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without delay unless you think 1t your i'm
perative duty to remain.
Respectfully yours.

peTdllf6 uuty " lculdlus
Respectfully yours.
T. STo2o FARRow.
At great personal Inconvenience and
expense to myself and to Messrs. Far
row & Daniel remained at Kingstree
and did what I could to contribute to
the grand and glorious victory Of 1875
by my vote and what little influence I
had. 1 have other letters from such
men as Hon. B. Z. Barron, of Man.
ming, s. c., and the late Col. $. w.
Maurice, Mr.. William J. Lee, DR..
James s. Brockinton and others Of
Kingstree, s. c., of the same tenor as
those published above, but deem the
ones published amply sufficient to for
ever put at rest the base and SANDER
Gus untruth that l was ever anything
else than an uncompromising Demo.
crat. l regret to take up so much of
your space with purely personal mat
ter, but the charge you publish ed
against me is serious one, and I am
sure you will accord me the necessa ry
space to refute it. ...
JAS. L. SIMS,
Editor Times and Democrat.
ORANaEBURG, s. g., Dec. IL, 1898.
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Big Fire. .

AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec. IA special
to the Chronicle from Louisville, Ga,
saws the town OF Wadlev. Ca, was vis'
tied by a destructive fire early this
morning, which destroyed an entire
block. The fire startad 10 L. B. Cheat.
.ham's store presumably the work OF
burglars, as the safe was blown opeR
and rifled fits contents. The large
hotel, postofiice, drug store and livery
stable together with the residence OF
William Donovan and DR.. T. S.Da nlels
were destroyed. Total loss estim ated
$25, 900, Insurance about els, 600
principally in the Georgia Home Com
pany.
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merly thought 10 be the pastime of lad
les. Mechanical drawing is al essential
for the second great department OF
Clemson college; and it is piver too in
minor degree b. all students. The far
Iner needs to build houses. and to draw
plan of house with accurate dimensions
is absolutely necessary to make II an
assured success. Mr.. Williams We!ch,
an accomplished Young South Carolina
artist, is in charge Of This department.
The agricultural department IS sup
plemented by the dairy j. W. Hart.
a practical dairyman, is director of this
work. About fifty cows have furnished
milk and butter for the students during
the sesioD;and during the holidays all the
milk will be churned and the butter KEPT
for use at the beginning OF the next term.
By that time, too, preparations for
making cheese will be completed, and
the students will be given practical in
structions in all the best dairy methods.
The anniversary celebration OF the
Calhoun and Palmetto literary societies
was fitting clase to Clemson's first
scholastic year. The young men ac-
quilted themselves with gleat credit,
and the exercises were highly entertain
ing and fully up to the standard of the
other colleges of the State. The stu.
dents at Clemson soon realzsd the great
importance and potent influence of liter
ary societies as a factor in liberal educa
tion and as result the Calhoun and
Palmetto societies were organized. The
Calhoun numbers 100 members. j. A.
Shankin, Of Pendleton, is president.
The culors are white and blue. The
society has recently furnished its hall in
elegant style. The Palmetto has en-
rolled lI6 members. r. II. Welsh, of
Newberry, is president. The colors are
gold and black.
The most interesting feature of the
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p A TIE N e S
NOTICE TO INVENTORS.

There was never time in the his
tory of our country when the demand
for inventions and improvements in
the arts and sciences generally was so
great as now. The conHARiences of
mankind in the factos and work
shop, the household, on the farm, and
in official life, require continual ac-
cesslons to the appurtenances and
implements Of each in order to save
labor, time, and expense. The political
change in the administration of the
government does not affect the progress
of the American inventor, WI O being
on the alert and ready to perceive the
existing deficiencies, does not permit
the affairs of government to deter him
from quickly conceiving the remedy to
overcome existing discrepancies. Too
great care cannot be exc, e,cised in choos
nga competent and skillfully attor-
ney to prepare and prosecute an ap-
plication for patent. Valuable interests
have been lost and destroyed in in
Vulnerable instances by the employ
ment of incompetent counsel, and
especially is this advice applicable to
those who adopt the "No patent, no
pay" system. luVeulOfS WDO eulFuSG
their business to this class Of attorneys
do so at imminent risk, as the breadth
and strength of the patent is never
considered in view of quick endeavor
to get an allowance and obtain the
fes t. en- due. The Press CLAIMS
COMPANY, John Wedderburn, General
Manager, 6ls F street, N. W., Wash
ington, D, c.. representing large
number of important daily and weekly
papers, as well as general periodicals
of the country, was instituted to pro-
tect its patrons from the unsafe
methods heretofore employed in this
line of business. The said Company
is prepared to take charge of all patent
business entrusted to it for reasonable
fees, and prepares and prosecutes ap-
plications generally, including
mechanical inventions, design patents
trademarks, labels, copyrights. inter-
ferences, infringements, validity re-
ports. and gives especial attention to
rejected cases. 1t is also prepared to
enter into competition with any firm
in securing foreign patents.
Write for instructions and advice.
JOHN WEDDERBURN,
6lsF Street,
lP, o. Box 3S5. Washington, D. G.
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-OCAL2 BREVITlES.
Reform is the wagon,
!. Legislature is the boss,
Tillman is the driver
But "we-all" is the boss.

Mr. Jerry Gardner and family
have removed to Georgia.
Mr. B. L. Rambo, for a number
of years resident of our town,
has removed with his family to
Augusta.
Aiken has just completed her
artesian we'll, and the people are
OF course delighted. They get an
sabund dant supply of cold freestone
water at depth of 700 feet.
The News and Courier favors
the passage of a law prohibiting
farmers in this State from selling
thsir wood, on tho ground that
will suffer if all the for
ests are cut down. This only goes
toshow that the News and Courier
folks are still daft.
Sheriff QUITS left our town on
"Wednesday for Macon, Ga, where
heSgoes to get VIM. Carpenter, who
was convicted of killing Yonce a
veal or two ago, and escaped from
jail just after conviction. The
Sheriff is accompanied by J. W.
and West Yonce.
Mrs. Scurry, mother Of R. T.
and J. R. Scurry, died at her home
irs our town on Tuesday of last
week, and was buried in our vii
lage cemetery on the day follow
ing. Mrs. Scurry had been a pa
tient suffer for many days, and
bore all with the patient resigna-
tian of Christian.
when it was first rumored that
af2 effort was being made to de-
s.Eoy the symmetry of Edgefeld
county; by cutting off large slice
Cor. Greenwood county, J. VIM.
Thurmond, Esq, of Our town, at
once left for Columbia and worked
against this disruption like
He will not be forgotten
for it by Edgefeld county, and
especially will Saluda remember
thsse things hereafter, for to his
efforts in large measure is due the
,z:ia:--~- &C +ho Grnnnwnnd county
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THE NEW YORK TIMES.
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER.
What THE TIMES is:

What The TIMES is: -
A high-class newspaper for, the city
reader and for. the country home; for
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What THE TIMES believes in: S.
Federal taxation imposed in the in
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may receive without loss and pay over
without shame; liberal expenditure;
for pensions to veterans who need and,
deserve them, and to no others; the
Democratic party is better instru-
mentality of popular government than.
the Republican; and in keeping that:
party true its aims under sound leader
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n'rn financial page of THE TINES is a'
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no pay. Provision is made also
for a more thorough working of
the roads, with convicts,) than
ever before, and it is this feature
of the bill that we specially COM
mend. The roads are to be worked
by regular contractors who give
bond for the making and main
tanning of good roads.
We have always favored the idea
of entrusting the management of
county matters-roads, bridges, ETC.,
to one person, and thus fix the re-
sponsibility of the good or bad
methods without possibility of
sinking on the other fellow.
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told cousin Ethan thet I'd cum
over fur Christmuss, arrivin' few
days before to help any preppyra-
tions as was goin' forrid at the
time. Ez Ethan's folks from Dear
born county wus comm tew the
tree there wuz plenty O cookin'
tew do, an I am the woman who
did it, ez Ethan's wife wuz occu-
pied most of her time in goin'
over tew the church an talkin'
about the tree. Thar wuz only one
comfort about doin' the cooking,
I'd know what I ct. I warnted,
bad, tew 60 an help fix, but Ethan's
wife said I'd better let it bust on
rae in full glory, SO I went on
cookin'.
Wal, Christmuss come, an the
most satisfaction I got outen the
whole day wuz the sight of 'enl all
eatin' the grub I'd worked over.
1t done me good to see Ethan fill
up on them good things. He would
be a fatter and happier man eff he
got sich victuals every day, for the
happiness of a home do lie, ye
know, in the way a man hez his
meals. So I gave 'em rattlin'
good breakfast, an a starter it war
fer the dinner of which modesty
makes me not mention too particu-
layly. When the whole crowd lay
back gaspin', with three kinds O.
pie yet to fetch on, felt like Ma
poleyun crossing the Alps, or doin'
somethin' fine, and Ethan's wife
givin' me all the credit at that.
So we all started fur the church
whar the tree wuz set up in full
glory. They bad the curtin down
an it wasn't very light. Sum folks
he'd cum in the afternoon so as to
get good seats, and wuz holdin'
onto 'em fur dear life. We STUN
bled around an finally got squoze
in some 'ers. All the babies in
Dearborn county wuz thar, cryin'
considerable. The boys KEEP
whistlin' an the gals wuz gigglin'.
Ats o'clock; after an awful long
wait, the curtin wuz took down an
the tree appeared to our longin'
view. 1t wuz the tallest tree the
boys could find about, and it wuz
trimmed up splendiferous indeed.
While they wuz singin' glee of
some sort, I couLted up thirty-six
strings O. gilded walnuts, twenty
strings of looped cranberries, like
wise popcorn and paper flowers
blooming, rich and rare on the
limbs and. droppin' natural like
from the top. There wuz candies,
and oranges, and apples, and sugar
men, and wax angels until yer
ewes wuz tired. It was fine sight
an not often surpassed.
The parson prayed an sort o.
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u.O.-~.. .-.-U. .IOdu Uru1otu.
Brakeman w. F. Kane, left leg
broken and badly bruised.
Mrs. VIM. Beattie, of Granite
vile, who was returning from Au-
gusta, was thrown against the
stove, and besides being painfully
burned, was hurt about the mouth.
On the freight train, Ed. Smith,
a colored dead head, had his foot
broken and legs badly hurt.
It is supposed that tramp who
was known to be riding on the
truck of one of the freight cars
was killed, but until the debris is
clearod it is impossible to state
positively.
The engine on the passenger
train was totally demolished, as
was that on the freight, but no
cars on the former were damaged.
The train was just in the act of
slowing up, as it was pulling into
the station, and was running about
fifteen miles an hour.
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blessed the tree an its fruit there
of, hopin' none would be disap-
pointed at the results but leavin'
everything in, the hands O. Provi-
dence. Then the Sunday-school
children all got doll or toy,
and some candy an oranges and
wuz happy. I seed in the signs of
the times, ez the excitement hadn't
begun. Then the young man was
yellin' out the names, sez he:
"Will Miss Jennie Peters please
step up an git the fine gold watch
placed on the tree by particular
friendF'
Miss Jennie, more radianter than
the rising sun, just smirked up
the aisle an got her watch.
''Mr. John Peters will please
walk up and git this yer encyclo-
pejia IN seventeen volloms, bound
in Rushy calf, from his lovin'
wife,"
Mr.. Peters riz> up an asked
touchin'ly if they couldn't 't-remain
thar until meetin' was out, ez he
felt little overcome.
"Mrs. Peters will please step up
to the platform and take poseshion
of this beautiful silk dress, from
her devoted husband"
There wuz holler groan from
the crowd. The Peteres wuz on
top, but jist then man stepped
fowid and said, "Js Mr.. Samuel
Johnson in the house? Here is
receipted bill fur fine Morgan
boss an Lawrenceburg buggy for
him from his lovin' father"
When a ganglv lookin' lad O.
seventeen he'd ambled up an got
the envelope, the big man went on,
"Here is, likewise, g bundle with
the title deed Of the old homestead
for Mis- Johnson, from her hus-
band, hopin' she'll continue to low
him on the premises D.
Of course the crowd fairly howl
ed. I begun to feel ez eff I'd
struck the biggest Christmas I'd
ever seen. Nobody, ez yet, he'd
oiven me- a chinv dJll-babv. an T
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let's, thick and wide, which Inever
expected to possess. I wuz jist
tew proud for any use in the world.
1 put them on an spread them out
and was terrible clipper.
They give out an awful lot O.
jewelry an watches, bank-notes,
checks, an property. Everyone
was laughin' an satisfied to death.
1t jist wuz the richest place I'd
ever seen i'll my life. Then we ct
the candy an the popcorn an we
cracked the gilded walnuts: an it
wuz gettin' awful late. Just aforc
we went out Ethan's wife cum
along an she had a crate lot O
rings an watches an sich. Gums
over," sez she, hand over yer
bracelets, auntie. We must get
'em checked off," "Hand 'em
over," sez I, "haint they to keep"
"Oh no." sez she, "that wuz all
fur show, we jist hired 'em for the
OCCASION
Well, I was mad. I jist looked
her in the face, an sez I, wal,
this here is a shamposterous busi-
ness, this tree doing. Whar's the
checks an things?"
20 thet's all fun between our.
Selves" sez she. "We don't like
to let anybody git ahead o Buz-
Yards Holler, an we took this way
'mong ourselves to make a good
big show
"It's an awful mean way" sez
I, trompin' down the snow hard.
"I'm nearer loosin' my temper than
I been fur five years. [ feel so
sort O. left an foolish"
"Never mind," sez she, i'll her
airy way. Ethan tol' me to buy
yer an album the very mex time |
go to the city. We feel obliged to
yer"
So that's the way they had big
Christmas tree up to Buzzard's
Holler. They may draw in sum
fools next Christmas, but not yer
old Aunt Elnora, of P:neville.
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| BOOK hevleWS.
The New York Weekly Times.

The subscription price of The
WEEKLY TIMES is ONE DOLLAR a year.
THE WEEKLY TIMES is a capital news
paper. 1t contains all the current
news condensed from the dispatches
and reports of the daily editors, be-
sides literary matter, discussions upon
agricultural topics by practical farm
ers, full and accurate market reports
of prices for farming produce, live
stock, &C., and carefully prepared.
weekly wool market.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-12-28
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

The Greenwood County bill
came up for consideration in the
Senator Tuesday and Mr.. Hemphill
objected to it's consideration, read
ing from the Code the law relating
to, the method of procedure by
which such matters must be
brought to the attention of the Leg
islature, and holding that the law
had not been complied with.
Mr.. Mayfeld replied to Mr.
Hemphill. This was no snap judg-
ment, plenty of notice had been
given and the question of legal
right raised cannot apply.
Mr.. Fuller took the same posi-
tion.
Mr. Moore called up the Code to
show that Mr. Hemphill had gotten
hold of law that affected an en-
tirely different class of legislation.
The title was matters of legisla-
tion of personal interest.
Mr. Mayfeld and Mr. J. G.. Evans
gradually drew the discussion into
a discussion between themselves.
Mr.. Mayfeld wanted to know if he
considered this a matter of per-
sonal legislation.
Mr. Evans thought ii affected
personal interests.
The Chair declined to rule on
the point, but submitted it to
the Senate. 1t was sustained, and
Greenwood County killed by the
following vote:
Yeas-BeasleJ, Brice, Derham,
Evans. J. g., Fuller Glenn,
Harrison, Hemphill, Jenkins,
Magill, Mcdaniel, Miller, Ragin,
Zimmerman, Verdier, Wilson-17.
Nays-Ab',ott, Bigham, Brown,
Efrd, Evans W. D., Finley May
field, Moore, Mower, O'Dell, Peake,
Redfearn, Stribbliag, Williams
IA.
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Tax Assessors Notice.

THE books for receiving tax returns
for the fiscal year commencing
January, 1894, and ending October Slst,
1894, will be open from Jan. lst, 1884,
to Feb. Goth, 1894.
All persons owning property or
otherwise having control of such,
either as agent, husband, guardian,
father, trustee, executor, administra-
tor, ETC., should return the sarle in the
county in which such property is stu
ated under oath, and within the time
prescribed by law.
Persons owning real estate, or in
any way having control of such, should
make a proper return of the same
within the time prescribed, as this is
the year for re-assessment of all lands.
Section III, G. S., prescribes the man
ner and form for merchants returns.
Section 215, G. s, requires the audi
tor to add 50% of the property valua-
tion of all who fail to make their re-
turns within the time prescribed by
law.
Section 1872, prescribes that insur-
ance agents shalt make. retnrns OF the
business done by each company.
: All male citizens between the ages
of 81 and so yeare are required to pay
a poll tax of one dollar each.
All returns sent by mail must be
made out on the proper blanks and
sworn to before proper officer quaii-
fled to administer oaths: @
I will be at the following places at
the time specified below to receive Sax
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-12-28

Best N. 0. Syrup, SOC. gallon.
Salt, 65c. sack, Loaded Shells.
4Oc. box. Powder, zoo pound. Shot,
$1.60 sack. Felt Wads, Zoe.
w. w. ADAMS.
l have as nice line of fancy and
heavy groceries as was eyer brought
TO this market, at living prices.
w. w. ADAMS.
Black Pepper, Zoe, pound. All
Spice, 1Oc. pound. Round wood
Matches, 10c. dozen.
W, w, ADAMS,
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President Cleveland has offered
to Congressman Brawley, Of Char
lesion the position of district
judge, made vacant by the appoint
ment Of Simonton to the position
of circuit judge. 1t is thought
that Brawley will accept. If be
should do 30 there will be a va
cancy in the lower House of Con-
gress to fill which Gov. Tillmar
will order an election.
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A Wonderful Phenomenon.

A wonderful, if not startling ex-
hibit was made in the northwest
ern sky on Wednesday morning
last just before day. Ransom Bird,
colored, who hauls wood in the
winter, and digs wells in the sum-
mer, (and who by the way would
like to swap we'll for a second
hand buggy or a road cart got up
before day on the morning men,
toned, and happening to look to-
ward the northwest, saw what
seemed to him to be a full moon.
only it was round like a ball in
stead of being round like a pan
cake. This wonderful moon had a
long, vaporous, and fiery tail and
moved off towards the northeast,
apparently about as high from
the earth as the tops of tall trees.
In it's twisting and turning and
convolutions the tail wrote on the
sky two immense but very distinct
letters. Tht SO letters were G.. S.
What they meant we can of course
only surmise. They may have re-
ferred to Slmonton's elevation to
the circuit judgeship, and been the
initial letters of "Go up Simon
ton" Grit may have been intend
cd as tribute to our friend D, B.
Peurifoy, who while a member of
the Legislature some years ago,
made John Haskell "Go Slow"
although he couldn't exactly or
entirely stop him from going.
Perhaps 1t meant "Greenwood
Souped." But Ransom says the
letters told him to sect Skoered.
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GEN. WASHINGTON SANG.
He Took the Twins on Ills Knees
and Warbled the Darby Ram.

New York Christian a dvocate.
Gen. Washington and Chief JUS
tice Ellsworth, of Connecticut.
were intimate friends. On one
occasion Washington dined with
Ellsworth at his residence in
Windsor. During his visit he was
taken into the nursery, where were
two twin boys, afterward Governor
Ellsworth and Hon. Henry L. Ellis
worth. He took one on each knee
and sang to them this song, the
words of which are preserved, but,
unfortunately not the music:
THE DERBY (DARBv) RAM.
AS was going to Derby
Upon market day,
1 spied the biggest ram, sir,
That ever was fed on hay.
Tow de row de row,
Tow de row de da.
He had four feet to walk, sir,
He had four feet to stand;
And ev'ry foot he had, sir,
Covered an acre of land.
Tow, etc.
The wool upon his back, sir,
1t reached unto the sky,
And eagles built their nests there,
For I heard the young ones cry.
Tow, etc.
The wool upon his tail, sir,
I heard the weaver say,
Made three thousand yards of cloth. sir,
For he wove it all in day.
Tow, etc.
1t is not often that the Father of
bis Country appeared in this role;
but this anecdote was handed
down in the Ellsworth family, and
it is undoubtedly authentic.
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School Notice.

OFFICE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
EDeEFlELD, S. c., Dec. Is.
The public schools of Edgefeld
county will open on the first Mon
day in Januory, 1894. Teachers,
patrons, and trustees, will please
govern themselves accordingly.
M. B. DAVENPORT,
S. C. E. G.
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Abbeville people thank Senator
John Gary EvaHs and Senator
Zimmerman for their splendid
fight against the new county
Abbeville Medium.
And SO do Edgefeld people.
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HYMENEAL.

MARRIED, by Rev. J. s, Jordan,
at the residence of Mr.. Geo. Dorm,
Sunday, Dec. 18th, Mr.. 7. B. BELL
and Miss KATE DoRr-bcth Of
Edgefeld county,