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_ *—* XjOO^-Xj I -L' hiivrs the 66th year of his .. ^r^=^,^rr7r=r- -- I Ilemetiyar says that] TOotherless age. The he leaves children. Mu J. A. White continues tw t , u „. . -' 1 \ | whose helpless condition appeals imp rove - | strongly to the sympathies of Svltzbachbu is selling clocks, the public. The father had no excellent time-pieces, at fl()cents j insurance on his life, and pos- -We had last week. L. Dahoan and Sunday each. Mu. R- Saturday Charleston The annual “Floral Fair Hop” was given in the armory of the Darlington Guards ‘ r '-' 1 night last, dollar Tha Cour! of Common Plsas, Cucumber The Court of Common Pleas' Honour, was calle<l on Friday morning last, but since that time only j two cases of importance have been heard. In tnecase of Will- cox. Gibbs &>Co. vs. Peter J. Ti . Byrd, a suit on a guano note. T 1 . 4 18 tater diggin’ time,” the defendant obtained a ver- ? udth ? ° ats farmers are gather- Edmund Deas apiwared on the! diet, he having produced a re-1 a ■ ne cro P tins year, streets of the town on Tuesday, oeipt covering, the amount for —Mrs. Leslie Harrell, of Ar- and cast his vote. The injuries which the note was given. kansas, is visiting relatives here. 1 which he received in the recent The other case was that of difficulty at Timmonsville were j Mints & Harris against the sibly died without the till” Friday uu . J quite serious, his assailant’s I Sheriff of Darlington County, j knife having gone through his When Sternberger failed in the 1SfcRev. J. G. Richards, evange- ; cheek, and cut his tongue. Col. | spring of 1887, it was charged ^ n4- "P/mnf 1 i— ;.i j. _ ’ list, will preach at Center Point Morris’ wounds are also said to Church next. Mk. G. W. choice crape artsville, on Sunday Byrd advertises vines for sale: Flowers’, Thomas’ and scupper- nong. The colored people had a big time at Society Hill on Sunday last; the occasion was the an nual meeting of their Baptist Association, and people were in attendance from all parts of the county. The price of cotton is running down distressingly low; middl ing is quoted this week at 8i. Up to Nov. 1, there had been 8,720 bales shipped from this market, as opposed to 6,7(30 for the same period of last year. Mr. Young, who came here some time ago to conduct the sewing machine business o f Messrs. Blackwell Bros., and who was so desperately ill after liis arrival, has returned with his family to Pendleton to live. Through Dr. C. Kollock, and Messrs. T. C. Whaling and J. M. McQueen, committee, w e have received an invitation to attend the 35th anniversary of the Cheraw Lyceum, to be held on Thursday Nov. G, a t 8 o'clock, P. M. A Democratic “rally” was held in Florence on Saturday. A large crowd was present, and a big time was had generally. Speeches were made by General Pope, of Newberry, and by all the candidate for legislative and county offices on the regular Democratic ticket. Du. Wallace, the popular physician of the Lydia section, has finally decided to move to Florence next week. Darling ton county can ill afford to Ipse :such a man, but there is some flight consolation in the fact that he is not going far from us. Mr. A. M. McNair, of Clyde, one of the most prosperous be very severer and his many friends in this section feel ap prehensive about his condi tion. — , — Cottage hams, small size, 10 cts; West & Honour. —Mr. R. W. Lee, who has been serving J. L. Coker & Co. so faithfully as a salesman, has resigned his position, and re turned home. We welcome him among us again. •*- -**-*———— Hurrah for the Electric Lights! —Prof. Jones has moved into his new residence, and is npw very comfortably situated. Burnt to Death. On Thursday last, a little colored girl about ten years old named Julia Hines was stand ing by the fire in Mr. W. J. tat a portion of his stock had been transferred to the store of Mintz & Harris, who were then domg business immediately in rear of Sternberger’s, on Pearl , Street. At the instance of cer-: tain creditors of Sternberger, i It is at last a settled fact that Darlington is to have electric lights. Several gentlemen rep- . .. , ..representing the Washington rr*™**. a “f n,le<1 1 Electric Light Company which \\-f ^ t0n u ‘V-H, " ere ; has been negotiating with the V is n s H arr elJ and Messrs ! town authorities for some time . . C lements and J. A\ . Regis- past mot our Board of Trade on j ter, all of this place. Tuesday night and arranged —Students wishing to attend matters satisfactorily. Work Union Academy can get board on the new enterprise will be the neighborhood the Sheciff levied upon the stock ] in , . of Mintz & Harris, and sold it.; rRasona ble rates. That firm are now bringing j —U' - - W. R. L. Register re- suit against him to recover the | turned last week from Vander- valueofthe stock, $3,500, and bilt University and an extended | $5,000 damages. Messrs. Ward tour through Arkansas. The! & Woods and J. N. Nathans, doctor came home very sick, ^ , j Esq., of the Charleston Bar, are hut is improving rapidly. He Rogers field, three miles south | counsel 4or Mintz & Harris, f to locate in Nashville, of Darlington, when her cloth- while the other side is represent-1 Tenn. ing caught, and before any one I jjy yj e ssrs. Dargan& Dargan, i could reach her to render her I E- Keith Dargan and ^Nettles & Northern Nettles. The case has been hot- Honour, ly contested, and has claimed _ the attention of the Court for, Ded| c a t'on ofSandy Grove Church. ; several days. As wego to press; Editor Darlington Xews : on Wednesday, the arguments j Please announce through your are being made ; there will be | columns that the dedication of six arguments in all, three on | Sandy Grove Church, situated at veryibegun at once. Bloodshed in Timmonsville. (From The News and Courier.) assistance, she w a s terribly burned. Dr. W. J. Garner was called in to see her, but pro nounced it impossible to do any thing to relieve her sufferings, and she died in a few' hours. On the following day,-two colored gir]s, daughters of Wil- eac }i son Allen, aged respectively ‘ 1 twelve and five years, were left Wool alone in a tenant house on Mr. Racket. G; M. McCown’s place while —— their parents went into the Maple syrup in quart jugs, 5ft field to'pick cotton. The child- cst ; W e S t & Honour. ren were playing near the fire, ... when their clothing caught. The meanest man has been The elder of them ran out into found. He lives in Georgia, the field where the other negroes ^ and bomnvs his county paper, were working, and escaped and when he gets througli read- turnips; West & under ware at the I about three miles from Darling ton, will take place on Novem- I her 16, at 11 o’clock a. m.. (the j third Sir.--’.: r ’in the month.) ! The Rev. John O.Willson,presid ing elder of Florence district,. officiating. The public is cor dially invited. Rev. W. A. Wright, * Pastor. serious injury: but the younger, Hattie, was horribly burned over her body and face. Medi cal. assistance was promptly summoned, but it could avail nothing, and the several hours after in great agony. child died the accident ing it he rents it to his neigh bor at a profit, and then abuses the editor because there is noth ing in it. Malaga grftpec our. West & Hon- We are still selling our choice : Fulton market beef at ten cents a pound; West & Honour. GREEN PLAINS. ^ -A good many of our young people have been attending the camp meeting. —Qur cotton fields begin to Rev. Hampden C. d-jBosc. j ] 00 k somewhat bare, and a few' The visit of the Rev. Hamp- more good days will enable us den C. DuBosc to Darlington to begin harvesting corn, will be long remembered by - Some few have begun to put in those who enjoyed the privilege their small grain. of hearing his interesting and instructive sermons. His ser mon on Sunday morning was a most convincing array of^scrip- youAflf me 'chants in Darlington tural arguments for Jhe Divini- Countv was married to Miss ty of Christ, drawn from the Katie* McKinnon, of Sumter;testimony of Jesus himself. Countv oU the 29th nit. The j The children’s meeting in the happy'c’ouule have gone on a afternoon was well attended, • ■ - Washington and and intensely enjoyed by all •th. ! present. The missionary ser- ! mon at night w r as a powerful bridal tour to other cities of North • _ i mon ai nigm, was a yuwcii-ui * MR. Richard Parker, one of , a for the work of Gvan g e lis- the oldest resident* of Hign nui s . the nations of the wor id, the Mi township, died on .Monday morn ing, and was buru*l at Indian Branch that aftei noon. Mr. with a special presentation ot the claims of the great Empire of China with its 400,000,000 Parker was in the 7 tth year of ueop i e Thu; preacher was full his age. He leaves a widow|F. and several children. There has been still another delay in the completion of the w ater works; a very necessary portion of the piping was found wanting at the last minute, and Mr. Carter has gone to Charles ton to see whether he can pur chase it there. —Mr. J. W Moore was out on Sunday for the first tune in three weeks. —We had a very heavy rain last Thursday night, which did considerable damage to cotton —Mr. J. W. Davis has been making some very good molas ses from the millet cane which he planted. —Mr. R. H. Boswell seems to bo leading in the ginning match in this vieinity, he having al ready disposed of considerably over three hundred bales. Timmonsville, October 30.— A Republican meeting was at tempted here this afternoon in the general interest of Repibli- can affairs and the Haskell di vision of the Democratic party, especially the latter. Ex-Adju tant General Purvis, of the Rad ical dispensation in South Caro lina, addressed the gathering, principally negroes, but also somewhat diversified with Till man and Haskell Anglo-Saxons. Edmund H. Deas, candidate for Congress in this district, was present among the proposed speakers on the stand, but be fore Purvis had proceeded far in the speech, he began to be re peatedly interrupted by one Pete Humphrey, a violent Tillmanite, w'ho finally accused Purvis of lying. About this juncture Deas rose and endeavored to have order, i telling Humphrey he could liave jasper. i a chance to speak if he wmuld —Our fanners are about fin- bide his time. Instead of quiet- ishing their cotton picking. A j ing, he only more incensed the great many of the top bolls will Humphrey party, among whom fail to open in consequence of w r as present Mr. J. Guldy Jack- heavy frost. | son, a noted fighting character. -Miss Salim Dickinson, of Jac k«on a ftc/r an exchange of Darlington, has been employed k undr y trenchant ff oa ^ 8 ’ f ared to teach our school at this place. S, e ? 8 ^ come off the stand. 1 1 1 ins challenge w'as no sooner Our post office is now in (given than accepted,but as soou working order under the ntyne as Deas got to the ground Jack- of “Jasper,” and the name of I son prepared w'ith a keen knife, “Kingston” will be discontinued lunged at him, eutting a fearful in the future. ! gash from the side Of bis mouth — ; . back nearly to the ear. PHILADELPHIA. During the disturbance Col. —Mrs. Eliza Parrott, whose U-Morris, a prominent Hask- illness was mentioned in these nun, hut in the interest of items last week, died last Thurs- l )eace > approached hrst Humph- day evening, in the 81st year of! re - v > Ja <* s on, endeavoring her age. She has been in feeble 1° h :lC1 ^ matters. He was at health for some time. Mrs.! Jae.isoii s side as Deas fell back Parrott was the wdfe of Mr. | ^ WUI ? ded ’ and ''i s hand on Lemuel Parrott, who preceded . ( !, s i0u der Jackson, who her to the spirit world ten years, i ['} fle . rce resentment turned on She was a member of the Hard i Morns and slashed him twice Shell Baptist church. Her re- across the nose and cheek with in's was interred at the the kmfe with terrible effect, and stabbed him througli the clothing into the left side, a dangerous wound, before he could ward off the blows. Mu tual friends separated the par ties, and Deas and Morris were taken charge of and their wounds dressed. Prompt and R6al Estate Transfers. The following transfers of j real estate were recorded in the i auditor's office for the week ending October 25, 1890: Sarah E. Morgan to G. W. ( Lane, four acres in Lisbon j township for $40; G. W. Minns to Jesse DuBose and F. Cook. et at., one lot at Lamar (A. M. E. Church property', for $25; | Ida J. Herbert to Lucius B. Du Bose, thirty-eight acres in Phil adelphia township for $700; Nancy A. Elliott to James F. Galloway, seventy-five acres, Lydia township, $400; Nancy Sanders to Mary Ingram, sixty acres, Lisbon, for $420; Evander Mclver to W. A. Carrigan. fif ty-eight acres. Palmetto, $760; Stephney Mclver to Evander Mclver, fifty-eight acres, Pal metto. $750; Geo. W. Witte to M. J. Boyd, one lot in the town of Darlington for $45. I>oo» Advertising Pay? This is a very important question to business men, and one that only busi ness men can answer. Wo have the nssurancofrom thousands of them who largely advertise that it does pay, if ju diciously pursued, and many of them have given their testimony in its fa vor. If the reader will take up any of the city papers from day to day for years, ho will ilnd the eWumns filled witli the announcements of leading business houses. They do not come be fore the public at long intervals, but regularly, daily, changing their ad vertisements with the variation in their stocks, qualities and prices of goods, thus u«t only attracting attention to what they have to sell, but arousing the desire of 1 uyers to examine what is offered, the* making customers and populm-iziii^ tlieso places of business. This el;: ; ( f men will tell you in this Cay of competition that it would bo impossible to do business or secure any- thiug like an average trade if they did not invite custom by giving in detail a clear statement of what they have got to sell. On the other hand, thousands of men who huso started in business with fair capital, plenty of pusli and a knowledge of trade have gone to the wall simply because they “hid their lights under a bushel,” in failing to compote with their neighbors in hav ing the buying public know where they were, what they were selling and what inducements they had to offer. A man ma$' have the best stock of goods in the market, but if ho fails to invite custom or make known the in ducements he can offer ho is sure to drop behind in the race, while his sharper neighbor is reaping a rich har vest—Exchange. *•: 5! .n « .u cJ o Sc -C- ■ -j ^ 3s t* Ir t§; * 9 • ‘-* tw ; oc 4- 4* <3? rf* <0 to X «© to j s_* 05 CO »: -o *•. to r-- c? 4*- ‘ ; c; 4*. OD to C5 © •-» £* 4--: _* ►_* co co : © ot © © Qf -* © to . S © © --? s- >—* C0 CO to S OT © © to •-* © OD Si w tv to — © jd family burying ground, the funeral services beingconducted by the Rev. J. K. McCain. —Mr. Josey Large has en rolled his name at the Cypress High School for the ixiign ucnwi Mic present r „ . . —A few nights ago some one session. of his subject, and presented en( j eavore d to enter thedwelling vr r tv- p |.; K ’ thorough attention was required 1 ^ he oqTe°i f rnostimss and W a com of Mr ' T D ' Y( ? ng ’ wl t '.° daughter, ‘Miss Katie, arc on a s f, ve them from deeding to I‘v AftufRiS that must! 0U t to know who waa there; the br ie? visit to friends on John’s death ; tagious enthusiasm mai musi p ar ty gave what he believed to r . j g q Jackson was twice arrested, Wir fruit in an increase ol a ‘f a i se name, and Mr. Young ‘ ' churches thereupon fired off his pistol, bear fruit in an mterest among the NIT. ELON. once on the instance of the town authorities, and again on a of Darlington in this great work, but without inflicting any injury j qhe heavy frost of October trial justice warrant. He was Dr. Dubose is a preacher or rare upon his nocturnal visitor, who o Jst qjq us j ama£re released in both cases, ~.1 Kic* t-» nmomn Q rriftnns i , • i ^ J . j? i j 8; sssgssssi © © £ X to —■ © ;86£. ••43VU li a M" v H: A.ipiWH; : X • ft S p osoHuai S X cr : a : ^ • : J • ajvclyj ^ : O c 1 s : 2 : P Xpuvf): Vo : o : 3 j 1 wugq i | S (W o 5 o c 5S (HD P 9 Mr. Arthur Ryan, a member of the firm of W. K. Ryan & Son, of Charleston, was thrown from a horse in Washington last week, and received injuries from which he is now lying at the point of death. Mr. Ryan has many friends in this section ,of the State, who will be pained to learn of his. deplorable acci- >dent. The residence of Mr. J. C. McF^chern, in the town of Timmonsville, caught fire from a defective flue oii Friday last, but the flames were extiuguish- ed before any considerable dam age was done. The house, which is one of the handsomest in Timmonsville, was built by the late Dr. J. S. M. Smith, and Mr. McEachern had it insured for $3,600. J. Messrs. Blackwell Bros, have secured the services of Mr. F. W. Crookshanks, of Greenville, one of the most accomplished salesmen in the State, who will take delight in exhibiting to the customers of the firm the many bargains which they have to offer at this season. Read their advertisement if you wish to see something unusual in the way of low prices. Round trip tickets to _ the State Fair at Columbia will be on sale November 9th to the power, and his numerous friends hastily fled. Mr. Young thinks will watch witli peculiar inter- j 10 ]- nows w ho the party was, est his useful career. * anc i suspects that foul play of — ! some kind was intended. Irish moss; West & Honour. The New Bridge Over Pee Dee. W e stated last week, and our —The hot supper l cently at Antioch was quite a success. given re parsonage ( Durkec salad ! & Honour. dressing: West | RIVERDALE. our people ling t Fair at Columbia. Some of cipating attending in the as we had but little late cotton. j former on a hundred dollars. x , j bond, in the latter on one thou- We were glad to see that sand dollars for appearance here our old friend Jun White was next Thursday. There is much .reported better last week. f excitement among the citizens < —If we have fair weather this F. C. L. week, but little cotton will be | —- left in the fields; “this scribe”! Welsh Neck Association, is getting some help now # The regular annual meeting —Mr. John "Woodham ginned | of the Welsh Neck Association up to November 1 st,_ 730 bales was begun in the Baptist Church of cotton. Can the Cypress cor-1 at this place yesterday morning, respondent show up a better re- at 11 o’clock. Rev. John Stout, cord than this ? i of Societv Hill, presiding. After -Hebron, Lydia and Howie’s ^ usaal opening exercises, the schools have each secured new ™llo¥^g officers were elected; teachers for next session, and Stout, Moderator; , all are reported to open on the , ,4 Forrester, Secretary; Bass have fi rs t Monday, which shall be d- Hartwell Edwards, of : visit to the next, Mt. Elon ? Cheraw Assistant Secretary. Bass, of Swift i , r T)1 , _ ; Seventy delegates were present —Mr. C. R. Rhodes, Jr., at yesterday’s session, and some treasurer of Mt. Elon church, ten or fifteen more are to arrive After the election o f As to Value Received. The idea used to bo prevalent among a certain class of business men that spending money for advertising amounted, in effect, to throwing it away. There is little question that there is more or less ground for this belief in isolated eases, where the ad vertiser does not take the proper means for securing solid returns for his an nouncements. The results secured in advertising depend very largely upon the sagacity and enterprise displayed by the merchant in selecting his me dium and preparing his announce ments. A long and uninteresting “ad,” devoid of leading features or at tractive arrangement, cannot be ex pected to produce satisfactory results. An advertisement appearing in a paper in the month of May, calling atten tion, with much detail, to a new stock of winter goods, does not impress the reader in a way calculated to bring re sults to the advertiser; or, if the re sults come, they are not apt to be of the kind desired. Merchants should change their an nouncements frequently, and each ad vertisement should tell something in a brief and pointed way. And, above all things, it pays, in advertising, to tell the -simple, unvarnished truth. Facts tell, and pay. The County Election. The election passed off counts and vouchers of the clerk are in admirable shape, appa- bond and very from all accounts this was the case all over the State, a result which was due mainly to the fact that the negroes did not vote anywhere to any extent. The above table shows the re sult in Darlington county. Till man’s total was 1,268 and Haskell’s 220. The result at the Congressional boxes was, Stackhouse 1,252, Deas 190. Parrott beat Evans for School Commissioner by six votes. Well, it’s allover, and everybody is glad of it. —qtrietty at-aU-theiight precincts rently, and his official in the county, there being not a thot of the sheriff are considered single ripple of excitement, and information was gained from the moist authentic and reliable source possible, that the con tract for the construction of the | Warners yeast cakes; West C. S. &. N. bridge over the Pee & Honour. Dee had been abandoned by the Phoenix Bridge' company, who L. J the work in charge. As a matter of fact it was those who had a certain portion of the trestling work to do who have abandoned it, and anew contract Mr. and Mrs. It. L for this work ligs been awarded , been on a bri to Messrs. Williams & Hurley, family of Capt who have been constructing the! Creek. trestling on the Marlboro side of Mr. -W. R. S. and Misses Lena: reports the church and Sunday today. aro the anti state the river. land Bettie Lawson, of Oats, school as giving for all mis- officers, on-motion of Rev. J. B. • -r°r t r f » paid a flying visit to friends sionary objects $184.05 for this Moore, it was unanimously ro- Just arrived at the nackii, j iere recently. i associational year. solved to recede from business The school at Riverdale will; —Miss Napier, of Florence, | for table nee; i begin on the 10th instant. We | the new teacher of the Howie’s 125 suits of Clothing. i pr West & Honour. * Salesday. Salesday i n November 14th, inclusive, good to return temporarily, and engage i n memorial services on the life have secured the services of j school. has made a very favor- and character of the late Col. Miss Anna Coggeshall as in-; able impression among her , ” - Edwards. Beautiful ad- # structress. patrons. dresses were then delivered by „— 1S Mr R. L- . 18 I JOVANN. Stout, During the special ser- usuaUy.a busy day for Darling-1 to leave us this i . e _r> r K McKain nrcsche* v ‘ ces the church was crowded ton, but it proved an exception ure sorry to lose Mr Bass as , , £ t 8 errnon for The v^s^s to overflowing, the galleries be- this year. There were com- he is a good citwen, but msh ^ Kew Bethei nex/Sun in S occ upiod by the pupils of paratively few people m town, him well in his new home. day Wo sincerdv hone that the ^a^ School. At their everybody being doubtle^ en- Mr w . E Dargan has the| tl J good brother will P be re- £ )n ? lu8i< > n > the transaction of ed ,n harvesting cotton finest crop that has been niade; turn | d to U5 ne xt year by the ,msin f s ' vas rRsumed - T h e icussing politics, ine n > jn sec tiou for many vears. con f erence . : y roporfsofthe various committees made py id j jj e several acres that ne ex- j ’ were received, and new com- bmitn, mc- yield' him somewhere; —Mr. Elisha King, of the mittees were appointed. The in the neighborhood of 3,000: Swift Creek section, is reported following hours were determin- to be very ill. ccj upon for the daily sessions: —Since the article nublisheil ( rom A. M. to 2 P. if., and official sale was — , • clerk in the case of until Movember 17th, inclusive, , „ ^ j ^ jtin a8 the at the following rates (includ- which 107 acres of land tWK mg one admission to the fair.) Id bson Township were pur- P? UI P iru Darlington $2.40, Floyd’s ^ ^, ! c i lilB ed by the plaintiffs for $5. l )ick HartsviUe $2.80, Jovann’s $2.80, Tact Smith conducted his usual Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Wright, Dov Ca $2, front ot tne j Mr published r ™ m , , recently in The News concern- f r° ra 7 :20 p. m. to such hour as by Mrs. Wright’s ing the irregularity of the mails iH*! associa m l on , s I hnl1 , docidt1 , to sister little Mna, I to this place, we arc pleased to .J our . n - T* 10 delegates are bo on last Sabbath, i be able to state that the evil has ^^ntertamed by various citi- Wright delivered his fa,o ; :been .bated, S U gSS&mueh .rought[well sermon at the Now Chapel -The weather has been very intm^rii^‘transacted. The 3r t * * - J another r ^ 0T tbe last ten days, introductory sermon was preach another and the fanners have made use ed last night bv th.- Rev. F. M. of it in gathenng their crops. , Satterwaite. * The State Election. The total vote in Columbia was, Haskell 019, Tillman 435. Edgefield County was practical ly solid for Tiihuan. The “Straightouts ticket” in Flor ence County headed by D rj. Peance for the Senate is report ed to have been defeated. Till man’s majority in the city of Charleston was about 800. (By telegraph to The News.) Columbia, S. C., Nov. 5, 1890, 8.10 A. M.- Tillman certainly elected; vote very light all over the State. The negroes did not vote anywhere. (By telegraph to The News.) Columbia, S. C. tfov. 5, 11.45 A. M. Conservative estimates give Tillman 30,000 votes, and Has kell from twelve to fifteen thou sand. The vote was extremely light all over the State. The negroes did not vote at the State boxes anywhere, not even in the Seventh District. The Democrats carry all the Con gressional Districts except the Seventh, where Miller is pro bably elected. In the congress ional race in this (the Fourth) District Shell beat Ensor (white Republican) in Columbia by only 105 votes. Solicitor Johnson's Report on the Condition of the Sheriff’s and Clerk's Offices. To His Honor J. H. Hudson, Presiding Don't Scare People, Judge- Asa rule an advertiser makes a mis- Pursuant to the requirement take when he attempt* to call atten- 0 f Section 509 of the General tion to his bargains by making some statutes, the undersigned begs blood curdling or more or less repul- i eave to re p 0r t; That he has give statements in largo, black letters exam j ned the offic^tof the clerk at the head of his announcement. Peo- and re gi 8 ter and sheriff, and P‘« of 8 f nhatloa * whl f;j QU 1 that he finds them well kept, “thrill. They have a way of ' dro* T4l at the arrangement of the pinsr on to such motnous after one or . , . ,, ® ~ _ * * two* trials, and the reaction is apt U> : J ud <? ment rolls, and of the old be expensive to the ad verti*.- by creat- (J pdex0d A Matter of Memory. As a rale, it is best for the advertiser to confine'each announcement to a few leading articles. The average reader remembers one or two facts, briefly and thoroughly impressed, with greater ease than a larger num ber running through a somewhat cx- teuded announcement. In the case of a merchant, the first tiling to bo done is to attract the buyers to his store. When the buyers come there, if the merchant cannot sell them it is his fault, and not the fault of the news paper or of the advertisement. The tendency of the time is toward brief, pointed, “meaty” matter, whether it be of literary, uojrsy or business na ture. The object sought by every ad vertiser is to induce people to read his announcements. An attractive ad vertisement containing not too much matter, and calling atteution to a few specialties or leaders, is, alt things con sidered, apt to bo read and remembered by the largest number of individuals. Anglo-Saxon has come to bo very largely used in the preparation of newspaper advertisements. Plain Eng lish, plain typo and plain truth pay in advertising. good bey end anyoyestiOfi. That the arrangement of the record books in the registry depart ment is rather the best in this circuit, so far as convenience is concerned. That the sheriff's office seems too small, but could be greatly improved by the fitting up of more places for the large books which all sheriffs are obliged to keep, as several of the import ant hooks of this office aro piled on the window sills for want of a better plpee; these books are neatly and well kept within, but are being damaged without, by no fault of the sheriff or of his clerk, but for the want of a suitable piece of furniture for the office. That there are many old executions in the sheriff’s office which ought to be re turned to the clerk’s office and placed on-the rolls to which they belong, so that they can be ex amined along with the records of which they form parts. Respectfully submitted, J. M. JOHNSON, Solicitor 4th Circuit. in a revulsion of feeling. Bo lively. Be cheerful. Be brief. But don't scare people to death. sion s papers and easy of access,in the clerk’s office, is exceptionally good and commendable; every paper in BUSllft _ , „, _ this office, except a small batch Introduce all the legitimate novelty of returneid executions, seems to you can; keep things strictly up to be in its proper place.and readily date; liammer away and stick to your found, and the clerk intends at text. The result* will come and keep | jyj early day to have those few coming as long as you keep up this executions distributed in their method of announcement j proper rolls; the books of ac- A Familiar Advertisement. The advertising columns of the daily papers have over been a fruitful theme for speculation anil deep research. Of the many which strike the observant reader as, to say the least of it, .pecul iar is that one emanating from the man with the horse which he is always desiring to sell, and which some unkind fate would seem to hinder liim from so doing. Quite a sad history attaches to some of them. That one in which the widow of a deceased merchant offers a very “tony” horse at an absurd sacri fice is eloquent of distress and kind- heartedness. The horse always costs originally $1,250, and equally, of course, is for sale at $250. Then follows a fearfully and wonder fully worded *‘ad” in which the horse is praised up to the skies. The stable is always a “private” one. The steed for sale undergoes some peculiar meta morphoses both in breed and record. He has always any number of aliases so far os Ids first name is concerned. By a strange coincidenoe each “stable” lias its own pet surname. To give the whole thing a glamor of genuineness there is always for sale a top buggy, harness and whip. The causes assigned for the sale are monotonous, the changes being run on “business complications” and “death of owner.” Of course these gentry are not acquainted with Adam Smith, and do not know that s “little originality and the diversion of their energies to a new channel would lead to fortune."—New York Telegram. The Home Paper Best. The clean nowpaper has, in the long run, the most permanent patronage and circulation. The paper which goes into the homes and is read by the families is the paper which counts its subscriber*by the year, instead of de pending on the fluctuating sales of tbe news companies, and It is, after all, the family newspaper which awinga the power and pays the advertiser. {Locals Continued en Next Page.)