The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, November 05, 1891, Image 2

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41=0 Elect several ELBERT K AULL, EDIToR. sachus Virgin ____---- -- Penns' PeD3 ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. Tae: WK. P. HOUSEAL, The. - -- - - - - - - 1est cei NEWBERRY. S. C. Iowa,F and esi York THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 191. CHANGE OF Pt' -.CATION DAY. Fo - e better convenience of the public, The Herald and News and The Observer have agreed to change their publication day from Thursday to Wednesday and Saturday. Hereafter The Herald and News will be published ou Wednesday and The Observer on Saturday. ACLL & HOUSEAL, Pub's The Herald and News. WALLACE & KINARD, Pub's The Observer. AUGUSTA . -ATLANTA. During the past twn weeks I have had occasion to visit these two Georgia cities. I will not weary the reader with any details in regard to either if I felt so inclined. They are both having expositions this fall. Eypositions- have become somewhat common and do not attract the crowd they did when they were not so frequent. But a big show and a lot of talk about it and cheap rail road rates and the people will go. These expositions have for their main object the advertisement of the cities in which they are held and in that way help to build them up. The Augusta exposition opened on Monday, and according to the Augusta Chronicle, it was a great day and there was a great crowd present. Augusta had been doing some good advertising before the exposition bagan and I hope it will prove successful. Augusta is so near South Carolina that it is almost a South Carolina city. In fact it has al ready two free bridges across the river connecting with South Carolina and Carolina heights are being developed for residenees for the people of Augusta. Two week. ago I was in Augusta for several days. It is a live, pushing, progressive city, and I believe ir you visit the exposition that you will not regret the trip. At that time the city was just beginning what promised to be a very bitter mumeipal campaign, but since, I observe that Mayor May, for the sake of peace and harmony and the success of the exposition, has re tired from the race. LasL week I was in Atlanta. The exposition was in full blast, but there were not as many strangers in the city as I expected, especially as it was thE time appointed for the Southern Road Congress and also for the Congress o: the Cotton Growers of the Southert States. But as it turned out the atten dance of delegates upon both these - eugresses was small and the enthusi asm not great. Still I-hope.some good will come ont of the effort to hold thi imeetings. I should not say that ex actly, for the meetings were held. I went out one afternoon to the ex position. It impressed me as being poor. There were any number anc variety of side shows, and they were said to be good and seemed to be doing a good business. Kiralfy's historica representation of King Solomon at tracted the largest crowd. The eve ning I was there at least 12,000 peopl witnessed the performance, and thi crowd was about the same every eve ning. The representation of the ancien city nestling among the hills was ver: pretty. I did not see the performane' thro)ugh, but what I saw of it I did no * see anything that I considered seriousl: objectionable. Those 12,000 people pai< about $3,000 to see each performance and as I thought of that I wonderet if $200 could have been secured for an: worthy charitable object out of th< same crowd. There are quite a number of New berrians living in Alanta now an< they all seemed pleased and doing well Mr. Michael Foot and family are ther< in business. The firm of A be Foot d Bro. (Jeff) is doing a large business ii the manufacture and sale of trunks They have three establishments in ':hi city-the factory, the sample room an< the retail 4ere. Mr. M. Foot took mi through the factory and it is a very ex tensive concern. Mr. James Maffett;, Newberry boy, is also in Atlanta, an< J. W. Smith, son of Mr. Jenks Smith both young men are well pleased. also saw Mr. W. H. Dickert and hi family who are now living there. My objective point was Harolson Coweta County, and A tlanta was onl; taken int by the way. The Georgi: Synod was in session at this place Here I found a regular colony of Souti Carolinians and their descendants, anc a more kind, hospitable set of people] never had the pleasure of meeting. Her< are the Taylors, Swygerts, Addy.3 Hillers, Caldwells, and other familial New berry names, and these people al went from this county. Mr. Wm Taylor, the oldest of the colony, wen from this county 5: years ago. He is still living, h:ale and hearty and glac to see some one from his native coun. ty. These people are all prospering have good farms and comifortable homes. The pastor of the church thern is also a Newberry man, Rev. H. P Counts. And then Rev. H. S. Wing ard, the president of the Synod, is known and loved by many people ir this county. He locks as young as he did tifteen years ago and is as lively as ever. My trip to Harolson was very pleas ant. I only wish it could have beer extended longer. E. H. A. The Press and Banner directs the at tention of the Legislature to tbe estab lishment of a State poor house in plac< of the present county poor houses. Il claims that there is no more sense ir having a county poor house than thern would be in having a county peniten tiary or a county lunatic asylum There is force in the suggestion. Thi paupers could be better cared for in State institution. E ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY. ions were held on Tuesday in Fine W States. New York, Iowa, Mas- Vote -tts, New Jersey, Maryland and a went De-mocratic. Ohio, -Ivania, Kansas elect Republi- NE:N ididates. -Rosw as Gove states around which most inter- David : itered were New York, Ohio, ma en usylvania and Massacb i _.s, j >eeially w xeults in New hW Ubio watched with great in Ou'est. The- fight in New York was between Fassett and Flower. The Republicans made a very hard struggle, but the Democratic candidate for Governor, Roswell P. Flower, was elected by a very handsome majoi ity. The hardest fight and the one we felt most interest in was in Ohio, between Wm. McKinley, Jr., and James E. Campbell, the present Governor. Campbell has been defeated and Mc Kinley, Republican, has been elected by a plurality of possibly 15,000. Campbell made a strong, straightfor ward, manly fight and we had hoped he would win. If the fight had been made on the tariff issue only, we be lieve that McKinley, the author of the tariff bill, would have been defeated. The silver question came in the canvass and possibly helped the Republicans. At any rate, Campbell made a good fight and even in defeat has been suc cessful. Gov. Boies, Democrat, has been re elected in Iowa and Gov. Russell, Democrat, has also been re-elected in Massachusetts. In Ohio all the Republican State ticket was elected and the Legislature is also Republican. The Cotton Plant last week published a full stenographic report of the speech of Col. Tom Watson at Batesburg in the debate with Gen. Butler, but does not publish'Gen. Butler's speech. What would the Cotton Plant have said if any other newspaper had gone to the trouble and expense of publishing a full stenographic report of Gen. Butler's speech in this debate and had not pub lished Col. Watson's? There would have been a big cry of "partisan press," "subsidized press," "opposition press," and all that sort. But it is perfectly right and fair for the Cotton Plant to publish only one of the speeches of a joint public debate and give the other speaker no hearing at all. The Herald and News has no objection and we only mention this to point out a striking instance of fairness on the part of the Cotton Plant. We are glad to see the question of erecting a monument to the late F. W. Dawson is being agitated. It ought to have been done long ago. The State has begun the agitation and we hope it will be kept up until the monument is complete. Charleston should start the ball. No man worked harder for Charleston and South Carolina than F. W. Dawson. We pulblish elsewhere from the At lanta Constitution the proceedings of the late Cotton Congress. There does not appear to have been much enthu siam and not much interest. The at tendance was not large. Still we hope some good will result from the conven -tion. DEATH OF REY. DR. YOUNG. An Aged Divine of Due West-Result of an Accident. [Special to the State.] DUE WEST, S. C., October 31.-Rev. J. N. Young, LL. D., died at his bomie this morning at 4 o'clock of paralysia. He had been in bed about ten days, suffering from a fractured bone in hit hip caused by a fall whbile guiding a wagon tongue. One of the front wheelh of the wagon struck a rock causing it to swing around, striking him on the knee and throwing him on his hip. Dr. Young was one of our most prom inent citizens, and was, up to the time of his death, very active in the per. formance of his daily routine of busi ness. He was one of the founders 01 Erskine College, and for a half century was a member of its faculty, filling the chair of mathematics. He resigned a few years ago, at the urgent request o1 is friends, on account of his age. HE was horn in the year 1813, and died at the ripe age of '7S years. Dr. Young was an Associate Reformed Presbyte -ran minister and was noted for his sound judgment and Christian integ rity. PICKED A BALE IN A FEWV MINUTEs Wonderful Work of a new Machine al IAtlanta--Endorsed by Practical Fariners. SATLANTA, Ga., OCt. 30.-Quite a sen sation was created to-day over the wrking of the Wilis Lispenard cottoui picker. In a large cotton field neai [Atlanta the picker was put to work sunder the direction of Lispenard, the inventor, and performed its work to the satisfaction of hundreds of plantert who had come to Atlanta to wit uest the test. Every body was unanimout in pronouncing the machine a succe s A bale of cotton was picked in a few~ minutes, the leaves and green pods o1 the stalks being uninjured. CHARLESTON COUNTY's sHORTAGE. The County Treasurer Over $8,000 Short. The Figures. EColumbia Register, 4thb.] Comptroller General Ellerbe returned tthe city yesterday morning from Charleston where he had gone to make the usual annual settlement with the County Treasurer :.nd Auditor. The books of the Treasurer show a great shortage in every department, the smallest anmount being due the State. Due the state, $482..%5; due the county, $4917: due school fund, $2,S80.1S. Total, $S,197.?9. A movement has been inaugurated by the South Carolina Press Associa tion to erect a monument to the women of the Confederacy, and a comnmitte was appointed to consider the matter, and the following call for a meeting of the committee has been issued to which all newspaper men are invited: By order of Gen. M. B. McSweeney, chairman of the South Carolina Press Association committee, for co-operating with each other Southern Associations in the erectien of a monument to the "WXomen of the Confederacy," the members of the said committee are hereby called to meet in Boomi 3, No. 126i Main street, Columbia, S. C., at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, Novemu ber 11, 1861. All newspaper men in the State are cordially invited to meet with the com mittee, and they are requested to p)ub lish this call in their respective jour nal. S. T. BROWNE, Secretary of Committee. Co1nmbia, KS C. Ocft 9. 189L. ICTOU.Y I_N -NE'% f ORK iLESS acher and a Cousequently Heavy A Red in the Metropolis and tie Eml- Rec pire. a YoRK, No'vember :3.-M1idnight ell P. Flower was elected to-day ruor of New York i- - ucceed 3. Hil -~ - is plurality is esti . reen 18,000 and 24,000. Fas sett didn't carry Elmira, his own city, Flower beating him there by 514 votes. This city gave Flower 58,000 plurality, and Brooklyn gave him 14,000 Re turns received from districts outside of New York and Kings counties indicate that Fassett was meeting Folger's fate. In Jeft'erson, Clinton, Essex, Mont gomery and Wyoming counties he was far behind the vote cast for Miller. Flower's gains on the increased vote were ahead of Hill's.- The fuil vote of Hornellsville, which is Fassett's Sena torial district, shows a Democratic gain of 52. Watertown's four wards show a gain of 500 for Flower. The vote in this city to-day was very light. Flower will take to Harlem River perhaps 75,000 plurality. It is doubtful if Fassett will bring down more than 50,000 to meet it. The Democrats are gaining Assemblymen in the State. Sheeban is not doing as well as Flower, but his election is assured. At 10 o'clock Governor Hill sent a itelegrami to Police Commissioner Marti i. cl.a m:18n the State for Flower by 40,000 plurality. Flower carries the Republican Sth dis trict by 2,500. Flower's own estimate of his majority in the State is 25,000. The districts so far outsid.- of the city give Flower 122,324, Fassett 12S,775. These districts in 1888 gave Hill 133, 615, MillerlG5,611;2,269 districts notyet beard from, in 1SM gave Hill 265,461, Miller 298,553. RUSSELL IS ALL RIGHT. BoSTON, MASS., November 3.-Mid night.- Returns from fifty country towns show a net Republican gain of 708, or 14 per town over last year. On this basis the Republican gain in the 353 towns of the State would be 4,942. Last year Governor Russell's plurality in the State was 9.053. Indications so far from the large cities are that he has held his pluralities of last year and that he is elected by at least 4,000 plu rality. The balance of the Republican State ticket is undoubtedly elected. As returns of only fifty towns are now in, it is utterly impossible to give any idea of the complexion of the Legisla ture. MCKINLEY ELECTED. CINCINNATI, OHIo, November 3. Midight-McKinley is elected by at least 10,000. The Lincoln Club, of Cin cinnati, estimates McKinley's plurality in damilton County at 6,500, and in the State from 18,000 to 2(,0o01. The Lincoln Club's estimate was made at 10 o'clock and is based on returns from 132 precincts outside of Ciucin nati and on 30 precincts in Cincinnati. These show a Republican loss in Hamilton County and a Democratic lw:s in the rest of the State. Ex-Governor For aker, who is in the city watching the returns with interest, estimates the plurality for MeKinley in Ohio at 15, 000. The streets are already filled with re joicing men. Democrats are wild over the news from New York and Repub licans jubilant over their progress in Ohio. REPULLICANS WIN. PHILADELPHIA, November 4. 1 a. mu.-The city of Philadelphia with one ward still to hear from gives Gregg, (Rep.) for Auditor General,2:, 180 plu rality. Forty-two counties out of sixty six in the State, exclusive of Philadel phia, give Gregg 24,693 plurality. Alle gany gave the largest p)lurality, over 14,000, or 9,000 gain. 31orrison, (Rep.) for State Treasurer, runs about even with Gregg. Gregg now has 52,S73 plu rality, which will be materially in creased. MicCreary, for city treasurer, I21,000 majority. DEMOCRATS ALL RIGHT. DES MIoINEs, .IoWA, Novemb~er 3. Midnght-A t a l'ate hour to-night only comparatively lew precincts have been reprted. These show slight Republi can gains, but not enough to overcome Boies's majority of 5,600 in 1889. T'hE result is very close. VICTOBY IN NEW JERSY. TRENTON, November 3.-The Demo crats will have a majority in both branches of the Legislature . A t tbh political headquarters of the Democrat9 here the claim i.s made that the Demo cratic Senators have been elected it Hudson, .Hunterdon, 31iddlesex anc Sussex -counties. The Democrati claim to have elected forty Assembly men in the State. VIRGINIA IS ALL RIGHT. RICHMOND, Va., Nov 3.--Aboul three-fourths of the State has beem heard from, which shows that 16 Sena toial districts have elected Democrats with 4 districts to hear from. This witi 19 Democrats who hold over makes th< Senate stand 35 Democrats to 1 Repub lican, Who holds over. In sixty-fivi cities and counties heard from the De mocrats elect every candidate save 3Mc Candlish, of M1iddlesex County, who b defeated by Bland, Independent Alli ance candidate. The Democrats wil have more than two-thirds majority it the next Legislature. Prince Edward County votes sol< for the Democratic Senator andl elect: the member to the lower house by a majority of about :.50, a gain of ove Edwards, Alliance Demiocrat, wva: elected without opposit ion from Smiy ti and Bland counties. THIEIRt REPUBLICAN FIRST LOYE. KANSAS (CITY, Mo0., November 3 Dispatches received from all parts o Kansas where elections were being held to-day show that an orderly am closely con tested elect ion is in progress Perhaps never in the historj of th< State das the situation been more coim plicated. Republicans are thoroughl) aroused and fighting the People's parta hard. While there are no State otlicer! to be elected, yet in judicial district! and the counties party lines are closel) defied, and tne tight is waged on gen eral principles of the People's part) and the Republican doctrines. The Deocrats have no hope of success ex cept where they have fused with th, People's party, and the contest witi them is more for orgraniationm that olice. HARRISON DECLINEs. HIls Work Too Great to Allow Him to Go ti Augusta. AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 3--The Au gusta Exposition recently sent Presi dent Harrison a copy of resolution! adopted at a mass meeting on the re tur of the E-xposit ion delegation froin the East and Washington, an invita tion to attend the E-xposition. His let ter acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions, shows his interest in the prosperity of the entire South: "Hon. Patrick WValsh, Augusta, Ga. "y Dear 3Mr. Walsh: I beg to as sure you that I appreciate very highly the engrossed resolutions of tue meet ing held in Augusta on September 21. w hich have just been receivedl. I am sure that von will not dloubli that it would give me pleasure to at' tend your Exposition, but I am verb busy and take up the work of anothei winter without much rest during the ummer for whbile I was at the seashort daily, the work of the department! c ame to my desk precisely as if I hac been here. Every such journey as you propose involves a nervous stramn which: can only be appreciated by those whc have had much of that sort of thing tc do. It is not probable, therefore, as ] said to you when here, that I can furth er witness my interest in the success of the Augusta Exp.osition by a visit to i. I should be glad to have from you any rprts or information that will enable me to enlarge my knowledge of the industrial progress of the South. V ery sincerely yours. BENJ T-TISnOvN" COTTON 1ST BE PLANTED. of reso questii uction in Acreage of One-ThIrld po 311nended-Picking, Ginning coullil rd Classificatien Discu3sed. ing a Four Claobes Demanded ageex .nYianta Constitution, Oct. 30.] Forty cotton growers, representing four Southern States, held a conference at the capitol yesterday, and discussed practical questionsconnected with their occupation. The Cotton Acreage Con gress was the name adopted. Tle ses sions were held in the Senate chamber. Col. J. 0. Waddell, president of the Georgia Agricultural Society, called the congress to order at 9 o'clock. He stated that the purpose of the convention was to devise some plan by which the acre age of cotton can now- be reduced, the annual crops now being greater than the world's consumption. To this over supply of course is due the low prices, and, as every one knows, the planter is carrying on an unprofitable business. Wit h him the question is how can more money be made out of cotton. Many believe that the only way is to plant less and reduce the crop. South Caro lina's agricultural society first proposed that a congresp of this kind be held to discuss the reduction of the number of acres planted. Georgia's agricultural society -took up the question and coin vileie al sugges:ed that such a con vention should be called for Atlanta. Col. ). P. Duncan, of South Carolina, was elected chairman of the congress and Col. James Barrett, of Richmond, was chosen secretary. Col I Lyons,jof Carters vile, opened the discussion in a speech urging reduction of acreage. It would not do to attempt to cut down 50 per cent. the first year, lie said, but the reduction should be miade gradually and extended overa suries of years. Mr Brown, of Alabama, stated that in the black belt of his State it would be a hard matter to get co.operation on any plan to plant less. Mr. Smith, of Butts County, made a short speech advicating the sub-trea sury plan. Col. Livingston made the speech o theday. It was full of good points, and, although not meeting the views of all in certain statements, was in the main a most interesting and practical talk on picking and gitning and preparing fo: market. "In my early days cotton wa handled better than it' is now. Thest days the rule seems to be, pick in s hurry, gin in a hurry and sell in . hurry. Payday used to be on the Isl of January. Then it moved back t( December 25, after a while to Novem ber 1, then to October 15, and now it h September 1. 1 reckou in five years il wi!l be August 1." The president ol the Alliance accounted for this movalbt payday on the ground that shortei credits are given all around now, ant the merchant has to settle his bill earlier than in the past. Taking up ginning, hesaid: "I wisl this body would pass resolutions cou demning public gins. The questiot with the public ginuers is not how wel they can gin but how fast. And the3 cut so in price that men who know hom to gin cannot afford to do it. "Why, a lot of these public ginner: don't know any more about their busi ness than a hog does. "I have been a ginner all my lifi andl my father was a ginner befor me. "The Suth this year has lost three fourths of a cent on every pound of cot ton in the handling." Colonel Living ston traced the usual method of hand ling cotton from the picking of trash ginning while wet, poor covering, rol Zig from the bale into the nmud, rob bing in the sampling arnd waste a every turn from start to finish. All this comes out of the planter, too. "Th present method of handling cotton wicked and outrageous. "What do you think of 2.5,000 bale of cotton from samples in New Orleau in one season? Why, the handsomn otton exchange building in New Or leans was built from samples." Colonel Livingston demanded a lne ystem of classification. Instead of ha' ig from twelve to seventeen classes four would be enough, he declared, an let themi be known as first ,secon4 third and fourth. The average plante con not tell anything about cotton wb'e it goes utider middling. "More mone was mxade on last year's crop than hi ever been maide on any other crop sin the war. Why, a merchant in mi town made $17 on one bale. He bougi it for 61 and senit the bale to August and it b>rough t 10 cents." The speaki urged the cotton growers to get neare to the manufacturers and to try to sel direct instead of through middlemer He stated that he could sell 10 ,(,t bales right ofi to an exporter if the co to could lie ,,tored and delivered weekly or mnonthly cointracts. Anoth' suggestion of Colonel Livingston's wv that the counties have sales days ar that the classification in each county L done by sworn experts. There is a cei lost in~elassification, and that meat $z0, 000, 000 on the crop. To emplo disinterested experts in every count would cost only a small part.of th Colonel Livingston went on to sa that there is a difference of 4 cenits b, tween the price in Savannah an,'l Liverpool, and the cost. of carrying cc - ton from one port to another is only] cent. Somebody is makinig 22 ceni siiply for the handling. Mr. Gregg. of South Carolina, intr< du'ed the following resolutions: Whereas, The Southern States< \merica have reduced,the price of sho s taple cottonl below a remunerative pr duction; therefore be it recommende by te comimittee of cotton grower". 1. That we hereby pledge oiurselve not to plant more than twelve acres t he plow. 2. That we will not rent miore lan for planting in cotton than twelve acre to t he plow, run by tenants. :1. That we w ill use our mndiviuu eforts to enforce the above resoluuioi in our respective States. A fer a short discussioni on t hese res, lutions, Col- Lyotns offered the follov ing, w hich was adopted. Wherea-, This cotton acreage Coi vention, assemnbled in the ciy of A lnta, October 29, 18'01, realizes thbe n essity oif taking some actloln in] regar to a reduction of the cotton crop :ni th several cotton-growinig States; ther, fore be it Resolved, By this convetioni1, th: tey rcommiiend that each oif the cot ti States call a coniventionl in the nie ft tre and adopt res,uions looking1 a general reductioni oif t be acreage, as to kep the numbier of bales in sigl of 7,0W ,4i00, and that as soon as ti several States have taken such actic that their -ecretaries report it to 1t: seretary of this conveniti<mi, that may have general circulation im ti cott~on States as to.the adoption of the: resolutins. While the increase in nills is goii on every year, the acreage is increasit: at a more rapid rate. Col. Duncanl believes that the Amer can cottani growers can regulate tI pice if they will unite and :act in col crt. A meriaa's cotton growers are tI most ltelligedt in thbe world, and the cotton is far superior to the Ehyptiu and Indiau crops, whiiyh are short fibre, poor in quality and badly pr pared in market. The Soutth must have miore miu and spin nmore of her own cotton. I Spataiburg County, south Caroling where there are 212,00)0 spindles spii ning 1(,00) bales a year, the fact ori pay a quarter of a ent more per pout than any other factories ofter. Tl fatories will not let homie groiwn co ton be shipped away until they geta ey vant, and this home consu inpti is agreat benefit to the community." On motion of Mr. Sligh, the chairma appointed Messrs. Livingston, of Geo: gga Shigh and G regg, of South Carolin: Brown, of Alabama, and Waddell, < Lou-isi.i,; a committee to draft a st lutions that would meet all the :us before the convention. n reassembling at : o'clock the ittee made a report recommend- LAU -eduction of 334 per cent. in aere cept in cases ofiut?x,l . . -LVeUarming,' ;6dtiittei ve acres to one mule was recommended as the maximum. Greater care in picking and handling was recommended, and a demand was' made that the classes of cotton be four, to be known by numbers. These recommendations were ad opted, and the congress adjourned sub ject to the call of the chairman. In chatting about the production of cotton, Colonel Duncan called attention to a point which none of the speakers had alluded to in the congress. The point is this: It is estimated that the world's spindles barely exceed fourteen million in number, and a half a boll is a spindle's capacity. Therefore, the world cannot spin an eight-million bale crop. The Lexington Primary. [Special to the State.] LExINGTON, S. C., Nov. 3.-In the primary held Saturday to nominate a successor to Col. Assman, clerk of court, Messrs. Haltiw.auger, Hendrix and Spann led. The race will be run over by the two highest, Haltiwanger and either Hendrix or Spann. Boydville Dots. There will be communion at the A. R. P. church, Prosperity, on 8unday the 8th instant. Preparatory service will begin Friday night. Rev. Mr. Mof fett will assist the pastor, Rev. Mr. Phillips. David S. Cook's infant son was bu ried yesterday afternoon at Colony cemetery. The fly is dtstroying the grain. Bar ley and turnips are faring badly. Rain needed for sowing grain. Crop of cotton 25 per cent. off. Cot ton continues low and guano liens and bank notes must be paid all the same. Don't forget, Alliancemen, to obey orders in regard to planting 13 acres cotton next year. The trustees and patrons of Joh nstone Academy will hold a meeting Friday evening, at 3 o'clock, to make arrange ments for starting school on the 16th instant. Don't fail to come and be prepared to help pay the old lumber debt of $25. The Alliance is still ahead in South Carolina and gaining largely in num hers since the October meeting. Let the good cause be known. J. T. TEACIERS' COLUMN. Tuos. W. KEiTT, Editor. -The prosperity of a country depends. not -on the alsundtnce of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, noron the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists I In the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment. and character; here are to be found its true in terest, its chief strength, its real power." Martin Luther. A Move In the Right Direction. In the last issue of The Herald and e News we notice the text of a bill to - authorize the Board of Examiners of Newberry County to re-district the - county. . This bill meets with our hearty ap proval, as it seem *o us a ste in the right direction. One of the drawbacks to the greater efficiency of our public ' schools is the size of our districts. Were -these smaller we would soon see bettei t school houses, better paid-bence, more f competent-teachers, and an upwarc e tendeney in educational ma:'.ers. s The trustees, to whom tbe welfare o: these districts is entrusted, would b< more alive to the good of the schoolr sunder their charge, and a beneficent s and friendly rivalry would spring uy between the districts whbich would tenc to bring out the best eflorts of th4 trustees. ~'We do not mean it to be inferre< that we think the trustees of the dis Stricts, as they are at present, are no d doing their best; but the size of th I districts precludes the possibility o r their giving the same attention to tbi a schools as could and would be givei Y under the system of smaller districts. s5 By all means let us have smaller dis e tricts, and, having obtained these, le y us turn our attention to raising fund: t for lengthening the school term. a ,T. W. K. Attention, Teacher.! Remember, our association mieets a othe graded school building at 10) a. m. .on Saturday tbe 14th inst. Show you n desire to imiprove yourselves by promp r attendance. (. Letter Writing. eC LE. D. K., in School Journal.] T 'he art of writing letters is becomioj Is obsolete. .ln a former generation cot respondence was an admirable art, bu the telegraph and daily paper havy tabout destroyed it. Few letters, tha are letters, are written to-day. Ye there is nothing that will so muel *stimulate thought, and bring int activity practical every-day needs a t the exercise of this art. A dull, laz; person can not write a good letter. Ther Smust be bright and original ideas, an< the mind must be trained to observ 'what is going on around it. The sult jects of these letters are to be picked u from immediate objects, as clouds, sun rt sets, rainy days, shadows, voices, facet D human nature, art, literature; in fact d rom anything with which we com into contact. worth writing about. s It is the personality about a lette that gives tn'it imscharm. When a frieu< writes we want to know -what tha d friend has seen, heard, or experienced i This personal charm is not egotism and it is simply making a friend set l ear, and feel what we have seen, fell Is and heard. In other words, it is puttin; another in our place. A great deal c 3 art is needed to tell a summer exploit A young lady who appreciates fiu sunsets wrote this summer in a lette - to a friend: t- Last night we had splendid sunset; it wa e just too sweet for anyt hing.' -d This girl needs to learn the art of ex e piressioni. But boys are aslimuch at faul as girls in letter writing, as the follow ing scrap from ta letter from a lad c t thirteen to his mother shows. He wrot n from the Rocky nmountains and hi ir letter said: t '-We crossed a biz mountain yesterday. o tell y on it was junst bully." it The~ art of writing letters is also th e art of using words. Somec young pec >n pe, and old ones too, for that mattei e get certain words in their minds an it can't get rid of themi. "Splendid" is a l example. 'ro some people everythin sis splendid-sunsets, a base-ball gami an excursion, a friend, a dinner, ig fower, and a book. What these word g stricken soujs would or could do with out this wvord it is difficult to detei - ine. Drill in good letter writing take ie out these words from the volcabular and harmonizes expression; in fact, )e thorough drill in the art of epistolar ir correspondence will do more tha n almost anything else to broaden an' n beautify expression, as well as to trai e the mind to exact habits of thinking. In school the delightful and useft is art of letter-writing may be taught in way to render the exercises pleasiun 'and profitable. Let several pupils writ an account of the day's doings and le the raciest be read-but this is only on d wa. ie - 11 There are a good number of school n in the county in want of teaceer Those w ho desire positions should writ n to the commissioner, and he may b r- Iable to help them secure places for th , Inext school session. Write to him a >once as the schools will open on 16ti a . Novemher. Death or a Laurens LadY. [.Special to The State.] itEN S - ie,., t. --rs. RosE Gikiis, widow of the late Col. Jobr Sim ins, whose serious illness was re ported last week, died last night and will be buried here to-morrow. OPERA HOUSE. Friday, Nov. 6. ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY. IRose Osbore, SUPPORTED BY A CAREFULLN SELECTED NEW YORK COMPANY, SATAN, The Masterpiece of the World's 6reates Author, Vardnu. UNIER THE MANAGEXENT OF zv.zel-7.11e :a3. mazno:. ADMISSION, - 25c, 50e- & 75c Reserved Seats on sale at Wright' Bookstore. NOTICE! NOTICE!] R H. WRIGHT HAVING QUIT. .o P. number of notes and account due the late firm of Wright t J. WN Coppock still unsettled wcald giv, notice that if said claims are settled a once that a discount on all such equa to attorneys fee for collection will b given, otherwise, suit will be presseo and collection made as early as practi cable. These claims must be settled it some way without firther delay. R. H. WRIGHT. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-I: PROBATE COURT. Lenor V. Livingston Admr. of the ef tate of John W. Stone, deceased Plaintiff, against, Rebecca Kinar and others, defendants. Complaint to sell laud to pay debt. to marshall assets, etc. BY ORDER OF COURT, HERf in, all persons holding clai agaiinst the estate of John W. Ston deceased, are required to render in an establish the same before this Court o or before the 6th day of Novemt>e: 1891, and are enjoined from prosecutin their claims elsewhere than in tb! case. J. B. FELLERS, J. P. N. C. Executors' Sales. Y AUTHORITY GIVEN US Il B the will oi F. H. Dominick, d, ceased, we will sell at his late residew on Friday, November 20th, beginniu at 10 o'clock the following person property of his estate: Gin and Press, small Stock of Gener Merchandise with Store Fixture Household and Kitben Furnitur, Cotton Seed, Oats, Corn and Fodde etc. JACOB L. DOMINICK, THOS. M. NEEL. GEO. B. CROMER, Qualified Executors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-I: COMMON PLEAS. John M. Mars and others vs. Missou Mars and others. Partition. {TNDER ORDER OF COUR 'herein, I will sell at public ou cry at Newberry C. H., on saledayi December, all the lands in No.4 Towl ship, of which James A. Mars, Robe Mars and Nathan Mars died possesse containing eleven hundred and sevel ty-eight acres, more or less, (1178) at -* hounded by lands of J. C. Hargrov~ W ~. C. Cromer, Thos. P. A bramns, esta of J. G. Houseal and others. They wi be sold in four tracts, by plats-as f< lows: -No. 1. Known as the Church Tra< containing 1.50 acres more or less; No. 2. Known as the Home Tra< containing 376 acres, Inore or less; No. 3. Known as the Oxner Tra< containing 282) acres, more or less; No. 4. Known as the Robert Ma Tract, containing 370 acres, more less. rTerms: One-third cash; balance in o1 Sand two years, with interest from t) day of sale, secured by bond of pi chaser and mortgage of premnists. Purebaser to pay for papers. SIL AS JOHNTONE, Master. Masters' Office, 12 Oct., 1891. -ICHMIOND AND) D)AVILLERAI t ROAD COIIPANY COLUMBIA AIND GREENvILLB DIVrsRN. PAssENGER DEPAR'rMEN'r. i'ondenaed Schedule-In effect Sept 20. 189 t(Trains run b.y75th Meridian time.) SWE .SROUND. . 17. 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Lue s.... 1{A S Trffic--.-.-- Man ar Mrristoewanal..92 Ho srgs.1A A, m Bo 4. - U W E WILL, beginning 15 to 25 per cent. on to close out our Entire Stocl count applies to every Line. This is no humbug. anc for yourself. Remember we offer this, closing out our stock, and i: this rare opportunity. the fat The Best Line of Clotl Fine Shoes in the market. A rare opportunity.-d Yours as e SMITH 3 1 Main Street, Newberry, 6 MINTER Ae THE LEADERS Are now oftering greater inda stringency of the times, they h stock that would be bound to mc largely than ever, their trade has that they have been compelled tc n Remember that all our goods are , makes the mare go. Customers buy brand new goods from us, cheaper than from any one else. We have a large stock of Cl< Remember this! And when yoi yourselv- s and come to us. W( Neckwear. Our 50 cents Scarfs The Shoe Hous S, Our stock of Shoes is more t receiving new shoes from our diff a lot of fine Ladies' Shoes from ] Shoes for gentlemen. When you need any thing in o and prices will please you. MINTER & LEADERS OF Will the P< I ST: 11show which wa3 IWatch them W3 .of Clothing patte t, when you see it 4ance and make "except price anm r find THREE pei e o ing of him wherE ago; then you n is blowing you HAnd why not g - 9 money by tryini Sway; money an '1 patience. Go wil _ stop losing, and dreds. now rea - I everything to gi lose---with BL i AreYou SDress Goods I ~F ARE OFFERING THI Largest, ~*Cheapest, Newest al Best Selected~ Stock of Dress Goods in New berry. We have received in th Spast ten days over $1.000 wort] ~iof New Dress Goods. Notice a Few Specialties ! -Silk Warp Henriettas, .s inches 7- wide................. --SS-Inch All Wool Tricots.. .. . . . -15 Piecers Elegant Styles in 36-Inch Plai-1 and Striped Serges .. .. 3 __Black Goods in Every Style and Every Price. .. .. .. .. -..--. 50 Pieces Renfrew, Normnandie and Westbrook Ginghams, for . .. .8 ~Allen, Gloucester, Windsor and M!er Lrimac Calicos, Fast colors.... The Celebrated "B. Y. A." Corset - . for only.. . ... . . -. ...-.--. .We cannot mention everything ;abut will astonish you. Come an - See! It is a real pleasure to sho .our stock. SJ. 0. Davenport & Cc Newberry, S. C. ~A~2>. .;j> )-day, give a discount of all cash purllases. We rn c by January 1st, and the if you doubt it, call and and remember that we inte you don't take advantage LIt is vours,-iot ours. ing, and Ladies' and Gen >n't let it slip. ver, WEARN C. MIESON IN THEIR LINE, -ements than ever. Knowing the Lve put a price on their immense ve it; although they bought mor been so much better than expected" replenish in all their departments.,. bought for cash; and cash is what.. are made happy because they can as they are advertised, and a little )thing which we are going to sell. t want a Suit or an Overcoat, post will sell you. An elegant line of beat the world. e of Newberry! complete than ever. We are daily rent manufacturers. Just received . P. Reid's. Also Lilly-Brackett's ur line give us a call, for our goods ectfully, JAMIESON LOW PRICES. sople Think ! RAWS the wind blows.0 ien you see all sorts .g I red after .Blalock's; imitated in appear up-in everything i merit; when you 'ons buying Cloth- e. SONE bought a year 1aay know the wind m towards Blalock's. p o? You are losing jd Sto head the other P d labor, time' and '-d ;the wise, and yOu begin to gain. Hun- o lize that there is (D in and nothing to &LOCK. Thinking ? KINARD'S .L FASHIONS WLLBETHE GREATATTRAC tion during Fair Week. Quite a stir is made over the large stock of of Tailor Made Garments that is shown at the emporium this season. The best dressed men and boys are coming here as they know the merits, styles and quality of goods I am showing this season, in Foreign and Domestic Clothes. Lots of patterns have been slou,but have got them in stock -WhenI hear a man declare he can't get suited in ready made Clothes, I 1 'an't help thinking he hasn't half tried. Must bave got into careless hands. Lots come in here thinking : that way, but to the best of my knowl edge I never had any to leave still feeling prejudiced after trying on these e Tailor Made Garments. How can any C one be anything but pleased when I do as much as any tailor in the city, e and figure a good deal finer. More than one road leads to satisfaction. It isn't all ;with a "Lape line" and a "long We're fitting lots of these suits in all C shades. There's style in, them, that's why everything can improve, you knw, and if you feel a little bitter to eC ward readyt-wear clothes, give'em arother chauce. Let it be here you try this time, and you will hive no e cause for complaint. My Hat, Furnishing Goods anid Boy's Departments are full of choie d goods, and will give you an endless va iety to select from. These lines are large and well assorted so you will find everything bere you wi ll need to wear. Watch for the Gold Star and it will * direct you to the right place to buy goods. M. L. KIN ARD, Columbia.