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VL MANNING . C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 190.O TMELY TOPICS. 'h Louj~isia5a Lottery Colp Y esas l'usin.-s. 'The concern now t r ( the State one million dollars aiu uaily for tla- pi ivitge of maintii g ol. Danliei S. IemoflOnt i- sd to be -f'ting ric at ., rapid rate. Me 1i -4 iterested in several large financial en Ten vears ag' he wa. a Posmiaster Ge-:oral Wanamaker has adop)tcd aud oticialiy announced as the rule of his department President Cleveland's orderto office-holders to keep out. of politics. But we want to' hear about the office holders. The two weal-hiest women in Phil aidelp't., both widows. are said to be Mrs. Thtmas H. Powers and Mrs. Th owma, A. Scott. They are wrth be . wee n, $6.L000,000 and $8,000,000 each. Mr. I'Powers made his reoney cu u - uiue, while Col. Scott amassed wealth by big railroad operations. Columbiais looking after the mat ter of utilizing her canal, :now almost ished. It, wili 1require, it seems, about $,O00 in addition to the $200. 000 deciv',d from the sale of ion-ad", to complete the work. Col. Pearce bes submitted a scheme by which he hopes to iuduce; English cpitalists to put 'from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 in the work. The'.'trustees have not yet taken final action. It. is announced from Washingtou that Mr. Rowell, chairman of the coremittee on elections, who was in sructed by the House caucus to pre rare a bill providing for an extension of the functions of the national supervi srs of elections, introduced the meas ure in the House. Itis patterned up oa the bill prepared by the Senate ommittee on privileges and election reported by Senator Hoar, but carries the pricciple of petition for judicial interference further, in that it peromits fifty or more voters in a county or par sh, irtztead of requiring one hundred voters, to secure the bcnefits of the :upervisry system. It provides pun ishment for any person who shal hange the position of boxeis intended fr Cogreb.icuil baliots w.th the in ention to deceive. The chief supervi or ia each electiozu district is required to keep a poll list and a list of rtjected votes, showing the reason for their re jectioD. He is also required to sep arately receive thee rejected ballots, place the name of the voter upon the back and inclose them in separate en elope. The supervisors are also re quired to inspect all ballots as they are being canvassed and counted by the local election etlikers, and to make separate returns of the result of the vto, being governed by the laws of the State ini counts, except as other wise provided in the Act. 'They are aso to inspect the returns for Re;>re. nentatives and Delegates in Congress of local ispectors of elections and note whethetor not they disagree with their own returns. In case polls are not opened within one hour from the time fixed by theStatelaw, itis made the duty of the supervisor to open hem to ballots for Representatives and Delegates in Congress only, and to co'.duct the election and make returns according to the State law.In each judi cial district a canvassing board is to be reat ed, composed of the chief super isor, the United States District Attor ney and the United States Marshal. Ttis oard is to correct imperfect re turns, tabulate the returns for Repre' sentatives. and Delegates, and to fur nish a copy to the Adorney General and the clerk of the House ,of Repre setatives. This latter officer is to ex amine th returns, and where the re turn conflicts with the return of the lcal canv.asing board to the extent of returning a different person to Con res, then neitherjot the persons so ertified as elected is to be placed upon the roll of members until the House shall decide~which has been duly eleo This measure would seem to embody well the Repulican idea of the meth ods to be employed in restoring Re publican ascendency in the South. That idea, simply stated, is that the Federl authority is pow erful enough to effect conditions that may not be induced through the agencies usually employed in civilized communities in a normal state. The measure comes of the sentiment which, for many ears after the war, justified the em pyet of Federal bayonets to hell te Radical spoiisnren. The people of tie Uited States after awhile sick eend of military interference. The sldier were sent to their barracks ad ha-,e stayed therec. Now it is pro osed, under.thev guiss of the civil au thrity personated by Unigd State: marshals and supiervisors, to u. r pwer of the Federal coat ts to frigb: en the good people of the South in! r- ilesort of surrender of their hom< gvern nsent, or their representt-or in Congress, to the fellows from who; tey wrested them t. is not likely that the scheat wu work, even if it couid be p;u t~rough' j,oih houses of Congress- Au< S- there niow seems some doubt 'Ts re are evid.ences of a little conse: in in xme of the members eioug, probiably, to cause themt hlt at eztraordieary interferenlce with local affirs and unite with Den: - at ven in preventing their enac 3 T REA i D N : . ; 3A ERNACL-.. PULP!T. -he .:er. 1r. . tT 0:ih . .- l.on of Our L-m rm e l. tnutzA or v . gAter r eadin pp :d coaq s is wiih :he 'e.t-r~i Li. rho has idk O I s: . % b lif av oyn wvatmy s:u the 12L7pa iun;IC o quhrst into.::e from ctris vir, ahe p thl1i wild itmlp 7t w I ta".-id of t e -olh'so "I1ISe. I' lifL t'ho fom their h inge, a, much ygates: o efed it si e lithi uponqueer oasto saoo.: Ofo the n ho m-ry shall " h 07 in. t"- I. i. 1l ge wih thel! gahts." Dhavi wh wlas the p s e po-eto . foreteli-n his ownd wityy the trofphal of Chise int heraveI. aftr His victory over iuct d *the and hll. Iras as if the uti i habI deschid said: --Here- HeI comevs: Make wa fOr hoio: Pui:l, baick the bolts o i amnr:eTaly, olof he the doors of nagld encp themd thir hit gesonr of old Lihour ndeads. ye atdes: and e y lifted up, ye ever lasting tloors-: and the King- of Gl4ory sliall com aue I ol.d Amdong the mount ti s of Pdestine n oue is pre p liftin.g han souitd Olivet. It was the perofationof our Lord"'s miistry. On the roof of a house, in1 Jerusalem, I asked,-Wic is OIivert? and the ir-t ilne o orans fixed mue. But how shiall I describe my emotions, when,) nlear thie closec of a journey, in which we had for two nights encamped amired the shiattered Imasonry of old Jericho.and tasted o"' the aerid Nate of th Dead ,ea. tha Crystal sareophagus of the plai. and waded down into th1e.1'C' dp and swift Jordan to baptize. a man,. and)( visitedt the ruins of the hous of MIary andi M1artha and Lazarus,,.. weic foundI our selves In stirrups. anUd on a horse,. lathered with t longi h nd t iicut way, ascending Moun Olivet. Oh. tha Solemn and su-;-sive idt I is a lime--stLone It'l, a mile in- leng-th and three Fuide fe -h. and twny-sen n o mn' e"' e "cov tiie level of it. se Over il ing David ield witha o s hert Over 1i Poiup -y led 1:-,isdattnght. Heie t' ao L b-I thei andter)e ibsieemeti. The garden of Getheman weeps at the f0let oft. Aon0 1 thb .f tos Jerusiii and hrn m orchs to Bethany. whocre t' ares Jesus He had taugnht His hilli Half way uill. hn lou!t H,,- utLere His lam ent oit s hgts Jerusook Up~h hod dwar the ad esu hadis wled wieahly frsom heen to nothugsmeman forohm tousdle Atoc tBethny There.'u at and again He hd t aughpt his..disc eis Half wari up. T thirtt He utere i lrntarti, -aO Jerude. herua ler:ndFrom tti1ts heighttstu good byeieht heward whe n to lmd inisr grou ois eahly mishin. Theyi had een toseer in make pecee of teen the rerenteared and thet otrhod oeaef aun. Tehey hferd expecetdhined to a ontiuterdy and coroatio pun His weotio tak.: upon eithlyi thiytrnee wv yeiscof voutry g ile had( rmenadd.iThe grade, taenyerao iheta anyd byesvr Ie~~dwt now tese atter On Mountpe Olivet ess stnivn aL group adviceilHe .hashoermen. heys had beeyn Hoehmany ens lof nes atnodoperscun alrlncha beeneitheio. eni deaeby tht btroeshood os supeng.oThe hd of ooalltion whenlHe woul sated th isthltoe la hcsne wave worsc were mgerad~ oltem t omether toer tha arth Phr, eparily thnrany romear. Bun it: the lawnticha keps chelplpse.thst whasin H s wht din aontHe hoe his lodt synthey. is aspedd sorke His ors oe ap to ldo-hen od onoJeusnces tytheneicasioor when de the stronedst ad rosaposlaxew~m~po Him but onhe. words tha shated Iine te sink wHimh sirce the woplds wee craked, told them otogethe no gise wwich toldsm every~.th to Ith arhold teporil ured butp ith lants ngring1 arn whring aron the etron It God--r bold tet theobdy sun b esu go. iThti ht a ahl of HbtL "e"7im thir-1 ltv-ree er befre when0 "He' e iceded.''It ha relaxe i s gr(i o Him but one. andth t hen itde bike. Tha la- o graitaio must la.1: I ma hohl th p''e1--tas in Ltara of theRe mtin. I a Hold fthe noot day sunbu detaio IHio ta p the SunofRigteu es. Thei hichso tha laed bout to ope to Higheo than toht iet-ireus temg ihad worst motrd. ihe sum jiiin si.ht of the Betl:ehem iire i was baptized, and the Gol -O t.-, wiu-rhe was slain. Higher unt'ci u siairs .f ileev clouds He teps hr.1 uitil into a sky bluel tan h l that could not s-hnk Him H -. : ,t intO a sa of V r1 I v. bi lion 11.,ors hid . Th iher w h, wondering1~ if th la 1 :c' c n- will~~ no r*.,.crt itslf, and II. shal i a ew inues omle back i:'ni.d they shall see Him de s .-ndin ..* is :0eare- fEet comil Xie i, siaht, Lh. bthe cathe 1ith then~L t~7io .I bRl . othey may Yt e.s paI. b ho, r likt tbo.v -who one Christmuas c~gh sco wtv,1 im111 down, but ill heaven turns out o gr-ee.. HiI' home, and the temuples lave espeiatl zithlcil, ild the pala cc-; esipeocial hangiuet. and the streets e. 'p critid throngs; and all along the to the foot o! the throne, for Vlear* vIted blit again to be taken, there are arches lifted. alld banners .Taved, and trulets sounded,- and xl&O-Xsl0gc C1aLutC, anld coronets east down. "Tim-:!n-1, i throng'di i cileariw . oi &nd bo-e im. to U:" !w-cne. Then swept thviicr goltlen harpcs and siue: ue g!->rlou<c worK k ti.>iie." it ws + lie greatest day in heaven! i hgoes up the steps of the throne ha trty-three years before He ab EL-aitd for our advantalge, there rises rom I the hosts of heaven a shout iuly cherubie. seraphie. archan elr , --Halleljali: Amen: *b prdn or j!ivcs, thou tieur honore-. sput, Ti;e n ane o thy ulory shall ne'er be forgo'." No wonder fUr at least fourteen mundred years the churches have, orty days after Easter, kept Ascen ion lay: for the lessons are most in piring nnd glorioas. It takes much x t,1 u:;certainty out of the idea of eaven. when fromt Olivet we se- hu nai nature ascending. The same body that rose from Joseph's tomb sended from Mouu Ohvet. Our inan nature is in heaven to-day. lust as they had seen Christ for forty lays. He aseended. head. face, shod lers. hands, fiet, and the eutire hu nlau organism. Humanitv ascended: 11h, how closely that keeps Christ int 4ympathy with those who are still in hestruggle: Ascended scau. face ars, a;ndscars. feet sears. shoulder sears. That will keep Him in ac'.d ith all the sufrle&:ing, with all the y with all the imposed-upon. No aore is HL I spirit now than a body. uo more of heaven than earth. Thouio ji the clestial inhabitants who never ws our world, now walkJ around iira and learnfrom His physical con Lou o imtig of what our race wil ie hen. inl the resurrection, heaven vill h"ave Lnl"counted bodieS as well as meIOIUMZIai Splatu.. On A1scenlsion la He litd Himsef through the at laoSphite 0 Pailestineuntil, amid the hmesitiea, lH disappeared. He' as the only being the world ever ,aw who could lift Himself. Surely, if He could lift Hiuself, He can do he lesser deed. of lifting us. )..toar Cc..dmn b-:t cumzns anotherskr. N .suc se. here except to) r...e t i:ih." Christ leads us all the way; through he bright hour. for he was born in tkthehem; through boyhood. for He assed it in Nazareth: through inijus ics. for Hie entdulred the outrages of ~ilate's courft roomt: through death, for He suffered it on C2alvary;through he enulehre, for He lay three daysI withinits darkened wa-ils: through esurrection, for the solid miasonryI ave way onl tile firt Eaister morning; hrough ascension, for Mount Olivet wath'ecd Him as He climbed the kies; throughi the shining gates, for He entered them amid magnihleent elaimf. And her e is a gr-atifying consideration that you never thought f: We will seei our Lord just as lie ooked on earth. As He rose from tie tomb 1-e ascended from Mount Olivet. We shall see Him as he look ed on the road to Emmaus, as HeI appeared in the upper room in Jeru salem, as He was that day of valedic tory on the ridge from which He sw umtg into the skies. How much we will watnt to see Him: I was reading of a man born blind. He was married to one who took care of him all those years of darkness. A surgeon said to him, "I can remiove that blitcdness,":oud so he did. His sight given him, a rose was handed to th. manl who never before had seen a rose and he was in adhuiration of it. and his family whom he had never seen1 before nowv appeared to him, and he was in tears of rapture, watn he suddenly cried out: "I ought first to have asked to see the one who cureud me:; show me the doctor." When from our eyes the seales of earth shall falL and we have our .tirst visiou of heaven, our first cry ought not to be, --Whro are my loved ones? Our frst cry ought to be, "Where is Christ, who made all this possible! Show me the doctor!" Glory be to God for ascended humanityv Coul we> realize it. and that it is all in sympathy for us. we would betve as cool a courageC in tile conie2t of this life as haid Charles time Twclith when he waIs (dictatig dispatches to his secre(~(tary, and a bombsheill fell into the n.omt and the secretary dropped hispenandattemtpte~d .tiight. Charles with the' letter I amn dictating!" If the .sc.Jde Christ be on our side. noth ing. shoul'd I d-tur b us. i. nuit Olive. . People. talk as though cIold01 ironll.unyatie, nat iual law c oted .j, evrting. The relen o wh maeit has a ightQ to break t an asd n g i il break it.A lwis oidy(1 God'wa of *on iig and if iH. chooses' to do) themt sotn' (other wayc. He. has a right to do so.0 har is not stroncg enough to shtarkh~ the Almighty. .Chtrist brokeh botai cal law when,. on Mionlday mnornling in March. on the way fromt Bethan3 tundafullleaved fig tree into cal w ww withuilt aiynlattral ill m T H su *W111 a grea-.t schiool of tis!! ito a par: of Lake Tilberia, where ti isherlima had east their lits. for ihtor ten ors -withoti. thOe capture ()f :t minnowMV:!!mIt ymk in,-, a fish helhp pay the tax by Wild6 - frot itsmi esr chinSt br:outo lIV (ifs tht. tOJ 1.1 h i r blo in . H k zoolgicl lv: h oh madet 'Ahl. :t 1-eple ot oif Aiv bIut iba w'Nud no(t 01ortrily have been eno.11ugh for teu of the hury.He broke intelletiua law when, by a word, He -fienceod 1 maiae ndo pla eidity. He1. broke ph1ysiolo;icad law e; iei, by a touceh, He straghtened a woman who, for eighteen years, had been bent alnost double. and when He put spring into the foot of ihlu mated Lazarus, and when. without iclliue, He gave the dying girl back in health to the Syro-Phonician Mother, and when He made the pala tial home of the nobleman resound ag in with the laughter of his restor ed bo,. aind v. hen, without knife or battery, He set cataracted eyes to seeing again 11d the drum of deaf ears to vib rating again, and the nerves of paralyzed arm11s trilling again. and then when in hIav:g the earih He (d1el all tle atmaosphelrielaw. and physiological lw, and that law wh! ch has ii it withes and cable:: :md gir ders enough to hold the universe the law of gravitation. The Christ who proved himself on so many occasions. and especially the last, superior to hLw, still lives; and every day, in answer to prayer for the good of the world. He is overriding the law. Standing today on the Ascension peak of Mount Olivet I am gladden ed at the closing gesture, the last gesture Christ ever made. "He lifted up his hands and blessed them." says the inspired account of our Lord's departure. I am so glad He lifted up His hands. Gestures are often more signiticant than words. attitude than arguments. Christ had made a gesture of contempt when with ffis finger He wrote on the ground; gesture of repulsion when Hie said, "Get thee khind me Satan:" gest are of condemnation when He said. -Woe unto you Pharisees andl hypocrlies." But His last gesture, His Olivetic gesture, is a gesture of benediction. He lifted up His hands and blessed them. His arms are extended. and the palms of His hands turned downward, and so He dropped benediction upon Olivet, benediction upon Palestine.benedie tion upon all the earth. The cruel world took Him in at the start on a cradle of straw, and at last thrust Him out with the point of a spear: but benediction: Ascendiig until beneath He saw on one side the Bethlehem where they put Him among the cattle. and Calvary on the other side, where they put Him among the thieves. As far as the excited and intensified vision of the group on Olivet could see Him. and afIter He was so far up they could no longer hear lHis words, they saw the gesture of the outspread hands, the benediction. And that is His atti tude today. His benediction upon the world's elimates, and they are changig, and will keep on changing~ until the atmosphere shall be a coma mingling of October and Junie. Ben ediction up)on the deserts till they whiten with: lily, and blush with rose, and yellow with cowslip. andemeucrald with grass. Benediction upon gov ernments till they become more just and humane. Benediction upon na tons until they kneel in prayer. Bnediction upon the wole earth un til every mountain is an Olivet of consecration, and every lake a Gal ilee on whose mosiac of crystal, and opal, and sapp~hire divirne splendors shall walk. Oh, take the benediction of his pardon, smnners young, sinners -ld, sinners iioderato and sinners abandoned. Take the benediction of His comfort, all ye broken-hearted under bereavement, and privation, and myriad woes. Take His bene diction. all ye sick-beds, whether uin der acute spasms of pain, or in long protracted invalidism. For orphan age. and childlessness, and widow hood a benediction. For cradles and trundle-bed, and rocking-chair of octogenaria'ns a benediction. For life and death, for time and eternity, for earth and for heaven, a benedic tion. Sublinest gesture ever made, the last gesture of our ascending Lord." "And He lifted up his hands, and bolessed them." Is our attitude the same? Is it the clenched fist or the openpalm? Is it wrath or is it kindness? Is it dia bolism or Christianismn? God gives us the grace of the open palm. open upward to get the benediction, open downward to pronounce a benedic tion. A lady was passing along a street and suddenly ran against a ragged boy, and she said: "I beg your pardon, may boy, I didanot mean t~o run against you: I am very sorry. And the boy took off the piece of a cap he had on his head and said: "You have my parding, lady, and you may run agin me andi knock iue clear dowu; I v.'on't care.'' An1d turning to a comrade he said: "That nearly took me off my feet. Nobody ever asked my parding before." Kind ne(ss: K~idness: Fill the worldi~ with it. There has always been too much' of disregard of others. Illus trated in 1G:0, in Englauid, when 95. (;uO acres; of marshes were drainedl for headth and for crop-raising. anid the spnor tmen desiroyed tie drain age work because the-y wvanted to whr they could shoo.(t vwil ducks. The suae Sselficse in all aiges. Oh. fo 1kindness that would m~ake ou lif a ymphoniy sugge stive of one thing was set to mcusic, the plates brought in and remuoved to the soiund of miei, the~ moitioni of the carvers~ keep1)ing timie to the music. the con versation1 liftin~g and droppig with the ri-ing and falling of the um:sie. But. instead oif the music. of :n~ earth iv orchestra~it would biethieimusic o i heI(avenily chiarm, our word1s the lmh sic of kind thoughts, our steps5 the music of helpfuli deeds, our smile the ~music of encouraging looks, our 'ynth and old age the fnst and last ba rso mui ellucied by is and !)-(a] dowiwar-d An be-Iedwction on OlvLe heights oAe n RicharI Vaux has been in) ed by acelamation as the candidatto ill the vacanyV causd bythe de.ath of Sanel J. Randal. Richar Vaux Was born in M.anld vhuitted L to the bmr when(i tw :nI e vears of a.:e. iistrationi he acted as~ secreCt ry of Shll Ameied l.,atiol at Londolf I. He wa. lectd ?:vor of .Philadel p oia on the Delocraic tieket in *1850 and served one terim:. if ias ial ways 1,een a talwart DCmIocrat :111.1 ;A 992C1 IV known .as a bourelT lf A CALL TO THE CLUBS. 'ae Stabe ).nwertlc Executive Comwilttc Send In.tract.ions for the Campaign. Gol. James A. Hoyt, Chairman of the Democratic Stat e Executive Com mittee, has sent the followiig eircu lar kltter to cVVh County Chatirman: "Dear Sir: A ecnvention of the Democratic paxty of South Carolina will assemble at Cohutibia on Wed nesday, the 10th day of September, 18S0, at -A'clck . in t1e hall of the House of Representatives. to nomAnate candidates for State offilers and to transact such other business as the convention may deem proper. "-The imumber of delegates elected by each county will be equalto double the rlpresentatiou- to which such county is entitled in bota branches of the General Assembly. TheCoun ty Chairman of the several Counties in this State vill proceed to have the Democratie clubs in the Counties re organized and take such steps as are necess'r tLO carry out the call and for the election of delegates to the State Convention. it is respectfully suggeste- that the election of dele gates to the county convention be postponecd, wherever practicable~until after the :ueetings in the respective cotmties unuder the arrangement for a preliminLary eanpaign of the Statc. It is the sene of the State Executive Cwouitteie, as expressed by a resolu i adopted on the 8th instant, that dleCaC s to the State Convention shouni not be elected until after the close of the preliminauy campaign. wi ch i to end on the i Lth day of .Acomtpanying tle al ov e call for the coiventtion is anolther circular letter. presenting the plAui of the pre liminaryama Ci g, suggested bV the Executive Coummittee ini accordanIce with the provisions of the constitu t i Gf 1 At namitng the dLatesi- iatd o hold'ingmet a tl ; os coluty seats the cO mitte c.ys Your atten!tionU is irce to the fact that the a appointin.nts cover the entin.e State, :and that they have Menhrraned to the best advantagec consistent with the time allowed for the' caopaign. If the daIte selected for your county needs to be chan'ged for any urgent reas- n it will neces of thelist, as it impracticatble to muake eh:'.ages any othler way. Pleaue notify the chairman at on1ce in regard to the date ixed, whether or not it is acceptaleC and address him at Greenvill-. "Theu~ Si nt Exeutive Coni~uittee@ further pro)vidled tsat in the conduIcit of th ese meetigs each County Execu tive Committee will take full charge of their respective meetigs, and while it is obligatory to invite all candidates for State otlic-es, to use the exact language of the Constitu tion, there is no prohibition against other Democrats being invited to speak iI the0 county committee see proper to do so. KThe County Chairmen will summon their executive committee t~o aIttend~ the preliminary mieetigs of their respective counties and aid in the proper conduct and mnamgeent of these mee'tings. so that a full and fair discussion may be had of the issues presented to the people. An AppropriateSclection. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was a few days ago seleted by the Lee Miem orial Association to unveil the Lee statue in Richmond, Ta.. on the 29th of the present month, and from a distant Southern city promptly tele graphed his acceptance of the honor. T here is a great appropriateness in this selection. The~y were both borni in Virginia, within a month of each other. in 1807: they graduated in the tune class at West Point in 1829. and distinguished themselves in the war with Mexico. They both resigned from the Federal ar'my at thue out break of the civil war, andl achieved distinction as masters of the art of war. it is known that these distinu guished commanders held each other in the highest esttem, and one of the mOSt interesting j.eatures of the an proaching ceremoie~s will be the ap) pearane(o General Johnston as5 a 'E1. 5. C.. May 15.-Themost teribl~e storm off ramn. wid and hail pas ovr our town :ibouL thiiee 'clock y-esterday atternoon that has bI.en' known fo r year.s. The amlioiunt of rain and hail that fell in a short spc of time was sirmply enormous. of-' co ir-eeto -f.>ur fee.COp evrt15t plsHIcd1. Jj~ 1ut a shu 'in out of :Ne~n-. W io ash were . itr aoutr woere killd.tk The drmaetoecos his subscribe raise mated.~~hs mre pie AT ANDERSON. THESECONQ SPEECH OF CAPTA|N TILLMA'VS CANVASS. IA npetion of th-- PoinltM Made~ at ninge wayrvith sonic Now Onu-'olonel Ear;.! In nely The secondI~ meeing ofCapt.Tillni' camjpaigii was held at Anderson oi S:tturd:ty theloth. The meeting was attended by about 1,000) persons. Noting few was developed by Capt. Tilibuuas .peech, his reatrks cover 1ig about the s:aalle )points lie m1ade at Ridgeway. He Was replied to by Attorney General Earle. and the dis cussion was hermonious. From the Columbia Rr'gisterwe take the folilon ing report of the speakiig: As the crowd began to get settled around the stand, some one er:ed out -Three cheers for Earle," which was followed with a whoop. Three cheers was then given for Tilhnan. and then three cheers for the straightout Do mocracy. Mr. A. C. Latiier called the meeting to order. Rev. C. B. Smith was requested to open it with prayer, which he did. This was about 11:30. Capt. D. R. Tilhman was then introduced to the audience by the presiding officer. After leisurely arrangig some nanuseript and news papers on the board, he began: "It gives mepi cas ure to meet the citizens of any ounty of South Carolina and see them, and let them look me in the eyes. or eye. for I have got but one eye. After what you have seen in the papers, I at sure you are surprised to learn that this little, insignificant fellow is Ben Tillman. I have some peculiari ties. I write with my left hand. All you've seen in the papers as coming from me was written with this left paw. Another peculiarity is, I have only one eye and I will tell the truth. I have said some hard things, but that is neessary in all reforms. What I have said has been in self-defense. I am here as a candidate for governor. I am here as the exponent of the principles represented by the farmers' movement. He then went on to discuss the necessity for the March convention, and said he '-was respoesible ;for its being called." He spoke of his can vass two years ago with Governor Richardson and referred to the elec tion of delegates to the State conven tion. and said the ringsters had the convention bottled up in their breeches pockets. He also spoke of the am-ndment to the constitution, two years ago, as a trap to catch the farmers m. He said the change was a damnible plot. "I warned them that the farmers would interest them in 1S90. He said th" State Demo erat"- ececuLive committee had map pvd outLi huty- i , mettings. at which He said: I hope they will meet me there." A voice from the crowd: "They'llnever do it. C pt. Tillman: "Don't you be too sure, of it. Don't holler until you get out Of the woods. I don't holler. He spoke of the cry of splitting the party and finally came to the meet-A in' at idg ~ eway, and explained whyl he withidre '. He then went over1 pretty much the same ground as covered at Rtidgeway. He denounced the free schools miserable as htunbugs, and s'aid wve should stop work on the State House. It would take nearly a million dollars to finish it, and we could not afford it and live in our huts. Capt. Tilhnan referred to refund ing the State deb~t, 'and said: "I don't see why I can't refund it as well as anybody. I've as good a character as anybody if I do say it myself." 'At the conclusion of his talk, Gen. Earle was introduced to the audience as 'another heniored' son of South Carolina." He made a calm and clear speech. notwithstanding that he was often interrupted by Tillman and others. Col. Earle's Reply. Colonel Earle said he agreed with Capt. Tillman in some things, and difered with him in many. Under his definition, ,Tillman was an aristo cat. and he was an office seeker in Columbia. He also said the March convention was called outside the Democratic ranks and that hence it was an independent movement. He then said he wanted to know, as attorney general, in what the cor ruption in the State otfices consisted, and turned to Caipt. Tillman and ask ed him to tell him. 'Tillman replied: "Well, the legis lators did not do w hat they swore they would do in not takuing the cen sus and re-'appor tioning the represen tatives over the State --Is that a' said Gen. Earle. "Well ye.?eplied Tillman; "there was also afa ilure ot auty by the board of agriculture to prosecute fertilizer dealers.' --Is that all?" inquired Gen. Earle. "Do you chamurge anything against me 1 im office" -No. --av I been extravaganti" -No. "Have I failed to do myvduty'!" --I the~ only c.orruIptioni in the i State governtent is in the failure to Thlere were s(eerl little spats. but G-n. E ale's s;peechi was char'acter ized be cabael an. elorn(' essii$. He e. ak'll anid (Atle1 r. whto are just as' "godj 2an pur as T ibnan. :Lrei pci'. Geni.~ Earlce 'cctried this as a igh by the' outs to get in, anld said it looe very mu'\ llch like Walker Rus s's Deml~ocrIacy. -I do~nt say\ theyX w ili '.> like Ruissell.n'ir do I complgre" Itemi to Ruh'ssell, but the faels pomllt in that direction." Tfillman htasturn ed is bac~k ont the rules of the D~emo eric~ prty ofVI C 187J. He believed Tlimn wa""s a Decmocrat, but~ if de feated he id not kniowwhat he would do. Hie is a misguidled Democrat. He did not think Capt. Tilhtaan would be false to the party. Cnlingm Gen. Earle said: "Gd has 'no corruntioi to mwer for, an.d ouhCarohla's p)romimm has not been smirched. Tiilmanu repliied by reit erntio to G en. Earle. and the meigcod A ll pa-;sed oir unietly. B~oth spe&l: crs were listened !o attentjvly w.i ti few exeeptions. Tire were WI q:e t applauses far bot;h speaker1CCsY A MISER'S HiDDEN WEALTH. MateriaI for a Novel Iridshed by 4a Old Wolman's eat It. Ample material for a sensationAl novel is supplied in the last police reports fron Stockeran a siill town on the left bank of the Daiub. say. the London Daily Ne%. About a week ago an old wonan of 70-Th e resa Schfler-wa! nir(ired by two visitors, who succeeded in e-icaping. She was known to be- an old miser. who lived in rags. with two Cats and dogs, in a little surburban house. which stands quite isolated nearl the railroad station. The police made an inventory of her possessions. After some searen it was found that the old woman must have been in relations with all the thieves of the empire. Property which had been missihg. for many years was found on her prcmisos. The clue was given by the discovery of a valuble watch and chain to which a strip of paper was attached with the words: "Bought this of S for 6 florins." The watch bore the name of a well known citizen of Stockeran, out of whose room it had been stolen ten years ago. The old woman's clothes were mere rags, and the police at first felt reluctant to touch them, but when a splendid golden pyx. set with precious stones, fell out of the tatter ed gown, their interest was aroused and every corner was searched. In the cellar large pieces of gold, no doubt melted ornaments, were found. In the loft there were boxes with trinket sand jewels, many of which the police recognized as forming part of the Granichstedtec property of which on the Graben caused so much commotion five years ago. In the moldering furniture valua bles of every description were found, such as chalices, pyzes, golden can lesticks, beautiful lace and linen. In a corner of a cupbord lay a bag con taining 20.000 florins in gold and shares and bonds worth upward of 40.000 tlorins. Silver spoons and forks were discovered in all thekitch en drawers. In a little box iive blae diamonds were found. which are said to be of enormous value. Only part of the ficor has beLn pulled up, but large (juantites of linen and val uable dress materials were hidden the Cr e. At pres.m&i-rglfdeas..is ben searched, as it is supposed th she iuay have buried things there. Th3 whok property foand is believQd to b. worth miore than 500.000 ftorims. and yet the oid woman scarcely ever allowed herself a decnt meal, and had not a pice of re!spcctable cloth ig on her when jhe wa -s found dEad. The fuel she us-d consisted of litle bits of coal collected by P001 chl dren at the railway station and sold to hen for a few coppers. THE COTTON STATES Paintin;; Generanly Late Except la the The statistical returns of the iDe partmen~t of Agrieudture for May, re lati e to cotton, report the progress of plating and conditions affeting seeding and germination. Plant ing istte except in Carolinas. In Geor ga it is scarcly up) to the average at this date, the delay being caused by drought, difliculty of plowing and slow gennination. From Alabama, westward, serious delays have oc curred from excessive rains, overflow of bottom lands and floods from the rise of the great rivers. Replanting is necessary where the seed has rotted in the ground. A great scarcity of seed is repor-ted in parts of Tennes see. U sually nearly seven-eighths of the cotton area is seeded before the close of April. This year only three fourths has been planted. The pro portion in the several States is re orted as follows: Virginia, 55 per cent.: South Carolina, 80;: North Carolina. 77; Georgia, 8S: Florida. 87: Alabama. 85; Mississippi, o.5; Louisiana: 70; Texns, 5 A~rsas. (0; Tennessee, 57: average 75.8 per cent. In the Mississippi Riveri cotton lands the fear of floods.as~ well as the actual overflow, prevents planting, which will be actively pushed as the waters subside and danger becomes less imminent. World's Fair F'inance. It is intended to secure the addi. tional $5.000.i0 0o World's Fair ca> ital stock by subscription, as the first 3,000.000) was secured. and a sub committee has been appointed by the ways and means commhittee to draft a suitable form of subscription blank to be reported to a mneeting of the committee. The issuingof bonds as a part of the financial schemie out lined before the ecnnttees of Con grs will comeC later. A. l eion of the finances of th fa air.i awl doubtless receive a me: t dea of at tentionl. 1s the sale' o privil- ". which is expet~cd to brin in at le .:.1 00 was realiz+. :u. moui a(oJy I Ot).(0 at the lte P'ris ex osit a. The- quest ion oft ag ite. it is thut will soon be decided. --Gel ye. edlaren ( -a . a iiu .... ' I to the field , leain the child *slee oni the bed. In somte mnnr it rolled of the side oft the be. next to the wall. Th child'sea was P ca b(ught betweeen the side of the house and the bed stead, in which position it died in short while from sftrangmlatioul. 'k-:. AiGDIENT.3 THE SUB-TREASURY SiLL BEFORE THE. HOUSE CO1MiTTF. - An .mires-. by Chairman Macca. -gr culttrral aDepreson the Cam.e of all In di-trial Troit."-Thie Sub-Treasury W um * oI , D. c.. May 13.--A7 delegtion represt: g the Farmhers' Alliance apeared bef"ore the Ways and 3eais Comnitu c this morning to advocate the passage of the Pick ler bill to create sub-treasuries m diflerent parts of the country for the receptio'n of staple goods produced bv firmrs. The spokesman was C. W. MacCune. chairman of the legisla tin't connittee of the Alliance and editor of - the National Economist. a' paper devoted to the objects of the' organization. Others present we Alonzo Wardell. of South Dako Benj. Terrell. of Texas, Natio Lecturer: C. T. Livingston, Pr dent of the Georgia State Alliance R. M. Humphrey, General Sunern tendent of the Alliance, and J. Rogers, of the Virginia State Anance. In addition there were present anum ber of members, principally from the. Southern States. MacCune began his address biyde scribing the depressed state of agri culture, Vhich, he said. was theprime cause of trouble in other puruits If the existing conditions continued, he warned the Committee that labor.. would become desperate and a great revolution would ensue. History showed that wealth had always lack ed intelligence to meet in time the necessities of labor and in its pastk-L bor had never adopted proper means to remedy the faults of whicn it com plains. The object of the Farmers' Alliance was mental. social and fnn improvement. Republicans in the. North and Democrats in the South were working in the same direction. and the result had been to paice them shoulder t.:., shoulder-black and whte. who w r - eu.ac-d in the cul tivation of the soil. Hrmony of pur pose characterized the concerted ef forts of the Alliance and the prejudi ces of generations had been sunk in the pursuit of the good of the com monwealth. At the St. Louis convention 2,000, 000 farmers had been renresented , and they had propo;ed the remedy set out in the bill as a first step in the right dircetion. If it was crudely framed and the ideas indistinctly ex pressed they relied upon the wisdom of ta committee to give it the proper form, but theybelieved that theyhad found a renedv for them. and no ela.s legislation. They were now suferinlg from the latter. They did not ask the enactment of any un constitutional mea.arc, but as the great debtor class. as the men who' had gone out inl the West and Iaid the soil unde'r contributioi with bor rowed money they protested against the contraci on o. the currency at the tilme wheI their dcbts became due and asked that the conditions be restorcd to what they were when the money was borrowed. They asked jus tie, pure and simple. New Thireats of Secessi4on. Swe-mion is not so dead. as it was thought to be. The citi zens of James county. Tennessee, threaten to secede fromn that-State. The Legislature has abolished the county, but its citizens keep up the county organization, assessing taxes and arraigning criminals. They propose to secede if the Legislature doesn't recede, and to apply for ad mission to the 'Union as a -- separate State. probably asa counterbalance to Rhode Island If one the States "lately in rebell ion" should have to suppress an at tempt of a b)ody of its citizens to se cede and should accomplish it, then even the most rabid Re publican would be compelled to admit that secession is dead indeed. A Plucky Chinaman's Offex It has never been stipulated in the conditions of so-called "civilized duas" that the survivor of the corn bat should care for the family of the slain. and it has remained for a Celes tial to suggest this important and reasonable proviso. His name is Chun Fong: and he lives at Bridge port, Con The other day he was - refused membership in the Rosedale 1'ishminlu.and heard one of theblack 2 ballers refer to him as a "heathen Chnee. Thereupon he hied him to his laundry' and penned the follow ing lettr torresident McCann: "You inulne c'alling Chu Fong Haythen Chinee.IMe no haythen. me Chlis ttian. Me want to fight like man. Me meet you on Roseda le dock some' night. TY ;. .uu e get gun. You say ' ;' ray. w 'ay:iii light. Me kal you. mnr" w' i o ad take care. eildlleu v ou die. Me mean busncss. CL F oxo. CaLsmsA. A 'Timely Sna.ke St'.-y Th' season" ias nioc advanced far eno u for sni'e stories to be in or der ": of ('t 0 rs~t to gain curren ena , N J..ron a of er anrnoeu. Lt vwas a te 'rund. par'tly. coy st*~ zi . The p loked Sticks a''Igi'. Two. oftelc 1 .oba'eo wer kie by the viet and shr,.r5cneso the' pub~lic'ads: in fav'or of a can nrv at Bonham; in favor of the use of cotton bagging; in favor of the use of.iom te-ibooks in the pubhie