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/ohu W, Holmes, Editor and Proprii tnt.
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APRIL 17, 1884.
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Some of tho newspnpors which clamor
co loudly for a tariff to be dieted only
for the payment of the actual expenses
oi'the Oovmument economically odinin-
i->terod. clamor tvTt!i cqnal sircn^tli for a
gratuity of seventeen million dollars for
the education of llu* indigent iI1it#r4te
IVecjtti not exactly see the consistency-*
of these respective clamors.—tlrecnville
V Nan*. ‘ —
X\’e think it is time for the Democrats
to base flicir ropresentatitm w the- Stale
(’onvention upon the Democratic strength
fit each county. The plan heretofore
adopted by the Democrats of giving «
county representation in the convention
on its RepublTcau VoTSS R Ttof jrtst itndd*
not fair to the counties which are largely
l)enjocratio. We hope this matter will
be fully discussed at the various county
conventions soon to meet for the purpose
of electing delegates to the tftatc Con
vention which will meet in Columbia
June 2Ctli.—Horry Progress.
Wc dou’! see that the “educated ’ ne
gro is auy more honest, any mgre indus
trious, or better citiicn in any respect
than Ac uneducated. If the recoids of
our courts were carefully examined, and
nil tho facts awerfaiued, wc have no
doubt that it would be proved that llw
niajorify of criminuli among the blacks
arc oTthc“ fr «fuch1tftr elrt«rrTo itwnr , *Ji
.WSr-^i
thc«. Suppose wtrdtj, will that make
them better laborcts, elevate ^theui mor-
alTy, of mnkc ibem better citizens? At
one time,, to our mind cdi eation wuthe
rcmi-dy, and the only remody+ihr elevat*
ing tbs n$gi:<\.&nd relieving our criminal
courts fiom his ftei|uenl intrusion. Now otL^vjUtit to escape from it. liemiut, of
wc don’t know but that wc admit to a
little skepticism on that point. Possibly
it is liccnuso our means are inadequate
to carry the remudy far enough.—New
berry News. f .
WnrTF.Vtt i.b, Fi.a, April 7, 1P8I.
E<ii(i*f ' r PfOj>/e:
About iOOl fiicritls asked me to write
to them. As retail would coat 820.02,
besides paper and time, both scarce, l
wil'comply by wholesale, if you will
permit. I will speak at present of the
joute, :—' ^ -4: :——
Mr. T. II. Colding and I looked out
the road gp tMimp, tiom wlddi l did not
widely deviate. Wc made it 300 miles
k windings. By estimates Ifotu f*oiut to
point I made it .‘•u8-»n dose guess.
miles South of
the Court House, to Burton’s Perry 22
miles, Sylvania 17, No. o on C. lt v li.
Hi, Griucr's 18, Moore’s Bridge l o,
Heard’s Bluff ou Ahaiuuhnw, 27, Jessup
l Mldd’eton's Btidge on Sutilln 22,
Nidiunta 8, Trader’s Hill on St. Mary's
33, Jones’ Bridge on St. Mary’s 24, R
U. 4 miles' W of Baldwin 18, Stark 20,
Waldo 11, Hawthorn 14, Ocala 30,
Whitcvillc 15, total 338 miles. A citizen
of Screven county since told nie f could
have saved ten inilcstiy crossing Brier
Creak at Brannon's Bridge, and would
hare hud.. firmer road. M IdUleton’?
bridge, on Satilla, is said to be unsafe.
If one is on his guard, and when tire
tornado appears, prepared to act intelli
gently and promptly, ho can easily de
termine the projected path of the torna
do from the location of the funnel, and
whether it will be necessary to run Noith
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course, not run Past or West.
Doors and windows in houses should
be closed, animals unhitched and let out.
The safest place in a house is the South,
west corner on the first floor; If a tor
nado overtakes one lie lace downward,
head toward the Past, and pace the
hands over tVe head for protection. If
near a low solid object, like u Urge
stump, lie face downward, East of it,
head toward-the object, with hands over
the head for protection.
Every home should have a dug out at
n onveuient distance from the liousti
largo enough for the family, am
thii.gs of great value like deeds or money.
Cfclck«a Cholera.
denounces of the fowl bouse, pure
fresh water, nt>d regular, wholesome
food ars tlie host preventives. 8<>me
have cluluied good reaults from tar in
the bottom o f drinking trough, or from
an onion cut up in the trough oceu-
sBCSHyr AS a onra, use a fiuls
Veue-
tfoo red, say half an ounce to a quart
of meal, In the food; or one drachm
of ohro muilatic acid to a quart; of
water used in making dough, or soak
corn in it. The liver is always found
enlarged and pale after death, and pro
Irnbly the cauee of the disousu is these.
„ , I be destructive effects of tornadoes
direct, and supposed oO nnelit suffice for 1, <■ ,,
. “ ,C!, »lt from tho gyratory movement,
little learning Isa dangerous thing,” giv
ing them a distaste and a contempt for
the position nature intended them to fill,
nud at list driving thert'to criminal
methods of obtaining a livelihood. We
simply desire to say that the education of
fho negro will not bring on the tuillcn-
?um any earlier, as soihc people seem to
think.—Newberry Obsenpr.
The work of establishing a Confeder
ate Soldiers' Home ip Richmond, Yu.,
is one that deserves the ntmo-t ctrcour-
ftgement from the people of the 8outh.
Our old and maimed Confederates have
no Government pension to aid fliem, and
many of them are very poof aud with
ibeir advancing years feel more and
inure acutely the effects left upon their
kysrems by wounds, sickness and priva
tious. Lot us endtavot to pay, in some
measure, tiie debt wi owe to those old
and worn out martyrs to the “Lost
Cause,” and do our part in the work that
General Gordon and other Southern load
ers have so nobly undertaken, A ittir
will be given lif Ilitfmj6nd n4xt iflonth in
aid of tho enterprise, hud wc sincerely
trust that the men and worfieu of Caro >
liau will do all that they can to jirofuotO
its success.—Columbia Register.
Lynch law is hwfsssnejs although it
may take the shape of respectable organ
ization. It is nothing more than an
opeu avowal that the laws of the-coun
.... „ , vanee of the premonitory signs, durim
■i-AnlBl te ^lluUe_ taiilk-j,Jiult|, teit „ bdit , u Uuil ,
above and narrowly avoided driving into
water 12 or 15 feet deep. I rhould avoid
both bridge and ford, but can't say how
else to come. *
1 started January 1st nud got here
on the l!Uh. Had I taken the Maty
Fisher ut Cohen’s or Matthew’s Bluff I
should have gone to SavSnnah and conic
by steamer on to I’alatka. I should have
saved at least tea days, which, in the
CKilioess of my vegetables, would prob
ably have paid die several times the
whole cost, besides saving exposure and
fatigue. Cftpt. Gibson will take a two-
horse wagon aud team to Savannah fur
88.OU. 1 am n*t sure of the cost theucc
to I’alatka, but think about 810.00 per
horse, nfid perhaps the same fora wagou<
I did mU suppose one could travel half
the distance anywhere in the pine belt
without finding double us much heavy
sand/ I doubt if there were more than
90 miles cf it in the whole distance.
My chief difficulty was to find tho way
ent route, and as (here is no main road
leading this way, Fhad frequently to fol
low mere settlement roads, and these
which is estimated at from one to five
hundred mik-san hour. Totn-adoes with
the Irow glass furm ^f'ckmdnrc thc niost
intense, and seem tb be irresistible, but
Ilia greater number of tornadoes are of a
lower intensity. Frame houses arc more
tenacious or clastic than brick, and when
overthrown are'hot so destructive to life.
A grove Southwest ot a house, or . a
forest Southwest of a town, has u tend
ency to break the force of a tornado and
drive it into the upper air, although itis
not auft>4or-ft~pe*Bon to-be near-n-tree 01
jn a grove during » tOTUudo, for fear of
being struck by flying timber.
By a careful study of the principles
which underlie these storms, nud obser-
if auy persons, who keep their presence
ot mind and Pet intelligently and prompt
ly, when the storm appears, need be kill
ed by a tornado, still ft is always best U»
have a clear conscience whatever may
happen. '
^ Meteorologists arc very carefully stud
ying these storms. The Signal Service
already in their daily reports dicing the
season, indicate the barometric treush
of low pressure, extending Irom th*
Southwest toward the Northeast, along
which tornadoes move, and it is believed
that the time is *iot far distant when
they will predict to ccitaiu districts prob
able tornado days. . \
A corresponded of the Newberry Her
ald writes us follows of two Barnwell
families in Florida : “The ear.y part of
the day whs very pleasant, but in the
evening a rain came on, and I was soon
drenching wet, and the tall dead pines
swungad fro, aud occasionally a
Nearly every one would advise a differ- dead limb felt near me, and reminded me
sometimes very dim. Add to thifr (be 11 Vif gone to the bettoMftnd, but not so
frcqucnljairclessncss of persons directing
try arc insufficient for the administration
6f justice.
Whcre-dofis the fault lie? iTith the
people or with the law nud its adminis
tration ? This » indeed a grave question
and one that may demand au inswer at
flu distant day.
Thlre can ImlJIO . doubt that in many
cases the people ftre carried away ty ex-
eftemeut and unreasonable desire for ret
vengc. But is there not some reason in
the reluctance of the imtt»ea to cottsigu n
f l.ru case to the mercies o( a court.that
Wrrft^glci for justice amid tho entangle
ments of technicalities founded on decis
ions hundreds of yearn old, that is tardy
in its swiftest movements, that gives the
priebner the benefit of tverf reasonable
doubt, that rarely admits the confesijinn of
the criminal, nud that allows counsel,
xculotis for their clien£ft interest, to con-
liumb hours in argument*, the object of
which, in ufnny mstaiiceif, fa ofily ?o mys.
lily the blinds of the jurors ? Wc put
the question, but frankly confess Wo do
hot know th« answer. —Spartanburg
Herald.
“Our brotfie? in black’ 1 has 6fijoycd
iue rights of citizenship now for twenty
years, and all the rights and immunities
of the white man ; and now the question
presents itself, is. he moving onward wiili
the inarch of civilisation, or is he going
iMcDwctrd ? W® do hot propose indi
vidual cases, but speak of the negro as a
people. Is it not a mutter of serious con
cern that our jails, our penitentiaries aud
our criminal courts shtfu d be so largely
made up’out of suhjefctj belcnglffg to this
race of people ?
Our orimbtal court Which has just
clone«Lled u« to reflections do this sub
ject, Almost every phase of crime from
simple assault to murder was brought to
the attoiitidu of the court. And with a
giugle excafftiOn in every ea4e the accused
Wiiy if it ttere got for the
strangers and you may form some idea
Of my perplexity. 1 certainly nwvcr trav.
dej among niorc hospitable people than
I found all the way, nor kinder than I
1 find here.
If you, Mr. Editor, rvill permit, I may
write another letter to the many dear
friends there about the country, when I
know by experience What to write.
~ £ —W. B. CahsOII.
P. S. I am not sure thttl-I took tbs
best or shortest route.
a copper. He had lands worth $100 an
acre, without groves ou them ; they sere
covered with bug! hickory trees, soil 12
inches deep. I next stopped at Mr. D.
T. Kennerly’s also a Barnwell man, who
fed mo on vegetables, as well as many
Wl.jl 1 AW
f^rucllcnl IliniM In Menard t«
I ornii<loCM.
(Kshnih City Review.)
The tornado season is einbrxred be
IwccnTfic'Tsrsr April Und the 1st of
.September, out 4bos4 tornadoes weewr in
negro our Solicitor would hxvC but little
to do, our criminal court, es a rub, would
be but a email natter. Whil * e ore to
4b tvitk or fur these people is one ques
tion for the South to (p-upplo with. The
) from some quarters educate
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May or June. Early or late seasonsva-
ry the time of their occurrence.
Tornadoes occur iu the afternoon,
generally between two o’clock and four
o’clock,
Thejp move ftom Southwest to North*
wcj^anrt their linear movement is ordi-
uanly from thirty to forfy rhilfes an hoar.
Toriiadoes occur on sultry days, or
when the temperature is very high and
the air is thoroughly saturated with
moisture.
The approach of a tornado nmy be
known by ominous clouds in the South'
west and also in the Northwest. The
clouds sometime resemble the smoke of
n haystack, at btlier times they appear
like Iridescent fog. Sometimes they pre
sent a deep greenish fiue, or intensely
black, or have a purplish, yellowish, or
bluish tinge. When these two inas.'es
6r banks bf clouds undet the Impulse of
opposing currents, approach each other
they are thrown into great confusion ;
(herd is a roaring, like the rumbling of
distant thunder, and an upward exp.ul*
siou of air and vapor. Soon tho fnancl
of the tornado is let down to the earth
and mores U>4he front; while scuds of
clouds play around it. The’ tohiado new
formed lias four elmrucUrstic mova-
raeuts: a linear movement toward the
Northeast; a gyratory movement (North
that I was not iu the ark of safety. 1
was riding under a dead tree and a bunch
of needles fell on my hat, aud I thought
ns yet. I stopped aFAIr. Bon L. Rasp’s
a Barnwell man, who gave me dry rai
ment and made me feci at home ; showed
me over his lands, and did not charge me
A EmixaicCask.—A wonderful case
of suspended animation is reported
from Egypt, Penn. The subject Is au
eight year-old boy, who has lived and
died every day during the last month.
From sunset to (.untUe he eojoys good
health, and romps around like all chll-
drtn of his age, but at dusk he becomes
entirely unconscious and remains so
until morning. Physicians are sorely
puzzled by the case. One said: “I
pricked him with a pin, and applleif a
galvanic battery to bis most sensitive
f arts, but without creating the lenst
impression. .1 forcibly raised one -of
bis urms and ft remained in an upi iglit
position. The tm tubers were like wax,
and were covered with indentations
which I made with my fingers.’’ The
child had just recovered from whoop
ing cough when this strange affiictloh
came upon bhn. It was proposed to
take him to New York, to be exuinln* d
by tbe most eminent physicians in the
country.
S-T A Va A A’U Sr-
There are GC9 Baptist churchrs in
South Carolina.
A young man of Edgefield village,
who ;s over six feet high and as swift
on foot as a race horse, ran against a
boi’se last week and beat the race in a
single heat, no odds being given.
Burrill Adkiusou and Miss Colter,
whites, inmates of the Cla r endon poor
house, were married last. Sunday. The
groom is paralyz'd in his right side
and rhe bride iu her left.- They are
third cousins, and each is about fifty-
two years of age. -
GENE HAL A A IIS.
One-half the human family die under
seven-teen years of age.
Last year in London 124 persons dis
appeared of whom no tiacc has ever
been found. ■ *
Jefferson Davis will be seventy-elx
in Juue. His health is some bitter
than it was recently.
Bobert Bonner, of the New Yoik
Ledger, is worth $7,000,000. And he
prints only a weekly puper, at that.
Five thousand cats were eaten in
P.u ia during th* siege. What a god
send a long siege must be in u great
city!
Senator Garland will introduce a bill
compeiflng morphine to be tinted, so it
otn no luugsr ha given by careless
druggists tor quinine. This ig a needed
b.lh
The young men of a Massachusetts
towudnmg a man in effigy for backing
out vf a marriage contract. Ameri
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very body is warna^ to examine
silver cert4tie»fe* closely and to refuse
all numbered B 1467 X or B 1487 X.
On the left hand corner of the Iwurk of
the bogus notes some of tbe letters iu
the word “certificate’’ are reversed,
and the word ••taxes” is spelt, “tares. *
7.r. a:
Application for Final Usekargf.
Nodes is hereby siren that the undersign-
Four prominent members of a Cin
cinnati whist club certify to a rsmarl •'
able baud of whist played by them r«-
cently, at which, after the cards bad-
been thoroughly shuified, one of fho i
ad will tile his fiuufitccouni with B. T. Iticc,
k>q.. .lodge of Probate, on Tuesday, the
22nd d.ty of Aptil next, at 11 o'clock ia the
forenoon, as Executor ot th* estnte of John
Hu'to. deceased, 1 aad ask for Letters Dis*
imawH-jN— . ■ .■ —..... , ■|,
DAVID A. HUTTO, Executor.
March 24th, 1881,
roar20 4 tv
Send six cents for postage,
aud receive free ft ro-ttj-box
. , • . , , of goods which will help nil,
play ers received thiiteen diauipnds, 0 f either sex, to ihorv'h'ioney right away than
another thirteen spades, another thli- \ anything else in this vtorld. Fortnues await
teen hearts, and the other thirteen ' , . 1,e , ' 0, !* iers absolutely sure. At once ud-
- Tie-ftrfi'weU
5 Cent Store
Two
clul>», the latter being trumjis.
pucks of turds were used, ?
An Alabama paper complains that
“the country is almost literally overrun’
with negro preachers, who are multi
plying by sedves and bnndteJs. The
colored brother inatiactively take to
politics or preaching, the latter being
the faVorite calling by a large majori
ty.” Of course preaching is the f^vo
ite calling. There are mote “yelL-w
legged chickeua” served to preachers
t ran to politicians. -
A well informed writer in the Mo
bile Reg later says: ‘T believe us firmly
dress Taut & Co., Augusts, Maine.
nprlO
Strayed or Stolen*
as I do iu iujt own existence, that if
the cotton States will plant more laud
16 ct+ffii and'outs, raise hogs aud mules,
as before Ihe war, they wi!J, in ftve
years, be independent of banks ’and
city merchants; their lands will be
vfortb 100 per cent, more than now,
and all of the industrial Interests of
the country will prosper as they have
not sluce 186b.
reanut culture will be an immense
thing In tbe south before many *years"
The crop this year will be worth, say
$:i,000,000. The profit i»-44ie busiuets
is tremendous. A newspaper corres
pondent says that six years ago a Mas
sachusetts man settle'k new r Mont’jom-
ery, Ala, He was very poor, but he
-thought he saw an opp« 'rntoit j-, aiid no-
tiejng many raising peanuts, he rented
l-tnd and began working it ou shafosT
He is still raising pennuts and
nothing ejse, and he does well to stick
to them, ’’six years of peanut culture
have netted him 8100,000. ¥ ,
“You can h «d a horse tojthe water,
but you can’t m ike|him drink,” says
the old saw. You couldn’t make some
men drink ifiber, if you took them to
a w. ll.
ON FRIDAY NIIIIT. MARCH 28th. front
iny residence in Lexingion county, a tliick-
set BAY HORSE, with heavy black mane and
tail, while spot on right side of back, shod
in front. Any one finding said Horse and
returning him to me will be paid ah charges
incurred in doing so.
K KLNSLER, P. O. Columbia, S. C.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Foreign and Di-meriic Cigars, Tobacco,
hahjh, ■■in.*, kit.
No. 343 King Street, Charleston, S. C.
jah2(
Garden Growth Teas.
Families can save aboi l one half by. send
ing to us for Teas, as w* import our own, and
have done, sp for forty years. The Original
American Tea Co.
Send for Circulars, which give prices and
full particulars to
KOH’T WF/ LS. Prnri ,
P. (\ P<'X I2S7. 4,1 Y-.'Shv St. New Yoi k.
4^L24!nli-v.f "By »f otir gnr
den growth, Clium or Japan Teas sent by mail
post paid, or a larger quantity by express,
charges paid. f e b7 3m
CEO. H. Mill & CO.
Candidates.
C»r>l- rmt rxci'e.liiis om- ><|uar*> nisi rt'd midrr
IkU In-ad f »r I'ivi' linllif-. IN Al'VAKv'E.
t or d'lt-i-K «tl* 4'oiirt.
—AND— *' ' •
BOILER WORKS.
JUST ABOVE DEPOT.
Augusta* O-eoi'gia.
Buy, Sell, Exchange, Rent nr Repair
on best mariner and terms,
ENGINES, BOILERS,
SAW AND GRIST MILLS
AND MACHINERY,
CHEAP AND GOOD.
Have on hand a T a^'C Slock of
The many fHi-tid.-nfU. K.SJAKVIN auuuuan bim
a randMats fur (iK rk uf Court and (ib-lp' him to 1
abide tbr dcel-lua of the llcinoeratlf. prinury ulee-
ti»u. [l’riiit.*r juitd.
I* rereleing e*ery. dpy a Aew box »f o<bD
Shd ends for sale at prices unheard of before
ra Bara well county. This box consists either
of at itionery. fancy goods, crockery, tin
ware, hardware, uboes hats, jewelry, books
or dry goods. It is useless to name prices
here, as tKe good* being below the market
are sold ekcli day as they iu rive. All w«a*k
you info call on us whenever you visit Barn
well and see ihe bargains we offer yon that
tiny. We arc receiving as fast as published
all the late Music and new books, and more
fhau half of the music we can sell you active
cents a sheet and ihe books nt the shine pri?e
and can order for you any music or book#
that we have not in stock at the publisher s
lowest prices, and in m my casts much lower.
Times are hard this year and save what you
can by buying from us.
Parker s Ho^e and Cattle Powder sen. 1 )
everywhere nt twenty-five cents « package,
we have a large lot on hand, w e warrant eve
ry paper to be sound and good, but as they
are celling s'vwly r4 have determined to le>
them go aud- put the money into something
else. So come and get a package at TEN
.CENTS bofbre they nr* 411 gtmv.
IVe also have on hand a quantity of Bar-,
ker’s Nerve and Bone Liniment and Bar
ker’s Liver Pills. I wo as good medicines as
there are under the sun, which we oiler way
below usual prices ^^
febl4
Of
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Central Hotel,
Broad Street, Augusta, Qa. -
MRS. V/. M. THOMAS.
renirnlly locatcd v .<ionT,enicnt to business.
CLAUDE E. SAWYER Amen 8. C.
Jamks K. D.vvts, | Abtiu k 3. ftawtEB,
Barnwell, 8. C j Columbia, S. C.
SAWYER. DAVIS & SAWYER.
ATMlfYSATOffiEIMSATUIV
Conveyancing and poliectians specialties.
feb!4
GEORGE H-BATES
6- IdHWfAW^tWfl-AmWr
U A.1ITV\V »• UI. O. H.. H. C.
Will ]>nicliee in all the Courts of the State
and give prompt alteuliou to all business en
trusted to his care nan24
JOHN KENNY
h
MANUFACTURER OF
CLOTHING, SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
GENTS SHIRTS A SPECIALTY.
Takes pleasure in informing his many-
furmer patrons in this and adjxceut counties
that he has located at
W -ANTED.
A lady of many years experience desir s
a situation as Teacher, (an give good ret-
crinofe*. Address— ,
••M,' 1 Box afi BarnweTT; ?. C
took btili'aa hour’# fish, catcliiug all we
neotjed. There lands are also excellent.
Mr. K’s lands are now worth some 14,*
0U0, and wheu he landed some three
yettre ago, he did got possees 8100
lands down there in Hernando county
sell from 820 up to the thousands per
■aroused her suspicions,
tiousbe found a jug ot corn whiskey
covered up iu the straw in tbe cornet
of the pit.
serfri—Wstcr*good, vfeDa from 20 feet
wild turkeys up a tree, 20 squirrels can
be killed bsforc breakfast.”
A Word For The Mother In-Law.—
There never was but one home es
tablished without a mother-in-law.
And that seems to have Loeu a mietake.
That motber-lDdaw-leSS home walked
fight into trouble, as the sparks fly up
ward. It went tight out into the or-
Chard, and ordered fruit for two, and
got all tbe rest o( us into more trouble
than all the good mother-in-laws of to
day can ever get us out of. Away with
kll this outrageous abuse of the moth
er-in-law. Have you no sense of grati
tude, young man? Do Jou love your
'wife? Ob, most devotftdly. Well,
then, where would you hate got your
wife bad it ootfreeu' for your mother-
iu-lawf
And another thing, young man. Some
day, when you are saying smart things
about your mother-lo-Uw sit down
and fasten the tackle of your brilliant
Intellect upon the subject, and do not
let go of It, until you have calmly, hon
estly, impahially, studied this ques
tion in all Its bearings:
‘ 4 My wife—hotr about her motbSr-in-
law?”—Burlington Hawkeye.
On. It's a pleasant place, for the flow-
of ihx equator) contrary to the ba^jl. ^f era are bjoumlng.** “You'll have to
4-
a watch ; a xigtagor swaying movsmsnt,
which loavei deutated edges ia # th4 path
of the tornado; and a risusg and fall tag
mo Yemeni,the poise of the npper oar-
rent. by which the tornado leaps Mer
portions oi iu path. ,
Sr ^
“Suppose We walk over Ihtq^ the
Oemetery,” said a friend to his com
panion. “No, I be)l#Ve not.” “Coma
c me hate to see any individuate deter
mine to do a desperate deed aud then
hack down.
The attempt In Georgia to preserve
“Liberty Hall” os a permanent memo
rial of its owner, the late Alexander
H. Stephens, Is’a failure, and the pro
perty la likely to go to a citlz -u of
Crawforwville, who proposes to make
TtHspiiyatg residence,—
A Walton county, Ga., woman Is bit
terly opposed to cyclone pits. The
frequency of EPr husband’s crying
“cyclone” and jumping into his 'pit
On tXamina-
X.
An exchange says it is not unlikely
ituni of burning the dead
will become universal
countries.
in all civilized
The trouble now is that the
custom of burning the living is b< com
lug altogether too prevalent. The
railroad cars, t^e steuinbioats aud the
hotels are doing ten times as much ot
tbs theineratioikbubiuebs as the cre
matories.
The duration of life in England is on
tbe increase. Men’s lives are prolong
ed two sad women’s three and one-
third years beyond the limit of thirty-
five years ago. The change ieypetibed
to various causes, promiuept among
which are the influence of the Public
Health Act, the progress of tbe tem
perance movement aud the diminish
ing Virulence of epidemics.
. What is to be the end of a farmer;
excuse me; Tom Besaman is buried
over there.” “What difference does
that make?” “Well, you see I owe
him a little balance and don’t care to
hang around where he is. Not super
stitious, you know, but Torh was a ter
rible ha«d to dua u fellow, u
dressed In Baltimore clothing, with
Massachusetts shoes, who tills his
North Carollna«taud with a Kentucky
plough drawn by a Tennessee horse,
fed on Tennessee bay, who rides to
town every Saturday in an Indiana
wagon ttFlsy in his week’s supply of
Tennessee bread. New York butter,
Chicago meat, Cluciuaati whiskey and
Durham tobacco?
The ateetiogdn Cooper Institute, X.
Y.; on Wednesday, tbe 9ih inst., to aid
the proposed home for disabled Con
federates at lUokmohd,- was attended
by 1,50(4 per sons.. Corporal Tanner,
an ex-Federsl soldier who lost both
lege iu battle, presided and spoke. Gen.
Sheridan and FooFs. Brrsnd Tourgee
and Gen. Jno. B. Gordon also spoke,
alt talking peace and favoring the
home. Gen. Gourt and Gen. Hancock
•ent fetters endorafr^ the scheme. Mo
Confederate of prominence except Gen.
Gordon was present.
OmcK of CocNtr'CoMNiantojtKRs, t
BabnwollC H.,S. (J., April 14. 1884. (
Sealed proposal^ for haililing Water t los.
e<s. iw recoiiiMenJed by iWtjrawl J.try,
will be rer-riveii until May Ottrr 1 he con
tractor will beieqiiireil to furnish all mate
r'al. I’Uns ami specificiiiiotis cjm lit- .seen
at the ottu-e at any time. The right to reject
any ami all bidn if reserved.
Ity oeder oft he Board.
Hy oeder ofth
V -—w;
ALTEH 8 EAVES, Clerk.
. Urru ii or gutr.NTY Commi'c’ionfr^” r u
UAiiMwat. C. H. April 14. 1884. )
Notice is hereby (riven' that the following
roads are opened and declared public roads
under Act of the Gereio! Assembly :
lA. Road running from Odom’s lirelge to
Three Stile. 2cir Load running from Riv
ers Bridge to Bruu.-on's Station, l*. It. It. it.
and 3d, Itnkd rutiidhg from Harmony
Church to ('.Iinobelltoti Station P. R. It. R.
By orderbrilieHoar'l.
WALTER S. EAVES, Clerk.
Good News For Ail.
HENRY DISHER &rC^r
BLACKYILLK, 8. C.,
Are now aud always prepared to do any
work in their line with 'dispatch and
cheap for ca.-h. f Only the best material
u^cd, only the best workmen employed,
only the best work done.
PICKRUM, the Painter 1 , is as good
an artist as there if in the'Sute and cun
prove it. Try him.
nprl7- R m
Mortgagee’s Sale-
By virtue of a power of sale contained in a
certain mortgage made and executed to us
By Eliiabeth Scott on the I2ib day of April.
1883, and recorded iu the office of ihe Regis
ter ot.Meene Conveyances for Barnwell coun
ty on the lAihddy of April; 1888 in Book 4
V, pages 212 to 215, we will sell at public out
cry, to the highest bidder for cash, on Mon
day, tbe 5{h day of May, 18?4, during tho
legal hours of sale.in front of the Courthouse
at Barnwell, 8. C., the fc'llowing described
premises, to wit: “All that fcertain lot of
I iHcl situate, ly ing and being in the town of
Allendale,county of Barnwell ai d State of
South Carolina, containing one fourth (l-4)
of onoacre,and botthdod as follows: On the
Nofth by lot ofSallteA. Richardson, on the
South by Esther Street, on the Easthy Eiiion
Church lot aud on the West by loi of J. S.
L/nas. Fold lot herein conveyed being
known as lot number one hundred and one*
(101) in Block number Thirteen (18) at will
more fully appear by reference to plat of said
town recorded in'Register's office for Barn-
well county.”
Purchaser to pay for papers. -
MOOHK & SAX, Mortgagee*, -
' Allendale, S. C , April 14th, 1884.
apr!7 td
HIT, MIT. Hp
r
A. Iianger,
61 Market Street, Charleston, S. C.
Will tell Fruit lower than the largest fruit
houses ih this eity. Give him % trial, aud
if goeds are not satisfactory money will be
refunded. ^
Apples, Qrnr.gaa, Bananas, Cocoa nuts, Cab-
- bages, Ouioas, Aa.
dec4-tf
tipvturils of .Ttf EiigtiiO'' iitiil B >i ers, al.-o
Steam and NYatcr Pipe at reduced pri
ces.
KOUTING piKCTOKS,
Vundtzcn Jet I’uiupa, lUd's, Nuts,
W.^i.cr,, Circular 8uw*. Filr*, fie.
\\ rite for prices. PrompineAi and
poml work. Cheap wi 1 ho our aim.
j:in24
Davies
Banmclle
. Since the last, fifty bf the nl/Cyear I
have been ilillgrntly arranciega si r-
priat f-T my
public Htifi
THE SHOW OPENS TO-DA Y
Free admission and great bargains are
"ffered to all who have cash to spend.
NewJlues of Dry and Drtss Goods,
Notions, Boot), atnl Sltors for all aces,
sexes and circunistMiices at city prices.
Straw Jyats itt citfile^U sty It* at ail pri
ces for farmers, flsherMerfjnnfi the fair
sex. Under the new regime those ulv-
«n to stroosr drink must send to the
cities for liquors, but there iu ho use
for any sober minded cltis-ns to hdnt
better bargaifisjdian I offer: They
cannot be foun^l In any market, urban
orsubutban, Wrtlriu a hundred miles
of Barnwell. —
My stock of Groceries is always full,
fiesh and first class and Is told at pri
ces that will cure the scarcity of cash.
The ladies will find novelties that
are kept by no other dealer In this sec
tion. Tbe men can pet all articles nec
essary for carrying on their farms or
mechanical avoCatfotiS. ThC little folks
will find ewrythiup from fishing tackle
tq French candy, and everybody will
find Courteous treatment and a warm
welcome and the TBUTH ut
BLACKVJXLE.
w here- he wiT be q-leascd to see them und to
f-ir i: the acquainlauee of all gentlemen who
may rced t »iijtliiug in his line.
An experienc* of thirty-five years in An-*
gusta justifies him in guuianteeiug satisfao.
lion to all who may favor him with their cus
tom
Clothing cut ftfeconUng to tho latest Myles
and made up in the best manner.
ty ALL WURK WARRANTED-®!
latilO - ■ ~~
AUGUSTA HOToL-
JJltO.V IJ HX. .N, t r< JT M'r A . O A.
NKAE ItAlCKOAh nV'.pstNO.
BimiTiil Billiard Room;, in the Rear. Cheic*
Wines anJ l.ntuors hIw.w on Inin). '
Table Supplied in Bejt 8’tyleon Fu ropes ft
1’lan, Attentive Servanty, Large and well
Ventilated RoOuis.
fazrELEGTRic bells-©* -
LEWIS & DOOLI rrr LE, PHon(ttT* Ra
G W r . EVANS f’tcrk.
Robt. D. White
M-ARBLIS
: — AND—
GRANITE WORKS,
MEETING STREET,
o
(Corner Horlbeck’a Alley)
CH aialkhto^. a*, o
jtrneO-ly
^WUAT 18
Ben Davies’
CASH storr:
feb7
HENRY STEITZ,
Importer and Wholcaala Dealer in
FeBEIGS ASD IIOJESTIC FRl'IT, .
Apples, Orang«$TBananas, Coeoanuts, Lem.,
»ns, Pineapples, Potatoes, Onions, Peaiuts.
Cabbages, &c. N E. Corner Meeting & Mar
ket tfireet, Charleston, 8. C: [octll
H AMLlN’is WIZARD OIL,‘‘Only
it dollar a bottle.”
HAMLIN’S COUGH BAJaSAM,
HAMLIN’S BLOOD AND LIVER
PILLS;
FOB SALE AT
LEROY VIOL.AIM’S).
fel*2l
Private Boarding
MINK M. M. OUV.
No. 86 Hand Strcnt, Next West of Pavlliou
Hotel, Charioutou, 8. C. . \
Board per day, $1.21. Biagic Mcafe co eta.
feb2l
DYSPEPTIC ELIXIR?
The only fentedy known that will
cure every caar of Dyapepda or Indi
gestion, Liver Disease, Nervous Head-
ache, Jaundice, &c., and all that tialn
of uefvoua troubles arising End depen
dent upon these diseases.
if you are troubled with any of thesh
diseases try it and ho convinced of ltd
virtues. - .. ,
It bos been tested In hundreds of ca
ses and oeverfatled to rnak# a perma
nent cure If fnlfly tested.
This is Co Bumhug, it will do all
that is claimed for it
For sal** by
DR. P F. STORES. Rlackville.
Harley a hearson, Aiiendairj
W nolesale, DR. H. BAER, Charles
ton, 8. C.
1 • , frb!4
DK. J. H. E. MILHOUS,
DENTAL SURGEONi
ILL. AOMEVlLaUB.' H. C.
Regular appointments as fMloW*: Barn*
wefi C. H. irom third Mondayin each iUonth
tc Friday evening. Office at tbh Patter»cn r ^
House. Williaton, tf. C. from flfat Mhnday in ^
each mot.th to Friday evaaiSg. Office over
Capt. Kehnedy’a storey Will be at hia honi«
hffieeih Blaekrille ovary BathrUay and wi 1
make appointments wife patients to meet
them at either of bis office* at any finr*. T
iarcalift attended in Barnwell and sdjsv
Cent counties. ^ (nov22
t
Wboleeale Grocers and Dealers in
ProvUoiH, L1qa«rs, Tubacco. Eic.,
167 and 1C* East Bny,
decG Gm ClwlestoD, S. C.
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