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?encer, PUSLRSSD EVERY WEDNESD? 7. j. P. CLINKSCALES, [ Editors and 0. 0. LANGSTON, f Psoprietobs TERMS: ONE TEAR...'._fl 50 SIX MONTHS ............_ 75 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 1896. The Seaboard Air Line goss out of the Southern States Freight Association and a great rate war is threatened. ? The United State* Senate has passed the bill making ex-Con federate officers eligi? ble for military or naval appointments by the United States. The war. Jsover. If "Uncle Sam" would go for Turkey ' in Asia as he does for turkey in the Uni? ted States''the unspeakable" would kill - fewer Christians during the coming year. That sterling Democratic paper, the .Atlanta Journal, i3 now one of the best -equipped evening journals in the United : States, as well as one of the newsiest and heat edited. '?-. ?m- mm i -\ Justice Brewer, of the United Stat ! Supreme Court, has been tendered anc ' has accepted a place oh the Venezuel Commission. The ether commissioner .Thavernot yet been named. The Legislature will meet on Tuesday, 14th inst. It will be the most Important meeting of that body for a good many ? years. The indications are that the ses? sion will last at least two months. ' . -? - . , - In a. case fax court in New York the ' other day a witness testified that he had taken his wife's name when married in? stead of her taking Jut. The new woman is marching on conquering and to con? quer. _ _; _ _ The Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta closed last night, and we hope it has been a financial sue 0933. We know it has already done great good for Atlanta and the whole South! and we will continue to reap the benefits fjr years to come. Better prices may. be confidently loo.kr ed for in the cotton market. . The bears canno; much longer hold down the price of cotton. We are confident that higher prices wi?l obtain; cotton is bound to hold its own. The short crop will com? mand better prices for the staple. The "tinfewjbr squaring accounts has arrived. Evwy^S?yi-ahould make set tlement at cLa end of each year.: Old* accounts that tun over from year to year . are more than likely to cause mis^nder - standings. It is best to settle up, and a low dollars once'started on the rounds will very soon pay a good many debts.' - .?I m mm - We commend to our farmer friends one New Year's resolution, and we .tbinl they will agree that it is a good one; Plant less cotton. The good effects of reduced acreage have been felt rll ove the cotton belt this season, but unless the farmers wish a return of starvation prices for their products they Will have to keep up the good work; The Intelligences is. under obliga gations to Hon. Hoke Smith for a copy^or the annual report of the Department ot the Interior. The report is fuilj com . plete and comprehensive, and shows a thorough knowledge of all the details of his department. Mr. Smith is one of the - most popular members of the President'* Cabinet, and the South is proud of him. .-?T Both Houses of Congress have passed the bill authorizing a commission to investigate the boundary between Vene? zuela and British Guiana, and appropriat? ing ?100,000 to pay ibe expenses therebi. -?'?/~It was passed by the unanimous vote ot both:Senate and House, Bhowing that thf American people are a unit when foreign aggression threatens. In this Venezue? lan fcffair there ar? co Republicans nor Democrats?but all are Americans. The News and Courier saya it has been ramorsd for several days that4 negotia? tions were pending looking toward the sale or. lease of the Carolina Railroad to s syndicate of capitalists, from the West. While Iber, names of the gentlemen are not known" they are eaid to be from Chicago, and it ia stated vthat. either they or their representatives have been in Charleston recently taking part in the negotiations which are said to be on foot Chicago wants a trunk line through Charleston, ancfAnderson wcnld do well to keep her eyes open. - The latest gossip In political, circles to the effect that Attorney General Bar? ber will be a candidate for the additional Supreme Goiirt Justiceship created by ? thg' neg^ Constitution. He has noft an ""^nolmeed himself that he would stand for the place,,'tot his friends are indnstri-! ously urgta^his olaims, and should they ' succeed: in elevatiibg him to the bench he old doubtless bethe youngest Justice who&aa ever held snch-o position. His competitors ia the race, as~lar as known, are Speaker Jones, Colonel Kobert A1-. drich, Sir. D. S Henderson and Senator Mower. ; V. ? ~?:- ???>????^ ? Mr. Ahlwardfc, a member of tbeGer znan relchstaff, who goes by the title of "the Jew baiter/;.ia8 come to this coun? try to make an endeavor to ntjrjij) ^fanJ?j i7}f?- against i^e^JeivjS^THBore is no such feeling now noris-there likely to be, and' )^r>;AJilwatcl^mIe8ion.of hate will have "Savo. glorious conclusion. The Jews in the United States are loyal citizens, who: bear their share of the public burdens without a murmur, and who are respect? ed and honored just the same as other citizens of alike character, and there is no call for foreign interference. Twenty-nine contests are-to be dispos Trampled to Death. Baltimore, Dec. 27.?Twenty-three : persons were crushed and trampled to I death in a panic at Front Street theatre tonight. Several others were injured, some of whom -will, it Is believed, die. The United Oriental Opera and Dra? matic Company of Boston, under the management of A. Schongold and Abram Tanzman, was billed to present the Jew? ish opera "Alender," and the theatre was filled with a motley thront*. About 2,500 persons were In the house when the or? chestra began playing the introductory. A strong odor of gas was noticed in the second gallery of the theatre and one of the attaches of the place was seen hunt? ing' for the leak with a lighted torch. Suddenly a jet of flame flashed oat as the torch came In contact with the punctured S,a pipe, Cries of "fire" were heard in e upper galleries and in an instant the excitement became intense. Some one rushed to the gas metre and turned off the supply, plunging the main body of the bouse into darkness. The stage jets alone remained lighted, being fed through another metre. ' 7 Instead of allaying the excitement caused by the.sheet of flame from the leaking pipe, the turning off of the gas and consequent darkness only served to add to the confusion. The audienoe arose en masse and "mads a mad rash for the exits. The actors ran down to the foot-lights and shouted "sit down, there's no danger," but the excited throng paid no heed to the advice but continued their wild scramble for the doors. The gas was quickly turned on at the metre and as the theatre again became illuminated, an indescribable scene of horror was presented. -Men, women and children, crazed by .fear, were fighting and struggling in. the aisles and on the stairways, in their efforts to reach the open air, - The actors.on the. Btage and a few.cool heads in the audience added to the tur? moil bv shouting their commands to' "sit down" aud cursing those who were most vigorous in their efforts to get out. The straggling mass Of humanity made Utile or no headway for a few minutes;? every aisle was congested and every doorway jammed with frantic Poles and Russian Jews who mainly comprised the gather? ing.. Strong men in the rear of the panic stricken mob climbed upon the shoulders of those In front, crushing the weake* men, women and little children to the floor tobe trampled, to deeth by those . a'.'U further in the rear. For several minutes the wild fight con tin a e d. Then' a few policemen forced a passageway to the main entrance and began dragging forth those who were jammed in the doors. A rushing stream of humanity flowed oat on" Front street an til all those who were able to move reached the open air. A. hurry call for policemen had been made and a squad ' were anon the scene by this time, an d a fire alarm bad also been sent in bringing some engines to the spot. The excitement in the street was almost as great as in the theatre, as relatives be? gan searching for-those from whom they had become separated daring .the mad rash. Fathers and mothers rushed about looking for their children and attempted to re-enter the theatre In their search for T?lssiagones. The crowd grow so great that the police; fearing a riot, ordered the fire engine hose to. be turned on and In that-way the struggling mass was driven back from the theatre entrance. Meanwhile officers had entered the theatre, and ehoonotered a sickening sight, In every direction > were found bodies from which life had been crashed and trampled. A majority of the victims were young men,, girls and children. They were tenderly carried to the front of the house .and taken to the city hos? pital and the morgue as fast as the ambu? lances and patrol wagons could make the crips. Great crowds followed the ambu ; I ai Icea and patrol. wagons and I stormed the entrances to the hospital and morgue in their anxiety to learn if their relatives and friends were among the injured or dead. Twenty-three dead bodies , were finally taken from the theatre. Teh per? sons; more or less injured, are at the oity hospital, two of whom may die. Several others were taken to their homes in car? riages, suffering from contusions: or broken bones. The death list will prob? ably exceed 25. . At a late hour to-night there had been but 14 of the dead identified. They are: Miss Jennie Hinkle, 21 years old, Who was in the orchestra with her brother-in law, sister and two children. They reached the door in their attempt to es? cape. Miss Hinkle suddenly released her bold on her brotber^in-law'a arm and sink under the feet of the throng. She was'trampled to death. Attention ! Old Soldiers. \ All the old Confederate soldiers \ of South'Carolina know that It has been pro-: posed to erect a building -wherein there -?ball be collected and preserved the records pertaining to the late war.' .In regard to this great undertaking Gan. 0. L Walker, has. addressed the following circular letter to the men of the South Carolina Division: Headquarters South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans. Charleston, a C, Dec. 27,1895. Circular LaUer'No. 1: The attention of thecampaof this divis? ion is called , to the very nraotioal and feasible plan which has been adopted to ?v cure the necessary amonnt for the erec? tion of the Battle Abbey of the Southern Confaderaov. Its success is hear the hearts of all of our comrades. It is our ?lesixe to see soon erected tb*?substantial memorial building, in which will be gathered tho precious memories, truth? ful documents and the many relics of onr memorable struggle. This collection Will be the evidence and of inestimable value to any historian who will do justice -to the great cause for which we gave our ail and many of oar loved '?omrades yielded their lives. It is due co them, it is duo to ourselves, it is due 0 our descendants, that a true and cor? rect history of the war shall be written. Such d history will show that the Con? federacy was right, legally, and. morally, and defended with a heroism unequalled 1 n th e history of the world. *' - This collection, of relics, documents, eta, must be made now, but they will only be surrendered by their eweers when they are assured that they will be placed beyond , the reach of harm In a substantial fireproof building and be pre? served with trustworthy care. This can. only be accomplished by the expenditure ? > f the money which ils zooght to be gath? ered. If this is not reason enough, then that the U C. Y. have committed themselves : to-.raise the amount necessary should iDciteyevery camp to the most earnest ""Txer?ons. . An appeal to South Carolina for any noble cause is sure to find a glorious response. - An appeal, to them . tor an object which vIU do honor and credit to their loved Confederate soldiers touches them even, more deeply. Such an appeal to you,, my comrades of the Sooth Caro? lina Division, and to you for a cause whose great object is to preserve for all time the evidences of your heroic actions aad that of our dead comrades, will meet I with ?. most liberal response. Respond with but one-hundredth part of the alao j rlty with which you sprang to arms at ^ha-ftill of oar State in 1861 and yoawllL, ;'-"..'?;ore than your fulldnta--af: "... MflHfrlninna and VwfiilMlUfli H? The Chain Gang System. Columbia. S. C., December 28.?The somewhat slow bat steady growth of the chain gang system in the State is signifi? cant. It shows the determination to im? prove the roads of the State. Whether or not the change results in mnob good in the next year or two, it is a move on the part of many of the oounties to do syste? matic work on the public roads. There are now nineteen counties that have adopted the chain gang system and have forces at work. Other counties are seri? ously considering the matter of enraging to the chain gang system and are likely to do so. Cant. Westcoat, of the Penitentiary, has kindly given the following list of coun? ties where the system is in operation: Aiken, Anderson, Abbeville, Barnwell, Berkeley, Chester, Darlington, Colleton, Fairfield, Edgefleld, Lancaster, Lauren?, I Oconee, Marlboro, Newberry, Richland, Spartan borg, Union and York. I It seems that the syBtem works finely in some of the counties, while in others It is found to be somewhat expensive and that feature is discouraging. In Rich land County, however, It is working to the entire satisfaction of the County authorities, and the same is the experi? ence in many of the other counties. Su? pervisor Weston, in talking about the experience with the system in the County, said that It was really the only satisfac? tory plan that has yet been found and that the roads that are now being fixed by the chain gangs are the best and only really good roads in the County. Five miles have been finished on each of two roads and three miles on a third and these, Mr. Weston says, have been well worked. As to the cent, Mr. Weston says that after months of experience the aver? age cost per capita was $3.80, Which in? cluded the living of the guards. Mr. Weston went on to say that with . the chain gang work could be required of the hands and was executed under com? petent officers. He said that not long ego ninety-four men were put to work ! < n three' miles of road. They were given ibriy shovels, and but for the importance . cif the work it would have been amusing to see how -the men worked.. Some or them Were drunk and few worried about work,1 and there was no way to make them perform their task, while with the ohain gang there were no such annoyan? ces. The introduction of the chain gang system has had the effect of making the counties Invest in 'road building ma? chinery. . Richland - has bought eight moles, a steam shovel and other applian? ces. Other counties haye done some thing ,of the .kind and the necessity of finding advantageous employment for the convicts has Induced the Investment in road machinery. In some of the upper counties the con? victs nave been put to work on perma? nent roads, and some few are . being ma? cadamized, and'there Is even a proposi? tion to build a macadamized road with convict labor from Rook Hill to York ville. The use of convicts on the chain gangs has reduced the attendance at the Peni? tentiary. Last year there were 1,100 con? victs under the control ot the Peniten? tiary, while to-day there are a few less than a thousand under the control of Su perindent Neal. The estimate of the authorities is that by the increase of the. 'chain gang system that by this time next year there will be about 760 to 800 con victs in the Penitentiary. These figures, while snowing a deorease in the attendance at the Penitentiary/ .also Indicate an increase in the number of convictions, as each of. the nineteen conutlea in which the.chain gang system lain vogue will average fifteen men on ?he force. At present those who are eligible to be sentenced to the chain gang, must be sentenced to less Jhan two-year terms. " ' " "~ ? - v The Constitutional Convention brushed away the obstructions. that have been in tho way of the chain gang and ^jw all classes of officials with authority to sen? tence to imprisonment have thr right ot sending convicted prisoners to the chain gang.?News and Courfcr. . The Battle of the Crater. .. ? ? . - -. ?_ JTo the Editor of the News and Courier : I was much interested in the paper read by Col. MoMaster before Camp Hampton, Columbia. The Colonel, Iii speaking ot .the-battle of the Crater, says "it took Gen. Mahone along time to arrange bis men." ..The fact Is that when it was found necessary to send troops to this point Mahone first withdrew-his old brigade. This was soon followed by Wright's Georgia brigade, these failing to retake the entire line. Our brigade (Sanders'8 Alabama) was ordered to leave the works.: We were ordered to crawl upon our knees over a portion of ground, so us to cover the fact that only a line of skirmishers w.ere left, holding this point. Sanders'* brigade made the last charge. I well remember..the words used by Gen. Ma? hone as the. brigade Was forming for the charge under the brow of the bill: "Ala bamlans, I call on you to take this place ?two of the beet brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia nave failed, but you can take it, and yon shall. If you give back I'll send you again." His last com? mand was: "Moye forward ac a slow .double-quick, when you reach the works jump in and use the bayonet. The Fed* erals held their fire until we were very close, , and. their first fire was terrific, many Confederates went down, then fol? lowed a hand to hand straggle. It'was at this time the Federals turned every gun that could be brought to bear upon this point. It must be remem bered negro troops were occupying the trenches at this point. The Federals were driven from the works in every direction, ex? cept the Crater proper. This was 1 nil of negroes, who had taken refuge there. - Several of the men of our brigade ran . up to the Crater not knowing the danger hidden here, wore shot and rolled in. . One of these i?en- was found alive after the fight. The question now was how to; ?et at these men in the Crater. Gsn. anders solved the question by ordering his men to gather .up the guns scatter ad over the ground, others to get as near the opening as possible and pitch them in bayonet foremost. This soon brought [ the negroes to their sepses. A newspaper waafastened to the point of a bayonet and waved wildly about the mouth of the chasm. Before daylight over six hun? dred dead Federals were placed in this opening and the works rebuilt. There was a current rumcr that Gen. Lee did not. approve of this charge, on the ground that a lodgment had been effected on either side, and the enemy could be-dislodged by snapshooting. Whether this was so or not I cannot say. Gon. Sanders was by birth an Alabam lan. His parents were native born Sontb Carolinians. His father, Dr. Charles P. Sanders, was, I think, a graduate of the M edical College of Charleston. His grand? father was Capt. William Sanders, of Anderson. At the beginning of hostilities Gen. J. C. Sanders was a member of the Sen? ior class of the University of Alabama. He was elected Captain of a Company, soon became Colonel of the 11th Ala? bama, was again made Brigadier Gene? ra], and at the time of his death was commanding the old Wllcox Brigade. He was killed on the 27th ot August, 1864, on the Weldon Road, and at the time oi his death was about twenty-three years old. This places^h^ among the Carolina's Old Veterans. It looks very much now as if the old soldiers of the State of South Carolina are to fare ajittle better at the bands of the State for which.they endured hard? ships unparallelled in the history of any oountry. Section 5 of article XIII. of the new Constitution has this provision, which went through like a Hash when presented in the convention: "The general assembly is hereby em? powered and required at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, to provide such proper and liberal legisla? tion as will guarantee and secure an an? nual pension to every indigent or disabled Confederate soldier and sailor of this State and of the late Confederate States who are citizens of this State, and also to the in? digent widows of Confederate soldiers and sailorB." It will be noticed that the general as? sembly is not only "empowered," but "required" to do this, and that the word "liberal" has been used in speaking of the provision to be made for these vete? rans and widows of veterans. The pensioners of this State have never received more than 923 a year from the State. For the year just closed they re ceived ?21.75?a mere pittance. What the legislature will consider a "liberal" pro? vision for these pensioners remains to be seen. It may be of general interest to the public to know that a* present the State has on its pension roils 2,3uC pen? sioners. There were 141 new applications approved during the past year, luG being rejected, rjaking 247 new applications for pension!, presented. At the eud of the preceding year there were 2,273 names on the rolle. During the past y ear 108 names were dropped from the list by reason ot death or removal from the State. During the year just ended the State paid out in pensions the sum of $50,160, the total ex? penditure Including the expenses of the pension boards, etc., being $50,616.10. The number of pensioners given above Des not by any means indicate the total number of the rapidly decreasing army of needy veterans, who would be greatly relieved by a liberal pension, but whus-e southern pride prevents them, until .forced to do so by dire distress, from ap? plying for the mere pittance heretofore allowed. It Is generally understood that the leg? islature will at the coming session act most generously toward the pensioners, and carry out the intention of the Con - titntlonal convention by adopting snob an act as will be genuine aid to the needy veterans ?Columbia State Limiting the Cotton Crop. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20.?The move? ment looking to no increase of the cotton acreage next year was inaugurated by the Memphis Cotton Exchange this after? noon at a general meeting called for the purpose. The preamble to the resolution adopted sets lorlb that a large crop ot cotton grown at heavy expense brings but little if any larger total value, oun crastiog the -present with past years to establish the fact, and add*: "Another matter for the farmers to bear in mind is that at the present time, when there is a remote possibility of a war, il Much should-occur the Inevitable result .thereof would be to depreciate the vali-e of cotton and appreciate the value ot a l food crops; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the Memphis Cotton Exchange urgently recomtneuds to ttn producers that the production of home supplies be made the first consideration in planting operations for the coming year, and that the acreage of cotton be not Increased over that of last year. "Resolved, That we approve and en? dorse the American Cotton Growers' Association for bringing about the re? duction in the aoreage of the crop now being marketed, aud we respectfully urge the Hon. Hector D. Lane, the pres? ident, and his coadjutors, the president* of the various cotton States of said associ? ation, to continue in the good work, ann to take up the matter at the earliest prac? ticable moment, aud urge it again upon the attention of the cotton producers of the South. i "Resolved, That the various cotton ex? changes throughout the South be and are hereby requested to co-operate with thin exchange in this matter, and that the Southern newspapers are also requested to publish these resolutions." An Industry at Easley. Easley, Dec. 25.?An important enter? prise is being developed four miles west of here, immediately on the line of the Southern railway, which promises to aa mume proportions that will -make it a great benefit to the people in this vicinitv. About four weeks ago, Beverly Bros, of Virginia, commenced putting in a plant to open up a granite quarry which will give employment to 100 or more bands. They have now up one 2 story frame building, the first floor of which is used for a storeroom and the second story for sleeping apartments for the workmen. A kitchen, blacksmith shop and powder house are also up end other houses will be built as soon as lumber can be obtain? ed. A heavy trestle' work, on whioh an Immense crusher will be placed, is also, near log completion. The Beverly s have a contract lor a term of years with the Southern railway to furnish stone ballast tor the roadbed from Atlanta to Danville. If they are not disappointed in the char scter of the granite they wil? also get out stone for building purposes. They are looking dally for their machinery ana hope to have it In position and a large force of hand -i at work by the 1st of Feb? ruary.? Columbia State. Remarkable Record. The people are just beginning to realize the boundless possibilities of this section of the Garden of Eden, and Mr. R C. Sprawls, of Rosemary township, has just .completed another marvelous chapter. On the 17th day of February last he began to feed two pigs, then just two weeks old, as competitors for the News and Courier prize of $100 in gold, They were of ordi nary stock that be had improved b judicious crossing and treatment. Once a month be weighed them and all the while kept an accurate account of their cost. On the 17th Fet auary the larger pig weighed 9} lbs. On December 17tb, the close of the 300 days test, the larger pig weighed 5191 pounds, an average ol one and seven tenth pounds a day. During the long warm summer weather he was afraid to feed them freely and consequently they did not weigh as much as they would have done if tbey had been pushed all the time. And the good bacon and lard these wonderful pigs will make was the cheap? est Mr. Sprawls has ever raised, costing only 8i cents a pound.?Barnwell People. A Santa Clans Killed. Jackso?, Miss., Dec. 25.?Professor L. W. Sauuders, a deaf mute, and for many years a teacher in the State Deal and Dumb Asylum, was shot and in stantly killed to-night at 7 o'clock by his nephew, C. R. Young. Professor Saun ders was to act Santa Claus at the Christ? mas tree gotten up for the amusement ot the deaf aud dumb children in tbe insti? tute, and called by Mr. Young's house in bis Santa Claus garb. His knock at the door was heard and Mr. Young, tbe only occupant, demanded "who is there?" e or two, and receiving no reply, h the door at what he sup' lar. Professor Siuu ?? ? A Hunter's Find. SylYaNia, Ga., December 25.?A hun? ter m tde a strange discover''in the Sa? vannah river swamp in Sereven county recently. Told in ois own language in a letter to the Sylvania Telephone, his story is as follows: "The river swamp in what in known as 'the Fork,' is very deep and thick. In the midst of this a few days ago I was attempting to creep on some ducks in a lagoon when my attention was arrested by a chattering"noise* in the trees over? head. My first thought, of course, was that it was squirrels, but I bad never before heard them make such a loud noise or bark in that way. If they were squirrels, I thought surely they were the largest ever known. "I walked out a few paces to get a good view of the trees in which I heard the noise. It grew louder and louder every moment and my curiosity wan highly excited to see what it was. I was not long in finding out. Swinging from a limb by his tail, his feet and body in the air and chattering forall he was worth, was one of the cutest little monkey a that I ever saw! You may be sure I was surprised at seeing an animal of this description in the Savannah river swamp. But he was there?a sure enough mon? key, and no mistake about it. I should Judge be was about the size of an ordi? nary dog?at least four or five times as large as a cat squirrel. As far as my knowledge of mookoya goes, be was of the species known as the American mon? key. He was swinging, as stated before, by his tail, and was cutting up all sorts of antics in the air, making the most ludicrous kind of gesticulations and chat? tering incessantly. "I was just wondering if he had escap? ed Irom some traveling showman and strayed off down there In the swamp when my attention was attracted by a similar noise In another tree close by. Just as I looked in that direction another one of the animals of nearly the same size swung itself far out from a limb and sprang across the intervening space?a distance of about ten feet?to the other tree. "Following this second one, and jump? ing and swinging from the trees all around, came four smaller ones, which I judged to be the children of the other two. When they were all together on the same tree it was a genuine monkey lamily, and a most amusing and happy spectacle it wan. Of all the wild pranks that you ever saw cut up, those monkey* did it. They would cuff and box each other, and quarrel and chase one another from limb to limb until it was ridiculous to see them. "It was wonderful bow they conld wrap their tails around a limb and Bwing clear out into the air, and then, letting go, jump over to another tree. Really, their tails seemed to be the most OBeful and active part of their bodies, and thereby they bung. "All this time they did not see me, as I was partially behind a tree. I was think-' mg how It would be possible to capture one of them?for of course I would not have thonght of shooting one of the harm? less creatures?when one, more mischiev? ous than the rest, came down near to the ground and happened to spy me as I stood there with gun in band.' "Immediately; be scampered back, making a most unearthly racket, and when be did so, all the others started up the same cry and, though they bad not seen me, they all ran away, jumping from tree to tree with a rapidity that was wonderful. The' monkey that saw me hid evidently given the alarm in their language, which the rest undoubtedly understood, else they would never have scampered away so fast. I tried to follow them for a short while, but they went at such a rate that they were soon lost to ?ight and hearing in the thiok swamp. ''Now, the question that naturally arises is, where did this monkey family come from ? I do not claim to bean ex? pert in natural history or anything of that sort, but it is my honest opinion that they were raised right there in the b warn p. The thick growth suits their habits, and in the hollow trunks of the large cypress? es they are warmly housed during the cold nights. "A man who acquired some fame as a naturalist once said that, this swamp would be a paradise for monkeys and that if they ever gained a foothold there they would sorely thrive. How this familv that I saw ever got its start, of course I cannot tell, but suffice It to say .they are there. Several years ago some of our citizens may remember that a negro shot and killed an animal th*t was jumping about in the trees, and which vhs deolared to be a monkey by several reliable parties who saw it after it was killed. "Moved by no motive but merely the desire to state the tacts as I saw them for the benefit of your readers. I have tres? passed this much unon your time and -puce. I trust we may very shortly hear something more ot this monkey family, and I firmly believe that we will."? Atlanta Constitution. ? The Venezuela War iJatter, Governor Evans yesterday returned to the city, after spending a week or more on the coast enjoying a deer hunt with a party composed of 10 or 20 persons. The psrty managed to secure five deer, and Governor Evans was among the slayers. He brought back with him a fair supply ot venison. When asked about the British-Ameri? can war matter, he said he had been de? voting himself to the pleasures of the dunt and had not been seeping up with ? he iuu of events in the outside world very zealously. He did not think, how? ever, that the two greatest nations of the world could afford to go to war about such a matter. In his opinion, England was not thinking of going to war, as she fully realised the great oost and possible sacrifices. If this country should win in the contest, then indeed she would be the dictator of the money situation. The fight for monetary supremacy now lies between these two countries, and Amer? ica, if victorious, could demand a suffi? cient indemnity in gold, to put herself on a gold standard and control It, Governor Evans says England's pres? ent attitude looks like a piece of bulldoz? ing to get.control of the rich mines in the disputed territory?the boundary ques? tion being merely an incident to the pro? posed grab. He says America proposes to stop it, and since England has been told to let the teiritory alone, bis opinion in that she will do so.?Columbia State, Dec. 24. Emigration to the South. It is no longer westward, but south? ward, tbattbe star of empire takes its way. As Bet forth in the Times-Herald yesterday, the march of emigration is making a wide sweep toward the milder climates of the South, and men and wo? men are fleeing from regions of eight and nine months winter to a more equable zone. They are beginning to discover tKat it is an Immense waste of energy and money to spend more than one-half of their earnings and two-thirds of their time in the mere effort to keep warm and comfortable, when they may have that condition for nothing. That this impulse was bound to come just as soon as the Southern States recov? ered from the effeots of the war and be? came accustomed to new ohannels of business and labor has long been ' seen. The progressive Soutfr ? ' themaelveB been alej hi Cedar Grore Items. Miss Ella MahBffer, of Willisrrntoo, Mi*8 Ida Rogers, of Plercetown, Have bee I visiting in this section. I Mr 0. J. Copeland, of Anderson, vh-itel biB parents last *eek. f Christmas passed off very quietly in thl community. The young people bad Rej eral very enjoyable sociables at the varioj homes of our citizens. Acertain young man in thi* s'otlr evidently baa plenty of money and believfl in free silver. He took his best girl to rir last Saturday, bis silver began rattlingI his pocket, which frightened bis mule aj caused it to run away with them, damage resulted. Miss Ilene Dorie and Miss LI Hie DavJ of Broadmouth. spent Christmas wj friends in this section. Mr. Clayton Copeland has jnat re turn] from a vinit to bis best girl down in Broad mootn section. . Mr. Allen M-ihaffey has purchased a top buggy, and he was so afraid som^ che boys would get it Christmas tbat, are told, be went out and camped in it night Mr. Alex Broom has one of the f string bands in the State He says getting readv for the World's Fatr ? it ia held at Belton. Ja1 Stole the Baby Lions. Atlanta, Dec 27.?Two baby were stolen to-day by a oejrro fror H?gen back show on the Midwav. cuba were in a baaket and the thief thotj they were a fancy kind of dog. be found out what they were he was] to drop them. He was arrested. Married in the Highway. Rome, Ga? December 27.?The be season h&s been noted for the tri that have occurred in and around tl None have been mors novel tbao Miss Emma Welch and James wbieh wan performed in the pub I way The two young people ha keeping company for some time, at>( out for m dr ve, the young man tneide drove by too office of Judge DaV aeon red a marriaae license Then they drove to the residence < 0 8. Harris, and when they arrive he was just returning from a dim made known their desire and prepj be married juBt an they were, so the] ter, ?ittiog in his boggy, perforr ceremony, while the ynnag peojj mained in theirs, and with mat wishes the pirty separated, tb< people returning to tbelr home city. ? ? m* - Tlllman's Popullstic Yiews The Washington Times mikes lowing reference to the populioMc j tion of Senator Til I man: ''The bills introduced in (be far by tbe populist members are ab'y In advance of tboxe or la Allen, of Nebraska, who la looked! the ablest man of this party in thl has several bills which contain gr[ and, shorn of some of the popuj tores, m'ght stand some chance of ing laws. "It Is said that tbe Southern are far more radical in their vie these of the West, and some vieTi measures may be looked for fr?j Howard, of Alabama, in tbe Titlman. of South Carolina, in I Tbe populist senator from Nortt Is looked upon aa a little morel tive than his brother populists til Carolina." ? ? The Greenville MountaiM "Mrs. W. B. M'-.D.iniftl beads is in tbe lead of all the otbei be a feather in her cap if she the men in this contest, and (only woman so far as we knoi istered at tbe outset. Tbe pig i on tbe 12th of January, 1893, atj ed 16 pounds on tbe 20th of The sworn statement of C. C. j Hunt snd W. E. Grant is th? weighed 516 pounds on. tbe ber, 1805, a gain of exactly 51 the three hundred days. Ti feed was boiled cow peas, and meal. Tbe breed 1b ( he land-China." The Prose and People ESTABLISHED IN 1648....;.... The Southern THE recognized Organ of i South The most reilabj Advertising medium Its cii dust rial and Stock Journal. Single Subscr The SOUTH KEN CULT number of Colleges and Set "Write the Circulation Depart^ Intelligencer Ladies, wishing! I Offer my-1 Until sold out or i will lease of the Store for an j consisting of? Millinery, Ladies' and Jackets, Doi A full line All going at and below while they are going, they have given me for All who owe rae Merrid For J The best Se the former p Can be