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local affairs. To Our I'rlfWlN. Our paper has been sent to many of our mercantile and manufacturing friends, since our connection with it. Wc arc thankful for the encouragement and aid given us in the way of advertisements, subscriptions and good wishes for our prosperity. We think we can make it to their advantage to favor us still further, especially for the Summer and fall trade, as we send our pa per to a large number of merchants and manufacturers who would likely patronise those advertising with us. Election. Don’t forget the election for Convention, to be held June 12th. Precocity. Little Mattie Skelton, daughter of our esteemed friend, T. V. Skelton, aged live years, commenced the spelling book in A 1} Cs on the Bth day of January last, and is now going through the spelling book “ by heart” the third time. Her teacher is Miss Martha Skelton. Job Work. Wc have just received anew job press and outfit, andean gin out little handbills, posters, circulars, cards, election tickets, &c., with the rapidity of a Hart County hail storm. Bring on your work, and see how nicely we can fix it up for you. Our prices cheap as the cheapest. Sad Accident. Mr. W. M. Gaffney received a letter Monday informing him that his brother, 11) years old, had been run over by a train of cars on the Air Line Railroad, in Spartan burg County, S. C., and instantly killed. Mr. Gaffney sympathy of his many friends in Hartwell, lie left for Spartan burg immediately. Capt. Tim L. I. Miles. We return thanks to the above gentle man for quite a batch of Canada, Michigan land other papers, also for packages sent us heretofore. If Capt. Miles should ever | pass this way, he will find our latch-string on the outside, and we will do what we can Ito make the visit pleasant. It is a short distance from Hartwell to St. Clair, Mich. O. V. DeOraaf. Do you want to die or sleep, cither? If s<> call or from the above gentleman and get one of his coffins, that is a perfect luxury, or a bedstead that will coax such sweet slumber that a dry preacher would fail to do in an hour's sermon; cradles that a baby would delight in ; and. in fact, anything useful about a house to make peo ple comfortable and a wife happy. Sunday. Rev. 11. M. Barton was unable to fill his appointment on last Sabbath, and uncle Benny Thornton preached one of his good old fashioned sermons, that give so much satisfaction to his old friends of over half a century's standing. Uncle Benny is now a permanent citizen of our beautiful village on the ltidge, and although one of the oldest Baptist ministers in the South, preaches regularly, and is beloved and re spected wherever he goes. ltcncl Young Men. Do you want to make your sweetheart happv? Of course you do. Then sub scribe for The Sun for them. This will remind them of you pleasantly, once a week. They will appreciate it more than they would a dozen bottles of perfume or bundles of candy. Show them that you know they are capable of enjoying the best of all food—intellectual, furnished by The Sun —proving at the same time that you are no bug-eater yourself. w. F. M!ir<iliHll'K Card appears in this issue, with E. W . Marshall A Cos., one of the oldest and best dry goods houses. The lirst time we met E. W. Marshall was at the Atlantic Hotel, New York City, in 1845. lie was then buying goods for the largest and most fashionable retail house in South Carolina., We have known him ever since, and he has credited us for large amounts when he knew we were not worth a dollar and of course we love the old fellow and his boys. Burglary. About 11 o'clock last Friday night, Mr. Satterfield had occasion to return to his grocery, and saw a man run and jump out of his piazza into the wheat patch in rear which, by the way, is very fine wheat— which suspicious behavior caused Sat. to give pursuit. He chased the rascal to the woods near Dr. Mathew's, and lost him. Upon examination, he found three holes bored by an inch auger in his door. It was a lucky thing that the “Sitting Bull *’ arrived so opportunely, and he is blood thirsty in his determination to have the scout’s scalp hanging in his wigwam. Sus picion attaches itself to a certain individ ual with curly hair and shady complexion. Nun Uiiya. J. G. Walters killed a coach whip snake 7 feet 8 inches long, last Friday. McCurry & Cos., have a large lot of tin ware on hand which they will almost give away—for cash. A nice young lawyer, with two squirrels, wants to know if it wouldn’t be the dot to have a picnic out at the Steam Saw Mill. Squire Tom has two squirrels, which he has named *• Minnie ” and Mollie.” He feeds them on soft corn—-just as he does the other girls. Don't forget that J. W. Ayers & Son will buy all your hides, and pay the high est prices for them. Thomas V. Skelton will attend to you. You might get drowned, and nobody could identify your body. Go to John M. Pressnel, and get a beautiful stencil for marking your clothes. It is gratifying to us to know that our paper is so popular. What better proof need wo ask than that given daily, vis : ad ditions to our subscription list. Miss Susan Holland has sent to our of fice a young chicken with five wings and four legs. —Donglagrille Medium. Pooh I—it was nothing but an ordinary boarding house chicken. Did it have India rubber muscles? That would fix it’s specie to a certainty. News is getting scarce, and we will, if if something don’t happen, take to writing about fishing parties and picnics. When we take up a country paper we just as much expect to see an account of a picnic or a fishing party as we expect to hear a man talk about the dry cool weather or hot wet weather. Thank God for weather and picnics. Moody and Sankey, in New York, no ticed in their inquiry room a man with a most despondent look. Moody approached him and inquired what heavy sin was weighing down his conscience. After some hesitation, he replied, “ I have defrauded the Editor out of two years subscription." Mr. M. replied : “ Wo do not profess to work miracles, but probably if you will pay the amount with compound interest, and renew the subscription, paying in ad vance, the sin may be forgiven." A lady, whose membership in Hendry's Church bears the oldest date, related the following reminiscence to us a few nights ago : Many years ago a severe drouth af flicted the neighborhood, and the good peo ple all concluded to meet at the aforesaid Church and pray for rain. Among them was a good old lad}', who had a quantity of fruit out drying and beds, bedding, Ac., sunning. While they were praying, the welcome sound of thunder was heard re verberating among tin* hills. The old lady at once bethought herself of her fruit and beds, and began lustily to send up petitions to the All Wise to defer the rain until she could get home and take in her treasures ; but the majority prevailed, and when she got home, the floodgates had opened and her beds and fruit were deluged with water. She became at once a convert of minority representation, and gave as her opinion that it was best to let the good Lord take his own course about such matters —and we think so too. Webster’# Unabridged Dictionary. It has stood the test of time, and received in approval not only that popular verdict which in the United States has called for over fifty million copies of the Webster scries, but the thorough endorsement of our best scholars, as put forth individually, and in the pages of the authoritative peri odicals. It is not only, to quote Professor Stowe, “ in many respects the greatest lit erary work which America has ever pro duced," but it is in many respects the greatest literary work produced in any na tion or age. — New York Mail. Toccoa. Hart County has two boys doing busi ness in Toccoa. Will Snow is clerking for Mr. McAlister, who buys and sells every thing. Will is a polite, handsome, clever fellow, always ready to do a favor for his Hart County friends. John Linder is clerking for his daddy, and the last time we saw him said he had finished sowing his wild oats —all but a basket full, and as sow ing time is over now, no doubt they are scattered. John had rather give you a dol lar than cheat you out of one. We hope Hart County people visiting the City will give these boys a call. Another Correspondent. We have secured the services of Mr. F. M. Taylor, who will act as agent and cor respondent for Craftsville neighborhood. Hereafter our readers may expect to read of local events of interest in that vicinity. The Rf*eal. Some evil disposed person broke into the crib at the Poorhouse and stole a lot of i corn. “He that giveth to the poorlendeth J to the Lord,’* but he that stealeth from the poor is as certain of hell as if he were i there now. nnthM. Died, on the Kith inst., benjamin Winn, aged I*7 years. Mr. Winn lived in Elbert County near Holly Spring, near the line of Mart and Elbert Counties, was a good cit izen, useful man, and, until recently was proprietor of Winn's Mills, on big Beaver dam Creek. On the 23d inst, Mrs. Garcy, wife of llev. Van D. Garey. of this County, aged about (58. On the 23d inst., Mrs. Jinnie Bridges, of kidney disease, aged (57. •• .MiHiruku-a." J. H. Estill. the enterprising Editor of the Savannah .Y< teg, has accepted a story with the above title, for which he paid one hundred dollars as a prize for the best Southern story. It was written by Mrs. Anne Adelia Cox, wife of Rev. Daniel D. Cox, of the M. E. Church. It is spoken of as an exceedingly interesting story, one that points a good moral. Published in the Weekly Savannah Xews. Price $2.00 per year; SI.OO for six months. Send for it and you will be pleased with the story and the paper. On tlic Win);. Editors Sun : Having just returned from a trip up the country, 1 will give you a few dots on the way. We visited Wal halla. S. C., by the wayofToccoa, through the country, and had a good opportunity of viewing the crop prospects. The wheat is very good through that whole region ol country. A large area seems to be plant ed, a good stand, and no rust whatever. I think, with no disaster, the crop will be better than for many years. Oats are not so promising, still with rain in time, the Spring crop will be good. Corn and Cot ton seem to be backward, but the farmers are at work in good earnest. The farming interest seems to be in a prosperous and improving condition on both sides of the river. We spent a short time at Toccoa, and was much pleased with the improvements and neatness of that little Railroad City in the mountains. The Augusta and Knox ville Railway it is thought will cross the Air Line at this point, and Toccoa may be (and doubtless will be) an important dis tributing point on that great Southern trunk line, East and West. Leaving Toccoa we visited Walhalla, where we found everything prosperous and everybody in goou nun'ior. Walhalla has a population of 1500 to 2,000. Has good church and educational privileges. The Newberry college is located here, besides other good schools. But unfortu nately for the citizens of this place, and 1 fear for the future prospects of the college, the Synod of South Carolina have deter mined to remove the college back to New berry S. C. In June will be held the last commencement of the college at \\ alhalla. We were present at the examination of Prof. Ilix’s school on Friday the 25th. He has from 75 to 100 students in his school, mostly children. Ilis students did well and showed that they were advancing and had been thoroughly and correctly taught in the primary branches. The people of Walhalla will certainly do well to en courage and keep Prof. Hix. We spent a pleasant time with the good people of Walhalla. We could not do otherwise, for everybody was so friendly and so sociable with each other that one could but feel at home in their midst. Walhalla can boast of many enterprising citizens, as well as her characteristic hos pitality. The National Bank of this place, \ un derstood, is owned entirely by her citizens, and is doing a good and safe business— paying a handsome dividend to its stock holders, besides being a source of great convenience to her citizens. We had the pleasure of visiting Messrs. Smith & Thompson, Editors of the Keowee Courier , a flourishing paper published here, who spoke in very high terms of The Sun. I would like to notice other important enterprises, but have not time and space now, but permit me to say that Walhalla can boast of more pretty young ladies and nice, moral young men, and more of the milk of human kindness flowing in the veins of her citizens than any other place of the same size in the two States. I should not forget to mention, that I heard The Hartwell Sun spoken of frequently on my trip in the highest terms, and could have no doubt run up a large subscription while on the trip, had it not been for the bad mail facilities from Hart well in the section of country above. So, Messrs. Editors, all you have to do to warrant a good support for your paper in that section, is to urge and get established the contemplated tri-weekly mail route from Hartwell to Toccoa, which will give all the needed facilities. 11. Dr. Harter’s Liver Pills are as in rocent as bread, yet all powerful as the remover of sickness. They are a superior Family Pill. Sold by E. B. Benson A Cos. I'wiHiniiiitrntloii—Tlie Nlnttcr VlnnufMO lll rI UK This firm has done a considerable busi ness in llart County, during the last .*> or (l years, in the sale of their sewing machines, and is, therefore, somewhat identified with our people. We have thought it proper to set before your readers a short communi cation in reference to the same. It hns been the opinion of some people that this Company hire agents at a large per cent, to sell their machines, and thereby gulling the people by forcing on them what is nothing but a fraud and a swindle. Wc beg to quote the language of your late cor respondent on the subject as follows : ** Notwithstanding the hard times, this Company, having sent its agents pell mell over the country painting off its machines at ruinous prices, is now. vampire-like . pouncing upon the citizens of the land and preparing to sacrifice what little property some of them have accumulated by hard toil and industry.” We think this is all a mistake, and is a reflection on the Company, their agents, as well as the people buying the machines; that we respectfully beg to make a few points to the contrary : Ist. There is no one in this County that has bought and used this machine, but un hesitatingly proclaim it the best sewing ma chine in the market. 2d. For cash , this Company sell their machines as cheap or cheaper than any machine in the market, there being no change in the price from what there was 1 orf> years ago—their agent, Mr. Thornton, selling for the same price, and the an nouncement that he sells for half price is a mistake. 3d. When the Company takes a note and agree to wait for the money they charge a high per cent., the most of which per cent, goes to the agent and not the Company. The agents are men of this County, whom the people all know to be gentlemen of in tegrity and respectability. 4th. The interest charged for the credit price of a machine, is no more interest than any and all merchants of this County charge their customers for provisions they sell them on time. And as far as harass ing the people by suing them from one end of the County to the other, is emphatically a mistake, for but very few of their notes are sued, and when sued are only for the purpose of making collections where peo ple have absolutely failed to pay anything on their machines for two or three years and have worn and abused them so much that a suit is a matter of necessity. In the suit that was tried the other day before two newly elected Justices of the Peace in Ray's District, in which a snap judgment was taken against the Company, they being unrepresented, this decision was made: that as the Company in their note had taken a lien on the machine, they could not sue for the recovery of the price of the machine, but in case of refusal to pay must bring an action of trover, to get back their machine. That honorable Court, in mak ing this decision, have decided a principle of law higher than the Constitution of this State, or of the United States, if they were correct (?) —and if that is the law. would prevent any one who sells property and takes a lien on the same from recovering the price of his goods, but could only get back his property after a lawsuit; in case it was a horse, and the horse died, the debt would be satisfied ! It has been our province to transact bus iness for this Company, in the capacity of an attorney, and we would like to see the first man who will say that they have been dealt with badly, or harrassed by this Company. Their business is a legitimate one, and they sell an article of as much utility and worth as any that can be thought of in this age of civilization ; and one that has proved a blessing on the people, and an article that they would not be without for twice the price of a machine. We beg pardon for troubling you with this communication, but thought it a mat ter of right and justice to the Company and to the people of this County, that where honest opinions exist amongst unin formed people, that they should be set at rights. Respectfully, S. Com miiii I rat lon—J.i tile People. Children arc entitled to our care and protection, and we can not he too careful or too lavish in this respect. The little boy of to-day. may be the lawyer of future years. The little dirty urchin of the pres ent year, may stand in the pulpit years hence, and delight and charm throngs of eager people with his eloquence and in struction. The lad of the present, may he some great general in some h dy cause, and may win the greatest applause and highest honors, which it is in the power of his countrymen to bestow. Children should be cared for mentally morally, religiously, physically and politically. They are the seed-corn of the country ; and too much care can not be bestowed on them. The present occupants of all posts of honor and importance will soon pass away, and leave their places for others younger to till. The farming interests must not go down ; the merchant’s desk must not be left alone ; schools must have teachers ; pulpits should be ably filled with pious clergymen ; the bur should be the abode of good, honest barristers ; and the bench should be filled with sterling, firm, honest men, of real intrinsic value, it seems that the best way to do this is to commence on the little people, and, with untiring labor, to tit them for all these important stations. How well would it be for the country if all its inhabi tants were at least, medium scholars, and well trained in all the abovo named quali fications? This, in a great measure is in the power of the people to bestow. Ckaktsvillk. Commun teat lon. Editors Sun : As yours is an independ ent, wide awake, devil-may-care sort of pa per, you could inform us why every up start is now called Colonel. Years ago any conceited fool at a frolic or other public place was called Major. Have these fel lows been promoted to Colonels? There are some men in Georgia that tnoro than a shirt collar and pair of spurs entitle them to be called Colonel, who are decent and honorable citizens and are really entitled to the title—but they would rather have any other appellation than that as now ap plied. Yours, High Private. Dr. Harter's Fever and Aouk Spe- ICFIC is still in the ascendancy, and will be always so, as long as the proprietors are so careful in its preparation, using no thing but the purest medicines in its man ufacture. Sold by E. B. Benson A Cos. Fact* Worth 1C Mowing. One of the best indications of the South and prosperity of Charleston is to be found at the establishment of I. 11. Hall A Cos., located at Nos. 2,4, f, 8 Market and 223 & 225 East Bay Streets. The rapidly in creasing business last year of this firm has induced them to enlarge their establishment which now supplies every conceivable ar ticle that can be required In the building of a house, from a baluster to any size tim ber. Our friends in the city and through out the country who contemplate building a house can be supplied with all the mate rial necessary for its construction. Such as Sash, Doors, Blinds, Paints, Oils, Hard ware, Ac., at prices and quality of work which will save a large percentage in the cost of building. FoniiiMMlorc Vanderbilt. Handsomely endowed a University in the South; but Dr. James L. Gilder left a richer legacy to his people by giving them his celebrated Liver Pills. The people living in the Southern portion of the United States are naturally subject to liver dieases, and these pills will always Prevent , lle liere, or Cure. Sold by all druggists and country merchants. Good Advice. Now is the time of year for Pneumonia, Lung Fever, Ac. Every family should have a bottle of Bohchee'h German Sy rup. Don’t allow for one moment that cough to take hold of your child, your fam ily or yourself. Consumption, Asthma, Pneumonia, Croup. Hemorrhages and other fatal diseases may set in. Although it is true German Syrup is curing thousands of these dreaded diseases, yet it is much better to have it at hand when three doses willcurcyou. One Bottle will last your whole family a winter and keep you safe from danger. If you are consumptive, do not rest until you have tried this remedy. Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 75 cents. Sold by your Druggist, E. B. Ben son A Cos. W, H. BROWN & BRO, Wholesale Druggist, BALTIMORE, MD., J)ROPRIETORS and Manufacturers of Brown's Monumental Bitters, “ Vegetable Worm Candy, “ Horse and Cattle Powders, “ Seidlitz and Soda Powders, “ Sewing Machine Oil, “ Essence Jamaica Ginger, “ Nerve and Bone Liniment, “ Cathartic and Tonic Liver Pills, “ Cough Syrup, “ Cod Liver Oil, King of All Pain—“ Kierstcad’s,” “ Blood Searcher —“ Lindsay’s,” “ Sarsaparilla—“ Schwartz’s,” “ Fever and Ague Powders— “Coulson’s,” “ * Flavoring Extracts— Full strength, “ Monumental Boquet Cologne, “ Monumental Boquet Soap, “ Lily White and Rouge. All of the above reliable preparations can be had of E. B. BENSON A CO., 38-63 Hartwell, Ga.