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"I have never unde4 aiken to say that
there was any disgrace, per sc, in accept
ing passes from railroads. l have thought
it best not to do it, but l have thought
and still think that he must be very
cheap politician who can be bought by so
small 8 mess of pottage, but your leader
and his followers have held it up as proof
positive of fraud and corruption.
"There is an old saying, which, trans
lated, is that She who thinks evil, to him
tis evil" and say here, that these men,
this leader of yours and his followers,
who have said that accepting passes is
proof of corruption, and that no who ac-
cepts them is bought, stand to-day con-
victed out of their own mouths of having
been bought by the railroad, express
companies and telegraph companies, l
have taken them by their word. We
have found bya years experience, that
their moral sense was not sufficient to
save them from falling away from homes
ty and virtue.
''I call on you who come here as fol-
lowers of this leader to vote for the prin-
ciples that he and. you have laid down, to
strengthn', t.e ak brother, who, seeing
tho evil, has not had strength to avoid it !;
who, seeing the pit, could not keep his
feet from teuJ has allen in; who, know
ing that he is being Lribed, holds an ca
ger hand out for tho bribe; who, seeing
the wrong, deliberately adopts it instead
of the right. To adcG Gfc the moral oblo-
guy of i the Penalty to be enforced in the
ceurssss of the law thereby strengthens
their fear of going wrong by fear OF
prompt punishment. :.
"And now put yourself on the record
as to how you will vote on this poi :. To
those who thought it was bribery, it is
bribery. To those who thought it was
dishonesty, it is dishonesty. As such you
must vote on it,"
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A Killing at Easley.

GREENv1LLE, 8. c., December r.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock W.
n. Green, marshal of Easley, shot and
killed Langley Gilliland at that place.
It seems that last Thursday night the
two men had sople trouble, caused by the
marshal attempting to arrest Gilliland.
Gililand resisted and cut an ugly cash i'll
Green's face. Yesterday morning Green
was told that Gilliland was looking for
him with knife to kill him and prepared
to defend himself At the time of the
shooting it is reported that the two men
met in front of Bruce & Co.'s drug store,
opposite the depot, and Green, as Gill;
land started towards him and when ne
was about ten feet away, drew his pistol
and shot him just below the heart. GILL;
land stood perfectly still for fully thirty
seconds and those who saw him thought
the shot had missed him, but he took a
step toward Green and, staggering, threw
his hat at Green and fell. He was taken
into the drug store unconscious, and died
shortly afterward.
Green was calm after the shooting and
said that he regretted that lie had to take
q human life, but that he knew all day
that he would haYe to do it or DO killed
himself. He expressed himself as ready
to give himself up to the proper authori-
fion
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Eiectr0cuti0n Is Painless.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, December 10.-Dr.
Wheelock Ryder, the eye specialist Of
this city, was one of the witnesses of the
Loppy execution at Sing Sing on Mon
day. He was there, MS he said, "on &C.
count Of my own curiosity"
In answer to reporter question as to
whether he regarded the electrocution as
successful, he said:
"N1ost certainly do, and it Is certain.
ly the most humane way Of executing
criminals, If We are going to execute
them at all. There was nothing sicken-
ing, nothing terrible about the manner in
which Loppy met his death. There was
no odor of burning flesh, of which so
much has been said, nor frightful contor-
tions."
"Was death instantaneous ?"
"Yes, it was quicker than that. Death
did not occur after the current was turn
ed, but the instant it was applied. Loppy
did not suffer. Suffering was impossible.
Death occurred in one thousandth part of
q second, and pain, if such it may be
termed, which does not last longer than
that cannot cause suffering. Any pain
which Loppy suffered I would be willing
to endure all day."
eff death was instantaneous, why was
~ uecessaiy W turu tue cuTTeHI OH anu
on again ?''
'sIn the case of hanging" replied Mr..
Ryder, "death occurs when the neck is
broken, but body is not cut down for
several minutes afterwards. It is simply
to avoid any possibility of 3 failure to
produce death.n
"What is your opinion about the publ
cations of the electrocutions? ?"
HT ha1iava If von1d ha hetter RI haya
representatives of the Press associations
admitted to the executions. There is
nothing connected with it which could
not properly be published. I understand
that Warden Brown will recommend in
his report the admission Of newspaper
correspondents, and I think the law will
be so amended.
"Electrocution has come to stay.
Rather than see the law repealed, I would
go to Albany and lobby inits interest" y
Ne,0 York Rorld.
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Another Wheat Circular.


ST. PAIL, December 12.-The Alliance
organ, the State, is out this week with
another hold-your wheat "circular," and
presents the usual array of figures to
show that the farmer will profit by fol-
lowing the advice laid down therein. It
holds that Russia is entirely out Of the
present and future deliveries from far
mers will fill but a small portion Of the
requirements.
1t does not advise the famers to create
an unnecessary scarcity or to repudiate
his debts, but to sell only what he is
obliged to when receipts are large and in-
creasing, and when they are on the de-
cline to sell only a certain portion each
month. Taking all things into account,
the author of the circular claims that il
the farmer does not get twice what he is
now offered for his wheat, it is his own
fault.
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The Rice Deal Is Dead.

Some time ago it will be remembered
that there WAS considerable talk about a
proposed trust which was to purchase and
operate all of the Southern rice mills.
It was stated that number Of foreign
capitalists were backing the scheme and
that they expected to have the trust in
operation by the first of December. 1t is
known that the representatives of the un-
known purchasers went so far as to secure
the options on several rice mills, and of
one or two in this city. 1t was stated
yesterday that the options on the Char
lesion mills haYe expired, and the reason
able presumption is that the deal is
"off."
Nothing has been heard from the capi-
talists. Tho general belief is that the mill
owners would gladly have disposed of the
mills to the capitalists.
1t is suggested that the syndicate
thought that the investment was not as
big bonanza as it first appeared, and
they accordingly abandoned their op-
tions.-News and Courier.
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= The London Geological Societi, has
recently obtained a white frog from Afr-
ca.
j DR.. Curtis writes as an expert from
Texas that .Dyrenforth's experiments in
making rain are farce.
- California's wine crop this year will
equal quart for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
-Palpitation of the heart may be stop
ped by lying on the right side, partially
on the face, then the heart will resume it's
proper action.
- Lamp burners which are in constant
use should be boiled occasionally in pear
line or soda suds, then scrubbed and pol
ished in brick dust, then they will do as
good service as new ones.
"A locomotive has just been built at
the Crewo Works Of the London and
Northwestern Railway which is capable
of drawing train ut the rate of 100 miles
an hour.
-Talton Hall, who was arrested in
Memphis, last week, for the murder of a
policeman at Norton, Va, has wonder
full record if he tells the truth. He ad-
mits that he has killed twenty-nine men
in various rows, but claims that he
always acted in self lfdefcnse.
Two eminent millionaires Of New
York, Sidney Dillon and George Gould,
have put it on record that fifty cents is
maximum amount Of wealth they carry
about with them, and when they invite
friend to lunch he knows now what he
may expect.
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Is this Murderer Noble

One Of the most remarkable cases that
has ever como TO light in this State, de-
velopcd in the State Supreme Court yos-
to-day, and as result tho necks of the
ten negroes under sentence of death in
Laurens County for the murder of
Thornton Nance, some months ago, will
De saved.
The full confession of another negro,
which was heretofore not known to eX-
ist, was read, the fellow saying that he
was unable TO stand tho idea of so many
innocent men being hung for his crime.
The case was brought up by Mr.. j. Il.
Johnson, of the Laurens bar, i'll behalf of
Jim Young and the other convicted no.
groes. They were sentenced to hang on
October 81 last, but the attorneys APP
pealed to the Supreme Court, and his
motion yesterday was to suspend the
hearing in the Supreme Court, and trans
fer it back to the Circuit Court
The ground of this motion was that
there was lator-discovered evidence that
would obtain the acquittal of tho negroes
in the lower Court.
In support of this NJ. Johnson submit
ted the affidavit referred TO above, signed
by Henry Suber, the fellow recently ar
rested, which was given voluntarily. The
affidavit stated substantially that the afli-
ant was at Pitts Church on the night Of
the murder; that shortly after the meet
ing he started to his home, and when
about quarter Of mile from the
Church he was overtaken and assaulted
by Nance. Then, and there, he says, he
shot Nance and killed him. Flo says he
is not related to any Of the condemned
men, but feels that it is his duty to mako
known the facts in order that innocent
| men may not suffer on his account.
He says further that any statement or
statements that other persons were i'm
plicated in the killing than himself arc
false. He concludes his affidavit with the
statement that when the time comes for
his trial for his life, he will give all the
details and show that there was absolute
ly no conspiracy
He gave this affidavit to tho lawyers to
be used as they might think advisable for
tho good Of humanity.
There is little or no doubt that tho Su-
preme Court will grant the ordor asked
when it meets this morning.
State, December 10.
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Dec 10, 1891
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
n, the Court Common Pleas.
Mary G. Sullivan, nee Mary G. Knox, John
NICK. Knox, Charles L. Knox and Alb
ner w. Knox, Infants under the age of
twenty-one years, by John G. Griffin,
their Guardian, ad Item, plaintiffs, va.
Mrs. Lucy A. Knox, Defendant.-Com-
plant for Partition, Settlement, Relief
&c.
DY virtue Of an order of sale to me di-
ID rected by Hon. j. j. Norton, Judge
of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, at Cham
bers, in the above stated case, i will sell to
the highest bidder, during the usual hours
of sale on Salesday in January next, in
front of the Court House, in the City of
Anderson, the following described proper
ty, to wit:
/. A certain Tract of Land, situate in
Bolton Township, on the West side Of the
Columbia g. Greenville Railroad, contain.
ing seventy. y.seYen and three.iourth acres,
more or less, adjoining lands of the Estates
of NJ. Breazeale, Esq, G.. w. McDavid,
and Others, it being Tract Of Land con-
veyed to Fl. M. Knox by G. w. Taylor,
and known as the Telford place.
2. A certain Tract of Land, situate in
Belton Township, on Little Rocky Creek,
containing ninety-seven acres, more or
less, bounded by lands of G. w. Manly,
Estate of NJ. Breazeale, Estate of DR.. W.
c. Brown, andknown as Davenport place,
this being also Tract of Land conveyed
to 81. M. Knox by 6. " Taylor.
8. A certain Tract of Land in Belton
Township, containing thirty-four acres,
cut from Southwest side of the place
known as the Knox place, on Cupboard
Creek, adjoining lands Of Marion Griffin
and lands formerly owned by John Leavell
and Mrs. L. o. Hammond. A plat of this
piece will be exhibited on day Of sale.
Terms of Sale-One-third cash, balance
in twelve months, with interest from day
of sale on deferred payment, secured by
bond of the purchaser and mortgage of
the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for
necessary papers.
r. NJ. BURRISs, Master.
Dec 10, 1901 %
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The Legislative Committee which has
been investiga eating the circulation fraud"
in Columbia has discovered that the rep
resentatiye Of Clerks Gray and Pope, one
wv. Ne. Rodgers, was guilty OF very
ireprehensible cl1icanery in making it ap-
;;s,eat that the Columbia Register had a
Il <rar circulation than the Columbia
The General Statutes provide that
ksIa1 LII the Senate and Clerk of the
determine which Columbia
"a T., has the largest circulation,
paper they shall give an ad-
: ~ calling for bids to do the
lting. The Clerks appointed
To determine the circulations Of
and Register. and he reported
Register was entitled to the ad-
ment. The State Indignantly
Charged Gray, Popaand Rodgers with
and fraud which resulted in
2Mnaa MO: Gonzales and Clerk
ago Of hot words :. Aween
. 6zales and Clerk Gray on>tho
occasion, and later in fight be-
a. E. Gonzales and NJ. F. Tigke,
Neps and Courier, because of
Areport to his paper Of the diff
AR mentioned. AS officers Of
Assembly had been charged
the performance Of their du-
kcsti2ation was ordered. This
y ton Brings to light the fact that
4,,el 49, les circulation is thrice as large as
Ebe Register's, and that Rodgers asked
persons to subscribe for 1000
sg;sfe3ss for one day, which would cost
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Louisiana Disgraced.

CHICAGO, ILL, December IA spe-
cial dispatch from Now Orleans says !:
Every parish, save West Baton Rouge,
has elected delegates to the Democratic
State Convention. A careful review Of
the situation shows that the faction favor
able to the lottery will be in control. On
t6egovernorship question the delegates
stand : NfeEnery, lottery, 7l; Adams,
anti-lottery, 49,, sixty.fve of Meme
rvs and forty of Adanoss arc contested,
leaving uncontested dolegasesi NlcEnery
306, Adams 23S. On tho lottery question
tho convention will stand; anti-lottery;
500; pro-lottery 373, without taking. any
of the doubtful parishes into oonsidera-
tion,
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them nothing, that he might represent
the Registers circulation as the larger of
the two. Flo also added tho Registers
weekly circulation to its daily to help
swell the number. The whole scheme
seems to be an unblushing fraud, from
which charge the Clerks can hardly clear
their skirts, and only then by throwing
the odium of the fraud upon their spe-
cially appointed representative. We
hope the Legislature will deal with the
matter as its gravity and unscrupulous.
ness deserves
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The Belton High School,
BELTON, s. G.
J. Il. SMITH, Principal.
MRS. J. r.. SMITH, Assistant.
RATES OF TUITION.

RITES OF TUITION,
Primary Dcpartmcni-Spelling, Read
ing, Writing and Oral Arithmetic on
Chart, $1.00 month.
Intermediate Departmcnt-Such of the
preceding studies as are not completed, to.
gether with Geography, Eng. Grammar,
Eng. Composition, Arithmetic and Hy-
gene, $500 month.
Hiahcr Dcpartmcnt-Na Philosophy,
Physical Geography, Algebra, Geometry,
Trigonometry Greek, Latin and French,
Etc, $500 month.
Incidental expenses for each pupil, 1Oc.
a month.
Pupils prepared for the higher classes in
College.
Board obtained in the best families at
reasonable rates.
For additional information address the
Principal.
Doc II 1901 %
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s1al, for Andersen and the Indus
RAJ EcIlcoIs Our Representatives are
VorK ing TO get. The School for Anderson.
bstter:investment could not be made.
1--WE secure it it will raise Anderson 10C
ssr cent. in the estimation of the world.
ldelsoIi would be proud ofthe achieve
3entas long: as her history lasts. What
pldmentit would be to the progress
ses off the people of Andersont
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CHRIS MI AS.

Yes, yes, this see,
That something done has got 10 be,
For those boys, six feet high,
Have packed goods to the sky.
Yes, yes, this know,
That D. c.. Brown has made it So
Bacon down and Sugar cheap,
And on Flour he can't be beat.
Yes, yes, this is condence,
Selling Candy at eight cents,
For old man Deck is mighty boy,
And he's going to sell the Xmas Toy
Yes, yes, this is rash,
They are selling for the cnsh;
Credit none, but honor all
Selling goods to large and small.
D. @. BROWN & BRO,
No, g Webb ClQQki
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From the latest reports from the recent
earthquake which visited a section of Ja-
pan, itsappears that over 5000 people
were killed and 100000 people left des-
titnte and homeless. The disturbance
was mainly in the great centres Of porce-
lain manufacture, this industry having
esf entirely destroyed.
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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

The Legislature does not seem to be
accomplishing very great results in any
direction. The following is summary
of the work done in the last week of
general interest:
The Prohibition Bill passed the House
by a vote of SO to 81. Anderson's delega-
ton voted for the Bill. The Bill is now
in the Senate. Its fate is-net known,
though it is predicted It will bs killed by
that body.
The House pissed the Bill making the
the FIRST Monday in September legal
holiday-Labor Day. So
1t also passed Bill requiring the>sall=='
roads to furnish separate coaches for
whites and blacks.
On Wednesday Representative D. W.
McLaurin was elected Attorney General
to succeed Gen. Pope. Assistant Attor-
ney General Townsend was candidate
for the place, and was entitled to it, and
it is little rough on him to have a
younger man, without much experience,
elected over him.
A Joint Resolution has been passed
looking to the holding ofa Constitutional
Convention. The House refused to add
an amendment to the resolution requir-
the new Constitution, should the people
vote for the Convention, to be submitted
to the people for final ratification. Why
anyone should object to allowing the peo-
pie to pass upon their fundamental law
we are unable to divine, unless it Le that
these legislative solons think they, or the
"know it ALL" and the people don't.
The Judiciary Committee reported adj
vsrsely on the Bill providing for new
plan of County Government. That was
cherished scheme of Gov. Tillman's.
The anti-free pass bill, mentioned else.
where, passed the House with amend
ments, SO that it was sent back to the
Senate.
Mr.. Breazeale has introduced bill au-
thorizing the City Council of Anderson
TO subscribe an amount not exceeding
100000 for the Industrial School, and
Mr.. Earle introduced bill authorizing
the County Commissioners of Anderson
to issue bonds to the amount of 900
for the same purpose, provided the School
is located in the City Of Anderson. SEN
ator Glenn introduced similar bill in
tho Senate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
reported rnfavorably on the Prohibition
bill. That foreshadows the beginning of
the end of that bill.
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The Restitution existing among the in
habit anys Of Durango and neighboring
SMe3dcan States, on account of drought
ana the total failure ofscrops, has reached
sstcha serious state that the Mexican gov
fernment has been compelled to provide
food to Keep the people from starving.
The Goyernorof Chihuahur has ordered
sie0,9 800 bushels of grain from the United
States which will be distributed at min
sdmnm cost or free to those who have no
money. Thousands of the lower classes,
I Bho are naturally thriftless, are on the
point Of starvation.
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SALE OF LAND.

DY virtue of the power contained in the
ID last Will and Testament of DR..
W. G. Brown. deceased, will sell at pub
lie auction, on the FIRST MONDAY IN
JANUARY, 1892, at Anderson c. r., the
following Tracts of Land
FIRST-One Tract of Land, near Will
liamston, known rs the Dean Mill place,
containing IA acres, more or less, adjoin-
ing land of c. E. Horton and others.
This place is near Williamson and Pelzer,
and is very desirable.
SECOND-One Tract, known as the
Harkins place, near Bolton, adjoining land
of L. D. Harris and others, and contains
one hundred acres, more or less.
THIRD-One Tract, known as the Ers-
kline place, adjoining land of w. A. Neal
and others, and containing l19 acres, more
or less. This is good little place.
Terms made known on day of sale.
MRS. A. l.. BROWN,
Administrative.
Dao IN 1901 %
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treasurer Payne has been notit ID by
The Gomptrolle General that The time for
sths payment Of taxes has been extended.
10 VI hat date is not stated. This extern
;ssionsis proper, if such a thing is ever ad-
visable This seems to be a hard year, or
people think it a hard year. The Cover
nor would not sign the joint resolution
bH thes General Assembly for the extern
8 SsiCn.s But the Con omptroller-G General saw
the pressing necessity for an extension,
and granted it by authority given him in
the Statutes, irrespective of the action Of
she Legislature. The Governors views
extension are well known, but no one
would hs:Xe thought he had "eaten his
sWords,, if he had dsigned the bill extend
af0rc;Icumstances seem to
demand tie extension. Had he been on
This fhrm in Edgefeld, instead of drawing
500 salary, he would likely have
seen the adyisability of such al extension,
sand have clamored for the Governor,
whoever be was, to sign the bill. As it is,
T6e has made an awkward straddle that
shows ths; he is neither in sympathy
with Delinquent taxpayers nor had the
Seonrage to attempt to enforce his declara-
tons, in reference to this matter, by ve-
toing the resolution. We are informed
that some 1,50O or :, 900 taxpayers are be-
shind in this County.
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TO RE al r.

HNHE JESSIE II. SMITH HOUSE and
Il LOT, on River Street. Seven acres
of land. Good Dwelling House, and also
servants house. Apply to
j. W.'QUATTLEBAUM UNI, ESQ,
Over Cunningham & Humphreys Store.
Dec H. 1891 d
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NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
~ The undersigned, Administrator of
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County
on the 18th day of January, 1892, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis
charge from his Office as Administrator.
P. B. GENTRY, Admir-.
Dec II. 1891 "a 5