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ia, XXI Ia XXIPICKRENS, S. C., TIIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1893. N02 IN THE UNITED SIATES T IN CtARLESTON zrother T ewell, of Ank- i"''' 1 ''" I last week eo.iik ,r op., StO,,, N, S. C., Feb. S.-The e celebrated r;ailrvjot:iax the inited Stat. o Monday morning hWore Simonton and Nathan urt room was filled with II, aliiong whoml was ite Foster of t le Itichmoiid i Company1%, Siuperintend tele(w ofr tle same road, berlaii of Ihe Sota.I ay, Mr. II. A. Williams, s at Colii1nn11ia, :n1d IM r. ,.r. 'tie Imblic are e history of the se im jilIe qeps leading to taken % ichlr the last th Carolina lailwav e llichmond anu Dan- I rapany last. paid their r d to pay t he amoiuints t oard of Equalization, I ich amounts as theY I egally due. All other t lecting the taxes, as as een exlatistd im vain, 1 rs ano Sheriffs w re ipon and seize Proper- I les in (uestion to SIt balance of taxes as t 1,s or delimiitcy levy and seizure. rers and sil' f1s vro d property of the Sout h t ad Company was veized I .ures of' Richmond and erty were -iso made, in .y, as well as in Abbe- 1 and Newberry C-,mn- t ication of the railroads ( n last week issued an t the treasurers and i e coutie3 1 0 appear be how Cause why tile) I unished for contempt I of their inter ce . versi Court., I anen-itly pert.y. I the ofli 'timie o he hall iow- I Sheriff er l'ayne I.Ie and t 'reassirer Riser of eweiry. Anderson wams iseit I e critical illness of his ty ol'cials u ere repre. ey Ge.ieral 'I'o wnsendl, n f Lancas.er and Charleston. Ix I dla seph W. Barn1- r ldian1 'tilroads. scuLl th by reading the Company upol t i,i.trator 'rder was issied ek o1 h la I. lie then I rom t -it fi show losses t i M Cwed y at, A Iken oni Ic 1indge Cot hre I oo Netition olhlon the stree (ettin <i~ , 2i.0 worth of niy hadt I '3.t00. ,Juidgmenft fo 'unt * of re'd ui andi record ~. 4)b the mlortgag i andfle $over ustriail and il. Dan hihe ebat his urg is a hi Oil ac- I to s~cure~ werdti ;i ? , of this pht also small tale that or coil while lie was G 9solu life It is a small, pe, buit. ised( by3 the Govj it they 'ownivil cor. ', ~Super- l onij at the hdarollina s '(died at hi, 'Iiilns I Sunday i hail-a Ic had b4 's los:i -v i" an.ell ndit cun.l ge ol ralh< .-' a ;ig" I from .1o0ephd II. Gr een, list at C'olumiam, wvas ve his estimates of the o roperty seized, which 1 ,000, while the amount a ite is bet,weeni .%0 I S noes thieii iead the ie unty oflicers to . iudge I r, which was a gene.ral npt, and claimleg f mt, 3ers of South Carolina 11 laws aut.hotized by v its of the Stat e. flidavits from liIons. L,. McLauin and WV. I and formerly iniem-v Board of IEgualini. at aisCsssments hadi l egally made. Ot)her s ,1 from a "a nium f' county boar Con-il he allegatioil s thef nceed by tamk ing thle ty in the hands ofi t, tempt frotni taxa may be c-ollected h court. lIe citedr uistice Hitchifordl's e of Stevens auth ow York aind O.. panty (131 Ulatch Lord assertedi that gative hIgher than t on of taxes, and axes must be pido taxpayer considers illegally taxed be s broughi a sit for' I Kc.ess.. Adeqiate a Sd, existed I or al hI wagon that the tax collec- I buggy %ry parties to this I 2'.shouild have ordlered 585ass sed. at thie timer , o law, and then dIrected ~rs to institute proceedings of competent jtirIsdIct.ion forr $ rellefI. Runt the receivers to decIde what was the nunt of their taxes instead I I1 for suoi cases. Con,tiinitiv \IMr. ,ord sai that. tho St ate of' Smiti Car >liIta him enacte<d laws providitmg for list suchl emergencies, viv : 'ay the .axes, and t hen svek red ress. Aml t114he liiit#ed Status providles the samei Ceheme for test ing Ihe validity of' Iaxa ,ion1. 1IIdeclre<d mlost, (illphat ivally hat. theri- was it conli, e)(Itween I h itate anti 1 lI niltit N vts. I Iv itrongly continded ftor cipelling rail 'aOls an other corpor:at.ions to pro C44 in thosame miler as private !it izens are OblIjqr(h4 Io (jo. lIe showm (I lt ipossibility ot t,reas irers anl slieri'.s deci'i.ig whther I ax isso,ssmmsi were j1ust:1. aid proper. The itattl has <deputedi thalt (11t,7 to ot.her >lhcials, and thiref'ore tho trii:-aitrers mnd sherilfs are bitl pertormilin tle litif-s iIIposel 1pon thelim, anid ire ,heref'oro ntI. properly part les to t hese ases Ai r. I orl ci tU ( the report. of O.vfliv.hr Chate.nierlain of' Ithe Smuth -rolilr-I i tIlway fijr 19,which howell that. I le roadl !ad really not >Iln txed or I'o tw-hal f it.si 1114g( Ial. 11. I y Ilhe : sanillf dloctienit. le l1showel hat he ' O1ipiny hail returned only 1.4 radih a1 mil rollig stock lor' taxa -ioln, whIlile it clanied Neveral million 1l1ar4 muoro of nter prop.ertIy. If(- said that. the railroads hal. in hvir petition for the restraining ordter, vally filedl a hill in ilklity an<l for lhll,ages; and in closing, ie claimed hat the COUit shou11d r(Itiilre the() rail o1ds Io pay their taxes, anl instruct htem to I,akce r.(.glril. procevi<tirgs For ecovery. Mr. l,ord's a rgumenl was a ,a%st(.rfl eli ATfort, and4 the groutils aken by hitm that Ihe couit.y ollicers vere but the agents of t.he State, anti he recentorder of .Jtidge Simnon1 vas bimlply to restrain themii tromll irther inteirfrence with railroatd >roperty, anti that ii. was not ati order o relvaso tihe seize propert.y, remaili d unshaken i by the subse(Itientil argi ients of' the opposing colnosel. .x-.h1tlge Cothran said that whether he property hatll really be4nt1 excessive y ass-ssed was not anl iISs114 in the ase. The rai'roads i ad1only to charae n their petition that they had been tio reate<l, anti t hereuipon an injunllction o prevent. the collection of' I Ie alleged XCess was a oipteit issue. ile (o'l ended that iillormity of* taxation 11nst ot;lin ill every class of property, mild cl1rgrf.d that I le railroads had ),e (Ili i i inlah-d aLyainlst. to h ir<e . 'iment. lie acknowledgeil the State's :tatiioimt right to collect tie taxU s hie, even f'rom roads inl the h1atIs OU eceivers, but Itainit.ained that t hw as esslnents 14: iestion were illegal a1n4 in.itist. l ie also set, up t.he plea I hat it was Ite S ate':3 dluty to illst.itut 41 ,.t forli th le XCess whieh ihe railroads refused to my, and Ivt the suit, promdIl ill I he nanIner Providt'd by law C or jost, such ases, and not lor. the Statt. to levy up in and stze tIheir propert.y, t.hereby rippling t heir operat-iows. Il I'i 'ld it it( L,h State shoui d1ei a taken the ame course as 1he other rTtIllt(WS of ill inlsolvint, conlcerni ill ito hands oF a eveiver. .1 tidge ''ota Il Cited t hV caIsP f 'erl-vinl against, ileenstvinl (:30th . ' .) that I he( otiI's jurisdiet ion cait4 lot. be invaded, atnd propert y inder its ont rol iv levitid 11ponl and svizel. 11 [Irthler contenidud thal, mntil flte 111ollit of, (ax l (I .h 'le .,talv hi MY-a 11 ately detritine<I no atlion ca l be akenl. .\ t 'fat was 1m:ih. by him to14) sta,blisli conlopL otI ) lie p;art lit o . (Me r1411surer's :nd sheriff-, :111l also I') vs- i :aliish I ithe jorisdiclion of this co'rt ew:;Isv of :'11-ved dov1:1r4. amwinntinig o 01 ,114 ml ai-0ri1i4y rl lltr ,vin / I11revs ofI io ert y. Mlr. I'arniwell, also for) thw 1:0i1roa(ls,I pM(V 114-xI. lIt' saitl I r1I'" weI o 1 woI liestions" t Ibhe vmvnllet d, vi. : I ias his coilt Iju 1riStH itl. : id I I so. Is this '4ne 410 tin I this ('ase4 as an origin71al ry. an un1 Iimpot i alt inlt tL..er. Th'ie is u14 IS whethe(r the assess5i'tent was1. Ix hat11 it wa s So, conteLI':14 that it shtoul d 01t be' patid, and1 Iat, it is comueDit (nt orne w ti (0 it. 1 .tis r 'tIit" Alr. Il'rn Itr. Ibarnlwell was slea':kingtthe 14 tort 715te resume1 hif 11rgumSt . i e n ot"tt.i(i poken tInanylI .)4 Innts h t. 5re t he eauhti to u' int i('sea ot4f ine ive4 gnstM. Ih '.overe'l il oftn4 1 ti 1at) 1)4 sekin of th li e i4 of )Souilth Car tt (44ina ('adrla Iton 51rtere rw iet' protr V(Qu lo.t Io of ati I:nit, l Sio4t' s ourl, hl'i o i decl 'S, tat4 the pres'en t.t ;nion' may4il 4'4 iy LIott pI. rbut i t is no441ut liii m1dlre dring i t.htiprogress o- h ith11 Cohf a it wasa 1p04'rylt t 11he)7 VI'r. Ait, arnwel llt atgoo datd t' gains V4te4) pren ('tate pmniW1.94istra InxLhe tr ig o I lix (po t he (')1 rit.yrerl end) areriats t hi snility ' If a'the 1reent 'e )p"it "chin dow n"ai t aI51t. ' ''i' oth Caroiti h apok rter olldIr 'mpui s o tht'WrIl1 er "co Iner Ial14 ciefn itr" en ou t ',imt Colm the woit v'eeki s ago. r,if' dt l not,ii hnwever, en-a 1(5n tPo.l'l 81wt Tillman' niste At.hI '1 liri. vreI . went 5i1o isc th shtrhtls oad hifty(s 1 seing I maknel thor peg ures, ofrtaxs m el that. Ithcili a es e (7 tasono a1t hert for: ithet i sit[ure of, >roperty o mintheirntolleofn rtIter heycimdb the h cntempt as Cout Hendeavorbad tatehwtht ofhfact establish it, plaiily. ''lhey also claim," went oi the railroad lawyer, "that they are State otlicers, and therefore cainnot, he pinished f'or interfering with this property." . larnwell th er said that therm was one thing which shotild be decided oltilckly, viz: the right.s of States to in It-rivrv with property in the hands of receiver- appointed by the I'nited States Courts. lie then maid to the jitdges I hat il, t he County ollicers would agr ) to m it, themselves to the or iler ol't lie coil rt, and release the seized propvrt y, and it' I hei" counsel would so I lyise t.hem, ihat he iwot!d urge that e offentlers he not harshly dealt, with, I e fu'rther expressed the hope that I hey wotild he discharged with costs. All that lie (istred was to remedv t lie present evil, he said, and to prevent its r( cmrrence, or the establishment of a pr' vedeiiit that woti encottrage such actions. lie di<l not. expecL damnagIg' From i the count y olli(cers for the rail ro;als, bmt sai' !uat p,trti' who lIul si ITerel loss or I ticon veilence from the seizitrus mighlit at a fuitire timne boring suiech silits. AMr. IBirnwell's sm h Wag 1i1ite lengtly, and ivy imanly pronoune eo tit a le arguient.. Ills bit rness inl rierring to tle Stat governinent was not. however, approved by a gre.t Ianly of his liearers. l'hiis ine of argument was lollow- I by t.lw next speaker, andI the tinge ,4 bittinus . that showed itself in Mr. Barnwell's tutterances was more fully impimsized by AMI'. lIen ry Crawford, of New York. MIr. Crawford Is couns"l For the Ritchmond and West l'oint. Ter ninial Coinpanv, which corporation has a big linger inl the I chimiond and I)ai ville pie. From his speech it seems as if NIit. Crawford's little slice of pie ilisagreed wit h him, or tiat he was bent iuo*. arraiuning andi condelning some of Soith Carclina's most exemplary and ellicient ctiz(e Is and otlicials. Ilie spoke in terms of' mneasured montempt, and animosity againlst the sherilfs and treasurers, and begged hard fi r their punishment to severest limits of the liw. ills speech has crc - ited something of a seisation, and its Ferovit y and vehemence is generally regret.ted and condiv:nned. M1r. Craw Uord said he wishwd to have thIte power 114 mi risdiction ol reevivers clearly es i ablishi ed. lI Ie also w islied to present -oine tacts f'or the consideration of the 1oli't. IIe said the trains seized in Lransit. at \ iken cot.ained other than I.iclonond and I)hoville property, and I iat. voiist <I uent Iy ie seizires were il legal Ii inore senses than one. ''lhe oIlicers and inployees olt he rail road :Iare lir oIlfeS oI this (!otIir, Ie con t'tii becausi, of' the receivership of' t heir road est ablished by thiis trilmnal, iil terifore iny interterence with t-I.h and the property in their custody wis interference with this court's a' airs, ande onseIient ly a cont.empt, for which the olfei.ders sliniid he pinish ti- to lie extent. oC the law. lIe utter lY relimliated t he dhet rine oa sovereign State having the right to act, towaids4 property in the hlids of a reveiver ap pointed liv t he I nited St:ttes Coirt inl Lite sailie Imlalnner as it, would toward privatv property. lie iniitaiiedUtat he State imist, take its chances against i'I propeoy jiist as any private cred itlor. f the reeeiver's roaid nii1t do. Criawiord firt,ber claimetd that the -oulat yo1livers unIISt, Obey I'lhe Order.i of, his vcoiurt, above any iinancates 4o thef i Site. Il I ben iiilapiitd hiisIl' vigor ilisly and velloimniisly i he tstailish ng of, criminahity oni the part of the 1hIfs and treasirers; anl tried to Ohow 11h:0,11hev wt-re liablo-to prosvel Joni and trial by jurY f'or such criiiinal et.ion. lie Il wilt.on hIle lgal aspect >I coliiipt, and ox preswd an e1arnest hesire t.hat. I-he inaxillmil plulishmlent ieretlor (",7otvl lim' ai.l three months IIni 4tIIi111 t Ih 11111if-i il iupin lite rider,"' as lie (expr'eis it, "that the -iiut.:igioni of la wlessines shoul not ;pr'eadli iuthieir thrioiigh South Caroili :t. Ihit this New Y'ork ha wyer did( not t op here I i his oiitspoken ainmosity >1 South C'arolina's law abiding and peace-pireser' v ing (ill IChils. hIits next sen 4'n(e wats an1 attack iiponi "'tuat miyste iloins ad'vlie that illipelledl thes'.e sheriffs LAo thetir li ouraigtios dleids of1 lawless ness, :cnI enicou r-tgedL andi b olst ered thit tip ini their sitibborni (disobedience >t the order's of this court. It is not lt' he',uilt. of t hose ini authority ini South propelirty. A gri ii'itu rsposiity rests lie irecei vers of I h e seizeds prort,y'. so lectocil Itii'y etuil I withi 'very leg'al r-igh'tt hiavt' resistied to the dleathn the iii Mon it thiri dtoiniin. Thlein the inen' ini piower ini Solit Ii (arolina, and who initspiredltt atuicr backing lip this lawliessneiss, wouild hiutve hadl ithe blood il t bir ettiis upon I heir own hiands."' NI r. (Crawfor'd's spevech, whlile punei iiliet h ere anrd there wi t.h citations of law, was notabile chilly or' its inica. o proliising hiltlerness and abuse. In tc'i't, it, was a r'egilar' "bhloodhy shirt'' ti r:ole agatiist, the sheiffls and treasurers whoI4 havie (Ired'4 to perflini tIhe duties ituposed upon IhIem lby i hi laws of thei' Stat'. It' spared 1no opportunlitty to I'sieaip wheri lhe hl a chanuice of1 ringing in hils Iavtrlitt phra'.sts o)1 "lawletssiiw,' ini Souith C.i rolii'i,'' "iiarrowvly avert. bilotishitdi." an<ld simiilar wortis, whir I, wvhenl usedl hiy -1 spea:k er iipon the hulst IIines, ar'e tusuailytdeniitiinatetd "intceni M i'. (Craw fortd attac;ikedt the I rewer said I hey dhidn't ajppiy in this case, andi( l'ven wnit so fari as to4 challiehnge thieir souindnte. s. Then lie lilt a lick ait Alr. ha n-s Norton, Chlief' Clerk ini Coinip. I r4' Ir i' ene ral Lillerb e's olihc:-, w homn 1s at uisirwri of1 1the Compthtro''er's aui hthi~ty. fLIt then spioke of the advser VNinig for saile biy at sheiff somte of' the isized 'rpe .'. Thhis lie wanted piun i'shedtspecilly. An altidavit was si iniit t et biy I hei r'ailr'oadls that 5iuch SIherif If 'Andelcrson tl outy. AIlr.(~ Craw 1od clsed by ina;k ing a last tonict'i .riat-ett appl)'t It or the sever' i'st. 1)un1isluntiien, p.hossibtle to lbe iminposed ii pon ihe sheiri Ifs andth irea:surers. lIe saidl: "'AllI the cars, etc ., t.hat, were seiz/e were iunder'i t lie jriisictlin (If his Cou rt , and lie shieiffIs atul treasi r'ers' ili 54eizuig ihbetai ctoIiumit.tedt a con1 Il(tit, atol shouild thc'e'fore be puishid L4) the fllest, C x ent. IIf t hey atre not, whiat to-dhay Is fact, wvilit o miorrow lie NI i. IIlugh I,. Iloind, iir., fol>wed raw lord, biu t lie spoke onl11y a moome'nt, say in1g that lie liearitily concurredi ini what t he prevlius speaker had salid, and that he wotald only add his v3ice ini calling for "an example to em mmde of the officers who unlawfully levied upon and seized the property under control of this court." A recess was taken for a few minutes, and upon the court reassembling at 1 o'clock p. m., the Hon. Ira B. Jones opened the closidg argument in behalf of the county ollicers' His was a mas terly effort; earnest. clear, forcible. lie beat down his legal adversaries' cita tions of aultorites in short order (that is, to the ba.isfaction of most of his listeners), and then proceeded to present his case in his own well-founded, simple and powerful style. At the outset Mr. Jones said: We con cede tiat property in the hands of receivers is in the custody of the law, and that for private claims it is not I able to seizure, but our contention is that the receiver's possession is subject to the fight of a sovereign State to as sess and collect taxes in its own estab lished way. This is of vital importance to the State, for without the taxes col lected the government must be para lyzed aad fall to peie-s. This point has never been fully and clearly decided by the highest t.bunal in the land, and we want it decided in this case. Our contenion is indisputably established by a d: iision of .1 ustices llatchford and Birewer. an'1 the coansel on the other siWe has failed completely to show that the tarx as tssesse1 was illegal. Inde: 1, they have had very little to say bearing upon the real point at is s-io. What doe4 it matt3r if, as they say, inconvc iience and damage has arsen from the seizures for delinquent taxes? The paramount right in the matter is the collection of those reve nues, uipon which the tate depends for her exist3nce, ana consequently the railroads for their existence also. 'I'he inconvenience and damage that may have rewilted is altogether attrib uitable to the delinquency of the rail roads, and should blocdshed have been occasione,l, (the possibility of which was referred '., by Mr. Crawford) the railroads, by their illegal refusal to pay their honest debts, would have been re. sponsible a"d not the sheriffs nor the State of South Carolina. No illegal tax is shown in their petition, but on the other hand, its legality is amply estab lished in ot- answer and by the allida vits we have filed. Mr. Jones then ex plained the method cf assessing prop erty in South Carolina, showing con clusively that it is fairly and legally done, and fturthernor3 that railroad property is assessed upon the returns made by the companies to the Comp troller General. The State of S-uith Carolina, he said, place.s the receivers on the same ground with owners of property. lie denied the allegation of conspiracy in connec tion with the levying and seizing of the property in question and Ie claimed that the allegation was completely dis proved by his answer and alidavits. When the sheriffs can justif y their ac tions by a valid law of the State they are agents of the State and cannot be prosecuted; nor can the State be sued without its consent. Jones then addressed himself to clear ing his clients of the charge of con tempt. le maintained that Judge Si mnonton's orders did not command the release of the property seized, but only .orbade new seizures. This, he con tended, thie sherills had not disobeyed. The honesty, faithfulness and compe tence of the county officers was warmly pralsed by the speaker, and his tribute to them was an able refutation of the many calumnies which they have suf fered during the present tri'al. Mi. Jones fought hard in his battle to overcome the charge of contempt on I he part of his clients and his authori ties were overwhelinit)g in establishing the correct ness of his position. lie showed that chaining down the trains was the only adl(mate means the shier lifs had for securing their levies, for otherwise the trainus wouldl ely away f rom them as they first did with SheriffT Vance of Abbeville. Mr. JBarnwvell tried to hedge for the railroads by saying that his clients would be glad to have the county ofli cers let off if Mr. .Jones would promise for them that they would release the seized property and desist from furthi er seizures. Mr. .Jones replied that he would rest his case upon the papers as they have bieen submitted. Very briefly, keenly andi ably Mr. .Jones repelled the politi cal attacks made under t.he guise of legal argument. iIe concluded by saying: "If it is true that a sovereign State is bouiid to come down to the level of a common suitor, the better it wvill be for the people of the United States to kno w it as soon as possible." At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. J1ones asked thme J uidges if, whuile await ing the rendering of their decision, the shierilfs and treasurers might return to their several homes throughout the State? d ii(ge Goff promptly and emphtatical ly answered, "No." The i)ocision,. CHi A II IESTON, S. C., Felb. 16).-T-lhe United States Court has dlecldedl the rail road tax cases against the State. 'rhe United States Marshal has been ordered to place the property in the possessio'n of the receivers, and the county sheriffs have been lined $500 each for contemp)t, and will be imupris omnc.1 until the fine is paid. JTudge (Goff readl thme opinion and dlecree at noon, which were concl'rredl in by .Judge Si monton. 'The opin on is a very volum inous dlocuiment, andl goes into the case min utely. Too P'oor to iv. lf)IU TVWA YN E, Ind., Feb. 15,-ECar ly this imorning t so hunters stopped ior shelter at the faim nhouse of ,Johin Oesterman, near Mapleide,fifteen miles eaust of this place. TIhey kno ked at the door, and14, receiving iio response, forcedl their way in. Omi the bedl Lay the bodies of (hesterman and1( ins wife, who hamd evl(dently conmmuitted suicidi3 by t'aking arsenic. A b'alf-used package ci thme p)oison lay oni the table. Oster mani, who lived on a rented farm was very p,oor, and the Pmicide was evident ly due to po)verty andI d spondlency. Thle bodies were still warm when die (over'ed by' thme huinter's. l'i'inuRG!, PA, F"ebreary 15.-A 1cerrific ex plosion occurred at Tic Abee's J'OWdher Mills, about t welve miles from tii city, on the Allegheny Valley lfailway, this afternoon by which Albert Me Albee was instantly killed and V ill iam) Scarborough so badly injured ti.'t lie died while being taken to tihe hob pital. MeAhan was blown sixty fe. TUE OTHER SIDE. THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF REV. M. AND MRS. AT TAWAY. A Defense of the Good People of Butle Circuit, the Scene of the Unfortunal Preacher's Labors Last Year. CO LUM 1 IA,8. C., Feb. 15.-The charg that Rev. A. M. Attaway and wife ha been made insane by poverty is stirrin up a considerable rumpus in churc circles. On last Tuesday the followin communications ou the subject appea: ed in the State: SPAIRTANBUR0, S. C., Feb. 1.-I n< ticed in your yesterday's issue, an art cle from the pen of Rev. J. P. Atte way, brother of the unfortunate Rei A. M. Attaway, who, with his wife, wa committed to the asylum on the 4t inst., in which article an attempt (ur intentional and indirect) is made t saddle the insanity of this unforti nate man and wife upon the it human neglect of the people whom I served as pastor during the past year and in substance alleges that the phy sicians who were called upon to pro nounce upon the sanity or insanity o Rev. Mr. Attaway and wife and to se forth the supposed causes, have sup pressed the truth and have impute their insanity to religion, because h( (the physician, "is well known to be ai enemy to religion, and especially sanc tification.") We pass over his lIrst "reason," as th( physicians (for two attended Rev. anc Mrs. Attaway) are able to take care o themselves. What we wish to do is t repel the slander perpetrated (uninten tionally) upon the 300 Methodists of Butler circuit and upon that section o; country in general. Having spent the years of our short career within flvc miles of the Butler circuit parsonage and having a personal knowledge of these people who have "let their preach er be starved to insanity," and unwill Ing that so uncalled for a false impres sion should be made concerning tha people, we feel that we can speak witt some authority, and can give some facti that will, in the minds of all intelligen men, be sufficient to show that the in sanity in question cannot be attribute< to "poverty," or want of food, or any thing of the sort. To begin with: The community ir which Mr. Attaway lived is unboundet in its hospitality-the old fasnioned a that-and never has there been a case o such "dire poverty," want of food or ar insuflicient subsistance known to us it all that country. On the other hand, as in all sectioni those who are not afraid of work ar liberally rewarded for their toll. The] have a plenty of the necessaries of life and a little to spare; and I am proud t say that they are far enough remove( from barbarism not to let a fellow hu man being be driven "insane by pover ty," unless he willfully and intentional refuse to let them know he is on th( verge of starvation. While they ma3 notNhave had the cash to pay in full thi assessment (for the majority of the 314 ieniberi are children), yet we doknow that these together with the Baptists Lutherans and non.nemibers of thE community, would have shared theli last crust, if it had been necessary, witi the pastor. Now for some ligures: By r ference t< the minutes of the last South Carolivi Conference, page 36, it will be found that, according to Rev. Mr. Attaway'i report, lie collected, of the $500 assessed $340.15. The circuit which he servet owns a neat parsonage, andl it furnish ed, land for garden and patches, and thei nearest members furnish a pasture foi a cow. While we acknowledge thal the salary, if every cent had been paid was little enough, yet we leave it to the candid judgment of every man wn< knows one iota of tile cost of living comfortably in the country, sixteer miles from a railroad, that there is n< necessity for a prea 3hier and his wife or atnybody else, with a house and it fur sielhed, land for garden and patches of various kinds, a pastulre for a cow, with wood or the choicest variety and in un Limited qulanities, all free of cost to. tether with a paid salary of $340.15, tc bie compelled to "subsist for some inonths on corn bread, made fromt corn raised by their own labor," and finally from the failure of tis to be "driver insane by poverty" and want of some thing to eat. TIhe next fact we wish to state is thai long before the ''corn bread" perio( mentioned in the article of Rev. J1. 12 Attaway commenced (viz, "during thi fall of 1892"), Rev. Mr. Attaway ani wife both showed symptoms of insanity Especially was this so during a protrac ed meeting, when their actions callet forth much comment by the congrega tion. Their complete insanity was con stantly expected, and some went so fa as to express fears for their children, I being the hlabit of a crazy person, et pecially a mother, to murder, her child ren and then commit suicide. Remember, all this occurred durini the summer when both preacher an wife were attending protracted meet ings. Under reason "4" of the article alread: mentioned, Mr. Attaway's brothle qulotes the following saying of Mrs. At taway, which he thinks conciusivel: substantiates his charge, to wit: tha she and her hulsband were driven insani by poverty. It reads: "I will leave m3 hlusband, for Glod does not require mi to live with a man who will only givi me corn bread to eat." These words, he says were uttered ir November. As a matter of fact, simi lar statements, and others of a mort Insane nature, were made by the unfor tunate lady during the summer months preceding the alleged "corn bread" pe riod. In conclusion let us say that it ii withl exceeding regrets thlat we felt im pelled to reply to this charge upon thi people of Butler circuit, although ii was not directly against them. But it order that a wrong impression be no' longer entertained concerning this peo pie, and in order to mitigate the dam age that will eventually come to them to say nothing of the effects ulpon Souti Carolina Methiodismi,thls, together wit1 a sense of county, andl especially com munity pride, has compelled us to dif fer with Brother ,.i. IP. Attaway, and t express that dif'erence, as we hope- w have done, in an inoffensive yet frani manner, for such only would becom us since there Is such a great dlferenc between the relative positins of th writer and the one to whose article thi is intended to answer. JO-N Wov. Cnol-ci. A LLHED1:1) FA. <'T. O' Ti it.ASE. GILENwIOOI, S. C., 1'eb. 13.-On Sat urday, while away from lionie, I wa handed a copy of the Semi-Veekl3 State containing a startling account o the insanity of Itsv. A. McSwain Atta way and his wife, both of whom havc been recently sent to tau asylum in Co. dlItibia I wish to state the facts inl the case g as the author of the article, Rlev. .J. I' h Attaway, seems entirely 1ufiail[iar g with them. As far hack as two or three years ago, while lev. A. M. Attaway was in charge of North E'dgefield Circuit, lie gave out alarming symptons of mental depression and nervous ex-itement during the progress and after the close of a revival meeting. ]is friends were greatly excited over his condition, and S Mr. Attaway after referred tr- it hiii s4lf as bordering on insanity. This pr9sed away, and his health becane good again. Mrs. Attaway received a 3 fright during that year as Mr. .1. 1'. A t t taway states, and never after this could i she be left alone, until late last year, a when she became more quief. Mrs, Attaway's mind hits been giving away rapidly for three or four months, ani - from my personal knowledge was in tensely exercised over the subject of L sanctilication. I would not undertake - to say that this wa i the cause of her failing health, however. I have tO 3 means of knowing this. Dtring this period she rvc -ived the tost consider ate and delicat- attention froit her nP',hbors and friends. 3 I wish here to state that I am the I presiding elder of Nev. A. Ml. Attaway, P have visited his work live titines durimty the year 1812-93, and have frequently visited Mr. Attaway's home. Mr. At taway received $453 as his salary in Butler circuit for the year 1,12. In ad dition to this, lie lived in a coi fortabie and nice parsonage, rent. free, and ist I the furniture supplicd at the expensu of the charge. The louse and It rni ture are as good as t tat ud by the average family living in the contry. Mr. Attaway paid nothing for woo1, vegetables, potatoes, chickens, imilk P'id butter, e.c. lIe owned three Weeks ago, when I was with him, three cows, L young and old, and spoke cheerfully - and strongly of his prospects for beet I for the opening year. Mr. Attaway also planted quite liberally of 'orn, and made a crop sitiicient to su1pple ment. his salary very isiderably. This I corn was cutivattl by a colored matin, and not by Mr. and Ars. A thaway, a. Mr. .1 . '. Attaway st-ites. Living itn the country is exceedintfly cheap, and but few of the enterprising and pro gressive fariners will spend diring the year one-hlif of S 153, alter decliettig a home productions. 'his w;ti tri of ltev. Mr. Attaway and family , In addition to the above Mr. Atta way was tendei ly lo v,ed and a-ared for I by his charge, and received cotist,antt - evidence of tlieir interest in hinit. Air. J. P. Attaway states that his church was kind to him. ilear iiin: "hir ing my stay (with them) the kindness of his parishloners overilowed, aiit( they had aiutndance." This was Io cember '92. Ir. Attaway adds "I leti them hopeful, clieertil and hapnmy. low could these 1o S ois be both hopeftiI, clieerlil an<1 hllp 'py and it the same t.i oe he verging", ot i Insanity frot starvua't," I visitvi Air. Attaway's work just. al1ti Ar. .1. 1'. Attaway left, his ibrother's hoitI and the board of stewards paid himl at that time .Janitary 14, S,i1.71. I never saw Air. A ttaway imoro chtu'ttil amd ,hopeful of, sitccess thiatn durting this i visit. N evet one litim did lhe inv1 tmate that he was needy. aidi we were very close frietnds. I amit sure tbat at tic titie did AMr. or Alts. Attaway suifter for the subhstat ials o1 life. AMr. .J . I'. A t t away says t hat his brother "had no right toc cotinplaini," Just let ile rematrk that lI ev. A. AM. Attaway urged mie to ret,urn him to iButler cIrcuit for t he year 189t3, giving as his reasons that hie had gotten along well, had b)e(n happy and woitbl he wvell supported by his charge. Mr. A ttaway was retitrned, and t he missionary appropriation raisedi I romt $l150 to $3(0 for the ptresentt year. Th'le above are facts. Whatever imay lbe th e opinion of(i per sons li vinig in cities as to the salairtes our preachers in cotuntry places shuiI receive, I wish here to state the hurecachi era of the South Carolinta Conf Ierenic do not in any piroper- Sense sui iTr i lot lie want of aill the substanctials of lit'. TLhey are well prov idedt for, are ch cetr fuil atnd happy aiid are doincg a grai i wvork itn the inite'rest of lhumnan ity and u the cautse of ( od, liesp'ctcically, IA nA l'TIsT- lilt(cITilt TO u 1 1 :t>cit; - FUT-a lL,L, S. C., l eb. I I. lii yotr -paper of the 10th ist., appear'its ant ar r ticle headed, "Drivent Intsanie by I 'ove'r t ty," referring to the liev. cad At-s. A t - taway, recently comiiitted to the aisy - hum, who has the greatest sympt athy of our entire people ini theirsad1( a liction. f Th'le writer says, "that Mr'. A tlaway I was assigned to this field of labor andi( - other like fields."' Intim'ating that this Is a very poor circuit, and1( that the peo pie were knowitng to thne extreme pov er'ty to whtich Mr. A. and famtily were reutced. rTherefore, I write this de fense In behalf of a ntole people, uni solicited b)y a single member of the cir cult. I wilp say ini the bieginnting that I am a Jtaptd t, and therefore cann rot be accused of anything sav~e only thcat jts tice may be done. This circuit is coim posedl of well-to-do people, such as are able to take catre of themselves in ev -ery particular, atid I would supnose would compare favorably ini a Iinilcial p0 it of view with any Circuit lying wholly In or beig composed entirely of country churches:. TI'erefore we pass that point by. Now, as to that Inobile band of Methiodists of which this circutit Is composedl, I catn speak fromi my own knowledge, for I have known them from my earliest infiancy, and I cani truthfully say that If there is a pee. ple in whic'i the milk of humitani kitid nesa overilows It is tis band ot' Chris t 'an men and women who compose t ils circuit. A nd I know that they have ever manifested the greatest care fair the welfare 01' their pastors and their families, A nd I know further, - since the new year set in I have seenl ) (qute a niuiimber, oni a certain (day, of the B brethren and sisters of old liethlehem C pass my house in their wagons, bug s gles and carriages loaded with suippliei B and uielicacies for Mr. Attaway andl Il B family. Arnd this Is only one of hi i occirrences that happens on this cir cuilt every year; and I dare say that ev ery preacher who has supplied this cir cuit since its formation will bear me out that the charity manifested by the . members of this circuit is not excelled in any circuit in our.State or the world. I live right between the churches of Gazzaway and Bethlehem, two of the churches composing in part this circuit and I know the members of these two chtrches would not allow any one to su ffer for the conmon necessaries of life, let aloie their beloved pastor and his family, and I believe the other churches composing the circuit are en dowed with like noble impulses. The writer of said letter alo does injustice to our wit I people. For it is charac teristic of the people of Edgefield county to t r!un -I its hospitality to all who con with; I her borders, and thereforf I tiere i i tio necessity for any ore to stifer i' tivy will only let their wants be known; and the people will respond to said wants as soon as they aIre con vinced that the object is worthy of their support. We recognize the fact that imotnev matters have been tight with us ai it hai been throughout the Southern States, buit we do feel that the people of Edgefleld county are able .- and willing to relieve any case of' (ire need wit hin her borders. "Fiat jistitia, ruat cwltim" W. .1. ALLEN. Not Starved to Inatiluy. AtN.'U.STA, (a., Feb. 12. -Mr. W. I. I I azel of Coleman, S. C., was In Auista yesterday and sotght out, a Chronicle reporter to deny the story that hits been sent out from Colu-nbia of the staiil'g intlo i. ini'.v of the R,ev. A. MeS. Attawty r, !- 'r, S. C. Mr. lzel i- n i .I mlteiher of Mr. A taway's conge'nit 'i but of a church in the adjoiing cill" . i11s residence is three miles from the ecot of the stry of starvationi Id insanity. 'T'hat Mi. A ttaway and Is wile are Insane is a fact he qyt, but tht, they were starved intLo that awftl condidon hlie dllies. Ir. I uzel reportedL that the miniister's yard was ftll of potiltry, he had oats and corn in hi;s barn and his m3at,bousa was well suppihed. There were also a f ine cow an114 call that Mr. 11az.el valued at I0. itirs. Attawav was the Ilrst, to lose her reason, wl.lch is attriluit.ed to relivi ous etithtusiasam, and realiz,t.Won of the IWI'Il condiionl ol his Wilte drOvC the hiusbahnid to insai.iy. Tile par.on1age is a ve:y neat house aid well furnished at the expE,ce o' the roniregaLlon. The people of 1kihiller and viciiity feel that an injtiesLi- had been done thetin in Cie circulation of the story. They say t.hiey think too mutth ol'any man, hle hie miII-ster .oe traiip, to allow Iii to Utarve in their midet., i decitre the whole affair to be at glanider iiim:i L,oom. I,iA14:\ u F-ebrutary Vi.--A car nival danco was given oni Monday in the i)uestche I'Pre, at, II o'clock. Whien about one hltundread persons were datucinglii i hiall on the first floor a child phyinit i,i the vellar dropped a lighted taper thirotuh the humg hole ol a cask of terdoletim. The vask e)ploed, killed the child, 14ore up the floor ol the dance hall aid sc'at4'ireid biurlninlg lpetroleili among the dantcers. A dtozen Iersons, enveloped inl the flamiles, ral for the windows and doors, scpreadm'iw , fire aid panic among the rest el the coianly. Ila1i , tIhe people inl the hall: we-0 Il the enl(, ro:n which thert wai lit) exit, and ats the floor on tile "ilde ea.1r the windows had been t orti pi) by the explogion they were oliged Lo I-tilt the whole lengt,h o1 the biz,itng rooit to e'scape. Ten ierson loll thiroutio4 te iecliar and were buurned to teatih. SeveAlnimore, whose clot,bes hadi cauJtht fire, died short,ly aiter roach ing tile opett8 air, Th'iree were tramupledf mllto unl' onisc2Oioness ini the panlic atid wteeI burnied as thtey lay on the floor. l"tve meti8 and11 seven women, whose i''othes were half' burn'ied from their backs t'"' ini a11 critel coniti Oln. Alainy others Ihive slIghti. fraturtes or Iburns. suit It ur414,reel1 by Nogroos,e. A su aI i,i.:, i'cebriuary I I.-- News hlas bteeii rcei ved htere (i LIhe' killing of :ree'k iln \laison Couni (Xitty . Some time since NIlts d1oh'so h51 ad beenci sent to jlail She am herI 48 ihsbaud wer.e present. 1 at a houseMi'-raiisintg ini thed laurel sett,lement, of1 Alisonl i Couniity. Aliexaiider ( raft,y, a1 ntero, who4 kniew ofI the circumstances o)f111 Alr dohnstonI's dt,iOni ini jail, wenit, upt to dohnsltIoni tandt twitted lim ab'outt itns wyife's impilrisonmiient., and( was soituully bleateni lor htis painis. Graft,y been'ltne ver'y indlnnt,itt and abusive and wat.tedl dohnstt'ton arrested, atnd otn Fri dayv or".atilzedl a posse1' to go alter himii. Whe ite psse app4. illroacdhetd ,Johins ton's house5( thtey were dhiscovered andtt warnetd no4t, to approatttcht. As thtey gave the wariniig thet' tosse fired, tand J1ohinstotn anid his wile tell dleadl across thrcshtold of their tdwellinig. The posse imiuediately tied1 and14 up to this time htave not, been airre.' ted.--News and14 Courter. A Terril,te A valancise. D)i.:nv -:n, Col., Feb. 10.---'All the rail roadls are badly blocked by snow and trains atre selriousHly delayed. At Ouray, Col ., an ulnhIuuafy heavy snow storm has1 pirevaledt for two days, blockading tilt Silverton liailroadl and cutting ofi co.iim1111icat.ioni with the townis of Ried lutatinI and I rontoti, besides block intg miany of1 the trails to the mines. Snowv slides are numorous and fatal to lIfe and mu ich datmage has been done. Lat, nightt word was received of a ter rible avalaniche that occurred between O)uray a1nd I 'orter. F our men were in stantly killed anti it will probably be mtonthls bef'ore their bo0dies can be re cove3red. T1hey were teamsters and were In charge of four team- , all of which wvere buried and diestroyedi. The namnes of the killed1 are- John Swan, AMartin White, flank Afetcalf' and one un1k nown. Conting of Uhoilera, lis-i,i. N, I eb. 1 l.i .r. K(emster, the' special hecalth officer of the United States, has just arrived in Berlin, after a tour of inspection of hlamburg, Bremen Casslc and .Niotleden. IIe told a news. paper- rep)resentative today that h) was cotnvinced that the piresent year would Nitness a fierce outburst of cholers. all over the continent, and that instead of hetog sporadic, as in 1892, the plague I WOuld sweep the whole ot re.