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THE LEXIXGTOX DISPATCH. VOL. XXIV. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1894. NO. 28. CUKS1KG THE BED CROSS, j , AVERY BiTTER FEELING AGAINST IT 1 IN BECUFORT COUNT Y. A Sc-Cftllrd PhUan>hropfc*l and Christian Citizen who Sp?-* ks of Poor White Farm- ( era as "D?n Crafke'k'-Dotg Miss Bar ton Kn< w ol thera Ttilnas? , Bluffton, S. C. May 24?"The Red j Cross Society is the greatest curse which could have been inflicted on this 1 county," are the words which a pro mi- . nent white man uttered to me when I first got ioto Beaufort County I came ; here to inves'igate the condition of the ' Bluffcon cyclone sufferers, but the Red J Cross aDd its work have been brought up in every conversation I have had. I have beard and learned much about the order which will surprise the gen era! public. I have also heard much which it is hard to believe. I will say, however, that there are Dot a dozen white men in Beaufort county, unless it be in the towns of Beaufort aDd Port Royal'who have a good word for the society. It is roundly cursed and abused and the charge is openly made here that the suffering and destitution of the white pj<?ple in this township are due to the discrimination of the Red Cross Society or some of its managers. The negro has been the pet of the society since it took charge of the distribution of charity after the fearful storm. He has been bulged closely and affectionately and the white men, women aDd children have had to beg to get anything. I will not say that Miss ciara .barton is responsible for all that is charged to the society. She may be ignorant of some of it, but she is to blame for appointing managers of the society. The same man whose openiDg remarks I quote finished his statement by saying: "The society has impaired and destroyed the usefulness or the negro in this county and has been used or allowed itself to be used for political purposes." I cannot speak of what has been done by the Red Cross in Beau fort and on thoislands around there. I can only give what has been told me j and what I know to have taken place j in this section, where nearly all the white people of the county live. It is undestood that Miss Barton and j the Red Cross will depart from Beaufort the first of June. I do not know j this to be a fact, but I predict that the ] society will leave many of the negroes * of the county in a wor3e fix than when ' > ^? ( lb lOUUU U'CUI. When the steamship "City of Savannah" was wrecked off the coast of this State just alter the August storm one of the passengers who was saved and who made his way to Beaufort was John McDonald, who came from somewhere in the North. It is said that he was on his way to Brunswick to nurse yellow fever patients there. He remained around Beaufort until Miss Barton took charge as the head of the Bed Cross Society. McDonald soon came to be known as "Dr" McDonald. He became acquainted with Miss Barton in some manner and got into her good graces. She appointed him as the Red Cross agent of all the territory South of the Broad River. This terri tory includes Bluffton Township and Hilton Head Island. McDonald assumed charge with a great deal of display. Shortly after he got to Beaufort he was married and bis wife joined him in his labors. McDonald personally took charge of the Red Cross com- ' missary on Hilton Head Island, which does not have as many people on it as the Blufftcn peLinsulaT How much stuff he has gotten from the Red Cross I do not know, but even the honorable Rompey Riley, colored master of cere- { monies ortne isiunoon commissary auu the bosom friend vf McDonald, thinks that McDonald has had ranch more than his portion of goods for Hilton Head. McDonald is the esteemed citizen who speaks of the wbl'e farmers in Biuff on Towi ship as "a?n crackers." He has taken care not to say this to any of tbe wr ite people here. The aforesaid McD nald occa>ionallv visits Bluff on aC'-ompanted b? his ?vife. Tbey wear big red crosses ou their sleeves and pass througo tbe town, wi'hout speaking to a white person. Tbey have spent nigMs here but no white persoi knows anything of their sleeping with white people. Tr.is is the man who a*.pointed a committee of negroes to lis en to tbe sorrowing >to ries of whue people here and ro dish out to 'h?-m R'd Cross cbamy. Early af'er 1 he begaD his work McDon^a became obnoxious to the white people. His ^ appointment of a comml tee of colored ' poii'iciaos without previous knowledge of who they were excited suspicion and it was opet ly charged that Boo Smalls arid McDonald had an undemanding. t Bon Smalls was sharp enough to seiz- i the opporturi'y presented of makiDg > political capital out of suffering pec- s pie. The committee of negroes here c in Bluff ton have been Bob Small's lead ' ers for ^ ears and it is singular that ail t of them should have been selected At 1 any rate Bob Smalls has risen largely < in the estimation of the negroes of i Beaufort in the last few months. Two 1 years ago he could not have polled one i hundred votes. Today the ignorant < negroes of the county believe that j Bob Smalls and the Republicans of 5 tne North sent them bread. How dia i they get such an impression? Miss l Clara Barton had thousands of dollars < in her bands contributed bv Southern J people for the aid of the sufferers. The i negroes nave gotten Dearly all this and J think tnat Northern .Republicans and Bob Smalls have given it to them. ~ Miss Barton may not have had anything to do with the impression but it exists and Bob Smalis will try to go to Congress on It When all these thing3 first began to develop Thomas Martin wrote a communiaation to the New3 and Courier stating the facts. He was asked to s withhold the publication of it until the I paper could make an investigation of 1 the charges. Whether the investiga- I tion was made Mr. Martin does not J know. He told me, however, that the < communication was never published. ] and that in some manner copies of i what he had written got to Miss Barton, I McDonald and all her staff. The ef- t feet of the communication was that < more leniency was sbown.to white suf- i ferersfor awhile and some of those l who applied direct to Miss Barton, at s Beaufort, were given aid. It caused a s bitter feeling, however. Mr Martin t has many friends among the colored people. The colored men who heard of ibe communication and endorsed it Kt* fho wrxc aitci noiu Kfj Red Cross ageDts as "Martin negroes" ' and got itin the Deck when they applied l for assistance. Mr. Martin does not 1 understand bow this communication J should have been allowed distribution i amoDg Red Cross people and was never l published. 1 During the war a regiment of negroes 1 was raised here od the coast. How no- : bly tbese colored troops "fit," i am not < aware, but all of them draw $12 a i month for getting shot at or rather for i not gettirg shot at. Pompey Riley, the chairman of the R-d Cross commit- < tee here, is a pension agent. Mis3 Bar- I ton is said to have given instructions i that pension drawers should not get 11 relief from the Red Cross. Her intentions were good, but it is said here that these negro heroes make a pull on Red Cross grits whenever opportunity affords Riley, as a pension agent would not act so horribly as to refuse a poor pensioner some grits. It would not be policy for Pompey to do so. Pompey is a negro too. He b Id me of his patriotic work for nothing in distributing food from the Red Cross commissary and said he had never made five cents our ot it. Of course he didn't make anything, but he has recently improved bis house here and has put a new fence around it The venerable Christian McDonald oa3 no doubt been workiDg for philan:hropical reasons, and because of his oble nature. Of course he hasn't made anything cut of the Red Cross but be s building a spieDdid house on Hilton Elead island ana has bought land to itart a truck farm. The "doctor" is the lame man who wrote an article in h>- New York World sayiDg that the ohysiciaosin theiviciuity or HiitonjHead vouid not go to storm suntivrs uniu le had been paid in advance. The man le is supposed to have alluded to is Dr. tfellichamp of this place, who never isked a person for a fee in his life and ivho has lived here forty years. I have an affidavit in my possession jtatihgtbat theRedCros3 agents here jad charged those who got goods from :be commissary 10 cents for the writDg of their names. Pompey Riley explained this by saying that this was a evy to pay the expenses of a trip to 'jiiug over some goods. I asked an )ld colored mauma how much she had rotten from the Red Cross. "Nutin,' ihild,case I hadn't got 10 cents to pay iem niggers. I'm too poor, sir." 1 saw * number of negroes who had paid 10 jents, and kDow of a white man who refused to pay anything. Negro laborers are demoralized by ;he assistance they are getting from ;be Red Cross. One gentleman told no that, ho has rtririon fnr milos trvinc ;o get hands for his farm, but did not succed. I have been told' that it is the worthless class of negroes, who never iad anything in their lives, who had lothlng to lose by the storm and who were as well off after the storm as before who are getting the chief benefit from the Red Cross. The poor negroes who are trying to raise a crop and are working hard get little encouragement, pimply because they are at work. Jusdee and right would demand that this ilass of negroes should get the assis;ance and that the indolent; and lazy ihould be allowed to look out for themielves as they have always had to do. I lo know of industrious negroes who lave never been able to get anything from the Red Croso. To show how the Red Cross has also )een imposed on I am told on trustworthy authority thatSavannah negroes iuit their homes and went to Beaufort ind the islands to get some of the stuff >eiog dished out. In other instances a legro would draw from the Red Cross ot his family and then send his wife inder a different name. She would ilso draw a share of the pie. All this s due to the failure to make a canvas3 >n the islands. Ti ..1 v-i u. ^ u xi wuuiu uts mieiesuug iu suuw uuw cany thousands of doliars have been eceived by the Red Cross and how it las been spent. Negroes have gotton nore than nine-tenths ot it. They will n a few weeks have to depend on them;elves again. They must then go to work cr perish. A gentleman told me hat a Beaufort contractor wanted one lundred negro laborers on a certain day. 3e spoke to Miss Barton about them, ;he haviDg said that she could supply lUDdreds of labors. Miss Barton was o have the hundred negroes on band >ne Monday morniog. The contractor las never seen them. I have heard numerous thiDgs about ;he Red Cross which i will not give [ have been told that white people who have applied to Yankre naLagers of the Red Cross have had it 1-muted in their faces that tbey boasted >f bring Carolinians and then begged ?or aid. I know that letters have been written to the R-d Cross Society by white people askiDg for help and that he letters were never answered and bar. the applicants never received help, [know thar there is nothing but the nost bitter feelmg against the socn-ty md the way it has oeea manag-d and hat I never heard a good word for it com a w hit* man. It is to be rrgret'ed hat the feeliDg exists. The eociety jas probably done many noble and p-nerous tnings aud should be given :redit instead of blame A big affiir ike tnat which the sciety tr*ck Jd could lot be managed without complaint, but hat there should De such wholesale :omulaini is at least straDge.?Columbia Register. A T ?wa tor S-*l?. Manchester, N. J., May 24 ?It is lot of eu iOat a whole village, includng huge railroad shops,, churches, chools, stores and residences, 13 sold at iher'ff's sale, but that'is the condition >t fcft'-irs that confronts the citizens of Vlauch^-ster. A mortgage givr-n by John Torrev, now aecr-as-d, in January 1X517 to thp VTiitn:*! R-iriM.ir. T .i f*? Tnsnr luce company of Newark, '.a the paper jpon wmch foreclosure proceedings tave been nrought . Mr. Torrey was an Dfluential New York fioaucier, and carried on real estate speculations on a scale the magnitude of which would surprise the operators of today. He sought up many thousands of acres ot sine lands in Manchester township, Dcean county, and laidouL this towd. He carried through successfully the project of building the old Raritan aDd Delaware Bay rai:road, whicn broke up ifter years of ffghtiog the monopoly :hat had been granted to the oldCamlen and Amboy route. In fact, he was :he only man who succeeded in coping with Commodore Stockton and John Robert L. and Edwin A. Stevens, whc so long dominated the New Jersey leg.slature, aud caused the 3tate to be iubbed the "Camden and Amboy state." In buildiDg his railroad from :he Raritan to Bayside, on the Delaware bay, John Torrey negotiatrd a famous loan of 90,000 pounds with the Rank of England through Brown Bros .t Co., on hi3 less than 10,000 acres oi pine land, the like of which then or iiow would hardly bring -S5 an acre in ;be open market. The desciption oi ;he sale occupies two whole pages ic me of the local newspapers in which il s advertised, set in nonpareil type, and ;his great length of description only serves to entangle all the more the un sophisticated working folks, who feai ;heir homes are to be sold. Fifteen Years. SPARTANBURG, S. C., Alay 2dLOU Parris, who stabbed a young man tc whom she had been engaged and killed ilm at aialuda in April, was arraigned p/>r trial roororrlatr at Hcnriprsmiville Her attorney entered a plea of guilty oi murder in the second degree and asked for the leniency of the court in passing ;he sentence. Judge Boy kin sent hei :o the penitentiary for fifteen years. She is about 17 years old now and she was said to be a pretty tough case. The railroad and all the travel and tarffic hereon failed to soften her character When arrested and carried to jail the ?onstabled suggestedto the sheriff that he should search her person. A danger our knife was found concealed in hei hair ?Greenville News. THE BRIBERY CASE. Oae Senator Offered Seventy-ape Tboosand Dollars. Washington, May 24 ?The special committee appointed to investigate Ihe charges of bribery alleged to have been attempted by Maj. Buttz. and also the doiDgs of the sugar trust in connection with legislation, held two s^sions ' Monday behind closed doors sna with newspapermen and the public exclud, ed. The first began a few minutes after 10 o'clock and lasred until 1 o'clock., when a recess for an hour was taken. During the recess Senator Gray, | speakiDg for the committee, said that ' as soon as this case was concluded the committee would print the testimony and lay it before the Senate. He said l that it would be pretty much on the liDe of that which has heretofore ap; peared in the newspapers, but with | mo>e details. The fact that a direct offer of monev was made has been proven by one witness, at least, according to tbe statement of tbe chairman of tbe committee. Senator Huoton knew nothing except upon hearsay evidence, but told the committee what he had learned from his son. Eppa Hunton, Jr, was next put on the stand and told the committee how he had been approached by Maj Buttz and offered a sum of money if he would induce his father to yote against the pending bill. Senator Kyle was on the stand long erthan any one else, for it was devel; oped that the offer to bribe had been made to him direct by tbe man who stands charged with the commission of the offense. At least this was the interpretation put upon the testimony by the committee. Senator Kyle testified that Mr. Buttz had offered him money for his vote, saying that he could have S75,000 and made aa offer of S 14,000 down. Immediately after the committee met, Buttz made a written request of ! the chairman of the committee to be present with his attorney and cross ex amine witnesses. To this request no attention was given and Buttz subsequently gave bis request to the press. The committee investigating the charge of bribery in connection witb the tariff bill made but little progress owing to the failure of Maj. Buttz to return and conclude his testimony. The Sergeant-at-Arms was sent after the witness but did not find him. He learned, however, that he had gone to a suburban town for a man with whom he believed he should have a conference before he concluded his testimony, and that he would be before the committee the first thing in the morning. This information was also conveyed to the chairman of the committee, by Mr. McGown, the attorney of Mr. Buttz, who called on Mr. Gray to explain the absence of his client. The committee believes it will be able to conclude this branch of the case tomorrow. There are evidences of the fact that the committee intends to push ahead with the investigation of the charges that the Sugar Trust has been interfering with legislation, for the Sergeantat-Arms was today instructed to wire Mr. ?. J. Eh wards, the author of t he Holland letter ia Philadelphia, Pa., wherein the Sugar Trust was arraigned, and asked him if he would accept service and appear before the committee Thursday next. This was doDe and Mr. Edwards replied that he would accept the telegram as service and be in Washington at the time named. It is also unlerstood that a number of well known Washington newspaper men have been decided upon as the proper persons to summon before the committee to tell what they kDow regarding certain stories tbey have been publishing ' in connection with the sugar schedule and the means by which that schedule was adopted. If the committee cannot do that it is said that it will at leas show that the newspapermen got their information from what they believed to be reliable sources (presumably ' memners of the Senate) and will theu proceed to summon Senators and run the rumors to their foundation. The committee expects to complete the investigation of this phase of the case within two weeks. ! W 11 go to Na-bvill*. Columbia, S. C., Ma> 23 ?The State's d'spacms of Sunday coutain-d roe intelligence that R-v. VV. D. Kirklaud, D. D,or this city had oeeu elected ; Sunday school editor by ?he Methodist , general conf-rer<e iu Memphis, T-nn. I'his was gratifymg ue as to Dr. K rk land's Dosts of trie ds in thisS aie, buit could scarcely be called welcomj news, for hi3 election necessitates his jfMViug me otaie. tie win m"vt) iu ' Na-hviile, ttie s^at of the church's publishing inferrs's, Dr. Krikiaod is a native Carolinian; -va* born in Orane? burg couoty tbe 17th of Augus , 1849 , wan educated at W? ff ?r.j C nteg^ where be grad> ated in 1870 He joined ibe conference the following December and soon look positlou among The firemost preachers. While presidio^ elder of the Coff-soury district in 1885, he was elected editor of the Sou hern Chrstam Advoc-tTe for four ye*rs and was re-elected in 1889 and ia 1893. in 1891 he received thr degree of doctor of divinity from E ^ory College, Ga. Dr. ; Kirkland was a delegate ro the general conferences of 1886 and 1890, and t his year he headed the delegation from South Carolina, Dr. Ivirkland holds 1 several other important positions in the church, among them trustee of his alma 1 mater and a member of the misui.in ort7 hAorrl r\-f f hn f urn \f ?ithi^. 0?'-SUC?lJ UV;UL i L? i_JJL V-UUW | dist Church. The doctor is a man of ' strong character, fine executive ability and of decided convictions, winch he ? expresses forcibly and fearlessly on all ' proper occasions. As a journalist his ' success has been very marked. He has 1 made the Advocate one of the best religous papers in the South, and his piaoe will be hard to fill. Dr. ihrklaDd'3 " successor as editor of the Advocate will be selected by the publishing commit5 tee and the bishop will appoint in ac; cordauce with its recommendation? the appointment to hold until the next session of the annual conference in De\ cember. Dr.Kirkland is expected home : today, the general conference having \ adjurned on Monday, after a session of | three weeks.?State. Eight Killed. Princeton, Ky., May 21.?A disastrous wreck occured at 10 o'clock this morning on the New Port News and Mississippi Valley Railroad at Standing Rocks tunnel. An extra freight ( train crashed into a pile driver train with a boarding car attached. The pile j driver train was backing with boarding car in front when the two trains met in J the middle of the tunnel. Conductor I Nick Hill of the pile driver train and , six or seven occupants of the boardiDg : car were killed. It will be several hours before the victims can betaken out ! j Shot by the bhetlff : Lafeyette, La, May 24? Sheriff . Isaac 13rossard shot and killed Henry i Jones, a negro ravisher, who has been ; wanted for a month. The fiend met a 7 year-old girl and her little brother in the roadway and snzng her carried ;,her off and accomplished his purpose. TEACHERS OF THE STATE1 j ALL ABOUT THEIR ANNUAL GATHERING THIS SUMMER. ( The Eiabarate and Excellent Programme ? T A r*nced tor the 33rd Asnaal Meeting ? of the State Teachers Association, Columbia, May 24?Elaborate ar- v raDgemeiita are being made for the 23d r annual meeting of the State Teachers' 1 xVs^ociation of South Carolina to be ^ held at C-?nverse College at Spartan- c nurg, July 1 to 5 next. JDr. ,T. Wm. 1 FlinD, of this city, the president of the d association, and Professor J. Flem- fc ming Brown of Spartanburg, the chair- T man of the executive committee, to c ir^rhpr with the other officers of the as- * O' ?? ? * sociation are doing all in their power 1 to make the sessions the most interest- c tne ever held in the State. The programme and other arraDge F ments have just been prepared, and an- f nounced. The programme is as fol- a lows. a Sunday, July 1st ?11 a. m.?Sermon h hy R^v. W. M. Grier, D. D., Due West. 11 8 30 p m? Programme arranged by 3 city pastors. ^ Monday, July 2d.?10 a. m.?Address ^ of welcome by Mayor A. B. Calvert I and President B. F. Wilson Annual S address by the president. 11 a. m ? c Report ot special committee appointed e at the last meeting; Superintendent T. s P. Bailey, Marion. Discussion?12 m.? a Advantages of securing a permanent d home for the association; Superintend- E ent E. L. Hughes, Greenville. Discus- a sion. Afternoon?4 p. m.?Meeting of a the primary department, Miss L. C. 2 Hubbard, Anderson, president. Attrac- a tive programme. 8 30 p. m? Address J bv Superintendent N. F. Walker, Ce- * dar Springs. Subject: "The Education 8 of the Bli>:d and the Deaf." d Tuesday, July 3d.?10 a. m?History 1' of education ia South Carolina; Pro v fessor W. S. Morrison,Clemson College, 8 Discussion. 11 a. m.?Normal training r for preparatory teachers and how to c obtain It; Superintendent D. B. John- a son, Columbia. Discussion. 12 m ? 8 Comparison of systems of prepartory c schools in the Carolinas and Georgia; c Superintendent B. F. Bailev. Abbeville. I Discussion. Afternoon?4 p. m.?Da- E partment of superintendents, F. L. * Hughes, President, Greenville. 4.30- 1 4.10?Preliminary work 4.10-4.30? t Pedagogical investigation; Superin- \ tendent T. P. Bailey, Jr., Marion. 4.30- * 4 40 ? Discussion, 4.40-5.00 ? Some 1 drawbacks; Superintendent W. H. c Hand, Chester. 5.00 5.30?Echoes from v the national superintendent's meeting; t Superintendent P. T. Brodie, Spartan { burg. 5.30-5 40?Discussion. 5 40 6.00 c ?General discussion; departmental ' teaching in grammar sehools. 8.30 p. F m.?Address by President J, H. Car- * lisle, Wofford College. c 1 T..1- i.k 1f\ ? TJ..K S w euut53uay,u uiy ?ou.?iu a. m.?x u.u- lie school education in France; Rev. e Jame3 Woodrow, D. D.. South Carolina ^ College. Discussion 11 a. m.?What 0 are the objects in view in teaching Ge v ography? Superintendent Frank Ev- c ans, Newberry. Discussion. 12 m.? * Model lesson in teaching geography; v Miss Ella Cofield Spartanburg. College Department?Dr J. H. Car- ? lisle, President, Wofford College. 4 p. j m.?Paper by Professor Snyder, of j Wofford College, o p. m.?Paper by 1 Professor H. T. Cook, of Furman Uni- * versity. Discussion. 8.30 p. m?Ad- j dress by Geo. T. Winston, President J University of North Carolina. ' Thursday, July otb.?10 a. m.?Phyis J cat culture; Miss Maud E. Masson, * Converse Colledge. Discussion. 11 a. * m.?.The educational value or' history as a school study: Rev. H. S. Hartzog, Bamburg. Discussion. 11:30 a. m ? c Drawing in the schools; Professor jj William Welcb, Clemson College. Dis- t cussion. 12 m.?Business. After- t noon?4 p. m? Department of School e Commissioners 4:00 4:45?Call to order, t organization, etc. 4:45 4:55?The necess- j ir.y of teaching E glisn proverly; F. nnrfnn D Ifnob 4,'Firi n'Tfl?r>i.Qf'!ia?lf?n 5:10 5:20-Q lalidcations aod duties of ] i s-h ??! commissioner, VV. W. Bright. s 5:20 5:35?Some suggestions in regard r... our school system; Thomas YV. Keif, j 5.40 0:00?Discussion. 8:30 p. m.?A $ taiR on music; Dr R H. Peters, Con- j verse College; followed by concert and j reading. The following information is given by the committee: < "Teachers who desire will be boarded ( in C ?nverse Coilege; gentlemen at SI t a day; ladies, who come by Sunday \ morning and bring sneets, pillow-cases, t ?owels, -'c, and remaiu during the ses- t sion, a' 75c. adav. No deduction will ] oe made ror absence from meals. , i tiose ex peeing to board in Converse ] College will please notify Mrs. L. B. i rhompsou, Spartanburg, S. C., a few | days before the meeting. ? Parties preferring to board in the city Will htv^ reduced ra'es It is the j hop- or ti-.e executive committee that ( all will reach there by Saturdav night , The crizeus or Spartanburg expect to j I /??no * hu r ?i?jon^ro Q fruu nvnnrowin t" i \ ^ i 1 C ICfiVyliriO U i VAVUIdiVU WW J Asnvilleou Friday. The lowest possible ] railroad rates wiil he secured tor all at t ending the association. Parties wish- f ing information about board, accommodations, rates, etc , will please write ( to President B F. VVilsoa, or J. F. , BrowD, 6partaaburg, S. C. < t li' inicide at Laogley. I Augusta, May 24.?On Monday 1 evening about 7 o'clock a shooting < scrape occurred in Langley wbich has 1 r> suited in the death of one of LaDg'ey citizens. The facts concerning this de- ? pi Table affair are hard to get at, but 1 we will give them as tbe.v were given t to us: it appears that old man John e Augustine and his son Charlie are engaged in merchandising, and on Mon- t day evening got into a dispute over 1 some affairs which led to blows. Dr. ? Toland, who was either ia the store or passing at the time, hearing the dis- J turbance ran in between father and son to separate them. What occurred then ? was not made clear to us, but at this juncture John, another son of old man Augustine, ran in and drawing nis pistol shot Dr. To.'and in the back, the ball penetrating In tbe region of the heart. The Doctor lingered until about 11 o'clock on Tuesday when he died. Young AugustiDe tried to escape but was caught two miles out of Lang.^y and arrested. He was taken back to Langley and turned over to Sheriff Alderman yesterday who brought him to Aiken and lodged him in jail. The Augu9tines claim that Dr. Toland was fightiog old man John Augustine. We tried to gat his version of the affair but he declined. We understand the feeling against the Augustines is quite bitter in Langley. Dr. Toland has only been living in Langlev a short while. He is from TA A ^ ^ 1 ^ ~ *~A U J 1 _ ? Xiugruciu v^uuuty, auu uaa a lauiny i which he expec'.ed shortly to bring to Langlev to live. T. was an old man. ] ?Chronicle. A Love Tragedy. Green Bay, Ala., May 24.?Silas Gilhllan, a young merchant, blew his brains out on the step of the house of .James Lewis yesterday. He was engaged to marry Miss Lewis, who is ill, and was reported cead. The girl was not dead, but heard ot the suicide and is dvng from the shock. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONErhe Weekly Bulletin of the Condition of the Weather and Cropa. The following is the weekly bulletin if the weather and the crops issued resterday by Observer Biuer of the itate Weather Bureau: The weather favorable for rapid growth during the greater part of the peek, and the staple as well as the Dlnor crop9 were as a consequense of heexcessive heat and copious showers - ery much improved. On Sunday there ame an unfavoble change whichcaus^d be temperature to fall from 30 to 20 legrees in twenty-four hours, and on Sunday (20 b) morning minimum temteratures of lrom 39 to 45 degrees ocurred over the entire State. Many of he reports had been mailed previous o the 20 h and so the full tifect of the old wave can be put partially reflected n this bulletin, altogether later retorts indicate the occurrence of light rosts in favorably situated localities s far as Orangeburg county. Thed amge, if any, resulting, appears as yet to lave been but very slight and confined argely to sweet potatoes, and in a leser decree to cotton. In next week's mlletin a b tter estimate can be made, averse local conditions injuring crops, srere wasbmg rains in portions oi ipartaDgburg, Newberry and Greenville ounties were creek bottoms overflowd necessitating some replanting. Hail ,lso did some damage over small areas, ,nd in Barnwell county a sand storm lamagtd cotton. The temperature was nuch above the normal uotil Saturday fter which it was far below, the deprture on the 20th at Columbia being 3 degrees. Ttie sun3hioe did not average normal for the State but was not so leficicnt as to be harmful. Rain in the orm of showers were numerous and in ome instances heavy and fainy well listributed, only a few localities being eft dry. In places the ground was too ret to wor& ana as a consequence ;rass and weeds are showing. Cotton anges from fair to very good stand iver the whole State. One field of ,bout 800 acres reported "the best ever een." The only report of a poor stand omes from Williamsburg and Sumter ounties were the ground is too dry. 'lowing and chopping i3 progressing licely the latter being from one-third o two-thirds fiuished. Grass showing n places. Some forms or squares have >een seen. Corn is doing fairly well lut bud worms continue to do much njurv. Stand healthy in color but very ineven.?Rice doing well; Irish pota oes being harvested along the coast vith from poor to fair yield. Doing tetter in interior. Sweet potato plantng continues. Tobacco in very good ondition. Sugar cane doing well. Watermelon and kindred vines growing apidly. Wheat but slightly if at ail mproved, and rust on the blades is beaming more general. Harvesting will oon begin. Oats are ripening in the 'inlflfn nnrfirvna ft f thp Stato an fi iiar. 100UC1U J/VlViVUW VI WW restiDg is about- to begin with prospects if about half a crop. Gardens doing pel). Some reports indicate a shortage if feed for farm stock which generally vlntered poorly, although pasturage vill soon be excellent. The following places report one inch ir more of rainfall for the week: Saint leorg^ 2 20, Society Htll 1 45, Beaufort 55, Elloree 1 90, iteio 105. Charleston .60. Hunters 2 50, E*?ley 4.75, t ?), Cenrai 100, Greeuvilie 2 44. Trial 1.68 Port loyal 2.12, Effingham 1 74, Con way 1 25, joopers 1.00, Saint Stephens 2 43, Sparanburg 1.25, Camden 103, Chnraw 1 18, Florence 205, Hardeevdie 134, Bate^s>urg 1.12, Grrenw'ind 3.37, Santuc 1.26, liittle Mountain 103. Courted Hl? Own Wife. London, May 24?A marvellously lueer story of "the reunion of a long>eparated husband and wife withoul hemselves knowing their former rela,ions comes from St. Petersburg and 'clipses in its straDge circumstances he wildest invention of the novelist Vlore than twelve years ago Michael SETaltidze, then a school boy, fell in lov* vith a pretty girl of his own age ir JuDgary and they married after a loort acquaintance. The parents oi taltidze, when they learned of the natch, sent him to America under ar ucsumed name, He settled in Alaba na, wnere me irou oiacuvciica ui iut )ast few yjears enabled him to make a ortune. He fell in love with an Americar ;irl aDd wished to marry her. Ht jommissioned a lawyer to obtain the lecessary documents and witnesses tc hsure a divorce f mm his boyhood wif* md started for Ra-sia to see the mater through. He stopped in London Paris, and finally Wiesbaden, where ht nade the acquaintance of a charming Russian lady, who soon supplanted the Imerlcan girl in bis aff c ions. H* prolonged his visit for weeks and some scandal arose. He declared his passion and askec ler to marry him as soon as he obtained a divorce from his American wite *h'ch, he said, he was expcing bv nail. He was incautious tn-.ugn tc. five the name and address of the American girl be called bis wife. Fi lally he hurried on to see how tbeca3t igainst nis real wife was progressing Frift laocv?-r informed him that the ;ase was all right, and no perjury would be needed, as her misconduct was notorious. He said the wife had Deen living some time under a stage lameat Wiesbaden, ai d had recently leen notoriously intimate with a wealthy American, giving his client lis own American alias. The amazed Taltidze demanded that he stop his ully joking, but the lawyer declared ht was in earnest, and called in a detec;ive to corroborate him. The lattei mtered. "What did you say was the name ol ;he gentleman who was intimate wirt Jdadame Y. in Wiesbaden, and is corjspondent in a divorce case?" "His name Is X , but that's the gen jleman himself there." "What do you meaD.you scoundrel?' shouted Yaltidze, and then hxing his ?yes upon the witness: "Why, you arc ;he blackguard I threatened to thrasb n Wiesbaden if I found you hanging ibout my lodgings anp more." "Yes, sir, I was engaged to watcb Madame l'.'s movements in Wiesba len; that's why I dogged her steps and fours. The lady is williDg enough tc ?et a divorce. She has a promise oi narriage, she says, from an American Billionaire." When Mme. Yaltidze heard th6 3tory ihe wrote a sweet letter to her husjand's alleged wife in the United states, introducing herself as that ady's successor, and asking to be in :orcoed of the result of the divorce jase. Then she instructed her lawyer ;o sue her husband for alimony on a ligh scale and to assert that she knew ill aloDg her paramour was lord and iiaster. Yaltidze has disappeared lne Drorner or me ^xuicricau gui ic prepared to shoot him on sight. Look* .Bright fO' Repeal. Washington, May 23.?The friends jfthe repeal ot the state bank tax lave been doing some active work dur ng the past few days. A canvass Hade of the house has convinced them, ;hey say, that they will be able to pass ;he bill. It is understood that much oi ;be opposition on the part of the Demicrats has been silenced through the ef)rts of Mr.Cleveland. GIVE AND GIVE QUICKLY THE BEAUFORT SUFFERERS NEEI AID NOW. An Appeal Issued by Gov. Tillman?>\Vh!t People on the "Verge ot SiaivatlouWbite People Shonld Give Them Aid. Columbia, S C., May 25.?Wfcei the letters concerning the destitution o white people living on the eea island were published, The Register sent representative to that section oi the Scab to investigate the situation there. H< went and lound it far worse than ha< been pictured. This representative returned to the city jesterday. & had a conversation with Governor Till man and sta'ed to him what he ha< learned. Oa the strength of his conversa tion with The Register's representative Governor Tillman yesterday issued th following appeal: To tfce people oi tbe State: Idesire to make an appeal on behal of the white residents of Blcfl'ton Town ship, Beaufort County, it has beei <,nly about two weeks since mformatioi *as received at this < ffice claiming tha : great destnution existed among the pec i pie of fiur own color in that locality, was somewhat sceptical at first, eigh months haying elapsed since the store , which devastated the coast, but fron entirely trustworthy sources and the per sonai lnsp-cfion of an agent I find tha there Is absolute w&nt and need c prompt assistance, else there will be ex treme suffering and probable starvation These people lost their entire crop b; , the 8toim and were unabale to mee their obligations of last year. The have exhausted all means of credit i the effort to support themselves and t< plant anew. Thev cannot cultlvat i their crops with grass fed stock and al ready animals have died. I appeal to the charitable in their be half. Contributions in money sent t me will be promptly forwarded tor re liet. Contributions of meat, flour, cori or meal can be shipped to Thomas Mar tin, chairman of the relief committee Bluffcon, care of the steamer Alpha a Beaufort or Savanah steamer Pilot Bo; i at Charleston. B.R.Tillman, Governor. This appeal will doubtless meet wit a prompt response. CLEMSON WILL RISE AGAIN. At a Heeling the Board of Trustee* Hav ao Decided. Calhoun, S. C, May 25.?The Boan of Trustees of Clemson College met a Fort Hill this evening. Only nln members of the board were preseni Architect Bruce of the firm of Bruc & Morgan of Atlanta, the architects c Clemson and Winthrop Colleges, me with the Board, and gave them the be: efit of his experience and skill. The Board decided to proceed at one with the rebuilding of the main struct ' ure, which was laid in ruins by the fli demon this week. The B jard has m funds in its possession which have no ' already been appropriated for resula expenses, but it will receive 820,0C from the insurance upon the destro>e building-, which cost Stfd.WU to erec though convict laoor was used. Muc of the brick in the structure can b used Bgain. The insuraice money wi carry on the rebuilding operations ut til after the General assembly meeti 1 when it is more than probable the ne< essary appropriation will be made t Qnish the rebuilding, r TheClemson cadets have behave handsomely; they have shown them; selves to be men. They feei that the must prove themselves worthy o [ what has been done to give them edi j cations which will thoroughly equi . tbem for the battle of life. They bav I the most intense and lively pride in th ? institution they attend and will d i everything in thpir power to maintaii t its high name Not a half dozen of th ; students have left for home since th > burniDg of the main building. Th i cadets are determined to stand by Clem - son as long as there is anything left t i stand by. The boys of South Uarolin i are made of good stuff There is notfc ing milk-soppish about them. The i are neither sugar nor salt, though the are all "somebody's darliug." As Ion j as the men of South Carolina are a i true to their State as the Clemson boy ) are to their college, the State will o safe from all danger. The work or (jlemson uouege win g ; on j 091 the same as if the fire had nc : occurred, there will have to be som double teaming and fhatsort of thim but. it will be done. Various rooms i tne other buildiogs on the grounds wi be u.-ed as lt-cture rooms until tb [ m^in buildiug has been re-er?-crec This will not be as pieasant as it woul , he to have the classes meet in the con tunable and airy rooms in which the > before the fire pursued their 3tudiei ? but there are other considerations whic are higher than mere personal comfor j The (Jlemson boys are after gettin . educated and will get what they desi'r 5 if the classes have to meet under tree on the campus. They are in earnei : and so is the faculty. 1 The health of the students at Clem ) son has never been better. The hosp ' tal is in no demaDd at all, and is nc l likely to be, judging by tne good app< : tites and high spirits of the cadets,wh I are as hardy a set of young fellows ? i atin* Holi rrhfort tho C*\TO nf fho nflf.rin' > U V CI UL ilg UUV.U vuv vj v V*. ( who se?s the future safety and welfai - of the State in the*high character, goo attainments and thorough develoj ment of those who, as years roll b] : must, be leaders in the place of thos i who now lead but in the inevitabl course of events must be garnered 1 by old Father Time. President Craighead, who has tt love and emulation of the cadets, ha ' received many letters of sympath i from all classes and conditions of pe< } pie, for tc all alike i3 Clemson dea i All regret the burning of the mai ; building, but all feel certain that! ought to and will be rebuilt as beaut t ful and grand as it was before the floo of fire laid it in ruins.?Register. | A Dim<5 Novel Tragedy. Indianapolis, May 23.?Wile i Taylor aDd Cloud Sanders played Dea( wood Dick in J. L. Reach's commii ' 8ion house with serious results. Sane ers said he was Dead wood Dick, an 1 Taylor challenged the roost and wioke 1 hi<a pvp SandprR rpar.hed into a drawf ' and got a revolver and warned Tayk not to wink his eye again. The lattc wa* defiant and repeated the offensi ) and Sanders shot him through the hea [ Taylor will die. Sanders insists he di not know it was loaded. Bandltl In Texv, Long view, Texas, May 24 ? At 3 I M. live rooriers entered the First Nj i tional Bank of Longview. The presi ; dent and cashier were ordered to bol up 'heir hanas and the robbers secure i 32 500. Several officers and citizen , met tae robbers and a constant firin i was kept up, during which Georg Buckingham and J. W. McQueen wer killed and Marshal Muckeiroy bedl > wounded. One of the robbers wa J killed. GORMAN'S GREAT TALK. ^ Cri lclsts the WlPon Bill and Says it Was D FA an Imperfect Measure. Washington, May 24.?Senator Gormm addressed the Senate on the F1, 0 tariff bili yesterday morniDg. He opened - in a prophetic strain, saying: "We are a nearing the end. After nearly twenty y years cf political progress, of positive a growth, of constant developement, and f universal enliahtement the Democratic ??' s party acd American people are withia ' a sight cf the promised land, s Emancipation in at hand. Emancipa- ^ b ion from parlizan oppression from greed ^ 3 of classes; from extortion; from willful sh e (xtragavance; from financial fantasy; tei e from spoils; from restrictions upon indivi- 2,0 dual liberty; from jingoism; from a'l ar d those evils, in brief, which the Demo- sti - cratic party inherit as a hateful legacy w< i, from three decades of Republican malad- w< e ministration." in IT* th*n nnnn ih* HifTionl fi*o which confronted the Democratic party ru t on i'8 return to power after thirty years ha i- of opposition and the vehemence of de- aE 0 mands made upon them. He said: "We d were not only urged, but ordered perem- th ,t ptonly to reform the tariff at once. Why Tl i- wait. of 1 He asserted that time and plenty of it a* had always been considered absolutely .wc Q essential in reforming the tar fl. The a Mills bill did not pass the House till mid' summer. The McK'niey bill did not re- CQ ^ ceiye the signatured of the President till f the last day of September. ar Speaking of the House bill lie said: R "The House in obedience to the obvious si< y wishes of the country passed a taiiff bill m ll early in the session. Comparatively lit- oc y tie time was given to the consideration wi Q of the various schedules and the result t0 0 wa3 necessarily an lmpeiLet measure, ^ e which not only fa'leci to meet the re quirement of the treasury, but actually increased the deficit created bi the Re!* publican prohibitive duties. There was gt 0 no expectation that the bill would be- fr " come law without change. 0{ D Then he added with significant emphasis: "(Jur friends on the other side ea seem very anxiou3 to learn upon what th 1 theory this bill was constructed. i will tn y tell them. It was constructed upon fl* Democratic Ihsroy of tarifi for revenue, a* with such incidental protection a3 can be " given consistently to industries of the country. It follows strictly the course ^ marked out by President Cleveland in *7 his letter of acceptaoce. It is not a free tb e trade measure, but is a larger step lor free trade than either the Mills bill or U] the tariff ol 1883. It Is not a protection w ^ act for the sake of protection, but it does g\ J discriminate between raw material? and is ? manufactured articles to the full extent st g of the difference between European and n< American wages. w lt Turning to the alleged iofluence of the i. sugar trust and other like organizations m shaping the Senate bill he said: The m e assertion that aoy trusts have dictated any part of any schedule of this bill I C e pronounce ui qualifiedly false. Tbey ai o have received some attention, although t not as mnch consideration as individuals ef r engaged in the business ol manufactur- to iDg. No more and no less. Upon the to ^ 8Ufj:ct of an income tax, Gorman said d< h' he wa3 in full accord with the sentiments m a expressed by the Senators from New ai H York and New Jersey, and like them P* j. considered that in served its purpose as ^ 3 a war tax and has no fitting place in our ^ JU3V/CIA OJOWLU iu uiuuv va |/wuvuf aav vvm>?- . o not vote conscientlouly to make this ^ method of taxation a part t,f our settled m d policy, but be could not ignore the fact - that a large maj irity of his Democratic tt y colleagues honestly differ from him in n '* this matter and he was willing to put l* the subject to a test ol a few years. or P During the delivery of Gorman's fii e speech ' the drop of a pin could almost g' 0 tiave been heard, so deep was the hush b] Q upon the chamber and at its close Bryce, Ji e hurried forward to congratulate the j" e Maryland Senator. j e Aldrich replied to Gorman and was i- followed by Teller, who as a test queso tion, moved to lay the tariff bill on the a table. The vote resulted, years 28; fc nays 38. Hill, Irby, Kyle and Peffer sc y voted agains the motion. E y tc ^ A Regular Traffic. g Washington, May 25?The ex-pri e vate secretary of Congressman Lock- PJ wood, who sold a forged order for a 0 job lot of the government "hor3e :r )t books" which belonged to his employe er'? quota, is locked up Mr. Lockwood rr . says ne will let the law take us course 0( The case serves to call attention to a " regular traffic and brokerage business ^ e which is going on continually in s?-eds ? ' -J . K ftH in nrual I j hi U U UUUU LLJtili'C5 lUiUlOUCU ilCC iu gioa" . (1* quanti i^s by the government to mem- ' J. bers of Cor gress. There was once a *L ' senator who fed to his horses the s^ed . 3 oats which the department of agricul- * ture furnished for distribution to farm- ~~ t ers. Congressman Hatch, of Missouri, r ' says: ''A person whom I did not know ? * but evidently a rascal, came into my " * committee room a short time ago and ^ :t offered to sell me a large quantity of ^ seed. I asked him where he obtained J" it, and he said he had purchased it of /*' , members and of members' clerks. 1 listened to him a while and then told j: ? him that I was half inclined to have j: * him arrested, but as I could not waste b? w time to prosecute him I concluded to ? t let the matter pass. I ordered him * ' out of my room and told him if I ever ^ j heard again of his offering seed for j sale I would swear out a warrant. I'm , half sorry now I did not do it., I don't [2 know just how far members aire them t-1 - -c s. i ? Ie selves responsioie iur meat uiuo.cia. n They have no right to sell government ^ publications put to their credit as rep- t ie resentatives. If they have no use for ^ them tbey can always give them to p v members who are short, and cm receive * others that are valuable to their conr* stituents in return; but I have no veiy ' * high opiDion of a member who will try t to make money by selling his govern? ment documents. I had between 300 i and 400 volumes of government publications stolen on a forged order," said ^ Representative McMiilio, of Tennessee. q: "I never found out who did it, but^t i3 as ,y strange how many queer tricks are jn j. practiced by outsiders to secure seeds p( s. and government publications. Some ]1( j one, whom nobody afterwards couid t{j identify, walked into this document {.j d room, where they are kept to the credit q :d of Representatives, and presented an r6 :r order that bore a very fair imitation of te )r my signature for 400 books." re i r 5i Kwlft Five. * London, May 24?a Vienna dis- pi d patch to The Daily News reports: Dur- e* ing a dance in the village of Sbutzen, ai near Oedenburg, a quarrel arose be- ui tween the young men about some wc- ta \ men. A gendarme intervened to re- b( i- store order, whereupon the young men oi I- surrounded him in a threatening man- pi d ner. The officer believing his life was in d in danger, drew a revolver and iired m s into the crowd. His bullets struck and th g killed four young men and a girl. The vc e infuriated crowd then set upon the in e gendarme and pounded and kicked him Iz y until life was extinct. The whole vil- co s Inge is terribly wrought up over the an affair and further trouble is feared* su BATTLE AT THE MINES. iTAL FIGHT BETWEEN MINERS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS. ve M nera Killed andj Many Woanded ,tid Thrt a D ipatle J Wou aded ?Confl tctns. St trtci as to the Firjt-JS'lot. Uniontown, Pa., May 24.?This srning the Stickler Hollos? mines of e Washington Coal and Coke Comny, midway between Fayette City dLayton Station, was the scene of e bloodiest encounter sines the strike gan Both sides were iu lighting ape,seventy-5ve armed deputies connditg with a mob of from 1,500 to >00 strlksrs, about 200 of whom were med with all kinds of guns. Five rikers are dead and eight or more ounded and three deputies were ounded. The trouble had been brewg all the week. The mines were the ily one In the fourth pool that were nning and men were at work. Since'Monday morning the strikers ive been collecting at Stickle Hollow id the Monongahela and Youghio* leny river mines, and about 200 of em remained there all last night, oelr threats of violence and the sight so many guns in their possession armed the company and the officials ired Sheriff Wilhelm atUniontown, 3t night ior aid and later sent a man i horseback with a report of the seriis condition they were in. The sheriff uld get no more aid to them at that me and believed that the seventy-five med guards under Capt. John M. ichards would be able to hold possesm of the property. The strikers arched about the plant all night and cupied all the roads leading to the oiks. When the men began coming work at daylight today, strikers' opped them and drove them home, ne report siys they also made a large upon the deputies with the inntion of driving them off the works id that precipitated the conflict. The rikers were only about fifty yards om the deputies when the latter >ened fire. The strikers returned the e promptly and stood their ground, ich firing as rapidly as possible,until ie strikers' ammunition gave out and ey were forced to retreat. As they id, the deputies followed them and rested a great many who had guns i their possession and now are prisons.The deputies were forcedto fight for ieir lives and their shooting was most fective. Five strikers fell dead and ght were wounded, but it is thought iat many more were wounded and >t away with the fleeing mob onoticed. Three of the deputies were ounded. The plant is now thickly larded by deputies, but more trouble looked for at Stickle Hoiiow. The rlkers ran lor nome ana la an nour )t a striker was in sight. The mob as composed of foreigners. It was not a one-sided battle, as at :st reported, but was fought with as any guns on one side as on the other id with a9 much firing by the strikers i by the deputies. Among the woundl are three deputies, while the killed e all strikers. When the workmen came to the striks in the public road, they were asked * go home. The workmen were about i comply with the command whea the jputles rushed into tne midst of the en, got possession of the workmen id escorted them to the pit. In this irt of the performance, a deputy sher-. : fired a shot, which opened np a bate in wbicb volley after volley was ed by each side at close range. The rikers stood their ground while their imrades were falling, but their am* unition gave out aad they were forced i give up the field and flee to escape ie rain of bullets from the Winchester fles. It is said the strikers were advancing 1 the line of deputies when the latter ed the first shot. Many who had ins in their possession were arrested ? the deputies and will be brought to il here this afternoon. The latest ?ws irom toe scene of the trouble says iat the strikers have all gone and that le situation now is more peaceable. Penny W ??? P?aud Foiillih. Columbia, May 23.?No positive inirmation regarding the status at decern College has yet been received here, veryone is very much interested in le condition and sincere in le hope that the damage is as great as has been rented. Governor Tillman returned om Rock Hill this morn ng, and says nt he has gotma yery meagre reports )out the disaster. He tninks that the am building cost tuliy 385,000, alioagh no positive Ggures as ?o the >st are to be tiact. u-overnor iiumau ,ys that no time will be lost ia the ork and that all recitations will be irriert right along. The class work, - said, will go oq without inrerruprion ren if tmts are found necessary, here is, however, plenty of room for 1 cbsses. speaking as aa individual ember of the board or trustees he .id tnat the work of reoairiug the Hiding would be started at one*. Tae surance money would be sufficient irh wnich to make the stari. The ollege had Qo available money as all ! its income had already been apporoned and could aot be used for buildg. Governor Tinman relates that at recent meeting of the board of truses a determined effort was made to [Crease the insurance oa the mam Hiding from $20,000 to $40,000, bat died. Those wao oppoosed the inease ia the insurance took the >sition that there was a minimal risk, as there was no le in the building at nights; that it as lighted by electricity, and that terewere no chimneys or grates, as ie building was heated by steam. He ;ys, however, that as is quite willing ?take nis share of the blame for the nail amount of insurance oa tne iildiug. He estimates that the State chibit in the building was worth 50ut 83,000. The board of trustees ill meet on Friday atxd consider the itire matter.? News and Courier. Will Run Again. Washington. M iy^ 23.?Represents ve JLZiar nas recmv^u uuuieiuus iuliries recently f rom his p jliticil friend i to his intentions iu the approachg Congressional contest. Taere apiars to be some question as to whether j will make the race for re election in le 1st or tne 7ch Congressional district e proposes to retain his residence in raDgeburg, which is in the newly aringed 7th district. To make the const in the 1st district he would have to move to Charleston. He realizes that ? would labor under a disadvantage by Kto nl rtA Af' ruoiHariAA o r\A irtUft iii< mo vl icoiucuwc auu robably excite antagonisms that can isil7 be avoided by remaining in Origeburg, Besides he desires to measre swords again with his former anigonist, Dr. Stokes. There are a num?r of valuable Democrats in the City : Charles'on who are desirous of re esenting that great commercial city . Congress, and therefore he will reain in the 7th district. He will make ie race as a Straightout Democrat, ad>cating the principles as enunciated the Chicago platform of 1892. Judge lar reached this conclusion after due sulfation with his political friends id advisers and he is confident of ccess.?-News and Courier.