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r jl' ' ? A w ^ 0*^ g' \y *Q? thtjkloav 8. cahtlu, | A Family Newspaper'. For the Promotion of the Political, S\ ial, Aaricultural and Commercial ItUcreete. 5 tlkms: $1.00 a ykaiu editoh aki> slanaukh. ) ) patabije !w a '>v ?xr-. stivh-flm i(lv mihlutf- >: n ^&??- j rr^t. ~ ~ DE LOP JUST GO.fc He Has Rudely Criticised Presi dent McKinlev. ; ; I nas SENSATION IN WASHINGTON. for. jic in<r th Spanish Minister's Letter to :i n,,t |,j Friend Pi.tdished in the ! |i,.vo Newspapers?A Cable- uecce? pram Sent Our j grccal Minister. (|mt w partm \ Washington, Feb 9.?The pub ' Ht.jjon lication in the morning papers of The what purported to he an autograph most I letter written by Senor |)eputv anions IteLome, the Spanish minister, to 'r his frieml, Canalejus, criticising c nisi.I the President with the utmost ol *'M' freedom, oausod a sensation in b> ore oflieial Washington, and soon will the bo followed by Minister neLomo's t'hairi departure from tlie Fluted States, and i At the outset there was atpiestion a; at to the authenticity of the letter, cxpre> but as bit bv bit of eireumstaneial *'M th evidence accumulated until it was was at finally announced ollieially tha 'ou w: the minister declined to deny the S,'H authorship of the letter, all doubt tolera was dissipated, and the only quest e\oeu1 tion that remained was as to the Lome line r>f action to lie pursued bv his iin our government toward the olTond ^on ing minister. Tha writing of this that letter is unquestionably an ofTonse I Lome against the amenities of diplomatic preser relations, and such offenses almost preci^ invariably have lieen regarded in crats ' the United States, as in other capi- ?xprci tals, as sufficient ground for the j Kepul termination of the official status of the letter-writer. 1 ^ As soon as the letter appeared in The Press, the state department officials began an effort to settle 'e^pr ts authenticity, and when it had K learned all that could tie developed * on this point, and had been told 'S>tu^es that the minister himself refused to deny writing it, the considers ! , tion of the next step began. Assistant Secretary Dav was in con* J III y sultation with the President on the subject at least four times during the official day, and then ' m m> spent much time in framing his . 1 . , tion 1 message to the I nited States Minister Woodford at Madrid. ,'M ' ' .... ..... < . . but III 1 he official statement of the send-, . .. noon I mg of this message was accom... .. ... Madri pamed by a decimation to indicate its contents at the time, the de- .jj partment merely giving to the I press the following statement : "Minister IVLome does not \j;l, deny writing the letter. This do ,,f tiu. putment has communicated with under (Jen Woodford on the subject, rccnt I ntil that communication reaches affairs the Spanish government it would patch Ik? improper to in any manner Spann state tho contents of the message saving to (!cn Wondfii-il " r>enor * While the <leparlmonl refused him m ]o add. anything to this meagre qucntl announcement, it can he stated and I without question that Mr Wood accept * ...... Miiovivu in uiy me net ili* before tlio Spanish government, tion ? together with the statement that tbe mi in view of the ministers refusal decide to <ieny the authorship of the let-1 Lome ter, the Spanish government is and ei looked to with contidonee to dcas with with the ea*3 proparly. Thi affair# amounts to nn invitation to recall. All the minister, presuming that ho the hc himself has not already taken | ??busii steps to vacate his position. No jn^ a | douht i? entertained of a coinpli- Aft ance with the import of the aug- premi gestion, hut in case thero should oorres he undue delay in acting, ths state, Press :'iv.* 11 i.vo si'l fc'! e die i upon had ve diroeily }n t's matter, thoi ;ivo tli"! minister HIp.; ss \ doiio whuu Sir .Iu!i:iii i 4 efote's predecessor wrote idehrated Murchison letter. an ueh as the lino (?f action t case uiav form the basis tion in this, always presum- i at the Spanish minister docs ; nisei f cut the knot and rc-1 the government from the, isitv of performinir a di>a- ,, , , 1 . * Coh Inc duty, it mav he stated ; V rith Lord Saekvillc the doent of state initiated the hall 1 Do Lome incidc it was id-:\,<? the sole topic of conversation [ the members of the house* lni onteilts of his letter weie MK " ered such a manifest breach ? ! lomacv that many refused dit them. Clinirnuin 11i11 * us iorei_pi afViirs committee, U'M 11:111 Pin^Iev ot t ? i < * wavs 1 1 iie.an-. committee and other ','1 l; Kepnlilieans declined ti? v i b;iy opi linn at this time. ' '' o assumption tli.it the letter u'1' ithontie, however, the opinis almost unanimous that no ,l!,'1 soeetimr ^overiimont could >lrt tc siii:li criticism of its chief < x') live, and that Minister He ,l" 's words laid put an end to efnlness at this capital. lie fear was also expressed the recall of Minister l)e ' while affairs were in the it delicate condition miirht lituto a crisis. The Denio- aro were much more free in the bon ss|en of ooiniofl than the * ilicnns. ' bal1 ' it v Vhat the Spanish Snv. : ?eri ! it w Irid, Fell !?.?The l)e Lome |8tul incident is regarded here asj^()l1 (list int l'iirnc mtcrwlml (/? /liii. I fJ'1" r>? " I .. ho lelationa of tho United e i uiid Spain. will if h >me Has Cabled His Uesig !del> nation. T* lade I phi a, Fob 1>.?Special dies from Washington ro- | in this city state that Min lo Lome cabled his resi?_'na-!er * Lo tho Spanish government yesterdnv und twice today, > to a late Inftir this after- ' liad received no reply from w'" id. ' * ,,f 1 liigl Resignation Accepted and ociji Io'h Hacking His Grip. 1 ; and ill ill, Feb lo.?At a meeting olln Spanish cabinet held todav >oor the presidency of tho <pieen shot t, tho minister for foreign o.xti i, Scnoa (inllon, road a dis- cliy from Senor I>o Lome, the di minister at Washington, "nit I that the published letter to ph' ('ana!ejus was written by vim id that his position, eonse- I'" Iv, had become untenable, wlni io begged the government to ?f Ii his resignation. The cabi- jciat eided to accept the residua- j f Senor Dupuy DcLoine and ten inister Huhserpiently met and cam d to telegraph to Senor I)e p?'}J accepting his resignation tion trusting the tirst secretary won the conduct of tho current And of the legation. | "be the newspaper counnenta on $tat ihject bitterly denounce the j "Ft ness of stealing and publish-1 hmA private letter." I FA( er tho cabinet council the or, Senor Sagasta, told the ' pendent of the Associated I y?u that Senor Dupuy Delyomo! self / \ ? ? I IN. ? 'M)r:ivc!y" admitted tho ?it ship oi cito letter. AGRICULTURAL HALL. s()\V RKNTF,l> FROM K. I HOSLKY, OFNKW YORK. Ownership of tho Pro port T'cogni/.cd -Tho l'.iir Fi??ht Vol t<> Cotne, 11 in 1 tin Record, stli inst. V II Lylcs, the attorney f< \ Wesley in the a<;ricultnri case, stated this morning thi rioli* of his client to posse; of the hnildiiiL; had heen at ed and satisfactory a'-rutict its had heen mote for pavuiei cut in the future, onnni-sioner Vance continue information statin<r that roi Id ho naitl at the rale of *17 onth until tne state hoard < r< l met and tlecided what the Id <|n ahout continuing in the ' lit 'pmrtort or moving els* re. m| Vni ce 11:t< 1 expressed ti lion that -r 1 7per month \vi p rent, l?ul Attorney Lyh re-.-e.i si willingness to subm rent tijrnre to arbitration i > the state Ih?:ir< 1 of contr ddcred it too high, tent and damages for psi*t o aney of the agricultural hr have to he settled for. \ es's clients' claims, if allowe* secured hy good and sufliciei (1b. 'lie winning of tho agricultur case I?y no means curries wil ul id ideation of the llluo lfidj, p. If that in ever vaiidifiet 'ill only ho after a long ar ?bon light in the courts. A ley LvIcs'h next move in thi le will he watched for wil ly interest. Tho tax hurdc have to he largely increase 10 succeeds in saddling thi t upon South Carolina. The Facts. 'he assessment of property i State is twenty millions higl hun in 1890. The annual ii ist on the State debt is ahoi 0,0o0 less than in 18110. A money that is made out ? skcy goes to the State insten lie towns. Hut State taxes a< icr. Compare your tax r< its and see for yourself. >oii Tillman sowed dissensh incited the people against eiu r. The excuse was that e economical goveriimei dd take the place of the oh avagant, expensive "oliga 'ow we are to have 4 4peace at ,y." Wliy { Because the pe? are confronted with the col :ing FACTS, showing that Ik man misled them and told the ,t wasn't true. Seeing that n tin will! iiixuij.il i 1? --- ... ...... UVVIlDUtllllin 11I1U UCIllll ion.-' havo brought about i roTomont and have put notoi cents in their pockets, tlu lot but recognize tl.at can rn> full of abuse ami -villitic; do no good. So they ar t of them, ready for peace. I that is the real reason tin tter feeling" exists in tl e and it is not due to t) >rty Movement" or any otln ement. It in due to tl JTS.?Greonville Ne va. "ake care of your habits, an r health will take care of il m \\\ i \.t :>?5 I* | AJPQLFil li. ! .I'L L'( i ' * iv T IS foi'nd <;ui/n. III'." ' iv Fixes the 1'unishmcnt of the Wife Murdcrer nl Life , Imprisonment. Chicago, Feb. lb? Adolph L. N Luotgerl was tonight convicted of i the murder of his wife and sentenced to th" term of his natural life. Lr.ctg< rl received the verJdict with a laugh. It was 10:50 . when word was sent to the court >r . , rootn by the jury that they had ^ agreed upon a verdict and were waiting to bring it into court. I Quickly as possible after the jury.I a 1 sent word of an ngrecincut ; Igo (Jary ha tened to the court coin. ,,j Tile news of a verdict had spread ,t like li .htnii.g to the streets, and 5 in a few minutes the court room ,f was i i' iincd with newspaper num. y policem -n, witnesses who lmdgiv|r en oV/d nee in the trial and eu . rious I it-?; .. At 1 i: 1 .*? .1 n?li??? < iary entered ii> tho court room ami the same ints stant liUctgert and hi- guards ento rod 1': door loading from the il jajl in tin* roar of tho courthouse, in The hj_r prmoner was calm t? all ,,| | apjieahuioos ami did not seem nor vous in anv debtee. Hi* glanced I?juioKIv around to see if the jury was waiting for him ami finding it 11- was not, sank easily into a chair 1( to await its coining. lie smiled Dt at one or two friends, hut after the tir t glance around the court al room | contented himself with th | watching tho door through which re the jury must enter. In a minute lt they tiled in, pressing to the seats id which they have occupied during t \ the 72 days of tho trial. The ?i. I a?-vn<ih?t/>?<o * I ' m nj ti mioin naiuuru IIICIII eagei'lV. Lh hoping to catch from their faces >n some idea of what the verdict was id to he. Not one of the jurors lit glaneed towards the prisoner, who tried vainlv to catch an eye of some one of the men who had do: termined his fate. The quiet air j home by the jurymen went far to n strengthen the opinion prevalent i- in the court room that the verdict t. was adverse to Luetgert. it Judge Gary wheeled sharply in II his chair as the jury entered, and if watched them silently as they tiled id into their seats. Then lie spoke e in his usual calm, even tone: c 'tientleincn, have you agreed upon a verdict >n 4Wo have,1 was the reply, h j 4.Mr Clerk, read the veadict,' a said Judge Gary in the same tone, it Clerk Knopf s'epped forward, I, took the verdict, and then read r- with a tremor of excitement in his voice: id 'We, the jury, tin 1 the defend[> ant guilty, as charged in the inii dictiaent, and tix the punisiuuent ui at imprisonment for life.' m There was a hush and all eves ill turned on Luetgert t > see how he n-' would take it. He laughed, and io la tglied in a manner that showed le plainly that he did not think the verdict a serious matter, com par n atively sjieaking. State Attora-! ney Duncan smiled grimly as the o, ' verdict fell from the lips of *'lerk ? i Knopf, and Police Inspector nt Schaak and 1* >lieoCaptain Srhuetictler, who have worked desperatc10; ly in the ease, gave signs of satis[?r faction of the most unmixed- vaic riety. Tbo sound of Clerk Knopfs voice had not died away when Attorney Harmon was on his feet id with a request that the jury tie t- polled. This was done, each juror affirming the verdict. Then Mr. li .i ni; m entered :i motion ior Ju ntnv trial, which was entered and will In* around within a few da vs. i ? j I .outsort was led hack to jail in apparently good spirits, glad ol one tiling, that his long suspeiw was ended at last, and comforted by the assurances <?f his lawyer.* | that he will get a new trial, and that the state will not he able tc convict him a s"oon 1 time. The jury reached their verdict on the first ballot. I The Dog Voted. The Hev. Dr. .1 (' Wingo wn? recently re elected pastor of tin Ilaptist chureh at ('arrollton hy the most unanimous vote evei cast hv its memhers, savs tin* Atlanta .lournal. It was the annual church meet inur over which Dr. Fitt/. was presiiling. < )ne of the memhers ha? a pet pug dog that has heen Piicdi! m number of tricks, one sirin?* t? rise to hi- hind Ie?_r- and walk at t lie command 'stand !' I)r Wingo li:i>I retinal in ordei that the church might vote on the question <>f his re-election. ()n? brother had nu?ve<| the re-election of Dr Wingo. Another had sconded the motion, and several speeches had I icon made, while the pile doe, blinking solemnly, sut in the front part of the chureli. The question was called for, an< ; Dr Fittz put it "All who are ir i favor of the re election of Dr Wingo <*v ill please rise anil stand/ Everybody arose and then tin pug dog got up very solemnly 01 I his hind legs and walked aroum : in front of the pulpit. Everybody laughed, and tlier , Dr Wingo was informed that hi had been re-elected by the unani nious vote of the members and the | <lo?How He Rode. 'l'he diameter of the olii I Hi nois courts,, in which Abraham Lincoln practiced, wa> very primitive, says a writer in the Centurv. In one case a livery st ink horse had died soon after he inn returned, and the person who han hired it was sued for damages.? The (|Uc>tion turned l-irgclv upor the reputation of the defendant aa hard rider. A witness was call ed -a long, lank westerner. 'Now dors Mr So-and >o usual ly ride {' asked the lawyer. Without the least gleam of in telligenee, the \\ ituess replied : 'Astraddle, sir.' No, no,' said the lawyer; mean does he usually walk, o: t rot or gallop V 4\Vul,' said the witness, :fypa rently searching in the depths o his memory for facts, 'when h rides awalkin horse he walks when he lidos a trottin' horse h trots, and when ho rides a gal lupin' horse he gallops, whenThe lawyer was mad, ! wan to know what gait the defendan usually takes, fast or slow {' said the witness, wlici his company ride* fast he rule fast, and when his company ride slow he rides slow." 'I want to know, sir,' the lawyer said, very much exasperated and very stern now, 'how VIr So and so rides when ho is alone.' 'Wal,' said the witness, mor slowly and meditatively than ever when he was alone I wirn'talong and 1 don't know.' The laugh ut the questioner end ed the cross examination. t. , T l? ( l\V - J ... ? . > + ' l J ^ ' \ 11 ^ I" 1 ?* J * ' , 1 Y i 11 >'( . ' 'n ii v *J vl j ? ?; . .i i"iii ..1 Groceries. !. a ? ?? ' i * b -2 rs z IS pounds irianiil it.'cl *-Cnjr ?r t".?r 1 on ' -< pn til ids I it; It * nl Ott'il Sll!.'|i|' 1 Oil ' 1'*$" We have 1 lie cheapest line ' <?t ( lieu ii?am 1 Sun>Uinir Tobacco 1 in town. Also we carry :i nice line , .of Notions, siicli :is handkerchiefs. Ladies' and (IciiL' 1 lose, etc., ott K. S. < 'li :rr,v ?V I ti*o? Tin.' Last Ordered. ()ncc upon :i time, up Wurics. ter way, some eomnumior. wine , was wanted, :ini| it so happened that the sliimu^ to whom was . entrusted 11 in work of ordering eounuuMion wine was something of a 1?iirli liver himself. ()ne niornimr lie ealled up l>v telephone u house that sometimes supplied ; eoinntunioti w ine, and said : "This i. .M . So and so. Send , up to the eh11re"i two mtllons, hi-t the s_me as I ordeed last time." The elerk look' I liael; and . found that the la-t order was , for French hrnndv. tint, unfortu. natelv, he di 'n't notice that the ! hrandy was ordered for personal use, while the la t eliureh or ler I sent in hv the shinin<r lirrht had , I tieen for a milder article. The hrnndv went to the church and was passed around. The Iinui. \ phisticated thought that the com , I munion wine ha<l u delightful twang to it that Sunday, but after > I the service another shining light ?| winked at Mr. So-and-so slyly, ,<chucked him in the lis, and said: j 4'Make it eock tails next time." Somcthintf t ? l) prn (>. l M r James Jones, of the drug firm of Jones & Son., Cowdcti, III., in speaking of I)r Kind's New Discovery, says ; that last winter hi* wife was attacked witti I.a (Dippe, and tier case grew so serious that physicians at Cowden and /'ana could do aolhiug for her. It seemed to develop into Hastv Consumption. Having Dr King's New Discovery in store, and selling lots of i?, he totik a bottle li -me, aod to the l surprise of alI she began to get better . from tits' do-e anil half do/.eti dollar h tt'e* cured tier sound auii well. Dr Ki g's N>- v Discovery f>?r Consun:p? lion. ' ongli-and Colds is guaruiileeil ; to do thi* g < d work Try it. I'rce i rial tm i ? ? at Crawford Bros' Drug - t?iie The minister, with his little son Charles, was culling on an old parishioner, who poured her trouble into his sympathizing ear, ending with the remark : "I've had mv nose held totho grindstone for no years,*" Charley, who had bciMi listening intently at the old . ladv, instantly remarked : 4'Well it hasn't worn the mole on the ; end olT yet." Xo Cure-? No I'aii. That in 11? * ivnv ?H ilruutgisfa *e| t? UltOVKit's TA^TKI.K-S CHILL ! TONIC for Clefs an i Malnrin. It i > mpty I run < tinninc in a t:?**t* tform p )?!'..l.tjii love il. \<liilt* prefer it to ?-111r nans) a' iii!?tonics Price, SOo I While an old chimney on ex( Sheriff Hood's plantation was be , ing torn down the other day, a n brick wa> found with thefollowin <* inscription, 'Ucubcn ltoss, 1S00.' s This man married an aunt of Mr I lood's. ?Chester Cantern. s*er t n< Hiilnwicr >f water otii.tm sleep stopped immediately l>v I)h K ' Pktckon's aSTl DiritKTic. Cure >- e'l'Pd n a I a hilts ?Iike ?Price, $ I Siiii| liv J K Nt-o-pe- ,v Co., Dniir<iat l,?ncHster S An Orangeburg corrcsponden ' of the Columbia Register^ nominates .1 li M hby as :i candidate . for governor. Snbscrilte for the ledger