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OL. XI. IANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY._AUGUST Ciw N CLEMSON (OLLEGE CHAIRMAN SIMPSON DENIES THAT THERE IS ANY TROUBLE. Harmwoay Among the Triz-tees anid Be tween President Craighead. the Students and the Faclty--The College is Accom pli1shing its Mi1ssion. ANDERSN0. S. C.. Aug. 19.-The fol lowing is an interview with Col. R. W. Simpson. president of the board of trustees of Clemson College. in refer ence to an article printed in a daily paper recently about trouble at Clem son, which appeared in the People's Advocate today: "I would like to interview you in regard to the article concerning Clem son College which appeared in The State of the 15th inst. Do you care to say anything on the subject?" "I am willing at all times to give to the public any information concern ing Clemson 'College that I am pos sessed of. The meetings of the Board are never secret. From the very be ginning the Board of Trustees ad dressed itself principally to erect at Fort lll such a plant for the College as would best secure the results aimed at. The first of these results was to reduce the cost of education and place it in the reach of every boy in the State, if possible. Our work in this direction speaks for itself: Board, room and furniture, washing, lights and heating $6.00 per month, ten months.$60 00 Two suits uniforms............ 22 00 Washing ten months.........5 i Hospital fee........,.......... 5 00 $92 00 "What can you say as to the hiar nony existing in the faculty ". "When the College was organized the management of the College was placed in the hands of the President and Faculty. Now, it was not expect ed that perfect system and order in 'the management and co-ordination of the various departments of the College could be attained at once or without some friction. This the Board expect ed-because such has been the uni form experience of all other agricul ural and mechanical colleges. There has been, however, far less friction at Clemson than we expected, and the Board is now working to harmonize and co-ordinate the various branches taught in the College, and to accom pish this no trouble is anticipated." "What are the relations existing be tween President Crai-head and the Board-of Trustees, and between him and the students t" "The relations between President Craighead and the Board are entirely satisfactory. President Craighead is proving himself eminently well quali tied to manage the affairs of the Col lege, and the question is now agitated of vesting in President Craighead more and enlarged power and author ity. The very t of feelings exist between President Craighead and the students." "What have you to say about the management of the mechanical de "I am personally familiar with the details of the management of the me chanical departm nt. This is the larg est department of the kind in the Southern States, and it has taken some time to oreanize anid equip it, but it is a source of pride to the Board of Trus tees, and to every citizen who has vris ited it. Prof. Tompkins was not elect ed as full professor until the Board was perfectly satisfied with his ability to conduct the department creditably. The fact that the Board last winter promoted Prof. Tompkins to a full professorship is enough to show his standing with the Board. The work and instruction in this depatment is entirely satisfactory to the Bord and the students take great pleasure and delight in their work in this depart ment." "Is the agricultural department in efficiently managed, by its present head?" "It takes more time to fully organ ize and equip the agricultu-al, depart ment. This the Board has learned by experience, but Associate Professor McGee, the nead of this department, has the full confidence of the Board of Trustees." "Is it true that the boys in both these departments are dissatisfied with their progress?" "If the students in these depart ments are dissatisfied it has never come to my hearing. Last winter when the Board met, and we were in formed that the Legislature had de clined to make the appropriation ask ed for, it was found necessary to dis continue the pay for labor of students as heretofere, but when we learned of the fact that the full amount asked for had been given, I immediately called a special meeting of the Board, and immediately upon assembling the Board made ample provisions for this purpose. I have no doubt there was some disappointment among the boys when their pay was cut off, but there has been none since it -has been re stored.' "Was the meeting of the Board a 6tormy one in the sense in which The State speaks of itr' "Emphatically, the meeting of the Board was not a stormy one. The Board felt that the time had come whben each member should be person ally familiar with the workings of the College so that we could the better work together to forward the interest of the College, and to this end the members which have heretofore been doing the bulk of the work resigned in order to force the work upon the whole Board. There was no personal feeling in the matter." "Why has the number of students decreased?" "This is the middle of the College ,year and we did not expect any in crease in the number of boys in at tendance. There is no decrease in the number, except from natural causes." "What can you say as to the amiounts received during the last schiolastic vear?" "A full r-eport of the amount need ed for the College was made to the Legislature at the last session. Of this amount the State gave $35,000,and the balance of the privilege tag tax after paving the expenses of this depart ment, amounted to $2,000. The bal anee of the money coming to the Col lege comes from the Federal Govern ment. The $35,000 given by the State as a special appropriation was expend ed upon the College plant, a full re port of which will be made to the Legislature at the next session." "Have you substituted convict labor because tlfie work of the boys was un satisfactory P" "The convict labor is used only to do suh work as the students can't low is the fare there now: a "The fare in the dormitory 4s and has been better than it ever has been. I frequently drop in the dining room when least expceted and I speak from my own knowiedae and from what th'e boys tell ie." "AnYthing else that you would like to state:" "We are willing and are desirous for any and everybody to come to Clems'on and exaIine i'nto everything on the hill; what is there is open to the full inspection of every maii. be he friend or enemy. A full examina tion will at least impress one with the many and dillicult problems which the Board has to encounter. I have been asked by a dozen men today if I had resigned from the Board. Let me say that I have not. I simply resigned from the executive committee as stat ed above. --Register. CLEMSON COLLEGE. The Charge of 31isimalnlagemient Delnied by the BOyA. To the Editor of The State: We notice in "Tle State" of A ugust 16th an article entitled "Bad Manage ment," in which the condition and manageient of sone of the different departments of Clemson College are basely misrepresented. We, a com ittee representinig the junior class, take this opportunity of refuting those statements which we know to be un true. In the first place, the author of the article seems to be atterly ignorant of the true condition of the college, and takes for truth the statenents of some unprincipled person prejudiced against the authorities. ie also makes state ments, said to be substantiated by members of the faculty, which are entirelv without foundation. We cannot believe that any neiber they faculty made such statements which he knew to be untrue. Can the reporter name him? One of the first statements is that the students petitioned the board of trustees about eighteen months ago to remove President Craighead. We acknowledge that such a report was circulated about that time, but it was untrue. No such petition was ever made. Can the reporter prove this statement. The cadets have noth ing to complain of in President Craighead. He has always proved liimself to be their best friend. The author says: "The mechanical department is under the management of the most incompetent instructors of any department of the college." Professor Tompkins, the head of this department, is considered one of the best electrical and mechanical engi neers in the United States, having been selected as one of the judges of the electrical display at the World's Fair. The members of the mechani cal sections are perfectly satisfied with the instruction received from him. The systematic management of the mechanical department is unex celled. His assistants are fully com petent to discharge their respective duties. As to the joke of the bolt and the screw threads, we acknowledge that one cadet of the junior class, af ter a month's trial, was unable to cut screw threads on a bolt. This same cadet was continually seen with your reporter during his stav at Clemson College. The instructions of the mechanical department can culti vate, but cannot manufacture brains. So we are not surprised at any in formation the reporter may have re ceived from such a source. As to the agricultural department, those "of us who have attended lec tures under both Professor Newman and Professor McGee can see no ma terial difference- in their respective courses of instruction. Both have been entirely satisfactory to the cadets. In regard to the mess hall, there has been no complaint among the boys as a whole. Major Garlington, in his annual report, says: "I inspected the mess hall. My coming was unexpect ed, but I found the food excellent in quality and quantity." We are sorry to have to contradict any statement of the press about Clemson College, but we cannot al low such misrepresentations to go un answered, Signed, F. G. Tompkins, Chiairman. W. W. Klugh, J. F. Breazeale, L. A. Sease, - E. P. Earle, Jr., J. H. Moore. And endorsed by all the members of the junior class. THE REPORTER'S CARD). At the request of The State I wrote the observations on the management of Clemson College to which the above communication has reference. The young men whose names are annexed to the communication are to be com mended for their zeal in taking up) udgels in defense of their alma ma ter, arid I will not attempt to resent through the press the harsh terms theyvuse. Personally I have nothing but the kindest feelings, for the President, and I would be delighted to see the institu tion itself a grand success. But I do know that students and professors lave told me that President Craighead was inellicient and the mechanical de partment was a '"humbug and a farce" and the agricultural department very little better. I do know, further, that Treasurer Sloan told me that no tuition fees had been paid this year, but the receipts from other sources were about *99.700: and that when J asked one of the trus tees why the students did not wor-k the crops instead of the thirty convicts kept for that p~urpose lie replied be ause there was no money to pay the boys. I also know that Capt. Fuller told me that his books showed only 29)7 boys at the institution now, and that the President's report on Oct. 31, 1894, showed the en-oltmeiit for the year to have been t635: and the treasurer's re port at the samie time showed $102, 515.49 to have been expended during the year. The receipts were $1 17.,G52. 47. 1 have not the p~roof at hand to dis prove the denial of the young men that about eighteeni month ago students signed a petition to the trustees asking for the removal of President Craig head, but must say that I am aston ished at time denial of what they ac knowledge to have been a "report cir culated. - For further vindication from the charge of '-false mnisrepresen tation"' I throw myself "on God and my country." F. H. McMASTERL. A Crazy Woman's Crime. P~Aius Mo.. Aug. 19.-Mrs. John T. Long. near Madison, this county. hanged herself and her fJour y ear old child last inight. The cause is attri buted to a separation from her hus and. WIPED OUT THE WHITES. TRUE STORY OF THE NAT TURNER INSURRECTION. Related from His Own, Conlfe-sion Coni taLined in an Oid1 pihamplet Forim--Wiere the Murder Took Place. From an old lady living in South hampton County, Virginia, the scene of the awful Nat Turner negro insur rection of August, 1831, a copy of the confession made by Turner has been 'obtained. This insurrection was the most horrible of its kind in the history of the country. Fifty-tive whites, half of them children. and many babes, were hacked to pieces with axeswhile they slept, by the murderous negroes, who went from farmhouse to farm house on their mission of death. Turner was a religious fanatic. He was an intelligent negro,and althougy! a slave, dabbled in scientific experi ments. He imagined that he had fre quent communications with God and translated one of the myths of his mind as meaning that lie should band the negroes together and kill the whites. The ignorance of the farm hands gave him great power over them, and although they feared him, they did as he ordered. The confession which tells the story of the awful midnight nurders, was made by Turner to Mr. T. RZ. Gray. of Jerusalem, Southampton county. Vir ginia, shortly before the execution of the murderer. Only eigiteen negroes out of sixty odd who participate(d Im the murders were punisied, aud some of these escaped the gallows. This is the confession: "Since the commencement of 1830 I had been livin r with Mr. Joseph Tra vis, who was to me a kind master, and i)laced the greatest con lidence in ie; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment to me. On Satulrday evening, the 20th of August, it was agreed between Henry, Hark and my self to prepare a dinner the next day for the men we expected, and then to concert a plan, as we had not yet de termined on any. Hark, on the fol lowing morning, brought a pig, and Henry brandy, and being joined by Sam Nelson, Will an. IJack, they pre pared in the woods a dinner where, about 3 o'clock I joined them. "I saluted them on coming up, and asked Will how he came there, lie an swered his life was worth no more than others, and his liberty as dear to him. I asked him if he thought to ob tain it? He said he would or lose his life. This was enough to put him in full confidence. Jack, I knew, was only a tool in the hands of Hark. It was quickly agreed we shoul(d, com mence at home (Mr. J. Travis') on that night, and until we had'armed and equipped ourselves, and gathered sufficient force, neither ap nor sex was to be spared. We rmained at the. feast until about two hours in the night, when we went tc the house and found Austin; they all went to the cider press and drank, axcept myself. "On returning k, the house Hark went to the door with an axe, for the purpose of breaking it open, as we new we were strong enough to mur der the family if they were awakened by the noise; ouut reflecting that it might create an alarm in the neigh borhood, we determined to enter the house secretly, and murder them whilst asleep. 'Hark got a ladder and set it against the chimney, on which [ ascended, and hoisting a window, etered and came downstairs, unbar red the door, and removed the guns rom their p laces. It was - then ob seved that I must spill Lhe first blood. n which, armed with a hatchet and accompanied by- Will, I entered my master's chamber. It being dark, I ould not give a death blow; the atchet glanced from his head. He sprang from his bed and called his wife. It was his last word ; Will laid him dead with a blow of his axe, and ~rs. Travis shared the same fate, as she lay in bed. The murder of this family, five in number, was the work f a moment; not one of them awoke. Ihere was a little infant sleeping in a cradle that was forgotten until we had left the house and had gone some dist nce, when Henry and Will returned and killed it. We got here four guns that would shoot, and several old muskets, with a pound or two of pow "We remained some time at the barn where we paraded; I formed them in a line as soldiers, and after arrying them through all the ma n'uvres I was master of, I marched them of f to Mr. Salathul Francis's, about six hundered yards distant. Sam and Will went to the door anid knocked. "Mr. Francis asked who was t'iere. Sam replied it was him, and lie had a letter for him,on which lie got up and came to the door; they immediately seized him, and, dragging him out a little from the door, he was dispatched by repeated blows oii the head; there was no other white person in the faim "We started from there to Mrs. Reese's miaintaining the imost perfect silence on the march, where, finding the door unlocked, we entered and murdered Mrs. Reese in her bed while sleeping; her son awoke. but it was only to sleep the sleep of death; lie had only time to say' -Who is that!' and lie was no more. Firom Mrs. Reese's we went to Mrs. Turner's a mile distant. which we reached about unrise, on Monday morning. Ihenry, Austin and Sam went to the still, where finding Mr. Peeples, Austin shot hiin, and the rest of us went to the house: as we approached, the fanm ily discovered us, and shut thle door. Vain hiope: Will, with one stroke of his axe, opened it, and we entered and found Mrs. Turner and Mrs. New some in the middle of a room, alnost frightened to death. Will immediate ly killed Mrs. Turner with one blow of his axe. I took Mrs. Newvsomle by the hand, and with the sword I had when I was apprehended I struck hier' several blows over the head, but not being able to kill her, as the sword was dull. Will turning round and discovering it, dispatched her. A general destruction of property and search for money and ammunition al ways succeeded the murders. By this time my company amount ed to fifteen, and nine men mounted, who started to Mrs. Whitehead's (the other six were to go through a byway to Mr. Bryant's and i ejoin us at Mrs. Whitehead's.) As we approached the house we discovered Mr. Whitehead standing in the cotton patch. near the lane fence; we called him over into the lane and 'Will, the executioner, was near at hand with his fatal axe, to send him to an untimely grave. As we pushed on to the house 1 discover den. and thinking it was some of tihe white family, I pursued them, but finding it was a servant girl belong in.7 to the house I returned to com mence the work of death, but they whom I had left had not been idle: all the family were already murdered but Mrs. Whitehead and her daughter Margaret. As I came round to the door I saw Will pulling Mrs. White head out of t'e house, and at the step he nearly severed her head from her body with his broad axe. "Miss Margaret, when I discovered her, had concealed herself in the corner formed by the projection of the cellar stoop from the house; on my ap proach she tied, but was soon overtak en, and after repeated - blows with a sword. I killed her by a blow on her head with a fence rail. By this time the six who had gone to Mrs. Bryant's rejoined us, and informed me that they had done the work assigned them We ragain divided, part going to Mr. Richard Porter's and from thence to Nathaniel Francis's, the other to Mr. Howell Harris's and Mr. T. Doyle's. "On reaching Mr. Poter's, he had escaped with his family. 1 understood there that the alarm had alread3 spread, and inimeadiately returned to bring upthose sent to Mr. Doyle's and Mr. Howell Harris's; the party I left going oil to MI. Fran cis's having told them I would rejoin themn in that iieighborhood. I met those sent to Mr. Doyle's and Mr. Iarris's returning, having met Mr. Doyle on the road and killed him; and an' learning fr1'omi some who joined thei that Mr. Harris was from home. I iiiediately pursued the course takcn by the party gone on before: bnt kne wing they wouitl complete the work:of death and piillageat Mr Fran k Francis's >efore 1 could get there. I went to Mr. Peter Ed ward's experting to find theim there, but tLheyi had been there also. "I tten went to Mr. Johnii T. I row's; they had beeln there and mur dered him. I pursued on the ir track to Captatin Fewitt Ilarris's, where .1 found the greater part mounted and ready to start. The men, now amount ing to about forty, shouted and hur rahied as I rode up; some were in the yard loading their guns; others drink ing. They said Captain Ilrrris and his family had escaped. the property in thelhouse they had destroyed, rob bing him of money and other valuable I ordered them to mount and march instantly; this was about 9 or 10 o'clock Monday morning. I proceeded to Mr. Le . -Waller's two or three milles dis tant. I took my station in the rear, and as it was my object to carry terror and destruction wherever we went, I placed fifteen or twenty of the best arm ed and most to be relied on in front, who generally approached the houses fast a their horses could run; this was for tro puroses, to prevent their escape and strike terror to the inhabitants on this account I never got to the houses after leaving Mrs. Whitehead's until the murders were committed, ex cept in one case. "I sometimes got in sight to see the work of death complied, viewing the mangled bodies as they lay in silent satisfaction, and immediately started in quest of other victims. Having murered Mrs. Waller and ten children we started for Mr. William Williams's having killed him and two little boys that were there. While engaged in this Mrs. Williams fled and got some distance from the house, but she was pursued, overtaken, and compelled to get up behind one of the company, who ~brought her back, and after showing her her the mangled body of her lifeless husband she was told to get down and lay by his side,- where she was shot dead. I then started for Mr. Jacob Williams', where the family were murdered. Here were found a man named Drury, who had comne on business with Mr. Willhams. He was pursued, overtaken and shot. Mrs. Vaughn's was the next place we visit ed, and after murdering the family there I determined on starting for Jerusalem. Our number amounted now to fifty or sixty, all mounted and armed with guns, axes, swords and clubs. "On reaching Mr.. Jame~s.W. Pars ker's gate, immediately on the road leading' to Jerusalem and about three miles distant, it was. proposed to me to call there, but I objected as I knew he was gone to Jerusalem, and my object was to reach there as soon as possible; but some of the men having relations at Mr. Parker's, it was agreed that they might call and get his people. I remained at the gate on the road, with seven or eight; the others going across the field to the house, about half a mile off. After waiting some time for them, I became impatient, and started to thme house to meet them, and on our' return we were met by a party of white men, who had pursued our bloostained track, and who had fired on those at the gate and dispersed them. Imme diately on discovering the whiles, I ordered my men to halt and form as they appeared to be alarmed. The white meni, eighteen in number, ap prloachmed us within about one hun - dred y'ardls, wvhen one of thenm tired (this wvas against the positive orders of Captain Alexander P. Pete, who com manded, and w~ho had directed the men to reserve their fire until. within thirty paces,) and I discovered about half of thiem retreating. I then order-. ed my men to fire and rush on them. The fewv remaining stood their ground until we approached within fifty yards when they tired and retr'eated. WAe pur'sued and overtook some of them whom we thought we left dead (they were not killed.) After pursiiing them about two htundred yards, and rising a little hill, I discovered they were met by another party and had halted, and were reloading their guns. (This was a small party from Jerusalem who knew the negroes wvere in the field, and had just tied their horses to await their r'eturnm to the road, know ing that Mr. Parker and his family were in Jerusalem,'but knew nothing of the party that had gone- in with Captain Peete. On hearing the tiring they immediately rushed to the spot and arrived just in- time to -arrest the progress of thmese barbarious villians and save the lives of their friends and "Thinking that those who had-re treated first and the party who tired on us at fifty or sixty-.yards distant had only fallen -back to meet: others with ammunition, as..-saw them -reloading their guns and more coming up than I saw. at first, and several of my bravest men being wounded, the, others be came panic-stricken and scattered over the field; the white men pursued and ired on -us several..times. Ihark had his horse shot under him, and I caught another..for him as it was running by me. Five or six of my men were wounded, but none left the field. Find ing myself defeated here, I instantly and cross the Nottoway River at the Cypress Bridge. three miles below Je rusalem. and attack that place in the rear, as I expected they would look for me on the other road. and I had a great desire to get there to procure arms and ammunition. "After going ashort distance in this private way, accompanied by about twenty men. I overtook two or three who told me the others were dispersed in every direction. After trying in vain to collect a sullicient force to pro ceed to Jerusalem, I determined to re turn, as I was sure they would make back to their old neighborhood, where they would rejoin me, make new re cruits and come down again. On my way back I called at Mrs. Thomas's, Mrs. Spencer's, and several other places, the white families having lied, we Iound no more victims to gratify our thirst for blood. We stopped at Major Ridley's quarters for the night, and being joined by four of his men. with the recruits made since my defeat, we muster d now about forty strong. "After placing out sentinels I laid down to sleep, but was quickly roused by a great racket. Starting up. I found sonie inounted and others in great confusion, one of the sentinels having given the alarm that we were about to be attacked. I ordered some11 to ride around and reconnoitre, and on their return the others being more alarmed, not knowing who they were, lied in different ways, so that I wAs reduced to about twenty again. WXith these I determined to attempt to recruit, and proceed on to rally in the neighborhood I had left. Dr. Blunt's was the nlearost house, which we reached just before day. On riding up to the yard Hark fired a gun. Weex pected )r. Blunt and his family were at Major laidley's, asI knew there was a company of imen there; the gun was tired-to ascertain if any of the family were at home; we were immediately fired upon and retreated, leaving sev eral of ni men. I do not known what became of them as I never saw therm afterward. 'Pursuing our course back and com ing in sight of Captain Harris's, where we had been the day before, we dis covered a party of white men at the house, on which all deserted me but two (Jacob and Nat). We concealed ourselves in the woods till near night when I sent them in search of Henry, Nelson. Sam and Hark and directed them to rally all they could, at the place we had our dinner the Sun day before, where he would find me, and I accordingly returned there as soon as it was dark and remained until Wednesday evening when discovering white men riding around the place as if they were lookig for some one, and none of my men "joining me, I con cluded Jacob and Nat had been taken and compelled to betray me. '"On this I gave up all hope for the present, and on Thursday night, after ing applied myself with provisions from lr. Travis's, I scratched a hole undera pile of fence rails in a field, where I concealed myself for six weels, never leaving my hiding place but for a few.minutes in the dead of night to get .ater, which was very near. Thin- g-by this time I could venture out, I began to go about in the night and eavesdrop the houses in the neigh borhood, pursuing the course for about a fortnight, and gatheing little or no intelligence, afraid of speaking to any human being, and returning every morning to my cave before the dawn of day. "I know not how long I might have led this life if accident had not betray ed me. .A dog in the neighborhood passing by my hiding place one night while I was out, was attracted ~by some meat I had in my cave, and crawled in and stole it, and was com ing out just as I returned. A few nightsafter,'two negroes having started to go hunting with the same dog, passed that way, the dog came again to the place, and having just gone out to walk about, discovered me and barked, on which, thinking myself discovered, I spoke to them to beg con cealment. On making myself known they led from me. Knowing then they would betray me, I immediately left my hiding place, and was pursued almost inces santly, until I was taken a fortnight afterward by Mr. Benjamin Phipps, in a little hole I had dug out with my sword, for the purpose of concealment, under the top of a fallen tree.- On Mr. Phipps's discovering the place of my concealment, lhe cocked his gun and aimed at me. I requested him not to shoot and I would give up, upon which lie demanded my sword.- I de livered it to him and lie brought me to prison. During the time t was pursuedl I had many hair br-eadth es capes, which your time will not peCr mit mec to i-elate. 1 am here loaded with chainis, and willing to sutl'er the fate that awaits me." Tobhacco loim ing. )AUuiX rION, Aug. 22. --The tobacco "break" advertised to take pilace in Darlington came otl' today and e xceed ed the expectations of the most san guine. D~espite the i-ain which came down in tor-rents y-esterday', late in the afternoon long lines of wagons were seen winding their way to the two large new war-ehouuses. On the lloor of the warehouses every body was busy pu tting the di tferenit grades of to bacco in piles inlngrw extending the whole length of the lloor-. This morn ing other farmer's came in fronm Sum ter', Clarendon, Williansburg- and Florence, till at noon when the sales began, there was no room on ('ither lloor' for another pile. There were on the iloor' of the D~arlington warechouse about 900i piles and on the loor of the P lanters' warehouse about 8c00 piles, aggrregating on the two flours about 40,000J pounds. The tobaccos sold to day' were mostly trimmuin gs an d is con sidered by ex perts 'remarkably good. The tobacco sold up to this time br-ought 8I, 810, $15. 825, $50 and $tGn per hundred weight, and one pile, be longing to Mi-. W. E. Dargan, was k-noc-ked down for 891 pci' hundred weight. There is no way of -linding out at this time the average price, but it will exceed the average of any prey isus break. Altogetheri there were four auctioneers selling, they did not liuishi this afternoon the first wvare house. As soonkas this is finished the buyers will go over to the other house and it will take nearly all day tomor row to get through selling the tobacco on the tloor now. W hen the sale be gan this moifning our streets wvere al most deserted, all including a lar-ge number- of ladies, ~went down to the warehouses to witness the sales. The indications nowv are D~arlington will sell the largest number of pounds sold in South Carolina. The farmiers from the other counties are highly pleased with the sales of their tobacco and with the kindness they receiyed from t he citizens of that place. SUPERLATIVELY FINE. IS THE CONDITION OF CORN CROPS IN THE STATE. What Director Bauer Has to Say of the Weather and the Crops for the Week Endlug Yesterday A Satisfactory Week. CoLImA, S. C., Aug. 21.-The principal feature of last week's weath er was the aycessive rainfall over the greater portion of the State. The drought that had persisted over the western and northern counties through out July and the two weeks in Au gust was thoroughly relieved and veg etation of all kinds revived and crops again look promising. The rains came too late to benefit early corn to any ex tent, but late planting is now an as sured crop. The rain came in a suc cession of gentle showers, except in Edgefield county, where tields were washed to some extent, and in Green ville, where there were two heavy washing rains. It was remarkable that the heavy rains had but a slight effect on the rivers and no freshets were even threatened anywhere. In the eastern portion of the State the rains were also heavy and caused great in jury to fodder which was already pulled, and to much on the stalk, which is said to be rotting. Cotton also was injuriously affected by the rains, as the flov-ers that get wet fail to fructify and tie squares shed; the reports indicate that this was the case and the crop that would have put on from the 14th to the 17th inclusive is lost. In this connection attention has been called to the fact that such por tion of the crop that puts on after the 20th of August is not certain to ma ture. Theu rain fall was well distributed, as the following amounts by stations will show: Kingstree, 2.13; St. Matthews, :.2:; St. George, 2.74; Yemasse, 0.85; Batesburg, 4.55: Greenwood, 4.62; Blackville, 3.97; Allendale, 2.93; Che raw, 3.34; Florence, 2.10; Greenville, 2.29; Spartanburg, 2.63; Beaufort, 1.85; Charleston, 1.47; Liberty, 3.75; Elloree, 2.35; Chesterfield, 2.00; Soci ety Hill, 1.96; McColl, 4.50; Darling ton, 3.84; Edisto, 4.55; Camden, 4.68; Statesburg, 2. 15; Tibnton, 4.31; San tuc, 2.38; Longshore, 3.11; Columbia, 4.8S; St. George, 4.50; Gillisonville, 2.19; Oakwood, 2.25; Ridgeway, 5.16; St. Stephens, 2.69; Piniopolis, 5.14; Anderson, 2.24; Central, 3.70: Reid, 4.25; Eflingham, 2.80; Looper's, 2.90. The average of these thirty-eight sta tions is 3.23 inches and the normal for the same period is approximately 1.47, the rainfall having been in ex cess over the entire State, except at Yemassee. The week had a favorable tempera ture, with no excessive heats or cool nights; the daily range was below the usual, owing to the great amount of cloudiness. The highest temperature reported was 96 at Kingstree, on the 13th, and the lowest 64 at Greenwood, on the 15th. The average mean tem perature of the week for the State, de duced from thirty reports, was 79 de grees, and the normal for the same period is approximately 79 degrees. The duration of sunsine varied be tween 29 per cert. and 90 per cent. of the possible, the least cloudiness hav ing occurred in Marlboro county and the greatest in the western and central ecounties. The winds were generally light, ex cept that in Greenville county in the vicinity of Reid there was a severe local storm, with hail, that destroyed considerable corn by breaking it off. In general, it may be said that the average condition of all crops is bet ter and more paomising than for some weeks, with the important exception of cotton, which in the eastern and central portions of the State has taken on rust and is shedding too freely. These reports are not confined to any county, but are general, and even in clude portions of the western coun ties. Over the western half of the State, however, there was a marked improvement in the plant in most places, so that, taking the State as a whole, there was little change in the average condition of the staple.- In the lower part of the State it is begin ning to open. The bolls appear to be of good size and the bottom crop heav ily fruited; the uncertain top crop looks promising, but, owing to the lateness of the entire crop, there is small likelihood of much of it reach ing maturity, in places the plant is growing too much to weed. Sea island cotton appears to be thriving. The late rains have given the ground enough moisture to insure late plant ed corn, andl in all parts of the States its condition would be truthfully de picted by calling it superlatively fine, bottomit lands having particularly fine crops. In the western portion of the State early corn was too ripe to be much beniefited b~y the rains, but is nevertheless a fair crop. The total crp will be a very large one. Fod der-pulling was general, as the weath er~ permitted, but much fodder that was pulled wvasdamiaged, especially in Oriangebu rg and Hampton counties, and the eastern portion of the State generally, even some on the stalk was generaly damaged. In the lower counties molasses mak ing has begun, and sorghum is ripen ing generally. The condition of the cop) is fair-, but very uneven. Peas are doing well as a rule, and are growing better than ever after the heavy rains. Early peas are ripenimg, and somec are already on the market. Turnip sowing will now be pushied as the ground is in the best condition for quick generation. Turnips already planted are growing rapidly. The wet weather has caused sweet potates to run too much to vine. neces sitatingr trimmtiing; but their condition generally is greatly improved. Along the coast late sweet and Irish p)otatoes will soon be gathered Some complaint of Irish seed potatoes (second crop) rotting in the groni nd. The rice harvest will soon begim. and rice in general apperars to be heading finely. The weather for rice has been iniformily favorable the en tire season. Late fruit quite plentiful and of better quality than the earliest varieties. The prospects arec that there will be a lar-ge crop of pea-vine. and second gtowth of meadow hay. A Fotlh Father. NAsuviLus, Tenn., Aug. 22.-An elopement followed by the murder of the bridegroom is reported from Mont gmery county. The 16-year-old daughter of a farmer named I Jalibur ton went to prayer meeting. where she met a young :nan named Ilite, who had been forbidden to visit her by her parents. They eloped and were mar ried, but the father of the girl pursued the ouleand1 killel the husband. COMMERCIAL MOUNTEBANKS. Murdering Material Prosperity and Pau perizing the People. The followingcircular. which was issued sometime ago from Galveston, Texas, explains itself: As President of the American Cot ton Growers Protective Association, cognizant of the great wron that has been perpetrated upon the -masses of my fellow farmers, the cotton growers of the South, it becomes my duty, as far as my limited ability extends, to e warn you of the dangers that environ t you and the devices and plans that are e being laid by cunning and unscrupu lous men to rob you of your honest , toil to further impoverish you and to e enhance the discord and dissatisfaction e that is now dominant in the heart of I the fact that there is something radic- r ally wrong in your systems. No long- f er is the product of honest toil ade- t quate to our subsistence, and no long er is the production of an article any standard of its valuation: and the law of supply and demand has been dis placed and in its stead intervenes the results attained by the "commercial mountebank," the most insidious and merciless of which is he that with a t tongue of an Ananias and the heart of a mafia is murdering the material prosperity of our country and making paupers of our people, I refer to that man who wears deservedly the name of "Bear"-he that of false prophecy and wilful misrepresentation robs us 1 of our substance. inperils our posteri- f ty and leaves us nothing but poverty in our homes and hatred in our hearts. t The warning note has been sounded; let forewarned be forewarned. That there is a systematized movement to I depress the value of our staple this 6 season is patent to all intelligent men, and it rests with the planter of the South, individually, as to whether he d will submit to thus be sheared again s like sheep, as lie was last season. The v time has arrived for heroic action. 1 The alternative is to either renounce t the growing of cotton entirely as a d profitable crop or to take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by op posing end them. False rumors of the immensity of the coming crop have t already been widely and recklessly 2 circulated, to intimidate the farmers e into rushing their crops upon the I market, hoping to receive better price I before a decline. This action upon the part of the farmers will accomplish the intention of manipulators of the market, and is to be deprecated as sui- t cidal to their interests. The crop ought to bring fair values, t should be judiciously distributed over I the selling season without allowing the deliveries to be too great at any time. And I advise that all farmers r that can -do so, without violating a contract, should market their crop as slowly as they can, or at a ratio of one-third less than last season; the equilibrium will be thus fairly retain ed and we will come much nearer re- t ceiving the commercial value of our I product. It will be remembered by many that previous to our civil war, on account of the lack of transportation facilities, it required from seven to nine months to market the cotton crop. We now sell the bulk of it within three or four months, thus congesting the market, making competitors of ourselves in the mad rush to get rid of our pro duct; while, upon the other hand, a judicious and gradual distribution of the same over a greater period of months would be conducive to compe tition between the manufacturers, who1 are obliged to have our material, and they running after us to buy our pro duct, instead of our having to run af ter them to sell it to them. And I desire to impress upon the cotton growers the imperative necessi ty of organization for the accomplish ment of this purpose, and all instru-1 mentalities should be etigaged in the - achievement of this consummation de voutly to be wished. Doubtless this t endeavor will meet with strenuous op-C position at the hand of those who recklessly speculate upon the labor of the farmer of the South- He would t be offered a little more than the mark- 1 et price to bring in his crop. The ar- t gument of risk of fire, loss in weights, etc. ; would follow, with the usual de- 1 nunciation of advice; but I implore you, for the sake of your families ren-f dered destitute by these despoilers, and for the love you bear for our "Sunny Southland," for all that is sacred to our hearts and to our homes, to resistt this current that is insidiously, day by day, drawing us into a vortex of pov- 1 erty and shame and depraving our manhood and increasing ceime. There never was a more cruel andt relentless war waged upon the people than upon the South by England and her emissaries and Tory allies, reduc ing her people from athuance to the pittance of ten cents a day for their I labor, which cotton at live cents per pound means. Mr. H. M. Neill, in his statement ar few clays since, reports a decrease in 1 the Texas crop of only five per cent.t and an entire crop of Let ween eight and nine million. I challenge Mr.f Neill to substantiate his statemient in i any legitimate evidence. Hie can never do it and will go down in history as a i wilder guesser and a reckless statisti- I cian. I have made a tour of the cotton r belt of Texas, and after careful inves- 1 tigation I am prepared to raise my former estimate of sixteen p~er cent. to) i twenty- live per cent. decrease in acre age. I find ab~out two andl a half per (cnt. r of cotton land abandoned, worms ina some sect ions doing considerable dam-s age, and great injury in a large and most productive portion by rain. The crop is three weeks late and drought still continues. I advise farmers tor move their crops to market just as I slowly as possible, and not allow 1 themselves to le terrorized to hurried-1 ly rushing their cotton'to market in a few months, but to hold back what there is and thereby realize handsome results by a judicious distribution. IIECToai D. LAxE. President American Cotton Growers' Protective Association. A Strange Ca.-'e. C SPARTANIRR, Aug. 22.-The Case of Mr. Brown, of this county. is at-r tracting more or less attention. Hisr atiiction is rather peculiar and is ofI more than usual interest. Mr. Brownr is a farmer, and Ihis ailliction is a t source by a great deal, of annoyancei to him. ~He drops ott to sleep while1 plowing in a field, talking with I friends, and even while eating. The1 sleep continues for some time. Mr. Brown eats as heartily as any man, and his bodily health is good, but the desire to slumber overcomes every thing else. It is said that he has been t known to fall asleep while driving along in a buggy. His strange attiic tion annot bme couted for.-HJerald jt THE STATE ELECTION. k VERY LIGHT VOTE POLLED ALL OVER THE STATE. ihe Democratic Tickets Nomivated in the Primaries Elected in Every County. Several Counties Send Mixed Delegatlo of the Two Factions. COLUMLA, S. C., Aug. 22.-The lection for delegates to the Constitu ional Convention last Tuesday result d in the complete success of the Dem cratic party in every county in the ;tate except Beaufort. In several ounties the Republicans had out tick ts. but they were beaten everywhere. lie tickets elected were those nomi ated in the Democratic primaries a ew weeks ago. The vote over the en ire State was very light, not mnch ver a half vote being polled. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Green ille. York, Kershaw, Edgefield, Aik n, Chesterfield, Chester, Barnwell, airfield, Newberry, ilorryAbbeville, ,olleton. Hampton, Marion, Marlboro Lnd Williamsburg, all Reform coun ies, each elected one or more Conserv tive delegates, and Richland and umter Counties, which are Conserva ive, divided their delegations with the leforners. Charleston elected a solid ,onservative delegation, and George ow-n divided her delegation equally etween the Conservatives, the .Re ormers and Republicans. Beaufort ounty is theonly county in theState hat went Republican. The counties of Berkeley, Claren ton, Darlington, Florence, Lancaster, ,aurens, Lexington, Orangeburg, Jpartanburg and Union elected all Re ormers. In most of these counties lie Reformers refused to divide their elegations, with the result as above tated. In most of the counties there -as no opposition of any kind to the )emocratic nominees. Independent ickets were run in the counties of An erson, Greenville, Fairfield, Oconee .nd Union, but in each they were bad y defeated by the regular ticket. In Sumter County Mr. D. E.Keels, he County Treasurer, was opposed to . compromise ticket, and put out one onsisting entirely of Reformers, with Limself at the head, in opposition to a icket composed of three Reformers .nd three Conservatives. The Repub icins also had a ticket in the field. he Keels ticket was badly beaten by lie fusion ticket, the vote standing as ellows: Fusion ticket, 1,175; Keels icket, 391; Republican ticket, 836. It vas charged that Keels had entered a ombination with the Republicans, -hich he denied, but the fact of his eceiving more votes than any other aan on his ticket is takeu as a signifi ant fact. The result of the election is a reve ation. It saows that only about elev n white counties in the State refused o harmon,izB their differences and di ide their delegations between the two actions. One of the counties that re used to divide is controlled by the onservatives and ten of them is con rolled by theReformers. It will thus >e seen that over two-thirds of the unties of the State are sick and tired >f strife, and have determinrd to bury he hatchet. In some of those coun ies that elected solid Reform delega ions a little concession on -both sides vould have resulted in a compromise. L in all, those who have been work ng for peace between the two factions nthe State have causetobeencouraged Lt the result of their labors. It will not e long before all the counties in the tate will be in line for peace and uni y amonI the white people of South jarolina. ________ -We Wil Have the Fair. CoLmmIa, 5. 0., Aug. 22.-Col. [hos. W. Holloway, the genial and ndefatigable secretary of the State tgricultural and Mechanical Society, as in the city yesterday, and gave to he press the following address, which ontains the gratifying announce nent that all obstacles have been ov rcome and t'he fair will be held in his city on the usual dates in Novem er. This will be pleasant news to housands all over the State, and they nay rest assured that Columbia will >e repared to give them a heat relcomie and will do her part towad urnishing them plenty of attractive emusements: o the People of South Carolina: It gives us great pleasure to say that le State Agricultural and Mechonical ~ociety is in a condition to carry on he great work in which it has been ngaged looking to the advancement f the agricultural and mechanical mn rests of our State, and that the us: tal fair will be held in Columbia No -ember 1t-15tht under the brightest au pices. All money arrangements have been nade for paying premiums and other xpenses. The railroads have acceded o our request: and have given us the ate of one cent per mile, counting oth ways, for three days. Excursion rains will be run during the time so hat it will be convenient and cheap or the greater part of our people to .ttend. Thec revision of the preniutm list is a the hands of a commhittee appointed or that p~urpose, and will soon 1 eady for distribution. It. is highly >robable that some tiue racing wi > vitnssg.d in addition to other attract ve feattires. The last two fairs were as full and qual in all respects in point of the iubr and excellence of exhibits as .ny precedingr fairs, though more imly attended, because of excessive airad rates. All of these drawbacks taving been satisfactorily adjusted, here is no reason why this fair should ot be as successful as any heretofore eld. Attend the fair, and encourage is with your presence and assistance 1 this great enterprise. Yours trulv, Thios. J1 Moore, 'hos. W. Hollinvay, President. Seetary. A Short lnoneymoon. iRowi Ilu lL. Aug. 22.-Whether at emptd suicide or accident is not :nown, but there is some excitement aver the fact that a young man by he name of Davis shot himself this norning. One week ago Davis was narrieto Miss Evans, who lives on lamptoni street. At the time of the narriage the bride's health was such hat they could not leave her home as ntended. I understand that they had ntended leaving today for a trip to ie home of his relatives. The shoot ng occured at about 9 o'clock this noruing in his room and the weapon ised was a.,8calibre Smith & Wesson. Iis shot through the right temple, dI there is. no0 chance for recovery, houh~ at thiis hour lhe is still alive. iverthing points to suicide. Davis lied ~this afternoon. The verdict of he com mn' s nur was suicide.-State.