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1 TO THINK OWN SRLP B? TRUK AND IT MUST ?OLLOW AS THR NIGHT THR DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THRN BB FALSR TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNKH, SXRlUiOK, SMITH & STEOK. WAI.,flAI..I,A, MOUTH ?AUOLINA, MAltOH HO, 1801k -,-j-r NEW SERIES, NO. 82.-VOLVJMH I,.-NO. 13 INSURRECTION IN AB. NEGROES PLOT TO MASSACRE THE WHITE PEOPLE-SEVEN ARE. LYNCHED. In Squads, Every Man Thoroughly Armod, tho Search 1or tho Colorod Men is Begun. TUX A UK AN A, A HIC, Maroh 2 J.-A rnco war is on in little Uiver county, and, during tho last 48 hours, an in definito number of negroes bavo met their death at thu banda of an infu riated white population. Seven aro knov'M to bavo boon lynohod and tho work ta .?ot yet done. Tho bodies of tho victims of tho mob's vengeance aro hanging to the limbs of trees in various parts of tho county, strung up wherever 'overtaken. Tko county is in a stat a of intonso excitement. White mon aro collecting in mobs heavily armed and determined ; no grocs arc Hoeing for their lives and tho community is in au uproar. Tho exact number of negroes who bavo been summarily dealt with, or thoso who may yet fall into tho hands of tho mob boforo order is ro Btored{ may novor bo known. Hoven bodies bavo been found and other victims aro being hunted and will meet a similar fato when run to earth. Tho known dead to (late aro : General Duckett, Edwin Goodwin, Adam King, Joseph Jones, Benja min Jones, Moses Jones and an un known man. Joe King and John Johnson wore also taken in hand by mobs and whipped. Thoy were afterwards turned loose and bavo disappeared. Little Uiver county is in tho ex treme Southwest corner of tho State, bordered on tito Wost by tho Indian Territory and on .ho South by Texas. The negro population is largo and has, for a long time, proved very troublesome to tho whites. Frequent murders have occurred and thefts and lights bavo become common affairs. Ono or two negroes bavo previ ously been severely dealt with when tho people found it necessary to take the law into their own hands, but it was not until Tuesday that tho trou ble took on a Horious aspect. It then developed that carefully laid plans had been made by a number of ne groes to precipitate a race war, and that many white men had been marked for victims. It is learned that twenty-three negroes were im plicated in this plot and the whites arc now bent on meting out num mary punishment to tho entire coterie of conspirators. Seven have been killed and the work of wiping out tho entire list continues without relaxation. All implicated in tho plot arc known, and parties of whito men varying in numbers from '25 to 50 n~o scouring tho country for them. Wherever ono is found ho is quickly strung up and his body perforated with bullets. Tho work of dispatch ing tho first two or three was an easy matter. Hut tho nows soon spread among the negroes, who, in stead of making tho resistance and offering tho battle that they had threatened, became panic-stricken and began getting out of tho com munity as quickly as possible. Two, whose names were on tho list of oon fpirators, got a good start and HUC ceded in reaching tho Texas State lino bofo rc being captured. They were strung up without ceremony. The trouble arose over tho killing of James Stockton by Duckett. Just prior to tho lynching of Duckett tho negroes had planned thc inaugura tion of a race war. Duckett was tho loader and at his death the negroes let tho matter out. Thc citizens be came greatly enraged. Joe King and .fohn Johnson wero taken to thc woods and whipped. Other negroes mado threats, but nothing occurred until yesterday, when the wholesale lynching began. In thc gang that was plotting for a race war were twenty-three ne groes, and it is likely tho entire num. ber have been strung up in tho thickets. It is known to a certainty that seven ring-leaders arc dead. Tho negroes are Hoeing from the dis trict. To-day three wagons full ar riv?t) at Texarkana, having crossed Ked Hiver at Index last night. *ll>0 KKWARD *100. Tho roadors of this paper will ho pleased lo learn t hat thorn is at least ono dreaded disease that scionco has boon aldo to euro in nil ifs stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is tho only positivo euro known to tho medical fra ternity. Catarrh hoing a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh is Curo tnkon inter nally, neting directly upon tho blood and muci|Ot|S surfaces of tho system, thereby destroying tho foundation of tho disenso, and giving tho patient strength hy build up tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors bavo bavo so much faith in its eurativo pow ers, that thoy offer one hundred dollars for any caso it falls to cure. Mond for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. ClIKNRV .* Co., Toledo, O. Hold by Druggist, 7?o. flail's Family Fills aro tho best. THE IMPERIALISTS' CREED. Twolvo Articles of Bollol Which Justify tho Benevolent Policy ol McKinley. This olevor satire on the inconsist encies of American imperialism has boen contributed to the Outlook : Artille 1. I believe in keeping up tho old war taxes to provont trado from Europe and tho now war taxes to force trado from Asia. Artiolo II. I boliovo in tho exclu sion of ignoran.. Europeans, and tho inclusion of moro ignorant Asiatics. Artiolo III. I believe in a protec tive tariff where farinors would trado abroad, but in freo trado whore manufacturers seok a market. Articlo IV. I boliovo tho public can not mnnago monopolies at home, but can manage sv.hjeot race? on tho other side of tho globe. Articlo V. I believe in homo rulo for Ireland, but in alien rulo for tho Spanish islnnds. Artiolo VI. I boliovo in a Monroe doctrino whioh forbids Europe to in tel fore with solf-govornmont in Amo nen, but permits America to inter? foro with self-govornmont in Asia. Articlo VII. I believe tho Spanish islanders aro unfit to govern them selves, but will bo fit to help govorn us. Article VIII. I boliovo tho blaok-i have no right* to govorn thoniBolvcs, but that whites and blacks have a right to govern yellows. Artiolo IX. I believo that taxation 'without representation is tyranny when applied to us, but philanthropy when applied by us. Articlo X. I believo that govern ments get their powers from tho con sent of the governed in Amorion, but from the conscious superiority of tho governors in Asia. Articlo XI. I believo that milita rism and foreign broils are tho ref ugo of despotism in Europe and Republi canism in America. Artiolo XII. I believo that Ameri can policies havo made a littlo Ame rica, and that European policies will make a grcator America. *r v ;v ?r w v 'w ?r ?r mt rm <n irfti ifli A n iti A ^ ? Does Your < , Hoad Ache r \ 4\ Aro your nerve? weak ? Can't ? L you sleep well V I'uln in your 4 r? hack ? /.nek energy V Appotlto k poor v Digestion Ead ? nolls or r? y j pimples f riicHo aro bat some of . " tho results of constipation. If. r y tho contents of thu bowels aro aot 4 4 removed from tho body each y . day, as nature Intended, poison- 4 % ons substances aro suro to bo nb- L, sorbed Into tbo blood, always ^ ? J causing sulTorlngand frequently . ~ causing ?overo disenso. . > b. Thoro ls a common-senso euro. 4 Auers PILLS . They dally Insure an easy and Hnatura, movement of tho bowels, jr*! l*rico,26o.a box. AU druggists, y Ay OP'8 Sarsaparilla i wiTli tho pills will hasten recovery, r. ^ J Write tho .Inrtor lust how you aro 1 4m sufforliiK You will rccoivo tho bolt >. ? 1 morilritl ?ilvico without coKt. I < A DU. J. O. AYER. Lowell,Mass. L .~m> w y y qp mp ey mm A A. A -A. A ?t. A, A Al ^mJ Destruction of Montezuma University. BIRMINGHAM, AI,A., March 23. Tho Montezuma University, at Bes semer, below boro, was totally de stroyed by fir3 this morning. The tiro originated from a dofeotivo flue. The building belonged to the Besse mer Land and Improvement Com pany and cost ?$?{0,000. There was #5,000 liiKuranoo. Tho building in boom days was used as a hotel. O ^3bu $Bt V *C> 3r$. X A. ? Dears the Jp ^B KM YOU HaV8 AlWajfS Bought Bler? (^yfM^ ?- --- Oiujlit to Bo Hanged. (!I,AY CBNTBH, KAN., March 26. ?John Gilbert, who slew his wifo and four children with a hatchet on Feb ruary 28 last, on his farm, near In dustry, pleaded guilty when put on trial hero to-day, and was sentoncod to death. This, under thc Kansas law, means life imprisonment, as no recent Governor has signed a death warrant. -,-?t -- It must bo remembered that start ing in to milk a heifer when she first comes in, is taking a considerable liberty with her. To avoid having her kiok and "out up" when it be comes necessary to milk her, abo should have boon previously handled now and then, her legs rubbed and her udder stroked and felt. According to a high authority cold water is a valuable stimulant to many if not all, people. Its action on tho heart is moro stimulating than brandy It has been known to raise tho pulse from 70 to over 100. -- -?.??- - .. A lot of Bourbon county, (Ky.) cattle wont into a tobacco barn for shelter during tho last snow, and 20 of them dlod from eating the tobacco. rOOK HIS COMPANION FOR A WILD TUR? KEY ANO 8H0T HIM. \ Whole Cornrnunlty Saddened by a Terribie Aocideni-ir?y Finds Aocordiny io Facis. HAMPTON, S. C., MaroU 22.--Our community was greatly saddonod this morning when it booamo known that on ye?torday ovouing about ?lusk our townsman, Mr. W. P. Grif fin, bad, by misohnnoo, shot and killod Ambrose Bootlo, of Brimson. Both mon had gone to tho swamp in ienroh of turkeys. Mr. Griffin took Ids position and never mr ved. When Mr. Griffin oalled ho waa answered ; lio continued to onll and tho answor waa also contiuued, but shifted in position from about th roo hundrod yards to his right until it oamo within fifty or sixty yards in front of liim. It was thou dusk ; hu saw a iark object move as if it wero a tnr koy preparing to fly to its roost. Ile fired, running to tho spot oxpeoting lo get his turkey. Ile was horror ?tricken to lind a man. Mr. Griffin ipoko, but gutting no roply ho ran Lo his horse and onmo to town nt full meed for help. About thirty of tho 3?ti/,eus wont with him. They found Lho wounded man and brought him hero, whore ho died at 8 o'clock this morning. Mr. Bootlo WUB a kind, quiet Christian gentlomnn, though poor. Mr. Griffin is a gentleman of the higho?t ordor and as a citizon Lhere is none bottor. Both our town and Branson aro n great grief over tho sad affair. Tho coroner's jury found a verdict of 'mischance," or absolutely accidental killing. Mr. Bootle's remains wero carried .o Colinton county, his old home, for burial. All expenses for tho funoral tvoro mot by Mr. Griffin. MARCH, APRIL, MAY. I'hoHo aro tho Mouths In Which to Purify Your IMood. This in tho Benson when your blood in ended with impurities, accumulated dur ng tho winter months from close con luomont, rich food, and othor cnusoH. the sc impurities must bo driven from roar systom or thoy may brood lierions liseuse and causo untold suffering. lund's Sarsaparilla is tho groatoBt and lost blood purifying medicino it is poa lible to obtain. It ia what tho millions akc in tho spring. It will purify nnd nu ?ch your blood, create an appetite, ono up your system and givo you sound, obust health. Smokeless Powder Explosion. PHNN'H GKOVK, N. J., March 24. 3vor three thousand pounds of imokole8s powder oxploded to-day it tho E. I. Dupont Powder Works it Carnoy Point, near hore, and op losito Wilmington, Delawaro, in itantly killing three workinon and injuring a number of others slightly. Ladies desiring a contented nnd happy rid ngo should nao Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tablot?, commoncing nt -10 years >ld nnd continuo during "chango of lifo." Cigarettes Must Go. LITTLE HOCK, AUK,, Mardi 27. A. bill prohibiting tho manufacture, importation, salo or giving away of aigarottes or cigarette paper to any person whomsoever, adults or minors, nndor a penalty of not less than ?}ff)00 nor moro than $5,000, passed tho IIouso by two to ono majority to-day. Thoatrioal Man a Suicide. NKW YORK, March 25.-Horace P. Wall, a thoatrioal manager, shot and killed himself in his room in thc Putnam house to-day. On tho table in the room lay a number of letters with postngo stamps affixed. Tho suicide asked that his body bo oro mntcd and thc ashes sont to his wife. ---0?l* OABTOHIA. RJMI the J* Thl Kind You Have Always Bought -? Two Homicides ia Laurens. liAuiiicNH, March 26,-Tho coro ner's inquest held yesterday ovor tho body of Abo Kinnct, colored, who was shot and killed by Marshall Irby, colored, on thc plantation of Col. J. 1>. M. .Shaw, resulted in Marshall Irby being lodged in jail hero. Tlio dispute, which lcd to the killing, had been about a dog. Tom T,yrd, a young negro, was I shot and killed in tho county last night, but no dotnils of thc affair havo been learned ns yet. Constipation of thc bowels may bo easily cured by a fow doses of Dr. M. A. SlmmoiiH Livor* Medicino. .----*?t^ .Senator Tillman's visit to Havana may havo boon mado to givo John Gary Evana somo lessons in govern ment. It is a long timo since tho major sat at tho foot of his groat pre ceptor, and ho must bo vory rusty in mattera of minimini ration. i TRIG OF NEGROES QUICKLY DI8POSED OF BY A MOB OF CITIZENS. Aller Being Shot to Death the Bodies Wero Weiytifc? arid Thrown lu a Rivor. JACKSON, MISS., March 23. Three negroes woro takon from an oflloer of tho law and lynched by an armed mob noar Silvor City, in Yn/.oo county, last Saturday morn ing. After hoing shot to donth tho bodies of tho victims wero woightcd with bundles of cotton halo tics and thrown into tho Yn/.oo Rivor. Tho negrooB woro Minor Wilson, C. C. Heed and Willis lioyd. They wero tho ring loadors of tho negroes in a raoo oncountor on tho Midnight plantation carly laut week. Thoy woro arrested and taken to Yn/.oo City jail. Tho offence with whioh thoy wore ohnrgod having been com mitted in Sharkoy county, tho au thorities woro notified. LaBt Friday ovening Deputy Constablo Sylvcstor arrived and tho prisoners wero turn? ed ovor to him. Tho constablo boarded the stcamor Rcsouo with tho negroes Saturday morning and reached Silver City with thom. All that is further known is that tho negroes foll into tho hands of tho mob at Silvor City, were shot to death and thrown into tho river, as abovo stated. The feeling against thoso negroes had boen very bitter on account of a disturbance at the Midnight planta tion last week, in whioh thoy, with two other comrades, had fired on two whites on tho publio road. A horse belonging to ono of the white mon was wounded, but the mon woro not harmed. To rostoro tho olear skin and bright | oyo, tho nlort gait and souud health, uso Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Modioino. An Outraged Husband. CUMBERLAND. MD., Ai .ireh 25. John Jackson, of Lonaconing, Md., and Mrs. Charles Howman wero found dead in the latter's house at Douglas, W. Va., to day. Their heads wore crushed in by blows from a hod slat wielded by tho wo man's husband. Bowman was ar rested. Ho says ho found Jnokson in his hoiiBO last night and jealousy caused him to commit tho deed. Flusbod cheeks, throbbing toniplo, nausea, lassitude, lost appetite, sallow complexion, pimples, blotches, aro warn ings. Tako Dr. M. A. .Simmons' Liver Medicine. Tho First Moorschaum Pipo. In 1723 thoro lived in l'esth, the) capital of Hungary, \arol Kowatcs, a shoemaker, whose ingenuity in cut ting and carving on wood, otc. brought him into contact with Count Andrnssy, ancestor of the primo minister of Austria, with whom ho had becemo n favorite. Tho Cou'it, on his return from a mission to Tur koy, brought with him a largo piece of whitish clay, which had been pre sented to him ns a curiosity, on ac count of its light specific gravity. It struck tho shoemaker that, bein? porous, it .nest naturally bo woll adapted for pipes, SB it would absorb tho nicotine. Tho experiment tried, and Karol cut a pipo for tho Count and ono for himself. But in tho pursuit of his trade he could not keep his hands olean, and many picoo of shoemaker's wax beoamo at tached to tho pipo. Tho clay, how ovor, instead of assuming a dirty ap pearanoe as waa naturally to bo ex pected, when Karol wiped it off, re coived, wherovcr tho wax had touched, a olear brown polish, in stead of tho dull white it previously had. Attributing this change in thc tint to its proper sourco, ho waxct tho whole surface, and, polishing tin pipe, again amokod it, and noticed how admirably and beautifully it colored ; also, how much more sweetly the pipe smoked after being waxed. Karol had struck thc smok ing philosopher's stone, and other] noblemon, hoaring of tho wonderful properties of this singular species of clay, imported it in considerable quantities for tho manufaoturo of pipes. Tho natural scarcity of thia much-esteemed article, and tho groat cost of importation, in those days of limited facilities for transportation, rondered itn uso exclusively confined to tho richest European uoblomon until 1830, when it beoamo a moro general ariioio of trado. The first meerschaum pipe made by Karol Kowatcs has been preserved in tho museum of l'esth. Hob childbirth of ita terrors mid mini mizo tho pain and dangers of labor by using Simmons' HquaW Vino Wino or Tablets, It is a fixed law of thc universo that a selfish man should bo also an ! unhappy mm. LABORS mom, REV. PHILLIPS VERNER ON A VISIT TO HI8 HOME IN COLUMBIA. His Field Lies in thc Congo Free Slate Ile Ka? Sonio Trying ?xperlonooo. COLUMBIA, March 20.-Hov. Phil Hps Vernor, a son of ox-Comptrollor Conor ni J. S. Vorner, who has just returned from Afrioa, was seen yes terday and talked interestingly about bis labors in tho Congo Free Stato and tho peculiarities of tho Various peoples. His work ns missionary brings him in contact with tho vari ous tribes, and ho stated that it was almost impossible to lind any two who spoko tho same dialect. Thoro is a confusion of tongues, oaoh hav ing a languago peculiar to itself. Tho Presbyterian mission whore Mr. Vornor is located is at Wisa mann Falls, on tho Kasai rivor. This is tho only Protestant ohuroh in that section of tho continent; Tho Cath olic church has a mission about 100 miles away. Tho principal tribe in tho district where Mr. Vernor is located is tho Bantu race. Tho peoplo aro of a moro superior typo than their neigh bors, ami arc even in a higher stato of civilization than is usually accred ited to them. Thoro is a divorsity of industries and arts, which mani fest itself in tho production of tho various instruments of wr.r and in works of the smelters of various ores. A very peculiar industry of this par ticular tribe is tho weaving of tho libers of the palin into cloth. Tho prinoipnl industry, however, of tho Bantus is agriculture, which chiefly comprises tho cultivation of fruits. However, commerce has recently re ceived a great impetus and is rapidly coming to the front. This consists principally in tho gathering and ship ping of ivory and rubber, tho making of rubber being tho chief commercial occupation. Tho importation of cotton goods, especially tho coarser grades, is an nually inoreasing. During tho past year tho sales amountod to $2,000, 000 to $3,000,000, and thero is every prospect of a brighter future Ono of tho peculiarities, A-as tho custom of interring their dead with quanti ties of cotton cloth j and in this V.'iiy, perhaps, ono man would consumo more cloth on tho day of his burial than ho would during his entire lifo. Incidentally speaking, Mr. Vornor Bnid that, after a careful study of the question, ho believed that tho cotton mills of Columbia could sell thoir product at a good profit to tho trade of tho Congo Freo Stato. During his labors in Africa, Mr. Vernor has availed himself of tho op portunity of studying tho African question in all its phases. Ile han devoted much titilo to tho ethnologi cal studies and fools that ho has been greatly benefited by his researches and obesrvation. There is also another question which he has given closo attention and that pretnins to tho Pigmies, f primitive tr tl o with which Mr. Ver nor has como in contact. Thero arc about 200 peoplo of this tribe, anc ho thinks that this sect i? tho lowest type of mankind. Thoy load a gre garions lifo and havo a language o their own. Ho has contributed novo ral articles to Tho Spectator on tin modo of lifo and tho various ecoon trieities and peculiarities of thii tribe, and, judging from tho com matts of American journals, hi feared that thoso periodicals wer laboring under a misapprehension ii regard to his position on tho quos tion. Ho thought that tho matte had been scientifically Bottled boyon< pispute that tiio Pigmies woro th most primitivo and lowest typo o mankind extant. When asked it he had any thrill ing persone1, experiences to rclati Mr. Vorner replied that he had passe j through some narrow escapes on so\ oral occasions, roforing to his entra] ment in n gamo pit, tho shooting < arrows at bim and tho driving ( olophants upon bim ; but ho did n< caro to go in to minor details just nov Ho proposes to write'n book, and i it he will rolnto much that ho hi had to contend with. Mr. Vernor will remain in tho oil for a week or ten days, after whit ho will probably go to North Car lina for a short icst. Ho will r main in America probably a yon and in the meantime will deliver s? oral lectures on Africa. Ho IIOB so cral appointments already, covcrii tho territory from Now York Texas. Pope Leo had to submit to a Burgh oporation last wook. For years a oj had bonn forming and it was r.ecossn to UKO tho knifo. Ho was muoh rellov and la now improving rapidly. WILL BE THE SECOND OF THE KIND IN THE 80UTH-RICH GOLD ORE. Out of Two Mines tl Dahlonega 950,000 Worth of Ore Was Obtained In Six Months. Gold mining in tho Stato lian beon givon a wonderful impetus by tho groat quantity of rieh oro taken out at different mines during tho past wintor. As a result of tho rioh deposits that havo boon found in the minos of tho Dnhlonoga Consolidated Min ing Company, in tho Northorn part of tho Stato, that company has do torminod to put in, at onoo, at the Hand and Yahoola mines a sixty* stamp mill with a ohloriuation plant. Such mills as tho ono contemplated by tho North Georgia Company oro among tho most oxpousivo on tho market and aro seldom found in ope ration East of tho Mississippi. Tho only sixty-stamp mill in tho South at present is in Georgia, and the now ono is to bo orcotod within a low F. U. Adams and W. G. Miokle, two of the stockholders of tho Con solidated Company, wero in tho city yesterday and for a good part of tho timo woro in conference with Stato Geologist W. S. Yoatos. Accom panying tho two dirootors of thc company was a capitalist from Ohio, who is expected to invest largoly in tho concern, and is now on his way to tho minos of the company to givo thom a thorough inspection. Out ol tho Hand and Yahoola mines, tw of tho minos oporated by tho oom pfc < y, was takon during tho past winier $50,000 worth of oro. Sonio of tho oro is stated, on tho au thority of tho directors, to be Worth $400 a lon, which is a phenomenal deposit for gold in such conditions. Tho rich oro which has boon ex tracted is now lying at tho entrance to tho mines and waiting to be passed through tho process of remov ing tho gold. Sonio of tho strata now being worked at those minos is worth $100 a ton, ns an avorngo price. The Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining Company oporates a largo number of mines in tho Northern part of the Si tito and is incorporated at a eapital of $5,000,000. Tho com pany only last year bought out the Wahl property, which was considered tho most valuablo gold lands in the Stato. The directors of tho company aro enthusiastic at tho splondid work ac complished at tho minos during tho past wintor and stato that tho sixty stamp mill will bo orcotod at once. A sixty-stamp mill is ono which operates sixty crushors and tho chlorination plant, which is to bo of sufiiciont. nnpneity to keep tho mill running, will separate tho gold from tho sulphide oro. Tho mill is tho kind which thoso interested in tho doposits of tho Stato beliovD will, in time, bring out tho resourcos of Georgia and the South gonorally and attraot gold men boro from ovory part of tho country.-Atlanta(Ga.) Constitution, March 28. A Loller lo John. A curiosity in tho shape of a let tor was mailed at tho Walhalla post oflice rccontly. On a soaled, stamped onvolopo wsH tho following : "Dear John : I writo you this to say I <<ot your lotter on a Tuesday mororo', an' thia ia wrote to you on a Wednesday night. I will oxpoot you shoro on a Sunday. As you told mo you didn't want folks to know wbar' you wu/, at, I havo wrote an' souled your address on tho insido, so's tho postmoster won't bo nono tho wiser. No ono on earth will know whnr' you aro now. Writo ns soon ns you git this." I Of* Thc ourativo proportion, strongth and effect of Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medi cino aro always tho samo. It cannot bo equaled. ? --- It is rumored thnt Congressman I.nti mor, of tho Third Distriot, will bo on torcd by tho up-country noxt yoar as a candidate for Govornor. Wo do not know Mr. Latiner personally, but ho fttandR high among his colleagues in Congress ns a lovol-hondod, onorgotio, tiroloss workor.-Orangoburg Patriot. Anothor sausngo mnkor in Chicago, by tho nanto of Hocker, admits to having murdorcd his wife and cut hor up into sausngo moat and tinnily burned tho body. Ho has confessed and is to be put on trial for murdor. No othor medloino builds up and forti fies tho system against miscarriage as well aa Simmons' Squaw Vino Wine or I Tablets. LMakes the food inore del _HOVM, BAKING rOV?0 _ ? OMMEnTS OF THE STATE PRESS ON l (118 ? IMPORTANT AND STARTLING MATTER. j ht Administrations ol Governors Tillman, i Evans and Ellerbe Involved. > Tillman, $57.00 ; Evans, $181.00 ; ( Illorbo, $154.11. Penitentiary ra- * ion accounts of th rc o Reform Gov- A moro still duo and uncollected. * 'hp penitentiary ration aooounta of * lampton, Simpson, Jotor, Ilagood, * 'hompson, Shoppard and Richard- 1 on, their Unreformed predecessors i offico, havo novor boon Been, hoard * f nor suspootcd. "By their works 1 ball yo know thom."'"'-Tho Stato. * Tho management of tho South Ca olhia ponitontinry, according to tho E lelhods of Col. Neal, is a pic nio. L man could have all kinds of fun t tho job and make frionds as fa?t ? s ho could count. Tho Governor ( nd his washing dono free of charge, 1 Sonator got a oar load of brioks, a i tailroad Commissioner got some 1 rorthloss briok-bats, tho Secretary f Stato got a bookoaao, somobody Iso p:ot Homo hams. Neal was moro . 1 linn a Mark Hanna ; ho was a Santa Plaits.-Charleston Post. Mr. S. P. J. Garr?s, Railroad Com lissionor, has "dono tho State Homo f orvico." First, ho acquired tho ?eckrogo trunk and thoroby raised a oandal that resulted in Home ox- 1 osuro of dispensary methods. For i lint the pooplo rewarded Mr. Gards 1 y olocting bim a Railroad Commis- " ionor. Now ho continues tho good ] ?ork by appearing as a materinl wit less in the penitentiary scandal, ?/heroin ho bas takon, apparently, a ery unselfish part. Ile got a car ( oad of bricks from the penitentiary, j ?aying nothing for them, of course ? luspicious folk declaro this to be a | nost unwarranted acquisition, but | toa? the explanation. mr. Garr?s , ayfl tho bricks wore entirely worth- ? ess, that no ono would buy them at \ \ny price and Col.Neal, good, patient nan, was sorely concerned as to their Imposition. Thou Mr. Garr?s, ono >f the directors of tho penitentiary, ?arno along and, seeing Col. Noni's itnbarrasatnent, offered to reliovo 1 lim by taking tho brick-bats off bis '. land. Thoy woro of no valuo to i lim, but for tho good of the Stato : io would take them. Wan not that i tine notion ? Mr. Garr?s deserves . highor office than Railroad Com nissioner. Tboro woro sonio other ittlu attentions Mr. Garr?s paid to ho penitentiary's affairs which show in appreciative mind. Mr. Garr?s is i largo minded and an open banded . minot and dosorves high reward rom his fellow-citi/.oiiH.-Charleston .'oat. As a stone dropped in a stagnant )Ond HOIKIH out its ripples in ovor vidoning rings, so tho plummet of ho investigating committee tosaod nto tho Htill wntors of tho peniten tiary pool works an oxpanding agita Ion of its surfaco, and tho wavelets vasli against many a ?tump and itone. The ovidoneo grov/H and grows. Tboro is HO much of it, it touches so j nany points and advances in HO many lireotions, that we cannot considor t in ita dotails to-day. But wo nd i/iso overy citizen of South Carolina Lo study it. lt is aroalbookof reve lations. 1'orlinps tho most interesting and significant feature of tho testimony is contained in the following para graph : "Capt. WoHtfiold was rocallcd to tho witness stand. In answor to questions ho said that Governor Till man bad worked oight or ton amos of rented land in and near Columbia whilo Governor. Tho work was dono by conviots and with penitentiary stool*. No cbargo for either conviot biro or tho mules woro mado against him on any of the penitentiary books. Tho Governor paid for tho fortilizora used. This samo thing was dono by Governor Evans, and is now being done by Governor Ellerbe, No other Governors prior to Govor nor Tillman had ovor dono such a thing. Tho poavino hay with whioh Governor Ellerbe is orcditod on bis account to tho amount of $00, ho said, was made on this small Colum bia farm of bis." Thin is news, sure onougb I Till man sotting tho example,'our throo Reform Governors havo suooossively BAKING ?c?ous and wholesome w?r iSUm! mmfur III wi ii mn MMIII?HWI Maintained a rented farm near this ?itv, working it with State conviots md Stato mulcH nud appropriating ho .proceed? to their personal uso. STo oh argo was made agaiuBt thom br thia labor of mon or animals vhioh bolonged to tho Stato. It vent with tho oflloo, though "n<< 3ovornor prior to Governor Tillman md ovor dono such a thing." The rory hay that Governor Ellorbo .urned ovor to thc penitentiary ! in >art payment for penitentiary sup Hies ho had received was mado by bo penitentiary hands and stock 1 What could wo say of this revela tion which would accentuate its sig uficanco ? Nothing 1 There is only >no moral, and that is, that in thc >rlght loxicon of Reform statesman ihip "Public ollico is a private snap." What wo havo now is tho moro ikimming of ono department of thc rabilo Borvicc. What moro lies Ind ien there, and what moro might bo incovered in other department? if uithority oxistod for soarching thom, ,ho public oan surmiso ns woll as wo. But it is not too early to say that tho honorai Assembly at its next sea lion must direct a thorough over muling of other departments. These .ovelations taint tho whole fabric of Reform government with suspioion. tt must bo confirmed or dissipated. The Stato. J. H. Hill, Paoksvillo, 8. C., writes: I lave used Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medicino for dyspepsia with bettor results ban I bad from a long trial of /odin's togulator, which I found not so good, sever had any such good results from Slack Draught used. Shot Horsolf co tho Stago. LONOON, Marok 25.-Tho Vienna ?orrespondont of tho Standard says ihat tho popular actress, Lolo Ban ella, exclaiming " 'Tis lovo that kills," shot herself with a revolver on tho stage in full Hight of tho audience luring a performance at Cilli, Syria, rind was removed in a dying condi tion. Nogro Kills an Arkansas Farmer. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., Maroh 26. Powhattan Winn, a prominent Union county farmer, was shot and killod from ambush, ten miles from Eldorado, last night by a negro named General Washington. Tho assassin is in jail nt Eldorado. Ho has confessed his crinio and is threat ened with lynching. Shorten tho timo of confinement, ^strengthen mother and supply breast milk for ohild by using Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tables. Tho Indiana Logislatui o has enacted a law legalizing tho uso of voting machines. Tho Indianapolis Nows says in regard to it: "This is entirely in tho interest of honest elections. Wo havo learned in Indiana that it is nossiblo to "boat" ovon tho Australian Bystom. Hut it is difficult to soo bow tho most ingenious corrup tionist can successfully tamper with tho machines. ' Under tho now systom tho voting will bo absolutely socrot, auto matic and without oven a hint of bow tho citizens voto. Moreover, as ouch voto is registered tho count is mado, and whon tho voting ?B ovor tho result is given in stantaneously. Wo seo it announced that Dr. W. IL Whitsitt is to proaoh tho commencement sormon of Converse Collogo tho first Sun day in Juno. ??6M? the * ?? Klfid V?ii Hatti Aiways Buughi Signatur? of Tillman in 1000. Tho Greenville Mountaineer, edited by Col. Jamos A. Hoyt, rocontly contained a woll considered editorial in reforonco to tho record already mado by Hon. Till man in tho United States Sonate, and its probablo effect Upon thc contest in this State in tho summor after noxt. Tho Mountaineer concludes that Hon. Tillman will bo bard to boat and that any gentle man who IUIB it in mind to opposo him would do woll to reconsider tho matter. Tho Mountaineer is right. Hon. Tillman, considered with refor onco 'o h'B prospoo'ivo candidacy for re election, is as strong ns ovor. Ho has vindicated tho olaims of lil? supporters that ho would impress tho Sonato and impress tho country. Ho bas done both. Ho will go bet?re tho Democratic votors in 1000 having the advantage of a Ono rocord in Washington. Any man in South Carolina who may und? .tako to boat bim bad bosfe begin proparations at onco for tho toughest Job ovor attompted in Southern pol?tica.-Hampton Guar dian. Tho bli th of a boy with two tongues and no brains ?B reported from South Dakota. Tho Macon Tolograph ox olaims: "What a lino United States Sena-' tor ho will make,"