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: fUBLismb every Thursday. J.-P. CUNKS0ALE8.) Editobs ahd M, 0. TiANGSTOK, f Proprietors.' - THURSDAY. OCT. 1, i?9l v i v>' . .. _._ m.nr> S t HONTHB.... ._?^..^ 7Bo. Road Congross will be held in Atlan? ta ou the 29th of October. It will bo co mposed of delegates from all the South bc. i States, each State being allowed twice as many delegates as it has represontn ?fl$*s io the lower House of Congress. The object ia to devise piactical methods for improving the public roads of the South. The .Republicans in Ohio have been i miking the main issue between them and tba Democrats in tho present campaign tb? free silver plank in the Democratic * platform. With this as tho issue they seem to worst tho Democrats considera |y. Bp.t Gov. Campbell and his friends i mak ing a brave effortto hold the wily lteacstothe true issue?the tariff | " qf estio'n. On this subject the Democrats -their enemies into hopeless confu * . The ciiies of St. Louis, jMo0 Louisville, Jyv,Springfield, 111., Memphis, Tsnn., i others in that general section felt a ^earthquake shock on Saturday ; at about 11 o'clock. A good deal of | eery and glassware was demolished, ; no great damage was 'done. A man jf-.St. Louis is reported to have been shaken off the stool on which he was sit ng. 'Many people inTerre Haute, Ind., 'era nauseated by the undulations. The ioeks Listed from only one tc four sec ids.. _' ? Mayor J. A. Henneman, of Spartan r, wot shot by a negro on last Sabbath ei zoning and died in a few minutes there? after. Tho mayor was walking past a negro house in the city and heard the negro and his wife quarreling. He start ? q 3 into the house to command the peace, al ad when he entered the yard the negro ordered him ont and started back into his ^-.Spase'aa'if to get a weapon of some kind. I 7ha mayor followed him into the house a'uda scuffle ensued.- Directly they both ted into the yard, and the negro, hav ; gotten possession of the mayor's pis jfe^hot bim before ho could rise to his fjwt.- Tho negro surrendered himself. ?' Ohere. was talk of lynching him. We jbpo.he will live to stand his trial, for ho vdll hardly escape his just punishment? #a & gallows._ [[President Polk has returned from his ^lansas trip. He was asked what truth Mere was inthe assertiou made by per? sona who claimed to have heard bim, that """"lie had made apologieB to Kansas audi 0 aces for having fought for the cause qf Lee ahd Jackson, and had hoped .to aid and , ajbefrthe enemy in some way. He replied: "It is absolutely and unqualifiedly false ill every particular. * * * I have nev ^.nttered a sentiment in a Northern State 1 would not willingly repeat in any . Sinthern State." If President Polk wonld procure a few affidavits from responsible riiea who beard his speeches denying -that be made the statements accredited to him ho would nail the accusation as "a lie oitit of the whole cloth." Likewise, if his afxsuser would-fnruish affidavits substan? tiating his charges, the preponderance of ."?didenco would be in. hin favor. As the natter stands^ it Is simply a question of veracity between accuser and accused. One party or the other can certainly pro? duce affidavits, that will bear out the truthfulness of tho-accusation or the de? nial, and until this is done the matter wraoot" b'o settled to the satisfaction of everybody. Wo hope to see affidavits from ono side or the other; as each man i? ia worthy of .belief as the other, so far Igiwe-kuow.. President Polk has not de? nied that he was an advocate of third par? ty ism in his speeches in Kansas. ierson did a lively business last iy. \The streets Were full of cotton iy. Five hundred and ninety five were sold. As most of it was good ^cgifon, thejDrices paid were fair. Aw high as.Bi cents was r)aid for some. The"aver ;agj} price was about 8 cents. The large glibber of hales brought to the market pr'iivea that either the farmers read the iilQENCKR, and acted on our re mendation of two weeks ago that *?"4Jieir cotton as early as possible, a it is commanding present prices, proves that a large number of far ?^msrs think as we do, viz., that it is wise, '? toiiell cotton aii fast as it is pick'ed. So far the prices have not advanced sufficiently to impeach the wisdom of this opinion. :?.TJ*jy. have remained at about the same ;V figures, with occasiouaHy a tendency to go; np a little. They have gone down ^-se-seral points, too, on somo days. We corstsntly see statements from farmers whs have Jiad a life's time experience in raising and soiling ocffon, that on the ?" average they have received better prices by soiling as soon as they can get it to market than by holding for arise, and tha b in their later years they have follow. lowed this policy. Of course, we would rejeice ro hear of the price going up any g nntaher of cents or fractions of a cent, bub can see nothing to warrant such a hope. We think that those who sold on Saturday will never have reason to regret it '_ WHAT OUR COLUMNS CONTAIN. BSfeEbft LntelliOenckr is brimful of all ?Sin is of news these days. Wo take pleasure in furnishing our readers with a vijst amount of useful and Interesting information on a great variety of subjects. ? To do this more fully we are now issuing a series of supplements in which live and i entertaining topics are discussed by 7ell iofcrmed writers, and they are worth any one's time to read them. HjjfeThe hundreds of our readers who desire' -- to know what cotton is worth in this raar Bg*?t can always Hud the latest quotations -"-for Wednesday of each week in our col? nmav. We watch close!}- the govern? ment and commercial reports on crop prospects and the general business out? look, and place before our subscribers -. snei extracts from these reports an. may , pro re advantageous to tbem. / ?Oar local and editorial departments keep abreast ol the times and furnish nov,s and comm mts on such matters as we hink deserving of attention. Ititelligent aucl wide-awake correspon \ don Is from nearly every section of the County have interesting letters in every r? issue. ^' iOnr outside is filled with valuable arti F"cTes "always, and there Bill Arp's Jotters fcmay bo found., 3? Our advertisers keep everybody wcli Wposted as to tho nu.uberlcss articles tbey ?* h?vo for sale, and these columns will tell - who re you can get first-class goods and bargains of all kinds before you leavo ?-home. Notices and advertisements from all of theefflcers of the County may be found jUi'feere from time to time. Wo use a good quality of paper and the > jprlnt. is clear and easily read. Onr desire is to give our readers inter? est! n; news and valuable information of -oil kinds, with a frank expression of our view.! on such matters as we deem re? aring notice and discussion. I t costs something to live and a good il to die; in fact, everything costs. : one estimates that getting born costs >Ie of the United States ?i">0,000, fnually; getting married, $300,000, Id getting buried 875,000,000. I\_E Y. M. C. A. AND A PUBLIC LIBRA? RY. That was a timely suggestion made from tho pulpit last Sabbath night that our town needs a public library?a well selected library where our youth and young men may resort for tho purpose of cultivating tho nobler qualities of heart and head. There can bo littlo doubt, as was said, that there is too great a tenden? cy among us to read only light and tri? fling productions, or not read at all. The remarks were made in the course of a sermon preached by request of the Young Men's Christian Association. That the establishment of a library of good books in our midst would prove a blessing to tho community cannot be quostioned. Such an institution should be and can be procurod, and its cstablish lishment should not be postponed indefi? nitely. We are pleased to learn that tho move? ment to build a handsome and useful homo for the Y. M. C. A. :n this city, which has lain dormant for some time, will soon bo revived, and somo of the old time energy and loyalty and loyo will bo infused into the noble work. The Asso? ciation already owns a lot in a pleasant location and has about ?2,000 now in the treasury. There is still due the Associa? tion six or seven thousand dollars in sub? scriptions, which wero made for the building of this home. Wo are encour- I aged to hope that at no distant day the hom" will be erected and dedicated in the prayers of fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters to the glorious pur? poses of educating and elevating our young men to a higher menial and moral plane in life and of preparing them for the final summons that will bid them go to their reward in the life everlasting. Let the Association and its friends first of all build a home for the Y. M. C. A., but let them not forget how valuable a good library will prove in promoting Y. M. C. A. work. Perhaps the Association will have more money in the treasury than will be needed for building purpo? ses. If so, the remainder cannot be bet? ter invested than in books for the Associa? tion. If there will bo no funds from this source that may bo applied to the library, then put solicitors to work and our gen? erous people will not refuse to subscribe to so commendable and useful an institu? tion. The wisdom of these measures will vindicate itself by the influence upon our social and religious systems, and will re? main as enduring monuments to tho en? ergy and charity and love of those who erected them. Every Fourth Bow in Cora. 2b" the Editor of the News and Courier: Heartily in favor as I am of the proposed redaction of the area of cotton cultivation, I see some difficulties in the way that have not been suggested. To cut down the cotton crop to ton or twelve acres to the plough would be to reduce that crop by fully one-half and necessitate the planting of tho remaining land either In corn or small grain, fencing it in pastures or allowing it to go out of cultivation. Doubtless the latter plan would prove a blessing to thousands of acres now culti? vated, which are too poor to pay for the work. Yet as ?be tax collector will come around, and store accounts and interest on mortgages must be paid, it would not be convenient in every instance. It is a well established fact that negroes do a very large share of the farm labor in this and other cotton States, and it is as well known that as a corn, wheat and oat farmer the negro is cot adazzlingsuccess. The negro can and does make the most of the cotton, bnt, the negro does not, and apparently cannot, make grain. Therefore, if the one half of our present cotton area was planted in grain and de? pended on negro labor for cultivation it would almost certainSy prove more un? productive than at pressen t. To cut down the area in cotton to the plough and not attempt; to sow the re? mainder, in grain, ana at the same, time to keep our farms in profitable cultivation, would require an immense increase in the laboring population, as it is clear that it would take twice as many ploughs and plough hand9 to work a given area in crops of say twelve or fifteen acres, as in crops of twenty four to thirty acres and the additional expense would, in case of failure from bad seasons, for instance, prove disastrous. This briugs me to the suggestion I havo to make. ? Twovears ago I was conversing with a Mr. Turpin, member of Congress from one of the western districts of Alabama, who, by the way, was unseated directly after by Tom Head's Congress, then in Washington. Knowing him to be a large Elanter in his section, I asked him how e did about corn for his bands and stock. He replied that, up to the last six or sev? en years, he bad annually spent a large part of toe profits of bis cotton erop for coru for stock and meal for bands. Than he cropped on the share system, and, having to furnish feed for the stock, and to buy it, he found it a very poor pay? ing business. That the-negroes would not make corn when planted in separate fields or patches, but he had noticed that when a stray stalk came up among the cotton and was allowed to stand, it always grew well. So he positively forbade the planting by his croppers of any separate corn fields, and forced the planting of every fourth row of la. 1 prepared and fertilized for cotton in corn. This was worked exactly as if all planted In cotton, and the result was that, since the adoption of this simple regulation, he had not bought a graiu of corn on either of his three largo plantations. The plan is simple, easily understood j and easily followed, and strikes me as being the vory best and most practicable that I have ever heard of to reduce the cotton area and increase and secure the yield of corn. He told me that he plant? ed the corn at the same time and worked it with the same tools and in the same way as his cotton, hoeing and ploughing it through and through, and the yield every year was not only satisfactory, but surprising, and'that as a matter of fact it had not reduced the yield of cotton by one-fourth, as the corn rows gave venti? lation to and chance to spread to the cot? ton rows adjoining. I intend adopting or trying this plan in the future, ana recom? mend it to the serious .consideration of my brother farmers. W. K. Davie. Death of Gov, Perry** Widow. Greenville, S. C, September 25.? Mrs, F!'".aboth Francis Perry, widow of JEx-Gi'Vu-nor B. F. Perry, died here to? day from blood poisoning, caused by a carbuncle which came on her neck about; ten days ago, Mrs, Perry was torn in Charleston ou October 2S, 1.818, and was a daughter of Hext, and S, B, McCall. Her father was a prominent lawyer. If er mother was a sister of Robert Y. Hayne. She was educated in Xew Havonn, Conn., and married Governor Perry on April 27, 1837. Since her husband's death she had pre? pared and had printed several volumes of his life, She was a woman of brilliant attainments end noble Christian charac? ter. She leaves four children. Ten Men to be Hanged. Lauress, U. Cm September 25.?The most death dealing sentence in the legal annals of this State, except \vr cases of in? surrection, was passed at Laurens to-day, ten negro men being sentenced to be banged for the murder of another negro. The charge was conspiracy and murder. Somo months ago Jim Young, Monroe Youug, Allen Young. Henderson Young, Tom Atkinson, John Atkinson, Ligo At? kinson, John Adams, Perry Adams am! Jack Williams, having somo caus? ol quarrel against Thornton Nance," also col? ored, arranged a plan to take his life and carried it out successfully. At this term of the Laureus Court they wero all tried together for tho crime, and all convicted. A motion was made for a new trial and refused, and J udge Hudson sentenced the whole ten to be Hanged on October next. At the samo t?rin of Court Jke Kinard, colored, was convicted of the murder of Samuel <J, Oxner, a white man, and was sentenced to he hanged on (Jctobcf Uj, thifl making eleven negroes sentenced to death at these bloody 'assfces.?Special to and Cvrler. ? KusseU J3arnes, a West Virginia triati now 10 years old, is a freak in the way of slow intellectual Development. Until lately he has been regarded from infancy as an imbecile, but his development has gone on slowly, and now he exhibits tho apitudoof a schoolboy and betrays a love for study. Prof. Morris, who is much interested in the case, says that Barnes in realitv possesses a fine mind. The thtGry is advanced that the length of his life will correspond to that of his childhood, and that ho may seo as many years as Mo thusaleh. Southern Industrial Progress. Baltimore, September 24.?The Man? ufacturer's Record of this week contains its quarterly review of the industrial pro? gress of tho South, showing that, not? withstanding the usual dullness of the summer andthe late financial stringency, there has been a steady and solid ad? vancement. Reviewing the progress of that section sinco January, the Record says: "The most trying period which tho industrial growth of the South has over encountered, and doubtless tho most try? ing that it will ever have to face, has been that covered by the last nine or ten mouths. It would have beon natural for a rapidly developing section like the South, where thousands of new enterpri? ses were being organized, or were under construction, to have felt the effect of fi? nancial troubles far more seriously than any other section, but such has not been the case. Of course, many euterprises just getting under way when tho panic came have been halted, and somo have been abandoned, but this has been main? ly in tho lino of development and town companies. The manufacturing enter? prises in operation have gone along stead? ily. Banking ana general business op? erations, though somewhat restricted in volume, havo stood the financial strain remarkably well. Despite the extreme depression iu iron, Southern furnaces have generally been running to their full capacity and making some profit; cotton mills have been busy, and in nearly eve? ry line of manufacturing tiiore has been a steady, substantial gain, even through the great monetary stringency. The way in which the South has stood the strain has surpriued the financial world, and has materially strengthened the confidence of tho capitalists of tho North in the great future of this section. "The panic is passing away; the whole country is entering upon a period of un? precedented prosperity, and in all human probability the next two years will be the most active in industrial advancement in the history of our country. In this great activity and prosperity "the South will undoubtedly Bharo. Its vast resources will command the attention of capital; new furnaces and steel works will be built, new cotton mills established, new mines opened, many miles of railroad built, and in cyery branch of its trade and industry new activity will be felt. "During the last nine months the South has continued to establish new manufao tnring|enterpriseB, and in that time 2,742 new concerns have been organized, the list being as follows: Iron furnaces, G; machine shops and foundries, 72; agri? cultural implement factories, 12; flour mills, 40; cotton mills, 58; furniture fac? tories, -38; gas works, 20; water works, 77; carriage and wagon factories, 20; electric light plants. 124; mining and quarrying enterprises, 413; wood work factories, 372; ice factories; 58; canning factories, 48; stove foundries, 6 ; brick works, 120; iron and steel works, rolling mills, etc., 40; cotton compresses, 18; cottonseed oil mills, 28; miscellaneous enterprises 883?total 2,742. She Loved Hint in Poverty. Atlanta, Sept. 21.?Riehard Hornig, a poor German, settled near Anstell some time ago. He was an honest, hard-work - ingfarm laborer, and won therespect and confidence of all who knew him. He re? ceived but little attention from the wo? men in the settlement. But there was one poorgirJ, Miss O'Shields, who was al? ways kind to the stranger, and their friendship soon ripened into love. As both were very poor, matrimony was not thought of. A few months ago a letter with a for? eign stamp arrived at xhe Anstell post office, directed to Richard Hornig. It an? nounced to him the death of his father in Germany, and that he was sole heir to 3,000,000 marks. Mr. Hornig visited Ger? many, and had no trouble in getting his fortune, and returned to Aus tell lastweek. Of course this change in his condition made a marked change in the reception accorded him. But his heart was still true to the little woman who bad been his friend when he was a poor stranger, and he made hor his wife to-day. Miss O'Shields was taken from the cot tou field and arrayed in silk and flne lin? en and surrounded by all the luxuries that wealth cou.'d buy. Her husband says that he intends to send her to the best schools in the old world to fit her for her new life, When asked why he did not marry an educated girl, Mi*, ffornjff re? plied that such showed him no attention when they thought him a penniless stran? ger, and he would always feol, should ho marry one or them, that his wife wanted him for his money. He knew the bride he had selected truly loved him, and this, bo said, he desired above all else. - """ m The Lattgt Woman's Craze. TorEKA, Kansas., September 25,? Shortly after the election in this State last fall Miss Fannie McCormick, the People's party candidate for superintendent of public instruction, declared in a speech that if thb farmers' wives had been prop? erly organised tho Allianco would have elected its entire ticket. Yesterday the charter of the National Woman's Alli? ance, with Miss Fannie McCormick as its >resident, was filed with the Secretary of State. The incorporators include the wives of each of the Alliance Congress? men and Senator Peffer's wife heads the list. The organization is national and a vice-president is named for every State iu the Union. Lecturers will be sent into the field to establish Sub-Alliances to operate with the Farmers' Allianco. Tho object of the association is to establish a bureau for the education of women on economical, social and political questions, and to make and develop a better state mentally and financially with the full and unconditional use of the ballot, No Danger in North Carolina. Washington, September 23.?Senator Ranison fears that the interview with him yesterday, beipg expressed very briefly and omitting entirely some things that he said, may be misconstrued and prove misleading, so he adds to it to? night, and says there is no dunger what? ever from a third party movement In North Carolina; that the large majority of Farmers' Alliancemen and the strong? est aud most influential of their leaders are patriots and Domocrats. He thinks a few of the demagogues among the Alli? anco are 'trying iS keep up this agitation in order to adyojice their personal for? tunes, but beyond this the movement amounts to nothing. He is confident that the farmers throughout the State oau bo depended on to vote the Democratic tick? et with absolute confidence. Connecticut's toljacpg crop is worth thirty million dollars.' Rhode Island, the smallest State, has the largest population to the square mile. ? When Charles Tunnlsen was killed by lightening at Warren, 0., bpneath a tree, on his chest was photographed tho image of a branch of a tree, ? The latost is from a Lexington Jury of Inquest, whose verdict was that "tho man come to his death by what was the matter with him before he died." Next. ? Commissioner Raum boasts that ho is addjng 100,000 pensioners to tho pension list every yaai*. Raum is a daisy. As a pensioner the' popfoderafp armies woro not a circumstance to him. rr- A. Jfow York hotel-keeper is exhib? iting'a box of twenty-five cigars which havo been sent him by a Ifavana maker as a sample of what the Prince of Wales smokes. They are seven Inches long and cost ?1,800 a thousand. ? A resident of Ansonia, Conn., declares that it always rains there on the 25th of July. He says that his family has kept a record of tho weather for 100 yeurs and in all that time there hasn't' been a July Ssoth on which it did not rain. George Holmes, of Cincinnati, is the owner of a peculiar diamond. In tho morning it is a beautiful sky blue, at noon is perfectly white, and at (} o'clock In tho evening it begins to turn black, and after sunset js like a piece of coal. ? There is an average of n}?e tnujders a week jn this, country committed by drunken men, and to be directly traced to whiskey. Yet with this fearful record ?and it is only one count in tho indict? ment?there are people who say : "Do not ?gitato prohibition!" ? Smokeless powder having proven a success, and smokeless locomotives be? ing a near probability, the inventive geni? us should now turn his attention to the creation of a smokeless cigarette, which if successful, would cause all womanhood if not njankitid to rise up and call him blessed! ? The Georgia Legislature has passed, I by a decided vote, a bill fixing tho State > license to sell liquor at ?200. An amend- j m?nt dxiug tho license at $100 was voted ' down, as was also m amendment to ex? empt manufacturers of spjrituous ov malt ltquors Who sell in original packages of! not less than tea gallons. ? According to a Government regala-. tion no freight trains aro tQ bp djspatchod on Sundays and holidays in Belgium after October 20 next. The regulation went into partial operation last June, but it was only to bo operative at the discre? tion of the railroad authorities. The idea was jto make the innovation gradual, but after October 20 a rigid adhorenco to it will be exactou. Railroad emplo3'ees aro tho objects of the Government's solicitude in this matter. , ? The Queen of Italy has a ?7,000 dress. No wonder government expenses have \ been curtailed. { ? Dakota courts arc furnishing all the divorces sought by unhappy coil pics in the East. ? At the great re-union of tho Smith family in New Jersey one of the oldest women present summod up her estimato of the differencq between the old times and the new one in these words, "There wore more trees then and folks were lion ester." ? A Spartan burg, S.O., special says: D. R. Swotzer, a prominent citizen of this county, met with a painful accident. Ho was suffering with inflamation ofthooyes and filled an eyeglass with what ho sup? posed to bo an eyewash and asked his wife to drop it in his eyes. Sho did so and it proved to be carbolic acid. Tic may never recover the use of his eyes. ? The sporting citizens of Houston, Texas, to the number of 5,000 turned out a few days ago to witness a goat race. Thero were sixty-three entries, big books were made on t ie event, and hundreds of pools wore sold. The mayor and other city and county officials officiated as start? ers and judges. Some of tho goats made 200 yards in 32 seconds in harness. ? Ex-Senator Norwood, of Georgia, has formed a new sub-treasury bill, which ho proposes to lay beforo the Alliance. Ho says he has metall the objections that were urged against the old bill, and that his measure wil l stand the closest analy? sis by tho ablese constitutional lawyers "of the oountrj'. Ho will not yet make pub? lic tue details of his scheme. Ho has gono to Washington to lay it before Polk and Macuno. ? A novel cure for nervous diseases is being practiced in Worishofen, Bavaria. The treatment is theoutcome of the study of an old priest, and consists chiefly in spraying water over tho body in various places, dressing at once without drying and brisk walking immediately after* ward. The diet is carefully attended to and thousands have been cured of ner? vous troubles which had defied all previ? ous physicians. ? Mr. ElipbosStokes, living near San tee, lost a mule last week by its being stung to death by bees. Mr. Stokes'son was plowing with tho mule near two bee gnms when the mule struck the gums and brought tbo angry bees about bim. He ran until exhausted, and suffering ex? cruciating pain in overy part of bis body, he fell, tie was taken to the stable ana died that night in great agony. Tho boy only received two or three stings.? Union Times. ? Tho Indians on the Sissetou reserva? tion, North Dakota, were paid for their land some time ago, and one old buck in? vested three or four hundred dollars of his money in a hoarse, which some liv? ery stable keeper made him believe was just the thing for a family carriage: The old fellow had two bigbellied ponies, and it was a comical sight to see him driving about perched on the seat of that hearse and his squaw and papooses squatting in? side. ? An ingenious Philadolphian, who was formerly an Australian, has patented a shoe with ventilated soles. The valves in the shoe are made on tho same princi? ple as the tricuapid valves of tho heart, which allow air to enter freely, but close tightly against anything in fluid form. These shoes, the" inventor claims, are good in moro senses than in ono. Not only will they keep tho feot cool, ho says, butthej' will also prevent corns, and will remove the objectionable odor caused at the same time.?Philadelphia Record. ? A very large tree, one of the largest in California, the country of big trees, was discovered near Arlington, Snoho ruish County, a few days ago. It is a ce? dar and measures sixty-eight feet in cir? cumference. Around the knotty roots the tree measures ninety-nine feet, About seventy-five feet from the ground it forks into four immense branches, and just below tbo forks is a big knot hole. Five men climbed into tho hole and ex? plored lho interior of the tree. It was found to be a mere shell, and about for? ty-five feot down it woqld afford standing room for forty men. The tree is still green, and a remarkable feature is said to be that it is barked on the inside and outside alike. ? It is fortunate that animosity is rare? ly carried to tho extent manifested by n Brooklyn man toward his son. Tho Eagle says that Edward Smith, sixteen years old, is dying of consumption in tho home of a poor widow in that city. His dying request is that his father would see and forjive bim- His father is Peter H. Smith, who lives at5T Lawrence street and is a cooper. From Mr. Smith's story bis son Eddie has been a bad boy since he was four years old, at which timo his mother died. Mr. Smith said he wonld never see or forgive the boy, and would not extend a hand to him if he was dying in a gutter. He ajsp asserts that he will notcontribute a cent to bury him. The bey has had the last rites of the church and will not ljyp but a short time. ? A dispatch from Guthrie, O. T., says; A Government inspector just in from the Cheyenne and Arapahoo Indian reserva? tion tells of a large number of strange deaths among the members Pf tj?Ps? tribes. For nearly a week they have been holding a grand dance on the Wasbita river. They dance all night and during 1 the day feast on melons both green and ripe. During the past two days nearly J0p of the Indians have fallen unconscious during tbe dancp and, fully Jialf of them have died. Soores of others are very sick. The dance was started by the Indi? ans to appease the evil spirit nud drive away a malarial fever which has been prevalent among the tribes all summer, causing fhe death of several hundred of them.'r Stock Show. Mr, Edttct. : The Pondleton Farmers' Society will have a Stock Show on Thurs? day, October 15, 1891. It is the purpose of the Society to make a good exhibit of horses, cattle, hogs, fowls, &c. "While we do not expect to compete with the State Fair, still we have the reputation of show? ing tine stock at our fairs, and we are go jug to make this as interesting as possible. It will be held at. Major Smythe's place Wood burn Stock Farm?where there is a track, which will :'e used for driving. There will be trotting and running races on the track during the day, for which pursc3 will be offered. The track and fair ground are not more than a quarter of a mile from town limits, and are easy of accons. There will be au aucti m sale of stock on the ground. Owners will have the right to make the starting bid, but no "by bidding" will be allowed. A commission of five per cent, will be charged on all stock sold. Any parties desiring information as regards races, entry of stock, ifcc, will write either of the Committee. 0. a. Bowks, Boxxean Harris, j\s. t. hukter, C. G. RlCHEY, J. E vble Lewis, Committee. I'endleton, 8. C. ? A short while ago we happened to see a queer thing in the shape of a petri? fied rabbit. lie had run into a hole to escape, probably, from pursuit and be? coming wedged in had to remain. Some property in the soil had changed him into solid stone, but left every hair unrullled and natural as to color. He seomed so natural that we could hardly resist tbe temptation to shy a stone, or to whoop up the dogs and have a chase.?Crawfordsvilk Democrat. ? Sayles J. Bowen, who, in Grant's time, was mayor of Washington, and wealthy and powerful besides, is now a messenger in the office of the chief clerk of the treasury department with a salary of$60amouth. Iiis declino furnishes n striking illustration of tbe vicissitudes of public life at the Capital. Mauy young children become positively repulsive with Bore eyes, sore ears, and scald head. Such afflictions may be speed? ily removed by the use of Ayer's Sarsa parilla. Young and old alike experience the wonderful benefits of this medicine. T0W1TVILLE ACADEMY, A HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS aud GIRLS, OPENS Oct. 5,1891. Everything taught practically and to the point. Terms reasonable. J. F. RICE, Principal, Townville. S. C. Oct 1,1891_13_1? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Dr. M. C. Parker, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. MRS. M. R. PARKER, A. L. HUMPHREYS, Administrators. Oct 1, 1891_13_3 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administratrix of the Estate of Col. W. E. Walters, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the third day of November, 1891, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from ber office as Administratrix. MRS. A. M. WALTERS, Adm'rx. _Oot. 1, 1891_13_5_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Prolate. WHEREAS, J. E. Williams has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration, with the Will annexed, on the Estate and effects of Francis E. Glynes, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Fraucis E. Glynes, deceased, to be and ap near before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Andersou Court House, on the 14th day of October, 1891, after publication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 27th day of September, 1891. W. F. C0>;, Judge of Probate. Oct 1, 18?I " 13 2 SOMETHING NEW FOR THE LAUNDRY! WHAT is it ? Well, they have adopt? ed a new system of Washing, and that is the "Pound System." This is the fairest way of washing that has ever been offered to the people. Tbe prices we offer to lamiliea in our 11 Pound System" any one can afford to pay ; in fact, hi our opinion, it is the thiug we have been wanting. Here are our prices : We will rough dry your clothes at 3?c. per pound. We will wash and iron or finish all plain clothes at 5c. per If). We will finish, all Btarphed goods at 10c. per lb.' The above prices are where we take family work through and thiough. These are the lowest prices that have eevr been offered by a Laundry. Try it and be convinced. Stop the wagon as it passes and give us your work. ? R. A. MAYFJELP, Supt. and Treas. Anderson Steam Laundry W. W. HUMPHREYS, President. JERSEY COW. Afine young jersey COW for sale by _A. fi. TOWERS, FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY! CHEAP AND BEAUTIFUL. THOSE who have an eye for the beautiful should take a peep at my line of MILLI? NERY. I am prepared to furnish you with the? LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST PRICES. Havejust opened a full line of FA'NCY FEATHERS, WltfGS, RIER.QNS, and alj material required to make a stylish Hat. MISS IGLEHART, a Northern Milliner, has Just returned from Baltimore with fresh ideas for the Fall trade. She will be pleased to show my Goods, and will do all in her power to please ber customers. Give her a trial and be convinced. My Stock of DRV GOODS is complete, and I invite you to call and examine them before buying. But don't forget me when you want a Hat. iX^, Those indebted to me are earnestly requested to come promptly and settle. Thankful for past patronage I solicit a continuance ot same. MISS SALLIE BOWIE, FURNITURE, FURNITURE, FURNITURE 1 A MAMMOTH STOCK FURNITURE! i 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 ft F. TOLLY & SON'S. Now, if you want BARGAINS?BIG BARGAINS?in Furniture, and every? thing that is kept in a FIRST CLASS Furniture Store, come to the Old Reliable Furniture Store of G. F. Tolly & Son, that has beon in existence for over a quarter of a century, and has successfully competed against all competition, having beaten two of the largest Western Manufacturers in furnishing the new Hotel Chiquola; having, during the last month, sold and delivered Furniture to Atlanta, Ga,, Macon, Ga., Greenville, S. C, and sold at wholesale to a large number of Furniture dealers ?iong the line of both Railroads. The question may be asked, hew can yoq do all this? The answer is plain: Experience! and buy ng in larger quantities than any Furniture Store in the State, and baying selected the largest and best Factories to be found, and having exclu? sive sale of their goods. We can offer better Bargains than any one else. All we ask is to come andjeee our Stock, full of the best kind of Goods, (no shoddy good sold.) We have fine Bureaus, full Burl fronts, large fine glass standards, large boxes apd brackets, for Five Dollars. The very best strong Maple Beds, with bracket rails and steel honks, (no pine or poplar in any part of them,) for Two Dollars, and EVERYTHING ELSE in proccrjipn, We invite everybody to come and Bee our fine line of goods, whether they buy or aot. We would like to show them through, as we have some of the FINEST I Parlor, Dining Room and Room Suites in the State of South Carolina. So come one, come all. Come everybody, to &. F, Tolly & Son's Furniture Store, and see tho IMMENSE STOCK and be convinced. Caskets and Cftfiins furnished Pay or Night. ' G. F. TOLLY & SON, " I TAKE MY SEAT" "TO DROP YOU A FEW LINES," tloPIN' when these comes to hand, they will find you all enjoyin' the same blessin. I would have writ sooner, but we have been so busy Retting in our New Goods and marking them "down," that we actually havn't had tio*e to tell the truth since last Sunday was a week. I havn't got t;me now to leli you all about it, but next time you come fco Town just drop in and see our Fretty, New Things. We have now something under 30,000 pieces of TINWARE, and about the same of CROCKERY, and more than that of GLASSWARE, and lots of other things "don '' here, and more a coming on every train, that we'll write about in our next. We want you to? " LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE," And will furnish the KEROSENE OIL at 14c a gallou. Don't forget our sign? "EVERYBODY'S STORE," NO. 20 SOUTH MAIN STREET, two doors below Alliance Store. E. G. FANT, Proprietor. A. EVINS BROWNE, Manager. STOP THE THIEF! The Man that is Stealing* from himself by not Trading at CHAPMA Tell him the Good News ahout the Bargains at Chapman's, DlD you ever, have you ever seen the wonderful Bargains that are being offered by CHAPMAN. Just think of? Those beautiful Ginghams at 5c, Those lovely Calicoes at 5c, Those handsome Dress Goods at 8 l-3c, Those exquisite 45-inch Henriettas at 47c. NOW FOE THE DEAD SHOT : A splendid Solid Leather Button Shoe at $1.00. A genuine hand-welt Ladies' Button Shoe at $2.50, worth $3.00 all over the world. These are a few of th* Drives that that man CHAPMAN is offering the good people of Anderson. Call and see him snd get your share of them. Your*, anaiouti to show, W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. P. S.?All Notes and Accounts not paid by 1st of November will be in Major E. B. Murray's bands for collection. STOP THERE! FOR YOUR DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, &C, G^O TO 34, GRANITE ROW. following prices will tell you what you can do there: JUST LISTEN ! Fruit of the Loom Bleaching.,. 7|c Double width Cashmere,,,,.,. IG'ic Plain Red Flannel......10c Twilled Red Flannel.,15c A lot of Scotch Diagonal and Sovereign Serges, worth 25c.,.,..,.,'.12$c A lot of Women's Polka?, worth 75c.......,,.,.45c Meu'a Brogan Shoes, whole stock.75c The above are a few of the many bargains being offered by us now. Come Men, Come Women, Come Children and $uy. fiffi... Our Stock is immense, a nr.] vfe arc determined to sell, Yours truly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. YES, IT IS SO! WE ARE STILL TAKING OFF ONE-TENTH FROM PRICES OF OUR GOODS. We will do this until our new stock comes in. Then, 0 My! WONT WE MAKE THINGS HUM! Tours always truly, C. S. MINOR AND IOC. STORE. INVITATION. THE LADIES of Anderson, and of Anderson County, and of the State of South Car? olina, and of all Bister States, are especially invited to come; also, the gentlemen will be gladly welcomed. In fact, we hope to inakc the visit of every man, woman or child to our Store not only a pleasure but a lasting benefit to them. We will begin to add new features to our already very extensive stock on and after the first of September. So everybody come to the GREAT BARGAIN 'HOUSE, No. 6 Brick Range. t>. C. BROWN 4c BRO, laoai HAVING secured all the Bargains in Boots and Shoes of the entire United States, I AM PREPARED TO OFFER BARGAINS In the aforesaid line. ZEIGLER BROS. SHOES JUST IN.. I am Agent for the ELECTRIC HEALTH SHOES, A genuine battery in every Shoe, by which a gentle, harm? less current of electricity is secured, and acts upon the nervous system as nn invigorator. Cold feet and Rheuma? tism is entirely cured. Testimonials from everywhere for Ladies and Gents. REMEMBER THE YELLOW FRONT, NO. 37 GRANITE ROW. O. B. YANWYCK IjAMBB1 STORE I GREAT ATTRACTIONS. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INVITED. A GIGANTIC STOCK. AGORGEOUS display >>f r;re Fabrics from nearly every part of the i?lobe ! Super? lative quality of Goods, unusual attractions, and spec1 all it low prices. We will exhibit Fifteen Thousand Dollars worth of the choicest Goods thai money and well trained judgment could procure. Encouraged by the very liberal patronage during the past, we determined to put in a Stock which, in quantity and quality, would compare with anything in the larger cities. Being thoroughly trained in the busines-s, with amplo resource?, we acknowledge no superiors in our line anywhere. Millinery and Dress Goods being Specialties Of our House our collection is unusually large and varied. We invite all to examine before purchasing elsewhere. Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. MOVE AROUND! T HAT is the ordur of the day, and we ere in the moving ring, or wrU be in a few days, when the Elegant New Store Room? 16 South Main Street, Is ready for occupancy. Wo will be there by the 15th September, vvjtr? the most complete line of? IN THE UP COUNTRY. We thank our friends add customers for liberal patronage in the past, and solicit a continuance at our new s^and. Come and see us, and let our prices prove to you that we can SAVE YOU MONEY. We have the simplest, lightest and beat sample-making Gin on the market. Gome and see it? THE 3IILB?RN STAR GIN. The price is low. CUftNENGHAM BROS. ?KWPH 'S"TBSl&S ^fe Thorough, Practical Instruction. U t&k Oradunles assisted to positions. liU? la??36 IST"Catalogue free. Write to 'BRYANT & STBAITflN BUSINESS COUBE, LOUISVILLE, KY. HAVE YOU READ THIS ? MY COLLECTING HORSE WlLL go on the war path October 1st, 1S91, and, with several years experience, and about six months rest, I think he can win the race. I have been running for the second prize, but now T must have the FIRST. If you don't want to lose yonr stakes, call and see me with our first Cotton. I have no promise to make for ex tension*, or longer time. Wnen the race is up I want my money. You know when your paper is due. Late Cotton and other debts to pay is no excuse. Take fair warniug-SAVE COST AND TROUBLE. WE RAVE A LARGE STOCK OF Carriages, Phaetons, Buggies, Carts, Wagons ind Harnessa That we will sell Cheap for Cash, And a few good HORSES and MULES. You can buv auything in my line at a . I ; . I. . ^ Bargain, and get goods well W( rth the money. J. S. FOWLEB.