Newspaper Page Text
F " HE NEWS AND HERALD, j WiXXSBOBO, s. c. I I I 96 wednesday, itBKlAKl : : I5S7. E. It. KA.GSTiA.LE, ) } Ekitoks. W. i. JfcZiONALD. ) It is now said to be about as hard for a poor mai: to get into the United States Senate as it is for a catnei to go through the eve of a needle. Governor Ross, of Texas, recommends that the conspiracy laws which j have been used against labor boycotts ' shall be mate to apply also to railway pools. The numerous admirers of a Mon- j tana great man recently gave him a r1itinpr_ fr. consisted ofi three courses?boiled cabbage, prairie dog and whiskey. When we see it written down in the j columns of a paper published in this | State that free trade is 'lead in this | latitude, we are constrained to a.-k, how Jong did Rip Van "Winkle sleep? j Tue question has been raised, by j what law Pinkerton's myrmidons are ; paraded about from State tu State i as a military force bearing deadly i weapons to be used for hire? \Ye are i obliged to confess frankly that wc do not know. They are not United Siates troons nor do thev form a r>art of the militia ot any State. If they can appeal to any legal authority, what is it? For the past month the New York Star has been pleading the cause of ; Mrs. Druse, the convicted murderess, with as great earnestness and eloquence as could possibly have inspired her counsel on her trial. It has presented her case in Its most favorable light over and over again and still exhibits untiring zeal. Thus the wretched, penniless woman, under the shadow of the gallows, finds a power-, fnl advocate who makes no charges. This is the way that they go for tue farmers' Legislature at other places: There were no measures adopted, or started, to make it live in the minds of the people as an institution having their interests at heart and laboring for the public good; but it will go down in history, marked with a white stone, as notable for its picayunish bickerings, its senseless curtailings, its mean penuriousness and its false ideas of economy. And it will be remembered as a Democratic General Assembly of South < aroliua giving as little satisfaction as did any Radical Assem bly.?Berkeley Gazette. There seems to be some difference of opinion as to where the proposed Constitutional Centennial should be held. Philadelphia has perhaps the strongest claim, although it has been forcibly suggested that she has already had her due share ot the centennial business. Congress will no doubt take some action in the matter at an early day. A fitting celebration should be provided for what Mr. Gladstone has prononuced "the greatest work ever struck off by the intellect of man in the same space of time."' The State department didn't make much glory for the administration out of the late trouble with Mexico. The management of the affair did not disclose any great diplomatic skill on the part of either Special Envoy Sedgwick or his superiors. Ex-Minister .Jackson is now doing his best to turn on some new light. He means to saythat could he have had his way this Government would have come out of the tiling much more creditably. The Senate will likely find out before it is through with it exactly how the matter stand?. Some envious newspapers now charge that "the two great editor?," Pulitzer and Watterson, having conspired together to knock the President out in one round, have made an ignominious failure. But we don't think the charge, that is as to the attempt, is sustained by any evidence worth considering. Both of the aforesaid gentlemen are good Democrats and are really striving to serve the party. It is true they have bad tiie misfortune to get on the wrong side of some impor- i tant issues, but the best of us will get into bad company occasionally. The railroads will have to be brought down to the hard pan of impartial justice. They will have to be taught a fact that they seem to have forgotten, that the people have granted to them enormous privileges, and that these must be exercised with some regard to the people's rights. The fact will have i to be impressed upon them that they | will not be allowed to hoid down one : section and lift up another. They shall not be allowed to force the people of one section to pay the freights nf the* r?pnr>l<? nf snntiipi- cor?f?A?i hi- ! thus impose upon us a species of in- ; dustrial slavery. If the railroads can t! comprehend these truths, so much the ' worse for the railroads. The Democratic party is now pretty j well tired of Samuel J. Randall, and he ought to have the good breeding to get up and go. lie is entirely out of harmony with the principles of the party, and it is difficult to see why he j is so auxious to remain in it. There ; is this Kno-offtstion. Iiowpvpiv whiph i may throw some light on his persis-! tency in hanging on. The Republi-; cans don't want him. They look upon him as a sort of disturbing element likely to bring more trouble than profit. True, he is with them in the matter of no tariff reform, but then he has several cranky notions that they do not care to be encumbered with. | Altogether they prefer to look upon him as a nominal Democrat. Bncklcn"^ Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for' Cuts, Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Sa't Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and aW Skin : Eruptions, aud positively cures Piles, ( or no pay required. It is guaranteed ! iw give ytTieci sausiacuon, or money i j refunded. Price 25 cents per oox. |. For sale by McMaster, Bricp & Ketchin ; August assemblies should be particular to talk as little nonsense as possible, (.specialty when high themes are under discussion, ki is oeuer 10 oe content with monotony at ali times, if! variety cairt be had on reasonable terms. We were very sadly reminded of the truth of the proposition a few j days ago when we read of the United S'ates Senate whooping about war' before we have been even insuited. Why threaten Great Britain? Why i threaten anybody? The common ex-j perience of mankind is that the man : who is profuse with threats is entirely harmless, and what holds of the in- j dividual generally obtains also of men in tut- nro-vfo-iip Thr? fishorv flisnntes can be settled without war. At any j rate it will be tiaie enough to talk j about war when all efforts for peaceabie adjustment have failed. It must be remembered that a good many peo-, pie arc just now short of rations and therefore naturally enough in no humor to listen to mere belligerent rant. We have no objection to innocent foolery in proper season, but the propiieties of thne and place should be consulted. The New York World, it seems, has had a great deal to say lately about flio mntjfliufOi' ?>nr? it }if>? C!lf?. ! ceeded in displeasing1 that fraternity | very much. One of the little fellows replies at length through the columns of the Scar and makes it at least pretty evident that some of the messenger boys have about as much j good sense at at limes as some of the ! editors. Here is a sample of his argu- i ment: I want yon to know that there is a ; great many messengers v?hat are sons j of res. ectable parents and don't "live in the sharties that the paper World is \ kind enough to describe: but a boy has ! to do something for a living, and some- : times it may be hard for a boy to get a ; place that he is fit for, so then he will j have to take what he can get. Now there is no use in making any j mistatc about it, boys; when you find i one of your number who can talk in j that strain you may bo assured that! there is something in him. He is not; without abilitv, and a little later on ne | ' 7 may edit a great paper. Nor is he i without courage, and ere the gray hairs predominate on his head, the occasion offering, he may command an army. Not only will he do whatever his hands find to do with all his | might, but he will also be after finding j something for those hands to do. General Boulanger. General Boulanger, the French minister of war, is probably at this time, excepting Prince Bismarck, the most prominent figure in European politics. Since the death of M. Gambetta he j has come to be the most conspicuous ! living Frenchman, aiid he seems to be | the only prominent man in the Repub- j 1*" *T* W/\ Avn T t? IT" Vl<l f I HUJUSL IICJ>V >> uv rwuiswa ? IIUK he wants to do. He is known to be a man of towering ambition, anxious to try his hand in thfigame that makes or unmakes nations. He is described by his political opponents at home, in the bitterness of party spirit, as "a Bona- j parte without victories." But even j here the fact is disciosed that he is a "Bonaparte." How long he is to remain without j the victories is perhaps a problem that j must await the slow solution of time, but it may be said at least that the indications are that he may soon have an opportunity fo win them. The relations which exist at present between his country and Germany are certainly "strained"?a momentary : declaration of war by either country | wonld surmise no one who is informed ! upon the current topics of the day- j It mav be that the opportunity which promises to come is one of his own i planning; it may be that it is not, but j all the .-ame he stands out before his : countryman as the coming man who is to win back Al*ace and Lorraine and avenge the 'humiliation of Sedan and ! Paris. j The Way the Railroads Have Been j Doing. From that it will be seen that Spar-1 ta:iburg, which is a longer haul than i Greenville by thirty-six miies, has the j sa?.ne rates as Greenville, whereas i Easier, a shorter haul than Grennville j by fourteen miles, has a difference of; five cents a Hundred on bacon a eleven I cents a hundred 0:1 fbur in barrels in j its favor. Pendleton is thirteen miles j a shorter haul than Anderson and pays ! three cents more a barrel on Hour and tne same rate on bacon. Belton, nine mnes longer man Anderson, pays nve \ cents more on bacon ami seven cents | a barrel on flour. Greenville is a . longer ban! than Anderson and Spar-! tar.burjr is more than forty miles long-1 er and both ha\e less rates. Whilel the fourteen miles in Greenville's! favor makes 110 difference in the rates j between this city and Greer's, the | twelve in Easiey's favor is made a very ; considerable difference.? Greenville j JSrews. Just upon what principle of justice ; or injustice a railroad tariff i.s founded is probably past finding out. It is ; apparent that the presumption of lair : dealing must be eliminated from the i ? i problem at the outset. ijut tne aoove i= moderation itseii. . We hid almost said virtuous, when ! compared with some things that we j know in connection with railroading, j But if anybody can explain these j peculiarities wc would like to havej them tell us while they are about it why it is that it costs only one dollar more to ship a car-load of cattle from Statesville, X. C., to Charleston, S. C., than it costs to ship a car load from Winnsboro to Charleston. We are creditably informed that this is a fact, j Now Statesville must be something j like one hundred and thirty miles further from Charleston than Winnsboro is. This is not all: we promise some interesting revelations in the future. Hill's Hepatic Panacea Is the very best remedy ever offered for sale for the cure of Constipation, Indigestion, D\>pepsia and Sick Headache. Prescribed by all the leading pnysicians as the greatest family medicine. Gensie ana effective m its action, pieasant to take, does not purgo or gripe. Never failing to greatly benefit delicate j females. One trial will convince. If not benefitted money will be refunded. Only 50 cents x bottle. McMaster, Brice & .Ketch in. What is I5ie 3Io?t Equitable Tax? When men of noie, habitually separated by whole diameters, come ?ud tieniv to a common centre, they may fairly expect to be the recipients of some attention; and it is perhaps only just to observe that, the point on which they agree is more likely to be true , than the peculiar tenets of .-ither. j But the simple fact of agreement will ; nor. warrant the assumption that the i matter is of the nature of necessary i truth. Oit the contrary it may be, and j indeed occasionally is, the very em- J bodiment of error. The editor of the Sum and the edi- j tor of the Standard are both men of: unusual sagacity, albeit they generally j entertain very divergent opinions, j Mr. Dana, as he is at present constitu-1 r-nni/1 vnf n. t?it*n finv infnr. ' VVV4) I'VVCIWI I VW.J ? ?%.? est iii cutting tlie intellectual somer- : saults that so delight Mr. George. Such practice would ruin his digestion in twenty-four hours, and thereby endanger the peace of his household. Mr. George, on the other hand, would be just about as little satisfied with the former's habits of thought. But on one proposition of perennial importance the two now stand shoulder to shoulder. "What species of property shall bear the burden of taxation, is now a live question in New York. Dana's answer is that it should fall on real estate. So says George. But we are among those who believe that both of the learned gentlemen are wrong. An ad valorem tax 011 all property alike nas ine mem 01 oemg simple, out those who try it Jong enough generally conclude that its simplicitv is the only feature that there is to commend it. But we think there is one good reason why the burden should not be imposed on real estate. Millionaires and very rich people in general, who of course more than all others need the protection of the government, own comparatively little land, and the scheme of Messrs. Dana and George is simply to confiscate some poor widow's little homestead in order to save Gould his millions. It won't do. People should pay taxes in proportion to their wealth; that is the corrcct principle, and if personal property can oe mace simpiy to bear its fair show, real estate will oe everywhere greatly exonerated. When "inquisitorial" laws are necessitated by the rascality of the times they may then be looked upon at worst as a bencficeut evil. Henry George and the Archbishop of Xew York A grain. An interesting controversy is now being waged between Henry George and Archbishop Corrigan, in which the relation of the Catholic clergy to the politics of this country is involved. The controversy grows out of the conduct of Dr. McGlynn in supporting Henry George in the recent municipal contest in Xew York, greatly to the displeasure of the Archbishop, whom Mr. George accuses of something like secret political wire-pulling. This is the way the editor of the Standard comes at the acclesiastical dignitary: In the last issue of the Standard I made, in an article to which i attached my signature, a statement that Archbishop Corrigan had in the last campaign endeavored, through priests of his diocese, to defeat the cal! for a Constitutional Convention, lie has been quoted as saying to a Herald reporter that this statement was false, and to a Tribune reporter that it was ridiculous, -buch denials are too vague to call for specific reply. But I am not in the habit of lightly making statements of this kind, and "this statement I now reiterate. If Archbishop Corrigan sees fit to deny over his own signature the as>ertion I make over mine, and, in language which gives room for no equivocation, declares mat tie am not use ins iimucncc against the Constitutional Convention by communicating v. itli priests of his diocese lor that purpose, I will either give authority for my statement or publicly retract it. I an open letter to the press supporting his own side of the issue, the Archbishop says, quoting from a letter written by him to Dr. McGlynn: So flagrant an act ol disobedience cannot be passed over. Before accepting the invitation to address the meeting you knew full well the distinct wishes of the Cardinal Prefect of ths Propaganda. You were not ignorant of my own mind on the subject, as you expressly alluded to it in your note to me introducing George. The objection consequent to your course of action, ha3 nothing whatever to eo with this or that political party, but is founded on the instructions of the Holy See, and the nature of Episcopal authority on the one hand and of sacerdotal obedience on the other. In j view, then, of these, and much to my j regret, 1 am constrained to have recourse to ecclesiastical cer.sure. I hereby suspend you from all sacerdotal functions for the space of two weeks, frem date. Those vvho can read between the lilies here will learn enough to know that the Archbishop will not accept the challenge o: ihe editor of the Standard. It may be observed also that the liberty of an American citizen who professes the Catholic faith, to teke part in the great political issues i of his country, depends at least to some extent upon the wishes of the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda. Tiie great principle of free thought is j set at defiance. If there were any j Catholics in Xew York who wanted to | vote for Henry George in the recent j election, they had the undoubted right j to do so, and any attempt on the part of organized catholicism to prevent the exercise of this right may be put down as a conspiracy against the principles of popular government. The world owes very little to its supersti- j tions. Gilder's Pills For the Liver. All Druggists have i them. Wholesale and retail at McMaster, j Brice and Ketchin's. Their Business Booming. Probably no one thing has caused such ! a general*revival of trade at McMaster, Brice & Ketcliin's store as their giving ; away to their customers of so many j free trial bottles of Dr. Kinir's New Dis- ; covery for Consumption. Their trade is ! simply enormous in this very valuable i article from iluvfuct that it always cures : a.4 never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, j Asthma, Bronchitis Croup ami all throat j ? 1 -i: . ^i * ;um niuu: ui>ea>t* (juicKiy cured. 1 on can , test it iieTo. buyinsr by getting a trial ! bottle free, iargc" size ?1. Every bott.!<; | warranted. " * The Inter-State Commerce Bill. The inter-State commerce bill, or perhaps more properly speaking, the railroad bill, has passed both houses of Congress and been sent to the President for approval- In al' probability it will bocorne a law. We have not seen a full text of the bill, and consequently cannot give a definite opinion as to the virtue of its several provision?. We have gathered, however,! from ti e discussions in the press, some feotures of the bill which have been the subject of bitter opposition. The "Jong and short haul clauses" coniani uie provisions upon wmcn | opposition hinges, and we gather the idea that the^e clauses of the bill simply provide that the railroads shall chursre no more in proportion for a short haul than is charged for a long haul; and we take it that this propoi> tion is not to be derived from the simple conditions of quantity or quality of freight and distance to be hauled, bat that other questions are involved, such as the work of loading and unloading, etc. Now the justice of a law founded upon such principles is so manifest that those who oppose it ought to be able to show some very strong reason for the faith that is in them; unfortunately, hewever, the reasons have not ocen iortncoming. In order to fully understand the tender ot the opposition, it must be observed that heretofore those places that have enjoyed the advantage of being "terminal points," or perhaps more accurately speaking, those places thai; have had competing lines, have had their freight hauled at rates for below those paid by places not so fortunately situated?while freights to "terminal points" have been nominal, freights to intermediate points have been all that the people could bear. It is to be expected then that a law based upon the principles above indicated should have two classes of opponents ?first, the railroad companies, and second, the great cities, the "terminal points," the places that have heretofore enjoyed these unjust advantages. Ifv\e understand the law correctly it is a judgment day to these. Now this is just the condition of affairs which we have; the railroads oppose the law and the "terminal points" oppose it. Quite natural. It is not the first time iu the history of the world that the overpowering principle of selfishness has attempted to stifle the voice of justice. It would seem, however, that all parties concerned had just as well prepare themselves to bow gracefully to the inevitable, the day of unjust discriminations by railroads we believe to be drawing to a close. The inter-State commerce 1. Ml ?i? .. 1 .1 xl r - i _ Dili, ii not oaseu upon ine priucipie which we have indicated above, will ultimately be amended until it reaches that basis. It is a step in the right direction, and we hail it as a measure of reform that is second only in importance to that greater measure which is to follow it?the absolute repeal of the protective tariff. * flight here we have known what it is to suffer from unjust discrimination by the railroads, and our State Legislature has been unable to remedy the evil on account of the constitutional limitations that were imposed upon its authority; but since Congress has taken hold of the matter we are led to hrmft thftf it mav he settled once for all upon a just and permanent basis. The railroad problem is a serious one, especially in the South, where we have few competing lines, and thesodaily fumbling into the hands of one great corporation. They have not been over-scrupulous in the past about doing exact justice to the people who support them. They have hauled goods to and from'"terminal points" for a compensation that is nominal, when compared with the tribute thr.t they have levied upon the cities and towns and people, who are beyond ihe reach of competition. It was folly to suppose that this thing could continue. If the law just passed by Congress does not meet the difficulties it will be amended until it does meet them. The people cannot and will not permit the very achievements of civilization to be made the instrument of oppression. They will be just to the railroads and they will compel the railroads to be just to them. "AV REPLIES TO "S. JIT. S." Messrs. Editors; I am sorry that I offended the . fastidious taste of M. S.;' by making my "introductory process too long and too irrelevant to the prime object" of my communication; however, as this was merely a matter of form and taste, and as '-S. M. S." did not attempt to disprove or deny any of the material allegations therein contained, they may be taken as in the main true. I did not attach any great value to my long article; but it is to be regretted as a general proposition that "long aracles are often left unread by intelligent readers," since from the magnitude or importance of a subject, or the cbarac* ter of the audience, a writer or speaker is compelled, even at a sacrifice of brevity, in order to catch the attention to support his propositions by forcible argumeuts and homely illustrations. "Brevity may be the soul of wit," but it is by no means a cast-iron rule in argument or discussion. If a man may be permitted to believe what he has "seen with his eyes and heard with his ears," I will admit that I believe that there is some slight prejudice existing against lawyers. I do not think the prejudice is mutual, as lawyers as a rule do not allow themselves to be governed by unrea- i sonuble or unreasoning prejudices against a class "S. M. S." may not have seen them, but during the past yeaa I have seen in the newspapers < communications denouncing the State j Government as a corrupt ling ruled and controlled by ari oligarchy of law- ] vers, who make laws which oppress < the farmers and which are made in the ; interest of the lawyers. I have read '< speeches reported from various agri- i; cultural convocatiaus, made by various apo.>tles of agriculture, in deunucia- " tiou of lawyers, aud these I have taken \ iMBHHnBKBBHHMMnanunns: as indicative of the existence of prejudice against lawyers. I may be wrong, and it may be that I have read backwards. If "S. M. S.?? has not seen or I ,! . V, ~ It lieai u OUUJUIUUI^ Ui L11C 3UUJC 1MIJVI 11 j must be thatiie lias eyes and sees not or ears and hears not." The lauditory terms ot my "high" v ! eulogistic vindication" were not u?ed with any intention of arrogating to myself the championship of the profession with the hope ot thereby plac ing them under any "great ob'i?rat ion." And as "S. M. S." has seen lit to suggest to me the propriety ot studying brevity, ami applying the lesson to the form of my communication, L will take the liberty of >usrgesiimr to him some things as to the substance uf his communication. Be very tlow, "S. M. S.," to impugn the motive of! your adversary in an argument, for, i at be>t, it is but a scurvv trick, and ! - i? j: ... r,... _ .k,*'.,.* : i Olliv uivens iui u lime inc iincnuuu yi the reader from the weakness of your side or the strength of \ our adversary,! and if the material facts are not denied or disproved your jugglers trick is discovered, and you have lost a great deal and gained nothing. Too have no facts by which to judge of my motive in writing as I did, and in attributing to me the desire to curry favor with the lawyers, remember the maxim, honi soit qui met I y pense ? evil to him who pvil thinks?and bear i in mind that others have been highly eulogistic' of that benevolent, honorable and high-toned class." Candidly my comparison was intended entirely as denunciatory of the farmers' j methods ef business without intending | to elevate others by the comparison, and I hoped to show by means of a homelv illustration that they would be justified in making an experiment;" "if that be treason uiakc the mot of it." You see, my dear "S M. S-.,"s that it is impossible to be br "lien 1 am forced to explain my illustrations* even to such an intelligent reader as yourself. The fault is entirely -mine that I cannot enunciate my proposition with sufficient clearness to be taken into the recesses of your highly intellectual brain, but I do my best. If it is necessary to mortgage properv or to give liens in order "to keep business moving," and the experience of twenty years proves that though business "has been "kept moving" "it has been moving in the wrong direc-i tion, and that they who have kept their business so moving are now deeper in debt than when they started, then the most charitable term to be applied to such men, whether farmers or not, is th-'tof "fool." "He who buys aud lacks the wherewith to pay" is either fool or knave. Fool is the more char-1 Itable term. "6. M. S." wishes to leave to the people to juctee whether last year did not eclipse anything we ever saw, as ruinous to the planting interest. This fact is entirely "too irrevelant" to the main issue and is not denied. But does "i?. M. S." mean to say that the present condition is because one crop bas failed or because ot consecutive years of bad crops? Disastrous as last year was if the farmers had planted a little grain during each of the proced-j ing years, the failure in cotton would not placed them in so grievous a condition. If it can be shown that the farmers have been gradually improving their condition, if prior to the bad series of years they have had well filled granaries and smoke-houses, and that even in those years when they made most cotton they cleared oil' debts, then it would be competent to show that the present state ot affairs was due entirely to the failure in last; years's crop, caused by a special dispensation 01' Providence. If lie can show that month in and monih out the farmers have been busy in their cotton j field?, in their grain fields and in their j orchards, busy in repairing their shattered houses, their tailing barns and , gin-houses; attending to their cattle, hogs and stock generally; saving their lands by an intelligent system of ditching; raising everything they can on their farms instead of buying everything except cotton from the stores, then have I made an unjust and outragoes charge egainst the hard-working, economic and thrifty farmers of Fairfield. But 4-S. M. is." does not deny the general condition ot things in Fairfield, he simply denies that it is due to bad management, iazines, cxtiavaganee or want of thrift and economy, and says that it Is brought about by "Providential circumstances." We are all prone to shirk responsibly and attribute our (roubles to causes be-, vond ouiycontrol, and excuse our mis-, doing.-, but there is a great deal ol truth in the maxim that "he who ex- ; cuses, accuses himself," "S. M. S." asks "'where are the | heroic minds of the Confederacy i This would be a -difficult quesiion to j answer as regards ail; but there is a j very good contingent of them in Fairfield county, bewailing the speciai "Providential dispensations" which will not furnish them bread without honest work, and bewailing the fact that they are not now as comfortable as they were "befo'de wah." "S. M. 5?." thinks that if the negro leaves the State that South Carolina ; will become bankrupt. As a South Carolinian, I take issue* with him on. this point. South Carolina's future depends upon her white population, and not upon the negro. It' the intelligent men of the State have made up their minds that South Carolina's prosperity is dependent, upon her colored population, then God help South | Carolina. He thinks that because the negro ! leaves South Carolina the native j American wiil not come here. Tins is : susceptible to demonstration, let in i ducements be offered and then if white : settlers refuse to come, we have done , our best. Let us make the effort, other ; Southern States have made a success-1 ful effort' why not Souiii Carolina? | Now in conclusion permit me to sav | that I mave used unnecessarily harsh terms, but they were intended for "measures not men," and I have no apology to make for them. You may polish a spade and smear it with honey but it is stil! a spade, and 1 prefer to call things by their right names. Insole object in writing on the subject was in the hope that some little atten \.f i.~ ? llOn WOU1U UU UUlWii iu Liiu u/nuiiiun of affairs, &nd that abler pens would take up the discussion and that eventually* some good would result. I have no favors to ask of the law vers, nor have I anything to fear from the farmers. They know that though I may have put my statements with more force than elegane, they are, nevertheless, true. T repeat that the Legislature cannot help them, and that if they want help they must help themselves. "And now "S. M. S." thou "Disciple of Brevity," I have taken to heart your suggestion and have studied "brevity," so that you poor farmers might learn, and I hope that you will "read. mark, learn and inwardly! digest" this brief maxim, "The Lord : helps th jse who help themselves." x. ! Let No Man Si:eer at a Want of a Fortune. [ The great increase of business throughout the"entire Union is shown by a largely augmented monthly s hemes of distribution presented by the Louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans, drawn at noon on the second Tuesday of each month. On Tuesday, February's, over $522,000 will be scattered am ng ticket holders at S10 each, and fractional tenths ai ?1 each. In June md December the Capital Prize will be 5300,000, and on otiier occasions $130,000. But full information can be had on application to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Jbec no one compiain 01 a wain 01 a \ fortune who has never tried. ^ i ^iT' u uw ^ CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. He do hereby certify that icc supervise tu- armngemcnUfor all the Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana [ State Lottery Company, and in personminj age and control t!te, Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with lion| esty. fair m*s and in good, faith toward all I parti's, and ire authorize the Company to i use this certiji'-at'', <rith the facsimile* of our signatures attached, in its advertisements." Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prize* draicn in The Ix>uisi/ina Stole Lotteries which may be presented at vur counters. J. II. OGLESBY. Pres. Louisiana National Bank. .5. W. KILBRETH. Pres. State National Bamk. A. BALDWIN. Pre*. New Orleans National Bank. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! uYEK HALF A MILLION DISTKIBTTED. Louisiana State Lottery Company, incorporated in 1SGS for 25 years by the Legislature 1<)!' Educatiosal and Charitable purposes?with a capital of ?1,000,000?to w! ich a reserve fund of over $">50,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of tiie present State Constitution adopted December 2nd, A. D. 1S7!>. The only Lottery ever toted on and endorsed bxi the jjeople of any State. It never or vostjwnes. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place Monthly, and the Semi-Annual Drawings regularly every six. month** (June and December). A Si'I.KXDi 5> OPPORTUNITY TO iv i x a fo jrr e x k. secon d g k a n d DRAWING. CLASS IJ. IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ( RLEANS. TUESDAY, FEBRUAliY S, 1SS7?201st Monthly Drawing CAPITAL P1JIZE, $150,000. K?~NOTICi?.?Tickets arc TEND 0LLAItS ONLY, liaives, $j. Fifths, $2. | Tenth?, ?1. LIST OF PHIZES. ! " 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OK f 150,000..$150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 4 LARGE PRii.ES OF ">,000.. 20,000 20 FRIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000 50 do 500.. 25,000 100 do 300.. 30,000 200 do 200.. 40,000 500 do 100.. 50,000 1,000 do 50.. 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approxi't'n Prizes of ?300.. $.'50,000 l 100 do do 200.. 20,000 i~ .i? 1 iva in ni,n JLUU UU UU xtsv* . Av,vvv ! 2.17'J Prizes, amounting to $335,000 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the oflke of the Cumpany Id New Orleans. For further information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orciers. or New Yurk Exchange In ordl1 nary lettor. Currency by Express (at our ex. pense) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., ! oral. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, D. C. Make P. 0, Money Orders payable : and address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. RFATFVfRFR That the presence of (jeaerais Beauregard and Early, who are in charge of the drawings, I Is a guarantee of absolute fa mess an J integrity. that tn chances are all equal, and that I no one can possibly uivme what numbers wiU draw a Prize. All parties therefore advertising I to guarantee Prize- in this Lottery, or holding j oui any other impossible {Inducements, are swindlers, and only aim to deceive and defraud | the unwary. . Janvi lilOHiiOXD & DANVILLE R. R. ! SOUTII CAKOLINA DIVISION. (J C HEDULEIX EFFECT OCTOBER 10, 0 1886.?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. NO. 5.'), MAIL AND EXPUES3. Leave Augusta 9.20 a. m. Leave W. U. ?. A. Junction 1.10 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 1.25 p. m. Leave Columbia 1.35 p. in. Leave Kiilian's 1.58 p. m. LeaveBijthe wood 2.lop. m Leave Ridgeway 2.34 p. m. Leave Simpson'* 2.47 p. m. Leav?: Winn -i>r>ro 3.02 p. m. Leave V/hiieOak 3.22 p. nr Leave V/ond ward's '.. .3.44 p. ui Leave lJIaek?toek 3.51 p. ui. Leave Cornwaii's 3.59 p. ni. Leave Chester *. 4.18 p. m. Leave Le\vi.V . .4..S4 p. ui. Leave Smith's 4.4:: p. ai.: Leave Koek !ii!l 5.0."$ p. m. Leave Foil Mill 5.22 p, m Leave FineviHe 5.*.2 p. m Arrive at CiiarU>::e t5.i5 p. m. Arrive at Swte>vi!le y.5o p. m OOIXOSOUTH NO. 52. .VIA11. AN1> EXritEaa. Leave States v:!le 8.30 *. ui. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. m. Leave Pincviile 1.27 p. na. Leave Fort Mill 1.44 p. m Leave Rock lliil 2.02 p. m. Leave Smith'.-' 2.22 p. ih. Leave Lewis' 2.30 p m Leave Chester 2.45 p. m. Leave Cornwall's 3.03 p. m. Leave Black stock 3.12 p. m Leave Woodward's 3.18 p. m. Leave White Oak 3.30 p. m. Leave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. Leave r.idicew.iy 4.1(5 p. n:. Leave l?lytliewo*o:l 4.32 p. a. Leave Killian's 4.49 p.m. Arrive ac Columbia 5.12 p. m. Leave Columbia 5.22p. m Leave W. C. & A. Junction .,.5.57 p. m. Arrive at Augusta .*.9.20 p. m. Connection is now made at Chester (by trains 52 and 5:?) for Lancaster and intermediate points on C. ? C. K. II., and for all points on C. & L. li. R. as far as Xewton* >*. O. li.il. TALCOTT, Superintendent. J AS. L. TAYLOR, General Passenger Agent. 1). CARD WELL.' Ass't Cen. Passcngtr Agent. SALE .'nV % ? ' ; ' * : ." " yt ~ - ~ ??w, /- ;v . ^ I i NOTICE. ALL PERSONS BUYING STOCK from us last spring and winter ami giving J their notes payable on the 1st October and the 1st Xaw'nvifr, 1X8(5, will please prepare to meet -aid notes, as full payment will be ivquircii, ami will force collection if not paid when .Lie. We will take stock at the market value in payment. V,V -til! have those-SECOND-HANDED nOLI'MUrs UHUilES or.hand, and two two*house wagon's, which we win trade for mules or horses. We sti!! have p. few M1LCI1 COWS whi<*h wp will exchange for horses or mules or heefcatt!?. A. WILLIFORDASOX, WIXXSBORO, S. C. ff WVG T3 a ~~T? mar ho fcoad on ?e at Coo. -* -1 *3 'i Z** K Howeii * Co'a Jiowupaper A<ivtr?fciie?3we.r.u t10 Sprue* St. 1. wt>CTcadverQKlng ecatt-cw lasjr i?-r ic IX >?W XOU* THE WINNSBOKO BAR. H. A. GAILLAKD, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W, WIXNSBORO, S. C. Office in building of Winnsbo'ro National Bank. A. S. DOl'GLASS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Xo. i) Law Range, W I X X S 1) O II O, S. C. Practices in the Stite and United States Courts. OSMUND W. BUCHAXAX, A T TORXEY-AT-LA W, j Xo. 7 Law Range, WIXXSBOKO, S C. ?+;/*/%<> l'n <*11 T7niK*/1 Sifofnc Ssf.ntA X laV^llVCO 111 <111 IV.iVI H.VWVV Courts. Special attention to corporation and insurance law. W. L. McDOXALD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, WIXXSBORO, S. C. Office up stairs in The News and Herald building. H. X. OBEA.R. W. C. Riojt. OBEAR & KION, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Nos. 7 and 9 East Washington St., TI 'rvvcnAPrt o n Offices same as occupied by the iate Col. James ii JJion. J. E. McDonald, C. A. Douglass Solicitor Sixth Circuit. Mcdonald & douglass, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLOR.' AT LAW, Nos. 3 and 4 Lavr ilange, W1NXSBORO, S. C. Practices in all the State and United .States Courts. E. B. Ragsdale G. W. Ragsdale. ragsdale & ragsdale, attorneys and counsellors at law, No. 2 Law Range, WINNSBOKO, S. C. jas. glenn 31ccants, ATTO RNE Y-AT - L A W, No. 1 LAW KAXGE, W13i 2T S B 0 R 0, S. C. JigrPractices in the State and United States Conrts. CHRISTMAS GOODS. A New Supply of Fancy Goods Suitable for Christmas and Bridal Presents. Such as SILK PLUSH WORK-BOXES, OTT T7" "DT TTdTT TYDTCJOTT'IYl f! A CT?C5 Olim 1JJU JJ_L\U \jn.U UK) SILK PLUSH HAND SATCHELS. ALSO, PINK, WHITE AND AMBERNIA WATER SETS. FANCY FINGEllBOWLS, TUMBLERS, ETC. JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE AT THE DRUG- STORE OF W. E. AIKEN. THE CELEBRATED NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE. IT SHOES FOR ALL -AND ISThe Best and Jlost Popular Sewing Machine ON' TIIE MARKET. Not? some of its Most Excellent Points he Above Cut. IT IS FOR SALE A r PRICES TO SUIT ! TIIE TIMES BY R. W. PHILLIPS, Nov2fx6m ^VINXSBORO, S. C. , CoIiltlylTiff. WJE WOULD RESPECFtTLLY ASK VV' the readers of The News and Herald, and the public generally, to bear Ir* win/? fhof wo boor. /vmctiintlv nn lian/1 a choice and select stock of Family Groceries, and wili sell them at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. We have just received fresh Buckwheat Flour, Oatmeal. Corn-starch, Pickles. Sauces, and a general assortment of Canned Goods, together with a full stock of Heavy Groceries. We always..keep on hand Corn, Oats and Lime. Remember that our terms arc strictly CASH, and govern voursclves accordingly. Jan^O-jjjjB "McCARLEY & CO." RTLIMOTI. COLUMBIA, S.C. 7ST NEAR TO BUSINESS PART OF CITY. \ i ?3F* Hot and Cold Baths free to guests Situation qnict. The only First-Cla>s Hotel-Ja Columbia run at $1.50 per Day W. M. XELSO.V, OWNER A XI) PnOPItlETOU. DISSOLUTION. THE law copartnership heretofore existing between the undersigned is dissolved. on account of removal of Mr Reynolds to Columbia. H. A. Gaillard will continue to practice in same office II. A. GAILLARD. J>'0 S. REYNOLDS. Jan25f3xl ?amna inn cna?am?^ MifilfsM. ? miw CGYESIISS. ^ 1 On and after this date we a will oiler our entire stock of Ladies' New Markets, Russian Circulars, Short Wraps, Jackets, etc., J You will find an elegant lot f of these goods at Unheard of Prices. **4 We are now offering bar stains in all lines. . BLUE S. BLMBTS. Call and examine our stock of BLANKETS. They are to be < CLOSED OUT, k and it will pay to call and Drice them. ' ^ I M'MASTEK. JBRICE & KETCH IN. . . ISO Sis Bf II? , A I APPEAL TO TKE STROSGEST sentiment you knu-.v iti asking to try my tailor-made" suits r.:i?l my low p.rices. it's ro your own iiiu'r?'si. iou win uc y gainers by it in tiie satisfaction of lor.g wear and the secyrity of my guarantee. It's beyond the ability of an expert in clotb to kn^w what is in it by looking at it. Only one of long experience in the work knows :ow to fl-rrit out whether tlio clothing is carefully made. You may be a judge or iiiay not. "I take both risks from your shoulders. . . It's the fairest bargain I know?to make you sure of the quality and the work: tell you plainly what sort"it is, and make you feel safe :n trading he re. Can y . f;ire as well as that anywhere? Could i do :i if i did not have confidence =- --* l Ill LI II,* lllti.. li i ris Llltii. Uicliv^ tiiCOCJ taiioixnade :us? You shoot wide of the mark <-;w ^ottiug the best for your uioia y ;f y.:u buy without seeing my 'W beautiful st"jk of clothing, and what it sells sit. TO THEE HdTiSKRS. / I>o not opportunity. I have received tjumitity oi knee pants suits from f>iir'y.*:;rs to ch-ven years, and they ^ will <; . .vC J ;>ri.-e th ir wi=i astonish you: at first you \vi 1 haw !;:::<! \\\ rk to keep from buying the:::, i will iuL name* the price here, but prefer you should eail and see these suits and learn the price. This is the b?>t o])po>tU!tily you will have this season to secure a bargain fora mere trifle. No such bargains ever offered in'this city before. The.-;* suit? are well made and cut in the; latest style. Now, don't wait until the !a>t moment and expect to get your choice. It' you do you will miss it, V for these suits will go with a rush. When you are here ask to see the DEGUEMONT and DEAN Suits, the latest novelties? in boys' suits. MATS. You will find the latest styles. The YEOMAN ziid tile m-NLA-'T/t-OCK are a.aong the ii:.voltios hi this line. Just received a line of siiu huts?Broadway style. I a:n the for t::e celebrated Duiilap Siiic and itift* Hats. ...?jS S22<?5?$. This line of iroods must br; seen to be appreciated. A!i ti:<r lrading styles of nne siidcs can oc lounu nere. me Waukenpiiast; anil i)i\>ad way lasts are the mg favorites. (JkII anil wee this magnificent JV stock of Clothing, (Rents' Furnishing 3 Goods, etc., before you purchase else- fj^F where. You will savetime and money by trading herr. Jtrspeetfuilr, W M. L. KIXARD, / -m COLUMBIA, 5>. Q.M ^ ^ 7.-5 =? f - , "W TAKE NOTIGffi ! 1 AM ready to renew subscriptions to the "SOUTHERN CULTJV.VTOK AND " DIXIK FARMER,5* Ok ' take new subscriptions. f You wi!i soon /owl COTTON* SEED PLANTERS aiupCULTIVATORS. I have them for \--M Also, SMOOTHING HARROW'S andJpULKV PhOCGIIS. f Janl5fxGw Jr JAMES PAGAN. J DISSOLUTION NOTICE. ^ TIIE im/let signed having dissolved by mutual agreement the partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of R. II. .JENNINGSJc CO. hereby -jivenotice to parties indebted to said firm that they cmi settle without cost such indebtedness at any time on or before the 1.1th of . i October next. After that tiate their notes, accounts and other evidences of indebted- -? '] ncs* wili be put into the hands of an att.f. ... WIHV> lUi A. i.. Ui\ f ' K. II. JENNINGS, C. E. LEITNEK. ; January <i. 1 ^ ' jan.-Vxtiut NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. rv.HE cupiuliu-; -:.:p heretofore existJL iisir under the firm of McDOXALDS&DOTJ JLASS, is thisday dissolved ^ bv the withdrawal of the junior member, Sir. W. L. McJ-onald. Tiu.* .senior n:eni;>f;s of the said firm will continue to practice law on the civil side of the Court, under the firm-name of M< LK;N A Li) ?!: DOUGLASS. E. MCDONALD, ( HAS. A. DOUGLALS, . -*1 W. L. MCDONALD. ^ Jan4xt lm i '\ . * ? ' A