot'NTY. E. W. Holman, BlaintiiT, against Ann Jjong, Defendanr. FORKCLOgt'KK. IW VIUTCKof a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause- I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday the second day of October 1 Nit;’, it being *n!e*day in /aid month, Within the legal hours of sale, the following describe.l real e* ate: Thirteen (Bi; acres of land, whicli l* a purt**of the tract of land known as Hie Mixspn I’luce, this day conveyed l'> tne liy Isabel A. HoIiiimii, aud bounded on tiie North by land* of the said Isabel A. Iloimati, on tlie ■’South hy tlie (4reat Salt- TnTtTTiTeTnvTTrTTjih^ie T^sTTj v^fl 077 Of JuHaC, Baker and on tho West by lauds of William Bong and W. Ct .'Simms ■. . — . ..■ caslj. Btirehaser to pay for AOIOW A It I) rJLTT K liiOX, for /tent and Safe. We represent tlie Corbin Banking Company in Aiken ami Barn will coun- Ucr, ainidiavc for rent or sale a number of valuable places In these coiurtia*. Bertona desiring to buy or reiA good places on good terms will do well to call or write. . ' BATES A RIM MS. eeptl4-tf Barnwell, S. C. Debtors and Creditors. All persons having claims against tlie estate of J K. Cochran, d<*cea»ed, are requested to present them dulVattested and all |>crsoiis indebted to the said es- tas« aye required to make payment to the umlertigned. T. S. DI N BAR, Executor. HattleviBe, S. Sept. 14, IBM. {!it Homestead Notice. South Carolina, Barnwell Countt. Kx parte Mrs. Frances Folk. This is to give notice that Mrs. Fran ces Folk ha* applied to me tO Jiave ap praised and set off for her a homestead exemption of one thousand dollars in the realty and five hundred dollar* in the personalty Of tlie estate of her lat*^ husband J. Frank Folk. A. HOWARD B ATTERSON, 17.1XM. ^ ** Master. i_ aug sept 11 Master. Master’s Safe. 1_ —— ^ 'j— State ok South Carolina, ^ Barnwsll County. » Sal lie A. Fiiunitig, It. B Fatining nr.d I,. A. Fa'tiliing, Blaiulifl*, against Mamie K. Fanning. Arthur B. Fan- uihg, (ieorge W Faiiniiig, <>oldie B. Faiiuiiig. Julia Y. Fanning, Bettit B. FannIng ami Hui bei t FaiinThg^De— fetidatils. —■ • fakhtion. BY \ IR’I l^E of a decretal order to me direct' d in the above entitled cau«e 1 vill -ejl at 'liarinvell,Jo front of tint Court House <ui Monday tlie second day of October 1S!»;(, it being salesday in said Jimtitlq within tlie legal hours of sale, the following described real estate. All that certain tract or plantation ot land, slttnited, lying ami being in the County of Barnwell, State aforesaid, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, and hounded as follows: On the North by lands of J. G.G. Fun ning, on the East by Yarrow liraneii. on the South liy lands of William Joiin- >* ui, and on the Wes thy lands of Jacob Weeks. Terms cash Purchaser to pay for p«|K*rs. 1 > A HOWARD PATTERSON, septli Master. TREASURER’S NOTICE.' County Tkkasukkk’* Office, Barnwell C. il., S. C.,Sept 11,1803. The Treasurer w ill aU-nd at the fol lowing places at the time below *tHted to receive the Taxes for the flea! year commencing Nov, isj 1892 :• . . Snelling’s More, Mondar, Oirtober Ifi. l * .. j > .. II..* it \ The Barnwell Oil Company. BARN WEBT7-S. C., .Vug. 2It, l*‘t8. The Barnwell Oif Co. I* now ready to Gin your Cotton ami buy your^Cotton Seed. Charge for-ginning is v 30 Cents per Hundred. Bagging and Ties furnished at Sev- • - ■ X. enty-rtve Cents per Bale. : A-sh-ey ’* home store, Wodnogday OaH.- I«. —Fuj*p-’s Store, 'l'hursday,Oct. Ut. Baldm^ Fsiday, Oct. 10 Dumhtu hams’ Store, Saturdav, Oct. 21. Applwfon, Monday. Ovt 23. Allemlale, Tuesday ami Wednesday, Oct. 24 and 2.'» Sycamore, Tintrsday.Oct. 2<>. Ulmers, Friday, Oct. 27. Ktnard’s Store, Saturday, Oct. 28. Khrliardt’s. Monday, Ojet. 30. Hunter’s, Tuesday. Oct. 31. Buddyfbttrg. Wednesday, Nov. 1. M idwar. Tit it rsday, Nov. 2. Bamberg, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4. Denmark Crossing, Monday, Nov. fl. Biackville, Tuesday aid Wednesday, Nov. 7 and 8. Williston, Thursday,.Nov. J>. Turkey Creek hchool House, Frldav, Nov. 10. . ~ Gt orges ( / fee?k, Saturday. Nov. 11. >Iaj. Kearse’s Store, Monday,‘N-.v. 13, TAX BEVY. Bevv for State mill*. Bevy for Ordinary County .51 mins, Bevv for School . ... .2 mills. Total -.13 mills. Tax Execution Sale. ^>r. W. B. Steedioy, eighty-eigbt (88) acres, Midway towVrship', hounded by Mrs.John Wlict*tmie.Miid ottiers^ ALSO, . , Myers Bonapart, liftv (50) acres, I All Special School District* liRve an additional levy of 2 mills except Willls- ton, which lias milt*, Oak Grove I mill and Barnwell 3 mill* National Bank bills, gold and silver coin receivable for taxes REMEMBER. The Tax Book opens the 15Mi October and will eln*« on the 3l*r Decemlier, without penalty, ami no exten«ton. From the3;st Dct:emher to 15th Jan uary 1801 taxes will he received with 1-V per cent, jvn illy, alter which time Ex ecution* w ill be written up on ail dc- liliqiieiit taxes, ' All persons writing to' know the amount of their taxes nius^do *o hy tlie loth December or they cHiiTiot be an swered- <* . . < - A. FaFREK, Treas B C. !Notke of Application for Chart r. On the fith day of October next Benj McCreary, llobt. Johnson and otlieja w HI apply hi tlie (!!i>rk ol Hie Court of Barnwell County for dwter to organ ize a Christian Socli ty, to i»e kn >wn a* The Young Christian Working Soidetr, scptli-lw Piaal Dischargt. Nodd* is Jmteby given that the tin- dersiEURil will tile iii- tinal xceomit with .1. O. Patterson, Esq , Judge.of Probate, on Monday, the 2d day of Oc tober, 18 W, at id o’clock in the foreoiKUi, a* Guardian of Wllflclilack and ask for Better* Dlsmissorv. H. J. MOODY, Guardian. sepT v ROAD NOTICE. i . ■ ..... The County Commissioner* w ill eon- shfer at their regular meeting, Tuitsday, 7U» Noveinl»ef, Ipil.'l, a (Htiiioii asking that the now road, recently opened through property of Mrs. K. M. Ken- nerly, leading from Denmark towanls troversie* p* “to speesfy,” bdt T 1 * 1 ^ “P 0 " U 4 do '' n - ,.jT, , * . ■, | into the bore ju«t enough bo clear the h eture to set them to :■ ^ ^ ^ the Uloth or j*tch tliiiiU0(»^ Twy Hre on ooth of j 0 ff smooth with the top of . the tiic political fence, amt the last one ot gun. The patMitn had to be Just them won Id kno wbe.ter irUwdlTia'Uke'" thick »rt«~AH*Twnev gb *TTBl) acr.s la Great Cypres* township, tune to th iik. TUDcap wiiltitag.md doxvn light when oroed by the ram- bounddihjW M^ l^v^ea^And otJwa. Iron tided hv JowcrsamloU.ors, in Bar.,: | ,lo "V V Kord, be deelared a public mad. well towmsliip, for two{’2) yea s, . A) I'*™ ‘I* to grauHrjg 1 * ' 7j » * • • of said petition will present tlieir ob jections to tiic Board on the 7th No vember. ’ y If there lie no objection and right of way be. givep the petition will be gbintod. ALSO. Silaa Cgve, one liundre«I and four loaMy hij, hsEds. By order of the Board., M. J. Bi rr, Clerk Highest Cash price paid for COTTON SEED. J. ABBEN TOBIN, Secretary and 'Irtasurer. might TO THE AFFLICTED. Depot for South Carolina -—FOR DR M’KAUE’3 CURE FOR ORGANIC STRICTURE- AX1> ALL KIDNEY COMCLAINI*. This meillelns is taken -internally— only two doses every twenty-four hour*—and is an absolute cure for or ganic stricture and all kidney diseases. It cures strictur« without pain, ineou- veniehce l! dr'the loss of one moment’s time from any employment. Na pain in kidney complaint unless there are complications It cures gravel or stone, “by softening it and passing it on t in t be urine iu tlie form of a sediment or flue To all parties having Sewlpg Ma- chine* amt desiring to have them put ic g«a*d rtnining order, the undersigned is prepared t* tlo the. work. - Satisfac tion given on all work. 1 will attend calls through the coun try. Charge* reasonable, aeeotding to distance, in writing please state tow nshii, and locality. 8 W. BBANTON, 3ino* Williston, 8. C. New Ijsile of State Bonds. THE BANK OF B^RNWEBl- _ is prepared to receive subxeriptions the State of South CnroiiiiH.!No5» i TAX A- BBE 4'j per cent BfiXDS. Funds invested in tliese Bonds-being by Act oftlie I egislattire FREE from all State. County ami Municipal, taxes, make them especially ucsitable. as jin investment. Further information cheerfully given upon Inquiry at our Banking House. •r F. C. BUTLER, Cashier. tt6-0 apri >mos. ■~y .<■ ey for YoU —AND— n Family. ’-Y” 5 OR yop oNce More. WILLIAM McNAB has moved up from his temporary summer retreat and i* now fully ready *«r the fall trade. He give* his beet thanks to his many friend* for their good patronage in the pa«t and for the free aud full sympathy of ilielf words for the low of irti etd stand and atock by tire. With a fresh anil complete stock of new goods suited to the need* of the people of thl* section ke cordialU aske and confldently expect* f continuant# of past patronage "at the ritie fur hi* fam- —-A'wise tnati will prov ilgiind old age. The best way to do .this is to get an Kndowment and annu ity policy in the Strongest (,’flmpanv in tlie United SUte'v.-Htt-Pfwrnix of HATT ford. You will be able to lay down and sleep, knowing your family is pro vided, for id caae sjj^ulU xtle.'~ Don't delay, to-day is the time J.M.HAIR, ♦ ■ r- ; r ~ - ~ - ; Williston 8. C. The Phttitix give* thr best policy of any old line company. tr ■ _ . \ X A Perfect Success. We have control for this county of the only succej«fu] Gasoline 8el! heat ing Flat Iron in the vorld. As a blessing to house kee|*ers tiic • English Language i» too poor te do it justice! -■ • His »u fe r -Ught,' <dea n, ea«il y Band led aiuTsave* a worhi <ff work to house kce)K?r«. ft gets ready for work in five minutes am! never tire* until its ta-k is done. ft costs a quarter of a cent for two lioufs of ironing ami doe* away w ith smoke, soot,a^hts, hot joom> ansi w<sk1 or stove flres. Every man who regards tlie comfort of wife or daughter should get (me. Every woman who w is|,e- to preserve her health am) happiness should have one. With it ironing is a breakfa-t s|H*ll and she is superior to uncertain servants. Cull and see it work or write for fuller Information to Mo!air & Califf, Barnwell, S C. Machinery For Sale. 1 Eight Horse Bower Bigelow Boiler and Engine, 1 Forty-rive Saw (rtf, and Condenser, 1 Scofield Iron Colton >crew for sale on reasonable terms. For prices and particular* app’v to B. J. DREW, Jniy6-2tii<w' .Biackville, S. C. South Side Store, DICKS BRICK BUILDING, ' South West Corner of the Public Square, Hard times hava come upon rheconn-. try i»mi as a necessary consequence high prices have been driven away. I shall do my best to k^ep up the.quaran- tme against their return. W Idle 1 cannot, a*, a candidate for business, promise to inaKf fY^ry man, ‘ c» Viv w oman and child who kmy favor me with custom happy, liandsomc, healtliy aiid prosfwrous I very w illingly pledge ntyiu-ff trO deal with perfect falrnes#. f will be content witli quick sales and small profits and shall sell goods on their merits. I will give thf l>est price* for cotton artd country pt/.duce that straight hus- iness can aiiond. Asking my fiiend* particularly and the puhlic jr/tierall.v to call upon me in my new qu/.rter* before buying or sei- ling Wait With a Welcome. ’ WILLIAM McNAB. BARNWELL, S. C \ THE NEWS. A- ■< 9 I liave numbers of letter* from people in Barnwell county who have been cured ami are befog cured. I am now selling it in Elko, Barn well, Bong Branch neighborhood, Af- leudalo, Sycamore, Olar, Biackville. Colleton County, Grahumville, Charles ton, Orangeburg, St. Mafthe.ws, Colnm- bi.x, Greenwood, Bow inlcsvlMc, Edge- fl"ld, Anderson, Spartanburg, Newber ry. Pickens, WlnnstHira. Sumter, Flor ence, Darlington, Camden and Lancas ter, Augusta, Ga., Baltimore, Aid , Lynchburg, Va.. Popoino,. Pennsyl.vt- uia, Goehcn, Indiana, Kentucky—with best result*. ” '/T’* I guarantee a cure. -If any one will take two bottles of this Medicine, Vud lie or she are not sufllciently beneiitted to induce them to continue u»e, 1 w ill refund their money. This Medicine can only he obtained by ordering direct front me. It will he sent by mall on receipt of price, $•;! 00 to any part of North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia and Alabama. I n order ing say whether for stricture or kidney disease. If you are suffering, give it a fiai, if it does nut do what I promise for it your mou-y will.lie returned without delay or tninble to you. which is more than any doctor or druggist will do for you. 0. K. RY/iN, Barnwell, S. C. Officii of County ) COMMISSlONKKfl. f * - .-.J j Barnw ki.l, S. C. April 4th 7 1803. Hereafter no hill agahnt M)e County of any natuie willlie paid unless an ol der I* first obtained from the Clerk of tlie County Cuttiinlssioiiers. By order of Board. M J. PATE, CWk. OWwt traraM for obi Oar pmlmt* la Anrio. tLMttJjLfSjuuZ Lamat elwsilanoa of work -AnHartirtir in rta tba “ at fort Cur^ - .Kaljawvji*, fi^r&aamny. Geo. W* Croft, J. B. Burckhaltrr, ? Aiken, 8. C. Barnwell, S. Cr Croft & Burckbafter, • Jk r r*rORNB- Vt4 AT X-A W BARN W’EBB C. 41., 8 C. Will pracfii*e In all tlie Court* of tins State and in the United States Court*. MN*€rnft will altendj.the Courts ol Barnwell Comity and all matters of Im portance will receive thh iwraonaP at tention of each member fit the iirui. m»y 29-lf ■ Plakd'ie ripened politty.i: plums and the iimlTitude must wait and watch to gath er auch sliares an tiie tax laws and the wholesome adm ni-tration of affairs in State and County may allow them. Bur 11 the defeated candidate and tlie un ambitious citizen Relief Is nearer, surer and aplenty for , everybody, vnd the way to get there is so plaiu and easy that no one need go astray. I>f. G. W. Waikeri ^AIN STREET, BARN WELD S Cm has-kept busy during the dull summer month* in studying the markets and collecting bargains fminall the leading cities and tnauulactories until he ha> packed every shelf and tilled every nook and corner with a stock of General Mer chandise that Is perfect in completeness and beyond all coni|>etition in cheap ness. Town people say I am overstocked, but 1 know better It might, be so if I wero to depend entirely on Barnwell trade, but when mv country friends and the general public Hnd out how Isrge my stock and how low mv price* they will share in the benefit* offered by my e>perienee and energy iu serving their wants. Che-ap and good goods make up for the low price of cotton. Ho 1 invite everybody from everywhere to -come u>*ee mv goods and And out my prioes. 1 don’t undertake to catalogue them for Ihe li»t would be too long for publication, i can suit ail buyers in all lines and ail that I ask is a fair chance to prove uty words good. Come to Headquarters early and of ten, singly and in score* and’yen will be welcome. X. G. W, WALKER. Your '■ , Please. Having decided to make n change in my investment* 1 offer for sale the fol lowing property on easy jenn* and at prices to wit the times: ( My well (quipped mill*, one 40 Horse Bower Atlas Engine, one 25 Horse Bower Ain- » Engine, 1 Plainer, 1 Gang Edgcr, Bathe Mill and Corn Mill. Six Mules, 5Carts, 2 Wagon*, 200,000 feet of d ry and seasoned side board*. 8even.dinpdrfcd acres of land', three mite* South of BGckvtile. known as the jdxw.ker.-Pl*c/V well improved, with gin house, dwelling of rive rooms, ten ant* houses, and all necessary »ut- biuldings, 300 cleared, balance wootl Uhd. * ■ . * ' 1 mean business and will he glad to see or correspond with any one desiring Pi secure the best pro|icrty offered for sale in Barnwell Countv in ten year*. W.8.H. BROOK EK, Biackville, S. C, ^ The Graded School. Exercise* will lie resumed Monday, 41th SeuMinber, at 0 o’clock, a. m, Tuttw* w HI be clutrged per mouth as follow* l r Fiist and Sbeond Grades Third and Fourth “ v .. Fifth and Hixth “ BeVeuib and Eighth “ Ninth Grade., tl.25 2.00 2.50 2.75 :too and such Tuition must be pgit) in advance no pupil will be enrolled until pa> uient is made. ' GEO. II. KATES, Cliairmaii A. T. W OODWARD, Secretary. * NT'.M S and GOOD NEWS too for ev- erybody who want* the newest nicest g<"*ds at thevrry lowest living hard pan prices ever attempted in old Barnwell Just Received - FIKST SPRING DRYGOODS. . Calicoes, Drrs* Goods, Groceries, Hardware. Tin and Wooden ware.an.1, in sliort, all goods that sensible people need at this time of the year, all cheap for casli or country produce. Mr. Ben Davies, in charge, will be glad to «ee and serve Ids former cus tomer* and tiic general public. CHARLES PEC'HMAXjr f 11. F. BUST, A-BUIST, Jr. H. F. BUIST k BRO. BBA< KVIBBF^S. C. —Dealer* In— COFFINS and CASKETS ABB S1YBKS, GUaBITIES, ah» SIZES Order* promptly filled and competi tion in price* defied, march!)-1 y / R. A- Filis, G, .M. ji M KFH ELihIS& GREENE ' A.TT< > I t>i fOY** .AT L..A, W, l BARNW EBB, 8. C. Will practice in ail tlie Com Is of the State and United States and give prom pt liersoiial attention n» at. business en trusted to ilmm. d**! I.Vly (i . T. B. ELLIS. Jr., \ Surveyor and Civil Engipect, Special attention giren to the cqmpntatioa of water-p<rw<-n>, ievehng and dratnage. A postal card iui<lm*<<-d to me at Maitin*, 8. C. will receive prompt attention, octl.un ivr w WAhlTfep. A large tract of land, not less than 1,0<I0 acres clay subaoll, well improved w ill p*y ca*h. Address M.(!y e Bvrswfll Pron.R with stamps ftyrreplv. Giie complete tlescriiitlon oj^rand and low est price. EON SALE.' . ' y> • X 1 otter (dr sale tlie lands knowrras the Bull Pond Place, containing 000 acres, more or lee*. These fl„ c day lamia lie around historic, old Bull Pond from w liicli the Townuhllv get* It* name, mid way l>etween ABetidale and Matthewa Bluff They are specially adapted 4o the grow Ui of cotton and tobacco, aim) are capable of unlimited improvement. ( There is a small dwelling and several ’tenant house* on the place, in fair con dition. A tine stream of water run* through it amUihore Is abundant past urage for stock, winter anil summery ^ eu far $5.(10 per acre, onC-thl4 cash, balance iu one and two years— bond and mortgage at 8 per cent. J. J. BROWN* W’P 111 - - -Barnwell, 8. C. South Carolina College, ^ COLUMBIA,8.C. _ Sessfon hcgiiisSeptombcr 2«th Fo.tr Course*: Classical, IJtorarv, Scien* tlflc. and Jaw ; p Uh elective studio* ia 'V*" er New Gynmaalum. « ell appointed UhWAtorfes,Glie,«lcaB Physical, Biological, etc, Neceaearv Kxjvense*, from $145 to $$1U. For further Infonnatiou address the President. _ JAMES WOOTvRgW. TO RENT. Ihe James C. Brown House, near the Depot, and Graded School, the moat healthful and desirable residenea In Barnwell. Good water, delightful shade*, beat neighbors. CUA8. PKCIIMANN. ilaiuwell, fit, G.