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_ v ' . :_ Tax paying is still going on Cotton is now lower than it has be in forty-three years. Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, dead. Cause, grippe. Auditor Norris ison his rounds o\ tbe county taking tax returns. The infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Willii Lee died on January ll, aged elev months. The election this year is to be for eve office from President to Coroner. "W. will be "in it?" Mr. Pleasant Key, an aged citizen Pickens, died in that county recently heart disease. Don't quit advertising because tim are dulL That's the very time to < your largest advertising. Guard well your thoughts and yo speech will guard itself. Speak ei under no circumstances. Married, in Charleston, on the 10 instant, Mr. Wm. Lady, of Oconee, Miss Sophia Sluter. A cotton buyer told us on Tuesday th his limit on the staple this week w; from three to seven cents. Capt and Mrs. Walter Gibson, of Nei berry, returned Wednesday mornin after a pleasant visit to relatives in Wf halla. Don't forget the auction sale sale I n. S. YanDiviere, assignee, at the Ro inson store next Saturday morning at ti o'clock. The Clarksville (Ga.) Woolen Mil were burned Thursday night. Lo? $100,000. Two hundred people we] thrown out of employment. It is in the determination to obey tl: truth, and to follow wherever she mr lead, that the genuine love of truth coi sists. Yo't need not depend upon nature fi sunshine. Do a charitable act an ggWSrfS- brigit jayedi] cheer vov heart as well as some poor soul's. He who has a pure heart will neve cease to pray; and he who will he coi stanr in prayer shall know what it is t have a pure heart. Married, on December 30th, 1801, h Rev. W. W. Leathers. Miss Mirand Dearden to Mr. Wm. Gibson, all of Occ nee. Messrs. J. H. Earle, G. G. Wells am J. H. Heyward, of Greenville, were befor Judge Norton, at Chambers, last week on important legal business. y Married, at the Reed Gold Mine, ii Cabarrus county. N. C., on the 2?th o December, 1891, by A. A. Harvel. Esq. Mr. M. C. Gadd to Miss Minnie L Linker. The County Pension Board of Oconei county will meet at Walhalla on Monday the ISth day of January, 1S92, and wi] be in session for several days. The Boan will examine new applicants for pensions Mr. James Hutchison has moved hi headquarters to Greenville, his duties a; engineer being confined to the main linc on the C. <v G. His family will leav? Walhalla for Greenville next week. Mr. J. Ii. Coan, of Spartanburg, is ii Walhalla and think. >i locating here ir the practice of law. Ile was recently admitted to the bar <>n examinatioi: before the Supreme Court. If all the energy that will be spent on politics this year could be devoted to th? advancement of the industrial interests of the country, what a grand sweep for ward wc would make. There is a power in the direct glance of a sincere and loving soul which will do more to dissipate prejudice and kindle charity than the most elaborate argu ments. Mr. Samuel R. Keith went toChappelFs this week, where he has accepted a posi tion in the store of his uncle. Mr. George T. Reid. May our young friend achieve much success in his new field of labor. ba the Senate Mr. Chandler has pro posed the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: "N< person of foreign birth, not a citizen ol tiie United States, shall be allowed to vote for any officer, state or national." Don't forget the election for "City rathers" next Monday. One Intendant and six Wardens are to be elected to serve for the ensuing year. Let every vot'- select a ticket of good and true - cn and vote it. Governor Tillman has appointed Mr. T. J. Kirkland, member of the Douse of Representatives from Kershaw county, as Direct Tax Commissioner. Mr. Kirkland will leave for Washington at once. Mrs. Della Price, wife of Mr. Augustus Price, ?lied at their home, near High Falls, on January ll. She was a daugh ter of Mr. T. C. Orr. and leaves her hus band and two children to mourn her deatii. Rev. R. W. Seymour has recovered suf ficiently from his recent illness to lill his pulp't appointments. He preached in the Walhalla Baptist church last Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Kev. Charles Manly, D. D.. of Greenville, occupied the pulpit at night. In revising our subscription list we regret to part with some of our old sub scribers who are in arrears from two to six years. It tikes money to nui a newspaper, and necessity compels us to adhere, as near as possible, to a cash basis. A good fertilizer for the window gar den is a tablespoonful of guano, dis solved, in a quart of lukewarm water and applied around the roots, once a week. The amounts given will be enough to fertilize half a dozen plants in pots of five or six inch size. Little Karl, the eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. White, died in Westminster on the 4th instant, after an illness of only thirty-six hours. "Suffer little children to come unto mc, and for bid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Newberry has a member of Congress and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The News and Herald wants to know how Hon. J. A. Sligh, of that patri otic county, would do for Governor. Very well, but Mr. Sligh is not a Trojan horse. The following is thc list of letters remaining uncalled for in the post office for the month of December, 1891 : R. L. Buggs, W. M. Dowis, Daniel Howard, Wm. P. Nield, Mrs. Mattie Richey, Mrs. Mary J. Wright, M. P. Williams. Per sons calling for any of these letters will please say they were advertised. We commenced in the last issue of the COCKIER the publication of a series of articles on the cultivation of tobacco by Mr. H. E. Harman, of Winston, 2". C. Mr. Harman is a native of South Cal lina and has had ten years of successful experience in raising tobacco in North Carolina. We commend these articles to tlie attention of our readers. We believe a superior article of the weed can be raised here, and, of course, the superior article will pay producers bet ter than the inferior. Memphis, Tenn., recommended that t cotton acreage be reduced twenty t cent in 1S92. j Married, on the 10th instant, near We I minster, by Rev. J. B. Dickson, M: Lilla Zimmerman, daughter o? Hon. Zimmerman, to Mr. B. M. England, all Oconee. The grip has quite a severe holdoi good number of our people, both in toi and country. One of our physicians i formed us this week he had fourteen j tients under treatment So far as i know none of the cases are serious. Mr. G. W. Pratt has been appointed a clerkship pf one of the House Comm tees in Washington through the effoi of Congressman Johnstone. His fries are pleased to learn of his good fortur The position pays well. Forty-eight stage coaches carrying tl United States mails were "held up" la year and robbed. How many railw; trains have been '"held up" and robbi in the country during the same perio< These robberies, some in the old State are not very pleasant reading. Mrs. Mary A. Wright, relict of Willi* C. Wright, deceased, died at her hom near Town ville, S. C., on Saturday. 91 instant, aged eighty-one years. She ba been a member of the Townville Bapti church for several years, and her rema;i were interred at that place on the da following. Mr. H. W. Kuhtmann. of Texas, arrive I here last Saturday night and romaine until Wednesday. He came on the SJ I mission of attending the burial of li: father, ne was looking well and hi friends are pleased to leam that he i a prominent attorney in the Lone Sta State. The Walhalla Comedy Company wi give one of their most laughable enta tainments at Stribling & Richardson' Opera House, in Seneca, on ThurscU night, January 21st, 1S??2. Tickets o sale at usual places. Ail of Seneca' good people who wisli to enjoy a heart round of laughter cannot afford to mis The Secretary of State has issued ; commission to Messrs. T. C. Gower, Frat 1 Hammond, R. Y. llellams, C. E. Gass J. A. McCullough and II. B. Buist as cor porators for the publication of the Bulb Democrat in the city of Greenville. I will take the place of the Mountain Citx Echo. The capital stock is SG.OOO. Mr. Ed. Funderburt died at the resi dence of Capt. W. F. Parker, in West minster, ou Wednesday night, 13ti instant, after a lingering illness fror.' consumption. His home was in tb: lower portion of the State, but he ha< spent some time at Westminster with r view to benefiting his health. Ile was :i young man about twenty-three years ol age. Mr. R. L. Symms, living near LVubh: Springs, in this county, killed ibu porkers last week which netted respect ively27<?. 264, 25$ and ?SS pounds, mak inp a total of 1030 pounds, which he sole! at 7 and ^ cents per pound. The hogs were one and one and a half years old. Mr. Symms makes his hog and hominy at home and is prospering. What he can do others can do. The Washington correspondent of tho .V. t?s a,,'] Courier states that Congress man George .Johnstone has finally in duced the Postmaster Genera] to re establish the post oihee at Conneross, ii: Oconee County, with Mrs. Susan N. Hun singer as postmistress. There was con siderable opposition from certain parties to the re-establishment of this office, but Mr. Johnstone's perseverance triumphed and his request was granted. At a meeting last week ia Columbia of the Trustees of the proposed Training School for <;?ris with which the Winthrop Training School at Columbia is to 1>< t?6}fc^<ktt4*474V^^ to cont omi the Winthrop School on its present basis during the present session. Thc Trus rees will meet on the '-'th of March to open and consider l?ids for the location of the Industrial School permanently. A number of towns in the statewill com pete for the school. The Legislature at its last session made no changes in the pension law and, there fore, the County Boards have been instructed by circular letter of the Comptroller Genera] to follow the same rules that have governed them hereto fore. The County Boards will meet on the third Monday in this month to pass upon applications. The law does not contemplate a re-examination of such applications as have already been approved, but new applications will be received and the old list revised, s<> as to drop from it those who may have died or changed their residence to another county. A good man has pone to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. John T. Gossett, of Pickens, died at his resi dence, in that county, on the !'th day of .January. 1802, aped eighty-five years. lie was a native of Spartanburg ami removed to Pickens fifty years ago. He commenced life a poor man. without education. He has literally hewed his way through life. Mr. Gossett was a prominent citizen of Pickens, and had held important public positions. We have known him for nearly forty years, and have tested his genial and hospita ble liberality, lb- was a member of the Methodist church and "was liberal in his contributions for charitable purpose . and was foremost in every Christi; j work." His memory will live long. Peace tc? Iiis ashes. The vacancy in the office of 3'robate Judge, caused by the death of Judge Lewis, will have to be fdled by an el ec tion, asitis for a longer term than one year. At the general election in 1S90 ! Judge Lewis was elected Probate Judge j for four years under thc new amendment ; to the Constitution, which extended the j term from two to four years. An elec- ? tion will probably be ordered for an ! early day. Official notice of the vacancy j was forwarded to Governor Tillman on j Wednesday morning by James Seaborn. Clerk of Court, and it is understood that Governor Tillman will order the election at once. But the vacancy in the office of Master is filled by appointment, since this is not an elective office. Petitions for the appointment have been forwarded to Governor Tillman, and it is now daily expected that he will lill the vacancy. Mrs. Lucinda Jenkins died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martha Hall, in Walhalla, on Saturday morning, '.'th instant, aged eighty-eight years. .She was thc widow of the late James Jenkins, .who died several years ago, at an ad vanced age. Th^y lived duringa long and happy married life on their farm on Colonel's Fork Creek, within two miles of Westminster. For a nunber of years she bad been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, holding her mem i bership in the Richland Church. She j leaves two daughters. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. j Thomas H. Jones, and one son. Mr. X. H. Jenkins, to mourn her death. Her body was camed to Westminster and interred in the cemetery of the old Westminster Baptist Church on Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Another of the old "land marks" of the county is removed in her death. A good and true woman she was. a devoted wife and affectionate mother. "Her children arise up and call her blessed," near Walhalla, on Saturday, 9th instant, after a brief . illness from pneumonia. He was in his seventieth year, having been born on the 20th day of May, 1822, at Bremen, Germany. When a young man he came to this country and located at Charleston in 1S41. He resided there several years, doing business as ? cotton factor, and in 1846 married Miss Mary A. Smith, of that city. During a gosd por tion of the time of his residence in Charleston he was the Consul of Austria. Several years before the war he removed from Charleston to Walhalla and engaged in mining. For many years lie was Superintendent of the Mount Ina Mining Company, which spent largs sums of money mining and prospecting in these parts. Col. Kuh tm-.rm was a mau of en terprising spirit and did not hesitate to Invest his money in furtherance of his projects. Endowed by nature with a high order of inxllect, he was a diligent student, and made considerable attain ments in learning. As a mineralogist his knowledge was extensive, and he always took a deep interest in the search for precious metals. lu 1879 his wife died md left him two sons and three daugh ters surviving. He continued to -ive on Iiis homestead near Walhalla. No ordi nary man has fallen in his death. His ;haracter was unique. Upright and j honorable in all his dealings, his word ivas as good as his bond. He was a con sistent member of thc Lutheran Church. 3n Tuesday morning at ll o'clock his :uneral services were conducted in the Lutheran Church by Rev. S. C. Zettner, md attended by a large number of f iends, notwithstanding the extreme in clemency of the weather. His body was hen laid to rest in thc cemetery* beside jis wife. [Correspondence KEOWEE COURIER.] Honor Roll of Townville High ?5chooi for December, 1891. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Mamie Harris.~9S.3. Maggie Tribble..\97.5. Emma Compton.97.2, Robert Tribble.96.9. Lewis I igon.96.5. Kate Sharp.96.5. Hood Mc Arley.90.2. J. V. Johnston.96.2. Pleas MahalTey.95.4. John Wright.95.4. Clayton MahafTcy.95.2. Emma Farmer.95.1. Eugene Tribble.949. Burder Lig?n.94.3. Cheves Lipon.03.8. Coa*a McArley.93.0. j ] Grace Thc mpson.92.9. j ' Vandiver Sharp.92.9. Jack Harris.92.5. Lillie Grant.92.2. Hallie Grant.92.0. Jimmie Grant.92.0. Frank Farmer.91.9. j John Sharp.91.3. j Janie Benjamin.91.3. Daisy Moore.91.2. j1 Luther McCarley.90.7. Sj Lizzie Grant.90.5. : Gus Grant.90.3. j1 i I'JUMAliV DEPARTMENT. MaryLigon.96.0. \J Lida May Johnston.9.">.S. !1 Willie Burns.94.7. j( Nora Tribble.94.5. Jodie Hams.94.5. Lillie Wright. .'.?4.2. I Ovaline Sharp.'.4.2. ? Leila Thompson.9.1.7. Pearl McCarley.93.5. j Kulali Compton.93.5. ii Lelia Wright.93.2. Zora Moore.91.7. Clara Hunt.:.91.2. Maximum, LOO. '?'lu- third month of Townville ffiglih ?chool ended December 24. We have on- i oiled SI pupils und there are more yeti' o come. Both patrons and pupils are > cry much interested and seem to have j t Tmulit ?4t? trutli contained in these ; cords: '"Knowledge is Power." if J. Y. Ri? K. Principal. 1 Our Richland Correspondence. RlCBXAXD, S. C., January 12th, 1892. !' DEAR COURTER: The low price of 'he L .resent crop of cotton and prospects for | ower mices for another crop arc interest- 1 . ng our farmers. We think the acreage j n this section will he very much reduced his year. About one-half of the far riers here produce enough grain to fatten '. heir own meat, feed other stock a >.d for . . .read supply, but the other bali who aise principally cotton are thc men who j, ire overstocking consumption and fore-i ng the price down. We will certainly I lave to quit raising so much cotton ?fore tiie price will ever again reach a: ?oint at which, we can alford to raise it. j ,Ve hope the Alliance will take this mat- ; er in hand, and >'o it nt once,-and see io / that they plant less cotton this year j han they have for several years past, j )on't wait until everybody has bought ruano,".hut yo riyld to work noir and if! hey <-a.ii create a movement of reform in j ;otton planting to compare with that i novement for political reform which ; .wept over the South in 1890, we are con-1 ?dent that the result will be plainly seen j when the crop of this year is offered for ? sale. Of course we know that we are to j i great extent subject to the power of! money, but we contend that supply ana Jemand have more to do with controling ; ??rices. It is a fact that thc supply of I :otton is largely on the increase and. as a latural consequence, poods manufac tured from cotton must very much ex ceed demands, and it may seem strange to some of your readers that these goods ire sold at about the same prices as they ; .lid when we could get ten cents per pound for our cotton. But we must remember that most of the cotton goods now in the hands of our merchants were manufactured from the crops of 1889 and j LS90 and our merchants cannot afford to j sell them cheaper, but unless there is an unexpected advance in price of cotton j very soon, this class of goodi must also be comparatively low. Miss Mamie Davis is visiting relatives ] at Martin. Ga. i Mrs. Augustus Miatz. of Blacksburg, S. C., arrived here on the s>th instant and will spend some time with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fennell. Mr. M. H. Isbell and family will return to this place in few days and make their home with us. Mrs. R. F. Baldwin, who has been quite sick for a long time, is slowly recovering. | Several other members of Mr. Baldwin's i family arc now quite sick. Mrs. M. Ii. Dendy is again quite well. Mr. Dendy is improving slowly. Miss Julia Dendy shot and killed a large chicken hawk one day last week. We wish more of our young ladies knew how to shoot so well. We are in the midst of a hard finan cial conflict Surely our friends who owe us will not stand off and see us suf fer. R. Coffins trimmed at all hours. The Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. We will sell you good sound flour at $4 per barrel. Granulated sugar, 21 pounds for $L The Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. If you want to buy crockery and glass ware cheap cali on - Thc Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. [Correspondence KEOWZE COURIER.] ^ What is the leading topic of social con versation and pastime during the early part of the year with us in the country, at church in the morning, at prayer meet ing in the afternoon or Sunday evening rendezvous? I have observed such as this: "How inuch cotton are you going to plant? How much guano are you going to use? What kind? Can you haul a load for me?" &c. The days are spent thus, and Mr. Jones goes home and after attending to his do mestic affairs, eating a cold'supper, re tires for the night; but before giving his spirit into the hands of Somno, we read his thoughts thus: How much land can I get planted in cotton? To get in all my guano I will have to plant my stalk land without breaking it up, and my stubble I will have to burn the weeds and grass. Ii I can get this done by the 15th of April then with good weather I can get it planted by the 5th of May. It is now May and we are up with our minds, for this is the first time we have thought much of the cultivation, or rather how to keep down the weeds and grass, which is very far from true cultivation. The rain comes, Gen. Grass rallies his forces, overruns the enemy and takes the field. We become alarmed and call for help, regardless of price, as the North did against the South, and finally we reclaim the tender plant, but pale and weak, for it has been chocked and robbed. But now the rain ceases, the atmosphere is dry, the earth has no moisture to give the thirsty plant; for, though there has l>een a heavy rain-fall, the ground is so hard that the water ran off and carried a part of the soil; and there being no lepth of soil the plant withers, drops its fruit, for it cannot carry it without some thing to eat nor make something out of clothing. By and by it is August and we must have some rest,-for we have been svorlring very hard, scarcely taking time to eat or sleep. And so we go visiting, sating melons and fruit. Ther? is a large Fruit crop and much of it might be saved >r given to the hogs, but it is easier to gather green corn from the fields for ?hem, and some of this is thrown into horse troughs to avoid gathering the jreen hay. (The cotton field is covered with grass.) Thus August is past and we are ushered into autumn. It is gath ??ng time and the corn has most all been ilrcady gathered and used ; the wheat ?vas not made, and as the oats were not rery good and the crop behind, we :hougbt it would pay us better t*> 1st the >ats go and work the growing crop. So ill hands are rushed to get the cotton )ut, for the guano is due and taxes must >e paid. Flour, meat, molasses, winter slothing (for even stockings can be xmght cheaper than made at home) and nnumerable other articles arc to be xmght. for we must live as high, dress as lue and ride in as fine c?rriages as Major Iones' family. The cotton is harvested ; .eported "half crop:'' prices low; ends ion't meet, although thirteen months iave been rushed into one year. Disap pointed and confused we close the year, rainby vowing to do better the next year. Ul this because we do not practice what .ve preach. How often wc are constrain ;d to say: "I know the right, And I oppose it. too, Condemn the wrong. And yet the wrong pursue." ADELPHOS. S?neca Has Done^obly by the Orphans. CLINTON, S. C., December 23, 1891. TO THE FltTENDS OF THE ORPHAN'S AT >ENECA: I have just received, per Mr. J. iV. Linley, $68.40, a Christmas offering or the one hundred orphans of the rhornwell Orphanage, from seventy citi zens of Seneca. I beg in this public way o thank the kind donors for this very ;rreat help to the support fund of our in stitution, int j;i'u? pc-6i ?ave again and again shown such deep interest in this work, and so many of hem have done such liberal things for it, Lhat we have naturally conceived an ex iltcd opinion of your charity and good ?rorks. You have not done this thing for praise, but to bless and help the fatherless: but I cannot refrain from say ing that if the other towns and villages jf South Carolina would do only half as well as yours has done, we could now be c-aring for two hundred orphans instead of the half of that number. May God bless you every one, and give you a New Year full of brightness, and with a token to each one of you, that the I ord is with you, WM. P. JACOBS, President Thornwell Orphnage, Clinton. S. C. Thc best of all ways To lengthen our days, Is to use Pierce's Purgative Pellets, Sir! For nine-tenths of the diseases of the body begin with constipation or the clog ging up of the sluice-ways, through which tho impurities of the blood escape, so that they are reabsorbed into the sys tem. The Purgative Pellets act gently but thoroughly upon thc stomach and liver, and are the best laxative known. Without racking and straining the organs, they open the bowels and restore a natural, healthy digestion. Unequaled in dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, piles* or any of the resulting diseases. BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation. Christmas and Christ. Apart from the question of His divinity, about which theologians differ, Jesus is the greatest personal force in history, and it is meritable that Iiis birthday should be observed as one of the memorable anniversa ries of the human race. Some of the early churches celebrated the festival in January ; others in April and May, and the final selection of December 25th appears to have been a concession to the pagans of the North, who commemorated their deities at this period of the year. Obviously the present date is not authentic; but this is immaterial, as it is the event and Dot the day which is important-the Testament and not the almanac. All the natural suggestions of the time are solemn, mysterious "and spiritual; the incarnation of God; the purpose ; its results ; the culmi nation of the stupendous tragedy ; the resurrection ; the return to the skies! The contemplation of such themes and incidents would not ordi narily be productive of mirth and hilarity, nor the recurrence of their anniversary the occasion for carousal and revelry. It is a curious illustration of the disposition to relapse, the irresistible gravitation of human nature, th??t this sacred festival has degenerated into a holiday which has no more sanctity t y the majority of those by whom it is observed than the Fourth of July. In the Christmas number of ope of the most popular juvenile peri odicals this year there is not an allu sion to Christy nor a reference to the gre?F majority of c ' ?ris tendom, St- Nicho1/? aas displaced the Saviour; and> ?ne wassail and yule feast of Odin have been substi tuted for the sacraments of religion. To give voluntarily is one of the joys of living ; and of the virtues, the greatest is charity. A gift from the heart of the giver is priceless, but gifts under the duress and extortion of usage lose their sentiment and become the grossest merchandise. The indiscriminate tribute levied in this season of peace on earth and g od will to men, hardly to be resisted, except by the forfeiture of self-respect, has assumed proportions that make the day, which should be the happiest of the* year, a burden anticipated with apprehension and dismissed with relief. Perhaps, under the incentive of similar abuses, the Puritans abolished Christmas by statute and made the holly and the ivy badges of sedition. The Emperor Diocletion went fur ther even than our forefathers ia the expression of his disapproval of the customs of ah earlier day. Happen ing to be holding his Court at Nico medii, he was informed that a select company of Christians had leathered there to solemnize the nativity of Christ, whereupon he ordered the doors of the church to be closed and guarded, set fire to the edifice and the congregation were burned to death. To the immediate partici pants this was undoubtedly the warmest Christmas which the annals of martyi ology record. It is not, perhaps, going beyond first limits to affirm that in some of its aspects the observance of Christ mas is profane and impious desecra tion, which would be disrespectful to the memory of a military hero or a political leader, and much more to that of the founder of the greatest of the three great religions of the world.-John J. Inga?s in Truth. HONOR TO WHOM HOXOR IS DUE. The Macon (Georgia) Evening News, of December 25th, 1S91, publishes the fol lowing complimentary editorial in refer ence to Mr. Lew. J. Kilburn, a young man of much promise, who served his time as an apprentice in the KEOWEE COURIER office: "The Evening News is being compli mented on all sides on the improvement in its typographical appearance. Lew. J. Kilburn is our foreman and John fl. Brown is our press: ian, and they can't be excelled anywhere. The fact is' thei" is not a finer set of men in the State than the Evening News force. Many of them have worked here for years and have grown to regard the paper with almost parental affection. They love it like Na poleon's artillerymen loved their guns, and they stand by it every whit as stead fastly." Women might play havoc with politi cal affairs if they were allowed to vote. The wife of Governor-elect Brown, of Maryland, had determined on having a costume which would outshine all others at the inauguration ceremonies. Among the ornaments she proposed to wear was a tiara of diamonds. The jeweler who had it in charge, thinking to secure a free advertisement, told the reporters of it and the story was published all over thc State, having a very bad effect on the Democratic masses. It v^as finally decided to liave the inauguration cere monies very informal in order to coun teract the effect, of the story that Mrs. Brown was to appear in a Queen's insignia. For the first time in the bis ton' of Maryland there will be no re ception given bj' tue cn>??-??.<... ia., day of his inauguration. When Baby was sick, we gare her Castorla. When she war a Ch'M, she cried for Cas torta. When she becaco Miss, she clung to Castori*. When she had Children, she gave them Cas tori*. CHARLESTON', S. C.. January 12. General Francis W. Capers died here to-day. He was born in Savannah, Ga., 1S19, and was a son of Bishop William Capers. He was first professor of the Citadel Academy at its organization in i*4'-\. He filled successively the position of Professor of Languages at Transyl vania University, Superintendent of Cokcsbury Institute and of the Citadel Academy and Professor in the College of Charleston, also of thc Georgia' Military Academy. Ile was a Brigadier ireneral in the Confederate Army at tached to the engineer service. Mrs. Jackson says in her memoirs of lier husband. Gen. "Stonewall'' Jackson, that whenever she visited thc General in camp he "spent ali of his leisure time in playing with their baby."' McElree's Wine of Cardu! and THEOFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT are for sale by the following merchants in Oconec county: Darby & Co., Walhalla. Norman Drug Co., Walhalla. J. W. Quillian, Westminster. H. B. Zimmerman, Westminster. R. H. Marrett, Fair P?ay. Haley ?fe McGuffin, Oakway. W. H. Hughs, Richland. Mitchell ?fe Lunney, Seneca. S. J. McElroy ?fe Co., ?eneca. The relations of this country with Chili are now of the most delicate nature. Several sailors of the United States, wearing their uniforms, have been most shamefully beaten in the streets of San tiago. The authorities of Chili have so far failed. The DeSau-'sure State farm has been leased to T. 0. Sanders, an ex-director of the Penitentiary. Conditions, $2,750 rental, to receive sixty convicts and to give the State bah* of the crop. Mate rials, implements, etc., to be furnished by the lessee. Masonic The regular communications of Bluo Ridge Lodge, No. 92, A. F. M., are held in the Masonic Temple, Walhalla, S. C., on Saturday night, on or before the full moon in each month, at Si o'clock p. sc. The Brethren will take due notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly. S. P. DENDY, W. M. J. J. ANSEL, Secretary. The regular convocations of Walhalla Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M., are held on Friday before the third Saturday in each month, at 3 o'clock p. M., in Masonic Temple, Walhalla, S. C. The Compan ions will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. S. P. DENDY, M. E. H. P. ROBERT A THOMPSON, Secretary. the wholes^ Massachusett women and they Many of them wei ^ . ish things are we doin0 erroneous opinions do we ?V.. will cause our descendants to blusn ?J1 shanie in the year 2092. The 6th day of January, instant, was noted fer cyclones and storms. The cy clone at Fayetteville, Ga., killed, two persons, wounded a number of others, and destroyed a number of buildings and other property. One of the wounded has since died. In Alabama several per sons were killed. Property was likewise destroyed. Millen and Augusta, Ga., and Darlington, S. C., and other places suffered from storms. There was also much lightning and thunder. Climrcli Oirectory. Appointments of Walhalla Charge, Ol JE. Church, Month, 1S94. Walhalla, 2d and 4th Sundays at il A. M. Zion, 2d Sunday at 3$ P. M. Oconee, 4th Sunday at Si P. M. Whitmire, 1st Sunday at ll A. M. Jocassee, 1st Sunday at 3* P. M. Double Springs, 3d Sunday at ll A. M. Laurel Spring, 3d Sunday at 3* P. M. The above Ls the plan for the Walhalla Charge during the present conference year. H. C. Moczox, P. C. There will be services in the Episcopal Church on every fourth and fifth Sundays of the month at ll o'clock A. M. Preaching in the Walhalla Baptist church every 2d Sunday in each month, morning and evening, at ll A. M., and 8 p. BC; 4th Sunday in each month at ll A. M., by the pastor, Rev. R. W. Seymour. Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Prayer Meeting every Thurs day ni?ht at 7 o'clock. Services in the Lutheran church will be as follows: Every first, third and fifth Sunday of the month in the German lan guage; every second and fourth Sunday of the month in English. Services com mence at fifteen minutes to ll o'clock A. M. ' Sunday School every Sunday morn ing at 9.30. S. C. ZETTNER, Pastor. Preaching may be expected afc the Wal halla Presbyterian church every first and third Sabbath of the month at ll A. M. and S.30 P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Preaching at Bethel Presbyterian church every second and fourth Sabbath of the month at ll A. M. On the same days (second and fourth) preaching-may be expected in the Ebenezer church at, 4 p. M. G. G. MAYES, Pastor of Walhalla Church. Plan of appointments for Seneca Cir cuit M. E. Church, South, Rev. A. B. EARLE, Pastor: First Sunday-Old Pickens at ll A. M. by Rev. M. F. Whitaker; Seneca at ll A. M.; Fairview at 3 P. M. Second Sunday-Seneca at ll A. M.; Friendship at 3 P. M. Third Sunday-Fairview at ll A. M.; Old Pickens at 3 P. M. Fourth Sunday-Friendship at ll A. ? M.; Seneca at 7.30 P. M. Ri?Difl & Danville Mmi Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Division. CONI/ENSED SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER TKATXS, IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 15, 1891. Northbound. ,No. 3S. No. 10. No. Itt. EASTERN TIME. I Daily. ! Daily. , Daily. Lv. Atlanta (F~ T.)- ; 1.25 pm 8.50 pm 10.10 am ! " Chamblee...j.: 9.27 " 10.48 " " Norcross.:.i 9.39 " 11.01 " ! " Duluth.!.; 9.51 " 11.15 " j " Suwanee.'.10.03 u .11.26 '. ? " Buford.1.10.17 " 11.40 " | " Flowery Branch..1.10.31 " 11.53 " " Gainesville.2.59 pni 10.51 " 12.14pm ? " Lula.!. 11.18 " 12.42 " " Bellton.j.11.21 " 12.44 ?. ! " Cornelia.?.11.45 " 1.10 " I " Mt. Airy.!.11.50 n't 1.15 " I " Toccoa. .12.20 am 1.47 " " Westminster. . 12.58 " , 2.35 - ! " Seneca. 1.17 " 2.54 " ! " Central. 1.50 u 3.40 " i " Easlevs. . 2.18 " 4.11 " ! " Greenville. C.05 pm 2.44 " 4.40 " ! " Greer's. . 3.14 " 5.09 " i " Wellford. 3.33 " 5.27 " ; " Spartanburg. C.57pm 3.54 " 5.52 " j " Clifton. 4.13 " ?.I0 " " Cowpens .I 4.18 " 0.15 " i .' Gaffneys.'. 4.40 '. 6.40." I " Blacksburg. . 5.oi " : 7.00 " " Grover.;. 5.11 .. 7.12 " ! " King's Mt. 5.28 '. 7.30 " j " Gastonia. . 5.54 " 7.59 " " Lowell. ?.07 " ; 8.12 " ? " Bellemont. 6.14 .' s.23 " Ar. Charlotte. 9.10 pm CO .. ' s.50 " ; ~ , 'No. :i7VXo. II. No. ?. : Lv. Charlotte. 9.45 am 1.50 pm 2.20 am! " Bellemont. 2.12 .. 2.42 " i " Lowell. 2.22 - , 2.52 " " Gastonia. 2..'? " I 3.04 " | " King's Mt. 3.00 .. ! 3.27 " " Grover. 3.10 ?. 3.43 ! .. Blacksburg. 3.26 .. ? 3.53 " 1 " Gaffneys. 3.45 - j 4.10 " : " Cowpens. . 4.10 .' 4.42 " I " Clifton.:. 4.13 j 4.45 '. j " Spartanburg.11.43 am 4.27 .. i 5.00 *. i ?' Wellford. 5.50 " I 5.23 " | Greer's.:- 5.09 " 5.42 " " Greenville.12.30 pm 5.34 " ; 6.10 " " Kasleys. 6.0? " i ?.38 .. ; " Central. C.55 1 7.30 " 1 " Seneca. 7.22 " : 7.57 .. '. Westminster. 7.41 M 8.15 .? " Toecoa. 8.19 " ? 8.52 " ; .' .Mt. Airy. 8.48 " .. I " Cornelia. s.52 .' 9.23 " " Bellton. . 9.16 ; 9.45 " " Lula.; 9-18 " ? 9.47 " ; M Gainesville. 3.41pm 9.42 .' 10.12 " " Flowery Ilranch.10.00 .. 10.32 " ; " Buford.10.17 .. 10.45 " ? " Suwanee... 10.33 " 10.58 " ' .' Duluth.1. 10.15 .. 11.15 " i " Norcross.;. 10.56 .. 11.28 " | " Chamblee. . ll.?? " 11.43 '. | Ar. Atlanta CE. T.). 5.05 pm 11.45 am 12220 pm Additional trams Nos. 17 amt 18- Lula accom modation, daily except Sunday-leaves Atlanta 5.30 I?. M., arrives Lula 842 '.. M. Returning, leaves Lula 6.00\. M., arrives Atlanta 8.50 A. M. j Between Lula and Athens-No. ll daily, except Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8.30 f. M.. and 11.50 A. M., arrive Athens lu.15 l\ M. and : 1.30 I?. M. Returning. leave Athens, No. 10 daily. ; except Sundav. and No. 12 daily. 6.15 P. M. andi 6.45 A. M., arrive Lula 8.00 P. M. and s.30 A. M. '. Between Toccoa and Elberton- No. til daily, except Sunday, leaves Toceoa 2.00 P. M.. arrive> Ell>erton 5.40 P. M. Returning, No. 60 daily. ' except Sunday, leaves Ell>erton 5.W A. M.. arrives Toccoa 8.30 A. M. Nos. ll and 12 carry Pullman Sleepers between Washington and Kansas City via Birmingham . and Memphis, and Nos. 9 and io Pullman ; Sleeper between Atla: ta and New York. On No. ll no change in day coaches from New : York to Atlanta. Nos. 37 and 38- Wa-hingtoa and Southwestern ? Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and Wash- ; ington. On this train an extra fare is charged on first-class tickets only. For detailed mformation as to local and through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleeping ? Car reservations, confer with local agents, or address JA.?*. L TAYLOR, Gen'! Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga. 1 W. A. 1 I RK. Assistant General Passenger Agent, Charlotte, N. C. ? C. I*. HATinOND, Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga. \V. II. CREEN, General Manager. Atlanta, Ga. i ..?OL. IIAAM. Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga. j Blanks. We keep constantly on hand the fol lowing Blanks at reasonable prices: Titles to Real Estate. Mortgages to Real Estate. Mortgages to Real Estate, with Fore closure. Note and Mortgage Personal Property. Agricultural Lien, with Note. Agricultural Lien, without Note. We keep other Blanks, but the above embraces those most in general use. Mee o? Election THERE will be held, at the Court i House, in Walhalla, S. C., on the THIRD MONDAY, January 18th, 1S92, a Town Election for one Intendant and six Wardens to serve the town of Wal halla for the year 1S92. Managers of Election: H. W. Pieper, Henry Ostendorff and John Bremer. Polls open at eight o'clock and close at four o'clock. By order of: H. A. H. GIBSON, Intendant C. L. REID, Clerk of CounciL January 7,1S92. Reward. fDQ K REWARD for the arrest or ap (?pw O prehension of the party or parties having maliciously damaged the street lamps on Saturday night, Novem ber 28th, between the hours of nine and twelve P. M., with sufficient proof for conviction. D. B. DARBY, ' Intendant of Walhalla, December 1,1891. - ^ ? Negroes on the large cotton planta- j ions on the Mississippi River are emi grating in large numbers to the North-1 Rest. The low price of cotton is given! ?s the cause for their emigration. The American Bell Telephone Company bas so forwarded its experiments in the j telephone field that it bas perfected a j telephone by which whispers can be transmitted hve hundred miles with per fect distinctness. One hundred an^ three members of i;be Virginia Legislature have expressed j Lheir preferences for the Democratic Presidential nominee as follows: Cleve land, 50; Hill, 38; Gorman, 3; a Western man, 6; not committed, 6. As usual, !Jr. Cleveland was the favorite. 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If you need anything in CLOTHING call on us and we will show you BAR SAINS that you will remember all the days of your life. -ITV SHOES ?ve offer MEN'S WHOLE STOCK BROGANS, Soc.; LADIES' GLOVE GRAIN BUTTON, $1; other Shoes in proportion. - ITS' FURNITURE >ur Stock is complete, that well will sell as cheap as the cheapest. Give us a call ind be convinced. -IT WILL I? A Y Y O XT to get choice of our BARGAINS. To do this. COME AT ONCE. You don't enjoy such a proposition often in a life time. So t ike advantage and see our CHE-VP &OODS. Respectfully, Garter Merchandise Company, WESTMINSTER, S. C. December 17. 1891. .... 65c. WORTH.$1 00 .... 35c WORTH.60c. ....16jc. WORTH.:30c. .... 60c. WORTH.S5c. .... 30c. WORTH.50c. .... 25c. WORTH .40c. .. 5 to 9c. WORTH.10 to 124c ?J ? ^HP" ^ O -XA.VUFACTVRED HY llic Wilcox & Cibba Csane Co. CHARLESTON, S. C., I You Em ? "Mrs. Smith, did you ever buy that lot of FURNITURE you said you intended to iret?"' " No, Mrs. Brown: you know how my John's crop fell short last year, so wc didn't feel able to buy; hut 1 am all right this year, for I have a patch of my own for that special purpose. Where is the best place to buy. do von think?" " Why, at THAT MAN TODD'S, to be sure. He has the best CHAIRS I ever .saw and the most of them. And then he has something new in BUREAUS; the drawers run just as .smoothe, and you can't pull them out and spill things on the floor. And oh, such a beautiful OAK CHEVAL SUIT, just too nice for any thing. You just go there, Mrs. Smith, and you will <;et suited." " Well. I believe 1 will. Mrs. Brown, just as soon as I get my cotton picked. And I believe John is going, too, to buy some TOOLS, so be can finish up the house. You know our Mary is gerti ng old enough to want things fixed up a bit." And they all remember That Man Todd, AT SENECA. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF OCONEE. DI THE PROBATE COUBT. Summons for Complaint not Served. Adolf G. Stapel, as Admin istrator of the Estate of John H. Stapel, deceased, and in his own right. Plaintiff, against J. Freder- ^ Relief ick Stapel and Caroline M, Doerwald nee Stapel, De fendants. TO the Defendants, J. Frederick Stapel and Caroline M. Doerwald nee Stapel: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which was riled in the office of the Court of Probate for said county, on the 11th day of November, 1S91, and t;? serve a copy of your answor to the said com plaint on the subscribers at their office at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive o;' the day of such ser vice; and if you fah ic answer the com plaint within the tiiiis aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded, in the complaint Dated November 11th, A. D. 1891. [L. S.] RICHARD LEWIS, Probate Judge. THOMPSON & JAYNES, Plaintiffs Attorneys. To the absent Defendants, J. Frederick Stapel and Caroline M. Doerwald nee Stapel: You will take notice that the purpose of this action is to sell the real estate of John H. Stapel, deceased, to pay debts. THOMPSON & JAYNES, Plaintiffs Attorneys, November 12,1891. 4&?t Auditor's Notice. Assessment of Real and Per sonal Property. jClIE Auditor of Ocone "o'-jty ur Iiis Clerk will appear at the tallowing places and times for the purpose of taking TAX RETURNS for the year 1S92: Vf*. E. Welborns, Monday.S to ll \ M., January 4. I). F. Carter s, Mondi M.. January 4. M. II. Leo's. TuesUa") - to ii .\. January Jonas Phillips', Tuesday. . M., January ?. M. J. Moore's, Tuesday, -, to S P. M., January ?. Abel Robins' place. Wednesday, 10 to 12 A. M., January C. Mountain Rest. Wednesday. .". to ."> P. M., January 6. Toll Gate, Thursday, 9 tu Ll A. M., J an nan,- 7. Little- River, Thursday. 3 to ? P. M.. January 7. Salem. Friday, S to ll A. M.. January ?. High Falls. Saturday, ll A. M. to 2 P. M., January 9. Westminster, Monday, lo A. M. to -5 I'. M.. January ll. Oakway, Tuesday. January Vi. .South Union. Wednesday, January 13. Fair Play. Thursday. January 14. Sitton-3 Mills, Friday. LO A. M. fco 12 M.. January L5. Friendship, Friday. 3 P. M. to P. M.. January I". Richland, Saturday. 10 A. M. to 12 M.. January 1*1. Mrs. Cherry's, Monday. A. M . January IS. < Adams' Crossing, Monday, P. M.. Janu ! arv IS. Seneca. Tuesday and Wednesday. Janu '. arv 19 and 20. Cleveland, Monday, February v. A. M. Unless Returns are made on or before ! the 20th day of February. the pen alty of fifty per cent will be added in .iii cases and collected. ? All male persons from twenty-one to fifty years ut" a^e. excepting those ox ; empt by law. are required to return their , polls. Merchants, manufacturers, bankers, , guardians, administrators and executors must make their returns strictly accord I ing to law. All transfers of real estate since Janu j arv, 1891, must be reported, j Each tax payer, except when impossi ! ble to do so, must make his or L3.- own i return. All notes, mortgages, moneys and ? other choses in action are taxable. All assessments of personal property must be the usual selling price of similar j property on the usual terms at execu i tors' or administrators' sales, at the places where the return is made. ! AU returns must be sworn to. T. R. NORRIS. Auditor Oconee County. November 26, LS91. This delightful Story of a ? Journey from the BALTIC to the, j/DANUBE Portrayed in 38 Chapters^ ?and 12 Graphic Illustrations, by Charles Augustus Stoddard Bound in Rich Cloth, i Decorated with Cold Eagles.;! rREE to Every New Subscriber to^ -the- \ NEW YORK OBSERVER, ?the foremost Family Religious News-< \ paper. ; (One book and one new subscriber,^ $3,00. I 'Two books and two r.ew subscribers,? .5,00. f SPECIMEN COPIES FBEE. ? |NEW YORK OBSERVER,! 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