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■■■■■■■■I •‘-'• a ' ‘ MM / - --r f^e Barnwell m, W. HOLJ'gJ, Editor I Prap’r, iARGESr COCSTT CIRCtamON. p 4. 1304. *l'aUH90AY, FEBRUARY * — If tile rotnin mill* enmbinn to nhut down or run short llmo In onlrr to iimke nnfl kceji cotton clicn|> (lie fnrm- otfxht to retnlU'e nml keep the prleo dp by cutting neteug* und tulng, 1-4S» furtlllzcr*. - -. ' ‘ . For dejfogaie* »»t Urge, from thl* Stuto to th©‘Nutlon/il Convenlloft tit Wt. rmiU Sennfof Tlllnian. Governor He.Vr- Vurd, Chief .Tu»ttce Pope nod 9fHte diMlrman Jonua would be adinlfttbiy representative. s * ; - Delaware la n aniAll State, but the Democrat* thereof have large opinions and courage. At the eighth anniversary «f the 1>ein<KTutlc League ou Tliura day night imt State Chairman Marvel •‘declared that the only remedy for the bartering in votes was to tlufianchUe » a greater part of tire venal colored voter* who bad the balance of power between the two great political parties. The Special l.egUlntlvo Commission to visit the several State ^Colleges re port* seeing Jn the dining room of Wlnthrop College “saverat bitndred of as handsome and healthy looking young women as were ever assembled Jn south Carolina.” They ought to be,-every one of Ih^ 474, botn healthy and handsome, for the same report shows 0.14,(K)0 pound* of net beef to credit. f f 1 Mb&r- „ The I’acolet, Mill at Gainesville, Ga., *ti offshtmt of the two Spartanburg trrliU destroyed hv a flood last ytimmer. has closed for an uncertain |>erii»d bo- eause of the scarcity and high price cf cotton. One thousand employees are thrown out of work, anti, no d.ouht iuuuy ul Ihutu would be glad to get hark to farm work. Immigration wanters might tint! that It better field for niUaioimry work than Scotland or Italy. - — " South Carolina has more men cn- •r*"; r- rollcd in the militia in proportion tt» population than any other state irt\fhc Union. This willingness to ligiit proves tho I’uljnefto Stato tl>6 nm*t loyal of all tho sislcrhood to the stars and stripes. Tho*e soldier sons are all Democrats, yet the national government does not consider one of them trustworthy of Office provided It can find w scalaw ag or uegru to accept the bounty of np polntmcnt. tr.- The high price of American cotton |4 hurling the-pockets and pride ol European mnmtfwvturing countries, nnd they are pr?parlug to do thelrlevel ll®*t fo become Independent by grow ing enongb for their needs t.i •their African |>osses*lons. Men familiar with cotton culture in the Sunny 8ntHh will be in charge, nnd with an unlimited labor supply In the (^tik continent their hopes for success arc. high. Last year experiments show that a* good cotton as made In the United 9tides can he grow n on large areas lu Kugll.*h and Get man posses- slous. BOOK LEARNINOYAND CRIME. Representative T. W« Hardwick, of the Augusta I>)stfi«t. a young country lawyer, made a speech in'the House last week on the 14 Race Problem.” whtch wa* pronounced by Gen. -tiros* venor of Ohio, ‘ Hie beat- presentation of a had case he had ever heard.” We take from it the following fttots, cold, hard, tfndbt^TMtie fitot*, which are worthy of tho host tftmlght of good men, white nnd black. They prove that book learning Is not fin* ladder liy which the*colored, people can climb to^betterohi/.en'shlp, and that tho you rigor generation entering the door of opportuo44p-*brfrttgh the schools ilnd* hronder Holds for criminality and chillvalea it with increasing Jndrtstry, 'rhen* aro othor facts and foat tfres of this notable address of an eye opening character, but for the present we must pass thoin.b^i—'Mr. Ilardwh-k spoke by the record*, but while h|s manner was most courteous the inconsistency, tu ner meanness and hypocrisy of the disciples of the people up North was w ell portrayed and - hi* 'thnfta went straight home. f — In ISftJl thgye were In these Hotitliern Sratrs '2 ; T«(fnegl , o JiTTSoiiersTn dTiem i I- Iloti of negr«» popytntbw. Im ld!K» there^were in thtiso istutes 3,i7i5' regro prisoners to ^very 1,IHK),()0() of negro p innlatlan, an ahsoJote increase of 31 per cent In ('rtnilnaUty. Still his illit eracy had to this satne decade decreased 11 per cent absolutely nnd 18 trer ct.nt relatively. Agntytin DWf f-elatlye tft: the whith/raCe, and calcuiating each raefnpon the basis of population re duced to equalitv as between eiich other, the white constituted J7 per cent of the eriiitTnai classos of tfFe Sfstftb and the hlacks 73 per cent. ^Yet in 181(0 eafcnlated on this sanie l)ii*l*. the whites fell from v!7 per cent to 10 per (•out,, while the negroes advanced from is per cent to 84' per cent < f tho tola,! i^riminal cla**es. an absolute increase in eriminalltv on Itiis cq,ui\Uv.c(l basis of 11 per cent for tlie lit gro and a tela must not be forgotten tlipt i^rlng litis same decade the negro fvad reduced bis •Illiteracy It per cent absolutely aful 18 percent relatively. The. GeuSns lln- reatt hn« not bscrlminal statistic* com piled for the year IhOll. btU from J|8;K1 to Ilk Ml the laSL.fttaii^ tviuyt* Irshu'-Uto eleven Soulliern StatPH l have tiaipeih indicate that, (ItesC same figures arc holding good in tnat do oath*. • The conclusion is irresistible that the more you educate . the m-gro- tbe^ more criminal he became*, lint it may hjvnrged that the negro is uiffnirly tre.uUul in tiieso S»»oti{ierrr-St,ate-y that courts nnd juries tire tour prone to look seriously on hi* faults and to condemn him too luMilv and to deal witji him t ^>U;trsh’lv;. Lot tjsson. Now, if you ivitl^^ykeVhe or I initial statistic* from tlye otTheXiiion and from Uic di fie rent. Sta'Tes of tn^North anil dilferent sec tions of the NorM-Mind West, you will find tint the negro ntrvheen punished to a very much g re a t **r^il e g rec—iu other words. l< very n.tnch rnoro^crlmi* "nal—lutlte North and West th^fn^ie has been in the South. , Number of hegro prisoners toinillion of negro inhabitants,^: 1KT0. 188<) 1890. j>^i. The extreme cold up NortlHhas (lllcd Florida with Imalihand pleasuic hun ter*. - ' — Jk ^ • - — Vfilllam Jennings Bryan i« expeetetl to apeak iu Columbia some time next month. The weather in tho Northwest States iatt week was 77 degree* colder than Id Barnwell. Cotton option* for May nnd June su’d t« New York on Monday for oyer 1J cents (or the tirst time since 187.V. The Legislature w ill have to lm«Me to lay hy Its crop of .‘t<s> hfll* hv the2Plh Inst., on which date its per diem ends. The New England weather inantrfac* l»ry has been running full time this Winter, hut the sample* sent Smith -have not been popular, -. The Court of General SesGtms In ~ Greenville was sncozily adjourned last week by a small hoy’s slyly putting a v. h.andTil of red pepper on the stove. United-States.... Southern Mate* Iliyiiuat 8outhrrti gtate. Connect icut M assttchttaett* ■NcwTtVrk..:.:.- - ' Illinois. j.... [ndlanua.. Iowa Ohio.- -Minmsota :... Michigan Nebraska.—,, i 1 6:11 3 480 3 STS ! 1 3T7 2 112' 3 810 ;i :i Miojjfi «rs 6 4 Nil r> ."ill U TlfJ f> isSJi 7 21U ! 6 374 7 704 9 Ik: 1 W, n 41S 7 PH ii *,sI 4 683 S 847 3 40.s 3 0 ' 1 '.ipn -3 4M : 5 Cd-'r S S31' ,1 Osu! 6 OKI 8 *V.si 7 IP'.i 7 474 '10 :!74 10 2SS; 5 4W 1 M • - WELL DONE, SO FAR. v * Tha LegDlature dykerveF commen dation for ^ dltlonat judicial cirenlts. Killing unnecessary measures gehfer ally, ' Adjourning from Saturday until Tuesday, thereby giving its members opjmrtunity to mi* with homo folks and keep iu touch with them, A hill {o make safe cracking punish able by IlfVimpHsTinmartt in the peni tentiary I* on the right Hue, and If mndo n law wi.l discourage the«e Northern night hawk* more thiiu tlie fear of Jutlge l.ynch. , A WIDOW VS WAY. It take* nil sort* of people to make the world. .Home month- ago a K'ansa- woman killed hor lnishnoiL While she vyas being tried for mnruler one of the lawyers fell In loye with anti married the charming widow. The jury found thaf she wa-crsjty when she slew her llrst hnshand, but that, she hud recov ered her reason w hell'she married the second. —— OVEU THE WATER. 'I’he Briti-L Cnttch Growers Assocla- tmn **vf»b*utly mcTimr tnr»tri»rir; TNi- s^prged by successful experiments and backed hy the government large areas w ill he Immediately planted in cotton In West Africa. ' ». Buying cottoH futures will he di/- continued anil the mill* are agreeing t<> run on slwirt time The.y . hope soon to f ro* on , Ri j>r*li. soli nfi the cotton iuglfsh mills ngjcd, .. — — TO M A KK CON FEDEI*A I’K G R A V It !8. ', 1 'ligte. It looks ns though (he pn>|)o>Ujon which ha^ been ta ked atn.nit mote ot; less - for m,any year* of hnvlftg tlie (Tcvcrtmif tu sttllahiy mark tins grave* of tlm Confetlerato dead w as at la-t to hu adoptY'd. This ivc< k tha Keimte passed a hill, making a ii apVroprlation live Increase of To per cent. Act' it of *31K)flfb to defray Mmcosttiffoc-iiTng ttie -e grate* amlito erect a small head stone over cac!r,>4im.ilar td those (ilaced over the grave* of,.the sol;1ri;i> In rim Gonfoderate section at Arlington C'cme- terv. -fY* . >••- ' Tim nmuimr of graVofl to h> thus marked ag^uc.grUo- niorw tlm-tt ilo omt:- This takes iti all Coufidatc soldier* who died in Federal prison* and mili tary hosnital* i.. the North, and win* Site Always addrei-ed him na Mr.- Lii^tl he took Courage nnd Kr But now tluyt they ate wed, were buried near their phh'«* -of coti-4,., h1 ' c,,, i v ' ic -aid, Itimuont. The hill authoruc* u,^. " Hhcd tu goodtu»s he d Mr. Sccrejary of War to r.cquiro po^i ssion, of tliesy hury-itig grounds aod directs him to. *sstv-i4ra4r tho same arc properly fenced io and cared for to tire hittpe It ts est! mil ted th;it pro?)r:lriy-20.()(■<) of the Confedersle ‘Soldiers are burh-d outside of national cctncterfes, w here thfy arc tinfund^or T y the Gov-Tn^ ment. ' Tlie gfaVa* oL'maiy have beoo*’ entirely rdditerated. Thu Scnntf hiH is iii charge of itepreseututivo (rro*- vetior in the Jiefim. The latter’lia* stated that he proposes tmiCiill it up tit the ttt-st oppoHntTRy^ afrd it, Is tlptugiit that it. will become a law Inside of the mxt, ten days. A list ha* been pre- paTcdshowtug the location and.tntmher of al’. tTpsCyoifederate graved that are to lie ititu kraU-uyider flic U t pis of the hill. LONG BRANCH PMILOS? . We visited the town of Willi stun o dav last week ami uinch to our aston- i»tlinent vv ■ limnd a liy'*., wide, aw ake place. Tha utiv-H wciv full of co»n try jncopic, the tireve Ini tit's seeing^ to he lot*y for cash, ijie entire pr piUation scemed pe.hcjn a good humor c.mU in -yl faJr circum»tanc« s» Wc met among other* Dr. John P. ami Picket s Lee, .a linn doing business iu town. They keepcycryililng Hi store from a pin, to ♦ From Eleven'fh Census,Crime, Pnn- nrrtsrm, ,and Berrevoinncc, (tart pages 1 to Id. incltisiie. 7 Virginia. - iTdtas. 'Tow, wh-it conc’inions are you hotiTiil (o draw from, these tigdre*V Tliefff are two. First, tliat he has not been ti-gated unfairly by Die South; and, second, that iu the North ami West, w hern ln» Is niiii-11 edurati-rf-inTTr toss illiterate, ho is more- crihiinal. Therefore, a* 1 sav, you see every where the marvelous spectacle of in creased negro criminality and decreas ing negro illiteracy linked together, like Siamese twins, all over the Uu.inn, Now, I want to ask tills 4/ties Lion, juid f propound it to every ihonghtlul, can did oian; If it is trite tliat educalion will.not keep the negro from crime^K 't-bry- — BSf- Young lawyers have brought damage. . suits for oyer thirty eight million dol- ,-.lara against the city of Chicago, fr, most of the ease* they are to get share* of the amonnts recovered in payment for their services. X. Senator John <h Sheppard of Kdge- . <«ld will aot he a candidate for iceiec- tion. Representative B. A. Morgan of Greenville is likely to run against l/leutenaut Governor John T, rdoun in / thl* year’s primary. fiSoM J. Williams, ex Chairman of the Sltate Board of (Control will oppose jCol. George W. Croft for Congress, JRoberr Dupont Cater of Charleston, grand nephew of Francis Marlon, went to New York two year* ago to engage In news-paper work. He was engaged to marry his second cousin, Anna Ca ter, an ait student. He was stricken mith pneumonia ami ashed tliat the Aiarriage t*ke .place, but while the eeremony was In progress ho fainted and died without recovering cotiseious neas. A big oil mill at f,oui«burg, N. C., Has shipped 2’>,0'0 bushel* of cottoft seed to Houston, Texas, where they ■mil at cents and tX> a hnshel. The hope of the Texans’ lies in pltimt. rug early Varieties.from «- higher lati- tnde, so that the crop will mature be fore the boll weevil gets In its Bummer Work of destruction. . But didn't the oil mill get the hotter of the farmers from whom it bought cheap seed? k 4a--tr«e-*hat-decreasing.Illiteracy docs not seem t" deter him from ‘ critmnalt- tv, hy what cxtrnonlinary procyai of reasoning is tho comdusion artived at that will make him a better citixvn or a bettor voter in any respect? •* ln44+is «■ > 11 neetinn tot itTfrcim to ymiV attention hrieliy some signillcant facts -a4»4-coi>eiu*i*t»-»- st-ateil by f’rt-stvient af tine AgrfWHUural 'Wid--Me chanical f’ollego of North Carolina.- in an exceedingly aide paper oTt thi* sub- jov-c, read, [ think, before tho Nat^oTial UrisVi Association. The statistics re- feried to bv him are from the census of 1890. 1’i'ofessor Winston discovered tlie following facts from these reports: h The colofetl element la more crim inal than any other in our- population. 2. From 1880 to 7&)y> there w.ys an in crease of ;43t^ per ceiAdn the ratio .of colored criminals to tlupeplorod |fl»pu- lation. In dither words the poiored population wa* one-ibird inhyp' crimJ- tifll in I8!8t tiiim in 18S0. ^ jf. W11lie ii7 pen,- ceot of -the Colored population aro iiliternte, only 'fid^jlyr Cent of colored criminals are IIlitersteT: IMtiafi ami write I* more Criminal than rlfeTt litetHtc, This ismot true cf any other element in the American population, where tlie ikiterate criminals are incx- cess of those who can read and w rile. - 4. Tho ratio of negro criminal* and negro paupers is greater in the 'North- ern than fn the Southern States. . Y . The negro t* nearly Hireo times as erlminal fn the North Atlantic ns In the South Atlantic States; over twice a* criminal In tb»North Central as i n the South Central, and three and a half times as criminal \n the Western i?H iCf tho South Atlantic States, iy plow stock, A visitor wotihl kn»rw them to Imox country enu-in* hv tin dr com teens . and gentlemanly appear -ance, - ’-•■'' W e SI so hiet llr ATfretT Owftn* and sonTwTnmravH icko to he model' Luwjy folk: th^c is, a little abo\-« the atyrage inbipifcaranco. —. T Ue wcic ei.tcrtaincd,.«t tho Tieayjli- ful and -Irv.intifui h i in oLGipt. Ja.- cob Black. No better or more 'm- r.ei prising farmer ever lived in W listot) Township or clscwhcm havini’- wnrkHl tint ail iTic problems pertaining to couiilrv life ami hi* w ify. w ho U a *i*ter t<> Barnwell’* ex policeman, Mr. Ed. Webb, i* a model housekeeper and know* how to eiitcrtaln strangers (knowing that titciehy she might c 1 :- tertain augi !* una watgiry IN THE E1EHNAL I'EACE. On the morrtlugmr'the 20th nit..- kN FAMS FOE SALE. the only safe and substantial Invcst- metn. demand Is iflcr*a<>lng. prices are ailvaik-ihg iind we cannot aild one acre to the wni Id’s supply. It Is the prevailing opinion that we w ill never *ee-4mv priced cotton again. I bis means higher price* for tha farms that produce the fieecy Staple. I hlfer the following farms for sale at verg low prices for the next 30 dav*. te-ms cash, or oie-f,*<mh ca^h. balance iu five equal annuM instalments, (i% Inrcrest on deferrad payitieuts. 1 - This inav he votir last op(d>rri1nity to buy a good place ciieSp on easy term*. All that tract, or plantation of land containing 80 acres, more or les*, bounded nir the North by Charleston Mid AiPgnatH, iy)a\l ami li^dy ,ftf Julia ”, 1,1'*<dwt,< IfitfsUhVvland* <|»f M rs. Bessie i. Feblor f iinq Sotithdiv laud* of Mrs. Bessie C. FeUler and We«t hy laml* of E. H. A J, G^Dhw line. Aleo all Chat • tact ol land containing Itld hcics, more or less, hounded on the North by land* of Annie IMce. Kast by u.Braldiam* South hv Mnt C. Felder and West h\ lands oLDowtlng.—^0 0<( pernerif." - ' All thaC - hli'uLdJ -SrUea fvom Denmark, coutatnlog S3! acres, more or less, and bcunded by laud* of Henry Hellers and J. B. Rountree.—fS.00 per acre. All tltat tract of land, 2 mile* from Govati. containing ».M} acres, more or less, Ctounded oh the South -hy Char leston and Augusta rosd. on the Wtst hy lauds of J, B. Zorn, on the North by lamia of 0. A. Adams, and on rhe East by lands of Mrs Stnunan, with mill site and hII machinery thereto— $Jt;S0 per acre. . Add—That tract o? land,> known as Ayer* Mill tract, near Olar.—^l.((Q j)e.r acre. 1 . Hygnod placenear .Barnwell. -G. JL, containing 6l<l acre*.—per acre. 4Sj acr< s of land ffS W» listfin Town . *hlp, pnrtlV in tlie corporate limits of 4i> gallon* yl Itevoe amt had 4 gailom. the town of - Mktr; 1 tdee riwVBing thc28ihult. his hutiat in Magnolia t’emetery wa* largely . attetnlwd by life long friends who knew and loved hW rare goodness of heart; hi* parfect truoncsKs and gcneion* kindliness. He was a graduate from the Charles tot. Cot lege. Served with flue co'uragst andcapsHty a* Captain of Artillery .luring the war between the States and since the codling lia.-k of pgsee- had lived oh Ids Iptendhl. pl.ihtatinn of Richmond 11111* near Martin Station, mitiied fof hi id. ftfTTkna In evety tlnjlght and lihpuhc and act a thoronjjh gentleman, and in the nhhie city ot'-thc dfc id hy the ril.l city l»v tfie sc.t ho rests, his (>ast l|fe as st*init>«« a* his sworil and his memory a laTting treasure to hi* kindred and hla-frlenda. »**<t—: — LETTER TO C. J. - JJaniHc/l, .S'. C. Dear Sir i Yodr buslncs* Is, rt’lien a housa burns down; tb give the owner some tnonet to bit I Id a new onb’. It Is a godtl husitiei.*, tjtncr that the world git on so loilg vvitlriMir. it. M e paint the one that burnt down trmt'ttie tmw OifFtWr.' WirafTs" Letter, tyy paint!tho Houata that don’t burn, down, You insure tlie 1iou*es tliat burn; we insurq the Iioiuh-s that ilon’t. You have ihe allies and emoke; all the houses are ours. \ -x We-halut Icad-and-zinc; Devbc We sell thp paint to painter*; wb don’t p'lint. Lead and oil is \Me old fashion paint. Dcvoc is zinc grmmd Ih with lead and linseed oil : the he*t jiaiut !n .he world: and the clv.-a|rc*f; l)ec-on*e It Is.kes few- gattons than-tntxfed’paiata„juuL wear* twiefe a* long a* Icad-raitd op. Nobody tVnnts poor (mint t th-re's lots of It, though, in thew».rld. A H Griffin. l’laiiVlteld,.N J, write*: ‘•Sir Aaion liiggins, of f'la in field, 'al ways used 1.1 gaHojis of mixed paint foi hi* In.use. La»tS|oing he honght left. :ni Your* truly, ‘ K. U . Devon Go , He Kr. MYHBE-UiaU^cj-BCT ’ M ST ANGE,- One w-n* pale ami «a'I »v/ art? the other ft'i >ll and ti>sy. Whence the llif- fcTence? -.talre who i* lilushtug with Ucallh uses, Dr,. Kiug''* Ney-L‘ fe lUtl* (o.inalrtiaio if. By gently arousing tl.c Tazv organs they comi'rd good d1ge*ti<».n ard head off constipation. Try them, Duly •-Me at, Ciceclt’s-I’hartnacji C. N. B,urckh.liter, Drnggi.-t. ' - -> - -. * - , A UES.HtMIA.yi, The candidate wiif soon draw near With tones of gentle ininh, And tdl you how ht-M pcr*eycro ’J'ill he reforms the caiih, ^ -* I ke.rival handidate* will pas* -\jouiul the self same song, No matter wliicli. votj choo.'C, hIj*— You’ll Iind you’ve clro-m wrong; ■ - -- ^ ' ~ iher Hdrejii. / Vblnrtarj’ (Jbscrvehtk. Mctn'r..logical Itcc- (>r.l, MonUi jiL JVV4 sstaiion llicukt iitc. ^p. i i;.vi-Ki:.iTfi:r irrcci|L | itiit'n SUM’ARY j ’ ’' ! in in ■ Max din. Mean ciiea ■ T ♦ * t r - 1 - -1 Lari- ' - ' _ . -eftf i— '2 n | dtj 4i '.•ii + 3 r 38 .29 4 T 3t ge, f-iS: Senator A. G. Latimer, Mr. W. <L M*atliuer and W. C. Brow n are to make , nh experiment in grnwJng |w>aches. 'The experiment will b0 00 qufte an extensive acale. Thev Bare jsnt aot out about 20,000 roung Klberta peach trees on lands ' #y own around Belton, ft is thought ilfliLaandy ridgea around Be- jnd P» he especially adapted *nd they are going UrigL . FRESH MEAT ALLTIIE TKaK. A IVestern farmer say* IhaV he''hast fresh pork all tho summer by tiro fol lowing procedure*: He eugar cureHiams and shoulders. 'After the shres-ftave cooled until all animal Imt ha* gone they are sliced up in the afternoon. Next day the slices are pnt in the large square baking pan on the stoVe and fried to a light brown on both side*. After cool ing they are laid a* closely as possible Wc iiiui i.*t fory.it t > say that.oti .Jan uary ther.0tli tbO platform fn Wilhston was shout ns full of col forra* Unit id .ordinary town in October, with some more not yet heard from. ^ Altogether we consider Wilihdon n well behaved and p.-nsperottS town We expect to write again gcmetiiiie-r- suhject, “OLD TIME RELIGION.” . — . Biah M rsr -—.-ABOUT-OBEYING. It IS Tpnrr^hnmion ~to hear ynungl ~L“jtY oa-t- hiik Lal4v^Uiaul,iJui .WjutiX: , r -~ -r~~‘ 7 — 44 tntti i emit, a 41.2 .02 Max,, temp. OS .02 D’tc 21, 4 - Min. letup.’ .0.1 17 L*ate -(!. . 21 r>t:ti„4ire. 40 < ip *in -hc» 2 53. ,04!Total snow. ,09 fall jindie*, 0.2 No. of day* Glcar.-I>' jP’r’y civ 11 jUIondy8 marriage cei.eniohv, Yoiipg ladles sometimes sav they object t<> that word. There is, however, another word in the marriage \ ow which is harder. Utah ‘obey.” I t-is^to “Jove.” Women can. no more love a hog than men can loye an iceberg —Ahhevillle Preis and Ban • ner. • ' x It strikes ns that' thd wort '‘uLie"'’ might just a* Well he omitted from ceremony, r>r added to the obligation of the happy hridegroom. I f he doesn’t Iind out hefore thC/Cercmoiiy •;wlrp’«^ ; who, ii nil yrtiy.” Ire 4* apt jo shortly af-' " ter.—Iveowee Ghurfer. ( . ’I'he erdorrd popjulafion licit can read '' There gre 7fd red .voterA-lw—Teia*. Sum. 159' 901 Mean. 31 fi 31. Heavy, Killing Dates oF Hail Sleet 4 1 11. *1’ 111 An rorns. 2.5‘> Urcvalllng wind Dii’c* |tion N E . Remark* —Fog 7th, t2t|.>, Jdili, 31 *t. Fleer**, 28 * •Monihiy mean temperature 4.7b be low nptmal. ^ • , IV-’ I,>ILfil; iue-he*. .below tlie “ngYnmi, - - * G. I). C Lange, "• VoluntaryObserver. * iflehulUig^raiuOiaU. *;«*4r and melt- SilT_sm^v;^ tvl'Tom maXAhuim and minl- mum reaeRngS: " " TKiETfWtjaVI failed to register and will hare to sffcy at Lottie on ne.tt electiofi day/ \ ' A s rh orrl^fe a c 11 e t; iv boji a cl great difli- Cirfly with « few mischievons hors said to one of them w1ip had sorely tried her patience: ‘-*1 wish f could be your mother for just about s x iVeek. 1 would rid vhu of your iiauglffy slisposirdon.” “V’rrv well.” said the hoy^ “father is a widower and I’ll speak tj hiin riboot it.” X STORE* TOR HENT." 4n a large jar, and melted ed over them, completely the air. He clalma that lard is pouii- shutting out it will keep MARY AND ANN; ^ ‘■‘Ann,” rated the lunatic, “is as old a* Mary was when Mary was aS old a* Ann 1* now, although”— y Her*' the knightly chivalry which hud teert haftllual with Mm for ah Instant »*serte*l Itself. , "HhedoeittT'look lt. ,# > T?e*t lunation irrAJarmyi 11^, Good opportunity for 11 grocer^ bu-s- Ines*^ . -* . t '* #4000 per month,’ ^ ** Apply at ChUKCH’s I’llARMACf. — —~ icest Cabbage Plants, A Rare Opportunity for Barn- lyell and Vicinity* ■'i lioiisc and barn* and siablc*. " Fihi clay, land, nejirlv all in onflivatb'iV; •OKI 11 tmttioattrAfood piwwlthubcr, retfts well. l’rice|L3l2J*0: D. S. Wftiryvjiice^ l "i9 acre*, 2 bill’d- * 5^7 • itlitflld H) Le> :.N., b> I a 1 n 1>. n,f. At T>-ii Uni: Best, K. by'l’,irlgi?\Treck\ S. by csta'tojd Allen (lair, W. by J. f). 1 la good and J. E. Best. IU !••<*, fOfsl F, F. M'oodunrd plr«ce 120 nerc*. 2 ‘'iilldlng*, Riouid'irles : \. hv e-tate «.l K. MiHer, K. by .L-r.liin .Branch, H. nv puliiuunu«4-U» <f)Hi*gt*b,,rg, nrrd W.- by eslH-te of'J. Diioc.in Alie.'.i. i’rlye,T 1-^)0 ‘ Ji A. Rotintree place. 89 acye*. 4 Liiib ding. I'.niioii.ii ics : N. «.'c W . t>y land' oth IT. IVacneii, K. hv iand* lermcriv owned hv J 8jinders ami Mi** E, Rouiitr.ee, S. by lands of Bander* .ami s. F. Hailey. • Price, §*530 J. G. ( <t A. Hankineon place, 09 acres, 2 building*. Boundarie*: Pail o,f the division of esfuLC of S._ lirrnkfn.on. AUj'iii'ingiarnlroTAI. W.A s.im Bailey, Joseph Ashtev and Mrs. K. PhflUH. , - ' ~7' Piic-.tloo FIoydA If>ink1n*on pl.-ic**, 9!* r.Vre*. 3 huiltUug*. Boundai ic»:by*land* of J. .Ashley. K. & W. by Hankiiisoii ainl' ■S: by J. Ashley. __X..r - PrieV*4<50 Harley Place—550 acres,^t,o cleared b&IiiliC!" iu wo.ni and Tunliyt, -j^.tttbwnt honse*-oti j if ace. d‘.yllirijg reo'iitiA lia<;/cd. 7 mill’s from Banutcll Coui t lliuos-r-rnTTlfdVio’rrerr^. HoUilded by laff I* *♦£. Wrut hers ben Dick*. J. o Pattersoi’, J.mius Til!> and E. I,. I’.i tier son. rtkeTn.ifxi.efr SinTbn^lUicsler IVacr*. sgi) acre*. 4 bnihling-O'RmindHne* : N. Ify lands of 5! is, A. E. Haryeyand lot No. 5, L.-bv Elliot frarnliMs an.'t jri7I'*ne*, 8. by il. r. Jiuic*. I'm Greek, ex-17, jip4 lallrt* Of Mrs, ilartey. Rev. Bliitou mid H urricaiiy ItranchT - Price, ?3.75(l 1«. f’. A W. Halford place. 159 acres 1 building. .Boundaries.: N. by lands of J, M. A J. F. Iliilford, F,. by. Ahianda Hardin, H by ThdmaS Cbufwlly and E v Gade, W. by Mis* K. g. Owen.-, T Y * 1 - Price, tf50 .Sanford Place—325 acres, nearly all cleared, good clay land, f two story residence, 1 Jenant house and barns and stahiea;»riear Elko. • Boninied bv (inldie rrfnd leading from Biackvilhi to Elko, and land* of H. B. Hair, Alice p. Thomson, Odom; N. II. fstiiiiseUT . Piicfr, $3,000.Ub- Rfnkw Pi.ack.—In Bed Oak Town- ship, 96 Acre*. "7 \ H AVKKrn Pi.ack.—In RM Oak Tow n ship, B>0 Acres. IFa kt.k v Rich Laud Place.—i n Tow nail i p, 515 Acre*. BAMBERG COUNTY. ua_ 11 r 1 1 h ; k T-o a - .n d k i h, , D. 11. & IP. M. Rice, place, l-CHH) acres, BouHilaries: N. by land* of A. G. Free and J. E. Free, K, by public road to Bamberg add Allendale and lalitU of 44. Ii. Rice, S. by land* of DTlF. W.; P>. & B. T. Rice, and W. by land* of 14. H. Rico. ’ ' . IMcf, $1 AIKip^COl'NlY. Hammond To-fVNsiijp! Wilson—K-0 acres, hbirtidfbt. N, S. by (SVo. R. Ron ell ifru! J. WT BoITTot and W, by Ulyaoeir W.^son. Price, $750 SUMTER COUNTYi -II a rtBo«Ptwce7ttFJTfgff>7T~n~)TTc«Trom - "AVcdgeHeld.'v Bounilnrics : V. & K. hv land*^)! J. Aycock, S. by. Will and Co 1 Ii. R., W. by lands oi If. J.. Middleton v , p r j l . i . 4 1> 2t.o Prices rpaHonal»le-!»r»d terms en*r. N Apply to J. O. PiTTKftSON, . Partuf ell. S. G. NEARLY |’OR?EiTS HlH IAfF. A runawray almost ending Tatally, started a horrible ulcer on the idg of J. B. OrifeiT Franklin Grove, III. Fof four years H deHed all doctors and all rerrtedie*. But Bucklen’s Arnica Salro hndf no tfouble' to cure him. Equally good for- Bnrn* s Rniises, -Skin Krup. tions and Pile*. 25e. MCreecb’s Phsr- wdl tt&d reulif Iresb flavor for a year, mney, 0. N, Durckhalter’s Drugstore 75,000 strong, vigorous, healthy cafet hage plant* of the best eatablDheil ta- rietles, safe and sure headers...for aaie and delivery a* »non ^* tlif opting 'W'arrantA garden planting. LaH Season t sold plant* to many xH the be*{ people of the county and they gave . rtrijvevs^l -S^tisfactioffl Every buyer found fhtt best ever nserf. Gertitidaies «ml atWavUs e*Ub1i»h- fng the superiority of irty plaiVt# are in* rflv possession and open to inapaotioti. I refer,-by pent.lssfonyto W. E. Tlar- fer, Mefclirfnt, Fairfax; B. R. Lewis. C. M. Cfoft. Cf. D. A. WflsOrt; J O. Grltiln, H. W. Deer, A. J. Hunter—U|* merj J. \V. Ail—T<Heh> J, Vf. Jennv; p M. Kearse and others! Make up your club-nowr and write me number wanted and I w.ll book or ders and quote prices F. O. It. -f- J. M. Brant. Itlm^r, S. C* ! I’LA^t P'ECANid^ ' , 1,000 one year old PapeFShell Pecan Treei for tale al Meant* each. ' II. 14. Still. . - Blackville, 8. C, FOR 75A4.E, 400 rounds of ptffe Eden water meh on seed from lafge and well-shaped iWelOns, ”Tf For prlcea, Ac , tfrlle to „ „ ,V = I. f. Still, •» J ^ BlaokvUle, b. C. Accessible Variety rtiU' ^Oftoli Heed, 8««L ^5>W Very > F«.ll$.v , oqO tnirit Unt. sold my crop,forty four bales MONEY TQ LEND. i am priparW to negotiate loani on Wiprhved farms fhr live yearsv partial payments; inteien^ pef cent on loan*|.at sixteen cents per pound. Under f 1.000 : 7 per cent, on loan* over 11,000. Don't write, come and see me. J. O, PaTTKnanx, Barnwell, S. C.\ Having tlcciclcd to go into the Wholesale business in the City of New \ orlc, * 1 wfUSeH out hiy KN- ^ tlRK STOCK OF MKRCHAN- ' DISK -A.T ^CTTT^ili Stuff Fixtures For Sale; House and Lot, with all im provements, far sitff. JiVkI*VThing must go' Crime early, before the stock is picked over. - Soda WLatcr Fountain for SaL. NOTHING will be charged irt this Safe; ... ' . House Furniture For Sale f is All ONI IS NOW GOING 1 If i.iiiUiv<d 1- H. Ti m THE YEAR ROUND ■ v ' r-81- ■ \ " 7 7* * k ~ r ".' r ! T - J ' -“T*' '!'■ ' .. " . , : •' ' ' . ' * • ' . • V^HILL - TOP - STABLES.iX “^(BARNWELL, - - S. C. IN oHur for br]c * , v - ' -x_ Tho liFST'fll! jyirposo Koi.^us ilnil. Juitjivc,-good \ ju(T”,menf win HvJoct nml fojnlv nmfu'v hut, ; IBuiggies i> ~Vu r EigoxLS. Thfw, too, u.r^JajL'fit yonf’ survive in vns at piicuB nmlor^routin fill oomjietition. Set* ok 110 fm tlur. * - - .«■ - '' * , j - ' ' N liarliess. Harness. t "Vi l iotv thorn r.ml ami YOU less. c; .iir.moRs'u.stoFh Grilll ^vFrioF rrrun fli^ CIIOTC KST 1’Q iTMRUJIIC.irKSTf . t . ' -- , ==^-.T.;- *- ^ A “iferW^^jianito piocos sold. -If 'ftm iu ud anvthing front a-I>iow Ihiml u;.> 01 (Iow.u von (an got. it «t Jfrown priooit horo. ■’ . . - v» 'SaiWIes f^ali anti Ixitli.goxosv -* ' • _ .. HJgfF HdVvii’iihr [>tip|K)6»t‘S wfi(^ fietiiipUfeg t - —* ~ Whips for.slow ami sAvifrtuaf^. i ]*o,foiT v luiY-in”-am thinjr_iH tho ntmrU linos uorfi^’ trf W •• • * . Iloathjuaitois'aml you’ll ho piloted if gootL goodg. ami tro.iitijH'jit iiml.iiulow p.hr prices can sntisly. Llyfitn \yi;ll;h.c. A. “Saved hy C. ICMATH FS, ; of Y-pang & Mafhis, at Rocky j'ord/ Colo., from standard si,;e. urRted caiiUloTiin-r. ripened on the vinesC^C^ ’ W AT I*! R Mli L GN SEED—Limited stippr,* of Eden and Blue Gent watermelon seed served in the Carofinas f 10m thc first perfeet- mekirt.s set on the Apply to-A. F-. YOUNG ft CO., ' - St “ x^ninglan-. Sl JJ-iurc Auditor's Appointments Tlic^unry A^d.Rnr or'hi* represen tative will be at idm"following placid nf ic, dates opposite each naihe. ~ All tax-payers »i« canie*t(y icqiicsf- ed to ineet tha Auditor and make piop- ej- return of all personal property. This D m very-important mntrer that Is Treasurers Notice. ifwiiiei'f 1 ipUKlrctcd ami thereby cau^, big tt'^faxpavei- »n<LjIte Gnunty Au ditor iro Httle lrouble. ( nme pwrparcd to «t)Kw-r‘r all questions in regard to ^juMaljifetriila—- —— Barnwell? Siitfirdsy, 1 ** Uth. “ Moiidar; ‘‘ 8rh, - „ .EIko;^I'ue-da.v. ’ *‘ tlih.^ IVillDton; Wednesday,-” tbrlr. - Kunneiiy.’* tt‘>rc- Th'ur>tJ;tV; .Fcbv. 11 ML • ' Barnwell uptll after Fehv. 2^th; af ter wiik*h 50 perccfit. -pviiHlty wi.l he added on all property returned "• \V If. DUNCAN; , County Arfilimf.- NOTICE f A* I am now engaged in Tisftjne the adiooU of the County, a* is required by law, the office of ( oUnty Siijicrin tendent oT Edtrcation will he open only on Maturday*. Allcfaim* gnd paper* Sent ley mail shall bare prompt iiiitenthni. Fjm u Jones, Co'. Srrpt. EjjbcirthU. — v;Vi—— WANTED TO 1 SELL Six flu’ifilred Bushel* of Aliens X^’w Sacked and delivered Free on Board atOne Dollar per Bushel, bend ea»h with ortlttr to -7— Frank H. Creech. Barnwell/bb. Ca.- ' Treasurer’s Office, Barnwell County/ 7? G., Sept. SKth, 1903. The Treasurer’s (Mllce will be nport fn* the ^ollcptlon of the taxes levied Lit KftS IrtiutUba Ltdr 4ay of October , until the 15th d;ij of MarCTf Itl&l. Tii-' 'elusive. -. ; ■■■———- The comrrtntafloh fag will be. receiv-' od uniii M a > ok 1st. I “Of. -FrowvthMst drfy of JgnttiDf Tflhl iln- til rite ofst Jay of January 1904 a pen alty of 1 par cent, will do added (0 alt' mipaid'taxes. From ihe T*t day of FehFSlirJ IlXJf-ttrrtll th& 23th day of .. Febroary 1904 a penglty of 2 p«r cent, will Ik; addc# tb all unpaid taXerf. From the 1st day of March 191)4 uiitif the 15th day of March .7904, a penalty off. percent. Will he add^d Uf ail un paid fa4lel, iKtt. . • . wFFor WntA purposes *' Gonsiltnflohal SchtrOl': ” Ordinary County ” ICepav loan “ Rclndexlng R&cOrd^ spefiaL school Levy. CAdar GrAye, ffld CblrtifihU; 1 niHI.- Atfttttdfttf, fjgrt.afv Branch, Black-' vine, 1)0.,Pop*!*. F.ru; Kdisth, FkfrfAi. tcIetfdrfilA. Kline, Uos, Mon- h*. MorrN, Xew Foreet. Oak Grove, Reedy Brancft’. KefglfnF,- Seven I'ine*. Tinker'* Creek; 2 mtfU. ^im$f, 0'wttn> 36 BoadS, Crane Sa vannah, Cave, BbrfoA, Big Fork; » mil!*. ‘ V . IVHU.fon; 2t mil Id. Hercules; 4 ih'llf* Barnwsdlj 4% nrifTf,- , B. D. FREE 5 Milii.* 3 •• 3 u X “ X “ .. 'se- j.: