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PISGAH HAPPENINGS. Your correspondents vision and bearing ?re limited at present, to the distance of n rifle snot, so be can't be&r or see, what jeople save to say. This close confinement is caus? ed by trying to find tbe pot of money at the end cf the rainbow in raisins 4c. cottoo, and right here, I have the most astounding news that baa ever shocked the civilized world. Hare it ia : the South ts going to- present the world with 2,0*0,000 bales cf cotton this year, fife gratis Lei us hope tbe maoofac tarers will weave it i ute cloth and present it to the poor. NJ SOT*? gigantic 'philanthropy . was ?vee seen before, and it xs to be boped wili never te seen again. The perchase of r guano goes on, and is only limited by the inability cf the manufacturers to supply it. The oat crop, got the black face from the " cold weather, and looks like a fellow who . had received bis checks from one cf the feminine gender. Tuesday night, fi ?st inst, a thermometer whose degrees are limited to 120 was bong in \ the open air, and next morning registered m AS) above ?sro. This is the coldest spall we save b?d -fur year?, and has broegbt forth a good crop of colds. The tony fellow, who would not have a thread in his snit except the natural, warp and woof, weat freezing along, bat the other fellow, who bad tte patches on was comfortable, witboct worry? ing whait people would say or think. y Farm work is progressing rapidly and soon the carn will be hustled in. News hers bas gone into winter quartera. 3very now and theo thongb, a fellow (eels for tho time heiog that be caa boy oat Greater New York. Happy mao 1 than others tap each other a little with varions things, bot ?ron have all that in Snmter. The Pisgah public school house is about tho worst io the couoty-a perfect hui!. Tbs teacher* aod scholars sit and almost frees? ia trying to karo & little. If tba trastees bands are tied by law, so they can't use the public money to make a comfortable house, theo tbs law flakers who enacted law, ought to dig iso io the Kennebec rain, thickly ciad, when the thermometer is 4G? below 0. School bouses and churches should be very pleasant places. Mr. F. J. Capel 1, who carries the mail on tbs star route from Pisgah to Hagood, S. C., is no doubt the champion mail carrier in the State. He walked 20 milos a day,'three times a week last year, and never missed a day. Who cao beat it? The smiling face of tbs noted ex-widow er of Smithville shows bow happy he is, witb his fair young bride. Another, is on tbe war path to conqaor or be cocqaored, and still another, who is as impenetrable to female charms as a rock. How soon we forget too blessings of the past, scarcely re? membering that they brighten as they take their flight. Pisgah, S. C., Feb 8. Shiloh Letter. A fe* thoughts you can pot in your col? amos, as we like to be io tb? roi! of your news gatherers. ' Although we are when we scarcely ever bear thai whistle of the locomotive we are sot entirely out of the boo ods of hearing and seeing a few things. One thing is certain, we have cot failed to hear of smallpox, and it bas had its effect. 1 know the scare has prevented a great maoy from visiting your city, bot I think all fear is fast subsiding'. Judging from the amount ef fertilizer that ia being carted this way I would say that if the season3 are suitable we will have a plenty of 4c cotton la tar oo. Health is fair now. Planters well advanced with their crops. We are ?lad to say that tba free echo o ls of our township will be able to rou longer this year *tbey have io a long time. O. K Shiloh, S C., Feb. 7,1898. - _ ? i i ? Cock Fight at Lucknow. Tbere was a big cocking main at Lucknow Friday which was attended by a large number of sports from various portions of ibo State. Newberry, Edgefield, Darlington, Kershaw, Richland and Sumter conaties were represented, aod it is reported that there wera ?wo hundred cocks oo tbe ground. Tbe Biahopville cocks swept the field, winning a larga majority of the fights, and the Bidon? ville crowd woo a pot of money. Bigamist Arrested. A. J. Shelton, wbo bas been selling sewing machines and bicycles ic the Bishop ville neighborhood for several months, was arrest? ed'oo Saturday and carried before afagiatrate J. H. Scarborough, charged with bigamy. A preliminary examination was held and on the evidence produced be was bound over for trial at tbs next term of court. Io default of bond be was brought to this city and turned over to Sheriff Pierson and is now in jail. Shelton bad a wife in Georgia before he established himself in B-sbapville; but this slight encumbrance made no difference to him, and ba soon succeeded io inducing a girl, between fourteen and sixteen years old, to starry bim. The girl whom he so grossly deceived was named Tomer, and is said to bear ao excellent reputation in the commun? ity in which she lived. Nothing is known of the antecedents of Shelton, the bigamist, buttbereis said to be a clear case against bim. Took a Severe Cold after the Big Fire. After the big fire ic Cripple Creak, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; tbe cold only becoming more Battled. After using three small bottles ot Cbaaoberlains's Cough Remedy, both the cold and cough j eft me, and in this high altitude it takes a meritorious cough remedy to do any gook-G. B. HI?DE?3OJ?, Editor Daily Advertiser, Cripple Creek, Colo. Sold by A. J, China. Boston, Feb. 5.;-Six firernco, in? eluding a district chief, a captain znd a lieutenant, were killed at a fire here this iBorniog, which barned oat the in? terior of a 5-story building on Merri m to street occupied by 6. W. Bent & Co., manufacturers of bods, bedding, eta. The General Assembly Caughmaa's Separate Coach Bill Passes The House. Colombia. February 5.-Special to The News and Coorier. The House to-day fought hard and contumely on the separate coach propositions. Mr. Caughman introduced a bill to simply require separate coaches for first class passengers, and provided for a second class car. The railroad com mittee proposed a substitute bill car? rying ont the separate coach idea, bot, to deal liberally with the rail? roads that make no money . on their passenger business, thought it best to compromise the points under de? bate and at the same time to carry cut the separation of the races The plan was substantially the same as that in operation in Georgia. It pro? vided for a uuiform rate of three cents, which was a slight reduction of the first class rate and a slight increase of the second class rate The House killed the Caughnoan bill at onetime, snd fought and wrestled for hours over amendments, when suddenly the Caughman bill was pas sed. and the parliamentary situation was such that no amendments could be offered, although even the best friends of the bill were ready to have amendments to the bill. This is the same legislation that year after year has been killed in the Senate The House passed Mr Ashley*e fertilizer tax bill, after acceptable amendments had been agreed opon. THE CAUGHMAN BILLAS PASS ED. The bill as passed reads as follows: x Section 1. That all railroad com panies engaged1 in this State as com? mon carries of passengers for hire shalt furnish separate apartments in first-class coaches or separate first class coaches for the accommodation of. white and colored passenaers : Provided, equal accommodation shall be supplied to all persons, without distinction of race, color or previous condition, in such coaches. Section, 2 That any first class coach of such carrier of passengers may be divided into apartments, separated by a substantial partition, in lien of separate coaches Section 3. That should any rail? road or railroad company, its agents or employes violate the provisions of this Act such railroad or railroad company shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars nor ?ess than three hondred dollars for each violation, to be collected by suit of any citizen of this State, and the penalty recovered shall be equal? ly divided between the citizen bring? ing the suit and the State of Sooth Carolina. Section 4. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses on trains, or to relief trains in cases of accident, nor to throogh vesiibole trains Section 5. That thc provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until Joly 1,1898. Section 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with ibis Act we hereby repealed. SORTHERN ROOK AGENTS "ON TOP " Mr Bacot requests the publication of the following : I desire to spread upon the Journ? al my reasons for asking leave to withdraw from the poblic fies of the House " A bill to protect the children of this State from the bane? ful influence of wrong instruction," to wit : -'? That it may be retornd to the Daughters of the Confederacy, from whom it emanated, to remain io their boly and safe keeping, lest the parity of its white folds be sallied by con? tact with the fool bands of the mis? creant horde of ' book agents/* who for several days psst have flocked around and in the State House lob? bying against the bill in order to save from moral ruin the reputations of mendacious authors, and them selves and their principals from pe soniary loss; and oae of whom, im? mediately after the bil i was indefinitely posponed last night, telegraphed North, "We are on top"-all wretch? ed creatures, who, "the poison of fcsps" being "under their lips," as weil as their pens, would poision and attempt to poison the minds of young shildren for the sake of pelf, and also to gratify feelings of animosity Their money and their feelings per? ish with them ! T W. BAcroT February, 5, 1898. Getting Down to Work at Last. A Large Humber of Bills Were Disposed of Yesterday-The Adjournment Issue Baised. Colombia, Feb 7.-The bouse start jd in early with its work this morning. ?md by agreeing to consider only such bills ts would provoke no discnesion succeeded in doing about as much work is it accomplished since the session began. A big pile of bills, moot of >hem local and unimportant in chanc? ier, were disposed of before the usual boar for reoess. Among ibetn wes the measure providing for the enclosing of the Confederate monument, the bill to include io Greenwood oouoty certain portions of the counties of Abbeville md Edge?eld, the bill to prohibit the ] destruction of nests of certain birds. I the resolution looking to tbj eitabliah I ment of a reformatory for youthful pris I oner?, the bil! reapportioning Dorches? ter and Ooiieton o oaa?es, giving the former one representative and the lat? ter three, and a great many other billa j Tnere wer<> no feature? of the day's session. Mr. Wiokler acted most ac oepiabiy as speaker during the day Mr. Baoot rose to a question of per? sonal privilege and disavowed any in tenticn to impugn the motives of any member ia the reasons he had spread ?poa the journal for withdrawing bis impartial history bill. A Gallant Soldier and Cour? teous Gentleman Slain. FEARFUL CHIME OF NEGS O OUTLAW. Special to The State. Cheater. Feb. 7.-About 2 o'clock this afternoon a big mulatto negro walked into the Exchange bank and .presented a check made to the order of a well known oitizeo of this city ; on the back an endorsement was forged, evidently being the negro's handwrit? ing Cashier White refused payment and told the negro that be must obtain identification. The holder of tbecbeok promptly replied that he could do it, and went out on the street and re requested assistant policeman Capt. James K. Marshall to go with him to the brick bouse on York street. The policeman assented and allowed the negro to take the lead. Instead of going up York street be took Salads street and jost as be arrived at the in? tersection of Walo at and Salada streets, near Attorney A. G Bree's raiidenec, some one oalled to Capt. Marshall, and as be tamed, this scoun? drel, who bad lied about the check all tbs way through, swiped oat a 48-, calibre revolver and shot the police? man twice, killing him instantly. He placed the muzzle of the pistol just below Capt. Marshall's blind eye and palled the trigger just as the captain terned, the ball entering the cheek and lodging somewhere about the throat ; the second ball entered back of the ear. Jost at this time Attorney E B Caldwell came to the rescue of Capt. Marshall. He eased the wounded man to the ground, who exclaimed, "I am dying ;" theo took the pistol oat of the policeman's strap and fired every ball at the fleeing murderer. The negro fired baok twice at Mr. Caldwell, bat neither was touched. About this time the news bad reaobed police headquar? ters aod 15 min?tes later a poss? of 50 mounted white men, including Sheriff Cornwell, Chief Morgan, Mayor Spratt, Dr. Davega, A. W. Love and others with the sheriffs bloodhounds were on the trail of the murderer fleeing for bis life. He was overtaken six miles north of the city about 4.30 o'clock and was shot twice by Mr A. W. Love. Mr. Love was on a very spirited ani? mal and when the negro was first seen ho put spars to his horse, fairly barn? ing the wind through plowed field aod ahickets, until he overtook the fu? gitive. It was after the scoundrel had ehot twice that Mr. Love opened fire upon him Had thc crowd been with him at the moment his body would have been riddled with bullets, but after Mr. Love bad shot bim down he begao interviewing him and when the posse arrived they decided to bring him to jail The negro is supposed to be tbs man who robbed a mail bag at the Rook Hill depot some nights ago, as the cheek be presented bad evidently been mailed to a party here. He gave bis name as Tom Jones, theo again as Anderson. The atreet from the jail to the court boase bas been crowded all the after? noon with hot-headed, determined, ex? cited men aod it was with great diffi eulty that the officers of the law sue oeeded in getting the murderer secure? ly jailed. Lynching is openly talked of, and the worst is feared by some. The Lee Light Iofantry, of whom the deceased wes captain, will guard the jail to? night. At this hour, 6 o'clock, excitement runs high, but Sheriff Cornwell is in charge of the jail, and has the backing of a great many cool heads. Capt. Marshall bas been policeman here for the past 15 years and was a popular aod efficient officer. He was major of the Third regiment and took a great deal of interest in military affairs iq the State. He fought through tbe war and was a brave and nervy soldier, losiog his left eye while participating in a heated battle. He was a warm? hearted, fine-looking man and made a splendid appearance as a militiaman. He leaves a wife, six children and a Urge circle of friends to mourn bis death, -->--??- -min i - Bianco's Failure ; Weyler's Legacy. Bianco, when be left Havana last week to "take the field," carried with him $300,000 with which to corrupt the patroitism of Cuban generals The only result of bis excursion into bri? bery is that be is forced to hand over the bulk of thia fund to his lieutenant. Pando, to enable him to buy supplier, and to transport his defeated and dis? heartened troops io the Canto Valley out of reach of the assaults of tho vic? torious insurgents Now Ulaoco is about to return to Havana, by one ronte or another, no-ih or south ; but it is noteworthy the.t he is to make at least part of bis retreat to bis capital by sea Should he march by land, the bothersome Cubans might mak?? hita walk Spanish. Toar, his arrival io Havana, repulsed i,i bribery and de? feated in arcu3, is likely to be the sig? nal for another outbreak of violence by the enraged Spaniards, id ir>dioat??d by the explosion of a bo otb in that city yesterday. Tho latest military success of the Spanish troop*, officially reported by Spanish authority is the captore of six women and eight children io Santa Clara province. The report does not say how many troops were employed to achieve this briiiiant exploit ; but there must have b?.ov. many, since ic required three Spanish columns to murder Aran gureo aod his sweetheart, four CubaD soldiers and a boy. But while these deeds of daring may not bs altogether satisfying to Spaoish valor, the heart of Weyler aiay gloat over the continued success cf his plan of making war by starvation of non-combatants. In far Madrid that hater of humanity may read with keen enjoyment the officiai figures of the mortality in the city of Santa Clara, which a year ago contained 12 OOO inhabitants, daring 1897 : January, 78 dead ; February. 114 ; March, 333; April. 524; May, 539; Jane, 531 ; Jaly, 655 ; August. 645 ; September, 630 ; October, 8$4 ; No? vember, 1,037 ; December, 1,011. This mortality of 50 per cent, ob? tains among the paciacos allover Cabs. The dead speak wich silent bat awfal eloquence of tho imperative necessity of the restoration of peace.-N. Y. Mail acd Express. Demand Indemnity of Spain. With all deference to the inner wisdom of our diplomats, in both Washington and Madrid, we venture the assertion that there is no time like the present for our Department of State to press to immediate set? tlement the indemnity claims against Spain for damage to citizens of the United States in Coba. It is our traditional policy not to worry a na? tion in financial distress with bills of this character. That is why we pa tiently accept postponement of claims against Turkey. Bat Spain asserts that autonomy in Coba is a success, that the island is virtually pacified and that her troops are merely doing police dnty against bandits. Of course, this assertion is known to be nonsense, for the insurgents have re? pulsed every excursion of the Span? iards, have driven their troops out of nearly all the territory of the island, cooped them up in fortified garrisons and whipped them within sight of Havana itself. But the Spanish Gov eminent formally declares that its sovereignty over Cuba is established. With sovereignty goes responsibility. Logically, then, Spain should pay the costs of its failure to maintain order in its province. There are many of these claims, bot the one most prominent in the public mind is that of the widow of Ruiz, who was murdered in a Spanish jail, where he was imprisoned in admitted violation of treaty rights. Spain has just sent Blanco on a vain micsion of bribery, armed with $300,000 to corrupt Cu ban patriots. If Spain can afford to try to spend money in that lavish fashion, she can afford to pay her bills to the United States She has barred herself from leniency by her pretense that she is not embarrassed by a war in Cuba. Press the claims, the Ruiz claim and all of them, to speedy settlement. That will be a diplomatic method io compel the Spanish Government lo admit that it lies when it avers that it controls Cuba to day -??. Y. Mail and Ex? press. Statis' >s famished to this journal by ?Vi. 1 Hyde, the statistician of the D?partent of Agriculture, present one particular feature of interest regarding the yield and value of the cereal crops for thc year 1897 as compared with the preceding year. This is t?as with a ieoreased teta! production, as compared with 1896, the cereal crops of 1897 brought a higher value than than those rf 1896. The same is true as regards the crops in in detail, except iu the case }f wheat and rye, whose yield for 1897 ?bowed larger quantities than for the year before. Corn ted ail the other in beth quantity and valae with a yield of 1,902,967,933 bushels. This repre sooted a falling off of over 380.000, P00 bushels as compared with the year preceding, but higher prices increased ;he value by a little over $10,000,000. vVheat, the next crop in importance, ?hswed a yield of 530,149,168 bushel* n 1897, with a value of $428,547,121, ?gain of over 102 400.000 bushels aod J? nearly $118,000.000 in value as ?ompared with 1898. Oats, the third in importance of the great csrealf, yielded a crop of 698,767,809 bushels, ealuf-d at $147.974,719, a decrease of )ver 8,500.000 bushels, but an in jrease of nearly $15,500,000 in value is compared with the year preoedicg rhe three orops mentioned, together ?ith the smaller orops of barley, rye ind buckwheat for 1897, were valued it $1.121,295,760, an increase of iver $149,200,000 as compared with 1896, though the yield chowed a de? cease of over 286,000.000 bushels - 3radstreet8. A fifty barrel roller flour mill will >e built in Spartanburg. Gov. iSllerbe has been invited to at cod a reception to be given on the vening of the 16th by President and il rs. McKinley. Official Bossism. Washington, Feb T -Bossing is catching. Mr. McKinley is now try his hand at bossing Congress, or to be more exact, the republicans in Congress Each republican has been notified that the administration does not intend to recognize the belliger? ence of the Cubans, nor to intervene, either peaceably or by force, so long as present conditions continue to ex? ist in Cuba, and that every repubii can who seeks in any manner to agi? tate the question in Congress will be considered an anti-administration man, and be so treated by the Presi? dent How is that for a bit of high? handed muzzling ? Senator Manson, of Illinois, is one of the republicans who doesn't intend to be muzzled on the Cuban question. He says he will this week offer a resolution instruct? ing the President to demand peace in Cuba, which he believes he can bring about at once, and he added : "Some? thing must be done, and I will at least give the Senate a chance to do a lot of talking It is a shame that our government permits such a state of affairs to exist in Cuba " There is a probability that Mr. McKinley and the Czar of the House may lock horns over the latter's pro? gramme for the House. Mr. Mc? Kinley wishes the House to pass a financia! bill carrying out some of tho recommendations of his message, and Mr. Heed has said that the House should not pass a financial bill. If Mr. McKinley doesn't back down, there is likely to be a hot time in the old House Czar Reed will soon have another fight on his hands He has said that no river and harbor bill shoold be passed by the House at this session, but the committee is going right ahead and preparing a bill and by a judicious distribution of appropria? tions, it is believed that enough votes can be secured to pass the bill re gardle88 of the Czar, and its mem? bers say the attempt to do so will certainly be made. Representative Terry, of Arkansas, tersely stated a great truth, during the little debate in the House which accompanied the attempt by demo? crats to get action upon a bill to com? pel the administration to bid up to the foll indebtedness, principal and interest, of the Kansas Pacific rail? way, when it is sold, when in reply to a taunt from Representative Dal? zell, of Pennsylvania, that he only wanted to have government owner? ship of railroads, be said : "We had better have government ownership of railroads, than railroad ownership of government " During the same de? bate, Representative Bailey, of Tex? as, said : "On this side we believe the government can collect the debt, and as a prudent creditor that it Bhould collect every dollar of it." The republicans oppose this legisla? tion on the ground that the President already has sufficient power It is to prevent the abuse of that power by a settlement that will not include full payment of principal and interest that the democrats desire the legisla? tion. Representative Norton, of Ohio, who sharply criticised the present pension law and its administration was taken to task by Representative Ray of N. Y., who charged him with attacking the Pension Bureau and the administration. After deny? ing that be had attacked either the President or the Commissioner of Pensions, Mr. Norton turned to Mr. Ray and said : "With due amenities and courtesies of debate, if the gen? tleman says that I did, he lies in bis throat." Mr. Ray did not reply, and nobody looks for a pistols and coffee for two as a sequal. Times have changed ' Although a considerable number of Senators had made personal re? qu?te of Mr. McKinley to allow Mrs. Kenna, widow of the late Senator Kenna, to remain postmaster at Charleston W. Va., Mr. McKinley aas ignored those requests in response to the demand of Senator Elkins and has Dominated Mr 0 A. Petty to succeed Mrs. Kenna. But Mr. Petty will aave to be confirmed by the Senate before he gets that cf??ce, and pres ?nt indications are that he will not ind that altogether easy. At a conference of silver repubii 3ans and populists, attended by every Senator and Representative of both parties, the plan for a general co operation in the Congressional cam? paign with the democrats was unan i nously ratified. It was also tho jnanimous sentiment that Mr. Bryan 7?as the logical candidate of the ai? led silver forces in 1900. It was iieo decided that ex Representative rowne, chairman of the silver re jublican Natioual Committee, should )e sent to Oregon, where the Con jressional election will be held in rune, to aid in carrying out the co deration plans in that State. Representative Williams, of Mis lissippi, has fattened the contents of i he pigeon holes of the House com nittee on Foreign Affairs by offering i resolution calling on the Secretary )f State for all the information in his tossession as to the progress made >y Spain in its attempts to get the Jubans to accept autonomy and the ondition of the reconcentrados (non ombatants) of Cuba The resolu ion is timely and ought to be acted pon. but there is little hope that it nil be. Nothiug can get before the louse without the Czar's O K Cotton Crop of Its Distribution by States-Sea Island Cotton-Acreage and Prices. Washington, Feb. 7-A circular issued by Statistician Hyde of the agri? cultural department, gives considerable ioformatioo concerning the cotton crop of 1896-97, its value, the amount pur? chased by mills and the acrage planted. It shows that the total cotton crop of 1896 97 amono^d in commercial bales to 8,532,705, made up by the fol? lowing States: Alabama, 833 789 : Arkansas, 605, 643; Florida, 48.730; Georgia, 1, 299,340; in?isy Territory. 87,702; Kansas, 61; Kentucky, 414; Louis? iana, 567,251 ; Mississippi, 1,201, 000; Missouri, 24,119 ; North Caroli? na, 521,795; Oklahoma, 35,251; Sooth Carolina, 936.463; Tennessee, 236,781; Texas, 2.122,701;- Utah, 123; Virginia, 11,639. Stated that the large and increasing amount of raw cotton' taken directly from the ourreot crop by mills from the cotton growing States is more than ever an important factor io esti? mating the annual production. Ten years ogo only about 6 per cent, of a crop of 6,500,000 bales was used by those States, while during the year 1896-97 they U9cd more than ll per eent of a crop of over 8,500,000 bales. The number of mills in opera? tion during the year was 402, the num? ber of spindles 3,344,327, and the number of bales bought 981,891. The investigation of the production of Sea Island cotton shows that the 8rop of 1896 97 was the largest on rec? ord, the States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina and Texas having pro? duced 104,368 bales. The next larg? est c op was that of the preceding year, estimated at about 93,000 bales. The production of Georgia was 64,668 bales; that of Florida 26,431 bales: South Carolina l?,769; Texas, 2,500. The total value of the upland crop was $285.810606, which gave au average price of 6 65 cents per pound of that sold, aod the total value of the Sea Island crop $6,000,958, an aver? age price of 16 58 cents per pound Thc total acreage during 1896-97 was 23,273,209, the number of bales raised 8 532,795, an average of .37 bales per acre. St. Valentine'8 Day is near at band. A large stock of Valentines at H. G. Osteen & Co's Book Store. Xi&KB CHOPS, veal chops, mutton chops, sirloin, porterhouse or auy kind of beef steaks, or roast cut from our luscious, tender and juicy stock of prime meats, fresh and temptiug, yon will -always find at this market, and yoa will always find us prompt and ob? liging in serving and delivering your orders. Manufacturer 8nd shipper of Sau? sage, or?lcrs by mail or wire promptly attended to. E. HOGr^JST, Telephone No. 26. roOtfEYr-SLOCZ. Oct 25 -THE People's, opular. US?iil?g3 regressive botogrcplicr. Doing the finest up to-dno photography Jan 25-tf. DR. K. 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