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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. 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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. 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