Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 04, 1893, Image 1

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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JA YNES. WAIiHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 4, 1893. VOLUME XLIY.-NO. IS. New Goods and Bargains ! I FLOUR ! I Gold Medal, Fancy Patent Highest Patent Good Family ... SYRUPS ! Goo?! New Orleans .Molasses Best Open Kettle New Orleans RICE ! Good Xew Orleans Rice Best New Orleans Whole Carolina Head *5 50 4 50 3 50 35 50@60 SEEDS-Ferry's and Buist's Garden. .OATS Texas Red Rust Proof, 60 cents. POTATOES ! Karly Rose and Karly Goodrich'*^ Mountain Potatoes - $2 00 5@1 UO Peas, Corn and Meal, 80 cents. HOG FAT ! Strictly Pure and Home-Made, lol eenfcs; lower grades cheaper. THY OCR BOSTON BLACKING PORTENTS' SHOES. TRY OUR GILT-EDGE BLACKING FOR ?ADIES' AND CHIL DRENAS SHOES-BEST ON THE MARKET. SPRING GOODS. DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS, SHOES, Etc., arriving now Don't fail to cal] on us before you buy. We will save you money. Tl espectfixlly, . O. H. Schumacher. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. March 1G, 18i?3. Death of D?\ Whitefoord Smith-An Eloquent and Great .dan at Rest. Big Land Trade at Fort Hill. - :'<'or. Greenville Daily News.] SPAKTAXBUKC, S.C.. April ?7.- p1CKExs, S. C., April 27.-The Dr. Whitefoord Smith died this j Clerk of the Court recorded a deed morning at 4 o'clock. His health yesterday totheCalhoun Land Corn had been tailing rapidly for several j paay, of Fort Hill, the consideration weeks and his death was not a sur- "f wbich is the ,lice round sum of prise. He was conscious to the last ; *4$,000. The deed is signe.l by ll. and spoke of his departure as though A.. Strode, N. C. Poe and D. B. he was going to take a pleasant jour- ; sloan, the corporators of The said ney. For more than half a century company. The business of the con he was a member of the South Caro- cerD is't0 buv and seU real estatcs In'ia Conference, and when in his build houses," etc. This looks like prime was recognized as the mast ! values are having an upward ten eloquent preacher in South Carolina ! <Jency in this county. Of his family only two daughters survive him. He will be buried Sun- ! , . , , , , j .1 , . , , . J . '?i eople with weak lungs should re day, the tunera! service being read at his h< there except the solemn and service of the church. , . . ; \ ,. . ,-? . . member that bad air tends to develop his house. According to his request . . r ^ .H , c_i consumption even more than expo wili be no funeral ceremony. .. - , . , e . . r sure, and it is doubtless for that rea mu ?ress ive son that this dread disease is more apt to show itself in the early spring The Comptroller General has issued than at any other season, the close a bulletin showing the insurance confinement ot the winter telling business done in this State. In all hnally and often fatally upon delicate there are 93 companies operating in ' constitutions, that might have kept the State, 49 t>e, 29 life and l-r> acci dent. Total amount of fire losses incurred in 1892, forty-seven com panies, $511,844; total arno premiums received in 1*92, forty seven companies, $546,259 ; per cent of losses tc? premiums received, 93.7 per cent ; total amount of life insur ance in force ur> to December 31, healthy and strong if they had had a free supply of nature's healing oxy gen. A physician who has made a urit (,f T^ialty of lung trouble says that the following exercise, carefully per severed in, will be of great benefit to those who are troubled with hacking coughs : "Put on a sufficient quantity of loose clothing to feel perfectly 1S92, twenty-five companies, *S3,.r>34- warm, and then ?Pen.all the wi '74; losses incurred during l*!l2. twenty-two companies, ?318,189: premiums collected, twenty-one corn dows in the room, and take long, deep inhalations and . exhalations, counting fifteen on the rise and fif panies, 5771,343 ; ratio of loss- to : teen 011 :he faU- Do this twent>' ?,r, premiums collected, 41.2 per cenu^rty ?me8> three times a day. amount of accident insurance in force I beeping apartments for consumptive to December 31, 1892, thirteen com- patients should be particularly airy, panies, $3,806,786; losses incurred and li possible there should be an during 1892, thirteen companies, ! ?Pen coal-fire kept burning all night, $20,639; premiums collected during PT0 a window slightly open at the 1892, thirteen companies, $30,514; p?P- A screen by the bed will pre ratio of loans to premiums collected, ! vent ?H draughts, and the fire will 07.5 per cent. i keep the room at a comfortable tern _ . ! perature. When the weather is such I*st week fearful storms prevailed that the patient cannot go out the in the South and West. Tuesday a jair of room he 91,ts m should be tornado did much damage in Kansas ? thoroughly changed several times and Arkansas. Wednesday night, ! dannS the day. Outdoor life and ' when it was raining here, a destruct- j exercise are of the first importance, ive tornado passed through Jasper !If these cannot be had on account of and Clarke counties, Mississippi. : a severe climate, and the patient can Hu<re trees were uprooted, or twisted j uot g? awav> the house itself should * off. All houses in its track were de- bought as nearly as possible into molished. . Forty or more people ;the conditions of an outdoor summer "were killed and r. ny wounded. The \ climate, dead bodies of animals were found f along the path of the storm: A ter- j The Darlington Herald truly re rific gale prevailed at Milwaukee. : raarks that a man may call himself a Very high winds were reported in I Democrat and vote for the nominees Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Mis-1 of that party, but if he is opposed to souri. The - tornado reached imo ? }he principles of Democracy, then he Tennessee and did much damage. J1S not a Democrat, and has no claim Severe-gales were experienced about !on '?ts leaders. If he believes in the A i,.,,,. Cr,^?r ! sob-treasury and government control Yilmington. A heavy snow storm ?am? down on Minneapolis Wednes day night. The storm was general farther "West. At Colorado Springs the rainfall is about fourteen.inches annually, most of which falls daring summer thun der sibrms, and the san shines brightly dtting 33Q, cays. of railroads, his proper plac? is with the Third Party, and he should have i the courage and candor to stand by j his Convictions and cast his fortune j in with that party. My liberty ends wLen it begins to involve the possibility of ruin to my neighbor. I TEACHERS' COLUMN. .gg**- All communications, intended for this column, should be addressed to PROP. J. W. GAINES, Principal of Westminster High School, Westminster, S. C. I Education a Power. There is a power which drives the wheels of progress to success, which has lifted this world from a stale old condition to the bloom of happiness. It is a power which has been a prime conductor of the Christian religion throughout the world. This power is intellectual knowledge. Look back in ancient warfare and the superior one in intelligence almost invariably came out victorious in the close of many a long and bloody struggle. It ' was superior intellectual ability that enabled Napoleon to become victor from Arabian sands to Alpine snows. Intellectual culture lies . at the foun dation of all success. And now it has been so arranged in the State of South Carolina that no child need grow up to manhood or womanhood without being able to read understandingly, write a legible hand and be prepared to meet life with a somewhat trained mind and to take his or her part in the busi ness and social world. There is noth ing to prevent this, if parents will ' only send their children to school. Although a public fund is given to . the children, some will not send them. ? The reason I cannot see ; probably to gratify a little ambition, or too lazy, i; indolent and careless. Welf, this j will never do.. For one to hold his;, children out of school is almost like ?, cutting off the bread from their mouths; cutting off bread will destroy : life; cuttingoff schooling will destroy the greater portion of the pleasures of this life and will let ignorance live i in wisdom's house ; and life might almost as well be destroyed as to let i them grow up in ignorance, for some sharper to swindle them out of what i little they might produce by physical J libor. ! There are people born into the world, who reach the age of matu rity, decay and pass away forever ? from the face of the earth and from : the thoughts of man ; and it seems to our eyes they might almost as well not have lived. Now this will be the , way with children who are not .sent ; to school. Tliey will pass away into oblivion and they will almost be 1 buried in oblivion wh?v. *m earth. * It is the duty of every parent to ? educate his children. Then he will h be putting into their hands the best . money that was ever given any one. 1 It will never take wings and fly away, , nor can any one ever swindle them out of it. It will stay with them ; until death ; yea, even through ?ter- ! nity. It will be riches in their hands, wisdom in their minds and a more cheerful love for God in their hearts. . JABEZ JONES. Westminster, S. C. Conditions of Order. Order, as applied to a school, means fitness of condition in all par ties comprehended in the idea of a ; school. The parties in this idea are as follows : 1. The district as a body . politic ; 2. The parents and guardi ans; 3. Thecbildren; 4. Theteacher. The school is in order when, and 1 only when, all these parties are in order. These parties are in order when they are in the condition most j favorable for the upbuilding and advancement of the school. Here are the conditions : I. For the district. The district ia in order 1. When it provides for the neces sary expenses of the school. 2. When it is willing to contribute 1 freely to the wants of the school. 3. When it possesses a decorus, law-abiding sentiment. II. For the parents. The parents are in order 1. When they appreciate the value of education to the child. 2. When they are wise in the daily management of their children's time, with a view to school duties and rela tions. 3. When they are properly affected toward the school, and thereby sus tain its management. III. For the children. The chil dren are in order 1. When they are happy. 2. When they respect the teacher and his office. 31 When they feel interested in the school and have pride in its success. IV. For the teacher. The teacher is in order 1. When he is thoroughly master of himself. 2. When he possesses the clearest mastery of the subjects he is presumed to teach. 3. When be comprehends correctly the relations surrounding and center ing in bim.-Baldwin's School Man agement. - - Our dosing exercises will occur May 19. In the forenoon there will be an address by Maj. E. B. Murray, of Anderson, and speeches by the larger pupils of the school ; in the afternoon some exercises by the pupils of the school, and in the even ing there will be dialogoes, recita tions and some marches, etc., by the smaller children. The readers of this and the public in general are invited to be with us then. The patrons of the school will see that you are well entertained. * ; Au i mosing Incident in the Life of GOT. Tillman. Recently Gov. Tillman was on his way to Rock Hill, in the perform ance of public duty. The Yorkville Enquirer gives the following as inci dents of the occasion : An incident which afforded lots of amusement to quite a group of audi tors occurred on the Three C's train, between Rock Hill and Tirzah, last Thursday afternoon. A special car had been provided for the Governor and his party at Rock Hill. There were only twelve or fifteen people in the car, and the Governor, noting the crowded condition of the rear coaches, asked : "Why don't you bring some of those people in here? We've got lots of room." "This car has been especially pro vided for you and your party, Gov ernor," said Mr. S. B. Lumpkin, who was in charge. "And," he contin ued, "those people came down in those cars, and, of course, they can go back the same way. They will have as much room going back as they had coming down." "Well, we are not sjoing to have anything like that,":retorted his Excellency. "We are not so import ant that we should monopolize a whole car of empty seats, with all those women and children standing up, and we are not so selfish as to""' want comfort at their expense, either. Unlock that loor and tell them to ! come in here !" "Very well, Governor," retorted ? Mr. Lumpkin. "The orders are that this is your car and whatever you say shall be done." Accordingly the door was unlocked j and in a few minutes some of the j rear pagsengers began to fill up the ' empty seats. Among them was a J typical countryman from the vicinity of Tirzah. Ile had visited one of the j Rock Hill dispensaries, and being an : ardent admirer of the Governor, was ; determined to have a talk with him. ; Making his way to the se.*? occupied by his Excellency, he extended his hand with .thc greeting : "Hello, Governor Ben Tillman ; I ain't seed you since last November. Howdy do?" "Glad?to see you again," said the Governor, accepting the proffered band.;' "but you mean you haven't! seen me since last August, when I was at Yorkvillo, don't you ?" "Yes, that's it ; that's it, Ben when we was a hollerin' for you last summer. Well, how are you gettin' along?" Are yoar folks all well? How is your family ? Are you doing j us any good, Governor ?" The Governor only attempted to answer the last question of the vol ley. He said : "Well, you'll have to be the judge of that yourself. I am still trying, and I am holding the fort yet." "That's right, Ben ; you hold the fort and we'll stand to you. We've ?Ot a goo-J Governor, and if it was j just President Tillman instead ofi Governor Tillman, we'd be better off. Pd rather see Harrison President than Cleveland." The Governor smiled at his com-1 panion's allusions to himself .and as- j sured him that we are infinitely bet- j ter off under Cleveland than wc would be under Harrison. By this time all the occupants of ! the car were listening to the dialogue with intense amusement. The coun tryman broke out in a new place. "Well, you - are going to the Sen ate, ain't you, Ben ?" "That's too far off," said the Gov ernor. "We can't tell what will hap pen by that time." "Well, we put you where you is and we are going to put you in the Senate. You just keep on holding the fort and we farmers will stand by you. You ain't nothing but a farmer, no bow, is you, Ben ?" "I still feel like a farmer," the Gov ernor assured his companion. "Well, you is one ; but you ain't dressed like you was at Yorkville, with clothes like mine and an old straw hat.'" This remark brought a volley of laughter, in which his Excellency heartily joined in. Here the tipsy individual subsided into a confidential tone, which could not be heard, the Governor humor- j ing him as best he could. Finally Tirzah was reached, and a friend of : the countryman came to see that he Sot off the car all rirjrht. "What are you doing here, old fellow ?" he asked. "I am talking to Governor Ben Tillman-the same old Ben Tillman that we all hollered for so last sum mer. This is him. Tell bim howdy." The newcomer shook hands with ? the Governor and informed his tipsy ! friend that he must get off here. "Well, wait till the train stops," he said. "By jings, I believe I would ! just as leave walk back from York ville, if I could get to ride up there with the Governor." The train came to a stop and the tipsy individual continued : "I've got to git off here, Ben. If you ty/er come around this way again, come to see me." The Governor thanked him with a reciprocal invitation to call at the mansion if he should ever come to Columbia. Rising to go, the coun tryman took *the Governor's hand and said : "Well, good-bye, Ben. If I git in the penitentiary I want you to pardon me out; won't you?" This request brought forth hearty laughter from all p?rts of the car, while the Governor advised his friend that he must not get into the penitentiary. "But you'll pardon me out, won't yon, Ben?" The Governor failed to make the desired promise. It was clear, how ever, that he enjoyed the whole inci dent as much as any one else on the car, and after his tipsy friend had left he remarked that "just such occur rences had grown to be quite com-1 mon with him. Bncklen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, cams, and all skin eruptions, ?and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. ' It is guaranteed to sive perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. . Price, 25 cents per box. For aale by all druggists at Wal halla, W. J. Lunney, Seneca, and Qu Mian ?t Cox, Westminster. Gov. Tillman's Defence of the Lynch ing of John Peterson. [Columbia Register.] Gov. Tillman while feeling per fectly confident that everything he did in connection with the Peterson case was right, yet he evinces every desire to let the public know why he acted as he did, as he has been so severely criticised. Much interest has been taken in what Peterson had to say. to the Governor, and with a view of mak ing it all public the Governor yester day addressed the following letter: "COLUMBIA, ADHI 26th, 1893. "Messrs. W. A. Neal and A. W. Clayton : '.UKNTLKMKX : Please give nie a statement of what you know in re gard to my conversation with John Peterson at the Executive Mansion on Saturday afternoon last. "I ask it for publication, to give the public the whole truth and leave people at home and abroad to judge the case fairly. Respectfullv, "B. R. TILLMAN, Governor.", In response to the-above Mr. Clay ton, who is a reporter for the Jour nal, makes the following statement : John Peterson, accompanied by another negro, Wade Wylie, ap proached me on last Saturday after noon to know where Mr. Tillman (meaning the Governor) was. A few questions elicited the fact that I was being addressed by John Peter son, whom I knew to be wanted at Denmark as a suspect of the outrage upon Miss Mamie Baxter. I accom panied him to the Executive Man sion and tobi the Governor who he was and what he wanted. Gov. Tillman, addressing Peter son, asked him if he was John Peter son, and he replied that he was,.and ! that he wanted to surrender himself J to him for protection, as he bad ! heard that they were hunting him for the crime committed upon Miss Baxter, and he feared that if he was caught he would be lynched. The Governor: "Are you guilty?" Peterson : "Xo, sir." The Governor: "Where were you on Friday a week ago ?" Peterson : "I was at Xorth's." The Governor : "Can you prove that and hy white people ?" Peterson : "Yes, sir." The Governor: "Are you willing to go back there and let- the young lady see you?" Peterson : *"Ye9"sir." The Governor then turned to rae and said that he had bo right to hold a man who was simply suspected .of a crime, but that if Peterson wanted protection I had better take him to " the Chief of Police and get him to investigr* . the case. This I did. After having him locked up by his own request, I started out to find Mr. h. B. Jenkins and Constable Lambert, the latter of whom, I knew, was then looking for Peterson with a warrant for his arrest, to see if they would identify him, as he did not appear to snit the description given j me of him. They were found and Mr. Jenkins i began the questioning of Peterson, j which has already been mentioned, believing at the start that Peterson was guilty of the crime, but at the j finish that he was innocent. Peter-1 son was then locked up, and after being returned to his cell, Mr. Jenk ins asked him if ho would be willing to return to Denmark and let the young lady look at him. Ile replied promptly that he would. He said that he was innocent and did not fear any recognition by her. Upon leaving the guard house Mr. Jenkins and I determined that there was at least grave doubt of his guilt and that if he was taken back there by Mr. Lambert on Sunday morning, believing as we did that he would be lynched, we determined to go to Gov. Tillman and ask him to have him held here until he could ret his witnesses together to prove, his alibi, which he confidently claimed that he could do. We went, and after hear ing us Gov. Tillman agreed to hold him nnder condition that I would go and try to get his witnesses together for him, which I did. He then wrote an order to Sheriff Cathcart, which I delivered to him, ordering him to take Peterson from the guard house and lodge him in jail until fur ther orders. I went to North's the next day and worked all day hunting up his wit nesses for him. That evening I wired the Governor that they would all be on hand on Monday, and that they corroborated his statement. A. W. CLAYTON. "I heard the conversation between Gov. Tillman and John Peterson at the Governor's Mansion last Satur day afternoon as stated above. "W. A. NEAL, "Superintendent Penitentiary." It will thus be seen that the negro expressed perfect confidence in being able to prove his innocence and that under the circumstances there is no blame to be attached to the Governor. The blame, if any, rests with the crowd that lynched him. - mmm-y A Leader. Since its first introduction Electric Bit ters has gained rapidly in popular favor, until now it is clearly in the lead among pure medicinal tonics and alteratives, containing nothing which permits its use as a beverage or intoxicant. It is recog nized as the best and purest medicine for all ailments of stomach, liver or kidneys, lt will cure sick headache, indigestion, constipation and drive malaria from the system. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bottle or the money will be refunded. Price only 50c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists in Walhalla. W. J. Lunney, Seneca, and Qui dian & Cox, Westmin ster, S. C. "Well, my child," said a father to bis little daughter, after she had been to church, "what do you remember of all the preacher said?" "Nothing," was the timid reply. "Nothing !" he exclaimed, in a severe tone. "Now, remember, the next time you must tell me something of wha{, he says or yon will have to be punished." Next i Sunday the child came home with I Jier eyes all -wild with excitement. "I remember something to-day, papa,'! she cried eagerly. "I am vorydaa of it," said her father eagerly. " Whati did he pay V "He said, 'A collection will now be made !M THE RAILROAD TAX DECISION. Some Significant Paragraphs from the Opinion of the Chief Justice. The News and Courier prints the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the habeas corpus cases of the South Carolina Sheriffs. The following paragraphs indicate the drift of the court's utterances : The levy of a tax warrant, like the levy of an ordinary fieri facias, se questrates the property to answer the exigency of the writ, but property in the possession of the receiver is al ready in sequestration, already held in equitable execution, and, while the lien for taxes must be recognized and enforced, the orderly administration of justice requires this to be done by and under the sanction of the court. It is the duty of the court to see that it is done, and a seizure of the prop erty against its will can only be predicated upon the assumption that the court will fail in the discharge ot its duty, an assumption carrying a contempt upon its face. The accept ance of the rule has been general, and but few decisions were cited on the argument in illustration of its application. ****** This principle is applicable here, for whether the ShTeriffs were armed with a writ from a State court or with a distress warrant from a county treasurer, this property was as much withdrawn from his reach as if it were beyond the territorial limits of the State. The inevitable conclusion that this must be so, if constitutional principles are to be respected in gov ernmental administration, does not involve interruption in the payment of taxes or the displacement or im pairment of the lien therefor, but, ob the contrary, it makes it the impera tive duty of the court to recognize as paramount, and enforce with promptness and vigor the just claims of the authorities for the prescribed contributions to State and municipal revenues. And when controversy arises as to the legality of the taxes claimed there ought to be no serious difficulty ic adjusting such contro versy upon proper suggestion. The usual course pursued in such cases is by intervention pro int?resse sui, as in thc instance of sequestra- j tion. 2 Dan, Ch, Pl and Pr, 4th Ed, 1057-1744; Savannah vs. Jesup, 106 U. S., 563-564. The tax coll?e-, tor is a ministerial officer;. Erskins vs. Hornback, 14 Wall, 613;" Stuts man Company vs. Wallace, 12 U. S., 293 ; and no reasonls perceived why he should not bring his claim to the attention of the court, while on the other hand it is clearly the duty of the receiver to do so ; if he contends that tiie taxes are illegal. If found valid, they must be paid ; if invalid, the court will so declare, subject to the review of the appellate tribunals. Thc courts of the L'nited States have always recognized the importance of leaving the powers of the State in respect to taxation unimpaired. Where the questions involved arise under the State constitution and j laws the decision of its highest tri bunals are accepted as controlling. Where the constitution and the laws j of the United States are drawn in question the courts of the United j States must determine the contro versy for themselves. * * * The levies here were excessive, were made in large part on property other than that of the defendants of the warrants, and in such a way and on such property as obstructed the operation of the railroad. No leave of court was sought, and it was known that the legality of the amount unpaid was disputed by the receiver, and-tbat identical taxation had been previously held by the court to be illegal. The Sheriff declined upon request to release the property from seizure, or to yield to the order of the court. Such a condition was not to be tolerated and tue court was possessed of full power to vindicate its dignity and compel respect to its mandates. Its action to that end is not subject to review upon this ap plication. The petition for the writ of habeas coij?is is denied. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured bv Hairs Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprietors. Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and helieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their linn. WEST & TKATJX, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, 0. WALDINO, KINNAN A- MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cur?is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, T? cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tes timonials free. Our woman-and her household ways are the wonder and envy of her friends-says that the right way to boil eggs is not to boil them at all. First, put the eggs into a wire bas ket with a tall handle-that saves the time and vexation of fishing them out with a spoon when cooked ; then set the nest of eggs in a kettle or other vessel with cold water enough to cover the eggs-not hot water, or warm water, out cold water. Set the vessel over a brisk fire. Do not let the water boil, only just "come to a boil," and at that particular time not before, nor later-the eggs will be cooked as they should be. Remove the .basket of eggs by the tall edge handle. Spread a napkin over a deep dish, lay in the eggs, and fold the four corners of the napkin over them, and serve. If these?directions are followed exactly, the eggs when broken will roll into the cups like balls of soft jelly, nothing adhering to the shell, the entire eggthoroughly cooked, and delicate and tender through and through. A vessel just in at New York from I the South Atlantic, reports immense icebergs about the Falkland islands. The largest one seemed about four miles wide and six miles long. Some of them"rose three hundred feet above the surface. When one considers that about seven-eighths of an ice berg is beneath the water line,, the immensity of one 300 feet high and a mile or two long becomes apparent. THE FI>A>'CES-GOLD GOIXG TO EUBOPE. WASHINGTON-, April 21.-At a cabinet meeting this morning, at which all the members of the cabinet were present, with the exception of Secretary Harbert, of the navy department, the financial situation, it is understood, was almost the exclusive topic of discussion. Thc meeting lasted for two hours and a half and was the longest session of the cabi net since the new administration came into power. When the treasury department closed its doors this afternoon the gold reserve of $100.000.000 had been invaded to the extent of from $2,500.000 to $3.000.000. When the day opened there was in thc treasury $185,000 of free gold. This amount was increased by gold offers from the West aggregating about $1.250, 000. The large shipment of gold from New York, amounting to more than $5,000,000, cut this down to such an ex- j tent that when the cabinet met Secretary j Carlisle found that the orders from the j gold people up to that time (about 1 o'clock) had wiped out the free gold and j invaded the gold reserve to the extent of c $2,557,000. As far as it can be othVially ascertained this is the amount taken out of the gold reserve to-day for export to- . morrow, although it is unofficially stated that $700,000 in gold, exclusive of that taken out at New York, had been with drawn from the sub-treasury at Boston r for export to Canada. If so, this would : ^ make about $6,000,000 in gold taken out I of the country for shipment to-morrow, 3 and leave the gold reserve invaded to the v extent of ?4.000,?>0o or the total gold in J 1 the treasury at $%.000.000. It is believed I 0 that this invasion is but temporary and c that within a few days the^iepleted re- ! v serve will be restored to its original ?ig-1 ^ ure, $100,000,000. ? b WASHINGTON. April 23.- To represen- j ^ tatives of the United Press the President: \ said to-night: "The inclination on the il: part otthe public to accept newspaper j reports concerning the intentions of i those charged with the management of .' t our national finances seems to justify my [ s emphatic contradiction of the statement ! c that the redemption of any kind of trea sury notes, except in gold, has at any ? time been determined upon or contem- : ii plated by the secretary of the treasury, j1 or any other member of the present ad- j ? ministration. The President and his j c cabinet are absolutely harmonious in the 1 '1 determination to exercise every power I ^ conferred upon th ?rn to maintain the j public credit, to keep the public faith j and to preserve the parity between g< ?ld and silver and between all financial obli- j a g?tions of the government. While the . ( law of IS'.O forcing the purchase of a i j fixed amount of silver every month pro- t vides that the secretary of the treasury, r in his discretion, may redeem in either J \ gold or silver the trexsury notes given in i payment of silver purchases, yet the dec- t laration of the policy of the government i to maintain the parity between che two j c metals seems so clearly to regulate this ! r discretion as to dictate their redemption . t in gold. Of course perplexities and diffi- j ] culties have grown out of an unfortunate j {. financial policy which we found in vogue. ! t and embarrassments have arisen from ill j t advised financial legislation confronting : i us at every turn; but with cheerful con- r t fidence among the people and a patriotic disposition toco-operate, threatened dan-, ge rs will be averted pending a legislative , return to a better and sounder financial , plan. The strong credit of the country. .. still unimpaired, and the good sense of r our people, which has never failed in j j time of need, are at hand to save us from ; ' disaster." WASHINGTON, April 24.-Theauthori- U tative statement of Cleveland yesterday, t in which he announced the present and ; r future policy of the administration re?a- ; tive to the use of the gold reserve, bas taken the edge off the excitement that i followed the act of thc Secretary of tl c [ Treasury in dipping into the reserve fund. * If there has been any danger >>f a finan- 1 cial Hurry that danger appears now to : < have passed. Under the interpretation ! s of Cleveland's statement the reserve is to ] be treated simply as so much cash in the : treasury and whether the aggregate rises or falls a few millions a day becomes a, matter of little concern. Consequently 1 very little interest was manifested to-day * at the department in regard to the finan- v cial situation. Home offers of gold were J 1 received from the West and accepted, \ and Treasurer Jordan at New York, i; is reported, had also received a considera ble amount of gold certificates. Hp to j noon the treasury was not advised as to the extent of the gold shipments to-m?>r row. Lehre, director of thc United States mint, recognized authority on finances, j ^ said to-day: "I look upon the statement by thc President as a plain and formai j announcement of the determination of ' the ac ministration to maintain gold pay- j ments at all hazards, and if the supply of j, gold at the disposal of the treasury should at any time be insufficient for the pur pose, that thc credit of fte government will be used to secure the necessary amount. As such, it will co a long way j, toward restoring confidence and averting ! any financial difficulty." j i According to Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, i j South, "Episcopal Methodism in America ! is at the forks of the road. The one leads to Congregationalism, the other j back to the old path trod by our fathers." This statement calls forth the following comment from the Congregationalist "Every step the General Conference of 1 the Methodist Episcopal Church takes. I which looks toward the extension of the time limit, positively re-enforces the au thority of the preacher and the congrega tion. Every step it may take in obedience to council like Bishop Fitzgerald's, which has for its purpose the increase of arbi trary power lodged in a Bishop, is a step that will put the church out of touch with the life and thought of the age.'' We still have on the rolls twenty wid ows and two daughters of the Revolu tion, the las'v two survivors of that war having died in 1869, aged respectively 105 and 109. There are 165 survivors and 6,665 widows of the war of 1S12, and 13,215 survivors and 7,2S2 widows of the Mexican war. This leaves 6S7,862 sur survivors and 158,893 dependent relatives of the war of the rebellion, with 426,398 claimants for pensions for this and earlier wars on the hst for consideration at the date of the last report, October 12. 1892, besides 361,663 claimants for increase of pensions. In Favor or nine ana weer. [Yorkville Enquirer.] In discussing the dispensary with i number of gentlemen in the parlors >f the Carolina Hotel, at Kook Hill, ast Wednesday night, Gov. Tillman nade several observations that will >e read with interest. "I am in favor,"' he said, "of fos ering the wine industry, and for the >enerit of home producers. I think t will be well to amend the law so is to provide only a small license tax or the sale of domestic wines. It is i patent fact that a wine-drinking >eople are not a drunken people, and do not think it wise to prevent the levelopmcnt the industry. "Another i..:ng. I am in favor of he sale of beor on ice. It" a man joes into a dispensary and you give lim hot beer, he will take whiskey nstead. Pore beer is not intoxicat ng. It is only the drugged stuff hat hurts, and in the interest of tem pranee I think it would be a good dca to provide for the sale of b?er ai draft, in palatable condition."' Grewsome Statistics. [Illinois State Register. ] Statistics show that murders are apidly on the increase, while legal langings and lynchings are small in >roporiion. .Murders in 1*^7 .mounted to 2,335; in 1889 there vere 3,567 : 4,230 in 1890 ; 5,906 in 891 ; 6,792 in 1892. The number >f legal hangings in 1891 was 123, or me to 48 murders; in 1892 there vere 107 legal hangings, or one to ?3 murders. On the other hand, tanging outside of the law or in lefiance of the law, has been on the ncrease. There were 195 lynchings a 1891, and 236 in 1892. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised druggists o sell Dr. King's New Discovery forcon um prion, coughs and colds, upon this ondition: If you are afflicted with a ough. cold or any lung, throat or chest rouble, and .will use this remedy as ir ec ted, giving it a fair trial, and exper ence no benefit, you may return the bot le and have your money refunded. We ould not make this offer did \>e not ;now that Dr. King's New Discovery ould be relied on. It never disappoints. Mal bottles free at any drug store in Valhalla, W. J. Lunney. Seneca, S. C., nd Ouillian & Cox. Westminster, S. C. .arge size. 50c, and $1. Five thousand dollars has been .ppropriated by Congress" f<?r the Committee on Agriculture to in ves l? jate the causes for the depression hat exists in cotton and agricultu al industries. Two sub-committees vii! act, one instituting the inquiry ii the direction cf cotton and other ibrous products, the other conduci ng that devoted to wheat and other eroals. These two committees will uake a personal inspection of the erritory in which these two great .roducts, cotton and wheat, are most ?roduced, and.submit their report to he next session. This step is intended o give our national law-makers an dea on which to base legislation for he remova! of existing evils. From all portions of Mississippi ?onie reports of cotton either killed >r greatly injured by the recent cold ?pell and frost. There is time to eplant, but thc great trouble is that n many sections there is no seed. This complaint is almost general, rho recent high prices paid for cot on seed bsd the effect of causing learly all the surplus to be carried to narket. A gentleman, having; his boots deaned by a boy in a Dublin street, ?aM tue shoe-black with a consid erable degree of haughtiness, on vhich 'the iittlc fellow, when the >ther had gotten a short way of:'. ?ai?l : "Arran, now ! all the polish /ou have is on your boots, and I gave t to ye.'* President Cleveland will attend he opening of thc World'- Fair on he first of May and pull the throttle hat will start the machinery in notion. Mrs. Cleveland will not go, mt she wiil touch the button in the Pr hite House and the work will be lone. Peanuts, chewing-gum and pop corn are three articles which always in<i a ready sale among a crowd in America. Of those who attended he Philadelphia Centennial Exhibi tion, one in every four purchased x>p-COrn, ami thc gross receipts were 5100,000. It is no crime to kill a man in a irizc right, so holds a judge D a San Francisco police court. Thc iecision is probably based on the >elief that a prize fighter is a brute, md this judge seems to think that herc is n<- crime in ?-illing a brute. Four of the new United States Senators are said to be Catholics, lamely. Murphy, of New York; Smith, of Now Jersey; White, of California, and Caffrey. of Louisiana, lt is said that never ?before were there 'our Catholic Senators at one time. God can overlook 10,000 mistakes >n th?.' part of any man who is trying iis best to do right, but he has sworn :hat he will never forget the sins of :hose who are dishonest with their fellow-men. Mr. Gladstone's iri-di home rule bill passed its second reading in the Fullish House of Commons by a rote of 347 to 304. Mr. Gladstone's clos ing argument was ono of the graml est efforts of his life. One tablespoonful of soda to a pail of water, if given a horse to Irink once or twice a week, will be found very beneficial, preventing worms, cooling and sweetening of the stom- <? ach. Habits are to the soul what thc reins and arteries are to the blood the courses in which it moves. Ragged clothing cannot debase a man as much as can a frayed reputa tion. No party will ever do right if you give it your vote while it does wrong.