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? 1_~~~ --------_-.-_ BY CL[N_SCALES & LANGSTON. _ ANDERSON, S. cTwEUNKSDAY, JANUARY 2>, lH!)l>, VOLUME XXX1V-NO. 31. WE ARE OFTEN ASKED THIS QUESTION: How can you aff ird to Sell Goods at such Low Prices ? OUR ANSWER IS . . . WE don't credit any one, and do not lose anything on bad accounts. We know (and so do you) that a part of the .Goods sold on credit is lost, and you who pay your bills are paying for those who do not. Therefore, if we give no credit we can sell Goods at the very smallest per centage that they <san be handled for. We will sell you A 25c. Men's Heavy Cotton Undershirt at 19c.. A 25c.Men's Heavy Cotton Drawers at 19c. A 25c. Work Shirt at 19c. A $1.25 Alpine or Railroad Hat at 98c. A $1.75 Mackintosh at $1.29. A $2.25 Mackintosh at $1.49. A $4.00 All Wool Mackintosh at $2.98. A $5.00 Overcoat (all wool) at $3.75. A $7.50 Overcoat (aU wool) at $5.63. No credit house can possibly meet our prices. You save money every time you trade with us, because ct WE SELL IT FOR LESS Anything in CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. BM Di fin's I vwvwvwvvwvv*. TAB.MINT. The Cough and Cold that irritates and tonne? ts ia relieved with TA KM INT. 25c and 50c. Johnsons Headache Powders Relieve ILadache and N- lualuia. 30c. aud 25c Infant Talcum Powder, An elegant Toilet Ponder. Prevents an?1 relieved chapping and chuting. Sold in bulk, any quanti ty. 60c. per pound. F- r Rheumatism and N< uralgic Pains mb with our . . Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 50c. 25c and Johnsons Worm And Liver Syrup. Removed Worm*, is pala table, saf'r and sure. 25c. Landreth's Seeds. Ju?t received. Fresh and new. HILL-ORR DRUC CO. THIS IS MO FAK? ! THAT JEWELRY PALACE WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, NtXr TO F. and M. B*NK. Has the Largest, Pru'th&t and Finest lue of . . XMAS AND W KD DI NO PRESENTS f ^ Tl IK < ITY Competition don't cot. any ie?* with me wli-n it come* to prices. I don'' buy pO'ds t<? keep. I want the pu pie t<? h>we t.h?*?n Gold un?! Si v?f WatcheH, S'erliiiti and Plaint > 1 verwarn. .J.wiry, ( -lock?. Loups, Chin? Spectacle*, N??veltira of nil kinds. Uogeoj' Ti ipie P?ate I ubi- Kin ves 81.50 per Set. A Wwriu beater. WILL R. HUBBARD THE FARMERS LOAN ANO TRUST CO. WILL PAY YOU INTEREST ON YOUIt DEPOSIT. Money to lend on mortgage real estate or other approved paper. Office at the Farmers anti Merchants Bank. NEAL IO THE PEOPLE. REVIEWS HIS CONNECTION WITH THE KEFOKiM. MOVEMENT. I Kilter Experience-How .John Gary ! Evans Was Nominated, and Why the Dispensary Law Has Been ihe i Source ol* Evil? To the people of South Carolina: j Fur six years 1 have boen su perin ten dent of the SHU til Carolina penitentiary. The condition of the institution speaks lur itselt and I challenge any criticism ur investigation. Had I been content to attend su icily to tuy official duties, my management ol' the institution has been such that I could have heh! the portion of superintendent, without opposition, as long as I cued to remain in public life. Fortunately ur unfortunately, however, L have aspiiatious and hopes beyond thu mero routine ut official lite. 1 have been inspired by au am bi Mun tu bout practical benefit tu the peuple uf my State, and I have never entertained fin* a moment tho thought that being a public officer de barred me from tho privilege exercised by every citizen o? attempting to influ ence for good the affairs of my Suite, lu fact, I have felt as a public servant that tt was my duty tu do all in my power to better the condition of public affairs. I have firmly and consistently, without regard to the effect un my individual furtuues, suppurted the best men for office and tho policies that I believed would best conserve the public interest. There is such a greed for office in South Carolina that it makes cowards of mu.>t of those holdingorseekiug office. I have earuesily striven to not. allow this blight to wither my in tuhood ur patriotism. If South Carolina needs anything she needs men who are nut afraid or who I are not prevented by selfish interests from following tho dictates <?f conscience and duty. In the very beginning I felt the need of reform aud was au 01 initial '.Firmer? Movement" man. 1 supported Tillman in 1800, and almost without Soli citation ou my p u t was elected stlpeiiu tetideui of the South Carolina peuitcu tiarv in 181)2. I had lived on my latin and knew but little of publie men or public affair??. I had ??reat confidence ?ti the ultimate good purpose of thc lefoim move neu I. In IS'i'? thc dispensai y sys tem was inaugurated in S nilli Carolina. It was a now an' minted experiment.. I had a great ?leal ?if confidence in Till man and gave him my cordial support in his endeavor to make the law a siieees-. As long as Tillman was in tho governor'? office, his natural loree and popularity Midi Ihe people enabled him to keep the machinery inuning, though with great, i rici i?tti. 1 foresaw during Ti 11 mali's last term thar, when smaller ami weaker tuen undertook to wiehl the autocratic power u?*cessary to secure the enforcement of the ?lispeusary law ir meant disinter. The dispensary as originally enacted was meant to iii thc stern and autocratic at tributes of the Hr*?t farmer governor, but. such hat sh adiiiiui?>r ttioii of the liw cleating such a radical change in the habits of the people, could not long be coutitiucd among a liberty loving people accustomed to govern themselves. When it came to be eu tot Ced hy all "apist, imi tator ami weakling" trouble began. lu lbP4 I wa.-? invited to go to Wash ington lo attend a conference. 1 wa-? presenr. iu lilly's committee room when il was deli t mim d io make .lohn (toy Evans governor ol South Carolin i. There was only ?me m ui w ho raised his voice agaiuM it in pfoti st. I AMS a witness io the septic when Nc withdrew in auger lunn I he conference, 1 came home from Washing')*!! convince*! that it was im politic and wrong torn caucus in Wash ington to select a governor for the peo ple ot .S 'Ulli Carolina and when Hu- in laii|o||> Colletou phill was prop ?seil, hy which t lie conserva ti Ves of the S ale w? IV disfranchised and put upon the same h - sis as the ticer ?, I determined thal it I never held another public office 1 would oppose Such a pi cite of pol i Mea I villainy. Al that Mme Governor Edeede was ma Ihe selection 1 would have m.nie to inn tor governor, but. circiiius'auccs were snell as to biiug him into ihe ti* 1*1 as I lie logical opp in- lit ul .Joan Guy Evans. I supported Ederbri and the history of that, campaign is too well known to need re capitulation. Iii? verv unpleasant, l ira niau to ho forced to iii lier with liw lead ers ot his own party or faction and alter the election ??f .bibil Gary Evans I gave his administration loyal support and hoped to see it a success. LIU pileiilo nuil arbitrai y admitiis;ration was odious to the peuple of South Carolina und every fibre in my n itiiie revolted at the thought ol having such a governor of my S' ?t>-. When the sen itoiial bee- liegui to buzz in his bollllet it was a dulcet sound to my ear. 'or I siw in his selfish ?t> sue to sup plant Hie mau wini had m ule him gov* eltlor (he opportunity to lid the State nf an iticitbii-. I thought. I liai the ch edon of Ell' rbe would prove a belieiliciioii and i blessing to the p. opie ot S uith C il' 'lill i atid that ldc capacity of John dart Evans j tor harm would be tar I? ss in lin- s< nate of the United S ates thin in. the govern . n's eh ?ir Mv chief desire, then, wa< Iheeleedoti of Governor Ellet he and I sn bon I i mee? I e ery thing else to thal ..ii?l. Ile wa> elect? d governor by abnosi a un nimous vote of ihe peoplr. The tail lire of his aillliltiisdatioll lo realize ihe reasonable hopes of Ids fii-u<ls is t P limul for nie lo ?I?MMISH. I believe Lian Governor Edel be \> constitu? iouilty hon est and that he has tai I hf lilly tried io meet the l< <| ni ie int n's ot a si'iialbui Pe- i y??nd his p-?wer and po.-t.ibly beyond that ot au. mau I a.u now and always will be hit friend, ?lid I do not propose io s iv one word in | lin*, letier in exculpation- of m\s?lt. which will add to tin* dlllhuilties now sui rounding him. I have etid-avoi.il t.. coupe! a le with the II.en ill S.nilli (*Uo I lilia whose obieel w :i<? lo lellni'c our peo- j pie. The Ixpiot ipies'i -u i-"ihcold man of the ii|oii|,i?iiu"* in the polities of' 'his State. J hay done all I cou .il IOOUIIU t?i i just ami COI li cf se? t h merit nf the liquor l lohleui. As ihiujs-lto>v yo-III this State nothing hut evil can ?'onie ot lt. Mv object has I ..?ell lo cb mill ile !'.?. liquor question I rom Sta^e point, s. li lu a local ma'ter which should be led with the peop i- .it the va iou-, cniiu!i. s. lt ls manifestly impo-sible toeutol'ce the same liquor law iu Chariest ?n and Co ln tibia chat y.ui can iu prohibition Marl boro nnd Auderson. 1 believe that the (joes ?.?ii should be sub nit n d to tlie peo ple of each county to say whether they want the dispensary, high license wit.li coiistituiional resti ictiousor prohibition. Lt is a local question, and the "people of .mo community or county in my judg ment have no right to force the people of .mo'her county or community to accept Minipryry laws repugnant to local sen'i iiifiir, trn-litions ami elistructer <>f iii?' people. I bave felt (bis very keenly and i have not a doubt in the wm bl thar, this ?viii be th? final solution of the liquor question in S uitli Carolina. None other is in accord wirb the principles of demo cracy. A-question is never settled until II is settb-il ti?:hf. You may for a time b\ hu ce ?d'circumstances, as has been tin ease with the dispensary law in this S'ate, deny local Mdt government, and an opportunity for free expression of public . .pinion; sootier or later, however, a free people ?Aili assert their i'm hts at the bal lot box, and woe nulo bim who stands in the way. Thu advocacy of local option is uo new idea with me. Last May in tlie Audersou County convention that stalwart champion of popular rights, lion. Joshua W. Ashley, introduced a iesolii<iou instructing the delegares to the State convention to >?se their influ ence t?> secure submission of the ques tion of high license, prohibition or dis pensary to a popular vote. I amended ibu resolution and assisted iu seeming its passage by the county convention. In the State convention, however, the peo ple were bound hand and foot and de nied the fundamental right of decidiug i his importaut matter f??r themselves at tho ballot box. The Auderson county couveuiiou instructed tho local commit tee to have the question submitted to our people in the primary with the re sult that Auderson county went over whelmingly tor.prohibition. How can a de rn? ?ci at oppose a submission of these questions to a popular vote or refuse to abide the will of a majority of bis fellow citizens? 1 realize that my contest docs not de pend upon my ??Hi.-?al record, but upon i he issues hereinbefore indicated. A contest is bein?: waged against me be cause I have d.neil lo think lor myself and would not bend the knee to the dic tates of self-eous'ituted bosses. I am proud of the fact that I have stood in the way of some win? sought f<? prostitute the pu'?lic service to private emls. I am heim? opp??sed because of the piincipb-s that I have advocated and by the men whose aims I have helped f?? thwart. I' is a vain hop?' through me to compass the detent of these pi i maples. No stronger ai'L'Uuieut is ne? ded than the attempt now heirn? muie and the un thuds pursued to defeat me t?? ih-monMrate the growth of a dangerous poliiieal power wielded by the dispensary. No man bas touched i', no tu titer how pure bis character or lui* iuuoecur he has been ?if all wrong, that has not had pitch left upon his hands It is appalling the frequency with which govern--rs and high officials have beeu charged willi eon upturn and bribery in connection with this institution. Whether such charges bo true or talse their effect, is the same, and lowers the whole moral tone of our State. I am ready and will ing to be saerif?ed in an attempt to bet ter conditions in this State. I have an abiding faith in the people of Soin h Carolina. I am conscious of reel it tide of put pose, I believe iu the ju-tice of God, and if tlie miserable attempt to compass my deteat through UUh??l> means siu-ceed I shall appeal to the manhood and patrio tism of Hu* people for vindication tu the next popular election. W. A. NEAL. Tile Confederate lte-U"i"ii. Captain iredell .Fones, of Kock Hill, has written to tint'News and Courier, a lotter in which Im show s what a hand some thing ir will bc if every county iu thc State will contribute to the suc cess of the Confederate reunion in Charleston. Herc is what, he says: Thc follow ing resolutions were adopt ed by the executive committee of the United Confederate Veterans at their meeting in Columbia. November, 10, 1898 : ''Jfcsohwl, Thal the members ol' the executive committee and all the com manders of the loca camp. II. C. V., in each county, be appointed a commit tee to solicit assistance in provisions for the entertainment of thc Confede rate V?t?rans in Charleston during May, 1899, and that in each county the committee shall use the best means in their judgment to interest the people to contri bute to this laudable under taking. That the committee in the respective, counties communicate by February 1, 1899, to the. chairman of the executive commit te. in Charleston what their county will probably do to wards assistance in entertaining the veterans." Having been appointed chairman of the committee which reported the almve. I feel it incumbent ?ni me to edi public attention to thc resolutions, and to urge the citizens of the val ions counties to assist in making theocca si??n a grand success. 1 am sur?- il is only necessary to properly advertise and manage this appeal for assistance t . secure t he most ample contributions. lt. would be a most bccoiningaiul ?ip propria te tribute to the patriotism of our people if they should now oller help lo th?' citizens of Charleston who have NO generously taken upon them H Ives thc burden ol' providing for this mammoth entertainment. Thousands of volerons, many of them bal lie-scarred in service ol Muir country, w ill assemble in the "Old t'iy by the S? a,v gathered together from every quarter ol' I Im south. Chai lesion eau be relied on todo lier part, and more than her part, and if every county in tho State will given h- Ipiug hand iu this patriotic celebra tion. South Cu roi i mi will have cause lo feel as proud ol' In r benevolent, chnii litble and hospitable spirit in |Sb9 as : she docs ol the chivnlro is, self-ileny I lng and heroic deeds id'bel .-ons and d i (^liters din ing illo w ar bel ween t io St .es. A MEAT SCHOOL Presidpnt fcartzng Writes of Clemsot.'s New Bram.h. Co'umbitt Mate. CLKMSON CotLEfjK, Jnii. IO.-The following concerning "The First Tex tile School of tlie South" was prepared recently i>y President Hartzof? l'or tlie Atiiericiiu (Jinner: Un September 13, 18i)S. the lirst. tex tile school in the south opened its doors to students nt Clemson Agricul tural College, South Carolina. A btiek building 75x100 Feet, and two stories high, designed like a .node! cotton factory, has beim erected for theoretical mid practical instruction in the textile arts. Generous mill manu facturers have contributed $10,000 worth of machinery for equipment. A director has been elected, and the students have entered upon their work. Logically, South Carolina is the proper State to go forward us the pio neer of textile education in the south. The little Palmetto State has one third of all the looms and spindles of the south. Her people have unlimited confidence in cotton mills as dividend making institutions. This confidence is bused upon the experience of the past. Though leading all other south ern States in textile manufactures, the cotton mill industry is but iu its in fancy in South Carolina. With 1,000, 003 horse-power running into waste in the streams that How from the Blue Ridge mountains to thc Atlantic ocean, willi a conservative, intelligent Labor ing element; with the raw product at the doors of the mills; with a popula tion that has an instructive genius for manufacturing, there is no reason why the textile industries should not quad ruple in South Carolina during the next quarter of a century. Impressed with thc present import ance ami the future possibilities of cotton manufacturing, the authoriti? s of the largest-State institution in South Carolina have added a textile depart ment to train young men in thc* manu* facture of colton goods, We may pause to ask and answer this question: is it right to use money derived from general taxation for the upbuilding of n special industry? Have not men in other pursuits as much right to demand of a State a school for special training as the cotton mill men? The government is established for the greatest good of the greatest number. During the last seven years cotton mills in the south have doubled in number. There are now 48 mills, rep resenting a capital of .$120,000,000. Fac tory populations are inflamable. Edu cation brings conservatism. An ex pressed willingness on the part of the State to dignify labor, to provide means to educate and elevate ambi tious youths for a special line of work, will do much towards stemming the socialistic tide and towards preventing labor strikes. When the State pro vides textile schools the factory opera tives fool that the sympathetic arni of the government is thrown around them. Tin-south has had few, if any, seri ous labor troubles in I he cotton mills. The reason is obvious. Our opera lives, asa class, are respectable, sober natives from the farms in the vicinity of the mills. Most of them have been accustomed to managing labor of their own on ai small scale. The superinten dent is usually a native, who under stands the peculiar sentiments and prejudices of the operatives. About the same relationship between the superintendent and the operatives as that found in the country store between the merchant ami his clerk. Common interests and common feeling prevent friction. We cannot hope, however, that this happy condition of mutual contentment will continue for coming years. A factory population will grow up, alienated from the farms, having rn? deep-rooted sympathy with other vocations-a population that will be from the factory, in the factory, and for the factory. This population will torin a very influential percentage of the census of the south in 1928 A. D. The State, tbendore, that takes hold of this social and industrial erohlcm tn time may reasonably hope to timi some solution for the vexatious questions I hilt will arise. lt should be borne in mind, too. that the textile school is not. established for the mill men alone. Abale of cotton weighing ?D0 pounds will bring the farmer Sod to be distributed between the rent of the land, labor, fertilizer, cost of implements, etc. Now let. a cotton mill be established in the vicin ity of that farm. The mill pays the saino Sol) for the bale of cotton and manufactures ii into sheetings a yard wide. The sheeting will sell to the obbers for .*?s.s0. The difference of 2--.80 is paid out in tim con un u ni ty for labor, supplies, dividends, taxes, i 11 - sui ance, etc. ls il liol the part of wise statesmanship to encourage, by build ing textile schools, if necessary, au in dustry that will bring lo the soul \v $08 for every bale of cot lou. instead of S-'D, lo say m?: bing of new markets created for duck fanniiig. of tin? increased value of real estate, of opportunities opi ned up for men now idle? Conservative Fugluud woke up in INit? io lind that (icimany was com peting willi success for i lu* trade of tho world. A royal commission was ap pointed by parliament tn iuqui e into the cause. After an exhaustive in vestigation til*- com mission reported that Germany's growing supremacy was owing to her splendid system of industrial schools. .Since that time England has spent stupendous sums ?d' money in training her citizen* for the keen competition ol' life. No back ward steps are being taken. Manches ter, alone, is now adding half a million dollars tn her textile school. It is not for the south to sit down and swap family reminiscences timi wait for the mythical capitalists to arrive. We have tm apologies to make for tIn past, but we have a duly to pet torin in the present. In natural resources the south is the richest putt of th?' Union. No tact is more easily demonstrated than thisby ligures. This statement has been sounded in our ears so mn ny times that we accept it asa matter of course. Wc forget, however, that, to achieve industrial supremacy two fac tors are necessary: 1st. Natural re sources. 2nd. Minds trained to tech nical lines to develop the natural re sources. Now the south ts woefully deficient in technically trained men. Indeed there are nome who think that, the southern mind has no aptitude or capacity for mechanical, scientific or technical pursuits. This is the fault of our weak, one-sided, defective sys tem of education. Scientific training has beeu minimized in our schools. Shall we develop our marvelous re sources, or shall we give them to the thrifty genius of educated foreigners ? The industrial coliges must answer the question. So far as our textile department at Clemson College is concerned the full course covers four years, though a graduate of a college which dites equivalent work may finish in one year. In this four years course gene nil culture and special training are happily combined. Specializing has been run to extreme, and there is sure to be a reaction. A scholar does not know his subject till he knows the co related branches. The educated spec ialist lins a telescopic view of all things ami a microscopic view of one thing. A good foundation in the textile course is laid in mechanics, drawing, mn!he matics mid chemistry, with the usual English studies, and during the last two years of the work a special appli cation of these studies is made to tex tile work. Theoretical instruction re ceives the same number of hours as practical instruction. The one teaches the why, the other the how. The one trains the mind to think, the other the hand to execute. The process is subjective and objec tive. We realize fully that we have em barked in a work that lins but few precedents and few traditions; but the sympathetic recognition received from many quarters encourages us in the belief that should wc fail it wil' be in a glorious cause. - . ? - . Drainage Meeting. The Drainage Meeting met and or ganized by electing A. T. Newell Chair man, ami P. H. Brown Secretary. Hon. l?. F. I't ay ten addressed tim meeting, showing t he great i .ecessiry of a prac tical drainage law and heroic enforce ment of the same. .1. L. Tribble. Esq., explained our present law ?m Ilm sub ject, ami after answering a number of questions on the defects of our present drainage law gave ir as his opinion that ir is possible fi? get a prac) jeal drainage law thar, will meet all requirements. The following committee was ap pointed to draft a bill tn present to our delegation in the Legislature: W. Q. Hammond..I. S. Fowler, NV. H. Tucker. \V. \V. Kussel 1 made some satisfac tory propositions for dredging and ditching streams in Anderson county. The meeting was attended by repre sentative men from different parts of the county, and all scenmd enthusiastic over thc prospect of ?I rn i tiing ?mr swamp lauds. I\ H. Keowv, See. Attention, Landon uer* ! To the owners of all creek or bottom lands in Anderson County: We, the undersigned, respect fully request you to meet us in Convention in the Court House at 12 m.. on the I5rh day of Feb., 189'.), to consider a proposition in ide us by a Steam Drainage Company, to ditch out all the swamp lands in An derson County at about fifty percent. ?d' the cost of hand labor. This scheme can bc made a success, and our County will reclaim our most valuable lairds, thereby making! us corn sellers rather than buyers, and ar the. same time improve tho health of our people fullv tilly per cent. A. T. NI:\VKI.L, .1. S. FOWLER, W. Q. HAMMOND, .1. J. F.: Kl'WK LL, W. II. 1'UCKER. Trilslee*' .Meeting. Notice that the public schools in Pendleton District. No. 2, were to com mence the2ml ?lay ?d' .la??.. IS!)!). All teachers will bring their claims to be signed from that lime, as the public will pay for no seiend being taught before (hat dale. Will meet tin* board of trustees at the hume of Mr. M. Smilh on Saturday, the nliof Feb ruary, ism). TRUSTEES. Titos. V. Iftutsov, Clerk of Gourd. H'tW'8 'hl8. >v?'..ttci O-u Ha drivl (?.ul,M ford? c?>e f iHMrrli in.t cammi be cu red In Hull' Ht rru ure Wi: itv .iu.ief.icii <i IniA-p kmeru t-. ?'h?'?ui li.i ilir HHI . 5 y. irs a ..1 b-lwvv him (J-TI-I-I u..iuii?t?ii' ni il ini-tiiH,* ii.tn0arjcio..s uni du:u inly ?lili- fi? rar-v om mv nh igm nu* h Mi. ti ? III IV?, i * l'-.u?x, ?V u. i rim i. ..riigici"*.. r?iM<? .? \Vw IM? Kis.HN * M AH vf s, A'h.ii. rue D'u. "'l-l-. I .M.. o UII'I'I. ala li lin? ifttlkPii u .,r...tjiy itctiti lir-M'M iit/iui ?h< Din ..i aiui iuui-o-ib 8Ui'*i.e.i" the ?i-M-ii. J' ii tu)..ni...H .i re* Pru* 7"x ?, ?i . <;,,|.l ... .i. |.,, I Lt I 'a Va t ny Pihg ar.- thc I? ?',: STATE NEWS. - Thc Aiken dispensary ia short SH81.y2. - The measles are railing in several >ectb'?is "t the "Hate - The ctiz-ns nf Due West con template bulldut*.' a colton mill. - There are six hundred people yet ti pay iheir taxe? in Piekeos County. - ?Mts. McLaurin, wife nf Senator Md.auria, is seriously ill in Wash ing m - P. VV. Sta Mam! was elected Sen ator f."om the ne* county of Dorches ter last week - Frank Holliday, a small boy of Marion county, was killed by eating uutcli heads. Keep matches away fnuu children. - The Kock Hill Cotton Factory Company has a-ked for ihe. appoint ment of a teceiver to take charge of its assets and distribute the same among its creditors. - A ca?e of smallpox waa reported in Hamburg la-t week. It was a child of Edward Abbot. The doctors do not agree as to the disease, but the house has been quarantined. - One of the two regiments at Co lumbia-the Second Tennes?ee-is to be mustered out soon. A committee of Columbians has visited Washington to request another installment; of "'the boys iii blue." - Governor William H. Ellerbeaod LieutenantGrov. M. B. Mcsweeney were i ?ducted into office last Wednesday. The ceremonies amending the change of Administrations were brief, 'not lasting over twenty minutes alto gether. - The fawners of Florence are go ing into the tobacco business this year h-avier than ever. A c??rresp -indent writing from there says there will be a i increase of 200 per cent in the acreage, and that n?w tobacco barns a c cling up aH over 'Iv: county. The business of tobacco raising has bern v -ry profitable th-re the last year. - Just a month a?<> the death pen alty wa? inflicted on Matthew MoseVy in Orai'gehurg for the murder of a colored brother, and now two of her murderers are in j iii in 0?*aogebi rg waiting for the day to come, which is not far off, when they will foll? W Moseley by the gallows route to tl e other world. They had an awful warning, but they heeded it not. - Some of the new-pipers, and par ticularly the Georgia newspaper*, ha\C been trying to''null off a fi?ht" be? t feen Senator Tillman and General Butler f'ir United States Senator from ihis Slate; but General Butler will not enter the racp. fl- t??l 1 a reporter for the Neto* and Courier that be was "done with politics once and for ever," and that he "will almost posi tively not be a candidate for tLo Senate. ' - Allen B-dlc, a leading fara\er<f Williamsburg county, residing on tho outskirts of the town of Like. C'tyf was carried to Charleston last week, being charged with the huming of tl e Lake Cny postoffioe on January 9t 161)3. IL', is also thought to ha* o been an accomplice in the killing ?f Postmaster Baker and child, the wou- d iu? of the members of the f .indy ai d thc second burning of tho postuffce on February 22 last. -fohn C. P. William?, postmaster at. R dgeway, has been arrested on the c'iarge of embezzlement. The warra* & was sworn to by Post-office Iu?pect? r Butler, and charges Williams with ap propriating to his own use $88. He was released on a $500 bond for I ia appearance at the April term of ti e Hailed States Court at Greenvil'e. Williams has been postmaster sii ce M'-Kmley's administration went ii.to p<iwer. - A dispitch from Charleston sa; 8 that, Kev. ri. R. M .-eley, ??f Florene , S. C , wa? reque-ted by the America Ri'ptist Home Mission S ?ciety toa 6 as general missionary to ihe e*st?''n provinces of Cub ', with headquarn rfl at. Santiago. Dr. Moseley has m?tdcl uitely accepted the proposition, b' t will go to ('nba fora few weeks to 1 ok nv r i he fiel?! and start the S ?ciet 's work. He had experience in Spauis * American countries having beeu a mi ?sion irv to Mexico? - J. Fiank ll OTIS a w-d'-kno^n Greenville county Farmer, living ti ar Reedy river, was in Greenville iVg ?eek. lie says he Ins an ?dd ne*? o servant on his pUce whotenjovsi . tn irkable health f?ir her avie. The ? d woman's name is iOi za ll ce, of Lu.? re is county. She passed her 10;hh .irthdayou M . llirris' place last Ac. g ist and during the fall das pick? d . v? r I 7dtl pounds of cott >u, av r.wii g r un 8'? lo 100 pounds a dav. If?r ye sight and hearing are w?dl pr?? crved and she takes a deep interest in the topics of the dav, while sl-e r.i ks in an interestiog tn inner of the ti nos of Gen. Washington.