Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:i:PifE7,TSJBT:D EVERY THURSDAY. '?: 1>F.- OLTNKS VLES,1 Editors and . ><?-Q. L?NGST N, J Pbopsixtobs. ^HUK8' .Y, MARCH 5, IR91. TEElMSi ONK ?1 .^?(?.??M..?.. 81.50. 8VX>:M0 HS,-.? ^Kief?uguata Chronicle says Represen? tative; Hatch, of Missouri, is the choice ^^^^e^Farmers' Alliance for Speaker of -Jf the next Congress, and it is predicted that he" wiflhave more votes in the Democratic ^caucus than is generally suspected. The most corrupt Congress of the shtury . closed its session yesterday} and le whole country is rejoicing over the Much business "has been rushed irough during the past few days, and the ^appropriation bills passed will leave'abig I:' dejicieBcy in the treasury. ? - ^m^~m v ? canvass of the two houses of Congress 'shows seven Democratic Senators and twenty-two Representatives who say Mr. ' Cleveland is no longer apresidential possi :^ili^; FiyeSenators and eight Represen? tatives say he ba3 made a mistake. One -Senator and five Representatives endorse ia sUyex utterances. The Illinois Legislature has not yet ected & United States Senator, and seems in a hopeless deadlock. The far , the Democrats and the Republi .8,' have made a triangular fight, [either.faction has a majority and no ^1 combine and thus it seems im? possible to electa Senator. Qpyernor Northen, of Georgia, seems in hot water with the Farmers' Al Ay'liauce of his State, even though he did . refuse to dine with Jay Gould. The <?'./?' Sinthern Alliance Farmer, the organ of the Georgia Alliance, goes for him with ^^'gloTes off, and the Governor returns the l^'hlows dealt jiim with all the vigor of ' which he is capable. B. 0. Epperson, Superintendent of" the . Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington di r: vision of the L. & N. Railroad, of Louis? ville, Ky., has been appointed Superin ? tendent of the P. R. & W. C. R. R., to ?y ra'c&eed Col. J. H. Averill, who resigned ^^\^{rfew/day8 ago. Mr. Epperson took ?? - charge of the Road last Monday. He iB "S}?;?? known in railroad circles by reputation 11 a moat capable railroad official. ^^KAt a special meeting of the Committee on ceremonies of the World's Fair in - Chicago last week a grand project from ;? ? the United Confederate Veterans of the ^.:;TJnited States was considered. The mem .: : beriof that organization, through R. Lee . [ Francis, eay that the wish of the South is that feelings of loyalty be more firmly. .^? established by having a great Confederate reunion in connection with the Grand |p??^my/'of the Republic, at the dedicatory Slg exercises of the Fair. At the same time <*?;? it is proposed to erect a costly monument f^l^in honor of the 6,000 Confederate dead >,?- lying in Oakwood cemetery. The idea is / favorably received by the committee. >^The board of regents of the South At ?3antic University, of four Presbyterian ;!|Syn_od8 of North Carolina, Sooth Caroli ''i'h&j, ?Georgia and Florida, met in Angusta last week and decided to establish a ^Presbyterian University somewhere in the }S South. The University will be located ^ in the city or town offering the best in ^xiucemeaty and the Board is now ready to ^ieceiye bids. Asheville, Spartanburg, " Augusta and Atlanta have made propo IjSsals; as regards the location. The stale gmeatis made that Asheville will give ?150,000 to secure it. A lady who died -.'-.reeantly has bequeathed $150,000 to the ^institution. In Jefferson Itevis's memoirs the fol? lowing letter from a young woman is ^printed: "Dear Mr. President?I want x you to let Jeems O. of Company oneth, Fifth South Carolina Regiment, come v iicme and get married. Jeeras iB willin', - I ia willin', Mb mammy says she is willin', "jfint' Jeem's captain, he ain't willin'. >fNow, when we are all willin' 'ceptin' ^Teeni'jB captain, I think you might let up - and let Jeems come. I'll make him go atreight hack when he's done got mar Juried, and fight jnst as hard as ever." Mr. ^^wivis Wrote on the letter, "Let Jeems go." ^?enis 'went home, married the affection? ate correspondent of Mr. Davis, returned : to his regiment, and did fight as well as 5$ye"r. Last Monday, March 2, was the 100th p^UTersary of the death of John Wes? ley, the great theologian and founder of 'the Methodist Church, and the day was observed by Methodists in almost every section of country. In London, Eng? land, a statue erected to his honor was j nnveUed in the presence of a large crowd in front of the City Road Chapel, the headquarters of the Wesley ans. Rev. ' Frederick William Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster, took part in the ceremo? nies attending the unveiling of the statue, and afterward, with Sir Robert Fowler, one of the members of Parliament for London City, addressed the meeting in the City Road Chapel. Ab the time approaches for planting corn, says the Chester Reporter, we call attention to the method of soaking seed :. corn in lime water to prevent the depre? dations of the bud worm on the young :.i corn. We printed last year the experi 'x ence of Mr. J. D. Collins of Edgemoor, in which he stated that his corn from lime-soaked seed entirely escaped the .' worm. Mr. Collins has received a letter I from a farmer living in Alabama saying . that be has adopted this plan for four ? years and it has worked well every time. The mixture should be made about the V color and consistency of thick milk and .the seed corn kept in soak six hours, not longer. This is a simple remedy and 5 - within the reach of all. A peck of lime, Mr. Collins says, is sufficient to prepare seed for a whole year's planting. "Reading the accounts in the papers of jSne Sherman fnneral ceremony," said a 'New York visitor, "reminded me very forcibly how soon the old notables are forgotten. Business was practically sus? pended while the funeral was in progress; dense crowds of people lined the streets through which the procession passed, and thousands stood bareheaded in the chill air. Then as the procession passed out of sight theygave'[K^My a.few transient thoughts to the man whose "name and feme at a warrior had 'spread'-'over the whole of the civilized world, and turned their numberless occupations with the ^Bame money making avidity as of yore, 'perhaps to think of him no more for ' Weeks or months. For my part, I would / rather be a live ordinary citizen than a s dead hero any day." TJlImaii 111 Washington. WASHINGTON, February 27.?Governor Ben Tillman, whose remarkable campaign in South Carolina is familiar throughout the political world by reason of the novel methods -he employed on the hustings, is in Washington for the first time in hie life. He visited the city to-day with hiB venerable brother, Mr. Geo. D.* Tillman, who represents the 2d Congressional dis? trict of South Carolina. Governor Tillman attracted general at? tention on the floor of the house and was presented personally to a large uumber of the Democratic members. He is a typi? cal farmer in appearance, but iu conver? sation he is quick; direct and plain spo? ken. His words flow freely,- but there is a cautiousness about him which indicates shrewdness, but fully justifies his refuta? tion for being one of the greatest rough and tumble political campaigners in tho South. Referring to the political situation in South Carolina, he says there is not the slightest danger of his friends (the Till? man faction) breaking away from the National Democratic party, and he pro? poses to try and make his administration of State affairs so pure aud "clean that even his political enemies will be obliged to admit that they done him an injustice in charging that he was seeking to destroy the Democratic party in the old Palmetto State. He does not hesitate* to say that there is still hostility to him in various sections of the State,' and he supposes a certain element will continue to oppose him at every point. Notwithstanding this oppo? sition .to him and his methods, he will endeavor to administer the affairs of the State in accordance with the wishes and desires of an overwhelming majority of the people who cast their votes for him last November and placed him in the Executive Mansion at Columbia. Concerning the report that he has as? pirations to succeed Senator Butler when the latter's term expires in 1895, Gover? nor Tillman is non committal. He sim? ply says that the election of Senator Butler's successor is too far off for specu? lation. Senator elect Irby, who succeeds Sen? ator Hampton, is expected to join Gover? nor Tillman here to-morrow. Governor Tillman's visit here is in connection with the phosphate beds iu the navigable wa? ters of South Carolina. He wants the superintendent of the coast snrvey to send an officer down there to make a sur? vey for the State. Washington, March 1.?Congressman elect ; George Johnstone, of Newberry, expects to remain here until the present session of Congress ends. He visits the Capitol daily and is becoming acquainted with many of the members elect and gleaning such information from the pro? ceedings as will be useful to him after he is sworn in. On the Speakership question he is non-committal, but he will probably vote with the majority of the Palmetto delegation in caucus. Governor Tillman has jast returned to Columbia after a successful visit here on State business. He induced the superin? tendent of the coast survey to send an of? ficer to make a survey of the phosphate lands, and also secnred certain advance information concerning the census returns of South Carolina. Senator Gorman says be does not be? lieve there will be any occasion for an extra session of Congress, as all of the general appropriation bills are so far ad? vanced that they can be disposed of before Wednesday at noon. There may be a special executive session of the Senate called to act jpon such appointments as the President may determine to make in accordance with new legislation and there may be some diplomatic business which requires prompt attention. At the White House it is said that the President will be governed by circum? stances. Should a special session be ne? cessary it may not be called until the lat? ter part of March or early in April. By the death of Senator Hearst, of Cal? ifornia, the Democratic vote in the Senate is still further reduced, and his successor will be a Republican, although it was in? tended that California should have a Democratic Senator until 1S93. Some of the extreme partisans in the Republican party are urging the friends of the force bill to take advantage of the unexpected calamity which has befallen the Demo? cratic party in the Senate, the death of Senators Wilson of Maryland, and Haarst of California, and try to put through the force bill. Some of the silver -Republi? cans, who formerly voted with the Dem? ocrats against the election bill, are re? ported as ready to join in such a move? ment because their free silver bill has been smothered in the House. It is hard? ly probable that this attempt will be made; bnt if it is the Democrats, with their reduced minority, may still be able to defeat it Conservative Republicans are anxious to end the present session withont further waste of time over the force bill.?Special to the News and Cou? rier. The Waste of Waters. Dejtveb, Col., March 1.?A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Yuma, Arizona, says that in that town over two hundred and fifty houses are iu ruins from the flood, and one thousand four hundred people are-homeless, and not a single business house remains standing, and it is feared that hundreds of lives have been lost in the Gila valley. Tele? graph wires are down in the valley, and as all the bridges are gone, and the roads impassable no reports can be had from there. The river about the town is seven miles wide and below the town, in places, the water covers the country in one grand lake over fifty miles across. The railroad ! company will not have the blockade raised for west bound trains for 4 days, and it will be ten days or two weeks be? fore they can get east. The town has provisions sufficient for eight more days, and the Southern Paci? fic Hotel is feeding a thousand people a day. Reports from Jakuno, fifteen miles above here, are to the effect that the flood drove the people into the tree tops, and many becoming exhausted from cold aud hunger, dropped into the water and were drowned. Reports from reliable sources put the j loss of life in the valley somewhere from ' eighty to one hundred. All along the valley, for twenty miles, everything, is in desolation. Costly houses and barns have been washed away like playthings, while stock and fences have been carried down by the flood, leaving the country aB bare as a desert. Men who ten years ago were wealthy, are now homeless and paupers. Eighty mile3 south of here, where five thousand Indians live, the' country is j flooded for eighty miles sqnare, and as there are no hills for refuge it is reported that more than one hundred have been drowned. The great valley in Colorado is one vast sea of water as far as the eye can see in every direction. The river has fallen six feet six inches in thirty hours, and is now nearly at a standstill. The weather is thick and threatens heavy rain. The loss in this country foots up $2,000,000, of which the railroad will have to suffer to the extent of $250,000. Old Yuma will never be rebuilt, the town will go higher up the hills. Au Exodus from Illinois. Bloomington. III., February 25.? The largest exodus from Central Illinois in its history perhaps occurred yesterday. At 6 o'clock last evening one hundred and fifty people, composing twenty-five families, left McLean County on three trains of thirty-three cars, of which seven were passenger coaches, taking with them their household goods, farm implements and live stock. Two trains go to Webster City, la., and the other is bound for Ne? braska. The emigrants include some of the best citizens of this section. They are induced to leave because of the cheap lands of other States. A large proportion of them were renters, although many of them sold their farms. At this city the following additions were made to the Iowa train: Farmer City one car, Dewitt one, Melvin one, Seymour two, Gibson four, and Arrowsmith one. These cars were accompanied by forty people. After leaving Bloomington one car was added at El Paso, one at Minonk and one at Lasalle, with twenty people. The trains take from the State in all about two hundred persons. ' CRIMES AJiD CASUALTIES. Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 26.?John Schnei? der,.living ut Dycksvilie, Wia., attempt ed to ford a small stream on his way to town Tueuday. The aleigk was over? turned, and Schneider's daughter, who was going to town to purchase her bridal trosBeau, was drowned. Schneider held the reins tight, and the horses pulled him ashore. Greenville, S. 0., March 2.?A very destructive fire occurred here to night, which totally destroyed the Farmers' Alliance warehouse. The fire was dis? covered by a negro man about 0 p, m. The building was totally destroyed. The warehouse was insured lor ?4,000. One hundred and fifty bales of cotton W6re also burned?they were fully insured. W. P. Fooler, the manager, lost about $600 or $700 worth of goods, insured. The fire is supposed to be incendiary. Allendale, February 26.?By the falling of a tree across the road this even? ing Frank Reddy was killed aud' Bob Badger's thigh was badly crushed, These colored men left town for their homes, riding together in a spring wagon. They had not gotten more than half a mile from town when the accident occurred. Reddey's neck was broken and his head crushed. Both were knocked out of the wagon by the tree, yet strange to say the wagon was not hurt. High winds have prevailed here all day. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 27.?Ex-Judge of the Circuit Court J. B. Bobo, of Deca tur, while under the influence of liquor this evening, shot his son Roland, aged twenty-three years, inflicting a wound that may prove fatal, the bullet entering the body below the fifth rib, ' lodging against the spinal chord. Judge Bobo, being intoxicated, became abusive, and ordered his son from the house. The latter not obeying immediately, the father drew a revolver and fired, with the above result. New York, February 25.?At 1* o'clock this afternoon three young toughs attempted highway robbery in th* ost approved style on Broadway, oppo... he i postoihce, one of the busiest thoroughiares ! of the city at its most crowded hour. One seized a stranger's watch and chain, and when he attempted to catch the thief the other two pinioned his arms. The thief with the plunder ran, but was knocked down by a wagon pole while dodging among the teams and horse cars, and a horse stepped on his head, disabling him. The other two thieves escaped. All belong to a gang that has gained notoriety as the "Whio Gang." Florence, S. C, Feb. 27.?A few minutes after 10 o'clock to-night an alarm of fire was sounded. The dwelling ofB. O'Neale Townsend, a prominent lawyer, in the extreme western portion of the town, was on fire. In an extreme? ly short time the building, a two-story cottage, was enveloped in flames. The cry went up, "Townsend is in the house 1" Several firemen entered the burning building in search of him, but to no avail. One went to a room where Mr. Townsend was supposed to be, but the room was one mass of flame. The en? gines finally extinguished the fire, so that several firemen could go into the ruins. After fishing around in the burning em? bers for some time, one of the negro fire? men found the body, and a mass of burn? ing, sizzling human flesh was pulled out and laid upon the garden walk. There are mapy theories about the affair. Some persons say that Mr. Townsend was seen on hia porch in the afternoon, and that he seemed excited, as though something was worrying him. Others seemed to ! think he committed suicide and set the house afire himself. His waiting boy j says that he left Mr. Townsend lying on his bed, reading, at 6 o'clock this even? ing, and that he was perfectly calm and rational. Still others hint at foul play, and think it probable that he may have been murdered and robbed, and that the criminal set fire to the building to con? ceal the crime. Mr. Albert Theime, the nearest neighbor, says that when he went to bed he noticed a light burning in Mr. Townsend's bedroom. He had just got in bed when he heard a report like the ex? plosion of a lamp. He ran over, but by the time he got to the bedroom door the room was nothing but flames. He seems to think the lamp exploded while Mr. Townsend lay asleep, and before he could wake he was stifled with smoke. Belton O'Neil Townsend was perhaps one of the most prominent young lawyers of the State. He was originally from Society Hill, Darlington County, but has been practicing in Florence for the past eight years with marked success. He leaves a wife and two little girls, who were at the time of the fire on a visit to relatives in the country.?Special to the Stale. Birmingham, Ala., February 29.? A diamond robbery of unprecedented boldness is tho sensation of Birmingham to-night RoBenthal's jewelry store is on the main thoroughfares and where num? bers of street cars and dummy lines centre. One front is composed of two large plate glass windows at least ten feet square. Before one of these win? dows several trays of diamonds were dis? played. About 7 o'clock to-night a man suddenly threw a thirty-pound rock through the window, shattering the glass to fragments. As quick as thought he dashed his band through the opening, picked up a tray of diamonds and dashed up the street. The bystanders and pass ersby were numerous and pursued him instantly. He turned down the first alley he came to and in the darkness and rain made good his escape, though sever? al shots were fired at him. Four large diamonds and a handful of pistol car? tridges were picked up in the alley where the robber had dropped them. It is not known what the loss is, but it amounts into the thousands. Rosenthal and one customer were in the store at the time. The former made a dash through the broken window after the robber, out cut an artery of his wrist on the broken glass The daring highwayman wns white. The horrible particulars of the murder of two children by a maniac mother, reached here yesterday. Joseph Dawson and his wife, Sallie Dawson, live In the Peter's Creek section of Pickens County. Thursday afternoon a neighbor who chanced to pass by the house of the Dawson family was horrified to see Mrs. Dawson making an attack on one of her younger children with an axe. The neighbor succeeded in stopping the at? tack before the child had been killed outright, but the little one lay on the ground with blood streaming from its head. The bloody axe was wrested from the mother's hand and other people com? ing up, an investigation was made at the house, and lying on the bed was found the dead body of the infant child of the crazy mother. It had been choked to death, and the blue marks on its throat showed plainly the desperate maniac's work. The woman was at once locked in a room to prevent her from doing further harm. The details of the shock? ing affair could not be learned here yes I terday, but it is supposed that Mrs. Daw Bon first choked the baby to death and went to the spring and washing place, not far from the house, taking the axe with her. There Bhe found the older child and immediately attacked it. The child Btruck with the axe was not dead yesterday morning, but there is no prob? ability that it will live. Its skull is thought to be crushed. An inquest was held Friday by the coroner of Pickens County, who lives not far from the Daw sons. The verdict of tho jury ia not kuown. The murderess is a daughter of John Julian, a reapectable farmer who lives near Dacus*ville, in Pickens County. She has not been of sound mind for some time, but it was not thought that she was dangerous and no grown person was ! left during the husband's absence to watch her actions.?Greenville Nem, March L_ ? JameB L. Babcock, the young man whose uncle In 1888 left him a fortune of $500,000 on condition that he marry within five years, is about to take a wife. The bride-elect is Miss James, a sister of C. S. James, a prominent merchant of Waukesha, WiB. Mr. Babcock baa been the recipient of more love letters and proposals probably than tuy other young man or woman of his time. ? In one year the cost to the Govern? ment of twine to tie up mail packages reaches seventy-two thousand dollars. 1 Marriage and Divorce. Baltimore, March 1.?Cardinal Gib? bous tq*<iay preached the annual sermon on marriage and divorce. During his remarks he narrated how Popo Clement VII refused to sanction the divorce of Henry VIII from his lawful wife, Catha? rine of Arragcn, and how Pius VII, when solicited by Napoieou, refused to annul the marriage between the Emperor's brother, Jerome, and Miss Patterson, who were married in Baltimore by Archbishop Carroll in 1803. He continued: "Christian wives and mothers, what aa immense debt of gratitude you owe to Christ and Hia Church for your emanci? pation and the dignity which you enjoy iu a Christian Commonwealth. If you ure no longer the slaves of man's passions, 'like the women of Asia, but his peers and equals,' if you are no longer a tenant at will, like the wives of pagau Greece and Rome, but mistress of your own household, if you are no longer confront? ed by usurping rivals, like Mohammedan aud Mormon wives, but if you are the queen of the domestic kingdom, you are indebted for this position to the Church, and especially to the sovereign Pontiffs, who have vindicated your honor when assailed by lustful men. "I said you are queen of the domestic kingdom. If you would retain that em? pire shun the political arena, avoid the rostrum,.beware of unsesing yourselves. If you become embroiled in political agitation the queenly aureola that encir? cles your brow will fade away, and the reverence that is paid to you will disap? pear. If you have a vain ambition of reigning in public life your domestic empire will be at an end. "The subject of divorce is inverted with a painful interest in our time and coun? try. There are more divorces legally granted in the United States than in any other Christian country?more, perhaps, than in all other Christian countries com? bined. In the space of thirty years, ac? cording to official statistics, from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, 360,000 divorces were granted in the United States?that is.to say, two-thirds of a million of persons were legally separated during that time. The number of divorcos has steadily in? creased since that time, and beyond all proportion to the general increase of pop? ulation. Divorces are granted on the most flimsy pretests, and throughout the country Divorce Courts are established which are very appropriately called 'divorce mills,' since they grind out di? vorces with such rapidity and crush out happiness from the domestic roof. "Let the imagination picture to itself the number of homes made desolate by the destroying angel, the number of hus? bands and wives whose hearts are crush? ed and whose spirits are broken, the number Of children that are cast upon the world bereft of a father's protecting arm and of a mothers love, who dare not cling to one of their parents without arousing the jealously and hatred of the other. But is it not cruel and heartless to compel the husband and wife to live together who cannot bo live in peace, and who are entirely estranged from one another ? I answer that the laws of the Gospel do not oblige some persons to dwell together if there is no hope of reconciliation between them. They are allowed to live apart and to obtain a divorce from bed and board. "But you will insist is it not cruel aud unnatural to condemn such persons to a life of forced celibacy after they are separated ? Would it not be more merci? ful to permit them to enter into sacred nuptials and enjoy the societv <>f a conge? nial partner in marriage? You apeak of mercy to the separated couple, but is no mercy to be shown to the peace and good order of society? Is no mercy to be shown to the Gospel of Christ, which up holds our society ? AI 1 laws are made for the common good, and every law has its personal inconvenience. If you abrogate a law because of its incidental annoyance you undermine all legislation. It is on that principle that the atheist objects to observance of Sunday when he would prefer to work, and that the saloon keep? er objects to closing of his store when be would rather sell. It is better that one man should Buffer than that the whole nation should perish. Better, far better, that in a few individual cases divorced people should be forbidden to marry, than that the foundations of the sacred edifice of society should be undermined." The Country We Live In, The citizen who walks dry-shod upon the Piedmont escarpment has much for which to be thankful. At this very moment hundreds of dead bodies are floating upon the floods in the devastated Gila valley, The poor people who went asleep in security awoke to find themselves swept by the flood which had rushed down upon them ; 'and those whose industry had accumulated wealth saw it carried off by the Angry waters. Even while this story of desolation is being told, the Mississippi, which courses through the most fertile valley of the continent, is playing such mad pranks that people for 1,000 miles live in dread. Iu Dakota, rich . in soil, Ihe blizzard leads the mercury so far below zero that all "trace of it ia lost, and out of the un? consciousness of numbne?3 comes the death of frost. To the east the tornado makes summer a terror, while to the north and west the elements combine to the confusion of the pioneer. In the New England States life has only been rendered possible from the industries of handicraft, the census returns showing that the sterile farms are being constantly abandoned. Amid all these disasters of field and flood, of scant return for labor, and of pestilence, the happy inhabitant of the Piedmont country reads of disaster else? where' through the Constitution, but is secure from all. No flood carries" hia cabin off in the stillness of night, awak? ing him by the terrified screams of wife and children. No blizzard bites hia ears, and freezes to death the infant at its mother's breast. No tornado sweeps across his fields, rooting up tress, tearing away houses or destroying life. No pestilence compels him to abandon home for refuge elsewhere. An increased population proves that out of his fields ne gains support, while the thickening smoke "stacks, whichever way he looks, shows that the craftsman is becoming the companion of the tiller of the Boil. Fav? oring Bkies, temperate climate, freedom from pestilence, more thau make up for the alluvial riches of the Mississippi or the blandishments of the Gila, while the metals embedded in our mountain sides must build up wealth in the valleys between. Happy man the Piedmont tiller, happy land, so bright aud fair !?Atlanta Con? stitution. Au Alliance Trust. ' Topeka, Kan., March 2.?A new Alli? ance move completes the formation of a huge grain and live stock trust, includ? ing Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. Frank McGrath, President of the Farmers' Alliance, says that the project is one of the results of the failure of the Alliance to pass certain bills. McGrath says "that district Alliances are being formed in every Congressional district and provisions are being made for build? ing a cold storage and grain depot. The new scheme is modeled in detail after the whi?key trust. Of course, you will say that our principles will not admit of that, but we have decided that we must fight the devil with fire?that is we must fight trusts and combinations with trusts and combinations. While this scheme will reverse matters by putting stockmen and grainmen at our mercy, we do not think any injury will result. The scheme looks visionary, perhaps, but will surely be a great one. ? The latest craze at the capital is fasting for dyspepsia and other diseases of the digestive organs. Dr. Fisher, the high priest of the starvation doctrine, is making more money than any other phy Bician in town, though his prescriptions are very Bimple: "Don't eat anything for eight days," or teu daya or fifteen, aa the case may be, is the formula. Some of tho moat prominent tociety people ol the city have fasted from ten to eighteen day?, and they all claim to have received benefit. Mrs. Harrison, who has been j troubled by gastritis, ia trying the fast ing remedy in a modified form? 1 The Farm Mortgages. Some of our exchanges continue to take a lively interest in the tremendous burden which is being carried by the people of this country on their homes and farms. In our view this is the most solemn question of our civilization. It outranks any other question, and'we are not free? men in the best and highest sense so long as this enormous indebtedness of three thousand millions rest on the farmers of the country. As long as our farms are under bonds we are in bonds. There are some facts which the present census returns are disclosing which our people would do well to consider. A builetiu recently issued by the Cen? sus Bureau Bhows the mortgage indrbted uess of the State of Iowa, on January 1st, 1891, to be $199,034,957; that of Alabama, $30,027,893. These two States are incipienlly taken, as having very nearly the same area and representing pretty accurately the agri? cultural interests of the West and the South. According to this statement the aver? age per capita indebtedness of the two States is, for Alabama, $26 : Iowa, $101, which would go to Bhow that Iowa's mortgage indebtedness iB exactly 4 times that of Alabama. To the average family of five, Alabama's indebtedness is $130, while Iowa's is $520. ThiB does not exactly keep on a line with the estimated mortgage indebtedness of the North and Northwestern States aud the Southern States, which, for the former, exclusive of the Eastern and Northern Atlantic States, ia $2,043,300, 000, and for the latter S648,600,000, which would put the debt of the North? west something over threefold that of the Southern States. It is a fact that in the Western and Southern States 90 percent, of the mortgage debt of the whole coun? try rests on their farms and homes. This is a tremendous fact, which is going to shape the future policy of the country, let cuts go as they may. These two sec? tions constitute the great debtor sections of the country, and they will surely not forget it, aud it is going to be difficult for the politicians to keep them from taking counsel with each other and shaping such a financial policy as they deem beet for their condition. But it has interested us to see how much it would cost the head of a family of five, at the rate of interest this indebtedness bears, to meet ibe annual interest on his debt. The rate of interest the Iowa far? mers pay 1b given at from 1 to 20, which would give an average of about 15 per cent. The Alabama farmers pay, as stated, from 1 to 40, which would ahow an aver? age of 25 per cent. The Iowa family of five has to meet a debt of $520 at 15 per cent., which shows $78 to be met in interest, To pay this would take 251 bushel? of corn at Iowa prices, or the product of ten acres; to meet the same with wheat would require 128 bushels, the product of 12.8 acres; or 325 bushels of oats, the product of 10.6 acres. The Alabama farmer, with a debt of $130 to the family of five would have to meet $32.50, to pay which would take him about 400 pounds of cotton, or the pro? duct of 2$ acres; Borne sixty bushels of corn, or the product of four and a half acres; some thirty-three bushels of wheat, or the product of five acreB. It would thus seem that the average Alabama farmer is iu a far better condi? tion financially than the average Iowa farmer ; aud that the prospect of the Ala? bama farmers throwing off their burden of indebtedness is far more promisng every way than that of the Iowa farmerB. ? Columbia Register. The Phosphate War, Chakleston, March 2.?The war be? tween the State and the. Coosaw Phos? phate Company was inaugurated to day, when the PhoBphate Commissioners, who went down to Beaufort yesterday, embark? ed in a tug chartered by the State, and with Governor Tillman on board went down to Coosaw and took possession of the territory to which the Cooaaw com? pany claim excluaive right. Possession was taken by each member of the Com? mission dropping a lead line over-board and sounding the bottom. The Coosaw company has shut dowu its machinery and is now idle with its 1,000 or. more employees. It is understood that in case any ner son or company attempts to move rock in their territory the company will apply to the United States Court for an injunction, as the river now is a naviga? ble stream and under the jurisdiction of the United States. It is understood that it is going to be a war of freeze oot. The Coosaw company will not mine any rock itself and the United States Court will be invoked to prevent anybody elae from mining phosphate in the disputed terri? tory. The Coosaw company last year shipped 100,000 tons of rock to Europe, and if-the litigation is prolonged thio much rock will be withdrawn from the market.. The land phosphate miners are jubilant and already talk of raising the price of land rock to $9 a ton. The litigation also is expected to boom the recently discovered Florida phoBphatea. .No process -has yet been issued by the United StateB Court here.?Dispatch to Columbia Register ?Refunding the State Detit. Columbia, March 2.?The following is the official notice prepared to-day by State Treasurer Bates for refunding the State Brown and Green bonds: To the holders of South Carolina Brown consolidated bonds and certificates of stock redeemable 1st July, 1893, and to holders of the Green consols and oth? ers: Notice is hereby- given to the holders of the South Carolina Brown Consols, is Bued under authority of the Act of 22nd December, 1873, and other Acta relating thereto, that provision ia made by the Acts of December, 1889, and December, 1890, for the redemption of the principal of said Brown consols in anticipation of the 1st of July, 1893, the date on which they mature. To holders of the said Brown consols, who are willing to accept the terms and provisions of the Acts of December, 1889 and 1890, referred to, aud who will sur? render the same on or before the 1st of July, 1S92, the State Treasurer is author? ized to issue in exchange other engraved coupon bonds and stock certificates of equal face value, the principal payable July 1, 1936, and bearing interest at 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-an nually on the 1st of July and the lat of January in each year. The difference in the rate of interest, viz: 2 per cent, from date of exchange up to 1st of July, 1893, will be prepaid in cash. This exchange will begin at the State Treasury July 1, 1891. The new bonds and certificates of Btock thus issued in exchange for the Brown consols will be exempt from all taxes in this State and are secured in the same manner as the consols, and the coupons and interest orders are receivable for all State taxes except the public school tax. The law also exempts Irom all taxation bo much of the capital stock of any bank, banking association or any other money? ed corporation within this State as shall be invested in bonds and stock of thia is Bue. Full circulars with a copy of the Acts of 18S9 and 1890 referred to and a sched? ule of the issues still fundable iu Brown consols, etc., can be had upon application. Signed: W. T. C. Bates, _ State Treasurer. ? A Newton, Mass., young lady saw a peculiar feature in a church in a Maine town which she visited last Bummer. Hearing the cooing of a dove, ahe looked around, and saw a white dove perched on the organ and listening to the music with great appreciation. She learned after? ward that the dove had been a regular attendant at church for eight orten years, being attracted by the mu?ic, of which it was very fond. It was twelve years old, and was the pet of a lady who lived near, After Church the dove was taken to la is* Sunday-school class by a boy, aud seem? ed to enjoy the proceedings. Unlike many church-goera the weather made uo difference to the dove, but every Sunday, Bummer and winter, he was at his post on the organ.?Newton Graphic. I ? Dr. W. FT. Timmerman, representa? tive in the legislature from Edge-field, has resigned to run for the senate. His res? ignation is announced now to enable the peopie 10 choo3o his successor at the same primary at which the senator is to bo elected. ? In Southern Oregon there is a forest 10,000 square miles in extent, and if the timber were cut and put on the market at $10 per 1,000 feet the proceeds would pay onr national debt twice over. The estimated amount of merchantable tim? ber on the tract is 400,000,000,000 feet. ? W. L. Anderson, BecLion master on the Georgia Pacific road at Greenvilio, Miss., was shot twice and probably killed by his wife on Wednesday. Tho woman had run off with a plantation overseer during her husband's absence and appears to have shot him simply because she un? expectedly found him at home on her return. ? John W. YouDg, son of Brighara Young, has completed:a big railway deal in New Mexico by which ho and other Mormons have Rccured control of valua? ble railroad properties ami farming and grazing lands. It is thought that Mor monism will also do well under the genial sun of that latitude. ? The Eev. William G. Herbert, pas? tor of the High Street Methodist Episco? pal Church, was called upon Thursday night to unite a blind couple in wedlock. They were Mr. W. Tuck Levely of An? napolis and Mias Mary Lee of Baltimore County. The marriage was performed at the bride's home, and was witnessed by several relatives. Mr. Levely, the groom, is young and has a beardlesB face. He is a piano tuner. The bride is young and handsome. She is an accomplished performer on the piano, and is well edu? cated. Both were educated at the Mary? land School for the Blind, and it is said that the courtship began while they were in that institution.?Baltimore Sun. MONEY FOUND. THE undersigned found on Monday last a considerable sum of Money, which the owner can get by calling on me, prov? ing property and paying for this advertise? ment. J. L. McGEE, Anderson, S. C. March 5,1891_35 1 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson Couxty. PURSUANT to an Order of Court made by his Honor W. H. Wallace, Pre? siding Judge, on the 25th day of February, A. D. 18P1, I will sell at public outcry at Belton, S. C, on Wednesday, the 11th day of March, A. D. 1891. within the legal hours of sale, the following Personal Prop? erty, to wit: Five Hundred Bushels of Corn Seizod under a Warrant of Attachment as the property ef Wasaon & Co. at the suit of Gossett ?fc Barraore. Terms?Cash. WM. L. BOLT, Sheriff Anderson County. March 5, 1891 35_1 THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. COUKT OF COMMON* PLEAS. W. V.. Garrelt urn] M.E. Smith, Plain! ills, against .lohn Oarn?t. Richardson Garrett, lltiry V. uMham, Martha C. Watson, Jamss Garrutt; Sa? rah Dyer, ami heirs of Hester Klllery, deceased; names ur.d number unknown, Defendants. Summons far Rdief?Coinplant .Served. To the Defendants: ?yOU am hereby summoned and required to au X b?er the complaint in this action, of which a coi>7 is herewith served upon von, and to servo a copy of your answer to the stud complaint oh the subscribers at their office, Anderson C. II., S. C, within twenty days tu'ter the service hereof, exclusive ui the day of such service; raid if you fail to answer the complaint within 11 s? ? time aforesaid; the plaiuiiifr in this action will apply to the Onirt forthe rcliefilcnianded iu Ihccomnlaiut: Dated February 26; A. i>. lStit. TI!li:i;i.E ft PRTNCE, PlaintinV Attorneys; Anderson, ti. C. [L. S.j M. P. TmuitLB, c. c. c. To tlie absent Defendants Jamas Garrctt, Sarah Dyer, and heim of Iic&ter l'illery, deceased, names and num.! er unknown: Vim will rake notice that the Complaint in thi? actioo, together with the Summons, a copy of which Is herewith served upon you, was filed in the office of tha Cltrk cf :hn Court of Common Pleasfor the County of Ar.doi.4oii February 2ij, 1831; TRIP.P.LK i PRINCE, PlaintiltV Attorneys. March 5,1S91 35 t> ill- ' ' _TJ DO YOU BELBEVE THAT any small house with bin expen? ses can compete with a big house that buys and sells $.500,000 yearly of Pianos and Organs, and has rustling, bustling agents like John L. llaynie & Daughters, who do all their own work, pay small rent, and are satisfied with .small profits ? Ludden <fc Bates' Southern Music House is tho greatest Piano an<I Organ concern in the Soittb, and when you winh to buy the best instrument at the fairest price, see their agents, ^ JOHN L. HAYNIE & DAUGHTERS, Office just below East End Graded School. 38 Westtield Street, Greenville. S. C. FREE TO AUL. | Our New Illustrated {3 Catalogue oi Plants, a Bulbs, Vines. Shrubs,'!'! Trees. Small Fruits,3* Grape Vines, Seeds, "{3 Evergreens, etc., -.vill =? be mailed Free to all j? applicants; SO pi:ges=S and 4000 vuiietks oi jj0 Plants, e?c vC Satisfaction Guaranteed. |>< 35 Greenhouses; ao acres. Address, ?S NANZ & NEUNER, Loutsvir.i.E, Ky. Ifi EUitiiiii uuimu iiiuiuituij LUrtiuiiiiiiiiiiitf? HARD TIME PRICES. Kerosene Oil. 14c 2 quart Cofiee Pots. 10c 3 qaart Coffee Pots. 11c 4 quart Coffee Pots. 33c 2 quart Covered Bucket. Sc 5 quart Covered Bucket. 9c 4 quart Covered Bucket.12t 10 quart Dish Pau, pieced. 14c 14 quart Dish Pan, pieced. 20c 10 quart Dish Pan, pressed. 15c 17 quart Dish Pan, pressed. 25c No. G Wash Pans. 5c No. 7 Waah Pans. 0c No. 8 Wash Pans. 7c . J inch Pie Plates. 2Jc ! 2 quart Oil Cans. 10c 4 quart Oil Cans. 14c 1 quart Dairy Pans.:. 3c 2 quart Dairy Pans. 5c 3 quart Dairy Pan. 0c 4 quart Dairy Pan. 7c G quart Dairy Pan. 8c 8 quart Dairy Pan. 9c 1 quart Deep Pudding Pans. 4c 2 quart Deep Pudding Paus. cc 3 quart Deep Pudding Pans. Gc 4 quart Deep Pudding Pan". 7c 6 quart Deep Puddinc Pan. Sc 1 quart Graduated Measure. 5c 2 quart Graduated Measure. 9c 6 quart Milk Ducket. 10c 8 quart Milk Bncket... 15c Gem Toilet Setts.1 15 Gem Toilet Setts.1 40 1 gallon Glass Oil Can, best. 331 Best Rat and Mouse Traps. 15c PISTOLS, GUNS and RIFLES AT COST. ROOFING and GUTTERING promptly done, and warranted first class. Also, Roofs Painted. STOVES low down. $8T Come and see us before you buy, and we will SAVE YOU MONEY. SEEL & AEOHER. FODDER ER NO FODDER. GEN'LEMEN and Ladiz, frienz and fowe, we call on u ter witness bow kompe tisbun qualeB, sickens an dize, struck by our machless nock downs. Behold the mentle agerny of our nabors durin thea dul weaks, wbile trade at the Dime Store iB on er boom. See the cole draps on the brow of desparen enemiz?enemiz be cawae we've ground awl the profeta outen ther little hanful o'stuf, and desparen becawse tha cap't grind us sum tu. But tha haint got the nerve ter do like we do. No, tha haint got the grit ter make our figgers. In short, tha haint got the back? bone that's neaded to brace a weak pocket book. Ef yule promis not ter tell we'll giv u the Jecrit of our figgers, an the motto that briugs us sucses: . By fer Casli?Sei fer Cash! An here's what kepes us hed and showlders abuv evry thing around us: Under By?Under Sei. FEE FORE WEAKS : 1 gallon Standard Kerosene Oil for.. 14c 1 regular size Coffee Pot. 5c 2 quart Coffee Pot.:. 10c 3 '* " 44 . 12c 4 " " \. 14c 1 quart Covered Bucket. 5c 2 " " " 7c 3 " " " '.'.'.!'.!.'.'.;."'.'.!? 10c 4 " " " . 13c 5 " " " . 15c 2 quart Saucepan. 8c 5 " " . 13c 2 quart retinned Saucepan. 10c 6 quart Milk Bucket. 10c 10 " " " . 15c 14 ? " ?? .20c 1 quart Milk Cup. 5c 2 " " " . 6c Wire Milk Strainer. 7c 4 quart Oil Can. 15c Machine Oil Can. 5c 6 quart pieced Dish Pan. 10c 12 44 44 " " . 15c 14 " stamped retinned Dish Pan. 25c 21 " " 44 " " 40c 6 quart Steeple Cake Pan. 10c i pint Cup. 2c 1 " " .. 21 2 " ?? 5c 5 " 44 ./.. 6c 1 pint Lipped Measure. 5c 1 quart Graduated Measure. 5c 2 44 44 . 10c No. 1 Stamped Dipper. 5c No. 2 44 14 . 6c No. 3 44 44 . 7c No. 3 pieced (large) Dipper. 10c No. 5 Cocoa shaped Dipper. 7c Britania Metal Dipper. 25c Large Cullendar Dipper. 10c 1 pint Dairy Pan. 2?c 2 quart Dairy Pau. 4c 3 ' 4 41 44 . 5c 4 41 44 44 . 7c 6 41 41 " . Sc 12 14 41 44 . 10c 1 quart Deep Pudding Pan. 4c 2 44 44 44 44 5c 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 7c 6 ?? " ? ? ~. 9C 9 inch Pie Plate. 2ic 10 44 44 44.;. 3?c No. 6 Wash Basin. 4c No. 64 44 44 . 5c No. 8 " 44 . 7c Footed 44 44 . 10c Large Funnel. 10c Small 4; . 5c Pepper Box. 2c Wire Vegetable Lifter. 10c Large Potato Grater. 10c Large Nutmeg Grater. 5c Pic Nie Mug". 5c Drinking Cup. 3c Cake Cutter. 3c Biscuit Cutter. 2c Soup Dipper. 10c Crackling Dipper. 10c Skimmer. 5c Corn Popper. 10c Muffin Ring. -]c Basting Spoon. 5c Flesh Fork. 5c Guano Horn. 15c 44 larger. 18c Beautiful Chamber Set.1 40 Ef u don't cum an devide yer scads we'll have u 'rested fer hiway indifference to our neads. Yours in the mud again. C. S. MINOR AN3 TEN CENT STORE. P. S.?This way a minute, please. Say, I'm going West to buy eggs, etc., to norrow. Can't you do me the kindnes? to watch the boys a little for me while I'm 'em c'.oee. Tell 'em to try and get cost for the goods. C. S. MINOR. off? Thanks?watch Good bye. For their Liberal patronage for the past year, and hope to merit it again this year, WE will promise to use our best endeavors to please all who trade with us, and will always have in Stock? EVERYTHING THE MARKET AFFORDS, And will sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Arbuncle's Roasted Coffee, Four Hundred Packages distributed last week by Arbuncle & Co. We have it in stock for Bale. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, No, 5 Hotel Clilquola Place. THEY ARE HERE. JL HAT IS TO SAY? OUR SPRING SHIPMENT OF GARDEN SEF.PS _!"i W? ]: ;vo also just received a ibo : uti !?ri>:? as ordi"i'.r.?r Arc in stock^quality the very 1 < pricefi liiu .-v. l?trGf?Ger.m'u? Frenvh V/i:-.;";n-. Glas.s which Glass and lar superior. Always a mil .stock of? PAINTS AX5> OILS. And such Goods as aro kept iu a first class Drug Store. Give us a call. TODJD 3*KOS? No. <& Hotel Cl?auola. Most Everybody is Selling Out at Cost, and ! am Underselling them all, and S making a pretty good living. NOW LISTEN! I have some heavy Winter Boots and Shoes, fine and coarse, that I will SELL AT NEW YORK COST! I have a mammoth Spring1 Stock to ar? rive in next thirty days, and will do my best to down the City on prices. I have all the different mates Shoes on hand now, and want to sell had, so call on ?hoe Store. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! In order to reduce our Large Stock of ter Dry Groods, we will now offer them EATL COMPRISING A COMPLETE LINE OF F0EEI6I and DOMESTIC DRESS GOODS, &c We wonJd call spneial attention to our large and well assorted line of BLACK CASHMERES, HENRIETTAS and MOHAIRS that can't be beat in the city. HOSIERY. Our line of Hosiery for Ladies, Misses, Children and Gents is immens?. Monom. A large line of Notions of ail kinds. TABLE LINE&'S, DAMASK, TOWEL?, &c. FLANNELS A.T COST. We are agents for Ferris Broo. GOOD SENSE CORSET and Hall's BAZAR FORMS. TO THE LADIES. We extend a most cordial invitation to call and inspect our entire stock, aa we will take pleasure in showing you through, and will guarantee to sell yon as cheap as anybody. Promising you prompt and polite attention, We are yours truly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. A MAMMOTH STOCK FOHMITURE! hree Big Stores full of Furniture from Cellar to Garret The best Selected and Largest Stock of Furniture ever shown in the State of South Carolina at SON'S. NoWr if you want BARGAINS?BIG BARGAINS?in Furniture, and every, thing that is kept in a FIRST CLASS Furniture Store, como to the Old Reliab" Furniture Store of G. F. Tolly & Son, that hM been in existence for over a quarter" of a centnry, and has successfully competed against all competition, having beaten two of the largest We?tern Manufacturers in furnishing the new Hotel Chiquola; having, during the last mouth, sold and delivered Furniture to Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Greenville, S. C, and sold at wholesale to a large number of Furniture dealers along the line of both Railroads. The question may bo asked, how cau yon do all this? The answer is plain: Experience ! and buy ng in larger quantities than any Furniture Store in the State, and having selected the largest and best Factories to be found, and having exclu? sive sale of their goods. We can ?fter better Bargains than any one else. All we ask is to come andjsee our Stock, full of tho best kind of Goods, (no shoddy good sold.) We have line Bureaus, full Burl fronts, large fine glass standards, large boxes and brackets, for Five Dollars. The very best strong Maple Beds, with bracket rails and steel hooks, (no pine or poplar In any part of them,) for Two Dollars, and EVERYTHING ELSE in proportion. Wo invite everybody to como aud sec our fine line of goods, whether they buy or not. We would like to show them through, as we have somejjf the FINEST Parlor, Dining Room and Room Suites in the State of South Carolina. So come one, come all. Come everybody, to G. F. Tolly & *on's Furniture Store, and see the IMMENSE STOCK and be convinced. Caskets and Coffins furnished Day or Night. ter^J G. F. TOLLY & SON.