Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

.... ^ CAMDEN, 8. t -A Social and Religious Feature of y tho Rural Soutji. NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE NORTH Afc Any Ttmo, and Kveu at tho South - Mt^ pigtinotlv^Qj^hurac'torl&tloa Havo Passed Away. [W. R. Davio in tho Charleston (S. 0. ) Sunday Nowa. ] ? ? Among tho m<tuy good things which woro MWipc^lput"by tho war was tho oUl fashioned cbuutrycampmeotingsin tho South, Camp mcotings thoro are still, and doubtless will bo for generations, but never again such aa boforo tho war might bo found in almost ovory ooun fr*ty fcoutb of tho Pytoiuao, Ohio, audMis eonrj. '.__JChe modern roliginus funotion of. 'which we read at Martha's Vineyard and ottfbr points in tho North, and tho ?dwarfed and disappointing invitation yet indigenous to soino part of Dixio, nave about the same volution to thoglo iries of tho auto-bollum originals that tho modern tournament, with its oheap and gaudy tinsel, a (looted gallantry and puerilo sports, havo to tho pomp, pago?,ntry and circumstance of tho me * Uiacival joust, ???? African slaves was as ossontial to tho ?auoooss of tho ideal oamp mooting as oil to salad or mint to julep. Abun dance of personal service, loyal, trained and intelligent, involuntary, if you iileaso, but none tho less ohoerful, con tented and eflioiont, was the vory wine ?of tho past, for past it was, albiet not immod iu tho calendar or dedicated to any espeoial saint. At that period tho South was intonsoly moral, a lavgo majority of tho wealthi est aiid must intelligent and rotlned jieoplo lived exclusively in tho co\iutryt and tho towns, with few exceptions, wore moro sub-mral aggrigationsof dis contented exiles from- their plantation florae's, drawn togethet- by the nooessity of educational facilities, of recruiting wasted fortunos bQho profits of trade 'or the duty of filling for a time the I>olitioal offices of State or county, dis trict or parish, Ohftffing under the restraints and "limitations of urbah life, theso weary Exiles looked forward with impatience to the timu wjjjon thoy, too, might ro '"surae or assume the pleasures, dignities mud social responsibilities of country ihomos. Tho sizo of the plantations, les# the result of choico than necossity for the employment of numerous slaves, t segregated the country people, and tendered the home, rather than tho neighborhood or town, tho social unit; competence, leisure, tho virtues y of a > dominant and superior race, ' -find a standard of intelligence and education rarely, if .over, attained oleowhero by a stfiolly moral ' people, rendered this home the pnrqst and sweetest as it was 'the ""most ' charming, this world has known. ' . Men and women, however, are gre garious, Jong for tho companionship of their-kfnd and the isolation of their delightful moral homes, rendered neo ~ <nimftrv ?ome opportunity of mingling " with their follows. To meot at regular an<| convenient intervals in thjr interest of religion afforded laudable pretext, and the camp meeting was the result. The leadiug religious denominations in the South then wero the Mothodist ?Episcopal, South, (With decldod em phasis upon the geographical suffix), tho Missionary Baptist and tho Presby terians in the order 'named. The Prostestant Episcopal never Obtained looting in the country distriotsysavo, perhaps, in Virginia and the tide water regions of tho two Carolinas. A METHODIST INSTITUTION. 02 these too Mothodists, owing large ly to its Bomi-military organization and the zeal, fervor and enterprise of its de voted ministry, was nro-ominently the pioneer churoh. With ' rifles, axe aud saddle-bags" the ubiquitous "circuit rider" followed close upon tho piquet guard of civilization. In every white settlement % arose Mothodist Churoh buildings, anji t# these, at the expense of untold labor and tho risk at times of life itself, ministered the indefatigable disciples of John Wesley. Tho emotional service, Religious en thusiasm and numerous conversions in cident to the popular annual religious festivals. Were peculiarly acceptable to the Methodist ministry, and powerful , faotors in tlie upbuilding of that sect; * hence it was that a majority pf the camp meetings were held under the auspices of that ?nomination. The missionary Baptist followed, but at a ? perceptible distance, ' their congrega tional system affording less favorable opportunity for suohwork. In the older ana denser populated districts the staid ' and conservative Presbyterians occa sionally yielded to the social instincts of their oommunioants, but, broadly speaking. the_camp meeting was a .Methodjsk religiojis festival, and p#r ? took largely oT the characteristics of - that Intense and emotional order. TUB VAHr ??vuny_ . jpttHMMd ilftMn or twenty BMMd off in * *quw?, and its looa W*eg*i?er?}Jy determined by the " ?ue conjunction of level.sandy IMnpl^-^Ud^ ^d ^qndence of " "wMnf+ efld to tfci* xwowt r-flf nnninrone the location __ side* of the Sred'^ten^" in^etiW^^Kbnt ? - cebine, of two room# I Back of the tints, lean-to sheds rtf? I forded ?holtor to tho tables in case of rain, but in good weather thtfso were Spread henoath tho tree*. (UWl all meals tnkou "al fresco, a little fulther back wore the Cook Shod and barbecue pits, I mid still furthor, often ^caching beyond tho lines pf tho grounds, woro tho kVagonfl with foiyigo, tho Iiun;os, vohior lo? of guests, tho camps of tho slave*. I ? "ma stand" ou "yriB auboo." In the contra; as near as might bo, of the grounds, "tho Stand" or "Arbor," a lingo woodon shed, oovorod with shingle* or beards, was erected, with capacious pulpit and ample ' altar," at one end, while rude benches for tho jougreg&tion filled the remaining space, I fore tho sorvicos woro oonduot-od, and jho attention oontorod at tho roligious eatnros of the foast gradually ovorcamo its sooial oharaotor in tho progress of the "Revival." Finally tho "gamp I grounds' was usually named for the aearest ohuroh of that denomination, j ?nd gonorolly incorporated as1 a plaoe of worship under that name, plaoing it antler tho protection of tho law. Homo weeks beforehand the local minister announced tho tinio of the mooting. This was usually during the interval between tho cultivation and I tho harvesting of tho crops, in country parlance "during lay by time." At tho appointod day? say-- Thursday I ?before the fourth Sunday in August - -the "ton tors" began to rnovo in, it l>oing a time of rest and loisure upon the farms almcstkone half the nogroos, *nd all tho toams y?re employed. Do' tails for this sorvico woro eagerly sought by tho slavos, for bosidos tho joy of a crowd, dear to tho negro hoart, loomed up the prospeot of unlimited rations from the white folks' table, (after their betters had eatou), and uncounted .Hams and quarters as tho reward of I aheorful sorvioo to generous guosts. t I'Ij A NT AVION I'ltBl'AnATTQNH, All was now hurry and bifcstlo' upon tho plantations. Hogs, slieop, goa^s md cattle, fatted expressly, w.dro slaughtered and preparod for tho bar I baoue pits, Poultry 'was caught and pennod, flour pwoet and fresh from tho I mill, corn meal by. tho bushol, hams I and broakfiist strips fit for tho king's tablo, drawn from tho dusky depths ox I the smoke house, vegetables from kit I ahon gardens, potatoes from tho patch, fruit from tho trees, honoy from tho "guius" and melons from tho vinos, I were pjfod high upon tho wagon loads I jf c and forage, straw and furniture, j which found their way to tho grounds, nor was tho fragrant and delicious I blackberry, souppornong or muscadine wine, tho potent aud seductive cherry I bounco, and small, but indispcnsihlo supply of '.'apple- Jack," or "old corn'\| I forgotton. - 'Iho merry darkies chosen to holp worked with a will, and wakened tho late and early echoes with Choice soleo I tions from last year's "mooting," whilo I their less fortunate follows consoled themselves with tho reflection that on I Sunday all might attend and enjoy to I the utmost this delightful oasis, lving midway in tho weary desert, reaching from Christmas to Christmas. The PJlBACIIEny.' TASK. ' 13y Thursday night nearly all the "tontors" were settled, and a few of tho visiting ministers hart arrived. Upon tho principle of putting tho best foot foremost, and out of deference to tho cloth "tho Preachers' tent" was the first upon tho right of tho square, and tho last built and equipped upon tho ground. At this tent tho "prosiding I older" (if h methodise camp ground) was master and titular chief, and to its support, both in provisions And attend ants, wero contributed all and -more than was nooded by tho rival tontors. It was dedicated to theoxolusivousoof the ministers and their families, njud within its sacred precincts no layman, save upon special invitation, was suppe'sod to enter for food or refreshment. This tent, , likp tho others, was arrangodflfor the flojAirato accommodation of the sexes, and liore tho families of tliomin istors met and formed friendships and acquaintances to 'be severed, alas, by | future assignments of tho Bishop. To the bard-workod and often ill paid Methodist ministry tho camp meeting ' was tho source of unalloyed ploasuro. I It meant release for a season from the j monotononj.duTTBrof tho circuit* It | meant ?<5cial and professional inter course. It Vncant increase of church membership, an 1 of prospective pay. . ft meant opportunity for tho display of tlioso poculiar gifts which brought ( preferment from tho Jiisbop, at tho sug- i gostion of the presiding el dor.. Jt meant bounteous choor, mental, physi- j cal and spiritual, and more than all, let us believe, it meant a gracious out pouring of the 4)ivino spirit aoid moro zealous and willing workors in tho Xfastor's vinoyard. Certain it ia that nono on joyed tho camp meoting more and nono Iaborod so bard for its suc cess. , A short sermon from tholoca3 minis ter/on Thursday "at oarly candle lighting" inaugurated the mooring and at anearly hour tho weary auuieuce so?g1IVn?at from Iho labors of tho first "aay. [to bb continued. ] RUSSIAN MILL JjlfcN - ? ? -I ,.,t. In tfee9outt?on ?Tour of fu*pectionoi Aracrtcan y B. 8 r K arin kio er A. FrOhasnoff and W. MoKibb*u, head officers in the Mos cow, Kufl?i?, cotton mills, arrircd intlio city early yesterday u^orninjf on a trip through the So*Ut-to Examine the cot ton mill mac^nery inthi# cpnntry with a^??w tog< xnachinary Moeoowmi inf the &\k? haye the reputation of be cotton mill machinery (it, while ?p to date in the early part K3SS 1 I IMS Sill? At Length He Makes Public the lookcd-for Lotter to Ellerbe. THE DISPENSARY DISCUSSED, AtlinlU Loosened.* ami ITmlue UoauimI for fjftw Jn Dlnpusal of HeUtireB, Kte. Tho following lotiev, which was given to tho pyoss by Sonator Tillman last wook, while ourouto to tho fuuoral of Son ft tor Karlo, at Greonvillo, fully explains itself: "Governor Kllorbo having doclined to give my lottor to tho piosh as I re\ quostod, 1 waitod to hoar from him be fore giviug it ont. It was writton very hurriedly and somo things in it seemed to oo a voilootion on his administration and ho also ohjootodto my strictures on aomo mon andHliingsus coming through him for foar they would bo considorod an rooioving hisondorsomont. Aa I in tended no rollcotion on tho Governor and had no purnoae of 'striking others over his shoulder,' I luivo modified 'tho languago SvhioU ho considered to reflect on him and give tho lottor to tho public in tho form of a statoment. I only ad dressed tho letter to him in tho first placo boeauso boing tho Oovornor ho alone could order an investigation., it ia substantially as llrst writton exoopt that T have ohangod my oommouts on tho Agricultural Hall matter somo sinoo reading tho opinion of Justice JIarlan and loft out ouo or two aontonces which might bo considered as making boastful comparisons. "Tho disponrary scandals ana tho recent decision in regard to tho Agri cultural Hall caso havo oxoitod a dcop feeling of concern in tho minds of tho people of tho Stato, and have givon my onomies a 'good cxcuso to ongago anew in tho pleasant pastime of abusing and slandering mo in connection with both. I commend heartily tho Governor's ac tion in pressiri'g tho recent investiga tion and join in tho sentiment: 'Lot notUhe guilty man oscapo. ' T havo 110 desire, nor do 1 boliove has tho. uoy ornor, to niako scape goatB of anyono, but if there be any big fish in tho not lot them not break through and punish only tho little ones. ?'There ban boon more or less loose-, noss in Yogue in regard to samjilos from the very start and it is- probfiblo that contraband liquors and samplos bp came mixod in the minds of met^coli nooted with tho dispensary so that due regard to law has 110't boon had in tho disposal of contraband seizures. ' 'But if there nro no graver crimes in connection than those with which they havo thus far been charged, I do not boo that much good will come, even, if Scruggs and Gaston are punishod to the fullest extent of the law. In this con nection, 1 would Biiggost that, too much stress seems to bo given to tho having of a ?"hocus pocus" key. ' Scruggs was tho trusted agent of tho Board of 'Con trol, is 0 much so that they refused or failed to elect a Commissioner, and I can 11 vt seo what need ho had for a key. Shipments must havo been received constantly and I do not know how thoy could havo been placed in the contra band room unless there was s key^ al ways in his possession to open it with. It ia possible, ,at this distance, how oyer, and.for.'laok of familiarity with ? tho present workings ,of tho dispen sary, my criticisms along this lino are worthless. Samples wero sent in groat quantities n'lien I was connected with tho dispensary and not knowing what else to do with thorn, they were, freely distributed among the visitors to the institution, as 0110 means of deter mining the qualitios of tho liquors, and also as courtesios. I carried somo to my house and used them, as did Gov. Evanp, and I presume, the present State Board of Control, have done liko wiso^iUid'I havo no apology tomakofoi it. ' During my term there wero very fow other articles than liquor seized, though I recall tho fact that kegs and small barrels of liquor wore found pack ed in rico borrols and also in casks of hams. I instructed Mr. Traxler to take account of all contraband articles and dispose of them according to law. While thero is a great howl raised in regard to the dispensary by the old barroom ad vocates. it is (lono with tho view of un dormining and destroying* tho dispen sary system, and they do not caro eo much for tho punishment of theso aa thoy rejoico in tho opportunity the ro cent exposures havo afforded them for revamping tho.oldjalanders obout "re bates." . ' .. "The obvious purpose of the antx newspapers, anti- reform, anti-temjl'or ance and anti-decenoy? their obvious purpose, I sav, is to follow up tho lino of light laid down long ago; tobesmuoh the character of any and every man connected with the dispensary, and to magnify ovirything which can bo criti cizod in it# management in order to break it dofrn in the affections .of the pooplo and! to accomplish the restora tion of barrooms in some form. - "the system has no inhoront vioe which ought to work its . dissolution, *?<1 it only requires to Be conducted as tho asyluin, or as the tax department is tan to command ,the respect and sup port of the people;' No one can claim this i"t a matter of impossibility, and if the systeni shall finally fail it will, be owing to the improper administration of the law, Ho mnchfor the general ?ring the idminist ration of 'the law un der Ben Tillman and Trailer ; and like oihora, Xhava been Astonished at the aflroutery which *ires ont so much Mjmtm. HttJe Are. He merely JtUukr. The v>.y administration woro put in cireuln- I tion by tho newspapers nnd then taken I ip by ( ionoi ul Rutlor, in (ho canvass! three yours ago, I nu>t them promptly and vigorously at I'nion and olsowhcvo,- ' anil Inst winter I joined with Governor lOvnuH in asking that the legislature should appoint aconunittoo to look into (he dispensary's management and not tho chargos of corruption at rest lor over. 'I he books of tho dispensary and everything connected with it? Ilnunofal rUTaiis havo boon invostigatod and re ported on time and again by a legisla tive oommit^oo, one of whoso metnbera waa an anti, ineapablo of se duction or of boiug induced to cloak wrong. Tho eommitteo has nover yet made a report ronoeung on the integrity or ntfnost.v of its maiu ttgemont. Now, tho arr is "luvosti* gate" and while Gantt or no one olso ha!} or can give arty satisfactory reason why mv administration of tho dispon* sary ought to bo investigated, I d'osiro tho Governor to select a committee of citizens to begin an investigation im mediately, and J am willing to answer auy inquiries made and I doubt not that overy olhor man connootod with tho dispensary in any ofiloiu! way, would bo willing to do likewise. Tho expense jWnnot bo groat and eould bo paid out or the eontingont fund and the mutter i? of suflloiont importance, I think, to warrant tho outlay. '?Tho friends of*ho dispensary cannot allow it to bo undermined nnd smoth orod in tilth by the gutter snipes, who are running tho editorial pages of our daily papors, and if any corruption can be shown to exist, punishmont swift and suro should follow. 1 stand ready to explain nnd justify every not of mine in conucction with the law, and 1 doubt not that Governor Evans can do liko wiso. Lot the matter bo set at rest, and tho smouldering embers of envy and hato be put out onco for all. B, R. TltiliMAK. WKICKIjY CHOI* ltU IjIjIGTIN Of tho South Carolina Climate and Crop Servleo. Below can bo foufed tho climate nud oroj>AServico bullotin, in part, as issuod for tho week onding May 25th, by Soe tion Director Bauer. "But little change was notioed in tho condition of staplo orops during tho week except a slight improvement gen arally in tho color of corn and cotton, towards tho closo. Earlj' in tho week tho nights woro too cool, and tho ground is too dry, for rapid growth of vegetation, but with tho rise in tem perature and showors in places, which occurred on Friday and Sunday, a hot - ter condition has developed. "Tho general tenor of all reports in dicates about a good averago condition of all orops and this holds good for tho entire State, with a few local exceptions. The prevalonco, in injurious nfrtnbors of out and bud worms on bottdnV, and corn has boon tho worst adverse condi tion on any crop to date, and that is abating. ' 'Ham is generally needod and would provo very benefioial. "Tho conditipn-of corn remains prac tically tho sivifio as heretofore, it being small for the season but with a healthy color. Ivis hotter on uplands than on bottoms, owing to the poor preparation the latter lands rooefVeu generally, and. to tho daiuago by worms and crows, necessitating much replanting and gen erally poor stands. Corn nearly all planted and replaced. Is hci::g. work ed out. Tho fields are generally ideau and in lino tilth. It ^ ' ' 'CottoijL haS liuprovod somowhat and" no complaints are rccoivod of poor stands except from Abboville, Edgefield, Barnwell andSaluda, where oil certain lands the plant is dying. "Tho plants, while small, are healthy; and though somewhat irregular as to size, stands aro otherwise nearly per fect, and required very liitle "patching" by replanting, over tho State generally. 'Chopping out' fis progressing rapidly and is nearing completion in tho moro easterly oounties, while in tho north western counties is only well begun, as cotton is notitall up yet. Tho plant is in a jwitisfactory conuition.jwd iu excel lent Shape to respond to (nor&.favorahlo weather for growth. Son Island cotton mado slow growth and' stands in need of rain. "Tobacco continues to do woll. Worms have appeared in considorahlo numbers, but as yet aro within easy control. "Oats harvest liasbeguu in the 'east orn half of thefJtate, where the crop is not generally aS good as it promises to be over tho western portion. Spring sown oats aAtofed failure?they are not genorally over three to four inches high. "Wheat has developed considerable rnst, but not enough to effeot the yield. It is ripening and continues promising, but with many poor fields. Chinch bugs damaged wheat iu Chester and Lancaster. "Water melons improving but. still backward in Barnwell, beginning to ? look -woll and blossoming in Abbeville and Richland. Not doing well and poor stands in Islington and Hamp ton. "Insects injuring apple trees in Pick ,.ena. - Many oowplamtaof fruitdropping too freely. Grapes are very promising over entire State. A large crop of black berries beilR. gathered but rain would do them and other berries very much frood. Plums ripening in eastern coijp ies. Labor in fair supply. " SENATOR Hi DEAD. I Ho Succumbs to Bright's Disoaso After Weeks of Suffering, ... ? ? ' I A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, lie Was Conscious to the l*ast-?Afi to HI* Successor Gov, Kllorbo Will Act at the Proper Tlimj. A dispatch from Greenville, South Carolina, last Thursday heralded tho sad news thgt Sonator Joseph II. Earle had sucoumbod to Bright'a disease aftor weeks of suffering, but waa consoious to tho last and bid farowoll to a devoted family which had gatherod around his bedside. When Senator Earlo went to Wash ington iu March ho was in his usual good health. About two mouths ago ho made Ida ilrst public utterance in the Senate, supporting a resolution which he ottered, looking to the organ ization of the Senate cetumittocs. Tho stronghth of his position in tlint mat tor brought him at unco into national prominonco. But he was almost imme diately attacked by what proved to bo his last illness, and, failing to rally, i his physician advi?ed his returning to Groonvillo. Below is a short sketch of his lifo: JOSEPH U. KAIU,K was born at Greenville, S. (5., April <10, 1847. lie lost his parents early in lifo and went to reside with an unclo at Sumter, S. C. . whoro ho attended tho common schools until the breaking out of the war in 18(51. 1 1 o entered tho Con federate army while a mere bov and stayed the wholo four years. At tho oloso of it ho was a momuor of Charloa' Battery of Light Artillory, Johnson's army. Soon after the war ho returned to Groonvillo and entered Furman Uni voreity and ooihpletod bin education, ilo then taught bc^ooI in Greonvillo county foi thrOo years, leading law at thfe qamo tiuio. About this titno he was happily married to Miss Annio Earlo, daughlor of Mr. Baylies Earlo. of Au dorson, she being a distant relativo of his. He next moved toe Sumter aud was admitted to tho oar in 1870. Eight years after he wns elected to tho legia Taturo from Sumter county and iu 1883 was elected Stato Ronator from this county; ho was a del egate to tho national IJemocratio convention in 1880 and 1884; in 1880 he was oloctod attorney general of the State and re-elected to thifl oflleo in 1888. In 1800 Senator Earlo opposed B. It. Tillman for Governor at tho time when Tillmamow was at blood heat; I10 was defeated. Just four years Mtor ho was elected circuit judge, which oilloo ho hold at tho tihle h^was olocted ovori John(iary Evans ,to succeed./. L. M. Irby in the United States Sonato jn November, 1800./ Ho took his aqttt January 27, 1807. Ho has hold his posi tion as Senator about flvo months and stayed at his post manfully until tho yery laBt, A PUBJilO OAI. AMITY. Governor El lor bo, of South Carolina, was much allocked to hear of Senator Earlo's death. As a mutter of course lio is having nothing to say at this timo of tho possibility of his successor, al though ho fully realizes that it is a mat ter of great moment to tho Domooratio Carty to fill the place thus mado vacant 3' the. hand of death at tho very earliest possiblo moment. Tho power of ap pointment is vested in him, and in him alone, and ho will act when tho proper time has elapsed in accordanco with the power invoafed in him and for tho beat interests of tho State. < o no KKS8ION a r, a rVrio s . At Washington, on rccoipt of the nows of tho death of Senator Earlo, Senator Tillman called on tho Vice President in regard to the appointment of a committee to roprosont tho Souato at tho funeral. Mr. Ilobart named the following as a committee: Messrs. ' Tillman, Clay of Goorgia, Chandler of New Hampshire, McEnery of Louisi ana, and Harris of Kansas, Spoakor Beed appointed a committee to repre sent the II oijifeo, KICK l*iiANTKKS RKTL'RN. Havo Hopes of a Tariff Duly-MnUor Rests With Finance Committor. The Chaiioston, H. (3., delegation consisting of Major Theodore G. Mar ker, B. G. Stonoy and Christopher Fitz Simmons, who have boeii in Washing**) ton in the interest .of tho tariff duty on rice, boa returned to that citjr. Major BarKei' exprosfiod himself as pleased with tho audiences given tho South Carolina delegation. He said that ho oould not spfrak definitely about iiio result of tho delegation's visit, but he was hopeful. Tho Sonatoriol Commit tee, he said, seemed to bo impressed with tho fairness of tho demand* of the it 6$ plantar# 'and pc*rnedr .disposed, to lehd a kfiulTy ear "io thoir pleadings. Major JiarTcor stated however, that in his opinion, the matter rested with tho finance committee entirely, ah to. wliethor they can *ee tholr woy clear to amond the Dingloy tariff bill in the direction requested. " Terms of Pence Arranged. J?oado?i, May 81.? (By Cabje.)?A dispatch, from Constantinople to the Daily Mail saya; * 'The Ambassadors will present a note to the Porte tomor row embodying the terms of peace to .whiek^th^r-wiu^ agree. note wHl refuse to permit the abolition of the ca pitulation ia the case of Greek subjects or the ?ao4X*tioa of Tbeaselyr but will cot^sent to a strategic rearragement of vv** i Wiv*v> V}Wir?SvT' ?.iS itoeted, iSfeto#: V. The t wen ty - aidkUi wwion^of the Grand !*? ????*?* NEWS ITEMS. ftontlicrh l*o?i <* II l*otntcrri. flatYhoy, h>. is to haven ^s.^OOO hotel. Charlotte, N. i? to havoa now city directory of tho Intent improved plan. Stephen K, Mallory, the now Sena tor from Morula, litis been sworn in at Washington ami has taken his neat. The Southern Presbyterian Gonoral Ast.j?filbly now in session at Charlotte, Nv (V, has selected New Orleans, La., ai tho next mooting place. Last Monday was Kentneky day at the Tennessee State Exposition. Gencral'Low Wallace i* being urged aij a candidate for tho United Statin* Senate in 1NDS, t^ aueeeod Mr. Tuvpio, of Indiana. jf Several live.n were lost and mueh damage wrought by electrical storms near Knoxvillo, Tonn. Last week's attendance at thoVNash villo Exposition footed up over'.W, '<){)(>, Nov. Sam 1*. Jones, the noted evang elist, is holding n revival meeting at Hook hill, K, 0. Largo crowds are in attendance from tho town, comity und surrounding country. Tho Inundrymon of North ane South Carolina met in OhaVlotto, last week, and organized anassouiation for mutual protection and tho advancement of their intorosts. Some eighteen laundries woro roproBented, covering most of tho important points in both States. Tho total acreago of cotton in Texas this year is 7,485,9-1(1 aces, which is* an in or oa so of a little inoro than ft) por confc. over INPii, and tho largest in tho history of the State. Cotton is all plant od, tho crop being two or three weeks late, duo in many eases to replanting. James it. Eustis, ox-ambassador to France, and for twelve years a Senator )from Louisiana, announoos his inton tion of bocoming head of tho law firm oftJonos &? Govin, of New York, Christ Oh uroli, Savannah, Ga. , has boon burnod. 4 A pitched hattlo botweon toll gato raiders ifnd a shoritf's posse. tit Oweus yillo, K.iK, roflultou in tho fatal wound ing of David Johnson and the serious injury of Ohnrlos Jones. Whilo attempting to cross Heaver OrooK, W. Va.j on a log, Abraham Don aldson, Mrs. Bhtovors and Miss Martin woro drowned. Tho Harbor negro momorial school at Montgomery, Ala,, has been burnod, Tho loss is about $15, 000. > Mississippi is to havo a new State House to cost $7.00,000. I It is rumored that Govornor Taylof, v of Tennossoe, iA to rosign his office in Ootobor to resuule his looturo tours. Governor Hradloy, of Kentucky, ' granted a pardon to a 12-year-old girl, guilty of forgery, and is urging a re form school for juvonilo offenders. Henry Love, colored, under arrest' at0 Winston, N. O., has confessed that ho is Lewis Mason, who killed Peter Du rau while uudor arrest at Atlanta on Christmrsday, 1895. Postmaster Goneral Gary has estab lished a freo delivorj,* postal sorvico at Manchester, Va. The National Hank of QbtCiioy, ". O., has boon authorized to begin business, with a capital of 850,000. The Georgia Mutual Insurance Com* toanv, a co-operativo con corn, with headquarters at Atlanta, has boon plao- v ed iu the hands of the court. Howell Erwin was named as receiver. ? 4 AU About the No^th. At St. Paul, Minn., Congressman F. G. otoveiiB has boon indicted 011 tho chargo of an ovordraft of $2,200 in Jne account with tho Minnesota SavingH Bank at tho timo v/hon I10 was a trus tee and aoting prosidont of tho bunk. New Joreoy has had a good roads lnw for six years. In that timo sho has ex pend oa $i, 400, 000 in road making and has three hundred milesf of solid, por manent highway? "mosTly-'macadam" ?to show lor it. The county assumes t\fo-thirds of tho cost and tho State the otnor third. Two more anti-railroad bills have boon passed by tho Michigan House. One of them requires railroads to issuo mileage books of fire hundrod miles at two cents a milo, and tho other would mako such books good 011 nil roads and for tho mombfcrs of tho family or firm qc tho person buying tho book. At Fremont, 9^>?t a vordict of ?7, 600 hhas been returned in favor of Mrs. Addio M. Smith against tho estato of the lato Rutherford I). Hayos. Mrs. Smith sued for 823,000 damages for per manent injurios received in a runaway caused by a mastiff dog owned by the Hayes family. " Tho latest from Now York Rays <1,000 vest cutters havo joinod tho striking tailors and that they are moro deter mined than over. Under a bill which passed the Illi nois Legislature the Chicago aidormen will bo paid $1,600 a year eaoh. . John F. Johnson, president of the State National Bank, dfrffaoga import, Ind.. is in the clutches of the law for forging #200,000 worth of notes. Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt at Anderaou are organising to preserve the natural gae fields. The annual meeting of the American Tract Society, was held In Near York. The treasurer's report showed reeeipte for the yearof $391,8fl2. . A call has been issued for a oonvenl tion of free silver Republioaae of Oiid ? to the national free silver oonven Jqm Stb. THverton R; Chapman, the sugar trust broker, contemplate* writing # " narrating his pneon experience*. FIFTY- KlIP'fH COMVHlSStf. 1 ! tieport of t lio Proceedings from I>uy to Day. H 10 NAT 10. I WBDNRftOAY A atirring debate onpuba occurred in tho Sonato today. It was of , tho "gil'o and take" order, with sharp ' parliamentary fencing. Tho main spooehes of the day woro made by Sen ators Forakor of Onto, Cannon of Utah, Lindsay of Kontuoky, and Hoar of Massachusetts. It was tho tlrsfc GpoooH i of any length mado/'Uy Mr. Forftfcciv ; since ne entered tho Senate and in ad ! dition to this tho OhU? Senator is ono | of tho Cuban Bub?comroitteo on for eign rotations, Ho nnoko in favor of | a roforonco of tho Cuban resell ion to j tho committee but. on tho gonoral ?|Uos tiVm doclarod his purpose t?f supporting j tho resolution rooognbdng Cuban bo i ligoroney when it should bo reported by tho oommittoo. Mr, Cannon was bittor iM his denunciation of Spanish atrooi t oh, characterizing tho captain general of Cuba as "that mad dog, "Weyler. " Tho dobnto occupied tho on tire day, Thurston, of Nebraska, giong notice that ho would speak tomorrow. At <! o'clock the Sqn ate adjourned. I Thohsday. ? The long and exciting debate on tho joint resolution recogniz ing the cxistenco of a stale of war in Cuba, declaring that strict, neutrality shall be maintained by tho United States, passed the Senate by the decis ive vote of -ll to l i, at a lale hour thin ftftereoon. Tho announcement of tho sroto was .leeoivod with tumultuous up plauso, which drew from Senator Ha>v loy an omphatio protest against "mob ;loinonslration. " The resolution a a passed is as follows: "Resolved, eto.. I 1'hat a condition of publio war exists I between tho government of Spain and tho gov^rnihont proclaimed and for ' some timo maiutainod by forco of arm? bv tho peoplo of Cuba, and that tho boiled Stalos of Amorica shall main tain a Btriot neutrality between tlio con tending partios, according to eaoh, all II > rights of holligorenta in tho porta and territory of the United States. " Monday. ? The death of Senior Karlo, of South .Carolina, was rcfo??t lo in oloquont terms by Chaplain burn in his prayer in the Honato. Fol lowing this Mr." Tillman, of South Car olina made tho formal announcement, of Senator Farle'o death, and ollSred a resolution expressing tho profound sor row of tho enate. Ab it further mark .uf rospoot, tho t. enate, at 1 13 : 1 0 p. m. adjourned. HOUSE. TirunsnAY ? ( uban alVairs furnished the House with a day of bittor partisan debato *1 he donate resolution appro priating 1- (i.UJi) for tho relief of Ameri can citi/ons was adoptod without a dis senting vote, but tlio Democrats on deavored to forco consideration also of tho Morgan resolution for recognition of tho belligeronoy of the insurgents. They accusod the Ropublioana of cu doavoring to ovado this issue, but tho dominant party, through its spokes man, Mr. HittAmado the important statemont that tnd^Ropublioans dosirod not to embarroas negotiations which were being projected by President Mo Kinley to secure independence for Cuba. Tho House at 5:20 p. in, adjourned un til Monday. ? ? ? Monday.? In the House Mr. Elliott,-' Domoorat, of South Carolina, was ryto ognized and announced tho doath of Senator Earle, -whiohj ho said, occurred umlir circumstancos almost tragic in tlioir nature. Later Mr. Elliott said he would usk the Houso to tlx a (lay when suitable tribute could bo paid to his memory. Ho then offered the cus- r tomarv resolutions, Vhioh were adopt-, ed. Then, afe 12:15, '/hs a furthor mark ? of respect, the House adjourned until Thu r sday. * ji TIIK IjATJSBT NKW COUNTY. Wllliamiiton FUealler Petitions and Other P?p?k R. A special conmiitto consisting of Capt. Geo. W. 8ulliva?, Htf.C. Wilson and T. O. Gray, accompanied by Gen eral M. L. Bonham as their a^tornoy, were in Columbia last week nud pre sented to the governor all the petition# and necessary paperB in the matter of tho proposed now county of Williams* > ton. They had a beautifully drawn map of the proposed new oouuty and the attorney general upon examination of the papers filed, found everything all right ana in proper form. A committee wuh also there in behalf of the proposed now oounty of Honea Path. Certain territory is needed by bsra these pro posed counties. If one is formed tho othor cannot be. Honea ;Path asked for her election to be ordered eorno time ago, but the governor waited to - hoar from the Wllliamston people. ' He heard both committees. Honea Poth wants her eloctipn held first; Wik liamston simply asks that she be given a fair showing and that the olectioti bo set for the same day as Ilonea Path's. The governor has not decided What he will do about it. . . Tho proposed county is tolW^fettv posed of portions of but coqn?.'. ties? Greenville and Anderson, . nud . will have Williamston for its county soat. Tts area will be 48Q square miles. ? Of thin ia M antod from Anderson, and 177| from Greeuvillo. - From Anderson t|fe following tOwa- J ships and portions of townships are . wanted: Honea Path, ' Williamson, Brushy Creek, nine-tenths of Helton, one-third of Hopewell, and ono-half of Garvin. FrOm Greenville: Dunklin, Oak JLritwn. nitoa- tenths of G rove. And two- thirds of F*if vfow. ? ' - **5 - Thopc epoeedinuw ootmiyia to have-** population of ?0,414 and $8,649,985 in taxable property. . The population of the proposed oounty seat i* about lt400u The towns Knm Tsasr. beinihs