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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THUIRSDAY, JUNE1,19.PIE$.0AYA THE COB-PIPE. A TALE OF THE COMET OF 43. III.-THE CHOPPING, LOG-ROLLING, AND CARDING. BY DR. 0. B. MAYER, SE. A few days after the occurrences just related, a sleek-faced negro belonging to Captain Joshua Grimm rode through the neighborhood, stopping at every house to announce that on the next Wednesday his master would have a chopping and log-rolling, and his mis tress a carding, which the young men were invited to attend with their axes, and the young women with their cards. The old people of both sexes were also expected to be present, t6 pass a day of light-hearteduess with the family of Captain Grimm. The Captain was a well-to-do, cheerful farmer, the father of four sturdy sons who, with the aid of several well-disciplined slaves, had for many weeks been felling the smaller growths in a track of heavy forest con taining twenty acres, more or less, leaving the larvp r ' bandl by their friends, when they should as semble for that purpose on an approach ing day. The parts of the fallen timbei which could not be split into rails, o otherwise' utilized, were to be piled for future burning with the brush-heaps. Tiking advantage of the occasion, Mrs. Grimm had prepared a large quantity of cotton which the invited maidens were to card into rolls, for the good old lady and her three daughters to spin into yarn, at their convenience. The iight Was then to be devoted, until late, to merry-making. Ah me! it was the last gathering of the kind I ever attended. I was the youngest person among the many that .laughed so carelessly that night; and I am still the youngest among the grey headed few that now sigh so often, with eyes fixed upon the surface of the earth, as though searching for the openings through which the many others have disappeared from view, searching for the openings perhaps with the desire to follow after. Wednesday came. It was a calm frosty morning. The roar of the Cohees shoals was pleasant to hear,-mcaxing the fancy to listen at it as the voice of old centuries long passed away speak ing instructively to centuries yet to come. From miles away could be heard coming through the still air the various noises of laborers going to their -work before-the bi'eak of day. By sunrise all the persons summoned to the chopping and and log-rolling had assembled in the Captain's "new gronnd." He himself soon made hi3 appearance there, and rubbing his hands together in great glee shouted to his friends: "Now, boys, git to your work! Breakfast will be here soon; and when the work is over, you know what is to be done at the house." They left the blazing lightwood stumps, whbich had been set on fire fo their comfort, and dividing off' iint companies began the work of the day. Such atumblingabout oflogs,amidst the crash of falling trees will never agaia be seen and beard in Dutch Folk; nor will there ever be repeated such jokes followed by such laughter as went the rounds, that day. There were Mark Moyer and George Eckerfeld who, after tossing an immense knotty log upon the top of the heap, would throw down their handspikes, and engage in a pugi listic mock combat for the amusement of the bystanders. Then by common consent there would be a momentary suspension from labor, to witness a wrestling match between two negroes; or they would pause to listen to a joke the captain volunteered to tell about his triumphing over Jonathan Dummer, when he tried to cut out the Captain in the courtship that won Mimny Pretzel for his wife;-"and the fool had to go and git angry about it." The old men stood about in groups admiring the feats of strength displayed by their sons, and told of what they had them selves done in the days of their prime. The venerable Ulrich Eckerfeld, a pra'tical joker to his last day, stepped up L> Mark Moyer, and slapping him upon the back asked him, if it was pos sible he could thiak of doing s' day's work so soon after holding Nancy Halberdoppels on his lap a whole night; and then the old fellow would explode into an asthmatic laugh that threaten ed to terminate his existence on the ,spot. "Oh, it's ne use for Mark to tell sich a story as that," said am young man of such size and strength as would force Mark to tm-I good part whatever he might say se was wust skeered nor Nancy; and ef you will all believe my racket, it was him wat sot on Nancys lap instid of her settin' on his'n." Then the hills echoed back the peals of laughter indulged in at Mark Moyer's expense. - Thus the day wor on from breakfast time until late in the afternoon, when, the dinner horn sounded at the house, at first so softly as scarcely to be heard, but gradually swelling into a fulness unsurpassed by any note ever attempt ed by Gambati or Herr Koenig. "Never mind the rest, boys!" ex claimed the Captain; "dinner is ready!" Handspikes are thrown away, axes are shouldered, and, after several more boxing and wrestling matches, not to mention a foot-race or two, the laborers leave the clearing for the house. Abram Priester was among them. "Irn wodr"said he, "ef Samuel Brswill be here to-night." "Ef he'll be here to-night!" exclaimed one of his friends, "Wy he's bin at de house de whole day, a tryin' to in wig gle de gals; and dat's jess w~it he kin do wid some of 'em, I've hearn if said dat ef a feller will go to a cross-roads on a night wen de moon is in de last quar ter, and call for de Devil t'ree times, he will come toa feller and put i ito his west pocket the very eedentical, indewidjal sarpunt wid wich he fool'd Eve; and watever could turn de head of de fust woman kin mighty apt turn de head of de last one ot'em. I tellyou wat, men, I have bin so aggrawated by some of dese gals dat ef I warn't afeer'd to walk out after dark, I have bin frickently tempted to go to a cross roads and." "Oh pshuh! Absalom," cried one who was listening, "you needn't go to a cross-roads; for de Devil is de most obleeginest of all creeters. He will come to you in your own room, ef he finds dat you're in dead yearnest, and put a shnake in bofe o' your pockets." "Well, goot peoples," remarked an other "I believe dis mai, Samuel Burns, is raly got sich a shnake. I tell you wat let's do; let's take him to night down to de river, and tie him fast in a canoe wid a loaf of bread and a bottle o' whiskey, and send him adrift." "Wait!" said Abram Priester in . itarse myshenobs whisper. After washing their hands and faces in tubs of water placed in the yard for that purpose, the laborers sat down to dinner, and it grew dark before they arose from the table, for it was loaded with the plenteousness of thriving in dustry, and their appetites were keen. The girls had already dined, and were still carding in the house, where they expected the young men to join them. Abram Priester meeting with Yetta Elfins deposited something in her hand which he evidently did not wish any person to see. "Be sure," said he to her, "to manage dat your daddy receives de pipe from Burns, and at de right moment, scream at de top of your woice, Guy Fawks!" In leaving her he was joined by Mark Moyer to whom he whispered: "Wen I give de sign, run out and stand behind de sassafrack tree, so dat you kin knock him down ef he gits away from mo, and tries to run 'trough the gate, after depoweder goes off. He is an old man, Abram Priester, a very old man, and can scarcely walk without his buck horn-headed stick; how can he run? For shame! come now, I am wiliing and ready to aid you in eloping with Yetta. What is disobe dience to parents connected with run ning away with a most beautiful girl in comparison with murder? Night came on and the sounds of merrimebt began to be heard. Mr. Elfins, unconscious of the paracidal plot so rapidly maturing against him, sat by thefire quietly talking with the school master and some of his old friends, equally admirers of the prodigious at tainments of Samuel Burns. The room was full of blooming damsels; among whom Yetta Elfins and Nancy Hal berdroppels shone conspicuously. The young men came dropping in one by one, and the hum of conversation comn Imenced, mingled with the grating sound of the cards, as the girls contin ued assiduously to ply them. Yetta stood behind her lather's chair filling his pipe with tobacco, as was her habit. Suddenly she seemed to recol lect something,~and handing the pipe to Mr. Burns with the request that he would finish filling it, and that "daddy liked it p-'ked tight." She left the room but soon returned and resumed her station n'ear her father. Meanwhile, several Dutch Fork songs had been given by the company; and Mark Moyer was put forward by Nancy to sing .a song, "wat was her delight." But scarcely were the first lines utter ed, when Mr. Samel Burns up his nose and hissed,-declaring that such a song should not be tolerated in ele gant society. Nancy's feelings were deeply wound-< ed by the reception Mark's song met with, and she bestowed upon him many comforting endearments. "Neffer mind, Mark," she cried, "you shall sing it for me weneffer you comes to see me."] "I dunno wat de world is comin' to," replied Mark. "Effer sence dis school master's bin amongst us, nottink wat's true and comes from de heart is allowed to be said or sung. It's all in de head,. t and don't git below de tongue. Peo ple's gittin' so dat dey likes nottink f but wat's ornamenshal and agin natur. e It's no tellin' wat it's gwine to pe in 5 years to come." t At this juncture Mark, recognizing a j signal from Abram Priester darted out E of the room, followed by the expressed d sympathy of the company who whis-p pered that his heart must be nearly r broken by disappointment. The desire for music was still predominant; and there was a general call upon A bram s Priester for a certain song in the sing- " ing of which he seemed to have won g some notoriety. Nevertheless, a gloom d had settled upon Abram's spirit, and f, it required some persuasion to gain his h consent.p "Sing it," whispered Yetta, "you t< have plenty of time yit, for it's packed a tight."r Ah, Yetta, Yetta! t "Come, Mr. Priester," cried Samuel Burns, patronisingly, "let us hear your song." d A bram gave the pedagogue a scowla h ing look, that warned him against at- y tempting what he had accomplished h against Mark Moyer, and addressed the h company in these wQrds: ti "Ladies and gentlemen, de song wat a IPm gwine to sing was wrote by my si friend Billy Dawkins, who taught school here t'ree years ago. Dare neffer has been sich a schoolmaster in dese " parts since his time. He wrote dis song d one nient after comin' home from de 't ginerat muster at Ruff's Mountain,a whar he had danced tond unenn of Hrold w le THE CONVICT MATTER. :1 Id Talbert Says the Charges of Cruelty are False-And the Penitentiary Directors to Are of the Same Opinion. le . d [Evening Record, 4th.] At their meetingyesterday afternoon . the directors of the penitentiary made ' reference to the article in yesterday's e State from its Sumter correspondent alleging that the squad of convicts at le the camp there were in a pitiable con dition. The article stated that the squad of sixty-seven convicts were in tatters and were barefooted; that one of them 10 had died of fever and had been buried in a blanket on the roadside; that they had had no breakfast, supper or dinner t except what was given them in charity by citizens; that one dollar's worth of bread formed their midday meal. er In answer to the inquiry of the board to these statements, Superintendent 11 Talbert said: "As far as I am concerned, from what you say of said correspondent, his statements are positively false, but would ask that you investigate the matter fully and satisfy yourselves as to the ti~ u's..ik." - _ ts C. E. Wheeler, manager of the con vict camps, made a statement in which he sale: "In' regard to the convict that died on the road from Pee Dee to Darlington I wish to say that, under the circumstances, being unable to stop to attend to it myself I turned him over s to an old reliable colored man to be buried. He agreed to make a coffin, or ts box, in which to bury him, of course receiving a just compensation for the same. I therefore, pronounce the state ment that he was buried in a blanket false, according to the agreement made r- for his burial, and I can truthfully say Df that it was not from a lack of attention ts that he died, for he had been in the hospital under a physician for about ' five weeks, receiving good attention all , the while, and the paralytic has been ir in the hospital for about two months." it Manager Wheeler said that the con victs "were clad very comfortable, d about as well as could be expected of a parcel of hands who had been at work d on a railroad. The majority of them were barefooted, but I thought it best d to wait until I- got them to the peniten d tiary to give them Rhoes, as it was such a short time before we expected to be k there." - "When I left the camp with them I had a sufficient quantity of rations cooked to last them (Without anyun necessary.deTay 'till they could get to Columbia; but, owing to a failure to make connection at Sumter, as we fully expected to do, according to the y arrangements previously made with the railroad authorities to that effect, d we were left without anything to eat, h the Atlantic Coast Line train having a pulled out just as the Charleston, Sum 'ter and Northern rolled up, it being d about seven or eight hundred yards t from the crossing of the Charleston, tSumter and Northern, thus delaying eour arrival at Columbia from Sumter till 10 o'clock. s"I can vouch for their treatment at the camps, that they have all the while been well, well fed and well treated in general, and that they have received no unnecessary abuse, and also that we have worked no sick hands, all of rthem having been during their sickness in the hospital where they have received all necessary attention." Five of the guards certified to the t correctness of Manager Wheeler's re r port. e Capt. W. H. Sligh certified that it is his business to note the personal ap I pearance of convicts returned from a .lease, and that he had "never seen an equal number (sixty-seven) returned tfrom any -.vork in an apparently more 'healthy condition, and no complaint has beern made as to bad treatment." A statement was then drawn up by the directors to the effect that they had s investigated the matter, examined the convicts themselves, and found the charges "altogether unfounded," the convicts showing "to their having had Igood treatment and have been well fed." The board expressed themselves as being "perfectly satisfied with the management of the superintendent so far." AS SEEN IN SUMTER. The Sumter Watchman, of yesterday, says: "Having for some time past heard re ports from the highest authorities that the convicts under the present manage ment were being ill-treated and cared for we went down to the depot with a view of seeing ourselves the condition of those returning to Columbia. We found them huddled together under the shed at the depot, some lying on the rough floor, some upon sacks of guano and some leaning against the .posts of the shed, a dirty, dejected, dis mal, wretched looking, apparently half starved creatures. One of them. we were told by those in charge, named William Gray, died yesterday afternoon six' miles the other side of Darlington near Pee Dee. He had been sick for several days preceding his death with what was supposed to be typhoid fever. The body was left with a colored man to whom was paid $4 burial expenses. We are told that the wretched condi tion of these convicts is due to the miserable and meagre fare that is doled out to them by the penitentiary au thorities. e * * * * * * * "We are informed on the best author itv that for months past these convicts hr .se been given only the plainest and Icoarsest corn bread and very mean ba con, without any occasional delicacy I or change of any sort, brat this.is not all, the fare Ise~ nonly of the poorest dem lights 'til de moon gits higher. E said it made him fancy a passel of con: try gals and boys dancin in a old fie before de moon was quite up, and keep dem from gittin' scratched by briars and wild plum t'ees, dey hs some fellers holdin' trches for 'en and-" "Oh, neffer mind Billy Dawkins said Mr. Elfins, "he is dead an' gon poor feller. Give us de song." In obedience to this injunctic Abram stood up on the floor and, whi the girls played a chopping accompan ment with their cards singularly i harmony with the melody, he sang ti foilowing stanzas, in fine style, unt he was interrupted -in the alarmin manner to be detailed presently: Oh, hold them lights 'til the mocz ei higher; Here we cannot see how to trip it; Polly 'galnst the plum-tree has torn off h tippet, And Sally already is scratched by a briar, Wave, wave your lights, boys, they'll s bid me tell you; Dull care now scorning, - We'll dance 'til the morning: Wave, wave your lights, be the proof their value, The girls' slim shadows, and 'i1ft ilJ j beaming eyes. Yes, hold them lights 'til the moon g higher, Soon there'll be no need for to use 'em; Lilk a pleasure-thrill thro' the forest's de bosom, Already approaches the light of her fire: As it adrances, so gorgeously gilding The foliage tender With silvery splendor, Vainly behind ev'ry tree itself shieldii The eow'ring darkness is into shadoi rent. Then hold them lights 'til the moon gi higher; Here we cannot see how to trip it: Polly 'gainst the plum-tree has torn - A flash, succeeded by a dull expl sion, threw the company into conste nation, and the pipe-the cob-pipe Mr. Elfins was scattered in fragmen over the room. "Guy- Fawks! Guy Fawks! dadd; Didn't I know it, daddy, dat dis he: schoolmaster was a plottin' agin' yot life!" screamed Yetta, as she flew i the trembling pedagogue. "Oh you ongrateful dog!" screeche Mrs. Elfins, breaking a pair of car< over the culprit's head, "you wante to kill my old man, did you?" "Let me go-let me go!" blustere Mr. Elfins, as three of the stoutest of ladies in the house held him bacl "Let me git at him, so dat I kin prea bis rashkally head!" "Neffer mind, daddy, Abram's g< hold or him. Oh I tell you, he's givii it to him. There! didn't you= bearwi alick he giv'd him jess den? Oh ho be hollers. Oh goody! goody! good. I 'lare it sounded like hittin' of a tree. Poor Samuel Burns! He perfectl astonished the boys by the superht man speed with which he outstrippe Abram Priester. As he fled throug the gate, a man sprang from behind iassafras tree and aimed a fearful blo1 with his fist at his head. He dodge it; and his enemy's-fist struck againi i. rugged oak, causing a sound the aiust have been plainly audible in th Louse. As he ran on, he heard, wit eelings of some satisfaction, the groat >f his unknown antagonist writhin n agony from his bruised fist. This was the last of Samuel Burn! Ee disappeared like the pedagogue< sleepy Hollow. In examining his el ects the following interesting lette was found in his every-day breechei ;ocket: To Mr. Psalmuel Burns, Dear Sur, Durn your mean heart, do you war ne to kill you? This is to give you fai 10tish and warnin', sur, to leave tlh iaborhood. You suppose, sur, caus rou can impose 'pon old people, da rou can run over young people. But cll you, sur, you is mistaken, sui Sow pack up wat belongs to you, an eave, or you will have to leave widou lem, sur. Wen a sick man hears quinch owl he takes it for a warnin mnd dis is all, sur, from yours in Since ity and Respectability. ABRAM PIESTER. Soon after the fiight of Samuel Burn he comet also took its leave; and MI ilfins has often been heard to declare .s he advanced in his dotage, thati as nothing after all but the Devi vaiting at a respectful distance for th choolmaster; and that they went of ogether into the realms of infinity. Mark Moyer wore his hand in a slin, er two months, and has never recov red the natural flexibility of his righ rist, although his wife Nancy ha red upon it the powers of every Pair lleviator that has yet been invented he says, the only thing that has eve: one Mark's wrist any good, is "a oultish of Life Everlastin', Cumnfra :ot, and Ellickcumpain.'' A bram Priester, in the course of th< ear 1843, became the seknowledgei itor of Yetta. Mr. IElfins, after th< layin' by of the crop" for that year athered together his neighbors to inner, which he projected upon a pro se scale, to celebrate the marriage o: is eldest daughter with Mr. Abrarr riester, which marriage he appointec >take place upon a certain day with it consulting the parties concerned was truly characteristic of his arbi ay and tyrannical disposition. Now, Yetta, I hold you up to the orIg as a warning to all undutifa] iughters. See vwhat at retributive abit has grown upon you;.for, >ecause :u would blow up'~your old father, you ave ever since been blowing vp your usband; and, as a perpetual provoca on, you cannot hang up a garment on washing day to dry, but the wind is~ 'e to blow it down. "For a long time I had no appetite. as restless at night, and very much abilitated. After taking two bottles Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my strengtb ad appitude returned, and myheb th as completely restored."--D. M. and most indifferent character, but half the time there is such a scanty supply that the convicts don't get enough to eat, as their looks plainly indicate. Two of the men, Alex. Wright and John Steele, have had cases of dropsy. William Bruton's right side is paralyzed. Not to mention numerous others who have bad colds. There are'not more than half a dozen who have on shoes, and what they have are so worn and broken as to be unserviceable. "Not the slightest provision was made by the penitentiary officials for their expenses on their return trip. There were no pots, no pans, no meat, nor bread, nor anything. The party left tbe railroad camp about rioon Monday, and the only meal the convicts got was breakfast at Darlington, absolutely nothing else, except what fell to them through the charity of the people along the way, and the gentleman who ac companied them as far as Sumter. Anyone who doubts the correctness of the above statements should have seen what the writer saw at the Sumter depot yesterday. There was the unmis takable and general look of squalor, ,e -sy -wdhdns ptmln the whole group, and the lack Of hu inanity and attention were but to< plainly visible. It was a sight, to us( the words of our dictator, at which "the mind revolts and the imagination sickens.' We have time and again seer the convicts at work on the canal in Columbia, sometimes as often as twc or three times a month. We know what their general condition was then. We never saw any of them anywhere look like those did who passed through Sumter yesterday." Score One for Tillman. [Greenville News.] We have had occasion to remark heretofore that B. R. Tillman is a - bad kind of a man to try experiments with, an awkward kind of a cat for any smooth, shifty and sanguine person with political aspirations to try to put a bell on. He not only refused to measure up to the Cotton Plant yard stick of the sub treasury idea or to keep quiet wheu told to, but he has sailed in for an ag gressive war on the scheme and met Lecturer Terrill face to face at Abbe ville for a straight discussion of it. Now there is no use talking about it this is'nt a Tillman newspaper, but Tillman does deserve the thanks and zppratheconervative, people the State for his stand in this matter. He has a financial theory of his own which is nearly as bad as the sub-treas ury, but he does not seem to be urging that. He is fighting the sub-treasury squarely and going on record as its bit ter and direct opponent, and in that he doing good service. People who would heed nobody else on that matter will heed him. They have been told that all who opposed the sub-treasury are their enemies, the agents of Wall street gold bugs and that kind of stuff and many of them-some good, honest, well meaning people, too-had ears for only one side. They were being taught and drilled to demand of the democratic party approval of the scheme and to make that approval the condition of their loyalty. There is no possibili ty of the Democratic party accepting or adopting any such scheme. Tillman has come into the discussion now and will probably make the fur fiy. He has a strong hold of the people the sub:-treasury idea has a hold on and it will be nip and tuck. We hardly know which to let on. Everything has had a fashion lately of going as we though it should not go, and we have no notion just yet of getting down from the fence where we can whittle and smoke and see the fun to take any hand in the performance. At the same time Tillman's nerve and dash and volun tary interference to save the people from a fearful blunder ought to be scored to his credit. KILLED BY HIS OWN ENGINE. Shocking Death of Engineer WUllIame, of the G , C. and N. Raflroad. [Special to The State.] CHESTER, S. C., June 4.-While ly ing in the shade of, and under a car box on the the G., C. and N. Railroad, at Sandy River, about 4 o'clock this after noon, Engineer W. W. Williams was run over and fatally injured. It is ascertained that Mr. Williams, who is a brother of Auditor Williams, of the G., C. & N., was lying under the car reading. when a colored fireman, not knowing that he was there, pulled up a few feet and ran one of the wheels ovef his leg, severing it near the hip joint, and stopping just in time to leave it resting on the other. When found the wounded man's first request was for a pistol to end his mis ery. An engine was sent to this place for Dr. S. M1. Davega, but he was out of town, Dr. S. M. Marion was found and taken down, Dr. Davega follow ing as soon as he returned. The ufortunate man died about 7:30 o'clock in great pain. Mr. Williams was a young man and very popular here, where he had lived for a considerable length of time. The "SallHe" The "Sallie" is the name of a hand some steamer that arrived in Charles ton last week from New York, pur hased by the administration for the use of the phosphate commission and the inspector. The craft is named "Sale" in honor of Governor Till manMs wife SAM JONES'S WORK. A Striking Tribute from a Hebrew Jour nallst. Rev. Sam Jones's recent work in Chattanocga has won golden opinions from all classes. Mr. George W. Ochs, a progres:;ive Hebrew journalist, and. proprietor of the Chattanooga Times, pays him the following earnest tribute in the columns of his paper : I am not disposed to engage in a po lemical controversy to question the truth or falsity of Mr. Jones's doctrines, or to endorse any or all of Mr. Jones's views. My own faith is shorn of doc trinal limitations-an abiding belief in all wise, all merciful, omnipotent, in divisible God-and is broad enough to respect the tenets of all my fellowmen for I subscribe most heartily to the words, "For forms of faith let graceless zealots figh t, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right." The unique character and peculiar methods of this revivalist have become a subject of comment all over this broad laad and the very divergent pecting him, which have been given publicity a 'ha a , expressed. wherever he has conducted services. I have attended his services fre quently and have been an attentive listener. My own religious views be ing totally different from his doctrinal teachings and dogmas, enabled me to dispassionately analyze his utterances and to critically study their effects. I was never swared by his passionate appeals, nor have I been terrified by his lurid pictures ol impending eternal punishment, nor do I end":-e his opinions of dancing, the kirmess and society, yet I have been touched by his pathos, stirred by his eloquence and fascinated by his marvelous magne tism. * * * * What c f his work ? He never preaches anything but morality. His sermons are. simply the ten commandments. His exhortations are most eloquent against moral vices and social sins. How can any one consistently say that, a man possessed of his eloquence and his magnetism, who always urges moral uprightness and rectitude, can do aught but good? I saw him sway an audience of 5,000 men by his re markable powers. I saw men who came to scoff remain to pray. I saw him on the pulpit in his shirt sleeves pouring forth a. stream of eloquence, whichh vushedsfrom-his-lipslike from one insp.red, enthrall a multitude of men until thousands were in tears, every ficer of their being wrought to tense emot4on, and every utterance he made, every argument he used, was an earnest plea for morality, temperance and cbarity. And ~ when he ceased I saw a hardened criminal, one whom I had seen with ball and chain, pass up the aisle, tears streaming from his eyes, his whole nature softenel as it had never been before; I saw him grasp 1?h' hand of the evangelist and I heard him say between his sobs: "As God is my judge I 'will lead a better life," I saw a sporting man, one who makes his livelihood at the gaming table, who never before, perhaps, had a serious reflection, wipe his eyes as he took the evangelist's hands and promise to lead an honest life. I saw confirmed drunkards 'step forward-and promise to quit these habits. I saw 1,000 men, three-fourths of whom had, perhaps, never before given a thought to any moral precept, one-half of whom were steeped in~ vice, crowd around the evangelist with tearful eyes and sol emnly pledge their word to reform. Dare any one say that this is of no avail ? B3y his works judge him. What if his methods are not in accord Ianc with comimon usage, his results condone every fault in language. One need not commend his fiippant replies to his critics, and, it must be confessed that his treatment of a recent review upon his methods-which was digni fied, courteous and conservative-was not creditable to Mr. Jones. Still this pertains to his personality, and does not affect the result of his labors. What if a large proportion- of his converts relapse into their former man ner of life ? Some will prove faithful, and in all a seed has. been planted wheretofore there was sterile soil. Everyone on inquiry can learn of the good work he is doing, of the reforms he has iccomplished, of the broken spirits he has re'.ived, of the weak natures he has strengthened, of the ray of sunshine he has cast into heretofore darkened lives, of his charity, his earn estness and of his sincerity. I have little patience with his de tractors ; they rail at his mode of ex pression ; had they better not turn their ba.teries on frail human nature, because i;hey know the multitude is attracted and is moved by him? If anyone is at fault it is the people, not Sam Jones. He perceives the method that must be pursued, and with mar velous aptitude he employs it, and '>e hold the fruits of his labor ! He leaves the community better, more elevated, and purer, and every seed he sows is a seed of morality, of temperance, of chastity and of charity, and not one of evil drops from his hand. Good sense: Disease is largely the result of impure blood. 'Io purify the blood, is to cure the disese ! As a blood-purifier and vitalizer, Dr. Pierce's Golden 3Medical Discovery stand ahead and shoulders above any other known specific ! Its power la this direction is nothing sbort of wonderful. Guaranteed to benefit ert cure in every case, or money re ALLIANCE AND NEW PARTY. The "rrogressive Farmer" Looks on the Al:ance Voting with the New Party as a Matter of Course, Inasmuch as Alliance Demands are Embodied in Its Platform. [Special to Charleston World.] RALEIGH, N. C., June 1.-The State Alliance organ, the Progressive Far mer, owned by L. I. Polk, will say editorially in ifs issue of to-morrow: "The question, what will the Alliance do with the new party, is on the lips of tens of thousands of arxious people to day. Well, it ought not to take much w-: doni to answer that question. The new party has adopted he Alliance demands in its platform. Does any one suppose intelligent Alliancemen will vote against the party that adopts those demands, and in favor of a party that not only fails to adopt, but resists those demands? "Western Alliance States have alrea dy gone into the new party. Will not the necessity for Alliance unity force other Alliance States to go into the new party also? "We see no way to prevent the new party from sweeping the country, except the simple one of cheerfully c~i Pebt eople every one of their just demands. 4Iliancemen are to be blamed for going io a new party, then a hungry child r, be blamed for going to some one who and will furnish him food. Gentlemen of the old parties, if the time comes when your ranks shall be broken, your leaders overthrown and your heritage taken from you, do not blame the Alli ance for your ruin. The people, repre sented by the Farmers' Alliance, have petitioned and begged and pleaded and prayed for relief all these years, and the haughty minions of political power have spurned both them and their petitions and prayers. Do not blame them for your overthrow, but blame your own blind and rmirerable folly.". THEIR PLAN TO FIGHT CLEVELAND. Gov. Tillman Says the Democratic Party Ought to be the People's Party. CHARLESTON, S. C., May 29.-Gov. Tillman, in an interview to-day with the editor of the State Alliance organ, is reported as saying that he has dp posed Mr. Cleveland strongly because of the ex-President's opposition to the free coinage of silver and also because his sympathy was with. Wall street and its money. "A great danger to the Democracy," he said, "was that -he nominating Convention in 1892 might name Mr. Cleveland as its standard bearer for the nex~t campaign." Gov. Tillman thinks that the farmers, not only in this State but all over the country, ought to go to work to see that delegations are sent from each State opposed to Mr. Cleveland, or to any man of his ideas on money. He be lieves the farmers can control the De mocratic party and thus press forward their demends for reform. As to the Sub-Treasury bill, Gov. Tillman says he is oppc.'ed to it per sonally, and will fight it on the stump if need be. He does not think that after it is presented to the people they will support it. If a majority of the party in South Carolina still continue to support it, he says he is Democrat enough to fall in line with the majori ty. He does not see the need for a third party, because the Democratic party, properly controlled, is the party of the people. Tiliman's utterance on the subject of an anti- Cleveland delega. tion may be taken as the keynote of the preliminary campaign in this State in 1892. DEFENCE OF THE BOARD. State Treasurer Bates Reads a Statement and Reply-He Says they Did the Bees. they Could-Pleading Guilty to Pos sible Ignorance. [Special to the Greenville News.] COLUMtBIA, June 3.-When the State board of railroad equalization met day, State Treasurer Bates, of the boad, made a written statement in which he assurred the gentlemen pre sent representing the railroads "that it has not been and is not now the inten tion of this board to treat the railroads with injustice or unfairness in the mat ter of assessments for taxation." HIe said that at the board's meetingin May with what light they had from reports of the railroad commission and other sources they had indicated what they thought would be a proper assessment of~ railroad property. Continuing he said : "In some statements made we infer that we are suspected not only of ignorance but of prejudice. For my self I can disclaim any and all preju dice. I think I can do the same for the board. I anm not ashamed to acknowl edge lack of information in regard'to railroad property. "I have been addressed personally as treasurer of the State and warned not to give the appearance of discrim inating against rairoads lest the credit of the State be injured and it become impossible to fund a large part of the State debt maturing in 1893. "With all respect to the gentleman who gave this warning, I must say it was not necessary to give it, and in my opinion it was mischievous and is possibly in tended to do harm. It has gone out in the press of the country in connection with the charge, implied at least, that in South Carolina railroad property was unfairly dealt with in the matter of taxation. It is our purpose to ob tain all the light we can then in our action be influenced by the spirit and letter of the constitution and law of the State." Argument was concluded this even ing and decision was reserved. THE EVANS-M'ELEOY MATTEE. Statements from Both the Parties-pro fessor Evans Contradicts an Assertion Professor McElroy's Account of the Interview. [From the Greenville News.1 In one of McElroy's cards, published in the last Laurensville Herald, he makes the following statement, viz.: "In my communication to the Herald, Professor Evans assures me that my reference to 'Haskelite' was not appil cable to himself." I assured McElroy nothing ; simply demanded a retraction of language offensive to me. After some hesita tion and threatening demonstrations, already reported, he signed a general retraction, having been told more than once that this alone wold exempt him from chastisement. I am not engaging in controversy only stating facts. Respectfully, FRANK EVANS. ALMA P. 0., LAURENS Co., S. C., May 30.h, 1891. To the Editor of the Daily News. The reported interview between Pro fessors Evans. and McElroy regarding that Haskell invitation as published in The News of 26th inst., is very incor rect and does me great injustice. Be lieving that The News will accord I send my account epi ~ ion and can sub stantiate my version of the affair by eye witnesses and unprejudiced -per sons. I ask the papers of the State that copied the "reported interview" from the News to do me the justice to publish my account of the affair. Professor Evans did demands retrac tion from me in Mr. Roland's store at the time mentioned in the News of a certain communication pub. lished in the Herald regarding therin vitation of Col A. C. Haskell to Lan rens. He made his demand, and I did then and there refuse absolutely to re tract anything from his insolentand threatening manner, stating to him that I would die first, or words to that effect. Professor Evans was armed with a stick and pistol and I had only a little pen knife. Professor Evansdid not raise his walking cane and sternly command Professor McElroy to put his knife back in his pocket and,Pro fessor McElroy like a coward did nQt' submissively obey. . Professor Evans did not offer to buy a pistol for Professor McElroy. He was-not-attbat'tIme in oa mood. Ileft Professor Evans and walked over to Auditor Thompson's office where I hold my office as supervisor of registration, as it would have been-the height of folly for me to remain dis puting with a man armed with-dead!y weapons and surrounded by his friends.' Professor Evans soon came into Aud. tor Thompson's office and in al very -- gentlemanly manner sked me to give him "some expression" that I had in. - tended no offense in connecting his name with"Haskelite,"that I had done - him an injustice. Mr. Thompson, sont of Auditor Thompson, heard the con versation. I told Professor Evans that if I had done him a-wrong, I was per fectly willing, as a gentleman, to right she wrong. I then,-not under duress, or threats, wrote the following card,~ which was published in the Herald: "As far as my reference to Haskellite in my article, as referring to Professor Evans, I say that I had not intended to offend him individually, or as a man." This is the only retraction or expla nation I have made. Respectfully, W. T. MCELROY.~$ A Mysterious Xeeting of the Administra tion Forces.. rspecial to Greenvill-News. COrMBIAr S. C., June 3.-There was 9 rseei&enelave of leading State ad ministration politicians in this city to night, but they refuse to tell anything about it except to say they discussed railroads, bankt and affairs of State generally. To -outsiders the whole thing is a mnyste hey were in ses sion about thiree hours.mong thoee present were the Governor,'Seans/si Irby, John Gary Evans, the- Rev. Mr. Sligh, Timmerman of Edgefield, Ta!l bert, Thomas, Dr. Sampson Pope and others. How to get a Handsome Husbad. "When'er some lucky Indian maiden Fonnd a red ear in the husking, 'Muska l' cried they altogether : 'Muska !' you shall have a sweetheart You shall have a handsome husband." The handsome man always admires the beautiful woman. Then simply -- make yourself beautiful. Remove all a2 blotches pimples, "forked signs of 73 turkey tracks" from your features, by the use of Dr. Pierre's Favorite Pre scription, a tonic to the nervous, circo latory anid procreative systems. Its use brings roses to the cheeks, and - sparkle to the eyes. Take it, and you will, like the Indian maiden, find a "red ear' in good health, an omen of future happiness. Gucararnteed to gve' satisfaction in every case, or moop paid foritrfne An orator said:"There is not a man, woman or child in this houe who has arkedl at the age of fifty -, years, bu,assfelt this truth thun- ' dering thtfough their minds for een tures." . A box of eiye Pills ha saved. many a fit of sicknIis. Wherra reme dy does not hnppen to bewithinrmch, people are liable to ~ h ments and, of course, follows they have toshffer -th quences. "A stitch 71 time