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THE OPEPLE'S JOURNAL VOL. 7.-NO. 3 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY n, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YHAR I A t. IIIL ULMERVI~ KILT OFF WHHLOM~ A FEDERAL SQUADRON TAKEA UHARGE OF THE HARBOR. The Finest Ships or the Navy Will Assemble for a Comedy ot War The Occasion Will be Made Memo rable. Charleston Sunday News. The greatests fleet of war vessels that has ever assembled at any South ern port for manocuvres will be oil Charleston next week. Admiral Francis M. Bunce, with the entire North Atlantic squadron, supplement od by a number of the larger boats of other stations, will arrive off Charles ton early In the second week of Febru ary, and for two weeks the great ships -of war will drill and manoeuvre. One of the principal features of the ren dezvous will be the blockading of Charleston harbor. So far as under stood several of the swiftest of the vessels will undertake to " run the blockade," while the others w'll do everything possible to prevent this being accomplished. There will be, it is supposed, mock battles on the sea, with boarding and overhauling. The search lights will each night be crossing the waters with bars of fire, and each point touched will come out as in the broad daylight. The big guns may be used with blank ammuni tion, and the ships will be moving about constantly. A score- of vessels are in the squad ron of evolution, and they are of the finest and largest in the United States new navy. The aggregate cost of the ships that will be seen at Charleston next week is over $32,000,000 The number of officers and men on board these vessels will be 5,619. The Indiana, with her great thirteen-inch guns, is considered the finest battle. ship in the navy, and a visit from this ship alone would be considered an event of importance. The railroads have promised to make low excursion rates to Charles ton during the naval rendezvous, and thousands of visitors are expected in the city. The hotels are preparing for their coming, and the city will be en fete. All sorts of social functions are pro polsed, among them being a grand military and naval ball at the United States Custom House, but these mat ters have not been definitely fixed upon as yet. Secretary Hilary A. Herbert has displayed a keen ifterest in the naval dis ay In Charleston harbor, and it wil e interesting at this time to learn from Secretary Herbert just how the demonstration about to take place in Charleston harbor was brought about. In discussing the subject, Secretary Herbert said: "Admiral Bunce came to see me sometime ago as to what disposition should be made of the North Atlantic squadron. He said that he was anxious to take the fleet into Southern waters for the purpose of instructing his of ficers and men in certain evolutions. "It has been usual to send the fleet into the West Indies or the Gulf of Mexico for winter practice, but owing to the complication with Spain, grow ing out of the Cuban controversy, it was deemed inadvlsable to proceed too far south at this time. Admiral Bunce was anxious to get away from Hamp ton Roads for deep sea practice, so he suggested that Charleston would be a desirable place for the fleet to ran dez ous while the practice was in pro greus. That suggestion met my cor dial approval, and I at once directed him to arrange the details accord ingly. " It has been the policy of the navy department, during my administra tion, to give our people every reason able opportunity to see our navy and receive an object lesson in the great work of building up our navy. I con tend that these exhibitions of the wonderful progress that has been made in naval architecture can be better ap preciated by such demonstrations as that proposed in Charleston harbor. Charleston has excellent facilities for such an exhibi -ion and I am glad to give the people~ of that cIty an oppor tunity to see the fleet. I have en deavored, so far as possible, to display our modern ships in all parts of tbe country, because our people naturally take pride in our greatly improved naval establishment. " I am delighted to note the interest the peep le of Charleston are manifest ing in the navy generally and the pro posed demonstration in particular. It is my purpose to visit Charleston du ring the second week in February to witness the naval display and I have so written the committee to that effect. Not only shall I enjoy witnessing the manoeuvres of the lieet, but I shall be glad to meet so many 0f the citizens of my native State. Secretary Herbert will be accom panied to C harleston by Col. T. Stoho Farro w, atx itor of the war depart ment. The warships will come into the har bor of Charleston, and, in the words of Admiral Bunco, " all on board will be glad to meet the eitizens of Charles ton and to afford them every facility to visit the ships." Secretary Herbert is coming also, and will be the honored guest of the Charleston Chamber o1 Commerce. Mayor Smyth has received the fol lowing letter from Admiral Bunco: Fortress Monroe, Va, January 29, 1897. Dear Sir .Iforward by same mail an acknowledgment of the resolutions of the City Council of the City 01 Charleston, received at the same tlmc with your letter of the 27th inst. and thank you most heartily for your ex pressed intention of entertaining me As I have stated in my reply to the City Council, it is impossible for- the heavier ships of the force under ma commanrj to enter the harbor of Char leston, df~d the flag ship has the greatest draft of water of all, which combined with other eircumstances may preclude the possibility of m3 vieiting the city. On the conclusion of the exorcise: at sea off the port of Charleston suoi - of the ships as can enter the bar bor will do so, and all on board wil be very glad to meet the citizens 0 facility to visit the ships. th Very respectfully, ". M. Bunco, d( Rear Admiral, Commander-in-chief, th U. S. Naval Force on North Atlantic ca Station. is This letter sets at rest the rumors 00 that have been circulated that the $1 ships would nQt be seen in the harbor, hr and it is interesting to note also that all but three or four of the vessels ca'n ou come in easily. wi Capt. F. V. Abbot, United States en- th gineer, in charge of the Jetty improve- ha monts stated to a representativo of Ja The Nows and Courier that a ship had tit gone out of Charleston harbor reuent- be ly drawing twenty-two feet four in- ru chee. The pilots say that this ship po had plenty of water under her keel wi and that it was somne little time before mi high water. mi From the official figures it will be ha seen that all but a very few of the eil ships can and will come through the de Jetty channel into CharlePton's fine mi harbor. no The splendid battleship Maine draws th but 21 feet 6 inches of water. The re cruiser Montgomery draws 14 feet 7 th inches, the cruiser Newark draws 18 ro feet 9 inches, the cruiser Raleigh I draws 18 feet, the Monitor Amphitrite wi draws 14 feet 6 inches, the monitor ini Puritan draws 18 feet, the monitor sal Terror draws 14 feet 6 inches, the gun- re boats Castine draws 12 feet, the dyna- dii mite cruiser Vesuvius draws 10 feet I th; inch, the torpedo boat Ericsson draws ini 4 feet 9 inches, the torpedo boat Cush- pe ing draws 4 feet 11 inches, the ram St Katahdin draws 14 feet, the dispatch cel boat Dolphin draws 14 reet 3 inches. ra1 The flag ship New York, the battle- cit ship Indiana and the cruiser Columbia He will have to remain outside. The saj latest reports show that the Brooklyn, tic Texas, Marblehead and Massachusetts on nced not, b expected to take part in pr< the evolutions otY Charleston, owing to accidents and unfinished repairs. ide The railroads have announced a rate do of one fare for the round trip for the an, naval rendezvous. The tickets will be A on sale as soon as the ships arrive off Pei Charleston, and will have a ten days' ret limit. ta) The Washington Star gives the fol- th< lowing information of the movement of an' the fleet and of the evolutions of the shi blockade: a < Secretary Herbert has accepted an wo invitation from the Charleston, S. C., pei Chamber' of Commerce to visit that sid city on the 17th instant, when it is ex- do pected that Admiral Bunce will be car- ev, rying out his plan of instituting a he sham blockade of the port with all of Sti the available ships of the North At- j lantic squadron. The details of the fro Admiral's plans have not been given th4 out, nor, in fact, are they yet known wi at the navy department, but the officers th< say, to guard against popular disap- I pointment, that very little of the sqad- ha ren will be seen at Charleston during in( the blockade. The ships are generally bil of heavy draft, making it hazardous an for them to attempt to enter the har- ta, bor, and consequently they will be ov< obliged to lay well oil at sea, lying in caE wait for the one or two small craft I that will be selected to run the gaunt- anq let. th< If the blockade is maintained for th( any length of time it will probably Go cause the fleet to use the Port Royal thi naval station as a base from which to COL draw coal and other supplies and for Is I a refuge in certain emergencies. These on conditions, the lying well oat to sea of not the fleet, and the use of another port than the one blockaded, as a base of supplies, will more nearly duplicate the conditions of an actual blockade than would be the case if the floot An should run into Charleston harbor. The accident to the Brooklyn is de plored by the officers, who are deeply interested in this sham blockade, for she would have been a valuable ad dition to Admiral Bunce's squadron. '.j It is probable that many of the mer- exi chant steamers and sailing coasters pei running into Ch arlebton will be pressed tio into service, all unknowingly, by the Th admiral, as representing would-be oui blockade runners. Un del PILING UP THEI STATE TAXES. for --- oni A Levy of Five Mills or More is orn Wiat. Must be liaised Unless Ex- do' traordinary Methods of Taxation ni2 are Resorted to. ed. Special to The News and Courier. The matter of taxation has rlwaysth been intricato and dillicult to under- pri stand. It takes aitnost a constant in- wb sight into its workings to keep up with wa the details of its operations. Just at the this time, wrhen the General Assembly hhi must soon pass the supply and appro- thi priation bills, the matter is of especial an interest. e The first consideration is that the t State now has an aggregate taxable of property of $170,755,474. There is no inl good reason to expect any material or so Iimmediate incr-ease in this assessment,, pri as the real estate will not be reassessed poe in time to affect the levy that now has 1)o: to be made. At 4.' mills the possible lik gross income from the taxable prop- suc erty amounts to $7618,428.15, at 41 mills sut the taxes that would be raised would to be $811,058.50. Under p resent laws coi the extra income to the State is about .jul $15,000 from insurance fees and incor poration fees; this does not include th the $90,000 possible from the dispensary in for the general fund of the State, which B1 is to be paid in during the present th year in all likelihood, in Under the present arrangement the las taxes that were collected up to January abi 1, 1807 without penalty, on the basis of pe 44 mills, are now in the hands of' the is State Tireasurer, except so much na as was necessary to pay the Jan- N< uary interest and appropriations be already made. What remains in ot' the treasury at this time is what cc the General Assembly now in gr session is to appropriate. The money ag now to be apropriated is that which sh has been raised on the tax levy of 4j W mills, and which was collected from th October to January 1. Tho levy that in is to be made by the present General ce -Assembly Is not what is to be appro- tIk priated this time, but the levy that is ik made will raise the money that the sti next General Assembly will appro- su priate. fr< If the present basis of appropriations wi is kept up and Is neither increased nor se diminished, it will take about $800,000 to to run the State government, no loss. su Now the question is how wmi th.e .e-r "A 6-oOULnavy muae provision to rail is money? While there Is now i 'flciency In the State treasury, at o State Is working on an entire sh basis, it Is proper to say that thel now in the treasury just about $50( D, as interest to the amount of abo, 10,000 and outstanding appropriatio1 ,ve had to be paid. [n making the appropriations for ti rrent year at this session this fa 11 have to be considered, and wh< e next taxes are collected they vi ,ve to be used in part on the et .uary, and there will not be the ei ,e taxes raised on hand. So it will I seen that, unless the State wants I n behin year by year and get i seible trouble, tho tax levy for l( 11 have to befiveorfiveand aquart< .Its. This is what those who hav )st carefully considered the matt( ,ve to say about the question. It ,her a five-mill tax levy or over, or ficiency, or a resort to some oth< mans of raising revenue than thos w in force. It is to be remembere at the State has entirely lost I venue, so far as general expenses g< at formerly came from the phosphal Valty. 3om ptroller General Norton has bee irning the General Assemhly of con , to this pass, and in previous me es he has advocated the raising ienue from other sources than 'cot tax. In the first place he thinlI it about $25,000 can be raised by ta: ' the insurance companies 11 to I e cent. on their gross business in ti: ite. This, he thinks, would be a yta'le to the insurance compaui< ,her than pay the State, county an y taxes on their business separatel, has no intention, in this plan, 6 'a, to impose any hardship or inju! e on the insurance companies, an the contrary he thinks the plan h )poses will be quite acceptable. hen he thinks it would be a goo a to require a State license, as I ic in Georgia, for dealers in cotto I other futures. nother idea of his is that there ar 'sons in the State who ought to b tuired to pay a graduated incom :on the grounds that they receiv ) protection of t he State and its lawi 1 have their investments in sue Lpe that they canot be reached b irect tax. This plan, he thinkE uld reach the Pullman palace ca )ple and others who now take coi erable m-oney out of the State an not pay the State any taxes wha ir. Such a graduated income bi estimates would bring into th te from $10,000 to $15,000. knothsr source of revenue could : m professional men who come int ) State to do business in competitic h those now in the State who pa ir taxes. n a word the tax levy for 1898 wi ve to provide $150,000 more than luded in the current appropriatic Is, unless some provision is made fc additional source of revenue, or tb : levy will have to be five mills c )r for 1898 to keep the State on h basis. ,he estimates, on which the wa3 I means and finance committees sa iy are waiting, are incorporated I i annual report of the Comptrolle noral. This report was handed t State printer just as soon as I Id be possibly made up, and as 1 heavy and difficult report to get u account of the many tables, it ha yet been handed to the member# N UNPLEASANT SURPRISE. Important 1art of the Recent Dii ensary Decision io' the Unite< tates Supreme Court Which E aped Publication-State Constl Ales Cannot be Enjoinied as a Clasi 'he State authoitics have found o Limination of the decision in the dii isary case that the omnibus injun< s against constables does not bol< is phase of the decision is brougia in the equity case decided in th ited States Supreme Court. Th ~lsion requires Judge Simnonton t dify his decree of injunction to cor mn to the decision, making it appl yto the constables named in th ginal action. The State, howevei es not propose or intend to antag< e the principle laid down, it, is stat ['he anti-omnibus injunction princ is said to be of much import, ani decision of the United States Si me Court says on this point:. "B3r l10 we think that the complainar s entitled to an injunction againi ~se defendants who had despoile n of his property, and who wer ~eatening to continue so to do, unable to wholly approve the di oc entered in this case. T he theory< decree is that the plaintiff is or a class of persons whose rights ai ringed and threatened, and that h represents such class that lhe ma by an injunction on behalf of a 'sons that constitute it. It is, indcc< asible that there may be othersi e case with the plaintiff, and thu mh persons may be numerous, bi mh a state of facts is too conjectura furnish a safe basis upon which irt of equity ought to grant tin ii iction. Noe prefer to accept in this respot views expressed by Justice Nelso: the case of Cutting V. Gilbert itch, 259). Extracts- are cited froi 3 decision. Similar views prevaile the case of Baker vs. City of Por id (5 Sawyer, 566). The decree: o objectionable because it enjoir rsons not parties to the suit. Th noti a case where the 'efendan med represent those not name< ir is there alleged any conspirat tween the parties defendant ai ier unknown partics. The ac rnplaincd of nrc tortious, and do n< ow out of any common action< recment between constables ar cr1iffs of the State of South Carolina e have, indeed, a right to presun at sach oficers, thoug~h not namet the suit, will, when -advised th: rtain provisions of the Act in quo >n have been pronouncedl unconstit nal by the court to which the co tution of the United States r'efe ah questions, voluntari' y refral >m enforcing such provisions ; b1 i do not think it comports with we btled principles of equity proccdui include them in an injunction in it in which they were not heard presentad. or tn subject thm 30 penalties for contempt in disregardi 10 such an injunction. (leellow vs. L" id low, 4 John Chan, 25; citing Iverson i ly 'Harris, 7 Vesey, 257). The decree 1e the court bolow should therefore 1,- amended by being restricted to t it parties named as plaintiffs and defen is ants in the bill, and this is directed be done, and it is otherwise afli.mt ie Mr. Justice Brewer did not hear t At argument, and took no part in t n decision of this case. 11 BILL ARPt AS A NURSE. O The Children are Romping Arous H mi nd the Family Left Him r Look Aner Them. 0 I consider myself an injured pers< r -wife gone to the missionary ieetin 18 my two daughters gone visiting at a here I am alone with three grandchi I dron-got to watch them till sonebo 0 comes. I've never seen one1 of tl d stock that wasn't full of mischlief a a frolic. Thought 1 would take a litt nap on the sofa while they playt e around, but it was no use. They g< all tile chairs in a row and played rai n road and locomotive awhile. The I they played soldier, and fired guns an 3 killed one another and fell dead. Th( f they played horse and r,' --- f a centre table. I ;. J. ! 11 16t1 g*: s would get tirmt- after a while and sett down to their dolls and make pla houre, but ' u boy didn't like that ar so tile rackt, continued. They turne 3 the chairs uiside down and slid dow the backs hcadforemost and rolled ovc d and turned sommersaults, and %the - jumped oIT the table) and111 lounge anl 0 shook the i 'or and made the windov rattle like an earthquake. Will tht d never get tired ? thought .. No, neve 0 H3ut by and by, when my wife can home she settled them down and pla d ed club fist and trimbletoe with tile s and I had peace. n My folko have got an idea that suits me to take care of the childre e and thechildren have an ideathat the e are to do as they please when there 0 nobody about but me, and so I suit: 0 myself imposed on and feel like an it jured person. I believe I will go to UI missionary society myself next time. Y But after all, there is no use in po 1,ing as a domestic martyr or a pati r archal packhorse about these thing I for I do like to have the little chal d around me, especially little girl Children are a blessing to the hous hold. They take away our sellishne e and purify our feelings. Their j< and glee and sportive happiness ca 0 ries the old people back to their car 0 life, when the days were all sunshir a It is a sad sympathy we feel when i y see them so happy now and fores the troubles that await them. Po it Tom Hood. How sad he was when I I penned those touching lines: n r "I remember, I remember 0 The fir trees (ark and high; V I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky. a It was a childish iunorance, But now 'tis little joy s To know I'm farther off from heaven y Than when I was a boy." n There Is no happiness like a child r If I could I would exchange all that 0 have realized since I wassixteen yea t old for that I bad before. Those si t teen years are about one-third of ti P average life and the memories of the are more precious than all the rest. a child is blessed with loving, indu gent parents those years are an ui broken season of unalloyed enjoymen Sometimes 1 see my wife looking si and dreamily into the glowing embe and know she is thinking about hi I children or her childhood and reca i- ing the joys of her youth when she hi L- a mother and could lay her head up ,. her lap and feel the soft caressee her gentle hand. What a weight a care and anxiety presses continual s'upon the heart of ai mother. Ht 'often do her prayers ascend to heavi 1- in the dark watches of tihe night t prayers for their health, their weifar 0 their good conduct, their salvation. e But with all the cares, anxieties a: 0 foreboding, children are our greate 'blessing and the family tihe greate Y bulwark of good society and good go 0 enment. It is the law of our' beir 'that man and woman should mate a: marry and rear children, and there no substitute for tile marriage relatlo: I hardly knew the value of a cli I- until a few weeks ago a dear' littl d grandchild got siek--very sick, and it :- days and nIghts was very near th' .t gate of heaven. She suffered and w it watched and suffered with h( r. lb< it little lips and throat were swollen an d inflamted with diplthlaretic sores. l1< e lungs rattled with pneumo(nia. Ilc c she pleaded with us for help--for' r - !ief-pleaded with eyes and hands, ar fwe could do nothing but caress hi e. and weep. I would have given a mi 'e lion dollars-yes, ten million, if I hi e had It-to relieve that child and 5u1 her from suifer ing. Prayers or' mcd lid cne or good nursing or something sai I, ed her, and we ar'e all grateful. Wh; n is tihe value of a chlild, anyhow ? If 01 Lt was up at auction what wouldl tI Lt mnothe" give ? How insignificant il property or gold or silver whcn cor a pared with it. What are we all we: e ng for but children, their happi jn and prosperity. Daniel Websto', ti ~t greatest man this country hats ev :, produced, said :" A good father wv 5 shrink from no toll, no sacrifice n raise his children to a better conditi< d tihan his own."' If I was a judge and -father was brought before me for' stei is lng or even for robbing, I would se is to know the hidden motives th a prompted him to the crime. Many Is man steals or cheats to get somethi I. for the children, and tihe wor'ld is or y raged and calls him a thief and tl d law sends him to the chaingang. as But "after all, it is the mnother wi >t screens them, protects them and wras ir them In her bosom. I thought *d wife was tired and would like to rt -. in her old age, but tile maternal e stinct still possesses her, and si *d seems as much concerned about ti it grandchildren as she over did abc e- her own. In fact, she is less oxactin: -and more indulgent. The little bi I' we have with us is a young cyclo r's and keeps the home in an upr'o n When I get outraged wvithi his turmfl it tuous racket and th reatenl him wi Il punishment mry wife takes his pu 'e and says he is nothing but a bahy. a Yes, a four-year-old baby who slai >r the door liko an athlete forty time4 to'-hour and dan't m indi a nyodyi ad ng could regulato him in an hour if I had al- my way. My wife never allowed such rs. liberties from her own. They were of afraid of a spanking or of being saut be up. in the parlor when they got t~o ho boisterous. And now she pleads for d- this boy and says he is nothing but. a to baby. But I'll get him some of these d. days when she irocs to the missionary tao meeting-seo if I don't. I've promised Lie him a licking overy day for two months and he retreats to her and looks defiance at ine. But I'll get him, see if I don't. Ito is nothing but a baby, but he takes the dog to the cow lot and sets hiin on tho cow, and when Nil I tell him that the cow will horn him to and that she gives him milk, he savs ho don't want any more milk. lie lets the chickens out of the coop, but ho is >n nothing but a baby. lut I'll got g, him before the year is out-sco if I d don't. I'll do like Dick Johnston, who I- was trying to raise his boy on love. y But the boy got so bad that ono (liy e Dick picked up a lath and wallopled d him good. It wis a desperate remedy o and had a line tenporary effect, and d Dick walked the piazza with a trium It phant stride. "1I told yoiu 1 was going I. to whip you, sir. For live long years I a have promised you a whipping and (I now you have got it, you son of Bo n lial." And Dick putYed and blowed li';-' he had fought a great battle and .apped the light. He bragged about 0 the performance for a week. But It didn't do ',he boy any lasting good. d The whipping caio just livo years too ( late. I never did take much stock in n bad little boys. They are a nuisance, ,r ot only at, home, but abroad. Boys n rhyme with noise, and the little ras d cals want a gun or some tire crackers s or a drunm or a tin horn. It always y seemed strange to Ine that mothers = r. love their boys etter than their girls, l but I reckon it h right. I have knowi~ . boys who had n' other friend. A fia mn ther loves his boya according to their conduct, but a mother loves them any it how. 0, A sweet little girl is a treasure in y the family. She is very close kin to ' the angels. He, value cannot be esti r mated in dollu as and cenl. If she is - seriously sick the alarm lparalyzes e everything about the hvusc. WAe whisper our anxiCties in sad voices. s- We walk lightly and close the door i. gently and breathe our prayers silent s, ly. If she dics there is an aching void is the world can never till. S. What is the value of a child ? When o. the railroad train kills a man the law Ss yers sue for his vale. It may be a )y thousand or ten thousand or lifty r- thousand according to his conscquence, ly but that is nothing when compared ,0. with the value of a littiC child. How vo rich these mothers are-rich In their e children ! How utterly poor when or they lose them 1Bi[A Am,. 10' KILLED HER SISTERI-IN-LAW. A Kentucky Womtan in Jail and Awaitiig Trial for Murider-The Husband Visits Hlcr Every Day. Mrs. Amy McIntosh, who stands in dicted foi murder, Is in jail at Boone 's ville, Ky. She killed her sister-in I law, Mrs. Polly Ann Fox, wife of the s noted mountain murderer and counter - feitor, James Fox, now serving a term o of ten years in the penitentiary for m1 counterPfeIting. if The story of the killing is one of the I- most 'thrilling in Kentucky's annals of I- crime. About a month before the t. killing, which took place on the 10th Ad day of last June, Amy Riley was mar rs ried to Merideth McIntosh, brother of r Mrs. Fox. Polly Ann was opposed to . the match, and circulated a report Ad damaging to Amy's character. She >n could not prevent the marriage in this of way, however, and after her brother of married the girl who wrs just twenty ly one, Mars. F~ox continued to slander her w sister--an-law. A few weeks after the -n marriage the two womern met and .. Polly Ann abused Amy in the choicest e, mountain billingsgato. At that meet ing Amy showed a disposition to resent id the abuse heapedl upon her-, but friends st inter-ferod and parevented an alterca St tion. When they p~artedl Polly Ann v. told A my t hat she would sco haer again, gand the next time she would beat, hoer (I to (leath. Is On the day of the killing P'oliy Ann a. armed herself with a sled standard d about thre-e fact long, and as large e around as a chair plost. She went to >r. the home of her sistcr-in-law, but e Amy saw her' coming, andl desiring to e avoid a di llcul ty, escapedl from the r house by the back way and wvent to the d] honme of her brother- J1ames ltiley, about r. a quarter of a mile distant. When w P oily Ann learned that Amy had 3. escaped to her brotner's she followed. id When Amy saw heir coming to her r brother's house5( she armedt herself with l- a large dirk and started back home, dl going acrobs the hillI, a near route, in to order to avoidl meeting her- angry i. sister-in-law. But P'olly Ann saw her, v. and runnrinzg atfter her, began to throw t rocks, several of which struck Amny. 1c 'Thie latst ro(ck shte thirew knocke1 bor to down, and tihe in furiated ['01l3 Ann is rushed toward her with sled stnadard n- upraisedI.. k-. Just as shle was ab'autt to strike. A mty as sprang up andl dodged the blow at tihe se samen time stabbing l'olly Aann in the ar left sidle. TIho dlagger went to the Ill hilt, and the point, of the blade plierced to the lower par~it of IPoily A nn's heart. >n1 'oily Anni mladle another feoble effort a to strike lher sister-in-law, but she was LI- too weak fr'omu tihe los~s of blood and fell ak over, expliring within two minutes. st A my imnimediately surrendered to the a aulthor'ities and was acqluitted on her >g examining tr ial. But Jlames lFox had t- been aeq uainted of tile killing of his jm wife, anti he wrote lctters to several of his friends in Owsloy county, and they [10 succeeded ini having Amy indicted for ps murder at thle last term of the Oweley iy circuit court. She was unable to give 'st bail and had to go to jail. As Fox and n- his friends have often evaded ,justice lie wheni brought to boo0k for their law ic lessness andl couinterfeiting, by packing tat juries and manufacturing testimony, it is feared by Amy's friends that she >y will be convicted. She seems cheer no fual anad appears to think that she will ir. be spee~dily acquitted. She says: - "Yes, there had been a hardness tha bott,weeni uis. She called me bad names ,rt anid said I was a mean woman, but sheo was my husband's sister, and I didn't ns want to :r t her. I tried to get away an from her on that awful day, but she I wouldn't let me. I believe she would THE 7EV FLAG. new quarters in the Big ol, and ar1i-e still engaged in >ur customers. We mean mf." We mean to rip old lith a broad ax, and roast lot fire of' low prices. Counters. - - nant Counter. Then our Shoe Coun vinced of their value. Hat Counter 3Cse to go at lo. per pound. it need in 1'low Goar, and as cheap ,ourself that, these things are so. ACKET STORE CIA lIl' & NAlLLY, Proprietors. for and the question for you to decide is whether it should be done by in creasIng the lhvy or by increasing by some other meants the revenue of the State. ''his can be dono by a gradu ated income tax and a graduated 11 e0es tax. IEvery legislator should be commend ed for his efforts to give the people a l0w rato of taxation. It is unwise and unbusiness-liko to levy a tax insuill cI'ient to moet, the current exponsos of tho government, thereby Incurring a debt. I believe in the principle of paying a you go. In my opinion, thero is extravagance in the management of county affairs w hiich hould be thoroughly livesti gated. The county government act is objected to by many on tho ground that it is too cuubersorne, and that the vork of the chidn-gang costs more than it is wVor'th. I wouhl recommend that you exam no those matters thoroughly before making any radical changes in the la ws. W. LI. iri sum., Gov ernaor. TiLl, IEVENS FORt FEBRUARtY. The Conslellatiols amIl. the PlIatets Now Visible. No month during the present year Vill present more attractive astronio mical features than lebruary. The brightest constellations are now Vibi ble, and four of the largest planiets are in favorable positions for observation. Trhe planet Venus is now queen of the western sky, and her brilliancy is increasing day by day. Tho telescope shows her to be in the shape of a half moon, but as she approaches the earth she will assume the form of a crescent. I After the lPith Venus will begin to approach the sun once more, and in I a few weeks it will pass out of view in - dazzling rays. t' The planet Mars Is almo, directly - overhead at 8 o'clock in the constella tion Taiuris, and it may be oasily re B cognized by its large size and ruddy color. 3 11 Jpiter rises about 8 o'clock, and soon it wvill bo In oplpositioni with the sunl and noarest tile earth. T1his gianlt world is alwvays one of tile most inter esting objects in tihe heavons, and during the noxt few mnonths it will bo in very favorable positions for observa tion. well up In the east, at (lark is the br'illiant~ constellation) Orion, so rich lin stars und1( otheri objects of inlterest. i''ast of Orion blazes, Sirius the bright est of the Iixzed stars. Th'is t star has aL wondlerfuIl hlistory and is strangely conl nlectod with sotme of the oldest religions in the world. Its color was reod in an (cienIt timeis, wilo~ now It, is dazzling whl Ite. it hlas Ia companioni revolving aroumnd It, nearly as Jargo as5 our1 sun, but, its dlistance Is so groat that it can be seen only by means of the largest tci0scop)ce in thu world. Sirius has bieen estimlated to be0 one thousand timelts as5 large as our sun and to be motving from us at the rate of twenty.. two miles pors second. T..'wo . Jl)I('iA l D)i vSIONS.-leprc.. . entative McLaurin was granted a hoearing before the house judiciary comamittee in support of Senator Till man's bill providing for the establish mont of two judiciary districts In South Carolina. NMra. Mob~auIn explained to the comnmittoo thle well undJerstood ci rcum stances asurrou nd Ing tho que~s tilon, and recalled in substance what heo saidi when this subject wats undoer consideration in Congress two years ago. Ho took occu'sion to say that he is nIot antatgonizinig tile piresent, mar shl andl district attorney now perform ing~ the dtie~Is of tile Eastern and Wes tern diistri'ct. HeJ saId he hoped the inubet would be allowed to serve ont thoeir terms, as they are valuable and1( efficient oflicors.;;;.H contended tilhat thec bulk of the judicial business of South Carolina comes from the wes tern part of the State, and, therefore, two districts should be established. Somne of the members oif the comn mlitteeo, while appraciating the force of Nit'. McLaurin s' sentiments andl die pose0d to elect two sets of judiciary olllce, hesitate about~creating two dlistricts In the State. it was suggest edi that the creation of two distriets woula necessitate an additional United States .Judge andl ap~propiriate Court ollicials. The latter proposition does not seem popular withm the comnmitteo. Thore is a disposition to create an eastern and westeorn " division " in the Stato, with two d istrict attorneys and t wo mar'shals to divide the line between tbenm as provided In the T1illman bill. Thue committee adjourned without reaching any conclusion. --Diversity of opinion p roves that things are only what we +.hinkr thm. LOOK FO, We are now in our Brick Store near the (le) dispensilg IBargains to to make a Hasket "sho i high prices up the back v his old carcass before a I Visit Our Bargain W(e havo teom bargains our L.emi ter you only have to visit to be con we give you your choico for 2le. WO have a lot of good Cream Chl Time to Plow. --Ve have what y( as the cheapest. Come and see us anu find out for NEW YORK 1 F0asley, S. C. iLvo killed me then and there if I indn't used my knife." The prisoner was born in Breathitt ,ounty, Kentucky, in 1875. 11er father Vah .1ames Riley, a member of one of he oldest fam ilies, his ancestors emil 1ratiig to I ireatihitt early in this cen mury. Tle Iileys havo heon often jonnecteted with the terriblo feudal wars which raged in eastern Kentucky in the early eighties, and it was on ae )Ount, of his participatney in a feud that Jaies Riley removed with his family -o owsley county. The ))risoner is itarather good-look ng mountain woman. She is live feet rour inches high ; has light, yellow hair ; large blu eyns, and withal a pleasant countenance. She is very retiring, and when addressed by a stranger, looks down to the ground and replies at tirst in monosyllahls, She weighs about 135 pounds, and h as stron; and muscular as the averagt man of her age. LIer husband main tains that she is innocent of murder He says his sibter forced thbe deed upj)oI Amy. But he is too poor to bail he out of jail, and he has to content him self with visiting her every day. Governor Ellerbo Strikes for [onom THIE DANGERS Ol1 A I)EIETEl TREASURY. A Defclit 'Thaat. 1Must B Mot. by Ic rencbment-Incomo anti Liceins Taxes are Suggested. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: After a thorough investigation I finl that the finances of the State are no in a very favorable condition, and deem it my duty to call your attentioi to the following facts: Thero was in the State treasury o1 January 26th, 1897, $413, 58.34. Bal ance due the State on general accoui $'"2,000; insuranco license fees (esti mateo) $10,000; fees of the Secretary c State's olice, $5,000; uncollected taixe (esti mated) $85,000; mak ing $605.958.3.1 The above is all the revenue of th< State available for current expense for the fiscal year 1897. Estimating the cutrrent ex penlsis 0 the State at $30,000) per mronth for t mtonths, beginnxin g .JaLnuary 1st, J8117 andi ordlng November 1st, l89J7, wc haive current expenses, $300,00)0; legis iltiv expenses, (estimated) $-15,000 ; special appr~topriattions for iilita, $1(1, 900 ; pensions, $100, 000: mnisecllIaneous, i20,000: public printting, $20,000 ; total, i140,000 ; nmakinug a deficiency in the ecneral fund of *:3.1,0 II.00; unprovidled or. I have countedl the expenses to No ocmher ist because the books are not >pened for the collection (If taxes until 3ctober 15th and] the State Treasur(,r vill not receive r'emittar ces fromi the sounty treasurers uniitil November 15th. We estimate the expenses at $30,0100 Jer month, on the basis of the last rear's applropriations. of course, if my of the app~lropriations be Increased >r additional ones are made for special )urposes, the deficiency will be ini :reased. in prop~ortion. Tihie trustees of the Winth rop Normal indl Industrial College have asked for in additional appropriation of $30,000 ,o build1( another dlormnitory. T1hey now iave room for 240 students, while the Lttendlance at the college is 4l03, 1613 hay ng to b)oard in the town. It would be In initely better for all the students to >oard in the college, and if we knew hbat, the attendance would remain as arge as It is now you would take ne lsk in making the appropriation, but1 ts we can have no guarante- of this, sitor the ephemeral favor wi. h gen 3rally bubbles up and around a new sollege subsides, we may have hero as we had at Clemson a decrease in the number of students. When Clemson College was first upened many boys out of curiosity and without serious purp~oses, rushed in and there was not sullicn*, room to accommodate them, hut af .er r mnning a year or two the attendance, is inighlt have been ex pectedl, (dw indlid don it~o normal numb~ ers and the dlormtitory is large enough for present use. Should you decide to bui ld another doermnitory for Winthiropi, I would re spectfully suggest, owing to the vari ablCecondlitton of the Staite's finances and the financial condition of our peo p)!e, that you have all the brick neces Har'y for the construction of the dor mitory mnade b - the cotnvicts of the penitentiarly. ''his could 1)0 (done In the summ lier after the crops) (on the State farim have been laid by and be fore har Vesting time1 begins. You cold~ ( then allord at the next session of the General Assembly to make a small approprlIiationt to have the work comn plcted. T1hie defIcieney that 1 have called your attentilon to shouli be provided