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HU ^ a '*3 -*r } The Baniwell People. JM. «. HOLIES, Editor | Prop'r. 14HUEHT COUiffT (IKCLLVTIOX. THURSDAY, KfiRRUARY l». is^. Oualny KrcntH. Since the delivery of hU mulden •pftftCU Ir, tli» S^rmto two wffW« b^u SenaUM 1 Tlllinan 0 hn« been more talked of and written about than any other oltlr.en of the Uoltcd States The dally papers Jhat favor tlte (fold standard have tired all the u^ly politii-al epithets In the UDjtbrhlged dh’tlonarleaiit the Senator ami the we kly I'uirnals of similar ilnaeeial faith have taken up and swelled the chorus of condemna tion. The approval that lie has received* from mlils and shops of the North, and mountains of the. VVrst, fields and firesides in nil the agricultural States tnust be weighed against that slngje standard tlenuneTallon before the true temper of the American people can bo learned. *n It is stated that slnr'» tba delivery of the speech the Senator’s mall basso In creased that it require* four secretaries to open and classify the letters re ceived, anil that he lias only time to read the most Important. tTnli'ed very' many people, and widely scattered, on the strength of that dell vers »ce favor Ms nomination for the 1’resldeney. There ha» been much said of Into J’oqfpf of The New South, and whether we like It or not wV all know that we are now.In Us 11 r*tchapters and that the history will continue to he made and written. It was in the logic of events that It should come. Ami It ean be seen Just as plainly In the book of fatw that A New Nation is to come, and that ftotlilng stay It. A new genera tion, eomp'lsing a majority of the voter* of the republic, has grown to manhood since the war In tweon the >Ua<»*.- -ttwheriidiur m»W ideas and as ptratlora and l« resolved to 'assert It- self. A brief passing glance at the po litical changes made - in the last f w FACTS FOB FARU KIIB. ByLft'qucat of a leading County mer chant we publish the following circu lar Issueil fg*t wVsek by T.stham, Alex ander & f’o., of New York, the head Centre of the cotton trade in tiro United pttate*r ’ \ Wo have the pica*ute to submit for your Informatlmi the ltd in wing cotij- parative position of cotton and prices on .Iiiiiunry 31st fof the p^dt. four years. . Total visible supply In United State*, Rurope and at sea—IMhl, 3.tl|0,2.1S; IWkl, IJi|!,n3!/. 1KU, •l,r»sl„Odi; 1X03, 4,:{Ji»,(IOT Total RxporU—1W«5, 2.730.7.TI; l«0.1| f h‘20,70.S; IB04, 3,A;W 1 :«3; 13D3, 2.773,- (i33. ‘ - Stock In the United Sta'es ports — IHiHJ. tW.i.MMI; 1HPS, 1 .OlSViSl; IKOl, l,lux 1 .»;:o;lflt»3 1 I ,m;o.!i23. Stmik in l.lver|M»ol (all kinds)—ISiKi, 1.103 ( (*K>; I'SOB, 1 ,Wi9,(K)0; IH'.M, 1,5S7,- §0); ix:)3, no. Alloat for Knropo (Amerlcanj^-IXOfi. 3*0),(*>(>; (illJ.OOl | iXOl, 531,000; IK03,2ti3,<®0. Middling uplands in New York — IvKMi, H I Sc: IS!)."*, r..'5-Mc; 1S0I, h MGe; IS03,0 7-ltfc- ^ 'Middllng uplands In I.lv'enmol— ISO'i, 4 G-Sd; IS!).», 2 32-12d; 130l, 4 1- M; |S«|3, 5 1-8d. Kroin this statement, the total visible supply of cotton in the world IshOl^dl* hal .s less than last year. G31,720 hales less than in iMil, and 370,X3G hale* leas than 1803*, The exports this last year arc I.HGO,- 07.'* halo# I -** than, la«t year, 782,500 u4u 181*1, and 22,000 halcii THE (MJTFKUEBATEMUSEUM. The statolv and heairMful mansion occupied by tiro Hon. Jefferson Davis while president of the Confederate StH'e*, the “White House"ol the Con federacy. Is now ow n* d by the Coffed- erste' Memorial I.ltcrary •ocletr, of Klehinoad, Va .and hashy U b.*en |ren- ovaterl, made fireproof and I* now a Confederate uiuseitm. It stands'at the corner of Clay and Twelfth streets, fac ing Clay street, with spatdous grn around' If, extending from I welfth street, West, to Thirteenth street east. tha art this not you is ii loss than in 18')! i’he stock in the United States ports x,7.s| hales less than last year, 110,- 030 bales less than in 1H0I, and 80,47>3 halesJcss f7r?m in 1803. „„ ' | The’friflow iitg-WHs.the price of <*ot ton for future delivery in New York. Uads middling, on January 31st of each )car February.. March April,..... May. ... 4 line July August ... If desired, a building 1 oO.feet long by 60 frurt wide could bo pi scad beside the •natulon, amj there would still beaspacc for grays plots and walks around both building*. The.mnseum'and grounds now represent In money value over |<>0, 000,0:> worth of property owned by the Confederate Memorial Utternry society, which society l« chartered ami consist* <>f active ami life iiK'inhcr*. The man- sioh I* held |n sacred trustbv the soci ety, having been given to them by the city, and could not be bought for any sum, hning Itself the greatest of relics, a pearl above price. A room baa Iteen given to everyone of tlie former CAnFedefafc “States, eluding Maryland and Kentucky. A regent has been Appointed from each State, while a vlfe?-regent, a resident of Hlohmotid, has also heeti chosen to t ar ry out the instructions of the regent and take charge of the room for hfr.. The regent for South Carolina la Miss May Singleton Hampton, Oeh. Wade Hampton's daughter. The large south West'room on the second story is tbc tlnnth Carolina room,onn of ihc most desirable of the fifteen handsome rooms In the'museum. * The object of the Confederate Me ntor iTTTlTTterir^smdCTyTjrUnrprcwwrit^ elections tells the dissail‘f.ii tifins wHh old poliiieal parties. In turn Demo crats and Hepiihlie.tna have he on see sawed into power, hut neliher has met public expectation. C 'W liether ihlit was possible or proper is not t he question. The absolute fact remains that never before In all the bUtory of Hie govern ment has there laien such a measure and, assertion of discontent. The ap plause that Senator Tillman’s utter ances received in the Capitoi, the ap probation that ha* greeted him from all quarters ami sect!on* of the eoiUK tr)’ show a wide spread and deep grounded readiness and ripeness for change. Very many have lost faiUi in party platforms and pledges and even the Fouitli of July has been stripped of much of the former reverence it receiv ed. A Western senator of long service remarked the other d iy that tinless there should come a speedy and derided Improvement in our business condi tion* there would he “many Tillmans in the Senate ” I f that long promised period of prosperity slioild break upon the country people might recover their patience, but, unless it-slmuld, ~tl)ore are livelier times ahead than tliivgcn- "ofarToi(“IvtsTkGoWTt.' Arrd wc comisol present patience at home and the planting of corn in abundance and the giving of special attention to the bacon prop. Ken a tor Irby was at home last week, reporteiftn be lookingafter hi* •polit ical fences. He probably found I.a’i- rens lkekliig.inj«ll timber to suit him. The proceedings of the Legislature are getting to be interesting, as a read ing of our first page will show. The session will come to a (dose, it Is thought, within a few weeks. The Constitutionality of the South Carolina Dispensary la v will, bo ar gued Imfore the United States Supreme Court pext October At the ordinary rate of p roe ml are It would take the Court throe years to reiudi the ease, but on account of its importance it lias been advanced hy consent of counsel. Times change, It used to be com plained that factors and merchants kept up the acreage of cotton, for they measured credit to customers by the quantity tkat they planted. Now, from Will Street to the country v II iges they advise the farmers to keep (1 >wn tiio aereave as the best method of keeping up the price. . Se pi ember 1893. 1*95. 1891. }8')3. 7.95 5.46 7 73 9.23 7.99 5 5«) •7.82 901 8 .03 5 51 7.89 9.4 ! 83 8 7 .96 . 9^2 .8.10 Mil 8.03 9.58 8 13 6.65 8,07 9.62 8.!l 5.69 8.11 9.iit 7.71 5.71 7.98 9. If The price'of cotton ts now 2.41) Trent* dearer than l^st year, <>. 7 cents dearer lit,hi In IHui, and 1,36 cents cheaper ■ii The .amount of cotton that ha.* been marketed from heptemh* 1 ^" 1st (flvc month*) for the cottfin years me'iHoned h.lovv, was as fellows! IMS). 6.580.591); ! * >:., 8,011,470; 1894, 0,264,173; 1893,5,- 1.207• The iiinoiint, therefore, that ha*come into siglit this year to February 1st Is 3,IG3.K7l bale-less than last year. 7<VI,- 573 bale* le«* than In 1H91, and 191,392 tiale* more tlian in 1893. The.average percentage of the iota! crop marketed by Fchrimry l*t for the .past ten year* ha* been K2.10 per ccuL; and if the 5.530,699 liales that have lion of relies and records of the Con federacy that future generations may gather* true History of the war between tho rha'c*. Original documents or any relic* of that war'-time, either loaned or donated to tiro museum, will be carefully guarded. . Further information can he hftd from Mie vice-regent for .South Carolina. Mas. 4V. |\ DK-Sacsauna, . Nor310 E. Main Street, • -‘ Jllcbinmid, Va. Declines Humble IMc. Why They Dm t «o. Bnrdette hits many a nail on head. How like bumau excuses the following : “So you are not going to church morning, my son?” “Ah*yen; i see. Th* mu«lo Is good; that’s s pity. That’s what, go to church for, to hear the* mu*lc. And tho less we pay, the better music we demand.” ”’And the pews arc not comforta ble.’ That’s too bad—the gahbath Is a day of rest, and we go to .'tlfftrch for repose. The less we do through the f rock the more rest we clamor for on he Sabbath ” > “‘The church 1* so far away: .It Is tdo far to walk, and I detest Mding in a street car and they#re always crowd ed on the Sabhalh-’ 'J ha* is, Indeed, distressing. Hofnetlmes when I think how much farther away heaven is than Hie church, and that there am, rm con veyances on the road of any description, I wonder how some Of us are going to get there.” < ‘“And the sermon is so long, al ways.’ All these things ate, Indeed, to bo regretted. I would regret them Sheriffs Sale. that you will often squeeze Into a stuf fed street ear, with a hundred other men, hmifeUiing an incense of whiskey, beer and tobacco, h.\ng upon a strap by your eyelUN for two inllea. and then pay tifty cent* Tbr tho privilege of sit ting on H'rough plank in the broiling sun fpr two hours longer, while in the Intervals of tho game a scratch band will blow accordant thunder out of a dozen misfit horn* right Into jrour ears, ' Ml t of the anil i 1 . cbtne hnme to talk th state of aiital paralysis q b family Into a state of au^al about the‘dandicst game you ever saw ydsaed on Unit, ground *‘Ah, my boy! you see what staying away frqm-church does. It develop* a habit of lying. There Isn’t one man In a hundred wifP could go on the witness stand nnd'glve, under oath, tho same reason for not going to church that he give* hi* family every Sabbath morn ing. My son, if you didn’t think you ought to go, yon wouldn’t make any exeuses for not going. No man apolo- glz 's for doing right.”—Exchange. COMMISSIONS GRANTED. AVashliigt'in. I>. O., Feb. 7.—Interest in the debate on the free coinage sup- stitute for tlie bond bill in the hmise wa* completely overshadowed Dy an tempt b v Mr. It a rrett, rep ubllctn, of Mus«nehf(*ytfs, who created tlro~ffrat sensation of Hie house thi* sessioj) by olTering a resolution to impeach Am- tmsHador liayard—ts» secure the pas sage of’a resolution to censure Mr. ralhert. democrat, of South Carolina, for “treasonable and seditious utter ances” in violation of Ills'oath of al- legtHti-e as a member of Congress. ome into siglit to February 1st should prove to be 82.1« per cent., of this crop, tiie nctuiil total crop for 1895-98 would lie G,791) 778 hales. We cannot commend too cmp’iaMeal- ly. the action of tlie Cotton Growers’ Association of America repcutly con veiled at Memphis. Tennessee, and we wis.i it were in our power to com|fcl every cotton planter of the South to read careful tv the address issued by iliat convention and lay Its .valuable truth* to liea/t. M e have written on tlii* same line most urgently for years. Our Interest in the South and”the •Southern people is genuine, and we have emitav«.red to show td’the plaiit- ersof the South what was indisputably to their best I* torests. Under date of November 2mT7 189*2, we Issued u circular to the planter* of* the South, awd what we said in that paper we htaFanbatantiirily written re peatedly kudore and have written fre quently since; hence, wo can - sav nothing new at tlii* timb in support of it-iird hvxln; ia,iivrnl.ion ar. A bill was introduced in the Vir ginia Senate last week to incorporate the National Adjustment Society, Which proposes placing before the peo ple of the United State* the ju-tice of so 'changing the ConstfftitiOn of the Vnited States hy a proper amendment n* tx* allow ('ongjacss to - pay for, npi«i a fair basis, tho emancipated ilavesjdis viding the amount paid equally be tween tho master ami slave. Unn>plii« on January 21*) The South lias a v irtual monopoly In tli« production of cotton, and tliero 1- no rea«on why tills Incalcnl.ibie advan tage should not he turned to the vast cm iehneuU of that section. Any such -good result, however, will never he realizeiT so long as overjirminciIba of the -stai lo tiircat ns the WOfUt. fin't thereby hangs u weight to the market value of rotton. .In other words, if the cotton planters of thojSonth insist irjiou !,VgVi| That the makitigimire cotton than The worl<l has 1 ’ any nsh for, the surplus will Invariably make thr price for the whole supply, and llrer«Jjy depreciate tlie value of the unnecessarily largo crop below the value of the reasonably sniail crop, ami ihe planter will timl himself at the end of each crop season out. his labor and bis pains without any profit. The importaaee of this matter can not bn exaggerated, for-the* whole fl- naticial wet fa m of the South depends upon remunerative prices for the cot ton crop. . - , Every hanker’ and merchant, throughont the cotton region should feci it Ids personal duty to reason and argue with all the cotton plantersWith wliom lie has relations, persuading (hem if possible to keep the cotton crop within, the probable Tho proceedings, which Were highly sen-ational, grew < ut of a question of personal privilege to which Mr. Tal bert arose in connection with newspa per reports of a tilt that occurred be tween him and Mr. I’carson, republi can, of North Uarullna, on Wednesday bight* Mr. Talbert said lhat the reporters liail unintentionally misinterpreted what he had said and had placed him in the ixAilian of endorsing secesdog. ”1 am not here” said Mr. Talbert,- “to apologize or retract w hat I said on that occasion, hut to reecho and reiter ate what i uttered.” He recounted the circumstances of his clash with Mr. IVar.nn. He said th \t Mr IVarson had made an unwar ranted-attack on the loyalty of hi* state, which he declared was as loyal as any State in the Union. Mr. Fear- sou had said that North Curoliila had followed South Carolina out of the Union.Mid had gotten whipped, along with the Palmetto State. “In a jocular way, Mr. Speaker,” continued Mr. Talliert, “I declared that we were .not Whipped, but had worn ourselves out trying to whip the other fellows. In the heat of the mo* i,■ i 111 1 " )n» rMnl mm-.t “nn.l im^.ilYlyp. of next year m ind for it. Then* should bo a protest from every town amrba.nilet in ihc South against an y ii/en a-c of the cot ton acreage next year. I f the cotton planters'will listen such appeal# remunerative prices the cotton they do tmt make will be guaranteed by tlte indexible laws of ly. I said that South Carolina was not a-dianiet) of the part that -in* took in. it; that she was proud of it, and I for one, endorsed secession then; I thought we were-riglit; I think so yet; and tin t under tiro same circumstances, sur- roitndetl «I)V the same conditions, I won Id (lo the same tiling again. Now, Hr. Speaker, I repeat it. Mr. Barrett, repulilican, of kfassa- chn-ctts. jumpe.l up at these words and i tlie words be taken down Several mem hers appealed to him not to (io so, and the speaker asked Mr. Itunett if he insisted upon his de mand. Mr. Barrett seemed to hesitate, wdien Mr. Talbert again got on his feet, and declared in a lond voice that he’ was willing-to have his word* taken down. •'I will stand hy them,” said lie. ' The*® were Jim words that precipi tated matters. Mr. Uarrctt very ex citedly demanded that the words be “taken down.’-’ and offored a resolution to censure the South Ohrollna member for treasonable and sedit ious utterances and for violation of h s oath. A scene of great eimfiision followed. It w«sevident that many repuhlieans ,crc not in sympathy with' Mr Bar- reiF, and even Speaker K*ed, as it seemed, tried to stop Ids Headlong course. After much wrangling Mr Talbert was permitted to explain, which lie did with .many declarations of loyalty, and assertions that seces sion had been settled thirty year* ago, and Id* remarks h:u> applied to cir- siipply and demaml; lint, if -they insist iitum making umitlier !),() or 10,- OlKl.OOi) liales crop next,year, they I'llrv look for a inlnous return to live cent cu4(U)„ujftl hankruptey. . 'I’lro efTeets of food, \yrlt.es ExMlnls- ter iloosevelt in the Uid lade I phi a North American., are more liir-reiicidiii; than is always understood. Poor loud pro duces dyspepsia and dyspepsia pro duces crime. It has even been alleged that the intolerance and cruelty ofjjie Annual shipments ofear’y fruits and vegetables from the Southern States to the North row amount to tifty million dollars in value, and tiie vol'line grows. te railroads and commission men m w pocket m,o«t of Jhe money, but after a- ed.- A canning factory inN^very towbstilp producing fruits ami vegetables for shipment would hel^ to stTalghton tliesc wrong* and make their growers masters qt the Arkansas expects to sdTsto her jiop- uluflou this year 109,ut-O imndgrant* from States l.vjjg^o the NornKand Northwest. Cold wrhtcrs are dilvl them to homos In the Sunny Sourj where there is more comfort and profit In a five acre farm than In a quarter section In the country of tno# and Ice and blizzards. After a while a better class will be gin-to more Southward and wld o atop aati fled uirJI tk.y g3t to ihe old Uuritauical Church resulted from indigestion. Austerity . of diet may not always produce austere morals, but will alibdit surely brei'tt a harsh, rigid severity of temperament as fatal to Hie peace of the world a* fiataiK* pitchfork ean he believed to be. Entire'commu nities are atFectcd thus by their favor ite food. Tho restless, wandering, uneasy Yankee, w ho carries a d\ spep- sia instead of a conscience to measure Ids morals withal, waa raised onuver- iloiie fried steak and-pie, with dough- nuts as anottier staple to eke out the damage. The gaunt, yellow, fleshless AVesterrtrr, who lays his His to favors and ague, too often-.suffers from a surfeit of salerntus inure "than he does from malaria. oti:n*tanees"am! conditions winch could never occur again. Tlie exphmaUoW was not satisfactory to Mr. Barrett, who wanted Mr Tal bert to ‘SiDayow all remarks lipliohling secession and treason.” The conserva tive republicans, however, did not sup port hifti, and ids resolution was sent t> the committee on the judiciary by a vote of 209 to 70; 127repuhlicars voting with the tli ntocrnr* for the motion ami one democrat (Mr. Owens, of Keu- tiiclfy,) against., J.lke a.I congressional difilciritiea of a personal nature, it closed good na- turedly, with mutual explanations, apologies and assurances of -distin- guislted consideration oi Mr. I’eareou and Mr. Talbert. in Us account of n recent concert at) the Greenville Female College tlie Dally New* piaRpa this plessant men tion of a former ritaideiitof this county : '1 ho appearance of Miss Georgia Steedly on tho platform caused hearty applause. This young lady has played herself into a popularity rarely attaln- ed-'Gy oiie 'id youflg.' 8lie Is original btHH in amvttner and wctliud. Mhe on’s'aie’jfleyritr ins to* and expression of high-order . . . . And now Barnwell county sweet po tatoes may be put to a new use, or akp-e. Mr. J. W. Crow, of Chicago, luterested in several new enter* prtses'Hn this Mate, lias had sere al bushels miMiufactiired tnlo whUkey by- Mr. Hanshurg, a North Western*ex- fieri whorecehtiy came to Augusta. No rejMirt of qualirv ha* tieen maile (m- yoiitl the •laicnieiit tnat it gets in its wprk Ute saute as corn juice. " llorjday was delicate, her touch elas tic and her bold easy delivery suggest ed flic Italian Idea of perfection of pre- (jaratl-m, AU’- improvi«ta, that Is, play ing extern porayeous’y. * The furnlt rre and decorations in one barroom In New York city cost $2tK).- 000. It Is not uricoinimm for such pl ie** In largo c'Hes to cost a* mnoh as $50,000. Moreover, last year the beer consuined in the" United State* averr aged 13 gallons to every man, woman and chilli iu Die couutry, - The secretary of state yesterday is sued a commi-slou to the Merchant’s Exchange bank of Allendale. The pe- titiujicrs are: G. P. Allen and A. T. Al len of Allendale and J. O. Patterson and G. Diinc.au Bellinger of Barnwell. The capital stock of tlie bank will be ' 5,000, rtivhtedifH© 150 sbareaof the *r value of $fw each. pa A commissiwrt wifr also Issued to The Barnwell Oil mill of Barnwell. The petitioners are: J no. D Ma'sbv, Tho*. Avery,-E. Van Winkle and J. R. Eas terling. The capital stock of the Com- yany is $29,000, divided into shares of $11)0 each. The company intends to manufacture oil, cotton seed meal or any product of cotton seed, to gin cot ton and also to manufacture fertilizci s of every kind — The State, 8lh lust. Senator Mayfield of Barnwell is something of a hog-raiser himself. A porcine giant was killed on his planta tion tills week. After being cleaned it weighed 535 pounds. He believes in tho “hog and hominy” gospel and raises'on h’s plantation, where he runs thirty plows, several thousand pounds of bacon yearly. They say (and “they say” hit* the truth, oftener than not) that his record ms s farmer helps Sena tor Mayfield more in iiolitics than his achievements as a lawyer, which will compare favorably w ith those of other member* of hi* profession. There Is* Mule bit of politics) gossip going the rounds now to the cflVctthat It Is like ly that this year Lieutenant Governor Timmerman will seek election as State Treasurer, in which event Senator Mayfield will canvass the saite s* candidate for Lieutenant Governor. His presence on the ticket would strengthen lt,*for he Is s stump speaker of no menu ai>Hlty«—Register. A t a meeting of the executive com mittee .of the State Fair Society on the ■Ati. tnat, tha following preipiums were offered for the heaviest hog for bacon, to be shown on the grounds of tlie 8o- ciety at the next fair, of not leois than 500 pounus* gross, the weight of each wjthout regard to age : First, $30; sec ond, $20, and third, $10. It is expected that these liberal prem iums will cause a large iiumlier of ex liiblts of home mUed fat hogs at tht* fair,* and tlins prove lhat bacon and lard can lie raised at home. , It I* auggeated'that In making the an trie* for tho fair, the breed of each hog be given, and if not a thoroughbred, the crosses should be stated. The age might be given; also the cost and tin 1 kind of feed fed to the animals. This will prove of interest. Tho News and Courier states that there are 35o0 bicycles iu Charleston of \Vhjcli 1500 are used by women, and gir Editor Pi Your suggestion of two weeks ago, that the teacher* of Barnwell county should have a County Teachers' Asso ciation meets tny hearty approval; and l wouit] las glad to hear from other teachers of tlie county on tlie subject Only.those teachers who are earnest and progressive in their work, can ful ly appreciate the great benefits to be Ifsierivcd from such an organization, botli professionally aid socially. Tlie true value of an association does not consist in numbers; hut ten or twelve earnest, wide-awake teachers can be jof ii'calculable benefit to each other, so, fellow teachers, let us hear from you. Iu order to start fi e work, I wil^rei quest those teachers « ho are Willing to Join the Association to drop rtie a pos tal at once signifying the fact, and if a sulficlent number are wllll- g to form a nucleus, 1 will take the liberty of call ing them together for organization at an early date. So let us hear from you atones. F, M. Sheridan. .* .• ^ Prm. Graded School. Barnwell, 8. C.. Feh. 8th 189R. MASTER’S SALE. 1 The State of South) Court of Common Carolina. ) Pleas. Circuit Turner and others, Plaintiffs, vs. Lewis A. Thomson, Administrator of 8ambo Matthews, Defendant. Partition.- BY VIRTUE of a decree made in this cause on the 7tli .(tny jpf.January 1896,by the Honorable James Aldrich, Judge of said Court, I will sell at Bq-n- ' -* ‘ Maxell next, within legal hours of sale, “A tract ot fifty acres i»f land in said County in the township of Willlston, abutting and adjoining land* of 'Vil- l • XT • - .. _ . . .. s 1. a Xf r. m I VT nVltrvratz 1 Ststr or South Carouxa,) UorsTY or Barxitrix. f VTm. II. Bari berg, Plaintiff, HI . rs. Beverly P. Rodgers. Defendant. RXKcrriox. BY VIRTUE of an Execution to me directed In the above stated case I have levied upon and will sell on Monday, THE STATEOFSOUTtlCAROLINA. BARSWEM. COUNTY. levied upon and will sell on aionday, the 2nd day of March A. 1). 1896, (it being sslesday in said month), within the legal hours of tale, in front of the Court House at Barn well. 8. 0„ to the highest bidder for cash, the follow ing described real property, to wit: All that lot in tlie Town of Barnwell on which Hie dwelling of said Rodgers is situated, hounded North by a lot of Mrs. Martha J. Rodgers, East hy lot of the.estate of the late Jane M.cCrenry, South by lot now or formerly belong ing to J. M. Ulmer, and West by Burr street. Said lot being 00 feet in width on the Northern and Southern line and 125 feet and 9 indies oh the Eastern and Western line. Levied upon end to be sold as the property of Beverly P. Rodgers, to satisfy the aforesaid execution and cost. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. W. LANCASTER. S. B- C. Sheriff’s Office. February 10,1896. - I* THR COURT OX. PRORATR. By T. 8. Weeks, Kao. Judge of pro bate In Barnwell County. Whereas W. C. Manuel and J.'M. Deer apply for Letteisof Admlqlstra- lion bn the estate of Charles Brant de ceased. These j»re, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me at a r Court of Probate for the said county, to be hohl- en at Barnw e I C. 11., on Thursday, the 20th day of February 1896, at 11 o'clock a. m. to show cause. If any, why the said administration should not be granteifc^ Given under my hand and the seal of the Court this 3d day of February A. D. 1890. T. 8, WEEKS, Probate Judge. Feb. 6-2w • Published In Thr Barxwkix Pkopi.* on the 6th and 13th day* of February A. D. 1896. TAX SALE. Static of 8octh_Carpmna,| County op Barnwkix BY [ VIRTUE of a Tax tlon to me directed by A. T reasurer, I ha ve Jevle/u po hand wTTT Execn- F. Free, sell on Monday, the 2nd day of Marc\ A D 1896, (It being salesday In said month) within “Tlie legal hours of sale, in front of th n Court House at Barnwell, 8. C., to the highest bidder for cash, the following described prop erty, to wit: All that lot pf land in tlie Town of Barnwell, in said county snd State, known at the “Thompson Place,” con taining one-fourth of one acre, more or less, together with buildings thereon, hounded on the North by street sepa rating it from lot of J. O. Patterson, East by street separating it from tlie lot of C C. Caflff, South by lot of the Misses Kirkland. Levied upon and to be sold a« the property of Mrs. M.C, Woodward^to satisfy the afoiesaid execution and cost. • Term* b7 gale cash. Punharerto pay for papers. • J W. LAN ASTER, S. B. U. Sheriff’s OHiee, February 10, 1930. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned will file his final account with T. 8. Weeks, Esq., Judge of Pro bate, on Mondav, the 9th day of March next,at 10o’clock in the fornoon as Administrator of tlie e«t,ate of Sambo Mat thin s. deceased, and ask for Let ters Dismissory. L. A. THOMSON. feh13-30ds Administrator. Special Kotice. All holders of claims against the county will take notice that they must comply with the following require- incuts cf the law before their claims can be approved and ordered paid by the County Board of Commissioners: 1st. Accounts must be Itemized. Snd. They must he sworn to before a Notary Public Trial Justice or Cflair- man of a Township Board. 38. AHaecounU for work on roads, or bridges or material for same mu*t, In addition, lie approve, j by the member of the Township Board In whose territory it is located. 4th. Claims for salary as overseer* and for lumber supplied must he made out S( parately. By order of tlte Board. W. T. CAVE, County Supervisor r a Tire nUiiufc.' A meeting of the legal voter* of Al leudale .Special School District, who pay taxes on real and personal proper ty, will beheld at the Town Council Chamber in.the town of Allendale on the )4th day of Feb. 1896 at 12 o'clock n> on lo decide what special tax, if any, shall he levied on said School District to supplement the general tax for the support of school In said School Dis- ti let. By order Board of Trustees, Allen dale Special School District. 11. T. Farmer, Chairman. Allendale, S.C. ) V (3w) Jan, 29th 1896. J Final Discharge. FINAL Notice Is derel/ned will X Her bae, on ¥a day t%c yr--~' • 1896 as ExeciTtriCof $he K"**** Atnanda M. Ingram^kCEiRed. » nd for letters DDmUsory. __ Mn. Lucy S. Peyt ■' \ Executril ftd) Feb’y. 6th 1890. THE EDE^T MELON, Notice ts hereby given that the un- ders-lgned will file his final account with'IVS. Weeks. Esq., Judge of Pro bate, on Monday, the 17th day of Feb ruary next, at 10 o’clock in the fore- epg noon, as Guardian of Walter Proveaux and ask for Letters Dismissory. janlU] J.B. HUNTER. In 1892 I foilfitf In iny field a melon of pure Kolb Gem shape, with scarlet red ’flesh and white seed wlrti Wack-rlm. K was M such superior qua I By fliat T carefully saved the seed taid have ctHtl- vated them since af«'t Horn other melons, snd It has proven fully up to; firsk experience ( and Is a well defined' and established variety, far better than* anv other 1 have ever seen, handled or eaten. Last year I made my first ship ment and fonnd that the Eden stood- transportation-x* Weil awthe Kolb Gem* and sold more readily and foi better prices as soon a» exhlbited,to custom ers. Last) year l saved the seed from the choicest melons grown oil five acre* too far from Railroad for shlpmeitCund now offer a limited quantity for sale at $1.00 per pound'. A sample of seed can lie aeert at' Till* Pkofi.r Office, Barnwell S. C. ‘•First- come .first served.” C. H. Mathis, Blackvllle, S.-C. /four is the Time —TO BUY— CHEAP GOODS. L S3 HAS BUSTED! WHO? Why LEVY. theTai- lor-Fit Clothier at Blackvllle has BUSTED the prices of Clothing. Shoes, llat« and Gents’ Fur nishing n!l t«* Hinder*. You Just ought to see his$5.00suits, worto $ 10.00 Why you never saw such a sacrifice—and then the'fit, w iiy no Tailor could take yonr measure and- improve on it. Rut then I found out how LE VY set's so. low, he sells for cash, make* a living profit and pleases the people. He ha* about $10,- 009.00 worth oi Fa 1 1 stock left, ami be says be intends to sell them out before he gets in bis Spring stock, as he needs the room (and money). Now Is 'he time ,to buy from us—we want to sell only new and stylish goods and we are forced to git rid of our stock In season, and not do like other merchants—keep them over from year'to year and force them off on credit cti turners at an exorbitant "PTTCT7 ■ -MASTERS SALE. UNITED STATEICTRLUIT COURT, i’lie United States of America.) In thr circuit court. FOURTH CIRCUIT—IN EQUITY. C. M. Kdcntleld, O. W. Barker, E. M Boyles, M. A. Moody, et al., Com plaiuuuts, against Tfiw Union Mortgage Banking and * Trust Company, Limited, 11. J. Moo dy, et al., Defcndanta. Pursuant t* tbc Judgment and Order of Ihe Cpurt aforesaid,' made iu the above entitled cause and dated at Char leston on the 14th day of December 1895, and by virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, I will offer for sale at Pub- jiff Auction before tiro Court House at Barnwell in the State of Soutli Caroli na, on Monday tlie 2nd day of March 1896, within the lejtHl hours of sale, upon tlie terms hereinafter mentioned, the following described Real Estate : AH that parcel of land in the said Mate of South Carolina and in, the County of Barnwell containing three hundred and sixty five (365) acres more or less, bounded on.the North by lands DfC. V. Chavbus, Ea»t by* lands of W. J. Strange and Laura Stoney, South by. lands ol W. A. AH, Estate of«W. j. Allen and the town of Seigling, and West by lands ot If. J. Moody and tbc town of Seigling. The saute being all of the, land* formerly owned by F. H. Dickinson, and by said Dickinson coh- ve^ed to II. J. Moody hy deed dated jlth December, A.t). 1891,save and.ex- pcptlug therefrom so much of. said hinds as arc included in the town of Mam Kitchen on the North, Natlianid Green on the East and W. H. Kennedy on the West and South. ^Teyms: One-half cash, balance on credit of one year, secured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser. Purchaser to pay Tor papers. Bold at risk of for mer purchaser. A. HOWARD PATTERSON, jaald Master. ^ ' ' '' ^JL town made by RT. E. Lee Surveyor"; and also save and excepting, lot of three acres more or less sold by IX. J. Moody ro B. E. Dickinson and also lot of twelve acres more or less sold by said II. J. Moody to 0. W. Barker. Terns of sale.; One-half cash and balance In one year with Interest from day of sale, unpaid purchase money to be secured by a’bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold. )*u'rcbas<er to have option of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. • HALCOTT P. GREEN, Special Master. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 31st, le9C. Mr. M. E. 1/3*r. formerly of tho Folk Clotiilng Company of Savant, njh. will be pleased to wait on , „ hi* friends and customers. Alie Levy says he i» still on deck and will lake pleasure In selling you goods at rock bottom prices. And the Captain is still here, know him. Respectfully, You H- M. Graham, ATTOltN iCSrATT r.AW; BAMBERG, S. C. 5VHU give his best sttehtion to al* business entrusted to’ him. IVill practice in all Coyrtfc of thir State ami United States. Auditor’s Appointments. Notice is hereby given pursnanfr f«r Act of the General Assembly in refers mice thereto. The Auditor nr his Deputy will at tend at the following places on tlie days- indicated f«r the purpose of taking TaxT Ref urn* for the fiscal year commencing. January 1st ,1896. The law requires that all personal proi>erty must lie returned this yetrJU All returns sent by mall mast her iWfn to before an umcFr qnalifled tos administer an oath. d iRlberfhi ThntiAaj & Friday, Fcl>,I 6th A 7th. ‘ Danmark—Saturday, Feb. 8th Whaley—Monday, Feh. 10th. * Biackville—Tuesday & Wednesday, Feh. 11th * 12th. Elko—Thursday, Feh. 13th. Willisfon—Friday, Feb. 14th. r J inker’s Creekr-SHturday.Tehr 15th^ Fiddle Pond—Monday, Feb. 17th. Govtfh—Tuesday. Fet». 18th. Georges Cr-*«-k Club House—Wed-- nesday, Feh. 19th. ..The Audltor’solllce will be kept opeiv from the first of January to the 29ih to- February for the purpose of taking re turns. * G. O. RILEY, County Auditor. Dr.J.H.E. MILHOUS Surgeon Dentist, BLACKVILLE, ----- S.C Will lie st hi» ofllee tn Barnwell every 8«les- day and Tin-ailaj and Wi-ttni-Mtsy Inlk fttuv. Will t«e at Ms ftome office in Htarkvilie e»- er>' Friday and Namnlay, and will make *p- to nnn-t paUeids at any ot our bounty towns or call at their residences. 1 am a full arodnate of Pbiladrlplda Dental College; hare hud si-Vi-nh-cti years *c»i*r prsc ttcal cx|H-rience, and can please you in qnaWty ot work and prices. amt 16 ROAD HOTICE. -A-pe*iih>R ”to strsigliten tlte.cnnnty THE TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIER. P. S. By the way, we have one of the best equipped Tailoring Departments In. the State. We guarantee yon satisfaction. Lands For Rent And Sale 17.000 acres in Barnwell Co, 5.000 acres in Aiken Co, also a few small farms in Colleton and Sumter Counties. Par ties desiring to buy on good terms (small cash payment and balance on 5 years titne) or to reiit; vi lli do well to call on, or write. BATES* SIMMS. BarutveP ‘L C Probate Court Sale. Statu of South Carolina, Barn wxll County. i Onm B, Riley, as Administrator of the Estate of John J. RHey deceased. Plaintiff, * «r*. . - against Caroline M. Riley et al., Defendants. aforesa Seiglingville, as shown hy plat of said I tainingonc and one fifth of an acre Pursuant to a Decr^JjJ order made io the above entitled cause I will sell at Barnwell in.Iront of the-Court House vytthin the legal hours of sale on Mon day the second day of March 1896, It be ing sale day In said month, the follow ing described real estate: All that piece or parcel of land sltn- i\ted, lying and being in the town of Bamberg, Barnwell County and State id, and known as Lot No. l.eon- OH fronting on CorlUh street, one hundred and ten feet, running back four hundred and ninety fe5t, bound ed on the North hy lands of-the Wof ford Fitting School, on the South by lot No. 2,on the East by lauds of E. R. Hayes and on the West by Corllsh street. Reference to plat made by L. N. Bellinger June 18th will more fully show. Terms cash. Purchasy to pay for papers and recording and all taxes fal ling due after date of sale. ’ T. 8. Weeki, Probate J udge B. 0, Feb.ith 1896, r ‘ ’ road known a* the wagon road running through the Galilee plantation stavtiag at a point at tlie East line, ’ mining dur West to h point one half mile and ih« 11 North sixteen rod* to the original road and (hen Weal to th« Jordan Branch’ wtii lie ooiuddercd at the County Su pervisor’s oflU-e, Barnwell, en the sec ond Monday in March next. All per sons objecting to granting the prayei of said petition should present thel: objection* st or before that da/c. 1 there he no object ion wed right of w( be given the petition wDF he granteil W. T. CAVE, Supervisor ;i •w Judge of Probate Notice. To Executors, Administrators am Gunidiaiis appointed by the Prahat Court, You will please fake netic that tho statutes require ydti diirin; tlie months of January-and Febnlary t inako a return to the Probate Jud-e n all estates In your possession for tlie pre eediiig year and, in ease of your neg ject, tha.t you bfe cited so te- do, or lo- commissions on moneys received sit paid out for such estate. l : T. S. Weeks, J. P. B. C, . Barnwell. 8. C. January 7th 1896, Auditor’s Notice. Under instructions from the Comf troller General notice I* given tin under tlie New Constitution wlile goes into fulluperation alter Dec. 1895. 'all citizens of this State tind* sixty yekrs of age are subject to a jmi tax of onedollHrj excepting Confede ate soldiers above the age of fifty year Tax pavers in making returns wi please take due notice and net accon Ingly. ^ G.O. Rllev. A.B.C. Important Notioo-. ’ Ofkick County SurKRvtaoR, Barnwku., April 22,1895. At tbe meeting of the Connty^Boa of Commissioner* held on the ist in*i a resolution was adopted thathereaft ho claim against the county would I approved unless.lt had been first s proved -by’ the. Sit per visor or by son member of the township board In who territory the work was done before h ing presented to the County Board f approval. Holders of claims again the county will please take particul notice and comply with the rule. ^ v W. T. CAVE, apr!8 County Supervisor. Perry W. Price Invites all persons having wagot buggies, road carts needing repairs call at hU General Bepalr Shops heft making contracts. First ’Cla^s hoi shoeing a specialty, Superior fad ties f9r repairing mowing niaebiu All kinds of metal work done and sat faction Ln even- particular gnxrantei PERRY W, PRICE. The Pechmann Shop. West End, Barnwell, S. C »*«(■* .. . - V.-.' - i . mmi