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ELBERT ti. A.ULL, EDToR. -ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM..P. HOUSEAL, NEWBERRY. S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1889. AN EXPLANATION. In an editorial last week on a system of Graded Schools for Newberry, we said that the town need be at no ex pense for buildings, that the Female and Male Academy buildings and the Hoge school-house would answer every purpose for some years to come. We did not state how the buildings should be utilized. Our idea was this, that so far as the colored school was concerned, the Hoge school-house would, for some time to come, afford sufficient room. As to the white schools, the Female Academy might be used for the Pri mary and higher grades, and the Male Academy for the intermediate grades. ROADS AND ROAD-MAKING. The subject of our public roads is re ceiving more and more discussion in the South. In Georgia there was re-. cently held a road congress to devise ways and means for the betterpent of the public highways. In this State for several years past there has been from time to time much discussion and many suggestionson this important subject, which have borne some fruit in the recent amendments to our Road Laws. The Road Law as it now stands is a decided improv.ement on any previous legislation on this sub ject, and if faithfully executed will give us much better roads in the course of a few years. The Columbia Register in a recent article on this subject has a good deal to say about the English and French sys tem of roadmaking, and estimates the cost of like roads in South Carolina at $18,000,000 for construction, and $540, C30 annually for maintenance. But such roads as these are out of our reach entirely, and will remain so for many years to come. The fact of the bisiness is that we do not need such roads and it would be a poor investment to build them. We can have as good' roads* as we need for vastly less money. If only the amount which the Register esti. mates for annual maintenance, of its French system of roads, was expended for a few years in the proper way, this road question would be settled for a generation to come. The fact is, that from April to De (ember, in the.up country at least, we have as good roads as there are in the world, niaendamnized and plank roads not excephd. jt is only for-a short period during the winter that our roads are very bad, and during this period there is comparatively little heavy haul ing done. The cotton crop is, for the -most part, ing,ket by the first of Da sno more hauling until the farmer begins to carry out his guano. If, in laying out. our roads, some at tention was paid to grading, and if, in working them, permanent work was done in the bad places, there would be left little to desire in the way of roads. Very often in miles of road there are only a few places to be dreaded. These should be macadamized or shunned by -With, our light crop scompared, with its bulk to haul to market, we do not need such roads as they have in the North and West. What we do need s just a little more work expended in the fright- places, and on correct princi ples. _ __ 2 We suppose that Mr. Duncan's posi tion in reference to the Newberry post office, as.stated by him this week in The Herald and News, wi!.I not be questioned by any.one. The fact that his name was mentioned in Washing ton in '-onnection with the postoffice made it a matter of news, and only as such was it given to the public-how ever "garrulous" it may appear. Gen. -Tecumseh Sherman seems to have all the savage instincts of the "noble abvi 'tt 'tt any of his red ' trits. Lest week he replied tha snap and a snarl to a polite in quiry of editor Stovall of the Augusta Chronicle. This week he unites with Col. Epliot F. Sheppard in another dis play of the undying hatred which he bears the~South, by casting reflections upon the sincer4 of our devotion to the Union, and our patriotism general ly. If there were many such men at the North as T-cumseh and Elliot F., the prospects of another sectional war would be bright indeed. But fortunate ly they do not voice the sentiment of S the North, and their foolish and malicious utterances are met with that indignation and contempt which they so richly deserve. The great labor strike in London is stilt in progress with indications that the strikers will get what they want. Col. Lamb, heretofore one of Ma * hone's ablest assistants, thinks there is no more prospect of Mahone's carrying Virginia this fall, than there is "of his going to heaven in a railroad hand car.' Corporal Tanner's argument in favor of the $12 a month pension to soldiers' widows upon the moral ground that it '.'will often preserve the virtue of some dead r amrade's widow" was niot re ceived with that favor with which he seemed to expect such a lofty senti - ment to be greeted. Col. T. Stobo Farrow, of Spartan burg, has 'retired from his position in sthe Sixth Auditor's office at Washing ton. He was presented with a gold headed cane by the clerks in his division as a mark of appreciation and esteem. Our correspondent in. Loussianai writes this week about the contest for *- Congress in the Third District of tha-t State. Andrew Price has been elected y agood majority over H. C. Minor, hbe Republiean candidate. -~ troubles prevail in West Vir THE LAND QUESTION. We, in the 1 'ited States, with our vast doiitiu, our willions of acres of pubbc laid, alnd 'ur sparse popula tion, are in the habit of thinking that the land question will never be of prac tical importance here, or if so, that at any rate it will not press for solution for several generations to come. But the article on our first page, from the New York Herald, contains some startling facts and figures, which may well cause uneasiness. We are astounded when we come to investigate the matter, at the rapidiLy with which our public lands are being placed beyond the reach of actual settlers seeking homesteads, and at the alarming tendency of small holdings to be absorbed by the larger. To the land monopoly, Henry George, and others who have given the subject study, attribute all the socia evils of the age,. and to a proper solu tion of the land question, they look to usher in the social nillenium when poverty, suffering and no crime shall longer exist. Henry G-orge thinks that the abolition of private property in land is the proper solution of the question, and as a step in this direction he proposes to concentrate all taxation upon land values. A writer in the National Review says that his scheme has been tried in Russia on a gigantie scale and has proved a failure. Twenty-five years ago, when the Russian serfs were emancipated, a certain proportion of land was allotted to each one, and every few years a redistribution takes place, so that every man has a chance at the land. Under this communal system it is found that one-third of the rural population have become paupers, and this class is continually increasing. But the very facts and figures given in this artcle in the National Review show that the communal system is a very partial thing. Two-thirds of the land is still held by large proprietors, and moreover, the present class among whom the communal system is -in operation are burdened with all the taxation. Whatever may be the cause, there can certainly be no doubt that our so cial and economic adjustments are out of gear. All over this country we have seen in the last twenty-five years co lossal fbrtunes built up, vast areas of land passing into the hands of a few men, while pauperism, and its inevi table attendant, crime, have' increased to an alarming extent. We of the-South have our hands full with the race problem, but this sinks into insignificance, in the face of the conflict which is inevitable throughout the civilized world between labor and capital. WHAT IS THE 'KEMEDY? In regard to our Common School System the Columbia Rgsterexprsse the opinion that the cure for the evil of short terms, poor equipment and cheap teachers, is an increase of the school tax. The Greenville News, however, thinks that the people of the State will not vote more taxes on themselves for any purpose. W~e are not ' so sure of this. What is the meaning of the general movement all over the State for spc - cial school dist~ricts? In this county two of the most sparsely settled com munities in the county have recently imposed an extra tax of three mills upon themselves for school purposes. All - over the Stah special school districts are being formed. So general is the desire for better schools, that the last General Assembly saw fit to pass a general Act on the subject. of special school districts. We believe that the people are almost ready for such an increase of the school tax as will make our Common School System really effcient, and that, with a proper presentation of the matter, an addi tional tax would be voted. The Greenville News suggests that the relief needed is more special than general. With this we agree and think, perhaps, that a small increase of the school tax, say half a mill, to be used in assisting those schools which are not ableto help themselves would, perhaps, be the best thing that could be done for three or four years to come. A Card .::em Mr. B. 0. Doocan. To the Editor of The Herald and News:-Allow me a few lines in reply to the garrulous letter of your editorial correspondent in last week's issue. Were I an applicant for the New berry postoffice, I should be so openly, and would not question the right of the papers to give the fact as much publici ty as they might see fit. But as I am not an applicant, notwithstanding the oft-repeated solicitations of many of our bst citizens to bocome such, I do not so why my name should be hawked before the public in connection there If Mr. W. W. Russell has made use of my name in that connection it has been without my knowlodge or consent. 1 do not know Mr. Russell personaly at all, and we have had no communication whatever on the sub ja. But I have no idea that he will have gone further than, perhaps, to mention my name rs that of a well known and resp-ete.ble Republican at N ewberry .belonging to the Caucaesian race, Collector Smalls and Heury Ken nedy to the contrary notwithstanding. My only desire in thes matt ir is that New brry should be able b -retain and, if niot, to obtain a capable and satisfac tory postmaster, and nothing else would prompt mie t- becomie an appli cant for the position. B. 0. CA N. I .lease on Baui Refused Meetze and Kelly. [Special to The World.] oIxBIA, September 3.-W. B. Meetze and W. 1). Kelly, charged re pctively with the murder of James . Clark and George Bateman will re main in jail until their trial at the next term of the Richland court, beginning the firstMonday in October, Judge Wallace having deuicd bail in both It is understood that Judge Melton, ounsel forthe prisoners, was strongly ppo'd to applying for ball, but did so on the urgent insistance of the prison ers and t.feir families. -.The theat *n te Northwest last week igaxcsivethedhaemometer regis LIFE IN LOUISIANA. Disregard of Sunday Lawo-An Inttere.t ing Congressional Race Between ..gar Planters-A Good Things for Farmers. [Special to The Herald and News.j THIISODAVuX, LA., August 26.-When the Sabbath iornilr sun flashed the cerulean hue into the sky, and fecked the whole garden beneath with rubies and diamonds, and set the dark green foliage of the orange aglow with emeralds and sapphires; when the little songsters flun >m their tiny throats carols not subject to ian's pen or art: when nature in her um tonge bade every animated creature 1w up and praise the Creator; man alone in his wisdom and discretion saw that nature pointed to the wrong duty; man alone saw in that day other possibili ties; it was his day for pleasure. excur sions, frolic and fun. Early with the waking sun the roar of the excursion ists' cannon notified the town that the boat had left its mooring, and the mel ody of the band told of the jollity that was in store for the pleasure-seekers. When night had hung her sable cur tain high up in the heavens so that darkness rested upon the earth; when those who were content to seek a truer pleasure and a more real enjoyment, bud laid themselves to rest; when still ness like a fleecy cloud had settled upon the town, then came a wild discordant squealing of horns and rattling of drums mingled with the squalls of dis sipated human beings. . The returning excursionists had - just landed, tired enough of their day's outing. But thi& is the popular thing here for Sunday. Here the commandment reads . "Rc member the Sabbath day to keep it a holiday," and after all it is the bettel way to spend the day, for I notice inr number of the towns, regardless of the law to the contrary, business places arE open on Sunday just as on any othel day. Just at this time, this, the third Con gressional District, is in a political fer ment. The election will take place the third of September, for a man to fill out the unexpired term of E. J. Day deceased. The pitting is sugar plantel against sugar. planter. It is indeec amusing to hear the arguments ofterec by the contestants. The Republicar ventilates the Democratic free trad( principles to the detriment of his op ponent, while the Democratic leadei flings the Senate bill in the air as t sample of Republican legislation touch ing Southern industries. While one o "the boys" usually follows this Demo cratic leader and suggests in the meek est, mildest possible language thal "there was a school of politics whici taught that farce was more honorabli than fraud, and that lead was morE valuable than gold in election times.' And, toi, it is interesting to watch th( side glances of the dusky sons of Han when one overseer says to another "Will two hundred be enough," "yoi had better have them cleaned and loaded." The remembrance of the fac1 that but a short while ago there was negro insurrection here in which th< whites were fired upon, wvil explair the expressions which seem to be some what revolutionary. It is pretty sure that the Democrats will send their mar up to Washington. I am personall3 acquainted with him-Mr. Price Have had the pleasure of spendini several weeks in his home on thi "Acadia Plantation." He is a young prosperous sugar planter ; k.st year he made on this place a million and a hal pounds of sugar. The campaign is th< excitement here now, and really politi cal eyes look this way from every qjuar ter; for each national party is now look ing uipon this election as a sort o balance weight. If the Democrac3 wins, I am sure that a man thoroughl.3 identified with Southern interests wil go to Congress; while if the Republicar sugar planter wins, it will be as h< himself says, a triumph of the Repub lican party, and not the success of Southern sugar planter; anotbe weight thrown into the scale to arc Re'ublican principles, which practi caly seem to be discrimination agains the South in business and national in dustriesb and bitt:2r thrusts at her fron an intellectual, moral and social stand There is.one thing which I find here that strikes me as being a good thing The sugar planters .have a "plante.rs club." Tb=s club .has erected a met9 building in town. They have fut nished that building with pictur, books, magazines, weeklies and dahies with games, &c. Merchants, clerks awyers, doctors, overseers, planters an< small farmers belong to it Tfhe goo< to be derived from such a club seems t< be that it furnishes a convenient plac for its members to spend a few minute when such are at hand, in the comn pany of congenial companions, an< away from bar-room influences. Ther is an air of gentility about the plac. which is very inviting. The place1 open to such~ only as are members. I promotes the acquaintance of farme with farmer, and views are exchange< which are helgful. A place of stric mofaity, and vet a place of ease an< freedom. . Notning seems-to me to b of more importance, aside from the es sentials, to the farmers than to be the roughly acquainted with each other and to have a m-eting place in th' town where they trade, that they ma: send their spare moments while ther t profit. Too often the "coffee house' (bar-rom) is the club room. Sue] club meetings damage the farming mn terests more than all the intercours can benefit it. J. M. HEXmv. PINE STRAW IIAGGING. A Factory to b,e Opera-ed at Suminervilli S. C. Special to the Augusta Choronicle.] CHrA RLSToN, S. C-, Aug- 31-It announced positively to-aay that company has b"en orgamized and wi] at once ent r upon the m,anufacture ol cotton bagging ':om the fi bre of th pine straw. The fact:ry will he built at Sumerc viie, twenty-two mxiues from here, thi land having been given for t he purpose The sit3 is-in the thickest pine forest ii the tate. The compan y have also beel oered theprivilege of gathering p)in trav from a tract of territory. coverin thousands of acres, so that the materia for the manufacture of bagging wvi cost nothing but the price of collectin; and hauling itha. teSot a It is understoodththeSuhar lina railway has offered the. new coni cern the free gift of gathering pin lIeavs over all the landr owned by thenm Several bales of cotton covered with pine straw bagging were received her last year and subjected to the severes test of screw, hook, fire and wvater an stood it even better than common jutt b . ew factory is sii to be an off shoot of the Acme factory liggilmmng w ork asoona&?he buildinig sn C - WORK ON THE THR IEE C'S ROAD TO HE PUSHED. A six Mlinius Contract for Constructiun - McDonald. Shea & Co., a Tennesee Firm, Get the Job. JO(n)sos CIT. Tenn., Sept. 1.-The ti contra,:t for the I'uildinr of the Ci- w cinnati, Charleston and Chicago rail- ii road has been awarded MclDonald, d Shea & Co. It is one of the largest con- w tracts that has been let to any oneftirm for years, being the conipletion_ of the 1 above road from Marion, N. C., to E Minneapolis, Va. Thbe est imated cost 1; of the work exceeds $6,00,000. The n eontracting firm is composed of J. P. w 3 eDonald, John Shea, Kfnoxville; W. tr I)unnavent, San Tate, Jr., Memphis. g The gentlemen are now here and sub- n letting the work.- A number of con- ei tractors are here, and more are expected c: to-morrow. About one hundred miles w are yet to be let. ri The road is already iinished from ri Charleston to Marion, N. C., and will h cross the East Tennessee, Virginia and si Georgia road at Johnson City. It will ft be one of the best paying lines in this section-traversing a country rich in fE mineral and agricultural wealth. M THE PRICE OF COTTON WEIGHING. a The Rici" id County A?'iance Takes Hold of the Subject. LSpecial to the World.] b CoLr.Mh.A, Aug. 31.-Two weeks ago The Budgot published exclusively the fact that the Richland County Farmers' Alliance had appointed a committee to e prosecute all violators of the law in re gard to the charge for weighing cotton. C The legal price is ten cents per bale. The price paid for weighing in this city r is twenty cents per bale. This has stirred up the members of the Alliance. and they are determined to'act in the matter. e c A TrIr CASE. The Richland sub-Alliance niet to- I day in Agricultural Hall. The corn- I1 mtittee, spoken of in the foregoing, re- I ported that Mr. J. S. Hogan had ta-en I a bale of cotton to Miller Brothers, of Columbia, one of the largest cotton firms in the State, and that lie had been I charged 20 cents for weighing it, be sides having two pounds deducted. , It s was stat:d that Mr. Hogan had told the f buyers beforehand that if they charged I hitni over to cents for weighing the bale s he would have them indicted for violat- I ing the law. The committee were authoi'zed to begin the p,osecution, and they will probably make out a charge against the firm some time next week. REPLY OF THE FIR.1. CoLt'UBI A, September 2.-MIr. Jasper I Miller, of the firm of Miller Brothers, t who were reported to the Alliance a Saturday for charg'ng 20 cents per bale c for weighing cotton, as noted in Tihe c Budget, has written a card in which he says that "the 20 eents which the buyer charges is always taken into t consideration in the price of purchase a if the 20 cents were not charged the 1 buyer would simply pay 20 c(n s less when making the purchase." He says I that the charge of 20 cents "is simply i an old established custom of this place." Mr. Miller concludes by saying: t "We however, are perfectly willing r to adopt the ten-cents charges for weighing, and also to do away with the two-pound breakage, and see no t harm that can come to the cotton t buyers here in doing so, as the price2 will always be made on that basis." A TEST CASE FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. It appears that.this kick of the farm-r ers is not the first that has been made in this city. Fifteen years ago, on com plaint of parties, Mr. Blakeley, a well known cotton buyer, appeared beforer the mayor and was fined $100 for charaing twenty cents each for weigh ing five bales.. Mr. Blakeley took the case to the courts and won it successive ly in the Circuit Court, tae Supreme Court and the United States Court. WHAT TH?E ALLIANCE MEN SAY. In conversation with several members5 of The alliance .The World man wzs in formed that they were bent - on-having the matter r gulated according to the ten cents charge as laid down by the lay-. They expect to employ counsel to sift'the matter ant.if they do not effect their wishes in this way they purpose appointing a weigher from one of their own number and selling the cotton to buyers from other cities. THE CHERAW POSTMASTERSHIP*. Some Statements Corrected by Mr. Rake- I straw and his Friends. {From the New York Tribunes) ITo the Editor of the Tribune : Sir The telegram publ'ished in your paper concerning H. C. Rakestraw, recently 1 appointed postmaster at Cheraw; S. C., being a negro, is incorrect. He is a' white man, an ex-Confederate soldier, and at present a member of the "Chosen Friends," an organization composed of the best people of the community, Bitter, relentless political persecution goaded him on to his troubles, and now his Democratic friends would hide the stigma behind the skin of the negro. Please insert this as an act of justice in your columns. The Rev. James P. Drake, The Rev. A. U. Frierson, The Rev. F. E. McDonalu, H. L. Shrewsbury. Chieraw, s. ('., August 261, 18S9. ITo the Editor of the TfribunRE -Sir : Having seen in the Charleston News and Courier an article purporting to be a' Tribune dispatch, I beg, through the columns of your paper, to correct the< Isame. I went to Darlington a few< dayao and in a miomenit of weakness1 I vielded to drink and gave the Demo rats the opportunity ot which they< took advantage. I was not lined $10). Neither was I sent to jail for ten days.1 My offence was social, not criminal,i Sand had I been a Democrat everythingI would have been different. I have stood enough vituperation and abuse< to drive a sensitive mran insane, instead of to a temporary yieldin;g to. awe -ness. I am a whtite main, no(t ai negro; born< Sand reared in the town of Cheraw,-and considered respectable up to the time of my voting for Harrison, since which time I have been relentlessly hounded in the pa'pers, an every indignity has been otr'eredtme dexcept p)erson)al vio lence. A ny one with or'diinary political sagacity can easily tell why. I write this as an act of justice to the colored Republicans of t his place as wveil as my self. They have stooud by me sympa Sthetically and charitally in all my po0-I I itical troubles, and I would not by any fact of Ine bring themItrnto) disrep)ute; but forbear' we~ has eer sed to be a vir tue, and whe a lie is written in future - shall bra n'l it :n such. - - ay (. RAKE-sTRtAW. Cheraw, .S. (2., August 2b, 1889P, The Deadly Elixir. D)ANTrox, Ohio, Septenmber 2.-Sam 1el C. Snowalter, aged 5 t, voluntarily subittedl to an injection of the Elixir of Life three weeks ago, ho >ing for re -lief from rheunmatismi, and < ied to lay 1 from the eff'ects of the tre itmient. Imi in- iately af r the injection wais made his limbs began t aswelh. and his whole 1 sys muwas charged with blood poison. dan'rene set in, and his body being. puti.d the flesh chinped off in fiak"s as a man's hand, and hle became a horri ble object before death relieved h'm of his suflerings. The first bale.of cottdn for thiis sea sn was sold in the New York Cotton :fEchgeKugh1t '29. It awas ofi- . r..,.r;t-n itandJ hmngik101 STONEWALL'S DAUGHTER DEAD. [re. W. E. Christian Breath"- her I.asl her Home in Charlotte, N. C. [Special to the News and Courier. C H A R LOTTE, N. C., August 30.-M r: 1. E. Christian, nee Julia Jacksot c only child of Si >newall Jacksot hose extreme illness was muentione 1 the News and Courier this miorninr ied here at 6a. m., to-day, after tw -ceks illness of typhoid fever. The funeral services were c)nducte L .tbx.First Presbyt2rian church by ti :ev. Edward Mack, assisted by th :ev. R. C. Reid, at 6 o'clock this aft: 0011 The church was crowded wit -eeping friends anxious to pay the ]a: -ibute of respect to the daughter of ti re at Southern sollier. The pulpit ws lost exquisitely de'orated with fiov rs. Over it was the Conf-derate fia irried by Gen. J:ackson and wit "hich his body was wrapped. On ti ight and left side of the pulpit thr( ties were stacked and lying at tL ead of the casket, and directly by th de of it was the sword carried by ti ther of t he deceased. The funeral exercises were very a rcting and many i'i the congregati, rep)t. The Rev. Mr. Reed came here yeste ay evening from Funlklin, Tenn., eeept the pastorate of the Second Pre yterian church. In a few eulogist :marks he referred to the strange e acidence that a few years ago wheni feiphis, on the day after his arriva e witnesse.d the funeral of the Re ibert Morrison, who was an uncle 1 Irs. Christian. Tile Hornets' Nest Riflemen atten< r the funeral in full uniforms and a ores and business establishments wei loed. The remains will be carried to-mo Dw-to Lexington, Va., where they wi e interred by the side of Gen. Jacksoi irs. Christian was 28 years old ari ?aves a husband, W. E. Christia ditor of the Charlotte Democrat, tv hildren and her mother. Besides Mrs. Christian's mother at ier immediate family, there were ier bed-side during her last hours, Ge ). H. Hill, Mrs. Hill, Miss Manie Hi 'rof. Harvey Hill, Mr. Joseph Hi ,irs. Grundy, Mr. Carter Branch at Jr. Blythe Braich and Dr. McCaw, ichnllnd. Capt. Joseph Morrison, Ancolntol, who was on Gen. Jacksori taff, also attended the funeral. TI ,llowing were the pall-bearers: D. I -iil1, Jr., Joseph Hill, Baxter Davi on, F. B. McDowell, Dr. Willie Gir unn11, Blythe Branchl, Frank Irwi ilmer Brenezer. TILE REMAINS AT LEXINGTON, VA. LEXINGTON, VA., August 31.-T Jharlotte, N. C., party with the i uains of Mrs. Julia Jackson Christia rrived here on a special ear on ti ichmlond and Alieghany Railroi his evening. The remains were m1 t the station by a large party, at ere taken to the Presbyterian chure if which Gen. Jackson was a nelb vheii he livedhgre befcre the war. The casket is a massive metalic ca; andsomely designed. trimmed in go .nd silver and draped with the fine lack clot'b, and a profusion of flowe vas heaped on it. The church is dim ighted and the casket is open, sho ng the face. of the dead. Many ci :ens in all circles of society are visitii he church to take the last look at tl 'eniains.. Mrs. Thomas J. Jr.ckson, widow ;tonewall Jackson and the mother he deceased, with the two motherle abes and a niumiber of prominent ci ;ens, including the Mayor of Charlot nd the Rev W. H. Cnristian, fath >f the bereaved husband, are here. By a change in thae programm,e of angements the funeral wv 11 take ph i Sunday morning at 11 o-clock. Ti ervice will be conducted by the Re [homas K. Preston and the Rev. El iezer Junkin, of HoustonI, .Texas, eative of the JIacksonis. The funer arty'wisill retfurn to Charlotte Sunds light ou -a *pecial car. IN ALLTANCE UNIFO)RW. e )nly a Few Bales Coan Covered Cott ReceIvedl ihus Far, and those not satisfactory. [News and Courier.1 Several bales of cottb- came into.t :ity yesterday clad in- regulation Al nee uniform, cotton bagging. Onl; ery fewv bales in cotton have come is yet, and the bagging does not co! ip to the standard of tue samples se o the Exchanges last year. The strai if which it is woven is much smnal and will not stand sp much rough hau mng. The fr rmer.- in several setions of t tate are complaining that they cann et it in sufficient quantities to keep VithI the demi-nd. The consequence hat they are compelled to use ju here they would oth'erwise boyec hat article entirely. In many oft ~onties they have exhausted all th heir agents can get just now, and the ems to he all element of doubti olved as to whether they can get ai noe at all during this season. Only w mills are making it, although it ~xpected that next : ar the major )f the mills in the South will be pl )ard to furnish as much as might ~alled for. The demand this seas was somewhat of a surprise, and >rovision had been made to mfanutfi :ure the new article. A great many calculations havre bet nlade and published as to the losses t armers will sustain by the use of cott >agging, but these do not seem to effi he demand at all; the farmers see illing to lose something rather th; >atronize the Jute Trust. Tile alleged circulars of the Natiot Alliance, advising the farmers to h< n to their cotton during Septembn Jo riot seem to be having any effect, he crop is beginning to come in qu apidly. After the 1st-of September otton~is classed as new crop, and fr< resent indications it does not sel hat any of it is being held back, T1 ailroads are fearing nothing of t ind, anld are making all their arrani nlents to handle a great quantity otton this fall, As w.as announced [he News and Courier last week, th ure overhauling their rolling stoek, a wiill be ready for the rush as soon ai GO01) P'rCEs FOR FINE HQRsE! V. A. FR'ree, of St. I,oubr, Fays s:i7,i for a Fa4Uten Ita4er; NEWv YORK, Sept, 2,-A large l ,r of prorninenlt turf men attended t tction sale of horses held to dissol he partnersh ip betw'en Samt Brya d tile Scroggin brothers, at Sh-el lad Bay to-day. The feature of 1 sale was the bidding on Proctor lir Dyer Bros., G, B, Morris and W. aires, of St. Louis, were the contendi >idders, Tile D)wyers went as high il7,00, .but Faires lcd another hundj uxl secured the horse, When Proctor Knott was knock lownVI Bryant cried like a child to uis pet going~ awvay from him, sayi hat next to his wife he loved his hor (Come-to-Taw wvas sold to Mr. Kell or .5,24i; H-induoo Craft to'!T. A. Tom is for $il.7j); Robim Hood to R. P< er Asbefor -$1,90); Jakie Towns to. L Hcoig for 680 The others b,roug air prc's, anTd made the total for th ,een head 048,185. Tht.e were several other lots sold, t >st of which were Prince George .-W. Street for $2,150, a brown colt, WY. . Scully, for $1,200; a four-ye: ld brother of Niagara, bsy Luke Blac >urn, dam Ivy Leaf, to M. L. Haym hr $1,150. The Louisviile'an-d Nashville Ra~ nd has opened for busi.ness ia exte ibn from linuviie-t. Middleboro, tl wt6-rn at Cumnberland Gap. - -----.~--~ A BASE BALL TRAGEDY. it serious and Fatal Injury of an Umapire by Son of Congressman I)argan. (Special to the Sunday Neivs.] C ARLOTTE, August 13.-News i: d received here of a very sad attiir ir , Darlington, S. C., yesterday. A bas ball team from W\adesboro, this State yesterday went over to Darlington t4 d play a gamte with the team of tha ,e town. W1adesboro carried with then e Wim. Marshall, son of Capt. James T r. Marshall, of Wadesboro, to umpire thi h game. t During the playing of the first gami 1e Umpire Marshall made a decision tha s did not give satisfaction to the Darling . ton team. Hot words were passed, an< suddenly young Leon - Dargan, son o i* Congressman Dar, n, of South Caro le I lina, rushed up with a heavy bat in hi .e hand and struck Umpire Marshall : 1e fearful blow across the head, knockin, e him insensible to.the ground. 1e At this juncture it s'eened that general and serious riot would begin f- but cool heads prevailed and the sa< 1 affair ended. Young Marshall wa taken to Wadesboro oil the first train r- but during the trip did not recover hi o reason. He is a very popular- youn; man at homu and held the position c ic teller in the bank at Wadesboro. . Young Dargan was arrested yester a day, but as Marshall's wound did no l then appear so serious, he was release on five handred dollars' bail. A specis )f telegram to-night from Wadesboro t your correspondent says that Marshall I- physicians now regard his coilditioi 11 very critical, and have but little hop re for his recovery. DEATH OF THE BASE BALL UMPIRE r- [Special to News and Courier.} 11 CHARLOTTE, Sept. 3.-In spite of th very best medical aid, Willian Mai shall died last night at his home i o Wadesboro, the victim of a blow inflic o ed by a base ball bat in the hands of id young son- of Congressman Geo. W t Dargan, at Darlington last Friday. H t funeral was conducted at Vadesboi I to-day. It is learned that the friend , of Marshall will see to it that Darga id s vigorously prosecuted, at the san: of time the defence will employ the ver of best talent in the country. eo TWO EDGEFIELD SENSATIONS. d itegators at Work-Two Very B;d Young Mei. [Sp ecial to the World.] EDGEFIELD, August, 31.-Not lot bince several citizens of the Good Hoi section of this county visited the fairli n, of Mr. William Head and carried be woman he was living with as his wi: ad in the woods and gave her a terrib et beating, and threatened to exterminal id the whole business unless they left U county. This family consisted of sever er women whose life was not to be envie and their unwholesome influence tr e, "regulators" thought could be di 5 pers.d with to advantage to the con munity. rs Mr. Head had warrants issued ft several of the parties, and had them a rest,d; but fearing their return he hr t left the country, carrying all the wome 19 with him. be . It is rumored that the party who a< vised Head to have them arrested hi of been visited and given instructions I ofsaw wood and say nothing, or he .wi e be regulated. Should they att :mpt ~carry into execnti-n their~ threa teagainst him there w ill be much troub er in the land. Evel ything is as still death in Coatsville, the former home< ir- the Head family. The parties that we: arrestA are demanding a preminal v.beving, but Head an'd his wife cann be found to testify against them. aREAM'S BAD BOYS. .al Benjamin and Seth Reams, two u 3y ruly white boys in the D.ys.on section the county, have been a terror to the mother for some time. - Last week si could stand it uo lenger and went b fore WV. D. Allen, trial justice, at swore out a- warrant against them,1 on have themn bound over to keep ti peace. While she wa en her way hon they waylnid her on the road at threataned to kill her if she had the: arrested, and Ben Reams tried to sho he his cousin, who was in tbe buggyi wil Ii- his mother, and would have done r a had not the young man run away fro in him, through the woods into a field ne high corn. ut When Mi:. Reams returned hon rd Ben and Seth beait her and her daug er ter very bad'y, and swore they wou id- kill them if his mother did not wit draw the warrant. A deputy sheriff w he dispatched as soon as the news reach ot here, and succeded in arresting B~ up after riding in the woods and swam is three days and nights. Ben was arm tte when arrested, anid was ready for bui tt ness. be The Rev. J1. F. McMillian, who w at carrying on a protracted meeting re Good Hope, in the same neighborho< - heard of the way the boys were actin ny ad went to Seth to talk to him, ar a laid his hand on him, Seth, thinkii is he was after arresting himn, drew 13 ty pistol, and Mr. McMillian disarm< re- him. Seth immediately lei the count be and is now avoiding arrest. Ben ga' oD bond to keep the peace, and all no quite. D. A.- 4- 0. WAKEFIELD'S CURIOUS WJLL. n To Gratify his Spleen he T. :es to Tie Ct Propem .ay for Ninety-nine Years. [From the Spartanburg Hearld.] ~l A remarkable will was recently fil< >ld in the Probat a Court of this count er, Two bachelor brothers, Wakefiel as lived near Reidv:lle. They were qui it wealthy, owning about .5,000 acres all land on which the Reidville schc > were founded, The schools were nam< mI 'for Mr. Reid. It is said theWakefiell ie never forgave the trust-es for not gi he ing their name to the schools. WVh< se- one of the brothers died he willed tl f whole property tb his brother. in Tphe surviving brother recently die ey His will leaves the wvhole property ud his sister during her life, then to tl it Judge of Probate for SpartanburgCou: ty in trust for ninety-nine years, am after that time the whole estat 3. wil -the accumulate24 interest is to go to h~ heirs living one hundreds years henc Q If his will could be carried into effe the property around Raidville wou be tied up to a very hurtful extent. B' ~.It is not probable that the latter clan he of the will w:ll he sustained by ti ye courts. The lawv in this State seer t well settled that a mali cannot dire the disposition of his property aft edeath longer than than the life of a pc xot son living and twenty-onle yeamrs aft A. the death of that person. as W!lllam H. Hoagl-and, aged 27 year ed died of hydrophobia at Newark, N. . on Sept amber 2. Three weeks ago ed cur entered the grocery store whe: ee Hagland was employed and frighte: ag ed a number of ladies. In trying * drive it out Hoagland fell and t he d< bit him twice on the face. Nothit er Iwas done to the wound and he renmal P- ed at work till Saturday night at >r 'clok. Yesterday miorning Roa -land showved the first symptons of ra ihcls and Dr. Wrightson and two ot-h n' h sian roniounced the case hydr hysbia The convulsIons mnereas4 be sad he died lin less thuan twenfy-fot tL) hurs. .- '-- -- k- Th Pied mont Fair Association, l ~Atlant\has offerred prizes of $200 fa the telve ears of corn o,f tl . grwth og18S89 and $3,000 for the be 1.rilled miWtary company in the nim n-ed States. Fair will be open Oct h erandel ~November 7. ~ ~ An Interesting Will Contest.n Spf-sial to the lRegister.) - Nm:rv -ix, :\.ugust 2'.-There is soetie talk of- contesting the will of Jefferson Floyd, who died four miles south of tiis place on Saturday, Aug. 2th. Mr. Floyd in his will be<lueathed 'all his property, amounting to about $15,00) or $20,000, to his illegitimate negro children, leaving his brothers and sisters nothing. Provided a contest t is entered, the contestors will bring to bear the point that the negroes are not legal heirs of the deceased, and, if such be proven, the fact that Mr. Floyd left nothing at all to his legal heirs will justify an altering of his will, Another ground will be that after making the - will in the presence of witnesses Mr. Floyd changed the name of his execq tor. One of the witnesses, a Mr. Cole nan, states that when the will was 3 made the name of the executor was J. I B. Floyd, who is a brother of the de ceased, but afterwards, not in the-pre sence of the witnesses that - witnessed the will, he changed the name of the executor to J. G. Floyd, who is a colored son of the deceased. A sister and ne phew who have lived with Mr. Floyd for years receive nothing, while the S receivers of his large property are con paratively worthless negroes, and the 1 executor, James G. Floyd, is an almost habitual drunkard. t Mrs. H. P. Dickerson, wife of a ; prominent farmer near Staunton, was 1 killed August 29 while returning from 0 a Sunday-school picnic. She was rid s ing in a carriage when the harness 1 broke and the horse ran off, throwing e her and her daughter out, kiiling Mrs. Dickerson almost instantly andseverely injuring her daughter. STARTL!NG EVIDENGE . n Of the Cure of Skin Diseases when all a other Methods Fail. s i'soriasis 5 years, coveringface. head, o and entire body with whit" scabs. Skin red, itchy, and bleeding. Hair all gone. Spent hundreds of dollars. n Pronounced &ncnrable. Cured by e Cuticura Remedies. y My disease (psoriasis) first broke out on my left cheek, spreading across my nose. and -al most covering my face. It ran into my eyrs, and the physician was afraid I would lose my eyesight altogether. It spreati all over my head. and my hair all fell out, until I was entirely bald-headed; it then broke out on my arms and shoulders, until my arms were just one sore. It covered my entire body, my face, head, and shoulders being the worst The white scabs fell constantly from my head, shoulders, and arms; the skin would thicken and be +ed and very itchy, and would . crack and bleed if scratched. Afterspendiud o many hundreds of dollars, I was pronounces W incurable. I heard of the CUTICLRA REcI y DIES, and after using two bottles CUTIcURA RESOLVENT, I could see a change; and after I had taken four bottles, I was alz4iost cured; e and when I had used six bottleE of CUTIcURA le RESOLVENT and one box of CUTICtURA, and one cake of CUTICURA SOAP, I was cured of the dreadtul disease from which I had R suffered for five years. I thought the disease ,i would leave a very deep scar, but the Curi CURA REMEDIEs cured it without any scars. I cannot express with a pen what I sufrered C before using the CUTiCURA RExniES. They ;- saved my life, and I feel it my duty to recom mend th"-m. My hair is restored as good as ever, and so is my eyesi;ht. I know of a number ofdifferentpel tons who have u ed r the CUTICURA REMEDIES, and all have re r ceived great benefit from their use. MRs. ROSA KELLY, Ls Rockwell City, Calhoun Co., Iowa.. Catienra. Remedies Cure evey species of agonizing humiliating, s itching, bleeding, burning, scaly, blotchy, o and pimply diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood. with loss of hair. from pimples to .scrofula,except possibly ichthyosis. 0 Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcURA. -toe.; SOAP. 25c.; REsoLvENT. S1. Prepared by the ePOrrER DRUG AND CHEMICAL URPORATION, S aiSend for ' How to Cure Skin Diseases," f 6.4 pages, 50 llustrations, an(l 10 testimonials. p MPLEA blacheds, -red, rogh bCUccappedoAndol c.prvne iT STOPS T HE PAU. - - Enckache, kidney pains, weak Sness, rht uin atism, and muscular Spains REIEyvrD Ix oxx MIN~UTE by r the carCictA ASTI-P'AIZ. PLAs e TE, ihe first and only instantane ous pain-ki lhng plaster. o STATE O'F SOUTH .CAROLINA, eCOUNTY OF NEWP.ERRY. e By Jacob B. Fellers, Esq,, Probate d Judge. "t WHERtEAS, John M. Kinard as bC.c. P., - hathmade suit tolme to granlt 0 him letters of administratton of the derelict estate and effect of Jacob Echman deccase: These are, therefore, to site and ad monish all and .singular the kindred dand creditors of the sald Jacob Echman d deceased, that they be and-appear be fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry Court House, on the d16th day of October next, after publica tion hereof, at'11 o'clock in the,.fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, ~why the said administration should not begranted. Given under, 'my hand this 4th day of September, 'A, 1), 1889, d J.'B, FELLERS, J. P.N. C. d9 gN of Our Mr. Pi in New YorI ". Fall and Wii to Look out: hwhen the go FLOi eN F! ATIEWOOJJ1 rHE PECULIAR MEDICI2 L tilled from the finest growth of Rye~ f hela, have attracted the attention of th r to such adegree asoplace it inRaveryb ee For excellence, purity and evenness of q st any in the market. It is entirely free t- and fine Tonic properties. 0~1 or SaleMa N e w A ( Z Ge r t i s e -1 Z eUC3d w e l RobM.3ert 'Viduw"ll UNDERTAKER. TAKE THIS METHOD OF A inounciig that I have opened the busi ness of an undertaker. under My ofice and shop is locatd und McCaughriu's Hall, corner Adams and Boyce Streets. and I will furnish Burial Cases aed Coffins of all kind and being suppi with a good hearse I tender myfueral. to the public in attending any fuof te I ask a share of the patronage public. rOB. T. CALDW ELL. NOTICE ! OTICE is hereby given that the report of the assessment of real pro rry filbeor txtile in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of said tow until the fifth day of October, frtein spection of landowners, and that any. complaint against the same, or request for reduction of assessmer.t, must be ade on or before that day.. By order of Town Council. JOHN S. FAIR, Clerk and Treasurer. NOTICE1 TOTICE is hereby given that all swners and holders of personal pro eywtin tbe corporate limits ofthe Tow n ofNewber-Nwbrr a ma **-Uw7s return o the same'..7 for taxation, before the Clerk and Treasurer Ofhe said to to the day of y order.of the Town Council. JOHN S. FAIR, Clerk and Treasurer. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAI Cleanses and beautifies the Promotes a luxuriant growt. Newer Fails le Resto"e Hair to its Yoot6ful color rents DaWdrnSfanid batr 5f andOO at nIry, HINDERCORNS. The os17 s Cure forCOorns. 3topsaii yain. RtnsrZ, - - C sU M P'TIW Roncueo Rio. taaia. e. Your oan enthis Pen and Pencii2 stamp with Indelible oreolorediak extra. Writenames and statekindi. of int desired. Send oate-r uwne grder and we wil seud stamp by ietrn mara. Postpaid. nid staambs of every descriptionr STRAI'f & (0., 201 B'dwaq, ew fork _ y. Established 1350, AGEN"'NWANTEi'. 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