The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 20, 1895, Image 2

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iderson IntelKg^encer, tubtjshet) every wednesday. j, P. CLINKSCALES,,\ Editors and 0. 0. LANGSTON, J Proprietors. TERMS: ONE YEAR.81 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1895. Virginia has had seven snow storms iD the last two weeks. That is doing pretty well for a Southern State. Word, has reached Augusta that sev? eral hundred destitute families of Chicago -are organizing to settle in Georgia. An appeal for ?100,1)00 ic be used to purchase seed gra*n for the destitute far? mers o'/l Nebraska has been sent out over the entire country. Unless they are sup? plied with seed there is no hope for them. They will either starve or become public ^eearges. _ The State Board of Control la preparing a new code of roles fo:r the government of dispensaries. These, together with the new system of bookkeeping inaugu? rated by Governor Evaas, will, it is said, render it impossible for any shortage to occur in the fnture. It is generally understood in Columbia that Go v. Evans will be married about JTebruary 28th. The Governor, when the subject is mentioned, smiles and neither admits nor denies the truth of the ruraor. His fiance is said to be a Baltimore lady, prominent in social circles. ? ? <? The New York World says if it is true as now reported that the Chinese envoys have received full power to treat with Japan it will probably mean early sur? render. And that will mean the most populous country on earth conquered with less real fighting 8.nd less bloodshed than marked single battles of the Ameri? can civil war. - i?? m The Valentine Edition of the Atlanta Journal, edited and managed by the women of the Cotton Slates and Interna? tional Exposition, was one of the finest ever issued from the press of that paper. , The ladies made a brilliant success, finan? cially, as well as otherwise, and their treasury is 'about four thousand dollars richer for the day's work. There is one great reproach to Arieri can civilization, end that is the common roads of the country. Is it possible that a people who are masters of art and architecture, who have \ pride in , tho ad? vancement of all other public improve? ments, are going to be Hatisfied with a system of country roads that is behind the thoroughfares of a century ago? A woman ont in Iowa has been elected justice qf the peace by mistake. Her husband was conducting business under his wife's name, which was not generally, known, and at the nominating convention and elsction her Initials were used when the intention was to elect him. How? ever, she was elected, and there being no obstacle in the law, she has qualified and is now filling the office. The Nebraska Legislature has appro? priated 850,000 for the relief of the desti? tute people of its western counties. Sop plies of all kinds are pouring in from all sections of the country, the South vi Bing with the North, the East with the West, in lending a helping hand. It is a beau? tiful exhibition of national charity, and ; shows that "we are one people, with one flag and one destiny." -? .'^ - -Let everybody see that they have a pH^stratlon certificate. Bo sure you have ^one. l)on't wait until it is too late to look it.:up. There is not a voter in. the State buw wil^want to exercise the privi? lege of voting in the election for delegates ;Jo the Constitutional Convention^ The idea now is to see that yon have a certifi? cate so that zou can vote. Neglect this nd ikJmay be that you will never be allowed to vote again. So don't neglect it If we are to accept without question the-statements of ministers of the Park orst variety, the world is going to the devil and has pretty , nearly got . there. ? But we have consolation in the fact that the prophets told the same story thous? ands of years ago, that the disciples bore the same witness later, and that to-day is a chip of the same old block, only a trifle weather worn. The world is not all bad even yet, the Parkhursts'to the contrary notwithstanding. ?? i?? > mm ^ The Administration has met with its third successive defeat in Congress. The Wilson bill, which conferred authority upon the Secretary of the Treasury to write the now loan in gold, was denied a third reading by a vote of 167 to 120. The vote showed practically the same division In the two parties as we.s defined in tbe ron-calis on the preceding financial bills of the Administration series. This re? sult ends 6U attempts to secure legisla? tion on the financial question at this session. Hon. Isaac P. Gray, United States Minister to Mexico, died in the city of Mexico last Thursday. Minister Gray was one of Indiana's most prominent men. He was Governor of the State for several years, and in the last three Na? tional Democratic Conventions he has been an avowed candidate or a dark horse for the Presidential nomination. :^Hs was appointed Minister to Mexiao by President Cleveland. Senator Ransom, . of North Carolina, has been suggested ss Sis successor. - m m m The Age of Steel says that one of the best evidences of the progress of the South is to bo found in the increase of -Electrical activities" in this section. It is stated on good anthority that not less than $100,000,000 has been invested in electric lights and railways in the South, the greater part of it within the last three Jor four years. On the first of January, 1894, there were 296 electric power sta? tions in operation in the Southern States and since that time 166 have' been added. No other part of the country, the Age of Steel affirms, has shown such a great relative advance in the use of electrical appliances. The militia act passed at the last session of the Legislature provided for a board, consisting of the Governor, Adjutant General and three others, appointed by the Governor, empowered to direct the expenditure of the 810,000 annually ap? propriated for the militia by the Legisla? ture. Last Saturday Governor Evans appointed on this commission Colonel Wiley Jone?, of Columbia, Colonel J. L. Stoppelbein, of Summerville, and Captain Henry G. Thompson, of Darlington. It Is said that the commission will probably "arrange for a grand military encampment during the summer, in which the militia ? of other States will be invited to particl * pate. _ _ Information from Columbia is to the effect that South Carolina will have a fine exhibit at tbe Cotton States and Interna? tional Exposition in Atlanta this fall. Gor. Evans went to Charleston last week to consult in regard to the exhibit with representatives of the Young Men's j Business League, which for two months baa, been systematically arranging for a . State exhibit The Governor saya that it was determined that the efforts which he proposed to icangurato throughout tho State in the interest of an exhibit shall he in co-operation with tho Charleston league. The Governor will appoint at once three commissioners to have gen? eral charge of tho work and an executive committee to push It systematically in overy County in tho State. The Gover? nor will be ex-officio chairman of the commission and he will call upon the women to loud their assistance. E. L. Roche, of Charleston, who has charge of the State's exhibits at the Philadelphia centennial and at the New Oricans and Chicago expositions, is to act in the same capacity again as general commissioner, and Samuel W. Wilkes, of Atlanta, a native South Carolinian, is to be resident o >mmissioner iu Atlanta. Tho Governor will at once issue an invitation to the whole people of the State to aid him in his personal exertions for an exhibit. Anderson County must have a place'in this exhibit. The Fortj's Convention. Tho following announcement aa to the Convention, or conference, called by the u Forty" to be held on March Ctb, will doubtless be read with interest: "I am authorized by a majority of the Executive Committee of the 'Forty' to give notice that the date of the confer? ence in Columbia is postponed from March 6th to March 27ih proximo. The extreme weather of the past two weeks has so impeded communication that more time is required for some of the Counties to act. Let those Counties where calls have been issued proceed without change of programme. Other Counties may hold the proposed meetings at auch time prior to March 27th as they respectively find most convenient. Thomas J. Kirkland, Sic" Suicide by Drowning. Anxiston, Ala., Feb. 14.?Mr*. S. J. Cole, the wife of a farmer in the Morris ville community, committed suicide yes? terday by drowning horseli iu a pond in that vicinity. She disappeared from home at about 0 o'clock in the morning, and when noon came and she had not returned, the family, which consisted of a husband and daughter, became alarm? ed, and began to search for her. Latein the afternoon her shoes were found on the bank of the pond. Shortly afterward her body was discovered beneath its sur? face. No caude for the deed is known. Frozen Cattle. Houston, Tex., Feb. 17.?The cold's effect on cattle is said by stock men to be disastrous. Texas live stock men esti? mate the loss above 25 per cent. One member of the Texas Live Stock Associ? ation said: "The loss is greater to-day tban it would have been ten or fifteen years ago, before the wire fencing has cut the cattle o?f from the bottoms." . A man from the country below the Southern Railroad, this side of the Brazos river, said ho knew two stock men who, three years ago, skinned over 300 cattle in two days which had died from the ef? fects of the cold. Hennessey, 0. T., Feb. 17.?An ap? peal for aid has been made by Bettlers in the strip. Hnndreds of families are ab? solutely starving, eating nrarie dogs and horses. The suffering is unparalleled. Cattle have been dying in droves as a result of the unprecedented northers which visited both territories and Texas within the past few weeks. An Alliance Proposed. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 14.?A conven tion'of negro preachers met here to-day and effected an organization to participate in the election of delegates to the Consti? tutional Convention. It was non-politi? cal in character. About sixty attended. E. C. Brown, of Charleston, was perma? nent chairman. An executive committee . was provided and arrangements made to push the registration of negro voters. One of the speakers declared that "wealth and intelligence must: rule the country;" and be had sense enough to know it. He favored the union of the '"best class of negroes with the best class of whites." It was manifest from the proceedings that it was the purpose of these negroes to undertake to throw the negro-vote to anti-Tillman candidates for delegates to the, Constitutional Conven? tion*, relying upon them to. vote against disfranchising negroes with an educa? tional suffrage qualification. tu rn son College RtfUttd. Calhoun, Oconee County, Feb.. II.? The work of furnishing and refitting the Interior o? Clemson College is being rapidly advanced and everything will be in order for the reopening .on the 21st instant Messrs. Huunicutt & Bellin? groth, of Atlanta, have the contract for potting in the heating apparatus. A test was recently made by Trustees Donald? son and Bradley to see if everything was In working order and, with the exception of one or two minor matters, the radiators were lound to work successfully. The exterior painting of the College and chapel has been delayed by the excessive cold prevailing of late. The College people think that the action of the board at their last meeting, when' it was decided not to pay for student labor, will have the effect of keeping away a great many boys. President Craighead is receiving many letters from parents who want to send their sons, but who say that they will be prevented from doing so if there iB to be no pay for labor. It- is thought that there will not be more tban 250 to 300 boys at the opening. Last year the number went at one time to 580. ?Special News and Courier. :-/ m o - Aast Stand by Contracts Wellford school district, up in Spartan burg, seems to be in trouble again. The Superintendent of Education has received an inquiry from Mr. Ravenel as to the right of a board of trustees to make chan? ges in teachers, and has sent in -reply the following (statement, which will be of general interest: Mr. H. E. Ravenel, Attorney at-Law, Spartanburg, S. C.: Daar Sir: Replying to yours of the 15th inst., I beg to say that if Mrs. E. A. Alexander had a certi? ficate to teach, properly issued and of force at the time in Spartanburg county, and continuing of force to cover the time contracted for, the board of trustees bad a right to contract with her to teach the ?WelJord school, and neither the old nor new board could terminate the contract without sufficient cause. If the contract was by the month, tben neither the old nor new board could stop the school at the end of any month ; but if the contract was for a term of months, or for the entire term the public funds would run the school for the year, the salary fixed and payable monthly, or at the end of the term, the certificate continuing of force during the term, tben tho contract could not be terminated by either the old or the new board of trustees, except for sufficient cause, tho contracts being en? tirely lawful, for retiring boards of trus? tees are binding on their successors in office, and should be properly respected and executed. I venture no opinion as to the facts in Mrs. Alexander's case, but simply state the rul?s of law that should govern gen? erally, including her case. Yours very truly, W. D. Mayfield, State Superintendent of Education. That Liquor Shortage. Governor Evans yesterday received from Dispensary Inspector Scruggs his report of his investigation of the accounts of the dispensary at St. Matthews. He reports that the total shortage Is 82,282.83. The bulk of this amount falls on the State and not on the county, as Governor Evans thought. There is now duo the State, so Mr. Scruggs reports, S2.038.3G. The amount due the county on account of unpaid profits is only ?244.47. The stock on band at the dispensary as accounted on Monday by Mr. Scruggs, when he took charge of the dinpensiry, was worth $1,510.bJ. Dispenser Evans has purchas? ed from the State since the reopening of the dispensaries in August last, ?0,289.14 worth of liquors, and the total stock car? ried since the reopening amounted to ?7,550.19. Governor Evans now believes that the shortage has been accumulating for some time, and he thinks that there must have been something misleading about the reports or the shortage would have been discovered long ago. Governor Evans has already forwarded all tbe necessary papers and instructions to the attorneys in Orangeburg representing the State and he says tbe State will lose nothing and Dispenser Evans will be made to suffer. Governor Evans says this should be a warning to other dispensers. He says that all dispensers and all others connect? ed with tbe system might as well under? stand that the State's business is not a thing to be "monkeyed with." He says he intends to show absolutely no leni? ency with any one in such a matter wheie State's money is involved.?Co? lumbia State, Feb. 14, i DI Fide Tii! m Fqnallr. To (he Ediloy of the Greenville Hews: j I suppose there are but few people iu tho State who have given much thought to public affairs who havo no: realized the necessity ol a now State Constitution, otu> which is better adapted to the prose.1: Constitution and requirements of our pcoplo. But there has been, and is to? day, a wide difference of opinion as to when, and how. the desirod changes should be made. Many, whose opinions are worthy of respect, wero opposed to .\ Constitutional- Convention being calle-.i at all; thinking it would be safer, and cheaper, to amend the present Constitu? tion by legislative onactmont from time to time. Others who favor tho adoption of a new Constitution out and out, thought it dangerous to call a Convention at this time, when tho whito peoplo of the State were politically divided into two hostile factions, with each faction bitterly contending for tho control of tho State government; and as the returns oi the late election show, there is still an? other, and larger class, who not only favored a Constitutional Convention but were willing to bravo all dangers and call it at once. Thus far the quostion has been practi? cally settled, and the Convention has been ordered, but a far more serious question has not been settled, and that is, how can the opposing political fac? tions in the State be brought into such relations to each other as to harmonize them, so that in good faith all may rise to that high aud patriotic plane, absolute? ly necessary and pre-requisito to the framing of such a Constitution, as our enlightened and progressive civilization demands? It seems that all are agreed that we should havo a non-partizan Con? vention. All seem to realize that the whtte people of the State must stand together in this matter, in order to main? tain white supremacy. Most of our peo? ple can now see tho disasters that will surely befall ns, if we fail to unite A number of theories have been ad? vanced and plans suggested for "peaco and unity" in the Convention, but none of them have met with anything like general approval, simply, in my opinion, because they do not furnish any guaran? tee that they will be carried out in good faith. In other words, there is undis? guised lack of confidence. Promises merely do not count for much in politics. The idea of pro-rating representation ac? cording to voting strength of the respec? tive factions does not reach the trouble, as it could in no wise obviate or prevent partisan action by the Convention. If tbe body was simply legislative that arrangement would be just, at least from a political standpoint, but a Constitu? tional Convention should lay down fun? damental principles looking solely to the most complete protection of tho citizen in his life and property and not to legisla? tion in the interest of any class, calling or political party. Such being true, there can be no force in the argument for pro? rating representation between the fac? tions according to numbers. It is prin? ciples and not party policy that we havo to deal with, and. therefore, I believe the only way to insure harmony among tbe white Democrats of the State is for each faction to have an equal number of dele? gates in the Convention. Only on such basis can prejudice be disarmed and real uuited action for the best interest of the State be had. If at heart real desire for unity exists, no well grounded objection can be raised to such plan. A properly framed Constitution iu the very nature of things can not be partizan in its pro? visions. It is intended for the whole people, high and low, rich and poor, not only thoae now living but for generations to come. When we come to look squarely at the dangers that confront us, we must recognize that wo are, all both Reformers and Conservatives, wrapped up in a com? mon destiny. With equal numbers in the Convention, partisan action would bo impossible, brains would rise abovs trickery, and questions would be decided on merit. It is.not expected that dema? gogues and extremists of either faction will agree to this proposition, but tho average patriotio citizen who sincerely wants good government, rather than office, or selfish gain, will see iu it justice and safety. If the national party of high tariff, high taxes, and centralized power does control affairs at Washington for the next four years, it only furnishes tho greater reason for a united and solid Democracy in Sooth Carolina. , Though wo in ay disagree at other times, and on minor matters, we cannot afford to stand divided in this emergency, if we would preserve pure Democracy and home rule in our own State. ? But how can exactly equal representa? tion be assured in the Convention ? It can only be done b7 common consent. The conlerence which has been called to meet in Columbia on the 16th day of Maroh can recommend that those coun? ties that ha o oven numbers of represen? tatives elect one-half Reformors and one half Conservatives, and in those counties that have odd numbers, that they bo equalised by counties. For instance. Pickens and Oconee haVe three represen? tatives each, in one of them two Refor? mers and one Conservative may be elected and in the other two Conserva? tives aud one Reformer. Again, if a county that has a Conservative majority is entitled to four delegates, and four Conservative candidates should receive the highest vote in the primary, let only tho two highest be declared elected, and the two Reform candidates receiving the highest vote be also declared elected, and likewise in counties having Reform ma? jorities. With such an understanding to be car? ried out iu good faith, all may go into tbe primaries with mutual confidence and safety, and the result will be a united white Democracy, without which, no ?ort of Constitution will save the State from misrule and degradation. Very truly sincerely, M. L. Donaldson. Zero Weather Offr The Uuited States. Such a drop in temperature as was ex? perienced over the greater portion of tbe United btates.Jfrom the Rocky Mountains to tbe Atlantic, and from 'the Canada border to the Gull of Mexico, during the. week ending February 9, has hardly had a parallel since tbe recording of weather changes has become a regular system. Severer weather and heavier snowfalls have been experienced heretofore in lim? ited sections, but tbe great area and low range of temperature of the, storm which had its center in Texas on February G was something phenomenal. The tem? perature was below tbe freezing point for nearly three days throughout tbe entire United States, except a small area on the southern extremity of Florida and the California coast up to about Portland. And within the lines which marked the extent of country over which a freezing temperature was being experienced the mercury dropped to the zero point over the greater portion. At New York City, three degrees below zero was experi? enced, and throughout Now England the range from zero to twenty-six degrees below. It was below tbe zero tempera? ture also throughout the States of New York and Pennsylvania, in portions ol Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, and in the greater part of Georgia, Ala? bama, and Mississippi, the zero liue ex? tending down into the heart of Texas, and thence westerly to tbe Rocky Moun? tains, and including the entire territory of the Mississippi Valley and around the great lak, es. In the memorable blizzard of 1SSS, a much smaller area was affected, the storm being confined mainly to the Middle Atlantic States, and the temperature did not fall so low, although there was a much greater snow fall. The snow fall accompanying the last groat cold wave has varied from a few inches in depth, along the coast, to upward of two feet at many points in the interior, and, accom? panied as it has been by a high wind, reaching a velocity of seventy miles an hour at Sandy Hook, railroad travel in all directions has been greatly impeded. Bnt perhaps the greatest loss attributable j to the cold weather will be that of tho Southern fruit crops. The zero point has been reached over a largo torritory where a freezing temperature has here? tofore been but rarely experienced, and the fruit crops of these milder climates cannot but be an almost total loss, it be? ing reported that tbe Florida orange crop and a great portion of the trees have been ontirelv destroyed.?Scientific American. ? A refreshing instance of "old-fash? ioned honesty" bas been noted in Hous? ton County, Ua. li8lore tho war a Ken? tucky horse dealer sold a Dooly County farmer a lot of horses, taking in part payment the farmer's note for $80, paya plo in the fall. When the war broke out the horse dealer considered the note can? celed, like other obligations. However, about lifteen years ago the dealer sent a collector through the State, who lost tho Dooly County farmer's note, and which, strange to say, was found by tho farmer himself. The farmer afterward moved to Houston county, and a few nights ago a Kentucky horse dealer stopped at his house to Rfend the night. During the evening tho Kentuckiau was surprised to learn that the farmer was the one who had given him the long lost note. The farmer paid the note with interest. ? The losses in Florida are estimated at high as ten millions of dollars. Key West and Palm Reach were the only t * o points iu the state where tho freezing point was not reached. They escaped by a scratch, Lau gl) inj; at A. C. Lall in lt. W I Washington, Feb. 17.?a good joke on Congressman Latimer has just come to light. For some days past this gentlo man has been attending to bis Congres? sional duties, wearing a long forlorn . countenance us if his last friend in the ! world had left him. This is rnado more prominent by the contrast of an exceed? ingly joyful countenance which he ex? hibited but a short time ago. Though Mr. Latimer has been asked probably ton times a day the cause of his troubled look he has never yet given a satisfactory answer, but rather bestows a clerical smile and changes the subject. The real cause, however, has transpired and is said can be attributed to a clairvoyant and a number of friends of Mr. Latimer who desired to have some fun at his ex? pense. It appears that for a long time the won? derful power of a prominont Washing? ton clairvoyant was being continually brought to Mr. Latimor's attention. He talked to some friends about her, and received in solemn looks aud tones tho highest recommendations. They all knew people that had interviewed her, aud said she told them wonderful things that had turned out as she had said. The desire to know something of his future persuaded Mr. Latimer until he at last gave in and visited the clairvoyant. Now in some way that was not revealed the history of the Congressman and a few incidents of his life were told to tbe clair? voyant previous to his visit, and, of course, when he came she was perfectly prepared. She told him his occupation, age, the district he was from and numer? ous happenings of his life. lie was natu? rally astounded and would, of course, believe anything she said of his future. "Your future," said she, "will be a bril liuut one. You are not a politician, but a statesman. You will not come back to Congress as a Representative, but as a Senator. The senior Senator from your State is in very poor health aud will live but six months. When he dies there will have to be a successor aud it is willed that you are to succeed him in the Sen? ate." It is understood that Mr. Latimer was so overcome that he paid double for the information. He knew that Senator Irby had not been feeling well for some time, but he didn't know that he was in such daugerous health. He felt sorry that the Senator was going to leave us, but the clairvoyant told him nothing in tbe world would stop it. Ar for himself he was de? lighted. He was for sometime thejol liest fellow one would care to meet. He was always wishing his friends a long lifo and successful futuro, and in fact some of bis acquaintances, who were not in tbe joke, thought that he must have struck a gold mine and wishing they were In his place. The scherner? said never a word His happiness was, ac? cording to the old saying, "too good to last." With but the throw of a stone the glass house was shattered. A group of Congressmen, among whom were Representatives Izlar and Latimer, were clustered together one evening tell? ing yarns, and one thing led to another, when Representative Izlar held the atten? tion of all by a narrative of his visit to a olairvoyant. Mr. Latimer, it is said, was very attentive. "I called on a clairvoyant the other day," begau Mr. Izlar, "and I am inclin? ed to believe some of the things she said. According to her statements I am not a politician, but a statesman. She said that tbe senior Senator.from South Carolina was going to die in Bix months' time, and that I was to succeed him. but not directly, for another Representative would succeed him first, but that be would die three weeks after his installa? tion, and I would be elected to fill tbe remainder of tbe term and also for the long term." The crowd laughed, and the schemers turned their eyes on Mr. Latimer. He had turned pale and was seemingly very nervous. It was not long before be left tbe crowd and went home. Since tben he has been completely broken up. It was the intention of the jokers to reveal tbe whole thing and turn the laugh on him, but he took it so hard that it was thought best to worry him'a little longer. Up to the time of this writing he has not found out thht he is victim of a huge joke.? Special to News and Courier. Port Royal's Great Growth. Port Royal makes a splendid showing in her cotton receipts this season as com? pared with the season of 1893-94. Since September 1, 1894, the net receipts have been 111,501 hales, as compared witb 47,038 the previous season, an increase of C4,4C3. When it is remembered that for ten years (during the time Port Royal was bottled and tbe cork held in the hands of Mends of the rival port of Sa? vannah) not a bale was received here, it goes to show by the marked increase in the business of one year what might have been the volume of traffic bad the port been un trammeled, free and independent all these years; and further goes to show how the State of South Carolina has been damaged in her most vital interest (the upbuilding of its most advantageous port) by ajjens who call herdronically a sister State. Iu addition to this development of business in cottou tbe past year we must not lose sight of the fact that a grain business is being established here, and already thousands of bushels of grain and thousands of bags of Hour have been shipped, and the outlook in this direction is as promising in profit as is tho show of cotton.?Palmetto Post. ? A writer in The Now York Recorder gives tbe fodowing advice to bachelor*: "Marry your little fatty, John. F?t drives away the green-eyed monster, jealousy. Look around you in the park?, tbe cars, the shops aud streets. All the flirting that's going on is done by the light-weights. And whj ? Because we men, we cruel men, hate to be ridiculed. Wouldn't it look just killing to see me, weighing 140 pounds, make eyes at a ISO pounder! Women who measure not more than five feet four inches and weigh more than 1G0 pounds are too fat and matronly looking for such light sport. The house is tbe place for them. In her home a stout woman spreads comfort; she] s restful to look at; she is not jerky, pranky, but staid and motherly. She is in her right place. She will make a true wire, because she soon finds out that no? body wants to lead her astray. She will be only too glad to have at least one whole man all to herself, and coddle and pet him to her heaat's content. Stout women are affectionate, romantical and easily satisfied. Do marry your girl, John, and be happy. I'll follow your example after I am tired ol flirting with the pretty girls." ? After a prisoner has been sentenced in Kansas to suffer the penalty of death he must be kept in prison a year, and the law provides that if nothing has then transpired to raise a question as to his guilt the Governor may order the execu? tion of the sentence. "But no Governor has ever ordered an execution since the law was passed, twenty years ago, and the State is now maintaining some two hundred criminals, all of whom might be hanged tomorrow if the Governor of the State was willing to order it. This law is said to have been passed on account of the amount of desperate false swearing tbat was revealed in criminal suits In the old days, in tho border counties. Mur? derers often confessed on their deathbeds that they bad sworn away the life of some iuuocent man and thereby saved their own. The law has in more tban one case saved the life of men who had been con? victed of murder, ? Commenting on some recent remarks of Senator Pritc.hard, of North Carolina, tho Raleigh News and Observer says: ' The reason given why tho young men leave the Democratic party is that they 'have but little to hope for' at its hands. This is true. Those young men who have left the Democratic party first tried to got office in the Democratic party. Better men, young and old, obtained the coveted places, and, as they aro in politics for what they can get out ol it, they joined a new party." Those remarks hold with regard to other Southern States as well as to North Carolina The "young men" who have obtained high offices by leaving tho Democratic party in elfect, could not have obtained very humble olfioea by remaining in it. They are no loss and no gain to any party. ? The oxygen gas of the air is at once the great stimulant and the great destroy? er of Hie. In fermentation, growth, putrefaction, combustion and oxidization, which are all merely different names for tbo same process in different form?, oxygen is doing Its universal work. It is no metaphor, but a chemical fact, that the world and everything in it aro burn? ing with a greater or less degree of rapid? ity. It is ouly when the process becomes very rapid that we can see the flame?. So instead of saying that we are in the midst of everlasting fire?a saying which might alarm the timid?the scientific merely say that oxidization in i's various forms goes on without cessation. ? It is said in tbe National Druggist that tho teeth of negroes are no longer as white and sound as they were hall a century ago?that the teeth of the negroes of this generation are more detective than those of white people. That conclusion is probably due to observations made in the cities where negroes congregating in unsanitary quarters are subject to a long list ol diseases which have decayed teeth among their symptoms. But in the country whore tbe negro lives a healthy and natural life his digestion is as good and his teeth as sound as ever, i as big aa the State of Roodo Island and has on it 2,000 horses, 15,000 cattle and 130,000 sheep. ? People will persist in eating frozen oranges in Florida, and every day or two a death from this cause is announced. ? Some land in New York city has been sold for ?3,000,000 per acre. Tuo highest in London is ?"1,000,000 per acre. ? A woman of fifty has just boen ad? judged insane because she has marriod a man of twenty. But, strangely enough, the man's sanity has not been questioned. ? Swiss firms have entered ir.to a con? tract with the Japanese war office to sup? ply a sufficient number of watches lor one to be given to every soldier who has .nerved iu the campaign when the Mikado reviews his victorious troops at the close of the war. The watches, which will take the place of war tnodais, are to cost ?1.50 apiece. ? Adams, a thriving town in Massa? chusetts, is trying a brave experiment. A church and parsonage have been built there with a billiard room, bowling alley and gymnasium attached. The argument is that >ince Loys will play or indulge in athletic sports" somewhere, it is better they should do so under the protecting shadow of the Church. ? All heroes do not wear uniforms, and some of the bravest of them are too young to vote. That twelvc-yoar-old West Virginia school-boy who was found frozen to death with his arms clasped about bis ton-year-old sister the other day was a hero "of the truest sort. For ho had taken his own coat off and wrapped his sister in it in the vain effort to suve her life at the expense of his own. ? The problem ol "hard times" will bo solved when the workingmou of Atnorica boycott the saloon, and stop drinking liquor. About ?100,000,000 a year goes into the saloon from the hard-earned wag03 of workmen. This money, turned into the channels of industry and com? merce, would bring comfort"and happi? ness and plenty to millions of house? holds. ? Abby Smith, the oldeat woman in Connecticut, died Sunday near Norwich, age 113 years. For more than 100 .\ears she had worked in country homesteads, a faithful hou?e hand, who tolled as hard as ever a woman could. It was not until she was 110 years old that she ceased to be able to support herself and do all her household duties and was a sprightly, clean-built, cherry-faced, helpful old lady, who by turns trotted into one house and then another among "the neighbors," "Jest ter help 'em on with the work." ? On an average, according to the statistics of life insurance companies, the man who drinks, even moderately, cuts thirteen years oil his life, that being the difference between the average age at? tained by drinkers and total abstainers. This does not take into account the loss of efficiency, time, character, influence, health and happiness during the lifetime shortened by thirteen years. And yet with the knowledge of this deterioration, and this shortening, men deliberately take up a habit by means of which they go on to death. Surely life bus its enig? mas. ? The ostrich farms of South Africa are very curious and interesting places. The equipments are generally very sim? ple and inexpensive and the crop is found to be very profitable. The first require? ment of an ostrich farm is a "camp" or pasture for the birds, and these vary in size from 3,000 to 8,000 acres. Such a c imp generally holds comfortably about 300 ostriches. The wmp must always be good pasture ground, and here the birds remai a for the entire year, except when they are brought together once every four months to be plucked. ? General Montgomery Corse died at Alexandria, Va., on February 11th, from old age and general debility. He was born in Alexandria in 1816 and served all through the Mexican war as captain of an Alexandria company. When the civil war broke out he was made Colonel of the 17th Virginia regiment. He was afterwards promoted to be brigadier gen? eral in connection with the 15?h, 26th, 30th, and 32d regiment of the army of Northern Virginia, and served gallantly. He was a prominent member of Robert E. Lee camp of Coufoderate veterans of Alexan? dria. ? I. Tillotson, a well known saloon keeper of Chesterton. Ind, is preparing for the ministry. For the last two weeks the Rev Robert L. Jones, a noted evan? gelist of Boston, has been holding revival services in the Methodist Church at Chesterton and getting converts from all classes, among them Ira Tillotson. After his conversion he walked out of his sa loon and said he had quit the saloon bus? iness forever and would devote the rest of his days to reclaiming the victims of the rum curse. Tillotson is about 35 years old, well educated, of prepossessing appearance and single. ? A iarmer by the name of Brannon, about eight miles from Spurtanburg, made up bis mind at the beginning of 1894 that he would devote every Saturday to marketing eggs and butter, He start? ed in with forty-eight h^ns and two milch cows. Sometimes ho gavo only half a Saturday to selling these products. During the year his hens brought in ?75 and his butter ?36, making a total of ?111. He supplied his own table with these articles and sold what the family did not use. He was a one-horse farmer and made six bales of cotton, which brought him in about ?150. Does Your Boy Britannica? Youth Is the Formative Period, fi 'i than that the Blind 1? freest from c?re. the Imagination unhampered, the memory moit retentive, tht eye brightest, and the natun most lusceptlble. What a boy reads In this period becomes so indelibly Impressed upon bis nature Cut It becomes a part of his very Character. This Is a time when a parent's responsibility Is greatest. It Is not enough to tell the boy what he ought to bucomo. .Most boya are do: overly susceptible to didactic teaching. You can usually lead him a mile ?asler than you can drive him a rot See ' that he has the proper mrrouni. ki, anil little encouragement, and It Is surprising how readily he develops \ taste fur the best In literature. Let thit tattt be developed, ?nd there Is little danger as t"> bis future. It WiJ Dr. Philips brooks Who said; "Show me what books a bey reads, end I will read you his destiny.' How Important It Is, then, that your homo iBould fca provided with books of the highest tmractar. Fairy tatet, an J even, perhaps, " Buffalo Bill" nor!os. have their place as developers if a, taste for reailr.g, a sort of literary nrHk> |s It were, but unUss the boy soon chows a preference for the strong or meat of practica} knowledg?. history, travel, etc., you may bo iura that ha It mentally unsound, or that (here has been something radically wrong lo bis education. The Encyclopedia Britannica hat rtghUy been termed "(he concentrated essence of the whole world's wisdom." Let your boy read its Interesting pages, and be will soos kok with disdain upon "flashy" llteraiura, we are continually uadereaftmatlng a bo/a ppaelty for large Ideaa. There le nothing to ?fSactlve %% truth. Give him tbeaaterlaJ out of which io construct largo Ideas. Put Drltannlca In the home, where he can consult It continually, and as he attain* manhood he will find no place In literary or professional Ufa to which he may not aspire. Seise the present opportunity to provide a Eroper library for your home. It requires as ivestaocnt of but Ten Cents a day. If you OrJer .from TUB Columbia State while it may be had at Introductory prices. B O j ui umuwj ALARGE collection of Hot-house and Green-house plants carefully grown at low ra'es. OECHID8?A very extensive collection : East Indian, Mexican, Central, South American, etc. Hardy Perennials, Roses, Clematis, Pennies, Phloxes, etc. New and Rare 8tandard Fruits; Rare and Beautiful Trees and Shrubs, Ever? greens, etc Catalogues on application. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. Feb 13, 1895 33 ' ? Floridn will coma out all right, says The Times-Union. It is a gre.t State, and its citizenship is tlif best in tho world. Its climate cannot bo duplicated, its re? sources are on!y about half realized as yet, and :lie Sfaf-i will Mill kofp its place at the head of the proeessiun. Thi re will bo plenty of oranges noat year, nnniigb for all blinds, and i-vorj bedy will bt? hap? py once more. it Should Be in Every House. J. B Wilson, 371 Clay St, Shurpsburg, Pa , Eaya he will not he without I)r Kind's New Di-covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cure 1 his wir? who was threatened with Pneumonia after an attack of '"La Grippe," whoa various other rem? edies and several physicians had done her no good Kobert Harber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything hervor used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it Try it. Free Trial Buttles at llill Bros. Drug Store. Largo bottles 5l)c. and $1 00. Electric Bitters, This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular na to need no special men lion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing tho samo song of praiso. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Hilters will euro all diseases of the Liver and Kid? neys, will re ovo Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by im? pure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as euro all Malarial fevers. Kor cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Klcctric ?itlcrs. ?ntiru satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cts. and$1.00 per bottle at. Mill Dros. Drugstore ? IL is estimated that the lost mails of tbe Elbe contained $1,000,000 in registered bonds uddreused to Now York banks. These caii be replaced, but owing to exis? ting financial conditions the inconveni? ence will he felt. It is also believed that ?00,0(10 in cold cash wont down to the bottom of tbe North Sim with the ship, besides many packages of diamonds consigned to Now Yurk. VrOTiCE OF Fl.val settlement. A.*! The. undersi^ne t. Administrator of Instate of Ellen P. Hall L'urnelt. deceased, herein' given noticH that he will, on the 20th day of Mtreh, 1S95, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a final Settlement or" said Eilate, and a discharge from bis office as Administrator. J. B. HALL, Adm'r. Ftb 20, 1893 2 4 5 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anorcnson County. B>j lt. I. DnrrlfH, Judje of Probate. WHEREAS, Mrs. M. E Bolt bat h ?s applied to nie to grant her Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of James M Bolt, deceased. Theso are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors or tne said James M. Bolt dee'd , to be and appear bofore me in Court of Probate, to beheld nt Anderson Court House, on the 7th day of March, 189 \ after publication hereof, to show cause, if any tiiey have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Givou under my hand, this l?tu dav of February, 1895. R. M. BUR RISS, Judge Probate. 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