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;!'* CiM.OKHf) I.A?OK in KKI.ATIOa * to Tin-: ruosPKinry OF tuio SOUTJIIOHN I'AliMl'U. The past lew years havo,beoa noted for the gr%ttt- amount of < discontent among nil laborl?g und produe.tlvo classes. Tho agriculturist tins coin plained much and with good reason, \ for bo ha? suffered much. Tin?, poor roturns had by him have been acmciont grounds for outcry. lie has appealed to legislation for reli?.-, but bis cry has ! boen unheard. Tho futility ot fur- ' thcr a|>peal is ovidont to every ODO', The farmer :i list bo his own bi>?t I \ friend. All of tho fuggestod, remedies have been tried and have failed. He is as much tho victim of combinations and trut-ts today ?h before be estab Ushcd tbc "Grange." or Joft tho old political parlies to form a third. It is so because capital is so much more ensily combined than labor, and especially this form of labor which is so evenly (list Iibiittd, and c?n from its very nature have no great centers. These conditions are DOt temporary but permanent. The fariutii need noi hope ever to be able to cope successful y with all the varied forms of combined capital, not to lind relief from thorn by law. His only hope for larger profits 0U the farm lies in Iiis ability to make the farm yield more in proportion for what ho spends for bis product and th?:: to sell that product in the best market be can find. In other words, larger returns from the same expendi tures will heli> the farmer and this alone will. The farmer's expense account is principally made up of interest on the original investment, fertilizers, fann ing implements and labor. Of these the most fixed in price and most varia ble In quality is labor. Some laborers are the best in vest moot at bigb prices. Others are a loss, however cheaply em ployed. Labor affects the farm itself. Any farm can be improved 01 in jured by poor labor or good. The quality of the labor affects the uxpenso of the farming implements. Improper use of these restris in breaking or damaging them and tendering Ibcm useless. Especially is this true of the more costly labor-saving machines. Also good care of them who 1 not in use will prolong their period of service, while unskilful treatment will allow them to be eaten up with instand shorten their term very decidedly. But the most important thing to the farmer is tho product or the farm. Labor affects tins first in the proper or improper preparation of the ground for the seed ; in the careful or negli gent planting of the seed or selling of slips ; in the skilful or unskilful plow ing or hoeing of tin- growing plant ; in the frugal or wasteful harvesting of tho manned product ; in the Attention paid to ii while awaiting the lime for the 8 lie in I attractive or unattract ive way in which it is prepared for market. Thus at every day of its his tory ilie product of the farm is iiillu oncod by tho labor employed, and -ill will agree tbet it is better for the farm er to pay a good price for trained labor than a smaller one for a poorer quality. The Soul hern farmer's labor supply is tho colored population. That ibis will be the case for a long time there is little reason to doubt, t hat this la bor at present is very unsatisfactory ail i farmers tosiify. To improve tho qual ity of this labor is a task to which ev ery farmer in the Sou ill should address himself. How may this be done? As for that great army or laborers in our Southern Heids already, hardly any answer can be returned. As for tbc future supply of laborers, the question is more easily answered, viz: give, tbc young colored people a train ing in agricultural and industrial schools, and thus equip them fully to do this better class of work, it is a good sign that at this time so much attonti n is being paid to this kind of education for colored people. Could these schools be so multiplied as to in clude, a much larger 'per cent of the colored population in lhe circle of their Influence, the labor on our farms would lb two or three years begin to im prove. A school in which a young man is taught how to farm skilfully ; how to produce the most at the small est outlay ; bow to utilize everything about the place ; how to attain as nearly as possible to that Idoal of farm ing where all of the varied operations complete^one great circle where noth ing is lost?a school like this is a foun tain of blessing lobolh the farmer and the laborei of this land. This kind of school does not educate away from la bor, as so much of Ihe education given to the. colored man has done, but edu cates for labor, for any man loves to do what he can do well, and what be can command good wages in doing. The good results of these schools is evident to all who have any knowledge of them. But they arc as yet reach log such a small proportion of the | colored population that their influence is comparatively small. A large in crease In tho number of these schools would gieatly hasten the result of an abundant supply of llrst-clnss labor for tho farm. These schools uro the least oxpen- ! alvc of any form of training. They can he made in large measure self-sup porting, since an individual's lahor can nearly always be made to dt-fr.iy his j necessary expenses. One competent' superintendent, who can be had foi a j small salary, and a medium sized farm of "".i.I arable land, upon which is a house roomy enough for a dormitory for tho colored boys with some mess arrangement, together with necessa ry stock and implements would ho a auilicicht equipment for a good training school. The plant, should not he too well equipped. Xio exponsive prcpa lion is necessary. Tho hoys are to learn to he practical and resourceful. It is a good investment of monoy to put in Huch work as this. It is a bless ing to ihu laborer. A better quahts of labor would most surely make bet tet 1 inioa for tho farming- interosts. It would improve the farm. It would ttt,op the leaks in farming operations. It would conserve wealth. It would increase the amount of laxablo prop, crty. 1 do Q?t doubt that if logisla? turos would ifivobt some of tho farm ers' monoy, which ho pays in the way of taxes to tho 3tnto, in such schools, that Ihcy would not only confer an im measurable blossing on the formers, . hut WOtlld Increase the revenues to the ' state by making the farming lands much more valuable. Tho surest basin of prosperity is m ' good returns from the farm. The boRl i way to seeiin: this is in the use of a I better grade of labor. l). Clay Ltlly, Secretary Colored ISvougelizaliuu Presbyterian Church in U. s. Tin-: pakmi:\T a*n"> tue trust. The trust is the enemy of the farmer. I lie lias enough enemies without bc i ing subjected io a now one, ami that ; the mo t insidious and relentless oi' all I which can bo imposed on agricultural ; lifo. While every man in the Commu nity will bo iujurcd by tho trust, ex cept the Stockholders in the trusts; . while every class and all professions, ; will, to a larger or lesser dogrco, pay tribute to the trusts, ihe farinor will ho more seriously affected than any other. Every piece of tuachiucry,every Imple ment, utensil which the fainter uses will be in control of the trust. The trust will manufacture them; will put them on the market; will impose tho tribute which the consumer must pay. The Ste el Tru-t'v will hi the chief cormo rant. We will use it for illustration for the reason thai il is completely organiz ed, and its deleterious effects are al ready being felt. Since the organiz ation of the Steel Trust steel has ad vanced in price 100 per cent, and is still advancing. This trust owns the market. It is impossible foi COIUpoli liou to lake place. There is no seilet' other than the $200,000,000 Steel Trust. Every man who is engaged in manu facturing -my article which is used by the fanner musl buy his steel which en ters into the making of the article from the slcul Tins'.. Ho must pay U)U per cent, more for it than he did o. o yea ago. Every steel platt which was in the United Stales has been swallowed up by the Si eel Trust. Some of the former plants have been closed. Thous ands ol employes have been discharged and tin- trust is enjoying tho difference between the cost ol production a year ago, an i the present soiling price. If there was live dollars piolil Oil the pro duction ol steel when it was si lling at ?SI7 per ton, there is now a profit of ?22. The cost of producing the ton of Steel has not Increased. On the contrary, it has lessened. It lakes no more ore, or coal, or any oilier material which i-ulcis into its production than it did before the trust L")t control. Less la bor is used to make it. Fewer sales men an-1 mployed. Actually the profits of Mm Steel Tl'USl are three hundred percent, more than they were less than twelve months ago. li is the most unmitigated oppression ever imposed on industry. The farmer will Und that within a \ i ar. perhaps much sooner, he will have to pay to the Steel Trust from Ulitly to forty per cent more for his agricultural Implements than he has done in the past. The lax, for such it is, is venal in the highest dogroo. There is no relief for the farmer with the repub lican part}' in power. It must be de feated before justice will como. The farmer should remember also that for every bridge which is buill, the struc tural iron used therein will cost one hundred percent, more than formerly. The Steel Trust is a monster which will devour the substance of the farmer. The piomoters e?f the trust are now at work to form a [lard Wood Trust. When that is accomplished they will fix the price on every slick of timber which the farmer offers for sale. That trust will be the only purchaser, Then he will have to pay IribUiC to the Var nish Trust and to the Paint Trust. Pour hundred millions of dollars will he put into a trust to control the wheat pro duct. It will be done. That organized and the price will be fixed for the far mer on his wheat. The farmer will not have a general market, lie will bo compelled to sell to the trust at its fig ures. They will form a Wool Trust. When the clip is shown the trust will lix the price per pound which the far mer shall receive. The product will be held by the trust, and sold at its pleasure at a tremendous profit. Cloth ing, bread, and everything else which is nccessaiy for the sustenance and comfort, wi.l he put into a trust. The farmer will have to sell at the. price fixed by the trust ami he will have to buy at the price fixed by the trust. Ho will be robbed in selling, and he will be robbed in buj ing. lie will be. the slave of the trusl. He will sweat and his bones will ache, but the profits which arise from the con sumption ol what he produces will go to the trusts. It is just as easy to form a trust on wheat and on wool as it is to forma Steel Trust. The cormorants wiil not, stop until the Ins! drop of blood is sucked from the agriculturists. They know their business. They know what ancasymaik the fanner is, and they know bow quietly and patiently he I bears burdens. They will impose them. There \\ ill be no use in crying after the nulk is spill.? Cincinnati Enquirer. An enter , ,.ig (leorgia farmer has become t' juicer in a new industry --name1 making syrup out oi wutot* melon i'lio cuta tho melons in halves, scoo* yout the. pulp, runs it through a oide/mill, pie-scs out Iho juieo ami then l)oils it lor twelve hours over a hot lire. (Jut of 270 melons, worth gfi or 80 at wholesale, he gets thirty gal lons of syrup and markets the product at 00 coHls per gallon' The refuse Is fed to the hogs, cattle and chkkons, and the whole Operation is very profit able. Celery Sulad?Chop up the white stalks of two bunches of celery and put into a salad howl wuh tho chopped yolks and whites of four hard-boiled eggs. Pour over it cupful of mayon* uaiso' dressing, garnish with celery tips, and servo vory cold. Your Money Hack if Alligator lAni nipni don't prove to you that It it's worth moro than you paid tor it This la a hold statement. Htlll we h >vo been guarantee inn It for years, and it always proves satis factory. Try it for Rheumatism, Neural gia or any pain. Hold overy whero. Bears tho KM You llara Always Bought a*"r ^Zr9^^ TINO FIRST IMPULSE IN HUMAN 1,1 FK. When persons begin their life work or uro thrown upon own resoures und exertions for a support, tfie lirsi motive is the making of a living. There must he enough income from their labor to keep those, who are dependent upon the labors ami to pi OY id o a decent sup port lor themselves, or they labor in vain, or at a loss. It is obliged to be a bard Bfrugglo for day laborers who have, no reserved capital to carry them over light places, to pay unexpected doctors bills or funeral charges for those who must be buried. II Bickucgs over takes the only wage earner in the lam ily, then everything stops at once, ex cept rents and provision bills and debts. lu considering the opportunities for making a living, it is astonishing that the people who must work (or perish) do not consider the advantages that ag riculture oilers, because it is the only calling where nature works all night with the growing crops, to aid the man who works all day to make the living foi himself and family. For example, tiike tho day laboter with a half dozen children, from two to twelve years of age. Suppose he is a carpenter and makes $1.60 a day at his calling. That will bring him in ?.1!) for 20 Working days in the mouth, supposing that he has a job that never fails, , and the cash is always "OU lap." Mo can linrdly got a house to live in near such work under $U por lUOUtll. His fuel will average 8>? per month in the winter time, if they are warm and comfortable, with a family of eight. If the eight members of the family are clothed and shod, as they deserve to be in this land of civilization, he will do well to come oil* with another ?10 ft month, not counting what they eat and drink, which will COUSUiUO the lest. If the carpenter makes "buckle and ton gue meet," he does exceedingly well. Should the job fail, or the wages get tied up in court, as some time happens, Iben the whole thing stops, as before said. Take this man, with six children on a rented farm, where he supplies noth ing but his labor, Counting his wile, who can hoe and pick cotton?in a pinch- there are live who can aid in making the crop. The. house and luel are furnished gratis. They can run two plows, anil cultivate .*>0 acres of land in corn and cotton. If they are will ing to do so, such a cropper can al-o manago ten acres in wheat - the land lord furnishing land, seed, mules and iluplcruont8, for two-thirds as rent, re ci iving only bail' with I he corn and cot ton as rent. If the ten acres nroilnce only ten bushels to the acre?tlie labor er gOlS at least .*!0 bushels to his share, after threshers are paid?amply enough to give bis family llotir bread the year round. Along with corn and vegeta bles, elc., he is well supplied. Twenty live acres in corn should make at least 10 bushels (o the acre if properly cul tivated, ami much uioro when extra pains are taken. The h ilf ol this yield will not only bread hio family, but feed a COW and soil)'; pigs luxuriously. These a: e the essentials of a living, and not a dollar of expense, except the clothes mii the food perhaps in the lirsi vear. Twenty-live acres in cotton should make at least 12 hales on fair acreage land. Allowing one bale for his share ol* guano bills, there are live bales that may be his own property, with proper industry, at the end of the year. Of course a farmer must give the same time in labor?as the carpenter? to make a parallel comparison. He must put in the same hours and do his work as faithfully; and while the sum mer boat is trying, he can sit by tho lire in wintry storms, while the saw and plane must go on from .January to December -cold or hot, rain or shine? or bo docked lor lost time. THIO deadly cigarette. Tor some reason the warfare against the cigarette has well nigh ceased, Ihouph the evil is generally admitted to be constantly increasing. We have even heard it gravely hinted by those who used to assail the habit vigorously that it is not so much of a eureo after all, as we had been led to believe. Hut the physicians still insist that it i9 ruinous lo the health of boys, and the bloodshot eyes and palefaces of young smokers confirm the opinion of tho doctors. We have no doubt iu tho world that the cigarette destroys five boys where whiskey kills one. One reason fur this is that it is unpopular for a youth lo drink whiskey, but quite the thin .; for him to smoke a cigarette. Recently we heard an old man implor ing a young fellow to stop smoking be cause the deadly effect of the habit was plainly written in the boy's face. The old goiUlcman told the youth that he would giadly yet down on his kp/ses iu the street whero they were Standing; and pray I he Lora to give him strength to break the habit, if he would allow him. Tho boy replied that it was of no use?the habit had such ahold upon him he could not quit it. That was a sad picture. We snail not soon forgot tlie look ol pity on tho old.man's face nor that of hopelessness on the face of the boy as t!u;y departed in siloncc. There in b'fj money iu cigarettes, to bot Bine,?millions liavo boon made by their sale?but wo know one woman, u$ loving mother, who would give all the; millions of a Rockefeller, if she owned them, if she only bad her dear boy backj again. There are large nunibora of bright boys who read those columns.-'We* long to see them develop mto liobip and-] useful men. You cannot possibW ho-?,| come a noble or a useful man, my boy, and smoke cigarettes at the Kum^imc. Ouo oi two things you mu*t surlo-uder ?your manhood or yowii cigar6tte.j Which shall it be??Charity aM (Jtylld-. ren. A European syndicate' coinp.i.ied of French. German and Russian capitalist*' has hefen formed, with a capital of ?20,000,000, to devoir, o the hog busi ness in tho countries named. Attention will ho specially directed toward tb??. country being opened up by the Sib erian rnilwav in Itussm, where climatic, crop and soil conditions arc similar to tho Poland-?hma territory of tho north west. Tho American hog Is today without a rival and has rooted hie way into nearly every country on earth. THANKSGIVING DA V. "Once more the liberal year laughs out, O'er Holier stores than gern? or >;oUI: Once more with harvest song and shout, Is Nature's bloodless triumph told. Our kindly Mother, rests and Bings lake ituth, among her garnered sheaves; Her hip is full of goodly Illings. Her brow is bright with autumn leaves." "Swifter than a weaver's shuttle" the busy days and weeks and months go by, making the years, thai slip by so rapidly we scarcely can realize their passing. It seems only a little while since we were making ready for last Thanksgiving Day, but a whole year has passed and now I he nunc pleasant duty is before us. A retrospect of the intervening year will show us inucli for Which wc should i'ccl pro foundly thankful in this section of the country. No great calamities of lire, tlood and storm have devastated our borders nor has any special epidemic of disease entered our homes to be leave. It is truo the summer was hot and dry and we were without many COIUforts that usually we. enjoy in the way of fruits and vegetables ; yet this was useful for it learned us on how little variety we could live well. For our staple products the prices are bet ter ; so for this blessing and for the ex periences that made us wiser and more thrifty, then too for protection from danger, we should especially remember the coming Thanksgiving Day 1-et us observe it in the spirit by services in our churches and glad reunions iu Our homes. Some ol* these homes, in vari ous sections of our country mourn for soldier boys in the far away Philip* pine. Islands. For some purpose, that we cannot uudotslaud, Uod has per mitted this war to he, hut out of it no doubt, some good will eventually como ; with unque&tiouiug faith we live and wait until the end shall be. From an exchange we give to our readers a beautiful selection, "The Home Com ing Time :" Among the things that should make this Thanksgiving season one of special gratitude is the fact (hat isir.) has been a wonderlul year of home-coining?a tune in which not only individuals, but communities and oven nations have seemed lo turn mote or less earnestly to better phases of life. It has been a wonderlul year for the return lo nobler purposes, truer views and higher lines of thought on all vital moral questions. This last, is a genuine coming home, for the natural resting place for the heart of man is on eternal righteous ness and truth. The home of the race is the heart of God, and it is only when i erverlcd and wandering and turned aside from its Father's house that ll can revel in opinions o*r deeds that, are not for the good of humanity. In this turning of men's hearts to ward a new sense of national obliga tion and honor, in the. growing recog nition of new and nobler standards of business integrity, in the recognition of our need of a purilied social life, in the changed sentiment as to moral and religious duly, we see abundant rea son for unlimited thanksgiving and praise. Wo do not forget the old story. We know how the Thanksgiving proclama tion reads, and how it has read ever since in childhood we saw the til 1 pas tor unfold the important-looking sheet in the pulpit, and wondered if it could be ipule riglrt for him to have such a worldly looking "hand-bill" in the sacred place. We are lo be thankf'.n now as then for the sun and the rain and the har vests ; tor the poaco, prosperity. and plenty of the land ; lor a Constitution and a Government that have their foundations in justice ; lor institutions that ought to hold us back from every threatening ruin and wreck-; for our greatness in our own sight ami in iho sight of the other nations of the world. lint wo must not forget that except as they lead lo the individual or na tional development of character, all these fail of Iho blessing they were meant to be. Prosperity thai fosters self-indulgence and indolence becomes a curst!. Wealth that encourages ex travagance or tempts to vice <s not a gill that "calls foi loudest praise." National gi outness that stimulates na tional greed is not a thing over which to rejoice. Tho soen.uig good is but lh'0 outward shell of the real good. If broken, it yiolds no reality of greatness or prosperity or worth, then it is but a doubtful blessing at best, and calls lor no devout thanksgiving. But for reality, lor true vnlue, for gain in lightness of living and think ing, for the hpme-CQinlng of vagrant stalls, for the home-coming of deluded purposes and wandering thoughts, for every gain to man, woman or child in education, in temperance, and in hon esty or truth, for every step of Iruo progress, in the nation's life, for every good woid said or good work done in the year that ia past, thanksgivings too neep to bo uttered should thrill Iho b'.art of every lover of his kind. (JlVK TlIEM A LITTLE COLLEGE EXPERIK.VCE.?It is the duty Of every farmer to send the boys and girls oil' to school somewhere bei ore they start out in life, if it isn't any thing more Ilm? a reim at the agricultural college, taking in V.liat is usually known as tho ..winter course", i A.greut many valuable things can by picked up by the wide awake buy or ginj in tbo tlnee months spout in" taking Ibis course at thpjfttatO agricultural college. Even if fcrfo Jury or girl lias been raised 011 a faini.whcroj tl'iltgs are done in good shape, they cijn pick up many items that win help tbcni along in after life. If there is1 trothing" m?re gamed, the enlarging of one's circle of acquaintances is worth all it costs. " Uut'wo are apt to hocomo wrapt up in out own conceit when we do not gel out and see how the rest of the world moves along, and for a young man to start out in Iffo m a rut a'.'gurs IH ?uecoss. Wi; know of a good many ,canes where young inch havo lakon this winter course in agriculture and come homo very enthusiastic in their K calling, going to work with renewed -enorgy that*soon set them on tholr ' feet, thus paying tho way to success in ' life, If a funner will only encourage ', his children to make an extra effort to so*, uro. the meaua necessary to carry them through a winter term at college ' they cot) and will do it in some way or Other, and they'll always bo glad they did lt.?'?Farmers* dulde. FURIOUS FIGHT IN PIARION. HYSKM) ON SHOT NIJAK HIS HOMH The ? i" " -i n itow id Columbia Causes Hlooily liattlo ft Sellers? Four Men Wounded in fho Affray. On Tuesday afteruoou pOV. I I, a a short while before dark the stroots of Sellers, a email town in Marlon County, became tbe BCetWof a serious and probably fatal shoting affray. Mr. John 0. Sellers, a pptrdnont and highly rospeetod citizen of tho tOWD, was soriously wounded and taken to tho homo of his son-iu l.w. Mr. Muxoy Watson ; Mr. lien Belle?was wounded in tho abdomen, Dr. Eenry Edwards had a load ot bird shot i Iiis chest and J. Dudley Uasekien, acmher of tliu State board of control kid a 38-uallbro pistol hall in his leg. The affair Booms tu bj the oulmina* lion of a lottur supposeljto have been written by Mr. lien Sellers to a news paper some weeks aiuc- accusing Mr. Base)den of dlspeuslrj liquors from his home, near Sellers. Monday morning Mr. on Sellers re ceived a message from Mr BabOldon a.l'lng him to cotno O7or to his gin, which Ii? located about >* uiiio from Seller-, noar tho lluieheu homestead, tho message sayiug t'uut he wanted Mr. Sellers to sett;c vith him for a number of bales of COttOl which ho bad ginned for him some weeks bIdoc, and to remove his cotton seid which was in t o way. Mr. Sellors went over to Mr. llasel den 8 Ht an early hour Tuesday morn*J iDg ar.d the business bot ween the two gentlemen was quickly settled, after whie ' Mr. Haselden accused Mr. Sel lers of being the author of the above mentioned article. Mr. Sollerj em phatically denied the charge, and so^io hot words followed, each gentle.nun abusing the other. At this juncture Mr. Haselden drew his pistol, hut made no effort to U60 it. Mr. Sellers was un armed and saul that was no place to settle tho mattor. At this scone were present, tesi es Mr. ,J. Dudley llaseldea, his father, Mi-. J. G. Harolden; his brother, Mr. L. M. Haselden ; Dr. Henry Edwards and Aubrey Evans. That morn'ng shortly after tho dif ficulty at Mr. Haselden's gin b.OUS( . Mr. Haselden, irt company with his brother, L. M. Haselden, Dr. Edwards and Aubrey Evans, drovo in to 3d lore, whore they stopped for a short, while and engaged in couvertation with ev oral citizens, and left, It is sup it for Marion. Nothing more wb: B< of Mr. Haselden and tho gOotleUlorJ Ri ? companying him until a short ah before dark, when they drove in froi . toward Marion, both buggies stopfj 'i . side by side on the south end of I . depot. directly over tho ruiir. . traoks. At this moment Mr. Hen Seller*, who hud up to that time beon in la ! postoMce, walked out on the platform, and as -non as ho appeared he \- a Bred ;u from the buggy containing Mr. Haselden and Mr. Evans. The bah, which was tired from a 38-oallbrt p ? tol, struck Mr. Sellers tquarely in t! stomach and dcllectod upward. riio next shot fired Blruck Mr. Seller? in tho left hand, entering betwet n tho second and third Hogers, breaking to J thumb and coining out. Immediately after the second sh.pj<, Mr. Sellers pulled his pistol and bpOne fire ft^io'i the occupants of that but, t y At this moment tin: two buggies nop arated, one golog u short distance up tho railroad track and tue roar one t i the 'eft, a short distance below. Th. second buggy contained Messrs. 11 use! den and Evans. When the buggy oamo to a standstill Mr. Uaseldon go out and walked towards a dwelling house some dlstanoo from the platform', from whicn point bo fired several shots. Owing to the fact that Mr. John C! Sellers came .upon tho scene at thle moment, it Is not known upon whom Mr. Haselden's shots took effect. When Mr. Sellers rushed out upor, the platform to tho aid of his son, he drew his pistol and opened Ore upor. Evans, who was tuen the only occupant of the buggy. The other buggy at that timo contained Dr. Edwards, who was armed v/lih a rille. Ho wheel" 1 hie horse back across the railroad and tu* rille fell out on the track and was not picked up until Mr. Haselden's hand?, came baek for it, about 20 minutes later. Mr. John (J. Sellers was wounded with a 44*callbre?apparently a nil ? ball, which passed under the 'eft clavi iee and came, out behind tho righ? shoulder, anil was cut oat under tbo spinal column. The third hall entered the left forearm and came out about! four inches above tho point of entrance. Tbo negro who witnessed tho who) shooting 8?i.i Mr. Luther M Haseldenj got out of Dr. Edwards' buggy as they drove tip and got on tho south plat form of the depot. From that r.lde bullet hole appears In a pane id glaj . ranging down towards the inner uff.e< , and was found on the floor of the ir i. Offloe, after havli.g gono through tl 1 door. Tho prominence of all COncortiu n makes the affair very depiorabl i. ? The following aro signed s merits; from Mr. J. Dudley liaseldoi ,..d Mr? John O. Sellers : , Mr. J. Dudley Uaseldon Bald : ''Ycjt terday morning Mr. Hen Sellers and myself bad some talk about the letters? I told him I did not hold him responal? bio for tho lottors for I did not believe that ho wrote them ; I told hi>a 1 hoard that be had been making rob ronce to' them and to my home, and that I could not and would not allow. ?I then asked him if ho hi.d made such reference," that It was hard to believe it, and he ttid not deny it. I told Min ho would cither have to affirm or dooyj It re sulted In my striking him, afterwards wo apollglssed to ouch other, shook hands an' hon transacted o?r busi ness. As ho was leaving, I Bftifl I pup poso we shall moot as friends or how. Ho suggested that wo meet without speaking. 1 euggebtod that ho seumed l?llsaatl??L'i ami that It would b j neat to, aettlo It. I told him I would glvt. hljirl.BatUfaot'on any way he wished it, ho to got a friend to represent him. ?Ho tain, oh no, aftor rellection, I am nbt Batlet od. 1 will givo yOu'amplo notice.' Tho notice 1 got was whllo passing tho depot In my Ijuggy ho rushed out pistol In hand a*l Opened* firo on mo, hitting mo in the log as I jumped to tho ground. 1 returned tho. tiro promptly and gunoral tiring began. Mr. Ben Sullors returned to tho wait ing room, and Mr. John O. Sellors ran ; out and thon guns wero llrcd from tho waiting room, > niy John U. Salier? and hla son Ben showed thooiselves at ail. Mr. John C. Sollors taking refugo bohlnd tho mall crane wo exchanged eoveral Bhots. I think Mr. Sellers was well armed us he ll.'cd atlpatd. ten tlmos." (Signed) J. DU ?LUV HA8RL?KN. Upon bolng intorvlowod, Mr. John C. Sellers said : The first intimation* of any trouble was aftor ray. eon ro? turned from Mr. Haaeluou's gin and told me how outrageously he hftd been .1. '* v.'? .? t fi ' . treated by tho mob Ht HascldeaV, after I having been Invited tbero on a matter I of business hy Mr. .1. Dudley Ha?eh!rn. Just aftor my -son informed mo of the I trouble, they drove up in buggies, Messrs. .). UuJley and Luther M. Har olden in one buggy, und Mr. Aubrey Evans and Or. Edwards in anot! or buggy. Mr. I. D. Hasoldcn. the father of Messrs. J. Duo ley BUd Luther M. Hasolden, loa buggy behind the others. As Dudh y a.ai I.other reached the railroad tr.>ok, Luihor jumped down and shifted his pistol from one pocket to another. D id ley put his in the foot of the buggy. Luther went to the north side of the depot as if looking for some ono. Dudley got out and went on I opposite nklo of the depot, taking bio pistol with him. Evidently not Una Hag who they were looking for they drove towards Marion. " I expected trouble that evening und wo prepared ourselves for it. Tho mob returned about dark, coming by way of Boo Sellers wbion was about half a mile away (roui the traveled route from Marion, aud when they reached tho dopot they Stopped both buggies. Luther Huselden jumpodout and ran up the steps on the south eldo of the liopot, My son lien was in the front of tho ollice door on tho west siso and 1 was in the ollice writing. With out a word being spoke n, Aubrey Ev ans tired at Ben ami Ptruck him pn the left bund and immediate ly Dudley tired at him, striking him in the breast. As soon us possible Lion pulled his pistol and began liriug and emptied his revol ver at the crowd. 1 then ran out and as I passed through tho door 1 was shot through the left forearm, I thiuk by Lutum" Haselden, through tho window. I ran down tho steps, lira.,' i.t Dudley and Aubrey Evans, who were both run ning and dring back. About then Ben tired at Henry Edwards, with his shot gun, but after exchanging a few Bouts with him be whipped up his horse and ran off. I was shot in the buck by either Luther or Dudley tluselden, while sbooth g at Henry Edwards. ''Dudley Haselden ran through a bouse and yard and took refuge In a negro's privy : Aubrey Evans jumped In a window of a lady's house ; Luther liasolden went under the platform on all-fours and left the do pot ruining like a buck, it U currently reported that Ih ? crowd had coals of mall manu factured and had thorn on. (Signed) John u. Sellers." th10 HAS M)I;N BTOilY. Ckpt. Haselden Alleges 'I'liat several Men Were Concealed in Depot Building and Thai Sellers Opened Hostilities. To the Editor of The state : In response to request of newspaper roper', 's, and as answer to misrepre sent tious made, 1 regretfully make this s-atomont as to the recent unfor ? urt le IT ir at Seilern. At th outset, I it mo say that I in teud to give the facts as they exist. My fri. nds over tho State, and toe public generally may depend upon it. Oil the morning of 14th lust. Mr. ii ojaujin Sellers and ray brother Dud ley became involved in a persona! dif Qoulty. Tin uause was tbougnt to have bo n settled, at Insist temporarily, hi Mr. Don Ueiiora promised luglvo notice, In ease be wished to carry tho matter further. About halt hour after ii.i~, an . upon our stavtlug for Marion, 1 advised that we had better boon thj watch as we passed tho depot?-and s ? Dr. ii A. E (wards took a litlo to us In case ol i? shotgun attack. As wo ipproauiicd the depot l got from the buggy, bo as best tu meet attack. Not withstanding the fact tn.ii Mr. Sellers and his i-OU h n were ther.e?atld rii . us, tburi was no lighting, beeause no attack was made upon us, and we wont Oi our v' .v.v to Marion. Upon our return from Marion ovo.' tho usu it route (uot by the bouio of Mr. Bjoj imln S ltors,) and juot odor wo got to the depot, wo met a frieu i who Inft rmed us that tho depot was tilled with armed men awaiting to at tuck us as wo went our way by the depot to our home. loasra ich as I believed my brotlu r Dudley u> bo tbo object of the. proposed vtlaelt, 1 thought that if wo could g. I him safely by, tue attack might bj avoided. Consequently, I advised that Dr. Edwards and l should go ahead und slow up our horse just at tho depo', whereupon Dud.ey aud Evans wore to drive rapidly by and thu- by confusing them avoid if possible tho Intended at tack. As we approached the depot I saW two men peeping through the window 'that looks out upon the rou t wo wore*traveling and ovidontly locat 1,19 Dudley. As\>o slowed our horse, j Dudley's buggy wont rapidly by Ui our left, dust at this tliuo Mr. Ilonjamlu Sellers rushed from tho depot with bis pisiol upraised, and I stepped from my .. ?w slowly moving buggy upon th< railroad track, faced him with pistol in hand. Ho leveled his pistol in my direction and we both fired. AlmOol simultaneously Mr. J.(J. Sellers rushed from the depot, und from within H shotgun w ?s tired. Mr. J. U. Sellers fired at me, tho bullet glancing my right side. I returned his lire with two shots, one of which was while h was tqnatting behind the mali crano shooting some one at right angles. Just at this time I was attracted by the horse of Dr. El wards come rush ing back witu him In the buggy. A gun was fired by some one conceal''.I in tb^foffice lull into his face ; whoro upon.1 pushed up the steps and tired through tLo window at the figures ol threCimon in tho office. 1 then jumped ' from the platform and turned in time to exehnngo fire with some one who had come arouud tho corner of the < !hco. I snapped my only remaining ball at him, ami It failing flro I went under tho depot. I did not have, an other Cartridge, and ho made my way under the depot to its northern end ; got up knd walked quietly, so as not to attract^ attention, until 1 crossed the railroad, after which I went as fast a* possible to join my friends, all of whom I believe.! to be seriously wound* od If not killed. Tho hacks of our" buggies, shot all to pieces; by gum In tho hands of parties conooaled in a room, toll their own tale. LUTHER M. HA8ELDEN, Sellors, Nov. 10, '00. sia/!.kk\s sidf; ok THE FIGHT. IJ'Atl'inr and Bon Protest That Tlioy Wore on tho l>ofon8ive?Tho Btalo oieiitM Aro Vory Co nil lot in <(. To the Editor of The stato: Tbo telegram from Sollers signed J. N. W., publlohed in TnoSlut ..of today, written by tho Hasoldcns, so far us it relates to our concealing oursolves in tho<olllce at tho railroad station and opening fire upon tho Hasoldon party, la urn lufamout nd Infernal He. Wo woru not expecting J. D. Haschten and his buTjh whackers at all, as they had pas9od In tho morning, going to Marlon, from whene". it was oxpoetet*, thoy would goto Columbia, where iiasoldOii had th?t morning informed LJon Sollers that he had six moo to kill. Their re* tin n to Sellers w.ts mi entire surpris-.. T ie Haselden party whilo at Marion procured breastplates and returned by th house of B?U Sellers, apparently hun*' g biro. ThOy drovo up to depot und stopped. Men Sellers was star ding ou platform, and hi? rather. .1. t'. Sellers, was in side, writ nr. Without a word. Aubrey Kvar.s lired from the buggy-, hitting Men Sellers in left hanu.and J. 1). Has eiden Immeolately llred, also hitting Ben Belle s. the hall entering, striking rib, passed around, without going Into OUVity. Hen Sellers returned tin-, hut being disabled before, could not do gnat execution. Thinking bis son mortally wounded. J. 0. Sellers took from ofliOQ pistol rushed out and lired into orowd. ?aselden, finding it too hot, took refuge behind small building, having been hit in calf of leg. When too hot, lia-elden ran into and throu fh private dwelling of Mrs. Brown and took refuge in the privy of a n gro family. Ben Sellers exhausted pistol and emptied load of bird shot Into I!. A. Edwards, who loft the scene quickly. L. M. Hasoidon in the mean time hau slipped to window and fired through it, at Hen Sellers, but ?oolng IS u Sellers with gun, ran to side of depot, went undor .-amo, crawling, as shown by signs there now, near full length of depo' to northern end, and like a wild buck left the scene of ac tion. J. C Sellers is wounded by a 44-cali bre rifle. Has- Idea has convicts. t\ State oth er with a rifle belonging to tho S ate, aided by State guard anil lla-eldon's bushwhackers, try to assassinato citi /. n.s of tho State. If the six men threatened lo Cnluiuhiu will si. ?ot Has olden In legs thero is no di?^ Tor to thorn Liaseldon will run liko\t tur key. We cannot lie with liaseldon, but in fair, manly, open way, wo can defend ourselves, our homes and our l. inor. Aubrey Evan-, ran into a p. Ivato homo, through a window, and fright ened family to an extent of a probable indlutm nt. Tho IJas 'ldon party had to go out of their way some distance?half a mile - to go by homo Of Hen Sellers. Their scheme is best represented by thei** cowardly treatment of liuu Sel lers at the house of J. 1). Haselden that mornil g, after being .-out for )>y Has iideu. Respectful iy, .). C ski.i.kks. IiKN B. SKLLiKHS Sellers, S. C, Nov. 15, I8II? DENIES BT A It t IN - TUE BATTLE. Mr. J. Aubrey I A mis on the Sellers and Haschten Klght? His Story c,'on llrms the Hautdilens. To the Editor of The State: Oa th : morning of tho N h lost, in company wit i linn J. I). lla-e:d..n, L M. it us. idea a' .1 Dr. Edwards, 1 wont 10 Marion, and ou our return homo wc wore Inform? il that Micro were in tho depot a med men awaiting to attack as v o passed by. We drove on rap . v. keeping the straight road from M ii ion to Sellers, and did not, as hi, ? boon Stated, drive by the home of 11 -nj .in ii Sollors. We decided boforo reaching tho di pot that.I. I), iiaselden wa tho man tliey wanted, and wo tbouglH if v e. e mid get him oy there would b.3 i.o trouble. 1 w .s riding v. ith J. 1). Hasoidon, doing the. driving, and as wo noarod the depot 1 guided our hordO to left to pass th ? froQt buggy, whoso occupants were Dr. Edwards and Capt. L. M liascldc.il. As we were crossing tho railroad track, I looked backwards and saw Mr. 15jn So'lore on the depot platform, with a pistol in his hand, and Mr John Sellers rushing out of dupol do k . 1 tjld Dudley to look out. At ih\*i moment pistol shots were lired .i- Dudley was getting out of buggy We wore t!:<:n about 25 feet across th ? railroad track. I baited my horse und turn'd in bupgy and began firing at Mr. John 0. Sellers, who was llring in my d r< etion from behind a mail crane. I positively did not shoot at Mr. Bon Sellers, and several shots were lired before 1 Ii rod a*, all. I saw shotgun j tin u both from the door and window of the depot ollioo. After 'dring my lust cartridge, I dropped down in tho buggy and, looking around saw somo one pointing shot gun through almost closed door of the depot oflico, asking. "Where is t\ubrey in After party loft d pot door I got out of buggy and walked aero-.- to hou.t: of Mr. Brown, looking for Dudley, who had gone i.; ? (? ii>t direction after emptying his pi; - to!. Not Unding him, I returned to ih buggy and drove oil down th j road, whore I was j lined by Mr. L. M. Basoldon. Tho buggy In wbleb I waj now beard the marks of six ballet holes. Wbi'e 1 rogrot tho unfortunate affair, it wiv unavoidable on our part. As for my part, I had nothing against any of the gentlemen Involved. .!. A Evans. Sjllers, S C, Nov. 17. ?-The L'indOn Daily Mall says if an aorial machino was capable of travel ing at any rate up to I.Odn miles an hour, a traveler in it, starting west ward from London at a speed of 000 mlh s an hour, would arrest tho prog ress of time. If he started at 10 a. m. it would always bo to him 10 a. n . Should bo Und his unending day mo notonous, he could reverse his direc tion and get a quick Bl'CCOfiSiOn of I hort days and nights of some, six hours' du ration, but ho could regulate I bo longtb by tho Bpeod of his machine. Suppose he traveled from London ono night at 10 o'clock, wostward, at a snood of l.uoo miles per hour, lie would soon exporlonoo the sensation of seeing the sun rising in tho west, whero !t luid set a short time before. ? Mr. O. C. King, of Meridian, Miss., who is com nis-donor from tho State of Mississippi to tho Paris exposition in 1000, has arrangod there for what promises to 1k> a great novelty in the way of an oxhihil from that State. He has made arrangements with a party who has scoured at tho right season 600,000 selected 'nil grown cotton bolls, which will he sold at the Paris exposi tion by original cotton Held darkies as souvenirs of tho American exhibit. Th( so will be the lirst cotton bolls over shipped abroad, and they will be eager ly .ought after by people who have used quantities of American cotton, hut who have never seen it in Its na tural form. --Tho most curious palace in tbo world Is tho Alhambra, in Spain, It was originally a fortress, so groat in oxtent as to ho capable, of holding ?10,000 men. It was begun in 121* and finished in 1314. I? contains numerous halls and courts, all decorated in the highest stylo of Moorish art. -?? ? ? 4MJttMtmm <J & ?_> X*. X -A. . Boars tho 1 ,ie Kind You llafo.' Iways Bought BUY AN AN U.V/.K8 THK VOTE, rhu Hesult ot tho Koeent Kloctions Ih a Helmke to McKinley?Demo oratlc t.aios in >ltiKuaebu8otta and Pennsylvania and itcpubltcan Losses $n Nrw Yotk and Now Jersey? Mr. William J. Bryan has given to tbo pros? un extended statement) In which ho sums up the results of tho olocliou in tho different Stator. in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania! where the Democrats reaffirmed tbo Chicago platform, ho finds that they have made gain.-, while iu New York and New Jersey the Republican vote shows a falling off. Maryland, he de clares, is now safely Democratic. On the Kentucky election he says : "Tho result in Kentucky docs not give any oncouragomont to the Republicans. The Latest returns show that the con test between Mr. Uoobel and Mr. Tu;, lor is very clos'-. The Democrats claim the elootlu . of Goebe! und tbo entire btute ticket by Bmall pluralities. Tho Legislature Is safely Democratic in both branches and tho election of Blaokburn to succeed Lindsay is as sured. No one who has watched tho contest will doubt that with fie Demo crats united on national issues, Ken tucky cau be relied upon for a major!.*.]* of 20.00(1 or ao.ooo." Ohio is summed up as follows : " What consolation can Republicans draw from tho Ohio election ? Mr. Banna secured the nomination of his candidate for Governor upon a plat fi rtn endorsing tlie Republican admlnis tration, und while tbo returns Indicate that Nash bus u plurality of about 50, ouo over Mo Leun, McLean and Jones together have a inaj u-ity of something like 50.000 over the Republican can didate. "McLean rav upon a platform em phatically endorsing the Chicago plat form and condemning the trusts, milita rism and imperialism, and ho made a gallan. light against groat odds. Ohio is the homo of Mr. Lianna, chairman of the Republican national committee. Postmasters all over the Union wore urgod to contribute money to save Ohio. Mr. Hanna took the stump nlmsell amj called upon Republicans to support tho ticket and endorse the policies o! the Administration. And yet, in spite of all that could be dou;%., Mr. Banna's own county was carried by M r. Jones and the Ropubllcun party, Which bad a majority of nearly 50,000 in I8U0, is now overwhelmed by a majority approximating 50,000. The Junes vote is Anti-Ropublloan. Mr, Jones himself has made an open light against Mr. llaiina and his methods; and t o Republican party has turned it bat.cries against Mr. Jones and his followers." lowu, South Dakota and Kansas ro sults are pa-sod over with brief para graphs as not of leading importance. On Nebraska ho suys : "The Ne braska campaign was fought on na tional issue.; und tho Fusion candidate for Judge received about 11,000 this year as against 3,000 for the Fusion candidato for Judge in IS'.iT. Assistant Secretary ol War Moiklojohn came from Washington to plead with the voters to uphold the President's poli cies. Senators Thurston and Hay ward were on the stomp warning the people not to repudiate the Presidort. Senaton Fairbanks and other promi nent Republicans from outside tho State lent their influence, but notwith standing the efforts brought forth by the Republicans the Fusion forces gained a signal victory. Thoir can didate*, Judge Holcomb, carried live of the Congressional districts out of tho six and lost the remaining district (tbo 1-t) by only a thousand. The Fnslonists made a not gain of thrco District Judg ss and a largo gain in county officers." Mr. liryau continues: " Taken as a whole tho election returns from all tho States give encouragement to those who hope for !he overthrow of tho Republican party in 1000. it is evident that those who bolicvo in the Chicago platform In 1800 still believe in it. it is also evident that me hostility to the Chicago platform among those who op posed it is not as pronounced as it was in l^'.Hi. It is apparent also that thero is a growing hostility to the mono polies which have grown up under a R -publican Administration. It is safe to say that the American people would by a large majority pronounce against the attempt to raise the standing army to lOO.OUO, and it is equally certain that upon a uisiinct vote upon the issu : a large majority of the people would pronounce against an imperialistic 1 policy whloh would develop hero a colonial Bystem after tho pattern of European Governments. " If the rebuke administered to tho Republicans at the polls had beer more severe the*, prospect of remedial legislation at tho hands of tho Re publicans would bo brighter. While it was sufficient to indicate that the people are not satisfied with the Re publican policies it may not have been sufficient to stay the course of tho Republican party toward plutocracy and toward tno European Ideas of gov ernment built on force rather than Upon tho conse.it of the governed?a government relying for safety upon a large standing army rather than upon a citizen soldie ry." ? A short time agoGov. MoSwoonoy, upon re ports made to him. summarily dismissed from tho constabulary force Jaiuos Altom, of Greenville, upon the charge of drunkenness. Yesterday Mr. Altom arrived in the city. Uo came armed with affidavits from a number of responsible citizens and one from tho iimn w Im preferred the original charge, in which the man stated that he may possibly have been mistaken and that Mr. Altoin might have boon sick and Dot intoxicated. The aflidavits satis lied the Governor that the charges wir-- without foundation, and heim* mediately reinstated Mr. Altom as a mombi r of tiic constabulary force. ?Llundrods of army officers' wives have boon thrown inti> deep distress hy the War Department's order refus ing thorn transportation on the gov ernment vu^ij to Manila, and tearful rcinohstranccs are being received daily a:, inst what they term an Infringmont on their freedom. The government can not prevent the ladies from join ing their husbands if they pay their own transportation! but few can afford the cost of a journey, which is even more oxponsivo now than usually, owing to the reduced number of ships plying between this country und tho Chinese and East Indian waters. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought I Signatur? of ^Z^^f^SS^