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THE TOWN OF AlK. ONE OF THE BEST w!NTER RESORTS IN THE SOUTH. Irts Hotels, Drives, Stables and Many Other Attractions--The C~inmte Plea-int and Healtby. During a recent visit to Aiken I was much impressed with the evidences of material prosperity exhibited by the little city on every side. That .ide finable air of well-being. which is the attribute of tlourishing towns as well as of flourishing men, was everywhere felt as Istrolled up and down the broad streets, or drove out into the surrounding country over carefully graded roadi. Here and there I came across a really manorial residence, the wiater home of some wealthy North erner; and all the houses, in town and out, bore cheering signs of that which, alas, is not to& frequently seen ia the South-fresh paint and plenty of it. A peculiar interest attached to this visit for me. It was the return of the prodigal, so to speak, to the home of his fathers; for it was in the old hotel, (the property of my grandfather on the maternal side,) that was burned last spring that-more years ago than I care to remember- made my first bow or yowl, to an indifferent world. I was but a child when spirited North ward, but the place of my birth has al ways occupied n tender spot in my memory, as it would be strange indeed had it not. . Not being a prodigy I have only dim recollections of that Aiken of long ago, but I am quite sure that South of the old Fleming place-where I spent many happy hours-there was a vast pine forest where now there are wide streets and liandsome new residences. The shabby little railroad station of my childhood days has given place to a commodious building, brilliant with electric lights. Main street is lined with attractive shops where of yore but two or three "general stores" in vited trade; and the elegant Highland Park Hetel, the comfortable Busch House, and other well-ordered hostel ries welcome the weary traveler where once the old caravansary-now a heap of bricks and charred timbers-was the place of public entertainment for man and beast. Whatever may have been the Aiken of the past, the Aiken of the present is a live, up-to-date little city wit.h a wealth of natural attractions that draws to it season after season an ever increasing throng of visitors. It has long been known as a health resort whose wonderful fall and winter cli mate stands unequalled by that of any other place in the United State, and by that of few localities throushout the world. But this beautiful spot is fast becoming known as a pleasure resort also, and each succeeding winter sees men and women of means and culture hastening towards Aiken where all the favorite outdoor pastimes-riding, driving, hunting, polo, golf. and ten nis-may be pursued from December to April with but rare interference from the weather. In fact, those who are in search of health and pleasure combined. Aiken offers attractions that are almost ideal. It is nearly six hundred feet above the level of ti sea, and thus secures an atmosphere that while bracing is not productive of the discomfort so often experienced at greater elevations. Then, for a radius of twenty miles the town is surrounded by a pine forest which protects it to a great extent from bleak winds, and gives a sweet aroma. The long leaf yellow pine seems to be the characteristic growth of this re gion, and it is to the exhalations of this tree that the climate of Aiken gegh~g-mges ca of its well-de sserved reputation. '~ - The temperature in winter is mild, and the observations of the thermome ter in the open air show the average daily mean for the cold season, from December 15 to March 15, to be about 49 degrees. Of course ice is formed occasionally, artd perhaps once or twice during January and February a little snow may fall, but sunshine is the distinguishing feature of this locality, and when the rest of the world is shuddering beneath leaden skies. Aiken is bathed in cheering brightness. I think the nature of the soil contri butes almost as much as the climate to the salurority of the place. Being composed of loose sand mixed largely with gravel to a great depth, lying upon a stratum of red clay or kaolin, the rains soak in at once, and are car ried otf to the creeks and distant rivers, so that almost immediately after a heavy shower little water remains on the surface, and persons can walk out with impunity. But Columbia is not behind Aiken in this favorable regard and, indeed, I imagine the soil of the two places is very similar, if not identical. 1 believe Aiken claims the purest water supply in the United States, and cites figures and analyses to support it; but as this is not a statistical paper -it is only a series of amplified notes taken on the spot-and as, moreover, I have not the figures at hand, I will only say that the city's water is ob tained from an artesian well eight inches in diameter and 760 feet deep, the last 160 feet running into solid granite, from which the 1low is ob tained. This pure water-which is said to effect cures cf dyspepsia and rheumatism-is distributed through the town by an excellent system of water-mains, and in use in all the ho tels and most of the private houses. Of course the large sums of mon<f spent by wealthy Northerners who make Aiken their winter home form the basis of the prosperity of the city ; but to the spirit of local pride, which has only of late years been thorough ly aroused, much of the town's recent proress is due. Ctain W. W. Williams, a de senant of the family that first set tled Aiken, tells us there was a time, not so very long ago, when the winter, residents were viewed almost as intru ders by thelocal population, especial ly, that portion which lived at some distance from the centre of the town. But when it was found that these an nual visitors had only the best interests of the community at heart, and were eager to do everything possible to give the little city -world-wide reputation, a revolution was scon effected in the prevailing sentiment, and hands were joined all around with the happiest results. In 1893 the City Improvement So ciety was organized, and ladies and g entlemen for miles around enrolled themselves as members.- They were all workers, and their object was the physical imnrovement of the city gen erally, and looking after the welfare of all visitors in search of either health or pleasure. The Rev. J. C. Oehler, pastor of the Perebyterian church, is the president and moving spirit of the Society, and under his direction were put up the signs, which the gr-ateful s-tranger en counters at every hand, indicating the ayto the golf-links, the tennis-courts, o rounds, favorite drives, etc. ebeautiful streets-150 feet in d intersecting one another at ht angles-were planted with wsof pines by the Society, uryroads looke~d after - din perfect order. The is organization is ne ver harmeer reasonable im substanti.l d r e nu a and the ea1t ire C ,m1ulty. The mnitir n' to feet wide. rni"'"l 1r atd Park Hotel t') ti railroi )lationi in charge of the Imoveen Scity, and a m1an is co91Is., ' 1!: (Ivod o the syste-n of little imks I down the centre ar.d b umeiis this stately avenue. It is to such united ellort on the nari- of its citizens that Aiken owes i~s suprera- amo n the pleasu-i resorts of the country. for nko ratter how large the sumus expended by wealthy visitors on their owa Cepciai proper ties were it not for the sySiiai' eli deavor of _-1 its'ibtants the Itn atlargre waoid ne ,-r pout i t 1i.ictive appew anc th:l ear:t rz it to day. Iroalb"Vy n iani Who mak-s Aiken his wit--r )!me sp-nds nore nioney ihere e-.e year th:ii i. Thomaris 16tleeac, .r.,the milh onor New York-er, who lives a the old Legree i o n ue on the south'er i out skirts of the town. WV ith Aikenites, M'r. Hiitchcock's name is the synm Jcr liberality and euterprise. le has done mcr for the town tian any oth er single individual. an iie counts the entire popu!ation as i s f inds. Before leaving far the North, last spring, he was presented wil" a su perb piece of silver phate purchased tbrough public suibscriptoion -as a tok en of the esteem and admiration in which he is held by the citizens. I I am told that last winter Mr. Iitch coc.: expended in various imnprove ments on his Aiken property the sum of $25,000, and that he has still other plans in view for the piisent season that will call for additional heavy ex pend iture. List xe tr he erected a splendid train ing stable--Ho feet long--nar the Legree house, and constructed a five eight mile race-course which was used as a training track for Eastern horses. Messrs. Mrgan, Hitchcock and Smith bought strings of line hors es here, and Barch,the famous trainer, was also on the ground with a choice bunch of prospective braakers. A grand stand that will seat 3,500 is to be built this season, and not only racing but polo will be features in the winter's list of amusemeats. I believe Aiken is the only place in the South where polo is played, which adds an other to her many claims to distinc tion. Mr. Hitchcock's race track is laid in almost the very c mtre of the 375 acre farm on which the Williams home stead stands-the oldest house in this part of the country. It was erected some time before the South Carolina railway was c:nstruced, and the bricks for the great, old-fashion, outside chimneys were haule I in wagons from Augusta, seventeen miles distant. The house stands back from tte old road amid its ancient oaks, and is pointed cut to the stranger as the larg est private dwelling in te city. There are many other attractions for the visitor to Aiken, be he in search of health or pleasure, to which I shall refer at another day. Toe new Sanitarium deserves especial mention, and I shall endeavor to merit the kindness of Mr. Dibble and Dr. Gahan, who patiently showei me over the building, by devoting to this benevolent enterprise as much atten tion as the limits of this department will admit.-T. A.. in Columbia Reg ister. Weyler satrers a severe Defeat. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 2t.-Uol. Jose Reyes, aide de carofweneral Maceo, wounded and -en route to New York for meiatr'eatment and with ispatches-tethe'Junta, passed through here yesterday. He says the fighting in the Rubi hills of Pinar del Rio was the most sanguinary battle of the war. He claims that 2,000 of Weyler's men were killed in two days and twice as many wounded. Weyler went to the field with 33,000 men in three columns, one of 15,000 under himself, one of 15,000 onder General Echague, and a third column under General Munoz. They found Mec'oo entrenchrd in a crescent shaped range of hills. When at the foot of the hills the Spanish were met with a withering fire that cut gaps in their raniks. Maceo's men shot from behind rocks and trees and gradually gave way before the Spani ards, who, encouraged by what they thought to be victory, pursued them. Suddenly a deafening explosion rent the air and a scene fcollovred somewhat like the mine horror at Petersburg during the civil war. Horses and men were blown high in the air and fell to the earth dead and mangled. The dy namite mine was touched of f by Jiohn Linn, formerly of this city. who is Ma ceo's electrician. Maceo then let loose his dynamite guns, prepared by Linn, and r'iore havoc was wrought. In the rame explosion Colonel Rayes says Weyler lest 700 men killed and 501) more in the charge, besides l,fi00 wounded. Next day Maceo. knowing of the reserve force under Weyler, re treated to an even stronger position. There he was attacked by the column under Echague, who was roundly thrashed and driven from the field, 10s ing 800 n'on killed, besides 13(00 wounded. Next day Maceo retreated again, manoeuvring all the while to entrap Weyler into a field that had been noneycombei with dynamite. so Di a Hero. A few days ago we published the sad story of a young professor, wounded to the death in the machinery at Clem son college, S. C., sending a message announcing approaching end to his old preceptor, u-en. Stephen D). Lee in Alabama and receiving a loving farewell in return. We republish to day from the Norfolk Virginian an account of Engineer Will James's dv ing adieu to his fot mer chief, Capt. Y. E. McBee- a message pathetic for the very courage of it: "I will die this morning from in juries received in rail road accident." The engineer had made his last run, and at that supreme hour his hear t yearned for the approv- 1 al and sympthy which he knew his friend and superior officer of other days would accord him. In this re public where we have no royalty, men do homage only to herces, such as the - brave engineer who daily takes his life in his hands. To those who knew him, Will James was an ideal engi neer. A man of splendid physique, fine-looking, fearless, swift but sure, he lived the ideal engineer; he diedi the ideal engineer. In the* wildest, wierdest, spot on his mountain run, he lost his life. It seems fitting that such a man as he should go to meet his God from such a place as that cut at Round Knob, where the iron road ti toils around and around the grim, t forbidding mountain's side until at I last, in glee and triumph, it mounts the giant's snioulder, and, thence, runs smoothly on is always the reminder in this picture sque place that here science and skill have overcome nature and received the reward of success, as .Jacob in the older days wrestled with the anzel un til lie won the wished for blessing. Here man has asked of Giod and re- t ceived, and, here we c-home to believe God heard the prayeir of the d:ying]1 engineer for mercy on his soul. The brave man's wife and litte child ha-.et a rebl inheritance in the hlonor df is I TH E NITE) STATES A lMY vECRE TARY OF WAR LAMONT MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT. of the Army D1is(nVd at'i Schem{ For ts I mproven(zt IProoed -Ul)oi 10iu3l of Coa-it DeZirsu ItaprCovements - Fle2l.1 mme1 uthm. W\asm i roN, Nov-. 5t. -In his an nual repo t, which was made publi< to day, Sceretary Lani renews hi4 previous r(comtmendations tli-t th< infantry be reorganizd on the gener al idea of three light and mobile bat talions of four comuanies each_ to th< rgiment, instead of the cumbersonu ten ( mIpany formation a(lopitd a een r V.o, Iand1 abanidojne-1 Jy other n: t;o;s since the developlent of mod ra iagzine rilles. andi he juotes (eners Sherri-i. Sheridan am" Lieuenant ( eneral 8otield in sup port of the necessity of iis reorgani zatioa of the infantry The completion already of sor coast defences and the approaching completion of other modern batterie. render necessary a larger force of ar tillerists, but no other increase of tie army is asked for. The plan of sea coast defense involves 1DO distincl batteries in over 20 harbors. The number of line oflicers serving with their commands is larger than al any time since the last war and th' Secretary ex presses the belief that stil further changes can be made to advan tage in this direction. The report shows that according tc the statements of department com manders, the discipline of the troop. was never be der than now. The num ber of trials by general court martial was about 15 per cent. less during the past year than the year before. In no previous year of the histor3 of the army has the health of the troops been so satisfactory. Under the new system establisheli by Secretary Lamont, the army ha, for the first time been paid monthly. Over $11,000,000 was distributed. ThE saving to the government by the sys tem is about $25,000 annually and il appears to encourage economy among the men, as soldiers' deposits this yea: are over $100,000 more than last year. Under the new recruiting systen 8,88S men were enlisted last year, o whom nearly one-half were securec at garrisoned posts without expense Desertion in the army is decreasing. Deserters in 1883 numbered 3,578, ir 1893 only 1,682, and last year 1,365. The post exshange, the g meral co operative stcra, maintained withou expense to the government at nearly all military stations, by the enlistec men, in which are kept for sale mos of the commodities that are in demarc at military posts, is now generail3 approved. The receipts last yeai from all soui ces were more than on( and a half million dollars, with a ne profit of about $350,000. The thirty-five army officers assign ed to duty with the national guard o. the States report steady improvemeni in the militia. Investigation this year has showr serious deficiencies in the arms anc equipment of this branch of the serv ice when the States furaish the ar mories and defray all expenses inci dental to keeping their forces in train ing, Secretary Lamont suggests tha the United States should provide then with the implements which they wil need in active service-arms and tieli equipment-as the supply on hand i~ totally inadequate for serious anc The Secretary reconminends that th< Springfield Rifie calibre .45 be issuei to State troops, that the States be al lowed to return to the War Depart ment obsolete arms and equipment to be sold and the proceeds credited h the States and that the States be allow ed to purchase from the departmen supplies at regulation prices. Fifteen regiments of regulars ar on duty East of the Missouri and th4 meridian of Kansas City, twenty ar located in the plains and mountain betweeen the Missouri and the Easterr boundary of the Pacific States and five are on the Pacific coat. TherE are seventy-seven military post. 1he army consists of 25,426 ollicers and men, or 284 below the legal maximum. The effective field strength on October 31 was 23,382. The report shows that whereas, on the first of July, 1892, at our modern defenses but one high power gun was rounted, by the first of July next we will have in position seventy high power breechloading guns and nine t-five brechioading mortars of mod ern design, and by the following July on completion of work already under way or providled for 128 guns and 15:2 mortars. A battery of two or three of these guns takes the place of the former pretensions fort an.1 is vastly more effective. The defenses now under considera ion are distributed among the ports of lortland, Me., Portsmouth, N. H., Boston. Narragansett Bay, to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington, Hampton Roads, Wilming on, Charleston, Savannah. Key West. Pensacola, Mobile. New Or eav . Galveston, San Diego, San raL.isco, the mouth of the Columbia R~iver and Pauget Sound. All of the amplacements have been located with r view to carrying out the project of :he Endicott board on fortifications or raiized under the Act of Congress of 1arch 3, 1895, as revised by the r:er ranent board of engineers. The secretary says that the department in aking these allotments was guided y a desire to protect as many of the sea ports as practicable against ma auding attacks of isolated cruisers as well as to provide a more eflicient de ense for the important places, and tso to utihze to the best advantage the uns for which carriages could be nost speedily furnished. The total number of guns complet d to date since the lirst appropriation Lre sixty-one 8 inch, lfty-six 10 inch, wenty-one 12 inch and eighty mor ars. With the money already provided here will be completed by June 30, 97, seventy-two 8 mnch guns; ighty-seven 10 inch guns; forty-seven 2inch guns and eighty-eight 12 inch notars. The estimates of the department for he next 1ascal 3 ear aggregates $10, 82,208. In closing this, his last report, the ~ecretary says: "I have satisfaction in placing on ecord my high appreciatioa of the haracter, ability and zeal of the ohl ers of our army, and the general piit of loyalty and patriotic inspira ion which pervade its ranks. To hese officers and men and to the Leads of departments in the war office .1 of whom have given faithful sup tort to the administration of this de artment, I make the acknowledge nent which is their due." Fatal Bicycle Acclent. NEW m0iEASs, Nov. 26.-Just as he bicycle road race started in uane avenue this morning Robert Villiamn Kennedyv, a spectator, at empted to cross the aLvenue and was 'un into by A. <>rr, one of the~ riders. oth were thrown violently to the :round. Kennedy's skull was frac uired and lhe (died shortly afterwards. )rr was taken 10 tihe hopital, hadl!y W;THOJT JUR;SDICTION. Maglktr.es in thi4 State Are in at, Aniomia loug Positioni. The Magistrates of this State are in anomalous position. They are oflicers without any jurisdiction either civil or criminal. So Judge Earle has de cided in Barnwell, according to the Sentinel of that county. A case was brought before the -Judge by Major L. T. Izlar, who raised the point that the Act providng for the appointment of Magistrates simply created the ollice without prescribing the jurisdiction of the ollicers, and that as the old Trial Justice system was constitution al and had not been repealed, that system was still of force, naking an olic in existence without any ollicers Ito fill thern, for there are now no Trial Justices. Judge Exrle, accord ing to the paper, decided that Major Izlar was right and dismissed the case against his client who had been ar rested on order of a Magistrate. This curious and unfoitunate condition of affairs arose from the bill creating the ollice of Magistrate, which passed the last Legislature after a long and some what acrimonious debate. The bill took away from the Governor the power of removing Magistrates, and although a great fight was made to strike out that feature, it did not suc ceed. In accordance with a right giv en the Governor under the new Con stitution he approved that portion of the bill which appointed Magistrates and named their salaries, but "held up" the other portion which took away the power of removal and which dehned their duties, and thus it is that there are Magistrates holding c!lile and drawing salaries who. according to the judicial opinion, have no right to aosolutely do anything pertaining to the duties usually devolving upon such officers. Major Izar raised the point last spring and was about to be gin habeas corpus proceedings before the Supreme Court to test the matter in the case of a certain prisoner in Barnwell County. Governor Evans, seeing the point and the complications that would arise, pardoned the negro and leftMajor Izlar high ard dry with no case to proceed on. But he evi dently didn't-intend to be blocked and got up another one before Judge Earle and won it. The same question came up before Judge Benet last spring, in which he rendered a decision which was generally thought to be of the same effect as that of Judge Earle's, but Governor Evans states that Judge Benet says his decision has been mis understood by the public, and that he didn't decide that way. J iIt can be easily seen to what disas trous results such a state of affairs can lead. Law- breakers will only have to raise the point that the Magistrate has no jurisdiction and that will settle it as far as they are concerned, unless the lawyers can devise some means to hold them further. Those fellows who have already been sent t6 the chain gang or the jail will likely kick themselves that their lawyers didn't discover the flaw in the law and save them. But now they have no redress, as they submitted without raising the point of jurisdiction. Governor Ev ans was asked yesterday what was to be done about it, and said nothing could be until the Legislature met. Columbia Register. D~emocratic Vote of the South. A large number of the Eastern pa pers are stating that Mr. Bryan lcst heavily in the South as compared with the Cleveland vote of 1892, and that hissominstenss'refoef-low. 'to the Southern Democracy. This theory, while quite a favorite one just at present, is not sustained b)y the fig ures. Mr. Bryan, as a matter of fact, polled a much larger vote in thie south than Mr. Cleveland, as the following table shows: Cleveland. Bryan. 1892. 1896. Alabama..........138,133 131,214l Arkansas...........S87,831 110,103 Florida.......... 31,14:; 32,213 Georgia...........120,361 94,232 K~entucky........175,41G; 217,829 Louisiana.........7,022 77,096 Mississippi.... ..... 40,288 03,253 Missouri..........208,39S83:19,114 North Carolina..132,951 174,48 South Carolina...54,092 57,963 Tennessee..........138,874 168,176 Virginia.......... 163,977 155,988 Texas............ 239,148 389, 582 Totals.........,026,907 1,977,251 There is an increase of 350,344 or nearly 22 per cent., a very handsome: increase, and much larger than the av erage throughout the country. Al though defeated, the Democracy even in Kentucky is much stronger in point of numbers than it was four years ago. The only states where there was) a decrease in the Democratic vote are Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia. in all these states, save Virginia, the loss was c~ue to the fact that there had been an exciting state election immediately before the na tional one. This inevitably tires the people of politics, produces a reaction and cuts down the vote. In Georgia the unfortunate nomination of WVat son injured the Democracy. In Louis iana the Australian ballot cut down tue vote, but no one would venture to sugggest that the local Democracy is not far stronger than it has been for many years. Ihere and there the old struggle between the Democrats and Populists was kept up; but with the possible exception of North Carolina the result of the election was to bringi back many Populists in to the ranks oft the Democracy, and to strengthen the latter. Mr. Bryan not only polled a larger vote in the South than Mr. Cleveland, but receive d a larger plu rality.-New Orleans Times-Demo crat. The Death Penalty jjARCELONIA, Nov. 21.-The attor ney general, who is personally con ducting the prosecution of the prison ers who ar-a under arrest for connect-c ing with the throwing of a bomb in a I crowded street while a religious pro- i cesssion was passing on June 7, last, a has announced that he will ask the court that 28 of the prisoners be sen tenced to death and 50 condemned to penal ser-vitude for life. Great pi-e cautions will be taken against disor der when the sentences are published. t The court will sit in the vault of the 1: fortress of Mont Juich and only mili- C tary officers will be admitted to its e proceedings. The crime for which the T prisoners are to answer to a military t court, was one of the most fiendish of t the many similar outrages committed t by anarchists within the last few years. t The usual religious observances of the r feast of Corpus Christi were being ob- r serve:1 and thousands of people e lined the streets to witness the proces sion on its way to the ancient Church ~ of Santa Maria del Mar. Just as the ~ procession was entering the church a ~ bomb was exploded in the crowd, t killing a dozen persons outright and ~ wounding 50 otners, some of whom d d died from their in juries.( D~eclined by Flood. 1&,unox1>, Va., Nov. 25.-IIon. H . p D. F"lood, Democrat, has declined the r certiricate of election to Congress from 15 the Tenth District, which was awarded b him on account of clerical irregulari- t ties in certifying the vote of Bucking- C ham County. Thle cer-tificate will be t warded to .Jacob Yost, Republican, ~ whocariedthedisric byIivots. THE POPUL We ihqve had several inquiries for LLh late presidential election. The fusion t what con fused the popular vote. For Bryan :nd Sewall electors and also a Bi this la.Ler ,ie'et are not counted in the, questionably should be, for lie was the I through any St of electors. The officia but in the ma j)ritV of instances the fcil States they are substantially correct: A ik;:w t- ........ .................... lorLi1,|:1.............................. h ........................... .... l l ........ ........................ . 4 - w . ..... .... .................. . 7 I ii .I: ... ....... . ................. Ioaryl................................ 1 . is .. ....... ................... i r ............................... \la :i eh.. ..................... II1Iiei :I........... . ........... Mo lan................................. ....: eibrski:1 .................... ......... I 1 N evanlt. ............................. i. I1-; 2 New : .r ........................... New.Yor............................. Nie I ..u ....................... I 1 2 Moth ali......... ............... IoI rh k! :1:: ........................ . )revon ............................... . . - 2 1Nw.ylv..................22.YI7 D Nhcew \ :.. ...... ................ .1 ,2 Newt h Lfltrolire.................5.; Sourt hi ('r:l...................522 Tont i .......................... Tex)r. k: .. .............................. Xe vab. ................................. . -1 Ne rm on. .. .... ..................... Vni.......................... ..5;1 W:thnto e n . ........................ 55,2 1 s[ht V iin:................... Wiecon ............................... .W n n............................... ........... ................~ 2,,S;;5 1 Utahol. 11........................ \ertiCon;................... 96: .................. : ..........:.................. 1 45 -1 ............................ . 1.75.sc:) : : ............................... 2.()' 12 I Wyrnin, ....................... TlotaLIs ...... ..................... 7 1 - ; : McKinle-y's piurAlily. 767 925. This makes a total of 13 537.172 v.>te 13,600,000 when the vote in all the StatE How the Illiterate Voted. The New York Mail and Express, the New York Evening Sun, and oth er newspapers in various states, aDpear to find a deal of satisfaction in the fact that the twenty-two Bryan states have a larger average of illiteracy than the twenty-three McKinley states. The Evening Sun cites these figures from the census tables of 1890: FOR X'KINLE~ . Connecticut... 5.3 California.... 7.7 Delaware .....14.3 [llinois ....... 5 2 Iowa....... 3.6;[ndiana...... 6 3 Kentucky.. ...21.6 Maine......... 5.5 Maryland.....15.7 Massachusetts. 6 2 Michigan..... 5.9 Minnesota.... 6.0 N. Hampshire. 6.8 New Jersey... 6 5 New York.... 5.5 North Dakota. .0 Ohio.......... 5.2 Oregon ....... 4.1 Pennsylvania. 6 8 Rhode Island. 98 Vermont..... 6.7 West Virginia. 14 4 Wisconsin.... 6.7 Total................181.8 Average........... ....... 7.90~ FOR BRYAN. Alabama...... 41.1 Arkansas... ...26.6 Colorad...... 5.2 F'lorida...278 G-ergia ... ...39.8 [daho.... ...5.1 Kansas....... 4. CfL>uisiana.. ...45.8 Mississippi....40.0 Missouri...9.1 Montana. ..... 5.5 Nebraska...... :3 1 Nevada....12.8 North Carolina:35.7 South Carolina45.( South Dakota.. 4.2 Tennessee... ..26.6 l'exas.......19.7 Utah........ 5.6, irginia..:10.2 Washington .. 4.3j Wyoming .... :34 Total....................440.6j Average.... ..........20.02 In commenting on the above the Washington Post says it does not think IL unfair to assume that the newspapers which institute this com parison know that the great mass of the illiterates in the Bryan states did not vote for Bryan. The Evening Sun nd the Mail andi Express cannot be unaware of tnie xact that most of the iliterates in those states are Republi ans. So far as they voted at all they ast their ballots for McKinley and ound money. It is not their fault that they cannot read and write. They ie the freed men or the sons of freed en. In Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia the. votes of the black literates assured those states for Mc Kinley. In states farther south the olored men cast the bulk of the Rle ublican vote. It seems strange, in iew of these facts, that intelligent ewspaper-s will try to convince the: l-informed and credulous that illiter-1 ty is :a characteristic of the Bryan] 'ote. An Impending Conict., . One of the really great works on he economic topics or the day is that >f Charles B. Sparks, of Brooklyn,I ~ntitled "An Essay on the Present )istribution of Wealth in the United tates." published by Thomas Y. Cro. veli & Co., in their library of econo nies series. The Springfield Republi an reviews it elalborately and says: There is here presented a problem hich the people of wealth and influ ince must face whether they will orC to. It cannot be laughett down or eaten down. We have only just seen he first lifting of the standard of re ~olt against the present social order I all to its support over 6,000,000 of the 3,000,000 voters of the nation. That ast power was not concentrated by I ny whim of the moment, but a deep- I eated sense of wrong and injustice n the control and direction of indus- 1 ry. And as surely as there exists t :od ground for complaint, so surelyr il this movement grow up to a day t f change--and whethier change shall ome gradually or radically or violent y will depend, as all history shows, pon whether the problem is earnestly nd conscientiouly faced by the in Luential classes early or late or not att 11" ', t___ __ Prosperity Not Relished. Wheeling is a manufacturing city, a d wn largely made up of working peo- c le. The employes. of Wheeling in- c ustries were told before McKinley'sh lection that McKinley meant pros- e, erity. They believed wnat was told y aem and gave their ballots for "good h Lies." N. B. Scott is a member of le national Republican committee for n ae state of West Virginia and is also resident of the Central Glass com any, of Wheeling. He knows howe liciently the manufacturers aided [cKinley's election and he also knows al rhy they desired his election. N. B. s cott did not betray any political a screts to his emnploes beyond assuring o 2em that prosperity would follow h EcKinley's elevation to the presi- tc ency. He is now more confidentialu ith his men and tells them that the u entral Glass company cannot manu-1 icture and compete with "non-union b lants." His object in taking his men s Ito his confidence since~ the election ;to notify them that their wages willk e cut 2u per cent. The men voted for, 21s duality of prosperity, but when s tfered them it is not accepted with e same relish and yell they greeted !i [cKinley's arpd the gold standard'sw .AR VOTE. popaiar vote in all tli States, in th ;chets in some of the States have som instance in Texs wher ther- we 'yan and Wats.on lickel, the vt.,s ( popular vote for Bryan, as the ; u :hoice of the inaji who voted for hi: . vote in Texas is rat yet conh--ti owing fi ures are c'licial, and ;i a .1 ... ..... ......... 2..:. .. ..,. . . ....:;. .. - ..... ........ , i ill .i I t.a .. I ... . .. . . . . .. . 2 . 1. ...... ~~2 t:: ' 1 yi ............ ...... i, S I . ';: .. . .. ..C. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . ...).. . . . s o the...minor candida ..es is.obtained - :; I I . ;. .......... ... 2.-s. 71;................ Proof from the Enemy. The Augusta Chronicle says somec its esteemed southern contemporarii are chiming in with northern gold bu papers about "the silver craze bein dead." If they really think so thei dream will suffer a rude awakening ertainly Mark Hanna is not of thei opinion, for he has ordered a nes campaign to begin forthwith, and about to establish headquarters Washington. We were willing to gi the matter a rest, but we can scarcel; pick up an exchange from the nort that does not contain assaults upo: the free coinage party, and alread; the Republians are splitting over single gold standard and internatior al bimetallism. But perhaps the mos significant proof of the vital charac ter of the silver question comes fror Senator Burrows, of Michigan, whc in a recent interview, uses these men orable words: "The Republican part: comes back to power, burdened witi great responsibility. It promised th people that its restoration would b attended with individual and natior al prosperity. If these results shoul not follow, it will speedily fall int disfavor and at the earliest opportuni ty be deposed. The people will be sal ised with nothing short of a genera revival of business and a safe an sound condition of the public treasury If these conditions are not attaine without much delay the cause of frc silver will receive a fresh impetus,an in 1900 become an alarming if not resistless force. A sound currency with closed mills and idle workme> will not meet the public demand There must be a restoration of gooi times and if not attained under soun< money there is darger that the peop] will resort to any method, howeve questionable, which gives promise c relief. Something must be done, an that something is such legislation a will insure a full treasury and a pros peroas people. This accomplished, w bave heard the last of the silver ques tion. Without it the contest of 1894 was but a skirmish compared with thi battle to come in 1900." Hornblower Hfas Ideas. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The 11:st! nniversary of the evacuation of Nee ork by the British was celebrated b: .he Ne w York State Society, Sons o he Revolution, at Delmonico's to ight. The principal speaker was W Bl. Hornblower, who responded to thi :oast, "American Common Sense., le said in part: "What of the future Buggestions are made that old part: ines must be abandoned and that al nen who are in favor of sound cur ency and of honest enforcement o >ublic and private obligations and o he maintenance of law and ordei ihould combine in one party againsi he elements of discontent and disor ler and dishonesty. Such a resul: vould be most unfortunate. If the lay snall ever came when all sobei ninded men are on one side and al xtremists and revolutionists on th tter side, lined up in p-.rty align nents, the knell of republi~an institu ions will have sounded. Our forn: if government cannot continue unlesa here are two great parties who are di rided upon questions on which mer if sound judgment and honest princi des can fairly differ. I believe that arty lines will be reformed, basec pon the same general lines of divis on that have heretofore separated the wo great parties, and I believe that laus and thus only, can our institu ions be preserved." Inquhition Revived. Si FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.-News com Manilla, brought by the steamer ity of Pekin from Hong Kong, shows aat the Spaniards have resorted to rtue of natives and half casts of the 'hilippines which surpass in cruelty at practiced by the Chinese man rains in cases of the most atrocious eLmes. They are also charged with :fiscating the estates of wealthy alf casts and deporting these wretch i victims to Feraaandopo, on the Vest coast of Africa, a place which as a climate that will quickly prove Ltal to the stranger. These state ients are not given on the strength Ereports of refuges. James W. avidson, a well known correspond at, was recently commissioned by the ong Kong Press to go to Manilla ad cautioned to evade the press cen rship, and in several letters which e smuggled through t'ae lines he tells Ewhat he has seen and what he has eard on good authority. According >him, the instruments of torture sed in the Spanish iniquisition three mturies ago have been kept in the tonasteries of Manilla and were rought out recently to extort con fes ons from natives and mestizo sus acts, who have been arrested and pt in jail in Manilla subjected to ideous treatment. Mr. D)avidson al intimates that the leading poee Christendom will be called upon to terfere and put a n end to the t >rtu res, hich revive the worst featuRres of the ...nis .... in u s ....... ........... ri b ;' rt ho1 'Xt~ o'!'-s fe D n1 t: theita,)ish m'ent 01 ,ew C. ; tie. The qimstion come up f "L Greeo v-od, the followin" letter b: directtd to Attorney General W Barber: An important question been brought to my attention ir i gard to our election for the forma of Greenwood county on which ish your construction. There ualified voters residiug within .roposed area of the new county wl oting precincts are without said li - 'an the Commissioners of Elec order polls open outside of the line (an they send the books of sich -Cnets to the rearest inside the line ill the Supervisor have powei .ansfer each individual voter t -olling- place inside the line? P1 j ive me your decision in duplicat I can send a copy to the Commiss er of Election in both Edgefield : . Abbeville, and 1 will be much obli to you if you will send the decis .is soon as possible. Yours truly, X. L. DUIns .. h Chairman of Committe As the Attorney General is not mitted to render opinions for pri parties, the conclusion arrived at directed to the Secretary of State by him mailed to Mr. Durst. It lows: The letter of Mr. W. L. Durst ferred to me has had careful consi ation. When qualified voters re within the proposed area of a T county, and their voting places without said lines, they must vot 1 some polling place within the lii The commissioners cannot order election at a voting place without area Registrations of such elec must be furnished managers of e tion at a voting place within the a and such electors will be entitled vote if their names appear on books. It would be advisiable for registration books containing nal of voters who vote outside of the a to be sent to the managers of the ing place nearest the territory which the electors reside. Yours very truly, C. P. Townsend. Assistant Attorney Genera Got Rid of Rutted Road!;. The follcwing timely and sens remarks are taken from the South Cultivator, and we reprint then s supporting the position long held The Times and Democrat. A rou g rutted road is an impediment to tr r portation and destructive to vehil and patience. It seems paradoxica r construct good roads and procee v once to cut them up into ruts ; s holes by the use of narrow ti .t Broad tires, in drawing loads throt e fields and on farm roads, sink deeply into the soft earth and emp less draught to move them that a narrow tires. The narrow tire hi y slight advantage over wide tires e rough, rutted roads. Should w - tires be used, however, there wil t no rutted roads. Their broad sur es perform the work of rollers 1 keeping a smooth and compact rt , way free from ruts. They distrit the wear over the surface of the rt 7 The difference betwen broad and 2 row tires may be summed up tl: e Wide tires do the work of a poun e and consolidate; narrow tires do t-work of a pick and tear up. W: d the times demand the constructioi o improved public highways, the in Eests of the taxpayer imperatively Smand that the work shall be pres: .1 ed and made permanent. The us, ibroad tires enures to the interes the farmer, and should ba ador: iwithout delay. C A Conventent Inventlon. aAn Orangeburg farmer comes to front with a new invention in ' shape of a Lubricator for oiling hicle wheels without taking them jthe axle. It is inserted in the] Sbetween two of the spokes. WL e you want to grease your wheel all: r have to do is to withdraw a plung which operates with a spring, and as much oil as is needed on the as SUpon being released the spring c up the oil hole until it is opened eoiling up again. It is a very ingt ous and clever device, and is boun< Sbe used generally. With these It1 cators a vehicle can be oiled up a where along the road in less than minute. The patent for this valua invention is owned by the Natio SLabricator Company of Orangebu S. C. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor: Proprietor of the Orangeburg Tir Sand4Democrat, is the manager of -company, which is a guarantee tha is all right. The company wants agent in this county to sell the fa cators. See advertisement in ansot column. A MIost Horrible Crime. I SMrTER, Nov. 23.-A most horri -killhug tcok piace on Wednest Snight on Dr. Hamilton Cooper's p1 near Wisacey. Two colored gii Saged respectively 13 and 14 yes Snamed Rosa Joe and Anna isa -were in a house by themselves. At Ssays she was awakened by a rappi on the side of the house- She got and made a light and saw some one the room. She ran into an adjoini Ihouse and told her mother, who w< |with her to investigate. They w |horrified to find the girl, Rosa, welt ting in blood, her head having be cut nearly in half. Only one bI had been struck, and that with a kt axe, which was lying by the body the girl. The surrounding premi were diligently sea:ched., but no c could be found upon w i!"h the cri could be laid. As Anna L~ was i last person seen witn the dead girl a as there was no motive for the nrt -she was brought to Sumter and a t.t jail until some fu~rther light ce 4. thro wn on the crime. Kansas Airight. Some of the goldbug Ne w Yo-rk a Chicago papers are saying upy in of Kansas jas'; because ttt mSate< feated the R~epublicans horse, root a dragoons. The fair-minded Sprir field Republican shames these crit thus: "Other pcints of comparis between Kansas and our t wo imper. cities would be intewe.tiig. .For ample, there is four :. - as mu church going in K aus.c.. . proporti to the population, as cnere is i York and Chicago; four times as mu sobriety, and four times as mn:'; m al cleanliness. If more than a I the people of Kansas want ca.g money, they have not yet develcei 'financiers" who become mniluonau by railroad wreezing ant oi'-.m: the laws. If K insas Ii a her' P1ide New York has her Jay Goulds. Ai observer with half an eye can see : these things." Cures for insomnia: Don't smlor Avoid cofree at night. Don't e teivy, indgestible food for suopp D~rink hot. milk at bedtir. Puatasis the worries of day. The inability sleep is largely due to some stoma< troul >1e. The man with a healty dire tion rarely comiplains of insonn ia, Tou: New York World pucblishces t elegram from Atlanta to the eff'e th at Charl ton councty, GeXorgia, d ikl know a pr'esidentiial eetion was pas: ing and conse.1nently didal enOte. .1011 are tileKl oe SPOWDER Aon. AbsluelePre RonL BAKN POwDER (O. New York. >er----- ----- - rate y Your Taxe. wvas The time for the payment of State md and couhnty taxes without the assessed fol- penalty, expires on the 3tst of Decem ber. it would be well for the taxpay re- ers of this county to bear the above ler- announcement in mind. Probably ;ide many citizens are not aware that the iew failure to pay the tax(s practical'y are means disfranchisement, for at all I at subsequent elections the presentation es- of the tax receiot will be one of the an main qualifications for voting. The the penalty for failure to meet this obliga ;ors tion is the forced sale 6f the delin lec- quents property by the sheritf. There rea is no possible chance for an extension to of time, for it can be done by a legis the lative eentet only, and as the leg the islature does not meet again until next nes January, just about one month re ea mains for the tardy payers to remit rot- the. required amount and procure their in xeceipt. In regard to the voting phase of the matter, it might be said that fhe department possesses no duplication blanks for tnose who have already . paid their trxes, therefore, it would be a good idea for every citizen to pre serve his receipt. The Treasurer in ble the fulfillment of his duties can exer e cise no discrimination whatever and as the delinquents must abide by the by consequences. r-he r urered by nexecane. 'ls- A FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-Private i advices received inthecity today from i at the American colony at Metlatonca, mdin the State of Pueble, Mexico, gave md definite information or adlination i by Peons, which the Mexican govern aent has until now been able to keep secret. There ree several Californians. do in the eclony and in view of recent. rsa r tthy are fleeing to this coun o.ry for their livies. The Mexican d government has sent troops to this. be country in hope of capturing. th as a-sassins, who -during the past four in months have murdered three Ameri Id- cans in cold biood. The colony was ute formed about four years ago and nun ad. bers 200 souls. tar.- EAR THQUAKE NoiSas HE AR D AG AIN . us: --For two years prior to the August dser earthquake of 1886 strange noises, the often like the reports of blasti, were uile heard in the neighborhood of Ninety of Six, in this State, and they became so ter- marked and so frequent that a report de- er of the News and Courier was sent irv to the community to examine and Me Sof port. These reports are believed to i of gave been connected with the great ted earthquake. The Rock HiW 4hJs says re::ently the sa paeises ha'r - again been heard. All the inhabi the tants are alarmed, thinking they are the the premonitors of another earth ye- quake. It is said that dring the late off war parties living on the Alst lands mub where these noises are no w heard, re ien ported each day exactly the number rou of cannons that were fired in Charles er, ton. put How TO CARvE A TURKY.-Insert. te. the carvieg fork across the midttle of ses the breast bone. Cut through the. for skin between the breast and the thigh. ni- Bend the leg over and cut off close to tto the body and througn the joint. Cut >ri through the top of the shoulder down ny- through the wing .ioint. Shave off me the breast in thin slices, slanting from ble the front of the breast bone down to nal ward the wing joint. Carve only rg, from the side nearest you. Tip the .nd bird over slightly, and with the point aes of the knife, remove the ovster and te the- small dark nortion found on L it the side bone. Then remove the forkt an from the breast and divide the leg and1 >-wing.. Cut through the skin between ier the body and breast and with a spoon remove a portion of the stuffing. Serve light or dark meat and stuffing, ble as pref erred. ay DUNNING Suscnns.-Some of ice our subsciribers who are prompt iu rs' paying their subscriptions to the p.a aper don't like us to dn a delinquaant 'a subscribers through tke pse.A; unagainst our wishes to publish these -W "duns," but as long as people are careless about paying their- subacrip ngtion we will be foz e-d to "dun" them. aQt The man who is noted in his commu r-nity as one who pays his debts need ennot take oifense at "duns," as they are not intended for him. If he does enot pay the week his subscription is due we are satisfied he wii --ater and it is the "other teTio ,v we aren Shitting at-thp fellow wh> mnakes nu, ne effort at all to pay. hePREPARZING FOR WAR-Governor ad Mitchell, of Florida, has called a com er vention to meet at Tampa on the 20th .mi of'January next to consider the mat be ter of Gulf and South Atlantie harbor defenses and their improvement, and Governor Evans has appointed the ad j ollowing delegates to, represent . )uth Carolina mn said convention: SFirst district, Genu. Edward A aderson, ad Charleston; second district, C.>. R >b* .ert Aldrich, Barnwell; third district, SGen. M. L. Bonhamn, Anderson; m fourth district, Gen. Hugh L. Farley, al Spartanburg; fifth district, CAl W. ~. J. Rawlinson, Rock H iilI; sir -4,s ~h trict, Robt. W. Boit4a ington -. Sseventh district, J. HI. Clally, Orange ,burg. ______ ah Trs Macon Telegraph says that "if ~r- Sengor Voorhees should me, as now of seems extremely probable, the South er might well build a monument t > his di memory, for there was a time when es bis was almost the only Northern 'voice raised in her behalf in the Na Stional Congress. dl QUEE Victoria has been~ queen of Great Britain during the adiniitra e. tions of Van Bur-en, 11arrison, Ty her, at Po'k, Taylor, Fillmore, Pi-ree, Ba r. chanan, incoln. Johzns'mi, (Grant. toHayes, Giarfiehl, Arth zr, Ih reissa :h and Gi.-veland. won I o on) the elertion, bu1t iost -tI >! purpo; un! wiilvhether :s4az atone 1. neit fori 5:mting on Iekinridge 1-'