The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 26, 1879, Image 2
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oJ.'%. X. Jn U)A OLDN. AS-80)IATs EDITOR.
Tur cniifarnha eicttion takes place
on the 81l of' Septeiber, and the Maine
election oil the 6th.
A ieiNi) facetiously Auggests that
*e have becomeo.a0 "s0or3Ieead" shice
the recent railrold icoidesi. -Yes., if
he had bl recklessly ptchcd head
foremost down an enitakismenst, at the
rate of forty idilos a'n ibtr, Jib would
have becomne a sorehead too, infless his
cs'alnium is uncommonly tough.
MEMPlIwls Is in a bad way. The fever
is spreading, over a hiuidred and fifty
deaths have occurred, the people rebel
at. having difterent parts of tie town
quaranitned against each other, the
negroes refuse to mnove into the camps,
and gangs of. plunderers ire threaten
Ing to sack tihe town.
Our Public School System,
Asmong the Hrlcent contributions to
our eduentioial'literature is a capital
address del0iv ret ky W. C. Benet,
Esq., of the Pr oss and Banne:, boblore
the Teachers' Associaiiion of Abbeville
on the 1stofAugett. "He, treats of
the defects thd o pub
lie school. system and smqggosts certain
inprovomonts. While we do not on
tirely agree with him in sill his posi
tions, lie states his points strongly. In
most Of his ideas we concur most
heartily.
The, o( T Y m r. Benet
holds to be its tenidonoy-to regard re
suits instead of' mite thods, in other
word--;, to 6iimt, titb"miid instdad of
training it its tendency to lower CduI
cation by confiling:it. to elemssentary
subjects, rejecting the c(lassics al the
higher mastthemsaties, -and to repress
individuality, and fostor a spirit of
connnaisni.
The first objection is not solelv ip
plicable, to IpulU 'lchooI9. Manv Iri
vatO institItions believC they have
acconplished their end wheat they hve
stufied a mass of iai(ts iito )tle juvenildi
P11in1d. This Cal be rIJlei icd by teach
ing (ho teces .13 ILi m8u". that the
commoln schools aism to tonol only tie
ele nts of knowledg~e, an1d in this way
they f> to sdnic, extent militate aginkt
high6r culture.' Ye, 11ery the apparenit
paradox presiets itselft, tlit the msost
dist-inguisled II (erary men ol' A mierica
have collie C'hifly fVioif those States in
which the piblc selhdols lu111e longest
existed, 11and the South, which iebre
thle war depended Onl privato en'er
prise, while developing a highly reflned
people, produced but ftow men of let
ters. 'Whn elementry instruction
costs niotlijng, tile aspiriig .individua
has more monev to speuid in ic(uirinsg
thet thishing touches. -'Iim erut'me
douid(Vly -hs a cent rizi/lg ellbet, hbut
we hope it will never iniduce comn
Tlhe~>adv~asnages sare the genersal and
mocre eisusi ill Iijon' of knowledge,
anid time cheaipne.S ( o impartin Ii."t
TJhsese ini the pr~eet cons tipn of ou
people we regaird as iasealculabilo ad-.
vaauntes. W hons the State -lhd pro
vided all its chibsiren with the "three
Rt's"' the kni I, spoon ans f'ork' of edu..
thetn, we belicyc thati a vasts strille has
been takon..
In &1um-ow~n system Mr. ienset thhisks
a grave deflect exists ill nout pro'vidinmg
for tratited teachers. T[hisa is true.
Normal schools of somse kind shouldi
b)e linugura'tecd, butt woj dho not knowv
whienm to explect them. Ottr Legisla
t ure seems to beceithser very ill-inl'olnsmed
or v'ery careless about. the wh'lol scheme
of educsation. The1 adnmi rablo voom
maendatilons of Superinutenden~t Thomap
son sire passed, by uniheeded. The eon
stitutionsal tax of two mills is, in Mr.
Bienot's opintion, too much. UdQ thinks
the State should levy only; a small siun
as a premium on county or individual
enterprise. It should be remembered,
however, that this two mill tax Is really
a county taix, as each county now ox
pends all the funds raised in it s limits.
Ho believes that private schools should
be a~ded inm some eases by the public
fund. We thinik investigationm will
convince hinm thast the, more muentionm of
a n'ee school these hard times kills 'out
pay schools, dtmd thM t isl vain to expect
parents generally to pmay-tuition fees.
Hie also prefers a fee bill to a local
tax. in theory his idea is admirable,
but we do not helieve that it will bear'
thme test of experimnent. All parents
Svil not94y p, anid many will with
dra thir hilreninthe middle of
tihe session, thus disorgassizinig classes
and ruiig~ the school. While the
local f aux falls with weight on the
wealthy, ver~y few of this class exIst,
anid Uits better for them to pay mnore
thanvto hav'e halftlthebhldrens stoppling
. iool, Mo syon as te count ry becomes
more p~rosperouis tho'fee bill will do
well. Why nut let the Iggislature
Provide tbr lidth a' 168al; tax and a foe
bill, )os sto ~gl~c wji its pption?
Wo heartily eoneur In the opiniion
that thontttto Stipeu'vtcsdenst -should
holdf E fj 60 sui 1 that school
coD mdesO~jIonr#bt4tIu be appointedigsd
also that bof'orebehing appointed .they
shouldt hs sacquirod, to stand~l in exami
niatlion befor'thk Sutte boarde Thor'
ough'd Wf}' ni~thth tioni shot'dd be
proerIgnUon ofdheuo.State Superint
tslten ahd%'lotid- beo.well iaid for
0.I w pwriy, timt gopdrlosi(
would .follow,tg lmitlsg of the se~holas
itdiM 01 flob6Weeinet hand
228,000t4 1165000 andrdoblethelength
of dlsioui nah ear. No num wnllh
that a ohild can learn muh moreP in six'
years with an eigjit months' session
than1 in til years with a fbr months'
kession-enlch year.
We havo not ppaco t* dyetltr4her
oil t is su&e't. We must: losg by'
saying wittllMr. Bevet that "of all tlIo
signs of the tIimos *ouje is so clering,
nbno so full of i milse, asthis-that in
the press, on the platforn, and on the
stump, in our halls of legislatioi, at
our college Colmen1tceieits, and on
the floor's of our Teachers' Assocla
tions, the topic which presses itself
forward with greatest urgency and
which is discussod with most. fl:equency
and deepest interest is our public
school systeni.
2'A OLD CRY OF WOLF."
Specialatore Dulling the Orop and Bearing
the Price of Cotton--Farmern Mlust Not
Take a Panic.
Mo&srs. .Editors.' In your last issuo
of the weekly NNws ANDHIAILD you
refer to soine newspapers having im ado
predictions concerning the number of
bales of cotton likely to be raised this
year. You very properl, coertemn
such publications, for, ats you remark,
such stuff call only be published with
a view to pave the way for low prices.
It Is well known that "the whole
world and the rest of mankind" are in
torsted in having thte price of cotton
as low as possible, except those inter
ested ,in its produiction; and it is also
well known that those who raise it
have very litl control over the price
that it may or ought to bring. I hope
this will not always be the case, as it
is the fault of the farmer producing
the article or market if he does not
u0so the ica1nsi. iII his power to'' make
the production profitable. We are
not yet entirely "out of I Ito woods,"
but tie day Is dawning wIhent the clod
hiop1per, and particullifly the cotton
raiser will have more of his say na to
the price of cotton. There is no toll
tig whatt organization and eominbati ion.
can do; and this may or perhaps will
havo to be tried soon. At preseit
too m11;,nly of us have to mortgage our
crops to get. credit for atippheis4 to on
able ts to iake a living. But I am
happy to see signs of a good time
alead, when we will he all ofts more
indepei(lent, and will he able to sell
or hol our cotton as we think best.
I hogon to Southernit lewspaipler's are
'preCicting a six million crop, as
those who do publish stuch predictions
mt certainily ex ct to get paid for
]ltg. No one whlto has intelligeteo
suillt'lent to be the pulblisher' ofat news
I aper should fail to kttow the thse
hood of such stu'. Now lot ts look
Into the prospetsf thI e coilling
crop. 11t. first. let. me s'ay that. the
great "New York Cotton Exchango"
1111d its satellites seit out. predictions
thiit. five and a half millions of ba les
woul com e from the crop of 1878.
Now the crop y1ear is about at its end,
tand only 4,438,00 bales. itn roulnil
iminbers havo beeit received ti, the I
post. SaN, that three hlndred thous
antad bales have passt'd -north thr'olt'utgh
tie iterior, add what. has been cot
mied by Southlern ftetories, and 11*
have less tihan ive Tiiliotn bales all
fo1hl. the 1M7H. Au'ain, whltim we look
t the stock oI'eot.ton ntow held by all
thte wtorhl, incluidingtu liat is tnow o:t
slthipourtel, we wuill titnd two htundrled
thusatnd bales less tan the aimtunt itn
sightt a year agio. The r'epiorts rei.ceiv,
di atnd pnb~llislied by the Agr'iculturtal
D~epai'tieet estimaited thie op'j at
fromi (0o1r and1( three-quarters to five
,hundred thlontsand~ bales last year.
T his is very near' the mar'k. Now thie
dlepat'rtmnt, publ~lishes that on Jutly 1st,
thmre was ottly ntinetyv-tlhree per1 centt.
ot' tn' averaigo eriop) for the year 18 79.
pcenCutago'( w,,ili he less. owing* to the
o)n1linu: t'on of dro.igl t in July. The
dr Iought o'ndted in l'airt'leld otn th 13th
of July, but not so int other par'ts of'
SouthI Carmolinat unor' in many of the
kntow that it. takes a week or two f'or
badtoly tutted cottont to geCt fairly 'tun..
(der' way to formtt new gr'owth to matke
new bolls or squar'es. Fronm te 20th
and 25tht of' July, wheni rain) was 'enter
a!, to the 1st of'Auigust was nieefed for
the start. After thme 1st of' August
there is otnly about fifteen days to
countt Onl forl growth to pr'oduce cotton
which will escape injury fi'om n'ost.
'1to 'season was generally good all
over the cotton r'egiont last year, and
the average condition rose at every
report~ until it reached ant aiver'age of'
nmecty-mine por cent., while in some ofI
(lie best cotton Stales it reacthied one
huhidred anid thirteen per centt. Tis
year we see it fallhig, and int the r'e
port up to August 1st It will not be over
ninety per centt.' ('The r'epor't Is not yet
out.) I think we may fair'ly count ott not
over four antd three-tiuartt'rs mil lionus
of' bales for thle year 1879. And as
we see thle supply in sighht constantly
decreabing unitil no0w It is near a mnil
lion bales less thtan it was thre~e years
ago, and the expor~a frotm India are
falling ofr, the exports f'om that coun
tr'y in the year' 1878 beIng 919,413 1)al1s,
and.iln 1879 6416,649 bales while the
conisumlptiont of cotton is every~ year
exceedling thle prlodulction, why may
we not cout 0on better pices? 'We
hear the orlasthi g cry of dull market
itn Liver'pool, anid of strikes, shtort
tlute or' lull stoippage in the tfactoris,
and a hiundr'ed other' bugaboos to
n-lghlton she planters anid matke them
glM to get what ever they catn for their
cotton. Now, farmer's, donm't be
alarmed. Only sell what cotton you
may have mnortgatged. We hiavo nto
r'eason to fear low prices utnless thte
planters take a panic.
If the Eniglish mian ufacturer's are
losig always, wvhy don't they corne
hlerewhtero they can make good pr'ofit?
I notice a r'epor't thiata fachtory inl North
Carolina mado and dclhared a divi
dleud~ ot' tont per cent. fotr three tmonths,
or forty per1 cetit. a year On mantuf'act
uring cotton. If the mills in Newv
En glanda and the Not h canntot make
moey at home lot them31 conic 1:ore
where they can n mile It. Buit thteir
cry of losses jsall1 nonsense. There is
money mtade it cotton factor'ies all
over' thle wor'ld, but the manatuerors
ar'e all Iiterested 'In getting cottonl
ecap, and they resort to aniy mlens
that promises to r'ednieo the pr1ico.
Another institutiont whicoh wields
an awntl motney peom' an Iis presing
na downt Is the New, York Cottbn Ex
change. Thlousandls and illlins sof
bales of e >tton are sold--millions more
the~n'can be. made. Onte party. sells
lund another bu~ys, but no cotton is
* -or oxptcoted to be dollvered. I . am
sliways glad when t Ihear of one of these
helhei's gottinig caughit, as we heard, of
hot lomr slnco.. 'in ahosollo Ise aur n
mv. I eroteoton for future de
livery at low figures, say for Decem
bor Or 1Ianiuary at prices belo~v pres
ent ratg iidj hie sces any symptonis
Of a alne-;- 1 presses more at as
loy or' lower ~prices to keep the price
down, No% until the producerciii
coItrol hlls own cotton theqe t I
los wilitoitiinue to make fortunes rt
his ex penise., -Let us try to get out of
tho Ito utches. -It we could sell only
about as much cotton each month as Is
iceded for conPsumto iption1, these follows
might play their ganibling game o1
Some other string.
Ono thing I will Vredict. There
will be no six million-crop of cotton
made this year. And if the shipments
Qt..cottwn could bo-controlled so that
there wouid be no pressure on the
markets, somie niirobf th sellers of
ihtures wyguld hiwe t6 caveo J.
A T 2'rTV rz T' im sPI'xas.
Notes aid Conmnnts by a Disinterested
Visitor--The Rauroads, tl Hotl, thLO
%Vator and the Visitors.
COnRESPON DECH OF TIRE NEWH AND HERALD.
CATAWIas SPRINGs, N. C., A ug.22.
I will try and fulill lily promise to
write, giving an account of this place.
We reached here about mid-day last
Saturday, after a trip the like whereof
your correspondent has never expe
rienced. It Is. objected against the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad thut it has no spirit of aecon
modation. Be thankful, ye that make
through trips, for these "accomnodat
lng" roads try the patience iI a way
that Job never dreamed of. They run at
2night exchisively-no (lay traiis at all
-speed Is about ten miles an hour
stops every ten ninutes--oach sto
about half an hour .long-one run oi
every trip, by average-cars dirty be
yond coi(eoltion-anl.passoengers very
miscellaneous, tle "great unwashed"
predoliina ting.
ICKOR'Y TAVEMN~
(a clear case of "lucus d n.on lucen
(10," 1for no hickory trees are to be
seen in the place) is the railroad sta
tionl for this place. It.. is. a pleasant
little village of about .ilfteen hundred
iliabitants, with four or lIve churches
and a large increasing trade. It puts
on some style too. Your cort eslond
cut, desiring to buy some shoostrings,
ienandered Into a iry goods store, aid
casually inquired for the needed arti
cle. le vas considerably taken aback.
by the Itiformatlon afforded by the
gentleianly clerk, thit the o.tblish- 1
ment ill question walks a wholesale
store I lit your corl'respon(enit learns
that Catawba Co1unt y is considered one
of the wealthiest aid imost flourishing
counties of western North Carolina.
I Henice so much hiliiut in.
TiHE SPINoS
are about seven or eight muilec from I
l1ickory, and are reached by a wigon
diriven,*whiichi, considering its lengthI,
is one of the mliost pleasant your t
'orresipondent has ever seen; pert'ectly r
smiiooth and almost evel. The situa- 1
ti is naturally very beautiltil-but a
rt. hits don little for it. The springs
ire situated on ia little flat, land- are I
surrounded with hills on the. crest of
which th buildings are placed. Trees I
gr'ow ini ahuldance, pind (IhO white cot
tag'o and buildings Scattered about .(
nnhionmg thie green trees, and tihe green.
lawni, taken ailtogethier, form a lpleas
anut rural pi(cture. As your corrue
spondent is not enjoying the boe'elt of
the usual courtesy extenided to gentle
men01 ofthle press ho feels at liberty to
abuse15 anly thing lie does not like, andl
lie finds tile hotel establishiment car
riedl oin with a miost Jiberal anld en
Lightened paim~i~ ony. The buildiings
ire all diiidalted, ihe servanllts Arc few
and1( ihr' betweeni, indeed not miore thtan ~
half as maniy as there ouighlt to b~e, and
little convenIences are generally want
ig. There is perhaps the llhiest col
Iection of broken pitchers here that the
world has over' so0on. Bu1t with these
exceptions the plaice is plealsant enough.
THEi WArEn
has the r~eputation of hbe' one of the
best Slphur ii sprinigs in tfRis country.
it is very health y. It ought to be. It I
is vile enough to lbe anything. Thet
pleasaint odor of decaved hien-fruit lini- I
gers around, and the 'visitor gently ab- t
sorbs enough to be almost a sudphur i
spriig lIimuself. There arc four spi-ings ~
on thie plae-a white sulphur, a blue I
sulphuir, au iron and ai fl'etono. No<
011e drinks anything here but the whito a
sulplhur, however. It gives one a fa-<
mouIs appetite. Your corr'espondlent
hans somo3 git'ts in) thaiit line Iany way,
an no1 iw- (Like Mirk Twajni's Paris-t
ilan gulide hie can searcely hold en oughi (
to satisfy his superhuman appetite.) I
Don't you print this.*
THE visIrons
here are not Very' numlerous, but ari'r
a pleasanlt, easy and soclable set. There
are between thirty-five andl forty South
Carolnins heoro, mostly firom Chester ;
thiough Columbia, Rock 1H1ll, Wlnns
b~oro and B3ennettsvillo haVe represon- 1
tatatives.
TYUE AMIUsE~IENTS '
consist ofwhist playred by gentlemen
wh~o know nothing about it, ten~ p)1ns
played by ladies wvho fudge half way
dlown tile alley, and croquet played by
numerous very itoisy children, who
are hero in full force.. Then thecre Is
dancing, every night which is largely
attondeld, and a band who never, that
is hardly ever, play, and do't pa
well wvhien they do. o ly.
Such ar'e the leading features of
Catawuba Springs. Pd~ like to say
more, but cannot (10 so now.
REuo.
Tonsii AT SEwVANEE.-Fr'om the
Mountain .News, p'ublishe'd at 8o
wanee, T1enm., we learn that some of
our South Carolina students took hon
orabjo. posItions at . the recont Coin
mncoment' ,of the Univorsity of the
South. Mr. John Gass of Greenvlille
well known and much liked in Abbe
valloe, gained (lhe pr'lzo cupl offered for
the best ossay. Mr'. Gass also gained
hils diploma in thre'b depa'tmolfts
and Chuemistr'ys Our young flei(end ' Mr
L~. W. Smith, of Abbe villo, took his
balchelor's diploma lin Mathematics antI
in Political Ecoouy and -IUistoi'y.
Mr. W. PIMlratton, of Wininsboro,
gralied dIhipoas in Fr'oech Language
indh Literature, COllemistryv Geology
and Mineralogy, Metaphmyslesbnd Eng,
--The 'Earl of DtonayeA sch'04 ts d
superiorty to the Canadlanu savage by' -l
wrIing 'SoI d tho Indiali ahould <
010,ou pck
~~Ormi 6. C.l(LrfjL N.
-Tito fofirdation for the new Bal)
tist cliurch at ltock Hill has been laid.
-The fare from .Colimbia to Nov
York- v. -harlestob has been reducc<
to twety-eight dollars.
Thre is a Ilegro woman in Cai
dii wlio claims to. be one hundred til(
sevent yeairs old. -
--Ex-Coigressman Robert Smallb
has been appointed a special inspectoi
of customs for the district of 1eaufort
-The rice crops in Georgetowi
county are unusually promisinig am
a very heavy yield is oxpected by thi
planters.
-The wheat crop of Laurens count
Is estimated at twenty-four thousan
bushels, and tile oat crop at twelvt
thousand bushels.
-Tile Democrats of York county or
Tuesidty nominated J. A. )eal, Esq.,
for tihe House of Representatives, t(
lilt the vacancy occasioiid by the rc
signation of C. M. Green, Esq.
-A military cpmnpany recently or.
gaized at Gaffney City, with F. W.
McArthuri as captaiU, fIas been nrnledl
the "Sinipson Guards," in honor vi
lis Excellency Gov. W. D. Simpson.
-Thto syiod of the Associate Re.
ormeed lurch, of the South, 'will
meet at Union church, Chester coun
y, on Thursday, the 25th of Septomt
ber. Thie synod embraces ten pros
byterics.
-Wm. C. Black,'Esq. aged seven.
y-four years died last Sunday morn.
img at is residence at Black's Station,
Vork county. He was a prominent
1nd useful citizen, and was several
4muues a member of the Legislature.
-It is understood that the South
,arollina Railroad proposes chiighig
ts lie so as to, effct a saving o1
wenty-nine mile? onl the two maim
eonneetionis from Charleston uijd Co
umbia mid Augusta.
-In Charleston on last Thursday
1101itn MIrs. llarriet E. Rose, a re
pectable lady. of flitv-three years o0
ge, living with her 'htusbandti at 269
l.1et.ing street, wais flund dead in hei
0011, lavitig comitiled suicide by
ingig herfsolf'to the bed-post.
-A fire broke out at Fi.shldan, about
ifteenl miles below Ulnion on tile Spar
111burg, Union al)d Clester .Iilroadl
mi Wednesday night about ten o'clock
mtid burnied two stores. The depol
aught fire but the people succeededl
n putting -it out. "There was no il.
uraine, as far as can be learned.
-On last Thursday morning, just
eforo dany-break, the resideice of Mr.
11. Peebles, about twelve miles from
oaeiln, on the Shrock's Mill road,
vats completoly destroyed by fire,
ogeth!er with all the contents, includ
ng fifty dollars li money. The ori
,in of tlie tire is not kitown.
-On Thursday eveiing about sunll
et a lady, wife of Mr. Nathan Crider,
esiding about four miles from Mid
vay, was struck by light ning whilst
tanding in the d-or of her dwelling
td instantly oxpired. Tho rain storif
vas not sovere,,and the lightiige did
to other damage but, tear a few shin
rlcs off tie' house.
--While an Abbeville county minis
er, Rev. Mr. Pratt, was prteahtitg at
coultry church hait Suinday, his
lorse, hitchoed to a rack in the yard,
vas stolbn. The Jress and Bnpner
ays lie tdacked thio'orse tile nlext moi0rnl
ng anld pressed tle jliefso closely that
lie latter fled and left tie hior to fall
nto the hands of' its.2wnier.
--The. Camden ..Tournaa savs that
:10]. 1. J7. iiller, oft' Geretw, a
ii thaft town'l last weetk, 'feeling thte sen1
imtents Q f the people conlceringilo the
ublscrilp110ons to' a .project to opeit a
'anal fromn Santtee ltiver to Wlnvah
lay, a distanice of eight miles, ther'eby
~iamg di rcct wvafor commitunicatilon
r'om this river to Gergetown. The
iroject was not favorably received.
-On Monday befot'o last an alterea
ion occur'redl in the street, ntear the
Ourlt-houtse, ini Yorkville, betwveen two
vhlich Br'yantt fir'ed his pistol1 at Tur
ier, after, as he alleges, Turner had
truck him several blows with a rock.
To injury was inflicted by the pistol.
heo parttes had a hear'ing beforce the
nyor' and~ were fined fivo dollars each.
-James Morgan aliaslirace Iir.
'ezi, th'e youngtO mtan whlo attmpted to
ob the IPrst Nationtal lBatnk otf Charles
onl in Matrch last, and wvho was r'ecent
y tiranisferrecd frotm his cell ini the jail
o a r'oonm itn the City I los pital ;inl colt
equetnce of~ ill ihthi, eil'ected his es
ape by tmeans of a '-opo ladder from
is wlindow, at atn early holiri on Thuirs
la' lmorinug, andl up to this time htas
utcceeded ini eluding the olllcers of the
f the law.
-Otn WedntesNy morning last, just
about daylight, a negro manti enltered
lie bedrooni of a lady' residinn' ini
l reenhill str'eet, Chtarlestont, anid
niniister'ed chilorof'ormn to hter and( heri
Ittl SOnt, whot ocupied the satmc room,
ortuniately the chiloirotormn (did not
ako fullli tfeet upon01 the lady, and( she
~woke to tiid thtevilIlain with his htatnd
potnher. Shoj umped ouLtof bed anid sei
d1 heir husbanid's pistol1, whlich, untfor-.
uitately, prloved to be uilOaided1. The
ogro in the meoatntime ran undetr the
>ed, while the lady sntappecd thle plistol
wvic at him. Fintding that the wcn
>on was unloaded the ntegro left hisi
tiding place and -made his escape
hrough the fronit windowv by which he
nado i s entriantce. Thein negro was
ulspectedl to be a lamnplighter who f're
uonts the nleighbi6rhood, and lie was
brrested.
-Ani inq uest was recently heold over
six motnths old noerro baby, found it
he branch niear ladd1(ox's Mills, int
4anrens county. It wast evident
hat the baby htad bdon killed b~y blows
in its head, an~d r'ocks tied in its dress
o sink it itn theo water. A negr'o we.
natn was soon tho day before with two
hlldren necar this place. .She was a
.tranger in the~ neighborhood. No ont
new where she came from. The dress
mt the child was identtifled as thie sante
hat was the child that the stratngo weo
nan had.the previouts day. 'rThe jury'
enidereod a verdict that the child camc
olits death from blows at the hatnds 01
bhristianta Ware, it4 another. She has
~onfessed, but says that on her wvay
ritn Abbeville site fell i getting over
ho fence, opi thte child's head, atnd e
t'actured its skull that it gofr. worse,
mttil she arrived on4h'o Lgs~urens side
mtd thtat eon this sido 9f the river ii
lied in hoer arttrs . $1ho says r aho be
ante alarmed for fear-sho would be
ecutecd of mnurdlo'Ig: it, nd in her
mirry, thirow t fito o brnoL.
---A specIal from Vicksburg, Miss.,
'aye the Yazoo county difficulty,
~rowving out of Dixon-ruinning. na an
tdeondent candidate foil shorlfrt/las
mimn tated in the sleting of Dixon
Itsmce'y clerkcj ,tiMohor
imose and died on ilt y
NEWfs OF 2'lB DAY.
- -Two hiundred laborers of the
Chicago dock laborer's union are .oI
r the striko for 20 cc*tts per hour. Thoy
imnw focoifo.2Qpeptls,
A grpat Gro has I brokei out at
- . ordeaux F~rbnco. Fltfteeni buiklings
havejlrCady been destroyed aud tho
flames at lastaccounts were still gain
Ilg ground.
-Tho Surf House at Rohloboth,
Del., was destroyed by fire about 3
o'clock, nl Thursday? morning. There
were sixty persons in the house at tho
time, but all escaped.
-A Biloxi, Miss., dipatch says there
has been a territle storm at the sea
shore. Tho'ca'nl gntuiilds,' tIbernacle
and other buildings were blown dowi.
So far as heard only two persons were
haurts.
-Thie rains in England conthme and
a renewal of the overflow of' rivers was
reported on Saturday morning from
SomerseLshire, Derbyshire, Warwick
shire, Leicestershire and Stafford
shire.
-The colored exeursionists from
Mississippi, who went to look at Kan
sas a few days ago, havo returnied
satisfied that while It Is a lovely land
It is no -place for colored peoj)1O or
any other people without money. A
ummber of emigrants returtind with
them.
-An Odessa dispatch reports the
Judgments of a military tribulnial inl
tihe case of Nihilists whose trials ter
minated oil the 17th inst. Five mnii
were senteined to be hanwed, one1
woman' to Nclie In Siberia 4il twenty
two other prisoners to tet years peinal
servitude.
-An Atlanta, Ga., special says a
. rellable report hIs been received t'hcre
to the ctlict that various Mormon con
gregations in north Georgia are or
gamztug for an imlmediate exodus to
Utah. A great iiiny iative Morimotins
will gro. The movement. reats soim
excitement in the ountrv. but tlh
saints are detcriniiled and tile field
will be abandoned For a while.
-At Vickshur-r, Mis;.. lIst Tiues
day niighit, Joe isher, atged sevvte,
shot and miortally wvoundeItl his color
ed mistress, from joalousy. Fihi.er
then fled. 110 . was tired at screvl'
tit'es, an1d twice returied the ire
uponl his pur'SuersI, onle of, hi~s shlots
knotking the pistol ottt of the hand of'
oie of themi. .110 has sinIco been1 Cap
tured.
-Tihe glnests at the Burnett Ho'lmse,
at Strotldsburg, Pa., we 'e stalu d t
Tucsday by the anonneement Ihat the
jewelry, of' Several ladv gulests- L d
been stoleni the previolis nightthe
total l1valu of which was $1,000. The
entire lot .vis afterwards found mider j
tihe bed of a yoing man named Fil
mor, son of a wealthy citizen of
Easton, Pa., who owns (he house.
Thd young man asserts his innoc01ce.
He is under arrest.
-Dell Nestor, a lad of sixteen, son'
of a wealtlhy brewer in Goneva, N. Y.,
drew $1,024 fromn a bank on a florged
check a fow days ago and cloped withi
tile daughiter of a proineiint surieon
of that placo. He was arrested at t.he
Anthony House, in Broadway, New
York, Tuesday, whore he was regis
tored under an asstuned name, but no T
trace could be found of the young
lady. The youigi& man had $900 with T
him, and was reutmanded to await the f
arrival of his father.
-Ry. W. IT. I. Murrav, whose 'e
cent disappear'ance fmom 'Boston has
excited so much comtiunent, and who
has turned up in San Fi'ancisco, in-.
Iormis tihe Cdul nlewspap~er of' that city '"
thaut h'o camne ther'e to itntr'oduce his , i
patent buckboar11d wagon,' and1 is per'
fectly astonished ait thme action takenl foi
by his creditors at home. lie sav's his th
entire indebt~edness wvillI not e'xceed
$19,000, 'and his pro0perty if sold1 at cul
aution would more than pay it all.
HeI says lie intends to returnl .East in a en
fewv days. - rul
____ ____ ___.th
ML'sicAL UOmEs ARE ALWAYs liAP
er loams.-Thore are thouisands of PC
homes to-day in our sunny Southland a
that would be rendered happier by the ar
pre'sen~e' of' a fine ne0w Piano or an
.Or'gan. We want to fill such homes:
with instruments, andl we mean to do Pi
it if we live long enough). fe'
One of the methIods hvy which we
shall in (1ue time be r'opi-esented (by - th
our instruments) in every Southrmi 0
home of' culture. is thr'oughi our Grand
Introduct ion Sale of' Pianios and Or-~ A
gans, which we inaugur'ated in No- m
vember last and whlich is so far a mnag- 1
milcent success.
Ten of the largest Manufactuirer's in v'
Amer'ica have auithorizedl us to placo0
jfr'om one to five thousand of' their in
str'umnents for initrodu Lctioni and1 adver'
tisemnent in reCpresentative doutherin"
hlomnes at Agents' Wh~olesalo Rates, t$
andl we are now placIng them in eycry at
Southern State just as5 fast as steam iIi
can carry' them. Such an opportmmitv fa
to seeurie stanidard inst'rments f'ront cc
suchd celebr'ated manuii hetu rer's as tit
Chickoring, Weber, Kntahe, Hfallet &1
Davis, Maithuishek, Dixie, Sout hernui
Gem,.Mason & ai andIlu Peloubet rua
& Pecltoni neOver hats occuriredI befoere si
and neOver' will again unless we offer ui
It. It is tile only sale of the kind ever'
caried out in the United S:ates.
Readers of this notice who have not~
yet purc'hasedl inlst1rments a'xe request
ed to wurito to uts for' our TItroduiction
Sale Circular' and Special Otfors. Ad
dress LUnleN & IIArI.s' Sot: riwus
Aug 5--xf1mo*.
BAsE BA LL No-rEs.-There is a pap1)0r
in Janesvlle that contilues to publlish
base ball news. Base ball, it will be
remnemboro'ed by old1 settlers, is a amou j
payed by eighteeu per'1sons wuho wear' ,
shirts anld drawers. They scatter ib
around the field1 and try to catchb a I"
canontli~ ball cioveredl with rawhide. se
The11 gjumo is to get pl)ell to pay two et
Sshillings t~o come1 inside the fenic.- (IS
.Aidwaukee Sun.
"Juice" Lathmam Is made tile her'o ofl a
avery seintimiental stor'y in one of' thme
Sprngielapes.inio G;aviord I
falls in love wvitht him, hie is, invit'ed toa
the faily mansion, the "old man"
thinks itil ih ntil h <id u
lhe lb a base ball player, when. lho for
bids him the. houso, and, thereupon
IAnn 110weeps tears of disappoin tmenit.
The old matn then hiites a hack and goes'
out to see the game. Georgo, stops a~ K
thrown ball, a~nd the O. M. gets excilt- d'
od; he catches a foulfliy,.and the D jM. of
nearly goes off .tho .handle; he steale *
homo, and then 0, M. rushes einto. the i
field, pulls out his poclkut.bandkorchief, ce
wipes the~ tobacco spit off George's su
perabundant lips, kisses him four times
annlounces that. .le will be forgivei and
invites hlim too thodiouse,.and.'-ot -
much mbroe remains tobo saidM. pro? '
sume the Utiona papoar ntilisoon aty
ltoluno., the o emen~~ot, at tp ~
*aid tim 'o r hor As1tbs. ~J
1f pa y r. ' s '1 i'
TUTT'S~
PIL-LSI
INTRODUCED, 1865.
A TORPID LIVER
Is the fruitful ionrce of many diseases, proml.
ment aunong which are
DYSPEPSIA, SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS,
DYSENTERY, BILOUS FEVER, AGUE AND FEVER,
IAUNDICE, PILES, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM
PLAINT, COLIC, ETC.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
P.oas of Appotite and Nauson, the bowels
Irocostivo, but sometimes alternate with
loosenossalE Winithe Head, accompanied
iithiabuiflienation ithe bapkpartPam
in thd right. ide anadcer the shoulder
blade, Kllnasiaatereating, with a disi
idiniitio ito exertion of bodyoind.i,1.
ility of tempor, Ijow spirits, Losm of
siemory, with a fooling of having nogleotod
iono duty, Gonei a Ninei4 iness1
l'futt ering ast the Hoat. Dotb3 ioro the
yos. Yellow Skin/Hedache generally
wer tho right eyo, Resitlo e night
Iv i ithif "rarn "rilfybed~rine~
[F THESE WARNIf(S ARE UNHZEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED,
TUTT'S PILLS
%ro espootmily adaptod to such
M3o8, 0 8in7io dooo offeots
such a change of fooling as to
mutonish tho sufferer.
TUTS PILLS
tro cmmnde.' d fromt snbtnnce. that nie
A'en ftem any ioroperiteOthut cana ure
the m1at iecllente orgautantinu. hay
nlearale, Olean t, Puri'y, stual Invigorate
iho eattr. t4yeteu. By relieving the en
forsesd .Lver, they cienlwo the blood
fr en, "ol,,nuousaa ,nr,,, nalusihs.impart
.lles ?sue t Iltaality to (IS boly, CusAing
tiho i,we#S tu net naturally, i owitheus
wiuvias 11o 0o can Afeel Well.
\ Notd Dvino says:
t- '0Tf)T:--Dar 8:r1 For tets :reira I h-ave en
--,a --'I , - .15 t . V O IIua. nS P'iles. kAn
- r- e. a .. .mc ttee 4to me; I uod
T on 1,
r urin, eolidILabs.
'Jssiaville, g.
'le ftPet "t J to fnsemms the Appetite,
ni si . boty lo 'it-%o ,,n ilesh, thus the
* *'z .opi ir -.-1, ntd by their Toole Ac
e 11 ein thp 1s:rv tIv Organs, Iegula*
LU1P' ja ith .
W 1 O2K, SAYG:
- t xV tit c:tnnnt be relioved by re.
, iver t its n"In-.i function", and for
i u i %s eswa that
SOLO EVE3YWHERE, PIICE 25 CENTS.
-04' MrSleny 4-4trect, New Tork.
I;' Dr.' El"i' MANUAl, of Wlnable tior
'seDO:a:.l 134ful Itecelipt " will be maled/re.
M
Y .s r t on~j ws' * Wi . cli t med to a oxrssoen
1Nu:K by asitico.ii.. .itt of this Ditp.. it Ila.
V-: il w 4or 4 ca,~.. iw -at~ 1i'itotiaRy. and is
~I n,' A,~t ~i n~ '~ t 'otd by Druwgists, ox
w, 'rray St., Now York.
f13MPIE 11UND OF ALL
OLLOVAAY'S PILL8!!
'I ha no appetite; olloway's Pil
oe ma a hearty ono,"
'Your lis are nmarvelous."
'I sendl for another box, and keep thoem
tho h uso."
'Dr. Holloway has cured my headJaoho
t was chronic.
'1 gave one of your Pills to mty babe
cholera morbus. Tuo dloar little
n g got well in a day."
'ly nausca of a morning is now
red."
'Your bOX of Hlolloway's Ointment
rod moe of noises in the head. I
Ibed seime of your Ointment behind
c ars andi the noiso lhas left,"
'Sund me two boxes; I want one for a
or family.''
"I enclosa a dollar; your price is 25
ala, but the medicine to me is worth a
liar."
"Sond mec five boxes of your Pills,"
"Let me baye three boxes of your
1s ,,by return mail, for chills and
[lhave over* 200 (meh testimonials as
es ,hut want of space oompels me to
neltudo.
Fon CUTAKEOUS DISOnDERS,
id all eruptions of the akin, this Oint
mt is most invatluable. It does not
al extrnaimlly alone, but penetrates
ih the most aseoing effects to the
ry rcot of evil.
lO0L 0OWA.Y'S OINTMENT..
l'ossessed of thmii remedy, every manl
1y be.own doctor. It may be rubbed
to the system, so as to reach any in
enal complaint; by these means, cures
rcs or ulcers in thse throat stomach,
'or, spineoor other parts. It is ant in
liblo remedy for bad legs, bad breasts,
utractedi or stiffj joints, gout, rheuma
imt and( all skin dhiseisea.
sssoscr T NT ('lo.Nn arc genuIne in
s ihe~ si nituiro of J1. tiAY,,oLK. ns algent,. for
Unl'cIte 8t:lts sttirroiIrlis each box af Pillis
1 UiLunaj. Boxl'eri ia 25 centf, (t2 fCntts, anti
7' There Is conskilorale sav'Ing by taking
bin go: siz.es IIOL LO W AY & CO.,
eb1y ew York.
A PPNN~Y SAVED
3 A PENNY GAINED.
Yon can save money by calling~ at the
Groecry tore of WY [[. DONLJY.
Just opeoned a 1n1('' lot of Sugar Curedl
nyassod llams at, prticoes to sutit
A lit thimes. A iso a select stock Coffes
1 Xsugar.. Aibui: Lt's Uns-osundl Roaat
Crsfe'o a special:y. AllI tha favorite
smnds of Augu~ssta F'lour, Bobtael Meal anid
ari OIrite. (iannedo~ Gioods of all doa.
riptions', Ohowing and Stnuking Tobao
, is from0 theo highest to the chea s
t brands, Bloots and Shoes at loi
bnros; Ladios' fine cloth G*aitors, al
os, lower than the lowest. (Cholo
metas and Lignors, Porter, Boer and Ale
oshi Spasrlhng Cider, (Jider, Vinegr
'd iermojp (Give mot a call. I U
>t be undersold. W. H., DONL .
mayl3 81.
30ARD OF EQUALIZATION.
1ME County Board of Equnlization for
Fairfilid County will 'meet at the
uditor's Office, at; finnaboi-o,,on Men..
sy, 25th August instant, for the purpoe
hearing toimplaints from any taxpayars
me have been notified of a Iditions ,to
sir returns of real .ostate o to h year
7i6'ond for such other~ buiil oas mg
in befofoe said1 tnard,
I, N. WIT HER~S, County Aiuditdi-,
A aog l1zf2w
S1T Philadelphia La ~rBeer
freshi every day at b
ChIT 8, Roat, o 0
Sotlieri Purchasers of Plaftod' Or
galls, Musieal Publieations and
Su1all Musical Iustruimients -
who tre. al.e' to th ir.
own iiterests wili
buy from thie
great
LUIDDEN & BATES'
SOUT.~E3~~i]S
MUSIC HOUSE
.SAVANNA f, ;GA:
Anzid Branch Houses
AtUSITA, UA, ATLANTA, GA.
'ceo 0. obison& Co. 0. L. Braumuller & Co.
CHARi13.TON,1 . O. CIAILtLO. TRE N C
C. L. McCleinhan & Co. Ilusith Muso Hiouso.
JACKSON VILLE, PLA. PENSACOLA, FLA. -
. A. It. Caipbell._ Brown Brothers.
Savannah, Ga., Is the Grand Mitcal Centre of a
8oltid Musical South, and fromx this Central
DistributIng Depot, with its cllid of
iratnch Music Iouses, all under
one manatagement, and having
uniform Prices and Terms,
are drawn tho mtusical
supriles of the South.
A GNIFifEE~'iUC~ZSS
-OITR GRAND
INTRODUCTION SALE
--OF STANDARD-.
carried olit in th U. 8. Five thotisand istan
al laasIttsinent at Factory Hates for Unswh, or
011 E-as~y 'Yora~s.
Tlenl of th leaulding Manufacturers of the U. S.
have 111ven uis exclulivc control of their inutru
luenti ha the South, and anthorized us to place
for Iltact ealon and Advertist'eient One Thotam
a nl of I heir bet, inst uI'ments in repr, bentative
So'thern households at Factory Wholesalo
SEE THE PRICES.
PIANOS T Oct. Ilne Bosewood Carved $125
Iig. Six Years Guarantee.
PIANOS Oct. fne Rosewood, Carv-$155
te.Legs. SIx Years Guaran
1ee.
PIANOS T.i1 Oct. Square Grand, Su- $257
perb Case. With Stool and
Cover.
$57 9aStoPst an"m Walnut ORGANS
Case. St'ool an InsrutorAN
$71 In st"ps, Elegant Walnut ORGANS
$86 13 Stops, Superb -Hro 1ORGANS
All guaranteed Instruments. Maker's- namo
on eaich. Fifteen Days'Trial If wanted, we pay
the freight, if nao a.e. A trial costs nothing it
instrument don't silt. Don't hesitate to order.
MASON AND HAMIIN ORGANS.
M1ASON & HMAIIN
4 . Church and Parlor
Organs. Not Lowest
Priced and Dearest
but Highest Priced,
Best and Cheapest.
6 Stops, .Only $80. 10
Stops, only $95. V Ith
Mirror Top, only $100.
Peloubet & Pelton
Organs 68Stops, oir
boll chimes, only $100.
Send for Inatronuction Sale circular giving
prices antd full iuformation.
Theli magnIficent Chickering, Haiqt & Davis
WVeber, Miatthushek. Southern Gem,'Dlxie and
Favorite Pinnos, itlason & liamlin, P'eloubt &
Pelton and Sterling Or-gans all included in this
s'ilo. A clean sweep. NO reserve. All new Ini.
sttruments of iatcst style. Fresh from Factory.
Lrgs s elecio of stand ird instrumeonte ever
IMPOTANT Pia orA*4 on
as.la. Qagtw I i (t lior freight paId' to any
LUDEN& BATES.
SHAVING SALOON.
T HLE underhigned bogs leave to inform
his customers and the publie genei
ally that he is prepared to give stitsfaction
to all who may favor him with their pat
ron age.
i.0O. HUTCH INBON
will Rhas 0 ou vwith facility-cutting,
dyoing and dressing in the latest andi
most approved style, with
J. M. McoCALL
at the Champion Barbor Shop and Sh am
poning Saloon, Yinnsboro,S..
aug 21-8t
va Awek In your own town, and no
U capital risked. You can lyve the
business a triad wIthout expenso. Th aet 0 -
portunity over offered for those wIllingt
work. You sh1ou]d try nothing else until you
see for yourself what you can do at the busi
ness we alter. No room to explain here. .You
can devoto all your tiane or only your spare
time to the business, atnd make greet pay for
every hour that you work. Women maves
mueni as mon. Send for special private terms
and particulars, which we mail free, . $o pitit
freo. Don't compilan of hard timeos while you
have such a chance. Address
Aug 1IALLETT & CO.. Portland, Maine,
I F you want a good Claret Phhoh; call
.Lat the PiLmrro HOUSE, Under the
W innsboro Hotel.
P UtmR Rye WVhiatkey, Ale, Perter and
-bod~a Water for sale by
J. 1. McCARLEY.
NO WOOD, NO PAPRa
I N the Standard Screw Bay State
. Shoo, J. M. B3EATY & Co.
FRESH TURLNIP SEED.
RED Top, Fiat Duatch, White Globe,
~1jCow Horn, .Abordecon, -Amber
Globe, (.olden Ball, huta B3aga, Seven
Top. Also, IFlowor of Sulphur, Str'yoh
nine, McMunn's Elixir of Opiumi, 'I R.
Syringes, Gum - Caiphor, As~acicad
Chloroform, Tooth Bruahes, Nail Drnsbes
Bird Heed. Toilet Heap, &c., just reoeive~
and for sale by
Sjuly 12 MMASTER & BRIO~.
PUJRE WIKIT55 OIL
--160 DEGRE W188 TfSZT-.
W .Ei reeomuinend - the .~TA
VV OZL as a safe ilhiminiator. 14a
as oloar andi whit . wa4hr, conlsequo~l
gives a brilliant light- with vr
-odor. 'Tky'it. hleopro 1Xsstah
ovet. ,2
~OR the best, haffdienmpke,~
9TeSmasher," supedeor to.~4
others, at 1F. W. HABEmz~~g, 10 a
of To Hall.#
SMOKING and ~ T~oA
k)C igars of the b
had M -
RS St
84