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ESTABLIISHED 1865. NEWBERY, S. C. HURLSDAY, DCE1~E RC $.0AYA ATLANTA GOES WET. PROHIBITION DEFEATED BY A MAJORITY OF 1.140 VOTES. After the Most Heated Content in the Hi.tory of the City-The story of the Campaign--Women at the Polls-The Negro Vote Turns the Tide-Atlanta Wild With Excitement. Special to the Register. ATLNTA, Ga.. Nov. 26.-After the most heated contest on record in the State of Georgia, Atlanta to-day voted against prohibition. The fight has been a peculiarly bitter one. The Piedmont Exposition did not close until the 22d of October, and both sides agree that during the progress of the exposition nothing whatever should be done by either side, as it would mar the unity of the citizens in their enthusiastic support of the exp'.sition. This over, both sides plunged into the fight with wonder ful activity. In two days after the exposition had been closed the fi,_rht was on in the city in all its fury, and excited more interest and activity than had ever been shown in a earn paign before in this city. For over a month the citizens have been en gaged in the contest. Meetings have been held almost every night and local speakers and foreign statesmen have stumped t'ie county from al most every curbs one in the city and every cross-road in the country. Early in the campaign the prohi bitionists leased the largest ware house in the city and fitted it up with a seating capacity for 8,000 people. Almost nighly that building has been filled and such scenes of wild enthusiasm are rarely witnessed. Among the prominent prohibition speakers who plunged fearlessly into the fight early in the campaign was Uniced States Senator A. 11. Colqnitt and Hon. H. W. Grady. These were assisted by almost every minister in the city, who preached prohibition from their pulpits Sun day after Sunday to deeply inter ested congregations. Prominent among the preachers who led the prohibition fight in Atlanta were Revs. Drs. J. B. Bawthorne, H. C. Morrison and J. W. Lee. These three ministers entered into the figbt with wonderful zeal, spoke night af ter night and in almost every pre cinct in the county. The most prom inent leaders of the anti's were Sen ator Joseph E. Brown, Captain E. P. Howell and Captain J. B. Goodwin. Both sides had full campaign funds and managed their respective causes for all they were worth. The negro vote was the bone of contention and the balance of power. Each side made the most strenuous endeavors to secure it in every way possible. The negroes were consid erably divided on the subjec~t, though the majority of them voted with the anti prohibitionists. One of the features of the contest has been the active part taken by many women of the city. Several of the churchLs organized committees from among their female members, who took an active part in the cam paign. They organized the women of the colored cmurches into societies and met with themn and prayed with them day after dlay. The result of their work was shown to-day by the appearance of the large numbers of A women at the polls with blue badges. They served hot coffee and sand wiches at every polling place and conducted prayer mneetings an dsing ing crusades in the open air. Ful!ton County, in which Atlanta is located, voted two years ago on the same question, and went for prohi bition by a majority of 228 out of about 8.000 votes. The registration this time excreds that of last year by 2.000 votes, and thme excess gave doubtful figures for either side to es timate on during the campaign. The principal fight made on prohibition during the campaign was that it did not prohibit, andl that intoxicating drinks could be openly p)urchased in a ntimber of places throughout the city which paid taxes to the United StAtes Government for the sale of whisky. Trhousands of gallons have been sent in each month from cities around Atlanta. from whieb it almost as easy to get a jug as it was at the bars in the city. The anti's claim that prohibition injured the city, which was yielding $50,00 a year oii whisky licenses. without decreasing in the slightest the amount of whisky sold in the city. The prohibitionists, on the other hand claimed that Atlanta has never had prohibition; that while it was so * ~ voted two years a,c the licenses then existing did not expire, some of them. until almost a y-ear ago. and that since that time the domestic wine clause in the local option bill allowed many places in the city by which the law could be easily evaded. This was. however. remedied by~ the last Legislature, which put a licei.se -4of $10.000 on all wine rooms,. which 9 license will go inmo effect after Jan. nary 1st next. The prohibitionists claimed that with the wine rooms out N o the city there would be no0 places for the easy evasion of the law, if the officers would properly enforce it. The result to dyshows public hass gone wet by probably 1.000 ma pinontstets sbet Teet LATER. A-Ta~~ra, Nov. 26-10 P. M - (Special .-The majority for the wet ticket just counted out is 1.1401. The t wildest excitement prevailed whcn the result became known. Every ward in the city and every precinct in the county save one v-oted for the sale of liquor. When the crowd discovered the presence of Cap'ain Howell among them they took I im upon their shoul ders and carried him in triumph over several blocks. Senator Joseph E. Brown voted an open ticket for the sale. The prohibitionists are thoronghly disheartened and have returned to their homes. THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION WHAT LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES HAVE TO SAY. (Special to News and Courier.) ATLANTA. November 27.-There are more blue and sick people in Atlanta to-day than was ever before known in the city at one time. The Prohibitionists have doffed their blue badges and are wearing blue faces instead. They take their defeat in bad grace. At first they raised the theory of fraud, and threatened to contest the election, alleging that several hundred illegal votes had been cast. Bu; as soon as the large proportions of the wet majority were seen and admitted, this cry was set tled. The result was not generally known in the city until 9 o'clock last night. Thousands upon thousands of white and colored people assem bled in the streets with torches nd brass bands. The jubilant throng made night hideous. There were, however, very few people arrested for drunkeness. The men who led the wet forces to victory were sere naded and compelled to make speeches. The tenor of all the ad dresses was the same. They rejoiced that Atlanta had been freed from the domination of the zealot and the crank, but counselled moderation on the part of the victors. Capt. E. P. Howell, editor of the Constitution, writes a card under hit, own signature in to days paper. He outlines his position as follows: '-My opposition to a continuance of the experiment was based princi pally on the fact that the use of the articles sought to be prohibited was as general as ever under the prohibi tory law, and that the city was forced to lose the revenue derived from the legal sale and manufacture of the same within its limits, without de riving any benefit from the operation of a lavr which did not accomplish what its advocates proposed. Ex cluding, as it did, the legal sale of wines and liquors. eyen for medicinal or sacrimental purposes, I thought the law too extreme, and I assisted in its defeat rather than see the conntry openly and publicly violating it. Being satisfied that the law neither prospered the city,or dimin ished the amounts of intoxicating drinks used, I opposed it in hopes that by a strict and well regulat d system the sale of these articles of general use could be restricted and kept within legitimate bonds. I am as much opposed to the indiscrimi nate sale of liquor as I am to the prohibition which Atlanta has had. This has been my platform, and I have tried to make myself clear and positive on this point. To the people of Atlanta I will say again that I heartily favor all proper restriction of the sale of liquors. To this I am pledged, and to this the good Anti Prohibitionists of the city are pledged, and to this L, with them, will stand. The trade has its advan tages as well as its disadvantages. We must derive the benefit of the former andl see that the latter are carefully guarded against. This is the platform on which Atlanta must and wi!l unite." Mr. Henry W. Grady, mananging editor of the Constitution, writes a long card, giving his view about the result. He begins: "WV hen everything else I have said or done is forgotton, I want the words I have spoken for Prohibition in Atlanta to be remembered. I am proudler of my share in the campaign that has ended in its defeat, than of my share in all other campaigns that have ended in victory.,' Continuing he says: '"But it is defeated; the people have decided that liquor shall again be sold in Atlanta. W hile the direc. responsibility of that decision rests with those who secured it~ by their influence or vote, it involves every citizen in an ohgation that he can not in manliness escape or evade. This obligation every citizen should meet in such manner as promises the best resutls for Atlanta. To turn a deaf ear to reason, to sulk, or to sit in stubborness is unworthy of any man who stood for Prohibition in this campaign. Mr. Grady, in common with Judge Hillier, Mr. Ben Hill, and others. prominent leaders in the defeated cause, deprecates a contest, and says he will acquiesce gracefully in the result. Many preachers devoted part of their services this morning to the de feat of Prohibition. Dr. Lee made a tnofuZhtful and conservative talk, while Dr. Hawthorne was vitupera tive. One of his remarks was: --The whiskey ring is gloating over its triumph and the Anti-Prohibitionists are like toads, who fill their hellies with mud, sit on a log and croak." A 'nass.meeting of Prohibitionists will take place to-morrow night, and Senator Coiquitt, Dr. Lee. D)r. iIaw thorne and Henry W. Gr-ady are ex pected to make speeches. It is said by a contractor here that since the result was announced he has been ordered to begin r.uil dings, the ag greate cost of which will be half a million dollars. Ordinary Calhoun will receive thc returns and declare oficially the results at noon to-mor row. He believes that the law will go into effect at once, and3 two-thirds of the best lawyers in Atlanta sustain that view. Many others think it will not take effect for some months. and will con test this point. TiE PROli1ITI+)NISTS uEFUSF TO AC KNOWLED(E THEY ARE BEATEN. ATLANTA, November 28 -The re sult of the Prohibition election was not declared to-day, as it was ex pected to be, owing to notice of con test being tiled by several Prohibi tionists. It is not thought the con test will amount to much. Presentment of Edgefield Grand Jury. In our presentment at the August term, we embodied, as a part of our presentment, the report of a Special Committee from our body to examine the public offices, books, official honds, etc., and, Irom that report, the Master was presented as being a defaulter for a large amount, and the Grand Jury asked the Court to take such action in the case, as to protect all parties interested therein. And to our surprise Mr. Tompkins was allowed to remain in office for a con siderable time thereafter. and we are further informed, that Mr. Tompkins still refuses to turn over the funds, books, papers &c., per taining to his oflice, to his successor. Now your Ilonor will see, some one has failed to discharge his duty un. der his oath of olice. Now your Honor well knows that Mr. Thomp kins is liable to indictment under section 457, General Statutes, page 154; ard further, under Sec. 508, General Stat utes, page 166, it is the duty of the Attorney-General and Solicitor, to sue for penalties incurred by any public officer or board of officers ; and therefore, we respect fully ask, that the Solicitor commence at once in this case ; and we further state that W. F. Roath, Esq., is a material witness in this case. We beg to impress this matter on your Honor's attention for the following reason. Several years ago. Mr. B. C. Bryan, Treasurer of our County, was reported as being short in his accounts for a considerable sum, and the Grand Jury so stated in their presentment. and continued to do so from time to time, up to the present year; and the Court, for some cause unknown to us, refused, or neglected to take any action in the case; and now we are confronted with the fact that an action cannot be sustained a;ainst the sureties on Mr. Bryan's official bond, because they are shield ed by the Statute of Limitations. Now, may it please your Honor. this is a bad state of affairs, and the tax payers in our County are the suffer crs, and caused, too, by the very men whom we have placed in office, and expected them to protect the public interest. Therefore we charge that every Judge who has presided in our County since the Grand Jury first presented Mr. Bryan's deficiency, and also the Solicitors who have represented the State as prosecuting officer, have violated their sacred oath of office, in failing to protect the public interest in this case. We further wish to call your Honor's attention to the manner of paying State witnesses at tne No vember term, 1886, in the case of the State against Anderson, Judge Pressly declined to approve a large number ot witness certificates, and they had been under bond and in regular attendance on Court for sev eral terms, and the witnesses thereby suffered a great hardship. And at the August term of this year, in the case of the State against Wm., Park man, WV. L. Holmes, et. al, Judge Wallace approved all the witness claims. Now these discrepancies in approving witness claims by our Cir cuit Judges, are giving just grounds for serious complaint, andi we think a uniform system should be adopted by the Circuit Judges throughout the Sate. We respecttully recommend to the earnest consideration of our members of the G-eneral Assembly. that all County offcials be paid salaries, and all fees as now approved by law be paid into the treasury. We further recommend to the consideration, that all State and County official salaries should be materially' reduced. We further recommend that there should be a special tax levied to the County expenses in full at each term of Cou rt. T'o your IIonor and the Solicitor, we return thanks for courtesies ex tended to us. Respectfully submitted. W. S. A m:N~, Foreman. Tamimany Hall. NE.w Yong., Nov. 25.-At a meet ing of the Board of Sachems of Taim many Society- the folin was pre pared and ordered to be forwarded at on ce : To the D)emocratic National Comn mittee: Thie Board of Sachems of Tam mny Society or Columbian Order met'ia T animnanyv I all this 26th of November. A. 1). 1887. and were unanimously of the opiniion that the Democratic National Convention of 1888 should be hed in the city of New York, and therefore tender the National Democratic Committee the use of Tamnmany Hall for the con vention during its session. A~ Retasonable Reques4t. Fromt ( Grub StakiLe ( Tex) Prosp.qJectojr. If the gentlemen who tarred and feathered us last Saturday night will kindly return our c >thes they will confer a lastingz favor. We are still wearing~ the feathers, and while, owng to the thoroughness of our felo,w citizens' work. they are quite comfort aide for i.ouse wear, still the entlemnen who have come out with a fall feather suit are so fehv that our appearance on the street in the cos ume woul,1 be sure to caue remarks COUNTY REFORMS. of t a V The Register's Suggestions. ado Hol Columbia Register. eve The Register not long since ex- hea pressed itself on the question of mo Needed Reforms-County and State. ture We did not give our views in detail, der: for two reasons. One was that we But were not sure that they were wanted. Joh The other was that we did not regard dea it the office of journalism to do more flag than to throw out general suggestions nev. and to call attention in general terms cn to needed reforms in the government. One It is for the Legislature to formulate tail propositions and to crystalize them Pen into law. Hence we felt it neither con( modest nor meritorious to be too nas specific. whi But we !ave been complimented by wea our contemporaries, whom we re- reli< spect, of the Newberry NEWS AND ma. HERALD and of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat. They invite us to be more explicit as to county A R reforms, and to give our ideas on the question. We do so cheerfully, omitting, however, all small details -and announcing only general principles. We can only point the ver way for legislation to travel. We lowi shall, however, file a bill of partic On ulars to meet the case. On AIn the first place, we emphasize the sev proposition that the county system Ir. is cumbersome and is unnecessarily Sun expensive. It is an importation of was the Radical party and is fitted better was for the crowded communities of the Mar North than for the sparsely settled dres counties of South Carolina. Hence ther we have advocated and deem it wise Iris for a Constitutional Convention of day the people of South Carolina to be Wi held in order to simplify our State half Government and especially the coun- hea* ty system. In many respects, our coff present Constitution is a good in- shut strument, but there are ccrtain fea- ope tures that ought to be elimated. So to much-for general remarks. was Now as to the county reforms shar which commend themselves to our cout judgment. gen 1. It occurs to us that the offices was of county Treasurer and Auditor iste ought to be consolidated. One officer and might discharge the duties of both and offices, and the check on the Treas- last urer is, after all, in the office of a say sharp and keen Comptroller Gen- not ral. unc 2 We repeat, that the court or stat legal charges in the office of Master gain in Equity ought to be materially re duced-such a sch-fdiife of charges being established by law as will give reasonable compensation to the Mas ter. 3. We would make the Commis sioner of Public Schools a largely honorary office. It seems to us that Cha in every county in the State could Uni be found some competent citizen in his terested in education who would dis- ur charge the duties of the office upon 1a the basis only of a per diem allowr resi ance when actually engaged in ac ousi tive work. alsc 4. We hold that the County Comn- ter i missioners have too much power in ther relation to the finances of the county. joril and that the compensation ought to lhon be so regulated as to make the Chair reli: man the working man of the Board that -the otbers advisers rather. We me are not prepared as journalist to go are further now. We do point where ilizi the axe of reform may well cut pgo sus< bono publico- zati 5. As to the Trial Justice systemn, said we hold large reforms may be insti- oa tuted. If the peculiar exigencies of g our political situation make it wise wid to continue the present system of ap thei pointment, then the appointing power and all concerned should see to it that none but discreet and gccd men are appointed Trial Justices ]: One special reform is that we ought ChE to reduce the number of Trial Ex< JustIces. ar.d while diminishinig their Gem power throughout the county we witi would increase jurisdiction at the thal respective courthouses throughout the Sta State. We would, for illustration, feet have one Trial Justice only at the Mr. court houses, except in Charleston, where we would have three, and a re "ha duced number in the county-numn- sea ben being dependent upon the size trij and geography of the conuty.On 6. D)oubtless there are other re. this forms in the matter of Trial Justices stoi and in other county matters. But cial we are not prepared as editor on the oee moment to do more than to show the his tread of county reform. The legis- che iator must do the work. We cannot try, go but to a certain extent in a news- has paper. It hias been said that fools opp rush in where angels fear to tread. 3 Hence we must be guarded in our visi reforms. We have, however, fur- and nished some food for thought and cip~ met the call upon us. Our sugges tins are submitted with due de ference to our readers and our con freres of the State press. Bradley Johnson at Home. 'Si out J. Ri. R?andall in the Ansniston Hot Blcas. r Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, who led ~n the Maryland line to so many victo- der ries during the war, was selected by m Gen. Lee himself to that command, Cic because of surpassing skill, valor and hut good judgment. Gen. Johnson hases been, since 1866, eminent as a law-to yer and politician at Richmond and fl Baltimore. When I was a boy, two mo merchants built very handsome cot tages side by side in the ccuntry Th These cottages were rather splendid mansions and are now really in a thickly settled part of the city. In the choicest of these houses Gen. a: Johnson resides, with all the comn- by, forts of wealth and taste around him his and his charming family. On the a walls are hung admirable portraits of my his distinguished ancestors, and here Ihis nr1 there several remarkable works be ae great masters. One of these, irgin of Murillo, is exquisitely rable. The countenance of the y Mother is sad, but the lovely i are rapt in contemplation of the renly mysteries. There is an at phere of purity about that pic which makes one instantly un itand how beautiful is virtue. of all material objects in Gen. uson's home, we suspect that the est to his heart are the battle 3 of the Maryland Line that were !r surrendered and for whose se ty many brave men have died. of these is capped by the buck. from the flag captured from a nsylvania regiment. These un luered banners hang along the sive siaeboard in the library.over .h are deftly arranged numerous pons of different kinds that are :s of the b:oody Confederate dra BORN IN A COFFIN. emarakable Story from Clarendon. Clarendon Enterprise, Vor. 24. e are told by a gentleman whose city is unquestioned that the fol ng incident actually occurred. s hard to believe, but here it is: Wednesday last a colored woman nteen years old, who lives on Wash Ilolladay's place, near merton, in this county, died, or supposed to have died. A coffin purchased from Mr. Levi, of ning, and the woman's body, sed in grave clothes, placed ein. The darkeys had a regular n wake that night, and the next the burial was to come off. an the funeral train was about way to tWe grave the pall-bearers -d a crying noise come from the n, and, supposing a cat had been 1p in it, set it down and at once ed it. Upon removing the lid, heir utter surprise, the woman alive, and a new born babe ed with her the narrow bed. Of -se tl e pall'earers and mourners arally fled, terror-stricken, and it 8 me time before any one mi i -ed unto the once dead woman her infant. Both the woman child were alive on Saturday aud doing well. Our informant he heard of the occurrence, and giving it credulity asked the e of the woman and the above ament was the information he ed. RSE THAN NATIVE NEGROES Iter Taylor's Account of the colored Americans Who Inherit Liberia. rAsIIINOTo, November 27.-Mr. s. H. J. Taylor, Minister of the ted States to Libera, has tendered -esignation, to take effect in Jan rnext. ITe is now in this city on e of absence. One reason for his gnation, he said, was the danger.. y unhealthy climate. He had been disappointed in the charac f the ciyilized negroes sent over e. He said : "Instead of a ma y of the civilized negroes being st, sober, industrious and self. nt, I found a conditiotn of things diplomatic reserve will not allow Lo describe. The native A fricans superior in every way to the civ d negroes sent there, and are eptible of the very highest civili cn." "The country," he further , is a rich one, abounding in ns, timber and minerals, but the ition of things is such that no e awake man would care to live e longer than two weeks." Mr. Gladstone Coming. UFFALo, N. Y., Nov. 26.-Mr. ries A. Gillig, of the American hange, London, registered at the csee to-day. In conversation a reporter, Mr. Gillig stated his present visit to the United es was for the purpose of per. ing arrangements for a visit by Gladstone in April next. Nr. Gladstone," said Mr. Gillig, s so far overcome his dislike to a voyage that he will make a short to this country- in the spring. thing that tended to bring about change of rnind in Mr. Glad e was the fact that his physi is have long advised him that an rn voyage would be beneficial to health, and as he has always ished a desire to visit this coun now that his dread of the ocean been conquered.hle embraced the ortunity eagerly." ir. Gillig says Mr. Glad,tone's t will occupy about two months, that he will visit only tue prin I ci ies. Cicero, Siss.ero or Kiekero rom the Washington Star. 'he irrepressible conflict between ssero" and "Kickero" has broken afresh. It is desirable that the nunciation of Latin be as nearly form as possible among scholars 1I parts of tIe world. TIhe ten cy is towards the so-called Roman hiod. If his fellow Romans called ero Kickero, we might as well nor them and him in the matter, ecially as we willingly hazard gue dislocation by attempting to ow the foreign pronunciation of ern European proper names. Only SafeSy Lies in a Golden Mean. Chic:ago Newes. he other day the police arrested ~oung man with prayer books, nnals and other religious books in possession, and they think he is urglr. If they had found a jim ,wedges and blowpipes on him chances of acquittal would have n even worse HE LOVED EMILY THE BEST. A 0 Franklin Coxe, Jr., Left His Wife, who d Sues Him for Divorce. ai From the New York Herald. Li Franklin Coxe, Jr., is a man of w about 35 years, who resides in a splendid dwelling at Bayside, Queens C County. He has the income of an estate of $500,000. Ten years ago a he married a very lovely girl of about 18, whose friends res.de in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Coxe have no children. In 1885 Mrs. Coxe went South to visit her friends. She stayed some time, and did not notify her husband h of her intended return. When she reached the city she went to the b Morton House. where her husband. as she supposed. was staying during her absence. He was not there, but d while she was waiting he strolled in to the hotel. '-Why. Frank." said Mrs Coxe, I a thought you were living here." "Oh, no," was the reply; "I am living at the Crystal Flats, on 42d e street." l "Boarding there ?" asked his wife. '-b. no; keeping house," he an swered. . "Keeping house !" Alice exciaim ed in astonishment. "With whom ?" "Well-ah-you know, with a-a lady friend of mine." he replied; -Emily Bayard. To tell you the T truth, I want to get rid of her, and you can belp me. Go to the Crystal s Flats and let her know you are my wife." The forgiving wife resolved to do do so. When she reached the Crystal i Flats, she was confronted by Emily Bayard, who ordered her out in a way b which induced her to believe it was the better way to go at once. So she si went. When she returned to he; husband r, he said that he had come to the con clusion that he loved Emily so much he couldn't part with her. "All right," said Mrs. Coxe, "keep f her; I u; you must support n.e.' He agreed to allow her $200 a month, and he has paid it until re cently, when he reduced it to $150. tr Mrs. Coxe has begun an action for t absolute divorce. In the Supreme Court. Brooklyn, Saturday afternoon, the case came up on a motion for alimony and- counsel fees. It was adjourned, defendant- agreeing to continue the allowance of $150. RUINED BY HIGH LIVING. h An Attorney in Cincinnati Driven to Forgery and Suicide by Love of o Luxury. 8i CIxCINNATI, November 25.-A T morning paper says that it has been tl discovered that the late Charles Al- a bert Kebler, attorney, who committed k suicide on Wednesday, was driven d to the deed by the approaching rev- A elation of heavy forgeries committed a by him in the management of estates c: and of tr-ust funds committed to his t, care. The estrmate is made that the y liabilities thus incurred amount to ja about $175,000, while the property y left by Kebler will not exceed $60,- -a 000. The persons most - seriously si affected, are his own family and a friends. The astonishing revelation b disclosed the motive to be nothing more than to keep up a style of lux urious living beyond his means. The use of trust funds having been begun, the continuance became apparently a necessity. An instance is given where $10,000 was invested for a client and all the papers relating to 1, it, including a mortgage, were for-C eres. His frienis find the case so strange that they readily agree thata some form of insanity must have led d him into a course so far removed g, from what might have been expected e of one with his training and antece dents. T HE FATE OF EX-SENATOR JONES.a We Wastes his Fortune and Loses his il Mind. e CicGOo, November 23.-A Daily . News special from Detroit, Mich., C says: "It became known for the first ~ time yesterday, to a few persons, that Ex-Ujnited States 5enator Charles F. Jones. of Florida, who has for some unexplained reason so. journed in Detroit for two years past, is practically a beggar upon the1 street. and, but for the charity of friends, would be without food or shelter. When Mr. Jones came to Detroit, he was very free with his money, and gave lavishly to benevo lent purposes. He boarded at the 'est hotel until a few months ago, when he was unable to pay his bills. I He then went to a cheaper house, and last night his room was locked ( on him and he slept on the floor inc the hall. lie was observed by a I man whom he had befriended in hisc better days, and was t&jken to the man's home. Mr. Jones is almost aC menjal wreck. He is pursued with the idea that some enemies, whom lie I never names, are following him, and< that he will yet "down them." The Youmans-Tinman MeetIng. Edgegeld Chironide1. Senator Youmnans, of B3arnwell, ar rived in our town on Sunday night last; and on Monday at 1 P. M., im mediately upon the adjournment of4 Court, the passage of arms began. Our court room was crowded with an extremely intelligent audience. Ma jor Ernest Gary was made chair man of the meeting. Capt. Tillman1 introduced Senator Youmsas. Sen-1 ator Youmans is a handsiome, pol ished, well-built man, keen as a Da macns blade, rady as a steel trap.1 s regards the chief aims and ends the' "farmers' movement," he iffers in toto from Capt. Tillman; 3d so he spoke-boldly and well. is defence of the State adminis ation and the Agricultural Depart Lent was powerful and telling; and heu he came to the Mississippi ollege, upon which he lingered long, irefully, minutely, he, in our opin in; demolished it utterly-beyond il power of resuscitation. He stove ito the ground twenty furlongs. le was courteous, quick, genial, wit r; in fact he was delightful. His udience were extremely pleased ith him, and repeatedly applauded in roundly. In response, Capt. Tillman- was eantifully courteous to Senator oumans personally, but otherwise, i his speech, bitter, cynical and vin ictive to the very last degree. Nor o we use the word vindictive with. ut thinking of what we say. We re not opposed to the farmers' ovement, nor to the enlargement of ie Agricultural Bureau, nor to the 3tablishment of a separate agricul. iral college. And when we say iat Senator Youmans stove the Mis ssippi College twenty furlongs into ie ground, we do not mean to say iat Capt. Tillman and other able outh Carolinians might not estab sh and conduct a college upon surer undations and with finer results. ut we are not in accord with Capt. illman's bitter methods and whole .le denunciations. The time for convening the after uon court arriving while Captain illman was still speaking, the meet l was adjourned to the park. where was further conducted in a some. hat jerky, disjointed and spasmodic, t not particularly unpleasant, style. 2 the dying moments of the occa. on. Mr. J. Oscar Holder read some solutions which we could not hear, ad put them to the vote of the Leeting, which had become a mere red. The affirmative response was Leble; and when a voice called out >r the nays, the negative response as also fe.ble, but quite as strong 3 the affirmative. This is the meeting truthfully por -ayed. Edgefield, of course. as is er nature, treated Senator You tans with faultless courtesy. and imired him.. We are all glad he ie, and hope he will come again. Killing at Hampton. HAMPTON, November 27.-Geo. C. hley was shot and instantly killed ere yesterday evening about 6 clock, by Willis J. Williams.' The rigin of the difficulty is variously rated, but it is claimed that Mr. Villiams acted in self-defence. ear Ihley's.right hand, as he lay' on e ground, was found an open knife. nd on the left of his body another nife was picked up. Mr. Williams elivered himself up to the sheriff. Sjury of inquest viewed the body C the deceased, after which it was arried to his home, two miles dis mt. The jury will meet again on fonday morning, and complete their ivestigation. -Mr. Williams is a oung man, about twer.ty years old, rid the deceased was about thirty ix. The ball - entered- his left nos il and ranged upward into the ramn. Faradise and Hell. Edgefeld Chronicle. "An argument has lately been resented by a learned divine to bow that the Garden of Eden was acated not far from Charleston, S. '. As it has been held that "the ther place," which Bob Ingersoll ays does not exist, was near Para ise, the fact that Edgefield is not ir from Charleston is a fact in favor f the theory."- Washington Repub ican. It delights us when the Radicals nd Republicans speak of Edgefield s "hell." For truly Edgefield has een "hell" to them and their party a South Carolina. And we are ternally proud that it is so. Yes, hen we remember Edgefield's su erb and indomitable grit in the ays of '76, we may w"'l say she has een "hell" to the Republican party South Caro lina, and thereby more less to t he party at large. The ashington Repub)lican could not ave afforded us more joy or a ~reater triumph than by the weak ittle fling which we publish above. Dr Bacon c:.d His Elders. SAVANNAH, November 26.-To norrow morning Dr. Bacon will reach his farewell sermon to the :onregation of the Independent resyterian Church. There is a >ossibility that a scene will occur. Jol. Olmnstead and Mr. WVakelee, two f the elders, tendered their resigna ion, which the sessions of the church Leclite to accept on the ground that lders mark their- vows to God and :annot resign them to man. Dr. Ba on has said that he will read the -esignation to-the congregation. One > the elders remarked to him that i need not be surprised if some one ~ets up in the congregation and oh. ects to the reading of the papers. Barnum's Burned Elephant. BRIDGEPORT., CoNN., November 3.-Prof. Seguin and Dr. Godfrey lissected the carcass of the ele hant, Alice, burned in Sunday's ire, at Barnum & Bailey's winter luarters. In tbe stomach were found >ver 300 pennies, part of a pocket knife, four cane lerules, a piece of Led pipe and some pebbles. Mr. Barnum has offered a reward of 1,000 for informiation that will lead a the capture of the inendiary. THE BREATH OF THE BLIZZARD. hicago Ice-Bound-A Fall of Forty Degrees in Temperature in Various Places. CHICAGO, November 28.-The city awoke this trorning to find itself ice bound. A freezing wind Lore down on the place in a somewhat unexpect ed manner and caused a good deal of discomfort. Winter wrappings are the order of the day, and pedestrians find it more pleasant to go at a dog trot than to stop to exchange greet ings on the street corners. Yester day morning men carried umbrellas and rubber coats, expecting more snow to fall. At 6 o'clock in the evening the thermometer registered 60 above. At 6 o'clock this morning it was only 2* above, and although the sun shines brightly to-day there is little perceptible increase in the temperature. The signal service officer predicts that the cold snap will last through the night, but hopes for a rise to-morrow. Dubuque, Iowa, dispaches say that the thermometer was down to 6* above yesterday. At Moweaqua. Ills., there was a fall of 40* in three days. Galena, Ills., reports the inercury to ha'e beeni 00 below laat2 night. Springfield, Ills., says that the fall in the temperature there in twenty-four hours was 430, and at - Marshall, Ills., it fell 40* in the same period of time. ST. PAUL, MISN., November 28. At 7 o'clock the thermometer regis tered 16* below zero, and within an bour afterwards had dropped to 22*. The cold is now abating all over the Northwett. THE MISSISSIPPI CLOSED AT LA CROSSE. MILWAUKEE, November 28.-A special to the Evening Wisconsin from La Crose says that ice stopped running in the Mississippi last night, and to-day the river is closed, the earliest ever known. The thermome ter ranged 200 below last night. DAMAGES FOR KILLING A MAN. A Novel Suit Instituted in Laurens against a Resident of Augusta, Ga. The Augusta Chronicle of Nov. 23, says: "An unusual suit has been started in Laurens, which growsout of the killing of Bishop by John D. Shea han, some time since. An attach ment has been issued against the effects of Mr. Sheahan, he being now in Augusta, in pursuance of a suit for $20,000. ' The action is brounht by Toliver Roberts. administrator on the. estate of Rufus L. Bishop, through S.- M. Pilgrim, of Spartan burg, and Col. B. D. Cunningham, of the Laurens Bar, attorneys, the at tachment issuing because of Shea han's -none residence at the time the complaint was filed. This reopening of this case and the proceedings of this action at law will be watched with interest in Augusta where Mr. Sheahan is well .and favorably known." A Free Translation. Youth's Companion. The importance of distinct ennun ciation in singing was well illustrated in a s- :3y-school recently. The scholars frequently sing : Pass along the watchword, shout it as you go, "7ictory ? victory, over every foe ! A little girl of five-years, comning for the first time to Sunday-school, was greatly pleased with the singing of this hymn. When she reacbed home she said : "Mamma, they sang such a funny song at Sunday-school to day !" "What was it ?" asked hier mother. "Oh, they sang, 'Pass along the wash-rag,' and they kept saying it over." Text Enough for a Dozen Sermons. Pittsburg Chronicle. Mrs. Isaac Armogost, of Crawford county. was ill and he'r son started out with his gun to kill a pheasant for her. He returned, after a long hunt, without any game, but shortly after he had entered the house a crash of window-glass was heard in i.he parlor and a plump pheasant was found on the floor with its neck broken. A Tery Particular Girl. Newes and Courier. A young man in Brunswick, Ga.. sent iuis photograph, handsomely framed, to a girl whose favor he wished to win. The next day the framc came back with a note, in which sbe thanked him for the pic ture, but begged to return the frame, as she made it a rule never to accept anything valuable from a gentle man. A Youthful Diana. Mfinneapolis Tribune. Coldwater. Mich., has a scLoolgirl of 14 who is quite a tapper. She has a dozen traps set, and has al ready sold one or two fine mink skins. She has -also toyed with a revolver enough to send one bullet through her finger and anothor into the calf of her leg. What MIore Did They Want? Minneapolis Tribune. At Davenport sixteen men have deserted their wives during.the last ten months. In nearly every in stance the abandoned wives are young, good-natured, industrious and economical. Call at Wright 4 J. W. Coppock's and get a better shoe than you can bay els, where fo tly same am~oln,