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Gt%c $cotocc ?a\\xhx. \ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. BY JAYNE8, SHELOR, SMITH & STECK. H. T. .1 AYN KS, I .... . I I). A. SMITH. J. W. 8IIEL0K,I I I J. A. STK.CU. SUBSCRIPTION. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. Communications ol' a personal character charged for as advertisements. Kgr" Obituary notice? and tributes of rosncot, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed freo of charge. All over that number must lie paid for at the rate of ono cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C. : lill its I? AV, JAN. ts, moo. THE LEGISLATURE. A Part ol Its Work Danny thc Past Week Briefly Told New Dispensary Bill. FOOUT1I DAV- .IAN. li-'. Tho Sonata was in session only about au 'nour to-day. Senator Mauldin's broad tire bill was made a special order for Wednesday. tn tho house tho county court lull was passed. Ou a potition of one-third of tho voters of any county an election shall bo held whether th oro shall be such a court or not. if so, a judge and solici tor must bo elected, the salary i-f tho former to be $1,(KIO and the latter S'.00. Tho regular grand jury, sheri IV and clerk will act in the same capacity in county courts. Magistrates will have no jurisdiction in criminal cases, they simply being pre iimiimry examining and committing oflicora. Tim bill to require railroad companies to sell round trip tickets to passengers at reduced rales was killed. Thc Honan increased the salary of the Stato Librarian su'im, making it -011. Very soon night sessions will begin, and as the hills jule np this means daily sessions from lu A. M. to ?! 1'. M.: com ni itt 00 meetings at I M I'. M., and then tho closing sessions of the legislative days from S 1'. M. to possibly midnight, sometimes later. One of the bills ol' considerable im portance is to lix thc last day foi' thc payment of taxes, without penally, on March 1st. Tho dispensary bill introduced (oday by Representativo Winkler was looked forward to with considerable interest, as it was known to be the production of a caucus of dispensary supporters, headed by Senator Tillman, held herein N'ovem bor. Tlie bill proposes to retain the State dispensai y headquarters ami thc bearii of control ; abolishes the county boards: abolishes thc Slate dispensary fund, dividing the profits ann n., the counties anti towns. This cuts oil thc proportion of - antics that have been participating in Hie dispensary school fund, lt is provided that the present board of control shall servo .it their terms; then a new board be cloded for live years, giving $.*?,non bond each. Sealed bids tor liquor shall bc advertised for; contracts awarded every .July and successful bidders to give s.Vi.imn bond. No "case goods" arc lo bc bought ex cept on special order of consum?is. A liquor commissioner must be elected hy the Legislature with an annual salary ol' $:i,000. Ho must be a total abstainer and must givo ?2.").()00bond. Tho county dispensers to be appointed by tho Hover nor "with the advice and cousent ol the Senate." The profits will be divided among tho schools of the counties in Which they arc made. No liquor is lo he rectilied or watered at distilleries, thal expanding process to be done al Hie State dispensary. Prohibition counties must enforce the dispensary law : tailing to do so, constables will be maintained therein at thc expense of said counties, ri ri it 11 A v-.1 A \. The bill requiring the publication of petitions for pardons before tiling with the Oovernoi', was killed. lu the House the marriage ??cense act was passed after a long debato. The license is lixed at '-'."> cents. Mr. Vower's joint resolution lo au tborize tho Comptroller (relierai to draw his warrant, with the approval of (In state Superintendent of Pal neat ion, for the sum of ?Hou, io the Slate federation of Women's Clubs of South Carolina, bu the establishment ol' circulating libraries in this State, on which there was a fa vol atile report, was indefinitely p. si poned. In tho Senate, tho bill providing thal the weigh! of a bushel of bolled com meal shall be I?; pounds, passed to a third reading. Holli bouses adjoin ned early, as a number of members wished to go hom.-. The Senate will nol meet until Monday night. Tho House will meet al thc usual hour. si X I II OAS i \ \. 1 ? Only the House was in session '.his morning ami there wen a g.I many absentees. The House killed Hu- income lax hill. Although it has been law. ils enforce meut has been practically a farce, ami really it is not a law thal has mel willi popular approval. A hill iii reference to game, declaring its ownership and making il a misde meanor to kill such game, was killed. There was not much dd.ate and Hie session was devoid of any speeiail.i ?11 foresting incidents. -- I want to Iel the people who siiffei Hom rheumatism and sciatica know thal Chamberlain's Pain balm relieved me after a number id olhei medicines ami a doctor had failed, ll is Hu- best liniment I have ever known of. -.!. A. Hodgon, Alpharetta, (?a. Thousands haw Leen cured of rheumatism |>y tins remedy. One application relieves the pam. poi sale by J. W. Pell. Walhalla : \V. .1. lam ney, Seneca: ll. lt. /.immeiman, \\. t minster. Successor lo Capt. Shell. The Washington special of January ll says: ll is understood h. day thal Sena tor Mci.attrill wins in tho maller ot tin census suporvisorsliip, in which lhere has been a clash between bim mi Ibo one side and Senatoi Tillman ami ( on gressnien Wilson and Palmier on Hie other, and thal tho Kev. Mr. Thomas, ol (;reenville, is to gel Ibo appointment over Cc'onol Austin. Senators lianna ami Pritchard are understood to have interested themselves in behalf ol Sena tor Mc I ,aill in's cami ?dal e. There seems lo he some complication over t he mattel ol Ihe compensation ol Mr. Sholl, the supervisor who recently died, and, while Senatoi Tillman has no objections lo Mr. Thomas, he will have Hie confirmation temporarily delayed until the matter of compensation lo Mis. Sholl, tho widow, is settled. He is also anxious to bo satisfied willi regard lu thc way in which Mr. Thomas will han die the allah's of the ellice so thal Hiere shall be no factional publics in it. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SITUATION AT THE STATE CAPITAL. An Inlcrcsling Leiter from Major S. P. Dendy. What tho Legislature is Doing. Coi.ir.MiuA, S. C., January -Editors Keoweo Courier: Tho (?encrai Assembly of South Carolina convened at Iii o'clock M. on Tuesday, nth instant, pursuant to tho mandato of our constitution. Tho call of the roll by tho clerk revealed tho presence of a quorum of tho members of tho House, and tho proceedings woro opened with prayer by tho chaplain, Kov. .1. C. Abney, who, since tho adjournment of last session, had been appointed chap lain of the lunatic asylum and i^tato peni tentiary. On the mound that it was thought hy some that he could not hold holli places, hoing offices of trust and profit, he resigned the position of chap lain of the House, and Kev. C. I). Mann, ol" Hie Methodist church, well and favor ably known in Oconoo, was, without opposition, chosen l?i lill tho placo, to tho gratification of his friends here and elsewhere throughout tho State, where he has labored faithfully in tho gospoi minist ry. The Speaker, lion. Krank l?. Cary, after a brief and appropriate address, announced the House ready for husiness. The message ol" his Kxeclleney the Gov ernor wa then presented and read, which you have furnished to your readers in full; ami I w ill only aay, hy way of com ment, that the consensus ol" opinion here, as far as I have heard an expression, is that the message is a very commonplace document, and amounts to little more than a culling from the reports of tho diliorcnt olliccrs of Hie State government. The time was in tho history of our State when tho Governors presented strong State papers as messages, outlining the policy of the state and recommending to Hie General Assembly the enactment of broad measures for the good of the whole State, hut such custom seems not to obtain in these latter days. There remained over from last session i on our calendar a large number of bills nf more or less importance still undis posed of. Among the first new measures of thc session was a concurrent resolution pro viding for Hie appointment ol" a commit tee, to he composed ol' three members of thc House, to In designated hy the Speaker, and two m cm hers of the Senate, by thc President ol' thc Senate, to inves tigate Hie a Ita i rs of the Slate dispensary, and to malic a report, if practicable, before tho adjournment of this General Assembly. The fact of thc introduction ol' this resolution in both the House ami j Senate on thc same day hy gentlemen, ? each in favor of tho state dispensary, as ' I am informell, is thought hy sonic to bo a concerted movement to forestall, and if possible to preclude any legislation in regard to thc dispensary system al thc present session of Hie General Assembly: hui, nevertheless, two or moro hills have already been introduced in the House ami one in the Senate, proposing radical changes ii the law regulating the same, jami I have no doubl the whole subject ? will he discussed and acted upon before adjournment. otherwise it will bo carried into the Slate campaign the present year, which we think ought to he prevented if possible. Hut few hills ol' general importance have boen acte' as yet. A hill gram . ,n parties, in case of loss ol' property insured, hy lire, the right lo proceed, by suit in cou ?, to col lect insurance without the delay s-omc liines incident under the arbitration clause found in most lire insurance poli cies, passed in Hie House. 'Che succession tax measure, which was intended to catch property not re turned for taxation in (he l i tot i me of the owner, through the inventories made and returned into (he Probate court alter Hie death ol' such owner, was killed. Several hills to charter railroads, ' hrotigkl over from last session, have boon attempted lo be winked I brough, but lin y have so far failed, ?md w ill have lo apply I" Ibo Secretary of Male for relief and pay Hie prescribed fee, which I l>o lieve will provo a groat saving lo the Stale. i?n Saturday last a bill authorizing and requiring a marriage license in this Stale, passed a second reading in Hie House, alter considerable debate, ll this hill j becomes a law ail par? ios desiring lo con 1 !?'!?.( matrimony in South Carolina wi have io have their application passed upon hy Hie .fudge of Probate of their j county ami pay him a moderate fee for same. This would hean innovation in j this State, hui is believed by many that i' wimbi work well. Tlte hill I" allow the establishing of e< m o ly coulls in certain counties passed ils second reading in the House. We ; bad i leoiiec excepted Hom (bo operation 1 1 . i Hie bill, ?is it is..nly an uni ried experi I ment, and if il .should prove satisfactory j w e ci ti adopt il lat er. The aspiianls for Slate o Iii eos are already beginning to pul forth (heir claims. The Hon. A. II. Patterson, of P.auiwell, is an avowed candidate for .icinor on thc dispensary issue, ll is j believed lhal the friends of lion, .lohn C. Sheppard, of I'.dgeliobl cornily, are I grooming lum for I he race. The presen) Govermu (Mcsweeney) is understood to i I"- m Hie held, ami is wining and dining j his friends at I he Mansion ; and Iben, j loo. ii is rumored thal Adjutant ami In spec!or Gem ral l loyd may entei Hie j i ace on a local upi um phil lorin, and I Hie rc .ne perhaps a n ii in ber of o ll ie rs not j vi i declared. I w as a 1" nu I.} t, .i ..r| in ninnl ion I lia I Ibm. I o .cue P.. t.ary was. during Hie pa.i week, le elecled an Associate .Ins lice ,.| Hie Supreme ( ..nil ol the State i-a a h im ol' six years, without opposi tion. Ilcha- been ?ju ito sick recently, bul is reported lo be convalescing, and his I ! hillls hope I li.il In- will So.m bl! iptile well agnin. Mic ('apilal ( ily is certainly making, i.ipnl strides in improvement and gene ral development. A cumple'! transfor mation ol I he old Miine , Park is laking place, ami the contractors will soon have il gradol down and leveled as thc sile lot the depots ol I he Seaboard Air I .ino 'aili, .ad. 11 I ollllllhia c? inti niles (ill lilt! lilies of present progress it w ill md hi len" until ? he w ill he deservedly Hie pi nie md a, i rn n at ion ,>l the people of t he w hole Mat, . lin K I ow i I I ol lilli; of I he pa I w eek wa - duly received, its columns read willi pleasure, and your courtesy much appro I i tated. Al Hie lu-,.inning we had regular "ses sioiis weat ber" rain and slush hui now ! we have il mild .uni c le o , with genial Stilish I lie. I thought the limit ol Ibis sessi >n was : -eil by Hie I onslitutiou al lotty days. Ind a more careful examinai ion of i be provision reveals Hu gu t Dial it does not lake elli cl as lo limit until 'he next ses sion, ami. w lille I los i-, I i ne. I do liol think Hu- present sis-,ion will exceed, and I hope w ill liol leach, thal limit hui il isl..,, eails yet to I.i any d?lit.ile conclusion as lo Hu- lime of adjourn melli . S. P. 1*1 NI'S. ABOUT THE HOAD LAW. Hoprosontalivo Vernor Roplios lo Nod Todd's Letter in Last Wook's Courlor. COLUMUIA, iS. C., January 16.-EDITORS Co um un: I have just road "Ned Todd" on tho general situation, and ou tho road law in particular. That is a good lottor and nothing would bo moro accoptablo to mo, and doubtless to tho entire Oco noo dologation, than to havo more of such lottors from all parts of tho county. 1 am not only willing to bo watobod closoly and crttlolsod sovoroly, but am glad to havo an oxacting constituency, bocauso I do not wish their approval unless 1 como up to their expectations, and bocauso I know such an oxacting constituency will bo suro to approvo of good work and of a worthy KoproBonta-, tivo. Howovor, 1 hardly think thoro aro any Representatives boro who wish to bo tho peoples' bosses, and I know that I do not wish to be, and I think that a caro f ul and just roviow of my work boro will show that I have tried very hard to bo not only a tino Representativo of tho best inloresls of tho county and Stato, but have sor ved both with a dogroo of success that 1 am only anxious to havo compared with any Representativo that lias ever been sent hore from my county, and Ulis, I think, should meet tho ap proval of a most watchful and exacting people. Tho burden of my thoughts and arxiotios from tho first day I carno boro until to-day (and such will continuo to bo my desires) is to know what thc - peo ple want and to have what is for thoir best interests, and to aid in enacting such laws as will redound lo that ond, and 1 believe that tho pooplo "hink this, and 1 furthermore holiovo that "Ned Todd" knows this to ho true; thoroforo I am very sorry to soo him spoil an otherwise good lotter by giving way and saying things that tho records do not sustain. Now, as to tho road law, I wish to say that il has given nie more trouble than any and all other business that I havo bad to do with since 1 caine boro. When I first caine here thoro was much com plaint in that direction; tho county was largely in debt by reason of tho chango of system in working tho roads. Many of tho roads were neglected, while others appeared to get more than their share of work. There was a chango made that was thought at that timo to bo for tho best. That was lound unsatisfactory, for various reasons, known to all. Thou last year 1 thought, from what I could learn, that the great majority of tho peo ple desired to go back to thc old way of road-working, and had an act to that elicet passed. Now, of course, 1 ex pected this to disploa80 some, but, from what 1 knew and could gather from others, I thought this for tho best, and still think so. Now the question is not whether tho present plan will please cer tain individuals, but whether it is tho best plan to work all tho roads and to give the best results to the entire county. Tito question is not to relievo "Nod Todd" and others of their road duty by the paying of certain money, but whe ther sm h men can do bettor by woiking themselves or having it done in their own neighborhoods than to send their money to the county treasury to bo spent in such parts of thc county as is deemed best by tho (.'minty Supervisor. In other words which is better, to have ono man to say what is to bo done about, tho roads, or to have all tho people to say, and each man in his own neighborhood ? Now, instead of wishing to boss tho peo ple and tax thom for somebody ciao to boss, 1 tried to let them boss themselves and take tho choice of working or hir ing someone to work for them. Dues "Ned Todd" think our Supervisor is belter qualified to look after tho whole county than ho is to look after bis own neighborhood or Ids own money and time? lt appears that ho is the one that wants one. man to boss tho whole road money and time of tho county instead of bossing himself or spending bis own money when he knows it ought to bc spent. As an instance of how the other sys tem worked one contractor last year bid oil' a road for $-10. Ho spent only two days on the road and all tho work was done by those who had not paid their road tax. This contractor got bis ? IO for two days work and did not spend one cent lo work thc road. Now, does any ?nie wish such as this to continue ? Thon look at tho rot?is in many parts of thc county. Many of them are in bad shape and some, of them impassable. I have a much hardoi thoo in Ibis road working than "Ned Todd" or any others who do not pay large taxes. ! voted last year lo tax myself ono mill for road purposes. I have to work now just as all others or have it done, and for the good of the roads 1 would rather do Ibis than to have sucha plan and such roads as wc have hail. Now my friend at Retreat should bo willing to join in for that which is for the good of all the people, for it is evi dent in our county (bat if will take both work and (axes to make good roads and pul up (he bridges, ami surely all are willing to do their j art. Individually either way would suit, me, but I have done w hat I thought for the best, for all the people ami for all the roads, and while 1 never mean to stand for the Legislature again, I know of nothing I hal I w ould sooner do I han to be insl.ru . menial in enacting a road law thal would be for the good of all thu roads and sat isfae.lory to the j.plo, I confess that 1 do not know what would be for tho best, but I put the. tilingas near as I could in thc hands of Hie people and if they are not pleased and will make it known I would be glad lo try and plc i.te Hiern, I hough from what I can learn the present arrangement will give more general sat ?staeliou than a change. Of course il. is impossible lo please all. li. K. Vi:u.Ni:it. ll lias been demonstrated repeatedly in every State in Hie 1'nion and in many foreign countries thal Chamberlain's Cough l.'emedy isa certain preventive ami eine for croup, lt has become tho universal remedy for thal, disease. M. V. I-?sher, of Liberty, IV. Va., only re peals what has been said around the globe when be writes: "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for several years ami always with perfect success. We heliovu that it is not only the best cough remedy, but that, il is a sure cure for croup. K has saved the lives of our children a number of limes." This remedy is for salo by J. W. Hell. Walcalla; W. J. Lunney, Sen eca, il. I?. Xi ininei man, Westminster. Innaloo Uiver Items. Tl i.Al.no Kn r.lt, K. C., January 15. Miss Ada W alker, daughter of Mr. O. I. Walker, is quite sick al present, though she is thought to bc improving. Miss Nannie Walker and Miss Ora Walker, also daughters of Mr. ( ). I. Walker, have returned lo Demurest, Ca., I" sci.1 aller spending the holidays at home. Kl voil I'l li. ?HUH ti Aft EYE-OPENER FOR OUR REPRESENTA TIVES AND THE PEOPLE GENERALLY. un II PLEHTTJOR NEB TODD. Government Ownership-Hopos Our Ropro "ontatlvos Havo Gol Courago-Nogroos. Four MADISON, January 1(5.-Kimous COUUIBR: WO un tico in your ?BBUO of January 11th a communication from Ko troat, signed by "Nod Todd," in which ho Baya "tho biggest grumbling you hoar now is about that road law." Ho Booms to think that Mr. Yornor has failed to satisfy tho pooplo, and I suppose ho has, for it is an impossibility for any man to Batisfy tho pooplo. Cod failod to satisfy thom whon thoro WSB only two on tho oar th. Now, wo cannot reasona bly oxpoct Mr. Yornor to satisfy throo thousand, ospecinlly when wo consider that they havo had thousands of years In which to got worse sinco that tirst ox porimont. Your correspondent from Hotroat fur ther says: "Tax tho proporty, for ii, is nothing but right and just for tho prop orty to work tho roads." Now wo aro obliged to differ with him on this point. Thoro is a largo majority of tho colored population in our country whoso whole property consists of a littlo old scrub mulo or hoiflo, and an old buggy or wagon, two hound pups and a three-dol lar shotgun. They return Hmso mulos and horses on tho tax books at live lo (iftoen dollars each, and when thoir total taxes aro summed up it amounts to nothing. Now tboso pooplo do more un necessary traveling on tho public roads than any other pooplo in tho country, and cut tho roads up worse than any other pooplo. They will travel from livo lo twenty milos to a funoral, or a pro tracted mooting. Homo of them are never satisfied until they got seated on a cushion and a whip in thoir hand with which to boat somo poor old horse that has not had enough to eat. Now, when wo tax tho proporty to keep up public roads, those pooplo aro not in it at all. Wo also havo a class of young white men in our county who have no property, and some of thom will spend their last dollar for tho biro of a horse and buggy to "splurge," as they call it, and while they aro splurging' they aro tearing up tho public roads. When they get in a hired buggy, with a cigarette in their mouth, and a Derby hat on ono side of I thoir little pig hoad, thou tho roads aro I not half wido enough to suit thom. They think tho property is not taxed high enough. Now we havo another class, the honest old gray haired citizens, who have worked hard and lived hard all their lives to lay up enough to purchase a home to occupy in their old days. Thoy have worked the public roads until they have passed the ago of fifty years. Now that homo which they paid for with hard labor and economy has been taxed, by our gov 01 'iicnt, for a number of years to educate a lot of little gourd-headed, Hat nosed, hainnier-hceled negro children, and in thirty minutes after this old citi zen has paid this school tax, the father, whoso children this old citizen educated on his own money, would not cut him a lire of wood whoo bo wns? not able to cut it himself. Now your correspondent from Retreat would have a higher or special tax placed on this old citizen's property to build and keep up public roads and bridges just for tho pleasure ^f this un grateful generation of vipers, simply because they have no property ?ind don't want any. This is what he calls "just and rig'.ff*' but wo have another name for it. We call it robbing the honest, hard-working citizen to placea prom i n m on trillingness. God knows tho taxes on property are too high now, and are get ting higher every year. Wo remember a few years ago the Tillman party was clamoring for government ownership of railroads. Now, if tho taxes on prop erty get any higher, we had better ask for government ownership of real estato and porsonal properly. Let, tho govern ment take it and pay thc laxos and tho insurance and tho pooplo pay the rents, would probably not bc so hard on us. Wo beliovo a majority of tho people in our vicinity want the new road law abol ished entirely on account of its being too expensive, and re-establish the old law just as it w?.s before, until wo get out of debi. The roads wore in as good condi tion before lids new law was enacted as they are now, and they did not cost half as much. Wo think we elected tho best men we had in tho county to make laws for us. Hut it ia not expected of thom that they will make no mistakes. If they wilfully do a wrong we will remem ber thom in their next race, and if we aro not guilty of a like sin, we will cast the lirst stone. We hope they will kill tho dispensary law too dead to skin. Wo hope they will also kill tho new road law, and then abolish all tho unnecessary offices and light all the unnecessary appropriation bills to the last ditch, then borrow a breastplate from tho dispensary mob and light again. .J. A. Cooli. Having a Groat Hun on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Manager Martin, of tho Pierson drug store, informs us I hat he is having a groat run on Chamberlain's Cough Uomody. He sells live bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind, and it gives great satisfaction, lu these days of la grippe thoro is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Kerned y to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and lungs and give relief within a m i short time. The sales aro growing, ami all who try it aro pleased with its prompt action.-South Chicago Daily Calumet, for sale by J. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Son oca: II. H. /ammerman, Westminster. Prohibitionists May Call Col. Hoyt. Some of tho papors of tho Stale have mentioned Ibo name of our honored brother, Col. James A. Hoyt, as a possi ble candidate for Govornoi on the pro hibition ticket. Ho has taken tho occa sion to say that, he is not a candidato for this or any other office. We are sure that he has been done a great injustice if it is supposed for a moment that he is working in (be cause of prohibition with a view to political preferment. Ile is not that, sort of man. He is a prohibi tionist from principle, has always stood on that side, ami bis present, altitude is consistent willi his whole past life, and his record is well known throughout Ibo State. We hope, however, ho will liol say thal ho would not consent to make Um race for Governor as Um prohibit iou stand, rd beal er. Ile may bo called by t he people io do thal. The prohibition causo needs leadership of the highest oilier, and lhere is no man in Hie Stale that many of us would prefer lo follow, and that ho would make an admiradlo Gov Ol nor all will agree.-Hupt ist Courier. Lm Wm Stone, Anita, Iowa, Korvod lils country dorins tho lato war at tho expenso of lila health. Tho ntorv concernInn lils restoration to noa I th is gl'vou below lu hts own words: "When I returned from the army my constitution was broken down. I suf fered extreme nervousness, and indi-^ gestion. Physicians did r.ot help mc until one prescribed Dr. Miles' Nerv ine, and today I am in better health than I have been for thirty years." OR. MILES" Restorative Norwin? is sold by all druggists on guarantee, first bottle benefits or money back. Hook on heart and nerves sent ft ec. Dr. Milos Modical Company, Elkhart, Ind. FOR RELIABLE COTTON REPORTS. County Olficials to Make Reports to State Commissioner of Agriculture. N KW OKI.KA Ns, LA., January 12.-The third day's session of the Cotton .States Association of Commissioners of Agri culture was held to-day. President Stevens presided. (Jen. .lastremski of fered the following resolutions, which wert; adopted : '"Whereas, Tho necessity is apparent for the creation of n system of olhcial reports emanating from ollicials upon whom responsibility may bc placed for accuracy of reports anti estimates of cot ton crops, be it. "Resolved, 'I nat the Cotton Stales As sociation of Commissioners of Agricul ture tines hereby petition the Governors and legislators of every Cotton state to enact laws reipiiring the county tax as sessors to report ?it stated (?ines to thc Stale Commissioners of Agriculture of their respective Slates thc number of acres devoted lo Ute cultivation of cot ton and other products, the condition of said products dining the period of culti vation, estimates ol' the yield thereof, shipment thereof and other information relating thereto deemed useful, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners to compile said reports of county tax as sessors monthly and lo publish the same mid transmit Hie copies to tho president ol' this association for compilation and promulgation." The next meeting of the association will ho held in Haleigh, \. c.. but the date has not yet been fixed. At the conclusion of the morning ses sion the delegates boarded trolley cais and were shown various points of inter est in thc eily, winding up willi a bundi at the lake. To those living in malarial districts Tutt's Pills arc indispensiblc, they keep thc system in perfect order and arc an absolute cure for sick headache, indigestion, malaria, torpid liver, constipa tion and all bilious diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills The Mediums hank ni Oweiisvillo, N. .)., was entered hy burglars hist Kinlay night ?mil thc safe was blown open, lt is rumored thal fifteen thousand dol?ais were taken. Thc liver tillers out the poisonous germs which cnlei the system, .lust sn surely as thc liver regulates thc system, so tlo Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu late thc liver. Keep this in mind, ?.nil you solve the problem ol' e,ood health ?ind good living. Hov. Wesley Hall, at llindman, Knoll county, Ky., is reported to have shot ami killed Mrs. Lucinda Isaacs, sister of Iiis dead wife, and is repotted lo have shel himself in thc abdomen. Physicians say lie will recover. The shooting was caused hy Mrs. Isaacs' refusal of bis oll er of mai ringo. wire i Babies and children need [ I proper foo?, rarely ever medi- J J cine. If they do not thrive j I on their food something is ] I wrong. They need a little | j help to get their digestive j ? machinery working properly, j M/tTNNYPOPNOSPtim.TS or?/,*/?* SOM J will generally correct this j J difficulty. j If you will put from one-1 j fourth to half a teas, ^onful j } in baby's bottle three or four j I times a day you will soon see I j a marked improvement. For j j larger children, from half to j } a teaspoonful, according to * J age, dissolved in their milk, j j if you so desire, will very j i soon show its great nourish-1 I ing power. If the mother's j J milk does not nourish the J I baby, she needs the emul-1 ?sion, lt will show an effect | at once both upon mother j % and child. { Sovoro Storm in Abbovillo County. Coi.U.MUlA, S. C., January 12.-A Bovoro storm of cyolonic proportions, ac companied witli thunder and an olcotrl crtl display, passed through Abbeville (".'linty last night, just missing tito court house tower. Dozens of houses and bftrus were blown down and unroofed. Ono man was killed ns wore a number of mules mid horses. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE ! ON THK 2Dtli of this month I will sell tho corn mid fodder on tho farm of tho ostato of (Jon. Connor, deceased, Mtualo on Whotslono Creek, Oconco QOtinty, .South Carolina. WM. Y. HRVIN. Jniumry 17, moo. :j-i NOTICE is herohy given that Dorry lllussingamc, colored, is inn'or con tractu) work for mein tho cultivation of crops during tho year 11)00, and all per sons are warned not to employ tho said Korry lllassingnme whilo ho is under ??lid contract, ENOCH UREAZEALE. January IV, 1?U0. .TU FOR SALE rp llb: STOCK OF GOODS purchased JL from Mit. D. OKI.K Kits by DHAN & KA III.I-:, at prices that cannot bo dupli cated when these goods are gono. A lot of Cooking Vessels, Pots, Ovens, ?Vc, that cannot ho bought at double eur price after they are sold. Shoes, Dry Coeds and Canned Doods nt greatly reduced prices whilo they last. These Goods will not wait on any ono af our prices. Sugar, Coffee, bice, Grits, Ribbon Cane Syrup and everything good and sweet to cat in stock, at 1). Oelkcrs's stand. Kverylhing strictly cash. No bad debts made for you lo pay. January 17. l'.MX). S-4 --I900" Among tho first things wo wish lo call your attention to this year is a lot of FINK TEXAS UKI) AND WHITE OATS at ">0 cents per bushel. Now is a good time tobey them, for they have already advanced in price. (.'all and see our Mexican King Onion Seed and sample of thc onion. We are sole agents for Wal halla. They are the most famous onions in the South, producing ">iH to Sou bushels per acre. FAKM INC 1Mb I. KM KN TS, AT. We have to arrive in a few dayl a good line of Plows in all shapes, Plow Stocks, extra Plow Handles, Traces, Clevises, Shuck Collars, back Hands, back baud Hooks. Ames and oilier good brands ol Ditching Shovels, Fork Hakes and all necessary Farming Tools. .COME TO SEK US. L G. GRAIG, WA KHAKI,A, S. C. TownTr easur er's Reporl for 1899. WALU M.I.A. S. C., January, 1000. To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen 1 herewith submit to you my amma report as Clerk and Treasurer for Hu year I SUSI: nra KUM -. To cash from former Treasurer.:? c.", 21 To t'as h from street tax. b'f Ot To cash from special license tax -lui ix To easli from calaboose lines. . . ',][)'> Ot To cash from miscellaneous re ceipts . 20 7?" To cash from town taxes. l,:!ii(l :'. Total receipts.-17* of niSUCUSKM KN rs. Marshals W. J. beck.s-'sr. on A. C. Carter. 28 (Ml lb ll. Moss. Il 20 Special. lo oil s 15(11 L'I I Iud mg Prisoners W. W. Moss. ll lo W. .!. Heck. 12 80- 27 21 Printing - Koowee Courier .... :'>o it"i t leoiiee News. IO 00- 10(5." Flections Managers. :'. Ol) Supervisor. 7 W s Ot .Merchandise ( '. W. Pitchford Co.. bil Ol \V. A. Stevens A- Son. I 17 :!?"> ( 'ai ter A- Co. S 00 Standard Oil Co. 17 ? I :?ol ll Salaiics F.s.IIolleman,Mayor loo on Jus.Thompson, C.-T. 121 IM? ll. A. II. Gibson, bal. salary as Mayor. I 17-- 22? 17 Paid on Molo- ? J. I). Vernor. 170 Ol bonds :; bonds cam-idled . . . :!00 (Ml I liierest on bonds. . . ;j(l:i HO uti:; oi Miscellaneous .1 nynes A Sbelor, at torneys . 20 (Ml Deni ll. A I., house. L"> IMI Hoard ol Health. fill (Ml I usu ra nee. (Ml Kroighl. .V> (il Scale boob . I 17 .1. \V. Ilolhinan, re bate oil laxes. (Kl I .umber. s 10 .1. \V. bell, physician :! .'.<) Jay nos A- Sbelor, pip big. I -70 M. ( '. Seaborn, mak ing up tax book... .'. oo I hulling. . IUI M rs. Johnson, rebate on laxes. .'> S2 .1. M. baldwin, black smithing. g :'.<) .1. W. Kee, black smithing. fid Paid foi si reel work. 101 00 !M:? ::t! Tidal disbursements..$2,-123 OS ( lash on hand. ;VJ Kl Tidal.??2,-l78 :'.H Si Vi K ol Soi! I ll C.\ liol.IN A, I Coi s i \ oi Oco.N KK. \ Personally conies before me Janies Tliompson, Clerk and Treasurer of the (own of Walhalla, and on oath says that Hie above statement is (ruo ami correct bi Hie best of Iiis knowledge and belief, 'Ibis the I2lh day of January, moo. JAM KS THOMPSON, ( ?lurk and Treasurer. W. K. VHIiNKR, | K. S. | Notary Public. At I esl . A. P. Cm v. \v. b. VKIINKII. :i OT ASH gives color, flavor and firmness to all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to 10% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every fanner's library. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Ntsiau St., New York. A WELL ESTABLISHED DRY GOODS AND GROCERY TRADE, IWILL SKI.Ii .MY ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS ?is a wholo at si bargain. Everything now und fresh. Gootl loca tion. Splendid store room in brick building. Kent reasonable. Reasons for selling: Physical inability, on account of advanced ago, to carry on tho business. II. A. II. GIBSON, Walhalla, S. C. January I, mint, l-i? We wish you all a prosperous and happy New Year. Thanking all our friends and patrons for past favors, and hoping for a con tinuance of same, Respectfully, C. I. PITCHFORD CO. PANTS! BREECHES! TROUSERS! ('?ill them what you may--wc have just rcceivod a beautiful lino in Joans, Cottonade, Mole skins and ('?issimeres, from L'?C, up, for men and boys. Remember that we now carry in stock the famous Hamilton, Brown Shoe Co.'s line of Ladies' and Children's Shoes. They manufacturo 15,000 pair a day, and sell no other make. They back their guarantee by their reputation, being the larg est HilOOillilkui'K ?ll int; world. Call and see them. Respectfully, This wor 'I belongs li) the energetic. Trustees Sale of Real Estate. NOTICE is hereby given that we will sell, to the highest bidder, at public outcry, in front of thc Walhalla Court House door, on Monday, the ."?til dav of Keb airy, 1000, at ll A. M., (if not sold at private sale before that day,) the fol lowing described real estate, to-wi I . All that certain piece, parcel or lol of land, situate, lying and being in (he town of Walhalla, of the County of Oconee, of the Stale of South Carolina, bounded on tho North hy Main si reid and lot of K. O. Wright, West by Spring street, South by South H road street, Mast by lot now or late of Henry Tiotjon, containing one and one half acres, more or less. TERMS : Cash. .IAYNES ?v SHKI.OR, .wo WM. J. STRIBLING, Trustees. January I IHM), >? i; Trespass Notice. ALL persons are hereby warned not to bunt, tish, shoot, snare, trap, net, cut limber or otherwise trespass on any lauds owned by the undersigned. All persons disregarding this notice will be prosecuted lo the full extent of the law. H. o. TRI BULK. January 11, mun. '? ft Say I will do, I do, do. Competitors, you ?mu ns well try to lift yoursolf in a basket ns to undersoil ino. My desire is lo movo Roods, not to got cash. Shrowd buyers need no arguing. Each and every claim niado by mo at tins salo is just as represented. I do not ad vertise something 1 haven't gol. i will soil in tho next Thirty Days, twenty Pianos, at factory prices; sixty-live Organs, forty-five .Sowing Machines, ten hoad of Horses, twolvo Wagons, eight} head of Kino .Jersey Milch Cows, twenty head of Thoroughbred Jersey Heifer Calves. Tho Pianos will bu sold at wholesale prices for cash. $150 Pianos for $300; $:150 Pianos for $205; $250 Pianos for $M5; $1)5 Organs for $55; $75 Organs for $15; $5"? Sewing Machines for $28; $ 15 Sewing Machines loi *IS. Will sell Milch Cows on three months' note, and, any ono buying a Milch Cow from me, can pasture it noxt summer, free of charge, in tho Mayberry Pasture for six months, which amounts lo $0. lt is not so much money (hat I want as to get rid of the Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, Horses, Wagons atid Cows that I have on band. 1 have rented a store in Columbia, S. C., and will open up business there on January 1st, 1000. Tho goods I have on hand must ho sold regardless of the cost value to mo. This is no fake sale. 1 bavo these goods and stock on hand and they will be sold. If you have got the cash show it to me, ami you will be surprised what will buy ?ii Piano, Organ and Sewing Machine. A chance in a life-lime to buy al. whole sale price. Pianos at $116. Think of it! The agent's commission and tho dealer's profit are all taken off, and you get (beni at wholesaler's profit, j Sewing Machine Needles at 20 cents per dozen. lu cent Oil at 5 cents per bottle. $s Guitars for $-1.50. $5 Violins for $!1. Everything else in the small instru ment line, to go in proportion. 'Como while tho goods are on hand. I. L. ALEXANDER. GREENVILLE, S. C. December 21, 1800. 51-2 NoticG of Final Settlement. Til li STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OK OCONICK. S is THU corin* or IMIOIIATK. I). K. SLOAN, Executor of the lasl will and testament of June Stoney, de ceased, against thc legatees of Krank Stoney, deceased, to wit: His daughter, Priscilla Stoney, of Oconoo county, his widow, Mary Stoney, and his '2 minor chil dren, Alary Stoney and Wesley Stoney, who reside in Hu; Slale of Alabama: the husband of .Mary Ann Stoney, Alexander Corse, who resides in Alabama; Hetty Ilix nee Stoney, who resides in Atlar'a, Ca.: Rebecca Calhoun nco Stoney, Win. Stoney ami Lewis Stoney, who reside in Oconco county. Some ol' these defend ants are known by the. name of Johnson. These defendants will take notice, thal the estate of June Stoney, deceased, will be 'inally settled in my ellice nt Vital - . balla Court House, in tho Stale afore said, on Monday, the 5th ?lay of Kebru I ary, IOHO, in accordance with a petition hied by tho Executor above named for that purpose. All persons interested in the settlement ol' the estate of June Stoney, deceased, will lake due notice and govern themselves accordingly. The minors, Mary Stoney and Wesley i Stoney, will take notice thal, unless they appear in this court and petition i for the appointment of a guardian nd lit em one will be appointed by the Court of Probate in Hus proceeding to repro , sent, their interest in this settlement. D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate Oconee county. December 18, 1800. 51-tJt J>Totiee ol' LMnal ?3et Heirioiit iincl J>is? < * J1 S 1 I'J?fO. NOTICH is hereby given thal the un dersigned will make application lo I). A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oconee county, in thc Slate of South Carolina, at his oll'me at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, tho 27th dav nf .bin ary, I IHK), at 1 I o'clock in tho fore noon, or as soon thereafter as stud appli cation can be heard, for leave to make lina! sett lemont of the estate of Mrs. S. C. Hellotte, deceased, and lina! discharge as Executor of said ?slate. J. K. HP KA/.KA LE, Kxectttorof Estate of Mrs. S. C. [Idiotic, I h'oeascd. January I, IOHO. I I IVolioo of rinn,] Wt?i UeiiKint and 1 >iw ?.h?ii'H'O NOT I CK is hereby given thal Hie un designed will make application to D. A. Smith, Ks<|., Judge of Probate for Oconee county in the State of Sont li Cand?na, at bis olheo at Walhalla Court House on Saturday, the ?kl day (d' Kobi nary, 1000, al ll o'clock in the." fore noon, or as soon (hereafter as said ap plication can be beard, for leave tomake final f utilement of the estate of Tbos. K. Mad eu, deceased, ami for final dis chargeas Administratrix of said estate. NANCY A. MADDEN, Administratrix of Kstate of Thomas E. Madden, deceased. January 1, 1(100, l l Contracts to Let. rilli F Cornily Commissioners will lot af 1 their Olli ce, in Walhalla, S. C., on lim first Tuesday in February, limit, upon scaled bids, io the lowest responsible bidders, the following contracts for twelve months, beginning February 1st, limo. The Hoard reserves the righi to reject any and all bids : The cont rael, for a physician to the jail ami poor house. Tho contract for running the ferry at Maxwell's on Seneca river. Ker ry m an can get a house at Hie ferry for $1.00 per month and have wood free. Tim contract, for advertising for tho county. J. M. IIUNNIOITTT, Supervisor Oconee county. January ::, limn.