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ELBERT H. AULL, EDITOR. ELBERT H. A'LL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, P NEWBERRY. S. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1888. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT: GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: ALLEN G. THURMAN, OF OHIO. STATE TICKET. For Governor: JOHN PETER RICHARDSON, of Clarendon. For Ideutenant-Governor: WILLIAM L. MAULDIN, of Greenville. For Secretary of State: J. Q. MARSHALL, of Richland. For Attorney-General: JAS. H. EARLE, of Sumter.. For Treasurer: ISAAC J. BAMBERG, of Barnwell. For Adjutant and Inspector General: M. L. BONHAM. of Abbeville. For Superintendent of Education: JAS. H. RICE, of Abbeville. For Comptroller General: J. S. VERNER, of Oconee. For Congressman Third District: J. S. COTHRAN. For Solicitor Seventh Circuit: O. L. SCHUMPERT. COUNTY TICKET. For the senate: Y. J. POPE. House of Represenlatives; J. M. JOHNSTONE. GEO. S. MOWER. R. T. C. HUNTER. For Clerk of Court: JNO. M. KINARD. For Sherift W. W. RISER. For Probate Judge: JACOB B. FELLERS. For School Camssioner: ARTHUR KIBLER. For County Commissioners: J. C. PERRY. J. H. SMITH. SILAS WALKER. For Coroner: C. B. BUIST, For Auditor: W. W. HOUSEAL. For Treasurer: A. H. WHEELER. The passing stranger does not fall to notice the signs of progress exhibited in the town of Newberry. Her solidity and compactness characteristic of her --business men, is commended by many of the commercial travelers. They are an observing class of people. ~K Mr. C. F. Boyd, who has been loer1 Seditor of the Prosperity Press and Re-. porter since it was started, has with Sdrawn from that paper. Mr. Boyd was a good news-gatherer and made a good local editor. We wish him much suc e ess in whatever vocation he may en ,. gage. S It is not so much'what a man makes, but what he saves that enables him, to S be prepared for a rainy day. This is.an old truth. A way should be provided inm this country that the people could ~-put by a small amount at a time. The S Government should establish Postal avings Banka for this purpose. Congressman Dibble, in the first dis tP~'rict, and Congressman Elliott, in the &seond, are opposed by Republican ~Jcandidates for their return to Congress. These gentlemen did not havesa primary Selection as a forerunner, but we look frthe voters of their district to put in good work for them all the same. The National campaign is becoming very interesting and excited. Michi gan is being claimed by the Democrats. With her vote, New York- and the Southern States, Cleveland will get 201 electoral votes-a majority of one. However, with the same States that voted for him in 1884, he will be solid. This is more than a probability, we think. We.publish in this issue a copy of the Anderson road law, and the recommen dation of the committee appoinAdt b4y the Board of Trade to look into .this matter of the public roads in our coun ty. This question of public roads is one of the most important with which our people have to deal. Every one who travels our public roads feels the need of better roads. That our road laws are defective is apparent to every one who has examined them. Those who have been in Anderson testify to the fact that under the road law in effect in that county, a copy of which is published, the roads have been greatly improved. If the law is agood one for Anderson, we see no reason why it should not work well in our county. If any one has any suggestions to make wherein this law can be improved we would be glad to give the public the benefit of such suggestions, and we feel sure our Legislators would be glad to ha1ve any suggestions that might be made.on this subject. SOLICITOR 0. L. SCRI'XPERT. As stated in our last issue, Col. 0. L. Schumpert has been nominated as the candidate for Solicitor of the Seventh Circuit, to succeed Maj. D. R. Duncan. This nomination is quite a victory for, and a high compliment to Col. Schum pert. Coming from a small county, and having strong opposition from Spartan burg, in the person Mr. Stanyarne Wilson, it looked as if he were making almost a forlorn fight. But by the primary plan the people had the prnvilege of expressing ther choice at the ballot box. They have spoken and Schumpert is nomi nated. -The Herald and News begs leave to extend its congratulations. JI. Schuimpert isa representative of tbpyoung Democracy, and a lawyer of *-ability. He will discharge the respon jSle duties of Solicitor with credit to magrandonne tohe rwmnft .. THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION. The matter of school books is a bur den to parents, a vexation to teachers, and a hindrance to pupils. If a teach er takes a new school, he is likely to find a choice variety of English Gram mars, ranging from Lindley Murray a down to Whitney's Essentials, and the c n same impartiality and indifference is displayed in selecting from the large I number of Histories, Geographies, n Arithmetics and Readers, ancient and t niodern, good, bad and indifferent, which are candidates for public favor. T If a pupil goes to a new school he finds the favorites which he has here- a tofore thumbed so familiarly, or the well-worn volumes, which have de- c kcended to him from his father and elder brother, utterly useless, or treated i with contempt. 3 If a parent sends to a new teacher, he has his soul harrassed and his pocket depleted by the demand for new i books, when perhaps the purchases x which he made only a few months t ago, with so much reluctance and men tal agony, are hardly thumb-marked 1 or dog-eared, by the not too ardent at- g tentlons of his hopeful offspring. All this the State Board of Exami ners proposes to remedy. c Section 996 of the General Statutes, t gives to the State Board power "to pre scribe and to enforce as far as practica ble the use of a uniform series of text a books in the free public schools" I throughout the State. Whether the recent res,lutions of the State Board on the text book question c are in conformity to this power, we will I not stop to enquire, and while we do not see the consistence of the resolu- 1 tions with their preamble, still we be- c lieve that what they intend to accom- C plish is all that is necessary or desira ble. The resolutions provide for a uniform series of the text books within p each county to be fixed by each County Board. Thus no publishing house has a State monopoly, and most of the t worry and expense entailed by a s variety of text books is removed. A t t pupil can go from one school to an- c other in the same county without t having to buy new books, and books once purchased by a family, can pass 1 from one child to another, as long as they will hold together. t The number of children who annually i move from one county to another, and who may on this aceount find a change t of books necessary, is so small in pro portion to the whole school population I that they may be disregarded. The t series of books selected in each county , must go into use by the fall of 1889, and cannot be changed without appli cation to the State Board for a period of five years. The County Board of Examiners for Newberry fixed upon a series of books for use in the schools of the county on the 26th of September last, which list will be found in this issue, together with the resolutions of the State Board under which the County Board acted. We would advise all teachers and parents buying books this fall to con form to this list, as by so doing they will have two years, instead of on.e to make any changes which ma.y be necessary.4 The Newberry Teachers Association anticipated the action of the State1 Board by two years, having as long ago as that, adopted a series of text books, which they recommended for i general use in the county. In this list the County Board have made but a single change, putting Barnes's History t Series in place of Swinton's. It will t therefore likely be found that the list of books adopted by the County Board are in pretty general use throughout I the county. LOW COUNTRY POLITICS. Two Conventions and Two Threatening Rows-The Berkeley County Demo- t crats Patch a Peace.] [Special to Greenville News. J CHARLESTON, S. C., September 29.-~ After wrangling for two days and al most coming to blows theDemiocrats of Berkeley county concblded a treaty of peace to-night, greatly ta the relief of 1 everybody. At th.e meeting of the con vention to-day ALir. S. P. Smith, county . chairman, resigned, mutual apologiest were tendered~ by tne hot-heads of both a sides and a, compromise was agreed < upon by whfobi the officers were divided ,j between the two factions. Smith was then re-elected county ' chairman and peace once more reigns I in tbe baby county. Congressman E1-t liott aeted in the roll of peacemaker. The Republican convention of the first congressional district met here to day and broke up in a row. The Orange burg delegation and part of the Char leston delegation bolted. The remnant nominated S. WV. McKinlay for con gress. Taft and Webster were the only1 two white men in the convention. Tait opposed the nomination. His motion was carried when one Colleton man was captured by McKinlay anld voted for the nomination. STEANGE NOISES IN ABBEVIIE. An Unaccountable Rtumbling In the Earth Disturbs Due West. ]Special to the WorMd.] DUE WEST, October 1.-It is reported throughout the surronnmng country that for the past several days a succes sion of heavy roaring sonnds have been heard, and are supposed by some to be the echoes of subterranean disturbance. The noise is somewhat similar to that made by a distant train of cars, and it seems impossible to locate the direc tion whence it comes. As yet no motion of thie earth is reported to have been noticed. The Dedl Eaon Gin. VARNVILLE,. September 29.-Mr. H. W. C. Smith, a 'very prominent and highly esteemed young mian, had his left arm severely cut and torn by a cotton gin to-day. He died before medi cal aid could be procured. He leaves a, wife and two children and a number of friends to mourn his death. 7"-aadom=s Lady at the Springs. A letter trom the Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia, to Smith's Index of Parkesurg, W. Va., says: "One of the loveliest Southern flowers visiting here was Miss Minnie Lee Wright. of Co lumbia, S. C. She is a blonde, medium size, reserved and dignified, and was conceded by all to be the handsomest lady here." "I have taken, within the past year, several bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and find it admirably adapted to the needs of an impoverished. system. I am convinced that this preparation, as a blood purifier, is unequaled."-C. C. Dame, Pastor Congregational church, A noaver: Me THE BALLOT WILL .B REE. Governor Richardson's Reply to the Re publican Remnant's Request. [Special to the World.] CoLMtBIA, Oct. 1.-On Friday la, i already announced in the World, >mmittee from the executive cot littee of the Republican party wait( a Governor Richardson to ask f presentation in the appointment ianagers and commissioners of ele on. They presented their request -riting, a copy of which is as follow HE REQUEST OF THE REPUBLICAN "COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 27, 1888. "To his Excellency, John P. Ric rdson, Governor of South Carolina: "SIR-At a meeting of the executi >mmittee of the Republican party outh Carolina, hela in the city olumbia on the above date, th ommittee was appointed to wait < ou in person and present for yo onsideration the following preamul nd resolution: "Whereas, A general election will ield on the 6th of next November, , hich time candidates for electors at ;ongress will be voted for by the pt le, and "Whereas, the whole election macl ery-commissioners of election, mat ers, clerks, etc., with the exception reorgetown County, being entirely he hands of the dominant party, outh Carolina-has been producti, f the suppression of a free vote am onest count. And "Whereas, By virtue of a vast reponderating number, we think rould be but an act of simple justi< nd in the interest of a fair, full ai onest election, that representation ranted to the Republican party. Thei >re be it "Resolved, That it is the sense of ti ommittee that his excellency, John tichardson, Governor of the State uth Carolina, be waited on and r uested to appoint at least one Rept can commissioner of election in ea; ounty and, through them, one Repa sn manager at each of the voting pi ints for electors and Congressmi roughout the State. And "Whereas, In the Seventh Co ressional district of South Carolir nown as the "Black district,' whi ras set a part by Deueratic legislat< >r the Republicais, but which b een invaded by the Democrats, and imost solemnly implied pledge brok nd the free wil t of its electors stifled be partisan actions of boards of electi fficers composed entirely of Democra herefore "We respectfully and earnestly 8 eal to your Excellency in the inter .f fair play and an honest eleeion, a a the name of one hundred and fil housand Republican voters, represei ag over seven hundred thousand pi de, to accord us representation in t nanagement of the approaching el ion. " Resolved, That we ask this as An ican citizens and representatives ne of the great parties of this Republ elieving that we are entitled to it .n act of justice. (Signed) "11 M. BRAYTON, "THos. E. MILLER, "STEPHEN A. SwAL "THos. A. SAxoN, "G. E. HERIOT." GOVERNOR RICHAIDSON'S REPLY The following is the Gorvernor's rf y, made this afternoon: STATE SOUTH CAROLINA,) EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMEIA, Sept. 29, 1888. J To E. M. Brayton, Thomas E. A er, Stephen N. Swails, Thomas saxon, G. E. Heriot, committee on I >art of the executive committee of I Bepublican party: Gentlemen-I hi arefully considered the preamble a 'esolutions which, in behalf, as y :laimi, of the Republican party of Sou jaroina, you yesterday presented: ny consideration and action, as well he remarks made by Mr. Thomas diller, a member of your commit1 n advocacy of the same. "In announcing to you the conclusi ,t which Ihave arrived, it would wer no good purpose, that I can p elve to expose-what must be so. e tent to those thorogbly acquainted wi he conditin of parties in this Stat( be fallacious statement of the one a insound reason ings of the other. It v e soificient simply to say that i adgmEent a departure from the wh '-established methods and priacip tpont which these appointments ade, would endanger of the perfec ree, fair and peaceful elec i>nS-1 roud boast and the highest achie ent of Democratic rule i this Sta "It may, with great t?uth, he sa hat honest elections are the test ure government, and constitute t nly faithful expression of the popu vill, which it is their sole mission licit. No machineiy, however pem fe an accomplish a result so essential epresentative government without I nstrumentality of agents both inte ~ent enough to thoroughly ndersta he law and to carey om't its provisio) .nd of that high probity of charac: at will command the confidence he electore and be a sure guaran1 gainst the evil and corrupt practi< nce so dominant in this State. Th< isgraceul scenes and unscrupuk( a,anipulations of elections so confess< y prevalent during the days of Rept ican rule are now happi'y thingm he past, and can never return un< he benignant sway- of Democra riniples to curse and blight w. heir horrors the peaceful, prosper< ourse of all the people of South Car< "To the eternal honor of our St nd the Democratic party, it can n e said that our elections are the fre ~nd fainest in the wvorl, anid that single citizens of hers, no matter wI is rank, color or condition, can, un< er just and equal laws, iunpartia dministered as they arc, be debar. t the polls from the free and full ex ise of bis suffrage. There is not o1 >erfect freedom in voting, but the a.r est protection afforded the voter. "I shall, therefore, with a deep se. >ftheresponsibility resting upon mfl reser,ve to the best of my ability1 ;urity of the ballot so happily restoi ni this State, appoint to the import: >osition of comnmissioners of electioni heseveralecunties, menof such kno nteligence, high charxaer andi juestionable patriotismi, as will give :he people of South Carolina the c ident assurance of having in the cc ng election the fulless, freest and fair ~xpressionl of their will. "To these boards will be entrus :he designation of precinct manage t duty I anm sure that they will: )ly discharge faiihfully, but the sposibilitics of 'which they will jus ppeciate. "I have thus frankly and succint htated the main considerations that i uide my action in the appointmen these election boards, but I cannot frain from bringing to you~r attent in this con nectiou the fact that y committee can scarcely be said represent an organized party, as comatose condition of the renmnan the Republicans in this State for mm years past would surelyjustify the z recognition of alleged rights and col guences so urgently demanded strongly asserted by you. I will o add that the whole people of So Carolina-every voter within her I der-can safely rest in the absol assurance of having at the coming e tion the fullest opportunity; of exp singtheir will throughlthe constituti al and American method of a pert ly free ballot and a fair count. "Respectfully, J. P. RICHARDSON, BOYS, Now Is Your. CHANCE. you go to Hunt's Book Store and hi cent tablet; -they will giveyou a;1 I.adncln t M'KINLEY AGAINST DIBBLE. The First Distrkt Republicans Put Up a Figurehead for Congress to be Knocked Down in November. [Charleston World.] a An opaque gathering it was which o- met at 147 Market street yesterday. It d was a gathering of the last of the Re >r publicans of this district. There was of only one pale face in the dark assemb c- lage, but the "denseness of his cohorts' n faces cast a shadow o'er his." That face s: was possessed of our ex-postmaster. s. The gathering was brought together for the express purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress in opposition to Hon. Samuel Dibble, the present incumbenZI and the nominee of the ef Democratic par tv. of S. W. McKinley presided over the meeting. The delegation from Ward s 5 led by Smals, was protested.by "Bar > ber" Morris. The question of righl ur was argued pro and con, and it wa< le final iv decided that Smalls's delegatior had the right to seats ia the convention e Brown, of Colleton, was made secre ittary. d The delegation from Orangeburg wa. 0- opposed to making a nomination fol .iCongress from this district. Genera " Taft and Webster, of Orangeburg, nadi speeches arainst making a nomination in Purvis was called upon and, in the lan n guage of one of the Charleston delegates "made one of his usual fine speeche: e nod picked the feathers off of Taft." d A vote was taken upon the question . and resulted in ]5 for nomination an< . 14 against. The Orangeburg delegation thei e, withdrew, and Samuel W. McKiule: d was nominated by acclamation fo Congressman. WIGGINS AT IT AGAIN. The Canadian Prophet Blames the Sta-s fo the Prevalence of Yellow Fever. b h OTTAWA, ONT., Sept."mber27.-Prol b- Wiggins said to-night that the preva e- lence of yellow fever in the Southeri ,n States was due to as;ronomical causes "You remember," said he "that Prol n- Grimmerpredicted that the earth woul< a, fall into the sun June 19, 1881. Ther :h was a particle of truth in what Grim rs mer said. When the planets were ii as the same line there was a tendency t in approach each other, and therefore t en approach the sun. True, the earth' by advance could not have exceeded )a few miles from her normal orbit, stil ts, the effect has been so marked that evei the most illiterate perceive that natur .p- is temporarily demoralized. Who evc st heard of such disasters as have occurre id since that period? Cyclones, earth ty quakes, floods, cholera, yellow feve] it- and what is to come who can tell? A] o- this is exactly what would happen i he the earth were forced a few miles neare c- the sun. When you squeeze an orang thejuice is forced through the rind. Th e- increased solar attraction would cor of tract the earth's mass. The land sui ic, face would become smaller and th as. water would flow over it, hence flood and the reports of rivers in all th continents overflowing their bank, Then this shrinkage would not be un: form: and hence earthquakes. Ther again, the atmosphere would becom denser, and would, consequently. hol more carbon and its compounds i solution-producing microbes, and thu P- cholera and yellow fever." How the Betting Stands in Indiana. [From the Courier-Journal.) [1- INDIANAPOtIS, Sept. 23.-There A. a popular impression that the trend< e betting on election results is a goo e indication of the way things are drif1 e ing. Admitting such to be the case, th d Democrats have the best of it to a ou intents and purposes in this Stat< th~ They post their money readily, and ar or not so particular as to the amoun1 as -while the Republicans hesitate ani E. prefer small sums. That is, they abstai ee from thbe thousands altogether, and ax satisfied with a few hundred. As a ruh n the Republicans here have nothing t n- stake on the general result. Whe er- they put up it goes even money to sa i- that Harrison will carry Indiana. Thber th is a Demiocratic syndica.e in th's cit -that covers, without odds, every Repul d lican dollar that can be found, whethe 'ill on the State or the issue at Jarge. 0-Mr. Haas Will Not Besign. Lre [Charlotte Chronicle. Mr. Sol Haas will continue to remai hewith the Associated Railways, his n~ 7signatio n, which was tendered som id weeks ago, having been reconsideret d'Yesterday's Richmnond Whig say: of "Mr. Haais has decided not to resig dehis position as traffic manager of th ar Associated R ailways to accept a similk toone with the Chesapeake & Ohio Corr ,pany. Amon1g the candidates mentiot eed for the positon of pool commissione of the Southern Railway and Stean dship Association, vacant by the resil idnation of Colonel T. M. R. Talcott, ar , Charles A. Sindail, secretary of th f commissioner; James R. Ogden, fo: ofe ierly vice-commissionler, and Colon< ee Tome H.Carer,formerly railroa acommissioner of Virginia." d- Homicide In Laurens. of MILTON, LAURzxs COUNTY, Sej ler tember 29.-The crops in this part< tic Laurens County are greatly damage th by the recent freshet. The corn on tb us bottom land is almost completely los li Some of the farniers are gathering an drying it, but it will only be fit for hoi te to eat. The cotton crop wvill he quil W short, owing to the drought in July an est August and the recent heavy rains. iot Two negroes, a few days ago, whi t working the pu blic roadl near here g< ler into a difficulty, and one struck tU yother on the head with a hoe, fracturin edhis skull. It is thought he will die. . IBla"e Addresses Ten Thousand People. ise NEW YoRK, September 29.-Jamt tO G. Blaine spoke to a large number< he people, estimated at ten thousand th ed p. m. in the polo grounds. He reviewe ,t the history of both political parti' in from the foundation of the Goverr n ment-in fact be embraced all of ti n- political history of the country fromn t al dyofWashington to those of Clev m-ln.He was listened to with marke n- attention. Many notable people we: est present. ted Tho Lexington Primary. rLSpecial to The Herald and News.] tly LEXINGTON, October 2.-The follos ing, though not official, is the result tly the primary election held'in Lexingtc ill County last Saturday: For the Senat of H. A. Meetze; Representatives, J. I re- Davis, J. IH. Counts; Clerk of Coux ion W. J. Assnhann; Shierifi', Geo. S. JDraft ur Judge ofiProbate, C. T. Graham; Scho to Commissioner, WV. H. Sharpe; Auc he tor, M. D. Harmian; Treasuker, D). tof Griffith: County Commissioners, Ro y ert Rook. S. A. Goodwin, P. H. Crap n- Coroner, P. Henry Corley. ise- -, - - - nd Mr. Randall Penomilnated. ath PHILADLPHIA, September 26.-Sar r- nel J. Randall was to-day renomiinat< ute for Congress by the Democrats of tI 3d district. n'SAD RUMORS AnOUT MR. RANDALl ct- W XAsnlINGTON, September 29.-It. rumored around the capitol, accordiu to the Evening Critic, that the Ho Saue J. Randall's sickness has pr duce metaldisorder, and that I imagines that he is Speaker of ti -If House again. It is said several mel ya bers have received letters from him aice which the hallucinations are plain f.- shownl.- -., - THE CHARGE AGAINST HARRISON. An Affidavit that He Said $1 a Day Was I Enough for a Workipgman. an INDIANAPOLIS, September 2~5.- o Knights of Labor Lodge 106, a fewo weeks ago, through its Secretary, Ed win F. Gould, made application for the E $1,000 reward offered by the Indiana- on polis Journal for proof that General 1 Harrison ever said, as was freely charged, that "one dollar a day was fo enough for a workiagnan." State- fiN ments were furnished with the demand, but the Journal insisted upon affidavits R to the eflect. The following, from a member of the order residing at Bright wood, Ind., was sent to the Journal to- lit night. er "STATE OF INDIANA, MARIoNCOUNTY. "John G. Schwartz, being duly sworn, testified under oath that he was em- to ployed by the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad in July, 1877; that he went on a strike on the day that the strike took place, on orabout July 18, 1877, foran increase in wages; that he was present at the conference meeting in the old Council Chamber, where the sirikers talked with Benjamin Harrison. A. G. Porter and other prominent citizens with ref- B erence to the strike; that he heard Ben jamin Harrison say that the strikers were lawbreakers, and as such were not entitled to any sympathy whatever F from the public; that the said Benja- m min Harrison furthersaid that the men v ought to returu to their work; that the railroads could not afford to pay higher h wages; that the wages was enough, and that $1 a day was enough, for any workingman; taat he himself could live on that amount, and that Benja min Harrison further said that if the gl men did not reiurn to work the nmilitia i should be brought into service and the men forced to return to work. "JOHN G. SCIIWARTZ. 1 "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of September, 1888. "JOSEPI T. FANNING, Notarary Public." a A LONG STANDING DEBT. Paid After Twenty-Three Years-A Very Honest Man. T [Ch.rleston World.] A letter was received recentiy by a y gentleman at Manning, S. C., from a citizen of Charleston enclosing $&0 in 1 i payment of a debt contract d just efier 4 1 the war. The debt was for purchase ti i money for an overcoat, and the pur cha:er. said to have been in destitute ti circumstances caused by the losses of a I war, was compeled to buy the coat on e - credit. The merchant at the time kept a a large clothing store on Market street, r, i but has since retired from business, and t, f is now a resident of Manning. r Following is a copy of the letter: to a CH ARLESTON, S. C.. Sept. 21, 1888. b e Mr. : Dear Sir-I have been - thinking of past years, and I now :e- t] member getting an overcoat from you a e the first winter after the wvar. I was ti s bad off then and for many years after. t, e Iam a little better otl now, so I have v concluded to settle the old debt. If I u recollect right, the coat was worth $20. a I think there was something else; I am r e notsure. It has been so long, it has o i outrun my memory. In this letter you t; will find a money order for 8.50, which s will cover interest and all, or near to it. b I believe that the interest exceeds the s, debt. When you get the money please let me knowv. Very respectfully, 1 NEWS IN BRIEF. r jThere was a fall of snowv throughout I -England October 1st. e There wvas slight frost in upper South t 1 Carolina on October 1. Vegetation on lowlands was killed. The total registration of women in t Boston is 25,149; total vote at last C r municipal election, 51,700; total female t e vote last year 9,000. C ' Robert Garrett's condition has grown t: alarming and that his violent outbreaks f 2 'of insanity are a source of annoyance to j the residents of Ringwood, N. J., in the y e neighborhood of his home. -James P. Magee, Boston agent of the ] r Methodist Book Concern since 18.51, t died Octoher 1st. from heart trouble, C aged 60. He was one of the leading 5 agents of the MethodiWt. Tr .fessor Corlew, formerly superin tendent of the Charlotte Graded school, e a is now a waiter in a New York restau- t Sraint. He got into trouble at Charlotte t e -too much married or something oft .the sort and left.e i; The number of women in England who are seeking a liberal education ~ e steadily increases. Already 181' have r matriculated for admission to London I University, which is fifty more than ~ - last year. About a million Ions of the ice har -vested from the Hudson last winter t e remain unt uched in the storehouses- t e considerably more than half the crop. 5 . A succession of cool waves during the s I summer chilled the ice business. t d Southern women are said, to have ~ taken the lead of their sex in money -making in New York. The head of the richest firm of dress-makers is a South er woman, and women of Southern birth come to the front in other diree- ~ tions-. d W. P. Taulbee, of Kentucky, repre- e e sents the largest congressional districtc .in the country. It is composed of t wen d ty-one counties, andl extends from the y famous blue grass region to Cumber- s e land Gap, a distance of over 200 miles. d It is a backwoods district, without a railroad or telegraph commniicationl,i e and is canvassed by the candidate for tt congressional honors on horseback e over the roughest kind of mountain groads. Adam Badeau's suit against Mrs. Julia D. Grant for $1,000 a-s compensa tion for alleged service -endered her husband, the late General Grant, in .~preparing his memoirs, has been set ~down for trial before Justice Patterson Sin the special term of the supreme dcourt for October 10. The taking of ,~testimony regarding the relations be stween Gener 1 G -ant and his military secretary will consume a week, and the e trial wiIl be one of the historical court events of the nineteenth century. d The President has approved the -e Chinese restriction bill. Dispatches from San Francisco state that parades, pyrotechnes, firing guns and enthu si~asm prevailed on the whole Pacific Coast. October 1st. Republicans and Deocrats joining in the celebration of the signing of the Chinese restrictionI Sbill. San- Francisco is alive with excite >fment, and every ne is jubilant. n Collector Hager is uoubtful of the bill's effectivencs.s. As soon as officially im stutdhe will refuse Chiunese adm,is t, stoucthe rhearing certiticates or ~'not unless on writs of habeas corpus issued by the courts of the United, District Attorney Carey believes the >bill cannot effect .5,000 Chinese claimiing I ; o be prior residents. Very Much of a Muddle. . RieHmown. VA., Oct. 1.--As an out-1 g rowth of the coupon litigation in this S tate, the city sergeant entered the tate library armed with a writ of exe cut ion and attempted to levy on the.3 -cemitents of the library, but was ejected is b y a policeman. o-! Sufferers fromi the effect of quinine,1 se used as a remedy for chills and fever,1 ie should try Ayer's Ague Cure. This a- preparation is a powerful tonic, wholly. in vegetable, and without a particle of ly any noxious drug. Warra.nted a sure ctzre. - Text Books for Public Schools. -- SIR. EDITOR: Will you please pub b. the following for the information the: d guidance of the teachers and pupils Rot the county: kt a meeting of the County Board of con aminers for Newberry County, held the the 2Gth September. 1888, the fol- Mo ving series of text books was adopted tar - use in the county public schools, for e years from 5th September, 1888: Re Readers-Appleton's; Supplemental Sii aders, Appleton's- Ki Histories-Davidson-s South Caro- tinl ia, Barnes' Primary, Brief and Gen- resi t1 History. Geograph;es-Maury's Series. C) Arithmeties-Robins^n's. J. English Grammars-Reed and Kel- Sh; ;g's Series. bat Dictionaries-Webster's. Lu Penmanship-Spencerian. Spellers-Swinton's. W. Drawing-Krusi's Series. Music-Loomis' Progressive Les- an ns. Agiculture-Lupten's Elements. cei Physiology and Hygiene-Smith's to rimer, and Smith's "The Human Pa This series must be introduced as soon possible, but is noL compulso:y until an ter the opening of the schools in the arr di of 1889. After that time a teacher up< av refuse to teach any pupil not pro- an ded with these books; and a teacher t conforming to this list is liable to me ive his certificate revoked, or approval ' -his pay certificate refused. wij Schools, or single pupils wishing to ake a change in books this year can ?t the benefit of introductory rates at col iy time within 90 days after the open- for r- of the schools. r 1 advise teachers to cut the above it and keep it, so that they may know or -lint books to require their pupils to gr archase. Yours truly, an G. G. SALE. Chairman and Clerk of Board of Ex niners. an CHANGES IN TEXT-BOOKS. pr he State Board Takes Action to Secure fer Uniformity in the Public Schools. Tl V( At a regular meeting of the State fot ,oard of Examiners held on September ler :h and 5th, 1888, the following resolu- Be on was adopted: Resolved, That the peculiar condi- Wt on of affairs in this State by reason of na 'hich, not only in each county, but in Bc ch school district, there are teachers co, ad pupils of different classes and cees, possessing different capacities to th !ach, learn and purchase books, it pr ,ould be injurious to -educational in rest to adopt a single list of text toks for the State. That in order to secure flexibility in til 2e system, and to meet the varying R 'ants of the schools, and, at the same wl me, to prevent frequent changes in ext-books in a school, which impose exations and unnecessary expense pon parents, the State Bo.ard of Ex- w miners hereby adopts the following V ules and regulations to govern the use f text-books in the public schools of s ae State: The list of text-books to be adopted ca v the State Board for use in the public Aools shall be elective in character. On or before Thursday, October 25, a 88, the county Board of Examiners fi 2 each county shall, from said State foi st, adopt a single series for use in the SI ublic schools of their respective coun,~ es, provided that upon application 01 om the teacher and trustees of any te zhool, within thirty days after said B< ounty adoption, or thirty days after he establishment of any new school, n good and sufficient reasons being liown, the county Board may allow p( he substitution in said school of any ne ther book on the same subject from t be list adopted by the State Board. A series once adopted shall not be er hanged during the period of adoption jo y the State Board without permission in rom the said Board. This shall not, R owever, prevent the use in schools' here the same may be needed, by and W th the consent of the county Boarxd of pi xaminers, of two series of Readers on e State list to be used alternately, or f proper supplemental reading. The eries adopted shall be put in force ac- t1 ording to the commencement of the nm hools, not later than the fali of 1889. P: All resolutions by the county Board f Examiners pertaining to the adop- P' ion of text-books shall be recorded by I e county School Commissioner in a ab ook kept~by him for the purpose, and g opies of the same i warded by him,afl ithin thirty days, to the office of thea tate Superintendent of Education. Any teacher who, while receiving th ublic school funds, useb text-books in eb le course of study prescribed for pub- d ic schools that are not on the State d ist, shall forifeit his pay from the pub- T. L school fund for the time he uses Qi em. Any teacher may refuse to R each any pupil who is not supplied rith the Lext-books prescribed for said chool. Pupils passing from one school m) o another, must conform to the list dopted for the latter-.h The trustees, or, in their default, the ounty Board of Examiners, shall en-p orce these provisions. The county ichool Commissioner shall withhold Ia *pproval of pay certificate of any . eacher not conforming thereto; and ~ he teacher persisting in violating the hi ame shall be deprived of his certificate f qualification. It is advisable that there be adopted, s far as p)ossible, the same books- for ools of the same class and grade tu rithin the county, in order to secure, e far as practicable, county uniform- f 1t shall be the duty of the county of icbool Commissioner to report to the se tate Board any attempt on the part of o ny publishing house, whose books are n the State list, to induce any change t ronm the list :-egularly adopted for any cr chool. b As these provisions are in the interest f eoomy, parents are requested to 0 o-operate in securing their enforce- fi nent. w JAMES H. BICE, ~ State Supt. Education and Chairmana f the Board. COWARDLY, BRUTAL MUEDER. A Chester Constable and his Prisoner T Fired Upon from an Ambush-The tI J'risoner Killed. s1 [Special to the World.1. CHEsTER, Sept. 29.-Reports reached a ere this morning of the murder of a iegro) on the public roadl about eight ei fues from this p)lace. A bout 4 o'clock his morning twelve or fifteen pistol hots were heard by parties living at ome distance from the road, then the ounds of three or four horses moving -pidliy. Shortly after daylight a gentle nan wats dlrivinmg to town, and saw the lody of a negro muan laying across the t! -oad vith his handls tied together and gi hout twelve bullet holes in his body. p Later in the day the following parti- R :ulars of the tragedy were learned: le T. WV. Lippford had Sam Cornwall, p< . negro, under arrest on a peace war- of -ant, and was on his way to atrialjus- re ice, with an extra guarA of three men.p .bout 4 o'clock they were fired into t< rom an ambush. The constable and ra thers fled, and Sam Cornwall was T natantly killed. d On an~examination by Dr. Davega re fteen bullet holes- were found in the h< >ody. At the coroner's inquest the evidence was that Sam Cornwall cameT :o his death by gun-shot wounds inflie- si :ed by parties unknown to the constable a md others. 1i No arrests have been made. Further is nvestigation will be pushed by Coroner n ~iurphy. A 45-calibre Winchester rifle 'n ~vasused. IGE ROAD Ar'D CANNYON'S CREES. he Newberry Conference of the Lu ran Church convened at Ridge OF td church on the 28th ultimo. ev. C. A. Marks, president, opened ference in the prescribed form. In absence of Secretary Goggans, Rev. de: nroe J. Epting was appointed secre- Co Spro tem. to he following ministers were present: are rs. G. W. Holland, D. D., J. A. mr h, C. A. Marks, W. A. Julian, J. F. at :er, Z. W. Bedenbaugh, M. J. Ep- B< . The congregations were also rep- 4t mted by the following lay delegates: . A. I.Wheeler, from Grace church; M. Hartman, Mt. Pilgrim; B. F. aly, Mt. Tabor; Jefferson Quattle im, Ridge Road; David Rikard, St. ke's; W. B. Boioest, Bethlehem; G. Metis, St. Philips. )n motion, Dr. Daniel H. Werts I George B. Cromer, Esq., were re ved as members of conference, for lay, the former representing St. al's, the latier Luther Chapel. 'he organization being completed, I the hour for divine services having U ived; conference adjourned, where- U on Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh preached appropriate and instructive ser n. he afterncon session was opened th prayer by Rev. W. A. Julian. On >tion the minutes f last meeting of iference were read as a matter of in- Si mation. Che discussion of topics was next in ler and taken up according to pro LMme, and entered into with spirit ' d ability by the brethren to the edifi :ion of the congregation. . be hour for adjournment having 1 -ived the services were closed with iyer by Rev. J. F. Kiser. aturday morning's session of con- fr ence was opened in the usual form. te roll was called and Rev. Profs. d >igt, Fox and Jackson Bowers were d to be present; also J. A. C. Kib- ti of St. Pauls, Thos. McCullough of Lh Eden, andT. J.Wicker, of Colony, re present as lay delegates, and their rues enrolled. On motion, Rev. A. J. I wers was enrolled as a member of tiference. After which the minutes of e previous session were read and ap oved. Conference then engaged in an inter :ing discussion of assigned topics un-ia the hour for divine service, when ,v. Julian preached a mission sermon, C ich was a most effective and inter ting one. e At the afternoon session conference is opened with prayer by Rev. Prof. )igt. The minutes of the morning d sion were read and approved. The reports from the churches were lled for and presented. On motion Mt. Pilgrim was selected a the next place of meeting and the th Sabbath in December as the time s r Conference to assemble. Rev. J. A. igh was appointed to preach ther ening sermon with Prof. Voigt asa nate. Sunday sermon,- Rev. A. J. >wers, with Rev. W. A. Julian alter- a te. Mission sermon, Rev. J. F. Kiser. The officers of conference were ap ited to prepare a programme fort xt meeting, aftei- which the topics r discussion came up which confer- '3 ce engaged in until the hour of ad arnment. The subjects were full- of E terest to conference. On motion of av. W. A. Julian, a vote of thanks U as extended the congregation for hos taliies. Conference then adjourned. On Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock.j e conference re-assembled. A prayer eeting was held and conducted by -of. E. 0. Counts. The sermon was 'eached by Rev. Prof. Fox. The rd's Supper was administered to ]] out 175 communicants. The congre- J tion was then dismissed until the Lernoon. After a recess of an hoL.r and a half e congregation returned to the urch to listen to the excellent ad-. sses to the Sunday-school children. 2ey were addressed by Mr. Jefferson t aattlebaum, Col. A. H. Wheeler and *n av. A. J. Bowers. Conference then adjourned after a ost pleasant and harmonious session. The attendance fras good and the be iviour excellent. Nearly 400 were esent on Sunday. Jack frost made us an early visit on Sunday morning and apart from ppig potato vines, has done no 7' A few cases of chills and sore eyes r' -evail. Mr. J. K. Epps and family, while re- a rning from conference last Sabbath 'en ing narrowly escaped serious if not r4 tal injury. They were driving a pair mules to a top-buggy, and while de ending a hill the holding-back strap one of the mules broke. The mule 0 ok fright and rms n some distance. In ossing a branch the tongue of the 7 iggy struck the bank and was broken i r. The mules ran away but Mr. Epps n aally succeeded in pulling them to ard a tree with the hope of checking ten with the wheel but it was broken I id he was thrown from the buggy. ( :e held to the lines and was dragged . me distance, after which the lines -oke and the buggy ran over him. r be mules, now free, dashed away with e buggy containing Mrs. Epps and tree children. But they only ran a mort distance when a wheel was sught by a log and the buggy thrown - er and the mules released. The 4 itire family escaped almost unhurt. I Another Railroad Scooped in. Nw YORK, Oct. 2.-The dired-ors of e East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor a Railroad met to-day and received a ~oposir.ion from the directors of the ichond and Danville Railroad to ase the East Tennessee property for a eriod of twenty years on a percentage earnings. The directors passed a solution unanimously ageing to the I roposition, and appoint a committee 4 consult with the officers of the Rich tond and Dlanville and Richmond u erminal Company for the purpose of 3 rawing up a lease to be presented for 'a ttification at another meeting to be " eld on Tuesday next. The declaration of a dividend on ILast ennessee first preferred was not con-3 dered. It is officially stated that the lie of the Richmond Terminal hold- I igs of East Tennessee first preferred i not included in the pending arrange- ia ments, hut that the Richmond Termi al Com ny will continue to hold i * A ew Adve NOTI E'ICE OF COUNTY . ewberry County, S. C., rOTICE is hereby given persons holdino bills, accoun nands of any Yind against unty, which have not been presen the Board of County Commisskners, required to deposit the same with on or before the first day of No- t iber, so that they may be examied the regular annual meeting of the ard on the 6th of November, 1888. GEO. B. CROMER, Clerk. Racet Store -IS AN NDOUBTED __8U E HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. Our business nee opening has proven be )nd a doubt that the . SPOT CfSR SYSTEJII" the best and surest way; id we are glad to see that our>= iends appreciate the new ?parture from the destrue ve credit plan. ,. . Under our inflexibie rule ash down or no sale) we n see no limiit to our. Iestige aid Pros=EItg, nd we intend to run the ash Machinery to its high it com mercial speed. The isk is Herculean, but every . ay we gather strength; and 'ith the kind and constant id of our friends we will IvarthIaw thle Cedit10igR~ nd Cash will rule instead Call and be convinced of 1e truth of our statementi. Ve have one price for 11. And don't forget our nchangeable__rule-"SPO i-1 ASH OR NO SALE." 00K B& CAR WLE l'o1)lieto1's RevSiy Iadil 8tilr. Report of Assessors. COUNCIL CHAMBEES, 'I. Newberry, S. C., Sept. 1, 1888. f TOTICE is hereby given that the i. Report6of the Board of Assessors of ie Real Estate of Newberry, 8. C.11 ow on file in my office for insetli citizens until 1st Oct., 1888. By order, 'J. S. FAR WILL RE-OPEN uosday, Sept. 25th, 1888. [ HOROUGH instruction in Ea' LJish, Mathematics, Latin,Frn, erman and Calesthenics at moderate Ltes and no extra charge. The school rooms have been enlarged aid improved, and are now fully pre ared for an increased numberof pupils. Boys under ten years of age will be meived. MISS McINTOSH, PrincipaL. MISS BAXTER, Assistant. ['eachers' Ex.mination. flHE next examination of applicnia L for Teachers' Certificates will be eld on Friday, the 5th of October - ext. The examination will begin at 10 a. 1., and close at 5p. mi. CoTored appi mnts will be examined in the Court [ouse, white applicants in the Schoot 'mmissioner's office. Papers must be written with pen and n dingt stand the eainainwl lease be on hand promptly at 10 a. m. GG.SALE, G. B. CBoERn, T. 8. Mo onnzw, k>ard of Examiners-Newberry County. 3t HMO"f REVOLVERS. Send stamp for A UlNO price hast to JOHNsTON & VSoN.% ittsburg, Pa. MAR VELOUS DISCOVERY. Any book Rearnaed n.one rea.dima Ilaud wandeiag cared. N5peaking without Note. W'holly unlike arie ial systems. 'race ondemned by a preme tr reat Inducemecntas.wooregen.dence elasses. Prospectus, with opinions of Dr. Win. . Eammiood, the world-famed Specialist in [lnd diseases, Daniel GreenleatThomup on, the te Psychologist. anad others, sent Prof.A.LOISETTE,237Fifth A.ve.4 ~