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

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VOL. XIX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FF3RUARY 20, -1890. APPVALS TO UNCLE SAM THREATENS TO KILL THE POST MASTER. A (4eorgia Menatlon--Pentoffice lspector and a Mnarshal Mont Down. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.--Edward L Duckworth. recrntly"appoint-ed post master at Sharon, Taliaferro county Ga., has represented to the postoffic< depar;ment that ha is prevented b3 uhreats of personal violence and host4 demnonstrations from taking posession of his oillce. 1everal lotters from Du-kworth an< others, corroborative of his statements have lately been received at the depart ment giving the details of the sit,ui tioni. It appears thrt Duck worth, who h unhjerstood to be an Independent Re ptiublican, was some time ago a>point. eI postuaster, to succeed a Democrat, who, with his friends, it isrepresented has since nsed every means to prevent his successor from taking charge of hi office. THREATS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCH, 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 meu was almost constantly in front o nis door making threatening (lemon s .trations. On another occasion a number o: u'bl, representing TIE UNRULY ELEMENT, iok stated, entered bis house and by threats compelled him to sign a letter of resignation. As soon its they were gone, however, Duckworth telegraph ed the departmernt that it was obtained while under duress, and asked that it be disregarded. One tho 5th of the presenit month Duck wr h wrote the postmaster general that ho could hold out nc longer, FEARINO IE WOULD BE KILlJ D, and asked that his resignation be no cepted. After consultation with the President ami First Assistant Post master 0encral Clarkson, Postmaster G neral Wanamaker la-% night tele graphud Duckworth as 'ollows: Whatever power this department has will be used to protect you and put you in dosession of the office to which you have been appointed. Communi cato freely by telegraph the full fact,8 if interfered with further, and immedi ate action will be taken. INSPRCTOR AND MARSHALS. flo also ordered two postoffice in. spectors to procefd immediately tc Sharon and investigate the whole mat ter. . $ elA ttorney General Miller also ordered t.hi- United states marshalto thescene of the trouble. Duckworth wps recommended for Ihe otilee by a large number of i oputa ble citizens, including one or more of national influence, as an honest and eapable imia. "IN HOCK" SIGNO. A Cosknuorinig Prince Asmigned to Jail it 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 after Louis Nepolean's mad descent upon Boulonge. Consecunce, Duke of Orleans, the oldest son of the Count of Paria to-day bearinga letter written and signed b)y the Count de Paris an notucing to the faithful and to all oth era i hat count,s ab)dication. He also had with himr a manifesto addressed to the people o? France. His coming into the country in violation of the law prohibiiting all the heads andl direct heirs of reigning families, is a rash crime. CHARLESTON OR PORT ROYAL. A MensatIonal RItmmaor IHn. it, The Thareo C . Italir ad A bout to Chnge ita rer mmnj.nun to theo City of Great Expetatoa -' lahe I,ine. Maid to be from lacksmburg to* Newberry anid Trhenco to P'ort Rerni. Cocu.ustA, Febiruary 10.--Momentous news! Watch Port Royal!I Cot. R A. ,Johnson, general manager o: the three CN Roaid, with D)r. J. G. Black of the directory, is in Columbia tonight for the purpose of arranging with contractors for time building of the Newberry anid Augutta branch of the great road he reprmesents, lIe told a represtative of he News anti Courier, at 11 O'clock to night, tthat the contract for the comple tion of that biranach from Blacksburg to Newberry would be given out as soon as p)ossibile, and( that the first forty five miles would be completed within eigh teen motnths. Contractors are hero con ferring with him. Bum: the most important news is this: Col. .Johunson says that a r-trong pressure is beinig brought to bear upon his com pany to run this so called Augusta brancm from Newherry to Port Royal, instead of Auguista. and that it is very probable that this will be done. The Appletons, who own a great deal of property at Port Ro'yal have offered the most liberal inducements to the manage ment to make that harbor their Beab)oard terminus. Col Johinson 'xrgues that by running his li te it, Tort Royal he womuld secure practically all of its business, while by dlirecting it to Charleston ho would have to divide freights with the South Carolina Railway. Hie thinks it certain that a harbor like Port Royal cannot be munch longer neglectoad, and that his liie might as well be the first to possess it HI, does not tell what has been decided upon, but lie talks enthuviastically about, Port Royal. Watch that bottled About the Size of It. -Tommy-Paw, what is "senatorial courtesy?" Mr. Figs -It means that no senator is expected tc ask amiother one what he paid for him seat.-Terre Haute Express. Sixty colored emigrants left New bery last week for Arkansas, and eth ers will go this week. They say they are seeking better land, and not ex. pecting to find better white people oi receive higerm wnaes 1IOT IN A CHIURICHI. A Pastor's Personnl Reenarku Causes i teneril Figbt, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 10.-Durin services in a Virginia county churci about thirty miles fiorn Sparta, Ai. C last Sunday, the Rev. Joseph M. Strook< during the course of his remarks, said "There is a man in this congregatiot who Is so mean and unfaithful to hii wife that it is a wondei God does nol rain down fire and brimstone upon hii head and consume him," The preacher pointed his finger to waids Thomas Coleman, who occupied i seat near the pulpit, 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 df a cons were up demanding that he si down. Everything was in an uproar aad an attempt was ma'de to eject Cole man. iIe 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 wounding Jeremiah Ferguson. One man wrenched the club fr-m Coleman and dolt him i deadly blow across the head. Io ther walked out of the church and has nol been seen since. The riot lastwd six minutes and wa! participated in by mauy of the congre gation. who used clubs as weapons The killed were: Thomas Coleman Jeremiah Ferguson. The injured were Edward Clawson, Robert Edwards, Johi Peeby. TOBACCO CULTURE. Ain Interrltig i.ettle Fren the Florene( Tobacco King. The following very interesting letej on the subject of tobacco culture wa, written by Mr. F. M. Rodgers, of Flor once, to President Tupper, ef tht Chamber of Commerce of Charleston Mr. Rodgerf, speaks "ex cathedra,' since he is the man who produced the crop, and is now getting up a fac tory. "4FLORENCE, Jan. 24,1890. Mr. S. Y. Tupper Pres'dt., Charles ton: "DEAR siR--Yours of Jan. 22 is at hahd and noted. The cultivation ol tobacco in this section has been grad ually increasing for the last four yetrs. The acreage the present year will be very greatly in excess of that of the past season. Not less than 1,500 acrez will be set., from the p)resent indica tions. It will he planted to some ex. telit in the counties of Marion, Darling ton, Sumter, Clarendon. and Lancas ter. Nearly every mail brings me let. tera of enquiry irom various portions of the State upon this subject- As re gards Spartanburg (as mentioned in your letter) I can give you rio definite information. I am aware that three years ago it was tried there, but met with failure. I am confident, however, that this result was due to improper selection of soil, error in cultivation orjudgment, in some way. I feel as sured that Spartanburg can produce 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 tobacco wili be the staple and money crop of this section. In this locality nearly every farmer will plant it to more or less extent. I know of many farmers (last year being their first experience), who have made not profits per acre, varying from $43 to $112. I know of one who has been in the business for several years, who got on ;ix and one half acres gross returns of nearley $2, 500. It coat him not more than $75 per acre to grow and market it. "There is more enthusiasm here among the farmers in regard to this matter than has been manilested1 by them on any subject for some time. The stock of the tobacco facetory has nearly all been subscribed. Trwenty per cent of the same is now being co) lected. A meeting will be held on Fab. 12, when officers will be0 elect ed. The matter of establishing a warehouse is unader consideration. "I note yotur r'emarks in regardl to tobacco b)eing a leading industry in tis state years ago. The tobacco produced in those days was an entirely difl'erent type, being the dlark, hreavy varities, air cured. The produmct of the p)rescnt Is the yellow kinds, which are curred by artificial heat. It has been proven by p)ractical results that tobatco can be r'aisedl here far more advantageously than in any section that has thrus far taken hold of the industry. Owing to the length of ourr sea son and natural adaptability of the soil to the growth of tobacco, we can produce twvice as much per acre, besides the quality of the leaf b)eing unexacellee. '-Boping the information I have given will meet your wants, I am very respectifully yoturs." F. M. RODG ERs, JR. CLEMSON COLLEGE Hiegunng WVork--'unch, Onn, be D)r'neby Esloy Mes-:enger.Covc. While on a Hying visit over to Cen tral on. day last week we had the pleasurre of meeting Col. R. E. B3owen, who had jurst returned from Fort Hill, where he had attended the mneeting of the Executive Commitwe of Clem son College, of which he is a member. The meeting of the committee was for the purpose of looking over the prop erty, selecting des for the buildings, and ascertinning generally the best mode of p)roceedfure in thre buildings of the collue and structtures, and alsc to decide upon pl anstand speci ficat ionm etc. 'The State will furnish fifty convictn to work in the preparation of the plan. tat ion andl houses. It was found thrat the lumber and brick could be obtain edl of the property.' A committee of three will be sent te Mi'asisslppi to examine and ascertain the methods of the management of the Agricultural college in that State. Trho next meeting of the commiittee will be held at Pendle on. The Colonel informs us that In look, ing over the register at Fort AIII he found that between 1,500 and 2,00( people had vIsited that noted and honned olalacesine July. la. THE NEW CONSPIRACY. LTHE BOLD CRIME OF QUAY AND REED. An Atteminpt to (rind the Minority and Rob then of their tla.at. 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 Ree to pass such measures as the thrifty Pe.n,yl vania boss required. Mr. Quay performed his part of the contract, and up to date the Speaker has kept his faith. Will beo be able to carry all of his party associates with him for the pro grammne arrange-l by Mi. Quay? That is the question. And upon its answer depends the important lemislation of the session. There are signir which point to doubts in the minds of the co-conspira i tors from M'a ineand Penasylvinia as to i their joint ability to dictate the legis latio.:1 of ti he House The first block in ;he way was the disagreement of the republicans on the question of the rubs. It seemed to be irreconcilable. Had the Quay-Reed rules been reported immeeiately after the holidays there is good ground. for the belief thai they would have been tmoditied on the floor of the House. Then came the extraordinary spec tacte of a House acir:g 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 pursued was cunningly devised to show those republicans who had spok on 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 u.pon last December. by Messrs. Quay and Reed, may besurmisedfromn the record of the former in state and bational polities. 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 time 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 rAgulate them. There are statements afloat, too strongly corroborated to be mere base less rumors that certain mammoth jobs involving enorm,us 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 and the Presidential election in '92. Of these we shall 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 f.ior of the House, all purely political legislation which may be of doubtfl constitution ality, and to make no obstruction whatever to bills which are necessary for the conduct of the business of the country, howve v.'er objectionable they may deem them, in the matter of the amounits approp)riated. If they (10 this they can confidently appleal to the country as patriots, who oposed with all their might uncon stitutional legislation, by uuconstitu tional methods, while they v.ere al ways readly to transact the business of the country, and p)laced no obstruc tions in the way of legitimate legisla tion. SA.T ON IllS VICTIM'S COlUPSE. A Mouth Onrolina Coroner Kil n Mian and hiolds t he Inauest. iCIIAuTrs'roN, S. C., Feb. 12.-The spectacle of a coroner holding an in quest ower a man he h'mself killed -was presented recently in Florence coun ty. Coroner S. T. Burch shot and killed a negro whom he caught in the act of stealing potatoes from hi's yard. After the killing Blurch came to town and gave himself up to the sheriff. He was released this morning on a writ of habeas corpus and gave bond for $2,000. An inquest was held over the body yes terday mnorning, the coroner presiding, and thme jury found a verdict in accord with the above facts. BIG MET HODIST S0IHOOL. Northaern Churich to Emtnblsh a Nattonal tUivers'ity ft'Wnehington. \VAsHINGTON, Feb. 15-The Post has announced that the Methodist churc1Eh intends to found a national uni versity in this city, and that arrange ments are making for the purchase of the ninety-acre tract of land on the Tlennallytown road near Oak View, ex-President Clovelands country home, as a site for the university. Bishop Hurst, whose residence is in this city, Is at the head of the move ment and has paid an option of $10,. 000 on the property, which is to be sold1 for $100,000. THEY OUTWITTED HIM. Hto Ru led Iik Reed, Hut the Mounters L.eft the Minto. HKJ.JNA, Mont., February 9.-After the adjournment of the Senate yesterday afternoon, eight Democratic senators, incesed at the ruling of Lieutenant Gotvernor Richards in counting them plrosunt, took trains in different direc tions. They said they were going be yond the state lIne to gct out of the reach of the sergeant-at-armu. Their continued absnenen willblo, all legi.: INDIGNANT DEMOCRTS. Some lembers hell With Rage, but a Connervatvo SpirIt Prevalln. A dispatch from Washington says: The Republican majority of the House has at last reported the rules. The Re publicans tirst secured the Hall for their caucus. When they adjourned there wai scarcely time for the employee to throw open the doora and secure a change of air in the hall before the Dem. ocratic members began to file in to at tend their caucus. They appeare- in good number, and were presided over by Mr. Holman. The only subject dis .''ed was the new code of rules. The Duc.u crats were at a disadvantage in that the me.mbers wore not supplied with copies, as were the individual Re publicans today. So Mr. Carlisle was obliged t0 read and explain the rules from his private copy. NAturally this was slow work, and most of the iession of the caucus was consumed in this way. There was little discussion. Now and then some member would boil over with indigna tion and expres. himself forcib!y 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 watch-dogs chained and the treasury thrown open to plunder. But the gen eral sentiment was that no matter how obnoxious the rules are they were asked for by the Democrats and would be con sidered in a fair spirit. Mr. Carlisle was 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, inasmuct. as the Democratic memuers are without copies The Republicans will also be requested to allow a debate of reasonable length upon them when they are called up for consid eration, and if these concessions are granted the democrata will interpose no unusual obstacles to action upon them. THE BUSS QUAY. Thw Colloaal Mcoundrel of the Ceutury -V'v Now Vorik World Unoarthe II History. 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 w:jich Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, says contains nine-tenths of the country's virtue and intelligence. The story begins with the 6eginning of Mr. Quay's career and tracks him all through. It states that his first ap. pearance was a*ia 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 st cured the pardon of one Kemble, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while in the Legislature, the urpose 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 abank 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 Sta6e, moi.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. Onse 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 addi'g 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 turning his residence at Beaver, P~a., into a broth el, to the scandal of that quiet town. Shameless treachery, bribery, embez.. ziemnent, jury packing, arrant perso nal cowardice and relentless cruelty are among the method. and attribute. ascribed to him. In the entire story there does not a ppear one redeeming act or trait to relieve the b)laokness of the pict,ure. An At tempt to Blackball Cleveland. When Grover Cleveland's~ name was submitted in Now Y ork, on Monday, for membership in the Society of Med ical Jurisprudence, Lawyer John J. Delaney took the floor, and laurnched forth into a tirade against Mir. Cleve 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 ien behalf of a citizen of the Union who was Imprisoned unjustly in a British dungeon, and Mr. Cleveland had neg lected to pay the slightest rttention to the appeal. The case referred to by Mr. Delaney was thitt of Dr. Thomas Gallagher, formerly a resident of Brooklyn, who a few years ago visited Europ~e, and was arrested ten days afe is arrival 'in Laondon, charged with being implicared In a dynamite plot against thne British government As Mr. Belaney nroceeded with his argument against the election of Mr. Cleveland, there were signs of disap proval from the other members. At the conclusion Lawyer Osborne, of Brooklyn, made a vigorous protest against the utterances of the previous speaker. He had been acqulaintedI with Mr. Cleveland longer than Mr. Delaney, but did not feel offended be cause he was not appointed to some office. Mr. Cleveland's name was voted upon first and he- was elected, every one voting in the affirmative except Mr. Delaney and one other gentle mah. COTTON GOING AHEAD. INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE. Nine-Tenths of the Crob in the Market tae Averaxes-When Picking Closed Stle and Prices of Need-Preportlona of Uint to Meed-South Carolina's the LMrgest of nil. The cotton returns of the Depart ment of Agriculture for February give local estimates of the proportion of the crops which has left 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 stocks unreported in the hands of country merchants or in tran sit. Sta. e averages are as follows: Virginia, 87 North Carolina, 89 South Carolina, 90 Georgia, 90 Florida, 93 Alabama, 90 MiSsis4-iippi, 91 Louisiana, 89 Texas, 92 Arkansae, 90 Tennessee, 87 The 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 Mississipni 15; Louisiana 14; Texas and Arkansas 13. The returns of quality are very high except in Virginia and North Carelina, and In Tennessee and Ar kansas. It is superior in all the 8tates 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 Louisiania, 32 05 Texas, 32 04 Arkansas, 82 02 Tennessee, 82 The dtmage by insects was greatest In Arkan-as and Texas. In Florida Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and North Carolina it was general but less severe. Georgia and 25outh 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 Helpinic the Repubicnse of Olilo to Retain Their Stelon Goods. 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 shape of a bill to re quire that the congressmen elected from the state of Ohio to the next con gross 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 present democratic legislature. At first the bill apgeared to be to call at,tention to the proposed gerry mandcring of the districts In Ohio by its present democratic legislature, but Mr. Wickham says he intend, 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 under which con gressmen are elected. The Ohio demo crsas have been counting on the pres enit democratic legislature to gerry mander the state in such a manner as to inake at least thirteen out of the twenty-ono congressmen, demo crats. A few years ago the republican. gerrymandleled the state and now have sixteen of the twenty-one con gressmen. The democrats up to the p resent time were confident this could be almost reversed, but this Wickham has fallen into the democratic party like a bombshell, for they know that the republicans will vote for it, and that Reed will put It through, whet ier or not the democrats vote. It is an other republican measure to keep their p)arty in power. A Death-Deailugs Joke. Charlotte Chronioelo. Full partIculars of the death of Mor-. rison R. Avery are obtained from a letter from Mrs. Moran, of Morganton, to her aunt, Mrs. Harvey White, of' this city which says: "Morrison Av ery's death was so sad. T wo ,young men came with the body. They say Morrison was taking this wretched "Ia grippe," and had gotten some whisky and quini no to take for it. His two room-mates passing by the room of an acquaintance saw a bottle marked "Pure Rye l4hisky," and thought It would be a good joke to take It out arid so they took It to their room,an set it on the mantlepece. Morrison had retired, and next rorning when he got up, he took up this bottle and took a swallow of what he thought was his medicine, and It was carbolic acid. He knew in a moment he 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. None of them drink at all, and It was only a Ijoke, taking, as they thought, the whisky feom this other fello. A GOOD STORY. ChaunceY Derew's Attempt to nerve Chest nuts--lils Triumph. It is n't perhaps a secret that our Chauncey is, like Mrs. Gilpin, of a fru gal mind, and is thrifty with his stories and jokes. A fter 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 set 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 the same audience. But the discretion of even Chauncey is at fault at times, and the other night he suffered because or it. The daughter of a certain famous Amerisan who has hitherto made his home in the West, has been visiting in New York, and was one of the guests at a dinner of very distin guished men and women last week. She is a woman accustomed to the intellee ual best of the men vho 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. le looked like a person of ability, but she gradually 0ainod the impression that he was laboring under the delusion she was a wild Westerner who was many years behind the times and had not heard any modern jests. When this idea became firmly rnoted in her mind she was'at no further 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 me frankly." "I will," she said, laughing a little. "I am cross because you have been telling me Chauncey Depew's old stories all the evening. I don't know him myself, but I've hbard all his stories over and over again, and I don't think I can stand any more of them again." ier companion paused a moment, then shook all over with amusement and de light, and said: "Miss , your frankness is simply enchanting, and I'll confess in my turn. I thought you were 'a very young girl, and from so far away in the West that you were not likely to have heard these ttorles, 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 the Western girl declares that such a stream of brilliant talk, anecdote and witticism poured forth that she never noticed what sho was eating, and was desperately grieved when the hostess gave the signal to rise and she was separated from her clever companion. Going home in a cab, she said to her father: "Do you know the name of the man who took me in to dinner? I didn't catch it, but I found him perfectly charming." "My dear girl," said her father, "you don't de serve your pivileges. Of course you found him charming. Thak was Chaun cey Depew I"--Brooklyn Eagle. ONLY A PINT OF WHISKAY. A Terrible Trauedy In Newberry County, thupposed so be the Result of 11ard Drinking. James B. Clary, a farmer, who lives five miles from Newberry, attempted Saturday afternoon to shoot hIs daughter, a yDnng lady about 18 years old, but his distol was wrested from his hands and the attempt thwarted, Neighbors were sent for for protection. All wore in the room together when Clary, in a fit of madness, grasped a hatchet and gave his wif(t several blows on the head, which will probably prove fatal. $ne 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 Riser went out last night and brought Clary in here and lodged him in jail, where he now is. As to the cause of this s.:, affair it IE supposed Clary's mind is unbalanced, 01 he is suffering from delirium tremens. About two years ago, after drinking heavily, he had delirium tremens, and during one of these spells shot his little son with a pistol, but not seriously. Those who know say he has not been drinking much quite recently, and when in town last Wednesday with his wife and daughter he took only one pint of whiskey home with him and has not been in town since. I have not seen him to day, but parties who did say he talks at random and says that persons tried to kill him last Thursday night; that they were watching around his house with long kniven, etc. In fact, no one was there. He has a wife one daughter and two sons, and has been a well-to-do farmer. His wife was a Charleston lady, a Miss Vernon. Republien Rheuld Not Comnplain. iBoston Herald, The proposed gerrymander by the Democrats in Ohio i" wrong, as all gerry. mauidering is wrc .., but the indignation expressedi 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 new. The fact is that today in Ohio it takes 79,251 Democrats to elect a Reptesentative to Congress, while 26,003 Republicans do it, the gerrymander amounting to a dif ference of 53,248 against the D)emocrats. We repeat that gerrymandering is oh. jectionable, to the verge of dishonesty; but 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 Hloantliful Church. Mr. HI. M. Flagler, one of the coal oil millionaires, is building a church for the Presbyterians 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 coat, it is esti mated, $400,000. Mr. Flagler intends it as a memorial of his daughter, who died suddenly on a yacht off Charleston bar bnr a few months sinc< Mr. Flagler has also built a handsome church for the Methodists in St. Augustine. Mary Anderson publicly acknow? edges her engement to young Na varvo. nf New or1 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. AN IMPORTANT MEETING HELD IN - COLUMBIA. Re-election of Peoldent HMgeod-Phoe phate LIcenses Granted-the Experlimes Stations Provided for-An Immiaratien A gent Resegaled-Faverlog the Sehesge for a National Beard of Agriculture Inventigating the Pesibilities Okra. Other Matters. COLUMBIA, February 7.-The State Board of agriculture met at 10 o'clook this morning and remained in session almost continuously until about 8 P. X. To-night the following information as to its work was obtained: Ex-Governor Hagood was unanimously re-elected chairman. - IRRIGATION. The department's four acre fish pond lot in Columbia was turned over to President Mclyrdi for the current Iear to be used for experiment station. The board refused to grant the peti tion of the State ARricultural Society for an appropriation to be applied to an agricultural experiment station near Charleston. Official recognition was granted to R. 11. Ferguson, of Buffalo . 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 might deem advisa b. NATIONAL BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. On motion of Col Duncan the move ment initfated by the New Jersey board of agriculture looking to the organiza 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 borticultural societies be caused by Act of Congress to be carried free in thu mails. The board determined to continue work at the Darlington and Spartanburg experiment station and made the usual appropriation of $5,000 each for earry ing on their work this year. EXPRRIMENTS WITH OKRA. The director, Mr. McBryde, was in structed4to 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 producing the fibre. The 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. TxE PRIZE AcRE OF cORN. Governor Hagood offered the follow ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted The State board of agriculture of South Carolina recogrnize with pride the fact that in competition with the whole United Stateg the largest crop of corn grown has been by a South Carolina far mer. They further recognize the fact that this is the largest authenticated a 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. G. Drake for the honor he has by his achievement conferred upon his State and the demonstration he has made of the possibilities of her soil and cli mate. On Mr. Porcher's motion the board re quested Mr. Drake to report to it the results of future crops grown on the prize acre, with the view of ascertaining the continuing effect of the fertilimers used in making his famous erop. FARMERS' INSTITUTTMs. It was determined to hold a Stato Farmers' InstItute at Ridge Spring, Edgfield county, if the Citizens of the county desire it held there, and to em courage the holding of county institute. _______ N. 0.0G. TWO YEARS IN PRISON. The Young Duke of Orleana Mentenced Yemterdar-Dlgerder in the Coeart-Roona PAnIS, Feb. 12. -The Duke of Orleans, c son of the Count and Countess of Paris, and who camne 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 w as sentenced to twoyasipsn meat.oyerimrsn 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 "r the army, the Duke of Orleans, and a re pubic. They became s:> demonstrative that gendarmes were called to clear the room. Before judgment was announced, the D)uke addressed 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, I rendered myself liable to the law, but that knowledge did mot stop me. I love my country, and wish to serve her. I am guilty of no criL"e." .The Duke .will be allowed to remain in the Conciergie prison for ai few weelse before being removed to jail. The Gov. ernment grants hIm this privilege, in order to give him an opponrtunity to ap peal from the sentence of the Court. . The newspaper. report thadh ~1e war between Thomnas, t he defeated, and Brice, thes succe8sful, candidate for th. Senate is over, Brice having promaised to arrangje a district and a deal to get Thomas son in Congrems. Two Birds with One Stone.-Ted What a lucky fellow he isi Ned-Z should say so. His fiancee's birthday came on Christmas...-lim.,.' Ba.