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r O. STACT, J. O. WAHDI.AW. President. Vice Preslden THE IATI0M SUE OF GAFFECT. Cspitsl $50,000.00. Will buy count* claims, receive deposit and make liberal loans on approved paper D. C. Koss. Cashier. he Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver* tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 86, 1900. 81.00 A YEAR. MITCHELL WILL END THE MINERS’ STRIKE Colleries Granting the De mands Will Resume Work. FACE NEW COMPLICATIONS Railroad Meu May Uc Forced Into the l*i>ue—Will lie Asked Not to Haudlc Coal From Mine* Not Granting tlis increase In Mages. Hazelton, Pa., Oct. 25.—The confer ence of the United Mine Workers whioli begun yesterday was resumed today. The indications are that it will be lata in the night before the labor officiaL can come to a definite conclusion as to the manner of ending the mine workers’ strike. There is a possibility that the auxi ously awaited announcement will not be made public until tomorrow. This de lay is occasioned by the complication which has arisen through the differen'j notiues that have been posted. Some of them are entirely satisfactory to the labor officials, while others in oer tain particulars do not comply with tho demands of the Scranton convention. A new difficulty presented itself to day when the Lehigh and Wilkesbarro Coal company posted supplemental no tices at its collieries in the Hazelton dis trict to the effect that the company will pay its men 2^ cents additional on a car of coal to make up the 1U per cent increase in wages. This notice says nothing about the abolition of the slid ing scale, nor does it guarantee the pay ment of the increase until April. To the mine workers these are two vital points. These notices ai-e the same as those previously posted by the com pany at its mines at Wilkesbarre, where the sliding scale never existed. In what manner the mine workers will overcome these obstacles is not known. Tho belief grows, however, that the strike will be declared off at tho mines of the companies that have com plied with the strikers’ demands and that the contest will be continued against those that have not fallen into line. If this action is taken it is not unlikely that tho railroad meu will be drawn into the contest to the extent of refusing to handle the coal of these companies. Tho statement to be issued will ba drdtvn by President Mitchell and will not lx) given publicity until it has been Approved by the labor officials in confer ence. DEPUTIES SCOOPING COAL Armed Men Are Working In the Cam eron Colliery. Shamoki.v, Pa., Oct. 25.—Fifty depu ties with revolvers iu their pockets are “scooping buckwheat” coal from tho Cameron colliery culm bank, iu the separators today, while 20 coal and iron policemen patrol the grounds encircling Ahe separators to keep strikers at a dis tance. The latter at intervals pass the public road west of the colliery ami curse the deputies. No persons other than men wanted to go to work are permitted to approach the breaker. BACON TO STUMP ILLINOIS. Plan Indorsed by the Legislature. Flection Returns Consolidated. Atlanta, Oct. 25.—The Georgia leg islature this morning gave its indorse ment of a plan of Senator A. O. Bacon to stump the state of Illinois in the in terest of Bryan and Stevenson. Senator Bacon wrote a letter to friends in the house asking their advice about tho matter. The house could not offi cially advise him, hut got around the difficulty by asking him to address both branches of the legislature on Nov. 2, after be has completed his tour of Iili nois. The entire morning was spent in con solidating election returns. Routine work in both houses will be taken u[ tomorrow. RIPLEY THE FIRST WITNESS. He Testifies !u the Grecne-Cuynoi Hearing In New York. New York, Oct. 25.—Henry O. Ripley was the first witness today iu proceed ings before United States Commissioner Shields for the removal to the jurisdic tion of the United States court iu Geor gia of John F.,William T., and Edward H. Gaynor and B. D. Greene, charged with conspiring with O. M. Carter to defraud the United States government on the work done on Cumberland sound and Savannah harbor. Mr. Ripley is an expert engineer. He Mild be examined the completed work in the Savannah district and found it well done and fully up to the specifications. High Water Iu Tennessee. Bristol, Teuu., Oct. 25.—High water Is raging in many streams in uppe. East Tennessee. Helstou and Chuclry rivert are np iu addition to the Watauga and Doe rivers reported yesterday. Railroad trestles over the Holstou and Chncky rivers and a steel bridge have been washed away. Chocky river is bigboi than for years. The Tennessee river is 10 feet above low watermark here, liav- ing risen since Tuesday night. Water from these upper streams is emptying into it. Depot Safe Robbed. Poraix, O., Oct 25.—Three masked men entered the Nickel Plate depot at Vermillion at 2 o’clock this morning and forced the agent, Henry Backstiue, to throw up bis bauds at the point of revolvers. He was then bound and car ried out to a box car. The safe was blown open and rifled of its contents, several hundred dollars being secured. Foul Play Suspected. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 25.—Tbe body of Christopher Hmith. an H-year old white boy, was found In the Chattahoochee river here this morning. Ho was drowned yesterday afternoon. The body was examined. The head and eyes give •videnca of foul play. r A ii i i r. . * - 0 ’ / * IRON MARKET MORE ACTIVE. Purchasers Are Placing Provisional Orders Pending the Flection. Cleveland, Oct. 25.—With the elec tion so close at baud it might be as sumed that buyiug of iron and steol would wait ou the actual announcement of the result. As a matter of fact there has been an active market iu the past week,finished material being in demand, while pig iron iu some selling centers has been more active than iu recent weeks. The placing of contracts with the proviso that they may be cancelled iu case the election result is unfavorable to business or more specifically, is against the administration, has been a feature of the week’s business. Many buyers, also satisfied of the election out come, are evidently placing their orders iu the belief that tho demand will in crease promptly ou the announcement of the result and that the result ou some materials, at Jeast, will be higher prices. Plates have been advanced $10 to $13 a ton by Pittsburg mills iu view of the heavy sales of the past few mouths, aud steel bars are firmer, one producer be ing for the present out of the market. The rail situation has not been altered materially. The disparity between the price of rails and billets has been lessened by an advance in the latter. Sales at $17.50 and $iv at Pittsburg are reported and some large business pending. Though the Bessemer company is not considering new business ou the present basis, when prices are still reported on malleable Bessemer, one sale of 1,000 tons being made the past week at $12.50 at tho furnace. AMALGATION IS BLOCKED. Chicago ami Alton Will Not Absorb the Kansas City Southern. Chicago, Oct. 25.—E. H. Harriman, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago aud Alton railroad, who was iu this city yesterday attending a conference of directors and officials of roads in which he is interested, has re turned east. Before leaving he would neither deny nor affirm the report tele graphed from New York that the con trol of the Pacific Mail Steamship com- f >ony had been secured by a syndicate leaded by himself and W. K. Vander bilt. He stated emphatically, however, that he would not be president nor hold any other official position with the Pa cific Mail Steamship company. Mr. Harriman also took occasion to deny the report that the Kansas City Southern (formerly Kansas City and Gulf) would be amalgamated with the Chicago ami Alton. Mr. Harriman has decided that the independent organizations of the Alton and Kansas City Southern must be maintained for an indefinite period, but that the two roads will bo more closely allied by having the Alton assume tho fixed charges of the Kausas City South ern road. The Union Pacific and Missouri, Kan sas and Texas roads, which are mem bers of the Harrimun-Altou syndicate, are said to have objected to the consoli dation of the Chicago and Alton and Kansas City Southern. OPENED FIRE ON WINKLER. Negro Attacks a Farmer ami Ills Wife. Latter Is Wounded. . Bremen, Ga., Oct. 25.—Merchant Winkler, at Felton, heard a noise about midnight at his barn, and with his wife went out to investigate. When they were half way between tho house aud barn a negro opened fire on them. Both Winkler and his wife turned and ran toward the house. The negro rushed ou Mrs. Winkler, firing at her as he went, one ball taking effect m her shoulder and setting hep clothing ou fire. Sheriff Shelnutt ar rested John Farmby. a negro. Farmby denies doing the shooting, but says he knows who did it Winkler had some trouble with Farmby a short time ago. TWO POSTOFFICES ROBBED. Sales Blown Open and Rifled—Several Arrests Made. Chattanooga, Oct. 25. — The post- office inspector’s headquarters in this city has received telegraphic advices of two cases of safe blowing involving Ala bama postoltices in the Birmingham dis trict and supposed to bo tbe work of a part of a safe blowing gang now iu cus- todj in Birmingham. The offices and safe of tho postoffice at Warrior, Ala., were blown open and the contents of the safe taken. At the same time tho .-afe in tho posfoffie at Woodlawn, Ala., was blown open aud |235 taken, the postoffice building being almost demolished. Inspectors have been detailed to investigate. Died at the Age of 02, Piienix City, Ala., Oct. 25.—Mrs, Sip bra Chadwick, one of the oldest resi dents of Russell county, died at her home at Hitchitee. Mrs. Chadwick was fi•. , year* of age, and was widely known in the adjoining sections of Alabama, she and her husband l«clug among the pioneer settlers of the state. Her hus band and three of her brothers came to Alabama when tbe state was in its in fancy, aud grew up with the country. She resided at tho homo for over 00 yean. Negro Murders Ills Wife. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 25.—John Harris, a wealthy negro, murdered his wife near Mineoia, beating her brains out with a neck yoke. Then he at tempted to kill his daughter, crashing her skull. The dead woman ami girl were discovered in tho public highway. Threats of lynching are made. Negro Murderers to Hang. Orangeburg, S. C., (Jet. 25.—The governor has refused to interfere iu the case of Warby Wan: and Major Green, two negroes convicted of the assassina tion of II. H. PauUing, a whito man, ig tins county, Dec. 17, 1MJ8. The mca will be hanged tomorrow. Roberts Sails Nov. 1.5. London. (Jet. 25 —The war office says that Lord Roberts he is » to leave boaih Africa about Nov. 15 aud that General Lord Wolsclcy h.is consented tocontiuue Ui perform the dutim of commander in chief of the army until the end of No vember. AIVOSD SAID TO BE NEAR MOUNTVERNON No Attompt Has Been Made to Arrest Him. CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL Wife’s Social Ambition Is Said to Have Led to Ills Ruin—Story of His Marriage—Mrs. Alvord Seldom Vis ited Her Parents, Who Are Poor. New York, Oct. 25.—There was a well defined rumor iu Mount Vernon last night that Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., tho defaulting teller of the First Na tional bank, was either at his home iu that city or that he was secreted in some place where he could easily be reached. Among those who believe that Alvord is in Mount Vernon is Chief of Police Fo ley, who has not yet been asked to arrest the defaulter, aud does not know offi cially that the man is wanted for a crime. This circumstance is widely commented ou by the people iu Mount Vernon. One of Alvord’s most intimate friends, who was one of those who laid out the Chester Hill section iu Mount Vernon and knows more al>out Alvord’s affairs than any man iu town, as he made few friends there, expressed the opinion that Alvord was not fur away and that he had the loot from the bank safely planted. The mayor of Mount Vernon, a close personal irieud of Alvord, was asked what he thought of the rumor that ho was iu the city or that at least he was within close reach. Ho said: “I don’t believe he is very far away, or rather, I might say that it would not surprise me to know that he was iu the vicinity.” A little significant remark was dropped by Barney, the coachman, who, when questioned, said: “Don’t worry about the boss. He’s all right. If they want him, why don’t they come aud take him? He won’t run away.” Samud Stewart, a coal dealer of Mount Vernon, says he saw Alvord last Saturday night on the New York, New Haven and Hartford train that left Mount Vernon at 0:J3 o’clock in the morning. STORY OF HiS DOWNFALL. Modest Rank Clerk Became a High Liver After Marring'*. New York, Oct. 25.—Ill apartments that cost $20, ou the third floor of the fiat house in Harlem, live the fatheraud mother of the wife of Cornelius L. Al- vori, the defaulting bank teller. They are Mr. end Mrs. Charles Benedict. The Benedicts are simple folk and poor. They make no pretenses and live within the salary paid ihe old husband as book keeper in a butchering establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict have seen little of their only daughter iu the last several years. She seldom came to see them, to it is asserted. In fact, the neighbors and friends of tho Benedicts thought them childless. They attributed the devotion they showered on each other to the fact that they had no children. It was 12 years ago that Alvord mar ried Jennie Benedict, then a handsome blonde girl, living with her father aud mother iu East One Hundred and Twelfth -street. Alvord was a stoody, hard working fellow, the father of the g:rl thought. His daughter, according to hG way of thinking, was making an excellent match. No one ever said that Alvord was dissipated then. He was not known to have a single bad habit. His sole ambition was centered in bis business. That he cared nothing for so ciety was shown by his marrying a poor girl, who was a stranger to even the social set in which he, the bank clerk, was recognized. Alvord’s social ambi tion and his love of extravagance is be lieved to have taken root when he gave a reception to his bride in a flat in which they lived shortly after his marriage. All the officers of the First National bank were invited to this reception. This, it is said, was the only time that Cashier Reid ami others of the bank offi cials ever saw or met Mrs. Alvord. Mrs. Alvord became ambitious so cially shortly after her marriage. Al- void's business ambition then changed to a social ambition. Alvord lived up to bi* salary the first few years of his married life. 1'hat he loved his wife and was ambitious for her sake iu a so cial -eiiso was shown by the way he showered jnouey on her- MRS. ALVORD BET ON RACES. Hie FV<-c|iieiitly Occupied a Hox ut tbe More important Coiirte*. New Yoke. Get. 25.—The betting men of tbe local race tracks say that Alvord coaid not possibly have lost any great amount of money on the race track, even if he bet through commissioners withont bis identity being discovered. To lose anything approximating the sum of Al ford’s defalcation while keeping his name a -e;*ret, they declan*, was inipo-e idble. Even had he bet through a com- rnis-ioncr, the placing of any large sums would have attracted attention and sho bookmakers, who pry meu tqie- chilly to koep them informed of whnt is going on and who is betting, limit have learned whence the cuuiiiiissioii came. Of Mrs Alvord’* virifs to the race tracks it was said that she frequently occupied a box at the more important courses, though seldom accompanied by h*-r 1ms smd. She bet ou th ; races, hut as her bet* were always piuc-d with regular nice track mors ugers It was as sumed that her wagers were not of ex- truordinurv size. Whou Alvord was with his wife ho generally liet from $1? to $25 on each nice. Promim ut Isiiiiug meu say that Alvord oonld not have lost or even half tint amount in gambhiighou^es and (rsdrooins without it lieesiRiing widely known. Throe steamships left New York on Saturday lu-t, the day Alvord is known to have disupis-ured, on any of which he might have booked « |sis-age und-r an assumed name The-o were the Mexico, bound for Cuba, the Cap Frio, for Hamburg and the* Amsterdam for R«.i terdam. The Mexico lauded in Havana yest r day. Word was received by tin* ib-tec trie* that Alvord was not >11 L<>iud. THE “KERNEL” IN GREENVILLE. What He Heard and Saw While There at Court. WITNESSED THE CIRCUS. He Visited the Greenville Female College and Was Shown Through the Building —Attended Treadling at Presbyterian Church—A Synopsis of the Sermon. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Greenville, Oct. 28.—Forepaugh’s great show was here Saturday and an immense crowd was here to witness it. The street parade was fine and at tracted the attention of thousands. The crowd in the city was variously estimated at from 7,000 to 10,000 people. Notwithstanding the attrac tions on the street Judge Brawiey held the reins of the U. S. court with a steady hand and the district attor ney gave the witnesses notice that if their names were called and they failed to answer their pay would be docked. The Cherokee county cases occu pied the attention of the court Satur day morning, except the time occu pied in trying a counterfeit case. The court will doubtless adjouru to morrow evening, tbe 23rd. Your correspondent last Saturday had the pleasure of visiting the Greenville Female College, when he was shown through the building and introduced to some of the teachers and students by one of our Cherokee county girls, Miss Grace Whisonant, who is a student in that institution. This college is located in a very quiet and beautiful portion of the city. The grounds around it are very at tractive and tbe college is furnished with all the modern appliances for effective work and, more and better than sll, a brigade of heauti u',bright young ladies are assembled tfiere to receive instructions. Greenville is a thriving city of about 16,000 inhabi tants. We had the pleasure of attending preaching at the First Presbyterian church yesterday. Dr. T. M. Mc Connell chose as his subject, “The Physician,” his text, Collossians 4:14. He spoke in the highest terms of the medical profession and empha sized the necessity of having edu cated, Christian physicians upon whom to call in our distress. He said that the physiciau was human ity’s best friend and the world’s greatest benefactor. Tbe physician makes greater sacrifices than all other professions combined. His time, health and comforts are all sacrificed for the welfare of others. We owe him a debt of gratitude we can never pay. He is tbe first to greet our advent into this world and tbe last to administer to our needs before leaving it. He stands to US’ as it were between life aud death. He helps us when we are unable to help ourselves. When racked with pain or burning with fever he is the one to whom we look for comfort and he ought, by all means, to be a man who, in our great distress, could point us by some word or act to the life everlasting by adding a word for our spiritual comfort. The first physicians we hear of in the Bible are those who stood around the death-bed of good old Jacob ad ministering to his wants. God has blessed us iu giving to mankind a knowledge of diseases and the remedies he has prepared for them. , It is the office of the physician to treat the ills of tbe body as it is with the minister to administer to the spiritual wants of the soul. The physician ought to be a man who would ask God’s counsel and guidance in all his work. In concluding he said: “Let the physician who comes to my bedside be a man who can and will get upon his knees and ask God’s blessing upon the remedies be has prescribed for my diseases.” He stands in close relation to the minis ter and his work and calling is from God to treat tbe ills of the body and in a kind and tender manner lead his patients to a higher and better life. Tbe Sunday school exercises at the first Presbyterian church were very interesting and tbe music fine. J. l s. It Happened In a Drug Store. “One day last winter a lady came to my drug store and asked for a brant) of cough medicine that I did not have in stoca,” says Mr. C. R. Grandin, tho popular druggist of Ontario, N. Y. “She was disappoint ed and wanted to know Hhat cough preparation 1 could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recom mend Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of tho remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she [lid not find it worth the money to bring back tbe bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. I consider thst a very good recommendation for the remedy.” It Is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. One of the old Greek laws provided that if a man divorced his wife be could not marry a younger woman than tbe discarded partner. The licet Preecrtpllwn for Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottls of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply Iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no psy. Price 00c. COMPLICATIONSOVER TREtTYWITH FRANCE Collector Directed to Liqui date Entries of Cordials. OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS t Contract Surgeons Arc Not Entitled to Any Increase In Pay—Transportation of Troops to Cuba and Porto Rico. Fire at Indian Head. Washington, Oct. 25.—Assistant Sec retary Pauldiug has instructed the col lector of customs at New York to liqui date all eutries of cordials, liquors, etc., imported from France as not falling withiu the scope of the reciprocity agree ment with that country. That order which reopens tho question of rates un der the agreement was decided upon for the reason that, under similar reciprocal agreements with Portugal, Germany and Italy, the department has held that such agreements embrace only such brandies and other spirits as are men tioned in paragraphs 28J aud 2'J2 of the Diuglcy tariff act, which do not, it is contended, exclude liquors. A few months ago tho United States court for the southern district of New York decided that cordials are known in France as liquors, and should be ad mitted at the new treaty rates. The effect of this new order will be to bring the matter again before tho courts. Proposition Rejected, Washington, Oct. 25.—After a full discussion of the subject with Quarter master General Lndington and Colonel Bird of his office. Secretary Root has re jected the proposition to have the mili tary transportation business between this country aud Cuba aud Porto Rico conducted by a merchant line of steam ers on those routes instead of by regular army transports as at present. Fire at Indian Head. Washington, Oct. 25. — Admiral O’Neill, chief of ordnance of the navy department, today received a telephone message from tho proving ground afe Indian Head, reporting that a fire and explosion occurred in ouo of the filling houses aud magazines late last uight. No one was injured, but about 25 tons of powder were destroyed. Not Entitled to Extra Pay. Washington, Oct. 25.—In the case of W. H. Block and 17 other acting assist ant surgeons, U. S. A., tho comptroller of the treasury has held that a contract surgeon is neither an officer nor an en- listed man and is not entitled to the 10 per cent increase in pay under the act of May 26, 1900. ' Ordered to Chinese Waters. Washington, Oct. 25.—The navy de partment has ordered the tugs Pisca- taqua and Wompatuck to bo putin com mission for service iu Chinese waters. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. Former Georgia Posf musters and Spe cial Carriers Indicted. Atlanta, Oct. 25.—What is declared to have been one of the cleverest schemes on record to defraud the government was brought to tho fore again when the United States grand jury returned true bills of iudictment against 13 former postmasters and special mail carriers. Tho men are all residents of Polk, Haralson and Paulding counties, and were indicted in December, 1898. The second indictment was returned because the district attorney did not consider the first indictment a good one. The de fendants are all under bond and the in dications are that their cases will be heard at the next term of tho court. The defendants who are charged with conspiracy are F. C. Deavors, former postmaster at Cabot, Ga.; Butler Davis, former postmaster at Way, Ga.; John G. Low, former postmaster at Roland, Ga.; B. F. Morgan, former postmaster at Frank, Ga.; William A. Green, former postmaster at Doster, Ga.; W. C. Waldrop, former postmaster at Junior, Ga.; J. M. Rutledge, former postmaster at Ledge, Ga.; John R. Bush, former as sistant postmaster at Dicy, Ga.; T. J. Bell, former assistant pmstmaster at Bos nia, Ga.; W. M. Waddell, former special carrier; A. 8. Waddell, former special carrier; W. T. Head, former special car rier; W. J. Harden, former special car rier. DEGENERACY THE DEFENSE. Ferrell’s Father and Mother Were First Cousins. Marysville, O., Oct. 25.—Dengeu- eracy is tho defense which will be made in the trial of Rosslyn Ferrell, now in progress, for the alleged murder of Adams Express Messenger Charles Lane and the robbery of the express car. Mrs. Annie Biggerstaff of Steuben ville was tbe first witness called for the defense. She is the prisoner’s aunc, and testified that his father and mother are first cousins and that his grandmother niarnod her (tbe grandmother’s) uncle. The prisoner had lost his cheerful air this morning and came into court in a most dejected mood. He is very restless and ill at ease. 011 31111s Fix Pries of Seed. Columbia, S. G., Got. 25.—Tho cotton* $ecd oil mill men of Sonth Carolina held a quiet meeting h«to and formed a com bination for their mutual benefit. The result of the coufereuce is that the mills will all bay on a uniform basis, getting the use of established warehouses and scales, and that the territory adjacent to mills will not be invaded by buyers from more distant mills. This will tend to down competition and keep down prices. Outraged and Murdered- Indianapolis, Oct. 25.—Leole Wil helm, wife of John Wilhelm, was found murdered this morning on the west bank of White river, iu tbe heart of the city. AH indications show that the woman was strangled to death, bosides being outraged aud robbed. Three arrests have been made. Those arrested are John Wilhelm, the husband of the wo man, John Malady and Felix Robbins. THE “DARK CORNER.” Our CorreHpon<l<>nt Thought It Clvilizvri hut He Was Mistaken. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Willie, Oct. 23.—We had thought that the “dark corner” had become pretty well civilized, but it seems that we were somewhat mistaken in our conclusions. Last week I'ink Wooten, one of our toughs, laboring under some imagi nary wrong that he had sustained, jumped on Mr. Moore, one of our best citizens, and carved him up con siderably with his pocket knife, for which Mr. Wooten is now languish ing behind tbe bars at Spartanburg with splendid prospects of a two year’s job on the county chain gang. It also seems that the ambition of the Babb boys is such that it is al most impossible for them to live to gether in peace and unity. Isom and Laurons Babb, it seems, cannot get along well without fighting a little among themselves. Lee and Isom Babb, uncle and nephew, between whom bad blood has existed for some time, got into a difficulty when Isom drew his pistol, whereupon Lee pro ceeded to take it away from him and actually carried it home with him. Each party is now contemplating the prosecution of the other. Liquor! Liquor!! Mr. A. J. Farnham was made aw fully glad last week by the arrival of a pair of girl babies at his home. Also Mr. John Gray is all smiles—it is a girl of course. Our section has been almost depop ulated during the past week on ac count of the United States court at Greenville; some as witnesses and a considerable number of them as prin cipals. Truly the way of the trans gressor is hard. Mrs. A. J. Farnham has been very sick for several days with heart weak ness. Mrs. J. B. Brown has been very sick for the past two weeks, but we are glad to report that she is now some better. Althougb the crops in this section were very short, farmers are gen erally in very good shape for next year’s crop. Cotton is about all gathered and very near all sold. The cotton crop of this section was a little less than half an average crop. Corn is not more than one third of an average crop. Mr. A. G. Howell, our enterprising merchant and postmaster, has finish ed his dwelling house and is now oc cupying it. - Octavus. ECZEMA. ITCHINGS HUMORS. Pimple* Cared by B. B. It. Bottles Free to KufTerers. Does your Skin Itch and Burn? Distressing eruptions on the Skin so you feel ashamed to be seen in com pany? Do scabs and Scales form on the Skin, Hair or Scalp? Have you Eczema? Skin Sore and Cracked? Rash form on the Skin? Boils? Pim ples? Bone Paines! Swollen Joints? Falling Hair? All Run Down? Skin Pale? Old Sores? Eating Sores? Ulcers? To cure to stay cured take B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) which makes tbe blood pure and rich. B. B. B. will cause the sores to heal, itching of eczema to stop forever, the skin to become clear and the breath sweet. B. B. B. is just the remedy you have been looking for. Thor oughly tested for 30 years. Our readers are advised to try B. B. B. For sale by druggists at $1 per large bottle; six large bottles (full treat ment) $5. Be sure the bottle reads Botanic Blood Balm. Complete di rections with each bottle. So suf ferers may test it, a trial bottle given away. Write for it. Address blood Balm Co., Atlanta Ga. Describe your trouble and free personal medi cal advice given. American railway trains run at a greater speed than those of any country in the world. Question Answered. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in tbe civilized world. Your mothers’ and grandmothers’ never thought of using anything else for Indigestion or Bil iousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom beard of Appendicitis, Nervous Prostration, Heart Failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fer mentation of undigested food, regu late the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green’s August Flower, in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serinua the matter with you. For sale by 8. B. Crawley <& Co. The fellow who tells all he knons would not bo half so insufferable if be only knew all be tells. “For three days and nights I suf fered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers,” says Mj E. Lowtber, clerk of the district court, Center ville, Iowa. “I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and three doses relieved me entirely.” This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company^ A sure way to remove grease spots from silk is to rub the spot quickly with brown paper. The friction will draw out the spot. You Know Whnt You ur« Taking When you take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula ia plainly printed on every bottle show ing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, No Pay. &0c. DESPERATE RATTLE WITH CHINESE RERELS Villagers Defeated and 2,000 of Them Killed. FORMER LOST HEAVILY Rebels Had 400 Killed—Two Thou sand Troops Sent to tho Scene—No Report From the Subsequent Hattie. Other Foreign News. Canton,Oct.25.—The Chinese officials have placarded the Shetom district, of fering several hundred dollars reward for the heads of the four foreigners who are supposed to be leading the rebels. Hong-Kong, Oct. 25.—The governor of Hong-Koug has been informed that 4,000 villagers iu the Samto-Chouk- Kwai-Shiu district were attacked by rebels at Peng-Kok. The villagers were defeated aud 2,000 of them killed. Tho rebels, who lost 400 killed, burned two villages containing 3,000 houses. A force of 2,000 troops went to Ihe as sistance of tho villagers and engaged the rebels Oct. 23. No detail of tho re sult have been received. General Ho, with 2,000 troops, has re turned to Hong-Koug, having burned the village of Shau-Chautin and Ma lum tau. The Germans also captured two walled villages. There were no casual ties among the Germans. PROTECTING FOREIGNERS. Imperial Kdict Against Disturbances In Shen-Si Province. Paris, Oct. 25.—The foreign office has heard directly from M. Pichon, tho French minister at Peking. He has been ill with typhoid fever, but is im proving aud it is believed he will be able to attend the sessions of the ministers in a w'eek. The French consul at Han-Kow cables that he has secured protectiou for the missious aud Christians iu Shen-Si pro vince. Fearing that the court’s pres ence there flight create an anti-foreign outbreak the consul notified the viceroy that any hostile attitude would result in breaking all the peace negotiations ou the part of the powers. Tho viceroy thereupon secured the issuance of an imperial decree making death the pen alty for any auti-foreign disturbers of the peace. Agrees to Japan’s Proposal. Berlin, Oct. 25.—Germany has agreed to Japan’s proposition that peace nego tiations with China shall be entrusted to tho foreign representatives at Peking. Abandoned at Sea. London, Oct. 25.—The British steam er Romsdaleu, Captain Long, from Charleston Oct. 7- for Bremen, passed Prawle Point today and signalled that the Norwegian bark Crown Prince, Cap tain Soreusea, from Darien Sept. 21 for Liverpool, bad been abandoned at sea. All the crew had been saved, of whom eight were on board the Romsdalen. Surveying a New Railroad. St. Petersburg, Oct. 25.—Four en gineering corps have begun laying out a railroad between Orenburg and Loach- kend, for which American locomotives have been ordered. The engineers will probably finish the surrey iu 1900. JACKSONvilLLTwiLL WIN OUT Reports Show Public Opinion Favora ble to That City. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 25.—Great enthusiasm marked the meeting of tho local Capital Removal association. Pres ident Dillon stated that the work was progressing most satisfactorily. From reports at hand from all sections of tho state the tide of opinion seems to havo taken a favorable turn toward this city during the past two weeks, and the local association officials arc confident of the ultimate success of the movement. Major G. P. Healy, who has been in nearly every part of the state made a brief speech, stating that the outlook for the removal of the capital to Jacksonville was very encouraging. Other speakers followed, all of whom encouraged the local association in Its efforts and urged them to push their work to a successful conclusion. VALUABLE MINERAl FIND. Rich Deposits of Umber Is Discovered In Tennessee. Chattanooga, Oct. 25.—What is de clared to be one of the most valuable mineral discoveries in this section has just been made by Romie Loomis, on expert painter of this city, in a mam moth cave near Sweetwater, Teun. It is an iucxhaustive deposit of am ber, superior, he declares, to any ionnd iu this country and more nearly re sembling iu its final analyses tho Tor- key amber. He will arrange iu New York for the mining and marketing of the product, iu connection with prominent capital ists of this city 1 _ To Deepen the Mississippi. St. Louik, Oct. 25.—A joint commis sion lias been appointed, representing the Merchants’ Exchange, the Business Men’s League and tho Real Estate Ex change, to procure legislation for the (hstpening of the channel of the Missis sippi river between St. Lonis and New Orleuu.H. It was decided that congress should provide a minimum dentu of eight feet in the channel at all seasons aud to provide a fund for that end. Sensation In Chattanooga Court. Chattanooga, Oct. 25.—A sensation was sprang in the circuit court by attor neys charging that they had proof tbat certain jurymen had accepted bribes in certain casoa receutlv tried. These mem bers of the jury will be openly charged with receiving bribes for returning ver dicts in motions for setting aside ver dicts iu two damage salts tried iust Week.