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BUSHfcO KVItnV WEDN?BOAY MORNING. .... My v ? tAYNKa, 8HBL0H, SMITH A &TKOK. ?I J AYN KS. I,.,,, . .."". ll). A. HMJTII, :WpS)lll>l|.ll ?'lilli.m,...i,.,..,., v .- '.'.tSUSS ?OBtoniPTION, *1.0O PE? ANNUM. AdVInTIMINO ?ATKB fttAtONAftU. ? Mr** Communications of a personal character charged for ns ndvorllsomouta. Obituary notice* ?ml tributos bf respect, of not ovor ono humbert words, will bo printed froo of oharge. All over that number munt bo poid for at tho rato ot ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. "WAMIAM^, ti. D. i \V?i?NI<H?AV. *KH. 9?? 1001. E P I1? HOBT. A. THOMPSON. Columbia. February G.-Ono of tho troubles ol legislation I? tho fact that thu ilnnnolnl year closes December til, and tho Legislature convenes on tho tith ot January. That leaves only eight days for tho preparation of the reports ot tho State ouloors and printing tho saino. All these reports ure not in yet. Still lt ts impossible fur tho Intelligent legislator to legislate Intelligently until those re-, ports aro laid on tho denk? of members nt toast when tho suasion commences. Yesterday tho nth report of tho luna* tlo asylum was laid boforo us. Tho esti mated, value ot tho wal estate belonging to tho Institution ts $800,000; number of acres, .800} dally average number of patients under troatmont. 1,048. Tho] financial statement ls ila follow? : llKOKir I'M. Cash bal on hand Jan. 1, HRH)..,.* 4,810 80 Rec'd from Htulo treasury. 110,600 00 Roo'ts from pay patients,...,.. 6,781 08 From alt other BOUroOB. 2,014 11-1188,880 08 I msMMtStCMKNTS. Faid for supplies.* 00.6M 48 Salarlos & wages. ?0,001 ii Improvement? & repairs. 11,108 87 Cattle and Btooh, 1,016 Vi Sundry small payments..... Uti 14 Paid Regent*.... 1,800 20 Wallace debt for land, balance 4,800 00-?187,181 84 lhilnueo on hand .......ft 1,10-1 H-l Minimum rate of wages paid attend ant?, men $10 por month ; women, $10. Percentage of dally population engaged in nome kind of useful occupation, ho. Tho eattmntod valuo of farm and garden [irednot? during tho year I? 181,018.87. rho various articles made by patients dui tun tho year two valued nt $2,600. Thta ts tho lluanotnl history of tho Institution for tho year 1000. Tho ex penses of tho asylum increase year by year. Rut who knows tho terrors, hor ror, sadness and dc.uh--part of tho his tory of our fumtltcs and tho State--that ] bevor over ibis long-oherlshed and most useful Institution I There ?ire some other feet? which may be useful In tho history of tho Institu tion. Tho cost nor capita of tho insano was ?202.88 tn 1878; in 1800 tho cost waa $ 102.71. Tho nor capita cost tn forty-live American asylum* ls much larger than in tho ono at Columbia. On December tit, 1800. ibero wore remaining in tho asylum 1.002 patients, of whom 606 Were while nmi 407 colored i 444'wore mon and 668 women. During last year 448 wore admitted-white 242, colored 200. Tho total number under treatment during tho ?oar was 1.401. Tho daily average wa? ,04ti, the highest number being 1,008 and tho lowest 1,001? Tho total uumbor of admissions to tho Asylum nineo lt was opened in 1828 ia 0,008, of whom 0,186 have been received nineo 1880, and 8,800 ?ince 1800. Tho admissions for 1000 wore the largest tn tho history of the Institu tion. Last year thoro wore admitted from Coonee-threo white males, ono colored male, one white female, two colored females-a tola! of ROVOU. The total number in tho institution now from Ooonee ts 10 while males, three colored malo?, nine white females and four col ored females-a total of 20. . * * * February 0.-On Tuesday tho Houso voted, by a largo majority, $200,000 for pensions to Confederate soldier* and tho WMIOW* of tboBO who died or wore killed in tho war. An attempt was mado to repeal th? income tax law, hut it fulled. A bill to elect dispensers in tho samo j way other officers aro elected was do foaled. The bill orealing county solici tor was also defeated. A bill passed appropriating $ll,000 for building steward's hall at tho South Caro lina College This arrangement will enable poor hoy? to work their way through collogo at a vory low prico. Many other matter? were connidored. Tho Senate was tn session moro than seven bonis-four hour? in tho morning and over thvoo hours at night-and * good deal ol Important work wa? trans aotod. Thor? wore several interesting debates. Mr. Graydon's bill to domesticate rail road corporation? passed its t hi rd read ing, as did Mr? Hondorsot.'a bill to mako cotton mill ?tock? taxable os realty. Mr. Dean's insurance hill, Mr. Brantley ? hill amending tho Lord Campbell act-, tho bill to cedo to tho oily of Charleston cer tain in:u sh hm,IN for a naval st nt um, Mr. Brown's bill to provide for a Stato Ooolo .giRt, and several other measures. At night, aftor a long debato, ibo bill to exempt tho student? of tho CharloMton Medical College from standing examina tions before tho Stato board passed il* Rocond reading, after tho motion to ?I riko ont tho enacting words had hoon lost by a voto of 10 to 14. Tho bill to repeal tho anti-free pass law was killel. On Wednesday a heated discussion took place on a bill requiring all rail roads to obtain charters from tho .st?ite. Tho bill passed by a handsome majority. Tho only colored man in tho Hons?, named Holts, of (Georgetown, introduced an amendment to tho pension hill, appro priating $50,0oC to tho colored mon, hy way of pensions, who acted a? servants to the Confederate soldiers in tho lato war between tho States. Ho Rpoke well in favor of hts amendment, but it did not pass, The general appropriation bill, carry ing moro than a million dollars, was dis cussed for sovoral hours and thon passed. Ono hundred thousand dollar? wa? voted to tho public Kohools lb addition to tho usual amount appropriated for that pur pone, There wa? a gonoral fight made against tho amounts appropriated for tho oxjKmsos of tho Slate colloges, but thoro wa? voty little reduction mado. Nearly $70,000 Wft? gtvon to Winthrop Collogo for tuition, building dormitorios, otc. I bo "olnld labor" bill wa? discussed in the Sonate, and bas ?ince passed that body by a majority of one voio. I do not bolicvo that any moasnre of Oils charac ter can ps?? tho HOIIHO at this session. Tho county tax levy for Oconoo, recom mended by tho County Commissioners, and amounting to four and one-half mills, ba* boon iOHOi ted in the supply bill, ano ba* paused tho DOURO. Mr. Brown's bill to give* the County Commissioners jurisdiction ovor "neigh borhood roadR" ha? passed the Douse. The bill introduced hy Senator Dorn don, creating A board of pardons, ba* been defeated in tho senate Tho general county government and. county officers' ?alai io? bills have boon continued to tho next SCRMOH. Tho DOURO reftiHod to pa?R tho com pntaory vaccination bill. TbeDouso p*t?R0d a bill appropriating $100,000 tor tho Tree public schools. Tho DOURO continued to the noxt ?o' sion a bill relating to roads, bridgo? a w*, ferries. Tbl? I? a general bill to lake ibo place of al) Rpoolal logi?tAtlon on these subjects. The Stat? hank bond bill wa? killM in tho Senate. TM? w?R An effort to breathe the breath of life into about $60,000 worth of lost bonds for tho benefit of ponton* who claimed to bo tho uwuors of tho ?ante-alt At tho oxpouao of tho ta* ^^thef iittlttvy of tho ?oiittty ?uporlutoud? ont of Education lu Oconoo hu? boon raised to $450 lu tv bill whtoh has paasod thoJIouso. ... A bill making education lu tho fwo j schools compulsory wo? defeated lu tho uuuie by n voto ol ?Uto 1W. A number of bill? besides those mon tlonod nbovo have booti coutiou,ed to tho next session. Oho of the*? U A proponed nmondmont to tho Coinnltutlou, making McMnlonn of tho LoglslAturo biennial lu Hl?ftd Of annual. ? . . February 11.-Tho Houno to-day nMtaod Mf, Look wood's bill to ?How parties to leave to build adam Across thoBAtAnuAu river. Mr, Klblor'H bill to provide for tho creation ot tho oflloo of itnuuanoo Oom mlHstonor WA? killed, AS WA? Also Mr, lhutks'H to pr?vido for tho oleotlou of OOUUty dispensers. . Tho SouAto to-dny gAvo both tho nun ply bill and tho appropriation bill their second rodding. Tito appropriation bill was Aiuoudod tn only, ono pArttoular-by sulking Out tho provision for giving AU | extra .100,000 to tho common aohool?, Thoro AVO majority and minority re port? ot) tho House bill to iuoroaso tho pension fund from ?100,000 to ?200.000, tho majority report hoing unfavorable. St NATO ll TILLMAN AROUSED. Ho Chnrgot Ssollonillim In tho Oetay of Pension Bill. lu tho Monate today Mr. Tillman oro* atnd a ?Ur after trying to havo a pension bill passed, Ho rotor rod to. a private puitslon claim for a veteran ot tho Mexi can 'War who lu 1847 had had hU arni shot off. Tho veteran, SAld Mr, Tillman, was seventy years old and ho added that ho had labored for years to got tho claim through tho House Pension? Committee, "I Bwoar by tho Almighty God," yelled Mr. Tlllmau, "that I will novar hereafter permit another pension bill to ho unanimously considered by this body until this bill I? put through tho House "lt la A sectional matter with tho House Committee because this old man lalor fought, or trlod to fight for tho Confederacy. Kow ts tho war ovor or ls it not V 1 want to know thia. It ta In? famous that tho tuan who fought under tho .stars and Stripes cannot got Justice after llfty years." Mr, Chandler ?aid that the Senate could not pass unnoticed auoh a severe assault upon a House committee. Mr. Tillman told Mr, Chandler that ho (Chandler) had no license to play tho censor, slnoo ho had, while discussing tho Subsidy bill, made a bin er ataok on tho House and lt? methods.-Washing ton livening Times, February 0th, -- Pneumonia Can be Prevented. Thia disease always resulta from a cold or an Attack of tho grip and may bo pre vented by the timely USO of Chamber lain's Cough Kern edy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of la ii lippe of tho past few years, and not a singlo caso ha? over been repot tod that did not recover or that resulted in pneu monia, which shows lt to boa certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough Uemcdy ha?gained a world wide reputation for lt? euros of colds and grip. For salo by Hr. J, W. Hell, Walhalla. Assassin Cochran Cots life Scntonco. Fairburn, Qa., Fobruary 0.-Pegram Cochran, the first of tho seven mon charged with tho assassination of Ster ling Thompson, tho negro planter, near | hore a fow months ago, gee? to tho peni tentiary for lifo. Tho jury, aftor being out all night, this morning brought In a verdict of guilty, with recommendation for morey. The defendant wa? present In tho court room when the verdict wa? road, Ho was palo and nervous, nut ?toed tho strain remarkably well, Ills aged father and two of his brothers wove present a? was hi? little boy. "Lord bless you, son," said the con demned father, a? ho told the tittle fel low goodbye with tears tn hts eyes. dud go Candler sentenced him to life time imprisonment tn tho penitentiary and ordered that he bo confined in Ful ton county jail until carried to tho peni tentiary. Counsel for thc defendant gavo nettco I of a motton for now trial ana tho court | fixed tho first day of Marett for the hearing. Thoro aro six other defend ant? in Fulton county jail awaiting trial on tho samo charge, that Of tho murder of Sterling Thompson, colored. How to Cure tho Grip. Itomaln quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Uemcdy as directed and a quick recovery ts ?ure to follow. That remedy counteracts any tendency of tho grin to result tn pneumonia, which ls really tho only serious danger. Among I tho tens of thousands who have used it for tho grip not ono oaso has evor been i oportcd that did not recover. For salo I hy Dr. J. W. Holl, Walhalla. Lynched for the Usual Crime. Patts, Ky., February H.-George Car ter, a negro in Jail hero charged with an ????Utl Ott M r?. iiOHrd, vt'Hi? iv'noticd ny H mob early this morning. Thirty mon overpowered tho jailor, scoured hts keys and in five minutes Carter wa? in tho hands of a mob. Ho refused to make a st at omcnt-. A rope was thrown around his nock and he was dragged to tho Court house and hung in tho arch of tho on tranco. Hof ore tho mon dispersed they pf nned a card to hts body, bearing tho inscription: "This will bo the fate ot all negreo? who assault white women," Tho other occupants of the jail, alt tailored, wore greatly frightened and theil cia'i auri ?.j?>m i.ijfs could be hoard several blocks. Frisky Kitten* Feils Robber?, Asheville, N. C., Fobrnary 0.-Two robbers, Dudley Johnson, white, and Hon Foster, nogro, wore seriously if not fatally wounded last night at Emma post ofllco, noar Asheville. They entered tho store on pretext of buying goods and hold up the elork, Samuel Alexander, A young man. They mado him get hts pis tol for thom and when ho refused to apon tho safo put a knifo to bis thront. Ho then opened tho sato and Johnson hogan ransacking the interior, laying Alexander's pistol on the SAfo. Postor kept Alexander covered. A oat made a noise in the roar of tho storo and Foster turned around. Aloxandor grabbed his pistol and shot him below the heart. Aloxandor ?napped tho pistol at John son. Johnson and rostov both shot at Aloxandor, and ono bullet wont through Ids log. Sovoral shots followed, and the cobbora were both bolpless. Aloxandor pulled thom outdoors and shut tho store floor. Ho thon gave tho Odd Follows' ?listress signal and the owner of tho i toro, who had not hoard tho ?hot?, came to his assistance. Knss Oates, white, md Harry Mills, nogro, confedevates of ibo robbers, who wove on tho outside, rtai ried Ibo robber? to Ashovillo, whither thoy wore followed hy Pol i oe Captain lordan, who arrested the four at th re o /clock this morning. Foster mado a tying declaration. He said Johnson waa lt) export safo cracker, wanted in Florida md Georgia for murder. Mills is tho follow who has held un several persons liero. Aloxandor is doing well. ?-?? ??? -- ??????" '.'?'-> Oin Fire In Columbia. Tho largo wholesale establishment of Morrl? Coonor * Co., of Columbia, wa? badly damagod hy fire Sunday aftornoon. rho building, which was of brlok, with i.tn ,v><->f M-ftu >->^^irA/t v.ith "ced* the ?tn ff hoing piled against'the ?Ide door?, to that lt was dtffinalt for the diemen to roach the flame*. Thc Insurance \rtl the mildtng waa botween f*,000 and W OOO. Mr. Noni? estimate? the low at about ?A.OOO, wbtoh, he say?, is alow estimate, m tho building and stock tb? insurance ?mounts to t&0,R00. Vho population of tho town of Frank lin, N, C., by the oonvna ot 1000, fa AS*. ?^ii,i*t??l,t<i?>?i?r?^>liWn^p?iiii?Mll** HOLTON, KAN**?, HA8 WO "JOINTS." Htr Mun* \ti M ft Unit and Otos* thom Up -Poured Liquor tn th? Slreota. ?oki?, Kansas, Kobruiyry O.-lloUon; M; wa? purged o? it? Joint? to-day. ?urglntf prooea? wa? a^oompHsb?d and of atleaat ottetkouar id per? ??uB, who took tho law into their own hands ?nd attaokori tho joluts of tho olty. Thre? Jolut* wore put out of business. and Holton ia a dry towu for tho nwt 'tn? in ilftoon yoar?, Tho oitt^ona of a mooth) elton hold a mooting Inst night and dootdod that those- plaoos mu?t ho oloaod at onoo. This afternoon at? o'clock thoy th roo huiulvod people , nt tho church, hut it anon became known what was going on, and tho principal atroot of tho olty waa qutokly orowdod witty oagor pooplo, anxious to Roo tho work accomplished. Thorn wore a number of ofi'loov? lu tho joint, which ha? boou koot for years by a woman named Hicks. Tho crowd broke down tho door? ami took out all tho liquor, emptying it Into tho street. Thoy than broko up all tho fixtures lu true Nation style, not leaving a wholo thing that oould be unod in tho bu?luo??. Tho proprietress tried to leave, but tho crowd refused to lot her, When tho demolition Of this place was completed tho crowd ?tarted to do tho ?ame with thu other joint?, niuo In number. Tho proprietors of tho?o place?, by worklmf barth mau aged to turn out all their liquor by tho tuno tho crowd reached their places of business and nearly bad tho ilxturoR moved out. Thoy pleaded earnestly to be allowed to koop tho fixtures, ami promised on their oath? never again to ?oil a drop of liquor tn Holton. Ono of tho JointInts named Aiiuurnou got down On hi? knees and supplicated tito crowd not to destroy hts fixtures, a? lt would ruin bim ihmnotaUy, und ho promised to have thom out of town tn nn hour. Tho Ottixons dootdod to give the remaining Joint lets a fow hours lu which to loavo tho city, Thora waa not a pomblauoo of lawless* noss nt any time during tho progress of tho smashing. Lawyers, newspaper men and business mon helped to swelt tho erowd, which wa? oom posad of some of tho best pooplo of Holton, After smashing had boon completed tho guardian? of tho law wont to tho Methodist church and had a thanksgiv ing norvic? over tho successful ros ult of their work, To-night a mooting wa? hold in Holton and a vigilance committee wa? organlEod to 800 that a joint should never again bavo a chance to do business there. Tho members of tho committee Ray tho llret man appearing with a Joint will bo ?trip* pod and banished. They accomplished in two hours what tho ofnoora have not done in two years. Ueoont experiments ?how that all classes of foods may bo completely dt Sestod by a preparation called Kodol ?yspopsia (lure, which absolutely di gests what you oat, A? lt ia tho ouly combination of all tho natural digostanta evor devised tho demand for it lia? be come enormous. It ha? novor failed to euro tho VOiy WOlRt cases of indigos! ton and it always gives Instant relief. J. W. Holl. A Woman Shoots a Negro to Death. Columbus. Ga., February 0.--In Loo) County, Alabama, yesterday afternoon, in tho Smith sutton neighborhood, Roven milos West of hore, air?, John Hannels, wife of a well-known farmor, shot and killed John Cincinnati, alta? John Pearson, a negro. Cincinnati was a farm hand of llannors'? placo. Ho and ht? employer were in Columbus yester day afternoon, and it Rooms that both were drinking when they returned homo. Late tn tho afternoon tho negro wont into tho house And began to curso. Mr.?. Hannels, who wa? in the house, told him to quit or loavo tho promises. Ho con-1 tinned cursing and she again ordered J him out-, she told him that if he did not stop ?ho would kill htm. In an in sulting manner tho negro walked tip to ber, ?tuck his faoo close to hors and tauntingly told her to kill him. Tho next moment sho shot him dead with a pistol. Mrs. Hannels carno to the city and spent to-day nt tho homo of A rela tive in Columbus. She WAS soon several timos during tho day, but refused to make a statement for publication. Mrs. llanuers is a handsome lady, about 35 yo At's ot ago. Sho WAS oool aud oolloo tod to day. This Afternoon Magistrate John son wont from Smith's Station to tho I scone of tho killing to hold an inquest. La Grippe Quickly Cured. "In tho winter of 1808 and 1800 I was taken down with A sovoro attack of what is called la grippe," says F, L. Howott, a prominent druggist of Winfield, 111. "Tho only modiclno I unod wa? two bot tles of Chamberlain's Cough Uercicdyv It broko up the cold and stoppod tho coughing Uko maf ic, and I have novor since been troubled with grip." Cham berlain's Cough Uemody can Always bo depended upon to break up a ?overo cold and ward off any threatened attack Of pneumonia. It is pleasant to take, too, which make? lt tho most desirable and ono of tho most popular prepara tions in use for these Ailments. For salo j by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla, Greenville County'? Bloody Record. Greenville, S. C., February 0.*-Nows reached tho city to night of a bril tal killing on tho Jordan road, six milos from Groor's, in this county. Loo Babb and hts brother, Henry, have boon on bad torres for some timo about a land transaction. To-day Henry Babb and hts two cons, Lawrence And Isam, learned that Leo was ont in tho Woods outting for his mother. They wore armed with shotguns and pistols and ap proached Loo, who was unaware of their Sresonco, and opened tire on him, 1 id ling him with shot and bullets. Ho lived but a few minutos After boing shot. Henry Babb And his hons then rot urned to thotr homo, And so far A? oan bo UarnAil htVA m ?ul " no ?xffnvta tn often un. and have not boen arrested. It IA stated that Loo Babb had no weapons, And had no idea that his brother And nephews were intending to molest him. Ho loaves a wife And seven children. Judge Benet Adjourned the Court of ccoonil Sessions to-dAy, bot ordorod A ?poolal form of Court to begin on April 8th to dispose Of tho heavy criminal dookot, About sovonty OASOS. There Aro several murder OASOS to bo trlod At tho April term. Tho following Rontoncos woro pro nounced to-dAy: chancey Lightning, lifo imprisonment, convicted of rApe; .lames Simpson, life sontonoo for tho murder of Tom Little; John Turnor, Milos Coreton and Lawrence Choice, sentenced to be hanged Friday, Mei ch 20. Twenty CASOS bAvo boon tried at this torm of Court, And convictions IIAVO boon the rule And not the oxooption. Whon yon WAnt A physic that ls mild and gentle, ea?y to take and pleasant tn ol?cot uso ChAmborlfttn's StomAoh And Liver Tsblot*. Brice, 2ft oan to. Samples free. Kvory box gu Ar Autoed. For ?Ale by Dr. J. W. Bell, WAlballa. -- ? Conni Hoi Munn ?tie Shook. Columbia, 8- C.. February S.-Tha death of Dr. J. A. Mays, which ooenrrod last night At Mayaviltn, WAS attondod by peonliarly sad ofroumatanooa. Tho dAy bofore Dr. Mays received a tologrAm from his son, Dr. Juntos MAys, Jr., of SavAnnnh, stating that bis son's Wifo had dlod. Tho nows WAS auoh A shock to Dr. MAys, Sr., that he At once took to his bod ?nd lived only twenty-four boors. Dr. Maya wa? one of tho most prominent And successful physicians In this State. Ho graduated from tho South Carolina college bi ?840 And grftdn ntr.rl tn medicino from tho South Caro lina Medical college. Ho wa? An export botanist ?nd bl? study of this favorite subject lod to tho dlsoovory of sorora! plant? of groat medical value. ITO was tovohiy-otgnt years of ago. Tho firm of W, C. MoTCenri? Com pany, of Piedmont, dealers in gonoral merchandise, have made an *?sif, mont. W. SH. Hammett has been appointed aa ?saigne*. I nfc ICK COLUMN THE K?OKHR /.'??aawiyfa:-"- . _".tt said t? Tho Kioka* li?t wook "lt tho City Council will givo is? A llborat franchise and tho poonlo ft little encouragement, I will build w*t?* work? in Walhalla." Tho Klokor can H both for him. Wo bol lo vo ugh o i o dvldoud oi MI Investment of (10,000 to $%0O0. Ii ho does not wish to venture a 0<$nprbU. system, lot him lay a malu down Malu shoot and tap it with collateral smaller main? Into euch other etroota w.heM. the. takura of wator will Juhllf* tho out? 1 Walhalla 1? not ?low and kilowa, a ?ot thing whoa eba ?co? lt. Thia waa oi donood lu tho unooiimgomont given tl owuoraof tho tolophon? eyetom. They havo Huoeoodod boyoud thotr most san guln? expectations. Lot tho good work ?oom Lotus h??v0 tho wa^er eyatom, 'boa tho luxuri?s, green lawna, protty ilowor yards, full length' bath tuba, Hp tinkled st roo ts, oto. Mr. Capitalist, got a move on you. * *. . ? . , Tho air is full ot rumora of tho inau guration of big industrial enterprises In and near Walhalla, and Tho KloKor ?H in possession of information along thia lino that ho ia not at liberty yot to divulgo. Tho Carnegies, Morgans and other big capital hit s ara behind a hugo enterprise which may moan muoh for Walhalla. In the language of Fagan Mavtlu, WatohT . . * ?. Havo you heard of tho bill bar OYO Con gross to establish, a National Forest ita. Herve? Do you know what lt will' moa? to our county if tho bill passes? . It ?Imply moana that your Uuolo 8am will tako charge of tho upper seotlon of' tho county, making it tho moat beautiful spot tmagtu bio. Ho will build roads suoti lia you havo novor soon. Ho will Improve tho forest?, Btook tho streams and lay out a park extending through ilvo States. Tho Klck?r wanta tho oily and county oillolals to koop thotr ?yee open and loud tholr efforts to havo tlUB mensuro go through. Tho Klokor. Klghly-Sovon Poisons Aro Killed. Chihuahua, Moxloo, February 7.--j Word has just roached hore of ono of tho most terrible milling disasters that ovor noourrod in Moxloo. An explosion lu tho San Andros mino, situated in a remote locality of tho Slorra Madre?, in tho western part ot tho State of Durango,1 oausod tho death of eighty-seven mon, women and children and Injured many others. ' Tho catastrophe was due to tho explo si?n of several hundred cases of dyna mite which WM stored in an under ground chamber ot tho mino. Klootrle Wires, connecting with the hoisting muohineiy, passed through tho ix om in which tilts dynamite waa stored and 'it ls supposed that these wires boo?mo crossed, thereby causing a (Ire which ??\ oft tho dynamite. AU of tho killed add injured wora located on tho surface; most of thom occupying residences i ni med lately above tho under-ground workings of the mine. Tho explosion toro away tho whole top of the mountain on which tho village minors wore located, and mon, women and children wore blown into small pieces. Among those who wora killed was Herman laietsnian, tho superintendent of the mine, and all tho members of his' family. At tho time of tho explosion thoro wore several hundred minors at work lu tho lower workings of tho mine, and, strange to. say, nono of thom wore seriously injured, although thoy wore all eovoroly ahookod in tho terrlblo force of tho explosion. They rushed to tho surfaeo through ono of tho shafts that was not idled with debris, and tho sight that met thotr eyes In tho almost completo destruction of tho little Village is Indescribable. Tho work df gathering np tho frag ments of tho unfortunate victims of tho explosion scattered over tho mountains was begun, and thoy wore placed to ?[ether nun burled In ono gravo. Dut ow of tho mangled romains wera reoog utaablo. Summons was sont to neighboring camps for surgeons to attend tim injured and it was some timo boforo this nid| arrived. The San Andrea mino is tho most cele brated silver mine in Moxloo, It is1 valued at (20,000,000. It baa produced many millions of dollars'worth of oro. A powerful engine cannot be run with a weak boiler, and we can't koop up tho strain of an active lifo with ft weak stomach ; neither can we stop the human machino to make ropatrs. If the stom ach cannot digest enough food to keep tho body strong, such a pr?par?t lon as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure should bo used. It digest? what you oat and it 'simply oan't holp but do you good. J. W. Bell. Wa? Hurt by Buratlng Pipe. ' Columbia, S. O., February 8.>~-By the\ bursting of a steam pipe at tho bb Olympian cotton mill yesterday i mechanic, nam od Stewart was probftby fatally Injured. Stewart was at Wort upon tho baleony running by the st earn, feed pipo, about fifteen foot above tho' concrete floor. Some distance away stood tho battery of draft boilers. Ono' oi tho six inch pipes gave way nt the olbow and instantly thora waa a blast of oscaptng steam i hooting across tho room. Stewart was directly in its way and either jumped or was knocked from tho baloony. lils hoad struck the floor, fracturing his skull, and thora is very little bono of lils recovery. He wa? at euee taken to tho Columbia hospital. Stewart is from Philadelphia and was sent here by tho Johns Manufacturing Company for tho purpose of wrapping and covering tho main steam pipos in the plant, which ia tho largest ot its kind in tho world. Negroes are Acquitted. Colombia, S. C., February 8 - The two negroes, Brown and Moss, have] boon acquitted. Whon those two mon, ohargod with arson in Hampton county, wera arrested somo months Ago tho feel: ing was high against thom and in order, to provont a lynching the Oovornor ordored thom brought boro to the poid1 tentiary for safo kooping, The lust trial resulted In ft mistrial, - ' V ?*>' The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. the Discoverer ot Swam??Koot at Werk ta Kl? laboratory. There ls ft disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because v> docop live. Many sudden death? ?ra oaused by lt--heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure OT apoplexy are often the result ot kidney disenso. If kidney trouble ls allowed to ad vance the kldney-pol3oned blood will attack ?he vital organs, or ihe kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by coll. Then the Hohnes? of the blcod-the albumen -leak? out and the sufferer has BrlghPa Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble, Dr. Kilmer's ?wamp?D<v>* ik* dis covery is me iran spoifio fer kidney, bladder rod urinary troubles. It hasoured thousands of apparently hopeless oases, after all ollie? efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar size?. A sample bottle sent freo ">y mall, also ?book telling about Swamp toot and Its wonderful cures. Address )r. Kilmer fit Co., Binghamton, N. Y. ?nd mention this piper. ,oo? 4-""4 vtivykU1?.,? ia a fire which burnt the prices and part of the Goods. It must be sold in the next ten days. Gome while it lasts. . Price so low that yon will haye to dig way down to find it. 10,000 Yarda at OS cents; worth IO cents anywhei'C ; 10,000 Yards Embroidery ?t r 1-8 cents) worth 18 1.? oents; 10,000 Yards Embroidery at lo cents ; worth Iii gents anywhere. I HAVE THE PRETTIEST LINE OF WHITE GOODS EVER SHOWN "~ IN SENECA -.--r ~ ~ Madras at ten cents; worth-fifteen cents. All-wool Goods for Skirts to be sold at one-half the regular price of these Goods. MY STOCK OF CLOTHING IS COMPLETE! SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. A BEAUTIFUL LINE OP NECKWEAR JUST RECEIVED. ! I! N ?JTVMMOATO' AW wac MUUAJHI? '0YHUCOAT8 AW $3.50, . . p . WORTH $10 WORTH SIX DOMIAHB A BIG LOT OP SHOES PROM THE RAILROAD COMPANY. I AM SELLING THEM BELOW FACTORY COST. -... ALL KINDS, SORTS AND SIZES OP ROCKERS AT_ Adams The Poor Man's Friend, Seneca, S. C. ta ? ti ? Having decided to contbuo bi or's old stand) I offer special otoso pi dteo Stock for the cash or on time. Come and seo ray prices befovi Supplies, Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothtnj; Wheat Bran, Flour and Meal, Horsot ;_West Un .ll) New School Books. Vf HAVE a full supply of all New I School Hooks. Brine your old books _J .?."" .... -1 ?lu- ..?V _ - T -_ [crowded. OV.??. CRAIG, County Snporlntondont Education. February 18, 1001. 7-T Stamp Creek Dots. sta mp Creek, February ll.-We ?re sorry to ?Ute that tho school at Fort George will close in about three weeks. Wheat in this section is looking well, Mr. Mitt Barker is sawing shingles. He will soon begin to saw shuttle timber. Mr. Sloan Collins bas a new grist mill I on Whetsone crock, lt will prove ft j groat help to our people, # R?t. Captured a Sea Cow. .1 ackson vi Ile, Fla., February 0.-C. D. I Cory, of Chicago, and H party of Semi nole Indians succeeded in capturing last I night at .tho mouth of Now Uiver, ? near Fort 1-iiucei dale, the first manatoo, or toa cow, caught, in Florida waters re cently. The giant ouriosity weighed 1,000 pounds and waa landed after first locating its haunts and carofnily prepar ing to trap it. Sea cows were plentiful In those waters year? ago, but have not boon soon of lato. This capture will be used for museum exhibitions. Mrs. Brumby, mother of Llooto.iaat Tom Bramby, bas boon plaocd on the rognlar pension rolls by Commissioner Evans ai the rate of (25 per month. Tbo'Sonate bill for a apodal ponsion of (50 ft month bas a chanco of passing the ll ouse at this soB?'on. .Captain N. H. FraBor, father of Bass I-"Inzer, who was kidnapped in Atlanta some weeks ago, announces tho with draws) of the *500 reward for his son's return, but will reward any information as to his present whoroabont*. This action of Captain Fraaor would seem to ho that ho has some olew eonoerning tho fate of his son thai ho hoi io ves will load tp tho recovery of the latter. , The man Iago license bill wa? dofoatod in the South Carolina Legislature, proba bly id ne to a high degree of suporsensL ^ivunoss for fear it would lean np to a di verco law, says tho Anderson Advocate. The inavriago law in Mouth Carolina is too slack at ono end to be so tight at tho other, in our opinion. But with all Mi?t South Carolina marriage laws are alto Sether soporior to Georgia's-whero i voi eos can bo had for the asking upon almost any old pie?.-Hartwell Sun. Dr. damos W. Karlo diod at hi? home, ?.Evergreen,'' Anderson, S. C . on Friday toora lng, February 1, 1901, in his 78a j*ro\ from sn attack of "ia grippe. Hr. Karlo was a gentlaman of rare natural ifitolllgenoo, scholarly, and withal of fToat Yiob?ono8S of heart. He bad many rienda in Georgia who will bo saddenou at his doath. He w?? ft brother of Bov. J.R. Karlo, so ronoh beloved on both sidos of tho Savannah. Dr. Karlo waa nam married," 'Hartwell Sun. I ND ACID! isiness at Weat Union, (R. O. Stroth ions on all goods in Qeneral Merohan ? you trade. I koop full lino Gonoral 5, Kata, Grooorios, Hay, Oom, O?ts, i and Mules, Wagons, eto. ion, S. C. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. IVotioe of X^iixnl Sot t?ena?3ni> anni jT>iw ?'luirlo. i NOTICE is hereby given that tho un dersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Esq.. Judgo of Probate for Oconeo county, in the Stat? of South Carolina, at his oftloo at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, tho 10th day of March, 1001, ?t il o'clock in tho fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said appli cation oan bo heard, for leave to mako final settlenient of tba est?te of Thos. R. Davis, dooeased, and final disohargo as Executors of said estate. J. L. TALLEY, R. PERRY. Executors of Estate of Thomas it. Davis, Dooeased. February ll, 1001. 741 Notice (o Bettors anil Creditors. ALL persons indebted to tho estate of Thos. lt. Davis, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present the same, duly attested, within the timo proscribed by law, or be barred. J, L. TALLEY, E. A. PERRY, Rxocutors of the Estate of Thomas R. Davis, doooasod. February li, 1001. 7-11 MOVED. To my Friends and Patrons of the ??n?t seven yepr* ' ? iprrwdM-* wry-M<?l?ly he patronage and encouragement ' voil have all extended to nie since Y first began merchandising at Tamassoe, sud now that I have moved my businoss just one-mile below my former stand, right on tho public roan at Rankin's bridge, I respect tul ly solicit a con t innnnrc of the samo. I shall at all times have a well-selected stock of Dry Ooods, Notions, Shoos, Hardware, Tinware. Crockery, Glass ware, Qrocorlos, Medidnos, Seeds, Far mers' I m piemonte, eto., in tact Uonoroi Merchandise. I will pay yon tho highest markot prioe for all Country Produoe, and will sell everything at tho lowest figures pos sible. Try mo and soe if my prices will not compare favorably with my brother merchants. I am always glad to soe you. Come to my store and your 'want* shall at all times have my closest attention and courteous twntmonli Very truly yours, J. E. KELLEY, Tamaaaee, 8. O, February 0, 1001, fl-0 A Great Sacrifice of txn Enormous Stock of Goods ! Five Hundred Dollars' Worth of Hats to go at prices never before heard of in this country ! 600 pairs oi Shoes to go at and below actual cost-and When we sayoost we mean what tbe goods oost ns; not what ?.hey will oost you. Two dozen Ladies' and Gents1 Mack intoshes we are almost giving away. One hundred and thirty-five Mon's Fine Shirts; would oost you any whore elae from fl.00 to $1.25-we will a*U you for 82 cents. TwO do??.n regular 750. Shirts for only 48 cont?. Ten nioe Laundered Shirts to go at 20 cents, and many others to go at similar prlcos. Also, a Ini go stock of Collars and Cuffs at greatly reduced prices. One Thousand Yards Lace and Embroidery to go at almost your own price ? . Dress Goods, Etc. Velvets, Dress Trimmings, Skirt Bind ings and BraidB at prices that will aston ish you. , . . nw?, f? mig? ??m?o'? nuouvui limul? tum Gents' Umbrellas, from 4Oe. to f 1.25. Ono hundrod pairs of Meu's, Women's and Children's Overshoes from 18c. to 82o. For Men and Boys Only. One thousand dollars' worth of Snits and Odd Bant?. Can flt you in slea and Srico. . Bo sure and seo our stock before uylng, for we oan both please you and save you rooney. To the Farmers. Be sure and soo our Tiger Biso Plows, which we have been selling at $37.50. Will ?ell for the next sixtv da vs at ftaa.oo. and anything else in your Hue from ? Lap Bing to a Two-horse Wagon. These are Only a Few of the grout bargains we ara cifferiug. Bo nure and give us a call. Wc will be glad to show you our gooda at any timo. Now don't forgot the plao?~>dou't for got the purse, and wo know you will not forgot the prices. Wo wi? aavo you money on anything yon want in our lin?. -il Yours for a Great Money-Saver, Carter & Compaily P. S.-We always keep on hand a ntoe line of Groceries. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, .. WALHALLA? S. C. Good foams and Saddle Horses. Fertilisers an* flynamlf,?a Han? alt the tear Ren&ti? 1'llONK No. IL |g^Oom?Ws?*.mt. I wilt aol! von Horas* ar Mut?* cheap, for cash ore?? time. Oan soil yon ono at any prto*, from forty dallara np. ? a?waja hratWftS lot of Hogs, good Mtook. on hand-all at?-? and pHo?Wrmw *2 (io un" Call and seo my stock. H won't coat j<m anything to look,