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' The Press and Banner Twelve Pages. -----? ABBEVILLE, S. O. ? | ' . ^-Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1891. ^ Plant Cottou. We notice that the Farmers Allianco rulers have ordered their members to plant less cotton. The Southern Cultivator has taken the cry, and Joins in the request that all farmers reduce the area of thejr cotton land. The Press and Banner thinks that is all very good and very fine advice for farmers in Georgia, Florida, Texas and other places, but it wont do for Abbeville county farmers. Let the far off farmers reduce tue area, as well as the crop, but the people in Abbeville county are interested in making, each for himself, the biggest crop possible. Let every planter In Abbeville county enrich his land' and cultivate to the best of his ability, the largest amount of land possible. As It takes only a little more than half a year's work to make a cotton crop we would suggest that the remaining four or Ave months be utilized at other profitable work. Every spare acre of land on the farm ought to be fenced, and then a proper number Of cattle should be put on the pasture to gather Iiutj grtuts uuu iui u n ...?v ?u?<> On every farm there should be a field of bermuda gras8,and now Is the right time to set It. Bermuda grass Is "at home" on our high poor ridges, and It Is the best growth lor stop' plngguileys and washes, that is known to the ~ South. Stock like It better than any other grass, and no grass Is more nutritious. ^ ? If corn is planted the last of this month or In tli9 early days of March, there 1b a reasona ble certainty of making a good crop. When the time comes plant the crop, no matter E; '* whether the weather or the ground Is cold. If our farmers would plant such crops as would give them employment when not engaged with the cotton crop, and would enclose their waste lands, great prosperity would come to our people. As a matter of fact every firmer, ought to subscribe for two or three newspapers. Tney should lake one of their county papers, and [then they snouia suoscnue iw ?Eih,uhu.,.. papers and stock Journals. But strange to say, a majority of the farmers would prefer to subscribe for a cheap weekly political paIpers, which pay more attention to the politl. clans and their interests, than they do to tbe practical and business affairs of the farmThe Female College Commission. Governor Tillman has appointed the fol* lowing commissioner*: MlssM. L. Yeargln' Leesvllle; Miss Hannah Hemphill, Abbeville; Prof. E. S. Joynes, Columbia. These commlsi. ' sloners were provided for in a concurrent resolution of the last General Assembly, and i they have been appointed to carry out the suggestion of Governor Tillman's Inaugural f on the subject of an Institutions for the normal and Industrial education of woman. The E& Inaugural suggests that the commission ascertain and report on the cost ol an instltuItlon for that purpose, with tbe probable annual cost of Its maintenance. Tbe members of the commission, of some of them, it is said, will be asked to visit the Columbus, Miss. Female College, the Missouri College and perhaps otbor of tbe institutions for industrial female education. The commission 'will also report to the Legislature all bids, offers and inducements from various places EL In South Carolina which may desire the college to be located. It is understood that sev ertti towns umc won umo an?>uj <u We taJie the above from yesterday's News and Conrler, and commend 3overnor Tlll? man for the wisdom displayed in the selecof this commission and we congratulate the prettiest editor In the state on this merited , compliment. In the absence of her father iMIss L Hemphill Is the able and sprightly editor ol the Abbeville Medium, and during It Is presence she is his Indispensable assistant, who can write anything from a leading editorial to a society local. Any one who malces as * >- good an editor as she does could not fall to be a suitable member of a commission to devise plans for theestabllshment of au industrial school for woman. Miss Hemphill was educated so well at home by her father, Senator Hemphill, that ?he Is now a paid correspondent of literary anil news Journals. Her communications having attracted attention she was sometime ago offered a position by a leading dra. matlc Journal of New York, which oiler she ? lias now under consideration. She is also gifted as an artist. The Governor of Georgia l*nt* on Aim. KSP Governor Northen's lack of civility toward Jay Gould, clearly shows a disposition on hi* Lr-^, ypart to curry favor with tbe Allianccmen of R Georgia. I As far as we know Jay Gould is about as [ " good as the average citizen, and for all we know, is Just as good as Governor Northen. Tbe greatest sin chargeable to Gould is,that be baa made an immense for'.uneby speculation. And we presume the number of men who would not do the same thing?If they could?Is small. Jay Gould speculates in railroads, banks ' , ^ and stocks, but it looks very much like Governor Northen is seeking to speculate on the "V: .prejudices and Ignorances of the average Georgian. Jay Gould doesn't tear up the roads which he buys, but as a general thing, we believe he Improves them, so the public gets better service. It is ut(?r and absolute foolishness to fight large corporations which give us quick travel, oomfortable cars, and cheap rates. Syndicates and large monopolies have done more to develope the railroad systems than very other Influence combined, and It seems strange that any man with intelligence enough to fill the office of Governor, should believe that railroad builder, or succossful manager of old roads, is a public enemy. The probability Is, that Gould will survive. ? - An Interesting Paper. This week we present our readers with a four page supplement, tilled with Interesting matter. Besides a great quantity of miscellaneous articles, we present a ' Washington Birth Day" page, which is of more than usual interest. A long list of real estate transfers will Interest readers In every township. The Initiation of General Gordon is exceedingly interesting, in that it reveals the manner of his initiation Into the Alliance. The long article on larm work, guanos, &c? is alone worth the subscription price, i In this week, too, we violate our rule not to publish original poetry. We do this purely in deference to the wishesof the good ladles who sent It, and because the enthusiasm of our ladles for Hampton extends from the mountains to the sea. The Lint Will be PubliMhed. We are committed to the publication of our subscription list. It will now appear, but It is barely possible that the man who Is too for in arrears may not see his name or his paper either. Two LlMtM. Waa?aAAHtamntitflnii tlin nlon nf nnlillKli ?T C W.O ? i ishing two lists. On*2 list containing the names of all subscribers?persons who pay. And another list embracing all tho names ol those "take ^lie paper'*?that Is, people who j don't pay. The Register says that the trial of C'olone| Jones, which was to have taken place in Lexington this week, has been postponed luntil the June term, on account of the illness of his lawyer, Major W. U. Gary. Colonel Jones, it ? will be remembered, is the man who wen' | gunning for the three Pressleys In Kdge-I Mrs. DeFontaine writes a letter to the News and Courier, promotive of some pet scheme of hers, and then, as a postscript, says : "Local papers throughout the State will greatly oblige by copying the above." Ju6tso. But it will be a cold day in August 1 when this "local paper" copies the notice at any such request. If Mrs. DeFontaine thought It desirable to ^ have her pet object advertised, it would have ' been at least respectful to have sent the no. tlce direct to the "local papers.-' As she thought, by not sending the request direct to us, to save a oue cent postage stamp, we will have an eye to business, too, and save fifteen cents by not setting up her piece. Other newspapers may do as they please, but matters which writers wish copied in this j paper should be sent to us. - ? I 1 Governor Tillman has a head of his own i The different factions had petitioned for the j appointment of .Supervisors of registration in i Charleston of their own choice. Instead of I appointing either board as petitioned for, he appointed a hoard of his own choosing? < not politicians. Nelthor faction can com. < plain, as it is perfectly certain that the non- ' partisn board will give satisfaction to every j fair thinking man?and if any body wanted a partisan board, we think it entirely possible, that nothlDg will said about it. General \V. T. Sherman Is dead. Ho died at his home in New York hist Sunday at two o'clock. He had been very low for several days, and his death was not a surprise. The people of South Carolina will remember him J chiefly because of his treatment of them In < his "triumphal march" through our territory I m 1805. { General Sherman was no doubt a great < man and a great soldier, and his name will 1 go down in history as perhaps the most Ira- * portant figure on the Northern side of the recent struggle between the States. ABBEVILLE STILL GAINING. Old Customer** Who Had Strayed to Other Towns are Coining1 Back. c n>u? ini.rontlniT t.rn<l*?Of Abbe- f 1 UC UUUOUtUi/ij 'UWI vu- .up ...... vllle Is a matter of great satisfaction to our S people. Almost every day we meet somebody on our streets, who has for several years given his business to other towns. After trying other markets customers are returning, because our merchants are now giving better goods and better bargains than can be bad elsewhere. Our banks have been extremely ' obliging in the matter of lending money, anil this has had a wonderful effect in bringing business to the town. Abbeville passed under the rod several years ago, when the A.& K. and Savannah j Valley Railroads were finished, but now slncc 1 the people have had experience In other mar- \ kets, Aobeville is getting her own, and more, 1 too. ^ Our merchants are giving the people such good bargains that it Is now no longer neces- y sary to appeal to local pride to secure the trade which properly belongs to the towu. 1 The good ba'galns and the quality of the goods which are sold speak for themselves 1 and now nobody desires to go abroad for his Koodx. The Increased business of the town has enabled the merchants to retail their f I i?oods at Drlces which are only a shade above * the wholesale prices; and so ft is that the customer and the storekeeper is alike benefitted by the prosperity of the town. THE a., C, & N, Bod Weather and Slow Progress In Building. Owing to the bad weather but little progress has been made during the last week in the construction of the G., 0. & N. road. The bridge builders have been unable to do much eise than to keep their temporary bridge cle.-.r of rafts. With favorable weather the bridge will be finished by the first of March. The third span will be "swung" to-day. Fish Dam bridge is at this place on flat cars, waiting the completion of the road to that creek, some miles beyond the river Id Georgia. Another engineer has been ordered to report to tlie authorities 011 the first of Mnrch. to take charge of a construction train, and ii is presumed from ti ls fact that the tracklayers will work with redoubled energy, as soon as they can get to work again. The landslides along the road from thiipoint to Chesfrer have given some trouble during the wet spell, but we believe the track Is reasonably clear now. Fair weather and busy hands will soon make the road bed In a satisfactory condition. The trouble from slides is usual to all new roads through a hilly country, and it will require time and la bor to be relieved ol these troubles. { - ? i ODDS AND ENDS. I I Ttie M>ather?Tlie Ronila?The Small ] CJraiii>?FertllizerN?BiinkM? Cheap Goods? Newspaper*. 1 We have had an assortment of weatliei " durlne the last week, the wet predominating. 1 We have had no two days In succcesslon I alike (or a month. The rains have made tlie ' roads as usual at this season, very sloppy and ' muddy, and the streams have been full all > I lie time, and often they huve spread out to ? immense proportions. The rain has greatly retarded the sowing of ? small grmn, and because our people failed to avail themselves of the privilege of sowing i last Fall, and for the leason that the weather 5 has not been favorable for that kind of work t this winter, this important crop will be exceedingly light this SprluR. s The oil mill and fertilizer company have sold great quantities of their fertilizer, and ( many farmers are already hauling the guauos t home, but with a few days of sunshine, tinfarmers will haul off an Immense quantity ol t It. The good results of using their high grade I fertilizer has stirculated the trade to a won derful extent, unci It is being introduced into every section of the county. Our banks are still busy, letting out money r to the farmers, and ull classes and conditions of people, are availing themselves more than ever of the splendid vaults in the banks, In which to deposit their ready cash. The people are beginning to realize that it Is a risky business to keep their money In n bureau drawer, or hidden about the house. Money ^ thus kept is a premium to thieves, incendiaries and possible murderers, and grown inen do not care to go Into a game of hide and seek , ?to hide their money aud then seek it when , it Is gone. 1 The stocks of goods in Abbeville are larger , than ever before, and the prices are more satisfactory to the people, and, In consequence oi the banks, a greater number are enabled to avail themselves of the cash prices, which are . only a shade above actual cost and carriage. In the general prosperity that seems to attend every man who is doing business, the J local newspapers are keeping up with the procession. While both papers have cut oil , some names for non-payment, yet a good t number of cash subscribers have come to , take their places. The advertising has been i better this winter than usual, and compared f with the advertising in many other places, Abbeville Is a long way ahead. The advertising columns of a local uewspaper being the ' surest Index to the business of a community, Abbeville stands away up on the list of prosperous towns. ^ IMg Railroad Joke. ' Macon, Ua., Feb. 14.?There is another big t rniirr>ni onterorltie 011 hunil for Macon. At ! the bondholders' meeting of the Covington t and Macon road, hold In Baltimore to-doy, i the otter of the Richmond and Danville and Georgia Centrul system was accepted, the t new perpetual lesees to guarantee the bond- I holders V/. par cent. An exactly similar offer was made by the I Seaboard and Roanoke, Baleigh and Gaston I and Georgia Southern and Florida roads combined, but tiie Terminal's was accepted pre- i sumably on the ground that it provided the I best security. i Failing to get the Covington and Macon, 1 which It had Intended to use as an outlet to i ihe south Atlauiic coast, the Seaboard Air Line will build a line of its own to connect I the Georgia, Carolina and Northern with the Georgia .Southern. / President W. B. Sparks, of the Georgia c Southern system, ijnd rresidentJohnM. Kob- i inson, of the Seaboard Air Lino system, have f formed a combination, and will Jointly build t a road from Elborton to Macon. t In response to a telegram received from Mr. c Sparks this afternoon, Messrs. Gust In, Gucrry c torneys, drew op and (lied a charter tor a new 1 road. The na?ne of the new railroad Is to be t the Macon and Northwestern, and It is to run c through the counties of Bibb, Jones, Putnam, \ Greene, Oglethrope and Elbert. The length f will be about inn miles, and it will run u through the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, r and at Macon with the Georgia Southern, I This will give a through line fro.'n I'ulatku, p Kla., to Norfolk, Va. e Work on its construction Is to be coin- t: ineneed immediately after the charter is ob- v talned. I: Ik ihere any reason why editors should ? not show u decont regard for each other? H Some apeclal bargains o/Tcred in dress goods s during January, 1891, at R. M. iiaddon & Co t The Chickasaw High Grade Fertiliser for I sale at Abbeville oil mill. y. HOW COTTON COMES IN. A NTERE8TINQ REPORT OF THE DEPART- B MENT OF AQRICULTURE. Ifnch Discolored aud Trashy Staple In the Market?Proportions of the Crop Sent From the Planations? Only About Thirteen Per Cent. Remaining- Yields of Lint to Seed. Greenville News. [J Washington, D. C., Feb. 10.?The cotton W eturns of the department of agriculture for ? February report the estimated product com- a! aared with last year, the proportion sent a rom plantations and yield |of lint to seed. P 1'he plunts were prolific in boiling opening so a aplclly in the early autumn as to tax the w capacity of pickers and leave the cotton exiosed to the weather, which was unusually s< nolst. There is consequently general com- b ilaint of discoloration, and to some extent, {'* n a limited territory, from the same cause, }t in unusual amount of trash wasgathered with |l :otton that was exposed. The consolidation " )f co-estimates, as returned by reporters, 4' Hakes 10? per cent, of the product of last K1 fear. The State averages are as follows: S'orth Carolina (which had a very small crop " last year) 98 ? South Carolina 100 tl Georgia 105 lc Florida 05 Alabama 101 " Mississippi 103 e' Louisiana 93 Texas 108 'c Arkansas 102 ? Tennessee nu i Some correspondents claim that there has| jeen an organized effort to hold back the de- ? ivery of the crop In the hope of better prices. ? Jthers report Its rapid marketing to get the jeneflt of I he higher rates of the opening seaion. It Is possible that thesecauaes were both jj jperatlve, one early in the season, one later, " jounteractlng the early movement. The pro r< wrtlons sent from plantations are thus re- n' sorted: K' North Carolina 86 per cent 0' South Carolina 85 per cent. Q Georgia 85 per cent. Florida 90 per cent. Alabama 80 per cent. " Mississippi 80 percent. oi Louisiana 90 per oent. " Texas 80 percent. Arkansas 85 percent. JJ Tennessee 85 per cent, ^ The general average Is 87. The proportion ? >f lint to seed is reported at 32 to 33 per cent., he better results being in the Atlantic coast ai States, in Louisiana and Texas. ,r S( n IN GREENWOOD'S GATES. . I1 U L .Hup of Bn?y Life In the Prospo- 0 rous City. a it Greenwood, S. c., Feb. 1c, 1891. r< Revival!?Evangelist YV. P. Fife will begin ai lis meeting at Greenwood, Sunday March 1, 11 891. A large liai" is being fitted up for him. s> choir of 50 is practicing to furnish music, n \.ll are cordially invited to attend these ser- h " il riv;OTi* The weather was somewhat better thIs past (1 veek ; had some ruin, however. New Iron girders have been put over the G., G 3, <St N. cut lor A. & K. and C. &. G. tracks. o The uew bridge Is about finished, and is o low open lor travelers. ri Mrs. DuPre, Miss Bessie Glbbes and Mr. v Sparkman went to Abbeville Monday to as- V itst in the concert on the 10th. They return- n id on Wednesday, delighted with thetrlpand c< ihe hospitality they received. t< They pronounce the concert a grand success o n every sense of the word. We hear there Is V iotue probability of the Amateur Company II jomlng here to repeat the performance. Wo tl iope they will not be long In coming. It will t< je a real treat for such a thing to visit Green- n kvood as we have had nothing of the kind o his winter. We bespeak for them a full ll House. c Kev. Bug. Mitchell went up to the concert U it Abbeville. G Mr. I>. C. DuPre went to Abbeville for the U . oncert. Mr. Jerrltt McKellar returned from his trip b o Georgia on Tuesday; he seems quite glad a be home again. I Airs. Hartzog was called to Bamberg last V week to the sick ted of her sister-in-law, Mrs. V rohnson. We are pained to hear the Illness V ;>roved fatal. a Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Slgwald, of Charleston, o vbo have been spending somuwhlle here, left v or home ou last Aionuay. u Mrs. Kannle M. Duucan and children spent G list week here with her mother, Mrs. Merri- a nan. g Ml.-s Addison left Wednesday to visit friends T u Ninety-Six. u Mr. W. S. Montgomery spent one or two lj lays here last week. We are glad to hear that most of the vie- U tims of grippe are convalescing. a Miss Mami6 Perkerson, ol this place and si ludge C. V. Martin, of Donalds were married d >y the Baptist minister from Ninety-Six, on li ,no 10th lnst. The marriage was a quiet one. mly u few friends present to see the happy tl ,wo made one. h Miss Perkerson has been living here for sev- h >ral years, and she has many friends who a egret her departure and wish her all Joy and h lappiness in her matrimonial life. it A handsome reception was given to the tl bride ami groom at the lioiutt of Judge Mar- si In, on ihelr arrival at J>onalds. The bride o ,vas the recipient of many pretty and useful h iresents. Miss .Mo!lie Heed has returned to her home F n Donalds. ? The gold brick fakir tried to work his w icheme on the president of the hank here. G binding our president too far-sighted and h ceeu-wlttcd for him, he Ilea to a neighboring E own where we learn he successfully carried p ml his fraudulent scheme. The gold brick vhlch ho sold for SoOOO, proved to be only :oated with gold, peuter within. A great many were on the streets Saturduy ind the merchants were smiling. Kev. Mr. Smith preached In the Baptist jj :hurch Sunday morning and Sunduy night. g] So far, our Baptist friends have been unuble ? o secure the regular services of a minster. ^ Messrs. Walllngford <t Russell have sold a| ome very tine mules lately. 8( Mr. K. W. Uluoes was ourae irom me suuui u Carolina University lust week ; be returned p, 0 Columbia Saturday. Misses Suldee and Cuddle Colhoun, of Ab>evllle, paid a short visit to Greenwood on p ,'bursday. F. w Greenwood, S. C., Feb. 17,1891. The continued bad weather lias put a ternlorury quietus on business, It too, appears to .. lave the grippe. 'J The new bridge across Main Street was J* pened for travel on Saturday. 101 carR of all classes, loaded and empty P eere on the side tracks here on Monday. ltlley's hotel is now run to Its fullest cupa- , Ity on account ol the unusually large tiav- ?' While my stay in Augusta was pleasant !'. noui-'h under the circumstances, observation " onvlneed me that I would not like to live ^ here. The Iron bridges acrosB the deep cut are be- P ng placed in position. Vaocination Is now advisable. I bear that J* mall pox Is much nearer than Texas. Mr. Thomas Arnold, Jr., leaves this week { or Greenville where he has accepted a posl- J;1 Ion with Messrs. Parker A Jones. He is a Pj leserving young man and carries with him al he good wishes of his friends here. Miss Mamie l'urkcrson of this place, and ilr. C. V. Martin, of Donalds were married on ast Tuesday, Kev. Mr. Carroll olllclatlng. ioth the bride aud groom have hosts of rlends who wish for them all the Joys ol a lappy married life. Great preparations are being made for the " neetlngsol the Evangelist, Mr. Fife, which vill begin here within the next fortnight. ln The ponderous machinery to supply the '? lower for the cotton mill Is being put down. Pwo of the large boilers tire already in posl- (j lou. Most of the carding, spinning and weav- ?c tig have arrived. 1 hearconslderablecomplalntofthesfarclty J] if brick Just now, but am Informed that "?* -? ...in or uesBI'8. t'llM, nuruiJi; unu mucin win uf^ui ? o manufacture them us soon us the weather 15 s favorable, A Col. Walllngford has received another lot of 1,1 lne western mules?the finest he has ever 11 ind. He Intends closing them out at once. 1,1 "F" Jias may thanks for contributions durng my absence, and hone she will continue ,er very interesting and readable notes. w The sick of the community, anions whom ire Mr. J. W. Green, Mrs. H. F. I>uckett and Urs?. J. F. Davis Is convalescent. ltev. Mr. Hmllh, of Amlcison. preached in iaptlst church Sunday morning and Sunday w light. Mr. K. B. I'lnsou Is constable for Cant. J. W. tf ^Ites. s| Two white men were arrested for theft in Vugnsta during Carnival week. The Huperl? >r Court of that county was in session the text week, th? men were tried, couvieted md sentenced to two ycuin In the penlten " iary In lesH than ten days from the time of heir arrest. Wo mention this to show the ol ton trust between a Georgia and Carolina H' tourt. The tact that cheap and poorly constructed Ightnlng rods are becoming lens popular 11 bun formerly, Is no argument that this prlnInleof protection from lighting is a fallacy. rVlien wo remember that the conducting lower of a common iron rod Is only 14.16 " gainst 100 for copper, and that these Iron {" ods are being sold through the country by lK tlnerant dealers, at from tlve to six hundreds sc ier cent, nrotit.und ofLen put up by lnexperl- lr need men whit do not understand Hie lirst " irlnciples of conducting electricity. It Iw 110 . wnder they have grown unpopular. If there " s any one who wants Iholr buildings protcctd by rods it is better to have tliern copper, VV ? it possesses nearly eight times tho contluc- " Ing power of irou. J. \V. Sproles handles .. uch an one, and will put It up ut only rca nimble profit, which puis It at less than hulf " lie price of tho common Iron rod. * 1 m sc A PMIKAI. Portkr Is deud.J w J ' % - WUJMCK??????? RRIVAL OP THE PRISONER YESTERDAY MORNING. eccived by a Uroup or carton* reoI?l??His Demeanor nnd Comment* ?Declining to Blflke h Statement? What He Said to an Interviewer? Detailed Statement of tbe Pursuit and Capture? Dividing the Reward,. Greenville News. J. B. Williams reached this city yesterday iorulng on the 6 o'clock train from Spartanurg, In charge of Deputy Sheriff Gllreath and [ossrs. John Fisher, John G. Greer and LulerTrammell. He was handcuffed to Captin Greer and was brought from tbe depot on street ear. Q,ulte a number of curious peole were out even ut that early hour to catch glimpse of the now notorious prisoner and hen tie got out at the corner of Broad and lain streets there wore probably flflv perms gathered there to stare. He looked to e in good spirits and made several Jocular jmaras regarding tbe assemblage, although , did not seem to please him very well. As e started down Broad street he said somellng about the "grand procession" and that these people must think It something reat to see a man put in Jail." He was put In a cell on the lower floor Jn leslde or Jail nearest Fall street and was mnd there when visited ;by a reporter for ie Greenvlllle News later In the day. He toked about in his usual health and spirits nd,was smoking a cigar as he looked through ie close bars of the cell door. His eyes, howler, were much blood shot. He said he had nothing he wanted to say >r publication except thatjhe was as sorry as MUU UC 111C bUlUg IJUU IIU^OIICU UUW VUUb uv had to do it." Asked If he bad Been Mott's statement, he ild he had read it the night before and that wtiB not right. He was then asked if Mott's statement that nly the three men were in tbe room at the ineof the tragedy was true. He hesitated ? uie and then said tbat might be corjct, rather giving the impression that he did ot remember. He said that he had not eniged counsel yet; that be was Just thinking yer thatand did not wish to Jump off too nick. He said when he left the room he went own tbe steps "pretty fast." He went around leold court house and down Court streetae block, turned there and went to Walter arr's corner and thence up Broad street by ie Jail, across Main to Charles' livery stable e declined to say where he went from there fhen asked If lie heard the police whistles lowing he replied that he did not. Williams'father was in the city yesterday, [ipurently In much trouble, consulting his lends regarding the employment of couuil. He is said to be a much respected and lost worthy citizen. John Fisher made the following statement 11lie presence of Deputy Sheriff Gllreath : was employed by Major Williams' irlends > pursue and capture Jim Williams. I left reenvllle Monday evening, February flth, at I6o'clook, incotnpauy with Luther Trainiell, having been deputized by Hherlt! Gileath and having a warrant for Williams' rrest. The Sheriff told me to follow Wllams until I caught him if it was five, thou in.i nil.es and todrawonhim for money if ecessary. Trarnmcll and I reached Bates' ouse at lft.TO o'clock Monday night. From tiere we went on to Freeman's which isabc n ve miles ihe other side of the North Caroiia line. There we found deputy Sheriff J. D. Ulreath was ahead of us and followed him n to Alien's whore we stayed all night. We vertook Gllreath at Clyde's, which is a rail sad station seven miles this side of Waynestile. That whs between 12 and 1 o'clock Wednesday. We all went on together. Five liles beyond Waynesville we met Williams amlng back In chxrge of Capt- Jno.G. Greer, women named Reno and Bhelton and anther man. I told Kent I had a warrant for niliams' arrest lor murder and Shellon and Leno placed Williams in my custody. I read he warrant for Williams and he submitted 3 It and Raid he was glad of It. Gllreuth and iy?elf then placed Wllllarnx'lu the cuntody f Greer and Gilreath lucked Greer and Wilams together with handcuff by way of seurlng tne prisoner und, of course, wlthCapiln Greer's consent. J. D. GUreath, John G. ireer, Luther Trammell and myself are the nur men who secured the arrest. Captain Greer was sent from Geeenville y the sheriff with instructions to meet me t Hendersonvllle, he going by train. When panned Hendersonvllle I was too close on villiams' trail to stop and went on toward ^aynesvllle. Captain Greer went toward ^aynesvilleby rail. He stopped at Clyde'* nd got a posse and took the road in pursuit f Williams, sending Reno on to WaynesHie to secure a posse and take the road from here. Reno's posse struck Williams first, ireer and his posse were close behind him nd Gilreath and Robert Couch, wiio had one from South Carolina with him and rammell and myself were ten or fifteen mlntes behind Greer's party. I got from WllaraB $23/1.25 In currency. Mr. Fisher added that the members ofCapiln Greer's posse were paid off, receiving bout $280. His idea was that the four?hlmBlf, Greer Trammell and Glirtath?should ivide the total expenses among them equali what Is lelt of the rewards. Williams was on horse back when met by lie Kisher partv, having been put on the rvroA nf nun t\f Inn nnuoo The mon trim Innlr Irn say that they rode up to him In the road nd asked what he would lake for the mule e was driving, lie replied, a hundred dolirs. About that time the party brought leirguns down on him and demanded his jrrender and lie assented without hesitation r resistance. Mr. Couch came back wltb the orses, arriving here yesterday. After making the above statement Mr. Isher returned, Inter In the day, and said he Ished to have the fact emphasized that It 'as owing to Captain Greer's work that the reenvllle men secured Williams, us without Is prompt sagaclouR and efficient action the weaver men sent out from Ashevllle would robably|nothave made the capture. Write Prescriptions in English. "There Is no good reason," said a wellnown druggist of the West Side, "why phydnn's prescriptions should not be written owedaysln plain English, bo that every body >u!d read and understand them. There is tiROiutely no necessity that requires preoptions to be still written In a language lat even a well-educated man Is not suposed to understand. It Is useless to say that the Latin Is tore exact, and there is less likelihood that reeorlptlons will be misunderstood than if 'titlen In English. The Latin used by jpbycians is but a mongrel product at the best, ud when it is carelessly scrawled, as the pothecary himself finds it pifflcult to read, lere is much greater liability of error than ' the prescription were written In English oids. The use of Latin enables dishonest hyslclans to hoodwink their patients, and jrround their prescriptions with a mystery hlcb benefits only the doctor and the drug 1st. The physician may prescribe, and the ruggist sell for flftv cents, a solutlou of salt > water, which, under Its Latin name, looks ke a very learned and mysterious dose. Unlucated people havo no protection whatever jalnst 6ueh trickery, aud even educated peole may study prescriptions given by doctors ltli care and cogitation and then be quite as Ise as they were before. The simplest and est way Is to compel physicians to write jelr prescriptions in plain English. Only le quack doctor has any real reason for opnslnt; the change. Reputable physicians can [lord to let In the light."?New York Star. flew* rrum .Tiurij-r?ii. Ninety-Six, Feb. 17,191)1. The continuous wet weather Is making lilies gloomy ifor tlie merchant as well as le farmer. The young men of the Social Club are Jublint over the success of the Valentine ball, mong the young ladles and gentlemen promt from a distance we note Misses Reynold, Ibbes and Kerr, of Greenwood, Miss Addl>n, of Edgefield, and others whose name we illed to get. Our own homo beauties were [IssesHuir, Richardson, Carter, Liddleton, [ooreand Thompson. Among the irentle len from a distance were Dr. Noel, Messrs. ell, Wilson, Clary, (.'ox, Klley, McKellar, mold, and Green, of Greenwood, Mr. Richrdson, of Cuw Griivo. A more polite and ieosetof young gentlemen and ladles seli>m congregate, and ns a social event NinetyIx scores another point. We are to have a wedding in our city this eek, so rumor says. Mrs. Nancy Hargrove, aged about 9) years led near Ninety-Six in Eugetield county on ist Sunday. Mr. W. R Smith, of Newberry, Is In town Ith a fine lot of mules. Mrs. lllythe and her beautiful little daughrs were in town last Sunday visiting her ster, Mrs. J . T. Miller. Col. Browning who represents the New ork Mutual Life Insurance Company has . en in town several days. Mr. Robert C. Culh >uu who has been quite 1 lias recovered sufficiently to be out again. Mr. J. N. Lipscomb has been appointed one " the school trustees, vice J. V. Scott rogned. EAST EN 1'. ?P ? o You NubM'rlfoe, or Do You "Take 1 (lie Pupvr ? " We could furnIwh some interesting reading ( l/ nnhiislilntr a listofail those who"takethe iper," anil never pay. But the list which most interacting to us i* "tlic list of subirlbers"?those who pay. The tiiai) who gets the paper without payig lor It, "takes the paper." The man "subscribes," pays for It. Header, i which list will your nam? appear? When wa prepare the list of 'subscribers," e will of course i> re pure and publish a list of lose who "talce the pnper." We want a big list at subscribers, but the st i?f those who "lake the paper," will be educed to the smallest number possible. Remember now if you "take the pnper," to. live your name transferred to the list of "sub irlber"?that Is, buve it put along with those ho pay, J f+trr- . . .?5O?J4, NYE WADES IN BLOOD A VISIT TO CHICAGO STOCK YARC SUGGESTS SOME THOUGHTS. 11 Honcit Work Is Honor Able, from Li eratnre to DtmmcI Bm(?Hogi and The Intorlor Mochanlina?Soma Socrota of Gory BoiImh. [Copyright, I860, by Edgar W. Nye.] Everything resrarding Chicago will 1 doubly interesting to the general pn lie for the next two or three years, ai it is therefore natural that thevarit features of the young giant should 1 more or less discussed both at home ai ahmul That ia innt what flhlMI wants. That suite her. That is wh she pate her various millions into an e IN THE ABATTOIR. position for. (I should have referred her as a giantess above instead of a giai for I see that I have fallen into the fen nine pronoun since. However, we w let that pass.) The stranger should go at once frc the depot to the Auditorium. He w save time by this, for then he can a swer those who ask him if he has seen t Auditorium and answer affirmative] and be done with it; bat if he shoe wait until he has done something else will be more or less broken in upon ' this inquiry. Later on I may speak this great structure with the unfortuna name, but I shall not have space at tl time, owing to the fact that I purpc speaking a w?rd or two regarding t stock yards. All sorts of honest and success! industry are honorable, whether be through the avenue of literature dressed beef. Success is the mark of pi lie approval, and continued success t certificate of integrity. It was honoi ble for Gen. Grant to canvass for a bo or tan skins. It was honorable for Va 3?V.-IJ. A- I 1> rv UOTUlib WJ ItUlU lb Ui tuii (? ignj av n honorable for Gould to survey Delawa county with a wheelbarrow and a fi tooth comb. It was honorable for t older As tor to skin muskrats and sw brass collar buttons to the Indians i beaver skins if the noble red man suffer for collar buttons. What I dislike is 1 the descendant of Mr. As tor to cultivf such a big robnst and malignant case hauteur. He visited Chicago some til ago and stated in an interview, which had arranged for as soon as he could i tend to it, that the people of Chicago fi quently sat on the front steps and tb visitors were met at the door by t housemaid. Thereby covertly intimi ing that Mr. Afitor is in the habit of ? swering the door himself. Possibly, however, Mr. As tor keeps man who answers the door bell and dc nothing else hardly. That may be, b it is only a few brief autumns since t brave and sturdy mother of the Ast race came around from the spring hot to greet the guest in her stocking fe< and the greeting was none the less cord eyether for a' that and a' that. \ should not be held responsible for t errors and acquired snobbery of o grandchildren. From the deep recess of the unborn future there may cor some day a great-grandchild who w inherit +.my wealth and name, and wh: I squirm about in my close fitting ton he may have a valet to dress him in t morning and train up his whiskers on trellis, and he may visit Chicago whe his ancestors had been so generotu and so hospitably treated years befoi and when he goes home to England Tuxedo he may send for a reporter ai W Kim Vi/vor Vi-io rafinfirl nahirfl XV shocked all the time he was away. Glancing hastily from Mr. Astor to t Chicago stock yards, I will say that ft realize, or can do so, the magnitude this one institution of Chicago. We a hardly imagine 1,280 acres of groin covered with meat, to speak plain! 1,280 acres almost covered at least wi the business of converting live stock 1e food for man. I had never before v ited this institution, and so I went th? all dressed up, in order to make an i pression on the working classes. Shortly after my arrival it came on 1 to rain, and having came on for ti purpose it removed its coat, suspend* and hat, and rained more earnestly a more vociferously than anywhere els< ever saw it outside of Ireland. I wore frock coat, patent leather shoes and silk hat. After a while the mud, gore & hair, to say nothing of lard and disi ranged liver, gave me a blase look th attracted attention when I got back < State street. One man whom I did n know asked me if there had been a; trouble or a strike at the stock yards. The visitor is apt to go first to the i sassinating department. I rememc bntchering day at home when I was boy. It was different from this. "V had generally abont three shotes to ki and we waited most alwaya until t weather was so cold that we could n plow. Then we butchered. We beg, about daylight to heat water for seal ing purposes. Then we climbed the fen and began a series of uncalled for y bitter and personal attacks on the eld Bargains are offered by Wlilte Brother* TohnccoH and Cigars. You oiikM to try t leading I)rn)i?i8 of oiears. Red Itoosterai Kahorosa. They are hard to beat, and e reedlngly popular. .lust received: 200 copy latest novelN In | per covers at l.awson's. A complete line of gent's flippers and p ent lenthor pumps now 011 huiul. P. Hose L>erg &. Co. It. M. Haddon 6l Co. st111 offer some grc bargans In winter wraps. New millinery Just received at It. M. Ha :lon A. Co. As the season Ik fur advanced, we will oft for the next two weelrs. Special bargains winter wraps. It. M. Iladdon & Co. If yon are In need of a winter wraps call [>nce on K. M Iladdon <ft Co. they iiave a It no's, wlilch will U9 eold at a bargftD. . . .??- ... .... maternal hog, while her ear piercing squeals rent the sky and her hot blood spattered oar neat little overalls. All ^ day we alternately scorched ourselves or w rroxe to aeatn, ana at nignt tnree naoi>y, waxen remains, perfectly devoid of bowels of compassion or other viscera, pried ^ open so that the November wind coold sough through their pnfaelww forma or ,ir dally with their leaf lard through the * long and frigid hours, hong in a row. Then came the days when all through the dear old homestead the smell of nioa hot be lard sought oat every corner and even ?- normuliiil tlia haanHfnl hrnvn ll71?n $Uh l(j bath school suit, which caught and re^ tained the ravishing fragrance for years be after1(j Here yon hear in the distant and the go somber depths of the building a smothftt ered wail ever and anon. Yon go toward z. it and find a brisk young man in tall rubber boots standing in a bloody stall with a flashing blade in his hand, while near him a big pan to which is attached a long handle catches the hot, fresh tide of life as it spurts with a purple impulse following the long, keen blade. About every fifteen seconds, while we stood there, anew subject came up heels first out of the big slaughter pen, as a log is pulled out of the pond of a bi? saw mill, and with a plunge of the knife as it passed on another swung into position head down, and the unerring steel struck the same point forward of the shoulder and to the left of the windpipe. No experiments were made. The young butcher's style of vaccination always took. I remember once, years ago, my father went away on business, to serve on the petit jury, I think, and told me to kill the pig. * It was easy to say that. He might also have included other friends of the family, bat he did not think of it perhaps. However, I began the most elaborate preparations and tried to nerve > myself up to it by frequent recourse to * hard cider, for I had never personally Bhed innocent blood before. The pig would probably weigh about 160 pounds, to and was not fierce until he found out it, that 1 seemed set on mutilating him ii- without any apparent cause. Then he ill broke down the fence, ate up a small goddess of liberty which I had once had >m tattooed on my leg, so that I could be ill identified in case I should run away and >n- go to sea and b tumble against a watery he grave, as I had intended to do at that ly, time. ild The animal wandered away into a he corn field, and we tracked him by his by bloody footsteps. We overtook him of along toward noon, and my younger ite brother held him down while I made an incision in the neck which proved fatal, se As we started to drag the animal toward he home his head fell off. I state this in order to show that sincerity and inflezi'td bility of purpose had already begun to it show themselves even at this early age. or After some delay we succeeded in reib moving the bristles, also some of the he pelt, and I began the delicate operation a- of prying into and exposing the animal's ok complex works. I guess it would not be n- best to describe this, for it gives me Qa nftin 4-r\ vaaaII if T nnlr Im/iur f.Hni gxcab puu UV lovtsu iv? * ?MV .? ?re I cannot see yet what he had ever dons ne with so many of them or who could have he ever arranged such a large assortment in *P such a little Bpace. They came pouring 'or out like a cataract of new and strange ed vitals with crotcheted borders on them, 'or and altogether I felt saddened and deite pressed. I went over to a neighbor and of got him to come and assist me. I told ne him I had operated once or twice on a he hen, but a hen travels light. She does ?t- not overburden herself with vitals that re- way. Just give a hen two or three little tat fixings of that kind and she will go he around perfectly contented. But it is it- not so with a hog. I never saw a hog m- that knew when he had enough of anything. i a In the early days they used to assess people here at the stock yards for beer ut money, and then if they did not get it he they would pelt the visitor with fragx>r ments of liver and such little testitse monials of respect as that. So it was a at, custom even among temperance people lal to give them the money. It was so until Ve one day an English capitalist who owned he a large share of one packing house got a nr steer's lung down the back of his neck ies and eighteen feet of sausage wound ue around his silk hat, and he spoke of it in ill terms of resentment to the superintendile ent. Then it was changed. ib The sausage machine is one of the most he intelligent that I ever saw. The Havana a wrapper is pulled on over a metallic ^6 spout, and then by a terrific force exWITH MY FRIEND M'ALUSTER. jQ erted above the sausage meat reservoir 0t the whole thing is pushed through this ny spout into the wrapper, and yard uwjp j yard of this delicious bivalve is reeled ja. off while you wait. I One house takee the lives of 2,400 pigs a per day, and they are chilled and ready ye for the table by night. Mr. Armour perlnllo/1 1 HArt ViOCTfl lflftf, VA5*.r Jl, swimu; ?jiku ? be not in a spirit of vevenge, but in order I 0t to improve the condition of mankind and j an keep the rude and disagreeable wolf j. from his own door. cq I Prying a little into his business affairs et yesterday, I found that he did a buai:er nesa of $65,000,000 last year. He also In White Brothers have just received another he another car lond of selected seed oats. Remember 1o buy your seed oats from ** White Brothers. They are In gjeat demand and are selling very rupldly. Jion.t delay too )a |onK and then bo disappointed because you | have lulled to get seed eats. at Great bargains In ready-made clothing can n. now be bad nl the store of White Brothera. n. Great and special bargain* In winter wraps during Court week. \V. E. Bell. j. Buy your wagonsfrom Smith A Son*. They ; sell the Mllburn and It la one of the beat. 1 Call on them when In need ot any kind of er vehicle. I Ladles, misses and children shoes, full line at R. M. Iladdon & Co. ,w Ladles, misses and children hosiery, colored (and last blacks at R, M. Haddon & Co. / i. *1 Mii . ,i im i IM^'-,?f^*?!(*??>W'.v ?jty>>-^ i?^-> i -uum ^ paid out $8,600,000 in wages. With a ^ piece of chalk I figured cm the hack of an oil painting in Mr. Armour's pleasant office that, allowing each year the same number of animals killed last year, say 1,600,000 hogs, 660,060 cattle and 860,000 sheep at a low estimate, in fire yean Mr. Armour, single handed, could en- circle the globe with a continuous girdle of intestines! '. .* What a thought! What food for thought also! But as Mr. Armour said in our talk, when I asked him for a little recipe for becoming a millionaire: "Here is the secret of the success of the Big Four. It is our system of carefully utilising everything. Here is a glass jar containing hoof meal. That is valuable for its ammonia. It is made from the doopised hoof of the animal after the neatafoot oil and other toilet articles have been re* moved. Here is a jar of white phosphates, made from the pith of the horn. This industry will decrease if tfie dehorning of cattle grows, but probably it will not appreciably. Here is a sort of glne made from the tips of the ears and noee of deceased cattle which die a violent death at our house. Here is a substance used in great quantities by the brewers. Some time in the old days before your reformation you have noticed when you pulled your beer glass off the top of the table that it had a tendency to stick. That is a gelatinous substance which we furnish the brewer in great quantities. It is made from the thin white film which lies between the bone and skin of the head, for instance, and if nothing more harmful goes into beer it will never kill people off at a big rate. Then there is a jar of dried blood. Some is used ,'u: - ' a 1 a vi? I lor pcuiiymg sugar ana oomauenHiw 10 seat to New Orleans, bat morels used for miking buttons. So 70a s6e we make oar money by saving it Not long ago a Frenchman came to me and told me that I was losing a million or so unnecessarily. I froze to him till he told me how. We found that our big reeervoirs containing water, and in winch we give the beef a bath to sort of cool it and close np the poree, had been emptied into the Chicago river for yean, carrying with it the bouquet of the beet We now condense and compress this nutritions juice till we get the most stimulating and the most delectable extract of beef that ever gladdened the tottering stomach of an invalid or a child." And so it goes, It seems that an ad alt steer can afford more real, pure joy by his death than any other animal, unless it be the wife beater. I am told that when a wife beater sits for his death 1- -A111 ... Ika maw, UU II MUX UA;, /WU W?U mm MM# angels applauding. At Swift's establishment they hare two odd animals, one a steer called Judas and the other a sheep called Iacariot. Eachof these animals has a winning way with his set, and is utilized for the purpose of leading his fellows into the daughter pen even against their better judgment. Tbey have done this for years, and though the smell of blood . naturally repels them, they listen to the siren voices of these two heartless brute* who preserve their own lives at the sacrifice of thousands of others, and death is Jheir portion. Some day I will again visit the stock ' yards. I hope to select a rainy day, and ? ? t- 1? 1. X.1 A-l ? Jl TKT?A snail nope auw MJ U4*e my IIIOJU TT wu McAllister with me by the hand, droved in his beet suit of clothes. Skipping gayly through the ruins of former beef creatures and the tottering relics of nude hogs that have been snatched from the glad sunlight and yielding mud of Illinois to deluge the * abattoirs of this great commercial town with their bright young blood, I would like to yank the great parlor ornament clothed in a white flannel suit and his unwavering admiration of himself, while cheery young butchers pinned to his coat tails yard upon yard of the future home of the sausage. It may be a cruel wish, but when a man outshines me socially 1 cannot help it; I almost hate him. A Story of Coiifnumu Bog?n. It is related of John Rogers, the Arkansas congressman, that he recently sat down in a barber's chair, when the . barber asked if he would not take off his collar. "Certainly," said Rogers pleasantly, "anything to accommodate," and, get- ' ting out of tbe cfcair, removed ms coat and vest, let down hiasuspenders, and began unbuttoning his shirt. "Jes' yo' collah, sah," said the astonished barber, "jee' de collah; that'll be enough." "v-Vv "I understand," said Rogers. "I'm going to take it off." And he peeled hia shirt off over his head. "You see, I have my collars made on my shirts," he calmly said, as he sat in his undershirt and enjoyed himself.? Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. A Valuable Tip. fi> "Haven't you forgotten something, sir?" asked the head porter of a guest who had paid his bill and was leaving the hotel. "Oh, no," replied the non-tipper; "if I have you can keep it." "Much obliged! I notice you left your pocketbook lying on the desk."?New . York Sun. ^ HU Blse. He bought a brand new pair of shoes, He thought he'd ret tome spats; He then discovered that be lacked The latest thing In hat*. He bought one. Then hia trousers bagged; He ordered two new pair, And then, strange fact! he noticed that His coat was quite threadbare. He bought another. Then be saw Some waistcoats. Just tfce thing] He bad to get some ties to matcn; He bought a diamond rlflf. He joined three clubs. He bought a hone, Then changed it for a team; He bought a sailing yacht at first, And then moved up to cteam. He bought these things, and many mora, This man so great and wise; For during his career he had The sense to advertise. ?Tom Masson in Clothier aad Furnisher. A. N. Hill A. Sons Locals. A lot of splendid buggy unbrellae Just received by A. M. Hill A Sons. Heed potatoes in variety will be received next week by A. M. Hill ?fc Sons. Another lot of that fine chewing tobacco and Key WestclearsJust received at A. M. III11 & Sons. To arrive next week, oranges, apples, bananas and lemons at A. M. Hill & Sons. Feb s, 1891. Young gentlemen, when you wish to make a graceful and profound bow, place the heel or the right foot In the hollow of the left. It sometimes appears a little awkward to stand with heels tour Inches apart; and the toes pointing straight to the front. Id such cases the bow Is not graceful, and then the hands are likely to swing In an awkward way. >