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ELBERT H. AULL, EriTon. ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. P. HOUSAL, NEWBERRY S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1S91. ANOTHER MATTER. The Herald and News had hoped that itwould not be necessary fo'r any thing further to appear. in its columns about.the Newberry arch and the de scriptive circulars until the next cen tennial; not that we were ashamed of either, but such discussion as has been had is unprofitable and does nobody any good. The column and a quarter in the Ob server last week has one paragraph, however, that cannot be passed over without a statemer.t of facts in regard thereto, not so much by The Herald and News as a newspaper, as by the editor personally, who happens also to be treasurer of the Board of Trade. Before that is undertaken, however, we cannot help saying that in our opin-1 ion it is quite a compliment to the de scriptive circulars that even the critical ey} of the Observer can only find, after diligent labor and so much ado, one or two things that the editor of our co temporay could have inproved upon the bunk was not mentioned and a sentence about the health of the town is translated to mean that Newberry is. as healthy as "Hell Hole swamp, for instance." The sentence in question may have been a conundruh to the Observer, but the ordinary reader can readily understand its meaning. But this part of the Observer's criticism does not specially concern us. The following closing paragraph had -nothing to'do with the matter in con troversy, and contains several insinua tions and reflections that the Observer was not warranted in making, an ed for and unjust. t,;is the paragraph in a "Now, let's have an itemized state ment of what was done with the $5o.00 .the Council contributed, the $50,00 taken, without authority, from the treasury of the Board of Trade and the funds contributed by private citizens of the town and county, and drop the subject." There is an insinuation in this para graph that the committee did not pro perly apply the funds intrusted to their care. No doubt unintentional, but why ask for an itemized statement in this connection, after more than a column offault-finding. No one, unless it be the Observer, believes that the committee acted in any way except as their best judgment dictated, and of our knowl -edge we know that the committee is ready and willing to make full report of their actings and doings to the body whose agents they were, when the proper time arrives. They were acting as the executive committee of the Board of Trade, and we presume will submit their report to that body and through it to> the citizens 'generally. But the committee needs no defense from us, but we feel coastrained to say this much in the cause of justice and right. Now, the Observer says, "Z50.00, taken without authority from the treas ury of the Board of Trade." That is an assertion that cannot be misunder stcodl, but one that the facts in the case will not sustain, and is an unwarranted reflection on the committee and the treasurer of the Board of Trade. The idea of this committee "taking" money "without authority from the treasury of the Board of Trade," and the treasurer permnitting them to do it. The truth of the matter is the statement is un true, unintentionally so, no doubt, but inescusably so, when the facts in the case could have been so easily obtained. In the first place, the treasury of the' Board of Trade did not contain $50 to * be "taken."' And as a matter of fact not a dollar has been "taken out of the * treasury of the Board of Trad]e." The editor of the Observer is a member of the Board of Trade and could have ob taPied any information he desired from the treasurer, whose books are always open to the inspection of any of the members. The facts are these: The executive committee met and undertook to ap propriate "$50 out of the treasury of the Board of Trade," thinking they had that authority under the constitu tioa. They did not have the constitu t ion before them. They called on the treasurer for the money. He told them that there was only $:2 in the treasury, and in addition that heL was not permit ted to pay out money except by order of the Board. It wg' then impossible to get a meeting. M r. Wearn, the see ~-retary of the executive committee, to -gether with a mnajprity of the commit tee, assured the 4reasurer that if the money wifeideto the committee, and the Isoard at its next meeting did not make the appropriation, he would re imburse the treasurer for any amount he might pay. With that guarantee the~ treasurer paid the committee $:5. If the Board does not appropriate that arnount at its next meeting for this purpose, it is still in the treasury and at the disposal of the iBoard. There has been no meeting of the Board since, but the regular monthly meeting will be on the third Monday afternoon of this month. The treasurer hopes that this expla nation is satisfactory and plain enough even for the Observer to understand it. If that be the case we are willing to let the inatter drop. The Laurens Herald was hard up for som~ething to say in reply to our lit tle * paragraph of two wveeks ago. The raid speaks of that paragraph as "A t')11 Bosh," and characterizes it thus> because "Brother Anti of the1 Newberry Herald and News writes1 * thus," speaking of the paragraph in < question. Well, really, it is funny. Punning is one of the lowest orders o f -wit, and punning on names can be re sorted to where argument is ab-ent. Try some other scheme, Brother Crews. Punning on our name has gotten to bei so old that it does not even make ust laugh any more. We are still of the a same opinion. You ought to have I been in Columbia to view the beautiful I arch from Laurens, and we trust and a hope that by and by you will be able a to see. something else besides p)uns and THE PENITENTIARY r1ATTEI:. The Herald and News thinks that the alleged maltreatment of convicts, as charged by the citizens of Sumter, was of sufficient importance to receive in'-estigation. Superintendent Talbert invited that the inve -tigation be inde. To take the eviden :e of the guards and employees of the penitentiary and dis miss the matter does not show up well for the directors. If the charges of cruelty were worth noticir.g at all, they should have been thoroughly investi gated. The charge is a serious one, and with the evidence before us we are inclined to believe there is truth in the state ment. Since the above was written, the cor respondence and statements in regard to this matter have attained propor tions beyondithe capacity of this news paper to deal with in detail. If we had known it was going to be so volum inous, we would have been tempted to let the matter almost aloue. The Herald and News publishes an abstract of the statement of the Sum ter correspondence of The State and the denials of the superintendent of the penitentiary and his guards. The Sumter correspondent comes back with three columns in corroboration of his first statement, and gives as authority for his statement one Mr. C. E: Wheel er, a guard in charge of the convicts, and one of the men who had denied and pronounced false the statements published from Sumter. It looks to us that this Mr. Wheeler is in a rather close place, having stated one thing to the Sumter correspondent and denying the facts of the statement to Mr. Tal bert. The denial of Mr. Talbert does not appear to us to be satisfactory. He endeavors to cast slurs upon the former management, but does not deny the charges of the Sumter correspondent that the convicts wereflthv efot poorly fed antrk'tfi~d. He puts it or the gr' ~d of economy. They ma3 no .ave been brutally treated, bul ey were forced to go without food for thirty hours. For less cause that this other investigations have beer ordered. It would be well to investi gate this case. For the superintenden1 to declare that everybody is telling what is not true is not satisfac tory, because we consider the Sumter correspondent as worthy of belief as tthe Supiatendent, and if anything more so in this case, because he wa. present and wrote about what he saw The whole thing, however, does nol amount to anything more than ar effort on the part of the managemen1 to be more economical than the forme in the affairs of the penitentiary and in doing so had let the convicts go it filth and rags, barefooted and withoul sufficient food. We do not believe the people care to have such economy exer cised in the treatment of convicts ever if they have to be taxed to make ui the deficiency caused by the loss fron: Coosaw. and therefore we favored full investigation. If the Observer knew it was too late for New berry to do the proper thing al the centennial, why did it not say 5( before the money was spent instead o: waiting two or three weeks afterwards to tell us about it? SIX REASONS. M1r.. U. S. Hall, president of the Farmers Alliance of Missouri, is out spoken in his opposition to the sub treasury. A number of~ other promi nent alliancemen agree with Mr. Hall. Among them are Governor Northern, of Georgia, and Governor Tillman, o: South Carolina. 3Mr. Hall gives sis reasons why he opposes the measure. They seem to us to be good reasoml clearly stated. He is quoted as saying "' am uncompromisingly opposed to this scheme, for the followinl reasons: First, it is in violation of the constitution of the United States; secondly, it is subversive of, and direet ly opposed to, the ecnstitution, princi pies any demands of our own order; thirdly, it is unj nst and inequitable; fourthly, it is very extravagant; fifthly, it would bring financiai rumn to the farmers of our country and to all other classes of business; sixth]y, it wvill have, and is now having, tbe effect of drawing the minds of farmers an other laborers of our country from t..et greatest curse of the age, clas legisla tion, and, if adopted, will commit us to that principle which will fasten these curses upon us for all time.' " If the Observer's supply of "descrip tive circulars" is short, The Heraltl and News has two or three and can lend its cotemporary one or two. According to its custom, The Herald and News will devote much of the space of its next issue to the commence men texercises at Newberry College. The Coosaw case w ill rest for a period. Argument was conciuded before Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Sn preme Court, ini Charleston last Satur day and the Justce took the papers and will file his decision later. In the meantime, where is the SSM that the State ought to be receiving weekly fronm the Coosaw beds? HOW WILL IT BENEFITTHE FARME~R It is a pitiful exhibition of obtuseness or narrowness or perverseness to hold that the sub-treasury demand is a de mand merely for ;.be benefit of the farmer. it is infinitely broader in its scope. It aims 1q establishi a tiexible currency that will relieve every class from the ill-etteet of alternating "tg t and "ilush" terms iu money circles. Cotton Plant. Will the Cotton Plant tell us in a short, clear, succinct and plain state ment just how the sub-treasury is to be i benefit to the farrrer. We have never een able to see how the scheme would benefit the farmer. A good many of :he farmers of Nerberry have stored ~heir cotton in allian'ce wvarehouses and y so doing, have last from six to ten ollars a bale, exclusive of the cost of torage. If the Cott.n Plant will favor [he Herald and News with such anx wer to our inquiry as indicated we ill be g,reatly obliged. )oo't give us ny "glitterinug generalities,'' but deal n plaini language. It is incumbent on hose who press this measure to shrow firmatively where it will benefit the eople and also that it is constitutional. 'he burden of proof is on the advocates f the measure. It is no argument at 1 to say to those who do not advocate ie measure that they are obtuse, or TIRE THIRD PARTY. The Herald and News believes there is more danger of the third party scheme gaininga foothold in the South thanl sone seem to think. It would be very foolish for the white people in the South to divide and formn a new party. But the battle-cry now is, "Measures, not men," and the efilrt is being adroitly made to wean the people from the Democratic party by advocating certain measures that are not Demo cratic, and to make the farmers believe that their salvation s in the adoption of these "measures." The result will be that in order to get these measures the voters must vote for men and with that party, who are pledged to the sup port of these measures. The Alliance claims to be non-parti san, but as an organization it is pledged to certain measures, and every alliance man is bound to stand by these princi ples, and if they are not embraced in the platform of the Democratic party, the alternative is left either to go out of the Democratic party or the Alliance. For instance, we understand that Lec turer Terrell says he will not discuss the sub-treasury scheme as to the effect it will have upon, or its relation to, the Democratic party. Why? Because the Alliance is non-partisan, and he is not interested in the success of any party, but in the success of the demands of the Alliance, whether they are obtained through the Democratic, Republican, or a third party. In South Carolina the great bulk of the members of the Alliance are Demo crats. Some of the demands of the Alliance are all right, and they may be all good and beneficial to some sections, but the Democrats of South Carolina should not permit themselves to be lead astray too easily and readily, and cause a division in their ranks. In some sec tions the white people can afford to divide, but what would be th,effea foi ntardfina 'the qLiestion carrie its own answer. The Alliance should not be too read, to brand as enemies, and a partisat I press, those newspapers that do no agree with the wild schemes of son of the would-be leaders amongst them Heaven knows that The Herald and News would not oppose anything whicl: it believed would be a benefit to ou: farmers. All classes desire the farmer to succeed. Read what President Polk of tho National Alliance has to say on thi subject of the Alliance and the thirc party. It is published in anothe: column. The discussion of the sub-treasury b: Gov. Tillman and Lecturer Terrell wil no doubt be lively and interesting The joint debate ought to take place iI Columbia and special excursions run s< that representatives from all parts,o the State could attend. THAT SECRET CONFERENCE. Newspaper reporters were very mued puzzled in Columbia last week over secret meeting held in that city of thi "reform" leaders. Nothing was give] out for publication and the reporter: failed to "get on" to anything. One c them sent out the report that one o the things considered was the establish ment of a daily newspaper in Columbia That would be hard on the Register i true, for the Register has been lending its power to the administration. Bul The Herald and News does not believt that the Register has any need o alarm. That conference had graver matter: to consider than the necessity of estab lishing an cut and out organ. There is need for the forces to get to gether and unite their efforts to d< something with which to go before the people in the campaign of 1892. Thi great "octopus" will still be in court The banks and the railroads will likely go into court. There is division in thi ranks on the sub-treasury scheme. I1 is neeessary to talk these matters ove: and unite forces. The Herald and News, of course, knows nothing defi nite about this meeting, and does not pretend to speak ex cathedra, but thi administration does not need a news paper above all things. There arn other things that it needs more, and these it will seek first. "The world owes its progress and wealth to those who give thought, time and money to new industries. Those who hold back and hunt for easy places for themselves and perfectly safe plaes for capital, are not the great benefactors of mankind nor the great openers oi ways to wealth." How true these words. They are pictures of gold in apples of silver. And yet how scarce such men are in some places that we have read about. And yet bow little appreciated in their lives are those who manifest this spirit of enter prise and progress. Sometirmes wve conclude this a queer world and is comt posed of many people. A great deal has been said about farm mortgages especially in the WVest. *We saw it stated in an exchange the other day that investigation showed that of the farm martgages in a county in Nebraska that 8.5 per cent. of the mortgages in that county on the farms were for the purchase money or for improvement in the way of buildings, &c., wvhile only 15 per cent. of them were for losses in farming. It is said that 9-> per cent. of the merchants fail. It is very unkind of the State and its Charleston correspondent to intimate that Mr. H. A. M. Smith wrote the A t torney General's brief read before the court last week. Did the State never hear of a joint brief or printed argu ment? Lawyers frequently prepare their briefs jointly and no doub; that was the case in this instance. The A t torney General's "hand and voice" were both there. The survivors association of Newber ry County will hold a meeting at New berry next Thursday. Let every body attend this meeting. In 18S9 a meeting was .eld here and Y. J. Pope was made chairman and C. F. Boyd secretary. A olmittee was also appointed to ar range for a meeting in the fall of the same year: but no meeting but the first has been held. Let as many of the survivors attend this meeting as possible, and as many oher alo ns can. I What is Newberry going to do about the Industrial School for Women to be esteblished by the State? Nothing, and let some other iiterprisingand progres sive community have it? One town about the size of New berry has decided to give ty ) for the location of the school in its midst. It will be money well spent, too. It will be of great ad vantage to any town or community that secures it. The argumer in the railroad assess ment cases has been closed and the board of equalization has taken the papers and will no doubt give a de cision soon. They will hardly raise the assessment as much as was first con templated. The board will no doubt see the injustice of it, although it is necessary to make up the s100,000 lost to the treasury by the Coosaw litiga tion. Dr. Macune and the Ocala Investigation. To the Editor of The Herald and News: Some of our alliance friends seem exceedingly anxious to obliterate the unfavorable impression of Dr. MIa cune, created by that vitewashing committee at the UCalaConvention, and the subsequent exposure of it by U. S. Hall, President of the Farmers and Laborers Union of Mi:souri. At this we need not be at all astonished, for the facts in the case, as distinctly stated by Mr. Hall, must be exceedingly damag iug to the reputation of this, the most prominent leader of the alliance, if not clearly disproven. But I am somewhat astonished that able and intelligent alliancemen should undertake his vin dication if they are not convinced in their own minds either that the facts alleged against him are not true, or that they will bear some satisfactory ex planation. A weak defense on an effort at defense, that falls short of its object is often worse than si lence. Two such efforts to vindicate Dr. Macune I have recently read in the columns of a contemporary, from two prominent alliancemen of our State. "hi aoerac =e 5 sonality I will designate them as Mr. A. and Mr. B.-Mr. A. informs us that , he has made inquiry as to the personal character of Dr. Macune, and finds that he is a "Christian gentleman," which t I quite agree with him is a very high compliment. But then no one, so far as I have seen, has made any attack on Dr. Macune on account of his reli gious viens. Only the professors in our State University are suojected to r investigation as to their religious opin ions. Dr. Macune may be for aught the writer knows, a most excellent "Christian gentleman." But that proves nothing so far as the charges preferred against him by that terribly wioked "partisan press" are concerned. It has not been so very long since we r had an unusually pious Christian Vice President of the United States, but who notwithstanding his piety and zeal in the good cause, fell a victim to the temptations thrown in his path by 1 "Credit Mobilier." Our present Post Master General is represented asa most zealous "Christian gentleman." But that has not prevented him from im posing on the South, some very objec f tionable and most unfit postmasters; and Senator Hampton has charged him with doing something even worse. If I am not mistaken there are also quite a number of most pious bank casbiers and ex-Sunday School superintendents now filling cells in northern prisons for having yielded to the temptation of Smon3ey. 1I am of course not intimating that SDr. Macune is this kind of "Cnristian gentleman;" but onuly showmng that MIr. A's argument is not conclusive; that on the contrary it falls far short of \the mark at which it was; aimed. Mr. B's. attempt at vindication seems to me also to fail of its object quite as completely as Mr. A's. His idea seems to be to vindicate Dr. Macunle by b"showing up" MIr. Hall. Nowv Mr. Haill may be a very unamiable, and for aught I know, unreliable sort of person; thbough his chief fault seems to be oppo sition to tihe sub-treasury scheme, and an indisposition to use w/utewash. But the characte~r of M1r. Hall is not the question here. It is not Mr. Hall who was being investigated by t.he Ocala convention, and who is still being by the "partisan press," but Dr. Macune. The question was, and still is, did Dr. Macune accept from Pat Calhoun an annual free pass over the Richmiond Terminal railwvay system, andl besides a loan of $2, "i0 in money; and then, after receiving these favors, support Calhoun for the United States ;seniate? This is the question and the only ques tion. Will Mr. A. or Mr. B. answer this question categorically, yes or no. Mr. Hall says that Dr. Macune finally .dmittedl before the Ocala committee that lhe had received these favors at the hands of Mr. Calhoun, after at first at tempting to evade the adnmission and it is of public notoriety that he did sup port him, and that very strongly for the U.nited States Senate. if this be true, your intelligent readers, alliance man as well as others, who have a spark of independence of thought left, can decide for themselves whether or not Dr. Macune is a fit and reliable men to represent the alliance in the various and high positions he now holds. Je it remembered that one of the leading and fundamental principles of the alliance is war to the knife on monopolies, especially on railroad mo nopolies. Be it remembered too who Pat Calhoun is. I have not a word to say against M1r. Calhoun as an individ ual. I have no doubt he is an able, accompllished and patriotic gentleman. But what does he represent, what did he represent in this ease? He was then, and is still I believe, the general attor ney of the Richmond Terminal Ranil road Co..the biggest railroad monopolyy in the South. And this company in its turn is under the control of .Jay Gould, tihe most powerful, the most unscrupulous, and( consequently the mIost dangerous rail road monopolist in the whole country. Mir. Calhoun then was and is the paid attorney of Jfay Gould, and has been characterized by a proinlent Georgia Alliance man as the "~brihtest llowver in the gairden of mo i:'nilv."' Such is the man Dr. 3Macune is accused( of having sold out to for a mere mess of pottage-a loan of $2,mt0, and a free railroad pass, and tried his itmost to send to the United States Senate. where there are already so many miilionaire representatives of big mnopolies. Is such a man a reliable reesentative of the alliance? That is the question. A'jd I submit that it is not answered by abuse of Mfr. Hall, or by the assurance that Dr. Mfacune is a "Christian g, ntlemnen." Cmvs. THlE THR IEE C'S. Receiver Ch,aml>erlainl Authorized to Pur chase That Roads' Entire Equipment. CII RLaToC,S. C., JIune 4--In the! United States court to day, Judlge Bonud signed a dlece authorizing D. H.1 Chamberlainl receiver of the Charleston, Cincinnati anid Chicago railroad, to purchase the eiitire equipmient of that road, consistir.g of t hirteen locomotives, fifteen coaches and 2% freight cars for $221,514, that being the amiount due the Mfassachusetts anid Sout hern Con struction company on the original pur chase. The claimns for this amount are now held byv thle Chapilin National hank - and First National banik of Sprinwfield,, Mass., A. B. Harris, of New York, Jackson & Sharp Co.. of Wilmington._ Del., and the Ware Savinmgs bank, of W~are, Wis.I The payment will be made in receiv ers certificates bearing interest at 6. per cent., and maturing in two years from date. All the bondholders of the road onsenter1 to the decree. LIPSCOM B TACI [.1S TAL BERT. ht ofWorl, Ietween the ld a:nd New 4)Mccrn.. [The State, luth ] The penitentiary conyict trouble seems to have got the Superintendent Lecturer into deep water. Yesterday morning rather Early Col. T. J. Lip scomb, the former superintendent of the State penitentiary, was riding along in his sulky on Arsenal lill near the residence of Gen. I. N. Itich bourg when he met the penitentiary carriage, in which was seated Col. Tal bert, the present superintendent. He called him and drove close. Only three wit nesses saw the aflair, un fortunately, and two of them-white gentlemen were not close enough to hear what passed. The other-a negro-could not be found. It is known, however, that Col. Lipscomb took Col. Talbert to task for the charges made in his reply to the charge from adoter, that the peni tentiary had come into his hands in an impoverished eordition, and tuat was why he had to practice economy, and Col. Lipsconib is said to have told him in plain terms that his statements were false, and the report goes that he referred to a large number of bales of cotton which were turned over to him, and which are now held in storage. and asked him for a receipt book. What else passed no one seems to know, but it is said that there was a mutual shak irig of fingers in faces, and some severely warm words were pass d. They did not come to blows, however, but passed on. Col. Lipscomb was seen yesterday afternoon, but he absolutely refused to have a word to say about the affair, either directly or indirectly. He ap peared to be still very hot. If the Government Can Make Money Why Tax the People? ('ol. Bob Ingersoll in a recent utter ance gave expression to some thoughts that may interest some of our farmer friends and others who are discussing the sub-treasury scheme, the money question, and other kindred subjects. Here is what he says : "1 do not blame the farmers for try ing to better their condit.3: . Tey r cri-tj~y i~Eard time and they feel that they have been oppressed I by the bankers: railroads, merchants, and patent medicine makers, to say nothing of ministers and lawyers. Everything seems to be against them. They have to fight frosts and floods and droughts and all sorts of worms and bugs and speculators anl cyclones, and all the birds of the air. Every body and everything takes toll from the farmers. No wonder that they want to do something. I do not think the planks in the Cincinnati platform can be fastened together and held in plnce. The farmers ought to know that the resolutions passed by political conventions raise neither corn nor wheat, neither can they affect prices. I do not believe that the Government can make money by law any more than it can make good crops by law. The Government can't support the people. The people have got to sup port the Government. The Govern ment is a perpetual paunr. I ask this one question-if the Government can make money why should it collect taxes? Why not make what it needs and stop bothering the people? Still, I am glad the farmers are discussing these questions. They will find out what the Government can and can not do." A Cbhlenge. If the sub Treasury Plan of supply ing a currency is wrong the Alliance does not. want it. If it is wrong, argu ment will demonstate that it is wrong. If it is foolishness, its folly ought to be easy of demonstration; and those who hold that view, are morally bound to demonstrate it to the people, or else hold their peace. If it is neither wrong, nor foolish, then the Alliance will press it relent lessly until something bet ter is offered. Now, in order to settie once for all the question of its injustice or justice, its folly or wisdom,-its general expe diency, I hereby challenge the oppo nents of the Plan to select their best man and send him to the meeting of the State -Alliance in Spartanburg, July 22nd, for the purpose of discussing the measure with our side. On our part we bind ourselves to abide the re sult of the debate. Notice of the acceptance of this chal lenge should be served~ at this office at least two weeks before said State meet ing. J. War. SToKEs, Pres. S. C. State Alliance. LIUGHIrER THAT MAY KILL. A Young flan Swallows HIs False Teeth In a Fit of Merrimenat. H ARTFORI). CONN., June 3.-- ester day Daniel F. Cronin, aged twenty t wo years, sitting in the telephone of fice in conversation with the chief op erator, Joseph Rohan, was so much amused by a joke made by his com panion that he leaned back in his chair and, throw ing his head back, indulged in hearty laughter. As he did so a small plate with two false teeth fell fromits position in the upper jaw and slipped down his throat. He made several attemipts to raise it, but with out success. Dr. 0. C. Smith made an examina tion, but could find no trace of the missing teeth. Last night Cronin was o~ du ty as usual. H1e said that he felt a lump in his side, and that his heart palpitated more than it should. Med ial men of' this city are of the opinion that Cronin's death is only a question of time. Not One_Sore Now. Raby Aillicted with lEad More% and Eruptions. No Relief. Permanent ly Cured by the Cuticura. During the summer of 149 my- eighteen months' old infant was so afliicted with erup tions that ordinary domest ic remedies failed to give any relief. On his hips would often appear the seeming track of a ittle wire-like worm, and on other parts of his body had sores camne and remained till I procuredI the Cc-rtr a REt .:m1Es. For some time I used the soap and salve without a blood medicine, bt they did not d!o so well as when all were used together. It has no w been nearly a year since the eruption was healed, and I very mtch feared it would return with the war:n weather of this year. but the summrer is passed ane not one sore has appeared on him. 31as. A. 31. WA LK EPR, Carsoniltle, G.a. Sore from Waist Down. I had three of the best physicians in Padu ca. and they did me no good. I used your CUTIrA RE3tEDEs, and they have ':ured ie sound andl well. I was sore fro my caist dowtn with eczema. They have cured me with no sign of retui n. I owe my'. htfe to CrTwernA, for without a doubt. I would have been in my grave had it not been for your reedies. Allow mec to return moy sincerest thanks. W. H. QUA LIS, Paducah, Ky. Cuticura Remedies If tile thousands of little babies who hia-e been ured of agonizing. itching, burning. bleedig. scaly, and blotehy skin an:d sealp liseases could write. wha:t a host of letters oubl be received by the p,ropriet0rs of tihe *UTwiLPA linEDEiLs. Few can apprecite .he agony t hese little or si b'tr, and when hese renmedies reiieve i ' . single alpiienin ie tost distressinc eCcmas antl t ichin g and tuniag skin dliseaises, and poinat to a pey o( permanent cure, it is po.,Uively.in hun unna not to use them wit lout a mnomaent's 5mold everywhere. Price. (cTtrTtnA. 70e, fiAP. :Sc. ttasoLvE-T. 'al. P'reparred tby the io5toi. Zte5end for " How toCutre Skin Diseases." Ipages, 50i illustratio ns, and 100 testinisonials. lutely pure. SHOW MY SWOE ACH ES! Aeu chi is, and P,m'ek. Hip. Kid ney, and" tterine Pains, :ant Rhen maltism,i relivd in one niu Lie by the Outicura Aleti-Pain Plaster. 'he first and only instau,:aneous pamn-killer JIriggs the Stabber Captured. Aii:_, June :.-Charles Briggs, c(o)l(,ed, who cut (onductor Tom Ure neker during the Augusta carnival, was brought to Aiken, to-day, from Ocala, Fla., by United States Deputy Marshal Tomi Hayne. Briggs was ordered of' of the Edgetield train by Mr Greneker, and turned on him and stabbed him. and then escaped. Learning that be was iii Florida, Hlayne went there armed with requisition papers and found and brought him to Aiken. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In digestion & Debility. New Advertissement. EXCURSION! T HE GRANDEST EXCURSION of the season will be given by the Eagle Fire Hand Engine Company ,f Newberry. S. C., accompanied by the Etna Reel Team and Young American Hook and Ladder Company, also the Elegant String Band. Everybody s invited to join us in our pleasant trip to COLUMBIA, ON THE NEW ROAD, WED NESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 1891. The ,train will leave Newberry at 7:00 a. m. Returning. will leave Co lumbia at 10 o'clock at night. Those who have gone on former ex cursions run by us well know, from ex perience. that order will be preserved, and that we will make it pleasant for all who go. Refreshments will be served on the train. A grand and good time is guaranteed to all who go. Arrangements ha':e been made to have a grand Fireman's Parade with the Columbia and Char leston Firemen. There will be Prize Contest, Foot Races, &c., and a grand Grove Picnic during the day. A Fire man's Ball in the city of Columbia, will begin at 7.00 p. n., and close at 10 p. m.; afujl_bnd.M ausicav.llb_e.in a tten^dince. A hall will also be pro vided for those who are not lovers of dancing. A Base Ball game will be played between the Newberry Team and the Eestern Stars of Columbia. FARE FOR ROUND TRIP. Newberry, $1.00; Prosperity, 93c.; Slighs, S0e.; Little Mountain, Soc.; Cha pin, 75c. CHILDREN UNDER TWELvE. Newberry, 75c.; Prosperity, 65c.; Slighs, 5c.; Little Mountain,!55c.; Cha pin, 50c. Get your Tickets from the following committee: J. Belton Giles, President; John Firms, Chairman; E. H1. Phillips, Secretary; Palmer Henly, John Pope, Dave Irons. Election of Teachers. AT 4 P. M. THURSDAY, JUNE . 18th inst., the Trustees of the Newberry Graded Schools will elect a Superintendent, Principals and Teach ers for the ensuing year as follows: One Superintendent, Salary $1,0(0. WHITE SCHOOL. One Male Principal, Salary $60 per month. One Female Principal, Salary $50 per month. Three Female Teachers, Salary $3.5 per month, each. COLORED SCHOOL. One Male Principal, Salary $40 per mionth. Two Assistant Teachers, Salary $25 per month, each. Length of session nine months, be gin ning in the fall. Date of opening yet to be fixed. A pplicants should address JAS. K. P. GOGGANS, Secretary, Newberry, S. C. June 9th, 1S91. VIE AFRE ORGANIZING ACL ASS in cutting and fitting garrents now in Newberry, and any one who is deficient in this art should not let the opportunity pass without notice. W.hy educate ou:- children in the lit erary branches and leglect this most important, yet at the same time least generally understood of all the dcnmes tic arts? We admit that this is the most im portant part of a child's education,. and tbat it will make any one indeperdent wbo desires to follow tailoring or dress making. If we are rich to-day, we may be poor to-morrow, and -many a lady has supported herself and children by sewing. We will teach any one, from a child of twelve to-a lady of fifty years old, to compete with the best dress makers. Just coming from Edgefield, we will give you a testimnonial signed by a few of our large class in that place. We the undersigned ladies and~ gen temen of Edgefield have taken instrue ions in the use of the National Gar ment Cutter, and cheerfully recomn Smend it to all as being perfect, inas much as by its ase we can cut any gar ment worn by either sex at auyr age with perfect fits in the latest styles without rebasting or refitting in every cse. It is so simple that any one of aver age intelligence can learn it in from three days to one week. Mrs. 0. Sheppard. Mrs. P. B. Harrison, "U. H. Folk,: " H. I. CoL, "L. B. Jones, Miss Lill Jcnes, "Mark Toney, " Mamnie Harris, ".Toe Cox. " Bay Periy, Mrs.I DB. Hollings- Mr. L. B. Jones. wodth, N.Y. LIFE INSUR ANCE COMPAN~Y. ASETS. . $116,000,000 SURPLUS.. . . ....1,000,000 IN COM E IN 1890. .. .. . . 32,000,000 During forty-six years its incomne from interest and rents has more than paid its death loss It issues every desirable form of policy. It furnishes a complete c->ntra'ct. It has paid every loss in S. C. It disputes no honest claims. It has no suicide clause. It is purelv mutual and mnakes umore money p)er t'housand of insurance than any other company. ts death and expense rate is the lowest. Its Endowment and .innuity busi ness is greater than all the other com panies in the United Sta.us combined showing the confidence that wealthy and business nmen have in its int;egrity and solidity. Send mie~the date of your birth and let me show you how you can make a fortune more certainly than in any other way. A. P. PFER. * New berry, S. C. BOILING WATER OR MILK E P PS'S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING, 0000A L.ABELLED 1-2 LB. TINS ONLY. EA Eds& tDfIKg5hb COSmaOS. Whisper.s bard. corn A. ny ake luo W*E9. ta boo rtaot nt. A Gl FNT my ca.es elts,Br-Ee, r rer ani Maieine. s:vn' es fr. write no)W. Dr. Eri Lian. 3-i B'waV, :;. Y Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. <xlOur Suinr& AnnounceiiPntx> WE STILL HAVE ON HAND A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF : : SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHINC, SHOES, HATS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS WHIGH WE WILL SELL CHEAP FOR 0AIH oUR STOCK OF THIN GOODS, CONSISTING OF jtLPA1 SliJILU\, DIP D' ETEII\T SEERL8JJK(ER COA:Ta A.D vESTS IS IMMENSE : 4LL THE DIFFERENT OUTS---LONG, SHORT, MEDIUM. NECLICE SHIRTS IN PROFUSION IN ALL QUALITIES FROM TIE PLAINEST AND CHEAPEST TO THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS. Our Straw Hat Trae Jias Bean lliiense, but WE STILL HAVE A NICE VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. T O THE IADIES WE WANT TO STATE THAT OUR LINE OF ZIEGL:ER BROS-' -OXF'ORD T IEDS ARE THE HANDSOMEST LOW CUT SHOES IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE THEM IN PLAIN TOES AND PATENT LEATHER TIPS IN OPERA AND COMMON SENSE TOES. IWe will close out our entire stock of Boy's and Children's Clothii,g at prime cost from now on. Call early and get your choice before they are all gone. Yours sincerely, SPRINC CLOTHING -AT BLALOCK'S CLOTHING HOUSE, NEWBERRY, S,.C. THIS SALE WILL LAST FOR 30 DAYS. Now is Your_Opportunity. THE BARGAIN STORE MINTER &JAMIESON. Our second Spring purchase of NEW GOODS, consisting of CLOTHING, SHOES, LADIES' NEWPORT TIES, AND DRY GOODS, is now open and ready for inspection. Our Spring trade has been so much better than we expected that we have been compelled to order largely in all our departments to supply the demand. These goods were bought at Extremnely Low Prices, and owing to the scarcity of money we now offer our ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS at prices to su t the hard times. Make the Prices Right, Sell Good Goods, And the People Will Buy. We wish to call special attention to our line of CHILDREN'S NICE CLOTHING which we will sell at cost. Suits $3.50 to-$6,5C. Regul1ar Price $5.C0 to $S.50. JUST RECE IVED, a case of those STANDARD PR INTS, which we still sell at 5c. SEO3S If ycu need Shoes, you know we are headquarters for them. Repectfully, MINTER & JAMIESON, Leaders of Low Prices, - NEWBERRY, S. C. ANNUAL MEETING YH UNI0N ZENTRAL OF TIHE STOCKH{oLDERS OF THLE JJ Tewerry Building and In- llSIr CmE UJA1rr. 78tI0n 0.Is one of the Standard Co -e.e o HE RE G UL AR A NN UA L the United States. Tbe best Poey meeeting of the Stockholders of written is by this Company. Call and be Newberry Building and Invest- examine . nis*of onor Hall'on the1.2 i M. L. BON H AM, >f June, 1891, at 8:30) p. mn. All stock- State Agent South Carolina, olders are urged to be present, either Office in Bear Central National Bank. O.B. IAYER, President. CDLUMBIA, S. C. R. H. WEARS, See. and Treas. SEASONABLE GOODS. iec f &1 EROEE COC-. rST ..E d H TWO -STORY BRICK CHEaR SeEDR- > ,rat IaA a. treet t etel thebt of A.M.B - HERRYt SEDR-*etlb r.r ers and William Laugford, STE-I DI VG FLY FANS-NO greater Terms made .n~. Aply to > adWR aeAtf.. Or SItLAS JOHNSTONE -- -____ ----_ Newt berry, S. C. PARK R'S c" ARBLA r~ o~i. I - HE GRFATARIK.