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T,BERT H.L AU LL, EDIroP ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSE AL, _ EWBERRY, S.C, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1891. T=. E ALLIANCE AND THE F.RESS. South Carolina, we are proud to say, stands foremost to-day among the Alli ance States of the Union; it has taken the right arm of Kansas and is moving frward to a consummation of the grand designs of the order. -; The great success the Alliance has I met with in this State has aroused the politicians and they are seeking to nd a means to break down our noble order. S The means they have adopted seems to be a subsidized or controlled press controlled by those who oppose the Alliance and its good work. -There are already several papers in this State under such control or in such sympathy.-Cotton Plant. We are glad to chronicle the success of the Alliance in this State or that of any organization that will benefit the farmers. But all this talk about there being a "subsidized or controlled press" in South Carolina in opposition to the Alliance and its good work is the merest claptrap and buncombe. We do not believe any such stuff and it is a very serious charge and the Cotton Plant ought to name the "several pa pers under such control or in such sympathy." We receive at this office nearly every paper published in South Carolina and we read them rather closely and have been unable to detect any evidence which indicates that they have been subsidized. Several of them have Alli ance columns, and all, so far as we have observed, are always ready and willing to publish any Alliance news or infor mation that the Alliance or any of its members may desire published. The Cotton Plant should specify which "the several"papers,are and adduce the proof that they are "subsidized" and are try ing to break down the Alliance, or re tract its broad and sweeping charge. Most of the editors of the State are men of at least ordinary intelligence, and have opinions on public questions, and, as is their right, exercise the priv ilege of expressing these opinions. Not every one who makes the biggest profession of friendship always proves the truest friend. No editor in South Carolina who had no broader views than personal interest, would oppose what he conceived to be the best inter ests of the farmers, nor would he try to break down any noble order of theirs. It would be suicidal for him to do so. What is a politician any way; and iwhg are "the politicians" referred to; and how have they adopted means to "subsidize" or "control" the press? If "the politicians" who get into the Alli 'ance, and from the Alliance into office don't break down the Alliance, it will stand the test. The press of South Carolina has never tried to break down the Alliance nor in any other way tried to injure the farmers. The Alliance is eseg taalmore danger from the Alliance politicians than it is from the press. ______ _ We have received the pros1us of a new paper to be published i ie in terest of temperance at Chester, S. C., and to be called Public Opinion; Bob Jaggers, editor and proprietor, at $1 a year. It will be published every two weeks, and will appear on or before the 4th of April. The prospectus says: "Public Opinion will be Democratic. but not partisan. Will bow to no political Baal. Will think as it pleases, and, without fear, say what it thinks." The Phosphate Commission have takeli formal possession of the phos phate territory heretofore worked by the Coosaw Mining Company. It promises to be a lively fight as the Coosaw people claim they have a con tract with the State for this territory. The Coosaw company is one of the largest companies in the State engaged in the digging of phosphate rock. Last year they mined about 107,000 tons and paid into the treasury of the State about $107,000 as royalty. They stopped work last Saturday and thus threw out of employment about 500 hands, and of course the royalty they have been pay -ing the State will stop until they begin work again. They have a lot of money invested in their plant and the outlook now is for a lot of litigation. 'We trust the matter will all be settled amicably and for the best interests of the State. Although the State cannot afford to be unjust to the company. Large interests are involved an botii Ex-Senator H. W. Blair, of New Hampshire, has been appointed min ister to China. We presume that will end the Blair education bill. He may arouse an interest in education in the celestial kingdom. The success of the Graded Schools and the prospect of soon having a sys tem of water works and electric lights in New berry has given property quite a boom. Without these three evidences of "enterprise and progress" already assured and in prospective property would not have sold half so well. The Lexington grand jury wants the Legislature to pass a law requiring Edge field County to pay the expenses of the Jones trial. Lexington must expect to have Jones on hand for a long time. Tilman, Shell and Irby in Washing ton together! Now look out for an other manifesto which will shake the republic to its foundation.--Greenville News. It is too soon yet. The manifestoI will come by and by, but it is rather early yet, and may be, the centre of motive power will be so far away that most of the force will be spent before it reaches us. Let us rest in peace un til it comies. Gen. Wade Hampton will deliver an address on memorial day in Augusta, April:T7. Great preparations are being made and the grand and noble Caro linian will be given quite an ovation by Georgians and Carolinians alike on hi occasion. - THE THREE C'S. Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, now the receiver of the South Carolina railroad, has recently been appointed receiver of the Three C's. The appointment is con sidered a good one. Mr. Chamberlain has managed the affairs of the South Carolina railroad with signal ability, and he can work the two roads together with advantage to both probably. There are now about 177 miles of road built and in operation belonging to the Three C's. As we understand it, Mr. Chamberlain has the power to continue the construction as well as to operate it. It seems to us that it would be greatly to his advantage to finish the section of road from Edgefield to Blacksburg, known as the Augusta Division. It is graded nearly the en tire length and in addition there are about $275,000 or $300,000 subscribed in township bonds on this division that would become payable if the road were built. The cost of completing this sec tion would not be great and the South Carolina road now has trains between Edgefield and Augusta and if the sec tion of road from Blacksburg to Edge field were built the same rolling stock could be utilized in operating it. We are interested in the building of this division --nd we believe it would pay to do it. The 51st Congress has passed into history. Its work is ended. In the 52nd the Democrats will have the majority in one branch of it. An exchange asks this question: "What is it that reminds you of wink ing at a girl in the dark?" The an swer given is very pertinent and cor rect. It is, "Doing business without advertising-you know what you are doing but the girl does not." This sug gestion is thrown out to some mer chants who may see it and have goods to sell, but who have never thought of the value of judicious advrtising. It is said now that the cotton crop this past year will not exceed eight million bales. Even that makes it the largest crop yet harvested. The Attorney-General has rendered his decision in regard to fees of sheriffs in nulla bona executions. He says that no appropriation has been made by which sheriffs can get these fees, and he advises them to file their claims with the Comptroller-General who will have to apply to the next Legisla ture asking funds to pay the same. The Three C's is now in the hands of a receiver and there will be no more "sixty days" promise as to commencing work on the Augusta Division. THE PHOSPHATE WAR. The Commission Take Possession of the Coosaw Territory-The Company to Ap peal to the United States Court for an Injunction. [Special to the Register.] CHARLESTON, March 2.-The war be tween the State and the Coosaw Phos p hate Company was inaugurated to day, when the Phosphate Commission ers, who went down to Beaufort yes terday, embarked in a tug chartered by the State, and with Governor Tillman on board went down to Coosaw and took possession of the territory to which the Coosaw company claim exclusive right. Possession was taken by each member of the Commission dropping a lead line overboard and sounding the bottom. The Coosaw company has shut down its machinery and is now idle with its 1,000 or more employees. It is understood that in case any per son or company attempts to more rock in their territory the company will ap ply to the United States Court for an injunction, as the river now is a navi gable stream and under the jurisdiction of the United States. It is understood that it is going to be a war of freeze out. The Coosaw company will not mine any rock itself and the United States Court will be invoked to prevent any body else from mining phosphate in the disputed territory. The Coosaw company last year shipped 100,000 tons of rock to Europe, and if the litigation is urolonged this much rock will be withdrawn from the market. 'Ie land phosphate miners are jubilant and already talk of raising the price of land rock to $9 a too. The litigation also is expected to boom the recently discovered Florida phosphates. No process has yet been issued by the United States Court here. TOWNSHIP BONDS. Cave Creek Township, Lancaster County, Bonds Are Invalidated. [Special to Augusta Chronicle.1 CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 28.--The United States court to-day decided the suit of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company vs. the Town ship of Cave Creek, Lancaster County. The bill was brought to enforce the delivery of $19,000 bonds of the town ship, issued in aid of the Three C's road. The refusal to issue the bonds was based on the ground that the amount was in -excess of the 8 per cent. constitutional limit affixed to the indebtedness of mu nicipalities. It was submitted on proof that 8 per cent. of the assessed valua tion of the taxable property in the township is $18,570, or $430 less than the debt incurred. The court dismissed the suit on that ground, taking the val uation of 1888, the date of the act of the Legislature creating the debt. The court rules: "The act having created a debt obnoxious in amount to the pro visions of the constitution, the whole debt is invalid, and it is not competent for the court to decla--e so much valid as comes within the constitutional pro-. vision." This throws out $19.000 of the bonds issued in aid of the Three C's road. Ben Tiliman in Washington. [Ne York Times.] Governor Tillman, of Scuth Carolina, has been enjoying the privilege of occu pying a seat in the House of Rtepresen tatives, which is a privilege common to the governors of States. He is a young-looking man, with smooth face and dark, grimy complexion. He is rather tall and slender, and somewhat awkward in his movements. His hands are rough and marked with the scars of toil, and the brawny wrists are not decorated with cuffs. He has a heavy chin and a mouth every line of which denotes firmness, the expression being set and not broken at any time by a smile. There is a blankness about his countenance, caused by the absence of an eye. The socket of his left eye is empty. He bears only a slight resemblance to his brother, Representative Tillman1. The man was a stranger to the members of the House, as well as to the public. He does not appear old enough to be a governor, and he does not look like the governor of a State like South Caro lina. He seems more like a son of the ustling and hardy West. His conver sation is not fluent, but the'lack of that quality seems to come from a contempt for talk and not from a lack of capabil-! ity. H sevirdently a man of bhains. A BIG COLD WAVE. It Extended from Montana to Florida, but Was of Short Duration WASHINGTON, February 27-11 A. M.-The signal office furnishes the fol lowing special to the press : Weather reports from Northern Florida show this morning to have been among the coldest on record there for this season of the year. The mini mum temperature at Jacksonville was 3O, which was 2* lower than ever be fore recorded during the latter part of February. A cold wave similar to this passed over that section last year front the 1st to the 3d of March, causing the lowest temperature of the entire winter and severely injuring vegetation. Extremely cold weather a!o prevails in Northwestern Montana, the nini mum, at Fort Assinahoine, being 34' below zere, which is 120 colder than aiiy previous record at this time of the year. The temperature was below freezing this morning over the entire country east of the Rocky Mountains and north of the Gulf coast, but the cold sp.l will be of short duration. TENNESSEE WRAPT IN wHITE. CHATTANOOGA, Feb 2s.-This entire section is enveloped in a blinding snow storm. It began falling about n o'clock this morning and continues steadily. Three inches cover the ground. The indications are now that the fall will not cease before night, and that it will be the heaviest on record in this sec tion. BELOW ZERO. ST. PAUL, Minn.' February 2S.-The coldest weather of the winter is sweep ing down over the Northwest. At Prince Albert yesterday the thernio meter registered 4G? below zero. Quap pelle had a temperature of 4!0 below and Winnepeg of 35*. SNOW IN SPARTANBLRG. SPARTANBURG, Feb. 2_.-Snow be gan falling rapidly this afternoon at 4 o'clock with the appearance of continu ing all night. It is an old fashioned snow storm and will set the farmers back again. TWO INCHES IN GaEENVILLE, GREENVILLE, February 2S.-Snow fell here this afternoon to the depth of two inches. PREMIUMS FOR FARMERS. A Contest that Should Have Many Entries -A Step in the Rigl: !rection. The report of the committee appoint ed to prepare rules to govern compet itors for the premiums otlered by the Colambia Phosphate Company is as follows. Special premium offered by the Co lumbia Phosphate Company through the State Agricultural and Mechanictd Society of South t arolina. 1. For the largest yield of cotton upon one acre of land manured with a fertilizer manufactured and sold by the Columbia Phosphate Company, $200. 2. For the second largest yield of cot ton upon acre of land manured with fertilizer manufactured and sold by the Columbia Phosphate Company 10U. RULES. Rules by which competition for the foregoing premiums are to be governed. 1. The area of land planted to coni pete for the foregoing premiums must be one acre accurately measured and must be located outside of the limits o: any city or town. 2. No other manure or comimercial fertilizer must be used in the cult iva tion of the competing crop thant such: as are manufactured and sold by thet Columbia Phosphate Company. But no limit is fixed to the amount of such fertilizers to be used. This is left to the' judgment of the competitor. 3. Each person intending to compete. for the foregoing premiums must fil. with Col. Thomas W.'.Holloway, Secre tary of the State Agricultural and Me chanical Society of South Carolina. Pomaria, S. C., on or before the 1st dlay of May, 1891, written notice of such intention; and must, in said notice, indicate clearly the location of the land so planted, giving the name of the plantation, and the Township and County wherein located. 4. T~he President of the Society wvill appoint an agent ir- each conmmunity in which there wvill be competition for the foregoing premiums, to supervite the harvesting of each competing crop, who will accurately weigh and keel) a record of each picking, and at the end of the harvest season, report the result in writing to the Secretary of the So ciety. .5. Each competitor shall make to the Secretary of the Society a written statement under oath, setting forth in detail, the character and the quality of the land cultivated, the name or va riety of seed planted; the brand of fertiliizer used; the amount applied and mode of application; the system of cultivation and manner of harvest; the gross yield of seed cotton andl the total cost of the crop. This statenment shall be filed with the Secretary of the Society on or before a date to be hereafter Iixed, notice of which will be given to each competitor by the See:retary. SENATOR HEARST Is NO MORE. The Death of the California Millionaire and Democratic Senator. *WASHINGToN, J). C., February 28. Senator Hearst, of California. (iied at 9.10 o'clock to-nigh t. Senator George Hearst wvas the son of William G. 1[earst, of Sout Caro lina, and was born in Franklin County, Missouri, on the 'Ird of Sep tember, 1820. H ec enjoyed but fe ad vantages and received a comm.mi school education. H is early manhood was spent upoin his father's fa-m. When quite young lhe entered th'e mining business, out of which lie sub seuently made his enormous fortu no. His mining~ interests have grown to such an extent that his mills give emt ployment to about 2,000 men. HeI was one of the first to go to California (lur ing the gold tever, and aacer a year- of hard work discovered a rich qJuartz ledge which was the foundation of his fortune. After accumulating a large amount of money lie embarked in the merchandisng business in Sacramen-to, from wvhich he retired wvithi forty dol lars to return to the river bar to work gold. He went fronm field to field dig ging for gold and by 1805 was credited as being worth a millhion doliars. H-e lost considerable of this hard-earned money- in the financial troub!es that followed the war. He made cons.idet a ble money in real estate in San Fran cisco. In 1860 he organized what has been one of the leading mi ningz firms in the world. Mr. Hearst was con sidered the lar-gest mtine and land owner in the world. His first political mark was made as a member of the Californ ia State eiris lature, to whieh lie was elected in ]s:5. He was named by Glovernoi- Stoneman to fill the unexpired termi of Senator Miller and was sub sequentlv ele-cte.1 t-) succeed Senator WiUamIS. ReCpublican. Senator Hearst was one of the iea ing Democrats of the Pacific coasr. He leaves one son, William R. H ear t, the editor atyl owner of the .San Fran cisco ENamrn- er. Senator Hearst was quite a charitn'ole man. Hie established a ntumber of in stitutious for the poor. He was the friend and patron of Miss Eleanor Cal houn, the actress. Failure of a Libel Suit Against the Chronicle. A'GU-STA, Feb. 27.-The libel suit of: Jesse H. Whitehead. of Oconee Coun ty, against the Augusta Chronicle for $10, 00) was non-suited in the City Court t-day hbyTndger Ti"A:HCi1 (U":iM1. Teachers' As-em bly. Last year at the meeting of the S'ate T:achers' Association, at Greenville, a C(iininittee wa::s appointed to take charge of a mhov emllent looking to the forma tion of a teachers' assemhbly. The com nmittee wavs given foil power. The or gatniza:tioIi Las been perfected and a declaration for a charter filed with the eretarv of State. The commission states that the stock will consist of 1o,uot, shares at -. each. The follow ing are the ottleers: W. J. Thackston, \ssistant: ipcr:itendent of Education, Preside<nt: J. F. Brown, of Newberry, Scretarv; E. P. Jeisiek, Treasurer. :;oard of Directors: H. P. Archer, Chairmlhan; Patterson Wardlaw, Dar li:lgtori; i). B. Johnson, Columbia; J. C. Cork, Ninety-six; Robt. 3lorrison, C.indent. It hardly seems necessary to say that this itove is in the right aireCtion. South Carolina is arousing herself on the subject of education, and the teach ers feel the efl'ects. Our annual gather ing have not been attended as they Should be. There are over 2,000 white t.ac"hers in the tate and scarcely 310 are iem:bers of the Association. Those who have kept up the meetings are anxious to have the hearty co-opera tion and presence of their fellow teach ers. North Caroli-la has a flourishing nieetieg at Morehead. The teachers own their grounds and buildings, and last year had about 2,000 teachers pres ent at their meeting. We are anxious to have every white teacher take one or iore shares in this Assembly novenent. ''he money will be pay able in eir"y installments. It is not charity that we are asking, but an in vestmuenht that will do you, and your fellow teachers, good. The plaee for the establishment of this buiiding has not been chosen. al though there are many offers to select frorm:. The liackshurg people offer '1,000 in mlonev and all land nheeeded, biesiles other indcluceinents. There is a o t't from (reenville and Parik totntai!:. The raiiroads have offered to haul all lun ber free of charge. There are other otfers which will be presented to th,- Assolciation at its next meeting. When this place of meeting is estab. i-hied, it will become asummer resort for teachers where they may recuper ate 1 pvsicaliy and mierntally. The ex penses will be reduced for stocko .vnerrcrs be they\ tearchers or not. Newberry, ('ounty is rexp'cted to take 2'J shares \ il she do it? B. C"sIh sy.te: or Schools. It hs ben a pirt of the work of the ibl..l ComImissioner to bring thi sircls to a c::slh hsis. He has urgec ther impoi rtan"ee of this to school true tees 4ver the coutnty, and the,; are now in nr"ty in tanices, fully awake to thf be;tits and advattg!s of .,uCh a sys teml. I.ast year we had on hand nearI 9:;"o1 to tiar the claims of teachers, Tis year Nwe irave over $5,000. Thi! nic;:I that nearly $2( has been saver t aehiers. It is their custom to havE claims discounted when there is nc mnheys" in the treasury to pay them an-. they almost invariably pay 10 pei cel;t. Perhaps :-') 0,0) is lost by teacher eve r year in Youth Carolina. It is rot i iiht for them t. lose it. T1hey wo k ihard for it. as hard as any other -la- of persons erployed by the State. Air o!lieer [hodig high rpositiorn woulcj feel inisultedr if asked to take 10 pei ce.I~ oI of his salary before it would bie paid. Why should the teacher be treatedl as Ire is? Why shotuld he hi cal led ulponi to wait? No one can give any reason for it. ''rstees, however, can adiust the mratIer and shouldi do so as quickly as possiblie. WVe believe that ini two 01 thrice more years tire credit system w,ill [ave passed awvay. History ot South Carolina. We notice that two histories of Sout b Carolina are soon to be published-one by Mr. J. L. Weber, School Commris sioner of ('harleston County, the other byv Mir. .Johrn A. Chapman, of N%ew berry. Th claimrs of [both off these gerni mni will be presented to the~ tte Board of Ex:uiiners at ain early (ay. We need a better school history. D :rvidson's histoiy is tire only one that we now have, ami it does not fully neet theC demnand. It is too brief, and ioes n~ot seauii to be as well suited tc thre averarge puil as~ a school history sould be. Although it is the only one we now have, anid shrould be used on that account~ at ieast, mn all public schools, yet such is riot tire case. We~ find a gr'eat mny n' teachers whvio do not teach South Cairolina history at all, that is, no mrie thanr is found ini the linitedi Startes histories. In conse quenice of this, pupils know as much aout the history of New, York or anys other Northern or Western State as tiey, do aiboutt that of our own State. Wiien tIre new histories come out we hope that there will be a chang~e, and that the history of South Car'olina will Ibe pr'om inenrt ini onur commiron schools. It ought to be at least. The puile schools of Newberry County will run on an average abiout three and a half mionthrs thris year. The termr will be us long, or perhaps a little longer thran it Ihas been for two years past. A great many of the schools will be aided by priv'ate subscription, which will enable tire schools5 to continue in session six mronthis or more. No schiool :hold close withrin six months. If it dos, a gtreat injustice is done, not only to thre pupils, but to our State arid county. It also does the teacher wrong as he'is throwvk otut oif emp~loym3ent for mor'e thIan hial f of the year. Progr::mm oe f'or Teachers' A',sociaGon. 1. School Punnishments-Prof. W. K. Siih. 3Miss Sale Luther. 2. Geogra:phy'-W\or'k for 1st and 2nd years, anid miethrods- Miss MIary Tray wick. 3I. B. Peurifoy. . Shall we hold ain Instito'te next Sunntnr?-To be opened by tire Schrool 'om mrissiorner. Thie executive committee hope that trese teachers will be present readly to di:u-s the subjects assigned them. AssocriationnwillI meet at Prosperity, arch 14. at 10.';0 a. mn. A 'KCCEsS. KINtG'S iZOYAL GERMIETUEI2. s estabmlishedl as a r'emarkable suc ess. Throusan~ds of testinionials attest its virtutes. MIarry of these are given by ;neii arnd womien of highest standing in tihe miost honored walks of life. In Ie ilst of a ilouirishinlg arid rapidly n eresingr business thre pri(ce is reduced from $1.3n to S1.(0 per bottle. This is nioe i the interest of those whose icumstanrces in life deter them from aing thre higher price. The rich w~ho ave tried it- will buy at any p)rice, but Ie managers feel that a miedicine wich pocssesses tuch woudlerful powers should be lace d within the reach of he poor Marry have said that "Gem rietuer'- was tIne chreapest nmedicine on Ie market. Whren it is rememibered that a bottle ofeconientrated Germretuer rake- a gallon of mnedicinie ready for mie, it is ('ertainily cheaper than or'di narw miedicirnes as to huilk: and when the powers of the miedicine are taken inrto neount the price is incon siderable. TIhe preseint price is the re tilt of the unparalled success of the remedy and the business. Gerietuer is tIre comning success that r:s a1!lrcady~ co:mc. Ask your druggist for it, and if he cannot furnish you send direct to King's Royal G3ermetuer ompany, 14 North Broad Street, At lanta, Ga., and they will supply you, -arges prepaid, by mail or express. Send stamp for book of partizulars,: ontaining certificates, of wonderfulj ures, etc. -r WEDDING IN UNION. The Nuptials of Rev. 31. B. Kelly and Miss Adella Sartor. [Special to the State.] Uxo,S. C., Feb. 2N,.-At the hand some residen ce of _1r. C. C. Sartor, two miles below U nion, on Thursday last, a number of Union's society people and visitors witnessed the marriage of Miss Adella, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sartor, to the R.ev. M. B. Kelly, of the Methodist Ct'iference. The cere mony was perfornied by Rev. J. C. Kil gore, financial agent of Worlord College. There were no attendants. The bride was lovely in a costume of white alba trost, en traine. Standing in the capa cious parlor, the happy couple received the congratulations and best wishes of their many friends. The presents were costly, numerous and serviceable. A bountiful supper was served, and the whole occasion will long be remembered pleasantly by those present. KILLED HER OWN CHILDREN. The Murderous Act of an Insane 3Mother in Pickens. [Special to News and Courier.] GREENvI.i.E, February 28.-Mrs. Sallie Dawson, wife of Joseph Dawson, living near Peter's Creek, in Pickens County, killed her two chlldren on Thursday afternoon. She choked the l-aby to death on a bed where it was lying, and going to the spring with an axe attacked the oldest child. A neigh bor who was passing saw the mother striking the child wlth the axe and ran to its help, wresting the bloody axe from the woian's hands. The child's skull, however, was broken, and, although it was living this morn ing, will die. The woman is insane and and has not been of sound mind for some time. A FIG JILAZE IN GREENVILLE. The Aliance Warehouse Burned With All Its Contents. [Special to The State. I GRI:EvrL.LrE, S. C., March 2.-The Farmers' Alli:ee warehouse in thit city was destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock to-night, together 'with 144 bales of ( otton, fifty tons of guano and other things. The building was three stories high, and had been finished and taken ciarge of by the alliance about twc months ago. The fire was discovered in the second story, where the cottou was stored, and is. thought to havE been incendiary, a,lrough it is strangE how any one cauld have gotten insidt to start it. The loss is about $10,00, and is full covered by insurance. Every bale 01 cotton is insured for about fo-rty dol lars. The building was insured foi $4,lO, about its full value. Tht only things saved were a few ve hicies from the cellar. The walls o1 the building are standing. N (T 0NE SHE NV\. Baby Afflicted with Bad Sares and Eruptions-No Relief-Perna neutly Cured by Cut:eura. I>uring the summer of 1%~9 my eighteen months' old infant wasso afflicted with erup tions that ordinary domestic remedies failed to give any relief. On his hips would o ten appear the seeming track of a little wire-lik. worm, and on other parts of his body bad sores e'nmc and remained li I procured then I uticura Itemnedies. For some time I used then soap and salve without a blond medicine. but they did not do so wvell as when all weren used together. It has now been nearly a year since die urptionl was healed, and I very ruuch fearea. it would retur'1 with the warm weather of this year, but the summer is passed and not one sore has appeared on him. 3Mas. A. M1. WA LKER, Carson ville, Ga. Sore From Waist Down. I had three of the best physicians i. 'adlu cah,. anid they did mae no good. I used your cuticura Rtemedies, and they have cured me sound and well.. I was sore from my waist down with eczema. They have cured me with no sign of returi'. I owe my life to Cuti cura. for without a doubt. I would have been in my grave had it not holn for your remne dies. Allow me to return my sincerest than ks. W. H. QUALLs, Paducah, Kcy. Cutioura Remedies. If the thousands of li!tle habies who have been cuied o,f ago)nizing. itching, burning. bleeding. scaly, and blotchy skin and scalp dliseases could write, what a host of letters would h)e received by the proprietors of the Cuticura Rtemedies. Few can appreciate the agony these little oncs sulfer, and when these great remedies relieve in a single application the most distressing eczemas and itching atnd burning skin diseases, and point to a speedy and permanent cure,.it is positively inhuman not to use them without a moment's (delay. Sold everywhere. Price, CITICLRA. 50c. So.u, 2>c. RFSOLvENT, 31. Prepared by the TTER istG A31)' CHEMICAL CORPRION, IBost on. ?t,w'end for " -fow to Cure Skin Diseases." B ~ itlied by CUTICURA soAP. Absolute ly pure. eHOW IWY SIDE ACHES! -and Uterine Painls and RheumlatIsm .2relievedn in one ruinute by the I'a Caticara Ant;-Paf a Plasten, the and only instantaneous pain-kilPi'g plaste.'. If you feel weak and all porn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS New Advertisements. *OP ERARHOUSE. & WLL IIOLD THE BOARDS AT THE OPERA HOUSE COMMSENCING MONDAY, MARCH 9. PLA1Y!NG A BR!LL!ANT REPERTOIRE. Chan~ge of Programme Nightly. MAN f MASTE MONDAY NIGHT. PRICES 25, 35 AND 50 CTS. Reserved seats on sale at Wright's Bookstore. BRIDGE NOTICE. OFt:tee ov COUNT COMMISStONERS, N tw-nlav, S. C., M1arch 3, 1800. SMEMIBER OF THE BOARD OF itCounty Comimissioners will be at the Wertz~Bridge across the Little River. just below the C. & G. R. R., on Saturday, M1arch 21st, at 12 o'clock, to let the contract for repairing the same. Specifications will be rmade known at the time and place. The right is re served to reject all bids. And notice is ereby given that the County Comn mlissioniers think the bridge unsafe. By order of the Board of County Com missioners. -GEO. B. CRtOMfER. Clerk. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM -Clenies and beautinies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. - lever Fanls to R -Hair to 1 pnett i: c'~ a worst ~s' A GOOD MAN GONE. Dathl .) the irev. .Jamnes C. Fir:an. D. D., An Accornplished Scholar and High Toned Christian Gentlemavkpn. EspecC.i to Thie State.] i N. iLiLE. -. C., March :.-T he l.,.. J. C. Forman, 1). D.. lrobalyt te nust prolinnt ;;aptist minister in the State an/i a man uliversaliy be ',ved and htIored, died this morning at his hionie tiree miles from the city. 1 :aiarrai aficetion and heart troubles Ver'e the immAllediate causes oi hi-A death. His deatih was not tlnexiected, as his old age alt enfceeblei condition wouut nI;t admit Of a resistance gainst the attaei.s to whiici he was subjtet. Dr. 1.Furmiain was a son of the Rev. Richard Furmawn. 1). 1)., of ievolutinii ary fame, who for thirty -one years was pistor of the first itaptist Church of Creston, :nd the lea hg light in the eLrly (lavs (if the i:aptist denominllation in this State. Dr. J. C. Furman began preaching biefore he was of age. He-I received h's early seihooling at-the ("harleston College. nld was in coilege w\ii F;ishop \Whin ian, .utldce Bryan aad other distinguished Carolin ian. His theo"logie:11 trainiing was obtained at the Baptist Institute in Sumter. 1 ntil I'44 lie was plastoir of the Welch Neek Church at S'eiet y H l ill, also serv ing:; one 'ear as )asit r of thle Sectd Baptist c_llureh of C:aileston. In 1844 lie baele a member of the faculty of Furmat Institute, in Fair held County, near Wi nsboro,,and re maiined there until \5n, when he Was made ehairman of the faculty of Fur maln University, which ltd just been built by the Batists of the =tate. He was kept in th'is position until 18:2, when he re-igned on account of old ag,e. lie, however, lilled the chair cf mental and moral science in tle institution until his (eath. Besides doing this, lie prcaedire at ehurchItes in the country antl (,cctasionally in the city. He h:ul heen eleetes ,-t"v e h tia(-s a prt;ideut of the State I;tpti-t Convention, and w as many tiiws electtid to imlollrant positins ba thv tl u -''ith'ern Itapti^t Con ':(ii1lu. )r. I'urml!an. wa- c'ieo manriied. his irst wife havi: IN c:n \iiss Harriet E. 1)avis, of I.I dauglo:r (f Il-'v. .J-natlhan1 D %av is, ani h:s. .t;-nl 'tiss Mary U. )a': is. (,f t'he sane county, and sister of his first wife. ills second wife survives. Seven chiiren w-re born by the first wife and f->ir by the seconi Dr. Furianl was widielv knowni all over- tIwe -tate anid thirou-i out the South, and his iame was sy nonymous with all that is good, pure and true. FAT' (- A Fa)OENCE LAVYit. Belton O'Ncall T,wi:ne,l l:urot to )^aith in lis iie ::: .l)uring the At;.(neee Or his lamnily. LSpiecial io N w.r ai (o'tier.; FLa ('t, Lh. 27.-Leton O'N all TowVl. iii, :i pro,1iinent yotutn 1:awye,r if this city, w i:rxll ikov ( amt01 i'i(l in (iiarlston, is hallei to have iuelt burtaed up inl i< r(',i,ienlce to n:iht. Fiie was (diS(c:crea in the house ahout I) o'clO("k. The ho"uLe is on the edgt of town and the tire was oisiderab)ly advancedtl w:eo disi-,vere1. It was imlpossible to s:arch the house thor ouglhly, but e-ier' doir was found un logked. except that of the rooi known to be <cti(di' b Tov\: nsend, where the . 0n--n w1 as seen] by' nmeig~1hors on1 the. piazza at 0 o'eiinek in an int:ox icated con(ltiiin His4 wife aind chilreni left him nseuveral d::vs ag anduv he was atlone. He- was :; .0r0ofa and conere very brigh t. Hoei- u:nn here several ye:'rus ga fr m Da:1 lt on an~id lad a (I TF. iom.:N'' F.0 i '.-Thne biody oi . elton O'Neaull Towns-.endi( wa i-s covered in tile r uis of hi-s residence about niud;night. The en-gines played oni that part known to be his bed rooml conitinl~Uouly until tie firemien could go lito the rub.in andserh for there ama ins. H- ewas d i-uoveredl buirnedl a!lm ost to a crisp. One arm was raised above his hoend and one knee was LIen.t unwarads The left hand and feet were completielyv burned oil ianl thle skutll broken. The sihbt was dlreadlfuli. Coroner Bturch was su amin d and took charge of tihe bidy. The jury of inquiest was imp0aneled to-day. The examination of witnoesses showed that at hal f-pais: 6 o'clock Townsned was in his room onl the ued roadn g. with a pistol1 und(er his head. The boy who0 waiteid on'. hi m left him there. Neigh hors nioticed that the light wment out in his room shortly after. Later an ex plo sion like a pistol shot was heard. and in a few minutes the Il:nnes burst out. Mr. Thi0em.e ran to tile house when lie heard the e:;loisuion aniti entered, buit he could not get to Townsend's room for the fire. Townsend had told friendis that lhe had carefu lle considered suiiciide. Hijs life was very unhappy. He bought a pistol several dlays ago, and later (denied having a pistol at all. 1-e told the dealer not to mention his hiavingL boug-nt it. The conclusion1 of the comnmtnty' is that he set lire to the room, protbaly having firist sat urated everything with oil, because oif the rapid spireatd of the fire, p-:rticuIarly inhi room, and then shot himoself. The pist)l was found in the ruins~ tis mrorning. The j ury agreed this evening upon the ve-rdiict that time deceaseid came to his de-athI from hur i ng uip in h;s house. He will be buriedI here to-morrow. Ht. M. A. 1tt'FUNDING TH! U D)EiT. Trasurer ihate-.'s Pro~posial to theo State's [S-pecial to News an;d Courier.] CL: a., S. C. February 27. .tate 'Trea-u rer l>ates wii l publi1h ofli eilv on 2lo::day next a notice off speCcil imporanc toiC the hioldeirso Bown comnsoliid:t?-d biomois an<i stock .t ertificates redleemable the 1st of .Julyv 1S:, and to hlei- of Gr-een conso0s5 and others. To those will will suirren-|I der the bond1s and stocks nan-ed, the noic s:y. in ce.:b-ange for the biondis adst.o-: eert iiesotes so surrnderedo hefre July; 1, 1-', tTi he Stat e-e:;rer will issue oht-her e:-graved co-uponi hands or stock (Cit i te01of equal face valiue withi t hose urren-!ered, the" pin- pl pavalide 1st July. 19:. -' niwheaing in-' terest fr-on i--."e at therat oT-if 4 per naly, vi::, on. ist. .fJly and 1st of w:Ih ia-men at th e -tate 'reasury m, "A the- time of t.he sturr-nder of BrVwn conO!-s fo,ir ex- hange as atfore sathe I lerence- in the rate of inter ,s, m.. --r-iet poerrnn from da-te of I exhn' nyli to h- a-t oif July, 1-t:1, w'lO be l-:ahi ini- nhi.h niew hamnds andi cert---ate thus01= tiued wil be free r al-l -ae co'nilanimun-ipal taxi---. Thi- coup"n bonds will lbe in. andi th.e han,s anil :ert-Ien.tes- w~i litb exchnmg.l-e. one for the othier, upon am iiin'tilonl toI theC State Tre-n.u rer.- Ai' JI'own cons1 1 mol ns an ais tock not 111r above on or- before the 1s uly, 12 wi-l b' paid in cash on :and( afrter the 1s (f July, 12: out of the prioceds of the 4 per cent issue aut horizedl to be put upon lie marmket in and after the 2nd of Ju.ly,. 19iO." M. F. T. [Special to The State.] EDG EFI LD, S. C., March 3.-A. . Norris was elected President of the Farmers' Loan and Savings Bank to day. Administrator's Sale. B Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF the Honorable Jacob B. Fellersy Judge of Probate for Newberry Conn ty, we will sell at public outcry on Friday, 13th March, 1891, at the resi dence of Cornelius O. Buzhardt, the late residence of Hampton .'. Buzhardt, deceased, all the personal property of said deceased except one mule, consist ing mostly of one horse, fire head of eat tie, one wagon, mower and rake, &c., a lot of hav, &c. Terms of sale cash. HA.\ILTON H. FOLK, ANTINE BUZHARDT, Administrators of the personal pro perty of Hampton E. 3uzhardt, de UE~iUUfl NESS a EADROSES CRMTb "'~~d L VIBLE IOBOULCR (Al j ~~~ 1COSHiONS. wtdapers er.Cm for-table. S.ooudhlwhere all IIea dleata11.8Soidb71.tir.4C w1. b Be4dwy, 5.w Yrk. Wr;i. for hook. efre.ii. PR0F. P. M. WHITMTN 716 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. Graduat' Optician. CIVES FREE EYE TESTS for Presbyopia-old sight,-Myopia near sight,-Hyperopia-far sight i Simple Compouud and Mixed Astig- - matism-irregular curve of the cornea . -Anisometropia-unequal refraction of two eyes-and Asthenopia-weak sight. Broken lenses replaced while you wait. Repairing of all kinds. Oculists' prescriptions filled. Testimonials from Rev. Lansing Burrows, Rev. Win. F. Cook, Rev. J. S. Patterson, Dr. J. S. Coleman, Dr. S. P. Hunt, Dr. V. G. Hitt, Dr. W. C. Wardlaw, Dr. M. A. Clecklew, Robert H. May, Mayor Ker Boyce, Postmas ter, Patrick Walsh, President, "Au gusta Chronicle Co." Also refers to the editor of this paper. and Childrerq i,t Castoria cmes Colic, Costrpation, SSour Stomach., yiarrh na. Eructaion, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di Wit iurious medication. - id " For several years I have recommended rk your Castoria,' and shall alway continue to ie do so as it has invariably produced benedcW is results." Evwnr F. PiAnz, M. D., "The Winthrop,"Ith Street and 7thAve., b. New York City. AVE ComPArr, 77 MEnnAr STamET, NEW Yoa=. P'.ASTERS I4 THE WORL.D. (IDUEY PAWNS, LAME BACK, &c. '7ENoE & RIICH ARDS. BoNton. Miasa. G OUT JR SO JT^N Shoe $4.00. id OVERCOATS . COST ! [rOl Eerybody. WEA RNs M4EWBERRY CLOTHIERS." OODS [DST ! ILA LOCK, 'auid Filisher'. -New Advertisements. Reward for Lost Dog. . REWARD OF FIVE DOLLARS .. is offered for the return of a hound bitch that left my house about ten days ago. Name, Music. Black on back, and yellew elsewhere. Scar on left hiud leg. W. P. HARRIS. TOTICE IS LERtEBY GIVEN .. that books of sublseription to the capital stock of the Newberry Saving IRank will be opened at the tlice lately occupied by (oggans & Iunt. ()r. McIntosh's buiblin,, in 'Newberry. 8. C., at 11 o'clock a. mu.. on Thur.siay, _March 12th, instant and day: follow ing if necessary, by the under.signed, Board of Corporators, in accordance with the authority and requirenwnt of of the commission issued to us by the Hon. J. E. Tindall, Secretary of State of South Carolina. Twenty per cent. of the amount sub scribed will be required to be paid at the time of subscrib;ng. R. L. McCAUGHRIN. JAMES McINTOSH. R. C. CARLISLE. M. A. HEN WICK. JNO. 0. PEOPLES. J. N. MARTIN. R. H. WRIGHT. J. F. J. CALDWELL. JNO. B. CARWILE. JONTRUTOR IIND BIILDER T HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD respectfully inform the general pub lic that he is prepared to make estimates and contract for the building of churches, dwellings, storerooms, and other work in his line. Prices reasonable and work guaranteed. T. H. CROMER. A ENT *.100 PR CENT net on O 0myCorsets. Belts. Brushes. Cur riers and Medicine. Samples free. Write now. Dr. Bridrian, :i B'way, N. Y. for Infants "Castorlaissowelladaptedtochildrenth I recommend itas superior.to any prescripti4 known to me." IL A. ARcEn, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castoria' is so universal at its merits so well known that it seems a wo of supererogation to endorse it. Few are ti intelligent families who do not keep Castor within easy reach." euros MARTF*r, D.., New York City. Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Churc TEc Cir THE BEST POROUS 25 cents~ at Draggits. U RiC CL OSIN 01 Heavy-Weight AT AT N. SMIT H & Main Street, Newberr; L. W. C.I Ciothiei Mollohon Row.