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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^j^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ MksCKTEB WATCHJtAN. Ett?bli?W APr? 18S0. "Be J?S? Fear not-Let aU the Ends thoo Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" TBE TBFB SOBTHKON, fttab?rtei ft?, Mt? Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1887._._Nev Serieg-Vol. TL Jo. 29. * MttUtoft. ?wry Thursday, *- ar N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER; S-c. TKRM8: *Two Dollars "per annum-:in advance. AD? BSTISEMIKTS. Jue Square, first msertkm.....~.....~....$l 00 Bvery subsequent insertion-....-..... 50 Contracts fot*three monHis, or ronger will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private af?resis wfll.be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes, of respect will be charged for.W-\ BITTERS IBOJ wita PUKE TE6EEABIS T05ICS, qakklj art eovpfetelT CLEANSES ?a* S9BICBSS W& ttJOGD* Qntekem ttaaegoa of tte Liver and Kidneys. Clears the -fill I fal, ? il m tteakta mooth. It doe? not tajrrrtlmttTtV tamebcadaea^onirofocecgn ?imn?i diii HT nm THO I ?ni?rmn no T1ljJiii?miiilT)iimi?iiiui jiiTiini'Hi i?? II??????? rf it. Da. 3T. a "BCOOXM. cf Macon, Maae^ wjs: "I Sseonmend Browrf? Iron Bitters as*.vafoab]ft tonio for -V+r^rnt ti? MOO?V jmd r?nX?T?Ejr*Il djTpepUO ???lum Tl iii IIIH lim I Hm fi t'n " XttxJL^IL PTT.TTTI., BegncfcK Ind, RVS: "I Acre ip-ii i TT i ?ri Brown's Iron Bitters in cases of MpfiSaSblMi tfmMW *la> arhm* tonio was n-(Vii, ml it ha* proved tnaraag?ly satisfactory.''* Ma- WK, BrKsa^aeSfcJtary St.X?r Orlens, IA. WK ~ Brown's Iron Bitter* relieved rae ia a- caso erf Mood paaoBxar. ?nd I beardy ccnaod it to tfaoaa iiwwingabfapdpiirtfhtiL >v_ " _ ?B. W. WTMOXAKAK. Tcactrrr>bia, iK says: I hw? beean troobkxi fawn cMdhoofl with Impure Sooft M ifj^m- on nay "iso?-two bottles of BruwnV Iron Bitter? effected, a. perfect caz?. I ?asmt^maaktoomghlrot this?aJuabJeca^Scio*.'* _>h-ab>wTraS?lfai> ??! ritrnrt red fin w on wrapper. Taken?ot?rr. Made only by WW* rtiMMfciii ce^BATEUIOKE,MA. COTTON BiTTWfr MTTRESSES. WIffiRE WE. SPEND ALMOST HALF of our life should be made a's comfort? able aa possible, and for the purpose of a??reg tars good wortr, and m akin sr some money, we~naw offer-the best. COTTON BAT? TING MATTRESSever putnpo* this market. Three faades now made- $5.00, $]>.00, $7.00. ? 8ampl* and fall ioformatiou at Store of Treasurer, A.? MOMS. * 8atitfecmm -guaranteed in every case, or mosey refunded. - - ~ SUMTER COTTON MILLS. C. BART ? CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in. FRUIT ! CHARLESTON, S. C., -Are receiving by steamer ?nd rail from the North.and West full supplies each week of CHOICS APPLES. PBARS.XBMONS. PO? TATOES, CABBAGES, ON?ONS, NUTS :OF ALL K?NDS? JETC., ETC. ?3f~ Orders solicited and ;>ro mp Uv filled. NOT 9 x ffirnSp?is Miserai Waler. T?rtimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The following are selected fro?? ?any sim? ilar ones: * - Da. * fc. ' C. KE??TCDY, of Spartan bnrg; ; writes the Proprietors: "The remedia! qua.'- j i tie? of Glenn Springs I have known for over i midyears, -and eas attest to its value in Dyapepsia from gastric or functional derange? ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical Effusions, denne Irregularly and Affections ?af the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis ?ases I would particularly call attention, as the waters have shown large curative powers in these complaints." ^.PfU,Sk:-.-B.. Mana, of Newberry, S. C., sadie' SI. have sent more than fifty persons aufleriog with Jaundice to these Springs, aud bare never been disappointed ic any case; they all speedily recovered. I cannot find wordrmeiepmss my -confidencein the Glenn fipriags water, as a remedy for the Liver, 4r1>eQ functionally denurged. Dyspepsia.: Dropsy, certain ?kia diseases., troubles in the j Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, i have pHt;ay I know, .disappeared- at the] Springs.? v . j Da. JAMES MCISTOSH, President of the Med- , ical Association ol South Carolina, in bis an- < anal address before that body remarks : **Glenn Sipciage, for diseases of the Sioroach, laver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with ' My other on the continent." PRICE OF WATER. Per case of two dozen quart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan bnrg, $4.00. ,<PSr^ galio n, bj the barrel, delivered at Spartaobnrg, 20 eeo ts. Per gallon, for less than a barrel, 25 cents. Address SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C. For mle in Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China. ! Mei-Cita of Siter ai A? joining {Mes: IHEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A Candidate for your generous patronage is ray *' ' j BOOK, STATIONARY AND TOBACCO Business. Only that and nothing more. Don't send abroad for boo KS or any of these supplies you may require. Buy from me and I'will'sell'to you as cheaply as you can pur? chase, anywhere in the United States. Help me ia my old age and infirmity, and it shall not add one cent to your necessary expenses. I am not striving to accumulate wealth but merely desire to provide a comfortable sap port for myself aad familv. W/G. KENNEDY, Jan. 20. at Sumter Book Store. BOOKS. OCHOOL BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS |^ Books, Blank Books, Copy Books, Memo? randum Books, Draft Books, Receipt Books, Kote Books, Music Books. Best grade of all kinds of Wtiting Paper and Envelopes, Photographic. Autograph ana Scrap Albums. Playing Gards in variety and Marriage Certi? ficate*, at The Sumter Book Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doora North of John Reins. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. AFINE ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, in large print at Sumter Book Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of John Reids. ICHABOD AND OTHER POEMS, BY W, G. KENNEDY. PB SALE AT THE SUMTER ROOK STORE. Price reduced to one dollar per cop/._ 'mic DADCDls0nfI2etoFhn*<*HPM? I Ho KJtrC|l*tthe Newspaper Adver I/ike His Mother Used to Make. "I was born in Indiany," says a stranger lank and s im, . , Anns fellers in the restaurant was kind o guyin* bim* And Uncle Jake was sildin' him another pun k: ti pie And an extra cup of coffee with a twinkle in his eye "I wa? born in Indiany-more'n forty year ago, And 1 hain't boon back in twenty-and I'm workin* back'ards slow; And Tve ot in every restaurant 'twixt here aud Sante Fe, And I want to state this ooflee tastes ?ke get tia* home to mel "Pour us out another, daddy," says the feller. wa rmin' up, A speakin* 'cross a sauccrf ul, as uncle tuck his cup. "When I seed your sign out yonder," he went on to TJucle Jnke " 'Come ia and gie some coffee like your mother used to make' [ "I thought of my old mother and the Posey * County farm. And me a little kid ag'in, a bangin' on her arm As she set the pot a bilin'-broke the eggs an' .. poured'em in,". , .. And the feller kind o'halted, with a trimble in his chm. : And Uncle Jake he fetched the feller's coffee buck and stood As solemn fer a minute as. an undertaker would: Then he sort o' turned and tip-toed to'rds the . . s_ kitchen door, and next Here come bis ol<i wife out with him a nibbln* of her specs And she rushes for thc stranger, and she bollors out "lt's him! Thank God, we've met him cornin'l Don't S>u know your mother. Jim?" e feller, as he grabbed her, says: "You bet 1 haiut forgot-" But wipin' of bis ?'yes, says he, t4Your coffee's ^ mighty hot!" -James Whitcomb Riley. KOT AN OLD MAID AFTER ALL. If ever a cottage carried out the poet's idea of **a lodge in some vast wilder? ness^ it was mis one,. with the rudely hewn logs and the reel cedar verandah posts ali twined about with clematis and ivy. It was merely a spot cleared away in the midst of the -primeval forests, with tail trees forming a dome of shade, and tangled ferns and laurel bushes car? peting and glades behind-that was *JL - - Minnie West had thought it would be **greatL?un" to carun ^out with her fath? er. She had asked Barbara Gwynn to accompany ber, "in case one wants somebody to tait to," as she said; and had selected a number of her prettiest and most pictaresque gowns to wear, and books innumerable to read. Bat after the first three days Minnie con? fessed within herself that it was a bore. "Barbara?" she said softly, as she lay swaying to and fro in the ham? mock. .'res.71 Barbara was hemming a pocket-hand? kerchief in tixe shade beyond, and looked up quickly at the sound! of her voice. *'Isn't it lucky that Tom and Dick came this morning?" ?.Very," said Barbara. . "I was beginning to be tired to death of ike whispering of those trees, and the tinkle of the waterfall," sighed Min? nie. "And papa goes away before day? light, and that old Indian woman sell? ing baskets frightens me half to death! How do 1 know but what she means to scalp me before she gets through? But now that Dick is here-" "And Tom," softly murmured Bar? bara. ??They'll have to sleep in hammocks swung under the trees at night," added Minnie. -But I don't tnink they'll mind that" -If it don't rain," said Barbara. .?And they'll have to eat canned things and preserves, unless papa brings home some tront. or wild ducks, or venison, or something. But, of coarse, people expect to rough it in the woods." ?Of coarse," acquiescel soft-voiced Barbara. ?.I'm sorry, though." sighed Minnie, "gazing pensively ont toward Lake Shela m the distance, *that they both hap? pened to blunder in this direction ac once; because-mind, Barbara, this is a great, great secret" .TH never breathe it to a living soul?' whispered eager Barbara. ??They are Both dead in love with me," confidentially murmured Min? nie, blushing a radiant sea-shell pink, ??and-and I know they are furiously jealous of each other." ?.Dear me!" fluttered Barbara, herself coloring in sympathy. ??And Tm afraid one or the other of them will do something dreadful," said Minnie; 4<for the way they glare at each other is simply appalling/' 4*Couldn't-couldn't you send them away?" hazarded Barbara,her blue eyes uplifted, her red hps parted in a sort of dimpled consternation. .Oh no!" Minnie answered positive? ly. "No, that would never do. Don't you see how inhospitable it wot?ld seem? Oh, Barbara, this is one of the disadvantages of being-well, tolerably decent-looking," she added with a laugh, as she turned her face away. ?One is perpetually tormented with lovers; one never knows what to expect. Now you, Barbara dear "Yes, me," sighed Barbara, hemming away until her needle shone like a series of electric sparks. "You're a darling, and you've the sweetest face in the world," added Min? nie- "But of course yon couldn't be called a beauty, and men will never quarrel about you." "No, to be sure not," acceded Bar? bara with a mournful inflection in her voice. "And I think-yes, I'm almost cer? tain," Minnie candidly added-"that you'll be an old maid. -But you shall always have a home with me, dear. And only reflect," she said encouraging? ly, "what a good deal old maids can accomplish in the world." "Yes; that's true," said Barbara. But she did not seen to derive much comfort from this indisputable fact "And now, darling," Minnie added dreamily, "if you'll just go inside and j make a pie and some little tarts out of I those wild raspberries that the Indian woman brought this morning it would be such a relief to me, for one does get go shockingly burned and scorched over the stove; and I never bad any fancy ? for cooking. You won't mind, Barbara, will you?" "I? Oh no!" said Barbara, putting aside the half-hemmed pocket-handker? chief. Ever since their school-days she had contentedly yielded up the palm in ! everything to beautiful Minnie West, j and the habit was still strong on her. I Meantime Tom and Dick, whose names in ordinary society were Mr. Thomas Sinclair and Mr. Richard Went? worth, were stalking along side by side, evidently not the best company for each other. "1 rather think," said Wentworth, suddenly stopping, "that I'll take this old road. It looks as if it might lead somewhere." ??It is a deuced lonesome sort of a place," said Sinclair. "I shouldn't think by the looks of it that a team had been over it io a year." "Nevertheless, I mean to follow it up," ? said Wentworth, curtly. "Do as you please," observed Sin? clair. "I suppose? however, that your ! idea in following old roads is chiefly tx get rid of me?" "You eau draw your' own infer enees," said Wentworth, shrugging nh shoulders. "Much obliged to you, I am sure," re marked Sinclair, tugging fiercely at hi! mustache. And the minute Dick was out of sigh! he made the best of his way back to thc lodge in the vast wilderness, when Minnie was still swinging gracefullj in the hammock, and Barbara wai Just taking the raspberry-pie out of tnt oven. "I thought Td come back," said he ?.Wentworth took a fancy to go down that queer old road that leads through the woods. What for, I can't imagine, unless it was to break np our tete-a-tete. And-" Minnie sprang out of the hammock. **Not the old road by the brook?" said she. ??Why, of course. What other old road is there?" said Tom, staring. "Didn't -I tell you?" shrieked Minnie, : ??that the old road wasn't safe? That nobody ever traveled it now, on ac? count bf the quaking morass that swal? lowed np a wagon and two horses, three years ago?" "Of course you told me," said Sin? clair, turning lividly pale. "But 1. swear to Heaven I never thought of it from that moment to this!" "It looks exactly like the rest of the road," cned Minnie, wringing her hands. "No one would ever suspect what a death-trap it was until you step directly upon it And then- Oh, run after him, Mr. Sinclair!" "Don't lose a second!" gasped Bar? bara.* '?Take a hatchet with you, to cut the branches of trees! Take a coil of rope! Oh, my goodness, at this very second he may be sinking out of the world!" Sinclair's face was blanched as he glanced from one to the other. In the midst of his tenor and genu? ine sympathy he could not but think: ??She loves him after alL I have not the ghost of a chance!" He caught up the hatchet which the trembling little Barbara brought him, and flinging thc coil of clothes-line around fis neck, started off in a run in the hope of overtaking Wentworth be? fore he had reached the fatal spot But the effort was useless. As he Sressed on beneath the* swamp-like ensity of the old trees, he caught sight of his former rival, already knee-deep in the treacherous quagmire-over which a veil of soft green grass and wild ferns had grown luxuriantly, as if to conceal its very existence from tho unwary traveler - and shouting des? perately for help. .?Hold on a minute!" bawled Tom, as he chopped vigorously away at a slim, tall-growing young birch tree. ?Til fling this tree across that death-trap. Hold on to it until I cut another!" And by dint of constructing an impor? tune raft of elastic young saplings across that hidden chasm, and himself venturing across them, he succeeded in dragging Dick out before it was too late, and both stood for a second gaz? ing with deathly-pale faces nt the raft itself as it gradually settled down, down, down into the morass, until only the velvet-soft grass and the nod? ding arum-leaves were left above the surface Wentworth wrung Tom's hand. ??Old fellow," said he, ??you have saved my life. I can't describe my feel? ings just now. It was as if the hand of some unseen monster were gripping at my heels and drawing me down to death. It was like being swallowed up alive. After this I'll go away. I won't remain to interfere with your chances." "But you shall remain," said Tom. ??Here she comes now. She shall decide for herself. Do you take me for an in? grate?" It was true. Minnie, flushed and lovely from the haste she had made, now arrived at the scene, with little Bar? bara close behind. "He is all right" said Tom. "He has saved my life!" shouted Dick. .?He deserves the richest reward that man can receive. I resign all claims in his behalf." ??Nonsensef said Tom, looking su? premely uncomfortable. "If it hadn't been for my carelessness and stupidity you never would have been in such a bad plight" Minnie turned rose and white by tums. She looked imploringly at Dick, she looked wistfully at Ton? and then she put out her hands to the lat? ter. ?.You are his preserver," she said? almost in a sob. "No reward eau be too great for you. If-if a lifetime's de? votion can atone to you for this noble act it shall be yours. I will be your wife, dear, dear Tom!" "Hold on-hold on!" said Mr. Sin? clair. "We're all at cross-purposes here. lt's Dick that proposed this bargain not me." "Don't you adore her?" said Dick re proachfullv. ??Not a bit of it" said Tom. ??She's avery nice girl; but it's Barbara that Tm after." "Barbara!" echoed Dick. ?*Why the deuce didn't you say so before?" "Isn't it she that you're in love with?" demanded Tom, with some sur? prise. "No; it's Minnie!" ?'Then why on earth couldn't you have spoken out?" irately demanded Sinclair. "Here we both have been frantically jealous of one another with? out a particle of cause." And Minnie West flying into tho arms of her rescued hero, cried out: "And 1 can love Dick, after all, with? out feeling myself to be a serpent of in? gratitude." As for little Barbara, she said nothing at all, except that her eyes were full of limpid, deep sparkling happiness. "Only to think," said Minnie, when she bad had time properly to consider the question, "that Barbara won't be an old maid after all ! But I was willing to sacrifice mvself to Tom, after all. Now, wasn't I?"" "But he didn't want tho sacrifice," demurely spoke Barbara. "I think that is, it seems to mc-that he's very well satisfied as it is." Which, to beautiful, self-appreciative Miunie. was the strangest thing- of ail. A Clever Yonnjj Journalist. Miss Jeanette Gilder is a woman who has made for herself a very enviable place in journalism, says tho New York World. Siie founded and has carried to a definite success a weekly journal, The Critic, which was an experiment and something quite new in its aim and scope. Of her career and her experiences in the various departments of news? paper work she writes in a pleasant, frank, manly fashion. Personally Miss Gilder is a curious combination of feminine and masculine traits. She is passionately fond of children and is de? voted to the pretty infants of her brother, the poet; in social life soe is entirely feminine, and is quite what any other clever, sweet-tempered woman would be. But in her office she is utter? ly changed. A woman who had occa? sion to meet her there once gave rather an amusing decription of her own cmo tions on thc occasion. i ? THRONE FOR RENT. BUI Nye Politely Declines the Job of Kin g of Salgarla. SLSTFEBT ELMHURST, HUDSON, Wis. To the Allied Powers care of Lord Salis? bury. GENT?ES?EN: Your favor of recent date regarding my acceptance of the Bulgarian throne, which is now vacant and? for rent, in which note you tender me the use of said throne for one year with the privelege of three, is at hand. You also state that the allied powers are not favorable* to- Prince Nicholas and that foti would all prefer a dark horse. Looking over thc e?tire list of obscure men, it would seem you had been unable to fix upon a r?an who has made a bet? ter showing* in his line than I have. While I thank you for this kind offer of a throne that has, as you state, been newly refitted and refurnished through? out, I must decline it for reasons which I will try to give in my own rough, un? polished way. In the first place ? read in the latest despatches that Russia is mobilizing her troops, and I do not want anything to do' with a country that will treat its soldiers in that way. Troops have cer? tain rights as well as those who have sought the pleasanter walks of peace. That is not all. I do not care to enter into a squabble in which I am not in? terested. Neither do I care to go to Bul? garia in the capacity of a carpet-bag monarch from the ten-cent counter, wearing a boiler-iron overcoat by day and a stab-proof corset at night I have always been in favor of Bulgaria's1 selection of a monarch vica voce or vox populi, which ever you think would look the best in print I hate to see a monarch in hot water all the time and threatening to abdict Supposing he does abdict what good will ihat do, when he leaves a widow with nothing but a second-hand throne and a crown two sizes too small for his successor? I have always said, and I still say, that nothing can be moro piti? ful than the sight of a lovely queen whose husband, in a wild frenzy of re? morse, has abdicted himself. Nothing, I repeat can be sadder than this picture of a deserted queen, left hio& and dry? without means, forced at hist to go to the pawnbrokers with a little plated, fluted crown with rabbit-skin ear tabs on it! We are prone to believe that a mon? arch has nothing to do hut issue a ukase or a mandamus and that he will then have all the funds he wants; but such is not the case. Lots of our most successful monarchs are liable to be overtaken any year by a long, cold winter and found as late as Christmas reigning in their summer sceptres. I am inclined also to hesitate about accepting the Bulgarian throne for another reason-I do not care to be de? posed when I want to be doing some? thing else. I have had my deposition taken several times and it did not look like me either time. 1 think that you monarchs ought to stand by each other more. If you would form a society of free and independent monarchs there in Europe, where you are so ' plenty, you could have a good time and every little while you could raise your salaries* if you worked it right Now you pull and haul each other all the time aud keep yourselves in hot water day and night. That's no way for a dynasty any more thau any one else. It impairs vour usefulness and tills our telegraphic columns full of names that wc cannot pronounce. Every little while we have to pay the operator at this end of thc cable ten dollars for writing in a rapid, flow? ing hand that "meanwhile Russia will continue to disregard the acts of the So? bran je." Why should a great country like Rus? sia go about trying to make trouble with a low-priced So brau jo? I think that a closer alliance of crowned heads, whose interests are identical, would certainly relieve the monotony of many a long, tedious reign. If I were to ac? cept the throne of Bulgaria, which is not likely, so long as my good right arm can still jerk a fluent cross-cut saw in the English tongue, I would form a syndicate of mouarchs, with grips, pass-words, explanations and signals; every sceptre would have a con* tralto whistle in the butt end which could be used as a signal of distress, while the other end could have a cork in it and then steering a tottering dynasty down through the dim vista of crumbling centuries would not be so irksome as it now is. As it is now, three or four allied powers ask a man to leave his business and squat on a cold, hard throne for a mere pittance, and then just as he be? gins to let his whiskers grow and learns to dodge a big porcelain bomb those same allied powers jump on top of him all spraddled out and ask him for his deposition. That is no way to treat an amateur monarch who is trying to do right You see that unless you stand by each other the thrones of Europe will soon be empty and every two-dollar-a day hotel in America will have au heir apparently to thc throne for a head waiter, with a cornet put on his clothes with a rubber stamp, and a loaded sceptre up his sleeve, li you want to rear your children to love and respect the monarchy industry you must afford them better protection. I say this as a man who may not live to over 100 years of age, ana with my feet thus settling into thc boggy shores of time let me beg of you monarchs, and monarcbesses, to make your call? ing an honorable one Teach your children and their children to respect the business by which their parents earned their bread. Show them that it is honorable to empire a country if tiiey do it right Teach them th nt to do right is better than to fraudulently turn a jack from the bottom of thc pack. Teach them that it is better to be a popular straight out-ar.d-out partisan king who is sincere about it than to be a mugwump monarch who dares not leave his throne night or day for fear that somebody will put a num? ber of bombs uudcr it or criticise him in the papers. I would like to empire Bulgaria this winter first rate if I could get back in time to rsmovo thc counterpane from my asparagus bed, but it would hardly pay me to do so. If Nicholas will do it and do it at living rates, I would tell him to go ahead. If you furnish reigning tools and palace he ought to do it at ?1,200 a year, or say $1,500 and lind himself, j Yours sincerciv, BILL NYE. 1,500- Collect. " in N. Y. Wor.d. "May I ask, young man, what your prospects are in life? I only want to know for my daughter's sake. "Well, sir, I have a position in a New York bank, and my salary, although small, is-" "I don't care anything about your salary. The question is, do you hold the keys to the safe?" Customer to coal-dealer-"Have you got any name for those scales of yours?" **I never heard of scales having a name." "Well vou ought to cali your scales ambush. You see they are always lying in weight"-Texas Siftings. Our State Contemporaries. Keowee Courier. The Anderson Intelligencer calls upon the people of Anderson to make an ef? fort to have the farm and station, pro? vided by the Legislature, located in that COUDfy. As we understand the law one of these stations is to be located in the up-country. We presume that at least four of these farais and stations will be authorized and * located in the State. There should be oue in the Piedmont section, one at Chester, one at Marion and one at Orangeburg. This would give the people of the State an opportunity to learn something of thc practical operations of these farms and stations. Under the rpesent law one of these farms and stations is to be located in the 'Piedmont region/ and the people of this section are called upon to contribute the ways and means, in a measure, to secure the location of the farm and station. It cannot be profitable for *the various counties in this region to have a scram? ble over the location-all expecting it and only one county to receive it. As a solution of the matter we would suggest that the people of the Counties in the 'Piedmontregion,' by delegates appoint? ed in the usual way, meet at some con? venient point and settle the matter of lo? cation. The location should be at a point accesible to a majority of the people of the section named, if it is to be useful and profitable to them, as we think it will bc. Barnwell P.eople. Better than Ben Tillman. Several years ago three contributions advocat? ing the creation of arbitration courts ap? peared in the People. They came from the pen and brain of one of the most in? tellectual and accomplished gentlemen in the State, but were too far in ad? vance of the times to receive the atten? tion and approbation that they deserved. The Newberry Farmers County Club recently adopted a resolution, published below, which should be followed all over the State. It woulddo the farmers more good than the building of a purely Ag? ricultural College. Resolved, That each Farmers' Club appoint a judiciary committee whose duty it shall bc to hear and adjust all differences between members of their respective clubs or adjoining clubs, and' also, as far as possible, between mem? bers and their tenants. Anderson Intelligencer. The Supreme Court has filed its de? cidion in the matter of thc application for a mandamus to compel Mayor Tolly to hear and judicially determine all mat? ters of law and fact involved in the late prohibition election in Anderson. The Court dismissed the application, holding that the Mayor is bound by the return of thc managers. Chief Justice Simp? son delivered the opinion of the Court, which was concurred in by Justice Mciver and McGowan. The anti-pro? hibitionists propose beginning a case in the Circuit Court to set the election aside. Mies Samoella Brown, one of Ander? son's most excellent young ladies, has volunteered her services as a Missionary to China, in response to a call from the Missionary Board of the M E. Church, South. Miss Brown will shortly leave for Nashville, Tenn., where she will confer with the Board, and if accepted, will at once prepare to leave for her field of labor. Miss Brown is in every way qualified for her Missionary work, and it is very commendable in her to offer her services to thc Master in that distant land. Her offer certainly ?hows a brave heart and a strong desire to ex? tend the cause of Christ. Pee Du Index. In spite of the bard times there is no scarcity of money in the money market. Capitalist* find that borrow? ers are scarce. There are, indeed, many wanting to borrow but most of them are persons who can give no security, personal or otherwise.. A mao who can give fair security can borrow on very reasonable terms, lt is an encouraging indication that this class of people are not borrowing money, but are holding to the property. It is encouragniug to know that the private indebtedness of the people is not growing in an overwhelming ratio. The result of economy on the part of the people will be to make money easier for all classes, the laborer as well as the landlord. A Tobacco Factory for Marion. Ex-Representative Janies McRae. of this county, and Mr. John J. McKay have built a tobacco factory in the up? per portion of Marion, and gone regu? larly into the wboselale manufacture of the weed. The factory is situated in the extreme northeastern part of the county where Marion, Marlboro* and Pwoberon (N. C.) Counties join. The required bond has been given, and the gentlemen only await their license to j commence work. This is, if we mis I take not, (lie fifth factory of the kind I in the State and the second in the Pee Dec country, flic other being owned by | Mr. ll. J. Tatum, at Tatum Statiou, j Marlboro' County. Greenville Nercs. A story comes from Lexington Va., that the ghost of Stonewall Jackson has appeared there, like the ghost of il ? m let's father, to thc sentinels ..land? ing their watch. It seems that Gen. Jackson has acquired some new and dandified ?deas in the other world as he is said to appear on a white horse ? with waving white plumes above his 1 head ; or possibly he has raided tlie ; shadowy quarters of some departen Federal general from force of habit and : brought off thc headquarters equip- j ment. But alive or dead, shadow or sub- j stauce, if Stonewall Jackson i* ridiug around Lexington we want to go there and see him,, and there are thousands of old soldiers who would make the journey for the pleasure of seeing him and yelling in his wake one more time. They would go too without the slightest doubt that if he wished to lead them to heaven he would get them there on time j and in good fighting order. We await further reports with inter cst; i Birmingham, Ala? Tbe following letter recently publisb* ed in the Greenville Enterprise, and' written by Mr. J. M. Sullivan aa-? reply to numerous letters of inquiry fro? friends, will be of interest to tbe gene? ral reader : To begin, then, I may say that the city of Birmingham is tbe most remark? able and rapidly growing city in the world, both in population, in wealth and in newly ioaugurated industrial en? terprises. As an evidence of this, I will cite a few facts, tbat, without com? ment of mine will satisfy the most skep? tical doubter that I do not indulge rn the language of exaggeration when I assert the broad proposition above stated : In the year 1880, Birmingham had a population of 4.500; in 1884, a population of 17,500 ; in 1885, a pop? ulation of 21,347; in 1886 a pop? ulation of 32,000 ; and now a popula? tion of about 40.000. The value of taxable property in Jefferson County in 1880 was only $3,246,374, while io 1886, as shown by Tax Receiver's re? turns, this value bad increased to $11, 079,619. Since this assessment was made at least $6,000,000 or $7,500, 000 has been added to the wealth of the County-the very large majority of which has been invested in Birming? ham and its immediate vicinity. Cap? ital has come to the city in larger pro? portion to population than bas ever be? fore been kuown in the history of cit? building. There are a large number of immense manufacturing establishments, consisting of furcaces, rolling mills, foundries, iron and steel works, wood works of all kinds, furniture factories ; and, indeed, every conceivable sort of similar enterprise. There is a rapidly growiog wholesale trade in every de? partment of commerce which is destined to be immensely increased in a very few months, upon the completion of tbe Kansas City, Memphis and Birming? ham Railroad, the Georgia Pacific, west? ward to Columbus, Mississippi, tbe Goodwater extension of the Georgia Central, and the Mobile and Birming? ham connection. Retail merchants in every line do a magnificent and profita? ble business. Employed in the various foundries, furnaces, workshops and other wage paying establishments, there are fully fifteen thousand male adult laborers in the Birmingham District. There is a steady demand for carpen? ters, brick-masons, and all sorts of la? borers who can assist in house building. Thousands of houses are going up and more will be started in the spring. As to wages, brick-masons are paid from $2.75 to $3.75 per daw carpen? ters, $2 to $3 ; stone cutters, ?2 25 to $2.75 ; plasterers, $1 75 to ?2 25 ; painters $1 50 to $2 25 ; tinners, $1 25 to $3.25 ; teamsters, $2.50 to $3; day laborers, $1. There is a splendid call for first-class domestic ser? vants-but only first-class are wanted. Labor is paid off every Saturday night io cash-a consideration of im? portance alike to the retail dealer and the laborer himself. Io a few words I may coincide by re? marking than the coal, iron and lime? stone fields produce their three hundred and twelve crops per annum, and these go daily on the market to be converted into cash to pay each week the wages of the producer. Ours is a very different system from that of the cotton country, where the whole year is consumed in producing and gathering and selling the crop, and landlord and laborer have alike to wait through weary months to secure their compensation. We need more hotels and boarding houses ; and this want is due to the fact that immense throngs of people are coming into the city upon every train, either to invest their money or to cast their lots with ocr growing aod famous? ly prosperous community. One other thing may be mentioned, while property is now selling here at what persons from abroad regard as fabu? lous prices-and, indeed, the prices have advanced hundreds of per cent, in the last six months--nevertheless, I can most con?Jeu ty predict that by mid-sum? mer every lot in the city will have doubled its value to its owners. Trust my word for it. that when I state that at least $200,000 in actual cash is paid out in this city every Satur? day afternoon to employees;; that I rath? er under estimate than exaggerate the fact as it really exists. Nearly all this money is spent here for the various sup? plies which are needed by these work? ing people and their families. During this spring, summer and fall. I know of contemplated building enter? prises which will surpass in extent all those that have been completed i:i the last three years. These movements are made to meet an actual demand which an ever increasing population renders strady ; and investments of this sort will assume to capitalists the handsomest dividends while it will afford the work? ing classes comfortable and compara? tively cheap homes. It is a well-kuown fact that if the supply of business houses and dwellings had been adequate j to the demand, the population of Bir- j mingham to-day would have bceu at j least 20,000 greater than it now is. | Capitalists of immense means have realized tins and seeing that they have been standing in their own light, arc now moving with great zeal and energy to remove this obstacle to that full growth which has only been delayed lor j the reason thar, thousands who desired to locate could find neither business stands nor habitations for themselves and their families. The metal workers of the North and West] at last reabzing that iron can be produced here f<>r at least 00 per rou less than in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ken? tucky. Lake Superior and other ore producing sections of the North and Northwest arc rapidly coming to ihe concludion '? fake time by the forelock and locate their plants in this vicinity. Ten years ago thc Loudon Times said that "Birmingham, Alabama, is destin? ed to be America's greatest metal work? ers city." This prophecy is now being rapidly realized, and in a very ?hort time million? of dollars will find invest? ment here that are now being employed in the Northern and Western States at a great disadvantage. The cheap sup? ply of the raw material here compels them to come to this great ?ron center of the ccotiuent. A new era is dawning. The long 1 prostrated Sooth is now emerging from the depression wbieh a revolution- of ife political sy-tem wrought. It is march? ing in the van of material progress and fe winning glori?os achievements in the amassing of wealth' aird the extension of a new prosperity. In the grand column of States that are pressing forward with high resolve and victorious sweep, Alabama is at the forefront, bearing a shining banner, on whose folds is in? scribed the legend, "Our night has ended: tht morn of prosperity has dawned." Death to Desperadoes. From the S?. Louie Oldbt-Demotrat, On trial ir* the Circuit Court, in ses sion at Mt. Sterling, Hy , is a little, inoffensive-looking mao, about 4& years old. He bas a delicate, effeminate face, blond bair that is beginning to torn white, and small white bands. His eyes are light blue, but under ex? citement there is a glitter in them that reminds one of a tiger. This man is Perry Oakley, Marshal of Stepstone, Ky., indicted for the tilling of Wil? liam " and John Smith and William Osborne on the streets of Stepstone in July, 1885. Quiet and seemingly gen? tle as a woman. Oakley isa man of iron nerveand leoninecourage. Hisbas been a turbulent career, but it ts truly said be never raised a gun except when there was no other recourse, never pro? voked a quarrel or engaged in a fight except in a case of absolute defence. One of Oakley's first battles with was with Jim Ballard, a powerful man. a recognized and feared desperado. Bal? lard attacked Oakley, who quietly pull? ed a knife and ran it through the des? perado's body. Ballard recoved, and some month's later, aided by bis father and brothers, attacked Oakley again. The fight was a desperate one, Oakley receiving a bullet through bis body, but before he fell be sent two shots into old man Ballard's breast, wounding bim fatally. Oakley recovered almost mi? raculously. The triple killing for which Oakley is now on trial was highly sensational, and serves to show the nerve of the man. As marshal of Stepstone be had incurred the enmity of the touga ele? ment of the town. On the evening of the murder, Will and John Smith and Will Osborne were painting Stepstone all kind of colors. They lived in the country, and came to town to get drunk. They were all armed-one with a gan and the others with pistols. Oakley believed they would do no serious barm if let alone, and avoided them. Thus matters stood late in thc evening, when , John, the elder of the Smiths, went 1 into the storehouse owned by one Hick erson where Oakley was sitting. When Oakley saw Smith, be asked what was wanted, Smith did not answer, but attempted to draw a pistol from his belt. Quick as a flash Oakley drew bis revolver and fired; killing Smith. Will Smith and Osborne were out in the street and bearing the shot rushed in, one with drawn revolver, fhe other with a rifle, ready to shoot. Oakley saw them corni og and seized a doable barrelled shotgun. It was now an open field, with shelter for neither side. The odds were two to one but the nervy man never flinched. When within fifteen feet of each other the firing began. Both barrels of Oakley's gan went off al? most simultaneously, and Osborne and Smith fell to the floor pierced by a dozen buckshot. Just then an unseen foe sent a bullet toward the brave Mar? shal, grazio g bis temple. Undaunted, Oakley ran to the sidewalk, and saw a man named Maguire running with a gun in his hands. Levelling his re? volver be fired, sending a bullet into Marquire's shoulder. Oakley had a thorough examining trial, and was acquitted, but the Grand Jury nevertheless indicted bim. Politics in Colorado. Blaine of Maine. Hill of New York. That is now the political cry in Col? orado. The Republicans are for Blaine and the Democrats for Gov. ; Hill. A canvas of the Legislature shows that the Republican members are almost solid for Blaine, and the same can be said of the Democratic members as to Hill. There is no doubt that the Presidential preferen ces expressed by the members of thc Legislature represent the general feel? ing of both parties in this State. If a delegation of Republicans were chos? en at the present time to express the wish of this State in a National Con? vention, they would be solid for Blaine, and a Democratic delegation could be counted on for Gov. Hill. Why are the Colorado Democrats opposed to Cleveland ? Because they don't like his policy. Tiicy don't like his silver record ; and above all, they dislike his hobnob? bing with Mugwumps. In the can? vass of the Legislature thete are only three Cleveland men out of the thirty two Democratic members. At first only two Cleveland men were found, but later developments showed there were three. But three ont of thirtj'-two is a small backing for a President. There is somthing a little remarka? ble about the feeling toward Cleve? land in Colorado. The Republicans don't like him because he is a Demo? crat, and the Democrats don't like him because they think he isn't a Democrat. From a Colorado standpoint it might well be asked, What is Air. Cleve.and ? Why do they want Gov. Hill? He is considered an available man, and the Colorado Democrats believe him to be more of the old Jacksonian style in standing by the party leaders, lt must be admitted that good men have been appointed by Mr. Cleveland to office in Colorado, but it is a fact that the old Democratic leaders in the State have, as a rule, been ignored. Anti-Cleveland ? Yes. Both Republicans and Dem? ocrats arc against him. The contest of 1888 is looming up, and the Colo? rado politicians are casting the horo? scope.--A'a/isis City Journal t A note of warning : People who j , steal watches are apt to wind up in jail, | < -Harper's Bazaar. j. . Current Comment, The New York Sun says r We fi od io the WashingioB Hinda" i report which- it is impossible te.cos? sider without entire disbelief, sod ?ere t is: "Tn conversation willi tbe Frequent" ?omething was said about Mr. Pendle^ ion's violent greenback heresy of fifteen rears ago. 'That don't matter DOW,' vas the President's aas wer 'r the green- . jack question is- not now in politics, so t can make no difference' *Tbe??" ?00* I *&*], 'the Cincinnati Enquirer s against him.9 The President looked . it me steadily for a moment. Then I ?oticed a dull red flush slowly spread ill over his face. 'Darno tbe. Cincin? nati Enquirer /*. said be. . 'it the yypev which gave tbe first publicity to - bat viIliaooas lie, about mo ia 1884 ? am glad to hear it is opposed to Pen-. ileton. It makes hwn very much ' itronger in my estimation.' I never-: ?aw more vehement bitterness exhibits id in any one's countenance than was ?bown in the President's in this WQ ?ersatron."': '"': ?:' ' lU.Z^O We do not mean to express the opti? on that Mr. develan ? regards the Cie? no nati Enquirer with kindly affection,-. >ut we are perfectly sore that be Bever nado use of the profane and shocking impression attributed to h i av io tho Washington Herald. White we do soi >. inderstand that be is a professing Christian, or a member of any churdy we cannot forget that-be is the soo of i Presbyterian minister, and has been . brought up to think of swearing as not 4 inly wicked, but revolting to every"del.-; * cate sense of propriety and unbecom? ing to a gentleman.; - . Accordingly,.wc denounce this state? 3 aient of tho Washington Herald as: jalumpious and wrong. Louisville Ooxrrier-Journal. The second rejection* of Matthews by - the Senate is not quite so bad. on the Administration as the resignation of Lord Randolph Cb arch ill and the defeat; !>f Mr. Goschen or the'Salisbury G-ov-r cr?ment. Bot it is told to-day thal, the President felt it keenly, and showed bis feeling to those Senators who, hav? ing voted against Matthews, had the temerity to attend last night's levee. Why should he ? IQ bringing the negro . all the way from Albany to put bim in office in Washington, he not only gave great and justified offense to the white population of the District. of; Columbia, but be distinctly violated a pledge of bis own and of his party. The chief objection to Matthews, . aside from.this, was his position aa to mixed schools. He is a faoatio in favor of them. Now tho school systetir of Washington is a good one, offering - fair and equal advantages to both races, and they are at last happily and- well established, Matthews' presence and: influence here could -only unsettle things. Hence both Republicans aid Democrats joined in rejecting bim, and were entirely, right in doing so.. If the President had the least tact he would have accepted the first rejec? tion as finaL If be were not wedded; to the policy; of making war . on bia: friends and making love to bis ene? mies he never would have appointed him. ---? - Phil. American, Ay. *. . . 3 The shifting of party strength ia the; Senate since the ' end of President Grant's adminiatratioa^-ia-a notable feature. In the 45th Congress, (1877 to 1379,) there were still six. Republi? can Senators, survivors of the. recon^ struetion era, sitting for Southern States-Spencer, of Alabama ; Dorsey,1* Arkansas; Conover, Florida; Kellogg. Louisiana ; Brace. Mississippi ; and Patterson, South Carolina. AH thew, seats are now held by Democrats. - On. the other hand, Connecticut had theo' two Democratic Senators*- Eaton ano*' Barnum--and now has two Republic cans, while Illinois, New York, Oregon/ and Pennsylvania bsd eeeb- one Demo crat^Messrs. Davis,^Kernan? ?r?ter and Wallace. The loss in the. Senate has therefore been compensated bj the gain of these Northern seats, and the other seats which have been shifting since are the doubtful and disputed ones-^California, Indiana, New Jersey; and Nevada. These make and unmake the balance of power at resent* Kew Orleans States', Dem. It was only a short time ago that the Atlanta Constitution fed the President )o sweet talk and said "Cleveland and jrady will sweep thc South like a whirlwind in lSSS.'' Now the Consti? tution caris its lip in great disgust and ?ays "The President has allowed him? self to be befooled and befuddled by me-horse Congressmen." Grady has evidently had his eyes opened to the act that he will not figure in the sweep io any great extent. y . Y. World. The Washington correspondent of he World telegraphs on the 3rd inst. ; "Something like a sensation was ?aused in the District Supreme Court n General Term here to-day by the >reseutation of a petition attacking the y j vii Service Commission and asserting he unconstitutionality of the law by rirtue of which it exists." Wilmington Star. The World interviewed the Demo ratio legislators in New York as to heir preferences for the Presidency n 1SSS. It devotes two and a half 01 um ns of fine type to thc opinions. Che sum of the matter is : For Cleve aud 6, Hill 20, Thurman 3, Cleveland r Hill 1. Cleveland, Hill or Hewitt 1, ion-corn minai 24, absent 9 It also otcrviewed the Republicans, as (bl? ows : For Blaine 40, for Depew 9, ion-committal 20, absent 25. It found 2 Republicans who believed Cleveland ras the strongest Democrat, and 41 ?10 said Hill was. cleveland or Randall or Crashing: Defeat. From the Nashville Union. Mr. Cleveland will almost certainly )e the candidate in 1SSS. There is but )ne man in the party besides Mr. Cleve and that would stand the slightest show ,o be elected, and that is Mr. Randall. We can state as a fact, from a personal conversation with him, that he entirely concurs in the idea that Mr. Cleveland wwi be, aud ought tu bc the candidate.