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LBERT . AULL, EDIT_o. E ET . AUL Proprietors. WM. P. HOURsE AL, S E ,WBE R R Y. S. C, . IURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,,1888. TOWNSHIP BONDS. The recent decision of the Supremc Court declaring township bonds invalic 6as given the Legislature a hard knol to untie. The Judiciary Committe( which has charge of the matter if anxious to maintain the credit of the State by protecting innocent purchaser. of these bonds; but the serious questior is, what can the Legislature do t< validate bonds that are void from the very beginning. As the matter now stands it seems t< us that the Legislature is without E remedy. The Act authorizing the township subscriptions is unconstitu tional; the bonds are invalid; the tai levied to pay the interest is illegal. S< decides the Supreme Court. The wholc trouble lies in the unconstitutionalit3 of the Act, and that trouble cannot bE removed so as to validate the bond! already issued. Any tax levied to pay the interest on these bonds would bE lIegal and its payment could not be enforced. It might be submitted to the countie; to say whether they would assume thE :payment of the townsh.ip bonds. Ther again the townships that issued the bonds might be clothed with adequat corporate powers, and the question o1 validating the bonds referred to the voters of the townships. But we fewi that counties and townships alike ar( ready to take advantage of the decisior of the Supreme Court. It cannot be denied that in some : quarters the decision of the Supreme Court was received with marked satis faction, while to many good people il carried nothing but consternation. IL is right that people should pay thei debts; but it is also'right that railroac companies should comply with the of their agreements. No mattei what may be said about the question o morals raised by the decision of the Supreme Court, those townships thal have paid interest on their bonds fo several years without any return, neec not be expected to clothe themselve; in sackcloth and ashes as an expressior of grief at their release from these bonds It is immoral for a man to take advan tage of a legal decision to avoid his jusi debts. But in the case of these bond, the moral responsibility cannot be fixec with certainty on individuals, and it many cases the subscriptions were made by bare majoritles. We regard the decision of thE Supreme Court as a great misfortune and we hope that some means will b< devised to protect innocent purchasern * of bonds; but we feel at the same timE that the readiness with which the peo pie acquiesce in the decision of thE Supreme Court is largely due to thei: 7-a ck of confidence in the railroad corn panies to which their bonds were issued AN ECONOMIC SUGGESTION. -While the Legislature seems to hav< a spasm of economy we wish to offe: a simple suggestion, which, if adopted will furnish the means to support thi Clemson College. The State Constitu tion provides that the Legislature shal meet on the fourth Tuesday in Novem ber annually. For "annually" let thE pe'>ple substitute "bi-enially," so thal the Legislature shall meet only once every two years, and the result will be a saving of upwards of thirty-fivE thousand dollars every two years, ol about eighteen thousand dollars annu Kally. If there is any good reason, apari from the Constitutional requirement why the Legislature should meet every year, we hope that the man who sees il will not be too modest to make it known A single session of the Legislature cos1 the State a considerable sum of money wh ich could be expended to bettej advantage, an d we hope to see the Con stitutioni amended so as to require bi ennial sessions. We in.fer from the number of road bills now before the Legislature tha1 the inefficiency of the present road lasi is felt throughout the State. And we are pleased to see that Newberry County is embraced in the provision! of a bill modeled after the road law now in force in Anderson County. We havE an abiding faith in the good sense o: the people of Newberry, and if oui Representatives provide an efticieni means of working the roads, we art satisfied that the people will give it a fair trial. Mr. Mower has introduced a bill it the House to declare the rights and powers of married women, which pro vides that a married woman shall havE the right "to contract and be contracted with in the same manner as if she werE unmarried." The Supreme Court ha * already held that such an Act is consti tutional. an.d that under its provision! a married woman is bound by all he contracts; and we hope that this bil will become a law. it is due to married women and the rest of the world the the lawv on t his subject should be mae; definite and certain. Senator Woodward wants to prohibil members of the Genemal Assembly fron accepting free passes from rairoads ir the State, and the Senator is right. Il is wrong to look a gift horse in the mouth. I; is not proper, to say thE least, for a me~mber of the Leisltur< to accept favors from corporations that in his official capacity, he may b< called upon to criticise and control. Bi doing so he imperils his own self respect. The Supreme Court investigates the question and after mature deliberatioi decides that the Legislature was wronj and the law unconstitut'onal. Thou sands of dollars that were invested un der the law in perfect good faith ar lost, and the faith of the people in th< courts and the law and the Jaw makina power is shaken. It is all very well to preserve the in tegrity of the separate branches o g.>vernmient, but it seems a very mock cry of law a.nd instice to say that th, .LJL.. Supreme Court shall not pass upon the constitutionality ofa law until the ques tion is carried before it in litigation in volving large sums of money all of which may be lost through the fault of the law. It would-be fur better and more satis factory if all bills involving constitu tional questions were required to be submitted to the Supreme Court for final decision of such questions before they could be enacted into laws. Gen. M. C. Butler was unanimousvy re-elected United States Senator on Tuesday by the Legislature. LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL. The Legislature discusses a bill that involves grave constitutional questions. The Legislature can make laws but cannot settle constitutional questions. The bill becomes a law and that law in volves the same grave constitutional questions. While the Legislative debate which settles nothing is going on, the Supreme Court is in s:ssion in the same building. The Supreme Court alone can decide constitutional questions, and its decision is final. The Supreme Court however cannot interfere with the legislative branch of the Goveru ment. The law is printed in the Statute booksand forthwith people begin to act under it. Money is invested until the amount involved runs up into the hundred thousands. Then the consti tutionaljquestion which the Legislature could not settle is raised again, and a private individual decides that he will carry it to the Supreme Court Pt his own expense. TH.E INDIGNATION VESOLUTTON. More Corresponde 7ce in Regard to the'r Aarto s-. N 3;wn-::t , Nov. 26th, 1888. Mr. M. A. CarJsle-Dear Si': We have received information which we re.a-d as reliable. that you handed the resolutions to MN.. W. A. H:11 which he ini oduced befo'e a meeiiug of citizens in w i. H. H. Blease's office on Sep tember the fis. Those resolutions contaiaed a charge attac_ :ug i vesponsi bility to all who vouched for Demo cratic neg.oes at the primary eleciion held on the 28th o" August last. We now write to ask if you intended to apply th-s language to any of the un dersigned. If you cid please state which ones and in what paricular : ransaction you meant to charge them with irre sponsibili.y. If you are ihe author of those resolutions please say so, and if you are not please sta'.e who is aid in case you do not know please state who placed them in you.' hand. Respectfully, Alan Johnstone. J H Ruf. G A Lang-ord. A M Bowers. E M hva.i J C Wilson. o P Saxon. hey w Fant. C A Bowmaz. C C 3icWhirier. A J Kilgore. J S Fair. Silas J McCaughrin. H H F-rankln. Wm Y Fair. J Fi Chappell. Wm Langford. D 31 Ward. J R Green. J E Brown. G M4 Girardeau. 1F B Lane. C J Furcell. MRt. CAELSie'S REP'LY. NEwEEilRY, S. C., Dec. 7, 1SSS Messrs. Alan Johnstone and others. Ge-tlemen:-RepIlin to y'our comnmu nication of 26%A i4., handed to me by your commi- tee composed of N essrs. fohn C. Wilson. Alau jobns'one and E. M1. Evans, I desire to say that I had hesitated to mak~e any auswer to ibe same, uotil I was assured by them that the demand conia'ned therein was not intended in its resul. to work an injury to me either in my private or profes sional reta'onis. Having this assurance I do not hesi tate to say that I dia iad the resolu tions to Mi-. W. A. -Il. and I widl a]-. so state tha t they were draaied by me at the request of a la'-ge number of citi zens woo met on the 20.'h dlay of Au gust last, and they wer-e adopted by t be meeting as setti sg fordh their cause of complaint wi .h reference to the pri ma- electon, and they were written under the excitement of a hotly con tested election, and possibly were too swee,ping in their characLer. and the words "iirespoasible vouche"' would have been omi ted if the resolutions were drawn now. In drafting these resolutions no '"ef ference was had to any p)anicular' poll ing precinct, nor wvas r eeece baa to any bona fide Demnocrat wh was ac cepied as a voucher by the mangers of any box as to the poitical sia us of any person of the negro -ace, and who was offered as a voter at the primary, and these was no intention of reflecting on anyv of you. I, as a member of the board of man agers at the largest preciact in the county.rmade it my rule .o challenge eveLy pecson of the ne'-o:.ace w~ho was ofee as a votec at me p:imary ejec tiob, anzd when the vouchezs was ac cepied by the managers at i he bos. and the'r action was conflamed by the county executive cominii ee, the re sponsibility of takoag the vouchets for negroes. challtensed was 1-fied from my sbouldecs and that dete -minexd the re sponsibility, and I fully acqjuiesced in that decision. IX:spectfully, 31. A. CAnR 7SL E. NEwBElRRY. S. C.. D)ec. 10th 1&88. Air. 31. A. C'a- isle, Dear Sir-Your reply to our commnincai ioa of Novem er the 26th is satisfactory to all par ties represented by us. With tieh>ub)i cation of ou- correspondence the matter will end so far as we are concerned and our relation contidue as before. Respectfully, JoHN C. Wiaox, ALAN JCHNsTioNE, E. 3L. EvaSs, Comnmit tee. An E-planation from Mr. J. A. Sligh. To the Democratic Voters of Newv berry County: The correspondence which has recently appeared in the county papers concerning a resoluiloen adopted at a meeting he!d on the 1st day of September last seems to require an explanation from some one, and as circumstances made me perhaps the most conspicuous character ia that meeting, I step forward this morning just long enough to say a few words in order to set the matter right and pre vent injustice being done to any inno cent parties. In discharging this duty I might ap propriately refer to my? adheceace to the Democratic party in the past, and to the conservative course purst -d by me in the efforts which I have made to purify and not dismiemnbr the par ty. But as the people, and not the' politicians, are the judges of all such matte?'s, I wAin at once approach the duty which I started out to perfor.n 13 doing this I might remind the voters of the county that the- e are two sides to this quest'oo, and I might say something about the bitter feeling of disappointment on the night of the 28th of August last when the result of the election was know n-how that many, very many, good and honest Democra ts and citizeas came to me and declared to mec in language strong and; unmistakable that something had'to1 be done and that I was the proper per son to do it-and how, not a few even t he next morning renewed the demaud, and how that after this we held a little meeting at which we deliberately came to the following conciusions: 1st. That there should be no con test made before the Enecutive Comn ~mittee for several reasons; one of which has already been given, and another of which I might here say was on account of the peculiar difficulties of getting at A the facts in the case, as the records of some of the previous elections could not be found, and as there was no law regulating such elections, p.roviding for the punishment of offenuuers, or to compel men to testify under oath, or to force nersons to produce papers, records, &c., zc. 2nd. It was agreed not to encourage to an independent movement, but to act la within the lines of the Democratic of party, and to purify it by discoun- c< tenaneing a id denouncing all wrong I doing in the recent primary election. ai 3rd. It was also agreed to hold an h indignation meeting in order further to e discuss these mati ers and adopt certain al resolutions expressive of our views. n M. A. Carlisle, Esq., was unanimous ly chosen and requested to draft said t< resolutions, and this duty wa. assigned c< him, not because he sought it, but on ti account of his peculiar :itoess to put c into proper shape the views that had si already -een expressed and adopted. n Mr. W. A. Hill, without any previous si knowledge on his part, was asked to f introduce the resolutions at the indig- cl nation meeting. . t I might further explain why it was o: that the subject of you -hers was intro- s uccd and was put in the resolutions, 1 by saying that very much was said 1 about illegal votes and voters, and that M something was said about certain ne- g groes themselves being vouched for and were expected to vouch for some of M their brethren; that something else was t< said about a very small number of ne- R groes having voted the Democratic p ticket at the general election of 1886; A and that some other things in this con- n netion were mentioned which per- a haps have a still sironger bearing on f this question, but which we will not use "d here. And I might g on to state that, that f< orderly Democratic indignation meet- R ing was well attended by as good d Democrats and citizens as the county 8 of Newberry has ever produced, and a that mny more things might have A been done and sonic omitted had it not a been on account of the County Con- d vention being held the same day and a almost at the same hour, many of the n meibe.s of the caucus being good " enough Democrats to be members of the County Democratic Convention. S I might also state that the articles which appeared over my signature in b the county papers relative to this mat ter were prepared and published in re- b snonse to a demand made by the peo ple (Democrats,) as were the resolutions, r< and that when I had discharged the m duty assigned me, I disappeared be- r hind the curtain, as I is like manner shall do again; and that though loudly a and frequently caiied for to reappear, e I did not do so, notwithstanding the , many hard, mean and false things that r were said about me in private and a through the press. I might, and I will say it, for I mean a it, that since ceriain geatlemen feel t) themselves aggrieved and are hunting up the author of those "famous" reso- tl lutions, that I hereby announce and is publicly declare as those resolutions h have come out of so many heads and b hearts, and have no particular head to s them, that I will shoulder the responsi- ff bility, that I will carry the whole load t; by taking it all on myself; and now a s nce I have assumed this responsibili ty, and s: ace in niy published articles on this question I omitted the word c irresponu.bie, believing it then to be too 9 sweeping; and mio-e especially since I C do not wish to do an injustice to any innocent party or parties, I hereby t agree to wipe out forever that hateful e word "i 'responsible" ; and I rejoice that out of so many words used that this is - the only one that seems to be objec tionable. Ina coaclusion, after making these ti statements and explanations, and after y st iing out the objectionable word, I y wish to say that I sincerely hope that si ever ybod y now w'.1 be es wvell pleased -a at the results which have already grown a out of this disiurbance, and those that are likely to take place in the future, as a I am; and that our Legislature will f have the w'sdom and pat, i ism to find , a wauy to legaaiz.e primiary elections and o thowv arounid them such safeguards as i* wil! make it foreve- impnossiole for such v abuses and irregularities ,o occur again. & Respectfully, r December 10th, 1888. J. A.SLIGIH. Ridge Road and Canoon's Creek. School is increasin. We learn that .6 ihe-e s;' he a Cois:mrPs tee at the a Academy ona Chrisnmas night. The e wil be pleecb:.ag at Colooy ~ eb3ureC on Cbi'sLnmas day a ad Su,adav school et R:oge Road ebu!ch i'1 the aftei oon. We a-'epJeased io see that I o.e peopje i'e ad to celeb'nte the bNu a rof Ch gist i a a -a appropriate mannaer. Last Suuniay morning our pastor, I Rev. .,. A. Sg'a, p eaebed oine of the most impress: ;e and iLC e<ag see a mons that we ha ve lbad the n ivelege 'I of hee -:gfor acoaside-able i:me. H's I text as Matthew 9:9 Mr. .. P. T::iaard's s5';-yea-old ch:ld e rell f-o.n ic .adle oe day IesS week ad was seriously hun -. I v",ted "Uncle" Al)bemi- Moo e last . Saday mo<.n:l and found ha~n e:: i.cm i'l. I 'eg-et ibat I was not o able to'conve-se with him as he could . ooly be ondes:ood at t'omes. M . Mooe is on'e o1 the oloest men I a t'ee cotlnt . Va looki:og over N~s formlv E:be'I fauod t be reco--d of his bi -.h. 2 e was eo: a 0 1 the 38. ' of Mairch. g 1796. I have known h:m almost as E long a.s I have lhoown myseif. I l>ave h knw him to be a i-ue Co.:siaa a id I a aina'l m;ember of Ltue A. R. P:esby- 2 'eaa Church. I can say of him mnore n tinas I cai of any otne-- ':jig m-a nI l:-yow vec ia all my ' ie have I b-ea -d I s ha * ui woed sooken conce--n'og him. t is enough ;.o say tbh r there is il a crown awaiting h:m in heav'ee. tI A J;:te more than three yee es ag~o. r. by request, the wMie' sent b:s first a squ'o to a new'paper for puba:on- al I have nor missed ma,ay wveekts s'oce that~ tiie o( baU;g.something to say- g ifever so litle or imnpo.-tat-to myn freods taroughm the Press add Reporter he New benty Observe-', and The 1 He--ald a nd News. If I have not been , able to please .he redes I have had th~e szfac ion of knowiog that I have ~ do-ie the ve-y best I coo'fd. I have ~ learoem i a these t bree yei's to sympa tL:se with edk oVS and newspaper men. ~ If a man wi't follow it up. what a i constant thiog it is! It reminds me ~ of be besiaess of a housewi;'e-the ~ same bing .o) go every day. There is l1 no res:dg po; nt. A s soon as one issue is over, iu comes auo; her. Glenn Cannn, a coJo--ed man of this c sect:O,' wuo a'ways ',es to raise bis e own hog a-Id homin'y. bas discovered a new w:ay of past&' iag bogs. Hie wvas see.11asL w eek ni ha b:s hog tied by the b le: hod-n-r h:n'n -1 ie poisio paea . saylg "Root, hog.o-' d.e por. 1 The t'-ne is almost be--e for giving a Csms pee.hs. Who wi1t be the b f r.t o wera'e bis -.ie-d a presentof The j He''d e,d News for one year? Not c c-mg s ee I met a lady who had qui:e ( .ne: .. become a 'eader of The He-ald a d Ne ws. I ad;;ea ber how she )Med 14 te pape-. and she sa:d: "We 14ne it jusn splendid' It is aboge-bee a nothee b pape soce we quit ts W og it sixyea s o go. ad amo(ng odbec paoe.-s i., is .be fi -st o-ne called for in our family." M-. Ed.v, I co&socer Luis ve-y coin-] intaiLy, and if you manage to get tl '! of t he hadVes o.1 your side, you aro ~ elected. SoMurra.s. ~ Bismnarck con temnplates superseding t the German Colonization Company in Africa by oflicial occupat ion of its terri- a tory, and maintaining German supre-1 nacy therein by force of arms. I* Gainsvillie Fia., returned thanks Sat- a urday for the~~Lthe epidemic. ~' A BLOODY LESSON IN LAW. t Terrible Slaughter in Birmingham-A C Dozen Men Killed or Fatally Wounded, and Some Thirty Less Seriously Injured- t. Attempt to Take from Jail a Man Ac- a cused of the Murder of his Wife and Child [Special to the News and Courier.] t BraioHAM, ALA., December 9.-A rrible tragedy was enacted in this city At night, caused by an effort on the part a a crowd of 2,000 men to reach the v yunty jail for the purpose of lynching R. Hawes, charged with murding his wife t d child. Not till the roar of guns was c eard and the deadly flashes were seen at 3 very window and every vantage ground out the jail did any one realize how the n Latter might end. t. Early in the evening the sheriff was c >ld that a mob was forming, and he ac- f >rdingly prepared fo: it. In and arouiad v ie jail there was a suppressed vien of ea- n tement during the entire night. Out- d .de the guards were located on the cor er of Third avenue and Twenty-first ;reet and Fourth avenue and Twenty c rst street, respectively. Those guards hallenged all par.ies approacing the y l, and all such parties were summarily rdered to halt. The inner guards were ationed near the entrance to the alley iading to the jail, and there kept a close f >okou. for all who came near them, and C 'no for any reason had escaped the outer b uards. In and near the ja.l the a'rangements J -ere even more complete. The entrance the old jail, on Twenty-first street, was rell guarded and barricaded, leaving no ossible hope of entrance from that point. number of men were elso stationed b ear the entrance to the alley, immedi ,ly bef-ween the wall to the jail and the " mtce to the new court house. The of ter oor of the ja'l, facing the new coca. C ouse was open, and ot. the narrow plat >rm and stoae steps lead;ng to the door I ere gatered a dozen determined men un er the lead of Chief Pickard and Sheriff mith, all armed with Winchester rifles nd with numerous rounds of cartridges. a al were disciplined to the last degree, s ad the instructions were issued to shoot v ectly into the c owd as soon as the ppeared at the eatrance tothe alley lead ig from Twenty-1;rst street. SHOOT DIRECTLY LTTO THE CROWD . 'ere the instructions issued by Sheriff a mith, and the policemen and deputy c heriffs on duty patiently awa.ted the on aught of the e:.pected mob with a sense f duty to law and order that could not e easily mistaken. Before 10 o'clock all preparations were t sported complete and a warm reception ras certauly in sto,e for those who were F ported to be coming to avenge the gross utrage on law and society committed by t man. who was surely a fiend, to have en Dmpassed the death of the wife ho had worn to honor and protect and the child mn it should have been his delight to love v ad cher.sh. But ample as these preparations we-e, l has no yet been told. On the roof of a ae jail a number of men, all armed with u Vuchester rifles, were stationed. and t aese men were likewise under instruct ms to prevent the entrance of the crowd e ito the alley leading to the jail. A num er of men were also stationed ii the mcond story of the new court house. A jelieg of intense aos.ety prevailed, and 2e silence at times was onrnous. At 11 'clock the shouts of THE APPBoCHING MOB - ovld be plainly heard. The shouts r -ew closer and louder su..ll, and the offi- t ers on the inside finge:ed their g ans andf egan making pieparatiots for the inevi ale. A mass of men appeared i2 the , atrance to the alley, a'od 1*a a loud voice , heriff Smih ordered them out of the al AT TE.E PrI.L OP THEiA LEs5. It was very da -k and i'npossible to die eguih e:actly whe.:e the men at the en ance of the alley were located. - Some rere ev:dently on the oppos:.te side of the L eet. Aga"a the mass of human beings t ppeared in thae en' -:ance to the alley. "I m got'g to shoot at three," called OC't I e she.;:ff. "One. two, three," bct t'.ea hariff and his men did not fi'e. "A w'll re at five," announced Sheriff Smith. He ras ve.:y much e::ci'.ed. TJhe .officers ofld see the formas of men creep-ng r p o alleyway toward the jail. Aga'n the oce of tihe sheriff ca"ed out, "One, wo," etc., and when "live" had been ached he ca.1ed out, A perect fasilade followed, and whe-a be smoke cleared away the alley lead oig the jail door was blocked w:.Th dead 2d wounded men. The crowd scat:cred every di.eetion, and no ?Lort er asempt rs made to reach tha jail. THE .J;rED AND wOU'NDED. Th:ee men were killed iestantly, seven atalv we' aded anid about tMrty otherss ron'ded, more or less seriously. The follow.svg is the fril I *et of the :'led and woundaed: W. B. Throckmoa ton; posi.mas.e-, a ad very prominent and popular ci,.'en. ''ockmoron was aboat 80. years of age. e was born in Lou:svilIe, anad came to :irmingham in 1830 as agent fo: 'he oumera .:press Comnpat'y. Aboat ghteea mronths ago he was appoir'ed ctmas.er. He leaves a wi'e anu. one An ir'knowa negro was shot ti ovgh ae lwegs and died this mor nies an 8 'clock. J. R. McCoy was towa::d the f-:out of ae c:owd when the firing comrmence. F e 111. at the first vo'.ey. A. B. Ta'rrant was shot in the back. I 7.er the first volley he lay down on the ound with tne hope of avoio-og the fly g bllets. Fate woald not have it so, ~ oweve., and a ba'l. s:rock b'm as he I :y on b's face and ratged up the beck. 'er a few minutes' suffer: g the yorog an died. A. ). Eryant was shot tough the eart. He was standng rather near thea ent and was doing lhis best to restra he crowd going any nearer. He fe1l at ae Birst volley and diedi.stantly. C. C. Tate was shot through the b'p d th.ough the loin; he is dymng. Hie is pater, and liveci at East Lake. He is bout 45 years old and had a fai.:1y. - Colbert Smith, colored, was shot aoug.:h the rght long e ad died t9:s orn- og. Lawrence Fitznugh, cii' i1 gLeer, ad!v wounded. He was shot trugh1 ie s~bot'der. He is about 30 yer -rs old.. Chales Barley was shiot through be ead. it is thought fatally. Hie 1:ved for aerly at No. 24 Church si-.eet, Boston. A. . Shields, mechaic, was shot in ie left side just r-ader the shoulder. It thought he 3:11 de. He came re antly from K~a1mazoo, Mich. Several [ his companiors were wounded, bLt iss seriosly. CJhales Jenl:os was shot in the back C the head, the ball coming out in tha intre of his fo:ehead. He l'3ered on 1 10 o'clock thins moL?nng, when he C' ed. nks was 20 years old, and lived at nthfield with his parents and three Erandon was at the hospital, wounded i tee thigh end abdome 2. He died about 'clock th's moraw g. Just a.ter he res shot be 'old hise attendaots that he oa-:ded at the house of the sheritt o - towah county at Gadsden, and was here n busi.ness before the Urn:ed States . WV. Montgomery, wounded a the Mr. Berkley, shot thr-ough both legs, elow the k:ee, while sittiag on the orch of the residence of Mr. W. S?o. oo . Charles Bailey, brakeman on the ouis:lle & Nashville railroad, shot in'< he r'ght side just below the nipple. His tom e is in Boston. His woond, whileI Lot necessar.y fatal, may prove soe1ous. John H Merritt is at the hospital, shot brousa the calf of the left leg. K Mi Kennedy i also at .thehopa, hot 1n both legs below the 1- iees; right ag badly shattered, left flesh wound. Hie i lshtathe left rm just below thel Ibw, and the bone is broken. He is bout 50 years old and has awife and j evnciden, j A J. W. Owen is at the hospital, shot en irely through the right thigh. He is a arpentar, about 50 years of age. . E J. W. Gilmore, fatally wounded in be bowels, is 46 years of age, has a wife nd five children living at Green Springs. Frank Childer, dead. Albert Smith, colored, shot in the back nd seriously wounded. He works for, be Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com any, and has a family in the city. William Youngblood, Mr. Alexander nd Ed S. Cooper, reported as killed or ounded, were not hurt. W. A. Bird was shot in the shoulder, f he ball passing entirely through him and oming out near the spinal cord. Bird is a 0 years old and unmarried. Col. Thomas G. Jones, of the 2d regi 2ent Alabama State troops, arrived here 1 his morning with five companies and is onfideut of his ability to prevent any arther attempt at mob violence. There rs much excitement for a while last ight, but it had subsided somewhat to ay. AR:REsT OF TIE SIERiIFF. Sheriff Smith hns been arrasted on the harge of murder. [ILITAPY POWER ALONE REPRESSES THE j ANGRY PASSIONS OF THE PEOPLE. a BIP.mNom., Dec. 10.-There is a C nrced calm in Birmingham to-day. At 3 1 'clock this afterucon t-.e funeral of 'ostmaster Thockmorton occurred. As I .e was one of the most popular men in firmingham, it was feared there would e trouble. It was the largest funeral ever een here, but passed off without any at empt at violence. There were six others ,uried in Birmingham to-day and two odies were shipped to their relatives. By order of Mayor B. A. Thompson all 3 be saloons were closed till further orders, is authority is questioned and more than ne suit was filed for danages. The dead are Mr. B. Throckmorton, J. 1 t. McCoy, A. B. Tarrant, A. D. Bryant, I. C. Tate, Charles Jenkins, G. H. 3rendue, F. White, colored, Colbert >mith and one unknown, J. W. Gilmore nd A. J. Schide will not live. Twenty even men are badly but not seriously rounded. Chief of Police Pickard said that he c dvised against firing on the people, and at it was disgrace: 1l. Mayor Thompson sclaims having given orders to Sherifft imith to fire. Sheriff Smith, Nat Stanley! nd several others are under arrest, t harged with murder. THE JAIL s guarded by military companies from lontgomery, Anniston and Tuscalousa, Uol. Thos. G. Jones, in command, has 1 elegraphed Governor Seay asking that c isoners R. R. Hawes and Joseph Smith e removed to Montgomery or else that he military be relieved. A petition signed y over a thousand names has been sent t a the Governor, askng to have. Sheriff >mith removed from office, Governor Seay ill arrive in Bi-mingham to-night. THE CO-IONER's JURY the Hawes case met to-day and looked t the body of Mrs. Hawes, but adjourned 1 util to-night. May Hawes was buried I o-day, the money raised being enough to uy a lot. Lakeview Lake is being drawn if to look for the body of Irene Hawes. L jury has been impanelled over the ody of A. D Bryant, killed on Saturday ight at the jail. SMITH IN MORE DANGER THAN HAWEs. All is quiet so long as the military is :ept here, but there will surely be more rouble from the people if they are re soved. The people are very angry, but he cannon at the four corners keep them I rom making any attempt to mob any one. they were to get in the jail. Hawes rould be overlooked, but Sheriff Smith rold come in for more than would be ileasant. Lx-Sherif Sam Trass is put in charge rle Joe Smith is held Ior tial. If Irene's cy should be found to-night there may e more serious trouble. MORE LYNCHING. Thero comes news from Gadsden that bere is a mob there to lynch a negro who ::lled a policeman yesterday. Troops may >e sent there to-night. They have been skedfror. BIRMINGHAMI PARALYZED. All. the-jurors will meet to-night. Bir aogham has hardly begun to realize rhat has bappered 'n the last two days,j 'he reaction v3:ii be horrible. No bus'ness ras done to-day. DYNG woRDS OF TE VIcTXMS OF THE B- -ING CAM. AL~A, December 10.-It is epo .ed th.it Hawes. Who has been the ase of Saitarday night's tragedy, has ede a full concession of the crones. barged against lu:m. The fo.llowing are s'atements from everal men who were near the front of. e crowd when the volley was fired: C. C. Tate, who was mortally wounded, aid: "I went up to see what the crowdI ras go:ng to do. I don't thiok they would I tave tried to break the door down, but hey mig~ht. I d :d not think the oflicers rould shoot." 1 A. J. Brannan, deputy United States aacshal. from Gadsden, now dead, said: I weot 'aere out of curiosity and to see he ynching, if there was one. I did not xpect to ta'ie part in it." Matt Kennedy, who is badly wounded,. aid: "IE was there begging the crowd to o back. I had .iends in +he crowd and id not want them to do anytbeig rash. IJ ranted law and.o::der ma'- tained, and was ong all I cot'ld to that eu4. I did not hink the onicr~s woa.ld shoot unless an 4tack was actually made on the jail." WV. E. Vaugl o, a lawyer, said: "I had ost le:'t the jati. I met the crowd and eaded with them to go back. I told1 hem tie and again the officers would t hoot. They had no leaders, but justI lefore the shoot:ng several men, who were trok, pressed to the front and said, 'Tear he jail down and haag Hawes.' Then 1 be volley was fired." All thoughts of attempt'ng any farther tacks on the jail were aba'ndoned upon te arrival of the t?coops ordered here by overnor Se'ay, although a crowd of urious people stood all day forring a ne across 21st street and 2d avenue, rhere the mi1itary gaard was formed. The irst i oops to arrive were the Blues and t he G:.avys and the artillery from Mont oery,' who reached the city at 10 cloclr s. m., and were at once marched to ie Court House and assigned to their osts of dut.y. Sentinel ]nes were estab-c shed upon all st ee&s leading to the jail, -om one to two blocks distant, and no >e has si.ce been allowed to approach tearer than that. to thie bolung, un- I ess provided with passes. t Of the wounKled at the hospital it is now toped that a'1 will recover. J. W. Gil-1 nore aod Malt Kenoedy, who are most esperatly wounded, are resting quietly. 1 Certain p:ocinient officials i'n the city tave eegraphed Gioveraor Seay that they onsider it necessa--y for b:ni to be here, id have asked b"n to come at Once- He il no doubt investiga:e the si'aaton ersoaly and make arra-..gements for the emoval of Hawes and Sher:if Smith. Two Pardons by Cleveland. (Greeniville News.] WASnise~ToN, D. C. Dec. 8.-The ?resident has p.irdoned W. C. Jordan, >nvic ed in South Carolina of selling iquor without license and sentenced in uly, 1888, to six months imprisonment md to pay a flne of $100, and Chats. iater, convicted in Vi'-ginia of viola ig the internal revenue laws. Eupepsy This is what you nught :o have, in fact, you nust have i.. to fely crijoy lifeTouad Lre searching for it daily, and mourning be-1 anue they ind it not. Thousands npon tnu abds o1 dollals are spent annually by our. eople in the, hope~ Iimt they may attain this oon. A4 nd ya t may be had by all. We pIariiee that Electrieli,t.ers if used accord ng to uir ee'lenje and thbe u~e persisted in, wiil Iring you G:,odl Digestion andu ouist the demon Jyp.aand install ntead Eupepsy. We -e-cmmueund Ei~Leci Bitters ior Lugeans1a nil alt uiseases of Liver stomach and Kid ie--s. Sold at 50c, and $i.ui per bottle uy Cu leld & Lyons, Druggists. WIL YOU SUFFER With Dyspepela Lnd Liver Complaint? Shilh's Vita ize- is &Unnranted in cnre you. .i'a 4LL WIGGINS'S FAULT. [e Predicted an Earthquake in Cana and It Came. FARTHER POINT, QUEBEC, Dec. 7. Vhile the residents of this place were heir breakfast tables to-day a rum ing sound was heard, and the disb rere smashed. At first they did n now what it meant, but the thoug r,on presented itself that Profesa Viggins's prediction of an earthqua was reality. The first shock lasted w seconds, and was followed by econd, third and fourth report. The rumbling began in the easte ection of the village, and extended he westward. The windows of mai iouses were smashed, and sevei tructures not completed were throv o the ground. The foundations uany occupied dwellings were shake .nd the inspeetor of buildings has be, ept busy all day with his investij ion. SEEMS TO HAVE B3EN GENERAL. ST. FLAVOIE. QUEBEC, December 7. >ix or seven severe earthquake shoe vere distinctly felt here this mornir .'rees were undermined, and huge roe .nd boulders on mountain tops we lislodged. They came down to this z age with a rush, surprising and sta ing the natives. No lives have been i iorted lost. HERALDINGS FROM NO.6. Two weeks pretty weather, but raj ng this morning. Mr. W. V. Waldrop lost a fine 'ear old colt last week with blind sti ,ers. We are all glad that Rev. M. 3rabham was sent back to the Ne erry Circuit. He is a good preact ,nd every one likes him. Mr. Luther Aull has completed t >ridge over Little River, near Mr. J. 3urton's place, also one over Beav lam Creek, near Mr. H. H. Gary Jr. Aull is a splendid bridge build ut is some behind his contracts on ount of sickness. He will now bu he Oneal, "Langford" bridge acr< 3ush River. Mr. Clamp has put a tempera )ridge across Little River at the Lo: ridge, and is now pushing his wo n the Long bridge. Miss Denisa West and Mr. Jas. Villiams are *among our sick this wee ut they are better now. A negro boy named Ben . was push r thrown from a wagon near J. loyd's Friday night and his leg bi :en, Dr. Senn set the leg. Do n now if the fail was accidental or n< have been informed that the negrc n the wagon had been playing car ing up the road. Cotton nearly all picked, wheat sov .nd times harder than a "F1 )oodle's" chance of election. December 10, 1888. TELL, Bibles, Hymn Books, Engravin, )il Painting, etc., etc. Come and or yourself, at J. W. Chapman's. tf NOTES FROM EXELSIOR. The season of the year is here a: sur huntsman are taking in the "B hites." Miss Beulahi Barre, of Prosperil pent Thursday night with Miss V oria Crosson. The social gathering of young fol at Mr. J. T. P. Crosson's residence aturday evening was in every resp< pleasant affair. Leap on, girls, 16 vil soon be out. Miss Harriett Cook, sister of Mrs. 5. Dominick, of Prosperity, is visitil 'elatives and friends in our communi his week. Our farmers arc done picking cott< one sowing wheat and are now p aring for the holidays. Mr. James Crosson has gone up ewberry to attend the business artment of Newberry College. Mr. Jno. F. Cromer and sister, M annie, of Walton, spent Saturd nght with relatives in this comnr A Farmers' Alliance has recen1 >een organized at Mt. Pilgrim Aca< ny. Excelsior and Mt. Pilgrim 2 lances' has been consolidated. While on our way to Newberry M< Lay we noticed some improvemel i the way of new buildings that w ~oing up. We also noticed that t ohnstone Academy is being enlarg4 his speaks well for their teacher, M ane A. Long. The pretty weather of the past t1 reeks was broken on Monday morni y the moistening rain and since ti ie dust has become a thing of t >ast. The refreshening showers *a >e a great assistance to small gral vhich is now beginning to put forth reen appearance. We learn that another public ro vill be cut out this week leading fr( irs. Nancy Singleys' residence to 3 Facob Epting's plantation. There nore public roads being opened han there are hands to work them. Lst Thursday we attended the si t Uncle Geo. A. Counts' residen< onmsisting of one two horse wagon, o otton gin and gin house and a set arpenter tools besides other artic hat was disposed of. Uncle George I former days been a fine workme >ut has become oldi and feeble a an't see to use his tools. We learn ti Jnle George and w ife w'll move heir son-in-law's, Mr. B. H. Mill nd that Mr. Lawson Sheely a: amily, of Edgefield, will occupy 1 esidence they vacate. SIG3fA Mis Van Lew, who was a Fede spy during the war between the 8'mat ,vants to be customs collector at Ri nond, Va. A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life 1 was just an ordiv ary scrap of wrapp ,aper, but it saved her life. she was in asL stages of consumlpt-on, told by physici; hat she was incurable and could Jive o short time ; he weighed less than soee pound. on a piece of wrappilng paper: read Dr. King's New DiscoveLy tend ge aple botte ; it helped her, she hon L large bottle, it helped her more. bon nother and grow better fast, continued ie and is now strong. healthy, rosy, plump, weighing 140 pounds, For fuller ; tIculars send statunp to W. II. Col, Drugs Fort Siith. Trial Bottle of this wonuel lscovery Free at rosleId & Lyons Drugst< Euck.len's Armca Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts. So Bruses, Ulerm salt Rtheum, Fever Sores,5 wr, chap>ed hIands. Chilblains, Corns dl Skin 'Eruptions, and posit.ively ci Piles or no pay required. It Is guarantee< Cive perfect satisfaction, or muoney refundi Erice 25 cents per box. For sale by Coflel Bricks! Bricks!! BrickE FOR SALE. Ap=p1y to M. wFVPT,- Ar & e BETII EDEN ITE3IS. a Editor E. H. Aull visited our church last Sunday in order to get subscribers for the Lutheran Visitor. . We wisih him success. t Mr. Henry Cromer, of Walton b- thinks of moving to Beth Eden after es Christmas. o It is rumored that one of our young ht ladies is to be married this week. Mrs. Halfacre, of New.erry, is visit oe ing Mrs. Chandler this w.ek. a Mr. A. C. Sligh is going to work te a finish his house, he contemplates mov ing in this winter. rn Mrs. Chandler lost several chickens to a few nights ago They have tracked y the parties, and think of apprehending al them. rn Prof. Hawkins' house came very of nearly being burncd last week. They n, had some cotton in the kitchen, the n children had been playing in it, anc ;a- scattered it over the floor. While Mrs Hawkins was sweeping it up sh stepped on a match, setting the cottot - on fire. They soon put it out, no seri ks ous damage being done. g. Rev. Julian and wife returned last ks Thursday evening from a visit to their re daughter, Mrs. J. K. Efird, of Right I- well. On their way home Mr. Juliar rt- was called on to marry Mr. Thos e- Hentz to Miss Mattie Wedaman, o Walton. There is not any sickness in the com munity at present. POLLY. New Advertisements 3 Lg er ROT"AI he F.* c id rik A k POWDER -d Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel o rinty, strength and wholesom90ees. Mort of economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in compettion with the mntitud otlow test, short weight alum or phosphat e6 powder. SodonyincnsOYAL BAXni(E E Co..1 Wall st.. Y. 1112-. ds 'THANES. mn I desire in this to express my appre P ciation of the kindness and suppor given me while in business in New berry, by my friends in Newberry. E. B. BLEASE. 9 8H18T%8 1800M And if you want some pure Whiske: for your Holiday Dram call on aid H. -. SUMMER, oH DEALER IN Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars ani .' Tobacco. AIBO as Fancy Groceries, ~et CONFECTIONERIES, ETC A neat store room, good order an< polite attention. B. Oive me a call. rig H. C. SUMMER. JAN ORDINANCE r- o prevent Idling and Loofing at th Railway Station, in the T'own ;o to Newberry. Le- Be it ordained by the Mayor an< Aldermen of the Town of Newberry in Council assembled, and by the au iss thority of the same : s1. That from and after the passage o uthis Ordinance t shall be unlawfui fo: the railway, platform, at the passen ly ger station in the Town of Newberry between the time of the arrival and th< tmoftedeparture of any passenge - train, provided, that this ordinane shall not exelude from the said piat form such persons as actually havy Sbusiness with the railroad company, o its with passengers on the said trains. re 2. That any person violating thi he ordinance shall be liable to a fine of no more than ten dollars, or imprisonmen 'for not more than ten days. rs Done and ratified under the Corporat< Seal of the said Town, this thi [L.s.] 6th day of December, A. D) ngGEO. B3. CROMER, at Mayor. e By the Mayor: &.T .N il J. S. FAIR, C.&T..c.. n, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA a COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.-I Rhoda WVats, Administratrix, vs. D. H Wheeler, et. aL 13Y order of the Court herein, date< [r- 30..~th Nov., 1888, I will sell at pu bli< ire outcry before the Court House at New up berry, on the First Monday in January 1889, all that tract of land, of whici Mary M. Boland died, seized and pos le sessed, in the County and State afore e, said, containing One Hundred an< e Twenty-Three Acres, more or less and-bounded by- lands of Andrew Har of man, Brown & Moseiey,-- Moor< es and others. as TERMs: The purchaser will be re n quired to pay one-half of the purchas 'money in cash, and to secure the bal rd ance payable at twelve months, witi tat interest from the day of sale-witi to leave, however, to pay the whole bid ii er, SILAS JON E Master. rid Master's Office, 12 Dec., 1888. he STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA -COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-ID PROBATE COURT. aThomas B. Dawkins, as Admini.strato e of the Personal Estate of Elijah Haw - kins, deceased,Plaintiff, against Mar: P. Hawkins, Simon P. Hawkins an< others, Defendants. [ng Complaint to sell lands to pay debts. s TUR~SUANT to an order of th sy..Court herein, I will sell at publi Soutcry, at Newberry Court House, a1 a the first Monday in January, 1889, th hL following lands of which Elijah Hai gkins died seized and possessed, situat d in Newberry County, South Carolina: art Tract No. 1-ContainingThirty-seve SAcres, more or less, and bounded b; re lands'of Shelton Boozer, Drayton Haw kins, Kate Minick, Luke Nichols an: others. re Tract No. 2 - Containing Twelv Lt- Acres, more 'or less, and bounded b Bush River and lands of P. M. Hass to kins, J. A. Hawkins and others. ed TERMs: One half cash, balance on: " credit of one year, with interest froz - the day of sale-redit portion to be se i! cured by bond of the purchaser ani mortgage of the premises-with leav to the purchaser to pay the whole his in cash. Purchaser to pay for aers. J. B. FELLER' Deeeunb~r l2~ 1888. J. P. N. C. New Advertisements. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIbK COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. PROBATE COURT. James Y. McFall, as Administratorot the Estate of David M. Cannon, :d - ceased, Plaintiff; against Nancy Can non and others, Defendants. Complaint to marshall assets, sell lan& to pay debts, &c. TURSUANT to an order of the Court herein, I will sell at public outcry at Newberry Court House, ot the First Monday (7th day) of Jano ary, 1889, all the real estate owned by= the said David M. Cannon at his death consisting of a tract of land in- saiot; County, containing Two Hundred Sixty Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Joel B. Heller, Samuel - Suber, J. Harrison Cromer and others: in two tracts, (to be surveyed an? platted.) TERMS: One-third cash, balanceoj a credit of one and two years, in equa. annual installments, with interestfrom. day of sale. credit portion to be secured. by a bond of the purchaser and mort-. gage of the premises sold, with leave.to -' purchaser to pay all cash. Purchasr to pay for papers. J. B. FELLERS, J.P.N. C. Dec. 11th, 1888. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN THE PROBATE COURT. Asa P. Davis as Administratr of the Estate of William Satterwhite, de ceased, Plaintiff, against Eliza Jane . Reeder and others, Defendants. Complaint to sell land to pay debts, &c. PURSUANT to an order ofthe Court - herein I will sell at public out-: cry, at Newberry Court House, on the first Monday, (7th day) of January,.; 1889, the real estate of which William Satterwhite died, seized andpsse situate in Newberry County, in the State aforesaid, consisting of a tract of laud containing One Hundred and: Forty acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of F. H. Dominick, Henry Motes, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Blease, Mrs: Melinda Wheeler and others. TEEMS: One-third cash, balance on a credit of one and two years, .in equal' annual installments, with interestfrom day of sale. Credit portion to be se cured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for par. J. B. FE~LERS, 71 . IJ P. N. C.Zt Dec. 11th, J888.. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.-I PROBATE COURT. - George P. Griffin, as Administrator ot the Estate of Nancy C. Bobb, de ceased, Plaintif, against Elizabeth C. Neel et al, Defendants. Complaint to sell land to pay debts. DURSUANT to an order of theCour herein, I will sell at public out cry, at Newberry Court House, on the first Monday (7th day) of January,1889, all the real estate owned by the Nancy C. Bobb at her death,.consistiage of a small tract of land in said county, containing Thirty and-one-half Acres,. more or less, and bounded by lands ofY Wrn. M. Bobb, Mary A. Griffin and J: Calvin Neal. TERnS: One-half to be paid in cas, balance on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale. Credit porion to be secured by abond of the~ purchaser and a mortgg of the prem ises sold, with leave to te purchaserto pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for pa- ~ pers. ~ J.B. FELL1EB, December1, 1888. J. P. N. U. STATE OF SOUTH CARQLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRT.-IN~ PROBATE COURT. William R. Smith, as Administrator of Ithe Estate of M~. C. -Longsh ceased, Plaindift; against. Longshore and others, Defendant& Comnplaint to sell Jand mnaid of the pan - ment of debts. PURSUANT to an order of the Cour herein, I wili sell at publieoutcy at Newberry Court House. oa thie firs$ SMonday (7th day) of January, 1889, fthe real estate owned by the said 0. Lonigsho e at his death, consisting of - tract of land in said county, containingg One Hundred and *Sixty-five Aeresr more or less, and bounded by landsof George T. Reid, Estate P. J. Coleman& Sand the estate of James W. Williani.2 TERMs: One-half cash, balance ona credit of one year with interest fromt day of sale. Credit portion to bee cured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold. Puz~ chaser to pay forya rs. December 11, 1888. J. P. N. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN T COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.-Il PROBATE COURT. John Finger et. aL Plaintiffs, againsi+ J.. D. Epps et. at. Defendants. Complaint- for sale of land: to pay debts, &c. -. P3URSUANT to an order of the~ I Court herein, I will sell at public - outcry, at Newberry Cours House, on the first Monday (7th day) of January, 1889, all the real estate of which James M. Epps diod, seized and possessed, consistmng of a tract of land in saida County, containing Three Hundredi Acres, more or less. and bounded bys lands of D. B. Phifer, J. E. Brow,W . F. Robertson and Thomas W. Arame TEEMS: One-third cash, balance oWSa credit of one and two years, in equal Iannual installments, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion to be-.e cured by bond of pure ~a ~ and amorte gage of the premises sold. Purchase to pay for papers. J. B. FELLERS, -Dec. 11th, 1888. * J.rP. N. C. Tax Returns forI I, or an authorized agent, will at the following places, at the specified to take returns ofP ewbry from January 1st - uary 22nd. 1889. Prosperity, 2 days, January 24th. Bethel, 1 day, January 25th. 4 St. Luke's, 1 day, January 26th, u~ 2 o'clock p. m. Deadfall, 1 day, Januar 28th. C. D. Spearman's, 1 day, January Chappell's, I day, January 30th. Longshore's Store, 1 day, January3 -Jalapa, February 1st. Cromer's, February 2nd. IMay binton, February 4th. Gilymphville, February 5th. Walton, February 6th. Pomaria, February 7th. Jolly Street, February 8th-until 2 So'clock p. m. POLL TAX. SAll males between the ages of 21 an 5 0 years of age are. liable for the Po STax, except those unable to earn a port from being maimed or otherwise. All persons failing to make returns of Personal Property by the 20th of Feb -ruary, 1889, will be assessed a penalty jof 50 pgr cent. on all the personal property of last year as the law require.. S1All owners of Real Estate will please. rnotify the Auditor of any change, -whether sold or purchased, from whom.. Ipurchased, or to whom sold. WM. W. HOUSEAL, Auditor of New berry County. -December ist, 1888 Flynn is again with us and prices have gone down with a rush;, which 'goes to show that he means:business