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_^-BU THO* .T. ADAMS. PBOPRIETOR. MAY 30,1894. _^^??j?~ Charleston has now 23 feet of water at her bar. Female frogs have no voice. Only the males can sing. A Palestine firm is bottling River Jordan water for churches. Mr. G. S. Hall, of McCormick, was killed by lightning Saturday. Other mer/s sins are be fore our eyes, our own behind our back. There were snow falls at Murphy, N. C., and Knoxville, Tenn., last Saturday. The next convention of South ern Baptists will be held iu Au gusta. Ga. Gen. Phil Cook, of Georgia, died suddenly last Sunday, athis home in Atlanta. The tail end of a cyclone struck Augusta, Ga., last Friday, and blew down several houses. Terrible earthquakes have oc curred iu Venezuela, and whole cities are swallowed up. Engineers are in the field sur veying a new railroad between Charleston and Augusta. A horse in Washington is 23 hands . high and weighs 1,70C pounds. He is not grown yet. Prof. John C. Kilgo, of Wofford, has been elected President of Mill sap College, at Jackson, Miss. There were twenty-four negro delegates in the Populist conven tion in session last week in Atlanta, Ga., and they were given seats among the whites. Every town and city in the State is filled with bar-rooms, but not the first arrest has been made. The prohibitionists are satisfied) it seems, with breaking up the dis ; pensaries. . -^^TTr^TnarT-m-Andereon county j went to call on a young lady one night last week. The young lady was not at home, and the old man charged him one dollar for the night's lodging. The Methodist Conferenoe adopted resolutions forbidding ministers to sign petitions or bonds for saloonists and from renting property to be used for the eale of intoxicants. Great floods swept over Pennsyl vania last Saturday, and the ill fated town of Johnstown was agn in inundated. The people were arous ed at night by the ringingof 'tells, to find the whole place flooded. Several of our South Carolina towns are now trying to dodge be hind the prohibition law by issu ing license to sell beer and wines. Of course the saloons will add all manner of intoxicants. Everyday the beauties of prohibition are made more manifest. A wholesale liquor house has offered to take every gallon of whiskey the State has at cost. But Gov. Tillman says it is not for sale. He will doubtless reopen the dispensaries the first of August, and by that time the people will have enough of prohibition. Headlights. The mysterious increase in the size of sardines that has puzzled so many lovers of that variety of fish is accounted for by the dis covery that menhaden are often transformed inro sardines by the simple process of sealing them up in the tin cans bearing the proper label. C. C, Scott, a negro who once lived in Spartanburg, is publish ing a paper called the Journal of Progress, at Sumter, in this Stats. In a recent issue Scott says : "Our prediction is that the feeling of bitterness between the two ele ments of the whites will increase with the years, till, driven to des peiation, the better element will be forced to appeal to the negro for help. The negro will respond." Committed Suicide. GREEN BAY, Ela., May 23.-Silas Gilfillian, a young merchant, blew his brains out on the front steps of his house yesterday. He was en gaged to marry Miss Lewis, who is ill and was reported dead. The girl was not dead, but heard of the suicide and is dying from the shook. GOV. TILLMAN'S POSITION. HE DEFINES HIS CANDI DACY FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. HE OPPOSES THE SUB-TREASURY. His Excellency Answers the Alli ance Queries Propounded Sometime Ago-There Can he no Mistake as to His stand. COLUMBIA, May 16-The Regis ter to-day prints the following: On April 12, Governor Tillman received a letter from Hon. Thomas P. Mitchell, chairman of the executive committee of the Farmers Allianoe, enclosing the following questions, which he had been ordered by the Alliance to propound to all candidates for office in the gift of the people of South Carolina: "First. Will you diseuss the Alliance demands in the coming campaign paticularly those re lating to the finances of the coun try, and defend them against the enemies of our order. "Second. Will you pledge loyalty to the demands of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union above loyalty to party caucus and vote against any and all candidates who decline lo commit themselves to this extent?' To this letter Governor Tillman repli e. I as follows: COLUMBIA, S. C., April 28, 1894. | Hon. Thomas P. Mitchell, Wood ward, S. C. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of April IS, I desire to say: I will discuss the principles and policy of the Alliance in tba coming campaign and make my self clearly understood. I am? a candidate for United States Senator, and if elected will vote on all questions as my con science and judgment dictate. But as I shall not, if elected Senator, represent myself but the people, I would at all times obey the In structions of the party in the State to which I belong as set forth in its platform. Yours respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN. Yesterday Governor Tillman re ceived the following letter from Mr. Mitchell: WOODWARD, S. C., May 15, 1894. Hon.B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C. MyD?arSir: Your letter in reply to the questions on tho de mands of the Alliance was duly received, and as I do not think you made your position aa clear as you might have done and possibly not as clear as you intended to do, I respectfully submit them again for your consideration. I ara sure you are with us in this matter and I hope you will come right out and say so. I can assure you, with my knowledge of the sentiments of the Alliance and those in sympathy with the Alliance, this course on your part will cement them together in one solid phalanx for your election to the Uuited State Senate and we will roll up s neb a majority for you that Gen eral Butler will not know he was in tho race. Hoping to hoar from you by return mail favorably in regard to this matter, I am, sir, Yours fraternally, Th os. P. MITCHELL, Chairman Executive Committee. To the above he replied as fol lows : Columbia, S. C. May 15, 1894. Hon. Thos. P. Mitchell, Woodward s.e. My Dear Sir: Your letter of yesterday received. As you ask for a prompt reply, I answer at once. Having been the recognized leader of the Reform party or faction in the State since its organization in April, 188G, and having been very pronounced and outspoken in my speech at St. Louis last October, more recently in my interview of April 9th ult, I did not go into details in ?.nswering your letter of April 18th beeause I thought it entirely unnecessary. I had no thought of keeping any opinons or policy I holy on public questions hidden-as I am not a straddler or dodger in politics or anything else. I will, therefore, answer as clearly as I know how, in order satisfy all who may care to kn how I stand. The financial policy advoca by the Alliance embraces th things : 1. The abolition of natioi banks, and the issue of pa] money direct by the United Sta government. 2. The free coinage of silver the ratio of 16 to 1. 3. The increase of the c culating mediums, gold, silv and legal tender greenbacks, to least $50 per captiaof populatic These fundamental ideas demands are accompanied by t scheme for a government syste of banking, incorporating the su treasury ideaaud the lending money to the people at a low ra of interest. To the three propositions s forth above lean and do give n earnest support and will strive, alected Senator, to see them i corporated inte law and becorj the fixed policy of our gover ment. I also can advocate and fight fi all the other demands except th; I doubt the wisdom or practic bility of the government ownii and running all railroads, telegrep and telephone lines. I will tal occasion during the campaign 1 discuss all these matters full; The one essential point on wbic I differ with the Alliance is th lending of money to the peopli I could easily dodge behind th "or something better," if so mindec but my self-respect and my dut to the people who have show such love and trust in my leadei ship will not allow me to qui bbl or shirk, whatever consequence may follow this avowal. I woul be unworthy of the honors the, have conferred upon me in th past and of all trust whatever if did not come out boldly and tel them the truth. This is the mor obligatory on rae now because I an ,se_ekingJo enter notional . politice In 1892 I did not oppose the in corporation of the Ocal a platforn in the State Democratic platforn in May because I saw there wai danger of our hotheaded Alliance men splitting off into a third partj -the fatal blunder which caused Mr. Cleveland's nomination anc well nigh destroyed the alliance ir. all the other Southern Slates Had our example in South Caro lina been followed in the othei Southern States Alliance tdeas would be predominant ones in all the South to-day and our national administration would not be con trolled by allied mugwumps and Republicans and traitors. I am differently situated now, being a candidate for the U. S. Senate and honesty compels that every one who votes forme shall know how I stand. I am unalterably opposed to the national government lending anybody money. The alliance ie not consistent when it demands the abolition of national banks on the ground that the system is unjust and robs the peo ple (in all of which I concur) for the benefit of a privileged f3\v and then turns around and asks that the government lend money to the farmer under a similar system on the same terms. It is a transfer of a special privilege which should never have been granted to any body, from the banks to the holders of cotton, wheat, tte, and cannot be defended because two wrongs never make one right. But with out going further into the argu ment, which can be amply dis cussed this summer, I must re mind you that in spite of all our efforts to restore silver to ils place the money power has succeeded in its long cherished purpose 'of demonetizing it. This was ac complished through the unwise leadership of those Southern Al liancemen who left the silver Democrats at the critical time to organize the third party and en abled Cleveland's henchmen to divide many Southern delegations and control others BO that he got the nomination in spite of his re cord on silver. Now, as South Carolina set her sisters a wise ex ample in 1892, it is incumbent on her to repeat it in 1894. It is time to be formulating the platform marshalling tho people for 1890. Abating not one jot or ti ttl ? of the demands which can go into the country in the hopes of carrying the next Presidential election, we must eliminato all radical and im practicable schemes and appeal to the good sense and entightencd self-interest of the great American people. Too many issues will on confuse and divide us and we ca not afford to palter about lendi money on cotton and whe when we ?ave not been able prevent the Lombard and Wi street combination from accoi plishing the enslavement of tl masses b}* the demonetization silver, and the banking syste which enables those thieves control the circulating medium will. Let us give battle to tl enemies of liberty and prospcri' among the masses under the fu of "free silver, more greenbacl and gold-all legal tender and a receivable for any and all due private and public," and we hai some chance of winning. Lea^ methods, of -distribution an banking alone to be settled aft< we win the fight on those issue Now, as to voting against cauci control, I can readily ano willing] promise to sustain this policy an vote on the lines I have indicate without regard to any caucus. Th North-eastern Democrats have sr us an example on that line, whic will be sufficient excuse for &. time. The Senate Democrati caucus has made concessions t local interests which have destro) ed what little there was of "tarn reform" in the Wilson bill. Th goldbug Democrats of the Hous rei'used to caucus on the repeal c the Sherman law last summe] Eastern Democrats and Repubb cans aljke ignore party lines am caucuses when their interests ar at stake. It is time we of th South and Wast should do like wise. The caucus was a goc< thing as lougas 1!. served to roi those sections; it becomes obsolet when justice is sought to b obtained through its agency. dear sir, in conclusion, I hope '. have made my position clea: enough at last. If it shall unit and cement the Alliance support I shall be glad, bi I shall not complain ? cheerfully leave the matt ?lection in "the h'aT?cTs' ?f vt citizens. If honored 1 suffrages I will in the fi in the past, stand by the and interests with all the power ol mind and heart which I maj possess. If they choose to retire me to private life, I will as 'cheer fully abide their will. Respectfully. B. R. TILLMAN. DKLKON, TEXAS! July 23,1891, Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. Gi:NTS-I've used nearly four bottles of P. P. P. I was afflicted from the crown 01 my head to the soles of my feet. Your P. P. P. has cured difficulty of breathing and smothering, palpitation of the heart, and relieved me of all pain ; one nostrils was closed for ten years, now I can breathe through it readily. I have not slept on either side for two years, in fact,dreaded to see night come, now I sleep soundly in any position all night. I am 59 years old, but expect soon to be able to take hold of the plow handles : I feel proud I was lucky enough to get P. P. P., and I heartily recommend ii to my friends) and the public generally. Yours respectfully, A.M. RAMSEY. THE STATE OK TEXAS, ) County of Comanche. ) Before the undersigned authority on this day, personally appeared A. M. Ramsey, who after being duly sworth, says on oath that the foregoing statement made by him relative to thc virtue ]of P. P. medicine is true. A. M. RAESEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me this, August 4th, 1891. J. M. LAMBERT, N. P., Comanche Co., Texas. Tliey Want Naines. The Russell Art Publishing Co,, of 6-2S Arch St, Philadelphia, desire the names and address of a few people in every town who are interested in works of art, and to secure them they oiler to send free "Cupid Guides tho Boat," a superbly executed water color picture, size 10 x 13 inches, suita ble for framing, and sixteen other pictures about same size, in colors, to any one sending them at once the names and address of ten per sons (admirers of fine pictures) together with six two-cent stamps to covor expense nf mailing, etc. The regular price of these pictures is $1.00, but they eau all be secured free by any person forwarding <1?? tho names and address promptly. Dante passed most of his life as an exile from the only cit}' in which he cared to live. . A CRUEL BLOW TO CLEMSON. THE COSTLY AND HAND SOME MAIN BUILDING BURNED. GALLANT WORK OF THE CADETS. Inadequate Means to Fight the Flames-Brandy Peaches, a Thief, a Match !-Loss $60,000, Insur ance $20,000. Thc Columbia State. CALHOUN, S. C., May 22.-Fire was discovered this morning at about 4:30 o'clock in the main building of Clemson College, in th!e cellar. This was the fatal ino ment, but the long roll beat and soon every cadet was up on the ? grounds, some with buckets, others with the hose, waiting for orders to move. Soon the hose was at tached to the hydrant and the command given to carry it into the building where the fire was, brit after going as far as the length of the hose would allow, it was discovered that more hose was nejeded, and that water was not to beihad in sufficient quantity to do any good. This was the fatal mo ment, for should the hose had been long enough and water in sufficient quantity this awful calamity, in stilad of being a ?eality, would have been in name only. Those with the buckets had no place wB?re they could get water 111 sufficient quantities to bc of any service. The only places available were the small faucets where the cadets get drinking water, making it .'impossible to get water in this There was some delnv in o-^Hino xu ouuu ueuiuiiu uviuuui mai am building was lost, and after some confusion, work was begun to re move the furnishings of the build ings. A few books were saved and all of Prof. Welch's physical lab oratory apparatus. The carpets of the two societies were saved, with a few things from the museum. By this time the chapel was In coming in danger, as the flames were already leaping high. Seeing that if the chapel was lost the bar racks necessarily would follow, every one seemed determined to stand firm at this point against the gulping enemy and to resist almost to death his destructive ad vances. They were successful. They conquered the dreadful mas ter. They made him bite the dust. Let praise and honor bc ascribed to-these young men for their bcro ism, for tho exposure of their bodies, even their lives, to the an gry flames in defense of Clemson College against this consuming enemy attacking her thus in her infancy. The main building was soon burned down, leaving only the shell of the once magnificent structure. The chapel, barracks, chemical laboratory, experimental station and mechanical halls still remain uninjured, c mscquently the faculty has decided to go on with their recitations just as usual, using the above mentioned places as-far as possible and building temporary recitation rooms whore they are needed. The board will meet Friday, the 25th inst., and decide upon what action will be taken, but it is certain that the re citations and work will continue just as lu retoforc. The whole building was insured for only .$20,000, nothing of course like its real value. The cause of the fire is not definitely known, though many theories are offered to account for it. Some think that as the museum contained much loose, dry matter, such as paper, straw, etc., it is probable that a rat carried a match into some of it and consequently the fire; others suppose that PU in cendiary caused the whole affair, while others still hold that it is highly probable that as there were some brandy peaches in the mu seum and as some of these had dis appeared at other times that some one went into the museum for the purpose of getting some last night1 and as it was very dark they struck a match to see their way and when they had seen, threw it down re gardless of where it might fall, of what it might burn and of what the result mightbe. Visitors are coming iu from every place near enough and seem stricken with horror at the dread ful calamity-at the mass of ruins which only a few hours ago stood in magnificent grandeur overlook ing tho old homestead of John C. Calhoun, inspiring each cadet with that lofty spirit which animated his whole life. American Girls. The Nineteenth Century. An English girl travelling with out her mother or old friend may be safe, but she is looked at a little askance by well-bred people, as I have constantly noticed. Why? Because it is assumed that, having had the usual English educaiion, she is either not lit to take entire charge of herself, or-it is too late to matter. An American girl travelling alone is not looked at askance; people may not quite knov? why, but they recognize the custom of the country. The truth is, in America, where education, like most other things, is ahead of us, girls are capable of taking care of themselves, and they habitually do so take care. In most girls' schools, so I am informed, there are physiological classes held for tho wise and decent instruction of the girls in the main responsibili ties pertaining to physical life. When the girl is about fourteen or fifti en, the parent* is applied to. "Do you wish your daughter to at tend these classes this term?" The mother replies, "Yes," or she re nlies, "No, my daughter is young edge of the world in a grave, decent, open, and honorable manner, which enabb s her to recognize a pitfall when it comes, and saves her from at any rate bluudering into ruin. National Sentiment. Macmillan's Magazine. The early Christians for a long time actually despised patriotism; they not only saw and felt that on thisearlh they had no abiding city, but they claimed to owe their alle giance to a higher power. This was a notion that prevailed until the growth of national sea ti rn ant became strong enough to make a Christian a patriot as well. Mac chiavelli, who had a lively appre ciation, of the pagan virtues, was one of the first writers of renown to exalt patriotism to a high place among the virtues. In his eyes, all was fair in war, if not in love, and he- openly declared his ad miration for those who loved their country better than the safelv of their souls. Patriotism was, in short, an old world virtue which at the time of the Renaissancewas dragged out of its recess and refurnished for the use of the modern world. Eclipsed for a season, it has shone as bright again as evei it did in Greece or Rome. Many a citizen has since been cast in the mold of Aristides or of Regulus. But it is curious to observe that when national sen timent was weak, there was in some respect? a greater sense pf the brotherhood of man than there is to-day. Amid all its wars and turmoil, Europe made a nearer approach to solidarity and union. Christianity was a great welding force. The dreams of a universal church were in some slight degree realized, and the Holy Roman Empire was a stupendous fact which formed a cementing bond between many disorganized races. President Cleveland's Cancer. It has been rumored that he has it. If he would take a course of Batan ic Blood Balm, the best blood purifier and building up remedy in the world, he would soon be well. It will not disap point. Price $1.00 per largo bottle For salo by druggists. Use it'for blood and skin dibeases, rheuma tism, catarrah etc. Byron was club-footed, and the fact was a source of constant misery to him all his life. TO REBUILD CLEMSON. GOVERNOR TILLMAN TALKS ABOUT THE COLLEGE'S DESTRUCTION. EXERCISES WILL BE CONTINUED If Tents Have to he Used as Class Rooms-The Out look for the Future. Other Matters of Importance. The Columbia State. As announced in the dispatches to The State yesterday, there is. going to be no interruption in the educational work at Clemson Col lege. It is true that the college has suffered a heavy blow by the destruction of the main building, but those in charge declare that they will not allow this calamity which has befallen the institution to interrupt in any way the good work which is being done. For tunately the summer season is near at hand and permits of such a course being pursued. Yesterday Governor Tillman re turned to the city from Rock Hill, and being the most prominent member, of the board of trustees he was naturally asked for infor mation about the future of the college. The Governor said that he had received notice of the burn ing while at breakfast in Rock Hill on Tuesday morning and was very much grieved thereat. He said positively that the State would go to work to rebuild the burned main building at once and carry the work as far along as the money in the hands of the trustees would permit. He said : "I will say this much as a member nf tho u--1 ~_ vue insurance money, and that was but a Bmall drop in the bucket. They could, however, he said, by stopping the fitting up of the mechanical de partment make use of the money now being devoted to this depart ment. From what can be learned here, the blame for there not being more insurance upon the building rests upon u majority of the members of the board of trustees. It is said by those who ought to know that Governor Tillman endeavored, when the insurance was placed, .to get the board to insure the build ing for its full value. Some of the other members however, thought that consideiing the apparent small risk the amount carried was sufficient. Thus is the insurance feature of the fire explained. Nothing further has been heard from Clemson in regard to the fire Ox Hie present status, but the board of trustees has been called to meet at the college on Thursday evening, and they will doubtless make a full investigation and all arrangements for the carrying out of the plans suggested by Governor Tillman. ? Halley's Comet. Wilmington Mcjcngcr. Halley's comet is coming. But it is as yet very far off, some two or three thousand millions of miles. Professor Servis writes to the New York Sun : "It passed across the sky twelve years before the birth of Christ. It passed again when Nero was Empero?; again when the |first of the Automnes had just begun his pacific reign; again when the Goths were preparing to attack Rome, and yet again in the days of Diocletian, the advancing Huns beheld its transit in the year 373 ; sud it was blazing in the sky when their Great King Attila was de feated at Chalons in 451," It appeared since then in A. D. 530, in 60S, in 6S4, 7G0., 837, 912 and 989. Again in 1066, 1145.1623, 1301, 1378, 1456, 1531, 1607,1692. It is coming'again and has been seen. According to thc regularity heretofore observed it will not ap pear until 1907 to 1910. Emerson's Estimate of Poe. Blackwoods Magazine, It is pertinent to say that there is no record or floating rumor that Emerson ever met, or sought- to meet, his ovrn brilliant counts man, Edgar Allan Poe, or that he ever spoke or wrote a word about the strange poems, tales, and es says, and the still stranger history of that gifted but unfortunate man. Once an intimate friend ven tured to put a question to him about Poe. Whom do you mean?" asked Emerson, with au astonish ed stare, and on the name being repeated with extreme distinct ness, "Ah, the jingle man'' re turned Emerson, with a contemptu ous reference to the "refrain,0" in Poe's sad lyrics. An Effective Speech. Harper's Magazine for June. At a meeting of the Temperance Union, held in a small Pennsyl vania city sometime since, the at tendance consisted wholly of white people, with one exception the pastor of the African M. E. Church. He was a full-blooded negro, as black as the absence of light. The colored brother was re quested to address the meeting; and rising in his place, he gazed, around upon his exclusively white audience solemnly. Then he said, "Brethren and sisters, I feel ex actly like a huckleberry in a bowl of milk." It was the most effective speech of the session, Surely a Mistake. Harper's Magazine for June. Poor Mike was very ill-almost as ill as he was short, and what that meant those who know him can best say, for physically he was hardly more than a dwarf. The doctor wa3 called in. and after investigation, informed Mrs. Mike that her husband was suffer ing from actinomycosis, a name which appeared to strike terror to thc soul of the anxious woman. "Act ?hwat?" said nh* J.TXI3C11CS ui iue orear. Nero had bulging eyes and was very near sighted. De Foe had more than one dose of Newgato and the pillory. . Spencer, the poet, suffered the extremes of poverty and neglect. Cowper was all his days over shadowed by the gloom of insanity. Julius Cosar had weak digestion and was subject to epileptic fits. Cervantes was always poor and constantly annoyed by his credi tors. Milton was blind in his old age and cften lacked in comforts of life. Peter the Great was half crazy most of his life, through drink and rage. Le Sage was poor all his life. In old age he was dependent on his son. Mohammed was an epileptic, and his visions were those of a diseased mind. Gibbon had the gout? He be came so stout that ho could not dress himself. Bacon was avaricious, and his greed for money finally led to his disgrace. Tasso was miserably poor most of his days. His miseries finally drore him mad, Seldon was once commitetd to prison for his attacks on tho divine right of kings. * Palestrina lived in extreme poverty most of his days, and finally died in great want. Charlemagne had au ulcer in his leg that gave him much annoyance for many years. Johnson was near-sighted and his face much disfigured by scars resulting from scrotula. Coke was quarelsome, and pas sed his life in almost continued war with his associates. Don't forget that Ramsey & Bland deal in hard ware and farm mplements. They defy competi-i tion. Their store is calculated to please all tastes._ The Sand Bar Ferry is to be sold at Aiken C. H., June 4th. This is the season of the year when the farmers' mind stubbornly contemplates the purchase of farming imptements, and otho necessities in the hardware line, As usual Ramsey & Bland have prepared to meet every demand along that line. Visit their store before laying in your supply.