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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. YEST 1061 ONE-SIDED. . .-' ,>-.. - ' -? ? ? ---'Jr,*- <v . VERY FEW CONSERVA TIVES AT HOLLEY'S. TWENTY-FIVE TO ONE FOR GOV 4 ERNOR TILLMAN. SHEPPARD STRIKES A LONEL Y DAY. Youmans, Orr, et al. Conspicuous by Absence-Tillman and Far ley Made Magnificent Speeches. Sheppard Boes Better Than Usual-A Jolly? Good-Nat ured Crowd Which Didn't Mind the Rain. HOLLEY'S FERRY, S. C., July 12. The meeting here to-day was a veritable Tillman and Reform love feast. The antis were very Wn spicoiiB by their absence. The broad Sajuda marks the dividing line of Edgefield and Newberry Counties and hear a ferry over thu noble stream the meeting was held to-day in Rinehart township, one of the most famous sub-divisions of Edgefield County : a township that is the backbone of the Dem ocracy of the County. Four Counties furnished, the attendance, which was between 1,300'and 1,500. The major por tion Vere from Edgefield County, some copi ing thirty-five or forty miles to attend the meeting. A. few representatives of Abbeville County''were present and there were also heavy contingents from Newbrrv and Lexington Counties. It was as fine a body of farmers, for there were few others than far ; mers there, as ever gathered tog ether in South Carolina. The traits of Teutonic and Celtic origin w??re about evenly divided. Many faces bore unmistakable evidence of German parentage or lineage and as many more showed the features of the children of Ireland, especially among the wo men, many of whom showed black hair; blue eyes' clear white skin and rosy cheeks that are peculiar to the daughters Of *the land of the ; ?Shamrock. There were many ladieV present and they lent a tone of "grace to the picture. They eccupied seats immediately in front of the f speakers and were most attentive listeners. Strange to say, they were unanimously in favor of Ben Tillman and he got all the flowers. In all faces were the marks of high breeding, of education and of cnlture. There was an airx of prosperity on all hands, the result doubtless of zealous and intelligent work. The Sheppardites were con spicuous by their absence. They just couldn't muster a corporal's guard. The biggest estimate gave them fifty and the lowest twenty. About, the correct ratio would be one tn twenty-five. The major portion of the Sheppard strength was from Batesburg. in Lexington County,. and most of these were boys unable to vote. The day started off with a heavy rain and it drizzled continuously until about ll o'clock, when it held up for awhile. Despite this from every side wagons, buggies, mules 1 and horses.kept pouring in con ti nous streams to the meeting place. The ferryman on the Saluda was kept busy from early morning bringing the Newberryans across the . saffron tide. Nobody seemed to mind the rain, and the drizzle only seemed to increase their desire. The roads were in fearful condition. It has been raining in this country for weeks and the net result in mud and holes can be imagined. The candidate went over ip ? private.conveyance with the news paper brigade from Batesburg and Leesville. All along the road buggies and wagons and horsemen met the party and strung out like along caravan over the heavy, sloppy roads. The meeting was too one-sided o develop much fuss. The was a \ -obune of enthusiasm for ' uer Ben, but it did not find >*ou in noise ; it showed in the to. ~>f their voice and in the glance of the eye' and the air of perfect confidence and trust. Tillman rendered his account of his stewardship. They had come to hear it and were perfectly satisfied with his doings. What was the matter with the Conservative candidates? Shep pard had to be there, he lives in the County and was there. He had to fight single-handed. Where was the gallant Yonmane? He was agreeably m is Bed by the ?rp.wd. \ Every body breathed ?sigh of relief when it was spread abroad that h was not at the meeting. A ma cannot expect to tradnce Ben TiU man or any man who is held i such deep love and then go to ths man's home and repeat the insults The people will not stand it'. You mans has but one speech. Ho cai make no other, and that was no wanted at the meeting to-day. Hat he been here he would have bee; accorded perfect hearing until h overstepped the bounds, and thei he would have been called to_tim in short order. He will find th aime condition of things existing all over this State, and if his brail is big enough and his mind broac enough he had better commend at once learning a speech differen from the one he has repeated witl slight inodificationsiat all meeting! at which he has spoken. The peo pie felt aggrieved that none of th< other Conservative candidates fel enough interest in the meeting tc attend it. Did they slight it because they knew that Tillman had ai overwhelming majority in tba section of the State? Theyhad fev enough* votes there already, anc tneir slighting course has de creased that number. The proceedings were enlivened by a capital string band, whjet gave some most excellent music. .Governor Tillman, Comptroller General Ellerbe and Genera' Farley represented the Reforn: Democracy and Colonel Sheppard the Conservatives, Dr. Timmerman presided ovei the meeting which was opend witl prayer by Rev. Mr. Boozer. General Farley was first introdu ced. He said he was taken some what at a disadvantage for he usually came among the last speakers and then his razor was usually whetted by the speeches of those who preceded him. He had met many friends, some of whom had - been in the war with him, like Afr. Boozer, and others whom he had since mot. ' He did not believe that at any other place the people could have gotten out of the row so well. To day they wer?iff the' Countywhere there is always peace and unity. The trouble always starts in the towns, among the boys who think the country people know nothing. These start all the/howling down. They think that the accomplish ments of a gentleman are to wear dude clothes and cuss Ben Till man. Voice : .The boys in the country don't cuss Ben. Farley then went on to praise the plan of campaign, brought about by Ben Tillman. A campaign, he thought, if properly managed, was of great benefit. The people could see-the men who wanted to serve them and could here their views on public affairs. The Reform candidates started to discuss issues, but the other side descended into personalities. If a sheep gets to butting around too much it is not in human or goat nature to stand it without butting bacK. If the .campaign is not conducted with due order it is not our fault for we wain it and our people want it. We have an over wheelming majority. Then let it go forth to-day the people of South Carolina will not stand disorderly conduct and personalities in the meetings. Sheppard has never looked on the other side. He ought to be on our side for Governor Tillman tried to put him In office and men of Edgefield are accustomed to stand together. He then went on to show what great reforms had been accomplish ed in South Carolina and that too in a manner i m poss i bio in other countries,where a revolution would have been required to effect the reforms brought about in this State by Ben Tillman and his friends since 1886. They have plenty of sense on the other side, but they need common sense. They might have had sense enough to lie quietly until the people wanted a change. When Pat got knocked he laid there and Mick said," Why don't you get up?" Pat said, "What's use you'll only knock me down again adfd I prefer to lie here?" We are sorry that we have to do it again, but we'll have to knock them over once more. He told a "Bre'r Rabbit" joke in his best style, winnkig'much applause. I am not here to defend my record, for although they have put out a full ticket, I believe it is generally conceded that I have conducted my office in a satisfac tory manner,but you and I got him to make the fight and as long as he s ticks to the platform we must stick to h i m .Hi s onemies try not only to break him down but also the whole movement behind him. The other side have acknowl that we are right. I believe when the prodigal son comes home he ought to be allowed to go to work with the other boys, but I don't think lae should be allowed to pat out the old man and run the farm himself. He then enumerated the many things done by Ben Tillman for the people. There would have been no campaign meeting this year had not Ben Tillman tried to carry out the whole platform. Since the war the poor people have paid the taxes of the State. Go to the tax books and compare, the re turns of the poor people and the banks and the railroads and the men lending money. He jumped on the exemption of factories from taxation, which if continued would have been a bad precedent ' and -would have per meated the whole tax system. All should be taxed at the same rate. These pessimists and obstruc tionists, if our platform is right, why did they not find it ottt and fight for it before. They simply want to fool you and get you to let them back into office. The Haskell movement accord ing to Hampton is the backbone of the Conservative Democracy. Humbert said he has no criticism for Haskell, for he believed him to be a good Democrat. This cam paign is a big funeral procession and in August we will bury them out of sight. I guess we'll give Sheppard a funeral with military honors. An axiom is a self-evident fact and if Orr aint. an axiom I never saw one. I was asking the other side how they got to be bald-headed-they are nearly all bald-headed except my little lamb, Dixon, who hasn't even a moustache. One ?aid when he was engaged his sweetheart .used-to of ten ask for a lock of his ?air^?ta?ter marriage sh^nelpnd' herself. General Farley told a Hindoo joke with good effect. Youmans and others bad twitted him with .being a bachelor, which wasn't his fault. Youmans had been married twice. One old fellow said if his wife died he'd marry another at once to show how much he loved her. The Hindoos believe in a sort of a purgatory through which dead people must pass before they can get to heaven. A man came up and admitted that he had not been ?through purgatory, but that he had been married. The guardian of the portal said come in ; that it was the same thing. Another came up and said he had a double claim to admittance ag he had been mar ried twice. The guard frowned and told him to be gone, as fools were not allowed in heaven. General Farley was presented with a bouquet, which elicited a a good response from him. Governor Tillman was next in troduced and received with a loud cheer of appreciation and devotion. He said : This is the first time I have spoken in this corner of the county. I did speak on?e at Etheredge's not far from here, but I do not know nine-tenths of you. I am glad to meet you. The broad Saluda runs quiet because it is deep. This meeting is so quiet that lam led to suspect that there is but little opposition to the Farmers' Movement in this section of the world to fret you and make you noisy like the rocks in the river. "The shallows murmur; the deeps are dumb." Down in your hearts you know I stand here as the representative aud spokesman to give voice to what you want and what you have long felt that you wanted. This is not a mere ebullition. It is the working out of deep principles. In 1800 Adams and Jefferson op posed each other for the Presidency. Adams represented the idea that the rich, the cultured, and the educated should rule. Jefferson advocated the idea that the people were able to take care of the gov ernment and should rule. We to-day represent the princi ples for which -jefferson fought. I stand here as the exponent of pop ular government and the right of the people to govern themselves. Sheppard is the exponent of special privileges and corporations. He is the exponent of Republican ideas and not of genuine Democ racy. He acknowledges fealty to and will support Democracy, be cause he couldn't live in Edgefield if he didn't. He i's a Republican at heart. Why did I force the fighting and make the candidates face the people-their masters? Because formerly the candidates avoided examination. They went around kissing the babies and howdy-do ing. Then the convention put up men you had never heard of abd you had to support them, The newspapers are owned .by the money power-the very clique I have just s pe ken of as being Re publican in the ifleas which actu ate them. How-did the papers1 meet the demand for popular suffrage? You all ?now. The State claims thiB morning that the Conservatives will carry at least twenty-five counties. In good, plain Anglo-Saxon, I tell you that is a lie. Notwithstanding all the claims of the opposition papers-the News and Courier, State and Greenville "News and the mauy Countv papers which- fol low their lead-I tell you I will bere-elected.- These papers are owned by the money power and are edited by Hessians-men* who write for money and sacrifice their honest judgment. They try to fool the people as to the popularity bf the Couservafiv* candidates. x You all know how two years ago, the News and Courier kept up these senseless tactics and to the last tried to fool the people into believing that the tide had turned against me. You know how the News and Courier claimed all and what the end was-a vote of 269 to 40 in mv favor in the nom i nating convention. i have been in seventeen 'of the Counties of the State in this can vass and I say,- without hesitation that wegwill carry over thirty Coun ties, and I believe that we will carry every one. The people are now awake ; they no longer slum ber. You are reading and under stand the principles of politics and government. You never.-eh*; have that luxury how and you in tend to hold it forevermore, as long as the sun shines and w?ter runs. They hope fora react iou. think it is a little summer shower, but it is a regular United States rain. He then took a vote as to how many in the crowd would support Sheppard. Twenty-one hands went up and some one yelled .that only about five of these could vote. I could sit.and not say. a word and let Sheppard talk, fer I know that neither he nor a dozen Shep pards could lead my goats into his pasture. I am sick and disgusted with the personalities which have been introduced into this campaign. I wanted to discuss issues, but they seemed determined not to allow me to do so. If they want to pitch rocks they can go ahead, but they .will find that I can chunk both rocks and briefats. The papers either forgot or neglected to publish the fact that j a meeting would be held at Edge- ; field. The impression was that j the meeting had been called off, and the result was that only about 800 men were present, We put! up one of our men and he had a quiet and peaceful hearing. They then put up their man, and up to this .time they had refused to tell us who would be their first speaker. Why was not Orr put up atfter Gajry to speak in reply to his j competitor? Ne, they put up. Youmans, a regular firebrand, sim ply because they wanted tfi be howled down. They had gone | though seventeen Counties and they know they are beaten beyond ? hope. The started off the campaign of < abuse. I will not read Orr's words, i but he said at Laurars that I was : not worthy to unlatch Judge Wallace's shoestrings. That's . getting pretty close to an Edge field man. Do you blame me ' because when next we met I re- ? fused to accept his hand, but. j drew up and said I could not shake 1 the hand of any man holding such . an opinion of me? [The crowd 1 infirmed him that it was their j opinion that he had done exactly rsght.] i He spoke about the Thirteen ' convention entrusting to a com- j mittee the selection of candidates to run for their faction. On this comittee were several Haskel lites. 1 This comittee, he had it on good ! authority, had gone to Sheppard j -.'?-??-."-'-~---;-.-1 ?9 ^'sixth man and offered him fhe;'^r8t place on the ticket. S?&ppard : That is bot so. Tillman : You can't prove that it isj^t so.By your man Williami's papi?l know that they wanted Orilfr the first place, and that thei^ielegraphed to the directors of hi|:iactory to know if he would be- ^ipwed to accept the nomi nati<|&.; Isn't it a nice, condition?, of ^J*ire when; a set of rich men ^^^T*he telegraphed to forper niie^on fora man to run for Gov erned Johnny was put forward as a sortea cat's paw to pull the ch?fate out of the fire, but he is^ding tho chestnuts mighty f?w'ftj?d the fire awful hot. '. Tra men were travelling along a ?ejif?. and a .hog chased them. On?Lc?imbed a tree but the other wasjJeBS nimble and could not do so.; ^e dodged the hog around a tree-?nd finally got near enough. to jp?P|fit8 talL They had a grand scuffie, and the man yelled to . his friend to Come down the tree. f'l-what do you want?" was the Pwantyouto heip me let this hogjgo." Tho application of this joke wSs' -perfectly plain. Governor gillman said he did not want the ?auj?dates of the other side to guiv?fdr they were like, salt to meat. He could make a speech at an'v'Hime but he could make a much better speech with some thing to hammer on. The finest Bt??| must have a flint to draw fire and ^Sheppard was his flint. They wanted the campaign ruu in the ground and stopped. They preferred for a still hunt to bo made by tlie banks and corporations. They want to bulldoze thc people witJi\ threats of no rations and no m?ney, but roasting ears are t?e'^i?u- and blackberries ripe. ^ell Youmans, I wish he was hereto.day so you could listen to him,and see how little he is. Vjoice M wish he was here,He'd have to talk s'raight. - -r?3j^m?7i;^ ^?ouman^^ade his. Bpeechwitli c?hsiderab?ev interrupt' lion). . Then when McLaurin. was about to be mtroduced, Sheppard's bosom friend and lieutenant steps jforward and said if Youmans was not-given another chance to speak, no one else should be allowed to speak. Our crowd was willing fer Sheppard and Orr to come forward and they would have been heard without interruption. Youmans hajl been put forward first to cause a row and break up the meeting. At the first Sheppard- said it looked like a riot and wan ted to know if I would agree to adjourn the meet ing and so have no fight. I told him that many men had ridden thirty-five or forty miles to hear speaking and were entitled to what J??ey had come for. After {ortyM^, .m^u.tes we gave in and agre ed to .an adjournment. I did not wait a figfyt ; T wanted it- set tled '^ih?r^jis?, for I detest howl ing down and bulldozing; I be lieve ^he more quiet there is, the more effective' my speeches are, for then the people have a chance to follow-the argument. The whole sum and substance of the movement is that it is a fight against Ben Tillman. The railroads of this State charge higher freight and passen ger rates than railroads in other States and I have always been in favor of a commission to have thorough control over thin gp. I wanted' the power to elev ihese commissioners confers pon the people for the Legisl .. is not fit to elect anything. ' ore the men Bargain and trade, each looking afterWsown interest. You ought to elect everything. All that talk atyouimy wanting to be a dictator is mere rot. I will have to get out of office in two years and why should I want to build up a power for. some future tyrant to use? They killed the Asylum bill, that driftwood Legislature, though Dr. Babcock said if he could examine the patients before admission he :ould prevent many paupers, who ?h?uld be in county poor houses, being saddled on the State. Mr. Picken in committee made a plea that old things be not disturbed ind the bill was killed. He explained the $3 poll tax, ind on the vote nearly everybody showed up in favor of the measure. Then Governor Tillman talked m favor of a constitutional con vention to rid us of a constitution framed by Radicals and forced down our throats by Yankee bayo nets and give up a constitution framed by South Carolinians. The Governor put in a little ad vice to the crowd to take the Reg ister, the white man's paper. Voice : We all take it her??. It's only a dollar a year. Tillman : This negro vote is a frozen serpent and we ought to adopt some constitutional provi sion to forever throttle it and pre serve our children and our chil dren's children, forever from chance of black domination. What shall we do with this nigger vote? Voice: Bury the damn thing and let it go. Tillm?n : They say I want to disfranchise -the poor people, hut this is folly, for the poor people are my friends. They may give factory operatives Sheppard tickets but when they ge" to tho polls they will slip them aside and vote for old Ben. He spoke of the need for better county government, and showed how his bill proyided for it. ^ He explained the present status bf Clemson College and satisfied the crowd therewith. When Governor Till man finished a number of handsome bouquets were presented to him by Mrs. Caughman, Miss Derrick and other ladies. Tillman expressed his thanks wittily and eloquently, There was an hour's intermis sion for dinner. A barbecue was in full swim, and there were many private dinner parties. Governor Sheppard denied that there was a taint of Republican ism about him. He was born a Democrat and would die a Demo crat. Tillman has said many hard things, but he never . committed a greater outrage than when ho ac cused me before an Edgefield au dience of having Republican prin ciples-and I'll never forget it while my head is hot. When asked if Haskellism had nominated him, Sheppard dodged i said there were more Repub -as in the convention which nominated Tillman than m the Thirteen convention. You have seen Tillman ; have you seen the reform he has incor porated |n ?o'uth. Carolina? There has been nothing in the line of promises made two years ago that has been' accomplished. Taxes have not been reduced. The high est amount paid into the county treasury before Tillman was $64, OOO but the first year that Tillman was in $8 ' >00 was paid into the county treasury. Voice: Yes, some people who have dodged taxes before pay now. Sheppard : Though the levy has been reduced the amount of tax paid in is greater, for the assess ment has been increased. The Bank of Edgefield pays on every dollar of its stock. Voice: That's what you are quarreling about. Sheppard upheld the railroad law which Govern * Tillman vetoed. The law pa. eu would have given abundant control of the railroads. He then read an extract from Governor Tillman's, inaugura address and tried to deduce from that that Tillman had left it to the Legislaturev to elect the com missioners. Tillman said that it was impro per to deduce such a conclusion from his address. He only wanted the Legislature to elect the com missioners for the time until the next election when the people could elect the commissioners. The bill made no provisson for the election of the commissioners. Sheppard then attacked Till mans's second reason for vetoing the bill and said that the people of South Carolina hated one man power too much for them to ever see a commission given power for which there was no appeal. He said GoAernor Tillman had not acted as if he wanted tho State io control tho railroads. Tillman : Why did you not put a plank in your platform demand ing control of the railroads. Sheppard ; I will not bo bound by platforms. I will do what I think is right whether in plat form or no:). Platforms are made to get into office on. Tillmau : That's why you are on our platform now. (Long and loud applause and laughter.) He next tackled the $3 poll tax question, but mado no impression on the crowd, for Tillman's explanation had satisfied the crowd even Sheppard's followers, that a $3 poll tax would work reform. He wanted the Constitution amended but was afraid to trust its amending to a convention. The Constution ought to be patched ti t; and mended, and this should be done by amendments , and on rvhich the people must vote lirectly. He said the Constitu tional convention might enchain the people by putting in sducational ar property quali fication for voters, Tillman : Cannot the Constitu ion be submitted back to the p?(? ?le? Sheppard : But there is no .eguirement that it shall be. He thought that the law was mt stringent enough and that nany people were escaping just assessment. He wanted al) put m the books alike* If this were done he thought the rate of taxation would be reduced one-third We want more bank's. VoiceTo charge 10 percent. Sheppard : we had more banks interest wonld be reduced to 6 per cent. He then talked about New Hampshire and Massachusetts, md showed that Sonth Carolina jeederTmore banks and factories. I started this campaign on a ligh. plane. Voice: Yes, by comparing the nen in the Farmers' Movement to he supporters of Moses, Chambea ain, and Scott. . The crowd told Sheppard he was J til right and that they would vote or him in.'64, but that he must ?tanJ aside now and let the jrocession proceed. Sheppard disclaimed any taint >f Haskellism. Tillman : Did Mciver vote for haskell? Sheppard : I don't know. Tillman : I have it on the best Luthority that he did,and Humbert s also accused of it. .Humbert lays he did not vote for Haskell^ mt has not said that he voted for ne. General El 1er be would not speak hough called on,as it Was in ten led that Sheppard ; should have he reply The meeting was then adjourned. in response to repeatad calls lol. W. J. Talbert spoke a few vordsj He Said - he would not peak on national issues, as his ompetitors in the race for Congress rere not present. Ho then put in orae telling blows in a few minutes or the State administration. The candidates and the audience hen ploughed their weary way lomeward. GEO. R. KOESTEB, in Columbia Register. Things You Did Not Know. Spiders have eight eyes. Music type was inv?nted in 1502. Fish are always sold alive in ap an. Gypsies originally came from ndia. Silkworm are sold by the pound u China, The ashes of bnrnt corks make ine black paint. The savings banks was invented iy a clergyman. Sales by auction were formerly e1 by candlelight. In battel only one ball out of ighty-five takes effect. Laplanders often skate a dis anco of 150 miles a day. All the chickens in the western art of French Gui?es are perfectly rhite. A mosquito has twenty-two teeth" in the end of its bill leven above and the same number elow. (We would like to ask or information-how many a bed ug has?] Strs Ends of Thought. Silence is not golden at all times. An ounce of slander requires a on of cure. Dead men tell no tales; it is boir epitaphs. Unhappy poverty is not so bad s unhappy wealth. Men gossip as much as women o, but not so meanly. Marrying without love is like uilding without mortar. No one was ever an angel by sim? ly wanting to be one. A great thought may grow old, ut age does not enfeeble it. Character makes the man ; man lakes the reputation. Some thought-; are lost, some ave strayed and some are stolen. -Detroit Free Press. The coffee crop of Brar.il has een so large that the railroads of ne of the provinnces have for reeks been blocked, every availa le car being in service, freight .epotfi being crowded, and further eceipts of coffee being declined. CORRESPONDENCE^ MB. EDITOB : Please allow me ipace in your columns ,to lay the following statement of / facts'.be fore au impartial public : A certain man in Edgefield county after having previously tscertained the amount of . his axes for the last fiscal year, sent ;he required amount to the Treas ?rer's office by a certain other re iponsible party. Said party presented the amount itthe office, saying that it was to iay the first party's tax. But the Treasurer after looking iver his books could not find so peat a sum against him. So he ust wrote out a receipt for the imount as shown by the books, and eturned same together with tho em?inder of the money, saying hat the amount as shown, by the eceipt was all there was against lim. So far so good, but lo 1 the >ther day along came the Sheriff nth an execution against the man br the small balance which at first ould not be found on the books, loubled, trebled, and quadrupled nth penalties, costs, etc. Now the question is: "Is it ?roper and just to make the man >ay the costs of an execution for ,n amount which he had onco be ore offered to the Treasurer." I am advised by the Comptroller ieneral that if the facts are as I tate, there is an error on the part i the Treasurer, as well as on the .art of the taxpayer. The facts as above were publish d in the Lexington Dispatch, and he Treasurer of Lexington county ?rote me asking for names so that ie couln investigate what he called * ery bad treatment. Of course ho hoUghtthe case occurred in Lex ngton county. I have also written two letters to he Treasurer of Edgefield county nd haye failed so far to get any eply. I now desire to lay the mat Br'before the Edgefield public, and rould respectfully, ask that they Xy?;ihe case due consideration, ' nd then let "us proceed to place he blame where it properly be angs. W. H. HABE. Caughmau8, S. C. RATTLED WITH ? BATTLER. Vornan and Reptle Meet in Deadly Combat. It is seldom in this section that , hie bite of a reptile proves fatal to human being, but the horrible oath of a woman a few miles from ?olumbia, which occurred on "uesday, proves how deadly such bite is, and at the same time fur ishes a story of true bravery, erve and grit, that is sei dom ?corded, when the surronnding ircumstances are so trying. In this case the. reptile was a irge rattlesnake, the deadliest of ll that infest this part of tho ountry. The revolting story, as told by an ld negro to a merchant in this ity yesterday, is given below as ccuratelyas possible: A negro woman, whose name auld not be ascertained, and who ves near Hai^/ton's pond, several liles below the city, left her ouse on Tuesday forenoon and ent a short distance to black - erry patch to pick berries. Sho ad got into the centre of the patch nd was picking berries, when she iw a large rattler in his coil. She tarted to flee, but her dress wss aught and see could not move. In ii instant the deadly reptile had truck at her, and his fangs enetrated her hand. He at once ?coiled and again plunged at her, ;riking his fangs in the flesh jain. He made a third strike, ad this time atjher face, when ith the most lemarkable bravery od coolness she caught the snake y the neck, and tearing herself ?ose went to a rock a few feet way and battored its head to ieces. She then started to go to er home, her fearful and trying attole being over, but the poison y this time had begun its fatal ork, and she had not gone ten ?et when sho was overcome by its Elects and fell insensible in tho >ad. She was soon discovered, iken up and carried home. She re vered consciousness long enough > tell of her battle with the reptile, od breather her last just aftor eing carried into the house. he State. When baking cakes, set a dish of ater in the oven with them, and aey will not be in any danger of Helling.