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TilK IIOKUY HERALD,

DlHKtTOKY.%

CHURCHES.

Methodist.*COSWA\ il'ATInS.

WKV. WM. TIIOM Vs- r.wmn.r\ i . < nwry Sunday at H >'<! k t. in., ami

. » lock in.

Prayer in-'Clinv: tviicry 'l'(i*ir .-<l;o nljjlil at f

o "'iot'k p. 111.

Snit'la s ,4i'<.il every at M o'clock ». in.

h. NOIITON S'.iiii'i'luti'iulKn^niMVW IT.

WKV. \V. I.. I'UUKS, P.\«TOK.MolllH » *! ntlilllHV, urn. in.

IMevali. 1 >*t " -i«. in.I iilon. 8d " 10 a. in.Hilt int. flit "I p. in.Itrowu Sw amp, :hl " in a.m.Coo) Sprint.'. Sd ' I p. in.)or<liinvilli>, 111. " -10 n. in.

Aitlioch, Hit " I p. in.

^ dP-Ptrist.W. M. MrCASVJl.I., Pamtoii.

( > .A AY.s mi) Sunday, 11 a. in. mi-S'. p. m. aril Sni

iivdav liefon* at . p. in.Sunday Sclnto) im-ry Sunday lit 0 a. in H. \V.

Noi.i.w, suiii'rlnti'ij'V'ii'llai. ii ll* iv k

'I'llIr 1 Saturday ami Vnuidu. in .!« Si hi nilliI'l.KAi.isr iiomi:.

Fourth San l.i_ i Saturday before, in .-ptem»ior.( ol.l.iss' CltKKK

Flr.d s.i la. .i:t 1 s it is ril iv before, in each month.

MEETINGS OF LODGES.

kA.'.F.-.M.itai ll 111 ii n i iii ni ( Horn laid'.'.1, No. OA,

h Hi Ma ii iii* 11 all Firat Monday In ouch month. -l.I H M W A!

K. of II.'{.rifiiliir meetiii * of Stuart l.odi;e. No. fls-M. will

lire! at their II ill on tin' Firnt and Third Wed tierday evenim;* of each mouth.

K. W. Noi.i.kv, Dictator..1 IS. Pakkkii, Reporter.

MAIL SCHEDULE.

Mail Routo. No. 14248.From Mail m C 11 t i t'ouu i\ l.eure Marion l'

II I'u 'i»da> * and Satnrduy* 7 :i in. and arrive* at

t 'ohm ay by .*> p. mI." t\ < Conw a'. Monday- and Friday.*! .in ami

arrive* a' Marion A p. in.

Mail Route No. 14265.l'r.i'K Ciiiiw i, to .lordiinviili'. I.i uve Conway

Tnoailaya an Saturday* at V a. m.-arrlv.i at .lordativillc I J in.

I, .V* .lord itr. il! Tuesday* and s durday* at t

p. m. arrive at Coii\\a\ il p. in.

Mail Route No. 13433.* From Wiiileviile N. lot' mway s. C. I.enve

Wllitevillc I ii' 4(1;'. yh alio ri'iiw ii ;> :i in arrinitt

Conway s !> hi.

i.i' ivi' ('onw.iy Wednesd ivh and Saturdays at .'>

. n». ui'rii ' a' Wait ill s |» in

Mail Route No. 14264..Km n Little Ilivor to Conway. I.jnvo l.ittlo

* lilver .M( iul:i> a'i'l i'ridiv at a. in. arrive at

Conway "> p. in. .

Leave (' etvv iv 'Tin14.1 a\ mid Saturday s at H a. ill

arrive at I .it t It* li i or « j> in.

t* Mail Route No. M267.

Vrvjtn I'ort 11 urr-Ihoii s c., to Kair MutT N c ,

I.i-ivo I'ort Marrcl in dally except Sundays ita. m. arrive at Kuir llltitT * p. in.

Leave Kair .'IniT N. c il.tilv except Sundaya atr» a. in arrive at I'ort ilanelson S p in.

SCHEDULE OF STMR. .TANIE.i..viv (i:m,'.viowii on Mondays, Wednesdays

ami Kridayn at s o'clock a. nr., arrive at lltu kio MintU o'clock o'clock Haute dtiye.Leave llucksville on Tue-day.s, Thursdays and

Saturdays, at S o'clock a. in., arrive at Oeorgetovv n

I o'clock H.t'iie tlayn, loachini; at all intermediatelandings. T. s. Mt'NsKiti.Ys,

Master.

Vl'linr. Mae^ie, II T. Wiii.iam Master leavenConway every Wednesday at 5a. in., for Leoruitown, tourhini: nt all interinedinte landlnun, re(arnintr,leaven <!eorjjeio\vn every l-'thlay at ti a. in.

LOCAL xttczmis.

Index lo \en AtlverliNcmciiis.If. (J.Skssions- Sheriff's Stiles.

Kit in.

ft Plenty of rain.

Locals and money scarce.

And still they come New subscribers.Huso ball fever is beeoibino'an epidemicin Conway.('apt. T. W. Daggett was in

('harloston last week.

The editor of Tin: lli-idm.!) has

donn^|^new straw hat.

Mr. Walter JO. I'orter is occupyingthe house \a"ated l>v .). W. Ogilvie.The l»est rains of the season foil

last Sunday night and Tuesdaymorning.

Mr. W. 11. Ilyman left this morningfor Wilmington, on Imsiuess and

pleasure.* J

I .ihe^^leleseope, the religion ofmortals will solve the philosophy of

immortality.Self-abnegation is that rare virtue

that good men preach and goodwomen practice. &Wo mvt Mr. A. II. Skipper on otir

streets last Saturday. I le is teachingn school at llehohoth.

Mr4W^ !\. IJeatv has heen using' the white-wash brush very oxton^sivelv about his place.

Taking their best girl out boatrtilitwi* vnnm i/t ho fti v/»rift» wi wtrl ho

o r

Homo of our young Moods.

Mr. if. It. (.'ooper, of (rriihainvillc,was in town lust Monday, and paidIns respects to Tiik Hicham*.

Kissing is denounced by the doctor.What! Haven't heard of it:Why, it is on everybody'^ lip?.

^^^Hfe^^lu^birion papers lms been one

in

Miss Jennie Stewart, who hasheon visiting her uncle, (\»!. <,>uattleliaium,returned to Marion, lastweek.

A small hinhlino- near BurroughsA ( 'nllins' store caught fire last Monday,I>nt was extinguished with littled:ium<rc.

Key. IJreairly failed to roachhis appointment at t!ii place l.»-rSunday, to the threat leoret of hiseon«rre«ration and others.

The Mess. t'hudhourn are ctdlinofor MOO hands to \\«>ilv on their railroad.I )on't loaf round street corn-j!ers*aud say nothing to do.

I )isappointinent in friendship an iseschi^'ly not from likino our friendstoo much, I>111 an over estimate oftheir likino Tor or opinion of us.

1'he Pastor of the Methodist churchwas so indisposed l..st Sunday thatlie conducted only one service in

the iiiorniii<»", and I >r. Norton tookelmroe :ti ui«r|it.

A Philadelphia woman Ims sue*

reeded in winning (lie lirst prize forewnomv. In carving her Thanksiirivino- t orkev she inanaoed not to

j destroy the frame, and it just makesa lovelv hustle.

A h'roo was found the other dav,hnried out of sioht "iSo feet under

rround,a d a careful search of therecord shows that he took his advertisementout of the paper just two

months hefore he liiiall\ disappearedfr»un mortal view.

"It mav le» said that the hardestthino- in the world i< to do jnst riolilto one's self; and the easiest thine indie world is to see where others fall

| short of doin«r just rijrht. I >ut thereis no reason whv one should shrinkfrom undertaking to do the hardestthino', or should lie s-itislied with doiiijr i In* easiest."

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<io\. !{icliariIsdii has appointed .1.{J. Urvant and Jeremiah Smith t<»

represent ll<>rr\ county :i t tlx* i 111 * !*'State < '(invention of farmers to lie

held at Atlanta. (it., August M'ttli,I SVT. Mariosi i> represented !>\ .las.f*. IVarce ami 10. T. Slaekhouse;'< ieorgetown l»\ W'nt. \|. lia/.ard amiI.. I' Miller, and Marlltoro I»v (Jeo.(Yossland and .1. I>. IJreedoti.

A SIIIIHV temper gilds tile edge.-, oflife's blackest tdoutl. It dispels theshadows that lurk around the door-iway mid makes home the happiest,brightest little nook imaginable. Asunny to in per is the attraction at

home ami makes one ami till I > >k on

j tho bright side. It is the sunny-1

teinperetl we go t > for advice,for comfort and for consolation.Invariably the sunny-temperedwill lind the silver lining to thedarkest cloud. '

The editor of the lloilUY II KUAI.lthas been engaged in a lively controversywith a llaptist preacher whoopposes Sunday-schools. There isvery little profit in such discussio s

anil they are peculiarly so in a secularjournal. ( hir contemporary no douhtwill avoid being caught in such anaffair again, although up to the presenthe has maintained the advantage.

. IUbrviHv M< ilimn.Yes, we have learned the lesson

and formed the resolution not to liecauglil in such profitless controversyagain.11 ii«-lo I niril I .i-l trrs.

'The following letters in the post-joffice at Conway, S. ('., unclaimed,1

J will bo sent to the dead letter ollice'|at Washington, I >. <'., unless called

for within thirty days afterdate hereof.1> -Miss.lane Itrint, Miss Caley

^^^^Mrs. Simla Co$.^^BLMiss Nancy Kllis.

L. L. I. (iraham.II M. Hardee..1 .1. K. .Ionian.

.! I. A vnor 10. I .ill v.M Francis .Mack.I?- Mrs. \'. ('. Roberts, Mr. 1'. M.

Rogers.> Sinocr Sowing Machine

('ompnnv, Miss Hetty Sessions, MissSara Sarvis c-o .1. A. Adams.Y ( \ .1. Veroon.W~ M. I). Woodward, Mrs. I'inkncvWard, (colored.)

.1 A M lis II. I 'oKTKIl,l\ M.

May 1 <.Mli 1887.A hail storm of terrific violence

passed over ('apt. Uenrv T. .McDonald'splantation on Tuesday of lastweek, (ireat damage was done tothe crops, the corn hein^ almostcompletely destroyed. The leaveswore torn to shreds i>v th" hail stonesfwhich were as lar^e as pullet's ugfrs,A wind, blowing lit the same

time, uprooted several fruit trees and» prostrated a portion of ('apt. .McDonald'sjjrapo arbor and vine, tieoryetown/'Jnt/nirer.

Kirfht divorces to one. inarriagojlast week made Capo Cod peoplefear for the future of the I'nion,

I

< 1<»ri(<kspoiuhkii<Mk.('In*ii(:iiH|Uaii Itilln;^ < ;u?».

Mir. K1>itoi:: Please allow irte a

lilt!" spu-'O to express one or two

thoughts on our I'hatttampiau readin«^"nourso for tin* present season,

'llu? whole coarse is udmiruldv con

ccivcd iii.(I t Iioi Otljrll! \ C.XOCUted,eivino (lie ri'ailcr clear views ami a

comprehensive <^ia>o of each mlijectin turn, brought liefi.ro him. I'lieumoa/ii e is simply "/>< i /», standing jin the very forefront of like punlicalionsin this country or Kurope, itsarticles are entertaining while tlie\are exhaustive ami few can readt ho lit without hoth profit and pi 'as-

lire. Several of the books of tiiopresent section liavo been read; eachooes directly homo on the subject forwhich it is intended, enabline theleader to treasure up some sound andwholesome thoughts for future use.

This is time profitably spent and willhe of oreat advantage in eomino- lifeto its possessor. But tliis oeneralview of the curriculum is not mv

purpose in this article, hut only to

speak of the influence of Frenchclassical writers. The French havebeen noted for this love of lio'htnessand frivolity throuoh many pastapes; that spirit has crown int realhatred for all staid and solid forms oilife mid action, sliowiin itsolf in ttwant of stable envennnet in the tin

tton while the whole people lived inan atmosphere of fancy too thin andvajnie for meetinp the stern realitiesof daily eontaet. As mioht he e\-i

peeled, change has been their rule,while <"out inuanee has only beenan ( .eeasion d visitor. I Mood v revolutionshave been fretptvud in the polittealcareer of the nation, and so

called society pe >p|e have eve?shown a readiness for ni»v now ntttl:exciting topic presented, thus theyhave aeouired :i wide re put ition forthe lliphtv and ehanpv'nl in preferenceto the more permanent thinpsi. . . ....IICKI 111 ('SI ('(' 115 I'\ 111 <».- I oilier p''<>plo.This is S' n in their hij/hlv spicedand strange mixtures <»f food amidrink, llic «.jnv a hi 1 i^iuizv oannentsin which they clothe thcinsi'U »s, tlicshowy (jcsticnlat ions in all his move-

inents, I'n' click .»r his (oniruc, while11is whole mora! nature i-> pervertedI»v his stnuio- leaning toward the

iit and fanciful, lo the rejection ofthe solid and permanent thine-s oflife. ()ne very naturalU enquires,what eiivc this entire people such a

turn of mind? The answers is road\and positive, their literary men andwomen. These, almost without exception,brushed aside the (dear sun

1 itr111 ol comiiion sense in the path-way of ordinary mortals and dweltin regions of distorted scenes andrainbow visions, foreign to the la st

interests of plain honest people. Many aspired to ( arts and Kino's palaces,and did not hesitate to becomelike their desired heads and benefactorsin order to accomplish their one

purpose in ife, ftntUhml and sochilelevation. This shows us (dearlywhy T rench books of pr and poc-try extolinij to the highest point olhonor, debased Ixinos and even worse

princes, came into existence. Vircurl's ,'Kncid was written to please;the ('sesars of Koine, T'rench Verseand I'rose cume forth to secure thefavor >f such miscreants ns Louisfourteenth and those like him, bothbefore and after his day. T'or thepresent vear, we have but one smallvolume of three hundred pa«jp\s fromwhich to leather the facts of theT'rench literary s'atus, but it coversaperiod of nearly four hundred years,and includes the richest portions andthe most exciting scenes of the ea-,

I'l'l'l' of lliilt wonderful mi/ml"I" 'l"v

ooraphie sketches nro <rivon (if abouttwoocv iiioii iiiul wui-uon who wrotofor tlioiii during that period earlyin the fourteenth century, from h'roisjtartto Itoiisseau the historic sketchcarries you houdloii^ into, andthrough, the follies and delmueheries of th< licentious courts of theKrcn !i kings and their willing subjects,approving not only .heir follies,but also the foulest deeds in theannals of crime. This astoundingrecord has but a single break in itsentire length, Pascal onl\ of the entirelist, gave his powers of 'boughtto uiathomatics and solid attainments,lie only among ihnm all seemed tosee that life was made up of substaiee, not froth, and that man had a

Iilirli4»r ill:.* lw»f/»i'n liiikt f l«o »i "» «V.WV ....... «...<> ^'.11i

Heation of dopia\od propensities andsensual desires. Tile others, whilevarying in decree and intensity,chime in sweet I \ with the ehone oflihertv from all moral restraint and a

licentious, i/o-(ix-ifoH-/>lr(r><(> life. Ifthey ufe^hiped any God, it was notthe Cod of judgement, I»v whom actionsarc weii/hod. Feeding upon1such pabulum, is it any wonder thatjust such a people as the French nn-

tion name into bo in if ami huvo run

such a stranf^o course amou^ tli<- na

tion of tin' earth? Wore tho\ notwell |»n*|1 to write? No ( Jo«|over their <fates. Tho\ siir.phmeant to say, wo want no tloil to

rule in purity. Krois art bejran tin*course of training in strains of themost ilrivelino frivolity, tleri11«**

v ' i

to t!io oarpino desires of a inoiall\doranoml peoplo ami Itnusseau elosoiltlio soono with a lifo of tlio foulestsluuno ami debauchery on reeord.Yet strange to say, these aro tin* favoritechampions against the <'liristianIh'lioion.

\\*m. Thomas.

Siii id a \ -sellout \ 11 ii i \ I'iMt r\.

Kimtok ok Tin: 1 Iokii\ II i i; \ i i>:

riio S imlav soliool annivorsar\ atMt. Tahor oonio oil Satnnlav Mnv7ih. The oloiuls in tin; morningWOIO t liroiitoillllu'. hilt lllissllil ;ivv:iv

and tIn* tiny was beautiful. A luro««assembly was present, supposed byseme to be one thousand. The e\ereisesbejuuin bv the different schools"in order sinoino and deelaiinino-.n n o

The performance was excellentliirouohout, and I wish to submit forpublication the address of MasterOrivn hi. Ilickman in the exercise ofthe Sunday-School of Sprinolield.

I bar Sunda\ School friends: I lowolatl we are to meet you aenin after!the laspe of another \ear in anotherSuuda\-school Anniversary. Hutwhat threat changes hare taken platin that short space of time. Weliaye seen some of our Sunda> -schoolmates laid away in the silent tomb.We have experienced the extieinesjof rain and drouth, ami ho t but not

least, wo have witnessed (his lovedland of ours as in eonvuisions. Andyet I see a Lfoodly number of us

spared, as evideuee of (bid s mercy,to celebrate ami'ii this our belovedSunda\ -school anniversary. K o 1

what eould j*ivo us more pleasurethan to meet each other once a year

in the heantiful spring-time, whenall nature comes forth with preenlohes and sweet fraoranee, and seisins

to rejoice with os. !>ut to be worthyof all these blessinps shouhl be our

consuim aim. I .el us oliey our parent-,keep (Mil of l)SI(l C< Mill) in v. doi» 11«i11«_» in secret thut we would nothave our parents see or know. Weshould l>e attentive to our Sundayschool,and la' obedient to our teachers,and try to obtain that knowledgethat will belil us to take their positionsas they lay them down to sh op,till them ellieient I v as they have donebefore us. May < iod bless our Sundayschools is the wish of your littlefriend who stands before you today.

This was delivered by a little bovabout eleven years old. (iood news,we feci the Sunday-school work isadvancino faster than ever oefore.

In hoe to tlie Christian public, Iinn yours truly,

(i. h\ St v \ i.k\ .

Hands Up!

Sr. Lot is, May 10. A specialfrom Austin, Texas, says: I'assenoer train No. 502,on the Internationaland Croat Northern road, was

stopped last niolit at McNeill station,a few miles North of here, by 15 or

20 robbers, who robbed the expresscar. Some fifty shots were fired,and one man. was sliohtly woundedin the hand. Another report saystwo men were killed. T'ifty mountedand armed men are leaving herfor McNeill. It is said there werefifteen in the party. They first rapturedthe operator before the arrivalof the train, and as soon as the traindrew in they boarded it, attackingthe onoineer and express messengerThe express was robbed, but theamount taken was not ascertained.IV mails were not touched. Passengerswcra held up, and a eonsid<*rs»I»I<*amount was taken from them,oim man losing a eold watch amiclii)in, and another a diamond pin.

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Tlio Southern I'rrslij tcriaii'..

St. I.oi is, May d im Assemblyof the Southern PresbyterianChurch met at the (Jrand AvenueChurch to-dav. I )r. Hryson of Huntsville,Ala., the retiring Moderator,opened the session !>v a s« rr ion. Atthe (dose of these ex< rrise> olheerswere (denied for tIk; eusuiiiy year.I )r. Strk-kler of Atlanta was electedModerator. 1 ho session then adjournedto ffive the .Moderator timeto make ii |» Ii is committees. Thornwill a reception at the church to

I,*: :ii »Sil^Sii. i 111r» m wiii t'liiik'iivnrto unite the assemblies of the Northuii«I South. ^

Cor t lie llbnsew i IV.

d'o prevent smoke from a lamp,so:ik mo wick 111 strong vmogfar, anddry i' thoroughly hoforo you use it.It will tlieu liuru 1 lotii sweet aiuLpleasant, aiul will o-ive a «^rca.tof satisfaction for th«« trilling worl^Jnpreparing.

If you suffer pricking pains on movingthe eyes, or cannot bear bright light, aiulfind your sight weak and failing, youshould promptly use f)»-* J. H, McLeans'drpiijrthenlnir Kye Sal « '2 or. a bo\.

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v^lI? w it 1-VoK I obe 11 a 11 «>«*«!. I'!

Si!-;lit, .\. M., V). TheodoreMaker, \vl»<» was hauled hero on

Kriduy for the murder of I'Tank ^f trull ill (.'olfux ('ounty, wished (o |^jI f n ii11m*r*mI a tin- ono American |»who was IumioimI twioo for a single ('icrime. !ii conversation witli tlioSitu coi i esp< >ii<? *111 a short timo

^after lu? had received word from j( iovornor Iioss that there was no hope (lJfor him, I hiker said: tit

"It is not the pain that I four at ',vall. I have l»eon handed, and I *

know what I am talking about. '''

What ails me is that I don't wantto die, and I don't think I ouoht to.Probably if you know that in aninstant you wore to bo blown tonothingness, so that you eoul exporieneeno sutYorino" whatever, you r;i

1.1 . I 1 I* »n mini il | > |»ICC III U IIOW I li'CI ilDOlll «;

it. \s for* tin* mollis of death, vonran say that it is as oood as unvother, and it don't need to ho too Jl<artistically done, either. \\ hv, when J.'|til \ handed ine lirst down here l>v juthe railroad track, I was seared half thto death. They had no modern aji- 1,1

jdianees, and I made up my mindthat they were ooino- to oive me a

terrible strnojrle of it, Imt it was

nothing «»f the sort. Vl'he mol>swniic me oiV from a telegraph polelike they won id a loo, and then one

or two of them pulhd my leo's.1That isn't so almighty nice, Imtstill it don't hurt as you miohlthink it weuhl. I must have Itunothrere ten or fifteen minutes beforeflic SherilV and his posse found meand cut me down. ()f course bythat time I was unconscious, but Iremember enough of what occurredto banish any fear that i mioht haveof death on the ^allows. It's deathin whatever form it comes that Iobject to. IT I have oot to eo I hadjust as soon oo by the rope as bythe bullet, and I had a «e>od deallather oo by the rope than by theknife or by poison. You can saythis much for the information andcomfort of all the poor fellows whowill have to swine1 when I am ipme.Tell tic in to brace up and take iteasy. They are <roiinr to die eas- .^ 1 »

ter deaths than threa-bmrths of thefat old .1 uilees who sentence themand who exneet to die in their beds.I

There has been although too iinteli ('writing and 'alkino on the subjectof the barbarit \ of the nail lows.

...I'm in favor of abolishing capitalpunisliinent myself, but iT a manIliUst die, what the use of beine too

particular about .the mode so lone1 **

as you have oot a i/ood enoujjrh selie-(

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mo now ?Later <»ii, in sneakintr about lii.s

crime and liis two punishments, oneby tlic inoli ami the other by llie|,||law, Ihikersaid: ul mler all thecircumstances my erinie was notmurder, any way. I had become j,involved in a ouarrel between I n alrnh and his wife and, loo isli as thaiwas, it would liavo led to nolhiiiirmore if I uruli had not attacked me. |,I had to kill liiin or be killed. The w

woman swore auainst me in order toJsave herself. She was seared to j

death because they lynched me, andshe was afraid that unless somebody ,j 11swune* for the crime she mioht be j|called on some dark nio'lit. Ibit stwhether my crime was dclibeatcmurder or not, I think I have beenpunished enough. It is more than a

year since the mob lynched me andsince that time i have lived with a

rope iinf!i"vl my neck all the time. , |As I have fcu d to you, my sulTerinoswhen I was beine* resuscitated wereorealer than tliey wore when I washaiioine1. It took me three monthsto ifet over the elfects of the Ivnehr' I

"ino. Two or three times a day my jbrain would be in a whirl and I olwould lose ail control of myself, diThen when I slept I would on "

thronifh it all aoain. At lenotli, ^when I was brought to trial and s«was eonvieted and sentenced to fideath I had the rope once more be- ^fore me. The anxietv about the '(j'trial and later about my appeals hasworn on me until my nerves are in vlabout as bad a condition as theywere when I was in the hospital atC. . IV 1.1- 11 lretina rs-, JUKI mo <-iu com plaintsfrom wliicli I suffered when I wasri ( ()vim iii »* faoni the 1 \ im hin«_f haso f #

Jreturned aj^nin. I haven't slc|itfor months without hanoino by theneek through it all. t an you imnpinowhat it is to ! e conscious all Tthe time of (lanolii)ir in that way?

fA sleep or awake I have a ropeabout mv neck, and I know exactIy how it feels. I I think I have had

^enouyh of it, but as they seem tothink not in these parts I suppose I <>shall have to take some more. I hcan (ell you, though, that I don'twant anybody to brino me to life1 his time. When I oo out to- mor- « <

row I will know just what is coin- t'<ino, and when I tell the Sheriff to "ilot me slide I will be the first mini I ^in America who has lived a year and aia half to say that a second time to a hhan<oiian." ) filinker had several warm friends (1here who Whored earnestly in his nbehalf, and who regard his punish- «

menl as unjiistlv severe.', lie wentt the rope unlinichinoly, and justbefore, the trap was sprung, whenthe atleiidnnt shifted the knot alittle, iin hoard ISakor say: yThat ritrht; I have boon in flio t)lialiit I.f having it a little higher |

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ySlM'O to KiHO. tl* ; . *

' I've ii a little money to invest^ ^and I want your f»<lvio»u^^--In reoanl IM|wantsur<

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art lii|iialics in this < Vnt it r\.

Tlio principal enrthounkos thativo taken place in this centurv,itli tlio number of easualities, areus Itotod: Naples,lleil; IS'J'J, Aleppo, 'JOJMMI killed;S\!0, Murcia, III MM) killed; ISSHI, hmitoii, OOOO killed; iH 12, ('ape I lavn, 1000 killed; IS-t7, t alahria, l<>.M>killed; IHoO, (v>uito, o(MM) killed;

><>0, Mendo/.a. South \iuerie.i, "JtHMIlied; 1807, towns in I 'eru and Keillor,\e\000 killed; IS",.*», Sail Jose» ('uenta, t 'olumhia, I I,(KK) killed;581, Srio, 1000 killed; 1880,1'liarleston, 00 killed; I8>S*(, South-;;n I'Vance and Northern hah , *»00lied.

MAt I'ort Hiut.iI on, May J'.'nd, hy I . A.useiilairy, I -<|., \Ii\ Willis linker amihs ll.len James, all of llorry. Noids. iuiwiiinmiiir BanamwoMMHaaMMMa

i»i r,i».

\h-. Wilson lidgo tiled lit Iter hoinol>ar Urnhntnviilc, M;.\ 7th, after a lingeriicrs. She It-It testimonies of Imt prepatlou for tin' great change. She leav - aisbnnd ami several hihlren t«> hitttle ine world unaided by a wife and mother'slluenee and assistance.

Market Report.CO N \V A Y S. ('.

inm: TI kim.VIT N KNew Virgin, (' I.I.I., :>go pound* A (toYellow l>i|» 2u 1

Scrape I ."idI tot'Kit IKS1

Huron IV S. Sides |> It |0 (n |gi , cents (Mutter, liKfr/ :I5 cents.I .ard (a I TV; <*ts.

Cork, I.hl $ TO 00Molasses \ > gallon I0(?/00 cents.t 'olTee, *j f pound 1(1 V(it TO. ts.Corn, bushels Ndfr/$ I (MMOrist per bushel >(< 1 (MMI' lour, per bbl ij>d..">o (n T.f.yKggs per do/. 10 cents.

Sugar (»'.| in 10 cts

NKW YOMK, May 21.Cotton '( ' lb I I (d It', celltsCorn, bus is (ft 1 cents< tats, j' l.u- ill1 ,ut :;r» centsI'ork V* l>bl £ la (<i. I(tlTee, Itio '(' lb .... I I (a I 'I cents.Spirits Turpentine, TOcents..Kosin $ log Or 110

\Y I L.M I NOTOX, N. C. May 21.'"otton 7'n (d I0',| l eilts. I

ickKoitu'li upland ( ' Ini .">.V (a*»."»Tidewater 00(n 1.10Peanuts, v(0 I»tis, Vud Hi)

1(1 DM Tl UPKNTI N K\ iruin, ' hid., MHO pounds £ M :ioYellow I)i|>, M 00

Hard, " I MOSpirits Turpentine, per pil. T.'

Tar, s I 1 , MNO piiiiml 1 *1 >1.Mosin Strained N.V/t'.Mi cents.^r^^vrnimnpT^arerijnuHtiiiaMitMnimi

NK\V A DVKIiTISKMKNTS.

Slieriff's SaJ.ec.m>. C. Mettii^nii v.s Isaac T. Skipper

I \« ention ItulI

I N 1 > Kll :11)< 1^>V vil l lie ill all I '.xeeulinntill' dill" 11 I ;i\d lodged ill | hi I ) llii illtove .Oat eil ease, I will sr| 1 a I I lie late-i111 nee nl l.-aacc I . Skipper, near <!al\ant's k'erry, on Tuesday .lone the iihSM7, during the leipil -tie hours, the foliwinu; de-elided Personal Property, toit: 0 head of Cattle, IM or l"» headlo.ii's, I head n| Sheep, N hive-, of lice-,i head of t ieese, 1 Horse ('art.

\l so,All his Household and Kitehen Kurni

ll'e, I'laiitation Tools, iVi ., levied onateproperty ol Isaac T. Skipper at thelit ol .11iliit < Met iiejaii.Terms, cash.

K. (i. Skskions, SlierilT, II. ('.may MO 11Mt

Administrators' Sale.mii'lsu. I nu i ^ t j -* / irTI s Iiiiul <1. II. I >iis«»nliiiry, Administrators.Action for Accounting and Partition.IN persuiince of mi order in I lie aboveated ease, signed by.I. II. Hudson, IVeding .1 mine, 1 be undersigned will sellfore the Court House in Con way, S. C.

a salusdny in.lune |SH7, being the (Ithny of said mouth, a certain mortgage deediade tn the undersigned by William 10.lardwick, dated ildth September Imhi;, forvo bum I red and seventy si\ dollars andventy four cents, ($'~7(l.7 I) witb interestoni Idth day of April ISMtj. Said moltage becoming due on the first day ol'january 1KH1), and covering the followingrscribed property:All and singular that certain lot in the11; ir« of Conway, known as lot No. <7 onhicli said W. K. I lardwick now lives, andne hal I of lot N o. 7S.Terms, cash.

10. T. I.kwis, / . ,/..in Admrs.(}. II. I )l SKNIlt' it v, \

may If) b!ilt.

Sheriff's Sale.1110 STAT 10 OF SOL'TII CAIIOUNAJCOI NTV OF IIOKKY.

( ol IS | < >K ( 'OMMON I'l.KAS,IN pursuance of the decree of Court

erein, I will sell before the Court Housei Conway, S. ( '., on Monday the (ith dayt June A. I). IHS7, (sales day), during thegal sale hours, the following Heal Estate

> wit:Tract No. I. One undivided one halfiterest in all of thai certain tract of landnntaiiiiiig nine hundred and forty nineMV) acres more or less, formerly known* the i lishhorn, or John I). Il**l 1<>niy tract,tuatod in lattle Kiver Nrrk,' betweenlid Little Kiver and the Atlantic Ocean,nd hounded as follows: on the north bymds formerly owned y one tireen,;aught, and (lore, on the east by lands»rtnerly owned by one Tims. Ifandal), onle son'h hy the Atlantic Ocean, and on1C west hy tract No. herein » t* r de

rihed.Tract No. VJ. A one lialt interest in aertaln trac t of land containing six louidd and sixteen/icres, more or less, lyingnd being next to the tract first aforesaidml joining on tin' ea^t t lie^ands nl tinMate of Nixon, known as tl^lWIleniv orVilliani. tii^k^triie w hole 4Bti|>rhinglicit jrcitain V^^Mftkno'wn t)W "KtilchMace," and i^^^^^n-serilied in the deed*roin C'hartet^A^^HFand >V. I* iiiicwB!**i. \V. Harden', iincWfihe deed IP^wi^^lV. Ilardee of a one half intcyv-' #iti ijttj n>lie said tract to one ltohert^^ivlng'oii*to htyMjd^B|H|^^BMiAnf^ie'tid a

S3a.©ri:flT'sI N l)KI{ mill by vi of KmmutionIMSolflre, f

will sell before thr Court House in (.'onway, 8. V., within legal utlo hours, on tho

of Juno il- day), tho folAll and in^uii'r that i crtaln tract and parl'mI of land -itu.iie, tyintc and twin# in thoCounty of Ilorry, Mtitool South Carolina.i« I in Grcon Son Township* and boundedis follows: north by lnnds of Mrs. Avey J. ^Graham and Doctor 0, Clralo26r> south by 1land of W. T. \Vals< n, we ' liy land-* of S.I,. (irniiiK'T, and east by lands of Mrs.,\vey .1. < iraliniii, and containing on»' linntired and five < 105) acres more or less;levied on is the property of J. I'erryriming at tin suit ot .lain C. I try tint,A- I .Ml' (l f '' I. Mate .I'l-epll I!. I lerluun.

AliSII,All and sinful if that certain tract or

11! I 1*1 1 nt 1 .till til .f 1* *«.»** *».»4l »»»

Hit' Statu Mini rounty aforesaid, aim inir«*«»ii Sen Tmviislii|», md hounded as follows: North l>\ lands of .Fori Uranjfor,South and NVi-hI by land- of \V. II. II.Mr.aiurer, I'.: I by lands of M. A\y .1. < «raliam, and conlaiuinj seventy si\ (Til) armsmom or less, It-vied on as the property ofDoetoi <'. (iinnv(i'r, at tin* suit of dallies ('.Il|->ailt, MSsiruci. of tin* I'Ntati- .losrpli II.I >erliain.Terms rash, purchasers to pay for pa

|H'ra. II. C SKKSIONS,Sheriff If.

may III I '.!tt

NOTIC'K.NOT It K is h.treby ljivrn tlial tin- nil

li'isiirimd will apply to .1. \| Oi.ivkk,Ks»|r., ('lerk of Court of I lorry Coimly fori chartor of tin- t'h ristian I lope Society attin* expiration of thirty « >y from date»f May 1'ith.

t i. ('. Si wil lh »s,T. \V. I'ltoWN, W. I I. SlNOI.KTON,.1. \ i.wtiin, I'. W. HiiWKXS,

I 'kit. it II. hw is.

may lit IdIt

WV lis

( OI.LINS\\r I'.hav just oprmd a larjfe andT T « IH ill' link of I tin i luiulu Villi""

< 'It>t 11i11«r. Iliits, At., to meet tin* Sprimrmill Summer trade, ;m<l woulil r« -pectfullyask yon to mil llllil see how we lire offeri11u t hem to nt*h rii.ifotiH r*. We have thebest assortment ot lawns, pi<|tie, iriuirIpun ami nanso.ik ever hrouirht to thisplace. flowered lawn hundreds ofvan I- from 5 cents tip: lawn in solidcolors. Also, a I tea lit In 1 -election ofIllcc lawns. Me ore you call for these. ,

W hite anil liuured piipie without limit.Dress eimrh-mi in various colors.Mi I >1 >oii, lace, vcIm ', silk, -hirt , cuir , col

lars, s||vpeiiders, shoulder hr ces,hand hairs, fan-, Parasols, umhrella-and :m\thin^ voii want in

the ill-) irood- line.

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HATS.< Jents', youths' and hoys' straw , w ool,

cotton anil felt lints.Do not fail to call and examine our

Ladies' llats. We have a carefully selectedstock of hotli trimmed and untriiumed hats of the lending styles and shapes,iiiul you need not order one from elsewhere.W e hoy them hy the hundred and can

sell you one cheaper than you can iret itfrom any other source.

CLOTHING.it is llOedlcss tl> COIIIIIlt'llt upon tlio

stock of Clothing haue ju-i opened up.wo are soiling cheap for cash. ( 01110quick or you lose a bargain.

Komonibor wo aro constantly addin ; toall the above «:o<m|-., therefore) wo ar preparedtogivc you something new atid freshall the lime.^

-oSHOES..

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We are still carrying the famous .laniofl .

Mi aiis .f t shoo and boys < .' shoo, and tryto keep an assortinenf of them always 011hand. T he "/.eiybo" hoc the host shooon the market for ladies and children..'*W'r have a full line of them. Try them ,«if you want the best.

. _ _ V*Ojir lit Hardware, Karining I tuple* ^^mont^ and <ir<K oiioM is always complete

ii !^n»> Av:«*ntchc:,ucr \\Mi < r^tliis fact