Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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o TH*1 "TrOGEIl: GAFFNEY, S. 0., >}ANUARY 2S, IS07. MMim, MR. I’RITCHIRI) WISS FIS'i UOSES m m Iv'J POV/LEG3 USED HIS TEETH. ETTA JANE ETCHINGS. George A. Tanner’s Slayer Is He Succeeds Himself as Sen- Arraigned In Abbeville. ator From North Carolina. THE CASE A HEMAEKABLE ONE i RECEIVES EIGHTY-EIGHT VOTES lt<ith thu Ucf«!i<lnnt autl Mia I>oceaseil He- | Poptilistit Who Supported Him Are I"x- peilcd From the i’arly — Whttecaps i rlghteu a Flit County Woman to Death. Verdict Against the Winston street r.ay—Other North *tate News. longed to Prominent Pinnilies—The Now County of Mamhorg Created—Postmaster at Conway Is Komoyod—Short In Ills Ac mints—South Carolina News. Abbeville, S. 0., Jan. 22.-—The trial of William P. T. Rowley, charged with the murder of George A. Tanner, was begun here in the couvt of general ses sions, Judge E. G;.ry presiding. Tho defendant b^Umgs to a promtueut fam ily in Green vide, ins father being at one time mayor of that city. Tho deceased was also a member of a wealthy and proiniiiet family. Tho feeling against the accused was so great that ho ap plie l for and obtained a change of venue to this county. The case promises to be a noted one in the criminal annals of this state. The state’s witnesses, as far as they have been sworn, seem to make a clear 'nise of murder. According to the evidence, the parties had gone on a moonlight ex cursion from Greenville to Marietta, in Greenville e ntity. Some difficulty hav ing tuiseii between Riley Rowley and the deceased Tanner, Peter Rowiey walked up to wheio Tanner was sitting in the train and deliberately shot him dead. Several efforts w’ero made to lynch the defendant, and he was finally put in jail here for safe keeping. TWO CHILDREN CREMATED. Motliem Witness tho Slorriblo DcalltA of 1 l\ulv Off\priii;j, Columbia, S. C., Jan. 2fl. — Sarah Lawson, 12 years old, and Mary Wa ters. 4 years old, were burned to death in Spartanburg within an hour of each other. In both instances the parents of the children witnessed their terrible deaths, and in each case the child was thrown info the 11 Hires, one by her com panion, the other by a favorite dog. A crowd of children were romping in the van! of Manly Lawson, where a big fno had boon built for them to warm by Luring tho i laying several chil dren rushed on tho Lawson girl, bear ing her baelc until she fell at full length in the roaring file. In tm in stant her body was parched. She was drawn out by her father and mother, but lived cniy a few minutes. Almost at the same time tho little Wat ers child was playing in her yard in another part of the city with a big col lie dog. They were romping near a fire ami the dog. jumping on tho girl, pushed her into the flames. Tho mother, who had witnessed tho accident, soon had the 11 imes extinguished, but thecloth- i g had been burned away and tho little t.uiig died in a few hours. A i Iiree L’illton Dollar Blaze at Pniiadeip-iia. THIRTY EUILDING3 DESTROYED lilt Joseph March ro llailly That tho Lat ter Died of IDs Ii,juries. San Fkanctsco, Jan. Hi —There is a sailor at largo in this city who escaped Raleigh, Jan. 22. — United States Senator J. 0. Pritchard (Rep.) lias been chcsen by tho North Carolina leg islature ns his own successor, receiving on tho first ballot 83 votes, against 44 i SENATOR J. C. PIUTCTIAP.D, for Cyrus Thompson (Pop ), and 513 for Rufus A. Houghton (Dem.) Tho com bined opposition to Pritchard was 70. Pritchard is now serving in the senate as ass ociate of Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the Populist national exee- fltive committee. It was through the The inner (’old Weather Heiidoreil tho Work of the Firemen Difficult and the Flumes Spread With Great Rapidity. John WannmaUer's Larj-o Dry Goods Store Slightly Damaged. Philadelphia, Jan. 20.—The biggest fire that has visited this city in years raged nearly all day in the block bounded by Thirteenth and Jupiter and Market and Filbert streets. The loss is esti mated at $4,000,000. Tire flames origi nated in tho basement of Hauscom Brothers’ big grocery store at 1017 Market street. The flames quickly jumped to Dennett’s restaurant on the east and the big umbrella store of Hirsch Brothers on the west. All of the build ings are six stories high and nothing but the ■walls are standing. The cloak store of Blum Brothers, adjoining Hirsch Brothers, Was also destroyed. Tho Runes then communicated to tho 8-story building of Dunlap Brothers, the f .ncy printers,at 15RG, 1418 and 1420 Filbert street, and eat their way through the big store. The roof and tower of John Wana- maker’s l>ig dry’goods store on the south sfdo of Market street, directly opposite tho tiro, was ablaze for a short time, bur Ihe firemen succeeded in saving the larg'-stdiy goods house in America. Tin: weather was bitter cold and this rendered tho work of the firemen diffi- I cult. The big ornamental tower at the . Thirteenth and Market streets corner of Wanamaker’s store was completely parted. The tower contained n hand- ! soi e clock and chime bells. It fell with ; a i-iV.it crash through to the basement. ; i•• ''V’anamaker was on the sccno be- The Sa^e of Lower Cherokee is Unusu ally Entertaining. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Kri \ Jaxe, Jan. 2f>.—Wo are much pleased with The Ledger’s sugges tion for the old soldier’s to organize camps of ('. C. Veterans at Wilkins- from an English vessel, and perhaps the hangman’s rope, onl) f because the mas ter of his vessel, tho Forfarshire, could not wait for the convening of tho court at Capo Town. D. Powless is tho man’s ville and Cowper.s, and also of the name, and he is charged by Captain 1 p.,.,,,:,,,, ,>t ^ • it Evans with having bitten the boats- | forrn ‘ n g °f a regiment in the new wain, Joseph March, so badly in a rough county of Cherokee. Let the North and tumble fignt aboard snip that tho Pacolot I nion County Veterans meet latter nied of his injuries. I id":: tho high winds had carried tho combination between the Republicans j Limes across Market street from the and tho Populists that the state was i 'hiding in which the fire had origi- i' aied, to his store. Tho fight occurred several months ago while the vessel was lying off Cape Town. March’s thumb was bitten nearly off. Blood poison set in, resulting in March’s deatii. He was buried ashore. Powless was arrested and charged with manslaughter, bnt released again when tho authorities learned that Cap tain Evans did not intend to remain in port, for tho witnesses were all on board the vessel. Tho Biitish con«nl advised that Powless be taken to England for trial. The sailor remained abtard the ship unil she arrived at this port a short time ago. He came ashore in the first boat, leaped out at the landing and disap peared. He has not been heard of since. Killed Himself In u Gu i Store. San Fran disco, Jan. 18.—Henry Mil ler, a middle aged German, entered a Kearney sti get gun store and asked to see some p .sto’.s. lie was accommo dated, and while fitting a cartridge iu the chainb. r of a revolver shown him, he deliberately turned the weapon on himself and tired. The bullet struck him in the left chest just over tho heart and ho tell to the floor fatally wounded. At the receiving hospital he said that up to within tho past two years he had been a member of the Live Stock Ex change of Chicago and had been a heavy handier of catt.a At one tune he had been worth 82)0,000, most of it made in cattle deals. Subsequently lie was loft practically penniless. About a mouth ago he had left Chicago and gone to Portland, Or. From there ho came to ban Francisco two weeks ago. Uiltcil For K c’ilug a Doj*. Columbia, S. O , Jan. 21.—At Bell’s Crossroads. Colleton county, Capers Stephens killed his brother-in-law, Jutm-s Bell. Stephens is in jail. Be cause of dis ioution ho had lost his om- pitiymeut and was visiting at Bell’s house, being practically destitute. His brotlier-in-law had been remonstrating with him about continued drunkenness. While they were standing before the fire Stephens’ dog came in and Ben k eked it out. Stephens seized bus gun Hi* sister rushed between the men to prefect her husband, bnt Stephens, pok ing his gun under her arm. blow a hole through her husband’s body. Now County In S«»uth Carolina. Columbia, S. O., Jin. 21.—Not since J874 h is such enthusiasm prevailed iu this state over the result of an election as m Bamberg, Barnwell county. Tho c tizcns are wild, and cannon, firework ■, music and speeches are all going at o.ico. This is over the result of an elec- ti hi, which, by a vote of 8?7 to 251, cre ates I he new county of Bamberg from part of Barnwell, Hampton and Aiken, with the town of B mberg as county Beat. This m 'cos three new counties wiLiin two months. taken from tho Democrats and Butler and Pritchard were the leaders of their respective parties. Butler was elected for the senatorial long term of six years, and Pritchard was chosen for tho short term; his term of service expiring on March 4 next, on w hich dare he will begin his new term of six years. He has been fought bit- tm iy by Butler who has attacked him at every turn. The Republicans did not have enough votes to elect Pritchard without tho help of the Populists, and an over whelming majoriiy ot the votes of the Populists were against him. However, the Populist ranks wore broken, a id ^ enough of them refused to abide by tho action of the Populist caucus to elect | . Pritchard. The next fight in this state is to ie ^ against Butler for the senate, ami j Pritchard, who is now in for a six year term, will lead it. i, u> At the present time h 1 ' nploys 4,200 people, and as many of tile men in this army of employes as i ro would bo of use iu fighting the flames ,y< a admitted to the store. The nd- ;o pr cautions that the inflamm i- • a!ire of the structure had made • :p v made the work of the trained ■ i i ado easy and at the same time j 3i' t i vo. .... Wanutnaker was apparently tho eoneorned man in the great crowd u ce ctly made his way from one f tho establishment to another, Mil. Tlit.- BUTLER IS MORTIFIED. 1 • I'Ciing the movements of his cm '.h! ill^ firemen were having t! . . .. ds iuil confining the lire to tho :. block bounded by Market, Fil* . i ..u fe iith and Jup t -r streets, in v. . ’ • y c . gin tied. Two 1: eim-n by a failing wall. The tiro . . !; g >tto;: under control after about 4) bui'biiu had been destroyed i' rir.iiu llurut'd. CtfiC’.'io, Jan. 2(5—Thu la-go grain J.iim Di!l»n I.t Rc-KUtcleiL London. Jan. B).—Tho Irish parlia mentary party, at its sessional meeting, elected John Dillon as chairman. Timothy M. Healey protested against the re-election of Mr. Dillon by unani mous vote and insisted that a detailed vote be taken. This was done, and the result was a defeat of tho Hoaleyites. The Hoaleyites have prepared an amendment to the address which brings up tho subject of financial relations be tween Ireland and England. It -nny bo decided not to offer this amendment, as a vigorous plan of campaign has been laid out on this and other subjects tend ing in the din ction of tho self govern ment of Ireland. < ;\ro!iii i P«Mtiu lUei Columbia, S. O.. Jan. 54 —Adispatch from Conway, county seat of Horry, says that Postmaster W. S. McC.iskill has been removed and W. H. Howell appointed in his stead. A p xtolli :e in spector Inn boon hare for several days and as a result of his iiivestiasrafions McCaskill was found to be considerably short in his accounts. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but its execution avis stayed on his making good tho shortage. Met Ilia Sou f .H Fate. BatesBURG, S. C., Jan. 20.—Jacob Risingor of the Hollow Creek section of Lexington county, went to Leesvide af ter a tombstone to pnt over the grave o: his son, who was killed in a railroad ac cident last year. While in the depot lie heard an engine and in attempting to cross the track to attend to his team was knocked down by the engine and in stantly killed. Cuban “ympatliiznrs Meet. Charleston, Jan. 21.—A massmeet ing of Cuban sympathizers was held at the Academy of Music. Tho meeting was addressed by prominent citizens. Resolutions expressing sympathy and calling upon the administration to re cognize tho republic of Cuba 'vero adoptod. A Devolution IiiUiu;ttty. New Yo:::t, Jan. 20—The Harald’s correspondent in Montevideo telegraphs h • has now unquestionable proof that a revolution will occur this week. It will be inaugurated by an invasion from the Brazilian bonier. ■Ji III Carolina StMint nr Put Out Ovrl- Pritchard's Klcctlon. R.iL’.vUiii, u..-i. —..-Oiiat /. Marion Barior, the P)pn’ ! s*: le ter, in mveh chagrined over tho election of Senator Pritchard. Butler led the opposition to Pritchard, claiming that his alleged loy- u-.ry to silver was not sincere. Pritchard was elected by tho bolting members from tho Populist party. Con- giessman Skinner, Populist member from the First district, led tho Pritch ard forces. As was expected, the Populists who , followed tho dictates of Butler mot in j caucus and formally expelled the bolt- j ing Populists from the ranks of the party. This makes two distinct fac tions in tho Populist ranks iu North Carolina. Tho election of Pritchard over Bnt- ler’s protest is understood to mean the passing of Butler domination. i e.. .7. H. Furcell Mu’ting ' ' IV! 'i-n.i ;,nd TWCI'IV- I originated in the south portion of the I structure. Tho forces of the depart- rr.-r.t arrived and found tho building in ' llanuis. The firemen were hampered by i the arcity of fire plugs and the inten sity of the cold The elevator wa-, re cently rebuilt, two former structures ; having been severely damaged by lire. This, however, was the first time tho i building was completely destroyed. Vice President Joseph Guckenlieimor estimated the loss at about f870,000, : which is almost entirely covered by i insurance. S'lnulliiux In North Carolina. Greensboro, N. 0.. Jan. 25.—A car-a of suspected smallpox has been dseo\- ered here. John W. Tucker of this city, who travels for a Lynchburg, Va., wholesale china house, came iu from a trip, and was taken sick. Three phy sicians pronounce the disease smallpox. At tho Benbow House, where Tucker was stopping, tho guests were notitie i of tho preser „e of the symptoms of tho disease, and found other quarters. Tim health officers took the matter iu hand promptly, quarantining Tucker, and throwing out every safeguard against a •‘pread of the contagion. No cases of the* disease are known in tho territory aver which Tucker travels. Dig lllnzo In New York City. New York, Jan. 20.—Fire, which started in tho basement of tiie 0-story building, 29 Peail street, brought the whole firefighting force in the lower section of tho city to tho scene. Tho baremeut was occupied by Walden & Co., wholesale liquor dealers Tho f! o:s above and the adjoining building, No. 27, are occupied by I’ercoy Kent, ucalcr in cottons, packing and baling. ') he loss to the latter is $ It),(Hr), covered by i: surance. Walden & (Jo’s, loss is said to be about £50,000, partially cov eted by insurance. Hi^li 1 heater Hat Muit Go. Des Xl in;s, Jan. 19.—By an unani mous vote t'm> six cnlermen presort at tho city council meeting instructed tho city solicitor to draw up an ordinance prohibiting and punishing the wearing of large hats nt the theaters and public eutortaiiimeuts, where sucli hats ob struct the view of others. The other ; three aldermen favor such a mca nro. It is proposed to impose a tine of from 1 $10 to $20 for each offense. Tho ordi nance will bo acted upon at the next council meeting. Ship Canul l*r« j • iiuloraH'rt. j Chicago, Jan. 14,—Tho deep water ways c Jir mi ■..ion app duted by Pivsi- dent Clcvihi id, in November, 1395, has says i ‘T know of but one way of fiui hcd its report and submitted tho abolishing the saloon, and that is to same to Secretary Oluey. Ir will bo persuade the church membership to placed in President Cleveland s hands | j^.j us J11K j no longer give tlieir in- iininediatcly and by him submitted to congress as early as possible. There- j f ' ue " je ar,,1 t!,eir vote! ‘ toth e grog port is an unqualified mdorsomeut of S | ,0 P S . the ship canal project between the j’-dth of October, 1891, Said: United 8tates and Canada and embraces ' liq : r traffic exists in this country a recommendation of $250,000 for pro- I today only by tho sufferance of the liminary surveys. A waterway depth | mein’hership of the Christian church.” of 20 to 550 feet, accommodating ocean T , u . v ni . ist( . 1 . s 0 f th 0 situation at M ilkinsvilie on Saturday, Febru ary (5, at 11 a. in. and organize a camp. The time will come when they will be glad of it. Tho State will doubtless turn over the pension matters exclusively to the veterans to manage for themselves and those not members will have but little or no pay in it. Tho charter members of course will get the naming of the camp. The annual fee is 15 cents P r member and Uiejcharter will cost $’2 00. There are no other expenses attached except such as the Camp may voluntarily assume. Will our comrades of the Cowpens Battle- Ground section organize a camp too, and let the Cherokee Regiment be represented at Greenville, S. C , next spring and also at Nashville, Tenn., next May? Our young friend, \V, J. Garner, of Sunnyside, has correctly answered our problem of last week. The man was 40 years old and the woman 18 years old at the time they were ma r - rie.l. Several persons have sent answers to our problem of a few weeks ago but none of them were exactly correct. A received $80 22-23; B, f 13 11-23, and C, $09 l;»-25{ dollars for building the house. “Ole” Flaw come around with his banjo lust Saturday and amused the boys for a short time, lie has made a tour on the York side and formed a favorable opinion of that side of the river. Our friend and neighbor, ‘Tillet” Hartford, is a first-class novelist. Were his adventures and “big tales” published there would be no end to the sales of the book where ills intro duced. His courtship would far sur pass the tragic and hair-splitting es capades of the most renowned novel ists of the present day, and would fully repay the novelistic reader for Lis outlay. We trust’ that some clever writer will put a few chapters of his exploits on record that the pub- lie can si e the character of the work. We commend the Ram’s Horn for its expose of liquor and the liquor traffic. The issue of Jan, 16 has a cartoon which lias a volume of truth | and meaning in it. Six delectable i characters form a group under which 1 the question is asked: “Who is re- j sponsible fur the saloon?” The ! drunkard points to the distiller; the I distiller to the saloonist; the saloon- | i-it to the landlord; the landlord to tie policeman ; the policeman to the i voter; and the voter, back to the j drunkard again; all look guilty and are trying to shift the responsibility. Speaking of the barrooms, Neal Dow Work of The steamers, is recommended. A Wuauin -oarer! to Death. Raleigh, Jan. 23—Whitecaps pine d m unsigned note on R. A. Parker’s porch, in Pitt county, tolling him if he lui not leave the county in 550 i’ays h > would be killed. His wife found ti-a note. She went into spasms and di i in a few hours. Parker had convicted one Walston for killing his hog and hauling it away. The authorities me trying to discover the anonym jus letter- writer. Admit* Hu Committed Anon. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 20.—Thedt- -on who recoztly Ret fire to the Char lotte Observer building aim uifemptca to blow open the safe lias been fount and has confe sod. He is Charles Bi.n-k- barn, a young white boy, who was em ployed in the office. Tho warrant c iatges him with arson, which is a cap ital enme in tins state. An Criihanagn Homo Drstr ive I. Council, Blufiu, la., Jan. 2(5.— Fire lino partly destroyed the boys’ dormi tory of the Christian Home orphanage. One hundred boys wore sleeping in tho building where tho fire broke out. All veio re-cued. Tho firemen had a ter- le combat with the cold. Chief Teat- pl'i is badly frozen, and Captain Aulroy and Driver Jones are also laid off. A Commission Kotiso Darned. Chester, Pa , Jan. 2i>.—Tho com mis- Mon hou.*.o of .' T . Walton &Oo., at 8 r.d and Eugci lout avenue, has been p-u tiy destroyed by lire. Tho origin of to- fi.e is not known. The building \ is c • anpied by J. D. Walton, Harry J in and William M. Graham. Their j r h'.ssi s amount to $10,000, partially e •. red by iifaunmce. Harbor Commission Invoitl-rating. Los Angeles, Jan. 18.—Tho harbor commissioners have returned from their outing at Calina island, where they went to inspect granite quarries and to enjoy themselves. Commissioner Rog ers, when asked tho object of their trips, said: “We aio ;■ ling to make certain investigations.” He any more ml -rmatiou is reported G. h.r > ' d . t h t ’ ic decision of tho b >nrd w ni. 1 ail tho comm.v-’.o;: state. W' io >\vn until a: of tho Pi i/.r nml nmic . Chihuahua, M'-x .) b l.-L Ah Iowa Town Drstrnyoil. Fi vttsmoI'TH. Neb., J.m. 2(5. — The of tho business portion of Pacific i ti n, la., has been destroyed by Tho blaze started in a grocery ’ e nml altogether 24 buildings were G . ed, including the Pacific hotel in Odd Fellows’ building. So far . I iwn no lives were lost. A PrDniier < rem ite* Uimsilf. Richmond, Va, J.tu. 25. — A negro helu in tiie E'lfleid. N. C , jail forslioo - ing a man, set tiro fo tin building, de bt, oy ing tiiejaii and cremating him-elf. Tim Lima I i at Hampton Koail*. P uiakwateu. D' 1 !., Ja i 2(1.—The al- le..- o fi n usi 'iMi:' ^tca.aer Laura ia lias i) i.-rcd Cane itmry and proceeded uj» ii..illptoii Roads. ViTtlict AKalnitt a Street Kai!tray. Winston, N. O., Jan. 22 —The suit brought against tho Winston-8al »:n trtreet Railway company by T. J. \\ it- .'on. secretary and treasurer of WinsLui, for the death of his little sou in S u ,i- lor, 1895, has been concluded, tiie ... iciuriiiuga verdict allowing the ] 4a. i f ^4,00). Mr. Wilson sued for $iu,ujj. CariHual itlanchl I* De.-td, Rome, Jun. 23.—Car final Angelo Bi aiichi, hislu p of Pal'Giiin, is dea l, th wa- Imrii iu Italy iu 1817 and wad clo uted a cardinal “i 1682. lln e XlilrincM IIoii'itM Itiirueil. • • H.T.E, Ky., Jan. 2(> —Three 2- i: c hcuscs were deslrnyod by . Tim loss it 180,000. The men • -iic in tho buildings wi re P. ■. 1 s Lynch, Johns >:i f j .: H ;o« Johnson. ^ l •* . » I f ir#» at l«l'iC(»ln. d . Jau <s(5. —Tho If ill- 'I .1 . 5 •■ •! i’ s'r, yc l by * • • * ' • vea up to room- ■ • ’ I.a l Harrow OaCUi.es. I’licy are the masters of the situation so far as the traffic is concerned. When tiiey say, go and vote, go it will go. It would be bad for the church if ! she knew no more of God than some : members act or some preaceers teach. Court begins at Union today. The I only important case from this section ; is that of tlie State vs. Ben Jefferies iic *.in*i.i t> givo for the murder of Giles Thompson. A .muni Walker | Mi.-s Alice Littlejohn is teaching school at Cotton in Chester county. Farmers have done very little work as vet. A small amount of stuhle land lias been turned and a few oats sow n. They tell a good joke on our friend, Reid Parris: Several years ago he engaged to work with Mr. John Barn hill, and one morning Mrs. B. sent him to the cook room to male/ a Th-r in the stove. When -she went in Reid had the wood and lire in the stove where I he vict mils ought to be and was puff ing and blqwing at it to try to get it to burn. Mrs. B. said: “Reid, what do you mean?” “You told me to make a lire in the stove and I am try ing to do it,” was his reply. Miss Georgiana Lowry is on the sick list. P. 8. Webber, our go-uhead black smith and buggy and wagonmaker, lias built him a new shop on the most plan in which to conduct his business. Pink is a hustler of the right kind. If the printer who sets up the head- R< ad Ayer’s Almanac, which your lii.es of this paper will please change druggi st will gladly hand you, and the date from 1896 to 1897 wo will bullfights, pnzeti flits it c ' .lights will be allowed to take place in this state, tiie legislature having issued a decree prohibiting tho sport and has provided c <evore penalty for the violation of tho law. C'ollryi * Win I licii' I itlit. New York, Jan. 19.—The court of appeals has decided in tho Fairweather case that tho 20 colleges contesting tho ruling of tho executors to debar them will slime in the $4,000,000 loft to edu cational institutions. Heclver For a Paper Company. Chicago, Jan. 19.—Tho Illinois Paper company has gone into tho hands of a receiver. Tho assets aro $'jo,00); lia bilities, $'50,000. note the worderful cures of rheuma tism, catarrh, scofulu, dyspepsia, eczema, debility, humors, and s >n , by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla the only Sarsaparilla admitted at tho World’s Fair. call low. ilm an “up-to-date” clever fel- i —('—'•roll '’arponter & Humphries | arc gieii.g th 'r customers • o»no special bargains i >w in Furniture, 1 St< ves, Wagons, Buggies, Hurries". 1 land many other things. You hud j better go there and get yours. —• -*•*» — | —New goods aro arriving daily, which arc being sold bv Carroll, Carpenter Humphries so cheaply tlnil it was fitly remarked, “They must be selling out.” 1 visited Cousin Jim McKown last week and found him still suffering from la Grippe, though much better than he hud been. Beyond doubt we have had more colds and sickness this winter than in many years past. The Fowler Bros, sold tlieir entire cotton crop last week at 7 cts. per pound all round. Now is the time for farmers to I think of the price they will get for their cotton crop next, fall and gov ern themselves accordingly. Every reader of this paper should read Col. Robt. \V. Shand’s article on lynching, as published In the Colum- out and gave on and John escape and re- Telling of his bia State. If such men ashe, 4ided by the editors and preachers, wi^^fcly speak out, this sinful practice forced to stop. Mr. Shand is one of South Carolina’s oldest and wisest •non, and should be listened to. H. B. McDaniel is building a house near Hickory Grove where lie expects soon to move. By a private letter I learn that the gripp is equally as bad in Craighead county, Arkansas, as it is here. While the Confederate army lay in front of Richmond in the winter of 1864-65 McKissick’s calvary was sent to intercept a raiding party of tho federals at Goochland court house, Va. Tho enemy were too strong for our advance guard and at the first volley several of them were “unbursed,” among them John Fowler, (who by tho way was a brave soldier. He however had an impedi ment in his speech and couldn’t speak many words distinctly) The Federals charged our advance and drove them back to the main column where our men were in line of battle. John undertook to escape by crawl ing into a culvert and hiding him>*if. but a yankee soldier saw him and pointing his gun at him said, “Como out Johnnie, I know you’re are in thar.” John crawled up. Soon dark came managed to make his turn to the company, o adventure and how the yankee called him Johnnie, etc. He * said, “How you reckon he knew my name so well?” To the late new county convention held for the purpose of adopting a bill organizing the new county, many of the rural delegates went with their knives whittled for the salary clause. To say whether or not there wore used wo leave the reader to speak for himself. In fact, one delegate had been carrying a scolpel in his pocket ever since the new county was first spoken of to cut salaries. I can’t see why any one should lie troubling themselves to defeat tuo new county project at this late da r, after such a decided majority of t o voters have expressed themselves n favor of it. If enough irregulariti !S exist to defeat it, then I must agr :e with The Ledger that enough im j- ularities exist to unseat many of t 10 members of the General Assemt y who were elected under the same 1st rat ion and election laws unc er which tho new county was broug it into existence. Mr. J. \\ . Brown, of Hopewell a staunch Ledger man, came over a id gave our Sabbath school a good talk yesterday. 1 owe the Hopewell Sunday school an apology for not making mentien, in a former correspondence, of tjio warm reception and substantial gifts we received at thMr Christmas tree December 25. It was a delightful occasion and for it to have escaped notice is an unpardonable omission on my part. But I know those peo ple will not get in the sulks about it. Rev. M. Ison will preach at Meso- potunia next Sabbath afternoon at 2 o’clock- j. l. a. A C 4lu, Ed. Ledger:—I am informed that there are some of your citizens that did not meet my clerks when they were in your town, and for the bene fit of itny such I will say that they will find some blanks at Mr. W. 0. Lipscomb’s whom I hereby deputize us a special clerk to receive them and for.vard to me; I will also authorize Col. J. G. Wardlaw, who I am sure will kindly assist any one at the mills to receive the returns for me at that point. Some of my friends were required last year, so I am informed, to pay for the privilege of making their re turns before an offiicial (state), and I cannot allow such an imposition to continue for the law contemplates that all tax returns shall bo taken be fore the county auditor or his depu tized clerk, and that “without money and without price”—free, absolutely free of an/ cost. My friends, Lip scomb and Wardlaw, will send me all returns together with all costs and charges and I will pay same. Hoping to accommodate my friends I remain, Yours very truly, L. P. Eiton, County Auditor, Spartanburg, S. C. From Smyna to Smith’s Ford. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Smyrna, Jan. 26 —It has been some time since you have had a letter from Smyrna. Smyrna is close to the new county line in Broad River township. To put your county in good shape there should be a lino run froi Smyrna to Smith’s Ford on Bro^ River, and I believe it can be doTO with very little trouble. Death has come and removed from our midst Mr. Andy Hardin. He was a good citizen and a hard working man. Mr. Stevenson, of Sharon, is repair ing Darwin’s Bridge on King’s Creek. H. Gibson is confined to his room from a lick lie received while greasing his wagon. Flaw Picker passed through the neighborhood last Friday on his way to Howell’s Ferry. He got some sub scribers on the route. E. D. Darwin and wife are jubilent over a pair of boys (twins). Mother and babes are doing well so far. Bolin di Wallace have moved their saw mill to Esq. G. C. Leeche’s. The ’grippe is the rage at present. Nation Knight. R ich red ^lood >»< dalioii of good health. Til Hood’s SarHaparilla, the 0| Blood Purifier, gives HE A Li