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DERBY TO LEE. t The grand old bard who never dies, t Receive hlui In our English tongue; a I send thee, but with weeping eyes, c The story that he sung. t Thy Troy has fallen?thy dear land <] la marred beneath the spoilers heel, d 1 cannot trust my trembling hand j To write the things I feel.; j Oh, realm of tears?but let her bear This blazon to the end of Tim*,; t "No nation rose so white and fair, i None fell so pure of crime. The widow's moan, the orphan's wail, c A.re 'round thee, but in truth be strong, j Eternal right, though all things fall, Can never be made wrong. t And the Earl adds: f An angel's mouth, an angel's tongue, Not Homer's could alone for me f H^mn forth the great Confederate Sooth, c V irmuia mat?meu JUCC. t The lines were written by the Earl of e Derby In the fly leaf of a translation of t v Homer, which the Earl sent to Gen. Lee. A FEUD SETTLED. J J The feuds of Kentucky have been * celebrated in song and story, and many J a stirring refrain or bloodv tale has ' been founded on the family wars of * "the dark and bloody ground," but no a feud, ancient or modern, was ever set- s tied in a more satisfactory manner or resulted in a more lasting peace be- ^ tween the factions than was brought ? about by the settlement of the feud between the Brown and Jones families 8 in a county bordering on the Ohio 1 river which shall be nameless. J How the enmity between the families ' arose in the first place belongs not to a 11 story of modern times, for the be?in- v uinj? was far back in the early history 1 of the State. At first it was bloody 8 600UgQ to SUll/ LUC Illi/at oau^uiuai j partisan, but as the cbunty became more settled and peacefuLthe Brown- s Jones feud took tne shape of a political rivalry do less bitter than the old c warfare, but not quite so destructive of the population of the county. Busi- ? ness rivalry also sprang up, and the f family of Brown was arrayed against 1 the family of Jones ou every possible r occasion, and their respective retain- f ers always stood by their chiefs. li This led to some deplorable affairs on 1 such occasions as conventions, election c days and other gatherings, where both parties came in contact, but the leaders a of the factions, advising law abiding \ conduct on every occasion, managed to i' keep the ill feeling from breaking into open warfare as a general thing. No f one accused either of the parties 10 me < feud of cowardice, and when at the I breaking out of the war Brown cast his v lot with the Federals it followed of a course that Jones took up arms for the Confederacy, as he was in duty bound ^ to do even if his sympathies had not n been with that cause. c Each began as a captain of a compa- r ny, and during the whole progress of o the strife each lought valiantly, and on more than one occasion their commands c met in the midst of the horrid storm of e war and helped to make a few pages of li history sodden with the blood of heroes v for in those days, when men Tn gray ti met men in blue, deeds of daring were g performed that made the actors immor- a tals and wrote their names high in the t temple of fame. f Tk/* YkAswOa of tintriP an Y- 0 lug ^A/V^/1V> t*V UVU4W iivkvmvn ??? iously the course of their respective leaders, and when Brown was promot- P ed his partisans held a grand mass n meeting which was still the talk of the e town when word came that Jones had ii been promoted also, and his retainers I met to rejoice. r So the tight went on, and Brown and p Jones were in the thick of it and their tl bravery was rewarded, until wheHthe tl days of peace came at last, it was Gen- tl eral Browif and General Jones who v came back to the little town and neither ti of them had performed a deed of valor n that had not been equaled by the other, d General Brown had a son, John, and s General Jones had a daughter, Janette,.. o but they passed each other by in scorn when school children together, and as n they grew older they were never known n to speak to each other. In fact, they n rarely met at any social function, be- b cause there was no middle ground in p that county. He who was not for n Brown was against him, and the same might be said concerning Jones. d Society was divided into the Browns d and the Joneses, and the members of a one party did not associate witn tne u other more than was absolutely neces- tl sary. When a Bxown partisan died, U the Brown faction buried him from the fi Methodist church north, and when a li Jones died he was carried to the cemetery from the Methodist church south, tl and the only place where the two par- tl ties rested together in peace and quiet, ti was the little cemetery on the hills be- a yond the town. s< John Brown and Jeanette Jones were tl 12 and 10 respectively when the war n ended, and they grew up hating each ii the name of the other, as had their ancestors since the memory of man went y not back to the time, and the BrownJones feud was as bitter as it ever was v> as the years went on. a Then came a sad blow to each. On the very same day General Brown was h thrown from his horse and killed and e; Mrs. Jones died sitting in her chair fl from some sudden stroke, and the cor- si oner of the county rendered his ver- tl diets accordingly, and from the church tl north and from thechurcii sout&soi- o emn processions moved, composed of It the friends of each party, and there t< was one day when the two factions d met and passed no jeering word or in- v suiting remark between them and 1< when each went his way decorously as I becomes Christians in a civilized land, h Then the years went on again. Mrs. v Brown, fair to look upon, ana as stately e as a queen, became the leader of the o Brown faction, while General Jones, ii the courtly and polished gentleman in t] all things, pursued the even tenor of e his way, having regard for the sex of t his opponent, and gradually peace be- h -*an to settle over tne community. n The Browns and the Joneses were as S bitter toward each other as ever, but h ^ their partisans noticed that there was b an unwonted quiet between theimme- u diate members of the families, and s "those who were not of the blood of e either began to see that one might be- v long to the faction they were opposed e to and still be a decent sort of a per- t son, aud gradually a better feeling be- h gan to find a footing in the community, ii To be sure, no one deserted his party, v It was not that party fealty had grown s. weaker, but the charity that covereth a multitude of sins spread its white t mantle over the whole people and t made them understand that others s might be good men and women and v not believe in all things as they did. i Now a strange thing happened, fl John Brown and Jeanette Jones were ti sent north to fiDish their education, tl and it happened that they were sent e to the same college, and it being a co- t educational institution both entered ti V jrr% ?7-^ :T* ? he same class. Then the old feud ook a new shape, for these two heirs pparent to the leadership of the anieut feud began a struggle for educa- i ional supremacy that lasted from the : lay they entered the college until the i lay they graduated, and on that day 1 Nanette Jones was the victor, with ; olm Brown next to her. It was no triumph for Jeanette hough, for she was very well satisfied n her own mind that John Brown lad made his examination to fit the iccasion, and had given her first place leliberately and intentionally, and i his made her feel that there are imes when victory is worse than deeat. They had been on speaking terms or some time, because it was necessary , ?n. occasions for them to speak, but here was nothing like intimacy or i ven friendship existing between i hem. i am Too naff a fVirmorhf. about XLIC lum V VVUUV??v v..v~6 he matter the more fully was she :onvinced that she was the victim of i lohn Brown's courtesy, and she felt hat she must let hiuo know that she inderstood this to be the fact, or the aurels she had won would forever i ?urn her brow. She could not make ;ny excuse for approaching him until i he was ready to go home. The coaches were filled, and it so lappened that she got a lower berth in i he Wagner that was to carry them tome. John saw the situation at a lance, and betook himself to thesmokUij compartment aud fctaid there unil midnight in order not to annoy: his i air neighbor and enemy, but she had iiade up her mind to speak to him, and i rhen he sauntered down the aisle to reire he saw Miss Jeanette sitting in her eat aud was about to turn back when he called to him: < "One minute, please, Mr. Brown " he said. i John doffed his cap and bowed without speaking. 1 *'f want to say to you," began Jeantte in some coufusion, '"thatjl am perectly a ware of the fact that you placed j he honors of our class on my head by < lot doing your best. I owe you thanks ! rom the ordinary point of view, but I inder ihe circumstances I can but wish 1 hat vou had pursued a different ] ourse." *9r This speech was a rather prim one, j nd was not well delivered, "in spite of 1 he fact that Jeanette had been coming I for hours and had it worded perfect. The young man was no whit less con- ] used than was the young lady, and j or a moment he stood unable to reply, le could not lie by saying that she j ?as mistaken, and ne did not want to i cknowledge that she was correct. ] "You have no reason for your belief, liss Jones," he said, resolving on a j aiddle couile, "and if your surmises < ould by any possible chance be cor- j ect the honors go to Kentucky and to , ur home, and that is honor enough." 1 This was a question that required ' onsiderable discussion, and before ? ither of them was aware of it the ight of the new day broke through the windows and the porter smiled grimly < o himself as heslipped.the dollar John < ave him into the proper receptacle nd said something in an undertone to i be conductor of the car about some i oiks being "awfully sweet on each ] ther." The dispute betweeu the young peo>le was not definitely 'settled that ] light, and after their arrival at home very time they met casually when go- < Qg about the country it was renewed, t was surprising, too, how often their < ides on horseback were over the same i oads and at the same time, and if here had been any one in their secrets i hat one would have concluded that tie old dispute between the families t fas going to break out in a new form, I hough it must be said that the argu- j lents of the young people were very | ecorously conducted and frequently i trayed away from the original matter j f the school honors. t One day as John went up the hill he i let Jeanette coming down. This was ] ot a very unsual occurrence, *nd either of them made any pretense of i T Tnli r\ coir! 4 tiug surprsicu. iu mvc, uv/uu , lainly that he came that way because e hoped to meet Jeanette. There was that in John's eyes that ay that made Jeanette's brown orbs roop when she looked at him. With woman's prescience she knew that e was going to talk to her of things lat had not been spoken of before and ill her a stary that would sound innitely sweet to her coming from his PS- , John turned his horse, and together ley went slowly down the hill along le winding road beneath the green ees. All the glory of summer was bout them, and the sapphire skies ?emed to bend just above the hills to le south, while across the river to the orth the blue Ohio heights la / baskig in beauty, dim, blue and far away. ''Jeanette, darling, I love you. Will ou be my wife?" John spoke without preface and rithout warning, and the girl gasped t the suddenness of it all. 'Don't say no," pleaded the big and andsome John, as the girl bent her yes tojherjhorse's mane and paled and ushed from the sweet emotion' that urged through her heart. ''Don't f T Liruw iiio uvcr, lur l iuvc juu ^ aan life, befter than ever any other g ne can, and will love you always. [ rou say you owe your college honors s 3 me and want me to have them. You ] o not owe me anything that your love rill not repay a million times o ver and save me hopelessly indebted to you. know we belong to two factions who t iave been at war always, but cannot i re go down the way in peace with i ach other? Cannot we forget that c ur families are enemies, and by joia- j og hands make the old hateful feud a t tiing of the past to be forgotten for- ( ver? Won't you say yes, aearest?" 1 The young man grew eloquent in i is earnestness, and yet the girl said \ lo ^vord nor gave him even a-glance. i iurely this was the day of triumph for t ler when she saw the hereditary enemy ] legging a favor at her hands, and tri- \ imph was in her heart, but not of the j ort that the warrior feels when his t uemy lies vanquished before him. It i ras the triumph that caused the maid- \ n in far Juda>a, long years agone, I r\ cinrv "Mir inuoi' ic TVlinft onfl T am i lis," and she simply put out her hand ( q a bland sort of a way toward Johu, ?ho seized it and kissed itas if he were aluting an embassadress.' What further was said belongs not 1 o this story, for there are some things r hat sound well when time and circum- 1 tance may be fully considered, but i irhich seem to be quite silly when put i ti cold words in black and white. Suf- t Ice it to say that the question of what < he people would say come up, and 1 hese two brave young people conclud- s d that they had not quite the courage t u make open announcement of the i reaty of everlasting peace which had ^ V, N been duly ratified and sealed after th manner known to lovers since th world began, and they then plannei and conspired to escape to Ohio am at the town of Aberdeen, knowi and famed as the "Gretna Green o Ohio," be married unknown to friend and relatives, who, after it was too lat might discuss the question of what the; would do about it. The night when the elopment wa to take place was set and the youn; people went their respective ways hap py as young people are on such occa sions. The night when John Brown wa to steal his lady fair and carry he away across the river came as dark a the most timid lovers could wish, am John could hardly wait till the da was done. He consulted his watel every two minutes and -wanderei about nice unto one possessed or m spirit of unrest. And finally the nigh fell, x The thick clouds hid the moon am cast a dense gloom over the whiol face of the earth, and the young mai rejoiced and told himself that Fat bad favored him in all things. Sad dling two horses he proceeded to wood near the home of his inamorata and hardly had he got there when j female form, clad in black and deepl; veiled, stepped from the darkness ue der the trees and stood dimly revealed "Are vou ready, darling?" whif pered John. "Yes," was the whispered response "but I thought you said you wouli come in a carriage." ? "You must have misunderstood me sweetheart," replied John, "for I don1 remember saying how I would come Let me assist you to mount." "I don't know whether I can rid Dr not, I feel so queer and foolish." "That is nhtural under the circum stances. You are nervous, dear, an< will 600n be all right. We tmuR hur ry, for I have hired the ferryman t< wait for me." In a minute later the two were fly ing down the road. Soon the sound o carriage wheels came to their ears b or a lew minutes jonn saia noiamg but it was not loner before he was con vinced that some one was followini trim. * | "Don't be frightened, dear," he sail in a ioud whisper, "but let us ridi faster." "Why?" "I think we are pursued, and if no [ do not care to hate the carriage be bind us overtake us." The lady caught her breath, and ir i moment they were going at to] speed along the level river road to th< landing place of the ferry. The carriage still kept within hear tng distance, but did not seem to gaii Dn them. Presently they came to th( ferry, and hastily tving the horse John lifted the lady aown and stole i kiss from under her veil as he did so rhe ferryman was waiting, but i seemed to the flying lovers that hi would never be ready to cast off. "Make haste," said John to him un ier his breath. "We are followed, an< aur pursuers are drawing near." The stupid boatman made a desper ite effort to hurry, and in so doinj unshipped one of his oars and it fle? from his hand and was lost in the darl waters of the river. Just then the furiously driven car riage drove up and a gentlemai jumped out, without seeming to ob serve the three at the boat side. "Hello!" cried the newcomer in i stentorian voice. "Where In blaze ire you, you lazy lubber?" "Here I be, sir, if you are meaning lie," answered the boatman. As the newcomer's voice rang ou here were two exclamations in unisoi "rom the ladies, and each tore her vei "rom her face, just as the moon brok< ,hrough a rift in the clouds, and then tvas such a tableau as is rarely seei my where. At the side of the boa itood John Brown and Mrs. Jones while near the carriage stood Genera Brown and Jeannette. For a space the length of whicl lone of the parties present have eve: ,ried to compute these four stood as i ransfixed, while the boatman looke< vith wondering eyes from one to th< )ther. ? The general was the first to recove; limself. "John?madam," he said, uWil pou please explain yourselves?" To this very reasonable requesi leither replied. "It seems," resumed the general ifter a solemn pause, "that some mis ake has occurred." "Mamma, were you going to elope 00?" inquired Jeanette, whoso mine lad gone from cause to effect anc jack again, and aided by woman's in ,uition began xo divine a dim waj vhat had happened. Then explanations followed, and i vas discovered that there had Deer wo elopements planned for the nigh nstead of the one we know of. "We'rediscovered," said the genera jravely, after the matter had beer ally explained. "Shall we go on lik< 'ools or go back like sensible peopl* tnd get married each to the woman o: lis choice, like men and women anc Christians ought to?" That is all. They went back anc vere married, and the writer hereo: lets it down as his own coavictioc hat they have lived happily evei since. And so the feud ended.? Memphis Commercial Appeal. Told In a Dream. Ashkvllle, N. C., Sept. 26.?Yes ?rday afternoon the 17 months old gir mby of James Green, living nv< niles south of Asheville, suddenly 1? .1 Tfc _ J 1_ 1 J J__ lisappeareu. r>y uarK nuuureus u. >ersons were searching for the littl< ioddler. One of the searchers was Ja ;ob Morris, employed on the Vander jilt estate. He searched till midnigh md then went home and to bed ivhere he had a vivid dream to the ef :ect that the child was lying asleep ir in old field three quarters of a mil< rrom her home. Morris started foi work this morning, but soon felt com jelled to turn back and visit the loca ion indicated in his dream. There h< 'ound the baby sleeping soundly where it had wandered, rag doll ir land, pillowed on a stone. She wai unharmed except that her legs wen ?rn by briars. jfiaying wmi a I'istoi." Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2-4.?'Tvvc joys, aged 8 and 11 years, named rhompson, at Biossburg, about twen ;y miles west of this city, were ins oom playing with a pistol. A shol vas heard ana the mother rushing intc he room, found the younger lad lving >n the lloor dead with a bullet hole in lis forehead. The o]/Jer brother said iome one on the outside fired through ,he window, but it is thought the twc prere playing with the pistol when il vent off. .. \ " "ODE CITIES AMI) TOWNS. e J d (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.] I regulation of the scope of municipal s courts and the right of appeal. As it e is now, he explained, the right of ap,r peal is fixed only by charter and in towns less than 1,000 people there is s no such right. The Constitution, he _ contended, should not fix punishments. f Pending this motion the Convention t. adjourned. Yesterday the consideration of the a subject was resumed. r Mr. D. S. Henderson introduced the s following substitute for section 7: [j "The General Assembly shall pro? vide a uniform system for trials in ^ the municipal courts of the cities and j towns of tnis State wand for appeals e from the judgments thereof. Said t courts shall have power to impose fines not exceeding $100 or imprisonA ment, and may couple with the im? fnrisonment hard labor on the streets Q or public works of the city and town. e The trial by a jury of six, if demanded by the accused, shall be allowed in such a manner and on such terms as the General Assembly shall prescribe." ? This was ordered to be printed and v to lie over for future consideration. [_ .v TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. Section jB^Of the article on municipal ,1 corporations was then taken up. As amended and adopted it reads thus: , "Sec. 8, The corporate authorities of j duties and towns iu this State shall be vested with power toasse&s and collect , taxes for corporate purposes, said { taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body composing the same; e and all property, except such as is exempt by law, within the limits of cities and towns shall be taxed for the payj ment of debts contracted under authority of law. License or privileged 3 taxes imposed shall be graduated so as to secure a just imposition of such tax upon the classes subject thereto." f There was quite a debate over the motion of Mr. Bellinger to authorise . and require municipalities to tax the I capital stock of banks and othercorpor, rations. The motion was tabled. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS, i Section 9, as reported by the come mittee limited the bonded indebtedness of each municipality to ten per cent, of all the taxable property. On motion t of (Jen. Gray, the limit was put at t- eight per cent., with the proviso that for temporary purposes there may be i issued revenue bonds or certificates of 0 indebtedness, with the requirement a that such scrip shall be taken up as soon as practicable. Major Barker offered a substitute 1 which was ordered to be printed, and b to lie over for consideration today. S EXEMPTIONS. i Section 10 of the ordinance read as follows: t "That cities and towns may exempt b from taxation, except for school purposes, for five successive years manu factories established within their limits 1 after the adoption of this Constitution, whose paid up capital is not less than - $10,000." I Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to r strike out this section entirely. He ? urged that the exemption dil no real good, and that it was an unjust discrimination in favor of a certain class l of husiness men. - Further remarks were made by Messrs. Henderson, Patton. Haynsa worth, Sheppard, Sloan, Buist, Burn s and Timmerman in favor of the exemption, and by Messrs. W. D. Evans, I Clayton, Efird and Talbert in opposition. Pending further debate the t Convention took a recess till 8, p. m. 1 Last night after some preliminary 1 business the Convention resumed the b discussion. Mr, Floyd offered thefolb lowing amendment: i "Provided, that before any such ext emption is allowed by any city or town , in this State it shall be submitted to 1 a vote of the people of said city or ^anrm f/\* on/jawcnmnnf ay* . I/VSYY1A XXJX bUVil vuuvmvuivuif vi .vjw i tion." p After some farther debate the secf tion, as thus amended, was adopted 1 by a vote of 80 to 65. i Section 11, giving towns and cities general authority to "protect the lives P liberty, health and property of the citzens" was stricken out as unnecessary. 1 Section 12 was passed. It forbids the introduction of any armed t force into the State, except "on the request of the Executive." THE DISPENSARY LAW. * The next section considered was the following: 1 , 4 In the exercise of the police power I the general assembly shall have the 1 ri<*ht to prohibit the manufacture and - sale and retail of intoxicating liquors 1 r or beverages within the State. The general assembly may license persons 1 t or corporations to manufacture and sell ! i and retail intoxicating liquors or bev- 1 t erages within the State under such ] rules and restrictions as it deems pro- 1 I per; or the general assembly may pro- j i Libit the manufacture and sale and 3 i retail of intoxicating liquors and bevj erages within the State and may auf thorize and empower the State and I county officers, both or either, under < the authority and in the name of the I State, to buy in any market and retail f within the State liquors and beverages l in such packages and quantities, under r such rules ana regulations, as it deems - expedient." Mr. Clayton of Florence offered the i following substitute: "In the exercise of the police power, - the general assembly shall have no aul thonty to license the sale of intoxicati ing liquors or beverages by persons or t corporations within this State. The , f general assembly may prohibit the J 3 manufacture and sale of intoxicating , - liquor, and beverages, within the State, : - or may authorize and empower State t and county officers, both or either, un, der the authority and in the name of - the State to buy in any market and i sell and retail within the State intoxi- i ; eating liquors and beverages, and un- i p der such rules and regulations as it i - deems expedient." < This provided considerable discus- : j sion, wnich was participated in by < , Messrs. Doyle, Bellinger, Clayton, ( i Senator Tillman and others, when fur- < slther debate on the section was post- ; j poned until Friday. I Immediately after the preliminaries 1 this morning the Convention recurred I to the discussion of the dispensary fea- i ) ture proposed to be put in the Con- I I stitution. The pending question was i on the amendment proposed by Mr. I i Clayton of Florence. i t Mr. Sheppard opened the fight by < > moving to indefinitely postpone the i f amendment which in efiect prohibits < i the Legislature from licensing the sale 1 i of intoxicating liquors or beverages i i by persons or corporations within r this State, but giving to the Legislature 1 t, the right to authorize the State and ? county officers, in the name of the c Slate, to buy ami sell within the State such liquors, under rules and regula-; tions to be provided by the Legislature. After consideraole discussion by various membere Senator Tillman got the floor and said: "This discussion has developed some thoughts that I shall lay before you. Being responsible in a large measure for the dispensary law, and believe it to be the best'solution of the whiskey traffic, I have advocated it here and abroad. The idea has gone abroad that this convention would settle the constitutionality of the dispensary law, but would go no further. I favor and will aid in engrafting any article that will forever prohibit saloons from opening in South Carolina, but do not let us tie our hands by this measure, which a change of sentiment may prove to ~be unwise or which an averse decision of the courts may show to be suicidal. I am forever opposed to the open, licensed bar-room, but the people cannot afford to support a constabulary to enforce prohibition, and should the Supreme Court decide against us, we would be forced to pronibition, and -1 ?t 'i? !i1 1 x"I_ 1! ? proniDiuon wimoui uie punce lurue and the money to enforce it would be free whiskey practically. Much has been said about here farmer lawyers, so I move that this debate be adjourned till tomorrow to allow us farmer lawyers and the legal lawyers to get together and see if we cannot formulate a section that will forever close the bar-rooms in this State to individual license, but at the same time not force a possible alternative of prohibition or free whiskey. At 2:15 the Convention receded from business till 8 p. m., first adopting Senator Tillman s motion. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. I'rofefeflor Williams Welch No Longer Connected With Cleinson. Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 27.?The board of trustees of Clemson College concluded their meeting early yesterday morning, and the members returned to their homes on the morning trains. All of the naembers were present except Messrs. Stackhouse and Norns- The main object of the meet ? ? ? ?? ^ 4T?A MartAitf fVta in. I ILlg Wild IU uoai i?uo L Ui vao IU vestigating committee. The resignation of Williams Welch was accepted. The report which the committee submitted was not given out for publication. The board was asked if they had anything to give out in reference to the work of the committee. "Yes," was the reply, "we wish to say in the first place that under the circumstances it was unfortunate that the word "investigation" was used, for the committee really wa3 appointed more for the purpose of inspection in order tc satisfy the board that the departments were working together harmoniously. It will be remembered that the committee was appointed prior to the appearance of certain newspaper criticisms. While the committee was not charged with tbat work, it did give especial investigation to the departments criticised, namely, agriculture and mechanics. They found that while much remains to lie done before they are completely equipped and developed they are progressing in such way as to meet all reasonable expectations. We are glad to state further that most of the recommendations of the committee were adopted D.y tne noara or trustees, mat thejvarioua departments and branches thereof are now so arranged and coordinated as to insure, we believe, good and efficient work in the future. The college has been put into five natural divisions, and the head of each charged with and made responsible for tne proper conduct of his denartmen. And the President chargecfand held responsible for the supervision and management of the whole." ''Have any changes been made in the faculty?" "Yes. Mr. Williams Welch, the instructor of drawing, tendered his resignation, which was accepted." "Is there foundation of the rumor that there is discord among tbe faculty?" was asked. * "There has doubtless been more or less indiscreet talk, but not more, perhaps, than can be found in other college communities. Upon the whole, the faculty of Clemson College is a strong one, and will compare favora dij wun any college in me uuuniry. This ought to stop all the idle rumors that have been going the rounds concerning Clemson College. It is an utter impossibility to start a college on such a scale as Clemson and not find some who believe it all a fake. Clemson has her enemies but nearly every man who has the good of his State and people at heart sees I hat it is a ?rand undertaking and is already doing much good for South Carolina.? Register. '"TIb Music in Our Gars." Eight cent cotton and plenty of itThat s the prospect, and it means that the Piano or Organ so long desired need not longer be waited for. Buy it now and pay when your cotton is converted into cash. See Ludden & Bates' latest advertisement in this issue of their great Mid-summer Clearing Sale. Three Hundred Fine Instruments at Sour own price for Spot Cash, or a ttle cash now and balance November 1st. nr nn smallest monthly navments if preferred. < They will suit you as to the terms, and all the world knows that when they mean what they say. Write them atSavanah, Ga. for Midsumer Bargain Lists, and don't delay about it until the best bargains are gone. 3t. The Corn Crop. This is apparently to be the greatest corn year ever known, and the season is now so far advanced, according to a contemporary, as to reduce the chances of disaster to a minium. In 1831 we raised the greatest corn crop ;ver grown, but we are going to render it insignificant this year. In 1891 corn covered 76,204,000 acres and yielded an average of twenty-seven oushels to the acre. This year the corn c-i-i- ~ t co oim nnn Llciua aiiiuuiiL iv u^,uvt,uu\i ati w, ui 3,000,000 more than in 1891, and all reports indicate a larger yield per acre than in that year. But at the same iverage yield the crop will amount to 2,222,208,000?two billion, two hundred and twenty-two million two hunIred and eight thousand bushels. Corn is worth about fifty cents a bushel, not Dnly in the markets, but in feeding logs. This crop will'therefore add M, 111,104,000 lo the country's wealth; rhink of it! More than a billion dolars of actual wealth produced in a single year in the shape of a single :rop. BLACK AND WHITE. REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE OF A LEXINGTON NEGRESS. A Fow IIourN After Conviction of Housebreaking Site Gives Birth to Twins, One Snowy White the Other Potty Black. Lexington, S. C., Sept. 22.?At the Court of General Sessions for this county, which adjourned yesterday, appeared a female prisoner who will take her place in medical jurisprudence as having aided nature in a phenomenal and anomalous freak. The person who is thus to become so remarkably distinguished is a negro woman who was tried for housebrekinz and larceny. She was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiarv. ^.fter receiving her sentence she was taken charge of by the sheriff and carried back to the jail. With* six hours after she was recommitted to jail she gave birth to two boys?one absolutely lack and the other absolutely white. The mother is a very darkskinned negress, of the pure African type. The excitement of her triai brought on premature delivery, and if the oabies should live they can lay claim to Lexington as their native heath, notwithstanding the fact they were born within the confines of the walls of a jail. Women who can increase the population of the country, white ana black, at the same time, are scarce and should Q be pensioned by the United States U government instead of being sent to g the penitentiaries .? State. U King Cotton Still Bole*. p Life for the Liver and Kidneys, the | most popular medicine of its kind, is H freely recommended by Physicians, fll Druggists and others, and the ? wonderful success it has attained it has won solely on its own merits, and for which it has obtained for itself the appellation of "The coming Liver Medicine of the South." , 'Life for the Liver and Kidneys" or "Chill Cure," works like a charm and sells very fast." A. H. Perkins, Wax haw, Lancaster Co., S. C. ''Tie Court of List Resort." . rhose who have failed to get cured V elsewhere of the LIQUOR, , MORPHINE and ihe TO- D BA.CCO Habits and Nervous Exhaustion, are invited to correspond with THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, q K Cor Drawer 27) COLUMBIA, S. C. N. B.?The treatment is administered in South Carolina only at Columbia . We can refer to e?-patients near r tb< flv you. IpiaeSsP ji ? d $5 Monthly J ORGANS * : S 52 Monthly!, Se ^THlNJk" l'ow much pleasure and bene-5 F 1 IliniV f_r ;l fl.,c pjano or Parlor OrganW SC will be to your wife ntnl children, and howlong# 1 they have wanted und waited. \ 2 DON'T WAIT TOO LONG.} \ They wont be with you for. j ~ 5 ever, mote them happy while' ^ T J you can. '. * VTHINkr how very easily you can now'. m I buy a superb instrument on our# ^Installment plans, and pay for it almost without^ x missing the money. > -4- ACT QUICK *f~ * 5 Write for Midsummer Sale Bargain Sheet# LI *3 0 0 Superb instruments on easiest# i terms ever offered; l'OUK own priced xfor CASH. AVrito for particulars.x WBut BE QUICK. Ilai-guiufl rolling out# ^daily. Strain a point and buy NOW.4 t LUDDEN ? BATES, I Ur * SAVANNA!ivSS^>^5 r3 ?= ? n ABE YOU A SUFFERER FROM IN- fac FLAMMATORY RH.EUM AT1SM? aD oul 0D( cln * ? ?t n a .. u ioni ASH&VIIjIjB, 11. v., auu> IT, 1UJJI Twelve rears ago, I was a sufferer from Inflammatory Rheumatism, and for five years I was almost completely disabled, often being confined to my bed for months at a time My whole sys'em was permeated | with the diseise, affecting different psrta i of my body. Medical treatment failed to do me aoy good, and I tried different p o prietary medicines without any Denenc. 1 was advised while in Durham to try Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. I got M dozen bot- the ties, and when I was on the third bottle I J*? an< began to improve, and by the time I had C taben the six bottles 1 was entirely cored, dej and have never had any return of the db- pa< ease since 1 believe it to be a pp? cific for inflammatory Rheumatism. an? P O. 13ox 385 L. BROWN. JJ5 OSBORNE'S ^ School of Shorthand and TelejrraDhy. . u w ADGUMTA, OA. No text book* nied. Actual bnimeis from day of entering. Busmen pipers, collejo currency and roods ujed. Bend for handsomely illustrated catalogue. Board cheap. R. R. fare paid to Autmt*. g We desire to tatrodaoe ouv Farniture business into every community In the Southern States, and In order , to do so in the quickest time have concluded to make some very liberal offers in bedroom suits to secure at least one customer at erery post office In the next sixty days. Please read this advertisement carefully and send at once for one of our spe* dal offers. Our great offer No l consists of one Solid Oak B?droom Suit with lanp dresser with 20x34 bevel mirror, one large wasbstand with case one 6 ft. 6 bedstead full width Ttiis suit of furniture is worth in any furniture store not less than 935.00 Do not think for once that it Is a little cheap suit for we assure you it is not, but a laree full size suit equal to anything on the market. In order td start the sale of these suites and to keep our men busy aod Introduce our business in your neigh* K borhood, we agree to ship one suite B only to each shipping joint In the fcouthfeifllMX) when the cash comes I with the order. Tale advertisement will possibly appear twice Id this paper, therefore if yon are Interested cat this oat andseod withfl&OO and the suite will be shipped to yoa. If it is not Just as represented yon may return the snite at oar expense aad your ILS.00 will be refunded to yoa. Oar catalogue containing many Illustrations of rare bargains and house furnishing goods will be sent to you upon application. The suite above described Is a special bargain and does not appear in the catalogue, therefore It w useless to write for illustratloDS of this suite, D and while you are delaying writing E someone else is getting the bargain. . We a&ure you that we vill not i-blp but one suite in your neighbor- I hood at this price. After one ?Hflte N baa been ablpped io the neighbor- B hood the price will go to at least a 930.00. R L. F. PADGETT, 846 iftuad street, AUGUSTA, GA. t" LIFE ; FOB TEE* LIVER AND / ' Kidneys FOB YSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. Sold wholesale by he MurrayD?a g Co f COLUMBIA, 8. C. itrawberry Plants And In fact all kinds of plants can be SET OUT by oslng the [cSHEKRY AUTOMATIC TRANSPLANTER. \ giMid driver and t<vu cliilirenar? all ^ 3 force necessary to set from three to e acres of plants In * da/, and EVERY PLAXT IS WATERED the time it b set out, and some dry 11 is (ira?n around the plants so that a ground will not bake. No waiting for >n. Set out your plants when tbey are idy. [Jet a machine and plant for yeur labors. You can earn enongh In one ison to pa; for the mach'ne. Easy terms, nd for circulars, prices and testimonials. IUTHEBN FARM IMPLEMENT CO., 249 Meeting St., Charleston, S. C. Mention this paper. )elightful Results. STTEL tf'ROM JUDGE BALDWIN, OF MADISON, GA. . VV Pitts, Thomson, G<t. Jear Sir:?At:ec luviaj? sought lo vain various remedies for the It's of teething rled your Carminative with most satij} itory and delightful results. It is pleast to take assuaees Daln and produces rest ihout Mupor. No puent should 1* with* t it during the t?*e hiu^ period who has je trie?1 1\ for it is indeed a uugfc iuhJio for liaUiea. W y ? -tpectf-ilty, JUDGE U. W. BALDWIV. For sale bp THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. . machinery AT fac torv r* T i rm uu5. ! very Ginnery should be equipped with i Thomas Elevating and Distributing chinery for dandling, cleaning, ginning 1 packing cotton. )ue single continuous lint flue and con lser for a battery of two or more gins, ^evolving double box steam press, selfifelng Mo bands employed except to b ties on bale. No belts. No pullies. ? screws to give trouble. Saves laboi i insurance, Improves grade of cotton 1 mattes morey. We offer also an exsive line of cotton gins, presses, cane Us corn mills and saw mills Uso Talbott, Llddel, and Watertown fines jur Rice Huller, which prepares rice ,dy for the table or market should be !a ?ry mill. V. C. Badham,' GENERAL AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C.