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And wc have just read au ac count of tho arrest nf s "?bia?oior" in New York Ol) the ohargo of swindling, he. .oise ho was disposing of "stock" that had hoon "watered." lt's getting to a point whore a fellow "don't know what ??> flo nohow." 'i'lllt government colton report issued hist Saturday contained the estimate of 12,102,000, and on the strength of that the market went Wild, dropping')!) points as SOOU US tho announcement was made .it the cotton exchanges. Partners should nut rush their cotton to market in thu fear bf a further decline. Hy doing so they simply chango a possibility into toi absolute certainty. , I wo weeks ago a man in central Texas advertised that ho would pay 2 cents per pound more t han t he market price for 1 ar kins delivered at a certain point. Turkeys wore brought in by the hundreds and paid for in chocks, to thc amount of about !?S,000. The fowls wore shipped imme diately, timi now it is found that the chocks aro worthless. Won't those tur keys fool cheap about Christmas! lons- 1). HOOKKKKI.I.KK, Ju, aged 31, bas been compelled to relinquish bis ar duous duties in tho bolds of fi naneo, re ligion and society, ou account of Impaired health, Ile is the wealthiest man of bis agc in the world. Asked what, tho four host things of this life tue, he recently replied : "Pirat, character; second, friend ship: third, health; fourth, success." Ton many of tito present day aro apt lo reverse the miler as given hy Mr. Hooke feller, placing character last. Tin: announcement that Hon. Clark Howell, of the A t lauta Const it ut loll, will he a candidate for Govornor of icorgia two years hem e, is calculated to make things interesting in Ibo li m pi re Stave of tho South w hen tho campaign opens in oar.usi. Koykin Wright, of Augusta, and .1. ll. Kslill, of the Savannah News, are also announced as candidates. Kstill canvassed tho Stale two years ago. We are not, of course, particularly familiar with Coorgia politics, hut if thoro was a hot up we'd take a long shot on Howell. ON tho _'7tb and 28th ( Tuesday and Wednesday) ol' this month thc City Sn porintondonis and Principals of Schools will meet at the Hotel Jerome Columbia, An attractive ami instructivo program luis been arranged. There will ho ad dresses and papers by S ll. Kdinnnds, Sumter; Ibid. Ward hi w,' ColumbiaProf. Thompson^ Winthrop College; II. P, Archer, Chai'estou; A. lt. banks, |.an caster; P., K. Hughs, Greenville; T. (J. Walton, Anderson; Nathan Toms, Dar lington; \. J. Thaokstou, Oraiigoburg; K. S, Diebi l , Col nubia. light Mill be Hilter. Those who will persist in closing their oars against the continual reenmmonda lion of Dr. King's New Discovers tor Consumption, will have a long and bitter tight with their troubles, if HOI ended earlier by fatal termination, bead what T. lt. Heall, of Heall. Miss., has to BIIJ : "Hast fall my wife had every symptoil of Consumption. She took Dr. Kine's Now I ) i seo very af tor everything else had failed Improvement came at once and four hot ties Cn ti rely cured hm " Guaranteed hy all druggists. Knee 500 and $1. Trial bol t los freo. The LarflOSl South Carolina Damage Verdial. The hugest verdict ever tendered by a South Carolina jury in a damage suif was that of th.' case of Mis. Dorothy H. Krickinan against tho Southern Hallway for Ihn dont h of hoi husband, when the jury, alter heim.; out three hours, re tumid ,i Verdiel of r'i.'i.ooo foi the plain tiff. Tho amount sued for Nv;,s $75,01)0. Tho Mdt grow out ol tho death ol H.*. Hriekman, who was killed m the Pishing OrOek wr?ek on the Southern ballway bli September 0, ?U03 Tho trial was hold at Voil.Mlle hi s I ?erk. Child Bora willi two Heads. Somerville. Mass,, December 0, - A foina! Ohihl, willi IWb h>-.111?., boru in Kast ?.uneiville 12 weeks ago, ls attract ing much Interest among tho medical fraternity m ami abdul Hosten. Tim pbySi; ?ail vylio bad charge of tho case, in dismissing the mallei with echot' doc tors, raid: "lt is unprecedented in tho .innals of medical science. The child has two,sep?ralo necks, each supporting a bead, 0ll(i facing to Ibo front and tho other to the rear, Tho latter head is liol Well for mod. hs features aro Irregular and Imperfect, then? being no oyes, Thc baby is ill tho beat of health and per fectly normal ill every other respect. Tho nut her is _'u ye.11 s old. 'lin child weighed M pounds nt -birth." V Unclaimed Letters. Following is a list of unclaimed lottors remaining in the Walhalla post oftiCO for tho WOOkending December 8, HMM: Mrs. Annie Creswell, Mrs. C. K. Denton, Mrs. Fred GliyottO, Miss Mable Howard, Misa Idly Hong. John Coliban, Kev. Kobert Cobb, J. K. Crawford, J. Euglo, Jop. Fisb01', JameCeorgo, L. I). Jems. Kelsens calling fol' any of tho above will please say that they aro advertised. J. M. Merrick, Postmaster. Dr. S. J. McElroy Weds. II ait well Sun: A wedding that was <|tiite a surprise to many took placo tit H ll ffnlo, S.C.. when Dr. S. J. McKlroy. au elderly physician practicing there, and originally from OcotlCO county, was married to Miss Nannie Smith. It is un derstood that soveral months ago Miss Smith had fever and it was while fond ing her that Dr. McKlroy becamo ennui O rod, with tho wedding as thc result. Among the fow witnesses was his son, Dr. H, P. McKlroy, a studout nt tho Modical College, at Charleston. Another Fire in Clinton. Clinton, Deeombor 2. - Anothor fire, the third within a month in Clinton, oc curred hero this morning at 7 o'clock. j Three warehouses, owned by tho J. H. I Khintioy Company, Wm. Mack and Kailey Brothers, were destroyed by lire and for a wdiile there seemed to bo'considerable dangor to the Seaboard Air Kino depot and several adjacent houses. Mr. Watts, I a local broker, owned one of the build* ' bigs tilled with bis wares, on which (boro ?118 fl,OOl) insurance. The balance of the property appears to have been liniu i sured. Fire on World's Fair Pike. st. Louis, December - Further in vestigation by the police and Hie JelTcr I son Cuards stronglhous their belief that ; the liia> on the Pike, which totally de stroyed the streets of Koine and Quo VadiS, and partly destroyed h',dr Japan, On the bowery and Old St. Hollis, was of j incendiary origin. i Olio suspect lins beeil arrested, Arthur 1 V. Dunn, 20 years old. Who gives his oc cupation as waiter. ' In addition to the loss of the building, ! which is estimated at about $5,000, a se I rios of oil paintings valued at $7:"?,001), . wore burned. lt, is believed that a waiter named I Alexander Kryan, called "Scotty," was burned to death. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Hems of News ol thc Past Week Gathered trom Various Sources. Titos, Martin, of beaufort, sold ton . bales of long staple cotton to a Ch a ri CS i ton linn last week at 50 cents per pound. Koports from Ohio show that young! wheat is badly damaged by the drouth, j The outlook is tho most discouraging for years. In a difficulty Sunday night on Tirop I son Crook, live miles West of Clayton, Hud Crone ai ' Willie Watts were se riously wound .. Klaus are on foot to build a knitting mill at, Kesley. People interested aro now in coriespombmce with moneyed men who seem favorably inclined to the pro ject. Keveline officers destroyed two largo; distilleries in Hart county, Goorgia, Inst week. A lot of beer was cut down. Four prisoners and -J? gallons of whiskey were taken in charge. Two deaths resulted from an explosion ? ill a laundry in New Orleans last week. I Tho victims are young girls. Six other! girls were burned so badly that it is be lieved they will die. The census bureau has issued a bulle tin showing tho total number of bales of cotton ginned to November I I was 0,000,- ' 057, which is 2,000,000 moro than at thc same date last year. A freight engine on the Atlantic Coast Kino railway ran over ami killed a lino deer in Florence e.Minty last week. lt was a large doe. She emerged from thc swamps and I ried to cross tho track iii 11 ont ..I the engine President Koosovolt has ox pressed a Willingness io appoint stonewall Jack Son Christian, a grandson of Cen. Jack son, to a oadotship in the West Point Military Academy, The appointment will probably bo beilul id later on. Fred McKollor, about fifteen years .id, was instantly killed at Suinter ubonl 5 o'clock' last Saturday afternoon, while re- , tinning from hunting. Ile was riding a bicycle and bis gun was accidentally ' discharged, the load laking offoct in the, side of his head. Cen. James T. Tynor, of Indiana, for mer Assistant Attorney Honorai of ibo post offico, w ho w as recently dismissed by ! onler of the President, died Munday al i his home in Washington. Tho dismissal grew out of dis connection with tho is suance of fraud orders in the post office depart melli. Lieut. Con. Nelson A. Miles has ac cepted an appoi ut ment as ad jutant gene ral on the stat) of frovernbr-olcot Wil liam K. Douglas, of Massachusetts. lt is also likely that both the positions of adjutant gonoral and inspector general will be tilled by retired officers of the regular army, Private John T. Smith, stationed at Kort Mott. N. J., has been discharged from thc ser vice of the Knited States. Smith is said to have married a negress. In tho oflioial statement given out o is stated that Smith married "a woman ol bail character whose previous marriage baa m.! be. n terminated hy the death of her husband or by any form ot logal separat ion." Mrs. 'I'. C. Harri.-, living at the Allder Cotton Mills, Anderson, on December ."> gave birth to triplets, all boys. Thc in tauts aveiage th 100 anda liait pounds I in Woighl and nrc perfectly formed and ?he attending physician says they will live. Tho mother is doing lindy and the husband and fa thor is doing as weil as could be e\peet ed. Mrs. Harris is only 17 years obi and t his is lier lirsi VOIll ure in motherhood. Jake bradford, colored, ind Mis. J. 0. Plummer have been arrested foi Mm mulder of .1. G. Plummer, w ho was shot and killed last Wednesday night while sitting on his porch in Jacksonville, Fla. I trail ford bas made a confession, impli cating Mrs. Pluinthor. He says that she offered bim money to kill Plummer, but that lio refused to db it; that she tired the fatal shot, banded him thc gun ami he t ook i I away. Defied tho Sheriff in Baricaded House. Fort Worth, Texas, December l.-Tho sequel to tho tragedy that cost tho liven of .Steve McKinney," ins father and a hired man ea their farm near Alvaredo, caine to-day. J. M. Williams, tho triple murderer, barricaded himself in lus homo and d vii od tho oIliooiH. lie sent word to his (laughter, the widowed bride of the mau ho had murdered, that if she did not conn; to ace him he would kill ber. In fear and trembling she wont lo tho house, 'lhere she found ber luther armed with a Winchester rille and in u fron/.y of iago. The oflicom were afraid to Uro into the house foi fear of killing some mem ber of the Williams family whom ho bold pt isoners there to shield him. All night tho ohioers watched from the McKinnoy homo, where lay tho bodies of tho men kilh d by Williams. Finally tho mur derer seated himself by a window, his Winchestor nor OBS hi? hip, he became drowsy, his head dropped on Ins breast and bo slept. Assuring herself that hor father was asleep tho widowed bride stole from tho house and tied to the homo w hore lier husband's body lay. and otlieors wore watching foran opportunity to make the murderer a prisoner. As soon as tho posse learned that Williams was alone they opened tire on tho bouse. Mo was not slow in returning it. Finally tho crack of tho Winchester was hoard no moro in Williams's houso. Caa? tioualy thc sherill entered ami found tho murderer lying prbuo Oil tho Moor willi a bullet through his brain. Siftings from Stamp Crock. Stamp Clerk, Dcceinbor '2. - Warsaw school house lias been rebuilt. School opened yesterday with Miss (.'anio Law rence as lonelier. T. II. lluniiicutt and w ife are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Minnie Massey, in Gainosvillo, (bi. Wo intend to lia ve an all (lay singing at Stamp Creek oh arch on tho third Sun day in this month. .. ' An Ohl Time Remedy. Murray's Horehound Mullein and Tar has in it the |inresi of drugs. All of which wore used by our parents and grandparents, lt is a combination so put together that it cures a cough right ol?. Nothing is bott or for babies. It is a most relist bio otro in all cases of coughs. Ask ymir di uggist for it. They all have it. (?et a bottle now and have il ready. Costs utily 2?c. a bottle-extra large bottles-regular 50o. size. Remem ber to ask for "Murray's" and take no other. Dropped Dead at thc Polls. Augusta, (ia., Docombor :?.-Actively engaged in working about tho polls, saitl to bo in ibo lead ?uni confident of victory, K. H. Lewis, Mantling for election as magistrate of tim upper wards of tim city, fell dead this afternoon shortly before the polls rinsed. Although 7ii yours of ago. Lewis Pf\s active and well preserved. Ho bad made an active, agressive campaign and was steadily gaining nu his younger opponent, Henry Hoad. Lewis was personally meeting voters ?ind soliciting their sup port. Ho was just in the act of offering a ticket to a voter when he was seen to stagger, tut n deathly white, and sink to the sidewalk, only a few feet away from tho polling placo. Physicians wero hastily summoned, but Lewis died in a few minutes from heart failure. Ho was subject to these attacks. Although dead tho friends of Howls continued to cast their votes for him, in the face of in 11 nonce to got them to do otherwise. The pulls closed with Lewis 20 votes in the lead. An Emergency Medicine. For spi nins. In mses, burns, scalds and similar injuries, there is nothing so good ns Chamberlain's l'aiu balm, lt soothes the wound and net only gives instant relief from pain, hut causes the parts to heal in alunit one-third tho time required hy the usual treatment. Sold hy .1. W. Kell, Walhalla, and W. .1. Lunney, Seneca. A Triple Tragedy in Lunatic's Home. Hallsville, Decnmbor it. - Madison .lames, a farmer living about live miles from this place in the Kolloytown sec tion, shot and killed his wifo last night, murdered his bro! her- i ii-In w, Sid Ridley, this morning about 0 o'clock and was himself shot to d oat h about > o'clock this afternoon after nu all day light by a sherill's posse, .banes isa mau about 50 years of age and horotoforo a peaceable, inoffensive man. Two years ago he was sent to the asylum at Columbia and had boon discharged and rel urned home only aboul seven weeks ago. Nut bing is known Of thc events leading up to the killing of his wife last night, except that James had threatened to kill his wife's mother yesterday afternoon, lin shot his wife to deal h in the early part ot last night ami t he ot bel iIllliatOS of the hioise, his wife's mother and his two half grown children, Med at Kellby went io tho house ami tried to induce him to surrender, promising to protect him. Sherill Scarborough and a large posse of men surrounded tho house and tried to shell him mit. James i et urned the lue and a perfect fusillade was kept up until thc man was finally killed. Several men in tin- posse weie slightly wounded. Kvory effort w as made to induce him to surrender, hut all lo nu avail. Some in sist that James was nut erazv when he murdered his wife ami ,u i. Kelley, while ?vhors think lie was insane. The whole altair is a most deplorable uno. W. A. Smith, of Marlboro county, was killed in a peeuliai ami horrible manner !ar.t Saturday night. Ile had been to Ch?rau with a load of corn mid w as re tin nmg utter dark, hi smile way his foot gol caught m the slay chain and IK; fell nude, tho wagon in front ol the w heel. Tho wheel r.m against and partly on top of Mr. .Smith's body, bul could not roll entirely over, na bc was dragged forward Ly the chain in front. Tho mules ian tor about a milo and dragged thc unfortunate victim, with his body supporting the. whee! and preventing it from revolving. Honor Roll ol Mount Tabor School. Following ?H thc honor roll of Mount Tabor school for tho month of Novombor: Kngono Singleton, William S. Dickson, David Dickson, William H. Knox. Snin Knox, Prod Tannery, Alfred Tannery. Pupils' names are placed on tho roll of honor whose standing for tho month is not less than 05 por cont on any study, with 100 per cent on deportment and punctuality. Kmily Compton, Teacher. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MASTER'S_SAL,ES. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OK OCONKK. J lu Ibo Court of Common Pions. PUK', CANT to decrees of tho ahovo named Court, in tho cases men tioned below, ( will sell, to tho high est bidder, in front of tho Court I louse door, iii Walhalla, S. C., hetwoon the legal hours of sale, on salesday in .Janu ary, 1005 tho property below described : Catherine Moody, Plaintiff, against Koxic Moody, in her own right and as tbo administratrix of tho estate of Joseph L. Moody, deceased, and others, Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate in Coonee bounty. State of South Carolina, on Coonee creek, waters of Lit tle river, waters of Koowoo river, adjoin ing lauds of .1. W. Kogels, .janies Kell, Susan [luilllioutt and Martha Moody, containing soventy-ono acres, moro or loss, tho same being a part of a tract of land bought by Catherine Moody at Com missioners' sahi as tho property of .). P. Kool and convoyed by boron tho 28tll day of Kebruary, ISSU, to Joseph Ii. Moody. Terms of Sale: One-half cash on day of sale, balance on credit of ono year, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate pay ment, tho crodit portion to bear interest from day of sale and bo scoured hy n hood of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises; that in tho event of tho failure of the purchaser to "comply with the terms of sale within live days from date of sab; the Master do road vert iso ami resid? said premises on the following salesday or sumo convenient salesday thereafter, at tho sn mo placo and on tho sanio terms as heretofore set out. at tho risk of tho former purchaser, and that he do Contimit! so to do until ho bas lound a ptliohnser w ho complies with tho terms of salo. Purobnsor to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Coonee County, S. C. John I). Vernor, Plaintiff, against Phillip Chambers, Dotondfttlt. Tra? t No. I.-All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Oooiioe county, State of South Carolina, on both sides of Doran and Changa meeks, adjoining lands ot W. J. Dollie, Jacob Kothell. Phillip Chambers and others, containing three hundred and eighty-six acres, more or loss, and hoing the same tract of land known as tho Stolbrnnd land, convoyed lo Phillip Chambers by John I). Vernor by deed bearing date the Otb day of December, I St IS. Tract No. 2.-All that certain pieco, pared or tract of land si tun to in Coonee oounty, Slato of South Carolina, on (Mouiga creek, waters ol' Tugnloo river, adjoining lands of Nancy Long, Isaac Smith and others, containing four hun dred acres, moro or loss, and hoing the same tract of bimi conveyed to Phillip Chambers by L. 1). Chambers by deed bearing dato April I Ith, 1802. Terms of Salo: Ono half cash on day of salo, balance on credit of ono year, w ith leave to the purobnsor to anticipate pay ment, the credit portion to bear interest from day of sale and be secured by a hood of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises: that in tho ovont of tho failure of the purchaser to comply wdth the terms of sale within live days from dato of salo tho Master do rt-advertisc and resell said premises on tho following salesday ur some convenient salesday thereafter, at tho same place and on tho same terms as heretofore set oui, at the risk of the former purchaser, and that he (lo continue so to do until he has found a purchaser who complies with tho terms of sale. I'm chaser to pay extra for pap?is. W. (i. WHITE, Mastor for Coonee County, s. c. I ?eec tn her 7. ISKll. '10-52 I SI RH!. TDK SC KT I KS (} NEATEST SYSTEM, Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. ( loilVOIliont Schedules on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Kates are now in effect to all Florida points. For full information as to rates, routes, et?:., consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or K. w. HUNT, Division Pnssongor Agent, Charleston, S. C. Christmas Presents for Every Member of Any Family. Little Children. Dolls, stooping and awake; Doll Carriages, KnukinR Horses, Littlo Wagons. ' Tin and Iron Toys, Flroworks, Littlo Cups and Sauoers, Toa bots, Hooks, otc. Old Folks. Sot of Crookory, Howl and Hitcher, a dozon Handkerchiefs, sot of Doilies, Table Cloth, sot of Knives and Forks, Hugs, Blanko!s, China Cup and ?Sau cer, an Umbrolla, otc Boys and Yoting Men. Suit Cuses, Trunks, Cuff and Collar boxes, Cull Huttons, Pock ot Knives, Watches, Silk Handkerchiefs, Mulders, Um brellas, Ties, Kaney Vests, Half Hose, Harps, Purses, Suit of Clothes, pair of Clo VOS, etc. G-irls and Young Ladies. Toilet Sots, Comb and brush Sot, Clove and Handkerchief Kuxes, Silk and Linen Hand kerchiefs, Dolts und Hags, China Cups and Saucers, Cako Platos, Cologne, Albums, Silk Waists, cte. If catto.! was 121 cents it would be well for you to look mound, but now since it is 7} COU ts it has become necessary to niako ovory nickle go just as far as possible, big things in proportion. On littlo things wo savo you a littlo, and on Harper, Boyd & Hunt : WK AKK DOWN ON THE COHNER IN NEW HOTEL BUILDING, SENECA, S. C. Splendid Farm.^ 55 Acres. Well stocked. Best tools. 6-H. P. engine. One horse. One mule. Buggy and wagon. . 150 bushels corn. 25 bushels peas. 50 bushels cotton seed. 22 shotes, etc. Fruit trees. KVEUYTHINC UKADY FOR YOU J.KSS THAN TWO MILKS OF ?KKKNVILLK, S. C. ; tf . NI ( ' IO ( .( )TTAG K.??J3 Owner leaving! Hurgnin! Como quick or write us. ThacKstcm ? CgL Son, Greenville, ?S?. C. How About . . J low about annie clean, puro (i roceiies? How about sonic Tinware? How about some "Checks" for the m nd fun and tho children? You will ilnd'thcso tilings at lowest prices by coining to see mo. bring your Chickens, Turkeys, (?cese, Cuinoas, oto., to mo and you will ht) sure to bring thom again. Highest prices for all pro duct'. 1 can savo you something on tho things necessary for Ii To. Give mo a call. E. C. MANN, West Union, S. C. MicKlor's Old Stand. . i , : y .r-/ ?ir. \ , \ iv.*.?ns? CES*";_. <. / / r. J \\?isj? ts Vv > .<./.. i Woy/^s< j L?# IIP? **\ ff i \\.?i 1& Pf I S ? v; ; *fp , o r..im\W^mA ? Iii sMA ? ?l 1 W ?1 . (Uris, sn ve every nd. WADSWORTH PAINTS, OUNS, BTC. Seneca For Fall Plowing and for all kinds of Fall work on the farm* we've a j& splendid stock of the best Imple ments; including such well known makes as LYNCHBURG OHTLLED Plows. Hardware Co,