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VoL. Ill, _11 I(~ 0RED{N ()L,NTry, S. C., WED.NESDAY- MA RC2 i>.NO 1
THE 1f UiL i ih i V.
COULD) NO!r iWi-sT IN hi :
A Tale y.':tvion N -
!t t
T
lie had sient iost o1 ti.'
day witlina doors. In his br prcpr t
nade on the long pr're -
when he passed them. into the drawn
room windiows. In th w
spread about it by Dve great
A,
sat i nie al
now pi-amtoe
figure i.n- awi-clrdgu i s
laces at neck and wrists.h
anid blue-cyed, n had rt-e, -ored. I:~
with bronzedt ripples running thronah it
in the Chieek next to hIim was at dimpl
that deepened when she lued. I
would marry her in May. ma~ willing
by the time the roe~s woullb' in blooU
on the bare, brown sticks over th:ere 1:
the garden. His home ws t Lvnh
bi.rg, tity miles away from 'wt
plantation, puraIsed six .e. .: 1
Gervas"MilleLr, hisprsctveah -m
law, a long jouarny by v tg r ri:v
carriage in this w: 'er, 'and 1v t,
worst roads in Viroinia.
John Speed, the "catch" of !Is n.atiy
town, and enggd to the sw. . r
in the world. vt fou to i ra t',
situation o*f l'on Ill, not 1, o
wide out1ookh, ibat the:adseape
dreary. Eliza ( y ,o her f an(
frienis since her baby tongue had in
vented the pretty- substitute YOr be
prosaic name) ha gi! up.in trt
dress for supper; Mrs' . il ws bus v
in her own aomain; Mr. 3111r:
two sois were at the county e .t house,
it being the first 31l in .to u'm
the Circuit Court was in 'e~n.
As he turned, at the' end ef the porch
in his twittietl: ronO-e ,t t
to pass the ;ilme-he saw a i:-: Conin"
up the brick walk. "An tia u
meditated the citv beun, bI .nC ho
had the beauing of a gentlem:i. n
surtoutof drab cloth, open a:d dylug
back as he strode forward, :-bowed i
blue, close bodied coat tr im-w ith
brass buttons, a rulldeld sihht *i nu
rumpled, a buff vest and !re f
same color as thoC a. w a vr fth e
to the knee,. a pai Of top 1'-L sa 6
with red mud comptetd a i l
carried a riding whip in Is :i
and the wide brim of h h1 t v.:s ealght
up rakishly en one
"A qucer foszi, evenii fo "u
counties "' omne Jons sy
halting to aw%' in.re 1 recad
Sahttation. "1He mighlt haectme ve
with Captaiin Jon SmLitil.
The stranger ascended the ps iie
liberately, paused at the or anwe
for a look at -he landscape, t!king oA
his hat wA.i. a :ss'ar of i:Ite wear
ness-a dlespendent slouich of the well
knit figure that was iuexpres.sib m. vou'rn
ful Hiscomple-xien, Usaswrty
a Cra'ole's-John took L it 'f de
tails while he stiL he dated t'dac
and accest hiLi. The,. d ("p (-y-s '
with red 11re, the l ip w. fasxt ii
the savage bite of white, tetih.
He was unshaven, hacgaxd, d'eeveh1.
His hair and one eyebrvew wa -re iron
gray; the other eyebrow was Ldaek as
coal, giving a sunuster cast to t: e corru
gated forehead.
*When he turned swiftly on h1Sis eel,
and with one stride vanished at the hall
door. John Speed followed instantly.
The eccentric visitor might be a prmv
leged neighbor, or-he rejlected un
easily---an escaped lunatie. In any case
it wias his place to shield the ladies from
disagreeabis surprise in the absence of
the host and his sons.
Casting a glance into the dra-ding
room windows as he hurried by them,
he siiw the uncremonious gu'est throu
himself into one of the armchairs before
the fire. The door o: the room was shut,
and' as the Ly nchburger opened it,
Trible, Shy's pet sp aniel, ra out, be
tween his legs, yelping shrlyv in pain ci
terror and scampered up tue staircase.
John had a distinct glim.pse of tia
figure crouched together in the chair
elbows on knees andt lead' in hands, be
fore the dog escaped past him".
reassuringly. "W\hat is the zatter, ok
fellow?"
As the insulted favor~i tlshed out o
sight the young man pushe i the doo.
back and entered.
"Excuse me, sir!" he began laughing
ly.
Both chairs were empty. Not a crea
ture was present except himaselt:
1L.
Shy's voice in the hall coaxing an<
chidiig her dog recalled him from xisi
fitted reminiscernes of seientitie explana
tions of wraiths and doubles. He smaier
foolishly in perceiving thtat 'ew
actually feeling his own pmise. As wel
be superstitious as hypochondrhal
"What have you donec to Thirle" sai,
Shr, in her clear, girlish ton'e, "s hi
'id the door for her. "He was ati
'Wo own with meat cal. A ttl
rhile ago he scratched at nmy door a.,
when I let him in ran eragi an sa
L ing all oveCr into the darkest e'orner c
~the closet. 1 bought him dor~ i'"'';
arms, but the mo'i'.meut he heard V(1n
step he ju'mped to thc floor and race
back up stair"."
They hatd been separated for hl:f a
hour. It was ther-.%re nc-ye
slim waist and benid hi~s tal beadi to 1.;
level of ic hers:ien coduct heri to 1:
without withraw""g1 the .sppr. :
staning tus, ..e toii Ier how. .he d
had rush a ia '.imadU dl
call.
observed > :'y,eree :-s:
. head agai'i-t tobra uer e
:her. 'IHe is a'ayli' ,eipw
can't be taught to kep a~v~ ir..ra ti
fire. How~ik deiiosly 'rmit' s
here!"
supper the judge of the couirt .:31 tbrt
lawyers-one young, two middle-aget
His wife would have been surpnised he
he appeared with fewer guests. .But il
most elastic hospitality, even in ant
benlm vrn-;a, encomtered barriers:
kg dow C-n th , '" t
n :I y tid herv
.6jicate iii his favor, that w(
r. wiCa roei:i the bottom
t or u ; c rih'y irve.+-t "I Us."
e ook ireepilows o asrphz
112
271 . el 1 11ate i1' cand'Uo
rc ri:WId i red tii} ,inkin
i across the ritoom at ona saitewher util
'-Id1) 111l SieL- ettled ipon the reA o
Oi had. et iu hist gavo tOat 01
colr.dV-ne s, his talk of ine bitts and
a t pn .- wi r s pair ot eves
1.. :mla e he dawkt
me f ain and tblt i,,ups
L(t -.: In :~n ma nd :uaie 'hit o
th1e ui iar mked? leanur
rij) t1eg L pceLUM aftr 01hll~rilti andles
Iwe xtiongut d, t t re taps. Raising
hu1is e,0o W to SL'C if hiS C011n
Cn1rar* NV,_" out, auid that hie had
a.. sirt t om aCt ,ne aherd the
steap o his ow stward tpe faint sbin
th thus. Grvahe chwirt the blakets
ur to his shin, alk wit a i breath
be hatisi-~or~usettilintO hdoS dowy
x~n ... ~ aiii~g ithrhythnaic
- r:a.r. on thicporch. roo, a hcavy
"Notr aht m-e dronI~u pa S01 ees
i-s it-r the 'ido a e i.
--.'iey'c god intain'etiv where he wa,
netad. hnbhe whisperwd.
The.aud I hard it: Eist vle, tack
III tile
ing r the of the bed covrinn ad
the.
rat. eit i ig wasot adbleatn he dadk
t et ire ohe w waiin in the
tumpvo.isow twa they Stipped
N%~. ' i:;. MI!,- mi COW." t-Pl or
mer in i .i thech e petty r oe th e
n - to hilhn ad iadeobat
o a o .tl ito ; l d n y
-,sI ' to thi_
Th;e rainuds lierd :a wth rt'icr
rela srity L td p ire ot a seang
* o- ait- -' ') v t-red. 'iilure was
you ta" b:t tdow\ thewind ie
a to:se uakness a ivas the viiitrar, out
He recolice e itativLhere hisel
p fur -! so sper us the trd. spaser
s* :. 's I e-rv bdd : li"ae baI
in Scrc th a or to tth coamer k.her
FThe' rzle Puiaao. There-the - were as
tie0 it a igt whey haud ien the atki
ro. dome on his kng. A ong
porckh wi sphat dered trah quihk
glood anly otietitese sobb ppeed t
anir wordeI --v didht cato ut twnior
falhugcdlals acntate ooed by tat
the youn mn oundhed traomp ter
coe ocs an rped ind frene clui
nes fortes. Thne blma linghyto te
brzed ge r the-tiig r.o;an
ait ldalsh hekn.
AsThe frid ahtr tey tre for
rth fsapl tieihedaste doir swhich
bac the horom eaed end Thcre was
coa ripu the'throedian wasofh
wte lisetheadles usemn ging te
bd.he rnes sas s tre ntrude ort
betrsg theeain ourwtut~ itthin
Apvodr o prn another's eespasste
bashicadt of gil they xoed viybt
rooe :aerd hilno th htshe or::i hee
stoon toe in . Te hera-dy wcenre a
outro ite asihev ad seenrtheacio
-het ropecd povn iswrns.At long
brotskereg shued thret gh tihise
gloom, fan riula Te had threedowdth
s ornd ter did notathbu.wic
ih thieed snamee, flowed ya af
htoi, backen iturge- to th dan
room, huan ugtroan! an itig ~
The nd maled bundedfr the ir dy
couhe ad grped our ofreniaed elumfi
ness for iuatcetshouhe be ght ntipe
tizld gre as the cdfih alu
t"1fThe ander Topdelicat, shaing
as- outh palsy.-aiewreteyt s
As t wisaugd, thibeyan iunvidifor
thre irs tme ihothe direcison eril wil.
th horror"- nhad eeedo te. The
coer oflth clo dsed piao his smooth
wer as theyhd ef the ona going tho
be .Thr i a noe prostrte gur elor
othrignofth ocntl ovinsiatio
Avodinon another'see tas n the
room ad hal wihlit.e li hedxv
Io ofte\ te a dr andlo cleath
anYe-t i.could.ave sr sthaetr hi
..erv.s,.....ially "They-r hadc the de
Witth same queer cowedi drean'o
thy ne not, hat po themdthey
stle ak on itoe t the dralug
rooml made upithe Bir andsttin by
it smokead an ae horstil' the Lomda
InOW altelseous agtate confer
wuhol time, nihthey coull 'ush a lu
pogaet o betaried, tosible andwnvsil
teo a ~ w- : -r.1- ar 1a rf
Hea.iin i t inth 'vra 'i' ut
ten le I nay wr hiprd han k nov
h. tE. Enoh wol ' I
upn for ih o 'poii n s Sd ice
wolu"d'ake a drunkard nor agac'r,
lit she'd never take hur word back, noi
mary noblody ch
"h a-as, "ur! I , aid e year-'' h1-2
dl r.'t11. t nn'
;it caou u"oy h,-sue. t ry
powerl.,C fo, 'te la' ttonuy haster.
thr didl HO l to SU 'dn it had
Lls wen-u lirv sdAlk coump led 0ad
Fred li d -.IV.- him a iciny !
n e ths' l..ti tan Ma 'rl, eli--a r to'l,
ft 'ca k yar. l O 'e ear'ou hw"iig h s'
tra one ro ti. ybrow got iray ip
'toteid'. IEH, uJ--cS tovays ow arfll
a in gohiman' k ai d tds
l oo, 'though. 'uvr ~e ut p
" 'W 0 U.ell t go it wuss'u' uss _tifl
X"it am tosen' on''s ra se. dthe:~i n
anigger otr two. Thait-w-cu Lhim up
mightuy. Inis hl~'n:\:rd s up werful i
t.ched a whip to em when 1e had a
good Laid o' Etluorin he'd ip~it 'e'n
money by the han' 1xinx day, "fur o
''int tle Sie'S" he'd -ay.
" 'O evehnin he nomem by h is
self. 'Twas of a 3ada-ecember
coat-jday. I relect, 'n' he'd l'e waly
coore'u a fortit. 'artw o' the tiu'ti 3r.
Ciarter's in Gooshlan. They did say's
how; 3Iiss Fuany '-searded him ti.%en
F' good 'n' all, bem' nyar wore out, poor
girl! an' no wondor, with 's. dis'pated
wvays. Euyohe'd stLOpp"ed a'y
mgh'tl o'tan"i cotiu, 'n' Io up
ail niht 'n' all sunly '' must all o'
Stiuiay lnighlt play 1in 1 yadup' i
the ea1ern wVIth solne Ri;chmon' gam
bioers, ''wen he ile tohe.,U u coatou
lbtuirs *,,I'~ b h'~-1 li n 1(.f-L t lol v .
they g't his money, every e1) m of it, '
'n't 'th:oeyes He a t)o o i:lil th
"WA el. sh. Ro bl, biOody servanw,
h se, him a1-settina' n' tae tca at r
hadtb'iLngdto 11iS mtIr, by the pac
l'r tnre, mighty down-lke res'in' is
Laid ' R--a h"'Te took. 'n'
fdoteda him a t dr, knowin' his
ways, up see, suh, ' 'ad a nicei supper
cook' fur himw, buit hle wouldn't tch -iro .
dor', an' whlen it ame dar -
bada. sore nh 'twas too-L wand*r
o'A' on nelumaio .har tahn t o
nigger quar-ter 1., "id' go intr a '1r'
1ihhau "ed righ .mestre oto evr
se' e. he' . ant fl to tA bar,
gdThh ie S1Uez'' mo. " retuain
sezn a d nerer o y u V' i in't
go n' &theo torivme, '' ti::. Lt .
- 'Ever, - vine AnL 'le b ;It to ,*re:
moiful, an' they all tole i hoet% muc
sture oty Sot by him an' tall tlat, but
he couldn' seem to tae no mfort in
what they said. Nigh 'pon ini ght
'twas, Lhen thar come ah 1nekii' at jur
outside dI', au' my father, he ot. uip
thinkin' 'm ' was "w mcs'ter wi
the s tock or somethin'!1 'AZoh.
tha~r stood MIr. 11-.',v IN. 's
drouwnded. ra t an' 11 t I, a Ishet. '
got UP, tOo. M, anwas ,m listelin' berdin
te do', an' I heerd him a goiwn over the
saoe sort fyarwell to my fathiir.
" tin' thi mfthers pe, "Mr.-_
3Iaoselv, witz his (fthr bein' ra eh
Ly, ez ie, ig he staigh ou o'L theou
th"' 'a 'Whil the ilam ho' outt' to ba
boThe vtilesnt inener morubh return,
sez h~e, "'s nevesrto la t t m e
the meany'hs thes the hand thaouh
cthe 'atr.' wordsrsene, and ho sen
pyfathor said 'oe, heen as ~or' l
crun. "Neveric too rlt eetoie', 'TIr.
th loating, Lez oflttre.biedh
erosie, tes nothcUvAintl letlto
toe ment wih Idntnnw':h
deil'lWhnkge mekort pckn up atlt
good- by! godby' a'e n w."t as ' inl'
trin? a'is wei'. '"'Twasi~ jes'~ ri
sun-up nex'~ miorni',( but si a-rinin'
catsin' dgs, yomougt say, iwhen here
coearoa"rai' anA~ i'''.'abLlerin' do wui
fac dow'i, wihA hi troa cut~ fro" Iea
the woul sto ibt t 'u. They '' ay ''I''
bloaeo stain wblood stvin tcru istan. '
Jth Spie-al glanee werurelve hi
sh~d oer wetn his drtlp wit crtounce
tha asl buiserau col and stadd on
iN t* ii z:s-NATE:.
IA lLJ~ja~Itbas~ written to
IV -Nvw and~ CO(l v :1 ejlv tI) theO r'
('...It 1.-tter '),7 narztor loll is, -f 13am
ut.i.A:r 1-- is dilike for
ne~al~ lvtuv s over
1w (11TOUiS linte out of the "filxm
" P '1'~i I, (hd OC)rao -niiqi.iof to
-.own c1rviw the ,,-tion of
the Lei-'.laturce at the late se.Sion,
Cqtaon TA. Iman says:
Tho 'l-irilS of Inv letttt was not
i-t'.j,4 t~j ''agiculftural Sol'its,"'for
;6 -1rf it-i. m A th , mi' atter,
izi -j ai"I :shutJ c it ntu tulilns,
mth lie" in' to i o pari'' s a-id tools
I- :t:: xn w'l Hin to conliC LlO hom
c!,ty parp 'se to "wi 'of the~se h-imrcs
in th(. 11i~Cbut it mustit be at the ,-x
thI elm i'itedrnience atid ildc
l 10lI*"'& Sa LV L in of til 1--. fealtv
to t'l 'I ] .:-r t ILLr '*intrs.
jz; fr~vrahieac' w aith
1LI. Y( ' nLLI;ai1ls, an~d 1, .'Lvts mue
In'-.,' "i tlhcn of itUt
4.~d Y,:i J ~ i.n !.a 1 r"L''S'Ieat!
or- ~iL -.(1 LijOus 'Lfm tit m, and 1
ol aI';L-I 1Z ic amc( COMMIIS
id ir -cr e cei". aild faillailous,
~~itie' ~ ~ a;L t2 X IA I..dmLitlh f'LctcS,
1'Clll'e' .)i' 512'IOU" toc'! al iichurch
- . I M .St L.'v ..i i i his braIin, or
. *c 1 ILIntll 1--- n('rlrd fo- ti p~resent
cli'c. 'mtt ;i' aniA trusLIorthy I
*'LL..i( to .. 11]' t I ha I l I lUf
ill LI.j ~lIL Iavc k,"~t t~i-i from
ItI..rii ." ' Lvviltl~i('t Lanl. giving an,
0r~n Lit. .1 iJbii1shiIg. i;1 Ihi- furthier
U""~"1 I "it I 01 - 1fcOnI~'iv- 'P.
I~l0Ir:I II' II 1h'L Vc t Il l :aIllVIStiel
It ' I nLL?" iO t't't 4LilJ'L d l t h .
'.:,:n t'. 1'...... ai[Jd '~11
e~er f thc-.1ccS~i'LII ;-i dci
s iicL a '*i' Caw-L.iI
... L'kc -4n he JO''
LIJL 1"' 1 ri l!pS on Ii, 14*.L'IIIt, b t.
W~~tIQ U! CIc'~r~ I nL.-C
Mt''V I *t 110i11 1 L I. LL"' ,er, but
tP!L:'rS.rV tiol- oIf I"Lt'iiv *ILob
LiV~aii1Li~ iui tJ y
salaries of the otliers reduv - 3li
tion to the work donle.
The iureJasii plg ower o[ mnIi'y 1
double, what it was when ue~ aa
were fixed. IThe taxpaying - -f t
peop''t is ni tut n -third ls .t- I ' l
thr-ee hoales of co)ttonil to pa21 wNa t:: :
two then naidt, aud if the sti'CI-r2 1
andl "planter"* who repre--nts Bee
in thC Senate doesn't feel , we f:,rmr
do. and we are not "lifting our lvi
over the fence by oar Iioot-stras"i
demanding a change. Wie are poor ad
h'ave to stint. aTId we want n bosses
broadcloth and line linen to inre sumpta
oIsly every day and patronize the "Co
lunbia Club" to kiJl time, while clerks,
whose liaces can be i11ed at oe-hadf the
salary paidl, do their wr. wra
with' all a: wat el Overvi, 0 "
12 1 ,i1-4 m r i iu h N m
1 s,42-G.iergia cny p y.s her ' overnor
*rost-. rate S;::" on-ce, ar,. i00 "s4eK
State" ioaw, ftr our ttablc wealth has
made very little gain i1 teni yealrs
South Carol]in:!, Zsese at _ 15.,( 0,(1
pay hr Chief Magistrate T3 , I 5 tey
pa. their Judges s2,000-we pay ., 500.
Ihe.r Clicf Justice gets S3,000, ours
E-4,000, and so on1 in many other places.
Our taxes are eaten up, aud when we
ask to have the burden lift" We are
called "disciples of Henry George." But,
above all tngs, we want no meome tax
i 'Souiti 'liJ0. at alln not oie
which taxes the plor f:"rnmer wile lav
ing the rich muen of oth-r classes :lone.
For what is the recent assessment for
taxation of ie farimers produce, coru,
&C., on hand out an income t-x? This
property is _ll the farmer has to live on
till another crop is made, and is as much
an income as the salary of the compctol
er general. If that gentliman is "only
carrying out the law," as he claims, it
only shows that the farmers in tue 4cg
ishaiture are being cariLess or indiffereit
to our rights, an that an orgnization
of farmers is needed to watch over our
interests.
The 'Farmers' movenIht" is not a
pIolitical agitat1in, pure and -imple, but
i, at l-ast, have nevr dislied thal it
was political to tLe extent of securing
neded reforms. We have a right to
"disport in the political miili-diii
iowever distI'steful it nav be to Caolnel
foumans and other mebe of the
ruling clique, auid we sliha continue to
agitate those waters till they i'ccomfe
>ure and whlesome. But we are not
ing outside the Democratie party to
obtain our rights or redress grievaLuces.
aid Colonel Youmans knows ;t.
The sneeri-., aih~cu-in to Mr. W. i .
lZuell shows tait lie and his fi-hl'ws
Avoutid be flhal to have uis a. i
tl mnis B. But we cannuot a ot
;O.Q11611 oar flather's uielO- C i '
lo't ike 14. the hi:a!Oeent. We i!
oor kie:-: out uniah a i
wi sio thir duty, and~ t> acco..i).
tills we sa- orgaum-.
the value of farmir' or' :
specially he Cr nge, wiold yet hiel
he head of tht orde nd the presinn 1
,4 the State AgricaItural Socity as
numbers ex-0ilicio of the boat : of agr
culture, and that, too, notwitistabiug
he fact that these gel n 1 mveli' -wi
1o special litnc-s foIr the pi-ttio lu i no
proper CUnceotion of the red duitl oi a
board of a"r.cltUr l i. L it. to
home two agricel. .o-,.
Old tue ifnferce, ti t
ithler is ieeded. ilas -'- I orgoent I tiat
SoImle years ago they bothi unaimo 'iAlyV
iassied resolutis urging the Legisl
tare to abolish the in law--i
version-and does lie not remnemb er
with what eifect?~ Hlad either or ioth of
hose organizations represented any con
siderable contingent of our agricultural
>opl~tion; had there been fewer politi
cians among them and more real, honest
farmers, there would have been more
eed paid to their wishecs. iBut .s:ome of
h "farmers" who voted for the resolu
tiols at the joint sutmmer meeting, votel
gainst repealing the law in the Legisia
ture.
The example oh treachery to our agri
cuitural interests, and of idiffereiice
tier hlaving obtained political prefecr
nent, arc so nuamerousl jaSuth Caroli
na, that it is small wonder that I am
tcused of trying~ to "'feather nmy own
nest," by acting as the rgneulturial
hampion. Especially has tis enarge
been made and reiteratcd by those wo
are alredy'"in"good p' tees or have
friends or relatives in thece Thciu
sationi is a confesin of thi' ow~n seli
ack of patriotism, and i tai too old anId
stale to sarve Mr. Youmna. '-a plae of
rgmnent. I ean olu saiy that if I "go
into the political mill poml" it wil be.)
with pure motives, and I will c.o"e out
with clean hands.
The senator from Parnweii draw'is a
vivid picture of the probatbie result' of
pLcinig the iloard of .Agricaiture at the
head of the fairmers' movement, and
:onjures up a most fiighti al catastroph Le
as the probable result. "lioa-;ine," says
he, "such an organization pierfected.
lhe dcepartmnlt of aigrictiuture conv ertedi
into a biureau of orami uon. -t heln
not-in vain might. the'-e slif.1"riig
apostles entcr thc il itie"d IuVll-I'on..
andl go into di 'p water at that Whaio
oer ii ally ofi Mr. Ti'lhnau, 'who hias
been eoquett'og 10 a jar'm-tui-I'>. way0
~ih this *-i Itial de'uante 0 .it iot
o. elreted to the Un'ited L ' Itte .. te.
fe idea is i-' hirei'serou 0 n 1out
v' iprobable th'. at i41t 1'!.asui
ar'ieli, and te a tri n cn e i
that IC i' th f4al 01f You.iau' hI en;.
a ireoti~i , eaimto 5 . at * -
are samed to"eep el'teg s
.a wei now) know It n ii nei'
ii'o iis a. "pa 4~r"aadk y
to nLad s 1 sait ni. theioente Onl illt
bill 1)mio'nd by the IFamers' Cojnven
tio after thiri pasage I by the House.
';h "true inw u-dtss" of the-- pretenuded
(i1lik' of "Ti lan dictation" is laid
r ual this "imruacuilate Senator,"
who v - Fr 1"rsona1 ag gandizement
aCM t' fn'i'r rathe r thian the public
. i tiyt y h18 own petari." He
n -.I v 1 har'm that can come to
Car .lia b1,y the'most thorough
z f fjarmers4. except that
C Lil ijwsoi might he elct.d to the
Enadt States, Senate.
xppo.- wt lid elect the editor of the
Ne .1ws a Courier. what harm would
f o ? hat has the United States
)enate, got to do with the reorganization
of the department of agriculture? Sup
rco"se Mr Tindal, Mr. Donaldson, 'Mr.
S. Colonel'1 Stackhouse and :li of us
wo h::ve 'Den eaing the farme-rs'
eot agood flat oilice apiece
and 'eu.: "taex-eaters" for a time,
w1at harm wuld ;'olow? Colonel You
i IPA i not putSe to picture t-e in'
thiat w .voild inevitably res1'.ult; he id not
n-ation tic wailing among the disin
hritd mmbers of the royal faimily
whose places would be thus usurped by
these pleIeian "farmers." His af-righted
iMaigin:tdion only sees that some one not
nane-a Youmans is to go to the United
States Scoate, and his mind is made up
Br..LS was not more determined when
h, siw Cesar-and he votes to ptostpone
th! i"ith snhi emphasis and uvident
d;,-it thit ereated a ripple of laugh
ter all over the Senate." Actiaecd bv
thcse jigitdy patrioti.e and virtuous mo
tivs ih a magnanmous air he
y-S it thi ci-fhampion of injured inno
eece n refuses to "lap our efficient
nd p atitie ltard of agricuilture in the
fae'. Iow blind lie is to their short
comuings and those of the comuisioner.
He fais to point out in what way we
fiarmers are benefitted. He does not
show where the S170,010 they have spent
has gone, and he cannot show any
adcqu'atte relt of its expendliturci. He
rehearses the old story of an agricultural
I coll'e c o tienstitutional convention
C i stihg 01,1'1. just because he saw it
inl th 'itv'x and Courier.
T. l '' 01(1 rv about the '"little fellows
ati' Uluo- dotei" and the Sheppard
Daw~so-Tiillman corl)uation has served
it : "Id only act as padding for
C1olonel Yuu"in s's 1ngtihy screed. It
piut th ;"pn under the" wrong thiMble"
ath A.,Ugut Coinnion, and those
i 'd by it are welcome to their
vi11r. Htd 1.en the l)litician I am
cLargd wiL in I would have re
'i'ed away from the State Convention
:aIitt Dopon'd o man' caud'dacv. But
i will .ay for tie buetit tf those farm
v:o ij) Wixwer htiaubaOozicdi ' it last
Angustand who woudi not o.'acobine"
."(anhir thI t I have :ce een lold
o r U "mi n* aagr the "-Ring",
Pi~l 'itI 'tit'~a ..'it Ifiuv~ 1. 'xi it
thpe
a i A- but i. te w edi fipor
wt w ,l :, th whn tht ColUe
i ' . iap a teen ever 110aion they
to t AA b "Ti\luian dictatiou." am
gld to k ;uow we fan rs are' getting
better acipaited and becoming better
pi.tiis, and no such "thimble-rig-.
gin" wi1 anii4wer next time.
Let t'le .arnwrs of the Stte who sym
pa Vi ih p.rogress. economny and re
udare "discipl (' Henry
iGe c erfet their or ''nizations,
d uthie. touch of elbows. Let
:Z U f nd rL')r.sentation from every
emuay a te mieeting of the F'armers'
ruCiation next Novensber, and arrange
our p::ss for the next year's campaign.
The. n i the oligarchy still refuses our:
demans we x'can be prepared to pit or
ganitz"tion against organization, and
honesAty against chicanery and "thimble
rigging," and see what effect will follow.
L think we not only can "areorganize the
South," but the State Government, too.
-r mi: l..m: <:,)wnYn ItoN.
It is iiying st:iatment (Concerin:it His
TheI exws and Courier of Saturday
conatains' an. account of an interview with
a"promiuent lawyer," who, speaking of
thle tate James .ui. .Rion, of Winnsboro,
"There has always been, as perhaps
y on are awxare, a mystery surrounding
Colonel Rion's birth. He was very
fam'iliar w'iJohn C. Calhoun during
hi criv' life, who took a great interest
in nis weifare and was very kind to him
an.~d ihis mother. Thiey came from Canada
to Washintoni about the time when 3Mr.
UClhoun.was Secretary of State under
Pr*sit Tavx'-r. There have been many
speca rious'tL in regard to Colonel ion's
riugn and faili'y and many rumors, and
there was aixways a recognmzed mystery
I auging over the subiject. It was dhnlicult
to at'eonut for the great interest 3Mr.
Clhoun' .eemaed to Lake in him. Colonel
Ritn himtseli always manifcsted great
ad'ir ation for MIr. Calhoun anmi ever
catetned the deep~est reverence ivr the
ilustrious~ statesmaa both as a p~ublic
mttund ~as' a private citizen. Some
"'ve r ven gonie so far as to infer from
t-e circunidtnces that some peculiar
reiitiounshn existed betwveen them. It
i''ai now tiat Colonel Lion exploded
ths .ytx diaring the few brief Lours
that 'i" e.neued between the first
par' o'x'n o' lie attack which carried
'im 'Ii an tkdeth-he lived several
hours. as rea xilil rem.em'er, after he
w '"ta. .est t ta.u
--The stor X is that Colonel ioln, then,
m the.' 12te: "ce of Dr. 1fanahan, his
pa-.scian. an o, a entire umuiiy,
ah tat e eas te trio thle Datuphinl
"'it). 'a'o nid nave ben King
,tl.? I i. .t t noj?tj bec f the i
uenc1 h 'oluu, eh byintt the eu
..Ltum it t 1'1 netl Jorouy a~ly. Hi
4:a. ent ~e te thi boy, ti the Da n
navetx i bae inb tile,
* tne -. 01 atcu naderitihelt charget
*~au t'. setet be uin'thly oXb-j
cttaii' conagnc'es, anotnierf 1thet
..ntmiieions wias that Co~lonel Rion was
never to go to Europe unless in charge
of the Austrian a-ithorities, and on
board an Austrian man of war. A further
condition was that Colonel was never to
accept civil ofice in this country.
"These conditions were faithfully ob
served up to the time of Colonel Rion's
last fatal illness. He is not known to
have confided the story of his birth to
any one except his eldest daughter. He
is said to have told her the story two or
three years ago, when she was about to
sail for Europe. It is said that one of
her purposes in going to Europe was to
examine into the death of the Dauphin
and to obtain such knowledge in regard
to it as was possible from tradition and
otherwise.
"It is also said that when Colonel
Rion referred to the subject just before
his death he observed in the counten
ances of those who were gathered about
him that they supposed his mind to be
wandering, and that he said to them:
'You think that my mind is wandering,
but I am in possession of all my reason
ing faculties.' He then asked Dr.
Hanahan to put him to some test in
order to demonstrate the fact that he
was perfectly rational. He said (tapping
his breast) 'I have the proofs here of the
truth of what I say.'
"Colonel Rion is known to have been
in possession of a very valuable gold -
snuff-box, set with diamonds, upon the
top of which there is a monogram of the
Orleans Family wrought in diamonds.
This snuff-box, it is said, had never been
seen by any member of his family until
his death, but he is known to have ex
hibited it once, in 18S5, to an intimate
. personal and professional friend, under
injunctions of secrecy, which have been
removed by his death. He gave no in
timation to his friend of the history
connected with the possession of this
box, except to say that Mr. Clemsen,
the son-in-law of John C. Calhoun,
brought it to him from France, when he
(Mr. Clemsen) was secretary of the
American legation in Paris. The snuff
box has been valued by a jeweller, since
Colonel Rion's death, at $3,000, and is
of most.costly and exquisite workman
ship.
"Colonel Rion went to Canada some
years ago and told a friend when he had
returned that he had seen in the old
Cathedral at 3o'ireal the record of his
baptism.
"It is understood that Colonel Rion's
family are now preparing for publication
a full statement of the facts in the case
and that there is much evidence to sus
tain the confession made by him just
before his death. Certainly no one who
knew,him would doubt for a moment
the truth of any statement that he made
when clothed in his right mind, for he
was the very soul of honor."
A FLRTrHER sTATrMMT.
(. C. Rion, Esq., of Winusboro, son of
the jnte James 1. lion, has sent the fol
,wiun note to Mr. N. G. Genzales of the
.Acw~oud U''ericr:
- i iilentioned yestcrday, we did not
desire publicity given to my father's strange
story, and upon second thought, and after
cosultatiou with the famiiy here and some
of my father's friends, I think it best not to
.Satsfy the curiosity of the public on a mat
ter which should have been, in the first in
stance, one of secrecy as far as they were
concerned. Therefore. you will excuse me
from furnishing the data I promised you.
However, the many inaccuracies and an
acirronlisms i1 the true statement made by
my father, taken together with his actions
adi incoherencies, plaiuly show that he
was under the influence of morphine and
not in his right mind when he made it.
Hence, I think 'no importance or weight
can be given this wandering of an excited
brain, except that the statement was made.
'True, as I told you, there are evidences
that he himself believed that he was the
son of the Dauphin, but, as far as proofs
are concerned, that he was in reality such a
person, there are none. Dr. R. B. Hana
han, the attending physician, at the time
'f the statement and the following morn
ing, expressed it as his opinion that F'ather
was uder tile influence of mo-phine.
"Tihe article 'Blood -of the Bourbons,' as
yesterday printedi, is in nearly all particu
lars erroneous, and as far as a publication
by the family is concerned, that is simply
ridiculous. You can deny the truth of the
statement as published, upon my authority,
and also state that Father was urider the in
uence of morphine when t'ue strange story
was told by him. Further than this, you
would do the family and myself a favor by
publishing nothing. If, however, any
thing comes from the family, your paper
shall haye the preference."
CoL. RION'S sNUFF-Dox.
A correspondent of the Newberry Hercdd
and News, in tile last issue of that paper,
says that just before the breaking out of
our war a highly-educated Sweude, named
liammrskol, settled in Lincolnton, N.
., to engage in tile iron business; that
abandoning is business to enter the Con
federate army, he became impoverished,
and that after the war, inl order to raise
maner, he sold a vaable iamond-studded
'old suuf-box, said to have been a gift of
the King of Sweden. to Col. L. D. Childs,
of Columbia, who subsequently presented
it to Col. Rion. The correspondent thinks
tht this is the alleged Orleans snuff-box.
ie is correct. The suuf box hears the
letter 0., and a crown set in diamonds. It
has not the Orleans monogranm. The ii
t~ial is probably that of Oscar I., King of
weden and Norway, born 1 .9, dited 1859.
Col. Rihon's f .ulily kntew tihe history of ttiis
nt box, and his reference to it, as a proof
of his Orleans descent. thley considered an
evidence that he was under the iniluence of
morpiine when he mide his dying declara
tion.
Circumst~antial Evidenxce.
Judge to prisoner-You have becn
here before, I think?
Prisoner-Tes, sah.
"-What was the charge?
"Same as dis one, steakn' chickens."
"And you were convicted, too, I re
member now."
"Yes, jedge, I was foun' guilty, but it
was't my fault. 1 was convicted on
circumstantial ebbidenee."
"How so?"
"A maan saw me takin' de chickens an'
he swore to de circtumstances. "-Texas
iftings.
WanLIt, the" Fail- kiuownl.
Mr. Editor: l and neighbors have been
edso many times into buying diftferent
things for the liver, kidneys and blood,
hat have done us more harm than good,
I elI it due your readers to advise them
w-hen an honest and good medicine like
Dr. Hiarter's iron Tonic can be had.
ours truly, A s Ono SiUscRIBER.*
You cnnr 1ill time by bcating it.