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??p?a awa urn?11 m Q*wC cat1 g a? A BIG FORGERY, Sixty-Eight Thousand Dollars in Fraudulent Bonds. **?? nniT 10 imincD ADDF5T I vuurru i 10 ui? Ui.r\ . - * Th8 Forger Gets Big Loans from a New York Banker ana Bank on the Spurious Bonds. Julias Schroeter, of Forest Hill, N. J., wa3 arrested in New York Thursday on a warrant charging him with forgery on complaint of Ladcnbarg, Thalman & Co., backers, who charge Schroeter with forging bonds of the State of Virginia. Upon these alleged forged Virginia oond-j, amounting to aoout 5>iuv,wu, it is Scbroeter succreded in obtaining loans amounting to $68,000 from the Import ers' and Traders' National Bank and Ladenberg, Thai man & Co. According to the story as given out by Captain McClusky, Schroeter obtained an introduction to one of the presidents of the Importers' and Traders' National Bank in "September last, and negotiated a loan of $30,000, giv ing as security $50,000 worth ol Virginia bonds. The following month he brought to the bank $45,000 more of these bonds, on which he asked for a loan of $20,000, but there being some I suspicion he was put off for a time. ~ j -\r:? I dome 01 ine Donas were seut tv ?nginia for verification when it was found that they were forgeries. They then demanded that Schroeter put up good collateral. On November 17 Schroeter called on Ladenberg, Thalman & Co., 2nd nego tiated for a loan of $33,000. He offered $56,000 of these Virginia state bonds. He failed to get the amount that day, aad the next day returned with $16,000 of bonds which he offered for a loan of $10,000. This he got in two checks for $5,000 each. Schroeter then took ore of the checks to the Importers' and Traders' National Bank and paid that amount on his first loan there, reducing the idebtedness to $25,000. He also gave the bank 450 shares of stock in a manufaetnriog company in which lie was interested and received back for them $45,000 of the Virginia bonds. As he had already given the fira of Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. $16,000 of the $56,000 offered, he took $40,000 of i ? J the returned Donas to tnem aau received the $28,000 promised him on the $38,000 loans. Later the Ladenberg, Thalmaa firm investigated the transaction and found that the bonds were bogus and immediately informed the chief oi detectives. Captain McClusky said Schroeter had also been successful in negotiating a loan with the Seaboard National Bank. Here he put up $30,000 of the bonds and received $20,000 on them. In negotiating the loans, Schroeter is quoted by Captain McClusky as saying that the bonds were not his but belonged to Mrs. Emma Emeline Turner, Vf* ~\T Ann knf nATTT ItTTI T\ <T 1U1 UiCl IJ Ui i.U.0. ? C1UVU) uuu awn in London, England. He is also said X?- to have shown a power of attorney which authorized him to dispose of her property. Captain McClusky said he thought there was no doubt the power of attorney was also a forgery. It is said that the bonds were issued in 1882 by the Kendall Bank Note company of New York city on order of the State of Virginia. Previous to the full issue, the amount of which is not known by the police, 500 of the bonds were issued and sent to Virginia. The order was unsatisfactory to the Virginia officials and the rest of the order was cancelled The 500 bonds which has been made and shipped to Virginia were afterward sold at public auction in an express office in Virginia as Rur5r?sities and mere ly as pieoes of common paper. Schroeter "was arraigned in police court and held in $5,000 bail for farther examination lie was unable to furnish bail a&d was sent to the tombs. Schroeter refused to say anything at all either about hiimself or about the financial transaction. The woman, Emeline Turner, whom Schroeter is quoted as having said to have owned the bonds, is believed by the police to be in the neighborhood of New York instead of in London. The police say that she has been indmately acquainted with Schroeter for some years and a party to his dealings. A Sketch of Goebel. William E. Goebel, who was a^sav : sinated in Eiankfort, Ky., Ltsi week, is about thirty-five years old and siDgle. He has been a prominent figure in Kentucky politics a number of years and was recognized a.; the democratic leader of that state? By many he was called t?e democratic dictator, but it iaanswered that the party follows his lead hut with slight disaffection heje and there. Senator Geebel was the author of the famous Goebel election law, which brougt about the present state of affairs in that state. The senator was nominated for governor last fall by the Democratic convention at Louisville, and then followed a cam paign of great bitterness and recrimination. He was opposed by John Young Brown, Democrat, and W. S. Taylor, Republican. The Kentucky state board of canvassers decleared Taylor elected after a hard contest, and he was given the certificate and inaugu raleu governor, out me x'timuurats served notice of contest and the legislature decided in favor of Goebel, the day after he was shot. There has been much feeling between Goebel and his opponents and the attemptat assassiuation is not so surprising as might be expected. Goebel shot and killed a man in Covington, Ky., several years ago. John Sanford, a banker, was the ? victim. Duane Burned to Death. Mrs. Mary Duane was burnt to death Thursday night in her mom at No. 2 "Washington street, Charleston, S. C. Passers- by discovered the place to be afire and the alarm was turned in. W nen tiie door was rorcea trie woman s body, burned to a crisp, was found. In removing the effects of the room $700 in paper and $300 in coin was found secured between the mattresses of tha bed. in building the are in tne cnimney Mrs. Dnane'3 clothing probably becamo ignited and falling in a faint to the floor the room canght fire and she was burned before assistance could be summoned,?Columbia State. Mr. Douthit's PlaceSince the announcement of the resignation of Commissioner Douthit the aames of several have been mentioned in connection with the commissionership. Among those talked of are Col. S. W. Vance, who was put tut to give Mr. Douthit the place, and Representatives Crum, Lyles and Efird. If the senate bill passes the house the commissioner will be elected by the general assembly.?Columbia State. Will TEE FABKES3 LISTSS ! 1 To the Poliotving Most ExcellentlAdvice from the Cotton Plant. There is no doubt that the farmers of the South are standing just now at the partiDg of the ways, and upon their decision will depend to a great extent the policy and plans of a generation. Cotton has given them more money per pound than for any year in a decade, because the crop of last year was raised -??* ??? Mnnd ond hunnp ior itrss tuai (rei jjuauu, was more clear money realized. Besides the average farmer was in a better financial plight than he has been for ten years, because he has been practicing economy and raising his own food crops for man and beast. The money brought by his cotton crop has been more nearly a surplus than any year sioce the inflated prices that prevailed jast after the war, when every thing was booming along that line, and the contagion of going into debt took hold of the farming class and held it in a firm grip for twenty years. renditions are changed for the better, and nearly every farmer will admit that the best plan is to raise supplies on the farm, make as few obligations as possible, and cultivate only enough cotton to call it a surplus crop. The large acreage in wheat would indicate that the farmers are determined to stick to < *1 i__ r_ _ , tbe policy WQicu Lias m aisw^tj iucoouig i brought them out of debt and planted their feet on solid ground, but there are signs that many of them are weakening and vacillating at the present time, which would forebode a return to past conditions and restore the ruinous man agement of affairs in the South. One of these signs is that the fertilizer companies and agents are generally reporting larger sales than usual, and the inference is that the fertilizers will be mr used on the cotton crop, xms ma) not be true in every instance, but the large majority of farmers are not yet adepts in the use of commercial fertilizers f;>r any other purpose than raising cotton. On the threshold of another year the farmers in the South should make haste slowly about putting their trust too much in cotton. What guarantee is there that nrices such as are now prevailing will be realized next fall? A craze on planting cotton this spring will inevitably lower the price in September, and already the speculators are beginning to use the increased purchase of fertilizers to depress the price of cotton future's. Will we never learn that the world is combined against the Southern farmer to get his cotton for the least money, and that every factor which indicates a larger crop is used to our disadvantage? The sensible and pointed remarks of Mr. R. T. Nesbitt, - " * ' - i ? ?i?L :? Ot Georgia, woicn we ^aui iu ?uuuuci column, gives needed information and advice, which ought to be taken by all the farmers of the South. His counsel in regard to the farmer putting himself into a position whereby he will not be forced to sell cotton early in the season is worthy of careful study. The bonded warehouses may not be accessible to every community, but there are few towns in the South where the farmers cannot make arrangements with local banks and merchants to get ad vances upon cotton after it has been baled, and thereby prevent tbe rash of the crop to the interior markets early in the fall. There is no doubt that the advice given last fall to hold back cotton aided to a great extent in raising the t>rice in October and November, bafc concert of action amorog the fanners through banks and merchants where bonded warehouses do not exist will have a like effect another season. Let no one be deceived by the present prices of cotton, which would not yield near the profit this year than was realized from the crop of 1899. Not only will the farmer have to pay more for his fertilizers, but as prices have advanced all along the line, his labor will cost him more than last year, and he cannot buy a mule for anything like the price paid one year ago. His plows will cost nearly a hundred per cent, more than they did last year, and all machinery used on the farm has advanced not less than fifty per cent. Agricultural implements -and all else bought from the stores will cost more this year, and it is a matter of impossiblity that cot to* can be grown as cheaply as last yea?, or in fact that rmi nor aot> Ko r\ nnn in I CmUJ A1UU VA v? WW 1900 at the same cost as in 1399. Farmers who are so unfortunate as to buy provisions this year will feel the effect keenly every time they enter a store to get their supplies. Will the farmers listen to the warnings of their best and most reliable counsellors? Or will they ignore the facts staring them in the face, end plunge headlong into a course which cannot end in any other way than disappointment and disaster? The Cotton Plant to the full measure of its influence wishes to avert the calamity that is lying just ahead, and recognizes with intense satisfaction that some of a toin Sah^ flerAlinft oris I bug Jiaxiuvic au k/vuvu v?av4amm *?*v v paring to fight the trusts by organizing their forces in dee season. Still the great masses of our j>eople are supinely yielding to what they consider the decree of fate against them, when by intelligent and earnest effort they might teach a lesson to the fertilizer trust that would benefit them for many years W UVUiC. A Good Bill Silled. The bill to provide for the sale of the governors mansion came up in the House of Representatives Thursday. Mr. Rogers moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Grantt spoke in favor of the bill. The governor's mansion can be sold for $30,000. Half of that money can erect a handsome modern home for the governor. The present mansion is almost a disgrace. It was never intended for a residence, but was an arsenal. The bill would turn into the treasurv $15,000 in addi tion of the erection of a nice home od property dot the State's. The vote was 42 to 42 and the speaker decided aeainst striking out the enacting words. The vote was clinched on motion of Mr. Gautt. Mr. Richards moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. This was carried by a vote of 55 to 42 and subsequently clinched. a wnttr tvntrta M iivn jjrsj j w A Chicago man is applying for a patent for a "nickel-in-the slot" device that will be appreciated by the users of electric motor vehicles. He proposes to establish small storage stations, supplied from a central point, at which "dead" motors may, on the dropping in the slot by their owners of a coin or coins, be sufficiently charged to carry them home. The device is automatic throughout. The supplemental lists of casualties am trrrsx /v! ti rV> r? Q in tian'lQroU tUTtf* If! illl tnu UWUUIU3 1U livuymwi *.** the London papers, making 1,200 reported thssfar in Gen. Bailer's operations nortk of the Tugela riv<irr The Daily Chronicle estimates tkat the total exceeds two thousand. The forty per cent, loss at Spion Kopis greater than any British force ever suffered, except < possibly at Albuera, Spain, in 1811. ! 0 gjgggy .II^TIdl?< M? . pn-i n > , .? A LARGE ARMY. England Has Two Hundred and Thirteen Thousand Troops IN AFRICA TO FIGHT BOERS. It Is Beyond Comparison the Largest Body of 1 rocps Great Britain Ever In the Field. A dispatch from London says Mr. Wyndham's remarkable declaration in the house of commons Thursday that Great Britain will have in a fortnight a total of 213,000 troops in South Africa with 452 guns, is received with wonderment. All are now there, except about 18,000 that are afloat. Beyond comparison this is the largest force Great Bxitaiu has ever put into the field. At the end of the Crimean war she had craped together eighty thousacd men. Wellington at Waterloo had 25,000. Boughly ppeaking only eighty thousand men are at the front. Ten thousand others have been lost and 10,000 are shut up at Ladysmith. Excluding these there are seventy thousand troops who have not yet been in actiou in addiiioi to those at sea. T' L _i. A 1 wny so many uavu uut .>??, wccu engaged is explained by the lack of land transport and the origin of supplies to which Lord Roberts is devotiDg his experience and Lord Kitchcner his genius for details. It seems as though the weight of these masses must destroy the equilibrium which now hoMs the British forces stationary wherever they are in contact with the Boer army. Lack of transports and organization will not explain adequately why, when generals at the front request reinforcements, they get thorn in rather small numbers. Knowled^ is slowly penetrating to London that large garrisons must be kept in_Cape Colony to hold down the (Jape Dutch who, as every one knows, outnumber the British residents three to one. Old Hens for Mothers. While the chief use of tlie hen is to lay eggs and to furnish poultry for the table, it must not be forgotten that this is only a part of the original design whioh must not be entirely superceded by inventions like the incubator. This latter may do where thousands of young fowls have to be grown for en-^norVi "hpns rfmld hp. VJk VliVAUl V V "V-- vv v>. ? secured in brooding condition to meet this demand, especially as it is the largest when the natural impulse of every hen is to lay more eggs and not to^become a mother, so says i writter in Massachusetts Plowman. Hence the incubator is, and will always be, a necessity. But we hate to think of the life of an incubator-hatched chicken that it is to grow up and live for years, perhaps, and never hear the sound of the ben's familiar "cluck." It will practically grow up without any relations, the most desolate kind of an orphan. There are thousands of farmers who keep hens who do not care to grow more chickens than their own hens can hatch. We would adyise all such, in thinning off their flocks of poultry, to save a few old hens to hatch out the chickens needed for next year. The old hens will not lay many eggs. Probably their egg supply has been mostly exhausted. But they will be all the more 'interminable sitters because of this. Gtve them the eggs of the most prolific egg producers of the flock, for these will make the best layers. Most people encourage the brooding habit among their flocks by allowing hens that are nearly past laying to steal a nest, lay ten or a dozen eggs and hatch them out. Of course, the old hen is f V? ftO/i />Kl/>IrO TTT i Vl Onmi:jr J/iVUW V4. wiiVOV niiivu she knows are all her own, as only her own eggs are in the nest. But the chickens of these old hens will take after their mother in laying few eggs, andjthen quickly becoming broody. It is" by the contrary policy, breeding from eggs laid by fowls that have little iacliusuon to set, that the best breeds of egg^ producers were probably originally produced. The sams policy continued will largely increase egg production. - A Criminal AssaultJohn Wade, a colored hack driver of Spartanburg, was arrested in that city Thursday on the charge of criminally assaulting a clored woman named Lily Sunamey, who came down on the train from Hendersonville, bound for' New York city, where she was going to cook for the family of Mr. John L. Elliott, on Wednesday evening. The woman had a ticket through to New Y ork, and failing to make connection with the northbound train on account of some delay of the Asheville train, she had to spend the night in Spartanburg. Wade saw the woman, who is about 25 ycsrs of age and of comely appearance, he, under pretext of taking her to a boarding house nearby, enticed her to take a walfc with Him, and accomplisnea 111s purpose. He was arrested and is in jail, where he will remain until the next term of court. Friday night the colored people of the city held an indignation meeting at the court house and some red hot resolutions were passed denouncing the act of the hack* man. The colored people are much exercised over the matter. Goebel Like the Maine. The New YorkSan's Frankfort, Ky., correspondent, in the course of his report of the attempted assassination of Q-oebel. savs that the dav before the tragedy, Congressman John Hendricks, a warm personal friend of Goebel, said to him: "Senator, I kave reason to believe that there is a plot on foot to assassinate you. For the sake of the party, if you Trill not be careful for your own sake, don't go near the State house." Goebel replied: "Why. Jonn, I never go unaccompanied." ' wll O f "IPlI 1 TnftT* TOlfll j^uv rruaw guvu niJii nn.u you do, if you are shot from ambush?" "If I am shot from ambush," replied Senator G-oebel, "my death will be to the Democracy of Kentucky, what the blowing up the Maine was to Cuba." With that he dismissed the subjcct, and it-is the only instance known of his giving it a moment's recognition, even to his most intimate friends. A Centenarian. Fannie Bknton, colored, aged one frnr? filflTTfir- ttooiki An UUUUl^U (WU wvivu J VUltJj VtAVVfc vu WUV 30th inst, on Dr. Jesse Cleveland's place, near Spartanburg. The old woman was raised by Mr. Blanton, of Union county, and has been living near this city since the close of the Confederate War, with her daughter, who was the wife of Bob Bomar, both of whom died several years ago.?Spartanburg Herald. position What He Says About a Conference) in His Office. In view of the question of Senator Manning on the floor of the senate in regar<l to the alleged caucus on the disnensarv. said to have been held in the governor's office, Gov. McSweeneyhas made a statement in regard to the matter. He says he certainly has no objection to the facts bein? known. He says: "There was nothing private or secret about it. I saw that there were a number of bills relating to the liquor question being offered in the general assembly, nearly all of which pointed to the a!>olition of the state board of control, and the conference was held simply to try to get the friends of the dispensary to agree on some plan and it. and avoid Ion? and useless r*~?v ? --7 . u ? discussion and thus help to shorten the session. I had no administration bill to present and have had none. My position was clearly and positively stated in my message. I insisted in the conference that I did not want to be on the board of control, *nd so far as wanting poffer to appoint the board, I never thought of that, and knew nothing of Seoator Henderson's amendment until I heard it read in the senate. "At the conference, which was held, it was distinctly understood that it was not binding anyone, and the only purpose was to try to get the friends of the dispensary, holding divergent V1PW3, lUgCbiiCi ?uu agiou uu avuig piau and thus save the time of the legislature. I have not assumed to dictate to the members of the legislature, nor have 1 tried to get them to place more power in my hands. Neither have I tried to shirk any responsibility that was properly mino. 4'I do not conceive it improper for members of the legislature to confer about important legislation and for efforts to be made to get those who are seeking the same end together on a plan to accomplish that end and thus save time and money for the people. That is all there wis in it. I have not endeavored to influence legislation further than to make suggestions, as I am Vitt fr.Vio nftnotifnhinn in mu annual and special messages. My aim has been and shall be to exeoute the laws as made by the law-making power." LENGTH OF THE SESSIONS, It Will Hardly Last Over the Forty Days Limit. The Columbia Record says "the joint meeting of the judiciary com mitteesof the two houses held Wednesday afternoon failed to decide as to the constitutional limit of this session of the legislature. The committee divided even on the question. Eleven members believed that the session cannot last over forty days with pay for the members, while the other eleven hold just the opposite view. The question arises over an interpretation of the constitution. That instrument provided that four sessions after the adoptioa of the constitution the general li ? -ii. ?_ t? assemujy imgut dic uvci lviiy uajro with pay. As the constitution was. adopted in 1895 it wonld seem plain that the session of 1899 was the last of the unlimited sessions. It is contended on the other hand that the constitution refers to four legislatures elected after the constitution went into operation. The sessson of 1895 was elected before the constitution was adopted, but its meeting was postpoo ed by the constitutional convention from the fall to January of. the r i i 1 i !.. tt.j. next year, it is neia Dy one siae mat this legislature does not-count and consequently the present session is the last of the four. Since there is some doubt about the matter, it is safe to say that the legislature will not be in session over forty days." To County Auditors. Comptroller General Derhamis sending the following circular letter to county auditors: Dear Sir: In writing up your duplicate for 1900,.please-.observe the following: > First. Require a tar return in due form from all taxpayers. Do not accept a return that says "same as last Year, or no chanee inrroDerty." Where the party desires to send return by mail, let him make return" under oath before a magistrate or notary public and transmit by mail. Second. Befere entering a name on your duplicate, check the returns by the duplicate of 1899 and see who have failed to make return, or if they are in another school district, cr township. Be careful in this work and do not enter property twice on your duplicate. Never charge a piece of. land to anyone until you know the source from whence acquired, and then deduct the same number of acres from the acreage of me i oncer uwuer, as^auuwu uu iuc duplicate. Submit to the township board of assessors the names of all taxpayess who were on your duplicate in 1899 and who do not make return for 1900. An observance of these instructions will prevent many errors and the necessity for this department to consider petitions looking to the corrections of errors which should have never been made. Please acknowledge receipts of this letter. Yours truly, J. P. Derham, Comptroller General. The Rise In Paper. The rise in paper is really getting very serious for the newspapers of the country and one ?>y one tney are announcing that they have fousd it necessary to raise the price of their papers to $1.50 or $2. One thing is certain. The papers cannot affo/d to send out copies to people who are careless about paying for it. As the price is now, many papers are sending out over a dollar's worth of paper, not counting the cost of anything connected with the printing or the mailing for the price of one dollar and it is said that" the price is still rising. We are inclined to think that this is a Republican trust scheme to throttle the independent country rress that stands as such a menace to their supremacy.? Florence Times. Pats Washington Aflame. The shooting of Senator G-oebel in Frankfort, Ky., created the wildest excitement in Washington. Several members of the Kentucky delegation in in the house, including Wheeler, who was one of Goebel's ablest lieutenants, will leave for Frankfort at once, and it is freely predicted here that the shooting of Goebel is only the first of a series of tragedies that will inevitably follow. The fact that G-oebel was shot from the 1 executive building adds to the flame. A. kingdom for a cure ! i You need not pay so much. A twenty-Sve cent bottle of L. L. & K. Will drive all ilia away. Caa f*tt i ^awimi fr* ilfl UW au. 4UU cijr lfc?liCTCA 1*113* J I XJm i Mm1 m. in i n. n nr?11. n i >111 ?M 1 uui wm. ' ? Won't Listen to It. The Spartanburg Herald in Jlnmic-S^n/T + Vl ^ *>/ -.?? orvl 1-flAn r\f Tir UJ.0l?/U30JLU.? UJLLO A XJ.CC l/lVi-I VI JL/JL. Carlisle from the presidency of "Wofford College, which he has tendered to take effect on the first of June, says "we have never for one moment entertained the thought that Dr. Carlisle's resignation as President of Wofford College could be accepted. Even if the trustees under some mental aberration should accept it, the whole state from the mountains to the tea, the whole South, the friends of education and the intelligent and appreciative sentiment of the whole country would cry out against it. Dr. James H. Carlisle is the most conspicuous figure in the South today identified with christian education. He is one of the few men who can be set down as great?great in mind, in heart in force of character such as leaves an impress upon humanity. We cannot believe that any sane man would willingly consent to accept his resignation. Certainly no friend of Wofford College urrmlrl allnwit if Viv flnv mMTlS it could be averted. Dr. Carlisle is not old. He is in the prime of his power, his mind is as vigorous and his influence upon this community as strong as it ever was. * He is indeed a man whose place cannot be filled. We feel assured that when the time r?nrr>A?smrl Vipsaps thp nPPfl for his c~Jtinued labors at the head of Wofford's faculty, he will reconsider or else some means will be employed to avert such a blow as would inevitably follow his retirement from the Presidency. There is not a college in this or any other country but would honor itself in electing Dr. Carlisle as its head, * /? 111 even tnougn ne was enieeDiea, which he is not. Even with old age, with bad health, though he should be decrepid and blind, he would still occupy a place that no other man could occupy. We cannot believe that the ** * -l i t* rf AI y>i_ _ i _ MetnoaiST 01 ooui;n Carolina win allow such a man to leave his post, at least without exhausting every resource to keep him there. The influence of James H. Carlisle at the head of Wofford is incalcuable in dollars and cents." This is a splendid tribute to Dr. Carlisle, but he deserves it all. We join the Spartanburg Herald in protesting against his retirement from Wofford College as. its head. If need De give mm an assistant who could lighten his work, but by all means let the grand, humble christian scholar remain at the head of old Wofford. Homicides in South Carolina. No more generally inetresting information could be given than that contained in compilation of fis^ires from annual report of the solicitors in the. several circuits showing the number of men slain by their fellow men during the past year in South Carolina, to wliat extent the slayers have punished and how. Acordingto these reports there wera two hundred and twentyone murders in South Carolina last year. In these cases the parties were tried for murder. In fliers wprft sit other homicides for which the parties were tried for manslaughter only. All six of the manslaughter cases resulted in convictions There were ninetyseven convictions for murder and eighty-three acquittals, the others being disposed of by "no bills" and dismissal of the cases. A search of the records as to the disposition 01 trie cases snows only eight death penalties and twenty-nine life sentences. The other sentences were only terms sentences. Think of it. Two hundred and twenty-one cases of murder, and only eight executions. Is it any wonder that human life is cheaper in South Carolina? According to these figures it is safer to kill a man than to steal a pig, far as one's personal convenience is concerned. A Sad AccidentAn - inquest was held over the body of Willie Robinson, who died at the city hospital Thursday form a wound in the head received by an axe in the hands of his father, William Robinson, about two weeks ago. William Robinion, who lives at Mt Pleasant, was cutting wood in his back yard. His 4-year-old child was playin** naa? nff ill a handle, striking the child in the head. He was brought to the city by his father and sent to the hospital. The jury returned a verdict that death was caused from a blow in the head by an axe, and that the said blow was the result of an accident.?Charleston Post. That Spanish Cannon. The captured Spanish cannon given rtifrTT nf rnlnmWe V\T7 fVio TTnifoH KV WUV V*V^ V* LSAU KTJ V/ States government arrived here Friday and is at the Colnmbia, Newberry and Lanrens depot. The cannon is a very large brass one about 14 feet in lenghtli and is not mounted, the city having to look to that. It is evidently a gun used only for siejre or defense purposes. ' It weighs 6,600 pounds. It is proposed to mount the gun and place it in the State oapitol grounds. It will be one of the most interesting sights to visitors to Columbia henceforth.?Columbia State. Poll Tax ob Chain Gang.?The attorney general has decided that all persons who refuse to pay their poll tax this year will be guilty of a mis?'emeaner and subject to a fine of not more than ten dollars or imprisonment at hard labor on the public works of the county not more than twenty days. The comptroller general has issued instructions for all delinquents to be ari i ? it# ^ _ rested ana inea Deiore a magistrate. The time for payment without penalty baa expired, but it will be better to pay the penalty than to be put on the chain gang. His Neck Broken. Ned Harris, a colored employe at the Georgia Chemical works. Augusta Ga., was instantly killed Thursday morning. He was rolling u car along an elevated track and fell to the ground, a distance of 30 feet, fall breaking his neck. A Brutal Crime. W. W. Bc-ard, Town Marshall of Tifton, Ga., is uow evading a warrant in the haiids of the sheriff, who is mak mg a diligent searcn lor tne lugitivc. Saturday night an overcoat was missed from the hotel, and Sunday moroing three unknown Negroes, who had come in the previous day, were arrested -on suspicion. As no evidence ould be obtained against them, the marshal and several men took them off in the woods ti make them confess. The marshal! beat one until he was tired, and then made him beat the other two. As the Neeroes still denied the theft, the beating was kept up nearly all day. until late in the evening one of the Negroes died, and in a few hours later another one died. The are said to have been mutilated besides the beating. The third Negro is still alive. A coro ner's jury was summoned, and after investigation returned a verdict that the deceased '"came to their death at the hands of W. W. Beard, the marshal, and others, and that the same was wilful murder." A warrent was issued for Beard's arrest9, but he has left for parts unkDow. Burned His Infidel Library. Marshall 0. Waggoner, the convert from infidelity to Christianity has at last burned his infidel library, which, was one of the finest in the world. He has spent thousands of dollars and travelled far and wide to collect it. His first idea was to have a public bonfire, but decidcd, in view of the fact that many might doubt his sincerity, to burn the books in the furnace of the Memorial United Brethren church, corner of Lawrence avenue and Eicks street, which was aone last night in the presence of the Rev. E. P. Rosselot, the pastor, and a few intimate friends. Along with the boo\s went a number of etchings and engravings of an atheistic nature. He ap peared to be tbe Happiest man in Toledo as he saw the flames gradually destroying his collection. He delayed the burning so long because he had lent many books and was desirio^s of securing them and destroying all at the same time.?Toledo Dispatcii. A Regular Bonanza. Mr. W, J. Thackston, of Greenville, who is in the city in the interest of the Pickens cotton mill, soon te be established, made a statenfent about cotton mill -investments yesterday which shows their valut. "In 1884," said Mr. Thack ston, a young man in cms cuy was given $10,000 by a relative. The father of the young man was an intimate friend of Capt. Ellison Smyth and the entire amount was invested in stock of thePelzer Manufacturing company. It was never taken out. The accumulated dividends were left with the first investment. Late in December the youDg owner of the stock became of age and he called to see Capt. Smyth for a settlement. The stock had risen in value from $10,000 to $17,000 and the accumulated dividends amounted to $11,000, making a total of $28,000, a clear profit of $18,000 on the investment. The man was so well pleased with cotton mill stock that he immediately put his money out in other mill securities."?News and Courier. Garden Work for February. Sow in Lot beds or cold frames early cahbaffe. cauliflower, beet, onion, let tuce, radish; and in hot-beds sow egg plant, tomato and pepper. The last of ?he month sow in open ground early peas, spring kale, beets, spinach, carrot, celery, radish and parsley. Set out onion sets, horse radish roots and hardy lettuce plants. Early plantings of potatoes can be made. Hardy flower seeds can be forwarded either by sowing in hot-beds or in pots and boxes in the house for later transplanting. Sow Wood's Evergreen Lawn Grass, the earlier in the spring this is sown the better. For the farm.?Prepare plant beds and put in Tobacco seed. Sow Canada Field Peas and Oats, and towards the end of the month, Grass and Clover Seeds can safely be put in. Sow dwarf r? o i Xisses Jtvape ior aneep grazing. Bay your seeds from T. W. Wood & Sods, Richmond, Va., whose new advertisement appears in another column. Died of Acid Poisoning. Jessee Jones, colored, died Thursday from acid poisoning while working in o/?id nvomkiirftf tvio flvnenrft t7pr. i blAVr AVIU VJJ(*WW k V* vuv vmj.vv?w ?. tilizer Works. The death of Jones has been reported to the coroner and an investigation will be held as it is alleged that after Jones was taken sick in the acid chamber he was placed in the blacksmith shop where lie was allowed allowed to remain for six hoars and that he died without attention or medical aid. Jones has been an ?mploye of tho Chicora works for a number of years, [always working in the acid chamber. Wednesday mornine he went, to work as usual mixing acid in the acid chamber. He had not been at work long when he was suddenly over-. AVII v\rv flia ^nrwaa CULUC liuiil XUUAiUU^ CJJLV/ luuiryU nu\i gases, and in an unconscious condition he was taken out and placed in the blacksmith shop, where he died, after six hours.?Charleston Post. He Was Absent Minded. An absent-minded Western Representative was seen to hurry up to a pared mail bos in Washington the other day and carefully deposit therein a onran Af mnpr which he earned in one* hand. In the other hand was a bundle of papers ready for mailing, and these he hastily threw into a garbage barrel which happened to be standing on the curb near the parcel box. WOOD'S I SEEDS. ? i Wood's Haine-Grown I Sfifid Pnfotms 1 w vi vtuyv vw 5e are vnqwptionsWy ?>; I*'#1. Swd Pota- n toes for at;:i: t:? rii pin: Our Pota- gf. toes arc grow:; ' , I'y 'for seed jmr- g poses in j!'-: !:* .-? : r?i?tr:cs In ? Maine. mm ;- ?<' ::<.?*?. for t?? ;r eatii- Eg ness. uni'orr.!rtvg? > >/ ;?}<: pro- w dcced. T!v ! : j*r.;o erov.-ers in w the So-i'r nr. -iv.r Sr.--;: Jv.ta B toes.Tiiii :: < ;.- ? *:..t ?aost prvlissble gg resii!?-*. Wi- I!c? gj VA. SEC*>Mi re>P POTATOES | 'grown 'r..!:: -ocd. The?? ;r;ve e splendid ; . j> rf-iuit.-: tiiu a:*: s.?>p''.!ar [3 Trith truck'-r- ovcryfflicse*. " H Wood^s l)?5crjpt?vc Catalogue, gj I Prices quoted tHon M T. W. WOOD & SONS, I SEEDSMEN, Richmond, Va. Tbi Largest Seed Hnu^ in the , VI1VVI "VTe wish all a bright and pro; those, who are the happy Royal Elastic F< ?qfr. We hops the success of e well assured as the success 'of o grows steadily and the most grf receipt of voluntary letters froi of great satisfaction and comfoi If you are interested in good call on your nearest dealer. I write to us direct for descriptiv Yours truly, Royall & Bor -o Prepare to; i Prices of paper and paper b; if yon will tell ns your troubles Colombia St: ^Wholesalers of Bags, coLioiB: '/ V--'/ * />' ' ( p - -~X:? i ? j. i f\ N ^ V 7<n l I- s- .y*< < .J . J vt/?^ f,v - I ^-,p MacFEAT's School of Shob COLFMBl W. H. MaeFeat, Court S m 11. Terms reasonaDie. Why Cows Dry Up. i Cows go dry from mismanagement I more than from any other cause. * Ir- { regularity of milking and failure to? "strip" will cause any cow to dry off I The richest milk is last drawn from I the udder, and for that reason alone the dairymen should strip closely. Changes of food, when nade suddenly, will also cause the cows to fall of in yield; but. in wintea the cause may also be due to extreme cold and insufficient oIiaUav ttt V?ila onmmor .1, a neo nuug ju ouluiaiva vuw imv v* netting in the windows to prevent the entrance of flies and other insects, will serve to prolong the miLking period.? Farm and Field. Ginning Machinery. o The Smith Pneumatic Suction Elevating, Ginning and Packing System Is the simplest and most efficient on the market. -- Forty-eight complete outfits in South Carolina; each one giving absolute satisfaction. Boilers and Engines; Slide "Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log .Beam bste Mills cannot be equalled in design, efficiency or price by any dealer or manu cajturer in the South. Write for prices and catalogues; V. C. Badham, 1326 Maiji Street, COLTIMBIA, S. C. - flrtwtkflil rlli ftrward you tbii f? the EXpress Steam Dyeing of every description. Steam, Naptha, French Dry and chemical cleansing. Send * for our new price list and circular. All work guaranteed or no cliarge. Oilman's Steam Dye Works, 1310 Main Street Columbia, S. C A 1 "D tl/NYX-w" f\4 JU. \_/i email, JLiu^iicbvi. WANTED! Every one to know that the KEELEY CURE for Drink, Drug and Tobacco addictions is now re-estab lihsed at Columbia, S. C. Call or write, The Keeley Institute, 1109 Plain Street. No other in tl? - state. 1,1 " ?i M - - -/Hi iings: sperons NV>v V^ar, especially possessors of one of on? }lt Mattresses | very reader of this paper is as ^1 nr mattress. The sale of same J itifying part of it is the daily 11 new customers, expressive . A <- fmm noA rtf.jjajnft. U UVUTVU MVUft VMrfw 1 bedding, and all ought to be, 1 he does hot handle them, e pamphlet. H manufacturers, m 0OLDSBORO, m e. Shed Tears. ] igs are rapidly advancing, bnt i we may be able to kelp yon. itionery Co., .Taper, Twines, ew:. fA, S. C. trry/if 0 -~V1 /""% .THAinj Airo TrPE^RiTiiro, :a, S C. tenographer, Principal. Write for catalogue. . . f LUMBER. COTTbx. The Soii's Leaning Products. I We are Headquarters for the best line of machinery required for preparing the above ?A for market, having a complete and extensive line of Saw Mills and SawJdiU Machinery, Cot ton Ginning Machinery a&u Engines and Boilers. The equipment of modern^ ~ ; ginneries with the celebrated * ^ Murray Cleaiiihg'and Dfstribn ting. System a specialty. " * ;r I 4 ' ; ; W. H. Gibbes & Co., 804 Gterraia Street, L COLUMBIA, S. C. \ Near Union Depot. - " * mm*" Man's strength i lies in his jj . s stomach. A poor^-weakdig^tioiidebili- A tates and lmpovcrislids tho body. No needconfiuing one's sell-to \ j certain simple diet, on this ac- jM count); when with the use Jof "Hilton's Life fortheLiverand Kidneys" any kind of food may be eaten "with comfort. 25c a J " Wholesale.by M ?^-<K> McC?aarr~""- I TOBrwaT^i COLUMBIA, S. C." ? ? 1 MONEY TO LOAN On improved real estate. Interest eight per cent., payable semi-annually. Time 3 to 6 years. v M N o commissions charged Jno. B. Palmer & Son, ^ CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 1205 PUin St., Columbia. S. C Pilene. ^ An absolute 1 ____ p cure; for piles. % Only 50 cents. J THE MURRAY DRUB 68., ' COLUMBIA. S. C. -^3 Jno S. Reynolds, -A t-i. - * - - '' ^xii/uruejr at -Liaw, Columbia, S.C* wmm :?:i| -J