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^B?pDKZdBHE? ?KES? THURSDAY. ?^>C. C.JLANGSTON, . j : iPeopbietobs. : THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 18?9. Tne-'DoibAm jCotton Manufacturing "^CtfmjjshytbfDurham, N. C., has paid 12 _;-per cant for the past year?two semi-an ^^^l|alvidend? of 6 per cent. Cotton ^^^^wturing generally was profitable . iii the South last year . ;:;TnoAtlanta (^hsi^uiwn says the;lead ^g},JSodthern Republicans are how com l^^^O froht. There are great droves t;!ffiem?so many, in fact, that if all iad-vbte'dforHarrison, it would not bave an^necessa'ry' "for him to carry New fork.. - ' ? ^^SA^gnj^a.?? Ghrw?c? says last year i68?,00tt^re invested in the South lumg^nd manufacturing enterprises. o.b?ls; of this vast sum was Northern oney; The large investments in 1888 ^b^more thaja duplicated in. 1889 and 101succeeding.; year. dtcj^ J.7Takahiihe, the Commissioner of iicwtu^ I&se$;with the^South Carolina Exhibit ^we-;New v0rleahs;;rExpoaition7' has ^Arrangements to have shipped "vt?'rock from: South Carolina to -? .und bring 'in "return -fish' scrap, " Jis used in manufacturing ammoni ^^Vtijlizera. ' ^I'here was ? meeting of theRepublican ^te^Sseeutivei Committee in. Columbia , few? days ago; : They decided torecom ren&; ?6 - the proper?:.aathoritieathe. f?talent of,Gen. .W to the jjpJjfo&v of TostmaaterfGeneral-' in Mr. * * }n'a cabinet. Mr. E. M. Brayton ^..t;re<roj^ended:;lbr the position of sec ^l^fetantsecretary of-the treasury; >y iex-Gov. H. S; Thompson^ lendations were made by the, ijtteenfor;the appointments to the ifc^i^r^;nffice8i;.'. ?? ^htbony Higgins, the newly elected ^public?n Senator from Delaware, the S|t|f?'publican'e jmihatS by-G^tHarrison, and it is said p^ilt^ieU mucb infinence with the j w administration, being a close person -id of tb3 President elect. He 'is jwMtempting to v have; Gen.-James riJson; of Wilmingtqn,. Del., made lewetiL^y of war; Wilson is said to-be 4ie; cavalry officer who captured Jefferson 3ftVis^abbut the only recommendations | ifvssenis to have. ^?many;'fav.89id..'.to. be anxious for a |-,^th thoifnited States'. She regards iple as.insighificant in. a military J8i;de.voted to trade and the develop ijp?f their, unsettled territories, and heir interference with the German colon? ial policy in;far off Samoa is considered jry^impertinent. The officers of the navy are very willing to have a (t?e racket with our war ships,' and they '"-J-not think that the result would be jriousjy felt, by; their side. . Germany ? some well equipped ships, but .their, j r^s have not much reputation for sea iuship^'., A trial ofjatrength between j ;theniayiea of the two countries would be fl^^fi^'jpi?festing. i^hosq' nearest the' President-elect, say. 'jafr.he.wiil make a clean sweep of all ?emocrati"'uo'w- holding Federal .offices, governor Foraker, who-is.well known as j^s^poi^nian, after a long conference with jfeaejsl^^nson.- said to 'his friends ^ereris one thing that you may rest ^^i^few^publi?u.V," Gen. Lew i-who'fcA.coDfiden to ^iiC^^TL.s&js'at the.first Cabinet ^?ng'.the Preadent^will/say: "Gen :i^eai^ you here not for ^j^sufta?pn^ My in ^'^??njB'.?e^ihafe; you. go .back to your ^ ^^d;Wi^tbin th?ty days'replace all | ig^momj^;in your departments ? witb ipublicans.":. New^ the snt. coUbnYcrop at.7,500,000 bales. Ilplgif^Augusta .C?r^icfe^ th^ks the esti ^ih^^o^largq^d In speakingof it says: ^Sugusta ranks as the second'inland.cot ^market inlthe^ and >tton manufacturing. uT'the .principal sines3.of :ae; ci^ ' The cotton mer ^ts are as well posted ?s'in any inland outhern city. A thorongb. canvass aqng-.thexa yesterday, on-'the:' published p^eport .that this yearns crop may reach pswen and a half million bales results in the f ^unanimoas -opinion that this is an over ^^M^te. -The present crop is now four ^bundrsd .thoM bales7 short in round in?mbers. Last year's crop" wjis seven aillion bales, and a continued gain of yenty-five per cent, will be necessary to itch ,. up with last year's figures. Au sta; cotton^ men regard Beyen million ia 'aa.the outside figure on the*year*s ^Since the meetifig of the Presidential ra in Washington says a Washing? ton dispatcb President elect Harrison has hplished something in the way of for ng ideas as to the make up of his ?Jabinet;'He has come to the conclusion that it would be unwise to take any man ^^?a: the Sanate, and points to the fact that President Cleveland in calling three Seniors to .Cabinet positions weakened Jbls^arfy representation in the upper House of Congress to such an extent that he labored under great disadvantages om; the .very outset to the present time. s:dent Harrison does not want to give the treasury portfolio to-New York, and he were inclined to tender a position his Cabinet to his own State it would that one to Col. John C. New, who given , him to understand that he (either : expects nor desires a Cabinet ilace. ^ If New York's demands and com? plications were settled the Cabinet could ; ;-be filled within twenty-four hours at any time'now/although no man has been se? lected- or given the slightest intimation ||that ije will be offered a plac6 in the Cabinet. - There are to be no positions in the Cabinet tendered, under four or five \weeks; and then they will all be extended |$?men desired, and at one time. Mr. ill be one of the chosen few. be no doubt now of that, bar ^ng:iac.eldent8, incidents, and unnatural cbanges . of ; mind. Mr. Wanamaker is aaotber who will have a position tendered ?&im.';-:' Jn3t at this time neither Platt nor ,Mij]er is on the slate, and, unless there is ::a : consolidation on one or the other, neither will be chosen. If the: bill ere ating a department out of the bureau of agriculture becomes alaw ex Gov. Rusk,of .Wisconsin, will likely1 be aiked to take that place. . TBE SPLENDID SOUTH. An English Newspaper's Enthusiastic) Ee vlow. From the London Telegraplu This is the time of year when statis? tics find favor, and there are few quar? ters ?f the globe in-which the* prospects of thejuture appear more favorable than in those 'Southern States of America Which once seemed so hopelessly beaten in war and broken in resources. "No such advance in wealth," writes Mr. G. W. Curtis, the editor of "Harper's Maga? zine," "has ever be*- made in any other part of the American union as that re? corded by the Sontheim States between 1880. and 1888." In 1880, the fifteen years which had intervened since 1865, when the great rebellion under Mr. Jef? ferson Davis collapsed, had not sufficed to restore prosperity to one of the most richly endowed countries on the face of the globe. It-wasin that year, ho wever, that the rehabilitation of "Secessia" began. we may now perceive, in earnest, asisshown by the remarkable fact that the Southern railroads covered about 17,000 miles, in.1880, and about"? 86,000 in 1888. Still more notable has been the growth of iron manufacturer in Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee and -Ken {facky,'and of their collective products since i880, in which year they turned, out 200,000 tons of pig iron, against about a million in 1888. Last year there was a decrease in the total yield of the blast furnaces of thei United/. States, but that decrease was confined to the North, and did not extend to the south of the Poto? mac and Ohio fivers. Alabama and Tennessee continued to advance while Pennsylvania fell back; and the prosper? ity of those two iron-producing States of the South now is wholly outstripping their Northern sidiferous rivals, ? More? over, the iron of the "Warrior Fields" of Alabama is said tabs not only the best 'but the cheapest in the world. Turning next to cotton, which many prophets of woe declared could only. be:?rown, by slave labor, we 'find, that nearly seven million bales of that great staple were produced in 1888) against ?.?OO.OOO in 1880. The, persevering Southerner has discovered, moreover, that it is. more profitable to turn his cotton into yarn, and to export it to Europe, than to Bend it 'raw and packed in Dales, The result is that there are now 300 cotton mills in tie Southern States, against about half that number in .1880 ;jvjand ^ already the .looms of Georgia, Alabama, South .Caro? lina; North Carolina and Virginia are threatening the New England States' and . lowering prices in Lawrence and Lowell, Mass., and Providence, R. I. Fourthly, the lumber trade es tab Iishments of the .South'at present employ about" 100,000. hands, and turned out last year planks. and sawn timber worth nearly ?20,000,-" 000 sterling. Finally, the value of South? ern live stock has increased to the extent of ?40,000,000in the last eight years, while her agriculture has made a corres? ponding advance. These really astonishing figures, and many more of the same kind, are sum? med up by aTrans-Atlantic journal, the New Orleans Democrat, with" the stale ment that in eight. years the available capital of the Southern States has in? creased by ?50,000,000, and their gross wealth by more than ?200,000,000 ster? ling, All this has happened in a country one single State of which?Texas?pos? sesses an area larger than that of France and Spain combined?a State which could, if as thickly populated as Great Britian, support 70,000,000 human beings. Bear-, ing these figures in mind, we can easily estimate the magnificent, prospects of the Southern States of the American Union when it is. mentioned that on the 1st of July last there were fewer tha5 20,000,000 inhabitants in the whole of SeceBsia, three-fifths of whom were whites and two-fifths blacks. Moreover, the climate is equally delightful and salubrious, especially to those who in July and August?the only two incon? veniently hot months?can afford to retire to the mountains which overhang the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Geor? gia, South and North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Once, indeed, in twenty years or so, the yellow fever appears at some little town, where laws of sanitation have been outrageously neglected, and produces fright altogether out of pro? portion to the mortality which it causes. Lastsummer and autumn, for instance, a visitation overtook Jacksonville, in Florida, and telegrams were scattered all over the United States and cabled to Europe, proclaiming the '* ravages" of a pestilence which in five months pot four hundred persons to "death?leas than the number of victims killed by consumption in this Metropolis every two months. More than a quarter of a century, ago the still living Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, showed the inhabitants of New Orleans, whom he ruled with a rod of iron as Military Governor, that clean? liness and yellow fever stand to each other in the relation of alkali and acid. Last winter the whole area of the North? ern States was desolated with a worse scourge than "Yellow Jack"?those "blizzards" in which hundreds of human beings perished and hecatombs of hogs were frozen to death on their road from the'west to New York, For the greater portion of the year the climate of the Southern States is as soft as that of the Tyrol. When Mr. Cleveland and his young wife made a brief Southern trip, after enduring the hardships of an unusu* ally severe winter in Washington, the President is said to have expressed aston? ishment that wealthy American should think it necessary to - cross the Atlantic and take up their abode on the shores of the Mediterranean, when their own country offers a finer climate, and the Gulf of Mexico more attractive scen? ery even than the Bay of Naples. At this moment Mr. Jefferson Davis is passing his mild decline in the extreme South of the State of Mississippi in a house called Beauvior?bequeathed to him in 1879 by Mrs. Dorsey?an entire stranger in blood?which looks out upon the Gulf of Mexico, and is described by its fortunate owner as "the most delight? ful spot on earth." If any Englishman desires to have the horoscope of the "New South" and of its prospects drawn for him by a competent hand, he would [ do well to follow the example of Lord : Roseberry, and seek out the ex-President of the Southern Confederacy in his Mis? sissippi home. Lord Dunraven is another traveled authority who has declared, in a lecture "On the Making of America," delivered lately at Walsall, that the future of the I great republic depends chiefly on those States which, between 1861 and 1865, were in rebellion against-the Washington government. Nothing, indeed, humanly speaking, can. arrest their progress now that their inhabitants are released from the exhaustion of slavery?the costliest system of labor in the world?and have found in free and fairly paid toil the blessing that it always brings. Little more than twenty years since the South? erners, with half their adult male popu? lation wiped out, with their slaves made their equal, and more than the equals of those who had formerly owned them, with corrupt "carpet-baggers" from the North preying on their vitals: and without capital of their own, were in the lowest stage of despair. Strange, indeed, is the transformation that two brief decades have brought about. Already the most enlightened and far sighted manufactur? ers of New England, Pennsylvania and New York State are beginning to perceive that Alabama, Georgia, the Caroli? nas and Tennessee contain resources of coal, iron, cotton, lumber, turpentine, naval stores and a hnndred other products which even the rich North cannot paral? lel; and that jthe climate of the North and Northwestern States can never pos? sess. All that is now wanting?and it was clearly pointed out five years since by the late Mr. Benjamin, Q. 0.?is a good, deepwater port through which the cotton States can send their rich products to sea I in swift and large vessels, such as ply at present between New York and Liver? pool. Was it all a Dream. From the Manning (& C. ) Times. I Our readers remember a short notice in the Times, some weeks ago, where the sudden and unaccountable disappearance of Dr. W. H. Reynolds was noted; and a week or two later another notice that Dr. Reynolds had returned. We were unable until last Saturday to get a correct account of the affair, and as Dr. Reynolds is widely known throughout the county> we publish it so that his friends may have a correct version of the affair. ; Dr. Reynolds for several weeks had been drinking very hard, until it finally affected his braiu. On Saturday night, December 15, while laboring under this . mental aberration, he left his home, not conscious of what he was doing. He has no recollection of when he left home; or how or When he got to a railroad station, nor could any of his family, by the moat diligent search, find out where he had taken the train. And this is wrapped in mystery. .He has no recollection of how much money he had with him when he .left, but it is thought he had about seven* enty-five or a hundred dollars. When he came to himself he was in the city of Nashville, Tenn. From. this place he wrote a letter to his family, which was duly received. He here became ac? quainted with some gentleman, influential in a large. Northwestern railroad syndi? cate, .. who kindly, presented him a free pass over most of the Northwestern rail? roads. When he left Nashville he does not remember, but in this same state of mind^visited Cincinnati, St. Paul, St. Louis and other Western cities. . At Cincinnati he got a severe fall which resulted in concussion of the spine. He thinks there, was a heavy sleet at the time, and that in getting off the train he slipped, and fell.on a stone. At St. Louis he was enabled once again to regain his normal state of mind, probably owing to the severe pain he was suffering; or probably because nature would no longer submit to such a terrible ordeal. He had frequently, in his wild career, written to' his family, the letters being duly received and answered, but the answers never reached him, as he did not wait for a reply. At St. Louis he met kind friends among strangers, who took him in charge, furnished him with money, put him on a Pullman palace car, and started him homeward, where he safely arrived about two months ago, having been ab? sent about three weeks. His family and friends were delighted to welcome him again; and Dr. Reynolds himself was probably the most rejoiced of all to be again safely restored to his loved ones after so perilous and remarkable a trip. His suffering is severe, but it is hoped he will soon be well again, coming and going among us. After bis sudden leaving the wildest and vaguest rumors were repeated for facts, and it would take the entire six page edition of the Times to hold the half of them. Sufficeth for it to be said, and on the beat< of authority, that excessive drinking was the sole cause of his going. Any rumors as to financial embarassment, or as to unpleasant social and family troubles, are denied by those who know best Dr. Reynolds, his wife and children form, we are reliably told, a most loving and affectionate family, with not the shadow of a skeleton lurking in any se? cret closet Do such temporary mental aberrations occur often ? Yes. Whiskey is the greatest curse on the face of the globe, and is the fountain head of three- fourths of all sin, misery, damnation. A few months ago we met in Laurens a gentle? man who had jnst returned from Califor? nia. He related to us his experience, which was so similar to Dr. Reynold's that they almost coincide. He had been drinking a long time, left suddenly, and came to himself as he was crossing the Missippi River, at St. Louis. With such cases whiskey generally has little effect, on the muscular or nervous system, but affects the brain. Such men may be, to use an uncouth expression, fool drunk, even crazy drunk, and 'yet walk perfectly straight without the slightest swagger. Unless one is well acquainted with such a person, it is difficult to tell when he is drunk. Dr. Reynolds is thus constitu? ted. Senator Vance's Affliction, Washington, D. C, Jan. 28?Senator Vance to day had one of his eyes removed. He commenced to lose the sight of the eye more than a year ago, and it has grown worse until recently when he en? tirely lost the sight of it. The physicians have never been able to ascertain the direct cause of the affliction, whick took the form of a separation of the retina from the ball of the eye. The operation was successfully performed at the Senator's residence in this city, and in answer to a note from Senator Ransom, Mr. Vance's son says his father is resting comfortably and that all danger is past. ? Over twenty men from Iowa, Ne? braska and other Northwestern States arrived in Montgomery, Ala., a few days ago, having purchased farms in that State. Tbey will make their homes in Alabama, having become disgusted with the blizzards of the Northwest. All are men of means, and they represent tbsfc thay are the advance guard of hundreds of other men from that section who will purchase homes in the South, CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Atlanta, Jan. 26.?In Oglethorpe yesterday, four small children who were left in a house by Mary Porter, colored, while she went to work, were burned to death. Atlanta, Jan. 23.?This morning about 10 o'clock, Jim McCool, a railroad conductor, hung himself at his home, four miles from Atlanta. He was on the bond of Tax Collector Wilson, and his mind was deranged by the loss caused by Wil? son's shortage. Aiken, January 25.?Nathan Boddie shot and killed J. A. Gunter on Boddie's farm, about six miles northeast from Aiken, this morning, with a shotgun.' This was the result of an old quarrel about a right-of-way over the former's land. Gunter went to open a road closed by Boddie, and took a gun with him. Boddie came to stop him, and also brought a gun. Boddie came into Aiken immedi? ately after the shooting and gave himself up to the sheriff. Gunter leaves a wife and one child. Both parties are well known and highly respected in the coun? ty Philadelphia, Jan, 23.?Past Assis? tant Surgeon W. G. G. Wilson was, this morning, found dead in bed on the re? cruiting Bhip St. Louis, at League Island navy yard. Dr. Wilson's body was found by a servant who went to wake him. On the dressing case there was a bottle labelled chloral. He was not known to have been in the habit of taking the drug, and whether he took it to quiet his nerves or with suicidal intent is not known. He had suffered greatly from insomnia, and had been taking bromide. Early last evening he procured a bottle of chloral, containing 250 grains, from the ship's store room, and when discov? ered this morning in his state room the vial contained about 85 grains of the drug. ?: Geeenytlle, January 28.?The party of revenue officers who left here for a raid into the moonshine section of the moun? tains on Tuesday morning, returned to? day, after a stirring trip. They destroy? ed a large still on Panther Mountain Tuesday, and afterward, as the posse was entering another still discovered on Pruitt Mountain, they were fired on by a large party of moonshiners in ambuscade. The fire proved harmless and was not returned. Later the posse was shot at from ambus? cade while on the way home this morn? ing, and officer Hightower wounded in the knee. The officers charged the ene? my and captured one man named How? ard. The Btory brings back visions of Redmond's palmy days in the moonshine regions. ; Albany, Ga., January 23.?J. O. Nelms, who left his wife at Birmingham, went to Blakely and committed bigamy by marrying a young country girl there, Miss Mattie Gurr. He only lived with her five days, when, tired of the new yoke, he skipped. He has been arrested in Alabama and was taken to Calhoun, Gordon county and turned over to Sheriff L. E. Black, of Early county. To day his brother, F. M. NelmB, passed through Albauy en route to Blakely, to endeavor to secure his brother's release. He said to the reporter that his brother was a handsome, steady young fellow until he married, and that matrimony seemed to make him wild. He says he will try to help him ? out of his scrape this time, but if he continues mar? rying he will not assist him again. . Cincinnati, Jan. 22.?A duel in real earnest took place on the stage of the Standard Theatre last night between' Running Deer, an Indian chief, and'Cap? tain Jack Crawford, the scoot. The In? dian was drunk and in the duel scene at? tempted to kill Crawford. It was a hard and terrible fight with, knives. Accord? ing to the play Crawford should have taken the knife from the redskin, who is a Oomanche. Ho refused to give it up and made some vicious lunges. After a desperatejstruggle the scout got the upper hand and pricked the Indian two or three times in the side, with the threat to kill him if he made any further hostile demonstrations. After the play the In? dian escaped, and the police are looking for him, fearing that he may do some harm. Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 23.?The eight p. m. south-bound express on the Cin? cinnati Southern road was boarded by robbers just beyond Ludlow last night. The train had scarcely got beyond the lights of Ludlow when a man heavily masked knocked at the rear door of the express car, and one of the messengers, thinking it was the conductor or brake man, opened the door. The fellow at once made for the front door where a vigorous pounding announced the pres? ence of another person. Messenger Henry Carroll aud his assistant made a desperate fight and succeeded in dump? ing the would-be robber off, and he rolled down an embankment and disappeared. The other robber seemed to realize that something was wrong and his knocking ceased. At the top of the grade the mes? senger pulled the bell rope and stopped the train, but the robber on the front platform disappeared before he could be caught. It is not known whether the man thrown off was hurt or not. There was a large sum of money on the train. New Oeleans, January 23.?Samuel Wakefield, Jr., colored, shot and killed Jame3 W,. Trainor, his employer, in New Iberia parish last evening, and was in turn slain by a mob. During the morning Trainor had occasion to reprimand young Wakefield at the sash factory. Last night the negro met Trainor on the street and said he had been insulted. He wanted satisfaction. Trainor hit at the negro with his hand. The negro dodged the blow, drew a pistol, fired and fled. The shot inflicted a mor? tal wound, Trainor dying in thirty min? utes. Officers and citizens captured Wakefield. Deputy Sheriff Mestyer, with the assistance of Police Officer Patin, started the prisoner for the jail. They proceeded down the street and an im? mense throng of people followed. The officers fought with drawn weapons to keep the mob back. Patin was knocked down and Mestyer was struck down. A single pistol explosion was heard, and Wakefield fell dead not five feet from the jail door.. Are the Jute Mills Doomed I Columbus, Ga., Jan. 24.?There is a rumor current among warehousemen that an important deal has been made by the Standard Oil Company, by which the whole jute bagging industry of the coun? try ia to be affected. It is stated that stockholders of the Standard Oil Compa? ny have purchased the patent process for making pice btraw bagging, that they will establish factories ail over the coun? try wherever they have oil mills, and that their bagging will enable them to break down the jute mills, L - An Extinct Yoloano. ,' Biemingham, Ala., Jan. 23.?What is believed to be the crater of an extinct . volcano has been discovered in Bed Mountain, two miles from this city. For some time the Ely ton land company has been at work on a new system of water works. Water will be brought from Caheba river, twelve miles away, and a tunnel 2,200 feet in length is being dug under Bed mountain. Three hundred feet from the west heading of the tunnel, and two hundred feet below the surface of the mountain, the workmen to-day struck an immense opening, which has every ap? pearance of being the crater of a long extinct volcano. The opening is about 15 by 50 feet, and huge pieces of stone thrown into this hollow, disappear and cannot be heard to strike any bottom. On the side of the opening there is a small spring of hot water, which has a strong smell- and taste of Bulphur. The en? gineer in charge of the work says the rock formation in and around this opening clearly indicate that a volcano once ex? isted there. The remarkable discovery has excited no little interest, Selling a Mule by the Found. A sale of a mule by the pound was made in Montgomery Saturday. Mr. A. Behr had a fine young mule, 4 years old, and it was for sale at $100 cash. Mr, N. J. Bell offered to buy the mule, but he couldn't see Mr. Behr's figures. Finally Mr. Bell proposed to give Mr. Behr 12} cents per pound for the mule, and Mr. Behr accepted. This put the gentlemen on a level, and each man was backing his judgment on the matter of gross weight. Mr. Behr thought the mule .would weigh enough to run the figures up to his price, but Mr. Bell was willing to take the chances. The trade was closed accord? ingly, and the mule was led around to the nearest warehouse to be weighed It tipped the scales at 670 pounds, and Mr. Bell, got his mule for $83.75. It is understood that it was the first time that anybody ever got away with Mr. Behr in a mule trade.?Montgomcry [Ala.) Adver? tiser. Treasure Trove Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 27.-?The wreck of the famous clipper ship Merri mac, which went down on the New Jersey coast twenty-one years ago, has been dis? covered near Townserid's Inlet by Somers Paint wreckers, after years of search and the expenditure of large sums of' money by many different companies and private individuals. The Merrimac was one of the old-time liners, and cleared from Liverpool in March, 1867, for Philadel? phia, consigned to Peter Wright & Sons. The cargo consists mostly of silver bars, zinc and other metals which water does not corrode. Its value is placed at $150, 000, and the wreckers will endeavor to recover the metal next summer. ? An Indiana Court has decided tha' unless a woman is pleased with her photo? graphs she need not pay for them, no matter if a dozen of her friends declare that they "look just like her." She doesn't want them to look that way They must look better than she does. ? A bill has been introduced in the up? per .house of the Kansas Legislature pro? viding for a commission to superintend the boring of four holes three hundred feet deep, West of the sixth standard me? ridian, in the central part of the State, "to see what can be found." The cost is not to exceed $25,000. The bill- will probably be passed. ? The Legislature of Maine is deluged with petitions in favor of granting the municipal vote to the women of the State. They are signed by people of both sexes, many of them prominent citi? zens, and the agitation on the subject is vigorously, prosecuted. The advocates of the new system point proudly to the facts that women can now vote at municipal elections in Kansas; that they have the full right of suffrage in Wyoming, and that they are entitled to vote on school questions in fourteen States. The latest reports from Maine lead to the opinion that the petitioners for municipal suffrage for the women of the State have a good chance of success in the Legislature. ?St.-Louis Globe-D the opinion that nothing but his death can prevent the nomination of Governor Hill by the Democracy at the next Pres? idential Convention. ?-The Chinese appear to be fast estab? lishing themselves in business in many of our eastern cities, as well as on the Pacific coast. It is stated that there are 701 Chinese laundries in New York, 248 in Brooklyn aud 50 in Jersey.City?all within a radius of twenty miles or less? and that they give employment to nearly ten thousand Chinamen. ? A special dispatch to the Philadel? phia Ledger from West Point says: "The race question has again caused trouble at West Point. A cadet captain, in assigning places in the mess hall, gave a colored student a place at the table of honor, to which his scholarship entitled him. This made trouble, some of the cadets thinking the distinction too great for a colored student, and he was changed to a lower table. This made still more trouble. The lieutenant at whoso table, the colored student was placed was so angry over the change that he referred to the captain's action in such terms that the captain considered himself insulted, and a bare fist fight followed, iu which both the captain and lieutenant received severe punishment. The West Point color line is something apparently very hard to obliterate. Habitual Constipation Any kidney and liver ills, depending on a weak or inactive condition of tho kid neys, liver, or bowels, are successfully and per? manently cured only by the use of the gentle yet effective laxative and diuretic Syrup of Figs. Its advantages are evi? dent ; it is easily taken, pleasing to the taste, acceptable to the stomach, harm? less to the most delicate ."/stem, and truly beneficial in effect. For sale by Simpson, Eeid & Co. Williaimston High School. SPRING Term opens Monday, Jan. 28tb. Instruction by new methods in a thor? ough and practical manner, Healthful locality, comfortable buildings, patent desk seating arrangements, and excellent mine? ral water, insure good health. Terms low. For information apply to V. H. WATSON, Principal. Jan 31,1889_30_2? Attention, City Taxpayers I THE Books of tho City Clerk and Treas? urer will be open for the collection of City Taxes, at the office of Breazeale & Long, on the first day of February, and close on the first day of March next, at which time the penalty for non-payment will be added. - J. E. BREAZEALE, City Clerk and Treasurer. Jan 31, 1889 30 ._1 Fresh Garden Seeds. JUST received an assortment of Lan dii et ir & Sons' Garden Seed and Irish Potatoes. My Seed are fresh, as we burn all the seed left over from last season. : Also, D. M. Ferry & Co.'s Garden Seed. A. B. TOWERS. Jan 30,1889 30 JOHN SAUL'S WASHINGTON NURSERIES. ?UR Catalogue of NEW, RARE and BEAUTIFUL PLANTS, .for 1889, will bo ready in February. It contains list of all the most Beautiful and Rare Green? house and Hothouse Plants in cultivation, as well as all Novelties of merit, well grown and at very low prices.- Every plant lover should have a copy. ORCHIDS.?A very large stock of choice East Indian, American, etc. Also, cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. All free to applicants. JOHN 8AUL, Washington, D. C. Jan 31, 1889_30_ FOR SALE. TWENTY ACRES OF LAND, one and three-fourths miles from Town, on the McDuffic Street road. This Lot can be divided into two or three Lots, but would prefer belling it all to some person. M. L. SHARPE. Jan 24,1889_29_2^ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, . Andebson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, James A. Brown-has ap? plied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Jonas Brown, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon iuh all kindred and creditors of the said Jonas Brown, deceased, to be and ap gear before me In Court of Probate to be eld at Anderson Court House, on the 9th day of February, 1889, after publica? tion hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of January, 1889. W. F. COX, Judge Probato. Jan 25, 1889 30 2 4 HANDSOME PRIZES 4 JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO'S Prize R-ebiis. IN order to afford our friends and patrons in Town and Country a rare evening's entertainment, we will present to the FIRST LADY CUSTOMER who will bring to our Store a correct answer to this Rebus, a handsome BERRY BOWL SET with 13 pieces. To the first GENTLEMAN a Fine LIBRARY LAMP, with Decorated Shade. To the first MISS of 18 or under A GOLD DOLLAR. To the first SCHOOL BOY a SILVER DOLLAR. The answers to the Rebus must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and brought to our Store, where they will be numbered as received, and opened on the 1st day of March, 1889, and prizes awarded. Only one prize to each family; it J>TJt ) '\5"^r ' ' 'l^AMi tlj IfiSPIII E. PEOPLES & U.||H| ^i^^T HAVE TWO CAR LOADS OF fcliJ^^^S ^??STOV^S ON HA^D.^SIS P^S^S^l And will sell CHRAI'for GA.VH ' r^^^^^^^^ Spticialiies in Glass and Silverware. igl^^^^^^W UhMTrs-vVrnjAMl? Entered according to Act of Conneu. In tbo yo?r Trril i l J^ttOC ?MJ'rSfi/CFT nVilSP* 187^ b? N?Tt0K*i' AnvERTistHG Co,, In the ofiko of Iba I llJjJkR^^liljfc" ^^SYu?**' * >i?f*>' Librarian of Congroea, Waaliiugtoo, D. C. t t_2^i3r~j?r^5^ LAGE TO BUT. 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, Full 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 Plow Implements at Low Prices. *sr No man can undersell us when quality of goods is considered. Call and try us before you buy. 33. W. BBOWU & SOIsTS. YLVESTER BUCKLEY CO. The New Year finds this enterprising Firm alill 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 Ladles can select the rarest Bargains in anything they want Several Car Loads FLOUR?all grades?now in stoet. Several Car Loads MOLASSES?all grades?now in stock. One hundred Boxes TOBACCO?bought cheap?must go. - Pure Red Rust Proof and Teias OATS. NAILS?all sizes. TENNESSEE WAGONS-the best In the market. Full assortment Double and Single-foot PLOW STOCKS. BOY DIXIES at $8.00. Car Load STEEL PLOWS. BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, HARNESS, LEATHER, Everything we have and you want, At prices that wil buy them! Bring the Ladles 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 thi?pring? 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 10,1889_ 27_ 2,000 Bushels Corn, 2,0"0 Bushels Spring Oats for Sale. Magnolia Hams, Harvey's Strictly Pure Lard, Dried Bee? Irish Potatoes for Seed, Northei 1 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. CRAYTOW & SOWS. THE OLD STORY. Delicious Qualities will Delight Patrons and pay Dividends to Consumers. J. P. SULLIVAN & CO'S. CONSTANT AIM 18 TO SELL THE Best Bio Coffee They Can Find, PATENT FLOUR, And all other Choice grades. They keep a close watch >:fter, and are prepared to give bottom prices, notwith? standing the advance. Tlie Clothing Business. They have a nice stock of MEN'S, YOUTH'S and ROYS' CLOTHING cheaper than yon can imagine. They have taken time and pains to get up this stock, and are ready to offer good Bargains. KENTUCKY AND ATHENS JEANS, DRY GOODS OF ALL KINDS, From the cheapest Prints to fine Cashmeres. BOOTS AJSTD SHOES, The best stock they have ever had. EVERYTHING?THEIR STOCK IS GENERAL. J. P. Sullivan & Co. READ AND BELIEVE. WE have succeeded beyond ou r most sanguine expectations, and if close attention to business and fair dealing counts for any thing, we are determined to "climb up " We have more than thribbled our Stock, and are getting in new Goods every day. Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Can Goods, Fruits, Ants, Raisins, Currants, Ac. Crackers of all kinds, always fresh. Remember, we make a specialty of Tobacco and Cigars. Our "Bon Ton" Cigar, ??Old Virginia" Cheroots and "Mexican Pulfs" are the beat in Town, we think, for the money. We soli stack sof "Log Cabin Soap." Try it. Bib stack of Fireworks for Christmas. Fran Fluh an4 Oysters every other day. W. TAYLOR ? OQ? OF $25,000.00 WOBTH or GOODS ALTHOUGH oar salts this Fall have been, perhaps, 83 per cent larger than ever before, still having anticipated a big trade we find ourself with stacks of Goods in all Departments that mast and shall be sold at some price. So from now nntil the 16th of January we make a? Sweeping Deduction IN PRICES All along the Hue. We do not buy Goods to keep?we ^nnot afford it. Oar 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 troth that it is emphatically to our interest to give cur 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, Silks, Millinery, &c &c. Any rea? sonable offer on these Goods will not be refused. We would say to our Farmer friends that as the season for buyisg Provisions is near at hand, we, as usual, are fully armed and equipped to eapply their wants. Large lots of Ba? con, Salt, Molasses, Sogar, Cof? fee, and one thousand barrels of Floor on hand. Let us insist on every one to call and give us at least one showing. Very respectfully, IL S?. Hllilf. p. s. A few of the Celebrated White Sewing Machines For sale at low prices. They are the kind we use in our Man? tua Making Department. N. B. We give fair notice to every _ body owing ni, or the old Firm cf Hill, AdamB & Co., without a single exception, that they must pay up in full by January firai. B. S. H. v. 1 " ' -