The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, February 20, 1890, Image 1

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VOL. XIX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, F yRRUARY 20, 1890. - NO 22. A PPI AL STO UNCLE SAM. THREATENS TO KILL THE POST MASTER. A Ueorgta Mescatie.-Postomce.laspect.rs and a Marshal Ment Dqwn. WAsILINOTON, Feb. 8.--Edward L. Duckworth. recent,ly*appointed post master At Sbaron, Taliaferro county, - Ga., has represented to the postoffice department that ha is prevented by .,hreat8 of personal violence and hostile demonstrations from taking posession of his otlice. Several lotters from Du-kworth and others, corroborative of his statemente have lately been received at the depart ment giving the details of the situa tion. It appears thrt Duckworth who is unhierstood to be an .Independeut Re publican, was some time ago aDpoint e4 pastmaster, to succeed a Democrat, who, with his friends, it is represented, has since need every means to prevent his successor from taking charge of his office. THREATS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE, and even death it is stated, were pub licly made and heaped upon him. On one occasion a coffin, labelled "Radicals must die" was placed on the porch of his house. A mob of angry men was almost constantly in front of is door making threatening demon. strations. On another occasion a number of taen, representing THE UNRULY ELEMENT, ib is stated, entered his house and by threats compelled him to sign a letter of resignation. As soon as they were gone, however, Duckworth telegraph ed the department that it was obtained while under duress, and asked that it he disregarded. One the 5th of the present month Duckworth wrote the postmaster general that. he cotld hold out no longer, FEARING HE WOULD BE KILLED, and asked that his resignation be ac cepted. After consultation with the President and First Assistant Post. master General Clarkson, Postmaster General Wanamakor last night tele graphud Duckworth as follows: Whatever power this department has will be used to protect you and put you in ,>osession of the oflice to which you have been appointed. Communi cate freely by telegraph the full facts if interfered with further, and immedi ate action will be taken. INSPRCTOR AND MARSHALS. Ie also ordered two postoffice in spectors to procerd immediately to Sharon and investigate the whole mat ter. G Attorney General Miller also ordered the United states marshal to the scone of the trouble. Duckworth was recommended for ha oftlee by a. ia-rge number of a eputa ble citizens, including one or more of national influence, as an honest and capable man. "IN HOCK" SIGNO. A (oneuering Prince Amulgued to Jail in France. PARIS, Feb., 7.-By prompt action the government to-day nipped in the bud what was apparently intended to be a royalist couped 'etat modelled alter Louis Nepolean's mad descent upon Boulonge. Consecunce, Duke of Orleans, the oldest son of the Count of Paris tb-day bearinga letter written and signed by the Count de ParIs an n'ountcing to t.he faithful and to all oth ers t hat counts abdication. He also had with him a manifesto addressed to the people of Fr ance. His coming into the country in violation of the law prohibiting all the heads and direct heirs of reigning families, is a rash crime. CHARLESTON OR PORT ROYAL. A Menseationai R,unoer In It, The Three C u Jctaliread A bout to Change its, Tar anmtan to the City ofrGreat Expectnatoa ~-Thae lAine Maid to be fromn Ilacknburg to.Newhrry anid Thence 1o Port Royal. COLUMinA, PeLbruary 10.--Momentous newel Watch Port RoyallI Col. R A. Johnson, general manager o3 the three C's Roa1ud, with D)r. J. G. Black of the directory, is in Columbia tonight for the purpose of arranging with contractors for the building of the Newbcrry and Augueta branch of the great road he represents, lIe told a represtative of he News and Courier, at 11 o'clock to. night, that the contract for the comsple tion of that branch from JBlacksburg to Neivborry would be given out as soon as poss5ible, andC that the first forty five miles would be completed within eigh teen months. Contractors are here con ferring with him. But~ the most important news is this: Col. Johnson says that a strong pressure is being brought to bear upon his com pany to run this so called Augusta branchi from Newherry to Port Royal, insteatd of Augusta. and that It iB vcry probable that this will be done. The Appletons, who own a great deal of property at Port Royal havo offered the most liberal inducements to the manage ment to make that harbor their seaboard terminus. CJo) Johinson argues that by running his lioe to Port Royal he would secure practically all of its business, while by directing it to Charleston he would have to divide freights with the Bouth Carolina Itailway. lHe thinks it certain thiat a harbor like Port Royal cannot be much longer neglecti,d, and that his line might as well lbe the first toi possess it HI - dofes not tell what has been, decidled upon, but he talks enthusiastically about Port Royai. Watch that bottled port) N. 0. (1. About the Sk,e of It. ----Tommy-Paw, what is "senat.orial courtes) I" Mr. Figg -It means that no senator is expected to iask another one what he paid for his seat. -Terre Haute Express. Sixty colored emigrants left New bery last week for Arkansas, andl oth ers will go this week. They say they are seeking better land, and not ex pecting to find better white people or receive higher wagen. RIOT IN A CHURCh. A Pastor'. Personal Remarks Causes i V1eneral Flaht, CSAnLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 10.-Durin1 services in a Virginia county churcl about thirty miles from Sparta, il. C last Sunday, the Rev. Joseph M. Strook miuriug the course of his remarks, said "There is a man in this congregatioi who is so mean and unfaithful to hi; wife that it is a wonder God does no rain down fire and brimstone upon hii head and consume him," The preacher pointed his finger to watds Thomas Coleman, who occupied seat. near the I)ulplt, and as he did s< that individual jumped to his feet t. in quired if the parson meant to be person al in his remarks. No sooner was Cole man on his feet than half a dozen d..a cons were up demanding that he ei down. Everything was in an uproar and an attempt was ma'de to eject Cole man. lie resisted and, seizing a stick o wood lying near the stove, he began t< wield it hard and fast; knocking foui men to the floor and fatally woundini Jeremiah Ferguson. One man wrenchec the club fr"m Coleman and dolt him t deadly blow across the head. io ther walked out of the church and has nol been seen since. The riot lasted six minutes and was participated in by many of the congre gation. who used clubs as weapons The killed were: Thomas Colean, Jeremiah Ferguson. The injured were Edward Clawson, Robert Edwards, Joh Peeby. TOBACCO CULTURE. Au Interesting 1e,ttie F r.m tli Floreuc, Tobacco King. The following very interesting lette on the subject of tobacco culture wa: written by Mr. F. M. Rodgers, of Flor ence, to P'resident Tupper, ef tht Chamber of Commerce of Charleston Mr. Rodgera speaks "ex cathedra,' since he is the man who produced the crop, and is now getting up a fac tory. "FLORENCE, Jan. 24,1890. Mr. S. Y. Tupper Pres'dt., Charles ton: "Dasu aii--Youtrs of Jan. 22 is al hahd and noted. The cultivation o tobacco in this section has been grad ually increasing for the last four ye'irs The acreage the present year will bi very greatly in excess of that of t"hE past season. Not less than 1,500 acrec will be set, from the present indiea tions. It will be planted to some ex tent in the counties of Marion, Darling ton, Sumter, Clarendon. and Lancas ter. Nearly every mail brings me let tera of enquiry from various portiom of the State upon this subject- As re gards Spartanburg (as mentioned it your letter) I can give you no definiti information. I am aware that . threo years ago it was tried there, but me with failure. I am confident, however that this result was duo to imprope; selection of soil, error in oultivatior or judgment in some way. I feel as sured that Spartanburg can produc< the "weed" as profitably as any sec tion of our state when proper condi tions are complied with. "With continued success it is simply a matter of a year or so when tobaccc will be the staple and money crop o this section. In this locality nearly every farmer will plant it to more oi less extent. I know of many farmerf (last year being their first experience) who have made not profits per acre varying from $43 to $112. I know o one who has been in the business foi several years, who got on six and one half acres gross returns of nearley $2, 500. It cost him not more that $75 per acre to grow andl market it. "There is more enthusiasm hern among the farmers in regard to thih matter than has been manifested b~ them on any subject for some time The stock of the tob)acco factory has nearly all been subscribed. Twent~ per cent of the same is now being co)~ lected. A meeting will be held on Fabh 12, when officers will be elected. The matter of establishing a warehoulse is undler consideration. "I note yourr remarks in regard to tobacco being a leadIing industr.y in thit state years ago. The tobacco produced: in those days was an entirely dlif'e.rcut type, being the dark, heavy varities, air cured. The product of the present ls the yellow kinds, wvhich are cured by artificial heat. It has been prover by p)ractical results that tobatco can b raised1 here far more advantageousl3 than in any section that has thus fati taken hold of the industry. Owing tc the length of our season and natural adaptability of the soil to the growtl of tobacco, wve can prodtuce twice ati much per acre, besides the quality of the leaf b)eing unexacellee. ''Boping the information I havt Kiven will meet your wants, I am ve') respectifully yours." F. M. RoDGERs, JR. CLEMSON COLLEGE ilegimuning WVorkc--Mnmch. Onu be Irne.b: Eslay Mes.sengor. Cnits While on a flying visit over to Cen tral one day last week weo had tli pleasure of meeting Col. Rt. EJ. Bowen who had jtust returned from Fort Hill whore he had attended the mee inj of the Executive Committee of Clemn soni College, of which he is a member The meeting of the committee was fo: the purpose of looking over the prop erty, selectIng sites for the buiildings and ascertinning generally the hos mode of p)rocedure in the build1ings o the college and structures, and ala to decidle upon plans[and specficationi etc. The State will furnish fifty convicti to work in the prep)aration of the plan tat ion and1 houses, It was fotund tha the lumber and( brick could be obtain 0(d of the proberty. A committee of three will lie sent t< MI"sisippi to examine andl ascerts.il the methods of the management of th, Agricultural college in that State. The next meeting of the committe< will lie held at Pendle on. Tihe Colonel informs us that in look4 ing over the register at Fort Aill h found that h)etween 1,500 and 2,004 pecople had visited that noted an< honnred old plnae sinea July last. ' THE NEW CONSPIRACY. THE BOLD CRIME OF QUAY AND REED. An Attempt to Urind the Minority and Rob them of their Rtihts. e Evidance multiplies to prove the statement made in The Gazette that Mr. Reed's election to the Speaker ship was the result of a bargain, in which Chairman Quay promised to de liver certain votes and Reel to paea - such measures as the thrifty I.n yl vania boss required. Mr. Quay performed his part of the contract, and up to date the Speaker has kept his faith. Will be be able to carry all of his party associates with him for the pro gramme arrange i by Mi. Quay? That is the question. And upon its answer depends the important leaislation of the session. There are signr which point to I doubts in the minds of the co-conspira tors from Mtineand Penasylvnnia as to i their joint ability to dictate the legis latio.a of the House The first block in the way was the disagreement of the republicans on the question of the rulbs. It seemed to be irreconcilable. Had the Quay-Reed rules been reported imme<'iately after the holidays there is good grounds for the belief thai they would have been modified on the floor of the House. Then came the extraordinary spec. tacte of a House actir upon the high est question of privilege without a quorum, and the postponemont of the consideration of rules. Why was this done? It is an open secret that the course l)ursued was cunningly devised to show those republicans who had spok -en unfavorably of the Reed code, that justsuch rules were necessary. In plain language the disgraceful scenes of the past fortnight were enacted to co erce members into adopting objection able rules. What legislation may have been agreed upon last December. by Messrs. Quay and Reed, may be surmised from the record of the former in state and national politics. The programme In cludes an election law, which will put all congressional and Presidential elec tions in the hands of the most profli gate and unscrupulous oflicals, if we may judge by the class of thugs and convicts heretofore selected as stiper - visors and deputy marshals by pre vious republican administrations. It is also said that they will go further, if they can, and put these supervisors at the polling booths at every election for members of the several state legis latures, on the pretense that the fact that state legislatures elect United States Senators gives Congress the right to r.gulate them. There are statements afloat, too strongly corroborated to be mere base less rumors that certain mammoth jobs involv in,, enormous and unnecessary appropriations, are contemplated, and that the beneficiaries have already ar ranged with Quay for liberal contribu tions to carry the coming fall elections andi the Presidential election in '92. Of these we chall speak hereafter, as we obtain further proof. In 'he meantime it is the duty of the democrats to oppose, by every parlia mentary method, on the fh or of the House, all purely political legislation which may be of doubtful constitution ality, and to make no obstruction whatever to bills wvhich are necessary for the conduct of the business of the country, however objectionable they may deem them, in the matter of the amounts appropriated. If they do this they can confidently appeal to the country as patriots, who opposed1 with all their might uncon stitutional legislation, by unconstitu tional methods, while they w.ere al ways ready to transact the business of theionntry, and placed no obstruc tion intheway of legitimate legisla tion. SAT ON IIIS VICTIM'S CORIPSE. A Menth, Caroilina Coroner Kills n MIan anid ftlids thme Inquest. CHAnucs-rox, S. C., Feb. 12.--The spectacle of a coroner holding an is. quest o"er a man he h'mself killed was presented accently in Florence coun ty. Coroner S. T. Burch shot and killed a negro whom he caught in the act of stealing potatoes from hia yard. After the killing Burch came to town and g.ave himself up to the sheriff. Hie was released this morning on a writ of habeas corpus and gave b)ond for $2,000. An inquest was held over the body yes terday morning, the coroner presiding, and the jury found a verdict in accord with the above facts. 1B1G METHODIST SO IIOOL. Northernm Chura ch to Establish n Nationnl kUn,ivrsnlr ty nnhington,. WASHiINGTON, Feb. 15--The Post has announced that the Methodist chiurch intendls to found a national uni versity in this city, and that arrange mneints are making for the purchase of the ninety-acre tract of land on the *'Tennallytowns road near Oak View, ex-President Clovelands country home, as a site for the university. B Iishop Hurst, whose residence is in this city, is at the head of the move menit andl has paid an option of $10,. 000 on the property, which is to be sold for $100,000. Tl'IEY OUT WITTIJ DHIM. .. He Ruled0 Like Reed, Nut Ihe Menator. .eft tho anto. > HI[a.TNA, Mont.. February 9.---After the ad1joutrnmn'st of the Benate yesterday 3 afternoon, eight Demnocratic senators, i ncensed at the ruling of Lieutenant S Governor Rtichards ini counting them p)rosent, took trains in differetat direc. - tions. They ai-l they were going be yon d thle state line to get u'it of the ) reach of theu sergeant-st-arms Their 1 continued absenen will block all legisa-e INDIGNANT DEMOCRTS. Some Member, Holl With Rate, but a Counservative Spirit Prevails. A dispatch from Washington says: The Repubtican majority of the house has at last reported the rules. The Re publicans first secured the Hall for their caucus. When they adjourned there way scarcely time for the employee to throw open the doors and secure a change of air in the ball before the Dem ocratic members began to file in to at tend their caucus. They appearel in good number, and were presided over by Mr. iolman. The only subject dis 'aed was the now code of rules. The Dew crats were at a disadvantage in that the ue1nbers were not supplied with copies, as were the individual Re publicans today. So Mr. Carlisle was obliged to read and explain the rulke from his private copy. Naturally this was slow work, and moat of the assion of the caucus was consumed in this way. There was little discussion. Nov and then some member would boil over with indigna tion and expresa himself forcibly as some particularly obnoxious rule was read and its effect pointed out. Mr. Springer thought the rules m ant that the watchman were gagged, the watchdogs chained and the treasury thrown open to plunder. B'it the gen eral sentiment was that no matter how obnoxious the rules are they were asked for by the Democrats and would be coa. sidered in a fair spirit. Mr. Carlisle wvas accordingly instrnc ted to negotiate with the majority man agers for a proper and reasonable time to consider the rules in case they should be reported tomorrow, inasmuc-. as the Democratic members are without copies The Republicans will also be requested to allow a debate of reasonable leugth upon them when they are called up for consid eration, and if these concessions are granted the democrats will intcrp.se no unusu l obstacles to action upon them. THE BUSS QUAY. The ColIoual Mcoundrel of the Century -The New Yorik World Unearths Hi,, ItI tory. The New York World, in its issue of Monday prints a nine column biog raphy, "to be continued," of Matthew Stanley Quay, the present leader and active force of the party wiich Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, says contains nine-tenths of the country's virtue and intelligence. The story begins with the beginning of Mr. Quay's career and tracks him all through. It states that his first ap. pearance was asia member;of the Penn. sy lvania Legislature in 1865;that in this capacity he received and kept $13,000 given him to use to secure Governor Curtin's election as United States Sena tor and afterward sold out to Cameron, who was opposing Curtin, for a yet larger price. Later in life he was the leading spirit in sundry schemes of plunder and bribery, including one audacious performance in which he at - cured the pardon of one Kemble, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while in the Legislature. the purpose having been to prevent a trial which would have brought Quay's connection with that special aflair before the pub lic. Kemble was afterward made president of a bank which, when Quay became State Treasurer, was a favorite State depository. The charge is made that Quay was implicated with the cashier of the State treasurer in the theft of $260,000 from the Stabe, mo.t of which Senator Cameron repaid to prevent the defeat of the party that would have followed exposure and for part of which .he took Quay's note. One of those documents for $25,000Ore mains unpaid unto this day. Quay is said to have secured his election as treasurer by pretending to support a prominent Republican Catholic for that position and then secretly incit ing prejudice against him because of his religion, taking the strength or ganized for him and addinig to It the power controlled by Quay personal ly. Of the private life of this chieftain of the party of virtue and intelligence the biographer speaks with refresh ing frankness. Quay is described as a desperate, habitual, unscrupulous but unsuccessful gambler, a periodical drunkard and a debauchee turn ing his residence at Beaver, Pa., into a broth el, to the scandal of that quiet town. Shameless treachery, bribery, embez zf'ement, jury p)acking, arrant perso nal cowardice and relentless cruelty are among the methods and attributes ascribed to him. In the entire story there does not appear one redeeming act or trait to relieve the blackness of the picture. An Attempt to Blackball Clevelandt. When Grover Cleveland's name was submitted in New York, on Monday, for membership in the Society of Med ical Jurisprudence, Lawyer John J. Delaney took the floor, and launched forth into a tirade against Mlr. Clove land and argued against his election on the ground that he was unfit to be longed to the Society., Mr, Delaney said that when Mr. Cleveland was president of the Uni ted States he had appealed to him in behalf of a citizen of the Union who was imprisoned unjustly in a British dungeon, andI Mr. Cleoveiand had nog lectedl to pay the slightest r ttention to the appeal. The case referred to by Mr. Delaney was thaqt of Dr. Thomas Gallagher, formerly a resident of Urooklyn, who a few years ago visited Europe, and was arrested ten (lays after his arrival ;in L,ondon, charged with being imphtcaed in a dlynamite plot against the British government As Mr. Delaney proceeded with his argumcint against the election of Mr. Cleveland, there were signs of disap proval from the other members. At the conclusion Lawyer Osborne, of Brooklyn, m)ade a vigorous protest against the utterances of the previous speaker. He had been acqutaintedi with Mr. Cleveland longer than Mr. Delaney, but did not feel offended he cause he was not appointed to some office. Mr. Cleveland's name was voted upon first andl he was elected, every one voting in the affirmative except Mr. D)elaney and one other gentle mah. COTTON GOING AHEAD. INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE. Nine-Tenthe of the Crop in the Market State Averagve-Vhen Picking Closed Salee and Price. of Meed-Pr.portions of Lint to Meed-Meonth Carolina'. the L.argeet of nil. The cotton returns of the Depart ment of Agriculture for February give local estimates of the proportion of the crops which has loft the plantation. A consolidation makes 90.6 per cent, leaving 9.4 per cent, still to go for ward. About nine-tenths of the crops has, therefore, been reported in sight or is in small stocke unreported in the hands of country merchants or in tran sit. State averages are as follows: Virginia, 87 North Carolina, 89 South Carolina, 90 Ueorgia, 90 Florida, 93 Alabama, 90 Missis'ippi, 91 Louisiana. 89 Texas, 92 Arkantlae, 90 Tennessee, 87 'rho average of the close of picking is about the same as last year in Geor gia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Pennes see; earlier in the Carolinas, Florida, and Arkansas and later in Alabama ank Lexas. The average of county dates is December 12th, ranging from November to January. The propor tion of seed sold to oil mills has been found difficult to estimate but is ap-. parently not much over twenty-five per cent of the crop, possibly between 900,000 and 1,000,000 tons. The larg est propotion reported is in Louisiana, followed by Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the Caro linas. The average state prices as con solidated are the Carolinas and Geor gia 18 cents per bushel; Tennesse 17: Florida 16; Alabama and Mississippi 15; Louisiana 14; Texas and Arkansas 13. The returns of quality are very high except in Virginia and 1orth Carelina, and in Tennessee and Ar kansas. It is superior in all the States of the Gulf coast. The per centage of lint from seed cotton is as follows: Virginia, 30 North Carolina, 31 05 South Carolina, 32 07 Georgia, 32 02 Florida, 32 03 Alabama, 32 05 Mississippi, 32 03 Lcuisiania, 32 05 Texas, 32 04 Arkansas, 88 02 Tennesee, 82 The cmage by insects was greatest in Arkanas and Texas. In Florida Alabama, Mississippi, Tennes:ee and North Carolina it was general i.ut less severe. Georgia and t outh Carolina suffered less. The loss from the boll worm was in Georgia, Alabama, Loui siana and Texas greater than that from caterpillars. ANOTHER VILLAINOUS SCHEME lIol,ig the Itepubilcae of Ohio to Retalr Their Mt.Ien G.edu. A dispatch to the Atlanta Constitu tion says: Representative Wickham, of Ohio, to-day sprung a surprise on the House, which has stirred up the democrats al. most as much as some of Speaker Reeds rulings. It was in the e!"pe of a bill to re quire that the congressmen elected from the state of Ohio to the next con gress shall be elected from the districts as now constituted in that state. The purpose of the bill is to prevent the state from being gerrymandered by the p)resent democratic legislature. At first the bill ap..eared to be to call at.t,ention to the p)roposed gerry mandering of the districts in Ohio by its present democratic legislature, but Mr. Wickham says he intends to push it to passage, as it is based on the fourth section of the first article of the constitution, which says that eongress may, at any time, change the regula tions in any state -tndor which con gressmen are elected. 'The Ohio demo crats have been counting on the pres ent democratic legislature to gerry mandeor the state in such a manner as to make at least thirteen out of the twenty-oni congressmen, demo crats. A few years ago the republican. gerrymandieledl the state andl now have sixteen of the twenty-one con gressmen. The demnocrats tup to the present time were confident this could be amost reversed, but this Wickhanm has fallen into the demnocratic party like a bombshell, for they know that the republicans will vote for it, and that Reed will put it through, whether or not the democrats vote. It is an other republican measure to keel) their party in power. A DJeath-D)eailg Joke. Charlot,te Chron icle. Full particulars of the death of Mor rison R. Avery are obtained from a letter from Mrs. Moran, of Morgant.on, to her aunt Mrs. Harvey White, of' this city which says: "Morrison Av ery's death was so sad. T wo young muen came with the body. They say Morrison was taking this wretched "Ia grippe," and had gotten some whisky and quinine to take for it. His two room-mates passing by the rooms of an acquaintance, saw a bottle marked "Pure Rye W hisky," and thought it would be a good joke to take it out; arid so they took it to their room, and set it on the mantlepiege. Morrison had retired, and next rflorning when he got up, he took up this bottle and took a swallow of what he thought was his medie'ne, andl it was carbolic acid. He knew in a moment lie was poisoned. He walked to the wash stand and fell perfectly unconscious, and was dead in twenty minutes. They say the room-mate who brought the bottle in, is nearly crazy. N one of them drink at all, and it was only a joke, taking, as they thought, the whisky from this othe,. fel."1.. A GOOD STORY. Chauncey Depew'e Attempt to nerve Cheut tutt--Uie Triumph. It is not perhaps a secret that our Chauncey is, like Mrs. Gilpin, of a fru gal ruind, and is thrifty with his stories and jokes. After the press has once got hold of his good things he never uses them again, at least in that particular community, but no man can have a whole oCc of brand-new brilliants every day of his life, and a little discretion and a good memory will make one's store go a long way without being guil. ty of repetitions to th. same audience. But the discretion of even Chauncoy is at fault at times, and the other night he suffered because or it. The daughter of a certain famous American who has hitherto made his home in the West, has been visiting in New York, and was one of the guests at a dioner of very distin guished men and women last week. She is a woman accustomed to the intellee ual best of the men Who go in to dinner with her, and on this occasion she re garded with some surprise the efforts of the man who had taken her in to dinner to amuse her. He looked lika a person of ability, but she gradually gained the impression that he was laboring under the relusion she was a wild Westerner who was many years behind the times and had not heard any modern jests. When this idea became tiruily rooted in her mind she was'at no fuither pains to conceal her indifferenee to his efforts, and at last in despair her dinner com panion remarked, "Miss , we don't seem to get on. What is the matter? I wish you would tell we frankly." "I will," she said, laughing a little. "I an cross because you have been telling me Chauncey I)epew's old stories all the evening. I don't know him myself, but I've heard all his stories over and over again, and I don't think I can stand any more of them again." Iler companion paused a moment, then shook all over with amusement and de light, and said: '"liss , your frankness is simply enchanting, and I'll confess in my turn. I thought yeu were a very young girl, and from so far away ii the West that you were not likely to have heard these btorles, so I was using some old stock on you, but I see my error, and now I will tell you some sto ries of Chauncey Depew's that I am sure you've not heard.' From that moment thc Western girl declares that such a streata of brilliant talk, anecdote and witticism poured forth that sho never noticed what she was eating, and was dsperately grieved when the hostess gave the aignal to rise and she was separated from her clever companion. Going home in a cab, she said to her father: "I)o you know the name of the man who took me in to dinner? I didn't catch it, but , found him perfectly charming." "My dear girl," said her father, "you don't de serve your pivileges. Of course you found him charming. That was Chaun cey Depew 1"--Brooklyn Eagle. ONLY A PINT OF WHISKIY. A Terrible TrageFi I. Newberry County, Mupposed to by the Reuit "1 Hard DriUking. James B. Clary, a farmer, who lives five miles from Newberry, attempted Saturday afternoon to shoot his daughter, a young lady about 18 years old, but his distol was wrested from his hands and the attempt thwarted, Neighbors were sent f r for protection. All wore in the room together when Clary, in a fit of mad'iess, grasped a hatchet and gave his wif(' several blows on the head, which will probably prove fatal. tine was in an unconsious condition last night and the attending physician could not say how badly she was hurt. I have not heard today, but supposed she is still living. Sheriff lRiser went out Inst iiight and brought Clary in here and lodged him in jail, where ho now is. As to the cause of this sad affair It is supposedi Clary's mindI is unb)alanced, o1 lhe is suffering from delirium tremens. About two years ago, after drinking heavily, he had delirium tremens, and during one of these aspells shot his little son with a pistol, bu)it not seriously. Those who know say lie has not been drinking much quite recently, and when in town last Wednesday with his wife andl daughter lie took only one pint of whiskey home with him and has not been in town since. I have not seen him to (liy, but p)arties who did say he talks at random and says that persona tried to kill him last T'ra~rday night; thia, they were wait,-l-.eg around his house with long k.;vesi, etc. In fact, no one was there, IIe has a wife one daughter and two sons, and has been a well-to-do farmer. IIis wife was a Charleston lady, a Miss Vernon. ilepublicang 5hie1 Net (o,nplain. Thue proposed gerrymander by the Democrats in Ohio is wrong, as all gerry mandering is wrong, but the indignation expressed against it in Republican quar ters is very much a case of the pot call ing the kettle black. Ohio is one of the worst gerrymandered States now. The fact is that today in Ohio it takes 79,251 D)emocrats to elect a lieptcsentative to Congress, while 20,003 ItepublIcans do it, the gerrymander amounting to a dif ference of 53,248 against~ the D)emocrats. We repeat that gerrymandering is ob jectionable, to the verge of dlishonesty; buit a party that has done as have the Republicans of Ohio in this respect, and still whines upon the subject as if it were virtuous, is simply disgusting. A heanutitful Church. Mr. 11. M. Flagler, one of the coal oil millionaires, is building a church for the P'resbyterians at St. Augustine, Fla. -It is.nearly completed, and will be, it Is said, one of the finest ecclesiastical structures in America. It is composit in architecture and will cost, it Is esti mated, $400),00J0. Mr. F1lagler intends it as a memorial of his (laughter, who (lied suddenly on a yacht off Charleston har brnr a few months since. Mr. Flagler has also built a handsome church for the Methodlists in St. Augustine. Mary Anderson publicly acknowl.. edges her engagement to young Na varro. of New York. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. AN IMPORTANT MEETING HELD IN COLUMBIA. Re-election of Posident laseed-Pheeo Dhate License. Granted-ihe Eporteast Mtatlone Provided fer-An Imatlesaaen Agent Reesgnlasd-Favorlar the Seho ej for a Natemal Beard of Agriomiare.. Iaveetlgating the Pessibilitles Okra.. Other Matters. COLUMBIA, February 7.--The State Board of agriculture met at 10 o'clock this morning and remained in session almost continuously until about 8 P. M. To-night the following informatien as to its work was obtained: Ex-Govergor Iagood was unanimously re-elected chairman. IARIQATION. The department's four acre flub pond lot in Columbia was turned over to President Mcfyrdj for the current year to be used for experiment station. The board refused to grant the peti tion of the State Agricultural Society for an appropriation to be applied to an agricultural experiment station near Charleston. Officiat recognition was granted to R. H1. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y., who is endeavoring to plant colonies in South Carolina, and the commissioner was recommended to give him such assistance in his work as he 'night deem advisa bk NATiONAL nOARD OF AORICULTUR. On motion of Col Duncan the move ment init'ated by the New Jersey board of agriculture looking to the organinl tion of a national board of agriculture was endorsed, and the board promised to have South Carolina represented at an agricultural congress, which it is pro. posed to hold at Washington, in advo cacy of such a national board. The board also endorses the proposition of the New Jersey board that reports of State boards of agriculture and State horticaltural Societies be caused by Act of Congress to be carried free in thv mails. The board determined to continue work at the Darlington and Spartanburg experiment station and made the usual appropriation of $5,000 each far carry ing on their work this year. EPRlIMENTS WITS ORA. The director, Mr. McBryde, was in sructedito make experiments to ascertain the quantity of okra stalks which can be grown per acre on average upland and bottom lands, and the cost per pound of lroducing the fibre. Tho director was instructed to make monthly, or as often as practicable, to the commissioner of agriculture for publication, reports of the progress of experimental work at stations and the result of such experi ments as are of public interest. THE PRIZR ACRE OP CORN. Governor Hagood offerel the follow ing rebolutlon, which was unanimously adopted The State board of agriculture of South Carolina recognise with pride the fact that in competition with the whole United States the largest crop of corn grown has been by a South Carolina far mer. They fnirt.her recognize the fact that this is the largest authenticated crop of Indian corn ever grown to the acre in any part of the world: there fore. Resolved, that the thanks of the board be and are hereby tendered to Mr. Z. 0. I)rake for the honor he has by his achievement conferred upon his State and the demonstration he has made of the possibilitios et her soil and cli mate. On Mr. Porcher's motion the board re quested Mr. D)rake to report to it the results of future crops grown on the prize acre, with the view of ascertaining the continuing effect of the fertilisers used in making his famous crop. FAuMERlS' IN5TITUTTMs. It wan determined to hold a Stato Farmers' Institute at Ridke Spring, Edgefield county, if the citizens of the county desire it held there, and to en courage the holding of county institutes. ________ N. G. 0. TWO YEAR8 IN PRISON. The Yonag Duke of Ori',ng Montenoed Yeuterdiar--Diuorder in tho Court-Rens P'AnIs, Feb. 12. -The Duke of Orleans, son of the Count and Countess of Paris, and who came to Paris last week with the avowed intention of enlisting in the French army, and who was arrested on the charge of violating the law exiling from France all pretenders to the French throne, was again arraigned before the Tribunal of the Seine today. HIe was adjudged guilty of violating the law, and was sentenced to two years imprison' ment. The court-room was crowded with spectators who had gathered to watch the proceedings against the young Duke. When the prisoner was arraigned, the crowd broke out with loud cries for the army, the Duke of Orleans, and the re public. They became sa demonstrative that gendlarmnes were called to clear the room. Before judgment was announced, the Dunke add ressed the Court in his own be half. Hie said: "I came to France to serve as a common soldier. I have noth ing to do with politics, which only con cerns my father, whose obedient son and faithful servant I am. I knew that by entering~ France, 1 rendered myself liable to the law, but that knowledge did not stop me. I love my country, and wish to serve her. I am guilty of no criLlo." The D)uko will be allowed to remaimn in the Conciergie prison for a few wel*as before being remsoved to jail. The Gov ernment grants him this privilege, in order to give ham an opportuulty to ap peal from the sentence of the Court.. The newspapers rep)ort that the war between Thomas, the defeated, and Brico, the successful, candidate for the Senate is over, Brice having prenaised to arrang~e a district and a deal to get Thomas son in Congres. Two Birds with One Stone.-.Ted What a lucky follow ho is! Ned-I should say so. His fiancee's birthday came on Ohriatmasn-zrar's Bm.,..