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CIj c Jic o luc e C? uric v. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. BY JAYNG8, SHELOR, SMITH & STECK. R.T.JAYNBS, ?KuH . ,. (1). A. SMITH, J. W. SU K LO ll, J " I * vm' \ J. A. STOCK. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. y^t/"" COI?IWUI???fttlOlHj of ll pot ttOllltl churuotor charged for as advertisements. Obituary uotlcoH and tributos of roHucot, of not ?vcr ono hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C. : WIliritSDAY, JAN. '?3, moo. STATE BANKS OF ISSUE. On our first pago will be found an ad mirable speech by Senator Mci,am in dolivorod in the United States Senate last wook. It is tho clearest and most forciblo presentation of practical views on tho vexed currency question wo have had tho pleasure of rending for some timo. It will well repay a careful read ing by thoso in search of information on tho money question. Ile advocates an elastic medium of exchange, and shows conclusively how tho prosont national banking system militates against tho business interests of tho South ami Weat, tho great producing sections of tho nation. The repeal of thc ten per cont tax on State banks of issue would onablo theso sections to establish astable ourroncy, mainly their own, based on their own money values, and thus be in a measure independent of the money sharks on Wall Street. Thc Legislature. The Legislature was not in session on tho tenth and eleventh days of its ses sion-January HU h and 20th. Tho House convened on .Monday, (the 12tli day) January 22d, at 12 o'clock M. Tho session consisted of "gab'' and no business of importance was transacted. Tho Senate mot Monday nigbl at > o'clock. Farmers to Fight the Fertilizer Trust Thc Agriculturists ol Oconce Called to Meet at tho Court House on First Monday in February, 1900. (JKKKNwool?, s. C., January - Tho farmers of (ireenwood county in mass meeting have decided not to bin fertilizers for more than a ten per cent advance over last year's prices ?ind have called on all oilier tanners in the Stair to meet on tho ti ist Monday in I'ebrnary and take similar action. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas the prices of fertilizers arc being advanced arbitrarily through thc influence of a trust ami to au extent md justified by commercial conditions: Mcsolved I. That wi', the fanners ol (Ireenwood county. South Carolina, hereby appeal to Hie farmers of tin State and Cotton States to hold meetings at their respectivo Court Houses on thc first Monday in February, and that they pledge themselves not to purchase fer tilizers at an advance exceeding ten pn cent over last year's prices. :.'. That we regard ten per cent advance in prices of fertilizers as much as the conditions justify, ami wc advise farmers not to purchase any fertilizers al moro than ten per cent advance over last year's prices. President.!, it. ?lake, Jr., of (ho State Farmers' Alliance, was present and ad dressed the melding, endorsing thc reso lutions. I want to let the people who sillier from rheumatism and sciatica Know that Chamberlain's Tain Malm relieved mc after a number of other medicines and a doctor had failed, lt is the best liniment I have ever known of.-J. A. Hodgon, Alpbaretla, (?a. Thousands have been cured of rheumatism by tins remedy. One application relieves thc pain. Tor sale by J. W. Mell. Walhalla: W. J. Lun ney, Seneca; H. M. Zimmerman, West minster. BO EH LOSSES G.425 MEN. A Fierce Baltic is Hourly Expected The General Progress of thc War. Lox no N, KM.., January 20. Tele grams from thc front indicate Unit a northward march of thc relief column, which is moving towards Ladysmith is proceeding stead'ly. Thc authorities here seem to be satisfied that Cen, Mul ler's forces arc within sight of Lady? smith. No news of real importance had been made public up to .-'.:;<> o'clock this alter noon and there was nothing to show that a general engagrnient, which basso frequently been rumored, had yet coin monced, though obviously tho news of such a battle is momentarily expected. HOI:li I.OSSKS (>, lli'i M KN. ItKNsiM'KO, CUM: COI ON 1 . January I". -A gentleman, who escaped from Coles burg, reports that the Dutch inhabitants, who are sympathizers willi the Moers, are proceeding to tho Orange "'rec State in the. anticipation of thc evacuation ol' the town. Mr, Vanderwalt, a member of tho Capo Assembly, has ali cady gone. Tho Moer fore" there is estimated l<> number from six to seven thousand men. besides a strong force at Suivais l'oint. Tbc. Mri tish shells did much cxooo?ioii eastward of the town. Tho Moer loss up to date is probably two hundred nen. Carefully compiled ligures Iron repuh Hean sources, sonto of which h%ve been investigated aud found lo bo correct, show lin; Moor losses up to dato 10 he approximately ii,lti.*i men, including iwn thousand casualties during the singe <>i Ladysmith. UN. BULLEN HAS BEEN DEI EAT! I). Two I bill.ilmie, Captured British Have Suf fered a Itcvciso at the Hands ol Jouhcrt. MKIII.IN, January There was a ru mor on the bourse to-day (ha! (?cnoral Muller, commanding thc lb dish ton es to raise the siege of Ladysmith, has Hil ff er ed a defeat at the hands of (ho Moer forces under (?encral Pint Jouherl. I.0NI10N, January ll wa - reported on the stock exchange lo day thal I wi battalions of Mri tish troops, I,,no men, have hoon captured hy the Moers neal Ladysmith. The war ellice ollicials fail to confirm or deny the (ruth ol' (he re ports lan e 01 in Mei lin. Iii \ i ? l'.oi.i: LA .MI KI:, LAHV-MI III Monday, January 'Che quartets o (?ener?is While and Hunter were sinashei this morning hy a shot from Lon; Tom." ll is not known whothei any o the occupants of the building wen killed. K i M it i : ni. i. s, Sunday, .laini:ii\ I. '('he Moors continue an active and heavj bombardment of ibis place THE WORK IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAS MOVED ALONG SLOWLY. DAUGHTERS OfJ| CifEDERflCY UnM stn Imnrostlyo Unveiling Ceremony-A Bric! Rcviow of Legislativo Work. ( '01.UM MIA, S. C., Jnnuary 22.-Kditors Connor: Thoro was not imioh accom plished in thu progress of legislation (luring the past wook. On Monday, as usual, (hore was but n thin House, many of tho inomhors hav ing gone to theil homos on Saturday to spend tho Sabbath with their families, and did not get into thoir scabs in tinio for tho morning hour; and as a matter of courtesy to tho members directly interested in them, many of tho I ills on our calendar woro passed over. On Thursday at 12 o'clock tho memo rial services ol I'OBpcot on tho death of tho lato Governor W. H. Kllorbo wore observed in tho hall of tho House of Rep resentatives, at which tho Governor and other State olllcors, thc Justices of tho Supreme Court, tho members of tho (lou erai Assembly, a number of ladies and other interested spectators wore present, and many lino tributos WOro paid to tho lifo, labors and character of tho deceased Governor by members of both I ho Sou a to and House of Representatives. Friday, the 10th, Gen. bee's birthday, being a legal holiday, both branchos of tho General Assembly adjourned ovor until Monday, and there was no session of either House on Satuiday, and most of the members took advantage of tho lull of legislative m neb i nor y to visit their homes and families. For myself, tho dis tance and attendant ox penses woro toe great, so we had to forego, and will have tu forego, wo presume, until the end of the session, which, itt thc present rate of progress, may be some tinto within thc next sixty or ninety days, but I presume we will gol regularly down to business dining this week, and more rapid pro gross will be made, and it is possible, and I think probable, that the lina adjournment will he reached within fort) days from Ihedateof thecoinmencenienl of the session. On friday thc Daughters of tho Con federaey, Wade Hampton Cha?ner, heh in tho outer hallway of the Slate llotisi their beautiful service of unveiling : j mural tablet to the memory of standard j bearers of Gregg's regiment of Soul! I ' andina Volunteers who were killed ii lone afternoon's lighting at Gains' Mil j mi .lune ?7, ISPJ, Col. John C. Shep I pani delivered a most touching and clo ipienl address, paying a beautiful tributi lo tlu? heroism of our gallant dead am to thc titi vol ion of our women. Tin whole ceremony was a sad bul lifting om lo I he occasion. There has been ipiito an avalanche o new bills pouring into the legislativ? mill during the present session. Tin most fruitful sources of these bills seen to be the new county government act am the dispensary. There seem to be bu few counties in tho State that are eu seeking some change or amendment o the county government law. I have intro tl need a bill to amend thc law so far as i rid?tes tot leonoe, to make tho two count commissioners elective every t wo year in the general elections, with tho sn pei visor as now provided, requiring them t give the same amount of bond, am declaring the linties and lixing tho sal aries of the same. I havo also, at tho request of ou County Hoard of Commissioners, intn iluced a bill to authorize tho coinmissioi ors of 1 leoiiee county, S. C., to unite wit the authorities of llabeisham count) Georgia, in rebuilding thc Frat her bridg across Tugaloo river. The request c the hoard is backed hy strong petition of the citizens desiring it. There is also a bill pending to a nt hoi ?zo the supervisors and commissioners i i ?conee and l'icl'cns counties lo buy c accept as a gift Hie Uaveiiel toll bridg across .'seneca river and make and koo it up as a t ree bridge. I have also introduced a bill to anion the title and extend the provisions of a act to amend the (diallers of cities an towns in relut mn to tho sale of meats, s [as to include vegetables, sweet and Iris potatoes and fruits of every kind. til course I cannot yet predict win the fate of any of these hills may be. bi I will endeavor to get them through plaid i cable, in so fur as I believe t hey wi bcnelit the people ol' my county. In regard lo I lie dispensary system < conducting the sale of spirituous, alci bobe ami mall liquors in this State, Hi Legislature seems tobe "many ment many minds." Several new bills hav been in 11 m i need, and arc designated ; Mr. Whiklcr's bill, Senator Appelt's bil Senator Graydon'* bill and Josh Asl ley's hill. The hitler isa local optic measure, pure and .simple, ami provith foi a submission ol I bc questions of pr< li i t>'t t i< >n, hieb lita use or dispensary to volo "I Hie people in each county of tl M;ile on a lixed day Hierein, before ll next general election. Mi. (Haydon's bill, I am I oh I, cm bm I ii the suggest ions contained in the inessa), of Governor Mcsweeney, and is nude siood. I (bink, to be Hie admimstrnth bill lo prese! ve the life ol' the syslei recognizing the necessity for chango ai unpi ns emi n .. Then, too, Mr. < osgrove bas a bi which seeks lo exempt cities of 10,0 I inhabit ants from thc operations of tl i dispensai y law, and lhere are otb I minor mils for nu dilications of the sj : lcm. I do lin I Heil Hie vexed question Hie sale ami control of whiskey will ' eliminated Hom thc issues of thc ne Campaign, ami thal something high jami nobler will ai ?se lo milli?me I Miles of I be people, ? >n Tuestla\, the billi, a bill lo prove hiring of convicts lo pi ?vale farms or pr?vale persons or corporations, willi !.. . i proviso lo cive In the counties thc pri loge and preference of hiring convicts s|.no por month ne!, was ordered lo thin! reading in the House by a vole ti:! to I.'. The idea is to employ conv ! lahm on I bc public mads. < in Hu- same day a join! resolution submit lo I lie people of Hie State bi I nest eeiicinl election an aiucndmciil I he ( oust it nt ion, providing for biotin sessions ol t be < .encrai Assembly, p;iss by the required Iwo-lhirds vote of I llieiiibeis elected to Hie House ami w ordered sent lo the Se?ale. Thc joint resolution providing for foin yeat s lei in for I ho members of | House failed to secure the twothil ,otc and w as lost, so Dial if the chm I lo lncinii.il sessions should pass the St j ale, ami be adopted bj Hie vole of I ' people, members of I' . House heronf elected would soi vo but one session ' instead of two, and Senators but two sessions instead of four, as borotoforo. Most of tho States nf tho Union have only biennial sessions, and it is claimed that wo ate having too much legislation in thia Stato, and that by mooting ovory two years tho ovils of tho excess would bo cured, and that it would bo a groat economic measure. On Woduosday, 17th instant, Mr. Ver nor's bill to limit tho extent of lieus and mortgages for agricultural supplies to cotton only, after a healed discussion and a heroic ot?ort hy Mr. Vernor, was i udell n Rely postponed. OH tho samo day tho enacting words of a hill to permit railroad excursions on Sundays, so ?is to allow tho transporta tion of passengers to and from camp meetings, Wore stricken out. Tho samo action was takon in regard to a bill to reduce tho uumbor of supervisors of reg istration from tb roo to ono, and to pr? vido for their appointment and compen sation. On Thursday tho House struck out tho enacting words of a bill to lix tho rail road ratos of transportation of passen gers, proposing to reduco tho charges of first-class faro tog couts per milo and second-class to 2? cents per milo, lt was thought Ulai tho matter was within tho jurisdiction of tho Railroad Commission of (ho Stato, and that there is no need of legislation. In tho Sonate tho broad tire bill passed tho second reading, and I suppose will soon bo sent around for tho considera tion of the House, lt provides, I under stand, that after about four years nu narrow tired vehicle will be permitted tc be used on tho public roads of tho St ito. 1 learn that some of the Senators voted ior the bill expecting to have their conn ties exempted, but after it was passet' the Senate refused to allow any exeop tiens. Sumo of Ibo newspapers think il will bo a groat economic measure, ant this is also the opinion of exports on tin subject. TtlK KKOWKK Cot'UiKU, for some rea son, 1 know not what, has failed to pul in its appearance to mo the past week and I have missed its news columns vcr) much, and I hope tho publishers wil inquire and report tho cause. The week begins with line, balmy wea thor, and I trust the (louerai Assombb will accomplish a gout! week's work. S. P. OKNOV. Ilnyiug a (Heat Run on Chamberlain' ('etigh Remedy. Manager Martin, of tho Pierson dru; store, informs us that he is having a groa run on Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy He sells live bottles of thal medicine I one of any other kind, and it gives grea satisfaction. In these days of la gripp there is nothing like Chamberlain' Cough Remedy to stop tho cough, beti up thc sore throat and lungs and giv relief within a very short time. Th sales are growing, and all who try it ar pleased with its prompt action. - Soul Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by.' W. Roll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Sci coa : II, H. Zimmerman. Westminster. DAN MONGAN REPLIES TO JAKE COOK. Thinks .. Netl Todd " is Ahoul Hight Givi a Few Views. Ri"rrI:N, January 2.1.-Kditors Coi t ier: We noticed in your issue of the 181 a communication from Fort Matlisoi signed by J. A. Cook, condemning "Nc Todd's" views on the road law: al.' condemning tho present system of worl ing roads, and conveys the idea that 1 objects to the poor rilling on pttbl roads which they Itel]) to keep up, ar has a serious objection as to how tin wear their hats and heads, too. seems to bollier him because they spei their monty for what they please. I also has a serious objection as to wit children should have the benefit of ol school funds. Tho intention of pub) schools was for poor children especial! lt seems that he thinks^tho colored pc plc are responsible for t heir gourd head dat noses and hammer heels. Ho says your correspondent at Retro would have a higher or special li placed on the old citizens to keep i tho public roads and bridges just for ll pleasure of ibis ungrateful generation vipers. Mr. Cook has made no distill liol) between those hammer heeled ai pig-headed people. We suppose means them all to be an ungrateful gen ration of vipers. Ho condemns thc dispensary law ai our law regulating taxes. He says: "G knows tho taxes on property are t high now." (?ml says we should p one-tenth of our income. Thc best v> to reduce our laxes is to have a pen costial feast and divide equally, o with another, and then we would not complaining of one paying so mu more tax Iban others: or, il Mr. Cook willing, WO will have al) the bind .South Carolina conliscatetl before t Legislature adjourns, and allow no m Uo purchase more than lifty acres. Tb wc will stop fussing' about paying much laxes. He seems lo think thal our com roads aro in m> better condition lb they were under tho old system. } say, without fear of cont rad ici ion, il they are 7"> per cent better. We ?uh that it cost a little more. Mr. Co knows Ihiif for the pas! six years Hu has been a wonderful improvement nm on county roads pulling them <>n h ter ground and grafios. Il would he i reasonable to think all Ibis could thine without spending some mon We don't say Hie Cornily Commission have made no mistakes. They madei mistake when they tried to please Ile good citizens who grumble so much them foi paying ont a little money public roads. In conclusion we will say thal "> 'todd" had a tolerably correct view the matter. We believe thal tho I.e. latine ought to give ns a right li choice work or pay for it. As lh are so many thal will m>; work to ; advantage undera boss their money > Work twice as much as they would, us work forty hours pei' year or pay I dollars. Said two dollars lo bc pail the overseer lo be spent on the roi binding overseers on oalli thal (he act hours required bad been performed, thal bc bad used the money lo the I of his judgment. D. .1. Moi;o.\: Nie Woman's Clubs. SIM I: I A S III no, January ..'.'.. The I tuitivo Committee of the Male Fed timi ol' Woman's Club, met in Hie S| lan Inn lasl Thursday afternoon lo parea program for the annual ?ncc) which will bc held in Charleston al April 17th or I Nih. Mrs. M. W. < man, of Seneca, Pic.?deni of the fed lion, Mrs. M. P. (?ridley, of Creenv Miss Marj Hcmphill, editor ol' thc beville Medium, Mis. F. A. Irwin Mis. ( bailes Pelly, of Ibis eily, v present. They have mapped out program in pail, bul ii is not yet ri for Hie press. Mrs. Coleman loll day morning fora visit lo Florida. SUCH IS THE SOUTHERN SHUTTLE AND BOBBIN FACTORY Af WESTMINSTER. SEVENTY-ONE PERSONS EMPLOYED. Tho Factory Turns Out 1,200 Sluiltlos Por Wook-Can Supply Only Soulhorn Mills. UV A. I,. (I OS S KIT. WKSTMINSTKH, S. C., January 20. Among tho many manufacturing intor prisos thal have sprung up in tho groat South during tho ninotoonlh century, tho Southorn .Shuttle and bobbin Factory, so beautifully situated in our midst, is one of great importance and demands the attention of the busy world. Really, tho closing period of tho nineteenth cen tury linds this tho only enterprise of its kind South of Philadelphia, and that alono ought to make us fool proud of it. Thou, too, it is a groat success, and we havo every reason to expect greater suc cess of it in the futuro, lt is bound to rocoivo tho patronage of tho big cotton mills of the South, and this is a timo that cotton mill building is hy no means at a standstill. Tho company often rc-" coivo orders for shuttles and spools from Northern mills, but it is impossible for thom to lill tho orders, as the mills in the Soul h keep thom so busy. To-day they have orders enough to keep them at work for the next sixty days. Tho Southorn Shuttle and Hobbit! Company began work in ISi)."> in a wooden building 20x10 feet, with barely a half dor.on operatives. Later on more room was Hooded, and the building had to bc enlarged. That, however, did not furnish room enough. So new quarters woio sought and to-day wo lind them nicely established in a plant, costing nearly $:)5,000, bleated about a half mile Northwest of tho depot, of the Southern Hallway, whciu only lon: leen months ago a public road ran. There aro seventy one employees whose names are on the pay roll to-day. They work ten hours per day. From a $0,000 capital the books of subscription have been opened to raise tho capital stock to ?:!.">,ooo and people are availing themselves of the opportu nity ol'getting stock in the company. The timber buying is a big thing now and thousands ol' dollars have been dis I tributed among the rich ami the poor for wood, which, for other purposes, j would have been unsalable. The. company have twelve limber agents, located in South Carolina and (ieorgia, and it is being shipped in hy I car loads. Twenty-nine car loads have been received this season. So great did the shipment ol' timber become that a switch was pul in al the old factory and a spur track,-(H) feet long, was built lo unload ears from. About a ear load is bought from the wagons every day, which comes from forests accessible to thc factory. In making shuttles persimmon and dogwood are used. Spools are made of poplar, birch, maple, sourwood, sweet gnni and other woods, lt takes timber from one and one-half to two years lo become thoroughly seasoned lor shut ties. The carpenters, bricklayers and other laborers finished work at the new fac tory a short time before ( 'bristmas. The company gol their machinery in the main budding and u<d started lo work in September. As mindi more machinery was added then. A new en gine and boiler were pul in lo furnish greater power, lt is a till horse boiler. The. boiler room is twenty-eight feet square and built of brick. The main building in which the machinery is placed is a thing . " beauly, lt is heated from bottom lo lop by steam, al a cost of over SL'oo. There is no darkness in side during the day. as it contains US windows. The size of the building is l(SUx"?r> foot. In the center ol" L is th? saw sheil. where ail I be woods are sawed ? lo tho required length and si/.e. Some j five Ol'six saws are seen running ata high speed and from b"> lo '_'."> cords of wooil ate sawed ?1.lily. More than a do/en bands work herc and not an idle person is to be seen. As soon as Hie pieces ii. nded to be made into shuttles are sawed the ends are dipped ill (allow to prevent cracking. The blacksmith shop adjoins thc saw shed. The rooms of the ground Moor aie blushing and packing rooms. The iron works and the odie-. nve ;,!," "" ..hj. lower Moor. j Two elevators, principally for carrying freight, are seen in (his building. On going upstairs tho visitor secs many liv ing belts, pulleys and shafts. Tho sh tittle* room is ii()x:'.r> feet and has several lathes in il. The spool room has sixteen billies in it. In Ibis room an tip io date nun hine shop is found, lt bas two engine lathes and one large mill lathe. An iron planer, weighing :',">nu pounds, is also operated here. The manufacture of shuttles is ver> interesting. Weare informed thal they have to go through about ll fly difieren I operations bofoic they are completed. After the timber becomes well seasoned il is carried lo a .small saw where the pieces ?ire cul lo an exact length, and from thc saw they are carried to the planer, which dresses (hem dow n to the exact size, ami from (he planer they go to the lathes Ilia) work mil the inside, which is done with bits ami cutlers made I'm that purpose. From those machines they go lo w bal is called a burring ma chine, when the inside ol' tho shuttle is smoothed out with .small burrs, made for the woik. This machine and several others move al a s|.tl of over .*?,IHHJ r?volu' ions per minute. Prom this they are passed lo the heading lathe, where the inside is squared lo receive Ibo end ol''he bobbin. After coming out they are ready for the lips lo bc pul on Hie cuds ami go lo Hie (urning billies, where the ends aie I III ned lo Hie required shape. They (hen go lo a large sand paper drum which smoothes (he outside of Ibo shuttle, They are Lien taken down lo Hie oiling lank in the finishing room where they are dipped in oil. After taking out and drying for a suth cienl (?me they aie polished and packed ?li boxes foi shipmen! Thc capacity Ibo factory for making shuttles is Mm dozen 111 . i ? eek. Spools are required lo go llnough a great mans different processes, ton. When packed for shipmen! MM arc pul in one box. Tl.ompany have ind begun Hie nianufi, Hire of hobbins yet, bul expect lo ] * 111 in machinery for Dial purpose al an early day. When Ibis is done many more operatives will be needed. They have (he raw material on baud lo make bobbins. Two largo warehouses have been built near the faelory building lo hold slock. ( i.I them i I (Mix "ill feet. The oilier one is I. lt feel long Ililli III feel wide and liner stories high. ll was s built at rousidcrablo cost, tho South cud and tho roof hoing mndo ino proof. Tlio company owns llfty acres of land. HesidcH tho tinco magnificent buildings already mentioned, four handsome cot tage residences have boon built, willoh add in making tilings look like a new town glowing up. Tho following gentlemen constitute tho board of Directors: Messrs. W. 1'. Anderson, James Seaborn, V. K. l'itts, W. (J. Milson, J. 1?. Stiibling, J. P. Iliad berry ami K. (i. Spalding. Mr. Anderson became idontillod with the factory in August, I SHS, when the capital stock was doubled. Ile was made president and treasurer. At the meeting of the stockholders, held a few weeks ago, bo was elected to continuo to serve in (bis capacity. Mr. Anderson is one of the bcd known business men in Westminster, and controls a larger busi ness than any other man hero. Ho has the welfare of his town at heart and is a promoter of all that is good, lt is due 10 his energy ami public, spirit that the shuttle factory has made such great pro gress and the success achieved. Miss bessie Norris, who holds a re sponsible position with tho I'eden ev Anderson Hanking Company, is the sec retary. Therefore tho immense busi ness of Ibo factory, assigned to tho bookkeeper, is deftly and accurately re corded by an accomplished young lady. Mr. li. (J. Spalding, who came from Lacliute, Canada, in the carly part, of the year 180*?, has a life long experience in a shuttle ami bobbin factory, and un derstand:, his business well. Ile was presiden! for thc lirst three years and now has charge of the shuttle depart ment. Mr. Spalding is a very courteous gentleman ami everybody esteems bim very highly, Messrs. S. and <). S. Duff, who also ca ni o from Canada, aro useful men at the sh ll I tlc factory. Tin latter if a prac tical machinist, ami has charge of Ibo bobbin department. Ile beean wmk in shops at Loweri, Mass., thirty years ago. M r. S. Du IV is a lirst-elass wood-workman. Il has been demonstrated repeatedly in every Slate in the I nion and in many foreign < outlines thal Chamberlain's Cough beinedy isa certain pt ? vent ive ami cure for crimp, lt has become tho universal remedy for thal disease. M. V. Fisher, ol' Liberty, W. Va., only re peats what has been said around the globe when he writes: "I have used ('hainberlain's Cough Itcmcdy ill my family for several years and always with perfect success. We believe that il is not only the best cough remedy, bul thal 11 is a sure euro tor croup, ll hus saved the lives of our children a number ol time..." This reincilv is for sale hv .). W. Hell. Walhalla: W. J. Lunney, Sen eca: ll. H. Zimmerman, Westminster, Pack Train Ambushed. I MANILA, January :M.-A pink train ami twenty ponies, transporting ration* between Santo Tomas and San Pablo, Laguna Province, escorted by lilly men under Lieut. Halstoii, of the :!Ulh in faul ry. was ambushed lasl Tri.lay. Twi men were killed, live wounded and nilli are missing. The pack train was lost The lieutenant and :;i tuen returned ti Santo Tomas willi tho killed mid wound ed. The altair is bein;.; investigated. Hotel, of the I.Hh infantry, found Hu insurgents in Ibo Patangas mountain! prepared in ambush to meet him. lb kiP >d eight, wounded three ami cap lureil 17. one Spaniard ?iud six niles. Iii: casualties wer?' two men slightly wounded. A Strong Fortification. I-on i fy thc boil y against disease hy TULL'S Liver Pills, an abso lute cnn; for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles "The Fly-Wheel of Life' Dr. Tatt ; Your Liver Pills art thc fly-wheel of life. ? shall evci he grateful for the accident tha brought them to my not ice. I fee as if I hada new lease of life J. Fairleigh, Plat le Cannon, Col Tutt's Liver Pilli Mr. Moody on lbs Own Death. I n ti sermon at Xorthliehl a foi months since, Ali. Moody said: "ll ami hy yon will hear people s : i _\ '.Mr. .Moody is iloml.1 Ilon'l yo believe il Word of ?t. At that nt' j mont I shall bo more alive than am now. I shall Iben t inly begin 1 live. I was born ol' the llosh in I *'? I was born ol' thc spirit in IS"?I I That which is boi n of ibo llosh mn die. Thal which is born ol' tb spitii will live forever." This is th meaning of the Saviour's word: "Ile thal liveth and Lolievelh i me shall in ver ilic." There is n loss ol' consciousness lo thc believe Tho point thal wo call death is th instant of thc transition of conscious ness I rom tho material I" the spiiilu: organism. Christian Herald. A Touching Appeal. I Kev. K. I...imlci of Williamston, i C., makes a touching appeal in tl last issue ol' tho Christian Ad vocab for aid for tho family of the Kev. .' M. Allaway, an account of wine horrible deal lt was published recent I The deceased left a wife and cigl children six girls, ami ihoy are i destitute circumstances. The wit whose mimi was impaired by ll awful circumstances attending lu husband's deal lt cannot provide ii them in her present condition au Mr. Landor asks ( 'brist ian people I contribute t<> ibrir relief. An money seul to him for I hem will 1 thankfully received and judicious! used. Thc Olil-Fashioncil Style ol' 11 ' 11 vi ves yon a feeling ol bollol win you see il and when sou feel il. Lil I ho "blunderbuss" of a former deead it is big and clumsy, bm nol effect ii In this century ol ciiligblenmenL y< have Dr. Pierce's I Me.e.ant Pellets, who cute Indigestion. Constipation, Hilioi Attacks, Sick :iiul Pilions llead iehe. Miss .\|:,y Hudson, of Walde tia., while looking indi a 7H-foi well, lo. . ber balance ami b il lo ll bottom. A young man w Im w willi her al the time succeeded restating lier. I?oyomia few 'serat oin she was iiniujnreiI. MOB HANGS TWO MURDERERS. Half Brothers arc Manged Sido hy Side in a Kansas Jail Yard. KOUT SCOTT, KANS.. January '?'.y.-Cleo. Silboo and KU. Meeks, half brothers, who were convicted of murder hore early last week, were lynched hy a mob in tho county jail yan! hero Saturday night. At a late hour their bodies wore dang ling from two trees in tho yard, tho au thorities having boon so completely sur prised that no ct?ort has hoon mado to remove the ghastly evidence of the mob's work. Tho two mon, who hailed from Kansas City, had hoon convicted of murder in tho Inst degree, their victim being a young dorman named Leopold Kdlinger, whoso murder occurred in Oc tober last near hero. Tho murderers dis posed of Kdlingor's pair of mules, a horse and a wagon in batos county. Amos Phillips, an accomplice of the two brothers in tho cri ino, was convicted of murder in the first degree. Tho evidence showed thal the three moe belonged to a gang of thieves who had boon regularly disposing of their plunder in Hates county. Th lynching was tho work of a mob that began gathering in tho vicinity of tho county jail soon after dark, but tho purpose of the assembling crowds seems not to have been suspected until tho jail was attacked. A barbed wiro trocha (hal had been previously built around the jail was lorn down, tho heavy doors leading to tho prison were battered in and when the mob como howling out of the jail with its intended victims, tho interior ot the place looked as if it had been wrecked with dynamite. (Jeorgo .Sillico, the oidor of the two brothers; de bed his captors unlit the last. Ile placed the noose around his own neck and died cursing tho crowd. Juntas he was jerked into eternity he turned to his brother wil l an oat li and commanded him to "die game.*' The brother obeyed, maintaining an outward calm until he was jerked into the air. before Ibis Sillico had shouted to tho mob in d?liant tenes that he himself shot Kdlinger and that Amos Philips struck him on the head with au ax. Ile insisted thal his brother Kd. did not participate In the crime. "Lc sure and get Philips," thc doomed men urged. I mn shouted lo his torment ors, he bade I hi m. w iib a curse, to string him up. The vengeance manifested toward Ibo accomplice Philips was probably due to the fact that thc latter soon after his arrest made a full confession of the crime, though when he was pul on (rial he repudiated Ibis earlier confession. Ld. Meeks was equally fearless in the hands of the mob. bul he did not manifest tho spirit ol' bravado shown by his brother. His last words were: "Hang me, if yon will, but I did not help kill Kdlinger. ? Jeorgo shot him ami Phillips struck him with an ax, I did--." The doomed man gol no farther in his statement, for four or live men had him by the feel, others drew the noose around his neck, throwing the loose end over a limb and in a minuto he was strangling to death. Keep I hem out-all those germs, the seeds of disease, that are trying day and night to eel a foothold in your system. Veil in't do il unless your liver is act i ve. The very best medicine for the liver and the blood, is Dr. Pierce's ('olden Medical Discovery. Take it when you're letting' thin, or have pimples or erup tions, when yt i've no appetite and feel "run-down" (these are warning signals) and you'll save yourself from serious illness. Westminster Grange Notice. At a regular meeting of the West minster (Lange, held af the hall January .Mb, 1000, the following officers were elected to.serve for I he year : J. IL Stone, \V. M.: ll. C. Owen, W. O.; Andrew I tea iden, W. I..: Newton Driver, W. S. ; J. W. Met lain. A. S. : M. (!. Holland, W. C.: II. A. Le boy, Treasurer: Joseph Limden, Secretary; H. T. Wilson, (i. K. The following committees were appoint ed: (?n Trade. Joseph Hear''m, Corres ponding committee; Nowie Driver, H. i'. Owen ami J. IL Stone, local; on Fi nance, M. ('. Holland. Andrew Learden and .1. II. Stone. At the meeting on Fri day, the 2d day of February, at IU o'clock A. M., tho ollicors elect will lie installed by County Deputy. All of the members aie requested to come and bring a basket lilied willi lunch, as we expect lo make Hie meeting i n I cresting tu all present, All dormant mein hers can bo reinstated on I hal day free. So come one, come all ol ye. JOSKIMI bKAliliKN, Secretary. ter a grata fMwtao nm y<araflM Do you take cold with every chango In the weat ber? Docs your throat feel raw ? And do ?barp pains dart through your chest ? Don't you know these are danger signals which point to pneumonia, bronchitis, or consumption Itself? If you arc niling and have lost flesh lately, they are certainly danger signals. Thc question for you to decide ls, "Have I tho vitality to throw off these diseases?" Don't walt to try SCOTT'S I'AU LSION "ns a *:'st re sort." There ls no remedy equal to it for fortify big thc system. Prevention is easy. Scott's prevents consumption and hosts of other diseases which attack the weak mid those with poor blond. SCOTT'S EMULSION is thc one standard remedy for iitflamed throats ami lungs, for colds, bronchitis and con sumption. lt is n food medi cine of remarkable power. A food, because it nourishes thc body ; and a medicine, be cause lt corrects diseased conditions. ?,.nul $| u'.oTT ?\ n< iv. : i, .ill ilrilggUts. ('.In n,isis, N?W York Comrade Sm Hm Burtis of. Lewiston, 111., had some- tlirlllltiK ox norlonees, but nono ?comed moro (JatiKoroua tliantliosoof bis lato he-art trouble Ho suya: "I had severe palpitation of the heart for years. My physicians said I .was liable to drop dead any moment. Pulsation at times would bc 150 a min ute and I could scarcely breathe. I grew worse under doctor's care and beean taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. lt gave me prompt relief, and today I am in good health." OR. MILES' H G ?c? ?^? Offre lo Bold by nil drujtRlflts on gimrantco first bottle Uoiu'lltH or Rionoy buck. Hook on heart :uul n?rvea Bunt freo. Dr. Miloo Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind. Morphine Causes thc Death of a Lecturer. Pun. A OKI.mi IA, PA., January 23.-Tho excessive use of morphine, to which il appen rs ho bad been addicted for the past four years, was tho cause of tho death in a hospital hero last Friday night of Wm. .1. McConnel, of Cleveland, Chin, well known in tho Wost ab a tem perance lecturer. Ho was found on the streets in an unconscious condition and was removed to tho hospital, whore ho died before midnight. jornia CO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anvmio oonilliiK n plioloh mill ili'?Prlntlnn nilly quickly ascertain our opinion free whet lier nu Invent lon I? iirnlmbly imtoiitnlilc". ?"? >n i ni o ri leii t Inns ?I ri el ly con Hil i<iit lui. 1 tiiiidbonk on I'ni en tn Bent freo. oiiii'Mt nuoncy for BccurliHMml outs, Pnlont s I liken inrotiKli Munn & Co. receive Sf.tnnl nutter, wil limit dinnie. In lim Scientific American. A tuinitaomcly Illustrated' weekly, Lamest dr (.illation nf tiny H e i e 111111 c Journal. Terni*, t'.i n year : four months, fl. Bold nyilil nowwlcnlcin. MUNN &Co.36,?ro^>- New York liruncii omeo, 625 V SI.. WllslliUtftOD. 1). c. PANTS! BREECHES! TROUSERS! (.'all them what you maj'-wo have just received a beautiful line in .leans, Cotlonadc. Mole skins and Cassi mores, from ?."ic. up, for men and boys. Remember that we now carry in stock thc ..mons Hamilton, brown shoo Co.'s line of bailies' and Children's Shoes. They manufacture lf>,0()ll pair a day, and sell no other make. They back theil' guarantee hy their reputation, being the larg est shoemakers in the world. ("all and see them. Respect fully, !i j Jillillia 'I his world belongs li thc energel ic. Among tho first things we wish to call your attention to Ibis year is a lot of FINK Ti:XAS UKI) AND WI UTK OATS at "IO cents per bushel. Now is a good time lo buy (bein, for they have already advanced in price. Call and see our Mexican King Onion Seed and sample of tho onion. We are sole agents for Wal halla. They are the most famous onions in the South, producing M Hi to 800 bushels per acre. FA RMI Xii IM Pl di M FX TS, Ai . We have lo arrive in a few days a good Uno of blows in all shapes, blow Stocks, extra blow Handles, Traces, Clevises. Shuck Collars, Hack Hands, Hack Maud Hooks. Ames and oilier good brands of Ditching Shovels, Fork bakes anil all necessary Farcing Tools. .COM li Ti) S H li IS. L. G. CRAIG, WA I.HA!,I.A, S. C. BURPEE'S SEEDS for I9P0 At Catalogue Prices! A re famous for uniform excell> 'ce of their produc?s. (Inly sold al NOUMA N'S, Tho l'p Town Store. li'ff' b?rgest seed dealers in the county. T> E iv rr I S T , Walhalla, S, C. Office two Doors East of Bank, Second Floor. Ilouns : 8.;i0 A. M. TO l i?. M. AND 2 TO ? P. M. _ Morah 24, 181)8. _ Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE J>A YS: M ON HAY S, FRIDAYS AM) SATURDAYS. September 7, 18fli>. NOTICE ! ON Til ti 20th of thia month I will .soil tho corn und fodder on tho farm of tho ostato of Con. Connor, deceased, situate on Whetstone Creek, Oconeo county, South Carolina. WM. F. ti UV 1N. .1 anuary 17, 1000. ?jbj NOTICIO is herehy given that B?rry Blassingaino, colored, is under con tract to work for mo in the cultivation of crops during the year I OOO, and all per sons aro warned not to employ tho said Berry blassingaino while ho is under said contract. ENOCH BREAZKALK. January 17, I?KH). 5?-0 FOR SALE rill I ti STOCK OF COODS purchased I from Mu. 1). OKI.Kims by DHAN A 10A m.i:. at juices that cannot ho dupli cated when these goods aro gone. A hit of Cooking N essels, Pots, Ovens, Ac., that cannot bo bongilt at double our price after they are sold. Shoes, Dry Coods and Canned doods at greatly reduced prices while they last. These Goods will not wait on any one ?it our juices. Sugar, Cotice, Bice, Cribs, Ribbon Cane Syrup and everything good and sweet to cat in stock, af 1). Oelkors's stand. Everything strictly cash. No bad debts made for you to paw January 17, UHR). W A Trespass Notice. ALI. persons are herehy warned not to hunt, tish, shoot, snare, trap.net, cut limber or otherwise trespass on any lands owned by the undersigned. All persons disregarding (his notice will bo prosecuted to the full extent of the law. K. O. TRI B BI/ti. January 11, 1000. '?-? Notice of Final Settlement. Tl IK STA TIO OF SOl'TII CAROLINA, ( COUNTY OK OCONKK. \ i x l in: i on: r OK KWOUATK. I ). F. SLOAN, Executor of tho last i will and testament of June Stoney, de ceased, against the legatees of Frank Stoney, deceased, to Wit: His daughter, Priscilla Stoney, of Oconeo county, his widow, Mary Stoney, and his 2 minor chil dren, Mary Stoney and Wesley Stoney, who reside in thc State of Alabama; tho husband ol' Mary Ann Stoney, Alexander ('ors*!, who resides in Alabama; Hetty I ll ix nee Stoney, who resides in Albinia, (?a.; Rebecca Calhoun nee Stoney, Wm, Stoney and Lewis Stoney, who reside ?li Oconeo county. Some ol' these defend ants are known by the name of Johnson. These defendants will lake notice, that the estate of June Stoney, deceased, will bc 'mally settled in myoOico ai Wal halla Court House, in tho Slate afore said, on Monday, thc-.Mh day of Febru ary, 1000, in accordance with a petition tiled by tho Kxecutor above named for that purpose. All nersons interested III tho settlement of the estate of June Stoney, deceased, will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. The illinois. Mary Stoney and Wesley Stoney, will take, notice that unless they appear in this curt and petition for the appointment of a guardian ad litcm one will bc appointed by the Court of Probate in this proceeding to repre sent (heir interest in this settlement. 1). A. SMITH, Judge of Probate Oconeo county. December IS, lS'.i'.l. fil-tlt Notice ol' I?in:?l Sot tlcment lind 1 MJS IV j OTICK is hereby given that the un dcrsigncd will make application tn I) . A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oconeo county, in thc Slate of South Carolina, at his ellice at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, the _'7th day of .hill ary, limn, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said appli cation can be beard, for leave to make ii nal settlement of the estate of Mrs. S. ('. Bel lotte, deceased, and linal discharge as Executor of said estate. J. 10. H li IO A /.IO A LK, Executor ol' Kstatoof Mrs. S. C. Bellotto, 1 )cccased. January I, loon. l l N<)iic<; of Final Set tlement iiix<l l>i^ ?'liiii,i?-<i NOTICK is hereby given that Ibo un dersigned will make application to II) . A. Smith, Ksi|., Judge of Probate for Oconeo county, in the Stale of South Carolina, at his lillico at Walhalla Court House on Saturday, tho od day of February, l'.Ulu, ?il 11 o'clock in the'fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said ap plication can he heard, for leave lo make linal settlement of tho ostato of Thus. ti. Madden, deceased, and for linal dis charge as Administratrix of saul estate. NANON A. MADDEN, Administratrix of Estate of Thomas 10. Madden, deceased. January I, Inno. l l Notice to Debtors and Crediton ALL persons indebted lo the estate ol' Wm. Whilliehl, deeeased, are hereby notilied to make payment to ibo undersigned, and . '<' persons having claims against said estate will present the same, duly attested, within the tillie prescribed !>v law or be barred. 10. C. MARETT, Administrator of the Estate of William Whilliehl, deceased. January 11, limn. ._' .'? Trustees Sale of Real Estate. NOTICIO is hereby g'VOIl that W'C ??ll sell, to Hie highest hid.br, al public outcry, in front of tho Walhalla Court House door, on Monday, the .Mb dav of February, 1000, al ll A. M., (if not sold at private s:ile before thal day.) Ibo fol lowing described real estate, lo-wit: All thal COI lain piece, parcel or lol of hind, situate, lying ami being in the town of Walhalla, of the County of (leoni e, of the Slate of South Carolina, bounded on the North by Main street and lot ot K. o. Wright. West by Spring street, South by Sou'.h broad street, lOasl. by lot now or lalo of Henry Tiel jen, containing one and one-hall' acres, more or less. TERMS : ('ash. J A YNES A SI I Kl.ob', ANTI WM. J. STHIhLINO, Trustees. January 0, 1000. 2-0