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rHE LEDGER. ThuHow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WRDMMDiT, JAN. 25, 1K99. Honrv Jones, col., who was to have been hanged at Bamberg Feby. 3d, has had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Governor. - On Saturday lent Col. W A \eal. Sunt, of the Panitaatiarv. paid into the Stat? treasury the 110 ,000. made by the penitentiary last year. Jno C P Williams, a lawyer by profession who has been postmaster at Kidgewar since Me Kinley's administration, was arrested Friday charged with embezzling $*8. of post othee funds. + * The river and harbor appropriation bill was completed Saturday. It carries appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year aggrogating $12,503,138. Continuing contracts are authorized aggregating $ IC, 701.53S. Charleston harbor under continuing contract gets an appropriation of $175,0(?(). - fIf farmers would consume more poultry autl less pork they would be hcalther and livo longer. There is no meat which compares with well bred, freeli poultry. Many make the mistake of sending all their luxuries to tho market. Tb? same food that will produce a 200pouud hog will paoduce 400 pounds of tho best poultry meat and with one-half tho labor. ?* Southern Greoce was severely shaken by an earthquake last Sunday morning. Two villages were completely destroyed and many people were injured. All the houses ! Phili&tra on Iosian const wero damaged and the inhabitants are camping out. -4 + Col. 1) H Tompkins, who has been in office since 1891 aad who lutn lived in Columbia during this time, returned to his old home near Ninety Six, Saturday and will resume farming. Gen. John Gary Watts, who wan first assistant, and afterwards Adj. and Inspector General and whose duties in these positions made him * oi i^on i\$ ( \ tl * ? ? ? I ii t* .-U A ? viMUivu vi vwmiiiina 1U1 Cl^lIL years, also returned to his old home at Laurens Inst Saturday. The transport Ron mania has been ordered to New York to lie equipped as a transport for the dead. When thus equipped, with m largo force of undertakers, coffins, etc., she will sail for Santiago to Wring from Cuba to Now York all the soldiers who were killsd in battle or who died from disease, whence the bodies will he distributed over the country to relatives anil friends. There were many hundred* ?rid the work of removing and preparing the bodies will take sonic time. TII K l)K\l)bY ii It I PI* again abroad in the land. The air you breathe may ba full j of it* fatal germ f Don't neglect tho "(trip1' or you will open the door to Pneumonia and Consumption uml invite death. Ita sure signs are chills with fever head~ ache, dull heavy pains, mucous i discharges from the nose, wore throat and never-let-go cough. ' Don't waste precious time treat- I ins: this cough with troches, tit)- I lets, r?r poor, cheap syrups. Cure! it at once with 1 >r. King's New Discovery, the infallible remedy for bronchial troubles. It kills the disease germs, heals tho lungs and prevents the dreaded after ef-1 foots from the malady. 1*1-106 50 1 cts. and |LOO. Money back if' not cured. A trial bottle free at Crawford Bro's Drug Store. I AN AGED CITIZEN DEAD. ! The "Father of the Chester Methodist Church ' Passes A way. __ ; Special to The State. Chester, Jan. 20.?Another lone of Chester'** oldest and one of | her best citizens parsed awar last light. Capt. W. T. D. Cousar, after a long and painful illness, died in the 72d year of his age. lie was a native of Lancaster county, and has resided in Choster for the past 40 years. He was a senior member of a large Mercantile firm doing business at this place aid at Bascombvilla, this county, for the past ears. The business at this place was, however suspeaded some three or four years ago. Capt. Cousar was well known all over South Carolina. IIo was known as the father of the Chester Methodist church, was an influential citizen, an well as a consecrated Christian, and was one of the bent men in this section of the State. Ho has from the days of his voung manhood represented thi? church in the annual conference, and has twice been a member of the general conference of the Methodist church. lie wan in active service for four years during the civil war, and was a captain in the fnmotu Sixth regiment. He was verv much interested in the building of | the new Methodist church in thin city, and that handsome building stands today a monument to hb i zeal and liberality. He leaves two sons ami three daughters, and a 1 rgo circle of friends and relatives to mourn hi? loss. His Methodist frieads all over the south wiU be greatly saddened by the announcement of his death. lie Only bet 'Km Up. It. S. Austia, of I.anc&ster county, wai carried before Judge ! Brawley yesterday on a bench warrant. He was tried at the i last term of the district court in I (.Jreenville, on a charge of violatI ing the liquor laws and a sealed sentence was brought ia. He was arrested the other day and came to Charleston with a deputy mar* sbal to have sentence passed. Austin went iato court jesterday to hear his sentence. He took a seat and waited quietly for what .Judge Brawley might say in the way of a sentence. He was asked if he had anything to sav against the result of the trial. "VVaP hit's this way, jedge," ; ntii<i Aiisiin; "i nad Meen keepJ ing some liquor at my place, a?d when my friends called around I always wanted to treat them right. ' So one day 1 gave them alia {drink. I gave them the liquor, and they didn't pay me a cent. It wia a treat and it was on me, 1 j edge." The maa was dismissed with lout a sontence.?News and Courier,?Thursday. Rev. A'. S. Moflfatt Dead. Rev. .J. S. Moffatt received a telegram yesterday morning announcing the death of his father, II lit ^ ? ~ iv#v. ?. rv Motiatt, in Arkansas, asking him to go on at once. He left on the 11 o'clock train on th# Southern. ? Chester Lantern, 20th. Mr. Charlea Raid, a prominent merchant of Norfolk, aged 99 years, having 7 children, 44 grandchildren and 57 great grand children, died Tuesday. OASTOTIIA. B?*ri Ui* /> ktad Yea Han Always BougH j THE LEGISLATURE. Special to Greenville News. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 24.? ; The house of representatives de voted almost all of today to th consideration of Verner's bill t repeal the liea law. There wa much discuasion with many se speeches. M r. Verner talked half an hou and in hie speech hooted at th I idea of free silver being a panacea j The house by a vote of 51 to 4 refuged to continue the bill unt | next session. >, Mr. Robertson, of Anderson introduced a bill which hasalarg following. It provides that o , petition of tea per cent of tb | votes of a county the commission 11 *rs shall order an election betwee I prohibition and the dispensary. 1 a dispensary county the petitio may he prohibition and vice rorai If a county that is dry wants dispensary it must have a majorit vote to change while a majorit will also be required to ehang 1 from dispensary to prohibition. The central idea is to do awa i with the Siate dispensary whic i may sell to county dispensation All county dispensaries are to b run by boards elected bv the conn ty commissioners and the mayoi of towns or cities whore the dii ponearies are to be situated. Tw thirds of the profits are to go t > the county funds And one third t the town or city; none to th ' State. i The State dispensary will h ; giyen until .July to close ou' i There is no license option in thi bill. Another bill with three option! ' including license, will bo offere ' in a day or two. Some license me will support Robertson's bill as i does away with the State dispell sary and its machinery. The election to come off torn*?! row occasions much excitemonl The Stnto hoard of contrc recommends the election of dii ponsere by county delegations. 1 reports that the heer privilege havo netted $50,S67.40 in royal ties and suggests that the hee privileges be continued. A CbKVKIt TRICK It certainly looks like it, bu there is really no trick about it Anybody can try it who has Lam Lack and Weak Kidneys, Maluri or nervous troubles. We meal he can cure himself ri?rht away b; 1 taking Klectric liittera. Fbi medicine tones up the whol system, acts as a stimulant t( Liver and Kidneys, is a hlotx purifier and nerve tonic. It cure Constipation, Headache, Fuintinj Spells, Sleeplessness and Molan choly. It is purely vegetable, i mild laxative, and restores th system to its natural vigor. Tr; Klectric Bitters and be convince* that they are a miracle worker Kverv bottle guaranteed. On!; fOc a bottle at Crawford Bros 1 b ug Store. George Rice and another negr< broke jail at Anderson last Mon day and wbileiseveral were in per j suit Rica turned upon younj Frank Hamlin, who shet and al | most instantly killed the negro. Brigham Young understood how to dodge. A man cauv from Europe to get him replace a leg that had been removed Brigham said to him, ''I can d this and it would not cost me an i trouble; but if I should brinj back your leg you would, on th morning of the resurrection, hav throe lege?the first leg, the on that you lost, and the one that would make for you. Had yoi not better go on with one leg fo a little while, than to go througl eternity with three legs?" ' Don't neglect to talk sensibly a times; it may be difficult; hut it'i necessary, REPEAL OF THE HOMESTEAD. What Senator Sullivan Expects of His Constitutional Amendment. ? n Columbia Stata. w Senator Sullivan, of Anderson, (t is op|K)sed to the homestead, and yesterday in the senate, introdur eed a resolution looking to its re? peal. He purposes to make a >. hard fiight this year against the 7 homestead, and when asked about il the object of his resolution, said : "The joint resolution offered for the repeal of the present hornse stead provisioa of the constitution n looks to leaving the matter of exe emption of personal property to , the general assembly, and to pron hibit homesteads in lands. n "The present homestead law is n the root of many evils, such as k our oouoxious ilea law, a source m of constant litigation and legislay t,or j "Gat the homestead out of the e way and we can repeal tho lien law, and at the same time leave y the people of limited means u ha* h sis of credit. Tho necessity of so Smuch til irtgnge taking will no ,e llonger exist. The credit of our vpeoplo and of the State will he B greatlv enhanced. , Why ahould money ho tight at 0 8 and 10 per cent in South Caro 0 lina when in other States it can () he had at 4 and 5 per cent ? This ie homestead law discredits us at once before the world and keeps ie out of the State mono*- products L and out of touch with those who jR are clad to extend credit on tho least margin. Repeal the present , homestead exemptions and money in ?South Carolina can aoon he n had readily at 5 and t! per cent. "The homestead law is no friend i? to the poor man who desires to riae in the world. Get it out of .. the way aud we can then legislate to aonie purpose on questions re}j lating to the credit aystetn. There j. may hare been a time in the years t and centuries gone hy whom this ^ law served a good purpose ; hut I j. think reflection will convince us r that it is now out of date and a real ohatacle to every branch of industry and trade." MYSTERIOUS DISAPPE A R 1 ANCE. e a Mr. Thomas R. Towles is Missing, n information Wanted. v * Special to The State. >. Johnston, Jan. 21.?On Tues* 1 day, Jan. 17, Mr. Thomas R. *^Towles of Mile Creek section, " about 10 iniks from here, left his u house and told his family ha "was e going out on business." Not reY turning tlmt day, they began ' search for him. He was traced to Johnston, and here all trace YI ' > i was lost. When ho left l c.nie i he had about 10 Java' growth of I I reddish gray board. He was about 55 years old and weighs about 145 pounds. The family ' cannot imagine any cause for his v unaccountable disappearance are greatly distressed. Any information as to one of his description seen anywhere would he greatly appreciated hy the dis4 tressed family. B ? ? l*ay your subscripiton to Ledoek! ^ -t h The Oregon has orders to sail straight to iManila. tor coughs 1 regard Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ma superior to any cold or cough medicine made. I hare used it for years and am never without a bottle in the house." J. T. COOKE, Publisher, Waynesboro, Va. Ayer's Llitrry Pectoral HALF-SI7.U BOTTLES, 50c. j For The Ledger, k VAN WYCK ITEMS. 11 1< The pretty weuther of tke few r last days, has put a move on our Cl people. It looks like they have put now life into their business. ^ j They are clearing uplands, haul- 1 l ing litter, choppiug cord wood n ! and placing it on the side track a . . tl for shipping. Already the side track is lined several cords deep " with two foot wood and a good ? deal more to be hauled. None has been shipped away as yet and if a some of it is not ?oon moved the | yards will be blocked. There are also a good many cross ties being n placed along the main line of the * railroad. Wo have an abundance n of timber and the wood market * and cross tie trade bring some * cash returns for the farmer and ^ I \ \ his laborers. i c Fa rmers are indifferent about j j commercial fertilizers this spring I and it now looks as if there will not be much used around Van 1 I r I C ' Wyck this year. r I ^ W % reported u few week* ago m ; in our items, the departure of a ^ colored couple, George Wallace * and Polly McKinney. George I loft his wife and a daughter aad ^ ! Polly a husband. About a week I after the departure, Polly returned and gave her husband, Pelhaon a McKinncv a satisfactory cxplana! ti(?n of her whereabouts while j gone. Hut ia a few darn they , had a misunderstanding and * agreed to separate and divido I their household goode. Pol ham I kept his and Polly moved hers to ^ I a sisters house for safe kwep'ng. On lust Saturday night, Polly j boarded the south bound train ^ with u well packed trunk ana other bundles. On Monday PelJ e ham took out a search warrant . r for his things and a warrant for Polly, claiming she had carried . otr one hundred and tifty dollar* of his money. The things that Polly had carried to her sisters j wore examined hy Constable Crenshaw who eerved the warrant ^ And nil that Pelham claimed waa ^ turned over to him. After this ^ Mr. Creaehaw accompanied hy ^ Esquire Secreat, set out to locate and capture Polly. They traced her to Catawba Junction, then to n Hock Hill, from theie to Char a lotte by following the checking ot her trunk. They found the trunk at the depot in Charlotte but could not locate Polly. After j working two days and nights in which they displayed some detec- ^ tire skill, they gave the facts to , the chief of police of Charlotte ana returned nome. l tie day following their departure from Charlotte, Chief Orr, wired Mr. Secresl. he had captured Polly and = also George Wallace. Mr. Cren- . aliaw and Mr. Secreat went hack to Charlotte for the prisoner, < who was Willing to return to Van J ? VS'yck for trial on the charge. Wallace wis turned loose as there was no warrant for hiin. When i Polly waa arrested she had aeveral hundred dollars on her person j and tho chief took charge of one * hundred and fifty dollars of the kind ami denominations described by the warrant, which he turned over to Mr. Secrest with the jr prisoner. The prisoner was i a brought to Van VVyck for trial Saturday, but after Pelham and Polly talking the matter over, 1 they thought best to compromise r? : than* differences by arbitration c which whs done satisfactory to both by a division of si I their household and other goods in common. f) Mrs. "Optimus" hat* l>een at ? ease on the rat question for some time. Her broom stick and Lancaster cats had driven the little rodents off of the premises to the anntt^anccof our neighlMtrs, friend * Robert on the east and .John on c the west, who each had to ;,n 5 an eatra supply of rat-traps to ^ eep the mischievous little anN lals down. One brave little fel:>w, notwithstanding the unering broomstick and watchful its, made an invasion of Mrs. 'OptimusVfloui barrel, when she jund the self made prisoner, and rum her own confession, she was lore scared than the tiny mouse nd had to call help to dispatch be little fellow. t4Optimus," as rail as the rats knew something f tko effects of the broomstick, nd did not put in his appearance t this rat killing. A few evenings since, we bought that we were in the lidst of an earth-quake from the rambling of earth and rumbling oise in the eastern part of Main treet. After a little investigaion the commotion was explained. )ue of our Bel es, an amateur myclist w?h trying her skill on a ontrary wheel which would perist in making unusual detnontrations of speed and volunary somersaults, much to the hagrin of the professional who ras present to give instructions nd assistance in the performance. Vbout all we know of it, is, it ook about a week to get the sand lit of the young cyclist's auburn resses and humps off o* her raniuni. The earth for yards round ~ as knocked out of shape, nd the wheel generally demulshed. This is another job for \ C Hough, provided he can atnch the much needed ballast to his particular wheel. OrTiMi'S. Valt Whitman Puts in a Word. To the Editor of the News and Courier : ? When it was first anounced that Ellerbe had sold out, ur> rosa, to the local optionists, i (i Gonzales president, 1 wrote o the Nows and Courier advising ho State executive committee to nveatigHte the matter, and if retorts were true, to pronounce Elfrbo's nomination nulla bona and f none effect on the ground of raud. The News and Courier lid not publish. Will you please ake it from the waste basket and 3t it see the light of day. The announcement that I would etire from politics after twenty nonths, has l>een misunderstood, nd, to correct that misundertanding, 1 have reconsidered and nnounce my candidacy for Govrnor at the next primary, and if get all the votes of those who ;ive me credit for always being ight 1 will get where I csn do he people good. G. Walt Whitman. JnnattTille. Jan. 16. Vigors i/erdicts AYER'S HAIR VIGOR fulfills 11 the promises made for It, is the verdict of those Ivho have tried it. jii/cr's "I have sold AVER's Hair Vioor for fifteen earn and do not know of a single case where : did not ffivo entire satisfaction." ? If. JL ROVE, Faunsdale, Ala. Sfa/r ** When disease canned my hair to fall out, 1 ?tind AVfK's Maim Viook h most excellent reparation and on? that doe* all that la laimcd for It."'?L. RUSH, Connellavilla, Pa. ty/gror "Arrw't Hair Viook does all that laclalmed ?r it. It restored my hair, which waa fast ecotnlnr ft ray, back to Its natural color?dark rowa- '-W. H. HASKLIfuPK, I'ateraoo, N.J. *Did St " My head became fall of dandruff, and after time iny hair began to fall out. The uae of lvkh s Hair Vigor atopped the falling out nd mi.de the acalp clean and healthy."?mrr M. AYKRS, Mount Airy, Oa. hal ntope Neuralgia! JV. mj' Pata PUln. * t f