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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER iii. 18!)!). VOLUME XXXV-NO. 17. For Men And Boys. IT is more important that good taste should be exhibited in the selection of a Hat than any other article of wearing apparel. A mon may be richly dressed, but no one but him self will appreciate the fact unless he is attired in a stylish and becoming Hat. We are sole agent of the renowned LONGLEY HATS," Which have attained a degree of excellence in the art of Hat making second to none in the world, and are recognized as such by the most fastidious. We have just received our new styles, and you are invited to inspect them. The Longley Hats are price! $3.00, but wo have a variety of other good Hats at from $1.00 to $2.50, and at every price between. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WK!TE FRONT. HOLD TIGHT To what you have until you see our - - lines and Prices of everything in , v ' . . i'.'v-i". ". Greneral ]VIer6liandise. Percales, Piques, Bucks, White Goods, And other Spring Goods. You special attention to our Grocery Department. FLOUR, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, Etc. In big lots to go cheap. Yours truly, MOORE, ACKER &. CO, - ? Wholesale and Retail Merchants. E G> EVANS, Jr. - R. B. DAY, M. D. PENDLETON. 8. O. IDIRTTGrS and MBDIOINEB, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Hail and Tooth Brushes, Rubber Goods and Bruggist Notions, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Byes, BuiBts' Garden Seeds. WE ARE REACHING OUT for more business and want to do yohr LAUK5RV .S?0RK. Our place is the best equipped in the city. Everything ?hat would improve the quality of tho work and enhance its finish is done, as nil of our operators aro experts and their skill, expeii ence and tare insure perfect results. Respectfully, ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO 202 Chet Boundary St. B. A. MAYFIELD, Supt, and. Tri a*. i?aON? NO. 20. 4&? Leave orders at D. C. Brown *fc Dro'f. Store. WOOD'S HIGH GRADE Farm Seeds. Our business in Farm Seeds is to-day one of the largest in this Country. A resuit duo to the fact that quality has always peen our g?ssidgrat?o?. , We" supply all Seeds required for the Farm. GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, Cow. Peas, Cotton Seed, Seed Oats, Seed Cora? Soja, Wavy & Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Broom Corn, Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, flHtet Seed, Rape, etc. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue Rives, tho fullest information Abone tiioso and all other Seeds ; best methods of culture, soil best adapted for differ ?ron t crops and practical hints as to what arc likely to prove most profitable to {trow. Catalogue mailed: free upon request. . T. WJWOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Hlchmond, Va. A TRIP TO CUBA. What Thc Intelligencer's Representa tive Saw and Heard on tho Island. It was my good fortuno to bc ono of tho fourtcou members of thc South Carolina State Press Association who took ndvautago of tho generous ofter of the Southern, Plant and Florida East Coast Railways to visit Cuba. I will say in tho outset that those ol" my brethren who failed to go missed one of thc grandest and most enjoyable trips ever taken by the journalists of South Carolina. ? Our party left Columbia on Tuesday, 13th inst., at midnight, passing through Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and a number of other famous winter rcsor' J, reaching Miami, Florida, on Wed esday night, live hours behind tho schedule time. There wo boarded tho "Prince Edward/' alarge and mag nificent steamer, owned and run by the Florida East Coast Railway. On account of high winds and a very rough sea wo did not anchor iu thc Havana harbor until Thursday evening, befog on the water about twenty hours, five hours longer than tho time usually required to make tho trip. This route to Havana is comparatively a new one and is the shortest and quickest from tho United States. Tho trip cnn be made from Columbia to Havaua in forty hours. On account of the rough sea only tive of our party escaped sea si ck noss. Fortunately I was one of thc ilvo. Tho view of Havaua as we entered the harbor was ono of indescribable beauty The city is brilliancy lighted with electric lights, and tho light in Mono Castle can bo seen eighteen milos out from the city. Going in one has a magnificent view of tho celebra ted Mono and Cnbanos Castles on tho left. Ou the right stands Santa Clara and Vedado batteries. When I saw theso fortifications I then realized what an impossible task it waste have taken Havana by the sea. The arrangement for landing passen gers in Havana harbor is a great incon venience. Our steamer did not go to tho wharf, hut anchored 200 ynrds out in tho harbor, where wo wero transfer ed to a email steamer, which landed us. For this outrageous privilege passen gers aro required to pay 50 cents each. The examination of our baggage was quickly done, and wo were soon regis tered at the Hotel Ingleterra, one of the leading hotels in the city nod owned and controlled by Spaniards. Hero wo thought wo had a special rate of $1.50 a day, hut the proprietors denied hav ing agreed to such a rate. The party spent the night there, and next morn ing, through the kindness of Maj. Bar ney B. Evans, of this State, who holds u responsible position in the Postofilce there, quarters were secured for us at a hotel kept by an American, who enter tained us nicely and at a very reason able rate. Our party lost no time, and during tho six day M we spent on tho Island wo wero walking and riding day and night. We met a number of Americans and several Carolinians and they were ex ceedingly kind to us, accompanying us to many points of inter?st, guiding us through tho grand old historic forts and shewing us ronny things and places that the average visitor, without a guide, would never see. The United States officials extended many courte sies to ns and granted usp'Tinitsto en ter any plane where tho soldiers are. on guard. Our time was spent in and around Havann, all of us going some distance iu tho country in various di rections from thc city, several going on a railroad to Mantnnzas, fifty miles from Havana. All systems of agriculture have been heretofore conducted under the most primitive and simple methods. Cuba has been so fertilo that it was but necessary to tickle the earth .and she would laugh a harvest. -Tilling the soil, as our farmers understand it, has been unknown. The customary plow has been but a sharpened stick, and even under such crude conditions Cuba has blossomed liko a rose. Up to tho present tune the chief development of tho Island lins been confined to tho growth of sugar cane and tobacco, the former overwhelmingly predominating. Preceding the last war, I was informed, the annual crop of cane was valued at $80,000,000, besides giving employment to extensive commercial interests. No country in the world grows tobacco Which can be compared with tho Cuban lenf. The immesso plantations have been largely destroyed or neglected during the recent war, but opportuni ties are now offered to shrewd inves tora to enjoy the profita which are cer tain to fellow the revival of this enor mous Indnofry Tinder s stable govern ment. I was reliably informed that as much as 440.000 worth of tobacco was gathered from a small farra of less than thirty-five acres in one season. Of such great natural fertility ia tho soil in Cuba that sugar cane is planted but once in about seven years,, and fertili zers are never required or used. Tho raising of fresh vegetables and fruits, especially orangesand bananas, for tho Northern markets is destined to be come within a brief period a most pro fitable industry. There is no dread of frost as in . Florida, and tho soil ia so much more fertile that from five to six times as largo crop of oranges can be raised to the acre. Heretofore oranges have .'.not,, been cultivated, the crop simply being from natural growth, ami naturally ot' an inferior quality, hut larg?' orchards aro now being planted with the very finest varieties and will soon be bearing fruit. I saw plenty of watermelons and strawberries. Tho sweet potato crop is also immense, and the potato, cooked in any form, is most delicious. The c limate and soil of Cuba encour ages indolence among the natives in the country districts especially. They are ignorant and dirty. Their homes aro Hoorless,.with a thatched roof of palm leaves, tho sides ol' thu little hut heilig composed ol' pieces ol' boxes or any scraps of lumber tlu-y can pick up. Lumber there is very high. This class of people have to work very little. If they can squat on an acre of round, 1 was told, get a half do/en banana trees, a little sugar cane, u goat or a jennie to supplj- them with milk, they are hap py. They can raise three crops Ol veg etables a year without scarcely any work at all. The moss from ai couple of palm trees will fatten a pig. In these homes you can see the donkey, hogs, dogs and chickens under the same roof with the members of the family. While tho Island has been commer cially prominent for the products of her soil, I was told her mountains are rich in copper, manganese, iron anti other minerals. Already prospectors are beginning to explore (he territory, and rich lintis arc reported. In some sections there aro millions ol' feet of magnificent mahogany timber standing [ in forests which have never heart! thc woodman's axe. The country districts are sparsely settled, land is cheap, and the people look hale and hearty and evidently enjoy the best of health, Tho climate is most delightful, th? temperature reniaiuingalmost the same the year round. The thermomctei never goes above OH nor below 50. Th? extremo heat of the summer months i. tempered by the Gulf stream winds, and several of our soldiers told?me tim! they did not feel tho heat there anj moro than they did m the United States during the Summer months. Havana is a quaint city of 280,00( inhabitants, aceortling to the last cen sus. It is dotted with small but well kept and beautiful parks, which art radiant with many beautiful flower: and shrubbery, with large water foun tains, and containing a number of large and beautiful monuments erected in memory of some hero. Under thc vigorous laws and discipline of thc United States officers the city is r model of cleanliness . The streets art very narrow, barely wide enough, foi vehicles to pass one another. Thc sidewalks aro practically useless, bcin{ only wide enough for one person t< walk upon, the people generally walk ing in the streets. All the sidewalk! and streets aro substantially paved Tiiere is very little evidence of pover ty on the streets. Tho poor people an apparently well fed, and on account o thc delightful climate need but litt 1 clothing. There are many evidence ou all sides of wealth. Tho bette class of people dress most ciegan tl; and in the latest, styles. The women as a rule, wear no hats, but adorn thei heads with the beautiful mantilla many of these mantillas, 1 was told were worth as much as $500. Tho buildings in the city are hand some structures, mid the nrchitectur is of thc obi Grecian style. The ceil ings are-20 to 25 feet high on the-fir? floor, and only a few feet lower on th upper stories. Nearly nil the building ore two stories and none higher thai three stories. The outside wintlow and doora reach to tlie ceiling. Th windows have iron gratings but n glass, aud inside is a blind the full siz of thc window. They are all built c brick and stone and art; very niue alike. The floors are of marble or som hard substance like tiling or usphnll The storerooms are very small, an tho only large places of business on sees are the cafes and saloons. A saloons have a cafe, whore 3-011 eau gt something to both eat and drink. Yo wilLfind one on almost every conic and in almost every block, anti thc are liberally patronized. These place aro never closed. On Sundays nea ri every other place of business is ? lose except theso cafes. Thero is evidently very little religio in Cuba. The Sunday our party spen in Havana was the Inst day of the mai di gras festival, which is always celt brated there during the.Lenten scasoi During the afternoon there was a gran parade with bands of music playing and the prominent, streets were packe with people. At night several gran masked balls were given. Of the many points of historic inte est iu the city, there is none more ii foresting to the visitor than tho grut old Cathedral, erected in 1724, wkU contained tho ashes of Christoph! Columbus until last year, when tlu were removed io Simm. Tiie intprh of this venerable structure is almost ii describable. Thc walls aro coven with vory largo oil paintings of tl Savior and tho Apostles, and I doul if they^are equalled in artistic exec lenee anywhere on the western coi tincnt. Near thia Cathedral is tl place where Columbus first lande and is marked by alargo monument. Every visitor to Havana does n fail to go to Morro, Cabanas, Princi] and other forts that Surround thc cit The three named arc the oldest ai largest. Morro and Cabanas arc vi t nally ono fort, and cost moro than U million dollars, notwithstanding tin weil-built by slavo labor. They con tain many tunnels ami ?lark dungeons, and it is difficult for a stranger to go through them without the assistance of a guide, lu Cabanas I saw the "dead line," the place where the Cu ban prisoners were made to stand np ; against tho wall to bc shot. The guns 1 that Spain mounted on these forts are still standing and are nothing compared to the modern guns now used in the United States. They have the appear ance of being one hundred years old. A visitor could* easily spend a day viewing these old structures, which arc surrounded hy massive stone walls. I II a government steam yacht, accom panied by Maj. H. li. Kvans, our parly visited tlie "Maim-" wreck, which still stands in the harbor. After viewing th?- wreck 1 could not see how it was possible lor any of the men on the ves sel to have escaped alive. Colon Cemetery is another place of intore ; to visit, and hen* you will seo some very tim; monuments. Under the obi Spanish law each grave there is taxed so much every year, ami it tin1 tax is not paid, the grave is opened and the bones of the deceased an thrown into a pile in one corner of thc cemetery. OILtho 380,000 inhabitants of Havan; very few are foreigners, and about 1" per cent, are negroes, tn the country districts, however, the negroes ami mulattoes aro in the majority. Tin only difference between them and om negroes is that they are blacker am speak Spanish. .lust now the rac? question is a serious problem in Cuba and it is thought will cause trouhh before it is sol veil. About so per cent ol' the population ol' the Island ea uno read nor write, and it is proposed whet tia- civil ^government is li rm ly estab lished to have a property and educa (ional qualification bu- suffrage. Tia population is divided into three classes Tin* first class is composed of wini alight bc called thc aristocracy- tIK native Cubans ol'pure Spanish extrae tioti, who thaw the social line on (lu mulatto and the negro. There is m social distinction between the sccoiu class ami the ucgro. They interinan-; and mix and mingle together in ever; possible way. Uar party met and interviewed ; number ot prominent Cubans, repre scntitig various business and profus sinus, as well as other residents o Havana, and tho majority of them ar delighted with the present condition and want the United States to main tain a protectorate over them for som time to come. 1 was tobi that man ot tho Spaniards who own property o tho Island aud who were forced to rc turn to Spain during the war are no' returning to Cuba and are especial! anxious for "Uncle Sam" to hold o there. ? also met a number of citizen who believe that a great majority t the Cubans are absolutely unlit ic self-government. So far very few Americans have ht come residents of the Island. Durin thc pnst few months a great many hav gone there prospecting, but will n( locate or invest their money until the see what sort of n government is ei tablishcd. They are simply waitin and watching. Thc municipal electioi take place on thc Ishiud on April Itt! and the politicians and othec-seeke: are now hard at work. I was in fern cd that ahead}' there are twelve polit cal factions in thc eily of Havan; -Thc police force there is composed < native Cubans, but-is directly undi the control of American anny ollicer Tho United States troops have mat wonderful changes on th?; Island, nu thc moro intelligent aud property-owi ing class appreciate what has bc< done in their behalf, but, there ai huge, numbers of thc natives who ba thc American and his met hods, and is this element, it is behoved, that wi bring OM trouble when the Unite States troops arc withdrawn from tl Island. tien. Fit zh ugh Lee, who is thc go ernor-gonernl of the Havana provine is thc most popular American on tl Island, not only among his own troo] but among all classes. The people ; a class arc a pleasure-loving peopl and Gen. Lee has allowed them toi dulgo in their amusements. His can is situated eight miles from Havan ? and large crowds of the natives go o I there every day or two to enjoy Hu j sports and listen to the music of tl Regimental bands. American money is in demand Cuba, and one gets $0.40 in Spani I silver for $5 of our money. ? A? I have already said, Cuba is grand country, but it is difficult foretell what its future will be, ant would not advise any one to go thc to locate at this time. I More might bo written about t Island, ?in resources, its people ai their customs, but for fear of taxii the p.i Hence of the readers of Ti INTELLIGENCER I will close this di connected epistle. C. C. L. How's Thl-. W<9 oller One Hundrrd Dollars reward for a eascf Catarrh th.it cannot be cured hy lia Cul an li <Xirc. We. tho undersigned hate knou n h... . Chen for the last IR yean, and bel ?evo him pcrfec hunorablo in all business transaction!! aud fini dally ahlo to carry out any obligations n?ado their Ann. WJSST A TgUAX, Wholesale Orugtrists, T'-'edo, WALDINO. KIHSAN A MARVIK, Wboh talo Dri cists, Toledo. O. UaU's Catarrh Cure ia taken lute milly, atti directly upon tho blood and mucous surface! thc nyktea?. Testimonials ??nt free . Frico ' per Lottie Sold by all druggists. Uall'a Family Pills aro tho Lest. -7- Tho governor has been asked remove a magistrate in Lancaster 1 implication in a larceny. FROM Tili: NATION'S CAPITAL. | /?'non Om- thru Correspondent. WASHIM.TUN, 1 >. c., Mai? 1? 20, WOO. Th? act nf Senator llcvcridgo, ttl In iliaua, in introdiu-ing a lu?' trtulo amendment tollu- I ?ort? Biean bill, willi tb?1 proviso has stirred up fivsh difficulties amolli; ihr BYpuhli eansin Congress. Thc worst ol tb?! situation, from a party standpoint, is that Mr. Beveridge tonk Ins action al ter consultation wit h tho Presiden l and it is understood that the President ad j vocales (he measure. If this is so, Mc Kinley has Hopped aplin, h aving the ; thirty otld Republicans in (he House, whom he induced to vide for the origi nal bill, out in Hu-cold. Thc action ot Mr. Beveridge has not only (brown tin entire Indiana delegation into i lu greatest confusion, but it has upset th? course of procedure of (he ..prac?-' committee of the Semit?-. However no action will be taken for ..some tinn yet, ami it is fondly hoped by lix G.O. P. that some means out ?d'lb? tangle may be found that will stil bleetl Porto Kit*?? without wrecking (h party. The part thc tobacco trust has play e?l in Port?) Itiean affairs is rapidl, coming tn light, lt sectus that th trust tried to buy the entire leal to hueco crop ?d' Hie ?shuni al starvatio prices ami that the planters refused t sell. The (rust accordingly threat ?-nc that it would com]>cl (IM-III (O sci ll prevcntctl action hy Congress II long ?ls possible, and winn il lier,un inevitable it a?lvo?-atctl ami for?-? through the I."i p?-r ?-eut duty. This, must lie remembered, ihu-s nut mea filtern per ci ni of the val.I tl goods, but li ft ci o perci'iil ?d' th<- I lin; h'y rales ?d' ? 1111 \. Lea! tobacco cos from ?0 io t() c. nts a pound in Tor Kico. The Dingley tax i- !?l.N5 pound, fillet II per cent ?d' (his i-> cents, which makes thc duty on Pm liican tobacco I rom 70< (ti 1-10 per ?MM ad valorem. This will absolutely pr vt ut ils ?-xpoii, and will sooner or lat enable the (rust to buy it up at hsov price. Then the trust will tulvocil the removal of Hu- ?Inly ami bring tl booty in five. The count ry need not be surprised it wakes up some Hue morning t?? tit itself involved in a war in Ubina. Tl meaning ol' 1 he mysterious concentr (iou of Hi?! Asiatic squadron in Chine waters has at last leaked tint, m shows, as many people imagined would,' (hat the United Stales li practically engaged to do Knglnm Oriental work for her while she suppressing liberty in South Africa, shows, too, that there was more (ru (han poetry in the s( or?es of a I iritis Herman-American alliance. From source Hint is absolutely accurate, ( facts in the case have been asccrtnint The mnneuvres of the American, He which is now (he largest in existen nt any one place, are directed, ii towards a lot of miserable Chin? rioters, as has been intimated, I towards our ?lld (imo friend, Russ The Administration and Great Brita putting (heir heads together, havecti eluded that Russia meditates tlirecH th?* powerful armaments that she I collected .against China, where, wi (he connivance ?if tho Empress, s will expel (ht! liri tish and otherunti?: and divide up Chill?se territ?iry I tween herself and France. The chant are. that the Russian designs are din ted merely against Britain, but th from Hie Administration standpoint as had as if they were directed agaii ourselves. Secretary Hay is tlioref? taking* every precaution to pr?-v? British i ii to reals being injured Chitin while she is busy in South Alli He has collect?!?! in Chinese waters, one pretext ?ir another, the Oreg? Moundnock, New Orleans, Casi i Newark and Atlanta. The British a German llects have als?? been qui?! increased and Japan is working ni; and ?lay to gel her vessels int?) rea ness. Altogether, it is evident tl Hit! Br?silien! means to light for ( Chinese trade if (here is Hie least, m of doing so. Having tlechireil v against the Fillipinos without any ? thority from Congress, he will not (i it difficult to repeat thu process w regard (o Kassia. Resides, i( woi bea good ??lea lo fire thc Amoru hear( just before election. The Uuit?!?l States troops in l Philippines are about to lu-u illulia to th?! sen coast until after the ra season. President McKinleyobjceti this because of thc effect an uutinisl war in (hose islands will have on coming cleclhin, but there is no v out td' it. The hug?- forc?!s maintained mountain dishic(s pursuing Filipii soon will have to be withdrawn (<> coast (owns, leaving small ?lela incuts t?) look aller guerrilla ban General Otis luis made no official port as to hi.*; view of tho present sit lion after nearly live months of act ca m na iga work, in which General Lr lon,"General MeArthur anti Gent Young were the most active and toraiiued pursuers of Aguinaldo ? his supporters. I It cannot be forgotten how freel> was predicted by army experts b I herc and at Manilla that with au ar of 05,000, affording an active li force of -10,000, the uprising would crushed before tho wet season, Agu aldo captured aud tho war at an e But dispatches giving accounts fighting are. still being received ev day. The ship subsidy steal as reporter ('?ingress, omits some ?d' the worst, f (mes of lim original bill, but by means alt ?if them. In ?nie respect bill goes beyond any previous legi? (ion anywhere in Hm world. <>t countries give subsidies but <l<? not so wholesale, nor to lines already operation. To subsidize linesalrei established wit hout requiring more 1 qucnt> or faster service, or some ? crimination in favor of! the home si: per or tho traveler, or receiving j return for the. money invested furf than the stimulating of the shipbni lng industry lins never been sorior considered by European govornmci STATE SEWN. - Some parties in ( litio wis.li tn conic to Soutli Carolina and engage in rico culture. - Three .Japanese cotton manufac turers have Into visiting the cotton mills of this State. - There will headland reunion of the alumni of WotVord College at com mencement in .1 une. - An epidemic ol smallpox is u portcd at Yonmssee, lleaufoii county, forty or fifty cases in the hark wonda, - Some northern (rmi men have leased a large traci of laud near Co lumbia ami will run a fai '.u on an ex tensive seale. The Stale Democratic Kxccutivo Committee is called to meet at Colum bia April '.Ith. lt will fi\ the time 1er th?- Slate Convention. 'l ite acreage in watermelons will bi?largcly increased in Hampton coun ty (his year, l ite raising of water melons paid handsomely last year. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Sanders, of Oconcc County, are now blessed with a new baby boy. lt has been 20 years since they have enjoved a blessing like this. - There will be niue, murder ease; nt the spring term of the court in Co lumbia, and more criminal cases on thc dot ket than has ever been known before. ~ The Consolidated Street Car, Cas and Electric Light Co.. (d' Charleston, earned $440,000 the lirst year-enough to pay oil" lixed charges a nd leave a h?l ame in (he Ireasury. The third annual convention ot' the South Carolina federation of Wo men's clubs will be held in Charleston, b\ invitai iou ol't he City I'nion Clubs. Apiil Nth to 20th, inclusive. -- The citizens of Liberty, in 1'ickons county, have already subscribed $"10, i I 000 toward a cotton mill, and several , thousand more are said to bc in sight. , The capital stock is to be $150,000. - The town ot I nion has just sold $."?0,000 worth ol' 10 year bonds, with . the option of retiring them at (he cud i of 20 years. These bonds bear "i per . cen!, interest and were sold for*$51, . 5.10. - The State House Commission has about decided togo ahead and co itt - I pict?; the Stale House. Another ineet . ing is to bc held carly in April, when plans and specifications will be adopted >. and bills invited. 1 - Thc F. VY. rou Mfg. Co., of Green ville, husdecided to increase its capi ? tat stock from $200,000 to $500,000, and i double its present capacity. The new i mill will be a duplicate of the present ; one, which is 4 stories high and con i tains 25,000 spindles and 750 looms. - Mad dogs have caused a panic in several localities of the Pee Dee sec ! tioii. Samuel Nelson, of Statesberg, bitten six weeks ago, has died of hy ; drophobia, after suffering in tholwortt ; forms. Another man, name unknown, is reported to have died] in Sumter coiinty. - Recently a prisoner was received at the State penitentiary whose careel* : has been an interesting one. His 1 name is Allen and he. caine from a good ! family. He was school commissioner t of his county-Dorchester-up to the time he got into tin; trouble which Has 1 made him a convict. Ho waseonvieted of forgery and has entered upon the ? service ola sentence often years. The. fellow is a mau of intelligence, but is oncof the"tell-by-lhe-way-side" class. - John Coleman, a colored convict working in Laurens county, overpow ere?! the guard, look his pistol and escaped. Sherill' MeCravy and John D. Mills with hounds pursued and overtook him, when lu* shot Mr. Mills in the arin, lint was shot in turn with a shot gnu and captured. The same ?lay in Columbia live convicts beat tl:?' guard. Hailing, and took his gun, but Hurling drew his pistol and killed one, subdued the others except one who es caped. i - A Mrs. Hates died at Pee Dee ?rn the 11th instant of what thc physicians pronounced hydrophobia. A peculiar ity about th?; casi- is there were no per ceptible lesion or abrasion ol' the skin through which th?- poison may or must have enteml th?- system, liier?' was no evidence ?d' any kind from any source, am! how to account for tho hy drophobia without this is thc mystery, for thc doctors arc agreed that t ho dis ease docs not originate, spontaneously ami is not communicated by swallow ing th?* poison. Tho patient had all th?' symptoms of hydrophobia and was attended by two skillful physicians, who concur in pronouncing it a case of unusual interest to the medical profes sion. - Very few people, hero arc aware that there is an old lady in our town now in tho loSth year of her age. Shfl recently moved herc wi theiler souTs family and lives nt tho cotton mill. She was moved a distance of 20 miles, and instead of being ^overcome w ith fatigue bj- tho trip she seemed to liavo enjoyed the long ride. Mrs. Susannah Harris celebrated her 107th birthday at the bonn-of her daughter. Mrs. Sand ers, at the factory, Sunday, March ll, 1000. It was the occasion of a family reunion-the first dinner with all her children present since tltoyhn.d married oft'ami left bom?'. lier four daughters, aged respectively SO, 74, 50. ami i2 years, and her son, aged ."?'.> yea iv, wcro all present, lt was a happy occasion and greatly enjoyed by thoo old peo ple.- /.uneasier Ledger.