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ll K VOL XL VI. WINNSBORO. S. WEDNESDAY, MAY -21, 1890. NO. 40. , 1 ? _ ? ? 1 TIMELY TOPICS. j Charlotte was for awhile agitated I over the matter of street improvement. Tbeci'.iz >is have r?eeotly settled it j by rotii.-j Jo issue $70,000 of bonds for ti-e work. ^ The Louisiana Lottery Company zrea&s fcusintes. The concern now otters the Slate one million dollars a?B? nually for ilie privilege of maintaining y the lottery. ^ Co!. Djuiel S. L :inoct is said to be flfc getting rich a; n rapid rate. He is HP interested in several large financial en|P^ terprises. Ten years ago he was a legislative reporter. 9E& Postmaster General Wauamakerhas H adopted : nd officially announced as f the rule of hi? department I'resiflent i L Cleveland's o?dtr to (ilice-holders to k keep out of pontics. But we want to W hear about the oilice hc'ders. The two wealthiest women iu Philadelphia, both widows, are said to be Mrs. Thciaas K. Powers and Mrs. ! Thomas A. Scott. They are wrth be- j ^ t ween $6,000,000 and $3,000,000 each. Mr. Powers made his money on u p nine, while Coi. Scott amassed wealth by big railroad operations. r Columbia is locking after the matterof utilizing her canal, Jnow almost ' fis ishtd. It will ^require, it seems, : about. $oU,C00 in addition to the $200.nnn from the sale of i I WV MVl * ? V/.* .. f bond*, to complete the work. Col. t Pt-arce has; submitted a scheme by which he hopes io induce; English : k capitalists to put from $2,000,000 to ; R $5,000,000 in the work. The.'trustees! have not yet U;kea final action. [: is announced fi\?m Washington j. that Mr. Rowelh chainn.m of the j, committee on elections, who was in structed by the House caucus to pre- < pare a bill providing for an extension of the functions cf the natiou?l supervin sors of ek-ctiocs, introduced the measK ure in the House. It is patterned up ^ ob the bill prepared by the Senate committee on privileges and election reported by Senator Hoar, but carries i the principle of petition for judicial . interference furthtr, in that it peraiits iifty or more voters in a county or parish, instead of requiring one hundred voters, to secure the benefits of the r supervisory system. It provides pun- ; isbment tor any person who shall change the position of boxes intended for Congressional ballots With the in- ! f f ention to deceive. The chief supervi- ; sor in each election district is required to keep a noil list and a list of rejected -r<--v.rt.rfir>or thA rAAson for their re P VUlCO, r jo-ciion. He is also required, to sep- < amtely receive theve rejected ballots, place the came of the voter upon the back and inclose them in separate envelopes. The supervisors are also required to inspect all ballots as they are being canvassed and counted by , the local election officers, and to make ? separate returns of the result of the " ^ L-- 1 I ^ vote, being governed uy oue iawo vl , tbe State iu counts, except as otherwise provided in the Act. They are aiso fo inspect the returns for Ke.oresentatives and Delegates in Congress ^ of local ispectcrs of elections and note ; m whethet or not iney disagree with their own returns. In case polls are not opened within one hour from the time fixed by the State law. it is made the duty of the supervisor to open them tc ballots for .Representatives and Delegates in Congre** only, and to conduct the election and make returns according to the State law.In each iacJiAnniHiMni-r Kaovi^ 1C fn ! C'iil UIMI Ivl1 23? V/?lii V (tcoiu^ VVU* v*. AW vw <vv created, composed of the chief superv visor, the United States District Attor* ney and the United States Marshal. This brard is to correct imperfect re turns, tabulate the returns for Representatives and Delegates, and to furnish a copy to the Attorney General and the clerk of the House of Icepre *e.:tatives. This latter officer is to examine tfc return*, and where the return conflicts with the return of the | f local canvassing board to the extent ot J returning a dilfereat person to Con- j gress, then aeiihcr^of tho persons so j certified a? elected is to be placed upon j the r.. H of members until the House % sbul J dcciuc^vhicb has been duly e;oo-1 i i. \ This measure would seem to cmLody ^ v. oil the liepuiiean idsa of the methv ods to be employed in restoring Kern^ publican ascendency in the South. ' That idea, simply stated, is that the ontViArifv i-; powerful enousrh J i. VUV? V*: M.V4VMV. ( w to effect conditions that may not be induced through the agencies usually employed in civilized communities in i a normal siate. The measure comes of the sentiment which, for many years after the war, justified the employment of Federal bayonets to help the Radical spoilsmen. The people of the I'rited Suites alter awhile sickened of military interference. The soldiers were sent to their barracks, and have stayed there. Now it is pro]>o?t<i, under the guise of the civil au thority personated by United States marshals ttnd supervisor?, to use the v power of the Federal cou* t-s to frigbtf en the good people of the South inio sojec sort of surrender of their home govern men:, or their representation in Congress, to the fellows from whom the wrested them. ! is not likely that the scheme would wo. k, even if it could be put thr. tigh t?o:h houses of Congress. And ^ *- cr;r.:s thvre uo-.v seems some doubt. Tiure i;re ev'idcuces of ft little eonser y Ailed in some qf the members? iaot!^h. probably, to cause them to half at extraordinary interferences with local affairs and unite with Democrats even in preventing their enactment. < j THE ASCENSION I AS TREATED INsTHE TA3ERNACLE PULPIT. The Iter. I>r. T. DeV.'itt Tii!:nag?a I'reathcs 0:1 the Ascension of Our !.or?l From the Xoua! of Olive*. After reading appropriate passage.* j of Scripture, ami the usual prayers j ami iuusic::i exercises. Dr. Talmagc1 preached the following sermon, in the Academy of Music, Sunday morning, from the words, "JL.ii'i up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors: and the King of Glory shall come in." Psa. 21:7. In olden times when a great conqueror returned from victorious xar. the people in wild transport would take hold of the gates of the city and lift them from their hiugts, as much as to say: "This city m eds no more gates to defend it since this conqueror has got houie. Off from the hinges with the gates." David, who was the poet of poets, foretells in his rvnrl. TVo-.-flin Christ into heaven, after His victory over sin and dcutli and hell. It was as if the celestial inhabitants had said: "Here He comes! JUake way for aim! Push back the bolts of diamond! Take hold of the door* of pearl and hoist them from their hinges of gold! Life up your heads. 0 ye gates; and be ye lifted up. ye everLasting: dooi*s: and the Kin:,' of Glory shall come in." Among the mountains of Palestine no one is more uplifting than Mount, Olivet. It was the peroration of our Lord's ministry. On the roof of a house in Jerusalem I asked, "V.'hieh is Olivet?" and the first iriance trans iixed me. iJut how shall I describe aiy emoiious. when, near the close of Li journey. in whieli we had for tv.*o uigius eueawped amid the shattered masonry of old Jericho. ami tasted oi" the aciiu waters of the Dead sea, that j crystal sarcophagus of the plain, and waded down into the deep and swiftj Jordan to baptize a man, and visited the ruins of the houso of Mary and Martha and La:-:;irus. we found curselves in stirrups and on a horse, lathered with the lout: and difficult way, ascending Mount Olivet. Oil. that solemn and suggestive ridge! It is a lime-stone hill, a mile in length and three hundred feet high, and j twenty-seven hundred feet above the-} Level of the sea. Over it Kin;? David I - . i i i , v . i tied witii a oroxen nearr. uver rv Pompey led Lis devastating host*. Here the famous Tenth Legion built their batteries in besiegemeni. The garden of (rethsemane v.-yt-ps at the t'oat of it. Along the base of this bill flashed the lanterns and torches of those who came to arrest Jesus. From the trees 021 this hill the boughs were torn oft' avid thrown into the path 01 Christ's triumphal procession, dp and down that road Jesus had walked twice a day from Bethany to Jorusilem. and from Jerusalem to Bethany. There, again and again, He had taught His disciples. Halt" way ;;p this mount He uttered His lamentation, ;0 Jerusalem. Jerusalem!'' From its heights Jesus took dight homeward when He had finish Tt* ii ; * . rj'i eel ills eaitiiiy mission. .mere is j nothing mure for him to do". A saj- j ii?ce was needed to make peace between the recreant eartli and the outraged heaven, :uid He had oiferod is. Death needed to be conquered, and He had put his resurrection foot upon it. The thirty-three years of voluntary exile had ended. The grandest, tenderest-, mightiest goodbye ever heard was now tu be uttered. On Blount Olivet Jesus stands in a group of Galilee fishermen. They had been together is. many scenes of sadness and pcrsecut.on and had been the more endeared by that brotherhood of suffering. They had expected Him to stay until the day of coronation when He would taka tlie earthly throne and wave a sceptre mightier, raid rale a dominion wider, than any Pilaraoli, than snr Coesar. But now all the so anticipa- j tions collapse. Christ has given His last advice. Ke has offered his last sympathy. He has spoken last word. His h ands are spiv ad apart as one is apt to do-when lie pvonoun-.'es a benediction, whe n suddenly the! strongest and most stupendous law { of all the worlds is shuttered. ! It is the law which, since the worlds j were created, holds them together. It is the law wliick holds everything to tilt; earth or, temporarily hurled from earth, returns it: the law which keeps the planets whirling around j other systems, nn-.u. all the systems j whirling around the ihrone of God? i the law is suspended, or relaxed. or j brekem to let the body ox -J c-siis go. j That law had laid hold of Kim thir- j ty-iliree years before. when He de-! scended. It had relaxed ils grip of Him but once, and that when it declined to sink Kim from the top of the waves on Lake G;:lile<\ on which i A- 11. i ,ii HC WtliKeil, l-J Hit: UUllUili (..'i mv i lake. That Ia\r of gravitation must iiov>' give way to Him who made the law*. It may hold the other stars. but it cannot longer hold the ?t!orning Suit of the Redemption. It may hold the noonday sun. I nit it cannot hold the Sim of Righteousness. The lingers of that lav.* are about to open to let go the most illustrious JSeing the world had ever scvr. ;tnd wh nn it had worst maltrentvd. "'"lie* :-t. one est law of nature whu-h philosophers ever weighed or ni<\ist-r< il mu-.t at 1 J - .."ll 1 1- ! last L IVc V. a V. it rtlii W! v\"UV >i t ?? v. the rc-k of Olivet and tl i- heel ; ? Clnists +V>or. Y\:i:rli ir.aH ye dis<-i pies! AValvi* it. :ili the ii:! M'uk-h it, all lite IiOi'! Chris- about leave tliis iiv.v' Kit: mauls? will not consent t-j have nini u-. >. His enemies eatelun- lum would. or.ly attempt by another Calvary to put Him into some other tomb. J v. ii1 tell you how. The chain of the mo<t tremendous na4uv;il law is uiilii-ked. The sacred foot of our Lord ami the limestone rock part. and nnrt t'orever. i-CUlv. il'ui ..;;n jvui.vi cilveks JUKI Uplifteu C\V t pies see their Lor;! ri.-'-i.u- :Vo;u ilsol ill earth. The n rnshli!:.. i'ui ihewvouhl grasp His feet to h-k; Hjj^Kii, but tlu;y are out of reach, t?? ^liia. ?9g&ntii tops of the llgtrees iroin 'Ifl^^krin the olive-trees that sIHknt. Higher until hi ? j is within sight of the Uetlilehein where II*.' was bora, and lli?- Jordan whore he was baptized, Jir.'l the Golgotha. where ho was slain. Higher until 011 stairs <.i fleecy clouds Ho steps. Higher, until into a sky bluer than tL:- Like that could not sink Jtiim. Jtlo disappears into ;t sea oi priory whose billowing h'ridors hide Him. The fishermen v,.u-!; and \V:.tch. wondering if the law oi' nr. tin;' will nor re-assert itself, and He sa;'ji in ;t f--w minutes co]no back again, ana they >;irJl see Kim dending: fast His scarred feet co?tt. ii: si^Lr, then the scarred side, th'-n the scarred brow. and they nwy lake again His searrvu hand. But > i he moments pass by, and the hoiu\i, and no appearai'u-e. Gone out oi 1 sight of earth, but cO>uo within sight I ol heaven. And rising still, not wel- 1 coined by one angelic choir like those < who one Christmas night escorted 1 Him down, but :iii heaven turns out 1 to ;n'eel Kim home, and the temples ^ ii;iw espi-i'iai anthem, and the pal;i- J ces espoeial banquet, and the streets i especial throngs: and all along the i line to the foot of tlio throne, for i years vacated but again to be taken, i there are arches lifted, and banners t vraved, and trumpets sounded, aud doxologk s chanted, and coronets ( east down. 1 * "1:0.1:14 !s !hro:jg'<l His churiot Jv.? oi>i? U!m to Ui> ivcmi , Th- :i sv. v-;>t their golden harps H*at su.ig c Y??ft /H'illtl!! U It was the greatest day in heaven! J As lie goes up the steps of the throne ] that tliirty-tkree years before He ab- 1 dieated for our advantage, there rises i from all the hosts of heaven a shout t saiotly, cherubic, seraphic, archangel ic, Hallelujah! Amen!*' s " > of olives, thou d^ar honored .spot, t Til" ftuneof thy ulcry shall ne'er be forgot." 3 No wonder for at least fourteen f hundred ye:u\s the churches have, c i'orty vl-iys alter Easter, kept Ascen- . bioii Jay: for the lessons are most iu- spi:itijj: and glorious. It takes much I 01 U:j uu,: rtainty out ol the idea of 3 heaven, when from Olivet we see hu- V max nature ascending:. The same ? body that rose from Joseph's tomb c asccnded from Mount Olivet. Our j human nature is iu heaven to-day. Just as they had seen Christ for forty days. He ascended, head, face, shoul- , tiers, hands, f?ct, and the entire hu- ^ man org;mi sin. Humanity ascended! ,, Aii, how closely that keeps Christ in ] sympathy with those who are still in t the straggle! Ascended scars, face s ? : * --.- I V M"li >, Jli'.IiU .SCai15,'CX .V.'UM, TyU^UJAlVA ? .<i\\vs." That will keep Him in accord j with all tlie suffering, with all the [ weary, with all the imposed-upon. No \ More is He a spirit now than a body. 110 more of heaven than earth. Those [ of the ?:elestial inhabitants who never saw our world, now walk around ] Him and learn from His physical con- { tour something of what our race will be when, in the resurrection, heaven jwill have uncounted bodies as well as ] uncounted spirits. On Ascension day He lifted H:mself through the at- t mosphere of Palestine until, amid the ^ immensities. He disappeared. He' } 1w.in<r ill/. VV?Y?-Ii1 ATY?V , ? V/AliJ MV- .Xl0 IUV T. -V.V4. V . V* ^ saw who coultl Jilt Himself. Surely, . if He could lift Himself, He can do t the lesser deed of lifting us. < '"so star s;oes?liiwt t? ;t c:irebsanother sky. 3 No sun Sv.*is itere cxcc.pt to :*.?? on high." 1 CJirist leads us all the way; through r the bright hour, for he was born in I ikthlehem; through boyhood, for He t p.rtstd il in Nazareth; through injus- * u^cs, for Ho endured the outrages of ( Pilate's court room; through death, 1 for He suffered it on Calraryjthrough 1 the sepuleiire, for He lay three days < > i 11 iv Vi Witnui its uarxeueu wans; turougii < resurrection, for the solid masonry ? gave way on the first Easter morning; 1 through ascension. for Blount Olivet < watched Him as He climbed the f ski-c.^: through the shining gates, for t He i riiered them amid magnificent J acclaim. And here is a gratifying f consideration liiai you never thought < of: We will see our Lord just as He i looked on earth. As Ho rose from < the tomb He ascended from Mount * Olivet. We shall soe Him as he look- < ed on the road to Emmaus, as He ' appeared hi the upper room in Jeru- [ sahm, He was that day of valedio j tory on the ridge from which He ? swing into the skies. How much *re * will v.ant to sec Him! < I was reading of :i man born blind. < He c? as married to one who took care 3 of him all tiiose years of darloiess. A ? siu goon said to him, "I can remove 1 that biiiidiiess. and so he did. His < given him, a rose was handed < to tile uiau who ii'.'VCT before had seen } a rose :tucl he was iu admiration of ^ it. and his family whom he had never 1 s.en before now appeared to him. and ] he vas in tears of rapture, when lie suddenly cried out: *\l ought lirst to ' jKivc a--cod to see the one who cared nit: show Die the doctor." AYhcn ' from our eyes the scales of earth shall : i'::]], and we have our first vi>ioa of brawn. our lirst cry ought not to be. -Wi'-vru are niy loved ones?" Our first cry ought to be. ""Where is |( irist. v;lio made all tlus possible? Show n;c the duetor!" Glory be to God for ascended humanity! Could wo real z-.' it, ana that it is all in sympathy for us. we would have as cool a couraire in tire eontlict of this life as had (.'harks the Twelfth when ]>'. was dictating dispatches to his secretary, and a bombshell fell into the room. and thy secretary dropped | his pen and attempted Highi. Charles ! sisid t'.> hi'!.: 4*Oo on with your xnillujr! what h:ts the bombshell to do with the letter I am dictating?" If the asi-ended Christ !>' on oar side, noth \:i? should disturb us. Our l~iiow-.$a:!i*rer ;>. i ?laic-s \ i*-!!t?v>-;'c-. ;n;j s:s our ;>:ui:s, i ill i-r.u tubers, iu Tup skies iI . > tojjrs, il'.srivOHies. and cries." 1 ;:tu su glad that Christ. broke the ?".ati:rul I;i\v of gravitation v,*hon Ho ' sju?ok oti' i'i'Oiii His iVft tin' clutch of ?*lo;v;.t Olivet. i';-">pl;' talk :is though , col liroiu unsympathetic. natur;:l l;av ; controlled cv; ryrhin.v The xeigii of ; law is a majestic thing. but the God v.'Iio made it Las h rig-it to break it. ?.ud ::gain and agiin has brolien it. : :? ] HIT:, in aii'i itL'il'j.U vr'ui break if. A ; .iv.'; o:lv G jd .s w;:y of doing things. si riv fitOOS:-S t?> UO lllCttl SO!)l?.' o.iiii v vac*. He b.-.s a rig-:c to do so. A i lav is v.or strong enough to shackle! | the Almighty. Christ broke botanii eiu law when, on Monday morning j in IVIhsd*, on the way from Bethany j to Jerusalem, by a few words he turned a full-leaved % tree into a mili* HIT u, ? ?LI IBIII ? i. 111 ji. --JLitmifci lifeless stick. He broke iclitkyological law when, without any natural inducement, He swung a great school of tisli '2ito a part of Lake Tiberias, where the fishermen hud oust taeir nets for eight or ten Lours without the capture of a minnow; and by making a iisli help pay the tax by yielding from its mouth a Soman stater. Christ broke the law . of storms by | compelling, with :t word, the angered ! ...m to hu.-h its frenzy, and the winds i to quit rii? ir blowing.- ITe b' oke i zoological 'aw when he made the j devils possess rhe swine of Gudara. He broke fho law of economics when lie made enough bread tor five thousand people out of five biscuits that ii _ . ? __ i__ _ *i? i i i vroiuu not oruinaruy nave ueen snough for ten of tlie hungry. Ho broke intellectual law when, by a word, Ke silenced a maniac into placidity. He broke physiological la\^ ivi-ei!. by a touch', He straightened p. .voin:in who, for eighteen 3rears, had vcj: bent' almost doable, and when ile pat spring into the foot of inhunuted Lazarus, and when, without nedicine, He gave the dying girl back n health to the Syro-Phtcnician nother, and when He made the pala:ial home of the nobleman resound tg tin with the laughter ofhis restorHi boy, and when, without knife or mattery, He set cataracted eyes to iecimr airain. and the drum of deaf ioi j6 to vibrating again, anu the nerves >f paralyzed arms to thrilling again, iiul tlien when in leaving the earth ae defied all the atmospheric law and jhysiolcgiciil law, and that law which igs in it withes and cables and girlers enough to hold the universe? he law of gravitation. The Christ who proved himself on ;o many occasions, and especially he last, superior to law, still lives; knd ttvery day, in answer to prayer or the good of the world, He is overriding the law. Standing today cn the Ascension >eak of Mount Olivet I am gladdened at the closing gesture, tho last res luxe Christ ever made. '-He ifted up his hands and blessed hem," says the inspired account of >ur Lord's departure. I am so glad le lifted up Kis hands. Gestures ire often more significant than words, attitude than arguments. Christ had uade a gesture of contempt when vitli tiis finger He wrote on the ;round: gesture of repulsion when fe said, "Get thee behind me Satan:" resturo of condemnation when He .iiid, "Woe unto you Pharisees and lypoeiltes." But His last gesture, iis Olivetic gesture, is a gesture of jenediction. He lifted up His janus and blessed tliem. His arms ire extended, and the palms of His lands turned downward, and so He Iroppcd benediction upon Olivet, >enediction. upjn Palestine.benedicion upon all the earth. The cruel world took Him in at he start on a cradle of straw, and at aot thrust Him out with the pomtoi I, spear; but benediction! Ascending intil beneath He saw on one side he Bethlehem where they put Him imong the cattle, and Calvary on the xi. i ai i tt: HUt*JL biU'C, YVJULCJLU L1ICV put JJUill LHiong the thieves. As far as the x cited and intensified vision of the jroup on Olivet could see Him, and il'ter He was so fsir up they could no onger hear His words, they saw the gesture of the outspread hands, the benediction. And that is His attiudo today. His benediction upon lie world's climates, and they are hanging, and will keep on changing mtil the atmosphere shall be a coniuingling of October and June. Benediction upon the deserts till they whiten with lily, and blush with rose, aid yellow with cowslip, and emerald vith grass. benediction upon governments till they become more just md humane. Benediction upon na;ions until they kneel in prayer. benediction upon the wole eartu un;il every mountain is an Olivet of ;onsecration, and every lake a Gallec on whose rnosiac of crystal, and >pal. and sapphire divine splendors shall walk. Oh, take the benediction )f his pardon, sinners young, sinners >ld, sinners moderate and sinners ibandoned. Take the benediction of riis comfort, all ye broken-hearted .aider bereavement, and privation, md myriad woes. Take Kis beneliction, all ye sick-beds, whether un.ler acute spasms of pain, or in longprotracted invalidism. For orphanige, and childlessness, and widowrood a benediction. For cradles md trundle-bed, and rocking-chair :>f OvcOgenarians a benediction. For ifo and death, for time and eternity, 'or c-artli and for heaven, a benedic7x0ii. Sublimest gesture ever made, the last gesture of our ascending Lord." "ioid He lifted up his hands, and blessed them." la our attitude the same? Is it the clenched fist or the open palm? Is it wrath or is it kindness? Is it diabolism or Christianism? God gives us the grace of the open palm, open upward to get the benediction, open downward to pronounce a benediction. A lady was passing along a street and suddenly ran against a ragged boy, and she said: <VI beg your pardon, my boy, I did not mean to run against you: iaru very sorry.' And the boy took o?' the piece of a cap lie bad on liis head and said: "You have my parding, lady, and you may run agin me and knock me clear down: I won't care." And turning to a comrade he said: ''That nearly took me off my feet. Nobody ever asked my parding before." Kindness! Kindness! Fill the world with it. There has always been too much of disregard of others. Illustrated in 1G30, in England, when 9-3,000 acres of marshes were drained i for health and for crop-raising, and I the sportsmen destroyed the drain-..-/Vi.l Ua/I.snca +"hmr w'anfo.l fn tii-,t; ?> VliV MVVUU^V II MMWV* wv keep the marshes for hunting grounds, where they could shoot wild ducks. The same selfishness in all ages. Oh, for kindness that would make our life a symphony suggestive of one of the ancient banquets where everything was set to music, 1110 plates brought in and removed to the sound of music, the motion of the carvers keeping time to the music, the conversation lifting and dropping with the rising and falling of the music. ]>nt. instead of the music of an enrthjy orchestra.it would be the music o'a heavenly charm, our words the music of kind thoughts, our steps the music oi' helpful deeds, our smile the music of encouraging looks, our youth and old age the firsi and last i bars of music conducted by the j pierced hand that was opened in love I and spread downward in benediction ! 011 Olivetic heights 011 Ascension 'day. ' . *l>y a new w;<y none ever trod, OhiiKt mounted to the throne of God.' | To Succeed 3Ir. Randall. Richard Yaax has been nominated ! by acvliimation as thecandiditetofill ; tiie vacancy caused by the ueath ot SamuelJ. Handall. Richard Vaux was born in 181'J. and admitted to the bai when i wenty years of age. During President Van Buren's administration he acted as secretary oi' the American le-ation at London. He was elected Mayor of Philadelphia on the Democratic ticket in 1850 and served one term. He has always Vet-u a stalwart Democrat and < is poularly known "as a bourbon of j the bc:v ' Va:;." A CALL TO THE CLU3S. i lice State JL> mocr?tl? Executive Committee Son si ImtrucfcionH for the Campaign. O.jl. James A. Hoyt. Chairman of iiie Democratic State Executive Committee, has sent the following circular letter to each County Chairman: 'D-ar Sir: A convention of the Democratic party of South Carolina Trill assemble at Columbia on Wednesday, the lOfh day of September, 1800, at 12 o'clock m., ii--. tLo hall of the of representatives, to ; nominate candidates for State officers and to transact such other business iis the convention may deem proper. ; "The number of delegates elected by each county will be equal to double : the renrGHfrntfttion to which anfh county is entitled in belli branches of the General Assembly. The County Chairman of the several Counties in this State '.vill proceed to have the Democratic clubs in the Counties reorganized and take such steps as are necessaiy to curry out the call and for the election of delegates to the State Convention. It is respectfully suggested that the election of delegates to the county convention be postpones.;, wherever practicable,until after the meetings in the respective counties under the arrangement for n oi'cliimnarv cainDahm of the State. 13 It is tlie sense of the State Executive Committee, as expressed by a resolu- ] don adopted on the 8th instant, that * delegates to the State (Convention ' should not be elected until after the i' close of the preliminary campaign, which is to end on the fifth day of 1 August." ^ Accompanying tlio above call for * the convention is another cirriiip? ' letter, presenting the plan of iht> pre- ^ liininary campaign, suggested i>y the 1 Jxecutive Comiaiffcffi^in accordance ' with the provisi^tosrof the constitu- ; tion of the ji;^^?Aitcr naming the ; dates iiidicatc^wKr holding meetings 3 at the various county seats the com ( mitte. says: ] "Your attention is directed to the ' fact that these appointments cover the entire State, and that they have J oeen arranged to the best advantage consistent rvitli the time allowed for the campaign. If tLe date selected : for your county needs to be changed ' for any urgent reason it will necessarily carry your meeting to tlie end ] of the list, as it is impracticable to 1 make changes any other way. Pleaie notify the chairman at once in regard ] to the date iixed. -whether or not it ' is acceptable, and address him at ^ Grceaville. ' "The State Executive Committee ' further provided that in the conduct ] of these meetings each County Execu- * t:ve Committee will take full charge ' of their respective meetings, and . while it is obligatory to invito all 1 candidates for State offices, to use ' the exact language of the Constitution, there is no prohibition against ' other Democrats beiBg invited to J speak if the county committee see . proper to do so. "The County Chairmen will summon : their executive committee to attend 1 the preliminary meetings of their J reipectiro counties and aid in the proper conduct and management of 1 these meetings, so that a full and fair discussion may be had of the issues presented to the people." i An Appropriate Selection. ! Gem Joseph E. Johnston was a few , .7..?., .. ~.n >-.1 !*? T.aa T IctiJ E r5L'lCOtCV.t UJ L1?U JUCU i?xt JU?- i orial Association to unveil the Lee , statue in Richmond, Ya., on the 29th of the present month, and from a distant Southern city promptly telegraphed his acceptance of the honor. There is a great appropriateness in ; this selection. They were both born in Virginia, within a month of each other, in 1807; they graduated in the same class at West Point hi 1S29, and distinguished themselves in the war with Mexico. They both resigned from the Federal army at the outbreak of the civil war. and achieved distinction as masters of the art of war. It is known that these distinguished commanders held each other in the highest esteem, and one of the most interesting features of the approaching cercmonies will be the appearance of General Johnston as a it/* contrai ngure. A Fearful Storm of Wind. Central. C., May 15.?The most terrible storm of ram, wind and liail passed orer our town about three j o'clock yesterday afternoon that has been known for years. The amount of rain and hail that fell in a short space of time was simply enormous. The hailstoaes were not very large, hut the quantity was so great tliat they drifted down in one basin above a railroad embankment to ihc depth I of from three to four feet. Crops j were beaten out of existence. We ! can hardly tell that anything was ever planted. Fruit was almost en: tirely destroyed. Gardens were swept I 2. rrc?va J UUl> U1 CAIS It'll L'l*. tt iliuwn I'iuivo iiiiv ! broken, trees were blown down and | birds and poultry were killed. The | damage to crops can hardly be osti ; mated. J ! ?Mr. Charlisle has been nominated i by accloinatioa. by the Democratic ! caucus to succeed 3L>\ B<-ck as Sec*- i i tor from Kentuckv. 1 : ?J. W. ^IcLaury, publisher of the i Tocco.i. Ga.. -Sews, will put up a canj ning factory at Toccoa and take all : the tomatoes his subscribers raise. f at the^ghest market price. i / ' . ; AT ANDERSON. THE SECOND SPEECH OF CAPTAIN TILLMAN'S CANVASS. A Kopotitlan of tlxi Points Xnde at lUdgeway,Wlth Some New One?Colonel Earle In lie ply. The second meeting oi'Capt.Tillman's campaign was lield at Anderson on Saturday the 10th. The meeting was attended by about 1.000 persons. Nothing new was developed by Capt. Tillman's speech, his jrks coverng about the same points he made at Itidgewav. He was replied to by Attorney- General Earle, and the discussion was harmonious. From the Columbia Registerwe take the follow ing report of the speaking: A3 the crowd began to get settled around the stand, someone :r!ed oat "Three cheers for Earle," which was followed with a whoop. Three cheers was then given for Tillman, and then three cheers for the straightout Democracy. Hr. A. C. Latimer called the meeting to order. Kev. C. B. Smith was requested to open it with prayer, which he did. This was about 11:30. Cnpt. 1). li. Tillman was then introduced to the audience by the presiding officer. After leisurely arranging some manuscript and newspapers on the board, he began: "It gives mepl easuro to meet the citizens of any ounty c< i: l <1 _ .. i di ooutu. v^aroima ana see mem, una let the in look me in tlie eyes, or eye, for I hare got but one eye. After what you liave seen in the papers, I am sure you are surprised to learn that this little, insignificant fellow is Ben Tillman. I have some peculiarities. I write with my left hand. All you've seen in the papers as coming Eroin me was written with this left paw. Another peculiarity is, I have only one eye and I will tell the truth. E have said some h:ird things, but that is neeessary in all reforms. "What [ have said has been in self-defense. E am here as a candidate for governor. [ am here as the exponent of the i t i i 11 r ? principles represented ovine larruers movement. Re tlien went on to discuss the necessity for the March convention, md said lie "was respoesible [for its Deing called." He spoke of his can.'as8 two years ago with Governor Richardson?md referred to the elec;ion of delegates to the State conven;ioii. and said the ringsters had the convention bottled up in their breeches pockets. He also spoke of :he amendment to the constitution, .wo years ago, as a trap to catch the farmers pi. He said the change was i damnable plot. "I warned them :hat me tanners would. interest tnem ii 1890." He said tlie State Demo?ratic executive committee bad mapped out thirty-live meetings, at which ie was expected to be. He said: "I hope they will meet no there.'' A voice from the crowd: They'll never do it. Capt. Tillman: "Don't you bo too jure of it. Don't holler until you get uut of the woods. I don't holler." He spoke of the cry of splitting the party,* and finally came to the nieetng at Ridge way. and explained why ie withdrew. He then went over rvr/iffv rtincli fit^ *!ime mwnnrl fis covered at llidgeway. Ho denounced ;lxe free schools miserable as humbugs, aid said we should stop work on the State House. It would take nearly a million dollars to finish it, and we jould not afford it and live in our liuts. Capt. Tillman referred to refunding the State debt, and said: "I lon't see why I can't refund it as tvell as anybody. I've as good a character as anybody if I do say it myself." At the conclusion of his talk. Gen. Earle was introduced to th? audience is "another honored son of South Carolina.He made a calm and i-lear speech, notwithstanding that he was often interrupted by Tillmaa ind others. Col. Karle's Reply. Colonel Earle said he agreed with ~ . m<ii il 1 Uapt. Tillman m some tilings. ana differed with him in many. Under bis definition, Tillman was an aristocat, and he was an oflice seeker in Columbia. He also said the March convention was called outside the Democratic ranks and that hence it was an independent movement. He then said he wanted to know, as attorney general, in what the corruption in the State offices consisted, and turned to Capt. Tillman and asked him to tell him. Tillman replied: ''Well, the legislators did not do what they swore they would do, in not taking the cen sus and re-apportioning thsrepresen tatives over the State!" ;r.. ?ii?" oo;/i n.<vn T.ovio HULL tUi- OUiU JUUiiv., , "AVelL yes," replied Tillman: "there was also a i'ailure of duty by the board of agriculture to prosecute fertilizer dealers." "Is that all?" inquired Gen. Earle. "Yes." ' Do you charge anything against me in my officef "No." "Have I been extravagant?" "No." "Have I failed to do my dutv?" "No." "So the only corruption in the State government is in the failure to re-apportion?" "Yes." . 1 T!iiK 1 ^ mere were severei muo ?pai?, um nothing generally involved. Gen. Earle's speech was characterized by calmuess and clearness. He showed that the railroad commission was without power. He also said that Capt. Tillman had done wron^ in saving that such men as J olm C. Haskell and others, who are just as good and pure as Tillman, are perjurers. Gen. Earle characterized this as a fight by the outs to get in, and said it looked very much like Walker Russell's Democracy. "I don't say they will go like Russell, nor do I compare them to Eussell, but the facts point -? ."Jiw.rt+K-vii " T-rllmnn tlivn ill ILIUll V.U1 ed his back on the rules of the Democratic party of 1S7G. He believed Tillman was a Democrat, but if defeatedlie did notkuon what he would do. He is a misguided Democrat. He did not think Capt. Tillman would be false- to the party. I Concluding, Gen. Earle said: '"God be praised, this Democratic party lias no corruption to answer for, and South Carolina's proud name has not been smirched." Tillman replied by reiteration to Gen. Earle. and the meeting closed. All mssed off cmietlv. Both speak ers were listened to attentively with few exceptions. There were f-iequen fc applauses f?r botli speakers!; A MISER'S HIDDEN WEALTH. Material for a Novel Furnished by in Old Woman's Death. Ample material for a sensational novel is supplied in the last police reports from Stockeran, a small town on tlie left bank of tlie Danube, say* the London Daily News. Abou-t a week ago ail old woman of 70?Theresa Schiller?was murdered by two visitors, who succeeded in escaping. She was known to boi an eld miser, who lived in rags, witli two cats and dogs, in a little surburban house, which stands quite isolated near the railroad station. The police made an inventory of her possessions. After some searcli it was found that the old woman must have been in relations with ail the thieves of the empire. Property which had been missing for many -Tan-n/1 , .11 wvar>-?tccl* > O ? tiO XVLLX11L V/Il iiti jyj. ^AjLIAO^OThe clue was given by the discovery of a voluble watch and chain to which a strip of paper was attached with the words: "Bought this of S for 6 florins." The watch bore the name of a well known citizen of Stocl:eran, out of whose room it had been stolen ten years ago. The old woman's clothes were mere rags, and the police at first felt reluctant to touch them, but when a splendid golden pyx, set with precious stones, fell out of the tattered gown, their interest was aroused and every comer was searched. In the cellar large pieces of gold, no doubt melted ornaments, were found. In the loft there were boxes with l?/.^ r?4-\n-v/l i r?i ayntt a/ i.AAUH.tJL oaiivi UIuLlJ WX AJLa^ja | the police recognized as forming pail I of tHo Grfmichstaedtcc property of | which, on the Graben caused so much commotion live years ago. In the moldering furniture valuables of every description were found, such as chalices, pyzes, golden candlestick*, beautiful lace and linen. In a comer of a cupbord by a bag containing 20,000 liorin* in gold and shares and bonds worth upward of 10,000 florins. Silver spoons and forks were discovered in all the kitchen drawers. In a little box live blac-K diamonds were found, which are said to be of enormous value. Only part of the floor hits been pulled up. but large quantites of linen and valuable dress materials were liidden there. At present the garden is bemg searched, as it is supposed that she may have buried things there. Tho whole property found is believed to be worth more than 500.000 florins, and yet the old woman scarcely ever allowed herself a decent meal, and had not a piece of respectable clothing on her when she was found dead. The fuel slie used consisted of little bits of coal collected by poor children at tke railway station and sold to her for a few coppers. THE COTTON STATES I'lautlng Generally Late Except id the Cirolinaa. The statistical returns of the Department of Agriculture for May, relative to cotton, report tho progress of planting and conditions affecting seeding and germination. Planting is late except in Carolinas. In Georgia it is scarcely up to the average at this date, the delay being caused by drought, difficulty of plowing and slow germination. From Alabama, westward, serious delays have occurred from excessive rains, overflow of bottom lands and Hoods from the rise of the great rivers. Replanting is necessary where the seed has rotted in the ground. A great scarcity of seed is reported in parts of Tennessee. Usually nearly seren-eighths of the cotton area is seeded before the close of April. This year only threefourths has been planted. The proportion in the several States is reported as follows: Virginia, 55 per cent.; South Carolina, SO; North Carolina, 77; Georgia. SG: Florida, 87; Alabama, 85; Mississippi, G5: Louisiana; 70; Texas, 75: Arkansas, GO; Tennessee, 57; average 75.8 per L cent. In the Mississippi River ?oiton lands the fear of floods, as well as the actual overflow, prevents planting, which will be actively pushed as the j waters subside and daugor becomes less imminent. World's Fair Finances. It is intended to secure the additional $5,000,000 of "World's Fail* capital stock by subscription, as the iirst ?5,000,000 was secured, and a subcommittee has been appointed by the ways and means committee to draft a suitable form of subscription l.lnul- f/-i Tv?rvvi,f/>rl ?v nf VJ IV K/\. JIV^'VA vvv% ?. w ?V the committee. The issuingof bonds as a part of the financial scheme outlined before the committees of Congress will come later. A p' - tion of the finances of the fair, which will doubtless receive a great deal of attention. iS the sale of privileges, which is expected to bring in at least $1.000.000. At the centennial only 55237.000 was realized, and only about j $400,000 at the late Paris exposition. I The question of a site, it is thought, J will soon be decided. A Fanner's Keenest. "Good bye, children." said a Kanj sas farmer on his death l>ed. "I i leave you my blessing, the old farm, j and," gasped tlio old man? ' And wliat, father dear?" eagerly whispered his expectant children. "And the usual mortgage." were the last words of the good old man. ?An infant child cf Mr. and Mrs Grantham, living a few miles from Americas, was choked to death in a singular manner a day or two since. The parents of the child went early to the Held, leaving the child asleep on the bed. In some manner it rolled off the side of the bed m>xt to the wall. The child's head was caught between the side of the house and the bed^ stead, in which position it died in 5 short while from strangulation. =r ^ . t_' . ALLIANCE ARGUMENT. I THE SUB-TREASURY BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTFF An Address by Chairman jlaoCv-.*.? cultural Depression the Cause of all Industrial Troubles?The Sub-Treasury fcciieme. Washington, D. C? May 13.?A de-legation representing the Farmers' Alliance appeared before the "Ways nnd Cleans Committee this morning to advocate the passage of the Pickler bill to create sub-treasuries in different parts of the country for the reception of staple goods produced ^ by farmers. The spokesman was C. V>*. MacCune. chairman of the logislative committee of the AUianc? and editor of the National Economist, a paper devoted to the objects of the organization. Others present were -JaJLV/JJ.Z,vJ >V2UUt'IU VJ1 OVUtXl X/iU^UUi, Benj. Ten-oil. of Texas, National Lecturer; C. T. Livingston, President of the Georgia State Alliance; K. M. Humphrey, General tendent 01 the Alliance, and J. J. Rogers, of the. Virginia State A i nance. i In addition there were present a number of members, principally from the Southern States. MacCune began his address bv de- . >. scribing the depressed state of agii- ' culture, which, he said, wasth^prizn* cause of trouble in other pursuits. If the existing conditions continued, he warned the Committee that labor would become desperate and a great revolution would ensue. History ,.t ?--If., ?, 1.. fcJLLUYVCU LLLU.L *Y CiXXLUL UUU iULWajS XZiVA>ed intelligence to meet in time the necessities of labor and in its past la -3. bor had never adopted proper means to remedy the faults of whicu it complains. The object of the Farmers'Alliance was mental, social and financial improvement. Republicans in .the North and Democrats in the South were working in the same direction .?cj| and the result hadbeento place them shoulder to shoulder?black and white, who were engaged in the cultivation of the soil. Harmony of purpose characterized the concerted efforts of the Alliance raid the prejudi- \ ces of generations had been sunk in the pursuit of the good of the commonwealth. At the St. Louis convention 2,000,- , ;i|j| 000 fanners had been represented and they had proposed the remedy set out in the bill as.a first step in the rierht direction. If it was crudely framed and the ideas indistinctly expressed tliev relied upon the wisdom of the committee to give it the proper form, but they believed that they had I found a remedy for them. She Illinois farmers asked 110 favor and no class legislation. They were now suffering .from the latter. They did not ask the enactment of any un constitutional measure, but as the . ' great debtor class, as the men who . had gene out fn the "West and laid the soil under contribution with borrowed money they protested against the contraction of the currency at the time when their debts became due and asked that the conditions be restored to what they were when the money was borrowed. They asked justice. pure and simple. New Threats of Secession. Secession is not so dead as it was thought to be. The citizens of James county. Tennessee. threaten to secede from that State. * "A| The Legislature has abolished the county, but its citizens keep up the county organization, assessing taxes and arraigning criminals. They propose to secede if the Legislature doesn't recede, and to apply for admission to the Union as a separate State, probably as a counterbalance to Pthode Island. If one the States '"lately in rebellion" should have to suppress an at- ^ tempt of a body of its citizens to se- " cede and should accomplish it, then pvpti fh^mosf rnhir] R<sTYubIica3i would be compelled to admit that secession is dead indeecl A Plucky Chinaman's Offei It has never been stipulated in the conditions of so-called "civilized duals" thai the survivor of the corn bat should care for the family of the slain, and it has remained for a Celestial to suggest this important and reasonable proviso. His came is Chu Fong; and he lives at BridgeDort. Conn. The other day he was refused membership in the Rosedale Fishingclub.and heard one of theblack bailers refer to him as a "heathen -J& Chinee." Thereupon he hied him to his laundry and penned the followiug letter toPresident McCann: "iou m insult me calling Chu Fong Haythen ^ 1 Chinee. Me no haythen. me Cklis tian. Me v.*ant to light like man. Me meet you on Rosedale dock some night. You get gun, me get gun. You say 5 May. me say all light. Me kill you. many widow and take care childlcn when you die. M* mean business. Cnu Fcxg. Clistiax.'* A Timely Snake Story. The season has now advanced far enough for snake stories to be in or- __ der. One of the first to gain curren?, ev is to the eliect that the boys who | attend the Howard public shool at j Johnsbury. N. J., found a den of seri pents the other afternoon. It was a jgj | big hole in the ground. partly covj ered with a stone. They poked sticks j into it and in ten minutes a large | number of snakes came out. "With \j i sticks and stones they killed fortyseven black snakes, live pilots and fourteen garters. Two of the black snakes were live feet long. ?v/liX" cxii^xj.1%;vi* i two brakemen were killed by tlie collision of two freight trains on ilie East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway, at a tunnel four miles from Chattanooga on Monday morning. j The accident was caused by a misunderstanding of running orders. ?The Fannin county. Texas, Alii! ance have passed strong resolutions j favoring the working of county eonj victs and short, term convicts on | the public roaus; in favor of a can /t| i nery at Bonham; in favor of the use ! m j of cotton bagging: in favor of the use 101 uniform text-books in the public schools.