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BY JAYNE?, SHELOK, SMITH & STECK,
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOV. 28, lOOO,
NEW SERIES, NO. 139.-VOLUME LI.-NO, 48.
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Ader thc Jobs.
Editor E. II. Ault, in tus lotter to the
Newberry Herald and News, from Co
lumbia, makes some interesting com- j
monts on positions to bo tilled by the .
next I.eg'slatnie, Ile says: 't
Tho Legislature will soon be in session, j
Thc candidates for tho various positions ,
aro waging an active campaign. So far .
as I have heard of only three candidates
for Speaker of the House-Hon. W, E. j
Stevenson, of Chesterfield; Hon. E. IL ?
Weston, of Richland, and Hon. (?cn. I-',, j
Prince, of Anderson. The chances seem |
to he decidedly in favor of the election of (
Mr. Stevenson; in fact, I think his olee- v
tion is almost certain. Gon. lt. ll. Hemp- .
hill will be re-elected clerk of tho Sen- c
ate, and Mr. W. H. Stewart reading ,,
clerk. In ?he House, tho dork of the (
last House, (.'td. T. C. Hamer, is to be ,,
Opposed l?y Cen. .J. W. (?ray, of (?reen- j
ville, and Mr. E. W. Higgins, of New- (
berry. There is also a candidate for sor
gcant-at-arins of the Senate from New- ^
berry in tho person of Mr. .1. Fred. (
Schuinpert. He was for four years ono ,v
of tho dom-keepers (d' the Senate, and .
has the advantage of a personal acquaint- |
ance with many of tin; Senators. a
There will also he several candidates
for .Judge I). A. Townsend's place as c
.Judge of the Seventh Circuit; Mr. C. I'. ?
Sanders and Mr. t). E. Hydrick, both of x
Spartanburg, and Col, .1. W. Ferguson, v
of Laurens, are avowed candidates. Mr. ,
Hydrick has just been elected Senator |
from Spartanburg, and Mr, Sanders isa ,
member of the IlOUso from tho samo ,
county. Col. Fei gn-o.j is a prominont
attorney of Laurens ami has roprcsoiltod
his county in thc; Senate, lt has also ,
been suggested that Senator Mower, of li
Newberry, might enter the race. If he
does, he will make it rather warm for
tho follow who heats him. Senator
Mower's ability as a lawyer is recognized
hy all tho members of lin; Legislature, J,
and they all agree tba* lu: is better ll led
for a position Oil the hench. Ol' course
.Judge Townsend will be a candidato to
succeed himself. The present Legisla
ture will have several Judges to elect,
and all of the incumbents, I believe,
whoso terms expire in the next two'
years will have opposition. The man ,
who is in, however, in ordinary cohdh |
tl OU S generally has the advantage From
all that 1 can learn tin rc will he more ;
candidates for tho position ?d' Slate
librarian than any other oflico within thc
gift of the State Legislature-ami they
aro all woroon.
I have heard of no opposition lo Col.
D. J. Griffith as Superintendent of the
State Penitentiary, and it. would he use
less to undertake to oppose him. Ile
makes a good ofllccr and is a gentleman
who is deservedly popular with every
ono.
Holli makers and Circulators of conn
forfeits commit fraud. Honest men will
not deceive you into buying worthless
Counterfeit? of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. The original is infallible for cur
ing piles, injuries, eczema and skin dis
eases. J. W. bell.
Tillman's Danylilcr Very Popular.
Tho Washington Gossip'of Krank bes
lie's Weekly recently contained the fol- ?
lowing: "A serious looking, dark-eyed
girl, not yet twenty, is Miss Anna Till
man, daughter of the (lory orator of
South Carolina, Senator benjamin lt.
Tillman. The Tillmans have not hoon
conspicuous entertainers, hut they have
a little coterie of friends, among whom
Miss Anna is very popular. She is a girl
of domestic tastes, and is her father's
right hand. Sh? ..ssisls him in his cor
respondence, and is one of the lew girls
?I) Official life Who has a well developed
laste for politics. She klloWS all her
ither's supporters and opponents, ami
ca write as vigorous a lot toi*, when oc
casion requires, as her brilliant rather
himself. Miss Tillman, it may easily bo
imagined, is not ofter encountered in the
drawing rooms of the capitol, .she is
usually to he seen in tho modest library
of her father's house, or pondering over
knotty probloms in the dark a roll ives of
the library of Congress."
If you want the best (lour in this conn
try buy Itoxano, highest patent and
baker's Choice fancy patent and you will
keeji peace in your family. J. A- J. S
('arter, Westminster, s. c.
#
An Appeal lo tho Ncipoes.
Columbia, S. C., November ld, Fx
Cnngrossman Itobort smalls has issued
a circular to his race in which he at
tempts to stir up his people on the dis
franohlsomont matter, small wishes to
got a Strong sh?wing made to Congress
at this session so that the representation
may bo Cut down in conformity with the
provisions of Mu; seventeenth amend
ment.
Kev. W. W. HookOthas tiled notice of
Contest in the lust district in which Col.
William K-?liolt has been declared re
elected lo Congress, lt is understood
that s. H. odom, a white Republican,
Will contest the seat ol' J. W. Tolbert,
r iv iv i o II rr ,
McKinley Opposes Reduction in SouthsT Rep
resentation.
Washington, November 17. Tho ophi
on is growing among public mon, who
ire in thc conlidcncc of tho President,
hat. he will oppose any movement look
ng to a reduction of Congressional rcp
csentation of tho Southern States, on
iCOOUlit of charges of tho disfranchiso
ncnt of colored voto rs. Tho President
s said to be opposed to reviving ill feei
ng, which ho thinks would result in a
? ill thus touching the South's suffrage
le has been told from many sources re
lent ly that an important element of
Southern business men, manufacturers
md others, is at heart with tho Kopubli
ans, and that the nucleus of a future
evolution against existing political mo
hods in tho South has been securely
istablishcd and should not be dissipated
ry legislation that would bo regarded by
ho South as sectional.
On account of tho President's attitude
lune is a growing opinion that legisla
lon looking to tho reduction of the
Southon) representation will not -bo
tressed by party leaders in Congress,
ii this connection it is suggested1 that,
my notion with refluence to the sutfrage
if thO South in advance of tho adoption
d' a definite policy in thc Philippines,
night throw soino embarrassment in the
vay of tho proper disposition of the citi
zenship rights of thc Filipinos, and
norcover it is felt that the government
1:1s as much as it can do deal with now
vithout getting into a contention over
lomostic a (Tai rs.
Von can't afford to risk your life by
illowing a cough or tv cold to develop
lit? pneumonia or consumption. One
dimite Cough Cure will cure throat and
ung troubles ?pucker than any other
.reparation known. Many doctors use
t as a specific for grippe. It. is an in
lllllblo remedy for croup, Children like
t and mothers endorse it. J, \Y. Hell,
Blind Tigers.
Covcrnor Mcsweeney is writing to the
nayors of thc towns in the State to know
I' there is any need of sending constable?
o stir ont the blind tigers. Tho replie:
cceived so far are to thc effect that the
II tin ici pal authorities aro doing very
.veli in the mal ter and tue keeping the
ongles hot with shelling. We havo no
loutit but that nundi more could be done
han is lieing done, but we like the Gov
.nun's idea of making the cities take
.are of the law, and the people are show
ng their appreciation of the samo, lt
tooms to us that, public sentiment is
Hissing local authorities in this matter
is it never ?lid and never would press
he otitsido interference. There is one
hing, however, that wo would like to
enow, and that Is whether any of the
leople who blame the Govornoi' and the
.?ty ant hoi il n>s for not eradicating the
be blind tiger nuisance root ?md branch
iatroni/.0 the tigers. If they do they
night lo condemn themselves more than
hey do the authorities, for they arc
vii limit excuse and arc not only violat
ng i he law themselves, but. arooiioourng*
ng lawlessness ami all manner of evil,
f Ihey would do their duly the authori
los could the moro easily do their's,
'"loroneo Daily Times.
Dewitt's Linie Karly Risers are the
tesl liver pills ever made. Kasy lo take
iud never gripe. .1. \V. Dell.
Royalists Carry Hawaii.
Honolul?. November IO. - Robert Wil
ox, the independent royalist candidate,
ms been oleolcd Hawaiian delegate to
longness hy a small majority over Sam
'arker, Republican. Much depression
ms I or ll lied among all whiles, as Wilcox
vas strongly opposed hy Republicans and
Democrats ulikO. Mis campaign was an
inti while canvass, with premisos Oil the
?arl of some of his campaign workers
hat if he wns elected (/noon Liliuokalani
ihoilld he restored to the tluone. The
csult of the vote shows the i dive blt*
omens ovor annexation to hes ll alive.
Che independent native party cnn led
he House of Representatives hy a large
majority. In the Senate, there will be
(evell Republicans, eight Independents
md oin- Democrat. With the Independ
ents in control, a lively session is ox*
looted, ns they are against tho ruling
Oginio, ll is likely, as a result of the
ileetion, that Congress will he asked to
-stablish some limitations upon the v?l
lig privilege. Many of I he w hiles want
i property qualification for voters. If is
uglied (hat in voling upon a simple
.olor line many of the natives have
ihowtl themselves unlit for universal
oi N i age.
When you WM)I prompt ai ling little
. ills thai never gripe use DeWitt'.s Little
Karly IllsorS. J. \V. Hell.
The best pun that has appeared rc
.c ii I ly ase ri hes the suicide of tho d i a bol i .
;al Governor of Shan-si, by swallowing
(Old leaf, to "a consciousness of inward
{Ut."- Philadelphia Ledger.
Short Notos.
Androw Carnegie is arranging tu givo
$3,000,000 to Pennsylvania institutions.
Columbia bas boou litorally crowded
with Mystio Shrinors for tho past wook.
Work has boon commoncod on tho
buildings for a Catholic convont in Flor
onco.
Southorn mill mon havo petitioned for
tho maintenance of tho opening door ill
Cliina.
Yale will educate llvo Filipinos freo
of cliargo noxtyoar if they prosont them
selves.
Col. J. W. Robertson, tho now adjutant
and inspoctor general of Georgia, is a
graduate of tho Citadel.
The Daughters of tho Confederacy will
hold their annual convention in Rock
Hill on tho (?th and 7th of December.
Charleston has finally decided to havo
a fall carnival. Tho amount raised for
it was $2,200. lt will bo in December.
A tobacco building is to bo furnished at
tho Charleston exposition and tho to
bacco growing district of tho .Stato will
nu it.
Judge Simonton's decision in tho St.
Matthews bank caso has boen uphold by
tho United Statos circuit court of appeals
at Richmond.
Tho State Supremo Court will conveno
for tho November term on tho 27th of tins
month, and will bu in session until tho
last of January.
In tho cases of Webster Davis it was a
donblo finish. Web finished tho cam
paigh, and tho campaign finished Web.
- Kansas City Journal.
Wm. R. Evans, thirty years old, a tolo
graph operator, committed suicido at
Marion, N. C., Saturday afternoon hy
shooting himself in the head.
Two freight trains, through error in
orders, collided near Hargrove, Ala.,
last Saturday. Two people wero killed
outright and sevoral were injured, sumo
fatally.
Tho exocutors of the lato Governor
Kllerbo have sent tho attornoy general
a ehock for $212.13, tho amount tho Gov
ernor was found to bo duo tho Stato peni
tentiary.
Thc winter season opens up at Aiken
with tho greatest prospects in its history.
John Jacob Astor and James Roosovolt,
of Now York will bo among tho now
tourists.
Tho nowspapei'8 of tho country aro
making startling revelations as to tho
extent of liquor drinking among tho
woroon of tho nation, particularly in tho
North and West,
Charleston will not have a fall carnival.
Kack of funds caused thc project to bo
abandoned. Tho coming exposition and
tho Humorous shows in other towns aro
said to havo 1 -d au offoct.
Tho American Rico Growers and
Distributing Company has entered tho
Hold to co itrol tho rico market of this
State. Tho rice mills are to ho loasod and
tho entire crop controlled to command
higher prices.
The county seat of Dorchester has
soveral names, lt is generally known
as "St. George's," tho railroad pooplo
call it "George's," tho postofllco pcoplo
as "St. George's," and some insist it
ought to bo "Dorchester."
The Government has made tho biggest
contract for armor plato in its history.
Tho bill covers armor for seventeen war
ships now in process of construction.
Carnegie and Kothlchom got thc con
tract at $420 to $455,22 a ton.
Tho Republican party now controls
every branch of tho government and
must hear the whole hlatno if work on
tho Nicaragua canal is not authorized by
the next Congress. Construction of that
canal will bo a powerful factor for de
velopment of tho South.
Sunday laws aro strictly enforced in
Honolulu. Not only aro all saloons and
bars kept tightly closed and stores for
bidden to Bell, but any ono who attempts
to play ball or indulge in any other sport
on Sunday is carried before a magistrate
to pay a (ino or go to jail.
Colonel E. K. Fleming, the clock mas
ter of tho treasury department in Wash
ington, has over ROO clocks in his caro.
His friends call him "Father Timo." Ho
starts winding his little army of eight
day clocks on Monday and gets around
to Gie last ono on Saturday night,
In "ho Northern Presbyterian church
out of 1 11 Presbyteries ll havo voted
against any chango in the presort creed,
ti give a plurality against chango, and 23
have voted specifically against question
No. 1, making 7:1, which is a majority
against revision of tho Presbyteries re
ported.
The Knited States Supremo Court has
again upheld tho constitutionality of tho
South Carolina registration law in tho
case of Daniel Gray Wiley, plaintiff In
error, vs. Sinklcr and others. The Court
hold that Wiley's right to voto for mem
ber of Congross was undoubted, but that
tho plaintiff, having failed to register,
that defect was fat al.
The Uliitod States government is pre
paring to build barracks on Sullivan's
Island and as soon as tin; legal formali
ties aro completed the trade with the.
island owners will bo completed. Tho
price paid is to be $135,000. It will be
necessary to closo some of the island
streets and thc Legislature will bo peti
tioned to that et?ect.
Kivo years ago lui) Kansas farmers
started a mutual insurance company to
pro toot themselves against tho extortion
of the insurance barons. To-day there
are 4,500 members, insuring t wo and a
half millions of property for themselves.
Kast year tho losses paid WM? $5,15(1
or a little Ovor $1 a year per m om bor lo
insure his house, barn and cattle from
lire and lightning.
This is the season when big hogs are
slaughtered, and Mr. J. I). Kay, who
lives near Kanderinan, reports that he
has killed a three-year old lied Jersey
Which weighed 515 pounds net and
yielded fifteen gallons of lard. Ho has
two moro that will he slaughtered be
tween now and Christmas, which wilt
Weigh 500 pounds bot WOCII them.--Green
ville Mountaineer, November 17th.
The Hanl ist Congress is lo moot in
Richmond this year, the dates hoing
November 20 to23. President Moni.tguo,
of Kurman University, will presido, and
among the topics are "Trusts," "Roman
ist Survivals in Protestant ism," and
"Child Nurture in tho baptist Polity."
The speakers include some of the ablest
of Baptist divines, both in tho denomi
nations North and South.
Mr. Paul Simpson, of Spartanburg
county, is tho champion hog raiser. He
has two hogs that will weigh 500 pounds
each ami the hogs are about eighteen or
twenty months old. One of them became
the mother of seventeen well developed
pigs last week. Counting hoi' weight at
llvo couts por pound and the pigs at $1
each, would make the price of a halo of
cotton. Mr. Simpson raised ono last
year t hat netted over 100 pounds.
C. Clydo Whittle, Who died at Saluda
last, week, was a son of tho Sherill of
Saluda county. His was a romantic
career. Though only 22 yeal.s old he
was twico tried for his lifo, ami on tho
second case waa sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. While out. on ap
peal he took tuberculosis of the knee,
Iiis leg was amputated and ho became an
invalid. Six weeks hofoi'0 ho died lie
married a young lady to whom he had
become engaged before his troubles.
COTTON GROWERS' CONVENTION.
Hon. Moko Smith's Address on Prlco, Supply
and Domand.
Macon, Ga., Novembor 20.-Tho
Southern Inter-Stato Cotton Grow
ers' Association, which was formed
in Macon last May, hold its first con
vention boro to day. President Jor
dan stated that tho primo object
of tho Convention was to form an
Inter-Stato bureau for tho collection
and distribution of statistical infor
mation relating to tho cotton busi
ness of tho South and to offset the
over-estimating of parties whom ho
bel io ved to ho irresponsible.
Tho lion. Iloko Smith, of Atlanta,
was the principal speaker of the day.
His address partook largely of the
historical and statistical, and was
well received. Mr. Smith said in
part :
"While cotton to-day brings 10
cents a pound, it lias only been three
years since tho crop was selling at
6 cents per pound. What n-o the
elements which havo caused this
variation in price? Recognizing tho
laws of demand and supply, we must
see that the depreciation in the price
of cotton has been due to a produc
tion of the Btaple in excess of the
demand for manufactured goods.
A knowledgo of the supply of cotton
and of the demand for cotton goods
for consumption will enable the
producer to tell at the time of the
year when cotton is picked the price
at which lint cotton should sell.
Another cause which has facilitated
the depreciation of prico at the time
thc cotton lett the hands of the
planters lias been the unbusiness-liko
pinn of selling it.
"More than 70 percent of the cot
ton which is manufactured in the
great cotton mills of tho world is
raised in our section. Tho mills run
during twelve months. They need
the cotton as much in July ns they
do in December. The plan of sell
ing has disregarded the time of con
sumption. Instead of handling the
crop so that it would be sold from
month to month during tho yoar,
as the mills required it for usc, it has
been the practice of the planters in
tlie South to rush their cotton on the
market during a period limited al
most to three months, forcing its
purchase by speculators, rather than
holding the crop until the consumer
or mill owner carno after it.
"I nm thankful to say that east of
the Mississippi Uiver, during the
present year, tho plantera have been
informed as to the extent of the
crop and as to the world's demand
for their cotton. Realizing that it
was worth ten cents a pound or
more, they have declined to sell it
for less. They have received 10
cents for what they have told.
"Ry the co-operation of the mer
chants and the bankers they have
been enabled so soon as the buyers
succeeded in depressing the price to
take their cotton off the market, and
as a result they seo the price of cot
ton going back to-day to the ligures
at which it sold during the month of
September, and I have no doubt the
balance of the cotton crop thus cared
for by our farmers will bring them
over ten cents a pound. This price,
however, could hardly have been
realized had thc farmers raised
1,000,000 bales more of cotton.
"There aie three questions of vital
importance which affect thc price of
next year's cotton crop. They are :
How much will tho mills of the world
consume in 1002? How much lint
cotton will thc balance of the world
produce for other than domestic
consumption in 1001 ? How much
will we produco in the South in
1001?"
Continuing, Mr. Smith said :
"Fifty years have shown an in
creased demand for cotton goods,
causing an increased demand for lint
cotton of about 700 per cent. While
the next decade may not show a pro
portionate increase in tho demand,
I have no doubt that by thc end of
2fi years the manufacturers of the
world will consume over 80,000,000
bales of cotton annually.
"While thu Southern planter
should aim at receiving for his lint
cotton its full market value, care
must be taken that the South shall
maintain lier supremacy as tho cot
ton producing section of tho world,
langland, Russia and Germany have
devoted and are devoting great at
tention as nations to cotton culture.
Tho United States, through the ag
ricultural department at Washing?
ton, should give cotton culturo a
full proportion of attention and
should furnish reliable information
of tho progress which is being made
abroad in this great American staple.
A ('curate information should also
1)0 prepared by tho agricultural de
partments of tho Slates which are en
gaged in producing lint cotton to
llie end that the. planlers may obtain
Indore planting their crops the pro
bable world's demand, and tho pro
bable world's supply, and later on
in the season, when the limo for be
ginning to sell cotton arrives, the
planters should bc reliably acquainted
from these and other sources with
the probable product of our own
cotton raising section."
In closing Mr. Smith urged the
diversification of crops.
The Hon. S. L Pattison, of North
Carolina) addressed the Convention
on the organization of the farmers
in his State, and said that Georgia
and the Carolinas will soon have to
buy colton from other States to sup
ply their rapidly increasing cotton
mills.
At the afternoon session (.'apt.
John A. Davis spoke on the relations
of the banks to the cotton growers
and the business eommitteo made the
following report, which was adopted :
"First. That an Inter-State Cot
ton Planters' Association ho organ
ized. '
"Second. That oach Stato asso
ciation bo allowed throo representa
tives upon tho Intor-Stato committee
"Third. That tho Inter-Stato ox
ocutivo committee he authorized to
adopt a constitution and elect offi
cers.
"Fourth. That tho chairman and
secretary of this mooting bo author
ized to aot for tho Inter-Stato ex
ecutive eommitteo until tho Bamo can
meot and act."
On motion tho first meeting of tho
Inter-Stato oxecutivo eommitteo was
direetod to bc held in Atlanta, Ga.
Wo aro now rccoiving ono of tho largest
and host selected stock of dry goods,
dress goods, shoes, hats, clothing, hard
ware, crockery, glasswaro and groceries.
Como and get bargains. .J. ? J. S. Car
tor, Westminster, S. C.
An Enigma.
Two Mississippi girls hnvo challenged
Ihoso Alabama girls to answer tho fol
lowing bible enigma. It is a good one
and kept mo pondering for a day Ol' two.
I can't neglect tho children, and this
enigma will perplex tho preachers, too.
1 have lost or mislaid tho verses sent to
mo. but tho following is in substance tho
samo :
Cod mado Adam out nf dust,
lint in His wisdom mado me first;
Ho mado my body all completo,
Hut gavo mo neither bands nor feet.
No Irving S>MII in mo did dwell,
Nor was I doomed to beaven or bell;
Hut later on old Adam came
And gave mo what is still my name;
And later still God chose to give
A living soul in me to live.
In courso of time be did reclaim
That soul and left me just the samo
As when Hist made - without a soul,
And now 1 roam from pole to pole,
A boon lo man, though out of sight,
For in my death I leavo bim light.
Hu.i, Aim,
People on thc Move Around Return.
Return, November '20.-Sowing
wheat, oats anil rye is tho order of
iltur, oity MI linn SCC.ltOll.
It seems that 1001 will be a year
of general moving. Tho most of the
people in our community ?ire chang
ing homos.
Air. and Mrs. A. \V. Tannery, two
of our oldest citizens, have disposed
of their old homestead. Mr. Rogers,
of Anderson, occupies their home
place.
Mr. li. F. Tannery moves to Oak
way ; Mr. M. N. Kennedy and
family lo Newry ; Mrs. .Lisper
(!rooks and family to Newry; Mr. J.
L. Miller moves on his Snow Creek
farm, which he recently purchased ;
Mr. NV. T. Williams takes charge of
Mrs. Crooks' farm ; I). .1. Morgan
takes charge of M. N. Kennedy's
farm ; Air. II. A. Lol Joy moves to
Newry; Mr. W. 1). Crooks ta!.es
charge of Mr. LeKoy's farm ; Mr.
Harrison Williams moves to Ked tiru ;
Mr. II. IL King moves to Tekoona.
We are sorry to note that Mr. W.
N. Cox lias been on the sick list.
Married, Sunday morning, No
vember 18, at tho home of the
brides' parents, near Westminster,
Miss Pearl King and Mr. Lu thor
Sanders. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. King and was
raised in this community, and we
(daim lier as one of Return's most
charming and accomplished young
?ladies.
Mr. A. .1. Williams, of Return, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Kennedy, at
Kingston, Ca. u. .i. M.
Coughs
f^Kill
j Wc know of noth
ll ng better than
'coughing to tear the
lining of your throat
and lungs. It is bet
r than wet feet to
.-j bronchitis and >
r pneumonia. Only keep lt I
up and you will succeed In re
ducing your weight, losing your
appetite, bringing on a slow fever,
and making everything exactly right
for the gcrm9 of consumption.
?MITO
Pectoral
kills coughs of every kind. A 25c. 1
bottle is just right for an ordinary
cough; for the harder coughs of
bronchitis you will need a 50c.
bottle; and for thc coughs of con
sumption the one dollar size is
most economical.
" My coiiffli reduced mo to a moro fikolo
ton. 1 triuil many remedios, hut they nil
fallon. AUo?using the Cherry Pootora]
I Immoiltttolv bogan to Improve, nutt
throo henton restored mo to health. I oo
llovo 1 iiwu my life to lt."
BAIIAII 1''. MOUOAN,
Oct. 7,1R08. Ilrowntown, Va.
T. I.. Kstes, of Hniontown, Ala.,
killed K. IL ("handler in thal eily
last Wednesday, Chandler had
been boarding willi Kstes and had
been ordered to leave. Kstes had
been with a doctor to see his
daughter, who had broken her arm.
While returning Chandler passeil
him in a buggy and threatened to
"lix bini." When Kstes went homo
Chandler attacked him willi an ax
handle. Kstes grappled with his as
sailant, and while Chandler had hold
of ono nrm, Kstes got out his pucket
knife, opened it willi his teeth ?uni
cul Chandler a number of timi's in
the face and throat. Chandler died
in a few minutes.
Tho Consus and tho House.
Representative lIopkinB, of Illi
nois, chairman of tho House com
mittoo on consus, which committee
will havo chargo of tho legislation
affecting tho apport'onmont of tho
House, expresses tho opinion that
there will bo no decided effort dur
ing tho next session of Congress to
decrease tho Congressional represen
tation of tho Southern States because
of the disfranchisement of negroes.
He says that in all probability tho
subject will bo discussed, but ho
thought that upon tho whole tho
committee would favor the plan of
basing representation upon tho num
ber of inhabitants.
Discussing thc general subject of a
reapportionment, Mr. Hopkins said :
"The committee on census will
meet during the first week of tho ses
sion ami will go to work at once
training thc bill providing for reap
portionment. I think that a propo
sition will be adopted which will in
crease thc present membership of
the House, it has boon suggested
that we au thor ?7.0 one member for
every li)8,()00 inhabitants. That
seems to be tho ratio that is in gene
ral favor among members of the com
mittee. This will cause a decrease
in membership in some States, whilo
the representation from other States
will be increased. On the whole thc
proposition would entail an increased
membership of from fifteen to twenty
members.
"According to thc calculations I
have made the reapportionment
would add members to the House
from New York and Illinois, and
perhaps other States. States like
Nebraska and Maine might lose
members by the proposed law. That,
however, would depend entirely
upon the exact number of inhabi
tants designated for each member
ship. Some of the Southern States,
aside from the general proposition to
decrease their vote in thc House on
account of thc disfranchisement ol
certain classes of citizens, might also
suffer from the proportion agreed
upon, although to wdiat extent can
not now bo ascertained.
"The general idea of the commit
tee, however, is to cause as little de
crease in thc membership of thc
House as possible, while adding as
many more members as seems just
and equitablo, so as to ultimately itv
crease tho total membership. Thc
increase, of course, will go to th<
States which have shown a growtl
of population, whilo those Statei
which have not kept the pace in en
larging their population will bc ob
liged to stand the consequences."
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and battered man at the bottom.
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George?" she asked anxiously.
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A FEARFUL CYCLONE.
Many Killed In Tonnossoo and Mississippi.
About Sixty Doad.
Memphis, Tenn., November 21.
Sixty persons aro dead, a largo num
ber injured and several towns and
villages partially wrecked and an
immonso amount of property de
stroyed is tlio result of a teri fio
cyclone which swept through a sec
tion of Mississippi and Tennessee
yesterday. Thc storm raged over
a strip extending from a point throe
miles north of Lulu, Miss., to La
Grange, LaKayctte county, in this
State, forty miles from this oity.
Tho town of LaGrangc suffered
severely in damages. The villages
Htruok in Mississippi were Loves,
Batesville, Guy* and Townsville.
All the LaGrange churches, ex
cept the Episcopal, wore blown down.
Tho Southern railway depot and a
do/.on business houses and residences
were wrecked. Tho tornado struck
the residence portion of the town andj
tho loss of properly and lifo was
great. Thc total property loss nt
LaGrange is about $100,000.
The roof of the Methodist church
at Batesville was blown off and seve
ral residences were injured. Six per
sons were injured nt Batesville.
There wero a number of persons in
jured and many buildings blown
down at Guys, Townsville and
Loves.
Reports show that heavy rains,
causing Hoods, have fallen in East
ern Texas in the lust 24 hours. In
Southwestern Arkansas and some
portions of Texas the storms have
been attended with tornadoes, caus
ing serious damage.
A Nashville dispatch says : The
storm last night was tho most de
structivo in many years. Two lives
are reported lost and much damage
dono at Lavcrgno, 10 miles from
Nashville. At West Harpoth and
Thompson's station a number of
houses were blown down, and a
child was killed at Thompson's sta
tion. Two persons were killed and
several fatally injured at Nolansville.
A number ol' people are reported to
have been killed in Maury county.
In the vicinity of Nashville twelve
were killed and many injured. Much
property was destroyed.
West river, which is the North
ern boundary of Memphis, overllowcd
last night, says a dispatch of the '21st,
owing to tho excessive rain and
Hooded the inner mills and yard J
along its front. Tho damage will
roach ?((50,000 and may be more.
Dispatches from various points in
the track of thu big storm, which
passed through Northern Mississippi
and Central and Western Tennes
see, show a total of GI killed and f>l
injured. The greatest loss of lifo
was at Columbia, Tenn., where forty
were killed and twenty-five injured
-most of them negroes. 1 m?nense
damage was done to farmers. Hun
dreds of live stock were killed. It is
impossible to estimate thc property
loss at present. At Columbia, Tenn.,
a number of freight ears on the
Louisville & Nashville road were
lifted up and blown away.
Later dispatches say nineteen
were killed at LaGrange ; one killed
at Loves and three at Lula, in tho
State of Mississippi. Ton are miss
ing at Natchez, Miss.
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A dispatch from Chattanooga says
that six families, numbering in all
c vcr twenty-live people, in ono
neighborhood of that city, are suffer
ing with arsenical poisoning. Seve
ral persons will die. It appears that
tho wholesale at tom pt to kill the
families is due to a neighborhood
quarrel which broke out aboiit a
week ago. All tho parties aro white
ami in good oirotwnstanecs. Physi
cians report that they found tho
well used by the families strongly
impregnated with arsenic. Several
arrests are expected.
There is no pleasure in life if you
dread going to the tabbi to eat and can't
rest at night on account of indigestion.
Hoary Williams, of Hoonville, Ind., says
ho Buffered that way for years, till lie
commenced the use of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, and adds: "Now I can eat any
thing I like and all I want and sleep
soundly every night." Kodol Dyspep
sia Cliro will (ligOSt what you eat.
J, W. Holl.
Vermont proposes lo go Into the
good roads movement in earnest.
The Legislature of tho State, it is
reported, has before it a bill which
pr?vidos for tho negotiation of a loan
of *l0,000,000, all ol' which is to be
expended oil tho roads of tho State
within tho next two years. The
people of the State, it is added,
"generally favor the contemplated
expenditure."
Adjutant General Corbin author*
I/.08 tlie statement that it is the in
tention of the war department to
bring back from tho Philippines to
the United States all volunteers who
care to come and to discharge thom
on or before .Inly 1st next.
Some statist ici an discovers that
tho average woman carries It) to tiO
miles of hair on her head.
Rather Suspicious.
A certain physioian in looking
over an application of a man about
to join tho W. O. W., discovered
8omothing lacking in tho history of
tho father of tho applicant, and
therefore sont tho application bank
to tho local physician to bo proporly
lilied out, arid stato tho cause of tho
applicant's, father's death. "Mr.
-'s father may probably have lost
his lifo Uko old Bob's father," a very
brief answer, but road on about Bob.
Old Bob conceived tho idea of
having his lifo insured.
"How much do you woigh ?" nskod
thc examining physician.
"I weighs 'bout fifteen moro den
my wife does."
"Well, hut how much does she
woigh ?"
"Rsc dun forgot ; but she's a
whopper; lemme tell you."
"How tall are you ?"
?Who-me ?"
"Yon, you."
"Lemme seo. Doc? yor know Abo
Sovior whut worked for ole ? man
Plum ?"
"No."
"Wall, I'sc sorry, fur I ain't quito
oz tall 07. ho ?8."
The doctor, after weighing old
Bob and measuring his height,
asked :
"How old are you ?"
?Who-mo ?"
"Yes, of course, you. You aro
being examined."
"Hat's a fack. Well, lemme see.
My birfday comes in Ti??y, an' now
whut I want to git at how many
Julys I ken re co ll eek. Ain't dat do
p'int ?"
"Yes."
"Well, lemme sec. Blame of I
knows. Suppose we make it August
'stead of .Inly ?"
"What difference would that
make ?" v
"Doan' know, hut it's jes oz
easy."
"I'll put you down at fifty ?"
"Put who down at fifty ?"
"You, of course. How old is your
father ?"
"'Bout er hundred an' ten."
"You don't tell mc so ?"
"Yes, I docs."
"Ia ho in good health ?"
"Oh, no, sab ! dat ain't where ho
is. 1 le's in dc grabo."
"Thought you said ho is cr hundred
and ten ?"
"Ile is. You didn't ax mo how
old ho wu/ when ho died."
"Well, how old waa he when ho
died ?"
"'Bout forty."
"Had he enjoyed good health ?"
"Oh, yes, sab ; dc healthiest man
you ober seed."
"Did he have a lingering disease ?"
"What sorte 'zeaze ?"
"Was ho sick very long ?"
"Oh, no, sab. Ho dropped off
mighty sudden."
"Heart disease ?"
"No, sah."
"Did tho doctors attend him ?"
"No, sah."
"What did they say waH the mat
ter with him ?"
"Da didn't say much o' mithin'.
One o' 'em climbed up and put his
ye.ir agin do old man an' Bed dat ho
Witz dod ornough ter be cut down.
Hen do sheriff cut hint down an' put
him in a box. Doan' think that ho
had heart zeaze, boss. Think dat
lie had some sorter troublo with his
naik."
"Look here, I don't believe you
want your life insured ?"
"I doan' b'lebe I doe?, sab, since
yer's gun tor pry inter a man's fam
bly hist'ry. Hood day, sah."-Ar
kansaw Traveller.
(Joy. Bookham and Miss Jean
llnphaol Fuqua were united in mar
riage at Owonsboro, Ky., last Wed
nesday. This is tho tirst marriage
of a Governor in thc Blue Grass
State while in office. Beckham was
recently elected to succeed himself.
In a foot ball game in Chicago last
week lid ward (Jillett, aged sevontoon,
was seriously injured in a scrimmage,
1 died a few hours later.
. - . - - --
( !. S. M il ward, a merchant o? Lex
ington, Ky., was found dead at his
rear porch in that city Wednesday
morning by a servant. He had been
shot through tho head, but whether
by himself or another, is not known.
A woman in Topeka, Kan., who ?H
suing for a divorce, p?titions for thc
custody of the family cow.
-4**- -.
The Angora goat industry in mak
ing great headway in the West.
Largo Mocks are grazing in various
sections in the several State? from
Kansas to California, and tho breed
ers who have been quietly preparing
for a boom in tho industry are likely
to bo very much in tho lino next
year. In New Mexico ono breeder
has about lo,(it)0 Angoras and there
arc others with llocks from 1,000 to
6,000 head.
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