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men. Chance for the negro. S?jgNnp$ottoa Planters of tho Mississippi "Want More or Him. New Oeleans, ' La., March 1.?The fact that the planters of the delta cotton ^^lt/are^exerting every means to induce ?/; the migration of one-hundred, thousand negroes ^ihto'jthis. territory, and have actually ' given homes to over thirty p^lhonsand .vritbin a year, pns a new face p upon the race question. The war cry of ?^the, white planters is constantly heard: |^>We wani more niggers 1" This state of : affairs covers a vast country, extending ^;frora^airo to the month of the Mi3sL> ?b^si^pi/andV'comprlaing the.riehest alluvi ' ally" deposited cotton lands, mostly v nricultivated for. want of laborers. The'largest planter in the world is Mr. Janies S! Richardson, out of whose estate :of fifty thousand acres .are twenty -'tiro as and devoted to cotton. Mr. Rich ^vi^dson stands at the head of a powerful ^coterie of. planters which has.been in / etrumental in causing the recent great npwgration of negroes..'. 02^5*60 sifted, it:would<seem that there pi not and never Jias'-been, a. scintilla of ^;^.p61i?cs in the3o nomadic tendencies of --. '' tiie;^ negro. . The whole movement has ?-been Bfcillfally engineered by the agents |''^^?f^tHe.t; Wilson family of New York, ;^^bieh*daipgely owns the Lonisville, New Orleans: and Texas Railway, and desired td^ogen' t? cultivation the rich Missis? sippi/bottom Jands adjoining it, and by {chardson and his fellow-planters, who ve bad the choice of' these lands. ' peofit ok the negbo. Peraecntion of the negro" alleged nor elitics/have bad no part in it. The jatter was purely a business speculation jy^yvM'ch. every negro Becured added ex s?y$280"jn cash each year to the plan _^^g&ye;him. work. [ called upon Mr. Richardson for par iculars arid .asked him if be employed ^natprJngalls to inaugurate.race Bcarea by which negroes-were more readily in [qceiito migrate here. He said: "Any? ang which scares the negro from any er section'of the country or will en ; - iiOlo the agents to induce him to leave - v-fdiher States is a great help, to; ub here, ejbave taken over thirty thousand ne rces'. out of the thin soiled lands of ftQrth and Sonth' Carolina, where they iyed in mud huts and! had little to eat '- and wear. We open to them a land of /';'\ plenty, abounding in watermelons, 'pos sum's, coons,, ducks, poultry, bear, deer ianaj] whatever they want to eat. We ( give them a whitewashed house with "; glass windows, something they never .had before, rent free; also wood, water :?^and an acre of land. Most of them have ^/:'?.tnelrown cows, .calves, mares and poul y^try.-', ... /// ^uhanged. the carolina complexion. ! 5? - " We.have already made the Carolinas ^f^white S.tate.3 and are looking anxiously .. . elsewhere to discern other Slates which do.not want the negro. We. will take r. hundred thousand of him at once. Even rr,T^then we will not have enough. We can give work to one hundred negroes where r we.'-'hjKV.e only lone now. The. planter to ? ^;^day/is dependent on the negro because " /labor.is so scarce. We want an abun? dance of labor to make it dependent on ? the/'planter.?. /i^'j^kei.Hrhat. :would -be done with so ^tn^y>^.negroes Mr. Richardson said: V?;^ "Between" Cairo and New Orleans are thousands of square miles of rich 'soiled cotton lands covered with forest or in the abandonedetate in'; which they.were left after-'th 3 war. At present only abont txrper. cent:,,or rone- hundred and fifty ^?SEohsaii'?1 "acres, "'a?bustly a"fe being " cleared. The geher?Hrnpravementa, 'sji "far as they go, are first ~class, and there "?-'? is not a nigger tramp-in the section. It will be seen that we have .not-labor . . snough to clear lauds, to say nothing of working them after clearing.. For clear? ing ,we^ are somewhat dependent on a few thousand corn raisers,, white men L'om Northern Missouri, who 'come here .during the cold months, clear what land they can and go home. S-^/: "I have just paid a bill for the services ^/jof? gang of thirty-five of these men ^?'Umbunting. to $4,000, every penny of Ill^whiCh they took home with them. This ^i^vork might all be done by negroes if we t^-had: them and could spare them for it, r ^-They? would be useful as cotton growers ' . -and, in the. warm weather, would stay ^^ere^ imd keep their earning* in the State. - V; the blacks make no te0u3le. : "The white laborer lives on seventy ^ffiye cents per week; the negro on sixty j^cefcfe.-' Whatever trouble we may have j^&'caused by white labor. The races mix on-the j.'ibor question but a little better . than they do on the social one. The espf whites are not adapted to tbe eoi! and " we do not care; for "them. The blacks, "when by themselves, make no trouble. //'I desire to say that the negroes of ^^Mississippi,- our . delta country, are ./healthy, prosperous and contented. : / /They have the best schools, there being school on every plantation. If the other States don't want the negro, they .?'- cannot pack them down here too.quick. v^-We can take care of the blacks and the race question. There is no race question ?Tf where negroes have plenty to do, to eat and to wear. Wherever the blacks are 5& idle and half starved yon may expect to ?/ ..^have race .troubles. If the government v / wants to .aid. the negro, instead of colo nizing him in K8~ras, Mexico or else "..{ where, it can beat give him assistance by providing transportation to tbe delta country and building good levees to pro ??:.tect the lands he works upon. C';/" some op the big plantees. ISgpCotton planting in the future will un? doubtedly be done on a great scale by corporations, heavily capitalized. Al? ready there are some of these in the field. The Austin Corbin Banking Company' v. lias 24,000 acres partly cleared for cotton, ' which, it is claimed, is its- best invest? ment. The Ashley Land Company has 65,000 acres, ten per cent, of which is now cleared and under cotton. It will have cleared^ the entire area for cotton culture within three' weeks. ; Among individual owners may be men . tioned Col. B. S. Ricks, of Yazoo City, who has eight cotton plantations; Colo \ iiel John ?W'illia? who has 18,000 acres, \ one third under cotton, and Mrs. Metcalf, '/ the largest woman cotton planter living, who has 5,000 acres nrider cotton and ?/manages all of her own business. ; ? When Captain Cook first visited /'I'ahKi, which is the chief of the Society t'^J ?!;inds?a small archipelago in the South iV-wiSc ocean?the natives were using '? ,?h made of wood, bone, shell and * <, ?!? When they saw iron nails they ' them to be shoots of some very .? Hrd wood, and desirous of securing such -valuable commodity, they plan tea them ''Urr their gardens. Cotton Oil Versus Hog Fat. Washington, March 5.?The House committee on agriculture set apart the session to day*to her members of Congress who desired to speak on the bills psnd I ing before tbe committee to regulate I the manufacture and Bale of compound lard. At 10.45 Representative Stewart, of Georgia, was the only member present, and he prefaced his remarks by - reading the following letter: Atlanta, Ga., March, 3,1890. To the Hon. John D. Stewart, Wash? ington.?Dear Sir: Your valued favor of February 3 is before me. In reply will say that Mr. Hatch has no authority to say that the Alliance in Georgia wants such'a bill passed as you speak of. Of course it would rain the oil mill indus? try in the South and damage us about $28,000,000 annually. It would reduce the price of cotton seed and raise the price of lard, so as to work great hardship to our poor people. You can rest assured that- Georgia wants no such measure passed. Very truly, William L, Peek. President Farmers' Alliance Exchange * of Georgia. .. Representative Morgan, of Mississippi, a member of the committee, said he was a member of the 'Farmers' Alliance and knew that the organization in the South? ern States does not desire the legislation proposed in the Conger and Butterworth bills. They are in favor of a general I pure food bill. The passage of the Conger bill would take the bread and I meat out of tbe mouths of our poor peo? ple. Mr- Allen, of Michigan,tasked --Mr. Stewart how Congress could pass a pure I food bill and not do the same damage to the cotton seed industry, which it is claimed will be done by the bills now before the committee. Mr. Stewart said that, as far as the I Southern States are concerned, they now have laws governing the manufacture and sale of food products, which cover the case. All that is needed to prevent I the Bale of unwholesome products is.to enforce those laws. To pass a law as proposed our people think, Mr. Stewart said, would result disastrously to them; reducing the price of cotton seed to 13 or 14 cents a bushel. In answer to questions by several mem bers of the committee Mr. Stewart said that if compound lard was deleterious to health, or a fraud in any way, then he would be in favor of branding it es such and punishing those who Bell it. But, said Mr. Stewart, I do not understand that any such thing is claimed here. It is a -fight, as, I understand it, between lard and cotton seed oil, and scientists say that one is just as wholesome as the other. If one is to be branded, then brand the other and tax them alike. In a colloquy that ensued Mr. Morgan, of Mississippi, asserted that the Supreme Court bad never passed on the question of the constitutionality of the oleomar? garine law as has been assumed in the discussion. Mr. Stewart agreed with Mr. Morgan I that Congress has the power to pass a I law regulating the manufacture and Bale I of lard and lard products that shall have force only in the Territories and District I of Columbia. To Mr. McClammy, Mr. Stewart said that he and the people he represented believed it would be wrong for Congress to single out one food product and legis? late on it. ' In conclusion, Mr. Stewart said, that if the use of cotton Beed oil was abolish? ed by the passage of the proposed bill, it I would compel the Southern farmer to go I back to tbe situation of twenty five years ago, when cotton seed wbb used only as a ftrtilizer or thrown away. The tax and expenses provided for in the bill came ultimately but of the producer of cotton seed oil. It will be a burden on them, and auch a tax is not needed by the Gov? ernment. Gen; Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, who had come into tbe room while Mr. Stewart was speaking, was introduced to the committee, and be said that the second section of the Conger bill was enough to damn it among his people. (That section defines compound lard, and prohibits its manufacture or sale except under the provisions of tbe bill.) That bill would destroy an industry from which the people of Alabama had received millions of dollars. "They write to us," Gen. Wheeler said, "remonstrating against the passage of the bill." \ - In a further statement Gen. Wheeler quoted Fairbanks as testifying that lard I compound, with cotton seed oil in it, was in greater favor with the people than pure lard, and at one time when he could not 1 get his shipments of cotton seed oil con? sumers complained of the pure lard he furnished them, saying it was inferior to the compound. I To Mr. Hatch Gen. Whseler said that when people learned, as they ultimately would, that cotton seed oil is better than any other lard, not a pound of lard which does not contain cotton seed oil would be Bold. If there were any fraud in tbe matter of the sale of lard com* pound, some power which has tbe right ought to regulate it, and that right, he believed, rested in the States. A Preacher for Revenue. The Sunday issue of the New York Sun contained a long article headed, "Is Tal 1 mage a Humbug?" It is stated that Talmage dictates all his sermons to a stenographer several days before they are delivered and sells them to newspaper syndicates for the purpose of publication. Just before his trip to Europe he prepared a series of sermons* to be published in his absence as ? if delivered at the principal cities abroad which he expected to visit. The last one he prepared was printed all over the United States as a sermon delivered by him at some point in Europe, when in fact he was on the ocean steaming home? ward.?Meclenburg Times. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Care be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Tole? do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. am-Sold by Druggists, price 75 oentB per I bottle. Tricks of a Coon, .Most animals seem capable of proving responsive to petting, though some may become embarrassing associates on close acquaintance. A Southern man who has a pet coon tells in the Atlanta Con? stitution some entertaining tales of that animal. He Bays: "Once I carried the coon with me to a quiltiug at a place where there was a ewarE of bees. You know a coon loves honey better than anything. The quilting was proceeding nicely?all the women folks sitting around plying their needless?when in dashed the coon, literally covered with bees. He rushed under tbe quilt, strew? ing tbe mad insects. I tell you the quilting moved, and the chairs flew, and the dresses flapped, and such a dancing was never Been before. Pet coons were not Worth much in that market after? ward. One day Frank and I went down in tbe pasture, juBt behind the horse lot, and the coon came along too. In the pasture we decided to take a ride upon a gentle horse that was grazing there. We got the horse by the .mane and led him up to a stump, and I got upon bis back. Frank mounted bebind me. Then tbe soon bounced up on the stump and want? ed to ride too; so I reached down and took him in my lap. No sooner had the horse started off than tllS coon, fearful of falling, Btuck all bis claws into tbe horse's withers, and the fun began. The horse went running and kicking. Frank soon hit tbe ground and left myself and the coon holding on for dear life. I stuck on till we reached the lot fence, and there, fts tbe horse mounted high and went over, I came down across the rails and left tbe coon rnasler of tbe situation. Father heard the racket and soon the whole plantation was trying to catch tbe horse to relieve it of its rider. That was the last of that coon. He got killed, and I got whipped, and I've never wanted a pet coon, since." Enemies of tbe Snake. Other animals are natural enemies ol the reptile tribe, but tbe American eagle is known to be tbe most savage and fear? less, foe of the deadly rattlesnake. Be? sides preying upon birds and small ani? mals, the eagle has a relish for serpents, and also gathers them in as food for its young. On one occasion, while a party of gunners were out on tbe mountains, they espied an eagle several hundred feet in the air slowly winging its way towards a distant pine forest. When directly over them the men fired several shots at the bird, and were greatly sur? prised to see it drop what they supposed to be a large eel. Going to the spot where it fell, the men were startled at the sight of a full grown rattlesnake almost life? less, but still squirming among tbe fern shrubs. The anake was torn badly by the eagle's talons, and having bees severely shaken tip by the fall, it was easily dispatched with a club. At anoth? er time an eagle was seen to rise from the Bummit of a high rock. Suddenly the bird began to flutter one of its wingBj and fell to the ground below the rocks, making a rapid descent of about 100 feet. Three or four coal prospectors- who had witnessed the singular affair ran to the scene and found the eagle and a rattle? snake lodged in deadly embrace. Tbe rattler had thrown a vigorous coil and around one of the birds wing, down the contestants came together, more dead than alive. One day near, the mid? dle of last August, a log cutter heard a terrible racket among his chickens while in camp enjoying his noon repast. Get* ting up hurriedly from bis rough' board table, he went to an old log stable, from whence the noise proceeded, and was astonished to find an old hen in defend? ing her little "chicks" had picked the eyes cut of a four foot rattlesnake. The other chickens took no part in tbe fight, except an old rooster, that had cautiously enough tackled a baby rattlesnake, and, holding it up in his beak, was making a ig display before his admiring lady friends.? Weekly Press. Bid the Square Tiling. The train was ju3t pulling out of Weti tcn, Mo., for St. Joe, when one of the passengers in the smoker put bis head so far out of the window that a man near him felt it his duty to utter a note of warning. "Yes, it is a little risky" replied tha man, as he pulled in bis head and sat down, "but I was looking for a grave in that field. Beckon it has been ploughed under and forgotten." How did they h?pp?b to bury him there ?" "It's a sad story, gentlemen?very sad. It was ten years this month, and I was living here then. A stranger came in from the West, with three horses to sell, and he acted po queerly that we clapped him in jail. He never denied that he stole 'em, and one night the boys turned out and hung him to a tree over there. That used to be our way of discouraging the business, and I believe it is practiced farther West. We buried him near the tree, and it was bis grave I was looking for." "Never denied it, eh ?" queried one of the listeners. "Never, did, although we gave him every chance. Just a week from the time be was bung we found out that he was an honest, honorable farmer, living about forty miles below us. While he hadn't stolen the horses, he had killed a man, and be no doubt believed that we were banging bim for that. We felt mean enough when we discovered that he was no horse-thief, and that all he had done was to pop a man over, and a Kan? sas man at that, and he must have been adly puzzled over our conduct. We made such reparation as we could, how? ever." 'In what way ?" 'Owe rounded up the grave, passed resolutions of sympathy for the wife, sent horses on home, and a few months !ater I went up and married tho widow, e's in tbe next car behind." ? Nothing is more provoking than a troublesome cougb. Cure it with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price, twenty five cents. ? Illinois has a new criminal law un? der which criminals who have been found guilty of robbery for the third time are considered incorrigible and sentenced to life imprisonment. ? According to the British and Colo? nial Druggist, a German man of science has taken four heads of hair of equal weight, and then proceeded to count the individual hairs. One was of the red variety, and was found to contain ninety thousand hairs. Next comes the black, with one hundred and three thousand hairs to its credit. The brown bad one hundred and nine thousand and the blonde one hundred and forty thousand. That 31 j sterkms Meeting: at Bel ton. The Observer saw Jos. L. Keitt, of this County, on Saturday, just after hia re? turn from the Convention at Belton, and tried to interview him on the subject, telling him that we had no desire to try to pry into Alliance secrets, but would like to keep posted on all tbe politics of the day and the district. Mr. Keitt was quite pleasant and allowed the Observer to ask him a great many questions'; but moat of tbe questions still remain unan? swered. Mr, Keitt said that tbe delegates from this County to the Belton Convention were W. D. Hardy, John T. Duncan, John C. Neel and himself. He and Mr. Duncan attended tbe convention; Messrs. Hardy and fteel did not, but Dr. D. H. Wertz attended in place of Mr. Hardy. We did not a*k Mr. Keitt whether tbey were elected delegates by tbe County Alliance, for that would be an Alliance Beeret. We did ask him, however, the object of the convention, but he declined quite pltt.is;\ntly to tell. We also asked if tbe purpose was t<< select or endorse some particular candi date for Congress, to be supported by the Alliance; but he declined to say. He said, however) that the Convention was "not dangerous" and that tbe purpose and proceedings would come ou' later on. Being asked why Abbeville and An? derson Counties were not represented by delegates in tbe convention, Mr. Keitt said it was because tbelr County Alli? ances had had no meeting since tbe call for the Belton convention was made, but tbat there would be ahoth?f district con? vention and tbat tbe Abbeville and An? derson Alliances would send delegates to it.?Newberry Observer. Andy Johnson's Sobriety* Writing in tbe September "Scribner" I of Andrew Johnson,_.tbe Hon. Hugh McCullock says, t "I was not present when Mr. Johnson took the oath of vice* president, in tbe senate chamber, but the reports of his speech on that occasion amazed me. It was so different from what had been expected of him?so in* coherent, so rambling, that those who lis? tened to it thought be was intoxicated, 'It was not,' said a senator to me the next morning, 'the speech of Andrew Johnson, but the speech of a drunken man,' and such it undoubtedly was. He bad been ill for some days before he left home, and on his way to Washington had taken brandy as an astringent. On the day of bis inauguration as Vice-president he was really ill, and was so unwise as to resort to a stimulant before he went to the senate chamber. Meeting Mr. Lincoln a day or two after, I said to him that the country, in view of the vice-president's appearance on tbe 4th, had a deeper stake than ever in his life. He hesitated for a moment, and then remarked, with unusual seriousness, 'I have known Andy Johnson for many years ; he made a bad Blip the other day, but you need cot be scared ; Andy ain't a drunkard." A Curious Episode of the War. A veteran of the-Connecticut Regiment of Volunteers keeps at home a handsome uniform of a Confederate officer which was never worn but by himself, and to which he owes some months or years of liberty, if not life it? self. He was a tailor before the civil war, and when he was captured on a Southern battlefield this fact reached tbe ears of the commander of the prisoners' bar? racks. "Egad I I'll have the Yankee goose-, pusher make me a new suit," said the officer, gazing at his'dingy uniform. The finest gray cloth, gold lace and bright buttons were brought to tbe tailor prisoner,--who worked cheerfally-raway at the welcome-employment. On the even? ing the suit was to be delivered, however, a bright idea occurred to him, and Boon what was to all appearances a spruce Confederate officer walked past the guards, and was no more seen in that part of Dixie. History kindly draws the veil over the expletives vented on tbe nutmeg Yankee for not ouly gaining his liberty ?he earned that?but for taking tbat precious suit, which cost so many hundred dollars of good Confederate money !? From the Drawer of Harper's Magazine I for March. Killed by a Jersey Ball. We learn this, Wednesday morning, tbat Little Marina Ready, tbe four-year old daughter of Mr. S. L. Ready, is dead. And we chronicle tbe sad event with profound -regret. The circumstances of her death were peculiarly tragic. On yesterday morning while tbe family were at breakfast the little girl wandered out to the stables and unfortunately entered the stable wherein was confined a large Jersey bull, These animals are usually vicious and tbe one referred to above is no exception. Ths innocent little girl was then at the mercy of the ferocious animal, which showed no mercy. The child was tossed about and gored in a most horrible manner, and no doubt would bavo been .mutilated beyond re? cognition but for the fact tbat it was tossed behind a plank and beyond tbe reach of the infuriated beast, where it was found in an unconscious state. Medical aid was at once summoned, but if we mistake not, the little girl did not return to consciousness. She died early this morning. The sympathies of many friends are with the family in their sad bereavement.?Johnston Monitor. ? Vice-President Morton in going South for a few weeks. He is in need of rest after-his wearing effort to find out what a Vice-President is for. ? An exchange recalls a statemen made by Mr. Chauncey ftl. Depew which should be repeated over and over again in the ears of all men, and especially those of young men. These are bis words: "Looking back upon a life of nearly fifty years, I remember those who started with me. All of those who were sober and industrious, and saved their money, now own their own household ; but every one of them who drank is dead." ? Here is a new way for a girl to get rid of a late beau who is impervious to all hints. She gives him a paper and a pencil, with one of her sweetest smiles and says : "Now put down four ciphers in a row, then four dashes, then four ci? phers again, thus: 0 0 0 0-00 0 0. Now make a perpendicular mark, downward on the right of the first cipher upward on the right of the fourth, upward on the fifth, downward on tbe seventh. Tbe marks should be half an inch long." Ask him to read what he has written. The effect is electri? cal. A Check on Chandler ism. Washington, February 28.?In the course of the last two of three months the President has had numerous conver? sations with Senators and Representatives on the subject of Southern affairs. As intimated in his annual message, he is in favor of the passage of a supplementary Federal election law, but it is understood that be is not willing to go to the extreme length advocated by such malignant demagogues as Chandler aud others. Any law designed to control the manner of elections must be framed to meet bis views; otherwise he is not the man to sign it. It is not believed he will be inclined to favor any measure the effect of which would be to interfere or influ? ence in any way the local elections in the South. Mr. Harrison is a atrong parti* san, but be has always been a strict con structionist of the Constitution, and ac? cording to the reports of those who have talked with him, be finds no warrant, under existing circumstances, for any attempted interference by Congress with local government in the South. The hope aod design of such men as Chandler is to pass a measure broad enough to make Federal appointees practically supervisors of local elections in the S'juth. The initial step in this ?mgramme was his presentation in the ?euate yesterday of a "cooked up'' peti tion relative to the Arkansas State elec? tion of 1S88. There are Republicans in both houses, however, who share the opinions of the President and will not be inclined to gratify Chandler's malignity. Whatever election measure is finally passed will in all probability be confined to regulations concerning the manner of election of members of the House of Representatives. The idea of the Re? publicans is that a law Can be framed the result of which will be to give them a sufficient number of Congressional districts in the South to overbalance anything short of an overwhelming tidal wave in favor of the Democracy in the North. The President and some other leading Republicans think the party should be satisfied with this.. Such cal? culation is not sound because it is based on the assumption that the entire negro vote is to be held in perpetual slavery by the Republican party.?Baltimore Sun. Bncklen's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per feet satisfaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. ? William Waldorf Astor is worth $200,000,000 and 1b the richest man in the world. ? A Yankee genius has invented and patented a machine for buttering bread. The machine cuts and butters 750 loaves of bread in an hour. ? The vocations of the British noble? man are limitless. One has just taken out a license as a barkeeper, and another has won a bride as a laborer. ? Dr. Roger Williams, of St. Bar? tholomew's Hospital, London, has found that out of 12,868 cases in which chloro? form had there been used during the past ten years, ten had resulted fatally, while there had been only three deaths out of 12,581 cases in which ether had been used. ? The law of Tenneseee makes the keeping of a gaming bouse a felony, but (he complaint is made that no attempt is made to enforce the law in Memphis. This is because the law is severe, Peo Ele do not like to inform against a gam? ier when they know that it will result in his imprisonment. ?? It is said that when .the drop fell at Birmingham on Friday a mighty shout of exultation went up from the crowds of people assembled outside the jail walls, and we don't wonder at it. If there was ever a monster in human shape Hawes was one. It would not be appropriate to call him a brute, because no brute delib erately puts its own offspring to death, ? P. E. Barker, living near Huff's mill, in Grove Township, yesterday brought to the city about twenty muekrat and mink skins, which he disposed, of profitably. Mr. Barker caught the ani? mals in a novel way and at the same time rid himself of troublesome pests to his corn field. He said to a News reporter that the muskrats and minks almost de? stroyed his corn on the branches. He at lest placed a cumber of rabbit traps along the river banks, baiting them with corn and persimmons.. He was pleasantly surprised to find a few mornings after? ward that the prey bad walked into the trap. That was about two m c nths agOi Since then he has captured in this man? ner seventeen muskrata and five minks and now he seldom Bees even the track of one on the creek banks. Mr. B. rksr Bays that every farufrotn use this (im? pie device with success and profit also, as the skins cau be sold for a good price in this city.? Greenville News, March 5 Presents in the most elegant form THE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUICE ?of the? FIGS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma? nently cure Habitual Consti? pation, and the many ills de? pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. Itis themost excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When onois Bilious or Constipated ?SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ask your druggist for ersraa'criE3 of pigs manufactured only dy CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK, N. Y. Fcb'G, 1F90 31 ly MONEY TO LOAN. SEVERAL desirable pieces or Country and City Property for sale. Apply to J. W. aUATTLRBaUM. Jan 2, 1800_26 A. G. STRICKLAND, DEUTIST. ITRO?S OXIDE given at all times for the rainless Extraction of Teeth, $S3- Office in New Masonic Templo. Nov 15,1883 19 THE CAMPAIGN OPENED! The Cruel War is over, But we are carrying on A MERCILESS WAR ON HIGH PRICES. THE Campaign on Cotton is over for this Season, and we are going to make a campaign on high prices in Groceries. We intend to make this the cheapest crop the farmeni have ever raised in Anderson County, by selling Groceries and Provisions so CHEAP that no man can complain of not being able to live economically. We are buying for Cash, and propose to sell the same way. We are running only one line of Goods, and buy in large lots, so get Goods cheap; we sell at the closest margin for handling, so we oannot bo undersold, even if our competitors sell for coat. We mean what we say, and say what wc mean. We buy for SPOT CASH, And We propose to sell only for SPOT CASH. So don't ask to have Goods charged at theeo prices. READ, REFLECT, and ACT. These prices "make the old jade wince." WE GIVE A PEW PP.ICE8: Granulated Sugar 6?,c. per pound. Coffee? best Rio?20c. per pound. Soda?pure?3c. per pound. Ftour?Patent, ?4.85 per Barrel. Flour?Good Family, 83.85 per Barrel. Flour?Family, ?3.45 per Barrel. Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Tobacco, And all other Goods in proportion. WehavesCraeHATS, SHOES, NOTIONS, and oth? er Dry Goods left that we are selling so low that the prices surprise you. These are no shop-worn, old poods, but are new and in first-class condition. These goods are in the way, as we need the room for ah immense Stock of Groceries ; so they must and shall go. THE LAST CHANCE TO GET SOME DESIRABLE C00BS At and BELOW COST. BROWN BROS TO TH \ I have a Fine Stock of Buggies, Wagons, Surreys, Harness, Mules and Horses, On hand that can be bought at a Bargain for Spot Gash. x AM situated so at present that I had rather have the money than the Goods, even if I have to sell at about cost. Will continue until my present stock is ex? hausted to soli on time to good, responsible parties. Always prefer cash payment. Call on Messrs. L. L. Gaillard, John D. Beard and J. A. Shanklin. Thanking the people of Anderaou and country for their kind and liberal pa? tronage, I am Very truly yours, croiemsr el peoples. t E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flouriah demands? ENERGY, PLUCK, ACTIVITY, -AJSTID BOTTOM PBIGES! 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 eight. 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 yon. We Pay Cash for every Dollars5 worth we Buy, And Give You the Benefit Every Time. Don't Believe a word we Say. BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, JOHN M. HUEBARD & BRO., Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C TH? FH'SinM Bai OF ANDERSON, S. C, CAPITAL, - - $50,000 WE take pleasure inofferinc tu the pub? lic full burglar and fire pioteclion in the latest improved Vault and Saffl work, secured by time Lock. Loans effected on approved Personal; Real or Collateral Security, and liberal ac? commodations offered to depositors. In all that pertains to a genenil banking busi? ness we solicit the patronage of the public. OFFICERS. R. S. HILL, President. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Vice President. J. R. VANDIVER, Cashier. J. BOYCE BURRISS, Ass't. Cashier. DIRECTORS. W. W. Humphreys, R, S. Hill, S. M. Orr, C. F. Jones, John E. Peoples, W. F. Cox, W. G. Watson, T. W. Marlin, F. Q. Brown. Aug 8, 1889_6_ 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's Pictures a specialty. Pictures copied and enlarged to any size. Remember my stay in Anderson is sihort. J. A. WREN. B. F. BROWNE, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Returned to Anderson. EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair? ing. Prompt and hourst work, and reasonable charges nnly for the work (tone. Finn ami difficult. j-.b.s a specially. Front window !??*? \i H. -ov'i'h. Duo Hi, tV-9 'il 3m NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Samuel 8 Cherry, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned witbin the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. M. 0. DICKSON, Ex'r. Fcb 97, 18?0 _31_3__ LAW CARD. IAM now prepared to give prompt and special attention to all Law Busi? ness intrusted to mycareasan Attorney or Counsellor at Law, not being otherwise en? gaged. COLUMBUS WARDLAW. Feb 27, lf-00 3-1 XTOTICIC TO CREDITORS. jlri All persons having demands against the Estate of Rebecca G. Gillespe, 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. A. W. SEA WRIGHT, Adm'r. March 6,1800 35 3? Y TO LOAN, - ON - Mortgages OF Eeal Estate, Or Good Collateral. Call on ' J. D. MAXWELL, Sec and Treas. Anderson Building and Loan Association. Write us, and we will send you one on 15 Days"! est Trial In your own home. We pay all freights. No cash asked until you are suited.? Satisfaction Guaranteed. Over 40,000 Southern homes supplied by us on this plan since 1870. Fairest method of sale known. Buyers saved all risk, and ensured Perfect Instruments at Lowest Cost. We make it easy for all to buy. Write for Valuable Information. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, CA. ? ? FREE TO ALL. j Our New Illustrated j Catalogue of Plants,! Bulbs, Vines, Shrubs,; Or na mental Trees, j Small Fruits, Grape? vines, Seeds etc., will: be mailed Free to all j applicants. Satisfaction Guar? anteed. 35 Greenhouses; 30 acres. Address NANZ & NEUNER, Louisville, Ky. WILHITE Jan 23,1890 Big G has given univer? sal satisfaction In the cure of Gonorrhoea and Gleet. I prescribe It and feel safe In recommend? ing it to all sufferers. A. J. ST05EB, H.D., Oeeatur, III. FF.ICS.S1L 00. Sold by & WILHITE. 2S ly $500 IS OFTEN MADE ON AN ACRE OF OUR Earliest Musk or Water Melons. Wo have found tho VERY BEST, and will sell a Limited number of seeds at ONE DOLLAR a package. WINDSOR SEED CO., Drawer 027, San Bcrnandluo, California. March C, 181)0_35_lni THE Bent, Cheapest and MoBt Perfect Tonle. Quinine and Iron Tonic Capsules. A sure and prompt cure for malaria, chills and fever, sallow skin, loss of appetite, general and nervous debility, biliousness, and nil ailments which arlso from a disordered liver, or from lack of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsules, which are guaranteed free from mercury or any? thing at all injurious, will be sent frco, on receipt of 25 cents in stamps or postal note, by the pro Sriotor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 1G1 Graham St., rooklln, N. Y. 35-3m ITOT .A.T COST ? (So-Called,) But we pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them as Low as any Firm in America. OUR STOCK IS FRESH, OUR PRICES THE LOWEST, When quality of Goods is. considered, and it will pay yon to COME AJSTTO 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 Cut Plow Shoes a specialty. Also, the "Fat Baby Shoe." Gome and examine this Stock. WE GTJAANTEE THE SHOES, WE GUARANTEE THE PEICES. E. W. Brown & Sons, ANDERSON, S, O. THIS WILL PLEASE YOU! Xlie undersigned have opened A. J^irst Class Bakery, At the old stand of J. M. Hubbard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel. AFINE. NEW OVEN has V>een built, Bnd our Establishment is equipped wiih every? thing needful in the Baker's occupation. We will bare FRBSH BRBAD, CAKES, PA8TRY. etc., every day, and we want the public to give ua a trial order. We guarantee satisfaction. We will also keep in stock? A NICE LINE OP CONFECTIONERIES, &c. Which will be sold at very low prices. 'ft We will sell Twenty-Five Bread Tickets for $1.00, And deliver fresh Loaves to our customers every day. ^BET* We will Roast Fowls, or any kind of Fresh Meats, and Bake Oakes to order. Dec 5. 1889 WE have already received a big portion of our large stock of Lamps for this ecaaoo, and they are constantly arriving: Library Lamps, Students' Lamps, Stand Lamps, Church Lamps, Store Lamps, Parlor Lamps, Kitchen Lamps cheaper than ever before. PAINTS, PAINTS, PAINTS ! We have the largest and most complete line of Floor PainU, Carriage and Buggy Paints, Mixed House Paints, Enamel Paints in all shades, White Lead and Oil. Brushes, all sizes, from 10c up. Don't forget that we keep the largest stock of? Drugs, Patent Medicines, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles Of all kinds, including Perfumery, Fine Soaps, Face Powders, Ac. We will take pleasure in showing jou through our big stock. Call early and get a look at our elegant line of Lamps. WILHITE & WILHITE. CATARRH, CONSUMPTION, RHEUMATISM, DIPHTHERIA. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR, manufactured by RAY'S GERMICIDE CO. LOUISVILLE. KY. FOR SALE BY SIMPSON, REIO & CO. DEUGGISTS, Corner Hotel Chiquola. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT The undersigned, Ex?-t:utor of the Estute of Samuel Elrod, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 15th day of March, 1890, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Executor. D. EDWARD KING, Ex'r. Feb 6,1890 31 5 JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE ? OF ? New, Rare, and Beautiful Plants for 1890 IS NOW READY. Lovers of fine Plants will find a large collection of Beauti? ful and Bare Plants, os well as Novelties of Merit. This rich collection is well grown, and offered at very low prices. ORCHIDS?A very large stock of choice East Indians, American, etc. Also, Cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. Feb C, 1890_31_ FALL ANNOUNCEMENT THE undersigned desire to inform the general public that they are now bet? ter prepared than ever before to SUIT the trade. As Merchant Tailors tbey are thor? oughly posted in ail of the latest atvlc* and they are prepared to CUT, F' ? ar.o MAKE UP Goods on very sho omCl. They employ the best, workmen ? will ve satisfaction. Cleaning an .' airing nits neatly done. Any gentleman wishing an Overcoat, uitof Broadcloth, Worsted or Fancy Cas mere should give us a call. Our trade so far this Fall is beyond our expectation, but wo want to increase it. CLARK A BHO. Nov 7, 1889 18 Richmond A Danville U. R.. CO TJMBIA & GEEENVILLE DIVISIOH CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT SEPT. 29, 1888. (Trains run on 75th Meridian limy,] Southbound. I No.55 Lve Walhalla. Seneca. Anderson Spartanb'rg Abbeville Laurens. Greenville. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... 8.<)7am 8.50 am 9.37 ant 12.36 pm 10.53 am 6.30 am 0.30 am 12.53 pm 1.20 pm 2.45 pm 5.00 pm 9.00 pm Korthbsund. Arr. Lve. Ctlaabia.. Ne?bsrrr? Nl?tT-3lx GruawVd O/anrile Liirjje.... Anaemia Spart aor'p Anderson _ StneSau.. WalhalJa... Atlanta..... ?4. 10.45am 12.42 urn 2.15pm 2-87pm 5.35pm 7.31pm 4.0?PM 2.Mpm 4.?p?i l.Mpw 7.Mpm ia.?pm'' No. 54 makes close connection for Atlanta,. No. K makes closo connection for Augusta ana Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor Gtn'l D. Cabdwkel, AsrtAuts. Agtn fioi-. Haas, Traffic Manager. JULIUS W. QUATTLEBAUM, Attorney at Law, - ANDERSON, ? ? 8. C. PROMPT attention given to all buM neos. Office over the Express Office. (lAUTI?N price aro stamped on the bottom. If the dealer cannot supply ron, ? end direct to factory/ cncloilnE ?d>srtl?ed price. L DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Flno Calf, Heavy Laced Groin and Creed* moor "Waterproof. , Best In the world. Examine hlf $5.00 GENUINE HANI^SEWED fHOB. 8-1.00 I! VND-SEWED TVELTfiBLOB. 83.50 POf TOE AND FARMERS'SHOE. 82.50 EXTiiA VALUE CALF SHOE. ? 82.25 & 83 WORKING MEN'S SHOES. 82.00 and 81.75 BOYS' SCHOOL S11028. All made in Congress, Button and La??. $3 & $2 SHOES iltiSa. 81.75 SHOE FOB MISSES. Best Material. Best Style. Beit Flttln?. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Maas. Sold fry C. F. JONES & CO., ANDERSON, S. C. IT WILL PAY YOU ][f you propose going West or Northwest, to write to me. I represent the Short Line, FRED. D. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. October 10,1889 _14_ 6m_ ?PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR OLIUA RAILWAY. .In effect Feb. 26, 1880?76th Moridian Tim? GOING SOUTH. Daily. Leave Anderson. 7 35 a m Leave Dean. 7 43 a m Leave 8tarr. 7 47 a m Leave Cook. 7 37 a m Leave Barnes. 8 06 a m Leave Lowndeeville. 8 15 a in Leave Latimer.8 S3 a m Leave Hester. 8 46 a m Leave Mt. Carmel.... 9 02 a m Leave Willington.... 9 12 a m Leave Bordeaux. 9 23 a m Leave McCormick... 9 40 a m Arrive Augusta.11 55 a m Arrive Charleston... 6 20 p m Arrive Savannah.... 5 40pm Arrive Jacksonville 7 CO p m GOING NORTH Leave Jacksonville. 110 p ni . 8 00 p m Leave Savannah..... 8 10 p m 6 40 a m Leave Charleston. 8 30 a m Leave Augusta. 8 10 a in ' 4 30 p m Le? ve McCormick.?10 25 a m 6 60 p m Leave Bordeaux.10 45 am 7 10 p m Leave Williogton...lO 57 a m 7 21pm Leave Mt Carmel...11 07a m 7 80pm Leave Hesters.1124 am 7 45pm Leave Latiiuers. 1136am 7 58pm Leave Lowndesville.il 55 a m 8 20 p m Leave Barnes.12 OS p m 8 80 p m Leave Cook.1213 pm 837pm Leave Starr.12 23 p ra 8 4? p m Leave Deans.12 27pm 853pm Arrive Anderson.12 45 pm 910pm This la the qjickeat route to Crnrfeeron ?reacnes there three hours ahead of any other line. Elegant Palace sleeping car runs between Atlanta and Charleston, and solid train from Augusta to Charleston on this line. Connections made at Angnjta for At? lanta, and all other points West. Tickete on sale at P. R. 4W.0.B. de? pot to all points at aheap through rate, and baggage checked through to destination. Any other information rail upon or write WM. J. CRAIG, A. G. P. A R, W. HTJNffl Trav. Pas. Agent, Augusta, Ga. Dally 410 p ni 417pm 4 Jtp m 4 42 p m 4 SO p m 500 p m 5 18 p ei 5 80 p to 5 47 p ni fl 57 p m 608p to 6 80pm 19 05 pm 6 30 am 12 oo m