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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01
NOTICE.

The firm of r. c. Aaybin & h. P. Tar
rant is dissolved. The undersigned assumes
all liabilities and to him all debts due the
firm have to be paid.
r. C. aAfBIN.
May 10, 2o-St.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01
CoMsaaae eTC1Gl.
NEwgERRY, s, c.. Nav 81, 1882
NeWberry Prices Current.

CORRECTED WEEKLY
By !. N. MARTIN & CO.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01

DIAMOND PUZZLE.
l. Found in the river.
2. A vessel.
8. A berry.
4. 4 color.
5. a nut.
8. a curse.
Z. Found in the ocean. L. j.
DRoP-LETTER PUZZLE.
E-e-.-e-e-l-a-s-e-ose-h-r-a-
T-e-r-g-t,-h-b-a-t-fl-d-a-.
MINNIE Mum.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01
Commencement Week

Begins Sunday June 25th. The fol-
! lowing IS the programme: June 25-
20 10 4 N Raocalanr te
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01

10 sysxhat SO was decided in the
negative. sal question for next Mon
dsy night - ,'hather civilized nations
viii ever adopt arbitration as the
method of settling their differences.
At the next meeting officers will be
7slecse6 for the ensuing month.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
s-OUTHWRsTERN BENEF1r
GUILD.
an Outgrowtho OF The sc Practical
Times.

The oldest Matrimonial Association en-
the South is the Southwestern Benefit
Guild, Of Memphis. IL was organized on
the 18th day Of. May, 1881, under q char
ter obtained IN accordance with the laws
Of Tennessee, and began active operations
a month or two later. The plan was looked
upon as a novelty ii not chimerical At
first, but upon reflection it appealed 10
thoughtful manageable people and their
friends, who could not be induced to buy
lottery tickets or engage in the grOsser and
.riskier schemes Of speculation that prom
Use so much to the many and pay only a
few. The scheme was something Of an
experiment, in the nature Of things de-
pendent upon good management and good
faith all around. The Guild went slowly
from the first, promising nothing more
than its Directors might reasonably ex-
pect TO be able to pay, and has been man
aged c~onseryatiyeiy and cautiously ever
since. The ~ first difficulty presented
was public doubt, and the (2l second was
an innumerable host of imitators and COM
petitors %springing up in cities, towns and
crossroads places. Then 80 third, the
State Treasurer issued acircular, under
a mistaken idea, which checked up BUSH
ness somewhat for a short time. The
Guild, however, has gone on carefully
and prudently and accomplished much
that was originally intended. Money col
lected ON assessments has been faithfully
disbursed, and about two hundred and fifty
benefits have been paid IN less than eight
months, The beneficiaries have gener-
ally been paid from five TO eight times the
amount Of money invested. The return
has been more than could be possibly re-
allied in any legitimate business or spec
uiative enterprise, and nearly all have
expressed themselves highly delighted.
The Southwestern Benefit Guild is one Of
the peculiar institutions Of this practical
and go-ahead age, which is likely to live
and TO dispense It's benefits for many years
to come. The central Office is at 80 Madi-
son street. President, Geo. b Fleece, and
Secretary, DR.. w. Spot Smith. .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
CIR. Ryan Geo.

At $40 and 34l Main street, are deal
ers in choice, staple and fancy gro
%ceries, both at wholesale and retail.
They are both young and ener-
getic men, and from having grown up
in the business have gained a knowl-
edge Of it both useful to themselves
and to their patrons. Their city trade
is large and r%emunerative and they
have built up a fine business in the
surrounding country. They have
capital enough to do the business in a
first-class style and are constantly
strengthening their claims to the favor
of the public. They have recently
doubled their space by taking in the
store next to them, the partition hav-
ing been removed, and now occupy
eight floors which are stocked with
completest lines of the choicest goods.
Their lines of canned goods, crackers
and other fancy groceries are all Of
standard brands, the best to be ob-
tanned in the market; their stock of
Golfers, sugars and staples is complete,
and indeed, in all things their motto
is excellence. They have a full force
Of competent assistants, and their city
orders are delivered free Of charge.
This firm will do to trade with, and
deserves the success it has
achieved.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
I. ]. Graham.

AT 43 and 4j South Court street, deals in
all kinds Of e~arthenware. such as sewer
pipes, drain tiles, fire brick, Aue pipe and
chimneys, chimney tops, etc. His goods
are all first class, and have given the most
complete satisfaction wherever used. Mr..
Graham is always alive to the improve
ments constantly being made in this line,
and %endeayors to keep his stock up to the
highest standard. He never allows any
thing but perfect goods to enter his store,
and fills orders with the greatest care and
at the lowest prices. He will be found
obliging to all, and his work attests his
merit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
Our Nlreer Car system.

The street car company of this city an
ploy Il capital of $4,000, and has four
teen and n half miles of railway track. also
runs twenty-nine cars at the present time.
Or these twelve blue cars are on the Main
street, ten yellow cars on Vance. Main
and Poplar streets, and sever red cars on
the ElmwoOd Cemetery routes. The COM
pany employ eighty-two men, including
drivers, and exclusive Of the street re-
pairing force. Its monthly payroll yer
ages $500. The company also employ l7g
head Of stock, and own several snacions
stables, built of brick, and with all modern
Improvements and convcniences. At their
central stables, corner of Main and Linden
streets, Is the office of the company and
the car building shops. From this depart
ment workmen have turned out six new
cars and rebuilt five others during the
past twelve months. Thirty new cash
boxes have been made and placed on the
cars during the past year. This box is a
neat affair, and II great improvement on
the old Slaws0n patent. 1t is the inven-
ton Of Mr.. G. +. Courson, an employe Of
the company. The patronage of the
system has greatly increased within the
past few months, and is constantly grow
ing larger, As an evidence the receipts
for the months Of June and July were
more than a thousand dollars for each
month in excess Of the same months last
year. Superintendent Raphael Semmes
Is untiring in his efforts to improve the sys-
tenn and enlarge the patronage, MS well rs
popularize the routes. The cars run on
schedule time, and make the same speed
" cars do in Louisville and Other Northern
tties. Mr. II. S. Davis has been Presi-
Afnt Of the COMPANY fhr more than ten
uta past ana mr. George Vance is the
Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
Assianoo's Sale of Real Estate.

No. 1897, R Chancery Court Of Shelby County
nj Black. Assignee, etc , vs., j 5 Menken
ct al.
DY virtue Of an interloeutory decres for
- sale, entered 10 the above cause on the
I'd day Of August, 1852, we will sell, at ou5lic
auction. to the highest bidder, il front of
the courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis,
Tennessee, on
Saturday, September ?, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, to-wit:
Being the undivided sne-eighthG ca interest
for life Of Joseph 5 Andrews In the estate OF
Joseph Andrews, decd, subject, however, 10
the dover interest Of the widow Of Joseph 1
Andrews, and an encumbrance on the whole
property OF about N2O,OOl, said property being
described as 70 lows, to wit: Lying and being
in Shelby county, Tennessee, and in the Tax.
ing District OF shelby county, tO-Wit: Lot so.
comprising stOrehOuses Nos. 2t8, $50. &04 and
2l2 Front street, said lot being "a by 80 feet;
also lot No 7g, being q by 81 feet, corner Of
Front and Jefferson streets; also parts of lots
~ and 50, fronting on Jefferson street, com
prising the Commercial Hotel.
Also part Of lot III, being IS by ia feet,
comprising houses Nos. Is, Is, l54, II and 10
Jefferson street.
house and lot corner Third and Adams street,
fronting on Adams street 40 feat by 90 feet on
third street, subject 10 a claim of about 5000
for unpaid purchase money.
Also the one sixth - undivided interest in
lots !, 2 and in block . on the plan Of Fort
Pickering.
Also q in iiyided interest in lot on Third
street, near Adams. being IS BY 40 feet, en-
numbered for the entire purchase money.
Also the following property belonging 10
WIN. Horgan, said property being described
as follows. t0-wit: 0ne-half "a undivided
interest ia lots l, 2 and 3, block 9, Fort Pick
erlng. Shelby county, Tennessee.
Terms Of sale-Cash.
RJBLACK,
AFURSTENHEIM,
Assighess Of Menken Bros.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

price Of spring bonnets, and a
deadly, all absorbing fear that
the hard hearted employers win cut down
salaries one-half or perhaps altogether
during the approaching summer season.
But the 9ulatOr IN love affairs specu-
iates a~Out'all these things and knows
why the bottom nearly drops out Of the
matrimonial bucket in lithesOme spring.
IL is the tickle season. The sun sets the
example, laughs aud cries by SPELLS now
the william goat gnaws bedspringS and
meditates, then bOostingthe unsuspecting
passer BY in the rear; and the young man
relaxes enough 10 treat his dear eharmer
to chocolate-strawb erry-vanilla cream one
minute, then sticks his thumb and index
finger in his vest pocket and wishes he
hadn't the next. All is aeeting as the
breath Of the violet or last nights
KISS. Like the soda bottle, he is in a state
Of latent fermentationi but unlike it, he
fails to pop.
As summer draws nearer the market
grows duller. In vain does Cupid exhort
ana entreat and then get 50 mad he can't
Keep his shirt on. His darts all 20 wide
Of the mark. The young people pause,
n steamers on the matrimonial sea have
few passengers in the cabin. Deck pas
sengers, all colored, are more numerous
but the entire number, white and colorod,
for the summer just ended was only 2OS.
There are many reasons for this falling off
IA the trade. IL is the season Of low wages,
boils and perpiratiOn, animal heat and
Ohinese fans. Among those who are in
curably in love. there is a disposition to
prolong the season Of %ante-nuptial moon
hght promenades, icc-cream and red lem
onade. IL is the season Of selfish and
solitary roosting on the sills Of open win
doWs, which are never made wide enough
Tor two. 1t is the season of single blessed
hes and marital bOnflres.
10 show the gradual rise and fall Of
matrimonial stocks it Is necessary 10 divide
the whole number into months. In Sep
teniber there we're So marriages, in Octo-
Der ~, IN December l13. In January the
quotation descended 10 80, in February To
3D.. Then a little spring squirt occurred
and the figures run up to 81 In March, de-
cline TO u in April and jump up again to
~ in May, Then the figures drop again
in June. the first summer month. TO 81.
rise to 6s IN July, and as the fall season
approaches ascend again to Is in August.
The greatest number were married in
December, the least in June. In closing
II is well to warn the reader that Il panic
IN securities Of this kind is approaching.
Inc era Of marriage guilds arises in bsl-
loon like proportions. " is inflated with
too much gas, II will burst, and with il
the hopes Of many a loving pair Of cooling
doves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
GEORGE ARNOLD a CO.,
Wholesale GrOcers and Cotton
Factors.

This firm, doing business at 271
Front street, was originally estab
lish-l :. 1909, aud Io-esoabiisled IN
1882 as successors to Taylor & Arnold.
The house represents the live com.
mercial spirit of Memphis, and does a
big wholesale business as grocers. A
specially is made of contractors sup
plies, which can be furnished in guam
titles and at prices to suit any demand
Of the regular trade. Careful atten
ton is given to the purchase of goods
not in their line, and liberal advances
are made on cotton or other consign-
ments. The firm is one that can be
commended to the public for
its promptness, reliability and liberal.
ity. Mr.. Henry Solari, a very popular
is general manager, and can
be found on the floor or In the Office
by the patrons Of the house at any
hour Of the day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
AGENCY.
Fire, Marine, Inland and Hull.
by Darlington Mason.

The-name of Mr.. Darlington Mason
is the synonym of personal integrity
and square dealing in business matters.
For many years he has conducted a
general insurace agency. His office is
at Ii Madison street, and the compa.
MES for which he writes policies rep
resent over S40.0 600 of capital
The Home, of New York, has, in
round numbers, 81, 900, 600; the New
York Underwriters Agency, $780,
600; the Hartford, $4,072, 900; the i'm
perial and Northern Insurance Com
pany, Of England, $23, 0O0, 600, and so
on. All classes Of insurance are eff
fected at equitable rates, including
risks upon hulls, country stores, gin
houses, and all kinds Of farm and
manufacturing property. Mr.. Mason's
great experience, fine judgement and
honorable methods of doing business
make him a favorite with the great
companies as well as those who have
risks to place,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
Brothers

Manufacturers and jobbers of boots
and shoes, are located at 295 Main
street, and do a large business in the
surrounding country for a radius of
several hundred miles. They are ca
pable gentlemen, Of fine business quail
ifications, and from constant effort
have gained a knowledge of the trade
valuable to their patrons, as they are
thus enabled to keep them supplied
with the latest novelties in their way,
and to compete in price with any
house Of its kind in the country.
Their business increases In volume
with each succeeding year. Their
stock comprisesau the finer qualities
of goods and t9enipie capita
to conduct the business as it should be
done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

under the supervision Of Captain Miller.
United States Engineer for this district;
Big SunaOwer river, $780, Tallahatchie,
above the mouth Of Coldwater, 5000,
Tchula Lake, $500 lazoo river, Miss.
S5eass Boeuf river, S50G0 Bayou Barthol-
omew, S5OOe Ouachita river, Sl2,O0 Big
Hatchie river, g o., South forkod d er
river $780, Yallobusha river, 1880 Red
river, S750Oa, and for gauging the Missis-
sippi. 5000 Appropriations for the
Memphis, Natehez, Nicksburg and mouth
Of Red river harbor are 10 come out OF
the N,0Oo,OO in the hands of the River
Commission.
THE STAVE TRADE
From this point has been very satisfactory
during the past season. The tugs Night
Hawk, Nanderburg aud Tilda have made
a number Of trips 10 New Orleans, also
a trip or two was made by the Tiger and
H0tspur, the five boats towing to the
above port 2,Sj0,O00 slaves. These slaves
were gathered up in Forked Deer, st.
Francis, Hatehie and some from the Ten
nessee rivers. Many were also received
from the line Of the different railroads.
The boatmen engaged ia this business
have done we'll meeting with few scci-
dents 10 their tows. The prospects 70. the
ensuing season are iiattering and many
workmen are now busy getting out slaves
for Southern and Eastern markets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
Carver Gin aud Machine Conn.,
many.

The Carver Gin and Machine Company,
situated on Shelby street, Composite the GAY
$50 House, is strictly Il home enterprise.
all offs capital of SlO0, 900 beng heldhere.
The company employ seventy-iive hands,
and their payroll aggregates 500 weekly.
During the past year the works turned
out 400 cotton gin outfits, including feeders
and c%ondensers; also fifty cotton presses.
and the total productions amount 10
Sl6O, 0OO in value. During the past twelve
months this company has purchased 100
carloads Of lumber, including walnut.
maple, cherry, ash and yellow pine, the
two latter predominating, and all of
southern production. The gins made are
found in in every portion Of the cotton
belt, and are universally popular as well
rs useful. Mr.. John ID. Milburn is the
President of the above company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
Cigars and

The Cigar and Tobacco house of H..
Esch, at 2l7 Main street, is fully equipped
with everything known to the trade, and
he is prepared to Gil orders from the city
or country ut wholesale or retail, as de-
sired. Mr. Esch has been identified with
this business for many years, and is fully
posted in all its details and requirements
His acquaintance with the Memphis pub
lie and the trade Of the surrounding coun-
try is equal 10 that of any dealer in the
business, and his undoubted capacity will
secure for him Il continuance Of the lucra-
tive patronage he has heretofore enjoyed.
He has always on hand a large stock OF
Havana cigars, besides other kinds, and all
the standard brands of chewing and
smoking tobaccos.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

the manufacture ofsuch vehicles. In ;his
shop nearly everything must necessarily
be done BY hand, but in every other N
partment Of the factory machinery does
everything.
Tbs Memphis CoopcIaga Company j. a
new institution. II has just completed "A
handsome h~re-proof budding above the
county jail, and the machinery is being
rapidly set up. They will do a general
cooperage business.
The entire quantity of unsawed logs in
the river Is estimated at 900. 900 feet.
while the various yaids contain about
100000 feet Oflumber, 100000 shingles
and 10000 laths, with a total valuation
Of perhaps S4,000,000. 1t is impossible
70 give details regarding manufactured
lumber, such n doors, sash and blinds.
and that are used by the u~ndertakers
trunk and picture frame facto-
RES, and numberless repair shops.
About five hundred men make good
wages at the business.
The above viii be a pleasant surprise TO
maryland indeed, the writer himself
was not prepared TO find food enough for
even this brief article. II will be seen
that the capital invested by Memphis
lumbermen reache. way up into the hun
dreds Of thousands, and that millions Of
feet Of raw and manufactured lumber are
stored in the city, while millions O in
the shape Of rough logs await the action Of
the circular saw.
All the dealers agree that the lumber
trade Of Memphis is in q more fourishing
state than ever before, and expect il TO
swell in volume with each succeeding
year. The demand is constantly %increas.
ing, prices are firm with An upward teh-
dency, and absolute confidence is felt in
the business. The bulk Of the shipping
is by river, though all the railroads carry
out more or less lumber. Orders are now
coming in rapidly from Arkarsaw and
Alabama, and a few even from Texas.
The capacity Of the various mills, as given
above, represents in nearly every case
the amount Of actual work done By them,
and the figures are rather moderate than
otherwise. That a genuine boom is ap.
preaching, there can be no doubt Mem
phis has a great advantage in the way OF
geographical position, resting as ii does on
the bank Of a great river, that first neces.
sity 10 every lumber market. She is
backed up by II finely timbered country,
Which is penetrated in every direction by
streams and by railways, which are ready
10 second the enterprise Of Memphis lum-
bermen, and make her the finest lumber
market in the South
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

The Ice trade Of the city mas amounted
the past year to about 1900 tons, and the
all came from the upper Illinois
and upper Mississippi rivers. A consid-
traffic is carried on by our ice deal
ers, with interior towns by railway, The
GOODNESS Of the weather during the past
summer largely reduced the volume of the
trade, both here, at New Orleans and
elsewhere. The price has ranged between
Coo and " 90 per cwt, according to guam
tlty and method of delivery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.
RI BLACK,
.AFUkSTENHEIM,
Assighess Of Menken Bros.

-
No. 1856, r Chanoery Court Of Shelby county
J prOvine aud j Ammonette, admirs
CT al.
RY virtue Of an ipterlocutory decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
IN DAY Of July. lSeSi renewed July 10, 1917,
ana "a day OF June, 1882, / will sell, ut pub
ic auction. to the highest bidder, in front of
the Vlerk and Masters office, courthouse Of
,helby county, Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, September 90, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described
prolstty' situated IN shelby county, Tenn,
Certain real estate as shown on plat No. 1of
me suo-diyision Of estate Of Il Stewart, de-
ceased, OF record in NJ. b. No. 3, page 24.
etc, recorded November %, 1906. to-sit:
Lot NO. 10, containing bf ieet front on Geor-
81 street BY a depth of $50 feet.
Lot No; 81, containing 46H feet front by 100
Get depth. ~
feet depth. "'
Let No. 81, fronting IS feet on fernando
L9t No. a. fronting s'-7 feet on Hornando
L9t No. SO, fronting e5 feet on fernando
Let No. a, fronting ss-7 fec. on fernando
Lot No. IS. at the intersection Of fernando
70 , d and Laud .rdale street. 30 felt on Her
nando road aud l78 feet on LAuderiale street.
reference is here made 70 said plat or dia-
gram and record Of cause 70. more accurate
description, etc.
Terms Of Sale-Cash,
This August "A, 1852.
RI BLACK, Clerk md Master.
~ ,ueOrge Mallory, ID. @. X NJ.
wilson 4 Beard, %sol'rs. I4sl9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

The largest cargo brought into Memphis dur
September ~, and consisted Of $50 balos.
Second largest, str. Belle Memphis, Nov. 80, $40
Third, James Lee, Oct. s, sss
Fourth " II, $50
Fifth "a, Bli
Sixth 3" Cityproyid'ec Nov ., 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01

October 2, 1881: Tug Montauk took fire and
burned of her upper works, at Cairo. Total
loss. Loss. 500.
March 4 1882; Marlin Speed snagged and
sunk In Arkansaw river. Loss, Sl5, 900.
March 80, 1882; Tug 0riole sunk by the
Golden City. Loss, $500,
March 80, 1852: Golden City burned and
sunk Loss, $4,000; on the cargo, $500.
August Z, 1892: Steamer Gold Dust exploded
her boilers near Hickman, KY, took ii G and
burned to the water. Total loss. Loss,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
RIVER APPROPRIATIONS.

The following "a a list of the appropria-
tons made BY the last Congress. for the
fiscal year ending March 30th next, TO be
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-01
MENKEN RRnTnRRs

Have increased their facilities in both the
wholesale and retail departments, and are
now Offering greater inducements than
ever before. The members Of this well
known firm are all clover capable gentle-
men, who have risen gradually, as Mem
phis has progressed. into their present
place IN the foremost rank Of their bust
ness. Their shelves are supplied with all
the latest novelties In dress goods and all
articles 0 fladies wear. Their fincy goods