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A HORKIBLE TRAGEDY IN SPARENBURG, | "uk had INBUIjTED my WIFE." Dr. BlvlllgtJ Shot and Killed Mr. T. ; J. Trliumler Fur an Imaginary Offenoe?Thov Had Alwajrn Been Win m Personal Friends. Spartunburg lias wltmssed ono of the me*, horrible tragedies of reeent times, which was enacted on Tuesday i afteruoon. March 1st, at15 o'clock. Mr. Thomas .J. Trloimler, tho well known and popular book store man, and ono of the leading and most in fluential men of Spartauburg, was shot and instantly killed by Dr. Sidney J. Divings, a young dentist, universally popular with every ono who knows h'i?, nr:d one of tho kindest and most i bilging of gentlemen. *>nu to add to tho horror of the affair, tho two gentlemen were the closest und most Intimate frh > ds, and lor severer" years pust wen < .. etant'y eeon togulhi r. In fact, tbe'.r friendship w?>a aln.oit thatol Danen and Pytl ias, and a sulject of }.?.m rai comm. nt For ubout a year, owing to ill he ?Ith, Dr. B vings bad retired from tl" practice 01 bis proftS*U>n Mil ppont most of his leisure timu at Mr Trim miet's book store. Too Doctor in herited quite a handsome proper!} from his lather, and was a very lurut landowner. Tho morning of tho kill lng Dr. Blvlnge, about fl o'o ocK in tin memlng, catno in Mr. Trimm r's book store, to read tue morning papers, ur bo hud been in the bablt of doing for some time past. Tho Dootor com plained of feeling badiy, and said be had not slept weil the night bi fore Ills bealtb, for some time, had been, poor, and Ins friends noiid his ohaog* e d appearance. Tuesday afternoon, while Mr. Trim mler w as at his de*k preparing a letter head t) l ave printed lor Mr. W. I. Gray ol Glonuaio, Dr. Bivings wa k< 1 into 'J rimmier'b private ollleo. M G ay was ? andlng at tho desk with Mr. Trlmmler, diet I tat lug copy for letter head Mr. dm Trlmmler, son of Mr. T. J. Truumier, was in front ol sturo wait on a customer. Mr George Av.iui bud ju&t stepped intt the j >k> 1 Hi je, >\ bleu was au adjoining room. Tu? tragedy occurred so quickly thai, evcu ttiotfo wi.u witnessed it die not bavo tlin? to remonstrate befon the fatal ? wore b>od. De. Blvings had ?? pistol [u each hand cone, al d Under coat. Wi.k.ng to where Mr. Tr mm or was at work, without a wor i >?' warning, he opened lire on tliat gentleman, Uiug three shots, two to-klog clT ot, iu nisShoulder aodohost. I. rul those balls would have pro ed t\li< r tiring tbeso shots Dr. B.v ng remarked : " I s% i 11 teach you butter tl d to tuia insultingly of ujy wife " Mr. Trimrob v in a surprised ton* exol > ' ? l, " What ;s the matter witb you c" Mdk'ii. a :ti pforward he then bunk, to the tl or unit expired without uttering another word. Dr. Blvings turned out of the private i lli.e into the store room and started out, meet ing Mr. Can Tri minier who upon hear ing the shins rushed towards the private oilioe. Dr. Blvings Bred one shot at Cam which took effect in his left hand ranging towards the wrist making a serious wouud. Dr. Divings walked out of the stor> with too remark that his wife had bten insult, d, and he intended to pro tect her He met 1'olicemun MoAb e near the national bank and surrendered to that oftioer, u iviug up his pistols. H was laktu to jail. A jury of 11 quest wus held in tin tili jo of Magistrate Kirby, and th< principal facts were brought out rel ative to the killing. Dr. Wilson testified as to his examination of the deuu body, and he found ttncj wounds, all near the region of thololt shoulder, two going iu and one coming out, either ol which was sufficient to kin him. Tho material witnesses gave their testimony as fotle>v.s : W. I. Gray, sworn, says : " 1 live at Glenda!e. Bpartanburg county. 1 was at T. J Trlmmler's boo* store when the difficulty took place, March 1st, 181)8 1 entered Mr. Tl'luiinier'a !*io e at about ~U minutes ol 3 u'olo k In the afternoon for the pur pus..* of payli g h bill for printing matter which 1 owed ?$Mr. Trtmmler. Having buttled the acc lur^t I then proposed for tho ar raiift me lit of some additional work - print ing. He replied, ' Cease step back In ro with me und we will tix it up.' Ho then led tho svay to the small pmoo in the rear end of tho store, do soUcti d a blank letter head and began to write to my dictation. I stood fac ing him und partly with btok to the entiauce of the enclosure. 1 saw a young man inter tue enclosure, puss by mo und then enter the printing room A moment later I saw anothei gentliinan enter and pass by. I sup posed he waa going to the printing room also and paid no attention to him The in xt Instant I caught a u 11 ui-p?o~ of the m? /./. e Of a nifttOl lU Otose range of pay,1t;.ft. uooek. Then came a flash aod rypnr^^^^nkipj{ shot was Hred at myself i SW ung ba-k, aod iu i diu m> ti e u an btopv d forward to the place 1 hud occupied and fired t?o more cho's In quick succession. Mr. Trim mier stepped backward, dropped hi& bane's to u s fide aud bent tligntly for ward. Tin man tuen said,'1 will teach y.ou better tuan to speak Insultingly of my wife ' Be then turned and left the oilier c ikIo-ure and pan id to tho front ol I .io StOiei I tnen heard him say, 'Keep awa.v from me, Scrap, 1 don't want to hiu' you.' Tuen 1 heard an to leave tiu nice enolosure Mr. T. J. Trlmmh??? ivalaed forward after him. As lie pay od mo l heard him say, ho iicciieft the ei.l ance of the oii plOSttre be 10)1 forward upon his knees and eiloows. In thut position he re maiucu unuk 1, witb the assistance of anothi r geriluioan, raise] him up and Elaced him >n a chair. 1 supported im ?.,y thejriglit arm while my as si.-liw t tur n^i" to the telephone. Mr. Trlmmler rjieed his bead, which hud been bondit; forward, and th nking he win aboo to speak, I bent down to his f-ice, but/.o only drew a long breath and his htfn\ fell backward. I then assisted ic-'ajing him ou toe floor auu fatal. arm ion. me utcio?uro." Q Wore th>ro tbroo shots made be fore ibi-rtv'won any words spoken. A. ThJro w\re. ?< luo think Mr. Ti immier noticed the entraVo of vins nmn, because he did nut ra,0 his head until after the first Bhot. >,i btten ?re?. I did not U. i.w thegUlomtn who d'd the shoot ing 1 iiWjJum called Dr. JJ.viug* Cl? ^a'fch.mnt. I know this turne mi?? wn?id the shooting wns the >n*? they lied Dr. Hiving. Ho ' ' lUl ,'? m,y, ?.!Su,r "? "P"ko oiearly and l o?ui?uut.lb, havub??n mll pris d. lhl? 1? A, know about th matter. \ j. W. MoAbeo, sw, , .landing -\^Xom\^ Mrs. V?hl . camo running from a mier's ?od says to 'wi^if'in shooting there at TrlV ^d,?0B had better look after ft' J iro to the book storo at-V11 rn'< fo?,e coming out at fWj,0^; hei lolMh- sidewRHe moY. After pistol In each hand. He I surrender ; no uam man ^ A bee mywifo and live.' I said lithe router V bo ?Atd, t \? hat T. J three times.' I then wW him to the to o*raph o?loo. \ tn weotiiownhoBi* Mr.a.bortsVo op'.lu.r. Ue said to Mr. lb.bV 'You know what caused thta. \ Hob-rfcmo m de no reply. In vo\\ the guard house he said to me, McA\ you or an> o nor ?ood game d would havo dcO^ whst I did ur.dcr l i aame coi cot .uW1 Ho said "uo m \ 6,>nbJfa?y to^^yor beer about i A :iM ?ays: "Ikn just left the office. Trlmmter was unking to Mr. Cray. I went into tho printing ullloe. I don't ti-'nk I was inoi o thau threo foot from the door when l heard the discharge of a piatol.' 1 then ran buck uud saw Dr. Divings. I Ho cover* <i mo wiih two pistols und , say, 'DonM COUie towards mo. 1 am your i friend und you uro mine." I backed j back at once. When 1 bucked back he | turned and Bred tho fourth shot at, I suppose, his son, Cam, 1 did not seo I him. 1 heard no words passed between : tin in. 1 did not sou Cam. 1 then ran I buck and told Ceorgu that Sid bad j killed Undo Tom. Ho laughed, but dually went to him and then went after a doctor. Tho last 1 saw T. J. Trim* mier ho was tanding talking to Mr. Gray. I kuo It was Di. Divines who uld tho shouting, for be wus tho only mun in the bouse. Dr. Divings did not call me by name. I havo a nickname. It Is ?Scrap.' 1 did not hear it spuken. I naw Blvlngs rhoot tho fourth shot and saw Cam S band afterwards. I did not sec H.vings come into the ollloe, but hi',v him tfu out." ?. G. Avant, s?vurn, suys: "Yester day is l caino out into tOo olli :o Mr. Gantt said: "S:d Divings hau kille?! Unelo Toni.' 1 laughed at bim aud Mvid, 'I guess not." I stepped to tho printing otliee door aud &uw Sid Div ings near tnu door with a pistol lu his r i ht hand. Could Dot BOO his loft one. I -ti pped down then and looked In Mr. L'ritninter's ollieo and saw him tit ling in a chair with bis head thrown bank. I caught bold of him and straightened him out. lie never spoko alter 1 j^ot in there. Dr. Divings had been with us all tho morning. They seen od to havo been tho bjst of IrioMde. Never had any bard feelings but once and that was amicably Bottled. Dr. BiviUgS has made that headquar l t s Iivtc iy . Ho had been there some time. I loft him there, but ho v as gon when 1 got back at 2 o'clock. Killing took place about y o'clock " 1<\ 1'. Robertson, sworn, says: "Yes oroay afternoon Dr. liivini-:s came to my etil <\ the Western Union Tele* graph oflloe. 1 wus sending a message at the. lime and tod him 1 would wait on him directly, lie pushed the door open and caino in. lie pulled oil his hut und stood there. I said: "Doctor, I can talk to you, hut 1 ciui't got up. 1 am sending u. message.' Lie advanced towurds mo und sind: 'Tho same old thing.' Isaid: 'How Is that, doctor?' I thought he hud reference to some old tolegrum. He said: "You know what they said about my wife last night.' 1 replied: '1 do not understand.' He said: 'Come down, cumu down.' Then I cot up. He said: 'Hut your oh and here; put your hand tierc; I am a Knight of Pythias; don't be a'raid.' He held his band us if he .vuuted mo to take it und I took his hand. Ho then said: 'They could talk ei> nit mo, but when they talk about my Alle'?. I could not understand, but no said something like that was an other thing. Then ho went on out. I beard uo threats of his. Have not had a confidential conversation with him in six months. He bus never intimated in any way that he intendeu to do this orime. i diel not even know to what he hud references; eaking of tho night before and made thj re-mark that the man was crazy. Ho came back after the kil.'ng wltn Mr. McAboo. Ho hud two revolvers and Me A bee said: 'You don't want to see mm,' und ho said: 'Yes, 1 do.' MoAbee hesitated about coming iu to where 1 was at. Ho si uved the Kii'c open, came in and Mc Abeo followed. 1 got up and mot the docti r and be make some remarks that I L.id i o? oatob, hut said: 'There was OUti other tout I ought to have killed.' lie call id the man's name, but I did not catch the name. Ho said : 'A man that would not protect his wife's name i - ni>t a man; or is a mighty poor man.' II j did not refer to the decca ed before or after tho killing. Ho said to Mc A Nie: 'Come on, you want me.1" ix>. Did B vings say to you that you kne.v what I kill him for? A Ho did nut , Mrs. M. A. Pol a, sworn, says; "I was in T. J. Trlmmlor's book Btore. 1 was talking to young Mr. Trlmmier w hen tho shuta woro (irod. I iieurd Dr. Hiving* ??alter ho had shot the seoond time: ^Tuu. have, insulted my wife' I heard Mr. Trlmmier saj: 'Whatdoytfu moan? Do you mean to kill me?' 11?: made no reply, only re peated tho above assertions in regard to his wlfa. He lircd a third shot after the ah >ve conversation. (Jain.went be hind the counter, went to a drawer, and, 1 think, KOt a pistol. Dr. Hivini s j had quite shooting then and was st. nd logon the platform in front of t tie office. Whom (J tin went up to Dr. D?vings ho (Blvlogs) .-aid: 'Go back, this is no Child's play." I left tho house imme diately. Mot McAboe and sent him down th? ro. 1 know no mure. Don't ki.ow who did tho last shooting. Front doer was Shut, but not looked. Shoot ing was down in rapid succession. Cammle w \* betitnd the counter. I I hjQjir.d BJa;lags say: 'You have insulted mj wife.' Cam never opened his mouth, but camo from behind tie counter and mot Divings face to face in passway. Q. Did you hear one or two shots aft, r yoo left tho room? A i would sot say, but It sounded like two shots. Trio coroner's jury returned tho fol lowing verdict: "We, the jurors assembled in the case of tho Stale \b. tho dead body of T. J. Trimmier, line that the aaid T. j. Trimmier camo to hia death by platol shot wounds wil <ully and feloniously indicted by Dr S. J. Btvings." Tnomason Sc Sims aro representing Dr. Blvings and C. P, Sand ra, Esq., who is a brother to tho Ccad man's wife, will assist tho State in the prose cution. Young Camphell Trimmier, who was shot in the han I, is palnf"lly, but not scriouslv wounded. Mr. Thus. j. Trimmier was born in 3 par tan burg an I whs 43 yoars of ago, and in early 1 fe married a Miss San ders, sister of P. Sanders, E-q., one of tho loading attorneys of the Spar tanburg bar. and also a BiBter of Statt Senator Sanders, of Colleton County. From this union thero aro five chil dren, foil" boys and one girl. Although i oarly youth he had to struggle agalnbt the robuiTs and discomfiture of chill penury, he rose abovo-the natural environment and accumulated a hand some foitune. Mr. Trimmier was a man of rare business tact and judg ment. Ho ran his bookstore for year* t nd built up a largo trade. Bis print log patronago was also very lucrative. ,V r. Trlmmlor had drawn nl> nt. him u Ih go UITU3 of frlondB, who appreciated hit- worth as a bu.ulae.8B man and also wei e bone li ted by IiIb gonkal, social dis poritton. Mm was a representative ol the i" Bt type of the enterprising) pro gressive citizen. Thore was hardly a ousiness inbtitution or enterprise ol any consequence in Sparenburg thai bo did not. have Btock in. Ho loaves a large fortuno to his family and his life was well in- iii- n. He wai connected also with a number of the secret on'er* of tho olty, und was an acceptable mem) or in each of thorn. A reporter of the Spartanburg Her ald culled un Mrs. livings after the doplorablo oncurronue, and in vi?w of h r i iu, e b:ing used, she made the following statement, which shows that there vuw no foundation for tho slaying of Mr. Trlmmier on her account: "I know Mr. Trimmler. Ho and my husband were gr at friends. I bav?: not seon him (Trimmler) since ihre? days beforo Cbrlbtraas, when I was in his store in company with my own littb girl and threo little daughters of my next door neighbor looking at Chrlut inas goods. "There li no gontloman In town who ms always booi. more polite to mo than Vl r. Trlmmier, although I had onlv > Jteaktng acquaintance with him.1. My jmr husband wa-? and is now, suitor \from, as the physicians sav, mental nwVatlon, though I did not iully real ad \i? condition until thiyday before^ j^^pj^g?|?"2te affair jggairred, H*M_ hae always been as kind and uffeotlon ato as a husband could possibly be, and no word of reproach over foil from his j lips against me. lie is known all over . the county as ono of tho most kind hearts1 mon of tho city. No ono over asked Jk favor of him that he did not I grant If It was In his power. When parties havo been confined in jail, ho ] has gono unuskud and bailed them out. No beggar over left his door hungry. It would have boon impossible for my husband to have dono a wrong to any ono if ho had not been demented, much [ less to his bosom friend." mi,I, A1U? ON I.UNA. The Moon's Influence on the Miml ami on <im den Truck. It ia a beautiful now moon?not ex actly now, but since Tuesday night, when we lirstsaw it, I never saw a turn er ouo nor a brighter one nor ono that batuueed itself so proudly in tho wi st ern heuvens. Not u drop of water would it spill und somo say that means wo will liavo a dry month aud some bay wo will havo a wot one. To my un learned mind tho moon is tnu uaosl complicated und wonderful piece) of machinery in the realms of space. It makes my beud swim to study its ellip tic orbit, its luuur time and sidereal time, its librations of latitude and lougitudo aud diurnal liurattou: its ascending and descending nodes and their rettogrado motiou which takes eighteen years and 21U Jays to com plete; its apogee and perigee, tho two points of which arc movuble and move along tho circumference of the ellipse from west to east complete the circuit in eight years und 3U0 days Sometimes it comes along a circle in tho heavens that is neat the / nitb and somotlmes its course is low down in the southern sky. Its speed Is not uui form us its moves around tho earth, for sometimes it gets ahead aud some times lags behind. Its axis is inclined to its orbit and seems to nod backwards aud forwards for three degrees. Then there aro tho eclipses, which add to the wonderful complications, und vi L every phase und every mutton obey a law and aro Intelligible to ineu ol science, it is tho regularity ol i' regu larities But men of science like u.ir Ash more understand it all and can make an almanac and foretell eclipse* for a thousand years. I have unbound* od respect for these men ? for Gro< r and Ash more ami Dr. Means, all ol our own state, aud for tho lamented Pro fessor Mitchell, who was the greatest of modern astronomers. But this beautiful new moon provok ed another lino of thought. 1 .-aw n over my right shoulder and in a clear sky and was satislied, and yet 1 am not superstitious about it. 1 hud just a lit tle rather see it that way and so bau tho majority of olvliiz' d people. D?na means the moon, and must peoplo are lunatics. Even Ihackstoco, tho great jurist, de linos a luuatio to be one who is insane at timed but has lucid inter vals during certain changes of the moon. Aud although tho mcdica woi Id bus long sinco oxpude.d the superstitious theory of the moon's m tluv uco on tho mind, tho name of luna tic still obtains and Is applied to all in sano persons. Alter South Caroline had seceded, a man asked Mr. I'otti grow which was the road tothu lunatic asylum. "Any road?all tho roaUt>,' ho said, "tho whulo state is ono vast lunatic asyium.,: Almost everybody has some superstition about the uioon'e lofluenoe on vegetation. Mv iroou neighbor, Mrs. Fluids, told mc lust week that she bud been right buoy al day planting her potatoes, "lor," saio she, "you know it is tho dark of lh< moon. ' Sbo is the best gurdenei in tho town and always succeeds, bui she does herself injustice when 6he gives tho moon any credit for her Bin cess. Many years ago 1 made a fair test of the moon theo: y", lor I planteu four rows in my garden in the dark ol tho moon and then four more rig lit be side them two weeks later and gave ai the same culture, und 1 found no differ ence in the yield. Tho best time to plant potatoes is when tho ground is ready, and it may bo very uuready 1: we wuit for the dark of the moon. Hu 1 have found thut good farmers diffol about how muny days are included li the dura of the moon. Some >uy 0U(, some say two or three, ar.d others say all the duys of the moon's wane, whici. would be about thirteen. Hut if tncre is anything in the moot' theory, why contine it to Irish potatuc and peas und beuus? Wi y not apply il to sweet potatoes and ground poas auc corn and whea ? Hut there aro other superstitions thul even the most sensible und we l educated people cannot shake off. The roasted chicken on our table to-day wnt ^arnished with parsley aud wo bavi none in our gurden. 1 usked my wife where Iii came from. "From Mrs. Pustell's," she said. "1 will get soim from her," said 1 "and plant it. I sow ed the seed last spring, but it did not come up." "No," said my wife, "yon won't get it from Mrs. Pestoll, unies. you go in the night und steal it. Sht believes thut it is a gift that carrie death with the giving, ai d she would ent give you a plant for the world. Why, she declares that it alway causes a death in the family, and on.y throe years ago .i neighbor pulled up some by the roots againet her protest and took it homo aud planted it, and the woman died within a wee k." Well, ,now Mrs. I'o-tell is a vor-, tinirt, cultured and well-balanocci woman, hut t-he is a lunatic on that sub jeet, and I fe ar that my wife is show ing symptoms of tho same mnladj. Certain It Is she Wril not hear to m> getting parsley plants from anybody a* a gift, and certain it is that 1 am nn< going out at night to steal any. Well, maybe that if a person has faith In Buch things what thoy tellevo will happen, lor faith will remove mountains, and II t here, is a faith euro there may be i faith kill. These superstitions aro deep-rooted, for thoy como down to in through tho ages. Thoro Ib a pla t called rue and another called rosomarv, and txnh were usod in tho days ol witchcraft to drive away evil spirits. They wore called "herbs of grace." ami were imbued with Baying qualities, while parsley is of evil omen and dangerous, unlcts it is stolen by night. lint my wife insists that a little rea n< nabio superstition Ib a good thing t< nave, for it proves that wo aro not over-confide nt In our own merits and fei 1 iho need of fortifying our welfan Sho says that it indicates a belief li tho supernatural and that If wo wer all like Ingeisoll and didont believo li anything, wo would havo no supers! i tlonf;. Out how about these oharms iheso amulets and opals and these ra' - bit feet? I havo known u.on who cai rled Hu m to have very bad lin k, and tee who didont, como out ahead, Bill arp. ? Examples of longevity aro mnr. numerous among clergymen than among m*>n of any othor profession What Is known as Neuville'* tablo of professional men gives tho following avoaages of the length of lifo in l,00o ca9es taken for illustration: Physicians. f>2 voarn; lawyers, 54; merchants, 57; teaohors, 59;olorgymon, 60. The aver age life of sailors lo tboso countries in which acourato records are k- pt i 10 years, of mechnntos 48, and of far mers 05, though tho average for far mers is unduiy high, perhapB. Lonp '<'< among clergymen is rathor tho rule than the exception. ?There was recently openod at Lei Oester, England, a new municipal teohnloal art sohool, In which there I? k department devoted to instruction In hosiery and knitting. ?The steam power of tho world may ho reckoned as tqe'valent to the Urcngth of l.OuO 000,000 men, whioh Is more than twice the number of werk? mtn existing ?Birmingham, England turnt out five tons of hairpins every week. IF WE SHOULD 60 TO WAR WITH SPAIN? A BLOCKADE OV CUBAN routs Tho 1'robuble Itesults of the Struggle ail?l I lie Relative Si i <-ii;,! h of the Positions Oeeupted by the 'I wo Countries. New York Sun. lu cuso uf u war between the United Status and Spain tho isiand of Cuba wuuld bo freed from Spanish rulo much more easily thun is generally imagin ed. This cuuntry wuuld not need to send a largo army to tho island to light tho Spaniards In tho field. Neither would it ueed to bombard Havana nor attack It in atr other way. Perhaps tho war would cud, as far as Cuba is concerned, without tho Americans tir ing a single shut either by land or soa. Though these statements may at first appear astonishing, they aro the mere ly logical conclusion tube derived frum thu know ledge of tho real Btato of affairs in the struggling island, tai./.us, on tho northern coat>t, Is one of j them. Cardenas was takon in 18ID by tho insurgent Nareiso Lopez with a handful of Americans un board a Binall merchant vessel. Sinco then no fort capable of resisting a cannon shot has been built there. Tho Americans can hold Cardenas and from there com municate with tho insurgents in the country In a short timo the whole. Cuban army muy bo woil arinod by them and secure some ounnon to attack the inland towns. If wltbout such munitions and with tho Immense risk and difficulties thoy incur in hi curing scanty supplies from tho fecblo till wusterlng expeditious they not only hold their own against Spain, but actually imprison tho Spaniards in their forts and cith s it is obvious that posst ssing war appliances which will place in tnis respect on tl o same foot ing as tho Spaniards, themselves, they will exterminale all tho Spanien columns daring to leave their fortified places and eventually invest them in the principal cities. With a single dynamito gun of small calibre, and with the three or four thousand rules received by him from several small expeditions sont from the Unit- il States, Gen. G ircla has driven tho Spaniards from tho greater part of tho province of Sautiago do Cuba. It is u fact, which oven Spanish di plomacy will not dare to deny, thut if, instead of hampering tho Cubans in the United States in their work of sending expeditions to their brethren; if, instead of prosecuting them in so drublic a manner as was done during the administration of Mr. Cleveland; if, instead of keeping, at enormous cost to this country, the Atuerioan navy and the police watching tho Cuban Junta and its agents, the Cubans here had been unmolested, the possibility which now confronts us of an international war would not exist Tho Cubans, with no more than -10,000 men in the ti Id, and with all the odds against then), have proved In three years that tuey are more thun a match for Spain. With a regular and ample supply of war materials, they can free their island without auy other help from abroad. In a war between Spain and the United States it is beyound d< ubt that too wliole Cuban Army would ba on the American side. There is no doubt, either, that wo would give them ail tue r.ll s, cartridges, and cannon they need. They would then take care of the land operations. We should only need to b'.oekadu the Spaniard s bA' t v ?eu lvnd let them .-tarve. Of course, the Spaniards wo j Id make an attempt with their navy to break that blockade. Tho contest would tuen only be a naval one. But with their eapital only eighty mi'cs from K -y Webt, and bixty from Dry Tortu ;as, which would probably bo the cen tre of our naval operations, is it rea sonable to suppose that tho Spaniards could relievo Havana either by stealth iv by foret r in a few day the proud Spanish stronghold with bits Cabana i or tress and its Morro Casle, with its mined hay anil its famous torpedoes, vculd h i at our mercy, and not very much blood would bo shed. The Spaniards with an army of 150, U00 men, of which not UO.OOO are regu ar troops, all that is left of the 200,000 -oldiers sent from Spain since 1805 and decimated by battle and sickness, con trol only seaports and the strongly fortified towns of tho interior. Tho tountry from east to west is in the lands of tho Insurgents. Tho eastern part of the island, including Santiago de Cuba and Puerto Principe, Is held by the Cuban generals, Calixto Garcia, ?Jesus Rabl and Ljpu ltecio Loynu/. There tho Cubans aro stronger than in my other section of tho island. They mvo in thesu two provinces 20,000 men at least, armed and with plenty of am munition, there they hold the Span ?sh columns in constant check, and tho recent defeats of Con. l'ando in Santi ago dc Cuba, at tho entrance of the Cauto river, and of Gen. Jimenez Cas oManosat La Esperaoza, almost with in sight of Puerto Principe city, show conclusively what tho power of the Cubans is in tho east. The central pat t of tho island, that is to say, the provinco of Santa Clara, is controlled by General Maximo Go .in z. Tho Cuban oommandor-in-chief has at least 10,000 men there under his jrders, with Carrillo, Monteagudo, Al varez and several others as subordi nate commanders. Thoro uro about 5,000 Insurgents in trie provinces of Munt. / is and Havana. This is whore the Cubans arn wcakobt, tho Spanish fortified towns being near er to one another and the Spanish army more numerous. But nevertheless, they have strength enough to keep up a very lively guerrilla warfare, raiding almost daily tho most important towns and making dashing attacks on the outskirts of llabuna city itself. Tho ? ecent death of their plucky leader. Gen. Araneuron, has not abated their ardor. Gen. B.-tancnurt, Gen. Alejan dro It drhruez, (Jen. Rafaol de Cardon as, and Cols. Davalos, Collazo, and others aro cutting out a great deal of work every day for tho Spanish and guerrillas In the llabana and Matanzus provinces. I'lnar dol Ulo province, tho western extremity, Is a Cuban stronghold. Tho Cubans t ere uro us strong as In Santa Clara and bold the long and Impregna blo ohain of mountains extonding through the province. They do notal low the B pan lards to got out of thrlr towns. Gens. Dvlgado and Ducasl ure the principal Cuban leaders in thut rev I nee, The result of this situation ia that (.he Spaniards cannot exist on tho pro? lucts of tho country in any purt of the 1 \ tl d. The country n ur the towns >'.a* laid waste by Gm. Weyler and the ??..nut BOeotro of famine stalks ail iiv<-r Cuba. The ext. rmination of tho peace able inhabitants by hunger Is going n r eiiliy. All these fact;- aro too notor . us fr> he denied at ibis time. There .mi n radon, or non combatants, starve ?Od me by thousands only because the country, on whJoh they exclusively do uend, Is not producing food. Tho In surgents keep zones of cultivation of their own, where they ralso vegetables and store their cattle, but tboy do not divido their provisions with the non. uoml atants, nor do they allow vogt ta bles to be raised or cattle kept by any ono but themsolvoe, because it is their p >llcy to prevonl tho Spanish army from obtaining any kind of resources in the country. Tho Spanish army, therefore, exclu sively depends upon tho previsions im n ii teil fr. in abroad. Itloc, beans and flour they rocoive from Spain. Meat for the Inhabitants of tho seaports they obtain from Mexico and Florida. The 150,000 Spaniards under arms exclu sively depend upon steamers loaded w'th nrovlnlflons from abroad that en- j ter the Cuban ports.3 Not a potato comes into the eity of ; Habana from the country. The milk is almost all condensed and imported; from Jhe United .Staiea. Egge and Royal makes tb* pure, wholesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Puro nOYAl BAKINO POWDER CO., MW YORK. vegetables aro from Florida. And what iu still more important, on ac count of tho financial distress in lia bana, the Importing merchants do rot keen a largo stock of provisions. If tho imports arc stopped tho entire supply of food in llahuna will be ex hausted by tho 200.000 inhabitants of the city in less than a week. Suppose now that war is dcolared one of these days. The United States In that casn has only to blockade tho seaports of Cuba to starve out the whole Spanish army, and that without landing ? single man on the island. Tho Spaniards will simply be compelled to surrender because of tho lack of food. THE WOMriN OI0 OA HOL IN V. A Beautiful Tribute to Our Women Which Was Wrltteu by att Italian Poet. Capt. W. A. Courtcnay, of Nowry, has republlshed the " Trib; to to Cur? llnian women, from the Italian poet ami historian, ICaro Hottu, translated by tho. late Mary Bates of Charleston, s. 0., 1850." Capt, Courtenay's edition is printed in Blezever type upon old par oh me nt, and is issued in that un selfish and patriotic spirit which char acterizes bis many services to the preservation of South Carolina history Tho following is tho text : " In that fierce struggle, tho war of the American Revolution, tho women of Carolina presented an example of fortitude more than manly. 1 know not tho history, ancient or modern, which has recorded a story of devotion exceeding or equalling that exhibited by these heroic beings to their Ameri can country. Par from considering the epithet, a reproach, they gloried and exulted iu the name of liebe) Women. '?Instead of frequenting public re sorts of gayity and amuseme nt, they repaired to the sides of the ships and to Other places where their husbands, brothers, sons and friends ware held prisoners, and sought by every art to sustuin und animate thetn. ' a firm,1 they suid ; 'yield not; prefer prison to ignomy, and death to servitude : look on America, our beloved coniitry ; cherish tho hope that your suffering will hasten and secure priceless liber ty ; be martyrs, but martyrs in a oaus< sacred to man and grateful to (Jod.1 By such words did these heroic < women mitigitto tho Bufferings ol the uubuppy prisoners. " When tho British officers in their dazzling regalia assembled at u mili tary festival or gay concert their en tertainments anil tlie invaders them selves were regarded with COOtCmptby these spirited women. But when a prisoner, an iUlcer of the American army camo into Charleston, Immedi ately ho was received with courtesy, and followed by every mark of distinc tion und deference. "Winlo some of these de voted wo men retired to the most secluded ap artment to weep and mourn over the fortune of their beloved count ry, other? so encouraged anil Inspired their hus bands and relatives, when wavering and Irresolute, that they preferred tb< discomforts of exile to the Indulgonoit s of home. " Not a. few of the Carolina woim n were so hated by the British, on ac count of their constancy, that they .iuf fered the COU li.-eation of their propi rty and banishment from their country. When this band of patriots bade adieu to their husbands und brothers, tney exhibited no sign of weakness, but presonted an example of mu-culinc or feminine firmness,?1 know not rvhloh in their cam; to say. With unwaver ing fortitude they loll tboir native shores, departing In prison-ships to a distant land. " Many horn and educated in the midst of wealth, not only renounced its advantages for themselves and fam ilies, but engaged in coarse labors anil performed the most menial services. Tula they did not only with rcslgna tion, but with Joy. Their example was inspiring ; ami it is owing, principally, to the firmness of tl cso patriotic Caro linians that the name as well as the lovo of liberty was not OXtinguhdied iu tho Southern States. I'Yom tcis the l?iiglibh knew that they woro engaged in an enterprise much more difficult than they had at lirst imagined. For tho surest sign of success In a public enterprise, as well as tho most decided proof of tho united opinion of a nation is that woman lias engaged in that enterprise with all tho powers of her imagination, which, although when calm is more yielding end variable than that of mau, is when excited and enkindled, moro tenacious and power fui." i III . M hh.UCi.m, MINK. A Description of Ihn W a ringeine n t and Kxplnsive Power ofMines Un der Vessels. As there is a groat deal of war talk in the air and tho sunjcct of mines of till kinds aro being discussed a few words about tho different kinds will not bo amiss. A submarine, in the naval boosc, is an anchored torpedo. It may b<? buoyant or placed at the bot tom o' '.annul. It may be i.utomatio or ex -d by electrici y at the direc tion c operator on shoro. It may be charged with gunpowder, gun cot ton, dynamite or other nitroglycerine explosive. Experiments have proved that dynamite is tho most effeotlve. It furnishes great power In small bulk, is not ufTeoted by heat or cold, detona tion does not n-uie from ordinary shocks, and its r-xpl0?lVo forco is not diminished by beintj sa" m ated with water. At a depth of twenty live or thirty foot below tho ship 2?U pounds of gun-cotton or dynamite will destroy it Pour hundred pounds of dynami c fifty foot below the BUrfaoe will destroy a vessel directly over it. Tho buoyant mine is the more cer tain, more destructive and as easily manipulated an that at t> o botloin, Too latter is Uned only in sh .llu* oh nnels. l'nf. bouyant mlnu varies Id si/.e I from twonty-four Inches to four foot. It contains from 5U to ouO pounds of dynamite. Tho aroa of destructive uess is called the crater. A fifty pound mine has a crater 6f from forty to fifty feet. A mine charged with 5u0 pounds has a crator of sixty to eighty feet. Experiment has indicated that several small mines are moro elYcclivo than two or three large ones. It bus been shown that a mine charged with fifty pounds of dynamite anchored thirty feet below the sufaco throw a column i of water 11)5 foot In tho air. This force 1 oxerted directly under the strongest rarshify In the world would have blown her up and sent her to tho bottom. The submarine mino is exploded by I olcotrielty. The position of ouoh mine nod each group is known oxaotly. Ttie position of the ship with rolation to thorn e n be fixed with prcoision. It Ban be determined what part of a shin the explosion of a particular mlno wib attack. Unless a ship is directly over % mine when the explosion takes place I ehe le not likely to be destroyed. The I lateral force of a uiiue does not com 1 paro with tho vortical force. A fifty riound dynamlto mine exploded direct y urjdcr a war ship would blow a hole In her bottom and wreck her com pletely. If the mine was ten feet away It might disable a vessel, but she might escupo immediate destruction. Tbo fuse is embedded in the charge. Usually it lb mercurial fulminate. Tbo mine is connected with tho shore by armored cables. Tho tiring battery will ignite the fuso if allowed to send a current through It. A second bat tery, too feeble to endunger tho fuso is t-trong enough when (lowing through the connections to operato a relay that automatically switches the tiring lat tory. This second current "s constantly on ?wtttch. It not only controls tho tiring current, but operates un electric sig nal, that promptly announces any deteriorations hi the connections. Tho Maine could have been blown up by a buoyant mine. Tho exact timo when the ship was over it could have been determined. Tho detonation would have followed instantaneously. The explosion of a submarine mine makes a tremendous roar, that is in marked con trast with the sharp, shuttering de tonation of a surface explosion. ritoilllilhon CONVENTION. A State Ticket to be Nominated and ? Fight All Along tho blue. Special to The News and Courier. Tho political pot has blurted to boil. Tbo Prohibit onists have taken the initial step. A cull bus been issued for a convention to bo held In Colum bia on the 14th of n.?xt mouth. It will bo noted in ine call that business is meant, and it is specifically mention od thut delegates are wauled who favor prohibition legislation, und who albO approve of the naming of an en ure State ticket. The "central com mittee" does not want a convention o meet and then, as has been heretofore done, adjourn without doing anything. The call lor the convention, how over, speaks for itself and reads us follows : COLUMBIA, Febru.iry Uo. 1SDS. The State central committee having determined to call a convention of the I 'roliibilioni.its of tho State to meet in Columbia, April 14, 1898, having au thorized th ir executive committee to Issue such a cull. Tbo said committee hereby publishes tho call, and tho r ; gulations wuicb will bo observed in selecting doh-gates to represent the several counties of tho St.it ? in saiu convention : I. Tho convention will assemble at 8 p. in., on tho 14th day of April next, in the hull of tUe House of Representa tives iii (Jolnmhl* 2. The chairman of tho respective euunly committees will call meeting* or conventions of the Prohibitionists of their county, wh > fuvor tue enact ment of laws restricting tho sale of alcholic liquors in this Statu to medi cinal, soleutt?c, mechanical and sacra* uicntal purposes only, and the uoinina lion by ttie convention of State ticket, who will support such legisiatioi , to [ bd placed before tho voters for their oiioico at the next Democratic primary ?b etions, and bUbj tut to tbo resuit 01 suid elei tions. 3. A?SU?U county meetiug or con vention tho nurabor of de.ogateb selected, in 110 manner determined by tiie body, shall bo not loss than the uu nber of U^prescntativos from the county in '.ho General Assembly, but may bo a groati r nu nber, if so de turiniueU by said couuty meeting or con vention. 4 Tho laid county meeting or con vention shall be called to meet nut later than the 4th ol April next, and if from any cause it shall be found im practicable to assemble such meeting, tQOU tue county executive, eomtuiltou aro authorized to appoint said dele gatt s and certify tin. ir appointment to tue secretary of the Slato executive committee. i I) Cnikls, obalrman ; P. H. Hyatt, C. D. Stanley, J. G. Dale, L. B. Hay nee, C I**. 1*. VVray, Thus J. LuMotte, ?ecrotftr\ ; State executive eommittee. j L. Qitmby, Alken; G. M. Elliott, D aufori ; .loiiu D. White, Uoarleston ; J. S. Moffatt, Chester: .1. S. Slraiu, Cherokee ; J O. Cough, Clareudon : T. J Drew, Darung.on ; John Lake, Bdgedeld ; Chas. 1*. Wray, Fairtiftld ; P. P.Cuvlngton, Florence; J. M. Whit mire, Greenville; P. L. Sturkey, Greenwood; VV. 11. Dowling, Hump to?; U. L. Heatty, B?rry: Waddy C. Thompson, Lancaster; L. H. llaycts, Lexington ; W. S. b'nxworth, Munon ; H. S. Vanulver, Oionee; J. L. Silly, Orangeburi ; Julius E Hoggs, Picken?-; L D Chihls, Riohland; J. W. Herbert. Saiuda; C. M. Uurst, Jr., Suiuter; .1 H. Carlisle, Jr., Spartanburg; s. T. Soaife, Union ; Joel K. Hruusou, Williamsburg ; J. J Neville, York. Secretary La Motte states that the litt of signers for tho convention was not complete, but it was thought bust not to wait any longer for authority tu attach signatures to the call, although a number of those who were expected to sign the call have indicated their approval of any plans that might be contemplated It will bo a huge mistake for the politicians or anyone else to think tue Prohibition movement in this State is nothing more than a Hash. It is to be remein'erol that every General As sembly, although great pressure h?s been brought to bear against such logis'atiun, has passed a prohibition bill at seme time during its Bestien, although it might have retraced'its steps. This would not havo been so had it not been that the membeo thought tho people they represented to a large extent wanted prohibition and although thoro was no necessity for it, a number of tho members plei ged thomselvcs to prohibition. trvn r? The pathetic '* story of * Komco i ami Juliet is re fcjjtei mi modern life, ML^?l' Cecause of her Vi^v;,- Ignorance. %?&y _ Neglectfulness j^j^jj^ woman's pcctillai trou 1>1 rs causes ?erlous complications. The irregularities, the burning, (bagging ache, the debilitating drains that mark the plotless of feminine diseases, are passed lightly over or are borne in ignorance of their cause. Thell continuance means death or insanity. Tills Is all unnecessary. So called female weak ness can be cured, It can be cuted quickly mid permanently, and right In the privacy of the home without the humiliating local treatment so universally insisted upon by physicians. Dr. I'icrce's Favorite Prescrip tion docs this and more. It acts directly on the delicate rrgans f incsrned and b nkes them stroi - \nd healthy. It banishes the Usual discomforts of the expectant period and makes baby's coming easy and almost painless. It tonrs?nd strengthens the nerves. At all medicine stores. W. R. Mnlcolm, Hsq., of K nobel, Ctny Co., Ark., writes: "My wife tor perhaps four months pre . vious to the titrtti of our child took the 1Favorite Prescription.' This strengthened tier entire sya I :cm and child-birth, to her, was very easy, being ' attended with little pain. Our hahy Kuth I? thir i teen months old and ?tie ha? never been sick a I Jny, not no much a* had the colic; she in henrty tint stout, and pretty as a'picture- pretty because the !? healthy, and we very much blame Dr. I Plerce's family medicine* for It. We keep Dr. Plerce'a Golden Medical Discov ery, the ' Favorite Prcacrlptlon 1 and ' Plensnnt Pellets' In our home and use them. We have been mariled almost three years and I have called ? physician into my family but one time?at birth or our liaby." /Rosy cheeks. The rich, pure, red blood ?,!" health makes them. Keep the blood t lire and you will have thera. Constipa I on causes Impure blood. Dr. Pierce'* \ leasant Pellets cure it promptly and per Avnently and never gripe. They are pluely vegetable and perfectly harmless. No other pill acts no naturally and per? fictly. Druggiata ?eil thtm. I b. w. iia li.!. l. w. him kinb. w. w. BALL BALL, si >i k I N s & BALL, I Attorneys at Law, J Laukkns, South Cakoi.ina. Will practice hi hII StatO n. d United States Court. Special attention given collections H. Y. 8IMPBON. 0. 1). BAttKSDALF J SIMPSON ?fc BA KKSDALIO, Attorneys tit Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the luvest i gation of titles and collection of olalins W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Lnw, iiAuuKNs, - South Carolina. Will praottve in all Courts of th la st.u? Attention kIvhii to uollootlonti. SOUTH ?RN RAILWAY. ??adrn?*4 8. h?<1nl? ?t r?i?.?>.<t?r Trnln la K./T.OI J*oi*rf 1?. 1*9?. Korlhtoounil. Nur Ruf Lt. Atlanta, ('. T. ant*. K. T r*r*m ... to*A. ?nl?f ITlUe. " Lula. Ar. OornelU. Lt. Mt. Airy. " Toixxia . . ? WeatfcMnater " Hoaao*. ? C??lr*l. ? ?reenTtlla... " Spartajaltarg. ? (l???tvi. " ftlaekaattrg " Kinf'S U% . .. m Omltr.l?. Lt. Charlotte_ Ar. DabtIU?. Ar. Rlekanem* ... 1 Jtoltrn'orRlI " Philadelphia " New York. Ooutlibanml. J.i.MI No. SS UallT. VT Philadelphia BelUmere_ ?II Tm. Ne. ST De>llr. No. 11 Dally T I ? I? ??IS it M Lt. Klohroond Lt. Durlllt. Charlotte ... iuwnu. M%... BlaokakuraJ . ?f-Sf ?????.... Bpejlajibnra; UrttsrUlt... Central. F?nec?. W??V-nlneter T>???*4. Mt. Airy ... Cornell*.. Lnla. aelneerrtU*. Buford Nororoee . Ar. Atlant?, t T ? 1? ISS II 1 M Vi 00 mil* OOnlUtOOat ?06 Ii is 1?0 1 ?? IS) I? p in H 4M i<* ?, ? ?* M eis V 7 II p T<? 9 r <* pi tu?" S'fM ? SS 4 ii" 4 St ?85 ? 1? I 10 M r a|U IS ist' ? ii 1*8 a 1 17 p I W I M Ii. ? ii 6 M i III pJ SIT ? ? Up t 48 p 10W p 1 tW >1 S*P ? M" noon. "N" n'.jn'. I IT ? 80 Ar. Atlant?LI "A" a. aa. "p-' Na?. 87 and Wi? Ij-.I1t. Vf aahlnf ten Mad "Joaf v. wettern Vea-ibula Limited. Tkrougi Pullm*. ?Jeeplnr mi> l>vtn . an New Tork kn 1 New O lecat. ?i? Wnhlni.-ior, Atlanta and Uontfon err ,?r * aleo between New York *n?i klaoaobl'. TlaWa ayaon,Atlanta and Blrrnlafhem. Flui ?laet th?. itt|KTm ? n.?ck?i Vat weee Waahiny (an and At Iaht* Dialog ?n wrr? all aa??.. aal route. Noa. SS and IS? U|ltM State? Tw^t KV. aolld tat? (eejif, iU Jou'Mrn l'-ru.way. A. A rt, P tweea ?Jl ^a?r^ {jt aatd L. ? R. R. ?.. ballt? ootanoaed nf inffi'.' aar and oeaok**. Ikrousb. wltaout (ka?f-e ?c paaaancara or ait eleaeA* Pullman /:i.>i Ea aWepia?- oare Wiirati Nee* Tftrb: av - Orlaana. ?In Atlanta ?ad M. nnr**m?i ? rtnc wu lt|io? etvoh Weaaeaday and tf ? arday, e toiim aeeplug oar will r-.m tkrev . Wat-wo?? TT r.it.ic <ton aad has Tr?caV. wilko?i ckarrn jtoa. 11, f. ?.al is?Bullvaan n'caplnf oara h trwaaa Rlohmond and On-vrlo ta, vi. Ilanri ?outkboun.l Na?. 11 nud 8., :iorlUb?uud N* Tha Air Lina Balle H ain. Not. ii and U, twaan Atlant* and Cornell*. <?? ?1*1 it ?i ?apt Sunder r. s wannon. j. m. cjrnjr, -rKrd V>. * 0)e?. K*r.. Tre!T.<- ?4"fc-T,. \t*ahlnyton, D. O. "A a*hti 1 W. A. TURK. B. H. 1ARDW101, t>en'l Paea . Aaa'tUen'1 "'????. Af'w ?WaahUmton, D a AlUar?, Q pHARI.KHTON A WK8TBKN CARO v^- Una Railway Co. "Augusta and Ashe villc Short Lino." Schemde In effect Ocl 3rd, 18U7. l.v Augusta.9 40 am *f tireenwood.12 17 pm Lv Anderson. Ar l.aurons. I |Q pm Greenville. 2 00 pm denn H?rnigs. 4 05 pm Kiuirta;ihurg. 3 00 pin Sal i id a ..r> 3 pm IIender8onvlllo . 003 pm ^ Asheville.7 mi pro l.v A shcullle.8 30 am Spartan burg.1140 am Ureenville? . 11 50 am Laureua .. Anderson . Qreeuwood ArAugusta ,\r Aim' i. . l.v Oreonv lie, Ar Clinton. . New uerry ' t Mpeiiiy Columbia Bumter I.nncs_ I o pm Ii IC am 7 o> am 10 30 am !) 2? am l.v Charles toi Lanes Bumter... Columbia Prosperity Newoerry Ulinton_ Ar Ureenville rh<Bc oonneotions ^t Ureeuwood for all lointa on B. A.b. and ('. A (J. Railwa< and U Hpartanhur.; w ith Southern Railw ii Kor information relative to tiokots rates, '.ohednlfjji eh' iddrea? NY. .1 C RA in, (Jen. Pass. Agent. Augusta, <ia. T M BMKR80N, Trafllc Manager. ? K Crlllin Agent. ? II Speights, Ceti. Agent, Greenville, 8. C. 60UTHERN RAILWAY. JE? Cuoiltn.til Mjhcdnl? tB rfftet J?. Y *. 1S9T. STATIONS. OharTaatan. tvTOVluraVIa . FnMuatity. Keweerry . Nluaty-?U. Ar. ^*ra? Ly. C?t??aTiTT? 44 F1?<lmon? . ? VVimam.ton vri J.t. hol Ul? . . Ar. Donualdi 7?T TV** TVSTT'j P r. KSTfM " Graaawood ? Nlnaty-Klx ? Nawbarry " Proiipariiy tr. Coluwibta r. c!K?r\???oi> ggllL TKryTTlOa I>. .^_Cli?fl?iT<m "8 ri?a'li Rai ,r~.... Cohinibi? ? OTailS ll>p| .... Aletoa. lulMai 1 frml H. ?n-ntno. . io ?.??; uosp; ".ui?u??. I28p! "... Jonanvllla . 8 87pi M ...... PbooI??.. .. I lop Ar.. Spananburf. t8*P Lv Sp?.r'anbnr| fdjp'Ar... Aah? villa. "P." p. i.i -A? Train. ? and 10 terry al*f?Bl P^Ulstaa ?taaptug car. Uiwcm O 'nwbia and A??avt8e, aiiroutedaUj bafwaan Jaoksatavtlls ai?d Obtain Mil Traisa leara ".partanburg, a. a O. dlriatoav. Bort'nbouad. ? IT a. n>.. ?47 p.m., 8" VwaUbula Minitad); goutbeottad-Ml 10 80? 10 f?*? }i ?** 11 4ba ?5E (:)| r. nv, ivoatilmia Uinitad); rjouraeouaaMiM a, aa,, if, p. bs., 11 :?? a. m., (YenUbula Urnita4.) Train, laava Or*** villa. A. aad C. dlvtatara, r.orU.boiiBd.t-**. a. ib.. I t\ it. aa. ar.d 1,0? p. SV, iVaatibtllad Ivliatlodl : KoiUbboiuid. I .n B. B?, ?JH p n? , UiSo i>. m (VeadbalM Un?Vad). Pullman S?rvi?<*. PnllBoaa palace ?leaping o?n ob Train. Hfl aa>4 art, 87 and M, vr. a. onus: Gen. Bnparbitanfleo. \VMhfaKtou, I). O. W. A. TURK Gen. Pan*. WmWub^u, p. O. A un.i 0, dtvtal J rt CJULJ tandent, Ti a<B? ITt**. WB.aiiOBt?B, Ya 0 s. a. n innvf kttsl Dealers in all kinds of \ IT I ' di!p n v lU'mO l l COLUMBIA, s. c. AGEN'I S FOR I^iclclel 1 & Co., CHARLOTTE, N, C thre re are headquarters for the best T'j-ip "Favnnlin r shing machine on the market, Alit a aiti uncu. Now is the time to buy. Get our prices. They will interest you Studebaker Wagons, ) Leaders in Deefing Harvesting Machines. \ Their Lines. MALSBY & COMPANY, 57 S. FORSYTH ST. ATLANTA, GA. -General Agents For Er'e City Iron Works, The Geiser Manufacturing Company The New Birdsall Company, Munter Improved System for Ginning Cotton, R. Hoe & Company, Henry Disston & Sons. James Ob.'.en & Sons. Gardner Governor Company, Penberthy Injector Company. Carrying coraplett lino of ISnglnca, Uo?orB, taw-Mills, Soparatora, -??ist Mills, Si.ws, ' ii in p 8, 11) j.-ctorf t Irate Bars, and Stent? ?nd Pipe Fittings. Prompt atti ntiot ? veil orders und in i uirics. Wiio is Will Whiten Lr I is our Fasbbnable Hair Gutter and Shaver. -,N ^HBB-IA HOTEL.