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^?fi^??LES, ) Editors axv VjA?Q&ipif,/. , y ? Pboprtltoes,. ^ylQNTgS^-, -^ 7?o. I^dviwbrda,:'fHenry W. Grady' ia 8P|flashed::-6yer the telegraphic E*gm^^?ant?pearly Monday morn* tod what'}; [shock it.. was to his ?tijE^bY^f'frieuda. ?. and admirers i^cjfl&t?e' South?yea, throaghout "St^e?-^tes?ibr it was only a few '?g?'^nat^ all his vigor noblo^m?nBoqdi before a ? large .and ?g9'nt;a^embXflge of the business ?of jBbaton^Mass.,.and delivered a j iVthst^for i^3 eloquence, excellence B*^i?^^^prii?sive facts, -has never sarpa^ed;.;:-It was on this occasion he'tooka severe cold,- which led to ^(j^n^nenmonia, and finally to r&'fove^^ at torne^n'*A^?ntSK last'Monday morn afi; 4 ? o.^clbck;;-i Mr. Grady. returned tfie- JNortli to Atlanta last Thursday, W83. quite;'s:clj .at .the time, though opalido^ serious . Sunday.: -His. illness, therefore, ^atffly^d^rai-outside of Atlanta. |el^ny-inabiU^.tp do justice to the i?ry ^ffieigifte^ and brilliant young Serner, for: ho had few equals in j^jl^te^ecl^nd. influence for good, ^^entstrickeh down at the begin ^l^iM?fuIicareer, and his death is ^o^atoi]^...;r:He was using all his' ttalent for :ihe development of tbe itj And^t?^e;..:iiyed his three score, a| ^^^^wo^dr-i?ye gone down ^gr?ye. coveri-ed with;aH ; the honcjMt fjfjs " her; ^?fet^^ir^ulii:btvvB piaced upon him; ^WiOmdy'l- has: passed away, but jlune-'vri?^n?'frsoon be forgotten. . irjrAXlXE CF?KBTatJiS sekmon. JTinhaf*^ eher?the mac who can sit at his own; H^m^after;? the' shadows "of night d^ahd-preach" to himsielf with the ? ^t^umft"^g;^d'- breaking down the 'm^pn^l^i&atfsi'S' on the throne ij^flshnessin'his-heart..' ^ajaerhibnlmay be a very dull one, i^any^ Jfoj there is-no manPr. woman bold g||or;^ k|ime&^ ? They may ra^Heh^al^fl'd&i society and in bua ^al'wheA^ji^ babble' -of"the world ^ieU:away; iind: the .lights are out, p?.n^nc^ 'shadows;;6c- the. waU have no ears/ gl^irjg^coa"3;ia the grate have >?o^ ^^Ws^^il^^*?'*00 ?*oev mantel f?llin^^IeS^v' '-* ^^^3^gJaij^^;'tbat-:le&d up to the jr&l'Ser^ would' befa; iier|&^ but ur^n^o^rf^Tlie dullest sermon, ^S^^?acE^it ourselves; ought to ^e^^^enpugh .to Bend envy,: greed f^^sbxeasHflying up the chimney. ||n|i-^^ that se'ekj "i^^pnfm^hp '?pper air. sermon preached in a church is a very '?^pj^^j^'-jiecQ^^ thing, in*. ^|n^^yo^jfflry well know, breth ^r^si^ersj it-;!a*daUvered in the midst any^'c^ ? There i is ^Bo-an^ with their new. (eh^^i their; clanking jewelry; they'. ?'siEVaspif-?if? ;rve^hatefjilv Tltere.is Mrs. Piyhlghj: tc-keepsvh^.hm nose to the ^Ve^y&i&tejBgsnce; and then I^S^^iittie woman with the shabby ^^^^^^^"^^-hpw-impudent ^^.^|^aeaj:ftbe-pulpit with; its k^jdy.'a^s^tg?n;' be "enjoyed under" |^HtrpKnc5S,?: And? theo ( there "?:fleacber himself? perhaps he ia nK. or giving a modern literary i^^tef^^^^P3 he has a de f^^pBa^qiiai;: or a purpose to be ^f^^Sr^1^^.-t^eJessence of pisty ^^^^^^a^avelope not larger ;j I^^H^inings" are;obstacles.- But, I^^Rred,; when you ? are alone at ^f^^ffiave ^privilege of preaching HWermens. h What shall the text BKrch iri the deptha of your own you wjl] find it there. Let it Sonable sermon.' Let it abound BBpd charity. Eomember, if you ffljereed ha3 all to do with theology ?fBfehg;.whatever to do with true Wpiae"bir&^ay of Christ should ?Prated ia a fitting manner, and fflB)uld be more fitting than even a ^Lempt to_ follow His divine ex ^gfflKv'hat ; thia example was the SBS-story cf B13 life teaches. Love, Wgiimplicity, what devotion were II?^se?tja^?ut; among the poor, i^Sovrly, bestowing the blessings of ^Knce,and ^bringing happiness to HSo had never known what bsppi ij|K|!^f.;I^is:;;waB essence of i'Bbjin He taughtthis was the leg -^S\ft to the Vforld, and a precious better work could occupy the -^fcpf those who "profea8 to believe I'ft^inity" of Christ to celebrate his y^H|by - making others happy?by ^HSight, hope and comfort to the Brache poor and into the hearts of ^SBsind the unfortunate. Whatever ;^^8pf. Man- touched he blessed. raKffu the highway were croniDg a BgMaTHir unhappy woman. By a i^^pk3 He filled her with diviue ?^^Rbrppght heryheartbroken and W^^^j^?'"Mastert'feet. In love ^rapphe lepeir; in pity be raised I'vi^f^pn thecrosa He turned to ^Bbfef who had given him a word ifjRjtiDtJj and assured him of a lllBfefo side ia paradise. Christ's ma| earth was one of love, mercy j%|apy. At. fibis season, when the |?^Kf our Lord are to be specially :i^|?d; the essentials of His reli ^^ffif fieizs.upou the hearts of the f|B?e little ?hr?tmas aermon. BKE^ila of the book publishing $|?ol$hiB country contain no more . 'iaR%':cjhap Ler- than that which ^^fe^growth.".of the Methodist Smmern. -Starting a hundred years g^Sdrooms und on ?600 borrowed ^^^Baged'almost exclusively by l^^^^pad- $1,883,502 worth of ^^^Kiiodicia'i3 last year, and it is "^^^eto a new home 'of its own ^^B^e,"Nev,- York city, vhich the W^m^^/te pronoances wundoabfc ^^^P^p^^'compltite buildings THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. Ia the Legislature work is progressing about as last week, the only matter of very general importance being the supply bill, which passed its second reading, in the House ou Tuesday with but few amendments. In the Senate the most important measure, and the one creating most feeling, was the Clemson College Bill. The two'Houses met in joint session on Wednesday for the purpose of electing four Circuit Judges, six Trustees of the Clemson College, a Commissioner of Agriculture, five members of the Board ot Agriculture, a State Treasurer, and the Register of Me3ne Conveyance for Charleston County. Gen. Jas. P. Izlar, of Orangeburg, was elected to succeed Judge Pressley, who desires to retire from the Bench. Mr. Jas. Aldrich, of Aiken, takes Judge A. P Aldrich's place in the Third Circuit, who will also retire. Col. A; P. Butler, the present incumbent, was re elected Commissioner, with all the old members of the Board of Agriculture. Judge Hudson and Witherspoon v.ere re-elected, E. R. Mclver, the present State Treasurer, was re-elected. Charles Kerrison got the Register Mesne Con? veyance Office for Charleston. Messrs. T. 0. Sanders and A. S. Sarratt were elected members of the Penitentiary Board. The following are the Trustees of the Clemson College: Messrs. B. W. Ed? wards, J. L. Orr, Allan Johnston, J. E. Tindal, E. T. Stackhouse and J. H. Har din. ?The Clemson College came up in the Senate on Thursday, as a special order, and,-after many amendments and very warm debate,* passed its second reading with notices of amendments on the third reading. We are glad to announce that the phosphate bill- was continued in the House, which amounts to killing it so far a3 this Bession is concerned. The 8 per cent, interest bill passed the Senate." Several constitutional amendment bills ?also passed both Houses, and we will probably make some changes in our fun. damehtal law. The Refunding bill passed the House. It provides for Bonds to fall due in fifty years, bearing interest at 4 per cent., and if the matter can be arranged will effect a saving of at least, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year to the .State. ' The Legislature on Saturday spent the day in rushing through*bills. A total of about forty bills, from the Senate princi? pally, received their final reading. The Conference Committee on the Clemsbn Bill. made its report and the House agreed to it. The Civil Bights Bill, in the Senate received its second reading, and the High License Bill was killed. The bill providing for the refunding of the State debt passed to a third reading. A bill providing for the session of the State laws passed the House with the amendment offered by Mr. Brawley, of Charleston,. making the Commission to consist of only one member, to be elected by the Legislature instead of, three ap poiuted by the Committee of Judges. The compensation will be five thousand dol? lars. The Legislature will adjourn on the 24th. . -? ' .- ? . ? Justice Lamar, of the United. States Supreme Court, has been invited by the Chamber . of Commerce of Richmond, Va., to deliver an address before a mass meeting of the citizens of Richmond on the life and character of the late Jefferson Davis, whose life-long friend he was. George P.-Flower announces.his inten? tion to present a bill in Congress relating to the selection of postmasters, custom house officials and internal revenue col? lectors to the people of the vicinage wherein their duties are performed. Mr. Flower maintains that Congress should provide for the election of those officers 'every four years, and that the power of the President should be restricted to re? moval for cause. . There is no immediate danger of the United States becoming overcrowded, for Joseph Nimmo, Jr., shows in Frank Leslie's paper that since independence was achieved the United States govern? ment has been the largest owner of ara? ble land on the earth. The total area of the "public domain," sold and unsold, amounts to 1,849,072,587 acres and con? stitutes 72 per cent, of the total area of the United States, including Alaska. About 700,000,000 acres of land have been sold and donated, about 1,150,000, 000 acres remain nnsold. As the area of Alaska is 369,530,000 acres, the- area un? sold exclusive of that territory is about 780,000,000 acres. ? The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "There is abundant confirmation of the information previously eent regarding Mr. Biaine's candidancy for 1892. Some of the Sec? retary's friends go so far as to express the .belief that the President knows and acquiesces in the drift of things. These friends say that while neither the Presi? dent nor the Secretary will openly plan for Mr. Biaine's nomination, yet they will both view with satisfaction the development of sentiment in that direc? tion. It is claimed by Mr. Biaine's friends that nobody can point to an act of the President's since the 4th of March and Bay that behind it is apparent the second term motive. They contend that President Harrison entered upon his duties with the single term idea firmly fixed in his mind, and that being still in such a frame of mind, he is able to look with eqauimity on the movement of the Blaine people for 1892." ? A remarkable'revival has begun in the penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario. Between eighty and one hundred of the leading cracksmen, forgers, counterfeiters, pickpockets and men of that ilk, have ieen converted. Hunter and Crosley, the Canadian evangelists, are conducting the meetings. ? Col. Jesse* A. Forrest, a well known Tennesseean, and a brother of the noted Confederate cavalryman, Gen. N. B. Forrest, died at his home in Memphis Sunday last. On a visit to his plantation last week he contracted a fever, which developed into a malignant malaria, and death ensued, At the early commence? ment of the war he enlisted as a private in the Tennessee Mounted Rifles. The second year of the war he was promoted to lieutenant colonel., and served the remainder under his brother, Gen. N. B. Forrest. He fought gallantly throughout the war,'and returned to Memphis after its close, gathered up the fragments of his property, and by hia frugality and industry soon gained a snug fortune. His business interests were varied. He was an extensive levee and railroad con? tractor, farmer and dealer in live stock, and was extensively known throughout the Southwest. THE GREAT SOUTH. An Elaborate "Review of it* Industrial Progress. Baltimore, Dec. 13? Mr. R. H. Ed? monds, the editor of the Manufacturers' Record, contributes to this week's issue of that journal, under the title of "The South's Redemption?From Poverty to Prosperity," the most elaborate review ever published of the industrial history of the South, the occasion for it being the issuing of a special edition, a copy of which will be sent to every banking house in the United States to show what the South has accomplished and what are its prospects. Opening his review with the statement of Hon. William D. Kelley that "the Sonth is the coming Eldorado of American adventure," Mr. Edmonds briefly refers to ihe combina? tion of advantages possessed by the South in climate, soil, mineral and timber wealth, in rivers, large and small, in an abundant rainfall, etc., and says: With the rapid progress now being made in. the development of all these resources, the South is entering upon a period of prosperity greater than any part of this country has ever yet enjoyed. The conditions for thia are far more favorable than in the West during the period of the most rapid growth of that rfgion, and thiB prosperity being free from ficti? tious inflation will be permanent. Blessed with such marvelous advan? tages, what has the South accomplished? is a question which the world has a right to ask. It is needless to enter into any discussion of the reasons why the South did not undergo industrial development prior to the war. Her people preferred to give their attention to agriculture. But it may be well to call attention to the fact that when the census of 1860 was taken the South ranked very high in wealth as compared with the rest of tbe country, showing that she was not sloth? ful in the business of money-making. The losses entailed upon tbe South by the war are estimated at over $5,000, 000,000, or double tho total amount of capital invested in manufactures in the United States-in 1880. At the close of the most disastrous war in the world's history, the Sonth was in a deplorable condition. Its business interests had been destroyed; for four years it had been drained of everything that cpnld help to maintain its armies; it had been the batcle-ground of millions of men.; its cities and its towns were in many places in ruins; the blackened chimneyB marked the sites where thou? sands of fine dwellings had stood ; its foremost men had been killed by the tens of thousands, and so gloomy was the outlook when tbe war ended that hun? dreds of thousands of the young and vigorous men and boys that were growing up left during the next few years for the West and Southwest, and for the North. In 1860 the assessed value of property in Georgia was greater than the com? bined wealth of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. * South Carolina was $68,000,000 richer than Rhode Island and New Jersey. Missis? sippi outranked Connecticut by $160,000, 000. In the assessed value of property per capita, Connecticut stood first in rank; Rhode Island second, Sou'.h Car? olina third, Mississippi fourth, Massachu? setts fifth, Louisiana sixth, Georgia seventh, District of Columbia eighth, Florida ninth, Kentucky tenth, Alabama eleventh, Texas twelfth, New Jersey thirteenth, Maryland fourteenth, Arkan? sas fifteenth, Virginia sixteenth and Ohio seventeenth. New York and Pennsyl? vania were also far behind the South in the amount of wealth in proportion to population, the former State ranking twenty^second and the latter thirtieth. By 1870 there was a starting change. The assessed value of property in New York and Pennsylvania alone was grea? ter than the' whole South ; Massachu? setts had just one-half as much wealth as the fourteen Southern States combin? ed. Sonth Caroline, which in 1860 had been third in rank in wealth in propor? tion to the number of her inhabitants, had dropped to be the thirtieth ; Geor? gia, from the seventh to the thirty-ninth; Mississippi, from the fourth place to the thirty-fourth; Alabama, from the elev? enth to the forty-fourth; Kentucky, from tenth to twenty-eighth, and the other Southern States'had gone down in the same way, while the Northern and West? ern States had steadily" increased in wealth. In 1860 tbe assessed property in South Carolina, according to the census, was $489,000,000, while the combined values in Rhode Island and New Jersey aggregated $421,000,000 or $68,000,000 less than South Carolina's. In 1870 tbe combined values in Rhode Island and New Jersey amounted to $68,000,000 and the value in South Car? olina was $183,000,000. Thus, while South Carolina had $68,000,000 more as? sessed property in 1860 than these two States, it had in 1870 $685,000,000 less than they had. In 1860 the total assessed value of property in the United States v?as $12,000,000,000, and of this the South had $5,200,000,000, or 44 per cent.; in 1870 the total for tbe country was $14, 170,000,000, and of this the South had only $3,064,000,000; or 22 per cent. In 1880 the Sonth had commenced to regain its position of 1860, and its pro? gress during the last nine years has been the wonder of the age. Since 1865 over $7,800,000,000 have been drawn to tbe South to pay for cotton, and the value of cotton exported to Europe during that period has been $5,160,000,000. Hereto? fore the bulk of money received for cotton has gone North and West to pay for home and farm supplies, but now the South is raising its own corn and bacon, and large? ly produces the manufactured goods re? quired for home consumption. In this change there is a revolution in the cur? rents t>f business. Added to the one or two hundred millions of dollars of cotton money that have for 25 years annually gone North but which will now remain in, the South, will be an equal or possibly a greater amount brought to the South to pay for the iron, the lumber and the cot? ton goods that are now being shipped North, tbe millions that will come to pay for mineral and timber lands, the $50,000,000 or more that is now paid for early vegetables and fruits, and the great aggregate, reaching probably already $25,000,000 spent by winter visitors who come South to enjoy its climate. The agricultural advancement has been almost as marked as tbe industrial. In 1879 tbe value ot the South's agricul I tural products was $571,000,000; in 1888 I it was $739,000,000, and in 1889 it will.be about $850,000,000. In 1879 the South produced 431,000,000 bushels of grain, and in 1888 632,000,000 bushels, and the yield for 1889 will probably show 650, 000,000 to 675,000,000 bushels. The percentage of increase in grain produc? tion in the South was larger than in tbe West. In 1879 the value of the live 8tock*in tbe South was $391,400,000 and in 1889 $569,160,000. In 1880 the South had 220 national banks, with a capital of $45.597,000, and in 1889 it bss 472 national banks, and their capital is $76,454,000. The increase in the number of national banks since 1879 has been about 13 per cent, in the North, 81 per cent, in the West and 113 per cent, in the South, while the increase in capital stock was nearly 4 per cent, in the North, 95 per cent, in the West, and 70 per cent, in the South, during the same period. There was an increase of surplus in national banks of 45 per cent, in the North, 82 per cent, in the West and 146 per cent, in the South ; of undivided profits, an increase of 43 per cent, in the North, 58 per cent, in the West and 92 per cent, in the South; of loans and discounts, 41 per cent, in the North, 130 per cent, in the West and of 110 per cent, in the South; and of individual deposits, 39 per cent, in the North, 107 percent, in the West and 116 per cent, in the South. In the last four years 14,000 new manu? facturing and mining enterprises have been organized in tbe South. The railroad mileage of tbe South has been increased by the addition of nearly 21,000 miles since 1880. Since that year over 800,000,000 have been spent in the building of new roads and improving old ones. The assessed value of property haB increased over $1,300,000,000 and the true valuation of over $3,000,000,000. In 1880 tho South made 397,301 tons of I pig iron ; in 1888,1,182,000; and in 1880 the output will probably he about 1,600, 000 to 1,700,000 tons. In 1880 6,048,571 tons of coal were mined in the South, and in 1SSS tbe output was over 18,000,000 tons. Cotton mills have increased from 161, with 14,323 looms and 667,854 spindles, in 1880, to 355 mills, with 45,001 looms and 1,035,268 spindles, while many new mills are under construction, and many old ones being enlarged. In 1S80 there were 40 cotton seed oil mills in tbe South, having a capital of $3,500,000; now there are 213, with over $20,000,000 in? vested. THE RACES MUST SEPARATE. Dr. Blyden, the Eminent Negro Scholar, Believes That They Desire to go Back to the Land ot Their Fathers. To the Editor of the News and Courier : I have observed with great interest and satisfaction, and, I must add, gratitude, your kindly and sympathetic references to my presence and efforts in tbe South in behalf of Africa's material and spirit? ual re-generation through her exiled sons in this country. This morning when on my way from Aiken, where I spent last week attending the Conference of tbe African' M. E Church, a copy of to day's Nexos and Cbu rier, containing your very able article on the Race Problem, was placed in my hands. Taking your discussion in con? nection with the events now transpiring in CongreBS, I consider it as most signifi? cant and timely. After reading, when it first appeared, the article on the Race Problem by Prof. Scornp in tbe current number of the Forum, I took the liberty of writing him a note on the subject, to which he sent me the enclosed reply, which I think it would interest you to read ; and if you care to give any portion of it to the pub? lic, I have the authority of the Professor to allow such publication to be made. The Pro lessor, as you will Bee, is some? what mistaken in bis view of tbe attitude of the negro to the African emigration question. There is no subject dearer to tbe hearts of hundreds of thousands than the return to the land of their fathers. I have been very forcibly impressed by the very widespread interest in the subject? the general desire to emigrate?which I have observed in the State of South Car? olina. If Congress should make the provision for their departure now recommended, there would be no difficulty in finding those ready to avail themselves of it; the difficulty would be in avoiding adventur? ers, who would hasten to place them sei res under Government patronage and become prominent recipients of its bene? fits, but who, on arriving in Africa, would be sure, as Prof. Scomp suggests, to "send back doleful accounts from that El Dorado." Yours, respectfully, Edward W. Blyden. Charleston, December 16. Prof. Scomp's Views. Emory College, Oxford, Ga. December 7, 1889. Dr. Edward W. Blyden?Dear Sir: Your favor of tbe 3rd to hand and read with interest. I am gratified at the interest in my Forum article which prompted you to write to me. 1 have felt, from my childhood very great interest in the success of Liberia, and even then I thought that one day Liberia "might be the ultimate solution of the slavery problem. Since then the slave has- become a freedman, and now the question rests in his own volition as to whether or not Africa is to be his future home. I have in late years felt much discour? aged as to Liberia's future, since from the best accounts which I have had, tbe colonies, instead of progressing, were actually fast retrograding. This I have attributed chiefly to the contact into which the uneducated negroes were brought with the heathenism of the natives. As I expressed in tbe Forum, I have thought that if a large iuflux of the most intelligent and industrious American negroes could be poured into Liberia, and thereby exert an overpowering influ? ence in favor of the civilization, the tide might be turned into tbe other direction. But the great difficulty in getting that elites to go. and in getting them settled after their arrival has been to my mind an almost insuperable obstacle to the scheme. Then, the American negroes do not seem to be turning tbeir eyes toward Africa at all. Generally, their attention seems to he fixed upon the Southwestern States, or the countries to the southward. It is clear that the negro's mind must be turned towards Africa, if the Liberian Republic is to be built up. Tbe removal of nations across the ocean is a mighty task, even with all our modern facilities. Yet I regard it as bv no means impossi? ble. First of all the negro must be con? vinced that it is to his interest to emi? grate thither. Then the best of the race must be tbe pioneers of the movement for on tbe success of the first emigrants will depend largely the future success of the effort. Besides a long course of training and character building is necessary to fit the masses of the negroes for any indepen? dent national existence. As yet, they are not prepared for euch a condition. Looking at present conditions and ultimate aims I have very strongly favored the Blair educational bill as a measure likely to greatly assist the negro for future independent citizenship. That tbe separation of the races must eventually take place is to my mind a foregone conclusion. How ic may be affected with tbe best results for both is the problem. ***** * * * In an article of mine in the October number of the Magazine of American History I have traced from the old MSS the story of the coming of the negro to Georgia, and much of tho narrative applies to the other colonies. As before said, only the best negroes should be the pioneers in any emigration enterprise. The lazy and thriftless would send back doleful accounts from El Dorado and Paradise even, were it possible, and eo discourage future emi? gration. I believe in Government aid to the enterprise, furnished annually and under the strictest limitations, until the work shall be accomplished, or at least shall reach an independent footing. Many years must be required for the task. One feature which I regard aB ominous to the future of most of the Southern negroes is the steady and rapid improve? ment in machinery in all departments of tho cotton plantation industry?o. g., less than two months ago there was exhibited at tbe Georgia State Fair, at Macon, a machine for chopping cotton by which .one man, upon a kind of buggy plough, could in one day do the work by horse power of more than a dozen ordi? nary choppers. Such machinery gener? ally introduced must, for the most part, put an end to the plantation negro's summer work and his means of subsist? ence. Many efforts too are making at the invention of a proper cotton picking machine, and though this has not yet succeeded to any degree, yet American ingenuity will undoubtedly prove equal to the task of invention. When that day comes tbe mass of Southern negroes will be practically out of an occupation and without a livelihood. They should look to the future with reference to tho good of their race. I fear they will not see ; their true interest until too late to avail themselves of the advantages offered in advance. Most unfortunately, Southern negroes are almost wholly in tbe power of dirty politicians and debauching saloon keep? ers. Their votes and political influence have a market value, which party plat? forms gauge and low politicians calculate upon. A negro Bhould learn, above all things, that every doggery keeper is, to all intents, his natural enemy. While this debaucher may drag tbe white man, he prevents, at the Bame time, tho negro from getting up. The negro ought to be the Bworn aud eternal euemy of the sa? loon. Personally, I am ready to do all that I can to bring about what I regard as the only true and permanent solution of the race?that is, by the separation of tbe races, and tbe work preparatory thereto. Very respectfully. Henry A. Scomp. Painted the Seminary IIor.sc Yellow. Two Dickinson Seminary students are in disgrace and have been suspended from the privileges of the school, the result of a little fun indulged in by them a few nights ago. Tho boys secured a can of yellow ochre and in tbe stillness of the night, went to tbe seminary Btable, where they lost no time in changing tbe color of tbe school cart hor?e from a dark bay to a bright yellow. Wben the hostler arrived at the stable he was astonished at the appearance of the faithful old animal, and forthwith reported bis dis? covery to Dr. Gray, tbe president. An investigation -followed and tbe guilty students were found out. Tbe hostler has been busy evor since eudeavoring by frequent curryings to bring the horse back to his natural color, but with only partial success.?New York Sun. Abandoning a Big Town. London, Dec. 19.?Tbe great town of ShosboDg, North of Cape Colony, South Africa, baa been abandoned by the entire popjlation. All that are left of the peo? ple, about 20,000 in number, who lived in Shoshong, are a few whito traders, who -'ay there to traffic with the natives of the surrounding country. A while ago Kha ma, tbe famous King of Bechuanaland, and his counsellors, decided that Sho? shong had suffered so severely from scar? city of water for several years past that they would seek a new site for the town. A desirable situation was found about 100 miles Northwest of Shoshong, and not a great ways from the Limpopo River. It was a largo undertaking, as tbe peo? ple are quite well to do and have a good deal of personal property and about 50, 000 cattle. The fields of Indian corn and millet which they abandoned extended for many miles around Shoshong" Tho transfer occupied a month, and tbe people in their new bats have at least the cer? tainty of an ample water supply. Shoshong was the largest native town in South Africa, and pictures of it appear in some school geographies ana in Reclus's universal geography. The Sooth Ignored. Washington, December 21.?The Western States received the lion's share at tbe hands of Speaker Reed in the mat? ter of chairmanships, getting 29 out of 56 places. Next in order came tbe Middle States with 16 chairmanships, the New England States with 7, the Pacific Slope with 3 and the South with but one, Brower, of North Carolina, of the com? mittee on .expenditures in the postoffice department. Pennsylvania leads the list of individ? uals with 8 chairman, New York comes next with 7, Ohio and Illinois have each 5, Wisconsin has 4, Iowa, Michigan and Kansas 3 each, Maine, Indiana, Massa? chusetts and Minnesota 2 each, Nebraska Montana, Missouri, Vermont, North Carolina, Connecticut, Oregon, New Jersey, California and Rhode Island 1 each. New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Ala? bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky Aikansas, Colorado Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Washington?twenty States in all are without chairmanships, the entire Southern section having but 1. An Up-Country Industry. Mr. C. W. Wiecking, who will be remembered by old-time Charlestonians, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Wiecking I moved to Walhalla about ten years ago, and has since been engaged in grape cul I ture on the slopes of tbe Blue Ridge. I He is now President and treasurer of the Oconee Grape Growers' and Fruit Distil ery Association, of which Dr. D. E. Dar? by is the vice president and Mr. G. Wanner the secretary. To a Reporter for the News and Courier Mr. Wiecking aaid yesterday that his as? sociation was in a splendid condition. "We grow our own grapes and make as fine wines and brandy as is made in the United States. Our wines are as fine, if Dot finer than those made in France and Germany, and ten years hence our bran? dies will rival those of-. Brandenburg, Freres and Hennessy. All that we want is time to age our wines and brandies. Then too we expect to bring immigrants into tbe State. There is no finer country than Oconee and Greenville and Pickens for vine culture. There are vineyards in that section that rival those of Franco and the Rhine. In my judgment the. vine culture of upper Carolina in five years will be one of the chief industries of the 1 State."?News and Courier, 21si. The Soundest Han in the Union. Unliko many other presidents, who by the vote of the people were commanded to step down and out, Mr. Cleveland adheres to those principles he announced while in office, and so clear and convinc? ing are his utterances on all occasions where he is called upon to talk that the American people are thinking more to day of the soundness of his policy than ever before. The Ex Frem'dent is certainly a giant, and it is believed that he will be the candidate of bis party in the next great battle. With him it is like it has been with all other great men, his service and bis aims for the future were not fully understood and appreciated until a weak? er and far less decided rival was made to take the place he had so worthily filled. The carrying out of Cleveland's policy meant good for all America, but tbe moneyed powers were afraid of him and the sound material he employed, and it was for this reason that tbe millions were spent for bis. defeat, Should be be nom? inated again iL is not likely that any such course will be taken a second time for his defeat. In this event the Democracy will no doubt see the soundest man in the Union made President again.?Barnxocll Sentinel. Didn't Speak to One Another. Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 19.?Twelve years ago Mr. and Mrs. Homer Grieve, living in the Eastern part of this County, quarreled over a, remark made by a neighbor that one of their children did not resemble his brothers and sisters. The quarrel grew in intensity until finally they became irreconcilable, and entered into a compact of mutual agreement to the effect that tbey would continue to live together under the same roof, but never acain would tbey speak to each other. This etrange obligation they faithfully observed until a few days ago. During the entire twelve years they ate together from tbe same table and entertained their friends, but in no instance was a word directly exchanged or an acknowl? edgement of the other's existence made. A few days ago some of the church friends of tbe couple interested themselves in tbe family difference, and brought the matter before the official board of the con? gregation to which they belonged, with the happy result that a reconciliation and reunion was speedily effected, and ar? rangements for a celebration of the event have been made for Sunday, at which time a large company of the friends of Mr. and Mr. Grieve will assemble to hear them publicly acknowledge their foolish? ness, and take up again the relation they severed twelve jears ago. ? Louisa Epperson, daughter of a weal? thy farmer residing near Barkersvillc, Mo., shot nnd killed Julius Hofcr, a young man employed by her father, as he sat at tbe family table eating his dinner Monday last. Hofer had been in the hab? it of teasing the girl about her admirers, and at the breakfast table Hofer made some remark which incensed the girl. She told Hofer if he repeated tbe remark she would shoot him. Hofer promised to refrain, but at dinner began agaiu on the same subject. Tbe girl, without a word, arose, left the table, walked deliberately into another room, picked up a "S'calibro revolver, and returning to the dining room shot Hofer in the right side of tho head, over the car, and he fell to the floor dead. The murderess U describad as an unusually attractive girl about uincl02u years old. "s. \?: 1 ? Within the last twenty years the Courts in Kansas have granted 7,101 di? vorces. ? A big black diamond picked up in Brazil is on exhibition jn New York. It looks like a piece of chesnut coal in the rough, but it would take a good many tons of coal of any kind to equal the value of this lump. It weighs 307? car? ats, and is worth ?5,000. ? Judge Wells, of Rapid City, Dakota, was the victim of a peculiar runaway a few days ago. Two of bis cows escaped, and he went hunting for them in a buggy. He found them, and, tying ropes around their boms, attached them to the back oi the buggy and started for home. He had not gone far when the cows, concluding they were going the wrong way, turned and made off in the opposite direction, dragging the Judge and horse and buggy alter them at a regular rate. Finally, the horse was pulled off his feet and rolled over in a ditch, piling the Judge ond the buggy up in a promiscuous heap by the roadside. Fortunately no damage was done except to th? buggy. After tying the cows the Judge went home and pent a small boy after them. ? In bis recent work on "Recent Economic Changes," Mr. David A. Wells states thst the consumers of pig iron in this country during the past ten years have paid in enhanced prices, due to the tariff, G5 per cent, more than the entire capital invested in its production. That, too, he states, while the employees of the iron men have been receiving wages "somewhat lees on an average than were paid at the same time to other and outside labor," The aggregate excess of cost of iron and steel in ten years to the consumers of the United States above that paid to Great Britain has been, Bays Mr. Wells, $560,000,000, or an average of $56,000,000 per annum. This shows where the farmer's money goes. It ahowB also where a great many other people's money goes, to their loss and impover? ishment, while the "protected" capitalist is getting richer and richer. ? A New York correspondent writes : 'A general resort t? cremation as a means of disposing of the dead may be prevented by sentiment and habit, perhaps, but un? der some circumstances it is certain to meet with favor. Nothing is more con? venient when the body is to be transmit? ted to a distance. A eorpse in an ordinary coffin ia exposed to the unfeeling handling of the baggage smashers, and full fare must be paid for it?it can't go dead head ?while two or three pontage stamps will carry the cremated remains of a dear departed to any part of the country by mail. The remains of a gentleman re? cently cremated in San Francisco were sent easily in this way. They made a neat, compact package less than six inches long, and the postage came to the trifling sum of 12 cents. Of course, it is rather more trouble to mail a dead wife, husband, relative or friend than it is to mail a letter. The package containing the remains is too large to go into the letter box, and it is not safe to leave it on the top of the box. It must be taken to the poslofBce and passed through the window to the clerk. But this is really a small matter in view of the many conve? niences possessed by the plan and the trouble and cost that it enables one to avoid. LOST! ON Monday, November 18th. in the City of Anderson, one Leather Pock? et Book, containing a sum of money, two Certificates of Deposit on the National Bank of Anderson?one for 8700 and the other for $400?numbered respectively 6892 and 6901; a Check drawn by Brown'Bros. in my favor, dated October 30th and num? bered 591, for $147.05; a Note on Robert Moorheaa for $$0, and a number of other Eapers. Payment on all the above papers as been stopped. A reward will be paid for the return of the Pocket Book and pa? pers. W. Q. HAMMOND. Dec 20, 1889_25_I? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of James T. Hanks, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. LUCY E. HANKS,) A(W? W. L. HANKS, 'jAdrurs. Dec 26,1889_25_3__ ?\TOTICE TO CREDITORS. JA All persons having claims against the Estate of Dr. R. A. Reid, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. ELLA L. REID, Administratrix. Dec 20,1889 . 25_3_ THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. COURT. OF COMMON PXEAS. B. Frank Mullikin and A. W. Tickens, Executors of James Mullikin, deceased, Plaintifls, against Lucinda Ball, Marcus L. Mullikin, Augustus N. MulHkin, Martha M. Mullikin, Emanucl A. Mul? likin, Jesse F. Mullikin. Wm. H. Mullikin, Le? ander Mullikin, Win. E. Moon, J. B. F. Mulli? kin. Thos. W. Mullikin, Sarah E. Eoland, Ma linda Hunnicutt, Wilson Mullikin, B. F. Mulll kin, Florenco Hall, Alice Mullikin, Emma Har? ris, Josephine Bickens and Mary Misscy, De? fendants.?Summons for Relief? Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer tbo complaint in this action, which is filed in tho office of the Clerk of tho Court oi Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their cilice, Anderson C. H., S. C, within twenty days after the servico hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintill' in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in tho com? plaint Dated Deccoibcr 20, A. D. 1889. WHITKEE Jc SIMPSON, PlatntiuV Attornoys. [Seal] M. P. Tkibblk C. C. P. To tho Defendants MarcuB L. Mullikin, Emanucl A. Mullikin. Jesse F. Mullikin, Win. II. Mulli? kin, Leaiider W. Mullikin, Wm. E. Moon, Thos. W. Mullikin, Sarah E. Eoland and Maliada Hiui nicutt : Take notice that tho Complaint in this action and the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were hied in the oflico of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, at Anderson C. II., in tho Citv of Anderson, on tho 20th day of Dcccmbor, 1880. WHITNEE & SIMPSON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Dec 2ft, 1880 25 C ? A fgM between a gorilla and a bull dog, for a purse of SoOO, occurred ai Fort Wayne, Ind., on Monday morning. The dog was a fine thoroughbred English bull dog weighing 40 pounds, while the gorilla pulled down nearly 80 pounds. They were put into an enclosure 12 feet equare and 8 feet high, built of 3 inch oak strips. A large crowd was present and betting was spirited, with the odds greatly in fa? vor of the brute from Africa. The dog was killed in two minutes. The gorilla was unhurt. FOR CONGRESS. In case of the resignation of the Hon. J. S. Cothran, our present Representative in Congress, the many friends of the Hon. I). K. Norris, of Anderson County, will respectfully present his claims to the voters of the Third Congressional District as Mr. Cotbran's successor before the Democratic primary election to be held therefor. * The Hon. J. S. Cothran having made public his intention to resign bis seat in Congress, the friends of Hon. E. B. Murray, our present uhleSenator, beg leave respect? fully to announce him as Judge Cothran's successor in the National House of Repre? sentatives. Friends. b. f. browne" Watchmaker and. Jeweller, Returned to Anderson. ]EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair Jj ing. Prompt and honest work, and reasonable charges only for the work done. Fine and difficult jobs a specialty. Front window at L. H. Seel's, Dec 19,1880_24_3m_ T^OTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. .1^ The undesigned, Executrix of the Estate of C. B. Stan ton, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 21st day of January, 1890, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from her office as Executrix. FRANCES E. GRIMES, Ex'x. Dec 10,1889_24 ?? 5 Educate Your Daughters; AND, BEFORE DECIDING WHERE, Send for a Catalogue of the Williamston Female College The SPRING SESSION will open MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1890. I will come up from "Wright's Hotel, Columbia, Satur? day, Feb I. S. LANDER, President, Williamston, S. C, Dec. 18,1889. 24-7 A MAN Standing on his head hursts through the floor and in? jures one ear. NO! NO! You'rrcng,as usel. Twan't that'er way. Well, then, how was it? Waal, sor, bit was jist this'er way: Sal (me wife, yer no,) was down at ther 10c. Store 8aday, and 6aw Miner. Gwineter tell yer, bit was a site how that ar man got mashed. Sal says that are holeBroyles building, whar this here Minor fellow kicks up sich a racket with his 10c. Store, was a solid mass o' surging humanity. She says (and I don't never donbt whatever she says) that they jist poshed and jamed each other, and strong men mashed weak wo? men , an' week women mashed strong men, an' little niggers mashed big niggers, an' all the fat persons tbar ware mashed into pancakes, 'tell she jis didn't know what ter do, unless it was ter fill what little space she could find between two leen persons, an' so she did. She says Minor sells goods chape, but she. couldn't git no body ter wate oner, bo I'm gwine over ter morrow and git er few Toys fer de chiluns. They'll cost nothing hardly. C. S. MINOR <ft CO,, Truly. TO ALL THE public are invited to call and see the beautiful assortment of? ? CHRISTMAS GOODS At the Book Store oi <3-. W. FANT Sc S?Pi". Miscellaneous BOOKS, including Poems, Family and Pocket Bibles, Chatter-Boxes, Toy and Children's Books. Gold Pens, Writing Desks, Lsp Tablets and Papeteries, Oil Paintings, Artos, Engravings, Cromos, Picture Frames, Wall Pockets, Scrap Books, Auto, and Photo. Albums, Work Boxes, Christmas Cards, a beautiful assort ment. If you want a suitable Present for the season, this is the place to secure one that will be appropriate, and at moderate cost. G. W. FANT & SON. Dec 12, 1889_23_2 NOTICE. rriHE remainder of subscriptions to Cap _L ital Stock of the Anderson Cotton Mills has been called fur?35 per cent, pay? able on or by 1st December next, and 35 per cent, payable on or before 1st January next. Contracts fur machinery have been made, which renders it absolutely neces? sary that these installments be promptly met. Bv order of the Board of Directors. J. A. BROCK, Pres. and Treas. J. J. BAKER. Secretary. Nov. 21.1889 20 A. G. STRICKLAND, ZDIEZLSTTIST. "VTITROUS OXIDE given at a]l times _lN for the Painless Extraction of Teeth, Office on corner of Granite Row over Bleckley Mercantile Co. Nov. 15. 1888 19 AT COST, ? AT COST! OUR ENTIRE STOCK OP Greneral Merchandize. Anticipating a change 1st January next, we are offering our Stock AT COST AND BELOW, FOR SPOT CASH UNTIL THAT TIME. ROOM NO. 5, HOTEL CHIQUOLA, THAT'S WHERE Aro now to l>e found -witli tlioir Choice Stock of Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Fruits, Etc, . NEW ATTRACTIONS. DAILY ARRIVALS. Don't forget Date and Place. ADMISSION TREE. OPEN EARLY and LATE. Special Attractions for the Holiday Trade, FIN JE LINE FIBE "works - AND ? All Kinds Groceries and Xmas Goodies, ARE BEING SOLD CHEAP AT e. W. TAYjLOR & CO'S. HERE IS YOHE MULE! BUCKLEY & FRETWELL S Exposition Building is now open for the patronage of the Public?we refer to Our Immense Sales Stable, On Comer McDuffle and Benson Streets, SlNCE our opening we have received Three Car Loads of Fine young Kentucky MULES, and a lot of Fine HORSES. We assure our friends and customers of? fair and square dealings, As it is not our intention to misrepresent Stock, but to sell them just for what they are. If you need any Stock at any time, call at the Stables on MAJ. J. 11. VANDIVER, who is in charge of them, and will be pleased to show you around. We have now a good large assortment of? j young mules and horses on hand, And can sell you also? BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, &c, CHEAP! We do not propose to deal in old rips?we handle only clean, nice young animals, and excellent bargains ceo be had at our Stables every day. BLECKLEY & FRETWELL THE CO-OPERATIVE ALLIANCE STORE Is too busy tu write advertisements f;hese days, and he sides the the People prove daily fry their actions that they know where it is made to their Interest to buy aU their GOODS. WE would say, howevei, that we did not for? get iu the rush of business to provide a nice line of~ o:h:E;Ist^ia.s zp^EsiEisrTS, both for the old and young. We rind ourselves rather overstocked in the better grad.s of? FLANNELS, BLANKETS and LADIES' WK?PS, So we have marked down the prices cn these, as well as some other winter articles, as we cannot spare room to carry over Goods. We have a few Cars of? HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE, Which we are selling at $15.75 per Ton, though we can't guarantee this price but a few day?, as we think it is sure to go higher. We also handle CRACKERS and CANDY by the package. We will be able now to wait on our trade more readily, as we have a force numbering Thirty eight. IST. 33 My positive instructions from the Board of Directors of this Store is, snd has always been, not to sell a cent's worth of goodu on Cred? it to any one, but to sell only for Spot Cash. In some instances, in order to get around thiH, and to try and keep from giving offense until the people could learn the workings of the business, I have advanced the money individually, and made the charges on my old books. This, how? ever, complicates matters, giving us e:cira work to do, andibesides these requests are so frequent? ly made, and some are fo slow to pay that it works a hardship on me, so will in the future be obliged to turn down any und all ordeis, comii.g from any source, not accompanied with the cash. We would suggest to utiy oi:e who prefers for convenience to run an hcw-unt, 10 make a de? pot-it with us, when wc vw'.l be pleased to honor any orders for cash orpnrvhn.'Oa until the balance is exhausted. Nor can wr allow goods taken out of the Store on tri}.! v-ui.nut being paid f. r, as this creates confusion A ny goods not cut off will hf tnkcri back and im.ney r< funded, provided ihi?y are rciurwri in a r- :u>?>i.sb!e length ol time, itudHniHgi'd, V?*ry respectfully, IR? Ss HI IL Li p. s ,?I hereby give notice to all persons indebted to me in my forthej business, either by Note or Account, or ihe old Firm of Hill, Adams & Co., the they must pay up during the month of Dcci mbi r ><* 1 Lave not tin e w w to lo after my private business, and will put all lh?c n.aMt!* in the hatufe of George Prince, Esq , for immediate collection oil the 1st day of January next. Jf R. ?. HILL! % i-SV'