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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1889. PRICE $1.50 A THE ALLIANCE UNVEILED. The Secrets .f the Order Made Known t< the uninitiated-The Experience of a New Member. [Elberton, Ga., Star.] Ever since the Farmers' Alliancf movement was inaugurated, the un initiated and inelligible public has beet racked with curiosity to learn the se crets of the order and their mode o breaking in new members. Somehow our Alliance friends have guarded theiz secrets with unusual vigilance, but it is left to the Star to tear away the veil of mystery that has surrounded this high and noble order, and lay before our inquisitive readers information never before published in any other news papers. We have for months kept our best reporters o's alert, and em T Zi:tbe most experience ,.. J iecers to unfathom the secrets of the t without 4vail until last W , w , ancefthe Star editor discovered the guarded se crets. It was our good fortune, during a re cent tripto Oglethorpe county, to spend, neai the hospitable village of Crawford, a night with a friend who had just gone through the trying ordeal that sepa rates the outside world from the Far mers' Alliance. The friend, whom we shall designate as McKeever, we found the mos.t battered wreck of humanity we have ever met, while his usually handsome face wore an abject look of terror, misery and despair. We found McKeever in sad need of sympathy, and by pouring a few vials of pity and consolation on his head, succeeded in extracting from him the following his tory of his woes-but after we had applied the cork-screw of a professional interviewer, and sworn, on a pile of patent office reports as high as-our head, that we would never divulge the nformation that he gave us. You see before you, explained Mc Keever, a newly-made, but only half -. f$edged Farmers' Allianceman. You know that during my checkered career Ibave been a regular jiner, and eagerly went into every secret organization yw. that came along. I have ridden the Masonic goat, climed the greased pole of the Odd Fellows, been thrown down the Knights of Honor stairsteps and fyll sprawling over the fences built in mypath by the Grangers, and actually took a drink, of water when I joined Templars; but these initiating mes were as . downy beds of compared with the trying ordeal bich I passed yesterday at Y. _ ha~nds of the Farmers' Alliance. I formed an idea that as soon as I 4 Kfi:joined the Alliance the mortgage against my farm, stock and crop would moulder into ashes, while that old long-standing store account would dis appear from the face of the books; that I would have the privilege of fixing my own prices on goods, and force the merchant to pay me twenty cents a pound for cotton. So I made up my Smind to.join the Alliance, and yester ' ..day, donning my Sunday-go-to-meet ing clothes, repaired to the school house, where the order met, and sent in my application by a neighbor who was a Aarter member. In due season the glad-tidings were conveyed to me that I had been balloted for and accepted, and boiling over with eager gratifica tion, followed by my conductor into the wood-room adjoining the main build. ing. Here my guard made our presence known by picking up a section of fence railand rapping three times on the door. This gentle signal was answered by ,.three raps from within and the query: "Who comes there?" "A horny-handed son of toil, groping in darkness, 'and anxious to have the ~-light ofthe Alliance shed upon him," replied my guide. "Break down the barricade that . stands between a Brother Farmer and Slight, and admit the applicant," s ke a sonorous voice from within Just at this instant . which had been r dfromits binges, 0 ki e. ovr, and striking of the head, raised this see here. I thought it was an Sat that time, and so made up n d to grin and bear the pain. Sstout men stepped forth and tyseizing me by the arm,. I was d into the middle of the.main nI saw that the house was pretty filled with spectators. Sitting on of a cotton bale was the Grand aof the order, as I afterwards d.On his right a section of rail had been built and astride of this liother officer. On his left sat a rofficial with a pile of guano sacks him, which I believe was the mdSecretary. I noticed that all the and their assistants were in shirt-sleeves, and wore jeans pants *up by one suspender each. These I afterwards discovered, repre ethe present poverty-stricken con of the farmers. In one corner isix men, arrayed irr their best clothes and plug hats, and each afeather pillow rammed into his represent high living, who were as merchants. I had scarcely to take a hasty glance around the when a fellow stepped up and about a pint of guano into my adbefore I had time to wipe my r spit out the stuff, my sight urgd by an old guano sack dn't smell by any means like trose of summer--being bound y orbs of vision. I was then led times around the room and halted . eGrand Tycoon on the hted brother farmer, wvho hatlh Ying in darkness, the light of tLgriculurlists is now about - n you-"spake the Tycoon, way dCon "You are now within the sacred pre- I s cincts of the Farmers' Alliance, and in order to indelibly fix upon your mind great truths, we will proceed to carry you through the ordeal of initiation. That handful of guano cast into your eyes is intended to show you the -folly of an undue use of this expensive commodity. A limited use of guano in m the right place is proper; but you will not, I hope, soon forget the lesson r taught you about its abuse. Now carry the benighted brother to the Grand Vice-Tycoon for further instruction." at I was then violently turned around, t my guards released me, and I was told t to go straightforward at a brisk tiot. This I did, but soon ran against a ten a rail fence that hat been secretly built in i my path, and in tIle fall was skinned d from head to heels. I was soon brought f up standing again, the guano sack re- a n,oveu y d l carried before the fellow sitting on the pile of sacks. With a look of pitying contempt this Vice-Tycoon spake to me thusly: hs "Benighted brother farmer, seeking at the light of truth, we administered to you the Fence Degree, in order to im- ii press upon your mind! the fact that to be a prosperous farmer it is necessary D to avoid a too close intimacy with a h fence. It is the habit of too many far mers to sit astride a rail and watch a te nigger work his crop. We trust that e the lesson -you have just learned will at not be lost. The six well-dressed men you see over in that corner represents t the mercantile world, and we will now proceed to adminster to you what is cl known in the Alliance as the Ox, or Hewer of Wood Degree." My guide then stepped up and tying fo a board over my eyes-like they do h fence-breaking steers-I was led into w the center of the room. Soon I heard p< a great scuffling at the door, and the G six fellows representing merchants fo forced into the room a little spotted at bull calf, as wild as a Texas pony. He se was brought up alongside - of me, and te the pair of us yoked together, one of at the merchants holding a rope tied in bi the ring of the yoke. I thought I had ci seen pretty tough times, but I soon pi knew that my past experience was but tu chlld's play compared with the ordeal sa before me.' That little bull and I were at turned loose, and the time we made ti< around that room would shame a race tb horse. I knew I had to keep up or my " neck would be broke. It had always so been-a mystery to me how a steer could at tarn.itsyoke,batitisnolonger a secret. m The bull turned his twice and I turned " mine three times. I yelled for some e one to head us, but the louder I hol- w lered the faster the little bull traveled. ti Just as I gave myself up for lost we Cl were brought to a standstill, the yoke ci removed from my bruised and bleeding ta neck, and I was again led before the th Grand Tycoon, who consolhngly ad- cc dressed me thusly: tia "Benighted brother, seeking wisdom, tb the lesson you have just received is to tv impress upon your mind the sad truth w that you are but a beast of burdon for 0] the commercial world. The merchant as has a yoke of servitude upon your neck, at and you can only look for relief to a hi Farmers' Allianceman. We will now m administer to you another degree show- G ing the difference between cash and ~ credit."n w I was again taken in hand by two merchants, who forcibly tied a stronga cord around each of my thumbs, and d in a twinkling I was suspended to a ridge-pole. That I yelled with pain E and begged for mercy, it is needless to add. One of my torturers demanded a to know how much cash I would pay ~ him to be .released. I offered all the ce money in my pocket, which was 35 cents. He agreed to let me down for $1 cash or 510 on credit, secured by a mortgage, lien, deed or gift and waiver note on my farm, stock, wife and chil erly aceepted, and on be the e.. - ea eor the officer astride the worm eaten fence, a who explained the Thumb-Swinging tr degree as follows: t "Benighted brother, the ordeal which or you have just passed through is ad- in ministered for the purposeof reminding cc you that there is a broad'difference be- br tween buying for cash and buying on si credit. One dollar in hand would have A saved you from all that misery; but for ci a lack of the ready cash yob were forced d< to pay ten times the required sum. h: This is the last degree we will admin- at ster to you at this meeting. There are pl yet seventeen other degrees required, illustrating the different trials in a far- w mer's life, .before you are a full-blown ci member of the Alliance. I will state ti that they are somewhat severer than he the initiations through which you have ti just passed, but you will muster up the .ii resolution to bear them.'" WVell, continued McKeever, I am li entirely satisfied with my Alliance ex- w perience. and I don't think there is a si log-chain in Oglethorpe county strong ei enough to draw me to another meet- 'w ing. o 0 You sturdy oak whose branches wide Boldly the storms and winds defy,W Not long ago an acorn ,small,f Lay dormant 'neath the summer sky. g] Not unlike the thrifty oak in its a] germ, development and growth, is con-w sumption. But even this mighty foe of mankind, positively yields to the " wonderful curative properties of Dr. w~ Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery- if', taken early. Don't be blind to your own interests and think yours a hope less case. This remarkable remedy sold it rescued thousands. It is the only medi- tI icine of its class, sold by druggists, un- C der a positive guarantee that it will benefit or cure in all cases of disease for - which it is recommended, or money t paid for it will be promptly refunded. HORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ABRAM MOORE. The subject of this sketch, while of *ish descent, was born in Newberry istrict, (now county) on the 18th day March, 1796, and died on the 6th day June, 1889, at the advanced age of nety-tbree years, two months and ghteen days. Naturally at the ter ination of a human life, we look for me cause. The unalterable Divine .cree has gone forth, "Dust thou art, d unto dust thou shalt return," still is end is accomplished by means, and e one -employed in Uncle Abram oore's case, outside!of a general giving vay and wearing out of the whole aman fabric, was a common, but not Lngerous disease-diarrhea. He was miliarly and intimately called Uncle bram by all who knew him in these tter days,'and it is by this end ring Lme that we shall know him in this ort sketch. Uncle Abram's childhood, boyhood, >uth, manhood and old age were all zppily and quietly spent on the farm id plantation near Prosperity, with e exception of about two years of his e, while a young man, which he ent with an elder brother in Fairfield istrict-now county. In the days of s youth, he became a follower of the ord Jesus Christ in the A. R. Presby rian church, then (to use the preach 's labguage) 'a little black church out a mile from where the town of cosperity now stands." There was no wn, nor even any houses here then. ucle Abranl became, as it were, the tief corner-stone of this little church, id at the age of about 26 years, he as elected, or appointed, an elder, and r the remainder of his life, 67 years, a filled that high and dignified office ith Christian honor and zeal. He >ssessed an ardent zeal for theglory of od and the good of the Church, and r this reason was accorded the high id responsible position of leader of the ssion. Being wise in counsel and mperate in his judgment, his advice id opinions were always sought by his other officers and members of the urch, and not unfrequently by the stor himself. His frequent and punc al attendance at the services of the uctuary were so marked, that if on y occasion he was absent, the ques >n was asked all around, "What is e matter with Uncle Abram?" somethsng is wrong, either he or me one of his family is quite sick," id such kindred questions and re arks. His pastor has well said, vhen Uncle Abram was absent from urch, I always feit that my services ere needed at his home." His devo )n to his own particular branch of irist's Church was of the most ardent aracter ; yet he possessed such chari ble and liberal views of Christianity, at from the depths of his heart he uld say to believers of other Chris m denominations, we are brethren in .e Lord Jesus Christ. For the last relve months or more, the gradual asting of the physical man, brought iby the infirmities of an advanced e, deprived him from being present the services of the -sanctuary which so much loved, but at home he re ained without a murmur, serving his xd, ready and quietly awaiting the andate to "come up higher." Fi Wly, not unexpected, but with lamp elI filled with oil, trimmed and burn g, the arrival of the Bridegroom was mnounced, and he entered in and the or was closed. On the 21st January, I822, he and lizabeth Brown were happily united the holy bonds of matrimony. As result of this marriage, eight children ere born to them, four of whom pre ded them into the spirit land. Mrs. oore, "Aunt Bettie," as she was fa iliarly known to this generations, 2ished her Christian course about six tars before Uncle Abram, after having red happily together for more than s:ty years. " 3his wife started nces, but they ~th possessed a rema id feared not to labor. As an illus ition of the vim and perseverence of ese good people in their young days, a certain occasion they were hurry g up to finish planting a. piece of in, when suddenly a trace chain oke. Uncle Abram started to the iop to have the trace welded, but unt Bettie said, "No, Abram, tie the ain with a grape vine until we get me, and weld the trace when you r.ve more time." The suggestion was ,once acted upon and the corn anted. A few years ago, while sitting in his heat field watching a reaping ma iine cutting and binding at the same me, and drawn by two strong mules, Sremarked to a friend who happened tere, that he had first reaped wheat . that same field with a reap hook, hen all the women and .children who vred near would assist in the reaping ith their reap hooks. "Later on," .ys he, "the grain cradle was invent I. and I used it in this same field, and as a wonderful improvement over the d reap hook, but not so wonderful as is gaeat machine. I don't know hat .they will invent next." The iend remarked: "You remember a -eat way back." "Yes," says he, "I n old and my nmemory goes a long ays back. I remember when tobacco as raised here in place of cotton, and as packed in hogsheads, and agud ~on and rude shafts wa-a theo~ ie hogshead, K1irse was hitched to , and..a.,xpan on the horse, and th us~ ie hogshead rolled, and was rolled to harleston, and sometimes after all this dious work and long journey the ~bacrmas condemned." Hesaid as quite aboy when the first negre were brought to Newberrry near where he lived. A man by the name of Tid more brought them; and he says when he saw them he was in the field, and he was so frightened that he started to run and never stopped until be was safe at home. Said he remembered when there were no houses at Prosperity, nothing but ponds of water, surround ed by forest, with plenty of deer slaking their thirst in the crystal ponds. He was one of the commissioners ap pointed to open the road which now leads from Prosperity to Spring Hill, t and was then known as the "Frog Level" or "new-cut road." I Uncle Abram was very fond of his pastor, and, in fact, of all preachers, U but was specially devoted to his own t preacher, and could never do too much for him. While he was devoted to his own church, he poss-ssed liberal andi charitable views for Christians of other o denominations, and always accorded them their own particular viewo. His r pastor relates an-amusing incident that occurred in his youthful ministerial experiences which illustrates Uncle Abram's devotion and goodness. The preacher had been urging the impor tance of making this same little church a which we have alreedy spoken of, more a comfortable in cold weather; in fact ( had, on several occasions, suggested to r the congregation the propriety of put ting a stove in the church. This did e not seem to take very well at first, and t the young preacher became a little dis- C couraged about getting his stove up. On a certain Sabbath, cold and bleak, e after riding about fifteen miles, the I young preacher arrived at the little a black church, nearly frozen. Uncle Abram came out with a smile on his y face and said, "Brother let me hitch your hors" for you, you are so cold, and you go in the church and warm." "Warm," said the preacher, 'l "how shall I . warm?" "Oh," said a Uncle Abram, "we've got a stove up." The amusing part now comes. Few r persons had ever seen a stove, and in I the morning before starting to church t he warned his family not to go too near r the stove, nor to put their hands on it r lest they would get burne-. While he ( and the young preacher were going to the church, he was feeling so real good ( over the idea that he had been able to C make the preacher warm before begin ning service, after being so very cold, r that when he got to the stove he clasped t the pipe with both hands, burning i them considerably, much to his own d chagrin and to the amusement of the I bystanders. 'He studiously avoided all notoriety a and a public life, never being a candi- e date for any position whatever. He a had no ambition in that direction, still he was always prompt in the exercise r of his franchise, and would always cast u his vote for those whom he deemed i worthy of his confidence and of their C constituency. r While the career of Uncle Abram I has been one of absolute quiet and se- d clusion from public life, yet his fame is c greater than he who taketh a eity. He i has gone to d well in the Eternal City, r as king and priest of God. t U. B. WV. The Greenville Election. ISpecial to the Register.] GREENvILLE, September 11.-The municipal election was a grand tri umph for the straightout Democratic ticket. Everything was as orderly as it could be, and the Democrats are much elated to-day. The result was as follows: Mayor-E. F. S. Rowley. Aldermen-First Ward-Dr. C. C. Jones, J. F. Richardson. Second-Wmn. E. Beattie, H. C. Marc. Third-H. G. Gilreath, James McPhearson. Fourth P. T. Hayne, WV. H. Hunt. Fifth-Dr. Davis Furman, G. T. Willis. Sixth-T. D. Harris, W. S. Grady. Buried the Wrong Man. ~'DL ETOwN, CONN., September 6. John T. Carroll, a tailor living in this city, disappeared four years ago. He was a drinking man, and it was sup) posed that he had wandered off~ while intoxicated, and for some unknown. reason had decided not to return. About two years ago a tailor named Carroll, a worthless fellow, was drowned at Birmingham. Mrs. Carroll, the de serted wife, went to Birmingham and identified the body as that of her miss ing husband. She saw that the body was buried and paid for masses for the repose of his soul. Carroll turned up to-day alive and< well. He has been in Springfield, Mass., , carrying on his business ever since he left here. He says he thought his family would be better off without4 him and so had not informed them of his whereabouts, not even after seeing the account of his supposed death. He has finally reformed and decided to visit his family. He'will take them back to Springfield with him.1 The Mississippi Race Trouble. ] COFFEEvIL LE, Miss., September 11. The trouble in Lefiore and Tallahatchie Counties, which was supposed to have been settled, is yet menacing. The1 latest reports from those Counties esti mate the total number of negro in surrectionists at seventy-five. A re union of Mississippi soldiers was held -at-.Wingna on Monday. at which speechi-Tere made by Senators Wal thaland George, in which they warned the people in the South about being hasty in dealing with the negro and anticipating. further serious trouble with that ,-ace in the delta. A REBUKE TO THE RAIDERS. he President Accepts the Resignation of Tanner.-A Cautious Testimonial to the Corporal's Honesty. WASHINGTON, September 12.-The ,llowing is Commissioner Tanner's ?tter of resignation, with President farrison's reply thereto: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU of PENSIoNs, WASHINGTON, Sept. 12th, '89. To the President:-The difference rhich exist between the. Secreta;y of he Interior and myself to the policy to e pursued in the administration of the ension bureau have reached a stage rhich threatens to embarrass you to n extent which I feel I should not call pon you to suffer, and as an investiga ion into the aftair of the bureau has een completed, I am assured, both by ourself and by the Secretary of the nterior, contains no reflection. oL my '1ti pla 'g-ation n your hands, to take -effect at your leasure, to the end that you may be elieved of any further embarrasment the matter. Very respectfully yours, JAMES TANNER, Commissioner. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, ) WASHINGTON, Sept. 12th, 1889. lion. James Tanner, Commissioner f Pensions-Dear Sir: Your letter ten ering your resignation of the office of 'ommissioners of Pensions has been eceived and your resignation is ac epted, to take effect on the appoint ient and qualification of your suc essor. I do not think it necessary in his correspondence to discuss the auses which have led to the present ttitude of affairs in the pension office. ou have been kindly and fully advised f my views upon most of these matters. t gives me pleasure to add that, so far s I am advised, your honesty has not t any time been called in question and beg to renew Wy expression of my ersonal good will. Very truly yours, BENJ. HARRISON. TANNER'S SUCCESSOR. Gossip as to Pension Commissioner 'anner's successor is now engaging all ttention. To-day Ex-Congressman Villiam Warner, of Missouri, con iander-in-chief of the G. A. R., is be eved to be most likely to be appointed. le is said to have left Kansas City in sponse to a telegraphic summons to ieet the Secretary of the Interior. ther candidates are: Ex-Pension Lgent Poole, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Gen. 'harles E. Brown, of Cincinnati, and een. Powell, of Illinois. The impression yesterday that Tan er would be provided for in some way y the Administration still prevails, ut just where cannot be learned, if, in eed, it has-been decided. A Western aper published a statement that he rould enter upon the practice of law fter leaving the pension office, but a lose friend of the Corporal's says that ssertion is entirely gratuitous. It is said to-day that Gen. Alger did ot telegraph to Tanner advising or. rging him not to resign. If he ex ressed any view at all on the matter it ras verbally to a third party- Gover or Foraker's position is also said to ave been misrepresented by yester ay's reports. To-day's information n the subject is to the effect that he ot only did not advise Tanner not to esign, but gave him advice directly to be contrary. STILL MORE PHENOMENAL. 'he Solicitor of the Fourth Circuit Con vlets~ not only One White Murderer, but Three. To the Editor .of the News and jourier:-"Phenomenal success of the solicitor of the Fourth Circuit in con ucting a murder case against a white an." Under above heading in to-day's sue of the News and Courier appears ,communication from your correspon lent at Chesterfield Court House, an ouncing the conviction of W. D. Mer iman for the murder of a white man. We people who reside in the Fourth jircuit see nothing "phenc menal'' in his. We are accustomed to seeing men, vhite or black,- convicted - when the vidence warrants a conviction. Since olicitor J. M. Johnson assumed office n December last, and attended his first ourt as Solicitor in February, there ave been four persons convicted of nurder, three of whom are white men. n addition to this, one man has been onvicted and executed for rape. Now this shows that we not only ave an able and efficient Solicitor, but ,so that the juries of the Fonrth Cir ust, at least, are ready to do their duty; or these convictions occurred not in ~ne county, but in four, to wit, Chester ield, Marlboro, Darlington and Marion -every county in the circuit save one --Horry-and in no county in the tate is the law more thoroughly exe uted than in Horry. I endorse most of the severe criticisms ieaped upon a jury recently empanelled n South Carolina, but I protest against he press of the country holding out the dea that white men are not convicted Smurder in South Carolina. A Horrible Practical Joke. Taiov, N. Y., September 1&-John lardon, in the empIloy of the Lake leorge Paper and Pulp Company at 'iconderoga, fell asleep near the ma hinery. Two fellow workmen, it is aid, planned to scare him. They tied rope about his feet and threw it over tshaft making 12.5 revolutions a min ite. They could not cut the rope in imie, and Gordon was killed, his body >eiig horribly mutilated. One of the >erpetrators of the joke has lost his eason from the shock. "Standing with reluctant feet 'Where the brook and river meet," s a period of "maidenhood" which is >erilous in the extreme to a vigorous, ,ealthy womanhood. Reckless expos ire, at certaini times, which induce rregularities, has wrecked many a fair foung life. To all affliicted with de -angement of a uterine nature Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is of in istimable value. It is the only mcdi ine for women, sold by druggists, inder a positi.e guarantee from the anufacturers, that it will give satis action in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been rinted on the bottle wrapper, and A TREMENDOUS CAVE-IN. A Territory of Thirty ' Acres Settle-The Shock Felt for Four Miles-No Lives Lost. WILKESBARRE, PA., September11. One of the greatest cave-ins that has yet occurred in the coal regions startled the residents of Wyoming Valley last night. Just outside of the town of Plymouth the earth settled for a dis tance of half a mile, affecting about tbirty acres of territory, belonging to he Delaware and Hudson Railroad ,ompany. The entire territory was indermined and was still being corked ut. The concussion was thought by :nany to be caused by an earthquake, md the people in the city, four miles listant, experienced a rocking sensa ;ion. At the scene of the cave-in--thi ifternoon_the ert-tvs broken and xniisIve crevices were running in very direction, many of them extend ing to a great depth. Several iaules which were in the mine were killed, nd nearly all the miners lost their working tools. The damage cannot yet >e ascertained, but it will be immense. Workingmen are this afternoon en leavoring to effect an opening into the nine, but there is great danger of water entering from the surface and ,hutting off all further labor. THE EFFECT. About 1,500 men and boys are thrown )ut of employment. The company fficials are- very reticent and have ittle news to give regarding the acci lent. It is known to-night that the ,ave-in will seriously affect numbers 2, and 5 collieries. The bottom has fallen out of a number of cellars in the neighborhood, and a farm house near y has partially toppled over. Twenty ive men were in the mine at work. When 'they heard the timbers and pil ars begin to break they rushed for the irst opening and escaped without in ury. The ventilating doors in all three rollieries are crushed to splinters. rany cars iii the No. 3 shaft were Dlown from the tracks and demolished. Experienced miners who have ven tui-ed down the No. 3 shaft this after zoon are of the opinion that it will take , year or more before coal can again be nined. The Pearl Fever at its HegIht. ALBANY, Wis., Sept. 6.-The pearl ?xcitement in this vicinity is now at its 2eight. Although claims are getting carce and the divers have to dig in the ilid in the bottom of the river the nds are more numerous and.aluable than ever. The largest and by far the anost valuable pearl in Wisconsin was round yesterday. A New York party )ffered $3,500 fo'r it, but it was refused. E[undreds of small pearls are found and old daily. The purchasers are agents >f Chicago, New York and Paris houses. Visitors and clam hunters are pouring nto the village, and the banks of the river for miles are dotted with tents. A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. Dr. Panknin's Invention for Utilizing the Bark of the Bamie Plant. There is nothing like a material ar gument such as that which may be seen at the counting room of the News and Courier. The argument is in the shape of a roll of ramie which has been prepared and treated by the Panknin process, of which mention has hereto fore been made in the News and Cou rier. By looking at the roll it is easy to conclude that the method is perfect, although the method is and will be for some time a secret. The product is de void of gum and of particles of bark. Eaeb filament is distinct and as glossy and transparent as a strand of silk. The roll has been bleached, but not carded or combed. When the last pro cess has been applied, which anyone can do for himself with his fingers, it will exhibit itself even more advanta geously. Dr. Panknin said Tuesday that he is now perfecting a machine by which he can produce the stuff on a commercial scale. With the machine he uses now he has prepared a quantity of the arti cle similar to that on exhibition. Trhe stalks of ramie are first split longitudi nally in halves or as nearly that pro portion as possible. These slips are then -passed through an apparatus similar to a fluting machine, which breaks the weed into small pieces,which are easily detached from the bark,which is left in long ribbons. The secret lies in extracting the gum absolutely from this ribbon, removing at the salme time all the finer particles of bark. This done, the decortication is comnpite. After bleaching the resurlt is just what is noted in the material now at the News and Courier. It was learned that the cost of ,prep aration by the chemical process will not be so large ato make the manufac ture unprofitable. On the contrary, it is said that the cost per bale or per pound will not exceed that for the preparation for market of equivalent amounts of long cotton. Mr. Pankin is now in communication with business men in New York who are intesested in the discovery. Some thing very interesting in the way of the developement of the industry may be, therefore, shortly expected. A Sad story. [Montgomery Advertiser.[ A day or two ago one of the old pro fessors of the University of Mississippi attempted to commit suicide. He was an old man and had been ousted from his position at the last meetinig of the board of trustees because he had out lived his usefuln'ess. With no other means of support, and absolutety with out means, the -poor old man sought refug~e in death, and that at his own hands. It is a sad story, and one too often exemplified. .The naturs~df his business jwas such that he could not accumulate against the proverbial rainy, day, and the State cannot provide for him after he is unable to diseharge the dut:ies incumbent nnnn him. JOHNS HOPKINS. rlc Efficency of the University will not be Impaired by the Temporary Loss of its Railroad Income. BALTIMORE, September 12.-In view Af reports which have recently been published respecting Johns Hopkins University, President Gilman author zes the statement that the University will begin its new year on the 1st of )ctober with unimpaired efficiency. 'either the salaries of the president I Zor those of the professors have been a :ut, and several new appointments f lave been made. Indications point to ( ;he usual number of students, and ,he course of instruction will be gien Is announced -in the programme. As to the finances of the University, t is no secret that the inceme derived a rom the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will be cut off for some time, but the ( tccumulated income of former years, the income from investments outside of he railroad, and the income from tui- 1 ion, (which amounted last year to iearly $40,000,) are available. Besides il this generous persons have sub icribed $108,000 to be expended as an ( mergency fund during the next three Fears. The new building given by Eugene Levering, of Baltimore, is now oing up. The scholarship in literature lss been endowed by the gift of $20,000. By the bequest of John W. McCoy the University inherits a library of 8,000 Polumes, and is residuary legatee of his state estimated at about $100,000 ex lusive of library. It is safe to. say that within six nonths Johns Hopkins Iniversity has eceived from these various sources 2early $300,000, and other gifts are ex pected. The national character of the .nstitution is a strong reason why its work should receive important aid from L distance. RRied on Her Wedding Eve. Near Bower Springs, Ga., Monday ast, what was to have been a wedding proved to be a funeral. The daughter f Col. John McFadden had met Mr. Edward Smith of Charleston at Tallu ah in the early summer. The couple ioon became lovers, and the young ady returned home before the season was out to prepare for her wedding, 1 which was set down for Monday. Her ather, who is one of the leading plan bers of Cobb County, resolved to make the wedding a grand social occasion. rhe bridal trosseau was ordered from New York,and_ young ladies were present from several States .to _act as bridesmaids. Sunday night the bride axpectant arrayed herself in her robes for the inspection of her friends. For l a few moments the greatest hilarity t axisted,when suddenly Miss McFadden put her hand to her forehead with a acream and fell to the floor. She was t -lead. The body, arrayed as it was for the wedding, was laid out for burial, mnd when Mr. Smith rode up at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, which was the appointed time, he found he was at a funeral instead of a wedding. He was so overcome that he.could not go to the burial, which took place at 4p. m. A Carolinian In RussIa. [Register, 13th.] Mr. Thornwell McMaster, of Colum bia, has lately received a letter from Mr. John S. Scott of Marion, who last January went to Russia to act under the Russian government as an instruc tor in the art of raising cotton in Cen tral Asia. Mr. Scott, when he wrote, was in Moscow, to which place he has returned after spenging some time in the Russian provinces in Central Asia carrying out the object of his mission, which was to introduce there, so far as possible, the methods of the cultivation of cotton in vogue here. Mr. Scott writes that he found agriculture there carried on mostly by irrigation, and that while he found some things in Europe to excite his admiration, he found many things in the Orient to ex cite his pity. He has been granted leave of absence to return to this country, if he can return by January next, and will endeavor to come to South Carolina in time to attend the State Fair. s5,OOO, Damages. LSpecial to the Register.] CHERAW, September 11.-The case of M1ary C. Fell, administratrix, vs. the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, after a tedious and well fought trial of three days, was ended at dark this evening. The jury brought a verdict for $5,000 for the plaintiff. Notice was immediately given of a motion for a new trial. It will be remembered that W. D. Fell met his death by means of a colli sion on the Three C's road during its construction in March, 1888. It was claimed that the Three C's had nothing to do with the operation of the road then; but the jury seemed to have thought otherwise. FellPs widow sued fr $10,000. A bney & Thomas of Co lumbia and J. T. Hay of Camden appeared for the plaintiffs, and Hart and Nelson and Hardin for the road. stanley Again. BRUSSELS, Sept. 1.-The Mouve ment Geographique states that Henry M. Stanley is marching towards Mom bassa, after .fighting his way through the hostile country of the Mmjoro and Uganda tribes andr conquering the na tives. A San Franeisco paper figures out 40,0001 Chinese-inhabitants of that city who must on an average earn $1 a day each over their board, and that would make $12,000 000 (twelves millions) a yr,"every dollar of which goes to China never to return." Horace III, 13. In the southern suburb or our al little city of Newberry is a. tent and picturesque spot which sdopea way to a spring of clear cold wate 'his crystal spring bears the elass tame of Bandusime, which was evident y so named by an admirer of Horace: T "0 fons Bandusi e, splenidio vitro. Thou art more splendid than gtass: Ve clip the following bright litte >iece from the Chicago Daily News, as pleasant reminder of ouraliost for otten spring.-ED. H. & N. ) fountain of Bandusia, Whence crstal waters flow, Viti garlan gay and wine Illpa The sacrifice I owe: L sportive kid with budding horns I have, whose crimson-blood knon shall dye and sanctify Thy cool and babbling flood. ) fountain of Bandusia, The dogstar's hateful. spell To evil brings unto the springs 'hat from thy bosom wel; iere oxen wearied by the plow The roving cattle here, Iasten in quest of certain rest And quaf thy gracious cheer ) fountain of Bandusia, Ennobled shalt thou be, 'or I shall sing the joys that spri Beneath your Ilex tree; (es, fountain of Bandusa, Posterity shall know he'cooling brooks that frornthy N Singing and dancing go. [EUGENE Fx The Career of Congr.sma Cez. Samuel Sullivan Cox, who died ruesday,loth, in New York, was - anesville, Ohio, on the 30thof ier,1824. He had a good chool education andthe advan wo years' tuition at Ohio Univ le finished his collegiate cou 3rown University, Providence, ie was.graduated in 1846. vas his first choice as a profession,. rery soon he drifted into the enial calling of journalism. te became editor of the statesman and a year later f that paper, which was then a n the Ohio Democracy. It ditor of this-paper that he wro y xquisite description of a clear ifter a thunderstorm which gay? he most famous soubriquet ever y a public man in America. He iis newspaper in 1855 toserve~as . ary of the United States ?eru, but a few.months there lected to,- from the listrict. He served )hio Congressman and, yuting 'as, took the position as a ieadearf louse of Representatives befo - >resent member of that body ha&,X >ecome to the public. On the e ion of his term of service in ighth Congress he moved to NewT ity and very soon became a lestde he Democratic party there. He ived in New York only foury a half when he.was honored t& lection to Congress. He. served':fon; rears and was defeatedfor Cnrs Lt-large. He reappeared in the-Fd ourth Congress, of which body ;e speaker pro temn. doting the IllN i speaker Kerr. For ten yearn Mr. memained in Congress and during mtire period held a conspicious-d umong the Democratic leaders. was elected to the Forty-fourth gress but resigned to accept anuapp6t rnent by President Cleveland as iIi~ ber to Turkey. Diplomatic life cd a muit him so well as an 'activeprteg bion in polites, and returning homeha was again elected to theFot Congress to fill the unexpired tr Joseph Pulitzer. He has since ttr time held his place in the House Representatives and was lookedtty one of the most hopeful leadersof Democratic minority in the Cnr that will soon assemble. The Lucky .Engineper. [Special to The News and Courie COLuxmA, Sept. 12.-The Newsain Courier's representative calledup' Mr. W. H. Dorsett to-day and leurne&i that he had just obtained authenife pd formation through his attornieys ofthe6 fortune left to his wife by her uncl9 Mr. Samuel A. Pope, silk manufactueY-rl of Paterson, N.- 3. He said that the amount had been somewhat exage rated, but that it was enough for l-d self and family to live upon in comfort$ during their lives. The fortune is situated that there will be very littIh4 any trouble in its distribution, and i may be stated th'at the amount to bs~ received by Mr. Dorsett for his wife'> interest will be one hundred thonsaan or more. The first report said $26000~4 The cigarette habit is increasing faa ter than the eigar habit. Last year taxes on ",151,515,300 were coP an increase of 289,789,260 over the yes before. For the same period 3,867,38,-r 6.50 cigars were taxed, an 22,658,990. How's This? We off'er One Hundred Dollas ward for any case of Catarifh that not be cured by taking HallPs Cure. .F. J. CHENEY & CO., Pr We, the undersig ave. F. J.Cheney fort nye and believe him pe le honorb in all business transactions, and fines cialiy able to carry out any obligtii made by their firm. WEST & TRUA, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo hio~ 1AVALDING, KINNAN. & MARVIN7 Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Olno. Cashier, Toledo National n Toledo,, Ohio. HalF. Catarrh Cure Is taken nally, aefing.directly upon i and mucus surfaces of the Testimonials sent free. ~c bottle. Sold by all