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