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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