The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 07, 1898, Image 6

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WE US EVERY DAY t * t There Will Be Starvation at i Dawson City This Winter. r. NO SICKNESS IS REPORTED J \ M 7 tAnd Kvcryono There Is Worrying Ji ? i Less Over the Food Situation Thun ( Their Friends on the O'ttside. s / C f N j Seattle, Wash. ? (Special.)? The steamer Alkali arrivod bcie on Dec. 2i>tb, bringing advices from Dawson ( City uj. to November 2Cth. Tbo Al- j! kali's passengers included thirty per- j] uous who ion UUW80U uoiweeu iiuveiu- ?j; bor 22ud and 2jth. All, without ex- * ception, say there will bo no starvation ^ at Dawson this winter, or next spring When informed of the action being Ji taken by the United States government Ji to send it a relief expedition, *hey said A it was unnecessary and uncalled for. Several thousaud ineu have pone from Dawson toloit Yukon, where thoio is unlimited sui ply of provisions. Thoso remaining in Dawsou have three regu- dl Inr meals every day, nud have enough Supplies in sight to Inst well along into 5 s spring. No sickness is reported at fr- Dawson and everyone there is in much 5! better circumstances mid worrying i?ss over the food situation than their 5 friends i n the outside imagine. The Alkali's passengers brought out, 5 it is estimated, about SloU.htU gold ill dust and nuggets. li All agree that tho most serious shortage nt Dawson City is in caudles and dl oil. This will reduce the output of the mines as an absence of artificial light di will prevent their boiug worked to full capacity. Kdward Conrad, when asked if there is danger of starvation at Dawson Citv i: . i i._i it.. .?v . .. . n . " _ icpucu ciupiuuM-ui iv: .>o, sir; mere ni is not a surplus otiood, but there will N be no starvation." When asked for an b opinion 011 the rovcininental cxpedi- gi tiou he said, "It is n humbug, and I do ubt if it can pet to Dawson before 1 3-i the ice breaks up. The men who came 6t "* , out ami say that starvation lurks v? there are men who were there only a few weeks, tret discouraged, homesick N and ory starvation as uu excuse lor earning out." Conrad's statements so far as they related to tlio improbability of starvation, were endorsed by all the f-i other arrivals seen. All of the creeks in tlio Klondike district are reported us turning out well. About :tUd men nro camped at tho month of Stewart liver, which I , stream they will prospect this w inter. No new gold discoveries are reported, ti A MILL COM I NO SOUTH. II Hosiery Company, of Itliodn Island, Proposes lo Try Colored Labor. I A dispatch from rrovideuce, It. I., ]. to the Now York Evening Post, says: t'l Tho British Hosiery Company, at ^ Sfhoruton, It. I., is making pre para- < , H r>ua to lomovo part of its business to Ti tbo South. A plant is to bo established nt Nushville, Tenn., and a number of 0 ves from Thornton wit I* soon \t Stale, where they will bo j11 actors to the new and inU ?n Southern colored emV I i?? r v / ngement nsscrt that tlio nut will be used for cotton ?l that tbo change is nccessi^ I 10 present condition of cotton ] W ' iring. The concern recently ' m 11 troublo with its c-mployos, L 0/ ided upon alock-ont, which was Vl k t' ed fov a day, w hen nu agreement J 1 ^ reached. ]? -HK UEDUPTION ACCKPTED. Full It'.vcr ^ 1111 Operatives Will <u oi. (\o Out on Strike .lust Now At Fall,River, Mass., the operatives' coafercnco committee unanimously t i adopted the following resolution: I'4 "Resolved, That wo accept the re- se Wi v duct ion, un it would not he good business policy on our part to enter into a strike at the i rci . nt time. But we inform our employers that as soon us we sa think thoiu is a margin of profit sulfi- tl) cienl for the restoration of tlie pieseut wage schedule, wo shall demand it. oven il \\i) liuvo to to the extremity 1 J of leaving our employment by going ou ''' fctriko." " *? ilgMn . I'lio southern Will liny It. 111 A New York special says: Announce- jV(' meut has been made by the Memphis A Uj Charleston re ui gauH ation committee, of which A. Isehn, Jr., is chairman, that urraiigen outs have been perfected looking ' . o purchase < f the road by wj theSout.c.u 1 :i hniy Conn any, ami j, ] the exi1!. t i_e < i ti.i new securities after H rc-orgauw:ii:on is completed, for tbo issues of the put chasing company. * 1119 SCIIKMK A FAIM lii:. Ridiculous A ttompt of a Nort h Cnroiiriii Negro to I'.xtort Money, '' J. W. Harris, a North Carolina ne- tt pro, x\ us at i ftigncd in tho city of New York, on ?!j0 charge of sending threat- in ^ ening 1< Hers to V.'m. I\. \ anderoilt, j h? ^ Chavles 1 i ad way Hours, John Waua- j a' rnakcr a" ; ot <r prominent men. 'Iho { ;u letters dr ../an led money under threat ; ri of > cr*. violineo ami alleged thut hi tho ' was e t einber of a society 111 fo: oif d i?> extort ii'.iif from milliona?i or v pi i . As no ouo appeared ic y rtm ute, Han is was committed to f,{ tho tsrir* ' p.u.i ~ vagrant i tl To Ex.imineTiis.ii auccCompanies, , j,, Tho idea of mailing an examination in of the accouuts of the big J astern in- ! tl tuiuuce companies i>v the State author- j r>i itios is again being agitated. J bu | b< newest plan of procedure is to form a i ombiuo of ali tho in uranco romms- j .. oners oi Western and Southern .State?. ami compel the companies to submit to j pi having tiieir finances audited, and the ' in result mado public. j f( Prohibit lioxing exhibitions. j Mayor Harrison has issued an order . prohibiting public boxing exhibitions' ? in Chicago. i I THE MARKETS. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. New York. ?Cotton quiet. Middling plnnd, 515-10; Middliug Gulf 0 3-10. 'uturos closed steady. Opening. Closing. leoember 5 73 5 71 nnuary 5 74 0 71 'ebrnary 5 70 5 73 larch 5 81 5 70 pril 5 80 5 01 lay 5 01 5 83 lino 5 00 0 0.1 uly 0 00 5 03 ugust 0 04 0 03 eptamber 0 03 0 0.1 ctober 0 04 0 04 oveuiber ... l,ivf.ri?oot. corroN market. Liverpool.?Middliug 3 7-33. Futures losed barely steady. December 3 10 s leceiuber and January.! 3 00 nminrv and Ftdirimi-v 8 OU 1 cbruuryuud .March 3UJ(ji&10 larch anil April 3 10 b pril and May 3 11 b ( [ay and .Tnno 3 12 5$ 13 uuouu.lJuly 3 13(^14 iilv and August 3 15 s ugust and September 3 10 a OTIIEH COTTON MARKETS. Charleston.?Cotton quiet; 0 3-10. Wiluuugtou.?Cotton lirm; uiiil- 1 linir 6f. 1 Suvuuuah.?Cotton qaiot; middling 1 3-10. 1 Norfolk. ?Cotton quiet; middling i. 1 Memphis.?Cotton steady; middling i C-S. i Augusta.?Cotton lirm; middling I y-iu. Baltimore.?Cotton nominal; midOg i Columbia?Market quiet; goood midling ft). Churlotto ? Market easy; good midiing 4.40. llALTIMORK IMlOOrCR MARKET. i Baltimore. ?Flour quiet- unchanged. Wheat? Quiet; s| ot, mouth unci )unary, May 05) bid; steamer o. 'J lied, 03 3 (?$03 3-1; Southern wheat y satnp'o 03ig,i?l)); Southern wheat on rado 14.^00. Corn?Strong; spot and month 333;# December, new or old, 353on35I ' earner mixed 3D ; Southern whiteaiul } ?llow corn, 2 >#34. Outs?Firmer; No. 2 white 2'JV#30; o. 2 mixed 27#27t. RICK. i i;narieston Tho rice market is | rni. 1 be (luotatioiis uro: J'rime 5 J 05} (i ood 40.1 Fair 4 104} NAVAL. STORES. Now York. ? Kosin steady. Turpetiuo Jinn at 34)031. Charleston?'lurpeutiue firm at 3<d. osin lino. tSu van null.?Spirits turpentiue lifm : a I , Kosin linn. A, 13, C and i> JO; E uud 1'' 1.21; G !.3V, II I.AO; I 7h; K 1.8J; M 1.05; N 3.30; wiudow ass 'J. ij.1; water white 3.00. Wilmington. ? Spirits turpentine linn 30)031. Kosin tinu at I. l.>0I. Jo. rude turpentine tirm at 1.4001.00. ar firm at 1.01. COTTON SEED OIL. New York?Cotton seed oil firmer ul more active; priino ct'itdo 18^ It); o. l>. mills 14(?^iI >; prime summer :llow J J; oil* summer yellow 31 A; luio winter yellow 37027). Peculiarities in the Pen-Ion Lniv?, Speaking of the peculiarities of the iiision laws. Commissioner Evans tells e story of a distinguished ollicer who rved through the war and was hadlv minded, hut died in 1871 without liav g applied for a pension. His widow urried again and lived with her second i-band until 1*8 Ho died during j at year. She remained a widow until u, whed .'lie married fol" the thud lie, and at the suggestion of her latest id present hnsl>aud filed an unpin a>11 and has since received a regular onthly {lension, which, up to this lie, lias amounted to tj't,8o0. 1 li s usion is granted her because ot the rviees of her fr st husband during the ,ir, aud No. 3 is eujoviug tho benefits. A Court llouse Dam igcd. The Greensboro, (N. C.) Record ys: On the night before Christmas o court house at Wilkesboro, so a ntlpmaii tells us, v\a> damaged ; dviiauiite or souio powerful oxiisuu It was placed under it. , e explosion injuring tho walls uud initiations ami breaking every glass the blunting. It is thought that it is the work of Christmas celel rutors, it the guilty parties have not yet been r proheuded. i - I All lor .1*7 ">" t Ktou Johnston, of Richmond, who us fired for a hoard bill of :??. ">0, hv | most Tcllons, at Camden, N. J., shot c llows dangerously, and woumled rs. bellows and her sou, then shot l ul killed himself. J ' rent Kircaiiil an Kurt liqtinkc. I'ort lilt Prince. Ilavti, ?(J'yCable ? * n 1 ho 28th of December a fire, which h .sinned considerable proportions on , count of lack of water to supply tin ] nil| s, destroyed eight fiiiudren jiises, including a iiinnher of ware ;'isys, a hotel, *.hoehui eh of St. Jostph * nl its parsonage About tf.OuO people ' tie rendered homo'ess. 'Micro was i earthquake also, the disturbance inning irom north to south, lusting * ill a minute and causing slight crack.. 1 i the earth. There wore no fatalities. f - ?I Boston's New Ciiloti Station. i The now union ?tntio:i being conraided at Poston w ill he unique in | j lai no steam loroinolivt-9 (vnl come | , it'nin a mile of it. Many roails uili 1 acconiinodutcd at tii?j new ^t.i11??n. it i?l tho locomotives will siirretidci icir cars at a point about a nnlo out nl the remainder of tho journey will ^ i made bv electricity. ( orl> :rt ( ha'aagcd ! i r.. .7n?. J. (.'ornott lias clialiun.n d ami ( osted a deposit of si.non to bind a f! iateh between himself and I'lt/Miuon>r n tijht for jMM.O'in. St itir f th: nk- lit n il' net them togcilin by .liny. , Go.ltl S.?llflT4. Laplanders think tioiiii'ijt of cover- , |o lOd miles a day on their skates. I } TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH. 1'lie Soutli. Tbo smallpox quarantine bas been raised at liock Hifi, S. C. T. B. Veuco lias been appointed postmaster ut Plum tree, N. O., a fourth* class ollice. At Salisbury, N. C., J. D. D. Kluta shot ond killed ?V. H. Hull ut tbo convict camp. Mrs. Lillian MeKlroy, of Nashville, Teuu., shot and killed herself iu a hotel at Cnion City. Neaaly 0110 thousand tracts of land are offered for s.-iloin Fandolph county, W. A a , for delinquent taxes. Fivo members of the fumily of Fov. Dr. Adams, of Sylvniiia, Cla , were mysteriously poisoned bv orsuic. Cloettor Well Sc Co., dry to?ds dealers, of Mout-romeiy, Ala., havo assigned. l iabilities, $2oO,UC0; ussets, RJUU.UUO. Pete- Coleman, who murdered his wife at Old c Inn eh, \ a., soino months ago, was handed ut Huuovor Court House. Federal treasury officials in Florida nre warned from tho Department to look out for and prevent tho proposed filibustering expedition. Three ollicets and n director of tho Stock Fxchango Lank of F.l Mono, Ukiu., have been arrested charged with receiving deposits when tho bank woe insolvent. '1 he schooner Samuel Ilall, Wilmington, N. C., for Now Yolk, goo-? ashore near the Virginia cai es; tho crew are rescued; the vessel will be a total loss. ' While smoking Zack Cameron, of Whito county, Teun., stumbled ami fell on his taco. Alio pipe-stem was iriven through his neck and ho died m | i few hours. T. 1). Oliver, a member of the Georgia I egislature. attempted suicide at Vtlauta by taking morphine, lie recovered Irom the etVects of the drug, tint later contracted pneumonia and lied. Governor-elect T. Hogo Tyler, of Virginia, was iuaitgnvated nsGovorno- I ?f the Old Dominion, at iiichuiniid, 1.1 he hall of tlie ilor.se of Delegates, on he 1st. Tho ceremony was very iimple. Tho Nortli. At Cincinnati,a man commits suicide, Iriven thereto by his children's nigrattude. Governor Lowndes, of Maryland, ins withdrawn from tho Senatorial mutest. The New York savings hanks are dnuuing to reduce the" rate of intoi ost o lit per cent. On tho 1st New York became the secomi city or (lie woMtl, Willi Hubert I i'nu Wvck as its mayor. Chicago. 111., for the i a?t year shows I lio lowest tlenlli rate of any city in ho country above .U'.UO'. Father Corby, hea l of tiro Order of lie Holy Cross, and chaplain of tlio rish .brigade, died at Mouth head, no. 'I hero if a *xood outlook for about halt" if the miners in the i ittsbur;*, I'a . !oal distiict j:oing out c ? .strike about he 1- th. The Khodo Island cotton mills have looided to reduce wanes II j ? r cent L'lie cut is said to bo uuo to tSoiltheni competition. A dispatch from Sprimrfiold, Mass , ays the creditors of the Overman iVheel Company will put it back on its eel in a week or ten day . The New Yolk I'ally I rv Goods Accord prints a revised estimate of the otton c.iop of IS.)?-, s, piacme t!ie callmite of the. crop at It','.' >7,U-it? hales. At New Miitain. Conn . tho'Jtt cm* doyes of tlio cutlery manuf etur:nx inn of Mason & lieckley have been in.itied of a 5 per cent, increase in their va^es. i no suns oy mo ."New \ oris .v ta'c an borities aunuist the .Irnmuif for oil,MM for shipping numurked oleoimi ^ai no into tho .Mate, arc about to toll ai sc. Adlui E. Mevonson, former Vice "resident of tho I ailed Mates, haireepted the position of \\ estciu eouti el of tlie North v me ieau trust Comany of New Yolk, with a nieinheish p 11 tho hoard of directors. *1*110 San Eiancisco authorities ha1? leeided to hi liirr to tr.al ail parties mr used of murder w ho have been a ! ttdged insane and have aftcruutds re 'on ered. Mlsrrlliiiiroiu. Montana lias sul si rihed .'MO for the olief of tho sutVerinrrt'lilnins. There is a water famine in Kansas. Dozens of towns ato h utting water lnrty miles. \Y. .1. Ihyan will in a few days make mhlie his views in detail on his MeXi tan trip. Knuland declines the proposa'sof our fovernment to enter into an agreement in to scaling "villi tho 1 nited tati lussia and Japan. Tho t inted Mates armv and the 'anadiait police will move the relief tores to Skauuay, Ala-ka. I?v tho collaiise of ail old wnidliman uiUliuir in Wiisiiinirtoii fity, v'. Jester, a brick layer was killed. Ihitish Columt i.i lumbermen have islced the ('ami' ia:i (I?>vtv ii'ueiit t <> | i; i duty on shinL'les and lumber unless lie I'mted States makes tliern free. Five litltidi od Ita ;a::s employed by ^eelcvvitli and ( bim kcitbiisli on the ea- ] nil improvements between I.it?o I alls ' md Mohawk, N. V , struck for mi nd aiico in waycs from lti to 1 > cents an lour. The Senate eoinniittn on census has j appointed Senator I al ter to repot t [avoi ably the bill introduced at t lie last essoin of Congress to j rovidc for tue j t\ielve ceustis. Hon. Il.irinis | o \ lor. Orator. TTon. jliumis Tavlov, 1.1 . i> , of Mobile, A In.. linH aoo?[i?o(l t !? ? invi : ion fioiu tlio trustee* uiui iii.ruIt;- .-if ho C uiversily ot .North Carol,:m t.. I el i vol' tii literary ruhltess nt f o : ' :r oinuioucerncnt, on .Juno I, is s l>i. I'nvlor is mi a!uint:iifof the i niven tv. i ilistinsrnislieil nut lei. i e.- i-. . wo cons meiits as an . . >; v . "> 'miM.t ut :?>!' ii I i t(i < i i : i.u lui in III i- .? i- to *; ill i hi i. i:.i r . he past four jent hntt boon otio ofin nust trying ill loii/a'a; j o ' > in toe luiericun ser i ice. fii in i ptiiPtT. i Methodist Ministers to Preach for Pohibition, RESOLUTIONS AS ADO?r'.D. Committee of I lvo to Mem.- *117.0 the Lcitlslituro When It Mec.? Thli Month lu Columbia. The Methoilist Conferenco of South . Carolina is committed to the cnuso of j prohibition. The lit;lit which will be | j waged will bo a warm one. for each I minister iu specially charged to prouch 011 this subject ?r often as practicable during the year. In addition to carrying 011 this crusade from tho pulpit, tho couferenco authorized the appointment of u committee of live to memorialize tho legislature. The seuse of conference on prohibition is embodied iu tho following resolutions which were introduced iu that assemblage at its recent meeting by i resident L. L). Childsof the prohibition movement: Whereas, tho unparalleled Increase of crimes of violence within the tjtuto during the current year, having their source 111 dunking intoxicating liquors, points indisputably to the trutlic iu iutoxicants, legalized and illicit, as their prime cause and calls loudly upon ull Christians nud good citizens for protest against any legal sanction of said treflic, and for active uud uuiemitting efforts to suppress it. And, whereas, as Christian ministers, we are painfully cognizant of the dire effects of this traflie in demoralizing the people uud placing ulmost insurmountable barriers to the progress of the kingdom of Clirist in our luidst, uud sowing broadcast tho seeds of want, disease, suffering and moral and spiritual death; therefore be it ? iiosolved, That this nnuunl conference hereby records its solemn conviction that it is tho duty of the geueral assembly of tlie Sjtate at once to devise measures for the prompt uud effect mil prohibition of the liquor traffic within the tSiaie, excepting tor medical, scicutiiicuud mechanical uses, nut that wo urge upon our ministry and people that they cannot remain sileut or idlo in ti.iv, mnllav ?mIIi..ii? I ~ ai-tlai .. lumber mill. their horso took! li'iuiit and i:iu, Jbrow'in^ both men out. i i Johnson ocaj cd serious injuries, but I 1:i??\v s neck was mokcn, laliiug lmr. ! i in-tautiy. Disease is on lit.* \\ a no. ' I i Vt aaa! o ii^vo lifon aito^otbor ' ' : > t t .> t . | (>.', oi \vnieh '! lia\ v . 1 ) <;ii :ii oiiai. yd ii j'l two huvo (tied ' Tiio disea o io 074 the wnue, jys tht Jotuuul. %??..? utiivivi u juiuui i'v/i i t - |?u u " siblo, in their measure, in the sight of (joil for the continuance of the evil. Kosulvod, I hat we pledge our prayers, our earnest sympftthy, our hearty co oj oration ami support, ami the active ad of uil our powers in furthernuce of any efforts which may l?o inado to sectiro iho enactment of laws prohibiting the liquor trallic. I'esolved, 1 hat in this crisis in tho public sentiment on this subject wo enjui.i upon u l our members the duty of I r.rsonal ahstiucuce from ail intoxicants and discouutetiunc ng their use by others, and their hearty co-operation mad measures for tho suppression of the liquor trallic, as tho only course consistent with their vows to Christ ami ills ( httrcli, and their obligations to their fellow men. Ke-olved, That when practicable only uuferiuentcd wines bo used in the sacrumeutal services. Kesolved, That a commiiteo of five bo appo uted by the chair to memorialize the Cuueral Assembly, praying the enactment of such legislation as will 1 rol.ihit the sale of intoxicating liquors lor beverage purposes. Kesolved, '1 hat these resolutions bo read by each | reaciier in the mouth of January in each charge, and that sermons bo preached on this subject as often as practicable during the year. Wanted to ('lean I'p Iho Crow. An obstreperous negro raised quite a row on the tram from Spartanburg to ( olumhia last Monday a week. The negro went into the first class car and advised the braUeinan that if things were not done according to his liking there would bo some window-chucking. I 1 hen Davis, as he called himself, went to work lo curse out everybody iu the car. The abuse did no special harm but to make matters worse Davis drew Ins pistol and threatened to exterminate everyone on the car. ('apt. Chase, lus crew and others saw something hail to be done and by force managed to get the pistol away from the negro and I.. Kill will.. I,.).. I ' . nil ......... I ,.f !./? tram at the in ion depot Ollicer Rutpiien took elm go of 1 .'avis raid took liiui to tlio police station. Davis now professes to know nothing about liia escapades on the passenger train, 'flip ra lroa I eonipativ, it is raid, will push the ease against tlio negro. - The Xegro (Jotton (IIP. Tlio negro cotton mill at Columbia wiii bo in o| elation by the lOtli ill tlio expectations and statements of the promoters I'.ight hundred hands avo advert.sed for, ami tlio machinery is now arriving. Mr. Monteith states that cvci vtniug appears bright for the mill and that a supennti ndciit is expected soon, who will hegin at onee to arrange for ecmmciiciug work. This is one of the most interesting experiments ever iuaii_'U>nted 111 the country and all tho industrial magnates are watching it with much concern. '1 ho Register. i " -.? ? A "fig I'ossoiii Feast, i It is an annual custom at Newman, | >'la , to trivo a lug possum feast, which | lias a Statu reputation. Tiio one this j year is i:i\ou in honor of Coventor AtI Unison, and an invitation lias been sent , to Covernor Id.erbo. 'I lie invitations J :uc liandsomo and somewhat unique, I | e.iig surrounded on the four pages I witii o igi avuign of possum heads, t levenior Atkinson sent in addition a .r mini invitation to Covcrnor Klleibo to I o pi oseut. I'ntnl l-'all Near Iti->lior?vllle. On Christmas I've, about 4 p. in., as Messrs. Alex Johnson and Frank ! I Si o\v n w io di iving towards RishopI --.lie. near tlio llr.tiger's and Mr. PALMETTO STATE NEWS. For Itoiidn. The Good Bonds Association has mapped out a course of general letters relutive to tho wofk undertaken. There are a great many matters which the association wishes to call to the attention of the genoral public. and publicity to those views is beiug sought through the press. Tho lirst of the series of addresses has just been given . the press and iu it is detai'ed tho character of the mnteriat for which publicity is desired. Tho addresses reads as follows: "The principal object of the South Carolina Good Bonds Association, as declared iu its constitution, is to awakeu general iuteresi iu road improvement throughout the State, and to conduct or foster such publications as may servo this purpose. The association is so fur, however, eutirolv 1 ~ I .... "tviiuug Ilium, Ullll UU8 III/ miTtim ui conducting that work without the cooperation of tho press of tho Mate. Ami presuming: upon the interest which the papers have already manifested, widiout which this organization would notha e been possible, it has been decided by tho executive cmniuitteo to prepare a series of nrticlos discussing the road question iu all its phases. These articles will bo given simultaneously to all the morn lug dailies of the ^tuts. and it is hoped tkut all other papers will reproduce them in their columns as soon after their first appearance as possible. They will lie made as brief and practical as each division ol the subject will permit. 'The question is a new one in South Carolina, and there is much to ho learned before a satisfactory plan of gcnoial road iuinroveinentcau be presented. It is thought that a general discussion will not only servo to agitate tho question, but wilt bring out muny valuable ideas; aud any who may bo enough interested are urged to contribute tho r views as tho subject develops. As it is important for the association to keep | o*ted on the discuss.011, and as it is impossible to subscribe to, or read, all the papers in tho State, the editors aro requested to furnish tho secretary with marked copies of 1 licir papers whenever any co.nuiout or discussion on the subject may appear. The series of articles, so far as has been determined, will iue'udc the following topics: A brief historical view of road building; tho modern development of road building; road location aud classification; ro.ul construction; road maintenance: an economic view of the road question; a review of road legislation; hnauciering of road improvement; practical application to Mouth Carolina. No claim is made to originality 111 any of the articles; they will quoTo frcoiv from standard works u:i vim Miiijeci, ami inun uio circulars and bulletins of Uio ollico of road inquiry. The object is merely to put the whole road question before the people in such a manner that it may be intelligently considered, and to direct the j discussion systematically. -4 ? "Orlajliml Packages" of lAquor. The Savannah News saj*s the liquor merchants ot that city have been overwhelmed recently with orders from .South Carolina for "original packages" of liquor, it mentions n shipment made by one fit m <>f sixteen thousand original packages, each being put up in a separate box, and each containing a bottle. Tlio packages wero of threo sizes, some containing haif-piut bottles, somo piut and others quart. The boxes used wero of soft pine, neatly niado up. A large force of girls and men was kept busy for two days unpacking and cleaning the bottles, tilling aid labelling and packing them away m tiio boxes. One Savannah firm has twenty four agencies in Eolith Carolina, and ships ouuu averago two carloads of liquor a week there. Tabulating ta?. Itcports. The last of the solicitors'reports have been received l?y the attorney gen-m! The solicitors givo a t iteiiiized teport of tho number and ehuiacterof ea^os tried. Assistant Attorney ?! - a! Towusond is at work tabu .?'in_r the re ports, lie will make up and nlibl.se, ia ! connection with the annual rtj o t el the attorney general, a Miunniiry that will ho most interesting. .1 ho report will show how very busy the attorney general's otlieo has been kept during the i ast year. Negro Kills a Kestauratoiir. At Charleston Morris A. Lorenzi, o ...?n t?...... ni:iift.iVM\ II I C.V.UtH ,111b Kri'l'VI', WIIS UCV cidentaily shut and in.sta itly It it led by iiii unknown negro on Xinas day. l oren/i was in his establishment, when n negro c.tino in and began talking tc him. They wero discussing duck shoo' nig. Tliu negro !ui'l a rifle ic hi" hands. lie raised it, saying: * I'his i* the way to kill (lucks.'' The l'ille won' off. the luilI e;u-hing cleat* through tlr*. Italian's head. KilU'il n( the Church. At ft Christmas troo at Double Spring's church, near Walhaiia, .Sum \\ llhanks killed Charles Speed. Whiskey was at tho bottom of it ull, it is reported. -? ?> Prominent. Doctors De.tfj, At Marion I a -it week Drs. Mnlliru and Price, both prominent physicians in their community, as wyll u? tin. State, died. I Kit/.*) minims 31.ty i'iilit. Ajj/ttfl. Xartin Julian, on behalf of Uohir Fit/.sunmoiis, tlio champion heavyweight pugilist, announces that ho i< remly to lignt till coiners of the right calibre, but will not pay any attovtion to inferior men, ami that wlier, t> right man, or men, steps in the ling '\ will meet them all, one alter a:ioth.'? in tlio same ring if need ho. "Kid">ifCoy is arranging to meet- tlio cl./.jipioii, anil .las. .J. Corbet t fays: "? shall foMow Ins traii tiil I roinpc him to light 1110. '1 hat is all I have Vj buv*" iji i Informal Inn for % 11 < nncernpil. Superintendent of IMuca'.ion .Wayfiehl has arranged to Keep on hie in h.^ ollico for the information of ail eon r cilied the complete itciui..c 1 lepoiof the espouses of all tlio St;.:c College-. 'J'tils will ho of great coiivonicnco t > tho*e who wish to got at theso lcpoi ts occasionally. -? > - . I'oiiglit t>y the I o.i^l l.lue The Miantie Coast I inn has added ; its sv teui an important I.no by stviir ing ti:o i'liHi'leston and Westoru v. a > lma railroad, so says a I'altmioio apec.ul to the Columbia State. CIlilpE. What Has Been Done at the Ep* worth Orphanage FOR THE YEAR JUST ENDED. The Farm This Year Has Not Been as Remunerative as Lust, But It Has Done Fulrly Well. lue loiiowmg excerpt Irom t&oreport on tbo condition of the Epworth orphanage for the conferonco year jast ndod wiil prove interesting: The value of our plaut is not' estimated at ?>0,0 J J. Material improvements Lave been made aocordiug to our ueoils and means. .Lust yeur we bad tbe misfortuno to lose by a storm our barn nud stables, just before tbey weio completed. They wereaguiu rebuilt, and again destroyed, this time by liro. In tbe ooliflugratiou we lost our ontiro out tit of wagons, farming utensils, provisions ami some livestock, ibey buyo been rebuilt a second time. A girls dormitory with fourteen rooms Ims been built of brick aud furnished, uud furniture lias been added to the other dormitories. A lauudry ami u temporary diuiiig room have been built and purtiaily furnished. Our printing plant has been enlarged. All a. u cost of ?*>,2..8.0U. Wo mo prepared to furnish employment for our children in tbo printing department under the superintendence of u competout foreman. iho farm, for causes beyond our coutrol, has not beun as remunerative tins year as it wus lust year?but it has done fairly well. The liuuticiu1 report of tbo superintendent, properly audited, is satisfactory. We liuvo bud cash receipts from all resources amounting to i>10,iM?.0:i. .Merchandise uud other donations estimated at ? 1,02 Tbo printing department yielded a net profit of $<Jd2.d?, all of which ins been judiciously expended except a small buluuco in baud. We have now 07 children under the care of the orphanage, whose wants ? I' ii v > i*:u 1, nu"iun una spiritual? uuvo been carefully ami teudorly supnlied. Several of tho children have professed ( inversion, and they have joined the church. iue cliildron geuorally enjoy good health, and appear an happy aud as well behaved ns you niey find children in most pureutal homes. A Negro Whiskey Constable. .Too Jenkins, a colored man, acting as a colored .State liquor constable among tiio negroes, was arrested in Columbia last week by the i?olico for an aliVay on tho streets with another negro named Ferguson. When arrested he had upon ins person a big pistol resembling one of the regulation constabulary men-of-war, but no ono oven suspich/ued that he was a special constable to ferret out "uegro blindtigers'* until he was searched at the police headquarters, and the following was found on Ins person, which proved that he was commissioned as such by iho Governor: "fo doe Jenkins, colored: I rep isnig special trust and conlidcnce 111 your ability, etc , do appoint the said doe den kins a special fjtato detective under aud hv virtue of an act known as tho dispensary act, approved March >, lrt.iT, with authority to call out a posse if needed and to euforco the law, ami to receive tenumeration at tho tale of per day while on actual duty. 1 his appointment to continue iu force until rovokud." Tho Hegister says much indignation was caused when the Above was noised about tho city, and it ?ertnitily will add nothing to tho respect the people have for the dispell-ary or its otlicers. later?Iho Governor lias .Jenkins' commission, and now ho languishes in jail, to await trial for assault utid battery. Some New Kiitcrprlso*. Commissions and charters lmvo boen ssiieit by the Secretary of Staio to the !oilowing enterpi ises* Fieilinont Headlight i'ublishing Company, of Spartuunirg, capital stock. jflu.U.i'. divided nto l.uod shares at eacli, C. I., mitt. T. 1$. 'ihackstou, T. It. Trimntor an I W. S. I'homasou incorporai ho object is the public.I'.ion of i newspaper. Farmers' Warehouse 'oinpany, of Mullins, capital .i'J.oud, livided into'd shares; I). K. .McUuflie, '. J. Me 'oil and Geo. 1?. Heaves incol or, i tors. The purpose of the eompuuy s to hamliu and sell leaf tobacco, l Ito ieorjetown ami I'eo Deo Steamboat 'o!?m iriy was chartered. II. Kuiuinski - president, W. \V. Taylor, general .'er, atul K. W. Kuiniuski, treastrer, Will sjiU']| I c it it for (ittvornor? l ho State r.,ivi it hat been freely 'timnrod in the last few days that efoits wore bom:* made by a number of ml iiuo lb fo niers to yet tho Itev. J. \. .'*ligh to make thoiaee for (iovornor i/auisl (Jovernor lillorbo aud any ' ither caadidutu that appears in the ielil. "-hat success these efforts have net with reuiuius to bo seen. Here* tkouis nothing definite seems to bo mown about the rumored candidacy of 1 VIr. Sligh. ? New hold Anxious for a Trial. A special to tiio State from Spartanilliu, savs: Nowbohl, the slayer of | inner, arrived in the city on tlie ;J*'th, i id remained a few duvn. IIhcoiiics to oiisult his attorney, but will not oxireys-iumso f iu jegard to his enso. Ho ook.stlr.u and liaggcrod and ;s anxious o be i utiui trial so as to get through ftowiirii w .> a Job. Mr. -T. W Uowdeu lias beon ap pointed assistant serjeant-at-arms o the : onato at dio lnstanco of Sotmtoi ' .Vic auriu. Mr. Uowdeu is woil know: ! in thin Stato having beon for a nuinbei j of years eddnr of ilm'' '"ttnp.l'lutt. - .. . . F.v.ins Vjirnn i .i i . i . . a. ? Secretary Vy \V. I*x.\ i Kuuis, of Murlbort | OOP tv, ltrt- I.? ? !! appointed pri\flic see i<- . to (Jovcntor Klierho. lie is j :i inblno oi W O.lord ('ollojIO, and ft>1 several terms lias I ecu bill clerk fy tin j ilyuso ot" KcprcseiiUtives. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Helpless Prisoner Murdered. .. The negro Turner, who was shut bj Constable Poston, in William^burf county, (lid not die, but was kopt undei guard at a negro house ia the Johusonville section. When it was reportod that he w^s likely to get well, tho citi zeus wore heard to threaten lyuching. iSo Magistrate Ard Ordered tlio prispuei moved to ttie jail. He was placed fen s mattress iu a wagon and threo while men were sent with him to Kiugstree. Turner's wife and three male relatives accompanied' the constables Rml the prisoner. While the wagon was at.the jail yard gate ami Jailer Briton wai opening the gate to receive the prisoner, soma one slipped up to the wagon and shot the helpless negro several times in the left temple, causing instant death. None of the paity who accompanied tho prisoner to J-'iugstrce saw anyone, nor do they know how many shots were lired. According to tho testimony at the coroner's inquest,soiuo of them saw tho Hash of the shots, and ono saw n I i i tin. _ : i a. i i. i' [I till 11 UlOYU. IIIO MIIH IIUIK. J wo of the constables wero withiu eight or ten feet of the wagon. '1 lie post mortem examination revealed two pistol bulls in tbe liruiu. The other negro. Green, who was implicated in the killiutrof Constable Boston inst week, is still in jail ut Kingstero, but will bo moved to Georgetown. A Charleston Sensation. A special to the Columbia State soys: "Since Father P. J. McMamts entered the sanctuary in St. Patrick's Church on Christ ens day tliero has been a great commotion among the clergy of the Catholic diocese 111 the city. Father 1). J. Quigley, who was conducting the Christmas services, assisted by sovoial other priests, claims that ho euterod in a manner that d sturbod the worship of the congregation. Father Qnigloy swore out a warrant before Magistrate House churning Father McMauus with eiileriug tho pauctiif.v, violating section i?Oj of tho revised statutes. Father MeMnnus was served with tho wnrinnt and appeared to answer , the charge. The investigation developed some facts that were somewhat ,?rwea*' sensational. Father Quigelyiti his testimony stated that l'ather My.Muuus was not a priest in gooii stninhfig and even if he had hcen, ho had no right to enter the sanctuary without nn invitation from tlio prust in charge of tho parish. He said ho was not only tiisturbed, but was annoyed to such an e.\tont that ho was not aulo to deliver his sermon in tlio way ho do>ired. W lien Father McManns entered ho dul not how in reverence as was tho custom, said Father Quigley. The e was a number of pcoplo present at tho investigation. " A Monster Kailrou 1 Knginc. Among the largest engines used by anv railroad in this State will be tho one rcccntK bouuht bv tho >-uutli Car olitiu uiiil Georgia to run on its Augusta division. This locomotive will ho usod on Aiken hill, a steep tirade seven miles long. At present two of the best engines on the road are employed to drag heavy loads up the incline. The proportions of t'uo new locomotive, ?s well as its power, can lie readily understood when it is stated that the two now in use can only pull up hi loaded cars by their united power, while the new one will by itself lie aide to pull loaded cars. It is said to bo the most powerful engiueevor used in the South, l our othoi s will lie added to the road's squipweut ns soon as they can bo built. < Ieiiison's Annual Kcporf. The annual report of the trustees and professors ami managers of the various departments of ( leinsou college has been received by the Superintendent of ( .duration. The receipts for the yoar amount to IT.C-, and tho expense account was S";4,i.l:> 0(5, leaving a balance of ? ',774.at:, after i eying ext enses of ooleetion and reluuding oliiplit) to tho State treasury ami some other expenses. Tho privilege tax netted the college 542,0 N.U;?. In the ext ease account the largest cxpemtiiurea were for salaries, :-M,4;iM.;?s; mechanical department, $3, ?.k!. 44; agricultural department repairs and construction, . .S7,H-l. Ml; cadet labor, 2 J.S4. The total uumher of students is uJ7. Smallpox <'uses Ibist Ueeovcriiig. A special from Greenville says: All of the smallpox patients are out t f town, in the pest house, and the nhvsi eian in chur^o reports tint they are last recovering. Nearly allot them are well enough to lie up ami about tho hou*o. J hose who were exp >sed to the diseuse in town arc bcinjj kept in strict quarantine to prevent tho least possible spread All the clothinji nmlfniiituio in tho houses where the disease lirst appeared have heen hitrned and tho houses have lieen thoroughly fumigated and disinfected. Smul p;>x is now n back number in flreeiiville. and even the discussion of the relative reliability of the physicians anil experts has couscd. 49> / Selected Karris' Springs. It lias been decided that tho next annual trat!ierin<; of the State Teachers* Association will be lie'd in Ju'y, eouiiiionc.iur on the lirst day of that month and the limns i.it'ui.t Springs hnvo been decided as tin: place of imcting. This makes tho tin. d Mato a oc.atiou to decide to hold its sessions at i(arris liithia Springs. The State .Medical Society has decided to hold i*s annual sess ons there in April ami the State Dental Association will ho'd .is annual fjathei 10,7 there in the latt'er i art of .inly. 1 lie hotel ai'C<Hinn.<lutions at Harris'and thoi p euiiid health-^iviu^ water b-ive proven ureat at t. no'ions for bodies that meet in m tumor. ?-aij.? Important, to Xv'vsp i;>or Men. e Cn tho 13th iii Columbia two iinporr tant matters mo to bo considered bv 1 called committees of tho Mato Press Association, by President Anil. The first it the format ifyt of a'plan to Iiamlic foreign ndvm tisiiio; the next is to pro I>nro a lull i.s regard to lend udiortis hi;c to be sitl mittt*it io tiio I e .slatlire. It will be ) eiiiembe. i ?1 that 11 u l\\< subjects woi n brought p and discussed ' at tlio recent meeting oi tiio association 1 iu Kewberry.