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BY CLI MoCA. I /ES^^ANGSTON " Avnvtt^iT'TT^ ^ ----^ _ _--?--A M DijjRSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. O??TOI?KI? ia iuor V - : \%W HATS I MEN can Bave money on their Headgear this Fall by buying fi om us. This sea son's Hats are neat and handsome. Shaped after the most popular blocks. We buy in Case Lots, direct from the Factory, save you all the middlemen's profits, and charge you nothing for the label inside. We sell you as good Hats as money can buy, and furnish you the style and quality at a saving of from 25c to 50c 3 Because we sell for Spot Cash and have no losses. Professional men, dignified men, tasteful men and particular men can find their tastes fully satisfied in this ideal stock of Hats. Your money back if you want it. . 0. Evans & Co, THE- SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. he rosiness 0 ? @ CANNOT alford to base his structure on misleadiog statements. No chant can earu money or reputation by misrepresenting what he hu3 to ; be Ls foolish to assert what he cannot prove. Our object is to sell relia raerchandue at a moderate price, and we do this, giving the actual I?, tims effecting a positive money saving for the purchaser. When wc you in ail earnestness that our Goods aro the BEST-the most reliable mi he bought for the money-we want you to understand that you aie g something serviceable in buying from us, not cheap merchandise that radive only for the moment in price and looks aud deficient iu quality, 't let sentiment enter into your business transactions-buy where it is to tadvr.ntage to do so. Let us convince you that for every dollar you ld with us you get its aeluul value in merchandise. Wo certainly merit attention when it comes to buying 1 .1 .i Cl jltte you style, fit and quality, combined with cheapness of price that i the Shoe irresistible. "** '?eh'a Shoe Co's. Ladies' Custom-made Shoe3 $2.00, $2.25 and $3.00, worth 50c. to $1.00 more per pair. A handsome Shoe of soft Dongola and Pat. Leather Tip only $1.50. A stylish, well made Shoe, any toe, $1.25. AH Kiliil leather, Patent tip, Dongola top, good for $1.25, only $1.00. MEN'S SHOES. pe've got them, all kinds, all prices. You will get lots of satisfaction K weariug a Shoe bought from UH. We know they will please you. It |**periment with us. DRESS GOODS. H)1 Wool Dress Goods 25c. per yard. ''gured Black Satine, fast color, stylish, only 15c. per yard. Jnijc Flannel 12*, 15 and 20c. am-wido Bleaching, good as any, 5cf per yaid. Rendid quality Bed Tick 5c. !Te?,Orr <& Co's. Ready-made Shirts and Pants, the best that are made. Narone of these Shirts or a pair of these Pants and you will "always ."them. They never rip, and tho same buttous are on when you throw l*Way. ? Come to us for Bagging and Ties. Our prices guaranteed. McGULLY BROS Remember, wo have built a nica wagon yard iu tho rear of our l0r our cuslonrarSj aud W8 aro always glad to offer you privileges of COTTON BELT. Momentous Development of the South* ern Imlusty. yew York Sun. North Carolina has already enough nulls within her borders to spin every bute of cotton raised in the State ?inti a li?tlc lo spare, and in a few years the Haine will lie true of Georgia? South Carolina ami a few other Atlantic States. Hut now it is predicted that within 10 years these great, southern mills will be as far from the centre of cotton production sis the Kew England mills, when the distance is measured hy freight rdtes. The reason for this is not far to seek. The cotton ladt has been changing and shifting year by year. The trroat bulk of our cotton came from States cast of the Missis sippi 20 years ago, hut to-day about seven-tenths of the crop is raised be yond that river. The cotton belt, was supposed triginally to run only through the best lands of Virginia, Georgia ?md th?' wo Carolinas, with the edges overlapping parts of the contiguous States. Texas was not thought of, Arkansas was tm? far west and Mis souri ?md Kansas were supposed to be good only for com and cattle. The map of the cotton heit is entirely altered, and each successive year it must be enlarged to include new terri tory where cotton nourishes abundant ly. Tex.is has forged ahead in cotton raising so rapidly that growers wonder where, it will stop; Arkansas has more recently started upon a similar career, whi o the tanners of Kansas und Miw BOtiri are beginning to raise cotton on a large scale. At the present rate of increase this great belt west of thu Mississippi will soon be raising three fourths of ?til our cotton. Then thc mills of the south, around which so Hutch interest centers to-day, will have ?ts great a problem as the New England mills are struggling with. Hut the growth and development of thc cotton mills in the south will con tinue, now that the movement has hern once started. They will not stop in the cotton belt east ol' the Mississippi, but new ones will appear in Kansas and Missouri, and south to the gulf. There is something in this new cotton belt taut promises great things for the future. The climate is in some re spects better suited lo cot ton growing than thc Atlantic seaboard States. The colton plants demonstrate this better than any scientific theory. The bush grows higher and bears longer, while open, rainless falls make the harvest ing easier and thc injury from insects and weather less. lt is estimated by the department of agriculture that cotton cannot be raised successfully in nearly one-third of thc territory of the United States. At present thc cotton belt covers 24 de grees of longitude and aboutit) degrees of latitude, but only about onc-twen t icth of the land is actually used for cot ton growing. Thus the 20,000,000 acres of cotton plantations represent only a fraction of the vast empire of cotton soil that has ever becu tilled. Tho fear Unit cotton growing, has reached its zenith, and that it must soon decline, in view of thc low prices received for it, looms up every season when the new crop begins to come in, but like similar nightmares, it fails to produce any permanent results. The world has just begun to use cotton. Our invasion of the Japanese markets with this product is but a promise of . l at we may expect on a larger scale in other quarters. There are over 1, 500,000,000 human beings existing on this globe, and of this number about half ?ire imperfectly clad. They live in climates where little 'protection is needed, but. that protection must come in thc form of colton clothes. The. vast hordes of the orient, of the islands of thc Pacific, and of tho great African continent, require cotton goods for clothing. To-day they go without, them only because they are not obtain able at prices within their means. Thc world's yield of cotton has trebled in 25 years, audit has nearly doubled itself in the hist i0 years. Our own product has represented alargo percentage of this increase. India, China and Egypt can mise cotton ott a largo scale, too, but, with ail their cheap labor, the southern planter can raise and the American manufacturer can work np into salable goods our cotton and place it in. eastern markets at prices lower Mmi'i ?lu: mtiives can ever hope to accomplish. Much of this depends upon thc supe rior mills which tire being erected in the cotton heit und upon the more in telligent operators in them; but thc low price of cotton is ti factor of thc greatest.importance. (,'otton has stead ily declined in price since, the acreage lists been increasing. Planters have fought this downward tendency, indi vidually and collectively, but without avail. "No one is suro that the bottom has Leen reached yet. There are. plen ty who predict 4-cent cotton within another decade. This seems utterly inconceivable to thc growers, especial ly in many of thc older cotton districts, but so did 5-cent and O-cent cotton years ago. Tho attempts to restrict tho acreage of cotton nave failed re peatedly. If our crop falls below a certain point in the world's supply there will be a corresponding increase in tho acreage in other countries. Eng lish capital mid brains are working hard in Er;ypt to control the cotton tindo of tho fur east, and any tendency to loosen our hold upon thc great cot ton industry would be the signal for tho rapid extention of the cotton ladds of Egypt, India and even Chitin and Jopa.". The law of supply and demand ! must regulate the price. ! The new cotton oelt is more able to raise cottou to-day than many of the older regions. This is due to the bet ter soil and climate. Texas forced prices for cotton down more, than any other factor. In"that princely domain King Cotton flourished so well that planters who bad been struggling for years with indifferent cottou soil could no longer competo in tho open marker. They were shoved to tho wall and forced to raise other products. Some of Gie counties in tho cotton States partially or wholly broke away from cotton timi turned their attention more to grass, ? rains and fruits. Others aro suro to follow, sind not only counties, but States. Hut t Iiis is no indication that thu cotton crop will be reduced. Thc change is due merely to tho shift ing of the cotton belt. The south is meeting thc same shift ing conditions .'hat faced the eastern farmers half a century ago. When tho great west opened up its marvellous elds of corn and wltcat tho eastern farmers were paralyzed by thc streams of gciden grain that poured in thc mar I kcts and sold for prices that threatened \ ! ruin and starvntion for them. But af ivy a decade or two tln-y recovered from their surprise and tin iu>?t theil' attention to fruits and ihiin lng. Cotton farming is probably as primi tivo as any other branch nf agriculture. The system in thc south is just chang ing. Capital, science and brains ure revolutionizing the industry. The shifting of tlio cotton belt from tho cast to thc west of the Mississippi is of no greater inmortalice than the new methods of culture which have been adopted. New and superior plants are being developed through selection and intensive cultivation. The old, half farmiug system is being replaced hy large plantations, systematically or ganized and conducted, and they will produce mon' cotton to the acre timi at less outhit than thc one-horse, uu seientitic farms of the shiftless, care less negroes. For along time the contention was made by intelligent growers that an ignorant, shiftless darky or white man could raise as much cotton to tho acre as a skilled scientific agriculture hut this could hardly he true, even though it required little intelligence to nils?; the plant. In tim light ol' recent de vclopuicuts th?* lolly of it is mad?; ap parent to al!. Thc ?otlou planter, with new seed, new machinery and new met hods ol'cult ure, increases th?; vichi in a way that threatens the imc horse farm with ruin. It is believed that the United States will always be able to control the cot-, ton trade of th?; world, and if our land was properly farmed, w?; could easily run other countries out of the market. Hut th?; obi cotton patches of the shift less farmers must improve or disap pear. Other cotton countries stand ready to increase their cotton ero]) upon" the slightest provocation. It wax the war of rebellion that made Kgypt a cotton growing country of impor tance. When the war closed our cot ton ports in ICiigland, tho Khedive of F.gypt put out immense cotton planta tions, and hot ween I Slit ami I Si Iii the crop ?d' Egyptian cotton I nen used over 400 per cent. This sudden discovery of t he ?-on nt ry's possibilities lins w orked injury lo our cott?m industry ever since. Not only ?hies Egypt supply a good deal of the demand ol' the world foi- cotton, lint we import some KMi.iKio bab's a year ourselves. India'has taken a similar start in cotton growing and it only needs some opportune moment to stimulate it toa wonderful development. A war that would interfere with our cotton grow ing, or a sharp decrease in our cotton acreage so that, prices would advance a lew cent s a pound, would he followed in India and Egypt by a doubling or trebling of the aarengo. The advan tage thus gained would requin; yen ra to overcome. How low cotton can go and yet prove pr?di table ia a probhun that "the future must decide. With a new stimulus in our far eastern tradii relations, it may soon be found that, five-cent ami even four-cent cotton will prov?; a great, boon to th?; south, and incidentally to tint country. Au Edgefleld Lady Murdered. EUOEFIELU, October 19.-Nows has just reached here that Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Mr. J. A. Atkinson, a promi nent citizen and planter of the Savan nah section of thc country, was assas sinated while returning home from Augusta last night. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson went to Augusta yesterday morning in a buggy, the purpose of the former's visit being to sell a con siderable quantity of cotton. This he did. It was nightfall when they left for home, and somewhere on the road thc place net having been as yet iden tified, they were tired upon from am bush. Mrs. Atkiusou being instantly killed, the husband escaping injury. As yet the tragedy is shrouded ni mystery, there being no clue to the perpetrator of the foul deed. It is surmised that the assasitl knew Mr. Atkinson had sold cotton, and suppos ing he had thc proceeds of the sale on liss person the object was robbery. This is at present thc most reasonable solution of the affair, HS neither Mr. ur Mrs. Atkinson had a known enemy openly, and yet, after the. fatal shot was tiretl, no further attack was mad?; upon Mr. Atkinson, and unmolested li?5 drove home with the dead body of Iiis wife by his side, (?rent excite ment pr?vu?ls, oui, only in iii?; neigh borhood where the crime was commited, [>ut throughout the county where the news bas reached. A body of men, jomposed of som?; of thc best citizens, left town this morning for the scene if the traged3' to assist in ferreting Dut the matter. If apprehended there is little doubt that the guilty party will meet a speedy death. Oar peo ple will not tolerate auch a crime. tVeu-*? and Courier. Tragedy in tireen vii le. GREENVILLE, S. C., Oct. 31.-Warren E. M. Grube, architect, was shot and instantly killed this morning hy doini [}. Chaflin, contractor. The shooting occurred six fe?;t from Oralie's office door in th?; upstairs hall of the City National Bunk building, (?rube had mad?; several complaints about (.'baf fin's work on a house of which Grube was supervising architect, and two months ago they had a light, ti rube ?ming knocked down. Mon; trouble resulted and ('ballin nailed up the house, refusing to turn il over until paid certain amounts. Grube still re fused to accept the work and ordered it put right by October 37th. This morning Chntlin w?'iit to G rube's nfticc, mid itis probable iifightoccurred. Both men entered th?; hall, Chaflin toward th?; front stairway and Grube behind with a small piece of scantling. Mr. Willian Norwood, from his office in the same building, benni a fuss and going to tho ?loor bearii Chaflin curse 5rube with vilo epithets. Grube asketl what Chaflin sam and Chaflin shot. Blows may have, passed first, ns Dr. Norwood, tho only eye-witness, was not in good position to se?\ G rube's right oyo is black and Chaflin has a near on tho arm. The ball entered 0 rube's left temple and he dropped dead. Ho was a young man who had been here two years and was to have been married next month. His hom?; is in Hochester, N. V., and th?; body will b<; sent there. Chaflin refuses to talk. Ile and his family came here three, years ago from Johnston City, Tenn., wherj ho was prominent. Chaffin lind written Grube ti note this morning for some keys, but lio never sent them. Tho scantling Timbe ha?l was found between his feet. Tho coroner's jury makes it a willful homicide. A Comparison. Mit. EOITOK : 1 scud you herewith a statement fruin Abbeville Conni v's Supervisor, so that (lie peuple of .\'u dcrsoil County tuny Know solltet him; ni' the difference in expense nt our County Poor House. Now. I suppose neat I v every tax payer in Anderson County has rcttd* thc report recently sent out by our t!rand Jury, which, to say (he least of it. is misleading to mir people. They use very puait i ve language in reference tu the nianafeinent ol' our 1'oer House. They say "we sent a committee there and they found every thing well kept and all moneys eco nomically expended."' 1 haye reports from quite a number of other Counties that have equally as good reports as . Abbeville, but will give Abbeville** because she is a sister County, and lier natural conditions are almost identi cally the same as ours. Now fur Slr. Lyon's report : Mr. H. II. Edwards, Anderson, S. C. - Pear Sir : Your letter in reference to the cost of maintenance of paupers in this County .just to hand. When I Hrs! took charge, three years ago, they were leased out to the lowest bidder al S07.U0 per head per annum and a plan tation of ;!(.( acres thrown in. 1 ap pointed a Stewart and started a farm. The fist vear 1 reduced it to ? ts.00 per head, and last year it was reduced lo $40.00 per head per annum. While this reduction was going on it includes the purchase of mules, cows, hogs ami farming implements. 1 am now press ing three or four hundred bab's ol' hay (peavine) on the place for road mule?. I give the paupers' farm credit for sur plus not needed on the farm. Yours truly. JOHN LYON. Now, Mr. Taxpayer, what du you | think of thal i You will see by the ('tanti Jury's report that il costs us $?"?.1)1 to keep a pauper in our pour house ncr month, whereas it t tikes only ff .i.'2:i in Abbeville. &2MH per meut h less in Abbeville than it costs us, or S*?i7.*-?0 per annum less. If our pour house had been managed as cennomi- ! cally as .\ bbe\ ille's last year, on our I'd paupers we would have saved about $1,002.80. Now. in the face of these facts, our (?rand Jury have gone on year in ami year out complimenting the different departments ol' our Coun ty government, surely without making any inquiry asto what people are doing otherwhere. Now I don't mean to say that (?ur ('rand .buy are intentionally trying to misslead our people. Far from it. Hut I do say they should uni use such positive language unless they make a more thorough investigation of fuels, yj Kcspcct fully, ll. II. I'.i?w.\uos. Dispensary Raid. 1 bspensary constables on Wednesday afternoon invaded the premises of Mike W. Hester, a prominent mendiant of thiensville, lichens county, and their conduct bas aroused so much in dignation in that neighborhood that au immediate appeal will be made to thc Governor. Mr. Hester is a mau of considerable means. Wednesday afternoon while Ii? was absent on business in Grecn ville apart}' of three constables, whose mimes are not yet known, made their appearance at thiensville, raided his residence and carried oft"a gallon of fine rye whiskey they lound on thc {I remises. They left the settlement in niste, knowing that Mi'. Hester was expected home in a few hours. The constables pushed their way into the house in tho bice of the earnest ap peal of Mrs. Hester, who was in very delicate health at the time. Finding that they luid determined to make the search she asked them asa favor to wait until her husband should come back from tireen ville, but they refused which was perhaps well for them. Mr. Hester is n man ol' high spirit, and it is believed by those who know him that bad he been at home Ht the time of tin raid bloodshed would have resulted if the constables had invaded bis home. When Mr. Hester got home a few hours after the constables had left he was greatly wrought up with excite ment over the outrage and passed a sleepless night in consequence. As soon as day appeared he went out and reported thc matter to one of his friends, declaring that he would rather be dead than live under such an insult. In speaking ol' the maller yesterday ?i prominent resident td' Daeanvillc, who was here on business, said: "lt was a damnable outrage of thu black est type, and a lasting disgrace to the State that such a thing should happen. I know Mr. Hester personally and will take the stand and swear thal he never Hold a drop of liquor in his life, lt is absurd to accuse him ol' it, ns every body wdio knows anything about bim will say. Ile is a man of independent means and bas no call to deal in the st nil*. He takes a drink now timi then himself but wilhnll is one. of the best citizens in our section. Thc gallon of whiskey which the constables got was sent to his wife by her brother. "Yes, I knew that she was in delicate health. Mr. Hester was almost wild with rage when ho learned of the crime, but we finally persuaded him to take, a legal course in thc matter, and he will tro to Columbia and personally present i paper to Governor Kllerbe denounc ing thc outrage, and demanding that, the officers bc punished. This paper will be signed by everybody of any prominence in thiensville und will hu numerously signed by prominent peo ple in Greenville, who know Mr. Hes ter. We consider the raid II personal insult tons ut thiensville, thai MI ex cellent u man as Mr. Hester should be treated thus, and we intend to so ex press ourselves to thc Governor. "I cannot, conceive how these con it ablcs came to do such a thing, unless they were drunk or were led by the nose by some low, vicious person who liad a spite against, Mr. Hester. Such t person does live in the neighbor hood." It is perhaps proper to say that it is not believed that any of the constat?es in Greenville had anything to do with this raid. Thc men who made the raid are, known 'ii thiensville, but their names could not be learned yesterday. Dne of them is said to be from lichens while another conies from Easb y. A strong dispensary advocate who liolds ti position under the system here, ivas among those wdio denounced t he Dacusville outrage He lamented the 'di'ects of such mischief on the opera tion of the law.-Greenville Sews. - How to keep the boys on tho Tarni? Take them olf of it occasional ly when such an opportunity as the next annual State Fair presents itself. Nov. 14th to 18th. Mensures ?d' Ilcnmmiy. llo.NKA l\vni, SC.? hi JJ Mr. l'Mttor : I have received let UM s nil > ver the Slate ?roui good men wlm are candidates for clerk t?t' the house of representatives ami for clerk ol' ilse senate. Now I don't blame the boys for wanting the job, as 1 think ii is a pr?t ty fm otliee considering t he amount of work they do. I am not going to censure our present clerks, as 1 know that they are all good men and have done their duty faithfully, but 1 am inclined ID think they gel too much money for the amount of work they have ?it do. Tin- clerk for each branch of the general assembly y t- ^SHO, mid then he recommends lu-- assistant to the speaker wini appoints him. ami th?-as sistants gel rjejriO. Hosnies I heil hilary I hey are allowed >'\ per div for I eu days al ler t he hun* ?. adjourns am! I >i" not think tin- i s iMVcssary. Now. Mr. Kditttr. I believe iii il we ?..in lill l?icj c plae, - !' .r ..rn- h ill' thc amount thal we arc now paying ii aol for $? per day ami get good '.; n loo. 1 hup?' that some ot .mr young HUD will enure out ami oller to take these places at the above mentioned prices and il' they will they mar rest assured 'hey will receive my support. The speaker doc- as much work as either one of thc clerks ami he only gets $120 if the house is in session thirty days. As for my pul I am jdedged to go to the house and wink for th-' reduction of all expenses .hat I eau and I think il' wc would cut al] expenses ia the general assembly thal wc could put thc c..univ nlliccrs mi salaries ami do away with the Stati dispensary and let each county manag? it.- own dispensary or prohibition, whichever it wants, we could -ave ti thc over burdened lax payers of Soul li Carolina ai leasl $00,01)0, and tuen it would take liquor out of politics. If wc must have a central dispensary, however, we could have a commission er that would answer the same purposi and we would save a great deal ?>t freight and reshipping. JOSHUA W. Asm.KV. Tho How ls Over. Coi.i'MltiA, S.e.. Oct. 21.-t?overnoi Kl I erbe to ?lay appointed Lieut. Col, .lames H. Tillman colonel ol' the First regiment to succeed the late Colonel Alston. .Maj. M. H. Stokes is Lieuten ant. Colonel, promoted to succeed Col, Tillman. Major Karie is senior major, The. other major has not been ap pointed. Colonel Tillman after his appoint ment waa announced said: "We have all been born again. Hast difference* an; being buried and the happy, friendly relations which existed when we were mustered in are now firmly restored." The other side have also made a truce and the charges are withdrawn, so peace bas been declared all along the line. An effort is now being made to have the regiment, retained in service. All the ofticcrs want it and many of thc men want to remain in th?; service. All the officers here, about :i.">, coiled on Governor Ellerbe to-night to thank him for the. appointments made and to assure him (d' peace and harmony re going in the regiment. All the oflicors will go to Trenton to see Senator Tillman relative to lim re tention of the regimen I.-Special to ti ere it ci I lr Meies. Cigarette Stops a Wedding. Midville. Neb., Oct. IS.-Because her fiance. Harry Deldar, detected the odor of cigarette smoke on her breath he left Miss Genevieve Hansom at the altar, where they stood waiting to be married. Ile had previously discover ed that she smoked, but she had prom ised him that she would discontinue thc habit. Shortly befor-3 the hour set for the marriage one ol' trio brides maids odored her a cigarette and she smoked it. As the clergyman com menced thc ce?einony Keldar sniffed suspiciously. Then he leaned forward with his face eloso to tim bride's. "You've been smoking again! ' he exclaimed. Miss Hansom vouchsafed no reply. Without another word Keldar turned and walked out of the house. The bride fainted. The bridegroom's friends hurried out to bring him back. But Keldar wouldn't go. Nor would Miss Hanson have accepted him had he changed his mind. The match has been dtclured off. mm . rn? Pitts' Carminative is pleasautto the taste, acts promptly, and never fails to give satisfaction. It carries children over tin* critical time of teething, and ia the friend of anxious mothers aa?! puny children. A few doses w ill dem onstrate its Vain?'. IO. II. Dorsey, Athens, (ia., writes: ''I consider il the best, medicine' I have; have ever used in my family, lt docs all you claim for it, and even more." mm . 1-- - - Col. b'rank II. Weston i- spoken of in Columbia as a candidate for speaker of the house of reprcscnta tives. Hon. Cole L. Blcase, of New berry, is also spoken of ia that con nection. The present speaker, Hon. F. B. Gary, will be supported by his friends. Deafness Cannot be Cured l>y loral applications, aa they cannot roach tho tllsra<?l |?>rtl?U nt' tin- fur. Thin* IH ?inly ono wny lo rure I?..nfinMN. anti that is by cotiH'ltn? t ion il reinoliei Deafness H ennseil hy an Inflam ed c m.Inion of lim mucous lining of tli.< Ku ?taen ia 0 Tulic. When lill* lulw eda Inflamed yon hnvo H rumbling *OUM1 or imperfect hearing, and when il in entirely cosed deafness: Ul he result, ami uni.' s .1,0 inti i nation cnn I.ir taken out and th H tu Im rostor?-d i? ils norm ?I condition, hearing win be destroyed Core-vm j niuo case* out of t<-ii nie caiisi-?! hy cal ar rah, which id nothing hui an in flamed < nndilion of tho tr uroos HU fanes. Wu will i;l ve Ono Hun ?red Polars lor any case of p.-ifiH'ss (cilise?] hy ca?anlo *hal cami', t he cured hy Hull's .'at'-rrh "'ur- s.,,..l r .r nr.- hr<, free. P. J.CHUNKY A CO.,Toledo. O. *V8old by Druggists, 75c ?, STATE XI.WS. Ina freight iv rock at W illiston sixteen freight ears were smashed. The War Department liasdccidcd t" semi two brigades nf troops ta Greenville. There are !!. candidates in thc held fur tin; n'Viee ol' superintendent ol' the penitentiary. ? Gov. I'd lorim has issued Hil par dons and eoinniutations since he has been in oflice. ami "is since .January 1st ol' this year. - Assistant Attorney (?cnerul, C. IV Townsend, will go to Washington about November 1-t lo act as private secretary to Senator Mciuiuriu. A man named Silas C. Head, dr., about fifty years "1,1, mice, a power in politics in Augusta, has been publicly banished from Saluda, S. C. The cause ol' the banishment was, it. is ! stated, an affront to a girl. All of the county superintendents i ol' education except twelve have lilcd their annual reports with the State superintendent of education. The others aro expected in a few days and Superintendent Mayfield will be ready to begin the preparation of bis annual report to thc general assembly. Tho experiment of! raising tea bas been successfully tried ?a South Car din i. Te.i raised al Summerville Li- brought a- high as $1.00 a pound. Thc cost id' cult i vat'mn is a considera ble item, hui between s?'WI and $f>0 a-i acre can h.- cleared. The plant? . io aol have to be -et out every year. Efforts ar.' I rin/ made to bare the charges preferred against Lieut. Col. Tillman withdrawn. Lieut. Ligon, I who preferred them, refuses to with draw and hence the irascwill go before tho department. Uncool' two o Iii ocr? tried to effect a reconciliation and have the matter amicably settled but failed in their efforts. - South Carolinians have] in thc past invented appliaucusowhich are in daily usc all over thoujountry. A South Carolinian has invented an im provement on thc running* ?gear ufa bicycle, which may yet revolutionise the present style of running gear. This gentleman is Mr. E. A. Oakman, of Chappell's. - Gov. Ellerbe and Senator Tillman arc endeavoring to have the claims of citizens for services rendered the State . during the organization of the First Regiment paid direct by tho War De partment as soon as possible. These 1 claims amount to several thousand drllars. One claim for blankets amounts to $1.!)00. - The convicts in Darlington coun ty, while throwing up the embankment on the Darlington side near .Kelley*! bridge, found a Springfield rillo sup posed to have been left there by Sher man's army oil years ago. Thc cap was bright and thc wood part was sound, but the-iron had rusted so the lock would not work. - At Mullins, Marion county, with a comparatively small warehouse, from three to three-and one half million pounds of tobacco were sold this season bringing, in round numbers, $225,000. From tine, thousand to twelve hundred pounds can be made on an acre. An experienced tobacco grower advises beginners not to plant more than six or eight, acres. - The profits derived from contra band whiskies for "The last quarter ending September SO, arc*j<$l,]07.ti2. During this past month,mading Octo ber l?, tho constables have captured liri") packages of liquors, each*package averaging about ? gallons. This doe? not include any original packages. This is an increase over'any previous month in thc amount of whiskey cap tured. - Another victim has? been added to thc list of those smothered in cot ton seed. A seven-year-old daughter ol' Ferry Smith, living near Fairmount mill, Spartauburg county, was missed by ker parents last Thursday evening. After dilligent search they found her buried in a pile of cotton seed, bfc being extinct. She was playing in the seed and it is supposed that she seoopeU out a hob; and the seed fell in on her. - Superintendent. Waddell, of tho Epworth orphanage, in Columbia, has just been informed by a gentleman in this State that?ho hns-madc a bequest of over $50,000 to the>?institution. Thc devisor, whose name tho trustees will not divulge, is 07 years of agc a-id has no children. .His wife is still living. At his death the entire prop erty, both real and personal, passes directly to the orphanage and its dis position and investment of the pro ceeds arc left entirely to thc discre tion of til- trustees. ?lm will has already been made in accordance with thu rules governing bequests to tho institution, and has been properly rec >rded? - Pay for your paper.