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ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WK p. .fHOUSEAL, NEWBERRY, S. C. ISDAY, AUGUST 13, 1891. STOKES AS EDITOR AND STOKES AS DEBATER. We were at the Prosperity meeting and heard both President Stokes and Senator Butler. We were pleased with President Stokes' fairness and courtesy in conducting the discussion. Nothing was said by either of thsse two speakers I which could be considered harsh or discourteous. But in the last issue of the Cotton Plant, Editor Stokes is neither fair nor courteous in his hand ulng of Senator Butler's speech. The following extract is particularly outra geous. At Prosperity Senator Butler divided all men into three classes. Two of these classes are honest including him self. The "third one" he said, "wno borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back. This last class is the one who wants to borrow at 2 per cent. (ital ics ours). LFrom the News and Cou rier's report.] This is a remarkable statement from the Senator. The man "who borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back," is a thief and a tr scoundrel. According to the Senator, therefore 40,000 Alliance man in South Carolina, and a good many non-Al ance men, who would like to borrow money at 2 per cent., are thieves and scoundrels. How do you like that, farmers of South Carolina? It is au in famous charge; but since it comes from a United States Senator, of course it will keep our mouths shut-till the next election. In the above extract Editor Stokes attempts, by a course of deduction, to convert a statement which was under stood by all present, to contain no fling at the Alliance into an infamous charge that 40,000 Alliance men in South Caro lina are thieves and scoundrels. I do not believe that there was.a single Al liance man, or non-Allianceman on the 7 ground who put or could put this con struction upon what the Senator said. It appears by the report of the Press and Reporter, which Editor Stokes reproduces in his own paper, that the expression was cheered. Cer tainly it is strange that this should have been the case, in a crowd com posed -for the most part of Alliance men, if the crowd thought that it con tained an infamous charge against Al liance men. Na, Editor Stokes very well knows that Sena'or Butler in tended nothing of the k:L, and only the ingenuity of Editor St& -s has been able to discover it. The Greenville News of Saturday last had a suggestive editorial entitled, "Suppose your own case" upon the pra-tical working and effects of the sub-treasury scheme. It answers the ~question asked of Senator Butler at Prosperity, "Can a poor man get money under the sub-treasury scheme." We publish it elsewhere. Read it, and -think over it. LET -THE mscIS10SIN GO os. SWe confess that we do not admire the announcement that discussion is now in order. But let discussion go on. If it is conducted in the proper spirit, and with the desire to reach the truth, good must result. Already .the good result of the free discussion in the newspapers of the sub-treasury scheme *is beginning to be felt. The leaders themselves are not so -much wedded to the plan.Livingstone, of Georgia, proposes a modification of it, and even President Stokes in his speech at Prosperity, said: "The Alli -ance does not claim that it will have the sub-treasury ware house or nothing. We say if that is not sound, if that is not the best, why give us something better. We will take it, and thank the Lord." Col. E. S. Keitt also, has an other plan to propose, which if not dif ferent from the sub-treasury scheme, certainly modifies it very materially. It is acknowledged both by Alliance men and non-Alliance men that some thing is the matter; that money is unu - sually "tight"; that there is wrong somewhere in the finances of the coun try. While wepo not and cannot accept the sub-treasury plan as a solution of the difficulty, we are not opposed to it be cause it is an Alliance demand. We are with the Alliance in most its de mands, and have been, and further more we belie'e there is too much con servatisnm and good sense in the order to carry it irretrievably into any thing wild or revolutionary. We hope and believe that 'good will finally sesult from the wide-spread dis cussion of financial questions which has largely been brought about by the Alliance. More thought and investigation isJ being turned upon the true relations of the government to the finances and commercial prosperity of the country c than ever before in the history of thet United States, and sooneror later the right solution will be reached. Therefore we say' let discussion of c these questions go on bet ween Alliance men and non-AlliaVc men in a spirit of mnutual forbearance, and with an honest desire to reach the truth, and no one need fear that the final outcome will not be for the good of all-. Rev. James Woodrow, L L.D., has c been elected President of the South I Carolina College. Dr. Woodrow is an eminent sebolar and has been an in structor in the college for fourteen years. lie ~is a busy and successful man. t The Alliance in Kentucky got con- v trol of the legislature in the elections P last week by a large majority. While this is true, it is also declared that the f< Third party has no showing in that State, and the Alliance wili work with- t) in the Democratic party. From the amount of editorial space the last number of the Cotton Plant devotes to comments on Senator But- e ler's speech at Prosperity, it would fl seem that Dr. Stokes is not at all cer ta that he an2 vered the Senator. on f that occasion. C BETTER PRICES FOR GOOD COTTON. From Five to Ten Dollars More Per Zale Made by Careful Picking and Ginning. Wir_xxGToN, N. C., August 1. Alexander Sprunt & Son, cotton export ers, have issued the following circular, which is important to cotton planters. "The accumulation of low grade cot ton has overstocked the markets of the world, and this surplus will probably have to be sacrificed at extremely low prices. On the other hand, the supply of good cotton is quite limited, and there is always a market for the better grades. It is therefore a matter'of the utmost importance to our friends the planters, that extraordinary care be taken in handling the next crop. The greatest precaution should be taken to pick the cotton only when it is perfect ly dry, avoiding stained and sandy. cotton, which should be most carefully kept separate from the better qualities. Then exercise care in setting the gin saws, so as to av6id cutting the staple and when packed, see that no gin falls, inferior cotton, sand or water is per mitted in the bailing. This preparation will insure a ready sale at the best current prices, while the neglect of these precautions will probably cause a loss of from five to ten dollars per bale to the farmer upon every bale he pro duces. "Hitherto many of our planters could afford to take the easier course and gin good, bad and indifferent cotton to gether, but as the indications point to ruinous prices for medium and inferior grades next season, it behooves every cotton producer to exercise the utmost care in preparing his crop for market. "We trust that our friends to whom this letter is addressed will apprecate our motive in offering this advice for. their benefit, and that they will circu late it among their neighbors." Suppose Your Own Case. [Greenville News.] You, man, who are reading this, sup pose the sub-treasurx and the land loan scheme was in operation to-day. How would you go about getting a dollar? Have you any cotton or wheat? Sup pose you borrowed eighty per cent. of it present price on it? Wouldn't you be twenty per cent. behind where you al ready are? You ;an sell either of them in Greenville on sight and getione hun dred cents on the dollar of their full market price. Do you own land already mortgaged? Suppose you borrowed money from the government on it? Would'nt you have to turn it right over to the man you have already borrowed from to give the goverlment clear title? Suppose you have neither cotton nor land? You could not get a dollar from' the government even if the treasury vaults were.packed with silver and pa per currency. Character and cr6dit are capital now. Under the proposed system how would they be worth a rap? Now the man who owns some property and who has the reputation of paying his debts can generally borrow money on his own naime or with a good endorsement. With the sub-treasury and land loan in operation he could not get a dollar un less he deposited or mortgaged. Private money lenders would be driven out of business because they could not com pete with ona and two per cent. rates. When you talk of the land loan and sub-treasury think of your own situa tion, and then take your neighbors one by one and say how any ot you would be helped. Colonel Keitt and the People's Party. LGlenn Springs Letter to Aiken Jour nal and Review.] Col. Ellison S. Keitt, of Newberry, is spending a few days here. He is a prominent allianceman, and last year was a candidate before the legislature fe-thenited-Sttes~Smite. ~He war defeated, and afterwards accused Presi dent Stokes of selling out the alliance in the senatorial fight for the shadow of being governor in 1892. Colonel Keitt says he is no longer a member of the Democratic party; that he had worked for it.in the past, but would work for it no more. He thinks the people's party, at the conference to be held next February, should put out a presiden tial ticket to be voted for at the next general election. He thinks that the ticket should have a good man from the South and one from the West on it. 'he colonel has a pet scheme for the solving of the financial problem. It is entirely original with him, and should be be selected as the "good man from the South," ou the people's party1 ticket, and ge' eleetcJ, he will have the apportunity or putting his scheme into practical operation. A GIGANTIC SWINDLE. ffeers of a Building and Loan Association Arrested. CHICAGo, A ugust 10.-Alfred Down ng, president, and N. H. Tolman, rice-president of the National Capital savings Building and Loan Associa-< ion of North America, were arrested ( o-day by the Postoffice Inspector stewart, charged with using the mails t or fraudulent purposes. It is charged that the men who have een conducting this association have 1 windled thousands of people fromr ~very State in the Union and takenr ~rom $200,000 to $600,000 and given no-e ing in return. The victims hail from Iaine to California and are numbered mnong the rich and poor alike. From the facts already in the posses ion of the authorities, the scheme will .j arallel that of the great "Fund W." windle which was broken up about ive years ago. There are still two men Lt liberty, they having disappeared everal weeks ago. These two men, it C s believed, got away with most of the 'unds. t Downing and Tollmnan were held in C 2,000 bonds each by Commissioner -oyne. Both had lawyers on hand ~ C .nd Tollmnan was quickly bailed out.t )owning was unable to secure bonds aen and spent the time in the custody .f the deputy marshal. One of the at orneys for the men says there was no toubt that the concern was rotten toc he core but he, believed that Downing nd Tollman were simply the victims f others' guilt.A Praise from Another sir Hubert. [Greenville News.] The Newberry Herald and News is eceiving many compliments for its full T ud accurate report of the Butler-Stokes ti ebate, printed the morning after it D ccurred. The Herald and News well b (eserves all the kiud thing its contem oraries can say of it. It fairly shared el be honors of that memorable occasion al ith Senator Butler and The State, the tl tter having given the public a steno- n raphic report of the debate. o3 President Kolb, of the Alliance of Jabama, in his speech at Mobile, says 2at if the National Democratic con ention adopts all or part of the Ocala latform, or rejects it in toto, he will bide by the action of the National ~ 'emocracy. Kolb knows what is good >r hi.-National American. Kob is a better success after all than t :e watermelon he originated. fi: _________________ti An African Bishop Dead. c PHILADELPH:A, PA., August 10. ishop Jabez P. Campbell, of the Afri m Methodist .Episcopal Church, died ithis city last night in the 68th year si his age. Bishop Campbell was or- E ained Bishop in 1868, and for the past w >ur years has been Bishop of North cc arolna, Virginia nd Maryland. a THEY FLED FOR THEIR LIVES. Startling Stories4 of the Late Great Earth quake-An Immense Tidal Wave Sweeps Over the Country. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 7.-A corres pondent at Yuma says: A report brought in by the Cocopah Indians states that the earthquake on the 30th ultimo resulted in changing the course ot the Colorado River. It left the old bed and now flows through a crevasse 1 forty feet wide and 1,000 feet long. The report is not generally believed; but one result of the recent earthquake was the renewed activity of the volcanoes in that region. At the same time, a tidal wave occurred in the Gulf of Califor nia. VOLCANOES AND TIDAL WAVE. YU3A, A. T., August 9.-Reports continue to come in from the earth quake region at the head of the Gulf of California. Two Cocopah Indians. of the tribe that live near there, arrived here yesterday. - The tell a thrilling C story. Early Thursday morning hundreds e of mud volcanoes, thirty miles off, burst C into violent eruption. The air grew e denser and many infants were suffo- C cated. At last a violent thunder storm r cleared the air, only to show tidal waves approaching with fearful rapid ity. The waters arose, swallowing up a cattle,horses, grain fields, and driving t them for their lives to the top of the 1 mesas, a hundred feet above the river. i The earthquake shocks then began. 3 The fourth threw every one down, se- a riously injuring many. The dust dark- n ened the air. rhe rumble'of the earth- S quake, the sharp: explosion of the ( distant volcano and 1the bellowing of t: crazed cattle, made an unbearable up roar, and the frightened Indians broke i and fled wildly up the river. V Two only succeeded in reaching here t who t311 the story. The others dropped y exhasted along the route. Jose Perez, 3 a cattleman from. Sendo, and five men 1 witnessed the scene from the top of a a hill to which they had escaped. They t: report that the tidal wave was fully a one hundred feet high and also that f there was a river of bluish purple fire which was flowing down into the Colorado, near the Gulf. This isundoubtedlyfrom Sulphur.Mountain, I which was set on fire by the volume of ( burning material thrown out by the , volcanoes. t Much property is destroyed. The d residence and all the valuable buildings t on the ranche of Charles Townsend, L breeder of fine cattle, were levelled by the earthquake. b EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE. r YUMA, ARIZONA, August 11.-The d daily arrivals from the region of Sono- t ra, on Colorado River, report a most v wonderful change in the topography I and appearance of the country. Many 'I old iandmarks are obliterated. Promi- f nent natural objects are wiped off the p face of the earth. The damage done is a principally to the stock wen,who have t] lost many head of cattle. The Coco- n pah Indians are heavy losers. I A small stream four miles north of si Laredo,which prior to the earthquakes I was readily forded, has become im- o passable owing to its depth. It is now e necessary to cross the water courses six miles back from the Colorado. The Cocapah Indians now predict another earthquake liable to occur soon. They A say natural signs indicate it. Ingalls on Negro Suffrage. LAugusta Chronicle.] ATLANTA, Gia., August 5.-Senator ~ [ngalls' speech at Chautauqua to-nighte reated a big sensation. His subject was 'Problems of the *J4 Second Century," and he jumped into t his subject by declaring that the en ranchisement of the negro was a mis- g take. He said the force bill was nothing 'j ore than a bill to give every man his vote, and that it was killed through the lethag of the Northern people. And skd? Why, simp y because if they ~ aad been where you of the South are, ~ hey would have fought it just as you a did.a Ingalls jumped on the sub-treasury b with both feet-.t His audience was a large one, many t: dliancemen and legislators being pre ient, and he was given a rousing recep- . ion. __ _ _ _ _ _ _g A GREAT PROJECT.d property of a New Bailroad Mortgaged for s4 Nine Million Doflars. h sI tI [Special to Columbia Register.] tt CHARLESTON, S. C., August 5.-The ai >ggest railroad deal of the century has tj *ust developed here. A. B. Morton, st ice President of the Cincinnati and ic ape Fear Railroad, who was here last tc week, had recorded in Berkeley County fi 3 mortgage for nine million dollars on as ;he property of that road. The project a .5 to run a road from Norfolk to Charles- ta on East of the Atlantic Coast Line, bl entering the city on bridge across Coop- st r River, crossing Ashley River and be oing down to Savannah. The railroad y iow has a line built from Norfolk to ~outhport, N. C., and is engaged in ~onstructing a line from Southport to iz ~onway, S. C. 2EFrom there the road M vill be extended via Georgetown down fa Charleston. The company has pur- a bhased the franchise of the Mt. Pleas- sb nt and Little River Railroad with all r~e be necessary land grants. The new t 'oad will, it is said, give the shortest of oute North and West now in exist- of nce. The fees for recording the mort ;age amounted to $40. 11 Gi KNEE SKIRTs IN BOSTON. a ti] h spectacled Ladies wim Wear High IX Water Dresses. be pe BosToN, A,.gust 8.-The two hun- trn red ladies, more or less, who belong. dij > the dress reform Club here propose an appear on the street the first rainy ca ay in October in dresses that will lii arely touch the knees. High-topped aiters or common riding boots will Tl lothe the feet and nether limbs of bu ]iese reformers. The dress skirt wvill th: e kilted, so that the bothersome wind Ca rill not cause any annoyance. Water- th roof overskirts and sailor hats will a > nplete the attire.ro DIED IN A POT OF LYE. be 2-Year Old Infant Meets a Horrible Death I in Columbia. [Special to Augusta Chronicle.] COLUBIA, S. C., August 8.-A 2- lo, ear old motherless infant named Lily La Yooten, living with Mrs. Gus Holt, ofin s city, fell into a kit of lye this eve- vil ing, and died almost before she could ret apulled out. laz The attending'nurse had left the Du ild for a moment, on the back piazza, Co id Mrs. Holt, happening to walk out D uere, found the child lying headfore- W iost in the lye. The child gasped only ce after being pulled out. Big Baptizing. [Special to the State.] FLORENCE, S. C., August 10.-At fir ewis's mill yesterday the Rev. E. R. Of oberts, pastor of Trinity Baptist Mi hurch (colored), baptized 106 persons. Mi he time occupied in the immersion of Co. s large number of candidates was ha y-nine minutes. A crowd of over ba1 uree thousand people, both white and 4lored, witnessed die baptizrng. The G. C. and N. Bridge Completed. - Ry ATHENs, GA., August 8.-The last wb an on the Georgia, Carolina and wh orthern bridge, across the Oconee, but as finished to-day. The bridge is now a mplete from abutment to abutment, hai disance of 875 feet.hB TUE RICHMOND- TERMINAL. Serious Charges Brought Agalnat tht Management-The Answer of the Company. NEW YoRK, August S.-An atta( )n the Richmond Terminal system t hay made charges against the compar ts follows: That the three divisions oftl ystem, Richmond and Danville, Geo ia Central and East Tennessee, w how for the year ended July 30, 1891, leficit of $17,000,while the debt on thr oads increased in same time $16,735,3C hat the Richmond and Danville in tI rear earned 1 per cent. and yet paid ividend of 10 per cent., making ti leficit on this line $1,026,560; that ti 4eorgia, Central barely earned intere n its bonds,and that the East Tenne ee earned only $96,840 above charg ohn H. Inman, president of the Te ninal Company, was not in town t lay. Other officials of the r-ad call< ttention to the following statement Irset the cbarges: That an issue of Danville and Wes rn bonds had been counted at $1,00( 00, when only $500,000 were in exis nce; that an apparent increase of $3. 00 in Richmond and Danville gener nortgage sizes had been reporte vhereas th as bonds bad been issue take the piace of matured first mort, gesizes; that it bad been t he policy he Richmond and Danville to mab iberal advances to leased lines, as f astance one of $600,000 to the Virgin idland, and one of $1,100,000 to tb alanta and Charlotte Air Line, bot f which had since been repaid; th 17.5,000 had been expended for tb eorgia Pacifle in building new shop bat the increase of bonded indebte( ess had carried with it a correspondin acrease in the company's propert hich had not been taren into accoun he additional property being the S: anLiah and Atlantic, Covington an facon, Chattanooga, Rome and C< ambus, about 150 miles of the Savar ah and Western, and an extension < he Mobile and- Girard. Under th ttack Richmond Terminal stock fe rom 11j to 104 WHAT PRESIDENT INMAN SAYS. NEW YORK, August 10.-Presider nman, of the Richmond Termini ,ompany, to-day made the followin tatement in reply to the charges tha be company's system had declared th ividends in periods when the opera ions of the roads showed deficits I reeting fixed charges: "In reference to the statements thi ave recently been made in regard t be financial condition of the Richmon 'erminal Company and of the severs ivisions of the propery, I have to sa bat there is no portion of the systen hich consists of the Richmond an )anville, Georgia Central and Eas 'ennessee, which is not earning it xed charges. When the detailed ri orts now in preparation are complete nd given to the public it will be see at the statements which have bee iade are misleading, and that th tichmond Terminal Company and it aparate divisions are entirely solven ach of these companies owns securit f unquestionable value largely in ex ess of its outstanding indebtedness. A BOLD BANK ROBBER. . Desperado wita a Pistol in Either Han Terroizes the Town, Shoots the Cash ier and Several Bystanders. LIMA, Ohio, August 8.-Shortlyafte de Exchange Bank at Columbu irove opened this morning, a strange utered the hardware store which ac ined the bank and asked for two re olvers. After loadtiag them he pointe 1em at the proprietor's head, tellin im to taske his pay out of that. H ien entered the bank. The cashiem J. Maple, had just opened the banh fwhich of which his father is proprie r and laid out about $3,000 near th aliely began shooting; the cashier wa ~ruck twice, once in the arm and ono the right side. As he fell to the,fiooi old farmer, William Vandebark~ ged sixty, entered the door. The rot er turned and shot him through an< irough. The old man fell dead in hi ack. A third man sat in the Jobb; the bank paralyzed with fear. H 'as not molested. The desperado the, rabbed $1,.500 in greenbacks, shovei em in the pocket of his sack coat an< srted out the door, shouting: "I'm: cond Jesse James." Quito a crowi d been attracted by the sound of the iota but there was a scattering whem ie wild..eyed murderer appeared or e street having a gun in either han< d shooting indiscriminately. One o ie bystanders. Henry Buck, wa: ruck down by a bullet. The fAl w ran to the outskirts of- thi wn and disappeared in a big corn ld. The desperado is describe< being short and heavy set witi full face and small black mous che. He wore a black alpaca cap, ack sack coat, blue pants with whit4 ripes and no vest. He appeared t< about 30 or 35 years old. A posa as quickly organized and started it irsuit. Another posse started frorg Test Cairo and others rapidly organ ad. It is thought the wounds.o: aple and Buck are not necessarily tal. Vandebark who was killed was proserous farmer ini Union Town ip. He leaves a large family. Big wards are offered for the capture 01 e villain. Colnmbus Grove is a town 2,000 inhabitt.n:s, twelve miles north Lima. LIMA, Ohio, August 8.-Later.--At o'clock t"-night, the Columbum cove Bank robber was still at large, d the chase has been abandoned un daylight. Almost everybody in the >rthern part of Allen County have en out all day looking for the des rado. He is -alone and on foot, and ice of him has been obtained at [erent points. A dozen corn fields d woods were surrounded, and when pture was thought certain, the rogue, :e a will-of-the-wisp, made his escape. [t is not thought be can get a'vay. Le farmer who was shot is still alive t cannot recover, as the ball passed rough his back into his stomach. shier Maple will recover. The au Lirities of Columbus Grove will offer liberal reward for the capture of the >ber. He was seen in Grove the y before the robbery and claimed to a silk hat mender. 'eachers of the Laurens Grcded Schools. [Special to News and Courier.] AURES, S. C., August 5.-The fol i'ing teachers were elected for the urens Graded School to-day: Super endent, H. H. Corington, Fayette le, N. C.; principal, C. L. Fike, Lau s;' assistants, Miss Elizabeth McCas , Miss Perrin Farrow, Miss Mary .nklin, Laurens; Miss Claudia Earle, lumbia The board was composed of .E. M. Caine, Messrs. John J. Pluss, J. Gray and L. WV. Simkins. First Bale in south Caroiina. [Special to Augusta Chronicle.] IAUNwELL, S. C., August 8.-The it bale of South Carolina new crop 30tton has this day been shipped by ke Brown & Bro., over the Carolhna diand, to Messrs. F. WV. Wagner & Charleston, S. C. Col. Mike Bro wn b'een for several years past the first e man from South Carolina. Steve Eyan Wants to Settle. wtLANrA, August 10.-Stephen A. an, the Atlanta dry goods merchant o recently failed for $500,000, and o was sent to jail by Judge Gober, who is now out on bonds pending learinzg before the Supreme Court, offered 30 cents on the dollar to all crditors. CAMDEN'S BIC HIDDEN TREASURE Dying Confession of the Soldier Who Hid -Original Documents Describing the I ocation Brought to Light. [The State, 10th.~ The story of a large amount of hIn y den treasure buried during the late wn ie by Yankee soldiers near Camden ha r- oft been told in the newspapers througli 1 out the land, but accurate informatio, a as to the locality has been wanting an e all diggings have resulted in finding 0. nothing. Now, however, the origin: l papers in the case have come to lighl a and The State has received them frou le Solicitor P. H. Nelson. ie The story runs that Seargt. Rhode at a Yankee soldier during the war, tc a- gether with sonie comrades, got th s. money from along the line of marcl r- and buried it in the old churchyar mentioned below, and that Rhodes sub d sequently, thinking he could secure i o all, took it up, put it in a sack whiel he threw across a horse and carried i - to another spot, where be buried it. Bi . valued it at $00,000. The fortunes o war left Rhodes far away, and seeini . he was going to die, lie made out i 3 statement as to its location, and sent i 1, toJ. H. Gibbon, in charge of the Unite( d States mint at Charlotte, N. C. Bi Mr. Gibbon it was sent to Col. Wm. E )f Johnston at Camden, accompanied b e the following: )r U. S. R. MINT, N. CAROLINA, a CHARLOTTE, 8 Jany, 1866. e Col. Win. E. Johnston, Camden, S. C h DEAR SIR: In order to decide tht at question of the concealed treasure nea e Hanging Rok Church I requested thal ; the proper directions should be pro I- vided. I enclose a copy of th,m-anc g hope you will be able to institute a stic y cessful search-tho' I think the state L, ment indistinct. I saw your Senator L- Gen. Kershaw a few weeks since ir d Columbia S C and think he would in - terest himself in the enquiry. I- He told me he knew Hanging Rock if Church from the graveyard of which it e is supposed the property was removed 11 by the wounded soldiers. If now discovered, I think the trea sure will prove to have been brought from a distance and to belong to distinct parties who have been robbed along the line of march of the invading g army. t I cannot doubt the kind intention ol e the person who communicates thih information with the hope of being ablt to return the property to its original owners. t Will you do me the favor to let mE know t be result of the inquiry orsearch and believe me very respectfuliy, your obedientservant, J. H. GIBoN. 7 P. S.-In case of success would it not be well to advertise descriptions of the articles and call upon claimants foi sufficient proof? The dying statement of the sergeant is us follows: TRUE COPY. Near Col. Shotwell's or, Bardwell's e plantation S. C.-cross Lynch's Creek s at Hanging Rock-below the old mill take the foot path up over the hill and follow it until you come to the swamp and when opposite the Pitch Pine Tree-on the right hand side of the patch-go on twelve (12) paces south of the tree-to a sugar tree. Fall east as the arrow marks on the tree indicate-and measure eleven (11) paces-then go north five (5) paces and on the west side of a thorn bush is the spot. There is a large gravel rock -same buried on t'a surface. r HER.MAN R. RHODES, s Sergt. Co. I., 1Sth Ky. V. V. T. r These papers are now made public in -the manner stated and it is only neces - sary to add that search has been made in the locality mentioned according to the instructions and still the treasure a has not been found. Since the above was written it is ,found, by reference to The State of -June 8. that refereewas made to the B documen a e amount is -giyaIn_ $"163,000. This ieport also B gives a rumor that the spot had been found by two Yankees named Rhodes ,and Swaggert, the former a brother of ,the Rhodes now mentioned, about this time, and they had secured and made I off-with the money. The report as to this finding is very vague, however. - r Subsequent reports gave Mr. Swag gart's denial of this latter story and ishows that the treasure is still in Cam den. I SENATOR GEORGE ALL RIGHT. The Story of Bli' Defeat Declared to ce I Without Foundation. A pSHVILLE, Tenn., August 7.-A special from Canton, Miss., says: The report that Senator George is defeated in the primaries is utterly without foundation. He failed to carry his county (Carroll) yesterday, which was entirely due to a 1aroee Alliance majo rity. The vote stand to-day: George 66; Barksdale 22. It requires 90 to elect, and George is certain to get 120 instru ted votes. Even Barksdale's friends concede George's election, and their only hope now is to elect B3arksdale as Wathail's successor, which they can not possibly do. It is not believed that the report of Senator George's defeat originated in this State. 110 Degrees In the sh, -die. ST. L AWR ENCE, S. D., Aug. S.-The hottest weather ever experienced here has prevailed for three days past. At p. m. yesterday the mereury rose to 1100 in the shade. AS HOT AS A FURNACE IN NEW YORK NEW YoRK, August 10.-New York to-day has - been a turnace seven times heated. This has been the third day of the heated term in this city and the hottest of the three with no prospect of a change to-morrow. According to the probabilities as furnished by local fore casts the mercury bids fair to touch the 100*0 mark to-morrow. By a tner mometer which registered the actual degree of heat on the street 97* was reached at half-past 3 o'clock. THE WEST SCORCHING UP. NEW YORK, August 9--The West is having a pretty warm time of it. Chi cago reports to.day the hottest of the season, with the thermometer at 100. At Pittsbulrg the maximumi tempera ture is 92; at St. Louis 98* is recorded, with a number of prostrations. Kan sas City claims 100. Jamestown, N. D., is cooling a little, but the temperature is still at 90, and the reported injury to wheat from bright is at the rate of ten bushels to the acre. The Alabama Alliance. MONTGOMERY, A LA., August 11.--At the Alabama State Alliance at Brud ridge to-day a special to the Advertiscr says the Ocala platfornm was endorsed with one dissenting vote. It was resolved to send delegates to the labor conference at WVashington on February 5, 1892. - A resolution pledging the Alabama Alliance to abide the result of that con ference was voted down. Senator Pef fer and Livinstone and Macune were expected, but it is now understood that Ithey will not appear. National Secre tar Turner is the only one man from ou of the State present. Mr. Davis's Final Resting Place. RICH-.IoND, \A., Auigust 10.-A gen tleman, wo has returned from Narra gansett Pier, where he went to call Iupo~ Mr. Jefferson Davis, says that lady will be here in October to select the place for her husband's remains. She has no special place in mind, but will make a personal examination of the different localities. Mrs. Davis em phasized the fact that she desired the remains of all her family to rest beside raea those of the Ex-President. -NO riIIlRD TICKET IN LOUIsIANA. it The Farmer's Alliance Will Act Within the Democratic Party's Limits. N -:w HLEANS, August 5.-It is now euident that the State Farmers' Alli t ance in session at Lafayette will not fa r vor the third party movement or put s an Alliance ticket in the field for the State election. A minority favors this, but the President of the order and two thirds of the delegates believe in acting inside the Democratic party. It is , probable, however, that the Alliance will formally suggest the name of its President, Capt. T. S. Adams, for Governor, subject to the approval of the Democratic State Convention. The movement for a third party was e by the State Alliance lecturer, Giice, a and supported by the delegates from 1 the northwestern parishes. The farmers - also resolved to fight the lottery com t pany and vote against the extension of 1 its charter, but refused to approve the t strong resolutions adopted by some of the Alliances declaring for revolution, f if necessary, to drive the lottery from the State. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. ROOM, WAN.TEDI COODS MUST BE SOLD TO MAKE SPACE -FOR FALL STOCK ALL CRADES AND STYLES -OF NUM11ER G00I9' WILL BE DISPOSED OF -FOR THE Next 30 Days GREATIY REDUCED PRICES. - CALL AND SECURE BARGAINS AT THIS CLEARING OUT SALE. J.D. Davenport & Co. Contracts to Let. OFFICF OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. NEWrBERRY, S. C., August 4, 1S91. F RIDAY, AUGUST 2STH, AT-TO oclock, a member of the Board of County Commissioners will be at the bridge across Cannon's Creek, on the Ridge road, near T. IDCinard's, to let the contract for building on extension to the bridge. Saturday, September 5th, at 10 o'clock a member of the Board will be at Domi nick's mill, near Bush River Church, tiet-ttre-con tract for building a bridge at that place. Plans and specifications will be made known at the times and places named. The right is reserved to reject all bids. By order of the Board of County Commissioners. GEO. B. CROMER, Clerk. INIwflorj COllBDB, NEWBERY, S. C. TEXT SESSION OPENS OCTO .3ber 1st, 1891, and ends June 15th, 192. Expenses are as,follows: Board $9 a month. Other necessary expenses,S2 to $6 a month. Totalexpense for session $119.50 to $149.50. Board from Monday noon to Friday noon, $5.25 a month. Ministers' sons are given tuition at half rates. Complete Business Department, in which are taught Book-keeping, Teleg raphy, Type-writing and Short-hand. Expense of 4 months' session, $6.5 to 85. For catalogue or other information, write to G. W. HOLLAND, President. JERSEYS FOR SALE. A FE CHOICE HALF AND three-quarter Jersey Heifers from No. 1 cows, also two thorough-bred bull calves, for sale. Write or ap!"y to S. J. McCA UGHRIN, Innisfallen Dairy Farm. THE KEWBERRY Savings Bank I S NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards received and interest paid on same at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum if left exceeding ninety days. Money loaned on easy termis on Per sonal, Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, Col laterals, etc. JAMES McINTOSH, President. Rt. H. WRIG HT, Casbier. DENTAL NOTICE. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY AN nounce to patrons and to the public that I am prepared to meet competition in prices and every other respect. Ottice over C. & G. S. Mower's store. Respectfully, THEO. JOHNSTONE, Dentist. r Had the Desired Effect! 11 CaSnroLO. Green Co., In., Nov., 'ES. I highly recomtnond 1'astor Koenig's Nerve Tonic to anybody that has sidfered from head 5.chi as may son did for 5 years. because two bot teS of the miediciziu cured him. M. McTIGUE. WASHINGTo N,. D. C.. March 6, 1891. For s years I had feelings that I ean hardly describe. 1 would feel at times that I wa sure ly dying, or hive presentimnents tha.t something dreadul was about to happen; sice tcAis P astor Koenig!'s Ncrve Tonic I have felt like a ditrent person. It is a woderful medicie. LOaETro, Ky., March 2. 18%) I have taken Pastor Koenig's Tonic for epi epey of 3 yea.rs' standing. and it worked ULl. a cham on me, a.fter several doctorm did met i.e good. Your medicine is perfCLEAVE. DieS5seut freto ay add e$i - ~L s edicine free of ceagc s reSmed hz been repae by th EvzendI rnow prepared underhis direction bythe - Ki.ENIC~ MED. Co.. Chicago, Iii. Se yDu.-istatS1erBOttL.-6olr S& po La-c Sie. J.5 ODntt21afress. m <1ur Sumr1 AnRouRcwelri!W WESTILL HAVE ON HAND A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT SPRING ANI -SU fMER CLOTHINC, SHOES, HATS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS WHIGH WE WILL SELL CHEAP FOR CASH O UR STOCK OF THIN GOODS, CONSISTING OF ALPA11, SICUIN, DRAP RETE AND SEERSUCKER : : IS IMMENSE! ALL THE DIFFERENTCUTS--LONG,8HORT, MEDIUM. NECLICE SHIRTS IN PROFUSION IN ALL QUALITIES FROM THE PLAINEST AND CHEAPEST TO THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS. Our Straw Hat Tra[e Hlas Been Immense, but WE STILL HAVE A NICE VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. T THE LADIES WE WANT TO STATE THAT OUR LINE ZIEGL.:ER BR OS.' ARE THE HANDSOMEST LOW CUT SHOES IN THE COUNTY. VE HAVE THEM IN PLAIN TOES AND PATENT LEATHER TIPS IN OPERA AND COMMON SENSE TOES. P We will close out our entire stock of Boy's and Children's Clothing at prime cost from now on. Call early and get your choice before they are all gone. Yours sincerely, SMITH & WEARN. rand laLranco Gall -3F SPRINC CLOTHING BLALOCK'S Clothing House, NE WBERRY, S, C THlS SALE WILL LAST FOR 30 DAYS. Now is Your Opportunity. NINTER & b ~1JAMIE8ON 381 PRING P SUMMER GOODS. t* This is a cance seldom offered to te public toscre we have marked down to cost and some below cost. ~traw Hats to be Closed Out at Any Price. seaso to another and ifo l carry an oeramine our prices you will be convinced of this fact. HE SHOE HOUSE OF NEWBERRY. We have bought the largest stock of Shose for the fall trade that we have ever carried, and in order to .make room for them, we will sea .ll SUMMER STYLES AT GREATLY HREDUCED PRICES. Do not miss this grand clearance sale. Come to see us and we will save you moe pcly. MINTER &.UJAMIESON, 1".eac'.er0 Of I.zOW 'iri.s RYANT & STRATTON hsiness CeBeg RIE R AALGU NDFINFORMAOUISVILE,KY HSTATE OF O EB f~R0 CAYDIUAAAEY -IN COMMON PLEAS. Toog r~rto o l o~e aam int Elizabeth C. Lane, eta rnia'sfnl.Sn o aaou oj E. 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