The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 14, 1900, Image 1

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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER iii. 18!)!). VOLUME XXXV-NO. 17. Nothing comes as handy as a Umbrella We have just received a full stock, including all the latest novelties. Our prices in this Department are very low when quality of Goods is taken into consideration. We have them from 50c, to $4.00 and at every price between. At $1.50 we show some excellent value. We would be glad to show you our line. B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. HOLD TIGHT To what you have until yon see our lines and PriceB of everything in Greneral IVIerelland ise. Percales, Piques, Ducks, White Goods, And other Spring Goods. Yon sneoial attention to our Grocery Department. FLOUR, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, Etc. In big lots to go cheap. Yours truly, MOORE, AOKER & CO, Wholesale and Retail Merchants. B G. EVANS, Jr. B. B. PAT, M. D. E^j^ZfcsTS ?Sc DAT, PENDLETON. 8. C. and ^ZBZDXOinSTIES, Perfuir ery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Bubber Goods and Druggist Notions, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists' Garden Seeds. WE ARE BEACHING OUT ibr more bustnees and want to do your LAUNDRY WORK. Our place is the best equipped in tho city. Everything that would improve the quality of the work and enhance its finish is done,aa all of our opera tore are experts and their skill, experi ence and taretarara perfect resulta. Respectfully, ANDERSON STEAM, LAU MG RY CO 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD. Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. tea? Leave orders at D. C. Brown & Bro'e. Et>rc. ' WOOD'S HIGH GRADE Farm Seeds. I V . Our business in Farm Seeds is to-day one of the largest in this Country. A result due to the fact -thnt quality has always been our flygt cgssidsrstion. Wo nuppiy all Seeds required for the Farm. GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, Cow Peas, Cotton Seed, Seed Oats, Seed Cora, " Soja, Navy & Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Broom Corn, Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, Millet Seed, Rape, etc. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue Klvcs tho follett Information about these and all other Seeds ; best methods ot Culture, soil best adapted for differ oren t erops and practical hints as to what aro likely to proTc most profitable to grow. Catalogue mailed free upon request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, ?SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. FKOM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. Front Our Oten Correspondait. WASHINGTON-, 1). C., Mardi 12, 1000. i Who wrote the Porto Rican tariff bill? Apparently nobody. Like Top sy, it just ?row. At least nobody will acknowledge it? paternity. Represen tative Tawney, of Minnesota, is tbe on ly ouo who claims to know it? origil?, and bo seems only to infer it from something that the President said to bim. Nevertheless, he asserts positive ly that it was written by .Secretary of War Root, and infers that the Presi dent knew of the fact at tho tune. Even Democrats have not ventured to bring so serious a charge against the President as Mr. Tawney has liait' ad mitted-that, secretly favoring the bill, he tried to have the House Repub licans take the responsibility of its in troduction and passage. It is known, however, that there was a good deal of heated talk at the White House thc evening before the bill was passed, and thiit the President was very reluct ant to come down from the fence and get into the open on one side or the other. The truth is that he and all Iiis party realizo that they made a mistake in sacrificing duty and justice and hon esty to political expediency. The al most universal chorus of disapproval from tho country has thrown them in to a veritable panic. At least fifty members of tho House have hurried homo to explain to their outraged con stituents their course in voting for the bill. Men who considered themselves absolutely safe for re-election are now shaking in their boots, and revivals are springing up all over their districts. The worst of the position in which the ?arty Ands itself is that it must go on. Iven William McKinley cannot change sides again, ns ho would doubtless like to do. Senator Davis has introduced an amendment calculated, as he fond ly hopes, to undo all tho harm done by the bill and yet to achieve nil the ob jects proposed bv it. Naturally he will fail. Tho weakness of the gold bug asser tions that the government can never fix the standard value of silver and gold, was recently made plain in thc House. Representative Payne, of New York, arguing on the Porto Rican bill -to which all discussions s 3om inevita bly to turn nowadays-asserted that President McKinley had raised tho value of tho Porto Rican peso from 40 to 00 cents. Upon this a Democratic member asked him why, if this were so, the United States could not raise the value of its own silver dollars. Mr. Payne was at a loss for an answer. Tho same question, or ono like it, is now to be judicially determined in thc courts. The law provides that import ed articles shall be appraised in the money of the country from which they come; it also provides that thc director of the mint, four times each year, shall determine the value ol' all foreign coins in the currency of the United States. A merchant in Boston imported from India a quantity of merchandise, which was appraised by the custom-house of ficials m rupees, which are the silver coins current in that country. The British government has recently fixed tho value of the rupee at 82.2 cents. But its silver, or bullion, value, as fixed by the director o? the mint, is only 21 cents. The Boston man figured out that his duties would be about 35 per cent, less under the valuation of the director of the mint and tendered this amount. This was refused by the col lector, and the case has been taken to the courts, who will determine wheth er Great Britain can fix the value of her silver coins. Attorney General Griggs is being bitterly denounced by architects ana builders allover the country for having selected personal friends of his to de sign and ouild the new penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., instead of selecting them through open competitions. As a rule, all government work has to be adver tised and bids made and ooened in the ruRuiar fashion, but by some oversight, this provision was omitted in the sun dry civil act of last year, which made $500,000 available to be expended for the purpose under the direction of the Attorney General. Consequently, Mr. Griggs has refused to allow any one without strong political influence to competo for the work on the building. As a result, the government will pay about titree prices for its work. Con gress may inquire into who is to profit y this deal. There io something very singular about tho status of the Nicaraguan canal. Scarcely a single member of either House can be found who does not declare himself in favor of it, yet it seems impossible to secure a day for its consideration. Mr. Burton, of Ohio, stands apparently almost alone in de siring to wait for the report of the commission sent to examine the Pana ma route, and his objection could easi ly be overridden if tho Committee on Rules desired. But it does not so de sire. Time goes on and nothing is done and it is now considered highly improbable that anything will be done at this session. This inaction in re gard to a measure which practically the entire country desires, makes a plain man wonder whether the appar ent friends of the canal are not merely bluffing. Discussing this, a prominent member of the Commerce Committee said: "Congress was asked last year to await the findings of the new commis sion before passing a canal bill, and care was takes that such a report could not be made at this session. Had Con gress passed tho bill at that time, there would have been no Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Although the negotiations which resulted in the treaty were doubtless well under way last winter, so liint ul them reached Congress. Now, the Ship Subsidy bill proposes to transfer from the Treasury to the pockets of tiie ship owners $180,000,000 in the neut 20 years. That sum would construct tho Nicaraguan canal and operate it for 20years. With a scheme of this kind to put through this session, it is no wonder the Republican party prefers to postpone action on the $145, 000,000appropriation for tboNicaragunn canal. Much is printed nowadays in the ad vertisements of attorneys ns to the time required to obtain a patent, but the opinion of tho Commissioner of Patents ought to bo conclusive on this subject. In an interview, ho said: "Tho shoit-ist period in which a patent can be secured is Soven weeks, and it can be done in that time only by the attorney for the claimant conceding practically all tho objections of this office." STATE NEWS. | - An inctlicicnt negro postmaster nt Cottngovillc, Collctqn comity, has boen i eniovcd. - About 50 cases of smallpox lia vc been reported from the vicinity of llardceville. - Tho State Democratic Executive Committee will meet in Columbia on April 11th. - Donnnlds wants a cotton mill and an effort will soon bc made to lorin a company for tho erection of one. - Thc Carpet Mill nt Gaffney has plans completed for enlarging its building and doubling its weaving capacity. - Former ['resident Cleveland is again in South Carolina, for rest and sport, having come for a visit lo Georgetown, which is a favorito haunt of thc great statesman. - Another big cotton illili will he organized in the Stale. A charter has been applied for by the Wood inti* cot ton mill company of Woodruff. The capital stock is to be $250,000. - Tho supreme court has dodged tho issue in tho former jeopardy appeal in thc caso of murder against Mrs. Mattie A. Hughes aud.sho will be tried a fourth time next May in the circuit court in Greenville. - Among other things that come under tho ban in this State, by recent legislative enactment, is the barbed wire fence, lt is now unlawful to erect a barbed wire fence within f.0 feet of the public highway. Tho pen alty for the violation of this law is $100. - Mrs. Susan Teirlkeld, aged sixty three years, of Greenville County, com mitted suicide by jumping into Kcedy river Thursday morning near her home, two miles below l?ecdy river factory. Ill health is the cause assign ed, and it was found she had several times spoken of destroying herself. - Columbia has on banda sensation al case of husband poisoning. The victim was J. W. Craddick, who kept a small stoic in Bridge street, and he died in January. A coroner's jury, acting on ino report of a chemist and other evidence, linds that ho died from arsenic administered by his wife, Mrs. Helle Craddick. She is in jail. - Governor McSwceney has refused to grant a pardon to Patton Evans con victed in Abbeville county in 1894 of murder and recommended to mercy, getting a life sentence. The prisoner was 10 years old at tho time and shot an antagonist, killing his cousin. So licitor Ansel declined to endorso the petition, hence tho governor's action. - Probably the youngest telegraph operator in the United States is little Willie Barr of Kingatree in this State who is only eleven yenrs old. Little Willie is a quick and ready operator, and, in addition to taking tho mes sages correctly, he takes them down on the typewriter which he has learn ed to manipulate with the skill of an experienced operator. - Dr. Ferrate, director of music at the Greenville Female college, hos just patented an invention of a piano attachment that may revolutionize the use of the great inst ruinent. The at tachment combines in one instrument for one player, the violin, the viola, the violincello and the piano, by means of a second net of strings placed io the piano and operated from a second bank of keys, the strings coming in ' contact with a bow made to move horizontally across the piano just above the strings by means of a fourth pedal. - It is reported that Senator Till man's slate for tho Kansas City con vention is, first, B. R. Tillman, Gov ernor Mcsweeney, J. C. Sheppard and Congressman Latimer. They are the "big four" who are to represent the State at large. It is also said that the district delegates will be slated be fore the convention. As the State is sure to go for Bryan and there is no money to pay delegates, it is not a very desirable office for a laboring man. . - Burglars went into several stores in Jonesville, Union county, last Thursday night, blew open safes and got the contents. Then breaking open the railroad toolhouse, took out the lever car stationed there, and escaped without leaving any tracks. The car had not been found at last reports, and it is not known whether it was dump ed off in a stream or not. A man traveling as a professional hypnotist, who had spent several days in the town and purchased a ticket to Union, ten miles, is suspected of being the head of the gang of cracksmen. - On Tuesday night, 0th inst., Lu ther McBee, a farmer living three miles ?Fvra Greenville, shot and in stantly killed Pilm Hill, a negro. Hill cooked for McBee, who lives by him self on his farm. That night Hill had been drinking and when told to get supper was very insulting. McBee or dered him to leave the house and then went to bed. Hill went off and later McBee heard talking in the yard, and then his door was pushed open and a pistol was fired into tho house. He arose from bed, grabbing his shotgun and fired. Getting' ont of bed ho found Hill lying on tho piazza. The load of shot hod entered his left side. McBee went to Greenville the next day and reported tho killing. Au in quest was held and Judgo Watts re leased Mci tee on bail. McBee is a son of the lato Squire McBee. Star Uoiilc r.?\ ?ellvery. Notice is hereby givon io the public i hut t he contracts lor carry ing ihr mail ; on all of thc Star Routes in thc Stat? ol' South ('anilina, t;iI;in;r cHect July I. [IKK), provide that those who so ?Ir sir? may haye the mail thai is addressed to them delivered by thc carriers into boxea along the lines of thc several routes. Any person li\ ing on or near any Star Route in the Slate named who desire* his mail deposited in a box on die line of the route hy the cameron said route may provide ami erect a suitable box on the roadside, located in such mun* ncr as to bo reached as conveniently as practicable by the earlier, ami such person shall tile with t he postmaster at the post ollice to which Ins mail is ad dressed (which shall he one of tin* two post ollices on thc route on cither side of and next to the box) a request in writing for the delivery of his mail to the carrier on the route for deposit in said mail box. at the risk ot the ad dressee. lt shall bc thc duty of the postmas ter at every such post ollice, anon a writ ten order from an\ poison living on or near the Star Route, to deliver to the proper mail ?'airier foi- that route any mail matter, except registered mail, with instructions as to (Improper mail box into which said mail matter shall he deposited : hut no mail matter so delivered to a carrier for deposit shall he carried past another post ollice on tin4 route before being deposited in a mail box. The carrier on the Star Route will he required to receive from any postmas ter on ?lie route any mail matter that may h" intrusted to him, outside of the usual mail bag, ami shall carry such mail matter to ami deposit it in lite proper boxes placed on the lino of the route for this purpose; such service hy the carrier to be without charge to tho addressees. The mail carriers must be able to read and write the English language and he of suflicient intelligence to properly handle ami deposit tho mail for boxe? along the routes. Tue law provides that every carrier of the mail shall receive any mail mat ter presented to him. if properly pre paid by stamps, and deliver the same fi .. mailing at the next post ollice. at which he arrives, but that no fees shall bo allowed him therefor, vl'ho contract price covers all tho ser vice required ol thc carrier that is in dicated herein. W. 8. S11A Ll.KN UK IM ?Kit, Second Assistant Postmaster General. Southern Colton Mills. A special from Baltimore to the Co lumbia State says : The South has en terell upon a period <d" cotton mill building winch bids fair to continue uninterruptedly for many years to come. While tho organization of new mills may possibly, at least, not be as active as at present, yet the in dustry is now on such a solid founda tion, ami is commanding such wide at tention on the part of outside as well ns local capital, that the future pre eminent position of the Southern States as thc eotton manufacturing centre, not only of this country, but doubtless of the world, may bo accepted as an assured fact. !? view of the progress already made, and of the success which has attended the development of the textile interests of the South, it seems reasonably safe to calculate that the building of new mills and the enlarger ment ot established plants will add an average of 1,500,000to 2,000.000spindles a year to the South for the next few years, and nf ter that a still greater in crease. A very conservative authori ty has been estimated that tho aggre gate addition of spindles during the next ten years will be at least 20,000,000, which, added to the 5,774,301 spindles now in the South, will give a total of 25,774,301 spindles ten years hence. So long as the South, which is the ac knowledged natural situation for cot ton manufacturing, is compelled to lind a market outside of its own bor ders for a large proportion of its cotton crop, so long will there be profitable ojpenings in the South for thc estab lishment of cotton mills. In round figures, there are about 100,000,030 spin dles in the world. The South furnishes about three-fourths of the world's cot ton supply, or s u ?ic i en t, say, expressed in another way, to run 75,000,000 of the world's spindles. Even at the rate of adding 2,000,000 spindles a year, which would mean 100 mills with an average of 20,000 spindles, it would take more than 80 years for the South to reach the point where it would consume its present cotton crop, and by that time the world will be demanding of the South not simply 10,000,000 bales of cot ton, but probably at least 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 bales. The field, therefore;, for expansion of tho cotton mill indus try is practically unlimited so far as the South is concerned. With due care in tho organization of mills that abon dance of capital and the best manage ment ehnll be secured and good loca tions selected, the cotton mill business ought to offer one of the most inviting fields for investment which the world can present. The Manufactures'- Record by direct correspondence has se?nred from the cotton mills of the Sooth the number of spindles and looms in each, from the mills already in operation and those actually under construction. The growth of this business since 1800 is in indicated by tho following table: June 1,1890-Mills254; spindles 1,712, 030; looms 30.231. Dec. 1,1802-MillR37fl:anind!e52,552, 256; looms 55,040. Dec.l, 1807-Mills483; spindles 4,105, 007; looms 103,298. Feb. 1,1900-M ills 542; spindles 5,774, 801: looms 147,728. The list includes all the cotton spin ning and weaving mills, but not the i knitting milis, ft- maybe well, how ever, to"add that in the latter depart ment of textile manufacture there has been a decided forward movement in 1899. Aocording to the list as carefully complied by the Manufacturers^ Re cord there are now.73 new mills actual ly under consideration. Those will be equipped with a total of 740,840 spin dles and 14,890 looms. How's This. Wo otter OHO Hundred Dollin roward for any cue rf Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's CaUtrh Cure. We'Um undersigned hare known ?." . Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions aud finan dally able to carry out any obligations made by - their firm. WEST A TKUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WAI.DIKO. KINNA? A MARVIN, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken Internally, act)OR dlrec?y upon thc blood an?! mucous surfaces ot the system. Testimonials som free. Pr!ci 752 pw bolUe Sold by all druggists. ' Hall's Family Fitts aro the test. Lantidcsvillc l'i ni -. Lou M.: ~\ II I . . s. C.. Mureil Vi, H' Messrs. I). !.. Harnes anti K. \V. Har per went ;<> An.h ison Tuesday hy pri vate conveyance. No chango is reported in thu ennui- 1 lion ol' Mr. A. /.. Howman, who was partially paralyzed several ?lays B?nce. The ladies ot the Methodist Church ? gave an oyster supper friday evening, ! which served the dotlhle purpose of ! raising about fifty dollars for believe- j lent purposes and providing nundi so- j eial enjoyment for the eonuuuuity. At crowd was present and spent moue) freely. Oysters fried and stewed and cake and ice-cream were served in large quantities, and the supper was decidedly successful from other stand- ? points as well as the financial. Miss Doeia I?roch and Mr. George Speer, .lr., ol' Monterey, attended the oyster supper friday evening and were the guests ol'Mr. J. T. Lat ?mer until Sunday afternoon. Miss Zulu Broch came down on the morning train Sunday and spent the j day at Mr. lattimer's, returning to her work in the Graded School at Anderson in the afternoon. Messrs. T. C. Liddell and ll. K. Moseley drove through the country on Sabbath last to visit their relatives here for a few days. Mr. i?. E. Moseley and brother. Mr. lt. ll. Moseley, went to Anderson Mon day. 'fhe State fertilizer inspector,Mi. \V. E. Lee, was seen on our streets last week. At the March business meeting ol'the Epworth League, which occurred at the Kay House on Monday, the nth inst., four delegates and two alternates were elected to represent tho I.owndesville League at the State League Conven tion. This will be held at Williamston in May. and no doubt will prove a very pleasant occasion, from asocial as weil as other points of view. As many of oar delegates as can possibly attend will be glad to embrace this opportuni ty of meeeting enthusiastic Leaguers from all over the State. MCPAVIII MOUTON. Trinity, Topics. This beautiful morning opens up like a spring morn with thu birds singing ami the girls thinking of new dresses. The ground is still wet, but we hope it. will not be many days until you can see tho farmers nt work. Misses Callie .Iones and Tea Harris, worshipped at Trinity last Sunday. These young ladies came up from the business little town of Helton, and we may know they enjoyed themselves, for they said, "We'll come again." Mr. Cathell Duckworth has erect ed a nice tenant house on his home place., ('atholl is a business young man; he knows how to manage, and we think he will be a kind "old man." Go it, old boy, you know a good thing. Our postmaster, Mr. I'. H. Brow n, is offering some nice prizes on tho largest watermelon this time. Wc think ibis is a good step, as it will cat.se more in terest to be taken in the culture of these plants. Messrs. Sam and Earle Cassaway wore up some time ago visiting your humble "School Hoy." We hope the^e young gentlemen enjoyed the occasion and will call again. Last first Sunday being a beautiful day there was quite a large crowd at Trinity. Kev. Attaway preached a good sermon. SCHOOL BOY. Friendship Pebbles. Well, tho sun bas chased the clouds away and tho welcome rays are beam ing down and illuminating both the earth and the people; the murmuring farmer, who ha? "been wearing a long and doleful face is changing to smiles and happiness; the whoop ot the plow boy is echoing through tho fields, and ere long wo will all fall into line and proceed in full array. Wo think thero has been less fertili zers hauled out this season than usual, and hope the cotton crop will be re duced. The small grain crop is looking excellent for the season. If we can make a good grain crop, plenty of corn sad get ten cents for our cotton our farmers will feel as happy as did thc British soldiers when they marched into Ladysmith. The health of our community is not very good at present. Pur Dr. C. L. Guyton is seen almost every day chas ing his sorrel pony up and down our public highways. Mrs. J. I. Spearman, who lins been very ill for some time, is convalescing now. Mr. J. S. Owen was taken very sick at tho breakfast table Thursday moro ni, but wc are glad to report him much botter. A little child of Mr. L P. Pilgrim is very ill with bronchitis. Mr. Samuel Elrod, who has been suf fering with cancer for a year or more, is reported no better. Mr. Oma and Miss Ida Smith, from near Belton, visited Mr. Luther and Miss Florence Owen recently. Miss Minnie Madden, of Belton, vis ited friends in our section last Saturday and Sunday. She is always welcome in onrmidst. Miss Mary Wilson, one of our bright and gleeful young ladies, bas returned from a visit to her sisters, Mrs. Foster und Mrs. Orr. Two of Septus' young gents were riding in our section last Sunday after noon. There munt be some attraction down thia wav. Mrs. J. M. Davis is visiting her pa rents this week. Miss Maggie Wilson, of Belton is vis iting relatives in our midst. Tao schools of our township will close on the 13th of April. Our school at this place has been well attended. Mr. John McCoy moved into our sec tion last Friday. Wo wish him much success in these parts. SCHOOL Gnu.. - Heeausc of tho failuro of an agree ment between the machinists and ma chinery manufacturers of Chicago a general strike involving 50,003 men has been declared. - (Jen. Corbin has turned over to Mrs. Lawton, widow of the late. Maj. Gen. Lawton, the fund subscribed by tho people of the country. It amount ed to $08.43 i,07. (hiing lo Muidla 'l'lt,' l'itblic l.tihjn' ol' Noi l..!!;, \ ;l , [MihlisliiMl ldc lull.?wing aili. I.-, which will be interesting to a number ot" tho rond?is ot TIM: IXTKI ,U?;I:X< V.W. "Cap!. Charles T. Baker, f. s. N., who is t.> miry tlx- army transport Sunnier to Manila, arrive?! here from Now York this morning. With Cap tain linker came Captain K. Lyman, who is to he the Sumner's navigating captain; Chi. i Engineer .lohn Hong! Steward .lohn ("alway. Commissary's Clerk Thomas K. Carter, and Quar termaster's Clerk IL M. linker. Tho Sumner, upon which a largo force of men .'?av.* boen working at tho navy yard night and day for some lime pas*! will, it is thought, h.- ready to leave th?* yard by the l?tli instant. This is tho dato upon which ?he navy depart ment has promised lo turn the Sumner over to Captain Baker, but there isa possibility ol' a few days' longer delay, crom Norfolk the Sumner goes to New York, whence she will sail March -.'-.'ii, direct for Manila, via the Mediterran ean and Sue/. Canal. She will carry to the Philippines about !H)0 troops that ar?-now ai l'or! Slocum, N. Y., and som?' v> passengers, including urmj and navy ollicers, custom ollicials. sur geonsniul undertakers. Captain Baker is a man of splendid type-genial, eoui leons anil kind-to meet whom isa groa! pleasure. Ile formerly^^command ed tho transports McPherson and Mc Clellan." Capt. Baker is from Lowndosville,S. C.. and nt the beginning of tho war I with spain volunteered and was as signed to the transport Michigan. Ho ; basa number of friends and relatives in Anderson. ? - .-4? -. HcthcHhi Bots. Mr. J. IL Simpson ami son, Robert, visited Anderson last week and saw many ol' their old friends. Mr. G. \V. Richey, who has been quit?' sick for som?' time, is able t?> bo up and about. Messrs. Prince Childers and W. A. Elrnd went to Piedmont some time ago to work in the mill. Wish you much success. Mr. .J?)hn P. King, who has been clerking in Greenville for sonic time, is now nt Piedmont. A very nice ami pleasant young lady, Miss Lula Hawkins, of Greenville, is teaching for tho "Klrods" at Oak Hill, and her brother, Mr. Hamp, is teaching at Concrete. Miss (.'ora Kl rod is now visiting re latives near Pelzcr. Her sister. Miss Mamie, just returned home last week after a month's stay with her sister, Miss Josie, at Williamston. A sociable was given ut Mr. J. IL Simpson's last Wednesday night, in honor of Misses Ada and Eua Simpson, which was enjoyed by all. Misses Simpsons spent last Saturday night with Miss Janie Elrod, and wor shiped at our Church Sunday. Sint:. General News Items. - They are now talking of the pos sibility of peace between Great Britain and the Boers. - England has a larger army in South Africa than was ever sent across an ocean by a nation. - California is said to bo the ouly State in the Uuion which contains more old maids than old bachelors. - Southern California shipped last year 875 carloads of diied fruits and raisins, valued at $1,040,000. - It is said that the Boer war is cost England $1,000,000 a day. - England gets a good deal of her chicken meat from this country nnd Canada. Last year she took 0,000,000 pounds. - Congressman Alfred C. Harmer, of Pennsylvania, known as tho "Father of tho 1101180," is dead. Ho has served in congress since 1870. - Mrs, Ray, wife of a prominent farmer of Wilcox county, Ga., killed her six weeks old baby because it was crosseyed. It is thought that she was crazy. - Tho United States spends $2.07 per capita on education, in which she leads all nations. Education costs the United States, Great Britain, Franco and Germany, $450,000,000 a year. -- Judge Taft, chairman of the new Philippine commission, says he is not an expansionist. His expressed pur pose is to take conditions as ho finds them and make the best out of them. - George E. White, excongressman of Illinois, and a wealthy lumber deal er, secured a divorce from his wife be cause she believed in the efficacy of the faith cure. - News comes from the CityoLMex ico that all.the cotton millsthroughout that country are shutting down on ac count of the high price of cotton and selling off what cotton they have on hand. - The body of Henry Waterhouse, Jr., tho Hawaiian planter who died at New York during his honeymoon, has been cremated, and thc widow will take home the ashes. - A Belgian engineer has construct ed a car locomotive driven by elec tricity, with which he says he can bowl along ut the rate of 150 miles an hour. It ia SO Constructed ?5 t? iu?ku the least p?ssibie resistance to the air. - Ono of tho coolest suicides on re cord occurred a few days ago in Den ver, when a fellow who was tired of that town locked himself up in a re frigerator and froze to death. - Representative Bradley, of New York City, speaks Gorman, French. Hebrew, Polish, Italian, Irish aud Bohemian. His district, while thc smallest in area, is dense in popula tion, and includes more than a dozen nationalities. - Since the passage of the Porto Rican tariff bill by the House it. is said that President McKinley has received hundreds of telegrams from his politi cal friends all over thc country pre dicting tho defeat of tho Republican party next Fall if ho approves tho bill when it pusses the Senate.