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A Modern Bluebeard.

OMAHA, NEB., Nov. 24.-Fremont, Ia.
is excited over the mysterious death OF
the fifth wife Of William Mayfair. Mrs.
Mayher died suddenly on October %
She had taken three four grain capsules
Of quinine for toothache, and in less than
an hour was dead.
Rumor had it that Mayfair had made
away with several wives and the coroner
determined to held Al inquest.
The body of wife No. 5 was disinterred
and the stomach, brains and lungs were
sent TO the State chemists for analysis,
which disclosed strychnine poisoning,
and the jury yesterday rendered verdict
in accordance with the facts.
Mayfair is 60 years old and native Of
Ireland. When 21 years old ho married
q colored woman, who soon died with
consumption, Mayfair says.
In 1868 he married. Mrs. Travis. In
two years she was tnken sick and died.
Three months later Mayfair married
Hattie Hoon, Sidney, Ia, woman. She
lived twelve years, Mahar moved to
Axtelle, Kansas, and one morning wife
No. died while at the break fast table.
After lapse OF three years Mayfair mar
ried Mrs. Anna Lamb Of Sidney. They
went to Axtelle and there wife No. 4 died
OF spinal trouble according to hayhnr's
story. Then Mayfair married Mrs. Err
bee, widow with two small chill
dron. The death Of wife No. Is related
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The election returns from Congressional
Districts show the extreme absurdity OF
the anti-electior claims made by Repub-
licans and PEOPLES Party mon al to the
next House of Representatives. The
Republicans haye elected a few more
members to the next House than they
have at the PRESENT. was hardly possi-
BILE for them to have elected fswer-but
the Democrats will have an overwhelm-
ing majority in the next, just as they
have in this House. The Peoples party
claims that it would elect enough mem
bers to hold the balance of power between
the Democrats and Republicans in the
next House was, In view Of the news a
few weeks ago from the Southern and
Northwestern States, so plausible that it
was accepted by many, even by few
Democrats. Now look at the result.
Instead of holding the balance of power
the Peoples Party has even failed to
hold its own in the next House, which
mean1 In unmistakable language tho
exit Of the p. p. as factor in National
politics.
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Saturday and Monday, Srd, 4th and GIL

Saturday and Monday, Srd, 4th and 9th
February.
Hopewcll-At Holland & Fowler's
Store, Monday, 25rd January.
Martin-.At Clinkscales' Mil, satur.
day, l8'h February.
Pendleton--At' Pendleton Factory,
Tuesday, 24th January.
Pendleton-At ondleton, Wednesday,
Rock Mllls-At c. B. Gllmor',, Friday,
9th January.
sayannah-At Hollands Store, satur-
day, 2Sth January.
Varennos-At Starr, Monday, S0th jan
uRry.
Williamston-At Williamson, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, 13, 14th
and 18th February.
Willamston-At Pelzor, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, 9th, 9th and 10th
February.
Real Estate is not to be assessed this
yesr, (unless the Legislature now in ses-
sion changes the law except in case.
where parties have built new structures
AL new structures erected between the
LIST OF January, 1892, and the LIST OF Janu-
ary, 1893, have to be assessed, and togeth-
er with the Personal Property, examined
by tho Township Boards Of Assessors
and where parties have made any chan
ges in their Realty, in the way Of selling
or buying, they must get their Returns
made by the goth of February, 1898, OF
the changes cannot be made.
Building and Loan Associations, Life
Fire, and all other Insurance Companies
are taxable.
Farm products, such as Cotton, Corn
Peas, &C.. On hand the 1st Of January
1893 are not taxable, but all those articles
on hand the 1st day Of August, 1892, arc
taxable for this year, 1893.
Assessors and Tax Payers will enter the
| first given name Of the Tax Payer in full
and in backing their returns, enter theil
surname first, also make q separate re-
turn for each party for the Township tht
property is in, and where the Tax Payel
owns Real Estate to insert the Postoific,
as their place Of residence, which aids th,
Tax Payer as we'll as the County Treas
urer in making the collection and pre-
venting errors.
twenty-one and fifty years on the first da.
of January, 1898, except those incapable
OF earning a support from being manned
or from ether causes, shall be deemed
taxable pills.
All returns that are made after tn
twentieth of February next hnve to b
placed on the Additional List, and hft.
por cent. penalty added thereto, unles
prevented by sickness, or out Of th
County during the time of listing. No
knowing the time of listing is no excuse
and all owners OF Real Estate might d
their Tenants, who cannot read or take
newspaper, great favor by maxim
their returns, or telling them the time {
listing, and that if they fail to mako thei
returns that the valuation has to bo in
creased fifty per cent, unless they have
good excuse.
THOMAS j. WEBB,
Auditor Anderson County.
Nov IN 1900 %
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The Baltimore Sun says that an impor-
tant sequence Of the recent Democratic
victory is the inspiration the friends OF
Southern industrial development will
derive from it. For four years, and per-
haps ever after, the South will cease to
be prescribed region. It will cease to
bear the burdens Of the Union without
sharing its benefits. The South will be
treated with impartial justice; 1t will be
given an equal chance. There will thus
be hopefulnes., cheer and increased
energy, more work will be done, more
forward steps will be taken and the
splendid development Of 1ssl-s9 will be
renewed. Capital, domestic and foreign,
will be encouraged to return to brighten
the industrial outlook.
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rHr aoyERNoR,s MRssAaB.
n.its supplement this week the IL

In It's supplement this week the INTEL
EI1aENoER presents each Of Its readers
with the fun text of the Governors mes
|sage to the General Assembly. We
Ereconmend It as paper worth reading.
we think our readers, will be interested
Fin isand will agree with much contained
t In It.
The Governors views on the prehibi-
Etion question Will not be especially satis-
factory to those who favor a strict pro-
shibitory law, for his utterance on the
subject clearly leads to the inference that
he thinkssuc q measure would prove a
failure and a cause of strife, notwith-
Htanding mis- promise to cheerfnlly sign
5 any bill passed. His reflections on the
snatter are justified by experience and
observation.
OF course it is right and desirable to
have all property assessed equitably that
may be forced to pay q proportionate
shsre OF the taxes. But why the Cover
nor sonclndes that the Judges are seek
ing to throw an obstacle in the way OF
this being done Is inexplicable, unless it
E 30 for something to elbow" about. The
5adges are not less conscientious than tho
Executiyej nor more venal. They arc
E iust as much interested In having all
pSoperty taxed. Because they adjudged
! eefsainmethod Of flaying and collecting
faxes illegal does not justify the conclu-
! sions reached in the Message. In his
criticisniof the judiciary we think the
Governor has far transcended the bounds
6f dignity fairness and courtesy.
Ws think the Agricultural Hall matter
/ has been magnifed unreasonably. The
Governor seems determined to make q
martyr or d hero OF himselfin that mat
tar.;
Tha request that needy Confederate
soldiers and their widows be more libsr-
SLY provided for will be approved by the
people of the State,
sion tomb and tho securing OF portrait
of South Cardinals great dead are well
mads, and cause some surprise coming
from one who has been addicted more to
Z The ovestbrowing than the perpetuating
Of the momory distinguished men.
Thsvisws expressed on the charitable
s. and educational institutions OF the State
are wise and conservative.
The paper 10 doubtless a good one in
4 most respects, ard seems to be the pro-
d1ction Of an earnest and conscientious
Man, bearing. however, the familiar ear
marks Of the author. We present the
s message Ia fun to our readers, and they
may pcruse and form their own opinions
g concerning It.
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Just SO!

The Spartanburg Spartan puts the case
very logically and strongly in the follow
ing Words. ~
Federal patronage to be given to the State
seems to be a very arrogant one. II the
Conservatives Of the State should 20 to
Governor Tillman and say: we oppos-
ed you in tho primary election and your
defeat in the primary would have pleased
us wonderfully well. But after the pri-
mary We said nothing, but turned out at
the general election and voted the State
ticket straight. Therefore, we ask that
you make all your appointments from
the Conservatives To such PROPOSE
ton az this 'Elllman would, no doubt, use
some Of his emphatic Edgefield English.
But that is exactly the sort Of claim the
Tillmanites make when they demand the
Federal patronage. They opposed C!eve-
lands nomination. They abused him as
no Republican ever abused him. Till
man and Irby declared that they would
fight him for the next four years. They
are bitterly opposed to Cleveland and
Democratic principles to-day. They are
welded to the 0cala platform. and arc
bound to engraft that on the Democratic
party or they will bolt. 1t would seem
very absurd for the Tillmanites to. 60 to
Grover Cleveland and say: 'We know
you are an avowed enemy of our best
interests. You are bought by Wall
street. You are tho servant of trusts,
plutocrats and monopolies. We preferred
Harrison or Weaver to you. But now
you are in, give US the snoil', We will
use them, and in 1896 wo will oppose you
and the principles you advocate with all
our might Is 1t reasonable to suppose
that clean, honest, practical man like
Grover Cleveland would dispense pat
ronage to such a faction ?"
This covers tho whole case, and there
Is no escape from it's logic. The Till
NANTES hsVo precisely the same reason
to expect tho Federal Offices from Presi-
don't Cleveland as Mr.. CleYeland's friends
in South Carolina have to expect the
State officers from them. When they
monopolize tho State plums to themselves
on the score Of devotion to Tillman they
admit that the Federal Offices should be
given TO the Conservatives on the score
Of devotion 10 Cleveland.
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Assessment Notice.

Il HE Auditors Office will be open from
the first day of January, 1893, to the
twentieth day of February, 1893, to re-
ceive Returns of Real and Personal Prop.
erty for taxation in Anderson County for
the year 1898, and for the convenience OF
Taxpayers will have Deputies at each OF
the places named below to receive Re-
turns for the said year:
Belton-At Belton, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, 10th and 11th January, 1899.
Brushy Creek and Williamston-At
Piedmont, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, 18th, 18th and 18th January.
Brushy Creek and Garvin-At Equali-
ty, Monday and Tuesday, 10th and l7th
January.
Brus6y Creek-At Wigington's Store,
Wednesday, 18th January.
Brushy Creek-At John w. Rosa
mond's, Thursday, 10th January.
Centrev!lle-At the Centreville Mills,
Thursday, 2Gth January.
Dark Corner-At Sherard' s Store, We'd
nesday, 1st February.
Dark Corner-At Moseley, Thursday,
End February.
Dark Corner, Hall and savannah-At
Starr, Monday, 30th January.
Dark Corner and Hall-At Iva, Tues
day, 3lst January.
Fork-AtN. o. Farmers, Tuesday, 10th
January.
Fork-At G. w. Marets, Wednesday,
18th January.
Garvin-At Estate of Larkin Newton,
Friday and Saturday, goth and 2lst Janu-
ary.
Honea Path-At Honea Path, Friday,
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Mr.. Cleveland has made no authorized
statement Of his views or intentions az to
an extra session, but it has already come
to be pretty generally understood that he
will not call one unless the bankruptcy
Of the National Treasury makes 1t una
voidable. It is possible that by the time
he enters upon office in March next he
may bo convinced chat an extra session
is desirable on other grounds. The
Democrats Of the country may restsecure
in the conviction that if the party's or the
country's interests would be promoted
by an extra session, Mr.. Cleveland will
call one. It may be safely left to him and
his constitutional advisers.
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The Page, Vn., Register thus de-
scribes novel wedding: Rev. Samuel
Splitter, the we'll known Dunkard preach
er of this county, marries, we suppose,
moro couples than any other minister in
the county. Plain, blunt straightforward
in all that he says and does, he has but
little ceremony in perfecting nuptial
contracts. Those who seek his services
must accept bis offices wherever they
find him-whether In the public roacIs
field or wood. All places are his own fof
sealing marriage vows. Last week John
Nichols and Miss Carrie L. jenkins and
George L. Jones and Miss Emma B..
jenkins sought his services, but on
reaching his residence leaned that he
was at his saw mill, some distance away
in the woods. Here they soon met him,
and while the circular saw hummed the
wedding march the reverend gentleman
pronounced the words, few and simple,
that sent them on their way rejoicing.
: Here's an egg story from the Co.
lumbia ErcninJ Record: "Contractor
II. G.. Heidi, who is overhauling the
buildings Of the South Carolina College
came upon strange find yesterday.
Upon taking up the old floor of one OF
the buildings which was put in forty
years ago, he found hens nest with
four eggs, beside which was lying the
skeleton OF very largo cat
The eggs appeared as if loaded with
loadstone, and when placed upon glas.
would make about two complete end tc
end somersaults. If placed upon the
small end and given the slightest turn
they would waltz around very much
after the fashion of human waltzers
daay a ss Ss2s iSRg0d IS to no be o1sns 5 forty tygas
which hen could hayo gained ingress
The cat is supposed to have died Of star
walton. Poor Tommie! DR.. Woodrow
has the cat skeleton and one egg, the 9th
er three eggs we're appropriated by
Prof Sloan, Maj. Morrison and Mr.
| Heidt."
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Who're is Pension Honey to Come From,

IT is popularity of pension legislation
that expenditure always outruns esti.
mate. Every year Congress is called
upon to make good deficiency in the
amount OF appropriation. Ignorance
cannot, therefore, bo pleaded ns an excuse
for legislation involving vast payments
without any adequate provision for meet
ing them.
When the Dependent Pension bill was
under consideration the Democrats in
Congress proposed that provision should
be made to cover the expenditure by
levying special tax on income, or by
reviying the duties on tea and coffee.
But tho Republicans would listen to
nothing of the kind. In Congress, and
In the Administrations, they laughed to
scorn the estimates Of expenditure as ex-
travagant and absurd. They declared
that the revenues or the Government
would be moro than sufficient to meet
the cost of the measure. Instead of max
ing any provision for it, they swept away
$50, 100000 Of fiscal revenues from sugar,
and put a burden Of S10.O00,00o besides
upon the Treasury in sugar bounties.
AS result, the surplus OF the govern
mont is gone, and the government is con-
fronted with the imminent danger Of q
deficit. The Secretary OF the treasury
can do no moro than express the hope
that no deficit will arise before tho close
of the fiscal year.
In the meantime the party organs init
mate that the Democratic party will OBJ
tain no help from the outgoing Admins
tration in the work Of lifting the finances
from their present condition. So far from
it, threats have been thrown ont that the
Republicans will do all that may lie In
their power to olostruct and defeat the
Democratic policy of the tariff revision.
It may, indeed be suspected that the
repeal Of the augar duties on tho one
hand, and the passage Of e1trnvagant
pension bills on the other, without any
provision OF revenue to meet the new
demands upon the treasury, were intend
ed to make tariff reform impossible.
Unless some check upon expenditure
shall be devised the yearly revenue must
be increased to $3.50, ,0O0,0 900.
Like evicted tenants, tho Republicans
20 out of power malicious and revenge
full, determined to leave the premises in
as bad condition as possible for the now
comers.-Philadelphid Record.
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Enormous Pension Outlay,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2l.-There
appears TO be more than usual interest
attached to the forthcoming annual report
of the Commissioner Of Pensions, for the
reason that the pension appropriation
figures conspicuously in the annual
budget Of the Government. It has been
pretty we'll understood for some time
past that the estimates for the next fiscal
year would show large increase over
any previous year. This expectation
was based on the fact OF the large issue of
pensions during the year consequent upon
recent pension legislation which admitted
to O pensionable status very large num-
ber of soldiers who were not pensionable
under the former laws.
In few days the report Of General
Raum will be completed and full state
ment of the condition Of the Pension
Office will be presented. the statement
has been made that the amount that will
be required FOR pensions during the next
fiscal year will nearly reach the enormous
sum OF $2OO,00O,0OO. The work Of COM
piling the figures is, however, sufficiently
advanced 10 show that this estimate is in
excess of the actual requirements. Since
the passage of the disability bill there
has been o rapid increase in the amount
needed to pay pensions, For the year
l8s0-1s9l the total appropriation on
account Of pensions was about Sl29,OOO,-
900. Last year there was an increase to
$l44, 100000. But, as General Raum will
state in his annual report, this amount
fell short OF the actual demands by about
SIS, 900, 900, 80 that there is deficiency of
that amount. Congress will be asked to
make an appropriation of about $lS0, ,0O0,-
900 for the coming 6acal year, about S1S,-
600, 600 Of which is in anticipation of an
increase Of that amount over the actual
expenditures of tho Inst year. 1t is the
judgment of General Raum that this
amount is likely to be increased the next
ear or two, yet be feels confident that
Tie maximum limits are nearly reached.
1t is argued that tho great bulk Of the
pension appropriation at present is used
in making first payments carrying
arrears, and therefore as soon as the great
rush OF applications under the disability
act is over rapid decline in first pay
lnents will occur. 1t is understood that
the first payments last year aggregated
over $50, 100000, which covered tho back
pay in the 3ll 900 cases allowed.
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Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe.

We authorize our advertised druggiat to
sell you DR.. Kings Now Discovery for
Consumption, Cough, and Colds upon
this condition. II you are afflicted with
La Grippe and will use this remedy accord
ing to directions, giving it a fair trial, aud
experience no benefit, you may return the
bottle and have money refunded. We
mako this offer, because Of the wonderful
success Of DR.. Kings New Discovery dur.
ing last senson's epidemic. Have heard Of
no case IN which it failed Try it. Trial
bottles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store.
Largo size 500. and 9l.00
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Shot to Death.

ROCK HILL, November A.-Last Mon
day morning at 2 o'clock the barn of Mr..
J. #. Cornwell, near this place, was burn
ed, together with two fine mules, good
horse, one two.horse wagon, ]ot OF
ploughs and gears, seven hundred bun.
dies Of fodder, two hundred bushels OF
corn, one hundred bushels Of wheat and
q lot Of cotton seed. The loss was about
81, 500, on which there was no insurance:
Information was received later that
Nathan White, one Of Mr.. Cornwell's
tenants, had been arrested for this charge.
While the officer was on his way to this
place on Tuesday, accompanied by White,
the prisoner was seized by. mob and
shot to death. This occurred about eight
miles from here.
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and $1,000 annually for the maintenance
Of the inmates, allowing sl2O per caplts

NANA HSiSoN @1>~Ns~J ave "~AS
Of the inmates, allowing sl20 per caplts
for them.
A bill to provide for tho regulation Of
railroad freight and passenger traffic, to
prevent unjust discrimination and extor-
ton in the rates charged for Transports
tion Of passengers and freight, etc., has
been introduced in the Senate.
Senator Hemphill, OF Abbeville, has
introduced real prohibition bill, for 1t
makes the buying and using OF liquors a
misdemeanor as great as the selling.
After some routine work the Senate
adjourned until Monday morning.
On Monday the House ordered the
special message from the Governor in
reference to the Pert Royal Railroad
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A prohibition bill, intended to be steel
ribbed and guaranteed to provide against
leaking, was introduced and is very
long one.
A joint resolution providing for bien-
ulal ScSslOuS VI Iuo deSiSioIu.o 1ie'' DoeAA
! placed on the Calendar.
The separate railroad coach for the
races bill has serenely put in appearance,
as usual.
The periodic divorce bill is on deck
again. 1t provides for divorce from the
band of matrimony for adultery. The
bill deserves consideration, for it seems
to possess merit.
| A bill to utilize the labor Of jail and
municipal districts is step in the right
direction. It provides that LABOR shall be
imposed as punishment.
A bill to prevent cruelty to children
and prescri' ing punishment appeals te
the common humanity.
| In the Senate a bill has been Introduced
appropriating $4,000 for the completion
OF Clemson College,
A bill appropriatlng $lo0 for the com
pletion Of the Confederate rolls has beer
placed on the Calendar.
Some bills have passed to their socont
reading and the real interest OF the ses
sion is just beginning.
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Drank Whiskey aRd Died.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Nov. M.-sam
Lancaster, poor fellow, misiudged bis
abilities this morning. He had been
drinkinga good deal for month or 80.
This morning be walked into saloon
and bet with the crowd there that he
could drink siI small beer glasses full oi
whiskey-the bet being against the price
Of the whiskey. His wager was taken,
and he drank the six glasses of whiskey'
He fell to the floor after drinking the
last, and in low minutes was dead
Alcoholic poisoning was the verdict.
He was twenty-six years old, and O
fireman on the East Tennessee, Virgins
md Georgia road.
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: Louis L. Dean, on. ofthe best know

Louis L. Dean, ons Of the best known
young lawyers of the Birmingham, Ala,
bar, dropped dead ono day last week. He
had gone out to friends to take Thanks
giving and was in the parlor talking
about q case he had just won before the
Supreme Court in which his fee amount
ed to 800, 600. Suddenly in the midst Of g
sentence, he fell and was dead. He wa.
an alternate electOr on the Cleveland
ticket, and bore conspicuous part in the
recent election. Heart trouble, brought
on by excessive cigarette smoking caused
bis death.