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ELBERT IL AULL, EDIToE. ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, j NEWBERRY, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1891. THE QUESTION OF TAXATION. One of the biggest questions that the country has to deal with is the ques tion of taxation. It is a question that has puzzled the statesmen of all ages and no doubt will continue to puzzle them to the end of human government. It is not so much the question of levy ing the taxes and collecting it as it is a question of how to get the property properly returned on the Auditor's books so that the burdens of taxation will fall equally on all the owners of property. What we propose to say now does not refer to that indirect taxation known as the tariff, but the direct tax levied and collected on property. In every township, we believe, there is a board called the Township Board of Equalization, and then there are the County Boards and the State Board. The duties, as we understand it, of these several boards, are to see that there isan equality in valuation of the property in the various townships, counties, and in the State. And it does not so much matter whether the prop erty is valued at its full value, or one one half, or one-third its value, so that every man's property is valued at its full value, or one-half, or one-third its value, for as it is valued higher or lower e rate of taxation must necessarily be higher or lower, fora certain amount of money must be raised to meet the expenses of government. But there is no sense or justice in valuing, for the purposes of taxation, one man's prop erty at its full value and another man's at one-half its value. We notice from a recent circular from the Comptroller General that all banks must be required to return their stock at its market value. That is, if bank stock is worth $12) a share it must be returned for taxa, ion at $120 a share. That is all right if every man who has a mule or a horse worth $150 a piece would return them for taxation at $150; and if land worth $10 an acre would be returned for taxation at $10 an acre, and so on with every class of property returned for taxation. But we cannot see the justice of singling out one class of property and requiring that it be re turned for taxation at its full market value when it is a patent fact to every body who will trouble himself to ex amine the Auditor's books that other property is not returned at its full value. Now we are not pretending to de fend the banks but we like to seej jus tice in all things. It is useless to say that we have no bank stock and that we are not personally interested in the matter at all. This matter of the equalization of property is a very important one. We have published on a former occasion the valuation of real estate in this county as fixed by the Board of Equali zation last year. All the land of a township is fixed at so much an acre and taxed accordingly, when every one knows that two farms adjoining may often be very materially different in value. For instance in N o.1 Township outside of two miles from the Court House the land is valued at $6.50) per acre; within the two miles at $12.00 an acre; in No. 2 Township it is valued at $4.05; in No. 3, at $3.25; in No. 4, at $3.75; in No. 5, at $4.l15; in No. 6, at $.5.10; in No. 7, at $4.60; in No. 8, at $5.50; in No. 9, at $4.S0; in No. 10, at $5.20; in No. 11, at $4.60. In some sec tions of the county this is the full valu ation, while in others the land is worth -the market value--twice or three times as much. The average value of mules, according to thbe returns of last year, in No. 1 Township is $71; in No. 6, $63; in No. 9, $56; in No. 10, $60; in No. 11, $54, and so on. This is no doubt a good market price for some mules while others are worth twice or three times as much. We have no remedy to offer, but we are constrained to the opinion that the sevaral boards of equalization do not always c'me up to the full measure of their duty. If we could get the value of property properly equalized for taxa tion the burden of taxation would be more justly distributed and the rate of taxation would be much lower. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman died of erysipelas and lung trouble in New York city ozi Saturday, February 14. He passed his i1st birthday six days before his death. MIany people in Georgia and South Carolina still have a distinct recollection of his warfare twenty-six years ago this February. On account of his movements and actions in that campaign, waged against a defenceless people, he is most noted. Sherman himself estimated that he destroyed $100,000,000 worth of property in Georgia alone in what the sectional historians call his "Mfarch to the Sea." He was always very bitter against the South. M1r. Win. C. Wolfe has purchased an interest in the Cotton Plant and is nowv associate editor. We welcome him to the ranks. We have received the first copy of the Oconee News publishtd at Wal halla, S. C. It is neatly printed and well edited. 'We wvelcomne it to our ex change list. The New York Herald has taken a poll of the various members of the State Legislatures on their choice for President and finds that 1,515 favor Cleveland and 199 Hill and 276 are in doubt. Of course this is of the Demo cratic members. In New York only 2 favor Cleveland, 81 Hill and 47 are in doubt. Governor Tillmnan in his appoint ment of commissioners of registration for Charleston did not listen to the recommendations of the politicians of either wing of the party but appointed three bank presidents, who are not politicians. The appointments give satisfaction and Gov. Tillman acted .fael in making them. LIVELY TI.ES AHEAD. The Attorney General has rendered a very important decision in regard to the duties of Sheriffs in the matter of tax executions. The decision holds that it is the duty of the Sherif when a tax execution is placed in his hards by the County Treasurer immediately to make levy on the property of the de faulting taxpayer and take possession of the property before he advertises it. To take the personal property first, but if there is not enough of that to pay the tax and all penalties to levy on the land, and not only that, but in order to do this the Sheriff must eject the oc cupant, and all this must be done be fore advertising. This decision is something out of the usual course pursued heretofore and may be good law, but we never heard of a Sheriff ejecting the occupant of land to be sold under execution until after the sale and then only to put in possession the lawful owner. But this is a strange year and it may all be right. At any rate if these instructions are followed out the Sheriffs will have some lively times before they are through. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President of the United States under Lincoln dur ing his first term, is still hale and hearty though now past 80 years old. He was present at the New York Re publican club dinner celebrating the birthday of Mr. Lincoln. We are afraid that the free coinage bill is a scheme which will prove to be in the interest of the silver kings of the Northwest and of not much value to the great mass of the people. We need more money, but whether the present bill is the best way to get it is very questionable. We may find after a while that Clevelan 3 is more of a states man than a politician. Pickens County now has three pa pers-the Pickens Sentinel, the Peoples Journal and the Easley Democrat and they are all very loud in their pro fessions of friendship to the dear farm ers, and each is trying to prove itself the true friend of the people. May they all live long and prosper. The Columbia Register has lately greatly improved its news service and now takes the full Asssociated Press dispatches, and no longer uses plate matter. An editorial recently appeared in its columns outlining the kind of paper the public wanted and should have. Well it is right and proper to have an ideal up to which we can work, whether we ever reach it or not. We wish the Register success. The farmers of Richland and Lexing ton are getting up a new bank to be located in Columbia with a capita) stock of $100,000 to be called the Farm ers and Mechanics Mercantile and Manufacturing Company. It is said that Mr. P. H. Haltiwanger is to be the general manager. He is a thorough~ business man and would be a capita: selection. "All is not gold that glitters" as those men who paid $5,000 for a brick of copper learned to their sorrow. It is strange what an easy matter it is tc swindle some people. The City Council of Columbia has served notice on the Columbia Club that it must pay license or show cause why it should not or be closed up. Thai is right. If the Club is to do a retail business in liquor it should pay a license like other bars or be closed up. Columbia will get alright yet. Governor Tillman is in favor of the free coinage of silver, and thinks that Mr. Cleveland's position on this ques tion removes him as a possibility for the Democratic nomination for Presi dent in 1892. He es not think that the Alliance will support Cleveland. It is a year and a half yet until the nomination takes place, and many changes of opinion may be brought about in that time. There is no mistaking Ex-P'resident Cleveland's position on the free coin age of silver as now proposed by a bill pending in Congress. There seems to be a large sentiment in the South and West in favor of free coinage, and also there is a strong sentiment in the Democratic party in favor of this scheme. Now we do nothknow enough about this big question of money to discuss it and: will not undertake it at any length. It does seem, however, that it is not the proper thing to do to take eighty cents worth of silver and call it one hundred cents and make it legal to offer it in exchange for one hundred cents worth of gold, and not only that, but to force a man who has one hiijdred cents in gold to give it in exchange for eighty cents in siiver. Why not put one hundred cents worth of silver in a dollar and call it one dollar. But whatever may be our views on silver we cannot help but admire the manly position of Mr. Cleveland. He has his convictions and the courage to maintain them whether they are popu lar or not, and wherever we find such a man we are forced to admire him. Mr. Cleveland's position on the tariff in 1888 defeated him for the presidency and no doubt his position on the silver question will lose him a nomination for the presidency in 1892. state Teachers' Assembly. [Special to the World.] CoLMBIA, Feb. 13.-The organiza tion of the State Teachers' assembly has been completed by the election of the following officers : President, WV. J. Thackston, Columbia; secretary, J. F. Brown, Newberry ; treasurer, E. P. McKissick, Union ; directors, Henry P. Archer, Charleston ; D. B. Johnson, Columbia; Patterson Wardlaw, DarI ington ; Robert Harrison, Camden ; J. C. Clark, Ninety-Six. One director from each county to look after the interest of the association will be appointed in a few days. Greenville and Blacksburg have al ready offered $1,000 each, and all nec essary land, for the location of perma nent home for the summer meetings of the assembly.' President Thackston went to Charleston this evening to visit Sullivan's island, and see what inducements would be offered for t he establishment of the home on the coast. COURAGE OF HIS CONVUITIONSU Grover Cleveland Come4 Out Squarely Against the Free Si;ver Coinage 1,-:i Now Before Congress. -NEW YoRK, February 11.-Between .Oo and 7o0 people attended a mna-s meeting at the Cooper Union to-night to oppose the silver bill, in response to the call of the Reform Club. Charles S. Fairchild, Ex-Secretary of the Treasury, nominated E. Ellery Anderson, prezi dent of the Reform Club, for chairman of the meeting, andl he was elected by acclamation. Mention of Grover Cleveland's name was thesignal for a prolonged burst of applause, and when the secretary had finished reading his letter the applause was deafeuing. The Ex-President wrote as follows: 816 MADISON A vi-:Nr E, Feb. 10, 1.S ll. -E. Ellery Anderson--MIY Dear Sir: I have this afternoon received your note inviting me to attend to-morrow even ing a meeting called for the purpose of voicing the opposition of the business men of our city to the free coinage of silver in the United States. I shall not be able to attend and address the meet ing as you request, but I am glad that the business interests of New York are at last to be heard on the subject. It surely cannot be necessary for me to make formal expression of ihy agree ment with those who believe that the greatest perils would be initiated by the adoption of the scheme embraced in the measure now pending in Congress for an unlimited coinage of silver at our mints. If we have developed an unexpected capacity for the assimila tion of a largely increased volume of currency, and even if we have demon strated the usefulness of such an in crease, these conditions fall far short of insuring us against disaster if in the present situation we enter upon the dangerous and reckless experiment of free, unlimited and independent silver coinage. Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND. WILL HE BE HCR'T BY IAVING THE COURAGE OF HIS CONvicrIoNS? LSpecial to the News and Ccurier.1 WASHINGTON, February L.-The letter of ex-President Cleveland, com mitting himself against the free coin: age of silver policy, was the absorbing topic of discussion at the Capitol to day. It was a lively day, too, for the representatives of the press, and the opinions of the leading men from all sections of the country were solicited, the intention being to telegraph these expressions to all news centres in the United States. A variety of opinions were obtained, for while many of the leading Senators and Representativss would not talk. the average Democrat expressed a de cided willingness to be interviewed on so important a subject. As a rule the Democrats from the Eastern and Mid dle States agreed with Mr. Cleveland in his opposition to the free and un limited coinage of silver. Senator Wil son, of Maryland, one of the few Dem ocrats who recently voted against the free coinage bill, expressed himself cautiously and conservatively. He said that Mr. Cleveland had a right to his views on the question, and called atten tion to the fact that the Democratic party had never yet in a national con vention declared for free coinage. Senators Gorman, Vest and many others, who were prominent in putting through the bill that recently passed the Senate, preferred not to be quoted. Other Southern Senators were, how ever, not so cautious, and they freely expressed their opinions. Senators Pugh, Reagan, Coke, Bar bour, Vance and others declared em phatically that Cleveland by his course had not only alienated miany of his hitherto staunebest supporters, but his views on this great question disposed of his chances for the Presidential nomi nation in 1892. Quite a number, while not agreeing with MIr. Cleveland, couid not help ad miring his boldness in coming out squarely against a policy that is so generally popular in the West and South. Among the memibers of the H-ouse there was li.<ewise a wide diff'erence of opinion. The .New York members commended the ex-President for his course, and so did M1r. Wilson, of Wecst Virginia, MIr. Dargan, of South Caro lina, and a few more from the South, but the great body of Democratic mem ers from the South and West ex pressed the opinion that Mtr. Cleveland had practically lost the nomination in in 1892 by wvriting such a letter. Others took a more modilied view and seemed to regret that the ex-Presi dent should have adopted this course when the overwhelming sentirnent of the party is for free coinage. Among the prominent Democrats of the House who do not agree with M1r. Cleveland may be mentioned: Messrs. Bland, Hatch, Dockery, Heard and Tarsney, of Mlissouri; Crisp, ]}lount and Turner, of Georgia; Wheeler and Oates, of Alabama, Bynumi and others. GOVERNOR TILLMAN ON FRtEE sILvER. [tSpecial to News and Courier.] CoLoUrBA, Feb. 13.-Governor Till man received a telegram to-night from the Cincinnati Enquirer asking him for his views on President Cleveland's letter on the free coinilge or silver, addressed to the Reform Club, of New York. He was also asked for,an inter view on the subject for the N ews and Courier. Referring to the inquiry of the Cincinnati paper, Governor Tilliman "I presume the Euquir-er dlesires to know what I have to say on this pass age in M1r. Clevelanid's letter to the "It surely cannot be mecessary for me to make a fornial expressioni of my agreement with those who believe that the greatest perils would be iit iated by the adoption of the scheme embraced in the measure pending in Congress r n nhniited coinagre of silver at the mnints. If we have developed unexpected capacity for the assimilation of a largely ncreased volume of currency, and even if we have demonstrated1 the usefulness of such an increase, these con di tions fall far short of ensuring .us against disaster if in the present situation we enter on the dangerous and reckless epemiment of free, unlinmited and inde pendent silver coinage. "Well, all 1 need say is that I am not surprised by this utterance o,f ir. (leve land, because his positioni mi regard to silver is well known. This letter nierely emonstrates that his opimion has undergone no change, and it does and oghtto take him out of the field as a possible Democratic candidate for thme Prresidency. The farmers and other producing classes are to-day more in terested in reforming the financial sys tem of the Governnment than in the tariff and the demand of thme masses of the people, ineluding the Alliance, that we shall have more money and an equality between gold and silver, be sides the possibility of their voting for ny an who is so comp)letely under the sway of Wall-strcet as MIr. Cleve THlE WORLD DO MlOVE. Kansa at Last hian Discovered that the War is Ended. TOPEKA, February 14.-The House' wthout an opposing v-ote, passedl a bih rem oving the political disail1ities from all persons who volunteered their ser vies against the Government in the late war between the States. T he Con stitution now debars volunteer Con federate soldiers from the right to vote or to hold office, and this bill is ex peted to remove these constitutional E The Vic-Presidenlt to Visit Carnden. CAMDEM, Feb. 15.-Vice-President Morton and family are expected here next week. They have rooms engaged .++s the okirk Tnn from the 20th. STIII.1NG UP THE BANKS. The Comptroller General Causes a Sensa tion in Banking Circles. .~oiMIIA, Feb. 13.-From some correspoudence in the office of Comp troller General Ellerbe there is a differ ence of opinion on the subject of how banks shall make their returns. The following letter has been prepared by Chief Clerk Norton and was wailed to night to President W. M. Connor, of the American Saving Bank, Charleston: "Replying to yours of the 12th, in reference to returns of banks for taxa tion, I beg to state that a careful ex amiuation of the law will show that your idea of your duty as to the making of that return is not exactly in accord with the law. The law, Section 19s et s5, requires all shares to be listed at their true value in money. Suppose the shares of your bank to be worth on the markets in Charleston %20 per share, the par value being $100, your re turn then would he 150 shares at $:.4, or 81,y00. From which deduct (auditor must , the amount of real estate as as sessed 'suppose! $.5,00, your bank would pay taxes on $25,000. The reason for not retaxing the surplus personal property and real estate, a- in other cases. is that they are already taxed in the piemtium on the shares. This is our co.(ttruciion of the law, and auditors wili be instructed to soexecute it. "It is the duty of the auditors to ascertain the real money value of all bank stock and where not correctly re turned on the tatx books at the real iarket value. While I have not at tnipted a statement in detail of my ind(lerstanding of the law as it stands, I hope I am sufficiently explicit." Ti:is letter is authorized by Comp troller General Ellerbe and may be of special interest to a great number of capitalists in Charleston and else where. Wi AT wLL TUE BANKS DO7 [Special to Greenville News.] I C A ltrE.TON, February 14.-Tle let ter from the Comptroller-General pub lished this morning instructing county auditors to assess the capital stock of ba:.ks at the market value of the capi tal stock has created a~sensation here. There are a dozent or more savings banks doing business here, the stock of which is quoted all the way from par to $1,200 per share. There have been no sales of the fancy stocks for years, and the ligures are merely quotations. The en forcemen t of such a regulation would eat up all the profits of the lesser banks and play havoc with about a nillien dollars of capital invested in this business, largely by small share holders. if the attempt is made to en force tie po icy outlined by the Conip troller's clerk it will be strenuously re sisted by banks, which will combine for the purpose. TIIE LAW TO BE CARRIED OCT. CoL'MBIA, Feb. 15.-Comptroller General Ellerbe was asked to-day if he had anything to say in reply to the comments ofsoneof the bank officials in Charleston on the letter authorized by him by his chief clerk, Mr. Norton, on the subject of bauk returns, which letter was published in the News and ourier, Saturday, the interesting eom nients being found this morning in the Sunday News. Mr. Ellerbe said: "I have read the opinion of several of the bankers as published this morning. It was my understanding of Mr. Con nor's letter that he desired to be in ormed of the manner in which bank. stock should be returned for taxation. His letter was referred to the attorney general, and the answer in my office is in accord with the law on the subject, and it wvill be conceded that there is only one proper way to make returns, andI that is in accordance with the law. It is my duty to see that the law govern inIg myself and my department be carried out fairly and according to its spirit. As I take it, it is not now a question whether the law or individual opinion shall be the rule of action. In a few days I propose to issue a circular letter to~tile auditors instructing them to secure the returns under instructions substantially tIle same as those which have been published in the letter from the comptroller general's office.'' THlE PLEA OF SELF-DEFENCE. J. I. Winliams Gives his Cause for Kill ing Maijor Wmn. A. Willims. [Special to News and Courier.) StnTAsNIURo, Feb. 13.-J. B. Wil liaIs, the slayer of W. A. Williams, of Green ville, ari ived here to nigh t on the freigt train from Asheville. He wvas captured tell miles from WVaynesville, N. C.. at Balsam Station. A fter the shooting Marion Simmons carried 1 Will iamis twenty miles above Greenville aud returned, and told what e had done. Bates carried him to Green River, and on his return met the Gilreath party and showed them the route. Williams then proceeded by way of a mule and wagon with a man named Barbary. Sheritf Gilreath, Jack Fisher and John Greer left with parties and got on his track. A man named Reno, f igeon River, with a party, was the first to get hold of Williams, a short ditace athead of Greer and Gilreath. Wiliams was travelling under the name of John Simmons, and offered no resistance. He refuses to tell the particulars of tIle shooting Self-defence is his plea. Ie says t hat nobody was in the room bu t h imlself, W.T A. 'Williams5 and a negro porter He looks considerably worsted and says he is sorry he left Greenville. .He had I rou,,h ~time in the mountains. He is locked in jail here and will be taken to Greenville at 2.40 thie morn ing. .Al1 is quiet and no trouble is anticipated. The Waynesville people have been satisfied, and the reward will go to the Greenville party. GOBBLED BY GOULD. Two Georgia Rtailroads Fall into the Hands of the Wizard. [Special to Augusta Chronicle.] SAvANNAH, Ga., Feb. 14.-From an authentic source comes the report that the Central railroad is to be leased to the Richmond Terminal. One~ report is that the Richmond and Danville will be t he nominal les Eight per cent. on the stock is the price paid. For whlat time the lease will run~ is niot stated. It is rumored here thlat Gould, Thomas Scott and Brice will manipulate teir Southern railroads, and that the Clhounus and the Inmans will not have the voice in the mlatnagemnent they have The resignations of t wo more Central oficials have been asked for, it is said, a ivel shaking up of tings is looked Jay Gould was evidently well pleased with the Central. He will work it for al it is worth, of course. If the rates are not perfectly satisfaetory though, the Legislature will smash his schemes, so far as Georgia is coniceriued. TIlE C. & M. (GBIDLED Up. ATLANTA, Ga., ech- 14.-The Rich mnoid and WVest Point Terminal has gobbled another Georgia railroad. T hat is the news from the meeting of the Macon and Covington stockholders ii Baltimore. Ostensibly thle Central pases into the hands of the Richmond and Danville and the Central of Georgia on joint four and a half interest-bear ing gold bonds, ninety-nine years. What obligations were assu:ned as to the floating indebtedness which is nearly three-quarters of a million dol lars or as to expenditures in permanent improvements, is not known yet. That sour-tempered, cross, dyspeptic individuals, should take Dr. J. H. Mc Lean's Sarsaparilla! It will make him feel as well and hearty as the healthiest of us. He needs bracing up, vitalizng, hat s all. THE GOLD BRICK SWINDLE. Bill Parker Run Down by His Victins and Caught in Atlanta. (Special to News and Courier.] AUGcsTA, Ga. February 14.-Bill Parker, the bunco man who defranded Messrs J. R. Easterling and R. A. Weathersbee. of Williston, S. C., out of 5,00 by selling them a bar of gilded copper for puregold, has been arrested. He is the man who was arrested in Atlanta yesterday, The news cones direct from A:lanta, from Messrs Easterling and Weathers bee, who went to Atlanta last night to see if they could identify the man, who was arrested on the Richmond and Danville train. They wired Chief Hood, of the Augusta police force, early this morning: "We have got Bill Parker." Parker when arrested in At lanta yesterday, was searched, and he only had $50 and a Smith & Wesson pistol on him. He was first arrested on the Air Line train by the conductor, and when thetrain reached thesuburbs of Atlanta he made an attempt tojump off. It is not known here if Messrs. Easterling and Weathersbee had got their $5,04)) back yet, and what they propose to do with the bunco man. A reward of 500 was offered by the inno cent gentlemen of Williston, who al lowed the fakir to play the old gold bug game off on them, for the arrest of the right man. It is now aquestion, who is entitled to the reward, the conductor who made the arrest on the train, or the Atlanta police who arrested the man upon the arrival of the train in Atlanta? Messrs. R. A. Weathersbee and J. R. Easterling, of Williston, S. C., arrived to-night from Atlanta with Sergt. Og burn, of the Atlanta nolice force, who had in charge Bill Parker. He was identified as the right man on first sight, but he stoutly defend his identity until be got on the train this afternoon. After leaving Atlanta he made a clean sweep to Mr. Easterling. He admitted having perpertrated the fake game with the aid of four confederates, and expressed his regret at having con nected himself with the imposition. He says at Aiken, before the money was paid him, he hesitated whether to carry the fake out or end it, and tossed heads and tails to see which he should do, and the eagle bird fell, which decided that he should carry out his fake game. He told Mr. Easterling that if he was allowed to telegraph his confederates he would have the money brought back by one of his pals. That opportunity has not been given Parker yet. He was committed to jail here to night and will remain there until Monday, or later, until Sergt. Ogburn is paid his $5,000 reward. Then he will be carried to Barn well, where he will be prose cuted. The Wit-iston gentlemen feel greatly relieved. They are satisfied that they will get their money back. Parker is a man about six feet, heavy built with curly hair, full sandy beard, and wears a new slouch hat. He looks like a simple farmer, unsuspecting in appearance, but be is a consummate vil lian, sharp as a briar, and an old hand at the game. HOPE TO RECOVER THEIR MONEY. AUGUSTA, February 15.-Win Par ker, the bunco man, is still in jail. This morning a warrant charging him with grand larceny and receiving money under false pretences was issued against him by Trial Juctice Henry Getzein, of Aiken County, in Hamburg, and was served on the prisoner in jail. Messrs. Weathersbee and Kennedy, of Williston, have not yet got their $5,000 back, but they are greatly re lieved at having captured the right man, and are satisfied that they will recover their loss. Parker is not very communicative, He will be kept in Augusta a day or two in hopes of getting that $5,000 back before lie is carries to Barnwell, where he will be prosecuted in the Courts. THE BUNCO MAN TAKEN TO AIKEN. AUGUSTA, Feb. 14.-Sheriff Turner came to Augusta to-day and carried Win. Parker, the bunco man, who de frauded Messrs Weathersbee and Ken nedy, of Williston, out of $.5,000i by the gold brick schemo, to Aiken this after noon under arequisition. Before taking the prisoner Sheriff Turner paiid Sergt. Osburn, of Atlanta, the S.500 reward offered for Parker's capture. THE COLUMBIA CLUB. The Instintion Charged with selling Llquur Without a License. [From the New York Sun.] COLUMBIA, Feb. 15.-The Colunibia Club, which recently attempted to humiliate Gov. Tillnman by reftusing to invite him to thbe State ball, and black balling the application of his nephew, the son of Congressman Tillmn, for membership, is now on the hooks. Recently the Rev. G. M. Tolson at tacked the club on account of alleged gambling and whiskey selling in its rooms. The agitation resulted in an insertion by the City Council of ant item requiring clubs where liquors.is isposed of to take out a regular liquor license of $200. The time limit expired on Feb. 1. Papers have been scrved on the club's officers to appear be'fore the Mayor to-morrow to answer the charge of selling liquor without a license. TH E CHARGE DENIED. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, Feb. 16.-The Columii club through its attorney, Mr. Allen Green, appeared before Mayor Mc Master to the charge of doing business without a license. The club denies the charge and its liability under the law. The mayor ruled that it was liable under the city ordinances and imposed a fine of $20. The clu b has been given until the 27th instan t to takle legal steps and prepare its proceedings to, test the law. It is likely that an injunction will be sued out to prevent the collec tion of the fine and any further action by the city government. A Newv Crop of Colonels. [Special to News and Courier.] CoLUMBIA, Feb. 13.-Governor ' Ill man has authorized the puiblicati"n of his personal staft-the Governor b.eing, of course, commander-i n-chief, a nd Adjutant and Inspector 'General Far ley, as Brigadier General. The others are as follows : Cl. J. Gary Watts, assistant adju tant and inspector general. Col. WV. D. Starling, Columbia, quartermaster-general. Col. E. A. Tindal, Summerton, com missary-general. Col. G. E. Ladshaw, Spartanburg, engineer-in-chief. Col. W. C. McCreight, Cheraw, z'ur geon-geeral, Col. W. A. Neil, Anderson, pay master-general. Col. John Gary Evans, Aiken, judge advocate-general. Col. John L. McLaurini, Bennetts ville, chief of ordinance. Aides-de-camp : D. Gaillard Dwigh t, Winnsboro; Charles J. Purcell, New berry ; J, 1). M1. Shaw, Lau rens ; F. M, Mixon, Blackville ; Andrew Bates Watson, Bates burg ; T. M. Berry, Chles ter ; C. S. Bissell, Charlestonl ; T. C. Duncan, Union. Edgefleld's Candidates. (From the News and Courier.] EGEFIELD, Feb. 14.-Lieutenant Governor Gary has ordered an election to be held in tihis county, on the 15th day of next A pril, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ready. As yet only three candidates have been publicly announced for the position. These are: Col. R. B. Watson, of Rtidge Spring, and Messrs. D. B. Purifoy and W. S. Allen. Two of the gentle man suggested aspossible candidates, Messr Ernest Gary and D. A. G. Ouzts,~ nly decijwed to run. Resides i th ee mentioned othIers ar e5 . e 3Fl enter te ield. A SURPRISE FOR CHARLESTON. Governor Tillmnan's Registration Commis sioners Nct a Politician on the List. [Special to News and Courier.] CoLUMBIA, February 12.-The tight over the commissioners of registration for Charleston was settled to-night by Governor Tillman. The gentlemen ap pointed are: Bernard O'Neill, president of the Hibernia Savings Bank. George W. Williams, president of the Carolina Savings Bank. Jacob Small, president of the Germa nia Savings Batik. A VIRGINIAN OF VIRGINIA. The lion. A. H. H. Stuart Closes His Ca reer of U6efuInes and Honor. STAUN-TON, VA., February 1~-The following dispatch from the Secretary of the Interior was received by Mayor Fultz, of Staunton, last evening : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. I3. j The Hon. Alexander H. Fultz, May or of Staunton, Va.: I learn with deep regret of the death to-day of my dis tinguished predecessor, the Hon. Alex H. H. Stuart. In consideration of his eminent public service appropriate honors will be paid his momory by this department. JOHN W. NOBLE, Secretary of the Interior. To this Mayor Fultz replied: The Hon. John W. Noble, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.: Your kind telegram has been com municated to the family of the late Ex Secretary Stuart, and it is deeply ap preciated by them. I have the honor to inform you that the funeral will take place on Monday next, at noon. Secretary Noble this afternoon issued the following order : DEPARTMENT OTTHE INTERIOR, i WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 1891. j Order: It is my painful duty to announce the death of Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, of Staunton, Va., on the 13th inst., in his S4th year. Having served with distinction as Representative in the Virginia House of Delegates and afterwards as a menberr of Congress he, by the appointment of President Fil more, became Secretary of the Interior on September 12, 1850, and served until March 3, 1853. By his eminent ability and industry he greatly advanced the organization and efficiency of this de partlment. He had the support of President Grant in his earnest advo cacy, after the war against the Union of the restoration of his State to its legitimate relations to the National Government. His subsequent years were devoted to the cause of education as rector of the University of Virginia, member of the board of trustees of the George Peabody educational fund and President of the Virginia Historical Society. Inlrespect for his memory the depart ment will be draped in mourning for thirty days and will be closed at noon on the day of his funeral, Monday next. Until after the funeral the flag will be placed at half-mast JOHN W. NOBLE, Secretary. Columbia's Boom. [Special to News and Courier.] CotUMBIA, Feb. 15.--A whole volume of rhetoric could be used at this present juncture about Columbia. Its recent history reads very much like the chro nicles of a "boom" city, but there is nothing' further from the truth than the suspicion that tile Capital City is being ingated for a boom. There has not been a purely speculative transac tionl in Columbia since the meeting of the Legislature, except the Charleston metropolitan police bill. It has been hard cash and greenback bonds all the time. It reads like a story from the "Arabian Nights" with this exception, that ini Columbia the plural of genius is geniuses and not genii. New Adiertisements. NOTICE. A LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY warned not to employ one Julius Sims, who is under contract with me for the year 180)]. LEVI KIBLER. A LL PE RS ON S HOLDING claims agaiinst the estate of John Hayes, deceased, are bereby notified to presut thteim to the undcersigned, dluly attested, on or before the :20th of March 1891. L EE R. H A YES, W. C. H AYES, .J. H. H AYES, Executors. A Gret Sellsatkff --AT Columnbia, S. C. Over the slaughter of :;50 Sdits, for merly sold a t $15, 516.50, SI8, $22.50 and $23, at this season of the year. I am determined to redluce my winter stock at a sacrifice. I have placed these garents, giving you a good line to select from, for $10 in cash. This is the greatest ofler ever made by any one, showing I mean to dispetsc of the goods if the price will move them. These garments are strictly first-class n every particular. Nothing like it has ever been attempted before. The public has been misled by such sales, but my offer is genuine and no hum bug, and if you doubt it all T ask is an inspection of these goods, or you ma~y write to some of your friends in the cit for information of this great sale. Only $10 per Suit! You will regret it if you do not secure one of these bar NM. L. Kinard, CCLUM BIA, S. C. -SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWVBERRY. John C. Wilson, P!aintifi, vs. D. P. Waldrop, Defendant. BY VIRTUE OF AN EN ECUTIUN to me directed in the a bove stated ca'e, I ill sell, before the Court House in Neberry, S. C., on the first Moni a in Mlarch 1-01, being the second da~v of aid month, to) the highest bid (de- for ea'h, the following described property, viz: One.C w ami Calf, One Cow, Two Bul. Also, lot Ho,usehold -urniture, early new._______ Leited on ais the pro e fendnt to stsyt e onether with p -- CLOSIN F( Heavy-Weight AT) UNDERWEAR ai AT N.Y This IMeans Val SMITH & THE" Main Street, Newberr DE110PURAG~Y PREVAIL8 TOT ONLY IN SOUTH CARO lina, but glorious news comes from all over the Union. Democratic triumph means Tariff Reform and Tariff Reform means REDUCTION IN PRICES Counts & Co. offer the following goods at cost: ENTIEE STOCK OF OLOTHING IN.CDIXNG OVERCOATS, MEN'S and BOYS HATS, LADIES JACKETS, CLOAKS and SHAWLS AWAY UNDER COST, POCKET and TABLE CUTLERY, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, GUNS and BROG AN BOOTS. We have made a BIC REDUCTION IN PRINTS AND GINGHAMS, and in faict the entire line of MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, JEANS, and SHOES. Give us a call, and that right early, to avail yourself of the bargans offered. Respectfully, COUNTS & CO., PROSPBRITY, S. C. FIRE, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. WE) WOULD RESPECTFULLY infdrm the public that we are pre aed to insure property against loss by 1'if, Cyclones and Tornadoes. Your patronage is solicited. BURTON & WILSON, Agents. Newberry, S. C. HARRY H. BLF.AsE. COLE. L. BLEAsE. BLEfiSE &BLEfiSE, Attorneys at Law, Nwbery and ProSpeity, S. C. Notice of Final Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, as one of the executors of thbe will of J. Walter Stockan, deceased, will make a final settlement of the estate of said de eased before Hon. J. B. Fellers, Judge f Probate for New berry County, on l'ursday, the twelfth day of March, 1891, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and immediately thereafter will apply to the said Judge of Probate for a final discharge from all liability on account of or in connection witb said estate. J. BURR STOCKMAN, Executor. Newberry, S. C., 4 Feb., 1891. OH MY BACK! sutlerin. Butwhyur r. ro venr'l.c-ap-i cP rus Piaster Rin h pen I t nto Grsvenor learn how to remove a porous plas .entitically-it will pay you-and don't forget that the best porous plaster in the world has the picture of a b,el on the back-cloth, and is called Bell - cap - sic. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA-1 COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-N PROBATE COURT. By J. B. Fellers, Esq., Probate Judge. \VHEREAs,Lenor V.Livin3gstone bath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration, of the Estate and effects of John WV. Stone, deceased: These are, therefore, To cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John WV. Stone, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry Court House, on the 2.5th day of February, 1891, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if aniy they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 9th day of February, A. 1)., 1891. .J. P. FELLERS, J. P. N. C. STATE OF SOUTH (AROLINA-! COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. By J. B. Fellers, Esq., Probate Judge. HEREAS, H. H. FOLK AND Antine Buzhardt hath made suit to me to grant them Let ters of Ad. uinistration of the Estate and effects of Hampton E. Buzhardt, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Hampton E.~ Buthardt, deceased, that they be and* appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Newberry Court House on the 24th day of February, 1891, after publication hereof, at 11 ~clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istratio3 should not be granted. Given under my hand this 7th day of February, A. D., 1891. J. B. FELLERS, J. P. N.C. G OUT - )R S A6'-'D Shoes $4.OO. id OVERCOATS .COST! from Everybody. WEARN, NEWBERRY CLOTHIERS." y,S.C. OUR BUSINEES BAZOO Must not be permitted to get rusty for want of exercise, so HERE'S A BLAST OF THE BIG BAZOO Just to prove to ourselves and friends that we haven't lost the knack. The tune is THE LAST ROWS OF WINTER, And we propose to play it for every note there is in it. BANK NOTES4 what we propose to blow out and and blow in. THE LAST ROWS OF WINTER COODS That linger on our shelves must go with the season. Away With 'Em! OUR COODS At Your Price! The choice we offer is excellent. The chance for you is extraordinary. WE & YOU MAY BUT MUST BREAK el MAKE O.KLETTNER The Slayer of High Prices. DISSOLLTION OF PARTXERSH11P, THE PARTNERSHIP HERETO fore existing between L. W. C. Blalock and J. R. Green, under the style and firm name of Blalock & Green has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. Parties indebted to the firm -4 will please make settlement of the same at once, as all accounts must be closed up at once. L. W. C. BLALOCK, J. R. GREEN. Newberry, S. C., 10th Feb., 1891. NOTICE. The undersigned having bought the interest of J.-R. Green, in the firm of Blalock & Green, will continue the Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods business at the old stand of Blalock & Green, and solicits the continuance of the patronage given the old firm. A first class line of goods will be kept nd sold at reasonable prices. Resps ctfully, February 10, 189]. Notice of Final Settlement Application for Discharge. . TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN A.L that the undersigned, as executor of t he will of Baruch Duncan, deceased, will make a final settlement of the es tate of said deceased before Hon. J. B. Fellers, Judge of probate ior 1lewberr County, on Tuesday, the third day'o March, 1891, at ten o'clock In the fore oon, and immediately thereafter will ipply to the said Judge of Probate foi i final discharge from all liability on account of or im con neetion with the i said estate. T. S. DUNCAN, Egor Blarr,eh Puuran:dec'd. Newberry C. H., Jan. zoth, i.t. A CAB. 1INDLY THANKING MY'AT, L.rons for past favors, I solicit a aare of their patrona;ge by sending me >rders which I1 can fill at short niotice nd small profits, and remnain as ever Yours Respectfully, EDUARD SCHOLTZ,