University of South Carolina Libraries
BULLER IS SILENT; ALL LONDON UNEASY Most Anxious Pause Since the War Began. SITUATION A GRAVE ONE R?W R?o*gnlS<*ri Tlint Alio Hoor Pod. Uon, If Bvtr Tak*i>, Can Only lie Captured <?t Trrincndous Cost ? Wur Ot&QH ll?*lp~od. London*. Jan. 24.?The oxtremo ten loo caused by what may justly be designated the most auxious pause sinco the war began hud not been relieved up to the time of writiug this by anything save the daily Stock Exchange rumor, Which today happens to have been started by the bulis, who ass -rt thai General Warren has captured S, iou Kopf. Anxiety in regard to the news is visible on all sides. The war oflu-o wat besieged at an early hour this morning hnd the clubs uud other ro-orts liable t rsoeive early news have b.-un crowned With eager inquirers. It in geuerauy recognized that the Boer position, if ever taken, can oulj be captured at a tremendous cost. As the atteruoou progressed the ex eitement on Paii Mali reached a higl pitch. But the" war office oiliciais reit rated at 8:80 p. m. the oftrepeatet statement that "nothing had been re ceived from General Butler." The sua pause vfti increased by the boi'.ef tha General Bui.or would novor have nub hiked his intention to attack the Boer: on ttpionkopf unless satisfied that t hi assault would bo carried out before tin new* cou'd be puoiishod, uud it \va fully anticipated that the nuws of hi sauces* or failure would roach Londoi ib a few hours at tho most. The on bluet ministers called at thi was- office, after lunch, to a<k for news A dispatch ironi Pretoria, tinted Tu is day, Jan. i;b, somewhat amplifies th dispatch of Monday, Jan. 2 2, l'rom th B<or bead lancer, cabled to the Assa stated Press last evening It savs: "Four or five times during the da; the British replaced their wearied sol dlers by fresh ones. The Boer casual tiss to date are one niun killed and t\v slightly injured Our meu aro in ox oeHcn t spirits. There is a large slaughto of the British. General Botha is uov ia Bo a command, General Cronje huv 1br been sent elsewhere " The same dispatch, apparently re femug to the sitnatioti at Colemo, savi "One of tho large Boor Maxims wa temporarily disordered, but was eooi repaired. Tiie British northern cam ia in cuu fusion. Ptople arc observe trekking aimlessly in all directions " Commenting on Captain Mabati'e a! tirade, the St. James Gazette today r. marks: "ina aavioe is goou una ueuuuu 1 Amarica. While strict neutrality siaintained in the official world at: good will for Euglaud is felt by the i e tar informed, it ib simply mi-leaditi the public of this country to suggest, :i oma oorrespondents are doing, that a: tasroniaui to Euglaud is conr.ned to negligible body of AmorjW^ug.au y tu.i ViMi((t-nt* thau was our douu a gyiupathy with them at the outbreak i the war with Spain, and the contrast < ofttotal and popular attitudes is 110 let mark ad in the Uuitod States than it : in Germany." 8TALLINGS WAS EXPELLEE Me Itrfuscd to Appoint n Negro a Assistant Post muster. Augusta, Ga , Jau. 24 ? W. h. Stal lags, He publican po-t master of At gosta. has baeu "expelled" from th Banublican party by negroes in contrt of the politics of tho party in thi oouuty. He presented himself to register ic seieotion of delegates to state and lit tincai rnnvAnrmns aur) eh privilege, on the ground that he wa spelled, l'uitj action was taken becauso he rt tused to appoint a negro named Win: berly as asm taut postmaster. Wimberly has since been appoints deputy revenue collector. An liijiiiiction Suit Hoard. MaCox, Jau. 24.?The casoof Miohae Dady versus the Georgia and Alaham &sd ths Florida Central and Peninsula railways came up today he ore Ju ig Spser of the district court. The ca-.o 3 the hearing of an injuu.. ion in a mi ; i prevent tbo consolidation of the i vt reads, the ultimate it tent ion of t.i merger beiug, it is claimed, an aliiavc with the Seaboard Air L;ne. The t -a board Air Line officials c.uim thatD^u. is not a stockholder of record. Gin uud Milling <'C!iipauy. Or a Kit, Ala., Jan. Ol ?Tbo Oz.;r] Gin and Milling company has Unformed here with T W. Ghaiiin, pre dent; E. W. D. Dow ling, vico presid -c; H. C. Dowling, secretary, atU r?. J Goff, treasurer. All tno stock has bus Mibsoribed, the lot selected and pur chased, and work is to b-gin oa rk plant at onco The Mui?y.*r ??ystoai to be used with u stauuarti pquiro 1 ai prats. Itopo and coringj maciitu 1} will be added later. Sympathy With I fie I toe is. Philadelphia, Jan. fc-i.?Tha Nether lands soci-ty of this city lius adopt et resolutions sympathizing with tho Boon and "with all peoples struggling ti maintain their homes ogainst uujua assault aud ravage." Tno rcaoiutio n aUoadl: "That wo lik?w.sj symoa tbize with the millions o teop'o in iu dia now starviug to dea h in en ji-ymcu Of t hat civilization tendered to tin T?*niTa.il." ) Southern Krrlgln J)i-r.tll>*<]. Tahsbtiixk, S. 0 , Jan M - Quite*at accident ocoorred about *1 o'clock jo* east of Alrneda, on tho Cli u io.it n i pc Wsstern Carolina railvva/, tot; .v uru era fft?? freight goicr north, o v i. l( four or five oars, injuria;/ one r n? t brftkaman?but not serioarly, at;, o* no plately blockading the track, so that at tfiiai oottld pass. ">T NEWS OF A WEEK fN THE CAROLINAS Sen. Butler's Speech Before Populists at Raleigh. INCOME TAX IS REPEALED Greenwood Farmers Kesolve Not to I l*.ty Moro Than Ten l*er Cent A !? vanco For Fertlt!z*rs?Tragedy lu O mng'-burg. Ralkigii, Jan. 20.?Seuator Botler made an extreme spoech to tho Populist state committee in session here last i night. He gave tho keynote of tho Populist xnachino campaign, attacking the new election law and the limitation of negro franchise. He said: ; "Tho negro question, I know, con, fronts us, and it must be settled, but wo can't trust tho rnuu who has lived on ] the negro for .30 yours to settlo it. t We've got to sett o it. Wo are tho folks r ! who at heart want it sot tied; not they. ' | We want it settled so they can no longer I use it as a scarecrow. "Tho Republicans also are anxious for its settlement and they'll help to settlo it in tho pro tor way. The Republicans are in this fight to the death. 1 Let us jo.u hands with them and help ! them whip this gang ont of tho state, I Let us announce to tho world that North Carolina will no longer be ruled by anj archists, red shirts aud a little pang of ' toadies?men who have betrayed everybody und everything. "The Republicans nro willing for na to tako iho load. Go ahoad and hold a convention aud name a ticket. Of course, there will bo sotno Republicans on u, and it may bo we can litid a Democrat who will join in this autiatnond. ment light. There aro some sncli promj iiient Democrats and 1 think it possmle that one or more of them may oiler to : tako a place 011 tho ticket. i INCOME TAX A FAILURE. Law K.iiict? <! T hi*. ? Years .\go Has IJii.sl Hern Iv pi-ulrd. Columbia, S. O., Jan. 10.?South OurI olina has tried tho income tax; it has ' proved unprofitable und tho law has just boon repealed. The incomo tax ; bill was introduced as "an adiuiui->ira ' i tivo measure in January, Ib'.t,, to go : into effect Jan. 1. lb:) ), anil was passed . ' at that session after a bitter fight .u s ' both houses. 11 | 'lhe act provided that there should bo ?! annually assessed, levied and collected upon tho Kress profit an 1 uico.no received during tuo calendar year by ,. every citizen of the sta'o. whet tier p i id profit or income bo derived from prop* ;1 erty, routs, interest, dividends or saltrios, or from any pro es>ion or tra.la or ,j from any otbor source, a tax of i nor cent on such luconio over $'.000 and up to $3,o00. l'a per cent on tho iiinnmo k.T from $3,000 to Q 7. JO J, h per cent lr>m ... $7,i>00 to $10,000, -!o per emit 1rom$lU.. 000 to $13,000 and J p.r cent <m *** m :1 flw was new and there was some fear ip that its provisions Would be enforce.i, ,f was that something over $7,000 wasuoilected, and tiie returns for las: year J3 were even smaller. Tho oi;y o; (Jhar.es is t?u paid more than half iha entire tax , for the state, and thou gavo but usniaii portion of what was duo under the aot. FARMERS IN MASSP/iEETlNG. 8 ( llcaolvi' N >t (o I*uy Ovi-r T? 11 1*. r Out j More Korfrrtlllz ri. j. . Gkef.nwood, S C , Jan. 23 ?The 0 farmers of Greenwood, in masviueetiug, ,1 have decided not to buy fertilizers for [8 more than h 10 por cent advance over last year's prieos, and have called c:i all >r other farmers in the state to meet oil i* the firsc Monday in February and take ? similar aotiou. The following reaolu 8 tions were adopted: "Whereas, this prices ox fertilizers aro > being advanced arbitrarily through the ' influence of a tru-i and to an extent not ' justified by coinmnrcial conditions, d "Keaolved, 1. That we, tho farmers of Greenwood county, S C., hereby ap I poal to the farmers of the state and the cotton states to hold massmeetiiigs at >1 their respectivo courthouses on tho first a Monday in February, and that tncy r pledge tlieinsoives not to purchase fertilizers at an auvanco exceeding 10 per 0 cent over last year's prices. "a. That wo regard 10 per cent ad1 vanee in prices of fertilizers as much . s 1 the conditions! justify. . nd wo nbv ' farmers noc to pure la^e unv fertiiis.; 0 at move than 10 p-r coat advance ov.r * last year's prices." ICgyptl :i! t'uttou to lie I'si'd. ClIAKLF.o.Xn, Jan 20?It is saiil tl: .ft Egyp ian cotton has been imported a ( rnittll qnuntitios by a cor to in vvoolta mill in South Carolina for several yoo.r ?, but the tir.-t largo shipment of To Egyptian staple lor a b lath CanJiu v co.fist niili \>aa ruostv.id at Clover, 1 Yor.x county, hv-t 'J ui'i ay, irevu and-r. via Ho.-ton. Tho auw cotton mi 1 J ut tlicvo-wi?l ii n M | Tan cotton 4 ciaCvoi". its Viituiayers c.aiming t eea .viand vtanlo ha* i:n. tho "iin-n.M and eilhiuos*" i>. jcos.-.uw lot the suj>?. rior yarn they are to c.aite. \Vn*liv>u h 1> Ijyf I Trains. Wilmington, 2s. C., Jan. fO. ? An a' ' most unprecedented dor.npoor of rai l B last night in this section cousivievarI> 3 delayed trafilo on tlio different railroa 1 running into tho oily. On the Yudli: i ' division of t i Atlantic 'Joast Lino a trains had to bo am u Ion on necr.tin: c va<h< u' in tho track, and t ram iai,,? 1 Wilmingron and Isow E rne il.vision i f ' the sonio s'-Btori wciv i e'ayed sever. . bonis for tho name re.is >u. K.tlr CVir-1 I*. iy r. Se-irrct. CiiARLorrr:. N. O., Jan. in.?T w, criminal court grand jury, in its repot , u-tvs it is ul "inoii at to: in- reasj ?f | crime tvi 1 boilOTaI i: is dot t > lit > sire for ganb i:. g which jvrtno s.os : strata of so? ty r.n I 11? "tii > d.iin.t j bau.it lb.it di i'.y ? )*' oi.r i.-. nt progio sive euchre p:>;t o.< s' oai I be d -a1: \vi* i as hlcrnly us ibo negro 'crap shooters.' " ) . I PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. Mew Imluatriwl KHlrrprUfi KrpurU4 iWriag a h. Baltimore. Jan. 19.?The new induatrial amteprises of the week.-** ported te The Manufactures' Record were: 926,000 electrio company, 60 barrol floor mill, $60,000 soil pipeworkB, $30,000 water and light company in Alabama. $60,000 drainage company in Florida. $100,000 telophono company, $','6,000 wheolworks,'$l6.000 eoffiu factbry, $30,000 knitting mill, $200,000 cotton mill in Georgia. \ $15,000 ea\\mills, $20,0u0 telephone company, 50,000 barrel brewery, $50,000 shovel factory, $75,000 sash atid door factory iu Maryland. $100,000 lnmber company, $o,OCO lumber mill in North Carolina. 50 barrel flour mill, 30 ton oil mill, 10 ton ico factory, $200,000 cotton tnili, ) $150,000 gas and electric c^.ipuny in i South Carolina. $5'J,000 veneering factory, ?125,000 ' phosphate mining company in Tennessee. DELEGATES ARE CH&SEN. Florida Ri-publlcaii!! AtlJ.iiirn .\Iler 1 ndor.il >c MclCinley. V St. Augustine. Fla., Jan 19.? The Republican state convex; ion be.; adjourned. Daicgateu to the national convention at Philadelphia were ou.un as follows: Joan G. Long aud Hanry Chubb, white; Joseph Leo aud Mark Whit", negroes. MeKiuley's administration received hearty indorsement, bat the delegates were not i :structod for any candidate. Tho loaders in the convention nil agreed that the vice presidential candi-. date would come from New York, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff being the favorite, thoui^i Secretary B.iss had uiauv supporters. Tno Florida delegation will, it is conceded, foiiov.* tho lea! of tho New York delegation. SHil.OH PARK BOARD MEETS. Work to lie Done by t!i Ci.mmission This Year M.ipp< d On-. Chattanooga, Jan 23 ?The S'uiloh National Military pari: commissi n iio??i a meeting at tho Read lloa u here today, those present boing Coloiiwl Cor neiins Cadin oi Cincinnati, Majqr J. H. Asbcraft of Fadnoub, Ky., Hon. Josiak Patterson of Memphis, Major 10 W. Heed of Chicago and Albert Thompson, the chief engineer. Tile meeting v.'as for the purpose of Clapping out the work to Le tiouo this year, aud the engiueer received iumno lions to push the work .of marking the battle lines and camps with iron tablets. The com illusion has already spoilt $150,000 on tne battleliold and it s expected that it will be ready for dedication in two years. HAY TO RECOGNIZE WHiTE. Krug.'r Will II ;v ? a It*-present illvr at Washing ten City. Washington*, Jan. 21'.?Idoutigut Whito will bo received as tho consnlai and din'.omatic repr?:onfativo of tin South African republic. Tho ' stat< department has f.c 1 t.ytUvto''-^fystH* ir\veu intimation of this intention v... ? ' \ji opurly executed crodcn I f 1 l) 1 Q \*7 111 nruCAtl f ? ? r? C, nxit .? ?, : Hay and enter upon his official oaret-r The precedent for receiving Mr, | White is found in tho case if tk; uuited states consulur ami aiplomatii agent at Cairo, Egypt, tho only analo gous case. Although Egypt is nuclei Turkish suzerainty, ami tha Uuitec States has a minister at Constautiuoplo a consular and diplomatic agent is ac croditod to Egypt. Falll r an.I Soli Ai*(| n 111oil. Knoxvii.lk, Jan. 28.?John and Jo seph McGheo, father and son, have been acquittod oi tho murder ci' Ernes ( Howard iast May. The McG'ieo anc Howard factions had been antagonizing I one another for years, and tho trouble | culminated in a dosporato fight in the ! mountains last May in which Ernes ! and Henry Howard and John Mnri I were killed by the MeGhccs. At the first trial thoy were sentenced to life imprisonment. This vordtct was ro | versed by tho supremo court. John is : a nephew of Coiouel G. W. McGiieo, a i Wall street brokor. Aii li.f'rnal Machine Koumt. New Alb ant. Miss., Jan 20.?Today while tho janitor was clearing thocrim inal conriroom, ho found an inferua machine, primed and ready for dis charge, ingeniously arranged under lift j chair provided for witnesses, it is pro SDined that tho builder intended to as< , snssiunte in tiiis manner an important witness in one of the big trials scheduled icr this term of the court. I). *v y to V sit the South, Mi MPiiis, Jan. 23 ?A special says Admiral Dewey li is told a Go >r*ia c;u grors n m that lie was contcmni.-.niig i visit to the south next spring. ITo ex jiecti to leave Washing:'n on Marco li I and will bo at Savannah, G:i , Mrr.-l: 20 From Savannah ho will go to ' 11 (on, tn u to Atlanta. It is not r.i t?l in.t-r ;hijlo tha' tho a imir.il will visit Nashville and Memphis. Luiiihcrm n I" ,Ji?c'c?ofHN>l.',. Jacksonville, F!a , Jan. 2d ?Twt huii'ircii Indian i lumbermen, ropres ut ing the 11 tail Lnmbor Doa'.ors' ass > nation of that state, nrrivad here his morning. After breakfast they weni to St. Augustine, returning this uitor< neon Tomorrow tho party will enjoy nil elaborate urogram prepared for teem by tho board of trude. .Agnrw Will li i S:-t Krcr, Ocala, Flu., Jan. 20.? K. W. Aguew, former president of the National Haul) of Ocala, who was convicted in the spring of 1807 and sentenced to live years in t; o United States prison at OcY lurabti:., () , ha9 had his sentence cnumuted by the president, and will bo set r l.iw.t An L U? AtWAKJ Vll AlAUlCIJ O UUA.I. Ainoileans TnUf Bantu Cs ux.. Man-.i.a. Jan. iil. ? Tho Ansrrian-i have occupied Santa Crnz on Lacuna do Bay, Lacuna province. I: wi* roported mauy insurgents were ccncon tratO'l, Lut the town was found dosorted. ROBERTS DENOUNCED ! IN SCATHING SPEECH . Landis Indiana Against \ Seating Utah Man. | HE CREATES A SENSATION Scores X'olygamUt* u:ui Mormoim Iti anil Coiivii'S'8 tlio House i With Ilia bu; casta?Saodgruss ol AX o 5p i;kt. Washington, Jan. 21?The licnso resume J the debato on the Roberts case at 11 o'clock to lay. The galleries were again weil fiilod, most of tho occupants, ao on yesterday, teiug ladies. Some minor business preceded the resumption of the debate. Mr. Powers of Vermout wa3 the first sp?aker. Hj argusd in behalf of exclusion of Mr. Roberts. The contention of the minority for expansion, he Baid, run up against the very precedents v. hi :k were cited in its support. It was the universal rule that a membar cou d not be expelled tor an oft'enso committed prior to election. White it might be argued in Mr. Roberts'caso tba: poly.T amy was a continuing status, too crime itself, the inittai uct, took piaco louj before Mr. Roberts was elected. "Wo aro uot separating wife from husband," said Mr. Powers, comment iug on Mr. Roberts'speech of yesterday. "Polygamy Uas never been legal in Utah, either boforo or after her admission into the Uai u. Polygamy was illegal under the common law of Eug laud. Th? mo.ami he took wife No. 2 the marriage was void. Mr. Roberts knew the law. Ho cannot now plead * * ---? ' ,l,n l,i,o m rul sfnrn ino 'uauj uui. u^.siu-v ..... ? justice." Mr. Suodgrass o; Tennessee followed Mr. Powers, supporting the views of the minority in luvor of seating nud then cspoliing Mr. Roberts. If we wore not to be cm a tho exponents of the Frouc'a system of justice, which lireBnuiod guilt until innocence was proved, ho 6ftid, Mr. Roberts must be accorded bis prima facie right to his scat before being ousted. Ijitudis Kor I2xclus!on. Mr. Lauais of Indiiua, a member of the Roberts committee who sic nod tho majority repor-t, argued that Utah hail violated her compact with tho United States. There had been universal rejoicing in the laud m lbhO, ho said, when Utah had bean admitted into the Union. The people of the United Status tnought that the birth of the state worked the death of tho system of polygamy. Yot, tlioy were startled to learn in 180S that Utah had elected as her solo representative in tho hou-c a polygainibt, and that ho was moving upon Washington with a plurality of s wives and a multiplicity of childron. - [Laughter. ] Mr. Laudis went over the records of the apostles of the Mormon church to 3 sho-.v that most of them w^re guilty of ?- sr;c.V,'33iaiSu,Ho scored the church for its nii?$hi unu, arousing great enthusiasm by his scathing uenuncial ion. At times he convulsed the house with his sarcasm Of the lo apostles of the 3 church whou the proclamation was 3 is.-ued. ho said, ii wero open violators of the law aud throe had undoubtedly r taken plural wives since it was prouiul1 gated. Mr. Laud is said he believed, and that Mr. Roberts had not denied, that Margaret O. fchipp had become his plural wife since Utah was admitted in 1890. He paid a high tribute to tho Christian missionaries who had worked among 5 the people of Utah. Mr. Roberts, lio said, had boastod that ho had recoived the voto3 of tho gcn1 tiieus in his district. That, Mr. Landis J said, was hecauso iie ran as a Democrat a* well as a Mormon and because ins opponent "had been a Danite who had kxiied his man." Advice to Polygainist*. In conclusion he adjured the 2,000 polvgamists in Utah to take care of their plural wives, but in God's name to refrain from multiplying their luf'umy by bringing more children into the world. Mr. Laudis expressed his plt.v for the poor women who ministered to the rotten and lustful notions of tno Mormon priesthood. Ho ridicnlod tho proposi tlon to admit Mr. Roberts and then to tnrn him our. Tho framers of tho ooni stitutiou in statuary hall would get down oil their pedestals and laugh at such a procedure. : It would be a burlesque on law aud i precedent and an outrage ou common seiise Not only should Mr. Roberts be turned lack, but al?o Utah, whoso people. bo sa'.ci, u id solemnly lied to the . I oo: gross ol ; iio United States in lth'O. in hi* perora'ioa. Mr. I/tudis yr > ' ( tested against Roberts' ad tuition in the ? iu:i o ot' the motherhood of the land . i and of the pitiful innocents doomed to 1 1 the shame of illegitimacy. He get a ! ; whirlwind i? applanse when he e: t ! down. Tho speech created a sensation. Drlto liiys to Cestui In no. Pakis, Jan. 21.?The Figaro publishes tho following dispatch this mornit;? which Deltodayo, lis editor, has sent to Com to Boui do Casieilauo, in thocour-o ' i of which he says: "Your denials and threats will change nothing of tho facts ! which are now notorious in Paris." Drc.slou Agiin.it Carter. ' | Albany, Jan. 24.?Judge Wallace, iu 1 j the United States court today, concurred i with the lower court in refusing to i grant a writ of habeas corpus in tho case 01 uaptain UDeriiu M. Carter, convicted of conspiracy against the govern' incut. Mhcoii U?nlil?iice Burned. Maoon, Jan. 34.?The beautiful restdence of A. T. Holt, in Vinerille, wn completely destroyed by firo this morning ut 1 o'olook. There were lb people in the boose at the time, but no one was injured. The loss will amonnt to fib, 000. When It Doesn't Turn. A woman's silk frock Is spun by n worm, but If the worm tries to crawl on It the woman shrieks.?Chicago Record. PRITCHARD ON THE NEGRO. fcu Au.tr r to Uur|(ii.'?Spi-rtk K?t?n lug IMtfrauvhltxiNMil. Washington, Jan. 28. ?Al the oenslusiou of routine business in ths sentt< today Mr. Pritchard of North Carolina callad up his resolution ralatiag to the proposed amendment to the constitution of -North Carolina, whiob, if sdoptod, it is alleged, disfranchises a largo class of voters of the state. After reading the official resolution Mr. Pritchard addressed the senate in support of it, his address being in the nature of a reply to that delivered sov eral days ago by Senator Morgan. Mr. Pritchard said the question involved the peaoe and welfare of the nation aud the stability of oar iustita tions. The constitution guaranteed 10 each state a representative government. If Mr. Morgan's contention prevailed there wonld be pure nullification. He said the Democrats of North Carolina were attempting to deprive certain citizens of gnarunteed rights, just as the Democrats of Louisiana had done. Mr. Pritohard said that if Senator Morgan was right, thou the Democratio party onght to have the courage to propose the abrogation of the fifteenth amendment, whioh gives the negro the right of franchise. Ha said the adoption of the proposed amendment to the North Carolina const itution would souod the (leatliknell to the aspira'ioas of every Zab Vance Democrat in tho state. While it was claimed that the object of the proposod amendment was to disfranchise thousands of white and black citizens and thus create an officeholdiug class, there could be no fear of negro domination in North Carolina, declared Mr. Pritcbard, because the whites outnumbered the blacks two to one. He regarded the attempt to amoml the ooustitution as an effort to legalize the fraudulent methods of the Democratio ptny. NEGRO POSTMASTER QUITS. Chcraw Agog Over the Appointment of His Successor. Chekaw, S. 0., Jan. 23.?Cheraw is 11 agog ovor the appointment of a postmaster. M. D. McFarlan, a negro lawyer, who held the place onddr Harrison, and who was ousted by Cleveland and reappointed by McKinlov when he went in, has for some canse resigned, and for several days the race for his place has been kept lively both here and in Washington. It was thought an appointment would be made last wesk, bat some hitoh exists at the capital. Delegations, letters, telegrams and petitions have been the order of the day. The applicants as far as known here are 11. E Highlaud, a negro barber, who hns boon acting as assistant postmaster -;hort while and E. II Wells W A. Benton and W. O. MoCreight. All kinds of rumors are afloat, and all interest is now centered on the contest boing waged at Washington by the stato delegation and others. Alleged Couuteif lt? r In J.ill. Flokexce, S. G., Jau. 22.?John M. Wiso. Jr , a young white man of the Hymausvillo section, in this county. has teen arrested and i? now in jail under a cuarge or counterfeiting. A prej liminary hearing was to have been bald ; Saturday before United States Cominis! sioncr Wulter H. Wells, bnt important witnesses could not be obtained and the ! hearing was adjournad to next Thnrs day. Spurious coins have been circulated hero quite troely lately and the dopuiy marshal thinks he has ono of a party of several who are implicated. Cleveland mid 1'nrty henve. Georgetown-, S. C., Jan. V3.?ExPresident C'cvoland, Captain Robloy D. Evans, U. S. N.f Captain P. B. Lamberton, U. S. N., Commodore E O. Bern edict and General A. G McCook onmc | up from the San tee Gun club preserve! i yesterday nud loft hero at 3 o'clock, i thoir private or being attached to the regular northbound train. Mr. Cleveland is much improved bv the outing, and said that ho had enjoyed himseit exceedingly shooting the flue English luuilards which aoouiid at this season. I'opulht! .tli-ec In April. Rai.E'.gii, Jan. 10 ?Tho Populist committee met hero la6t night and called the 6Ute convention for April 18 at Haleigh. It wai practically deoided to continue the fusion arrangement with the Kepablioans. 'Until**** I Three Papers a Week | * : * FOR ABOUT TME % PRICE OF ONE. I This paper and the Atlanta ^ 9 Twicca^Week Journal for 1 i$1.50l I % Here you get the news of % * the world and all your local * % news while it is fresh, paying * % vory little inoro than one ? if paper costs. Either papor is * 1 well worth $1.00, but by ape- t 5 oial arrangement we are en- f J ubled to put in both of tliom, J -j giving three papers a week t2 lor this low price. You can- ? not equal this anywhere else, | 3 and this combination ib the a % best premium for those who ? jj want a great paper and a |_ 4 home paper. Take those and a | you will keep up with the % 5 times. f Besides general news, the ( 2 Twico-a-Week Journal has \ much agricultural matter f 4 and other articles of special * 2 interest to farmers. It has ? 1 regular contributions by Sam J 4 Jones, Mrs. W. H. Felton, \ 1 John Temple Graves, Hon. f C. IT. Jordan and other dis- ? 4 tinguished writers. 2 Call at ( thia office and leave your ?. subscriptions for both paoers. You f 2 can ret a sample copy of either pe- a 2 per here oq application. # - ? ? Master's Sale. Stale of South Carolina, 1 Court of Com" County of Union. j moa Pleas. J. Clough Wallace, vs. Primus Beaty, et al. In obedience to an order made herein. I will sell at Union, before the court house door, during the legal hours of sale, on salesday, February 5th 1900, the j following lands to-wit: I All that lot, piece and parcel of land, containing one acre, more or less, with the buildings thereon, bounded by Public Glenn Springs Iioad on the South, by Sally Sims on East, by Elizabeth Smith estate on Weal and Annie E. IIill on the North. terms of sale cash. V C. II. Pkakx, Master. Notice to Taxpayers of Union County. I will be at the following places as designated below to assess all person- ] ul property: Union. Jan. 1st to Jan. 27th, 1900. West Springs, Jan. 29lh, " Gibbs, binder's Store, Jan. 80, Cross Keys. Jan. 81st, 44 Sedalia, Feb. 1st, " Goshon Hill, Feb. 2nd " Lockhurt Mill, Feb. 5th, " Adumeburg, Feb Cih, " Kt-lton, Feb. 7tli 14 Jouesville, Feb. 8th, 44 Union, Feb. 9th and lOlli, 44 Carlislo, Feb. 12th *..44 Suntuc. Feb. 18tb 44 Will bo at Union to the 20th of Feb. when the time expires for making returns. All who fail to make their returns in the said time that is fixed by law will be charged 50 per cent. penalty. John G. Fahr, 50?2-20. Auditor. Dr. C. W. A.XTSTJELL, * ? Physician and Surgeon, * Offers his professional services to the people of Union. Office in Bank Building. Leave calls at Union . r\ rv -??- ... W . \Jl Ug VyU. ObUIO U1 liu^ UJ? 1 A."* / 19 for prompt service, 15 41. Dissolution Notice. The firm of J. L. McWhirter & Co., Mas dessolved by mutual content on January 1st, 1900. All persons indebted to the firm will please call and make prompt settlement to J. L. McWhirter who wiii continue the business at the old stand and solicits a continuance of the liberal patronage enjoyed by the firm in tbejpast. All persons holding claims against the firm will prcpent same to J. L. McWhirter. . * J. L. McWhirter mi TT . 1-. 14. JM Jonesvillc, S. C. 3?8t. . ELECTION NOTICE. J Council Chamber, 1 ;j Union, S. C., Jan. 11, 1900. j 1 1 A petition having been duly presentfym ' to the town council of Union by a ra.ajorit^B ot l be freeholders and freehold voters of a the town of Union, in pursuance of anfl act of the General Assembly of the State, entitled "An Act to authorize all cities3 and towns to build, equip and operate^ I sewerage system, improve the present I water works and build a city hall, pro- H > viding for fire department, calaliooee, etc, I 1 and to issue bonds to meet tbe cost of same," approved March 2, 1890, praying a 1 the construct iou and erection by said ^ ^ town the above ment ioned improvements, yW ; and I lie issue by tbe said town of coupdn bonds to tbe amount of $50,000 to meet the cost of ilie construction of said sewerage system, water works improve-', ment and a city hall, said lionds to bear i iuterest at six per ceiilum (?r annum and puyable forty jvara after date with privilege of redemption after twenty vears from date; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the town council that tha petition is signed by a majority of the freeholders uud freehold voters of the U>WB. It Is Oudf.rfd That the question of the issue of said bunds Ijo subtuittfd to the qualifled registered olectoiajTof the town of Union at an election to he bold for the puijHwe on February 9, 1900, at thocouit home in sai i town, and tbat <V. L. Gulp, .Jesse H. Ilix and M. I? I .em aster be, and are hereby appoiuted iiHiuiRe.s of elect ion to conduct the election. The polls will tw opened at 9 o'clock p. n> , and closed at C o'clock a. un, and the election will lie conducted in accordance with the laws of force governing lounicip l election*. The Municipal Supervisor of registrai ion shall furnish the managers of elec an with the U>ok or books of registrai.ion fur the mo of the said managers. All electors not heretofore registered iuay itjp'.y to the Municipal Supervisor, v M Hice, Jr. K. 'J., for legistrmtion itccoidmg U? 1 lectors desiring to vote for the issue ?( Kind* will de|put a ballot having writ ten or printed thereon, or partly ttiiiirn htim paiuv |?iluted ih- following: 4 Iwme of $">0,000 coupon b Dili by town ; Union for construction of sewerage improve the present wain works itid build a city ball, providing for Qre department, calaboose,etc. Yes," Those dvshingto vot?* against the issue of bond'i vill d.-pw-it a like ballot having the won! No" theiennfiusb-ad of ''Yes." Ilefoie opening th>* polls the managers shall take ao oath fairly ami impartially to conduct the election. Immediately after closiug the polls the uueiinera will proceed to count the votes ki public, and luake a full report of the g Uctiou and the result iu writing to the * own council. D.-ne and ratified bv the city council assembled, 1th day of Jan. 1900. I Attest ] 4. 11. JIodokk. W. D. Arthur. Mayor. Clerk and Treas. 3-81