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community,

"A manuscript in Latin, dated Oct.
%, 1912, is alleged to have been found in
cave near Gainesville, Tex. It pur-
ports 10 give an account of the wander
ings Of party of Spaniards in search Of
Hernando Desota, the discoverer of the
Mississippi River.
= A Texas railroad has sent its agents
to Oklahoma to induce those who cannot
get land there 10 come to Texas. The
railroad offers good land on easy terms,
and has 100000 acres to sell, while all
Oklahoma contains only 100000. Texas
hopes to get 10000 emigrants from the
overflow.
Gov. Wilson, of West Virginia, has
pardoned Enos Basham, of Summers
county, sentup for four years in September
last for grand larceny. The Governor
gave as his reason that Basham "was not
of that degsee of intelligence to make
him capable of Distinguishing right f'om
wrong" Basham declares be vii uut
accept pardon granted on such grounds,
and refuses to leave the peniteutiary. he
says be has "more serse in minute than
Governor Wilson has shown in his whole
term"
= Mr. J. D. Watts bought another old
bale of cotton last week from Mr.. Frank
Henderson. The bale was twenty. ight
years old, having been raised in 1861 by
Lieutenart NJ. II. Henderson, who was
killed in q battle near Boonsboro, Pa,
the same year. The bale is said to have
lost seventy.6ve or eighty pounds in
weight, and makes the second old bale
within the past two OF three years that
Mr.. Henderson has sold, the first being
about thirty years old. The price paid
for the last bale was ten cents per pound.
--Laurens Herald.
- MI. E. G.. Irving, superintendent of
the Victor Cotton Mills, near Charlotte,
n. c., has accepted ct a handsome salary,
the position of boss carder in a cotton
factory. which is soon to be put in opera.
tion in Shanghai, China, and will sail for
that country in couple of weeks. The
chief engineer and designer Of the new
factory is Massachusetts man. The mill
is to have q capacity of ten thousand
spindles, and all of the machinery was
purchased in America. Mr.. Irving says
all the regular hands in the mill will be
Cinnamon ; their labor is the cheapest in
the world, and, he adds, "in this business
it is as good as any,"
- Mrs. Hetty Green, one of the
shrewdest operators in Wall street, is
perhaps the richest woman in America,
her wealth being estimated to be any
where from S40,OOo,O0O to $4,000, 900.
She inherited s10,O 100000 from her father,
Edward Mott Robinson, who laid the
foundation of his fortune in the whaling
business. Her husband, E. E[. Green,
had coined money in the China trade
before he married her, but his wealth is
modest compared with hers. BE ia nearly
feet 6 inches tall.
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preachers, good suppers-glorious seasons
for the invited reporter. Bring around
the buggies!
Solicitor M. F. Ansel passed through
on his return from the marriage of Hon.
r. M. Cleveland, Of Greenville, and Miss
Bessie Norwood, of Abbeville. His happy
smiles almost told the story.
We had pleasant word with that genial
ard courteous gentleman, J. G. Smith, of
Greenville, who was returning from the
Floral Fair in Charleston. There is room
for many such Smiths. They would soon
hammer the world into better shape.
Mrs. Geer had the first mess Of green
peas. Her garden ranks with the best.
DR.. Todd claims to lead in Irish pota-
toes.
A. M. Todd beats the town in strawber-
ries. He has received an order from
Charlotte for one crate. Can't fill the
order before the last of this week.
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= Three years ago five young men in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, organized a suicide
club. It was agreed that annual meet
ings should be held, and at each meeting
q ballot should be taken to decide which
one should commit suicide during the
year. Two years ago it fell to the lot Of
the President of the club to kill himself,
and be did 30 without a murmur. The
following year another member cut his
throat. One of the members thought the
business was too serious, and resigned.
Another committed suicide last Tuesday.
This leaves only one man in the club.
He cannot resign, because there is nobody
to accept his resignation. he is endeav-
oring to initiate some new members into
the order.
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Learn q Trade.

The Charleston World gives the young
men of the State some very sound ad.
vice, in urging that a larger number of
them should learn trades. That the
professions of law and medicine, upon
which numbers of young man are con-
stantly entering, are oyercrowded, is
generally admitted. Mercantile pursuits
perhaps offer the best opportunities for
competence, but much depends upon
capital and other facilities. To the man
who expects to depend upon his Own
exertions there can be little doubt that a
trade offers far better inducement than
merchandise. The very aversion hitherto
shown in the South to the learning of q
trade increases the present opportunities
of those who will abandon the old ideas
and take common.sense view of life.
To show the field offered to artisans in
the South, the World says:
"We feel sure that in few years the
capital which has been seeking an in.
vestment in the West will flow i'll a
stream to the South. Indeed, it has al
ready begun to flow towards Tennessee
and Alabama, and, in 9 comparatively
short time, all through the South it will
be seeking investment, and intelligent
tradesmen will be in great demand and
before them will often appear golden op.
portunities. The youth of our land
should be ready to use these opportuni-
ties when they do appear"
To the same effect ia the following,
extracted from Frank Leslie's Monthly for
May:
"The South will detract more and
more from the prestige of the West, and
ultimately establish great trade and in.
dustrial centres ofits own, with no sym.
pathy whatever with the Weat. It is
attracting the great mass of capital,
INN. grafton and brains which formerly
turned toward the West. Its climate
gives it three crops to one of any other
section of the continent. 1t offers more
inducements to the surplus population
and the surplus wealth of the world than
ary other area on the globe. When the
roar of its industries and the maelstrom
of its full developing energies break forth,
the West and the North and the East will
be drowned in the din,"
The South should furnish, from her
own young men, the mechanics who are
to do an important part in the develop.
ment of her industries. The young men
of our section should lay aside the preju-
dices acquired in the past, and, taking 8
practical view oflife, cease to concentrate
their aspirations in the professions. Let
more of our young men learn trades
Columbia ReaiSter.
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Another Evangelist.

CHARLESTON, s. O., April 27.-Char.
lesion is promised genuine sensation tc.
morrow. The sensation Hill be on the
Sam Small style. It is announced to-day
that Henry D. Houver, who has been
doing reporters work on most of the city
papers here for the last three or four
years, but who has been compelled to
change papers owing to his addiction to
drink, has been converted. He has
secured the use of the Grand opera house
for Sunday next, and will then and there
make bis debut as an evangelist. Houv.
er is Floridian by birth, and was at one
time editor of the Columbus, Ga,
En9uirer. His father was one of the
oldest preachers in the Methodist
persuasion in that State, and is talented
writer. He has, however, been addicted
to drinking for years, and has only lately
came out Of the hospital. His proposed
debut has created quite sensation in the
cammIlnitv
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interest is 8, vested one, and that the acts
of fnrfeiture are void as IN thpm

VI dIc SOlO do W lu6Lus
When the United States granted the
charters to the roads through the territory
they gave with them large sections of
land on each side of the roads which are
very valuable since the opening of the
territory. But before the territory was
opened the lands were worthless to the
roads because of the Indian title. Some
of the roads issued bonds, secured by a
mortgage on all their property, and now
the holders contend that these mortgages
will include these Oklahoma lands. The
railroad companies claim they will not.
But now let us see how the lobbyists
and congressman who fought for the
passage Of the bill ara going to make for.
tunes out of it:
The lobbyists were paid in money for
their work with promise that when the
bill passed they would reap good share
of the harvest. Now, here is their
harvest, and here is what some congress
men will get out of it: The railroads
own large lots of land on each side Of
their lines. They are locating all the
towns on their lands. The railroads hold
a controlling interest in each of these
towns, but give large share to the men
who did the work in getting the bill
through Congress. Thus the town site
syndicates are formed. The towns are
capitalized at as much as $500,000
each. A few shares of the stock are sold
off to raise the money to lay out streets
and lots. Then the lots are sold and the
harvest will be reaped. Men who have
never put up q single dollar, but who
have done their share of the work, will
become rich within few months. These
syndicates own such towns as Oklahoma
City, Guthrie and Lisbon, which have
been laid off for months and will within
q few days contain enough people to be
designated cities.
The lobbyists have worked for years,
but now they are reaping q rich harvest; !;
within year dozen of them will count
their wealth by the hundred thousands.
There are some congressman who retir.
ed to private life on tha 9TH of March,
among them being Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa,
who will also reap their share of the
spoila, and Mr.. Weaver will in all proba.
bility be sent to Congress as delegate as
soon as the territory is organized, and as
Senator when Oklahoma is admitted as q
State.
Weaver fought hard and for a long
time single handed for the bill and his
reward will be great.-Atla'str Constitu.
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s Some people are always too late, and
Therefore complish through life moth.
ssing WORTH naming they promise to
sSmsss you$ ct such an hour, they are never
present; ;natil thirty minutes after. No
matter how important the business is,
either to!!Y Yourself o. to them, they are
ssjnat;as taitly one Of this class is to
eSpassage by steamer or railway, he
arrives just as the boat has left the wharf,
ssort thas train the station. His dinner has
been waiting 80 long that the cook is
ssoptSof patience. This course the charac.
sstsr rMss shave described always pursues.
ssd5e: issneysr in time for church, at his
sPlace business, at his meals, or in his
:sbed. Persons Of such habits we cannot
buta despise. Always start in time, and
bereadY at the appointed hour. We
sRould not give 8 fig for man who is not
SspanctuaI TO his engagements, and who
sneYer makes up bis mind to a certain
3 course till the time is lost. Those who
hang back, hesitate and tremble-who
Esara never at hand for a journey, to meet
sans pointment for business or anything
;Selse-are poor sloths. and are ill calcula.
ssted ITO succeed in business or get a living
Sin this world.
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Harrisen's Southern Policy.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-President
Harrison has adopted remarkable
Southern policy. Saturday a delegation
of colored men came all the way from
Alabama to consult with the President
about the new "white mans Republican
party" the foundation of which was
started at Birmingham recently. They
were not in the Presidents presence FIVE
minutes before they discovered that the
new organization was actually inspired
by a suggestion from the White House,
and that it was Mr.. Harrison's deliberate
purpose to attempt to break up the Dem.
ocratic party in the South by dividing it
on the industrial and tariff issue and dis
tributing executive patronage among
protection Democrats, thus inserting a
tariff wedge in the Democratic organiza.
ton. The chosen spokesman of the dele
CATION was not half through with his ad.
dress when the President interrupted by
SAYING,
"Well, what do you want me to do? I
cannot very well use the army and navy
to give you the protection you ask. Post
Offices won't do you any good what do
you want?"
call through the interview" said one
of the delegates, "the President seemed to
have in mind the Petroleum V. Nasby
idea that it was posLofices we were after.
We came up to lay our views before the
President becaroe of the general impress
sion in our Stalo that he was in some way
back of this white mans Republican
party We have had our say and We are
going home again. The President told
us that even if a party should be estsb.
lished in the South calling itself white
mans Republican party that wouldn't
hurt us."
One of the delegation, Philip Joseph,
editor of paper for colored people in
Mobile, ventured to inject few words of
dissent, to which the President replied {:
ut once you get these white men identi.
fed with you on the tariff issue, they will
be forced to join the ranks of the Repub.
lican party, and then you will have a
nucleus to 60 upon. If they had been in
the Confederate army so much the better.
The best way to protect you is to take up
the tariff protection first. Then when
you have sufficient following Of white
men committed on that point you can
hold them on all the other issues, end if
Congress passes any new laws to protect
you in your votes those laws can be en-
forced"
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HAMILTON, o., April 28.-A terrible
railroad accident occurred on the Grand
Trunk near here at o'clock this morning.
The ST. Louis express jumped the track
and the engine ran into water tank.
The cars telescoped and thirteen imme-
diately took fire. All the dead, seventeen
in number, have been taken out. The
only body identified is that of r. S. Cur.
ney, Of Chicago. he was instantly killed
but not burned. An italian, name un.
known, was also instantly killed. The
other fifteen were burned beyond the
possibility of Identification. About
twenty persons we're injured, but only one
or two seriously. None of the train hands
were killed. A fireman vas slightly
burned aud received bad scalp wound.
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Honea Path Items.

Last Friday evening our Reading Circle
had the pleasure of hearing recitation by
Miss Anna Dargan. It was certainly one
of the finest We have ever heard.
The annual pic mic will take place at
Erwin's Mill on Friday, May 10th. The
following gentlemen are invited to address
the meeting: Hon. W. G. Benet, Of Abbe-
vile, Revs. A. A. Marshall, of Anderson,
and D. W. Hiott, of Honea Path. The
pic mic at Erwin's is looked forward to by
our young people as great day for
cou-, well, perhaps had better not be
too plain about the matter, or some of
them might blush. It will be held this
year under the auspices of the Reading
Circles at Honea Path and Broadmouth.
BE sure and come, Mr.. Editor, and bring
your friends with you. We are always
glad to have you visit us.
Last Friday afternoon, at Abbcville G.
FL, competitive examination was held
for the appointment to the Naval Acad-
emy. There were four competitors, viz
Messrs. Evans and Cater, of Anderson,
Dendy, of Walhalla, and John A. Hudg-
ems, of Honea Path. The Board of Exam
liners were DR.. Grier, of Due West, and Mr..
Holland, of Newberry. After The papers
of the young men were examined it was
found that our young friend, John A.
Hudgens, was appointed, he having passed
the best examin alton. This appointment
reflects great credit on Mr.. Hudgens, and
also upon his teacher, Prof. Watkins, OF
Honea Path. Mr.. Hudgens will start for
his place of destination-for the next few
years-May 11th. We wish him much
success and safe return. Mr.. Hudgens
is the eldest son of DR.. Thos. A. and Ella
Hudgens, of Honea Path, 8. G.
Last Friday afternoon q colored man,
named Lee Brownlee, living on the place
of Mr. Robert Branyan, was found dead in
bed. Il was at first thought that he was
poisoned, but DR.. J. F. Shirley made an
examination and found that he died Of
heart disease. Esquire J.J. Trussell held
an inquest, and the verdict was rendered
according to the above statement.
TWo of our young ladies, Misses sallie
Wing and Kittie Parker, have been quite
sick. We are glad to learn that they are
about well again. We missed them from
our Circle at the last meeting.
The latest excuse for not going to
Church: The old lady-wife of deacon
had sess 8, hen in the buggy, and when
meeting day came only one of them could
go, as the hen was still setting and the
buggy could not be used. Dear sisters,
never set your hens in the buggy, for it
may keep you away from Church.
MESSENGER.
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Black Mems Ills.

RALEIGH, N. w., April 2f.-Negf0ee
from various sections OF the State assem-.
bled here yesterday to organize the North
Carolina emigration convention. Dele.
gates from six of the nine congressional
districts were present. Several speeches
were made. One speaker said the present
movement was the grandest ever under
taken since the negroes we're made free,
and that when this convention should
sound the keynote to go, the farms of
this section would be depopulated. This
was received with great applause. Geo.
W. Price, of New Hanover, was made
permanent president of the convention.
Isaiah G. Hayes, of Wake, vice presi-
dent; G. W. Turner, of Vance, secretary.
After the permanent organization there
were many speeches. 1t was stated that
as long as the negro and the white man
lived eogether the latter would rule.
The negroes could not hope to be peo.
pie unless they 60 to place where they
can own lands and participate in the gov.
ernment.
The committee on resolutions reported,
after considerable delay. The resolu.
tions are lengthy. They set forth chat
the subject of negro emigration is one OF
vital importance. and should be brought
to the attention of the people in every
county in North Carolina; that the
amount of money invested in manufacture.
ing and farming is not sufficient to give
employment to the masses of the people,
40 that many are idle, and those who do
work are paid small wages; that for the
last twelve years the farming interest has
been decreasing, wages declining and
rents increasing, and there is indisposition
on the part of land owners to share with
the laborers, but on the contrary to be-
come more oppressive and to fortify
themselves, and the farmers have estab-
lished the Farmers Alliance to build up
the land owners as against the laborers,
and that it seems scale of wages has
been agreed upon by this alliance; that
to further carry out its design, the Far
mers' Alliance seems bent upon controll.
ing the legislature; that the laws allow
ing the posting of lands are harsh in that
they prevent the shooting Of birds and the
plCk1uk VI poIAlCo, aulA tuoV tA0 otoSn 10 o
force the negroes to give up their cattle
and purchase everything from the mer.
chants; that the law making it misde.
meanor to violate labor contracts should
be 30 amended as to allow laborer to
leave upon five days notice; that the Law
which puts the election of magistrates in
the hands of the legislature ought 10 be
condemned +; that the new election laws
will disqualify two thirds Of the negro
voters, because the Democrats say in
every campaign that this is white mans
country. In view of these things, it is
best that the negroes should emigrate,
and that seven commissioners be appoint
ed to represent the whole negro population
of North Carolina, these commissioners
to 20 to various parts of the country
and examine into the advantages, and to
suggest the best methods of emigrating.
The resolutions we're adopted. The
commissioners will secure all the aid
possible from any States or Territories
which they may recommend.
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az -
; The present pportionment under
athecensua of $50 allows a Congressman
stor1 81, 600 popnlation. Aud it is sug-
sgested that the ratio under the census Of
1883 9sbeS zoo, 600 Of population, which
would dsgiYe The membership Of the House
1925 asInow: Mr. Springer, of illinois,
excellent authority upon such matters,
thinks that each Of The New England
sstates, except aehrsetts, viii lose
zone ormore Gong greslraen, and that the
esterns States and Texas will make great
gains. he comedies gaina in Alabama
and Georgia. re entucky hopes to have q
round dozen.
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FIVE GENTS BUYS

half pound Soap Bueing Clothes Pas Wash Basins Jelly
Cake Dge Baking pn Lace and sye@ @ papers @ M Ase R
Buttons Combs Lilly White re Paper % En-
yeope pair Eic Elastic Gold and Silver Plated JeweGy LINEN
Lace Ribbon balls Embroidery, Silk Floss 619 States
balls Thread spools Thread pair Socks box R9ssS & Mo-
y Pencils Tooth Brushes Pocket @ K1ge ds n Mdng sS
ew Charm Knives Coffee and sraineT Lamp Gnney Glass Mugs,
laundry Wax, 2 Haudkeches, Handkcheis
Look for our paper circulars and come to
New goods day. Truly yours tor loc
C. 5. MINOR g. CO.,
BROYLES BUILDING, SOUTH MAIN STREET.
forget Holloway making special bargains with the
U.S. and will to hep show hem
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might we'll guess be would be a goner,
but he dare not show his face. We en-
phatically say the powers that be are not
sufficient to close our doors-i. e., so far
as finances control. Yes, sir, We defy
the world to say that we ever owed q
dime ten minutes after the bill was pre-.
scented. We pay the cash for everything
and knuckle to no man.
You miss our Mr.. Holloway. Well,
be has girded his garments round about
and hied him hence to the North and
West, where the richest fruits can be
had fresh from the factories. He will
pluck all the newest and rarest bargains
that dime can buy. Look for his return.
See if you don't get dollar bargain for
only 10c.
Oh! don't let me forget to tell you
how we have been overworked for about
week; how the crowds surged back
and forth, swayed by the uncomfortable
wave of low prices at the Piedmont 10c,
Store" and how our competitors nope
about like sick chickens. But ah we
have nearly filled our Golfers in the last
week. We have concluded to make this
our home, and are determined not to be
undersold. So come and see US.
Look out next week-we will have
glorious news and some funny things to
tell you.
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. HOM Z AGAIN J"

A FTER an absence of two years for the
IN purpose of better preparing myself
80 as to more fully satisfy friends or parties
who may employ me to work for them, I
have returned, and with eight well trained
hands, rough and ready, am well prepared
to do any kind of work in the line Of
Carpentering at very short notice. Win
either work the eight and direct them,
contract or sub-contract, All work done
in frst.class style, and guaranteed,
Cal and see me before letting your work.
Very respectfully.
PICKENS BROWN.
Nav 1890 d3 I'm
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SIS The Legislature Of Minnesota has pass,
@ed new capital punishment Law. The
( sprisone ner to be- kept in solitary confne'
sment, and see no one but his family, hia
slasy yefs and his spiritual advisers. he
ss?is,to Be xecuted before sunrise, and may
Invite three persons to be present. The
sheriff invites ak persons beside the sur.
sgson It5is mad g misde demeanor for any
sneWspspe to publish any thing more
sabouts the execution than the mere fact.