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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 - : EHER HURRY ! Everybody was in before Xmas but you. Don't blame us if your size isn't here when you caii. You'll be left if you let another week pass without corn ea und selecting one of cur Cut Priced Overcoats or Mackin ^gkes, To those who don't know what they lose there isn't {Buch loss ; but this is a case where you will not only lose, bot y?u v;*^ know about it. Do you think for a minute that it would be advisable to let an unparalleled opportunity slip through your fingers ? If you have the faculty of seeing a particularly pointed point, you won't miss this one. We have a few $5.00 Overcoats at $3.75. Something in finer quality, our $7.50 Coats at $5.63. Fine Melton Overcoats in Blues and Blacks, former price 110.00, at $7.50. $12.50 Black Clay Worsted Overcoats, best quality, Ital lined, at $9.38. $15.00 Ulue and Black Kerseys, Satin back and sleeve ings, all wool Serge body lining, at $11.25. $1,75 Mackintoshes at $1.29. $2.25 Mackintoshes at $1.49. $4.00 Mackintoshes at $2.98. HEED OUR WARNING! id come soon, or you may have cause to regret your delay. Your money back if you want it. . 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. Yep, vee, this we know That D. C. Brown has made it so, Bacon down and Sugar cheap, And on Flour ho can't be beat. This thing wo' vo had to see That something done was going to be, For those boys, six feet high. Have packed their goods up to the sky All School Children say it's sense Selling Candy at eight conta, And old man Deck, that mighty boy, Says he'll sell their Christinas Toy. Floyd and Paul thinks it's rash That they only sell them for the cash : They credit none but honor all, Selling both to large and emull. 10 lbs. Best Soda 25c. 18 lbs itood Bice 100c. Flour from $2.2b to ?4.00 per barrel. Always yours, D. C. BROWN & BRO, THIS 18 NO FAKE ! 'hat Jewelry Palace -OF - WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, WEXT TO F. and M. BANK, Has the Largest, Prettiest and Fliest lot of . . . LAS AND WEDDING PRESENTS IN THE CITY. Competition don't cnt any ice with me when it comes to prices. I don'' poods to keep. I want the people to have them. Gold and Silver " ee, Sterling and Plated Silverware, Jewelry, Clocks, Lamps, China, clea, Novelties of all kinda. Bogers' Tripple Plate Tablo Knives $1.50 A. world beater. WILL R. HUBBARD. TOILET SOAP ! EVERYBODY should be careful what kind of Soap they use in cold weather, You want good, pure Soap. We have one of the nicest assortments of Toilet Soap ever opened here. Usc the best and you will not be troubled with chapped hands and face. Call and see us when you want nice Soap. ILL-ORR DRUG CO. P. S. W? ?lv9 Tra ding Stamps except on Patent and [priotary medicines. Aiiiiii.il Report of the Penitentiary. The hoard ot' directors ol' the State Penitentiary have niven their report to the State printer. This embraces f?ie iinuual statement ol' the sup Tinten deut, fol. VV. A. Kcal. The showing made is vcr\ creditable. Thc institu tion will pay into lite State treasury Sil?.KIMI this year, in ad dil iou tn having a surplus of >'"I.UIMI with w hu h ti? no t t thr expenses of ihr til.-I par) nt the \ ea t. Following is tile ii pnii of iiie board: To Mis F.xci Heney. Wm. li. Klloihe, Governor of South Carolina. Sir: I'lio bonni ol' directors ol the South Caroliun penitentiary beg to submit this, their annual report lor the fiscal year beginning .hm. 1 and ending Dec. :il, 1898, together with the report of the superintendent, clerk, captain of the guards, physician and chaplain. Wc respectfully refer you lo the report of the clerk of thc prison and secretary of thc board for detailed statement of receipts ami disbursements, hut in order to eliminate the necessity of your examination of thc many small transactions of thc institution audio arrive at thc work done wc submit the following coudcuscd report: Receipt*.970 uOP.fll Disbursement*. o.Vi".'>. 17 Amount for oitHohl cotton (l*0 bii'en). 1,500.00 Amount collectible JHO 1,18*41 9,32-.95 liliane^ on hand and to he col lected.*l.">.ii.'!< Hil Wc have authorized thc superinten dent to pay to the State treasurer .*10, 000, which will leave a balance to the credit of thc institution of .*5,o:i3.39. The institution has suffered this yeav along with the other farms of the State in short cotton crops and low j prices. Kains during' the summer j months cut tin; crop down and thc ex cessive rains dun g the fall made thc staple of poor grade. In mapping out j the crop for 1890 we are arranging to reduce the cotton acreage about 50 per cent. By reducing the cotton acreage to Hu; above extent wc think wc will be able to carry out our policy of supply ing the institution with such produce as can bc raised on a farm, such as corn, peas, oats, hay, syrup, burley, dour and small truck. Wc have, through committees, taken stock of property, produce, etc., of the institu tion, a statement of which is included in our report. We are pleased to report that thc iu 8t i tut ion is on a (inn and permanent basis. Ry referring to the report of the last eight years you will lind that the institution has paid out in cash for the purchase of real estate and equip ping the same, rebuilding the hosiery mill (which was burned down in 1801) double the original size, together with other permanent improvements such ns sewerage, lire protectors, barns, etc., amounting to $108,049.38. In this way the profits of the institution have been absorbed. In the future we feel cer tain that the institution will be able to turn over to the State in cash a nice sum annually. We have furnished on t'10 other State institutions money, labor, etc., amounting to about $75,000. We believe the State's property in Kershaw and Sumter counties, with the amount of dams, ditches, terracing, etc., which is not incl oded in the above to bo worth fully 8100,000. Our duties as directors have been materially lightened by the efficiency of the corps of officers who compose the management of the different de partments of the institution. We are proud to say we have always found them capable, painstaking in their duties and gentlemanly in their de portment. Wishiug you a happy New Year and thanking you for your assistance in our duties us officers of your adminis tration and your uniform courtesies to us as individuals, we are, respectfully, T. J. CUNNINGHAM, J. H. WHARTON, S. P. J. GARR?S, W. O. TATUM, J. H. BLACKWELL, Board of Directors. Col. Neal's report is as follows: To the Hon. Board of Directors of the South Carolina Penitentiary. Gentlemen: I herewith submit to you my annual report for the year 1808: Ve had confined in penitentiary and convict camps one year ago 728; receiv ed from tho courts 280, escaped con victs recaptured 14; making 1.017. Discharged by expiration of sentence 105: pardoned 12; escaped 20; deaths 31; killed while trying to escape 3; acci dentally killed 1; returned to jail by order of thc court!; total loss233, leav ing in confinement Jan. 1, 1890, 784, which is an increase of Ol for the past year. For a more detailed statement as to the prisoners I would respectfully refer you to the full and explicit report of Capt. E.H. Westfield in his report for the year just, closed. Tho general health of thc institution has steadily improved for the past five, years, since the fine sewerage system has been inaugurated, better clothing nnd food and more, comfortable prison quarters furnished. The hospital has been put in good shape and will com pare favorably with tiny hospital in the country. I am glad to say the death rate lins beeu reduced for the past live years more than 50 per cent. This is a ' feature of improvement we are proud S 4 HOI it tn note. Prisoners sentenced to thc penitentiary should he treated us pris ouers, hut we have no right lo so mai them as to make them pin sical V\ reeks when discharged. Our motto hus ever heel i tuai lin- prisoners humanely, leed and clothe them well, give them com tort a hie ipiartcr.> and make them work tor their support, not t.? t i\ the honest labor id the St IP !.? kei |i I III-III up. For a more lull and e\pl iel i stat? - mint ol' tin health i-otulitiou ol' ihr inst ll ut iou I would refer you to thc ii - pori ol' i lr. ? >. S. i 'opr. Wc have r?gulai service each Sab bath morning in :1K- chapel, eoudiictcd by our worthx chaplain. Kev. A. Pope Norris. Also Sunday se I tool exercises every Sunday afternoon, conducted Ir, Mr. C. ll. Stanley and his lady assis tants. 1 want to thank the Sunday school people tot their work and will be glad to help them ill any way pos sible in their work. We hope they w ill continue from year lo year, feeling that the Sunday school work has ?lone lunch towards making thc prisoners satisfied and contented. F.aeh Sunday all I he prisoners are given as much liberty as good discipline will allow. Por amore explicit statement of the moral and religious condition of thc prison 1 refer to the report of Rev. A. Pope Norris. Wc have some years ago inaugurated a plan of allow ingall prisoners under is years of age to sleep in one ward of the hospital, giving t hem all the liberty they want until 9 o'clock with one in telligent prisoner with (hem to keep the young straight. No person under IN years ol'age is allowed to stay in the prison building. They have no contact with thc <dd and hardened criminals. This reform was instituted live years ago with very satisfactory results. The institution is out of debt, with cash on hand and in sight amounting to $15,0:i3.39. We have had a very un satisfactory year agriculturally, short cotton crop, bad quality and low price, but taking all in all we ought to feel satistied as wc will he abb- to make ends meet this the worst year for farm ing operations, so far as clear money is concerned, in tin* history of the in stitution. However, I would recom mend that' thc board authorize thc payment of $10,000 to the State treas urer within the next !10 days or as soon as we will be able to make collections and sell what cotton wc have on hand. Wc can pay the State treasurer $10,000 within the next 15 or 20 days and have $0,000 or $7,000 to use in the next years operations. Allow nie to thank thc board of di rectors, each and every one, for their kind treatment and advice given dur ing the year, as well as all the officers of thc institution. For a full and com plete statement ?d' thc receipts and disbursements of thc institution allow me to refer you to thc complete report of Mr. Ii. E. Burris, our competent and painstaking bookkeeper. I hope the board will give in their re port a full and complete statement of the Lexington, Reed and DeSaustairc farms for the past year. The farming operations have not been as wc would have liked for them to have been for the past year owing largely to unfavor able seasons and low prices. We have made fairly good crops, but the cash realized for the same hus lieeu much less than in any year during my con nection with the penitentiary. I want to call the attention of the hoard to the fact that all the real estate has been P'lid for and farms thoroughly equip ped. Therefore we may readily expect to be able to turu over to tim State from $10,000 to #20,000 annually. All which I respectfully submit. W. A. NEAL, Superintendent. A Demagogue's Act. The unanimity with which Confede rate Veterans1 camps from New York to Texas and from Oregon to Florida have condemned and spit upon tin; proposition of Marion Ratler, who by a strange dispensation of Providence is a United States Senator from North Car olina, will refresh the fading faith of many in genuine manhood, lintier pops tip in the Senate and asks the Federal government to pension Con federate Veterans. Who commissioned Butler to speak for Confederate Veterans, or to ask anything in their name? He does not belong to their glorious company, and few of that company in North Carolina would speak to Rutter on (he public road. They regard him as a renegade from those principles which lie far deeper than the issues raised by the Civil war. They look upon him asan enemy of decent, clean and capable government. Therefore, when he conies up with 'thc audacity of a bribe for their favor in the shape of his Confederate pension ? bill, they all feel like kicking him. j Ratler has mistaken the audience to j which he attempted to play.-Atlanta Journal. T. B. Rico, a prominent druggist of ! Greensboro, Ga., writes as follows: ! "I have handled Dr. Pitts' Carmina 1 tive for eight years, and have never j known of a single instance where it j failed togivc peifeet satisfaction. Par ; ties who once use it always make pcr ! inancnt customers. We nell more of 1 this article than ali the other Carniina ' tives, soiithiuir syrups ?nd colic diops ' combined." For teething children it has no equal. Hollie ftilk in Washington. WASHINGTON. Jan. s. 1!?-pu m.i live L:ilhm r has he? II i?*?tili< il thal his j seal in the i. ? - x i < *<>n-11 -- will I.n tested h\ KV li, 'dilbert. I i Im|linnie l\ du Ml. l'olill'l'l, In I..I- nm riiliiplicd vvi|li I lu- l.l u I li ll 11 li J In- IIIMII nt inn j (< -i. iinil lt?- iii?i> have in ?il? ul tm ?1 ; special Ael ?.! I'migre.** !.> 1 ? . y ? lii 1 ase considered, lin l.iw i?i|iiirr> illili tl lidliee ol' entiles! un;-: he lilt il I willi lin- t*itii I esl ee ailinn l lt 1 s fx tl.iv?, til ter I lie iitlieinl l i-t urns ol 1 hi drei inn ? ll I' ll. ? Itll til . lill lt Mil I .ll I III I.l-l ('ungle ssiuuul election in Smtili t am lina was ?itimuitieetl Nnvciuhci '.'ii. I'inler I he law Mr. 'Pol ht 11 shun hi ha vi sel Veil nul iee nil Mr. I .al iltier liol Intel (han December'-.'ti. As a mattel ul I.n i his liol iee was nut delivered tn Mi. Latiiuer mil il Deeeinher '?s. just iwu days tun late In eiinie within lin pm visions ?il the law ?m the subject. ? '11 hi> way hai l? lo Washington. Mt . Lat ?niel' stoppet! at < ?rceiiwootl tn make a personal investigation ol the situa tion their, growing nul u! the recoil I t rou hie over thc Tolbert family. Ile alteiuleil a citizens' meeting hetti al ? ? reenwooil, which was called lu allow the leatlilig people nf that vicinity tn anim?me tn tin- worhl that they arc opposed lu lawlessness ami nt her In n lalities, which have recently heen charged up against the citizens ut' that eummuiiity. .Mr. Lat ?mer sahl he matte a speeeh tn tin- people, in which Im heartily approved the sentiments ex pressed in the resuliitinnsaihiptetl, sel ling forth that it is the desire anti in tent inn ot'tho people ot'(j reen wooil tn see tlie rights ol'all eili/.ens enforced ami law ami order maintained, with out regard tu the color of the offen ders. Mr. lattimer said he found a very general feeling against the'folher!s at Greenwood, hut there isa disposition to penni! them to return home pro vided they are willing to accept, thc universal verdict in that section to the effect that white people must rule. Some of the members of the 'ft il heil family have accepted the situation ami are hark in their former homes, well received ami respected hy their neigh bors. Mr. Latiiuer says he believes the nther Tolherts will he allowed to return if they are disposed tu make a declaration to the e dec I that they ure prcpaicd to submit to white nam's rule in that sect inn. j Mr. Latiiuer says there is another cause for discontent ami embarrass ment nut attributable tu the Tolherts. There art* eel lian men who seem tn have formed a combinat inn tn drive all the colored labor from that section nf the country. < Iwing tn itu* driving out of the colored labor, the owners of the farms are unable to raise t heir crops, hence their lauds become almost val ueless ami the anti-colorctl la bur com bine seeks tu get possession of the dis carded landsat a figure furbelow their real va.ne. Sumo well known citizens in that vicinity are said tube interest eil in tuc combine and thc situation is full of danger to the interests of the more law-abiding citizens, who are. in a measure dependent upon colored labor t?i work their farms. Mr. Latiiuer says he is as much op posed to negro domination as any man in South Carolina, but he. realizes that the law abiding citizens aro placed at a decided disadvantage in the estima (ion of the national authorities nt Washington hythe indiscreet actions of certain men in the. State, who are endeavoring to drive the colored labor out of the State. Exaggerated reports of these transactions ure. brought to Washington and poured into the ears of members of the Republican Admin istration, all of which art; used to the disadvantage of the Representatives in Congress from South Carolina, and also to the detriment of thc. citizens of the State, wht? are interested in the growth and progress of the country. It is understood that the President has received a number of communica tions from the vicinity of Greenwood on this subject, anti he has expressed a desire to have the subject fully inves tigated. Mr. Latiiuer stopped nt Greenwood purposely to inform him self as to the true conditions there, for it is his intention to have an interview with the President on this subject. Air. Latiiuer says he realizes that the, sub ject is one that, should be handled with great delicacy, but hu is confident that if the people of the Greenwood district will carry out thc spirit set forth in tho resolutions they adopted at the recent miss meeting thu Administr?t inn cnn b ! made, to take a clearer and a more I satisfactory view of the situation. Naru ami ( 'our?er. - Simon Giigenheim, a Colorado millionaire, who got married the. nther day, in New Vo.k, celebrated t hr event in good style. Ile telegraphed a rever end friend to provide, a Thanksgiving dinner for the poor of Denver, who could not provide ii ginni dinner for themselves, and the friend provided a ..jam-up layout" for ?l,0(> > people, who enjoyed Mr. Gugcnhcim's hospitality. How's This. Woofler One fl ti rd rod Dolt ?rn re ?arti for any cine f Catarrh tn .t i-aut.ul ho ctn rd by Halt1* ( Cn ?rrh t ure Wt> th?' it utter-len* d have Vi,iwu V . . Chrney for th?* a.ti IS yearn, a d lr lleve him pertn-tly ti?.iimaltie in all tni-ltiir-.it lt aitaartlooi and finan rial ly alilt? lo carry out any ol> lifat ou? ma?lv hy til ci - finn WK.T <v TaiUX, Whitlena? DrnKiriKts. Toledo, ii. i Wtt.i i st, KINNA.* A MARVIN, Whol baleDrtit; gMe. Toledo. < I J ItaMNt Htanh dir?? la taken tr.trrna.My. acting dlr.ctlT upon th?? hlmxi and mm-oua surftet'*ol i the ey??1 alu. T- .tlmouiala sent tree. Prlao 75c. ? i*or irtjilio Ho iii oj uJi dru, guita. Sueur N?t At All. \ riiri(Misl,\ il l iiinat i?* si or? ha* bi en recalled l?\ I lu il lint I hr Key. .lilith ll. A.I-', r. I > I ?. lt illus! ian s hui h ii.. illari! ?I HI S 1111 . I \ nt lllr III III \\!in U HiiW ? h ail, ami lin* t.ital results thal -"tn. i iiui's i list a ii liv 11 ?I low 111.. 1.1;. 11 _\ .un' I m.:.MIii. it t 'ii i lin .lemon* ii .t. iii.ii I lt*, \ikii - religion iva? ?'I ijial lill pit I \ I ir I III I < I.I I ri I tl'.' ll I i \ ll Mi. a i 11 ! i I Illili.! what i .Mlilll lolls H iVil! i-tir?n it I? .! ??I ; lo him . - rn | il.nr was Hu right ?poi .ti win. h io unfurl itu I ia lt lu i ni Un t Inn. li .uni ma Ur a st a lu I loi i i-ln Mi. in. nh in al'uih'il io. tool, plarr in lin not I lin II pot lion ol i Iii.- S i MI i .ii .i lum w Inn. liming thr Civil wai. lin r a \ a ii i ? s ol Ihr l'nhial nins h.ul lui), i ontplrle. Slut man's houle ol Mihlirts. willi linn al Irinl.nil straggler*. Ii.nl iinesied Ihr I'int mou I section. Uaiils wi i. hein** mailr in all ilill i (toils. Utilises W? lr ll.Ilk In.lil li ami linn hunted. Stock was hiring II ri Veli ol), ol 11 mi ti Were upi li Iv insult . i'll alni even lin winni n .nul . hihlreit wile shown no i nn-uln al uni In lile invader*. Hr. Ailgei linn I i veil neal feuilleton alni was m t|M \ri\ sloiui ri mn-ol tlx ih pi nial mus. hay alln ?lay his home esra pei I ravage, ami a ? hope that the owner's calling wonhl rentier his root tree free trom pillage hail lu guii lu lu- eitlerlaineit. Kxpee talion was in error. howrvcr. lo; not h lng that eouhl lie removed ?ir destroyed wits overlooked In (he men who hail stubbornly tonghi then wa\ sont lt waul tolie transformed into spoilsmen ol'a wry low elia rael er winn du goal for which they hail striven was linall) reached. <Mie day a party ol' raiders belonging to Urn. Stonrmaifs cavalry wen- at I rac I ed hy th?' house, which had thus far enjoyed immunity from spoliation. Thither they directed their way and proceeded lo take everything that was of value. From garret to cellar thc old home was sacked hy thc soldiery in sucha boisterous manner thal thc la dies were frightened and the servants rushed fl om the premises. Profanity was falling from the lips of the men in showers, the most obscene language fairly th ?wed from them and dirty epi thets were, applied to everyone whom they encountered, lt was (his profanity that stirred (hr soul ol' hr. Ad ger. Ile stepped boldly tot w ard and. looking the ru (lian ly captain squarely in thc ryes, said: "Sir. I have not objected lo your t hefts and the ot her indignities that you have heaped on my home ami family. I suppose that 1 am compelled lo bear such treatment iii time ol'war ami have consequently held my peace. Hut you have no right, sir, to use the. profanity of which both you and your men have been utility, and I consider it my duty as a Christ tau and thc head of this house to object.'' This simple speech wrought ihegreat brute up to a point of frenzy. I le swore more violently than eve!', unheard-of profanity welled from his obsceno mouth as hr threaten* d the old gentle man with personal injury for having dared to suggest that it was wrong to take in vain the name of the Creator. A strange denouement, resulted. Tho soldier when in thc paroxysm of rag?-, had worked his body until his pistol was loosened in his holster and fell to the ground. There, was a sharp report, a cry of pain, the profane, otiicer reeled and fell to the gummi, dead. The bullet had gone straight to thc heart that knew no respect for mau or rever ence for God.-Nett'* awl flourier. - nrg,. rn, ?jr. - The Second South Carolina, Thc Second South Carolina boys this morning made thc biggest demonstra tion of any of the regiments which have left Savannah for Cuba. Thc boys seemed to have, made preparations for the grand march from thc. camp through thc streets down bi thc Gordon wharf, where they boarded the trans port Koumania. They carried trans parencies and many were provided with small United States Hags with which they ornamented thc. barrels of their rifles. Others carried the stars and stripes in their hands which they continuously kept waving at the. large crowd which had turned out to see them ntl'and to wish them a safe voyage, lt was 11:30 o'clock when the regiment passed through Hull st reel, at route step anil the sidewalks weir thickly lined willi people, who vociferously cheered thc departing soldiers. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs ami thc Carolinians in appreciation of thc com pliment, noisily saluted t hem with their joyous company erv. The boys wen* all in good liumorand happy spirits. They regretted leaving Savannah, where they were thc recipi entsof so many marked attentions, but I hov were anxious to gel lo Cuba, which was their objective point when they enlisted. About halfway of the regiment om- of the soldiers carried a large sized trans parency on which was printed, "We shall never forget the good pi opie of Savannah." ?'ne id'the privates was followed by hiv mascot, a small sized black and ian terrier, which w as cov ered with a brow n blanket. On the blanket was inscribed, "To hell with dark son ville, three cheers for Savan nah." The ?linoel nt canine, walking along, attracted considerable attention and the sign he bore provoked both laughter and cheers from the crowd. Oilier boys cari ied along w ith them in their anns for mascots game roosters, and there wen* count less cats and dogs taken along. Thc Second South Carolina isa pop ular command and Col. Wilie .loues and the various officers of his r?giment made many friends in thc rity. who regretted their leaving. - Ha con nah ?Ym*. s l'A I K M:\>S. Til" Stile i >. II ' i flit tai y lill H IjCCIl i ri el ed t,. |i t\ sill UHU irtin thc tu-an i i-a tli?1 ll) !i jil" .1 ititi irv. Tit Cl?, -t.a I! Miiiii ? -tates that .*. M I' I1 if?.ut. nf fini >'.iu?|i Cir > M.l.'t. .;,.,>. HM? r.tilly robbed i ?'.'im li- - 'it III i a I'liri ?I j in Advil . - h.i? in..?...; ? ., {' >] iiiiilti|i and ill r.-afi. i h.. M.?hr.; by the i i ir Pii in i i ? i '.pttiy The I.. ..i-l .i.u.. will , l.vt .1 ?ip? , im? >..|. ..( .-i th,. Si ,t .. |>,:iiiteu . u v ..a the IT'li H.?i mi. There ure : muni., r id'e imli.lair? for lite pn.u I.HI . I,i?( Sun.i iv niiihl th.- ?ture of 11.t?....??. I t\ I'??, ai K isley, wai entered ?V a Inn i:l.ir. wini proved t?> he Wm. . roves, a negro, who was soon arrest .d and i.'OIIIllI 111 ni t " .1 iii. The bank of M irioii, S. C., hun voiiud up. It is solvent, with aeon ?iderahle amount nf undivided prouts m hand. The stm'l* holders lin vu eon rind, d to go out of business. Chesterfield Court House is prob ibly the only county seat in the State that ha- not si single lawyer living in it. Hon F. .1 Kennedy was the only . .ne and he died on Christmas day. Adjutant (?eiierul Floyd an noun n s that di.tin l>. Frost, ?Ir., of Co luiubia, will he appointed assistant Adjutant (?eneral. Mr. Frost Wits adjutant and major ol'thc 1st Caro lina. The contract has bren let for tho erection ol' a new Alumni Hall on thc Campus of Farinait University ata cost of Sl?,billi. Work is to begin .March 1st. lt will he a large and commodious two-story building. Tin; Supreme Court in the Leo county case has decided that tho com missioners of election had their duties delitied and so did thc General Assem bly, and it was not one of the duties of the General Assembly to declare an election. - Governor Kltcrbc lias received let ters from thc clerk ol' court of Sum ter county saying that smallpox is prevalent in the Miiysville and Lynch burg sections of the county. The dii oase is confined to the negro farm hands so far. - .lohn L. Westmoreland, one of the oldest, most widely known and most highly respected citizens of Greenville county, died Friday night at his home near Locust. If he had lived until February 1st he would have been 1?! years old. - Capt. O. Barber, the father of Attorney (?eneral Barber, died at his home at llichburg on the morning of December 21th, in the lilith year of his age, from thc effects of a paralytio stroke which came on him while on his farm thc day before. - Judge Brawlcy has appointed Messrs. James P. Bedding and E. C. Hesse permanent receivers of the American Savings Bank in Charleston. The bank is in a hopeless condition and the depositors will loso heavily* South Carolina should have a bank inspector. - Coronet- Rivers, of Chsrlcatoa county, held eight inquests last year. Most of thc cases were plain killings, although quite a number of the deaths investigated were the results of acci dents. And there was no one senten ced to death in that county last year? The worst criminals escaped arrest by Hight and concealment. - C. Q. Scruggs, of Spartanburg, demanded thc return of $1,000 worth of liquor seized from him as an orig!? nal package dealer. He was indicted, but thc grand jury found no bill. Mr? Miles recommended thc payment of the bill, as thc whiskey had been used. The board agreed to pay the origina! cost of the l;quor, about $!H)0. - - The patriotic people of thc Cow pern battle ground section of this county arc clearing off the old ground preparatory to celebrating the lilith anniversary of the battle of Cowpers on Tuesday. January 17. They aio aiming on that day to take such stejs as will secure the proper observatn a of thc day in the future, ('ol. II. P. Griffith has been rc'|iie?tod to addrt sa the people on that occasion. AU aie invited, descendants of tho ll.'volu tion especially. -Gnff'twy L--'l</rr. - Col. John P. Thomas, in his re port as State historiar], shows that he li is gotten complete records of Cm j? federate soldiers from this State. Co', Thomas visited several parts of tl e State and where rolls were not in ex istence, through thc memory of nu n and officers of the various companuS a complete list was obtained, Be sides this he obtained many oth< f documents of historical interest rela tive to the part played by this State in thc groat war. - Usually thc louder a man talks thc less it amounts to.