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r ;'vim |i5TB a John L McLaurin and Ex-Senator J. l. M. Irby the Starters. !f\ THEY CAME VERY NEAR MIXING. | Irby Applies Very IIar<l Names to Mo- ! Laurln?Five Candidates Have So 1 " Far Signed the Pledge. The first meeting of the compaign , for the Democratic nomination for Uni- ! ted States Senator to fill the place now * occupied by John L. McLaurin, by ap- [ pointmeut from Governor Ellerbe, was i held at Sumter Monday, and proved i sensational in the extreme. It opened t. quietly in the opera house, which was . only comfortably filled. County Chairman Purd}- introduced i Senator McLaurin as the first speaker, j ,. The Senator's address was conservative. , He paid tribute to the memory of Sena- i 1^^^ john "h. m'lauriin. tor Earle, and gave an account of his own political stewardship. Mr. Mc Itaurm Teas warmly received. ana sat | down with the pleasing assurance of : having made a good impression. ~ Then the storm broke. Ex-United 1 States Senator John L. M. Irby was in- ! trodnced, and for three-quarters of an . hoar was enacted as exciting scenes as perhaps have ever been witnessed at a campaign meeting in this, or any other Sate. Things looked serious time and i again. At one time Irby and McLau\ lin were only prevented from clinching by $?e interference of those on the yt, attge. | Irby in his speech applied the sever-. eat language to McLaurin, and he cam# 1 to the front. When Irby rose, the cheers for McLaurin were deafening. He made an opening sally, McLaurin made an apt { aside, and the cheering was such that! ' Irby, despite repeated efforts, could not j go on. Then, when Chairman Purdy j quieted the crowd, he started out again . by charging the crowd with trying to j howl him down. He said he knew that, it was all fixed up in this hot-bed of , Haskellism and Conservatism. Pretty i soon he said he did not care how many - - 1 1 i - 3 A. A I oi tnese cny ne^tcnmen irieu iu proveui ,k him from speaking. ^ Chairman Purdy advanced then and | said that it was their desire to give j V Irhy a respectful hearing, and he asked I that he would not reDeat that insulting { language. If he could not be respect. T J. L. Jf. LBJBT. fal, they did not want to hear him. The committee was not responsible for the outbursts of feeling. Irby replied that they had insulted nim first J ' Irby went on then and characterized ? 'McLaurin as a ring-streaked, stripednnd-speckled politician. He charged him with dishonesty and with being i fhilty of tieason and treachery. He ' said that the foulest conspiracy that \ eyer existed in this State was now in force and McLaurin was the benefioiary. O&p Finally, McLaurin, who had turned j ' * pale, jumped up and faced him, saying: "Irby, let's have an understanding! right here. We have known each other J some time. You can't accuse me of dishonesty. You can't insult me in that way.' The two men faced each other. Irby repeated what he had said, and addea: *T say further that if you hit me you'll be hit back." At this juncture, Lditor ,; Appelt rushed up to Irby and told him ! :( he would have a reply. Charles Eman-1 nel rushed in and said to Irby: "No aoa bnt a coward would talk that , I / xtoy replied that no one but a coward would insult a guest. Mr. Purdv and others got the men quieted, the house being in an uproar. When Irby finish- j ed, McLaurin denounced the oharge that he was in a combine as absolute!.? false. Irby retorted that he would prove it Irby said that he is in the fight to ncceed McLaurin, and that he will make an active campaign, and stay in the race until the end. 80 the ''pledge polls" plose with five candidates in the race:'John L. McLaurin, Jchn L. M. Irby, John T. Duncan. John Gary Evans and S. G. ' Mayfield. The Monck's Corner Meeting. The second of the senatorial cam- t paign meetings was pitched on a very > . 1-.TV'iltti-.1; I I different key from the gathering at i Sumter. There were only two speakers, Senator MeLaurin and former Senator I Irl?v. The three other candidates, former Governor Evans, State Senator Mavdeld and Mr. John T. Duncan were j not* present. Col. Irby was quite indisposed on ac couat of the heat ami spoke brieny. .ur. McLaunn spoke for over an hour, with the approval of the audience. There were absolutely no offensive personalities between the two candidates. What there was of criticism was political and acceptable. Col. Irby said that there had been j no change in the political sentiments ! since 188's and that now, as then, he : was a "true blue reformer." He' wanted it understood that he proposed conducting his campaign as he saw best He spoke at length of his service to the reform movement, and urged that he had always been a friend to the poor and toiling masses. He had taken the position that no man with a white face should be disfranchised by the constitutional conveutiou of which he was a member, His views were an- ? tagonized by others aud brought him opposition. Later on he was opposed because he had refused to go as a "possible bolter" to the National Democratic Convention. He said he would not have entered the race but for solicitation. He did not believe that the Conservatives were going to back up Editor Gonzales in strangling the will oi trie peopie uy nxiujj miup uefore the primary. The reformers have a right to suspect auy reform Mr. Gonzales champions, that Mr. Gonzales had never seen any good in reform, and had fought Tillman and himself, and would continue to do so. Mr. McLaurin was regarded by this editor as an "available candidate," and ho argued at length that the Democrats had had-enough of supporting Republicans as available candidates. He called upon McLaurin to repudiate support as an "available candidate." He again referred to what he regards as the weak policy of Governor Lllerbe. His speech was several times applauded. When Senator McLaurin got up to speak, Col. Irby asked to be excused, but Mr. McLaurin asked hire to remain a moment, and then Mr. McLaurin said he was delighted to meet Col. Irby on the plane of to-day's speech, and that if they could keep it up, and he would do nis part, there would be in JOHN GART^EVANS, terest and benefit in the campaign. Ht said he wonld be the last man to rot Col. Irby of what he had done for reform or the people, but that now the fight was on other and national issues, and he was right on these, and Col. Irby thought he was right in his opinions. He had also done his share oi the work for reform when it took fighting. He was today as staunch a reformer as ever. He had formed no combine with Mr. Gonzales. The Greenville News favored Col. Irby more than any other candidate, and it was time for Col. Irby to repudiate the assistance of Gold Bug Editor Ball. The real and striking merits of McLaurin's speech was in his exposition of his tariff views, and he took it up in pocket book manner so as to meet his audience, which was deeply interested in his fight for a duty on yellow pine, cross ties and rice/ Mr. McLaurin made a magnificent logical presentation of his views, which he urged were in the interest of the pocket books and resources of the Bouth. He said he was so closely in touch with the people of his district that he would not lose twenty-five votes in some counties, and said his appointment to the Senate was unsolicited, and while Ellerbe may make mistakes, there was no nobler or more incorruptible man in South Carolina. (Applause. ) The Cbanestou Meeting. State Senator S. G. Mayfield entered the senatorial race in the campaign meeting held here. He said he favored the tariff for revenue only and Democratic doctrines. He devoted much time to discussing his solution of the dispensary troubles, advocating local option by counties, first making the State prohibition, and letting such couuties as wanted to license the sale under restriction. Senator McLaurin, who was unwell, spoke entirely on tariff issues. He defended his position in voting for a tariff on rice, lumber, eto., and agreed that the time bad come to look out for ^he South s uocketbooK "without surrender of principle. He "was hansomely received. Former Senator Irby started out complaining of an interview given in the afternoon papers by Mr. Appelt, a friend of McLaurin. Appelt said no disrepect was intended when he said Irby would not carry Laurens. Irby said he did not expect much in Charleston, as he had been too close to Tillman and the interests of the poor man. He was a friend of Charleston when she needed friends, and had no ill will toward that city, but feared there was a scheme to do Charleston injury by engendering a sectional prejudice. Irby joked about the career of McLaurin, and said that McLaurin could have done his State much more good as a member of the ways and means committee than as a mugwump Senator. The meeting was attended by 500 people, and the best of order was observed. Announcement was made of the candidady of John T. Duncan and his regrets were expressed. No message was received from John Gary Evans, another candidate. The Walterboro Meeting. Former Governor Evans joined the campaign partj' at Walterboro. He spoke for about an hour, devoting his ? ? attention almost entirely to the tariff bill, advocating a tariff for revenue only. He said the new evangel of Senator AlcLaurin was undemocratic and would lead to more poverty in the South. The protection of long staple cotton, he urged, was a sham, as Peruvian and Egyptian cotton were used for entirely different purposes to long staple cotton. He said McLaurin tried to tie to Tillman, and that Tillman favored those schemes simply to make the bill as objectionable as possible, and load it down, while McLaurin approved of the principle involved. Senator Irby stated that the strained relationship between himself and Senator Tillman had been fixed, that there had been mutual explanations, and all was now peaceful and serene. Caudidate Mavfield urged the importance of an expansion of the currency, advocating that the banks be allowed under restrictions to issue up to 40 per cent, of their capital stock. He is unqualifiedly opposed to the State dispensary as now managed, holdiug that it j breeds corruption and scandal, and if j persisted in, would occasion distrust in tha State, as it was best to Lave such * matters in counties. He favored the restrictions in the dispensary law and would make the sale more restrictive if desired. ^ HOT AND DRY WEEK. J. W. Bauer's Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin. The South Carolina weekly crop bulletin for the week ending July Gtb, says, in part: Although the week was exceedingly hot and in places dry, yet on the whole correspondents pronounce it a favorable one for the farmer, with many exceptions principally on account of lack of rain, and extreme heat. The greatest need of rain exists in the upper Savannah valley, the extreme northwestern and northeastern counties, and in scattered sections elsewhere, but since reports closed quite heavy j rains have fallen over i>ortions of the ! State, but whether the rains covered ! those portions most in need of it, is not . known. Cotton is blooming over the entire . State and although the stalk and weed continue small, is fruiting heavily. ~ i * v M _ m I Cotton was uamageci oynaii m ^isreudon, Dorchester and "Aiken counties, while from Berkeley there are reports of too much rain. Complaints of shedding, and that the plant has stopped growing, were received from Clarendon, Orangeburg and Edgefield, and of grassy condition of fields from Barnwell, Fairfield, Berkeley, York, Bamburg, Hampton, Florence, Newberry, Chester and Clarendon. However, favorable reports preponderate 1 greatly those to the contrary. Sea ' Island cotton continues in splendid j condition, growing and fruiting well. | Early tobacco is being cut and cured | but its quality is not as good as the later , planting promises to be. Hail damaged this crop slightly in Florence. Rice is growing well generally although the fields are quite grassy, and caterpillars continue troublesome in places, but the fields are being flooded. Sweet potato slips are still being set out and the crop is doing well generally. Melons are ripening and being shipped but the crop is a small one in acreage, yield and generally in size of the melons. Only a few report this crop up to an average. Peas are doing well with generally good stands. Are still being sown for forage. Cane is tasselling. Army worms in grass in Charleston county. Gardens foilintr Special reports on the present condition and probable yield of early oorn were received, and indicate a more promising outlook than heretofore, but the final results are as yet dependent on the weather for the next few weeks. The stalks are smaller than usual, and are tasselling low, but have a healthy color generally. The stands are irregular, due to poor germination of some seed and to the ravages of worms, > the wet spring and poor preparation of land. THE MINERS' STRIKE. The War Department at Washington Holds Troops in Readiness. The great miners' strike actually began Monday, and the success depends ' upon the success of the Pittsburg dis- 1 trict. Two hundred thohBand man have joined the coal strikers of Ohib, Indiana, Illinois, Western Pennsyl- 1 vania and Kentucky. The only hitch ' so far is in Jackson county, where the j men have refused to join the strikers. 1 Information indicates that the strike* order has been generally obeyed except in West Virginia, eastern Ohio and northwestern Kentucky. ( At Danville, 111., the Kelley mines have granted the demands of the ' striking miners, who have returned to work. * ? A u.. a. n-__ n._..i Ill C'UStJ UI IIUUUIO LUD k- I i ment, at Washington, is ready to re- ; spond with the militia promptly in th i coal districts. ( Senators Hanna, Fairbanks, Tnrpie, Lindsay, Elkins and Secretaries Sherman. Long and McKenna have, all ap- 1 peared in interviews expressing the i hope that the miners' strike may be i settled by arbitration. ] BACKWARD COUNTIES. Four Delayed Pension Reports Are Needed by the Comptroller. All of the counties of the Stato save those of Beaufoit, Laurens, Horry and J Hampton have forwarded to the State board of pensions the revised lists of the pensioners in those counties whose claims have been approved. Comptroller Norton has asked that these counties be requested to send in their reports immediately as the whole pension machinery had been clogged by the delay. Inasmuch as the $100,000 , r\rr\- 1 I pcuaiuu aFfuul,liauvu uao iv wv j/iv rated aocording to the total nambei of ( pensioners in the State it is absolutely < im|>os8ible to tell exactly what amount j each pensioner will receive until every ; report is in hand. j Mr. Norton says that the board will ( pay the whole amount at once and will y not make semi-annual payments. The checks will be issued very shortly and they will be sent to the several county i clerks of court, the modus orperandi of 1 delivery to the pensioners being the I same as last year.? The State. < If Hill DEATH. Some New Features for the Next State Fair. CAUSE OF FEVER AT CLEMSON. Wlnthrop's Scholarships--Norton Is Out for Congress ? Furmau University's New President. Tuesday, the Oth, at Columbia, there was a sensation that was never before equalled in that city. A j-ear ago Dr. Henry T. Kendall married Miss Guiguard, of Brookland, a suburb of that j city. The marriage was against the ; wishes of her family. Two weeks ago j Mrs. Kendall became sick with typhoid j fever. Her husband declined offers j of neighbors and employed a nurse. Ho j attended her himself, but later called j in his brother, Dr. F. D. Kendall, the lamest nractioner in Columbia. A brother-in-law and uncle of Mrs. Kendall called but were not admitted, , Dr. Kendall saying his wife was too ill. There bad never been a reconciliation with her family. The nurse told inquiring neighbors j that the lady could occasionally sit up. ! On Saturday death came suddenly and ' Sunday the burial took place in Columbia. Slanderous tongues were wagging before the grave was closed. It was known Mrs. Kendall was in a delicate state of health, and the charge was that death resulted from mal practice. Mrs. Kendall was a member of one of the best old families in the State. In Brooklaud it was said the lives of either of the doctors would be in danger if they appeared there. Dr. F. 1). Kendall, in behalf of his brother, who was prostrated, demanded a post mortem. The deceased lady's j family was notified and every physician j in Columbia invited to attend. Efforts j were then made by the family to have him desist, but he refused. The presence of the leading business men in Columbia was also requested. Judge A. C. Haskell, president of the Loan and Exchange Bank, arriving on tl e scene after the disinterment had begun, made a statement in which he ex pressed deep sympathy for the Kendalls, who he knew had been fonlly slandered by cowards. He dared any man to come foiward with an affidavit. Then he urged the Doctor to desist. Dr. Kendall said that the post mortem must be had t:> protect his brother. A charge of murder might be preferred a few weeks hence, aud he would be powerless to disprove it. So the body was disinterred and the unanimous" finding of the the physicians was that death was caused by typhoid fever. Mrs. Kendall was a beautiful young woman. She had been married less than a year. President Childs of the Agricultural and. Mechanical Society Btates that it has been decided by the society to add some additional attractive features to the exhibits this fall, first there will be premiums offered for the best decorated bicycle, aud in addition there will be bicycle races with fine prizes, which is expected to induce many wheelmen to come to Columbia. The next feature will be a display of dairy products and utensils under the direction of ProfesBor Hart, of Clemson. Other new departments will be added later on.?Register. i ??? ? President D. B. Johnson of the Wintrop Normal College, is hard at work, trying to get everything thoroughly organized preparatory to the next session. He was in Columbia last week looking p the apportionment of members of the General Assembly to the new counties which have been formed recently. The number of scholarships in the college is regulated by the legislative apportionment. The formation of the new counties, therefore, transfers cer- ( tain scholarships from old counties to new ones. The committee of three prominent physicians from different sections of the j! BtAte, appointed some time ago by Gov- |! ernor Ellerbe to investigate the* cause . I or causes of the fever at Clemson, has , made its report. It makes rather im- |, portunt disclosures, and the carrying i' out of its recommendations will entail j consideaable expense on the State. The 1; report finds that there is considerable I cause for complaint and that the sani tary arrangements are more than worth- I less. i Dr. Edwin C. Dargan, of the South- | em Baptist Theological Seminary at | j Louisville, Ky., has been elected by *, the board of trustees to succeed Dr. i Chas. Manly as president of Furman University. Dr. Manly resigned several davs asro. It is not known that1 Dr. Dargan" will accept. The board will meet in Columbia on the S!0th to elect another president if he declines. Comptroller General Norton has pos- | tirely announced his candidacy for | Congress in the Sixth Congressional i district to succeed Mr. McLaurin. So | far two candidates, Solicitor Johnson | and F. D. Bryant, Esq., have tiled | their pledges. It is considered certain that Mr. D. W. McLaurin will also be in the race. The Board of Control in session at Columbia elected B. C. Webb, of Charleston, clerk, as successor to W. H. Lawrence, by a unanimous vote. Rev. G. Walt Whitman failed to get his pledge in the hands of State Chairman Tompkins, therefore he will not be able to make the race for Congress. The next session of Clemson College ' will begin on the 18th of September and close the second week in June, 1898. 1 The present senior class will be gradu- 1 ated in Febiuary, however. The stu- j dents will now have summer vacation instead of winter. The resignations of ' President Craighead'and Prof. Tomp- ' kins have been accepted by the board j and resolutions of regret at the depart- ! lire of these gentlemen adopted. Dr. W. M. Meador has been arrested 1 in Union for the attempted burning of ] the opera house some months ago. He ^ jave bond in the sum of $300. -* ' - ' " STATE OFFERS LAND ' Upon Which Colonics May Locate at Very Cheap Rater. South Carolina has plenty of desira! ble virgin land suitable for the estab- I ' lishmentof colonies of emigrants, lands J that are not by any means located too I far from railroad lines for communities ; of colonists, and these lands can be I bought very cheaply. Those owned by j the State will be sold very cheaply for the purjK)se of getting them on the tax I books. j Speaking of colonies Secretary of I State Tompkins has recently i eceived ! the following letter which he turned | over to State Land Agent J. G. , Gibbes: Worcester Mass., July 4, 1897. To the Secretary of State, Columbia, 1 S, C\: Dear Sir -There are a number of people here who are talking ol the orI ganizatiou of a co-operative colony and have desired me to make some inquiries in regard to suitable lands in the South. If there are any such lands belonging to your State which are now on the market I shall be pleased to have you send me a description and price of the same. Very respectfully, Francis Leander Klng. Col. Gibbes answered this letter immediately. giving Mr. King full information about the desirable public lands which the State has on hand, and offering inducements which should bring these people here if they mean business. Col. Gibbes, when questioned, says The State, stated that the State now had between 8.5,000 and 40,000 acres of public lands which had been confiscated for non-paid taxes. They are located between five and twelve miles of the nearest railroad lines, and are virgin forest lands, none of them being at present under cultivation. The healthiest and best of these lands being located in Kershaw and Chesterfield counties. Any of the land in these counties will be desirabie for purposes of colonization. The rest of the land lies in Colleton and Berkeley counties Col. Gibbes said that anyof these lands would be sold at between 2.5 cents and SI per acre, and much of it even at less figures if purchased in large tracts. The State of South Carolina is particularly favorable to the establishment of colonies of the character proposed by Mr. King, and is willing o do all it can to encourage them. TILLMAN'S GREATEST GLORY. You mav sneer and kick at Tillman from the morn until the night; Yon may say he has a pitchfork that emits & silver light; You may rail at his orations, his professions or his whims, And that saroasm of his answers that no question ever dims; But you. really must acknowledge, while your eye with wonder glows, That he's gaining lasting glory by his tari.T ripping pose. Just observe him in the Senate as the schedule up he takes, When he pitches into sugar and lays bore the tariff fakes; How he keeps the boodlers squirming as he scores them with a thrust, While defending common people'gainst the inroads of a trust; And it's certain by the plaudits of the masses in repose, That Ben Tillman's gaining glory by his tariff smashing blows. There's a gleam of eialtation bursting thro' the silver crew, As it conjures up the changes Tillman's work presents to view; Journals that cartooned the pitchfork are applauding Tillman now, And urging him to use that fork when "protection(?)" robs the plow. So, with visions of the future, silver's spirit overflowsHear the people yelling "Tillman!" . when he hits their boodle foes. Cecil Leslie. A RECORD BROKEN. (nmh?i nt Inannf* Admitted During the Month of Jane. On the 8th the regular monthly , meeting of the board of regents of the State hospital for the insane was held it the institution. A great deal of routine business was transacted and ( the regents inspected the progress of the work of restoring the burned laun- ^ iry and of the erection of the new < Parker building. The population of the institution was found to be 882 patients. The super- ! intendent's report showed that during the month of June 42 new patients had t>een received at the institution. This J is the greatest number ever received in any one month. Fourteen patients ! s ere discharged. The insurance compauies have adjusted the loss on the laundry building 1 ind electric plant, allow.ag S5,- ' H9.97 on the policies for ?6,000. 1 ilready the work of rebuilding is far ! advanced. The roof is on the structure, and it will not be more than a month ' before the laun dry is in full operation ] again. The machinery has been ' shipped from Cincinnati. In the mean- , time a temporaay laundry is running and dcing all the work absolutely necessary. , *?1 ? . __1? .1 It J ine wans 01 one portion 01 me uew , Parker building are up the first floor; the others will be run up as soon as the ! excavations in the rear have been com- i pleted. ?The State. ( A WRIT OF ERROR. \ Another Step Taken In the Agrlcul- } tural Hall Case. A peti tion for a writ of error and as- j signment of errors in the Agricultural Hall ca?e wcs received here yesterday afternoon and filed with the clerk ot j the Uni ted States Circuit Court. Attorney General Barber apjteared before J Judge Simonton at Flat Rock a few , lays ago and obtained an order grant- ( ing the writ of error on exceptions to the opinion filed by the Court. The State is required to give bond in the mm of $8,000. The case will now go to Circuit Court of Appeals at Riohhond. and can be heard at the November term. No decision, however, can { i>e rendered before next February.? 1 STews and Courier, 8th. < SHOWER OF JUJLY ICE. ?w? A Graphic Account of a. TerrUt Hailstorm. R. L. Campbell, a large farmer of the : Bethel neighborhood, York county,wa* in Yorkville last Saturday and gave A graphic account of a terrific hailstoro^ j -which devastated his section a few day* ago. ; ' ;'; j "The storm," said Mr. Campbell. ? "came up very suddenly. I was out id a cottou finld at the time, and the first thiug 1 cdiced was a great chunk of a black cloud with a strange headlightlikeglow in frout. It was approaching; so rapidly and looking so threatening" ' * that I thought it would be a good ideit to make for a teuant house. Several cf v thu /arm Lauds had run for the earn* place and bv the time we were well un ? ? '?? ?. i _ _ii it. 3 uer snener me storm arose m an jh.-*- 5 fury. Of all the situations I have evef been it was the most scarry. There wa? not much water. It was principally a- > shower of ice. The roof of the tenant house was good, but in less than two minutes the bail* had beaten off ths > boards and was pelting us so unmercifully that we here forced to crowd underbeds for shelter. The whole thing* I suppose, lasted five minutes. "When I went out and took a look' . at the landscape," * continued Mr. Campbell, "the scene made me pick. / Whore a little while before I bad a hnudred seres of as fine wheat as ia ever raised in the county, and acre# and acres of cotton and corn, there was nothing but a barreu .waste, white in spot3 with layers of ice The crops . * with the exception of a few small'skips M were completely annihilated.* In foci most of the land looked as if it had just been prepared for sewing wheat or ae if a pea crop had been turned under. "Next day I decided that nerhaps' ^ some of the wheat that had not been beaten into the ground might bo saved J and put the negroes to work with a cth couple of horse rakes raking it up, and along with the wheat they raked np j'j thirty-seven dead rabbits, together- ' $ with an almost countless number of * % small birds of different kinds. *' Continuing, Mr. Campbell said thai ,j a large number of chickens had beett ^ killed about his yard and almost every glass had been broken oat of his dwelling house. The track of tho , ? storm was about half a mile in widtik , ^ anil some three miles long. Several other farmers besides Mr. M Campbell, including Representative Ii? .3 K. Armstrong, sustained heavy dam* . age.?Atlanta Constitution. BITES OFF HEADS OF DOGS* : A Strange "Varmint" In York County . j Has Been Seen. - The negroes east of Yorkville, 00 says the Atlanta Constitution, for > distance of ten miles or more, are ,>j greatly wrought np over alleged, run- .A ning through the country of a myster- ; ious but ferocious animal which, by 00 mm on consent, they have dubbed "the varmint." Keports say the animal has been seen at different points ranging from three to five miles apart the same night It is described aa bo- < ing "as large as a calf, black sad '<?] wooly." So far it is not claimed that it has attacked a human being, bat it is charged with having killed and eaten ") quite a number of hogs and dogs. One negro, named John Heather, living on the outskirts of town, claime that the animal came his way and as it wsa passing his house his two dogs got after it The "varmint" turned upon * the dogs, and right before Heather'* eyes bit both of their heads off and went cm without giving the animals further ah teniion. A negro named Sam Miller, and Ire* ; $1 ing near Tirzah, pat a pistol in hia pocket as he went to work m order to W * have some protection against the var* mint,,' in the event he should suddenly come across it in the ootton field. While going through the motion'erf * ^ what he would do should the varmint i ruddenlv pat in its appearance, he puk a 38-caliber bullet nnaer the cap of hie left knee, completely destroying the usefulness of the joint . The whites generally are skeptical of the ezisteno of the varmint MRS. TURNIPSEKD TO CONTEST* Effort to Set Aside Her Niece's Bequest to Pablle Library. _ V The will of Mj-a. A. Viola Keblett, , M who left property valued at abont $20, 000 for the establishment of a publie library at Greenville, Till be contested J by the desceased aunt, Mrs. Susan Jl TurnipseecL Mrs. Turnipseed, in hec complaint alleges that in the year 1892 she ana Mrs. Neblett, who had lived together many years, made an agreement to tha effect that the one who died first should leave all her property, with certain \ V* small exceptions, to the survivor. Without the knowledge of Mrs. Turaipseeil, Mrs. Neblett afterwards made a will which, after providing for certain other bequests, made the library the residuary legatee. On her death a few months ago the Neblett Free Library Association was formed and the > ' <* executor named in the will, G. \V. Sir- ' rine, proceeded to carry out the pro- : visions of that document He is now temporarily restrained by the court from doing so until further orders of the court. tJH The bequest to the library includes a house and lot on McBee avenue, which has already been fitted up and is notr ? 'i occupied by the library. Soon after v;5 Mrs. Neblett's death the Neblett Free Library Association was formed to take *58 oharge of the library and conduct it. 1 If Mrs. Turnipseed wins her case, 3reenville will be deprived of an in- Nfl stitution which promised to be of much vr palue, unless other arrangements are " j node for carrying out the plan of the ibrary. The library has received large -ji jifts of books from other sources. An Ohio girl who was balked In an ' * attempt to commit suicide escaped '0 from her guardians and got married before they could catch her. Thus does -:A the Ohio girl as well as the Ohio man. show a capacity for accepting with an , ?j equal alacrity anything that comes handy. Death or matrimony, cab* - ?) Inet office or a cheap clerkship, every- % thing goes In Ohio. ?'Vl "Now, they speak or her "as an up-to- , $ Hate girl. What do you understand by ^ that?" "My boy, a girl that is up to lata la un to an v thine."?Puck. : - m-.