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8??*fJ? fistettigrw, PU3LRBBD 87R&7 WEDNESDAY. r. F. OLINKSOALRS,} Editob? ajt? * P- kANGSTQN, j PB?Pttigr?? WEDNESDAY NOV. 80, l?f2. TERMS: ONE YEAR..$L 30 SIX MONTHS. 75 c??kbhb~?!!-!!!5~!?^ TELE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. In its supplement this week the Ihtbl I ligenoer presents each of its readers with the foil text of the Governor's mes | sag? to the General Asaembly. We recommend it as a paper worth reading. We think our readen. will be interested [in it and will agree wi th much contained in it. The Governor's views on the prohibi? tion question will not be especially satis? factory to those who favor a strict pro? hibitory law, for his utterance on tho subject clearly leads to the inference that lie thinks such a monsure would prove a ^?dlu^e and a cause of strifo, notwith? standing his promise to eheerfully sign any bill passed. His reflations on the : matter are justified by experience and observation. Of course it is right and desirable to have all property assessed equitably that ?3* may be forced to pay a proportionate share of the taxes. But why the Gover? nor eohcludes that the Judges are seek? ing to throw an obstacle in the way of [ this being done is inexplicable, unless it "bo for something to "blow" about. Tho [judges are not less conscientious than tho [; Executive] nor more venal. |They are just as much interested im having all property taxed. Because they adjudged a certain method of layingand collecting taxes illegal does not justify the conclu? sions reached in the Message. In his criticism of the Judieiary we think the "Governor has far transcended the bounds ^f dignity, fair noss and courtesy. We think the Agricultural Hall matter has beert magnified unreasonably. The |. Governor seem3 determined to make a martyr or a hero of himself in that mat I tor. The request that needy Confederate soldiers and their widows be more liber? ally provided for will be approved by the people of the State, The recommendation concerning Ms sion's tomb and tho securing of portrait of South Carolina's great dead are weU made, and cause some surprise coming from one who has been addicted more to the overthrowing than .the perpetuating of the momory of distinguished men. Th3 views expressed on the charitable and educational institutions of the Slate are wise and conservative. The paper is doubtless a good one in most respects, and seems to be the pro? duction of an earnest and conscientious man, bearing, however, the familiar oar marks of the author. We present the message in fuU to our readers, and they mp,y peruse and form their own opinions concerning it ? ? / THE GENE5AB ASSEMBLY. At noon on Tuesday of last week the House was called to order, and on motion of Hon. John E. Brsazeale, Irs B. Jones, Esq., of Lancaster, was re-elected Speaker of the House.- He made a short speech of a conciliatory tone on taking the chair. J. Walter Gray, Esq., of Greenville, was re-elected Clerk of the House. After- the organization was completed the Governor's message was received, but it was not read, the House adjourn? ing to meet at 12 m. the next day. On Wednesday the Speaker announced the Committees. W. H. Yeldell, of Edgefield, was made Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means; John .' E. J3 reazealo, of this County, Chairman of tb.e Judiciary; C. L. Blease, of New berry, Chairman of Privileges and Elec? tions. Tho Committees are numerous, . but the most important are the three just mentioned. Anderson's delegates were very well provided for in the make-up of the Com? mittees, being distributed as follows: John E. Breazealo, on Judiciary and Mines and Mining; J. B. Watson, on Privileges and Elections and Roads, Bridges and Ferries; J. W. Asblay, on Agriculture and Military; S. N. Pear man, on Public Buildings and Engrossed Bills; A. B. Cox, on Incorporations and Lunatic Asylum. , When the call for new bills was made many were sent up, covering a variety of subjects, The following are some that are of general interest: A. bill to reduce salaries of State offi? cers, clerks and employees; a bill regu? lating the branches to be taught in the -free schools; a joint resolution for calling I a constitutional convention, subject to ' the vote of the people at the next general 'election ; a bill limiting tho issuing of charters for social or literary purposes (clubs for the sale of whiskey;) several - bills to prohibit the manufacture, sale, barter o> furnishing of any kind of intox? icating liquor; a bill regnlatlng cc rpora tions chartered by the State. On Thursday the House observed Thanksgiving by resting from its labors, and on Friday little was done save the introduction of new bills, of which the lowing are of general interest: A bill prescribe a uniform series of text : books in the free schools, and to enter into an agreement with publishers as to. prices; a bill to make the poll tax age from 21 to 65 years; a bill to mafce the free school age from ? to 21 years; a bill to regulate chattel mortgages (by Mr. ; Breazeale); a bill to declare the terms on which foreign corporations may carry on business and own property within the State; a bill to limit the hours of labor in factories to 10 hours a day (by Mr. Ashley); a bill to change the law so that tho County Auditor, Treasurer and Clerk of Court shall constitute the board of County Commissioners, and shall per? form the duties of Jury Commissioners without compensation (by Mr. Brea? zeale) ; a bUl to restrict the right of dower in favor of a widow in any real estate sold or conveyed by the husband during coverture; a bill to prescribe farther laws against usury, enacting that the lender shall lose both principal and interest when more than tho legal rate of interest is charged. On Saturday the most important busi? ness transacted was the election of Ernest Gary, Esq., of Edgefield, Judge of the Fifth Circuit, to succeed Judge Kerahavr, who did not stand for re-election and the election of Mr. W. A. Neal, of this County, Superintendent of the Peniten? tiary to succeed W. J. Talbert, who has been elected to Congress. Mr. Gary's majority was large, being 121 of *,he 112 votes cast. Mr. Neal had several oppo? nents, bot was elected on the first ballot, receiving 94 of the .145 votes. This com? pleted the work for the week. The Senate was organized Tuesday with lit Gov. Gary presiding, Dr. Pope was re-elected Clerk. The Gover? nor's message was read, after which a County government bill was introduced embodying verylargoly the Governor's ideas on tho subject, and which contem? plates an entire change of the present system. On Wednesday the Committees were elected. Senator Glenn was made Chair? man of the Committee on Charitable Institution.!! and a member of the Com? mittees on Incorporations and on Rail? roads and Internal Improvements. A bill has been introduced in tho Senate to establish and maintain a Home for ex Confederato Soldiers. The bUl provides an appropriation of $10,000 for a building ind $6,000 annually for the maintenance nf the inmates, allowing $120 per capita Tor them. A bill to provide for the regulation of i*ail road freight and pas! enger traffic,, to prevent unjust discrimination and extor? tion in the rates charged for transpor ta? tion of passengers and freight, etc., has been introduced in the Senate. Senator Eemphill, of Abbeville, has introduced a real prohibition bill, for it makes the buying and using of liquors a misdemeanor as creat as the selling. After some routine work the Senate adjourned until Monday morning. On Monday the House ordered the special message from the Governor in reference to the Pert Royal Railroad referred to the Judiciary Committee. A prohibition bill, intended to be steel ribbed and guaranteed to provide against leaking, was introduced and is a very long one. A joint resolution providing for bien? nial sessions of the Legislature has been placed on tho Calendar. The separate railroad coach for the races bill has serenely put in appearauce, as usual. The periodic divorce bill is on deck again. It previdos for divorce from the band of matrimony for adultery. The bill deserves consideration, for it seems to possess merit. A bill to utilize the labor of jail and municipal districts is a step in the Tight direction. It provides that labor shall be imposed as a punishment. A bill to prevent cruelty to children and prescribing ptmishmeut appeals to the common humanity. In tho Senate a bill has been iatieduced appropriating ?50,CO0 for the completion ot Clemson College. A bill appropriating $100 for the com? pletion of the Confederate rolls has been placed on the Calendar. Some bills have passed to their socond reading and the real interest of (be ses? sion is just beginning. The most conclusive proof that the war is really over is furnished by the election of an ex-Con federate Colonel as Congress? man at large in Kansas. In view of this, the wonder is that old Ingalls consents to remain in the Ssate. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, has tendered his resig? nation. Bishop Howe had a stroke of paralysis last May and his health has since been feeble. His successor will be chosen at the diocesoan convention next May. Rev. Ellison Capers has been mentioned as his successor. Mr. Cleveland has found it neoeosary to leavo New York for a while in order to get a little rest The nnmber of people who call upon him hi so great that his whole time is occupied with them and their affaire. It is not stated that his callers are office-seekers, bnt tho ^re? sumption is that most of them are. Leading colored men from different parts of Georgia have formed a tariff reform club. These men have always in the past been leaders of the Republican party, and thi3 movement on their part is taken as paving their way into the Democratic party. They were active in the support of Governor Northern in the contest with the Third party leader Peck, and they now declare it their intention to stick to what they term the best class of the whites of the South, the Democrat!). Mr. Cleveland has made no authorised statement of bis views or intentions as to an extra session, bnt it has already come to be pretty generally understood that he will not call one unless the bankruptcy of the National Treasury makes it una? voidable. It is possible that by the time he enters upon office in March next be may bo convinced that an extra session Is desirable on other grounds. The Democrats of the country may rest secure in the conviction that if the party's or tho country's interests would be promoted by an extra session, Mr. Cleveland will call one. It may be safely left to hi m and his constitutional advisers. The Baltimore Sun says that an impor? tant sequence of the recent Democratic victory is the inspiration the friends of Southern industrial development will derive from it. For four years, and per? haps ever after, the South will cease to be a prescribed region. It will cease to bear the burdens of the Union withont sharing its benefits. The South will be treated with impartial justice; it will be given an equal chance. There will thus be hopefulness, oheer and Increased energy, more work will be done, more forward steps will be taken and the splendid development of 1881-80 will be renewed. Capital, domestic and foreign, will bo encouraged to return to brighten the industrial outlook. The election returns from Congressional Districts show the extreme absurdity of the anti-election claims made by Repub? licans and People's Party men aa to the next House of Representatives. The Republicans have elected a few more members to the next House than they have at the present?it was hardly possi? ble for them to have elected fewer?but the Democrats will have an overwhelm? ing majority in the next, just as they have in this House. The People's party claims that it would elect enough mem? bers to hold the balance of power between the Democrats and Republicans in the next House was, in view of the news a few weeks .ago from the Southern and Northwestern States, so plausible that it was accepted by many, even by a few Democrats. Now look at the result Instead of holding the balance of power the People's Party has even failed to hold its own in the next Honse, which meant; in nnmietakable langnage the exit of the p. p. as a factor in National politics._ In a special message to tho General Assembly Governor Tillman calls atten? tion to the fact that the Georgia Central Railroad has done for the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad what the Richmond Terminal recently did for it, vir., "scooped" it, and is controlling ij in its own interest and to the detriment of the country through which it runs and to the benefit of Savannah, Ga., to the j disadvantage of Port Royal in this State, The case of the Richmond Terminal and the Georgia Cent's! was oarried into the United States Court, and the lease by the Richmond Terminal was declared illegal. The Governor recommends that the Attorney General be authorized and in? structed to institute similar proceedings against tho Georgia Central so as to relievo tho Port Royal and Augusta Road of an unfriendly and disastrous control. The recommendation is an emi? nently proper one and we hope it will be adopted. Such a state of affairs as exists between these two companies has seri? ously crippled the Port Royal Road and has resulted in a serious discrimination and loss to the people who built it and has done much to prevent the opening and use of the Port Royal harbor, the best on the Sonth Atlantic Coast. The recommendation is a wise and timely one and should be acted favorably upon by the Assembly. ? Dr. Carter, of Birmingham, England, recently, delivering an address on brain v ork and brain workers, called special attention to the danger of working too soon after meals. At least half an hour should elapse before exerting the brain. An hour's closo attention to one subject was as much as could profitably bo given at a sitting. Ho strongly deprecated tho use of sedative draughts by brain work? ers who could not sleep. Capt. R. H. Fitzhugb, Civil Engineer of the Chicago and South Atlantio Rail? road, was in the city Monday and gave the Intelligencer a call. Ho had just oome from Harriman, Tcnn., and vraa on his way to Pert Royal. He has complet? ed his report on th6 proposed Road, and had it printed in pamphlet form, a copy of which he gave us. This report embra? ces a reconnaissance of the main trunk between Harriman, Tennessee, and An? derson, S. C, and a canvass of the whole lino from Harriman te Fort Royal; with an examination of the phosphate indus? tries on Coosnw River and Port Royal Harbor, and also tells of tho coal beds and other resources along the line in tho mountains. The Company effected its organization at Harriman, Tonn., on the 1st of October, and Hon. Alfred E. P. Rockwell, was eleoted President. Capt. Fitzhugh tells us that Mr. Rockwell is a live, energetic gentleman, and that the citizens of Harriman are giving him all the encouragement possible in tho enter? prise. He says the people all aloni? the proposed line are deeply interested in the Road, and that with a little combined effort and energy it. will soon be an aasur ed fact. This Road will take in a portion of the old Blue Ridge route, through Rabun Gap, to Walhalla, thence to West? minister and Anderson. From hero it is proposed to continue the Road to Port Royal. Now wo want tho people of An? derson to go to work at once, and let President Rockwell know that wo are ready to do everything possible to build this great road. Drank Whiskey aid Died. - j Knoxvillk, Tenw., Nov. Sam Lancaster, poor fellow, misjudged his abilities this morning. He had been drinking a good deal for a month or so. This morning he walked into a sslooa and bet with the crowd there that he could drink sir small beer glasses full of whiskey?the bet being against the price of the whiskey. His wager wps taken, and ho drank the six glasses of whiskey. He fell to the iloor after drinking tlie last, and in a low minutes was dead. Alcoholic poisoning was the verdict. He was twenty-six years old, and a firernou on the East Tennessee, Virginia und Georgia road. Shot to Dcatli. Rock Hill, November 54.?Last Mon? day morning at 2 o'clock the barn of Mr. J. T. Cornwoll, near this place, wnsburn? ed, together with two fine mules, a good horse, one two-horse wagon, a Jot of Sloughs and gears, seven hundred bun lesof fodder, two hundred bushels of corn, one hundred bushels of wheat and a lot of cotton seed. The loss was about $1,500, on whioh there was no insurance. Information was received later that Nathan White, one of Mr. Corn well's tenants, had been arrested for this charge. While the officer was on his way to this place onTuesda}', accompanied by White, the prisoner waa seized by a mob and shot to death. This occurred about eight miles from here. After Hamburg, Augusta, Ga., November 28.?The day* of Hamburg, across the iriver from Augusta, are numbered. Governor Till - man has waged war upon the ancient city and is going to make an effort to break the town up. In his message to the Legislature which convened in Columbia yesterday, he com? municated the following: "There are a few complaints of the Jaw prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday and notably in the town of Hamburg, opposite the city of Augusta; whore its abuse became so great and notorious that after repeated complaints, Icommissioned a State constable to investigate the matter and several arrests wore made, This place, Hamburg, while nothing more than a ghost of its former self, with a very small population, Btlll retains Its charter of incorporates, The remedy against such abases which are not likely to be restrained by public- opinion, would be to repeal tho charter, and tbls I recom? mend." If the Governor's recommendation is adopted, Hamburg will be killed as a great city and favorite resorts and saloons will all have to locato elsewhere. It would bo a great inconvenienco to tho roughs and toughs who go over thero on Sunday to got on a spree. Just Sol The Spartanburg Spartan puts the case very logically and strongly in the follow? ing words: "The claim of the Tillaianito* to tho Federal patronage to be given to the State seems to be a very arrogant one. If tho Conservatives of the State should go to Governor Tillman and say: 'We oppos? ed yon in the primary election ; and your defeat in the primary would have pleased us wonderfully woll. But after the pri? mary we said nothing, but turned out at the general election and voted the state ticket straight. Therefore, we ask that you make all your appointments from the Conservatives.' To such a proposi? tion as this Tillman would, no doubt, use some af his emphatic Edgefield English. But that is exactly the sort of claim the Tillmanites make when they demand the Federal' patronage. They opposed CJ eve land's nomination. They abused him as no Republican ever abused him. Till? man and Ii by declared thst they would fight him for tho next four years. They are bitterly opposed to Cleveland and Democratic principles to-day. They are wedded to the Ocala platform, and aro bound to engraft that on the Democratic party or they will bolt. It would seem very absurd for the Tillmanites to go to Grover Cleveland and say: 'We know you are an avowed enemy of our best interests. You are bought by Wall street. You are tho servant of trusts, plutocrats and monopolies. We preferred Harrison or Weaver to you. But now you are in, give us the spoil", We will use them, aud in 1S9G we wijl oppose you and the principles you advooito with all onr might.' Is it reasonable to suppose that a clean, honest, practical man like Grover Cleveland would dispense pat? ronage to such a faction ?" This covers the whole case, and there Is no escape from its logic. Tho Till? manites havo precisely the same reason to expect the Federal offices from Presi? dent Cleveland as Mr. Cleveland's .friends ia South Carolina have to expect the State officers from them. When they monopolize the State plums to themselves on the score of devotion to Til] man they admit that the Federal offices should be given to the Conservatives on the score of devotion to Cleveland. Tint flarray Dtelslon. The decision of the State Board of Can? vassers in the Moise-Marray Seventh Congressional District contest, ueating the negro, was the sensation of yesterday, and nearly every person met, no matter of what political faction or party, express the greatest surprise. Those who were acquainted with the facts of the case as they were presented to the State board utterly fail to understand how such a re? sult could have been reached. Murray himself, so a leading Republi? can, who was pretty intimately concern? ed in the case said yesterday, was as much surprised as any one else. This samo Republican, who by the way is one of i Murray's right bowers, when talking about the decision remarked, "You Con? servatives are certainly catching it on I every side," and went on to say that he I believed that if Gen, Moise had been one of the "Dominant Element" Murray would never have laid eyes on the cer? tificate which entitles him for the present to consider himself the Congressman from the Seventh District of South Carolina. Murray spent tho day in the city. He walked up aud down "Main street time and time again during the day and was about the happiest looking "nigger" that ever walked the streets of Columbia. A friend of bis remarked that his head would soon be bo large that ho would at last have to discard that old stove pipe he has been wearing for so many years, and suggested the propriety of replacing it with a flexible "wool-hat." Gen. Youmana, leading council for Gen. Moise, says that they havo mado no ar? rangements about appealing to Congress and contesting the award of the certificate to Murray. He has as yet had no consul? tation with Gen. Moise, but intimates that the contest will be made.?Cblubmia State, Nov. 27. ? Louis L. Dean, ons of tho best known young lawyers of the Birmingham, Ala., bar, dropped dead one day last week. He had gone but to a friend's to take Thanks? giving and was in tho parlor talking about a case he had junt won before the Supreme Court in which his feo amount? ed to $20,000. Suddenly in the midst of a sentence, he foil and was dead; Ho was an alternate elector on tho Cleveland ticket, and boro a conspicuous part in the recent election. Heart trouble, brought on by excessive cigarotto smoking caused hla death, Notice to Office-Seekers. President-elect Cleveland loft town to* day in search of much neoded rest. Since election he has been fairly overrun with callers and tho volume of his corres? pondence has been something enormous. A representative of the Evening Post called upon Mr. Cleveland this morning. Tho President-elect's appearance indi? cated to some extent tho fatigue conse? quent upon his labors and the confine? ment to which ho has beeil subjected. In speaking of the absolute- necessity of relief from annoyance and oxuetions which are his daily lot at home, ho said : "I have been amazed and exceedingly gratified by tho thousands of letters of congratulations vrhich I havo received since election from the American people of every station in lifo and from every quarter of tho lnud. It has been, bow ever, utterly impossible for me to read even the letters of that description which I have received, with the other interrup? tions which have thus far seemed una? voidable. I fully apprecinte, however, the good will and friendliness which these letters indicate, and shall not omit, ss timo allows, to read over/ one of them. These good friends, of courso, will not expect any roplies to thoir communica? tions, for that would be utterly out of tho quostion, and tho most that I can do is to say through tho press that I am not unmindful of their kindness. "Many of tho callers whom I have been obliged to receive would not, I think, have encroached upon my time if they had given the matter a moment's reflec? tion. Those who hnvo called upon me to talk about offices, it&oetns to me, have boon a littlo inconsiderate, and certainly unnecessarily premature. I desiro to give as much publicity as possiblo to the statement that I do hot propose to con? sider applications for office prior to my inauguration, and I shall avoid all inter? views on that subject. Tboso who undor any pretense gain an opportuuity to prer.ent their npplicalionu orally, and thone who burden mo at this time with written applications, cannet possibly do anything which would so interfore with thoir chances of success. Written appli? cations will be so little regarded that I doubt if they ever see tho files in Wash? ington, for there is no reason or deconcy in my being overwhelmed with such matters at this time." Upon being asked how long ho expoct ed to bo away on his vacation, Mr. Cleve? land replied: "As to that I am not cer? tain : it will depond upon various condi? tions. I expect, however, to bo absent about two weeks, and when I return, unless I am somowhat relieved from tho unnecessary demands upon my time to which I bavo been subjected bore thus far, I shall shut up my house in tho city and find some more qiiict place to spend the winter. Certainly between now and tho 4th of March I ought to have soino time to devote to other matters than receiving callers and considering subjects which should bo postponed.?New York Evening Post. Enormous Pension Outlay, Washington, D. C, Nov. fl.?There appears to be more than usuai interest attached to the forthcoming annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions, for the reason that tbo pension appropriation figures conspicuously in the annual budget Of the Government. It has been pretty well understood for some time past that the estimates for the next fiscal year would show a large increase over any previous year. This expectation was based on tho tact off the large issue of pensions during the yefirconsequent upon recent pension legislation which admitted to a pensionable status a very large nu ru? ber of soldiers who were not pensionable under the former laws. In a few days the report of General Baum will be completed and a full state? ment of the condition of the Pension Offlco will be presented. Tne statemoat has been made that the amount that will be required for pensions during the next fiscal year will nearly reach the enormous sum of ?200,000,000. Tho work of com? piling the figures is, however, sufficiently advanced to show that this estimato is in excess of the actual requirements. Since the p&ssago of the disability bill there has been a rapid increase in tho amount needed to pay pension*, For the year 1890-1891 the total appropriation on account of pensions was about ?129,000, 000. Last year there was an increase to $144,000,000, But, as General Raum will state in bis annual report, this amount fell short of the actual demands by about $18,000,000, so that there is a deficiency of that amount. Congress will bo asked to make an appropriation of about $180,000, 000 for the coming fiscal year, about $18, 000,000 of which is in anticipation of an increase of that amount over tho actual expenditures of tho last year. It is the judgment of General Raum that this amount is likely to bo increased the next j ear or two, yet he feels confident that the maximum limits are nearly reached. It is argued thnt tho great bulk of the pension appropriation at present is used in making first payments carrying arrears, and therefore as soon as tho great rush of applications under the disability net is over a rspid decline in first pay? ments will occur. It is understood that the first payments last year aggregated over $50,000,000, which covered iho back pay in the 311,000 casss allowed. Whore is Pension Jlonsy to Come From. It is a peculiarity of pension legislation that expenditure- always outruns esti? mate. Every year Congress is sailed upon to make good a deficiency in the amount of appropriation. Ignorance cannot, therefore, be pleaded as an excuse for legislation involving vast payments without any adequate provision for meet? ing them. When the Dependent Pension bill was under consideration the Democrats in Congress proposed that provision should bo mads to cover tho expendituro by levying a spocial tax on income, or by reviving tho duties on tea and coffee. But tho Republicans would listen to nothing of tho kind. In Congress, and in the Administration, they laughed to scorn tho estimates of expenditure as ex? travagant and absurd. Tliey declared that tho revenues of the Government would bo moro than sufficient to meet tho cost of tho measure. Instead of mak? ing any provision for it, they swopt away $50,000,000 of fiscal revenues from sugar, and put a burden of $10,000,009 besides upon the Trensury in sugar bounties. As a result, the surplus or the goyern mont js gone, and the government is con? fronted with the imminent danger of a deficit. The Secretary of the Treasury can do no moro than express tho hope thnt no deficit will arise before tho close of the fiscal year. In the meantime tbo party organs inti? mate that the Democratic party will ob? tain no holp from the outgoing Adminis? tration In the work of lifting the finances from their preseutcondition, So far from it, threats have boen thrown out that tho Republicans will do all that may lie In their power to obstruct and defeat the Democratic policy of the tariff revision. It may, indeed, be suspected that the repeal of the augar duties on the one hand, and the passage of extravagant pension bills on the other, without any provision of revenue to meet the new demands upon tho treasury, were intend? ed to make tariff reform impossible. Unless somo check upon expenditure shall be dovisad the yearly reveuuo must bo increased to $550,000,000. Like evicted tenants, the Republicans go out of power malicious and revenge? ful, determined to leave tho premises in as bad a oondition as possiblo for tho now comers.?Philadelphia Itecord. A Modern Bluebeard. Omaha, Ned.. Nov. 24.?Fremont, la., is excited ovor the mysterious death of the fifth wife of William Mayhar. Mrs. Mayher died suddenly on October 28. She had taken three four grain capsules of quinine for toothache, and in less than an hour was dead. Rumor had it that Mayhar had made away with several wives and tho coroner determined to bold an inquest. The body of wifo No. 5 was disinterred and tho stomach, brains and lungs wero sent to the State chemists for analysis, which disclosed strychnine poisoning, and the jury yesterday rendered a verdict in accordauco with tho facts. Mayhar is 00 years old and a native of Ireland. When 21 years old ho married a colored woman, who soon died with consumption, Mayhar says. In 1868 he married Mrs. Travis. In two years she was tnksn sick and died. Throe months later Mayhar marrlod Hattio Hoon, a Sidney, la., woman. She lived twolvo yearn, Mahar moved to Axtelle, Kansas, and one morning wife No. 3 died while at tho breakfast table. After a lapse of throo years Mayhar mar? ried Mrs. Anna Lamb of Sidney. They went to Axtelle and there wife No. 4 died of spinal t rouble according to Mayhar's story. Then Mayhar married Mrs. Er bee, a widow with two small chil? dren. The death of wife No. 5 is related abovo._ _ ? An eminent authority has it that tbe death rate of tho world is calculated to bo 67 per minute, 4,010 per hour, 96,720 per day, while tho rate of births, slightly ex? ceeding tho death rate, is calculated to be 70 per minute, 4,100 per hour, 100,800 per day, 30,742,000 a year. Tbo estimated in? crease per auuum is therefore u littlo over JjOOOjOOO. i The Personal Element In it. Of the many things that can be said to the honor of the now President-elect, net the least is that he furnishes in his per? son the only example of a President ohosen for one term, defeated in the next and rechosen for the noxt In succession, bentiug in the last contest the competitor who had beaten him in tue preceding one. Mr. Jefferson was elected over Aaron Burr in 1800 after having boon de? feated by John Adams four years be? fore, and ho was re-elected to Bitccced himself four yoars afterwards; and Gen? eral Jackson was olected over John Quincy Adams in 1828 after having been beaten?if it can bo called beaten?b3r Adams four jToar? before, and at the noxt trial four yoars later ho was re-elected over Mr. C'lny. Four Presidents, Quincy Adams, Mar? tin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, have had the expe? rience of being dofoated while occupying the Presidential chair; ono of them, Benjamin Harrison, has bad the experi? ence of being beaten by the same antag? onist over whom he was elected four years before ; two of them, General Jack? son and Mr. Cleveland, have boen elect? ed over tho antagonists who defeated thom in the previous contest; aud ono only, Mr. Cleveland, has enjoyed tho rare honor of beiug a beneficiary of tho peo? ple's sober second thought in being chosen for a second term with au in? terval of defeat between the two. If it was cause for satisfaction to Mr. Harri? son to have beaton the incumbent in 188S it is cause for still greater satisfaction to Mr. Cleveland to have done tho same thing in 1S92 and made things oven with hi.-, old antagonist at tho same time. ? Tho Pago, Vn., Register thus do scribes a novel wedding: Rev. Samuel Spitlor, the woll known Dunkard preach? er of this county, marries, we suppose, more couples than any other minister in the county. Plaiu, blunt straightforward in all that ho says and does, he has but little ceremony In perfecting nuptial contracts. Those who seek his services must accept bis offices wherever they find him?whether in the public roar" field or wood. All places are his own foi Realing marriage vows. Lust week John Nichols and Miss Carrie L. Jenkins and George L. Jones and Miss Emma H. Jenkins sought his Berriccs, but on reaching his residence leaned that ho was at his saw mill, somo distanco away in tho woods. Here they soon met him, and while the circular saw hummed tho wedding march the reverend gentleman pronounced tho words, few and simple, that sent thom on their way rejoicing. ? Hero's an ogg story from the Co? lumbia Evening Record: "Contractor H. G. Heidt, who is overhauling the buildings of tho South Carolina College, came upon a strange hud yesterday. Upon taking up the old floor of one of the buildings which was put in forty years ago, he found a hen's nest with four eggs, beside which was lying tho skoleton of n very largo cat. The eggs appeared as if loaded with loadstoue, and when placed upon a glass would make about two complete end to and somersaults. If placed upon the small end and given the slightest turn, tney would waltz around very much after the fashion of human waltzers. They aro supposed to bo fully forty years old, as there is no opening through which a hen could havo gained ingress. The cat is supposed to have died of star? vation. Poor Tommie! Dr. Wood row bos the cat skeleton and one egg, the oth? er three eggs were appropriated by Prof. Sloan, Muj. Morrison and Mr. Heidt." Good Looks. Good looks are more than skin deep, de? pending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If tho Liver be inactive, you have a oillious look, if your stomach be disordered you have a dyspeptic lock; and if your kidneys be affected you have a pinched look. Secure good health and yon will have good looks. Electric Bitters is the great alterative and Tonic acts directly on these vital organs. Cures pim? ples, blotches, boils and gives a good com plciion. Sold at Hill Bros. Drug Store, 50c per bottle. Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell you Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds upon this condition. If you are afflicted wi:h La Grippo and will use this remedy accord? ing to directions, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have money refunded. We make this offer, because of the wonderful success of Dr. King's New Discovery dur? ing last reason's epidemic. Have heard of no case In which it failed. Try it. Trial bottles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Largo Biso 50u. nnd $1.00 A NEW WHEEL! ^xSoWTHE DIAMOND ^C^K?MBLER No.3 FITTED WITH THE CELEBRATED G & J PNEUMATIC^ TIRES. THE FA8TE6T WHEEL 80LD. Speed, Comfort and Beauty All Combined. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. GORMULLY A JEFFERY MF'd CO., WASHINGTON, ]>. C. CAVEATS, TRADE KIARK3, DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRICHTS, etc For information and freo Handbook writo to MUNN' & CO.. 861 BllOADWAY, NKW YOKK. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taten out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Largest circulation of any scientific paper In tho world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weeklv, 83.00 a Jear; $L50bIi months. Address MUNN & CO., CBLisnzas, 3?l Broadway, New Yorlc City. Assessment Notice. T, HE Auditor's Offico will be open from the first day of January, 1893, to tho twentieth day of February, 1803, to re? ceive Returns of Real and Personal Prop? erty for taxation in Anderson County for tho year 1893, and for the convenience of Taxpayers will have Deputies at each of the places named below to receive Re? turns for the said year: Bolton?At Belton, Tuesday and Wed? nesday, 10th and 11th January, 1892. 1 Brushy Creek and Williamston?At Piedmont, Thursday, Friday and Satur? day, 12th, 13th aud 14th January. Brushy Creek and Garvin?At Equall-1 ty, Monday and Tuesday, 16th and 17th' January. 1 Brushy Creek?At Wiglngton's Store, Wednesday, 18th Januarj'. Brushy Creek?At John W. Rosa? mond's, Thursday, 19th January. Controville?At the Centreville Mills, Thursday, 20th January. Dark Corner?AtSherard's Store, Wed? nesday, 1st February. Dark Corner?At Moseley, Thursday, 2nd February. Dark Corner, Hall and Savannah?At Starr, Monday, 30th January. Dark Comer aud Hall?At Iva, Tues? day, 31st January. Fork?AtN. 0. Farmer's, Tuesday, 10th January. Fork?At G. W. Marot's, Wednesday, 11th January. Garvlu?At Estate of Larkln Newton, Friday and Saturday, 20th and 21st Janu? ary, j Honea Path?At Honea Path, Friday, Saturday and Monday, 3rd, 4th and Gth February. Hopewell?At Holland & Fowler's Store, Monday, 23rd January. Martin?At Clinkscales' Mill, Satn.r-1 day, 18'h February. Pendleton?At Pendloton Factory, Tuesday, 24th January. Pendleton?At 1 vmdleton, Wednesday, 25th January. Rock Mills-At C. B. Gllmor's, Fridt.y, 37th January. Savannah?At Holland's Storo, Satur? day, 28th January. Varonncs?At Starr, Monday,30th Jan? uary. Williamston?At Williamston, Mon? day, Tuesday and Wednesday, 13, 14th and 15th February. Williamston?At Polzor, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 8tb, 0th and 10th February. Real Estate is not to be assessed this year, (unless the Legislature now in ses? sion changes the law,) except in cases where parties have built new structures. All new structures orected between the 1st of January, 1802, and the 1st of Janu? ary, 1893, have to be assessed, and togeth? er with the Personal Property, examined by tho Township Boards of Assessors ; and where parties have made any chan? ges in thoir Realty, in the way of selling or buying, they must get their Returns made by the 20th of February, 1S93, or the changes cannot be made. Building and Loan Associations, Lifo, Fire, and all other Insurance Companies, are taxable. Farm products, such as Cotton, Corn, Peas, ?tc, on hand the 1st of January, 18*3 are not taxable, but all those articles on baud tho 1st day of August, 1892, aro taxable for this year, 1893. Assessors and Tax Payers will on Lor the first giren namo of the Tax Payer in full, and in backing their returns, enter their suruarno first, also make a separate re? turn for each party for the Township the property is in, and where the Tax Payer owns Real Estate to insert the Postomce as their place of residence, which aids the Tax Payer as well as the Caunty Treas? urer in making the collection and pro Tenting errors. Every male citizen between the agss of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1801, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or irom other causes, shall be deemed taxable polls. All returns that are made after the twentieth of February next have tr> be placed on the Additional List, and fifty percent, penalty added thereto, unless prevented by sickness, or out of tho County during the time of listing. Not knowing tho tinio of listing is no excuse ; and all owners of Real Estate might do their Tenants, who cannot read or take a newspaper, a great favor by making their returns, or telling them the time of listing, and that if they fail to make their returns that the valuation has to bo in? creased fifty per cent., unless they have a good excuse. THOMAS J. WEBB, Auditor Anderson County. Nov 30, 1892_22_2 "annual statement. Office of Countv Commissioners, Anderson.'S. C, Nov. 28,1892. THE following is the Annual State? ment of the Board of County Com? missioners for the Fiscal Year commen? cing November 1,1891, and ending Octo? ber 31, 1892, to wit: The Board was in session sixteen days. The members of the Board, respective? ly, traveled the following number of miles in attending the meetings of the Board, and in performing other duties imposed upon them by law, to wit: W. T. McGill, Chm'n B. C. Martin. R. E. Parker. 3:543 milss. 2574 miles. 5:252 mi.es. I, E. W. Long, Clerk of tho Board of County Commissioners, do hereby certi? fy that tho above statement is true and correct, as por duplicates on file in this office; and I furthermore cortify that no account has been passed in the said fiscal year without being properly verified as requirod by law. E. W. LONG, Clerk Board Co. Commissfionors. Nov 30, 1892 22_ 1_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 00 U2i'TT Of AXDMXaOJf. IN THE COURT OV PROBATE. Ex Parte V. 8. Kay, Surviving Executor, In Re. the Estate ef VT. P. Kay, deceas? ed.?Petition for Final Settle .1 ent and Discharge. Ts Mary C. Land, W. P. Kay, Adminis? trator of Estate ef VT. A- Kay. deceased, Sallie A. Ksy, S. R. Kay, C. M. Kay, Nancy A. ?axon. Lewis F. Kay, M. A. Kay, Robsrt P. Kay and Essie C. Ksv, Legatees undsr ths tYill of Wm. P. Kay, deceased. TAKE NOTICfl, That Iho undersigned will apply to the J.idee of Probate at Anderson C. H., S. C, on Monday, the lGth day of January. A. D., 1803, at 11 o'clock a. nr., for a Final ?ettlemes.t of the Estate of Wm. P. Kay, deceased, and Discharge from the office of Executor of said Estate. Dated 18th day of November, 1892. V. S. KAY, Surviving Executor. To S. R Kay and Robert P. Kay, Legatees residing beyond the limits ?f tkia State : TAKE NOTICE, That the notice for Final ?ettlement of the Estate of W. P. Kay, and for the discharge of the under? signed as surviving Executor of said Es? tate, of which the foregoing it a copy, was filed in the office of the Probate Jndge fer Anderson County, S. C , on the 29th day of November, A. D. 1892. V. S. KAY, Surviving Ex'r. of Eat. W. P. Kay, dee'd. Nov;gQ, 1S92_22_6_ CHRISTMAS PRESENTS - AT - A. N. TODD & CO'S. DRUG STORE. Presents suitable for every ane, in both quality and price. C'.n,e early and avoid the rn?h. A. N. TODD & CO., No. 4 Hotel Chiqaola Block. WANTED! A~\ M ISSES and BOYS that want .0 txrJL buy Shoe.?. Comesosn or yen lose a bargain. Shoes for $1.00. worth $1.50. Hboes for $1 25, worth $1 75. Also, a few pairs Boys' Brogans, No. 1 and 2, at 75c. worth $1-25. A. B. TOWERS. SPLINT GOAL. IT is the best Domestic Coal used to-day Hundreds of people buy it in preference to all others. A. S. STEPHENS. Nov. ]G, 1392, 20 3m NOTICE. ALL persons having DEEDS and MORTGAGE!* in Clerk's Office nrast take them ont before my going out of office and SAVE FURTHER COST. M. P. TRIBBLB, c 0. a ?. Not It, 1892 fO 3 FOR SALE or RENT. BRICK SHOP AND WAREHOUSE, (kaowu asSItton'eShops,) LOTS oa Public Square, and other property in the Town of Pondleton, S. C. Terms liberal. Call on or address J. J. 8ITTON, Pendleton, S. C. Not 28, 1898_SI_4 MERRY, MERRY XMAS OF 1892, Should be the happiest and most eojoyable of all, especially for the Little Fellows. CLEVE Ii AND and STEVENSON uhf-ud, and so are we in Prices, Quality and Assortment of 8tock, also largest to suiuct from. Wo are net bragging about bow chenp wt- nun tell in onler to get you to corns to see us, but if you will come and see and priw, you will find sverything we carry to be first-class and reasonable. We have the best line of Toys in Anderson and the Largest Stock. We bought them to se'l, end they muht be sold. WE ARE HEADQ?AKTKR8 FOR STOVES, And will not he beaten in price?can sell yon a fiae Stove, No. 7, with 25 pieces for $10 0?, r.nd everything else we haBdle yon will find tquully as cheap. Our Stock is t?o much variod to quote urit.-es oa everything as io<a<j d), but if you will call on us we will price you our Goods with pleasure. JOHN T- BURRISS. NO MORE TROUBLE! Cotton lOo, Christmas Coming. Elegant Assortment of Holiday Goods Cheaper than Ever Before. jMjNOR'S Store is mrde up nt Bargains, and everybody ilia! wants t-> g've a nicn Present can find them fruni one wH up. Plu?b Photo. Albums, Drcasiiig an-1 Soaring Cases, Dolis ail t\//:t and Toys of every kind in the world. For a nice Present we Minor's elegaal line of Library and Stand Lamps?they are beauties. Miuor's stock of Glassware cannot on equalled ? nothing of the kind has ever been thowu before in Anderson at such low prices. Have jou a friend that would appreciate one of those nice China Cuj.s and Saucers that Minor in offering to the tradd from ten ceutt up, or a beautiful Colored Water Set. Minor iB still headquarter* for TrimtniDgn, Laces, Shirt?, and everything in the line of Notions Violins, Banjos, Accordeons, Guitar.'., ?tbers, Tarnborinea, Harps, and any? thing elie in Musical goods at Minor's cheaper than anywhere iu South Carolina. You all know that Minor is new, s->d has alwayB been, headquarters for Fire Work? of every description. Now, don't be led away by olL<r?. but come on here and save your money. Your* always truly, C. S. MINOR, THE BAZAAR, THE TEN CENT STORE, 1845 ISO? THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF NEWARK, IM. J. AMZI DODD, President. ASSETS; Paid to Policy Holders since Organization; SURPLUS Jtftkit Values, $48,930,273,05 | $118,724,808.09 | Mess. Standard, $3,545.792.05 Policiet Absolutely Non-ForfeitaMe after Seeoad Year. WK cote ef Ib^m tke Policy h ?aasina?*' ta tan a la*g n ha Talae will pay for; ?*, if jraferscd, a EaW- a? Pcftgr f?r ?b fall taIuo is issues! la szobaige. After ths Sscond year Polici re arc fascaatassabla, aaoapt a against intaottoaml tv*\i4; sad all rcalricekm m ? aeulaaaea astd occupation arc removed. Cash Loans are made to the extent ef S* per seat of the reserve Talus, wdfrere vaH? iswhjnmenSB of the Policies can 1m aiade aa collateral security. Losnes paid immediately upon completion and approval of proofs. M. M. MATTI30N & BROTHER, OCiee in Masonic Building, DISTRICT AGENT?, ANDKHSOX, S. O. ?iJ- Also, FIUE and ACCIDENT KsT8T7?ANCB placed with First Class 4 merloan and Engll3h Companies. We Tell the Truth ! I HAVE At LAEGE A STOCK OF As any house in Anderson?I don't except any?and I buy direct from the men who make theiShoes,) and AS CHEAP AS THEY CAN BE BOUGHT, - And I sell so cheap I have made no money since I came her? two years ago. Now, my friends and customers, don't b? led to believe by a set of long-winded, gander-legged gas bags that VAjff WYCK can't down the best of them on Shoes. There's so few of us talking it's not hard to find out who's doing the lying, fcr if I can't keep up with the Bell Cow I am gwine to leave the gang. Just call and get my prices on Shoes and Hats and save Money. Yours anxious to please. O. B. VANWYCK. Dean, Greer & Moore. t n ? ?a ? mam. Remember we keep at Low Prioea Sloes, Hats, Girts. Ery Ms, His, Jeans, DOMESTIC S, And many other lines *f Gewfe, hut c?ll especial attentlea to the above, firs as a call, and let u* SAVH YOU SOM1 MONEY. Yeurs truly, M. a. DiAir, Fr?e Clly DcliTery. WALTER H. GHIE, D, L. O. MOOR1. FLOUR.FLOUR..FLOUR! si sav~ you nenao m*??y en Floor?SB VERT t'Ol;3I> fisar sustee<l to be sm rep reaenfred, ?siel ess lowest Prlee*). OTHER GOOD8 IN PROPORTION. COMB AUD SEE UB?WE ABB GLAD TO QUOTE PRIC?. W. H. HARRISON & CO Agents for Tenney's Candies._ Jars, Churns, Flower Pots! HUBBARD'S CORNKR. Eggs, Chickens, Butter, Sweet and Irish Potatoes. HUBBARD'S CORNER. Finest Cigars in the City. HUBBARD'S CORNER. CROCKERY and GLASS WAKE, TOY WAGONS, DOLL CARRIAGES, DOLLS in endless variety, VIOLINS, BANJOS, STRINGS, Steel and Kalinn, ACCORDEONS and HARMONICAS. HubbarcTs Corner. SALE OF LAND. XJnDER authority of the Will of Wru. H. Rampey, deceased, I will Mil at public outcry at LOWNDESVILLE, S. c , on WEDNESDAY, The 14th day of December Next, The Real Estate of said Testator, csnsisi inj of the HOME TRACT, containing Two Hundred and Six Acres, More or less, bounded by William Watson, Harry Scott, Mrs. M. Scott aod others. Also, a Hull Interest in the Rampey H?ls and Nine Acre Tract, On Roeky River, aear Lowadesville, bounded by Wm. Kennedy, J. B. Franks, and Rocky River, upon the following terms, to wit: ONE HALF CASH, the balance on a credit of twelve month?, with ialsreat, secured by bond of purchaser and a mort? gage ef the preperty. Purchasers may have tho privilege of payiag the whole of the purchase money cash. Purchasers must pay for papers. W. T. TOWNSEND, Administrator, Will annsxed. Nov 23, 1882_21_ 3 Trustee Sale Personal Prop? erty, BY virtue of authority vested in mo by order of the Circuit Court, I will sail at public outcrj* for cash to the highest bidder, at the late residence of Mrs. Teresa Manning, deceased, on Thursday, Decem? ber 8th next, at 11 o'clock a. m., the Per? sonal Property of the said Mrs. Manni?g, 1 consialing of Hou?ehold a:: 1 Kitchen Fur- j niturc, and so forth. t. l. clinkscales. Nov. 23, 1?9J 21 3 Ezccutors' Sale of Town Lot. BY virtus ef authority vested in us g the surviving Executors of ths Will of the late Capt. W. H. McDonald, dee'd, we will sell in Anderaoo, 8. C , on Salesday next in front of the Court House, after the Master's sales, the following Beat Estate \ of wbich the said testator died seized and possessed, to wit: One acre of Land, situate in the corpo late limits of the City of Anderson, on the South side of East Calhoun Street, bound? ed by lands of J. M. Payne on tha last, Morris Peyton's estate on the West, Mrs. Orr on the"South, and Calhoun Street on the North. Terms of Sale?One half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with interest at the rate of eight per ceatum per annum, wich leare to anticipate pay? ment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. WM. J MIDDLETON. ii. l. McDonald. Ex'rs of Will of W. H. McDonald, de;'d. iNov 23, 1J92 21 2 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, The undersigned, Administrator of tbo Estate of Z. T, Hardeman, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, uu the 24th day of December. 1W2, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final ?ettlemeat of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. M. P. TBIBBLE, Adui'r. Ney 83, IS?_21_5 ?VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. All pnrsons baring demands against the Estate of G. W. McDarid, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, proper? ly proven, to the undersigned within the lime prescribed by law, and those indebted to mats payment. B. A. WILSON, Ex'r. Nov 28, 1892_tl_5_ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of H. M. Knox, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 23rd day of December, 1882, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. B. D. DEAN, Adm'r. Nov 23, 1SG2_21_5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of John Lusk, deceased, hereby gives notice thai he will, on the 2:5rd day of December, 1802, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. JA8. F. LUSK, Acm'r. Nov 23, 1S92 21_5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Aduiinistmtor of the Estate of James L. Williams, deceased, he'eby gives notice tbnt be will, on the 24th day of December, 15:92, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Eh t?te, and a discbarge from bis office as Admlniiitrator. A. B. SHIBLEY, Adm'r. NovSS, 1801_21_5_ NOTICE TO CEEDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of the late Mrs. Teresa Manning deceased, are notified to present them properly attested to me immediately, as the Estate will be distributed under order of the Circuit Court. T. L, CLINKSCALES. Nov. 23, 1892 21 3