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VOLUME yiit. OAMDKN, Kill DAY, DKCICM BRIl IT. 1897. NO. H>. tils tho Ohargos le Stbtejor 1898. |(OT trtANY ^fVANG^S MADEf jjproHldlyg ftldord Ail ltcturued to B^I'lioli' Old I'li't'os TUo Superau UUUtod I'roachers. Tho following. aro tho appointinoutu lb! the Houth Carolina M. JO. Conforonco tor 1HU8, as road before that body in pqqaion at Floroneo by Hiehop Duncan: ? Chttrle* ton District . Presiding Ejdov? W P Moadors. rTr!nity~J W Kil?o. ' ? ; BMhot-ll \V-Bftfe 8l>B n ^8 jiroo t-~B 1* II El well, c Cumberland- J M Htoadnmn, ? liorkoly? W 11 Throw or. /. $L\ Bummorvifro -G 1> Watson. ^ ltidgovillo ,and Cypress -J L Hay rfctid O N Itountreo. (ioorgo'fl .n-A G Walker. . t, St, Georgo's Circuit- -W T Patrick. ^^GVUetoa<-U O Mouzoii, . |T Rftuua O and St. 1'ftuF? E K Mooro ^Dd/VV li UnobftUftU; . ^Walitnboro - W M Duncan, v l^ileiul^rsonYiUo? D Bucks, ?c Hampton and Port Royal ? It I< .Hoi toy <1 ami W A Fnry, w^Uloudalo? AV B Du&can. Black , Swamp - W UWooton. & Harloov i 1 lo- -J G\\Vol ol*. | JBoanfort? P A Mjrrpy. iok. v Ei 4 j can tort ? j A miirrpy. / ^V^toQloiojivvillo awiSt. Btepbou'?? CI [VV Gallia and D A-Patriok. v. i j|,- ? Havde vi I 1 o --E MfMcK iSBiofty pL-ii- Ookesburfk I>Utric$( rF: Presiding Ehlor?G^llSarfhon. $ Cokesburgr-J 0 Chandloiy^ . ^ fei-Groentvood? -M Dargan. **'*'' K:-. Vei'dory --G It Shaffer. ;r- Ninety -Six^-W A Bolts. - ? pDoAalds-W B Wharton. * ? p^bbQvlllo-J W Daniol, & , Aiitrpville? W J Snydor. * MoCdnuiok? W H Ariail. XiOSvndcsville -E W Mason. SJ-'- Mount Garmol - H Stokos. iX'riucoton?S D Vaughn. Water loo -W W Jones. Phoeuix.? vP StiSkee ; j?;New-^ttttion and /City Mission--C W |p?e)gh(on and .1 Wiripeak, ;:Newborry Circuit-? D Tiller. .-Kinard'a? JS Lesley. P"~SaIudu ? J J Stophensoh. , t- JJu?or? W. Q Wurn, , ^^isv'iire? J C iioliej'V Prosperity -"EG Prjco: - ; Columbia District. m Presiding Efflor? J W Dickson. tiL \Va8hiuglou<?lreot-~W W Daniol. "Marion Stroet*--P.L Kirton. " Green StVoot . and Brookland ? W B laker. ?VBicblftud ftud Granby? .T 0 Abney. Edgewood? It G Moltay. J.'.* Hyatt's ? J W Nooly. tl- ..I ... XI r... tt 1 ... 5fer tUli*-*- ?> 211 JllUUttU, F;JjOxington Fork? M L Banks, Jr. |~-Ijewiedale? J N Wriglit. ; ^I-iceHvillri? N B Clarksou. I? Bates btirg- ? D D Dautzlor. S^i Jobn8ton--G G Horbert. ? Edgcfteld- J> Z Danlzler. ;? Grianitevillo? *N G Hallongor. i . Kwugloy- J H Nolaml. Upi?er 8t, Matthews ? J- VV Ariael// i-y iCort Motto - It W Humphries, r, ^ .Bidgoway? A R Phillips. ' Winusboro- J D Grout. "JFrnrfieTd-- W; H. Mil^iv L' Goliin^Ba Female (College? J A Rico pre Bid out/ and R EHtackliouse pro feaaor. ? -v.- ' - -Epworth Grpbauagp?Geo H Wad dell, superinlendent. Paine InKtituto? Geo W Walker, president. ' ... ^ WWeAtjo District. pi^Pr^Wding EldorT-feT Ifodgo&. ^rFloronoe Bttttiou,. W I Herbert. >' Darlington, It A 'Child. '"y/" CUeruw, D M McLood. Oherft wCirou it. It E Mood. HartsvilleV G F.CIai'kftou, , Clyde, .T B Aborcombo. . DnrJ Ufcgton Circuit, W 8 Martin. 3ffifaiar. ft MB oyd. . /vTimroouBvillp, It W Barber. CIouskcii, M II Poosor. ?*', '8oulb. Florence, It M Duboso. Bcranton, J W Harris. ? J#ake City, W II Kirton. Kingstree, A B Earlo. ' Union, G W. Davis. i'- Liftne'fl, J A Wbito. Bellors, It C Bonlwnre. ??./ Georgetown, A J Htokos. ~ljGeorgetowu Circuit, O L Durantaud J B Woldow. ?. ? ' Johnson ville, A E Hollor. Greenvillo District. Presiding Elder? W C Power. ' 1 Buncombe Station and Mil la, W A ltogern and I) W Kollor, - :Vsfc Paul's, H B BroWno. v Ajidoiuon and West. End, W R Itiolx ardson hnd 8 B Hnrpor. . Starr and Iva, F II Hiiuler and B E VTurnipsped. Piedmont. E P Taylor and T Grigsby ?Herbert Greenville Circuit, J CUCountfl. Fountain In* J W itfcll. & TJeltTViiterCtf ? Greers nn^rrTftinrjnh II Best. ' Traveler's Rest, C B Burns. ~ Add Bet he flda, J E Ruehtone. ~ Pickena and WeAt Pickens. J 8 Porter, t -,.v virth Pickens to be supplied. ?'*i?*lhallf?-Oircnit, J L Mullinix. Seneca and Walhalla, J L Daniel. TWwrtmineter, R R Dagnall. Townville. L T> Iiiabinat.. Teto?r A T^Dnnf?|>. ? < aflfraloa an4- Providence, P F timtker* Ghrrt^??^xatoc?e, liter; h F Beaty, Wil iton Coilqge, 8 lender. - ???' r Vf. ? ?? ?ri - 4> " - ' BonnollBviUo Circuit, J 8 Boasloy. Brightsvillo, .1 11 Tray wick, MoCftU' Mission. T I- Kelvin. ?=North -Marlboro, W S Goodwin. Orangeburg District. Presiding Eldor, John Owon. Orangoburg. and City Mission, J) O Watson and .1 (5 Striokland. GraugeJmrg Circuit, \V L Wnito. \Jfrowj)v ot. Matthews, ,M W Hook. Providoneo, C 1) Maun aud 1) Z James. Branohville, J (3 Stoll. South Branohville, K A Withoa. Bamhorg, T C Odoll. Denmark, M B Kelloy. 'Barnwell, \V A Wiight. WUliston, J C Dnvis, Springtleld, G E Stokes. Boiling Springs, J D Frierson. Orange, N K Motion,' Edleto, J OYongno. \ Aikou, A J StnU'ord. Hwanson, .J T MaOfarlatio. Wngonor, to bo supplied. Hook Hill District, Prosiding Eldor, J B CanVf Choster, J E Greer. Chester CJtrouit, J E Mah East Chester, B A Yongu Biohburg, E P llutson. Bock Hill, 8 It Zimmoi Book Hill Circuit, T C North Kock Hill. .1 B H Yorkvillo, A N BruuBoi Blacksburg, A J Cauthen.' Hickory Grove, J H Thaekor, York Cirouit, J W IluuVbort. Fort Mills, J A Campboll. Van Wyck, 8 H Booth. Lancaster, J E Carlisle. Vh Lancastor Circuit, G C Loonard. / FradoBvillo. L L Bo'donbaugh. Chostortiold, J P Atthway. r* J'eH'orBon, Allen McFnrlano. BlnckBtook, P B Ingrphfim. v Spartanburg district. Presiding Elder? A J Cautbcn. Central, M L Carlisle. Duncan, W C Kirkland. SpArtanburg Mission, 10 H Loyloss. Clifton, E W Spignor. Union Station and 'Mills, W A Massa boau and J C Bopor. OatTudy, T M J)ont. Gaftuoy Circuit, 8 T Orccoh. LaUrons Station and Mission, II B Jones and J M Shell. North Laurens, 1) P Boyd. Chorokeo, J M LawBoni Jonosvillo; E H Bockhaiu. Kolton, J N Isom. PacolCt Mills, B M Gi'jer. Pacolot Circuit, E S Jones. Enorco, J M Friday. Clinton, J L Ilarloy. ?Whitmiro, D A Phillips. h'autne, A F Borry. CatiVpobolla, S A Nottlos. t, Belmont, H T Blaokman. WofTbrd College, (5 15 Smith, Sumter District. Presiding Elder? T J Clydo. .'Jumter, J A Clifton. Sumtor City Missions, W A Iiolly. Sutnter Circuit, W M Byrd. Manning, W II Hodges. San too, A B Watson. Jordan, W A Pitts. Foreston, J B Copolaiul. * Now Zion, W E Wiggins. Lynoiiburg, W J J J nstus. Oswego, J F.Anderson. Bifihopville, J W Elkins. Bothany, G 11 Poosor. Salom Station, T W Henry. Kershaw, J G Hcckwith. Smithvillo, W T Duncan. Caindom, J T Pate. Camden Circuit, B M Bobortson. Watorcd, 8 D Bailey. Bichland, T G Whito. Wedgefleld, F Spear. bu|ieraminn(e<l PrcncftcrR. ? F Auldt, M Ii Bauks, .T C Briswoll, Sidi H Browne, J M Carlisle, William Carson, W A Clarke, A M Chroitzburg, OA Darby, BE DnfTiie, J F Smith, J A Wood, AW Walker, J J Workman, John Attaway, L M llainer. A W Jack son, Simpson JonoB, L A Johnson; -Paul F Kistler, L C Loyal, M M Brad" J liftiw,' J J Neville', J J Nowberry, J A Portor, W C Patterson, A M Attaway, T P PhiliipvO K Wiggius, J S- Sib ley, M Af Ferguson, J M Bogers, TIiob, G. V Herbert,^ Sr. ; T Ifi Wanna maker. y' Will Mcot In Greenwood Next. ' Wh^ff tho timo camo for. solocting a placofor the next meotitig, Orangeburg, Greonvillo, ChoBtor, Greenwood and Spartanburg wore nominated. Green wood was selected. Schools In Good .Condition. The report of tlio board of oducation waa read by Bev. P. F. Kilgo. . It nominated Bev. O. B. Smith aa agont for Wofford college. It recommends the CoIumbin Fcmale collegoday bo the second Sunday in March. Tlio report shows all conference schools in good condition? Mourning Colors. In Itnly women grieve in wliHe*' gar ments ami men in brown. In China white Is worn l\v lx>th sexes. In Tur^ key, Syria, Cappadocla, and Armenm celestial blue it the tint chosen. In Egypt yeUowlKJi-hrow.il, the hue of tlip dead leaf, Is deemed proper; and in Ethiopia wherli men are black, gray Is the emblem of mourning. All of these colors are symbols. White symbolizes purity, an Attribute of the dead: the celestial blue that plaoe of rest whoro happy souls are at peace, the j*ellmv, or dead leaf tells that the death ts the ejul Of all human 'hope, and that man falls ns. the autumn leaf; and gray whispers of the earth to which all return. The Syrians considered mourning for the dead an effeminate practice, and when they grieved, ,theyput on worn en's clothesasn symbol of weakness, uid as a shame to them for a tack of ; manliness ThgThi^tans?nrt<r~7r feast when one of ~tliejr loved ones 4|ed, Ad cy^r^ method of joy and de hght was employed. This meant thci#<J that the dead had passed from a state of mtaefy one of feltelty* ? Waek wa? introduced its. tiw>nrnin^ J>y?tUc aneen ?C^pharles VIII. Jleforo tftft -ttioj French queens wore white mourning, and wars Jcaowo a* white quoen* - <mto - la . oiled [ comprise J - I spot on tne coat | 16 FOR an || Dispensary Profits to bo Taken Away From Sumter, GETS A LOT OF "CUSSING." 10.\-<Judg(\ Hudson for Uovornor. Crunhfuff by a Ijoa -Mown to Atoms by Dulmtuitc. Ji*fio State Hoard of Control ut it? looont meeting dooidod to have Iho <li? ponsary prolits taken away from Kumtor under tho now urrangoment whoreby the State board utui tho (lov^ ernor nro to work to'gothor in enforcing tbo dispensary Iftw. Tho following lottor was road from tho Humtor bonr(l; "Snmtor, Deo. 8, 1897. ! "btato botinl of Control, Columbia, (', '"Tim comity board of control rcipicdt t lint thoHliaro of tho not profits from tho (lUpcn jnry bo not paid lo tho vlty, but that a eon )ttt|>lo bo oinployod to supproaa tho illlolt $fiT?? of whisky b'uro, Tho city council has routed a ?toro to an original pnekago dotdcr. y "J. T. May oa, chairman, 11. C. Cuttlno, blork;\V, J. PluklnS," 4y After a briof discussion tho board unanimously agryod to adopt tho sug gestion of tho oouuty board anil a com inittoo consisting of Messrs. Milos, Cooper amj Douthit was. jipp^inted to call on the Governor with1 reference to tho constAblo. This was dono and tho Uovornor .endorsed their notion and promised >\o appoint, the constablo at onoo. A mombor of tho board stated that somo otlnSr towns would have tho same act ion tnkon in roforonco to thom if some improvement was not made in tho onforeomont of tho law. Tho board gavo out that sinco it lias boon in ohnrgo, April 189(5, Sf'-MsJ.GOO has boon paid , to the Blalo treasury. J!o sides this tho cities and countios havo recoivod $fU00, 000, molting nearly ?500, 000 profit in less than a year. It must be romornberod, however, that some of this profit "accrued" from liquor (lia posed of under tho old administration. Previous to that only about $100, 000 was turned into tho trpntfttry Another intorostihg comparison of figurod'ihiH givon out by tho board go ing to show tlio effect tlio original puck- , (tgo businoss lias lind upon tho dis ppusaryr The comparisons are made for tho months of Soptember, October and November of 1890 and 1897. Tlio sales for 1890 were: September, ?128,070. 02; October, ?135,005.88; No voinbor, ?128,970.97. For 1897;- September, $80,5355.80; Octobor, ?91,899.78; Noveinbor, ?98, 287. 07. Thoso figures show a falling off of: .Soptombor, ?37, 82). 12; October, ?43, 100. 10;,Novoinber, ?80,892.00: .There is a gain for tho month of November of nearly ?18,009, a showing which ?ho luombers of the board consider very mionurnrjinjr. * ^ Ono hundrod and twenty-fivo pounds of dynamite exploded from somo un known cuiiso noav Columbia, at tho county quarry, and a negro workman named John Bryant, was Mown into numberless pieces and liis body scat tered to tho four winds of tbo oarth. Houses wero (shaken as if by an earth quake. A man standing on tho bridge spanning Smith's branch,, near tho ficeno of tho explosion, .was knockod down, and ho said the bridge bdginced up and down as if it woio a rubber ball. Sovural people in tho city hoard tho ex plosion, and Bome'say they felt tho oarth shako and windows rattle, though this was not a common experience. A curi ous thing was that a tree which stood but a foot from tho box on tho side of Iho ongTnoliouso, was liurd ly in jllUed at all, while tho tool aud enuino housos wero shakpti from their foundations, al most. &Oine of tho hands say that they saw Bryant shortly boforo no wont to look utfthj* fuse, and that ho was smok ing. Sowio timo ago blasting powdor had been stored in tho box, but it-had long sinco boon used up. Tho only plausiblo explanation of tho cause, in that some small portion of this powdor had boon left in tho box, (scattered looso, aud that a spark from tho doad man's pipo fell on it, causing a concussion whioh prod u cod the oxplosion of tho dynamito. Although a call has been issuod for-, the county board of pensioners 'to mootf on January 25, Comptroller Oonorar Epton is afraid that ho is going to havo considerable troublo in getting them to assqfrtulo. Tho membors of thoso bo^fds got no salary, and usually re ceive a lot of "cussing" for what tlioy flo, and it is a hard mattor to got men to stand that tyind of a thing loijg. Mr. Epton says that tho Columbia township board have alroady notified him that they will not serve, and ho expects to receive many moro letters of the same kind. Some change in- tho law will havo to bo mndo if this important mat tor is properly attondod to.? Tho Bog is tor. Tho Bonnottsvillo correspondent of tho Nowa and Courier, says: "Ex Judge Hudson's friends are urging him to become a candidato for Governor, but your correspondent is ignorant ah to the Judgo's wishoft~t>r intentions in the . matter. One thing is certain, should the Judge decide to mako-UiS'j canvas* he tfrouUl be * strong "candi date, and would conduct his. part of tho campaign in a most dignified on honor able way^ Jndge Hudson is one of tho oilcst and potest men in the State. " Joe Berry, aged. 1$; ' wbiIok pjaying with an "onto**?* W4S^ S* 10-year old brother. Bran tl Ay. He say n tw ons of the ael#hbora passed and him Botne-gtiBeape atod while try f the gun I.YNCIII.I) nv A MOil Ol' MINIMIS. Ail Oflloer of (ho Law la Arkaiisut Hung ami Shot (o IMccoh. The dead body of. lames Murray, couidnblo at Jenny l.iml, neon! mining town in S hast inn eotyhty, Arkansas*, was found lying by tho roadside. It wub at Jli'st supposed that Muvrny loot boon thos victim of u common murder, but it hus'ninoo developed that tho iiiU* eer was lynohod.^ by u mob of coal minors. * \v Constable M urra.v lefi, bin homo at Jouuy Liud and wont to- Jtonauza to arrest n-miuor named Ornnt "MoHroom, for whom ho bud a wnrrant. 1.1 o cap; tared MoHroom \\ i t holt t trouble and fit ar tod with tlio prisoner for Jenny Idnd. That was tlio last soon of Mur? ray ulivo. Tho constable's body wan found lying by- tho Voadnido about thirty yards from tho shaft of tlio l>o nanza mine. Hldod oo/.od from a dov.on bullet wounds in tho ollieor'nbody, and his clothing was torn into shreds. Thero was no rope near tho dead man, but tho imprints and IneorationM of tho eaticlo Miowvd unmistakably- in what manner tho constable had met his death. Tho coroner began an invest Ration and it has fully developed that ho was waylaid by a inbb of My^Jvoom's friends, com posed of minora, determined upon res cuing tho prisoner, and that Murray was lynched, tho body cut dowm and placed by th?v roadside, MoHroom has boon nrrostod. Kvory otVort is now bo i i?K bent on discovering tlje members of tho mob. <^.j SIMS KIMS limsKliir. Murdered llis Wife fti a Fit of Insan ity? Ifiseapoil Krom the Morgnnto'i Asylum. John W. iSims, formerly of Mecklen burg county, North Carolina, com mitted suicide by shooting himself in fc?an F.rancisco. Ho loft a noto flaying ho had killed bin wifo at Caldwell, Mecklenburg county, Juno 20, 180f>, ,-had been sent to the Stato hospital at Morganton %Jtul shortly aftorward had cscapod. . V*, Tho murder is well remomberod. Without any provocation, ho put a pistol to his wife's head and blow her brains out. Ho was brought to Char lotto, and put in jail bore. Indignation ran high against him. But ho was pronounccd insnuo and Kent to tho as \\ln m at Morganton, and was never tried for tho murder. A year ago ho escaped from tho in stitution and tho next heard from him was his suicido in h'an Francisco. ? Charlotto livening News. NO Sl'fSCIAh NICWSPAl'fCltTAX. Tho City of N o r follOUu n n o t Collcet It Ki'oin iY'okfoitc Papers. Judgo l'rentis has rondored a decis ion in tho caso of tho Norfolk Virginian and other daily newspapers against tho city of Norfolk, Va. , in which tho plain tiffs huo for a permanent injunction re till llllllll^ i iiO City fiV/iii COiluCiiiit; <"> 81)ccial tax from newspapors. Judgo Prentis makes tho temporary injunction he granted pormnnont, on the ground that a city cannot lovy a tax which tho Stato does not imposo. Tho easo wil'f be takmi up to the Court of Appoals. VF/rOKI) Til 15 FOOTBAIjU HII/Ia Ciov. Atkinson Will Not At tend (o ( li o HunIiicsh of Oollcgo Faculties, (jovornor Atkinson o L Georgia, has vetoed the anti-football bill. Ho^seut a message to tho llouso n tilting that ho had ? vetoed tho measure, as lro thought tbo question of whother collogo boys should piny foot ball should bo loft with tho faculties of the vurioiiH institutions. It is possi - bjn nn effort wi|l bo inndp. to VmHH , tlio bill over tho (fovernor'B veto, out it is not ut all likoly euch an olYort would miccocd. ' Industrial Homo for (xirls. In tho Virginia Legislature, In Uio Honato,vjWr. i'arr introduod a bill pro viding tor tho establishment, of an in^| dustrial homo for girlsf to bo under tho control of a board of directors, to con sist of threo men and thrco women. Girls oligiblo to bo rocoiyed into tho homo aro thoBo botwoon 0 and 1H years of ago, who may bo committed by any justice of tho poaco, on complaint of puron^ or~j*uard ions that by reason of *' ttojirconducn such girls rondored tliem- J selves boy on p control by thoir natijfflt superiors. 'J'hey may also bo flout to tho homo by any circuit, criminal or iutoruicdiato court/of thoHtate. Baptists In North Carolina, Tho Hapiist Stato Convention which moctB in jtB Bixty-Bovonth annual bcb Bion at Oxford, N. C. , contains: CliurchoB, 1,-100; membership, 110,000; proachorB, 700; baptized during tho yeaiy M./iOP. Financial statistics: Mis sions, Stato, homo and foreign* 830,000; oducution of ministors, $2, 400; orphan age, 810,000. Total for all objects, 87^,000, ' ^ Cyclist Kills a Child. At Wilmington, N. C. , Waltor I>. Parsloi'. Jr., tho fi-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Waltor I>. l'arsley, was njn ovcj: by .Adojphus Thomas, a col nrod cyclist, and foceivcd injuries from which ho djed four hours lator. Thomas /Bays tlio child ran in tho' way of tbo wheel and was not seen by him until it was too late to avertrtho accident. As moo n as ho learned- that tho: child had died, ho went to the city li all and guvo himself up. . *** Favor Kcdueing WageaY " A dispatch to the Now YmJ; Commer cial Advertiser from Fall JUver, >1 ???.', naya: A large percentage of the cotton mannfactnrers here are in favor of re 4?ei?g tbe wage* oftbeir employes, one meil?e4 of oo&tril>uUa?to the relief of the sitaAtion. No More Cut Kate Battles. A special from New York aaya: $Jiere are strong indicatiooa thai the tronblaa 'r " ^ & Negro Ravishcr Clubbed to Death His Victim ^ND HER FO UK CHILDREN. Placed on a florae, 1>rlvon I'mler u llntuchln# Unit), ami Swung to Ills l>ea( l??- Mob Made t^nlcU Work, '? * A spooial from Wesson, Miss. , say^i l ull particulars of tlio most tiondish wiiiio ovorrecordeiV have jutd come to hand." Almost tluv entire family of Hrown Sinil h, u respectable wliiti) farmer about ;>"? years of age, were bru tally killeil \sitli n elub in the hands of Charles Lewis, a black ilend, im>re tlovil than human. Smith \v?a working fit n gin a few miles from Ins home, rite house in oil' I ho main roail ami 110 white family lives within two miles of it. although several ne^ro families live ueav. It was one of these negroes, who eropt up to Sinith'H house ami most brutally assaulted Mrs, Smith, then brained her with a elub, ami thou to forovor hide his crime, he begun on >their six children, only spin inj; u babo, which ho left untouched. Tiie liend'i} work was not done as well as he thought for one of tho ehihlrou, a lit tie girl 5 years of u^o, regained eon sciousuess ami when her father entered alter his day's work was finished she told him tho iiumo of tho brute. I ho mother and four ehihlren were found lying in the yard, showing how I hoy had struggled to escape the brute. The father and husband immediately sounded tho alarm and a posse was or ganized and tho negro was captured, carried to iWontieollo, tho county seat of Lawrence county, and carried back U1 the ocono of his erinie, where bo was fully identified by the little girl. A later spocial from Hrook Haven, Miss., hays: Additional details of the murder oi Mrs. lb'own Smith anil her four ehihlrou in Lawrence county, t and tho subsequent lynching of the sup posed murdoror, have been recoiled. After capturiug Charlie Low; is,' 'ho alleged murderer, tho mob placed him alongside of several other nogroen and asked tho little girl who wjis spared by the .murderer to pick out the one who killed her mother. She at Once point? od to Charlie Lewis. Brown Smith, tho man whose family was murdered, pleaded with tho crowd lo bo patient aud not rush hastily into anything they might regret, that while ho did not doubt his eLud'a word, yet the was so young that there was a possi bility that she might have been mis taken. After parleying for some timo tho mob, under tho lea lership of a few do tormiucd men, made a rush for tho no gro and succeeded in gelling him J'rom ( I > t\ deputies nflor a html struggle. Ho was put on a horse and driven under a Ali'cer A halter was fastened to a limb a yd to his nock and (he horso driven frdm under the wretch. Lewis denied his guilL lo the last. i b Col , trmt* <;kicat rosrAii itoiimcKir.s. About $100,000 Abstracted Krom I hit Mulls. Tt. in learned (lint ouo of tho biggost robberies it) ! ItO history of tho ?Now York postolJice occurrod oji No YOiubcr 5>. Tho amount involved is said to bo in tho neighhpr||ood of $1U0,U00 and was tnkon froin^o^ifotdrod letters i >1 tho railway sorvico on that section of llio Centra! Kailroad of Now Jorfioy, known an tho .Now Vofk, ?Somorvillo anil iOastorn branch. On November 'J it was stated that two bags containing $30,000 wore taken. How long<4ho de*' falcutions had ^0110 on before that dato ha? not-yot- been ascertained. KICAMZIN'U Til 10 1NICVITA 1$ J,IC. Result, of Southern Competition In I. owe) I. Tho reporiod decision of tho Fall Hivor, ..Mans. , manufacturer!) to reduco wagos lias not arounod much comment in Lowoll. Tho increasing coini)olition of tl)0 Southern plants lias lon? been 'foreseon J)ero and has been discounted to as groat an extenl-us possible. Sev eral mills havo already installed expen* Bivo lineal plants and others havo changed ovor their machinery to run on npocialties. Hiiotljig Ducks in South Carolina. Former lJrcsidont CMovoland in on a duck hunt in South Carolina, about thirty inilos below Charleston, tho guest of Gen. I'. I'. Alexander, tho chief of tho Confederate artillery forces at tho battle of Gettysburg, and now president of tho Georgia Central Kail road, i I o will remain ten days or two weeks; Fighting Cut Kate Tlekets. I-'or a long time tliero has been con siderable agitation looking to a prohi-. bition of tho sale of cut-rate tickets by railroad llckoirbrokors, ami it hns led to prosontiiion ol an- immeu?j number of petitions to ConurcsHcalling for legislation. >0fi the-?Tfl>jcct. Tho mattor has bcon takonyp by tho intor fitatonffommorce c^.nwteo, and it wa.-t decided to pro?? the Anti-soalping bill introduced at the extka sessioa. Killed Nl^tVopIo^ Henry Nesbitt, a negr^r was hanged At Irwinville, Ga. , for the murder, of Jim Arlington, also colored, Ncsimt laying |ci|l?<t njneneo pie, and confessed to having slain f^ur.vJ A Minion On One Mf*. ? An insnranco ^policy for 81,000,000 ha* ja*t taSfcrriMuid on the life of AMUrbiH by the Mnta.J jxy. Mr. Vander known as a. TOtl) IN A PARAGRAPH. Tim Hunt h. i ( it amlfathcr Mountain in North Caro* linn in covered w ith snow, Senator Mel aurin, of Month Cavo- I Una, is said lobo sutVri with typhoid 1 fever. * j Col. Jului 1>. Cameron, a votevan ' newspaper man, died at Ashevillo, N. V. James Wood, of Portsmouth, Ya , celebrated his iolst l)irtlulay annivor nary on tho l\)th. J I ? o Pastors' Association of Alexan dria, N'a., has taken a decided stand against Sunday funerals. At (Ireonshoro, N. , on tho OJid, K S. Ityan will 1 io hanged for tho taking of tho 1 1 to of his wifo Pr. A. ?). PeHossot, of Wilmington, N, C. , olio of tho Stnto'ii oldout and moat, prominent oili/.ons, is dead. AtfodtM, ' Tho stockholders of tho National Hank of Ashevillo, N. C. , has adopted a plan for the voluntary liquidation of tho hanks alVairs. In tho Virginia Stato Assembly tho hill providing for a suspension of tho law under which delinquent lands aro Hold for hack taxes passed hoth houses. Steps aro being taken to hold a great military carnival in Atlanta on .Inly 5??d and \\ld of next year, w hen tho Con federate reunion takes takes placo in that eity. Joseph l!cid. a lawvor, of Tangipa hoa, Kin. , who had been eonspicious in tlio fouds in tho Florida parishes, was assassinated in t ho court house at I'Vanklinton. Tho Atlanta (( ia . j Constitution says lion. Thomas IO. Watson, leader of the Populist party, will under no cireuui Mtanees carry tho Populist llag in tho race for governor next year. Mynall Leach was handed at Clinton, Audoruon eouutv, Tcnn. , for the murder of.l. IV I leek, Kuporiutoudoiit of tho Koval Coal and Coko Company,/}! Coal Creek, on February lit It, last. The reports of tho State aolieitOrs of South Carolina allow that during tho last twelve months thoro have been '.'(HI murders or homicides in that State, against about half that number last year. ' At Pally Hill in Marry county, Tonn. , Will Fitzgerald shot and killed his | father in law, ,lelV l.nnamaii, with a shotgun, and then shot himself six. times with a pistol. Thomas P. Stcnrnos, former cashior of tlio defunct Traders' Hank, ?t Lynchburg, Va. . haw boon acquitted; of | the clir.rgo of making false report tod ho Stale Auditor. ? ? At Atlanta, (la., (Mark Smith, a crazy negro, was shot and killed by Patrol man H. P. Arthur. Smith was jn tho act of f'triking tho otlicor whdn ho opened lire upon tho lunatic, fitting ! him three times and killing him, almost i instantly. ( The North. ( The Lieutenant Governor of Ohio gets ?N0(> ? year; the iieutonMnt- gov ernor of I'onusyivnnin gets ^.r?, f*00. Tlio Hon. Clinn. Kloischmnu, tho millionaire <i isti i i or of Cincinnati, (),, had boon strickon with paralysis, Anson will rotiro from tho manago mont of tho Chicago l>nsol>(Il| olul>. Tom liiiniH will probably 'Vuccaud him. Ex-Gov. Wuito baa loft. Colorado ami will locate in Decatur county, Iowa. J I o will work thoro on a colonization Hehcmc. Mian Maggio Kirkpatriok, of Pliila dolphin, wlioi??nid to carry $JO,OQ0 in govornhiont bonda on her porson, in missing. Kvangolisl Martin had to bo oHcortod to tlio railway station at Florence, Kan., to protect him from a mob/that Ihrenffcnod hifl life. At Auburn, N. Y. , Charles ]}t}tgoss waa oloctrocutod at tho prison for tlio y'nirder of IFonry V. Whitlock, of thin county, in August, 18'J.). Commander Hooth-Tuckcr' is intor osting Chicago (I If#) business men iu his nchomo for fnrny coloipos for city poor. ? Fire in tho cnrpothouwo of Jamos and John Dohsou Sum's manufacturing plant, at I'hiladolphia, Pa., enusbd a loss of half a million. Tho losses cov ered by inmiranco. ? ? Altncclla iicoun. Tho xnurd6r of Kli Frankfort, at Wa co, Tex., huu drivon bin wi'o violontly insane. aiiusoiu'i farmers arc slaying thou sands or rnbbilH'fov tlio poor of St. Louis on Christmas. Tho Government will allofv Indians on reservations iu Northern- Minnesota to cut und Boll fallen timber. Tho ontiro wiro industries of tho United BtatCH aro shortly to bo consuli <latod into a trust with a capital of $?}(), ? 000,000. J. I'. Morgan, it is ?aid, is engineering tho project. NVhilo frenzied with lifpior CharloB Penneler, of Kansas City, Mo,, nhot hiB wife and killed himself. Tho Cluatomala curreucy, it '? Hinted, will i)o re-established on a metallic basis oil January I, 1808. f Paul Alexander Johnstone, tho mind reader, say a ho is goitiK t<> tnkO a trip around tho world blindfolded. Noil) lb others, of London, has issued a rovised ostimato of tho prosent cotton crop by Jfenry M. Noill, ol> Now Orleans. Mr. Noill'fl expectations aro now thai tho crop will reach 1 1,000,000 bales or moro. Hnllio Jackson, a fiflrrant in a family in St! Louis, Mo., killed her newly born child and then cut tar own throat. - Wilhelmina, Queon of"*fbo NeUior lan<tp,'y will take the oath of accession to the ibroao on September#, 180$, Inlthe <^ew chnreh at Amsterdam. ? \?_. ^Tho Senate copimitto on. eennn* has ?PiK?in ted Senator - Carter to report fnvorabry tbe bil! introduced at tho last session of Congress to provide for the twelve census, ; . ?Secretary Gage has decided pnloti cally to abolhih tho Netr OHeans mint after Wwliwtw, in 3?* ? <y Almost Thrco Millions Incrcaso m Our Taxable Properly, t\ CIRCULAR TO AUDITORS. ? - V ?*? hi'iinloi' Tillman Will Try to Kush ( In* Citsllo IMnrli m?y a nd IHsprnsuvy llllls in < 'ounross. At bud all I ho tables showing tho re turns of property for taxation in thia State f < ? ?? this year have been made (tp in Ihoconiptiollor general's o)Hco. Tho fig ures show that thoro has boon a total ineroaso <>f taxable property put on tho books of vory nearly $3,000,01)0. I ho lolal taxable property returned lo tho Slato for thin yejl|b?iH $170,721,5180 against $170, ?5.r?, ?1 J "lust year, Tlio most notable iticrcuso h a -t I iu tho personally, uh a glance at tho follow ing figures w >11 show; 1 HI? 1800 l'oruonal $ 17, 022,013 $ to, 808, 007 Heal HH.HT:?, 700 100,07(1,700 llnilmad X? l, X?XM>, 1513 28,0-10, 102 Total v?i 7;i, 7 24, jisv) jf i ?o, ?oo, 47 i Tito wheels hIiow that tliov? have boon 18,201,021 acres of land outside of tho cities, towns and villages returned for taxation this year, valued at $r>,or>7,7l!D. Thoro woro Is, 110 city and town lots re turned, valued at $1 l,ONl,OOH, Tho total valuo ui all realty in tho cities and towini is &'10,81 1,008, while (hat in tho country i.s ^iis,(Hii;:Ms. h'or tho country aboOt 10,000 build* ings aro returned valued at #11,0051,070, tho oitioH having 514,000 valued at $22, 420, (tor-. 1 1 will bo interesting to notothtyi thoro aro returned for taxation :.,;8,78l,;Jjiog3, valued at 3 103,(J08;0.'?, 083 dogs, valued at if lila, OS.'); vm, 7-10 horftos valued at #3, ? 008,8051; 231,014 head of catllo, .valued at gl, 00ft, 01 1, and 00, 2 10 slioei), valued at ?08. 001. Tho avovago valuo of property "per taining lo manufactures" ia down at only . ^ 1,001, II!? for tho on I iro Slato. This doo.s not cover the vulu^of' the huildingn and plants of cotton mills and other cntoi'Drisos, but separate fools used And such proporty. Tho following shows tho loading iax* 'paving counties of tho Stale, giving ihoir lolal taxable proporty: ( 'harlosloii $2 1 , 000, Hit t Spartanburg. lo, ','07, inii Kiohhuid 8,()N8,D12 (ireenviilo ?, 125,010 Anderson 0,081,808 Or/itigoburg 0,854,240 II. will bo noticed that Charleston, Spartanburg and Itichland counties have upwards of nearly one-fourth of tho total taxable proporty in tho State and that Charleston pays a vory good percentage of tho faxed- about 12 per 4 ' A uimv? < iraugeburg lias tho greatest amount of railroad proporty ?1,401,785? and Itichlaud comes second with sM,U()3, 740; Spartanburg has ?012, 183. Charleston loads tho State in realty, tho total being , #14,000,170; Spartanburg comes noxi with #4, 800,000, and then Kiohland with $1,028,084. Charleston stands at the hoad of the list in personality', tho figures boiug&ti, ? 210,170, with Spartanburg second at ft l,47!l, .'jOI. I Jtichland returns 070, 082acros of land iu tho country valuod at 8 1, 225, 400. and 0,708 buildings valuod at 1 Ity mak ing tho tolal valuo of realty in the county, $1,001,000. For tho oity and towns, 2,007 lots aro returned valued at 81,210, 100; thoro aro 2.000 Imildingn vaJucd at $1, 820,010, making tho value of att foatty JflTtfio "cities, "" tb\vfifl~"And villages" $0,0537,01)0. Tho country paya only u littlo more than ono-thinl ol tho county's taxes. - & ? z - " " "T'~T". Tho following ciroular has boon is sued to county auditors: In coin plying w.ith tho duties required of your oJlleo uiidor section No. '207 It. S. , 1803, will you plciiHO give mo tho numbor of tax payors placed on your additional duoli caio; also givo mo tho uuinbor of names turned over toy our oount v super visor as delinquent roturns under sec tion 2U5J, K. 1800. . Yours vory truly, Tj. H. Epton, ('omptrollor Gbhoral. A bpoclal from Washington says : .Senator Tillman nays ho will goto work on llio Castlo-Pinckuey bill at once, . with ii view to bavin# it favorably aot cd upon by tlioHeuato, It will. _be_ re momhored that bo introduced tho bill in tlio oloHing hours of tho extra sch tiion, and it wiih inferred to tho military coiilinittoo. JIo will also try- lo"have bin diiipoDbiiry bill passed in tho Houso at an early day. Although tho quostion of navigation of tho C'ougareo from (Iranby to tho ( lorvaia streot bridgo has boon appar? outly lying dormant tlio business" mecr interested havo not buon idlo. Thoy havo secured the hearty co-operation of Congressman Wilson, who is Htriving to got rJ5o,oou .ai>i)i"oiniftttf(ti0r;tir<r purposo. lie has a fuvorablo report from tho committee and he is going to do all ho can get tlio bill through this sossion. - The Hogister. Tho colorcdl>almotto nnnnat confer ehcefucl Jri" eossion in " Col u thTjTiTrj as*" week with the Bight Biaho^; J . O, CliB* ton, D.'D.^px'efihniifi. IhlalfiGeUigeo t body i* a braneb of the AyM.%E. rZkrn church, eaid to bo. the wdcftt colfitcd Mothodist convention itt the ^rorW. - It was established in New y.Q*r .iTAOJifiw Yixiskfm .... _ prelate. / , :i ? - ? M uniffpi - - Col. O r * *v* " ?gent, h^^tjen, - - ? ?mng ta* on them ?uiUbI?