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Itniiersoii Intelligencer. PUBLISHEDEVERYWEDNESDAY. Jr P. CUNKSC ALES, | Editors an? 0. C. LANGSTON, J Pkopbeetobs. TERMS: ONE YEAR....?1 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1895. Butler, a Populist, and Pritohard, a Republican, will be the next United StatesrSenators from North Carolina. Congressman Talberfc, from this State, has sent the Intemjgencer a copy or ? bis speech recently delivered on the cur? rency question. Georgia has done her duty to the Ne -braska sufferers. She sent twenty-one *i car-loads of provisions and lhel. The cash value of which was $12,500. Mr. McKinley will now be able to .get his clothing so much cheaper than he feonght it under his own law that he will soon begin to consider himself cheap sud nasty. In another column we publish a letter that appeared in the daily papers a tew days ?go from Congressman MoLaurln, one of the original movers ia the reform movement. He is certainly getting np a reputation as a letter-writer, and he knows what he is talking about. That Wall Street conspiracy to force Secretary Carlisle out of office, was, as it deserved to be, a failure. President Cleveland knows the value of Secretary Carlisle too well to allow hini to retire from the head of the Treasury before March 4, 1897. Robert Ely, Attoraey-iSrenerai of Geor? gia under Gov. Oolquitli, died Tuesday, 15th inst,, at the county almshouse. He had a brilliant mind, and made an able Attorney-General. Brink and morphine wrecked him, and for two years he had Dsea cared for by Fulton County. The Republicans have issued a call for a convention to be held at Columbia, February 6th, to re-organize the Repub? lican party in this State. The purpose of the call is to breathe vitality into the old party and to prepare to take part in the election of delegates to the Constitutional Convention. The South Dakota Rspublicaus have l03t one of their most active and able leaders in the person of State Treasurer Taylor, who has left the State without accounting for $350,000 of the State's ?money. There seems to be no doubt that the good old Republican limes hava come back?but not to stay. ?i The first camber of the Carolina Plan? ter, published semi-monthly at Florence, S. C.,ison bur table. It is a nesta.nd interesting journal, devoted to the inter? est of the farmer and hio family, end is abij edited by Mr. W. D. Woods, for? merly editor of the Darlington Bercld. We wiah the Planier success. There Is one member of the Texas ^Legislature who does not believe in hiring a-preacher to do the praying for the House. In opposing the election of a Chaplain he said if there were not enough of Christians in the body to take it turn? about in invoking divine guidance, .the formal prayers of a hired Chaplain would be of little practical value to them. The ?aw as to chattel mortgages lias been amended. Heretofore a payment endorsed on a chattel mortgage prevented a foreclosure. The amended law gives tho-mortgages the right to foreclose even after the date for foreclosure has expired and when payments have been made on the mortgage. That is, accepting pay? ments and letting the time specified for ^foreclosure pass does not vitiate the con? tract. Thev United State* Senate as it stands consists of forty-four Democrats, thirty six Republicans and five Populists, with ree vacancies. Of the thirty-two out? ing Senators fifteen are Democrats and seventeen Republicans. Their places and the three vacancies will be filled, .jgben all the elections have been held, by ten Democrats, twenty-four Republi? cans and one Populist, so that the next ? Senate- will stand thirty-nine Democrats, forty-three Kspublicans and six Popu? lists._ . . Recently the Assistant Treasurer of :he United States at New York City lias turned into the Post Office Department fond the sum of $1,300,000, which lias been accumulating in the Sub-troasttry during che last 30 years from the farads paid to the money order post offices for remit tan CPs which have never been j claimed. Old money orders are present? ed at the Post Office Department almost every day, but the amount of the unpaid money order fund increases constantly, and there is no likelihood that any part of the $1,300,000 will be claimed by its owners. In fact, every year from ?5O,0OO ~io 1100,000 is added to the fand, which sents carelessaeas or neglect. The new Constitution of New York permits the us 6 of ballot: machines and one has been tried with satisfactory re? sults. The voter presses a knob opposite the name of each candidate he wishes to vote for and the vote is automatically recorded and counted. No pr' -ted bal? lots are used, no clerks are necessary, repeating is a mechanical impossibility, 'and the moment the polls are closed che lootings are ready for the press. It is claimed that by the use of this ballot machine an election can be held quicker, cheaper, and with less chance of error than by the present method though this may delay its adoption. *?Tn? daily papers are fall of reports of cotton mills moving South from the New England States. If these reports mate? rialize, as we believe a number of them will, the question cf 5-cent cotton will soon be solved. The South is just reach? ing an era of prosperity and enterprise that she has never before experienced. We have stood the financial panic better than any other section, and this draws attention to our glorious land. We wel? come all enterprises to the South, and believe in giving them all the encourage? ment necessary to bring them among us. There is room for the whole New Eng? land layout in the sunny South. Ander? son alone can accommodate several of | them, and we wonld like to see an effort made to induce one or more to locate with us. _ The. Confederate veteran is ostraoised la Michigan. Just because he wo:.-e the gray; Prof. Clark, of the State school for the deaf and dumb at Flint, has bean discharged from his position as superin? tendent. Prof. Clark is an accomplished educator, and was a good soldier. It seems that when he was elected to the position of superintendent of the school it was not known he had been in the Con? federate army. The fact was brought out recently, and the board controlling the school immediately put Prof. Clark upon trial for the offense. An ex-officer of tbe Federal army, who had faced Clark at Gettysburg, made a plea for hiin. Rat the board was "staunchly Republi? can"?so says the dispatch?and Prof. Clark: was told that he would have to go. This looks like they have not yet quit fighting up there. As an instance of the difference be? tween the old slavery days farming and farming by the employment of more modern methods and improved machin ? ery in the South, the following illustra? tion is given: G. T. Douglass, a young; farmer of Mecklenburg County, N. C, in 1893, planted thirteen acres of land in cotton and harvested six bales by the old method of farming. Last year he planted three acres of the same land in cotton with the purpose of cultivating it "In? tensely" as an .experiment. Result: Oh three of the thirteen acres, which yielded him but five bales of cotton tho year before, he harvested four bales of cotton. Difference : Under the old sys? tem of cultivation his land raised less than one-half a bale of cotton to the aero; under the improved methods it raised one and one-third bales. This practice of "intense" farming is rapidly spreading, and the tendency is decidedly towards smaller and better cultivated farms. ???BS5BS? HcLaurln on the War Path. Congressman McLaurin in the Columbia Register. As there seems to be a lull in State I politics, and without a positive knowledge of what Is doing or going to be done, I submit herewith my own peculiar opin? ions of the situation. The time for action, it seems to me, hau arrived, and thus believing, I shall no ; longer stifle my convictions, but I shall speak frankly and unreservedly as I think the necessities of the situation re? quire, and abide the consequences what? ever they may be. The general poverty and depression in the country at large is intensified by local conditions. No one expected the "Movement" of 1890 to divide our people into two absolute hostile camps, and the whole thing can be traced to the abandon? ment of the primary election principle last summer to promote the interest of certain individuals. The Constitutional Convention is upon us, and with it our internecine strife; the "nigger in the wood pile" is reviving. "Not dead bat sleepeth" is written over the attenuated corpse of the Democratic party north of Mason and Dixon'sline, and even in our own section, and among our own people, signs of decay are visi? ble. Oar old allies,will not help us, and can no longer be relied upon. Let us help ourselves. The interests of ninety nine oat of every one hundred of our Citizens are identical. A convention of a faction, no matter how able its membership or good its work, will be disastrous and drive us further apart Everyone admits that, but unfortunately we have become such astute politicians that each of as is afraid to move for. fear of injuring bis chances of securing some office, from that of County Coroner to President of the United States. We are breeding tyrants and political cowards in South Carolina. Too muun policy and not enough of patriot? ism. Why, Mr. Editor, I came within an ace of raining my flattering political prospects last summer by a few entirely innocent and kind observations made to "My Dear Appelt." Bat whatever the result I have the satisfaction of knowing that I coined at .least one or two ant words and phrases, which, if they did not enrich the English language, will live for some time, descripto person te. Ever since I wrote that letter, (in which, God knows, I was honest,) I have been maligned, misrepresented and mis ?noted. Every time I opened my month was charged with being in league with "Datier," bat that can b? done no longer, as Gen. Butler in out of politics and will soon be a private citizen. While we differ on some things politically, he will carry with him my undying friendship and respect. Had it not been for the misconstruction which true friends, whose opinion I value, would have placed upon my conduct. I would have died a thousand political deaths before submit? ting to what I did. The people have honored me, I love them, and have studied hard and tried to give them value received. I have come to the con elusion that I do not care whether I ever hold another office or not, if it iavolves the least sacri? fice or dignity, honor or principle, and I do hot propose to occupy any equivocal or uncertain position. I am in favor of harmonizing the factions if such a thing be possible, bat in order to do that we most destroy a "ring" more desperate, more autocratic, more tyrannical, more anscrapulous, than ever dominated the State or controlled the destinies of a free people. I defy them! Let them take the office I hold, if they can. They cannot muzzle my tongue, nor stifle my man? hood or independence. They are now making preparations to control the Con? stitutional Convention, and. thereby per? petuate themselves in power, and, if necessary to accomplish this, white men, as well as the negro, will be ruthlessly disfranchised. The "Antis," one part are cowed and whipped, the other part too mad to have any sense, and while a part of the "Reformers" who want fair play are silent, an arrogant minority, held together by the "cohesive power of spoils," runs roughshod over. all. Offices are multiplied by the thousands to pre? vent "kicking," while the hands of the Executive are strengthened by unlimited patronage, and the towns intimidated by ; the threat of depriving them of the preci ! ous heritage of local self-government. The Alliance has been destroyed or sim? ply converted into an adjunct of the ; political machine by methods that would ; make the stripes of Tammany Tiger pale with envy. Men are afraid to speak, or [speak with bated breath. Pretended I salary reductions are made on the princi? ple oi cutting everybody else's salary I except their own. While- the patient, I tolling masses, are in debt and straining every nerve to keep the "wolf from the I door," their attention is led away and centred, upon personal and local issnes v that, no matter which way they are decid? ed, will benefit no one except a few individuals. What in the name of - Heaven can the people expect from such [ purblind statesmanship ? Where do they come in ? Every man, woman and child in South Carolina knows that I am telling the truth, and many good Reformers see in the ugly picture the finale to the beau? tiful dream of 1890. [ Oor only hope is to get together in this Convention, and if possible prevent the "rin^" from controlling it, and frame a [Constitution which will command the ! respect and confidence of the whole peo? ple, thereby uniting and placin e us in a ! position in 1896 where we can avail our? selves of the most favorable opportunity that national politics may then offer. It is useless to temporize. If we be men, let us act, and, at least, purchase an hon? orable defeat. For what I have already said and done along this line I have been the subject of vituperation, slander and abuse, and I shrink (no one knows how much) from offering myself as a further target to the foul pen of hirelings and slaves. If doing my duty manfully and con? scientiously relegates me to private life, I welcome it Let the phalanx put all of its spears into my body if thereby the cause ot liberty is conserved. It was the expressed hope of many that the "Forty" ere this would have taken auch action as would have made their Influence felt on the line indicated by them, which met with such general ap Kroval throughout the State. I hope and elieve the matter will soon consummate in definite action, and thereby unite all those who sincerely want "peace and unity." Men who possess the courage of their convictions must confer in the near future, and adopt such a line of action as will subserve the best interests of the State. It is a fight against the "bossism" and "ring rule" which seeks to prostitute every principle of popular rights to selfish purposes. Let those who believe peace can be ob? tained without an effort deceive them? selves no longer. Peace has never been purchased without a stern battle to secure its blessings. Yours respectfully John L. McLaumn. Washington, January 13,1895, ? Read Ayer's Almanac, which yonr druggist will gladly hand you, and note the wonderful cures of rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, dyspepsia, eczema, de? bility, humors, and sores, by the use of Avar's Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsaparilla admitted at tbe World's Fair. ? "It has been discovered," says the Birmingham Age-Herald, "that cotton seed meal and nulls will fatten cattle much better, quicker and cheaper than corn. It costs ten cents a day to fatten beef on cotton seed meal, while it costs twenty cents a day to fatten beef on corn. This discovery is rapidly transferring the stock raising industry from the North? west to the South. The South Alabama and Mississippi farmers are buying the half-starved cattle of the West and bring? ing them to the South and fattening them before shipping. Cotton seed meal also gives a finer flavor to the beef." ? ? Ayer's Hair Vigor is certainly a re? markable preparation and nothing like It has ever been produced. No matter how wiry and unmanageable the hair may be, nnder the influence of this incomparable dressing, it becomes soft, silky, and plia? ble to the comb and brush. 'Squire Fewell's Letter. Editors Intelligencer: Every newspa? per that \se have read for the Ia9t few weeks has had something to say, more or less, about meetings, conferences, etc., of Conservatives and Reformers, to try to adjust differences and get together and elect delegates to the Constitutional Con? vention, and of holding conferences about reducing the cotton crop, which will never amount to anything. Every time a resolution is passed to reduce the cotton acreage, it will increase it from five to twenty per cent. As to the ques? tion of bringing about a compromise with the Reformers and restoring har? mony between the factions, that is all bosb. They quit the regular Democrat!'* Sarty and ran off after Ben Till mar, <? ompany. Now, let them come back it they want to. I don't see that we have any concessions to make to anybody We have done all we conld to hold the white people together and to preserve paace and prosperity in the State, but they outnumbered us, and have prelt;, nearly ruined our State and people. S" if they want to come back and try and do right, let them come. They say they will compromise with us, and let us have a small minority in the Convention if we will be humble and behave ourselves, or words to that effect. I don't think 1 will accept any compromise with them in the matter of my vote, but in this I want it understood that I am only speak? ing for myself; every other man can speak for himself. We had just as well not have any representation in the Con vention as to nave a minority. As for my part, I do not believe in yielding to any terms with them, but to put out a full ticket in every County, composed of the best oitizens we have, and go to work to elect it, and not allow any monkeying with the votes like we had in the last election. That is the only way to gain any showing?that is the way our fore? fathers gained their independence from Great Britain, and it is the way we will have it to do. We have tried coalition long enough, now let us take a bold stand and do our own thinking and acting, and if any of the Reformers want to join us and help us elect our best men, why let them do so. We bad just as well be de? feated one way as another. What could one or two men from each County do with a three-fourths majority against them ? They had better stay at home and be preparing their patches for tur? nips. It Is lose or gain, and there is but one way to gain, and that is to put out a foil Conservative ticket and go to work and elect It. As for my own part I had rather see a full Republican delegation elected than to see a full Tillmanite dele? gation like the last two Legislatures we have had. Of course, B. R. Tillman has already got the new Constitution written out, so thare will be nothing to do but to take a vote-on it and adopt it; but if we can get a majority in the Convention we would have to get up a Constitution after tht Convention met, and, of coarse, it would take longer and cost more, but you see we have the bulk of the expense to beai under the present arrangement, whether we own the bulk of the taxable property or not. So if we don't care for expenses, nobody else need to grumble. There are hundreds of men who will vote against, their own interests and welfare just be? cause it's for tbe movement, as ttiey say. Now, I want some intelligent man to toll me what good the "movement," as they call it, has accomplished for the common working man? I don't mean tbe coat tail swingers who have obtained fat offi? ces from it, bot the common working people of the State, who are still toiling away for a living and can barely make ends meet. These are questions that every laboring m'an Bhould ask himself. Now is the time, if we ever expect to make an effort for liberty, to make the start. We can't do anything holding joint conferences. It will be best for the people if we will take a bold, indepen? dent stand and call on all who have the welfare of the State at heart to join us and put down the autocracy that is being so fully developed in our State. If we fail, it will be no worse than it would be if we accept the Tillmanite terms of coalition ; if we gain, we will have something for our posterity to be proud of for genera? tions to come. If we don't do this we may as well stay at home and let the Re formers have full sway. It is no time for the "summer soldier nor sunshine pa? triot," but every man will have to walk into the campaign to win as though it depended solely on his individual efforts for success. ThesB are my opinions of the political situation, and I do not presume to speak for anybody but myself. Let the result be what it will, we will Bee in time to come who "are" right about it. We bad a very pleasant time on Sales day at Anderson meeting with so many of oar schoolmates and old soldiers, e.Iso some of our old neighbors whom we had not met since onr boyhood days. I would never have recognized Mr. Seaborn Strickland, if some friend had not intro? duced him to me. I was a very small boy when he was first made Orderly Sergentj of Beat No. 2, 4th Battalion, S. C. Militia. This Company "mustered" at Gantt'i Store, near Broad mou th Creek, and was known as the Broad mouth Com Eany. Alec. Mattison, a jovial, pood ear ted bachelor, was the Captain. They met once every three months for Com? pany drill, and would walk around tbe old field a few times in a sort of harem scarem way and called it drilling, and I reckon they thought they were doing the job up "in order." After muster was over the Captain or 1st Sargent would detail a certain number as patrollers for the ensuing quarter, or until next "mus? ter day." These patrollers had to patrol a certain boundary, and every negro caught out from home or off of his mas? ter's land, without a written pass from his master, had to take off his shirt and take from five to thirty-nine lashes on his bare back, the number being govern? ed by the humanity of the Captain of the patrol. Some men liked the job, while others, who wete more humane, were as lenient as the law would allow, and then there were others who would not try to catch the darkey on purpose to keep from having to punish him. These passes would read something like this: "Per? mit my boy, Jim, to pass and repass until Monday morning." Another form was something like this: "Permit my boy, Leon, to pass to David Greer's and return Monday morning, this Sept. 7th, 1844. Elijah Wyat." Witb.suchapa.HS as that he had to be on the direot road to his place of destination, or at the pluce, or he was liable to be taken up. With all these disadvantages, as they will appear to tbe younger generation, and the awful tales related by Mrs. Harriet Beeoher Stowe in reference to the treat? ment of slaves, nine-tenths of them lived better and were better cared for then than they are now. As we were going to say, it had been so long since we had seen our old friend and neighbor, we could hardly realize that it was the same man. And the boys that were boy* when we were boys are nearly all grand-daddy now. There was Tom Townes, Kan Clement, Tom Maddox, Hob Cobb and several others who learned their a b c's along with us. They are getting grey headed now. How swiftly time does fly. As we have said before, we always feel more like we have been to Anderson when we can meet our genial old friend, Col. B. F. Crayton, and shake his warm hand. Col. Crayton is one of the leading farmers of Anderson County, as well as a model citizen in every respect. I wish we had more of the same sort. Anderson is a growing city. So is Belton. It is so seldom we visit Belton we can hardly realize that we are in Belton when we go 1 there. A business trip to the Court House on the 14th inst., carried us by Belton, where we met the familiar faces of our old friends, Jack Stringer and j Wash McGee, two of the oldest citizens of the town, also Maj. Cox, John Green. ! Dock Green, Tyler Tollison and several j others, whose names wd do not remem- ' ber. These old veterans have all had more or less faith in Belton and have stuck to it, believing that Belton would be a town of some note after awhile and they are now realizing in reality their most sanguine hopes. Belton is beauti? fully located and is perhaps one of the healthiest localities in the State. Mr. Stringer says he believes in Sam Jones' doctrine about tbe hit deg doing tbe veil? ing. Dr. Burkhead, a very eminent divine, speaking of what it required to make a first-class preacher, said in a conversa? tion, in my presence, that a student for the ministry ought to first, after getting his classical education, to study medi? cine, physiology, etc., and then graduate in law and then theology, and, besides all this, he ought to be a good judge of human nature and to understand phys iogomy, so that he could understand just how to preach to the people to make them understand tbe doctrino of Christianity easily. I don't know whether Sam Jones ever studied medicine, law, etc., or not, but one thing certain, he is a good judge of human nature and dog-nature, too, He once said in his preaching that if a person would throw a rock into a gang of dogs of different breeds, that you could tell what sort of a dog you hit by the way he would holler, for, said he, "if you hit a regular old bull dog he would only grunt, while a cur would yelp a little and some others a little more, but, if you hit an old long-eared hound he would raise such a howl you would perhaps think you had almost killed him." So It was, said he, with the sinners he was prcaoh ingto; if he happened to hit one of the hound breed ho could easily tell it by the long, continued howl he would get up. I think I can hear one howl outside ! of the church occasionally when some one happened to chunk him in the side. Little Joe Cox once had a hound, named Jeff, that would run and howl at a terri? ble rate if you threw a cup of cold water on him. You sea be had had hot water thrown on him and he was looking for it again, so he thought he would be on time in howling. I have known some hounds that would holler if you only made a motion at them, whether you threw at them or not. So it is with guilt wherever you find it in men?the closer you come to their faults the more they howl, whether you are alluding to them or not. Squire Fewel. Seventy-Five Killed. Butte, Mont., January 15.?During a fire at the Montana Central railroad yards this evening, several cars of powder caught fire and oxploded, killing a num? ber of firemen and spectators, and maim? ing many others. Several men are known to have been killed outright. There were three separate explosions, the first two breaking nearly every win? dow within a radius of two miles. Owing to the excitement, the extent of the casualties cannot be ascertained. The fire attracted a large crowd, and hun? dreds were standing near when the first explosions occurred. Men and women were mowed down like grass before a sickle, but many are stunned by the force of the explosion. Debris from cars and adjoining build? ings was scattered high in the air for half a mile away, many of the flying articles striking people in the crowd. Every ambulance, vehicle and doctor in town was soon on the scene, carrying off the dead and wounded. The ground was strewn like a field of battle with the injured and dead. Owing to the fact that there were still several cars of powder on the track, and the report that one of the burning ware? houses also contained a quantity of pow? der, few dared after the first explosion to venture to the assistance of the injured. When they did, they were ni?t by the second explosion like a raking fire from an army. The second was soon followed by the third, and the heavens were light? ed with flame. The reports were heard and the shock felt for miles. After the third explosion, the hospital corps and the police began the work of picking up the dead and caring for the wounded. Fifteen dead bodies were piled together, many of them being mangled to such an extent that they were not identified in the excitement. Every house in the vicinity was turned into a hospital. The Bcene after the explosion was beyond all description. Men and women wrung the;r hands and cried in agony. It is said that every fireman was either killed or fatally wounded. It is believed that the number of dead will reach at least seventy- five. Politics In Black Pulpits, Columbia, S. C, January 20.?Cotton mills and the Constitutional Convention now seem to be the ohief subjects of dis oussion in the towns. The question of what to plant and do on the farm for the year is no doubt far more absorbing with the agricultural population. Whatever may be the subject of discussion among the Democratic people, it is evident that the Republican hosts are putting their machine./ in operation with the intention of making the very best fight that thoy can in the matter of the Constitutional Convention. The Republican forces real? ize that nothing can be done without or? ganization, and no doubt that is the rea? son why they have started the ball rolling so early in the year. Perhaps the most eventful and impor? tant phase of this Republican action is the call of the ministers fcr a Convention and the expressions contained in the call. When the colored minister takes an active hand in political matters he gener? ally makes it an important part of his work, and from the tone of the circular it would appear that the colored minis? ters intend to be up and doing. This morning a representative Repub? lican was asked how many Republicans would be registered under the provisions of the call for the Convention. He thought that tbiity thousand more voters would be addea to the Republican strength?that is if they are allowed to register, he parenthetically remarked. As to bow many Republicans are now qualified to vote he said it was impossi? ble to tell. One noteworthy feature of the Republican organization is the fact that nothing is said about the selection or election of delegates to the Convention. The only action that gives any indica? tion of being directed by other than Re? publican forces is the oall for a meeting of the Democratic executive committee (the Irby committee) for the 5th of Feb? ruary. It is not stated what the purpose ot the call is, but it is very likely to con? sider the Constitutional Convention. Mr. Bray ton, who seems to be something of a leader in the Convention of Republi? cans called to meet here on the 6th, Baid that assurance had been received that the Convention would be largely represented. He had no idea wbat would be done. The Republican forces seem to be put? ting a good deal of faith in the pending contests, and think that those who have contests are playing in peculiar luck. Exactly why this is no one seems to know. One of the g. o. p. thinks it will be a good chance for the national g. o. p. to give some encouragement to tho white Republicans of the State, and ho added that a better time could not be found than while the white people were divided among themselves. Three contests at least seem to be taking definite shape.? Special to News and Courier. Down to Forty-two Men Columbia, Jan. 17.?Governor Evans spent most of the day giving directions to the Chief Constables and arranging for the reorganization of the force. He now thinks he has everything ready for the satisfactory enforcement of the law. He said that he had just cut the constabulary force down to forty-one men, who, to? gether with the two ohiefs, would make up the entire force. This would remain the same unless there was some special ! occasion for an increase of the force, and : he did not now see any such possibility. ? The plan of organizing a polioe force out ' of the constabulary was perfected. Chief j Constable Fant is to be placed in charge , of the division above the Charlotte, Co ; lumbia and Augusta Road and Chief i Holley was to be in charge of the division i south ot that line. I Mr. Holley would go back to Charles? ton and Mr. Fant would no doubt make his headquarters in Columbia. All of the men would be required to make at least weekly reports of their movements, seizures, raids and everything else to the Chief of their division. The chiefs would be directly responsible for the move? ments and conduct of the men and upon their recommendations such changes as were thought best would be made. The chiefs are authorized to appoint their lieutenants and to make such arrange? ments as thoy considered would increase the efficiency of the force. The Chiefs have been instructed to pay their entire attention to the incoming of liquor by any kind of conveyance, and if they should chance.to run up on such a thing as a "blind tiger" to report it to the mayor of the town and have him do the prosecuting. If, however, the local au i tborities did not effect the eradication of ! the "blind tiger" the matter was to be i reported to the Chief, who in turn would ! report it to Governor Evans, who would take such action as was deemed advisa l ble. Governor Evans thinks that this ! will be all that he can do for tho present. Commissioner Traxler was provided with a list of the Constables who were removed at this morning's conference in order that they might be advised they were no longer needed.?Special to News and Courier. ? Senator Willcockson has introduced a bill in the Kansas Senate which places deadly weapons in a position very similar to that occupied by intoxicating liquors. By its provisions no person is permitted to sell weapons of any kind to minors except on written order from the parent or guardian of the child. Strength and Health. If you are not feeling strong and healthy try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" has left you weak and weary, use Electric Bie? ters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with Sick Headache vou will find speedy and permansnt relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only 50c, at Hiil Bros. Drug Store. La Grippe. During the prevalence of the Grippe the past seasons it was a noticeable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery not only had a speedy recovery, but escaped all of the troublesome after effects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar power in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest ana Lungs, and has cared cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disappoint. Free Trial Bottles at Hill Bros, Drug Store. A College Building on Fire. Columbia, S. C, January 18.?About 8.30 o'clock this morning the Columbia Female College building, one of the old eat and most thoroughly equipped college structured in Carolina, was discovered to be on fire. The building was damaged to the amount of 85,000. The fire origi? nated in the roof over the fourth floor dormitory of the western wing and was difficult for the firemen to get at. It is supposed to have been caused by a defec? tive flue and to have been burning dur? ing the night. It had great headway when discovered. The young ladies?over one hundred of them?were at "morning study" in the chapel. When the alarm was Bound? ed there was consternation, but the girls were not panicky. Many ot them lost all of their wardrobes, jewels, watches and other effects. They were all got out of the structure and the citizens hastened to tbrow open their homes to them. They are all quartered to-night in private resi? dences in Columbia. The firemen fought the flames for two hours and a hall before they extinguished the fire. The build? ing was insured for 827,000 and the furni? ture for ?2,500. ? During the years immediately pre? ceding the civil war, $1,000 was a common price for a healthy young negro man. ? Goorgia has sent twenty-one carloads of provisions and fuel to Nebraska, be? sides personal contributions from differ? ent parts of the State. ? The Atlantic steamers which make the voyage now in seven days or under burn from 200 to 300 tons of coal daily, making this item ofexpeuse over 81,500 every twenty-four hours. ? Columbia, S. C, will send a delega? tion of representative men to the north, with power to guarantee exemption for ten years from local taxation any and all manufacturing plants that may be estab? lished in that city. ? The depot at Kershaw, in this State, was struck by lightning one day latt week and set on fire. The depot and contents together with four cars loaded with merchandise were destroyed entail? ing a loss of 85,000. ? The nest of an ourang-outang taken from a tree at Borneo has Irtely been placed in the Natural History Museum at Berlin. The nest measures four and one-hall feet long and one foot to two and one-half feet wide, by about seven in cht s high. It is made ot 20 to 25 branches locked and twined together. ?Encouragement to autograph hunters is given by a writer who tells of an enter? prising collector who, away baok in bis college days, wrote to Queen Viotoria for her autograph, inclosing 25 cents in paper money. He waited three months and then wrote again, asking tor either the auto? graph or the return of the quarter. He got the autograph. ? "A well known Washington horse? man," Bays the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, "has discovered a fact in natural history which may not be generally known. It is that all four-footed beasts, in making the first movement in walking, running or any sort of forward motion, always employ the left hind leg as a startor." ? Several of the theatre managers of Carthage, Mo., are preparing a bill which they will ask the Legislature to pass, making it a misdemeanor for ladies at? tending theatres to wear hats of a size sufficient to obliterate the view of the stage from one or more persons. The bill is being prepared in good faith and its passage is to be demanded. ? Among recent patents is one issued for a burglar alarm particularly adapted for use in connection with a safe, which is inclosed in a movable case provided with electrical contacts, the electric cir ouit including an alarm and a connection with an electrically operated mechanism for opening a fluid-containing case, whereby the room in which the safe is located will be tilled with noxious vapors, in which a person cannot live. ? An old gentleman who lives in Cobb county, Ga., thought he would participate in a little fun, and also enjoy a little com? fort. He was the possessor of a fine tree that grew near his home. So one morn? ing, bright and early, he took up the old house cat, hid her under his coat and "went to the said tree, and taking the cat by the tail made her scratch the bark, then leaving some cat hairs on the tree, home he goes to tell tbe boys near by that there is a fine coon up a tree near there. The axes were soon sharp, the tree soon cut down, and now the old gentleman is basking in the warmth of a good fire. The boys got no coon. ? In his message to the West Virginia Legislature on Wedndsday Governor McCorkle said: "Speaking as one who has had some experience in politics my mature judgment is that the use of money in elootiouB in any shape must be vigor? ously arrested by the men who love their country, ^r this generation will surely see the beginning of the end of the true republican idea of government. * * * I recommend that the present penalty for the sale of a vote at ar> election be done away with and that in lieu thereof there shall be substituted tbe disfranobisement and ineligibility to oQlco of a voter found guilty of selling his vote." ? A pamphlet has just been published at Berlin by a theologian?M. Baxter? which was written with considerable erudition, and is being widely read. Tbe author predicts that the end of the world will ooour on April 23,1908. "From now until then," be says, "we will go through another fearful and bitterly contested war, in 1807, which all the great European nations will participate in; in 1899 a new Napoleon will make his rise, as the King of tbe Greek States and Syria; in 1904 a terrible earthquake will shake the very foundation of our planet On March 12, 1903, on a Thursday, at 3 o'clock p. m. (Jerusalem time,) and at 1 hour 33 min? utes p. m. (Berlin time,) will take place the ascension to heaven of the 144,000 elected, blessed ones, who shall not die." These prophecies have called forth con? siderable emotion "over the Rhine." ? M. de Lapparent, the eminent pro? fessor of geology at the Institute of Paris, in a paper read before the Scientific Catholic Congress expressed the opinion that all mountains will vanish off the face of the earth in course of time. He de? clared that if the actual forces at work upon our globe retain their preseut in? tensity, in four and a half million years all inequalities of surface will be levelled. He instanced as a striking example tbe reduction of the Ardennes, which were once a chain of the Alps, but which had already shrunk to their present dimen BionR at the outset of the Tertiary epoch. The Alps, be said, exemplified the youth, the Pyrenees the maturity, and the mountains Provence of the declining years of mountain ranges, while the cen? tral plateau c.f France was typical of their death and dissolution. ? We somehow incline to the free coinage of silver. If it requires a very high protective tariff, or a periodical issue of bonds to keep up the gold reserve, it would be just as well to coin the silver. It ia believed that the sharp and ingeni? ous artisans are now coining American silver dollars down in Mexico. These dollars have the requisite amount of sil? ver and are therefore, not counterfeit. No Mexican law is violated and our Government cannot punish men for making silver dollars on the other side of the line. The temptation to buy silver at 50 to GO cents an ounce and coin it into a good dollar, is too great to be resisted. We do not Btate this as a fact, but it is be? lieved that a thriving business is done down in Mexico in coining American dollars.?Carolina Spartan. ? It ia stated that an enterprising man? ager has made a contract with Governor Bob Taylor, of Ten uesseo, and his brother Alf, the ox-Congressman, to go on the lecture atago together. The Nashville Banner says the plan is to have Alf open the ball with Yankee Doodle, and Bob to close it with Dixie. If Alf can trot in the same class with his brother Bob it will make a strong combination. Aoooiuiecemeet to the PEOPLE of the CAROLINAS and of thb SOUTHEAST The Columbia State makes an announcement of more than ordinary Interest. 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There are four styles of binding, and afl ?tyles have double-hinged, flexible backs, sewed precisely like an Oxford Teacher's Bible, so that they are durable and convenient It Is an actual fact that this book Is more strongly bound than the Edition which Is sold ? for $8.00 per volume. Upon application we '.rill send you description and prices of the various styles, and you may select any style of binding you choose and have the privilege of paying for it at the rate of 10 cents a day, half the set being delivered to you at once; or, we will deliver (he entire set of q8 volumes on payment of (5.00 per month. All charges paid by us to any railroad station In the United States. THB 5TATE, COLUMBIA, S. C, NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me must call and settle their Accounts at once. I have earned the money, and I need it now to meet my obligations. Yon rave secured your work, it gave you satisfac? tion, and the amount due me must be paid. I intend to place all Accounts in an Officer's hands for collection if not paid in thirty days Call and see me and save trouble and expense. J. P. TODD. Jan 23, 1895_ 30_ NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties indebted to me by Note. Account, or otherwise, that I have placed the same in tbe hands of F. M. Murphy, Attorney at Law, for collection. All parties out of whom the money can be made, who do not settle by March 1st, will be sued, and those clairas that cannot be made by suit will be sold to tbe highest bidder at public outcry. Govern yourselves accordingly. Respectfullv, F. ?f. BUTLER. Jan 23, 1895_30_1 Dissolution of Copartnership. THE Firm of Jno. H. Clarke & Bro. is this day dissolved by mutual con? sent. All parties indebted to the Firm will make psvment to E< L. Clarke JNO. H CLARKE, E L. CLARKE Jan. 21, ISO*. The Firm of J. II. Clark & Bto., Mor ohant Tailors, having dissolved, the un? dersigned will continue the business at the old stand, over Wilhke <fe Wilhito's drug ttore. Very respectfullv, JNO. H. CLARKE. Jan 23,1895 30 2 BUCKWHEAT CAKES. -0 Pure Buckwheat Flour. New Patterns Wall Paper. The Best Tea and Coffee. For sale by A. B. TOWERS. JOY TO THE WORLD!.RELIEF HAS COME! FOR THE HARD TIMES ! ^ND YOU CA* FIND IT BY TRADING WITH "THE BOYS" for STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. When you nsed TOBACCO see our 25o. goods?tho bc;t in the St?te ior the money. WATER BUCKETS. Only a Dime for a good iron-bound Bucktt. Seeing is believing, so come to BROYLES' CORNER and be convinced. Very respectfully, "THE BOYS, "{RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. STOVES, STOVES ! WE are still sellinr STOV?9 VERY CHE \P. Remember, vou can buy a No. 7 Bath for ?8 00, and No. 7 Liberty lor $10.00. We also have Elmo and Iron King?the best Store on the market. ?&* Bring me your Dryland Green Hides. JOHN T. BURRISS. I Cotton Blight. Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and elsewhere prove conclusively that Kainit Prevents cotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss caused annually by this disease. Send for our pamphlets. They are sent free. Tt will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street:. New York. FOR SEED OATS! Texas; Red Ilust Proof ami Brown?beautiful Seed, FOR MOLASSES, Rodd & Meyers New Orleon;?the be3t on the marki.t, FOR FLOUR, That can't be beat, both :n quality an! price, For Hardware, For Harness and Saddles, For Farm Supplies, For ANYTHING in the way of General Merchandise, Come and See TJs. M&~ Our Stock is large and our prices are LOW. Yours truly, BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. Pi. S.-"MONEY 5 We will say to all who owe us, either by Note or Account, that we must have our mouey AT ONCE, and we will be com? pelled to send to see you if yon do not come iu promptly and settle. WE MEAN YOU. Yours truly, BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. THE ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. Will give a ''shrill toot" from their "horn" in this space in the next issue. Look out for it! In the meantime call and see us if in want of anything in The I^urniture Line, COFFINS, CASKETS, and GENERAL UNDERTAKING. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. IS MOLASSES SINGULAR OR PLURAL ? IT doesn't matter, grammatically, but It is very singular how we can sell "them" as cheap as we do, and when the season is over it will be singular bow much we have sold. Just think of One Hundred Barrels now on band, and how CHEAP we are going to sell ' them," and you will be obliged to buy. Jf yon want a good biscuit to eat your molasses with, let us put ycu in ten barrds Dean's Patent Flour, and we will guarantee perfect satisfaction. Don't fail to get our prices o.i? Dress Goods, Plaids, Jeans, Flannels, Undershirts and Shoes. We ate yours very truly, DEAN & RATLIFFE. Get our prices on Guano and Acids before you buy. FLOURFLOUR c/: CO CO LlJ CO ?2C When Laying in your Spring Supplies Get prices from D. P. SLOAN & CO. Before Buying. 22a ?4 m 0 "We keep all kinds Staple Goods. A GROCER, WITH ARIY "SAND," WILL NOT put it in his SUGAR, but rather into business principles. Pure Sugar is a good thing to be able to sell, but much of it is adulterated these days. The watchful grocer is careful what he buys?then he knows what he is selling. This is the only way in which a reputation for reliability can be built up. .As in Sugar, so with? Tea, Coffee, Flour, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars, Everything I keep lor public consumption. I BUT THE BEST?THEREFORE, SELL THE BEST, And am satisfied with a reasonable small profit. Perhaps you know this already. Certainly you do if you deal with me. G-. F. BIGKBY. HARD TIMES ARE OVER! And the beginning of a tfew and Better Year is Here. WE have just finished taking stock, and find that, despite the hard times, we can still live and? Sell Goods Cheaper than Ever Before! We can proudly say that our business has more than doubled each year that we have been io Anderson, and will promine our friends that if fair dealing and LOW PRICES amount to anything that we have determined by next New Year to be able to say the same. Now, thanking our friends for past kindness, wishing you ?.11 a happy and prosperous New Year, and hoping to greet you all soon? A.X IVO. Y7 PEOPLES BLOCK, We rcinf?:u yours faithfully, D. C. BROWN & BRO. P. S.?1,000 bushels Texas Red Rust Proof Oats at 53c. per bushel. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. THE Fi/m ofTajlor & Crajton has been dissolved this d-*y by mutual ccn sent. The business ?rill be co: titiued at the same stand by E. W. Taylor, to r horn all accounts must be paid. Thankitg our customers for past f*vor3, wo are Youra truly, E. W. TAYLOR. T. S. CRAY TON. Jan. 14, 1805. Iu retiring from business I bespeak fir the new Firm the patronage of my fi lends and acqpuiutauces bestowed upon me in the past. T. S. CRAYTON. B. F. WHITNER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. C. Office?Second floor Webb bnilding, Whitner Street. Jan 16,1895 29 dentistryT THE oopa-tncrship heretofore existing between Dr Anderson and myself is cow dissolv?d, tberefoie I wiiih to inform tbe people .but from and after this date I will continue the practice of Dentistry alone. ThanlilriK the people for patt pa? tronage, nud i-oliciiing a continuance of >he ?atne, I am most respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND, Dentist. pat- P. 8.?Office in Maeonic Temple HOW'S TRADE ? OUR trade is good, thank you. In fact, we never sold more goods in our lives. A common question, but an uncommon answer, you say. So be it, and there's a reason for it, loo. Would you you know the cause ? Then, 'tis figures. The figures we make. They are attractive figures* The figures that competition cannot make. To tell the truth, these same figures are rapidly pushing competi? tion to the wall. They can't fight a figure that they don^t how to make. Hence you often see idle clerks around other doors while the Ten Cents Store is crowded. Customers ever go off* unwaited on ? Well, yes. There are times when we can't wait on ail. At such times we have to do the best we can, and ask our customers to kindly have patience 'till we can get to them. Do they wait on you ? Yes, I should say they do. It is too costly to go out. An old customer says it is poor policy to pay five cents extra, and save only one cent's worth c time. Five cents on a twenty cent article means twenty-five per cent. ?l big profit of itself. See! How about late-comers ? Do they have as good chance as early buyers ?' Well, no. Not always. It frequent? ly happens thct the slow get left* "Procrastination" often gets the better . of the best of us. Especially is this true about holiday goods. However,, we always do the very best we can to tbe very last. Why don't yoa get a larger house and have more help, and just push everything out of the way as you go ? In that case we should be at such expense that we would have to in? crease our prices to cover it. In, other words, charge the difference to* our customers. This we don't wish to do. We caution you, beware of home* with too much expense attached. Would be glad to talk loDger, but; must wait on this lady. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR, and 10c. STORE. W.l. Douglas $l3_?H(7E "T rOR A KING. CORDOVAN; FRENCH AEMAMCUXD CALF. 4*3? Fine CAif&KANOAMtL * 3. VP01ICE.3 soi.es, ^l7?B0Y5'SCHiESm ?lauies' BBOCXTCSGMSBi Ovar Ono Million People wacr the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory They givo the beat value for the money. They equal custom choc* In style and fit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The prices are uniform,?stamped on sols. Prom Ji to S3 saved over other makes. If your dealer cannot supply yoa we con. Sold by GEER BROS., Belton, S. C. Dissolution Notice. THE copartnership heretofore existing between P-9. Strickland & Anderson has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The bi oks and accounts will re? main in tbe hands of Dr. Strickland for collection for the next thirty days, after which time all accounts not settled will be placed in the hands of an officer for col? lection. Respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND, J. P. ANDERSON. Jan 16,1895 29 2