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?.The Baltimore American says the
South is'well provided with money this
? year, as she has already received more
than $100,000,000 for her cotton, and
one-third of the crop still remains to be
sold. - ? n
^S-ifhe-eplidity of Southern prosperity
was illustrated by its steadiness during
the recent monetary troubles in the
^"North. The storm that wrecked so many
. Northern enterprises left those located in
.the South without a scar.
During the year 1890 the whole
^amount stolen by bank officials, adminis?
trators, clerks, eta, reached $8,622,956.
- Pennsylvania leads, with New York just
? behind. Mississippi does the grand act
by heading every Southern State.
A circular has been issued by Col.
B. W; Simpson, of Olemaon Agricultural
College, informing all concerned that the
? seed supply of the late Department of
Agriculture has been exhausted, and
?' that no more can therefore be distributed.
. The Governor of Texas cannot make
v-both ends meet on a salary of $4,000 a
L^ear.. Governor Boss daring his term of
; '^office had to sell a farm to help pay his
'living expenses. The Southern States
U's?hVpay their governors very small sala?
ries.
M The North Carolina Legislature has
unanimously adopted a resolution in
^aiw^lng the United States Senators from
that State to secure, if possible, the ob?
jects of the financial reform contemplated
in the Ocala platform. United States
Senator Vance has been lenominated by
. acclamation with great enthusiasm.
A poll of the members of the Tennes?
see General Assemby, made a few
. ? dayp ago, as to their choice for President
;in 1892, resulted in the Senate as follows:
.?Cleveland 24, Blaine 8, Belva Lockwood
1. In the Houso 67 members expressed
their preferences for Cleveland, 3 for
-Hill, ! for Palmer, 1 for Thurman and 11
1 forBlaine.
Immediately after the shelving of the
era! Election Bill by the Senate,
f^Hoar was heard to say that its
fXT?efe&t meant the death of the Bepubli
jj^gan party.. If such is the case, then the
Bepublicaa party has lived sufficiently
long, and its death will not be deplored
^by. any honest man. A party whose life
is dependent upon as damnable a meas?
ure as the Federal Election Bill cannot
die too soon.
Public approvel will follow the decision
. . of the Georgia Supreme Court that a
^?'certain Baptist society must pay the
salaries of its preacher, even though the
.'; Church building must needs be sold to
^f4"?at. end; There is no good reason in
^>1aw, says the New York Star, why
Churches, as well as individuals or busi?
ness corporations, should not pay bills
that they contract, while as a question of
^ morals the obligation is even more
. Incumbent upon them. And above all,
they ought to pay the minister.
A company of capitalists propose to
* organize a joint stock company for the
W purpose of locating a cotton seed oil
? refinery at Charleston. It is said that all
^^oflthe independent cotton oil mills
? throughout the State will subscribe large?
ly for the stock and that well known
- mill men are at its head, which insures
H'success for the enterprise. Should the
effort be -successful and the refinery
- established, it wilWje of great benefit to
?s|?fc&e entire State and'will fill a long felt
i^want.
^^fhe New York Journal of Finance
^says: "One of the most interesting items
ip the Btatistics of the South is that re?
lating to immigration. The number of
immigrants from foreign conn tries settled
in the Southern States Jane 30, 1890,
; aggregated 378,019, and the number of
'? persons of Northern birth residing in the
South was 475,930. There werenoeta
?, tistics of foreign immigration in the
\ Sooth in 1880 with which to compare the
number of foreignersfound in the South
in 1890. Bat the statistics of Northern
persons living in the South were given
. fdr 1880 at 240,885. There has been an
increase, therefore, in Northern immigra
to the South of 94.6 per cent,"
H the opinion of many persons that
half of the cottou crop of this
remains to be sold. Nearly every
has a portion of his crop held
lfor an anticipated advance in
For several weeks business has
beendull,2nda spirit of the most rigid
economy seems to pervade all classes.
H Farmers are only bnying such articles
as are absolutely necessary, and are
; making desperate and commendable
g efforts to payrcaifi for their supplies this
year. The buyers are of the opinion
f. that co?on is going to advance in price,
. and-w*e predict that from now on trade
*r*wifl improve! The financial situation is
getting easier, and when cotton begins
XJo move we may look for lively times.
:Geo. E. Taylor, Secretary and
irer of the Pendleton Farmers So
eriting to the Greenville News,
"It may not be generally known
Pendleton Farmers' Society is one of
Eldest in the country, and at its for
ftion' in 1816 had such distinguished
brs on its roll as John C. Calhoun,
>wnds, and General Huger, Pick
? Blossin game, who, I think, was a
jof Greenville County. We find on
jf 1 ancb familiar names as the Earles,
pds, Harrisons, DuPrees, Shanklins,
s, Maxwells and Sloans. The Hon.
G. Clemson was at one time oar
[ent and through the medium of oar
in November, 1866, first present
Ihe State, in the form of a circular,
|ire to establish a farmer's college
ef^SSutbTOarolina, and now the
has become a solid fact, and I
ir brother farmers will not think
Jgant if we assume the position that
j somewhat identified with it in its
It history. At onr last quarterly
ag we determined, if possible, to se
eligible piece of land in the vi
1 of the college on which to prepare
track and fair grounds for annual
shows. We are going to have a
IrsFclass stock show this year and will
give ample notice of the time to the pub*
lie We expect to invite prominent men
of this county and of the Sute generally
to meet with us at that time for the pur?
pose of perfecting a permanent fair or?
ganization. What better place to have a
stock show in upper South Carolina than
right under the shadow of Clemson Col?
lege, and what better Society to patronize
it than the old Pendleton Farmers' Socie?
ty, full of new life and energy? At the
time of the stock show there will proba?
bly be addresses by progressive farmers
of the State on subjects appertaining to
agriculture, and we desire to make the
whole thing attractive to farmers and
their wives and not an annual resort for
sporting men and horse jockeys."
Crime North and South.
The record of murders, executions and
lynchings for last year is a black one.
According to the figures of the Chicago
Tribune, we had in this country last year
4,200 murders as compared with 3,567 in
1888, 2,835 in 1887, 1,449 in 1886, and
1,808 in 1885. The causes of these mur?
ders were as follows:
Quarrels.2184
Liquor. 486
Unknown. 464
Jealousy.365
By highwaymen. 217
Infanticide.167
Resisting arrest.140
Highwaymen killed. 74
Self defence. 67
Insanity. 50
Outrages. 25
Duel. 1
Strike. 1
So our murders have more than doubled
in five years. With 4,290 murders in
1890 we had only 102 legal executions,
but it should be stated thai there were
126 lynchings. Tho Tribune Bays:
The number of legal executions during
the year shows an increase over those of
last year. The total number was 102, as
compared with 80 in 1889,87 in 1888, 79
in 1887, 83 in 1886, and 108 in 1885. The
executions in the several States and Ter?
ritories were as follows: Alabama, 10;
Arkansas, 9; California, 1; Colorado; 1;
Florida, 2; Georgia, IT; Kentucky, 2;
Louisiana, 7; Minnesota, 1; Montana, 1;
Missississippi, 6; New Hampshire, 1 ;
Nevada, 2; North Carolina. 5; Ohio, 5;
Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, S; South Car?
olina, 8; Tennessee, 5; Texas, 3; Virgin?
ia, 4; West Virginia, 2; Washington, 1 ;
Wyoming, 1; District of Columbia, 1.
The executions in New York by elec?
tricity does not appear in this report for
some unexplained reason. The lynchings
numbered 126, and were as follows:
Northern States?California, 2; Colo?
rado, 8; Indiana, 2; Nevada, 1; Nebras?
ka, 2; Oregon, 4; South Dakota, 2.
Southern States?Alabama, 7 ,* Arkansas,
5; Florida, 3; Georgia, 18; Kentucky, 5 ;
Louisiana, 8; Maryland, 1; Mississippi,
13; Missouri, 1; North Carolina, 2;
South Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 8; Texas,
24; Virginia, 7; West Virginia, 4; Ari?
zona, 1; New Mexico, 1. Of the total
number 125 were males and one female.
There were 31 whites, 90 blacks, 4 Indians
and 1 Mexican.
Of the legal executions it will be seen
that 30 occurred in the North and 82 in
the South.
In its comments npon this exhibit the
Louisville Courier'Journal says:
Unfortunately the Tribune fails to di?
vide the murders geographically as it di?
vides the executions, but it is evident
to any reader of the daily newspapers
that murders are more numerous North
than South. Every day brings the story
of some brute, who, in a fit of jealously,
or inflamed by drink, murders his wife,
and sometimes his entire family. There
is more barbarity North than South ; a
larger and more brutal criminal class, and
a character of crime due to covetcusness
which is rarely perpetrated in the South?
ern States. Only a few daye ago a Maine
man was convicted of murdering his
brother. He summoned him to the bed?
side of his daughter, waylaid him in a
lonely spot and killed him ; all for mon?
ey.
In the South murder is due to drink or
sudden heat and passion; the more bru?
tal crimes perpetrated deliberately, pon?
dered over and planned tor are rare with
as. They come from a permanent'crimi?
nal class far more numerons in the North
than with us.
Yet, of the total executions, legal and
illegal, 228, only thirty-six have taken
place in the Nozth. A glance at the
newspapers shows that bad as the case is
in the South?the penally is much more
certain here than among the Northern
States. In Ohio there have been only 5
executions, and yet' in Cincinnati alone
there must have been forty or fifty mur?
ders.
Struck by Lightning.
Habtwell, Ga., January 8.?The
triple oak, as it is generally known, lo?
cated on Duel island, in the Savannah
river, was struck by lightning yesterday
and shattered to pieces. The tree is one
with a hiBtory.
At the time of the May freshet in
1840, five men were engaged in farming
on this island. They took provisions
with them to do for several days, as they
lived too far off to go back and forth each
day. When the rain began, they had no
idea of danger and made no effort to
leave the island. In a short time the
waters had risen to such height that they
could not escape. They went to the
high test part of the island but soon found
that something had to be done or they
would be swept away. They found a
tree with three trunks united at the bot?
tom and forking out a few feet above the
ground and nailed strips of plankB to
each trank, high enough as they thought
would be secure, and made a sort of
platform with boards, perched upon
which, with the surging waters beneath,
they remained for five long days and
nights before they were rescued.
It was under the shade of this that
Benjamin F. Perry and Bynum fought a
duel over a half century ago. It was in j
the days of nullification, in 1832, when
Eolitics were stormy and party spirit ran
igh. Perry was a staunch unionist and
Bynum was a fiery nullifier. The latter
grossly insulted Perry, and in obedience
to the barbarous custom that then pre?
vailed, Perry had to challenge him or
suffer disgrace st the bar of public opin?
ion. At the day appointed they met on
I the island, each with bis pistol and
' coffin. Bynum was an expert shot and
it was confidently believed that Perry
woald bite the dust at the crack of his
pistol. They fought at ten paces. At
the word Perry fired first. Bynum then
fired and his ball tore a hole through
Perry's coat breast exposing the red
lining. Colonel Huger, who was present
and near Bynum, exclaimed, "He's got
it," and Bynum replied, "I have too."
Bynum's ball hit exactly where he had
told his friends it would, but Perry's coat
was a yery looBe fit, and the bullet grazed
the skin, leaving a blue streak across his
body. Perry's ball went through By?
num's thigh, cutting the main artery,
and the poor fellow bled to death. He
was carried to a house on the place now
owned by Mr. Price, and the blood stains
from his wounds were visible on the
ceiling when the house was torn down
last year. His remains were interred at
the old stone church, three' miles from
Pendleton.?Atlanta Constitution.
Pistol Licenses.
By an Act of the Legislature passed at
the last session, all dealers in pistols and
pistol ammunition will have to take out
licenses on and after the 23rd June next.
The provisions of the Act are as followB:
No person or corporation within the
limits of the State shall eeil or offer for
sale any pistol or pistol cartridges with?
out first obtaining a license from the
County in which such person or corpo?
ration is doing business so to do.
The County Commissioners are hereby
authorized to issue licenses in their re?
spective Counties for the sale of pistol
cartridges upon the payment of the sum
of $200 annually.
Any person violating thij Act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not
exceeding one year, or both.
Staunch Masonic Brotherhood.
Chicago, January 9.?A week from
next Sunday at the Emergency Hospital
a remarkable scene will be witnessed.
ThiB will be the cutting off of portions of
skin from the bodies of seventy-five or
one hundred members of St. Bernard
Commandery, Knights Templar, and the
grafting of tbo several pieces of cuticle
upon the naked flesh of a brother Mason,
J?hn Oscar Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson
i3 a man of forty?four years, and has been
an honored Mason since the days of his
earliest manhood and Recorder of St.
Bernard Commandery since its organiza?
tion in February, 1870.
A year or so ago a cancerous growth on
the upper portion of his thigh and the
right hip began to annoy Mr. Dickerson,
and in time it became so painful and
dangerous that a surgical operation for
its removal became necessary. The ope?
ration required that a good portion of the
skin and flesh should be cut away with
the cancer; so much, in fact, as to render
it impossible for the exposed edges of the
skin to unite and form a complete surface
covering by natural growth. An attempt
was made to graft a piece of goatskin
upon the exposed surface, but without
success.
A few days ago a delegation from St.
Bernard called upon the attending surgeon
to learn what could be done. The doctor
hesitated a little, but finally told them
that if the wound could be covered with
human skin-there would be no doubt of a
complete cure. The members of the
commandery, without further consulta?
tion, told the doctor that whenever he
ordered it men would be ready to give up
to his knife all the skin required to make
whole their sick brother. A meeting of
the commandery was called, and the ac?
tion of the delegation was approved, and
every one of the 300 members volunteer?
ed to submit to the surgeon's kuife. This
number being far more than was needed,
the commandery ordered that a selection
should be made from the entire member?
ship.
In accordance therewith about 150
members have been selected to appear at'
the hospital one week from next Sunday
ready to permit portions of cuticle to be
removed. The surgeon will probably need
not more than one-third or a half of
them, and will have the choicest, physi?
cally, of their ranks there to choose from.
Before appearing at the hospital on the
day fixed, the above named and the oth?
ers selected must undergo certain condi?
tions and preparations. They must that
morning take a thorough bath, so that
their skin may be fresh and pure. They
must also have abstained from ardent
spirits for forty-eight hours previous to
presenting themselves for the operation.
Each, too, must brine a razor with him
thoroughly sharpened and free from stain
or blemish. Those razors will be used
only upon those to whom they belong.
Drank for Three Tears.
Wichita, January 4.?A strange piece
of humanity was arrested here as a va?
grant, bnt was released as soon as bis
history became known. He carries the
story of the past few years of his life fn
his pocket, and the well-thumbed docu?
ment tells a sad tale. "My name is
Fred Travis," reads the diary. "I am
from Sadalia, Mo., am generally denomi?
nated a tramp, and came to this city to
spend Christmas with some friends I
knew in better days. They are not here
now. Five years ago I was prosperous,
but a little too much given to strong
drink, or what temperance apostles are
Sleased to denominate double distilled
amnation. I drank in secret at that
time, and whenever I got drunk locked
myself in my room and had a personal
I inserted in the papers to the effect that I
I was sick. About three years ago I fell
in love for the first time. Other girls
had interested me, but nothing more. I
celebrated the discovery by a rip-roaring
drunk. My suit did not prosper as I
would have liked, and my means were
dwindling away, so I determined to
know my fate. I was refused, and, in
the presence of the woman I loved and
before my God, I swore never to breathe
a sober breath. Several limes I have
come near breaking my oath, owing to
financial reasons, but have managed
somehow always to make ends meet. I
go on my way, and when my corpse is
rattled over the stones, as the poets have
it, it will be nothing but a mixture of
beer and bad whiskey."
A New Cure for Croup.
Several papers of Paris have published
that Dr. Laugardierre, of Toulouse, had
at different times experimented with suc?
cess with a new treatment of sure efficien?
cy for the cure of that terrible disease the
croup. The new treatment consists in
the use of sulphur. Dr. Laugardierre
narrates this his first experiment:
"I called for some sulphur powder, took
a teaspoonful of it, which I diluted in a
glass of Water, ordering to drink one tea
spoonful of the mixture every hour,
shaking it before using. Next day the
child was better. New potion for the
next day. The following day the child
was cured. The only thing left was a
loose cough, which I attributed to the
false membranes circulating in the trach
eal artery. Asking the parents to save it
for me in case the child should expecto?
rate them, two days later a sudden fit of
coughing expelled them, and three dried
np pieces the size of a large bean were
brought to me."
After that cure the doctor obtained
several others, but none more convincing
than the following :
"A little dirl was dying; neither cry
nor the least sound could come from the
larnyx; the principles of diptheria were
on her ears, neck, head and cheeks; her
wheezing breath could be heard at twenty
meters off."
The dor lor had secured a probe to in?
sufflate nitrate of silver into the larnyx.
The parents opposed that, but consented
to make the child swallow the sulphuret?
ted potion during the night.
"On the next day the child, which I
had considered as lost, was resuscitated?
the voice was restored ; the potion was
continued during the day, and the next
the child was cared."
The communication of Dr. Laugardier?
re is of too much importance to not be
the subject of serious and immediate ex?
amination, and itjs for the Academy of
Medicine to order such.?Paris Temps,
Miller Is Rampant.
Washington, Jan 12.?The negro
Miller, from South Carolina, who was
given Col. Elliott's seat in the House last
session by Tom Reed, and who now rep?
resents the Seventh District, has ruined
his chances of ever getting the seat again.
To-day he made one of the bitterest and
most outrageous attacks upon the people
of his district, and of the entire South,
ever heard in the halls of Congress. He
said what the Southern negro wanted was
protection to his life and properly, and
sought to leave the imprea&ion upon the
minds of his Northern hearers that the
Southern whites go out and kill a negro
every morning before breakfast. He was
particularly hitter in his attacks upon
his own State. Since his speech it is
certain that he will find no one in the
next House who will vote to give him
the seat he will contest. Miller does not
resemble a negro in any respect. He is
white, his hair is perfect .y straight, and,
indeed, he is quite a distinguished look?
ing man. He is perhaps nine-tenths
white._
North Carolina Senators Instructed.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 10.?The resolu?
tions of instruction to the United States
Senators from North Carolina to vote for
the platform adopted by the Alliance at
Ocala, Fla., were in the State Senate
referred to a committee. In the House
they were amended so as to read: "Shall
vote for the objects of the financial
reform contemplated in the platform
adopted at Ocala;" and thus amended,
received the unanimous Democratic
vote. There is no opposition to Senator
Vance. A caucus is set for Monday
night.
?Bogus safes made of wood and pan. fc.
ed to appear exactly like the original ar?
ticle ore being extensively used by small
jewelers who wish to impress purchasers
with the value of their stock in hand,
CBI3IES AND CASUALTIES.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 9.?Jas. Rob
erts last night gave bis nineteen year old
son (Hugh) a gold watch, a suit of fiue
clothes and $100 for his promise not to
marry Maggie Armstrong, who is much
older than the young man. The boy
took the presents and immediately eloped.
The father is now seeking a better field
for investment.
Kansas City, Jan. 9.?W. R. Gregory
wa3 sent to jail by Justice Worthen to?
day for the unique offense of stealing a
red hot stove, the oven of which was fill?
ed with biscuits. Gregory obtained the
stove on Dripp Street, got an expressman
to haul it away and sold it at a second?
hand-store, biscuits and all, for three dol?
lars.
Greenville, S. C, January 12 ?
Frank Poole, who was so horribly
burned in the terrible domestic tragedy
in this city on Tuesday night, in which
his wife was also burned, died here yes?
terday and w.^ buried to day. Poole, it
will be remembered, went to his home
drunk, pulled his wife out of bed by the
hair and struck her on the head with a
lighted lamp. Both caught fire and
Poole'a clothes were burned off him.
Cassville, Wis., Jan. 9.?Two little
brothers, Joseph and Willie Barren, aged
10 and 12 years respectively, were drown?
ed in the Mississippi river last evening.
They had juBt returned from school and
went out on the ice to play. They had
been gone only a few minutes when their
mother heard screams for help. Punning
to their assistance she also broke in and
but for the timely appearance of a man
who lives near by she too would have
been drowned.
Chicago, III., Jan. 8.?A special from
Sherman, Texas, says a cyclone passed
East of that town yesterday afternoon.
Several houses were blown down, an in?
fant killed and four adults seriously
wounded. John Schmidt was blown over
a barbed wire fenc. He seized the wire
as he passed, and one of his hands was
almoBt torn off. Household goods were
scattered about for miles and the loss was
great. A further search may reveal many
more dead bodies.
Birmingham, Ala., December 28.?
At Hiilman, eight miles from this city,
Friday night, J. L. Daniel, a merchant,
put on a falee face and went to the house
of his brother-in-law, Joe Torpley, in?
tending to frighten the family as a joke.
Topley failed to recognize him and order?
ed Daniel not to enter the bouse. Daniel
continued to advance without making
himself known and was shot dead by
Torpley. The dead man leaveB a wife and
five children.
Savannah, Jan. 9.?Hon. William
Clifton reports that all along the border
line between Tatnall and Montgomery
Counties the grip is prevalent. It has
secured a firm hold all through that sec?
tion of the country and a large number
of people are down with it. A couple of
deaths have occurred, and several persons
are in a serious condition. Mr. Clifton
himself got a taste of the disease while
away and hurried back to put himself
under a physician's care.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6.?For several
weeks the police officials have beeusearch?
ing for a man named Olunston, who was
wanted upon a number of charges of
swindling by working the bogus diamoud
racket. Olunston got wind that the po?
lice were on bis track and knew the depots
and bridge were guarded, so be secured a
large trunk and then took a friend into
his confidence. The next day the trunk,
in which Olunston was snugly ensconced,
was checked to Indianapolis. Nothing
was known of the man's fate until to day,
when his friend received information that
Olunstou had arrived safely.
Charlotte, N. 0, Jan 7.?Four mys?
terious murders have occurred in Gran
ville County since Saturday night. Dick
Page, a colored laborer, was the first vic?
tim. His body was found on Saturday
night in an old field on Colonel Roger's
plantation, with the breech pin of a gun
buried in his skull, On the same night
W. T. Parker and Brock Bailey were aeen
drinking together, and shortly afterwards
the dead bodies of both were found lying
near where Page'B body was found. On
Monday the coroner was called to the
same plantation to view the body of a
colored woman who, it was aaid, waa
beaten to death by some unknown peraon.
It is thought the murders were committed
by the same person, and there is much ex?
citement in the neighborhood.
San Francisco, January 9.?Herbert
L. Rand, of Carthage, 111., recently ap?
pointed American consul to the Caroline
Islands, is in 'Frisco, on his way to the
scene of his duties. He has just received
letters from hia brother, who has been
missionary on the islands for sixteen
years, giving an account of outrages
committed by natives. In their revolt
against the Spaniards the natives have
killed 800 foreigners., including 190
Spanish soldiers. They have looted and
burned the houses of all the missionaries
at Ponopi. Rev. Mr. Rand lost his libra?
ry, worth $1,000, and all bis personal and
household effects. The missionaries havo
been transferred to a neighboring island
for safety, but the nativea of the whole
group are excited, and more massacres
are feared.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 8.?Mrs. R. G.
Peters and her ten-year-old daughter,
Agnes, were burned to death after mid?
night. Mrs. Peters was a well-to do
English woman, who had lately invested
and established her home here. The
flames were discovered by an inmate of
an adjoining room, who found that they
had started in Mrs. Peter's room and that
it was too late to aid her. People on the
outside who first detected the fire saw four
men run away from the building in dif?
ferent directions. This raised the theory
of robbery, murder and arson. Blood?
hounds were secured and put upon the
trail. The men were tracked to the rail?
way station, where all trace of them was
lost. The murdered woman had a large
sum of money. There is every reason to
believe that desperadoes from a distance
had carefully planned the crime.
Birmingham, Ala., January 12.?A
communicatron to the Age-Herald from
Randolph, a small station in Bibb
County, says: The most horrible and
tragic event in the history of this coun?
try occurred at the station on Saturday
night upon the arrival of the 9.30 north?
bound passenger express. Among the
passengers were R. H. Jones, sheriff of
Jackson Pariah, Louisiana, Oliver Head
and Jas. T?te, the latter a prisoner ar?
rested in Louisiana charged with the
fatal shooting of Wm. Head early last
fall near Six-mile, in this County, and
for whose apprehension and delivery to
the County authorities a reward of $400
had been offered. As the parties alighted
from the train, in the broad glare of the
lamps at the station and hotel, a bold
assassin, scarcely ten feet away from his
victim, raised his pistol and, with two
shots fired in rapid succession, almost
instantly killed the sheriff, who was
leading the manacled prisoner to prison.
The murderer escaped under cover of
darkness, the prisoner making his escape
at the same time and following his res?
cuer. There is no expressed conjecture
as to the perpetrator of this awful deed.
The remains of the murdered man and
his effects were sent to his bereaved
family in Louisiana._
Greenville, S. 0., January ll.?In
formation has been received here of the
outragoous conduct of two men nnmtd ,
M. K. High tower a deputy United States I
marshal, and Rufus Durham, who live in J
the mountains of this county. On Tues-1
day last they came to town and drank j
very freely, leaving for home in a drunk
en condition. On the way they met a|
little deaf and dumb negro boy, whom
they whipped unmercifully because he
could not tell them the way. A negro
man, named Jesse Sample, was shot in
the stomach and dangerously wounded by
RufuB Durham. Another child was se?
verely whipped by them, and they also
shot at a party of young men in a wagon,
a bullet grazing the head of a man named
Stroud, and slightly wounding him.
Their conduct excited;!* great deal of in?
dignation, and warrants have been issued
for their arre3t, wnen/Ht is hoped they
will be properly puniehed. Both are
dangerous characters, and have been in?
volved in frequent difficulties. Hightower
only a short while ago shot a man named
Pruitt, and Durham was implicated in
the breaking open of the jail at Trion,
N. C, and releasing a prisoner a few
months ago._
Didn't Like his Neighbor. ?
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 7.?Delegate J.
L. Bryan, of Wilkes County, created a
sensation in the House to-day by loudly
refusing to occupy the seat which was
assigned to him between two colored
members. All other seats having been
taken no other could be furnished him,
and he left the hall in disgust, and his
seat has been vacant all day. He openly
declared that he will quit the Legislature
first. He is a well known Republican
politician of Wilkes County.
Koch's Rival.
Chicago, III., Jan. 6.?Dr. E. Fletch?
er Ingalls, of this city, reports good pro?
gress with the use of the tuberculosis
cure of Dr. Sourly, of Detroit. He has
fifteen patients under treatment, and dur?
ing the two weeks he has been using the
cure he says signs of improvements are
visible in every case. He said to-night
that unless he was mistaken Dr. Shurly
had discovered a specific for the most
dreaded of all known diseases. Some of
his patients, he said, were in the last stage
of the disease, all of them having tuber?
culosis in a pronounced form. One pa?
tient, who, two weeks ago was wasting
rapidly, now coughs a great deal less.
Another patient, who ten days ago was
breaking down and losing flesh, besides
exhibiting other terrible signs of disease,
has gained two pounds under the new
treatment.
Dr. Ingalls says he believes firmly in
Dr. Shurly'a treatment, as there is no
danger in the administration of the io?
dine and gold chloride. The iodine kills
one of the animal poisons and the gold
chloride the other, there being two kinds
of ptomaines in tuberculosis.
-T Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., is pre?
paring a warm reception for Stephen B.
Nichols, who recently tiesert?d his family
there to elope with a woman named Dar?
ling, of Huntington. Nichols tired of his
bargain and wrote from the Western city
where he was stopping to his wife asking
her forgiveness and requesting permission
to return home. His former neighbors
made up a purse of $25 to pay his return
expenses, as he wrote be was penniless.
He is expected to arrive at Cold Spring
Harbor in a day or two, and he will be
met by a brass band, which will escort
him to his home to the tune of "The Giil
I left Behind Me." Serenading is to fol?
low, and a speech will be insisted on, ac?
cording to the present programme.
? Senator Teller, of Colorado, on
Wednesday introduced a bill, by request,
in behalf of the African-American Colo
onlzAtion Society of the District of Co?
lumbia. Accompanying the bill is a long
petition setting forth a desire on the part
of a large number of colored people to
Bettle in Lower California, and they ask
the government to lend them money for
: a period of forty years, at the smallest
rate of interest possible. In Lower Cali?
fornia the petitioners believe they have at
last discovered their Utopia, and have
abandoned the Liberia Congo colonization
proposition. They claim that it is diffi?
cult for them to get along with the white
people, as the latter insist upon keeping
tbem down and preventing their progress.
They cite Hayti and Jamaica to show
that the negro can prosper by himself if
afforded sufficient opportunity. The bill
and petition was referred to the Commit?
tee on Foreign Relations.
Weak eyes and inflamed lids indicate
an impure condition of the blood. The
best, remedy is Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It
vitalizes the blood, regulates the secre?
tions, and ex pels all scrofulous humors
from the system. Try it. Price, $1.
Worth $5 a bottle.
The great popularity of Ayer's Pills as a
cathartic is due no less to their promptness
and efficacy than to their coaling of sugar
and freedom from any injurious effects.
Children take tbem readily. See Ayer's
Almanac tor this year, just out._
Stockholders' Meeting.
AMEETING of the Stockholders of the
Anderson Opera Company will be
held in the office of Breazeale & Long on
Tuesday, 27th instant, at 11 o'clock a. m.
By order of the Board of Directors.
J. E. BREAZEALE, Pres.
T. P. HILL, Sec. and Trees,
Anderson, S. C, Jan. 14, 1891. 28?2
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE.
Ea Parte Jonn t. Jones, In Be. the Estate of Wil?
son Jones, deceased.?Petition for Final Settle?
ment and Discharge.
To LerlW. Jones, Emily Jones, Tempo c. Mulli?
gan, Amanda c. Shirley, Matilda J.Shirley. Ma?
ry a. Green. Alfred T. Jones, Dock Williams,
Wm. a. Williams, Lev I W. Williams, John G.
Williams, Joseph n. Williams, Matilda J. Dean,
Bosa l. Williams, James e. Jones, Fannie e.
Jones, Lula Jones, Wm. a. Jones, Cyrus W.
Joucs, Jasper F. Jones, Lawrence n. JoneB and
Robert F.Jones:
TAKE notice, That the undersigned will ap?
ply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson c.h.,
s. c, on Monday, the 2nd day of March, a. D. 1891,
at 11 o'clock a. m., for a Final Settlement of the
Estate of Wilson Jones, deceased, and diechargo
from the offico of Administrator of said Estate.
Dated 9th day of January, A. D. 1891.
JOHN t. JONES, Administrator.
Jan 15,1891 28_ 0
\ A pamphlet of Information andab
ABtract of tho laws,showing How Uu
' i Obtain Pntents, Caveats, Trade/
.Marks, Copyrluhtfl, sent free..
viddrtu MUNN & CO.
?.301 Broadway,
New York.
XTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT
IM The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of John B. Orr, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
on the 10th day of February, 1891, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis
charce from bis office as Administrator.
r. c. wilson, Adm'r.
Jan 8. 1891 27 _6_
USTZETW FIEM.
SEEL & ARCHER.
T
1 HAVE associated with me Mr. T. A. ARCHER, well known to you all. We
are prepared to do all kinds of work in Sheet Metal, and we respectfully ask you
patronage.
We sell Stoves, Tinware, Guns,
Rifles and House Furnishing Goods.
Come and ite us, und wt will convince you we mean busii.ea-?.
Booffing and Guttering and putting up Heaters a Specialty,
SEEL & AEOHEB,
Jan 8,1891 27 ly
( SYLVESTER BLECK LEY,
President and Treasurer
SYLVESTER BLECK LEY,
WILLIE R. OSBORNE,
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY,
Iiicox-poi-ate<l Doc. 30, 1*00.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, BUGGIES, WAGONS,
Guano. Cotton, Bagging and Ties,
HORSES aivid ^LTJUiES.
ANDERSON, s. c, Jan. 1st, 1891.
The old Firm of Sylvester BleckHyCo. having dijsolvod, a brand new Joint
Stock Company has been organized and duly incorporated.
The Company pr.-poses to keep for sale, and bave now in stock, at the old
stand, a large stock of?
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Which will be sold cheap FOR C.vsh, or on Time t i pnmpl paying custo?
mers.
We will be please:! to see all-of our old friends and customers, and shall en?
deavor to merit a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed upon the old
Firm in the past. Our President, Mr Bleckley, wh > has mo long and successfully
steered the ship, is still at its helm, and will continue to guide her in safety through
storm and weather.
POLITE ATTENTION TO A.I/L..
flSy* Piease call and examine our Goods and Prices
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY
g_-^3Wig??_?j_niLj-Mim.ii.il i . j.ul.hj-j-U' amgi-.-mmj-l_jiui. j.u?
PEOPLES & BURRISS
Are Still Headquarters for the Best
COOKING STOVES
JTOR THE LEAST MONEY.
WE are going to make thing* lively this year in the Stove line, and all we ask
5? for you to call and !>ee uur Stoves, which will be sold for less than you
can buy the same grade of goods anywhere.
Crockery,
Glassware, and
Lamp Goods!
Are Specialties with us,
And of course can SAVE YOU MONEY. Don't take our word?come and price
the goods, and yon will be convinced we are saving you something.
ROOFING AND GUTTERING A SPECIALTY.
Prompt and reliable workmen.
We can put you on a Roof of FELT from $2.00 to $3.50 per square. Can sell
you Felt, one ply and coating, for ?1.00 per square?a good cheap Roof for out?
buildings, &c.
Bring your Hides and Rags.
JOS. J. FRET WELL,
Vice President.
DIRECTORS:
JOS, J. KRETWKLL,
JAMES T. PEARSON,
j. 11. Von HASSELS,
Secretary.
Fit KD. G. BROWN,
J. IL Vom HASSELN.
PEOPLES & BURRISS.
It?EDSCAL CARD.
Dr. w. h. t01>d respectfully offers
his services to the citizens of Anderson
and surrounding country in the general
practice of Medicine and Surgery.
Office?At Todd Bros. Drug Store. Res?
idence on McDuffie Street, second house
below Episcopal Chnrch.
Jan 8,1891 27 3m
FOE SA.LE1
IN the most desirable part of the City,
only five blocks from Public Square
and a short distance to Academy,
Two Very Desirable Building Lots.
The corner Lot 75x240. inside Lot 90x 240,
and has si able and outhouse, which can be
converted mto a three-room house.
Both Lots are perfectly level and very
conveniently located Finding gardening
too expensive on City property, f prefer to
sell for building purposes. For particulars
apply to
JULIUS POPPE,
Anderson, S. C.
Jan 8, 1891 27 2
DISSOLUTION.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing
between Sylvester Bleckley C-?. has
been dissolved this day, by mutual cm
sent. All claims due the Firm are in their
bands, at the old Stand, for collection, and
persons indebted to it are earnestly reques?
ted to call immediately and make pay?
ment
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO
Anderson, S. C, Jan. 1,1891.
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THE SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY
Having been duly incorporalted. will
conduct the General Merchandise Business
at the old stand of Sylvester Bleckley Co.,
where we will be glad to see our old friends
and the public, aud serve them faithfully
in the future as the old Firm did in the
past. Call and trade with us.
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY.
Anderson, S. C, Jan. 1, 1891. 27?3
GARDEN SEEDS,
lowest
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SIMPSON & SON'S
DRUG SRORE,
Corner Hotel Oliiqiiola,
telegraphy.
?HORT-HAND,
and
type-writing,
Thoroughly taught, either separately or in
connection with the regular College
course or any special part of it. For
a Catalogue of the
Williamston Female College,
Address
REV. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C,
The Spring Session 1891 will open Jan.
26, with much better facilities than ever
before. If "merit will win," we expect to
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"VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
-Ol The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of Mnrv A. Stegall, deceased,
hereby gives notice that be will, on the
11th day ot February, 1891. apply to the
Judge of Probute for Anderson County for
a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a
discbarge from his office as Administrator.
JOHN P. CLARDY, Adm'r.
Dec 25,1890 24 5
I Offer to the Trading Public Bargains in
ES
UNTIL JANU&KY 1st, 1891.
100 Pairs Zeigler Bros, Fine Shoes, cost $2.50
and $3.00, take your choice at $1.75.
Lot Fine Foxed Gaiters, cost $2.00, for $1.00.
Every pair guaranteed the be.4 you can get anywhere or money refunded.
The Best Solid Leather Calf Shoe for Ladies
at 90c. per Pair.
We Cant be Beat on Good Shoes.
Big* Seduction on Boots and Shoes.
B?, And now, my friends, don't be took in by a m;in telling you he will give
you a bargain in Shoes ju?t? 'cause you bought dry goods from him. DON'T
BUY 'till you price mv Good-.
O. B. VANWYCK.
IST Big line Ladies' and Gents' Slippers for Christmas
Presente.
THE
BEST SAW MILL IN THE WORL D
ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.
HARDWARE OF EVERY KIND.
Steel Plows,
Handled Hoes,
And all kinds of
Agricultural Implements.
HEADQUARTERS IN OUR LINE.
N. B.?Remember that you can always buy the best
Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c, and all kinds of Building
Material and Shingles, of
SULLIVAN MANUFACTURING CO
BEST EATING IN TOWN!
Richardson & Robhins' Potted Turkey,
Dried Chipped Beef,
William Hume's ?ilmon,
Rodell'- Fine. French Sardines,
Baralaria Shrimp.
Wyman Lobsters,
Saratoga Chips,
Kingan Harn?,
Edam, Pine Apple and Cream Cheese,
New Crop N. 0. Molasses,
Genuine Maple Syrup,
Suider's Catxup, Lee & lYrrin Worster Sauce,
Canned Tomato^, Cnm, P?'as, &c.
Schumacher Rolled Oats,
Schumacher Rolled Avcna,
Schumacher Graham Flour,
Schumacher Farinose,
Finest Brands of Flour.
All of the above lor -ale at
Tl. S. LIGOIT,
Wholesale and Kol ail Grocer, Anderson, S C.
FOR SALE. j
THE undersigned. Executor of the Es- j. t. okB
t?te of David Rogers, deceased, will \
sell at public outcry, at Williams! on, S.C.,
on Saturday. January 17, 1891, at 12 o'clock,
one Tract of Land containing 50 acres,
more or less, lying on the waters of Big
Creek, in Anderson County, and adjoin?
ing lauds of .1. A.. Cox and others. Terms
of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers.
For further information apply to
JAMES E ROGERS, Executor.
Dec 2#, 1890 25 4*
? . ?. tteli.s
ORR, WELLS & ORR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ANDERSON, - - S. O.
Office over National Bank.
Oot 30,1890 17