Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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—i ihf Jarlmgton Jlficji HENRY T. THOMPSON. - Editor. Tharsday, July 30,1891. papers of South Carolina want ed to rail against a Third Party they had plenty of cause, if they were honest, to expend their wrath at homo. But they The corner stone of Clemson College was laid on Tuesday with Masonic ceremonies. A large crowd was present. The city editor of the New York Evening Ntw»,C. C. Hen- . , ^ , nessey, has been arrested for ignored this and preferred to publishing an account of the attack the Alliance, which had recent execution by electricity n „t committed itself to a Third of the four New York murder- p arty » As one of those “most ers. Hennessy’s lawyers will ^ x , r , ^ make his case a test one, claim- blatant against a 1 bird 1 arty, ing that the law forbidding we have followed Col. Terrell’s editorial notes. A boiler exploded at Lake View, near Saginaw, Michigan, on the 20th inst., killing three persons and wounding three others. The entire plant of an ini- newspapers from publishing ac- mlvice, and have endeavored to mense steel company, at Steel- counts of executions is uncon- *. rev j ew our record"! We ton, Pennsylvania, has shut stitutiona! inasmuch as it re- , .. • . Third - - - - ■ strains the liberty of the press wanted to ran againt a i nira guaranteed to it by the Consti- Party,” and feeling honest in tution. our convictions, saw that we A great prize light between had “plenty of cause to expend Hall and Fitzsimmons was an- 0Ul . wra th at home.” We did nounced for Wednesday night noti g nore this, and it is now for of last week, at St. Paul, Minne- , « ’ . sota. Bv direction of the Gov- the y ery first time, when we see . , ernor, however, the great am- its leaders leaning towards the field. Sumter County, has dis- pitheatre which had been erect- Third Party heresy, that we banded and surrendered its e d purposely for the fight, was charter on account of the Al- guarded by the State militia, liance having gone into politics. Xo one was allowed to enter and the fight was, therefore, declared off. The club that had the management of the fight lost $12,000, which they had expended in making ar rangements for it. down. Almost four thousand workmen are thus made idle. Owing to the new sanitary measures in England, there has been a diminution of more than thirty per cent in the death rate from consumption since 1861. The Sub-Alliance at Wedge A train was wrecked near Middletown, Ohio, on Saturday night and three persons were killed and five wounded. Four of the injured are in a critical condition. During a fight at a dance, near Starke. Florida, one night last week, Willie Dowling was shot and killed and his father, Jos. Dowling, perhaps fatally wound • ed by Geo. Futch. Ex-President Cleveland and Governor David B. Hill have been invited to make speeches for Governor Campbell during the approach ing Ohio campaign. Other prominent Democrats are also expected to speak. The new anil handsome mon ument, which the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston complete control of the Demo- has erected to the memory of cratic party in South Carolina, its members that were killed in . the late war, was unveiled with they real!y had no use for the imnosing ceremones on Tuesday 1 mrd Party liere but it would of last week. seem that the needs of thei r have deemed it our duty to say a word against the Alliance and then it is only to measure them by the same Democratic stand ard with which the extreme anti-Tillmanites were measured last fall. THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT. The address delivered by Col. Polk, president of the National Alliance, before the State Alli ance at Spartanburg on the 22nd inst. was a remarkable one in some respects, of the Alliance outside of this State has been decidedly in the direction of the Third Party movement during the past few months. As the Order had THE PERQUISITES OF THE HIGH OFFICIAL. The investigation of the re cent failure of the Keystone National Bank, of Philadelphia, in which numbers of poor peo- The tendency who had de f ,,lsiU ' d in that institution their hard saved earnings, lost all they had, has developed scandals not calcu lated to help the Republican cause in the “City of Brotherly Love”. It furthermore illus trates the fact that whenever anything crooked is exposed in government circles, the “small fry” is too often made to suffer and the high officials, equally as guilty or perhaps more so, go Scot free. William P. Drew, the bank examiner for the dis trict in which the Keystone Bank is situated, has been dis missed from the public service. seem The first bale of the new crop brethren elsewhere in the coun- of Georgia cotton, raised in try will compel them to commit Dougherty County and classed themselves to the new , ":z day, in front of the Cotton Ex- w '^ or n0. Last fall the talk change in New York, at seven against those who dared to put cents per pound. up a ticket in opposition to that ,, , , While a policeman wae e». nominated atthe regular Dem . C omptroller of theCurren- deavering to .]uell a row on a .gratic convention wan very hit- c 7 IntceyBeemedguiltyof shady train, near Johnstown, Penn- ter in Alliance circles. We transactions in the matter and sylvania, on Monday, the tram th ht th t th : , the great Postmaster General, being in motion, he was thrown t,,ou S , ' t t,iat therH was J Uht . * , , Wnt ,. lmri L, >r n off and killed. Two other men ‘’“use for a feelingof grievance. P ,0U8 Johl ^ anamakt r. had a were thrown off at the same and said so then. Time brings * in ^ er ln P ,e » ^ iese P lo!n ’ time, and one was killed and many changes, however, and ment officials go untouched the other will die. what was treason for the Has- by the Goddess of Justice, who Advices from China state that Ko-onlled last bill is claims to deal fairly with all. the southern portion of that Idvtatl by the Al- They still retain their high posi- order Ire aTdefi’anciT and liance leaders now. “A good turns and only on Sunday last armed bands of plunderers make mixture of Jeffersonian Democ-1 P lous J°hn walked into business almost impossible. Foi- racy and Lincolnion Rcpubli- arm-in-arm with the eign residents are apprehensive i oani8m would be a g00(1 thing”, President. that attacks will be made upon th» We are now told that bank them at any tune. The Supreme Court of Kansas has ordered the arrest of Judge that its orders are obeyed, even if it is necessary to call out the State militia. Last Saturday a battle was fought between negro and Ital ian workmen on a railroad in Logan County, West Virginia, in which two Italians and one negro were killed and several wounded. The laborers of both sides have joined the fighters, and another battle is expected when they meet. Editor H. C. Brown, of the Southern Alliance Farmer, of Tuesday and the result is that, as far as the Democracy in that city is concerned, the party is split all to pieces. The coin- says Col. Polk, “selecting the best elements of each.” Is this; exani * nor Drew has forwarded the utterance of a simon-pure I b) the Treasury Department a W. McKay, the Alliance judg*e. Democrat!'' The Haskell element statement showing that he who disobeyed the orders of the in the State bolted the regular “kept the Comptroller of the Supreme Court. McKay, who nomination; the Allianceleaders Currency fully advised of the is backed by the Alliance, is re are f orever threatening us with condition of the bank, calling wi sit calamity, frightening j bis attention to its weakness us into acqiescence with their long before the run in Deeem- viewsby a “bugaboo”, swearing her.” We await with somecuri- that they will “leave the party” j osity to see if Mr. Drew will be unless they get exactly what reinstated and Mr. Laceyboun- they want and get it quick too. ced. We have no hope that Mr. Which is worse, their conduct Wanamaker will be given his or that of their opponents in the j walking ticket, for, with his last election? Of the three ele-! huge money bags, he is too es- ments now existing in theDem- sential to Republican success, ocratic party in the State, the| —— Haskellites, the Alliance men the charleston democracy. and the Tillmanites, the latter, The Democratic Convention Atlanta, was arrested on | in our*judgment, have pursued | of the city of Charleston met on Wednesday of last week by the the most consistent political postoffice authorities, charged course of the three. While we with violating the postal laws have no reason to feel kindly in reoublislung an editorial from . . .u , . the San Francisco Examiner. tawar ‘ ls ^em, and while, in It is charged that the article is P°int of fact, all of our friends promise effected some time ago, a lottery advertisnient. are numbered exclusively with- whereby there should be two It is said that a colored wo- hi the two factions first named, clubs in each ward, proved to man, named Rosanna Sterling, simple justice demands we give be nothing but a phantom. The who lives in Atlanta, is the even our enemies their due. two factions, “regulars” and mother ofa six-months old baby- Co , Terrell is re p ort ed which may be regarded as a!. . ., . „ . . musical prodigy remarkable in: avin ^ 8a,< a ^ Spartanburg: the history of the world. It pos- “The party that opposed Tillman sesses a voice of unusual in the last campaign need never strength and purity and can ^xiiect a resurrection as a purtv. sing several melodies with great rn expression and correctness The - V represented nothing but wl-i n ... ... . the element which, if possible. While Rev. W. W. White was «, ,• *, i,.- V, , ,, ...... crossing a railroad track at i wou d arive tae Alliance men “regulars” proceeded with their Elmira, New York, on Monday, m* 0 a Third Party and they organization. Consequently in a vehicle, accompanied by needed no example in South .there were two conventions. his wife, tliree children, a friend | Carolina for a precedent.” Such each with its own presiding of- and a nurse, a tram ran into the i . • • . . c a vehicle and killed Mr. White |^ octr,ne re< l uireB no argument hcer, transacting business m one of his children, the friemi' ^ roni U8 P rove fallacy, the hall at the same time, and and the nurse. Mrs White and The Haskellites did wrong, | the confusion that existed was another of the children are so: therefore the Alliance men mav badly injured that they cannot j in live. The third child, the only : do wroa «; Pra - V , what 18 to b ' 3 - remaining one of the party, was conie t* 1 ® ten thousand hum- h irt, hut not seriously. ble citizens who voted with the year. Near Paris, Kentucky, on Alliance last year because they Each convention claimed to Sunday, a negro tramp named heard its members asseverate 1 be the only legal representative Ciaig undertook to kill out the < their loyalty to the Democratic of the people and the two exec- way.' He'killed the old man l ,art y ? Are t b**y to be accorded utive committees elected by the his wife and one of his sons' I no consideration? Are they to conventions are both claiming besides wounding another son., be expected to “go wrong” too. the right to control the party. Th* weapon used was a scythe j or are they to be left to hold to-1 Maj. W. A. Boyle is chairman the (kireains'of'the'fainily^an to 8 etber the small fragment of a of the executive committee se- the scene anil killed Craig. It Democratic party in South Car lected by the “regulars” and is said that the brute had pre-jOlma? These are what Col. J Mr. Theo. D. Jervey, Jr. holds viously killed seven persons, Polk would call “burning ques- the same office for the “reform- At^Joldbut Reserve, Lauder- tions.” ers”. From present indications It is pleasant amid all this it seems as if the factions will contention to record in our fa- never come together again, vor the words of Col. Terrell, | It is with feelings of genuine as [ “reformers,” disagreed atthe very outset about the represen tation of the several clubs in Tuesday’s convention. The “reformers” immediately on entering the hall organized a convention of their own and the so great, that it is said that no such scene has been enacted in South Carolina for many a dale County, Alabama, Winniet Thompson, a ten-year old negro girl, was quarrelling a few days ago with a boy near her own age. She sent another boy for a gun, and when he came with it told him to shoot the boy with who n she was fussing. The lat ter started to run, and the other boy pulled down on him. He missed the running boy, but hit ' ff»H, killing her instantly. than whom there is no member j sorrow that we view this rup- of the Alliance to be more ad mired for his intellect. Says he: “Those who in South Caro lina were most bh t n j g dust a Third Party should review j can not but deplore their own record. If the n»ws- J ity of the situation. ture and possible disintegration of the Democratic party in ! Charleston. It portends great' trouble in the future and we the gra/- BETTER PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. Now that we are assured that property within the fire limits is hotter protected from the de structive work of the llanies since the steam force pump used in the water-works makes a good supply of water a certain ty, we think it an opportune moment to make another plea fora fire truck. It is a very cheap machine that may be used effectively against fire It will afford protection to property be yond the firelimits, where water can not be so readily obtained and even where water is plenti ful the truck can do someexcel- j lent work, which is impossible to be done with the engine. One great merit in the truck is that it excels any other machine in keeping a fire from spreading. “A stitch in time saves nine” and a little money expended now in a truck may be the means of saving many dollars worth of property at the very next fire that we have. . . It Wasn’t On The Bill. [The Chesterfield Advertiser.] Last Friday was the day ap- ! pointed for 'lie execution of the death sentence of Mary John son and David Jacobs, who were convicted at the February court of the murder of William .John son. the husband of Mary. Petitions praying the Governor to commute the sentence of each to life imprisonment in the penitentiary had been sent on, and the opinion prevailed that the prayer would be granted. Orders came Wednesday from the Executive granting a respite until August 14, and bringing the information that the peti tions had been lost in going from the Solicitor totheGovern- jor. Further time was therefore given the prisoners toshowwhy they should not be put to death. In the mean time Messrs. H. D. Tiller and E. I). Davis were busy preparing the gallows in front of the jail. Long before day Friday morning people be- j gan to arrive and they contin ued to come until the crowd in town numbered about four hundred, men. women, boys and babies. Some sat in the streets at the tables set to feed the multitude and helped them selves at so much a plate, some gathered near the court house, played the banjo and danced, some whiled away the time try ing to reduce the supply of “Line Liquor,” some walked a- round the jail yard wall and stared in great amazement at the death-trap within, all seem ed to he more or lessdisappoint- ed. And here are the answers they made to a reporter for the Adrertiser who asked “did you come to the hanging?” “No, I came to bring watermelons;” “no, I came after bread;” “I heard it wouldn’t be but didn’t believe it;” “I came to see when it would come off;” “I said I was a coining and I came to keep my word;” "I came to see and hear, it was too wet to work:” “I came to get tooth pulled;” “1 came to see the hanging:” “1 wish to God, Till man was hung for putting it off;” "I wanted to hear what they had to say;” “I came to see the Doctor;” “I said when they were sentenced that I would come;” “its not the first time I've been fooled but it will be the last;” “1 always knew they wouldn’t hang a man in Chesterfield county;” “we pay the taxes aftd whoop ’em up at election times and a pack of old hounds would doasmuchgood;” “I didn’t come to hanging;” “I never believed there'll be an other hanging in Chesterfield;” “1 just came because I had no thing else to do;” “no, sir, not particular:” “I didn’t care you know, didn't want to see it no how;” “no, no, I came to see the folks;” “I came after water;” “1 came to swap horses;” “1 came to fetch my boys, I didn't want to see it;” “I came to see it. 1 won’t tell a lie about it;" “I heard before I le.t home that it was put off for thirty days;” “I came down (from N. C.) to j see the country and farms;” “we (four women) came to see the hanging, we didn’t expect to see it though,—knowed they ! wouldn't hang anybody;” “I came to hanging, though I heard yesterday they were respited—! out mankind is so deceptive;” i “I would give $5 if my boys could see it;” “no, had other business;” “dey tell me way down de road but I wouldn’t turn back den;” “I came to sell gins;” “yes, sir, but I heard be fore I left home dey wouldn’t;”! “hanging was only part of my I business;” “I came to keep ’em from hanging somebody else;” “I came for medicine;” “I wanted to see old man Rich;” “had some other business— wanted to hear them talk;” “I don’t want to see anybody hung —have seen four;” “we came to get stiffening for our shoes;” “I came over to see crowd;” “yes. j I came, the town’s no countaml it never will be;” “I came to j see tooth Doctor;” “my hands all came, so I came along too;” “ heard before 1 left home, came to see Doctor;” “I would have staid at home if I had knowed this;” “I came to swap bulls with a fellow;” “yes, I came to the hanging and I wouldn’t have came if I had knowed that it had been put. off.” &c , &c.. &c. By 4 o’clock p. in. th'- ’arge 1 crowd had taken itself hence and the hanging was a thing of the past. Pension Complicetions, (Tin* Statr.J The comp'roller general's clerks are busy correcting the annual pension list. The office receives numerous complaints every day. Some say their claims ought not to have been disapproved; others, that their names were omitted, etc. They say if any name is left off and it is proved that the omission was accidental, the correction will he made and is being made. So far but few errors have been found. Very pitiful letters from widows are received daily, and in every case the facts are ob tained, and, if they warrant it, pensions are allowed. One widow who has been marked “dead” has been discovered, and she has made a pitiful ap peal for her money. A perusal of many of the letters received everyday would cause many expressions of sympathy. The clerks hope to have the roll | straightened out shortly, and i then the final payment will ue ] commenced. THE SHADOW OF A SIN. The pun setting trailed its dying crim son over the shimmering waters of the pretty river, over the dainty boat float ing slowly down stream, and cast a faint tinge of pink athwart the pale, colorless face of the woman in the boat, with a heap of snowy water lilies at her feet, one slim white hand trailing over the glistening water as the laiat glided along. Alma Dane might live for years, bntshe would never again view such a perfect scene, or feel within her heart that strange, sweet peace. Dr. Cameron laid down the oars at length, and let the boat float down the stream, his dark, earnest eyes fixed npon the pale face of the woman before him. "We can never forget it. can we. Miss Dane?” he asked at length. She started, and was it the last rays of crimson sunlight, or did she blush at sound of bis voice and the deep eyes fixed upon her with such eager intensity? "No, I shall never forget,” she said softly, anil the gray eyes drooi>ed from la-fore his eager, passionate gaze, and the white hand in the water trembled a little. "I was thinking of Undine." she added irrelevantly. He smiled—it was wonderful how that smile, rare and sweet, lighted up the man's grave, dark face. It was like a I burst of sudden sunshine through a bank i of grim, dark, storm clouds. "Poor Undine!” he sighed: "in finding her soul she found a doubtful blessing. She would have been better off without it." Miss Dane’s big gray eyes met Mark Cameron's eager gaze, and they drooped I shyly once more. "Heresy!” she cried lightly, slinking tha water from her little white hand, and drying it upon a lace trimmed cob web of a handkerchief. His eyes were upon her with such a deep, intent expression that she found herself trembling under it. •tyi a!"—his voice shook a trifle in spite of Ids efforts to be calm—"this is our last boat ride together. 1 suppose, for 1 go to-morrow." "To-morrow? Oh. Mark!" That name—his given name—slipped from her tongue quite unawares. So often had she called him by it in her thoughts that she spoke it now and did not know it. "Yes, to-morrow,” gravely: "it must be. Oh. Alma, if yon knew all! Listen. I have a story to tell you, my friend. You are my friend, are you not? True, it is only three mouths since we first met, hut somehow 1 think I must have known you in another world—a state of pre-existence. When 1 first laid my eyes upon you—at the church festival in the town yonder—my heart gave a sud den leap. I recognized you—do not smile. Alma—and 1 said to myself, ‘The one fair woman under the sun for me.' And yet. Alma, 1 cannot ask you the question that lingers upon my tongue. Is-cause there is a reason—a good reason. Alma, look mo in the eyes and say, ‘May heaven help you. Mark!'" She glanced into his face and fal cereal 1 forth the words that he had 8]x>ken. ; Tears were in her eyes, the red lip quiv ered. What was it that stood between I these two? Something—the black shad- I ow of an awful wrong! Dr. Cameron bent bis stately head, and as lie plied the oars once more softly, homeward hound, ho w.-nt on speaking in a low, gentle voice. “Miss Dane, answer me this question. Suppose that yon loved a man—loved him with all your heart and soul, and bail promised to be his wife. And then —then—the clouds of black disgrace fall i suddenly ami unexpectedly npon him and obscure his good name. He is ac- ensed of a crime, and only the lack of reliable evidence against him prevents his punishment—imprisonment for years in a felon's cell—for the crime of forgery. What would yon do in such a case?— yon who surely ought to know that the man you love is innocent, hut wrong fully accused by some secret enemy. Would you give him up, and when the world turned its back npon him turn away from him too?” The woman's earnest gray eyes meet Ids without flinching. "I would love him just the same!" she answers bravely. “I would stand by him. ami comfort him, and cling to him •for better for worse'—you know! Oh! how could a woman who truly loved a man turn from him in las hour of trouble and sorrow!” Mark Cameron’s hand closed down npon the trembling white one which grasped a hunch of water lilies. “God bless you!" he murmured broken ly. '1 shall think of your words, Alma, in the future—in all the dark, dreary- future that I must pass alone!" The boat's keel grates the sand. Dr. Cameron springs out and assists Miss ashore, and together the two go down the long, green road which follows the pretty river in its intricate winding. A lovely quiet country, yet only a half mile away a buttling town, with a star ing new hotel and the usual influx of summer visitors. Dr. Cameron had come to Grandon a few mouths before, and had opened an office and commenced the practice of his profession. He had made few friends outside of his profes sion, and had led a reserved and quiet life. Just three months ago Alma Dane, the popular yonng authoress, had come down to Grandon from her city home for a few weeks’ rest from her literary labors. She had met Dr. Mark Cameron, and the mischief was done. For the first time in her life Miss Dane had learned to love with all her heart— a love that surprised even herself by its intensity. Yet he had never spoken a word of love to her. They walked along down the road which led to the roomy white house where Miss Dane had se cured board; and as they moved slowly onward, speaking npon indifferent topics, ADMt, all at ! once they came in sight of the hotel turu- ont—an open hack which was coming dovni the road from the op;x*>ite direc tion. inside sat a woman, a lovely blonde le-anty in n stylish traveling suit. At eight of Dr. Cameron she smiled and bowed mockingly. Alma glanced into his face. It was as pale as death, and his lips were closely compressed. Not a word did he utter until they reached her gate: then, de clining her invitation to enter, ho bade her adieu and took his departure. Alma went straight to her own room, and sat down to think it all over. She loved him! she loved him! What was it that stood between them like a shadow? For surely if ever a man's eyes looked love into a woman's face his hail spoken that nighL As she sat alone in the pale gray twi- ; light there was a rap at her door. It opened, and she found herself face to face with a woman. A stranger—the same woman whom she had seen that evening in the hotel carriage. She bowed coldly. "Yon have made a mistake." Alma tn*- gan. I" The other woman checked her with a slight gesture. "I iiave made no mistake," she repeat ed. in a firm voice. “You are Alma Dane, the writer, are you not?" Alma bowed. "1 am Alma Dane," she responded. "Just so. I saw you this evening with Mark Cameron. I thought iierha’is you might like to know all. His past history should be known by the woman who cures for him 1 did once—I was his lie- trothed wife!" Alma fell back a little, grasping the buck of a chair that stood near; other wise s!-,- was calm—quite calm. "You see. it was in New York." the slow, laugnid voice of the woman re sumed, "he was in a position of trust while he prepared for his profession. One day something went wrong—a check was forged, and the crime was laid at Mark Cameron’s door ” "He never did it!" panted Alma madly. "He never did it!" The other woman smiled exasperat- ingly. “1 did not have your blind faith in him." she said, "so I broke the engage ment between us and married a rich man. That was two years ago. Passing | through this town we stopped to rest for a few days, and 1 saw you this even ing, and that is all. You know the rest." "Go!" It was all that Alma could say. The woman turned with a light laugh and swept from the room like a shadow. Alma thrsw a white shawl around her shoulders and left the house. She wanted to get out into the ojien air and fight her \ b. ltle alone. Not that she loved him less —she could never do that. Down on the river road, an hour later, she found herself face to face with Mark Cameron. He took her in his arms and drew her close to his heart. "1 have seen that woman,” lie said calmly—"the woman whom I once fan- | cied that I loved. She will trouble you no more, Alma. Dear love, the black shadow is gone from between us forever , After I left you I was called to the bed side of a man who had fallen from his : horse and was brought into the hotel to i die. Alma, I found in him the man who had married Miss Garth, the woman whom we met this evening. He died a half hour ago. Before he breathed his ! last he sent for a magistrate and had his deposition taken, which exonerates me forever from that old haunting horror. i He swore that to win Miss Garth he had ! committed the forgery and had thrown ; the blame upon me. Alma, dear, true ’ love, there is no longer any shadow of ! sin between ns You love me—will yon | be my wife?" Her head rests upon his heart: site i whispers softly: "1 have always believed you—never | once doubted you—but for your sake 1 thank God that the dark shadow is gone from your life forever." Truly, "human love that clings through good and ill report and remains faithful ; to the end is hut a reflection of that di vine sympathy that laid down its life for us all "—Fireside Companion. Sees’ Wax and Wool. Until further noti<*4% I am prepared to pay the very liluhent market prieex for Re***' Wax iiml Wool. Apply »t my HesPiiirMiit on Florence iStreet. W. Wl’LVOVKK. <S»W.B. McGIRT,D.D.S.,S* Offers his professional serviees to the (ample of Darlington and vhdnite. Office over the store of Edward*, Nor meat ii Co. Jan 111,’!10—ly 'OALMETTO KA1LKOAI). * In Effect July 12th, 1H0!. I<eave Glteraw 10.8(1 , v, Kellock Stat ion 10.50 i >shori»i* H.20 Arrive H.ifiilet 11.10 Leiiw Hamlet 4.*2(1 p xi < bdMjnie 4.01 Kolloek Slat ion . 5.10 Arrive Clieraw . 5.:to Close connection made at Hamlet with C. C. K. K. East mid West. WM. MONCUKE, Supt. Ice! Ice I Ice! _ iSTOVES, STOVES, STOVES I I will keep on hand during the sun - mer months a large supply of (('l!c HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, TIN WARE, HARDWARE, PUMPS, PIPING AND FITTINGS, OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. Tin and elate Roofing and which will lie furnished my customer! Fronts 11 special tv at the lowest market price. i Satisfaction guaranteed on all work. Give us a call and you will surely he S KALMU3. pleased J. C. WHITE, tV The trade Supplied with freshly j Corner Public Square and Main Street, bottled beer and soda water. J- G. McCall's Old Stand. May 14-tf ! April Iti-lyr Notice. For the next (>() days, our entire stoe'i of Siimines' Goods will be sold at reduced prices. A 11111111)01* of Extraordinary Bargains for all who avail themselves of this mid-summer proposition. Buciaim liTU dTL V _AT COST AMD CASH CMLY. \Vl»at lioai'il CokIk at the Capital. Quite u number of Washington women have made money in keeping boarders. There is one within a few blocks of the White House who owns two houses worth at least ijSO.000. the whole of which she has made out of congress men's stomachs, and I know another who (ward* government clerk* and clears ici.OCU a year. Another woman, who is known somewhat as a temperance advo cate, Ice;‘[is a big hotel here, and another has three houses fllled with all kinds of officials, from cabinet minister* to treas nry clerks. She lias different rates, ac cording to rank, and the senator pay* a month for what the representative gets for and which tile clerk gets for ittiO. She lias a icgro steward, and he is such a good caterer that he is said to receive ^1,200 a year for iris services. Furnished rooms bring very high rates in Washington. You cannot get any kind of a room in the better part of the city for less tliau $20 per month, and suites of two rooms range from $10 up to several hundred dollars. It used to be that a congressman had to pay at least $100 a month for any kind of rooming accommodations, but the big flats which have lately sprung up in Washington reduced the prices of rooms, and the room renting women of the cap ital are not making so much. Quite a number of women make money here by catering, and there is a little French lady, Mine. Demonet, who has made a fortune by furnishing ice creams for White House dinners, and who lias fur nished cream and confectionery for all the president* back to Buchanan. She is a dark faced utile old lady, with eyes as bright as those of any business woman of France, and she understand* how to charge high pricesaud get them.—Wash ington Letter. Ought to Recover. Lady (to colored laundress)—Well. Aunt Chloe, how is your husband today? Aunt Chloe (gloomily)—He ain't no bet ter, Miss Mary. He's done gone on a new inscription, bnt de doctor’s got mighty serious hopes 'bout his discovery —Harper's Bazar. The 0»k h ml the Oyiiter. “Tall oaks from little acorns grow." In the specimen shown ns by Mr. George W. Crnikshauk the little oak tree was growing right through the heart of an oyster shell. Whether the sprouting acorn hail pierced the shell, or some acci" dental hand had bored theconvenientori- fice through which it might sprout, the deponent saith not. But certain it is the sturdy little oak had penetrated the crust of the impeding bivalve.—Cecil (Md ) Whig. __ Smallpox Returns for Lv«t Yeitr. The most notable disclosure in the mortality returns of the past year con cerns small [six. Whether Dr. Jenuerbe right or not is a point upon which vac cinator* and uuti-vaccinator* will prob ably :lever lx- brought to agree, but tlu- fact remains that in the big town* only Urn deaths took place from smallpox iii the twelve mon'lo, of which four were among the .‘<,011),000 inhabitants of the metropolis.—London Tit-Bits. Preparatory to moving into the store now occupied by Messrs. Willcox A Co. we will offer onr entire stock of Grif GoodSj Notions^ Hats, and Clothing, Strictly at Cost for Cash during the next :]0 days. i A POSITIVE Slaughter of Goods. * "'A : - - • ' vA Very respectfully, A. J. BROOM. in iii into tij; 18 ** write tor ittuiogu* ‘ J. A. &M. II. HOLT, Proprietors, OAK RIDGE, N. C. 1- rgffft ITU n your Jim n. ^.! id eation Ull‘IJIfNiKM.,1 for bciiuty&m! IiorIi;., full ICS'S. Prepares fo| Pol lepe, ItMiehlLtf. |Bu>iiicw. Pull nevs College Course. |hidtidiiigshort!:iin<i. „„ Typewriting and Tel - egTitphy. Kail tenn '•^gr hejriiH Aueu* Mth Write for Catalogue. Holt Hall. New *1201 M. G. ALEXANDER HAS REMOVED From the store ou the Public Square to the corner Pearl and Grove which ha* been fitted up very handsomely. It i* an old home in new. The usual full stock of GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS can be found there A LARGE LOT OF SHINGLES ON HAND FOR SAL1 Large Quantities oIGinhI* are Mug received daily X nd the nta otner* of this well km wn e.tabliMliinent. Mironghoat D-riii' irion are guaranteed that a continuance ol their patronage will mem “The Beat Goods for the Lciat »