The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 17, 1891, Image 4
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IN THE NIOHT.
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ah my brain grows hot with a burning
(nought
'1 Itat struggles for form and wings.
1 can hoar the boat of iny swift blood's feet
Ah It tweeds with a rush and a wbirr.
From heart to brain and back again,
Like a race-horse under tho spur.
With my soul's fine ci.r I listen aud hear
The tender bIIouco speak.
As it leans ou tho breast of eight to rest
And presse! hfs dusky cheek.
And the- darkness turns In its sleep and
yearns
For something that Is kin??
And I hear tho mes of a scorehtug kiss.
As It folds and fondles sin.
In Us hurrying raco thro' leagues of space
1 can hear tue earth catch bcath,
As It heaves aud moans and shudders and
groans
And longs for tho rest of death.
And high and far from a dlstaut star,
Whoso namo Is unknown to mo,
I hear a voico that says, "Kelolcel
For I keep ward o'or theo I
Oh, swcot and stravgo arc tilfl sounds that
range
Thro' the chamber of the night;
And tho wntchor who waits by tho dim,
dark gates
May hear If ho lists aright.
FARMERS AND RAILROADS.
A Sensible DlncuBClon at tbe rational
Farmer*' Cong reu?.
Sedalla, Mo., Nov. 11.?In the Na
tional Farmers' Congress to-day Con
gressman John T. Heard, of Missouri,
delivered an address on railway trans
portation, which, he said, was a subject
of supremolimportance to tho farmer.
Ono of the Solution? was found ir.
State railway commissions. Missouri
had been among the first of tho States
to deal with the question that way, and
Missouri's experience showed that the
method had been successful. Another
method ot controlling a railroad cor
poration in tho interests of the people
was through tho national railway coin
mission. Some professed to believe
that a railroad should bo placed under
Government management. Govern
ment railroading, ho believed, would be
a gigantic failure. In the tlrst placo
the Government would have to buy the
railroads, and that would cost 810,000,
OOO.COO. That would bo impossible and
impracticable, because there w as in cir
culation ouly 91,500,000,000.
II. C. Brown, of Georgia, endorsed
everything that ho had heard said.
Georgia, ho said, had tried State owner
ship of railways. Georgia owned the
Western andlAtlantic Railways. Under
State control tho rate* wero high, tho
service was bad and deficits were ex
traordinary. Tho State found that it
had been too expensive to run its own
railway, and the lino was leased to pri
vate Individuals. Under private con
trol the road chaiged cheaper rates,
Save better service, paid a rental of
3,000 a month and made money for
tho lessees.
Resolutions wero introduced recom
mending that the President of tho
United States and United States Sena
tors bo elected by a direct popular vote;
demanding an extension of tho signal
service reports issued by the agricul
tural department; requesting the Fed
eral Government to aid tho States in
irrigation of arid lau 's. The resolu
tions were all adopted With tho excep
tion of the latter, which the Congress
defeated by 44 to 17.
A resolution asking Congress to im
firove the harbor at Savannah was
oudly applauded and unanimously
adopted.
The committee on finance presented
a report requesting tho various State
Legislatures to make appropriations
for the expenses of States delegations
to future congresses or this character
in order that eacli State may have full
and proper representation. The report
was adopted.
Tho administration of the depart
ment of agriculture by Secretary Husk
was highly commended in tho resolu
tion. The following additional resolu
tions wero also adopted: Requesting
the Secretary of Agriculture to increase
tho number of representatives in for
eign countries to push the work of in
troduccing American corn as food, be
lieving that marked success in that
ditection attained already is warranted
for such a request, and requesting Con
gress to appropriate sufficiently to cover
tho expenses of this increased represen
tation abroad; demanding a systematic
and thorough improvement by tho Fed
oral Government of the waterways and
harbors of tho United States; request
ing tho extension of the free delivery
of the mails among farmers; demanding
the control of all trust and monopolies,
so that they shall work no harm to the
people.
AuarohUtH on the Kauipiige.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.?The Stars and
Stripes waved aloft to-night amid a
scene of excitement unequalled since
the llaymarket riot. Over a thousand
Anarchists or Anarchist sympathizers
had crowded into tho West 12th street
Turner Hall to commemorate tho day
on which their fellow Anarchists were
hanged. It was the most decisive de
monstration of tho kind in this city
since the day the police wero murdered.
The speeches were extreme, and red
emblems covered everything.
The climax camo during the incen
diary utterances of Henry Weissman,
editor of the New York Baker, a Ger
man trades paper. Inspector of Police
Hubbard, accompanied by Lieut Gib
bons and a squad of ollicers in citizen's
clothes, wero 3cen to quietly approach
the stage. They ordered the American
flag placed among the ilaming crimson
banners, which were conspicuous every
where. Instantly thcro was a profound
sensation in the motley audience, and
the police where hissed from all parts
of the building.
Mrs Lucy Parsons, who occupied a
chair against the rear will, shrieked
out: "Hang tho murderers of my hus
band !" In a second paDdemonitim
reigned. Inspector Hubbard untlinch
iugly ordered the suspension of tho
meeting until his commands were
obeyed, and the police took control.
Cheap School Hook*.
There is no question about it our
school books cost too much, and wo
are glad to know that there Is a proba
billty of tho people being able soon to
buy them cheaper. The matter of great
est importance that camo up beforo tho
State Board ot School Examiners at its
recent meeting in Columbia was the ro
port of the Superintendent of Educa
tion, touching his etrorts to secure a re
duction in tho prices of tho books on
the Stute list. The report shows a con
siderable reduction made from the orig
inal prices. For instance, Webster's
Academic Dictionary is reduced from
?1.75 to 91.50. Most of the firms cor
responded with wrote that they would
sell books to dealers at 20 per cent, dis
count so that they could be retailed at
the reduced prices. Various lirms write
that they are ready at all times to co
operate, with the board In uny measure
to remedy the high prices at which lo
cal dealers are selling books. As to tho
best means of securing sale at reduced
retail pTlces, Mr. May field suggested
that an ofllclal bulletin be hung in
each school giving the prices of books,
together with a statement to the effect
that if the books are not furnished
thereat by local book sellers they could
be procured at publishers' rates.
Ht'olllew Hnr HrMnnOut.
Jasi'ek Tenn., Nov. 6.?Mrs. Davis,
Wife of one of the cmvict guards atln
i man, where ono o: tho largest convijte
camps in tho state is located, coinmM
ted suicide. She blew hor brains out
with a shotgun. She left a note to her
husband saying that eho had ratlier be
dead than to be living with him. There
Is some mystery about the matter, and
it 1? believed that the inhumanity of
convict labor bore heavily on her
TAKING A SERIOUS TURN.
The Governor Takes a IlnnA 1b the Uani
wail All..i:-.
Columbia, Nov. 8.?The McFail case
088 taken quite a serious turn. Tho fol
lowing letter to Governor Tillman and
the instructions of Governor Tillman
to the Attorney General will explain
themselves:
Babnwkll, November 5, 1801.
Dear Sir: 1 received Mr. Toiupkln's
letter of the 4th acknowleding rny let
ter of the 2d. I suppose you received
mine of the !hl today. Wee by The
NewH und t'ourler of today that Mr. <i.
W. M. Williams has written you a let
ter which relli'cts upon me and to which
1 ihstre to reply.
It must strike your Excellency as
somewhat strange that Mr. Williams is
championing the cause of his client's
captor, and is trying to aid him in re
covering the reward olfered tor. his
vices, lie is taking a course which de
prives his client of the credit of having
voluntarily surrendered, and grown ex
ceedingly wrothy and severe upon those
who dispute the claims of the reward.
All of this, too, without his jumo being
connected with the matter in either of
the communications addressed to your
Excellency on the subject. Mr. Williams
says: "Col. Aklrich was by some moacs
bruught into the cane to assist me in
the deffhee of McFail." This language
is usually employed to indicate that a
lawyer has insinuated himself irregu
larly Into a rase, and I have no doubt
that Mr. Williams intends to creato
that impression notwithstanding that
ho knows I hat I consented to assist him
by tho request of McFail, his father and
Williams himself, which writings from
each of them uro iu my possession aud
will show that my services aro purely
and entirely gratuitous.
1 admit that Mr. Williams is Mr. Mc
Fail's principal attorney, and as he has
shown by his letter that my connection
with the casois unpleasant to him, 1
have severed my relations with it, as I
told Mr. Williams, Mr. McFail and the
elder Mr. McFail I would do if any at
tempt" should be made to defraud tho
State out of the reward in tho way it
was rumored it would bo done, and
which has been done.
Mr. Williams called at my houso on
Monday evening in company with Hill
and informed ino that McFail was in
tho hands of tho shoriff. I asked him
if he had gone to the sheriff and surren
dered himself as I advised. Williams
replied: "Well,practically so. 1 thought
it bitter to have somo one with him
coming along, as 1 didn't know what
certain parties might do."
1 was very much pressed for time, as
it was salesday and 1 had several im
portant land sales to attend to, and the
hour of salo was near at hand, and very
few words passed between Mr. Williams
and myself. I asked htm to call on me
that night for a consultation and he
replied: "That he was goiug away that
evening, but would see me in a day or
two."
Wo parted and I saw him no more
that day or since. lie remarks that 1
said nothing to him about my intention
to write to you. I had no Intention '>f
writing to vou then; my suspicio. .
Were aroused afterward-. Nothing can
be more despicable than the insinuation
that 1 wished to prevent Hill collecting
this reward, because McFail is a wit
ness in another case of mine, nor do 1
see what possible connection the two
things can have with each other. 1 can
furnish you with proof as follows:
First. That McFail cauio to Harnwell
on Sunday night in company with
Williams and Hill, and tho three stayed
together at the hotel.
Second. That iu the morniuir Wil
liams and Hill went to the sheriff's
house, a quarter of a mile away, to in
form him of McFail's presence in town,
leaving McFail alone at the hotel.
Third. That McFail told Probate
Judge V. O. Patterson on the morning
of the surrender that he was acting un
der advice of Williams in doing so.
Fourth. That Williams went to G. M.
Hunter, county auditor, before the sur
render and told him they had concluded
to give up McFail aud wanted some
friend of his to take him in charge and
deliver him to the sheriff and claim tho
rewatd and turn it over to McFail or
Williams to pay the expenses of his
case, and that they had selected Mr.
Hunter to do that work, which work
Hunter refused to do, whereupon Wil
liams said he would have to get some
one else.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Robert Aldrlcn.
Governor Tillman, in relation to the
above has written the following letter:
COLUMBIA, November 7, 1891.
To the Hon. Y. J. Pope, Attorney
General?Sir: From letters in my pos
session and circumstances connected
with tho case, I am led to believe that
an attempt has been made to defraud
the State of the sum offered as a re
ward for W. L. McFail. There is sufll
cient evidence to warrant the belief
that a conspiracy was formed for this
purpose by certain parties, and that
possibly the sheriff of Barnwell was in
collusion with them.
I have had reason to think that the
State has been defrauded more than
once in this matter of rewards, and to
know that somo of our sheriffs are very
derelict about making arrests. 1 desire
that the present caso be thoroughly
sifted and an example made. You
will, therefore, proceed to Harnwell on
Monday morning to make a thorough
investigation, and cause an indictment
both tor conspiracy and perjury to be
issued if the proofs obtained will war
rant it.
I have every confidence in the solici
tor of that circuit, hut desiro that you
Investigate in person and press for a
speedy trial if a prosecution is deter
mined upon.
Yours respectfully,
H. H. TILLMAN, Governor.
According to instructions Attorney
General Pope will be in Barnwell to
morrow, where tho Court of General
Sessions opens in tho morning.
"CONSPIRACY AND PERJURY."
William*, McPttl), Senior, ami 11 ill, tho
Captor, to be Indicted.
Columbia, s. 0., Nov. H.?-The crisis
In the McFail-Hlll reward matter has
been passed, and the result is the proso
cution of McFail, pcre, Lawyer G. W.
M. Williams, of this city, and H. II.
Hill, on the charge of conspiracy and
porjury, in tho state courts, and on a
letter from Hill that ho did get McFail
to surrender to him with the intention
of procuring tho reward offered.
Attorney General Hope, who went
down to Barn Well to investigate, re
turned to the city yesterday morning,
and very soon the result of his investi
gations wete whispered around on Haw
Range, causing a considerablo stir
among tho lawyers.
The result of (Jen. Pope's Investiga
tions aro contained In the following
statement presented by him to Governor
Tillman yesterday morning:
To His Excellency, 11. 'K. Tillman, tho
Governor of the State of South Caro
lina:
Yot u EXOKLLBNOT? In response to
your letter of the 7th ins?., requesting
me to personally superintend, on this
day, In Harn well, an examination into
the recent occurrences touching the re
ward offered by you for the aprehenston
of W. Jj. McFail, charged with murder,
and while evading arrest for said al
leged crime, I beg leave to report:
That on this morning I proceeded to
i iu ii well and made an Investigation of
the matter referred to me, with the fol
lowing result:
I 1.1 became thoroughly convinced that
the cause of good government in this
State required that an indictment for
Conspiracy should b? preferred against
the elder McFail.G. W. M. Williams and
H. n. inn.
W. I wak equally satisfied that indict
ments fonperjury should he handed out
against O.jrV. M. Wll'lamsand A. Mc
Pail. The indictment referred to in
the first and second paragraphs of this
communication will go before the
Grand Jury of Barnwefl county tomor
row.
8. Tt>e conduct of the sheriff, Mr. Lan
caster, Which you requested me to in
vestig.i'.''ai the same time, was Inquir
ed into, and I am satisfied no steps
should ?'.? taken against him, for in the
first plac ? he tried to arrest W. L. Mc
Fail, even going so far as to offer the
sum of 850 from bis own means to ac
coinpling ihis result. In the second
place no act on bis part in relation to
the alleged arrest of W. L. McFail by
11. il Kill could be objected to except
the f i v. i;.-. of a certificate of said arrest,
and in this last matter he declined to
give 8ncn oorti'lcate until his attorney,
a ver> highly esteemed and gifted law-,
yerof tut llarnwell bar had recommend i
ed such a course for his adoption. Un
der such circumstances, I repeat, no
prrcet din^s should be had against him.
1 would ill v discharge my duty in the
premises it 1 neglected to hear testi
mony to the cordial co-opperatlon of
the most worthy solicitor or the Second
circuit, Hon. W. Ferry Murphy, snd as
well to his ability as counsel.
Respectfully,
Y. J. Pope, Attorney General.
HILL TM.LS WHAT HE DID.
The following letter from the alleged
CSptor of McFail, received by Governor
yesterday, is very interesting coming
&S it does along with the above:
HAUNWELL. S. C., Nov. 9, 1891.
To His Excellency, Gov. B. R. Tillmau:
I reiterate the assertion that I did
arrest McFail. I concede the fact that
I could not have arrested him had he
resisted un ; but he and I being friends
and us lie intended to surrender before
court and his trial, he yielded to my,
wishes and allowed tho arrest made,
that 1 might got tho reward. This
was done at my request, and If there
was anything wrong in it, it was an er
ror from tho head and not from the
heart. Now, in order to stop this un- J
fortunate newspaper warfare, and to j
put a speedy eud to It, 1 make no fur- j
ther claims to the reward. Yours,!
with great rospeot,
II. II. Hill.
School Children of Mio State.
Salurdav Superintendent of Educa
tion May Cold compiled other figures
concerning the schools of the State,
which are even rnoro interesting than
those alrerdy given. The statistics fol
lowing arc taken from his annual report,
and show tho comparative numbers of
pupils, by races, tor this year as corn
compared with last vcar. in the average
attendance the figures presented show a
slight decrease, but Oconcc County is
outstanding and last year its total was
2,415, which would m iko a uniform in
crease. In the enrollment figures Ocouco
'ej also left out.
TOTAL ENROLLMENT.
While?Males, this year, 40,401; last
year. 40 300; increase, 131. Females,
this year, 43,688; last year, 43,102; tu-|
crease, 480, Total whites, this year,1
1)0,070; lust year, 89,372; increase, 707. j
Colored?Males, this year, 55,137,
last year, 51,131; increase, 1,000;
Females, this year, 00.330; last year, j
58,757; increase, 1,579. Total colored,
tins >cnr, 115,407; last year, 111,888;
increase, 3,570.
Total males?This year, 101,022; last
year, 100,401; increase, 1,131.
Total females?This year, 103,924;
last year, 101,709; increase, 2.155; grand
total, this year. 205,540; last year, 203,
141; increase, 2,403.
A VERAOB ATTENDANOE.
While?Males, this year, 33,700; last,
31.093; decrease, 327. Females, this
year, 32,024; last, 33,092; decrease,
1,008. Tota' whites this vear, 05,709,
last, 07,185; decrease, 1,475.
Colored?Mules, tills year, 38,203;
last, 38,203; decrease, 00. Females, this
year, 42,105; last, 42,351; decrease,
150. Total colored, this year, 80,398;
last, 80,014. decrease, 210.
Talals?Males this year, 71,909; last.
72,350; decrease, 387. Total females
this vear. 74,249; last, 75,443; decrease,
1,224. Grand total this year, 140,188
last, 1 17,799; decrease. 1,011.
Tiio Latllo Children Unit are Clone.
Why do they come, asks tho Chicago
Advance, those little ones that enter
our homes by the gate-way of suffering,
and that lingor with us a few months,
Uttering no words, smiling in a mys
terious silence, yet, speaking eloquently
all the time of tho purity and sweet
ness ol heaven V Why must they open
the tenderest fountain of our natures
only to leave them so soon, choked with
tlie Litter tears of loss? It is impossi
ble wholly to answer such questions of
the tortured heart, but one can say, in
general, that these little temporary
wanderers from a celestial home, come
and co because of the great love of God.
It is an inestimable blessing to have
beon parent of a child that has tho
stamp of heaven upon its brow, to hold
it in one's arms, to minister to it, to
gaze fondly down into the little up
turned face, and to rejoico in the un
sullied beauty of its smiles, and then to
give it back to God at his call, with the
thought that in heaven, as upon earth,
it is still our own child, a member of
tho household, still to be counted al
ways as one of tho children whom God
hath given us. Such a love chastens
and sanctities the hearts of tho father
and mother, carries them out beyond
time and sense, and gives them a hold
upon the unseen. As things of great
value always cost, it is worth all the
sorrow to have known this holy affec
tion, and to have this treasure in heav
en,_
Monument to Mr Davlii.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 5.?A commit
tee representing tho Ladies' Hollywood
Memorial Association called on Mrs
Jefferson Davis to-day with tho view
of expressing tho desire of that associa
tion to bo allowed the custody of tho
remains of Mr. Davis. Various places
of sepulcher wero talked of including
the grounds of tho White House of tho
Confederacy. Mrs. Davis said that her
husband had oftei expressed his aver
sion to any public, noisy thoroughfaro
as a place of burial and had desired a
quiet, secluded place for himself, where
his whole family might rest near him.
She said she had finally decided on
Hollywood Cemetery, but had n >t as
yet selected the exactspot. Sheassured
the ladies that as soon as her selection
was made and the interment took place
sho would then turn over tho whole
section to tho Hollywood Memorial As
sociation. Mrs. Davis has a son (Joseph)
buried in Hollywood. It is also tiio
place of interment of some eighteen
thousand Confederate soldiers. Mrs.
Davis expressed her earnest desire to
make Richmond her tuturo home, and
said it was no longer a question of any
thing but means. If sho can make sat
isfactory financial arrangements she
will soon be buck here to spend the rest
of her days. The site of the mounment
to Mr. Davis will be left In tho hands of
the Davis Monument Association.
1 lanos and Organ*.
N. W. Trump, 134 Mf'n Street Co
lumbia, S. sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents' com
missions. The celebrated Chlckering
I'iano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Handln Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Planes, from 8225 up. Mason &
II am I in Organs surpassed by none. St?r
ung Organs, 850 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days'
trial, expenses botn ways, if not satis
factory. Sold on Instalments.
Th? Fatal Ourreul.
Birmingham, Ala., Nor. 10.?John
iiattler, a lineman In the employ of the
Electric Light Company here, while
attempting to adjust a light on a pole
at the Uoion Depot tonight, touched a
live wire and was instantly killed, fall
ing forty feet to the ground.
a TLRRIBLE PLUNGE TO DE ai h.
Seven t?eu Men Kill?? and two V?t?lly
Intured.
Bdttb, Mont., Not. 4.?Seventeen
men n >t instant deatb in an uwful form
in the ;;reat Anaconda mlno near here
at midnight. The time had come to
shift the gangs of men, and a cage hill
ot miners returning from work
steppe?! out into the open air. Their
places were at once taken by nineteen
men, who were to take up the work they
had jupt abandoned and the cage ?ras
started toward the depths belo v. The
rope hud been unwound but a couple of |
times from the slowly revolving wind
lass, when there was a sudden snap. A
cry of horror from the shaft, in which
the cage was but a moment before, went
up from the men who had a moment be
fore come to the surface. The rope had
broken, and the cage, with its nineteen
inmates, was precipitated to the bottom
of the mine.
It whs some little time before assist
ance eould be sent them. The shall
down which they had plunged to their
death was useless, and other ways of
getting at the place where they had fal
len could not be found. Fortunately,
there was some help for the dead, and
dying iu the mine itself. A number of |
miners, who were through work, aud
waiting to be relieved, were at the bot*
torn of the shaft, waiting for tho cage to
take them out. Amidst them narrowly
missim; some, the cage dashed. It broke,
aud beforo their horror-stricken eyes
wore the mangled bodies of their com
panions, whom they were awaiting.
When they had recovered from the
?hock word of tho accident was sent
through tho mine, and from the dark
ness came mcu hurrying to the relief.
There was little, however, that they
could do. Of tho nineteen men who
made the feurful ride, seventeen were
dead, their forms crushed out of all
semblance to those of human beings,
while the two who wero yet breathing
have no hopes of recovery. Their com
rndes boro them out of the ruin, and
awaited help from above, but any aid
that could have been given them whs
useless.
The Anaconda mine is the biggest iu
this territory. It employs 400 meu, and
was reopened, after a long closing, Oc
tober 23.. The fact that it was reopened
on a Friday was commented on at tho
time by superstitions miners, and many
were afraid to work in it.
Horrible Kut>tern Stories.
San FRANCISCO, November 4.?The
following Chinese advices have been
receive I per steamer City of ltio
Janeiro: The particulars of a serious
riot in the province of Krukien have
reached Hong Kong. Tho scene of
trouble is Teppua, which was attacked
by three thousand insurgents. One
unfortunate fellow fell into the hands
of the insurgents, who nailed his hands
and feet to a board aud cut him up.
The victim was considered to have
been made a sacrafice to the tlag.
For throe days the city held out. The
insurgents seized a favorable moment
to send a largo force under cover of
their own lire to storm the defence.
The walls were low and were easily
scaled. A bloody struggle ensued, re
sulting in favor of the attacking party.
The leader, Chen, was the first one to
leap over, and rushing straight to Mag
istrate's Yemen, he first liberated all
tho prisoners and then searched for the
magistrate and his family. The depu
ty magistrate was last seen fighting
hand tu hand against overwhelming
foes, disputing every inch of ground.
At last accounts 1,000 Imperial troops
wero on the march against the rebels.
News from Vladivostock, on Sep
tember 27, said: Quite a number of
lately escaped convicts have been re
captured recently, some dead and
others alive. Russians are paying 50
roubles premium for live cnminnls
nnd 75 roubles for dead ones if brought
lu.
At Yokohama tho damage caused by
the violent storm of September 14 was
very serious to both life and property.
It is now definitely known that eighty
two lives were lost and thirty-seven
hundred houses entirely destroyed.
Seven hundred and eighty vossels were
carried out to sea or sunk. In addition
great damage was couscd to crops.
The loss to property is roughly esti
mated at 81,000,000.
Witter H.?inj; Sold.
columbus, Ind., Nov. 6.?There is no
more prospect of rain than than there
was two months ago and everybody
Yiews the situation with alarm. Wells,
streams and ponds are completely dry
in this entire section, and since tho fif
ties nothing like this has been known.
In many inland towns, like Charles
town, water is being sold.
The Puess And Banner directs the
attention of tin.'Legislature to the es
tablishment of a State poor house in
place of the present county poor houses.
It claims that there is no more sense in
having a county poor house than thero
would be in having a county peniten
tiary or a county lunatic asvlum.
There is force in tho suggestion. The
paupers could bo better cared for iu a
Stato institution.
SEWING MACHINES.
Now is your time to buy for I can
sell you any of these goods at any
price ftoin the cheapest up to the
finest grades. I sell tho celebrated
DOMESTIC,
new home,
DAVIS,
WHEELER & WILSON
I and also several grades of cheap
machines from $l?.flr) up to 22.60.
We handle also all kinds of
PIANOS AND ORGAN
and sell thorn cheaper than any
body In tho Pal motto State.
Mr. W. F. Harris who has been
with the Singer Manufacturing Co,
for tho last eight years is our agent
In this county for tho above men
tioned machines and instruments.
Prleos and torms to suit the times.
3. jVT !R,1<
"too.
KENNEDY BROS
UNDERTAKES
NORTH SIDB PUBLIC SQUARE, - - - LAU REN 8, S. C
OT?r KENNHDT BROS., Stur?.
Keep constant!j on hand a large assortment of Coffins * i d Ci t*
oth Wood andMetalic, which will be sold low down. F uinirl.e at
ny hour daj or night. Hearse sent when desired,
riyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to J. M ?oborUon.
Cotton Sample Improved.
ONE CENT PER POUND BY ACTUAL TEST.
At the gin house of Mr. F. H. Roberts, in Richmond county, just
before starting his SAILOR ELEVATOR one bale had been ginned
by the old method.
Just after starting his ELEVATOR another bale was ginned from
the same pile. Without knowing this fact the cotton buyer otic*cd one
cent more per pound for the bale ginned with theon offcretij elevator.
Read the statement of the Buyer and Seller.
Tins WILL CERTIFY that of two samples of cottonsod us to day
by Mr. Rowan Rose, the market value of one exceeded that of the other
by one cent per pound. (Signed) D. CRAWFORD & SONS.
Tins will certify that the two bales of cotton offered as above
were both from the same pile of seed cotton and rechdghcuhuht same
gin. One was carried to the gin in baskets and ohtenncn.cgj Sailor
Cotton Elevator. (Signed) R ROSE.
The best GINS, PRESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES aond the
best machinery of all kinds for sale by
W. H. GIBBES, JR., &CO
COLUMBIA, S.
C
Cooper & Burnside Bros.
Keep constantly on hand all kinds of
Groceries, Provisions, Vegetables
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Agent.
"Seeing: is Be^evino;.,? jl
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9 tough and seamless, and ma-le in three pieces oidy,^53!;2jP*
it is absolutely safeand unbreakable. Like Aladdin's ^jUp
of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar- >jCH>k,
A velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, SifflLlBl*
W softer than electric light and more cheerful than either.
jdL I? Look for tbisstatnp?Tu? Rociibstbr. If the Umpdealer br.in't the ironnln*
JHBt Rochester, euvl the ?tyte you want. ?<-ud to us for our new iliuatrnteU cntalogue.
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ROCUBSTBB LAMP CO., 4* Parte Place, New York City.
^?L "The Rochester."
DO YOU WISH TO
K of YOl'IC owi\
? ? liOI sk.
TUEN BUY THE TUOMAS STEAM
PRESS AND SEED COTTON:
ELEVATOR.
It is the most per feet system In use, un
loading cotton from wagons, cleaning and
delivering it into gins or stalls. Cotton
does not pass through fan and press re
quires no pulley nor belts. It saves time
und money.
TALBOTT & SONS'
ENGINES AND BOILERS, STATION
ART AND PORTABLE. OLD DO
TALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IMPROVED
FRICTION AND ROPE EE KD
?200 TO 8CU0
LCMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT
TON GINS AND COTTON PRESSE.'!.
We offer Saw Mill Men and Glnm-rs
the most completo outfits that can be
bought and at bottom prices.
V. O. BAD HAM,
GENERAL AGENT,
Columbia, S. C.
TUE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THK
BEST
Fcb 19-lv.
COTTON SAJfiPLIlWROyiD
o>i: CENT pun h?<m\>o icy
ACTUAL TUST.
!?:?
At the gin of Mr. F. II. Roberts in Rich
land County, lust before starting his Sailor
Elevator one bale had been sinned by the
old mothod. Just after starting tlio Eleva
tor another balo was ginned from the same
8lie. Without knowing this faotthe cotton
uyer offered one cent per pound more for
the bale ginned with the uso of the Elev.^
tor. Read the statements of the buyer and
seller:
cory.
This will certify that of two samples ol
cotton offered us today by Mr. Rowan Rose
the market value of one exceeded that ol
the other by ono cant per pound.
[Signed.) 1). CRAWFORD & SONS.
COPY.
Thlss will certify that tho two bales of
cotton offered nsnhovo were both from the
same pile of seed cotton, aud ginned in tho
BAine gin. Ono was carried to the gin in
baskets and ono through the Sailor Seed
Cotton Elevator.
(Signed.) J. It. ROSE.
Tho bt.st Gin=\ Presses, Elevators.
Engines und the best machinery of all
kinds, lor sale by
W. H. G1BBES, Jit.. & CO..
COLUMIUA. S. C.
TUE LARGEST STOCK.
MOST SKILLED WORKMEN.
?OWEST H RIO KB
South Carolina Marlin Worts.
F. H. HYATT,
PROPRIETOR.
Is tho best place in South Carolina oi
Southern States to secure satisfaction In
American and Italian Marble Work. All
kimis of
Cemetery Work
a speciality.
TABLETS.
HEADS'! ONES
MONUMENTS, Ac.
Send for prices and full Information.
f. h. hyatt
April 8 ly COLUMBIA. S. C.
Advice to 'W omen
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Men
struation you must use
BRADFIELD'sT?
FEMALE I
REGULATOR j
CARTnnHViM.b, April 20,1880.
This will certify tlmt two members of my
Immediate family, nfter having ntiffcretl for
yoars from iriciintrnal ? rreirii la i ll y,
being trontod without benefit by physicians,
were at length completely eurod by ono bottle
of in inllu iUV R'omalo Itruulator. Its
effect Is truly wonderful. J. w. Stranoe.
nook to " WOMAN " mailed FREK, which contains
valuable Information on nil female Ulsoaics.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO..
ATLANTA, OA.
^JTOJB SALE V ?T ALIi JO ItUOGISTS.
t iWWfrrWS OKU^.ISTSPROPS SAVAHNAH GA
w?Eit Pays tie Frellt"
A GRBAT ORFKR that may NOT AOAIM
UK RkI'RATKD, SO do not l'klay.
"Struck Whilktuk Irok is Hot."
Writ? for Catalogue n >w, and B ?y what
paper you saw this advertis'iuei t in.
j ?bJieuiber that I sell everything that
|goes to furnishing a borne?luauulactur
]int; souie things and buying lihevs iu the
largest possiblo lots, which o iali h mo to
wipe out all competition
HERE AHK A KKW OF MY START
LING BARGAINS
A No. 7 Flat top Cookin? Stove, full
si/.o, 15x17 inch oven, titled with 21 pieces
of ware, delivered at your own depot,
all freight charges paid by me, foi
only Twelve Dollars.
Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cookiu
Range 13x13 Inch ovob, 18x20 nu n top, lit
ted with 21 pieces of ware, for T?1R
TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the I weight to
your depot.
DO NOT FAY TWO PRICES FOIi
YOUR GOODS.
1 will send you'o nice plush Parlor suit,
gwalnut frame, cither in combination ui
handed, tho moat stylish coiois lor
to your jallroad station, (relgllt mud.
1 will also soli you a nice Bediomos uu
consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 hlgli
head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre^
table, 4 cane s?:at chairs, 1 one ? ;vl aud
back rocker all lor 1U.00, aud pay fielgfa
to your depot.
Or 1 will send you an elegant Bedroom
suit witji large glass, lull marble lop, foi
$30, and pay freight.
Nico wluUow shade on spriuu toiler v 00
Elegant large walnut 6 day Clock, 4.04
Walnut louugo, 7.00
j.Laco curtains per window, l.#0
ij Icaiiuot describe eveiytlihur iu a small
eadvortisoiuont, but have an immense store
j containing 22,000 feet of tlotn room, with
?ware houses and factory buiktuigo mother
spurts of Augusta, inakiii? in all tho lar
ggest business oi iliis kind under oae man
agement iu the Southern States. These
stoiMsanci warehouses are crowded with
the choicest productions of the best facto
ries. My catalogue containing illustrations
ot goo?s will be mailed it you will ktudl)
ja) where you saw inibaclveitisouieuL i
pay lieJKhl. Address,
L. F. PAU?ETT,
I'ropnetor Padgett's Fmulturo, Stove
and Ciupot Store,
1110-1112 Broad Street, ALOUSTA, OA.
[CURE5 ALL SKIN
AND
bl?qd disease
i. P. r.
el P. " '
m n ?i I 5313 ? mibln ?'.lon,
.ft.: on ? r Hi. mi u1 ad
SyphflU, Rti>>.HI\!c i.M.jm.mm. ScrnHiSoui (Tltrti .n,?
!-,.'., Cbii.lulM B?rding., Rntum.tl.tii, Malnlt. old
Oil *k !..t1 !>?;.' hWI T4 ? (t<i nil I? ?Inf C.Unh,
nn c cures
KrJlO??15
. ? .1 i ..'<?!:. t,tl?r, smi H
l\ l\ P. 1. n pow.rfill to.
tt'., et'*.
I mi ?tc.lt. it 'ipptttier.
LIPPMAH BROS., Proprietors,
Byueci3l9, Uppman'o Block, 8AVAKNAB, OA.
Leesville College.
CO-EDUCATIONAL.
PRIMARY, ACADEMIC, OOLLEOl
1 ATE iiid COMMERCIAL COURSES;
Vocal and Instrtunontal Music, Art, Elocu
tion, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cut
tlug. Domestic Economy, Weokly Bible
Studies. Nine tcachors. Em o I Intent, last
year 180. Pupils from tlllrri'O'l counties.
Strong moral and religous Inlluonco. No
bar room nearer than sovon miles.
HealthfuI location, too feet above the
level of tho sea, 400 feel above Columbia,
128 feet above Alken. Elegant building,
Young ladies can hoard with the President.
Only College in the Male that makes pro
vision for young ladies to reduce expenses
by doing domestic work. Seventeen young
ladies aided this way las'year Kxpvnsei
for literary course and board for ton
months. {1100 to $130; music, $! 0; book keep*
iiitr, ?20. Next session opens September
23d. Kor cataloguo address
L. II. HAYN KS. A. M.,
I resident,
Sep !)-:tuios Lccsville, S. C
LIPHMAN BROS., fropr alor
Drugglite, Llppman's Blot*.- SAVANNAH, OA.
First Class Work.
V ery Low Prieos.
Buggies, Carriages, Hoad Carbi, WftgOflS,
ate.. Warranted Second to none.
Inquire of nearest dealer In these goods,
or send for Catalogu. -Mentioning thb
paper.
H0LLFR & ANDERSON
BUGUY CO.. ROCK HILL. S.C ,