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"BYTCLINKSOALES & LANGSTON., ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1900. VOLliME XXXYI-NO 16 WT *~M VT di AT & O Save Mon?v? We've been telling your f?r some time that we t Mild SAVE YOU HONEY on yuur CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS, And we mean every word of it.' We've told you that we sold strictly for Cash, and that our prices were less than Credit Stores. And now we don't ask you to take our word for it. Come in and Eee if what we say is true. Compare our Goods and prices with the Goods aud prices of Credit Stores and you'll find out which is the place to buy. We want you to make comparisons. That's the best way to prove what we've eaid. We sell 25c. Cravats for 20c. We sell 25c. Suspenders for 20c. We sell 25c. Brighton Garters for 20c. We sell Wilson. Bros. Colored Stiff Bosom White Bodied Shirts, one dol lar grade for 50c. Everything in our Store is priced at corresponding low priced. We couldn't sell cheaper than the other fellow if ws sold on Credit. Spot Cash is the only way '.o keep down the price. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. Special Sale for this Week ! JUST to make it to your interest to pay Cash for your GROCERIES, I am going to sell at the following prices for this week, beginning Monday, October 1st, to Saturday, October 6th inolu-ive : Granulated hugar. 10 pounds for 91.00. Whole Grain Riet-. 14 pounds for ?1 00. Octagon Soap. 7 Cakes for 25a. Pearline. 3 Boxes for 05?. Large Size Pearl Inf. 3 Boxes for 10c. Arbuokel's Coffee.. 2 pkgs. for 2co. Corn Meal. 183. peck. Beat Cream Cheese.18c. lb.-3.1bs. for 50c. Larne fat Mackerel-10.?. s ze.;. 7?c each. Lirge Bottle Pickels. 23c. GlDger Preserves. 15o. Bottle. llounny. 50 pounds for % 1.00. We will sell everything fr*im this date on for Cash only. Positively !:o Guuds charged to any one. Be sure to come and get some of these Bargains. Remember, everything I sell ?3 tubject to a discount of 5 per cent. Yours for Cash Savings, C. FRANK BOLT. THE HALL GIN Is the Lea.dc? ot thsm a?! IR point of Speed, Dnr&Nr'iiiy nnd. Out-Turn, iT is, owing to the skillful construction of the breast, the best feed peancr on the That part of tho Gin covering the ends of the brush is so formed that pt conon cannot pack or clog at cuds of brush. Many Gins catch fire from ???on at this point. The HALL does not. We guarantee these GinB to give absolute satisfaction, nnd if you are in M?t TA to what Gin to buy ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has teen ono work, and they will tell you that it is the best. We have all sizes on hand ready for inmediate delivery. McCULLY BROS. Ail sys mifsftoa, AMs Drgtsffos, Regulates the Beweis, Strengthens the Child, Makes Teething Easy. TEETfflNA Relieves the Bowel Troubles f Children ol ANY AOS. ,< ^ Or sun Veerts t? o. J. MOFFITT, ML D" ST, LOUIS* MO* DR. HGFFfcirS ECTHIH (Teething Powders) FKOM THE NATION'S CAPITAL, i From Our Oten Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct 9,1?OO. There is little doubt that Mr. Brynn's visit to New York city about a week from now will be un eye opener for thc Itcpublicans, and will show them to what nn extent circumstances have changed since 1800. When Mr. Bryan mnde his speech in that city four years ago, there was little or no enthusiasm for him and the Republicans succeeded in carrying out a very pretty scheme to disconcert him. When he rose to speak, the cohorts with which they had pocked the hall bogan to ?eave, and continued to do so until tho hali was half emptied. Of course this was terribly disconcerting to Mr. Bryan as it would be to any speaker. This year all will be changed. Mr. Brynn will be escorted to the nail by a procession of 100,000 men under the personal direc tion of the Democratic boss who went to Europe in 180G to avoid meeting him. Democratic clubs will be brought from all tho towns and cities within three hours' ride by railroad of New Yovk; one hundred and thirty-four bands have already been engaged to furnish music,. and, according to the stories they tell at the Democratic headquar ters, contracts have been entered into for $13,000 worth of fireworks and searchlights will be placed at intervals along the 4th Avenue aud 5th Avenue so that the night will be turned into day. Four yearsngo Mr. Bryan yielded to tho advice of his committee, who told him that he must be very moder ate in his expressions on the silver question and subjects relating to labor and capital, and required him to pro pare his speech in advance and submit tho manuscript for their revision be fore they would allow nim to speak. No committee ever dreams of such a thing tliis year. Mr. Bryan is the same man that ne vas in 1890; he represents the samo political doctrine and policy; he will admit that his opinions have not changed on a single subject, but his convictions upon all of the is eues are more firm and vigorous than they ever were. Therefore, the reasons for this striking contrast must be found among the people of New York rather than in the man. With extraordinary candor one_ of the big trusts of the country has re cently given an official endorsement and proof of the fact that it, like its congenors, is the offspring of the tariff and depends upon its mother for con tinued life. The fact that this testi mony was involuntary makes it all the more convincing. It has long been known that hundreds of articles pro duced in this country under tariff'pro tection aro regularly shipped abroad and sold there for less prices than ara demanded at home. Among such arti cles are playing cards, the manufac ture of which is coutroiled by a trust, which is protected by u duty of ten cents per deck aud 25 per cent ad valo rem. As a result of this monopoly, the trust in tho past three years has ad vanced its pricet? from 20 to 100 per cent at home, while exporting cards to Europe in enormous quantities and selling them nt a normal profit, far below tho price demanded in this country. American dealers, seeing cards Bold by the trust in Europe nt a fraction of the cost here, have sent abroad for them and biought them back. They have been admitted free of duty, OB are Other products of the Uni ted States when reimported, the only cost being for revenue stamps at the rate of 2 cents a deck. Tho dealers who get their goods in this way have been able to undersell the merchants who buy them from the trust direct. Naturally, the latter have kicked and the trust recently demanded that the Treasury Department give it power to seize and confiscate all cards thus re imported, and urged that tho customs officials u6 ordered to turn such impor tations into its hands without regard to tlie rightc of tho merchant who pur chased tuc 5oods abroad. The demand was of course refused, but the fact that it was made shows plainly the intimate relations existing between the trust and the tariff'. Unless some way can be found to prevent thc importation, tho trust will have to dissolve. The principle is the ramo, of course, whether it is applied to playing cards or io hardware or any other article. For years tho Republicans have been doing the baby act and complaining bitterly because they have tho 120 elec toral votes of the Solid South to oyer comein every election. So bitterly ho ve they complained of this that they have succeeded in persuading n good pnrt of tho country that there is really sumo injustice involved in this fact Jhat thc South is solid. But they say nothing about tho solid North, which consists of 124 electoral votes, drawn from the States of Pennsylvania, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota. Michigan and all the New Epgland States except Connecticut. With the exception of five votes that got away in Michigan m 1884, not one of these States has ever case a single electoral vote for a Democratic candi date for the Presidency in tho lost forty years. In fact, there have been many more breaks in tho Solid South than in tho Solid North. Hayes was declared elected by tho votes of South ern States in 1870, and McKinley car ried four Southern States in 18UG. Graut received the electoral votes of Southern States on both occasions when ho was elected. But not one of the electoral votes of tho Solid North (except Michigan, ns above noted) has been ?R*f for other than a Republican candidate since and including 1800. The Republican National Committee is bringing pressure to bear on tho postmasters to force them to violate the law and do campaign work for the G. O. P., nnd tho post office officers are backing them up. For instance, John Emanuel, postmaster at Pleasant Val ley, Nebraska, has . :eived a lotter from the Republican National Commit tee directing him to secure ten mem bers for the American Farine VB' League of Commerce and Industries. Accom panying the letter, which was signed by Henry C. Payner vice chairman of the executivo committee, was a drcu iar from the league announcing its de sire to secure the names of 500,000 American farmers to whom campaign literature could be sent. "It is n seri ous personal responsibility to neglect," the circular continued, "formaybe this movement now well.planned will elect William McKinley. You cannot afford to make a ny excuse paramount for not acting, as tho President, Vice Presi dent and national committee urgo it without reservation, and ask yon to do your full duty and say it is your indi vidual duty to aid thia movement." A third incfoBure was a letter from Charles Hedges, assistant superinten dent of the free delivery syotem, who save: "I cannot but regard such par ticipation on tho part ot' postumsten?, as well as other citizen.:, as non-parti san in n large degree, for, where the prir?ciplesof ono's party so freely nour ish the prosperity of one's country, I confess toa certain blindness-patriotic or otherwise-to party lines.*' Tlic Battle of Sharpsburg. On the 38th anniversary of tho battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam, the battle in which more people wore kille?! and wounded than on any other single day in tho war of '(J 1-05,1 reached this pret ty little city that is almost surrounded by mountains. This town has about 2,000 voters. 1,000 Democrats, SCO Re publicans and 500 negroes. A majority of the votes will be cost for Bryan in the coming election. There is a cn-rp of Confederate Veterans hero with about GO member?, and a chapter of Daughtersof the Conf<?deiacy. I went to the cemetery last Sunday and saw the beautiful monument erected to the memory of the Confederate dead by tho Ladies7 Monument Association, and the graves of moro than 300 of the dear old boys, each marked with a marble headstone. On many the names and regiments of tho dead wero in scribed, but a large number of these were marked ..Unknown." Soldiers of most of the Southern States are buried here, but the grand old Twelfth Georgia has a larger num ber than_any other commnnd. 1 write this letter to give you thc names of South Carolinians named on eome of these stones, as thc friends of some of them may not know where they .are buried. The iirst name I recognized was Lt.-Col. T. C. Watkins. Twentv-second South Carolina regi ment, died September 20th, 1802. Grand old Col. Watkins. He was in command of his regiment in the South Mountain fight. On top of the mountain with his regimental colors in his hand, ?je was shot through the brain, but lived sev eral days. Tho writer, acting adju tant that day, was inst a little distance from him. He died like the soldier he was. Some members of Col. Wat kin's family live at Anderson, S. C. The other South Carolinian's named on these stones are: W. E. Watts. 1st S. C. Regt. W. H. Powell, 3rd S. C. Regt. E. P. Ard, 15th S. C. Regt. T. J. Runntree, 7th S. C. Regt. D. M. Kirkley, 2nd S. C. Regt. K. ai. Brown, 2nd S. C. Cavalry. C. D. Madden, 12th S. C. Regt. W. P. Hanby, 27th S. C. Regt. J. H. Hickhn, Oth S. C. Regt. P. P. Conaugh, 17th S. C. Regt. John Wallace, 18th S, C. Regt. J. A. Bowers, 15th S. C. Rogt. Jos. Jerneygau, S. C. Volunteers. Jos. Stedart, 34th S. C. Regt. A. 1). Collins, 17th S. C. Regt. Ambrose Planton, 15th S. C. Regt. John C. Young, 18th S. C. Regt. Solomon Tily ville, 1st S. C. Regt. Wm. Legiist, 3rd S. C. Regt. F. M. Tuck, S. C. Volunteers. John Sidtz, 7th S. C. Regt. Dr. F. M. McKay, Sumter artillery. Joseph Budd, Hampton Legion. M. M. Easted, 27th S. C. Regt. Richard Smith, 14th S. C. Regt. John K. Mnsou, 22nd S. C. Regt. Those killed on the Held were buried where they fell. The 300 buried here were brought here wounded and died after the battle. I begged a dower and placed it on the grave of Col. Watkins. A few moro years and those of us left will join them. Sometimes I think those who died on the field wore the lucky ones.-Geo. Ii. Lake in Columbia State. The Col. Watkins alluded to la the above article is the father of our fel low-townsmen, Clerk of Court John C. Watkins and Mr. FelixE. Watkins, and this is the first information they have ever received of where he was buried, The information is reliable, too, foi the author, Mr. Lake, was acting OE Col. Watkin's Adjutant on the day ol the terrible battle. When Col. Wat kins wns abet ho was captured by thc Federals and lived several days, but none of hip nuradcs knew whether hi was buried m or oft" the battle-field The Messrs. Watkins nnticipato visit ing their father's grave in tho neal future. ^ . - - - The Confederate Veterans Reunion, Geor gia Division, in Augusta. The second annunl re-union of thc Georgia Confederate Veterans will bc held at Augusta, Ga., November 14, 15, 10, 1900. lt is now just seven weeks before the reunion of the old Confederate Veter ans of Georgia and South Carolina, This reunion should be a memorable occasion from thc fact that many of the old comrader> are growing ripe in old age and it may bo tho last time they will have nu opportunity of seeing thoro whom they stood shoulder to shoulder with during the trying dnye of the 00's. Another fact, worthy of mention is "that tiley will have the opportunity of meeting the comrades ot old South Carolina, the Stato in which accession was born, and uo doubt there are many South Carolinians who now reside in Georgia, and many Georgians who re side m South Carolina, all of whom will have an opportunity of meeting and mingling with each other on the banks of the Savannah River, at Au gusta, during this jeni's ?euniou. Another fr? ! that should 1C;?? en chantment to this occasion is, that tho people of Augusta aro noted far and wide for their unbounded hospitality to their guests. And they intend bending every effort to moke this a long to bo remembered occasion for t hose whom wo love, becnuso it may bc many years before many of us '.viii have tho ploasure of doing their part in making lifo pleasant for our old comrades. Tho railroads of Georgia and South Carolina are determined to do their parts manfully and seo toit that a very low rate is given to all sections of tho two States that everybody may be present on this festive occasion. Tho different committees intend csing every effort for tho comfort and pleasure ct all who wiii be here on thc 14th, 15th, 10th of November. The chairmen of tho follow lag com mittees will bo glad to answer any queries that maybe mado by those who wish information concerning thc dif ferent departments. Hon. Boykin Wright, President. . Jacob Phiuizy, Chairman Finance. _P. H. Rice, Chairman Decoration. "Abram Levy, Chairman Advertising, E. B. Pilcher, Chan man Bureau of Information. A. B. Saxon, Cha ii man Camp Fires and Hall. STATIS NEWS. - A. L. Epps. anti lt. J. Sport??, farmers of Williamsburg county, got tangled up with whiskey and Sports shot Epps, mortally wounding him. - lu Union the other night Mr. (J. Walt Whitman was arrested for dis orderly conduct and carrying conceal ed weapons. Tho Mayo: lined him $25. - Tho barn of T. J. Patrick, at White Oak, in Fairfield county, was burned laut Fiiday night. Horses, mules, forage and a thousand bushels of o ats were los?.'. - Tiio Orangeville A'eirsis author ity for tho statement that among tho persons arrested in a gambling den in Augusta recently was "our lately nom inated candidato for Lieutenant Gov ernor of this State. - Send to secretary Thos. W. Hol loway at Pomaria, S. C., or to W. C. Flennikcn, Columbia, for a premium list of the State Fair. Pick out what yon want to competo for and scud the best that you havo to tho Pair. - Discharged for drunkenness, A. Vernon, boss of the Southern car shops in Columbia, attempted last Thursday evening to kill Ti. A. Overton, next in authority. Ho fired at him with a Winchester nt short range, but missed. - Columbia is to have an automobile line and it moy bo in operation for Fair week. A charter has been issued by the secretary of state to the "Columbia Automobile company," which proposes to do a general delivery aud transfer business. The capital stock is to bo $5,000. - On the Plant system road near Benbow mines, several miles from Charleston last Thursday night, the engine and several freight cars jump ed the rails and tr mbled down an em bankment, killing Engineer Gooding, a young white man, and Fireman Har vey Thompson and Brakeman Ben White, negroes. - It is said that tho Southwestern portion of Saluda county, in which the town of Batesburg is situated, and em bracing almost the entire railroad mileage of the county, will make an effort to bo detached from Saluda coun ty and return to Edgefield county. The scheme will be strongly opposed by Saluda county. - A two room negro cabin in the town of Laurens was demolished by tho explosion of a dynamite bomb placed under it Friday night. Tho purpose of tho explosion appeared to bo the assassination of tho tenant, a woman named Mary Burgess, but for tunately she was not in tho house at the time. The explosion made terrific report and awakened and alarmed the entire town. - Governor McS weeney has received a special invitation to attend tho ses sion of the Southern Industrial Associ ation, which will meet in Now Orleans, beginning December 4 and continuing five days. Measures will bo considered and plans formulated to promote the varied industries of tho South and to develop its vast resources and it is also designed to take action in reference to the Nicaragua Canul bill. - Thomas George, an escaped con vict from tho Pickens chnin gang, was captured on tho 1st of October by Messrs.. W. V. Holden, Janies Hogers, , John Cannon and Fred Bogers, near t Flat Shoals in Oconee County, and was . carried to Pickens tho samo day. lio was convicted of stealing a horse from a Mrs. Jones about four, years ago, near old Pickens. - On last Saturday night about nine o'clock, at tho homo of Will Aker, on thc farm of Mr. C. L. Foster near Oak way, Aker shot and killed Will Austin. It seems that Austin, a short time be fore, had shot twice at Aker with a double-barreled shot gun, but missed him, tho shot taking effect in tho thor aud walls of Aker's house. Austin left and was gone only a few minutes, when he returned and renewed tho fuss, whereupon Aker shot him in tho abdomen. Austin lingered until Sun day morning, when ho died.- Walhalla Courier. - The nnti-lynching law of this State, making tho county responsible for damages to thc family of the vic tim, has received another black eye. On Jan. 4th, 1897, isaac Brown, a negro, was found hanging to tho rail road crossing at Stillton, Orangeburg county, his neck broken and his body riddled with bullets. Brown's father brought snit against thu county for damages last year, but the jury prompt ly brought in a verdict for the county. The verdict was set aside by Judge Gage, . nd another trial of the caso oc curred lost week, and another verdict rendered for the county of Orange burg. . -At Bordeaux, Abbeville county, last Friday Fingleton A. McIntosh alleged that a son of George McKinney had moved somo cotton in which McIntosh had an interest. Tho elder McKinney declared he did not believe it and said ho would go with McIntosh to a mag istrate, at McCorn.'ck, and if McIntosh could produce ono witness to support his claim ho could rut the younger Mc Kinney on the chaingang. "No," said McIntosh "this will settle it better," aud thrusting a pistol to McKinney's .iiouth, pulled tho trigger. In his death struggle McKinney seized Mc Intosh and would have injured him with his naked hands, but one of tho McIntosh negroes threw **him down. Both men are farmers of prominence. McIntosh killed n neighbor niuo years ago and was pardoned by Governor Tillman. t? KS KUM, SfcWS ITI?,WS. - A thousand, miners havo emit work in tl?.' Alabama coal mini's. - An Ohio correspondent believes } that McKinley will lose his own State. 1 - Cen. Diaz, lias been re-olcctcd y President of Mexico, which makes Iiis * sixth term. - There is every reason to believe ^ that Bryan is going to cany Indiana ( thia timo by a good sound mle majori ty. - Confidential information from Chh'nfjo says Illinois ? iii go democratic because of the building strikes ?md the unpopulnr Stato administration. - A man in the White Plains hospi tal, New York, was struck by lightning la?t July and cannot remember his name. Ho does not know who he is, where he came from or how he got there. - A philanthropic crank in Chicago has built a magnificent hospital for stray cats in tho fashionable, portion of Chicago, and asks peoplo to Rend her their felines instead of drowning them. - Cold has been discovered in Mon roe county, near Knoxville, Tenn., which yields $53 to the ton. The strata is Baid to be very extensive. A local company will bc organized to develop tho property. - Ata meeting of the Spanish War Veterans held in Washington last week, Gen. Nelson A. Miles was elected Com mander-in-Chief, and Col. dames H. Tillman, of Edgelield, S. C., senior Vice Commnnder-iu-Chief. - II. M. Beutell, one of tho aldermen of Atlnnta, Ga., has entered suit in tho Superior Court of Fultou county for alleged libel against tho Atlanta Constitution for damage to his character to tho amoun t of $50.000. - In a local celebration at Duxbury, ? Mass., recently tho ?tate coach of Dan iel Webster was brought out and joined the parade, lt was loaned for the occasion by M. llr.ll, the present ! owner nnd occupant of tho Webster i estate. j - Tho Weather Bureau's scientific j report of the Galveston storm shows I that 3,030 houses wore totally destroy j ed, over 0,000 lives lost and the proper ty damage exceeds $30,000,000. Tho highest velocity of tho wind is put at 120 milts an hour. - Tho estate of the late C. 1*. Hunt ington must pay death taxes to tho amount of $200,000 to tho State of New York aud an equal amount to the gen eral government under thc war revenue act, thc Supreme Court having decided the inheritance tax to be constitutional. - St. Louis is already beginning to make enthusiastic preparations for tho world's fair which she expects to hold in 1003, commemorative of the centen nial anniversary of tho great real es tate transaction made by Mr. Jefferson nnd known ns the Louisiana purchase. - Great drovcB of deer aro now going south from Colorado, sometimes twenty thousand animals in one herd. They sometimes block railroads for two hours. In tho summer they have been scattered over tho table-lands of Routt and Rio Blanco counties. As win ter approaches th; y go south several hundt -d miles, - Tho prize family, for size, in North Carolina, has just moved to Greens boro and settled at Proximity-. Tho family consists of a husband, a wife and twenty-one children. Thc bend of the family, A. M. Farrington, was, until recently, a widower with a num ber of children. Ho married a widow with several children, thus gaining the distinction of being tho head of thc largest family in the State. - Whilo no oflicial statement has been mado as to tho amount of money received direct by those in charge of the relief work nt Galveston and Hous ton, it is said to aggregate probably $500,000, making a total of about $1, 00,000 in cash that has been contri buted. In addition to the monty contributions several hundred thous ands of dollars of food supplies and clothing have been contributed. - Trinity College, a Methodist in stitution at Durham, N. C., was Inst Fri day thc recipient of a gift of $100,0(0 from Washington 1 >ukc, a wealthy cigar ette manufacturer. This Inst gift makes altogether half a million dollars given by Mr. Duke to this college. In addi tion to this, another member of tho Duko family has given the college $100,(KP ami a library that will cost $100,00 now being built by J. B. Duke. - Tho Democratic Congressional committee, with headquarters in Wash ington, has recently summed up tho situation ns to members of Congress, and reach a conclusion that they will have a majority of ten in tho next House of Representatives. This esti mate concedes a loss of three or four members in Pennsylvania, in which Stato tho Democrats now have ten members. A slight loss is conceded also Is Now York State, where tho Democrats now have a majority of the delegation* Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach tho scat of tho discaso. Catarrh Isa blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euro it you must tako internal roinedlc.i. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken int nully, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous surface* Halls Catarrh Curo ia not a quack medicino, lt was prescribed by ono of tho best physicians in thix country (or yearn, and is a regular prescription. It ls com posed of thc host ionics known, combine*! with ihn best blood purifiera, acting directly on ti o mucous surface?. Tho perfect combination of tho two Ingredients is ?litt produces such wonderful I results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimon?ala fred ?S-Sold by Drusilla, 73c. Hall*? Family .I,ilU;are;tho.bcBt. rite Elberton Murderer. KUIKUTON, (JA., Oct. H.-Ata called t'ssion of Elbert superior court to-day, William Hranch,the negro who inur lered George!). Dell,on September20, ,vas indicted, tried, convicted and sen eneed to bo hanged on October 20. The quick work of .Judge Seaborn [{ceso in the cane has dispelled all fears >f a lynching. C. & \V. C. Excess Baggage Bunks. Tho Charleston and Western Caro lina Railway, beg to announce that ar rangements have been perice* ed where by excess baggage nooks of $25.00 valuation and sold for $20.000, issued by the C. & W. C. Railway, will bo ac cepted in payment for excess baggage over the Atlantic Coast Line and Co lumbia, Newberry and Laurens Rail way on and after ( ?ctober 6th, 1000. The attention of tho travelling men is called to this arrangement. W. J, CRAIG. General Passenger Agent. Augusta, Ga. Pendleton Item*. There is is going to be a lot of chang ing by the people this year. Mr. John Culherson will leave the Rochester place to go to Col. A. J. Sitton's place; Mr. J. E. Wollbrd leaves Col. Sitton's to go to Mr. O. II. P. Pant's; Mr. John S tansell takes Mrs. Rochester's farm; Mr. H. H. Martin has rented his farm, and will go to Texas; Mr. Felix Hoggs, has also rented his farm and he and family go to Texas. Your correspondent attended the Union Meeting at Townville. There never was a more hospitable, whole hearted people than there is in and around Townville. TEM. TALE. United States Pensioners. No pensioner of the Revolutionary war survives. Tho last one died in 1809, at the age of 109, but last year there were, aud doubtless still are, four Revolutionary widows on tho pension rolls, none of them older thr.u 80. Pensioners' widows mnke little of the lapso of centuries. Judging by prece dent it is not improbable that 150 years from now lhere will still bo widows drawing pensions on account of the services of their husbands in our late wnr with Spain. Only ono pensioner who served in the war of 1812 is left. His name is Hiram Cronk. He is 100 years old aud lives in Oneida County, New York. About 2,000 widows of 1812 aro left .JD the rolls. The pensioners of the civil war hold out very well indeed. Every year on Juno ?10 they aro counted. In June, the number on tho lists was 00:1, 714. Last year there were about 2,000 less, and this year also there aro fewer than in 1808, but the commissioner says that in 1001 the list will beat tho re cord, because nu Act of Congress, passed last May, has extended tho pro visions of the law of 1800, so as to let in ninny thousands of now claimants. About one-quarter of all the pensions go to widows.-Harper's Weekly. Farming that Pays, Wheat, $450; oats, $125; straw, $125; hay, $250; sorghum, $i40; cane seed, $75. Total, $1,105. That is tho value of tho side crops raised by Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove, this year, with three plows. Mr. Wilkerson is one of tho largest laud owners in western York and lins a number ot renters. He runs only three plows himself, however, and tho figures quoted represent what he has realized without counting his colton or corn. Mr. Wilkerson plants both cotton and corn, of course. With the same tinco plows he cultivated about 25 acres of each, and the prospects are as good as are those of any of his neigh bors. Hut everybody raises cotton aud corn, and it is tho showing of these side crops thalia especially interesting. In a talk with tho reportai- Wednes day, Mr. Wilkerson gave the ligures as estimates only. Tho estimates may be taken as very nearly correct. They are rather under than over; but if there is any dispute Mr. Wilkerson has the exact figures at homo by which the matter may be settled definitely. In tho opinion of Mr. Wilkerson, $200 will cover the entire expense of making thu crops mentioned, and he thinks he can fairly say that they rep resent a clear profit of nearly $1,000. While he was talking he told of a crop per who cut $12.50 worth of crab grass hav-sold tho hay at that-oft*a stubble field. The wheat had been fertilized liberally, and it was tho fertilizer that ea used the grass to grow so luxuriant ly. The grass sold for enough to pay tor the fertilizers that had been used on tho wheat. That portion of thc wheat field that had not been fertilized yielded no crab grass that was worth cutting. "Speaking of hay, though," said Mr. Wilkerson, "I can givo you an expe rience that ought to bo interesting. Last fall Mr. H. W. Thomson and my boif went shares on some wheat and oats on Means grass land. We sowed 20 acres-ten acres in wheat in Novem ber and ten acres in oats in Februniy. Tho Means grass grew up with the wheat and oats and when the grain reached the milk stage, wo cut grain, grass and all for hay. At the first cut ting wo got three-fourths of atonto the acre, worth $10 a ton. and at the second cutting of grass alon?-, wc gol hUt a ton to tho ncr.. ?vorth $12 a ton. From t!i^ two cuttings we got hay to tho value of $1S per acre, and there is still another cutting, though, of course, it will not bo of as good quality os either of the first two." -lorkvitlc Jin*