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NEW SCALE OF HIS. ' I V -J3 The Proposed Pty of State Officers < ; Made in Mr. Toole's Measure. i . SAYS IT WILL SAVE THOUSANDS. ft Will Not Affect Present Officials tr It Dccomcs an Act?An Interesting ; Comparison Made* The following comparison of tho salaries now paid State officials with those J which Mr. Toole's salary reduction bill proposes to pay, is as follows: < Present. Proposed. 1 Governor $8,000 32,400 ' Private secretary 1,310 1,080 Messenger 400 820 ' Secretary of btato 1,000 ' 1,680 Clerk 1,850 1,080 Comptroller general... 1,000 1,520 UookUeoper 1,500 1,200 ; Chief clerk 1,200 1,200 State treasurer 1,000 1,520 Chief clerk 1,500 1,200 1 2 booltkeepors (each).. 1,8)0 1,080 ' Supt. of cducatiou 1,000 1,720 ' Cierk IKK) 520 ' Adjutant general 1,200 000 1 Clork 000 720 Attorney general 1,800 1,520 : Assistant 1,200 1,080 j Huilrord commissioners (cachl 1,000 1,020 \ Secret a; y of board 1,200 000 * Str.tc librarian 800 040 1 Two watchmen for Stalo . houso guards St>0 040 ' Janitor State house 100 1G0 ! Chief justice 4,000 3,200 Associate justice leach) 8,500 2,800 1 Solicitors (each) 1,380 1,100 Stenographers (each) . 1,250 1,000 Clerk Supremo court.800 040 J Stuto roportcr 000 720 Libravian supremo 1 court 800 040 , Messenger 200 100 Attendant 200 100 1 Quarantine olficer, j "Charleston 1,050 1,220 Quarantine officer. St. Heleua 700 5C0 ' Quarantine oflicer Port A- A. S\ t <UU OUU j Quarantine olllco Gcorpetow u 4~,0 SCO ( Keeper of inzcrctto cOO 210 Per diem members General Assembly 4 3 The rest of tbo salaries and pay of oflicinls has boon proportionately reduced by tho b.ll. Tbo president of the Mcuato is put down at 010, tho clerk the sauie, aud tiio assistant clerk at 2S0. Tho clerk and assistant clerk of the llouso are also ?J10 aud $2t)0 respective. y. Verdict Against the Government. The Stato of tho 14th Bays: Mr. W. S. Moutcith received word vo?terday that Ins clients in tho Port Royal land cures, which have been up bcloro the United fctatos District Court in Charleston, have been awardod a verdict of $13,Gift. The cavo is onu of some importance. It was an notion brought by tho United Mate;-, to have certain lauds uround Paris island and their water front:', which nio situated near thg government's dry dock, comioiuued. Mr. Monteith represented three defendants who ha 1 the largest interests in tho case, and a verdict for his clients was giveu m the bum above named. A. A. Niver pets $2,:jSS; A. A. Nivor and others, 'co, 100, and A. A. Nivor, i?U, 100. Altopoiher tlie amount which tbo government will have to pay for tho lands | which thoy sought to havo condemned j v.i i bo about ?:lf>,0uo, of which Mr. ] Moulieth's clients will got moro tlmn ] Lalf. t 4>>- , ToAhotl ih Hoards of control. j Tt is under-rood tliat tlio Stato Board i of Control will strongly nrgo the Legislature to abolish tho county boards of control, says tlio BogitUor. The' State board will ]>rol>ably lirgo that the 1 State bp divided into a number of districts?Kay eight or l.ni-and have an ( inspector for each district. Among his ^ other duties of looking after the proper < conduct of the business tho inspector \ will bo icquired to bo present when > shipments of goods aro mado to each t dispensary and keep a watch ou the 1 * breakage?which lias been a serious j item of ex pen so and loss heretofore, t Tho county hoards aro primarily in- t tended to do the work mapped out for f the iaspoctors, and it is hold that their ( work can ho clone much cheaper and t moro satisfactorily by inspectors. i ? ?? ?? < A Charter Granted. i Tho Sccrctui y of Stato lias granted a charter to tho i'airfield Loan and Trust company with tho following directors: * Thomas "W. Lauderdale, .Tames Q. Davis, .T. riemimr McMaster, A. S. Douglas, G. it. Lauderdale, Win. C. Bcattj, J. M. Br.vson, B. J. Quattlobaum and ~.Vm. It. It abb. Z\lx*. 'ihou.as W. Laudcvdalo is president and Mr. .Tns. Q. Davis secretary and tieasurer. The Capital of the ccmnanv is ftSo.OOO. ' Also a commission to tbo .Marion Pub* | t ho Library Association. Tbo object, of j the association is to unwove tbo moral ' < and social condition of tbo town of ( Marion. 1 /\ liruavd OITcicd. 1 Governor l'llocbc has offered a reward of :<100 for too apprehension and convictiou of tbo person or pcrsouswho cot fire to tbo gin houso of Mr. A. L. i Longshore, at Silver Strcot, Newberry county. Mr. lougshoie lost by the ' firo besides his gin houso and its effects , his stables with tbo stock therein. I < i i Palmetto Chips. | ^ Three porsons broke jail at Marion. I 1 Mr. P. A. (filbert, cashier of the ! Bank of Yovkville, i3 dead. B 1 A Proof of Death. i So fire disputed tho dictum cf a < Chinese physician, called to attend a 1 Celestial, who had fainted in a store in Portland, Oregan, when tho doctor raid. after filling the prostrate man'* n?outb and noso with red paint: "Him \ blow paint, him oil same not yet doad; him no catch "im wind, no blow paint, him heap dead." The man dld'nt blow 1 out tho paint and tho coroner waa j called 1 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE NEWS. Visited Clemson Coltcgo. Tho members of tlio South Caroline General Assembly visited Clemson College, the State's agricultural and meohanioal college, on the ISth?Leo's birthday. Notwithstanding that a oold, penetrating rain was falling. parties of legislators, escorted by varions members of the faculty, were Bhown through the several departments. Mochanical hall, tho chemical laboratory, dairy, hot house, bams, barracks and in fact everything connected with the college were inspected bv turn. Everything was admirably adapted to tho needs of an immenso agricultural and mechanical col logo. Hacks and wagons were kept going constantly, as guests were driven around the grounds, which embrace considerable territory. President Hartzog seemed ubiquitous. Protected from the weather by n mackintosh, ho was soon bespattered with mud, for ho was driving about explaining everything. Tho opiuiou heard from many members was, with striking uuauimitv. tlint tho rnllerrfi was on n Bcale they littlo dreamed of. Tb? practical demonstrations arranged for as aunounced, wore carried out successfully, save tho dres3 parade, of which tho weather would not permit. Just before the dopartur? of tho geii-demon of tho Goneral Assombly a pleasing incident occurred. By preconcert tho members assembled, Senator Mayfield called tho uieetiug to order, and Lieutenant Governor McSweenoy offered tho following resolutions: Resolved, That tho General Assembly of South Carolina do most heartily appreciate tho invitation extended us by the prosidont, trusteos and faculty of of Clemson Gollego to visit that institution today. That it has afforded us the greatest pleasure to visit the colloge and seo its.many departments of work and accept tho hospitalitios of its officers. Resolved, farther. That wo extend to them our thanks, and wish tho coilego increased prosperity in its mission of usefulness iu training the minds and hands of tho boys who are to take their part in directing tho many interests of our beloved totute. Senator Lesesue, in appropriate language, seconded tho resolutions and they were carried with a full round chorus of ayes. Arclier for Governor. The following card from Mr. E. L. A.rchor, which was handed to tho press on the l'Jtb, explains itself fully: "There seems to be uncertainty in the minds of many as to whether 1 will be a candidate ill the noxt enmnuign. Ju order to allay doubts and let the opposition lix their plans nud trot out their liorseor horses, Itake this method pf declaring myself a candidate for jioveruor. Though I havo no money for a campaign or corruption luud, J shall be able to canvass the State. My platform shall bo the same I have practiced iu managing mv personal affairs: Economy, industry, education rud tern petunco. I would favor a constitutional amendment requiring o two-thirds vote of both houses of the General .Assembly in apt roj riating the people's money for the support of public institutions aud in tho administration of public affairs. I believe in jvery officer giving value received in ervico for his salary. I do not boieve in crippling nuy institution, but in itrict economy iu mauagiug their affaire, "I believe in uniformity in ndminisering all laws. What is good for t liareston is good for artuuburg, and nee versa. 1 am in favor of tho dispensary as it now stands until the people decide otherwise: thou I shall support prohibition, with a provision atached that those towns or counties vhich prefer prohibition shall pay for ts enforcement iu tboir borders. Here s briefly how 1 now stand. Respectfully, E. L. Aiicheb. ' * ?? ? Plotted to Murder Klclilnnd's Jailor. Tho conspiracy to murder Jailor faleinan by smothering him to death vith a blanket when he should come to ppcu the ced doors at the county jail vas the sensation in Columbia last veek. The wholo scheme originated iu he minds of John itahb awl Cuban t'ouug, two prisoners, who wo beiug leld to await trial at tho spring; term of he court of general sessions-* one on he charge of cow-stealing and tho other 'or rape, aud had not .Jailer Coleman Recovered tho plot just, in tho nick of luuo the consniratoi s would in nil nrob ibilit.v have carried out their n!uu? and 'fleeted one of the largest jail deliveries which lLo State bus known. niaelc-Ryo Among Knunigrnnts. The Florence correspondent of the S'eivH ami Courier pays: "A whole car* oad of colonists from the far Northwest lassed through here duri )g the past j week on their way to Chadbonrne. N. I 3., where they will join tho Sunny j South Colony at that place, which has low become a very large one. it i? in* j Iced a strange tlitug why so many of; bene settleas from the far Northwest j ->ass right on through this State instead , >f locating hero. It eoemsas if tho State ; >f South Carolina would don good thing | try olTering some special inducement to j his class of people to eettlo within her jordors. Throughout the State. It is said that Col. It. B. Watson, of . Edgefield, will make tho race foi- Gov- | ernor thio sum in or. Tho land owners of Charleston and j ;onuty aro thinking seriously of calling ? meeting, of some sort, for tho purpose | af taking some active steps looking to tho protection of their property from the invasions 01 too superstitious goia , seekers. who now infest that section of' tho State. The authorities at Clemsou College! have takeu tho needed precautions against smallpox by vaccinating tho; students and persons connocted with the colloge. It is announced that Mr. Reginald II. ! Clriftith has beon elected professor of English and history in Furmnn University, and that tbo pvosident will tako the chair of Latin next session. Tho teachers of CUflin Collego, at Crangebuig, have placed a circular letter on the desks of the members of tbo Legislature, protesting against tho "Jim Crow" car bill that is now beforo |bat body. ? iijttE A Discovery 1 hat Will Prove a Boon to the Farmer. ANTI - TOXINE SERUM THE Talisman--The Serum Saved 82.8 Per Cent., and at a Nominal Cost of Only lO Cents a Head. The chief of the bureaa of animal industry, Dr. D. E. Salmon, at Washington, has submitted to Secretary Wilson a roport upon the experiments made in the treatment of hogs for hog cholera with anti-toxine serum. This Berum is mailt' upou me etmo principle as mo anti-toxine of diphtheria, (jood ROrum l;an beon obtained from both horses and cattle, a homo or oow being treated with the bog cholera virus in small quantities at fimt, with large doses after suitablo intervals of time. The resistance of the anupal is thus raised to the highest pnfticable point The blood of such an animal when injected under the skin of swine has been fouud to possess both a preventive and a cure for cholera. This serum was first tested upon small ouitnala in the laboratory and being found efficacious, was last fall tested iu 1'ago county, Iowa, on several herds of swine containing altogether 278 animals. Leaving out one herd, from which definito returns as to causo of death could not bo obtained, ooly 30 died out of 244 animals of which 8(5 wero sick. Consequently 82.8 per cent of the animals in these herds wore saved. Of untreated herds kept under observation during the period referred to about 80 per coat, of the animals died. Dr. Salmon believes that with experience a better quality of serum can be preparod and lie bas doubt that this percentage can be maintained hereafter. Deferring to this report Secretary Wilson remarked that undoubtedly the results reported by Dr. Salmon wero most encouraging to hog raisers. The cost of the scrum now. said the secretary, is but 10 cents per bead of animals treated, only one dozen being required, und doubtless in course of time this light cost may still be further reduced. "Jt is my opinion," said the secretary "that it is of the irtmost importance that this perum for the next year at least be made by the bureau, undoi our own super vision,, and distributed in large qua-ntitics iu order to demonstrate its efficiency upon a more extended scate. It is absolutely essential that during the experimental stage Rprilin nf liiulnnhtArl nnantitn l<a . x|t?MuvilJ UW UDQUi Unless the hog growers can obtain it from this department they will be forced to depend upon what can be obtained from private sources, and owing to the novelty of this product, not only will discoi.ragingly exorbitant prices bo charged for it, but iu many oases inferior products may be offorca. This would precludo the possibility of making a eatiafs ctory test on a widely extended scata. "I propos o to ask congress to provide an appropriation necessary to enable this department to furnish 2,000,00C dozens of serum during the next year, and to rinke a considerable portion oi tho appropriation immediately availa' hie. It seel as from Dr. Salmon's ra poi t that it: akes three or four monthf to put a bor> e or cow in condition tc supply the serum; consequently the work upon ai< extended scale maet be undertaken a* once. "Tho losses from hog cholera are sc enormous und have weighed so heavily tor years upon our farmers that I caunot imagine that Congress will for 8 moment make the at?propriatio.ns necessary to carry on this work tlioroughly. Indeed apart from the greal stake tho farmers have in this matter, to refuse to provide for a thorough tesl of this remedy now would be, indeed, pennywise and pound foolish; for tb? discovery of this serum lias involved already many years of work and a very large sum oi money, it would bo i gifcut mistake, now hhat so great a dis ooverv seoms to liavo been made, not t< finish the work by grving it a thorough and extensive test. 8TONK1) BY STRIKERS. Superintendent of a New Bedford MIL ltoiigtily Handled. At New Bedford, Mass., strikershav< become disorderly. Superintendent Knowles, of the Asushuet Mill, wai stoned by n crowd of nearly a thousand strikers. He is one of the most uu popular men in New Bedford. He mailt a speech at the Gate Mill and tried tc persuade some strikers to return tc work, when he was roughly handled by the men. About fifty men, mostly French anci Polish, attempted to resume work, hu wero prevented by strikers, who are ir au angry mood. Serious trouble ii anticipated. Potltioncd t'.io Postmaster-General The South Carolina Prosbyteriai synod has petitioned the postmaster general remonstrating against th< opening of postoflices on Sunday am against Sunday transportation of mails Thogrievmco was submitted througl Senator McLaurin. Killed Ilimselt, Wife and Children John Matthews, a retail grooer it Now York, murdered his wife and thoi: two children, n boy 19 years old and i Birl 12, by backing them to death witl a hatchet. Matthews then committee euicido by shooting himself in the head nrllef Expedition Not Abandoned. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, of th< War Department, pronouncos to be ab solutelv uutrue the statement comint from Portland Ore., that the relief ex pedition to the Kloudyke lias booi abandonod by the Government. Cotton for tho Orient; Soven train loads, amounting to4,7r>< bales of Texas cotton have arrived a Tncoma, Wash., for shipment to Chim and Japan on the Bteaiuersof the North eru l'acilio Uae. 1 j MS W KNGLANO APPRBUBN31VR. ' Arrangements Uelnx 31 ado In Dlililtr* ford for Serving Strike Ration*. Cotton, (Special).?The sum total of , the new features in the pro^ra ume of the textile troubles is the shutting i down of the Cabot Mill at Brunswick, Me., because of the desertion of help in sympathy with the striking weavers, and the announcement that a small 1 mill of the Social Manufacturing Cora' pany, at Woonsocket, It. I., would be ; shut down for a few days for lack of orders. But the mill troubles, evidently, are not to be confined to iniil cities, for the side issue brought ud by labor I i ?i? it.. "\jt -i u- r ? I ISglBIBUUU 1U UIC 4HU???UU9eilB LiCflBlature. It will be remembered that the Arkwrigbt Club, in recommending a out iu wages, laid stress upon tbe com petition of (Southern mills. Tbe club > further urged tbe repeal of tbo re> strictive measures in force in Massachusetts. With tbe first inkling of an attempt to carry out this reoommoudation la* bor representatives in tbe Houso introduced bills for new legislation, for a i Go-hour weok, no overtime for women and children, and to investigate the < present textile situation. Along the I lino of battlo from New Bedford, Mass., 1 to Lowiston, Mo., there was absoluto J j quietude. The State board of arbitra- , i tion has sent Member Barry to tbo former place to eeo if the strikers would not abandon the fining issuo, but ! the outcome of his errand is not kuowu. In Fall River the discontent, althongh ontirelv beneath tbo surface, is growing i and the mill officials know it and are i apprehensive. The evideuco of stubbornness of tbe operatives in defending their position is shown in Biddoford, Me., whero arrangements for serving i striko rations of 6oup and food nro boingmade. There the citizens, even to Chinese lanndrymen, are contributing money and societies are offering aid. ; The strike may assume acute conditious there sooner than at auy other place, ; judging from local indications. AtBiddeford, Me., au effort will bo made by the officials of the Pepperell *ud Lacouia Cloth Mills to start and all i textile workers who desire to return to i work under the 10 net cent, em run do i fo. Tbo union men are almost positive that not enough will go back to Btart the mills. > BIG- COMPANY INCORPORATED. It Is to Do Business.In Virginia and the Republic of Venezuela. Mr. Wickhain baa introduced a bill I in the Virginia Legislature to incorI porate tbo American Development I Compamy of tbe United States. Tbo act authorizes tbe company to purchase, own, sell, rent, lease, etc., any real, personal or mixed property in j South America, and more especially to , buy, lease, sell, rent, operate and generally to own and develop any concession, grant or franchise; street rail ways, bonded warehouse, cattlo-pack, ing, cold-storing, and shipping, raili roads, telegraph and telephone lines; , and to establish, operate, own, perpetuate and generally to work, or oauso to be worked operated, mines, mills, factories, furnaces, electric plants, etc., in ( tbe republio of Veneznela. In theStnto , of Virginia and in Venezuela tbo comI pany shall have |K>wer to do a general banking business. Tbe capital stock is f I to be uot less than Sl.OUO.OUO, aud may . | be iucreased to 82T>.000,000. It i saul . | tbe corporators have amplo financial , I backing. | Tho Greatest. of Barbecues, j The National Stock Growers' Convention, which has been meeting at | Denver, Col., has prepared tbo most astonishing barbecue on record. Tbe k affair will come off on tbe 2"th, and the iiiniu win consist oi eigne neeves, four . buffalo, six oik. ten antelope, four hem e, ^ forty sheep, ten pigs, two hundred opossum, teu barrels of pickles, half a ^ ton of cheese, forty barrels of sweet. potatoes, three thousand loaves of j bread and four hundred kegs of beer. | For Federal Control of Quarantine, i Senator Vest, from the committee on quarantine and pnblio licnitb, has re* ported a substitute forSonator Cnflrcy's bill providing regulations for quarantine. The bill as reported practically places the control of all matters pertaining to the quarantine service in the I control of the Federal government. Prltchnrd Will Stay in tho Senate, t Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, i will not leave the Senate to accept tho I judgeship now vacant in his State, says ' tho Washington Post. A dispatch from North Carolina had suggested him as | tho probablo appoiuteo. ' Killed by Gas Explosion. . Forty persons were killed and . eighteen iujuved by on explosion of gas in one of the mines of tho lionet1 | zaer Company, in the Tagenrog dia1 trict of ltusbia. Paxt"n Must Pay $30,000. The Ohio Supremo Court has decided i that George D. Saxtou, a brother of . Vlrs. William McKiuley, shall pay Sample Sample 0. George $30,000 for ! alienating the affections of Mrs. Georgo. 1 She procured a divorce in Dakota, and if. ic Hiaf ftoTfnrv *' j penses. *Ho owus tlie fciaxtou block in Canton, Ohio. Fought to (lot In n Court Itocm. At Chicago the anxiety of many peoj pie to hear the closiug proceedings in the trial cf Adolph L. Luetgert for the ' murder of his wife resulted in a free fight in and around Judge Gary's court j room in which the two bailiffs were I badly mauled and several spectators vigorously clubbed. Appointed Harbor Mistress. Miss Fay Fuller, who has just been s appointed harbor mistress of Tncotna. Wash., is the only woman in the world holding such a place. She became prominent in the West a number ol , years ago by being the lirst woman tc ascend Mount Tacoma. Newbold Acquitted. TV. IT. Newbold the dispensary oont stable charged with tbo murder of an I inolVeiif-ivo old farmer, was tried at . j Spnrtauburg, S. C. Tlio jury brought I j in n verdict of not guilty. ; 1 / TOtD IN A PARAGRAPH. Tlii* South. Tlio Virginia Legislature downed the enti-flirliug bill. Mormons are making their appear* ance iu North Carolina in great nurnhere. Reginald do Ivoven is seriously ill at Aikeu, rt. C., having undergone a surgical operation. The Norfolk, Vn., trucking season has been delayed by frost and there is a scarcity of spinach At Marion, S. C., a negro shot and killed his sweetheart because she refused to go to Georgia with him. Tbero is a bill before tho Virginia Legislature for the nomination of Federal Senators by primaries. Governor Taylor, of Tcnnesseo, has announced himself an a candidate for nl OPt 1A11 tit tiro I i nit a/1 kitotoa SCau nta ViVVI*Vl? IV I UU v> UilWVI kJl.HU J In a Si nday card game at Darliugton, S. C., "Brooks Mo Ivor shot and killed Toaer Murray. Both parties aio colored. Clarence Bartlett, aged 17, has Btraugely disappeared from the home, in Norfolk, Va., of his undo, a wealthy contractor. There is muoh activity at tho Norfolk navy yard and a huudred men have returned to work in tho construction department. Mrs. Anita McTCeo, of JnckFon, Miss., has asked President Mclviuloy to appoint her Collector of Internal ilsvenue at Now Orleaus, La. The Georgia Legislature has appropriated SlU.OlVi for a textilo school in Atlanta, provided a similar amount ho raised by private subscription. Thieves entered Morris' storo, Alexander, N. C., rolled the safe out of tho building, and broke it open, stealing ??l> in cash aud several checks. The result of tho first ballot in tho Tonnosscc Legislature for a United State Senator resulted as follows: McMillau 89, Turley 80, Taylor 19, It requires 45 to nominate. The Liberty Wooleu Mills, at Bedford City, Va., which has been idle for some time, has been purchased by Now Ycrk and Philadelphia parties, and it is stated, will start it up at once. Tho North. At Boston three boys wero asphyxiated by gas. Fire at Chicago, 111., destroyed property amounting to half a million. Fifteon' persons wore injured in a reav eud collision on tho Long Island llailroad, in Now York. The coming convention of tho Reunited Ancient Older of Hibernians will bo held at Trenton, N. J., Juno 27. A mock trial bv bovs. ondinrr in a hanging. at Turner's Falls, Mass., almost cost Harry Jackson bis life. A teacher at Mattcawan, N. Y., dissected n cat in the schoolroom and the cruelty society may prosecute her. Tho Lorraine, (O.) chamber of commerce will oiler tho government a free site for an armor plant on Black river. Although ho has fallen heir to a forluue of 370,000, Policeman Delmar 8. Gardner will remain on tho New York force. IV!aster Car Builders' and Master Mechanics' Association of the United 8tutes will convene at Saratoga, X. Y., in June nest. Johu Mosher, of Fifhkill, N. Y , drove thrco miles beside a corpse, not knowing that his compauiou had died on tho journey. An effort will he mado by the New York Senate to find out what became of lioS.'.OOJ.hh' appropriated for improving tho Cno Canal. Logan Carlisle, son of Johu G., and former chief clerk in the Uuited States Treasury department at "Washington, j during the Cleveland administration, died at the homo of his father in New York. Cuuse, heart failure. Adlai E. Stevenson, former VicePresident of the United b tales, has accepted tho position of Western counsel of tho North Aiuoricr.u Trust Company of New York, with a membership in the hoard of directors. On February 1st 114 looms in the Manchester (X. 11.,) Cotton Mills will bo stopped for an indefinite time. The cause assi?!;ed is tho falling off' in the demand for i rint goods. There will also bo a reduction of about 10 per cent, ju wages, affecting about JO per cent, of the employee, on January 24th. Miscellaneous. The London engineers have agreed to return to \vcrk. Tho reductions of wages in the New England cottou mills will effect 12.1,000 operatives. General John M. Schofiold thinks it would bo a gravo blunder not to auuox the Hawaiian Islands. Secretary Long has asked Congrcs iov an increase or i.uuoenlisted men iu tbcnuvy und 700 apprentices. Eight millions in cold dust is stored &t Dawson C ity, Alaska. Tho output this year is expected to reach t&O.uuo,000. Dick Brandt, tho supposed train robber and murderer, was aiming a dozen prisoners who broko juil at Bentonville, Ark. The estate of the into George M. Pullman, from an inventory liled in court at Chicago, was estimated to include Sfjj.OOO.OOU in stocks und bonds aud 000,0U0 in real estate. Tho stomachs of Conrad Deck, in St. Louis, and Mrs. E. Bestian, in Mil- j waukee, were removed by surgeons as i a result of cmcer. Both patients died. Governor Black, of New York, will bo present nt tho American Paper aud Publishing Association's annual dinner, | in New York city on February IT. William Slate, of Leadvillo. Col., prompted by jealousy, shot and killed Afra Minnin Smith mirl killA/l l>imo.?lt I George Drahnm won a raco of thirtyfivo miles against about 200 other Kloudike miners who nought to bo first on the grounds to secure rich claims ou French Poto Creek. TlioDif-trict of Columbia appropriation bill was reported to tho House on the 11th. It carries $*,537,0*)7, or ovor half a million dollars less than tho cur* rent year's appropriation. At Philadelphia Fnra ITendorson, years old, has been rfi rested for tlio murder of Tercy Lock gar, 5 yoars old. "Yellowback" literature is supposed to bo responsible for tho doed. em ipi i cms. How Allen's Father Drilled His Company During the War. HE DID NOT GIVE COMMANDS But Made Polite ltcqucsts^rradlcts That Candlor's Elcctlou Will Prove a Great Blessing. I novor meet a Candler or read of one but what iny mind involuntarily whispers, "Gcutlemeu of tho Bauks County Guards." I know of but 0110 C'nudler family in tbo State and all it3 members aro marked for forco and originalitj-. This family goes back to the revolutionary sire aud has iuheritcd his virtues, his patriotism, his iutegrity aud self-reliauce. I never knew a family that had more solf-reliauco. 'lhey lean on nobody, aalc no favors, but forge abend. Yes, thoy forgo abend aud carve their own way in the biiitlo of life, but not to make money. '1 bey aro all poor, but are independent and successful. 1 dou't menu to say they are poverty ntrickon, but 1 uovor knew a Candler who was rich, lliclies nro not their goal. 1 know of two generations of these Caudlors aud they nro all alike ?the girls and the boys ?alike to their family traiuiug?their estimate of duty, their 6obriety, the r high ambition, their choerfulnosn, tlioir faith iu Uod aud His dccroes, "Geutlemeu of tbo Ennks County Guards, you will plea>o to right fuce. " It was during the long winter of 130163 when we wore in wiuter quarters at Coutervill9, Ya., wo boys used to go .down occasionally to hear Captain Candler drill his company. This Captain Cnodlor wns the fatnor of our next Governor, and like all tbo other Candlers, had his own ways and methods. Ho was a Chesterfield in mouners, a Stonewall in patriotism aud was never known to use any profane language or relate a vulgar anecdote, llis politoness was intuitive, He couldn't help it. "Gentlemen of tho Honks County Guards, please to givo uio your attention. I hold in my hand au order from tho colonel commanding directing me to take you on picket tc Mason's Hill tomorrow morning nt sunrise and that you provido two days' rations for that service. I trust that it will bo your plcasuie to comply with that order." All his commands were po.ite roquosts nnd even the rudest of his men were improved audreliued in their manners and conversation by association with him. Ho was a patriot, a soldier and always a gentlemau. Tho -Second Georgia was commanded l.y the brave Colouel ttemines, aud'sometimcs when the regiment was on drill or dress parade Geu. Johnston and his stuff would happen there just to hoar Captain Candler drill his men. "Gentlemen of tho Hanks "uniiui ui'no nor dormant, ami tliftl while (be voice of llio pconlo was almost unanimous for Candler, it was still possible to defeat him in a nominating eonvoutiou. County conventions can h:i! 1 bo packed by shrewd politicians and the only remedy ia to have primaries in overy militia district on the same day. Kings may pack one convention, "but they can't pack ten or r -'ozon in each ooaniy on tho same day. .riends, "Roman-, connttymen! Let us all awake to tho magnitudo of the bituution and place sontinola on the 1 County Guards, you will observo that tho cye* of our great leader a~e upon you, and I trust that you will show your very best soldierly training while in his presence. Goutlcmen of tho liauks Couuty Guards, you will please to shoulder arms; right face; forward march." Ho always uncovered his head and thanked them when tho drill was over. I reckon these Candlers wore original ly Chandlers, for I find no Candlers in my biographies. Probably the ancestor of this Georgia braueh got. disgusted with those fanatical fellows up north who abused us so and ho dropped a letter from his name and boj'cotted tho whole concern. 1 have met and domiciled with these Candlers in Georgia and Mississippi, and they aro alike in strength and force <>f character and good citizotiship. They use no corrupt methods to gaiu their ends. Whether as preachers, or teachers, or college presidents, or judges, or members of Congress, they rank their pluoes without tho aid of rings, or schemes, or promises. 1 knew some of these Candlers a way back in the forties, at Nuckodisville, when tho Pigeon Koost gold mmo was considered sn Eldorado and a remnant of tho Cherokecs were still I hanging around. The fact is our Allen came pretty near being an Indian, for oid .Mrs. J a'cal was his godmother, and t-Lo had li\o 1 axo ig the Indiaus. Her sou married John Hidge's daughter, *i > - - iuu I'liilVDas (II UIO 1111)0. ills cousin, Milton Caudler, looks nioro like an Indiau tliun n wlnto man, ami all of them huvo the stoicism of th* iuca. While tlrey arc all dovnted to their kindred and to tbcir moral principles ol tlieir ancestors, yet strange to ?ay they have separated iu their religious faith, for some aro Baptists and some are Methodists aud some Presbyterians, But whatever they ure they ure that all over aud whatever they do is done well. So now lot rings and combinations take a back seat for n while and let the people speak and Colonel Candler will go into ollice with tho old time muioniv ot B'J.O'JO, aun tiicru will bo a reunion of tho old tinio Dotnociacy. The rugged honesty of the man will satisfy and gra4ify tho Populists everywhere and ull dissensions will bo buried, lie has already spoken for economy and lower taxes and ho means it. J he truth is that our taxes have got to bo a burden too great to be borne, and every legislature adds to it. 1 remember when tho rato was only 10 cents oil a hundred dollars, and now it is ten times that in the country and twenty times in a town or city. Sonic strong mind has got to tukc hoid of this thing and stop it. \\ < want a Moses to lead the pnoplo ont o' their despondency. 'J iiey lravo olmo t despaired of ever seeing ] urdy in b>tat? politics ugnin and tho late 'possum debauch at jsowuan, gives 110 harbinger of improvement. But Judge l ite said today that tbf power ot tlioso political combination* gCUUMPKKT, DUTLEK * UoUOWAJJ. Attaru* ja at Law. Al 0. C. Culp'a al?l Offlea J^CNBOA MGNBO, Attorneys it Law, Ki.l. Law Rang*. g 8. STOKLd. Attorney at Law and Trial Jnrtlaa, Office Krar of Court llouae. nn "?oi rv t> i ivn?iv i>U (IAUUU1 1' uuiuuui, DENTIST. I Offico over Merchauts and I'lanlor* bank. Main atroi)t. a P. Townsend, ^ _ Asst. Atty Gen'l., Columbia, S. C JJen F Townsend, Uuion, S. CTOWNSEND k 70WNSEND, Attorneys at Law, Union, S- C. Office Judge Townscnd's old stand. BRING YOUK Job Printing to The Times It will be ncatlv execute*!. 1???? mm i ??? , CARIX Money to loan on sliort time on good security. W. W. DIXON. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office corner Main and Judgment Sts.. Union, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW! Ceaning, Dying and Silks renewed at short notice. E. W. WILLIAMS. 13?1 v. Money to Loan. In Sums of $HGO j,nd upwards I'nnn T m?irr?v#>.l Rpnl fhtato in Union County ot a low rate of interest. Long time and ca-'y payments. Apply to HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorncys-at-Law, 0.6m UNION, 8. O watchtowers and fee to it. tlint bonosf methods are n*ed in the next election. Let the dead i asfc bury its dead, bat Jet ns take care of the future, nud as Col. Candler oneo before united the people of his district and crushed independentism and brought political harmony out of chaos, so be will now compass a wider Held and 1 ..store harmony to the torn factions of our Georgia democracy. Then all hail to tlio plowboy of Pigeou Roost.?Bill Arp, in Atlanta (Go.) Constitution. Will Cut Telegraph Rates. The X. C. Railway Commission will ! mako every effort to have tlio telegraph lutes in that Slate ieduced at once, and liavo given tlio West or n Union notice > that it will apply to Judgo Simonton on i tho 24tli for uii order shortening tho , timo recently gi anted tho company to i tile pleadings, j ho hearing will tako place at Charleston, S. C., ou tho 24th. fillip shots The nrgont deficiency bill as it | passed the United states Hcnato, carj lies ?1,013,810. j Joseph Head, aged 4 years, was I burned to death, at Atlanta, Go., while playing with tiro. The anti-Jewish crusade is assuming menacing proportions in France, oud the government is seriously alarmed. Little progrf bh is being made by tbo ! joint convention of hitununiuous coal operators and miucrs ut Chicago, ia arranging a scale. The town of Argontn, in tho province ofFerrara, Northern Italy, was severely shaken by an earthqakc. A church anil a number of buildings were wrecked and several persons injured. None were killed. Senator W. E. Fan ford, tho rnillionaiio member of tho Canadian Parliament, will erect a muu-o.cum to cost $100,000 on Luke Ontario. At tho Nicaragnan canal convention fit Kansas City resolutions were adopted urging upon Congress tho necessity of legislation to secure 1 ho permanent construction of the cann'. By May In modern high power Runs are to be guarding tho Narrows and the Bower J'nv, New York. On Bong Island Sonud, at Wiile's Point and Fort Schuyler tl ore uro to bo lit) more guns. MTI To I'ny llondi in Stiver. Tho Teller resolution providing that bonds of tho United States mav bo paid in standard silver dollars lias been favorably reported by a majority of the finance committee of the United States Senate and notice piveu that it would be called up at an early date. Death of Col. O. M. HufTnlo. Col. Joseph O. M. Buffalo died at his residence iu New York, apod 7G years, lie was born at Raleigh. X. C., aud served on the staff of Oen. Chalmers, ' of tho Sonthern army. Alter the war j he moved to New York as the rop ro* sentative of the Memphis Si Charleston | Railroad. For the past thirty years h a has been connected with the Norfolk & 1 \V estern Railroad and (ho Virgi^l^ ' Tennossea & Qaorgi^ ?jx frine. .