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MY ?TAYNES* SlIHJjQIt, SMITH & STECK. WAr.il.fAl.il* A, SOUTH ?AR01iINA, DEGliUB?U 21, 1800. TEXTILES IN THE PIEDMONT HEGION. Upper Souih Carolina tho Manufacturing Center of tho State. In an intcrviow willi a representa tive ol' tho Manufacturons' Mccord Col. .Jamos LOrr, President of thc Piedmont Mills, of Piedmont, S. C., regarding the textile industry in the South, said : "The real hopkin nilli? of cotton manufacturing in the Piedmont sec tion ol' the Carolinas dates hack to 18*20, when William I tates, a native cf .Massachusetts, and who learned his trade in the old Arkwright Mills, near Providence, caine to upper Sou'h Carolina at the instance of llie Lesters, and tinnily built Lesters Partney upon the site of what is now Pelham. The machinery for this mill was bought in Philadelphia, second-hand, skipped to Charleston hy waler and hauled from there by wagons over 'IDO miles. "Mr. Hates was a thoroughly prac tical niau, and his influence and hand.work was felt in all the small mills, about n half-dozen in nu tn lier, thal during the next twenty years were built and had a more or less successful existence, such as li?tes ville, which is named for him, P>iv ingsville, Pingorsville, Lesters, a mill ?it Greensboro and a few others. "The progresa of these mills from lJSftO was slow, and at thc breaking ont of the civil war the Confederate government took charge of all col-1 ton mills and detailed oflicials to run them, Liking a large part of their products for army purposes. "Thc real beginning of cotton manufacturing ?is wc have it now commenced with the Piedmont Mills, prop eled and successfully car ried out by the late Col. H. P. Ham mett, a son-in-law of Mr. William Pates. This mill was begun in ISTo, and began thc manufacture of goods in the spring ol ISTti. In ?I very few years (ISSii) this venture was followed by thc Pel/.er ."Mills. These pioneer mills soon demonstrated to a very skeptical world that cotton goods could bc manufactured in thc South as cheap, if not cheaper, than in any other sind ion of the United States. The Piedmont Mills have grown from a small plant of ?OOO spindles to nearly GI,000 spin dles ; from a capital of ?.200,000 lo $800,000, which is far below the value of the property. <kThe market value of thc stock ts 1S?, but very little changes hands, hoing held for investment exclusively. Piedmont uses B2,f>00 hales of < ?tlon annually, producing 89,000,000 yards of cloth, of which 70 pei" cent is ex ported to China, Africa and South A mei'ica. "Following tlie signal success of these pioneer mills others were soon erected, ami in :i few years South Carolina assumed the lead of ?ill other Southern States, and bas kept it, standing to-day second only to Massachusetts in number of spindles, and second to none in high standard of equipment, dividends and high class of products, "While it was iii ni! probability :i mere chance thal Mr. Hates hogan hin work in this section over three ipiarters of a century ago, it is cer tain that if he had Leen thoroughly informed of the varying advantages of thc whole South ?ts suited to the mannfact ure of col lon goods, he could not have chosen a section whose cli matic, geographical and physical con ditions and surroundings were more ideal than the Piedmont section. "So successful have been the ven tures in cidion manufacture here, a failure is the exception ; in fact, willi anything like ellioiont management, ihcre have been no failures. Thc mills begun ten or liftceti years ago have in many instances increased their capacities from four to eight times their original size, in many in stances paying for a Innre part of these improvements ont of surplus earnings of their mills and paying handsome dividends at thc same time on their capital slock. "If you were to search thc world over t<)-?!ay for thc Lest type of cot ton mills, you would find them in upper South Carolina. Their ex eel lenee extends to every essential and process of manu laid ure. "Foi" cotton there is no heller Sta ple :nnl liber than that produced on the uplands of South Carolina, giving a soft, creamy linish to thc cloth that is without equal ?ind d?lies imitation. "For labor, the unlive type, from thc foothills of the llluo I inigo, <|uiek to learn,easily managed, thrifty, fingal and honest. "In building material, the best and t he cheapest. "In design and architecture of mills, tho most effective that, thc skill of lifty years of the best engi neering of America has evolved. "In machinery, the most modern thnt an) rankers on this continont turn out from their workshops. Thura are more Draper looma in the mills of South Carolina than all Now langland mills combined. "Within an area of 100 miles of these pioneer milla aro in the neigh borhood of l,.r)()0,000 spindles, repre senting an outlay of nearly $40,000, 000. Ten per cent dividends, and ninny milla make inoro, representa annually anet profit of ?4,000,000. All thia has been done in thirty years. "The prolila in cotton manufactur ing during this period baa been satis factory, varying, of course, as the conditions have been more or less satisfactory. Those mills havo boon through as hard times as have ever boon known in the history of manu facturing in tho United. States. They have demonstrated their ability to live through unfavorable condi tions and ?nuke money. As invest ments they aro as well tried as any business investments in the world. They have boon built hy a combina, lion of Northern and Southern capi tal, tho formel' hoing, however, lim ited lo those immediately having business relations with the mills. ( ? rad nally it has forced its way into all tho investment world thal as dividend-payers lhere aro nono hot ter, and their stocks aro hoing sought for and command, in .nany oases, taney prices. As thc facts become moro generally known this will grow. Varsightod New Knglandcrs aro to day in tho market for stock in stand ard Southern mills. Ono ol' those days tho general publie will soo the desirability of these stocks as invest ments. "As yet, however, we have only entered a small realm of cotton goods. Vcar by year, however, the number ol' mills aro increasing that make liner numbers, some mills oven now making liner goods than print cloths. The process is au evolution, but as lo the future it is well to let that take care of itself. We aro dealing with facts of to-day, and those outlined aro well within the truth. "A new Hold for the products of cotton mills has been opened in thc Kar Kasl. Southern cotton mills have entered this field, and some brands are as well known and appre ciated in China and Africa as they are at home. With this now de mand tho danger, if there over was any, of overproduction is remotely removed, liroadly slated, every bat of colton that is not burned or lost al sea is manufactured at some point or oilier. It' the natural advantages WC possess are ns good or bolter than oilier places, thou wo must continue to get new spindles, as well as tho keeping of our old ones going. B. B. B. FOH BAD BLOOD. A Trial Bottle Will Bc Sent Fine to Hie Beaders ol Thc Courier. Hail blood cansos blood and skin dis eases, eruptions, pimples, scrofula, eat ing sores, ulcers, cancer, eczema, skin scabs, eruptions ano sores on children, rheumat:sin, catarrh, beliing humors, cte. Km these troubles a positive speoilie cure is found in I!. I!, ll. (Botanic Blood Kalin) tho most wonderful blood purifier ol the age. lt has been thoroughly i cs ted for the past, thirty years ami has always cured even the most deep-seated, persistent cases, alter doctors ami pat ent medicines had all failed. K. K. K. (ana s by driving out of thc ?raid the poisons and humors which cause all those troubles, an. a cure is thus made that, is permanent. Contagious blood poison, producing ?ruptions, swollen glands, ulcerated throat and mouth,etc., cured hy I!. K K., (he only remedy that can actually cure this trouble. At drug gists, id per large bot t le : six large bot tles (full treal mont) s.">. So every reader ol 'lin: < O? i : i f : ic may test K. lt, ll. we will KiMid frei; and prepaid a trial bottle. Write to-day. Medical advice free. Ad dress Khxiif Kalin Co., Allanta, (Sa. Shot lbs Liver Out. KiixiK SI'UIM., December 'JV. Last night about il o'clock Melcher Lott shot lind instantly killed Till man Artemus. The row occurred on Quartes street nor over Hm yards I rom our town guard house. Holli larc colored. I'"rom tho facts your I correspondent can gel il seems as if Tillman Artemus was cutting out ladt with thc dusky damsal, Jane Merill, Lott was arrested this I morning about two miles from town illltl is How haloed in (lie g ll a I'd | house. When arrested he had a double-barrel shotgun with which he commit teil lin- deni, also ?i hag of I sholls. I?<?ll: loads were fired into Artemus ami part ol' bis ribs and .livor were found lying on thc street ' lins inorniiMC ?-The Atlanta Semi Weekly ?tournai ami Tin Cot un i: for fcl.?oa year. FREE MAIL DELIVERY. Tho Sorvlco Will Begin Noxt July and Lust Four Yoars-Stokes' Loltor. Tine Cou Ul KR has received a lotter from lion. J. Wm. Stokes, one of ?South Carolina's most prominent and brilliant repr?sentativen in tho Lower House of Congress. If the people heed the advice of this able and arduous Representalive we fully believe that tho rural mail delivery will prove a God-sond to the hard working farmer. The letter is dated Washington, 1). C., December 12til, 1809, ?ind reads as follows : "Will you kindly permit nie space to say to your readers that on lust Saturday the Postmaster Gene ral signed the order whirl) grants to South Carolina what I have been striving for more than a year past to obtain for the whole country. This order provides for th' fret' delivery of all mail along every "star route" in South Carolina. It will be under stood that ntar routes include nil mail routes where the mail is car ried through the country by private conveyances. There are ?lT?l of these routes in South Carolina-quito a number ol' which run th rough your county-so that they touch almost every neighborhood in the State. "This service will begin July 1st next for a term of four years. All that is necessary on the part of the people living on, or adjacent to, one of these mail routes, in order to secure free delivery of their mail, is to erect a box on the roadside in such position that tin; carrier can reach it without leaving the seat of his vehicle, and then direct the post master to send your mail out by such carrier. "As the service is being under taken in an experimental way, and in South Carolina only, upon my suggestion and urgent recommenda tion, 1 may be pardoned for feeling some anxiety for such results in the : whole State as will justify the assur ances I have given here. "Much is depending upon the in terest and appreciation shown by our people. As a first evidence of proper interest and appreciation, I hope our people will erect neat boxes-don't be content with any old waste box-and let them be ready for the first trip of the carriers under tho new contracts next July." A Belier Showing. Hon. M. V. Ansel, Solicitor of the (Cighth Circuit, embracing (?reen vide, Abbeville, Anderson, Oconeu and I'ickciiH counties, a few days ago forwarded his annual report to the Attorney General. The report shows that there were less than half as many murder cases in the circuit this year as last. Of thc twenty cases this year two were disposed of in Abbeville, eight in Anderson, two in Oeonee, three in l'ickcns and five in Greenville. Fourteen of the cases r?sult?e1 in verdicts of "not guilty," four "guilty," and ?ll two cases "no bills" were returned. There were forty-two cases of murder disposed of in the circuit last year. There were 282 cases, all told, disposed of in the circuit this year, as against 513-1 last year. The 282 resulted in 100 "no hills," li) "not guilty," and 121 "guilty." The itt) I resulted in 90 "no hills," f>7 "not guilty," and ITS "guilty." The report would seem to indicate that crime is some what on the decrease in the Kighlh Circuit. It is time th er:! was a change for tho better. It will bo very gratifying if thc reports from the other Solicitors in the Stale w'.M show a condition even more favora ble than the report of the Solicitor of thc Kighlh Circuit.- llaptisl Cou rier, I )eceinber 'J I. STATIC <>I OHIO, ('i rv or Toi.KOO, ) >K LITAS ('IM M Y, ) S' ' Krank .1. ('heney makes oath thal he is Ibo senior partner of tho linn of K. .). Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, Conni-, ??d .Slain aforesaid, ?ind that said linn will pay tho sum of One Hundred Dollars for each ami every ease of Catarrh thal cannot he cured by the uso of I lab's Catarrh Cure. IT;ASK J, ('lllc.NKV. Sworn to before nie and subscribed in my presence, this til h day of December, A. I). I ssc. , - - ? A. W. (il.lCASON, S IC Al. '-.' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and nols directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for tesl i moiii?ds, free. I '. J. (Tl KN KV A Co., Toledo, < 1. Sohl by 1 hllf?f?isls, 7*>e. Hall s Family Pills are the hes!. lt is a curious fact that the, (?noell of ICnglaud should have tho same number of grandchildren ami great grandchildren-512 of oneil which together with her seven children, makes the number of her descend ants ? I. A Thousand Kohols Routed. MANILLA, December ill.-Col. Lockett, with ii foroe of 2,500, in oluding artillo y, attacked last YVed ncsday morning a strong force of in H urge ii ls entrenched in the moun tains near Montalbon, about live miles northeast of San Mateo. The onoiiiy was completely routed, the Americans pursuing them throng1' tho hills, moid which they lied in every direction. Four Americans were wounded. Tbc Filipinos' loss was large, result ing from a heavy infantry and artil lery lire for three hours into thc tronches. 11 is supposed thal the insurgents were those who were driven out of San Mateo on l!.c day Hen. Lawton was killed. They numbered proba bly a thousand. A dozen lines of insurgent trenches covered the sleep trail through the hills and likewise the valley below, ulong which the Americans passed. Thc main attacking party consisted of the Forty-sixth volunteer infantry, a troop of cavalry ami artillery, Col. Lockett norn maud (hg in person. The rest of the command operated from remote points in :111 endeavor lo carryout Col. beckett's plan of throwing his lines around the enemy and thus cutting ol'! retreat. The nature of the mountainous country made it impracticable lo execute this movement successfully. After thu insurgents began to run there was n vain attempt lo use ar tillery. -Tun Cocuiiai ami tho Atlanta Twiee a-Wee lt .boonal one year for only S|,.",o. ( all at this ollie?- ami let us talk thc mat ter over with you and we will give you a sample copy of each paper. Wv wish lo i'\lend lu our inosi henri \ wishes fe Year. We will ho lull or | nv our cus? outers I han we ha ti i all Iii m s pai'i'x ?1 full :i Simes, ( ??"iii 's Furnishing (live ti- ;i ci 11 ;iinl hi what we sav. Thanking one and ;i 11 ;i tn I I ri i -1 i 11 ur .? I1.1I I I H . I he sanie il ur' ng ll??' [irrst Wr\ i'i's| W?? Kol 1 i ( foi- I Not lo lie Deceived Twice. This man resolved lo take no chances. Ile is an eastern mummer j and was visiting friends in Colorado. The western country is noted for the clearness of the atmosphere, which lends au appearance ol' proxi mity tn rem?le objects, ami thc easterner, ??Imiring a magnificent mountain, which apparently lowered up only a few miles away, MIK I hr was going to walk over lo its base before dinner. The mountain was in reality Tn miles distance, bul los friends allowed the tenderfoot lo gel an hour's st url, then set oui in ?1 carriage lo overtake him. They came upon him In miles ?nil; he was disrobing on the hanks of an irrigating ditch. "l?elo, I here, < lei >rge, w hal are yon up lo ?" called one ol' Iiis friends. "I'm going to swim lids river,"' answered the man of samples. "That's no river, lt's univ a di tell four feel wide. Why don't you jump over ?" "Well, maybe il is," answered (?eorg'?, doubtfull y, "hut I limn;.ht ililli mountain over there was only about two miles off and I wasn't going lo lake any chalices willi titi st roam." OASTO ai?. 3C j\. m noam tho /) 11,11 Kimi You Hayn Always Boupjil DignuUiru /' of (?s7-/sy? Killed dolli brothers. (.HA TT A NI ?01. A , Ti:\\., December 27.- As l he result <>i a dispute be tween .lohn and .I ames ('arl er, lu i >t h ern, and Dud Lytton, a neighbor, al Flynn bick, I'ul nam county, a ipiar |c| ensued, terminating in I,yin II kill in;' the brothers. All are fain eis. Haili oat! Biilldlnij. Restored ?ortl?dono? and improved business conditions aro indicated by many signs, and conspicuous among thom in tho largely increased railway construction of thc present year over that of last year and several imme diately preceding years. The New York I ?ail way Gazette ii. its preliminary estimate puts the railway construction for thu year up to December 22 at 4,557 miles, built by ii57 companies. This beats all records since 1802. The average new mileage from 1801 to 1807 inclusive, Was only about 2,000 miles n year. The total new mileage of last year was 8,205 miles. Iowa lends all the other States in railway construction this year with 553 miles. Next comes Minnesota, willi 871 miles; Arkansas, 205 ; Cal ifornia, 200, and Michigan, 178 miles. These live States include one-third of the total new mileage of thc \ ear. While lim West led, the ?OUtll makes a line showing in tho table of new mileage for the year. We have Arkansas wiih 205 miles ; Alabama, Hil; Louisiana, I 10 ; Florida and .Mississippi, each 118; South Caro lina, io'.i; Georgia, 137; Tennessee, IIS, and .Missouri, 107 miles. Among the South western territories aro Oklahoma, willi 135 miles, and New .Mexico. PJ? miles. It is not improbable that the South will take the load in railway con struction during the next twelve months, as in no other part of the ct ?un try is development proceeding in sn many localities, so many inter ests or mi so large il scale. - Allanta .11 uirnal. m YEAR\ mir manx ?ni'inls anti patrons ir ?i prosperous anti happy Now I mn il duri ng i li is yeal' lo serve vt> linii in ibo i>;i-i. anti wo will ml ginni lino td" ('Intliing, linois, .. Ni.(i?HIS, etc. ii- rom ince yon i hal wc nipan ft ir i hi' pasi liberal pal rt HI.a gt?, 1 i \ i ipi *t I willi .1 ff HI l inutilice td" ?m \ oar, w<> reniai o, url fill I v . V A B ll IB A II ti A I TH H T O It K ? Clicolico Chat. Cn I:OIIKK, December 30.-Mar ried, tm December '-'Ith, 1800, at Chechen church, Air. Hampton (irani and .Miss Janie Sheppard, I Jew J. li. ('tilley, ?d' Salem, olliciat htg. The britle was becomingly at tired and was the picture of loveli ness. Thc groom is a prosperous young tanner. The newly weddell couple have Mic well wishes of a host ol friends. I'rof. John I dilldoll speaks of leaching a singing school al Chcoheo. j We wish him success. Misses Uuby and Inti bay spent thc holidays with relatives near Sapphire, N . ( '. .Misses liosa Crane and Nettie Orr spent the holidays with relatives I and friends ?ll Walhalla. Messrs. Join- Leo and M. C. Crane I Spell! a lew ilavs in Anderson re .i I cent ly. We waul to boas! ol' our commit ! nily. We di'l nol see an intoxicated person during thc holidays. Mis. Mattie Todd and Miss Cor rie Wilson, of Stamp Creek, visited I thc family ol' Mr. I {caben Lee, Sr., I last Week. Mr. W. M. busk vt: ;icil friends in Geingia last week. Mrs. Wm. King, of Walhalla, vis ?led li r friends, ,M r. and Mrs. Ilciiiy I'carson, of Tamassce, last : week. The Sunday school nt Chcohec is death MT. Si nota. ( !iiu" A euchre party, in which 2,100 ! persons ? .<. lo engage, will be held in (.rand Central I'..dace, New York, ; .1 :mu.iry lo, the proceeds to go lo : ward the completion ol' the Church 1 ol' St. I'hilip Neri, lied ford I'.ark. What ?i all Moans. Af tor '25 yoars of suborning on tho part of tho groat powers of Europe, tho question of trade rights in the East ?B now forcing itself on tho attention of the commercial world to an extent whioh seems to foreshadow an carly climax. Tho most important factor in tho present situation, probably, is tho great trans Siberian railway thal Kassia i.s hurrying to tho Pacific-. This gigantic enterprise is to have three termini on the ocean, and it may ho depondod upon to give to the Czar control of north China. Tho Czar's statesmen are cunning. Tho fact has been admitted hy the world from tho time ol' I'elcr tho Grunt until now. More than one nation has golton the information at tremendous expenso to itself. The fact that they are thoroughly im bued with tho Russian idea of ex clusiveness in trade, as well as every thing oise and everlastingly we*ld.nd to the doctrine of tho "closed door," is as well understood. Then who can doubt that if she once gets control of China, she will exclude other na tions ? Kassia is the one European power which is opposing the extension of Anglo-Saxon influence and com me roo in tho East. Her character and tendencies are so well under stood that there is no danger what ever in assuming that it is her policy to close the door of China and keep it shut by asserting ber paramount power from within. France is a willing ally of Kassia, content to join the Muscovite ann take the chance of something being thrown to her in the way of territory or commercial advantages. (J erm any has no more confidence in Kin'sia than bas England in America; but strenuously endeavoring as she is to obtain a foot-hold in tho East, it is not surprising that she was unable to conceal her anger at us on ac count of our unexpected invasion and possession of the .Philippines, thc best I plum in the pie. Though discom fited, sbo is at a loss as to which way she should turn. The English mind is wedded to the open door doctrine, and there is abundant reason to believe that Japan is a secret supporter of tho idea. In fact, it is almost safe to say that England, Japan and America will resist the absorption by Kassia of any part of China, and it. is here that we may expect the long prom ised collision between the Sclavonic and Anglo-Saxon races in the East. This means a world's combat-a bat tle for social and commercial supre macy-and tho Knited Statis would have been drawn into ii. even if j Dewey had never sailed into Manila bay, for how could she stand aloof with Anglo-Saxon civilization and Christianity at. tho slakes? The Columbia State had a long editorial the other day on the cruelty of tho Czar in Finland. In his speech at Wofford College, six months ago, Senator McKaurin called attention to this ukase of die Czar, who is tho pope of tho Greek Catholic church. The Kinns arc Protestant, and, there fore, the Czar intends to crush them. The. Senator's recent letter shows that he understands tho industrial aspect of the whole matter, and this quotation from that same Woffovd speech, shows that he is as well in formed on the social and religious aspects : "We are rapidly approaching an other great crisis in the history of the world, in which is involved tho destiny of nations. Napolean, a century ago, iii prophetic vision, saw this crisis whet! he said 'the next 100 years would see the world cither Cossack or Republican.' This war between the Germanic and Sclavonic civilizations is slowly, but .^ui?dy approaching a climax. There can bo no compromise between them. The one represents ignor ance, bigotry and tho slavery of mankind, while the other represents intelligence, protestantism and human freedom. The one or tho other must finally survive. History is nothing moro than tho survival of races and race ?dons. The Anglo Saxon on one side is tho loader in this great world contest for universal freedom." What sane man doubts that any one of tho nations mentioned as being involved in this con Diet would give us for tho Philippines many times the twenty millions we paid lo Spain. If there is no advantage in holding thc Philippines, why do our rivals in commerce want thom . Thc answer must bo that other na tions want them for the same reason which makes them valuable to us. I ?otb tho Nows and Courier and The Stute argue that the extention Makes the food more de ROYAL OAKIMQ TO* of our trade in tho 3iast will so develop China, that under the influ ence of our civilization, sho will bo oomc a competitor, and instead of our products being imported into China, she will send hors here. As a matter of common sense, this con dition is not likely to arise for some time, h irst, our tariff duties consti tute an effective barrier to the pro duct of cheap labor, imported into this country. The very same con dition now existH as to Europe, and has no more force as applied to Asia in thc future. Second, whether we participate or not, civilization will bc carried lo China, and tho .same danger of her becoming a competitor will exist. TII?H doctrine of thc News and Courier and The State of withholding civilization and religion from China for fear of her becoming a competitor, is n discreditable, Hel lish doctrine, utterly opposed to the spirit of the age. It is anti-Chris tian.- York vii le IO m j airer. Industrial Boom. The report from tho otilen of the Secretary of State HIIOWH very grati fying growth in industrial pursuits during the past year in this Stale The increase in tho capitalization of the different companies is over two million dollars. Here aro some ligures showing a few of the new companies organized with the eapi i\ invested : Cotton factories, eleven, $8,275,^00 ; cotton seed oil, nine, $229,000 ; electrical construc tion, three, $02,500 ; milling and ginning, $26,750 ; iron working, two, $8,000 ; other manufacturing, $192, 000 ; cotton compress, two, $'15,000 ; railroad construction, $100,000 ; j tower, light, water and icc, five, $115,000; lumber, nine, $230,000; telephone and telegraph, eight, $80, 020 ; tobacco warehouses, nine, $42, 000 ; general warehouses, four, $5G, 000 ; building ami loan, six, $017, 000 ; real estate, loan and invest ment, ten, $242,400 ; banking, six, $270,000 ; mercantile, twenty-eight, $272,000 ; granite and mining, three, $54,000; phosphate and fertilizer, $15,000; insurance and surety, two, $110,000 ; educational, two, $5,000. Perhaps among the lending indus tries thc greatest activity has been in cotton mills, and second in rail road construction. South Carolina luis never known an era of greater activity in large investments, and the outlook is encouraging in every respect. O AfitTOriXA.. Bonra tho J* Nfl Kimi You Have Always Bought Killed on a Trestle. While .las. .Iones, his wife ?uni two children and brother-in-law were walking on a trestle on tho Savannah Valley road near Anderson last Tuesday night, a train suddenly caine upon thom. Mrs. .Iones was killed, her body being horribly man gled. .Iones, with a child in his anns, jumped headlong into tho swamp below. The brother-in-law ?umped and tho other child foll through the trestle. All received injuries, sonni of which limy provo fatal. It is claimed that tho train gave no warning ol its approach. The prince of commercial fertili zers of all kinds has advanced con siderably already, and the best posted men say there will bo greater ad vance in the near future. Tho real cause for this increase, price de manded by manufactures and dealers is not fully known, but all signs in dicate that tho increased cost of raw materials play but an insignificant part in the matter, while tho arbi trary order of tho trust that has re cently obtained control of a majority of tho fertilizer factories in the South is tho principal cause. It will not pity lo list; fertilizers largely at thc advanced price and tho cotton plant ers of tho South will have only them selves to blai 0 next fall if they find themselves loaded with debt and a cotton crop that cost, more than it is worth at marked, prices on their hands.- Suinter Watchman. * President Dow, of the Commer cial Travelers association, says "Mo lt i nloy prosperity consists of wages advanced 'A to 10 per cent., and in creases in tho cost of living avorng ing 12 to 20 per cent. M DAKING POWDER :!ic?ct.s and wholesome (DER CO., HEW YORK. A MoHicr's Constancy. Karly ia 1859 John CarroUtoii, them a hoy of 14 years, residing with his parents at Bourbon, Ind., struck his mother in a sudden fit of anger. Ilia father punished thc hoy very severely for the act, in spite of his mother's expressed wishes to the contrary. Tina caused tho boy to harbor deep resentment ami tho de terminad.! on to abandon his home. Tho same night Iiis mother gavo him a commission to go to the village and purchase some family supplies. His manner convinced her that he had determined to run away, and she told him thal no matter how long bc might remain, there would always be a light in the window to guide him home. That night ho disappeared. That night tho sorrov/iiig mother put thc lighted lamp in the window. Mary years passed away, hut during all that time the neighbors always saw that same light in that same window when night fell. There it burned all through the long weary nights until last week. Twenty years passed, and no tidings were received of the wanderer. The father succumbed to age and grief and was lani away in tho cemetery. Then the widowed moth or resumed her vigil, placing the lamp in thc window as before. Forty years slipped away, and tho aged mother fell dangerously ill. Hut her attendants always placed thc light in thc window. Last week when thc train stopped at tho sta tion there a tali, bearded ?fi&n stepped from it. lie noticed tho light blazing down the path to the station and inquired thc cause. Then he heard thc story of a mother's love and faith. He learned also that the aged mother was lying sick and dying. It was John Carrollton. I le hurried to thc old home, found his mother still tho same loving mother of years ago. She took him to her heart and forgave thc years of neglect. As the day broke the light wont out, and with it tho spirit of tho watcher. John Carrollton was alone with his dead after forty years. FIGG of Charge. Any adult sn ?or ?Hg from a cold settled on tho breast, bronchitis, throat or lune; troubles of any nature who will call at J. II. Darby's will bc presented with a sample bottle of lloKcheo's Gorman Syrup, free of charge. Only ono bottle given to ono pinson, and none to children without order from parents. No throat or lung rom od y over had such a salo as lloachoo'a (?crinan Syrup in all parts of thc civilized world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggist, will tell you its success was marvelous, lti? really tho only Throat and Lung Komcdy generally endorsed by physicians. Ono 75 cont bot Mo will euro or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized conn tri OB. -? . ?.-? Termination of llcntal Contracts. An Act to declare thc law ill rela tion to termination of rental con tracts. Section I. Heit enacted by thc General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, "That from and after tho passage of this Act, should any tenant for years, or a lenser period, remove from any demisod premises before tho expiration of tho term for which said premises wore demised, leased or vented, then, and . in such case, the rent (which would bc earned up to the end of thc month in which tho tenant loaves) shall be immediately due and paya ble and it shall be lawful for tho landlord, at any time within five days after tho removal of such ton ant, to issue his distress warrant for such an amount as may bc duo up to the expiration of thc month in which said tenant leaves his premi ses." Approved February If), A. I). I Silt). Killed in a Rabbit Hunt. LAURJCNS, December 27.-In a rabbit hunt yesterday near Cross Hill Caspor Fuller, a young gentle man 19 years old, was accidontly ! shot by Mr. Hutlor Richardson. Young Fuller died this morning. They arc of our best citizens. Thc accident will be greatly deplored. ?ace Itiot al Ridfloland, S. C. Coi,UM ni A, S. C., December WI. News bas reached herc of a raco riot at Itidgolnnd, Beaufort county, in which two negroes and a white man were killed and several others wounded. Uidgelnnd is a small vil lage, near titi! coast thickly populated by negroes. Particulars ave unob tainable.