The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, March 22, 1888, Image 2

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ELBERT H. AU7LL, EDITOR. TERM.-One year, $1.50; six months 75c; three months, 50 cents; two months, 35 cents ; one month, 20 cents ; single copy, 5 cents, payable in advance. TEBMS OF ADVERTISING.-81.00 per square the first insertion, and 50 cts. per square for each subsequent insertion. W A square is the space of nine lines rf solid brevier type. A:oticcs in local column 12 c. per line for each insertion for one month, longer at Inch rates, w'th 25 per cent added. A reasonable reduction made for ad vertisenents by the three, six, or twelve :nonths. ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, NEWBERRY. S. C, THURSDAY, MARC: 22, 1888. What say our contemporaries of the Seventh Circuit about a primary elec tion for the nomination Solicitor? It is the only way for the people to have a say in the selection of a man to fill this important office. About 1.000 applications have been filed by applicants for pensions under the Confederate Pension Act passed by the last Legislature. At $5 per month it will take about $60,000 annually to pay these applicants, and it is quite likely that the number of applicants will soon be 1,500. Augusta had a novel law suit in her courts last week. Two women claim ing the custody of an infant three months' old. Both claiming to be the mother of the unfortunate babe. This was rather a novel proceeding. The little one, of course, did not know which was its mother. The Broad River Bridge murder re mains about the same to who perpetrated the foul deed still remains a mystery. A number of arrests have been made during the past week but --ery little evidence developed that throws any light, or gives any clue, as to who are the guilty parties. General J. W. Moore has called a meeting of the Democratic State Exec utive Committee, to be held in Colum bia, Tuesday evening, April 3, 1888. At this meeting the time and place of holding the State Convention will be fixed. George S. Mower, Esq., is a member of this committee. That was a fearful accident on the Florida Railroad near Savannah last week. These horrible railroad accidents are becoming appallingly frequent. We fear that railiroad men, especially those who have in charge trains freighted with so many human lives, are not as careful as they shoLld be. This one is a horrible story of death and suffering. The election in Greenville County a few days ago on the prohibition ques tion resulted in favor license by a small majority. The majority in the city for license was very large, but the majori ties throughout the county for prohibi tion reduced the majority in the county for license to a very small one. Green ville by way of contrast will raise $2,000 for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. building in the city. Would It not be a good idea for the public schools in the County to be closed until there was money on hand to pay the teaehers, so that they would not be forced to sell their school claims at a big discount'? If we are correctly informed there is only one township in the County that has any money on hand to pay its teachers. We had bet ter catch up and pay as we go than run a credit. Hon. John P. King of Augusta, Ga., died at his home in that city on Mon day, 19th March, aged 89 years. He was the possessor of a large fortune, and at one time a member of the United States Senate, during the days of Clay, Calhoun and Webster. He was for thirty-seven years president of the Georgia Railroad. He was the oldest ex-United States Senator living in the Union. "Miss Louist M. Alcott realized more than $100,00. from her literary work. Friends who assume to know, say that within the last year her income was $15,000." Who will say that literary effort is not rewarded. For one of her stories, "Little Women," which she offered to sell to the publishers for $1,000, she is said to have realized many times that amount. Pensions increased from $20,000,000 in 1867 to $75,000,000 in 1887. It is a coincidence worth noting that we paid out last year for pensions the amount we owed in 1791 as a revolutionary war debt-the price of cur national'exist enee.-Augusta Chronicle. And if the pension business in creases in proportion as some seem to desire that it shall, we will soon be pay ing much more thani the price of our national existence. THE CITIZENS* 3[EETING. Mayor (Cromer calls a mass nyeeting of citizens to be held in the Opera House on next Friday aftern>on, March~ 3rd, to nominate a Mayor and Aldor men for the ensuing year. The mieeting is an important one and should be well attended. We have heard of none or at least, very few slates miaking for the coming election. How wvould it do t( nominate the present Mayor and Alder men for another year? They have serv ed faithfully and well. PROHIBITION PARTY. The Voice, a prohibition paper in New York, in a late issue p)ublishied ex traicts from letters from perso)ns livimn in this State favorinig the organizatioI of a p)rohibition party ini South C.aru lima. These letters are written froni (Charlest on, Lau rens, Chester, ('ol umbhia, WXinnsbx>ro, O)rangeburg an' Anderson. 'We would not be sur prised to see the democracy in this State divided at an early day or this very question. Whenever thi: party is formed the negro vote will hoki th e hain'ee of power.I The election held in the various counties on this questin demonstrates this fat. THE FARMIERS' MOVEMENT. f We publish in this issue the action of e the Mt. Bethel Farmers' Club of Lau- 3 rens County, and the resolutions adopt ed at its recent meeting. It will be oh served that the club requests that these resolutions be published in certain news papers designated by the eluh. Tliis, we presume, is meant to indicate that, in the opinion of the club, these news papers are friendly to the farmers. We have no doubt they are. There are very few papers that we have seen that are not friendly to the farmers, and all of us desire the prosperity of the farmiier:s. We all depend more or less upon the farmer for our patronage. I'lie success of the farmers mieans our success. We have had occasion to say this imuc he- t fore. The HERALD AND Nws has criti cised the methods of Mr. Tillman in agitating the farmers' movement, le cause we thought he indulged in too much wholesale denunciation of men and things without being more specifie. At the same time we have always claimed that this agitation would event- t ually result in good. All agitations will do good. It creates discussion and makes men think. We have never thought that a sepa rate and distinct agricultural and me chanical college was the thing most needed to bring prosperity to the farm ers. and we have not hesitated to say so. At the same time we have due respect for those who think otherwise. We want to see our farmers indepen dent in every respect. First, they should strive to be independent finan cially, as they can be, and following that will come independence of thought, expression and action. We want to see them know their rights and then demand them, and not be the pli ant tools of any sect or set of men. C The Greenville News well says: ; "They ought to keep their organiza tions and independence, talk, think and act for themselves, and assert and maintain their proper position as mas ters, demanding explanation of pro posed legislation and party action, and I urging such reforms as they may think best for them." This is right and proper, and the far mers should require this much of those who aspire to public position, but in doing so it is no use to enter a whole sale bill of indictment of the powers that be. The Greenville News further says on this subject: "The cause of the farmers is the cause of the people. Every interest in our State is founded on agriculture, and must stand or fall with the farmer. There are no really conflicting interests among the people. We are all in the r same boat. When the farmers show that they have grievances to redress, rights to maintain and purposes to exe cute and the strength to work together for the accomplishment of their pur poses, they will find the overwhelming weight of public sentiment and action with theni, and will surely secure a progressive, economical, simple admiin istration of our governmIient for the good of the people, and not for the benefit oif a few skillful log rollers and trading demagogues." We endorse these senltimenClts and have1 endeavored on former occasions to give. expression thereto. We hope to see the farmers' organizat-ion kept alive and active. When the farmers of Mt. Bethel club, as well as others in the State, show the people that they have grievanices, and what these grievances are, and what remedy will effet a cure, they will find an overwhelming majoir-4 ity of the people on their side. Tihe merchant, the lawyer, the news paper, amnd in short, every trade and profession desires the success of the far- 1 mer. For the success of the farmer means the success of every other trade or profession. LET is HAvE THE RIARYV. As far as we have been able to ob serve, the people want a pirinmary elec tion, not only for coutyt (oileers and members of the Legislature, but also for the nomhinationl of Solicitors and 1 Congressmen. 'We had the primaiy election in this District at the last elec tion for the nomination of a Congress man, and, we think, the plan gave gen eral satisfaction. We tinik the voters of this judicial circuit want a primiary election for the noninlationl of a Solie itor. Each county wvili have a candIi date in the coming contest for Solicitor, and the primary plan is the only way to secure the choice of the peop)le. By all-means let us have the primary then. Inasmuch as the nonminationl of a State ticket means the election of the same, we are rather of the opinion that it would be better to have the State ticket nominated by a primlary election. The capaignl and the canvas is a very life less and monotonous sort of thing in our present situationl, after the nomina tioi of a ticket has been miade by the covetion. This is a mt;tter that should bie considleredl by the ple~l lhe fore the meeting of the State ('onven tio, so that the dlelegates elected to that convetion could go the4re kno0winlg the wishes of those they go to represenlt in this matter. In ordler to have the pri mary plan the constitution of the D)emi oratic pa~rty will have to bie amended, anl this should bie acted upon at tihe meeting of the first State Convention, which will, of nececssity, be held in May. The Greenville Newvs, in speak ing of this subject, well says: "There ~is noses ini ig~noring the plain tac't that the D)emocra':tie noiniiia tioi is virtually the elec'tion iad that if the people are not given the opportu nity to vote onl the inimationms they have noi vote at all. That is ai bho,rrenit to every Ameirican and D)emocirat w( princifle and feeling and should lnt he4 endured an instant longer that the remedy caln lhe found and applied biy earnest etiort. And thenl by this pilan!, poissibly' we would hear less of being controlled byv "te 'in "land the poiiin and all that sort of thing. Let the peole siav h theirbhallots whioshiall till the ui111,'s, and let the responlsib ility of' thei selee tioi rest with thenm. There seemls to lbe a demand for this plan and it is worth the while to make the ceperone'nt. T H E COnN CnOi.' Wec pulished' las-t week a -tatement Ifrom the Mal:nufacturer's I:co'rdl to the ete't t hat thli er rl o i f the 5 outh last year was larger' thani any; ever before raised here. Th'i crop'~ ini the -Wet was rathiershmort. TiUS lar1'ge crop in te Southtl was very fortunl:ate for the farmrsof thlis sec'tioni. Thme !:- eerday that thle increase1M oif t his 4'ropi last yea,r Iover that of 1s% will keep 'It least 90 w .ise have gone West fir coirn. Thi~s is ..atiefinw and should en('ouirae our -A..L... M .A_ 4 TT .J.L.L LA.4t J armers to make an efflort to raise ai qlually large crop of corn again thi: ear. The I.eeord1 savs: "Iefore allothe: rop is ried the \Vct will be alm1os >are of corn, and stocks will be at suel low point that an unusually heav rop for the whole country would be ;< reatly needed to supply the deticienel f 15s7 and to meet current wants tha )rives would still continue high, evei f the yield be very large. It is ver lp]ortalit. therefore, not only for thi o(xd of the South in general, but es >eiallr for tih1 p rosp.eritY of the far uers, that they"\ should again raise : arge corn crop." We call attention to this fact at thi: ile in the lope that the fairmers wil ced the w:rning and a1"hin raise: arge corn11 (rop. It is noW plalitilnr iine. anl they will find it to their in crest to lmake the eiobrti in this diree ion. The sale of corn tllis year. up t( lie present tile. has i:it beei as larr< y a considerale qluaitity as hereto TiiE THREE C'S. 'Ve pul:iilih Somle encourainlg nleW: hi week about the hIree ("s. Worl aiott to bIe 'oiniiileited again 11 tlh tigusta and Newh1 erry division of thii ailroad, and the gratifying statellel made that the road will be inl opera ioll betweei NewherrV :und Augusta ii iglhteen iioiiths. Si) mitote it be. POOR WOMEN SWIND)LED. wo Sharpers Make Three H undred Dollar With a Few Bottles of Dye and Some old Photographs. [Atlanta Journal.] For the past two weeks the followini (vertisemilent has appeared in the col ilnils of t le Journal ald( Constitution ADlIES wishing light work whiel can be done at hoie; at which the an make from $5 to $12 per week; cal .t 89 Lovd street. Otliee hours from >. ml. to 5i p. m1. Two men who were stopping at S oy.d street have been swin(linlg pool A reporter called this morning at thi >lace designated in the advertisemen ud found the proprietress of the housi ryilig to pacify several irate ladies whi tood on the front porch with a lot o: d photographs in their hands. The story was soon told. Saturday a week ago two let relnte< room at 89 Loyd street and inserted ii he papers the ilotice printed above. One of the mni gave his name a -Iartwell; the n:nie of the other coul< lot be learned. Hartwell was of rathe ow stature, clean shaved, with fai oiplexion an(d light sandy hair. The lmten had many callers, all poo romen and a "class," was organized tl each the coloring of photographs. Eac )upil was charged four dollars for mate ials furnished, and one dollar for thi irst lesson. The scholars were prom sed fifty cents per dozen for all photo raphs colored, after they had takei he lessons. When the first lesson wa inished each scholar was furnishet ith a lot of photographs, and told to -olor them and bring then back thi nlluing. Sixty-four womenC paid the sharpe ive (dollars ap)iece. When they returned to 89) Loy< treet this miorning they were informe< hat Hartwell and his pantner had lef >n Tuesday last. THIRTY DOLLARS AND COSTS. ['he Price a Harvard Student Paid for Hug ging Two Girls at the Same Time. BoSroN, March 8.-Floyd McK. Gar son), a Harvard college senior, son c ['ditor (arrison, of the New York Eve ing Post, was fe'sterday filned $30 wvitl osts in the district (court, Canmbridge or disorderly conlduc(t. Soon after mide iight (on Ti'esday at genitleniuinl with: ad' onl iis a rit paussed( along Harvari t'eet. Following them at a short, die ane were two young girls. In a doorn vary stoodl two Harvard studentts, one a *vh'omt was Garrison. As the two girl assedl Garrisoui ran upl behinld themr ind throwing his armiis abotut both (jueezedt them. The girls screamne mud sought to break away, but thi :eemedi to give hlimi all thle mlore satia action. Sergeant Pullen and Patrol nun11 W\hite heard the cries and hasten d to the spot. Gahrrison, seeing then: 'linquishied his hol on thie girls an< ought to retreat. The lpolicemnan cap: uired hint before lhe hadl taken man; tes5. '"Do you know those girls?"' aske< m oif the poic4een. "No. sir: never saw them before,'' re lid4 Garrison. "Didn't I see' yout hugginlg One c "Yers, both of 'em.'' "Very well; comae with me." arrison wvas taken1 to station 1, wher e gatve the niameI of homias J. F'ergu on,i anid under that name he paid $3 'in with costs, a fewv hours later. I vas afterward learned that his righ ame was Floyd McK. Garrison. Pidmnont Land Improvement and Invest ment Company. [Record, March 20.] The mieetinIg iof the .orpo)irators oif the P'iedmont ILind and( improvenmen opaniy was held this mioriting at ti onereial Bank. Undler a couimmi 'ion from the Secretary of St:ate a: rgaization was5 ell'eetedl, with thme es etionl of ado(ptinig by-laws. The fl wig directors were clected: 31. A auriisle, H. C. Moseley, T.1. T. Moore,.J t. S. Decsportes. ('a>tain Iredell wo lected President amd lTreasurer ani Mr. George S. 3Mower Attornev ai This is one of the miost solid conip nies that have been established in thi itv, aind mhiii good is likely to resul therefrom. The entire capital stoci M250nI, haus beeni suibscibed~. A site ft .1 saw imili has beent purcihsedl in Les igton, andti the ill will lbe built Janie, and14 the work of sawing timibE will conunenice ve..ry shortly. Slavu'ry. of a Wh1ite Mlan. Ar!. N'.A, ( au., Marc'h 1 7.-A slave now a strange sighlt ini the South. white slave is vet morue strange: st ill on was seen oil the 51treets of Atlanta ye: terdi ay'. Johin c". Hlughue, a white mian ofgoc ihatraiter, owed I Gus Kaglenmacher "umi of mloney which he wsi unable t pay, Hie miet Kaglemachier yesterdlay andl jokingly askeid hint if hec wouldl at cep't a lill of sale to hiiimself as pay f the d t. Kaglemiachier agreedl: a lav ver ws calledl ini, the bill (of sale draw t'll an14 piropjerly signed. .lu the doet men!t Hutghecs ''so41ldimself, and h ~ody after deafth, to Gus lKagleumache thesaid K{aglemlachecr to hauv ehconti i said H -ugheus as lo ng as lie miigh live. amnd to h arter, sell or' cinvev lii to others if he i'hose ti do so-"' A col f the conitracit wa~ ''iveni each party. After the contrt was V d handed hii iuhsc beganil to iin k morl1e seiouitsl of I ihe miatuter, and1 con1sultedl a lawyi as to its validit. U ponl beiin. inifornia tha it would h'old g'ood in the coturt he ot drunk andl ' ias arrested. TIh mrinmig he' wa e-ine~d ini the poli had,'l pauidl the flne andi this eenir took,i him0 out tohi farm,t w:here 1: -.avs. hc 5O:ha.ll ok him for: theC balaii ofhis life. Thei 5!trik on' 40 t'e cntraul low*a Ro3.l hhien ete. The eighit hunidr met that 'wcre laid oil' &unda:y, w: n(W en....ie work. THE TELEPHONE SUITS SETTLED. Bell's Claims Sustained at Every Point Drawbaugh's Ruinous Neglect-A Scant Majority for the De cision. S thfr [Daily News.] WAsHINGTON, March 19.-Justice ' Blateford to-day read the long and ex haustive decision of the Supreme Court in the Bell Telephone ease. In con sidering the qluestionl of the alleged an ticipation of the Bell invention by the t telephone of Reis, in Germany, the court holds that Reis discovered Means ' of transmitting musical tones and noth ing more. Bell's patent being for the process, or art, of transmitting speech, would have been just as valid even if he had used the apparatus of Reis in de veloping it. The court holds that the apparatus of Reis was not successful in transmitting speech, and that his in vention was not in any respect in an ticipation of the discovery which was made by Bell. All points considered in the court's opinion were decided in favor of Bell, including the point- set up in the claims of Reis, Vander Wyle, 1cDonough and Drawibaugh. Justice Bradley read an opinion dissenting from the decision of the court. Justices Field and Harlan also dissent and .us tiees Gray and Lamar did not sit in the case. The Bell patents are, therefore, sustained by a lajcrity of one, the court standing four t. three. The court lholds that the force of testimony show ing that Drawbaugh lhad a telephone in use before the invention of Ber is com pletely broken by his own conduct, and the indifference which he manifested with regardl to hlis alleged inventionl until years after Bell's telephones were known to the whole world. The I)raw baugh claim is decided to be unsustain ed. Reviewing the allegation of fraud and collusion in the patent office by neans of which Bell, it is alleged, ob tained surreptitious information with regard to the inventions of his rivals, and then amended his own specifica tions, the court holds that there is not the slightest evidence to support this charge, or to cast the least reflection upon the integrity of Bell or his attor neys. The dissent of Justices Bradley, Field and Harlan is based upon the Drawbaugh claim. These three Justices are of the opinion that the evidence overwhelmingly shows that I)raw baugh was the first inventor of the speaking telephone, although he was unconscious of it, and was not aware of its importance. The opinion ofthe ma jority was read by Justice Blatchford out it was prepared by Chief Justice Waite. The latter, owing to a slight in disposition, did not feel able to read so long an opinion, which occupied in the delivery an hour and three-quarters, Inmnediately after the conclusion o?the reading of the opinions in the telephone cases, Justice Lamar began the reading of his first opinion as a member of the United States Supreme Court, the case being No. 163, Missouri River Packet r Co. vs. Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. Co. The point involved was the construe tion to be given to the law of Congress authorizing the building of a bridge for the use of the railroad company across the Missouri river at Kansas City. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Iissouri in favor of the,H:muibal & St. Joseph Co. was affirmed. The Mount Bethel Farmers. [Greenville News.] At ai meeting of thle Mt. Bethel farm ers Club, of Laurens, last week the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were offered by Enoch Mitchell, Esq., which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the farmers of South Caro -lina have, for a long time, eschewed politics, relying implicitly upon the in tegrity of their chosen representatives, and whereas an abuse of confidence has -become so manifest, and the combina tion of power of select politicians so pal -pably aggressive anId (dictator ial in their actions, and whereas such pretentiou s methods can only serve to destroy tihe best inlterest and harmony of our peo ple. Therefore be it Resolved, 1st. That resolutions adopt e'd by the Lisbon Farmers' Club, whilst -coueched in strong language, neverthe less sustained by official testimony, we give it as our Opinion that it will de volve upon Gov. Richardson to prove by his future action the truth or falsity 2t' tecarges preferred. :1.rhe News and Courier in refus ing to publish the proceedings of Farm ers' Club,s when respectfully requested to do so (and any newspaper criticisinlg the Farmers' MIovement without just cause) have given evidence of treachlery to time farming interest, and should not be p)atronmized by them. 3d. As citizens of a common country, we demand the respect and attentionl of our State officers as well as the Press, and unless our wishes are gratified we will not withhold our censure nor con demnationl. 4th. If this is a government of the people, by the people andl for the peo pie, thlen it should be governed accord ingly, but truckling, trading and dloubtul politicians arc not worthy of confidence, ando to such we will not 5th. We recognize in Capt. B. RI. Tilman an able advocate, and join in the conceded fact that he has rendlered invaluable services to the farmers of the State, and earnestly request him to continue his work of exposing mystic problems, and assure hinm of our hearty co-operation. tAfter the business of the club was concluded, Capt. Shell, the county - chairman of the Farmers' Organization, t was invited to adldress the club. Capt. - Shell addlressed himself d'rectly to the -(duty of farmers, urging the necessity of .thorough organ ization, andl advised an -unconditional diemand1 for an "Agri ,cultural College," separate and distinct from any University or College, and i deioune'ed the methods used to defeat 1 the reasonable demands of the farmers, and exposed the nial-appropriation of -the funds given by the Federal Govern ment to adlvance agricultural education. t This and similar questions will be , prominIent in the comin;r campaigns, r and all interested had as well take heed. - This cluh is solid for the farmers' t mfovmencit, as originated by Capt. B. r R. Tillman, andl its motto is, "Hurrah for Tillman." On motion, the following state pa >ers were respectfully requested to pub ish the preaumble and resolutions pass ed by our club at this meeting: Char leston Worldl and Sun, Newberry Ob t server, Greenville News and Laurens ville Herald. The Strike Ended. KAN(MsAs CITy, Mo0., Mfarch 19.-All tile passenlger trains onl the Santa. Fe -Road will be out on time this morning. ir At the yards all is activity, and the switch enini1es are darting around, mak ing up trains as rapidly as p)ossible, and - every eflbrt is being made to relieve the freight blockade. No.3. passenger train wh ich leaves at 10, A. M1., stands on tile track with the regular engineer in the t ab. No. '71, which leaves at 10:30 A. n M1., on the Southernm Kansas, will be out yon time, as will No. .5 vwhieh leaves at 11:55.. A steady rain has been falling all a the mol,rninlg, and the~ depot is deserted e xcp by those Out onl business. (I Fearful Accident to a Boy. e[Special to the News and Courier.] II W\V.:sT nsisTEII, M1arch 18.-Fred g Scnider, a stepsonl of M[r. James e Wood, who recently moved here from *e Walhialla, (lied early this mornling from injurie- sustained yesterday afternloonm by beinig terrible mangled undier the di crs of the local freight train while shifting on the depot track. One leg 11 was cutt of! andl fearful internal juries res..l,,(a in his dth in twelve hours. A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT. V ilainous Effort to Wreck the South bound Freight on the Greenvil'e Road Engineer Kinard Seriously Injured. [Special to the Iegister.] NINETY Six, S C., lMarch 19.-A vil ainous attempt was lmade this morn ng to wreck the Southbound freight rain, which is lue here at 5:45 o'clock. kbout two Imliles above this place, three )r four cross-ties were placed across the :rack, and just beyond' thleln ani ol rhistle post had been knocked down Imd also place( acr*oss the track. The atter was knocked oirt the track by the illot, but the former was too heavy a.:d he engine was thrown from the track, ind there being twenty-eight loaded )OX cars behiind, it rail about half a nile before it could he stopped. En1 ;incer Ed Kinard, seeing the d(an_ger hat the elgine was in of beillg eraiied. eversed the engine and in jurnping oft n the dark he ran a gainst a Iush aund received a very serious wound in his ,ye ; the sing grazed the eye-hall just th)oVe the sight. The (lc"tors s:ly that ie will not lOse his eve-sight. Ite wias sarried to Newl,errv. his hoie. this vening on a inaterial train, where lie will remain until le recovers enough to o back on his eng!ine. Conductor .ibson superintende(d the replacing of the engine upon the track andl ran it to Ninety-Six, where the engineer of tile material train carried it to _Newh erry. Engineer Day cane near sharing the .aie fate a few tiights ago oil the fast night freight, five or six eross-ties and :t wagon being placed across the track between New Market and (rcenwooI. These were koeked oil the track anl no lailage (one. The person or persons who placed these ohstructions on the track were evidently intent upon doing lamage, and the aut horities should use tll means in their power to find the uilty and enforce upon them the ex tent of the law. It is said that one inpson, living near Ninety-Six, re marked that he knew a great deal about this matter. LcMs by Fire from Cigarett^. Mr. Ellis Phillips, who lives about two miles from Harlem, iost eleven bales of cotton by tire on Monday ni'clit. He had then stored in :i buggy house n his lot, and the hulili::r caught fire, and together with the cot ton and some harness, was destroyed. The fire was maused by several small ;negro boys,wlho had procured soe egarettes and crept into the shed, wher: ihy could enjoy the forbidden luxury ofei',arette snoke unseen. They had proinise(l not to touch or taste the tilthy weed, but, one af their number havin,; invested in a supply, they c' uld not resist the temtp tation. The res ilt was the house and COItents were sacrihieel. The cotton was not iilsulred.-Augusta Chronicle, 21st. Asking Pardon for .ap. Davis. [Correspondent Greenville News.] AxI1-:nsox, S. C., March 19.-Mr. (o. Prince, one of the attorneys for ,Jap Davis, left for Columbia to-day with a petition for the comliutation of Davis' sentence to life inlprisonlent in the penitentiary. He will be heard e fore Gov. Richardson to-morrow. Over five hundred names were oh tained in a very short time. The fact that the p)risonler had been inl the luna tie asylum, and had always since then been regarded as a muan of unsound( mind, would seemfl to raise at least a reasonable doubt as to sanity. The ex ression of the hope that he will have his sentencee commuted is general. There has been no one hung here fo over fourteen years. A Bad Break. CHEYE-NNE-, WYOMNG, TY., March 17.-James France, of Rawlini, Corhin County, a banker and promnineint eiti zen, has failed. HeI claims assets of $277,000O. Lia bilities of $140,0u0. France was recently heavily mnulcated by tihe defalation oif two county offliils for whom he was surety. He inlvestedl largely ini the Butte, MonItanai, mIinle and lost. Workmlen wer'e his p)riincipal depositers and they despair of recov erinig anything. An Edgefield Jury Gives Henry White, Colored, $4,000 D)amages. [Speial to the News and Coturier.] ED> EFI E:r, Mfarch IG.-T1he caise oif Henry W\hite, coloired, a:rainlst the .Au gusta andI Knjoxville Railroad Comupa nyv for dlaniiges for injuries recived while crin1ig the track of the road, wasil heardl to-diay. T1hie jury recndered a verdiet for the plaintiff for $4,f00l. Court adjourned sine die this afte'r noon. The New York Mail and Express. NEWv You)K, 3March 20.-The Mail anid Express this eveing announcll!i(es that Col. Elliott TI. Shecpard, formerly presi (ent of the New York State Billr Assoc'ia tionl, has~ this d ay purc'hased fromj Cyrus W. Field tile Mail anld Expr'ess niewsp)a per. Th'le Mail aind ExpressM will (con tinue Rlepublican and will favor the protect in l of A mer'lican inid ust ris Shepard( mlarried1 a dlaugh ter oft the let Wn. H. Vandlerlt. A alizzard in Nelbra.ska. LidcohN, Ni. i., March 29.-I ufor mationi fr'omi diff'erenat ploints ill the State indicate that the stormi that1 ha:s raged for the last twelve holurs ha:s bieen severe. In W\estern Nebraiska nine' inches of sinow hais fallenj and1 tile wind reaches fifty miiles an houitr. All trains with high' temlperalture and raiji, thlen changed to sniow. Rteports froml wet'5 of here say that maniy Ibridges have been washed away since4 Satlayh. Fifty-One Years Ol. Wasin sI (r:Ox, Maurch j19. The PreIici deit ('eIlbrated( his birthda <;ietly a' c:t the WVhite Hlouse yl'stellay,a :lindoinlg 'hurch in the morni'inhg. as5 is Ilis e'ns tomi, andil takinlg a shoirt drive ill ft' afternoon. Hie r(ecived manyl congr~jifan latory, letters and11 telegnunis, 1and was the rc'iiient of a njum~ber of handineilt 1 iH uan Ii lI,traui't. Cri a U inar-ri.:, Marebj 1 .-.-- A\ d vi~cs just recei ved here state th11at thei dwellinIg of Lawson i)aves, ini htljihe ford County, was biurnjed onl Satiurday night. Mrs. D)aves and1( her sister-inl law, an1 imblleeile, wer'e hor'rily creml at ed. The cause5 oif tile ('on1tla:gratio s111 unknJlown, bult is su1pposedO to be' inii'en diary. A colored gill njamed Freemanit also1 per'iishied. Amiaker D)ies in the l'enitenzt.:ory. [Seilto the News :iiol ( ourier.] if' received a telegr:all Ii h-t anii"U'ni - ing the deaithI of Mairsha1 Amaiiker at te Peniitenltialry. Amai~ker was~ cn 'ited~ here oft the( murderibl of' hzigcr, ao colored mianl, and' wals senjteni(ed to dea'th, bult the Governior'(' connnultedi Is setencee to life imiprisonnnenclt. Yllcaniic Activity ini Mexico. March 18--Pairties recently vijsitinig lie volano( Popo~eatepe'.t I reporIlt men(re'a mg actiity ini the crater with clouds oIf smoke'and suiphurous ftumejs. Repoxrts from Central America show t hamt several volaoes are uinmistaka ly~ in renewed acti~'ity. A Crash in Kentucky. [Bp Telegraph to Greenville News LourIsviLI.F, KX., March 20. special to the Evening News fro Frankfort, Kr., states that Govern Buckner this morning suspended tl treasurer of the State, James W. Tat Tate is charged with (lefalcation in h otlice anl it is said he has fled. from tl State. The defaulting official has be( the treasurer of Kentucky 21 years. I was considered the soul of honor at the news will produee a tremendo sensation throughout the State. A later dispatch from Frankfc states that all in\vestigatiol imm111e(lial lv instituted oin the recommendation Oiovernor Buckner has up to 11 o'clo( this iiworning disclosed a ieficit in Tat( ofliec of $15 ,u000 and that the irregula: ties seem to run back eleven ye-rs. The discovery of Tate's shortage the result of anl examination of 1, books conineiced solle days ago by : expert uco untant. The Governor h1 phwed the Treasurer's otfice in ehar; of Auditor Hewitt and the Attorn Gei'eral. In his message to the Leg lature Governor Buckner says he h reasons for b'elieviing the deficit is lar and that aln immediate investigation ordered. In the House a eoiiiinitt wras at once appointed and an ord passed to prosecute the ilivest igation connection with the oticers in char of the o;lice. Pendiing investiaation ti olice will be closed. The State h abundant resources at hand to meet current expenses. Payments, dues, eti will be met without interruption delay. Treasurer Tate's bond for 3.0t (nn anid the shortage is well covered. He was in Louisville Saturday nigl when he was observed to be drinkii hard, aii unusual thingfor lin. Sin that time he has not been seen, and I wherealbouits is unikniown. Snow in Texas. ST. Lois, March 2.-Advices fro Sherman and GaiLesville, Texas, s: that from four to twelve inches of snc fell there this morning and buril spring flowers and fruit tree blosson Yesterday the mercury marked 720 at to-lav it is down to 34* The Cotton Crop in Sight. NE'W Yon , MnrcIh 17.-Tle tol visible supply of cotton for the wo 2,04,511, of which 2,23 ,411 are Alm ietm9, against 2,"_,51,S73 and 2,331;,2 respectively last year. Receipts tl year all interior towns 26,1 14. Receil 'fram plnitations 29,W;5. Crop in sig 1.,400,1155. Enineerm Abandon Excursionists. S'r. U:nNumiNo, C\AL., March 17. As fast as engineers reach here on t California Central they aband9n thi engines. Three ears of excursioni: froi Los Angeles for San Iiego w( delayed here and Imany returned by t Southern Pacifie yesterday. There b been no refusal to take out mail trail The Strike in the South. )E(ATIt, ALA., March 20.-The gineers on the Louisville and NaS ville Railroad at I)eeatur to-day refus to pull a freight train to which a "( wa,is attached. The car was taken a and turned over to the Memphis a Charleston Road, whose engineers a: refused to move it. The car is n<( standing in the yard. and the engine< all refuse to pull any train to whicht car is attached. Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow oft hanged a1aiehist, is going arounidt ounitry tellin-g people that the Chic:1 anarchists were triedI by a packed jti and by a .Judge who had made up] mindl that the men must hang. S says the verdict muust be reversed, I she hopes it won't have to be done rivers of blodn. Some of Inspeec Bonield's mien, she said, are anar< ists, hut she refuses to give their nam A Tragedy in Charleston. CiiAllu-:STo.4 March 17.-i-c Henne to-day shot Falknier, the m whom he says ran away with a ruined his miotheir and sister. For the Hecrald and News. P'rof. .James W1ood Davidson. James WVood Da:vidson, at one til literary editor of the New York E ning Post, and the author of seve works wvell-knowni lin the literary wor has5 recently con:ie.ed. a hook whiel to bear the title of "The Poetry oft Fuure,"' in which lhe presents .'i such sharp critlecismis of the poetry the past and of the present, and sol such radicnl ideas concerning pmeti< evolution that it will not be strang< he find himself presently~ in the mi< of a literary 'hornet's nest"'-th what fun soie readlers will have vie ig the spe.-taele of a conflict anmo the critics! Sonme chapters of his crn cismns will appear ini Literature, Alde: new ill ust rated weekly magazine. The above is clipped from a late iss of the Chuarleston Ni ews and Courier. is very gratfying to the mnadersignm (a fornier pupil),as well,doub,tless to t of Prof. D avidson, to note his px>siti, in the wvorld of letters. Prof. D). is one of the brilliant gala of Southern authors, whose works, al; ar read too little by Southern men a woen. Everybody knows that Jamnes W c Davidsonu is a native of Newhel onuty. W\. E. P. ew Advertisemnent r114 H)N. .i EF'EIRSON ... SL IG LA representait:ivie man:0: the p pIes chioile for State Senate: Will y serve if re-elced'. Let us heair fr< vo. VTR CITIZENS' MEETINI N ewherry, Mlarch 17 Thei voter of5( the town of Nt h erry aire hereby requested to asse e in th i cpe)~ra II use. Friday, Mai 'othI, at 5 o'clock in thle afternioon, nomiate a Town ( ouncil for the, suing year. 4 E( . B. CEOM ER, 2i. Mayor L'4Tir 4AIROLINA MEDlLI AS$( 1.6.--Theo n x?t .\ nnua l Sh-eting. of t he So rm-oihna Mledical AsuocianonIf wil be heki iailroad' raites for round trip tickets: cuirsion raites on Northe,astern) Rairoaid, for cents ier ie on thle South < aril n1. 1.\ N<;!E SIM()XS, 31. D., Presider wV. I i Yii 10-: o ii HE. ,.i. II. Secretar ROAD NOTICE. Thle Superinitendenits and overseer: hihlhwvs arie directed to have the sia worked'hy the~ 1st of A pril. And Su,eriui:enlts aret instructed to ret to hihe i):irdi ihe l:anIes of~ such~l owr asfi o omply wvihh this notice. By ordecr of the I;iardl of (ou : (; EO. B. (C ROM Ei, (Clerl CONTRACTTO LES pril ind, at 1:2 'clock, a memibe te Boardi of County Conmiissiol 'i let thet comuiract for repairing ounty .Jaih, reservinig the right to re, l hiius. snev.itientions5 will be mn knowni at thie timie and place named m- ore.r of thC Board'i of ('ou STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY COMMON PLEAS. John D. Crooks vs. J. W. Graham and A others. Foreclosure. ie By order of the court herein, dated e- 10th February, 1888, I will sell at public is outcry, before the Court House at New 1 berrv, on the First Monday in April 'n 1888 "all that tract or parcel of land, [e "situate, lying and being in the County id "ot Newberry and State aforesaid, con is 'taining One Hundred and Thirty "Acres, more or less, and bounded by rt "lands of Jenkins H. Smith, Monroe "Wicker, James Adams, Mrs. William f "etta Ruff and others." k Terms: The purchaser will be re 'cuired to pay in cash one-half of the purchase money, and to secure the bal ance, payable the first day of Novem ae, 1888 with interest from the day,of s sale, by a bond and mortgage of tne in premnises. Purchaser to pay for papers. as SiLAS JOHNSTO'E, Master. te Master's Office, 10 March 1888. Z STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, as COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN "e COMMON PLEAS. 3e ec George A. Maffett vs. J. William Bow er ers et al. i" Partition. ie By order of the court herein, I will as sell at public outcry, before the Court ll House at Newberry, on the first Mon , ay in April, 1888, all that certain lot of )r land in the Courty of Newberry and 0- State aforesaid, within the incorporate limits of the town of Prosperity, con it, taining Five Acres, more or less, and i1 bounded by lands of J. C. Boyd, Robert ce Bruce, J. A. Simpson, G. G. Dewalt is and MeNarv street. This lot o' land will be sold in four >arcels, as indicated by plats thereof, tc exhibited at the sale. Terns:-The purchaser will be re. m quired to pay one-half of the purchase . money in cash, and to secure the pay W ment of the balance at twelve months, d with interest from the day of sale, by a . bond and mortgage of the premises, and Ld to pay for papers. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, 10th March, 1888. NOTICE OF EXAMINATION. lId Notice is hereby given that the nex1 -r- examination of applicants for teachers 3 certificates will be held on Friday, the is 6th day of April, 1888. The examina ts tion will begin promptly at 10 o'clock ht a. m., and will close at 4 o'clock p. m. Applicants must come provided with pen, ink and legal cap paper. No ex amination paper written with penci. will be received. - All persons holding licenses, and al: fie ersons holding certificates from other ir counties, whether the same have ex its pired or not, must stand this examina re tion. e White applicants will be examined in a the School Commissioners' office. Col ored applicants will be examined in the Court House. G. G. SALE, G. B. CROMER, T. S. MOORMAN, Board of Examiners for Newberry edl County. _U EV 00DS FR SRIN ia MILLINERY!_MILLINERY!~ All of our old stock of Millinery ha! he b(een sold. We w ill in a few days have he in an entirely new stock of s, MILLINERY, R Ladies Dress Goods, in Hats, Bonnets, etc :or All in the ~LATEST STYLES. and at prices that will astonish you COME AND SEE US rbefore you purchase elsewhere. aId atisfaction Guaranteed. Mrs. S. A. Riser ACo. EM. Hacker Proprietor. Established 1842 re rHE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE Es ral TABLISIIMENT SOUTH. i GEO. S. HACKER & SON, ne lOl., S S , LID heMUDN ne ULIG~IRA ourin S,oc fur Sop, Made isessi >nSannon.Street, CaTesOnO,OOO.aC. ! LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRAC! OF ME AT . An nvluabl.tonic. 'Is a sue "" ees and a boon for which nations shook feel gratefu-."' Sve "Medical Press.""L ai H: GENUINE WITH BLUE SIGN ATURI 20- OF BARON LIEBIG~ in fac-simile acros ou label. Highly recommended as a nightca] ninstead or alcoholic drinks. zLIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACl OF0 MEAT. To be had of all Storekeepers e~ Grocers and Chemists. Sole agents for th United states (wholesale only] C. David Co. 9 Eenchurch Avenne, .London, Ens land, I m nI 0F. A. LER2KA] chI .~~~~' Wasihingtoa. D C to I I send T or circula Il1I1 WANTED. $25 a week an expenses paid. Steady worn IUiI1~ jj)New goods. Samnples free. F. HILL di Co., Augusta, M nt A & ONTi. No capital requi ~ted. A good chance to mak ~-money. Apply for territory s md eak once. B. S. Lauderbach & Cc .TTANTED Immediately Ladies to work for wholesale house on Needlework at the! *homes. [Sent any distance] Good pay ca IIbe madle. Everything turnished.Patc lars free. Address Artist ic Needlework Co Rs. 1858th Stret, New York City. of - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .heOmatiE.FO REmaD WEeke Andt e~t 11 of P s the Smpomach sivnerdneys am e ow.s. reerg or inuies to thegnnaturao dron ade Alw ys in poit ion bet lieanvisibe to ther ae Sofortks ablet 1wear.e Musbiconver,-ati .even whispers heard distinctly. We refer nty those using them. Send for illustrated bo< o proofs free. Address P. EISCO0, Mggo New~ Advertisem ent&. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. F. Z. Wilson vs. Joseph Caldwell. By virtue of an execution to me di-, rected in the above stated ease, I will sell before the Court House door in Newberry, S. C., on the first Monday in April next, the 2d day, at public out cry, to the highest bidder,the following de ribed, real estate, situate, lying and being in the County of Newberry and State aforesaid as follows to wit: All that tract or plantation of land known as the Brazzleman Place, con taining (470) Four Hundred and Sev enty acres more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Carrie Caldwell, A. J. Gibson and the Enoree River. Also all that tract or plantation of land known as the Sondley place, containing (219) Two Hun Iured and Nineteen acres more or less, bounded by lands of A. C. Cald well, by part of the Brazzleman place A. J. Gibson, Dr. T. C. Brown and others. - Also all that tract or plantation of land known as the Wicker place, con taining (250) Two Hundred and Fifty acres more or less, bounded by lands of A. J. Gibson, Mrs. Corrie Caldwell, Dr. T. C. Brown and others. Also all that other tract or plantation of land known as the Home place, containing (650) Six Hundred and Fifty acres, more or less,.. and bounded by lands of A. J. Gibson, Mrs. Carrie Caldwell, John Suber, Edward Caldwell, D. D. Darby, Dr. Brown and others. Also all that other tract or plantation of land known as the Brown place con taining (146) One Hundred and Forty six acres more or less, bounded by lands of i. C. S. Brown, A. C. Cald well, Dr. Kennerly's Estate, Dr. T. C Brown and others. Also one other tract or plantation of land, known as - the Fulmer place, containing (30) Thirty Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Joe Cofield, T. V. Wicker, 3. T. Calnies and others. F. Z. Wilson vs. Joseph Caldwell. The sale will be continued at the residence of the defendant, Joseph Caldwell, on Tuesday, (next day after saleday) the 3d day of April, 1888, within the legal hours of sale, when the following personal property will be sold to the highest bidder: 7 Mules, 3 Horses and 1 colt; 20 head . Cows and Calves, and 43 head of Sheep, =" including lambs; 15 head Hogs, also Plantation Tools; 2 Wagons, 1 Carriage and 1 Buggy; 1 Reaper, 1 Mower and 1 Rake; about 7.5 Bushels Corn,also about 3,000 lbs. Fodder and Hay; about 200 Bushels Cotton Seed; about 1,000 lbs. Bacon; about 100 pounds of Lard; 3 Barrels Flour. Fine lot Household and Kitchen Furniture. Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Levied on and to be sold as the ?we erty of the defendant, Joseph Caldwe to satisfy the above stated execution. W. W. RISER, Sheriff Newberry County. Sheriff's Office, March 12, 1888. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. National Bank of Newberry, plaintiff, against W. J. Smith, Joel B. Heller and Thos. Alewine, et al., defendants. Execution. By virtue of the execution issued in the above stated case, and of sundry .others in my office, I will sell at public outcry, at Newberry Court House, in said County, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in April, A. D., 1888, the interest of Joel B. Heller in the following described lands, situate in Newberry County, in said State, to wit: All that tract of land, conaining Four Hundred Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Pressley Suber, estate of Mrs. Mary C. Dickert, de ceased, Young Tobe, C. H. Suber, by the Smith place, Harrison Cromer and others, known as the home place. All that other tract of land known as the Smith place, containing Forty-Three Ares, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. H. Smith; Elvira Suber and by public road separating it from the home p lace. And all that other trac of land, known as the D)esaker p containing Two Hundred Acr e or less, and bounded by lan the estate of D. F. Suber, d Mack Thompson, Mrs. Lizzi omer and others. Levied on as e property of Joel B. Heller. Terms Cash. rehaser to pay for paers. W. W. RISER, Sheriff of Newberry County. Sheriff's Office, March 7, 1888. ATTRACTION I S CENTERED on the Spring and Sum mer stock of Clothing for Men, Youth3s and Boys, In all qualities and prices. The Designs and P atterns this season are more attractive than any 4t!: the ,..ast. There is a decided change In the e ing-up of garments, the pants being cut -. arger and 'the vests cut lower, which makes < tesuit more comfortable for Spring and Summer wear. The sack coats are cut away, and not worn straight, as heretofore. - The business cutaway coat is one and four but tons, as usual, in cheviots of beautiful pat terns. also worsteds, cassimeres,whip-cord and cork-screws. I have also a full line of Single and Double breasted frock suits. This Line of Garments cannot be duplicated by any other house, as Ihave exclusive contracts of them. I have them in all sizes, to fit tall men, s hort mfen. fat men and lean men. Gents' Furnishing Goods are now in their place, and awaiting yai rspection. The line of U:nderwearI o ~ and summer consists of al1 grades Gauze. Balbriggan, L isle Thread aD /o, -Also, half hosc in the same material, in r Sand fancy. A BeautifulLi of Gents' Neck-wear. The lar asortmnt I have evcr shown. The P rna and designS - in t. . enes etirely new tis Bseason, and I aig thm aprices that wil make thenm m e. Gents' Fine Shoes, fo pigand Summer wear. have been o Spreing stc,and they embrace all the Sdifferent shapes and styles of shoes that are . manufactured. GJents' slippers and dancing A pumps always in stock.A icomplete in Spring styles, in all the latest clrinsof t and stiff hats. The assortment israyfor your inspection. You will be- A more than satistled if you wvill call and see them. fra It Is Important i o l oknow that in trading here you are buying from a reliable house, and that the goods are sold as represented. If they do not come up to what they are represented to be, I am always ready to make it satisfactory wli the purchaser. Now, before making your purchases ot Spring Clot hing, call and see what I have in store for you. I will be pleased to have you IS call and inspect the stock, as it will afford me pleasure in shwn outruh M. L. KINARDs __ Columbia, S. C.