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.

AN EXTRA SESSION ASKED. o] Rank Oluurlntton. Gtoorg* W. Murray, ami forward tho N€G«OES MAKE AN APPEAW A8 TO ; THE REGISTRATION, An AddrnM Looking t») nn ImniadlnU T«mt of th« atnln IlngUtmtloii |jinr« In thn ITnlte^l Atntra Court—Their Course Out lined. Columhia, ft. C.,March 15 —Ycster- f rom th« daymorniiiK a committee Colored Ministers Union, comiioaed of itma the lie vs. RE. Hart and W. D. Chap- pel le, 1u«uled hy retiring Congress man George W. Murray* as chairman called <m Governor Evans in regard to the registration matter, and-made the requwt. of him to call the State I^egis laliire in extra session, for the pur|Mwe of allowing furtlier lime for the regis tration of colored voters, averring that the ten days allowed by the act, which have now expired have been entirely insufficient and iuadenuate to perregistration of tlinse qualified voter* who applies The «H«nmiUee waited on tlia Gov ernor at the,executive chamber about 1 p. in., and they presented td/him the following paper, making state- menta in accord tlicrewith: “As ropresenldtivfs of the Ministe rial Union and the Republican party organized to aid the njassen in qualify ing themselves to discharge the high est function of citizenship in order that they might take part in choosing delegates to the Constitutional con- venthui, In which the status of their citizenship is to be iix«d or destroyed, haying received advidPs from all parts of tlm sum relative to the manner, (xmdurt, nud extent of registration during the ten days sot apart for.reg istration, wliich ai'o exhausted today, wo assufe you that not motfe than 10,- 000 Myi'tors were reg^tered within tlie enfire'Pt«c and thatinany niore than 100.tiOO, after unpnrelleled exposure, sutferinjg and siM’ritices, remain .un registered and (lirffraiiehised and that the four remaining, days under the law, natpely the first Mondays in April, May, June ami July are wholly inadequate, therefore in behalf of these thousands of wrongud and in jured persons^we call ii]K>a your ex- idie^egisiature be convemsf in extnionlinary session to ]irovide meaus whereby these more tluin k.hundred thousand citizensTnay qualify thoinselves to exercise their constitutional right in the selection of delegates. • , “We resiKx-tfuIly submit that »tat- utes creating such conditions aa re- fifty and seventy-five miles to the va rious county scats and to expose them- selvcs in sunshine, rain ana cold for weeks in endeavoring to qualify them selves, and to have them sea) away at the end of which without even an op- l*ortunity to register, to say nothing of their unconstitutioiiality.amloo cruel and barbarous for the civilttation of the age. ‘Wo further submit tliat the time set apart for registration is wholly in Under suilicMui^ U nd** • recent decision of the Attorney General in relating to placinir lt»e |)eiialty on dclimiucnts in thoaukcliou oC taxes, persons who were in the tax ollice during the pe riod for paying the same and failed of an opportunity, art ittcmptpd from the |tenuities, and \*n claim that regis- tration as conducted in our State is analogous to tpialify themselves vithin the pres cribed |s>riod and manner are not en titled to the penalty of disfranchise miint. “W. D. Chappmelk, ™ % “R. K. Hart, “Gko. W. Mi’riuy.” TU4S tIOVKRNOR S ANHWRK. Govi^nior Evajis informed tlie com mittee that he would take the matter iatrrconiigtergtion.-imdTBknd that ihr U> ^‘ IlArmsil^Lto Ujc ors for their guidance, a letter was paper be turned over to hi* private secretary. lie told thecummilteonien that he thought they were unduly ex cited over tlie matter. Tlie matter was resulting in no more injury to them than to the white-people who had not registered. Jle, however, pro mised the oominittue to let them have a reply as early as possible. INTO UNOLK 8AM 8 COURT. Hut the nurve made above was not all that developed yesterday on the last day for the registration of the voters under the special registration act. The Ministerial Union h^s take charge of matters, and it Is preparing to light all the way down to the bust ditch. It now' appears that they intend to make use of all the data obtained recently, and intend to go into the United fttates court immediately to test tlie legality ,.f»Ko registration laws of the of the registration law’s of the State, with a view’to having them nullified. Such a fight has been having fire for some-time, butjt now seems that the crisis lau come and action is to be taken immediately The following circurlar, issued lastSnght, explains the move: > Headqnurtes Ministerial LMnon. Columbia, S. C., March 14^95. De^u- brothern,. mfnjstere of ^ nominations: Wjiereas, adetermiueil puniest) have been readier on the part of the faction now in control of tlie government to disfranchise and bru- tallizc the masses of our people in this State, .and with the macliinery of the government and courts in their pos session their designs and conspiracies are easy of acconiplisment. as is evi denced bv the manner in wliich the re gistration has been and is being con ducted; and as such we can hope for very little either front the government or courts of the State. Our only hope and safety, therefore, are in tlie Fed eral courts withim the guarantees of the Federal Constitution. Suits to test the constitutionality of .the law’s by w hich we are being brutalized must be brought in tlie Federal courts at once, ana the means for defraying the expenses of prosecuting tlie same \ must tie obtained from the masses, whoso protection we are seeking. In fact, acivil suit hasalrcadv been com menced in tlie Federal courts by Con gressman Murray, must languish un less the means for its immediate pro secution are secured Therefore tins is to request each and every colored min ister in South Carolina to set apart the fourth Sunday in March, or not later than the first Sunday in april, for ^the purpose of raising the means for tlie above mentioned obiect. The masses should be thoroughly educated and aroused to the importance of giving liberally. As the case will be tried in Charleston, 8. C., Congressman Mur ray has employed the attorneys for the prosecution of the case, and as the money should be put or sent where it will be available when needed, ^with out being put to the trouble of corres ponding with tlie various committees of the counties, I would suggest that the money be sent to the First Mation- flgures tome, No. 17East Laurel street, Columbia. William D. Chappelle,Chairman. T. J. Clark, Secretary. A Mynterlou* Columbia, March Shootlnic. ’ 13.—There was no more deaervedjy popular and high- toned vouiiir man in Columbia than young A. Burwell ftymmere, and his untime ly death will be sincerely regretted by every one. Ten minutes before his death he was talking pleasantly with his fellow employees ni the Carolina National Tan (c *lt was just about five minutes after the time for-closing the bank that a pistol shot was hoard by those in the bank. Mr. Joe Hell was the first to be attracted by the noise, and seeing Mr. Symmers stretched on the bed. he called for Mr. Walker,the teller of the bank. A hurried examj- natioii showed that Mr. ftvmmors had been shot and Hr. Talley was sent for, but before he arrived death had coftie. It appears that Mr. S\miners, us was his custom, went inlb the'hack room to take otf his working clothes and put on Tns street apparel and wash himself and while hamllin a pistol of Mr. Tem pleton was fatally wounded. Mr. Templeton occupied a room on the ground lloor of tlie baqk building, and Mr. Symmers, wire was a bycujlc en thusiast, took his pistol from under the pillow and used it on J»ycicle ramnles, and it is thought that while he was “breaking” t-be pistol he held it in front of hut .person and it went olF. The bullpt took effect in the heart and was inclined downward. The oorunce'* jury, of which Mr. D. Card welhwas foreman, after hearing what testimony there was. (no one saw tlie shooting), brought in the following verdict: “That A. Burwdl Symmers came to.his death by a wound in flicted by a pistol in his own hands, whether aveitleiitallv <w intentionally we don't know.'’ It might bo. said Unit there was no young man who hud a pleasanter home circle and more rea son to be anxious to-dtrm • He held with cnnlit to himself and entire sat isfaction to the bank the •position of bookkeeper and the bank officials stat ed that bis accounts were labsolutely correct and that in his capacity as bookkeeper bediiLnot havethe hanti- ling of any moneys, iiijiitl the l^ink had the utmost confidence iii him. It was only an hour before his death that Mr. Symmers wrote a note to a friend afjout a matter he expected to use later on t allowing at that time he had no idea that the need for it would never arise. Mr. Symmers was the son of flyman ns H the late wr. treorge wvnwners. lie was 24 y raw of agiC weTTlTClKl. drffiwbd- Tim ^•e’htnmed-for-wa riting nem^-of rt-- familv and of abundant promise. l'h'\v all do. The more they get the -* Tim UrKi*tration l*l»nk». Columbia, ft. C., Mareh 14. Attor n'ey General Barber returned to the city to tluy. In speaking of tlie reg istration affidavit blanks, he said: “My attention ha#been called to the letterof Mr. E. A. Webster in reference to the blank affidavits. If l had noticed that any of tlie newspapers hud re ported mo as saying that I furnished or. saw that Mr. Webster got copies of tlie form, I should have corrected the statement immediately.. When Mr. Webster was in my ollice in the early |>art of February, in tlie-cours© of converse tmn he stated that if-he cmtld get the form he w’ould have blanks printed. I mg Um», mnKUat d ‘".j y’Bild to mp a ],,^, r | u w liich he said: ‘Ih'fer ring to our conversation in your office, please inform me where 1 can receive a supply of the Torms prepared by you for registration of votes under tlie last Act of the 1 legislature: or, if conveni ent, 1 would be obliged if you wouhl slffd me a COPT, that I may have n supply printed.' When the folfuis w’erc reaiiy and.turned over to Secretary of smiriwis written to Mr. Webster referring him to the fact. Both in his conversation with me and his letter above quoted he indicated his intention and expocta tion of having blanks printed, and asked for the form. The letter from this ofllco was merely for the purpose of notifying him that the form hud to bo forwarded to the supervisor, and could be secured from him. If Mr. Webster took no steps to secure the forms until the day for registaation to begin it was his fault. Had it been con veil lent for me to have furnished Mr. Webster copies 1 should have done so just as I did Mr. Bray ton as soon us he asked for them. If Mr. Webster misunderstood the letter from this office I regret it; if he w.n ignor ant of the requirements of the law, he alone is* responsible tor if: There has been a great deal of talk atiout this matter, vdien there is really nothing in it. The law has been fully complied vrith. Married In Haute. _ Chicago, March, ll.-^PauliiuConv Aubry, daughter of Chief Justice Fil ler, of the United States Supreme Court liasapplied to the (Circuit Court Jfor a. divorce from her husband, James Matthew Aubrey, Jr. Tlie bill was' ' in the Circuit Court this moru- ingx This is the outcome of the sensa tionarrunaway match which startled Chicago is^ciety in March, 1889. It will be reimunoered that tlie'couple were married irtx^Milwaukee Mareh 19, 1889. Miss Fulle>-was 18 years of age at the time. Aubrey xyas 22. A short time before Chief Justine Fuller had rone to Washington to taluSlns seat on me Supreme bench Miss FuUgr h;ul been in Washington, but retunKsd to Chicago on the pretext of visit? friends. The marriage was a coinj surprise to the families of both the young people, and not many months after became the source of chagrin and sorrow through the flagrant excesses of the young husband. For a year or more 'Mrs. Aubrey lias been—Hvtrnr witli her parents, unable longer tojlsiar her husband’s conduct. Mrs. Aubrey in her bill says that her husband con tracted the liquor habit, and to that she attributes all her domestic difficulties. She says that she was compelled to leave' her husband and to take refuge with her father. The couple have two children. Melville Cony Aubrey, 5 years old, and Mildred, 4 years old. The Court is asked to exclude Aubrey from participating in >any manner with the education or control of the children. Mrs. Aubrey says she has means to care for them and doep not desire her husband to have any access to them at all. Aubrey is at present in Chaicago, where he has been served with a process. His father-in law it is claimed, has been put to a good deal of trouble over some of Aubrey's proceed ings. In regard to the financial mat ters. Aubrey has hold several impor tant positions in railroad work, but the bill says that owingto his behavior he has been unable to retain them. AS IRBY SEES rr. SHALL HE HATE A SECOND TERM IN THfrSENATE? WliH«* Siipremary, ICoInratfoil of Wlittr I'.nlty, a Oootl SI Mo Cniinl Ifni Ion are Mat- tore of MooiimIiIiio to Irlty I’nleee lie/Can In, Itoolootoil. t ’ / Wash I noton, March H. -Although Congress has adjourned and all of the South Carolina Congressmen have gone home the niemliers <»f the Pal metto colony heyts are still speculating uptHt the causes and the effect* of the “split” between Senator Irby ‘ and Senator elect Tillman. SenatoE-Irhv may try t<y <! i --.'a: .•■ (be fe-t ** much as lie pleases, but'the general impres simi pie\ails here tliat Tillman is not working in douhle iim aess with him any longer. As near as I have lM‘en able touget at the “meat - of tliis jscu- ltftr cnntr»ntkm the tnaibte arises over •the next United States Senatorsliip. Sehat of li'Hfy wants a second term i n the Senate, and ho wants it badly. Ho not only wants it, hut lie demands it as a matter of right. In a recent eon- vervtlioii with him on the spbjecthe ,saiJ tTiat h’e intended tomakpa fight for a re eleetioH in spite of any’,opposi tion that might arise. He contended that it isAhe custom t(> give a Senator who attend* to his business acceptably a secoml, J.erm. He feels that lie has dou&all thatcdiild have baen expected of him since he entered the Senate and lie will therefore a^k the people of South Carolina id give him another term after tS97, when his present term- ttxpires. . -... The friends of St-natoi* elect Tillman siiy that he does hot waiitTTT»y to have a ntxMHid term apd he will do nothing tu.assisliiiiu itx.UiaL. .dii-ecl.iou^ Who. Til lman has selected us hisfavorite to succeed Senator Irby will ^appear later, just now very little is being said on the subject. It is claimed that Irby was bat an accddent iii the first in stance, and, therefore he should 1)0 satisfied with six years in the Senate as the immediate successor of Wade Hampton. That may sound all very t!ar.4hos<i--a4u» have—taste*! of- Irby the'Senatorial sweets. Senator may not have been ah active partiei- pant in tiie great debates^hat have taken tilace in tlie Senate during the. last two or three years, but he has put in four year*of comparative luxury, with a private secretary, a private eooi- mittee room anti all of the trimmings that go witk a Senaturship. . He cau- mt)rc they want. Tlie only interview that Senator- eleet Tillman and Governor Evanshad with Senator Irhy during the recent visit of the Semitor.-cloct and the Gov ernor to this city must have been very interesting. It.t(M>k place in Senator Irby’s committee room. Senator Irby was spread out in a luxurious reclin ing chair, with his wool hat canted over to one side lie generally wears his hat in his committee room and also at Lis private apartments, lie is getting bald rapidly in consequence. Senator-elect Tillman and Governor Evans entered the room and proceeded to relate to the Senator the terms of tlm event compromise, with the ac companying details.^ It seems that was the first intimation that Sena- tm- Irby hud rreerred on the subject. He is naturally a sensitive-man, and he at once appreciated the fact that he had-been totally’ ign<»red,hi\tho trans action. It was a terrible blow to his pride, bpt he-sTruggled to control his feelings and appgar indifferent as far as he was personally concerned, but expressed great anxiety as to the effect it might have on the Reform Movement in the State: He went so far,.iLis said, its to chide Tillman with a lack of tact Tnrt charged rrmt' po)itie:!l stiuarity; that tlie-etlitor of The News and (Jon rier had “dehorned ' him.. The auth orized interview with Senator'Irby im properly used the word “deceived” for “dehorned ” The latter word is tlie one Senator Irby claims as his own, for he was going onto tet! TiTtman of the amputation of several parts of his political anatomy by the Conservative leaders. It was anything buta merry party. The next dav Messrs. Tillman and Evans proceeded furtlier North to Baltimore, Philadelphia and Now York. The night after their departure Sena tor Irby went into “executive session” with himself, and considered,all that he had Lean! from Messrs. Tillman and Evans irt connection with other TunioVs and actual occurrences that havelx-en floating around in South Carolina politics forNseveral months past. The result of his deliberations was the authorized ihterview which he guye out to the press associations. Tie reafizal tliat a determined effort is being ntade to “turn his jailitical pic ture to_-4lte wall,” and. he objects to such proceeding for the reason above stated. Wheii Senator-elect Tillman returned to W’asliiugton, ou his way Itoine Iro;u Ny\y.JIt>rkJLJBLa&Jtad£»‘ stood that Tillman and Irby were to have another consultation. T liman dined with .Representatives Talbert and Strait, but a few doors from the residence of Senator Irby, but they never met again in tliis city.^ Mutual friends stated that Tillman and Irby had engagements to meet each other at various places within twenty-four bout's, but they manged to keep out of eacli other's wav like two professoinal prize lighters of the present day en gaged in making “a draw of it.” ltiiMi«'«l. to Ofatli. > Parsons. W. Va., March IS.-iA -fa-v talNtotcl tire, in which*tliree persons lost m<dr lives and four may die, oc curred abihickeysvilte, lUiyiiiles north of here at lbscIockTliix'l|icI5h|iig, The dead are: Sthiire Corley, Eugene ■ Ont Sission ami Hoiilbr (V)Hett 'lowing were severely and Ttie fol- probably fatally burned: J. K. ’ Williams, James Jinkins, Jacob Confer, \Vil- liaiu Wilson. The burned building was !/ D.'Junkin’s hotel. The lire started in the lobby* and is supposed to have originated from a defective Hue. The tiames spread so rapidly that the guests had scarcely, any time toescajH?. •' KI1N lilmself. Nkw OntRANSf March 14.—F.< A. Daughtry, who murdered Charles Chambers in a quarrel over business difficulties on Monday on Red River Bridge, committed suicide in his cell in Caddo jail last evening by severing his jugular vein with a small knife Both men were promiueut. Chambers for years resided in Gainsville, Texas, and was casliier of a national bank there. His brother, Frank Chambers, Uf a member of the tirm of Rodgers, Peet it Co., New York. Daughtry eaves a large fqmilvw. “CUBA WILL BE FREE.' I'rovUlouol (iovcrnment Organized ami Marti Made l*rr«i<lrnt. Tampa, Fla., March 14.—When the Olivette arrived this evening from Ha vana, a^rpsh was made for the passen gers in search of Cuban revolutionary news. Very few would adhiit know ing anything until finally tho Times- Union correspondent struck a CuImhi who had come on an important mis sion. He stated that a provisional 1 government had Itceu organized and that General Marti had been made Provisional President. General Go- m* z was made General-in-chief. The revolutionary army as now organized, consists of five thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry. The Cubans are armed with machetes and ritles, while tho Spanish forces are' armed wite rifles and the old style sword, which is very clumsy. This morning Edward Castleton, the man who created .a sensation, -yestefe. day by shooting into the office of the Sttantsh vice -coHsnl -ai-thi*-port, was fined ItTin the mayor’s court and was taken in charge by the State. He is now \jn jail. This morning he sent three telegrams to the. Spanish consul at Washington, but up to this hour no reply had been received. Deputy Vice Consul J. M.' Fernandez, wired to the consul at Washington veterday con cerning Castleton and the reply was, “We know nothing of him.” The telegrams sent by Castleton today were in cypher. Last Saturday a peace commission m behalf of the government visited Manzanilla and conferred with tlie in surgent Commander General Maslo, with a view to inducing that yflicer and Jns command to lay down their s and take tlie oath of allegiance to inns; the government, in which case they lid be yronto be'granted pardon. The com mission consisted of General Marco Garcia, one of the most noted relH 1 ) leaders of the last insurrection, and F‘. Spoturno. Tuesday they returned un successful and thoroughly disgusted. Gen. Maslo received them courteously, listened to their arguments and granted them an hour in which to leave qamp, ir else suffer the penalty of being shot. 1 ‘Cuba will be free front ftpahmh misrule,” said Gen. Maslo, “for war will endure ten years or longer if necessary,” From Santa Clara in the eastern part of the jsland, come reports of a encral uprising during the past ten ays. In Havana there are no signs of rebellion, although during Tuesday night the police quietly raided a. house <>ii l-tti T'Tw'VwiTnw Hiwt non(isa’jiti•<! we owe a heap to that man. I believe in the Keeley cure. . I have sent men to take the treatment, and 1 have paid their expenses. Christianity is the best thing on earth, but there is no use in talking Christianity or any other kind of ‘anity to a man who drinks— a-man under the paw of the tiger. \ on must ^et a man sober before you can give him . religion. I put little faith in the man who gets religion when mauldin drunk or-feebly sick. Ho is then afraid the devil is going to get him, and he promises like a good fellqw until the scare is- over No since! that won t do. The best thing is to let tire Keeley cure pick you out ofthp dite)i v put you on your icet and wipe the mud oit'; then, while you are clean arid healthy, go and take the Christ cure. Mine was the Christ cure, but if Ijhould go up town and drink three (Vbps of red liquor, 1 would get on li howling drunk and paint the town red before morning. “A Keeley Cure will make you like a tv\k> year old boy; but if you drink a drop afterwards yoU. are worse than the man who had the seven devils cast If l gOJind wallow with. on St. Nicholas street and cbiiffscatecl a magayjne of cartridges and powder stored there. No arrests were made, as the house had no occupants at the time of the raidr~In Havana, up to the time of the departure of the Olivette, no word had been.received regarding the firing upon the Colon-New York mail steamship Alliauca by a Spanish gunboat. “If the outrage occurred, as there is fif> rcirson to doubt from the statement of Captain Crossman,” said a well in formed passenger, “it must have been the torpedo boat NuevoKspania, which has been painted black since being as signed to shore patrol duty. -The Nuevo Kspania is Known to be on the east coast and is only capable of run ning fifteen toseventeen knotsan hour, which accounts for the ease with which tlie A1 lianca. distanced her. — Rumors have for culated ip Tampa that a consignment of arms was en route to a gulf port for reshipment to Cutia. in aid of the Cuban insurrection. Rumors further seemed founded thata filibustering ex pedition would receive the arms at this place and sail for Cuba. On Tuesday morning Edward Castleton, evidently an American, visited Gavino Gutier rez, the Spnish Vice Consul at Tampa, IHM'se.nt.ing a passport, issuexl-ip.~Xcw_ York. to Cuba and asking that it be endorsed. He presented no credentials, yet he represented himself as an Amer ican agent of the Spanish government and requested- the Consul’s cipher code, stating that he must have it. He aly> ■requested the names of all tlie Consul's secret service agents in Florida. These were refused, and the Consul's suspi cions were aroused. Castletonexlnb- ited a telegrain from the Spanish Min ister at Washington of identification. The Consul wired to Washington to verify it, thinking it a forgery. Castle ton was shadowed. Hecharteredayacht and a schooner, These were followed and examined. Nothing suspicious was fbund. Castleton was arrested. Ttye Consul construed the move as strategem coMqring up the real motive, and came here last night. Today all freight houses were Examined for con signments of arm#. Nothing was found tliat-could l>e shipped aboard a fishing yacht and transferred at sea. A suspicious person has been discov ered and is being shadowed. There are no boats in port or. about to h'avC jKirt deserving suspicion. A secret agent has been stationed here. WliUkry Seized. to the News and Courier from Beau ■fort, says: This afternoon, the State constables seized on board of the sloop, “Our Fritz,” of Charleston, sixteen barrels of whiskey^ and five barrels of export beer, marked “Stieken- A’ xpo O’Neal,” Wilmington, N. C., sbipi from Savannah. Mr. Benjamin Elfe, represented as super cargo, in charge, o was arrested upon warrants iipon warrants issued by Trial Justice T. G. White, charging infraction of tlie dispensary laws in bringing contraband whiskeys and li quors into the State for use therein, upon affidavit of the State constables. Tlie defendant claims that he was only passing through by the inland passage on account of rough weather and that he was l>ound for Wilmington. The constables claim to have evidence to the contrary anti have telegn tile Governor the situation. The vessel and cargo are in charge of the sheriff to abide developments. The .defend ant was.required to furnish bail Attarkiug the Law. Charleston, March, 12.—A civil suit for $2,50U damage»lias beau cuter-, ed at Washington by Douglas it Ubear attorneys for Daniel Wiley, colored, against D, L. Sinker et. al M managers o? Precinct2, Ward C, in this city, in the last Federal election. The sum mons and complaint were sent from Washington to the clerk of the United States Circuit Court, with directions that they be served at once, which was done last night. In the last election Wiley attempted twice to vote without having a registration ticket and was not allowed to do ^o by the managers. ied He was at the time accompanied by ex-Coiigressman Murray. This is thought to he the first meve in an at tack on the validity of the registration law. SAM JONES’ EXPERIENCE. What He Say* of the Liquor Habit anil It* Cure. In a late issue of the Memphis Sun day Times is an account of a visit made to the Kfteley Institute of Ten nessee by the great Georgia evange list, the Rev. Sam Jones. We copy, in part, his remarks. “I %yent,” said he, “all the gaits,and know’ what it is to drink the cup to the dregs. My wife has followed me to the frontdoor, and with tears in heV eyes begged me ‘not to take a drink today,’ would promise by all I held sacred, and alas!- I would come home that night drunker than ever liefore. No doubt my wife thought me .. i rite and a liar, but I wasn’t; I was only weak and diseased. I was bonest in my promise, but didn't have the mind to know Christ, nor the strength to resist liquor. “I found Christ at last, when I was 24 years, old, - -It was before the Kee- ley treatment came to make the road eftny amt safe for men. And’/friends, aL ^ -fertilizers, ir tTg^r^Hflteliron^s 1 rrre.and scratch - es me and tumbles me all over in the mire and mud and thoji go -home, get clean,see a doctor and get my wounds dressed, I will get well, I suppose. If lam fool enough to go and wallow with that tiger again, what can 1 ex pect! Whai ought I to get! Why,he just ought to scratch the life out of TW fttittl what hr-wwn W -dt).- looj you oan bet on it. But the keelev graduate has more sense than to wal low with:his tiger p second time. I have met many hundreds of them,and can recall only three who have ever gone back to romp with the tiger. ' “My brother-in-law was the worst drunkard that ever lived. I sent him to the Keeley Institute and I never look at. him now without saying, ’what a marvelous work’of the Keeley Cum' : —• — V Dutchman drinking too much and asked me what,to do about it. i CHEAPER FERTILIZERS^ V mi pa? How the Farmer* PropiMe to Get Ahoa.1 of . Columbia, S. C.. March IS.—Ever Ax JL* since the convention of the farmers was held and the fertilizer a urers declined to accede to thdtr t mauds as made in that convention, ■ has been a matter of speculation as to their resolution not'to use any tfortiii zers, or go ahead and make purchases of small amounts, or -devise some other scheme. It seems that the last plan is Wing put into operations) hey tiave devised a scheme, according to what Col., D. P. Duncan, the manager of the State Alliance Exchange, had to say yesterday, by which tliey :u:e to buy separately kuiuit, dissolved bone anil cotton seed ineid,- manipulating them themselves and thus making their own ummoniated fertilizers at a saving pi themseh’es of $3 a toil, mak+ng d cost only 1)13 a ton. Tliis js the way the farmers expect to sate a few dot lars.and avoid paying the prices ot tic fertilizer companies for their manrour- DELAYED Col. Duncan says that cotton- seed mead has been cheaper this year than ever before. The lowest price reached per ton was 4. It then went uj) to $14.50 In more than car load lots and $15 a ton in car load lots. The price has now within the last week advanc ed 50 cents per ton, showing.that la eg quantities of meal are Wing sold. Yesterday thii’toen tons were sold In n at $14.25 a ton. The Scheme of the farmers, as explained by Col. Duncan is to purchase^ kainit and cfissolveil bone and mampulatethe mix^urethem selves, taking one-third of kainit, one- third of dissolved bone and one third of cotton seed meal. Col. Duncan says that, this makes the mosL-rilcct- ive fertilizer that a farmer can use. The kainit is obtainable at $10 a ton tti«l tha ttiws<4 v ’8l Ikhm* at 4^0 Thu« for 1 say—489. the fanner making -his own manipulation, he can secure three tons of good fertilizers of the same "rude he would luive'to pay $lCa ton. The only drawback is that cotton sect oil companies do only acash business and all the meu has to te’.paid for in cash. It is stated that the fertilizer manufacturers bought, their s%p m and o course they have to hpye. flieir jirofit thereon, hence the high prices of tin ainijioiuutecf g(ssls. Gol. Duncan- says that the farmers arc paying for their meal in cash in most instances mauipulatingdt with their employe: on rainy dfiys at practically no cost t< 1 hyjcjijiL. ■ owing to the largo cotton crojt last year the oil mills havi mad* told him to take the Keeley Cute, as I with tell every man who is afflicted .the whiskey anpetih*. “‘min,' said he,,- ‘dot would cure me altogedder, und I xlon't want dot. I just vant to W "cured to dot 1 can take two or time drinks a day.' _ “ Well, my friends, there is-no mid- dje course like the Dutchman w.-inmd You must quit it and then light it. ,If liijuor isn't with vou it's against you and you must tight it tooth and toe nail. , ‘ “I Wlieve tHe Keelev Cure helps the head and no doubt Jt helps the morals and then leads on. to Christianity. When, you leave here. T beg of you to go away praying,. Ask God to send you home a good -man. 8»y to himV HAl-have set a bad- example- ro my 'Upitul to tlm Pied community, teaching the young the road that leads to ruin. Let me go home j,ui exemplary citizen. Let me live upright and sober in mv home and win the res|»ect of men where W- forel had their pity.' “My own reasons-for being sober are my boys, my wife, my fellows, myself and my God. I Wlievd God is in the Keeley Cure as much as I believe the devil is in the saloons. ' * . “Now. when you go home shun the Saloon, live rightly and don't stop un til you get with God. A Keeley In stitute will help ypn. Write to the of Nkw England capital mont region. V ice President Hein j hill and a committee from the Cottr-u fttates and International Exposition meet the visitors this morning ami con dueled them to the Exposition Cotton Mills, the Atlanta Cotton Mills, .am the Elsas and May Mills, where opera tions were inspected in detail, am many questions, werif asked and "an swereth-Tliis aftinTTOtiTmie conniTtrt<T otlk'ers and physicians, write to each other and have graud reunions. “Lord, what a sicht is there! Better hafi tl that) the reunions of all the veterans in tlie world. Those have talks of war and carnage and blood, but you, oh', my friends, can tell of wrecked lives saved, of souls saved, of home* saved, of a new ancrbetter life, of sad voices made merry, of woebegone faces made bright, of the goodness of God and the wonders He has shown one and all of you; and now good bye. ,A jyy and a blessing be with you forever. ’ In format iqti «febut jjhe cure may be had by addressing the Keeley Insti- JihIkc 8ii»ni>l«u'» llecliiion^- ^Charleston, March 12.—The State dispensary Jaw is now on its way to the United States Supreme Court. In the United States Circuit Court today, Judge Simonton handed down a de cision in the habdas corpus c^ses . of the master and crew of the schooner Carolina, who had*, been .wrested bn a charge of violating the dispensary law. Their vessel contained a cargo of liquor brought from Savannah to this ]>ort, was seized by the police and State constables and confiscated. Suits were brought to transfer the case to Federal court, and the master and crew of the vessel were brought into that court on habeas corpus. In the decision which orders the release of the men from custody, Judge Simon- ton expresses the opinion that the ar rest ami detention of the defendants was against the interstate cQgimerce law, and that the disjiensary law is upponstitutional, and indicates that it would be best for the State and the public foFthe rase to be carried speed ily hefow^he Supreme Court of the U irrtrrl States. A lloudy I.e^ialature, Indianu’oLrs. Ind., March 12.—Asa result of the row which disgraced the closing session of the I^egislature last midnight, Myron 1). King, the Gov ernor's private- secretary is not ex pected to live. Shortly after noon he took a sudden turn for the worst. A ribAvas broken and it is pressing upon the heart. King was the centre of a rush made by the Republicans to pee vent him from delivering a vetoed bill to tiie House. Great excitement pre vails and tlie members who assisted in the assault upon King are leaving the city to avoid arrest. a mm larger amount of meal than ever be fore ‘He says this home-made mi tore is being used much more largely than the prepared amnion iated goods He saws that so far as the orders through his exchange go—and mos of them come through the exchange up to date as compared to last year not more than 20 per cent, of Ine f« tili/.ershave been moved Iii'proinu- Other goods bought the L:i’ tion to tin niers have invostedjnuch mon iurg* in tlie cottoii seed aueal home-made combination than ever before. Stan tnjj out tin* Iztiiitl. Atlanta, Ga., March IT. A com mittee from the MassachusetLs leirisl’a turo. consistingof four Senators am eight liepresentativi s. is in .Yrl uita Ttsiting-the cotton ini R^fnTttrr prir^tos. of-re^irting the cansrs for tiir r TnTTTTT in drove the Visitors out to the Exposi tion grounds and explained the plans for tlto great Fair. The Massachusetts gentlemen stated that they would re turn to their State and endeavor h and endeavor to sedure appropropriation for a Massiu liusett building at this Exposition. They were thoroughly enthused v with th prosiiects of the Cotton States and li ternational Exposition-.* Vice Presi dent Hemphill has invited the visitors to meet with tlie executive committee of the Exposition to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. It is believed that thi conference will result in the representa tion of Massachusetts at theExjKisition The Seaboard Air Line Railway Con pany today applied for 7.500 squai feet .of space for their exhibit at the Cotton States and International Ex position. It is proposed to make a elaborate ’display of the resetiirces the portions of Virginia.- North Car olina* South Carolina ami Georgia traversed by this line. THE BEST REMEDY. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrluea, Dys entery, Nausea, Coughs, Cuolera Infantum, Teething Children,. Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Pains, Griping and all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels PITTS’ CARMlSlATlVE Is the standard. It carries children over the critical period of teething, and Is recommended by physicians as the friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It Is pleasant to „ the taste, and never fails, to give satisfaction! A few dose*, will demonstrate its superlative virtues. Price 25 cts. per bottle. * For sale, by druggists, and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO. Columbia. S. C. ' TO FARMERS AND MILL MEN: vm \ \ PAYMENT. * -\ NEVER COMPROMISED A CLAIM. NEVER HAD LAWSUIT. r Such is the record of the STAUNTON LIFE 1X1UUANGK .COMPANY, -.ft j Numbers- of Uiiidllditries Testify to Its 1 kbuipfutvss and Soundness. Natural Pre ui'im I is ira'j’4) oa the moa* Approved Plans. The new "Coupon Policy” of tlm Stnun ton Lite is a iu:«lel of simplicity. In addL tio:i to all the best features of nexlern life insurance U provides for the payment of tbe- ! “coupon*' IMMEDIATELY after death,, without notice or .the foimali- j of proof.*. Too "ooupoa” covars 10 per cent, of tlm ;.ice of the i>o!icy, aud is id ad dition thereto. - , Agents wi!i*Ajd. tAimraJ TJ.immissio i * Live men c.»u uiaxe t*i< money. Address . Tno. 8, Reynolds, General Agent, ft ji'S-S.sj, i-.- \ ssrusajsaLfflss! A $700,00 PIANO FOR $275.00. I TJ.iis aunouncement will certably Interest everybody that intends to purchase a pianoln the near future. of iVe hive been carrying Musical lo> stniwents for several years lu con nection with our Furniture business, but lor.reasons satisfactory to our selves, we Jiave decided to discon tinue tlie sale of pianos, and offer our entire stock at manufacturers’ cost. Wo do this believing tliat It is cheaper to dispose of them at what they cost us rather than carry them mouth alter month tioping t# cet a small proht for them. — T'he lustrumeiits ihat wereffar are first cU-s in every respect and ar* most^. positively guaranteed t* be duliy e<iual to any instrument an tha marke*.-without regard to uama #r price. We shall lie plea'Sed to tead a cat- logue of-oian?*s to anybady wha will send us 5 cents posUge far thesaaia. And if you-are interested and axpect to buy a piano in the near future you will certainly save quite a suia or money to purchase from us before our Mock is exhausted. Remember that when the stock is gone we shall buy no more and ihat this anpertua- ity will dose lorever as the Instru ments are sent out. We d Ail re to say that we have an UTustrated aata- logueof Furniture, embracing every thing usually carried in a first alass furniture store. We will be pieased to mail this catalogue upon npplica- tibn. 1 L. F. PADGETT, 845 BROAD STREET, Augusta Ga. COTTON Makes 4c« PRICES, even on. PIANOS & ORGANS Wo have on hand fifteen Corn Mills, sizes 20 and 30 inches In diameter, made of JHIopus Stones. We cannot afford to carry these Mills ovtjr. They must be sold, ard we are afferlng them at sacri- fice prices to Cash Buyers. Talbott and Wateitown Engines and Boil* ers; DeLoach P.antatiou Saw Mills. 1 am General Agent In North and South vCarolina for H. B. Smith Machine Company, manufacturers of Plau- ers, Moulders, Ke-Saws and all ^ other wood working ma chinery, and will sell at bottom factory prices. 2 No. 3 Drawer Brick Machines on hand at Bargain Price*. * frf. BlBHAMr Pi ONT discouraged, but V-/1 x 1 write for our great Bakgain List and Wonderfully Easy Installment Terms. 4e. PRICES. ▲ nsw Hathushek Plane lam than ever before told. •4* Saved on a Sterling Piano. • “rwenty Nearly New Square Pianos at New York give away PiioHs. Fifty New Uprlgbts—from Beat kak- trs at Cut Price.. ,. . Rich Mirror Top Organ only tom. SAVE MONEy by buying from the Greatest Southern Music 1 House, LGDDUI * um ; •< kvaBBth, Ga. itS»' ■tmtmwd m Facte i «• mt COLUMBIA, S. C. ’ . Kniittai - 'J : 14 i T''iiatw5'’4ifrli« eilp mama