The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 19, 1890, Image 1

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ttIXJ - L vi. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. . -- - A PPEALS TO UNCLE SAML| THREATENS TO KILL THE POST MASTER. ." -8 !a S nsat tion.- Postoffice Inspectors and a .liarshal sent Down. sHIsTON, Feb. 8.-Edward L. Duckworth. reecntly appointed post ma.ter at Sharon, Taliaferro county, Ga., has representted to the postoffice departmemiL thaL he- is prevented by threats ot-personal violence and hostile demonstrations from taking posession of his office. Several letters from Du-kworth and others, corroborative of his statements have lately been received at the depart ment giving the details of the situa tiobn. It appears thrt Duckworth, who is understood to be an Independent Re publican, was some time ago appoint id postmaster, to succeed a Democrat, who, with his friends, it isrepresented, has since used every means to prevent his successor from taking charge of his ofice. THREATS OF PEB.SONAL VIOLENCE, and even death it is stated, were pub licly made aid heaped upon him. On one occa!on a coffin, labelled "Radicals mus, sie" was placed on the porch of his " ouse. A mob of angry men was almost dconstantly in front of iiis door making (threatening demons strations. On another occiasion a number of men, representing TilE UNRWLY ELEMENT, it is stated, enteted his house and by tht eats compelled him to sign a letter of resignation.- As soon as they wcre gone, however, Duckworth telegraph ed the department that it was obtained while under duress, and asked that it be disregarded. One the 5th of the present month Duckworth wrote the postmaster general that he could hold out no Jonger, FEARING HE WOULD BE KILLED, and asked that his resignation be ac -epted.:. After consultation with the President and First Assistant Post. master General Clarkson, Postmaster t General Wanamiker last night tele graphed Duckworth as follows: Whatever power this department I nas will be used to protect you andput you in posession of the office to which you Lave been appointed. Communi cate freely by telegraph the full facts 1 if interfered with further, and immedi ate action will be taken. 1 INsPECTOR AND MARSHALS. He also ordered two postoffice in spectors t. proced immediately to Sharon and investigate the whole mat ter. Attorney General Miller also ordered the U nited states marshal to the scene of the trouble. Duckworth was recommended for the office by a large number of i eputa b14 citizens, including one or more of nitional influence, as an honest and capable man. THE BOSS QUAY. 'lh-, Collosal Scoundrel of the Century - 'he New Yorlk World Uneartha His . tThe oNew York World, in its issue ot Monday prints a nine coium biog raphy, "to be continued," of Matthew Stanley Quay, the pr'esent leader and act:ve force of the party which Mr. ~Hoar, of Massachusetts, says contamn nine-tenths of the country's virtue and inteliigence... The story begins with the beginnng - M Dr. Quay's career and tracks him Sall through~ It states that his first ap pearance was asia memberof the Penn glvania Legislature in 1865;thatin this .pacity he received and kept $13,000 -e'iven him to use to secure Governor furtin's election as United States Sena t. erand afterward sold out to Cameron, whfo was opposing Curtin, for a yet arger price. Later in life he was the eading spirit in sundry schemes of -M~under and bribery, including one Audacious performance in which he se. :ured the pairdon of one Kemble, who .oleaded guilty to accepting bribes Whliie in the Legislature, the pu uaving been to prevent a trial whch would have brought Quay's connection with that spcal aflair before the pub lic Kem le was afterward made president of abank which, when Quay became State Treasurer, was a favorite --tate depository. The charge is made 'hat Quay was implicated with the asie of the State treasurer in the theft of $260,000 from the State, mos~t which Senator Cameron repaid to Srvent the defeat of the party that nuld have followed exposure andi for rt of which he took Quay's note. o e of those documents for $25,000;re mains unpaid unto this day. Quay is id to have secured his election as a easurer by pretending to supprt a -rominent Republican Cathli for ihat position and then secretly incit . prejudice against him because of eis religion, taking the strength or anized for him and adding to it the power controlled by Quay personal ~of the private life of this chieftain of the party of virtue and intelligence the biogapher speaks with refresh ing frankness. Quay is described as a desperate, habitual, unscrupulous but .msuccesful gambler, a periodical drunkard and a dehauchee turning hii residence at Beaver, Pa., into a broth el, to the scandal of that quiet town. Shameless treachery, bribery, embez zlement, jury packing, arrant perso nal cowardice and relentlees cruelty are amtong the methods and attribute: *ascribed to him. In the entire story there does rnot appear one redeemi act or trait to relieve the blackness o: the picture. BIG METHODIST SG HOOL. ~thern Church to stabllsh a Nationa Ko Xniverbity at Washington. * WsHINGToN, Feb. 15-The Po! t s announced that the Methodia church intends to found a national u *eiiyin this city, and that arrang vensts are making for the purchase< the ninet3-acreraet of lan on tn e.President Clevelands country how a -aste for the university aBishop Hurst, whose residence is thsciy is at the head of the mov this and has paid an option, of $1 00)on the property, which is to sold for $100,000. Sixty colored emigrants left Ne br-1 his week. The say th are ers g k better land, a o peting t find better white people receive higher wages. Mar Anderson publicly ackno eg% erengaement to yong TOBVfCO CULTURE. An uterestlug Lettle From the Florence Tobacco King. The following very interesting letter on the subject of tobacco culture was written by Mr. F. M- Rodgers, of Flor ence, to President Tupper, .f the Chamber of Comimerce of Cherleston. Mr. Rodgers speaks "ex cathedra," since he is the man who produced the crop, and is now getting up a fac tory. -'FLORENCE, Jan. 24,1890 Mr. S. Y. Tupper Pres'dt., Charlei ton: "DEAR sIR-Yours of Jan. 22 is at band and noted. The cultivation of tobacco in this section has been grad ually increasing for the last four y e-trs. The acreage the present year will be very greatly in excess of that ot ihe past season. Not less than 1,500 acres will be set. from the present milica ions. it will be planted to o"me ex. ex' in the counties of Marion, Daring on, Sumter. Clarendon. and Larcas ter. Nearly every mail brings mc let berz of enquiry irom var:ous portions f the State upon this subject- As re ards Spartanburg (ts :nentioted in our letter) I can give you rno definite information. I am aware thatt three ears ago it was tried there, tut met with failure Iam confident,h-iwever, bat this result was due to improper lectiou of soil, error in cui tivtton :rjudgment in some way. I feel, as aured that Spartanburg can pr.duce be "weed" as profitably as any sec aion of our state when proper condi ons are complied with. "With continued success it is simply t matter of a year or so when tobacco vili be the staple and money crop of ohis section. In this locality ne:-.lv very farmer will plant it to more or ess extent. I know of many farmers 'last year being their first experience), ho have made net profits per acre, aryiug from $43 to $112. I know of >ne who has heen in the business for several years, who got on six and one alf acres gross returns of nearley $2, 00. It cost him not more than 75 per acre to grow and market it. "There is more enthusiasm here Lmong the farmers in regard to this natter than has been mani.csted by hem on any subject for some time. Che stock of the tobacco factory has iarly all been subscribed. Twenty er cent of the same is now being col ected. A meeting will be held on Fa. 2, when officers will be elected. The natter of establishing a warehouse is inder consideration. "I note your rematks in regard to obacco being a leading industry in this tate years ago. The tobacco prc duced n those day s was an entirely different .ype, being the dark, heavy varities, ir cured. The product of the present a the yellow kinds, which are cured )y artificial heat. It has been proven )y practical results that tobatco can be -aised here far more advantageously han in any section that has thus far :aken hold of the industry. Owing to he length of our season and natural idaptability of the soil to the growth )f tobacco, we can produce twice as nuch per acre, besides the quality of he leaf being unexacellee. Boping the information I have given will meet your wants, I am very respecifully yours." F. M. RODGERS, JR. CLEMSON COLLEGE Beginig Wora-Much Can be Drue by Convict". Esey Mes enger. While on a 2ying visit over te Cen tral one day last week we had the pleasure of meeting Col, R. E. Bowen, who had just returned from Fort Hill, where be bad attended the mneeaing of the Executive Committee of Clem eon College, of which he is a member. The meeting of the committee was for the purpose of looking over the prop erty, selectirng sites for the buildings, and ascertinning- generally the best mode of proceedure in the buildings of the college and structures, and also to decide upon plansland specifications The State will furnish fifty convicts to work in the preparation of the plan. tation and houses. It was found that th lumber and brick could be obtain d of the property. A committee of three will be sent to Miasissippi to examine and ascertain the methods of the management of the Agricultural college in that State. The next -meeting of the committee will be held at Pendle.on. The Colonel informs us that in look ing over the register at Fort Aill he found that between 1,500 and 2,000 people had visited that noted and honored old place since July last. RIOT IN A CHURCH. A astr's Personal Remarks Causes a General Flghts Cx.RLOTIE, N. C., Feb. 10.-During services in a Virginia county church about thirty miles from Sparta, .J.. C, last Sunday, the Rev. Joseph M. Strooke during the course of his remarks, said: "There is a man in this congregation who is so mean and unfaithful to his wife that it is a wonder God does not rain down fire and brimstone upon bis head and consume him." The preacher pointed his finger to wa ds Thomas Coleman, who occupied a seat near the pulpit, and as he did so: that individual jumped to his feet t:> in quired if the parson meant to be person a in his remarks. No sooner was Cole man on his feet than half a dozen d' cons were up demianding that he Si down. Everytbing was in an uproar and an attempt was made to eject Cole man. He resisted and, seizing a stick o wood lying near the stove. he began t wield it hard and fast, kuocking fou men to the floor and fatally wounding Jeremiah Ferguson. One man wrencbe< the club f rem Coleman and delt him deadly blow across the head. Hie the walked out of the church and has n' been sees since. SThe riot lasted six minutes and wi - participated in by many of the congr ee gation,~ who used clubs as weapon ff The killed were: Thomas Colema te Jeremiah Ferguson. The injured wer< V Edward Clawson, Robert Edwards, Jol e, Peeby. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in THEY OUTWITTED HIM. ), e Ruled Like Reed, Bar rho Sent be Left the state. SHEtZNA, Mont.. February 9.-Afi the adjournment of the Senate yesterd * afternoon, eight Democratic senato h- incensed at the ruling of Lieutenai ey Governor Richards in counting thi ;I- prosent, took trains in different dira or tiens. They said they were going I yond the state line to get out of1 wil- reach of the sergeant-at-arms. Tb a. ote absence will block all legit THE NEW COMPIRACY. THE BOLD CRIME OF QUAY AND REED. An Attempt to Grind the Minority and Rob them of their Rights. Evidance multiplies to prove the statement made in The Gazette that Mr. Reed's election to the Speaker ship was the result of a bargain, in which Chairman Quay promised to de liver certain votes and Reed t* pass such measures as the thrifty Peng i vania boss required. Mr. Quay performed his part of the contract, and up to date the Speaker has kept his faith. Will he be able to carry all of his party associates with him for the pro gramme arranged by Mi. Q'ay? That is the question. And upon its answer depends the important legislation of the session. There are sign? which point to doubts in the minds of the co-conspira tors from Maine and Penasylvnn ia as to heir joint ability to dictate the legis ation of the House. The first block in the way was the Jisagreement of the republicans on the 4uestion of the rules. It seemed to be rreconcilable. Had the Quay-Reed rules been reported immediately after he holidays there is good ground or the belief that they would have >een modified on the floor of the ouse. Then came the extraordinary spec acte of a House act ir g ulpon the high .s: queslotio of privilege witheot a porum, and the postponemont of he considerati of rules. Why was bis done? It is ao open secret that the course "rsuead was cunningly devised to bow tho-se republicans who had spok n unfavorably of the Reed code, that utsuch riles were necessary. In plain anguage the disgraceful scenes of the ast fortnight were enacted to co rce niemnbers into adopting objection ble rules. What legi.lation may have been greed upon last December. Iy .Messrs. uay and Reed, may be surri ed from be record of the former in state and The programime in ludes an election !a:., which will put . con:ressionaL and Presidential elec ions in the hands of the most profli ;ate and unscrupolous officals, if we 1ay jud by t:.- class of thugs and :onv cts heretofore seietted as super -is 's and dputy marshals by pre -ious republican administrations. It s also said that they will g:> further, fther cau, and put these supervisors .t the poiling b:oths at every election or mem.bers of the several state legis itures, ii the pretense that the fact hat state legislatures elect United tates Senators gives Congress the ight to rogulate them. There are statements afloat, too ;tfrongly corroborated to be mere base ess rumors that certain mammoth jobs .nvol ing enormous and unnecessary ppropriations, are contemplated, and hat the beneficiaries have already ar ranged with Quay for liberal contribu ions to carry the coming fall elections nd the Presidential election in .'92. f these we saall speak hereafter, as we obttin further proof. In :he meantime it is the duty of the iemaocrats to oppose, by every parlia entary method, on the floor of the ouse, nil purely polhtical legislation ,hich may be of doubtful con~etitution.. ality, andl to' make no obstruction htever to bills which are necessary or the condutet of the business of the ountry, howe er objectionable they a d'em them, in the matter of the mounts aupropriated. If they do this they can confidently appeal to the country as patriots, who pposed with all their might uncon stitutional legislation, by unconstitu tional me thods, while they v. ere al vays ready t o transact the business of the country, arnd placed no obstruc ions in the way of legitimate legisla An Attempt to Blackball Clevelaml. When Grover Cleveland's~ name was submitted in New Y ork, on Monday, for membership in the Society of Mied ical Jurisprudence, Lawyer John J. Delaney took the floor, and launched forth into a tirade against Mr. Cleve land and argued against his election on the ground that he was unfit to be longed to the Society. Mr. Delaney said that when Mr. Cleveland was presisa.ent of the. Uni. ted states he hiad appealed to him in b half of a 'citizen of the Union who was imprisoned unjustly in a British dungeon, and Mr. Cleveiand had neg lected to pay the slightest attention tc the appeal. The case referred to by Mr. Delanev was the~t of Dr. Thomas Gallagher, 'formerly a resident, o Broolyn, who a few years ago visited Europe, and was arrested ten days after his arrival ;in London, charged with being implicated in a dynamite plot against the British government As Mr. Delaney uroceeded with hi argument against the election of Mr Cleveland, there we-re signs of disap proval from the other memibers. At the conclusion Lawyer Osborne of Brooklyn, made a v'gerous protes against the utteranices of the previou: speaker. Hie had been acquainte< wi.h Mr Clevelaind longer than Mr Delaney, but did not feel offended be cause he was not appointed to som ofice. Mr. Clevelanrd's name was vote upon first and he w:as elected, ever one vo-.ig in the aflirtative excei M.ir. lauey and one other gentli .A nethk-Dealing Joke. C rotte Chricle . Fuill particulars of the death of Mc rsnR. Ave:y are obtaied from leter fromi .M 'r. MoraL', of Morganto to her aunt, Mr:s. Harvey White, thi cityv which says: "Morrison A er' death was so sad. Two you men came with the body. They s: Morrson was taking this wretched' ripe " and had gotteu some whirJ nd quinie to take for it. His 1: room-mates passing by the room oi~ nacqaintance, saw a bottle mark "Pure Rye Whisky," and thought would be a good joke to take it c . nd so they took it to ther room, t st i; on the mantlepiece. _Morris Shad retired, and next morning wI hat up, het tok up this bottle y wr. his medicine, and it was cr sacid. He knew in a moment he -poisoned. He walked to the wa rastand andi fell perfectly uncoriscil eand was dead in twenty minutes- TJ e - s ay the roomxf-mated who brought be b'tle in, is marly crazy. None eir them drink at all, and it was onl: a- joke, taking, as they thought, whiky from this other fellow." INDIGNANT DEMOCRTS. Some Members Boll With Rage, but a Conservative Spirit Prevails. A dispatch from Washington says: The Republican majority of the House has at last reported the rules. The Re publicans nrst secured the Hall for their caucus. When they adjourned there was scarcely time for the employes to throw open the doors and secure a change of air in the hall before the Dem ocratic members began to file in to at tend their caucus. They appeare- in good number, and were presided over .v Mr. Holman. The only subject dis cu~zcd was the new code of rules. The Democrats were at a disadvantage in that the members were not supplied with copies, as were the individual Re publicans today. So Mr. Carlisle was obliged to read and explain the rules from his private copy. Naturally this was slow work, and most of the session of the caucus was consumed in this way. There was little discussion. Now and then some member would boll over with indigna tion and expres3 himself forcibly as some particularly obnoxious rule was read and its effect pointed out. Mr. Springer thought the rules m.ant that the watchman were gagged, the watch-dogs chained and the treasury thrown open to plunder. But the gen eral sentiment was that no matter how obnoxious the rules are they were asked for by the Democrats and would be con sidered in a fair spirit. Mr. Carlisle was accordingly instrnc ted to negotiate with the majority man agcrs for a proper and reasonable time to consider the rules in case they should be reported tomorrow, inasmuch as the Democratic members are without copies The Republicans will also be requested to allow a debate of reasonable length upon them when they are called up for consid eration, and if these concessions are granted the democrats will interpose no unususl obstacles to action upon them. CHARLESTON OR PORT ROYAL. A sensational Rumor Hian it, The Three * s Railread About to Change its Ter naus to the City of Great Expectations -The Line Said to be from Blacksburg to Newberry and Thence to Port Royal. COLMBL, February 10.-Momentous news! Watch Port Royal! Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager o. the three C's Road, with Dr. J. G. Black of the airectory, is in Celumbia tonight for the purpose of arranging with contractors for the building of the Newberry and Augusta branch of the great road he represents. He told a represtative of he News and Courier, at 11 o'cloca to night, that the contract for the compie tion of that branch from Blacksburg to Newberry would be given out as soon as possible, and that, the first forty five miles would be completed within eigh teen months. Contractors are here con ferring with him. But the most important news is this: Col. Johnson says tbat a strong pressure is being brought to bea" upon hia over pany to run this so called Augusta branch from Newberry to Port Royal, instead of Augusta. and that it is very probable that this wll be done. The Appletons, wbo own a great deal of property at Port Royal have offered the most liberal inducements to the manage ment to make that harbor their seaboard terminus. Col Johnson argues that by running h's line to Port Royal he would secure practically all of its business, while by directing it to Charleston he would have to divide freights with the South Carolina Railway. He thinks it certain that a harbor like Port Royal cannot be much longer neglected, and that his line might as well be the first to possess it. H does not tell what has been decided upon, but he talks enthusiastically about Port Royal. Watch that bottled port ! N. G. G. BRICE PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT. Ohio Proposes to Make Diim Pay for is Claim of Citizenship. LIMu, O., Feb.4-There will be a bearing at the office of the Auditor of Allen county next week in the most im portant civil suit ever brought in north western Ohio. The issue involved is the outcome cf the question of thbe citizen ship of Senator-elect Calvin S. Brice. who for the past five years ha~s evaded payment of taxes in this city, because of claiming citizenship in New York, on all personal property, under which head the law includes stocks and bonds. Mr. Brice's Senatorial fight has forced the location of his citizenship at Lima, and as a consequence he has at once made himselr liable for nearly $70,000 back taxes and penalty. Mr. H. W. Morganthaler, Special Tax Collector for Allen County, has in his po:session an immense amount of papers, each paper making a link is a chain of evidense that is entirely complete. It has been calculated that the amournt of Mr. Brice's personal property subject to taxation in Lima by reason of his citi zenship, is somewhat over $2,800,000, in vested in the following corporations: East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway, Richmond & Danville Railwcay, Lake Eric & Western Railway, Danvill< Terminal Railway Company, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway, th SAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and th United States Express Company. Ot -this amount there is due about five years etaxation at a rate varying from .20 ti 3.3 per cent. per year, to whbich will b dadded a 50 per cent. penalty. It is not known what Mr. Brice's de fes ilbe, but it is likely a desperat efiort will be made to compromise. As the officials of the country are a political supporters of Mr Brice, and one of them is said to have received ten-thousand-dollar check for Lhs serv ces in the late canvass, the auditor's a ation has been kept quiet. The hearir nwill be with bolted doors. As Speci -A Collector Morganthaler receives percen ~.age on the collection of back taxes, it hardy thought he will consent to compromise. oRepublican.. bhenld hot Complain. uu oston Herald. d Tbe proposed gerrymander by t Democrats in Ohio is wrong, as all geri t; mandering is wrong, but the indignati u expressed ag~ainst it in Republican qu: ionters is very much a case of the pot ce i ing the kettle black. Ohio is one of 1 ad worst gerrymandered States now. 'I ht fact is that today in Ohio it takes 79,1 ic Democrats to elect a Representative as Congress, while 20,003 Republicans n- it, the gerrymander amounting to ai u, ference of 53,245 against the De~mocrn eyy We repeat that gerrymandering is the jectionable, to the verge of dishones of but a party that has done an have a Republicans of Ohio in this respect, hee still whines upon the subject as if were vituous is simply disgusting. COTTON GOING AHEAD. INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE. Nine-Tenth 4 of the Crop in the Market State rernres-When Pieking Closed nalen and Prices of Seed-Proortions of Lint to Seed-South Carolina's the Largest of all. The cAtton returns of- the Depart ment of Agriculture for February give local estimates of the proportion of the crops which has lef t the plantation. A consolidation makes 90.6 per cent, leaving 9.4 per cent, still to go -for ward. About nine-tenths of the crops h4, therefore, been reported in sight oris in small stocks unreported in the hands of country merchants or in tran sit. State averages are as follows: Virginia, 87 North Carolina, 89 South Carolina, 90 Georgia, 90 Florida, 93 Alabama, 90 Mississippi, 91 Louisiana, 89 Texas, 92 Arkansae, 90 Tennessee, 87 The average of the close of picking is about the same as last year in Geor gia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Pennes see; earlier in the Carolinas, Florida, and Arkansas and later in Alabama ank Lexas. The average of oounty dates is December 12th, ranging from November to January. The propor tion of seed sold to oil mills has been found difficult to estimate but is ap-. parently not much over twenty-ive per cent of the crop, possibly between 900,000 and 1,000,000 tons. The larg est propotion reported is in Louisiana, followed by Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the Caro linas. The average State prices as con solidated. are the Carolinas and Geor gia 18 cents per bushel; Tennesse 17: Florida 16; Alabama and Mississippi 15; Louisiana 14; Texas and Arkansas 13. The returns of quality are very high, except in Virginia and North Crlina, and is Tennessee and Ar kansas. It is superior in all the States of the Gulf ooast. The per centage of lint from seed cotton is as follows: Virginia, 30 North Carolina, 31 05 South Carolina, 32 G7 Georgia, 32 02 Florida, 32 03 Alabama, 1;1 05 Mississippi, 32 03 Louisiania, 32 05 Texas, 32 04 Arkansas 32 02 Tennesee, 32 The damage by insects was greatest in Arkan as and Texas. In Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and North Carolina it was general but less severe. Georgia and So;uth Carolina nuir tess. Tne oss from Ine D0li worm was in Georgia, Alabama. Loui siana and Texas greater than that from caterpillars. ANOTHER VILL AINOUS SCHEME lelplag the Republicnns of Ohio to lRetain Their Stolen Goods. A dispatch to the Atlanta Constitu tion says: Representative Wickhani, of Ohio, to-day sprung a surprise on the House, which has stirred up the democrats alt most as much as some of Speaker Reeds rulings. It was in the shape of a bill to re qur that the congressmen elected from the state of Ohio to the next con gress shall be elected from the districts as now constituted in that state. The purpose of the bill is to prevent the state from being gerrymandered by the present democratic legislature. At first the bill ap. eared to be to call attention to the proposed gerry mandering of the districts in Ohio by its present demo-:ratic legislature, but Mr. Wickham says he intends to push it to passage, as it is based on the fourth section of the first article of the constitution, which says that oongress may, at any t'me, change the regula tios in any state under which con gressmen are elected. The Ohio demo crate have been counting on the pres ent democratie legislature to gerry mander the state in such a manner as to make at least thirteen out of the twenty-one congressmen, demo crats. A few years ago the republicans gerrymandeted the state and now have sixteen of the twenty-one con gressmen. The democrats up to the p resent time were confident this could be almcet reversed, but this Wickham has fallen into the democratic party like a bombshell, for they know that the republicans will vote for it, and that Reed will put it through, whether or not the democrats vote. It is an other republican measure to keep their party in power. COL. B1UCK'S MAN. Georgans Kiektug abushe Ame.&~ rica i'estmastership appointee. WVasumiO'rw, Feb., 7.-A negro named Dudley was nominated yester day as postmaster at Americus, Ga. the home of Representativo Crisp. Tro day the Georgia senators and repre setativns received dispatches, signed by white and colored men of boti parties, protesting against the nomina tion. -Dudiey is said to be not only ignor eant and illiterate, but of bad charac ter. He was a delegate to the Chicag' conention and voted for Harrison S and this seems to have been what se a cured his nomination. -Col. Buck, 'he Georgia Republical Sboss, at first denied that I e endorse g Dudles, but afterwards admitted h a had signed the man's papers. Th - Georgia senators expect to secure am si ple evidence, from both Repubhicar a and Democrats, of Dudley's uniitnei for office. "IN HOCK" SIGNO. * Cea.,tiierha Prince Asaigned te Jail Frame". 1- Pr.Is, Feb., '7.-By prompt actic >n ' h overnment to-day nipped int rbud what was apparently intended l- be a royalist couped etat modell' he after Louis Nepolean's mad dcsce he upon Boulonge. Conisecunce, Da: '51 of Orleans, the oldest son of the Cou to of Paris to-day bearina~a letter writt: do and signed by the Count de Paris a i- nouncing to the faithful and to all ol *ts. ers -,hat counts abdication. He al b- had with him a manifeste addressed y; Ithe peonle o' France. His coming ii the the country in violation of the .1 nd proidtiing all the heads and <hr' it hprs of reigning families, is a re rirme. A GJOD STORY. Chauncey Depew's Attempt to serve Chent nuts--His Triumph. Itis not perhaps a secret that our Chauncey is, like Mrs. Gilpin, of a fru gal taind, and is thrifty with his stories and jokes. A fter the press has once got hold of his good things he never uses them again, at least in tbat particular community, but no man can have a whole set of brand-new brilliants every day of his life, and a little discretion and a good memory will make one's store go a long way without being guil ty of repetitions to the same audience. But the discretion of even Chauncey is at fault at times, and the other night he suffered because or it. The daughter of a certain famous American who has h'therto made his home in the West, has been visiting in New York, and was one of the guests at a dinner of very distin guished men and women last week. She is a woman accustomed to the intellec ual best of the men who go in to dinner with her, and on this oocasion she re garded with some surprise the efforts of the man who had taken her in to dinner to amuse her. He looked like a person of ability, but she gradually gained the impression that be was laboring under the delusion she was a wild Westerner who was many years behind the times and had not heard any modern jests. When this idea became firmly rnoted in her mind she was at no further pains to conceal her indifference to his efforts, and at last in despair her dinner com panion remarked, "Miss-, we don't seem to get on. What is the matter? I wish you would tell me frankly." "I will," she said, laughing a little. "I am cross because you have been telling me Chauncey Depew's old storices all the evening. I don't know him myself, but I've heard all his stories over and over again, and I don't think I can stand any more of them agais." Her companion paused a moment, then shook all over with amusement and de light, aid said: "Miss , your frankness is simply enchanting, and I'll confess in my turn. I thought ysu were a very young girl, and from so far away in the West that you were not likely to have heard these stories, so I was using some old stock on you, but I see my error, and now I will tell you some sto ries of Chauncey Depew's that I am sure you've not heard." From that moment the Western girl declares that such a stream of brilliant talk, anecdote and witticism poured forth that she never noticed what she was eating, and was desperately grieved when the hostess gave the signal. to rise and she was separated from her clever companion. Going home in a cab, she said to her father: "Do you know the name of the man who took me in to dinner? I didn't catch it, but I found him perfectly charming." "My dear girl," said her father, "you don't de serve your pivileges. Of course you found him charming. That was Chaun cey Depew !"-Brooklyn Eagle. ONLY A PINT OF WHISKEY. A Terrible Tragedy In Newberry County. Suppened to be the Result of Hard Drinking. James B. Clary, a farmer, who lives five miles from Newberry, attempted Saturday afterocon to shoot his daughter, a young lady about 18 years old, but his distol was wrested from his hands and the attempt thwarted, Neighbors were sent for for protection. All were in the room together when Clary, in a fit of madness, grasped a hatchet and gave his wift several blows on the head, which will probably prove fatal. Sine was in an unconsious condition last night and the attending physician could not say how badly she was hurt. I have not heard today, but supposed she is still living. Sheriff Riser went out last night and brought Clary in here and lodged him in jail, where he now is. As tz, the cause of this sad affair it is supposed Clary's mind is unbalanced, ox he is suffering from delirium tremens. About two years ago, after drinking heavily, he bad delirium tremens, and during one of these spells shot his little son with a pistol, but not seriously. Those who know say he has not been drinking much quite recently, and when is town last Wednesday with his wife and daughter be took only one pint of whiskey home with him and has not been in town since. I have not seen him to day, but parties who did say he talks at random and says that persons tried to kill him last Thursday night; that they were watching around his house with long knives, etc. In fact, no one was there. He has a wife one daughter and two sons, and has been a well-to-do fe.mer. His wife was a Charleston lady, a Miss Vernon. TWO YEARS IN PRISON. The Young Duke of Orleans tientenced Yesrdar-Disorder in the Court-Room PAnis, Feb. 12. -The Duke of Orleans, son of the Count and Countess of Paris, and who came to Paris last week with the avowed Intention of enlisting in the French army, and who was arrested on the charge of violating tae law exiling from France all pretenders to the French throne, was again arraigned before thE Tribunal of the Seine today. He was adjudged guilty of violating the law. and was sentenced to two years imprison met. .The court-room was crowded wit? spectators who had gathered to watcl the proceedings against the young Duke When the prisoner was arraigned, th crowd broke out with loud cries for th .army, the Duke of Orleans, and the re public. They became sa demonstrati' that gendarmes were called to clear th room. - Before judgment was announced, th Duke addressed the Court in his own be half. He said: "I came to France t 1 serve as a common soidier. I have nott e ing to do with politics, which only cot e cerns my father, whose obedient son an - faithful servant I am. I knew that 13 S entering France, 1 rendered myself liab! to the law, but that knowledge did n< stop me. I love my country, and wiI to serve her. I am guilty of no criee The Duke will be allo wed to rema in the Conciergie prison for ai few wee in before being removed to jail. The Go ernent grants himi this privilege, n order to give him an opportunity to a e peal from the sentence of the Court. A Beautiful Church. at Mr. H. M1. Flagler, one of the coal< ce millionaires, is building a church fort at Presbyterians at St. Augustine, Fla. in is nearly completed, and will be, it - said, one of the finest ecclesitstic h- structures in America. It is compo o in architecture and will cost, it is es to mated, $400,000. Mr. Flagler intend: to as a memorial of his daughter, who di tw suddenly on a yacht off Charleston h ,b bar a few months since. Mr. Flag sh jhas also built a handsome church for i uMoit in St., Augustine. PRIMUS JONES DEAU. Tho Premature Ending of a U'eful and Honorable LIfe- The Energette Georgia Planter Who han Done So much for bi Country, Passe- Away. The Atlanta Constitution of Sunday says: Prinus Jones died at 1:50 p. m. yesterday. He had been ill for two wceks with pant-m;nia, in his rooms at the Hotel Weinweister, where he 'ad all the nursing and attention that loving hearts and tender hands could afford him. Doctors Dan Howell, W. T. Stockton, and Dr. Todd attended him, and despite all their skill they were unable to avert the course of the disease, which was one of the most aggravated cases of pneuno nia, caused f:om exposure, Mr. Joces be ing a man who relied on his iron consti tution and was ever indifferent to any sort of exposure. Thfe news of his death will carry sad ness to tbe hearts of thousands who knew, loved, admired and respected him for his many splendid qualities of genu ine manhood. Perhaps no mau was better known In Georgia, and no man had more friends. Ife was generous, warm-hearted, ener getic, acd honorable in all his deaiings with his fellow men. As a farmer he ranked among the leading men of the Sate, and as a legislator his actions were all dicat-.d by m'tives that would redound to the good of the country. A B1tLLiANT CAREER. Hon. Ptimus W. Jones was born in eriwether county, May, 10th, 1846. ie was the-sun of the famons "Cotton" John Jones, whoze nauwe was a byword among the planters of Georgia years ago, when he used to Le the leading cotton rowver of that section. Young Prinus was but sixteen years f age wheu h:s name was enrolled un der the banners of the confederacy and he marched with company F from Merl etber as a part of the forty-first Georgia regiment to join Bragg's army in the west. For many months he followed that flag, through all the grim vicissitudes of war. Before the war closed he lost his health, and vas compelled to leave the army. HIS CAREER AS A FARMER. His father sent him to his Baker coun ty plantation, where young Primus com mensed his career as a planter. In 1866 e produced the "first bale" that after wards toade him famous as a farmer. He loved the life of a planter, and he stuck to he plantatiot.. He knew there was money in cotton, aad he proceeded o demonstrate the fact. Ever since that time for a quarter of century, he has proiuced the -fat bale" Prom year to year, and has distauoed all competi tors. People learned to expect that first bale, season after season, and nobody was ever able to break his record. Be ides cotton Le raised vast amounts of provision crops, and the "Primus Jones watermelon" has attained a wide re'puta tion. At his death his farm c0n0.rf1,700 acres of fine las the greater ph I which is in cultivation, and ne avcraged last year thirty balea to the mule, be sides his other crops. His estate is esti mated at fifty tbousa.nd dollars, all of which his been accumulated by sturdy industry, in spite of the fact that he was lavish and open-handed, and generous to a degree. He owns, besides tis planta tion, valuable real estate in Atlanta. The Neal Loan and Banking company were hi., bankers, a-id he did a great deal of business with them. BRUTAL BLACK CAPS. A Neirro Womau Brntally Beaten by Negro Women in South Carolina. A strange story comes today fromn Al lendale, a small hamlet in Barnwell ounty, recar the scene a! the recent inchings. Hattie Frazier, -a negro oman, and her infant a month old, were the victims of a queer biack-cap out rage. When the new of the butchery at Barnwell Courtbouse reached the Allen dale section, Hattie Frazier was one of the negroes who did not join in the cho rus of condemnation of the act. On the contrary, she op)enly expressed the opin ion that the murdered men had only got what they deserved. Since thaatiume, the woman has been in bad odor with her race. She had received threats from time to time, but treated them with scorn. One night last week, however, while asleep in her house with her in fant, she was aroused by a noise indica cating that some one was trying to get in at the door. Not suspecting any thing, she went with her child in her arms to see what was the matter. Ar riing at the door she was seized and dragged away from the house, sut.jected to a most brutal beating. The lynchers were in masculine attire, and wore black masks and caps. A fter beating the wom an nearly to death they left with a warn ing that they would return the next night and finish her if she was found in the neighborhood. After the departure of th black-caps the woman dragged herself back to her house, where she found her child lying on the ground. The next day she iden tified two of her asailants. They were negro women living in the vicinity, .and were at once arrested and lodged in jail. These women turned State's evidence and confessed that the flogging was done by a band of from 20 to 30 negro women who were dressed in male attire with black masks and caps, and who un dertook to punish their victim fo: her expression of opinion about the Barnwell negros fate. Upon their testimony, 15 negro nomen residing in the vicinity were arrested The affair has created considerable ex citement in Baruwell county. Greal efforts were made to keep the mattel -quiet, but the story leaked cut to -SAT ON HIS VICTIM'S CORPSE. A South Carolina C-,r,er KAil aMa Canid hilds th'e Inquesr. C11ARLEsToN, S. C., Feb. 12.-Th spectacle of a coroner holding an in nquest o-er a man he hniself kille S was presen ted recent:y in Fiorence cour - tv. Coroner S. T. Birch shot and kille S a' negro whom he caught in the act c - stealing potatoes from his yard. After the kiilir~g Burch came to tow aud g...ve himself up to the sheriff. 1] was released this morning on a writ< 1 habeas corpus and g i~ve con~d or $,0 e An inque:=t was held over the body ye It terday morning, the coroner presidi s5 ad the jury found a verdict in accor< l with the. above facts. t Geography.-Teaccer (to dull doy e the class)--Which New Englanb Sta r- has two capitals? Boy-New Hampshir ler Teacher-Indeed Name them. Boy h Capital N and ppital H.-Harpea BUARU II!' AUMUUltULm. AN IMPORTANr MEETING HELD IN COLUIMBTA. Re-election of Pe.ident Hagood-Phe Phute LicenseN Granted-the Experlment Lmttions Provided for-An Immilratles A zent iRecognized-Favoring the Seheme for a National Board of Agriculture.. luvestigating the Possibilities Okra Other Mlatterp. COLUMBIA, February 7.-The State Board of agriculture met at 10 o'clock this morning and remained in session almost continuously until about 8 P. M. To-night the follo wing information as to its work was obtained: Ex-Governor Hagood was unanimously re-elected chairman. IRRIGATION. The department's four acre fish pond lot in Columbia was turned over to President McByrde tor the current year to be used for experiment station. The b'ord refused to grant the peti tion of the State Agricultural Society for an appropriation to be applied to &n !gricultu:l experiment station near Charleston. Official recognition was graoted to R. H. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y.. who is endeavoritg to plant colonies in South Carolina. and the commissioner was recommended to give him such assistance in his work as he 'night deem -advisa NATIONAL BOARD eF AGRICULTURE. On motion of Col Duncan the move ment init!ated by the New Jersey board >f agriculture looking to the organism. :ion of a national boarJ of agriculture was endorsed, and the board promised to have South Carolina represented at an agricultural congress, which it is pro posed to hold at Washington, in advo acy of such a national board. The board also endorses the proposition of the New Jersey board that reports of State boards of agriculture and State horticultural societies be caused by Act A Congress to be carried free in the mails. The board determined to continue work at the Darlington and Spartanburg periment station and made the usual ppropriation of $5,000 eaeh for cary ng on their work this year. , EXPERIMENTS wITH OERA. The director, Mr. McBryde, was in tructed to make experiments to ascertain the quantity 'f okra stalks which can be rown per acre on average upland and ottom lands, and the cost per pound of producing the fibre. The director was instructed to make monthly, or as often is practicable, to' the commissioner of griculture for publication, reports of the progress cf experimental work at 3ations and the result of such experi ments as are of public interest. TIE PRIZE ACRE OF CORN. Governor Hagood offerel the follow ing resolution, which was unanimously idopted: -.The State board of r a recognize with pride the tact that in competition with the whole United States the largest crop of corn rown has been by a South Carolina far mer. They further recognize the fact that this is the largest authenticated rop of Indian corn ever grown to the cre in any part of the world: there fore. Resolved, that the thanks of the board be aid are hereby tendered to Mr. Z. G. Drake for the honor he has by his achievement conferred upon his State ad the demonstration he has made of the possibilities of her soil .and cli ate. On Mr. Porcher's motion the board re uested Mr. Drake to report to it the results of future crops grown on the prize acre, with the view of ascertaining the continuing effect of the fertiliaera used in making his famous erop. FARMERs' INsTITUTTUs. It was determined to hold a State Farmers' Institute at Ridae Spring, Edgefield countv, if the citizens of the county desire it held there, and to ea curage the holding of county institutes. N. G. G. THE HAWES MURDER. Dick Hawea 5'ays He Dired John Will. to Kill His Family. BuIMINGHAM, Feb. 10.-Dick Hawes, who is under sentence of death for the murder of his family here over a yea ago, has made a confession. He named John Wvlie as the murderer of his family, and acl~nowledges hiring him to do it. A telegram says Wylie has been ar rested in Atlanta, and that he will be brought here. Wylie denies all knowl edge of the crime. Queen Victoria's Narrow Escape. The story comes from Ottawa, of the narrow escape of Queen Victoria and her attendants from a fatal railroad accident in a tunnel in Derbyshire. The train which bore the royal party, it is stated, was in the centre of the tunnel, its loco motive was broken down, and the loco motive which was hurried to its assist ance by the divisional superintendent could not move the disabled engine, and, of course, could not move the train be hind it. While matters were in this shape another train dashed into the tun nel, and was only prevented from plung ing into the rear coaches of the Queen's train by the warning reports of three torpedoes exploded in succession on the track. Happily, the signals were beard and the threatened collision was avoided, and the Queen and the members of her escort escaped with their lives. It is srue, as is mentioned casually in the dispatch, that the incident which is so thrillingly described occurred about forty years ago, out the knowledge of it has been thoughtfully withheld from the public until now. It is perfectly proper and timely therefore, to say that we are sincerely glad that the royal party escaped from their perilous position without in jury, and to express the hope that they have fully recovered by this time from the severe fright which they experienced In their youth.--News and Courier. Going Nearer tile Raw Material. SAn important machiue manufactur -ing company in Pennsylvania, have concluded to erect at Meridian, Mis sisipjA, a building for the moanufac ture 01 ear~4in products of' their w orks, which have a l'arge sale in the South. ~Hitherto the iron used in these manu factories has been shipped from Bir mingham and Chattancoga, and the - product reahipped into the South. Business sense has dictated that a loca tion for the manufacture of these..ass particular goods shall be found nearer the region of the raw material and near the market as well. Therefare, M ~eridian has been Ghosen, eTwo Birds with One Stone.-Ted What a lucky fellow he is! Ned-I s shoud'say so. His fiancee's birthday amn a Christmas.-Harper's Bazar.