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':-jP~WI3SIDSD every thursday. f: 'umw*mvmm "'" " /"" ' I ? F. CJjTJSfKSGALES, \ Editobs and ^'Cc. 0. LANGSTON, ) Phoprietoes. r^-'"'''"' "? - THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1890. t-j3sngrea%far,,>J^..^,^. 81.50, MONTHS............m. 750i o^jWarMunaker keeps a scrap-book, whiji? he/ preserves everything the !?^|ei|!S8y.abont him. The remarks" '"BQin^p^the^editors mdst bo very onsolingv.. , ^ 'j^f,'ThBi core,oats and cotton crops of last ^i^^^.?ie largest ever raised in this :0-couriferyV while tho wheat crop did not very much .behind the - banner year /f||ofl?S4;; The cotton manufactured and //r&oprodaction of iron were also ahead of | "previous year. he/Ad.ventists, who selected the 7th of j tbi)ef ;:last as .the day on which the Gabriel would .blow his trumpet, .wer?;-,disappointed, now find that :&ey:Vmade,,.?n error of one year in ?riieir caIcnlations, and that , the 7th of j ?Po?b^er next willliethe eventful day. . "The new year opens with the South ; *ng greater activity and with bright prospects for the future than this sec ?i^$aa/ ever known before. The grand rariphal march of progress has led the inth' up to:a high elevation, from which g0fe;^;lwk: fbrward to the brilliant proa* ;"r ?""ots- ahead.*' - y ??^)^e^l8st:;'anrinal dinner of the'l Southern Society of New York the-mem fceravwhosat around the table represen? ted over Most of them men who went to New York after e war. poor men, and have made their Sbriones iri the Bharp competition of that "feing metropolis. There are now ?0,000 .men'Of Southern birth in New irkjf and v:among them are some of its ' mbst- prominent and influential citizens. ."^atwondenul possibilities are around .'and many of/them as yet are un* ^rejime^.^ip?t has now been discover . ^ed'tJiat-tlieifibreof the okra plant iaof I a line quality, and an Englishman, W. ;'"P/,>Ssdlow, claims that it can be pro ur^ kt accost not exceeding one cent r. pound./ He also claims that he can dish a cheap machine for separating loVJfibre from .^eslalks,- that can be used i2 a neighborhood as cotton gins ate now. yjJ&e Detroit ?tiree JPress says the race proDlem/d^ be wholly con* aed to . the South, It is only a few Vsinco a body; of workingmen in ^cMnopolia?the home, it may be recall? s/of President Harrison?walked out of : machine shops because a negro jbprer had'been employed. In Cincin li?a northern city?two' respectable ored men, teachers in the public , were "fired" from a restaurant ley asked to be waited on. 3n: /Harvester and Cleaner was [?'successfully tested in a large aeld: ? at Lake Cormorant, Miss, chine was drawn by two mules J :they could walk, and came so ae'ring in all* the cotton on the at; the little left can easily be by hand iri.the ordinary way at il cost. It is estimated that: ;pickmg a bale of cotton by' jjae will not' exceed thtee, dol tit would amount to at least by hand. hu ie Legislature, at its recent aeflsion, .instrajited the Adjutant and Inspector ' wrai; to collect as many of the flags , erased in the late war as he could find, and ^io^epc8it ;8ame with the Secretary of Htafey-who is to have them properly pre Bry?a.; Aa he is-tctally- ignorant'of the iumber of. such flags, as well as of the %: names and' residences of their custodians, pfje/r'eques'ts that all persons holding flags .r willvcommunicate with him at an early ?||date,;ln 'order, that -this very laudable ^?bjec^m?y-be carried out. ' - Thoiund for the Grady monument ba3 iearly:; touched $16,000. The Fourth rati^nal/Bankj New York, contributes 500V/-The spontaneity of the movement i been, unexampled. The young men jfAtlanta, in thus honoring the noble /rad patriotic dead, do themselves and their.' city' honor. But a monument, ;/; however lofty and elaborate, can never ' sufficiently uet forth the grandeur of his |?^brk:and the innate nobility of his char .-^ acter. Memory shrines him with an j^aSection that will, outlast marble and bronze. 'ip:? Oie of the great needs of the South is v morjji.of thesmall industries. There are ' a great number of big furnaces, big mills, ^.big .-iactoriea, and plenty of disposition ^^hd;.^pitai/zeady to build more of these ^ arid enlarge those existing. What would Cmbre for ' the industrial life of the j^^than/any. other thing would be jgrtartibg of small machine shops, knit? ting mills, shoe shops, wood shops, etc., ^^ese.on ;asmall scale; tobe or not ? i;as. circumstances dictated, grown and l^ppanded'. to. greater proportions. No ^jpk&e>in the world offers so many open to men of small means who are filling; Jo Work, and no country will more liberally support the efforts of such men. Thejapidity with which the present lidemic is spreading is remarkable. .Tie papers are full of it, and thousands ^j/soffering from its effects in almost ery section of the country. The ench call the epidemic, La Grippe. Italians gave it its English name. no reason in nature or in con nS of life for this disease, ascribe it leinfluence (influenza) of the stars, o'er/of these names give any idea as hai the epidemic is. The clearest which we have seen given by the lore as to the character of the disease iat/it is a combinatian of hay fever bronchial catarrh. In runs a much ?e rapid course than either of the K?ses, mentioned, and has many more pe^cpmplications. po disease is not dangerous, except petimes to children orthe3ged, and ise who have pulmonary troubles, is especially fatal to those who have sumption. In 1831 and 1847 the genza was followed by cholera, and oh/alarm now prevails lest this epe c be a precursor to another seige of ?lera. There is no well founded reason this alarm, for wo see.stated by such thorityasthe Now-York Medical i?e that the micro-organisms of the two eases are as essentially different are the' diseases themselves. The ^xa geroi/lives in water and soil, the uenza germ in the air. pi Mr. ?. H. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y., writes the State Department of Agricul? ture that his efforts to induce the poorly paid laborer of the Northern cities to move Southward and engage in agricul? tural and mechanical pursuits are bring? ing forth fruit. He has now several families who are ready to come to South Carolina with their families, settle and make homes for themselves. They wish to purchase land in the healthier portions of the State, but having little money they wish to work for wages or crop on shares until they can get r. start. ? -?? According to an article in the New York. World, based on reports from the treasurer of each State of the Union, the actual wealth of the United States is ?computed at $61,459,000,000, as against $23,719,000,000 assessed valuation for taxable purposes, This estimate is ex? clusive of public property and an estimate of $3,000,000,000 held abroad. The pop? ulation of the country, on the ratio of increase that obtained from 1870 to 1880, will be 65,000,000 next year. On this basis, and taking the World's figures of aggregate wealth, the amount per head of our population would be $945; or about the same as France and considerably less than-Great Britain aud Ireland. Com? menting on its own figures the World says : "The wealth of the United States now exceeds the total wealth of the whole world at any time previons to the middle of the eighteenth century, and the amount invested abroad is alone equal to the na? tional wealth of Portugal and Denmark. The total wealth of only five nations is equal to the mere increase of the United States in the last nine years." Still the ratio of increase was greater in the decade between 1850 and 1880 than at any sub? sequent or prio:.* period. Another Lynching, Barnwell,. January 11.?About a year ago William Black, a young negro of about 20 years of age, broke into the house of another negro living on the place of Dr. A. W. Bailey, near Ellenton. He was apprehended, brought to trial and on arraignment pleaded guilty. He served his sentence, arrived (in Barnwell on last Tuesday, and was making his way to his mother's house along the Barnwell Court House and Steele Creek Road, when, arriving at Mr. James Bennett'shouBe and observing no one around, he stole two coats and other articles, which were quickly missed by'the owner. Henry Sweat, a colored man, armed with a warrant from Trial Justice Dan bar, and assisted by James Bennett, his son, and young Walker?both the latter were boys?overtook the negro, arrested him, and were proceeding towards Rob bins, where Trial Justice Danbar dispenses justice for the surrounding country. Meantime they had been joined by one David C. Ready, who was drunk and volunteered to assist in conveying the prisoner to Robbins. Just about a mile from Robbins they came to a right hand road leading down towards a swamp. "Turn to the right," says Ready. Ben? nett demurred. "That is the nearest road to Trial Justice Dunbar's," replied Ready, and the procession, filed into the right hand road, going towards the swamp. Reaching the swamp, Ready, the other men objecting all the while and begging him to desist, tied the negro with his back to a tree, and going some little distance, fell on his knees and made a long prayer. As he said "Amen" he raised his gun and fired. It was so heavily charged that, as the report rang out, Ready fell back flat on his back as if he was shot. The negro ifell forward on his face as far as the rope would allow, with the back part^of his head torn away. This was on Tuesday night. Before morning Ready had taken the train towards Augusta. The negro's body was not discovered, it seems, until a day or two since. Trial Justice Danbar, acting coroner, held the inquest yesterday. A gentleman who was at the inquest and heard the testimony was in Barnwell to day, and the above. account is baaed on his report of that testimony. It iB only fair to David C. Ready, how? ever, to say that the testimony at the in? quest was given by those who were with him at the time of the murder.- To what extent their testimony was colored by their connection with the transaction is, of course, a matter of opinion. With regard to the character of the crime, there is no difference of opinion. AH denounce it as a most atrocious mur? der. So far, no one has been committed to jail. Ready was expected back from Augasta last night. -another account. Blackville, January 11.?A negro boy, whose name is unknown to your correspondent, broke into a white man's house, near Bobbin's Station, on the Port Royal Railroad, in this county, and stole some few articles. A warrant was issued by Trial Justice T. S. Dunbar and placed iu the hands ot a good and trusty negro for execution. He went iu search of his man, and met him in the custody of Dave Ready and another white man, who had already arrested him. Ready had his prisoner tied, and when the negro consta? ble met them he turned about with them to go to the justice. The four, the two white men, the negro constable and the negro prisoner, had not proceeded far together when Ready, who was under the influence of whiskey, said that he intended having a lynching of his own, and thereupon took the negro pris? oner on the side of'the road and bound him to a tree and Bhot him to death. Why the other white man and negro did not try to prevent it I could not learn. Ready immediately left and the last that was heard of him he was in Augusta. The above' was obtained from a party who heard the white man and negro con? stable testify yesterday before the coro? ner. fubther details of the crime. Ellenton, Barnwell County, Jan. 11.?Another lynching occurred near Robbins, in Barnwell County, on Tuesday night. Wm. Black, a young negro, was tied to the limb of a small tree and the top of his head shot off by a party of ne groeB and whites who had him under ar? rest. Black was an ex-convict on his way home from the Penitentiary. He stole a coat from a white man. It was a horrible affair. The body was not found till Thursday. The buzzards had eaten the brains out. The good men of the county are oat spoken in their condemnation of the af? fair. The negroes near by are badly stirred up about it. I heard one, a land? owner, offering his land for sale this morning. He says he wants to get out of the State.?Special io the Nexos and Cou? rier. ? Ia Georgia a law went into effect on the 1st of January which makes eleveo hours a legal day's labor. Carolina at the Capital/ Washington, January 13.?Tho pro? longed visit of W. W. Russell, ono of the leaders of the Independent faction, to this city is accounted for by his nomination as postmaster at Anderson Court House, which was sent to the Senate to day. It is evident that the investigation of his case by the postoffice inspectors wa9 fa? vorable to him. Flushed by his own suc? cess, Russell is now endeavoring to have his father, Thos. H. Russell, appointed supervisor of the census of South Carolina. He is opposed by M. H. Brice, who wants the place himself, and also the Rev. J. E. Wilson, who is championed by Deas. S. B. Biers is here seeking reappointment as postmaster at Greenville. The following South Carolina postmas? ters were appointed to day: G. Riley at Bluffton, Beaufort County ; F. 0. Stover, Kerahaw, Lancaster County, and G. F. Cooke, Riverdale, Darlington County. The case of Lee vs. Simpson, involving the much disputed Olemaon College question, is pending before the Supreme Court. As it is pretty low down on the docket the attorneys will probably go into Court next Monday and request that the hearing in the case be advanced. The Court has consented to hear argument in favor of advancement next Monday. The Eighth Circuit. An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Fix the Time for Holding the Circuit Courts in the Eighth Circuit. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tbe authority of the same, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to fix the time for holding the Circuit Courts in the Eighth Circuit" be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: That tbe Circuit Courts of the Eighth Circuit be held as follows: 1. That the Court of General Sessions at Abbeville, for the County of Abbeville, on the third Monday in hanuary, the first Monday in June and the second Monday in October. The Court of Common Fleas for said County at the same place on Wednesday next following the third Monday in January, the first Monday in June and the second Monday in October. 2. Tbe Court of General Sessions at Anderson, for the County of Anderson, on the second Monday in February, the fourth Monday in June and the Fourth Monday in October, and the Court of Common Pleas for said County at tbe same place on the Wednesday next following the second Monday in Februa? ry, the fourth Monday in Jone and the fourth Monday in October. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Walhalla, for the County of Oconee, on the fourth Monday in February, the first MondayiiO July and the first Mon? day in October and tbe Court of Common Pleas for said County at the same place on the Wednesdays next following tbe fonrth Monday in February;-the first Monday in July and the first Monday-in October. 4. Tbe Court of General Sessions at Pickens, for the County of Pickens, on the first Monday in March, the second Monday in July, and the fourth Monday in September, and the Court of Common Pleas for said County at the same place on the Wednesday next following the first Monday in March, tbe second Mon? day in Jnly and the fourth Monday in September. 5. The Court of General Sessions at Greenville, for the County of Greenville, on the second Monday in March, the third Monday in July and the second Monday in November; the Court of Common Pleas for said County a.t the same place on the Wednesdays following the second Monday in March, the third Monday in July, and tbe second Monday in November. . 6. No civil business requiring a jury shall be heard at the Summer Term of the Court of Commou Pleas for any County in said Circuit, except in the County of Greenville. Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 24,1889. The County Commissioners. The following is the text of the joint resolution "to amend Article IV of the Constitution by repealing Section 19, which provides> for a board of County Commiaaioners." The joint resolution has passed both houses of the General Assembly, and will, therefore, go be? fore the people at the next general elec? tion : "That Section 19, of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to the judicial department, which provides for the election of a board of County Commis? sioners and prescribes the jurisdiction thereof, be repealed." The following is the vote of the House of Representatives on the third reading of the resolution: Yeas, 89: nays, 11. If tbe proposed amendment receives a majority of the votes cast at the next election, it will become a law. The repeal of Section .19, however, will not in itselt effect the abolition of the office of County Commissioners. It will simply leave the matter in the hands of the Legislature, which may pass a law limi? ting the number of County Commission? ers to one or extending it to six, or, what is more probable, providing an entiiely new method of managing 'the affairs of the several counties of the State.?News and Courier, A Dnel to the Death. Birmingham, Ala., Jan 9.?The kill? ing of Dock Bell, a prominent citizen of Heflin, Ala., last night by Sam. C. Crea? mer, tbe Marshal of the town, turns out to have been a very sensational affair. It was a duel to tbe death in the street. There bad been bad blood between them for a long time on account of a family af? fair, the men being related by marriage. Last night they met face to face in the street for tbe first time in several months. "I guess we might as well settle our little affair and be done with it," said Bell. Stepping back a few paces and drawing a pistol he fired and Creamer fell to the ground shot through the shoulder. Bell continued to shoot, and Creamer, raising himself on one elbow, drew his pistol and shot Bell four times, every ball passing through his body, killing him almost in? stantly. Creamer is badly wounded, but will recover. ? The two cotton mills at Danville^ Va., did a prosperous business during the year just closed. They worked 4,302,996 pounds of raw cotton, produced 14,222,578 yards of cloth, gave employment to over 800 hands aud paid out $194,268 in wages. Both mills largely increased their capaci? ty during the year. A New Cotton Gin. SrAnxANUTlKi, Jauuary 10.?M?;ie than a year ago Col. G. F. Broot, ot Washington, came here and remained at the experimental station for some time, working at an improved cotton gin. While here he was the guest of Captain W. Wofford, superintendent of the station. Col. Brott's objective point was to get a gin that would pull the lint from the seed and not cut it off after the manner of the saw gins. It is well known to all ginners that a dull gin, running slowly and gin? ning about 300 pounds of seed cotton an hour, will make a better sample than a very fast gin. Col. Brott's first idea was that he could pull the lint from the seed by filling a large wooden cylinder with small, sharp teeth something like card teeth. After trying that he found objec? tions that he could not suirmount. He then placed the teeth in leather and cov? ered the cylinder. This was also a fail? ure. He then tried rubber with no better success. After working here several months he left for Washington and gave his spare time to perfecting this machin? ery. He was in hopes that he would get it ready to exhibit at the fairs last fall, but there was always something in the way. Some time ago be fell on another plan and sent for a young mechanic, W. P. Williams, not yet 21 years old, who was working with Capt. Wofford. He went on to Washington, and catching the idea, went to work and made the machine desired. Mr. W. H. Frear, who is associated with Col. Brott in this work accompanied by Mr. Williams, brought their gin down to this place and set it up at the encamp? ment ground. Tbe cotton is taken from the reception box by an endless apron made of hardwood slats and filled with teeth, The cotton is first carried through a sort of card that pulls it to pieces and spreads it out. It then passes to another card that tears the lint from the seed. Saws are used for pulling tbe lint from the cards. The size of the gin is thirty sawB. Mr. Williams' mechanical ingenuity was shown in the making of a condenser. When they were about ready to start up, he went down town to buy one, but when he was asked about ?50, he went back without buying. He picked up a few old wheels and went to work and in three days he had a good condenser. Everything was ready for starting to-day and Capt. Wofford furnished the cotton. This afternoon Col. Joseph Walker, B. H. Grambling, J. K. Jennings, H. E. Eave nel and President J. H. Sloan, of the Beaumont mill, with your correspondent, drove out to the encampment to see tbe gin in operation. Several of these gen? tlemen are cotton experts. They pro? nounced the work good, and said there was no sign of napping or cutting the lint. A parcel of the Allen long staple was put through and the lint came out all right. It will gin that variety of cotton as well as the fine imported English gins. The gin is simple in construction with no complicated machinery. It will not gin quite as fast as the saw gins, and it stands to reason that a gin which pulls the lint off will not do the work as fast as the saws, which cut^and tear it off, but the cotton wiil give a much better sample. The gin cleans the seed well, makes a better sample than the saw gin, is simple in construction, taking no more room than an ordinary gin, and is very durable. Mr. Frear and Mr. Williams will leave for Birmingham soon to make arrange? ments for the manufacture of these gins.? News and Courier. The Exceptional Weather. Forsy*h, Ga., December 30, 1889.? Editors Constitution: No doubt it is thought by many that the mild weather of the present month has been excep? tional. But according to records and tradition, there have been several instan? ces of weather very much like that we are now experiencing within the past hundred years. There wus no frost in tbe fall and winter of 1796 until December 20th. The same is true of the year 1822. The winter of 1828-9 was very mild. Dur? ing December ofthat winter the weather was unu8un.lly warm, and continued so till January 9th. Flies were troublesome to horses; mosquitoes were flying about as in suramer. The sun was quite op? pressive. On the 11th of December the thermometer stood 74 degrees at 8 p. m. December, 1848, wa3 very mild. There was very little frost or ice during the month. Most of December, 1875, was was.mild. It may be interesting to note the following facts connected with Borne of these warm spells. The firBt week in May, 1829, there was a severe frost, kill? ing vegetation. Corn was killed to the ground. On the 15th of April, 1849, there was snow, and on the day follow? ing there was a severe freeze. The wheat crop was nearly destroyed. Even many trees were frozen and killed. The weather in the latter part of March, 1876, was very severe. Corn that had been planted early in the month and that had sprouted in the gronnd, or had come up, was entirely killed, bo that it was neces? sary to plow up and plant the second time. Thomas G, Smith. Ha wcs most he Hanged. - ? Montgomery, Ala,, January 13.? To-day the Supreme Court of Alabama rendered a decision in the celebrated Hawes case, appealed from the Jefferson Criminal Court. HawB murdered his wife and two little girls in Birmingham last December a year ago. His crime was the occasion of an as?ault on the jail cf Jefferson County by a mob, into which the sheriff fired, killing a number of men, including Postmaster Throckmorton, of Birming? ham. Hawes was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sen? tenced to be hanged last July. The case was appealed on a Bpecial plea for a change of venue and a new trial. The Supreme Court affirms the judgment of the Criminal Court of Jefferson County and, the date of the original sentence having expired, fixes the 28th of Febru? ary as the date of execution. The opin on of the Court was rendered by Justice T. N. McClellan. reach Blossoms in January. Wilmington, Del., January 13.? Every Evening's Dover correspondent reports: "The thermometer yeaterday was from 70? to 80? in the shade and in the sun went up to 10G?, and peach buda are so far advanced that a general freeze-up will entirely kill them. Wm. Gehman, living about five miles west of Dover, says that almost all his peach trees are in bloom, and this is not an orchard of pre? matures, but of healthy bearing trees." Tlio Prize Acre of Corn. Comj.mj.ua, January 10.?The Depart? ment of Agriculture has received from the American Agriculturist a duplicate of the report of Mr. Z. V. Drake, of Marl? boro County, upon the famous prize corn crop he raised last year. The report is made in a bulky book, furnished for the purpose by the magazine, and gives the most minute information as to methods of cultivation, fertilization, etc., which were employed. From this report it appears that the land was Bandy and had been previously valued at only eight dollars an acre, that thirty years ago the plantation was chris? tened "Starvation Empire," and that as late as 1887 the prize acre iteelt produced only about five bushels of corn. The fertilization in 1889 began in February, and was continued several times during the making of the crop. The total mate? rial used was one thousand bushels of stable manure, six hundred bushels of cotton seed, 866 pounds each of German kainit and cotton seed meal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 1,066 pounds manipulated guano, 200 pounds animal bone, 400 pounds nitrate of soda, the value of the stable manure being $50 and the cost of the other fertilizers $170. The seed planted was Drake's improved corn, a variety of gourd seed raised by Mr. Drake. One bushel was used. The planting was doue March 2 and on June 13 posts and stakes had to be put up along the rows to keep the corn from falling. The rows were alternately about three and six feet apart. The plants five or six inches apart, one stalk in a place. The crop was harvested November 25th. The total cost was $264 42. The product 254 bushels, 49 pounds, at 75 cents a bush? el, was worth $191 16. Tbe fodder, 1} tons, was worth $15. Total $206 16. But it is estimated thai; the land is good for a hundred dollar crop for several years to come, not considering the one thousand dollar prize which the crop of 1889 has unquestionably won. Mr. Drake's report is carefully and minutely made, and thoroughly attested. It ia a marvellous demonstration of the possibil? ities of intensive farming in South Caro? lina. The American Agriculturist will, in a few dayp, telegraph the|departraent the official announcement of the result of the contest.?News and Courier. Edison's New Talking Bolls. New York, Jan. 6.?Edi?on has at last begun to apply the phonograph to toys. Tbe newest tbing is tbe talking dolls, fifty thousand of which are now being manufactured for the market. Of course, it is nothing but the talking ma? chine placed in the abdomen' of a doll baby, just as the principle may be applied in any sort of toy. But what is rather remarkable is that these phonographic dolls, with all of the mechanism of the practicable mercantile machine, will cost only about $3 extra for having the power to talk. In other words. Edison has reached that point that he can make talking machines for S3 each. These dolls will be able to talk as much and as well a3 any regular phonograph. It is only a question of having the necessary wax cylinders with the impression. As applied to the dolls, the phonograph is merely for reproducing and not for re? cording the sounds. Tbe impreaaion upon the cylinder is made at the Edison labora? tory, and the cylinders can be bought along with the dolls, so that if you get tired of hearing one speech or one song from the chubby faced toy, you can put in something new, and have tbe doll re? peat that. It is being gradually found ont here that as a practicable invention the phonograph has not yet nearly ap? proached the type writer. In some of the offices the talking machines have become dusty, and are never used except as an exhibition, and now that the novelty of it has begun to wear off, they are found to be of very little value. The difficulty at present is in the scarcity of the machines. A man here may wish to send a long spoken message to his wife in San Fran? cisco, but probably he would have to travel all over town to find a machine with which to reproduce the sound. When the talking machine becomes cheap and the use of them more nearly general, they may be found of some value in trade, but at present they seem to be of no value to merchants, and are only rent? ed as toys. She Bleached the Horses. At Batesville, Ark., a recent shooting affray brought into notice a woman known as "Sorrel Sue." She always appeared in public ridiug a sorrel horse. It was believed she belonged to a gang who stole horses. A surgeon, who was sum? moned to attend one of her admirers who had been wounded in the row, mistook his way and wandered to Sue's cabin. Before he could be hustled out he saw certain things which aroused his suspi? cions. These he reported to Sheriff Simcoe, who, with a poaBe, managed to surround the den of the horse thieveB, capturing Sue and two of her gang. He found that Sue had applied the means of bleaching her own hair to that of the horses. When the posse entered they found a horse enveloped in a jacket made out of rubber coats, being treated to a sulphur vapor bath. The appliances were very ingenious, and worked very well. A black or bay horse would be stolen and run into the bleachery. After its color was changed and its tail and mane trimmed, the disguise became so pronounced that without any great risk the animal could be taken in daylight through the very district from which it had been stolen. It was Sue's business to not only superintend the bleaching, but also to ride the animal out of the country. Good for the Governor. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 13.?Governor Richardson has offered a reward of five hundred dollars for the apprehension of David Ready, the white perpetrator of the latest outrage in Barnwell County, on tbe 8th inat. He took Wm. Black, a negro charged with theft, from the con? stable in whose charge he was, tied Black to a tree and shot him to death. Ready is said to have gone to Augusta, and the police are searching for him there. This is the largest reward ever offered by Governor Richardson for the apprehension of a criminal. ? A cas6 of considerable interest to men who insure their lives for the benefit of their wives was recently decided in St. Louis. The caee was one in which a man had taken out such a policy. His wife died and he married again, having children by both marriages. At his death a dispute arose as to who was enti? tled to the insurance. The decision of the Court was that as the insurance had been taken out for the benefit of tbe first wife, her children alone were entitled to the money. The Way it is Done. The mauuer in which the immigration agents induce the negroes to leave their Carolina homes is through the medium of highly colored circulars. The first picture represents a negro with his family leaving a broken clown cabin home in the old field. Each member of the family is laden with the simple household effects. The next picture is taken five years af? terward and represents the negro in his new Western home. He is standing, hoe in band, in his lot, surrounded by frisky mules, fat hogs and fine chick? ens. The third picture is that of a comforta? ble two-story dwelling with a beautiful lawn in front, on which a young darkey is cutting the grass with a patent rolling machine. At the gate a horse, attached to a fine buggy, is hitched. On the front porch, seated in a large and comfortable rocking cbair, can be seen the pompous looking colored man, supposed to be the same "poor nigger" who left his North Carolina home a few years before.l The picture hits them square between the eyes, and pretty soon there is a gene? ral exodus.? Yorlwilh Enquirer Sam Jones's Prophecy. New Orleans, Jan. 8.?The Rev. Sam Jones, the famous Georgia revivalist, be? gan an engagement in this city Sunday and has had fair attendance at his meet? ings. To-night he created a real sensa? tion by the prediction of an awful disas? ter, and as he Bpoke there was a disagree? able stillness, terrible and unnatural in so large an assembly. "I am not an alarmist," he declared, "but do you know what the weather portends? Do you know that before the 1st of next August 50,000 of the in? habitants of this city may be alumberiog in their graves ? There are many evil cities in the United States, but that has nothing to do with this. You have forced it upon Christ. You let fifty more of these days come and the popu? lation will have to hide out, or the bu? rials will be by the ten thousand. You say: 'Mr. Jones, what do you know about it?1 I know the year 1890 is going to be an epochal year, and some things have gone just as far ai they can go. There may be thousands out of this meet? ing who will never see the 1st of next July." Mr. Jones then went on to quote from the Scriptures that God affirms that who has been often warned, but hearkeneth not, shall be suddenly destroyed, and said that God would laugb at their calamity and fear. A feeling of panic seemed to pervade the female portion of the congregation, and, with blanched faces and trickling tears, they rushed forward to the anxious seats. Stockholders' Meeting,. AMEETING of the Stockholders of the Anderson Tannery and Shoe Com? pany is hereby called for Thursday, Janu? ary 30,1890, at 7.30 p. m. By order of the Board of Directors. J. M. SULLIVAN, President. T. S. CRAYTON, Sec. and Treos. Jan 16,1830_28_2_ E. F. COCHRAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - S. C. $SS~ Office over Farmers' and Mer? chants' Bank. Jan 16,1390 _2S_4_ " MAXWELL'S GALLERY WILL be open only a few weeks long? er. Call early if you want First Class Work. No day too cloudy for good Pictures. Views of Residences made. Ba? by and Children'^ Pictures a specialty. Pictures copied and enlarged to any size. Remember my stay in Anderson is short. _J. A. WREN., BOARDING HOUSE. THE undersigned has opened a Boarding House in the dwelling recently occu? pied by Mr. D. J. Bohanon, on McDuffle Street, North of the railroad bridge, where he is prepared to furnish either transient or permanent board. Meals at any hour of the day a specialty. Terms very reasona? ble. Give me a trial, Also, draying of any kind promptly done. J. M. HORTON. Jan 16, 1800_28_1* MONEY TO LOAN, - ON - On Mortgages Keal Estate, Or Good Collateral. Call on J. D. MAXWELL, Sec. and Treas. Anderson Building and Loan'Association. AUOTION SALE ? OF ? Spanish Horses. ONE Car Load of Spanish Horses will be sold to the highest bidders at Fowler's Stables, Anderson, S. C, on WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1890, at 11 o'clock. Some broken and some unbroken. All good, young stock, and will make good, gentle and endurable Horses if prop? erly handled. Now is your chance. Come prepared to buy. Free exhibition of the Texas "Cow Boy" lassoing the wild horso, Terms Cash. S. H. USSERY. Jan 16,1890 ._28_1 A Funny Discovery. 0. S. MINOR & CO. HAVE discovered that they were ma? king money faster than was intend? ed. They are determined to make only a rea? sonable sum during the year, and for that purpose they will cut prices lower every time the flood of custom will admit. Their tremendous Christmas trade bos induced them to remodel their whole sys tem of prices, and they propose to offer better inducements from this out than ever before. Yes, they proposo to make their entire Spring purchase with a view to lowor prices. Truly, TEM CENT STOKE. P. S.?We mean business. Notice to Trespassers, NOTICE is hereby given to all persons not to cut timber from, or in any way, trespass upon my lands, or any lands leased by me. Any person disregarding this notice will be prosecuted. D. Hi HAMMOND. Jan 1G, 1800 28 1* NOTICE TO CB.EDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Seaborn S. Jones, deceased, are hereby notilied to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and all per? sons indebted to said Estate must make payment. FRANK L. SITTON, OSCAR HARRIS, Executors, Jan 9, 1*00 27 3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, T. J. Holland has ap plied to me to graut him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Mrs. Rebecca Gillespie, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Rebecca Gillespie, deceased, to be and ap-1 Eoar before mein Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 31st day of January, 1890, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 14th day of January, 1890. W. P. COX, Judge of Probate. Jan 16,1890_213_2_ MONEY TO LOAN. SEVERAL desirable pieces of Country and City Property for sale. Apply to J. W. QUATTLEBAUM. Jan 2,1890 2G MONEY TO LOAN! On GOOD SECURITY, AT SEVEN PER CENT. Apply to BREAZEALE & LONG, Attorney.0. Jan ?, 1890_20_4_ B. F. BROWNE, "Watchmaker and Jeweller, Returned to Anderson. EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair? 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, 1889_24_3m FOR SALE. A Good Chance for a Mechanic. IWISH to sell my Lot, Dwelling and Machine Shops in Walhalla, together with Iron Lathes, Tools, &c The Shops are run by horse-power, three fire places, and all tools necessary for the complete shops. Good dwelling, barn, stables, &c. Corner lot. Shops have a good custom, being the only ones in this section. Prices low, only part payment in cash being re? quired. I only wish to sell on account of iny age, as I am not able to do all the work I can get. Also, eight acres of highly im? proved land insido the corporate limits of Walhalla. Address or call on C. JOOST, Walhalla, S. C. Jan 9, 1890_27_3_ SALE OF LAND. BY virtue of the power vested in me by a Deed of Trust made and executed to me by the heirs-at-law of Jamc3 Long, deceased, I will sell to the highest bidder at Anderson, S. C, on Salesday in Feb? ruary next, at 11 o'clock a. m., all the in? terest of said heirs-at-law in the following described Tract of Land: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, situate in Williamston Township, in the County of Anderson, containing one hun? dred and forty-four acres, more or less, bound by lands of Mrs. Cyntha Irby, Geo. W. Rogers, Jacob Spearman and others, and known as the McCarthy Tract. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, the other half to be paid in twelve months, with in? terest from day of sale, secured by a bond and a mortgage of the premises. Purcha? ser to pay extra for papers, J..E. BREAZEALE, Trustee. Jan 9,1890 27_4_ NOTICE. rpHE remainder of subscriptions to Cap J_ ital Stock of the Anderson Cotton Mills has been called for?35 per cent, pay? able on or by 1st December next, and 35 per cent, payable on or before 1st January next. Contracts for machinery have been made, which renders it absolutely neces? sary that these installments be promptly met. By order of the Board of Directors. J. A. BP.OCK, Pres. and Treas. J. J. BAKER. Secretary. Nov. 21,1889_20_ HERE WE COME! WITH A NICE LOT OF New Sadies' and Gents' Solid Gold Watches, Breast Pins and Sleeve Buttons with Chains, Beaded Neck Chains and Brace? lets, Large Stock Ladies' Set Rings <&c. tic, pgr* Sold only for SPOT CASH. Expe? rience has taught me that I can sell so much cheaper I have determined to sell for spot cash. J. A. DANIELS, Agent. Oct 31,1889 17 3m NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby notified not to furnish any goods, wares, merchan? dise, or other articles, to any person whom? soever on my account, or to be charged to me. I hereby give notice that I will in no way he responsible for or pay any debt or account of any kind contracted by any other person than myself. W. C. HADDON. Jan 2,1890_27_3* Notice to Debtors. ALL persons indebted to J. <fc J. N. HUNTER, or to J. N. HUNTER, either by Note or Account, must pay up by the 1st of March, 1890, or the Accounts will be put in the hands of an Officer for collection. . J. N. UNTER. Jau 9,1890 27 _3 NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS ARRIVING DAILY. DRUGS, PAINTS, And OILS, ? AT ? SIMPSON, REIO&CO'S. Cor. Hotel Chiquola. Educate Your Daughters; AND, BEFOKE 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 1. S. LANDER, President. Williamston, S. C, Dec. 18,1889. 24-7 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. AH persons having demands against the Estate of John Ii. Orr, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, aud those indebted to make payment. R. C. WILSON, Adm'r. Jau 2, 1890 2G 3 VIM, ENEKGY AND PUSH I Combined >vitli Coiii*tco?s Attention, ACCOMPLISHES WONDERS! This is what you iind at ROOM 5, HOTEL CHIQUOLA, 0 UR effort id to offer every DELICACY that can be procured in any market, and our Fancy Grocery Department evinces the fact that our efforts have been moat successful. While the Fancy Grocery Department hss received a large amount of our attention, we have not allowed the other Departments to suffer. We are heavily stocked and fully prepared to meet prices on PLANTATION SUPPLIES. Examine D. S. Maxwell & Son's PURE LEAF LARD-better than home made. jgQy Get our prices before buying. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, Boom 5, Hotel Chiquola* NOT AT COST? (So-O ailed,) Bat we pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them as Low us any Firm in America. OUR STOCK IS FRESH, OUR PRICES THE LOWEST, When quality of Goods is considered, and it will pay you to COME SEE US. We start the New Year determined to lead in PLANTATION SUPPLIES - AND ? STANDARD FERTILIZERS, At Lowest Prices possible. OUR SHOE STOCK THE LARGEST IN ANDERSON. Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes, And High Gilt Flow Shoes a specialty. Also, the "Fat Baby Shoe." Gome and examine this Stock. WE GTTAANTEE THE SHOES, WE GUARANTEE THE PRIOES. E. W. Brown & Sons, ANDERSON, S, O. T E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flourish demands? ENERGY, 1PLTJCK, ACTIVITY, AJSTJD BOTTOM PRICES! If you will visit our Store you will see a combination of all the above, with a few other things that are calculated to make competitors "Get up and Dust" to keep in sight. We can and will shake the bottom out of any prices you can get elsewhere. We'll tell you the "Good Old Honest Truth" about every article we sell you. We Pay Cash for every Dollars' worth, we Buy, And Give You tlie Benefit Every Time. Don't Believe a word we Say. BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO., Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C. AT AND BELOW COST! HaVING determined to close out our Mercantile Business in order to devote our entire time and attention to the Cotton Business, we now offer our entire Stock of? Dry Ms, Ms, Sloes, Notions and Quin, REGARDLESS OF COST. Read some of these prices: Best Calicoes 5c. per yard. Pelzer Shirting 4.1c per yard. Checks 41c. per yard, Blankets $1.00 per pair, Hats 10c. up, Shoes?Womens'Balmorals?50c. > Mens' Brogans 65c. Mens' Boots $1.25. Mens' Overcoats $1.50'and upward. These are a few of the leading articles. We cannot begin to enumerate the BARGAINS we offer. We Have a Full Stock of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Th^ we are selling at COST. There are ONE THOUSAND BARRELS OF FLOUR in Stock that must go, if Cost Prices will sell them. And then there are OHE HUNDRED BOXES OF TOBACCO That it will pay overy chewer in Anderson County to examine. Sugar at Cost I Coffee at Cost! Soda at 3c. per lb. ! And Everything Else at COST! BROWN BROS. Noa 21,1889_20 _5 COM AND SEE OUR? SILK. PLl'SH, CELLULOID FILLED Dressing1 Case for $125. Tnfec no sheen unless IV. L. Douglas' name and price are stamped on the bottom. If, the dealer cannot supply tob, " direct to factory, enclosing advertised send price. w. HILE you are here we shall be able to show you something else interesting. Shaving Cases from $1.00 on up, Dressing Cases any price, Work Boxes 50c up, Gents' Cases $1.00 up, Cigar Cases 50c up, Manicure Sets, very handsome, Writing Desks $1.00 up, Whisk Broom Holders?beautiful, Elegant Cologne Bottles, Vases 10c to $5.00, Water Sets $1.50, Gift Cups and Saucers 10c up, Japanese Ware, Elegant Parlor and Hall Lamps. Other things! Other things! Come and see! Come and see ! HILL BRO THE SS. 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. P. COX, Jndge of Probate. Jan 9,1890 27 5 FOR GENTLEMEN. Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed* moor Wat?rproof. Best in t ho world. Examine his 85.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE, 84.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. SS.fiO POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE* 82.50 EXTKA VALUE CAI.F SHOE. '. 82.25 & 82 WORKINGMEN'S SHOES. < 82.00 and 81.75 HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES* All made In Congress, Button and Lace. $3 & $2 SHOES uffiBo. 81.75 SHOE FOB MISSES. Bent Material. Best Style. Best Fitting. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Soil by G. F. JONES & CO., ANDERSON, S. C. AT THE OLD STAND. THE undersigned desires to inform the public that he is still at hie old stand, next door to the Express office, ready and willing to do any work in the Tonsorial line. The price of a Shave has been re? duced to Ten Cents?cash. Call and see me. J. R. THOMAS. Jan 0, 1S90_27_2 ?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT j3j The undersigned. Executor of the Estate of WilLson Ashley, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 4th day of February, 1890, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Executor. R. B. A. ROBINSON. Ex'r. Jan 2,1890 20 5