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%\)c Jlcotocc ??\xmx. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. -OY J A Y Ni.S, SHILOH, SMITH & STECK. R. T. JA Y NEB, I? . .. I I). A. SMITH. J. W. S1IKI.OK, I ,"S' 1 1 1 m'\J, A. STKCK. SUBSCRIPTION. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. JJT|J"' Communications Of a personal character charged fov as advertisements. J?*" Obituary notices and tributos of respect, of no! (?vcr ono hundred words, will bo printed free ol' charge. All over that number must lu; paid for at tito rate of ono cont a wonl. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA} S. C. : THVItSUAV, JIM: -?s. moo. THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. "Tm: K KOW KM Corun.i: ill an article comments on the fact thal linprovomoilis aro hoing made oil tho J tl tu- Kidge Wail road between Seneca and Walhalla, and commends Receiver ll. C. Moat lie for tho commendable enterprise shown in tho improvement of the roadbed under Ids management, it also notices that tho 'good people of Anderson are peti tioning for tho erection of a new stone bridge over Ibo Hine Itidgo track in their thriving city,' and suggests thal Auder son should liefer ber rennest mil il Wal halla gets a now track, as Walhalla needs a track moro than Anderson does a bridge. "Anderson would defer to tho neces sities of its neighbor, Walhalla, il il wore not the fact tho necessity for a crossing is imperative. lt is evident from the Improvements thal have been made on the road thal lin' amount of available cash is on hand and if may not bo necessary to defer Anderson's r'upiost for a permanent, structure, as the >ocos sities of Walhalla and the rcquosl of Anderson eau be accomplished at thc same time. "Timber is placed and work is about to commence in repairing the old bridge By lids action tho receiver virtually ad mils Anderson's contention thal thc structure is unsafe, bul what the town wants is something permanent, some thing ill keeping with lier demands as a live business centre."- Anderson t or. News and ( 'oin 1er. With all due deference wo submit thal Walhalla md only needs a new track, bul also needs a now depot niue ll worse than Anderson needs a new iron m stone arch over thc road bed of the Hine llidgo. ll scorns that complain! is made against Itu colver Health- because ho is preparing lo repair Ibo railroad brid :? in thal i ?ty. and keep it safe. It is a largo wooden trestle Ol bridge, but it bas answered all our poses ill tho past, and can de so foi thc ', future. Wo have in ver heard of any serious accidents brought ahoul by Hs bad condition, and tho intention is t.. keep it in thorough repair. There can bi no valid objection urged against its safety. 'Tis true a tine stone arch inlgbl contribute to tho aesthetic eillttll 0 of our enterprising neighbors, bul Hie public travel can be just as well conserved by a wooden structure as by one ol stone. We think Walhalla can with becoming grace ask that the requests of Anderson ho deferred until after a new track and a new depot have boon blushed at this omi of the line, lt will be reenl'ed that only a few years since thc town ol' Walhalla made a donation of about ?r>l2,00U to this road. Has Anderson done so much'.1 He sides the freight and passongoi hallie handled at the Walhalla depot pays tho Hine Itidgo better than thal handled al its Anderson depot. Anderson happens to have two competing lines and these do thc greater part of lu i business. Thc monthly remittances Hon, Walhalla i<> Receiver Heall ic rango from ?2,1. to $2,000, and for one mouth this .-.pring Hie receipts boro were over $.*>,.>. Can An dorson show ns much" \ nd yet she goes into court to seek an ordei con tho construction of u si one o? li ni bridge. This is where be has dropped lu i cami j Tin; court w ill rot uso to sign the pro) order, ami Walhalla will gel In by simply asking tho Koceivi sider her claims and nee? language of Hagan Martin: \\ tb 1 THE UPmSIM. IN ( : Probable outcome Still a Matti I Speculation Tho news from China continues lo ct imo, for the most parh in nih.' rmed rumors, containing more oi loss truth ami giving some idea the seiionsin - of t be Sit lint ion without delinile infoi inaiion a- to how or where. Tho e.mt?': of the -reati st iutci'Cid during the past two weeks, proba bl Pekin, thc < ?hi?ese capita! Thc differ ont legation buildings, ci itoining Ibo representatives of foreign powers, with their households, and ii" doubl ino I ol Ibo foreigners in llie city, who have re paired to these places ol refuge, pro tected onlj hy small cuan!.- of marines, have been Ibo principal objocts "f al tacks by furious mobs, li ivas tho dan ger of tho legations thal n?cessita ted the sending of a relieving force i ?I 2,ou0 In ternational marines, uudci Viet Vdtniral Seymour, of ibo british navy. There have hoon numerous rumors us to the fate of Ibis column ; bul the besl infor mation is to the el?ect thal aftei ?overal encounters willi great multitude- ol na tives, in which encounters hoi less than MK) natives were killed, the column ai rived in Pekin on Insl Sunday. There have hoon rep.nts ol the mindel ol foreign ministers, including those ..i Her ninny and Russia: bul so far these illinois have not been con brined. li appears thai before the arrival op the International column, tho 11 lissi ans had already at tacked t he wall ol Pekin on two sides with lirlillcry, and aller slaughtering largo numbers >i China men entered thc eily. Thc Intornulionnl col li ni ll seems to have inarched hit? Pekin after tho Hessians; bul a- lhere was no direct telegraphic eoinniuiiiea lion, il was liol practicable ou V lee Ad ni i ra I Seymour jo semi an account of ibo existing conditions as he lound them. Later reports indicate thal lit? upi ing is spread i nj rapidly lo ill Hid < bi lioso cities, and il IS plohilhlc that (he whole empire w ill soon hr .H a ferment; Altogether liiere are noi more than ">o, ono troops available tm se-coin I li ... and for I bose I . (rover an areli I.) .. .... stpiare miles s mani lest l.\ i m po* Ide. Some of IhO dispatches -u . . I lui .... amie.ihle umleistaudini' maj '..he? short!) : hut il seems lo be I .] n in most of Hie Kn re pea li i Washington, thal tho prosoi I >.? ?si makes clear tho necessity foi: lim lecon stiueiii.ii.il the (hi?ese ein pi ri -* ? ^ A Cud of Thanks. I w ?sb ip say thai 1 feel mulei histing obligations foi w hat < bambi ? Iain's Cough Hemedv has done foi uni family. We have used it in sn many ea.-es ,.| coughs, limp troubles and whooping cough, and it has always given the m i 1 perice! satisfaction, we feel greatly iii dollied to the manufacturers ol ibis remedy and wish then! to phase nceepi our hearty 'hanks. Respectfully, Mil S. IVorv, ,?es Moines, ?oiva. for salo bj J. W. Pod. Walhalla, W. J. L?nnes'. Seneca, ll. H. /.iinmermaii, West minster, ll.liiita Elected Chali mar. Co\v KN i ION 11A I.I,, Pilli, Mil i mi V, Juno 21, Tho S al ional Committee has elected M. A. lianna* bailimlli of timi Committee. Ile Will mana-e tho cain paign for Hie Republican party. In accVpling ibo nomination lie made us|.iii m which he thanked tl c o|i| members of lim < oininitleo foi Hu waj III which they stood bj him MI the cain paign ol' I SOL. Comments by Mr. Cook. Ko irr MAOISON, .Juno 23.-Thore is so much rain wo can't work, lt is moro than twenty-five day? sinco tho land was dry enough to plow on tho Tugaloo bottoms, and il is still raining, witt! no indications of a lot up. About half tho cotton crops have not been thinned to a proper stand. Tho grass and weeds aro aa high aa tho cotton, and I have got tho blues. I was coming homo from tho mill ibo other day when I saw two mon driving through (heir corn Hold w illi a two-horso wagon. I asked another man, who waa standing near tho roadside, what thoso fellows were doing in their corn with a two-horse wagon. Ho said: "Hoss, wo are building a pasturo boro; wo can do nothing w id dat corn now. 'Mudy glass . hmo been took il.-" Thus tho condition of ibo crops can better be i Ul agi nod than described. These men's crops worein no worse condition (han tho average crops in tho vicinity. Wo went iii town tho other day und happened to moot up with some little jug headed cotton speculators, who, be tween the pull's of the smoko from their cigarettes, could tell us piociaoly how many million hales of cotton would be made and just how much surplus, and all about tho bulls and tho boars, tho longs and thc shorts, otc. lint I did not ask them whether they were dorsey bulla or common scrub stock, or white bears, or black or gri/.zley : or how long was tho longest or how short tho shortest. 1 know thal those little swells never make their calculations for leas than 12,000,000 babs, no maller what happens to tho crop. They seem to think that wo can't make less than 12,000,000 bales, and that WO won't get more than live cents por pound for il next fall. The truth is, they don't know much more about tho price of colton next fall than a hog knows about a prayer book. Whim they wore selling guano to us ahout three or four months ago. they seemed lo think cotton would he len '-onls this fall ; but their opinion has changed considerably, lt ll OOS SOOIll lo nie t bal it would be just as much boi'O tii to the mei chants and cotton buyers to keep the price of calton up, as it would lu; to thc farmers. Of cours*', if tho larmer gets a low price for his cotton, tho merchant cannot make good collections; if the merchant fails to collect from tho larmer thc hanker cannot collect from the merchant. Il tho cotton speculator has to pay a good price for colton ho can also sell il at a good price. Therefore, nom- of thom are burt with high prices, hut the winde country is benclited. Well, lb?- census enumera tor bas been around, asking hundreds of unnecessary questions. Hut ho was a very nico, manly fellow, and as he is tho only man win luis a law fal right to meddle and pry into other people's business, wo did liol raise any muss with him. Wo wore si little sorry for him. Wo know ho has .".onie hard nuts to crack, and a tough job before him. We understand that lu w ent to a certain bouse on his rounds and was asking the lady of tho house the necessary questions about the chil dren Sho showed him two of tho dill dion, ard '.old him that they wore twins. Ile asked tho name ol' one of them ami who! hoi il was born in South Carolina -i (?eorgia. Ile was told thal it wai born in South Carolina. Ile then naked if they were both born in South Carolina. Some ol tho hoys aro lolling this joke Well, I must tell you of a monstrosity thal I -a\\ t he ot her day. Johnson Jar rett, p. c., who lives at '-'alson Station on the Southern Hallway, four miles from Ibis place, has a calf with only throe logs, ll bas i wo legs ill front am unix one behind. lt is a nico hoi foi call, good shape, and about two weelo old, and it is surprising bow easily i o,ni ..et up, and run around over tho lot Hurrah tor Hoyt ami Prohibition! Cond luck to Tin. < 'ol'lt li: lt, J. A. COOK. Innaloo and Channa Overflow. Ko IM M v OISON, June 25,-Since writing you on the 2-'5d, the TllgnloO am Changa rivers have ovorllowcd tIud: hanks and destroyed a gook deal of tin corn, li is sti? raining this morning If this kind of weather continues mucl longer it w ill certainly raise tho price o cotton in tlie fall. If wc had clea weal hoi now il would be tho first O July before tho fanners could lillis! thinning their colton, and thal is toi ! late to malo- anything like, ll full crop ; I he corn has had only one working am it is time for laying by, A great deal o wheal was Moating down lue river yes tcrday in thc shooks. Wheat that ha boon cul is sprouting in the shocks, am Ilia) which has not boon cut is fallinj il? wn in tho held. Please send mo ? reined) for tho blues. I am gottiiij l worse. Would thal 1 was a post-maste in ( nba. COOK. Lasi fall i sprained my lofl hip whil ig some heavy hoxos. The docto died on -aid at fir?! it was a sligh md Would soon bo well, but it g rex Vorst.-and the doctor then said 1 ha< i lu ional ism. lt continued to mow wins \ a rd I j gel around lo work I wen! lo a drug ?toro and the driiggis iecomnieiidcil nu- to ii\ Chamberlain' Kain Hahn. I tried it and one-half of . eel ? bottle cured mo entirely. I no> recommend ii to all my friends.-K. A in o< K, Ki ii . I 'a. 11 ls for sale hx' .1 W. Hell Walhalla. W. .1. Lunney, Sciiccfi II ll, /ammerman, Westminster, I"i om Salem. SAI.KXI, June 20.-Kvorything ls mot mg on quietly in this section. Some of our boys had a lino fox chas i.i-i Saturday night. After a four-lion heal I hey caught him near Mr. I.. 1 ' antreH's. Corn looks palo, owing to wet wealhei ( Mon looks still worse, for a lot of i has ni ?I been t binned, The heall li of this section is bettor :i mi 'han il has boon f< -r some 1 i nu 'l in- grip is passing oil'. Mr. W, ll. Talley speaks of going int ? \. I..:.'.- I:II 1111 . - s xx lien crops are tai I'V. Mi. Joseph < olley is attending th lem ?n i '?. instil uti- a! Walhalla. Ile w i leaeii school at Whetstone. Mi. John I'al : i-i s ni. of this KOO ti Oil, i <ei iotisly ill al Ibis limo. Thorr is vcr . Iii i le hopi- for i ccovery. ( Mri lt, T. Whil mire, who has a vcr severe attack of grip and fever, is sti very lei l'ie. We hope lo soe mir sic lo".ks well again. M r. .1. I!. A loxaiidoi has his grist mi ilud?a i epa ir. Several ol our farmers talk of (he col lon nulls and xx hat om- xviii be Ihei home i his w i ni I-I , and whore they en make tho nips! and have Ibo best heall! ilohl on, neighbors; if we all go, xx h i will fiid us am! make coll?n to wdr lip'.1 'I'hi ie ls money on Ibo farm il w M ' shovel it mil. f)on'I lu- in a buri logo. Kemi Mr. Stnhlitig's noie of h I xvheal crop iii your las! Courier, lin I many acres, with a yield of iwonly-oii bushels poi aero, xxiii il lake to funds ! road Lo a small family'.1 Wo hope m people w ill wake np ou t bis line. If x\ fail Hu- i irs I timo, uv nguiu, with mm .m and moro fertilizer, Le! us remen lu : Mi.ii il ? not Ihr g rea I number ( ?li "v.u. hui Mn' xxell prepared foi M; i' Ives the heavy yield and pays tl lai mi r. ns Mr. Striblilig has given us nice report as to yield, wo would like fi 'mn lo lu- so kind as lo tell cs how I prepared his ?ami and when he SOW! rain how niiioli bluestone to ii bushel wheat: how long lo son . : .io KOW i Hg. Wi' lo -po lo hear fro \ him or some ot her xxide-axvake farmer < ' Dds subioci. Mr. .1. SJ ( uni n il hardly thinks ol' h briers those x\i l dues, be is so busy die luilise looking after the baby ai ilsa h.,y. Iii vet.Kit, Wheal m hie i ?old Ruined. nenin \. Ai x.. Juno j:?. The on prospect in this section is gloomy in ll liNlrcmC. 1 ).iy af tor dax the iain poll dow ii, willi no prospeel of cessai io (Ivor two tncllCS have fallen Inda Waterways an- well nigh imprissahl while wheat now Cot and in Mn- held ruined. Colton is going lo grass, lain having boou*ver> sch roo hore this yea I and is already damaged :t<) per cont. < I ulolo, tanners are vei y discouraged, ai . lin1 frail i top ' beginning lo roi badi NEWS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER. Tho Nows in Gonoral From Our Busy Little Sistor Town. WKSTMINSTKU, June 27.-Children's Day oxorcisos will bo ?bsorvod in tho Baptist church next Sunday evening, commencing at 8.:>0 o'clock. Mrs. J. li. Sanders, of Oak way, is seri ously ill. Atlanta Journal, Juno 2:1: Mrs. Jessie ?OOl'gO Maret and Miss Kiora deorgo left this week for Westminster, S. C., to ho gone sonic tillie. They will visit friends in l'air I'lay before returning homo. Mrs. J. II. Kellers, nee Miss Maggie Sheldon, of Prosperity, has been visiting hor father at Tugaloo for sumo weeks. SllO is OX 1)00tod to visit friends in West minster tills week. To-morrow (Thursday) morning at 8 o'clock, Mr. Anthony A. Pearson and ?Miss (?race Pili? will bo united in mar ringo in tho Baptist church at Duo Wost. Tho groom is a brother of Mr. S. L. Wil son, of this place, and tho brido is tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Milis. Tho ceremony will bo nerformod by Kev. S. I<. Wilson, assisted ny Mr. Brown. Somebody loft their singing book, "Sacred Songs, No. 1," ill tho Old West minster Baptist church oh the third Sunday in May. Mr. C. B. Simpson, who resides near tho church, has tho hook and will gladly deliver to tho ow ner if ho will call for il. There is no name 111 lt and he has no way of know ing w ho it belongs to. Mr. Peden Anderson, who has boon pursuing ii course of study in shorthand at the Southern Shorthand and Business University, of Atlanta, came homo last Saturday Miss Jessie Dobbins is al homo again, after spending two months with relatives in I'ickons county. Kev. I). W. Eliott, of Seneca, preached lu thc baptist church on last Sunday morning and was greeted by a huge and appreciative congregation. Mr. ll ?ott was pastor of this church three years and w as gladly welcomed back to preach tho word of (?od. Mr. 1). E. Little is at Harmony (?rove, da., visiting his homo folks. Mr. John I. M (?co, a loading citizen of fountain Inn, died ol' paralysis on last Wednesday evening. His brother, w. P. Medeo, of Abbeville, died on friday, Juno b*>. These gentlemen were uncles of mir fellow townsman, Mr. Jesse M. M edee. Among those who wore killed ill thc torriblo wreck nour MeDoiiougb, (?a., on Saturday night was Mr. W. I!. Lawrence, a former Westminster boy. Ho lived at Stockbridge and was an employee of the railroad. Ho was a brother of Section Master J. A. Lawrence, of Westminster. Miss Lily Doyle very sumptuously en tertained tho Mutual Boucl! t Society last finlay evening. Although a heavy rain fell just before night, twenty odil per sons were pr080111. Heading, music and quotations were the features of the evening. Cake and ice drinks wore SOl'YOd. New oflicors wei o elected to servo tho ensuing ipuuter. The society next meets with Miss Sallie Dickson al ber mother's residence in fast fud. Mr. II. J. Floyd has shown us a sam ple of wheat grown from seed willoh came from Jerusalem, lt is not like the whont grown in this country. Mrs. Dr. W. .1. ( arter, of Patterson, La., arrived one day last week and will spend so vol al days with relativos here. The Southern 'flour Mills will liol be ready to run for a week or two yet. The nun hillery and gearing are being over hauled that tho mill may be helter pre pared for good work, Miss Nellie Non is and Hattie Zimmer man returned from a pleasant visit to relatives and friends at ( linton, Kuorco ami ( ?reenvide A large derrick is hoing constructed on lop of the cotton mill to-day. A. L. COSSF/I r. The Chinese ask, "how is your liver-.''' instead of "How do you do?'' for when the liver is active thc health is good. DeWilt's Little farly Piscis arc famous lit Ile odis for the liver and bowels. J, W. I ?i'll. RAINS RUINING^'ALABAMA CROPS. Fields Soaked With Waler and Grass is Growing, IllUMINOUA.M, Al.A., .lune _':'.. -The heavy rains of the past lew days have hei n playing havoc willi farm opciatums in North Alabama, lt has rained ovory day this month ill this section, thc total rainfall since the ll rsl ol' April being ?4.02 inches, as compared lo an annual rainfall of about Ifi inches. Thc rainfall from seven o'clock last night until s o'clock this in,niling was 2.70 inches. Reports from the fanning districts ari to the effect that the Hold? have been so soaked with water that fanners have been unable to do any work to amount 10 nnylb'ng for several wei ks, and glass is runni ; away willi the crops. Cotton bas s II 11 . i*-? I more than any other crop, while fruit and vegetables an- rotting. All the swampy lands aro covered willi water, and the streams and livers are raging torrents. The railroads are In ginning to fee! thc uHeels of l!.on (bilious rainfall and trains are nuable in many instances to make their schedule because of the necessity ol' running w i i h cant ion over a willoi soaked l oad heil. Tho Warrior and Tombigbee riv ers are very high and are approaching the OVCI Mowing line. lu Ibis eily cellars are ll.led and trade has been stagnant fora week past mi account of people to gel out and transact, business. The valions indus trial plants al lins, t birmingham are almost inundated, and the place looks like a vorilahle sea for hincks around. Suburban street ear lines experienced much delay to day from high water, and several washouts base occurred, The i.1 weather which has accompanied the rainy spell has added io the damage done to thc crops and the general dis comfort w hich I bc daily downpour has occasioned, ll is feared that if the rains cont ?line numerous mines will bc Hooded, and a niimbei of iudustiies compelled lo shut dow n. Would Not Stiller so Anain lor Filly Times Its Price. I awoke last nigh! with severe pains in my stomach. I never felt so badly in all my life. When I caine down to work Iltis morning I fell so weak I could baldly work. I went Ri Miller ?v Met ur dy's di ug stol e and they recommended ('ha i in lui I a i n's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhmr Remedy, li worked like magic and one dose lixed mo nil right, lt cor landy is the lineal thing I over used for stomach I rouble. I shall hoi he without 11 in my home hereafter, for l should nol cue to endure IbosulToriligsol last nigh) again f r lifly limes Rs pi iee. (I. II. Wu ' -'. Liveryman, Hurgelfstown, Washington Co., Pa. Tins reined\ is for sah- hy I W. Hell. Walhalla. \V. J. Pun ney, ' .. oil, ll. P. Ximinei man. We.-.! minster. A M adorer Lynched. N i w ORl.l w-, June 21?. Mrs. Jose phine ( onie:*, motlier of Mis. Sallie Otts, of lids eily, was assaulted ami brutally murdered yesterday in her reshl ncc in an isolated neighbor!.don Un- Tickl'a River, in Livingston Palish, she was (Ml years of ago and reputed to have con sulorahlo money. frank Oiltnorc, a while man, w ho lived alunit two miles from 1er house, was ai: .ted and tdiai ged with the mu? der. Latei in the evening a crowd gathered at t he Coat i's house, where dibit. was heine, held, and look him mit in I ho near by timber, Then- he confessed lo I hr crime. Ile was prom iii I y sliting lo a tue limb. The brunch broke an-! Hie mob lid.Hod bis body with bullets bel. he could arise from thc ground. A hole was dug under lin- lue when- Hie lynch ing took place, (lilmoro's body was tum bled into ii and Lien the mob' dispersed. Wile Murderer Dead. Coi I MUIA, .lune 21, Napoleon La vollo, the celebrated ( ballest?n prisoner, who killed bis wife in ( ballest?n in Issn, died at the Penitentiary today as a result ol' au operation for hernia. THE OTHER SIDE OF HW. MR. L. B. ABERNETHY MAKES A STATE MENT IN REGARD TO HIS WIFE'S GROUNDS FOR SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Will Try lo Obtain Custody ol His Childron and Pr?vido (or and Protoct Thom. WASHINGTON, l). C., Juno 22.-'Editors Koowoo Courier: As you BO kindly pub lished tho vonomous dirt, and worso, concocted by ono 1 onco called wife and the other //HOI, please publish this forme, namely: If Mr. Atwell, Mr. Hasset or Mr. Dunn, who lived in tho samo house wo did, or if any of tho neighbors on either sido of tho street in our block, or if any of tho boys from Goonoo, PiokoilB or G reen ville counties wdio carno and wont and ato at my fabio, will say I did not livo in poaco ami faro bettor than most poor mon boro; if any ono of thoso will tell you I am, and havo boon, as ?ho paints ino, then all of tho pooplo in Goo noo can kick mo as hard and lone; as they desire. I will not toll all tho othor s'.Jo now. but I will say this: Why did sho not state that some throw months ago, when I, with tho assistance of Dr. Stewart and tho lieutenant of polieo in that precinct, and his mon, unearthed hot' ill her red handed work, and when confronted sho confessed her guilt? Kvoil thou I said, "Hess, wo will put tho childron in some school. Aller il is paid for each month we will divide tho rest. You go your way; I'll go mine.'' Could 1 do moro? and it's moro than anyone else lun e w ould have dono after know ing thc facts. She failed lo slide that money I gave her for thc necessaries of life went to pay unprincipled, disreputable spios to watch my every act-mongers who live on tho unsuspecting and gull them as a profes sion, and laugh at wrecked homes, destroyed happiness. And now bills conni in galore. Some of them I showed lo ll son of one of you gentlemen and requested him lo call and see for himself the books of some six or eight merchants that w ill show I paid out enough to run a hotel. ? novorat any time sinco I carno hero dollied my family anything in my power ti? give. God is my judge. She failed lo stale that as soon as I was at work and the little ones In school she was out on questionable sheels, parading there like a veteran: and sho failed to state that night after night, on coming in Iron? work, anti oven after retiring, she would malu! tho air so blue 1 was compelled to riso and go to sonn; cheap i lodging place to rest anywhere I could get in, and I would call my children to witness I was hoing driven out of my home IO sloop, SO as tobe able to perform my duties thc next day. Wo had live rooms. Goo of these 1 reserved to sleep in and lockod the door, when she would kick and threaten to chop il open. ( ?nee when 1 opened the door to remonstrate she attacked mc. My son was present, 1 did use force to eject her, hut did liol hit her, as she claims. Gu .lune ll, instant, I kissed my chil dren and left as usual for my work, bul on returning at I P. M. my homo was deserted. The neighbors looked ill open mouthed w onder. 1 w as informed that she packed and left in one hour after I loft tho house, and the driver was posted not to tell where ho was going. So 1 stood Oil the wreck of three years well put in, as I have lost but twelve hours, and am credited with twenty-three days ex I rt? limo. As to her money, if she did spend any of il I did not know it, and il was not my fault. Superintendent Moiled can loll who and how fhe two hundred dollars was put in his safe. As to the other woman. I defy her lo prove one word of il by any responsible I witness. Sho wrecked my home, belied j me t > the World as the murderer ol a Mr. Campbell, lound dead in Walhalla-a mau I did not even know and never saw in life as I can now remember, She failed tos?ate that tho combined detect i ve and police machino looked for her for three days in order to inform her of herold mother's condition there in Walhalla. la l her tell you where she is now, tho street, its reputation, bow and who feeds her. My children I will ge, and protect to my best, bul never one cen I do I give her now since bringing shame and dis grace upon us all-a Hiing I tried to pre vent. A t I he suggest iou ol' another she has wrecked my homo ami caused ruin lo us all. and when ber false friends are done with her she will bo found sonn? day in the gutter, and Iben sent over thu hill to thc home w here hundreds go each year. Messrs. Kditors, tho w il liesses to these facis are hero and won'! leave town. I did my best. When she left Ibero was a l uve box of niim ral waler and oilier ionics I had ju>i bough) for her health. I have since sold them to Mr. .lames Gibson, noxl door. I did all I could to ri sion- her, bul she has chosen her part : Iel her go ill pcaeo, I will live il down yet. I respectfully refer you to anyone here from South Carolina. I won't call any names. If one ol I hem has soon me diunk since here (hen all of yon can drum me oui of (own. Kvory ollicor here can and will goon tho Stand-ollleurs and all. lier day is sure to come. I,. I!. A lt Kit N li HY. Murder hy a Criminally Inclined Boy. ltd ll MOM?, VA., .lune 21.--Ill Clayson county on saturday Arthur Waddel, aged s, enticed Hollie Hampton, aged:'., into tho woods, beal ber bead into a jelly willi a slime and hid her body in a bolo mulei atree. Aller two days' searching foi the child hy Hie family ami neighbor.*. Ailinn confessed lo having killed liol ami loo' the sean hers to the spot when they lound her body Carefully covered with ( hips and brush. Tho boy was bound over some ycart ago lo Capt. Kui lon of Grayson by tin poorhouse ollieials and ever sim e Inn shown natural depravity and a tliupo sit ion lo do evil. Ile was caught sotting lire to Capt. Kllllon's bain when fl VI years old. bater ho stole a horse ir the nield ami was captured thirty milo from homo. Ile has done a number ol o'lu i cruel things to animals ami onci made a den lintier Capt. fulton's lions? and hid for Hine wicks, stealing Iii.' food and avoiding all searchers. Ile is now in jail and gives as his rca son for killing the little girl that hoi mother made him mad. Ile is en ti roi j unconcerned on account of tho murder. Sentences Comnilllotl. Coi I MI.i .?, .lune .'!. Gov. McSwecne} to-day commuted tho senlonco ol tw< young while men lo six munt lis Oil chain gang for larceny. They were oonviclot al the same lime ns a negro fol Hie Stum (dass of offense. Thc negro was sen icm cd lo six months and tho whites to a sear. Ono of the while men is useless lo the chuillgang and in bad health. Tlioy boin served in Ibo Spanish ?Ameri can war and one is from Maine. A Railroad Accident. I he Itev. .). \. Wright, of Lexington was seriously bul not dangerously, in j tired ill au ai i ideiil on Tuesday night ol ItlSl week, I itt ll inst.ml, on I lie Soul bei I liailway, al Lexington Cotirl House Tho accident was caused hy the nu COtlplhig '! the traill and I he rear sect iol erasion} into the foi wald pail ol Hu Hain. There was a general shaking np but no one else was injured lo any ex lent. -. . ? lt is staled Ilia) Ibo i Iso ill Ibo pi ic? Ol colton (ho lasl season made Hie Sou 11 rich hy something like two hundred mil lion dollars. EDITOR FOWLER SERIOUSLY CUT By Ills Brothor-in-Law, Bort Salford, ut De;no rost, Ga., Last Thursday. Mr. Wt A. Ko wier, editor of tho Toccoa (Ga.) Record, waa dangerously wounded iu Domorest by Hort Balford last Thurs day morning. For several days Salford had soomcd greatly doprossod mid had acted strangely at timon. Ho scorned to think that overybody was making fun of him, and that iu souio way Mr. Fowler was repoiHihlo for it. This idoa soomod to dominate ins mind all tho timo. Sov oral portions noticed it, but no ono paid much attention to it. Wodoesday aftornoon Fowlor and Sal ford wont together to Domorost. They spout tho night at tho homo of Mr. Sal ford, Sr. Thoro thoy occupied tito samo room. Salford wns restless and oxoitod, and kept chat ging Fowlor with offerts to guy bim. Fowler told him thoro was nothing in it-to got quiet and go to sloe]). As Salford soomod to grow moro oxoitod, Fowler loft tho room. Salford's motlier endeavored to soothe and quiet him as tho hours of tho night past by. Karly Thursday morning tho oidor Mr. Salford was walking with Mr. Fowlor in tho orchard, when Hort Salford stole up behind owler and dealt a terrible stioke at his throat with a koon razor. Ho out both jugular veins on thc right, side, just missing tho artery. Tho wound is four and a half inches long. Mr. Fowlor exhibited astonishing nervo. Ho walked half a milo rapidly to tho doctor's ellice, clutching tho wound with his hand. Hardly a groan ascapotl him as tho ghastly cut was hoing sowed up. Ho has a lighting chanco for recov ery. Tho affair is distressing to his many friends, who earnestly hopo that his lifo will bo s.'ivod. Tho family and relatives lltiVO the Bympathy of all in their terrible grief. Hrs. Lamb, Dillard and West took part in dressing the wound. Hort Salford is at present conlinod in tho Clarkcsville jail for safe keening. Ho is ovidenty in a demented condition. The assault on his brother-in-law was in a paroxysm of insanity. Thoro had been no misunderstanding between thom; they batt had no quarrel. Tho lamenta ble occurrence was due to the disordered condition td' Sa If or d's mind. Starvation never yot cured dyspepsia. Persons with indigestion aro already half starved. They need plenty ol wholesome food. Kodol Dyspepsia (Juro digests what you eat so tho hotly can bo nourished while the worn out or gans aro being reconstructed. lt is thc only preparation known that will in stantly relievo and completely euro ?ill stomach trouble*. Try it if yon aro suf fering from indigestion, lt will cor tai ni j do you good. .J. W. Holl. - m ----- Greenville District Conference. The Greenville District Conferenco will convene in St. Haul's church, Groonvillo, July 18-22. Tho opoiung sermon will ht preached by Kev. Geo. C. Leonard, ol Fountain Inn, atS.HOp. m., Wednesday, July 18th. Committee of Examination areas fol lows : I,icense-F. F. Kilgo, T. G. Herbert Jr., and W. K. Wiggins. For Ad mission oil Trial-K. IC, Stack' house, G. C. Leonard and G. F. (.'lark son. Deacon's Orders-T. c. Ligon, s. H Harper ami J, F. Allaway. Kldor's Orders-J. H. Campbell, J. W, shell and T. J, White. Bishop Duncan will preside. Let ovorj pastor be presold and prepared to report with accuracy on the sovoial interests ol the church to be considered by a dis trio! conforonco ?is indicated by UH Discipline, ami tilt? amount subscribed Oil the Twentieth Century fund. Huston will please havo quarterly eonfereuoi records present for examination. Lot every preacher and delegate bi present at. the opening to Stay to Hu close. The Dooiplino makes it, our dutj to attend our district conferences and m preacher has a right to arrange other wiso. Our editor, Superintendent of thc Orphanage and representative of OUI colleges ?ire expected, and cordially in vited, tt) be with us. .JOHN H. WILSON, H. K. .June 12, UIOO. I vy poisoning, poison wounds and ?tl other ataridental injuries may be quickl; Cured by using Dewitt's Witch Haze Salve, it is also a certain cure for pile and skin diseases. Take no other. J. W. Hell. AN EARNEST APPEAL. Superintendent Waddell, of Epworth Orphan ago, is Quite Sick. This circular letter is being sent to tin Methodist pastors of South Carolina: To tht> Friends of Hut Orphans: H i our sati duty to inform you that on superintendent of Kpwortli Orphanage Hov. G. H. Waddell, has boon ovorworkct in behalf of (be Kpwortli Orphanage am has been prostrated with fever. Ho i physically unable to be abroad to repre seul the cause of tho orphanage am will bo for sumo time to come. In Hit; meanwhile thu noctis of tho or plumage are as pressing as ever. We I bendore, beg Hutt you, ont! and all, sup ply iis lack service to Ibo orphan hy representing their canst: among you people ?md hy sending supplies am money lo C. ll. Waddel, Columbia. S C.. anti not await the coming of a solid tor. A. J. KTOKKH, Chairman of Kxecutivo Committee. % Nursing fothers $ dread hot weather. They fi know how it weakens and JV ?ho\v this affects the baby, ii 1^ All such mothers need % Scott's [Inmisi?n. It Rives *L them strength and makes (J. the baby's food richer and (j more abundant. fi Mic. nm] 81, All druggists. gi Wheat Failure in thc West. Cnn \<a>, June til!.--The Times-Ilerab to-morrow will publish a crop report pit pared by Snow, tho crop expert, who ba jusl completed a two week's trip throng the states oi Minnossotn and North an South Dakota. Ile declares tin: situa Hon a national calamity ami claims tb wheal failure the worst ever known. Il estimates Hie Dakotas as promising nul 20,000,000 bushels each and MinilCsol ??5,000,000, a total of 75,000,000, ngahis 20(1,000,000 lasl yoar and 225,000,000 i I MtS. Roberts Found Guilty. SAI.'I KAM:, KIMI, .lune 21,-Til jury in the case of H. II. Huberts, o trial for unlawful cohabitation, retinue a verdict of guilty. Uobortslnanagroc .statement of facts, put before tho jurj admitted thal ho entered into a polygti mons marriage willi M aggie IL sid pp, au lived willi ber and bis legal wife, Sar? Louisa. It ls claimed that Koborts rollo upon Ibo Supremo Coori lo reverse th verdict on technical grounds, M i A. C. Jones Withdraws from Ike Race. Col,i un \. S. C., .lune 22, Mr. A. ( .Jones, candidate for Hie Democrat! nomination for Tinted states Sonni against Senator Tillman, has withdraw from the race. Chairman Jones accepte ibo withdrawal ?md will rota rn the fe (hat Mr. A. C. Jones paid to the Denn eratic Kxecutivo Committee This leave Senator Tillman without opposition. f ? for THIRTY-FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED. Hoi : ?l)lc Wi eck on tho Southern, Caused Washout of Sixty-Foot Enihnnkmcnt. hy MODONOI rm, GA., Juno25.-Thirty-six mutilated IMMI?OS, many passengers miss ing and niuo escaped willi their lives, is tho su ninia ry of tho fearful wreck mi tho Macon division of Hie Southern railroad, near MoDonongh, Saturday night ut tun o'clock. Thirty-one bodies hail booti recovered up to midnight last night. Throe bodios were found this morning; am! there is still another lindy, making :'.7, that can lie plainly seen in tho water, hut is pinned down by a hugo boulder that tho men so far have been tm able lo move. Tho rain is fulling in torrents, but lhere is no poi'COptiblo rise in the water as yet. Piece by piece tho torn and dismem bered engine and passenger coaches were pulled from tho abyss yesterday. Ono by one the bodies, lacerated, mutilated, broken and disfigured, were hauled from the death-trap and seul to the morgue in MoDonongh. Only three ladies were, un the train. Two escaped. His presumed that the other perished, but as yoi the body bas not been found, Thc wm k of recovering the bodies hus mit been completed and it may bc that others will be found. Neglect is the short step so many take from a cough or cold to consumption. Tho early uso of One Minute Cough ("ure prevents consumption. Il is the' only harmless remedy that gives imme diate results, lt cures all throat and lung troubles. Children all like it and mothers endorse it. .1. \V. Hell. Thc Chinese Anny. WASHINGTON, .lum. io,-From care fully prepared information on tile in the bureau of military information of the war depart ment the. ( 'hi?ese army, called the "Light Hauliers," originally contai.is about 200,(Htt) descendants of the Mali bu conquerors ami th -ir allies. Tl 0 number maintained un a war fooling is Irom so.oiiii lo inn,iiiiii. The whole buce is subdivided into throe groups, consist ing, respectively, of Manchus, Mongols and Chinese and forms a sort of heredi tary profession within which thc war tluty is compulsory. About 37,000 uro stationed in ganisons in Manchuria: thc imperial guard at Pekin contains ld.ono to ?7,000 and t berti are troops cxpeetod to dofond tho foreign legations ni protect foreign interests from the mobs. Tho Ving l'iiig army is called also "The Oreen flags" and "Tho Five ( amps." This anny consists ol' eighteen corps, one for oneil province nuder the governor or governor general. Tho st tong (ll is from oin.nun to (?00.000 nun, of whom about 200,000 are available for war, never moro than one-third being called on. The most important contin gent is the Tien 'Psin army corps, nomi nally HMI,<HM) strong, really about 35,000 with modern organization, drills and arms, employed in garrison duty in Tien Tsin, Takuand other forts, lt. sides t his force lhere arc mercenary troop, raised and Mongolian and other irregular cav alry, nominally, .-'munni strong, really about 20,000, hilt ol' military value. Thc total land minyon peace footing is put ai oi l),ono men, ami on war footing at about 1,01111,111)0, hut the arniy as a whole has no unity or cohesion, There is no proper discipline. Married al Lontj Distance. Pltl M Kl nv I v i.. .Inno ..fill h - I,'obel I Lockhart, ol' Covington, Tenn., and Miss Ka thor i ne (linc, of Paloka, were mar ried at noon to day by lone distance tele phono. Tint ceremony was performed by Hov, Hanks, ol' Patoka, who stood wit h Hie bride at the Patoka hotel and Occupied about twelve minutes. The responses ol' the groom were plainly audible in lin- room. ( evington is three hundred miles South of Patoka. Tho marriage was sot for to day, but owing lo business Ibo groom could not leave. Ile arranged for a telephonic man iago and it was |i >iformed without a hitch. When she lob; her husband goodby, be fore ringing oil, the lady wept. She will leave in a few days for Covington. Thc Exposition at Charleston. Ai a largely atlonded meeting of stock holders kelti in the Cern?an Artillery all, Charleston, Thursday night, June 21, Hie South Carolina Inter state and West Indian Kx posit io: Company was duly organized according lo law. Con siderably moro than a majority of Hie stock sn lise i i hod was represented, per sonally or by proxy. The meeting was presided over by tho Hon. .los. W. Hain well, SlntoSoiinl or for ( 'hm lesion county, ami thc proceedings was most harmo nious. 'Hie principal business of the evening was the election of a Hoard ol nine Directors. The following weil known gentlemen were unanimously chosen to direct the nHairs of the Lx position: ( apt. K. W. Wagoner, < ol. Wvlie Jones, Mr. francis K. Ciiroy, M-. .(.C. Ilotiipbill, lion, .lohn f. Kicken, Mr. Wm. ll. Welch, Mr. J. L. I)a\,d, Mr. Snmiiel Lnmphnm and Col. c. s. (indsden. The Hoard was given thc usual powers to lill vacancies, adopt by laws and regulations and elect thc nec essary olllcers for the vat ions bureaus and departments. The board of directors is regarded by all as representative and including some of tho betti ami must progressive busi ness mon in the staie. Capt. Wagoner, tho senior member ol' the linn of f. w. Wagoner & Co., of this city is known in commercial circles af ,-ver this country. His ample means have le en accumulated b\ honest, arl i vc work. Ile is largely interested in many industries ami over ready to euler new fields where enter prise promises advancement. ('apt. Wagoner has embused the Kxposilion with a subscription of $10,000. According to thc Insurance I'ress, which has gathered thc statistics, (he ?liminons .sum of ?185,821,100 was paid out by tin- life insurance companies of tho United Stiltcsdliring the year I SOO to policy kidders or their holts. This amount is equal tn about one fourth of thc national debt. Sheep ishoaling has started in Utah and from present Indications the < lip will average about seven pounds to thc head. All of tho men ranging in Wyoming are doing well. One mau ahme has 100,000 head. Summer Cooking handiest, cleanest, safest, coolest and most :onoinical summer cook stove ever sold. IrVlcklCSS Blue Flame Oil Stove Bums ordinary kerosene. Combines the efficiency of the coal range and thc convenience and comfort of the gas range at a frac tion of the expense of either. An absolutely safe and clean stove; will not smoke, smell or get greasy; can't explode. Can be moved anywhere. Sold wherever stoves are sold. If your.dealer does not have them, write to STANDARD OIL COMPANY. T. E. ALEXANDER Livery, Feed and Sale . . Stable, . . IA/Al MAI ! ? c r? VT ML] muun, o. \j m Good Teams and Saddle Horses. Foil il i/ers and Dynamite on Hand all (he Year Hound. PHONE No. ll. Bargains, Bargains, Barpins ! g& DON'T TAKE OUH WOK?, BUT Mt**- COME yVlNJ> (Sf * Our New Stock of Organdies, Lawns, Dimities, Pique, Percales, &o.t ? and buy your Spring and Su minor Dresses before they are picked over, ^fe. Wo havo a full lino of CLOTHING, HATS, SHIRTS, L ADI ICS', HUNTS' and CHILDREN'S SHOES, and everything in Gents' Furnishing Goods thal nro strictly up-to-date, (?ive us a call before buying and wo will savo you money. We have on hand some genuino Museavado and ^cw Orleans Molasses. Try one gallon ami you will want more. Wagon and Muggy Material of all kinds. In fact wc try to koop everything you want or nood, and will bo glad to scii to von as cheap or cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. Our motto: "I.IVK AND LET LIV E." Give ns your patronage, and we guarantee valuo received for your money. Yours truly, C A R T E R & C O. ms THO "Fred Kauffman!!*' on o garment corresponds to tho sterling mark on sHyer' ( 97?ooi ?ne .J'" "VOAvt> OROBJO FTJH TUBBO O>R??^??.8T?? M?RK C. li. lA/V\A/lj\AAAI\A*VA/1 VUU ?rtAfiAAAAA/\/v?AAAA/\AAAAAA? HU VOCAL RBPRGSC^TATTVO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Proclamation. STATU OK SOUTH C VMOLINA, lix i ? ri INK Cit AM m:it. \\ y 11 KUFAS inl'oi iiiiil?on has hoon re V coi voil ni this Department that on tin- Ililli day of .'une. A. 1). Ii>(>(?, certain acts of malicious misch ?of, viz: The do st ruc! inn nf street Lamps in tho Town of Walhalla, ni the County ol' ( leone , Slate of South ('andina, wci'0committed. Now, therefore. I, M. I!. Mi Sw KKXKV, Governor of tho Stato Of Soul li Carolina, in order thal ju: dee may he done and tho majesty of tho law vindicated, do I hereby offer a reward ol' FIFTY Dob I LAUS for the apprehension mid convie-! , lion of the person or persons who com-,' ; milled said acis of malicious mischief. IN "ll. - I I.MON v WllKllKOK. j I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho (?rOat Seal of SgSj^Bj liiinhia. this eighteenth day THHSBSKB*' the one hundred amt twenty fourth year of the ludcpend . once of the I idled Slates of A merion. M. ll, Mi SWKKNKV. Ill lill ( lOVKItNOII : M. lt. COOl'KR, Secretary of Slate. .1 uno :'7, I DOO. 20 11. C'roulaniation. STATT. OK sot 'I'll CAROLINA, T< ?WN OK WALHALLA. \ ^ f ni in AS on tho twelfth day of aluno, \\ A. I). IIKIO, certain ads'ol' mali clous mischief, vim The destruction of Slice; I .amps in t he Town of 'Valhalla, in Hie County of Ocouoo, stiid of South ( undina, were eommillcd : Now, therefore, hy tho authority of the Town Council of Walhalla, I, Krank s. Ilollcman, Intendant, in order thai justice may ho done and tho majesty ot the law vindicated, do hereby oller a reward of ONK IIUXDRKI) DOLLARS for thc apprehension and conviction of Hie person or persons who com m i tied said acts of malicious mischief, _ In WilllCSS whereof, I have fMSSjjBSk^-1 ICI cuni o set my hand and l^^^j iMtisi'il the seal of tlic Town this iilt?l dav of .lune, A. I). ItHX), F. S. Hold.FM A N, Intendant. Ry order of ( 'Olllicil : .1 AMI - THOMPSON, (?crk. Notice to Debtors and Crediton 4 LI, persons indebted lo tho estate J\ of Anderson [vestor, deceased, arc hereby liolllled to make payment lo the undei signed, and all poi'SOUS Inning (daims against said estate will present thc same, duly attested, Oil Ol' before Monday, .Inly .Holli, I IHK), or be baned. WM. A. IVKSTBK, C. Il, I), HU UNS, 20 -'ti ICxccutors. oi^ivrrisrr, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE DAYS : MONDAYS, FUN) A YS AND SATURDAYS. Supt om her 7, 1800. 1801--1900. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. C. A. lb, B. S., A. M., LL.lt.. L. 1. Courses. QPHINC! COUHSRS freo for Toachcrs. Fourteen Professors; 33,000 volumes in library; excellent laboratorios, class rooms, gymnasium, infirmary, athletic, grounds. Tuition $10, other fees $18 a session: tuition rom. 'ed to needy stu dents. Fx penses $135 to $I7"> a session. ( 'crt itied pupils from forty-live accredited selonds enter its freshman (.'lass without examin?t ion. Entrance and Normal Scholarship Ex aminations hold nt every county seat Friday, July 20, lin io, hy County Super intendents, Next session opens September 20, 1000. For Catalogue address F. C. WOODWARD, President. May .".1, 1000. 22-30 SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO BU Y A HOM li. Sale fop Division by tho Heirs oi' thc Late Mrs. C. Meyer. I'll KEE DWELLINGS IN .MIDWAY. W/IIX SKI.I, AT I'lltIC A I'CT lt >N \ \ at thc Court House- at Walhalla, S.e., on MONDA V, .III. V Un, MOO, at 11 o'eloelt A. M. : 1. 'I bo lot of land with buildings thereon in Midway, on the North side of Hui road leading from Walhalla to West Union, known as I.ot No. I on plat of lands of the estate cd Catherine Meyer, made by I. II. Harrison .lune 1st, P. it io, measuring ami containing seven-eighths (;) of an acre, more or less, adjoining (!. I.. Milice on Hast and Dot No. 2 on West. 2, Also, lot of land with the buildings thereon, known as Lot No. 2, on plat above mentioned, next West of thc above described lot, measuring and con I .lining seven eight hs (?) of au ac ri-, more or less, adj.lining Lot No. I on Last and and I .ot 3 on West. :'.. Also, lot of laud with thc buildings thereon known as Lot No. ."> in plat above mentioned, hoing next West of lot. last ItboVO described, measuring and contain ing two (2) acres, more or ?CPa, adjoining Lol No. 2 on the Last and Lev. .1. O. Law on the West. TLLMS : Cash. Pinchaseis to pay all laxes payable in 1000 and for necessary revenue stamps. Properly may bc treated foi at private sale t brough .1. D. VKItNKH. Lanker, Walhalla, S. C. .lune ('?, 1000. 28-?20