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A Column of New*, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mr. J. W. Ragsdale has gone to Chester for a few days. Mr. E. Keith Dargan has re turned from his trip to New York. Oui tobacco planters have be gun the curing of the weed this week. The colored people of Bam berg ran an excursion to Dar lington ou the 21st. Mr. W. C. Coker, Jr., grad uated with distinction at the South Carolina College this week. Miss M. D.Ormandhasreturn- cd from her visit to Fort Mill, and is again at her post in the telegraph office. The Spartanburg Herald an nounces the death of Ernest, the little son of Mr. W. E. Lucas, formerly of this place. “Let us supply the people with rocking-cliairs, and we care not who makes their laws’’ —50 say Baird & Smoot. Hard time prices on Domestic sewing machines; $45 the for mer price, $25 the present price, $20 saved on each machine. McCall & Burch. Mr. L. V. Scott has been sworn in as a special policeman to act under the Board of Health in the inspection of the various premises of the town, The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Darlington Phosphate Company will be held at the Bank of Darlington on Monday next, at 12 o’clock. The Darlington Guards were inspected yesterday morning at ten o’clock at the tobacco ware house by Col. J. Gary Watts, Assistant Adjutant and Inspec tor-General. Florence and Darlington will play two games of ball in Flor ence on July 4, one in the morn ing and one in the afternoon. Round trip tickets on the rail road will cost 55 cents. Passengers from Charleston to Darlington via the Atlantic Coast Line can still leave the city at 3.30 P. M. and arrive here at 8.05 P. M. It is the connection at Florence going to Charleston that is so bad. We are glad to say that the campaign meeting for this Coun ty will be held today at Oates. No interest is taken in the mat ter here, and few, if any, of the people of Darlington will attend. A brief account of the meeting wlil te given in our next issue The Baptist parsonage near Una came very near burning down on Friday. The root caught from sparks. Fortun ately, the danger was discover ed in time by Messrs. B. A. and B. L. Howell, whose prompt action prevented the destruc tion of the building. Senator Butler spent yester day afternoon and last night in Darlington on his way to Oats, where the campaign speaking is to take place to day. Several of the campaigners have passed through Darlington at different times during the week, on their way t j one on other of the points where the meetings are to be held. Attention is called to the ad vertisement of the Sumter Fein ale Institute, which appears in another column. Maj. IL Frank Wilson is an accomplished gen tleman, and with the assistance of his efficient corps of instruc tors has placed this popular school in the very front rank of the educational institutions of the State. As already announced in these columns, the Darlington Guards will leave for Spartanburg on Monday morning next, at 6.25 o’clock. The friends of the Com- K , or any of its members not e prize squad, who may de sire go through in the special car that will leave from here, are requested to communicate with the Captain at once A meeting of the business men of the community will be held at the Darlington Guards Armory on Wednesday evening next, at 7.30 o’clock, to hear the report of E. Keith Dargan, Esq., as to the result of the conven tion held in New York last week by some of the moneyed men of the country, looking to the im provement and development of the South. On further consideration it has been decided not to charge for admission to the exhibition drill which the Darlington Guards are to give at the base ball park to-morrow (Friday) af ternoon. The public is there fore cordially invited to attend it. The grand stand will be re served especially for ladies and for gentlemen accompanying la dies, as a considerable crowd is expected to be present. of I'oi^Ott'rTvcIence at the Uni versity of Texas, one of the most richly endowed institu tions of learning in the world. Dr. Houston is undoubtedly one of the brightest young men ever raised in Dai lington, where the brilliant start he has made in life creates no surprise. He will go to Austin, Texas direct from Harvard College without com ing to South Carolina. Discussing The Dispensary. Mr. W. F. Dargan’s a.tide on the “Darlington War,” in an swer to Governor Tillman’s, appears in the July nnmber of the Xorth American Review, which was published a few days ago. In the same issue is an other “dispensary” article from Governor Tillman, in which he criticises the Supreme Court very harshly for overthrowing the law, and charges that they were influenced by political considerations in reaching their conclusion. Base-Ball Extraordinary. I The game of ball on Tuesday between some of “the old fel lows” was intensely amusing, and was greatly enjoyed by all who witnessed it up to tha time it was somewhat summarily end ed by the heavy fall of rain that came on. Quite a nice sum was realized for the Darlington Guards, who return their sin cere thanks to the originators of the enterprise for their suc cessful venture. “The old fel lows,” not to be “shut out” by the rain, returned to the “dia mond” yesterday afternoon, and “played out” the game in the presence of a large and de lighted audience. Cheap Rates to Canada. On account of the meeting of the “American Baptist Young Peoples’ Union,” at Toronto, Canada, the Atlantic Coast Line will, on July 16th and 17th, sell round trip tickets from Darling ton to that city at the very low rate of $26.10. These tickets will be of “iron-clad” signature form, limited to a continuous passage in each direction, with extreme limit July 31, 1894 Either of the following routes may be taken: via Washington, Baltimore, Elmira and Suspen sion Bridge, or via Washington, Baltimore, Canadaigua and Suspension Bridge. In no case will tickets be sold via Phila- delphiaor New York. Cheap Excursion Rates. The Atlantic Coast Line is of fering a series of cheap excur sion rates just now which will prove very acceptable to the public. In addition to the cheap rates to Toronto, Canada, referred to in another colunm, they will sell from August 23 to A 'gust 28, on account of the meeting of the Supreme Lodge, K. of P., round trip tickets fromDarlington toWashington, ood to return until Sept. 6, for £13.55. On aejount of the meeting of the National Edu cational Association, to be held at Asbury Park, N. J., round trip tickets from Darlington to that place will be sold July 7 10, good to return on until July 16, for $20.85. The rate for Spartanburg for the National Encampment and meeting of the State Teachers’ Association has been fixed at $3.70 for the military and $8.15 for civilians These tickets will be on sale from July 1 to July 11, and will be good for return passage up to and including July 15. For the commencement exercises of the South Carolina Military Acade my. tickets "from Darlington to Yorkville for $6.40 will be sold June 27-29, good to return until July 6. Fourth of July excur sion tickets, at the rate of one and one-third regular first class fare for the round trip can be purchased between all points along the line of road on July 2 and 3, and for morning trams on July 4, with a final limit for the return trip until July 7. In addition to all this, the Coast Line will sell, every Saturday during the summer, good to re* turn on the Monday following, round trip tickets to Sullivan’s Island tor $3 Children’s Day at Bethlehem. “Children’s Day” was cele brated at Bethlehem on June 22. The picnic was a delight- ful'affair, an d all present enjoy ed themselves hugely. The children who took part in the exhibition acquitted themselves very nicely indeed, and all who saw it came to the conclusion that Miss McFarland, their teacher, is an accomplished la dy. The programme was as follows: “The Power of Love,” Miss Ella Howie; “Never Mind,’’Miss Addie Byrd; “What I Live For Miss Maggie Howie; “Man and His Shoes,” Johnny Howie; “Your Mission,” Henry Byrd; “Always a River to Cross,” WillieH'wle; “Christian Clock” Misses Cora Howie, Lily Mc Leod, Kate Byrd, Daisy Byrd, -.umie xiowle, Willie idie Byrd; “Just and I,” Miss Birdie Byrd; “Advertisement of a Lost Day” Miss Vickie Boswell; “Starless Crown,” Teatie Boswell; “Twenty Years Ago,” Sammie McLeod; A Song, No. 97, Miss Cora Howie; “New Church Or an,”MissAdaWaddill “I Won- er if Ever,” Misses Mattie Howie, Eva Gainey and Marion Moore. Solo, No. 30, Ella Howie; A Little American” Miss Vic kie Boswell;“Mud Cakes,’’Miss Mattie Howie; A Recitation, Misses Eva and Wretha Gainey; “Rock of Ages,” No. 4, Miss Claudia Huggins; “Sister’s Dream,’’Misses Addie Boswell and Lizzie Easterling; Quartette Misses Waddill and Bros.; God wants the Boys and Girls, Mis sesLee Kirven and Eva Gainey; “Work as well as Pray,” Sam mie McLeod; “Dreaming and Waking,” Miss Claudia Hug- ins; Solo, “Death is only a ream,” G.W. McLeod;“Obey- ing Orders,” Lewis Howie, Ed die Howie, Sammie McLeod, and Theodore Waddill; “The Lost Opportunity,” David Bare foot; A Call for Missions, Mar ion Moore. Lucas Byrd, Misses Birdie Byrd, and Dwite Byrd. A Word to “Reformers.” To the Reform voters of the DemocraticParty:—Theperpetu- ation of the Reform Movement depends upon the manner of conducting the ensuing primary. Under the rules of the State primary candidates are required to get a majority of the votes cast, and if more than two are running for the same office and none get a majority in the first primary, then a second primary settles it, the two highest in the first primary being the candi dates in the second. There is, therefore, no danger of a Con servative majority, except in those counties controlled by them, which are few in num bers. In other counties a Con servative and a Reformer w mid run it over, and the Reformer! would concentrate on the Re form candidate at the second primary. The Reform executive com mittee have ordered an interven ing primary between the Reform candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to take place on the day of August. which will be in advance of some of the county meetings; in some of the counties it is pro posed to substitute mass meet ings for a primary; the candi dates for Governor have already been forestalled in some of the counties by Reform clubs en dorsing certain candidates This is unfair to say the least of it. If all the other candidates, even those who are running for the General Assembly which is to elect a United States Senator, are allowed to submit their claims to the general primary, why not the candidates for Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor? The Conservatives say that they will not run a candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor if they are allowed to choose one from those running, but if not allowed to do so that they may not be bound by the action of the Reform primary. We are for peace and fair deal ing; we are opposed to rings and cliques; tnen let us give them an equal chance with us. All white men ar o allowed to par ticipate in the general primary v.ho will take the oath prescrib ed by the General Assembly. This is a step forward in the in terest of peace and harmonv. Then let all have a fair show ing. The Reform executive committee can be called togeth er and they can rescind their call for a primary, and the State Democratic executive commit tee can make the necessary ar rangements for a box at each poll for State officers and fix it so that those who get the ma jority in the respective counties shall receive the vote of the del egates from those counties to the State Convention. All of the candidates are prounounced Reformers. No advantage can accrue to any one of them over the others. I am willing to take ray chances in the primary and I believe that the other can didates will be willing also. Sampson Pope. An Eloquent Sermon. [Columbia Cor., News and Courier June 14.} This evening at 8.30 in ths chapel of the South Carolina College the Rev. J. A. Rice, the newly elected president of the Columbia Female College, an alumnus of the College, deliver ed the annual baccalaureate ser mon before the members of the graduating class of the institu tion and a large and apprecia tive audience. The chapel was comfortably filled. The young minister delivered an able ser- moi , and was warmly congrat- ulateu upon his effort. Mr. Rice’s text was: “By me if an man enter in he shall be savi and shall go in and out and find pasture.” John 10, 9. The sub ject of his discourse: “Salva tion, its security, freedom and fulness.” “We pass into heav- <iie region of eternal happi ness, under two candidates, re pentance and faith. There are three things promised in the text, to be saved, freed and fed. Our moral and spiritual ene mies are the wolf, thief and rob ber. These enemies of our in ner natures attack us in the spiritual sense in as many ways as in the physical sense of our everyday life. The purpose of ryday the Bible is to reveal divine truths; it leads us back to the first principles of Christianity. The Church points out evils. Ours is a religion of freedom. Knowledge, obedience, love and life are the four essential prin ciples of eternal salvation. In Heaven everything is free and open. In that realm of eternal bliss there are none of the evils which continually threaten life in this world. Jesus is the good Shepherd who calls to his nock to follow him. This self-sacri ficing master awakes the sleep ing mass of spiritual life. He comes as the Shepherd of the soul calling, ‘Follow me.’ We cannot still the response to our master’s call in our inner be ings. If we do not heed the warning call we will be enticed far away from the straight path of Christian duty. Let us need this warning cry. Let us be al ways listening for it.” Mr. Rice’s sermon was full of pathos and eloquence. It showed ori ginality of thought and acute power of reasoning. The reli gious exercises were clqsed by the beautiful and appropriate hymn, “God be with you till we meet again.” Southern Developmeut. New York, June 22.—The Southern Development Associa tion, for the Convention of Southern and New York capi talists which met yesterday, have formed apermanent organi zation and given it a name, concluded its business in this city early this morning. The outcome of the deliberations yesterday was the appointment of a permanent committee on organization, who are to pre pare plans for the formation of local committees, who will en deavor, by laying the advanta- g es which the South possesses efore the Northern and East ern capitalists, to promote the various commercial interests of the Southern States. After midnight the commit tee on organization held a ses sion which did not conclude un til 2 o’clock this morning Capt. Hugh R. Garden presided A number of suggestions were thrown out, and it was finally decided that each of the twenty- five members who compose the committee should submit a plan at the next meeting of the com mittee, which will be held at Capt. Garden’s office, No. 33 Nassau street, on July 12. Col. D. B. Dyer, of Augusta, Ga., the originator of the move ment, said to-day that one of the chief things to be done would be to make arrangements with the various transportation companies connecting with the South to run monthly excur sions at cheap rates. This would enable people from New York and other Eastern and Northern cities to visit the South, and judge for themselves of its great natural advanta ges, Col. Dyer said: “I have in vested over $1,000,000 in South ern property. The great natu ral advantages of the South on ly require to be known to be ap preciated. We have good land, minerals and gold in abundance, extensive coal mines and im mense timber regions. Besides we have any quantity of water power. We will appoint a local committee in each county, who will act under a State commit tee, who will act with the com mittee on organisation. We will get bondholders to give a three or four years’ option, at a very reasonable price, on land of all descriptions, and a simi lar option on water-power. We shall establish a bureau of in formation in New York which will extensively advertise our advantages, and which will also impress on suitable immigrants the prospects they may look for ward to if they will make the South their home. We must have good immigrants to open up our count: **. A lot of money has been wasted by individuals by trying to promote coloniza tion and improvement of the South, but now that we have succeeded in establishing a per manent organization and enlist ing the sympathy and co opera tion of New York business men and financiers I think there is a reat future in store for the uth.” Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Willcox & Co’s drugstore. Take life easy—buy a pair of Baird & Smoot’s 2 for 5' THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. CLYDE. Mrs. S. E. Sergars is quite sick. Mr. Noel Dickson, of Pond Hollow, is dangerously ill. Quarterly meeting was held at Newmarket on Friday, and we heard a very impressive ser mon from the Presiding Elder, J.B. Wilson. At the same place, on Sunday, the 24th, Rev. J. H. Thacker, of Ha-tsville, preach ed to a large congregation. He is certainly an eloquent preach er, and we hope to have him with us again soon. LAMAR. Miss Maud Atkinson, of Tim- monsville, is visiting relatives here. The public school at this place opened on Monday with Prof. McGee as principal. The closing exercises of Prof. Perritt’s school, at Newman Swamp, will be held next Fri day night. Messrs Thomas Reynolds, Shelton Reynolds, and Peyton Mims returned from College last week. Prof. J. L. Mann’s school closed at Oats on Friday, and the professor’s genial counten ance is uow seen and welcomed on our streets every day. Saturday was observed as “Children’s Day” at St. John’s. There w as a large crowd pres ent. A substantial dinner was served, and everything was nicely conducted. ■ Mr. S. C. Starr, our depot agent, has invented a car-coup ler, and has received a patent for the same. We congratulate him on his success, and hope he will make a fortune out of his patent. The drought, which had last ed for at least two months, was broken on Monday, when we had a good rain. As a result the farmers are more cheerful and happy. The rains seem, however, to be confined to nar row limits, and have not been at all general. CYPRESS. Dr. J. M. Josey is building a neat office. Our farmers are much behind with their work ou account of the dry weather. Miss Rosa Wallace, who has been spending some time with friends here, has gone to her home in Florida. Mr. J. D. Large’s horse took fright a few days ago while hitched to his buggy, and ran off and tore things up considar- ably. Fortunately there was no one in the buggy at the time. At a very pleasant sociable iven at the residence of Mrs. . W. P. DuBose recently, the following young ladies were resent: Misses Rosa Wallace, va Huggins, Sallie DuBose, Janie Parham, Maggie Parham, Agnes DuBose and Annie Stuck ey. The gentlemen present were Messrs J. M. Woodham, Ed. Baskins, H. Gee, C. W. Harvin, C. W. Parham, J. D. Large, Charley DuBose, and J. A. DuBose. Refreshments were served, and a most pleasant time was had by all who atten ded. The closing exercises of Prof. Graham’s school oh Wednesday last was a great success. A large crowd was present, peo ple coming from all parts of the country, and some even from Florence and Sumter. The pu pils of the school all performed their parts most creditably. Prizes were awarded to Willie McLendon, Lide DuBose, Mel vin DuBose and to Misses Addie Alexander, Jennie DuBose and Fannie King. Prof. Graham has had a fine school during the entire session. He has given great satisfaction as a teacher, and our people hope to secure his services for another year. “Three cheers for Butler and Tillman;” “Two chairs for—any one who pays Baird & Smoot $5. ” —— • Bad Money for Good Whiskey. [Philadelphia Record.} One of the best specimens of Confederate bank notes is own ed by a merchant of Delanco, N. J., who picked it up some years ago. It is printed on pa per of the finest of test finish, and, though issued by the St. John’s Bank, of Jacksonville, in the first year of the rebellion, is still in an execellent state of preservation. The most curious and pathetic part of this piece of extinct currency is an en dorsement in ink on the back, still legible, though a bit faded. It is in a strong, masculine hand, showing a business train ing and some culture. The en dorsement reads: “The last Y of $50,000 and all spent for whiskey, December 15, 1861.” The New Atalantis. | Harper's Weekly.] Atalantis is the name that will hereafter dignify and d s- tinguish a location in the At lantic Ocean about sixteen miles east of the Highlands of Nave- sink and thirteen miles south of the Long Island shore. The old and somewhat illflavored title of “Cholera Banks” will sur render to that of the classical Atalantis of Grecian mythology. Here a palatial structure is at once to be erected on huge iron stilts. The foundations of this build ing will consist of thirty-six iron cylinders fifteen feet in diame ter and one hundred and twen ty feet in length. These piles will extend thirty feet below the bed of the ocean, and will be secured to each other, according to the claim of the engineers, by girders, cross-bracings, and in other ways, so as to defy the mightiest storm wave that ever rolled in the Atlantic. After the great tubes have been placed in position they will be filled with concrete, and the founda tion, as a whole, will represent three dozen iron-incased pyr amids of rock, rising from a depth below the ocean-bed, and towering thirty feet above the level of the sea. In the construction of the building wood and other inflam mable material will not be used, but the entire superstructure will consist of bronze, steel, iron, glass, an 1 tiling, thus ma king it fire proof in the fullest acceptation of the term. The style of architecture will be im posing. There will be an amphitheatre calculated to ac commodate fifteen thousand people, and a roof-garden that will hold three thousand. From the latter place will be witness ed a marine panorama of ma jestic transatlantic liners pass ing near by, and every other character of water-borne craft entering and leaving the great est harbor of the Western world. Several private piazzas for permanent hotel guests and four extensive promenades are other features of the plans, which also call for a fishing pa vilion, telegraph and telephone offices, Turkish, Russian, and sea baths, a photograph gallery, and various bazaars. In order to protect themselves against the charge of erecting a menance to navigation, the pro moters of the enterprise have given notice to the government that they will bind themselves to place a powerful reflecting light in the main tower of the building, and maintain it the year round. The officers who will be re sponsible for the construction of this ocean hotel are Captain R. D. Evans, United States Na vy, in charge; James C. Me Guire. engineer; Captain How ard Patterson, superintending engineer. The consideration of creating such a buildingas this, opens t up a peculiar line of thought. As the structure will be situated more than a marine league from the nearest shore, the United States can exercise no jurisdic tion over it, either in the sense of interference or protection. Atalantis may become an in dependant power, with every right, according to international law, to form its own govern ment and to prescribe its own laws. Thursday, June 14th, the flag of the New Atalantis was raised on a buoy anchored on the site selected, and a new au tonomy was established on a submarine sand bank. Bowman Refused Bail. Birmingham, Ala., June 23.— The preliminary hearing of the case of the State of Alabama vs Payton G. Bowman and John T. Bowman, charged with the killing of Eugene Jeffers, was concluded today. Peyton G. Bowman was remanded to jail without bail, andJ.T. Bowman was allowed bail in the sum of $5,000. The job department of The Darlington News is equipped with all necessary facilities for executing all work entrusted to it in “city like” shape. --*♦ » . It May Do as Much for Ypu Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving-,111, writes that he had a Severe Kid ney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many so call ed Kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once Electric Bitters is especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c. for large bottle. At Willcox & Go’s., Drugstore. For sale at great bargains for cash—a lot of second hand sew ing machines, many of them practically as good as new; ap ply at this office. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS cures Dyspepsia, In digestion & Debility. if j oa. ui o uAd Xf v it IL, T'. f\ . , . . /WL. / j'o.Q PrncE Notice, Annual Meeting! T HE annual meeting of the stock- holdere of the Darlington Phos phate Company will be held in the Bank of Darlington at 12 o'clock, July 2nd. , BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, Secretary. It. The Sumter Institute for Women. T HE twenty seventh callegrate year of the Institute begins September 11th, 1894. With its full corps of efficient teachers, and its high curriculum, it offers advantages for the education of young women second to no college in the State. It is the purpose of the faculty that the Institute shall grow in efficiency as it grow, in years and thus commend itself to all who have daughters to educate. For terms and particulars address H. FRANK WILSON, Sumter, S. C., President. NORMAL SCHOOL W INTHROP State Normal Col lege, Columbia, S. C.—Open to white girls over 17. Ses sion begins Sept, 26. Graduates se cure good positions. Each county gives two scholarships—one worth $150.00 a session and one free tuition. First scholarships now vacant in the counties of Abbe.ille, Aiken, Ander son, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Clarendon, Chester, Che tefield, Flor ence, Greenville, Georgetown, Ham- ton. Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Leiington, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Rich land, Sumter, Spartanburg, York. Competitive examination J uly 17 at Court House of each county. Address, D. B. JOHNSON, Pres. 8t. Columbia, S. C.* Will They Return Alive? (The State.) Yesterday morning about 100 r >bust looking negro laborers who had been obtained down a- bout Charleston, passed through the city en route to Birmingham and other points in Alabama. They had been engaged to take the places of the striking min ers in the coal mines of Alaba ma. All are familiar with the labor troubles which have been in progress in the coal fields for some time, and it is not necesa- ry to refer to what dangers these negroes will be forced to run. They all seemed, howev er, to be willing to take every risk in consideration of the in ducements offered. Sarah Bernhardt has number less admirerd, and they are all tumbling over each other’s heels in their anxiety to die for her. The eminent actress is now playing a part in which—dur ing the last act—she rushes up on the stage and flings herself weeping upon the corpse of her lover. Viscounts, Senators, poets and artists write from all parts of the country offering their services as the corpse. And so Sarah Bernhardt, wish ing to satisfy everybody, has a fresh corpse every evening. Three of the very best papers of their kind in the country, the Weekly News and Courier and the Southern Cultivator, and The Darlington News will all be sent to any address for one year for $2.45. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. By T. 11. Spain, Esq., Probate Judge. Where**, J. C. White hath made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Mrs. Elizabeth White. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs.Elizabeth White, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Darlington C. H., on July 18th next, after publica tion thereof, at 11 o’clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 26th Jay of June, Anno Domini, 1894. T. H. SPAIN, Judge of Probate. June 28—2t To Our Customers of the Pee Dee Section: We have decided here after to conduct our business in your terri tory direct with buyers. We can thus better as sure you of prompt at tention, low prices, and clear agreements not liable to misunderstand ing and confusion as in the past under a differ- * ent system. To responsible and honorable buyers we will make it an object to correspond with us, and we want to deal with no other class. Write us for prices on any make or kind of machinery you want, and we will make an honest effort to serve your best interests. W. H. GIBBES, JR., & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. Dec2i—ly