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I—" MY LITIXK PLAYM4TK. I'm thinking Of a playmate, Who made my childhood lilewt. Within the quiet churchyard, She lies at peaceful rest. Light as the winged teph> r, rr»e as the birds of air. We roamed the hills and Talleys f When summer skies were fair. i ••• ' i' . • ; <V Sweet little brown eyed JCffle, With heart so full of Ioth. She seemed to lire for others - An amp I from almve, O friend so true and faithful, O playmate kind and dear, Blest,with thy sunny presence. It s-eetned as lie Ten were here. At last, her feet grew weary. Along lifej* rugger! way; She sank In gentle « umber One lovely autumn day. A strange unearthly beauty Across her features spread, Then up the golden gateway On snowy wings she sped. Where the nT^TriTnBs softly wh£j?er, And stars their vigil keep. And streamlets gently murmur. We laid her down to sleep. While I life’s storm breasted * I Through all these weary years, My platmate dear haa mated Secure from grief and fears * 41 THREE DIAMOND RINGS There had been > thunder shower in the night. All the pink, shell-like petals were beaten olf the apple- blooms; the high grass in the orchard lay in long, Hat waves close to the ground ; the very daffodils and tulips in the borders were crushed into the rich black mould; and Janie Barr was trying to tie them up again with as “ tender a sympathy as if they had been little children fallen down. When suddenly Mrs. Barrvamc out with a perturbed face. “There!” said she. “1 knew there Would be trouble.'’ “What is it, motherf” said Janie, cheerily. . ' “It's those worn out shingles on the roof,” said Mrs. Barr, in the melan choly half-whine which was habitual toher. “The rain leaked in on the boarder's bureau all night long and she says she won’t stay hefe if she isn’t to be properly protected from the elements.” Janie tied the last puce-colored tulip to its stake and straightened herself up. [ “We must have the roof mended,” said she. “Who is to do itf” sighed Mrs. Barr. “There ain't a carpenter to be had since Squire Follett commenced the now cottages, and even Cra/.y Jim won’t go up on that steep roof. And if Mrs. I>epell goes away what shall we do about the interest on your father’s old notef” . “She won’t go away,mother- 7 never fear,” said Janie, brightly. “Don’t fret. You’ll see that things will all come right.” “But the shingles must be fixed right away,” said Mrs. Barr. “They shall be fixed, mother,” said Janie. “Who will do it?” impatiently re pealed the widow. “I will 1” said Janie. “That’s all nonsense!” groaned Mrs Barr. “Why shouldn't I mother?” san Janie, merrily. “Of course 1 haven' been brought up to a carpenter's trade, but any one could manage a few shin gles and a handful pf nails. You shal see, little mother! Only wait!” VJanie, if you think of such i thing, I shall be very angry!” saiii Mrs. Barr. “Then I’ll leave otT thinking of H,’ said Janie. “Where’s the baslcet am the claspkuifc mother? I am going to cut some dandelion greens for din nerr”— “Of course' she is only'joking, said Mrs. Barr to herself as she re turned slowly to the house. But Janie nad never been more seri ously in earnest in her life. Mrs. Barr went to the Danish Hew ing Society that afternoon. Colonel Addison from the Valley Hotel, who was paying his addresses to Mrs. Ijenell, the Inlander came with a spirited horse and a buggy' to tak< her to the sea-beach, where a merry bathing party were to take advantage of the tide and practice the noble art of swimming. “Now is my time!’’ said Janie ex ultantly to herself. But >lrs. Ijepell came back before she had got twenty rods away from the house. “Janie,” said she, “I forgot to tell you that I had left my three' diamond rings in the little left-hand drawer of r the bureau. I might lose them in the water. I thought I would tell you, in ease of fire, you know, or any' other accident” “Yes,” said Janie; “but there won’t lie any accident.” * Mrs. Lepell laughed, and ran back to the carriage and the impatieqt col onel. And not till then did Janie perceive that a tall, half-grown lad, lurking behind the porch rails, was waiting to speak to her. “Who are you!” said Janie, briskly. “What do you want? No, we haven’t any qld clothes. If you really want work, you had better go on to the new buildings, a mile up the road. I dare say they can find some thing for you to do there.” The lad mumbled out something, whether thanks or otherwise Janie was unable to discriminate, and shuf fled away'. 53E Light as thistledown, Janie hurried hack with her precious bundle of thin gles, and the pound of nails in her pocket. “Now I’ll show thenxjjvhether I can mend the roof or not, wiuuie, as, with a hammer added to her stock in trade, she ascended to the garret and climbed to an odd little ladder that led out through a rusty trap-door to the steep roof. The slant was abrupt, the old shin gles were wet with the recent rain, and slippery with green moss incrus tat ions, but Janie Barr was not one lightly to be discouraged, and present ly she found herself neatly balanced with her feet brai'ed against the broad gutter, one elbow leaning on the roof and the other hand busily engaged tearing away the old shingles and re placing them deftly with overlapping rows of new, fragrant wood. The click of the hammer, the ring of the nails, was like music in hef ears. It meant that she had saved hermoth- er’s bill of several -dellars, ’ to spy nothing of mental tribulations whick could not be estimated; that Mrs. Lai jiell would still remain with them, and that she, Janie, had actually proved herself of some use in the world. I’ve always wished I had been born a lioy, instead of a girl,” mused Janie. “But now,” with an exultant glance at Urn neat row Pf shingles, “I am not so dissatisfied with my lot in life.” Suddenly, however, as she sat perched like a squirrel on the slanting ATMOSPHERE AND SOIL. HOW THEY HAVE AFFECTED CROPS OF THE STATE. THE roof, the sound of vnir-^ sirmik mi l:Jr [jiArnw'ell there lias keen considerably And, slipping outlier hat,and bolt ing the front door sha_nm, across the 4>ack meadows to.Ralph 1’arson’s car- . penter-shop, a quarter of a mile by the wood-path. “1 want a few shingles,”, said she, and a pound of shingle-nails.” “What for?’ Ralph asked. “No matter,” calmly retorted Jane, “How much will they cost ?” “They will cost you about a quar ter,” said Ralph. “Is it a hen-coop you’re going to build? Because if you’ll wait until Saturday, I could do it for you.” “It isn’t a hen-coop, and I can’t wait until Saturday,” said Janie, shaking the bright-brown curls out of her eyes. “Here’s the quarter. And you needn’t think, Ralph Parsons, that we are going to call upon you again until we’ve paid something on the bill that we owe you already.” She nodded good-by, and hurried aw*y under the canopy of pink ap ple blossoms. . Ralp looked admiringly alter her. “She’s a regular clipper of a girl, that Janie Barr!” said he. “If ever I’m able to support a wife, that will be the one I’ll choose.” ear, she paused to listen. “Three diamond rings! I heard her say so herself. In the lefthanddrawer of some bureau,” said the same ac cents, which half an hour, ago had asked her for charity. “And no one but a woman in the house!” “►Sure of that?” said a deeper voice. “Yes, plum sure”’was the answer. And I wouldn't wonder if there was other things for the picking up.” ‘Come on, then,’’said the other one, ‘ ami step lively. We can't stand here jawing all day. The door bolted, is it? Wait a minute. I’ve got a little joker hero as would start any staples ibis side of Denver.” Janie had listened in breathless horror. In an instant, as it were, she comprehended the full danger that menaced Mrs. l^tell's treasured gems the three diamond rings that the boarder had once told her were worth thousands of dollars. And here was she alone and.helpless! Hurriedly she turned over the crisis in her niinii. If she were to re-onter the house by the same way in which she had left it she must certainly meet these ru Ilians and any resistance which she could olfer would be speedily over powered. But Janie Barr was not one to hesitate long. While the thoughts yet careered through her brain, she sprang from the CaVes to the blooming boughs of the great cherry tree, which grew so close to the house that its branches scraped the roof on windy March days. It was a hazardous thing to do for any one who was not swift of limb and accurate of eye, but Janie alighted like a cat on the fork of the tree, climbed lightly down until she reached its lower bough, and thence leaped breathlessly to the ground, springing swiftly across the meadows toward Ralph Parsons'carpenter shop.' “If he is not there," she thought, some of his men will be.” “Janie, what is it?” Ralph Parsons himself rose up out of the green hedges, directly across her path. “I was drinking at the Ice Cold spring,” he said, “when I heaid your footateps.x What is it!” She told him as wejl as she could for excitement and breathlessness. “Come,”, site cried. “Do make haste He paused only to blow a small wil low whistle which hung on his stee guard. “That will bring uty workmen,”.he State Ob*«i v«r Iteuer’e Weekly llulletln of the Condition of the Weather end the Crepe—Kao.te and Figure*. Columbia, 8. C., July 24.—The fol lowing weekly bulletin^ of the condi tion of the weather and the crops in the Btate, issued yesterday by State Ob server Bauer, will be read with inter est by those who give their atten tion to agricultural conditions; Correspondents, as a rule, report that the condition of all the crops con tinues satisfactory, but there many ex- ceptions-from all parts of the State. Oood rain is the indicated need for a great portion of the State, as it was Uie ease last week, only the need for has become more urgent, for two ns, because in some portions of very little or no rain fell during t week, and because it was very hot week with less than the usual am ount of cloudiness to prevent the ground from drying quickly even where the rainfall was heaviest. The report*indicate that in Williamsburg Union counties the droughty condi tions are most severe and there com is firing badly. In portions of Aiken, Anderson, Pickens, Greenville and said. “Its a singal we have agreed upon among ourselves for just such an emergency as this. You and Jones Janie, shall go around to the back door, Hall and Robbins will watch the front, and I'll go upand settle the fel lows.” Janie glanced with shy-admiration into his set,—determined face. After all, it was something to be a man. The little campaign was skilfully conducted. The two jhievs were taken, the diamond rings were deliv ered into Janie JJarr’s keeping, and the ruffian's were dragged to the near est jail. “Oh, Ralph," said Janie, when al the little crowd was gone, “how can I ever thank you ?” He smiled. “By letting me put on these shing les for you,” he said. T can’t!” said Janie, laughing and blushing. “They are put on already. But I’ll promise you my next job of carpentering.” “Will you let me be your carpenter always, Janie?”/he asked. “Will you promise one day to be my wife?” The words had risen, almost invol untarily to his linsas he held her hand in his—-the words he had so longed, yet dreaded, to speak. And Janie hung Ijer head and col ored like a carnation and said she “would see.” And Ralph Parspns knew that he lad’Won the day. Mrs. Barr and the boarder were alike amazed when they returned “Our Janie to circumvent a gang of jurglars!” said the proud mother. ~ “To save my three diamond rings!” lysterically cried Mrs. Lepell. “But that isn't all I have done, mother,' said ^Janie laughing. *T lave sliiqgled the roof. And—I have promised to marry lialph Parsons next spring. Upon tlie whole. I think it has been rather an eventful day, mother, don't y<Ai?” Ynd Mrs. Barr did nat quite know what to answer.—Satuday Night. Silver City InuiMlatefc El Paso, Texas, July 23.—Silver City, New Mexico, was visited on Sat urday night by one of the most disas trous washouts in its history. The own is located on the side of a hill and in a gulch. A cloud burst above it, and .almost without warning an avalanche of water swept over the town from several points. Probably talf the business part was washed away and in the main street the sand and debris was piled up to the win dows of the houses. The postoflice milding was destroyed and the Tre- mout, Tiinmer and Broadway hotels were wrecked; in fact houses tumbled down all over town. Gillette & Son ost $12,000 worth of stock. Bridges were washed away and five miles of Santa Fe track was torn up. The weather isr still threatening. The loss is estimated at $150,000. Silver City has 3,(XX) inhabitant*. ‘ . , less than usual amount of rain since crop season began; in fact, with the possible exceptions of Newberry, Rich land and Fairfield, where there has been plenty of rain, it appears that in every county there are larger tracts where the summer's rainfall has been below the usual amount, and in such sections the crops are poorest, being slightly under an average condition, otherwise they are above the aver age. — There was a hail storm in the ex treme w<«tern portions of the State and in Chesterfield on the 15th, doing but Itttle damage; it was accompanied by a high wind in- places that blew down trees,’ stripped the green fruit from the trees, leveled corn and cotton fences, etc. The wind did matcral in jury over limited areas only. On the same daj£ there were heavy rains in Newberry, Richland, Fairfield and portions of Lexington counties that more or less injury by washing lands, overflowing creek bottoms, etc. The winds were generally from the south, southwest and west—very hot and drying. t ’ , There was more than the usual amount of sunshine except on the im mediate coast, where it was about nor mal. The temi>erature was very even dur ing the entire week, with maxima ranging from 88 to 102, and minima from 08 to 78 (exception noted.) The lowest maxima and highest minima occurred along the coast, and the interior, so that the daily mean tem- perature differed but little in the dif ferent jiortions of the State. The highest temperature reported was 102 on the 17th at Batesburg. The mean temjierature of the week Cor the State was about 82, and the norma' for the same period is approximately 82. The rain of the 15lh Was the heav ies and most general for a week past. On the 20th (Saturday) and 21st (Sun day) were light local showers in var ious parts of the State, but they were for the most insufficient for the grow ing crops. Of the thirty-seven stations reporting rainaduring the post week thirty-one report less than the usua amount and six more. The average o;’ the thirty-seven stations, including the rain of the 15th is 1.01 inches, am the normal for the same period is ap proximately 1.39 inches. As indicated above, the general con- dition of the crops imliiis- State is mi THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. How Senator II. R, Til FI* It. Branch villi:, July 24—When I wrote the summary of the suffrage schemes discussed by the leaders^ which I send, in with this, I had no idea tnat it was so soon to receive di rect corrolioration from the man who has been the head of the Reform movement from its very inception. But at a meeting- held at Hunter's Ferry, ten miles from this place in Barnwell County Tuesday, Senator Tillman made a speech in which he handled the matter, and I am able to quote his exact language on the scheme. The meeting was one of the Barnwell County campaign meetings and during the forenoon speeches were made by the candidates in the county for deleijjatm- U> the Constitutional Convention, There were about 600 persons present, nearly all of them being Reformers and about seventy- five being ladies. An excellent din ner was served, after which Governor Evans spoke, and then Senator Till man faoed the crowd. *, ’ - He came out squarely and gave the scheme for the regulation of the suff rage. making reference to his remark at Ridgeway when advocating the calling of the Constitutional Conven tion in which he asked the people to trust him aud vote for the convention. He stated too that in the spring after T longer as unformly good as heretofore, except that cotton has made great im- f irovement everywhere, the weather laving been just right for it. In places it is turning slightly yellow and in few places growing to much weed. In some localities it continues small, and in others has attained a seasonable .growth, but everywhere it is fruiting well with very little shedding! Lice have entirely disappeared. Rust has formed on sandy land in some places, otherwise the crop is clean and free from pests. It is being, or has been, laid by generally. In the eastern portions of the State and where rains were sufficient the earthly corn crop is safe arid is a fine one; westward, and where the rains were wanting, it is in a critical stage, but as yet looks promising. Bottom land corn is looking very fine every where and is being laid by generally. The present prospect is that the entire corn crop will be an extra large one this year, lonly a small portion of which is already made. The pea crop has improved and a good stand has been attained in most P laces. Some being shown even now n places pods are large enough for licking. Sweet potato slips are doing well, iut the crop still promises less than an average one, owing to the reduced acre age. Second crop of Irish potatoes be ing planted. Cutting and curing tobacco is the oixler"of work in Williamsburg, Flor ence Darlington, and to a. less .extent in a few other counties. The entire crop is said to be a fine one of superior quality. General perparations are bei ng made or planting fall vegetables. Some turnips are being sown and a large acreage idicated. Fruit continues plentiful generally, jiit-in Florence .county it is said to be scarce. Apples'appear generally to be inferior and unsound. The second crop of figs promises to be a large one in the eastern portion of the State. I-arge shipments of water and musk melons were made northern and west ern - markets,. nevertheless the local markets are glutted and prices very 'ow. Gardens are practically ruined over a large part of the State, as the weath er has been too hot and dry for them, yet fine okra and tomatoes are in ab undance. __ German millet is grbwingArell, and so are sorgum cane, rice, peanuts, and pastures. , The prospects, in general, are very encouraging at this midsummer season when nearly all crops ..have been laid iy and are entenng their third or last stage, which ends with fructescence. A spring ^asliion item says: “’Hbere is hut little change in coats” aim to this a country editor adds: It is the same with pantaloons if everybody’s are like ours. There is very little ‘change” in them, especially > in the pockets. notice on all opposed to the Mississip pi plan to get ready for the near fu ture. Then he fully disclosed the scheme as follows: ‘ T had given a real deal of thought to this matter, 'lie 15th amendment is an insupera ble bar to a permanent and lasting ar rangement. Any scheme that may he adopted can only be temporary and will be largely dependent on white unity, as it is upon the administration of the law rather than, in its language wejnust rely. This has be*n the case with the registration law and the eight box law. As long as ‘no dis crimination on account of race or color can be made, even an educa tional qualification pure aind simple would only serve its purpose of tlis- franchising the negro w’hile he re- S iains ignorant. How then can we isfranchise illiterate negroes without at the same time taking the right of suffrage from the class of white men? It is easy enough and cannot be called a fraudulent system. The Mississippi constitution provides that every voter must be registered and that the appli cant for registration must be able to read a clause in the constitution or be able to understand and explain i ; , when read to him. The right to judge of the latter rests with the supervisor of registration. If the applicant can read ne must be registered and there fore be allowed to vote. “If he cannot, it is easy to see that the negro could not understand, while the whit* man would,? This is natural as the whites are the more intelligent race. Couple a provision forbidding registration after a conviction for enme, and require the applicant to be also possessed of a good moral charac ter, and you can see how many thous ands of negroes will be disfninchiset without fraud or without infringing on the 15th amendment to the Unite* States Constitution. Should we ever have a government that would appoint registration officers wanted to enrol the negroes as voters this scheme would not work. But there is a differ ence between having it in the constitu tion and depending on the eight box ami registration laws. A defeated mi nority of white men could never ob tain control of the government by us ing the negro vote. Such a minority must obtain control of the govenment by obtaining a white majority first, and it would then have no need of the negro. “Another safeguard would be to provide that no illiterate person fail ing of the necessary requirments for registrtition will be eligible after five E ears the requirements for registration e the ability to read and write pure and simple. This would act as a spur to men of both races to fit themselves for the stifferage and would not “SILVER DICK” BLAND. LAUNCHED AND ' RIGGED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. J Opv. Stone of Mlmonrl, IloAe the Orntorlcnl *. f Act nt the Meeting of Silver Kdltora—Mr, Rlnml Spenka. c * i Sedalia, Mo., July 23.—The Blanc Presidential boom is a thing of cer tainty now. It was launched here today by Governor Stone himself in an oratorical effort before the free sil ver Democratic editors. The mention of Bland's name and the connection in which it was used, brought forth storm of applause and snouts. The Governor during his remarks had de picted the general distress and hart times daring the recent panic and con eluded in his most impressive and sig nificant style byaayiDg: “And these things will so continue unless a man like Honest Dick Bland is nominated for President.” Elks Hall, in which the fn-st portion of tlie afternoon meeting was held; fairly shook with the enthusiastic cheering of this sentiment. In spite of Mr. Bland’s seeming in difference to the chatter and gqssip in connection with his name, as a Presi dential possibility, it is not denied here tonight by his friends that “Silver Dick’.’ may attempt to come before tli# Trenton, N. J., July 24.—John S. B (kill ins, the negro who shot and killed g Frederick Ohl, the Princeton student, and who was last week found guilty of murder in the second degree, was- sentenced this morning to twenty years at hard labor in the State prison, lie pleaded non vult contendere to the indictment for atrocious assault upori Garret Cochran, the student, who was with Ohl in the fracas ami got ten years more, but the sentences are to run concurrently and therefore, the first one only counts. In' pronounc ing the sentence, Judge Gummer said that had the jury’s verdict been mur der in the first degree, the court would have considered it a proper judgment Collins smiled as he stood up to re ceive his sentence, His council hav ing saved his life, had nothing further to say for him. thorough test of your new “Superior,” 1 next Democratic national conventmyself perfectly satlsfled, In naway Inferior, it Is, as Its name implies. In many respects superior. Anticipating all re quirements, it Insures excellent work- combining simplicity and utility in. every detail. Its complete and beautiful stand is a fitting casket for the treasure within, and your reasonable price makes a first- class machine a possibility to those by whom it Is most needed 1 would like to see a new "Superior’ , in the home of every working woman in the land. Mrs. J. S. Reynolds. Columbia, 8. C., July 11,1895., . _. - j ■' -o— * The Machine above mentioned, with a .per petuate the confessedly obnoxious but necessary provision of trusting to the judgment of the supervisor. The charge that such a system would per petuate dishonest elections is false.” Continuing, Senator Tillman said : “If this scheme is not adopted, then, so far as I can sfce, there is nothing else to d& but have qualified woman's suffrage aud hide behind petticoats. I am perfectly willing to give the wo men of South Corolina the right to vote when asked for it, I don’t believe they wantjt, and until the do ask for it, I perfer the other plan.” » The above are Senator Tillman’s ex act words, and they pretty fully cover the all important matter. It may be added that this being the scheme tlie inaugurator of the Reform movement advocates, it will be almost certain to be adopted. Senator Tillman returned to his home at Trenton this evening, being accompanied by Governor Fvans. State. Ueutlemao, tut Well ax Soldier, Washington, July 23.—Initial steps were taken at one of the rivSr resorts ust below Washington last night ooking to the erection in New Qr- eans of a jstatue to Gen. W. S. Han cock, the hero of Gettysburg. The subject was fully discussed at an ex cursion given by the Confederate Vet erans, and attended by several hun dred Grand Army men as invited quests. Arrangement for this work iave been puj in the hands of Gen. leth,'and a plan will soon be out- ined for raising a fund among the soldiers who served in the Confeder ate army. It was thought fitting that a statue should be erected ip a repre sentative city of the extreme South, it having been suggested by the erec- ion in Chicago or the Confederate Veterans’ monument to six thousand Confederate dead buried there. Fatal Stroke of Lightning Varnville, July 19.-During a thun der storm that passed over this place this afternoon about 3 o'clock, light ning struck ■ a sycamore in front of ,he postoflice building. Four negroes were sitting under tne tree and tliree of them were killed outright and the other seriously injured. The killed are Boston McBride, about 50 years old; Wennie Simmons and Henry Smyth. Charlie McBride,, the fourth negro, Is expected to die at any mo ment. The ages of the three younger negroes are from 17 to 19. Mr. G. y B. lickman and other white men were erribly shocked. DrsGeothe and Vin cent were immediately summoned and administered to the want* of Charlie McBride. ^ with a hope to lead the hosts under the silver banner. He refuses to dis cuss the^matter except to say that his political aim at present is. simply to gei the Democratic party on its feet and U give it an issue, that if adopted wil surely mean victory for another four years. The conference of free silver editors was called to order at 10 o’clock today by President, W. F. Switzler, of the Bonneville Democrat. II. J. Grover of the Lexington In telligener, was chosen secretary. Com mittees were appointed on permanent organization and to prepare an address to the people of the State in the inter est of free silver after which the con fereuce adjourned until 1 p. m. The editors went to Association Park where Hon. R. P. Bland was presented to several hundred people and spoke, for nearly two hours. In his address, which was freqently ap plauded, Mr. Bland said: “There can be no greater question affecting the welfare of the people than the question of currency, and we are asked to become the advocates of a system of currency supplied by Nation al banks. The power to control the volume of the money of the country will necessarily result in the enslave ment of the people and the breaking down of the power-of the State. If all the facts stated in Mr. Carlisle’s speech in Memphis and other places can be true and if the doctrines he advocated are correct, then Democracy as taught in history and practised by our fathers was a fraud. Ratio is a constitutional question belonging to Congress, but justice must be done to silver by put ting it back right where it was in 1873. The duty of the present generation and the present time is to undo the wrong j^nd wipe out the crime.of 1873.’ In conclusion, Mr. Bland said: “In my opinion, the conspiracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe, to destroy by legislation, or otherwise from three sevenths lo one-half the metallic money of the world, is the most gigantic crime of the age or any other age. The consumma tion of such a scheme would ultimate ly entail more misery qpon tlie human race than all the wars, pestilence and famines that ever occurred in the his tory of the world. We still believe that silver’s restoration is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of this peo pie; and we will follow Carlisle aud his record as a member of dud not retary of tne Treasu ry At the conclusion of Mr. Bland's ad drOss a recess was taken and shortly after the noon hours, the editors met Congress in Elk’s Hall and permanently organ ized. These ate the officers eleetwi as recommended by thecommitteeon or. ganizalion,.ivhich has been appointed this morning: President, Col. YV. F. Switzler, Booneville; vice president, one for each Congressional district, secYetary, II. J. Groves, Lexington; treasurer, C. K. Weldon, of Nevada. The executive committee to consist of the elective officers. The 11th and 12th districts are not given representa tion, as the convention acknowledges them a* gold bug sections. At 2:30 tlie meeting was again call ed together, when Governor Stone made his address. In addition to launching Mr. Bland’s boom, the Gov ernor claimed that the issue could be dodged no longer. He claimed that free coinage had been the Democratic doctrine from the time of Jefferson and as monometallism had always been a Republican that those who wished to go upon plutocratic princi pies should be read out. of the party. He said that should the Democracy especially 5f Missouri follow the ideas of the national administration it would be confronted with the impossibility of botj> the great parties running upop the same issue. At the conclusion of iJie Governor's remarks the delegation as well as .several hundred visitors and Sedalia people, went again to Forest Park, where Senator Cockrell spoke two hours. At the night session of the convention the editors adopted an address to the people of the State on he silver question. Novice* in the Huslne**. Steei.eville, Mo., July 24.—Kim- )all Green, with his two brothers and : ather, /■ was tried for the murder and separate a neighbor.' Kimbal got a trial recently and was acquitted. Last night a mob of twenty men went to lis house, dragged him to a tree and strung him up. leaving him for dead, lis hands were free, he managed to cut himself down with a pocket knife. He came to town this morning and is sued warrants for two of the mob, whom he recognized. His neck and xxly show rough treatment. A Double Murder. Jacksonville, Fla., July 25.’—A special to theTimes-Union from West Palm Beach, Fla., says: Sam Lewis, at Lemon City, shot and killed Johp F. Higsmith, ex-tax collector of Dade county, and George A. Davis, Hig smith’s nephew, yesterday. Lewis ia4 been insulted in a drunken row the night before. He armed himself with a Witnchester, and meeting Hig smith, commanded him to kneel and apologize. Higsmith refused, where upon Lewis shot hirfi through the heart and then shot his nephew uirough the icart. Lewis fled to the woods, vow ing he would not be taken aliiye. The Murderer Smiled. OR Read This! $19 Mr. Benjamin Beale, Chicago. Dear Sir;—1 have, at diffeierit times, used three first-class, blgh-fc ned and high- priced Sewing Machines. I therefore felt rather skeptical as to a so called cheap ma chine giving me satisfaction. But after a full set of att&ebnienti, will be shipped to any address on receipt of Nineteen Dol lars. 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In order to start the sale of these suites and to keep our men busy and Introduce our business in your neigh borhood, we agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in the South ferf 10.00 when the cash comes with the order*.' This advertisement will possibly appear twice in this pa per, therefore If you are Interacted cut this out and send with $15.00 and the suite will be shipped to you. If it is not Just as represented you may return the suite at our expense and yoor $16.00 will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illus trations of rare bargains and bouse furnishing goods will be sent to you upon application. ^ The suite above described Is a spe cial bargain and does not appear in the cataiogne, therefore it Is useless to write for illustrations of this suite, and while you are delaying writing someone else Is getting the bargain. We assure you that we will not ship but one suite in your neighbor hood at this price. Atter one suite bas been shipped in the neighbor hood the price will go to at least $30.00. £.. F. PADGETT, 840 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. LAND. # LAND LAND. ^Why not secure a good plantation? We ynake you an offer more liberal than has ever been offered in this country. We will sell you a plantation for one-sixth cash, balance in five years on the installment plan. Will further take cotton in payment at 7 cents per pound. We have some four or live plantations of 400 to 600 acres, well improved and In fine state of cultivation. Also have quite a number of places of all sizes from 50 up to 400 acres. These lands are in the heart of the fa mous Piedmont IjpU, lying within 2 to 10 miles of the prosperous city of Rock Hill. VV. L. RODDEY & CO., RbCK IIILTj,.S. c. ORGANS Special Sale. ■—^Special Prices. Special Terms. GREAT CLEARING SALE. Three Hundred FaHor and Church Organa, from noted makers, at Prime Cost to reduce stock. Most be sold. down. dal) summer. Floors breaking Can’t carry them through Got too many. Price no object. Profit not eeu- ‘ - -- - cj Easiest ment. monthly, Ing now. Bargain for them. sst possible terms for pay- OalySl.OO. •l.SO, 92, 93, y. One-half saved by buy- Sheets Beady. Write i a a a § a a l SiYinnali, Ga. jj BffzrazrazsznnrazsuzszE Mention this advertisement and Paper. LODDEN 4 BATES, K C' s § a a a MOTHERS READ THIS. THE BES T REMEDY. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dys entery, Nausetf, Coughs, Cuolen- Infantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Pains, Griping and all diseases of, the Stomach and Bowels PITTS' CARMINATIVE Is the standard. It carries children 0rof the Dfitlcx! period of teething, and Is recommended by physicians os the friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It la pleasant to the taste, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its superlative virtues. Price 26 eta. per bottle. For sale by druggists, and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Colombia, S. C. LIFE FOR THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS. Is pleasant to take, grateful to the stom ach, caring nansea, sick headache, sour stomach, etc. Relieves the distress of dys pepsia and indigestion. Is a valuable liver regulator, acts directly on the kidneys. Wonderfully beneficial In female com plaints. It expels more worms than most of the vermifuges. Taken along with quinine will cure chills. Gives au appetite when taken before meals, after meals aids digestion. In large 25cts, 60cts and $1.00 bottles. Sold wholesale by THE R1UKRAY DRUG U.O- COLUMBIA, S. C. MACHINERY -AT FAC TORY PRICES. Every Ginnery should be equipped wi the Thomas Elevating and Distributing Machinery for handling, cleaning, ginning aud packing cotton. Quo single continnons lint line and con • denser for a battery of two or more gins. Revolving double box steam press, self, packing. No hands, employed except to pu^ ties on bale. No belts. No pullies No screws to give trouble. Saves labot and insurance, improves grade of cotton and makes money. We offer also an ex tensive Hue of cotton gins, presses, cane mills; corn mills and saw mills. Also Talbott, I.lddel, and Watertown engines. Our Rice Iluller, which prepares rice ready for the table or market should be at every mill. V. C. BadHam, GENERAL AGENT, (OLUMmA.S.C. DH. TIIOS. eAM PHE tr/.S OPINION. This L to certify that I have been - famL liar with Mrs. Joe Person's*'Remedy for twojerrs; have seen it used in a number of case's whL'h had not lieen relieved by the use of Unusual remedies recommended and used hy physicians. I .unhesitatingly recommend It in all eases of chronic dys- _ • ’ ** . * pepria with the usual and distressing symptoms accompanying it. 1 can also re commend it in all cases of scrofula, dlseises of the skin, rheumatism and all other dis eases arising from a disordered condition' of the blood, “ T. W. CAMPBELL, M. D. ' x !> 10, Energy, York Co., S. C\, April 10, 1095. Strawberry Plants, c • And in fact all kinds of plants can be SET OUT by using tlie ' McSIIERHY - ^AUTOMATIC TRANSPLANTER. A good driver and two children are all the. force necessary to set from three to five acres of plants in a day, and EVERY PLANT WATERED IS at the time it is set out, and some dry sett te drawn arounff ttrarfTanta so that the ground will not bake. No waiting for rain. Set out your plants v*hen they are ready. ' Get* a machine and plant for your neighbors. You can earn enough In one season to pay for the machine. Easy terms. Send for circulars, prices and testimonials.. SOUTHERN FARM IMPLEMENT UQ,„ 249 Meeting St, Charleston, S. c! Mention this paper. LIFE, LIVER AND KIDNEYS Wards off malaria, ^ a pleasant and invigorating medicine. Effectual In the ' -eurauf dyspepsia, indigestion, nansea, sick headache, sore stomach, etc. A valuable liver regulator. Corrects promptly all dls- orders of the kidneys. Wonderfully bene- ficial In female complaints. Taken along with quinine is an effectual cure for chills.. K great anpettxer when before meals, after meals aids digestion. ' IN LARGE 25cte., 50cts. ‘ k , H- 00 bottles. Sold wholesale by ■ THE HURRAY DRUG CO. r COLUMBIA, a.;c. .. *