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IS^S! g $ a A r ^ ii ^ J lie jflinw? mips ling i ? VOL. XLVI. WJNSSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH ?6, 1800. NO. 33. | '"' ,mmamam * *BMoca^tmmmm^ -aSBaBMteitt&S&aHBSBnftC&EnMaHaMHMMHa i i h- ^^2gg IAN INFAMOUS LAW. | HE\'RY CABOTJ LODGE WOULD OVER j THROW STATE AUTHORITY. I'j* irpniiou .? Ilit* j ? ! 41 ? 1 u; i m- rrun?> v.. .1 . ?J*J *?*!. Representative Henry CubotLoiIge, of M:issaoht:setts, as the chairman of the House Committee on eLriion ' ]' President ami vice Pros H i<-}? < / ntatives ill Coni;:Lr:.vil! *-'d a bill to reguL-.i:1 i?U' ek'.-tions of representatives in ( -?:iin-j*ss. It is :t v?>Iii?:iiu??us bill of twentyone sections. The liill is a combination of the Australian system with Federal cv-iitrol of elections. The ? Australian system ;is in force in Massachusetts. is adapted ami applied to the tvliolt' country in all Congressional and Presidential eleciiojus. Each pollinir place is put in charge o" six jud.<:? -, or supervisors, three j"]V"sei;ti:!^ e:\r\x political party. Voiv rs who cannot read and write, and consequently cannot mark their own rickets, may have tickets Marked i\?:* iii?-ni by one oi' the supervisors in t\? :>T?<vf]w>r itI opposite p;aiy. iVimunly elections are ill the control >> toe States wherein they ;ire , held. out on a petition of 500 voters in any distrct the Federal governnient will assume all the functions of " iUe Srate and take absolute control ? 01 ti'-- }x>lls under the same regula- t;o!is which apply to State control. OriNI' ?NS or CONGKESSMEX. j The Washington correspondent of I the Atlanta Constitution says: \ It is the unanimous opinion of the W.x.,: I.+!..,+ . it... ?' ;^;u u uuti* iiiav c-iiv t/xxl vojl x its Kire appears to apply to the whole f country. it was only intended for the s South. aaJ can only affect the South, t u<? Northern State, they say, t \vcs;i 1 either party dare to impugn t 'J:-* - .Mtr'srv of the State officers by 1 p.-uroiciisr the Federal government I to t:ike charge of their elections. In } the South. however. it is different. 1: \t> ivouMc- will be experienced in 1 g-.'it.ag up such ;i petition as the bill t: p - 'V..U-S among negroes. Therefore, h tii y say it will bo only applicable to t ti e .South. Here are the opinions of y some leading Sontliem Democrats a gathered to liigiit: Vili. CANDLER. 1"; _ _ .4.'. *I regam it is an extremely partis.'ui measure." said Mr. Candler of ij (leorgia. who was chairman of the educational committee in the last ij1 Congress. "Tlie bill is plainly intended for the South alone. Federal e sap-vvisors and managers will only be " appointed in the South. One will be 0 nominally a Republican: another ^ nominally a Democrat, but both will be scoundrels who will swear any___thing to s^et the two dollars a day. No decent Democrat will be appointed. The effect will be that it will ^ create a condition in theSouth similar S! to that oi' the Reconstruction period. and will only result in alienating theraces, and will perfect the supremacy of tic- white race. It the idea of surrounding the polls with.Federal mar- s sius of the type we usually have in t< i< .' iTfir-,1 infn pftw-f tlipv#* h is gi-eat danger of not anil bloodshed o at the polls. t] "The white people of the South. I whether they number more than the b blacks or not. will control." e GENERAL CATCHIXGS. ^ "The bill." said General Catcliings ^ of Mississippi. "is designed to pre- j., vent negroes from voting the Demo- o cratic ticket. The Federal supervi- ^ sors will simply be Republican spies upon the negroes. The bill is de- ^ signed to force the negro back to the old state of antagonism to the white ; people prevailing in the Eeconstruction days. Jr seems the Republicans ? ave d; termineu to su]>ervise the con- ^ dvii t of v lie-negroes as though they _ lx,ll K- nnv^lr HVM' rilUiUt II. LUV Mm A.7 J/Uivij g sectioual: it will never be applied to thv* Xortii: b;;t it will raise the big- ? gosi or op of hell' i hrougliout the ^ South thill luis ever been heard of It will, however, not result in chang- * ing a single Southern district. "They c.ii -aoi pass the Australian v feature. for ir is not applicable to a conn try where many of the voters * can neither read nor write." c JUDGE CKISP. <1 -Sn<-h legislation." said Judge 1 ('lisp, of Georgia, "is vicious, be- 1 erase. if not unconstitutional, it * tends to centralization of power in * tiir* Federal governnient. The bill * proceeds on the idea that the people [ and officers of the Stales are not to : he trusted: that all purity, patriotism 1 and loyalty i> here in Congress and 1 not in the States. Practically the A law cannot bo operative except in the c South. It vests in the judiciary such powers aft<\*tin;,' the legislative department as is subversive of the dist; action that ought to exist between r the various departments of the gov- ; eminent. It necessarily brings j judges into politics, and is designed. ^ 111 my opinion, to defeat and not to i iUitlier an honest expression of the pomilar will in the South, under the ' pretense of adopting the Austin- La*! system, which is designed to pro- ; tect t?ie voter from outside influence. , This as to illiterates. ansoiuteiy , dtsiroys the secrecy of the ballot, which is essential to the independent of the voter. The illiterate vot- , er.i:mhrthi-system. eaimot have his confidential i'riend to mark and give ticket. bat must, in the presence of the inanii'-Tv'-rs, who represent dif- ! f.-rent political parties, publicly state , i'or whom he wishes to vote." .MK. ULAXCIIAim. "I: ito another reconstruction era in the South." said Mr. Blancliard. i'i' Louisiana. "There is a chance 'i it \V(>i kiii.ir the benefit of the li. ;v,:l>iiean party in the next leelion, but then it< evils will be clearly dem?ij:>t:"ati <1. and will react upon them. T;i;u porti?>n of tlit* bill providing for in irovenuuent t>> take of i-k* elections is clearly inl; for the South, and the South only." SENATOR BERET. "Irs passage." said Senator Berry, of Arkansas. "will create great trouble :n the South. A worse law 011 us could not be passed. However, should it pass.Ihope to see such a re j action that we will sweep the com:try j : in '92. It will injure the prospects of I tlie South in every way." GEOKGE T. EAItXES. "The bill is intended to bo entirely ! sectional." said Mr. Banies. of Gcor-J gia. "It places our elections in the South entirely under the control of the Federwl autliorities.utterly ignoring the lights of the States. Its ultimate object will be to deprive the j Democrats of the election of Demo- j eratic Representative in many South- j ern districts, and a return of liepnb-: < licans from them. I believe, however. : ] it will fail in practical operation, but i it will require more active pur j , ti7-;r>;\rifvn of our oeonle in Federal ! elections. I have strong Lopes the : v bill w ill be defeated in the Senate." f 1 MR. LASS. "It cannot be operative in the.* North." said Mr. Lane of Illinois. -It j 1 is clearly intended for the South. It|;l will be a great outrage upon the peo-, ^ pie of the South if passed. Howev- i er, I doubt if it ever becomes a law. : It is undemocratic. a step towards . L*entralizaticn. and i*-; a direct stroke. . it local self government." SAVED BY A CAROLINA GiRL. [ + ' he Xarr -w of n Pa?i>?ii!{fr Trsifi ( Seur UKUxia. j ' Last Friday evening the passenger [. .\iiii of the Port Royal and Western ,, Carolina Railroad. which left Augusta or Laurens, came near being wrecked, ^ j tnd the passengers were saved from ^ i horrible and untimely death. Tin- u rouble was a broken rail :it White Souse, about thirty-eight miles above r. Augusta, which the train was only )revented from passing over by the ^ >rave act of Miss Garnett, a young u voman who lives ne:u* "White House, 2, }liss Gamett discovered the broken j ail ;md she knew it was about timo or the up-train to come along, ajid ,, he was greatlv * alarmed, knowing t] but it was sure destruction if the rain passed tliat fatal spot. The only hing to be done was to stop the train 0] K'i'oi e it could reach the broken rail. )own the track. around the curve. 7: -liss Gramett ran until she got several ^ iimdred yards from the broken rail. :here she stationed herself on the . rack, vvitli a watchful eye and lantern :i hand, and she commenced waving lie lantern as scon as the shrill ^ -iiistle of the locomotive sovmded^its ^ pproacli. ^ "\Mien the train rolling over the tV nils the engineer saw the young lady rom a distance on the track signal- I" ng him down as though in distress. J\ "he engineer checked up his train ^ nil stopped when he reached the ^ rave girl. Miss Garnett called the ngineer and warned liini of the dan- ... er that was just ahead. The crew 'J: I tire train walked up the track un-I he broken rail was pointed out. All greed that Miss Gamett had saved + lit ii* lives and prevented a va*eck. ^ l collection was taken up among the !( lassengers. who were told of their arrow escape, and the sum of eleven .ollars was raised and presented by t) Conductor Stuart to Miss Garnett. I, Facts About Cotton Seed Oil. "? t* 1 _ 1 _ 1 ? x or numan ioou. ouve iiuu i-wiuu ir eed oils arc far superior to lard. or 3 any other animal fat. Olive oil r) as held-that rank hi the estimation w f scientists and medical men from ! ^ be earliest period of recorded history. t is only of late years that analyses y chemists, experiments in diet by t] mineiit physicians and practical use fc y skillful housekeepers have combin- o] d to demonstrate that in eery re- tc pect and for all uses the oil oi the ; <otton seed is equal to that of the fl. live. This fact once established, a t] larket will be made for pure cotton ;u eed oil that will be co-extensive with hat now occupied by olive oil. It - ill. indeed, become its competitor Yi i aJ3 parts of the world. The Man- is ifacturer s Record of Baltimore, beieving tliat tlie time Las come when h. he South should make a vigorous w riove in belialf of cotton seed oil. intead of simply acting 011 the defen- 1C ive 111 the repeated assaults made 111 Congress 011 the purity of this oil. iter an elaborate investigation, has ccumulated a mass of information, i ,nd proposes to publish next week he first of a series of articles that ti rill cover the whole subject. I11 these 11: !; will be shown beyond controversy ; v. >r shadow of doubt that cotton seed ! 1! >il is tlie best salad oil hi tlic world, ei md that it should be put upon the s; uarket on its merits, bearing its own it larue. and its excellence for all culi- j 1! lary purposes be persistently set j -,i orth until it receives popular ap- j n >roval and enters into as universalj a\ onsumption as butter or lard. These trticles, which will run through sev- d ?ral months. will prove of immense ti ralue to the whole South, by greatly ? videning the market for cotton seed r >il. 1 . ^. j u The Southern Baptist Convention. ; jj The Southern Baptist Convention \ n vill meet 011 ALay y at. Jt'ort \\ ortii, l ;i l'exas. The announcement is made s :liat delegates be passed for one ; ( 'are for tlie round trip. This would } ye from Augusta 2&50.35. The Rev. 7 Lansing Burrows, pastor of the First S Baptist Church, proposes taking a * ;krough Pullman car from Atlanta to Fort;Worth without change, upon ' which the round trip cost, going and i returning in the same car. will be '31 *42 So. This will be the most pleas- i Mid and least disagreeable way for :lelegates to the Convention to go. as 1 the cat* will bo combined with other i 1 cars en route and form :i solid spe- j:l rial Baptist train through without j v change to the place of meeting. It j ] will be necessary to secure berths in I 1 this car. as the number is restricted to twenty-four, but additional cars < can be secured if the increase of the number going warrants it. Delegates ;? who arc anxious to join* this party in : ! : .l i.?: 7.^ .... v. ; lilC NfKVilll llitill VUUtiU UU WKTli. I*'! communicate with Dr. Buito'-.s :;t ) onco. The latest (intelligence w:ir- i 1 rants the expectation teat the rate ' above jrlven will be lowered. ?Bismarck has resiinied tl:e ofrier s of prime minister of t!h- Gorman 1 Empire. Irreconcilable Jitters be- | tween him and the Emperor induced the stop. ?Chattahooclie count v. ( la., is ex cited over a contest for the State I Senatorsliip between L. Harp and A. , Harp, brothers, and J. F. C. McCook.; who is L. brother-in-law. ; vTATr j>r*? frr?riv M Ai u : il>. AN ADDRESS TOJTHE DEMOCRACY 0' bUU 1 n UAKUL!i>A. A t>lBiciuei:l (?< lb:? ?*oi!tira! f'es(il:!?ii? Which <.'oiifr?;tS thf C aoc! Pto;>!;- of th" State. Rooms of Stati; Exkci'tive G Columbia. S. IvLn-c-li 1 k ]8f)0. Upon ilu* rc- r<r;a:i/.ntion o; tlir '.xwutive Coiiiiiiitl-'c. in coiis-:-ciih-iuh' ilic j'csi^intioii of its rii;:irnniB. ETtUS JV.TiK'S F. I"I,;i: !S (Ic. llU-r. iropor f<> issue a iIaiUliVi . ' ' Democracy of Carolina. oix n.< >vf of :;is net iw , Jfiigii i;: v.'hifi- questions vital vc-n em to iLe State -.vili its lavseiiteii to be pv'Opic. ami ii v:. v." of the stubK?ni fart that v.: . till COJifrOliL u Liitl menacei! i-y the enemy vI:osc { c.i'i rc:l tin- Slat'.- was ivueeniou ;i Is7;I. T>:<* existence oi iles enemy s iu>iic ilif lo*S a . of fact, ilihoia^h ::s oriranizeo ami active oe to pxn! yxnvrnnteniit it is not so learly seen ?ts in former days. Bill lie donummi party in 1 Iif Federal Tovonimont. liushed v. !ih its restoraion to cxfciui'.t- ami legislative ower, is jus! as det<Tiuined to-day s ever to wrest from our hands ihe ontrol of this State, ami as it loses round in oilier sections of the county. the necessity becomes more imv-rative to regain a foothold in the outhern States, where the identical lass of i ignorant voters. :-o lonjr used ) our disadvantage, are ready to -spond to the call of their i'cpublitn leaders, whenever an opportunity j ; -riven for their resuscitation as a olitical power. The threatened in rference with the conduct of elecons in sovereign States, whieh is' eiiij? so adroitly anil persist, only s rgred at this in the Congress of I ic l"nite<.( States. makes L highly j uportant that "we slail not close om- , res to the Jankers o: the situation. ' rest supinely upon the victories of ie past. The numerical maioriiy cists in South Carolina lo-day which\] iade possible the oppression and lisiiile OitiH'ca3-pot-baic>rove:nuii<.nts iCi it is only waiting a suitable' op ; ^riuniiv Oi ; \Jeidcd against the itelliffenee and iiie virtue of the j tale. He:ire. it is incumbent upon > to remain waiehi'ul ;md v^ilant. . sver losin*-- siirht i'or a moment of ' ' . . . : to overmastering necessity wo are luIct to preserve the unity and in- ^ ?rity oi" the Demo< vatic party in J lis State, because its overthrow leans disaster end ruin to the hi^h- . ;ts interests of all t lie people. The Executive Committee. rec mizing the fact that there arc ifferences of opinion and to a < rtain extent dissatisfaction among 1 'eniocrats as to the admiuistra- < on of the government in this " Late, and believing it is conducive ] > a healthy public sentiment that : lese differences shall be freely dis- i issed. yet in view of the momen>us issues at stake, we would appeal' ' > all that they shall settle such mat- < rs strictly within the lines of our i arty organization, for it is vitally j aportant to have the active : cert ion of every true and unselfish 'emocrat in preserving that solidity liic-li is essential to good govern- ; .em in South Carolina. Invoking : ie co-operation unci support c> ?every ( lan who claims io be a Democrat in ' ie maintenance of rightful measures i >r the preservation intact of our. < ganizfttiom the Executive Ccmmit e would respect fully urge that the \ 'sponsibility rests upon nil to bear < leir share in this patriotic work, as i ie benefits accruing from honest ; id upright government are equally ' mred by ail. The readiness and ] dirtiness of all classes heretofore to nder faithful service in this respect ] a guarantee mat luture exigencies i ul emergencies will awaken a simi- ; ,r response from every true find i orthy sou of Souil; Carolina. : By order of the Ex< .v:i'iive Com- j littee. < James A. Hoyt. Chairman. : Wii.ik Jones, Secretary. < Lottery Tickrt Sacculation. Do you know there are more lottery ekets sold in Washington every LOiitli than ii; any other city in the orld/ Everybody lmys them. Of , le eighteen thousand government aiployes here, at least twelve thou- ' iiul buy Jottery tickets monthly. but i. dees not stop here. Senators raid Represent;-fives by the score are [ways purchasers. The other eyeing a party oi' a dozen statesmen ere dialling in the lobby cl' the leiropolit.v'i:. v.*]ien some one }>rouced a lot i cry ticket, at the same :uie remarking jocularly: "1 will got | 15.000 to-moiTov,*."* Li ;iti instant ivo Senators jjroducod iicJcors. and , tepresentatives drew iheiu out in "ads from their pockets. Tiie numers vrere compared, and a deal was lade that whoever v.'ojj .-Niioulii give MipjJVl". U'M\ t\fi. t >j ii;v va evenly tickets held l>y Southern Jouj^rossiwu and their wives at ihe Ietropolhan. only one drew a prize, .'but was hold ?>v the wife of an upper ioulii Carolina Member, and calls for :200.~'Washington Let 1 er. Died from n. Xr^ro's IJiJe. In Clay county. Alabama. Monday i^lit Oscar Kill, a 2">vomine?n tanni'. died of hydrophobia. smTcrinir ilio iiost horrible :it?ony 1?. fore lie died, lis death was the r< suit o'l a bite on lie iinirer by a ne^ro several weeks -c. Hill had a iiulit with :i nejrro. .-I... 1,,^ .>i.n o'lilt' .'/> +'S?r. 'uillf. \IiU ?* ?JiV ? X i liij-.vi' ? i. 'A/uv , J aiiictiijjr an v.^ly wound. The linger k raiue iiillanioi!. and J hi: illy had to k- amputated. Then ilic* swc]:!ng: oiitinucd up ti ;ti :iUvI finally thai v;is cut oil near the shoulder. Sov ral <I:iys ;t*_r;> syu-ptonis of liydropho)i:i dcvi'loped. riii'l Hill rapidly mvw ,vors(- until Ik* died. Tin- :it it-ii' liiipr )liysin.Ui prci:ou:;v-cti ' a c:;sv- <> ' i.wlrophobin'. The ncuio Davis, was vliat is known as a -i.liic irani iieuro." is jxuius behi? hhio in color. and ;1k:v is n cencr:;] beli.'-f tI:nt iIi? bite >f such i'ic.trrot-s is always fatal. Physicians say that tl:iscvh>r ol* the ,mi:a> :s caused by bail bk>Ov'. and that ill such c:ts> s r- lute would be poisonous. and probably frit:1.]. D.ivjs is under fcnvst. charged with murder. ? ? ? ? ?Tlie treasury department has vec<-ivf:l ?1, ;<{ ! . iv)si.nuirkoil Chrirlolre. X. CL containing $16. marke-d. *' U3-1 Conscience/' A PARRICIDE CONVICTED. . I * K?a \\ !i?j iiirrtf Negroes to fMiir 13is Own Ka'bn*? A Ui Tiiltlu; Ovlnif*. ' DAM.ixgt' y. S. C.. March 20.?Th:j trial oi' Joseph "\Y. Jainos. charged i with liij-intr Lmvis Williams. \\ illiam J JScoil ami Arthur tu Icill his lather. whicl. iws occupied the attention of the since Tuesday of i last wvt k. (with a verdict of , iruilty. The prisoner's counsel may take <. ilie case to the Supreme Court. James ' ami his accomplice were convicted x ! " i-?> i 1 several montns u^o. :>ui. <>n ;w>pcui n_the Supreme Court, thai tribunal f them a new trail on the I i,. 1 ihiii tin- in iiic lower \ court liii-.i ;i-:t?.stvjide:: his province t by charging on facts. The com-spoii Jem of Die Charles- * lf?-! W'orM gives the follow in*? history f L-; tile ease: T'.e 2uU!ta:- of Joseph J.mies. Sr.. .. ' i .-ijiTi-a on tiie evening of !May H. ;>i whiri tiiiie.?iLi:*e?-ilv alter lie * ? - must' il'OJU Hit* uvun .T.v.? i'ssin.ir oat of slit' dinmg room door. [ in- .was tired upon by a p?rty or p:u- ' 1 it :- in the yavd. About forty slugs and buckshot passed through his 11 side, killing him almost instantly. Ohi man -fames ownc-tl considerable real estate, and the theory of the c prosecution was that Joseph V. s James, Jr.. had liim murdered in or- v dor to come into possession of his b property. Over So.iiOO in cash was y found uoon his person when lie was t< -i -i ^ muruereu. .j Lev,"is "Williams. oiiv of the parties y eli.ir.ifed v.*itli the crime, was tried b and found iruilry. Bob Arthur, an- ii other party accused of being: con- t] neeted with the conspiracy. has lied to parts unknown, and has so far n eluded the vigilance of the officers, ]> During the tri;:i \Villiam Scott, one ti of the defendants. swore that Joseph w James agreed to pay to himself. J3ob ix Arthur and Lewis Williams $G;;0 to p kill his father, Joseph W. James, Sr.. u, and that 011 the strength of that fr agreement lie loaded his gun. by the p direction ofyoungJames, with aheavy jr charge of hlngs and buckshot. and " that <?n the evening of 'May 8, 1888, lie. together \vitli Bob Arthur and , Lewis "Williams, proceeded to the V !jou:*:e of ZNTi-. Harmon Howell, at v< .viiicl; house the old man James aud C( liis son boarded. and Lewis Williams ^ Look the gun loaded for the occasion, tnd leaned it on the baluster railing f( :o .he piazza, and shot old man James is he was passing through the dining V ;ooni door. !1' b< A CRAVE OFFENSE. ai Ml Kualis'j I n uccrtnkcr (.'u<!ert xU?-n Too I _[} 3!uc!i oti HI* Own Renpoonibllity. Peculiar notions of propriety are ju entertained by some English under- 0j takers. unci tlie very omcious conuuci u ?f tlic undertaker Mills of Loudon, p, u'lio buried Minister Lincoln's son. <rj bus ennsed Mr. Lincoln much anno?*- tl nice :tnd created much comment in V I he American colony in London a* It is an old custom in England when the family is bereaved to send 3iit memorial cards with mourning to inrimate friends. But Mr. Lincoln is iiot an English mail, and did not ob- 0 serve this custom. So Undertaker P Mills decided to do it for him. While at Mr. Lincoln's house attendjig to the details of the funeral, he managed to ge t access to the visiting . ;*ards of callers and letters of those' 11 who had sent messages of sympathy P .luring his sou's illness. These in- 0 hided nearlv all the Americans in u. ** r\ London. These Americans were as- ] ' tonished to receive a brilliant blue a: :-ard. with #ilt edice. aunouncin# the P leath of Abraham Lincoln. It 11 dso contains a conspicuous adver- ('( Lisement of ^lills.the undartaker.and u liis shop. j In some of the envelopes were printed copies of the hymns sun# at ^ tiie funeral service, which was strictly 11 i private affair. Being sent with the ? . ards. it seemed as if all had been jont by Minister Lincoln, or with his ^ knowledge. This was followed by an _ equally wide .-distribution of proof sheet extract?p:irom an Undertakers* weekly journal. notifying: the q Americans in London that Mills, by ^ reason of his services us undertaker Si to James Russell Lowell when his a wife died, and to Mr.Lincoln, was the ^ proper man to employ when overtak- ] c-n by what ??Iiils calls "their last and jj bitterest enemy."' p To Abolish the Tobacco Tax. c The Republican members of the ft ways and means committee have I about settled on their scheme of tariff c reduction. The internal revenue features of the 1 nil are as follows: < ' The entire abortion of all special F taxes upon dealers of all kinds, com- s monly known as licenses: the tax o upon snuff will be repealed; farmers v and planters .qrowin? tobacco will t have the liberty to sell to whomso- ever they please without restraint, in 1' the sn.nie manner as any farmer eaQ t: dispose 01 any other product of his' land. The tux upon nmnui'actured a tobacco 'will bo reduced from eight cents in four cents per pound: cigars, cheroots and cigarettes will carry the same tax imposed under the present law. Alcohol used in the arts is free under substantially the same restric- 3 tions :is are prescribed in the .Senate s bill. The reductions in revenue from s these sources will be in round num- ? bers between S17.000.000 and $10,- i (100.000. There are various changes 1 in existing duties. but they arc irn- s important. I ^ An I'nlnclcy Seat. j General lieagau is the "hoodoo" of 1 the Senate. The average Senator 1 would as soon sit at a tabic with thir- ! teen as to allow Keairan to occupy 1 his scat. eve;i for a few clays. The ] occupant of every scat lie lias ever squatted" in has been defeated, as was the ease hist year of Senator Salisbury. Senator Eustis and others 1 whose scats he laid claims to 1 during their absence, When Sena- : tor Hansom, of North Carolina, went ; J1V 'xiit, Pill.lXUVi tu Uiivi CUV ? for re-election he so much feared the ; effect of the Texan occupying his seat < i"ii;it he had liis chair removed from ] , the Senate chamber before leaving ' ; and ^ave strict instructions to the i ollicers not. to replace it until lie re- ] tumed. Senator Hansom attributes his re-election to the fact that Rea- 1 j^an v.'as kept out of his seat dining t ' his abscence. 1 S. J i . 'f BaBY GAVB THEM AW,;!. SECRET OF TWO YOUNC PEOrLKsREVEALED AFTER SIX1YEARS. (low Jatno I Hnipy ami Annie vv tfiuer \V(n- Slisrricil U.-spiic t'l'iii'l I'arcniN an<l ticin fhelr Secret for Six Ij.iis Yew r?. PiiiLiP.-Ei*i:<T. X. J.. March 20.? riiore is a elite baby, full of plump urves and pin3c dimples. up on the SVeider f;irui. It cannot even utter Jie word "mamma' vet. for it is only ; i few days old. but it has nevertheess divulged ;i secret concerning vliieli tfio two pe rsons vitally interred have been silent for six yf:irs.' i Lnd one of iiiose persons is a woiniim oo. * Tlie little newcomer blinks at the i ;un.;!:ine aud <' o.s !n tiie most happy ! ,nd unroneern.-il fashion, little know- ; ug that its advent on the farm has aused such a sensation as to make he great tongue of "Warren county rag in a most unprecedented faslim. Till". B.YBY's OP FOIiESIGHT. Had tlie youngster foreseen this ommotion. '.nth a generous filial intiiict it might have postponed its i.sit for six years more. But nature < inexorable in some things, and the oung one. from appearances, is here 3 stay, and James Insley and pretty jinie Weider, two of the most eligible oung people of the county, are eligile 110 more. They are married, hav ?cr tn +Vii> sr>fr/jt nf Iieir miion for six long yours. I Fanner George Insley resided ( ear Still Valley for many years. His > mds were broad and v,*ell kept and , 20 name of Insley is synonymous ~ ith thrift and integrity. The family ^ ; well-to-do, and accounted rich as ~ "ople go in this section. Ten years David "Weider settled on a large ; inn fidioiniTif' vhn Tnslr-vs mid r>rns ored and grew in the esteem of his c timbers. u ^ } THE LOVERS AND THEII: TRIALS. 1. Both families had grown sons and r aughters, healthy and handsome Dung people, who were the life of all e mutryside gatherings, and it is not unatural that of this material should, iring a love affair. Surely no one c mid blame James Iiisley for losing o is heart to Annie Weider. She was i le youngest of Farmer David Wei- e [ r's children, vivacious and pretty, c esides possessing ail of those quali- v which promise a gentle mother a id a model country housewife. 1toxom Annie was 17 then and Jame3 J fts a paragon of punctuality in pa&*- iig his court. There were iwo rears r [ rosy love-making, when suddenly i islev's parents became bitterly op- c osed to the match. No reason was i [veil for the obj< tion. but it is said t ic old iV.lks ioiu James that Annie I f eider should never enter then- house s 3 his wife. ? GTTTIXG ROUND THE OLD FOLKS. C James was dumfounded. but easily j iw a way out of the difficulty with- -j at disobeying the letter of his arents" injunction. The AVeiders, " earing of the objection, then said } lat Annie should not many any one. s the loss of such a treasure would ^ >ave desolate one of the best homes ^ I \YtWLIt\U CUUUl >. -LIU* w\UUll^ {JCU- ^ ie. however, continued on the best j f terms, while tliey apparently gave s p the intention of marrying, mid tiie Id folks looked sternly at eacli other ^ s they passed by. So six years asscd a way. during which time Far- ? ier Insley was laid to rest in the A( oiuitry cemetery. "While Mrs. Insley ras the nominal head of the house, 4 [1 the responsibilities devolved upon i ames. The old man had died witliut withdrawing his objection to Anie AVeider. James and Amiie were pparently no more [than very dear iends, dutiful to their parents, and atiently awaiting a reversal of the ecree wliich kept them apart. < THE SHOCK COMES. Tlir> ?lirv'lr !"Vtr\r> -t feu* <l:>vs i"f) - 'here wis a baby up at "Welder's and j jmie was the mother. Such a sen- ? ution! Then the young people made ] clean breast of the whole matter. ix years ago they <iuietly went to ] teacher 3Iiller of Easton and were ( janied. They lived six secretly hap y years, with no one to share their , ecret but the old minister, and were ontented to live six more in the same isliion awaiting- parental approved. ; Jut the baby! James produced the . ertilicate and the minister corroboraed tlie story. Young Insley had no [esire to take his wife home while his larents lived, and was too good a on to desert his mother in her gray Id age. Hundreds of friends have isited the farm house to see the litle one who divulged :i great secret, ml IlirvniVh tVtr> vniT?!<? nnivnln still ive at tlioir respective homes, the yne is very near when there will be , great big reunion up at the Insley ,iul AYeider farms. A Roy Iviilu His Mother. News has just reached Asheville of , horrible accident near Hot Savings, iladison Comity. A twelve-yjar-old on of S. D. Chambers, a highly repectable fanner, accidentally shot ,nd instantly killed his mother. The atlier had been to Hot Springs, uinging home with hiiu a valise with ;onie articles for the family in it. He mt the valise down in the house and itepped out. when the lad looked into t to see Avliat his father had brought lim. Ho found ;i pistol, and said to lis mother: "See what pa brought lomo." The pistol was discharged, he ball striking I:::- mother in the >roast. Her only wor ts were: "Oh. Lord! You have killed mo." 3ir. Haas's Change of Rase. Solomon Haas, who has boon Trafir Manager of the Associated Kail,vays. consisting of the liichmond uid Danville, the Atlantic Coast Line md the Seaboard an 1 Roanoke, ever since the association was formed rears atro. Las resigned from the 3oast Line and the Seaboard and Roanoke in orde r to trive his entirescrdces to the Richmond and Danville inrs. in eluding tlie Georiria Pacific. P. D. Carpenter, who has been Mr. Haas's chief clerk for for years, has i)een appointed the head of the traffic jliice of the association, with the title of Commissioner. i : i COL HOYT WITHDRAWS A Strong (JreBKvil'e Mas Out o* the Rnco lor Governor. Greenville, S. C., March 32,1S90. To the Editor of the Florence Times: Acivyii tvwi lrirtrl nnnn<?li to SUIT gcst my name for the office of Gov eraor. I deem it due to you that imposition be made known at tliis early date, in advance of any action on the part of others with reference to placing candidates in the field for this high office. As I have already intimated to you in a private communication, I am not an aspirant for political honors of any kind, and am entirely content with occupying the station of a private citizcn. trying to discharge the duties of citizenship with proper regard for the interests of others and always entertaining [r. profound concern in measures affecbig the welfare and prosperity ^oi South Carolina. But I have no desire tor official station, and much lessi inclination to enter upon an active campaign in order to secure it. The demands of a large business interest ire sufficient to occupy my entire :ime. and it would be tinning aside from a well defined purpose in life md from congenial employment to ill Ofl llllWi'4'1 111 "iVJlTlX. XXX I OLA LIX>VV.X tlVXii occupation at best, while so far as I an see there is no sufficient reason "or so doing. I hold it to be true hat the State has a right to the services of its citizens, and some of them nust necessarily till public offices, out so far I have escaped the duty md privilege of rendering services in 111 official capacity, where I was lependcnt upon its emoluments for a iving. I will be glad to continue xempt from this line of duty, and lave no doubt my fellow-citizens will i rratify such a reasonable desire, j tllowing me to remain in the ranks of hose who will strive earnestly for the womotion of good government with ' '? IT - C _ _ T >ul wearing ine image 01 oinee. j. i lonor most highly those who render I ueh Venice with fidelity and patriotism. and with an eye single to the K)8ts interests of onr commonwealth, >ut it is not my wish to join the hon>rable fraternity of office-holders, and ' certainly cannot be induced to nroll myself among the office-seekers. I am not insensible, however, to the lonor conferred by yourself and fliers in suggesting me for the office if Governor, and beg to express my teartfelt thanks for the unmerited ompliment. especially from so many if my i'eilow-.] oumalists, whose good rill and esteem I am proud to claim iter nearly one-third of a century las been spent in editorial labors. lIic newspapers of tlie State, allow ne to add. have much to do with noulding and guarding public sentiment. and as a general rule the press if youth Carolina has always renamed steadfast in principle and ourageous in times of peril. It is a ligli privilege to be associated with iuch time representatives of the proession. Be assured that I will co>perate most heartily in whatever vill tend to develop and prosper our K'loved State, and it is my unaltera)le conviction that the unity and supremacy of tiie Democratic paity nciuis tlic promotion of these desirable ends. \Ve can differ among ourselves as to men and measures, and ve can contend most earnestly for vliat we conceive to be right, but no ;me Democrat will jeopardize the' larmonv and solidity of the party ;imply to sain a temporary advantage )ver his fellows. I have the utmost confidence in the patriotism and comnon sense of the people, and have no 'ear that they will be led into political error and doubtful expedients vhen an opportunity is given them :or reflection. "With sincere regard. [ am. Very truly vours. T K XT OAJita a. Another Fish Story. Xcarly a year ago Fisherman AV. T. Van Dyke, while pursuing his occupation offshore, invitingly threw ">ut a iishing line with two well-bated .looks. Presently there was a jerk? the bait had took." Van Dyke was liauling in hand over hand, when suddenly the tension ceased and the line was gracefully and adroitly whisked into the boat minus both books. Last fall Mr. Van Dyke, in emptying one of his ponds of its over night catch, discovered among his captives a 'pig* iish and a sea bass united by a bit of fish cord, which he readily identified as liis own. A hook e? 1 1. had penetrated tne jaw 01 eacn nsu. :;nd. becoming imbedded there, the liesii had grown around their barbs, and thus securely fastened them in position. Thus, held together for nearly a twelvemonth, they had coursed the briny in double team, held by a single twine, till death cut their thread of life in twain. The skeletons of this curious pair of accidental Siamese twins, together with the hooks and line, which constituted their sole domestic tie, now adorn the walls of the fish house of ill'. Van Dyke, on Ocean avenue, opposite North Bath avenue.?Long Branch jNews. Highwaymen on the Mountain. There was a, daring highway robbery Saturday night on Lookout [Mountain. Tc:m. John Cummin gs. one of the wealthiest citizens of Hamilton county, was driving across the mountains to Ids home, at "Wauhatchie. when two highwaymen jumped from ambush. One seized the bridle of the horse aud stopped his veliicle. They then took him out and threw liim violently :o the ground, stiuining him for a few moments. "While lie lay in an unconscious condition, the highwaymen robbed the vehicle I of a week's supply of provisions, broke the conveyance into kindling wood, and left before he could recocr nize tliem. They also secured a small amount of money from his pockets. Gre:.t excitement prevails 011 the mountain over tlie affair. ?John Bracksville, colored, who was convicted of murder in Richmond county. X. C.. four years ago and sentenced to be hung but escaped from jail before the time for his execution arrived, was captured at iiowland. 111 tiooeson county _uouday by Deputy .Sheriff "VVishart. of that county, and returned to liis old quarters in Richmond coiuity jail. He resisted an-est and it required several men to overpower him. THE FARMERS' TICKETA STATEMENT THAT THE ORIGINAL PRHnRAMMF HAS BEEN CHANGED. No Full Ticket to be Kouisun::'i!?(V.jjfahi Tillman Declared to !>: 'rui ol" tK::cr j far Governor. Greenville News, 20th. . In view oi ?tlie present state of af- i fail's in State polities, the presence in ; the city yesterday oi" Capt. (x. "Wash ' Shell, of Laurens, chairman oi the i State Fanners'Association and signer i of the now famous Manifesto and < call for tlieilarcli convent ion.couicl not ( fail to attract some attention anil sot 1 speculation to work in ioc:d political ' circles. Captain Slit 11 came up in the j morning and returned on the at;or- , noon train. "Whil in the ciiy. he < in conference. :tt the ofiiee of ihe .[ State Alliance Exchange. v.-;th I?Iana ger Donaldson, of tlie iixcliange. < Chairman Leonard Williams. of the ? County Fanners" Association, and * members of tlie delegation to the r March Convention. That during 1 Captain Shell's visit there was a talk i in regard to the March convention : was ascertained from conversations * with gentlemen who met him, but ; further th:m that the gentlemen had nothing to say. ? Keferring to a statement which has c been repeated!v made in regard to ' ?1 +T-./-V \r., v/.l> /?/vn_ X il cut* CtUi. JUi t.i . WAivention stated in the presence of * several gentlemen that Ben Tillman * positively had nothing to do with the z preparation of that call and that lie <j knew nothing beforehand of what it contained. Captain Shell also ex- 1 pressed the opinion that a majcrity of the uninstructed delegates to the ? March convention will vote for nomi- l nations. Apropos of the coming fanners" : convention, a reporter for the Daily v Xews learned yesterday that a, letter s has been received from Capt. Ben a Tillman by a gentleman in the city ' who had written to hiaireg^xling his * candidacy for the Governorship, in * which Captain Tillman earne-'iy 11 urged his correspondent not to allow ' his name to be presented to the con- \ vention as a candidate for (/oveinor 1 and declaring that he was j ot a can- 'L didate. Captain Tillman v. nt on to i state that he was conscious -:at there were other men in the hit...;, v.he conservatism itself made thc-'u much better qualified for the ;; .- e thai t himself. He declared thai ihe action \ of the Edgefield convention in non>i- 1 natmg mm uau uc-c-ii turecny his wishes and that the mention of i his name by the Lanrens mass meet- i ing had been brought about by Cap- s tain Shell entirely without his knowl- i edge. ^ t There have been numerous prcdic- ? tions as to what the March conven- c tion will do. There is one plan of i action which has been talked of in a I quiet way among the men most promi- : nent in the March convention move- 1 mentand which has been received i with the greatest favor by those who have considered it. jso inucn mat; it is ; not altogether guess work to say that t the convention will in all probability. < adopt it. There are the best of rea- < sons for believing that the plan has 1 received the sanction of the active workers in the convention movement i in different sections of the State, i Information of the scheme, of which < nothing has been said publicly here- i tofore. comes indirectly bat from a 1 source which stamps it with authori- < ty. According to this progiranme. the ; the convention cidled in Columbia on ; the 27th inst. will meet. and. first ci: n - -I---X - ?i T 1- , liLU UUUpi/ it ;iiiu . platform. It will then noniiuote can- ; dictate* for Governor :i2(l Lieutenant ; Governor. No other nominations ! will be made, the rest of the ticket i being left blank A committee will ; then be appointed to plan a campaign. , arranging for mass meetings in all J parts of the Stat at which the con vention's choice for Governor and : Lieutenant Govemor and candidates i fnv ntliov Sfnt<! offices who mav nre- < sent themselves will speak. Tiiis < campaign will be hi advance of tlie i August convention. ?f course. and 1 will be with a view to securing the i endorsement of*the nominees of the ] March convention by the August con- 3 vention. Is is argued in behalf of this plan < that it would overcome the strongest \ objection urged against the nomina- j < tion of a complete ticket by the j < March meeting in that instead oi' ar-; raying in opposition the strength of i the numerous candidates for positions j 1 on the State ticket, it vrould bring- to tlie support of the Farmers Movement platform and nominees the full strength of all the candidates for the places left blank on the ticker. 1 After the departure of Captain 1 Shell from the city yesterday, one of 1 the Greenville delegation to the < March convention said: "ion ? an j rest assured that Ben Tillman v>ill j not be the nominee of the March convention. if anybody is nominated."' Vagaries of [Tennessee - :<stiee. Three weeks ago. in rb ci imn^d ' 1 r<i .11 .. _ ...... M court oi oneiuy count*. a v>.:s j sentenced to serve three in tlie ; penitentiary for stealing i?: . loaves ; of bread. It was the l::.w. Two 1 weeks ago a white man in the criminal court of Shelby county was sen- ' tenced to serve live years i:i the pen- j itentiary for stealing ten biU;ai\l bails j 1 1 l 1 _ _j.i~ _ i?T wnen uiuicr uie miiuen--e 01 minor. ju was the law. Yesterday. in th'> c*v : : ' nal court of Shelby county. Ci>;..,v-s L. Pullen. ex-secretary of the taxing | district, indicted for embezzlement. : larceny and fraudulent breach of trust. : was found not guilty of embezzle nient. and larceny, but guilty of fraud ulent breach of trust?the amount involved being SJ.tiOQ of the people's money?ami the jury commuted ! is j sentence to fifteen days in the work house on each of two cases. ?>Ir. Pulleii walking out of the court room free, because the offense was barred bv the statute of limitation-:. Here -vr have had a shortage of over *2 0.000 confessed and proved. Is that shortage tlie consequence oI a breach of trust so trivial thai day.-, ii>. the work house is an a? lequat;? alty? In view o.'" such ;i conclusion. flw? funds of the ni-f" ! :ivc mo Ion-' i ger safe. Plunderers arc ^invited to j tnko what they will, incnrr-.vr vj>i : other than a 1'orhii^hr's sojourn in j | the work house. That is thyTosic of j ' the verdict.?Memphis ApjgaL A SRAVE LADY. ."-is-c 51nrie V*Ies Stopped the Pro2rc*? of a Thief. waixsbop.o. Ga.. March. 20.?The Pine Forest publishes the following: Olio day last week Miss Marie Vales went to see IMrs. Walls, a leighuor livri^r near by. Wliile there -vt ? ^ mu: uuu wmis r>^>v <x xicgiv g<-rn.2" up the railroad toward Thompson's mill, which is not very far oflE^ rat thought nothing of it. as it is a ioimnon thing to see negroes going :o and from tho-mill; but shortly after ho negro passed t]ie house he sudlenly disappeared and the ladies ;ouid not account for his sudden disippeariiTice. for the road to the mill ivas plain, and they knew he c?*ld lot hare gotten there in such a short iine. c-iuao^y became excited md caused them to look around to ;ee if they could not find out what lUVi. I JV.JUIUL^ Ui JJLLIJLL. Tiiey did not look long before they liscovered the negro down on the jround rolling, log-like, toward the louse i'.a fast as he could. He was lying to ge.-; to the house and not let mybod.' know it, and there is no loubt but lliat the negro knew that ill- AValis w::s olf at work and thought le could take advantage of his ab;ence ami commit some depredations. Urs. "Walls - nd 2Iiss Vales ran and rot }Ir. Mcintosh, who was at work >nly a few hundred yards away, but vhen lie got there the negro had disl'otjc;1 c-il. As .Mr. Mcintosh could ;ee nothing of the negro, lie returned o Lis work. Mi:- .s Vales in the meaniiue hail gotten her fathers rifle, and iter Mr. Mcintosh left she and Mrs. Valis '.rent bac? into the house, thinkng that the negro had gone. IVesently one of the ladies saw omething., moving mysteriously on ho ground, and 011 closer observation hey founu it to be the same negro vying to roll himself up to the house rithoui being seen. Miss Marie eized her fathers Winchester, drew , bead, :m l pulled down on him. She lid not hit him, but at the report of he gun the black rascal did not take imc to roll away, but, like a deer of he forest, he bounded away at ?uch rapid speed that it only took dm a minute or two to hide himself irthe d:.-;ianfc forest. The ladies say" ** hey never s:v*v* a negro run as fast as ie did. dOKI UU. " Possibly, the best policy inauguraed by the Alliance the first year vas taught i 1 economy of living' and ionic-made .supplies. Apprehension .as already been expressed that fariier:; will, in a measure, abandon this . ? )olicy during the coming year. It is ? ;aid farmers have lost large quantiics of mc at made on the farm, after he hops had consumed an unusual tmount of the unusual supply of era, and that many who had almost 11 hand a full supply, are now. after -.:ieavy expense, just where they have ill the time been?without the sup ztlies and without the money to my. Again. it is said tiiat the unusual rjrchase of mules, on cotton obliga:ions for the fall v.ill compel the jrowing of cotton to the exclusion * )f feed crops to meet these obliga:ions. I cannot believe that farmers will, ulms early, abandon a policy that ;heir judgment and experience declare* to be the best to pursue. It must 1)0 remembered that this has been an unusual winter, and the causes for failure, in the loss of meat and waste of com. may not occur again in a decade. As to the obligations for stock, farmers have found it is unwise to incur one debt to pay another. They will not pursue the plan of buying bread and meat to lielp.lhcnl to buy mules. The wisdom '' 1 1 IviiMI /^V_ 01 tills pOilQ OJ-liW w. ploded. , The une theory, e.9?nomf V liomemtide supplies.' win the > basin oj our best success; to 15 must adhere. Xo promise of rewaTT/ In tlie possible speculative prices for :*otton. based upon a small crop, to ?ome from a reduced area, should tempt any fanner with its uncertainLies. Year after year we have built upon i'lese hopes to our hurt, and low that the soluiion is begun, we mist hold on until it is complete. It is true, the meat supply, after jrown. was cut ofi by disaster and ^ he coil: destroyed after it was hous 1. bnr imsforfiTnps rmn^ in all Ji'ops and to all business. They are o lx; chaiged to the account of profit aid loss and well guarded against in the future. Stick to the policy so successfully inaugurated: given an honest, fair .rial to the remedy universally insis- i :ed upon and already adopted, and eve will Live far more hope of success :lian in tiie hurtful policy that has lniformly crippled our efforts.?W. J. Nortken in Southern Cultivator. f The Alliance Growing. The organizers of the Nationa Farmers' anil Laborers' Union have b.. eu commissioned and sent into the States of jJiichigan, Montana, Wyolaim-. California. Iowa, Illinois, Indiiin; and Ohio. Bon Terrell, the noted lecturer, is now on a tour of the State sol' T'-XuS, .b-kansas, Indiana, Wisconsin Ji'.ii o:a. Nebraska. Coloi-tiln Trulinr* TV'Tvifwrv <>r>d .-.iivvuxr. vhk-ii will employ his time up to the r iridic of August. The prosit ic-ni of the order. Colonel Polk, joes S.:o meet important emer?cuei - hi Georgia. Arkansas and Missouri. He says that the cause is -h onker and the order Rowing more rapidiy than ever before in its history. A Negro Pensioner. There is a negro in Georgia drawing a pension of twenty-live dollars a month from the government. His r.nmo is Kmry Saffold. and he lives in I\ liiieid. Greene county. Saffold, it senus. ran away from his home in Greene county and went into the army :u an attendant upon a Union soldier. Kc conitacted a disease in the army which has incapacitated him for work since, and the other day, ;ti ier working 011 the matter for tw? yc:vrs. ,Ir. Carlton succeeded in getting his name on the pensio* roll II< draws S20 a month. ?Wednesday. March 26. is Carolina day at the Florida Sub-Tropical exposition. % - ... : - w- 'v-rvv - v.- A-v'.&vv" ?^:?l