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iSBIUUtt, GEORGIA.
Friday, July 3. 1885.
s Th# Oldest Pa^oria Southweri Georgia
ESTABLISHED IN 1854.
Official O reran of City of Americas.
All Official notice* of the above
Counties appear In the Republic
THE DAILY REPUBLICAN.
At the earnest solicitation of
a large number of friends and
patronttwe will commence the
publication of the DAILY
SUMTER REPUBLICAN, on
the First of September next.
The daily will be the same
sixe of the Semi-Weekly and
will be issued every after
noon at 4 o’clock. It will
contain all the latest news
of the day, telegraph and
otherwise. The price of the
Daily will be five dollars a
year, payable quarterly in
advance.
C. W. HANCOCK.
It is only a’question of a little while
with General Grant. Ilia life U slow
ly ebbing away.
Tho cholera is raging furiously
the infected districts of Spain. There
were 855 new case® 346 deaths during
one day this week.
•lodge Foraker is said to have a law
practice worth $25,000 a year. Strange
that a lawyer with such a basil
should neglect it to be beaten for ;
ernor.
The whole number of visitors to the
New Orleans Exhibition was, 1,158,
840. The show was open neorly
long as the Centennial Exhibition
Philadelphia, which was visited by
9,010,066 persons.
The Thomasvillo Times of Satnr
day last has reports from 6cvoral lo
calities of the appearance of tho cotton
caterpillars in considerably nnmbei
This is unusually early for their ap
pearance, and 89 the growing cotton
backward they may prove very destruc
tive.
The tabernacle meetings closed in
Atlanta Tuesday night, after a series
ot two meetings a day for three weeks.
Several times over five thousand peo
ple at a time have been present, and
the average attendance for the last
week was the greatest yet had. Dr.
Munhall goes to Savannah.
A middle-aged man advertises in the
Atlanta Journal for a situation as a
salesman, and recommends himself by
Btating that he “has failed twice in
business, and knows tho rocks to avoid.
Wo suppose that if ho fails two or
three times more his recommendation
will be that much stronger.
The twelfth annual session of the
Georgia State Sunday School Associa
tion will be bold in Pome on the 22nd,
23rd and 24th of July next. All Sun
day school workers in the State arc
cordially invited to attend. For fur
ther particulars address President P.
P. Peppard, Savannah, Ga.
A report submitted to the Postmas
ter General shows that the total num
ber of Presidential postoflices on July
1st will be 2231, a decrease of 122, as
compared with the number of such of-
floes at the beginning of the present
fiscal year. Daring the year twelve
oflioes became Presidential, and on
July 1st 184 offices will be reduced
10m the Presidential to the fonrth-
TIic Cotton Crop,
a fact accomplished that the
area of tire cotton crop of 1885-86 is
the most extensive ever planted. Ac
cording to the Department of Agricnl*
the area is about eighteen million
i, but the Financial Chronicle'•
tables indicate an area of 18,710,000
showing an increase of 4.01 per
ss compared witfi 1884, and 7.20
per cent, as compared with 1883. The
area of 1882-83 was 16,590,000
and the yield was 6,092,000 bales, the
largest crop ever produced.
The Chronicle publishes a report
upon the acreage and condition of the
crop, which, with its retrospection
reveries, elaborate tables, and
ing analysis in forming intelligent
opinions, forms a model of careful and
intelligent discussion. It is a work
which the National Department of
Agriculture, under any of its former
heads, has never approached in its d
cussions of any crop, and which is t
equaled by any private enterprise
the field of agricultural reporting.
The net result of the last week’s
ew is to indicate a great deal m
than is implied in showing that an i
equaled area has been planted. It
proved by ample statistical compari-
that a good stand in June is
dispensable to a favorable result
any year, that thia simple factor is al
most conclusive of its result,
shown that the June stand of the pres
ent crop is exceptionally favorable,
review of acreage and yield in a w
of years, shows remarkable diversities.
of 1884, for instance, which
turned oat a crop of about 5,690,000
bales, t«ing 1,244^KK> acres greater
than that of 1882, which yielded 6,-
992,000 bales, the yield of each acre
varying between 149 and 194 pounds.
Bat the record proves that there is
persistent analogy between the early
stand and condition, and the final
yield per acre. THe crop of 1884, for
instance, though covering a very ex
cessive area, was started under the
disadvantage a rainy season, the root*
were accordingly short, and when the
drouth of the later summer supervenes
the plants were not in an average con
dition to draw sustenance from the
snb-soil. The crop of 1885, therefore,
with an exceptionally good stand and
an unprecedented acreage, presents
remarkably brilliant promise. This
is particularly promising for the Mis
sissippi valley and the central gronp
of Cotton States.
The greatest increase in acreage is
that of Texas, 13 per cent., followed
by Louisiana with 8 per cent., Arkan.
with G per cent, and Tennessee
with 4 per cent. Texas has planted
!,680,000 acres, or nearly one-fifth of
the whole; Georgia, 8,067,000
Alabama, 2,984,000 acres, and Missis
sippi, 2,564,000 acres.
shown that, notwithstanding
tho frequent fluctuations in yield re
sulting from bad stands and summer
drouths, there is a rapid and steady
progression in periods of several years.
In tho six years ending with 1872, the
yield averaged 8,167,000 bales per
annum; in the six years ending with
1878, the average was 4,771,000 bales,
and in the six years ending with 1884,
the average was 6,721,000 bales.
It may be added to the Chronicle'
exhibit of the initial probabilitii
production, that the markets of the
world have remarkably reduced stocks
of cotton, the present supply being leas
than in any recent year, with the
gle exception of 1881-82.
tntiaas spread throughout the World
and a warning to the thrones which
may one day be consumed in the fixe of
the people’s wrath. The people of
America recognize this emblem as a
sacred trust. In its acceptance they
hind themselves not to roller the torch
of liberty to grow dim on these Wes
tern shores, so that onr Republic may
ever be a beacon to which the eyes of
every nation may tarn with hope and
confidence, and ao that onr strength aa
of the great powers of the earth
may fotever hold a check upon all who
wonld trample upon humanity and rob
the people of those natural rights which
the Creator has bestowed upon them.
A lady in Brnnswick found a
of half-grown mocking birds «
yard recently. She succeedod in cap
turing them. They were put in a
porary cage and the cage put
room. During tho day the mother
bird flew into the room and was read
ily caught and plaoed in the cage with
the brood. She began instantly to feed
them with the food which was i
dsge. and did not aeem to notice the
impruonment. On the day following,
the male bird flew into the room,
offered no resistance nor showed any
eigne of fight when the lady captured
him. He was put into the same cage,
and the lady now has the entire fami
ly. They aeem contented and happy,
singing and feeding the young as
though they were in their native ele-
raent. The eaptor is entirely relieved
of the ears of feeding the bird family.
' The food is prepared and pnt it
cage, the mother attends to them.
fit. Louis is excited over the theory
that the body reoently found
trunk in ( a hotel in that city was not
that of yonag Prcller, as has been
believed. According to the published
statement, Frelier insured his life heav
ily before leaving England, tho suspi-
cion-has arisen that he has attempted
lo put up a job in order to secure the
insurance money to his relatives.—
With that end in view, he and Max
well, now, nnder arrest charged with
Prellet's murder, are supposed to have
pnt tip corpse in the trunk and so
ranged, everything that Maxwell wonld
he wispected of having killed Preller.
It is stated that there are manycircnm-
sj»nc*| which go to prove the reasona
bleness of the theory.: The plot is not
original, hut it is certainly startling.
We cannot say that it is credible. It
looks more like a scheme to shield
Maxwell, and whan he is tried we may
gftat the hottocp facts. If Maxwell
it mi a murderer, but .a paity to Prel-
ler’a .trick, he will Certainly make it
cleai, since the saving of his neck de
pend ii upon convincing the jury that
Pie! ter is really alive. Even the ques
tion arite«:Whoee corpse was that
found in the trunk if it werawot Prel-
Llberty Enlightening the World.
Over stormy seas, through fierce
gales end angry tempests, against baf
fling winds and beating waves, the
good ship Revolution more than a hun
dred years ago landed safely on the soil
of the American Republic, the Goddess
of Liberty, who ever since then has
held out her arms in welcome to the
oppressed of other nations and to all
who desire to enjoy the blessings
free government. While the clonds
were dark and threatening and the ves
sel in peril of destruction a great Pow
er on the other tide of the Atlantic aemt
across the ocean to the straggling pa
triots of the New World words of sym
pathy and encouragement, and gave
material as well as moral aid to the
sacred cause for which they fooght and
suffered. France was the friend
Freedom. Her glorious eon, the no
ble Lafayette, sought the distant ahore
where a people were engaged in a death
straggle with tyranny, and risked his
life in their cause. They were stran
gers to him by linetge, but they were
his brothers in humanity. And ao
shared in their triala and fought
their side until he had graven his
name with that of Washington on 1
heart of the Repnbiic, and inscribed
with thoee of the grandest heroes
Freedom’s cause on the pages
history.
On Friday the 19th inst. the good
ship Isere arrived in the port of New
York bearing Bartholdi’s Statue
Liberty, the gift of the nation honored
*» tbe birthplace of Lafayette, to the
people of the United States. She waa
received with great rejoicing. The har
bor was alive with shipping deoorated
with the flags of the two nations,
was also tbe city. The atari mud stripes
intertwined with the tri-oolors reminded
ns of the debt we owe to*France which
cannot be forgotten and a friendship
which has known no interruption. The
Statne of Liberty oomes to ns not alone
as a token of friendship. It has a
broader, deeper, more glorious signifi
cance than that would imply. It is a
tribute to the steadfastness with which
for more than one hundred years the
descendants of the patriots who hailed
Lafayette as a comrade and a brother
have preserved the heritage of freedom.
an emblem of freedom. It ia an
emblem of tbe hope with which the
stability and strength of the American
Republic inspires the people of Europe
Its vast proportions tell of the magni
tude of tbe victory won in the Wes
tern world for the rights of mankind
over the wrongs of tyranny nod oppres
sion. Its uplifted torch is a symbol
of the enlightenment which free instl-
“Bad Times,’* and the Cause.
One of onr Georgia exchanges say a;
'The times can hardly be said to b«
bad when there is more money in the
country than capitalists can find use
for, and plenty of everything that is
good at cheap prices; A panic nnder
such conditions ia well nigh impos
sible.”
Bat says tbe Rome Courier, tbe
hn are “bad,” if scarcity of money
in circulation and a close grip upon
their funds by capitalists can make
them bad. It ia a great error to con*
elude that everybody is easy and pros
perous and financial matters altogeth-
lovely, because we read in the pa
pers that capitalists have more money
than they can find a use for, and the
surplus in the banks is unprecedentedly
large. This condition of things at
tests tbe very reverse of a prosperous
state for the people generally.
Why cannot or do not the capital
ists find a use for their Iocke<l-ap mil
lions, opon which they are now draw
ing very low rates of interest, in a
country affording so many opportuni
ties for profitable enterprise and invest
ment aa onrs? Why is it impossible
here in tbe South to obtain loans np-
tbe very best real estate security at
less that ten per cent or more? The
answer is, that there is “a panic”
among capitalists, though the para
graph above quoted pronounces such a
thing "wall nigh impossible.” It is a
feeling of distrust and uncertainty that
influences them in locking np their
money where it draws very little
if any interest, rather than investigate
loaning it to men engaged
esntile or industrial enterprises.
And what causes thia distrust? It
is chiefly the insecure foundation upon
which onr bnaineaa interests are made
to rest by the gambling methods
which oontrol supply and prices. The
enormous wealth of the great specula
ting capitalists, like a boomerang, re
ts to restrain their own investments
to prevent the use of their money ia
any other way than in gambling
tares which they hope to be able to
control. And as long as thia state of
things continues, so long will there be
cnmnlstion, distrust, panics, scarcity
of money in circnlation, and *
times” for people of small means.
Tbe wealth of a few millionaires
and tbe locking np of the fnnds in the
vaults, or their ose only in great spec
ulations to control prion, do not mak-
the prosperity of a people. The great
capitalists may connt their idle money
or bonds by the hundreds of millions,
and they may be able by their gam
bling operations to control the prices
of labor and of all the necessaries of
life,but thia state of things only attests
exceptional prosperity and aggrandise
ment at the expense of the toiling mil
lions and serves to show
“Bow wide the limits stand
Between a splendid and a happy land. 1
A Notable Tribute to Bee.
Sir Frederick Roberts, the hero of
the Britifh campaign against Afghan
istan, a solid and brilliant feat of anna
has written a letter to one of the chil
dren of Gen. Robert 8. Lee, of which
the following are extracts:
'Lika most Englishmen, I knew
that your father waa a man of whom
any Nation might riWl he proud, but
I confess that I never thoroughly ap
preciated his aoMe character until I
read the stirring and pathetic address
delivered by Major McDaaiel. It is a
very remarkable oration, and worthy
of the hero in whose honor is was com-
S a*d. I think that no one can penis*
sjor Denial's speech without a feel
ing of tbe deepest admiration and res
pect of tbe late Gen. Lee. It will al
ways be a great regret to me that 1
never had the opportunity of becoming
acquainted with a man who proved
himself to be a soldier, a statesman, a
patriot and a gentleman. It ia pleas
ant to find how well Gen. Lee’s fellow
countrymen ee«m'to have understood
his good works, ank I aa anre it must
be a source of deep gratification to hie
family to know bow genuine and unan
imous this feeling is.” He adda that
although impossible now, be hopes
some day to viait tbe United States,
and that be may then see the monu
ment in the College Chapel at Lexing
ton, considering it, he aaye, a privilege
to be able to show my respect and ad
miration for one of the greatest soldiers
of any age—Lee of Virginia.”
Thia is a supremo doable tribute
to the dead chieftain and the living
ator who have been indissolubly link
ed to getfaer. Msjor Daniel was one
of tbe bravest of the brave in war, aa
he is one of the greatest enchanters in
the forum of reason. The letter of
England’s foremost Generals recalls
how fortunate Gen. Lee wee in his eu
logist and how happily and nobly the
prophetic lips of Daniel have helped
perpetuate the feme and consecrate the
ory of Robert E. L*e.
A Dream of Death.
Had Sausages in His Pocket.
A minister in one of onr orthodox
churches, while on hie way to preach
a funeral sermon in tbe country, called
to sec one of his members, an old lady,
who had just been making sausages,
and aa she felt very proud of them,
listed on the minister taking some
the links home to hU family. After
wrapping tome of the sausages in
cloth the minister carefully plaoed the
bundle in the pocket of hie great ©oat-
That equipped, he started for the ft
eral. While attending the solemn cere
monies of the grave some hnngry dogs
sesnted the sausages, and were not long
in tracking them to the pocket of the
Of <
til?*
was a great annoyance, and he was
several times under the necessity of
kicking the whelps away. Tbe ob
sequies of the grave completed, the
minister end the congregation repaired
to the church, where the funeral dis
course was to be preached. After the
sermon was finished the minister halt
ed to make some remarks to his
gregation, wlen a brother, who wished
to have an appointment given
cended the stairs of the pulpit and gave
the minister’* coat a hitch to get hit
attention. Tho divine, thinking it n ^ _
dog having designs upon his pocket, r-i it
v;. Gw* .......ai.u.u.v —j u ™*»«r ronous that Mr. Wi
From tbe Columbus, Ga., Son.
Every one who know* Bev. A. M.
Wynn believes him to be on* of the
best and most conscientious men in
Columbus. They know, too, that ev
ery error he commits is of the head
and not of the heart. No man has over
enjoyed more universally the esteem,
confidence and affection of the people
ia this community than be. It was
this that made a dream which he rela
ted last night all the more impressive,
sad at the recital of which many eyes
rased to weep were wet with tears.
After the close of n very interesting
rmon by Dr.J. 8. Key,last night Rev.
Mr. Wynn arose to make a few remarks.
The love of God eonld be seen shining
ia this veteran minuter’a face, and he
urged thoee who had not done so to set
tle the question as to whom they would
serve—as to whether they would come
out on tbe Lord's side. He then said
that he would like to relate an inci
dent and one that had impressed him
as he had never before been impressed.
He then spoke substantially aa follows:
“This afternoon 1 waa on my bed
suffering with bodily pain and praying
that God wonld bless tbe peeple of Co-
Iambus, and that they would all settle
the question and aerve the Lord.—
While thus praying and praising God
I felt that the Lord was with me, and
that I waa ready to die if that would
save a soul from the torments of hell.
I place no stress upon dreams, bnt
while thus engaged I fell into a slum
ber, and as I slept I had a dream.
“While I was standing here in thia
pulpit I received a message from God
that it would be the last message that
I should deliver to my people. Aa 1
preached 1 fully realized that with the
close of tbe sermon I would pass over
the river of death. I had previously
asked my brethren to lay me down in
the pulpit after my sonl had gone to
ita reward and to let all those who
would come boldly out and serve God
come uj) and shake my dead hand.—
New Postal Law.
On the first of July next the change
in the rate of letter postage; authoriz
ed by the appropriation bill of the last
Congress, will go into operation. The
effect of this will be to increase the
standard weight of domestic first-class
itter from half aa ounce to one ounce.
So that on and after the let of July all
domestic first class matter sent through
the mails, including drop letters at
carrier offiou, mast be charged
with postage at the rate of 2 cents per
or fraction of an ounce, instead
of 2 centa per half ounce or fraction, as
at present. Drop letters at other than
letter carrier offices be charged at the
rate of 1 cent per ounce or frac-
Thia change in the standard ot
weight will also apply to first-class
matter addressed to other foreign coun
tries. The same law also reduces the
rate of postage from 2 oenta per pound
to 1 cent per ponnd on newspapers aad
peeiodicals, when sent by the publish
er and from the office of publication,
including complete copies, or when
sent from a news agenoy to actual sub
scribers, or to other agencies. Private
individuals mailing nawspapers and
periodicals are charged at the rata of 1
cent for four ounces. The revenue de
rived from postage on newspapers and
periodicals last year waa nearly $2,-
000,000, and this redaction in rate, it
thought, will rednee
revenue from that source nearly $1,
000,000. The change rate or weight
of first-dais matter, it is thought,
will reduoe the revenue from that
source nearly $1,000,000. The change
in the rat* or weight of first-class mat-
it is thought, will result in buta alight
reduction in teveaoe from latter pos
tage.
FUh Convicted,
mea D. Fish who was President
of the wrecked Marine Bank, of New
York, has bean sentenced to 10 years
ia the penitentiary. It begins to look
if he wonld have to have hia head
shaved, and to wear striped clothes.
He was a partner ia the firm of Grant
A Ward, aad it was the loans that he
mad* to that firm that caused the
wreck of the bank. Ward who
aged the business of the firm, has not
yet been tried, and there appears to be
no time fixed for his trial. Tht ques
tion that nobody ssems to be able to
answer is. what became of the vast
raised his foot, gave a sodden kick, aad
•eat the good brother sprawling down
the steps. “Yon will excuse me,
brethren and sisters,” said the minis
ter, confusedly, and without looking at
the work he had jnstdooe, “for Ieoald
not avoid it. 1 have sausages ia my
pocket, aad that dog has hero trying
to grab them ever eiaoe he came upon
the promises.”
Littell’s Living Age
Tbs nnmbers of The Living Age lor
Jane 20th and 27th contain Prince
Bismarck Sketched by his Secretary,
aad Memoirs of M. da VitroUes, Edin
burgh; Diet ia Relation to Age and
Activity, by Sir Henry Thompson,
Nineteenth Century; A Scarce Book,
Cobbett’s “Rural Rides,” National;
The Royal Mail, Black; SnHyPrad-
homme, Temple Bar; A Visit to Goa,
Monthly; In th# Florida Pina Woods,
All the Year Bound; with instalments
of “A House Divided Against Itself,”
The Light on the Seine,” “Unexplain
ed,” and poetry.
For fitty-two nnmbers of sixty-four
large pages each (or more than 3,300
pages a year) the subscription price
($8.) is low; while for $10.50 the pub
lishers offer to send any one of the
American $4. monthlies
with Th. Liriog Age fcrijiu, both
petpsid. Littell k Oo.. Boaton, an
tbe publishers.
million, of dollar., that pined into
tbi pollution ol tin firm of Gnat
Ward? It ii known that Gen. Gnat
han’t aaj of it. aad Ward aad Fmb
declare that the/ ba
the/ can call their owa. A Mb by
th. name of William S. Warner h
entendre dealing! with the Gnat
Ward firm, tad the hooka nhow that
$8,000,000. more waa paid to him than
he pud into the firm,
new to know when to lad Hr. War-
am. fa feet then doeen-t appear to
ho an/ reason for thinking that nay-
hod/ baa undertaken to hast him ap.
erham-tbeeafonad aad laritad
tall what he know, about the laiiaeu
of Gnat k Ward! It iia't
that he baa left the country. Erery.
body except Mr. Warner, who ii rap.
poeed to know eotnathiag of the bad.
nett which Ward conducted, ha. ban
pat on th# witnan Hand. Wky not
■net np Hr. Warner aad make him
teg about hit hn damn UianacHo. with
Ward. Thera ia rartaiaiy a
eral drain to hear ftoraNr.V
The Dawn of Jaitlco Breaking,
Editor Gantt, of tbe Athena Ban
ner, ia a lengthy editorial entitled.
-Tin Dawn ot Jnatice Breaking."
wye: -‘Hark oar prediction: the July
medne of the Qeotpe LegMetme trlU
throw open the oolite to
ee to tho eotomiieion'e n
thia not iatenet on a firmer footing
than it kaa been rinoe the war. maw
anew epiritot antennae aad darnlop-
ment will dilate all through Georgia.
There will ba nMwad confidence W-
twraa the people ead the raDroadi, aad
they will work together fie mutual
good and protection. lathiaadraaoad
age railroad! an ai nirneery to the
■try ae the
gteie^agaa* eld State
with iron rails, the nukker will waters
onr placa at the haad of Btatee. 1
Dealing; in Futures.
An interesting esse involving the
dealing in * futures” has been on trial
in Nashville. The case is familiarly
known as the Duncan “bucket 6hop”
case, and it comes before tho coqrt on
a motion to qnasb. As the points in
volved are of general interest wo give
the statement of the case as published
by the Banner:
The court decided that the act o:
the 30th of March, 1883, was corffeti-
rationally passed; that tbe acts therein
prohibited are correctly charged
second count ot the presentment; that
the first connt charges an oilenso which
gaming independent of tho statute;
that the offences denounced in the act
were gaming before the passage of tho
act; that the revenue act of March
30th, 1883, makes dealing in future:
a privilege and defines it thus: “Pro
vided the dealers in futures shall not
inclnde purchases made for actnal de
livery and the deliveries are made ac
cording to contract.” The assessmeni
act of 1883 enacts that “dealers in fa-
each person, company, firm oi
corporation dealing therein, shall pay
$1,000.”
The indictment was so amended
this case as to show that the defendant
was a dealer in futures, and that ho
had paid the tax and taken out a
cense. Tho coart quashed the indi
ment, holding that though prohibited
by penal enactment, the legislature
could and fix it as a privilege, and any
person eonld carry it on by paying tbe
idler:
ras preaching a halo of right-
•hone around and enveloped
me aad the brethren came up and laid
me down aa I had requested. My
hand cold in death, waa raised and the
tie came forward and shook the
l hand and they continned to come
until 162 of the congregation had done
'I had also requested them to let
my dead body remain in the chnrch,
and they did so, and it laid right here
in thia pnlpit for several days without
any symptom of decay. Daring the
time the people from all parts of the
city came and shook the dead preach
er’s hand and resolved to live foi
Christ. As 1 lay there, dead as 1
thought myself to be, I rejoiced that
God wonld save the people of Colum-
At this point I awoke from my
sleep and shouted for joy that I had
had such a vision. 'Glory be to God!’
1 exclaimed, 'I am ready and willing
to die for the salvation of sonls;’ and
dearly beloved, I feel ju»t that way
iw."
Tbe earnest and feeling manner in
which Mr. Wynn related his dream,
the hold he has upon the hearts and
confidence of the people, caused the
tears to trickle down msny other faces
as they streamed from the eyes of this
good man. Snrely God will bless the
labors of such an earnest and 'zealons
Christian minister.
, bnt not otherwise. But* the
of 1883 makes both buyers a
indictable, and any party
transaction, and a defendant in another
case was convicted in an agreed state
ment of facts, showing that such de
fendant had no license and was not a
dealer in the sense of the law, and was
} customer of the defendant. Dun-
Both cases will be appealed to.
the Supreme Court, and until they are
decided the backet-shops will remain
open and no farther steps will be taken
tbe matter of seven other indict
ments.
DOTS FROM SCHLEY.
At hb homo, near Friendship, in
Schley county, on Monday, tho 29th
of June, Mr. Jons Randolph Bat
tle breathed his last. Mr. Battlo
was about forty years of age, and one
of tho most energetic citizens in
Schloy county, and until stricken
with this spell of Typhoid fever had
maintained tho holy edict, “An Hon
est Man is tho Noblest Work of God, 1
To his widow and six orphans, w<
in common with tho community, ci
tend our condolence.
Fireside Reflections,—The season
of the year has come and your child
iy be well to-day, stricken to-mor-
v with some of onr Summer com
plaint and be a corpse the next, and
while tho procesaien is moving slow
ly to the tomb it is indeed a sad
thought that tbe dear little pet is to be
buried out ot your sight forever. Then
will come the thought, oh, if I just
had a picture, so that though it may
be so far its image will ever bo nea
With the old and 6low process it
almost impossible to get a good picture
of a restless child; lot with the mod
ern process, such as Van Riper non
usee, this trouble is obviated and i
good picture can be secured every time
Wc do not liko tbe iita of trying t<
scare people to have pictures taken ii
an ancient exhorter style; neither is
this written as a paid advertisement;
but for the sole purpose of letting the
public knovr that Van Riper is the best
artist in the Sooth and he has reduc-
Says the New York San’s astrono-1 Bucklcn’s Arnica Salve
—: “Anybody who goes out of door* The Beet, Salve la the world
ir tbe moon has set on one of these 1&& Bh*u*r
cares, Mies, or no reTrequ&d* 1 n T ?
a cardT
after tbe moon has set on
dlear .Tune evenings, upon uplifting his
eyes to the starry heavens,will be struck
with tho brilliant appearance of the
Milky Wey, flnng like a light scarf of
silver gauze across tbe bosom of the
night, and gemmed at intervals with
splendid stars and constellations. In
this sparkling pathway of the gods we
most go who wonld behold the richest
star mines of the visible universe, in
which astronomers have delved foi
hundreds of years without exhausting
their wonders. To one who has never
seen tbe Milky way except as it pre
sents itself to the naked eye! a glimpse
oi its radiant architecture with the
aid of a good telescope is
prising and gratifying revelation. No
body who once beholds those clonds,
streams, and clusters of sans innumer
able, lighting np the faraway depthi
of space with a golden glow, can eve:
shake eff the cbfrm from his mind.—
Thenceforth the universe has a new
meaning for him; he feels tbe walls of
being moving away and widening
oat beyond his reach on every side.—
The sublime spectacle will haunt his
memory and inspire his thought
long as he lives.”
I have opened bestness In tbe drug )i> e
In the Hart bouse on the North side of the
public square. Tbanafsl for the ceneni
sympathy for knees lncnrred by fire I soHe.
ILa more practical display ot It In tbe tale
of drags at tbe lowest figures. Entire sat
isfaction guaranteed, come and see tie at
my quarters.
A. J. HUDSON,
r»r*^»a«dAp.u,«.n.
A girl with high-tied shoes, sur
rounded by springs under watered
silk, a cataract in her eye, waterfall
on her head and a notion In her brain,
is in great danger of drowning.
A newly married wife In New York
fide because
quantity of
his meals.
She should have contented herself
with saurkraut.
ed his
t the
A Baltimore Storm.
Baltixobe, June 28.—The heaviest
rain storm for fourteen years visited this
city this morning. The storm broke
over the city at half past four o’clock
aad continned two hoars. The rein
4.47 inches and the destruction
very considerable. Upwatds of
two hundred basements and oellars
were flooded on the line of Jonee’ Falls
and ia all depressed portions of the
city the streets were flooded, the sew
ers not having sufficient capacity to
carry the water off. On the line of
the Western Maryland railroad there
ware several washouts, detaining every
train folly four hours.
Tbe damage was particularly heavy
among the tenement houses along the
line of Jonee Falls. A heavy derrick
meed in repairing the wall along the
fells fell, carrying with it a portion of
a house. The water rose to tbe second
stories, and there was considerable
anxiety felt for the livee of people liv
ing ia the booses. The fire department
‘ked hard, aad fortunately no lives
* lost. One entire family narrow
ly escaped drowning, and a number of
horese had to he tamed loose to save
hem. There waa also very heavy
laaage in tbe southern and western
actions of the city, especially inch
'laces where the new gas company
Mr, Itcecher’s Belief.
Baltimore, June 23.—Rev. George
Morrison, of Baltimore, lias received
tbe following letter fioin Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. As it has reference
to Mr. Beecher’s sermons on evolution,
and as it outlines briefly and plainly
Mr. Beecher’s creed, it will be of un
usual public interest. The letter i»
dated Brooklyn, June 19:
“I thank you for your friendly solici
tude. I am sme that in the eud yon
will not be disappointed, though on
some points you may not agree with
me. The formulated doctrines, as I
hold them, are: A personal God,
creator and ruler over all things; tbe
human family universally sinfnl; the
need and possibility and facts of con
version; the Divine agency in snch a
work; Jesns Christ the manifestation
of God in human conditions; His of
fice in redemption supreme. I do not
believe in tho Calvinistic form of
stating the atonement. I do not be
lieve in the fall of the hnman
Adam, of course, I do not hold that
Christ’s work was to satify the lav
broken by Adam for all his posterity
The race was not lost, but has been as
sending steadily from creation. I an
In hearty accord with revivals and re
vival preaching, with the educating
forces of the chnrch and in sympathy
with all ministers who in their several
ways seek to bnild up men into the
image of Jesus Christ, by whose faith
fulness, generosity and love I hope tc
bo saved and brought home to heaven
“My sermons as published in the
daily papers I am not responsible for
They are fragments. They
vised and corrected by me 1
published with authori/.ati
tbe autumn will appear in book fo:
pecially in family groups, and if every
reader of this article does not seize this
opportunity it may be regretted before
always. Delay is dangerous.
It is not exactly a local to mention
irant just hero but we think, in com-
aou with many others, that southern
onruals might find matter of more in-
crest to their readers than a column
>r so ot Grant’s conditio!
ral, with three men to his opponents
ino he finally conquered,
lent he fondled bull pups and iLarshall-
>d his troops to seat. Hayes, and
nan of business he is a bankrupt
about all we
Cellars s
s flooded and
ton drove yards, many hogs were
drowned.
To-day tbe flooded districts present
sehssn appearance in some places
mud is piled np to the height of six
feet, and furniture and merchandise of
•very description is strown around
promiscuously. Oos tobacco manufac
turer lost $5,000 worth of stock and
several email clothing dealers on Har
rison street had all their goods rained.
The steeple of the Westminister Metho
dist church was struck by lightning
aad considerably damaged. Tbs parks
are badly washed out, fences are tom
away and the walks are badly damaged.
It is difficult to estimate the loss se
tt ii ia not thought that
repair the damages. The
■coompanied by tbe heav
iest thunder and lightning that have
been known for years.
General SUth T^Iyrick, who died
last week near MOledgeville. was 70
years efface the 7th of last March.
Before the war he was a large slave
holder sad successful planter. After
the war he continued planting under
the changed condition of affairs with
varying sscceu» always evincing the
genial, warm hearted manners and lib
eral hospitality for which this class
of men were noted. He waa president
of the Farmers club of Baldwin coun
ty for many years, aad occupied a
prominent place among the agricnl-
tarists of the state. He was also a
trustee of the lunatic asylum for many
year*, aad took a deep interest in that
wtthCantafersntloo,
freetjMuMiesting Yol
MRsnrssh
Voltaic Belt Co., Mar-
IN THE HORNING IS THE •«£—Slip rJiirti'ttifiS/,
b^tiraeUUlraBfaira^I&aY^
b before being
Washington’s Account Rook
Found in New York.
The New York Timet reports the
finding in an old building at the eor
er oi Rose and Duano streets in N<
York city of an account book which
said to be an autograph record of
George Washington’s expeni
Coniinandcr-in-Chief oi the army of
tbe United States daring the entin
revolution, beginning his journty ti
Cambridge to take charge of the foi«e>
then beseiging Boston, and ending with
tbe resignation of his commi ‘
the close of the war. “The
says the Times, “is from beginning
to end in Washington’s own hand
ting, and the familiar signature, •(
Washington,’ is several times
pended to foot-notes at the bottom
pages. The record waa evidently
copied carefully from memoranda
kept during the period it
it is written throughout in a firm, bold
hand, without a single erasure, and a'
so with very little of the doubtfnl o
fhography that characterizes most
the literary compositions of the corn
try’s hero. The book is a comm*
fifty-two page account book, with mi
b lei zed paper covers, eight by twel
inches. It is ruled in double lines,
and some instances the amounts an
designated pounds, shillings and penc«
and in a parallel column in dollar:; and
cents. Many famons historical names
appear throughout this record, and tho
entire coarse of the revolntion may be
traced in its pages. How the book
got into the old bnilding in Rose stre<
unexplained mystery, but tlwi
An Aspiring; Merchant Prince.
CXKKOWH WITH $100,000.
Omaha, Neb., Jane 29.—L.
Smith, who aspired to be known
the merchant prince of the prairies,
paid his bill at a local hotel yesterday,
checked his tranks for various point*,
and left for parts unknown, taking, it
is said, $100,000 in cash with him.
Smith came here eight months ago
from Chicago. He had $75,000, which
he invested in the dry goods business,
of which he was apparently wholly ig
norant. Heat once began mammoth
excursions into the city from distant
points, purchasing tbe complete adver
tising space of daily papers and per
forming other like feats. His prices
reduced other merchants to a point
where they were forced to go slow or
break. He carpeted tho streets for
pedestrians, gave open air musical con
certs foi the poor, played pokeT exten
sively and speculated in the Chicago
grain pita. Some time ago it was
thought that he could not go much
farther withoat help, and his creditors
placed men here to watch matters.
These men had decided to closo his
place to-day. At a late hour Satur
day night Smith transferred his stock
to Cole A Co., a new firm from tbe
East, tbe consideration being $30,000
and $10,000 in threo months. Smith
said little about his business, and took
his manager with him when ho left J.
V. Farwell & Co., of Chicago, are tbe
hsavieat creditors, their credit to him
being about $25,000.
blood poison contracted at a medical
college at a dissection, while I was
medical stnuent. I am grateful to say
that it gave me a speedy and thorough
re after my parents had spent hun
dreds of dollars for treatment. My
x was swollen to twice its usual
e, aad as nothing helped me I waa
pairing ol ever being enred. B~t
hearing of the S. 8. 8., 1 bought a bot
tle little thinking I wonld derive any
benefit from it. 1 began taking it
regularly, and soon the swelling began
;o down and the arm ceased to pain
1 continued its use, and after
taking eight bottles, wat thoroughly
knot
c when ha has passed in his checks
'.ii mera are about done work.
This dry weather is
body time to close oat t!
Miss Em
Tom Graham Is prepared to famish
all sortB of Summer drinks and he
“keeps clean glasses” too.
Many from Schloy will be a
Sumter county barbecue and the Ma-
Good rains
county lust
Schley, .Sumter, Macon and Marion
arc counting on a big bird hunt July
2 at Putnam.
With the mercury at one huudred
Tuesday noon and at sixty Wednes
day, people and cotton have a sickly
DO NOT ALLOW WORMS TO
cheat your children oat of their living.
Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge will des
troy these miserable pests, and giv«
the little fellows new armors for teh
battle of life.
The Druggist from whom you buy Chil
laiuxe is Instructed to guarantee a cur
f Chills where directions are
rill refund your money if it f
, ms will be seen by the dlrectli
lowed.
to cure, but, as will be seen by tbe
it sometimes takes several bottl
chronic case*. This is the only palatable
• CUIIalJS In the world,
Reputation of si Standard Article
Is seldom Injured by surreptitious rivalry.
derhand competition
tually contribute J -
tion in which th.
The public at lai
Ii the n
l» it, but
nhancethe estima-
: medicine Is held.
i the spurious, and c:
liver complaint
|> local bitters, e^e
mstipatiou, dyspepsia
— —* curable b
and tonic.
liy know
pute, that for uiese aim oc
great household medicine Is a safe and
thorough remedy. Not only in the United
States, but In Mexico, South America and
widely i
tablishcd t<
e shakei
The terrible and fatal epidemic
which for two or three weeks has been
raging in Spain, is pronounced by the
mo-t competent authorities pur* Asiat
ic cholera. While tbe disease v
first confined to scacoast it is
rapidly spreading into the interior, and
the population of the cities are fast be
coming panic stricken. Thirty thou
sand people have left Mnrcnria, a city
of one hundred thousand inhabitants,
while tho population of Madrid has
been wondcrfnlly decreased by people
fleeing to the country. It is the du
ties of tbe authorities in onr seaboard
cities and towns to use every means in
their power to keep the dreaded dis
ease from onr Bbores.
Bishop H. H. Kavannugh.
"I confess that I have been relnctazt U
nguro in advert! ements in regard to etedl-
cines,but feel myself so much a debtor to
your VxazTAnLn Ltvxa Medicine that 1
feel a sense of gratitude on my par
i public requires that Is
ijection and allow you to pub
lish whatever 1 may have written in regard
to the character and value of your medi
cines. May many a sufferer be as much
benefited by them as 1 have been. H. H.
“ For sale by
Encke’a comet passed its perlheli-
n March 7tb. Ol bens’—the comet of
1815—will probably appear this year
or the next. Tempers Is overdue,
and has either met with an accident
or been switched off upon another
track by the Influence of a planet.
Swift’s comet Is looked for at the end
of the year, bnt is likely to pass un
seen; while Tattle’s is looked for
Wide Awake Druggists.
Dr. E. J. Eldridge is always wide
awake In his business, and spares no
pains to secure tho best of every artl-
. Is only a part of beauty*
de fa hia lino. He hra .omred th. but it is a part Every lady
may have it; at least, what
tlon. Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, j>_i Magnolia
Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis, or palm -Doth freshens and
any affectlonof the Throat and Longs, beautifies.
Sold on positive guarantee. Will give
you a Trial Bottle Free. Regular
1 ha
i the Dissecting Rood
taken Swift’s Specific
Notice.
I tv j
Inly next. 'By orderof tbellsi
tanesi
d.kTSEnsoil*
C. snd T.
H.W. HOWARD
GIN BEPAIRER.
Gins repaired and pnt In first-clsss order
work guaranteed. Address me by postal!
Having bought out the interest of I.
Hart, in tbe fresh meat market, 1 am pre
pared to furnish the bestBeef, Molten, Kid.
Ac., that can be found in this section, i
rill run a wagon every morning for the u]«
meats to all persons who cannot call at
m stand. Orders sent to me will be
promptly attended to.
L. E. STANFORD.
junslfMt
otwrce We
N. J. Jan. 3, 1885.
:l, M. D., Newark,
A Physician’s Testimony,
tried Swift’s Specific :
-y ba.l case of blood poison, and take
great pleasure in stating that it was i
perfect sncceHs, producing a completi
I have tried it also in many
cases with good results. I think
it the best blood purifier of the age.
J. R. Yebiox, M. D. Millsap,
Tex., March 8, 1885.
Treatiseon Blood and Skin Diseas-
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Qa,
WatermelonG can bo bought on Sat
urday at Laing’s Ico House to be de-
Lvcred on Sunday, frozen if desired.
. prece. _
of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of tho abdomen, causing
tho patient to suppose he has some
affections of tho kidneys orgeighbor-
ing organs. At times, semptoms
of indigestion are present, fl tulency,
uneasiness of the stomach, etc. A
moisture, like perspiration, produc
ing a very disagreeable Itching, after
getting warm, is a common attend
ant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application
These are Solid Facts.
Tho best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within tho reach
of suffering humanity, trnly is Electric
Bitters. Inactivity of tbe Liver, Bil
iousness, Jaundice, Constipation, weak
Kidneys, or any disease of tbe urinary
organs, or whoever requires an appeti
zer, tonic or mild stimulant, will al
ways find Electric Bitters the best and
only certain cure known. They act
snrely and qniekly, every bottle guar
anteed to give entire satisfaction «
money refunded. Sold at 50 cents
bottle by E. J. Eldridge.
Very Remarkable Recovery.
Mr. Geo. V. Willing, of Man chi
less that she could not tom over in
bed alone. She used two Bottles of
Electric Bitters, and is so much Im
proved, that she is able now to do her
own work.”
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi
monials attest their great curative
K wers. Only fifty cents a bottle at
. K. J. Kldridge’s Drug Store,
Important Letter from a Prom-
nent Citizen in Florida.
Live Oak, Fla., June 8, ’85.
The O. I.C. Co.,—Pxanr, Ga.—Dear
Sirs:—Justice to yon end my interest
in suffering humanity prompts thia let
ter. I have been afflicted for many
years with the very worst form of
“Tetter.” 1 was advised by a friend
who had been a great sufferer from the
.same disease, and who had been cared
by the use of O. I. C., to try it. Have
suffered for years and spent a great
deal of knoney with physicians,whom
for a short time, I am mneh improved
and am satisfied it will permanently
Jobs Frazier.
O.I.C.STAXDS FOR OldIxDIAX CcRX.
It ia tbe but and quickest vegetable
tonic and blood Medicine made. One
bottle of thia old tried and true remedy,,
that has stood the test of time and
practical trials in thousands of obsti
nate blood and skin diseases, is worth
a cart load of yonr modern scientific
experimental bnmbngs that rut their
claws upon theory.
Leading Druggists say:
“It is oatselling all other prepara
tions where it is introduced.”
For Female troubles there ia noth
ing to eqnal it, and tbe time is rapidly
coming when every suffering woman in
the land will keep a bottle of it on her
Dr. C. A. BROOKS,
RESIDENT
PHYSICIAN AN0 SURGEON.
Amerlcna, Ga.
Galls felt at Davenports Drag store will
receive prompt attention. WilTbe focnd»t
night at tbe residence of Col. 8. H- Hawk
ins corner o< Lee and College sheets.
FRENCH WINE COCA
Strengthens and Exhilarates
“aSa.*” 4 aWeilaeeUon and
assimilation, Impart, new life aad eaer-
gles to tbe worn and exhausted mind
healthy and natural
COCA.
wonderful lnvlgorator of the genital
“d removes aU mental aad pbysi-
The greatestblesMng to all
afflicted with Nervous complaints, inch as
Sick Headache,
Neuralgia,
Wakefulness,
Lou of Memory,
Nervous Tremors.
Lou of Appetite,
Melancholy,
Blues, etc-
PEMBERTON’S
FRENCH WINE COCA
Will vitaHie your blood and build you up
Lawyers,Ministers,Teachers,Or-
will find in theWINB COCA, taken half
an boor before appearing before their an-
dtencea, the most remarkable results-
WINJbl COCA.
&';??£?saiassssasr *•
world. Read pamphlet o
Coca Plant
n la the
erttes of the C
wonderful prop.
, mid Wine. For
sale by Dr. E. J.Eldrldge.
J. S PEMBERTON & CC
Sole P roprietors and Manufacturers,
ATLANTA, GA.
Local Legislation.
Notice Is hereby given that at the adjur
ed aeaeion of the Legislatore of Georgia, to
be held In July next, tbe Legislature will be
asked to enact local laws, ot which tbe fol
lowing are tbe titles to-wit:
An art to provide foe tbe UegUtratioo of
qeellfied voter* of Boater county, and to
provide that no person shall be entitled to
vote at aay election hereafter to be held in
said epoaty of Beater, enlem he shall have
compiled with tbe terms of this Act.
i sa Act entitled as Act to
An Act to a.
create a Board of rwiliUmn of Reeds
55? JjWPMi htbeooeadOuofFtoy^Ber-
And the kt-
legalize and make valid certalnHSMV^
fore performed bysald Board ofOammls-
aiooera for Suiter Gouty. To lx the I
ot office of the present
’SSSShbssr
June Sim. Bmator eoenty.
A Clear Skin
COMPRISES FOUR PREPARATIONS
um,BtnuDmniTo!n
FSr torpid Liver end Kidneys end Pal-
BLOOD FCR1F1EB,
ForScrofalaand Bio; Taint*.
For EpilepticFttl and* other Contnlstou.
DIARRHOEA MIXTUBE,
Por Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Ac.
Uanaf aetoxed at 85 South Croat 6t »
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