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Tho militia shall bo removed from tho Slate capital al once, and tho Legislature convened al frankfort instead of London. Hopuhli oan otllcials shall not he prosecuted for treason or usurpation. Conditions shall romain in statu ?p?o until Monday next, when legislative action will Le taken carrying out the agreement. Lut (!ov. Taylor has refuse?! to sign Hie agree ment, and domauds lime for its consid eration. Still it is Iud ie vc? 1 ln> will ac?piiese, ami a peaceable solution be roached. _ WALHALLA S SEMI CENTENNIAL. In another column will he found a timely article hy Mr. V. I.. .Norman making some appropriate suggestions relativo to the. celebration ol the semi COiitonnial ot the founding of Walhalla. Wliy should not something of the kimi ho ?lone'.' Lot ovory citizen of thc town ponder this ?piestion. and the more it is consi?lore?l the moro lilting (lu; cehdira tion will ho soon to he. Tho erection of a handsome inonu mont to the moinory of Gen. .lohn A. Wagenor, the loading spirit of the (Jor man Settlomont Society, ami his co laborara, through whose intluenee Hie town was established, would Lo only a tardy tributo to departed w on h. Tin town owes it t?> its?dl to honor thc memory of its founders in some endear ing manner, and surely no more titting season could bo found. Thc time which marks tho parting of theeenturies would also become memorable as marking a half century of corporate existence for tho town. Who shall start the movement'.' Wc hope to seo Mr. Norman take the lead., and wo boliovc every citizen will follow. Ami no time should bo lost in getting I?, work, lt should liol bo ?lone in a shal low, indifferent, perfunctory manner. 'Tworo better not done at all than in snell away: but, when once the people ?if Walhalla become interested in thc matter, there will he no lagging behind, and united action will insure siieeess. lad the good wol li proceed. We pi oin iso to ?lo our full share ami help the en terprise along in every way we can. The more wo thin!; about it Ibo more we think it should he done. We thank Mr. Norman for his ti mel v suggestion. May it hear much fruit. Gov. Goobel Dies. KUAN K KI ?KT, Kv.. february Tho bullet lirod hy an unknown assassin last Tuesday morning ended the life of Cov ornor ( ?oohel at il. h", o'eh.ek t his evening. Tho only persons at the dea'.hhed were Governor Cobel's sister, Mis. I'.ra un acker, and bis brother, Anbin Coclud, of Cincinnati, who have hoon in ot mst ant attendance al < lo vernor Corbel's bedside. .1 list us ( i oche!, a liol her hr. > I lui , who has boen hurrying from Arizona as fast as Steam would carry him in a vain hope ol roaching his dying lind bei in time fm some token of recognition, arrived folly minutes loo late, < ?xygeii was fie ipiontly administered lin- dying mau' during the afternoon in an ell.nl I., keon him alive al least uni ' his brothel s arrival, but in vain. I', y the. rind irony of fate, the train on which .1 list us < ?oobol was traveling to frankfort was delayed Bb yeral hours from various causes, and 1 when Mr. (ioehol linally reached h. ic, il \ was only to learn that his luotbci was' . lead. Before Coolie! died ho wa- MVHI n in as ! Governor of Kentucky and issued two proclamations ono of them disbanding j ! ?ie i -oops mobilized in frank lin t. Only part t f thc troops ohoyod his eider. Kxactly om- hour after the death of Mr. Conbul, Acting Cover. ,1. c. w . lice kham was sworn in as i.oveinoi el the Stale, thc oath hoing administered j by S. .1. shacklofoi il, Clerk ol tho Court ?d A ppoals. I MISS i ll I ll. I I., WT: Ll.sro .\, OHIO, february:'.. < >u a late train from I renton las! night then carno a stranger, w ho said he was in I frank foil the day Senator Cnohol was: sliot. "My name is Hodman," be said. "I know all about the si.lingot Coo bol. I can tell you plan ly I hat . people \ ni'O away oil if they thud, thal Taylin .>i the Republican ?arty had anything to do j willi thc shooiii g, A trap has hoon set j for a long time and I !.ppm! un i ! y aux- , ionsly awain il to kill Conbul foi his kill j i Hg of .lohn Sanford, and thc parly who II red tho shot was a near friend and inti j maddy connected willi Sanford, lt was to avengo Sanford's ?lealli thal Ibo polili ' cal situation was taken advantage of tor . HlO shooting. The idea that the .hool ' ing ?gime from Ibo second story ol ldc State Mouse is all rot." "I think I would go crazy w i I h pain were it not. for Chamberlain's fain' Halm," writes Mr. W. II. Stapleton, of Herminio, l'a. "I have been alllicled with rheumatism for several years ami: have tried remedies without number. Kui f.on Halm is the hesl medicine I ban got bold of." One application relieves I the pain, for sale by .1. W. Roll, Wal j halla; ii. R, /.immcrinuu, Westminster: W. .1. Lunney, Seneca. -- Small Hill Causes Murder. Li i.v u.i i , Ti \ , I . hi nary ;;. \ fatal shooting affray occurred hen- at .'?o'clock this af lei noon. As an-.ult li. li. Tem picton, a well known saloon man, lies dead at his homo, and Julio \\ . Wilson, a clerk in a shoe store is in ?ail chai ..cd with thc crime. Tin; altercation came up over tho payment ol a small bill, which had been piescntcd In Templeton Alli! which he claimed to have paid WILL Tilt LEGISLATURE REMAIN IN SES SION AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHING? OUR REPRESENTATIVES URE ANXIOUS To Gol Dow? to Hard Work-Major Dendy Coves a Resume ol llio Week's Work. CHM Min.\, february 5.-Kditors Cou rier; Another legislativo wook is now past ami gone, and it does not Boom to mo (hat we have much in the way of sub stantial resid?s lo show for it. Tho whole ol' (he law-making machinery drags heavily, and (ho session thaws ils "weary length along" and accomplishes but little. Some members donut like to be reminded thal we arc doing little or nothing, ami become ipiilu indignant when exhorted hy sumo restless and impatient follow-mombor that wo aro killing lime. My colleague, Mr. Vernor, ono night during Ibo pasl week, in an appeal to the House to use greater diligence in prose cuting the work of the session, made use of very strong and forceful language on the subject, and the next day in a parlia mentary tilt over some question that arose in thc proceedings nf the day, he was taken severely to task by one of Hie most prominent members of tho House for his assn m pt ion of dictation of mel hod in the progress of business. Mr. Ver tier, however, did not recede from thc position he bad assumed, and maintained himself well. The motto of tho Assembly seems to be "lo make haste slowly," mid sonic ol the slat .sinen hort seem to think that "bioad tires" would help the business along. These are usually gentlemen from the middle and lower sections of UK Slate, while the members from thc U) country--the Piedmont section of (lu State-are almost a unit against tin bro:;J tire business- -al least for our sec tion ol' the Stale. Thc Senate, during tho pasl week, hail passed the bill to regulate the width ol the tires of vehicles in this State, ami refused to allow any counties lo bi excepted from the operations thereof and coining up in Ibo House a motion tt strike oui thc enacting words was sus tamed by a vote of .">:! yeas lo IS nays whereupon thc friends of tho measure in the House called for a division ?d' tin (piestion, and were then willing to allow sm !i counties as desired to he exempted from Ibo operation of the law; and si (lu matter stands-not yet dually dis posed of. We did not think it wouh I snit thc clay road beds of < leone?', an? recorded our votes against it. At Hu same time wc were willing to allow tlx middle and low counties to experiment with i: if they desire, bul refused to lum ii force?! upon our people against theil consent. Prof. I lolmcs, tho stale < icologisi ol North Carolina, who delivered a loolurt on "good loads" herc recently, did not claim for broad tires any very great advantages over the narrow, ext .'pl upoi thc McAdam road bed. and Hie trend ot Iiis talk was thal the counties shouh lirsl prepare thc road bcd and then us? tile broad liri' for all vehicles. To con strue! thc McAdam road bed it rc? pl i rc ?.lay, sand ami tho crushed stone, whici he admits is very expensive at lirsl. bu will pay in liie end. All of which is, m doubt, true, bul md. adapted lo Hie cou ?1 if ion of om section of I he State. The Senate bas also passed and sen over to us (he Muylicld dispensary bil as a substituto for tho Hiaydim bill which I mentioned heretofore. The bil passed in the Senate eliminates all Un a< ! ni i nisi i at ion features of dispensar; control hy thc State ?dlicials or appi uni ce: >.i thc (inventor, and provides tor Un election "I ti Stale whiskey comiiiis.sionei and a hoard of control, consisting o three persons, one of Ihem lo he elcctci hy th?1 Se?alo and I wo bj I lie I louse, ii ?mlcpcmhnil bodies, and provides tba all bills lo furnish Stale "rog shall bi Ided and ..pened in public, so thal all He people nm) know just what is going in in the Slate's gr?ai whiskey business, am pr. sci ?hes a number ol' other changes lending lo relieve the system ol pas infamy, ll I he dispensary is t<> he cnn lilllled I have II., dollbl Hos bill, ? ena. led, will I?- a great improvement ot the law as ii now ex isl s. \n elforl is being mad.- l<> lake up al Hie dispensary bills al onetime, and i the House shall ad.-pt th. Se?ale '.?I! a a substitute lor all the others, which believe will be I h.- ri'suli, even will a nunc I men l s. il will greatly mirlad Ih discussion nt this vexed (piestion ill III House. The un a ure embodies the wis doiu ol Ibo Semite on the subject u liiplo] ,i.nli..1 hy Ibo Stall-, and wa passed willi practical iiuaniinily hy Ilia body, and it lins sho wm ils d?termin?t io t" divorce il from Ibo Stale administitt timi hy providing thal no Stale ollie?! shall in a member "1 the Male Hoard ii I out roi. I regard il as almost cotai ' li.it t he --male hill w ill he adopted h lin- ll..iisi with ..nie umotiilmelils, j may he ami will bceoiiiu Ibo law. Pr? Ininti,m ami local option in any form ar i tupi act ?cable in this (?enera! Assembly The 11. > 11 e w ill iud even permit th sale ? ? I domestic wines, and on last Mon dav killed a bill to regulate the sal Iheicol ?n ipianlities not less than on gallon, as was proposed hv amciidmcii ?II the ?Hieres) ol' grape growing, as on <>l I he i .i 11.1 url i ve i ni I list rios of I he .Mat? I he prohibition bill introduced hy Mi Prince, i >t ,\ ndeisoii, in pu i sun ncc ot th sen! i mei 11 of Hie majority of Hie v??tei 1.1 his county in the last primary eic? I uni was killed by a very dei hied vote i -n yeas lo nays: and the local opt io bill of Mr. Ashley, ?d tho same count} will meet a similar tale. I ha vc no don bi e. heiievei il is pi i .-sed (fi a vole. Thu we -ec that Ho re is no system of lupin control let; u^ bul the dispensary. The two Houses ul the ?.encl.il Assen bly met ill i < . i 111 assembly on friday las md elected ti II dees foi the val ions Mal in Ululions. lillie directors nf the penitent hu w ere elected, as follows : I lr. M. I ?. Kow land, ni M,' o tallinn ., lo succeed T. . Cunningham as chairman ol thc h..an lui the two yeal lei in, Senator Love, i I hester, and W. I>, Man?, ol Ahhevilh Seven !: e.: teca ! Ibo Sont li Carobil ( olh-ge .lillian Mitchell, sr., ni Charlo! Inn : John T. '-h.an and I. I . \\ ilhcrs,. 'ohimhin .1. .1. I >.r. is, nf < hangi-hui; Kobe 11 Mai lai 'an. ot I (arlington : VV. I '. Hales, ol 1 n aiigidnirg, ami C. K. S pei .er, id <i orkville. Seven titislces ol Winthrop Sonni 'ollcge Senator I!. H. Tillman, Will Innes: C. A. Woods, ..i Marion; W. . ;."l.t. y. ol Cock Hill: \. M. bee, i harhstoii; T. A. ('lawford, ..I Ibu I di. and I >i. Iv S. .litynes, ..! I oluillbi; Tl uslces fol ' h m-.mi I 'ollcge, 111 ...aid ol v isilol H of I he Stale Militai Academy, ut Charleston, und trustees for tho Statu Colored Normal College, at Orangcbur^, weir, lo liaw boen ulcoted, but tho legislative day was consumed in tho other elections, ami tho elections for tho threo last named institutions ?.'oro set for Thursday, ?th instant. Tho bill to amend tho road law so as to allow poisons in Oeoneo subject to road duty to pay a commutation tax of $2 instead of four days' work, has passed tho House and boen ordered sent to tho Snnate, ami will no doubt becomo tho law, thus providing that our people may pay or work, as they prefer. Also, tho bill to validate the election of Intendant and Wardens of thc town of Walhalla passed its second reading. Tho bill to authorizo tho County' Hoard of County Commissioners of Oeoneo to unite with the authorities of Haborsham county, Coonda, in rebuilding tho Pra ther Illidge, across the Tugaloo river, if in their judgment tho same is necessary, wise and proper, passed its third read ing in tho House. Tho dr.to of final adjournment has not yet been fixed. Tho joint committee of the Senate and House, appointed to inquire and report whether this session is limited to forty days under the Con stitution, stood 12 for such limit and 12 against, it. So the question will have to bo determined by the Assembly itself, the joint committee dividing equally on it. The supply and general appropriation bills have not yet been presented by tho Committee on Ways and Means. These measures always provoke a heated dis cussion and consume a considerable amount of time, but still I think it is tho disposilii ii of tho Assembly to adjourn within tho forty divs' limit, and I still believe that it will be accomplished, not withstanding the slow progress of tho work of Ibo session. Tho bills to amend and chango tho State pension laws wore taken up on friday and discussed at some length. Tho debate on them was adjourned unid to-morrow ( Tuesday), when, I think, tho Hatton bill, prepared at thc request of thc committee of Confederate eterans, will be adopted with, perhaps, a few amendments. This bill abolishes town ship boards, ietains cornily and Slate boards, and provides >S per mont li for "Class A"-thal is, soldiers who lost in service both anns, both legs, otc, : for Class ll, those who lost ono arni or log, etc., sii per month, and Class C, which includes all other persons entitled to pensions, s. I per month, and proscribes a number of other changes and regula tions, the object being lo purge the pen sion rolls and relieve them from all per sons not entitled or unworthy of tho State's bounty, and better provide for the needy and deserving ones. Your paper for past week has not reached mc yet. S. P. l)i:.\nv. There is no better medicine for thc babies than Chamberlain's Cough hem edy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and ol?cctual cues make il a favorite willi mothers and small children, lt quickly cures their coughs and colds, preventing pnoumoni;i or other soi ions cons?quences, ll also cures croup and has been used in lens ol' thousands of cases without a sm gie failure so far as we have been able li learn. ll not only cures croup, bul when given as soon as the croupy congi appears, will prevent tho attack. Incase; of whooping cough it liquefies the tongi mucus, making it easier to expectorate and lessens the severity and frequency ol tho paroxysms of coughing, I luis ilepri V ing that disease of all dangerous cotise quencos, l'or sale bj .1. \V. Hell, Wal halla: ll. H. Zimmerman, Westminster NV. J. Lunney, Seneca, Ben Hilliard Kills His Father. CAUTKUSVII.I.K, CA., february I.-Las Thursday, al noon, at Manley's school house, two miles above lloyslotl, Ucl Hilliard, about seventeen years of age shot and killed bis falber, .?oberl lld Maul, falber and son had quarreled ami thc young, man b-l't home. Iii father, armed willi a Winchester, fol lowed, making threats against Hon. Tin boy feared his father would kill him and he went to I ho school house, wileri his uncle, I). A. Starr, is teacher, am where his little brother is a pupil. liol had been in the school house lint a short t ?me, w ben his father appeared and drc\ his gun on him. The boy grab1 "d hi li 11 lc bi ol bei and held him up. e.ipili; that this would proven! the old ina from dring. When he saw bis fathe was del il lumed to kill him, Hen quick!; pul his brothel down, and drawing ; pistol, shot bis father, who. SUITOlllidc by thc school children, soon expired No arrest has been made. The youiij tu in made tm attempt lo osi ape, as h s-.ys In- fired lo save his own life. i.'obt. ! lillian! is well know II in lin Kail' I 'lay sect ion of this (i icoiiee) count v S. ( '. Secret of Beauty is health. Thc secret ofhcalth i: the power lochtest and assim Hate a proper qnanity of food 'I his can never l>c done whei thc liver does not act it's pilli Do you know this r Tull's Liver Pills arc an abso lute (tire dir sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, makiri;; cons!i|>ai ion, I< irpid liver, pile* jaundice, bilious fever, bilious ness and kindred diseases. lilli's Liver Pilli Mouilla io Host New.. Mot M AIN I.KS I . Kelli na ry ,;. Th weather of the pa.-.I week has'beeii vol e? dd. The mercury stood al /er. I li lu >t day of I'elu nary. Hov, ll. M. Sander's lilied his appoint tneiii at I lou ldc? Springs on Saturday, lui was rained oui ou Sunday. Hov. ll, I.. I lilllie .sill pi each Sunda' february lilli. This is Ibo. Duffie .second a ppm ii I men I here, ami we Inq that Iheie will bea large and eiiconrai mg audience present, ll is lo he hope Hie members ol the chilli ii will lleaitil co op?rale with theil pastoi m his elforl to budd up I be chin ch and il s cause i I li is comm unit y. Miss Dora Vissage, of \\ helslone, \vh has been seriously ill with pm mooni, is cou va leseen I. Mr. Waiien, who reside!. Mr. \\ T. Karney's place, is quilo au aneiei specimen ol humanity, hoing ninety foi sens old. ile ?s partly paralyzed an ilmosl helpless. Olli cleve, post III isl IC ., Ml s. Ubini Ki own, has been quite sick with 1 ; rippe. 11 seems I hat some of I lu- yi. l ido ire "wearing Ibo willow." | snppio hal the absence of certain young nu 'Xphiius the eausc. ( lipid plays mai pier pi auks any w ay. li seems thal some tm-o are spending gn at deal ol energy discussing a con i.natively unimportant que.lion. ,\ for us we I IMIIK Hie I .c-islul ure ought I Jive the people the choice of Wolkill om days on Ibo road oi paying I wo do a rs. A rin ns THE FARMERS OF OCONEE HOLD AN EN THUSIASTIC MEETING. INTERESTING AND IPI TALKS Woro Mado by Roprosontativo Farmors and Business Mon - Resolutions Adopted. Pursuant to a call tho farmors mot in tho Court House at Walhalla on the 5th instant, arni woro called to order by Mr. C. lt. 1). burns, who stated that tho mooting was hold at tho instance of tho President of tho Stale Allianco, to consider tho fertilizer trust and deviso sumo means for its overthrow. On motion tho mooting was organized by tho election of the Hon. J. !.. Smith, chairman, and lion C. H. 1). lluras, Sec retary. Mr. .1. ll. Pickett first addressed tho meeting, urging tho importance of union among tho farmers in order to socuro recognition of their rigdits. That the condition in South Carolina was that wo owned the phosphato bods, and also tho convict labor, and that wo were leasing t hom out and not receiving more than ono-Hf th their value; ami ho urged that wo memorialize tho Legislature now in session to enact some measure into law that will put tho convict labor in tho Stale to mining and manufacturing acid phosphate, and sell the same at cost to tho farmers of tho State. Mr. C. h. 1). Purus stated that Senator Connor, of Orangeburg, bad introduced such a bill in tho Senate, and after soino discussion had been indefinitely post poned on tho grounds that it would in volve considerable expenditure of money, and that there wan no demand coming from tho farmers of tho State asking for such legislation. J. ll. Sanders, Kso , wanted a central meeting held in tho State, w hore tho far mers could have tho united voice and aol ion of every county in consideration ol this fertilizer question. Capt. .I.C. Neville mado ono of the host speeches in tho mooting. Ho was heart ily in favor of tho Connor fertilizer bill. He slated that tho greatest opposition to tho bill was tho cost involved in estab lishing a fertilizer plant. Ile also stated that ho had seriously contemplated, in company with others, to form a joint stock company, lease tho State Peniten tiary and convicts for a number of years and mino and manufacturo fertilizer; that the probable cost of a plant would be $150,000. The amount of fertilizers consumed in tho Slate was about .<::,:.(il),not) that tho taxes wore nearly $2,<XiO,OnO and that if this bill to mine tho phosphate rock and manufacture fertilizer was passed il would pay all our State taxes and enrich tho soil so as to make it twice as productivo. Ho said il would bo well to pass a resolution, urging the Legislature to take some ac tion: that it was too late to accomplish much this year, but w ould help to get tho farmers out of the clutches of tho guano trust next year. Ho did not have Hinch faith in tho Legislature doing iniich more than kill time at tho rate of s I per day. lt took two weeks last year wrangling and debating to ;ot Hu. Pal metto tree olT of tho dispensary bottles, and then bragged about what a chango they had made in the dispensary law. (Applause.) Mr. .1. .1. Keilli stated that no motion or resolution had boon presented, and thal he wanted tho fanners to take ac tion to-day. Mr. c. lt. I). Horns moved that a com inilteo of live be appointed hy thc chair man lo draft resole.ions embodying tho ensc of (ho meeting as expressed, and thal a copy ol' the same bc presented to mu* members in tho (Jouerai Assembly, urging thom to co-operate in securing thc passage of tho Connor hill for Hu* relief of the fa1 mers. Thc chair appt.intel Messrs. C. lt. I). Kurtis, ,1. P. Kick di, .1. C .'ovillo, .1. lb Karlo and S. P. Sfribling, Ibo commit tee retired, and, in a sholl while, sub mitted Ibo following report: Wc. your committee appointed lo draft resolutions lo be presented to the Legislature by our members of tho (?en era! Assembly, beg lease to submit the following : I tesol ved, That we heartily endorso thc plat' for the i ii :i 11 ii I :i i-l ii rc and sale of commercial fertilizers as embodied in the bill Introduced by Senator Connor, ol Oraiigeburg. In our judgment it is now imperative upon the State to wilie draw all hire of convict laboral tho ex piration of present cont rads, and t hat. Hie same ho utilized foi (he mining of phosphate rock and manufacture of commercial fertilizers, lo he furnished lo tho farmers of the Male at the lowest possible cost, and thal al thc expiration ol present contra?is all of tho phosphate beds bc reclaimed and mined only by the Stale. Kcsolved, further, That the Legisla tine bc urged to take immediate action to thwart the impending danger"!' the fertilizer trust. c. K. I). Ilruxs, ('hairman of ('emmittee. Mr. Wm. M. Kennell moved to amend he resolution by adding thal "All fann ers who left Ibo Mliance without, being demitted he reqniied lo pay tho trust, prices for all the guano they used, and lo work in the phosphate mines twelve months free of charge'' (Laughter.) lion. .1. li. Kaile addressed the meet ing in reference to Hie resolutions, ex plaining. Hie provisions of tho Connor foi lilizer bill. On motion, the r?solu!'.ons wore unani mously adopted as presented. I in mot hui of M r. .1. .1. Keil h il w as ordered thal the full proceedings of Hie meeting be handed the county papers with tho request thal they publish the 'ill tue. ( hail man .1. L. Smith made a talk on Hie advantage ol' farmers buying Ibo in i;roiliouls and doing their own mixing: dial il could be Hone in a wagon bods, icing a hoe and shovel; thal two good hands could mis and sack live tons per las. The loi ninia he used ssas: I ,'.'uo pounds of acid phosphate. Con pounds of colton seed meal, ?'no pounds ol kahlil. C >? !. A. H. I'.llison also staled that he had used the formula in thc same way Mi. Smith had, but, by experimenting, he had found I hal by Using I. loo pounds <>f acid phosphate, .'im pounds of dried blood, gull pounds of cotton seed meal, loo pounds of min ?ale of potash, i.'pi oem ed a goods thal analyzed1.),.! mil ' percent, ami, from actual tesl, hscovcrcd thal on thc same laud he -mild gather'-'"il? pounds ol' seed colton noic per a. ic than with Hu- oilier foi nula. Ile said farmers generally were iuilmg out thal il paid lo do their own ni xing. Mr. .lohn M. Oillison nexl ad. essed he meeting. Ile regretted thal the .'oin! House ssas not crowded with ai mils. IK aid he would lib? to lake i hand primary ami see all ss ho ss ere iieml'i'i- ot ?le- Alliance, and llit-n sen all who woro onco incmhorH, and I* would of itself ?how why trusts woro oigauiziug tu oppress Ibu far mors. Ho said it looked Uko tho old saying thnt farmers won't stick togothor was true; that if tho farmers wore united as they woro tot? years ago, whoa they mudo Tillman Governor and sent him to tho United States Senate, they could do any thing they wanted to. Ho said ho had no disposition to injure tho merchant or any other elass; all ho wanted waa to get what ho earned and what ho made. Ile wanted tho farmers to purchase guano on a cotton option-givo ?100 or '525, pounds of lint cotton for a ton of fertili zer. If all tho farmers in tho South would do this thoy could, hy having the guano companies hold tho amount of cotton to pay for their guano, help the farmers to advanco it? prico. Some wore afraid to take cotton options, for this last year tho ju ice of cotton would cause tho guano to cost about throe or four dollars moro por ton than it would cost if paid for in money. I lo said ho was willing for this, because as tho merchant got moro for his fertilizer, ho would get moro for tho rest of his cotton. If the prico weld down tho merchant would got loss, so that both made or, lost together, as the case might ho, and thal to take tho average price of cotton for ton yoars would work no disadvantage to the farmer or the merchant lo adopt the colton option in buying fertilizers. Ile was asked by Mr. Aldrich: "What would tho mountaineers, who could raise no colton, do to get their guano?'' He replied that "they could give so much corn for so much cotton, and if that could not hi* done handy, they could work at night in some of their hollows and coves and make whiskey, and get the money to buy il. Ile had never seen Unit fail lo sell yoi." (Applause.) Mr. lt. 1:. Aldrich was I he last speaker. Ile slated that ne saw in tho papers that the Wando Phosphate Co., o.' Charleston, was thc only company in this Slate that had not been absorbed by tho trust, and that ho thought tho farmers should patronize this company, make terms and prices with it, irrespective of tho trust juices; that hy such action the trust could he overcome. On motion of .1. H. Sanders, Ks*j., the meeting adjourned. An Editor's Life Saved hy CliAliiber laln's Cough Hemet?Vt During the early part of October, 1MH5 I contracted a bad cold which settled on my lungs and was nculcctcd until I feared thal consumption had nppoarod in an incipieut slate. I was constantly coughing and trying to expo! something which I could md. 1 became alarmed, ami, after giving the local doctor a trial, bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the result was immediate improvement, and lifter I had used three bottles my lungs were restored lo their healthy state - I!. S. Ktlwards, Publisher of the Kc view, Wyan!, 111. Kol" sale hy .1. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. .). bonney Seneca: ll. lt. Zimmerman, Westminster. Eleven Hundred Hoers Killed at Spion Kop. I.ONIION, February !t. - A Ladysmith dispatch d?chues thc Hoers during the last week's lighting lost I,ICU killed and (?00 wounded. Among the killed were live held cornets. While il has been be lieved here that the Hoer losses before and at Spion Kop would prove to be heavy, there was no thought ol' neb a terrible total, ll is pointed out Unit the death roll, I,HM), would explain why the Hoers made no attcmjit to follow Cencral Warren when ho withdrew froi Spion Kop or to harass Huller w hen ho retired south of the Tug?la river. Full blown ami sweet as a rose-i'm young woman who tones uji her system with Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription. II isa certain cure for all the ailments peculiar to tho delicate organization nf women, ll is perfectly safe in any con dition of the system and always reliable, regula! ing t he delicate organs to ]>crl'orm their work painlessly. Women have sal low faces, dull eyes, ?hollow cheeks, and low spirits, w lien suffering from dis orders, derangements and weakness pe culiar to their sex. Health is regained, Aller per io? ls of dizziness, nervous pros tration, juli ii and excitability, or cither manifestations of derangement or dis placement of the. womanly organs, when the "Proscription" is used. Suicide Near Anderson. Mr. .lohn W. Levered, a farmer, who lives about ten miles front Anderson, committed suicide last .Monthly morning. lt was a very deliberate act ; he gave his sister his money and told her good bye, and in less than live minutes shot him self and only lived an hour af 1er. Ile had once been an inmate ol' the Asylum and it is supposed his mind became un balanced again. I If so, there must be some | j trouble with its food. Well j I babies arc plump ; only the j j sick arc thin. Arc you sure ] j thc food is all right ? Chil- ? j dren can't help but grow ; j ! they must grow if their food j I nourishes them. Perhaps a | j mistake was n.ade in the j J past and as a result the di- I i gestion is weakened. If that j I is so, don't give thc baby ! j a lot ol medicine ; just usc j i your every-day common ? I sense and help nature a j j little, and thc way to do | I it is to add half a teaspoon- I I ful of I j EMULSION j j to thc baby's food three or j I four times a day. Thc gain J j will begin thc very first day j ? you give it. li seems io t j correct thc digestion and j j gets the baby started right ? I again. If thc. baby is nurs- I j ing but does not thrive, then : ! thc mother should take thc j j emulsion, lt will have a i ? good effect both upon the | j mother and child. Twenty- | i five years proves this fact. ? I W ..r,.l ??! .... .ill .if il i; i-, i st 1, I t MIMI la i\VNI . li. i ., Kew Voile. i 111 -~~ IM --. ? M -~? O - ? * O -?-? ? M -. t O -J STARTLING D?SGLOSURES. JAKE COOK TELLS OF THE ROTTENNESS OF THF ROAD CONTRACTS In a Had Light-Where tho Money Goes-A Reply to Loinnions. KOUT MAIMSON, February <?.-hd i torsi Courier: Wo aro glad to nco ''Nod Todd'' orawl out from undoi' that nom do plumo and sign his real name, lie has taken his little light from uudor tho hilBhol at last, hut it's Uko rollie-if it was placed on tho top of Mount Nebo il wouldn't shine any brighter than a lightning hug in a blue hottlo. Mr. 1 .ominous is just about as chango able as tho weather has huon for tho past lon days. If Tun Cor HI Kit quoted him correctly in Iiis first lotter ho cer tainly ?lid say "it's nothing but right and just for tho property to work tho roads." Now ho thinks tho poor niau who has no property should work thom ab.o. What is tho causo of this chango of mind'.' Mo has changed and got on tho samo lino with us. I don't know whose preaching has converted him, but I suppose it was Mr. Vernor's, for I am no preacher hardly. Now, Mr. I,ominous, como back to licad taw. My brother, shoot fair; don't fudge on us. Tell us why you think tho properly, which is already taxed I") mills, should do all tho work on tho pub lic roads? Thia is tho meaning of ono part of your liest, letter, and you know it. Mr. 1,ominous thinks "(iud could not please mo." We think it is Mr. I.cin mons who is not salislied this limo. Il is 'ie who is quarreling with Mr. Veiner. W * ave pleased with tho road law amend ment. <;..d has always pleased us, if wo have not often pleased him. lt is tho high taxes, tho devil and tho vagabonds who displease us. Mr. I,em mons wants us to koop Ihoso fellows who won't work. Ho says th oro aro none on his side of tho county, and he don't want them scattered over Ibo county. Now it. seems to ino that tho Legisla ture and tho laws of lim whole Slate of South ('andina aro about to fail to make him work-oven four days in twelve months. We have boon investigating among tho lowest class that wo men tioned in our Mist letter, and we cannot lind ono among Ibu winde gang who is too lazy to work on thc public load in Iiis own vicinity, lt seems thal this gels pretty ?dose to your lire-side, my brother. So now, Mr. I .ominous, if th ero aro any of the remnants of Coxoy's army on your sido of tho comity, please koop thom there, and we will try and koop tho working mon. Mr. 1,emulous seems to have an idea that our three Uoprosontal i ves should work a whole week at four dollars per day each just lo keep Mr. I .ominous from working four days in twelve months, and then our County Supervisor should work a whole week Hying to arrange his books and papers jusl for tho purpose of sending Mr. Luminous' little ono dollar and lilly cents hack into his vicinity. Now here is eighteen days work for our law makers, a cost of about s7">, and six days, for our Supervisor, all just to koop Mr. l.eninions from working four days in twelve months, and that on the public roads of his own vicinity. This looks moro like that one-sided business that lie speaks of than anything that we have seen. Mr. Luminous speaks of tho old gray iinirod citizen who wants the county to carry him along on 'lowery beds of ease. Ile says good roads advance tho price of property. We know that good roads advance the prico of property, but tho price docs not advance half as fast as t ho laxes ad vance. Our property would not soil for as much to-day as it would twelve years ago when taxes were not IO mills. Hut Mr. 1.ominous can't see this. I suppose it is because other men have il to pay We know there is one class of poor men in our country who have no prop erty at all, who ave as Hue, honest, Christian gentlemen ns thoio aro in tho Slate; lmt we don't (ouch those when wo speak of vagabonds. We have worked some limes -IS hours at a time, half leg deep in snow, without ealing or sleeping, just to pay for thai little tarin, which Mr. Len..nous speaks of, and no?" our county is carrying us "along.'' a ie says, not on llowery beds nf ease, but oil \l'A mills taxes. Hilt once in a while wo lind ii little, single slazed, jug-headed, I by Johnnie .lump-up, who will call il llowery beds ol' ease, and al the same time ho has probably been educated on this kind ol' money, and now be is destitute of grati tude. What's Ibo reason tho words "un grateful generation of vipers'' would not lil in light here'.' "Kqiial rights to all. I special privileges lo none." This is our ! motto precisely. We thin!', every able bodied man, rcgardles--. -d' color, age or size, who ti a."els .he public roads, should worl thee and not have the properly taxed to lo al) thu work ; as Mr. Luminous san1 in bis li rsl. letter, "prac tice what we preach'" Its very easy loi ns lo prac!ice what we preach. Mut wc don't think anybody will ever practice what Mr. I .ominous preaches, especially his liist sermon. Ile did better in his j last sermon, since lie was converted. "If thou tiri eon verted strengthen thy brethren." "Young man's nose lo Hie grind stone;" We would not attempt to hold Mr. Luminous' nose lo (ho grindstone. lt may he (hat his lillie dab of brains lies in his nose, and if would be a dan gerous operation. lt is bis skull thal needs I ho grind rock, We have a number of while and black renters on our farms, sonic of whom have been with ns moro (han len years. They are honest and upright. We never have a cross word nor il hard folding, instead of furnishing them supplies lo make their crop willi al a hundred per cent profit, we go with them to the bunk, stand their security for the cash money, and when Ibo note is due if they can't pay il we go and pay il off for I tli em ami wail w ith them until they can pay i'. They divide tho. crop. Wo ?lon'I have to walch (hem. When they want a hoi se and wagon lo go lo mill, or lo haul wood, or i ide to lo vu, I hey have not hing to do bul go lo duke Cook's and hitch up and go. ii don't inst them anything at all. This is (he way we grind poor peo ple's noses. (Miler men have tried s?vi rai times to gel my rent?is, but (hey stay mi willi me. 1 suppose they like my grinding very well. Hui some renters au-not worthy ol'snell treatment,, espe cially those who can't worl; four days in twelve mon)hs without thinking' their noses are bein?; held lo the grindstone. Land owners who have such reuters as these could not alford lo treal, them in this way. Tin y would be bankrupted, ll the lenti ls are all alike in the vicinity of Helical, "Maj the good Lord look down in lendei mei cy upon the land owners of thal vicinity, ami save them," is ni) prayer, for < 'brist sake. Wc are liol posted well enough on the road law to discuss its features as they should I?, discussed. We only feel the effects of it. We remember that some years ago we h.ul a road law winch com pelled every able bodied man. Loni a certain agc to a certain age, to work the road a certain number ot days in each year. Kxccpl a few, who were exempt by law, every man would work until the road was thought lo he good enough and then go home. A man who did not want lo work would hire a hand in bis place. None nf the hands, bosses ol' commissioners received any pay for their wink, and it cost nothing, and (here was H..i halt so Hinch grumbling about the condition ol the roads then as lhere is now. Kvery man's work w as put on the road nearest his home, lind be received the I.el.elli "t Ids Work, Hut by ami hy tho people ol some Hf. Hm DeLong, of Bchuylorvlllo. N. V.. who norvctl h Company 10, Oin Vonnont Voluiitoors, lino oilier foivi lo battle with after lils rotura from tho lalo war. llo recently vrroto: "I luve used Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine for nervousness brought on by the use of tobacco and too close applica tion to business- It gave nie protnp* relief without leaving any unpleasant effects. The result was beneficial and lasting. I heartily endorse it." DR. MILES' is sohl hv all druggists ol> guarantee, tirst b? tile benefits or money bark. Hook on heart ami nerves sent free. Dr. Milos Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind. county, through mistake or otherwise, happened lo send a man to t ho Legisla ture who wanted lo do .something and did liol know what to do or how to do it. lt is supposed that he happened to moot wilh tho agent of some railroad corpo ration who was expecting favors from tho law-makers in tho future, and they probably gave him a free pass to ride on their cars. Then wo soo him board a palace car ami leave out for Washington, Now York, Huston, Chicago and all through tho North western States. On his return ho thought it. a lino idea to copy a brand new road law from the laws of ono of tho richest Western States. Ile did not have sense enough to know thal those pooplo in tho Wost were rich and our pooplo wore poor; those people have a full treasury, while our treasury is empty. We just as well expect West minster io do anything (hal. Now York could do, an to expect Oconeo county to do what those counties in tho West could do. l?ul they passed (ho law and it was al a I imo when tho farming pro ducts of our county would hardly bring cost of production in tho market, ami it. was found to be so expensive that the pooplo could not stand it, At tho dose of tho first year of its operation the county oflicials found thal they were in debt two or three thousand dollars. At tho close of tho next year they were in debt five or six thousand dollars. They then asked for one mill extra road tax, and it was levied. Hut at the (dose of tho year they wore in debt six to eight thousand dollars, Then they asked for one and one ha'i mills extra road tax, and it was levied, ami still wo are told that tho county is in debt. The roads wore advertised last year and were lo bo worked by contract-a school district in each contract. Thc system worked very badly. Wo hoar of ono contractor who bid ot? three districts at prices ranging from s-jo to sT'> oneil, We have boon told by good mon that he did not spend a single dollar on all three dis tricts, ami did md work all the free labor, and in ono of (hose districts l o only worked about, seven days ami (hawed $71. This was moro than $10 per day for bis work, besides some com mutation tax, which was paid in after tho contract was lot. This tax was also given to him. Wo hoard of ?mother con tractor who bid off two districts for $'20 and $7 each. Ile said ho did not spend a dollar on any of his roads ?md did not work all those who wore liable to road duty and had not paid the tax. Ho drew SL'7. Wo heard of another contrac tor who bid ot? ono district. Ho said lie only worked throe days and did liol work all the free labor. Ho drew sis, !ih vas moro than $10 per day for his work. Another contractor said in mo town that he drew his pay for working roads that ho had never soon in his life. Humor says that (inc contractor, w ho had bid oil several districts, went lo a cer tain district several miles from home and began to warn out the hands lo work the road. Some o'.' those hands proposed lo pay tho tax rallier Iban work. Notwithstanding the time had expired by law, they were allowed lo pay, and nine of tho mon paid him $1 each. Ile came booie by the way of Seneca and wont to the dispensary, gol ona jamboree, spent Ibo s<t and never did go back to the road again. Now, under these circumstances, is it any wonder thal our laxes are high'.' We don't think '.hese contractors are to blame. Ol course some of them are tho very best citizens of Ibo country, They had made a fair trade, and it was very natural for them to make the mos) mil of il they could. Il is Ibo law which is loo expensive for us. We arc loo poor for such expense. We were md ready for il. We crossed Hie bridge before we got lo it. We know (hal some people are how ling for progress, but il is bet tol lo make a step hack (han to fall into the ditch. .1. A. Coot,. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice to Debtors aili Creditors. ? Ll. persons indebted to ibo estate j\ of Caroline Mareil, deceased, are hereby not ?lied to make payment lo the unilcrsigi.od, and all persons having claims against said estate will present tho same, duly attested, within the time proscribed by law, or be bat t ed. K. C. M AK KIT, A. K. M AK KIT, Kxeeutors of tho Kslate of Caroline Mardi, deceased, february 1, HUH). ?VS Teachers' Examination. rill IK examination for Teachers' Cor 1 ti (?cal cs for Oconeo county will be held at thc Court House on Kinlay, Keb mary j:'.<l. Kum, beginning promplH al 1? o'clock A. M. There w ill be no special examinai ions allow ed. All teachers holding certif?cales thal expire before October, limn, should bo here on Ibo abov?date. Applicants arc required to finnish their own paper, pen and ink. W. II. I'.AKKON. Supt-, Kd. ( teoiiee < 'mini \. Kcbruary 7, HUH?. .'? s Notice to Taxpayers. rill K TIM K for making Tax lu I I. lor I'.mtl w.ll expire Kcbruary .'mb. Aller this dn'.e the law preset ibes a pen ally ol .".i! ?.cr cenl for non-relurns, and I ?un directed hy the Comptroller (?enera) I to say to tho people thal he intends lo have the Auditorio strictly enforce Ibis law. So come al once and make your return. .'. I'. KKKSK, A editor < icoiiee i 'minty. Trespass Notice. A KL .'.rsoiis are hereby warned md /\ to .ul, llsh, shoot, maro, trap, net, cut limber or otherwise trespass on any lands owned by the undersigned. All persons disregai mg this notice will In prosecuted lo Ibo full extent ol' the law. K. O. I Ki I'. KKK. January 11, Hum. g ? f^HOICE Vegetables will always find a ready market-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish fi:ll information. We send them free of charge. GICRMAN KALI WORKS, QI Niujau tit.. New York. _ Another Assassination in Kentucky. KNOXVII.I.K, TKNN., February "2.-A special to Tim Sentinel from Middle-shorn says: Hon. Williams. Wright,ux-mem ber of tho Kentucky Legislature, has boon assassinated on tho Boones fork of tho Kentucky river in tv mould.'.io sec tion about thirty miles from Mid.llos horo. Five shots were (ired from a Winchester and two took effect. Tito identity of the assassin is a inj cry. No arrests have boon repotted. Wright was a leading Democratic poli tician of the section and had bren promi nent for yours. Ho represented Knott and Letcher counties. It is believed at Frankfort that tho assassination of W. S. Wright, Democra tic, ex-member of thc Legislature, is an other indication of the purpose of Repub lic .ind mon taineers to kill Democrats wherever limy havo an opportunity, ami if is feared thal other crimes will ho re ported as a result of tho high slate of bit terness thal exists throughout Hm State. armers Come to see us before buying your (?nano, Meal or Acid. We have the right goods nf thc right pri?es, and we want your business and will not he undersold. Wo have just received a very large shipmen! of Tobacco, direct from the factory, without any middle prolit, that wc can sell you at whole sale prices. Titree Hundred Hurrels of Flour fresh from the mill. Try our ". d"?A V" FL< )PI{ at s.| per barrel, lt leads them all. Von will use no other, n has that sweet "home-made taste," and yoi as "light as a feather." We are having heavy shipments of Molasses, Coi n and Lacon and all kinds of tarin supplies daily, and can compete with any market. See ns Indore making your con tra?is. Wo arc prepared to lake good care of our customers, ami will supply to the I rad? on time wit h the proper soenri I y. M. W. COLEMAN ?z CO,., Seneca, S. C. I want Bushels of Ear Corn Delivered at My Stable at 50c. CASH. T. E. ALEXANDER, Walhalla, S. C. Trespass Notice. A LL persons are cautioned not lo f\ euler our lands with doe n\< gun mu lo hunt, trap or caleb bird's ur -ann' ol any Kind. We mean this new and forever. W. A, STIiOTHKH . I A M KS I'll I NN KV, .I- W. IIOLLKMAN, W. K. KU VIN, HOH'T A. THUMPS! IN. February I, pion, -) K