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TWOS J. ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELDi.S. C., ^EDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894 VOL. LIX. NO. 8. CORRESPONDENCE [For the ADVERTISER. " Watte?toy" Writes a Letter to H Ls Nephew's Folks aud Thanks Them for the 'Taters. DEAR JOSEPH, CALLINE, AND LIT TLE MISS BETSEY: Tb.3 Bible says, "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy," but I wish I had planted them seed 'taters on Sun day' A. M. you were so good, prompt, and kind in sending to me. It is said that "cold 'taters on ones own table is better than roast meat on his neighbor's," but I fear I won't have hot nor cold 'taters for our tobie if she and the little ones don't let them seed 'taters alone. You see as how it was this way: One of our little ones had been quite sick for a few days and none of the family went to church Sun day except your "Nuukie" and you see the 'taters arrived late Saturday P. M. and it took some half dozen or more raw ones to satisfy the little ones, right away And Sunday for dinner she had baked 'taters, 'tater po, (but they were rich 'taters) 'tater pudding, and 'tater custards, and I only re marked at the diuner table (for we had company ),I believe I would have had a few fried 'taters and a few roasted 'taters. And then I begin to think, and I thought a man can't prosper till he gets his wife's leave, and a thiifty wife is better than a great income, and a good wife and health is a man's best wealth. Bless their hearts, what would we do without them'? And it is said they like to have fheir own way, and the proverb says: "A wife ought to have her will during life, because she can not make ene when she dies." And a true wife is her husband's better half, his lump of delight, his flower of beauty, his guardian angel, and his heart's treasure. She is the light of his home and the comfort of his soul. * So X eat 'taters like the balance of the family Sunday, 'taters for breakfast, 'taters and 'taters?and 'taters for dinner, and 'taters for supper. And one of the little ones woke up in the night and cried for '?.aters, or the 'taters made it cry, I don't know which, (but I think it was the last "which") as it eat severa! raw ones, poor little thing. And we all dreamed of 'taters, and I dreamed I had one lying across me as big as friend Dan Ouzts, and in a desperate effort to get it off, I woke and quietly (or as quietly as I oould, for I was considerably disturbed) I got up and took what few seed 'taters there were left and carried them to a secluded spot away nu der the hill on 'he extreme comer of my little farm and there I placed them under the ground for future reference. And now she and the little ones are sorely perplexed to know what become of the balance of them seed 'taters. Now, in conclusion, for there must be an end to everything, to simply say "Thanky" doesn't seem would exactly do. And to wish you all may enjoy much of this world's good, as we did the 'taters, wouldn't exactly do for great in conveniences followed the pleas urable enjoyment of that bounti ful feast of'tater?, caused no doubt by the quantity eaten and not the quality of the 'taters (for they were exceedingly fine]. But it is eaid all t-weets have their bitter. And now quiet, or comparative quiet, once more is had at "Wild Woods." But I do say, may a kind Providence grant unto each and all of you great success and happiness in and through this life and eter nal rest and peace in tho sweet bye and bye. All send love to you ail, and believe me, very truly, respect fully, and fondly Your Nunkie, WATTENTOY. P. S.-She says and the little ones say, "Come to see us and I would be proud, glad, yes come please, and I would shave, kill a goat, keep the little ones home from school, and all take holiday, even to the cream-filly, "Ginger Snap." The old roan "Ellick" he he is gone. Truly, W. The strong man held up the piano on his chest. He also had the strength to support the player -but thenl Alas! Thc player played "D.aisy Bell," and with a groan the Btrong man collapsed. It was too much for his strength. Tho last straw had broken the ?amel'fl back. OFF FOR A PROMISEE LAND. Colored People from Atlanta on their Way to Liberia. REV. B. GASTON THEIR PROPHET. Recently Acquited ou a Charge of SwindlingNesxoes, He's Now Hailed as ?'the Master." Thirty-eight Georgians arrived in New York Thursday midnight on the steamship City of Augusta. They are colored and are bound for the "Promised Land." At least that is what Daniel Brown, Presi dent of the African Emigration Movement, who is at the head of the part}% calls Liberia, where they expect to settle. "It is the best country this side of heaven," said Mr. Brown. About half of the part}' are men, the other half women and chil dren. Most of the men are old, while the children are very young. All come from Atlanta. They left that city Monday, and 3,000 people were at ihe station to eee them off. The Rev. B. Gaston, who has lived in Liberia from 1886 to 1891, and who has been busy for nearly three years in the South inducing people of his race to emigrate to the "Promised Land," was to meet them here and take charge of them on the long sea journey. At noon Friday tho entire party was still on board the City of Au gusta. The men and women were looking very solemn. The Rev. B. Gaston, their promised tu i de and mentor, had not appeared. For hours groups of men, women, and pickaninnies watched on the ships deck, gazing at the city and the sea. Then a big, thickibodied, bushy-whiskered black man step ped up the gangway. The crowd uttered a shriek of delight that startled the deckhands. There was a rush for the newcomer. A tall young woman got to him first. She threw her arms around him and squeezed him and kissed him a half-dozpn times. 1 'The master's come ! The mas ter's come!" she shouted. ''Oh, he's here ! He's here ! He's here ! He's here! He ain't forgot us! He'b come ! He's here ! Mr. Gas ton's come!" Then she released Mr. Gaston, and ran around and shook hands with her companions. All the others, men as well as women, hug ged and kissed Mr. Gaston, and he returned the hugs and kisses. He was complete master of the crowd. They hailed him as a Messiah, and were ready to follow him to the Njrth Pole if he said so. So mel ancholy a half hour ago, they beamed all over with unctuous de light now. "Bless you, my children, bless you,', said the Rev. Mr. Gaston. "You're all here, bound for the Promised Land. The Lord don't forget his children. He watched over you, an' he will watch over you until your long journey ends. We are in the hands of the Lord, au' he will protect us." It was evident that Mr. Gaston was a master spirit, and there was no more sadness on the City of Augusta after his arrival. The entire party sailed Saturday morn ing for Liverpool in the American liner City of Berlin. At Liverpool they will be transferred to a vessel of the British and African Steam Navigation Company, which will take them to Liberia. They pay $75 apiece for the journey from Atlanta to Liberia. The Rev. B. Gaston is pretty well known in this county. He was recently tried in Atlanta on the charge, of swindling negroes, but was acquitted. It is said that he is closely watched now by the At lanta authorities, who intend to see whether he is deluding the ne groes. He told a reporter that all the Liberian immigrants were happy, which statement differs from some of the reports from that country. He said that the people would go to work raising coffee and fruit How toKill Nut Grass. John Astell. I have seen several inquiries lately for a method of killing nut grass. I used to think the only way to get rid of it was to move off and leave it but I have found a better method of treating IL I had about one acre of very rich garden land thoroughly seeded down with it. I could raise a win ter or early spring crop but it would choke out any corn or cot ton crop I could plant. Five years ago I raised a crop of Irish potatoes on it, then planted it in corn. Before it was large enough to hoe, it was a mass of green nut grass, and to get it out? of the hill I pulled up nearly all the corn. It was very dry at the time, and by the time 1 was through, my com was nearly all dead, but the grass was doing finely. 1 concluded to try heroic treat ment on it. Sol took a Planet I (Jr.) cultivator and tore up every blade of corn and grass in the field, using a hoe around the fences. In about four days a new crop came up. Then I cultivated it the other way, always in the hot sun The fourth time I plowed it deep, and I got another pretty good crop of grass started, which I cultivated as before. In one mouth, I think, I had sprouted and killed every vestige of it, ad not a stalk has appeared since, and it has been plauted corn or sweat potatoes every since. You can take thiB for what it is worth, but the only way to get rid of it is to keep it from seeding, either top or root, and cultivate and ^germinate all dormant saed and kill them by cultivation in the dry hot weather ot May and June. SKINNED HIM ALIVE. A Xegro Literally Flayed and Burned in Kentucky. BARBO?BSVILLE, Ky.-From Har lan County there comes a reliable story detailing the terrible torture which Len Tye, a negro was com pelled to suffer for his inhuman crimes. Tye is the brute who, about a year ago, murdered Miss Bryant on the railroad between Jellico and Williamsburg, and for which he was hanged only long enough to try and make him confess. He did not confess at the tima, however, and was allowed togo, and little has been heard of him since until this report comes from Harlan County. Tye went there since that time and kidnapped a young girl, a farmer's daughter, and kept her secreted for a long time, until a party of hunters found her in the woods tied to a tree. They lay in wait for the fiend, and were soon rewarded by his appearance, when they tied him and proceeded to skin him alivi*. Before he was dead his last vic tim built a fire upon his head, and thus he was roasted alive while his skin was being peeled from his body. Tye confessed to the murder of Miss Bryant, it ?6 said and also to having taken three other girls in Kentucky and Tennessee, and kept them the same way he did the Harlan County girl until they died for want of shelter and pro tection. Railroad Taxes. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14. Mr. Dearmond (Dem), of Missouri, from the Committee on Judiciary, reported to the House to-day, with the recommendation that it pass a bill to prevent interference in the collection of State county, and muuicipal taxes assessed against corporations. The measure, the re port says, is desigued to put cor porations that are in the hands of receivers appointed by judges and courts of the United States in the same condition with respect to the collection of these taxes as if I no receiver existed. Rank Treasen. The Columbia State says : ''If the statement attributed to President Cleveland that the pass age of the Bland bill will be de structive of the repose which now surrounds the financial condition of the country was really made by him, it is an unfortunate remark. Tho 'financial repose' of the coun try is the repose of stagnation. The money centres may be satisfied with this 'repose' but the rest of j the country isn't, and the sooner the President understands that the better it will be for him and his party. A veto of that bill, ap proved by four-fifths of the Demo crats in Congress will give an im petus everywhere. The repeal of the State bank tax may be ob. jected to on the eame ground ; but j ithas toc?me. Prosperity for the country is better than 'repose' for! Wall street." [T COMES AT LAST! ? Grand Victory for Gov ernor B. R. Tillman. 3LD MAN SIMONTON HAD TO COME To Time My Son-Hurrah for B. K. Tillman and tho , Reformers. CHARLESTON, Mareil . 13.-The State gained a decisive victory over the railroads in the United States Circuit Court to-day, when Judge Simonton filed a decree in the much litigated railroad tax lases. Last year the assessmen.t. m all the railroad property was arbitrarily ?aised by the board of equalization. The railroads refused to pay the taxes on the increased assessment and carried the case into the United States courts. They, however, tendered the Amount of taxefs on the old assess ment. The case decided to-day was brought by D. H. Chamberlain, receiver of the South Carolina Railwaj', to test the constitution ality of the assessment made by the board of equalization. The court, in a lengthy opinion, decided that the assessment was not uncon stitutional and orders the receiver to pay to :,he State the balance due and a'so costs of the action. THE JUDGMENT. A. Vivid Picture of-the Great Day? hy a NegrO Preacher. The most wonderful sermon I ever heard, said a business man recently, in conversation with a Pittsburg Dispaich reporter',*'was delivered by a colored preacher in South Caroliua, shortly after the war. I happened to drop into a large gathering of colored pe?ple one night and was informed that" a ?ew preacher was about to tried, by The preacher arose back of a pu-r-' pit that had* been < .improvisnrt j from a barrel turned bottom up ward, on which wao a lighted can- ' die stuck in a bottle. He began I to read the Bible, but stumbled at ?very word, spelling some through out before pronouncing them. A man in the rear said, ' Go ahead ' with your sermon, and the preacher ? ceased reading. He stood up at length, and in the dim flick?ring light of the lone candle looked ' more like an apparition than a ^ mau. His subject was "The Judg- * ment." Here came in that wonder- ' ful imaginative power for which ' the colored race is noted. In going 1 about during the war he had be- ? come imbued with the military 1 spirit, so he began by giving a vivid word picture of the hosts of 1 heaven lying in their tents asleep the night before the judgment day. Then he worked up to a point 1 where the bugle sounded to pre- 1 pare for the descent upon a sinful : world. He pictured the heavenly hosts hurriedly running out of 1 their tents to form in line of bat tle with the Great Commander in front. Then he described the still ness that, reigned when all was ready, awaiting the command to advance. By this time the who le congregation, including myself, were sitting with nerves strained, excited in the extreme, and as the preacher described the tramp, tramp of tho mighty host ' approaching the earth. I saw ] several mr'inbers, terrified, get < under the benches. He then fol- 1 lowed a courier coming down from i the distance, who reported, "Death | ou a white horse" as having ap- ' peared far away. When the I preacher described the Commander ] detailing a squad of his soldiers to I "Go capture Death," a terrified i groan came from the audience. I Finally ho brought the army of < heaven down to earth just be 1 fore day break, and had them ( resting on their arms, awaiting 1 Gabriel's trumpet. He pictured I at length how quiet everything 1 was, then putting his hands to his i mouth he imitated the bugle call, -1 which so terrified and completely i unstung his audience that felie i greater portion of it arose hurriedly i and rushed out of the building. In all my life I have never heard a sermon that had such a startling effect upon congregation. i I He-What a sad face that wo- ( man has. She-Yes, poor dear. She must have either loved and lost, or ' loved and got him.-The Water bury. tACE. REM? "DJ RIO NOW. * 4 rVfimiral TDa Gama Escapes .ola-a French Steamer. ADMIRAL MELLO HAS DESERTED als followers-If Caught They ?fWiliinaU Probability he m-' . Court "Martialled.' ?io J?E JA??EIRO, M?rch 14. Flor?n cf* Peixoto is triumphant. rbe.Ins?rg?nt vessels surrendered a%t qight without having answer ;e>'with a single gun shot the jgiuoiyiding" from the hill to bat ?rti -..*. ? . . *. .eries,- * . ^?ie'-'f?port that'?Adm irai da jhirrahad fled was confirmed this fr. ' - . nrjwiing. He souglft safe-ty on the French crtfiser Magan. The Arhewca'ii ' officers of the j?yernnfeut-w?r ships came ashore :h|s ??ftemoon. ' They report that ihr} ?rews of the' vessels are well md delighted thaHhey got through without a* fight. Excepting the )fficers, roboc^y aboard "Peixoto's. n?p-of-war seems to have been ?ager for a battle. In coming up the harbor this norning the government fleet sa uted-the United States flag and Rear-admiral Benham. The United States fleet'will "disperse soon. The men aboard the American war ships are in excellent health. The eiid ot" Insurgent power in the tarbor has been welcomed with joy iii the city\ Exchange has im proved 25 p*r cent. Business is as usual. Not a symptom of disorder bas appeared in the city. The. pecfpie are' preparing to celebrate' the collapse'of the in surrection. The" Aquidaban and Rep?blica, which constitute aEout ill tbtttns-Jeft of^the Insurgent causeare',reported' to be.ir??South Brazilftijj. fallers. Both "are said to 1^ &s^ed, ; t -.,, ? - ' A^?^r^ i<M??lp. has just been ^^g^Jlr?"8tE^^gij{ .Mon tey i?'eo., Efe has deserted his followers as Admiral da Gama desorted his officers and men on the harbor ?eet. The Insurgents sailors here will be pardoned. The officers will be court martialcd. How Jimmy Tended the Baby. I never could see the use of babies. We have one at our house that belongs to mother, and she thinks everything of it. All it can lo is to cry, and pull hair, and kick. It hasn't half the sense of my dog, and can't even chase a cat. Mother and Sue wouldn't have a log in the house but they are al ways going on about the baby, and saying, "Ain't it perfectly sweet?" The worst thing about a baby is, that you're expected to take care of him, and then you get scolded af terwards. Folks say, "Here, Jim my, just hold the baby a minute, there's a ?ood boy;" and then, as soon as you have got it, they say, "Don't do that ! Just look at him ! That boy will kill the child! Hold it up straight, you good-for-nothi?g little wretch!" It's pretty hard to do'your best, and then be scolded for it ; but that is the way boys are treated. Perhaps after I'm dead, folks will wish they had done dif ferently. Last Saturday, mother and Sue went out to make calls, and told me to stay at home and take care of the baby. There was a base-ball match, but what did they care for that? They didn't want to yo to it ,and so it. made no eli ?Tr renee whether I went to it or not. They said they would be gone only a little while, and if the baby waked up, I was to play with it, and keep it from crying, and "be sure and tiotletit swallow any pins." Of course I had to do it. The baby was hound asleep when they went ?mt; so I left it just a few minutes while I went to see if there was my pie in the pantry. If I was a woman, I wouldn't be so dreadful suspicious as to keep everything locked up. When I got back up stairs again, the baby was" awake, and was howling like he was full Df pins. So I gave him the first thing that came handy, to keep him quiet. It happened to be a bottle of French polish, with a sponge on the end of a wire' that Sue uses, to black her boots, be cause girls are too lazy to use the regular brush. The baby stopped crying as soon as I gave him the bottle, and I sat down to read a papor. The next time ,1 looked at him, he'd got out the spouga, aud ab jut half of hie face was jet black. This was a nice fix, for I knew nothing could get the black off his face, and when mother came .she would say the baby was spoil ed and I had done it. Now I think an all black baby is ever so much more stylish than. an all white baby, and when I saw that the baby was part black, I made up myjniud that if I blacked it all over it would be worth more than it had ever been, and perhaps mother would be ever so much pleased, so I hurried up, and gave it a good coat of black. You should have seen how that baby shined ! The polish dried ai soon as it was put on, and I had just time to. get baby dressed :again, when mother and Sue came in. I wouldn't lower myself to repeat their unkind language. When you've been called axnurder mg little villian, and unnatural son, it rankles in your heart for ages. After what they had said to me, I didn't even seem to mind father, but went up stairs with him almoft if I was going to church, or something that didn't hurt much. The baby is beauti ful and phiny, though the doctor says it will wear off in a few years. Nobody-shows any gratitude for all the trouble I took, and I can tell you it isn't easy to black a baby without getting it into his eyes and hair. I sometime think it is hardly worth while to live in this cold unfeeling world. How They Loved Him. \Vashfngton Post. "Gen. Robert E. Lee once told me of an ovation he received that touched him more than any demo stration ever made in his honor," said the venerable Judge White, of Virginia, to a Post man at the Na tional. Following closely on the surrender of the Southern army, , the commander-in-chief of the Confederacy went to pass a season at the home of his particular friend, R. Cdiske, who last November ran as fee . Populist -Unnd?^a?e-tor,. Gav.^rnor .ag^msi; ? Col, O'Ferrall. After a few weeks of the most hospitable and ele gant entertainment General. Lee was called to the presidency of the Washington and Lee Univei sity. Bidding his kind friends adieu he started for Lexington on horseback and alone. He had gone some miles and wras passing through a rather dreary stretch of wooded country, when he espied a plain old countryman mounted on a sorry nag coming toward him. As they passed each other borh bowed as is the fashion when strangers meet in out of the way places, but the old farmer in the homespun suit started hard at the soldierly figure as though not quite certain of recognition. He went his way a little further, then turning his horse around, cantered back and soon came up with the General again. "I beg your pardon, sir, but is this Gen. Robert Lee. Did I ever meet you before, my friend?" "Then the old Confederate grasped the chieftain's hand and with the tears streaming down his face said : 'General Lee, do you mind if I cheer you. The General assured him that he did not mind, and there on that lonesome pine bordered highway with no tme else in sight, the old rebel veteran with swinging hat lifted up his voice in three ringing rounds of hurrahs for the man that the Southland idolized. Then both went their way 'without an other word being spoken." BANK OF CHESTER ASSIGNS. Depositors Protectcd.'and Stock holders "Will Lose Nothing. Colombia State. CHESTER, March 13.-The Bank of Chester made au assignment to day to protect the creditors at large. It was through due consideration of the directors that such a course was taken. The depositors will be paid off in full and the stockhold ers will not suffer, as the assets are sufiicient to protect all the liabili ties. President J. J. McLure had just returned from New York where he had gone to raise the necessary cash funds to carry on a satisfac tory ^business and the inability to procure enough funds to tide over the summer months caused the as signment. Owing to the tightness and scarcity of money, collections ' on the notes maturing at this time of the year could not be made. The assignees are John J. Hemp hill, and J. Lyles Glenn. The ac tion of the board of directors is approved of by tho whole commu nity. ! MAY LYNCH GOV. WAITE. The People Worked Up to a Frenzy. WILL HOLD THE HALL IF IT TAKES Dynamite to do It-The Military Gathering from all Over the State. DENVER, March 15.-The politi sai fight waged by Gov. Waite cul minatgd to-day in the most ex citing scenes, and mob violence was imminent many times during the day. Fortunately the common citizens was calm and collected, and the prompt action of leading citizens, in leaving their business and appearing in solid bodies to be in time to consider *tbe situation carefully, caused a delay that prob ably prevented bloodshed, and the probable assassination of Gov. Waite. In all probability, had a Bhot been fired, a mob would have quickly formed, and have captured the Governor before official assist ance could have reached him. At 6 o'clock the intelligence that the Governor had called upon Gen, McCook, to preserve the peace, set tled all fears of a contest between the militia, and the police, backed by as fearless a lot of deputies, sworn in by the sheriff as could possibly be gathered together. Soapy Smith's crowd of sports had been sworn in as deputies, aud they were placed at the hall to await orders. From 2 o'clock until long after dark a dense mass of humanity empacked in front of the City Hall, and upon the streets adjacent. They cheered and chaffed and joked, yet did not hesitate to ex press indignation at the situation. IN MOTION TO ATTACK. On Fourteenth street the First Regiment of the Colorado National Guards stood flanking the Chaff Lignt-Artillery, consisting of four gattling guns, with cassion, filled with, ammuution. Their positon commanded the entire front of the hall, and once the militia was un der motion for the attack on the hall, when Secretary Lorenz ar rived with a message from the Gov ernor to stay the attack for half an hour, to permit a conference looking toward a peaceful settle ment. From that time until the United States troops were called out, the most intense anxiety prevailed. All sorts of rumors floated about. The sheriff issued an order to ar rest the militia and take their arms away. A friend of the deposed members of the fire and police board went out of the City Hall to apply for a warrant to arrest the Governor. A committee of the most in fluential citizens were arguing with the board, with the mililia, with the Governor and with .the police, but nothing was accomplished. The Governor declared he would order the militia to fire upon the City Hall regardless of crowds of spectators, and the police board within maintained their position to resist attack. "What is your name?" asked the police magistrate. The prisoner: "I stutter a little and with your Honor's permission I'll spell it 0, double t, i, double you, e, double 1 ; double you ; double o ; dee," whiskers on the prisoner were shorter than the moss on this chestnut, but the clerk made the proper entry without any trouble, and so can you. The uew pastor of a country church said to one of his Deacons : "I find that Brother Linkum has very liberal religious views." '-Yes" replied the Deacon, "Brother Linkum is more liberal in his views than in his contributions." -Chicago Standard. W. N. BURNETT Successor to GEO. B. LAKE, CYCLONE & FIRE INSUBANCK Office over Bank of Edgefield. Peterkin-Cluster. PETERKIN-CLUSTEK COTTON SEED, for sale or exchange. Ap ply to H. IL BUTLER, Edgefield, S. C. or ADVKRTISKK Office. G KO. W. Cn OFT. JAS. H. TILLMAN. Croft & Tillman, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS, EDGEFIELD, (Norris Building) S. C. fff- Will practice in all Courts of South Carolina and Georgia? FOR THE THOUGHTFUL SELECTED. Egotism is an unhatched devil. To a mule's ears a mule's voice I ie music. Read about Jesus, how he suf fered and died for you. Believing the word of God will I always give rest and peace. There is no such a thing as the j right use of a wrong thing. It is the one who will not forgive I who is always in the wrong. It takes dark days to show us that we really do trust in God. . Trials never weaken us. They I only show us that we are weak. . No mau can have a Daniel's God who is Lot willing to go to the lions den. All cannot be rich, but all may, become well off by being con tented. Days which begin in darkness and storm often end in a glorious sun-set. God has promised that the mau who will have mercy shall re Iceive it. Faith is the one thing that makes the Christian seek after he has lost everything else. Living-without a plan is as fool ish as going io sea without a com pass in the ship. T Paul preached resurrection as a I truth, lived it as a fact, and waited I for it as a hope. You can never pay your debt to God by money you have stolen from your neighbor. Don't be alwa}rs asking who Cain's wife was. It is none of your business. Don't be always hanging around the whale that swallowed up Jonah. ' If Jonah had minded his own business the whale would not have touched him. If you don't mind yours you will be swal lowed by a worse whale; Tillman's Fidelity to Duty. Frank Leslie's Weekly. Governor Tillman of South Carolina is by no means an ideal personage, but he has displayed some qualities as an- executive which must commend him to the approval of law abiding citizens. His course in reference to the en forcement of the Dispensary law has certainly shown that he is absolutely fearless in the per formance of what he conceives to be his duty. This law has been stubbornly resisted in Charleston, where something in the nature of a conspiracy against it and the officers with its execution has been organized by the liquor in terest. It is said that spies and spotters dog the steps of the con stables and harass them with threats of personal viclence ; that this defiance of the law is encour aged in more influential quarters ; and it is this state of affairs which provokes Governor Tillman to agressive action. He meets the bulldozing of the liquor sellers with this declaration: "The law will have to be obeyed. I will stop illicit whiskej'-selling in Charleston if it takes all the mili tary and constables in the State to do it, and even if we have to kill a few of these Italian cut throats and bulldozers." There is no mistakiug the meaning of this declaration. The Governor is not wise, perhaps, in his talk about killing, but he is right in his de termination to maintain and en force the laws, and if ho should actually employ the military, as he says he will if necessary to do so, and those who defy him should become victims of his displeasure and their own folly, right-minded people would overlook his intem perance of speech in their approv al of his fidelity to official duty. fOBACCO! TOBACCO! We have a fine lot of excellent quality-Virginia and North Caro lina Chewing and Smoking. We invite you to examine our goods and see our prices, We will save you money. We have a fine lot put up'in CADDIES OF 10 AND 12 POUNDS for the convenience of our farmers in supplying their hands. JAS. M. COBB.