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two first named. The other two com
menced proceeding to break the will,
and while the brothers with the lawyers
on the opposite sides had assembled in a
small room engaged IN taking dispositions,
angry words frequently passing between
the brothers during the process, suddenly
Samuel sprang to his feet and whipping
out a revolver began firing, dlscharging
six shots. After the smoke cleared away
William and Tom were found to be both
fatally wounded. sam, on realizing wha,
he hal done, manifested the most polgnan,
grief, and claims t. have shot IN self
defense, though his was the only pistol
that was drawn. The family is one Of the
Oldest in Kentucky, and known over the
entire state The Rogers homestead adj
joins the Blue Lick Springs battle. ground,
where Daniel Boone fought the Indians.
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The war Of rates" among the New York
dailies continues. Not only has the Times
dropped from to cents, and the Tribune
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-10-06

One OF our best citizens would say 10 the
public that he has tried Hairs Catarrh Cure,
and 1t is all that Is claimed for il. Price IS
cents per bottle.
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F. II. Bestmann.

The prominent furniture house of +. ii.
Bestmann, located at No. IA Main street,
represents one OF the most enierprising and
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[ advance. pcr annum .................... $l.oC
not paid til end of three months ......... 81
II not paid Till end OF six months ...,... 2.Ot
by carrier nifty cents extra
Fifteen cents year Ia added to papers sent out VI tn
county, 10 cover prepayment OF postage.
These terms will be- strictly adhered 10.
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The heaviest fall of snow thus far this
season is reported from Franklin county,
Maine-three inches.
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She Srcc TroScr
Is PUBLISHED
Every Saturday Morning,
At 70 and q La Sale Street.
Cup s'alrsJ
WIN. DSMAN * SON, Propr's,
Successors TO Osman 4 Hapeman.
wM. OSMAN, EDITOR;
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

L. A. WILLIAMS ASD E. G. osMAN, Assistants
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Savannah Valley Railroad.

At the annual meeting OF the StockiOl!er
In the Sava inah Valley Railroad In l.owndeS
VILE on Wedr esday Of his week all the town
ships were duly represented and also all thu
private stock except 81 shares.
The convention WIS organized by electln!
Col. ]. w. Norris, President. and John +
Breazeale, Esq. Secretary.
The reports of the President and Treasurer
were read and referred 10 appropriate com
%rnittces and afterwnrd approved:
In view OF the probability that the grading
OF the road would be completed before The
next annual meeting of the stockholders g
resolution was adopted nuthnriZing the Prest
dent and Board Of Directors to create Il bond
ell debt OF such an amount as may be neceS
sary to secure the completion and equipment
OF tue road and 10 execute a first mortgage e
secure the same.
officers for the ensuing year. when Col. James
Al. Latimer declined to serve longer as Pre>i
dent and nominated Gen. w. W. Humphreys
for that office and he was unanimously elected
by acciimation The Board of Directors was
then elected 10y ballot rs follows james NJ
Ia,incr. DR.. j. A. Gilbert, b. F.. Whitner, W
&. Watson, :. Eieckley. Roht. H. May. j. n.
Brown. 7. <: McCnlly: DR.. 7. J. Hester.
The following resolution was adopted mani
mously by a rising vote:
Resolved, That this convention desires tC
tender to Col; James NJ. Lniimer their tiiank'
for the valuable services which he has render
ed gra;uitously for more than three years MS
President OF the Savannah Valley Railroad
Company. Being one OF the first and the
prlfclTtl OTiSlIlRtOT vi the enterprise. nc nns
not suffered his zeal for the success Of the rnat
to abate from its first inception TO the presen,
Time, making his own business a secnndar,
objecth justly deserves not only the thank
OF the company, but the gratitude Of all wht
will be benefited in the completion of TIT
enterprise.
The friends Of the enterprise feel very mucl
ENCOURAGED as to the prospect Of the road. ~
the desired amount of private subscription
necessary to complete the grading OF the rna'
will probably lie raised In time to resume
work during the present ,,mmer:
The first meeting o. the new Board or III
reciors will be held In Anderson on next Fri
day. 18Th Of May. when steps Will ne taken u
urther the interests OF the enterprise.
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To P0Stmastcrs.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING y DIRECTING
POSTMASTER GENERAL TO READ
JUST SALARIES OF CERTAIN POST
MASTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH II
PROVISION OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE
ACT OF JUNE TWELFTH, EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED y SIXTT-SIX.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the Unitcd Sintrs Of
Ame,tcd IN Congress assembled. That the
Postmaster General be. and le is hereby,
authorized and directed to rca1iust the
salaries Of all pOStuaS,erS and late post
masters of the third, fourth, and fifth
classes, under the classification provided
Tor in the act of July first, eighteen hun
dred and sixtv-four, whose salaries have
not heretofore been readiuSted under the
terms of >ertion eight Of the act of June
twelfth, eighteen hundred and SlXty-si&.
who made sworn returns of receipts and
business for read uStinrnt Of salary to the
Postmaster General, the First Assistant
Postmaster General, or tie Third Assist
ant Postmaster General. or who made
quarterly returns in conformity to the
then existing laws and regulations. show
ing that the salary allowed was ten per
,centum less than it would have been up
ION the basis of commissions under the act
of eighteen hundred and titty-fnnr; such
rGad1tlStlnHnt 10 he maze IN ACCORDANCE
with the mode presented in section eight
of the act of June twelfth, eighteen hum
Gfed and sixty-six. and to date from the
beginning of the quarter succeeding that
in which such sworn returnS Of receipts
and business, or quarterly returns, were
made: Prouidcd, That every rcahinst-
ment of salary under this act shall be up
on a written application signed by the
postmaster or late postmaster or legal
representative entitled to said readjust.
ment; and that each payment made shall
be by warrant or check IN the Treasurer
or some assistant treasurer of the United
States, made payable to the order of said
applicant, and for ~arded by mai to him
ut the post office within whose delivery
he resides. and which address shall lie set
forth in the application above provided
for.
Approved, March 3, 1883.
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Simple Remedies,

a correspondent Of the Gcrmdntowr
Telegraph says: Fresh. clean hogs
lard ruLted three or four times o any
kind of warts on horses or cattle, viii
remove them on three or four applica
tons. I have removed the warts time
after time, and have never been able tc
find the wart for the fourth npplica'
ton. IF I should send the Latin
mme for lard and tell men to pay fit!
cents to druggist for about two cents
worth of good lard this remedy would
be oftener used"
A Western Rurdt correspondent
says: send You a receipt for a lini'
ment that SURPRISES anything for TAX
ing out soreness, reducing swellings,
healing up sores and curing any mar
or beast that I eve saw. 1t beats any
of the patent liniments made. Take
linseed oil. one pint; kerosene..oil. one
pint; %tnrpeniine, one pint. Apply as
other linimcnts. This Is not only the
best but the cheapest liniment for far
mers that l yer saw. If you have not
got the linseed oil, melt clean hogs
lard and use it in its place.
DR.. Grange gives this plan for de-
tecting heaves in a horse: 1t Is vel
to let the animal have q little hay. III
some cases Of heaves there are various
substances which nre given to allay the
SYMPTOMS temporarily. When the
bowels are empty the LEAVES are
scarcely noticed. A pail Of water 81
three or four pounds of hay should he
given. Then you examine the larynx,
or organ of the voice. Sometimes the
larynx do not open and shut as required
when the animal is unhealthy, and the
air goes through with a roaring ana
whistling sound. After testing its
breathing apparatus. it Is wei! to throw
n little hay upon the ground, in order
to see whether the lips are sound
Sometimes they are p%aralyzed, aud the
animal cannot gather its hay proper
~.
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Cbean Citizenship,

It Is very evident that citizenship Is toe
cheap in the United States. The sudden
acknowledgements of nearly a million col
orcd voters was bad enough, but there
was some excuse for that, and there is
some hope of working out of this difficult
tv by educating the negro and making
him worthy of citizenship. The great
danper that will threoten our country
one of these days, is the wholesale natu.
r~alization OF the thousands of foreigners
thai reach our shores every month. Fol-
the most part, these immigrants are igno.
rant, and in many cases %depraved.. They
are altogether ignorant OF the principles
which underlie the foundations of out
government. They transplant into oul
soil the seeds of discomfort and unbridled
license. They encourage strikes and class
animosities. They are foremost in all
contests between labor and capital,
When our country was thinly populated
and there vas room for everybody, the
immigrant was soon swallowed up and
l,ecame as II OF US. Now they get TO.
gcther into communities, and often con.
troll the ballot box. When we consider
that several thousands OF these foreigners
land on our shores every month, tho
question becomes rather serious. A long.
err probation before citizenship is granted
would, to a certain extent, protect us.
Let national legislators consider this
question and make citizenship in this
country worth something. - Carolina
Spartan.
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MT n New Discovery.

DR.. Quinlan. of Dublin, has recent
ly investigated the properties Of the
common MULLEN. This plant In;
long been used in Ireland as a domes
tic. remedy for consumptive cough
and DR.. Quinlan has made a series q
experiments with u view to determine
if it really possesses the valuable
properties attributed to it. He finds
that when boiled in milk the patient
takes the decoction readily, and expe
riences a physiological want when il
is omitted. Its power of checking
phthisical ]l0oseness of the bowels an.
the relief afforded to coughing We're
very marked, SO that the patients took
hardly any other cough mixture. III
early staGe it appears to haye II dis
tinct power Of increasing weight, but
in advanced cases DR.. Quiillan remarks
that he is not aware of anything !ha.
will DO this except koumiss. This is
no new discovery, rs the "Metlicint
Man" of the Cherokee Indians used a
similar remedy morclhan 50 years ago,
Dr.. Walter A. Taylcr, of Atlanta Ga,
has successfully medicatcd sweet gum
and MULLEN, and it is now a famous
ami widely used remedy for coughs.
colds and consumption. Many good
old farmers wives have long used
mullen in their families as a simple
home remedy, bu, DR.. Taylor WAS the
first TO bring it into prominence Us
medicine for general use.
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Is Queen Victoria a Presbyterian =?

a correspondent Of the Florida Herald says
In making our statement in Saturdays Her
aid that "lhe Queen OF Madagascar Is the on
ly Presbyterian pnten!atc In the world" yOr
surely forget Old Scotland and her Queen
Foreigners have become so USED to calling
Queen Victoria "Quern of England" they for
ret that she also rtigns over Scotland. q Scpit
rate kingdonI,wlIit 4 has never been conquered
After the union of the crownS OF Englan ! ant
Scotland, through The marriage Of the King "
Scotland with the Queen OF EnglHnd. TIN
reclining Sovereign became The Temporal heaC
OF the established churches in bntll countries
The EpiScopalian Church Is the established
church BY law in England, that In Scotland
being Presbyterian. :" that The Queen Is In
the peculiar position Of being ut the SAM
time Il member OF two churches. IT. lisa cause
of considerable jrnIhu-y In England that the
Queen when residing in SCOTLAND w"rSlil'
publicly In the PrrsbS terinn Church but she
cannot do OiherW lse. The General Assembly
Of the church Is summoned by her command,
and while she does not attend It's drlibern.
tiun> in person.. she Is always relrr>rnt't
there 10y n"LOrd High commissioners" who Is
appointed by her and las an important part
tn perform 10th at the opening and closing Of
the Assembly. Most of the leading divii!cS ui
the Scottish established church are especial
~ appointed "Qurrn's tlaplaInS," and preach
before her regularly during her stay ut Ralmo-
raj not BuinDrGi as Americans prrSiS' In pro-
nouncing i) by command, and The Oiu hirh-
land parish OfLrathie has brcpinr famous from
the many able sermons which have been
preached In he parish H'reS.yterian) chu,ch
there. Loyal Scots. therefore. C aim their
Queen rs Il bona Jide Prcsby terrain.
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Bermuda Grass and Judge Parks.
EDWARD j. JONES,
Edgcfcid &. II. S. c.

| see in the last number of the South.
en- fuHic0t0r you copy from the
Charleston s. c. NtWs und CDm"irrthe
agricultural editors comments on my
article, which appeared in the March
number of the Cuifir0fOr, in reference
to the origin of Bermuda grass. He
says:
"Thc impression conveyed to the
reader is that the Bermuda grass was
first introduced TO this country through
Judge Parks about thirty-five years
ago. Itisno uncommon thing for such
erroneous statements to get into ourag-
ricultural journals, and if not corrected
at once they become disseminated
through other papers, and gradually
perpcluate themselves. Bermuda grass
has been in this country for Il century
or more. Along the seaboari region of
the Southern Atlantic States it is most
generally known as Joint grass" or
sometimes "highland joint grass" to
distinguish it from the Joint grass"
of the rice fields, but it is the same
thing as what is known as Bermuda
grass from Virginia southwark. When
or by whom it wasfirst introduced is
perhaps not now known. but it was
certainly here on this coast region or
older settled portions Of this State and
Georgia long before Judge Parks was
born"
l have no doubt the agricultural edi-
tor of the NcWs and Courier is conf
dent that he has known real Bermuda
grass to have existed on the coast fol. a
or more" will venture the
belief that he could be deceived in
detecting the difference between Ber-
muda and Wire grass were he shown q
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An Old "N0rth Statco Farmers
Views.

Just after the late war, I was a sub
scribcr to the Southern Cultiudtor tol
number of years, and appreciated il
very highly until ! lost about six hun
dred dollars by following the advice o
one of your correspondents. If | an
mistaken the plan had the EDITORS in.
dorsrment, and | must confess that
then became thoroughly Disguised
with all agricultural papers. On this
account | have been without q paper
of that class for the yast twelve years,
until recently, when | concluded | otry
your paper again.
Now, as | have excited the curiosity
Of your many readers, | will tell you
how / lost the money. The plan was
to SOW oats the last blowing of your
cotton, which was the first week in
August. / seeded down sixty acres
of us good cotton land as / had, and in
November aud December, up to the
first of January my prospect for al oat
crop astnnished the natives. The oats
would hide a rabbit. made arrange
ments with the proprietors of several
livery stables to furnish them with
oats. I expected to lay Garter in
the shade. During January and Feb
ruary the oats remained about the
same---only they began to turn red
lust above the ground, with sWarms
of the Hessian fly all through them.
In March and April there was a de-
cided change for the worse. In May
and June, as they began to head
out and ripen, they began to fall down:
1 succeeded in getting a car load OF
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sampleof each in Its present stage OF
growth. 1 will also venture the belief
that perhaps he has never known the
genuine Bermuda grass. The simple
fact that so few people know the dit
ference between Bermuda and Wire
grass actunted me to write the article
foryour March number, on the differ
ence between these grasses.
[ did not state that Judge Parks was
tl,cfrst to Introduce Bermuda grass in
the South. yet. nj the sanietime, | have
no doubt that he was the first to intro.
duce it on this side of the coast. Al
any rate, l call .~substannatc the fact
that he did intrnduccit ii, this State.
1t is moi surprising that n Wiregrass
editor, who has been taught to know
"Wirc" grass. as Joint grass thigh.
lanljoint grass and Bermuda were
identical. If tile editor of the NcWs
and Courier will meet me at the Louis.
vile Exposition during the month 0t
August. l think | will he able to con-
vinrp him that he has never known
genuine Bermuda grass-but has been
lahnring under the II opinion
that Wire grass was Bermuda grass rs
will, 10y request Of the General Man
agcr. ship to Louisville to he planted
on the Exposition grounds, some gem
inc Bermuda grass. | will luke with
NE when I go in August sonc Wire
grass sod. which will settle by compari'
% the question as to the difference
between Wire and Bermuda grass.
II. II. PARKS.
NeWnan. Ga, Aprl, 1888.
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lInJOttHu NpuTtuH.J
A mad dog broke loose near f. H,
Bnbo's last week. It attacked a child
of one of his tenants but did not bite
it very seriously. It then went to Mr.
Bolo's house and walked in and went
under a sofa. Miss Emma Bobo, SEE
ing him there, attempted to run him
out, not knowing he was mad. Tie
calne out and attacked her. She de-
Tended herself with chairs and finally
beat him off. AS soon as he got his
teeth disenyaged from her dress, he
ran out Of the house. Her dress was
torn to pieces. The dog then went
from house TO house in the neighhor'
hood, and severely bit Miss Allen, d
daughter of Chame Allen. near Glen
dale. We understand that III appeal
was made to Sylvester Kirby, the own.
er of the dog, to kill him before he be-
ann violent, but hoping that he was
not mad lie spared him. That man is
criminaIly negligent who will permit
4 dog, showing signs Of madness, tc
run at large. When strange dog
comes about q house and hides in some
dark place it is a sure sign that he is
mad. Special pains should he tuken
to keep out Of the way of such.
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The Old Clock.

The Old clock croons on the sun-kIsscd wall,
Tick. took tick. took!
The merry second to minutes call
Tick, took ! Ills mora!
4 maiden sits at the mirror there,
And smiles AS she braidS h"r golden hair;
Oh, In the .igi | but her face is fair!
Tick, took tick. took
Far over the sen the good ship brings
The lover of WHOM the maiden sings;
From the orange tree the first Leaf springs;
Tick. took tick, took!
The old clock lauChson the tiowcr-lecked wall
Tick. took tick, lork!
The rose Winged hours rlulc their thralli
Tick, took Ills o
The loves pride aud his love arc blcst;
The maiden is folded to his breast;
On her brow the holy blossoms rest;
Tick, took tick took
Oh, thrice long may the sweet bells chime
As cchoinr this thro' future time
Still To my heart beats that measured rhyme
Tick, took tick, took!
The old clock means on the crumbllng wall
Tick, took !! tick. took
The drcary years Into eternity Inll:
Tick. took 'Tis night!
The thread tina yon spider draws with car,
Across the glealn OF tho mirror there
Seems like the ghost Of q golden hair;
Tick. tcck tick, took!
The heraid-snow crown many q head.
But tree and maiden and love are dead
Tick, took ! tick. Io'k!
GUY CARLTON, IN Life.
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The Murderer Lyached.

SHREVEPORT, La, May l4.-C. D.
EIutchins, who murdered Will II. Lyon
at the ferry landing in Bossier Parish OPP
posite here on last Tuesday night, while
being conveyed to Bellevue Jail on Sun
day morning was taken from the guards
by IS or 100 men and hanged in the
woods When he saw the masked men
coming IIutchins pulled q huge dirk
knife from tis pocket and stabbed him
self three times near the heart. After
hanging him placards with the following
inscriptions wero pinned to the body
''rliere is a point where forbearance ceases
to he Il virtue. Fettemans (both of you)
never return. If you do you will follow
this desperate and thief" The two
Fettemans keep stores on the opposite
side of tho river, and are in some way
mixed up with IIutchins. Thousands OF
people to-day visited the place where the
hanging occurred. Late last night the
body vas still hanging as the coroner,
who lives u long distance away, had not
arrived.
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Raising Stock.
Chronicle

lLuDtJtCtu N'OhtCte.J
We are glad to see that many of the
farmers have turned their attention to
raising colts. Young colts appear ia
be numerous this spring than ever be-
fore and We take it as an indication
that our people are in II much more
prosperous condition than they have
been heretofore. There can he no
doubt of the fact that it pays well tn
rais' our own stock. 1t is true that it
COSTS something to raise u colt, but the
cost of raising II is very different
from having to pay out Sl5O or S2M ut
II time for n horse and besides they
are better everyway; are tougher,
more durable and better suited to our
climate than Il horse brought from the
West. BY raising cclts u farmer an
always keep q young team. and grad
ually dispose OF his old stock. And
there is never any danger of becom-
ing over-stocked because there is al
ways u demand for good horses and
mules.
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Rat Catching.

having noticed q statement in the Enter
prise and MOuntuincer about a man hay
Ing filled n bnrrrl with water and covering II
with wheat cliaff. by means Of which lie had
caught ~ great many rats. he tried the expert
mrnt with ~ large pot. holding about fifteen
gallons of wafer. lie fixed his pot, placirg II
In his bu ri first about iwoO'clock In thral
and bv five O'Clock hr took out clcs.
en- rnt>,nnd by shutdown he found ten, and next
morning he took ont luriy-thrrr more. After
this, varinu SnIHl lumber were taken out,
aggrpgating In I'LL Ill of the troublesome pests
Other numbers have bcrn taken out, but he
has rnutie no account Of them. Mr.. Wood r..
the plan to general adoption.
The barrel or poi silnu;d he filed only about
twO-lhirds full Of water. 80 the vermin may
not crawl 10 the tOp.-GreenrWe Enterprise
and MOuntnineer