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PUBUSElED EVERT WEDNESDAY. J. F. CLINKSCALES, > Editobs ahd CO. LANG8T0N, J Pbopbiitobb. WEDNESDAY JUNE'14, 1?93. TERMS: ONE YEAR ..~^m. *1 60 ? SIX MONTHS. 75 ~.4mf*mm*'**mmmmm^mmsmmmmmmmmm^mimmmm Edwin Booth, the great tragedian, died in Nev7 York last Wednesday. He had been in bad health the past four years, but bis case was not considered serious until about tea days preceding his death. The pla<? of the renowned actor will be hard to Jill. _ The State Press Association will meet in its annual session in Columbia on July , ^SO^atS p. m., and remain in session for several days. The committee in charge of the program are arranging an interest? ing and profitable meeting for the breth? ren. Arrangements are being made to visit the World's Fair In a body. ..." The St. Louis JRepublic truly remarks that the country is having a little strin? gency as the result of bad politics, but .?we will have better politics as soon as the Damocraiic party can get down to the ?work of reform. The stringency will be over in ?little while and business will - be better than ever. . The Philadelphia Ledger, in poking iron at the South Carolina dispensary law, says: "The maximum sale of whiskey for medicinal use under the new liquor ?law in South Carolina -will be one quart ?just the regulation dose for snake bites. And tire snakes in South Carolina are preparing Tor an aggressive campaign." Bradatrnet's commercial agency in its* .last report saye that the total imnual road tax of the United States is estimated at I ?120,0{)0,00t), aud this is less than half the total annual loss due to had country roads,. And in spite of this, the old con? ditions are permitted to continue without an effort boing made to better them. ; In Europe the outlook for immunity from a serious spread of cholera this year is more encouraging than it was a few weeks ago. The European "authorities, too, have been taught the lessen of care? fulness by last year's experience. Be? sides, quarantine arrangements in, this | -oofcntry aro more effective than they were _a year ago. ^ \ ^_ President; Cleveland says he intends to call an extra session of Congress between , the 1st and 15th- of September, unless - circumstances require an earlier meeting. Ho thinks the people should know that -the time is at hand when their rapreseu tatives in Congress will be called upon - to deal with a financial condition which menaces the country's welfare and pros? perity._? ',' " 5?;:Mri W. H. Wallace, editor of the New ; berry Observer, has been elected a Pro? cessor in tho Columbia Female College, ?to succeed Prof. J. G? Clinkscales, who has accepted a professorship .at Clemson ? College, if r. Wallace has not yet signi? fied hia acceptance of the Professorship, .and should he do so the State press will ' l?ftoone of its most brilliant and fearless members, -whose place will bo hard to 'fill. The annual meeting of the State Alli? ance will be held in Walhalla on the fourth Monday in July. The Alliance will meet the first day atF?ft Hill. Car? riages will be p.xtvided for the members ? who will take in Clemson College and its surroundings;-An interesting pror gramme will be arranged for that day, and among other things there will be an ? address by Prof. J. S. Newman of Clem 7 soh College. The next day the Alliance will go on to Walhalia and will be in session there two or three days perhaps. f - Dr. Woodrow, President of the South ?Carolina College, has issued an official pgotipe to tho young men of the State. He says: "Entrance examination to the ? South Carolina College will be held in the college library on Monday and Tues f ?ajt Jona 26th and 27th. Students who ^desire to enter the college in September j 2 are- earnestly advised to present them ^aelveaSat the June examination. They ? can thus learn what additional prepara? tion may bo needed.' If the deficiencies . axe not too great, farther study during : the summer months may enable the ^applicant to enter unconditionally." The New York World has polled most! of the members of the new Congress on "ihre?. questions that will come before them .at the next session?the Sherman aiivsr law, an income tax and repeal of | ^;the State bank tax. There is an over | whelming sentiment in favor of repeal? ling the Sherman silver law, tempered by !ja feeling- that in return a lair recognition silver as a money metal should be veu. On tho question of an income the opponents and advocates of it are tied.* Western and So u thorn mem - iavorit A majority is found in to the repeal of the tax on banks' circulation. ;' Tho trustees of Clemson College held a |?pecial meetingat Fort Hill last Wed |ftesday night, the most important busi pnass being to elect a President. A num ^bat-of. -ballots were taken without an Valection, acd tho matter was finally post? poned. Prof. Murphy, of the Arkansas ? Agricultural College, and Prof. Craig ; head, of Wofford College, were the lead ling candidates, and the choice will ^probably fall on one of them. Stonewall jTbmpkins, of the Virginia Manual and ?babor School, was elected professor of j civil mining and mechanical engineering. J. F. Moncreath, principal of the Abbe grille Graded School, was elected a tutor [in mathematics. "Withoutsome unfore jaeen accident, the College will open July r V -- . A most horrible catastrophe happened Bin Washington, D. C, last Friday in the Jeollapse of Ford's old Theatre where dent Lincoln was assassinated by in 1865. Fora number of years She building has been used by the Na B?onal Government as the Pension Becord vision of the War Department, and ry .500 clerks were employed there, ^withstanding the fact that the build ig has been condemned several times as The building collapsed in the dstof an ill-judged effort to remedy mv of ite-defecta, and the hour of the was .very shortly after the ents had settled down for the y's work. Men who were in the build say that the crash cams without ting., Those on the top floor were precipitated to the floor below, the weight of the falling Umbers and carried the second and first with It. Fortunately, only the ard half of the floors gave way. The edges of the floors and therear part e> structure remained intact. The did net fall. Twenty-five persons killed outright, and about sixty u&ly injured. The question of res ility for the accident is of course [y' disccased, and there seems but a doubt that the primary cause was excavating which was being made la cellar of the building for an elctrio t plant Nearly all of the persons ed or injured have dependant 1 ami fan d the government should assist ic-some way. a . - It is estimated that the population of ) York is now oyer ^000,000. The official records of the Post Office Department show that during tho first three mouths of the present administra? tion ending June 3, the total number of fourth-class Postmasters appointed was 6,537, of which 4,672 were to till vacancies caused by resignations and death, and 1,863 by removals. During the corres i ponding period in Mr. Harrison's admin? istration the total number appointed was 8,226, or 1,686 more than were appointed during the last three months. Of these 2,659 were to fill vacancies caused by resignations and deaths and 5,567 by re? movals. The number of appointments made on resignations was therefore 3,013 greater during the first quarter of the present, administration than during the last, and the number made on removals was 3,902 less during the last quarter than during the corresponding quarter under Mr. Harrison's administration. A Washington correspondent said a few days ago that Secretary Hoke Smith of the Interior Department is determined that tbe clean sweep that will be made by Secretary Carlisle of all Republicans in the department shall be surpassed in the Interior Department. There ia not a Republican officeholder whose office can possibly be made vacant against whom charges have not been filed or will not be filed. The assertion that no removals will be made .except for cause, though violated as it Is every day in the depart? ments, has had the result of flooding the offices with charges of all kinds against the Republican incumbents. In the General Land office there are now only -two "epublicans remaining who are not protected by the civil service law. The Pension Office, the Land office and every other bureau under Mr. Smith's jurisdic? tion will be reorganized by tbo end of this month. ^_ In view of the increasing cotton output of the world, says the Atlanta Constitu? tion, the South must get ready lor low prices by lessening the cost of produc? tion. We must make the cheapest cotton on the globe. This Is the solution of the cotton problem. In Texas the agricul? tural experiment station reports thit the boat per pound of hand-picked cotton Is 4.09 cents, while machine-picked cotton has been raised at 2.12 cents per pound. These figures make allowance for rent ol land, cost of labor and every expense to the time of delivering the bales at the depot. The Galveston News is jubilant over the result. It points to the example of Mr. Jen* Wellborn, who raised cotton at a cost of 2.12. ents a pound on post-oak upland, and declares that he can beat this on the river bottoms. Of course, in Well born'? case, the cotton was machine picked, bnt before long we may expect to see the cotton harvester comeinto general use, and the cost of production need not be over S cents a pound in any locality aslted to the crop. Our Southern farmers must keep this one thing in view, viz: The reduction o_* the cost of prcd action. When it costs them only 3 cents * pound to make cotton there will be money in it even at 5 or 6 cents. Quarrelling Over the Pie. Coluztbia. Jnne 11.?There is such a thing as having too much pie. It is just about as bad to imagine that yon have it. This Is just about the condition of affairs with what is known as the Reform fac? tion In South-Carolina politics. There is lots of pie lying around in tbo shape of public office and it would appear tbat every "Reformer" imagines that by all the laws of political etiquette it is time that a piece should be served In his direc? tion. There are a great many who now think that they have been working long enough to deserve some kind of recogni? tion ; by that is meant a slice of office pie. For so me time past it has been common talk that the powers that be?Irby, Till manic Co?were putting their heads to Sether and beginning to select tbe State eket that will represent the "Reform" movement in the coming campaign. There is, as might be expected, consider? able trouble in getting up a good slate so as to take geographical location and ser vloe into consideration. To-day I had a talk with one of the "select" and he told me that as he understood it a few places had already been agreed upon. So far as he could remember they were: For Governor, John Gary Evans, ol Alicen. For Attorney General, T. J. Kirkiand, ofKersbaw. For Superintendent of Education, M. Ft Tighe, of Charleston. For Secretary of State, J. Walter Gray, of Greenville. For State Treasurer, J. E. Wannam aker or E. R. Walter, of Orangeburg. This schedule would leave vacancies for the positions of Comptroller General, Adjutant General and Lieutenant Gover? nor. The Pee Dee section and the Ches? ter, York, and Fairfield country would be looked to for the candidates to fill the other berths. There is no certain ty about the candidates named, and the positions may be interchanged. The proposed schedule was given me by the Reformer as being bona fide. There is. however, no disposition to swallow the Irby patent plum product. Secretary of State Tindal is, I believe. Is the race to tbe end and he is not going to be Bide-tracked by any interest. If He's) defeated within the Reform ranks the. that will Bettle It, and not until then. It; ought to be remembered tbat W. Jasper Talbert, Geo. W. Shell, Geo. D. Tillman, Dr. W.T. C. Bates and a number of others are all possible winners for the "Reform" Gubernatorial nomination. After hearing about the partial slate several of the sachems in tbe camp were seen. They said that they had heard of such a slate, bat that there had been nothing done about it. One of them said in the most positive manner: "I am quite confident that no attempt has been made to arrange a slate. If one is made up ?ou can be sure that it will be smashed, he Reform party will not be dictated to any longer, and fust as certain as anyone is on a prearranged schedule, just that much less chance has he got of securing a nomination. The selections will be made by a convention or not at all. "Another thing I'll predict. Whoever gets the nomination will be a simon-pui e member of the Reform faction. There will be no compromise or compromise candidates. This is going to be a fight of men with "backbones." From now on things in the Reform camp promise to be quite lively. Everybody is not quite aa happy as a year ago. There are rumb? lings of considerable disaffection, and 'on the quiet' this or that leader is getting a pretty severe scolding. This does not took too well." The general expectation here isthat the Federal plums will soon begin to fall in this State. From what can be learned the Reform-Alliance-Tillmanite Senator and Congressmen are very despondent and do not expect to have very much of a say as to who shall receive the appoint? ment in this State. In fact they are looking on, and are getting really anx? ious to knew how the thing is going to end. The opinion of the big Reformer is tbat the slate will be much to his sorrow: District attorney, Charles A. Douglass ; 1 internal revenue collector, Benjamin *\ Perry; United States marshal, J. B. Hunter. Of course the Reformers bad an entirely different slate. They wanted Ear le and McCalla and anybody excepting those taken upand endorsed exclusively by the Conservatives. In some way the obief interest is in tbe contest for the appointment of'district attorney. From what can be learned here, If a betting pool were gotten up, the odds would be about like this : Geo. W. Dargan, W. Perry Murphy, Wm. | Elliott. Ohas. A. Douglass, Theo. D. Jer- j yey, LeRoy F. Youmans.?Special to News and Courier. ? A novel sight was witnessed in Chi? cago the ether day when Judge Brad well, presiding over the Superior Court, ad mitted te the practice of law his son and ' daughter, who had stood most creditable examinations. They were admitted on motion of their mother, who was in ac? tive practice with her husband before his elevation to the bench. ? The attendance at the World's Fair for the month of May was nearly 1,600.000. The average was over 51,000 a day. This included the opening day, one Sunday? when the attendance was comparatively small on account of the uncertainty as to whether the gates would be open?the Decoration eay, whioh showed a larger attendance nearly 162,000, than any other day. This attendance for the first'month is greater than that of any other world's exposition in its first month, and is well up toward the highest attendance in any month of similar enterprises, and this, too, despite tbe fact that May was a month of unseasonable ruins' and cold weather, Audi Alteram Par tern. To the Editor of the Note* and Courier . There is no question of the duy more misunderstood outsido of the South than the "negro question;" in fact, only a Southerner understands the character of the negro. A great deal of namby-pamby sentiment is wasted on him by some of our Northern brethren. I propose to speak of the negro as citi? zen and laborer, and in both'respects I expect to show that he is not a desirable possession. As a citizen the negro's sphere is very circumscribed. He exorcises no inllu ence on the social or industrial life of the State, and since the enactment of the reg? istration law and the eight-box law no influence in politics. Ho is, therefore, a nonentity except in so far as his moral character is concerned, and in that light I will consider him. For twenty-eight yoars he has borne the responsibilities and duties of citizen? ship. All these years be has bad schools supported by the State for bis education ; he has had his own ministers and churches, and has had the example of the best class of whites to help him to a higher life. He has learned to read and write; in a great many instances ho has learned to live without work; he has learned a certain kind of shrewdness, and has imitated the faults more than the virtues of the white people. His moral character is best exemplified by reference to some notable events that have recently transpired in this State, to which the attention of the whole country has been directed, and which serve as comparisons between his character now and hereto? fore. Within the past decade, and increasing in frequency as the yeais have gone- by, rapes have been of freqtont occurrence. The crime has reached an alarming state of prevalence. Within the past two months three negroes have been lynched in South Carolina for en tracing white women, and one offender has so far escaped capture; and within the same time four or five negro gidshave suffered like fate from men of their own race. It has come to be a very serious matter with people who live in the country and have to send their children by long and lonely roads to school. Where the chil? dren are all small they run a fearful risk. Many of the cases have happened this way. The , lynching at Denmark, the 24th of April, and that a$ Laurens, the 10th of May, were for outrages commit? ted on young girls on their way to and from school in the country. From 1861 to 1865, when every able bodied white man wss iu the waj and the women were at the mercy o the negroes, there was not even an insu by one of them to a white woman. Tl. is often recalled to their credit. True'; -y were then slaves, but slaves as tbey w o they had no more reason to fear the con? sequences then than now. They were then not only respectful, as became their position, but they were kind in their dis? position. ? And during the "Reconstruction" period?when the entire State was under his control, with United States bayonets to back him and Courts and juries all iu his hands, such crimes as I have referred to were not known in this State. When the Northern people understand the situation down here they will assur? edly cease to condemn us for taking sum? mary vengeance on the despoiiers of women; whether they door not, how? ever, swift - and certain death awaits the offender. We don't care to argue about it, but we are fully determined, and denunciations against "mob law" are as the idle wind. Recent occurrences in some of the Northern States show that in this respect the two sections are of the same mind. ? I might show that in other particulars than that mentioned the negro has dete? riorated morally slnee he secured his free? dom. He grows more lazy and thriftless everyday; -he is more given to thieving, and the number of executions and the increasing number of negro convicts in the State Penitentiary for homicides Bhow that from having been harmless and tractable he has become blood thirsty and revengeful, They often kill each other for scarca.y any provocation?all carry firearms and are quick to use them. In short it is a fact so universally recog? nized down here that nobody will dispute it that the negro has deteriorated morally since he became a freeman. I speak, of course, of the average negro. There are many negroes who have made good use of their freedom and the oppor? tunities it has brought them, and who are an honor to their race. But what has been liberty to these has been license to a great many more, who have grown up like wild animals, with no moral charac? ter and no restraint upon their brutal passions but fear. It is not surprising, therefore, that where they think they can ?scape detection they sometimes prove themselves beasts in human form. Enough on that branch of the subject. As a laborer the negro ia a curse to the State. He is to the south, especially to South Carolina, What the -"Heathen Chinee" threatened to become to the Pacific States, and would have been but for the Anti-Chinese legislation by Con? gress. - Thousands of poor white men in South Carolina are ruined by negro cheap labor. In this State the land is going into the possession of a few men, com? paratively speaking. These large land? owners do not object to white labor; they had as lief hire a white man on the plantation as a negro, and will pay him as much?and no more. A white man cannot live decently on negro wages any more than he can on Chinee wages. It might seem that as heads of families die, and their lands are divided among their heirs, the number of land-owners would inoreaso, and that would be the case if small farmers, who are more laborers than proprietors, did not have to compete with negroes. -The number of land-owners in South Carolina was 3 per cent, less in 1890 than in 1S80. Small farms, instead of being divided among heirs, are put on the market and the !>roceeds of the sale are divided. The arms are usually bought by men who already have large holdings, and who let them out to negro "tenants." The heirs of the small farmers take their l ttle shares and go West. I cam call ovei the names of hundreds of young white en between. the ages of 18 and 30 who 1 vo left this small county of 30,000 inh.. tants in the past fifteen years, and w j has happened here has happened over a large part of the State, the emigration being largest where the negroes are most numerous. The censur shows that despite the large increase in the town caused chiefly by the building of an immense cotton mill and splendid graded schools?the population of the county, inoluding the town, was sixty-five leas in 1890 than in 1880. A small oolony of | negroes left the county three years ago, and another two years ago, through the influence of a Western emigration agent; but the State has put a stop to that sort of thing by enacting a law making ita crime punishable with 81,000 floe to solicit "laborers" to leave the State, While this law builds a Chinese wall to keep the negroes in, the young white mon are j emigrating constantly?driven out by I abundant and cheap negro labor. The negro is a cheap laborer, and that is why he is guarded so jealously from the seductive tongue of tho emigration agent. Big plantations and hordes of cheap negro laborers to work them are robbing this State of its best blood, As purely a laborer our young white ! men must turn to the meobamc arts; and even there the negroes are beginning to crowd them. Cotton mills and rail? roads give employment to thousands of white men ana pay them much better wages tban tbey could get on the planta? tions, besides offering them protection against negro competition and, better still, against negro association, There are many white men in South Carolina who work on the farms, but they are usually small landed proprietors work? ing their own farms. As a rule the hired labor on the farms is negro labor, while labor on the railroads and in the cotton mills is white. It would seem from this fact that the State ought to encourage manufacturing and railroad building, but she doesn't. To try to explain why she doesn't might lead me into a discus? sion of South Carolina politics, and I will therefore stop. W. H. Wallace. Newberry, June 5. ? One day's shipments by rail and wa? ter lrom New Berne, N. C, will return the truck men ?30,000, ? It looks much like prohibition in Spartanburg. Over 230 uames are nec? essary, and the longest list has not yet reached one hundred, while a man who knows says not less than a dozen of these must come off for the reason that they belong to men who are not free? holders. We have some prohibition? ists in Spartanburg who can not be bought with gold.?Spartanburg Herald. ? The people of western South Dakota and Wyoming are greatly interested in the approaching attempt of W. B. Rogers of Jundance to plant an American flag on top of Devil's Tower, in the Black Hills. The tower is 1,200 foot high, measures 800 feet circumference at the base, and 350 feet at the top. It is supposed to bavo been a chimney to some subterranean fire. It is perfectly round in form, the sides being fluted like a portico column, No one has ever yet stood on the top of this curious tower. It is inaccossable, the Bides offering no foot hold. Rogers claims he willjout footholes as he ascends. Should he be successful he will receive ^200. Scientists say that this tower has not a duplicate in the world, fltiircli vs. Dispensary. UNION, S. C, June 10.?Tlje Baptist church is the first church in this to v. n to taka any action in regard to the Evans dispensary law, and to warn its mein burs not to assist in any manner in the estab? lishment of a dispensary in Union. At the regular monthly conference of* the church last night tho deacon referred a r< solution to the conference, asking tho church to pass lipon it. The reso? lution was unanimously adopted and read as follows: "We, the members of the Union Bap? tist Church, in conference assembled, de? sire to emphasize tho belief thut the whis? key tarffic is evil in its influence and Inconsistent with Godliness. Wo there? fore earnestly disapprove of our members aidi.ig or abetting the dispensing of whiskey in our midst, officially or other? wise." Mr. H. Fi Scaife then rose and made a few remarks concerning the dispensary law. He began by saying that while he did not disapprove ot temperance organ? izations, he thought that the church would accomplish more good if its mem? bers would stay out of temperance organ? izations and Christian Endeavor societies, and concentrate their efforts and/ight in? temperance through tho church. Ho said he was glad Iiis church had put itself on record as being opposed to tho dispensary law, and he begged tbo members not to aid the business in any way, aud to "keep their hands off." Mr. Scaife said that it seomed to him tbat it great many Christian people and prohibitionists had taken the place of the liquor men, by taking sides with tbe dispensary law, and encouraging whiskey to bo sold ; that many church members would sign a petition for the establish? ment cf a dispensary if they saw the signature of some "financial swell," or influential man's name on it. He called attention to a certain man who is on the board of control for this county?who in the post has been fighting intemperance more than any other person in this com? munity, and a man whom the liquor men feared as thoir worst enemy, who, if a liqnor dispensary is established here, would be chief book and bottlo inspector of the concern. He concluded by saying the la-v tyrannical and oppressive. Rev. Mr. Booth, the pastor of the church, endorsed what Mr. Scaife spoke, and warned his members not to sign any paper for a dispensary at this place. It might be mentioned in connection with this that Thomas K. Palmer who is working to have a dispesary here, is a member of this church.?Special Dispatch to Columbia State. The Farmers' College. Columbia, June 9.?The members of the boi.rd of Trustees of Clemson College return id to the city this evening and re? port that everything will be in readiness on the -3th of July for the formal opening of the Farmers' College. There wore twelve out of tbe thirteen members of tbe board present, Senator Redfern finding it impracticable to come from his home in Chesterfield. The most important busi? ness wns the election of a president. For months- the trustees have been looking around for tbe right man. It was thought that by this time a selection could be made. It seems, however, tbat there is a difference of opinion as to who is the right man and when the board decided to tem Krarily give up the solution of that prob? n there was an exact division of the sentiment in favor of the selection of Prof. Craighead, of Wofford College, and Prof. Murphy of the Arkansas Agricultu? ral Coll ige. At tbe out set there were a number of candidates, but the race soon narrowed down to President Cluto. of tbe Michigan College, and Prof. Murphy, of Arkansas, and Prof. Craighead, of Spartanburg. The two last ballots were evenly divided 'between Messrs. Craig? head ami Murphy. The board decided to postpone the election and if possible have personal interviews with the candi? dates. There were a number of other names suggested for the same position, but they merely received complimentary bal? lots. Prof. Stonewall Tomkins, of the Virginia Manual Labor School, was elected assistant professor in tbo mechan? ical department and will have charge of the civil and mechanic engineering chair. Prof. J. F. Moncreath, of tbe Abbeville graded Bchool, was elected tutor in mathe? matics. The board passed a number of orders to pay for expenses already incurred and to meet those for the opening of the College. It was definitely decided that the College would be opened on the 6th of July, and it is announced with authority tbat there will be pienty of room for all that wish to enter the institution. Those who have any idea of attending Clemson need have no fear ou the question of the lack of ac? commodation. Tbe work of cleaning up tbe premises has been started, and when the stude n ts'arrj ve at Clemson they will find then ? brand new and bright little village.?Special to News and Courier. Ju ige Bond to tho Rescue. It is pretty well established that some interesting developments in dispensary matters will be heard of in the near fu? ture. Some time ago the News and Cou? rier announced tbat preparations wore making for a new fight against the Evans law, and r ow it is well established that that prediction is about to be fulfilled. A gentle man, who said he got bis infor? mation straight from one of 'he retail li? quor dealers of tbe city, told a reporter yesterday that in a few days two promi nent young lawyers of this city would leave Charleston for Baltimore, where they proposed to apply to Judge Bond for an injunction to prevent the State from closing the barrooms until a chance had been give:: of testing the constitutionality j of the law before the United States Su? preme Court. Should Judge Bond grant the restraining order the matter would have to rest where it now la until some time durin; the next winter, when the Supreme Court will have a chance of de? ciding it once for all. The movoment is being made under the auspices of tbe retail trade, and it is said that neither trouble nor expense will be Bpared in carrying it through. They are, moreover, reported to be very san? guine of the? success of the scheme. Deal? ers who secured their licenses for tbe en? tire year ar! jubilant, while those' faint? hearted pari ies who got out six months' li? censes are now feeling very Bore over the matter. Nobody knows, of course, exactlj what arguments will be presented to tbe Judge but it is said that the attorneys referred to are confident that they hare a good case, The retail dealers seem to think that if the Is w is prevented from going into effect until after tbe Legislature meets next 'all that that body will ac? knowledge '.he errors of its ways and re? peal the Act. As there is now very little time left for action it is thought that these develop ments will take place within the imme? diate future. The gentleman who furnish? ed the information thought that the next few days would settle the whole matter one way or enother.?News and Couvicr, Remarkable Incident. It is not ge nerally known that ex-Pres? ident Jefferson Davis was once arrested and held prisoner in Atlanta, charged with being a pick-pocket. The Atlanta Herald tells the story, and it is vory in? teresting. In 1857 or 1858 Mr. Davis, who was then Secretary of War, was travelling from Richmond to Mississippi. On the same train was Mi. Sam Noble, the founder of tho big iron works in Rome and Annis ton. Mr. Noble had recently come over from England and was on a prospecting tour. He had a small band satchel containing ?1,000 in gold. When Atlanta was reach? ed the dismay of Mr. Noble may be im? agined when he found the satchel gone. He gave the ?darm and City Marshal E. T. Hunnioutt, and his deputy, Ben Wil? liford, responded at once. They learned tbat a quiet, unassuming man had occu? pied the seat with Noble, aud after a short search they found him, pluced him under arrest and cirried him to Washington Hall. The stranger took his arrest vory quiet? ly and said: "Is not Allison Nelson the mayor of your town? Well, I think if you will br .ng him here I can be iden? tified," The arrest of a person charged with picking pockets was unusual in Atlanta, and the prisoner was surrounded by a gaping, starinj crowd. The mayor came, and as he crossed the threshold he glanced around tho room until his eyes rested on the prisoner. With a shout of joy, his arms out? stretched, he sprang lorward, "Jeff Davu, God bless your s?ul! Where dl^ you coma from? Gentle? men, I fought under this man in tbe Mexican war, Ho is the Secretary of War." Introductions and explanations follow? ed. The officers began another investiga? tion, and finally recovered tho money from tho nogro porter. Messrs, Uurinjcutt and Williford aro still alivo, Mr. Noble and Mayor Nolson are dead, but thero aro many old men in Atlanta to-day who were present in Washington Ilall when the affair occur? red.? Athens (("/?.) Bannet. ? The President will certainly recom mend to Congress tho imposition of an 1 income tax al its extra session. I &@??A& NEWS. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. The Supreme Court's Decision iu the Chester Cases. Fditous Intelligencer : I have just read Mr. Watson's communication on the Dispensary Ant, recently published in tho Anderson newspapers, in which he ad? vises the freehold voters not to Bien peti? tions for the establishment of County Dis penauries. because, if I understand him, it is the only mode left to defeat the object of the Act He commences by saying, "it is now too late to discuss the law it? self, as it has been declared constitution? al." I presume be refers to the recent de? cision of the State Supreme Court in the Chester cases, aud has fallen into an error a9 to the extent of that decision, which, it seems, is shared by a large number of the people of the State, who have either not read it closely, or perhaps have not icad It at all, getting their impressions from mere rumor. 1 do not understand these cases as decid? ing auything more than that the Act originated in the House, was duly passed and ratified by the Legislature in its prej ent form, that its title is without legal objection, and that it is a valid Act for the purpose of limiting retail license*, granted iu January last for six months. The re lators, or plaintiff*, had complained that the Town Council of Chester had limited their licenses to a period of six months (31st of June) under the Dispensary Act, when under the local act, applicable to Chester, it should have beeu for twelve months, and proceeded to assail the for? mer as unconstitutional, null and void, upon several grounds. The Court held that the Legislature bad the power to re? strict or limit the licease period, (the point to be decided) and declined to consider any of the constitutional objections raised, except those impeaching the passage aud ratification of the Act, as enrolled and published, and its titles, which atiected its validity for any purpose. All others were expressly reserved, and hence-the more grave and &erious objections of the con? stitutional power of the Legislature to create in the State a monopoly of a purely mercantile business, to the exclusion of its citizens, and to appropriate public moneys for the purpose, are still open questions, as well as its power to restrict the transportation of goods (liquors) into and out of the State. Any interested party may still, in a proper case, raise any oue or all of these objections, or others of a kindred nature, to the constitutionality of the Act, without being hindered or con? cluded by the decision in the Chester oases. While, therefore, I join Mr. Watson in the hope that our freehold voters will not sign these petitions for the establishment of Dispensaries, I do so fro.n a different standpoint, and because I regard such legislation as a perversion of the legitimate objects of Government under our republi? can institutions, And if I shall susceed in correcting the impression, prevailing to some extent, that "the law has been de? clared constitutional" for all purposes em? braced in it, and thereby deter some from signing petitions because they think we are to have these Dispensaries at all events, I will have accomplish all I have aimed at by this short and hasty communication. B. P. Whitnkr. Ton nyHie Local*. Mr. Benjamin Franklin Moseley, of the Fork, died on the 8th inst,, aged 75 years. Mr. Moseley has been a member of the Methodist Chnrch for many years, and ex? pressed himself before he died as being ready to meet bis God, and as welcoming death as a messenger of peace. Mrs. Kittle Gainea has beeu very sick, but we are glad to learn that she is some better. Miss Janie Gaines, of this place, who has henu spending sometime with relatives in Westminister, S. C, has returned home. Mrs. Caroline Swilling is still very low. Mr. J. C. Spears, of this place, wears a bappy smile. Another acquisition to the ranks of woman's rights. We understand that Mr. Boggs, of this place, lost a gold watch worth about $45, for the finding and restoring of which he offers a reward of $5. Mr. J. W. Bailey's little girl has been very sick, but is better at the present writing. Mrs. 8. J. Gain es 1b the boss cabbage grower. She has now bard heads as large us a dinnor plate. Col J. N. Brown, of Anderson, hon? ored us with a call while visiting bis. mother at this place. The Woman's Missionary Union, of this place, will have a meeting on Satur? day before the 3rd Sunday in June, A large attendance is very desirable, as there is busiuess of importance to attend to. We have had an abundance of rain, but it has cleared up at last and the farmers are getting in some good work now. Mr. EaiLor, if you have space in yonr paper for a calendar, please publish one. I think they are so convenient, I would suggest Anderson as a place of meeting for the correspondents of your valuable, paper. Anderson is the moat central point, as well as the most interest? ing. I would suggest the 20th of July as the time of meeting. Correspondents, please let us bear from you at your next writing. S. G Bruce, of this place, wants a hun? dred frying chickens. Mr. Clifton Brown, of this place, was a contestant for the Cadetsbip at West Point. Miss Eliza Gantt has returned home from an extended visit to relatives in Georgia. Old Rosin De Bow. Fiercetowu Items, We have been blest with copious show? ers during last week, and all nature is aglow with resplendent glory on this beautiful Monday morniDg. The little birds are singing Joyously in their gladness, and we lift up our voices in praise to Him who doeth all things well. We bad the pleasure of attending ser? vices at Pisgah last Sabbatb, and wc en? joyed the sermon very muoh. In the afternoon we took a drive to the little city of Williamston, where we spent several hours of enjoyment in the com f>any of old schoolmates. They will ever ive iu our memory for their noblest up? rightness .and kindest feelings, May tbey ever live in the future as in the past. The orops are looking well in this sec? tion. The grass is booming, too, but a few days of sunshine and elbow grease will defeat it. The boys have revived the Debating So? ciety and are pushing it for all it is worth. That's right, boys, don't start anything and let it die, when a little push and en? ergy will make it a sucoesf>, The boys were sadly disappointed last Thursday. The Intelligencebs did not arrive as they should have done, conse? quently our postmaster was kicking and kicking high. He had to be haltered and tied up very Bbort before he would quiet down. We think postmaster Russell should be more careful. We haven't re? ceived them at this writing. One of our boys paid bis best girl a visit not long ago, but it seems that be forgot the object of his visit by playing in a duck Euddle. We move a chaperon accompany im in bis devotional visits. MesBrs. M. B. Williams and Tom Guy ton are going to start with their threshing machinery just as soon as the grain will do. Tbey have a number one outfit and will do good work. The blackberries are ripening in the dell, They're ripening on the hill; They're ripening down on old Hurricane, Right by Simpson's mill. The vines are bowing low, To the water as it whirls; It beats fishing all hollow, Going lor the red lips of the girls, We have just received an invitation to go berrying on Hurricane Creek just as soon as they get good rips. The above lines were composed for that oooaslon. We wish you and your whole force could be with us on that occasion, Messrs Edi? tors. Sam Dewiierrt. Needle's Newell News. In the country now everything is just lovely, beautiful, superlative! Theairis filled with the sweet odor of the flowers, the forests aud the woodland are ringing with the music of the birds and the faces of the farmers are radiant. On every Bide well cultivated and growing crops meet your gaze, Ob, that we could give you a perfect pen pioture of our surroundings at this season! Show you through tbe gar? den, carry you over the farm aud through the forests, let you take a peep at the beautiful wild flowers planted by nature, lead you beside tbe sparkling waters of our Mountain Springs, and call a bait in the orchard, where we would bo surround? ed by luxurious fruit. Huzza! What a time we would have! (Please pardon me, Messrs. Editors, I commenced this letter with a fountain pen, tbe plagued thing got the start of me and had tbe above rigma? role spun out before I could stop it. I'll get one of tbe old kind and give you tbe news.) J. M. Wigington, of West Union, with W. H. Pickens, of Easley, paid ua a flying visit last week. There is, wo are sorry to say, a great deal of sickness In this vicinity just now. Drs, Tripp and Rosamond are both kept quite busy. A religious wave of cyolonic magnitude struck tbe colored populace of our com? munity some few weeks ago, causing big revivals at their places of worship and a general renovation of the "summer saucti lic.it iou." When we say that the singing at Moun? tain Springs last Sunday evening, con ducted by Prof. Miles M. Merritt, was an enjoya1 'e occasion, we feel that we voice the sentiments of all that were present. The Professor is an Al singer and never fails to attract a large ero?d. We do not recollect cvor seeing our farmers better up with their wurk thau now. They have got things in trim and that they mean business goes without May? ing. May they all reap a bountiful har? vest. Tbera are a great many things that I would like to tell you about this morning, Messrs. Editors, but the mail is due now in a few minutes, aud I will have to close Will see you again next week, howover, and will probably turn our fountain pen loose on the Dispensary. Ned Needle. Maylieid Items. The Sunday School at Neal's Creek is in a nourishing condition. The older Seoplo arc taking great interest in it. _Iay they continue and the Lord bless them. Poor farmers, they have been driving for all they are worth the last few d >3*s, but on awakening this morning aud [hid? ing it raining they are about to eivo up all hope of conquering "General Green." Owing to the busy season our commu? nity was not represented in the Smith excursion last week. Miss Bee King, who took sick so sud? denly two weeks ago, we are glad to say is convalescing. The young people of NeaPs Creek met at Mr. S. B. McCoy's last Sunday even? ing and had some good singing. Miss Maggie Chamblee, of Mountain Creek, who baa been spending a week with her sister, Mrs. E. C. Martin, re? turned home last Monday. Miss May Fant, daughter of Rev. Jas. Fant, of North Carolina, is visiting rela? tives in this community. They are talking of having a lawn par? ty in this community soon. We hope they will not only talk about it but have it. Lad. Iola. Mr. Fditor: As I was miitaktn about the time of the closing exercises of the Lebanon High School, I will correct the mistake for the benefit of those who are going to attend. It will not be on the 20th inst., but on Wednesday night, Juuo 21st. The public is invited. Blue Bird. Card of Thanks. Messrs. Editors : Please allow us space in your columns to return our thanks to the good people of our city, and especially to the kind ladles, who by their words of sympathy and many acts of kindness, contributed so much to our ne? cessities during our recent sickness and bereavement. May our Heavenly Father take notice of and repay them all a thou? sand fold. Respectfully, Thos. Palmer and Family. Just Like Last Tear. Washington, D. C, June 10.?Returns of correspondents of the statistical divis? ion of the department of agriculture June 1st, show that over a large portion of the cotton belt the germination and develop? ment of the plant have been retarded by cold weather and excessive rain, the latter baring also the effect of retarding the working of the bel.ited crop. In some localities dryness prevented successful planting and much of the seed failed to come up in consequence, and it is report? ed that the second planting was to a con? siderable extent a failure. Along the Mississippi and in Louisiana much injury has been caused by overflows. In other localities early planting is assigned as the cause of poor stands, while no inconsid? erable injury from cut worms, lice, etc.. is also reported. The prospect j of a good crop in much of the cotton territory are, however, improving in consequence of more favorable weather. The average condition of the crop in the consolidation of the rbports is 85.6 compared with 85.9 last yea*. The State average is as fol? lows: North Carolina. 95 South Carolina. 83 Georgia. 88 Florida. 87 Alabama. 9S Mississippi. 82 Louisiana. 86 Texas. 87 Arkansas. 82 Tennessee. 89 The returns show only a slight instead of a large increase of acreage planted as compared with last year. A considerable redaction of the area actually planted resulted from river overflows. The average percentage is 100.5,. The State percentages of area in com? parison with acreage of" last year areas follows i Virginia. 87 North Carolina. 104 South Carolina. 104 Georgia. 102 Florida..... 109 Alabama. 100 Mississippi...a. 98 Louisiana. 101 Texas. 102 Arkansas. 93 Tennessee. 25, It will be seen that the status of the cotton crop as compared with 1892 has not materially changed. The acreage has been slightly increased but the conditions have correspondingly slightly declined, Death of a Bich Negress. AuausTA, June 11.?Amanda Dickson, who, less than a year ago, married Nathan Tootrer, a colored lawyer, of Perry, Ga,, and who bore the distinction of being the wealthiest negress in the country, died suddenly this morning at 5 o'clock from nervous prostration at her handsome home, 5-12 Telfair street. She only re? turned home the day before yesterday from Baltimore, where she had been for one month for the benefit of her health. Amanda Dickson Toomer was 43 years of age, and was the daughter of M. David Dickson, who was one of the wealthiest farmers of Hancock County, who died, leaving to bis colored daughter his estate, yalued at $487,000. There was a big law? suit and contest over the will, but Aman? da finally was victorious and was placed in possossion of all that was bequeathed her. She had two sons, Julian and Charles Dickson, both married, who, ac? cording to the will by which their moth? er inherited the fortune, will receive ?100,000 each and part of the remaining ?217,000. Amanda died intestate, but it is believed h,er husband will come in for part of her es t?te, which is valued at more than half a million. Although rich, Amanda was a modest, generous and be? nevolent woman and enjoyed bei fortune and others shartd her pleasures. She was kind hearted and in no way pom? pous or assuming on account of hex wealth, The finest rqetalllo coffin, lined with mouse colored plush, has been purchased and she lies in the casket to-night dressed in her wedding dress. She will be buried to-morrow afternoon at Trinity (col? ored) Methodist Church.?News and Cou? rier. ? Majorities pf the citizens of Lancaster apd Winpsboro, S. C. have declared against the establishment of dispensaries in their towns. A Million Friends.. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption,Coughs and Colds, If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it. has wonderful curative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottlo is guaranteed to do all that is claim? ed or money will be refunded. Trial bot? tles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Large bottles 50c and ?1.00. Deserving Praise. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's ArnicaSalve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee thorn every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their Seat popularity purely on their merits, ill Bros., Druggists. Notice to Creditors. NOTICE is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Creditors of O. B. VanWyck at the office of Messrs. Tribble& Prince, Anderson, S. C, on Sat? urday, June 17th inst., for the purpose of electing an Agent to represent the Credi? tors. GEO. E. PRINCE, Assignee. June 14, 1893 50 1 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Polly Moore, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 14th day of July, 1893, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office a9 Administrator. C. L. BIGBY, Adin'r. June 14,1893 50 5 3 o 8 HH M -5 5? *=1 5 S- ! a ? m 3 ? * r ?< ^ k > ? ? I CO S r<j g 3 ~ W . CQ - a s ,~ * a w ? S ! C/)Oa? O k1 ? 33 H Cd S s? ? o ^ H ? e c W I?I z 2 ^ fc-* Q S. d b GO 85 *J Every Man A Capitalist. You can become a capitalist at once by laying by a small part of your yearly income and invest? ing it in a Tontine policy of the Equitable Life For $20 you can instantly se? cure a capital of $i ,000 (or for $200 a capital of jio,coo), thus acquiring an estate which you may leave to your heirs, or re? tain as a fund for your own : support in old age, if your life be prolonged. Such a step will prompt you to save, will strengthen your credit, will increase your con? fidence, will preserve you from care and will give you lasting satisfaction. The Plan is Simple. The Security Absolute. It is the perfect development of the life policy. To-day is the right time to get facts and figures. Address W. J. RODDEY, Manager, For the Carolinas. ROCK HILL, 5. C. F0RJ3ALE. IHAVE a fine SPANISH JACK for sale*, or will exchange for a pair of Mules. For further information apply to W. B. Magruder, or J. D. RICHARDSON, Anderson, 8. C. May 24, 1893_47_4_ ARE YOU GOING TO THE World's Fair Chicago ? The Im & N. Offers Choice Several Routes. THREE TRAINS DAILY. LEAVtfl Atlanta?W. <fc A.?10 00 a. m., 2.15 p. m., 8 20 p. rn. Arrive Chicago 8.58 a. m., 4.30 p, m., 9.30 p. ni. Through Cars?Low Rates. Less than 23 hours to Chicago via Nashville. It will pay you to write me. FRED D. BUSH, D. P. A. L. & N. R. R., 36 Wall Street, Atlanta, On. May 10,1893 45 5m ANDERSON SURGICAL INFIRMARY, ANDERSON, S. C. J. M. BOSWORTH, M. D.9 (Formerly of Atlanta, Qa.) Physician in Charge, ChroDio diseases of males. Chronic diseases of females. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Bronchia and Lungs. Beds and rooms for males and females. Competent nurses iu the building for males and females, Good boarding places in the City for walking patients. ^^Correspondence solicited._ What is Your Prospect for Fruit? ?0? The Jersey Fruit Journal tells us that we are to have the biggest fruit crop ever known in this country. Already arrangements are being made for the largest Canning business ever recorded. What are you going to do in the matter ? Let your fruit fall and rot on the ground and buy of your neigh? bor or grocer ? No ! You can't af? ford it. Better, by far, "let each tub stand on its own bottom/' Can your own fruit. Be sure to Can what you need fur home use. Then, if you have time, Can some to sell your improvident neighbors, There are always sure to be some who never prepare for the future, They are like the drones in a bee hive. Some one else must furnish bread for their mouth and oil for their vessels. "Why not you ? Right here let us say a word that will save a few cans of fruit and a great deal of vexation : If you want to use your old jars, get new rubbers for them. The rubbers cost you very little, and you will not regret the out? lay. Your fruit may keep with old rubbers, but it is much safer with clean new ones. Get the original and gonuiue MA? SON JAR, and trust to the good sense of your thrifty wife for the bal? ance, nud you'll be sure to have plenty to eat next "Winter, if you never have it again. We have a limited supply of Fruit Jars and extra Rubbers. We trust all will be supplied, but can't promise to hold goods for late comers. Hoping that the grain crop will only bo as good as the fruit orop is sure to be, Wc are yours always truly, THE BAZAAR, C. S. MINOR aud TEN CENT STORE, 17 S. Main Street, Anderson, S* C, S. D. BROWNLEE. D. S. VANDIVER. F. P. VANDIVER? BROWNLEE & VAN DIVERS, - DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ARE now Riven up to be the LEADERS OF LOW PRICES on DRY GOODS and GROCERIES. We lead on Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Tobacco, and everything a nitin needs to eat or cbew. We lead on Shoes, Hats, Ginghams, Lawns, Prints. Bleaching, Shirting Negligee Shirts, and everything to be found in a General Dry G jodti Store. Now the reason why we can sell these goods so cheap is plain to any one who will g.ye the matter a moment's thought; and judging from the liberal trade our friends are giviug us, they have already given it more than a iiiomeut's thought. We do our own clerking, nook-keeping and all xt.?re w>rk, and at the mid of each month don't have to pay out several hundred dollars to clerks, book keeper*, Ac thereby saving our customers that amount, which would n>:e3sarily have to be made on them. No, these are plain facts that any one can ste for himself and be convinced. vVe know that buying cheap .'or the cash, and doiug our owu work, and dealing honestly with everybody will give us plenty of work to do, and on this depend for success. Best Coffee in rbe world. One Car Flour just received, that we can sell cheaper than the same giarie was ever before offered in thii Town, and every Barrel guaranteed. BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS 1 KM U OF WILMINGTON. Spartanhurg Branch.Central Hotel, Main St. ESTABLISHED for the scientific treatment and cure of Alcoholic Poisoning and the various diseases cau-ed by the excessive or moderate use of Whiskey, Opium, Morphine, etc. This Iustitute is now opened and ready for the reception of patients. The treatment is the very latest improvement in this fluid of medicine. Experiments have been conducted on this line for the past several years, with varied success. It has now reached the point by thin Institute where a cure is a positive certainty. The Na? tional Gold Cure Institute is in a position to give any one a cure, or refund the money to the patient. They simply do what they promise, or no charge Prices are very moderate and accommodations good. Any one wishing to Investigate will do well to to call or address, NATIONAL GOLD CURE INSTITUTE, CENTRAL HOTEL BUILDING, - - - SPARTANBURG, S. C. DR. FRANK BRIGHT, Physician in Charge. June 7. I.MW 49 VINEGAR! yj E'have left from our Grocery Stock a Choice Lot ef Vinegar, which we art' offering at a sacrifice to close. APPLE VINEGAR, (five years old,) WHITE WINE, CLARET, and WEST INDIA SPICED VINEGAR. Tnke your <'hoice at 25c. per Gallon. Wheat Bran at $1 00 per hundred pounds. All our Groceries at a Sacrifice to close out this line at once. TAYLOR &CRAYTON, THE CLOTHIERS, No. 42 Granfte Row. CLENN SPRINGS WATER ? WILL CURE ? Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Heptatitis, Jaundice, Torpor or Liver, and general debility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Uteriue, Reual aud Cystic Diseases, Hteuiaturia and Catamauial derangements. -FOR SALE BY A.. IT. TODD & CO. Mav 31.1893 48 6ra UNTIL AUGUST I, 1893. J. P. GOSSETT & CG> WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 300TSAND SHOES, HAVE postponed the reorganization of their Firm until AUGUST 1st, 1893, and have extended until that time the closing out of their LARGE STOCK of BOOTS and SHOES. They will also throw on the market at least one huudred Cases of NEW SHOES, which have already been bought for the Spring and Summer trade. This extension of time gives to the ? people of Upper Carolina the grandest opportunity that they have ever had, and will probably ever have again, of saving money so largely in the purchase of Shoes* Just think of it! One of the largest, newest, best as? sorted, best bought stock of Boots and Shoes in the State thrown on the markeUfor five months ? At Oost?Actual Cost of Goods in New York and Boston, With freight added. All parties not satisfied with their purchases can get the money back by returning the Shoes unsoiled. All Shoes bearing onr name or the name of tho man? ufacturers are guaranteed to give a reisonable amount of wear. MEN. ff OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Do you know how A Good Razor! Should feel while Shaving ? TAKE a sheet of writing paper, draw it down your face. Now, if you have Razor that feeh that way, you have a good one. If not, try one of our? Ca Ha EJCTRAa This Razor is GUARANTEED to require no honing for years. Satisfaction assured or no sale. THE "ACME" SCALE. We want every Grocer to try one of these Scales. You will save the price one in three months. Your calculations are already made. ' Take care of the-, cents and the dollars will take care of themselves." Come and see ns or write us. Yours truly, CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS,. Main Street Eardwa Store.