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WALHALLA, S. C. :
Til lt HMD AIT i I'li ll. s, moo.
LATEST FROM KENTUCKY.
Negotiations aro ponding looking lo a
settlomont of tho questions in disputo
without resort to further force. A
ponce couforonoo was hold al Louisville
Tuesday botweoii seven representative
Domocrnts and Republicans, lt resulted
in a treaty of pence hoing signed whereby
dov. beckham, Democrat, will he de
clared elected, and (?ev. Taylor, Repub
lican, will withdraw. Tho militia shall
bo removed from tho Slate capital al
once, and tho Legislature convened al
frankfort instead of London. Hopuhli
oan otllcials shall not he prosecuted for
treason or usurpation. Conditions shall
romain in statu ?p?o until Monday next,
when legislative action will Le taken
carrying out the agreement. Lut (!ov.
Taylor has refuse?! to sign Hie agree
ment, and domauds lime for its consid
eration. Still it is Iud ie vc? 1 ln> will
ac?piiese, ami a peaceable solution be
roached. _
WALHALLA S SEMI CENTENNIAL.
In another column will he found a
timely article hy Mr. V. I.. .Norman
making some appropriate suggestions
relativo to the. celebration ol the semi
COiitonnial ot the founding of Walhalla.
Wliy should not something of the kimi
ho ?lone'.' Lot ovory citizen of thc town
ponder this ?piestion. and the more it is
consi?lore?l the moro lilting (lu; cehdira
tion will ho soon to he.
Tho erection of a handsome inonu
mont to the moinory of Gen. .lohn A.
Wagenor, the loading spirit of the (Jor
man Settlomont Society, ami his co
laborara, through whose intluenee Hie
town was established, would Lo only a
tardy tributo to departed w on h. Tin
town owes it t?> its?dl to honor thc
memory of its founders in some endear
ing manner, and surely no more titting
season could bo found. Thc time which
marks tho parting of theeenturies would
also become memorable as marking a
half century of corporate existence for
tho town.
Who shall start the movement'.' Wc
hope to seo Mr. Norman take the lead.,
and wo boliovc every citizen will follow.
Ami no time should bo lost in getting I?,
work, lt should liol bo ?lone in a shal
low, indifferent, perfunctory manner.
'Tworo better not done at all than in
snell away: but, when once the people
?if Walhalla become interested in thc
matter, there will he no lagging behind,
and united action will insure siieeess.
lad the good wol li proceed. We pi oin
iso to ?lo our full share ami help the en
terprise along in every way we can. The
more wo thin!; about it Ibo more we
think it should he done. We thank Mr.
Norman for his ti mel v suggestion. May
it hear much fruit.
Gov. Goobel Dies.
KUAN K KI ?KT, Kv.. february Tho
bullet lirod hy an unknown assassin last
Tuesday morning ended the life of Cov
ornor ( ?oohel at il. h", o'eh.ek t his evening.
Tho only persons at the dea'.hhed were
Governor Cobel's sister, Mis. I'.ra un
acker, and bis brother, Anbin Coclud,
of Cincinnati, who have hoon in ot mst ant
attendance al < lo vernor Corbel's bedside.
.1 list us ( i oche!, a liol her hr. > I lui , who has
boen hurrying from Arizona as fast as
Steam would carry him in a vain hope ol
roaching his dying lind bei in time fm
some token of recognition, arrived folly
minutes loo late, < ?xygeii was fie
ipiontly administered lin- dying mau'
during the afternoon in an ell.nl I., keon
him alive al least uni ' his brothel s
arrival, but in vain. I', y the. rind irony
of fate, the train on which .1 list us < ?oobol
was traveling to frankfort was delayed
Bb yeral hours from various causes, and 1
when Mr. (ioehol linally reached h. ic, il \
was only to learn that his luotbci was'
. lead.
Before Coolie! died ho wa- MVHI n in as !
Governor of Kentucky and issued two
proclamations ono of them disbanding j
! ?ie i -oops mobilized in frank lin t. Only
part t f thc troops ohoyod his eider.
Kxactly om- hour after the death of
Mr. Conbul, Acting Cover. ,1. c. w .
lice kham was sworn in as i.oveinoi el
the Stale, thc oath hoing administered j
by S. .1. shacklofoi il, Clerk ol tho Court
?d A ppoals.
I MISS i ll I ll. I I.,
WT: Ll.sro .\, OHIO, february:'.. < >u a
late train from I renton las! night then
carno a stranger, w ho said he was in I
frank foil the day Senator Cnohol was:
sliot. "My name is Hodman," be said.
"I know all about the si.lingot Coo bol.
I can tell you plan ly I hat . people \
ni'O away oil if they thud, thal Taylin .>i
the Republican ?arty had anything to do j
willi thc shooiii g, A trap has hoon set j
for a long time and I !.ppm! un i ! y aux- ,
ionsly awain il to kill Conbul foi his kill j
i Hg of .lohn Sanford, and thc parly who
II red tho shot was a near friend and inti j
maddy connected willi Sanford, lt was
to avengo Sanford's ?lealli thal Ibo polili '
cal situation was taken advantage of tor .
HlO shooting. The idea that the .hool '
ing ?gime from Ibo second story ol ldc
State Mouse is all rot."
"I think I would go crazy w i I h pain
were it not. for Chamberlain's fain'
Halm," writes Mr. W. II. Stapleton, of
Herminio, l'a. "I have been alllicled
with rheumatism for several years ami:
have tried remedies without number. Kui
f.on Halm is the hesl medicine I ban
got bold of." One application relieves I
the pain, for sale by .1. W. Roll, Wal j
halla; ii. R, /.immcrinuu, Westminster:
W. .1. Lunney, Seneca.
--
Small Hill Causes Murder.
Li i.v u.i i , Ti \ , I . hi nary ;;. \ fatal
shooting affray occurred hen- at .'?o'clock
this af lei noon. As an-.ult li. li. Tem
picton, a well known saloon man, lies
dead at his homo, and Julio \\ . Wilson,
a clerk in a shoe store is in ?ail chai ..cd
with thc crime. Tin; altercation came
up over tho payment ol a small bill,
which had been piescntcd In Templeton
Alli! which he claimed to have paid
WILL Tilt LEGISLATURE REMAIN IN SES
SION AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHING?
OUR REPRESENTATIVES URE ANXIOUS
To Gol Dow? to Hard Work-Major Dendy
Coves a Resume ol llio Week's Work.
CHM Min.\, february 5.-Kditors Cou
rier; Another legislativo wook is now
past ami gone, and it does not Boom to
mo (hat we have much in the way of sub
stantial resid?s lo show for it. Tho
whole ol' (he law-making machinery
drags heavily, and (ho session thaws ils
"weary length along" and accomplishes
but little. Some members donut like to
be reminded thal we arc doing little or
nothing, ami become ipiilu indignant
when exhorted hy sumo restless and
impatient follow-mombor that wo aro
killing lime.
My colleague, Mr. Vernor, ono night
during Ibo pasl week, in an appeal to the
House to use greater diligence in prose
cuting the work of the session, made use
of very strong and forceful language on
the subject, and the next day in a parlia
mentary tilt over some question that
arose in thc proceedings nf the day, he
was taken severely to task by one of Hie
most prominent members of tho House
for his assn m pt ion of dictation of mel hod
in the progress of business. Mr. Ver
tier, however, did not recede from thc
position he bad assumed, and maintained
himself well.
The motto of tho Assembly seems to
be "lo make haste slowly," mid sonic ol
the slat .sinen hort seem to think that
"bioad tires" would help the business
along. These are usually gentlemen from
the middle and lower sections of UK
Slate, while the members from thc U)
country--the Piedmont section of (lu
State-are almost a unit against tin
bro:;J tire business- -al least for our sec
tion ol' the Stale.
Thc Senate, during tho pasl week, hail
passed the bill to regulate the width ol
the tires of vehicles in this State, ami
refused to allow any counties lo bi
excepted from the operations thereof
and coining up in Ibo House a motion tt
strike oui thc enacting words was sus
tamed by a vote of .">:! yeas lo IS nays
whereupon thc friends of tho measure in
the House called for a division ?d' tin
(piestion, and were then willing to allow
sm !i counties as desired to he exempted
from Ibo operation of the law; and si
(lu matter stands-not yet dually dis
posed of. We did not think it wouh
I snit thc clay road beds of < leone?', an?
recorded our votes against it. At Hu
same time wc were willing to allow tlx
middle and low counties to experiment
with i: if they desire, bul refused to lum
ii force?! upon our people against theil
consent.
Prof. I lolmcs, tho stale < icologisi ol
North Carolina, who delivered a loolurt
on "good loads" herc recently, did not
claim for broad tires any very great
advantages over the narrow, ext .'pl upoi
thc McAdam road bed. and Hie trend ot
Iiis talk was thal the counties shouh
lirsl prepare thc road bcd and then us?
tile broad liri' for all vehicles. To con
strue! thc McAdam road bed it rc? pl i rc
?.lay, sand ami tho crushed stone, whici
he admits is very expensive at lirsl. bu
will pay in liie end. All of which is, m
doubt, true, bul md. adapted lo Hie cou
?1 if ion of om section of I he State.
The Senate bas also passed and sen
over to us (he Muylicld dispensary bil
as a substituto for tho Hiaydim bill
which I mentioned heretofore. The bil
passed in the Senate eliminates all Un
a< ! ni i nisi i at ion features of dispensar;
control hy thc State ?dlicials or appi uni ce:
>.i thc (inventor, and provides tor Un
election "I ti Stale whiskey comiiiis.sionei
and a hoard of control, consisting o
three persons, one of Ihem lo he elcctci
hy th?1 Se?alo and I wo bj I lie I louse, ii
?mlcpcmhnil bodies, and provides tba
all bills lo furnish Stale "rog shall bi
Ided and ..pened in public, so thal all He
people nm) know just what is going in
in the Slate's gr?ai whiskey business, am
pr. sci ?hes a number ol' other changes
lending lo relieve the system ol pas
infamy, ll I he dispensary is t<> he cnn
lilllled I have II., dollbl Hos bill, ?
ena. led, will I?- a great improvement ot
the law as ii now ex isl s.
\n elforl is being mad.- l<> lake up al
Hie dispensary bills al onetime, and i
the House shall ad.-pt th. Se?ale '.?I! a
a substitute lor all the others, which
believe will be I h.- ri'suli, even will
a nunc I men l s. il will greatly mirlad Ih
discussion nt this vexed (piestion ill III
House. The un a ure embodies the wis
doiu ol Ibo Semite on the subject u
liiplo] ,i.nli..1 hy Ibo Stall-, and wa
passed willi practical iiuaniinily hy Ilia
body, and it lins sho wm ils d?termin?t io
t" divorce il from Ibo Stale administitt
timi hy providing thal no Stale ollie?!
shall in a member "1 the Male Hoard ii
I out roi. I regard il as almost cotai
' li.it t he --male hill w ill he adopted h
lin- ll..iisi with ..nie umotiilmelils, j
may he ami will bceoiiiu Ibo law. Pr?
Ininti,m ami local option in any form ar
i tupi act ?cable in this (?enera! Assembly
The 11. > 11 e w ill iud even permit th
sale ? ? I domestic wines, and on last Mon
dav killed a bill to regulate the sal
Iheicol ?n ipianlities not less than on
gallon, as was proposed hv amciidmcii
?II the ?Hieres) ol' grape growing, as on
<>l I he i .i 11.1 url i ve i ni I list rios of I he .Mat?
I he prohibition bill introduced hy Mi
Prince, i >t ,\ ndeisoii, in pu i sun ncc ot th
sen! i mei 11 of Hie majority of Hie v??tei
1.1 his county in the last primary eic?
I uni was killed by a very dei hied vote i
-n yeas lo nays: and the local opt io
bill of Mr. Ashley, ?d tho same count}
will meet a similar tale. I ha vc no don bi
e. heiievei il is pi i .-sed (fi a vole. Thu
we -ec that Ho re is no system of lupin
control let; u^ bul the dispensary.
The two Houses ul the ?.encl.il Assen
bly met ill i < . i 111 assembly on friday las
md elected ti II dees foi the val ions Mal
in Ululions.
lillie directors nf the penitent hu
w ere elected, as follows : I lr. M. I ?. Kow
land, ni M,' o tallinn ., lo succeed T. .
Cunningham as chairman ol thc h..an
lui the two yeal lei in, Senator Love, i
I hester, and W. I>, Man?, ol Ahhevilh
Seven !: e.: teca ! Ibo Sont li Carobil
( olh-ge .lillian Mitchell, sr., ni Charlo!
Inn : John T. '-h.an and I. I . \\ ilhcrs,.
'ohimhin .1. .1. I >.r. is, nf < hangi-hui;
Kobe 11 Mai lai 'an. ot I (arlington : VV. I
'. Hales, ol 1 n aiigidnirg, ami C. K. S pei
.er, id <i orkville.
Seven titislces ol Winthrop Sonni
'ollcge Senator I!. H. Tillman, Will
Innes: C. A. Woods, ..i Marion; W. .
;."l.t. y. ol Cock Hill: \. M. bee, i
harhstoii; T. A. ('lawford, ..I Ibu
I di. and I >i. Iv S. .litynes, ..! I oluillbi;
Tl uslces fol ' h m-.mi I 'ollcge, 111
...aid ol v isilol H of I he Stale Militai
Academy, ut Charleston, und trustees
for tho Statu Colored Normal College, at
Orangcbur^, weir, lo liaw boen ulcoted,
but tho legislative day was consumed in
tho other elections, ami tho elections for
tho threo last named institutions ?.'oro
set for Thursday, ?th instant.
Tho bill to amend tho road law so as
to allow poisons in Oeoneo subject to
road duty to pay a commutation tax of
$2 instead of four days' work, has passed
tho House and boen ordered sent to tho
Snnate, ami will no doubt becomo tho
law, thus providing that our people may
pay or work, as they prefer.
Also, tho bill to validate the election
of Intendant and Wardens of thc town
of Walhalla passed its second reading.
Tho bill to authorizo tho County' Hoard
of County Commissioners of Oeoneo to
unite with the authorities of Haborsham
county, Coonda, in rebuilding tho Pra
ther Illidge, across the Tugaloo river, if
in their judgment tho same is necessary,
wise and proper, passed its third read
ing in tho House.
Tho dr.to of final adjournment has not
yet been fixed. Tho joint committee of
the Senate and House, appointed to
inquire and report whether this session
is limited to forty days under the Con
stitution, stood 12 for such limit and 12
against, it. So the question will have to
bo determined by the Assembly itself,
the joint committee dividing equally on it.
The supply and general appropriation
bills have not yet been presented by tho
Committee on Ways and Means. These
measures always provoke a heated dis
cussion and consume a considerable
amount of time, but still I think it is tho
disposilii ii of tho Assembly to adjourn
within tho forty divs' limit, and I still
believe that it will be accomplished, not
withstanding the slow progress of tho
work of Ibo session.
Tho bills to amend and chango tho
State pension laws wore taken up on
friday and discussed at some length.
Tho debate on them was adjourned unid
to-morrow ( Tuesday), when, I think, tho
Hatton bill, prepared at thc request of
thc committee of Confederate eterans,
will be adopted with, perhaps, a few
amendments. This bill abolishes town
ship boards, ietains cornily and Slate
boards, and provides >S per mont li for
"Class A"-thal is, soldiers who lost in
service both anns, both legs, otc, : for
Class ll, those who lost ono arni or log,
etc., sii per month, and Class C, which
includes all other persons entitled to
pensions, s. I per month, and proscribes
a number of other changes and regula
tions, the object being lo purge the pen
sion rolls and relieve them from all per
sons not entitled or unworthy of tho
State's bounty, and better provide for
the needy and deserving ones.
Your paper for past week has not
reached mc yet. S. P. l)i:.\nv.
There is no better medicine for thc
babies than Chamberlain's Cough hem
edy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and
ol?cctual cues make il a favorite willi
mothers and small children, lt quickly
cures their coughs and colds, preventing
pnoumoni;i or other soi ions cons?quences,
ll also cures croup and has been used in
lens ol' thousands of cases without a sm
gie failure so far as we have been able li
learn. ll not only cures croup, bul
when given as soon as the croupy congi
appears, will prevent tho attack. Incase;
of whooping cough it liquefies the tongi
mucus, making it easier to expectorate
and lessens the severity and frequency ol
tho paroxysms of coughing, I luis ilepri V
ing that disease of all dangerous cotise
quencos, l'or sale bj .1. \V. Hell, Wal
halla: ll. H. Zimmerman, Westminster
NV. J. Lunney, Seneca,
Ben Hilliard Kills His Father.
CAUTKUSVII.I.K, CA., february I.-Las
Thursday, al noon, at Manley's school
house, two miles above lloyslotl, Ucl
Hilliard, about seventeen years of age
shot and killed bis falber, .?oberl lld
Maul, falber and son had quarreled
ami thc young, man b-l't home. Iii
father, armed willi a Winchester, fol
lowed, making threats against Hon. Tin
boy feared his father would kill him
and he went to I ho school house, wileri
his uncle, I). A. Starr, is teacher, am
where his little brother is a pupil. liol
had been in the school house lint a short
t ?me, w ben his father appeared and drc\
his gun on him. The boy grab1 "d hi
li 11 lc bi ol bei and held him up. e.ipili;
that this would proven! the old ina
from dring. When he saw bis fathe
was del il lumed to kill him, Hen quick!;
pul his brothel down, and drawing ;
pistol, shot bis father, who. SUITOlllidc
by thc school children, soon expired
No arrest has been made. The youiij
tu in made tm attempt lo osi ape, as h
s-.ys In- fired lo save his own life.
i.'obt. ! lillian! is well know II in lin
Kail' I 'lay sect ion of this (i icoiiee) count v
S. ( '.
Secret of Beauty
is health. Thc secret ofhcalth i:
the power lochtest and assim
Hate a proper qnanity of food
'I his can never l>c done whei
thc liver does not act it's pilli
Do you know this r
Tull's Liver Pills arc an abso
lute (tire dir sick headache, dys
pepsia, sour stomach, makiri;;
cons!i|>ai ion, I< irpid liver, pile*
jaundice, bilious fever, bilious
ness and kindred diseases.
lilli's Liver Pilli
Mouilla io Host New..
Mot M AIN I.KS I . Kelli na ry ,;. Th
weather of the pa.-.I week has'beeii vol
e? dd. The mercury stood al /er. I li
lu >t day of I'elu nary.
Hov, ll. M. Sander's lilied his appoint
tneiii at I lou ldc? Springs on Saturday, lui
was rained oui ou Sunday.
Hov. ll, I.. I lilllie .sill pi each Sunda'
february lilli. This is Ibo. Duffie
.second a ppm ii I men I here, ami we Inq
that Iheie will bea large and eiiconrai
mg audience present, ll is lo he hope
Hie members ol the chilli ii will lleaitil
co op?rale with theil pastoi m his elforl
to budd up I be chin ch and il s cause i
I li is comm unit y.
Miss Dora Vissage, of \\ helslone, \vh
has been seriously ill with pm mooni,
is cou va leseen I.
Mr. Waiien, who reside!. Mr. \\
T. Karney's place, is quilo au aneiei
specimen ol humanity, hoing ninety foi
sens old. ile ?s partly paralyzed an
ilmosl helpless.
Olli cleve, post III isl IC ., Ml s. Ubini
Ki own, has been quite sick with 1
; rippe.
11 seems I hat some of I lu- yi. l ido
ire "wearing Ibo willow." | snppio
hal the absence of certain young nu
'Xphiius the eausc. ( lipid plays mai
pier pi auks any w ay.
li seems thal some tm-o are spending
gn at deal ol energy discussing a con
i.natively unimportant que.lion. ,\
for us we I IMIIK Hie I .c-islul ure ought I
Jive the people the choice of Wolkill
om days on Ibo road oi paying I wo do
a rs. A rin ns
THE FARMERS OF OCONEE HOLD AN EN
THUSIASTIC MEETING.
INTERESTING AND IPI TALKS
Woro Mado by Roprosontativo Farmors and
Business Mon - Resolutions Adopted.
Pursuant to a call tho farmors mot in
tho Court House at Walhalla on the 5th
instant, arni woro called to order by Mr. C.
lt. 1). burns, who stated that tho mooting
was hold at tho instance of tho President
of tho Stale Allianco, to consider tho
fertilizer trust and deviso sumo means
for its overthrow.
On motion tho mooting was organized
by tho election of the Hon. J. !.. Smith,
chairman, and lion C. H. 1). lluras, Sec
retary.
Mr. .1. ll. Pickett first addressed tho
meeting, urging tho importance of union
among tho farmers in order to socuro
recognition of their rigdits. That the
condition in South Carolina was that wo
owned the phosphato bods, and also tho
convict labor, and that wo were leasing
t hom out and not receiving more than
ono-Hf th their value; ami ho urged that
wo memorialize tho Legislature now in
session to enact some measure into law
that will put tho convict labor in tho
Stale to mining and manufacturing acid
phosphate, and sell the same at cost to
tho farmers of tho State.
Mr. C. h. 1). Purus stated that Senator
Connor, of Orangeburg, bad introduced
such a bill in tho Senate, and after soino
discussion had been indefinitely post
poned on tho grounds that it would in
volve considerable expenditure of money,
and that there wan no demand coming
from tho farmers of tho State asking for
such legislation.
J. ll. Sanders, Kso , wanted a central
meeting held in tho State, w hore tho far
mers could have tho united voice and
aol ion of every county in consideration
ol this fertilizer question.
Capt. .I.C. Neville mado ono of the host
speeches in tho mooting. Ho was heart
ily in favor of tho Connor fertilizer bill.
He slated that tho greatest opposition to
tho bill was tho cost involved in estab
lishing a fertilizer plant. Ile also stated
that ho had seriously contemplated, in
company with others, to form a joint
stock company, lease tho State Peniten
tiary and convicts for a number of years
and mino and manufacturo fertilizer;
that the probable cost of a plant would
be $150,000. The amount of fertilizers
consumed in tho Slate was about
.<::,:.(il),not) that tho taxes wore nearly
$2,<XiO,OnO and that if this bill to mine
tho phosphate rock and manufacture
fertilizer was passed il would pay all
our State taxes and enrich tho soil so as
to make it twice as productivo. Ho said
il would bo well to pass a resolution,
urging the Legislature to take some ac
tion: that it was too late to accomplish
much this year, but w ould help to get tho
farmers out of the clutches of tho
guano trust next year. Ho did not have
Hinch faith in tho Legislature doing
iniich more than kill time at tho rate of
s I per day. lt took two weeks last year
wrangling and debating to ;ot Hu. Pal
metto tree olT of tho dispensary bottles,
and then bragged about what a chango
they had made in the dispensary law.
(Applause.)
Mr. .1. .1. Keilli stated that no motion
or resolution had boon presented, and
thal he wanted tho fanners to take ac
tion to-day.
Mr. c. lt. I). Horns moved that a com
inilteo of live be appointed hy thc chair
man lo draft resole.ions embodying tho
ensc of (ho meeting as expressed, and
thal a copy ol' the same bc presented to
mu* members in tho (Jouerai Assembly,
urging thom to co-operate in securing
thc passage of tho Connor hill for Hu*
relief of the fa1 mers.
Thc chair appt.intel Messrs. C. lt. I).
Kurtis, ,1. P. Kick di, .1. C .'ovillo, .1. lb
Karlo and S. P. Sfribling, Ibo commit
tee retired, and, in a sholl while, sub
mitted Ibo following report:
Wc. your committee appointed lo
draft resolutions lo be presented to the
Legislature by our members of tho (?en
era! Assembly, beg lease to submit the
following :
I tesol ved, That we heartily endorso
thc plat' for the i ii :i 11 ii I :i i-l ii rc and sale of
commercial fertilizers as embodied in
the bill Introduced by Senator Connor,
ol Oraiigeburg. In our judgment it is
now imperative upon the State to wilie
draw all hire of convict laboral tho ex
piration of present cont rads, and t hat.
Hie same ho utilized foi (he mining of
phosphate rock and manufacture of
commercial fertilizers, lo he furnished
lo tho farmers of the Male at the lowest
possible cost, and thal al thc expiration
ol present contra?is all of tho phosphate
beds bc reclaimed and mined only by the
Stale.
Kcsolved, further, That the Legisla
tine bc urged to take immediate action
to thwart the impending danger"!' the
fertilizer trust.
c. K. I). Ilruxs,
('hairman of ('emmittee.
Mr. Wm. M. Kennell moved to amend
he resolution by adding thal "All fann
ers who left Ibo Mliance without, being
demitted he reqniied lo pay tho trust,
prices for all the guano they used, and
lo work in the phosphate mines twelve
months free of charge'' (Laughter.)
lion. .1. li. Kaile addressed the meet
ing in reference to Hie resolutions, ex
plaining. Hie provisions of tho Connor
foi lilizer bill.
On motion, the r?solu!'.ons wore unani
mously adopted as presented.
I in mot hui of M r. .1. .1. Keil h il w as
ordered thal the full proceedings of Hie
meeting be handed the county papers
with tho request thal they publish the
'ill tue.
( hail man .1. L. Smith made a talk on
Hie advantage ol' farmers buying Ibo in
i;roiliouls and doing their own mixing:
dial il could be Hone in a wagon bods,
icing a hoe and shovel; thal two good
hands could mis and sack live tons per
las. The loi ninia he used ssas:
I ,'.'uo pounds of acid phosphate.
Con pounds of colton seed meal,
?'no pounds ol kahlil.
C >? !. A. H. I'.llison also staled that he
had used the formula in thc same way
Mi. Smith had, but, by experimenting,
he had found I hal by Using
I. loo pounds <>f acid phosphate,
.'im pounds of dried blood,
gull pounds of cotton seed meal,
loo pounds of min ?ale of potash,
i.'pi oem ed a goods thal analyzed1.),.!
mil ' percent, ami, from actual tesl,
hscovcrcd thal on thc same laud he
-mild gather'-'"il? pounds ol' seed colton
noic per a. ic than with Hu- oilier foi
nula. Ile said farmers generally were
iuilmg out thal il paid lo do their own
ni xing.
Mr. .lohn M. Oillison nexl ad. essed
he meeting. Ile regretted thal the
.'oin! House ssas not crowded with
ai mils. IK aid he would lib? to lake
i hand primary ami see all ss ho ss ere
iieml'i'i- ot ?le- Alliance, and llit-n sen
all who woro onco incmhorH, and I*
would of itself ?how why trusts woro
oigauiziug tu oppress Ibu far mors. Ho
said it looked Uko tho old saying thnt
farmers won't stick togothor was true;
that if tho farmers wore united as they
woro tot? years ago, whoa they mudo
Tillman Governor and sent him to tho
United States Senate, they could do any
thing they wanted to. Ho said ho had
no disposition to injure tho merchant or
any other elass; all ho wanted waa to get
what ho earned and what ho made. Ile
wanted tho farmers to purchase guano
on a cotton option-givo ?100 or '525,
pounds of lint cotton for a ton of fertili
zer. If all tho farmers in tho South
would do this thoy could, hy having the
guano companies hold tho amount of
cotton to pay for their guano, help the
farmers to advanco it? prico. Some wore
afraid to take cotton options, for this
last year tho ju ice of cotton would cause
tho guano to cost about throe or four
dollars moro por ton than it would cost
if paid for in money. I lo said ho was
willing for this, because as tho merchant
got moro for his fertilizer, ho would get
moro for tho rest of his cotton. If the
prico weld down tho merchant would
got loss, so that both made or, lost
together, as the case might ho, and thal
to take tho average price of cotton for
ton yoars would work no disadvantage
to the farmer or the merchant lo adopt
the colton option in buying fertilizers.
Ile was asked by Mr. Aldrich: "What
would tho mountaineers, who could
raise no colton, do to get their guano?''
He replied that "they could give so
much corn for so much cotton, and if
that could not hi* done handy, they could
work at night in some of their hollows
and coves and make whiskey, and get the
money to buy il. Ile had never seen
Unit fail lo sell yoi." (Applause.)
Mr. lt. 1:. Aldrich was I he last speaker.
Ile slated that ne saw in tho papers that
the Wando Phosphate Co., o.' Charleston,
was thc only company in this Slate that
had not been absorbed by tho trust, and
that ho thought tho farmers should
patronize this company, make terms and
prices with it, irrespective of tho trust
juices; that hy such action the trust
could he overcome.
On motion of .1. H. Sanders, Ks*j., the
meeting adjourned.
An Editor's Life Saved hy CliAliiber
laln's Cough Hemet?Vt
During the early part of October, 1MH5
I contracted a bad cold which settled on
my lungs and was nculcctcd until I
feared thal consumption had nppoarod in
an incipieut slate. I was constantly
coughing and trying to expo! something
which I could md. 1 became alarmed,
ami, after giving the local doctor a trial,
bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and the result was immediate
improvement, and lifter I had used three
bottles my lungs were restored lo their
healthy state - I!. S. Ktlwards, Publisher
of the Kc view, Wyan!, 111. Kol" sale hy
.1. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. .). bonney
Seneca: ll. lt. Zimmerman, Westminster.
Eleven Hundred Hoers Killed at Spion Kop.
I.ONIION, February !t. - A Ladysmith
dispatch d?chues thc Hoers during the
last week's lighting lost I,ICU killed and
(?00 wounded. Among the killed were
live held cornets. While il has been be
lieved here that the Hoer losses before
and at Spion Kop would prove to be
heavy, there was no thought ol' neb a
terrible total, ll is pointed out Unit
the death roll, I,HM), would explain why
the Hoers made no attcmjit to follow
Cencral Warren when ho withdrew froi
Spion Kop or to harass Huller w hen ho
retired south of the Tug?la river.
Full blown ami sweet as a rose-i'm
young woman who tones uji her system
with Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription.
II isa certain cure for all the ailments
peculiar to tho delicate organization nf
women, ll is perfectly safe in any con
dition of the system and always reliable,
regula! ing t he delicate organs to ]>crl'orm
their work painlessly. Women have sal
low faces, dull eyes, ?hollow cheeks, and
low spirits, w lien suffering from dis
orders, derangements and weakness pe
culiar to their sex. Health is regained,
Aller per io? ls of dizziness, nervous pros
tration, juli ii and excitability, or cither
manifestations of derangement or dis
placement of the. womanly organs, when
the "Proscription" is used.
Suicide Near Anderson.
Mr. .lohn W. Levered, a farmer, who
lives about ten miles front Anderson,
committed suicide last .Monthly morning.
lt was a very deliberate act ; he gave his
sister his money and told her good bye,
and in less than live minutes shot him
self and only lived an hour af 1er. Ile
had once been an inmate ol' the Asylum
and it is supposed his mind became un
balanced again.
I If so, there must be some |
j trouble with its food. Well j
I babies arc plump ; only the j
j sick arc thin. Arc you sure ]
j thc food is all right ? Chil- ?
j dren can't help but grow ; j
! they must grow if their food j
I nourishes them. Perhaps a |
j mistake was n.ade in the j
J past and as a result the di- I
i gestion is weakened. If that j
I is so, don't give thc baby !
j a lot ol medicine ; just usc j
i your every-day common ?
I sense and help nature a j
j little, and thc way to do |
I it is to add half a teaspoon- I
I ful of I
j EMULSION j
j to thc baby's food three or j
I four times a day. Thc gain J
j will begin thc very first day j
? you give it. li seems io t
j correct thc digestion and j
j gets the baby started right ?
I again. If thc. baby is nurs- I
j ing but does not thrive, then :
! thc mother should take thc j
j emulsion, lt will have a i
? good effect both upon the |
j mother and child. Twenty- |
i five years proves this fact. ?
I W ..r,.l ??! .... .ill .if il i; i-, i st 1, I
t MIMI la i\VNI . li. i ., Kew Voile. i
111 -~~ IM --. ? M -~? O - ? * O -?-? ? M -. t O -J
STARTLING D?SGLOSURES.
JAKE COOK TELLS OF THE ROTTENNESS
OF THF ROAD CONTRACTS
In a Had Light-Where tho Money Goes-A
Reply to Loinnions.
KOUT MAIMSON, February <?.-hd i torsi
Courier: Wo aro glad to nco ''Nod Todd''
orawl out from undoi' that nom do plumo
and sign his real name, lie has taken
his little light from uudor tho hilBhol at
last, hut it's Uko rollie-if it was placed
on tho top of Mount Nebo il wouldn't
shine any brighter than a lightning hug
in a blue hottlo.
Mr. 1 .ominous is just about as chango
able as tho weather has huon for tho
past lon days. If Tun Cor HI Kit quoted
him correctly in Iiis first lotter ho cer
tainly ?lid say "it's nothing but right
and just for tho property to work tho
roads." Now ho thinks tho poor niau
who has no property should work thom
ab.o. What is tho causo of this chango
of mind'.' Mo has changed and got on
tho samo lino with us. I don't know
whose preaching has converted him, but
I suppose it was Mr. Vernor's, for I am
no preacher hardly.
Now, Mr. I,ominous, como back to
licad taw. My brother, shoot fair; don't
fudge on us. Tell us why you think tho
properly, which is already taxed I")
mills, should do all tho work on tho pub
lic roads? Thia is tho meaning of ono
part of your liest, letter, and you know it.
Mr. 1,ominous thinks "(iud could not
please mo." We think it is Mr. I.cin
mons who is not salislied this limo. Il
is 'ie who is quarreling with Mr. Veiner.
W * ave pleased with tho road law amend
ment. <;..d has always pleased us, if wo
have not often pleased him. lt is tho
high taxes, tho devil and tho vagabonds
who displease us.
Mr. I,em mons wants us to koop Ihoso
fellows who won't work. Ho says th oro
aro none on his side of tho county, and
he don't want them scattered over Ibo
county.
Now it. seems to ino that tho Legisla
ture and tho laws of lim whole Slate of
South ('andina aro about to fail to make
him work-oven four days in twelve
months. We have boon investigating
among tho lowest class that wo men
tioned in our Mist letter, and we cannot
lind ono among Ibu winde gang who is
too lazy to work on thc public load in
Iiis own vicinity, lt seems thal this gels
pretty ?dose to your lire-side, my brother.
So now, Mr. I .ominous, if th ero aro any
of the remnants of Coxoy's army on your
sido of tho comity, please koop thom
there, and we will try and koop tho
working mon.
Mr. 1,emulous seems to have an idea
that our three Uoprosontal i ves should
work a whole week at four dollars per
day each just lo keep Mr. I .ominous from
working four days in twelve months,
and then our County Supervisor should
work a whole week Hying to arrange his
books and papers jusl for tho purpose of
sending Mr. Luminous' little ono dollar
and lilly cents hack into his vicinity.
Now here is eighteen days work for our
law makers, a cost of about s7">, and six
days, for our Supervisor, all just to koop
Mr. l.eninions from working four days
in twelve months, and that on the public
roads of his own vicinity. This looks
moro like that one-sided business that
lie speaks of than anything that we have
seen.
Mr. Luminous speaks of tho old gray
iinirod citizen who wants the county to
carry him along on 'lowery beds of ease.
Ile says good roads advance tho price of
property. We know that good roads
advance the prico of property, but tho
price docs not advance half as fast as
t ho laxes ad vance. Our property would
not soil for as much to-day as it would
twelve years ago when taxes were not IO
mills. Hut Mr. 1.ominous can't see this.
I suppose it is because other men have
il to pay
We know there is one class of poor
men in our country who have no prop
erty at all, who ave as Hue, honest,
Christian gentlemen ns thoio aro in tho
Slate; lmt we don't (ouch those when
wo speak of vagabonds.
We have worked some limes -IS hours
at a time, half leg deep in snow, without
ealing or sleeping, just to pay for thai
little tarin, which Mr. Len..nous speaks
of, and no?" our county is carrying us
"along.'' a ie says, not on llowery beds
nf ease, but oil \l'A mills taxes. Hilt
once in a while wo lind ii little, single
slazed, jug-headed, I by Johnnie
.lump-up, who will call il llowery beds
ol' ease, and al the same time ho has
probably been educated on this kind ol'
money, and now be is destitute of grati
tude.
What's Ibo reason tho words "un
grateful generation of vipers'' would not
lil in light here'.' "Kqiial rights to all.
I special privileges lo none." This is our
! motto precisely. We thin!', every able
bodied man, rcgardles--. -d' color, age or
size, who ti a."els .he public roads,
should worl thee and not have the
properly taxed to lo al) thu work ; as Mr.
Luminous san1 in bis li rsl. letter, "prac
tice what we preach'" Its very easy loi
ns lo prac!ice what we preach. Mut wc
don't think anybody will ever practice
what Mr. I .ominous preaches, especially
his liist sermon. Ile did better in his j
last sermon, since lie was converted.
"If thou tiri eon verted strengthen thy
brethren."
"Young man's nose lo Hie grind
stone;" We would not attempt to hold
Mr. Luminous' nose lo (ho grindstone.
lt may he (hat his lillie dab of brains
lies in his nose, and if would be a dan
gerous operation. lt is bis skull thal
needs I ho grind rock,
We have a number of while and black
renters on our farms, sonic of whom
have been with ns moro (han len years.
They are honest and upright. We never
have a cross word nor il hard folding,
instead of furnishing them supplies lo
make their crop willi al a hundred per
cent profit, we go with them to the
bunk, stand their security for the cash
money, and when Ibo note is due if they
can't pay il we go and pay il off for
I tli em ami wail w ith them until they can
pay i'. They divide tho. crop. Wo ?lon'I
have to walch (hem. When they want a
hoi se and wagon lo go lo mill, or lo haul
wood, or i ide to lo vu, I hey have not hing
to do bul go lo duke Cook's and hitch up
and go. ii don't inst them anything at
all. This is (he way we grind poor peo
ple's noses. (Miler men have tried s?vi
rai times to gel my rent?is, but (hey stay
mi willi me. 1 suppose they like my
grinding very well. Hui some renters
au-not worthy ol'snell treatment,, espe
cially those who can't worl; four days
in twelve mon)hs without thinking' their
noses are bein?; held lo the grindstone.
Land owners who have such reuters as
these could not alford lo treal, them in
this way. Tin y would be bankrupted,
ll the lenti ls are all alike in the vicinity
of Helical, "Maj the good Lord look
down in lendei mei cy upon the land
owners of thal vicinity, ami save them,"
is ni) prayer, for < 'brist sake.
Wc are liol posted well enough on the
road law to discuss its features as they
should I?, discussed. We only feel the
effects of it. We remember that some
years ago we h.ul a road law winch com
pelled every able bodied man. Loni a
certain agc to a certain age, to work the
road a certain number ot days in each
year. Kxccpl a few, who were exempt
by law, every man would work until the
road was thought lo he good enough and
then go home. A man who did not
want lo work would hire a hand in bis
place. None nf the hands, bosses ol'
commissioners received any pay for their
wink, and it cost nothing, and (here was
H..i halt so Hinch grumbling about the
condition ol the roads then as lhere is
now. Kvery man's work w as put on the
road nearest his home, lind be received
the I.el.elli "t Ids Work,
Hut by ami hy tho people ol some
Hf. Hm DeLong,
of Bchuylorvlllo. N. V.. who norvctl h
Company 10, Oin Vonnont Voluiitoors, lino
oilier foivi lo battle with after lils rotura
from tho lalo war. llo recently vrroto:
"I luve used Dr. Miles' Restorative
Nervine for nervousness brought on by
the use of tobacco and too close applica
tion to business- It gave nie protnp*
relief without leaving any unpleasant
effects. The result was beneficial and
lasting. I heartily endorse it."
DR. MILES'
is sohl hv all druggists ol> guarantee,
tirst b? tile benefits or money bark.
Hook on heart ami nerves sent free.
Dr. Milos Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind.
county, through mistake or otherwise,
happened lo send a man to t ho Legisla
ture who wanted lo do .something and
did liol know what to do or how to do it.
lt is supposed that he happened to moot
wilh tho agent of some railroad corpo
ration who was expecting favors from
tho law-makers in tho future, and they
probably gave him a free pass to ride on
their cars. Then wo soo him board a
palace car ami leave out for Washington,
Now York, Huston, Chicago and all
through tho North western States. On
his return ho thought it. a lino idea to
copy a brand new road law from the
laws of ono of tho richest Western States.
Ile did not have sense enough to know
thal those pooplo in tho Wost were rich
and our pooplo wore poor; those people
have a full treasury, while our treasury
is empty. We just as well expect West
minster io do anything (hal. Now York
could do, an to expect Oconeo county to
do what those counties in tho West
could do. l?ul they passed (ho law and
it was al a I imo when tho farming pro
ducts of our county would hardly bring
cost of production in tho market, ami it.
was found to be so expensive that the
pooplo could not stand it, At tho dose
of tho first year of its operation the
county oflicials found thal they were in
debt two or three thousand dollars. At
tho close of tho next year they were in
debt five or six thousand dollars. They
then asked for one mill extra road tax,
and it was levied. Hut at the (dose of
tho year they wore in debt six to eight
thousand dollars, Then they asked for
one and one ha'i mills extra road tax,
and it was levied, ami still wo are told
that tho county is in debt. The roads
wore advertised last year and were lo
bo worked by contract-a school district
in each contract. Thc system worked
very badly. Wo hoar of ono contractor
who bid ot? three districts at prices
ranging from s-jo to sT'> oneil, We have
boon told by good mon that he did not
spend a single dollar on all three dis
tricts, ami did md work all the free
labor, and in ono of (hose districts l o
only worked about, seven days ami
(hawed $71. This was moro than $10
per day for bis work, besides some com
mutation tax, which was paid in after
tho contract was lot. This tax was also
given to him. Wo hoard of ?mother con
tractor who bid off two districts for $'20
and $7 each. Ile said ho did not spend a
dollar on any of his roads ?md did not
work all those who wore liable to road
duty and had not paid the tax. Ho
drew SL'7. Wo heard of another contrac
tor who bid ot? ono district. Ho said lie
only worked throe days and did liol
work all the free labor. Ho drew sis,
!ih vas moro than $10 per day for his
work. Another contractor said in mo
town that he drew his pay for working
roads that ho had never soon in his life.
Humor says that (inc contractor, w ho had
bid oil several districts, went lo a cer
tain district several miles from home
and began to warn out the hands lo
work the road. Some o'.' those hands
proposed lo pay tho tax rallier Iban
work. Notwithstanding the time had
expired by law, they were allowed lo
pay, and nine of tho mon paid him $1
each. Ile came booie by the way of
Seneca and wont to the dispensary, gol
ona jamboree, spent Ibo s<t and never
did go back to the road again.
Now, under these circumstances, is it
any wonder thal our laxes are high'.' We
don't think '.hese contractors are to
blame. Ol course some of them are tho
very best citizens of Ibo country, They
had made a fair trade, and it was very
natural for them to make the mos) mil
of il they could. Il is Ibo law which is
loo expensive for us. We arc loo poor
for such expense. We were md ready
for il. We crossed Hie bridge before we
got lo it. We know (hal some people
are how ling for progress, but il is bet tol
lo make a step hack (han to fall into the
ditch. .1. A. Coot,.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Debtors aili Creditors.
? Ll. persons indebted to ibo estate
j\ of Caroline Mareil, deceased, are
hereby not ?lied to make payment lo the
unilcrsigi.od, and all persons having
claims against said estate will present
tho same, duly attested, within the time
proscribed by law, or be bat t ed.
K. C. M AK KIT,
A. K. M AK KIT,
Kxeeutors of tho Kslate of Caroline
Mardi, deceased,
february 1, HUH). ?VS
Teachers' Examination.
rill IK examination for Teachers' Cor
1 ti (?cal cs for Oconeo county will be
held at thc Court House on Kinlay, Keb
mary j:'.<l. Kum, beginning promplH al
1? o'clock A. M. There w ill be no special
examinai ions allow ed. All teachers
holding certif?cales thal expire before
October, limn, should bo here on Ibo
abov?date. Applicants arc required to
finnish their own paper, pen and ink.
W. II. I'.AKKON.
Supt-, Kd. ( teoiiee < 'mini \.
Kcbruary 7, HUH?. .'? s
Notice to Taxpayers.
rill K TIM K for making Tax lu
I I. lor I'.mtl w.ll expire Kcbruary .'mb.
Aller this dn'.e the law preset ibes a pen
ally ol .".i! ?.cr cenl for non-relurns, and I
?un directed hy the Comptroller (?enera)
I to say to tho people thal he intends lo
have the Auditorio strictly enforce Ibis
law. So come al once and make your
return. .'. I'. KKKSK,
A editor < icoiiee i 'minty.
Trespass Notice.
A KL .'.rsoiis are hereby warned md
/\ to .ul, llsh, shoot, maro, trap, net,
cut limber or otherwise trespass on any
lands owned by the undersigned. All
persons disregai mg this notice will In
prosecuted lo Ibo full extent ol' the law.
K. O. I Ki I'. KKK.
January 11, Hum. g ?
f^HOICE Vegetables
will always find a ready
market-but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to ob
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of well
balanced fertilizers. No fertil
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least 8% Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish fi:ll
information. We send them
free of charge.
GICRMAN KALI WORKS,
QI Niujau tit.. New York. _
Another Assassination in Kentucky.
KNOXVII.I.K, TKNN., February "2.-A
special to Tim Sentinel from Middle-shorn
says: Hon. Williams. Wright,ux-mem
ber of tho Kentucky Legislature, has
boon assassinated on tho Boones fork of
tho Kentucky river in tv mould.'.io sec
tion about thirty miles from Mid.llos
horo. Five shots were (ired from a
Winchester and two took effect. Tito
identity of the assassin is a inj cry. No
arrests have boon repotted.
Wright was a leading Democratic poli
tician of the section and had bren promi
nent for yours. Ho represented Knott
and Letcher counties.
It is believed at Frankfort that tho
assassination of W. S. Wright, Democra
tic, ex-member of thc Legislature, is an
other indication of the purpose of Repub
lic .ind mon taineers to kill Democrats
wherever limy havo an opportunity, ami
if is feared thal other crimes will ho re
ported as a result of tho high slate of bit
terness thal exists throughout Hm State.
armers
Come to see us before buying your
(?nano, Meal or Acid. We have the
right goods nf thc right pri?es, and
we want your business and will not
he undersold.
Wo have just received a very large
shipmen! of Tobacco, direct from
the factory, without any middle
prolit, that wc can sell you at whole
sale prices.
Titree Hundred Hurrels of Flour
fresh from the mill.
Try our ". d"?A V" FL< )PI{ at s.|
per barrel, lt leads them all. Von
will use no other, n has that sweet
"home-made taste," and yoi as
"light as a feather."
We are having heavy shipments of
Molasses, Coi n and Lacon and all
kinds of tarin supplies daily, and
can compete with any market.
See ns Indore making your con
tra?is. Wo arc prepared to lake
good care of our customers, ami will
supply to the I rad? on time wit h the
proper soenri I y.
M. W.
COLEMAN
?z CO,.,
Seneca, S. C.
I want
Bushels
of
Ear Corn
Delivered at
My
Stable at
50c.
CASH.
T. E.
ALEXANDER,
Walhalla,
S. C.
Trespass Notice.
A LL persons are cautioned not lo
f\ euler our lands with doe n\< gun
mu lo hunt, trap or caleb bird's ur -ann'
ol any Kind. We mean this new and
forever. W. A, STIiOTHKH
. I A M KS I'll I NN KV,
.I- W. IIOLLKMAN,
W. K. KU VIN,
HOH'T A. THUMPS! IN.
February I, pion, -) K
