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E~LBEIL.1 H. A ULL, E:rx ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSISAL, N EW13 E R RxY. S. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1S91. LET THE ISSUE BE FAIRLY JOINED. There seems to be in this State now three factions in the Democratic party. Those in the Alliance who want the Ocala platform and its demands, others who oppose these demands and still be long to the Alliance, and may be termed the Tillman men. Still another sect, who oppose the demands of the Ocala platform and still oppose Till man, and may be called the anti-Till man men. All of these belong to the Democratic party, or claim to be Democrats. Now the question is how to get all these factions together. It is true this is an off year in politics, but in as much as so much politics has already been talked, and we see this division among our people, we had as well start in time to get them together. It seems to us that every body who goes into the Democratic primaries ought to be bound by the results of those primaries. Every man in these primaries ought to be free to express his individual preference without re gard to any outside influence. Let us have a fair, square issue and let the minority submit to the will of the ma jority. To illustrate, we do not think the majority in Lhe Alliance ought to bind the minority i that body to be obe dient to and follow what the majority of that faction may say or tbink. That is not meeting the issue fairly in the Democratic primaries. And the same rule ought to app:y to the other fac tions. Let the issue be fairly joined and let every man go in the Democratic primaries untrammeled by any out side organization or affiliation, and if a majority decide that they want to make the Ocala platform the platform of the Democracy, wby let us submit. If a majority decide against it, as we think they will, why let the minority likewise submit, but. in any event let us have a fair, square fight like men. The white people in South Carolina must stick ttget her. There is no use fighting each other. We all want to see our State prosper and we all have a common interest. Then let us fight this thing out like men without slander and abuse. OUT OF WHOLE CLOT. Under the headline "Is it true?" The Newberrv Herald and News prints an anonyinotis correspondence, no-date, no-where, in which occurs the follow ing "I was in Walhalia a few days ago, and hiad a conversation with one of the directors of the Ococee News. The director told me that J. Win. Stokes, of th~e Cotton Plant, refused to ex change with the Oconee News, because the G,..onee News was an Alliance paper end had taken some subscribers from the C otton Plant." As a matter of fact, if we have ever refused to exchange with the Oconee News, we do not know it. We do know that we ordered it upon our list 2 of exchanges. We get the News occa sionly, and supnosed the Cotton Plant was going to tihe News oflice. We do not know that the News has taken any of our subscribers; but if it has, we cheerfully say that we don't know any paper we would rather benefit by our loss. Whenever any of our subscribers in Pickens conclude to leave us, we will regret to part with them, of course; but trust they will always take some other true Alliance paper. But suppose we had rated the News as a rival (which we certainly did not) what common sense relation would our refusal to exchange with a .val bear to fairmindedness. We are not suprised the originatcr of so verdlant an idea should write from no-where, no date, and be ashamed to sign his namie. We trust Tjhe Herad and News will illustrate-h'e fairness it preaches so weTTo us and answer the question it asked in that headiine.-Cotton Plant. Certainly, with pleasure, headline and all. Remember now that the headline to this article is that of the Cotton Plant and not of The H~erald and News. We will do more, too, and say to the Cotton Plant, that the writer of the squib in question lives some where, and is not ashamed to sign his name and that he is ready to substanti ate what he said, to wit: that a director of the Oconee News Co. gave him the Peteison. His post office addres isI Belmont, S. C., Newberry County. lHe lives some ten or~ twelve iles west of Newberry, and is a farmer. Further, he is an honest, upright andi truthful citizen, means what tie says andl says what lie means, and is not ashamed to sign his name to any statemen the may' make. We do not know whether he belongs to the Alliance or not. But the truth of the statement in ___question is between the director of the Oconee News andt the Cotton Plant. Mr. Peterson got his information ne he said from a director ofT the News Lrub lishing Co. That director is Mr. John S. Floyd, of Oconee County, a member of the Alliance, a strong advocate of the Alliauce demands. The Herald News does not know his post 0inko ca dress, but sup~poses the Cotton Plant does, as he is a subscriber' to that publi cation, and ini order to get clippings fro:n it for the News,he has to cut them from his paper. and hne .gave Mr. Peter sonl the information that the Cotton Plant would not exchange. Thi: was about the 28th of Augu:st. The editor of The Hferai'd and News has not seen Mr. Peterson in some time and obtained the above information at the time he handed us the squib, as we thought possibly there was some mis take. Is the Cotton Plant 'at'iied with this illustration of air:ness. It's all wool and a yard wide We would like to sugs hat the Cotton Plant keepb coo! Thre is no use getting exeited Th crrespon dents of The Herald and News ~- re:d, live, living beings, who live somewhere, and write :.t somae tin and are not ashamed cf wvhat they wvri:e. The Herald an& News r.: coy preac'ht fairness, Lut it practices It. Congressm:~an J. J. Hem 1i has unst returned from a E.urop'ean trip. He says it br:ens vne's views and increases one's patr:otim to visit a LET US HA1A- T. The Herald and News desires ; in reply to the strictures of the Cottoi Plant, that it has always been an ex ceedingly modest newspaper; that i never promised to discuss the subtreas ury plan with the Cotton Plant; tha it does not assume to know a great den about the great financial 4uestions, bu that it believes it knows , much a some people who are discussing thes questions. The extent of our promis to discuss this subtreasury plan was it asking the Cotton Plant to give us : plain statement as to how this grea scheme, if enacted into law, woul benefit the farmer in its practical oper ations. If that statement has eve been given we have failed to see it We do remember that the'Cotton Plan on one occasion submitted some ques tions. That was not what we aske( for and it was not what we expecte of the Cotton Plant. If an explana tion of Dr. Stokes' Greenwood speed has ever been made we have neve seen it. Further, if that statement is giver we will publish it of course, and with out headlines at all, if the Cotton Plan prefers. It is a rule of this office that when an article is criticized ir the editorial columns to give the articl in full, so that the reader may decid for himself. That is fair is it not? Doe the Cotton Plant do the same? Th Cotton Plant has frequently criticize( The Herald and News, but if it ha ever given more than an extract o what The Herald and News has sai< we have failed to see it. But then th Cotton Plant does not "claim to b fair." We would not have asked fo the plain statement if we had no intended to publish it. We will als( give you our opinion of the statement We have been wanting informatioi and asked for the statement in goo( faith. Let it come and we promis you to publish it without prejudicia headlines. HE CERTAINLY SAIL) IT. We see from the Cheraw Reporte that the Sumter Freeman's candi< opinion is that Dr. Stokes never u ttere the words attributed to him about ther being no loss to the government ever if the man who put cotton in the ware I house did not redeem it and the gov I ernment only received $40 for the $S advanced, because the other $40 wouk I be in circulation. The Freeman ma: not believe it, because the utterane was reported by what the Freeman i pleased to term a "hostile press," bu all the same, Dr. Stokes said it in bi speech at Greenwood. The editor o The Herald and News was present an< heard it and so reported it in our nex issue, and remarked upon the argumen that in our opinion Dr. Stokes did no believe it himself. Dr. Stokes, in th Cotton Plant, afterwards said, that ou report of that meeting was fair, excep that we charged him with sayinl things that he did not believe himself Then we asked him if he really be lieved that the government would los< nothing because the money was ir. E culation, and we have asked him again and as yet have received no reply. Dr Stokes certainly made the statemen and we do not believe that he will dena it. Dr. Stokes on that occasion, as wE understood it, discussed the plan ai outlined in the bill that they say noxw is dead, and answered the objections that had been urged against it. 'We would like to ask Mr. Wolfe, thE associate editor of the Cotton Plant, what he calls his recent article in thE State. Is it an argument on the finan cial question, sub-treasury, land loan scheme,or the Ocala platform or all coin bined. Or yet further, is it merely a tirade of personal abuse with a long list of ugly epithets and inelegant diction, and are these by "deduction by logical process" to take tl:e place of solid ar gumaent. We have nothing to do with Mr. Wolfe's quarrel with Mr. Duncan and the News and Courier, only we have been frequezr:ly told by the Cot ton Plant and the leaders of the Alli ance that all the abuse, personal and otherwise, came from wvhat some of them please to term the opposition press and those who oppose the de mands, and- we are~ told this has been offered in place of argument. This is the reason we inquire what Mr. Wolfe calls his. production in the State. We only want information. "H" furnishes us another article this week. It is poetry this time. That is we presua.e it is. It has that appearance. This one is still more miysterious. We confess to our ina bility to understand it. You may read it for yourself. This week "H" talks about the "ty coon of the bailiwick." 'We presume that is more por tic. Last wveek it was the "bailiwick of inutilitarian repose." There is too much "bailiwick" about all this thing for the comprehension of The Herald and News. It may have some reference to tae sub-treasury plan or the Ocala platfcrmn. Or still it may have some refere'ace to The Herald andgNews, but we are unable to say just what is meant. 'We presume it will 'e best to say that it is a soliloquy in blank verse on headlines. It is getting pretty thick and slightly complicated. TIhe Alliance leaders want subtreasury, land loans and floods of money. The prohibition issue is sprung on us in this State. Kansas comxes to the front with a newv alliance formed for the purpose of securing for women the right to vote and the wives of all the leaders of the other alliances there are in it. The Peoples party is already on deck with its demands for an eight hour day and an increased pension list. Nowv let the Second Ad ventists, Theosophists, Spiritualists, Nihilists and bloomers have a showing and we can get up by next year a grand iexible platform and sweep the coun tr.-Greenville News. This would make a very broad, and not onily flexible, but elastic platform, and might sweep the country, but The Herald and News would like to know where it would sweep it to. WVe publish elsewhere this week an article explaining the question of "free coinage'' of silver. He hope this will be interesting to our readers. It gives the facts, and figures in connection "THE WHANG POODLE MoURNS." Such is the headline used. by The New berry H-rald and News to an av count of some Alliance meetings, that were addressed by Dr. Pope, Col. Keitt and Lecturer Jefferies. As Col. Watson said, "Now how -lo you like that, sonny?" that is to sav, you Alliance people of Newberry. Cotton Plant. The headline was simply a quotation from what was said in the account of the meeting, and quotation marks were placed around it to show that it was a quotation. The headline was intended to convey an idea of what the article t contained. The article was written by a farmer and a member of the Alli ance. The Herald and News was not r present at the speaking. We have no - excuse or apology for using the head t line in the sense in which it was used - by us. We only refer to it here and quote the Cotton Plant to show the baseness and the littleness of the Cotton Plant in making the insinuations con tained in the quotation above. It is an effort to injure The Herald and News in the estimation of the good people of Newb(rry County. Honor able journalism ought to be pitched upon a higher plane. ABOUT HEADLINES. A great deal has ' :en said lately about headlines. The Herald and ' News desires to state here that it does not write its editorial opinions in head lines. In writing headlines our idea has always been to try to indicate by them what is contained in the article and not to express -an opinion. The opinions of this paper may always be found in the editorial columns. Some times we have used an expression con tained in the article and whenever that has been done quotation marks have always been used. If headlines are not for the purpose of letting you know what the article contains we would like to know what use they subserve. Mr. Talbert says to the News and Courier, that he intends to remain with the Democratic party and fight wi;hin the ranks for the Ocala plat form, and if he is beaten to still remain and submit. We think that is fair, if Mr. Talbert will agree to give us a square deal and a fair fight. The News and Courier says if the Democratic party adopts the Ocala platform, it will not support it. This to The Herald and News sounds like bolting the party unless it carries its point. The Herald and News may be mistaken, but our idea is that if we go into the fight we must be bound by the result or be considered a bolter. Any man or newspaper has a right if he or it prefers o maintain an independent attitude, but if we go into the fight good faith requires us 'o submit even if we are beaten. The question is constantly being asked, and it is pertinent, if the Alli ance does not control the party what will it do. We would like to ask another ques tion, and it is equally pertinent, if the Alliance does control the party what will the other fellows do? Let us have this thing fairly settled and meet the issue squarely. The Georgia Legislature did right in not taking up its time with the Ocala platform and subtreasury.' The p,lace to discuss that measure is in Congress. All the legislation it demands is of a National character and if any of the measures or demands are adopted at all, they must come thro'.gh Congress. The Georgia Legislature composed of a majority of Alliancemen has refused to pass a resolution endorsing the Ocala Platform. Everything will come out right in the end. Bill Arp discusses the sub-treasury plan and some other interesting sub jects with much "joke." It is an in teresting article. Read it. Mrs. B. F. Perry, wife~ of the late ex Governor Perry, died at her home in Greenville last Thursday, in the 73d year of her age. Mr. Jas. G. Blaine says he cannot take part in the Ohio campaign, but hopes that McKinley waill win. SHOT DOWN BY A NEGRO. Mayor Hennemnan. of Spartanblurg, Meets Death at a Black Brute's Hands.. SPABTaNBUR(;, S.C., Sept. 28.-Th'is little city was the scene of a fearful tragedy at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. J. A. Henneman, mayor, wasehot down without a moment's warning, and the brutal murderer is now in jail in momentary exp)ectancy of being lynched. A burly negro by the name of John Williams was making a disturbance at home with his wife. Cries of all sorts wvere heard coming from that direction when Mayor Henneman went to the house to find out the cause. He arrested Williams, and was trying to prevent his escape until the police came to his assist ance. Williams succeeded in pushing Henneman out the door, and while he was falling, shot him in the back, kill ing him instantly. Tsay the town is excited does not begin to express it. Groups -of excited men gathered all over the city, talking of this fearful outrage. Last night the jail was surrounded by a howling mob that needs only a leader to procure the prisoner. The jail to-nigh t is so well guarded that the mob could not get at the ne gro, but threats of lynching are still being made. Mayor Henneman is the same man who some time ago prevented a mob fron lynching Murderer Turner, an in fluential farmer, who killed his brother in-law. Mayor Hennemanl, on this occasion, mounted a cannon which the mob had placed near the jail, and with a pistol in his hand, shouted that he would kill the first person who approached the jail. ~By his coolness he saved the mur'A-rer. THE CH(ARLESTON MAYORALTT. M,.j. John F. Ficken the Candidate of the Reformers. (Special to the State.1 CH ARLESTON, September -59.-Satur day night a number of Reformers from various wards waited on Maj. John F. Ficken and asked him to allow them to put his name before the Reform nominating conference for the offhee of mayor of Charleston. He asked for time to consider the matter, and was airain waited upon to-day by a sub committee of his former visitors. Maj. Ficken consented to accept the support of his visitors and of those they repre sented. Maj. Ficken is at present, and has been for a number of years, a mem What ig Meant by Free Coinage of Si!ver. To the Editor of The lerald and News : You ask me to defite just what is.meant by the "free coinage of silver." I will endeavor to do so as clearly and brielly as I can. It meaus that the owners of silver bullion shall be allowed to take it in any quantity they may possess to the mints and have it coined into money at the rate of 371 grains of silver to the dollar. The advocates of free coinage say this is what was (lone from 1792, when the coinage act was passed, to 187:, when the coinage of the silver dollar was suspended-not silver de monetized as is so often asserted. Why should this not continue? They also say this is what is still done as to gold. Why not as to silver also? I would re ply to these questiois briefly as fo, lows : A very important chauge has taken place as to silver since 1873 ; but none as to gold. A full 100 cents worth of gold is still put into the gold dollar, as prior to 1S7:, so that the minting it a-ids nothing whatever to its value. The coinage of gold is therefore only a certificate so to speak of the intrinsic value of gold in the coir. -Lnd that is as it should be. Prior to 1873 it was the same with silver. Up to that time 3711 grains of silver was worth fully 100 cents; sometimes slightly more. But now the case is quite different. The present bullion value of the 371i grains of silver contained in a silver dollar is only about 78 cents. Why this change in silver? Here are a few of the chief reasons : 1. The annual product of silver has more than doubled since 1872-$81,800, 000 in 1873 and $168,000,000 in 1890. 2. As a consequence silver has de preciated in value over 23 per cent. 3. European nations have discon tinued its coinage as a full legal-tender money. 4. The exchanges of the world are settled everywhere in gold, or, if ex elsnges with silver using countries, in sil . er at its gold value. The fact then that silver has so de preciated in value, and has consequeut ly been abandoned as thestandard and of value by the leading commercial na tions, would seeni to be an all suM cient reason against its free and un limited coinage in the United States. If we must have free coinage, at least let enough silver be put in a dollar to make a full dollar as is the case with gold. Then there would at least be no fraud or dishonesty in the transaction. I may mention that under tree coin age from 1792 to 1873, a period of over SO years, only a little over 8,000,000 silver dollars were coined. This cer tainly did not look as if our "daddies" were so eager for the "buzzrad" dollar But under the s,)-called "Bland-act" of 1S78, requiring the coinage of not less than 2,1,00,000 silver dollars Per month, the government purchased sil ver at its market value for the enormous sum of $308,] 19.261, and coined it into i77.246,880 silver dollars; thus realizing a net profit of about $67,000,000. Here then we discover the secret of all this outcry for free coinage. It is on a( count of this net profit of 1-67,000,000 in twelve years. Under free coinage all this profit would have gone, not to the government-that is to the people-but into the pockets of the comparatively few "silver barons" of the Rocky Mountains; the Senators Stewart and Jones, of that Mining Camp, Nevada, Teller and Wolcott, of Colorado, etc. No wonder they cry loud and long for "free coinage." They are already illionaires from the enormous profits n their business. But still not content, hey would have the Government hat is the people-pay them 253 per ent. over the market value for their ilver. Let Congress grant "free coin ge," but require a full dollar's worth f silver shall be put in a dollar, as was one prior to 1873, and we will see how uickly these samte men will lose all iterest in it. It is not "free coinage" hey want, but the 25 per cent. pre ium on the market value of their nterchandise. In July, 1890, the "Bland A ct" was substituted by another, which rovides that the Government shall urchase 4,500,000 ounces silver per on th, or .54.000,000 ounces in a yea r, on which it will issue about $60,(000,0(0 reasury Notes. Trhus is provided for he consumption of more than the en tire products of the American Silver ines. But still the "silver barons" re not content b,ecause the profit fromt he differenice between the market alue and the coining value of the sil er goes to the Government and not to ) hem. I hope with the above to have makl clear not only what "free coinage" eans, but also a fewv of the objectioL's= o it. Civis LOOKING EORL THE 3111LENNIUMI. olonel Keitt's H ope for the Emancipation of Mankind from l'overty. [From the G reenivi lIe News.] ENOREE PLANTATION, S. C., Sept. 21.-The problem of our age for soiu i>n is the easy creation or wealth and its just distribution if mankind is to lbe ifted to a higher plane of existence. Man is a diflerent kind of being when pinched by want from wha't he is when he is surrounded with an abundance of bd~ comforts of life. Those who live on the income from ggregated capital created by former eerations of ancestors can have no conception of the privations and suffer ngs of the many wvhocan barely make enough on which to subsist, borne down by the burdens piled up on them y the relentless pow"r of money vielded with consummwate skill by the r:afty. T1his is more and more clearly sen each day as the world moves on with unerring precision to the consumn iation of all in all. While some communities have gone< back more of themi have advanced in< he aggregate. Tfhe wvorld is better to- I day than at any former period of its1 history. We~have heard all of our lives that he end of the world is near at hand.] Some are even now predicting it. "Let] not your hearts be troubled." It does J not mean the nmaterial world will collapse, it means the old way of doing things will disappear and a new and better wvay will be adopted. The old house wvill be torn down and a new and more beautiful one will be ereca.d; that I mankind will see and act as they never ated before. 'Homuo devisa est, 'en traspartes, ( animus, animnoque corpus." Man is divided into three parts, a soul, mind] and body. To have a perfect man he must be I developed to the ftill in all his parts. In the first, t.he savage state, the cor- I pus is developed. In the second and higher state the mind-the intellectual I powers are developed. In the thbird, last and hightst state, the soul, the God-like principles, are developed when a halo of glory suir rounds his brow and lights up every thing around him, infusing love, peace and contentment into all. This is the rowning glory of man's creation. It ~n not be achieved under present con ditions which force the vast majority of mankind to devote ali '.heir time to making a bare subsistence for them slves and families, leaving thenm noc isure for the cultivation of the moral and mental powers. Let us be patient, but one and all work with diligence for the common - good. The Eternal Father, why1o is all love, passionless and changeless, will in the fullnessof time give us the new - dispensation, and all will see an d act as they never saw and acted before. Respectfully, Eo.LsoN S. K EiTT. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In iestin&Debility. TEN MEN TO HANG. Literally a Black Friday in South Care lina Criminal Annal-.-Ten Negroes Are Convicted of Conspiracy and Murder. CIARLESToN, S. C., Sept. 2.-Th most death-dealing sentence in th legal annals of this state except in case of insurrection, was passed at Lauren to-day, ten negro Tmen being sentence< to be hanged for the murder of anothe negro. CONSPIRACY AND MURDER. The charge was conspiracy and mur der. Soime months ago Jiu Young Monroe Young, Henderson Young Allen Young, John Atkinson, Lig Atkinson, John Adams, Perry Adam and Jack Williams, all colored, havin some cause of quarrel against Thorntoi Nance, also colored, arranged a plan t< take his life and carried it out success fully. At this term of Laurens ciri they were all convicted. NEW TRIAL REFUSED. A motion was made for a new trial but it was refused, and Judge Hudsoi sentenced the whole ten to be hange< Oct. 23, next. At the same term of court Ike Kinard colored, was convicted of the murder o Lemuel G. Oxner, a white man, an< was seitenced to be banged on Oct. 16, thus niaking eleven negroes sentence to death at these bloody assizes. PARALLEL CASE AT ABBEVILLE IN 1873 LSpecial to State.] GREENVILLE, Sept. '6.-The state ment that never in the criminal his tory of the State was there ever suet a wholesale conviction for murder as it Laurens on Friday, when ten negroe were convicted and sentenced to b< hanged, is erroneous. A parallel case was brought to the attention of The State correspondent to-day by ex-JudgE T. H. Cooke, who was for five years on the bench in this State. In 1873, while Judge Cooke was holding court it Abbeville, twelve negroes were con. victed for the murder of a young whit< man named Allen, whose home was near Lowndesville. Mr. Blythe, of this city, was the solici or and the negroes were defended by Samuel McGowan now associate justice of the Supreme Court. Two of the negroes were usec as State's witnesses, and on SuNday morning the jury returned a verdici convicting the ten men of murder They were sentenced to be hanged loug with several others who had beer convicted at the same court. Three 01 the ten negroes were afterward hung and the others were sent to the peniten tiary. Railroad Changes. [Spe.:ia! to News and Courier.] COLUmBIA, September 29.-There i. something going on now in Richmond and Danville circles here which is of great interest to Columbians. Super intendent J. A. Dodson will leave the city to-morrow morning for Atlanta, wlere he will confer with the authori ties there, but the result, of course, cannot be anticipated. One of the three matters to be considered is the putting on an earl' train from Colum bia for points North, the train to leave here say about 8 A. M. The people of Anderson, it is under stood, are moving specially in the mat ter. It is urged that such a train will be needed during Fair week at least, and perhaps it may be arranged to have an early train south to Columbia for that period. It is also in the wind hat an early train from Charleston to eet the outgoing early train from Co umbia(if it be made permanent) will e a necessity. Superintendent Dod on was asked if he could give the de ails of the arrangements desired by he people north of Columbia, hut he aid that nothing worth publishing ould be obtained until after the con ference. The movement as stated, owever, is correct. Ivers & Pond Pianos. .These pianos are of the highest grade. hey contain that most desirable im rovement, the patent Soft-stop, and tey can be bought at fair prices and on asy payments regardless of distance rom manufactory. A catalogue describing and picturing hese pianos will be mailed free if you end a request and your address on a ostal caird to Ivers & Pond Fiano Co., asonic Temple, 183 Tremont St., B3os TH E FASTEST YET.. The Teu,tonic Heats the Record Across The Atlantic. LONON, Sep)t. 29.- By passing Fast et Light at 11 o'clock trhis morning he Teutonic beats the record from New fork to Queenstown. Tfhe voyage was nade in five days, 21 hours and 32 inu tes beating the records of the City f Paris and the City of New York by 1 our and 28 minutes. The Teutonic is ueen for both ways. ADVERTISED) LETTERS. Pos-tr OFFICE, NEwBERRv, S. C. List of letters unclaimied and advertised Bird. .Jerie Hienderson, A. D). ~ureton. Rev. A. C. Jellico, Joh n ~rwfird..\lose Tinsley, W. 2'!. rke. '.V. F. Wilson, NCuton ~vus. Rev. 2'!. W. Watson, J. H1. ~tridge, Pink iersons calling for the above letters will uease say that tneLy were advertised. Rt. MooRMAN. P. 31. Tax Notice. pHE TAX BOOKS FOR NEW L berry County will be opened for aollection of Taxes for the fiscal year, >mimening November 1st, 1890h, on e 15th day of October, 1891, and will emain open until 15th of December ext, inclusive. The following is the levy. or State purposes............4 Mills "or County purposes..........4" aor school purposes..........2" Total.................. .........1 Mills Except in the following localities here an additional railroad and spe ai school tax has been levied as fol ownship No. 1 for railroad.... 1Mills ownship No. 9 for railroad..2" ~raded School District in town of New berry................3" utherford School District..S A special tax of one dollar has been vied on male citizens between theages '21 and 50 years except these exempt ty law. I will be at the following named aces on the day mentioned from 10 'clock a. m. to 3 p. m. Dead Fall, Thursday, October 1.5. Williams, Friday, October 16. Longshore, Saturday. October 17. Jalapa, Monday, October 19J. Whitnmires, Tuesday, October 20. Maybinton, Wednesday, October 21. Walton, Thursday, October 22. Gibsons, Friday, October 23. Jolly Street, Monday, October 26. Poiaria, TutMay, October 27. Prosperity, Wednesday and Thurs iy. October 2S and 29. ll other days I will be at the Treas ~rer's otlice at Newberry, S. C:. C. F. BOYD, Treasurer. ~OTTON WEIGHING. CAN BE FOUND AT THE C. N. and L. Depot, prepared to give )rompt attention to wveighing cotton ive me a call. CHAS. A. BOWMAN. Newerry, S. C., Oct. 1, 1891. EA erF Dik'LvisIBLE TOBUtAR EAt cosmoss.. ewTw WhispI.er. on LXK iT WE ARE THESE A(,AIN FIGURES ON THE WILL PLAY WAR PATH. 5 THE r NOTHING D-L CAN IN THE WITIISTAND: MARKET.. THE THEY FORCE WILL OF THE TERRORIZE ALMIGHTY AND DOLrLAR PULVERIZE COMPETITORS. SAVE YOUR DIMES AND GROW INTO DO L L A R S. ADVANCE PRICES OF COTTON AND PROVE TO BE THE BLESSING OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU KNOW THAT IN EVERY INSTANCE OUR BARGAINS SURPASS OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. WE SOLICIT YOUR MOST CAREFUL ATTENTION TO OUR NEXT ADVERTISEMENT, WHEN THE ABOVE FIGURES WILL RECEIVE EXPLICITr EXPLANATION. Thanking the Public for theirliberal patronage, solicit ing your kind continuance of the same-informing the La dies that there isn't any Bar room connected with my Dry Goods Department-and assuring one and all polite and courteous attention. Respectfully, SPECIAL TO TJ{E LfIDES OF NEWBERRY AND SURROUNDING COUNTY. CALL AND SEE THE NICEST LINE -OF DRESS GOODS YOU EVER SAW. --ALSO A 8PIJHNID 8IEI110N -OF Ladies' Shoes, Silks, Hosiery, Ladies' Underwear, Flannels, Domestics AND OTHER THINGS "TOO NUMEROUS- TO MENTION." WVE INVITE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR 25c. and 50c. Henriettas. J. D. Davenport & Co. NOTICE. T HE REGULAR SEMI-ANNUAL examination of applicants for Teachers' Certificates of qualification will be held at Newberry on Friday, 2nd October. Applicants must furnish pens, ink, Exanmination wil bei t9lock. Cnairman Board of Examiners. Contracts to Let. OFFICE OF COUNTY CoMMISSIONERS, September 8, 1891. O CTOBER 1ST, AT 11 O'CLOCK, a member of the Board of County Commissioners will let the contract for building a bridge across Enoree River1 Oner at re' o'clock, a member of the Board will let the contract for building a bridge at the Trinity Creek ( ford. Plans and specifications will be made known at-the ti'nes and places named. 5 The right is reverved to reject all bids. By order of the Board of County GEmisO esB. CROMER, Clerk. PRKER'S HAIR BASAM Foe~ l to Retor. Gra - De.and 3LODai it s NEW GOODS For the Fall and Winter Season 1891. 00 T6 TH E OLP RELIABLE GLOTHING STORE -OF SMITH & WEARN, where you will get better value for your money than any where else. X.emembe e Te:MancZle RELIABLE AND FIRST CLASS GOODS. Our goods are arriving daily, and we certainly can give yoa some bargains. Call and see us. Yours as ever, SMITH & WEARN, The "Newberry Clothiers" Main Street, New?erry, 8. 0. The Shoe House of Newberry We have the largest and best selected stock of Shoesf ever brought to this market. 10,000 stock to select from. When you want style, stock and finish at uni- I formly low prices, Minter & Jamieson's is the place to get them. Gentlemen! do you want a durable. stylish and comfortable shoe? Then buy the celebrated Lilly, Brackett & Co. Hand-Seied Shoes.. . .For the romping school boy, buy the Douglas $1.75 and $2.00 School;TI Stoes.... For Misses' and Children's School Shoes, buy our Stonewcall Tips in spring heels and common-sense heel ard toes.... For the ladies we have th E. P. Reed's; they are beauties..... In medium and low-priced shoes, we can give you the Hayes-Parridge Shoes, all of which ar e guaranteed .... Buy The 11infer & Janie son $2.00 Shoes in Button and Laced;-they are hum mers; they sell so fast and give such universal satisfac tion that it is hard to keep them in stock ;-equal to any $2.50 shoe in the city. Don't forget that we have the largest stock of Dry Goods, Cloth ing, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods that we have ever .earried. Give us a call and be convinced that we mean what we say. MINTER &JAMIESON, LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. Will the People Think ! STRAWS show which way the wind blows. o Watch them. When you see all sortsj .. of Clothing patterned after Blalock's; m when you see it imitated in appear- 1 +2 ance and make-up-in everything r except price and merit; when you - bD find THREE persons buying Cloth ing of him where ONE bought a yea.r ' ago; then you may know the wind m is blowing you towards Blalock's. p And why not go ? You are losing g money by trying to head the other P.. +way; money and labor, time and - patience. Go with the wise, and youg1 stop losing, and begin to gain. Hun dreds now realize that there is o everything to gain and nothing to lose---with BLALOOK.I Are You Thinking ? 1 10 CENT STORE [ THE "FAMOUS" 10 CENT MEN HAVE AT LAST COME TO THE AID OF THE PEOPLE. WHY ? BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SWEEP AWAY HIG H PRICES ! TO G0 AND SEE x1QIassware, Tinlware, Ntiolls< AND EVER YTHINYG THE WORLD COULD WISH From 2 Cents Up to .101T In their Glass you can get Pepper Bo:os. Salt Cellars, Mie Pitchers, iter se, Pikl Dise, f'mblers,iGoblet , Lanp Chimneys, Lamps, In Tinware you can get anything from a Tin cup to Dish PaLs. Pie Pans, 31Iee Pots, Miik Strainers, Water Buckets and everything else you wa:nt for (cents. Notions we sell to suit the purchaser. Lace from :ie to 10e per yard. Ribbon cper yard, and everything else JUST A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. si COME TO SEE US. We are yours just for FUN and the CASH, W. U. SHEHARD & Co., The "Famous" 10 Centers. oot's Old Stand, Lower Part of Publi: Egquare. ate assst'ed to pstions. ~ ataloge -IU I tJ~i'FREE.V write to .ouisviu.E, KY.