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6 ffriend < On the ELBERT H. AULL, EDITOF. of Venj turies, -- - satisfie or pa7 ELBERT H.L AUL,Proprietors RUE AIU T rPretn!retors. NEWBERRY. S. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1S91. CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DAY. For the 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 Ne% s will be published on Wednesday and. The Observer on Saturday. AECLL & 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. Expositions 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 t day and there was a great crAugusta 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 residences for the people of Augusta. Two weekz ago I was in Augusta for several days. It is a live, pushing, progressive city, and I believe if 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 municipal 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. SLast 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 tilne appointed for the Southern Road Congress and also for the Congress of the Cotton Growers of the Southern States. But as it turned out the atten dance of delegates upon both tbese congresses was small and the enthusi asim not great. Still I hope some good will come out of the effort to hold the meetings. I should not say that ex actly, for the meetings were held. I went -out one afternoon to the ex position. It -impressed ine as being poor. There were any number and variety of side shows, and they were said to be'good and seemed to be doing a good business. Kiralfy's historical representation of King Solomon at tracted the largest crowd. The eve ning I was there at least 12 GM people witnessed the performance, and the crowd was about the same every eve ning. The representation of the ancient city nestling among the hills was very pretty. I did not see the performance through, but what I saw of it I did not see anything that I considered seriously objectionable. Those 12,000 people paid about $3,000 to see each performance, and as I thought of that I wondered if $200 could have been'secured for any worthy charitable object out of the same crowd. There are quite a number of New berrians living in Atlanta now and * they all seemed pleased and doing well. * Mr. Michael Foot and family are there in business. The firm of A be Foot & Bro. (Jeff) is doing a large business in the manufacture and sale of trunks. They have three establishments in the city-the factory, the sample room and the retail store. Mr. M!. Foot took me through the factory and it is a very ex tensive concern. Mr. James Maflett, a New berry boy, is also in Atlanta, and * J. W. Smith, son of Mr. Jenks Smith; bo2 young men are wvell pleased. I also saw Mr. W. II. Dickert and his family who are now living there. My objective point was Harolson, Coweta County, and A tlanta was only taken in; by the way. The Georgia Synod was in session at this place. Here I found a regular colony of South Carolinians and their descendants, and a more kind, hospitable set of people I never had the pleasure of meeting. Here are the Taylors, Swygerts, Addyc', Hillers, Caldwells, and other familiar New berry names, and these people all went from this county. Mr. Win. Taylor, the oldest of the colony, went from this county ?>2 years ago. He is still living; hale and hearty and glad to see some one from his native coun ty. These people are all prospering, have good farms and comfortable homes. The pastor of the church there 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 in this; county. He looks as young as he did fifteen years ago and is as lively as ever. My trip to Harolson was very pleas ant. I oniy wish it could have been exten~ded longer. E. H. A. .t .?ress and Banner directs the ait tentio,n of the Legislature to the estab lishmnent of a State poor house in place of the present county poor houses. It claims that there is no more sense in having a county poor house than there would be in having a county peniten tiary or a county lunatic asylum. There is force in the suggestion. The paupers could be better cared formi a -~tate'~institution. . I ople as a "licensed fraud," o s ne against humanity," as our >f Enoree would have us believe. . contrary, it is said of the ban.., , -iaS ce, which existed so w,iJtaryland and that the pc.- Democratic. Ohio, _isylvania, Kansas elect Republi can candidates. The States around which most inter est centered were New York, Ohio, Iowa,Pen nsylvania and Massachusetts, and especially were the results in New York and Ohio watched with great in terest. The fight in New York was between Fassett and Flower. The Republicans made a very hard struggle, but the Democratic caudidate 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. I~n Ohio all the Republican State ticket was elected and the Le;islature 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 sp&i-in tib4.dahate and had not pub lished Col. Watson's? 'Tere-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 spe-:eles of a joint public debate and give .he 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 wvill 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 publish 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 REV. DR. YOUNG. An Aged Divine of Due West-Result of an Accident. [Special to the State.] DUE WVEST, S. C., October 31.-Rev. J. N. Young, LL. D., died at his home this morning at 4 o'clock of paralysis. He had been in bed about ten days, suffering from a fractured bone in his hip caused by a fall while guiding a wagon tongue. Oneof the front wheels 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 tothe time or his death, ve ry active in the per formance of his daily routine of busi ness. He was one of the founders of Erkine College, and for a half century was a member of its faculty, filling the chair of mathema'ics. He resigned a few years ago, at the urgent request of his friends, on account of his age. He was born in the year 1813, and died at the ripe age of 78 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 FEW MI.NUTES. Wonderful Work of a new Machine at Atlanta-Endorsed by Practical Fariners. ATLANTA, Ga., OCt. 80.-Quite a sen sation was created to-day over the working of the WVilis Lispenard cotton picker. In a large cotton field near Atlant the picker was put to work uar- the direction of Lispenard, the inventor, and performed its work to the satisfaction of hundreds of planters who had come to A tlanta to wit ness tha test. Everybody was unanimous in pronouncing the machine a succe s. A bale of cotton was picked in a fewv minut es, the leaves and green pods of the stalks being uninjured. CHAILESTON COUNTY'S SHORTAGE. The 'County Treasurer Over $8,000 Short. The Figures. [Columbia Register, 4th.] Com ptroller General Ellerbe returned to the city yesterday morning from Charleston where he had gone to make the usual annual settlement with the Conuty Treasurer "nd And itor. The books of the Treasurer show a gret shortage in every departmient, the smallest amount being due the Stae. Due the state, $482.353; due the county. $4.912.76; due school fund, 202.18. Total, $8,197.29. A. movement has been inaugurated by the South Carolina Press Associa ion to erect a monument to the women of the Confederacy, and a committe wa appointed to consider the matter, and the following call for a meeting of .e committee has been issued to which all newspaper men are invited: By order of Gen. M1. B. McSweeney, chr.irman of th.e South Carolina Press Association cKinnmittee, for co-operating with each oftner Southern Associations in :he erection of a monument to the "Women of the Confederacy," the members of the said committee are hereby called to meet in Boom 3, No. 1261 ain street, Columbia, S. C., at 10 o'fok Wednesday morning, Novem ber 11, 1861. All newsp.aper men in the State are eordialy invited to meet with the com Iittee, and they are requested to pub ish this call in their respective jour aals. S. T. BRWNE, Secretary of Committee. Connmbisa, ('C. Oct 29, 19 5ALMIANCE.COcVNEW YORK. 'iine Weather and a Consequently Heavy Vote in the Metropolis and the Em pire. NEW YoRK, N-vember 3.-Midnight -Roswell P. Flower was elected to-day as Governor of New York to succeed David B. Hiil. His plurality is esti mated between 18,000 and 24,000. F - sett didn't carry Elmira, his own cit, Flower beating him there by 504 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 Jefferson, Clir;ton, Essex, Mout gomery and Wyuning counties he was far behind the vote cast for Miller. Flower's gains on the increased vote were ahead of Hill's. The full vote of Hornellsville, which is Fassett's Sena torial district, shows a Demiocratic 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 larlei River perhaps 7.5,000 plurality. It is doubtful if Fassett will bring down more than 50,000 to meet it. The Democrats are gaining Assemblymen in the State. Sheehan is not doing as well as Flower, but his election is assured. At 11) o'clock Governor Hill sent a feleg,rai to Police Commissioner Martin claim u.; the State for Flower by 40,000 plurality. Flower carries the Republican 8th 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 12,775. These districts in I8ss gave Hill 133, 615, Miller 165,611; 2,29 districts cot yet heard from, in 188 gave Hill 265,463, Miller 298,63. RUSSELL IS ALL RIGHT. BOSTON, MASS., November 3.-N.it 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 be has held his pluralities of l>.st 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 towun are now in, it is utterly impossible tv give any idea of the complexion of the Legisla ture. MCKINLEY ELECTED. CI.NCINNATI, OHIo, November 3. Midnight-McKin ley is elected by at least 10,000. The Lincoln Club, of Cin cinnati, estimates McKinley's plurality in kHamilton County at 6,5010, and in the RAe "1om 18,000 to 20,000. The Lincoln Clubugkstillate was made at 10 o'clock and is bh- on returns from 132 precincts outside o -icinnati "a on 30 precincts in Cinciuna fse show a Republican loss in Hamti11-, County and a Democratic loss in the rest of the State. Ex-Governor For aker, who is in the city watching the returns with interest, estimates the plurality for McKinley 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. REPUBLICANS WN. PHILADELPHIA, November 4. 1 a. mi.-The city of Philadelphia with one ward still to hear from gives Gregg, (Rep.) for Auditor General, 28,180 plu rality. F orty-two countres out otsixty six in the State, exclusive of Philadel phia, give Gregg 24,693 plurality. Alle ghany gave the largest plurality, over 14,000, or 9,000 gain. Morrison, (Rep.) for State Treasurer, runs about even with Gregg. Gregg now has 62,873 plu rality, which will be materially in creased. McCreary, for city treasurer, 21,000 majority. DEMOCR ATS A LL RIG HT. DES MoINEs, IOWA, November 3. Midnght-At a late hour to-night only comparatively rew precincts have been reported. These show sligh t Republi can gains, but not enough to overcome Bois's majority of 5,600 in 189. The 'result is very close. VICTOI<Y IN NEW JERSY. TRENTON. November 3.-The Demo crats will have a majority in both branches of the Legislature. At the political headquarters of the D)emocratt here the claim is made that the Demo cratic Senators have been electedi ini Hudson, Hunterdon, M\iddlesex and Sussex counties. The Democratt claim to have elected forty Assembly men in the State. VIRGINIA IS ALL RIGHT. RICHMroND, Va., Nov 3.-About three-fourths of the State has beeni heard from, which shows that 16 Sena torial districts have elected Denmocrats, with 4 districts to hear fronm. This with 19 Democrats who hold over makes the Senate stand 35 Democrats to 1 Repu b lcan, who holds over. In sixty-tive cities andl counties heard from the De mocrats elect every candidate save Mc Candlish, of Middlesex County, whIo is defeated by Bland, Independent Alli ance candidate. Thbe Democrats will have more than two-thirds majority in the next Legislature. Prince Edward County votes solid for the Democratic Senator and electt the member to the lower house by a majority of about 2-50, a gain of over Edwards, Alliance Democrat, was elected without opposit ion from Swy th and Bland counties. THEIR REPUBLICAN FIRsT LovE. KAssAs CITY, Mo., November ~3. Dispatches received from all parts of Kansas where elections were being held to-day show that an orderly and closely contested election is in progress. Perhaps never in the historj of the State has the situation been more coin plicated. Republicans are thoroughly aroused and fighting the People's party hard. While there are no State ollicers to be elected, yet in judicial districts and the counties party lines are closely defined, and tue light is waged on gen eral principles of the People's party and the Republican doctrines. The Democrats have no hope of success ex cept where they have fused with the People's party, and the contest with thei is more for organization thaii HARIsON DECLrINEs. His Work Too Great to Allow Him to Go to .Augusta. AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 3.--Th-e Au gusta Exposition recently sent Presi dent Harrismn a copy of resolutions adopted at a mass meeting on the re turn of the Exposition dlelegatiomn from the East arid Washington. an invita ion to attend the Ex position. H is let ter acknowledging -the receipt of the resolutions, shows his interest in the prosperity of the entire South: Hon. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Ga. 'My Dear Mr. Walsh: I beg to as sure you that I appreciate very highly the egrossed resolutions of thme meet ing held in Augusta on September 21, which have just been received. I am sure that you wvill not doubt that it would give me pleasure- to at tend our Exposition, but I am very busy and take up the work of another winter without much rest during the summer for while I was at the seashore daily, the work of the departments ccme to my desk precisely as if I had, been here. Every such journey as you propose involves a nervous strain which can only beappreciated by those who have had much of that sort of thing to do. It is not probable, therefore, as I said to you when here, that I can furth e witness my interest in the success of the Augusta Exposition by a visit to it. I should be glad to have from you any reprts or information that will enable me to enlarge my knowledge of the industrial progress of the South.I Very sincerely yours. BENJ. HARRISON." LESS COTTON MUST BE PLANTED. A Beductiow in Acreage of One-Third Recommended-Picktng, Ginning and Clas:ficatien Discussed Four Classes Demanded [Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 30.] Forty cotton growers, representing four Southern States, held a conference at the capitol yesterday, and discussed practical quest ions connected with their occupation. The Cotton Acreage Cou gress was the name adopted. The 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 soue plan by wbich the acre age of cotton can now be reduced, the I annual crops now beinggreaterthan 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. With 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 congresq of this kind be held to discuss the reduction of the number of acres planted. Georgia's agricultural slcietv took up the question and coin ciI'el anlod suggested that such a con vention should be called fr-r Atlanta. Col. P. P. Duncan, of South Caroliua, was elected chairman of the coLgress and Col. James Barrett, of Itichmoud, was chosen secretary. Col.lLyons,lof Cartersville, opened the di6cussion in a speech urging reduction of acreage. It would not do to attempt to cut down 50 per cent. the first year, he said, but the reduction should be made gradually and extended over a series 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 spetch advocating the suu-trea sury plan. Col. Livingston made the speech of I theday. It was fullof 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 ginning and preparing for market. "In my early days cotton was handled better than it is now. These days the rule seems to be, pick in a hurry, gin in a hurry and sell in a hur; y. Payday used to be on the 1st of January. Then it moved back to December 25, after a while to Novemt ber 1, then to October 1.5, and now it is September 1. I reckon in five years it will be Auigust 1." The president of the Alliance accounted for ihis movable payday on the ground that shorter credits are given all around now, and the merchant has to settle his bills earlier than in the past. Taking up ginniug, he said: "I wish . -s body would pass resolutions con demdnipZpublic gins. The question with the pi-,blic ginners is not how well they can gin Lut how fast. And they cut so in price thaLI9Who know how to gin cannot aflord to dc..it' "Why, a lot of these pubiju gmuners don't know any more about their busi ness than a hog does. "I have been a ginner all my life and my father was a ginner before me. "The South this year has lost three fourths of a cent oi every pound of vot ton in the handling." Colonel Living ston traced the usual imethod of hand ling cotton from the picking of trash, ginninlg while wet, poor covering, rol ing from the bale into the mud, rob bing in the sampling anid waste at every turn from start to finish. All of this comes out of the planter, too. "The present method of handling cotton is wicked and outrageous. "What do you think of 2.5,000 bales of cotton from samiples in New Orleans in onc season? Why, the handsomie cotton exchange building in New Or leans was built frorn samples." Colonel Livingstoni demanded a ncw systeml of classitication. Instead of hav ig from twelve to seventeen classes, four would be enoughb, he declared, a nd let them be known as first ,second, third anid fourth. Thle average planter con not tell anything about cotton when it goes under middling. "More money was made on last year's crop than has ever been imde on any other crop sinlce the war. Why, a merchanit in my tovn made S17 on one bale. He bought it for 6i1 anid sent the bale to Augusta and it irouight 1) cenits." 'The speaker urged the cotton growers to get niearer to tihe maniufacturers and to try to sell direct instead of throtugh middlemieu. He stated that he could sell 10 ,000O bales right ofl to an exporter if the cot ton couldl be stored and delivered on weekly or monthly cou~tracts. Another suggestion of Colonel Livingston's wvas that the counties have sales days and tlat the classificationi in each conunty be done by sworn experts. There is i cent lost in classification, and that means $2,00000 on the crop. T1o employ disinterested experts. in every county would cost culy a smiall part of that sul. Colonel Livingstou went onl to say thaL there is a iitference of 4 cents l'e tween the price in Savannah and m i Liverpool, and the cost of carrying cot ton from one port to another is onily 1.4 cent. Somnebody is making 22 cents simoly for the handling. Mr. Gregg. of South Carolina, int ro dued tihe following resoiutions: Whereas, The Southern States of \merica have red uced t he price of short staple cotton below a remunerative pro duction; therefore be it recommnended by the commnittee of cotton growers. . That, we hereby pledge ourselves iot to plant more than twelve acres to the plow. 2. TChat wve will not rent miore land for planting in cottonl than twelve acres to te plow, run by tenants. :. That we will tuse our individual etlorts to enforce the above resoltutions il our respective States. After a shlort discussion oii these reso lutions. Col- Lyons offered the follow iug, whbich was adopted. Whereas, This cotton acreage con vention, assembled in the city oif At lanta, October 29, 1891, realizes thbe ne essity of taking sonme action in regard to a reduction of thbe cotton crop :nu the severai cottotn-growVing States; there fore be it Resoved, By this convention, that they rccommtuend that each of the cotton tates call a conlvenition in the near futu:2 antd adopt resolutions looking to a general reduction of the acreage, so as to keep the number of bales inI sight of 7,a0,00i0, and that as soon as the everl States have takenl such action that their ,eeretaries report it to the secretary of this convetioni, that it y have general circuilatioti in the ottol States as to.the adoption of these resolutios. WVbile thbe increase in mills is going 0 every year, the acreage is increasing t a more rapid rate.. Col. Duncanl believes that the Ameri can cottan growers can regulate the price if they will unite and act in con cert . A meriaa's cot totn growers are the most intelligedt in the world, and their cttol is far superior to the Egyptian and Indian crops, whbiah are shlort in fibre, poor in quality and badly pre pared in market. "The South must have more mills and spin nmore of her own cotton. In Spartan brg County, South Carolina, ~ where there are 212,0010 spindles spin- ~ nng 100,000 bales a year, the factoriest pay a quarter of a cent more per pound ~ tan any other factories offer. The fatories will not let home grown cot ton be shipped away until they get all, they want, and tbis home consumption i] is a great benefit to the community." 7I On motion of Mr. Sligh, the chairman t< appointed Messrs. Livingston, of Geor- Ia i, Sligb and Gregg, of South Carolina, In Brown, of Alabama, and Waddell, of jo Lou isiania, a committee to draft a set )f resolutions that would meet all the juestious before the convention. Upon reassembling at 3 o'clock tWe ommittee made a report recommend ng a reduction of 334 per cent. in acre Lge except in cases of intensive farming, md there tvelve acres to one mule was -ecommended as the maximum. xreater care in picking and handling was recommended, and a demand was nade that the classes of cotton be four, o be known by numbers. These recommendations were ad )pted, and the cougressadiourned sub-, ect to the call of the chairman. In chatting about the production of ,otton, Colonel Duncan called attention o a point which none of the speakers iad alluded to in the congress. The >oint is this: It is estimated that the orld's spindles barely exceed fourteen nillion in number, and a half a boll is L spindle's capacity. Therefore, the world cannot spin an eight-million )ale crop. The Lexington Primary. [Special to the State. I LEXINGTON, S. C., Nov. 3.-In the >rintary held Saturday to nominate a uccessor to Col. Assman, clerk of ourt, Messrs. Haltiwanger, Hendrix mkd Span n led. The race will be run wer by the two highest, Haltiwanger md either Hendrix or Spann. Boydville Dots. There will be communion at the A R. P. church, Prosperity, on Sunday :he 8th instant. Preparatory service xill begin Friday night. Rev. Mr. Mof 'ett will assist the pastor, Rev. Mr. Phillips. David S. Cook's infant son was bu ried yesterday afternoon at Colony -enetery. The fly is destroying the grain. Bar ey and turnips are faring badly. Rain needed for sowing grain. Crop of cotton 2.5 per cent. off. Cot 'on continues low and guano liens and Dank notes must be paid all the same. Don't forget, Alliancemen, to obey >rders in regard to planting 13 acres.1 .)tton next year. The trustees and patr-onsof Johnstone Academy will hold a meeting Friday vening, at 3 o'clock, to make arrange rents for starting 'chool on the '6th instant. Don't fai' to come and be prepared to hell) pay th, oid lumber :Ieb,t of $25. The Alliance is still ahead in South "arolina and ga* ing largely in numi brs since the October meeting. Let the good cause be known. J. T. TEACHERS' COLUMN. Taos. W. KEiTT, Editor. "The prosperity of a country depends. not rn the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, noron the eauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment. haracter ; here are to be fou terest, its chief st e Martin A Move in the Right Direction. In the last issue of The Herald and News we notice the text of a bill to uthorze the Board of Examiners of Newberry County to re-district the wouEty. This bill meets with our hearty ap proval, as it seesni to 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 the~ smaller we would soon see better school houses, better paid-hence, mrore opetent-teachers, and an upward tendency in educational matters. The trustees, to whom the welfare of these districts is entrusted, would be more alive to the good of the schools under their charge, and a beneficent ad friendly rivalry would spring up be'tween the districts which would tend to bring out the best efforts of the trustees. WVe do not mean it to be inferred that we think the trustees of the dis tricts, as they are at present, are not doing their best; but the size of the districts precludes the possibility of their giving the sanme attention to the schools as could and would be given under the system of smaller districts. By all means let us have smaller dis tricts, and, having Qbtained these, let us turn our attention to raisiug funds for lengthening the school term. T. W. K. Attention, Teachers! Remrember, our association meets at the graded school building at 10.3 a. in., on Saturday the 14th inst. Show your desire to improve yourselves by prompt atten danrce. Letter WVriting. [E. D. K., in SchoQl Journal.] The art of writing letters is becoming obsolete. In a former generation cor respondence was an admirable art, but the telegraph and daily paper have about destroyed it. Few letters, that are letters, are written to-day. Yet there is nothing that will so much stimulate thougbt, and bring into activity practical1 every-day needs as the exe-rcise of this art. A dull, lazy personl can not write a good letter. There must be bright anid original ideas, and the mind must be trained to observe what is going oIn around it. The sub ects of these letters are to be picked up from inmmediate objects, as clouds, sun sets, rainy days, shadows, voices, faces, human nature, art, literature; in fact, rrom anything with which we comXe into conitact, worth writing about. It is the personality at>out a letter that gives t.o itits charm. When a friend writes we want to know what tliat friend has seen, heard, or experienced. This personal charm is not egotism, und it is simply making a friend see, hear, and feel what we have seen, felt, srd heard. In other words, it is pultting tother inl our place. A great deal of rt is needed to tell a summer exploit. A young lady who appreciates fine sunsets wrote this summer in a letter to a friend: "I..t night. we had splendid sunset; it was iust too sweet for anything. ' This girl needs to learn the art of ex pression. But boys are asmnuch at fault is girls in letter writing, as the follo' ng scrap from a letter from a la,f of :hirteen to his mother shows. H -wrote from the Rocky mountaiiw and his etter said: "We crossed a big rnountdn .yesterday. I elt y ou it was.just Dully.'" The art of writing l'3tters is also the mrt of using words. .Some young peo ple, and old ones too, for that matter, ;et certain words in their minds and an't get rid of themi. "Splendid" is an examiple. To some people everything s splendid-sunsets, a base-ball game, m excursion, a friend, a dinner, a lower, and a book. What these word tricken souls would or could do with >ut this word it is difficult to deter-I ine. Drill in good letter writing takes >ut these words from the volcabulary md harmonizes expression; in fact, a horough drill in the art of epistolary 'orrespondence will do more, than lmot anything else to broaden and teautify expression, as well as to train he mind to exact habits of thinking. In school the delightful and useful rt of letter-writing may be taught ina ray to render the exercises pleasing d profitable. Let several pupils write n account of the day's doings and let be raciest be read-but this is only one There are a good number of schools the county in want of teachers. 4 'hose who desire positions should write >the commissioner, and he may be ble to help them secure places for the ext school session. Write to him at ace as the schools will open on 16th ovember. * Death of a Laurens Lady. [Special to The State.] LAURENS, S. C., Oct. 30.-Mrs. Rose Simkins, widow of the late Col. John SimEins, 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 Osborne, SUPPORTED BY A CAREFULLY SELECTED NEW YORK COMPANY, -I.N SATAN. The Masterpiece of the World's Greatest Author, Sardnu. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF ADMISSION, - 25c, 50e- & 75&. Reserved Seats on sale at Wright's Bookstore. NOTICE! NOTICE!! R H. WRIGHT HAVING QUITE R. a number of notes and accounts due the late firm of Wright & J. W. Coppock still unsettled would give notice that if said claims are settled at once that a discount on all such equal to attorneys fee for collection will be given, otherwise, suit will be pressed and collection made as early as practi cable. These claims must be settled in some way without further delay. .T. TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. Lenor V. Livingston Admr. of the es tate of John W. Stone, deceased, Plaintiff, against, Rebecca Kinard and others, defendants. Complaint to sell land to pay debts, to marshall assets, etc. BY ORDER OF COURT, HERE in, all persons holding claims against the estate of John W. Stone, deceased, are required to render in and establish the same before this Court on or before the 6th day of November, 1891, and are enjoined from prosecuting their claims elsewhere than in this case. J. B. FELLERS, J. P. N. Q.' Ers' Sale UTHORI vEN US IN the will of F. H. Dominick, de ceased, we will sell at his late residence on Friday, November 20th, beginning at TO o'clock the following personal property of his estate: Gin and Press, small Stock of General Merchandise with Store Fixtures, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Cotton Seed, Oats, Corn and Fodder, etc. JACOR L. DOMINICK, 'H0%. M. NEEL. GEO. B. CROMER, Qualified Executors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. John M. Mars and others vs. Missouri Mars and others. Partition. U NDER ORDER OF COURT herein, I will sell at pnublic out cry at Newberry C. H., on saleday in December, all the lands in No. 4 Town ship, of which James A. Mars, Robert Mars and Nathan Mars died possessed, containing eleven hundred and seven ty-eight acres, more or less, (1178) and bounded by lands c:' J. C. 7 trgrove, WV. C. Cromner, Thos. P. A brams, estate of J. G. Hous.aai and others. They will be sold in four tracts, by plats-as fol lows: No. 1. Known as the Church Tract, containing 150 acres more or less; No. 2. Known as the Home Tract, con taining 376 acres, more or less; No. 3. Known as the Oxner Tract, containing 282k acres, more or less; No. 4. Known as the Robert Mars Tract, containing 370 acres, more or less. Terms: One-third cash; balance in one and two years, with interest from the day of sale, secured hy bond of pur chaser and mcrtgage of premtises. Purchaser to pay for papers. SI LAS JOH NTONE, Master. Masters' Office, 12 Oct., 1891. R ICHM3OND) AND) D)ANV[ILERAIL ROAD) CO)IPANY. COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE DIVTiK.. PAsSENGER DEPARTMENT. r'ondensed Schedule-In effect Sept 20. 1891 (Trains run b.v75th Meridian time.) SNo. 17. No.15. No. 13. WE Si80UND. .Ex sun1 Daily. Ex. Sun. Lv Charleston........ .60(a .. Columbia.. ..l.........)00 Oaxm 11 10a m Union.........I ........ 1230 p m...... Spartaubur I .......:. 1 3-5pm 7 05 pm Tr-.on....... ........ 2 48 pm 8 12p m Raluda.................3 23 pm 8 49p m Flat Rock... ........:345 pm 9 11 pm Hend's'nville........... 3 54 p m 9 20 p m A sheville...... .......4a50p m 1010p m Hot springs...........6 12 p m...... Ar Paint Rock............I6 25 Pm........ Morristown ..-....... 1 I....... Knoxville ...|........5a30p m;i........ (iCin enti...........7 00 a m ....... Lv Prosperity... S 50 a m No. 61. 12 38 p m NJew berry..:..90i m7 30 mil2 57p m Clinton...........,............ 942 a mj9 8p m Ar Laurens...r..........10 35 am. 9 45 p Lv Ninety-Six... 10 225 a m .......I 2 35i (ireenwood...lu0 45 am........ n ArA bheville ... 1i >5 anm............ao6p n LvlBelton......... 5m............ . 4 00 pnr P1elzer...... 125.pm........ .. 4 l0 p n Piedmiont...... 1 10 p m..... .... 4 42 pn Ar(Greenville.... 1 45 pm1......... 5 0 yrr: Anderson......;12 50 p .............; 5 40 pn Pendleton......... -.......55 Lv Seneca ....-........---.............. 6 40pni Ar Walhalla.......;. -..................I 7 55pnm A tlanta........---------.--.......8 25p m S .1 ....... ....... 12 30 ai m EAhTBQJND. No. 16. j No. 14. No. 18. -. Daily. :Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun. fvW alnala.....45a................ Seneca........ 0 7 a m;......... .......... Pendleton... 10 55 a m .............. ...... Anderson...11 38 a m; 3 3.5 p m ........ Peizer .....J 5 a m 4 28 pm!....... Belton...... ...2 pm 10 m ....... A bbe ville.... 12 o m 5 15 p m ...... G,reenwoolt. 1 L:; p m0630 pm1. Ninety-Si. . 2 pim 6 52 pm;...... Laurens... 11 0 I .......... 620 am Clinton... 125 p m........... 652 am .Newberry ..34pm 8 00p m 754a m Prosperity... 4 00pm 8 16 pm 830 a m Cincinnati.... 800 p m. Knoxvlle..... 815 a m Morristown...I 9 25 amn Pain t Rock...12i.5 pm m. Hot Srings.. 12 26 p mn No. 14...... Ashev ille ..... 2 00 pm 1I :R) a mn Hend'snvlle 2 52 p mn 12 26 p m . Flat Rock..... 30p m12 38p m. Saluda.......323 pm 1 03p m. Tryon ....... 4 00 pm 1 51 p m. Spa.*,an burg 530 p m 3 14 p m. Umion......6 35 prm.............. Ar Columbia....85 ....... 9 50a m Charleston. ...l12 5 a m ........... Trains 1.5 and 16 are Daily between Chari on and Cincinnati. sLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On Trains 15 and 16 Pullman Bud-et Sleepers etween Charleston, S. C., and Cincinnati, Ihio, via Atlantic Coast Line, Columbia, tseville, Paint Rock, Morristown, Knox 'Ille, Jellco and Junction t'lty without hange. A. DODSON. W. A. TURK. Superintendent, Ass't Gien'l Pass. A gt., Colunmbla, s. C Chariotte. 3s. C. V. H. GREEN. JAR. L.TA iLot, (Gen'l Manager, Gen'1 Pass. Agen , Atlanta, Gas. Atlanta. Ga. SOL H A A, Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga J0TTON WEIGHING.1 [ CAN BE FOUND AT THE C. N. and L. Depot, prepared to give 'rompt attention to weighing cotton wve me a call.. 84$ 0W3MAN, A. .............. Astllliug wED WILL, beginning 15 to 25 per cer.t. on to close out our Entire Sto( count applies to every' Lin This is no humbug, an for yourself. Remember we offer this closing out our stock, and this rare opportunity, the fa The Best Line of Clot Fine Shoes in the market. A rare opportunity,-d Yours as SMITH 3 Main Street, Newberry, 6 MINTERT <1 Ja THE LEADERS Are now oftering greater indu stringency of the times, they h stock that would be bound to m< largely than ever, their trade haE that they have been compelled t< Remember that all our goods are makes the mare go. Customers buy brand new goods from us, ch-,aper than from any one else. We have a large stock of Cl Remember this A-.d when yo yourselve s and come to us. W4 Neckwear. Our 50 cents Scarfs The Shoe Hous Our stock of Shoes is more receiving new shoes from our diff a lot of fine Ladies' Shoes from ] Shoes for gentlemen. When you need any thing in c and prices will please you. Besi MINTER & LEADERS OF Will the P< sT: show which way Watch them W] .of Clothing patte: m when you see it Sance and make 'except price and find THREE per ing of him where S ago; then you ni H is blowing you And why not gi Smoney by trying way; money ani patience. Go wit stop losing, 4nd 1 dreds now real everything to ga lose---with BL2 Are Dress Goods!T E ARE OFFERING TH: Largest, Cheapest, Newest d Best Selected Stock of Dress Goods in New berry. We have received in the past ten days over $1,000 worth >f New Dress Goods. Notice a Few Specialties ! Silk Warp Henriettas, 38 inches wide.. .. .. .. .. .-. .. .. ..85 8-Inch All Wool Tricots. .. .. .. 40c 5 Pieces Elegant Styles in 36-Inch Plaid and Striped Serges . ... 30c lack Goods in Every Style and Every Price. ....... ...... 0 Pieces Renfrew, Normandie and Westbrook Ginghams, for .. ..Se Allen, Gloucester, Windsor and Mer rinmac Calicos, Fast colors. . .. 5e The Celebrated "B. Y. A." Corset for only.. .... .... .....50 We cannot -mention everything, at will astonish you. Come and see! It is a real pleasure to sho ur stock. .s ,NLY, I. D. Davenport & ~ewharry S. C/I -0 Lo-day, give a discount of from all cash purchases. We4mean k by January 1st, and the dis. d if you doubt it, call and see and remember that we intend f you don't take advantage of Alt is yours,--iiot ours. ,ing, and Ladies' and Gents on't let it slip. ver, WEARN, RMIESON, IN THEIR LINE, cements than ever. Knowing the ave put a price on their immense ve it; although they bought more 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. 1 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 arent manufacturers. Just received . P. Reid's. Also LLly-Brackett's ur line give us a call, For our goods ectfually, JAMIESON, LOW PRICES. sople Thidtk! RAWS -the wind blows.0 ien you see all sorts ,. rned after Blalock's; imitated in appear up--in everything - I merit; when you sons buying Cloth ONE bought a year0 iay know the wind m towards Blalock's. 3? You are losing $$ { to head the other Pa I labor, time and 'md h the wise, and you .1 - >egin to gain. Hun- o Lze that there is 0 In and nothing to I LLOCK. fKINARD'S ~IiLFASHINS L BE THE GREAT A~y tion during Fair Week. Quitie a - stir is mlade over the large stock of" of Tailor Made Garments that isshown at the emporium this season. The best dressed men and boys are coming here as they know the merits, styles and qaiyof goods I am showing this Cseas, in Foreign and Domesatie Clte.Lots of patterns have been sold out, but have got them in stock again. WXhen I hear a man declare he can't get suited in ready made Clothes, I can't help thinking he hasn't half tried- LMust have got into careles hands. Lots come in here thinking that w'ay, bu to the best of my knowl~ edge, I never h.9 any to leave still feeling prejudiced a~ter trying on Tailor Made Garme,s. Ho one be anything but ~~~ do as much as any taic~9 and figure a good.. than one road les isn't all with~ wait."'' Fre We're iTZm shagd.. "~~ 23 know, so.... "O try tve.. cau ~ 4----~ trains - m