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jiMeriJon Intelligencer. PV3Z1UEBD XVERY WEDNEWA 7. J. F. CLn-TKSCALES,) Editors and S3. C. LAKGSTCN, J Proprietors, ~~ TERMS?. ONE TEAR_m.?1 50 SJIX MONTHS ._ 75 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1894. *"*'?'???'??|??"? Congressman McLaurin haa recently written a breezy better to the editor of the Manning Times, which we publish on the first prge of the Intelligencer this week. Coming iVom auch a prominent Reformer a9Mr. MoLourin, it is very Interesting reading. Matters are now about ripe for all honest anil patriotic citizens who appre? ciate' their State reputation and are in? terested ir. its general prosperity, to bury past differences, and to come together again enc- unite for tho common good, political and industrial. . Daring the past two years five United States Senators from the Southern States ; have died at their post of duty. They were Senators Barbour, of Virginia; :Xenna, cf West Virginia; Gibson of Louisiana,; CWqnitt, of Georgia, and Vance, of North Carolina. All of them, except Senator Gibson, died in Washing? ton. The fourth annual Reunion of the Con? federate Veterans In Birmingham, Als,, last weak was a brilliant sncecs, and was attended by more than ten thousand -veterans. The meeting continued through two days, and was full of interest to every delegate present. Gen. John K Gordon .was re-eketed Commander-in-Chief, and it was decided to hold the reunion next year at Hoastcn, Texas. If indefatigable push-and persistence can acco mplish the capture of the north pole then) is no doubt nut that an Ameri? can will l>o the first to lay hooks on that much 3oi ght for and still nnlocated prize of horde;; of Arctio explorers, A fresh of sanguine would-be pole finders are fixing up to start out this spring, unde eterrod by the failures of those who have gonn before. Postmaster General Bissel i has ruled that bereifter only short names, or names of one word only, shall he accepted as names of newly established post offices. The only exception allowed ia where the name la 1 Istorical, or has became affixed to the legality by long usage. Changes ia the mimes cf poatoffioea will only be " owed for the beet of reasons, which ust be presented to the department, e Posi master General says that these es will remove a source of much nbyamie to the department' and of jury to the postal service. Profano swearing is very much dis nraged in Baxte: county, Ark. The grand jury found .that there was on statu I e book a forgotten law making it a crine to use profanity in public places. , 11 proceeded to Interrogate wit ? . n esses and found a great bout of indict? ments ajainatthe people of the county. The ease] were all continued to the next term of < ocrt, now in session, and they have bet in hsiving a lovely time of It. - About half the people indicted have pleaded guilty and been fined 91 and posts. The rest of them are fighting the law. . _ Mrs. M. Fay Pierce advanced some very raillc&l views in a recent lecture before t ae Political Study Club or New ?York. IShe said that she had never joined in any petition for female suffrage for she bfiieved that women had the suf if they only chose to exercise the right. She said that the one thing desira? ble for the advancement of women was the organization of a female branch for every legislature, SUte and National, in 10 coun xy, and she thinks that if women >nld sjreo to elect such, and send them up to Join in the deliberations of the men, thslr Influence would be acknowl Iged and the male Legislatures would not venture to declare any bill law which did not Meet their approval. At the fifth week of the tar in debate in the Seriate opened last Monday. If rumor lv) true, some material changes in the bill have been made in the way of concessions and the industries of the Stales represented by the so-called "con iv<?" Senators will get more pro ion ihan was believed possible-early weok. In many cases it is said BpeclQo rates will be restored and Senate reouctlons of rates imposed by the House bill aba ador.ed. No changes have been isde in the free list so fiu* as can be ued. Coal, Iron ore and lead ore m said, remain as the Senate pre? viously reported them, although great ?ressnro was brought to bear to have duties ou these raw materials increased. : , The town of Chester is the first In the State to declare itself regarding the anom? alous liquor situation. The city council after obtaining legal advice has passed an ordinance to the effect that whereas, according to the decision of the Supreme Court, they have no authority to grant liquor !licenses, and whereas parties are openly violating the law by selling liquor, ' auch parties are deemed guilty of a mis? demeanor and, upon conviction, are to be fined not less than 520 and imprisoned not leas than twenty days. Their places . . are declared to be nuisances and the police lire commanded to abate them at once. It is probable that a test case may be brought under this ordinance, as the liquor men, if arrested, will sue for an injunction._ The constitutional convention of New York will consider a stsrtiing proposi? tion to abrogate wills. It in proposed to hereaftiir to allow no law to be enacted, conferring upon anyone the power to dispose of his or her property after his or her natural life. By thin amendment to the New York constitution all existing laws are to be made inoperative and void. It haa long been chimed that there never yet was a will drawn that could not be broken, so that th are is alwaya temptation on the part of the wicked or avaricious to attempt the work of will breaking. In oppositi on to wills it is claimed that the channels carefully marked out by the law of Inheritance closely follows the line of natural affection and equity; that in about ninety-nine per cent of all cases the law makes better testaments for peo? ple than they can make for themselves. The General Conference of the South? ern Methodist Church, which meets at Memphis, Tann., during May, several matters of interest and importance will be brought up and discussed. The ques? tion of organic union with the Methodist Episcopal Church will be considered, though it ia believed that, as usual, noth? ing will come of it, owing to the size of ] the two great religious bodies. An effort will al so be made at this Conference to change the name of the Church. "The aime as lit is to-day," says a correspon? dent, "is recognized by all, excepting a few in the border conferences, and in the far Werit, it has no political or geographi? cal significance and should not be chang? ed. But it is thought by many some? thing ahcnld be done towards an under? standing between the two great Metho? dist bodies regarding the establishment of Churches and Conferences in the same territory able to support but one branch, jtnd the union of the missionary Keff?'>'r-.r i?h ??<? i r*? of'b"('Lurch." The Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle eays that some few of I the Republican Senators have begun to kick over the traces. Senator Sherman has refused to attempt a delay of the tariff, and announced a few days ago that whenever the Democrats could muster sufficient votes to put through the meas? ure it could be done. Senator Dnbois told the correspondent that every indica? tion pointed to a passage of the bill by June. Tbe wings of the Democratic party have begun to flap in unison, and all Beems fair sailing for the rest of the session. Senator Hill is still vigorously working for delay and to defeat the in? come tax, but when the final vote on the bill is reached it is not generally believed that he will withhold his vote in favor of the measure as a whole. A Washington correspondent says there is a purpose on foot among the Democratic Senators to hold a caucus and adopt a resolution reading Senator Hill out of the party. The position taken by Mr. Hill as to the tariff bill is of course very offensive to the advocates of that measure and to the administration. Prior to the delivery of his speech be was held in suspicion by the tariff reformers. Since then the antagonism has been open. It is held by most of the radical tariff reformers that by his speech Mr. Hill placed himself outside the party. The assumption from this spec- *i is that he will not vote for the ts ~ . 1., and the purpose is, as soon as it is set Jd tbat he will not vote for tbe measure, to hold a canons and declare that his position Is undemocratic and tbat he cannot be re? cognized as a Democrat in the organiza? tion of the Senate and can not be permit? ted to participate in the party caucuses. An Interesting Letter from Mexico. Zacatecas, Mexico, April 20,1594. Editors Intelligencer: The struggle for religious liberty In Mexico has been a long, continuous nnd continued one. To one who is fond of studying history there is in connection with this struggle many interesting incidents. In 1820, when Itur bide proclaimed Mexico free from Spanish domination, it was with the understanding that the priests of the Catholic Church should have complete control of the pub? lic exchequer. But ever since It-* conquest by Cortcz there had been a bitter struggle between the priests and the civil rulers. After her independence from Spanish rule this internal struggle between the clergy and the civil rulers became more severe, and the strife more bitter. In 1887 Juarez proclaimed entire separation between Church and State, and while the victory won Was In favor of the State, still the struggle goes on even yet. While the I State obtained nominal victory, yet it is I in no tense complete We must remem ber that the clergy dominated Mexico for three whole centuries, and it is not to be supposed tbat the customs they imposed on the people during that time can be thrown off in lees than half a century. It is interesting to notice how these two forces contend the one against the other, even now. To show the great power of the Catholic Church with the people I have to mention only a single in cid eat. During holy (?) week all the stores in Za oatecas were dosed, and everybody took holiday. This custom was imposed on the country by the Catholics. Now, un? der these circumstances, what does the State do? Does she observe holy (?) week like the Catholic Church? No, that would never do. To do so would be yield? ing to the customs of tbe Church, which she would not think of doing for a mo? ment. But her employees must have a. week's rest, too; so, instead of observing holy (?) week, the "State allows her em* ployees to rest the week following, thus trying to cut loose from the holidays of the Church. But it is uphill business. In the history of Mexico we read of the f eetness of tbe Indians, and of their \ powers of endurance, It is recorded that 1 tbe Chief Mactezuma bad fresh fish every morning for breakfast that were brought from the coast by runners?a distance of two hundred miles This was done by having men stationed along the route at certain intervals, each one running a cer? tain distance.. The writer has positive proof of their powers of endurance, and ability to travel long distances without rest. BecenUy he visited Colattan, a city southwest of Zacatecas?a city Car remov? ed from ibe railroad or even a stage line. On my return I had to travel forty-five miles on horse-hack before reaching a point on the stage line. This was done in less than a day, and a man came along with me afoot to take the horse back. When I reached my destination my man was there to take charge of my horse, and seemed less fatigued than I, although I had ridden all the way and he walked. This to me is a very interesting fact, espe? cially in the light of past traditions. There is a great deal said now a-day8 about customs of Mexico. Some of toe things we hear are doubtless true, and some otherwise. Bat a case recently came ander the writer's observation that was neither stale nor second-handed, but fresh from the mink A young man wished to propound a certain important question to tbe idol of bis hetut. What does he do ? Does be exercise the right of a free-born American citizen in propounding this all important question himself ? Kot at all. He has discovered another way ot meeting tbe difficult-. His method is tbe follow? ing: He, in a somewhat tremulous man? ner, goes to his father, and in a bait stammering way, tells him what 1b the matter with him. The father then goes to some person (in this case known to the writer) acceptable to the young lady, and requests that he make known the wishes of nls son to the yonng lady, and also to her family. In the present case, the young lady did not return an affirmative answer, but begged for more time, in which she might have an opportunity to get better acquainted with hornovia before getting engaged. In this, it seems to the writes. she acted wisely. It m ight not be out of place to say she is a Christian young lady. Respectfully, M. GASSAWAY. Be Beats Tfrree Horses. Columbia, April 20.?The bicycle-horse race run here this afternoon was the most exciUng race of any kind ever run on this track. It was full of life, spirit and excitement from beginning to end. Fully five hundred people were out to see the race. It was five o'clock beforo the start was made. Jack Prince, the victorious long-dis? tance rider, and Nellie, one of the three horses to race with him, got an evon start, and during the first mile and a half around the track the horses, which were changed every mile and a half kept from ten to twenty- yards ahead. Then the nip and tuck began. At one time tbe horses were ahead and then Jack Prince. Toward the end Prince took the lead, but on the twenty-sixth, the next to the last lap, lost his position, and thon George W., Haight's best racer, was put in and most persons thought Prince would lose, but he lot himself out and after having made fast time during the whole race made the last mile in 2.424 and the last half in 1.20. The occupants of the grand stand rose en masse towards the finish and all the while fearful that the horse would win, but Prince bent over his wheel and with one superhuman spurt he cross? ed the line five feet ahead of tbe plunging horse. There was no hoax about tbe race. Height entered George W., Nellio and Kittle, three of his best horses, and let them out. Prince worked splendidly and had to contend against n billy and somewhat rough track. The time for tbe twenty miles was 62 minutes and 18 2-5 seconds. The Blowest mile run was In 3.12}, and the second mile was made in 2.54. Prince was in good shape when be fin? ished, as the first thing he did was to oom Elain of tbe track, an evidence of his hav ig wind. Everyone was delighted with tbe ex? citing race and Prince received an ova? tion after winning. The race was for a purse of $200 and 75 per cent, of the gate receipts to tbe winner. Tbe only relief Prince got was the two drinks he took while in transit.?JVews and Courier, ? When fevers and other epidemics are around, safety lies in fortifying tbe system with Ayers Sarsaparille. A per? son having thin and impure blood, is in tbe most favorable condition to "catch" whatever disease may be floating in the air. Be wise in time. ? Prof. Ball, the astronomer royal of j Ireland, calls attention to a ourious fact in connection with tides. At present the moon is 240,000 miles away, but there was a time in the distant past when it was only about one-sixth part of this, or say about 40,000 miles. If the moon at a distance of 240,000 miles gives us tides that average three feet the world over, they must have been 216 times higher, or at least 640 feet, at the time when it was only 40,000 miles away. Such a tide as tbe above would drown the Mississippi Valley from tbe Eads jetties to the mouth of the Bad Axe, and would pile up water 300 feet deep in f ie streets of St, L' Ii i s DOW? IT MUST 60. J?te Bagglug hat Served Its Day und Gen? eration. Atlanta Constitution. The days of jute are numbered ! For years and years tbe farmers of tbis country have been in servitude to this foreign importation. It has never been popular for the simple reason that it fails to give protection ; and by tbe time a bale of cotton reaches England, after its Erolonged voyage, it bears a close resem lance to a huge sponge and looks as if it might have come from that aquarian family. At last, however, bo fares bagging is concerned, it looks as if jute must go. In the courso of a few years a piece of jute bagging will be as hard to find as tbe lost tribes of Israel. It may get into a museum or find its way through dark alleys into the varied assortment of an old curiosity shop, but the world will know very little of it ex? cept through tbe relic hunter and the antiquarian. This may sound a bit like humor, and .yet at the same time it is sober prophecy. A thoughtful man has taken it upon himself to relieve the farmers of this coun? try from their unhappy thraldom, and to supply a substitute for jute bagging. In this enterprise he appears to have been successful. At least his invention ban met with tbe endorsement of the leading practical business men of tbis country. This gentleman, who holds the key to the situation, is Mr. H. O. King. It happens that Mr. King is a reside tit of Atlanta. This is in accordance with "the eternal fitness of things," as Atlanta is the empress of tbe cotton belt. He came originally from tbe State of South Carolina. Mr. King proposes tc substitute a gal? vanized wire netting in place of the old jute bagging. Underneath the netting and wrapping the bale of cotton, is a covering of wood pulp. Thin renders the bale impervious to water, oU or other liquids, which so frequently injure the commodity. Tbe bale, by tbis process of treatment, is also rendered fire-proof, and Mr. King says, if his patent is adopted, that such a thing as a burning or tbe conflagration of a warehouse, caused by a careless pipe or an accidental spark, will be entirely re? moved from the pale of probability. In view of the fact that warehouses Are being destroyed every day of the world, and that millions of dollars are thus con? sumed every year for the want of better protection, St Is an argument in favor of this new process, aside from any question of cost or practical economy. Theoost of preparing a bale of cotton, in this way, however, for tbe market, is cheap enough to enter the field of com? petition, aside from its superior service and the more thorough protection which it gives to the bale of cotton. This statement of the case, as taken from the lips of Mr. King, should excite popular interest and rivet commercial attention. If successful in its universal applica? tion, it will be one of tbe most remarka? ble patents of the century, and will affect the entire civilized world. A very interesting conversation was held with Mr. King yesterday afternoon in regard to his wire netting. "I began to think over tbe matter several years ago," said Mr. King, thoughtfully, a3 he endeavored to locate tbe exact period of time. "It was during our first Cotton exposition, in 1881, and, I believe, during tbe first week of the exposition. I had long been interested in the subject of cotton, and to me tbe I exposition was full of soggostlveness. I saw the inferiority of jute, or rather Its inefficiency, for at that time I had no other article in mind, which would enable me to make a comparison, and I determined then and there to give the matter my attention. I have never since abandoned the idea. It has been present with me night and day, until at last I am satisfied that my efforts have been suc? cessfully rewarded." "What of pine-straw bagging, and of bagging made from the cotton itself?" the question was asked. "Is there any likelihood of oomnetltlon from either direction?" Mr. King only smiled. "Neither of them," said be, "has been able to dis? place jute, and neither of them renders any protection to tbe bale of cotton." "We not only want a substitute for jute bagging, but something that will render better service. Under this new patent the shape of tbe bale is preserved, while nothing can soil or injure the staple by reason of its secure packing. It is not exposed to tbe open air, nor to any of the liabilities which surround a bale of cot-1 ton In its present condition." "Is the process simple and capable of being easily understood by tbe farmer?" "2s othing Is simpler. A bale of cotton can be dressed with the wood pulp and covered with the wire nettingas easily as it can be covered with jute bagging. The farmer can fix it up at his own plantation gin and when he has dressed it, he can then take it to tbe compress and get it ready for exportation. It Is tbe simplest thing in the world. When the bale is compressed It is not flat and ungainly like a bale o.' cotton under tbe present system In operation, but is round and symmetrical. It presents tbe appearance of a cylinder, and fs a very neat and attractive looking bundle. It is hard and compact, and such a thing as larceny la effectively prevented. It is im possible for an ounce of cotton to be stolen." The reputation of Mr. Edward Atkin? son is international. The endorsement of such an eminent authority as Mr. Atkinson, whose life has been devoted to tbe study of practical economy and phil? anthropic research, is a very potential consideration. ? Mr. Atkinson has written the follow? ing letter to Mr. King: "Dear Sir: On examination of tbe bale which you have brought to Boston, it appears that your coarse wire netting keeps the bale in a muob better shape for carrying than any that I have yet seen, the shape being substantially uniform i not quite rectangular at tbe corners aud edges, but so nearly so as to make the bale one easily packed in storehouses or on shipboard. "That your bale will be much safer from fire conveyed by sparks or even by actual proximity to ignited substances there can bo no doubt. It will have another great advantage over tbe ordiuary bale. If it becomes impregnated with oil or grease at any point, the grease spot will show on tbe covering, which is of light color, thereby indicating a danger which is not easily avoided in tbe ordi? nary bale. "The adoption of yonr method of pack? ing will also lead to another great and necessary reform. The bale will not be cut open to facilitate the present crude and wasteful method of taking samples. The superintendent of each gin may be made a sworn weigher and a sworn sam? pler to sample the cotton in duplicate and certify the samples by certificates which ga with tbe bale. If to this you add the binese habit of putting the grower's name and address into the middle of every bale, you will, I think, have taken the longest step toward the right im? provement of the methods of handling and dealing with cotton. As an under? writer, insuring very large quantities of cotton, in factory storehouses, I most earnestly hope for your success iu the introduction of tbis important method of baling cotton. Yours very truly, "Edwaep Atkiksos." This letter, in a nutshell unfolds the entire story of Mr, King's Invention and the advantages to be gained. It should be gratifying to Atlanta's pride to know that a process of baling cotton, which is destined to have its recognition throughout tbe world, if not a complete adoption, has originated in her midst and is the product, so to speak, J of her own ingenuity. Mr. D. M. Thompson, of Providence, R. 1., recently brought tbe matter before a semi-annual meeting of tbe Northeast Cotton Manufacturers' Association. Among other things this well-known financier observed; ''My attention was recently called to a new method of cov? ering cotton. It is a patented process, invented iu 1889, and known as the 'King oo t t on bale covering.' Sam pie bales have been exhibited, during the past two years, through the South and have re? ceived the endorsement of thp Farmers' Alliance Association in seven of tbe cot? ton States. It has also been exhibited at tbe cotton exchange in New York and may bave been seen by some of the members present. A bale of cotton, cov? ered by the King method, is now in tbe corridor of this bulldiug. In view of tho continual loss which we have sustained from fire, I am deeply impressed with the importance of discovering and adopt? ing a better method than has heretofore existed for covering and baling cotton. "The King cotton covering consists of a wrapper called asbestos, but which is made of a vegetable largely composed of cotton stalks ground into a pulp and treated by a chemioal process, which renders it absolutely indestruotible by fire and, for practical purposes, Is Imper? vious to water, while it possesses the properties of absorbing or Imparting moisture as affected by atmospheric con? ditions. The covering thus composed is made into a sheet of about three thirty seconds of an inch thick: within the central body thereof is laid a fine wire cloth of one quarter inch mesb, which gives to the material a firm and reliable structure. This covering is then laid in two sheets, one above and tbe other below the bale to be covered; the edges are overlapped, thus completely enclos? ing the cotton. The bale is then secured by means of a galvanized wire cloth of two-inch mesh made of No. 18 steel wire. It is made of a width slightly less than the breadth and thickness of the bale aud cut off in lengths required. When the bale has been compressed to the density required the selvedge edges of the wire cloth cover are fastened by means of wire hooks. The weight of this cover is about the same as two-pound bagging, and I am assured by the inventor, sup? plemented by the written proposals of the manufacturers, that it can be sold to the farmers at a cost not exceeding 75 cents per bale. It will, therefore, effect a saving of at least. 20 cents to the farmer, nearly equal to .ho resale of bags and ties. Laoghlng at Law. Florence, April 28.?On the 25th inst. I the city council of Florence, at their j regnlar meeting, passed an ordinance providing for the issue of licenses for the sale of liquor. The next day W. B. Rollins, having complied with all the necessary requirements prescribed by the council and having paid the license fee of 550C, received his licenso to retail spirituous liquors. Yesterday Mr. John N. Honckle swore out a warrant against him for violating the Dispensary Act of 1893, by the sale of liquor. Mr. lien ekle named as witnesses to the violation of the latest Dispensary law by Mr. Rollins, J. E. Suhouboe, Editor Clayton, of the Reform Advocate, the local Tillman organ, and others. Mr. Rollins was arrested by the sheriff and kept in his custody. This morning Mr. C. S Nettles, the well known Darlington attorney, left Florence for the purpose of procuring a writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court in Mr. Rollins' behalf, his purpose being to test the last Dispensary Aot and to determine whether municipalities could or could not license the sale of liquor. It was hoped that by Monday, at least, Mr. Nettles might have the ques? tion before the Supreme Court and end the reign of what Governor Tillman calls "free liquor." To the surprise of our Eeople, however. Trial Justice E. W. loyd, who issued the warrant, received a dispatch from Attorney General Buch? anan, ordering him to release Mr. Rol? lins from enstody. This was done, and so, by the Act of the administration, making a flagrant abuse of power, a set? tlement of the legal status of the liquor question is prevented and free liquor forced upon our people.?State. Plenty to Drink. Columbia, S. C, April 28.?No State or country in the world has, perhaps, ever been so peculiarly situated with regard to the control of the liquor traffic as South Carolina is just at this time. It is free liquor everywhere for every? body. Saloons are starting; up bv the hundred. All kinds of mixed drjnks'can be secured once more. The liquor men are paying no license, nor anything else, and are reaping a big harvest. The municipal? ities are powerless to control the traffic, and it is liquor, liquor everywhere. So much for present conditions. It might bo added, however, that the Uoi ted States revenue authorities have is? sued something over a hundred liquor licenses to date. Another feature of this wholesale traffic is tbo fact that liquor drinking has fallen off considerably since the dispensary system was knocked out. It is simply no longer forbidden frnit. Everybody is looking to the fu? ture. There is every indication to-day that by next fall the dispensary law will be re-enacted and will be held to be consti? tutional and that this State will have it for a term of several years. ' A few days ago circulars were sent out to all trial justices that when a liquor case came before them they must notify the Attorney General by wire. A man was arrested in Florence Friday. Mr. C. S. Kettles, the attorney who bo success? fully fought the dispensary law, was just about to get into the Supreme Court to have it define its recent decision, when the State showed its hand ordering the prisoner dismissed and the case discon? tinued. This action is regarded by the attorney aa indicating plainly the govern? or's future course and explaining his statement that he would fight in the coming campaign for the law just as it went to the Supreme Court, and that there would be more dispensary business. This latter statement came through the liquor commissioners. The State's scheme seems to be to block any possible case getting before the pres? ent Supreme Court; to go into the cam? paign and make as much as possible out of the comparison of absolutely free li? quor with the dispensary system; to give justice-elect Gary time to supplant Judge McGowan on the Supreme bench and to say, "I dissent," instead of "I concur;" to get the next Legislature to re-enact the law, and then let a case go up and that the law be held constitution- ' al; to resume business forthwith and continue it. The Supreme Courtis the final court in such matters, provided no federal ques? tion is decided. So far the questions in? volved apply strictly to the State Consti? tution. The law, once held constitution? al, would remain impregnable for sever? al years, as the terms of the new judges are long. Governor Tillman will no longer be Governor and will not have to enforce the law. At the same time be will leave bis pet issue in a law on the statute books, playing quite a card for himself in his senatorial race. A promi? nent man to-day said that he feared that serious trouble would result whenever an attempt was made to enforce this law a second time, for the people had op {>osod it from the first on the ground that t deprived citizens of inalienable rights, and now, since the decision of the court, they ware more convinced of this than ever.?Atlanta Constitution. The Landslide ! QOEnEO, April 30.?About 8.30 o'olock Friday night the inhabitants of the vil? lage of St. Alban, situated some fifty miles from here in Port Neuf county, heard a terrific noise, resembling the roll of thunder in the distance. The soil commencing to vibrate, a panic ensued. Farmers ran out of their dwellings to avoid being buried under the ruins, as they believed the ground was going to give away beneath them. At the upper end of the village, some three miles from the parish church, is a curve formed by the river St. Anne and close to the curve is a waterfall 150 feet high. The ground forming the right hand side of the fall gave way, burying the pulp wood mill, which was situated right underneath, and blocking the course of the stream. The stream, which was very rapid on account of the melting snow over the mountains and adjacent valley, spread over tho adjoining farms and caused the undermined embankment to slide into tho river, filling it up. Several houses along the river bank were carried into the river, One of them was occupied by a family named Gautbier, numbering four persons, all of whom perished. Smoke was seen to ascend from under the ruins, showing what an awful death the occupants m ust have met. The ground which slid into the river measured about six square miles. Whole farms have been destroyed and their stocks and farm produce. The old bed of St. Anne river is now levelled and the rivsr runs miles from where it coursed before. People in the neighborhood of the scene of the dis? aster are still terror-stricken. The oldest inhabitants of tho place never witnessed or beard of such a thing before, although several landslides have occurred in the neighborhood during the last fifty years. The rush of water from the Laurentian chain of mountains is tremendous during the spring time, owing to the melting snow, and it is thought by scientific men that the ground had been honeycomed by the water, owing to the fact that the lower strata of soil formation, aru mostly clay. Large tracts of land with trees and vegetation 1 have been shifted without the least dis? turbance, while in other places, the land was completely turned over. The losses are estimated at $500,000. -. -ja. t 9? .?1-? A Southeru Invention. Chattanooga, April 24.?A Chattanoo? ga oompany has oompletnd and had pat? ented a oontinuous automatio roll train, for converting steel billets into rods and hoops, that they claim will revolutionize that portion of the steel manufacturing business. The billet of steel when once placed in the rolls can, without being again handled, be brought out in any dimension or shape wanted. It is claim? ed this will bsvo fully ?1.50 on every ton of eteol handled. The patent roller was built by Stanley O. Haskins, a son of the patentee and builder of the first continuous rolls ever made and which are now used in near? ly every large steel mill in the United States, A company has also been formed in this city to put the patent into immediate use and is now putting three of the rolls in place and will within the next thirty days begin the manufacture of cotton ties on a large scale. With the new ma? chine, the billet of steel is put into the rolls and when next seen, is a cotton Uo ready for bundling and shipping. The machine will reduce the cost of manu? facturing cotton ties by about f 2 per ton. Loyalty of the Sonth to the Flag. New York, April 27.?The annual dinner in celebration of tbe birthday of Gen. U. S. Grant, arranged by a commit? tee consisting of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Gen. Horace Porter, Gf?n. Charles H. T. Collins and others, took place at the Waldorf tbis evening. About one hun? dred and twenty persons were in attend? ance. Elihu Root presided, and Secre? tary of the Navy Herbert delivered the principal address. He said in part: Away down South in Alabama, nestling in the lap of the mountains, is Birming? ham. It was founded after the great American conflict had passed Into histo? ry by men who had fought under Lee and Jackson and Johnston. Then came to help ibem men who fought under Grant and Sherman, and the Union men and the Ex-Confederates together build ed tbe Magic City, a city that is already known far and wide as the coming rival of the industrial centres of tbe world. That city, with Its furnaces aglow by night and by day, and with its railroads stretching out to the North and West is an object lesson, teaching not only the material value of the union of all these States, but illustrating also by the condi? tion of its growth tbe grand characteris? tics of tbe American people who fought each other with a courage that was never surpassed, and then threw down their arms and clasped hands to fight together the battles of peace with a unanimity that has never been equalled. Tbe material advancement of the Southern States in recent years, of which the growth of Birmingham is a type, is something wonderful, but the change that has taken place in that section has been more marvelous still. During tbis f?resent week there has been a gathering n that city of those who fought against the union of these States, They met to do honor to the virtues of those who died by their sides, to rekindle the friendships that were formed around the campfires and cemented on the battlefield, and to daviso means to relieve as they might the sufferings and wants of such of their comrades as were in need of help. They have not ceased and they never will cease to do honor to the memory of the brave men who fell by their sides. And yet I say to you, gentlemen, what I know to be true, that in all tbis gathering of Ex-Confederates there was not one lin? gering sentiment of disloyalty to the flag of the Union that floated ?ver their heads as they deliberated. I say to you further that there was not in that meeting a man who, when he was a soldier thirty years before under the Confederate flag, could have for a mo? ment believed that the change of feeling that has taken place In his heart toward tbe union for these States was among the possibilities of the future; but so it is; that which was seemingly impossible has now become an accomplished fact. Verily the facts of American history are stranger than any fiction that ever was conceived by tbe brain of man. And this mighty revolution of public sentiment has not been confined to the South. From the very beginning of our Government, from the day when North Carolina hesitated for months, and Rhode Island deliberated for nearly two years before agreeing to come into the Union, down to the war for secession, the value of that Union was freely ques ? tioned, and often debated. At different times great conventions of excited men now in England and then in tbe South, and statesmen in Congress and on the hus? tings discussed it. Whether a State had the right to sever its connections to the Union was an open qnestion until it was settled by the ar? bitrament of war. Since that great tri? bunal entered its judgment and adjourn? ed without a day more than a quarter of a century had elapsed, and from that hour up to tbis moment not a State Legislature or a State convention, or a county con? vention or even a school boys' debating society has taken up that question for discussion. We are not to be two nations of Anglo Saxon people lying side by side, each like the unhappy nations of tbe Old World, armed to tbe teeth on land and sea against its neighbors. We are to live under one flag, and tbis is to be tbe guar? antee to us of peace and prosperity, and we are to constitute all together, North, South, East and West, one gov? ernment. The Secretary then spoke eloquently ot Gen. Grant, dwelling at considerable length on his ability as a commander of armies, of his patriotism, of his Innate nobility, and especially of his magna? nimity. Strange, If True. "I guess you never heard of how Jef? ferson Davis freed a lot of niggers long before the thought of freeing the blacks iu tbis country was anything more than a chimerical dream in the minds of some New England Pnrltans, did you?" in? quired Major L. H. Casnn, of Nashville, Tenn., of a St. Louis reporter. "It may be a fairy tale or it may not, but anyhow, it will bear repeating: "As I received the story direct from my grandfather, who claimed to kuow all tbe circumstances, it ran about this way: While a young man, and soon after moving from bis native home In Ken? tucky, Jeff Davis bought a cargo of blacks just brought over from Africa by a slave trader, who ran tbe blockade and landed them in New Orleans. While they were working in the cotton field one day, Mr. Davis observed bis new negroes making Masonic signs of distress to the Overseer. That individual, not being a Mason, thought the negroes were only carrying on a system of signals prepara? tory to revolt and was about to have them whipped. Mr. Davis stopped this proceeding. He tested the negroes thoroughly, and, to his amazement, discovered that they were third degree Masons, though brought from the very heart of Africa. Being a Mason himself, you can under? stand that he lost no time in giving tbem their freedom and the choice of either re? turning to Africa or remaining on his es? tate until he could provide for tbem in some other way. Most of tbem were shipped to Africa at Mr. Davis' expense, though some of them remained with him until the end. "Now,' if this story is true?and I don't doubt it?how did Masonry find its way into the heart of Africa. I have often thought it strange that the Maiions have never investigated this matter." Earthquake Predictions. Speaking of Professor Falb, the Aus? trian expert, whose earthquake predic? tions have attracted so much attention, and who predicts that New York will be overwhelmed by a tidal wave this sum? mer, the New York Advertiser says: A hiBtory of successful earthquake pre? dictions, which are numerous, is given by Professor M'lne. In 1843 a bishop of Iscbja forewarned his people of a coming earthquake and saved many lives. The shock of 1851 at Melphi was predicted by tbe Capuchin fathers. In the first case the warning was based on a change in tbe character of mineral waters, and in the other a lake very near tbe door of the monastery became turbulent without any apparent cause. A crazy soldier an? nounced In advance the London earth? quake in 1691 and a Milanese astrologer that of Leghorn in 1742. These were happy guesses. In earthquake countries there'are shock prophets just as there are weather prophets with us. In both cases only the successful guesses are re? corded, Professor Falb bases bis predictions on the old theory that earthquake shocks are produced by the attractive influence of the sun and moon produoiog a tide in the fluid interior of tbe earth, which causes fractures of the solid orust. Pos? sibly when we understand electricity bet'er we shall have an earthquake as well as a weather bureau. He left Eight Widows, New York, April 27.?One of the most remarkable cases on record of matrimo? ny run mad has just developed at Coney Island. George Island, a saloon keeper, died there Sunday morning, Monday his widows began to arrive to claim his corpse, The last came Tuesday night, and when they were counted up it was found that there were seven in all. They found Island's body in obarge of his last and eighth putative wife. One from Brooklyn and another from Baltimore backed up their claims with marriage certificates, but those females who were not supplied with documents of that sort at first refused to give way. For a time it looked as though tbe claimants would have to draw Iota for the possession of is? land's body, His father, who had been telegraphed to by the woman young Island was liv? ing with when he died, came on from Connecticut, reaching Coney Island on Tuesday. Only the two legal wives and the woman in whose arms he died faced the father. The others hovered around the house weeping and walling, but not daring to enter and face the stern yet sor? rowing father. -w A child was cured of croup by a dose or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, A neighbor's ohild died of tbe same dread disease, while. the father was getting ready to call tbe doctor. This shows the necessity of having Ayer's Cherry Peo toral always at hand, ?$9 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. CcntervUlc Items. A number of the people of this section are having a rongh time with the mum])'*. Mr. Tom. King and several others are very low with this disease. The farmers have about finished plant? ing cotton, and they will Boon have to be? gin working it, for tbe grass is coming. Mrs. Cummings, of Texas, is in this ecc tion visiting friends. Mr. Joseph Burgess, of Townville, has been visiting in this section. We had the pleasure of visiting Fort Hill the other day, and, of course, enjoyed the trip. Everything is working smoothly up there. This section is getting to be noted for its piety, and we are having a great deal of preaching. Let tbe good work continue. One of onr girls says she in going to stop dressing so fln?, as tbe boys were get? ting oo tbey do not P'ke fine dresses, and would not go with girls who wore them. Mr. Lawrence has purchasod a new ouggy, and says he now needs a cook. < Look out, girls. Little Pet. ; Townville Local*. As the Dispensary law has been pro? nounced unconstitutional, we hope the au? thorities will enforce prohibition strictly. ? A member of Congress lately said : "I received during the last two years I was in the House so many begging let? ters that I was astonished, and I filed them. At the end of my term?two years you know?I looked them over and added up the sums asked of me. My salary is $5,000 a year ; I was asked to give away ?22,000 in ouo year and the same sum the second year, with $500 more added. All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on tbe advertised Druggist and get aTrial Bottle?Free. Send your name and address to II E. Backlen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor Free. AK of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing at Hill Bros. Drugstore. See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our "Souvenir Portfolio of the world's Columbian Exposition." The reg? ular price is fifty cents, out as wc want you to have one, we make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style Let us show to B. It. Tillnian and nome or his followers that we are not law-breakers when the laws come under the constitu? tion of our 8tate. Mr. P. S. Mabaffey, a substantial far? mer living near this place, lost a fine mule tho other day. The mule got hung in the stable and was disabled so that it died. Miss Claudia Parker, of Uonea Path, S. C, is spending awhile with her sister, Mrs. J T. Guinea, of this place Col. J. N. Brown and family, of Ander? son, S. C , have been vUitiug the Colonel's mother, Mr*. H. T. Brown, of Ibis place. Mr. E. P. Earle made a very practical speech in the Baptist Sunday School last Sunday. Mr. Pleas Mabaffey, of Auderson, at? tended Church here Sunday, Mr. J. T. Gaines, of this place, de? lights in company. There is a young female visitor at bin hou^e that be has de? cided to keep all tbe time. Mesura. E. P. Earle, L. 0. Bruce, J. P.. Bruce, W. N. Bruce, and the Rev. J. P. Singleton, of this place, left this morning to attend the Union Meeting at Mountain Creek. We have been traveling over Oconce and Anderson Counties a good deal this spring, and we find that the small grain crop is looking fine. But we notice too much cotton planted for the amount of corn. Mrs. Andrew II unter is still in very fee? ble health. Miss Mamie Brown, of Anderson, S. C, is spending awhile with her graud-mother, Mrs. H. T. Brown, at this place. We visited Mr. Wm Campbell up in OcDneo the other day. Mr. Campbell la a prosperous farmer, raising all bis corn and meat at honia and making his cotton crop a surplus. All who can do so should take advan? tage of the low rates and attend the South? ern Baptist Convention that convenes in Dallas, Texas, in May. Olb Rosin De Bow. Newell Mews. With the expression cf one who has played the ace of trumps, the boys an? nounce that they are about done planting and have got their corn worked over the first time. We are needing ram now and needing it badly, too. City bicyclists who enjoy a ?pin through the country will ti;.d our roads in trim now. Mr. and Mrs. F. M Stone, of Donnalds, are on a visit to the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E- Wiglugton, at this place. Gardeners are having a time of it, sure. The frosts oleaned them up once and now the moles, woods rats, etc.. are trying tbelr luck. A good many of our people are on tho sick list this week. Mr. H. D. Rogers is seriously ill and has been confined to his bed for several weeks with fever. Drummers, peddlers, agents, A.c., in firofusion. Guess the book agents and ightning rod men will be around in a few days. We are training our dog anyhow. Oar friend, Mr. James Smith, killed a Ol tXri. XI COL OUU3UUU W1LU lb Olktl JUI get it we will refund the stamps and le you keep tbe book. Address U. E. Buck' en & Co. Chicago, 111. $50.00 REWARD. ESCAPED from my Stockade near An derson one negro convict naiuec Thomas McNeill. Age 22, 6 feet 6 incbei high, scar on corner left eye, hole in lef ear for ring, has large mouth and thicl lip and large neck. I will pay $50.00 re ward for his delivery at my farm. If ar rested notify J. S. Fowler at Anderson B.C. W.Q.HAMMOND. May 2,1894 41 I* A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIP AROUND THE WORLD FREE! -o A Large and Wonderful Collectioi of Instantaneous Photo? graphic Views. THE Landscape Viewa are of the bea character, representing the magnificen scenery of America, Switzerland, Ireland Germany, Italy and all other prominen countries of the globe, street scenes in th< leading ciiies, showing people, vehicles the great Cathedrals, stupendous ruins monuments, statues, oriental scenes am exquisite take and river views. This remarkable volume is altogethe different and far more valuable and enter taining than anything whioh has eve been offered before?it is more like a Mag nificent Album, containing the? Grandest Views of the World. Nothing better or more valuable couh adorn tbe Centre Table or Library of an; Home. By buying $20 00 worth of Drugs (cash we will give one of the above elegan books free. A card will be punched eacl time a purchase is made. Call and examine it. TODD & EVANS, DRUGGISTS. nawK on Xiittie arusny ureeK tue ma ? lt., that measured four feet and four inches from tip to tip. It was the largest one ever seen through here. Among the physicians licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners in Co lumbia last Tuesday was our frieud Dr. W. A. THpp. ??Will" bangs out his shingle with flattering prefects. Some of tbe farmers tell us tbat they have about as fine prospects for a good wheat crop as ever. Since it has come out so, they think tbat perhaps the freeze killed the insects and was not so bad after all. We would urge "A Blushing Pansy," our Pisgah correspondent, to boom tint literary society. Several of the Mountain Springs boys say that they will join It and attend regularly. So many of the mem bers of their society have moved away that tbey bad to disband. Several of our farmers express them? selves as being in a state of uneasiness about tbe cut worms and grasshoppers. Tbey say tbat tbey never saw as many of them for tbe time of year as there is now If the boys are not stopped from scouring the country in the fall and winter shoot? ing birds these peats will soon be a serious thing to contend with. Let the birds alone and they will keep them down. Let the birds live! He is one of your most faitbfnl laborers and exacts for his pay but a small per cent, of vi hat be saves for you. Ned Needle Poverty Ridge Items. We are still having fine weather for farm work. I do not remember to have ever seen a better lime for tbe farmers to Ereparo and plant a crop, than we have ad in this section since we began work There has not been over a day tbat the land was too wet to plough, yet we have had rain enough to keep tbe land from becoming too bard. Mrs J. S. Ragsdale and son while re? turning from Honea Path last Friday tbe mule tbey were driving became frightened and ran away with the buggy, throwing Mrs, Ragsdale out snd paiulclly hurting ber, and damaging the buggy a good deal. John is a worthy young man, but it seems he is unfortunate. He had a good young mule to die some weeks ago and had to buy another, which ran away and tore up his buggy. We have had six or seven old-time log? rollings in this section lately, during which politics and the right time of the moon to plaut were the topics of discus? sion. Nearly all agree that the dark of the moon is the right time to plant, but disagree when tbe moon 1b dark. Some claim it to bo da?k from the full until new moon. Others claim that it is dark from last quarter to first quarter. Two of my neighbors went to town on the same day, and both bought Irish potatoes. It was just after the new moon. One planted his potatoes right away, as he said the moon was right. The other did not plant until the moon was full, for, be said, if planted on the new of the moon, they would all go to vine and make no potatoes. Now each is certain he is right. 'I have always made fair crops of potatoes by planting in the soil, moon or no. moon. Mr. J. M Shirley still keeps up his fish pond.' He has some very fine carp and an immense magnitude of snakes. As Mr. Shirley and I are too old to try to tell a snake story, any one wishing to know the number, color and size will have to ask BURNING QUESTION W1TAT KIND TU BUY AND WHERE TO BUY II PURE WATER WHITE EVERY GALLON FOLLY GUAKANTEED MAKES A PURE WHITE LIGHT. :. NO SMOKE. IIU SMELL. HAVE AGREED TO SELL FIFTY BARREL! Juat as soon as we can, and must have your assistance Uli. uuikuu. "'?""^ stamp there were not a score, but If there had been as many more and half as many more and two so&?as e.nd a half there would have been a score. How many snakes were there ? Mr. N. A. J. Greer is having his grove cleaned off for a play ground for the can? didates this summer. Have we prohibition or free whiskey ? It reems to me it is prohibition and noth? ing else. Well, that is what the majority voted for. The Silver veto is discussed by some and cuesed by others. It may be the banks have the government by the leg, as Col. Oates says, or in the condition our creditors get us poor fellows sometimes when we have to dance to their music. Tbero is only one thing about silver that I profess to know, and that is I am out of the commodity. There was a large crowd at the Union Meeting, which met with the Barker's Creek Church last Sunday. The meeting came too soon or the chicken crop too late to have much fried ohicken, but it was a nice day for the young ladies to show their new hats. Fox Aaron, ? Mr. Abram Corraut, who lived in Charlton county, Georgia, Just over the line from Florida, died recently at the ace of S4. Ho was a veteran of the Mexi PRICE GALLON. 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So you see I am right in the "push," and it will pay you to<gefcmw prices before you buy. I have also on hand a big lot of? Molasses, Coffee, Tobacco and all kinds oi Groceries, That I will sell astonishingly cheap. Try J. N. No. 2 Coffee, the best you ev?r drank,-, and get a Ten Ponnd Caddie of "Little Reaper Tobacco," the best you ever bought for the money. I have also an immense stock of? DRY GOODS, SHOES AND HATS, Which I am selling cheaper than ever before. ?Sr- Come and examine and price my Goods, and I will convinceyo^ that I mean business. Yours truly, M- A. DEAN. NEW ARRIVAL - OF OUTINGS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS, NAINSOOKS, LAWNS, DOTTED SWISSES, In White, Pink, Blue, Green, Orange and Black, LACES and EMBROIDERIES, - AIVD - Many other things we are going to sell Oheaj CALL AND SEE TJS. Yours truly, BROWN, OSBORNE & CO..