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VOL. VI, MANNING, S. C., WEI)NESDAY, MARCH !, 80.N. 7
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AN 1Nr .P U' LAW.
HENRY CABOTILODCE WOULD OVER
THROW STATE AUTHORITY.
. t yieowvn Umstrpationl * the s4tates'
VuMCIti ." by 'Vie Federal U. vern
Dmri t.
RepreseLtative Henry Cabot Lodge,
of Massachusetts, as the chairman
of the House Committee on
ti Pesidenrt and vice Pres
u-t and representatives in Con
(r--.ss, has introduced a bill to regu
lnt- the elections of representatives
: Congress.
It is a voluminous bill of twenty
one sections. The bill is a combina
tion of the Australian system with
Federal control of elections. The
Australian system as in force in Mas
sachusetts, is adapted and applied to
the whole country in all Congression
al and Presidential elections.
Each polling place is put in charge
of six judges or supervisors, three
representing each political party.
Voters who cannot read and write,
and consequently cannot mark their
own tickets, may have tickets marked
for them by one of the supervisors in
presence of another representing the
opposite party.
Primarily elections are in the con
trol of the States wherein they are
held, but on a petition of 500 voters
in any district the Federal govern
ment will assume all the functions of
the State and take absolute control
of the polls under the same regula
tions which apply to State control.
OPmsIONS OF cONGRESSMEN.
The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution says:
It is the unanimous opinion of the
Southern men that, while the bill on
its face appears to apply to the whole
country, it was only intended for the
South, and can only affect the South.
In no Northern State, they say,
would either party dare to impugn
the honesty of the State officers by
petitioning the Federal government
to take charge of their elections. In
the South, however, it is different.
No trouble will be experienced in
getting up such a petition as the bill
provides among negroes. Therefore,
they say it will be only applicable to
the South. Here are the opinions of
some leading Southern Democrats
gathered to night:
Xa. CANDLER.
"I regard it is an extremely parti
san measure," said Mr. Candler of
Georgia, who was chairman of the
educational committee in the last
Congress. "The bill is plainly in
tended for the South alone. Federal
supervisors and managers will only be
appointed in the South. One will be
nominally a Republican; another
nominally a Democrat, but both will
be scoundrels who will swear any
thing to get the two dollars a day.
No decent Democrat will be appoint
- ed. The effect will be that it will
reate a condition in theSouth similar
to that of the Reconstruction period,
and will only result in alienating the
races, and will perfect the supremacy
of the white race. If the idea of sur
rounding the polls with-Federal mar
shals of the type we usually have inj
te South, is carried into effect, there
s great danger of riot and bloodshed
t the polls.
"The white people of the South,
whether they number more than the
blacks or not, will control."
GENERAL CATCHINGS.
"The bill," said General Catchings
of Mississippi, "is designed to pre
vent negroes from voting the Demo
ratic ticket. The Federal supervi
sors will simply be Republican spies
upon the negroes. The 'bill is de
signed to force the negro back to the
old state of antagonism to the white
people prevailing in the Reconstruc
tion days. It seems the Republhcans
are determined to supervise the con
dut of the negroes as though they
were children. The bill is purely
sectional; it will never be applied to
the North; but it will raise the big
gest crop of hell throughout the
South that has ever been heard of
It will, however, not result in chang
ing a single Southern district.
"They cannot pass the Australian
feature, for it is not applicable to a
country where many of the voters
can neither read nor write."
JUDGE CRIsP.
"Such legislation," said Judge
Crisp, of Georgia, "is vicious, }y
cause, if not unconstitutional, it
tends to centralization of power in
the Federal government. The bill
proceeds on the idea that the people
and officers of the States are not wo
be trustedl; that all purity, patriotism
and loyalty is here in Congres's and
not in the States. Practi..J!y the
law cannot be operative except in the
South. It vests in the judiciary such
powers affecting the legislative de
partment as is subversive of the dis
tinction that ought to exist between
the various departments of the gov
ernment. It necessarily brings
~judges into politics, and is designed,
in my opinion, to defeat and not to
further an honest expression of thec
popular will in the South. under the
pretense of adopting the Austra
lan system. which is designed to pro
tect the voter from oiitside influence.
This bill, as to illiterates, absolutely
destroys the secre-cy of the ballot,
which is essential to the independ
ence of the voter. The illiterate vot
erunderthis system, cannot have his
confidential friend to mark and give
his ticket, but must, in the presence
of the managers, who represent dif
ferent political parties, publicly state
for whom he wishes to vote."
LmascHA~fn.
"It create another reconstruction
era in the South," said Mr. Blanch
ard of Louisiana. "There is a chance
of it working to the benefit of the
Republican party in the next election,
bt then its evils will be clearly dem
onstrated, and will react upon them.
That portion of the bill providing for
the Federal government to take
i Lieof the elections is clearly in
tende for the South, and the South
only-"
sENATOR BERET.
~"Its passage," said Senator Berry,
of Ai'kanss, "will create great trou
ble in the South. A worse law on us
ould not be passed. However,
ldit pass.Ihope ose sch are
action that we will sweep the coux
in '92. It will injure the prospect:
the South in every way"
GEORGE T. BAR*ES.
"The bill is intended to be entii
sectional," said Mr. Barnes, of G(
gia, "It places our elections in
South entirely under the control
the Federul authorities,utterly igfl
ing the rights of the States. Its
timate object will be to deprive 1
Democrats of the election of Der
cratic Representative in many Sou
ern districts, and a return of Repi
licans from them. I believe, howev
it will fail in practical operation, I
it will require more active p
ticipation of our. people in Fcde:
elections. I have strong hopes t
bill will be defeated in the Senate.'
3M. LA
"It cannot be operative in t
North," said Mx. Lane of Illinois.'
is clearly intended for the South.
will be a great outrage upon the p(
ple of the South if passed. How(
er, I doubt if it ever becomes a la
It is undemocratic, a step towar
centralization, and is a direct strol
at local self government."
SAVED BY A CAROLINA GIRL.
'he Narrow Escape of a Passenger Tra
Near Augusta.
Last Friday evening the passeng
-ain of the Port Royal and Weste:
Carolina Railroad, which left Augus
for Laurenscame near being wrecke
and the passengers were saved fro
a horrible and untimely death. TI
trouble was a broken rail at Whi
House, about thirty-eight miles abo'
A.ugusta, which the train was on
prevented from passing over by ti
brave act of Miss Garnett. a yout
woman who lives near White Hous
Miss Garnett discoveredthe broke
rail and she knew it was about tin
For the up-train to come along, ar
she was greatly Ialarmed, knowir
that it was sure destruction if t1
ra-in passed that fatal spot. The on
thing to be done was to stop the traj
before it could reach the broken ra
Down the track, around the curv
Eiss Garnett ran until she got sever
undred yards from the broken rai
here she stationed herself on ti
track, with a watchful eye and lantei
n hand, and she commenced wavix
;he lantern as soon as +he shri
xhistle of the locomotive soundedi
Lpproach.
When the train rolling over ti
ails the engineer saw the young lad
!rom a distance on the track signa
ing him down as though in distres
rhe engineer checked up his trai
d stopped when he reached t1
:rave girl. Miss Garnett called tl
gineer and warned him of the dai
er that was just ahead. The cre
)f the train walked up the track an
he broken rail was pointed out. A
greed that Miss Garnett had save
heir lives and prevented a wrecl
k collection was taken up among ti
>assengers, who were told of the
1arrow escape, and the sum of eleve
lollars was raised and presented 1
onductor Stuart to Miss Garnett.
Facts About Cotton Seed Oil.
For human food,*olive and cottc
wed oils are far superior to lard,
o -any other animal fat. Olive c
as held that rank in the estimatic
f scientists and medical men fro:
;he earliest period ofrecordedhistor;
[t is only of late years that analyst
:y chemists, experiments in diet 12
3minent physicians and practical us
:y skillful housekeepers have combi2
d to demonstrate that in every r
pect and for all uses the oil of tlI
otton seed is equral to that of ti
live. This fact once established,
narket will be made for pure cotto
seed oil that will be co-extensive wit
hat now occupied by olive oil.
vill, indeed, bacome its competit<
x all parts of the world. The Ma:
ufacturer's Record of Baltimore, b
ieving that the time has come whE
the South should make a vigorot
xove in behalf of cotton seed oil, il
stead of simply acting on the defe:
ive in the repeated assaults made:i
Congress on the purity of this o:
ifter an elaborate investigation, ha
accumuated a mass of informatio:
a.nd proposes to publish next we<
the irst of a series of articles th:
will cover the whole subject. In the:
it will be shown beyond controveri
or shadow of doubt that cotton see
oil is the best salad oil in the worl
and that it should be put upon ti
market on its merits, bearing its ov
name, and its excellence for all cul
new.r purposes be persistently s
forth :antil it receives popular a
proval iaud enters into as univers
consumtion as butter or lard. The:
articles, w;hieh will run through se
ral montus, will prove of immen
value to the whole South, by great
widening the market for cotton sei
The Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Conventi<
will meet on May 9 at Fort Worn
Texas. The announcement is ma
that delega tes will be passed for o:
fare for the round trip. This wou
be from Augusta $30.35. The R4
Lansing Barrows, pastor of the Fir
Baptist Church, proposes taking
through Pullman car from Atlanta
Fort ;Worth without change, up
which the round trip cost, going a:
returning in the same car, will
$42 85. This will be the most pie:
and and least disagreeable way
delegates to the Convention to go.
the car will be comnbined with oti
cars en route and form a solid si
cial Baptist train through wvithc
change to the place of meeting.
will be necessary to secure berths
this car, as the number is restrici
to twenty-four, but additional ce
can be secured if the increase of i
number going warrnts it. Delega
who are anxious to join this party
the special train would do well
communicate with Dr. Burrows
once. The latest lintelligence 'w
rants the expectation teat the r
above given will be lowerel.
--Bismarck has resigned the of
of prime minister of the Gern
Empire. Irreconcilable differs
1tween him and the Emperor indu
the step.
-Chattahooche county, Ga., is
cited over a contest for the St
Senatorship between L. Harp anc
Harp, brothers, and J. F. C. McCc
w mis L. HT, ~rother-in-law.
of STATE POLITICS.
AN ADDRESSTOTHE DEMOCRACY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ely
Or- I A dtatement of the Political CeNditions
-he Which Contreat the Good People of the
Of State.
or- RooMs or STATE EXECUTIVE COMIMTTEE
ul- ComuIA, S. C.. March 14, 1890.
he 'Upon the re-organization of the
th- Executive Committee, in consequence
ib- of the resignation of its chairman,
er. Hon James F. Izlar, it is damed
ut proper to issue a brief address to the
Democracy of South Carolina, on the
hle eve of an active and important cam
paign in which questions of vital con
cern to the State will be presented to
he the people, and in view of the stub
It born fact that we are still confronted
It and menaced by the enemy from
o- whose control the State was redeemed <
v- in 1876. The existence of this enemy
m- is none the less a matter of fact, y
Is although as an organized and active 1
:e foe to good governmentit it is not so
dlearly seen as in former days. But
the dominant party in the Federal
Government, flushed with its restora
tion to executive and legislative
power, is just as determined to-day
as ever to wrest from our hands the
er control of this State, and ,.s it loses
72ground in other sections of the coun
try, the necessity becomes more im
perative to regain a foothold in the
a Southern States, where the identical
e mass of ignorant voters, so long used
e to our disadvantage, are ready to c
respond to the call of their Republi- a
y can leaders, whenever an opportunity n
e is given for their resuscitation as a
political power. The threatened in
e- terference with the conduct of elec
' tions in sovereign States, which is
10 being so adroitly and persistently 0
d urged at this time in the Congress of A
g the United States, makes it highly A
e important that we shall not close our
y eyes to the dangers of the situation, a
n or rest supinely upon the victories of a
1 the past. The numerical majority
' exists in South Carolina to-day which
d made possible the oppression and h
1. misrule of the carpet-bag governments L
.e and it is only waiting a suitable op- h
n portunity to be wielded against the
intelligence and the virtue of the h
State. Hence, it is incumbent upon
us to remain watchful and vigilant,
never losing sight for a moment of
.e the' overmastering necessity we are
y under to preserve the unity and in
1- tegrity of the Democratic party in
S this State, because its overthrow
n means disaster end ruin to the high
e ests interests of all the people. A
.e The Executive Committee, rec
1 ognizing the fact that there are
T differences of opinion and to a ei
d certain extent dissatisfaction among ta
U Democrats as to the administra- ol
d tion of the government in this w
State, and believing it is conducive hi
:e to a healthy public sentiment that a3
x these differences shall be freely dis- tl
n cussed, yet in view of the momen
y tous issues at stake, we would appeal w
to all that they shall settle such mat- 01
ters strictly within the lines of our ir
party organization, for it is vitally n
n important to have the active sE
>r exertion of every true and unselfish .1
i Democrat in preserving that solidity '
n which is essential to good govern- it
n ment in South Carolina. Invoking n
Fthe co-operation and support of every ci
s man who claims to be a Democrat in wv
y the maintenance of rightful measures d
e for the preservation intact of our cl
t- organization, the Executive Commit- L
?- tee would respectfully .urge that the t(
e responsibility rests upon all to bear et
e their share in this patriotic work, as d
a the benefits accruing from honest a]
a and upright government are equally ti
h shiared by all. The readiness and h
:t heartiness of all classes heretofore to
ar render faithful service in this-respect p:
1- is a guarantee that future exigencies ti
e- and emergencies will awaken a simi- a
n lar response from every true and ci
Ls worthy son of South Carolina. s<
1- By order of the Execntive Coin- k
1- mittee. e
n JAMs A. HOvT, Chairman. s]
1, WILI JoNEs, Secretary. e
Lottery Ticket Speculation. r,
*kDo you know there are more lottery t<
t tickets sold in Washington every -a
e 'month than in any other city in the p
vy world? Everybody buys them. Of e:
d the eighteen thousand government b
:1, employes here, at least twelve thou
ie sand buy lottery tickets monthly, but
-n it does not stop here. Senators and
i- Representatives by the score are
et always purchasers. The other eve
p- ning a party of a dozen statesmen a
al were chatting in the lobby of ther
;e Metropolitan, when some one pro
v- duced a lottery ticket, at the same
se time remarking jocularly: "I will get
tv $15,000 to-morrow.' In an instant
ad two Senators produced tickets, and U
Representatives drew them out in S
wads from their pockets. The num
-berg were compared, and a deal was e
mn made that whoever won should give t
h, a supper. However, of the sixty or
:le seventy tickets held by Southern l
2e Congressmen and their wives at the t
id Metropolitan, only one drew a prize. C
v. That was held by the wife of an upper C
st South Carolina member, and calls for S
a $:?00.--Washington Letter.
to Died rrom a Negro's Bite. t
A In Clay county. Alabama, Monday I
be night Oscar Hill, a prominent farm- t
Ler, died of hydrophobia, suffering the 1
ormost horible agony before he died. (
His death was the result of a bite on i
er the finger by a negro several weeks i
_ag.Hill had a light with a negro,
ut who bit one of his fingers to the bone,
It! inflicting an ugly wound. The finger
in became inflamed, and finally had to
ed be amputated. Then the swelling I
continued up the arm, and finally that
le was cut off near the shoulder. Sev- 1
~e ral days ago symptoms of hydropho- I
bia developed, and Hill rapidly grew
to' worse until he died. The attending
at physicin pronounced it a caso of
ar. hydrophobia. The negro Davis, was
ite what is known as a "blue gum negro,"
his gums being blue in color, and
there is a general belief that the bite
iof such negroes is always fatal. Phy
isicians say that this color of the gums
isn caused by bad blood, and that in
b- 'such cases a bite would be poison
eous. an poaby fatal. Davis is
e-under arrest, charged with murder.
ate -The treasury department has re
A. ceived a letter, postmarked Charlotte,
ok, N. C., containing $16., marked, "My
A PARRICIDE CONVICTED.
A Man Who Hired Nearoes to SIay
Ili Own Father-A Revolting Crime.
DARLINGTON, S. C., March 20.-The
trial of Joseph W. James, charged
ith hiring Lewis Williams, William
Scott and Robert Arthur to kill his
ather, which has occupied the atten
ion of the court since Tuesday of
ast week, ended with a verdict of
'uilty.
The prisoner's counsel may take
he case to the Supreme Court. James
ud his accomplice were convicted
everal months ago, but, on appeal to
Supreme Court, that tribunal
.rau. them a new trial on the
round that Ithe judge in the lower
ourt had transcended his province
)y charging on thefacts.
The correspondent of the Charles
on World gives the following history
f the case:
The murder of Joseph James, Sr.,
ecurred on the evening of May 8,
888, at which time,'4directly after he
rose from the supper table and was
assing out of the dining room door,
.e was fired upon by a party or par
es in the yard. About forty slugs
nd buckshot passed through his
ide, killing bin almost instantly.
ld man James owned considerable
aal estate, and the theory of the
rosecution was that Joseph W.
ames, Jr., had him murdered in or
er to come into possession of his
roperty. Over $3,000 in cash was
)und upon his person when he was
urdered.
Lewis Williams, one of the parties
2arged with the crime, was tried
ad found guilty. Bob Arthur, an
Iher party accused of being con
cted with the conspiracy, has fled
> parts unknown, and has so far
.uded the vigilance of the officers.
uring the trial William Scott. one
the defendants, swore that Joseph
imes agreed to pay to himself, Bob
rthur and Lewis Williams $600 to
11 his father, Joseph W. James, Sr.,
id that on the strength of that
reement he loaded his gun, by the
rection of young James, withaheavy
iarge of slugs and buckshot, and
Lat on the evening of May 8, 1888,
, together with Bob Arthur and
ewis Williams, proceeded to the
)use of Mr. Harmon Howell, at
hich house s-he old man James and
s son boarded, and Lewis Williams
ok the gun loaded for the occasion,
id leaned it on the baluster railing
the piazza, and shot oldman James
he was passing through the dining
om door.
A CRAVE OFFENSE.
a English Uundertaker Undertakes Too
Much on Hi. Own Responsibility.
Peculiar notions of propriety are
tertained by some English under
kers, and the very officious conduct
the undertaker Mills of London,
o buried Minister Lincoln's son,
s caused Mr. Lincoln much annoy
ice and created much comment in
e k.unerican colony in London
It is an old custom in England
hen the family is bereaved to send
it memorial cards with mourning to
timate friends. But Mr. Lincoln is
)t an Englishman, and did not ob
rve this custom. So Undertaker
ills decided to do it for him.
hile at Mr. Lincoln's house attend
g to the details of the funeral, he
anaged to get access to the visiting
ds of callers and letters of those
ho had sent messages of sympathy
iing is sons illness. These in
uded nearly all the Americans in
ondon. These Americans were as
nished to receive a brilliant blue
od, with gilt edge, announcing the
ath of Abraham Lincoln. It
so contains a conspicuous adver
sement of Mills,the undartaker,and
s shop.
In some of the envelopes were
inted copies of the hymns sung at
e funeral service, which was strictly
private affiir. Being sent with the
trs, it seemed as if all had been
int by Minister Lincoln, or with his
aowledge. This was followed by an
iually wide distribution of proof
eet extracts from an Undertak
s' weekly journal, notifying the
mericans in London that Mills, by
~ason of his services as undertaker
>James Russell Lowell when his
ife died, and to Mr.Lincoln, was the
roper man to employ when overtak
1 by what Mills calls "their last and
itterest enemy."
To Abolish the Tobacco Tax.
The Republican members of the
ays and means committee have
bout settled on their scheme of tariff
:duction. The internal revenue
atures of the bill are as follows:
'he entire abolition of all special
nes upon dealers of all kui'ds, com
ionly known as licenses; the tax
pon snuff will be repealed; farmers
ad planters growing tobacco will
ave the liberty to sell to whomso-.
ver they please without restraint, in
ae same manner as any farmer can
ispose of any other product of his
md. The tax upon manufactured
bacco will be reduced from eight
ents to four cents per pound; cigars,
heroots and cigarettes will carry the
ame tax imposed under the present
tw. Alcohol used in the arts is free
nder substantially the same restric
ons as are prescribed in the Senate
ill. The reductions in revenue from
bese sources will be in round num
ers between $17,000,000 and $19.
00,000. There are various changes
a existing duties, but they are un
aiportant.
An Unlucky Seat.
General Reagan is the "hoodoo" of
he Senate. The average Senator
ould as soon sit at a table with thir
*een as to allow Reagan to occupy
is seat, even for a few days. The
>ccupant of every seat he has ever
squatted" in has been defeated, as
vas the case last year of Senator
alisbury, Senator Eustis and others
.hose seats he laid claims to
luring their absence. When Sena
or Ransom, of North Carolina, went
aome last summer to enter the fight
or re-electiou he so much feared the
ffect of the Texan occupying his seat
that he had his chair removed from
the Senate chamber before leaving
md gave strict instructions to the
Dficers not to replace it until he re
turned. Senator Ransom attributes
bis re-election to the fact that Rea-.
gan was kept out of his seat during
hia nhaoene.
BABYGAVE THEM AWAI1.
SECRET OF TWO YOUNC PEOPLE"-RE
. VEALED AFTER SIX.YEARS.
How James Insley and Annie Welder
Were Married Despite Cruel Parents
and Kept Their Secret for Six I nxr
Years.
PHILIPSBURG, N. J., *March 20.
There is a cute baby, full of plump
curves and pink dimples, up on the
Weider farm. It cannot even utter
the word "mamma- yet, for it is only
a few days old, but it has neverthe
less divulged a secret concerning
which the two persons vitally inter
ested have been silent for six years.
And one of these persons is a woman,
too.
The little newcomer blinks at the
sunshine and coos in the most happy
and unconcerned fashion, little know
ing that its advent on the farm has
caused such a sensation as to make
the great tongue of Warren county
wag in a most unprecedented fash
ion.
THE BAYS LACK OF FORESIGHT.
Had the youngster foreseen this
commotion, with a generous filial in
stinct it might have postponed its
visit for six years more. But nature
is inexorable in some things, and the
young one, from appearances, is here
to stay, and James Insley and pretty
Annie Weider, two of the most eligible
young people of the county, are eligi
ble no more. They are married, hav
ing kept to themselves the secret of
their union for six long years. - -.
Farmer George Insley resided
near Still Valley for many years. His
lands were broad and well kept and
the name of Insley is synonymous
with thrift and integrity. The family
is well-to-do, and accounted rich as
people go in this section. Ten years
ago David Weider settled on a large
farm adjoining the Insleys and pros
pered and grew in the esteem of his
neighbors.
THE LOVERS AND THEIR TRIALS.
Both families had grown sons and
daughters, healthy and handsome
young people, who were the life of all
countryside gatherings, and it is not
unnatural that of this material should
spring a love affair. Surely no one
could blame James Insley for losing
is heart to Annie Weider. She was
the youngest of Farmer David Wei
der's children, vivacious and pretty,
besides possessing all of those quali
ties which promise a gentle mother
nd a model country housewife.
I)xom Annie was 17 then and James
was a paragon of punctuality in paw
ing his court. There were two years
of rosy love-making, when suddenly
Ensley's parents became bitterly op
posed to the match. No reason was
given for the objection, but it is said
the old folks told James that Annie
Weider should never enter their house
as his wife.
GFTTING ROUND THE OLD FOLKS.
James was dumfounded, but easily
saw a way out of the difficulty with
out disobeying the letter of his
parents' injunction. The Weiders,
hearing of the objection, then said
that Annie should not marry any one,
as the loss of such a treasure would
leave desolate one of the best homes
in Warren county. The young peo
ple, however, continued on the best
of terms, while they apparently gave
up the intention of marrying, and the
old folks looked sternly at each other
as they passed by. So six years
passed away, during which time Far
mer Insley was laid to rest in the
country cemetery. While Mrs. Insley
was the nominal head of the house,
all the responsibilities devolved upon
James. The old man had died with
out withdrawing his objection to An
nie Weider. James and Annie were
apparently no more jthan very dear
friends, dutiful to their parents, and
patiently awaiting a reversal of the
decree which kept them apart.
THE sHOCK COMES.
The shock came a few days ago.
There was a baby up at Weider's and
Annie was the mother. .Such a sen
sation! Then the young people made
e clean breast of the whole matter.
Six years ago they quietly went to
Preacher Miller of Easton and were
married. They lived six secretly hap
py years, with no one to share their
secret but the old minister, and were
contented to live six more in the same
fashion awa ting parental approval.
But the baby! James produced the
certificate and the minister corrobora
ted the story. Young Insley had no
desire to take his wife home while his
parents lived, and was too good a
son to desert his mother in her gray
old age. Hundreds of friends have
visited the farm house to see the lit
tie one who divulged a great secret,
and though the young people still
live at their respective homes, the
time is very near when there will be
a great big reunion up at the Insley
and Weider farms.
A Boy Kills His Mother.
News has just reached Asheville of
a horrible accident near Hot Springs,
Madison County. A twelve-year-old
son of S. D. Chambers, a highly re
spectable farmer, accidentally shot
and instantly killed his mother. The
father had been to Hot Springs,
bringing home with him a valise with
somec articles for the family in it. He
put the valise down in the house and
stepped out, when the lad looked into
it to see what his father had brought
him. He found a pistol, and said to
his mother: "See what pa brought
home." The pistol was discharged,
the ball striking his mother in the
breast. Her only words were: "Oh,
Lord! You have killed me."
Mr. Hans's Change of Base.
Solomon Haas, >vho has been Traf
fic Manager of the Associated Rail
ways, consisting of the Richmond
and Danville, the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Seaboard and Roanoke, ever
since the association was formed
years ago, has resigned from the
Coast Line and the Seaboard and
Roanoke in order to give his entireser
vices to the Richmond and Danville
lines, including the Georgia Pacific.
P. D. Carpenter, who has been Mr.
Haas's chief clerk for for years, has
been appointed the head of the traffic
office of the association, with the
titl of Commissioner.
CUL. HUT I WVI I flIfLJrEVVQ*
A Strong Greenville Man Out of the Race
for Governor.
GREENvILLE, S. C., March 12, 1890.
To the Editor of the Florence Times:
As you were kind enough to sug
gest my name for the office of Gov
ernor. I deem it due to you that my
position be made known at this early
date, in advance of any action on the
part of others with reference to plac
ing candidates in the field for this
high office. As I have already inti
mated to you in a private communi
cation, I am not an aspirant for polit
ical honors of any kind, 'and am
entirely content with occupying the
station of a private citizen, trying to
discharge the duties of citizenship
with proper regard for the interests
of others and always entertaining [a
profound concern in measures affec
ing the welfare and prosperitylof
South Carolina. But I have no desire
for official station, and much less
inclination to enter upon an active
campaign in order to secure it. The
demands of a large business interest
are sufficient to occupy my entire
time, and it would be turning aside
from a well defined purpose in life
and from congenial employment to
seek engagement in an uncertain
occupation at best, while so far as I
can see there is no sufficient reason
for so doing. I hold it to be true
that the State has a right to the ser
vices of its citizens, and some of them
must necessarily fill public offices,
but so far I have escaped the duty
and privilege of rendering services in
an official capacity, where I was
dependent upon its emoluments for a
living. I will be glad to continue
exempt :from this line of duty, and
ave no doubt my fellow-citizens will
gratify such a reasonable desire,
allowing me to remain in the ranks of
hose who will stri.ve earnestly for the
promotion of good government with
Dut wearing the badge of office. I
onor most highly those who render
much service with fidelity and patri
>tism, and with an eye single to the
bests interests of our commonwealth,
but it is not my wish to join the hon
>rable fraternity of office-holders, and
[ certainly cannot be induced to
3mroll myself among the office-seekers.
I am not insensible, however, to the
ionor conferred by yourself and
>thers in suggesting me for the office
f Governor, and beg to express my
ieartfelt thanks for the unmerited
ompliment, especially from so many
f my fellow-journalists, whose good
.vill and esteem I am proud to claim
dfter nearly one-third of a century
as been spent in editorial labors.
he newspepers of the State, allow
ne to add, have much to do with
oulding and guarding public senti
ment, and as a general rule the press
>f South Carolina has always re
ained steadfast in principle and
:urageous in times of peril. It is a
aigh priviege to be associated with
much true repreg.-ntatives of the pro
!ession. Be assured that I will co
perate most heartily- in;p whatever
will tend to develop and prosper eor
beloved State, and it is my unaltera
ble conviction that tho unity and
upremacy of the Democratic party
means the promotion of these desira
ble ends. We can differ among our
selves as to men and measures, and
we can contend most earnestly for
what we conceive to be right, but no
true Democrat will jeopardize the
harmony and solidity of the party
simply to gain a temporary advantage
over his fellows. I have the utmost
confidence in the patriotism and comn
mon sense of the people, and have no
fear that they will be led into politi
cal error and doubtful expedients
when an opportunity is given them
for reflection. With sincere regard,
I am, Very truly yours,
Jst~s A. Horr.
Another Fish Story.
Nearly a year ago Fisherman W.
T. Van Dyke, while pursuing his oc
cupation off shore, inivitingly threw
out a fishing line with two well-bated
hooks. Presently there was a jerk
the bait had "took." Van Dyke was
hauling in hand over hand, when
suddenly the tension ceased and the
line was gracefully and adroitly
whisked into the boat minus both
hooks. Last fall Mr. Van Dyke, in
emptying one of his ponds of its over
night catch, discovered among his
captives a 'pig' fish and a sea bass
united by a bit of fish cord, which he
readily identified as his own. A hook
had penetrated the jaw of each fish,
and, becoming imbedded there, the
flesh had grown around their barbs,
and thus securely fastened them in
position. Thus, held together for
nearly a twelvemonth, they had cours
ed the briny in double team, held by
a single twine, till death cut their
thread of life in twain. The skeletons
of this curious pair of accidental
Siamese twins, together with the
hooks and line, which constituted
their sole domestic tie, now adorn
the walls of the fish house of Mr. Van
Dyke, on Ocean avenue, opposite
North Bath avenue.--Long Branch
News.
Highwaymen on the Mountail.
There was a daring highway rob
bery Saturday night on Lookout
Mountain, Tenn. John Cummings,
one of the wealthiest citizens of Ham
ilton county, was driving across the
mountains to his home, at Wauhat
chie, when two highwaymen jumped
from ambush. One seized the bridle
of the horse and stopped his vehicle.
They then took him out and threw
him violently to the ground, stun
ning him for a few moments. While
he lay in an unconscious condition,
the highwaymen robbed the vehicle
of a week's supply of provisions,
broke the conveyance into kindling
wood, and left before he could recog
nize 'them. They also secured a
small amount of money from his
pockets. Great excitement prevails
on the mountain over the affair.
-John Bracksville, colored, who
was convicted of murder in Rich
mond county, N. C., four years ago
and sentenced to be hung but escap
ed from jail before the time for his
execution arrived, was captured at
Rowland, in Robeson county Mon
day by Deputy Sheriff Wishart, of
that county, and returned to his old
quarters in Richmond county jail.
He resisted arrest and it required
A STATEMENT THAT THE ORICINA
PROCRAMME HAS BEEN CHANCED.
No Full Ticket to be Nominated-Captai
MTillman Declared to be Out of the Itac
for Governor.
Greenvifle News, 20th.
In view of .the present state of ai
fairs in State politics, the presence 2
the city yesterday of Capt. G. Was]
Shell, of Laurens, chairman of th<
State Farmers'Associationand signe:
of the now famous "Manifesto" ani
call for theMarch conventioncould no
fail to attract some attention and se
speculation to work in local politica
circles. Captain Shell came up in th<
morning and returned on the after
noon train. While in the city, he wat
in conference, at the office of th<
State Alliance Exchange, with Mana
ger Donaldson, of the Exchange
Chairman Leonard Williams, of the
County Farmers' Association, anc
members of the delegation to the
March Convention. That during
Captain Shells visit there was a tall
in regard to the March conventior
was ascertained from conversatiom
with gentlemen who met him, bui
further than that the gentlemen had
nothing to say.
Referring to a statement which has
been repeatedly made in regard tc
the original call for the March con
vention stated in the presence oi
several gentlemen that Ben Tillman
positively had nothing to do with the
preparation of that call and that he
knew fnothing beforehand of what it
3ontained. Captain Shell also ex
pressed the opinion that a majority
>f the uninstructed delegates to the
MIarch convention will vote for nomi
aations.
Apropos of .the coming farmers
onvention, a reporter for the Daily
News learned yesterday that a letter
tas been received from Capt. Ben
rillman by a gentleman in the city
?ho had written to him regarding his
:andidacy for the Governorship, in
vhich Captain Tillman earnestly
rged his correspondent not to allow
iis name to be presented to the con
-ention as a candidate for Governor
md declaring that he was not a can
lidate. Captain Tillman went on to
;tate that he was conscious that there
vere other men in the State whose
sonservatism itself made them much
etter qualified for the place than
imself. He declared that the action
>f the Edgefield convention in nomi
iating him had been directly against
is wishes and that the mention of
iis name by the Laurens mass meet
ng had been brought about by Cap
;ain Shell entirely without his knowl
adge.
There have been numerous predic
tions as tewhathot ai q_.conven
ion will do. There is one pnif
iction which has been talked of in a
Iuiet way among the men mostpromi
ent in the March convention move
ment and which has been received
.ith the greatest favor by those who
ave considered it, jso much that it is
aot altogether guess work to say that
the convention will in all probability,
%dopt it. There are the best of rea
sons for believing that the plan has
received the sanction of the active
workers in the convention movemeni
in different sections of the State.
[nformation of the scheme, of whicli
nothing has been said publicly here
tofore, comes indirectly but from a
source which stamps it with authori
ty. According to this programme, the
the convention called in Columbia or
the 27th inst. will meet, and, first ol
all, adopt a strong and outspoker
platform. It will then nominote can
didates for Governor and Lieutenani
Governor. No other nominations
will be made, the rest of the tickei
being left blank A committee wil
then be appointed to plana campaign
arranging for mass meetings in al
parts of the Stat at which the con
vention's choice for Governor anc
Lieutenant Governor and candidate
for other State offices who may 'pre
sent themselves will speak. Thi:
campaign will be in advance of thi
August convention, of course, anc
will be with a view to securing th<
endorsement ofthe nominees of th<
March convention by the August con
vention.
Is is argued in behalf of this plar
that it would overcome the stronges
objection urged against the nomina
tion of a complete ticket by thn
March meeting in that instead of ar
raying in opposition the strength o
the numerous candidates for position
on the State ticket, it would bring t<
the support of the Farmers' Move
ment platform and nominees the ful
strength of all the candidates for th<
places left blank on the ticket.
After the departure of Captaii
Shell from the city yesterday, one o:
the Greenville delegation to th<
March convention said: -You emu
rest assured that Ben TiYanan wil
not be the nominee of the MX arch cou
vention, if anybody is nomizated."
Vagaries of iTennessec Just ice.
Three weeks ago, in the~ crinina
court of Shelby county. a negro wa
sentenced to serve three years in th
penitentiary for stealing tleee loave
of bread. It was the law. Tw<
weeks ago a white man in the crim
nal court of Shelby county was seu
tenced to serve five years in the puen
itentiary for stealing ten billiard bal
when under the influence of liquo> I
was the law. Yesterday, in the crim
nal court of Shelby county. Charle:
L. Pullen, ex-secretary of the taxin:
district, indicted for emibezzlement
larceny and fraudulent breach of trust
was found not guilty of embezzle
ment, and larceny, but guilty of fraud
ulent breach of trust-the amoun
involved being $1,200 of the people'
money-and the jury commuted hi
sentence to fifteen days in the wor]
house on each of two cases. M~r. Pu]
len walking out of the court root
free, because the offense was barre<
by the statute of limitatious. Here w
have had a shortage of over 810.00
confessed and proved. Is that short
age the consequence of a breach c
trust so trivial that tifteen days i
the work house is an adequate per
alty? In view of such a conelusiot
the fuuds of the people are no lor
ger safe. Plunderers are linvited t
take what they will, incurring no ris
other than a fortnight's sojourn i
the work house. That is the logic c
he vermit-Mmnhai Anneal.
How .s Marie Vales Stopped the Pro.
L gresx of a Thief.
Swr.ssono, Ga., March 20.-The
Pine Forest publishes the following:
One day last week Miss Marie
Vales went to see Mrs. Walls, a
neighbor living near by. While there
she and Mrs. Walls saw a negro go
- ing up the railroad toward Thomp
son's mill, which is not very far off,
but thought nothing-of it, as it is a
common thing to see negroes going
to and from thiinll' but shortly after
the negro passed the house he sud
i denly disappeared and the ladies
could not account for his sudden dis
appearance, for the road to the mi31
was plain, and they knew he could
not have gotten fhere in such a short
time. Thdar cumosdr became excited
and caused them to look around to
see if they could not find out what
had become of him.
They did not look long before they -
discovered the negro down on the
ground rolling, log-like, toward the
house as fast as he could. He was
trying to get to the house and not let
anybody know it, and there is no
doubt but that the negro knew that
Mr Walls was off at work and thought
he could take advantage of his ab
sence ad connit some depredations.
Mrs. Walls and Miss Vales ran and
got Mr. McIntosh, who was at work
only a few hundred yards away, but
when he got there the negro had dis
appeared. As Mr. McIntosh could
see nothing of tle negro, he returned
to his wvorl:. Miss Vales in the mean
time had gotten her father's rifle, and
after Mr. McInitosh left she and Mrs.
Walls went back into the house, think
ing thaL the negro had gone.
Presently one of the ladies saw
someth1ing14moving mysteriously on
the ground. and on closer observation .7"
they found it to be the same negro
trying to rol himself up to the house
without being seen. Miss Marie
seized her fitheis Winchester, -drew
a bead. and oulled down on him. She
did not hit InM, but at the report of'
the gun the black rascal did not take
time to roll away, but, like a deer of
the forest, he bounded. away at
su1ch rapid speed that it only took
him a m inute or two to hide himself
in the distard. forest. The ladies say
they ncver saw a negro run as fast as
he did.
Hold.Qn.
Possibly, the best policy inaugura
ted by the Alliance the first year
was taught in economy of living and
howe-made supplies. Apprehension
has alrady been expressed that far
mers will, in a measure, abandon this
policy during the coming year. It is
said farmerF have lost large quanti
ties of iieat made on the-farm, after
the hogs had consumed an unusual
amount of the unusual supply of
corn, and. that many-who0
,i hand a full iupply, are now, after
heavy expense, just where they have
all the time been-without the sup
plies and without the money to
buy.
Again. it is said that the unusual
purchasse of mules, on cotton obliga
tions for the fall, will compel the
growing of cotton to the exclusion
of food crops to meet these obliga
tions.
I cannot believe that farmers will,
thus early, abandon a policy that
their judgment and experience de
clare to be the best to pursue. -It
must be remembered that this has
been an unusual winter, and the
causes for failure, in the loss of meat
and waste of corn,' may not occur
again in a decade. As to the obliga
tions for stock, farmers have found it
is unwise to incur one debt to pay
another. They will not pursue the
plan of buying bread and meat to
help them to buy mules. The wisdom
of this policy has long since been ex-r -
plodedi.
The true theory, economy and
homemade supplies, will make the.
basis of .'ur b)est success; to this we -
must aiihere. No promise of reward
in the p:ossible speculative prices~ for'
cotton, based upon a small crop,: toY
come from a reduced area,.should
tempi any farmer with its unucertain
ties. Tear~ after year we have built >
upon these hopes to our hurt, and
now~ that the solution is begun, we
must hold oni un.i it is complete.
It is true, the meat supply, after
grown, was eut off by disaster and
the coin destroyed after it was hous
ed, but such misfortunes come to all
crops end to all business. They are
-to be charged to the account of profit
and loss, and well guarded against in
Sthe future.
Stick to the pclicy so successfuy
-inaugursted: given an honest, fair
trial to the remedy universally insis- -
ted upon andi already adopted, and
we wifl have far more hope of success
than in the hrta policy that has
unfornaly crippled our efforts.-W.
J. Northen in Southern Cultivator.
The iiJliance Growing.
The or:aniz:s of the Nationa
Fimers' an~d Laborers' Union have
been commissioned and sent into the
1Stat"s of Michiuan, Montaa. Wyo
-ming, California. Iowa, Illnois, Indi
:tun and Ohio. Ben Terrell. the no
ted lecturer. is now on a tour of the
SStae sof Ims Arkansas, Indliana,
Wisconsin, Dakota, Nebraska, Colo
radIo, Kansas. ILndian Territory and
~ Mi.nomi! which will employ his time
up to the iddle~h of August. The
president of the order, Colonel Polk,
goes Sori th to meet important emer
gencic an Georgia, Arkansas and Mis
souri. He says that the cause is
stronger and1 the order growing more I
rapidly than ever before in its
history.
A Negro Pensioncr.
The're is a negro in Georgia draw
ing a pension of twenty-five dollars a
Smonth from the government. His
-name is Henry Saffold, and he lives in
Penfield. Greene county. Saffold, it
seems. ran away from his home in
Greene county and went into the
3army as an attendant upon a Union
soldier. H-e contxzacted a disease in
fthe army which has incapacitated him
Sfor work since. and the other day,
after working on the matter for two
years, Mr. Carlton succeeded in get
ting his name on the pension roll.
~He draws $25 a month.
a -Wednesday. March 26, is Caro
f lina day at the Florida Sub-Tropica.l