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"BY CLINKSC?LES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1901. VOLUME XXXVI-NO. 36. Need a . Few men don't. If carefulness in baying is needed any where it's in Hat buying. Perhaps the shape you've seen on somebody else and admired wouldn't look so well as some other shape. We have the "othor" shape-we've every want able shape. Come here and try on all the correct Hats, and you are sure to find the one best suited to you, and find it'll cost you less here than anywhere else, too. Hats from 50c. to $3.00, and at every price between. Evans' $3.50 Shoes for Men. It has been our aim to maintain the highest possible standard in these Shoes-to sell a Shoe unexcelled for the price. That we have been successful in doing this is proven by the increasing demand for Evans' $3.50 Shoes. These Shoes are well known by most of the men in this town, and for style, workmanship and service they can't be beat. Better? e^ive Evans' S3.50 SHOES A. TEIAL B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. Homage To Style And Beauty. THE man who knows a Fine Conveyance when he see3 ... it takea his hat off to our lino of BUGGIES, CARRIAGES AND HAGONS, Not only because ??f their beauty of design and finish; their marked style and general make up, but because of their staunchness and ensy-rnnning qualities. We wi!! be proud to show you our full Stock. . JOS. J. FRETWEIX. If you want to have the best ?arden you ever had in your life, try our New Seed this year. ORR DRUG CO. SOME BARGAINS ! i MME > FEW PIANOS. Ot the vary htxhest gruda ?od latest styles, TO GO AT COST FOR A PEW DAYS. Thia is an opportunity of a life-time. Afti????J"!** lat?it im Proved ball-horner NEW HftME NEWING Mfr [?INES lo* $30. Vibrator 8tandajd Manhino only $23.<*V ORGANS CHEAP. -M. Ii. wvi.&is. South Main Stroit, Anderson, 8L C. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. I?Vom Our Oicn Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 35,1001. The newe from Cuba that tho Con stitution had actually been signed and presented to General Wood, is believ ed to do nw ny with all hope of avoid ing an extra session of Congress. Tho probable date for this is fixed at about March 10th, thus allowing two weeks for the new administration to resettle itself in plac?, and for tho President to study over tho text o& tho document submitted by the Cubans. Tho prob lem presented for tho consideration of this country is a very complex one now that tho Republicans have practi cally decided to ignore the plaiu rights and wrongs of the case and tho formal declaration of Congress, three years ago, to withdraw as soon as astab'o government was established. Many Senators, however, are opposed to any declaration in a Cuban constitution, on the ground that such a document could be, and probably would be, amended without warning to the United States. They prefer some treaty stipulation which would be a binding contract, but realize that no treaty can bc nego tiated without recognizing th? Cuban government. Taking tho attitude of the United States toward South Ameri can republics as a precedent, it is found that no treaty was ever negotia ted with any of those governments until formal recognition had been granted. Tho necessity of deliberate action before recognizing any govern ment in Cuba is fully appreciated, and it may bo that the dilemma will be met by a declaration to which the Cuban convention will be asked to give its assent. This declaration will set ! forth the conditions which this govern ment will require to bo observed, in cluding sites for naval stations, nu agreement that no treaties will bo made with foreign nations without the sanc tion of this country, and that no debts 1 will be placed in Europe. While these I provisions are under consideration tho troops will probably remain ir the island. The coming inaugural ceremonies will be worth coming miles to see, even by those who believe that the begin ning of McKinley's second term marks the entry on new and most dangerous principles .pf action. For one thing, there will be over 30,000 troops in line, to say nothing of civil organizations. The number of visitors expected is about 180,000, based on tho attendance at previous inaugurations nnd on the number of applications for seats along the line of parade and for tickets to the ball that have already been received. Ample accommodations for tho com fort of these visitors, during their average stay of threo days, have been secured, and no one need fear not being able to get food and shelter at reasona ble pri?es. There is doubt whether all who wish will be able to attend the ball, tho demand for tickets having been phenomenal. Orders for from ten to fifty are received daily, and such has been the demand that the commit tee has decided to limit the number of tickets to be sold to 12,000. This is tho outside capacity of the Pension Ofiico. It closely approximates the number of tickets sold in 1885, when the largest attendance in the history of the event was present at the inaugural ball of the first Cleveland administration. On that occasion the approaches to the Pension Office were thronged till late at night, and the swarms of would-be guests were checked at tho doors. Hundreds were not admitted until the first rush was over, and those who had come only to see tho arrival of the President, who came very early, had left tho ballroom. When the historinn writes tho story of the Sampson-Schley controversy, however ho may award tho laurels for the battle itself, ho will have to award tho palm for courtesy and generosity to Schley. Recently he has capped his .'glory enough for all" dispatch, which is in so marked contrast to Sampson's egotistical message, by writing to friends in this city, asking them to use their influence to quiet his overanxious champions nud expressing a willingness i to take a place junior to Rear Admiral Sampson in the grade of Vice Admiral. In his inesBugo to a brother officer, whom he has selected to represent him in Washington ?*i??this occasion, he has requested that both 'Sampson mid he be promoted to the grude of Vice Ad miral, and says hu is witling to go on the retired list in that grade, which ho will hold subordinate, tn Sampson. The characteristically generous attitude of Admiral Schley might have a good i effect if there were time to pi VMS the matter to tho front in tho Senate, even though there is a rumor to tho effect that Sampson's friends will urge the President not to appoint Schley a Vice Admiral, even if Congress provides for two such officers The advantage of having for tho census of Southern topics, a Sn it hem man familiar with the facts concerning the production of the articles nf which ho has charge has been strikingly shown in the ease of D. C. Roper, of South Carolina, who has been compil ing the cotton statistics of the South. No pr?viens census Ins gone st all deeply inte, ?l?a question, all having been particularly dehVient in regard to tho hy-prod ne tn of cotton manufacture, such us cotton seed oil, cake and hun dreds of-othera, of which tho public han never even heard.. Mr. Roper, who was thoroughly familiar with all uses of cctton, btin shown that Ruchan enormous and altogether unsuspected wealth accrues to tho South through the plant, that Director Merriam hus decided to take the eottop cense* .all "vi r a;rain on an rxt?-nsmu of the linea icat have proved so excellent. James W. Tolbert Shot at McCormick. GREENWOOD, Feb. 21.-James W. Tolbert bus mot tho fate ho courted. Ho was shot to-day on the s?rcete of McCormick, where ho had been told that bo must not go or pise ho would have to die. Beforo ho was shot down he tired two shots at a young visitor to tho town of McCormick-a mau who had nothing tn ?ie with tho low going on between Tolbert and tho citizens of McCormick. Both shots took effect, ono in the body and oue in tho hip. This young man; a Mr. Martin, wa* visiting his brother-in-law, M. L. B. Starkey, and was simply walking by when Tolbert, accordiug to the state ments of those present, pulled out a pistol and tired at him. Immediately j a fusilado begau, with Tolbert as tho j target for all tho available shooting irons in and around that vicinity. Tolbert owns quite a lot of land around McCormick and sotuo real estate in the town. He has never attended to tho renting of this property in person until this year; ho will likely never do so again. About a week ago he went down to McCormick determined to stay. Ina few days ho received an anonymous lotter advising him to leave. Ho refused to . attach any im portance to tho lfait?r and went on about bia business of looking after his farm lands. To-day ho was approach ed by a crowd of men and told to leave. According to tho statement of tho best men present ho attempted to argue tho matter and to let it ho known that he intended to stay. Just about this time young Martin passed by tho crowd on tho other side of tho street, and seeing him, Tolbert pulled out his pistol and tired twice at Martin. As stated above, the shooting at Tolbert then commenced, only two shots tak ing effect, both in the body. Martin was hit in the hip and in the body. There were no more sliots tired nt Tol bert after he fell. JIo was carried to the homo of Mr. Pick Hollingsworth, and it was stated to-night that a heavy guard had been placed around the house. Young Martin was carried into the store of his brother-in-law, M. L. B. Starkey, and his wounds immedi ately attended to by Dr. Melldau. Even if Tolbert's wounds do not prove fatal, his life is still in danger. The general opinion is that if Martin should die thero would be no chance for Tolbert. Late this afternoon a 'phone message from McCormick stated that a good many people from the country were coming in town, and tho universal opinion was that Tolbert had better be moved. His physician said that he could be moved, and his broth er, R. R. Tolbert, expects to go to- j night to have him moved to Augusta or some place of safety. Jim Tolbert, as he is known, has becu obnoxious to the people of McCormick ever since the Phoenix riot in the fall j of 1808. He rendered himself doubly so by tho celebrated "conspiracy caso" against some of the very best citizens of tho place iu the spring of 1800. Ho has made several attempts to go back there, but every time he was told quietly bat nono the less firmly that, he could not stay in tho town of Mc Cormick. Despite these warnings ho has persisted; and it seems now that he will give up bis life for his rashness. The people of McCormick aro very cool and very determined. He has been told to stay away, and, all would be well, but to try to come back thero would mean trouble. The trouble hns come. ANOTIir.lt ACCOUNT. MCCOKMICK, Feb. 21.-A party of masked men rode into town to-day about noon with the intention of mak ing James W. Tolbert leave. He had been here for a week and the citizens had about decided to not molest him further, which fact made him feel safe. Tho masked party encountered him at work repairing one of his buildings and, according to an eyo witness, ono pf the party of masked men asked him to surrender, instead of which he drew his pistol and presenting it tired. Tho masked party was laved by a memo randum book wrapped around with a silk handkerchief; it catching the bul let. They immediately began backing from each other after exchanging shots. Tolbert emptied his pistol, then turned and ran and succeeded iu evad ing the mob which soon dispersed. It developed afterwards that ono of tho party waa wounded slightly. Tolbert was seriously wounded, onco in tho right side of back, tho bullet lodging in luug, and onco in arm, which is a flesh wound.-Thc State. Second Fall in Fifty Years. CH A ui.KSTON. S. C., February 2-1.-A snow storm hore to-day gavo Charles ton tho second fall of snow known in fifty years. Two years ago thero was a snow storm which had a disastrous effect. Tho fall to-day, which was followed by rain and sleot, amounted lo a depth of one and one-tenth inches, and to-night the temperature- dropped to twenty-four degr?s?, which is record-breaking cold for this climate. It is believed that the great truck in dustry above Charleston has been bad ly injured, ai the snow is frozen and the tender "Tops will suffer. Tho ship ment of early vegetables to Now York may bo hindered, although tho extent of tho damage- cannot bo ascertained to-night. ._ - About $10,000 has been raised for a dormitory at Farman IJ nive i si ty. STATE NEWS. - There are 35 paupers in the alms house of Greevville county. - C. J. Lyon has been elected sher iff of Abbeville county to succeed J. It. Kennedy, who was killed. - The case of forgery against for mer Clerk, W. lt. Bullock, of Abbeville county has been no! prossed. - Alfred Pritchard, aged ?4, and Miss Lucinda .Iones, aged 73, were lately married in Cherokee county. 1 - A strong effort is being made to j have thc md ional educational asso ciation meet in Columbia next year. - President ti. ll. Cromer, of the Newberry College, has been selected to deliver the address before the literary societies of Wofford College injune. - A white cotton-weigher and a negro tt cktnnu, of Union, have been indicted for sampling cotton after it had been weighed and put on tho plat form. - Luther Taylor and Frank Neely, operatives in (hu American Spinning Company's mill nt Greenville, hada fight which resulted in tho death of Neeley. - Governor Mcsweeney baa issued a proclamation offering a reward of one hundred dollars for tho parties un known, who committed an assault on W. II. F. Corbin of Oconee county. - Many of tho physicians of Charles ton have entered a protest against tho enactment of the South Caroliua Medi cal College bill, which they claim is dangerous to the fiafetyof tho health of tho State. - Tho Secretary of State is return ing to public officers commissioned tho fees sent to his ofliee except in tho ease of notaries public. The legisla ture has abolished fees for the issuing of commissions to public officers. - Comptroller Durham says he can not pay out tho ?50,000 extra for pen sions, for it is not included in tho ap propriation bill this year. Attorney Bellinger differs from that decision and says that tho State should pay it? - A negro was carried before Judge lt. C. Watts, charged with the usual crime, at Florence last week, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to fen years in the penitentiary in less than t wenty minutes. This was record-breaker in such cases. - Mrs. Pollio E. Epting, of Pomaria, has been granted a pension on account of thc services of her son, Jacob A. Epting, ns a soldier in the Spanish American war, and who died of disease in Cuba in February, 1899. The pen sion dates from May 0, 1899. - John J. Smith, formerly auditor of Oconee county, died nt Hartwell, Ga., on the 19th. He carno to Walhalla in tho 50's from New York and was a con tractor on tho groat Stumphouse tun nel. He was a Confederate soldier, and a schoolmate of Grover Cleveland. - Tom Hill, a middle-aged employ?e of Clifton cotton mill No. 2, killed him self last Thursday night. Horan from hie wife, who was keeping watch on him, went to an upstairs room, locked himself in and shot himself three tunes with a stolen pistol, He evidently I aimed at his heart and did not miss it j ? far either time. - There is a family living in Picketts county that has a record most remark able and one seldom acquired by any family. The mother was married when ll years old. She is now 20 and hus 14 living children. Tho oldest one of the family has married and has ono c&ld. Therefore she is a grandmother at 20 yenrs of age. I - Greenwood county holds the re cord for the first kidnapping in ?his State. A. P. Du noway, formerly of that, county, now in the employ of the great Georgia farmer, James M. Smith, induced several Greenwood county negroes of tender years to go to Smith onin, Ga. Warrants were gotten out for him by tho parents and ho has been bound over to court. - The Spartanburg City Council has ordered that all persons within thc corporate limits of tho town who have not been successfully vaccinated in tho inst seven years must be vaecinoted at once. Those refusing shall be deem ed guilty of a misdemeanor and sub ject toa line not exceeding $100or im prisonment not exceeding thirty days. - Brag Jones shot and killed Lige Norman in the slasher room of tho Hamberg cotton mills last week. Both men were employes of the mill but working in different parts of tho build ing. Brag Jones in company with his brother, Charles, went to where Nor man was working and emptied his re volver nt Norman, inflicting three wounds from which he died instantly. There v.ere no eye witnesses to tho affair except tho Jones brothers, who declino to make any statement except to say that Norman had threatened tho lifo of Brag Jones. - After having been gored and man gled by bulls ho had endeavored to fi^ht with his bare hands, Oliver Glo ver, a raving maniac, was driven from tho swamps above Charleston and cap tured by phosphate workers. Hopes were thrown around him in lasso style. Ho fought desperately. Tho j man was stark naked. For six months , ho has roamed far into tho swamps without, clothing. Glover killed tho , cattle that drifted into tho swamp and ! ate their flesh. It is believed that ho I was trying to capturo a meal from a herd of milkers when tho bull fought him. His body was badly lacerated and ho toro open tho wounds while he raved. (i EN EUA L MsW? ITEM?. - Smallpox prevails in nearly every ( county of Mississippi. - Tin to was a big tiro in Atlanta tho other day. The Markham house block was burned, valued nt $000,000. - All negroes have been ordered to leave Hillsboro, p?., beca uso they endeavored to conceal a fugitive and criminal. - All Georgia towns are having n spasm over the Sunday laws. There have been arrests ?d' butchers, bakers i and candlestick makers, and mostly of j liquor sellers. - The Massachusetts Frog Company j ha? just been incorporated in Maine j with a capital of $5000, its object be ing declared in the application to be "to buy, sell, breed and import frogs and like animals. - A piano manufacturing company in Toronto, Ontario, claims to have in its shop a piano made by the company's founder sixty years ago while ho was in business in Buffalo and sold by him to Gen. Grant's mother. - Gen. J. B. Gordon was robbed in Chicago. Ho left his overcoat and grip in hotel otlico for a few minutes. When ho returned they were missing and checks and other valuables worth about $-1,000 in all were gene. - At Winsted, Conn.,,I. T. Hayes followed Miss Winnifred Cooke into the school building and shot her. She died instantly. They had been en gaged, and about a month bet?re tho shooting tho teacher broke it oil". - Dr. .F. L. M. Curry has prepared with much care from personal recol lections and available documents a civil history of tho Confederate gov ernment, w hich will soon he published. The work is tho outcome ?d'a resolu tion passed nt the Louisville Confed erate reunion. - In McDowell, N. C., Edwin Dover while sitting by the the smoking a cigarette and laughing and talking with the family, suddenly sprang for ward into the lire and was burned to denth. Ho was a tine specimen of young manhood mid was never sick a day in his life. - Some time ago a young widow and a student of pharmacy was missed from Atlanta. Their bodies have been found in the woods some distance from the car line. Tho young man shot tho the lady, set tho woods on tire around her and himself und shot himself. Both bodies were badly burned. - According to a letter from Da - son, in Yukon Territory, the tempera ture thero from January 8 to January 18 was the lowest known even in thnt frigid region. Tho lowest tetnpornturo that was recorded prior to that timo was 55 degrees below zero, ard tho thermometer dropped day by day and Anally bioko all records. On the 15tb ult. it was 82 below zero. - One hundred and sixty miles an hour is tho speed aimed at by a new electric railway company in Germany, under tho direct patronage of tho Em peror. Cars with accommodations for titty persons each aro now being built and will be tried on a thirty-kilometre track. It is intended to uso electricity only for tho express passenger service, as for freight and local tratllc steam is expected to remain tho power for a long time. - Thero aro eight cases of contest scheduled for tho Fifty-seventh House of Representatives, of which live are in Southern constituencies-two in Virginia, ono in Keutucky, ono in Ala basta and ono in Missouri. Thero is a contest in tho Thirty-second district of New York, which includes some of tho wards of B uffulo; another in tho capital, or Columbus, district of Ohio, and a third in ono of thc western dis tricts of Pennsylvania, in which tho successful democratic candidate had GOO plurality. - American peanut crops average about 5,000,000 bushels a year, and twenty two pounds of the nuts make a bushel. About $10,000,000 worth of peanuts yearly are consumed, either in the natural form or in candy. Vast quantities of peanuts are shipped each year to great Britain and tho continent from both Africa and Asia, where they are converted into "pure Lucca olive oil." A bushel of peanut shells will alford about a gallon ol' oil and tho meal i's used for feeding horses, and is also baked into a variety of bread which has a large sale in Germany and France?. - Dill you ever see a maimed or crip pled Chinaman? Did you ever see one with a big or an arm amputated, or even a linger? Tho chances aro that you never did and never will. * Accord ing to Wah Ling Lee, one of the China town's leading citizens, his country men would much rather die intact than live and bo separated from any portion of their b*odies. Even if life could bo saved by tho amputation of a limb, a Chinaman would refuse to permit tho operation, for his religion teaches him that in tho next world he must appear exactly a? he loft thia one, and if he is not fully equipped with all his mem bers ht will never bo able to repair the loss, but must go through oternity de formed. Capital punishment in China consists of decapitation, and the vic tim must remain headless in tho next world unless, through political inllu ence, his friend?-are enabled to recover tho head and sew it on again. Even then tho hoad must bc sewed on back ward, and that is tho way the Rpirit. must wear in forevermore.- Philadel phia Pott. Portman Letter. La?t week a package of news to the IN TULLIOKNCER fell by Ibo way side. Ex plaining to a gentleman who supplied Homo no-os, be said: "I would not be surprised if tho whole mail carrier, mule and buggy were to got lost on ??.!ch a road. The only way to get off ibo track thero uow i-t to hang thing* on th? wires overhead. Did you him mer away at those roads again?" A lillie facetiously I answered: "No, I seo they'vo boen plowing tho road-- the scraper bas been at work." "O, yes," said he, "that is over in tho Fork. Dog ou "om, they know where tho good roa is ure, and like to peddle-around with them Them roads aro smooth enough to piny marbles on; and they go fttspln' around the sides of thom, throw up a' couple spoonfuls of mould on tho top, thou makin' boliove they've been work in'." I interrupted by stying the Kontleman was making UKO of Col. Bill Arp's language, but he said, "Yes, Hen Tillman language would not b" half bid enough for them, andi would use it if it hadn't been you." "Why don't you people fill up theee holes yourselves? ' I anked; "those near est your own homos or property, and send in your bille; or tho people travel ling on these roads would be glad to pay you. It does not want material as line as chicken saud," said I, "but good sized rock; for those holes aro wells now, and can't be filled with clay any more than they can with bolled mush " "You're right," said my friend; "that is what we did do before the present commissioner; hut ho Haid lot thoso roads alone; I'll liud out where thoy are broken and have them mended, that's what I'm bete for." I said, "Never meddle with the govern ment of your County. If ila officers don't know their own busino3i we ean not teach them; aud 3011 wiii (iud, not your commissioner, but subordinates are lo blame for tho roads. You gentle men should Bend in a delegation to your commissioner a??] tainting him with the facts. I'm sure ho would respect you, and perhaps drive out this way fur him self." My friend laughed. "No, sir' Do you think those folk would spoil their patont loathers on suob a road? They will drive over lu tho Fork; these are high a*-d dry for them." I told him ruy sympathy was deep and sincere, as I had trials ol the mud bole*; but asked bim if ho heard of the streets in London before the Victorean era of paving? A man's hat was noticed in the street. Some one reached with a polo to pick lt up but found a man's bead was under the hat and the man was on top of a bun driving. My friend turned the joke up on mo and said I was shifting tho scenes. "That murt have happened at home " said he, "and it was not so long ago, oither. Why even Mr. Busby, over be tween tbts and Anderson, had his mule put his foot in one of those broken boards in a gully bridge and broke the limb. Tho mule died; but do you think tho man ls going to be compensated by the County?" I said "I will wrlto thelN TKLLIOKNCER about lt." "Yep," said he, ' ttl a paper ain't, gol no tags to it, and tho editor ain't afraid to spouk, If people would only tell him what'H the matter." Tho abovo ls but one communication from pooplo who bavd taken up the. road cry, and every mau thinks his editor can revolutionize an empire. The piece of machinery after its tedious journey, travelling ahmt a mlle a day, and shifting its own road planks, has ar rived a'the power bruse, Mr, Frank. Mayes bas promlesd tho correspondent for next week some items of technical id . ture -1 regarding the elootrlo plant. The honor of meeting Sunday. 17th inst., tho accomplished wife of Mr. J. J. Norris, of Anderson, who, with her hus band, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bus by, watt accorded to Wm. F. Loo and wife, who were guests of the day. Mrs? N irrls, while being wholly womanly, ia quite pretty, and delightfully young. She ls eminently tho equal of her cultur ed husband. K. H. L. Neal's Creek News. The wann suushiuy days of last week fooled a great many people, especially tho early gardenera, some of whom are looking very bluo since the snow. Owiug to tho bad weather Saturday there was no preaching. Among tho visitors Sunday we no ticed Col. L. E. Campbell, Mr. Johnie Gumbrell, Misses Daisy, Zadie anil Mr. John Hobbins, all of Eureka. The remains of Mr. Alfred K. Mann were brought to Neal's Creek Sunday and interred in tho Neal's Ci eek ceme tery. Rev. Mr. Allen conducted tho funeral services. Mr. Mann had re quested that his blind son play and sing that beautiful snug -'Tho half has never been told." It was very touch ing. I v'r. Clarence Elgin and brother, Walter, spent Saturday night with their parents. Our school is getting on nicely under? tho management of Misses Louise An derson and Lizzie Kay. Kelley Elgin, who is attending the Lebanon High School, Bpent last week at home. ! A very pleasant event was tho social gathering at >?r. Julian Martin's on the Mth inst. There wore quito a crowd of youug pooplo there, and passed the timo so pleasantly that wo were sur prised when some one announced that the clock was chiming tho hour of mid night. Mr. Floyd McDaniel visited bia pa rent* Sunday. Joe Major, Jr., of Anderson, spent a few days with relatives and fri.mis lust week. Ni xv. - Twenty-four mon have each served 20 years ami np ward in the United