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J?igeneer. 3,1Editors akd j PKOPBIKT03S m .... m.50 DEC. 13, 1895. ?ep?blicsn Convention EjOuis next year on Jane locratio Mayor! (the millennium Is still largely ice up to and no longer. uic Committee .to decide the .Convention. 'some Jxon^'e'in *ts, and hlsBe ^TTegularcat I selves over the pn, of Georgia, declare war power doesn't fcrrltory Ixh dls _JW aay?_be,s going ftwithslanc?Ei? Repub ?Slling the Kentucky ?ght to be as well ipeoled from the de-1 loaton in She Coluca [poipere beving -been by Assistant Attor 3Ed. jprial ion of $10,000, 3gs have atieady J^ongjess. And m?ch money will Df about 1.G00, fot people Spain jesa c'more than which exceeds [island by many |hcs been set apart ita Exposition, in charge ofne leir race and the sd there is every Eon wHl bo mado ; of the Ihtslx.1 "r an extension of lymehtof taxes, itch the time can lit is December does not meet jan, the "old Bo 3to eternity. Ho i home, in Colum ith the State of : and the Demo the noblesf men je history of any I in the talk being ibers of the Con in the interviews and Courier. bo "filled and I the talk amounts to. I wll2 be visible: -/:?' I congratulated on the | election last week, sn, J. Adger^Smytb ' old city hsK dona jonorci a worthy , nothing nndene >-the prosj?wity I chemist cf the jit, has'initiated determine the H soils of the imate object of to betodeter r'rtUizers; neoes of aay partlo i the .fiu-asera spent for the heens ley sre (anybody ^ the plat ?the jething id dome lylpr said: u I have jravemen ci arms I the most m who goodwill inever \M jurSfr I a$ing| issued Tune SO, and roly 1 and 2, 9xt Confed ' Richmond, lounces that iatlbnafid le for pa veterans tand join t carrying | levolent that iment rear fell, official [theeiB as ;tbo ident if | fat Act had pya decla i decision jnstltu fcnot have | of the 9ted in Killed by ft Constable* Greenville JTw*, 17f b. 1 John Nichols, colored, wai shot and fatally wounded by Dispensary Consta? ble Howie four miles from this city on the White Horse road about 12 o'clock yesterday. He died during the afternoon. The only witnesses are the constables and it appears that only one of them was present when the shooting occurred. They came to the city immediately after it, reported the facts and sent Dr. J. J. Earie to attend the wounded man. A reporter for the Greenville News met them in Main street just before dark last evening. Constable Howie not being resent, and asked them for the facts, anstable Crawford said that he, Davis, rtembert and Howie, drove out the White Horse road yesterday morning. About four miles oat they met a one horse wagon driven by two Negroes and con? taining about fifty gallons of corn whis? key. 1 he wagon was baited. One of the Negroes, Jess La timer, surrendered and ' remained in the wagon. The other, John Nichols, jumped out and ran across a field. The constables called on him to halt and fired their pistols over his bead, bot he ran on into a small body of . woods, I probably two hundred yards away.. (Howie unhitched the horse from his j buggy, mounted and went in pursuit. After about fifteen minutes Howie sp? ared at the top of the hill and yelled, ambert went to him. In a short while the two returned and reported that the Negro was shot. Davis and Howie then I took their buggy over to where the man I was, put him in and brought him back to j the wagon, in which he was carried to a house near by and left to be oared for. : Nichols was shot in the left side of the ( back, just above the 'short ribs. Consta Me Crawford says Howie told him that I hu rod' .n sight of Nichols and called on h?n to halt: Nichols ran on. Ho wore ? mackintosh overcoat and as he ran threw his hands back ander his coat tails, looking'ever his shoulder. The consta? ble then shot him, fearing, he says, that Nichols was about to draw, a weapon. I No weapon was found on Nichols and, so far as can be learned, he had none. After he was ploked up he was asked why he did not halt to which he replied tbat he had never seen the men before I and was afraid they would kill him. [ The liquor, borso and wagon belonged to J. Luther Trammel?. Ah were seized and brought to the city and the cons bles surrendered them to Deputy King of the revenue service. The liquor wa i shipped to Collector Townos, at Colum? bia, v ' I Lati mer was lodged in jail. When seen j last night he refused to talk. Mr. Tram | moll, who had been following. the wage at s distarcsof a mile or two, came town soon, after the constables got here and is supposed to have instructed Lati merto kear/ his mouth shut. Both the men were bu his employment. He said Nichola had been living on his place I several years. He was a man about 26 years old and leaves a wife and one small child. ? - ? Constable Howie left here yesterday afternoon, going, it is said, to Columbia where it is supposed he will surrender to the officers of the law and apply for bail. Why be went to Columbia is not known as there was no excitement here and no talk of violence. He is understood, how | ever, to have expressed a very strong ob? jection to going to the Greenville Jail. There seems to havi been no warrant issued here, and no attempt to arrest any of the constables. At 2 o'clock this morning news came tbat Nichols was not quite dead, bat that both his legs were paralyzed and that death was inevitable. WaiaxLiiA,S. ft, Dec. 16.-?News came last night over the telephone from Oak way that Earle W. Cain, who was shot on Saturday last by the son of Sheriff Doathit, is dead. There was a dispensary warrant, against Cain, and it was while the arrest was being made that he was shot. The officer's plea is self-defense; ? others claim Cain was shot in the back as he fled._ '. / A Fatal Wreck. Gaffney,. Deo. 12.?A freight train on the Southern railway was being ran la three sections, going north. The first two sections received orders at Spartan burg to meet a train at Tbicketty, a sidetrack seven miles below this place,, but the train dispatcher either failed to give a similar order or the order was misunder? stood, by the engineer and conductor. The first and second sections had reached the sidetrack and a flagman had been sent back to flag section three. The train that they were to meet came Id and the flag? man sent out was called. Before leaving, however, he left torpedoes on the track. The. flagman had not reached the train when they heard the third section ap? proaching. , The grades at this point are very heavy .and the engineer of the third section, not having any orders to meet a train at chat point bad ordered his fireman to fire up, in order to get on a head of steam to strike the hill. There was no sand in the sand? box and,he desired to get a start in order to make the grade, as his train was heav? ily loaded with pig iron and cotton. When the engine struck the torpedoes tr-e. engineer blew for brakes and revers? ed L is engine, but he was running st such speed, the grade being down, that it was impossible to stop the train before it crashed into the rear end of the second section, demolishing the cab and two. freight cars. The engine, tender and seven cars of section three were completely demolished. Tbe engine was turned completely aronnd and the freight cars were thrown high enough to tear down the telegraph wires. The scene of the wreck is indescribable, freight cars and cotton and'pig Iron being piled in confusion. AU trains have been delayed from two to twelve hours as a consequence of the disaster. A force of workmen have been on the scene alnce midnight and trams are now able to pass. Later.?Engineer David Carlee was almost instantly killed in the wreck at Thiokettv last night. He died within an uour without gaining consciousness. His fireman was slightly injured as he jump? ed. A colored brakeman was also severely shaken up. After reversing the engine and calling to bis fireman to lump, the engineer refused to make an effort to 3t off and perished in the wreck, his ady being crashed almost beyond recognition.?Special to Columbia State. Four Men Blown to Death. KnoxvtlZiE, Tesn., Dec. IS?By an explosion of powder and dynamite at 3 o'clock yesterday; afternoon four men were killed at Big Creek Gap, a mile and a half north of Lafolatte, Campbell county. Four other men are missing, and their bodies are being searched for in the mass ot earth and rock that was dislodged by the explosion. v The news of the tragedy did not reach Knoxville until this afternoon. The complete particulars could not be learned, but enough is. known to show the horror of the occurrence. The explosion occurred on tbe works of the Lafolette railroad near Lafolette, where a new road is being projected from there to Jellloo. A lBrge foroa of men were at work blasting for a out Three kegs of powder had been placed in a sixteen-foot hole, and four stioks of dynamite were added to the deadly charge. A fuse was attached to the powder and lighted, and the men ran from the place to a safe distance to await the result. They waited fourteen minutes and tbe charge failed to go off. The men were then ordered back into the hole by their foreman to readjust the fuse.- They obeyed the order, all being apparently satisfied that the fire had be? come extinct. Just ?as they re-entered the hole how? ever* the terrific explosion occurred, and the earth and stone for many yards around were dislodged and thrown into a con? glomerate mass with the remains of the unfortunate victims. The explosion created the utmost ex? citement and consternation in the railway camp. The cries of the dying men revived their paralyzed comrades, however, and an attempt at rescue was began. Oae by one tbe bleeding forms were taken out, after hard work at excavating with picks and shovels, until the four mentioned above were recovered, bat ^bevjpere all dead when taken oat or diedaoon thereafter. The bodies were terribly mutilated. At the latest accounts a rescuing force was Still at work removing the dirt and rock from the place, as four other work? men are missing and it is supposed they were also killed, although there is a pos? sibility that they were on another part of the works at the time of the explosion. J The force of the shook can be Imagined from the faot that two mules standing at a considerable distance from the hole were also killed. Tbe catastrophe is one of the most seri? ous known in East Tennessee for many years. The road on which the blast occurred is befog projected by Captain Henry M. -Lafolette from the town which bears his name to Jellloo, Tenn., for the purpose of j developing extensive miiaeral lands in which the Lafolette company is inter? ested. m m m>< ? Someone, believing that "brevity is the soul of wit," writes; ' Don't eat stale Q-oambers; they'll W up." The State's Enm Business. .Columbia, December 12.?It was offi? cially announced to-day that the price of liquor sold through the dispensary would be increased on and after the 1st of January. It will be remembered that last August there was a reduction of about 25 or 30 per Cent, and in some in? stances of more, in the price of the cheaper grades of liquor. The reason assigned for this great reduction In prices was that it was the best means of fighting the blind tigers. If liquor could be sold at ten cents through the dispensaries it was urged that it wonld divert trade from the "tigers" to the regular dispensaries. The State authorities now think that the low price treatment has about starved out the "tigers." Then the dispensary authorities believe that the diversion of the net profits of the dispensary to the imblio school fund will tend *o popular ze the system and make the people more generally alive to the enforcement of the law and that there will in consequence not be so much of a task for the State to enfoice the law, and prices need not be kept down. By the provision of the new Constitution, which goes into effect on the first of the year, the dispensary pro? fits go to cancel the supplementary tax. Governor Evans to-day said that on the first of the month the price of liquor would be increased and that the rates would be about what they were before the reduction was ordered, although the inerease would not be quite up to the old figures. The experiment of the State In fighting the "blind tigers" by cheap liquor, he thought, bad worked well. It is stated by Commissioner Mixson, ..who favors the restoration of prices, that the reduction in the cheaper grades of liquor has oat off about one-fifth of the income of the dispensary. Estimating the business of the establishment at the moderate amount of a million dollars there would be $200,000 more income to the State, and according to the Constitu? tional provision this would go toward the school fund. The dispensary authorities contend moreover that at the old rates the State sold liquor as cheap as it was ever gotten. The only question now is bow the change in prices will affect the people, since they have come accustomed to cheap liquor. Attorney General Barber and Assis , tant Attorney General Townsetid re? turned to the city to-day from Charleston, where they had been on dispensary bus! ness. Judge To svnsend reports that the contempt case he went to argue was ar? ranged," the liquor returned and the case withdrawn and the costs paid. Mr. Barber, while in Charleston, per? fected the papers In the appeal in the celebrated Donald ease. It will be remembered that from this ease has resulted all of the contempt proceed? ings that have recently occurred. All of the papers were agreed upon by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Barber, and the clerk of the Court was instructed to see that the Sapers were forwarded to the Federal upreme Court as soon as possible. By consent of counsel the Supreme Court will be asked to fix an early date for the hearing of the case on its merits?not later than the Ast of February. It is ex? pected that the Federal Supreme Court 'will then hear the ease and decide the In? ter-State phase cf the dispensary matter on its merits. It Is expected that this decision will have much to do w; th set? tling the right of importing liquor Into the State, although some seem to think that the contempt side of the matter will only be touched upon. The reports are that the county dis? pensaries can not get enough liquor, with which to Bupply the trade, and especially the cheaper grades. For the twenty - three hours yesterday the dispensary here bottled over 300 gallons, which made 50,370 packages of liquor. The orders are In for very much more and the State finds a great deal of difficulty in keeping cip with its orders at this time for Christ? mas liquor.?Newa and Courier. The Fight Against Railroad Consoli? dation. Columbia, Dec: 9.?Governor Evans (aid in a conversation to-day that just as e oon as it was shown that The Southern J Railway were the real purchasers of the PortJBoyal and Western Carolina Road, iudthe reorganization was undertaken, that he would direct that legal proceed? ings be instituted to see that the charter was annulled, and that the combination was not effected. He said that he has al? ready advised the Secretary of State not to record any railroad reorganization or charter papers until they were referred to the Attorney General's office. If the case of the reorganization of the Fort Royal and Western Carolina Road could not be reached by the new Canstitution he said that there was no doubt in his mind that it was a case that was fully - covered by the existing - statute law. Governor Evans says that the people ot the. State have repeatedly expressed themselves against the consolidation ol competing lines, and .that he expects to see every fragment of law exhausted in trying to defeat the expected consolida tion. . as to the Fort Royal and Augusta case Governor Evans is. confident asr to the final result, and he thinks that the Fed? eral Courts will sua'ain the State Courtt? In tue matter. He is Bomewhat disap 'pointed that the case should have taken this long to reach a final settlement, as it has been in the mills of the Court for e ver two years. : The Greenville News announces that it is reported that a competent lawyer has already been engaged to see that the Port Royal and Western Carolina Road is not "'gobbled op,' by the Southern.' Governor Evans says that the owners cf railroads.may as well realize that there la no need for them to try and "gobble up" competing lines, and that the State Will in conformity with the laws do everything that it can to prevent any Buch consolidations ?News and Courier. South Carolina's Delegation. - Washington, Dec 3.?Senator Tlllman had an.opportunity to uae his famous pitchfork on the President's message to? day, but be is not the same Ben in the United States Senate chamber that he is on the hustings in Edgefield. His au? thorized comments on the President's message' are quite tame compared with the remarks he made to his friends on the same subject. When your corres? pondent called upon him to-night at his apartments in the Hotel Cochrane he was entertaining a party of personal friends. He was quite severe in bis comments upon Mr. Cleveland and the message, but the severe statements were not in? tended for publication. He inaugurated his Senatorial career by sticking his pitchfork into the treasury to the extent of ?15,000 for the relief of the New berry College. This is a war olaim that was urged by Representative Latimer in the last Congress. It is a just claim and should have been paid long ago. George Stackhouse, of Marlboro, has been appointed private secretary to Sen? ator Till man, vice Mat. Tighe, resigned. Representative Strait proposes to press a bill for the erection of a publio building at Rock Hill. He also has several pen? sion bills to present. Representative Elliott has named A. 8. Salley, of Charleston, as his private sec? retary. Representative Wilson has ap? pointed Benjamin Bishop to a similar place?News and Courier. Our Election Laws in Congress. Washington, D.O., Dec 14.?Although there was talk before congress met that Southern Republicans might try to bring about congressional action on the State Constitutions of South Carolina and Mis? sissippi which they olaim are designed to disfranchise then* party, there does not aeem to be much likelihood that any ef? fective Bteps in that direction will be taken. Some of the new members have talked with the house veterans on the subject and have become convinced that there is nothing this congress can do, and that the pnlv thing practical would be to bring the question involved into the supreme court. In the next congress, if it be a republican house, the status will be dif? ferent. \ Already there is talk among Southern republicans that members who bringcredentials from South Carolina to the next congress may be refused their seats on the grounds that the State baa not the republican form of government guaranteed by the oonBtitutlon. Murray, or South Carolina, who was the only oolored member of the last con? gress, is back as a contestant for his old seat, the certificate to which is held by a democrat. He claims to have been counted out and says be has not the slightest doubt that he will be seated. The republicans of the Slate, he says, notwithstanding the decision of the supreme court, are preparing to bring the question of the validity of the new constitution before the court in a form which they think will require a reversion. General opinion among the house re? publicans appears to be that thiB congress will be conservative in unseating the thirty-two members whose Beats are con? tested. The republican majority is so large that there is no need to strain a point in unseating democrats, so it is thought not likely to be done. ? A member of the Virginia senate has introduced a bill to fins counties in which I lynehings take place a: the rate ol 82)0 for every 1,000 inhabitants, j Reduction of Cotton Acreage. To the Editor of the News and Courier : It strikes me tbat tbe Southern newspa? pers could be doing tbeir section good service by urging tbe Southern planters to hold tbe remainder of their cotton, and only plant a half crop next season. No class of people are as poorly organ? ized as tbe Southern farmer. It does look to,me tbat a people wbo b vealmoBt a monbpoly of a great crop, :. b as tbe South has of cotton, would use it better than the Southern planters. List year the South tried to plant the world in cot? ton, while the trade was already burdened with the surplus of two or three big crops. Consequently they received star? vation prices, for which they alone were to blame. Tbeir experience taught them a dear lesson. This year they reduced tbe acreage and the use of fertilizers con? siderably, and by tbeir close economy and hard work made this crop cheaper than any ever made. Now they are en? titled to a fair price for tbeir staple. As to this being a small crop there is no qnestion. Mr. Neil, the Government and all authorities have said so. (When Mr. Neil says a big crop, they believe him.) As to the great reduction both in acreage and tbe use of fertilizers, there is not tbe shadow of a doubt. Look at tbe receipts. A good propor? tion of the time they only compare with a crop which only made 5,700,000 bales. In the face of all this the New York Cot? ton Exchange, tbe professional bears, and tbe money power, organized to mani? pulate the market and put prices down. And well they succeeded, as values shrunk abont 1 1-4 cents per pound. They had absolutely no facts or figures to aid tbem. Their only argument was tbe Turkey war scare and unsettled E)litical affairs abroad, when the fact is iverpool was an unusually heavy buyer during the little disturbance referred to. The professional traders in New York write open letters saying the cotton is being held back too much. If the South would let it move prices would be better; in short, they ssy, "nothing is the mat? ter, only yon people are showing too much stubbornness in holding your cot? ton.- It is a short crop and we must have it. If you do not turn loose we will force prices down and squeeze it from you. This is a short crop and we must have it early. If it was a big crop yon could hold it!" Now let the South',?'*, planter say to the Cotton Exchange: "You can trade on one another as much as you please and run futures where you like, but we pro? pose to run our plantation, and we Intend to have something to Bay abont tbe price of onr cotton when we let it go." Let.them organize and plant half a crop. Do not eaoh farmer try to slip np on his neighbor and say: "Well, tbey are going to cnt down acreage; cotton will be high. I will say nothing, but will plant a big crop. Let every man be ?honest. Plant a half crop and cotton will bring 15 cents next season." The southern planters are more inde? pendent than they have been since tbe war. They can hold the remainder of their cotton and plant only a half crop next season it they will try. The writer thinks this wonld be far better than clamoring for free silver and blaming the gold standard for all the ills from which tbey suffer. Southern bank era ought to aid in holding tbe remainder of their crop, bat refuse them help for planting a big crop. Yours truly, Planter. Greene, 8. G, Dec. 6, 1895. Hark, from the Tomb ! Curlons things are coming to pass In these latter days. Tbe Sparenburg Herald brings the following information: "The report goes that the elegant home of Capt. G. W. Shell, three miles from Lanrens, was tbe scene of a notable gathering a few days ago. A dozen or more of the most influential politicians of the county were gathered there to make friends with Captain ?halt. These influential politicians bad sided with Col. J. L. M Irby ever Bince the entanglement between Shell and Irby in the beginning of which the single bladed barlow knife figured. Having shaken Captain Shell and pinned their faith to Colonel Irby, and being desirous of returning to tbeir first love, these influential politicians thought it'best fitting tbat they should assemble and confess their sins and renew tbeir vows and make merry around tbe festive gobbler on Thanksgiving Day." . As the Greenville News annoonced some time since, we have lost the faculty of being surprised and are prepared for anything in the way of political revivals and survivals, resurrections, resuscita? tions, manifestations, flip-flops, Bnmer saulta and other acrobatics, Upheavals, earthquakes, traasformations and com? binations. Therefore we are ready to contemplate with tbe stolidity of petrifi eution tbe spectacle of tbe good Captain Shell, of Lanrens County,emerging from bis place in tbe reform grave yard, cast? ing lightly from him :he cerements and stepping forth gaily, bedizened in tbe gaudy, flaunting hues of rejoicing and victory. Nothing moie strange has hap? pened, but we bave bad things as Btrange. As we recollect the' occurrence?so many developments develop that we be? come mixed and giddy in endeavoring to recall them?Senator Irby on an occasion produced a Barlow knife and signified a bloodthirsty purpose to explore there with the hidden, private and personal contents and apparatus of Captain Shell's internal anatomical construction. This was naturally unpleasant to Captain Shell, grating upon bis sensibilities and causing resentment. The political vitals of the same suffering statesman have felt at various times tbe knife and pitchfork of the remorseless Til 1 man. Stull made Irby and Shell and Irby together made Tillman and the combined force, effort, influence and Ingenuity of the three were required to disco ver, create and establish Evans. Tillman abandon? ed, derided, stabbed and overthrew Shell, Evans has Ignored him and Irby offered to cat him with a Barlow knife. In course of time it bath befallen that Till? man has smitten Irby likewise. Now tbe problem is, with whom shall Captain Shell seek alliance in tbe event of bis restoration to life, and which of his enemies will he forgive? Which will stick most acutely in bis craw, tbe pitch? fork or the Barlow? Or will he go np against both and essay to attack ana whack their divided forces in detail, or make trace with both and by holding a balance of power between them bring them suppliants to his feet? We pause for a reply and will await developments in this new complication and the results of this reported apparition from the political cemetery with keen and shivering interest.?Greenville Neios. Sunday School Union. The Sund ay school union of 3rd district, Saluda Association, will meet with FJat Rook Baptist Sunday school the fifth Sun? day in December at 10 a. m. Devotional exercises by L P. Smith, 15 minutes Subject for discussion: Does tbe New Tes tament require one tenth for the support of the Gospel. Speakers: H. H. Watklns?, Rev. H- B. Fant, 20 minutes each. General discus sior. Speakers 10 minutes each M. O. Smith, For Com. Woman's Union No. 2. Honea Path, 8. C, Deo. 16,1695. Program Woman's Union, No. 2, Salad a Association, which meets with the Honea Path Church December 28, 1895: 1 Devotional exercises, conducted by Mrs. A. M. Walters. 2. Why we should keep all Christian work subordinate to and under tbe control of the church?Mrs H. C. Wilson and Miss Emma Meredith. Open for discus ?ion. 3 Faith in God and love for the work necessary to true success?Mrs. O. E. Breazeale and Miss Ida Barts. Mrs. B. J. Williams, Committee. Program of Union Meeting. The next Union Meeting of District No. 3. Saluda Association, will be held with Flat Rock Church on Saturday be? fore tbe fifth Sunday in December, 1895, beginning at 11 o'clock. Introductory sermon by O. L. Martin?alternate, P. F. Singleton. Organization. Recess. First Query : "What is Romanism do? ing in America, and bow to meet it ?" Speakers, J. J. Back and P. F. Singleton, twenty minutes each. Second Query : "What should be the attitude of Baptists toward their denom? inational schools ?" Speakers, T. H. Gar rett and Wm. Brown, twenty minutes each. Missionary sermon on Sunday morn? ing, immediately after the adjournment of the Sunday School Union, by W. R. Earle or John B. Herron. T. H. Garrett, for Com. All Froe. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle, Free Send your name and address to H, E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and ge; a sample b >x of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaran? teed to do you good and oost you nothing. For sale at Hill Bros. Drugstore. ? In Utica, N. Y., tradesmen not only Fell tbeir delinquent aocounts at a publio sale out advertise them at full length in th j papers, A Letter from Ned Needle. Three months have passed since I last wrote a letter for the Intelligencer, and in those three months our people have made some rapid strides forward ; couldn't help it, everything has been in their favor. Looking back over the time and comparing it with the same period of last year, a feeling that I cannot express or describe takes possession of me. I have traveled nearly every path in this section, both this year and last, and being very well acquainted with "how the peo? ple stand," memories of people and places as they appeared last year spring with lightning-like agility to the side of the same people and places as tbey appear this year, and what a contrast! Yonder goes a man who at this time last year was barefooted and his children likewise. He couldn't have bought out the Southern Railroad Co. for half a dollar cash down. Even bis creditors had forsaken him. Look at him now. He ia decently dress? ed, baa paid off all his old accounts and has money in bis pocket. A close neigh? bor to him is a tellow who swears that he never saw or tasted a biscuit for weeks. Look at bim now. He goes to the store, orders a barrel of flour at a clip, and payB down for everything he gets. Just the other side of this man lives a fellow who gave a mortgage over everything be had to get supplies. Look at him now. He wants to "put out fifty or seventy-five dollars on intesest 1" And thus it goes, on and on. ' A generous Providence has favored all. The blue smoke ourls as majestically from the stick and dirt chimney that is baoking off from the lit? tle log cabin these wintry evenings as it does from the one that towers up through the fine architecture of the moBt palatial residence. Both are homes to their occu? pants, the fire blazes up as cheerful in one as It does in the other, and contentment and happiness seems to be shed abroad in both. What a pleasant thought! Do we realize how abundantly our Heavenly Father has blessed us, and are we thank? ful? Everyone that has displayed any "git up and git" at all has around him the comforts and luxuries of life, and is looking forward to a glorious "old time time" Christmas. So mote it be! While I thank your now correspondent for his complimentary remarks concern? ing me, Messrs. Editors, I think that he could have very easllv found something else to write about. Brit however, I tip my bat to Mr. "Ralph Rouzer," and wish for him all the good look possible. May bis eyes never grow dim, his band never tremble, and not a partiole of news that would be of interest to his readers ever escape bim. I presume that he will write again this week, and if he does I know be will give yon all the news, therefore I'll desist. With a obeerful smile I wish the edi? tors, printers, correspondents and each and every reader of the ever dear old Intelligence!! a merry Christmas and a glad New Year. "Now I lay me down," etc. Ned Needle. Brushy Creek News. I have been eating "pumpkin pie and 'Mmmon beer" to-day for all I sm worth, Mr. Editor, and I feel pretty foil I tell you. Don't know whether I can write up much news or not. bat, bowsnmever, here goes ? (I was powerful well pleased with the way you printed my other little piece and hope vou will print this la as big letters at yon oao spare for it is going to be my Christ mat Number. Do you tumble?) Everything is on a boom in these regions, and visitors are numerous. . I bear that wedding bells will ring in nur section ere the holidays are over. Send me some cake and a turkey leg The meaftlee are dying oat and those who bavent bad them and want them bad bet ter catoh them at once Don't know how long it will be before they are fashionable again. i Sociables and parties are the chief topics of conversation with the young folks now. The people generally can afford to have a high old time Christmas if tbey want to, aod we thick that-they want to. Blind tigers are not quite as numerous ia these parts as they used to be, sod we are glad of it, Guess who bought some apple' from a mountain beauty" one day last week, told her she was sweeter than the apple*, tried to steal a kiss and haB been deaf io one ear and blind as a bat in one eye ever sine*? There is a great deal of ppecnlatlon among the boys as to who Ralph Boozer onnld be. Some of them think that he's a ?he of the new type, hat tbev are barking up the wrong tree Ralph Rouzer wears n'ain, straight breetcbes, just like Ned NeedlA's, only ?his'na got patches on 'em and Ned's ain't? Bicycles are getting as plentiful as you nleasa in Brushy Creek now, We saw five in Wiglngton's Bicvcle Repair Shop one day la?t week and "Johnnie and Tom mie" were both dootoriog on 'em. With we bad one heard a sweet, Bweet little girl re mark one afternoon last week that she did wish Ned Needle would blow up the "local breezes from Brashv Creek" regularly like he used to. We told her that we did, too. Old boy, can't you blow 'em a little form? Tell us how yon felt that night you tried to ride your bike across that "long gang plankling foot bridge" when your lantprn went out and you and the bike fell off. Eh ? If you don't tell it. I will. Ia accordance with a time honored cus? tom among newspapers the working force of the Intelligences will, I guess, observe the holMai s aod we'll get no paper next week. In that case you may look ont for me with my hair done up in curl papers New Year. I'll, try to give you the dots ?in onr Christmas if I don't get killed or foundered. A merry Christina? and a happy New Year to all is tbe wish of Yoars truly. Balfh Rouzee. Townville News. Well, Oscar Harris got married Thurs? day evening. He married Mrs. Hunter Brownlee, and our good Dr. Frierson. of Anderson performed tbe ceremony. We don't blame him for getting married, for be had some little children and they need? ed somebody to care for them A home Is oot a home, nobow, without a good wo? man to preside over it We wish tbem to be a great blessing to each other Messrs Mike O'Neal aod Draton Babb, of this place, have tbe contract to ditch a canal through the Little Beaverdam bot? toms, commencing at the lower end of Captain Hunter's .bottoms and running tbronfih Capt. Hunter's, F. A. Daniels', G. W. Grant's, Capt. R 0. Trlbb'.e's, J. 0 Harris' and probably others. O'Neal <fe Babh will work convicts on the job If tbe Little Beaverdam bottoms were well 'dried tbey would make nearly enough corn to supply the Fork Township Mr. MoKinney Brown, of this place, has his dwelling on Westminister street com? pleted. That's right, my boy, bring her in about Xmas. We have had several droves of mountain hogs in town lai?iy. Tbey sell them six cents net, which we think la very reason? able. Well, fellow correspondents, tbe editor has returned bis thanks and gave ua a word of encouragement, which was very small, we most admit, bnt nevertheless let us try to do better work la the future than we have in tbe past. Mr. Jackson Giles, of Cartersville, Ga., is visiting his parents near this place. Prof. Speak, of this place, has been very sick, but we are glad to note that he is much better. Christmas is nearly here and we do hope that everybody will remember tbe orphans at Greenwood and Clinton. How much nicer to give a dollar to tbe orphans than it is to get a bottle of whiskey and get drunk and make beasts of ourselves. So in remembering the Saviour let us try to imitate. Him, for he was always going about doing good. We have been to the Exposition and are back pressed and tired. But everybody that can ought to go and see what tbe world is and what it is doing. We went on Midway and rode on the big wheel and felt powerful small, but we did not take all of Midway Id. We walked along the crowded street and was obliged to exclaim a fool and his money soon parts, and a suck born every minute. But going through the government building fully repaid us for our trip. The Constitution Co. entertained us royally on Georgin bar? becue, and Mr W. F. Crussell, manager of the weekly, carried us through all the buildings and took a great deal of paina in explaining it all to ua and footing all the bills, which was an item well calculated to capture the average American. So we wish the Constitution much success, and wish the Intelligences great success and that it's editor will find a good wife before '96 is out. Old Rosin De Bow. ? Michael Fritz, now deceased, for? merly a resident of Friendensburg, Sohuylkill County, Pa., cut a third aet of teeth at the age of 81. These lasted 12 years, falling out when the old man was 93. At the age of 95 the forerunner of a fourth Bet appeared, but Michael died before bis jaws got their full complement. There is no similar case on record. ? A professor in the New York Dental College questions whether we are not be ooming a toothless people. Even many young people are being driven to wear* ing artificial teeth. And how about the drift to eyeglasses? It seems as though every boy or girl one meets ia wearing glasses, let alone the multitudinous and growing army of bospe ctacled ones among adults, Iota Items. As you bave bad no news from os in a long time, Mr. Editor, we will again give yon a few items. The health of onr people is very good with the exception of the measles. Tbey have been raging ever since Sell's circus. Our people are allbappy now?plenty of good meat to do them and their cribs full of corn. Every person yon meet has a smile on his face. Is Cleveland, Till man or the Reform party the cause of the prosperity ? Some people seem to think that some man or party is the cause of bard times. Now hard times is a thing of the past and we would like to know who is the cause of good times ? The farmers are done sowing wheat. There was a great deal of it sowed. They are determined to have plenty if laboi can produce it. The weddings are beginning to start op, Mr. Editor, but your bumble servant is not being invited, therefore, we cannot describe any of them. We will be like the old woman who didn't get to go to the burying, we will have one of our own some day, that is, if we can get some of the girls to say "I wilt." We saw "Old Joe," that distinguished writer from Pine Grove, receive a very hard fall a few tinnday's ago, but he did not get hurt very bad. We believe be is no longer a writer for the Intelligen? ces, bot a correspondent of one of Iola's lair damsels. Rev. W. B. Hawkins will preach his farewell sermon at Lebanon the fifth Sunday in December. Rev. Mr. reo1*, of Westminister, S. C , has been eh ctel to take Mr. Hawkins' place. CbrlBtmas is coming and we are all ex Eecting a good time. The little folks are eginning to talk about Old Santa Clans and what he is going tn bring them. On the first day of January, 1390, let us all turn over a new leaf anu strive to keep it as clear of blotches as we can. Let ns do as much good as we can and as little harm. Mr. C. H. Walker has rented his place near Iola and moved to Pelzer. The school at Lebanon, taught by Prof. Johnson and Miss Florence Smith, is in a flourishing condition. We have one hundred and five pupils enrolled. And tbey are taught by two of the best teach? ers the State affords. Mr. Wm. H. Burkette, cf Ohio, has been visiting relatives near here. He says he is well pleased with South Caro? lina and her people. A. large number of our people have visited the Exposition and are all well pleased. Mr. B. L. Barnett killed an 18-months old pig the other day that weighed 406 Eounds. We wonder it any of his neigh ors can beat it? Wishing yon, Mr. Editor, and the dear old Intelligencer and its many readers a merry Christmas, I am Plenojure. Belton Items. Measles are prevailing in this communi? ty. It seems to be rather a malignant merchants of this place have agreed. to close I be places of business on the night of the 24th until the following Monday for holidays daring Christmas Mr. Beatie Gossett, formerly of this place, but now a traveling salesman, spent last Sabbath in town. Mr. A. M Sharp, of Anderson, visited relatives in town Sunday. Dr Manly filled his regular appoint? ment Sunday. The Belton High School will close for the holidays on next Friday, and remain closed for two weeks. Belton is now connected by a telephone with Greenville and Anderson. Cotton seed are bringing eighteen cents a bushel at this market Mrs. Hattle E Todd, who has been visiting in this place, returned to ber home in Augusta Tuesday. Prof. John West, of Pelzer, visited rel? atives in this place Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Woodside visited relatives in Belton Saturday. Cjtton continues to come in, bnt the price is still on the decline. Klcx - ? There are 1,500 different species of snakes in the world. Out of all that vast number England only has four species, and only one of those are poisonous. ? The way to suppress lynchings is to oonviot the lynchers. A half-dozen such convictions will do more than all the essays that could be written on law and order. ? A woman in Pittsbnrg, Pa., sold her husband the other day to a former sweetheart for $30 in cash, a pair of dia? mond earrings, a diamond ring and a diamond pin. And she made by the trade. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E Bncklen & Co . Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills A trial will convince you of tbeir merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and 8ick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be periectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable Tbey do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box Sold by Hill Bros. Druggist. ? There i? do building material so durable as well-made bricks. In the British Museum are bricks taken from the buildings in Nineveh and Babylon which show no sign of decay or disinte? gration, although the ancients did not burn or bake them, but dried them in the sun. The baths of Caracal la and of Titus, in Rome, and the Thermae of Diocletian, have endured the ravaged of time far better than the stone of the Colosseum. STOLEN HORSE. AGREY HORSE, with black mane and tail, heavy set and has a run ning walk. Weighs about 1.000 pounds, was stolen on Saturday night, 14th inst. from my stableb, in Beiton To?nshtp, near C&lboun. A reward will be paid for its return, or any information concerning it or the thief. S N. DAVENPORT, Balton, S C. Dec 18, 1895 25 _2? THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. S. Plckens, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Mary Smith, Jamett Smith. Rowley Smith, Joseph Sjjlth and Fletcher Smith, heirs at law of C. W. *mtth. de ceaned, Defendants.?Summons for BVlef?Com? plaint Served. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned ?nd required to an? swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy i herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, at Anderson 0. H., 8. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day ot such service; and If you fail to answer the Coniplaiut within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply t* the Court for the relief demanded in the Com? plaint. Dated Dec. lUb, A. D., 1895. BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [SEAL] JXO. C. WATKIS8, C C. 0 P. To the Defendants, Joseph Smith and Fletcher Smith: You will take notice that the Summons and Compl int In the above stated action were tiled in the office of the 4 lerk of Court for Andeison Coun? ty, S C, at Anderson, S. C, on the 14th day of December, 1833. BONH AM A W ATKINS, PlaiutiiTs Attorneys. Dec 18,1895_25_6 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Ahokesok County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Eva 8. Murrav, as Administratrix of Estate of E B Murray, deceased, and in her own rigbt Plaintiff, vs. J. Scott Murray, jr., Felic:a H. Murray, infants under 21 years of age, Eva S. Murray, Edwards B. Murray, Duff S Murray, and T. Douglas Murrav. infants under 14 years of age, Jesse W. Norrls, J. N. Brown, J. D Maxw-ll, surety for MIsb Christine YonBorstell, G W. Fant, The Anderson Savings, Loan and Invest? ment Co., W. S Lse, &r? James T. Jones, as Administrator of Estate of Elben W. Wnitfleld, deceased, Defend ants.?Complaint to sell Land in aid ot Personal Assets to pay Debts, for Parti tion, Relief, &c Is obedience to the order of sale granted in the above stated case, I will sell at Anderson C H., S. C on Saleaday in January next, the following described property, to wit: All ihat certain Tract of Land, contain? ing 160 acres, more or less, situate in Pen dieton Township, County and State afore? said, on wateis of Twenty three Mile Creek, adjoining lauds of Mrs. S. R. Mc Eiroy, Miss Fannie Earle and other*, it being the same as conveyed to E. B. Mar ray by W. W. Humphreys, Master, by Deed recorded in R M. 0. office for An? derson Co., S. C, in Book "a A A," page 610 And that certain piece or Lot of Land, containing 18 acres, more or les?, situate, lying anu being within the corporate lim? its of the City of Anderson, 8 C, known as the Pool Spring place, also, a* the reai dence ot Gen. J w. Harrison, it being the place whereon E B Murray lived at the time of his death, and conveyed to E. B. Murray by W. W. Humphreys, Master, by Deed recorded in R. M. C. office for Anderson Co.,.-. C , in Book ''RR." page 470 lesH certain Lots sold off said premises by E. B Murray during bis life-time And that other Tract or Lot of Land, containing 29 acres, more or lets, sitoate within the corporate limits of the City of Anderson. S. C, bounded by the Estate of E. B. Murray, J. F. Clink scales, J N. Brown. J. W. Daniels, Blue Ridge Railroad and others, it being the Tract of Land conveved to J. Adger Bmy the by James H. MoConnell, Sheriff, and conveyed to E. B. Murray by J. Ad ger Smythe by Deed recorded in R M. C. office for Anderson Co., S. C, In Book "BB," pa e 718, less a portion of same already sold off Also, that Lot or parcel of Land, with the two story Brick Building thereon, in the City of Anderson, 8. C, fronting on Whitner Street 26} feet, running hack 202 feet, adjoining store-room of G. W. Fant. E B. Murray & Co ar d Bine Ridge R R, the same as conveyed to E. B Murray oy M P Tribble. Terms?One half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest from sale, secured by bond and mortgage with leave to an? ticipate payment. Purchaser or purcha sera to pay for papers. R. M. BDRRIS8, Probate judge. Dec 11.1&95 24 4 For Hand and Machine. 200 Yards for 2 1-2 Cents. The best Sewing Thread manufactured for only one-half the former price. Can be obtained only from us. D C. BROWN & BRO. STOP!.__..?THINK IT OVER I WILL. K. HTJBBAKD, That rani the JEWELRY PALACE, next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, has, beyond a donbt, the Largest Btock of.. This side of Charleston. Competition ain't in it at all, as I cannot be under* sold...... $&- X bought these Goods to 8ELL, and if yon fail to get your share it's not my fault. Drop in and LOOK, even it you don't want to buy. Birthday, Wedding and Xmas Presents IN GREAT VARIETY. ?St- ENGRAVING FREE?Promptness in everything. WILL. R. HUBBARD, Jeweler. PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE MIND! WILL be the picture of our Store in its holi? day attire. That is if you have a ' mind and call" But we know you will when we mention that prices on our? Christmas Candies, (Blatikeeor Steere'p,) Cakes, Crackers and Fruits are Ob, no, nut cut down to nothing, but made just the right figure. Our Store is a veritable Magazine of plenty. The every-day Groceries are crowding the Fanoy Holiday Knick Knacks on the shelve", bnt that doesn't prevent us giving full attention to every customer. Very respectfully, "THE BOYS," RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. Free Citv Delivery. Phone No. 70. NEW JEWELRY STORE ! JOHN M. HUBBARD, IN HIS NEW STORE.IN HOTEL BLOCK. LOTS OF NEW GOODS, NOVELTIE8 IN PROFUSION. JUST WHAT YOU WANT. ONE CENT TO $100.00. jp&*No charge for Engraving. ?ff?The Prettiest Goods in the Town, and it's a pleasure to show them. P. S.?If you have Accounts with J. M. HUBBARD,* BRO. make settlement with me at above place. ?__^ JOHN H. HUBBARD. ?duylers Candl Not the Cheapest but the Best. ORR & Pi Are now ready for business at their New 8 OR FATHER OR MOTHER OR SISTER OR BROTHER OR .SWEETHEART FOR FRIEND. I In every style of binding:, at any price?from Sc. to Twenty-flve Dollars. %sa~ Every person in Anderson County will wish to make at least one Chrl present; what Is better for this purpose than a good book in neat and pretty bine Call *nd insppct while the stock it* new and fresh. We have just received a new line of? BOX PAPERS- fromr200? fov#o.ppIrSox*toh' THE NEW BOOK STORE, North Main St., one door from Public Square, near B. B. BridgeJ Is Jes' Raisin' Cane wid dat Ten Cent Store! / Hese done sole haf that big lot Crockery, an is now on to the bigges line o' Xmas stuff this kentry nose anything uv. And Fire "Works an Toyes an Fancie Stuff, world without end, and awlmoste without price. He don't giv nothin' away, like some advertise to do, but does a'most, sure. ,No school-boy prize scheme, but the biggest and best Doll for your money, an no making up on you for a prize that some body else gets. ? We shall be busy as busy can bee, but will take time to give you our figures, and post you up, and then you can trade where you want to. It's a good thing to know how cheap you can buy before you trade. MINOR'S got a big thing in store for those who wish to enjoy Xmas, and hav somethin' left fer '96. Mother's baby can ha? a big Doll fer 10c An a Carriage fer a dime. A Rockin' Chare fer two nickels. Papa's boy can have a Wagon fer 10c, and a bigger one fer a quarter. Bal? loons to send up at 10c. Rockin' Hosses, Shuflizes, etc. Doll Furniture lower than before. Vases for the larger girls. Cups and Sawcers with pleasing mottoes. Fancy China of various descriptions. Mirrors fer the bloomer girls. Parlor and Library Lamps that exactly suits the sweet sis teeners, and also pleases Maumer. A big Decorated Vase Lamp fer a dollar. Fire Crackers, Roman Candles, Shy rockets, Pinwheels, Parade Torches, Colored Fires, Torpedoes, Spangled Torches, Lion Balloons, Fireworks, Balloons, Magic Instanter Torches, and Fireworks ov every description. Don't fale ter see our FREE EXHIBITION Tuesday night, December twenty-foth. Ef u du haf yere Xmas is lost, shore nuff. Yours alwaze truly, FOR OUTDOOR WEAR OUR WINTER SHOES strike the climax of comfort and satitfactori ness. They couple high protection for the feet with a low tariff in prices. Our values, like our Shoes, are high. No one wants more protection than they afford, and the brilliant combination of style, shape, elegance, and fine material which they present, makes then emphatically the Shoes of the season and for the season, too. A handsome Shoe is justly a matter of pride, and certainly there's cause for pride in our Winter footwear. Such Shoes must he admired. THE Y?TES SHOE CO. Anderson, S. C. EMPTY WAGONS MAKE MOST FUSS! And so the Merchant who carries no Bargains must sing hia own praises or the same shall not be snng, and it is he who is always shooting off his lip about bis "Big Stock bought at Cash," and his low prices on everything. Our modesty compels us to allow our customers to praise us. Such praise has always been the seerttof our success. We have sold more SHOES and JEANS this fall than we expected. And why ? Prices suited our customers' pocket books. FLOUB has advanced and is still likelv to go higher. We have on hand quite a large supply, and we are going to sell it off, giving our customers the benefit of the lower prices at which they were bought. Bear in mind that we are in the lead on COFFEE, (J. K. No. 2 being best ever sold,)? Sugar, Molasses and Tobacco of all kinds. Give us a trial and be convinced. DEAN, RATLIFFE & CO. ?Sf All Notes and secured Accounts due on December 10th and before will be placed in the hands of a Collector for foreclosure. Wh mean business. PERHAPS, YOU will remember that Goliath was very much surprised when David hit him with a stone. He said that such a thing bed never entered bis head before. You may be surprised in the same way when we tell you that? J. A. AUSTIN & CO. AND THE TEAPOT Has the BEST and CHEAPEST line of GROCERIES In the City of Anderson. Now, the "proof of the pndding is in the eating." and if you will call at our place we promise not to bit you in the bead with a stone, out will name some BED BOCK prices that will win your purchases in our line. Give us a chance to HII? YOU with our MONEY SAVERS. We still keep that Good Humor COFFEE?5J and 5 pounds for $100, FLOUR that's suie to please you at $4.00 per barrel. New Raisins, Currants, Citron, Nuts, Mincemeat, Plum Pudding, Sap Maple Syrup, Cranberries, &c. far- The BEST always at? JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO. and THE TEAPOT, jet* P. 8.?CELERY ev6ry week.