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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 - : yyE ARE OFT?N ASKED THIS QUESTION: How can you aff >rd 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 ve can sell Goods at the very smallest per centage that they m 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 Kat 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 (all wool) at $5.63. No credit house can possibly meet our prices. You save money every time you trade with us, because ?6 WE SELL IT FOR LESS Anything in CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." , 0. Evans & Co THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. M Di Com's Itel T'ARMINT. The Gmgh and Cold that irrit?tes and formet ts in r. lie ved with TA UM INT. 25c and 50?. F- r li h cu m at ism and N? uralgic I'ai ns ml) with our . . Nerve and Bone Liniment. Johnsons eadache Powders Relieve ILadaohe and N.malgia. 10c. and 25e It is the JEST. 25c and 50c. nfant alcum Powder, An elegant Toilet Po* der. Pru vents amt relieved chrtjipii'g and chating. Suhl in bulk, any quauii ty. 60c. per pound. Johnsons Worm Aod Liver Syrup. Removes} Worin?, is pala table, safe and tu re. 25e. Landreths Seeds. Jiii-t received. Fresh and new. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. THIS IS NO FAKE ! HAT JEWELRY PALACE WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, NtXr TO F. and M. B-?NK. Has the Largest, Prot^&t and Finest lot of . . . MAS AND WEDDING PRESENTS I Til trlTY Competition dun'f cat any ic** with me wh?*l? it come* to prices. I don'* 7 po?^ls to keep. ? want the p*i>pie to hnve thnm Gold and Si-v?-? Wehen, 8'erliinf and Plate?! ?.? Iv*-rware. J.tw.-lrv, CloekH. L-oiipx, ('binn ^lade*, Novelties of all kinda. Uogeis' Ti i,.pie P?ate labl? Knives 91.60 r&t. A Worin beater. WILL R. HUBBARD HE FARMERS LOAN ANO TRUST CO. WILL PAY Y? ?tr INTEREST ON YOUR DEPOSIT. Money to lend on mortgage real estate or other approved per. Office at the Farmers and Merchants Bank. NEA fi TO THE PEOPLE. 1 ' UEVIEWS HIS CONNECTION WITH THE REFOKM MOVEMENT. Oil OT Exp?rience.-HOM .Iolin Hary Ennis ?us Nominated, unit Why Hie Dispensary Lan Has KIMMI Hie 1 Source o? Evil. i 1 'lr, thc people of South Carol i nu: I Fur six years 1 havo been superintcn I lieut of thu South (Jitr<?Itua penitentiary. The condition of tin; institution speaks : lor iisell an?! I challenge any criticism or ; investigation. Hail 1 been content to ' attend sti telly to my ofiicial linties, my management ol' Hie institution lias been I .sueii thal I could have held the position I of HUpeiiltleudcnl, ? ithout opposition, as : long as 1 citied lo remain in public lite. , Fortunately or unfortunately, however, 1 i have aspiialious and hopes beyond I ho mero routine ot ofiicial lite. I have been inspired by au aitibitiou to be ot practical bellellt to thu people of my State, and I have never entertained for a moment the thought that being a public officer de barred nie from the privilege exercised by every citizen of attempting to iullu euce fur good the affair? of my State, lu fact, 1 have felt as a public servant that tt was my duty to do all iu my power to better the condition of public affairs. I have firmly aud cousisteutly, without regard to the effect ou my individual fortunes, supported the best men for otlicu aud the policies that 1 belie veil Mould bent conserve thu public interest. There io such a greed for office in South (.'.trotina that it makes cowards of most of those holding or seeking office. I have earnestly striven to not allow this blight to wither my m luliootl or patriotism. If South Carolina needs anything she needs uieii who are liol afraid or who are mit prevented by sel tish interests from following the dictates of conscience mill duty. lu the very beal uni nu I felt Hie need of retort!) ami was au oi initial '.Finners .Movement" ultu. 1 supported Tillman in issi;), mid almost without soli cit.uioti ou ui> [? iit was elected supeiiir teinh ui of the >oit?h Carolina p. nilen liarv in hs'.U. 1 had lived on my tarni ami knew bul little of public men oi j public, altair*. I hail creal, ooididenee ill Hie ultimate liooil pm pose of Ihe lett? 111 I move neill, in 181*3 the dispens o v s\s I tem was inaugurated in S min Carolina. It was a new au* untiled expel i nit-nr. I had a great deal of confidence m Tib niau and gave him my cordial support in his endeavor to make the law a Mirers*. As tom; as Tillman was HI thu goveruor'i oilier, his natural loree ituil populaiitj wiih the people enabled him to keep Hu machinery i nuning, though with gr?ai friction. I foresaw du ri ut: Tillman's lo?) term til at. when smaller ?iud weaker inn mulei took to wield I he autocratic ptiwei necessary to secure the euiorcetm nt ol the dispensary law it meant dis ist er. The dispensary as oiiginally ena- ted wai meant tt? fit the slrrn and ailttieralic at ti Unites ot the lirst farmer governor, bu! such haish adimiiisirttioti of the lt? ul eal I uu snell a radical change in Hu habits tit t he people, could not hum ht commited among a liberty loving peoph iiueusiomril lo govern themselves. Whet it came to herutoiceil hy au "Hpi*?t, iud tatol* and woakllim'1 trouble Ingall, lu 1 >'.)?) 1 was mvitt d l<i go to Wash i un I on lo attend a eonleleUce. I wa* pieseiit iu Irlty's committee ?.tom WIUM ii w;is deli i in i m < 1 io make .lohn Ciiij Evans unvn mir ol Sout h Carolin i. Tuen was only one m ni who raised Iiis voie, air i i ii->i II in proust. 1 waa a witness iv thu Hin-liii whtMi he withdrew in angel limn the eonfei-tMicr. 1 came home fron Washington ron vi nerd that it was nu politic, and wrong tor a caucus iu Wash illt?toti to Mr letti a governor for Ihe pim pie tit S tilth Ciroiiu.l and when Hm in lamons Col Iel on plan waa prop ?sed. lr, which I lie coiiserv.it i ves of I he S .He w? fi dislraiichised ami put upon the Mime hi sis as the ney!-*. I detiiinim-d that it iievt-r hehl another public . .ftiuM I wouh oppose such a piece of poli.?e.tl villain* At that lime Governor Edel ho WHN tn. Hie selection f would hate made lo nu tor governor, hut- circinus"alices Wen such as to hi inti him imo 'he li? ld HM Hu logical opp om ut ol John Gary Evans, supported E der bu and Hie history of tim CHID pal un is lott well known to in-eii rr capitulation. It ls verv uiipleas.tur. f.?r. mau to he forced to d'lier wich Hm lead era ol bia own parry or faction and attr the elect iou of .John Gary IC? aim I gav hit administration ???yal support am Imped to sen it M sneers?. Hi- pm ii* Mild Hihilraiy admiuisration waa talion to the people of Souiii Caroliuauutl ever fibre in my natniv rr vol ted at Ihr l hough ot having such a governor of my Si it? Wlirii i he s'Mi Hoi tal lue heg in to bu/, in his botitn lii. was a dnlcrt sound lom ear. tor I stw in his sel ti di iii HI ie ?.. MI-. plant the mall who had made him yoi et nor the opportunity to lid Ihr Suite ii au i ur illili?. I thought thai the rb odo of Ell? rhe would prove a beiirdio'iou au hlesHiiig to the pi opie of S tilth C ir din und that Ihr eapHehyof John (tar> Evan tor bill in would be tar I? ss ni Hie HI u n td Hie United S ales thin iu Hie govert or's eh tir Mv ehirf desiri*, thru, wu the eire?foti of Governor Elim lie Hud Mibordinaed o erv thing ilse to thai tun UH W.U* eleen tl governor by ubhost lill nimoiis vtiiu of ihr pe-ipb . The tai ure of his admiiiisiiatiou to realize Hi reasonable hoj.es of his fi huid* is t ptiuiul fol* me to iliscn?s. I brlie-e tia Governor EDeilie i* eoUHtltutioirdly hm rst mu? Hutt he has l.tilhfully tiled i inert the H tpiireimn'M ot a si'union t, yond Ids power stud po-sibly brynn lh >t of ativ mau I a.a now and always will-lie hts frlrni Mini I do not proiMisr io sav one word i tins h tiri* in exculpation* of my M I which will add to tte* ddhviilib s no tun rounding him. I have endeavored i i-i i 111 ie i 11 e. with i ho tren in .S>*liili Car liua wilone object WH-* lo I ell id'O ?mr pe pie. The liquorqiies'mu i~ "Hm old nu of th?- mom,Min"- in Hm polit ira of th Sl it.-. I have dour ntl I conni lonkii to * just and etui.er MM thin?*nt of il liquor problem. As tilinda* nov? (?mi tilia Mi:?le nothing tull rvil eau emile < lt. Mv ohjeet has liven lo eliminate ti liquor quotion trout S'a'e poi il ira. IM a h HM I ma11er v. Inch should he le with t he prop ? of tin* va lout CoiltiOr lt ls manifestly impossible to enforce tl satin' liquor law KI Chariest 'ii und Co lli ullin Hutt > -II ?MII in pi ulniii) ??iii Marl boro nnd Anderson. I beliovo that the question should hu sith ni'iiii to thu peo ple of each cou at> to snj whethci they want the dispensan. Ililli ?iribr willi constitu? Ional rest i jetions ot* prohibition. lt ts n local qiii-stioti, ami tho -people ?.! . mc coiiiiiiuiiity or county in my j . a ? I ti - ?lieut have no i IUIII I" loi en the people nt ano*her county ?ir community tn accept ?ii tu pi arv laws repugnant tn local MUM oii'tit, irn-iilioiis ?lint character of thc people. 1 have felt this very Keenly ami 1 have nut a iloilht in tim w??ihl thal tin-. * ill he the limit sdiuioti ol the l'upuu question in S ?lilli Carolina. Nunc olln-t is in accord with thc piiticiples ol demo erney. A question is iievt-r nettle*! until ii is selth-il i inht. V??u ni ty tm a liiiii- h> loicc ot circumstances, as has hcutl the ?.ase with lint limpetn>nry law in tin S?lle, ih-iiy local sell yoveinuieiil, ami an opporliiuily for free expression of public opinion; soon -r or later, however, a free people Mill assert their H?hls at the hal i??t. box, ami woe unto him win? stands in the way. Tile udv??c.icy of local option is no new idea with me. I. isl May in Hie Amieisoti county Convention that stalwart champion of popular riuhls, Hon. .loutitia VV. Ashley, iutrodticvd a tesol io iou i nst i tnt i nc the deleuaics to (he Slate convention to usu their influ ence to secure submission of the ?pies tioti of high license, prohihitiou or ills peUsarv lo a popular vote. I aitiemleii i hu resoluiioii ami assisted in seem i nu its passage hy the county convention, lu the State convention, however, the peo ple were bound hand ituo foot and de nied the fundamental right of deciding ? his important matter for themselves at tho ballot box. The Audersou county Convention instructed thu local commit teu to have thu question suhmitted to our people in the primary with the re sult that Audersou county went over wheladiittly tot' piohihitioti. II?iw can a iletiioctat oppose a submission ot these quest ions to a popular vote or refuse to abide thu will of a majority of his fellow citizens? 1 realize that my contest does not de pend upon my ofli-ial rec.??r?l, hut upon lite issues hereinbefore indicated. A cont* st is being waged against mu be cause 1 have d.oed to flout; tor myself ami would ii??l berni the ku?'?? t?? the die tales of self-cotts'iitiled boHsi'S. I am proud <?f tint fact, that 1 have stood in Hie way ??f some who soiiuht t?? prostitute I he puhlic, service t?i private emfs. I .nu heiuu opposed because of l he piiticiples that i have advocated and hy th?' nu ti ?A li* ?se ai tits I have helped to thwart. I* i - a ? ai ti hope I ll rollah nie lo compass the deleai <.. thesis piim-iples. No str?ui???'r arcumeiil is ne? tied than t he attetupi now (?..tu?* tn ?ie lind die nu thods pursued to defeai me lo il?-im?ii'>trale the growth ?if a ilatiL-etoU- poliih-al power wiehletl by the dispeusiry. No mau has touched ii, ii? ni liter how pm?; his character or Ino* iiitiofciit he ha? been of all wron ii, that has mu had pitch left, upon his hands lt ls appilliuu thu fr* qiieiicy with which governors ami high oflicials have tieni eharced willi eon II pf lon and bri fiery in eotiueetioti with this institution. Whether such charlies hu true or lalse their effect, is the same, ami lowers thu wholu moral tone ot our State. I am ready and will ing i,, be saerifieil in an attempt to bet ter cotiiliiji.ns in this State. 1 have au nhldiog faith in the people of Soin h Carolina. 1 am conscious ??f rectitude of pm pose, I believe lu the justice ot (?od, and if the miserable attempt to compass my defeat through unholy means succeed 1 shall appeal to thu manhood and patrio- | tis'o ??f itu- people for vindication in thu j uext popular election. | \V. A. Ni.M.. i Til?* Ciuifeilerat*' lte?Uui*in. Captain Fredell .loues, of Hock Hill, has written to I he* Newa and Courier, a letter in which he shows what a haiul some thing it will he if every county in the State will contribute to the suc cess of thc Confederate reunion in Charleston, Here is what he says: The follow i II jr resolut ions were adopt ed by the executive committee of the United Confed?rale Veterans at. their meet i 114; in Columbia, November, lt), 1 80S : .. iteHuhietl, That the members of the executive committee and all thc com manders of the. luca cutup, IJ. C. V., in each county, be. appointed ti commit tee to solicit assistance in provisions for the entertainment, of the Confede rate Veterans in f Heston during May, 1800, und that 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, 1800. to the chairman of the executive committe in Charleston what their county will probably do to wards assistance in entertaining thc. Veterans." Having been appointed chairman of the committee which reported the above. I feel it incumbent, on ute to edi public attention to the resolutions, J ait id to urge the citizens of the various counties to assist in making theoccn- ' sion a grand success. I am sun- ii is | only necessary to properly advertise and manage this appeal for assistance t ? secure l he most ample contribu? ions. lt would be a most becoming and ap propria te tribute to the patriotism of our people if they should now oller help to the citizens of Charleston who have Hil generously taken upon tlu in 8 Ives the burdett of providing for this muni mot h eu teri aili meut. Thousands of veterans, many of them battle-scarred in serviee of tin ir country, will assemble in the "Old < i y by the Sea,1' gat henil together from every quarter ol' I lie south. Chai lesion can be relied ott to do her pari, and more than her part, and if every county in the State w ill iii vc a helping baud iii this pst triol ie celebra tion, South Carolina w ill have cause to feel us pt omi of lier hcticvoh-ht, chilli tuble ami hospitable spirit in IHhOiia she does of thc chivttlro is self-deny ing and heroic deeds of ?ter sons timi il nighter* during Hie war between t ic 9t .?es. v um: VT sui uni i, Prr?-i.1rnt kartzng w-itt-s ol Chansoi.'s j New Br.m h I ' 'it'ii ni hui Slit!} , t'i i >i-i.s i <'111 ..i. .tali. m. ri o follow ing concerning "The First T? x I Hr Schon] ol tin- South" was prepared : recently h\ president 11 arl/.og tor tho j A nirt'iratl t ; inner: I til September 1"?. I SHS. lho lifsl lex I lc school in tin south '.pi n* il ils linois to students al Clemson Autieul tm.il College, >niiili i ?indina. | A In ?ck hiiihliuu 7"?xl0tl liri. ;?iul j two dories high, ilcsiguetl like a .umlel j CoUotl factor**, lia-? linn creeled l'or tlmoridic.il nu 1 practical instruct ion m tin* textile art.-., tieiierous mill maun j facturera have coulrihuled ?10,<H)0 wm Ih of lii.ichiiii i \ tot equipment. A ? director has linn elected, and thc! students have entered upon their work. Logically, Smith Carolina is the proper Stale to go forward ns the pio neer ?d' textile education in the south. The. little 1'almctto State has one third of all the looms und spindles of the south. Uer peuple have unlimited confidence in cotton mills as divideiid makitig institutions. This confidence is hosed upon the experience of the past. Though leading all other south ern States in textile manufactures, thc cdtou mill industry is hut in ita in fancy in South Carolina. With 1,000, 011.) horse-power running into waste in the streams that flow from thc lillie Ridge mountains to the Atlantic ocean, with a conservai i ve, intelligent labor ing element; willi the raw product at the doors ol' I lu-mills: wit h a popula tion that has an instructive genius for manufacturing, there is no reason why the textile industries .should md quad ruple in South Carolina during tim ilex I quarter of a century. Impressed with tim present import ance and the future possibilities nf cotton manufacturing, the auf hoi it ii s of the largest Stale institution in Som h Carolina have added a textile depart. lueiil to train young men in thc nut tl tr- ' fad nie of cotton goods, We may pause to ask ?ind answer this question: is it right lo use mon? y derived from general tax?t iou for I he upbuilding of a special industry? llave, md men in other pursuits as much right to demand of a State a school for special training as the colton 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 resentingnenpitalof!>120,000,fKH). Fac tory populations ure inflamable. Edu cation brings conservai ism. An ex pressed willingness on thc part of (he Slate, to dignify labor, tn provide, means to educate, nial elevate ambi tious youths for a special line of work, j will do much towards stemming the socialistic tide and towards preventing labor strikes. When the State pro vides textile schools the factory opera tives feel that flu' sympatheticnrm ol' the government is thrown around them. Tim south hus had few, if any, scii ons labor 1 roubles in t he col ton mills. The reason is obvious. Our opera lives, as a class, arc respectable, sober natives from the farms in the vicinity 1 of the mills. .Most of I hem have been accustomed to managing labor of their ' own on u small scale. Thc superinten dent is usually a native, who under stands the peculiar sentiments and prejudices of the operatives. About the same relationship between I he superintendent, and the operatives as that found in the country store, bet ween the merchant and his clerk. Common interests, and common feeling prevent friction. We cannot hope, however, i hat this happy coud i I ion of mutual contentment will continue for com ii lg years. A factory population will grow up, alienated from the. farms, having no deep-mored sympathy with other vocations-a population that will bo from the factory, in the factory, and for the factory. This population will form a very influential percentage of the census of the south ill 103*1 A.D. The State, therefore, that takes hold of this social and industrial emblem in time may reasonably hope to find some solution for thu vexations questions I hat will arise. lt should bc borne in mimi. too. that the textile school is not established for the mill nun alone. Abale of cotton weighing ."ino pounds will bring the farmer .*Bno to lu: distributed between the rent of the laud, labor, fertilizer, cost of implements, etc. Now let a cotton mill be established in the vicin ity of that farm. The mill pays the same $:i0 for the bale of cotton and manufactures il into sheet inga a yard wide. The sheeting will sell to th'' jobbers for *f?sso. The d irte renee of f is paid out in the community for labor, supplies, dividends, taxes, in HUliim e. etc. ls it not the part of wise Statesmanship to encourage, by build ing textile schools, if necessary, an in dustry that will bring to the soul li-*.VS for every bab* of cotton, instead nf.*.IO, to say nothing of new mat kits created for truck lu rilling, of the increased value of real estate, of opportunities opened up for men now idle? Conservai ?vc England woke nj? in |S'.i2 to find that Ueriminy was com pel ing with success for tile I lade of lim world. A royal commission wa*? ap pointed by parliament Hr iliqili ? into ihr cause. .Min .III ia\li:iiisii\i* m \CSt?gUt?lUI till' l'Ollllllissiltll ll'poticd th.ii tiertnany's growing ?upn-macy wa- nw ing to IHM splendid ?ystenitd 11 M 111 ? 11 i .i 1 schools, Sinei' tli.it lum Knglaiiil lias spent stii'icinluii? sum* ni nu ?ii? \ in training I i ? j eiii/cns .Ipi itu killi competition <>l lid'. Nu hark vvatil ?.teps nie bring taken. Manches j ti c. alone, is now .nilling hall .1 million j ililli.II s IM hi l tex i il?* M'llool. 11 iv ti,ii Im t h,, sunt ll lo sit thin 11 ami sw ap t am il\ rem i nisei-n?es .-nul M ait loi ihr mythical capitalist- jp arrive. We ha ; i' 110 apologies lo Ulalie l'or the past, hut Wi* lui Vi * ?I illlly to pel lorin itt the pti'M'iii. lu natural renou rees the south i- tin. in in -i pm ni' thc (inion. Ni? lael is mole easily ileiuotistraleil than litis, liv (igutes, I ltis stnlelilelit lias lu cit -oiiiulcil tn mit rats sn many nun s i h.o we ?11 eept il as u mal ter ol eonrse. We forget, liuwrwr, that to achieve industrial supremacy two tue luis ;ur tn ress uv: isl. Natural re sources, '.'ml. Miiuts trained to tech nical lines to develop the natural re sources. Now thc south is woefully delicienI in technically (rained men. Indeed lhere ure smue who think that the southern uiiiid has no aptitude or capacity for uieclianiial. scientific or technical pursuits. This is the faull of our weak, one-sideil, defective sys tem of education. Scient ?tic training has been minimized in our schools. Shall we develop our marvelous re sources, or shall we give them to the thrifty genius of ed neut cd foreigners*? The industrial coliges must answer the lineal um. Sn tnt as our textile departmental Clemson College is collect lied the full cull rsc covers lour years, though a graduate of a calle-Je which does equivalent work may finish in one year. In this four years coarse gene ral culture and special training un happily combined. Specializing has been run to extreme, anti their is sure to br a reaction. A srliolar dot s not know his .subject till hr knows the co relaleil brunches. The educated spec ialist has a telescopic view ol all things amia microscopic view ol' one thing. A good foundation in (he textile course is laid in inccliaiiies, drawing, mathe matics nuil chemistry, with tin-usual Knglish studies, nuil liming ihr last two years of the warka special appli cation of. these st lillies is made to lev tile wotk. Theoretical instruction re ceive* the snnie miudier of hours as practical instruction. The one teaches the why, the other the how. The one trains the mind to think, the. other thc limul lo execute. The process is Kllhjcclivu and objec tive. We realize fully that we have, em barked in a. work that has but few precedents timi few (radii?ons; but the sy tu pat bel ic recognition received from many quarti-rs encourages us ia thc belief that should wc fail it wiP be in it glorious cause. Drainage Meeting. The Drainage Mi t ling nu l ami or ganized by elecliiig \. T. Newell Chair man, at.il I', il. Hr??wu Secretary, lion. 1?. I-'. Clayton addressed the meeting, showing tin-great I ecessity of a prac tical drainage law ami heroic enforce ment of the same. .1. I,. Tr i bbl e. Ksq" explained our present hw i>n thesiih j'et. ami tificr answering a number of ti nest ions 011 t In* th-fer ts of our present drainage law- gave it as Iiis opinion thal it is possible get a lit arl lea I drainage law illili will meet all reipiiremeiils. Thc following i.niiillee was ap pointed to draft a bill tu present lo our delegation in the l.egislsture: \V. Q. Hammond. .1. S. Fowh*r, \V. ll. Tucker. W. W. ICussell unido sume satisfac tory propositions fur dredging and ditching streams in Antin-nu county. The melding w as nt tended by repre seiilittive men from different parts of I he county, and all sceiurtl rut liusia-l ie over t he prospect of dru ?tiing our swamp lauds. I*. H. IbfnWN, See. A tient hm, Lum Jin*, in-rs ? To the owner* ol ail creek or bottom lamia in Anderson County: We, the undersigned, respectfully request you to meet us in Convention in the Court House at 12 m.. on thc 15lh day of Feb.. 181):). to consider a proposition ni ide us by a Steam Drain ige Company, to ditch out all the swamp lauds in An derson County at about fifty percent, td' the cost of hand labor. This scheme can bc made a success, and our County will reclaim our most, valuable lairds, thereby unking us corn sellers rather than buyers, mid ai the same tillie improve tho health ot our people fully (illy percent. A. T. NKWKI.I., .I. S. Ko WI.Kit, W. Q. II AM Mos I?, .I. .1. P.iKrWKI.I., W. II. I'UCKKU. if . ? ? TriMee-?' Meeting, Notice that the public schools in Pendleton District. No. 2. were lo com mence the 2nd david' .lau.. ISM. .\|| teachers will bring their claims In bc dglied from tint linn*, as the public will pay for 110 school heilig taught he fore thal dale. Will ntret tin* board nf trusteesat the hume nf Mr. M. C. sniiih on Saturday, (he 41 li ol' Feb ruary. lNiu>. TKUSTKES. i'll II.*?. I*. If'insoN, Clerk of l.o.ud. H'**'* 'tua. ?V^.ittf? ll-? Hu drill O.iil .n i?<rnr<l fur ?<?* t" I'ttirrii in t cut ?a tn* cuov| ti\ Hail' ai rr?? ure Wu ire .iiiili*r??k.*ii d lia ..? lin- H-i .> y. ir? ?.?I blwv.- him p-n-il i..ii<>t?ti .. m tl' liu-lii.*.-> I* malt-titi ? < ul rtii.u m ly ?lil.? ?.? c?r? % out un* >ih IM< nu' ?.?! '> h. tl i ni iv? 1 ? r u?x, wu ?Ii-B* * ? .ni|{?i-..p. r??ioi" ii Xxl. i.Nii KI-V.ASJ * M * u vis, Vti.n.iuie ?'u. .1-1-. I a..!.. 1? .ICI'? HUI ib -ire Miam i- u ...> :J?Ily ?1 . n lir ci) .?(?.rilli tito .1 Mm! ilium i? s.ioaj? ?H <. he ,t-.,. I' mi..m..-? .?.iii 'M Pnr* 7?. .. .? . ?..l-i .? .?. l-.| ,!...? Hil VA i 11 y PU A .ir. thc.- i> ??'. VI A l l. SB WS. Tho Aiken (li.?pe usa ry is .-hart S?--l \Yi. The measles ?ire riming in inverai ?..rtpm- <il she ?Male! Th?' ?-Ii/ o- nf I tue West, con t tupi ur luiihiin . .i ".' inn mill. "I" i n-1 - . m six H m.MI-.I people, yet ? . pay ii i ii l i\?'? ii, i Net,-eus futility. M ? VlrliHiiin, wife ?.f Senator Mri.aurie, i . M IIHII?I\ ill m Wash in i\ m V. W Siahlaod ? i ? el rr tr il S.li ai -r f "tu t!:> ur* i-.i'iiny nf Dnrches t-r 1st -?I wrrk t'ra .k 111 tl I i .! ;i y M ?in.ill hi i y of Marion rtuiiiiy W;,s kilh-d hy riling ni Hrh h rails. Keep matches away fi mu chihlreu Tin- I?-?rk 11 * 11 t'ntimi h'actnry Company luis a?kcd fur ihn appoint* turnt nf a teceiver in take charge nf ns assets ami distribute tho same, among its creditors. - A ca?r ol' smallpox was reported in llmuburg hi?t wrrk. lt was a child nf Kdward Abbot. Thc dnctors do nut agree as in the diseuse, bul the house has been quarantined. - - Our nf thc two rctfituetltft at Co lumbia-the Second TVnnrs-ee-is to In- mustered out soon. A committee, of Columbians has visited Washington to request .mother installment of ' tho hoys tn blue." - Governor William ll. lOllerbeand Licutemiht.Gov. M. il. MeSweeney wcro ?..ducted into olfice la?t Wednesday. Tiic c?r?monies attending thc chango ol' Administration?, wen* brief, not lasting over twenty minutes alto gel her. The fawners of I'lorenec are go ing ?mo the tuhacen hu-iuuss this year h-avier than rvrr. A corre.spindent writ i rn; fruin there say?; th.TO will l;0 a i increase ni' Ul HI per cent in tho arrenge, and that new tub teco bania a c gniug up aM over > h . county. Tl o business of tob?ceo raising has bein v ty profitable th-Tr the l ist year. -- .Just a timi.th uno the death pen alty wa* i ti flic t ni on Matthew M?sch y in Ora'igebtirg for the murder nf s eolored brother, and now two of her murderers arc in j iii in Ooingebi rg wailing for the day to come, which is not far off, when they will foll? W Moseley hythe g illowa route to tl O other world. They hail an awful warning, hut they herded it not. - Some of the new-pipers, and par ticularly I he Georgia newspaper'1! hai? bren trying to ''null off a fiiiht'' bi t veen Senat ir Tillman and General ll'iiler for United S ?airs Senator frnm this State ; but G....eral Huiler will not enter the race, ll ? dd I a reporter for the Nito\ anti (Jourter that he was 'done with polines one;? and for ever,'' and that he '"will ul must posi tively not he a candid ne for tl.O Senate. ' - Allen Il-dtc, a leading fanner if Williamsburg county, residing on tho outskirts ul'the town nf Like City, wa< carried to Charleston last wee?', heim* charged with the burning of tl e Lake Cny posioffico rm January 9, l.s!).S IL- is al-o thought to leno been ?in accomplie., in the killing . t I'ostmaster IS.ikeraud clnhl.the wno d iuc nf the uimnb TS ol' the f-nnly ?nd the second hurtling of ihe postou co on Kein nary Li'2 last. - .Ioho C. William*?, postmaster at K dgrway. has been arrested on tl a o'tar ge of embezzlement. The warral t? was sworn to by I iistofliec Inspect, r Butlrr, and charges Williams with ap propriating to his own usc $S8. Ho was released mi a $.~>tlO bund for I is appearance at the April term of tie United States Court at Greenvil'o. Williams has been post mister sii CO Mi-Kmley's administration went ii to power. - A dispatch from Charleston sa; s that Kev. II. IL M i-eley, td'Florene , S C , wa? requested by the Auierir: H Iliptist liouie Mission S 'CU'ty toa 6 a-, general missionary to ihr east'-'O provinces of Cubi, with headquiirti ts ai Santiago. Dr Moseley ha-? U"tdet.? uitely aecept-d thu proposition, let will go to (Juba fur a few week" to I ok >?v r i he field and start the S->ciet I work. Ile had experience iuSpauis vt American c nmtr?es, having been tx uit'siiuMry to M.-X'cn. - tl. Frank ll u ri?, a w>d'-kno?>D '?reenville county farm r, living u ar Reedy ri var, was in tireen vi Ile M's ?nek. Ile says he ho? an old nee 0 .ervant mi his pl ice who.eujovs i . luirkatile h< itlth for le-r age. The . d vu-i,au S n.lilli? is Kji'Z-t Ker, of lui.? reas COU ntl'. Sh? passed her 10 hh . irthday on M . M irris' place last AL* ? ist ?od during the fall has pek?d .ver 1 7di> p nm.is of cutt ni, av ra?" g r un 8? to ldlj pinn.ls a div. Uif ye sight and hearing are well pr,? erved and she take* a d?*cp interest ? Gm topics of the dav i while si a t ks iri ?in interesting m moer of the i ors nf G eu. SVdshiiigttt-'.