Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UW&EtSHED EVERY THURSDAY. 3 0 ALIS,) Editobs aitd IGSTON, ;. | Pbopbietoks. ^.CTUESDAY, JAN. 17, 18R9. ;_Y^ftT?:,,.M,,-t^.M.^.- 31.50. 75c ?Jbin ,G. Blue, of Marion, S. 0., onith?'?th inst., at the home of rela-" 2i 'Norvh Carolina. Marion loses if-hex beat citizens and the State a ^te^J-ana^patxiotic""son. - ? Sb Briefe; j%l65}Eepnblican3 and 159 Demo . Save received certificates of election ^|^fcCongre3s.r-The 3rd Tennessee and: the 3rd and - 4th West j^ districls are yet in dispute, ^^astoh Home for indigent elderly arsons has been opened in Charleston. I y half a century ego William En ?jf?p-j^r-we^thy furniture: dealer, died ja|^g^ of his property to found ^^^IfA^ter many years his plan has ^?rjried; "'but..'.: ?gas ay^-Olarison and Dudley, of the njblican -National - Committee, are with^criminal proeecutioh by |^^:ftV/;ilew-- York Prohibition J?-^j?^^t^astpi them with baying stblei*maiiing-lisle, knowing them to be I<e^|)(o. carry: out their plans for stab* If?ecolcr water party.' ^The .Columbia Record saya the Superin dent of Education is at work compiling ?] i^ edi?dn^f the present school law, Mwhen finished will be distributed g^ne^^gittbjwnghout.the State. '^Kon'was published five years ?g?itlfes many changes have been made i^-therCa,"hewediticn~is greatly: need* Martin , the oldest Methodist it in South Carolina, died at his nr^olwnbia last Thursday, after an several weeks. Mr. Martin was |w:Meeklenburg County, N. C, in ^1828 became a member of $oo^ Carolina Conference, Bince ^Jmehe has labored hard in ' the " j$?iof-;ttie Lord.; . tw^york World is making ah jg ^investigation of the use' Of ey:iatheretintPreddontial election. ^bJs&eeh torn aside and tfie ^e^chenie; of political corruption/has ^?i^eiposed. The^rae of unlimited ^^^^4-^: l^611' a*?own; in Indiana, ^ois^eW:Jersey, Michigan and New ^^;:'?Repnnlicah; workers made no ef* iorfetorconcealtheir dirty planB for the Iro??tati?n of voters. Money was openly ir vptes,.the prices ranging-froin*$2 ? "r": ' -' : ? rate': most .'?profitable farming in. the pwprid;iodayos probably the growing of ||&|accoon"tho Island of Sumatra. The ^TOlhe^:is controllecT by; a. number of ; ^^ejDj}f^^8yndjcates.:'One - of these, e"Deli of . Amsterdam,. owns twelve ^ mlatipnaj'from which it sold in-1887, fep^S^aiesrof:: tobacco :of the'1886 crop, '-"jnd^Hfbr -planters' 44,410 bales. f^??i;capital is' $800,000/. its -reserve ?71f?xand its. total working capital It declared;a dividend last ^ear::of.lift; per - cent; besides adding " 174^652.^0 its reserve. .The Arendsbnrg i>?^ its Sa* !m^t?baccb bc^ness. ?r l?ST^ ^hejeoia crop of.1888 is the heaviest ,^er;growh'in this or any other country, ?^ounting. pro bably to ,2,000,000,000, or ^a^rate^of; thirty two bnihels per acre, io yield id' the Southern States averages ;:eleven buihels in North Carolina, against ' ibe--i?^ ten in Florida, " ^tuabels1 in Alabama, nineteen t aye tentha bushels in Texas, seven* ^.bushels 'in Virginia, eleven bushels ^^^are^r twenty-five bushels in l?rylan?, nineteen and seven-tenths nishels in Arkansas, twenty-one and two* 'jhths busheb in Tennessee, and twenty ?t"!and seven-tenths bushels in Kentucky, c^^ia' the ; banner corn State,- her ^^^jield per acre'Deihg thirty-seven janel ? ^publican members of the Senate B^mmifiee on Finance, who have been |in " conference upon the tariff bill for; giw^al'; days, have reached a conclusion i&^tfr: some of the most important ?^ruain the controversy, but haveBever* p^ers;yet to be tackled. The duty on 3ed; clumber, which is now ?2 a ^thousand, ha3 been compromised at $1.25. 3.-Senators from the agricultural iMthe West, where beet and sor-' 5h|um sugar industry is becoming one of! '^grjb?ce, have been induced to agree W??i -reduction of the duty on sugar, 3?6'yided-a bounty of 1 cent a pound is aid . upon; all sogar, whether from cane, j'bt^or sorghum produced in the United SJates., The duty on barbed wire will ^^ptfreduced,.although a strong effort |has; been made by the representatives of ie p'rairi8 States to that end. The duty jr^trnctaral iron, which is now 11-10' cejftsva- pound, wiU be'reduced to 8 or 9 il&-a po?nd, and the duty on steel shrill be fixed at $14 a ton. je committee appointed by the Sonth rn Kppablicans in Congress to correspond ith.representative Southern Bepublicanp cSoath concerning their choice of a SS-ffom the South for a Cabinet position in der. Mr. Harrison met a few days ago in "^ffijngton to report. Many letters ^received. Ninety per cent, of the iwers favor Mahoae for Postmaster Jeneral.' For Attorney General, Gen. Eenderaon of Missouri, Bradley of Ken ^'iBaxter of Tennessee, and Gen. ?gstreet are urged, the latter especially B*jflBe>it is said it would show that the SWican party has determined to re ^;the Confederate element and it roqfdfbe.the first step toward breaking .aolid South. One letter from ?'.well known politician and Confederate iAlabama, stated that, in the writer's puii?a,;if Gen. Harrison should appoint 'o??'erar Republicans to every Cabinet sHion.from the Secretaryship of State " Attorney General, the South would r'in as compact and "solid" as it ever "It is not," be sayB, "the. catering Deining politicians by a Republican idont that .will effect a disbandment ^?ples, but a sympathy and alliance ,h.; those principles. The Souihern ^hi^?Voted.the Democratic ticket for a il reason, and until that reason was idsted he would continue to do so as ao^as. life clang to him." ? :::>f-;;- - ? * ?. ^ "^fj^-is now. Baid that George Vander wjif;& college for the education _ onThe. tracts off land that he ?ly.booghtnear"A8hevilIe,N. O. Unless tbe President should in terpose a veto it is quite probable that Gen. Harri? son will have eight instead of seven men to select for his Cabinet, as the members of the House committee of conference upon the bill creating the new Depart? ment of Agriculture and Commerce are willing to recede from their position and accept the demands of tbe Senate. The principal issue has been tbe transfer of the signal service from tbe War Depart? ment to tbe Agricultural Department, which has been insisted upon by the House but opposed by the Senate. Those in charge of the bill.in the House are of , the opinion that it is better to surrender this point than to lose the bill entirely,; but they will expect in another Congress ] to amend it. so that not only the signal; service but the land office shall be added; to the new department. It is understood, however, that the President is not entire-; ly satisfied with the bill and-is likely to : veto it. _' THE CLEMSON BEQUEST. Senator Edward's Criticism of Governor Richardson. . News and Courier. Dabungton, January 11. ?The great interest shown in the ultimate fate of the: Clemson bequest induced your correspon? dent to solicit an interview with Col. B. j W. Edwards, the Senator from Darling? ton County, and the folio ling was the result: "Do you object to expressing your j views on the situation of the Clemson College bill?" I have never suffered my eel i to be interviewed on any subject; but it seems; to me there is much misapprehension on the subject which is strengthened by the Governor's action, that ought to be corrected. - "In what does this misap prehension consist?" Passing over the objection made to the will it ia a misapprehension to suppose, that the acceptance by tbe State would be prejudicial to the claims of Mr. Calhoun's granddaughter, as she is called. If the State does'not accept, the property goes under the will, to the trustees appointed by Mr. Clemson, and not to Miss Lee, unless the will fails. Mr. Clemson knew that his granddaughter had already had a share of the Calhoun property, and he also, knowing her. circumstances, made what he considered ample provision for her in this same will. Then he provides that the balance of hia estate shall be taken by the State for the benefit of a /large class of her citizens, expressing his confidence that the Legislature will supplement his donation and enlarge its benefits. Is this really, his will? No? body can read tho paper and doubt it, and nobody can gainsay, the fact that the bulk of the property willed to the State in trust was acquired by. his own skill and industry, was his own to dispose of as he choose. And yet here is a young lady .who is a party provided for under that will, and well off already, who comes in to defeat the wishes of the testator in respect to his own/and the opponents of the bill have, gravely insisted that the State should commit a quasi breach of 'tru3t and help her to defeat the will. To be sure there , is no technical breach of a . trust, never accepted, but I think we should consu - r it bad faith in an individ? ual to.declin: to accept a trust committed to him bya confiding friend for the purpose of helping another to defeat the wishes of his friend. And yet the State of South Carolina is passionately plead with to do just that thing. "But are you not putting the case rather strongly ? Is Miss Lee contesting the will at all?' No she i^not attacking the will direct? ly, but is moving on it indirectly, and her allies are asking the State to stand still and mask the movement until it is accomplished; This is a more unjustifi? able policy for the State than tbe other. "But Miss Lee is only suing for the Fort Hill property on the ground that it did not belong to Mr. Clemson?0 Only that, I believe, (with rents and profits.) But what will be the effect of a recovery ? There are eighty thousand dollars outside of the the Fort Hill prop : erty, which, ? under the will, is for the endowment of a college upon the Fort Hill property. ' Now the State has three years within which, to accept or reject . the offer before the trustees appointed by Mr. Clemson can take. Unless the State accepts or refuses to accept, therefore, nothing passes to either party under tbe will. Suppose then. Miss Lee, within that time, gains the Fort Hill property, .the legacy of the other property may lapse, because the trust coupled with it is, in that case, impossible of execution, and then, as Mr. Clemson's only lineal descendant, she will take the fruit of her own indirection against the express wishes of her ancestor,, which would be a premium on sharp practice. And the State is implored to help out the scheme. Tbe people of South Carolina are gener? ous and noble, but I don't think they will appreciate the tying of their hands until another comes in and despoibi them and takes oh? a handsome fortune which the owner has generously bestowed on his own fellow-citizens. "Well, would not the legacy fail any way in case of Miss' Lee's recovery of Fort Hill?" No. If South Carolina accepts before the suit is determined, and within the time limited, the personal property will immediately vest, and if she rejects the offer then it will immediately vest in Mr. Clemson's trustees. But if the State can be kept from acting at all both are defeated. "Would not the action of the State then obstruct Miss Lee's suit, and inci? dentally militate against her right?" No. Another misapprehension is that the State would thus become a party to tbe suit. The opponents of the bill know very well that she would not, neither would she be in the way of any of Miss Lee's rights. She would only be in the way of the commission of a wrong upon Mr. Clemson and the youth of the State. She would not be in the way of Miss Lee's recovering all that Bhe has a right to. "Do you really think this delay policy is a scheme to give Miss Lee an undue advantage ?" I make no . unkind charges against anybody, but I should be crediting her distinguished counsel with great obtuse ness to suppose that they had not Been the point. "You think then that Governor Rich? ardson, in withholdtng his signature, made a mistake." I do. I only criticise the executive act. I would not criticise Governor Richardson, for I know him to be a man of generous impulses and genuine patri? otism. But, whether wittingly or unwit? tingly, by the execntive act or other motion, he has given aid to a scheme which may defeat the right. He has tied his own hands and the State's for at least a year. Suppose withia that time Miss Lee gets judgment for Fort Hill, the balance of the profits melts like snow. If the Governor-had signed the bill, he wonld then, as chief executive, have been master of the situation, but instead of that he has shorn himself of power by its negative exercise. The course pur? sued was partisan in its effect, and was right in the face of the popular will just expressed by a Legislature fresh from the people. "Then would you not have the Gover? nor exercise his individual opinion against the Legislature and veto a measure upon. his own judgment ?" K He has the right to veto any measure upon bis own judgment. The power should only be exercised in exceptional cases, and never as a partisan measure. The power is intended to protect the State in cases of ill-advised legislation, or unconstitu? tional measures. In this case the Governor has not vetoed the bill, but has resorted to a more objectional mode of defeating it. It is an exercise of tbe veto power under cover. The Constitu? tion provides that if the Governor does not approve of a bill he shall ru.jrn it with his objection to the General Assembly. The Legislature and the; people had a right to expect;him to give his reasons for withholding asseDt. Frankness required that he should have given satisfactory reasons to the people for rejecting their wishes, or assumed the responsibility of acting upon reasons which did not satisfy them. "But the Constitution does not require the Governor to veto every measure which he does not approve ?" No.. But it would be a much better method than to defeat it indirectly, The provision under which he is covered is clearly intended to limit tbe 'veto power, not to enlarge it. But he has ayailed himself of this opportunity to evade the check, and use it for exactly the opposite purpose, and being shielded by the letter of the Constitution he has broken the spirit of it, and exercised the veto power in a double aspect. He defeats the measure, and at the same time,'.. ifeats Mr. Clemson's trustees. "How is that ? It is only a temporary suspension of the law and of the rights of the trustees ?" ? Yes, but I have shown you bow that may effect entire defeat. If the tempo? rary injunction should be dissolved to? morrow neither the Governor nor any one else can -.vail himself of the oppor? tunity. -Now observe, the Constitution in providing the mode of making laws does not confer upon tbe Executive the . power to continue or suspend the opera* tion of an Act. It only restrains him from returning it, unless tbe Legislature prevents him from doing it. In this case the Governor has converted the restrain? ing clause into a positive power, which is not in keeping with the purposes of the provision. He knew that the matter had been fully and ably discussed in both houses, and that the question of delay was a part of the discussion. He had had the bill long enough to consider it. It is'impossible to say the course was un? avoidable and impartial. If he had really needed time to consider the bill further, he was justifiable in taking it, but to use the limitation to accomplish indirectly what the provision never con? templated, was a mere expedient and an unfortunate precedent Fine Straw and Ramie Manufacture. Mr. J. D. Stanley of-Eastover has ex? hibited at the JSegister office, some fine samples of fibre prepared from pine needles and from ramie, and ready to be spun into a serviceable fabric. The News and Courier has claimed for a gentleman in Charleston the honor of successfully solving the problem of pre? paring the bark of the ramie plant so as to be ready to be carded and spun, but the honor of previous solution would seem to belong to Mr. Stanley, who has been experimenting in this direction for some time, and has discovered a chemical and mechanical process by which to accom? plish the much desired end. He some time ago achieved this con? summation of his investigations and has already applied for le' vs patent covering his process, and expects that his applica? tion for a patent will be granted, if, in? deed, it has not already been. The samples he shows are very inter? esting, and .the ramie fibre has a B?ken appearance, which makes it, when spun and woven, a very rich and handsome fabric, capable" of being died any color. Mr. Stanley has been enabled to per? fect his process for preparing pine Btraw fibre so that he can produce it, ready for spinning, at a cost of only S7 a ton. This fibre can be made into cotton bagging, floor matting, etc., and for either uso it compares favorably with the product made from jute.' His machinery at Eaetover has a ca? pacity for preparing one ton of pine straw fibre ready for spinning per day. This woven into bagging would be able to be supplied at three cents a yard, and reck? oning six yards to the bale, the low cost of the new fabric and the great saving to the cotton planter over tbe present bag? ging is easily figured. The weight of the six yards is but 10} pounds,?Columbia Register. His Sight Restored by Prayer. ~ Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9.?Mr. John Wright, 75 years of age, a prominent citizen of Pike County, claims to have I been suddenly cured of blindness by prayer. One day, three years ago, while returning home from Zebulon, a strange dizziness came over him, and by the time he reached home he was stone blind. The family have since tried every remedy in vain. Mr. Wright prayed that sight might be restored to him before death. Several days ago, sitting on his front piazza, he felt a strong men? tal hallucination and an instant later his sight was restored. The neighbors for miles around are visiting Wright's home to get from his own lips the story of his recovery. ? James G. Blaine, Jr., has made arrangements to enter the Maine Central Railroad repair shop as an apprentice under Master Mechanic Pillsbury. Young Blaine has decided to become a mechanical engineer. He enters upon bis new work at once. ? It has been estimated that an aver? age of five feet of water falls annually over the whole earth. Supposing that condensation takes place at an average height of 3,000 feet, the force of evaparo tion to supply such rainfall mu3t equal the lifting of 322,000,000 pounds of water 3,000 feet in every minute, or about 300,000,000 horse power constantly exert? ed. The laws of the State. Among the important Acts passed at the recent session of the General Assem? bly were the following: To provide for the establishment of sep? arate School Districts in the several cities, incorporated towns and villages in this State, to authorize the levy and collection of Special Taxes therein, and to authorize the levy and collection of Special Taxes, in the several School Districts now formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorporated towns and villages. Section t. That for the purpose of establishing and maintaining graded or other public schools in any city, incor? porated town or village in this State, such city, incorporated town or village desiring to establish and maintain the same, and to receive the benefits of this Act, are hereby constituted and declared to be separate school districts. Section 2. That the voters of said school districts who return real or personal property of the value of one hundred dollars taxation are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any constitutional or other tax for like purposes, and for said purposes the trus? tees of said -school districts, upon the written request of a majority of resident freeholders of the age of 21 years and over, shall call a public meetingjof said taxpayers at any time before the 1st day of June, each year, which meeting must be advertised in a newspaper published in such city, incorporated town or village once a week for two weeks or posted in three conspicuous places to such school district for said length of time; and when assembled said meeting shall have the pow? er to elect a chairman and secretary, to adjourn from time to time, to levy such, special tax, not exceeding two mills, and to appropriate the same to such school, purposes as a majority present shall see fit; that no tax so levied shall be repeal? ed at any subsequent meeting; that with? in ten days after said meeting tbe chair? man thereof shall furnish the board ot trustees of such school districts and the county auditor with the amount so levied and tbe auditor shall enter tbe same on his tax duplicates, and the county treasurer shall collect the same as other county and State taxes; such levy shall be a lien on the property in such school district, which shall be subject thereto in case of default of payment; that said tax so collected shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the board of trustees, countersigned by the county school commissioner: Provided, that any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expiration of any fiscal year shall be paid out as herein provided and to be used for like purposes. Section 3. That the voters of any school districts now formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorporated towns or villages in this State who return real or personal property for taxation of the value of $100, desiring to levy a tax not exceeding two mills, for tbe uses and purposes hereinbefore mentioned in this Act, are hereby authorized and empower? ed to levy, collect and disburse such tax in the same manner and upon the same conditions prescribed in Section 2 of this Act for the levy, collection and disburse? ment of taxes for separate school districts in cities, incorporated towns or villages in this State: Provided, that this Act shall not interfere with any school dis? trict which has heretofore been created by special Act. Section 4. Each taxpayer, when be pays any tax for school purposes, voted under the provisions of tbis Act, shall have the right to designate to which ? school in his district he wishes the money paid by him to go, and the treasurer shall keep a note of such designation and the money shall be applied as thus designated. Where no destination is made by tbe taxpayer at the time of such payment the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district. Section 5. That it shall be the duty of the county board of examiners, as soon as the written request provided for in Section 2' shall have been made, to appoint three freeholders in said school district or districts to act as trustees thereof. Section 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provis? ions of this Act be, and tbe same are hereby, repealed. Superintendent of Highways. An Act to abolish tbe office of Superin? tendent of Highways. Section 1. That the office of Superin? tendent of highways now provided for by law be, and the same is hereby, abol? ished. Section 2. That all of the duties now imposed by law up :>n the superintendent of highways be, and the same hereby are, devolved upon the county commissioners of tbe several counties of this State. Section 3. That all Acts, or parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act be, and the same hereby are, repealed. ? A correspondent of the New York Evening Post gives a graphic account of the way in which money was spent by both parties to carry New Hampshire at the last Presidential election. He scrib? es Senator Chandler hastening from Washington to the rescue of the imperil? ed State, and how, when he saw the manner in which things were.going, he hastened back to Massachusetts, where he obtained such large Bums from the manu? facturers that "he returned laden with fat." The Democrats also, he says, were well supplied with money, and the contest depended on the longest purse. ?'In one of the large villages in the northern part of the State the price of votes was openly run up in the town hall to $225 apiece. In another part of the back towns the vote for Representatives was a tie on the first ballot, ai.d, on the second ballot, the price of votes was bid up to $95 each. In Manchester the overseers in'lhe mills stood on tbe streets, money in hand and bought votes openly.'' He adds: "The worst of it was that the money was given by men who knew per? fectly well the uses to which it jvas to be put. They were the large Republican manufacturers and merchants of tbe Northern States. They were the promi? nent members of our churches, and tbey j have done more to demoralize our politics than Tweed ever did in New York." ? The medical profession does not seem to be so overstocked in Russia as in other countries. There are only eighteen thousand doctors for a popula? tion of one hundred millions. About 40 per cent, of the wbole population, and 94 per cent, of the poor, die without having had medical attendance. There are no statistics, however, to show whether on the average a Russian enjoys a longer or shorter life than his neighbors who are more amply supplied wiih medical advisers. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Holly Hill, Jan. 11.-?A horrible accident occurred near here this afternoon at the saw mill of Perry L. Smith. Ellie Scott, workingman at the mill, stumbled Over a piece of scantling and was precipi? tated across the saw while in motion. His body was severed just below the hips, death resulting almost immediately. Corydon, Ind., Jan. 10.-r-Ed Stark was killed in a peculiar manner while hunting in Meade county, Kentucky. While blowing'in the muzzle of his gun his dog came up, wagging his tail, with which he struck the trigger, discharging the gun, The top of Stark's head was blown off and death was instantaneous. s0ca8tee, Horry Co., January 13.? News of a most horrible accident has been received here by* wire from Port Harrel 8on, this couuty. Yesterday a little son of John Davis, colored, fell into a bin of boiling roein at the distillery of J.R. Dusenbury & Co., and was literally cooked alive before help could reach him. The child was only abont 6 years old, and was horribly burned. Taunton, Mass., Jan, 18.?Milton Bean died this evening at New Morton hospital of the effects of frightful burns received Saturday night. Bead while drunk upset a lighted pipe in his pocket as he laid down on the roadside. The pipe ignited some matches, and his clothing, covered with tar, caught fire, and the man in a second was a human torcb. His suffering were frightful, not an inch of his body being spared by the flames. Washington, Jan. 13.?Passengers who arrived to night on the Piedmont Air Line from the South report a delibe? rate attempt to wreck the train last night near the Western border of South Caro? lina. The train left Atlanta at 6.15 p. m., and while coming down a mountain Bide at great speed between Fredala and Westminster it suddenly collided with an obstruction, throwing the passengers out of their seats and badly damaging the cars, Upon investigation it was found that an oak tie had been placed upright on a high trestle over a ravine, and that two large stones had also been placed upon the track. The rate of speed at which the train was going, however, broke the tie in twain and ground the stones to atoms; The passengers say that the high speed of the train was the only thing that averted a great disaster. Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 12.?-The body of Rev. W. L. Parker, rector of Christ Episcopal church, this city, who mys? teriously disappeared on November 30 (St. Andrew's day) immediately after holding services at his church, was found pn the lake shore near here this morning. The violent gale of Wednesday brought the body to the surface. It is now cer? tain that the nnfortnnate man, who con? stantly gave to the needy more than he could afford, committed suicide to escape his creditors. Pittsb?rg, Pa,, Jan. 14.?A apecial from Youngstown, Ohio, Bays: Passen? ger train No. 8, bound for New York, on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Bailroad, while running fifty miles an hour this morning, struck a freight train, head on, near Talmadge, Ohio. Both engineers, both firemen and eight pas? sengers were killed and fourteen passen? gers badly injured. The freight train was attempting to make aiding, and had sent out a flagman, who failed to signal the passenger train. Hartselle, Ala., Jan. 11.?Bev, Berry Bains, a Methodist preacher, was murdered last night in the western part of this (Morgan) connty. Bains, hie brother Bob, and a man named Sims had been to Somerville, Morgan county, and started for their homes late in the after? noon. The minister's horse reached home riderless late at night, and the family of the missing man at once insti? tuted a search. This morning they found the dead body of Bains lying by the roadside, abont eight miles from his homo. He had been stabbed to the heart with a large dirk knife. An inquest is now in progress, but the murder is still shrouded in mystery. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 10.?TenyoarB ago Jacob Bird was Bent to the peniten? tiary from Dakota county for murder. He hasBpent the past ten years in Still water and fully expected to spend the remaining days of his life at that insti? tution, but the governor heard certain matters which led him to issue a pardon. Recently the brother of the prisoner died, and on his deathbed confessed the murder for which his brother was then suffering an undeserved punishment. The presiding judge, the prosecutor and others connected with the original trial petitioned for pardon. Bird never gave any intimation of his knowledge that he was sufferi ng for his brother's crime No Winter in Maine. Augusta, Me., Jan. 11.?The Kenne bee Biver is open for navigation from Augusta to the sea, the ice having gone out last night. The condition of the riv? er is unprecedented. The ice men are the greatest sufferers, not a pound of ice having been harvested up to this time. Ordinarily these houses are half filled. Their fields are now all open water. The weather is spring like to-day, and reports from the lumber regions are that the lumber men are in a sorry situation. The snow is all gone. ? Tom Jackson, a prominent colored man in Athens, Qa., has been working there as a tailor for several years and has saved his money. Now he says he is going to Africa as a missionary. He proposes to spend a year more here pre? paring himself for his work, and then he intends to go to Liberia, and from that ?point he will push forward bis work. Jackson is a thoroughly religious man and confidently expects to do good missionary service. He proposes to build a church in Liberia and then to push into the in? terior, where he thinks work is most needed. He will not go as a missionary of any denomination, but of his own ac? cord, intending to support himself. He has sold bis shop and will leave Athens in a few days. ? A Cincinnati establishment each year beats out twenty-one thousandfold dollars into gold leaf, and as each dollar can be made into a sheet that will carpet two rooms sixteen feet six inches square some idea may be formed of its tenuity. It requires fourteen hundred thickne-ses of gold leaf to equal a sheet of thin paper, and two hundred and eighty thousand to form an inch. ? Only four gowns of American silk have ever been made. Of ihese Mrs. Garfield was given one, Mrs. Tom Thumb bought another, and Mrs. J. T. H rinB, of Middleboro, Mass., is now having one made from material furnished by Bilk worms of her own raising. ? A clergyman was preparing his dis* course for Sunday, stopping occasionally to review what he had written and to erase that which he was disposed to dis? approve when he was accosted by his little son, who numbered but five sum? mers : "Father, does God- tell you what to preach ?" "Certainly, my child." "Then what makes you scratch it out?" ? An ingenious stopper has lately been patented for use in bottles containing poisons. The stopper is made of India rubber, and is surmounted by a perforated ball of India rubber, brightly colored bo as to render it distinctive in the light, and containing a bell, which rattles when the bottle is moved, thus drawing atten? tion to the character of its contents, even though it be impossible to see the label. ? New Orleans is busy getting up subscriptions to build a $2,000,000 hotel. Subscribers will pay $2.50 a month on each share of stock until $100 is paid. ? Fifty thousand King's Daughters will celebrate the third anniversary of the society on the 11th of this month. Its deeds of charity, quietly performed, are more numerous than those of many older organizations. ? The Hon. John McClure, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and one of the most brilliant men in the Republicsn party of Arkansas, has pub* lished a long letter expressing his views on the race problem, and declaring that its solution will be found in continuing the ballot to the negro, but not to permit' him to hold office. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Pendletox, S. O., Jan. 15,1889. JD. SMITH'has this day made an as-: . signment to me of all of his prop? erty?Beal and Personal?for the benefit of his creditors. All persons indebted to the said J. D. Smith are hereby notified to make payment to me. A meeting of the creditors are hereby called on the 30th day of January at my Store at Fendleton, 8. C., at 11 o'clock a. m. P. H. E. SLOAN, Assignee. Jan 17,1889_28_2_ TO ADVERTISERS A list of 1000 newspapers divided into. STATES and SECTIONS will be sent on application?FB EE. To those who want their advertising to pay, we can offer no better medium for thorough and effective work than the va? rious sections of our Select Local List. ' GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce Btreet, New York. Jan 17,1889 28 4 S T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, P. B. Galley has ap? plied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Sallie A. Gailey, deceased. These are therefore to eite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Sallie A. Gailey, deceased, to be and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 31st day of January, 1889, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 10th day of January, 1889. ? W. F. COX, Judge of Probate. Jan 17,1889_28_2 Mortgagee's Sale. BY virtue of authority contained in a Chattel Mortgage executed to the Pelzer Manufacturing Company by W. D. Goodwin on the fourth day of April, A. D. 1888, I will sell to the highest bidder at Pelzer, in said State, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of January, 1889, the following personal property: One pair bay horse-Mules, 1G hands high, 8 years old. One bay horse-Mule, 15 hands high, 4 years old. ? One black horse-Mule, 15 hands high, 8 years old. One bay mare-Mule, 142 handB high, 4 years old. One pair brown mare-Mules, 141 hands high, 7 and 8 years old. One black horse-Mule, 15 hands high, 8 years old. One brown more-Mule, 14 hands high, 9 years old. One black mare-Mule, with white nose, 15 hands high, about 12 years old. One bay mare-Mule, 16 hands high, about 12 years old. One bay horse-Mule, 14 hands high, 7 years old. ALSO, Two Brick Machines. One Pug Mill One 12-horse power Steam Engine and Boiler. Lot of brick-yard Tools, consisting of Picks, Shovels, Wheel-barrows, Black? smiths' Tools, etc. Four two-horse Wagons and Harness. Six Dump Carts and Harness. One six-horse power Portable Steam En? gine and Boiler. One Planer. One Dry Kiln Apparatus. And on the following day, in the City of GreeHvilJe, S. C, a small lot of Groce? ries. Terms?Cash. Purchaser to pay for any papers required. P. D. GILREATH, Agent. PELZER M'P'G. CO., ? Mortgagee. Jan 17,1889. 28 2 Notice of Dissolution. THE partnership heretofore existing be? tween the undersigned under the Firm name of Murray, Breazeale &? Murray in the practice of Law, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Cases now pending with which the Firm has been connected will be conducted by the old Firm. J. S. MURRAY; J. E. BREAZEALE, E. B. MURRAY. Jan 1; 1889_23_8 "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. JL3l AH persons having demands against the Estate of John Brown, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within tue time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. MRS. E. AMANDA BROWN, ANDY E. BROWN, Administrators. Jan 3,1889 26 3 NOT.C:^ OF FINAL SETTLMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned will apply to the Judge of Pro? bate at Anderson C. H., S. C, on the 17th of January, 1889, for a Final Settlement of the Estate of John T. Milford, deceased, and a discharge fro-a her office as Ad? ministratrix of said Estate. MARTHA J. MILFORD, Adm'x. Dec 13, 1888 23_5 W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE gentlemen. Beit In the world. Examine nil 8K.OO GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE. B4.00 H-JfOJEWED WM.T SHOE. ?3.30 POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE. 82.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. ? 2.25 WORKINGMAN'8 SHOE. ??___ 83.00 and ?1.7? HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES* All made In Congress, Button and Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS 83 SHOE lafdTE8. . Best Material. Best Style. Belt Fitting. II not sold by your dealer, write _ _. __ W. L, DOUGLAS? BROCKTON, MASS. FOR SALE BY C. F. JONES & CO., Anderson. S. C. THE PLACE TO BUY. NEW STORE, NEW GOODS, AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES, BOTH CASH AND TIME. Our Two Store Booms are Filled with PLANTATION SUPPLIES. Large Supply New Orleans Molasses, Fall stock best and freshest Flour, Corn, Coffee, Sugar, &c. &c. STANDARD FERTILIZERS! CENEROSTEE FERTILIZER, ATLANTIC FERTILIZER. No. better Grades of Guanos are made than these. Try them. PLOW STOCKS AND PLOWS. Complete line of Flow Implements at Low Prices. No man can undersell us when quality of goods is considered. Call and try us before you buy. 22. W. BROWIT & SOITS. SYLVESTER BUCKLEY CO. T, .EE New Year finds this enterprising Firm still on its feet, active and alive, with the best hopes for its success in the future. The business done by them during the past four months has been far beyond their most sanguine expectations. Their large Store? room and Warehouses are now filled with? GOODS OF EVERY CHARACTER, Embracing almost everything needed on the Farm in the way of SUPPLIES and IMPLEMENTS. Also, a full line of? DRY GOODS, From which the Ladies can select the rarest Bargains in anything they want. . Several Car Loads FLOUR?all grades?now in stock. Several Car Loads MOLASSES?all grades?row in stock. One hundred Boxes TOBACCO?bought cheap?must go. Pure Red Rust Proof and Texas OATS. NATL8?all sizes. TENNESSEE WAGONS?the best in the market. Full assortment Double and Single-foot PLOW STOCKS. BOY DIXIES at $3.00. Car Load STEEL PLOWS. BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, HARNESS, LEATHER, Everything we have and you want, At prices that wil buy them! Bring the Ladies and Children and make our Store your headquarters. We have a full corps of efficient and accommodating Salesmen to attend your wants. We will also have for sale this Spring? STANDARD BRANDS OF FERTILIZERS. Thanking our old friends for their continued patronage, and soliciting your trade for the present year, promising that we will do all we can to save you money, we are Yours truly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO. Jan 10,188? 27 2,000 Bushels Corn, 2,000 Bushels Spring Oats for Sale. Magnolia Hams, Harvey's Strictly Pure Lard, Dried Beef, Irish Potatoes for Seed, Northern Baldwin Apples at $1.00 per bushel, Receive Fresh Groceries by every train. All of which we will sell Cheap. Give us a call before buying?No. 1 South Main Street. B. F. CRAYTON & SONS. GRAND COMBINATION of BARGAINS C. A. REED'S EMPORIUM, WHERE you will always find a good as? sortment of the best makes of Baggies, Car? riages, Wagons and Harness, at LOW and HONEST PRICES. Every one KNOWS that it is cheapest to buy a First Class SEWING MACHINE. I have exclusive sale for this section of South Carolina for the Leaders?such as NEW _ _ HOME, DOMESTIC, WHITE, DAVIS, ST JOHN, WHEELER & WILSON, FAVORITE, AMERICAN and UNION, all sold un? der a five years guarantee. Don't be deceived into buying cheap and worthless Ma. chines. You will regret such poor economy. After careful examination, I am satisfied that I can offer my customers the Best and Cheapest? PIANOS AND ORGANS This or any other State affords, and I DEFY COMPETI? TION as to Price and Terms on First Class Instruments. Church and Sunday School Organs a Specialty. Correspondence solicited. Address, C. A.. ?.E1DD, Agent, Anderson, S. C. 1889. .1889 AS we are about to enter upon a new year, we deem it necessary to Btaie a few faots to our friends and customers. It is our purpose to run a Strictly First Class Heavy Groce? ry Business, to keep a Large and well-selecttd Stock at all times, bny for Cash and sell close lor Cash. In or? der to carry out our plans we are compelled to sell lor the Cash strictly, and not run an Account with any one for over Thirty Days. To hny and sell for Cash guarantees to every one Groceries at Low Figures and one price. Call and see us. Yours truly, McCEE & LICON. Jan 3,1869 27 TRY THE BARGAIN STORE I WHERE you will find a good article of Goods for the price asked. I keep a variety of Goods, such as Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Crockery and Tinware, Fine Pistols, Ammunition, Musical Instruments, Fine Razors, Steel Shears, that will keep the ladies in a good humor; Notions, Toys of all kinds, Fine Tobacco and Cigars, Hone Shoes and Axle Grease that will help a horse up the hill every time. I sell the best Garden Seeds tbat are grown, and I have bought the right for Anderson County to sell the New Patent Peerless Smoothing Iron. This Iron is heated by a lamp. You can go to a cool room or under a shade tree to iron your clothes. To see it is to buy it. No household is complete without one of them. I also run in connection with my busineaa some LUNCH TABLES, When you feel like something nice and good to eat, come and see me, and I will show you how to feed people cheap at all hours in the day. Fresh Apple and Peach Cider always on hand. WHEN YOU WANT A GOOD MEDICINE For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Indigestion or Chills and Fever call on mo, for -urely have it. ^ ^ BOH ANNO W, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. BREAZEALE&LONG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ?8* Office over G. W. Fant & Son's Book Store. Jan 10,1889_27_<hu Fresh~ Buckwheat Flour. OR sale by A. B. TOWERS. NOTICE TO Administrators, Executors, Guardians, And Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executors, Guar? dians and Trustees are hereby noti? fied to make their Annual Returns to this office during the months of January and February as required by law. W. F. COX, Judge of Probate. Jan 10,1889 27 5 FORCED SALE OF $25,000.00 WORTH OF O-QOIDS ALTHOUGH our sales this Fall bare been, perhaps, 83 per cent larger than ever before, still having anticipated a big trade we find oureelf with stacks of Goods in all Departments that must and ehall be sold at some price. So from now until the 15th of January we make a? Sweeping Deduction in jE? ^Ei? Jl O ZED S All along the line. We do not buy Goods to keep? we cannot afford it. Our trade demands ? new, fresh Goods every season, and we are bound to keep, abreast with the times. We promise that whenever we get so that we cannot keep up with this progressive age, and sell reliable Goods at least as low, if not lower, than other people, at once will we quit this busi? ness, and .go to ploughing at 25c a day. We Mean Business! And recognize the truth that it is emphatically to our interest to give our customers? Full Value for their Money. We look not merely to the pres? ent but to the future. * We would call the especial attention of the Ladies to our reduced prices on all Winter Dress Goods?Woolens, Silts, Millinery, Ac. &c. Any rea? sonable offer on these Goods will not be refused. We wonld say to our Farmer friends that as the season for buyug Provisions is near at band, we, as usual, are fully armed and equipped to supply their wants. Large lots of Ba? con, Salt, Molasses, Sogar, Cof? fee, and one thousand barrels of Flour on hand. Let ns insist on every one to call and give us at least one showing. Very respectfully, R? S. HlliXi? p. s. A few of the Celebrated White Sewing MacMnes For sale at low price?. They are the kind we use in our Man? tua Making Department. N. B. We give fair notice to every? body owing ua, or the old Firm of Hill, Adams & Co., without a single exception, that they must pay up in full by January, first. E. S. H. /i