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VOL. II:. MANNING, CLA RENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1888. NO, 25. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW MANNING. S. C. OHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MANNING, S. C. F . WILSON. INSURANCE AGENT, MANNING. S. C. A. LEVI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. .2 Notary Public with seal. W 1M. H. INGRAM. ATTORNEY AT LAW, - Office at Court House, MANNING, S. C. M . CLITON GALUCHAT, PRACTICES Is COURTS OF CHARLESTON and CLAREDOV. Address Communications in care of Man ning TIMES. J OS. H. MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Main Street. SUMTER, S. C. p-Collections a specialty. W. F. B. HAIrSwoRTH, Sumter S, C. B. S. Dmnsns, Manning, S. C. H AYNSWORTH & DINKINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,j MANNING, S. C. DR. G. ALLEN HUGGINS, DENTIST. - oFFICES - MANNING AND KINGSTREE. -OFFIcE Das Kingstree,'from 1st to 12th of each month. Manning, from 12th to 1st of each month. --OFFICE HoURs 9A. M.tol P.M. and2to4 P. M. T J. RAGDON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, FORESTON, S. C. Offers for sale on Main Street, in business -portion of the town, TWO STORES, with suitable lots; on Manning and R. R. streets TWO COTTAGE RESIDENCES, 4 and G rooms; and a number of VACANT LOTS suitable for residences, and in different lo calities. Terms Reasonable. ESTABLISHED 1852. Louis Cohen & Co. 234saing Street. 'CHARLESTON, S. C. Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry and Fancy Goods. -o .WSamples and prices cheerfully sent ,on application. Orders entrusted to Mme will receive my prompt personal at tention. Will be pleased to see my :friends from Clarendon County. ISAAC M. LORYEA, With Louis Cohen & Co., CHARLYASTO, S. C .MAX G. Bryant, Jas. M. LEAND, :Mouth Carolina. New-York ,-rand Central Hotel. BRYANT & TLT AND, .PnoPRIETo~s. Columbia, South Carolina. The grand Cental is the largest and best kepthotel in Columbia, located in the EN ACT BUSINESS C.ENTER OF THE CITY, there all Street Car Lines pass the door, and its MENU is not excelled by any in the south. ~lotice of Application for Charter. NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN iNapplication will be made to the General Assembl~yof the State of South Carolina, for a Charter for a Rail Road, to be known as the Wilson and Summerton Rail Road, leading from a point at nr near Wiison's Mill on the Central Rail Road of South Carolina, in Clarendon County, in said State, to .or near to Summerton in said County, and thence, if deemed expedient, to a point on the Manchester and Augush4 Rail Road, at or near Antioch, in said -County. - CORONER'S NOTICE. -TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I ,.Nhave made arrangements with Mr. M. K. Bell, of Manning, to - promptly forward me any telegrams or other oflicial conmmuni cations. By this meas I shall b~e able, ini .a tew hours, to attend any ingnest. P. C. COCH RAN, Coroner Clarendon County. F. VON SANTEN & SON, FANCY GOODS, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, HEADQUARTERS FOR CRADLES. Cbildxen's Carriages Costing from $4.50 to S40 each. 263 King Street, CHAfRLESTON, S. C. Mc~ahan, Brown & Evans, Jobbers of Dry Goods, Boots, Shloes. anid Clothing. Nos. 224, 226 and 228 Meeting St. Charleston,S. C. Win. Burmester & Co. HAY AND GRAIN, Red Rust Proof OatS4 a Spe cialty. Opposite Kerr's Wharf, dHARLESTON S. C. HARRISON ELECTED. THE REPUBLICANS CARRY THE COUNTRY BY A HEAVY VOTE. All the "Doubtful States" Give Their Elec toral Votes Against the National Democ racy-Details of the Result. Every State voted for Presidential electors on the 6th instant. Every State except Maine, Oregon and Vermont elected members of Congress, each or ganized Territory elected delegates and State offices; and members of the Legis lature were chosen by Colorado, Con necticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, In diana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne sota, Missouri,Nebraska,North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. - California elected her Legislature, Chief Justice and Associate Judge of the Supreme Court. Iowa and Ohio elected minor State officers. Nevada elected a Supreme Judge, regents of the Univer sity and Legislature. NewjHampshire and Tennessee elected Governors and Legislatures. New Jer sey elected the Legislature. New York elected a Governor, Judge of the Court of Appeals and Legislature. Pennsylvania elected the Supreme Court, Auditor and Legislature. Proposed amendments to their con stitutions, or general laws, were voted upon by Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Ne vada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. The interest in the contest centred chiefly on New York, and next on New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. New York. NEw Yonx, November 6.-2.45 A. M. -Returns received at the United Press office by counties, by majorities which are estimated, indicate that Harrison has carried New York by about 10,000 plurality. NEw Yonx, November 6.-The Herald this morning says: At the hour of going :o press with our first edition, the prob abilities indicate the election of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency. This opin ion is based upon dispatches received from all the States in the Union and which may be divided as follows: Cleveland-Alabama, Arkansas, Con necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis sissippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, 168. Harrison-Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi gan, Minnesta, Nebraska, New Hamp shire, New York, Vermont and Wiscon sin-207. Doubtful-California, Nevada and In iana-26. Necessary to elect, 201. Conceding the votes of Connecticut and New Jersey to Mr. Cleveland and regarding Indiana, California and Ne vada as .doubtful, Gen. Harrison has a majority in the electoral college. The figures show the election of David B. Bill as Governor, and of Hugh J. Grant as mayor. Political lesson of the elec tion is that the national supremacy of the Democrat party has been sacrificed to the ambition of David B. Hill and Abram S. Hewitt. NEw YoR, November 6.-The city complete gives for Mayor, Grant 107, 537, Hewitt 68,134, Erhardt 67,725, Coogan 9,455. NEW YoRn, November 6.-Total city ote, allowing for 4 election districts in asis of vote 852 districts, Cleveland 62,907; Harrison ,105,821; .Fisk 1,300; Nin huded and eleven outside dis rits give Harrison 222,599; Cleveland 76,851;' Fisk 104,657. The same in 1884 gave Blaine 198,552, leveland 163,457, St. John 9,620. NEw YoBE. November 6.-Returns al ready received indicate that the entire ammny city aod county ticket is keted by a large plurality. The Re ublicans run about even with the coun y Democrats. Nuw YOBK, Novmber 7,.-There is othing to change the indications that arrison has carried this State. The fficial count in New York city gives arrison 105,726 and Cleveland 162i,981; leveland's majority 57,255. The Evening Telegram (Dem.) eays arrison carries the State by about 0000 and Hill by 17,000. The Commercial Advertiser says late returns indicate the election of Hiarrison, nd that Hill has 1.0,000 plurality. The Mail and Express (Rep.) says arrison has the State by over 10,000. The World says Cbairman Bie re ues to concede Harrison's election. Hie has not yet conceded New York State. The Republican National Committee make the following statement to the jublic: RinUBLacas Na2IosAn BEADQUARTERS, November 7.--In view of c aim being promulgated by the DemocraticNational Committee that they have carried the State of New York for Cleveland, and that they are sending telegrams to their local committees all over the State to that effeet, the Republican National Committee have sent out to the Chair man of each Republican County Com mittee of the State the following tele gram: Although full returns from every county in the State show New York salely for Harrison by upwards of 15,000 plurality, the Demrocrats are telegraph ng to their county chairmen claiming the State and urging them to pay atten tion to the returns. See to it that the returns are thoroughly guarded till <Iflially canvassed. .In carse of necessity, employ counsel. Notify us of any tampering with returns. Communicate with your town committee at once if necessary by special messenger. M. S. QUAY, J. S. FASSET. ABANY, November 7.-The Evening Journal estimates a plurality of 12,000 for Harrison and 7,030 for Hill in New York State, and a Republican gain of nine Assemolymen. The Congressional delegation is unchanged in political pro porton. NEW Yonrt, November 7.-Returns have been coming in slowly all day, but unless some most unexpected reversea of the State votes alresay known tran spr, the election of Harrison may bc considered as certain. The leading newspapers, of all political faiths, con cede a Republican victory, but the Democratic National Committee stil continued to assert that they do not give up New York. This claim, however, as the day went by with no material change in Republican majorities in the up. counties already reported, and as each new county showed continued Republi" can gains, gradually lost effect in Wal] street, and with immense throngs in the streets in front of the two national head quarters and newspaper offices; and to-night the streets are given over to Republican paraders and the song 'Grover's in the cold, cold ground," is being hummed everywhere. A report this morning that Illinois was doubtful, revived Democratic hopes, and whe The News issued an extra claiming Cleve land's re.election on this report, the ex citement was intense. In Wall street the market became weak and feverish, and Republicans looked anxious. By 2 o'clock, however, with bulletins from Repiblican headquarters from Quay, assuring Republican success, and later reports stating that Illinois was sure for Harrison by twenty thousand the excitement subsided. A second rumor became current in the afternoon that an error had been dis covered in the vote of Kings county, giving Cleveland ten thousand more ma jority. This was soon disproved and denied. New Jersey being conceded to the Democrats by six thousand to eight thousand, all eyes turned toward Con necticut and Indiana. Returns came very slow from both States, but at 6 P. M. a careful estimate gave Connecticut to Cleveland by about four hundred majority and Indiana to Harrison by three thousand to four thousand. in Connecticut the vote is so close that an official count may be necessary to decide the contest, as has been the case in that State several times before. Nevada is Republican by about one thousand, Oregon by four thousand, and Michigan by about twelve thousand. California and West Virginia are still much in doubt, both sides claiming them, with chances in favor of the Dem ocrats in the former, and of the Repub licans in the latter. In New York City Tammany Hall's clear sweep of all offices astonishes every one. The reports from the interior of the State show that the vote of Hill leads that of Cleveland in about the same pro portion as that indicated earlier, and point to a plurality for Hill of about seventeen thousand. Hill's great run is made the universal expression of the opinion that he will be the next Demo cratic Presidential candidate. Cleveland's defeat in the State is due to his reduced majorities in Kings and Queens counties, and Warner Miller's high license candidacy and admirable canvass of the State, which cut the pro hibition vote in theup counties to pieces. As far as can be judged, the tariff issue played but little part in the matter. De pew's influence with the railroad vote played also a part. MSuch indignation is expressed over the Democratic defection in Kings county, and charges of treach ery are openly made against Boss Mc Churin. In the city Republican heelers knifed Ehrdardt for mayor. The cor rected State vote at 6 P. M. gave Cleve land 77,732, Harrison 87,773, Miller 58,863, Hill 69,997. In the city Grant received 114,138, Hewitt 70,931, Ehr hardt 70,873 and Coogan 9,617. The collapse of Coogan, the labor candidate, who claims to have spent over a hundred thousand dollars on his election, is sur prising. General Harrison telegraphs Senator Quay'as follows: "Accept my heartiest ongratulations. .I owe my success mn great measure to your untiring efforts." He also telegraphs that his advices give a Republican majority in Illinois of twentytive thousand, Indiana six thou sand or seven thousand, and California six thousand. Chairman Brice and Chairman Mur tha, of the Democratic State Committee, weie not visible this afternoon to re porters who endeavored to obtain a statement from them as to the King's ounty vote. Secretary Defreest, of the State committee, being interviewed on the subject, said: "I c mn't tell what the State committee will do, but you can say the grosest kinds of frauds prevail, not only in the county, but in several other parts of the State. We have an investi gating committee at work on the returns now, and I assure you they will take pro npt action," NEW YoRK, November 8 -An exira edition of the World says: Chairman Brice of the Democratic National Exec utive Committee concedes the election of General Harrison. Captain Mc Clemnan, Chairman of the Campaign Conmittee, was the only member of the Natintal Committee at headquarters this morning, and he made the authoritative announcement of Chairman Brice's con cession of a Republican victory. The World puts California and In diana in the Republican column and givesa Harrison 233 votes in the Electoral College. New .1ecrsey. TRENTON, Novemoer 7.-The Demo cratic plurality in New Jersey is now put down at 5,000. The Democrats elected to Congress are Geisenheimer in the third district, Fowler in the fourth and McAdoo in the seventh. The Re publicans elected are Bergen in the first, Buchanan in the second, Beckwith in the fifth and Lehlback in the sixth. The Legislature will be Democratic by a close vote. The Senate stands Democrats 11, Republicans 10. This is the first time in ten years that the Democrats have had the Senate. The lower house is claimed by the Republicans to be a tie, but the Demcrats say they have a majority. The closeness oft the Legislature will make the race for United States Senator next winter unusually exciting. Connecticut. HARTFORD, November 7.-Editor Sprey of the Post says: "Connecticut gives Cleveland 384 plurality, but error in New Haven may change it to Harri son." Later State returns elect Congress. man Edward W. Seymour, Dem., in the fourth district by the vote of Newton. His majority is 398. The Congresssmen are thus equally divided, two each. HARTFORD, November 7.-Completer returns in the State give Cleveland 74,904, Harrison 74,519, Fisk 7,181: Clvland's plurality 385. Indiana. INDIAAPors, November 7.-Eigh hundred and forty precincts in Indians give Harrison 132,547 and Cleveland 125,813. The same precincts in 1889 gave Blaine 130,367 and Cleveland 119,910. Full returns from twenty-seven counties out of ninety-two show a net Republican gain of 2,355. The Repub lican State Committee claim that Harri son has carried the State by 5,000 plu rality. The Democratic committee claim the State by 3,000 to 6,000. The Feeling in Washington. WAsaINGTON, November 7.-Business was especially suspended in the depart ments and at the White House. Several members of the cabinet called on the President, as also did Justice Lamar and Chief Justice Faller They did not remain long, however, and Secretary Whitney remarked on leaving that he was not surprised atthereult, especially in New York, where he had for some days past seen evidences of Republican success. He said he thought the change was due to the persistent presentation of the false idea that tariff reform meant free trade. It seemed impossible in the length of time given to the campaign to educate to educate the masses. Shortly after noon Mrs. Cleveland, who spent last night at the White House, took a carriage and drove quiet ly to Oak View, where she will be kept informed by telephone of any later news. In the departments the Democratic clerks and officials are wrestling with figures and possibilities and rumors, and hoping that some unexpected develop ment may yet give the result to Cleve land. Secretary McPherson, of the Republi can Congressional committee, puts the next House at 14 Republican majority. "Well, we are beaten," said Colonel Lamont, as he entered the White House this morning. "I stayed at the White House until 1 o'clock looking at the re turns, and there seemed no doubt of it. Republican gains in the interior of New York were heavy, and there was a stir up in Ring's county that I don't under stand. I thought it had gone against us at 8 P. M." At 1 o'clock this afternoon a salute of 218 guns, one for each electoral vote claimed by Harrison, was fired by the Republicans on the White lot, adjoining the White House grounds. Husiness has been at a stand still and in the de partments today. Colonel Lamont says Governor Hill had done all he could for the ticket, and the vote he got in excess of Cleveland was largely from the Republican liquor interest. ESTIMATED MAJORITY BY STATES. The followingtable embraces the States heard from up to mid-night. Cleveland. Harrison. Arkansas......... 20,000 ...... Colorado........ ...... 8,000 California....... .... ...... Connecticut...... 400 ...... Delaware......... 3,300 ...... Florida.......... 1,200 ...... Georgia ......... 25,000 ... . Illinois.......... ...... 20,000 Iowa............ ...... 20,000 Indiana.......... ...... 25,000 Kansas .......... ...... 65,000 Kentucky........ 35,000 ...... Louisiana........ 35,000 ... Maine ........... ..... 23,000 Maryland......... 0,000 ...... Massachusetts..... ...... 24,000 Michigan........ ...... 12,000 Minnesota ....-... .... 20,000 Mississippi.......-10,000 ... Missouri......... 30,000 ...... Nebraska ........ ...... 30,0() Nevada.......... ...... 1,000 New Hampshire..--......-2,556 New Jersey......-6,946 ... New York.......-......-11,191 North Carolina. ..25,000 ...... Ohio-............-......25,000 Oregon..........-......-5,000 Pennsylvania.....-......-55,695 Rhode Island....--......-4,000 South Carolina... 40,000 ... Tennessee-.......-15,000 ... Texas............140,000 . . Vermont.........-......-27,500 Virginia.........-5,000 ... Wisconsin........-......-18,000 West Virginia.... ...... ... THE STATE ELECTION. The contest in South Carolina on the 6th instant was a one-sided affair, except in a very few counties. With the excep tion of an unimportant disturbance in Sum ter and one in Hampton, the whole election was very quiet. The Democratic vote was noticeably smasll everywhere. We give belowv items from the counties where there was anything of special importance. From Aiken. The election at Aiken passed off quietly. No disturbances of any kind occurred. Thue vote was as follows; A t the Federal box: Total vote cast 530, of which Cleveland received 360; Harrison, 185. For Congress: Tillman, 364; Smith, 102. At the State boxes: Total vote cast, 309; for Governor, 299; State officers. 294; So licitor, 290; State Senator, 283; Represen tatives, 296; other county officers, 286. Constitutional amendment relative to Pro bate Judge-Yes, 190; No, 84. Constitu tional amendment for School Commission er-Yes, 208; No, 85. From Beaufort. Returns come in slowly. Col. Elliott made a fine run, and Miller's majority is not near as large as was expected. W. J. Virdier. a staunch Democrat, has been elected to the State Senate. The county fusion ticket met with entire success. From Sumter. There are three precincts yet to be heard from. Those beard from give Elliott a majority of 850. Bishopville, Manchester and Carter's Crossing are not yet in. Elliott's majority in the county will proba bly reach 1,000. The whole county ticket is elected. From Oconee. . Tefolow1 is the result of the vote in Tcoe ounty: For President: Cleve land. 1,213; Harrison, 237. state officers. 1,128. Congress. Cothran, 1,225. State Senator: R. E. Mason (Dem.), 1,158; T. Y. C. Fahnstock (Ind.), 313. The county ticket received the same vote as the State. A builder says there is now a general de mandl for grates in houses, not so much for heating purposes as on account of the cheerful feeling inspired by open fires, and because no modern home is considered com plete from an artistic point of view without them. AMERICN WOMEN PRE-EMINENT. The Best Dressed, the Best Looking and the Most Stylish. (From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) American women are accustomed to being called the best dressed women in the world, and in a certain way and to a certain extent this is correct. They have more money and more leisure than the women of any country in the world, more freedom in the use of both, and, not being so much hampered by circum stances and traditions, they can draw from all sources and collect in the sum total of their dress something of all other women's best. In other countries-though there is no longer in "society" the distinction and division created by purely national costume-there are differences quite per ceptible to trained eyes, which show both the influence of temperament and the controlling nature of circumstance. The German women, for example, have an exquisite perception of color. They excel in color combination. They pro duce the loveliest embroidery in colors upon linens and other fabrics for house hold uses; but they do not put it into their dress-that is, there is nothing of it seen in the ordinary dress of the mass es. There are two reasons for this: One is their poverty, the other a public opinion which condemns the working woman if she shows any evidence of willingness to attract attention by the gaiety of her attire. If she is above the rank of the peasant, and must be seen upon the streets or in publicin her efforts to earn her daily bread, her dress must be black, or absolutely neutral, to pre serve herself from remark, or at least from the inference that she is frivolous. The workingwomen of France are bound in very much the same way; but they have acquired more pecuniary iu dependence; they control almost all the retail business of the country, and if they had the taste for which they receive the credit, would have worked out beautiful ideas. But at this moment France is very much like America; it receives its ideas second hand, and only imposes certain sumptuary laws through the wickedness of its men, who procure whatever is made attractive to their eyes and imagination. In England it is diferent. Englishwomen are a type by themselves, and with the energy of the Saxon and the tenacity of the Briton originate ideas and create conditions which influence the rest of the world. The American woman is French and ugiish when she is not wholly Irish or Get man, while the Austrian woman is rench and German, and in her inde pendence and activity are a constant re minder of the American. But the American women has a little of all in her dress. She will wear lace like the Austrian, a practicrl walking dress like the Englishwoman, all the draperies and caprices of the French demimonde, blends colors like an Orie-tal, and loves fur like a Russian. Sooner or later, moreover, she gratifies her tastes. The girl who dreamed dreams in a cotton sun bonnet, wears $6,000 worth of lace in a London drawing room, where, as an American, she is the equivalent of a duchess. The woman who spent half her life cooking upon a rickety stove in u log cabin is a serene old lady in her later years, who takes her niece to Europe and wears sealskin coats and India shawls worth a small fortune. DISPLACtie Ni..KO LifOR. Germans Working on the Lousiana Plan tations. Sonic remarkable changes in the labor system of Lousiana are taking place. Agent Becker, of the German Society, states that he had, during October, sent over a thousand German laborers to the sugar plantations. All these have been sent to the upper coast, the work at La fourche and the Teche being on the lowi r oast, on what is called the Orange Belt, begins fually a month later. Mr. Ker nochan, has, ho-rever, already received twenty-five and Governor Warmoth forty, who are asked for to plant cane. In about a week the for warding of labor ers will begin for that section, where several hundred more will be r qaired, which Mr Becker expects to be able to suply. Governor Warmoth alone will hire more than one hundred. The agents, observations show that German labor is steadily growing in favor, as well as in importance, both in the cultivation and manufacture of sugar, and will soon prove a formidable c >m ptitor to negro labor, as greatly superior in efficiency and reliabilhty. T'.e deesy of the negro plantation labor is marked. In 1863 nine tenths of the plantation hands were colored; in 1878 eight-tenths, and this year the figure is reduced to seven-tenths, with a prospect of a much more rapid redaction in the next few few years. The secret of success in sugar raising is shown to be in small farms and white labor. As a rule the few settlers coming here from New Eng land and the West, of which several hundred families have come in the past two years, will not employ negroes as field bands at all. On~e, white man in the fld is worth two negroes. Meantime the negroes have almost monopolized the freight hand business of the cities and landings. As steamboat roustabouts they are always in demand at from $50 to $75 per month and sauce on their pudding, so there is no fear that they will starve. A Murderer Arrested. Jlohn Hlardin, a Beech Island negro, who in June, 187A. killed his cousin, Elbert Hfardin, first by shooting him down ad aferwrds brainzg him with a club in a most brultal mu:mner, wais arrestedl on the ml.1irhy el N vembe [r aLt Le['sburg, L. ie Couty. lridam, by She.2ilT .John 1'. G~ a. lownv. Sb.r lf Hi'licy1 h!:i kn..'w: of lar de' ihehu fL).) . r se.veral nwin! hs, and has seenn o <resi;;le: cc with tbe lo'i da Su.eri t, ha Ion ing ti the prevaleie of yliAw .er inthat c uu'.ry, he deemed it advisibai to wait until it, was safe to order his arest. A sh >rL while ago he forwar ded the necessary papers, and on Thursday ht he received a telegram notifying him of Hardin's arrest. Deputy Luther Holley went down last week for the prisoner and returned with him Monday night, and lodged him in jail at this place. - Hardin was going by the name of John Bates. Aiken Journal. "One ticket for me, and two children's tickets for my two little sons." "Excuse me, but your older son is certainly o:de~r than twelve." "~O yes; but the little one is as much younger than twelve as the big ne is older." BLAINE GIVEN THE LIE. Hugh S. Thompson Shows the Utter Falsity of the Statements of the Plumed Knave Respecting the Treasury. A Washington special to the New York Herald says: I called to-night at the residence of Acting Secretary of the Treasury Hugh S. Thompson, in relation to the following declaration made by Mr. Blaine in his speech at New Haven, Conn. Mr. Blaine is quoted in to-day's Herald as saying on that occasion: '"I find that ther has been $60,000 loaned to the national banks without interest. I say loaned to the national banks, the pet banks, while only $4, 500,000 have gone to pay the debt of the nation during the past month." Governor Thompson read the para graph carefully, and then with great deliberation said: "Ihis is of a piece with the many other wilful misrepre sentations which Mr. Blaine has made about the treasury department. No man who has been as long in pa lic life as Mr. Blaine, and who is a familiar with public matters as he, could have made that statement and believed it to be true when he made it. Mr. Blaine's obvious purpose was to deceive the masses, but he knew perfectly well that no banker or other business man familiar with the treasury statements, which are issued monthly, would be misled by his mis representations. "The last public debt statement, is sued November 1, shows that the debt, less ttie cash in the treasury November 1, was about $4,500,000 less than it was October 1. This Mr. Blaine assumes to represent the actual decrease in the public debt. As a matter of fact," con tinued the acting secretary, "I purchased during the month of October of the interest-bearing debt over $29,000,000 worth of bonds. I cannot state the premium accurately, as I have not the data at hand, but I should say, speaking generally, that it amounted to upward of $4,500,000 additional, making in all about $33,500,000 decrease in the debt during the month of October." Passing to the oft-repeated charge that the secretary of the treasury had loaned $60,000,000 to the national banks of the country, without interest, Gover nor Thompson said: "The object sought to be conveyed by this statement is that the' bene'siciaries in each case are banks owned or con trolled by Democrats. My best reply to this is a quotation from the speech delivered by Secretary Fairchild at the business men's meeting Wall street on the 13th of October last. Rleferring to this very charge Mr. Fairchild said: "I need not add that there was abso ltely no favortism in this matter, the banks were designated and deposits made in the order of the applications, political and personal friends and foes were treated exactly alike, the widest possible distribution was sought, until almost every State and Territory had one or more depositories and could use of the money which rightfully belonged1 to their business. There are a number. of banks with deposits of a million and over. I know the politics of the o ilicers of very few of these depositories. Bat Ihave in my mind now-a half doz n where I know the officers to be promi nent and zealous Republicans, and I 1 can think of but one where the officers are Democrats of prominence. But , have never given a thought to the poli ties of the bank officer. My only thought was the security of the deposit and re lief to the public from financial dis tress.' "Referring to Mr. Blaine's further declaration that out of the $60,000,000 thus loaned a large fund had been pro vided to re-elect Mr. Cleveland, the act ing secretary simply remarked, 'That is too absurdly false to dignify with a de The Western National Bank got money on deposit of national securities, just as hundreds of other national banks got it. The amount could not exceed a million of dollars, and in putting it out the treasury knew nothing about the political preferences of any bank presi-' dent or other officer. Pen Picture of the Midnight Sun. The'~idnight sun is 'thus discribed in "A Jubilee Jaunt to Norway." Imagine yourself on a ship at anchor looking west or straight in front of you. There is a broad expanse of sea a little to your right hand, behind you will be the rgged coast, and to your left the Iong, narrow fiord between the islands and the mainland that the steamer has just tra versed. 'You watch the sun as it slowly, slowly sets; the island and the coasts look like a rich, dark purple, and the shadows cast by the ship's mast, &c, grow longer and longer. After a bit, when the sun had sunk apparently twelve feet from the horizon, it stops and seems to remain stationary for about twenty minutes; then the very seagulls hide away, while the air on a sudden strikes chilly. Each one has an awed, expect ant feeling, and surrounding even the tourist steamer broods a silence that may be felt. Soon the sun rises very slowly once again, and the yellow clouds change with his uprisirg to even greater beuty, ilrst to the palest primrose and then to a bluish pink. The sky, which was just now rose color, becomes gray, then pale emerald green, and lastly blue. Rock after rock stands out caught by the sun's bright rays, and the reign of day has begun once more. Statisties of Divorce. The bureau of statistics has been en gaged for a considerable time past in the effort to ascertain the number of divorces that have been granted in the United States during the twenty years between 1866 and 1886. The compilation is very nearly completed. The statistics bear ing upon the subject have been derived from the records of the tw'enty thousand courts of law having jurisdiction in th'e matter. The report, it is said, will con tain a vast amount of information of great value from a national point of view, and particularly as a basis of future legislation. There is no country in the civilized world where marriage is so easy as in the United States, and where divorces are so common. "Did you ever meet Miss Ruggles's fa ther?" said one travelling man to another. "Yes, once or twice." 'Pretty old man, isn't he?" "Not so very; at any rate, he is quite young enough to trip the light fants tic toe." "The light fantastic toey" "Yes, wit me on the end of it." TOO MUCH EXERCISE. A School Girl Said to have been Paralyzed by Calisthenics. (From the Philadelphi Record.) The calisthenics drill by Section 3 of Class C of the Girls' Normal School is condemned by Druggist Charles R. Haig, who alleges that the length and severity of the present system is re sponsible for the serious illness of his sixteen-year-old daughter, Anna. This is Miss Anna's second year in the Nor mal School, and she belongs to a class that is assigned two hours eachalternate week for instruction in the calisthenic department. The girls are all clad in ex ercise suits of flannel and use light wooden dumb-bells and wands for gym nastic purposes. Section 3 consists of sixty girls, the majority of whom have had a year's experience in calisthenic exercises. The delia puls, who in eluded a small proportion of the class, are E'ccused from physical exercise on the presentation of a physician's re quest. On Friday night, after her ex ercise in the calisthenc department, Miss Haig was taken with violent pains in the neck and head. By Saturday the right side of her face was paralyzed. Dr. Ziegler, the family physician, ascribed the paralysis to over-indulgence in calis thenic manoeuvres. The young lady has suffered very much, and Mr. Haig says that under no circumstances will he allow his daughter to resume physical exercise when she shall return to the Normal School. The physical exercises are given under the supervision of Miss Grace Spiegle, who is a person of experience in the calisthenic departments attached to pub schools, and is known to be very con siderate of her pupils. "l distinctly re member that Miss Heig was excused' from calisthenics all of last term on the presentation of a physician's certifieste that she was unable to indulge in such exercises," said Miss Spiegle yesterday. "But Section 3 of Class C has had only one hour this term'tn calisthenics. But one hour and fifteen minutes actual time in two weeks is devoted by C 3 to my department. The time is dividedin this way: Ten minutes are devoted to the use of the wand and afiteen to explaining the physical movement. This interval rests the scholars and another ten min utes are spent in exercising. The girls then recite a portion of the lesson, and after this second rest a short conversation is indulged in, and the session closes with ten minutes more of exercises. I watch the girls very closely, and any Scholar who I think is not capable of en during the easy exercises I eyruse from performing them. Contrary to proving an injury, it has greatly benefitted the young girls, as numbers of. then} oeg testify, and they look forward with pleasure to the hour they spend in my department." Wanted the Postmaster. "Where's the postmaster?" demanded a long, bony woman, with a freckled face, who presented herself it one of the deliv ery windows in the post office the otler day. "What is it you wish, madam?" inquired the clerk. "Are you the postmaster?" 'No, ma'am, but-" "Thought you didn't look old enough. IS the postmaster I want, young man. I ion't want no truck with you. Will you go and tell him I'd like to see him?' "He is busy now; but if you will state your business, perhaps I ,can attend to it. You are keeping other people wait-" "Young man, I've walked eleven blocks to get here, and I pay as much to support this post office as any woman of my means in the city. I'm going to get what I came or or I'll raise the biggest row you ever saw. You're a-listening to me. are you, young man?" "I am, madam. Will you please tell me what you wish?" "I want to get a letter I mailed this mornin"g to Mrs. Edward Felix Winterbot tom, Newburyport, Essex county, Mass She's my cousin-" "What do you want it for?" "I want to write 'In haste' on.the back. I forgot to write it before I dropped it in, and the letter's important." "I can't do such a thing as that for you, ma'am. Besides, it isn't necessary." "It ain't, hey? Perhaps you know more about writing letters than I do. Perhaps you're 55 years old and have carried on a correspondence with friends in the Eatfor thirtyiseven years. you long legged1Iallowv haired dude. If you don't go and fetdh the postmaster-" But the post office policemen gently led her from the buildinig.-Chicago Tribune. Death or Isaac Hayne. Speaking of the death of Mr. Isaac Hayne, the News and Courier says: The shock felt at the announcement of the death of Mr. Isaac Hayne was not con ined to the large circle of his immediate triends, but extended ;throughout our entire community; and the recent knowl edge of his sickness had not prepared us for the melancholy tidings. With name and lineage identified through generations with the faithful discharge of high duties, Mr. Hayne in all the relations of life filled the full measure of responsibility. Of blameless life and gentle and amiable dis position, coupled with a tenacity and firm ness of purpose which never failed, he de served and won the confidence and regard of all to whom he was known; and his loss will be widely and de.eply felt. Mr. Hlayne was graduated from the South Carolina College in the class of 1858; and it was characteristic of him that his college friends remained his life-long friends. He .utdied law in the office of Hayne & Miles, of which firm his father, the Hon. Isaac W. Hayne, Attorney General of South Uarolin, was the senior member, and was admitte i to the bar in 1881. Mr. Hlayne was only in his 50th year, and ihis career seems to us to have been abrupt v and prematurely ended; but the exam 'l ef his lhfe will be a heritage not only to his children, but to the Bar, to the city and a' the State. Fatal Accident at Florence. FLORENcE, Nov. 6.-Young Tofnimle Moore. a son of Mr. C. C. Moore, while in charge of ashooting gallery to-night during the absence of the proprietor, was acci dentally shot in the left cheek by Claude Waters, a friend of his, and died from the effects of the wound in about an hour. Special to News Courier. A Murder at Gaffney City. SPARTAF'BURG, Nov. 6.-There was a homicide at Gaff ney City last night. John Petty ehot Dave Lindsay, kiling him, about a game of cards. Petty has fled and cannot be found.-Special to News and Corier.