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The Governors Message.--Addi.
tional appropriations Needed.

The Governors message gives The
aggregate Of the State debt as $6,'
522,lS8.54-practically the same as
last year. The total revenues Of the
State for the fiscal year ending Nov
's4. $2,OS9,OOO, of which $l,936.00C
was raised by taxation and $l57,O0C
from phosphate royalty. 1t recon-
mends a levyIof $794.O for ordina'
~ Stale purposes for the fiscal year
commencing lst Nov. 1885. For the
soldiers ofthe State disabled in the
Confederate war, an appropriation Of
$4,000 is asked; for the Penitentia.
ry $4,000; for the South Carolina
College and Claain University ap'
preparations are asked in the discre'
tion of the Legislature, aa also the
Columbia Canal. The State House
needs from $4,000 10 $4,000
The Lunatic Asylum seems. to be in
a more satisfactory condition than
ever before, and $4,000 less than
last year will suffice for the mainten.
ance of these unfortunates. An ap.
preparation is also expected to be
made for taking the State Census
probably $25, 900. The report Of secre-
tary of State and Sinking Fund com
mission shows that 2,407, ,254 acres Of
land in the State are not reported for
taxation. at all, and that 9l2,S7O
acres are on the forfeited land list.
SO per cent. Of last years taxes were
paid.
The Governor throws cold water
onthe establishment of County Courts
but recommends an increase in the
number of Circuit Judges, and that
Trial Justices be appointed by the
Governor upon the nomination Of the
Solicitor and Judge Of the circuit.
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State Of South Carolina,

EDGEFIELD COUNTY,
Tn Common Pleas.
Sallie B. Abney, us. D. B. Purifoy and
others.
NOTICE is hereby given that by vir-
IN tue of the decretal order of the Hon.
Judge J. Fl. Hudson herein, dated Oct.
3Otb, 1885, will sell at Edgefield G. H.,
on the first Monday in December next,
the following real estate Of Mrs. Louisa
Purifoy, Decd, in eight separate tracts,
all situate, lying and being in the County
and State aforesaid, viz:
No. ], containing, by survey of B. f.
Sample, dated 9th Oct, 1885, one hum
dred and one acres, bounded North by
A. T. Coleman, East 10y M. B. Davenport,
South by C. K. Crouch, West by No. g..
No. 2, containing, by survey of B. F.
Sample, dated 7th Oct, 1885, ninety-nine
acres, bounded North by A. 4. Coleman,
East by No. /, South by L. Ccouch and
West by Nos. 8 and 8.
No. 3, containing by survey ofsB. F.
Sample, dated Oct: 7, 1885, eighty-s six
acres, bounded North by G. Havird, East
by No. 2, South by Persimmon creek,
which separates it from No. 8, and West
by No. 4.
No. 4, containinss by survey of B. F.
Sample, dated Oct. Z, 1885, ninety-four
acres, bounded North by M. Coleman,
East by No. 8, South by Persimmon
creek and Nos. 6 and Z, and West by
No. 5.
No. 5, containing. by survey of B. F.
Sample, dated Oct s, 1885, one hundred
and twenty acres, bounded North by M.
Coleman, East by No. 4, South by No. Z
and West by A. T. Coleman.
No. 6, containing, by survey of B. F.
Sample, dated Oct. s, 1885, sixty-seven
acres, bounded North by Persimmon
creek, which separates it from No. 4,
East and South by Big Creek, which sep
arates it from No. 8, and West by No. Z.
No. Z, containing, by survey Of B. L.
acres, bounded North by Press McCarty,
East by No. 6, South by Big Greek, and
other persons on West.
No. s, containing, by survey of B. F.
Sample, dated Sth Oct, 1885, fifty acres.
bounded on the North and West by Big
Creek, East by No. 2 and South by Noah
Crouch.
At same time and place I will sell the
Homestead place Of 7. d. Purifoy, dec d.,
containing, by survey of B. F. Sample,
uateu ON Ol Oct., 1000, Sl4Iy-louT acres,
bounded North and West by N Noah Crouch
and Luke Crouch, East and South by
James Abney. ::
TERMS: The costand one third the pur-
chase money to be paid in cash, the bal
ance on credit of one and two years, in
equal instalments, with interest from
day of sale, to be secured by bond Of the
purchaser and mortgage of the prem
ises sold.
Titles and mortgage extra.
8. s. TOMPKINS, Master E. G.
Nov. 3. 1885 st
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Profit for Everybody.

. Parker's Tonic kept in home is sem
tinel to keep sickness out. Used dis
creetly it keeps the blood pure, and the
stomach, liver and kidneys in working
order. Coughs and colds vanish before
it. 1t builds up the health. -. ~
81 sell large quantities of Parker's
Tonic in my drug store. Among my
customers, a doctor, has been prescrib-
ing it for the past two years. He was
nearly dead himself, and tried every
remedy known to his profession, without
any relief. After he had used four bot
ties Of Parker's Tonic he began to grow
in flesh, and the improvement in his
health was absolutely wonderful. he
now recommends it to everyone. u. e.
DARRow, Calumet Ave. Pharm" cy, ll3
Twenty-ninth Street, Chicago, Ill.
Parker's Tonic.
Prepared by Hiscox & Co., N. Y.
Sold by all druggists in. large bottles
at One Dollar. Nov. 15.-1m
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will stand asa monument forever

LII Will StduQ aS'H uUuum6ub lUl ever
Near this monument is Standing a
small portion of lorg rock wall, en-.
closed by an iron railing, which once
extended from the Ashley river or
the east TO tho Cooper river on the
west. This wall was built by the
early settlers TO protect themselves
from the murderous raids of ever
bloodthirsty Indians. 1t stands there
preserved as a sacred reminder, to
bear testimony to the end of time Of
the long suferinga undergone by our
forefathers.
The Academy, under the new man.
agementof Gen. Geo. D. Johnson, the
mild but firm superintendent, with
present outlook, is and will be a grand
success. Gen. johnson, who came
among US from Alabama highly recon-
mended, is a clever, kind and eourte.
GUS gentleman and will make most
excellent superintendent. He is mild
and firm and sustalns the rules and
regulations in the mildest but 6rmest
manner. Gen. johnson will be in the
near future an honor to the State as
well as an honor to the Academy.
The United States Custom House,
which cost several million dollars, is
place of much interest. 1t is built
of solid granite, near the river, and
it is beautiful place to visit while
in the city, especially so since it is
filed by respectable white men and
Democrats.
Sullivan's Island is also another
pleasure seeking place, where the
weary souls finds rest and recreation
beneath the downy skies and within
the comfortable castle.-the New
Brighton Hotel.
Fort Sumter, the old historic fort
of many years, also has it's charms
for tbo,o ubo Snd r1oour1ro IN ~,rni. .
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A Pleasant Account Of a Trip TO
Charleston, Atlanta, and Minor
Points.
For tho Advertiser.

Mr.. EDITOR: Hoping it will be
interesting to the many readers o.
TIE ADVERTISER, l will give you @
short account Of my recent visit to
Charleston, the "City by the Sea,
and Atlanta, the New York of the
south and other places Of less impor
tance.
Charleston is, as everybody knows
built on the narrow strip of land be.
tween the Ashley and Cooper rivers,
whose bottoms are Of pure, rich phos-
pbate rock, which is made into Guano
and sold and used in almost every
State and Territory in the Union, ex.
cept perhaps in the Indian Territory
and they are too uncivilized to Use
anything Lu' !heir blood stained tom
ks,Sii.s lk.S.i5.zzss, snd.lse fatal b,ws an2 2arrows
IN which they are skilled to perfec
ton. These rivers, with their rich
beds Of rock, which is made into Qua
no and which yields annually to the
State many thousand dollars as Phos.
phate Royalty, are being developed
to an amazing extent. Charleston is
noted for it's being the oldest settle
ment and town in the State and there,
as a matter of course, will be found
some Of the oldest houses in South
Carolina. The streets are narrow and
very irregular.
Among the principal places of in.
terest, the Citadel Academy stands
first, whose doors a few puritanical
and political soreheads and aristo
cratic mugwumps are trying to close
and thereby debar many OF the most
deserving young men oil South Caro-
lima from obtaining the advantages
of a higher education. 1t is to be
hoped that their insidious enmity to
this Institution will be overcome and
that they will be defeated in their at
tempt to crush out this bright educa-
tional light, from whose walls have
gone some Of South Cardinals most |
men, who have, and who
are now, filling many Of the most
responsible positions in the State
and that the Academy will soon re-
turn to the same lofty plane it once
occupied and receive the praise and
encomiums Of this great and growing
country. The Academy is located
near the centre oil the city and is in
a very fourishing condition, its green
and parade grounds are unequaled
by any, and they would be an olna
ment to any city. The buildings are
in excellent and perfect order.
In the centre o. the green will be
erected the Calhoun sarcophagus-
already in course Of construction
which the last legislature appropria
ted three thousand dollars to have
to forever perpetuate the sa.
cred memory OF South Carolina's
most illustrious son and statesman. |
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Prohibition.

The ele;tion last week in Atlanta
indicates that the prohibitionists are
on deck again. They carried the day
in the gale city by majority Of about
2l6 votes. However, old Joe Brown
is on the side of the liquor men and
Bob. Toombs. .says..that he is an awful
good Baptist, so we cannot say which
is right or best. Our little town
sampled" prohibition a year ago
and we have gone back to state of
wetness again, so perhaps the remedy
did not suit the disease. Prohibi.
ton is a big thing any way, and if
it ever gets into'.'politics, it will be
like the wind, which bloweth where
it listeth and, thou heareet the sound
thereof, bat canst not tell whence it
cometh and whittier it goeth."
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mating over the past epochs Of time
and unveiling the many pleasant and
painful incidents which are encom-
passed within its strong domains. 1t
ia away out in the Atlantic Ocean,
! whose mighty and mejestic waves
lash its edges as the tide rises and
falls.
Your correspondent arrived in Char.
lesion in the night Of the same day
be took his departure from Edge6eld's 8
sunny skies, via the Port Royal Rail
road to Yemassee, thence via the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad to
Charleston. The lower country is de-
voted almost exclusively to the cult.
Yation of rice, whose area is thou.
sands and thousands of acres, and
which lies before you far beyond the
view of the naked eve. You travel
miles and miles on the railroad and
all that greets the eye is rice, rice
hotinhg but rice.
The writer took his departure for
Augusta via the S. G. R. R., at 1870,
p. M, and arrived in Augusta the
next morning, where close connection
was made with the Georgia Railroad,
Sand took the train Immediately for
ATLANTA, where he arrived about l
20 clock, and changed cars for New.
man, Ca, where he arrived at 8
O'CLOCK, where change of cars was
!, again necessary for the completion Of
Sthe weary journey, and at 5 o'clock
|sthe writer found himself in the pretty
little town of Carralton, Carroll Coun.
! 9ty, Ca, three hundred and eighty
! miles from where he. started-which
l was made in sixteen hours of steady
| running. D. A. G. 0.
Il. To be Continued.
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Legislative Proceedings.

COLUMBIA, S. G., November o5.-
Both Houses Of the Legislature met
at the usual hour this morning and
proceeded to the consideration Of bills
left on the calendar from the last ses.
sion. A number of matters Of minor
Importance were disposed of in the
Senate, and that body took up the
bill prepared by the Tax Commits.
sioner, and amended by the Comp
troller General, providing for better
system Of tax laws for the State, and
discussed it until the hour of adjourn
ment.
Gen. McCrady. of Charleston, has
introduced the most sensible resolu
ton yet offered. 1t provides for the
appointment of a committee to con.
slider and report what steps, it any,
can be taken to limit the number of
the bills introduced in the General
Assembly. If the General can auc.
ceed in ascertainipg how this can be
done,. and have it done, he will be
rendering the State great service.
Mr.. Folk, of Edgefield, has intro
duced the following:
A bill to require the Clerk of the
Supreme Court Of this State to fur
nish copies o. all deciaione filed By
the Supreme Court to the courts be-
low in all cases free of charge; also,
a bill to establish and charter bank
in Edge6eld village; also, bill to
amend an act entitled "An Act to
incorporate the Edge6eld and Au-
gusta Railroad Company also, a
bill to change the Constitution of this
State so as to make all county officers
in the several counties Of this State
elective for the term Of four years
also, bill to reduce the pay Of Sher-
iffs for dieting prisoners in the county
,jails from thirty FIVE cents per diem
to twenty FIVE per diem; also, a bill
to abolish the salary of the Lieute:i.
ant Governor of this State; also, a
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that The object of the meeting was to
seek reduction Of the expenses Of
the Government by cutting down un-
necessarily high official salaries and
by uniting The economical members
in opposition to excessive Or uuneces'
sary appropriations.
Speeches on the necessity and pos.
sibiIity of retrenchment were made
by Col Rncker and Senator Moore of
Anderson, MIR. Ready of EdgeGeld,
Senator Moody of Marion, Mr.. Scud-
day of Anderson. and others.
Senator Black, of York, introduced
resolution which was adopted, that
the Chair with the assistance of a
committee Of five, appoint commit.
tee to investigate certain branches Of
State expenditure and report upon
the reduction in salaries, &c., which
might be necessary. The committees
announced we're: On Penitentiary and
canal, Representative Massey, chair
man, Senator Moore Of Anderson,
and Representative Gibson on de-
partment of agriculture, phosphate
royalty and privilege tax, Represen-
tative Pope, chairman, Representa-
tives McTver and Pox; on salaries Of
State officers, Judiciary, &C., Represen-
tative Rncker, chairman, Representa-
tives Blake and Blue; on approplia
tious for educational institutions and
the military, Representative Scudday,
chairman, Senator Moody and Rep
resentative Pettigrew; on salaries OF
the officers Of the Senate and House
and other expenses, representative
McKissick, chairman, Representative
Clinkscalcs and Senator Smith on
salary Of superintendent and expenses
Of the Asylum, Senator Black, chair
man, and Representatives Ready and
Davie; on salary and management
of the Office of railroad commissioners,
Senator Sigh, chairman, Representa-
tives Rutland and Wharton.
When the announcement Of the
committees was made several members
took occasion to say that while they
were in favor Of economy, and would
work and vote for economy, they
would not be bound by any caucus
decision. Some of the movers of the
plan explained that the decisions Of
the caucus were not to be binding OH
individuals who objected to them.
What the7 sought was unity ofjudg-
ment and unity Of vote. They want.
ed to get information on expenditures,
and discuss retrenchmentin the caucus.
AZ $50 the caucas adjourned, to
meet again next Wednesday night at
s o'clock, when the reports Of the
committees are expected.
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In Sight of The Promised Land al
% Last.

After weary years OF waiting the
fruition ofoprbopes;it seems, is about
to be realized. Alta meeting of cor.
porators Of the Augusta, Edge6e Id
and Newbe-ry Narrow Gauge held
yesterday at the law Office of Norris
&sFolk, q letter wss read from Presi-
dent Mitchell, announcing the fact
that he had put q. canvasser in the
field, of tried experience and success.
This canvasser will reach our town in
few days and our people are urged
to meet him ia. a spirit of liberality
and. to make supreme effort to raise
stha-smnn-. sesassary tn.assure Tue
hmfdia dEsthe Road. Only $5SOOO
is asked for from the whole County.
We supreme effort because, unless
we are Hing to abandon tho town
stoabes owls and bats, this effort must
be made. The corporators at this
meeting,ratifed the action of Presi
dent Mitehell in the following reaolu-
tions:i.q .'i,s.3( l's.s.s Z :, sfg
lat, That we the corporators of the
Aug gusta and SEdge6ela Railroad Com.
panv ,approyeofs the appointment of
Geo. E. Goodrich as canvasser for
subscription to the capital stock Of
said company. al', ~ ,ss
End. That two per cent. on the sub.
scriptions Of corporators and other
subscribers be collected in cash to de.
fray the costs Of a canvass for sub.
scriptions and Of survey of the road.
3rd.. That q meeting of all sub.
scribers to the capital stock of said
company be called at Edgefeld Court
House on the sixth day of January
1886 TO Or ,anize the company.
4th. That at said meeting all persons
who make unconditional subscriptions
for. Railroad from Augusta via
Edsefeld Court House to Newberry,
be permitted to participate in the or
ganization.
5th. That;all subscriptions to said
capital stock be taken to be payable
at such time and in such installments
as may be prescribed by the Directors
of said company, or the stockholders
in general meeting when the company
is organized and that this apply to
subscriptions already taken.
6th. That all funds collected by
the canvassers be deposited with the
Georgia R. r. & B. Co., to the credit
of the corporators of said company, to
be paid out on their order.
- j. L. ADDISON, Chair.
O, F, CHEATHAM, Sec. J.
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The Death Of flee President Hen
bricks.

With deep sense of the losp, we
announce the death of Thos. A. Hen
bricks, Vice President Of the United
States. Mr.. Hendricks died at his
home in Indianapolis on last Wednes.
day, without even a premonitory
symptom Of the hasty and wholly
unexpected demise. His wife had
abaented herself from his bedside for
a few minutes and when abe returned
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had ceased to pulsate and that he
wasdead. Vice.President Hendricks
was not a brilliant man, but he was
eminently practical, astute, sagacious
and clear headed, and although in
stensely democratic, his advice and
opinion was sought by all parties. He
wil'ibs sadly missed in the councils
OF the nation. We believe he was
absolutely incorruptible.
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Senator Earle moved to reconside,
his vote and then to table the mo
tion. The latter motion prevailed
and the bill was placed beyond re
suscitation.
Three causes apparently contributed
to this result: First, the indispositioa
Of non legal members to go into the
study Of such huge bill; second
the feelings that the bill was too :" in.
quiaitorial" to suit the people, and
third, 9S per cent. of tax collections
with the deduction therefrom "Let
well enough alone"
Mr.. Tarrant, of Orargeburg, bill
for the inlliction Of corporal punish.
ment for certain misdemeanors.
The bills to create County Courts
and to provide for the appointment Of
magistrates in place Of trial justices
were also reported unfayorably, and
were both tabled.
MIR. Graydon, Of Abbeville, bill to
require all railroads in the State to
provide separate accommodations for
white passengers; bill to regulate
the fees of physicians and surgeons
for testifying as experts in criminal
cases.
For Retrechment and Reform--A Move
in the Right Direction.
About forty members and Senators
met in the hall Of the House at s
o'clock to- night. There were two law.
yers among them. Halfa dozen prom
inent economists appeared to be en-.
gineering the movement. Senator
Sigh, Of Newperry, was asked to
take the chair and Representative H.
G. Scudday, of Anderson, was re.
qucsted to act as secretary. They
were subsequently elected permanent
officers. Although there are great
many members Of the Legislature,
and someof them stringent economists,
too, they we're not invited to the
meeting. The reporters were admit.
ted freely.
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@- Don't fail to cali on WIN. Null
HERIN & Co., 722 and 013 Broad St., Au-
gusta, Ga, for Boots, Shoes and Hats.
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Notice

rs horehy given that Mrs. Jane Gossett
i has applied to me to have set Off 10
her homestead in the realty and an en-
emption of personally of the estate O:
her late husband, Muse Gossett, and that
I will appoint appraisers and issue war;
rant to set off said homestead on the 18th
December next, unless cause be shown
why should not do so on or before that
day.
S. s. TOMPKINS, Master E. C.
Nov. 7, 1885.-5t49
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ny Iract No. l'
Tract No. 4, containing, by surveya as
above. eighty-nine and one-half acres,
bounded on the North by Tract No. 8, on
the East bv r j. Johnson, on the South
by Tract No. 3, and on the West by Viii.
liam Glenn.
Tract No. 5, containing, by survey as
above, ninety-six acres, bounded on the
North by Tract No. 6, IN the East by A,
A. Glover and r. j. Johnson, on the
South by Tract No. 4, and on the West
by H. Wood.
Tract No. 6, containing. by survey as
above, ninety-seven and one-fourth acres,
bounded on the North by John Walker
and M. Holson, on the East by M. Hol-
son and A. A. Glover, on the South by
A. A. Glover and Tract No. 5, and on the
West by H. Wood and M. Bingham.
TERMS: One-thicd the purchase money
to be paid in cash tho balance on cred
it of one and two years, with Interest
from day of sale, to Ee secured by bond
of the purchaser and mortgage of the
premises sold.
Titles and mortgage extra.
S. s. TOMPKINS, Master j.. @.
| Nov. 9, 1885.
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Masters Sale.
State Of South Carolina
EDGETIELD COUNT

CL/o LII Il LSL%L% w SAT L
In Common Pleas.
D. P. Jones, Plaintiff, as. Chas. M. Jones,
Mary Newman and others, Def'ts.
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
~ of the decretal order of the Hon.
Judge j. Fl. Hudson herein, dated Nov.
9, 1885, I will sell at Edgefeld Court
House, on tie first Monday in Decem-
ber next, the following described real
estate of Mrs. Nancy Jones, dec'd., all of
which is situated on the Scott's ferry and
Five Notch roads, near Antioch church,
in the County and State aforesaid, viz:
Tract No. l, or Home tract, situated as
above stated, containing by survey of NJ.
81. Minis, dated Sept 5, 1885, two hun-
dred and thirty seven and three-fourths
acres, bounded on the North by r. j.
Johnson, on the East by R. J. Johnson
and w. M. Heath, Oh South by j. Lam
ham snd Walter Brunson, and on the
West by Mrs. S. Z. Dean and Tracts No.
Q and 8.
Tract No. 2, containing by survey as
above, one hundred and forty-one and
one halt acres, bounded on the North by
William Glenn, on the East by Tract No.
8, on the South by Scott's ferry road and
Mrs. E. Dean, and on the West by DIR. j.
A. Devore and Jas. Calliham.
Tract No. 8, containing, By survey as
above, ninety and one-fourth acres,
bounded on the North by Tract No. q,
~ tss Sa b1 East 5a 3 "a kAassg. q shs