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KEP WEE COURIER. .PUBLISHED EVEKY TU VHS DAY MOKXTXG. a. A. rrnoatpsox. D. A. SIUTH. B. T. JAY?TES. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JAY.VES. TERMS: For subscription. $1.50 per annum, strictly in advance; for six months, 75 cents; for four months. 50 cents. Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion ami tifty cents for each sub sequent insertion. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines. Tributes of Respect. Communications ot a personal character, when admissable. and Announcements of Candidates will be charged for as advertisements. Job Printing ueatlv and cheaply execu ted. Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. WALHALLA, S. C. : THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1893. President Cleveland is in a state of siege by office-seekers. The Australian ballot law has been enacted by the Kansas Legislature. The law is being tried in many other parts of our country. Gov. Tillman has granted Lavelle, the Charleston wife murderer, a respite for thirty days, to give time for further in vestigation. The highest salary drawn by a diplo mat is that of M. Waddington, the French ambassador to London. His sal.uv is $60,000 a year, besides which he has a large private income. The Senators and Representatives from the State of Alabama have adopted a plan for tilling the Federal offices in that State. Some such ?dan might be adopted for South Carolina. The State has entered suit against the city of Columbia for taxes said to be due on the city hall of that place. The amount in dispute is $1.301.34, simple taxes, and 15 per cent penalty. Senator Irby says he was not asked to sign '.he Senatorial recommendation to tl;-: President for the appointment ot Gi n. Hampton to the position of govern ment director of one of the Pacilic rail roads at a high salary. A most atrocious murder was commit ted at Lincolnville, S. c.. last week. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Tw?ichmann. Their terribly mutilated bodies were/ afterwards found m Mr. Teithmantfc store by citizens whose suspicion wen aroused. Oscar johnson; 1 l?e suspected murderer, hassinc.e-u?"-en captured, lt b/?s been ascertained that bebas com mitted several other murders. Ex-Secretary Rusk said to a Washing ton reporter: "Yes, I will go back on my farm in Western Winconsin, and resume just where I left off four years ago. I follow farming not for any sentiment or pastime, but to make it nay, and so J shall start to raising hay and grass ami breeding swine and cattle as of old. But I shad always look back with intense sat isfaction to my four years official life, for on the winde the time has been Spent pleasantly and profitably." The cotton planters of Arkansas, in convention assembled, say: Resolutions were adopted urging a reduction ol ..creage from that of last year, and also advocating greater diversity of crops. The following was also adopted: Re solved, That as the planters of Arkansas recognize New Orleans a.- tneir natural market and the only cotton contract mar ket in the South, we appeal to the Ex changes in that city to ehange their rules to conform with the rules governing the great grain ami provision markets of the country. Some days ago a party of revenue offi cers from Georgia passed through Wal halla with a number of prisoners. The Atlanta Constitution, referring to the fact, says: "The charge of conspiracy is very likely to be made against three reve nue prisoners now ia Fulton county jail: Jasper Johnson, J. M. Johnson and Charles Ridley: All three of the men are from Ra bun county, that not of i! licit distilleries, and they live within a stone's throw of where the State lines ot Georgia, North Carolina and South Caro lina join and lose themselves in the mountain wilderness of that section." ! A serions accident vcurrcd to Ers kine's new college building, at Due West, hist Friday evening. A loud crash was heard about dark by the people in the vicinity. On going to the college it was ' found that a considerable portion of the building, including the auditorium and j gymnasiam, was in ruins. It is supposed i that the disaster resulted from the ex cessive weight of a biick lire wall that the pillars supported above. If the crash had come an hour or two earlier tiie painters and workmen, who had just left, might have boen buried in the ruins. The loss is estimated at $5.000. A dispatch from New Y<uk says: The State of South Carolina has effected arrangements through the Baltimore Trust Company with a syndicate of New Y->rk. baltimore and Richmond capital ists for placing its new loan of $5,:i50,000. which is to run forty years and bear 4$ per cent interest. In January 'he syndi cate took S.'.OOOOoO of the bonds, which gave it an option on the remainder of the issue up to April 1. R. A. Lancaster ?1 Co.. of New York, representatives of the syndicate there, say that the option was exercised recently. It was charged at ? .ne time that Gov. Tillman could not refund the public debt of this State, but this charge, ?ike many others, falls to the ground. Atlanta Constitution : "Mr. Carlisle was opposed to the nomination of Mr/Cleve land simply because he thought that his nomination would defeat the party as it had defeated it in 1SSS. Thousands of Democrats ?hared this belief and acted accordingly, and, though they may have formed an 'inconsiderable element." they were, and are. as earnest and as sincere in their Democracy as those w ho had a larger confidence in the ability of Mr. Cleveland to carry the eonntry. No one was quicker to recognize this fact than Mr. Ch '.eland, and one of his first utter ances after his election was to the effect that he had no grudges against those who had seen proper to oppose his nomi nation. The first appointment he announced was that of Mr. Carlisle, who had opposed him. A smaller man than Mr. Cleveland might undertake to dis play prejudice against those who thought that. his nomination might not be the best thing for the party to do. A nar row-minded' man would not hesitate to display his littleness, but Mr. c "iveland has not only refused to make such a dis play-he has gone to the extreme of magnanimity, and has apparently for gotte?sy'-at any Demdnats opposed his nomination." Wk FROM WASHINGTON. The Turmoil of Politics. f WASHINGTON, March 9.-Representa j tive Springer, of Illinois, who was one of I the President's callers to-day, asked him if the i ule of not appointing men who had held office under him four years ago was to prevail, as reported. The Presi dent replied in the affirmative, and wheu asked if the rule was inflexible, Mr. Cleveland responded that it would be so substantially. There might be excep tional and extraordinary circumstances which might cause some departures from it, but he could not call to mind many possibilities to justify thc change from the policy decided upon. Mr. Springer asked if the rule was also to apply to fourth-class postmasters. Mr. I Cleveland's response was that he had not thought about that, but he gave the I decided impression that it would prevail to as great an extent as possible to these small postmasterships. WASHINGTON, March 10.-Senators and Representatives who called on President Cleveland this morning received confirma tory evidence of the report that Cleve land does not intend to give offices to those who had been favored under the previous Democratic administration. Ex-Representative Ilemphill, of South Carolina, called expressly for the pur pose of ascertaining whether the report was true and received an affirmative j answer from Cleveland. It is likely, of j course, that exceptions will be made in j rare instances, and one of these is said ! to be that of Judge Goode, of Virginia, ! who was nominated for Solicitor Gene ral, but failed of confirmation by the i Senate. He cannot, therefore, be con- j sidered from a technical point of view to ! have held office under Cleveland. WASHINGTON, "'arch 10. - Secretary Carlisle has received offers from Chicago hankers to exchange $3,000.000 gold for a ?ike amount cf small treasury notes of j denominations of lives, tens and twenties. , Intimations are made that the amount of small notes that will be needed will reach $10,000,000. He will forward the small notes at once. This demand for small notes is explained by the fact that with j the opening of the weather cattle and; ^rain are beginning to be moved. A j slight demand is also bcii)<i felt further I West, and it is anticipated that tin demand for small notes, for which gold will he paid, will continue to increase. | So far as the Treasury Department is ? advised no gold is engaged at the New ; York sub-treasury for shipment to-mor row. WASHINGTON, March io.-"it is per-! fectly correct;. I am very much opposed to t!ie reappointment of ex-office-holeb eis." ?aid President Cleveland this morn ill', f a member of Congress, who went ; .\> the White House to ascertain definitely .vhar would be the President's policy, j and whether the several rules which have been officially announced on this and kindred subjects were to be iuviola- ? hie and iron-clad. "I will say, however," continued Mr. develar d. "that my deter mination of this pointwill not necessarily apply to certain gentlemen who are now applicants for positions which they have | Glied before with exceptional" ability. I have one or two such instances in my mind where 1 think it might he for the j good of the public service to have the tonner incumbents reappointed, and while I have not definitely made up my mind even in these cases, it is probable that there will be several exceptions made :.. the Executive departments in this city and throughout thc country. You know there are few rules without their exceptions." The Congressman to whom Mr. Cleveland made these remarks inquired further about tie policy to be followed with regard to the retention of the Kepub liean office-holders until the expiration .>f their tenn. Mr. Cleveland said that this rule would be followed .generally, but in those cases-where Democratic: office-holders had been removed hy Mr. Harrison before the expiration of their terms, the same treatment would be accorded to the Republican incumbents. The question of the action to be taken hy Mr. Cleveland in connection with those ; offices which wc-e placed under the civil : service rules hy Mr. Harrison, after he had been defeated tor re-election, was also broached, lt will he remembered that tl.is admission of the civil service rule included al! free delivery post offices. ' .Mr. Cleveland's attention was called to ? the fact that in many cases, and especi ally in district? where margins were close and party feeling high, these offices were lilied by Republican politicians and work- ; eis. who were kept in place by Mr. Har rison's belated reform. Mr. Cleveland was asked what he would do in cases of - this sort, ?n reply he said simply: "I will take that matter under consideration when those offices are reached." From Mr. Cleveland's manner, however, the inquiring Congressman got the i m pres-j sion that when that time came his Demo eratic constituents would have little rea- j son to complain. Mr. Cleveland also, told this gentleman that he expected to till the more important positions in the depart?", nts and in the foreign service as raj ?idly as possible. Ex-Represcutative Ilemphill, of South Carolina, who came in later with similar inquiries with regard to Mr. Cleveland's policy, received practically thc same answers lo his questions as those which are recorded above. There is a general exodus of office seekers from Washington in view of the direct statement from the President that ' he does not propose to recognize the 1 claims of persons who held office under his former administration. The mur-j murings >1 the disconsolate place-hunter .tie loud, deep and in some instances piti ful. WASHINGTON. March H.-A Mugwump * Congressman from New York made some ? stai tiing statements to the Augusta: Chronicle representative this morning. His disappointment at not being able to i control certain patronage in his State prompted him to divulge what would otherwise have remained a secret until the proper time had arrived for the scheme lo have been carried out. It is a fact that Cleveland will oppose Crisp, and it is also a fact that the New York Congressmen will vote for an anti-silver candidate. Richard Croker is said to have arranged the combination in order to save Tam nany Hall. The first stet) was taken a few days ago when Congress man Beckwell, Senator Hill's personal representative, visited the White House. As a result of this interview Senator Hill called on Mr. Cleveland yesterday and spent nearly half an hour in earnest con sultation with the President. When he left, as well as when he entered. Mr. flill never looked happier or in better spirits in his life. Newspaper men have vainly endeavored to ascertain from him what passed between thc President and himself, but all their efforts have been futile. But here is the whole substance <>f the conversation, if a Congressman's word is worth anything: Murphy and Hill are to control the Federal patronage of New York city and largely of the ; State, and in return for this recognition from Cleveland the Tammany Congress men are to support Mr. Cleveland's can didate for Speaker, either Wilson or McMillan, against Crisp. While such a course would hardly benefit Senator Hill, it appears that he had no alternative, and in order to still be master of Tammany he was forced to enter the combination upon the terms stated. If this is true, and circumstances point that way, the great deal will create a furor all over the country. "Senator Irby will be chairman of one of the important Renate committees," said Arthur P. Goi.aan to the Chronicle representative to-night. This news, which reaches the public for the first time, and exclusively through the columns of the Chronicle, will be very gratifying to Sen rtor Irby's friends in Georgia and South Carolina. He had a long talk with 3 . Gorman this morning, and took occasion to use some able-bodied English. He had learned, and correctly, that a bitter per sonal fight was being waged by his ene mies, both in Washington and at home, against his appointment to one of the chairmanships, and proceeded forthwith to Mr. Gorman, chairman of the Senate reorganization committee, for informa tion, as well as to state his side of the matter, which he did in language classic and graceful. Senator Irby talked but-a few minutes before Senator Gorman frankly said : "Mr. Irby, no matter what opposition may be hurled against you, it is a settled fact that you wid be chairman of an import ant committee." Senator Gorman and Senator Irby have been quite intimate, if not cordial, since the latter entered the Senate, and it is due probably to Mr. Gorman more than anybody else that the young Carolinian is to be so prominently recognized. Senator Irby called at the White House to-day at 12 o'clock anil was in conference with the President for moje th n half an hour. Ile declined to state the purpose or purport of interview, but with his usu?! smile said: "Our friends, the enemy, in South Carolina will have some thing revealed to them in a short time that will surprise them." ?So it is a fact j certain that the Carolina patronage will be divided equally between the two fac tions. Incidentally it can be stated that, although the impression is laurent that Ben Perry, of Greenville, is to be Collec tor for South Carolina, lie will not receive the appointment. This information is from an unusually high source and tho roughly reliable. The leaders of the South Carolina reform movement that assembled in Washington during the inaugaration seemed to have bad more important busi ness than sight-seeing. The rank and j lile <>f thc reform movement in tue State ; have, to all appearances, been satisfied with Die leadership of Tillman and Irby, j hut not so with some of the lieutenants. One of the State officials announced to a supposed enemy of Gov. Tillman and Senator Irby that the following combina- : tion had been agreed upon: Congressman : Shell, who signed the prepared manifesto in 1S90, and who all at once recently became so disgusted with the politics and politicians that he had himself inter- j viewer!, announcing his retirement from : politics, is to bc the anti-Tillman candi- i date for Governor, p< ;,,g asa healing plaster between the two factions. Sena tor Duller is to be their candidate for re-election. Gen. Farley is to succeed , Siieil in Congress. Mr. Talbert is to have no opposition from the Conservative fac tion for Congress and is to receive the ( Conservative support. 1 he position of Adjutant General is said to have been offered Capt. J. H.. Tillman, eldest son <?f Congressman Till man, but it i.s likely he will not accept. This statement is not a conjecture, but an absolute fact, if the prominent gentle man in question can be relied on. All the recommendations for Federal posi tions substantiate what lias been said. It is said hythe aspirant himself that Senator Butler is making every effort to !iave the notorious lyncher. Can sh man, ?>f Lexington, appointed Reading Clerk of the United Mate?. Senate, lie now holds the office of Fish Commissioner by appointment from Gov. Tillman, but for the sake of being Reading Clerk has renounced his allegiance to the reform movement. The supposed treachery of Congressman Shell bas excited universal indignation and disgust among the reformers. Lively times are ahead in South Carolina politics and the campaign .?f 1S94 promises new and interesting 1-bases. STATK RIGHTS INVADED. _ Gov. Tillman Expresses His Op'nion of Judge Simonton's Decision. COLUMBIA, S. C.. March IO.-Gov. Till man expressed his opinion to-day on Judge Simonton's decision in reference to the dispensary Act. Ile said that as he was away at the time the decision was rendered, he took the first opportunity of expressing himself. He said: "I consider it a more outrageous inva sion of State rights than any thing yet coming from that source and it bears all the marks of a joh gotten up between SimontOD and those two lawyers io give him an opportunity to hedge by a seem ing decision in favor of the State lo ob literate the unfavorable decision in the railroad cases. If this is not so. how did he get up such an elaborate opinion in so short a ' .ne? Ile knew he bad no ju: isdictiou in this case and says, so Mit he could have said it in three words and dismissed the request for an injunction without going into such a long and labored opinion over it. "I expect 1dm to propose a receiver for the Governor's office before I go out, hut he will have a happy time getting pos session of it. for he bas as much right to vacate my office as he has to maintain an ! injunction against the execution. The part to which I object is that he should claim in the slightest degree that lie has anything to do with the State's dispen sary law. Ile had no right to pass upon it in any form whatever or take cogiii *' I zauce of it under any circumstance until it went into operation." His Perpetual Motion Story. Gre- ville News, March li/ An ingenious story was told in the de fense of G. T. Baughman, tried and con victed of counterfeiting in the United States Court yesterday and sentenced to three years in the Columbus, Ohio, peni tentiary, with a line of S500. Baughmao is from McCormick, in Abbeville county, and was found guilty on eight counts, j The money he manufactured was made with Babbitt metal and consisted of nickels, quarters, half dollars and dollars. The story of the defense is about ?os fol lows: Baughman claimed that he had invented a machine, which, had it ever been completed, was intended .to accom plish the heretofore impossible feat of perpetual motion. The counterfeit ! money was not intended for circulation ; but was to be used in the invention. By \ experiments he had ascertained that a j silver dollar was the exact size required I for certain wheels, and the smaller money ! was to be used for weights and other purposes. Finding the required size of ! these wheels the alleged inventor made a ! mould of Babbitt metal and manufac , tured eleven dollars from the same ma ! terial which were to be serrated with a ; tile and used as a part of this wonderful i machine. Before its completion the au {tborities pounced down upon 1dm, and after his preliminary hearing before the United States Commissioner, in Ander- ! son, he became convinced that the inven tion wasn't practical and destroyed it-j didn't save a piece df it to bring into court as a means of proving that this brilliant idea was anything but a fantas tic story and a myth, originating in the mind of the clever counterfeiter as a loophole through which to crawl out of a ticklish position. ARP'S REGULAR CHATv He Thinks Everything Is Looking Lovely Sow. f Atlanta Constitution, March 12.] The spring is fairly upon ns, and it is really the birth of a new year. The sweet odor of violets is in the air and the alder tags are blooming in the glades. The robins are bobbing around and the setting hen comes clucking from her nest Fire is on the mountains, and the busy farmers are burning brush and clearing up the fence rows, or hauling guano to make the biggest crop of cotton the world ever saw. That is what they told me in North Carolina, and I reckon it is so all over the cotton belt The poet say- "'Whatever is right," and so we will have to be reconciled and let the farm ers do just as they please and take the I consequences. In fact, it is risky and impertinent to advise a man about his business. But editors will do it, and I heard a farmer tell one not long ago that ; he could run a b ,tter newspaper if he would give it more attention and give the farmers less advice. Well, it stands to reason that a man who has been farming all his life knows more about it than a ! town-raised editor who never farmed a j day. The farmers arc in earnest now. Poli- j tics has settled down in the old ruts. The Ocala platform is dead and buried and all the vain hopes that inspired it have vanished away. Just as the "forty : acres and a mule'' played out with the : darkey, so have all the expectations of I some bi;; thing from the government1 I-layed out with the People's Party. It I was a delusion and a snare, and nobody I but a few politicians profited by it. It is at last an admitted fact that the farm- : ers must depend on themselves and not ! on the government. Paternalism is the! curse of a State or a nation, and I am glad to see that Mr. Cleveland is going tc j put his foot down npon it Protection I for protection's sake must go. We want no more infant industries. They must start full grown and compete with the ' world. This pension outrage must be; reformed, for it grows biggeras the years ] roll on. It is the politician's hobby, and he rides on it into office. Over eight ; hundred thousand are now on thc rolls, ami n?>t one-fourth of them ever saw a battlefield. It is nothing but paternal ism, and it has gotten to be an epidemic. Most everybody wants some help from the government, and if they can't get it one way they will another. Our r?volu- ' tionary fathers, who were wounded and disabled, drew pensions, but, in course of time, they died and the pension stop ped, but now the pension keeps running on and spreading out to widows and chil dren and grandchildren, and most of them are to foreigners who fought for the money that was in it and nothing else. Just go into the national cemetery, at Chattanooga, and see the names on the headstones, and you can't pronounce half of them without a corkscrew. For the honest, patriotic soldier we have the pro foundest respect, but we rebels know something about the foreign hirelings we had to light the last two years of thc | war. Paternalism is run mad. One hundred and eighty millions of pensions is more than the government, can stand. The nation has put Mr. ( leveland thero to ' reform, and we believe ha will do it The salaries of thc government officials are too large. Millicns could be saved by a healthy reduction, and then there would I not be so many office-seekers. How is it that our Governor and our Supreme Court Judges get only about half a?; much as a United States Marshal or a Clerk of a United States District Court? How is it that a little post office like Cartersvilie pays $1,600, when there are ten men and twenty women who would take it for $1,1)00? Let us get back to the economy of our j fathers, and then the duties on the neces- ' saries of life can be taken off, and the common people can get their shoes and blankets cheaper. Washington is called the father of his country, and now we j want Mr. Cleveland to father the couti- ; try some, too, besides little ha*h, and take the burdens off the people, That is all the paternalism we ask for-a clean and honest administration. Kill the, monopolies and the trusts. Let Hawaii alone and the Nicaragua canal and every thing else that calls for more money and more taxes. Don't fret so much about the money or the sc/ne between gold j and silver: it is do.ng very well. I once ; was young and now 1 am old, but I have never seen the time that there wasn't enough money in town to pay for every thing the people had to sell. I farmed tor eleven years, and my corn brought, me 00 cents a bushel for every crop. It isu't the kimi of money, whether gold or | silver or paper, that concerns us, but it1 is the solvency and houesty of the banks, j tor 5i5 per cent tit' all the business is done j by checks and deposits. There are enough dollars and dimes to do all the rest. Who ever sees a piece of gold coin? Who ever looks at a national bank hill to see what bank issued it? They are all good, from Maine to California. In my opinion, the world has no better currency, and I di ead to see thc day when any man or set of men can issue their own bills and foist them upon the country-we have tried that, and suffered. Let well enough alone. What old Geor gian does not recall the failures of Geor gia banks in the anet-bellum days-not ; only the wild-cat banks that were intended to fail, but good banks that failed through j great financial revulsions? There were j failures at Macon, and Columbus, andi St Mary's, and Rome, and Ringgold, and I Atlanta, and many of us have got relics hid away that we sometimes look at and lament. I know one man who has a package of $4,oo0 of Ringgold money ] that broke before the war. It is the common people who suffer from spurious money; the smart, swrewd traders get rid of theirs before the collapse comes. Now let us al' go slow. Mr. Cleve land's election does not mean a bonanza to anybody, but it does mean honesty of administration, if it is possible for him tocoutrolit; and I believe he will con trol it. Mr. Harrison was honest enough, but not broad enough. He wanted to jump on Chile with both feet, and nearly the last thing he did was to annex Hawaii on paper. Rut he was a pure man and did the best he could. Let us not idolize any man, for wc are all men and not gods. When Mr. Hayes died a friend of mine expressed his surprise and said he thought he had died several years ago, but remembered now that it was Arthur. Blaire will soon be forgotten, for such is thc nature of political fame. What a troublous life they live! Think of Toombs, and Stephens, and Gordon, and Colquitt and all their heart-burnings, ' and then turn away and say it is better to live calm and serene under your own vine and fig tree and take comfort with those you love and those who love you. There is nothing in this life that will compare with the love of wife and chil dren and the daily intercourse with good neighbors. May the good Lord give this blessing to us ail and make us content BILL ARP. One car of genuine red rust proof oats, six hundred barrels flouxand a large lot of N. O. molasses, sugar and rice, bought for cash before the late advance, which we will sell cheap for cash, or on a credit until fall. The Carter Merchandise Co., Westminster, S. C. Cotton May Yet Become More Valua ble for its Seed Than Lint. [Charleston News and Courier.] The latest number of the Baltimore Manufacturera' Record contains a letter from Mr. C. B. Warrand, of Savannah, Ga,, in which the very interesting infor mation is stated that there is in opera tion in that city a truly unique manu facturing establishment, it being the only one of its kind in the world, "whose cotton seed oil is manufactured by a secret process into rubber, not a substi tute for rubber, but bona fide rubber; such at least some 'of the best experts haring pronounced the product to be." lt is not a hoax. The 1st of April is more than a fortnight oft, as yet. This story is told in good faith, and with full particulars by Mr. Warrand, who is. we believe, a chemist and a citizen of Savannah, and is a well known writer on industrial topics. The discovery of the artificial rubber, he says, was made by an artist of some prominence who was ex perimenting with cotton seed oil to pro duce a varnish for art painting, and who. as has so often happened in such cases, stumbled on a product entirely foreign to his expectations. The discoverer states that his process is so simple that it is not j patentable, hence his only safeguard is in keeping it a secret. The only informa tion he gives is that he uses 15 per cent of genuine rubber to produce an article vhich cannot in any way be distinguished from crude India rubber. As soon as his discovery was made he went at once to Boston, where a number of experts pronounced the product ?genu ine rubber, and would not believe that such an article could be produced In artificial means. A prominent rubber : manufacturer recognized at once the value of the discovery, purchased an in terest in the process, and placed ?30.000 : in the hands of the discoverer to estab- j lish a factory near Savannah. A site of j five acres was purchased four miles from the city; a high board fence was erected , around thc property, and the factory was built in the enclosure and has been run ning for months. Nobody knows what [ is going on inside the factory except a few ignorant negroes; and nobody is ad mitted within its doors. The bare facts alone arc known that crude cotton seed oil, costing about ."o cotiTs a gallon, or about $135 a ton, is carted in, in five ton lots, and that tons of rubber, worth about ?2.,v.)o a ton, are carted out and shipped to a very promi- ; neut rubber dealer and manufacturer in Boston. The value of the new industry to its discoverer and his associates is indicated by the figures we have just given. It is not easy to over-estimate its value to thc ? South and to the world. The uses of j ".ubber are increasing every year, and the demand for the article is tabing the natu ral supply already. If the artiticial pro duct can successfully be employed for all or most of the purposes to which thc natural product is applied, or would be applied if its cost were cheapened, there will soon be a market for all of it that can be made in'the South, and thc cotton farmers will be directly and greatly bene-1 tited by the increased value of the .aw material, cotton seed oil, which they. must supply. It has been predicted that the seed of j tho cotton plant will some day represent ? a larger value than the lint, and that it may yet come to pass that the crop will be planted mainly for the profit in the i Seed. It really begins to appear as it the prediction, wild as it seemed at first, will yet be veri lied. A bery or nut-or whatever .'t is-that furnisnes at once a wholesome table and cooking oil. the best kind of food for all cattle, a sutrar fifteen times sweeter than cane su^ar. a rich fertilizing agent, and material for the making such varied articles of use fulness as Alabama strings, eraser-, galoshes, gum boots, bicycle and baggy tires, hospital beds, soldiers' overcoat-, ladies' wraps and car buffers and springs, has a future before it that it would he vain to attempt to outline or to limit. - A gold mine has been discovered on; Mr. W. B. Lowry's place at Velma. Edge Geld county, South Carolina. Mr. Lowry has struck two rich veins and he intends having the gold mined. A sample of the quartz gold was exhibited here to-day, says the Atlanta Constitution,and experts who examined it say Mr. Lowry bas got a fortune in his gold mine. New Advertisements. Attention, Ladies. OuR BUYER-HAS GONE TO NEW YORK and he bxs instructions to buy thc FINEST AND LARGEST line of Lais' Bress Gills that has ever been shown in this County. We are determined to surpass any thins we have ever shown before. The Ladies of Oconee appreciate FINE CtOODS and have patrol. ::.ed us well, and we feel that they will at least give us a look before placing their Spring Orders, and we will say right here f you will do us the kind ness to lookt iatisallwea.sk. We are going to have all the novelties on exhibi tion, both ii DRESS GOODS AND LADIES' WEAR, of all kinds, and our customers can feel assured they are get ting the right '.hing when they buy from us. Trusting } ou v. ill not forget us, and thanking you f jr past kindnesses, we are Yours trulv. M. W. COLEMAN & CO., SENECA, S. C. March IG, ISO:'. CITATION. IN THE COUKT OF PROBATE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, / COUNT'*' OF OCOXEE. f BY /. W. HOLLEMAX, ESQ., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Mrs. Roxie Moody has made suit to me to grant h r Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of J. L. Moody, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. L. Moody, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House. S. C., on Friday, the 31st day of March, 1S93, next, after publication here of, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be grant ed. Given under my hand and seal this the 15th day of March Anno Domini, 1893. 5 xlTsT > J. W. HOLLEMAN, / -v~ ) Judge of Probate. Published on the 16th day o? March, 1893, in the XEOWEE COCKIER, Walhalla, S. Cv All the elements which nature requires, to make the hair beautiful and abundant, are supplied in Ayer s Ilair Vigor. This preparation keeps the scalp free from dandruff, prevents the hair from becom ing dry and harsh, and makes it* flexible and glossy. Sanford Deas was shot and mortally wounded on Slain street in Lancaster last week by Robert R. Kennington. Kennington was on trial in court for house breaking and larceny, and Deas was one of the witnesses against him. Deas was unarmed. Will Langston, of Clifton, was run over by the train and killed, last week, near the Air Line depot, in Greenville. GOODS CHEAP Enough Will Sell Themselves. Fine Roller Patent Flour, $4.50 a barrel: Good Roller Family Flour, $3.75 a barrel; New Orleans Molasses, 25 and :>5 cents a gallon: Plow Lines for half a cent a foot; Rot Ware, 4 cents a pound; Brass Bound Cedar Buckets, 25 cents each; best quali ty Ride Powder, 25 cents a pound; best Axe you ever used for 75 cents; heavy Dress Plaids. 5 and 6 cents a yard; Outing ^ Flannel, 5 cents a yard: best yard wide | Sateens, ll? cents a yard ; standard Hick ory Shirting. S cents a yard; yard wide sot t finished Bleachings, $ cents a yai ladies' fancy colored Hose. 5 cents a pao . best fast black Hose. 1U cents a pair; good Cotton Hand Towels, 0 for 25cents; good everyday Suspenders. 5 cents a pair; heavy wool Jeans, 20 cents a yard; wool Jersey Shirts. 50 cents each: Cotton Out ing Shirts, 25 cents each: white Linen Shirts, 50 cents each; Silk and Velvet Dollar Cravats for 50 cents each : regular tifty rent '. 'ra va ts for 35 cents; big lot of Linen Handkerchiefs for 5 cents each; ladies' fine Dongola Hutton Boots foi $1.50: India Kid Hoots, with patent lea ther tips, for $1.35; big line of grain and kid. Lace or Hutton Shoes, for $1.00; whole stock, calf skin, ladies' everyday Shoes, lined throughout, for$l; calfskin hand-made Shoes for 75 cents: men's whole stock Brogans forS5 cents; Mil waukee oil "iain Shoes for $1.25; Con gress and Lace Gaiters for $1.25; Boys' line Hats for 20Cents; Men's best two dollar Hats for $1.25. These are ail good solid values. The' hot goods for the money ever shown in I tins part of the country. If you lived in | the largest city iii America you could not ? do better. C. Furber Jones. MT ORK AT -O.nA.tMKK. March 5), 1S03. Master's Sales. STATE OF SOUTH ( 'AROLINA, i COUNTY OF OCONEE. \ IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I) Y virtue of Decretal Orders, to me ) directed, by His Honor James F. Izlar. Presiding Judie Court Common Pleas foi Oconee county,South Carolina, Fi bruarv Term, 1S03, 1 will sell, at pub- i li<- outcry, in front of the Court House door, in Walhalla. S. C., on Salesday in j APRIL NEXT, during the legal hours of sale, the following described REAL : ESTATE, and upon the terms men tioned in each case, to-wit: Mrs. S. M Hi'-""'"^cr, I'laintiff. ) against > I W. 0. Alexander and others. Defend's. ; j \LL that piece, parcel or tract of f land situate, lying and being in j Oconee county, on both sides of Cornie ross Creek, adjoining lauds of W. 0. j Alexander. J. W. Alexander, S. M.! Hunsinger, ll. IL Dillworth and. Wm. Adair. containing seventy (70) acres, more or less, the same being seventy acres of. the tract of one hun dred acres set apart to Francis Jane Alexander as lur share of the estate of I .James S. Alexander, deceased. ALSO. VLL that piece, parcel or tract of j land situate in saul county and j Srate. lying on the E:Lst side of the pul)- ; li?: road leading from Walhalla to West-j minster. S. C.. adjoining lands of S. M. Hunsinger. W. M. Gossett and J. W. ; Alexander, containing thirty acres, morel or less, tlie same being the remaining; i hirty acres, more or less, of the one nun di cd acres set apart to Francis Jane Alex: .er as her share as aforesaid. T '.IS: One-half cash, balance inj om yt ar. w ith interest from day of sale, to he secured hy bond of the! purchaser and a mortgage ot the pre mises. Purchaser allowed to anticipate payment, if desired, and to pay extra for papers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN. Master. Mrs. J. M. Neville. Plaintiff, ) against ? 1 Hattie II'milton. Defendant. ) j VLL thai cer'ain lot of land situate in ! Che tow n of Seneca, in the county and State aforesaid, adjoining Cherry street and North First street, the same !>cing the Kastern half of the one-half j acre lot No. SO in the pian of said town, j TERMS : Cash. Purchaser to pay ex- ? tra tor papers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN, Master. W. C. Tatham, et al.. Plaintiffs, against A. Cr. Fretwcll, et al.. Defendants. VLL that certain pit. parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the town ol' Walhalla. S. C., in the County of Oconee and State aforesaid, hounded on the South by North Broad street, on i lie West hy Catharine street, on the North by McFall alley, on East hy Cobb lot. cont.lining one acre, more or less. TERMS : One-half cash, balance on a credit of one year, with interest from day of sale, credit portion to he secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises. The purchaser to pay exlra for papers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN. Master. s - ! c. E. 0. Mitchell. Plaintiff, ) against [ I Eliza J. Miller, et al.. Defendants. ) * LL that piece, parcel or tract of rv land, situate. lying ami being in the County and State aforesaid, on Fuller's f reck, waters of Conneross Creek, of I Seneca River, containing seventy-eight ! tcies. mine or less, adjoining lands set [ tpart to P. L. Holcombe, lands of Hugh i Blair, estate of Messer and others. ALSO, 4 LL that piece, parcel or tract of ; ! ?x land, in the State and County afore- ] j said, containing sixty-nine and one-half i acres, moie or less, being the same deeded to J. H. Holcombe by L. L. Jar rard, and adjoining lands of J. L. Hol combe, estate Shields Mai tin, Henry Williams. W. H. Hunt and others, lying j on both sides of the public road running j from E. P. Verner's to Bachelor's Re treat, being part of Crenshaw land. TERMS : One-half cash and balance in one year with interest from day of sale, credit portion to be secured by bond of j purchaser and mortgage of premises, j Purchaser f<> pay extra for papers. Sold at the i ?sk of former purchasers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN, Master. March ?>, IS93. 10-4t IFE OLIVER and KIDNEYS. I Cures "DYSPEPSIA. LIVER and [ KIDNEY Troubles when all else fails. ~23c, 50c, 8l.OO. MEDICINE COMPANY, SpartanburK. S. C. J and OpiumHaMtii ' cured at home wita? ? outpcin.Bookofpar> "C%?J? S ticulars tent FREE. ?W7a=2aaB.M.WOOLLEY,M.D. Atlanta, ir?. C^ico 1?A% WhiteiiaU St Final Memett Mea THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) CoCXTY OF OCOXEE. J IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. "\T0TICE is hereby given that applica 1_N tion will be made to the Judge of Probate of Oconee county, at Walhalla Court House, S. C., on Monday, the sd day of April, 1893, for leave to make a final settlement of the estate of John H. Stapel, deceased, and thereupon to be discharged from all further liability therefor. A. G. STAPEL, Administrator. March 2,1S83. 9-tt ? ? :? : AN ORDINANCE, TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE TOWN OF WHLHALLA FOR THE YEAR 1S93 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE rr ORDAINED by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Walhalla, in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same: That a tax to cover the period from January loth, 1893, to January loth, IS94, for the sum and in the manner hereafter named shall be raised and paid into the treasure of the Town of Walhalla by the 30th day of June next: SECTION 1. The sum of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed value of real and personal property for ordinary town purposes; also the sum of 50 cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed value of real and personal property for interest and retiring of rail road bonds. SEC. 2. Ten dollars a day by any itine rant trader or auctioneer Ottering for salt within the Town of Walhalla any goods, wares and merchandise, at auction or otherwise, to be paid each dav in advance: Provided, the provisions of this Ordi nance shall not apply to thc ordinary dealers in county products. SEC. 3. On all circuses and other shows i tax of one to one hundred dollars per day. in the discretion of the Intendant, shall bc paid. SEC. 4. On each and every billiard table ind on each and every pool table kept for-profit a tax of S5, bagatelle table $.">. and ten or nine pin alleys $5, in advance, before license for using the same shall be granted, and any person opening such establishments, without first obtaining license for the same, shall be lined for each day they are kept open a sum not exceeding $.}. SEC. ? On each and every keeper of livery or sale stables the sum of $2."> for the year in advance, and no person or persons shall let out for pay in any man ner any horse, wagon or other vehicle without paying the following tax: Each one horse and vehicle, $10; each two horses and vehicle, $15: this section not being designed to affect draying. SEC. (>. On each and every dray where any hauling is done for any one, other than the owner thereof, the sum of $0 for the year in advance. SEC. 7. On each and every meat market, butcher stall or wagon the sum of $10 per year, payable in advance, provided that any one wishing to dispose of beef, mutton, veal, pork or goat at retail may do so by paying $1 for every beef or 50 cents for each mutton, hog, goat or calf, unless the same be sold in bulk. SEC. S. On each and every person who shall open a::y room, tent, booth or car for the purpose of taking photographs, daguerrotipes or other likenesses the sum of $10 for the year: $? for a less period than one year. SEC. 9. That each and every person liable to road duty, under the laws of the State, other than ministers of the Gospel, | teachers of schools and students, shall work on the streets ten days (or pay- at j the rate of fifty cents a day) under the direction of the Intendant or some one in his stead, .meier the same penalties as prescribed by the laws of the Sta J for any refusal or neglect to perform said work: Provided, that any person shall be permitted to pay on or before the 15th day of April a commutation of $4. SEC. 10. That, thc tax on real and per sonal property, as provided in Section 1, shall be paid according to the assess ments. mr.de by the Board of Assessors, consisting of three persons, to be appointed by the Intendant: Provided, that in every case any party shall have the right of an appeal from ?ooh assess ments or valuations to the Town Council any time before the first Wednesday in April next. Any property in town on the tirst of May, not returned to thc County Auditor, is to be listed by the Town Treasurer for taxation. SEC. ll. All taxes herein levied (except such taxes, licenses and assessments as j are required to be paid before entering on the business hereinbefore mentioned) : shall be paid on or before the first day of j July next., and. if any person or persons shall fail, refuse or neglect payment of taxes herein levied within the time speci fied, the Treasurer of the Council is hereby authorized ami required to add fifteen per cent to the amount of the tix to the person thus neglecting or refusing, and. if the tax and penalty tims imposed are not paid within twenty flays, it shall be the duty of thc Treasurer to issue executions therefor immediately and col lect the same in due process, or be lined for each case of neglect. SEC 12. Be it further Ordained. That ! any person found drunk in the '. Town of Walhalla, whereby thc peace | and good order of the town may be impaired, or the convenience of other persons interfered with., shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable at the discretion of the Intendant within the limits of his authority. SEC. bi. Be it further Ordained, That all places of business or amusement must ! be closed on the Sabbath day. and the ' violator of this ordinance shall be sub ject to a penalty- of $?.">. SEC. 14. Be it Ordained. That any per son riding or driving upon the sidewalks <>r leading a horse thereon, except to cross the same at a regular crossing, or placing any obstruction which may impede a free passage, shall be punished at the discretion of tin- Intendant within the limits of his authority. SEC I"?. Be it Ordained, That any per son caught in the act of ].-.!?'.ii- indecency on the street shall be guilty of a misde meanor and l?e punished at the discretion of the Intendant within the limits of his authority. SEC ?t?. Be it Ordained. That any per son convicted of keeping a disorderly house w ithin the limits of the Town of Walhalla, shall, upon conviction of such Offence, be lined a sum no less than s:_'.~ nor more than $30, and the owner or lessee of any dwelling house or Other building situated ". ithin said ?incorporate limits who lets or suit-lets any such dwelling to any person or persons, tobe used as a bawdy- house or house of pros titution, shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than >."> nor more than $30, for every day upon w hich such house or building may be used or kept, and be otherwise punished within the discretion of the Intendant within the limits of his authority. SEC. 17. Any person or persons wh" shall be guilty of fighting, rioting, using profane language, or other disorderly conduct within the incorporate limits shall be subject to a fine and imprison ment at the discretion of the Intendant within the limits of his authority SEC. IS. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to arrest all persons guilty of ! misdemeanor or lighter .crimes within the incorporate limits of the Town of Walhalla, by violation of the laws of the State of South Carolina. Oco nee county, or by violation of any Ordinance of the Town of Wafc haHa and bring them before the Intend- ? ant or a Warden acting in his stead, who ? shall have such power to pass such order in the premises .as. in his opinion, justice may require, consistent with the autho rity of the Council in such case provided. SEC. ll?. Be it further Ordained. That it shall be the duty of the Marshal or Policeman, after the arrest of any per son, whose violation of any law inter feres with The peace and good order of thc Town of Walhalla, or the conduct or the person arrested after the crrest is made is such as to impair the peace and good ?rderof the town, to closely contine ! such person and produce him as herein after directed for examination or proper administration of criminal justice as the case mav require. SEC. ?0. lt *hall be the duty of the Marshal to prevent ball playing and other amusements by a collection of boys or men in the Main Street of the Town of Walhalla, and he is, to effect this, author ! ized to arrest all persons so engaged and j bring them before thc Intendant for ' examination and punishment He shall i also disperse any crowd assembled on I the sidewalk. j SEC. 21. He shall arrest all persons i found throwing fire balls, or shooting guns or pistols or other fire-arms, or fire crackers and sling-shots, within the incorpora te limits of the Town of Wal hal'a and bring them before the Intend ant for examination and punishment, by fine not less than five dollars. SEC. 22. " Any persons found guilty of injuring shade trees by h ?teing horses thereto or otherwise, inside the incor poration, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $5, in the discretion of the Intendant SEC. 23. The Marshal is further author ized to arrest any person found on the streets between 10 o'clock P. M. and 5 o'clock A. M., who cannot give a satis factory reason for such presence on the streets during these hours. SEC. 24. " It shall b?" a misdemeanor for any person to cut trees on any of the streets of Walhalla. SEC. 25. That any person who shall be .guilty of running a horse or mule on Main Street shall be subject to a fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Intendant -?Ithin the limita of. his autho rity. SEC. 2?. That any person or persons [laving claims against the town must pre sent them within GO days or the same will be debarred from payment, unless a satisfactory excuse is rendered. SEC. 27. That any dog running at lar?e. within the corporate limits of the town, between the 1st of August and theTst of October, without a muzzle, is liable to be seized and retained by the Marshal for a period of twenty-four hours, during' which time his owner can redeem him by paying the sum of two dollars, and, if lot so redeemed, thc dog is then to be killed. SEC. 2S. All residents and owners of property within the corporate limits are expected to keep .their promises in a glean and healthy condition, and any one failing to remove nuisances, when requested to do so, is subject to be fined tive dollars and cost of removing same. SEC. 29. That it is unlawful for any person to leave melon rinds or other such crash on the streets of this town, and any person so doing ami refusing to remove the same is liable to be arrested and pun ished within the discretion of the Intend ant. ? EC 30. Resolved. That all laws enacted by the Council heretofore, not in conflict with these Ordinances, are considered in full force, and that each and every one >f these Ordinances shall be in full force after the publication of the same. - Done and ratilied in Coun gfggag&.cil and the Seal of the corpo gjSifi^g ration of the said Town of ^gj?fev| Walhalla affixed thereto this '^pwBlKft^ the titi) dav of February. IS93. II. D. A. RIEMANN", Intendant. W. J. I3r.AMi.KTT. Clerk Council. HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Furniture, CONSISTING OF BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS. WASHSTANDS, TABLES, CHAIRS, MATTRESSES, &c. These ?oods-*rill be sold at a reasona ble and living profit. Give me a call. October 22. 1891. SCISSORS -AND SHEARS. -M Do you want a good pair of SCISSORS AND SHEARS? If you do, call and examine my immense line. Every pair war ranted. C. W. PITCHFORD. January V?. 1S93. DENTISTRY. Dr. &. C. PROBST, Dentist. OFFICE IN THE OLD SMELTZER BUILDING, on North side of Main Street.Walhalla.S. C. odie- hours: S.:X> A. M. to I P. M. and 2.30 1'. M. to G P. M. February 23. IS93. [TO A LL persons having demands against j\ theestateof VV. J. Hix. deceased, ar?- required to present the same to the undersigned, duh proven, bv the FIFTH DAV OF MARCH, 1S93. .1. W. SIIELOR, Executor. Februarv 2. !>:.?:. ">-4t Fresh Beet WY. will hav.- FRESH BEEF everv V? day and FISH A ND OYSTERS once a week at our market, next door above thc Post Office, ' ail and sec us. Will collect accounts every Saturday. MONS CRENSHAW. February IS93. 6-3m ?S5 YX7INTER GRAZING and RUST W PRour OATS at 60 cents per bushel. 10 Tons of choice Pea Vine. Crab and Cherokee Grass Hay. county raised. t'> nice young half Jersey Milk Cows. 3,000 bundles of splendid Bottom Fod der. All for sale at hard time prices by J. P. STRIBRING. Richland. S. C. February 9, 1S93. WES fe*1* I? W. L. DOUGLAS 83 SHOE WI HOT RVF Bert Cali Shoe In tn* world for the pile?. W. L. Douglas shoes are ?old everywhere. Everybody should wear them. It ia a duty yon owe yourseli to get the best vale* 1er your money. Economise In year footwear by porobAsing W. L. Douglas Shoes.wnich represent the best value at tba prices ad vertised above, as thousands caa testily. sa~ Take Ko Substitute. ~*sr Beware of/rand. lion? genclne without W. L. Douglas name and price stamped c? bottom. look ior lt when you tay. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Sold br F. ? HARRISON, WALHALLA, S- a r^> JV1. W. COLEMA^? March?, l^^t?^t^'