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of Joha Weeley.”
forme a elrange aad moei remarkable
eerlee of cpleode* la hie life. The Are*
oooarreaoe wee darlay hie mieeloa to
Georgia, where he formed a deep at
tachment to a Mlee Sophia Hopkey. a
aicoe of the chief magietrale of the
colony. The earlier biographiee t of
Weeley repreoent the affaire ee laroiv
lag a ooneplrac/ on the fart of "the
young lady and ner frieade agaloet-the
reputation of the youthful nacetkj.
Hut no unlikely aa account le now die-
credited, and in totally dleolalmed by
Mr. Tyerman. Certain It le that
Weeley woe deeply in lore; certain,
too, that he referred the cane to hie
Moravian frieode and advleera, who
decided accordingly that he abould
proceed no further in the matter, and
be le nald to have acqulneoed, saying:
“The will of the Lord be done." How-
this may have been (and it ecemC
tful whether he voluntarily gave
up hie attachment), the sequel le
equally strange. For we Hod him a
few months after publicly refusing the
t to this same lady (then
to a Mr. Wllllame) wh en she
heredif at the Lord's Uble.
unde of ttle refusal have never
ever
doubtful
been cleared up; but it was largely In
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consequence oV’hU behavior that be
drew on himself the odium and per
secution' which drove him out of
J ' C For some'years after this he persist-
off in his resolution of dAllbeby—u
resolution which certainly,^wne most
advlsable-for one who had embraced
a life of self denial, labor and home
lessness. In 1742, too, he published
hie ‘ Thoughts on a Single Life-,"®*-
tolllng that eUte is the privilege if
not the duty of all who were capable
ef receiving it; and three years after,
In n published hymn, which Is clearly
autobiographical, expressed himself ns
follows :
“ I have no sharer In my heart,
To rob my Savior of a part
And desecrate the whole i-
Only betrothed to Christ am I,
And wnlt his coming from the sky
To wed my bnppy soul."
It wns, therefore, wjvh great si>*-
priee, and not without some scandal,
that in 174V bis friends heard that he
was engaged to a Mrs. Grace Murray,
a young widow, who, had nursed him
in a short Ulaees, and who wns aotually
accompanying him al that time In his
ministerial travels through the coun
try. This young woman bud been
brought up ns n maid servant, and wns
n person of small education, though of
great attractions, and a fervent con
vert to Methodism. She was a person
of singularly Impulsive temperament,
and with an utter disregard o/ delicacy
and honor in the midst of kmr engage
ment to Wesley allowed hereelf to co
quet also with one of bis lay pfeaohera,
John Bennett, and for some months
the most extraordinary alterations
went on, her oboioe resting sometimes
on one, sometimes on the other of her.
lovers with passionate assertions of
her entire devotedneas to each, and
this with intervals occasionally of a
few hours only. w.
Charles Wseley, dlsgutted and in
dlgaaat, strove to put an end to the
scandal. Uis brother yielded aad met
tbe"lady to say farewell. He kissed
her aad said "Grace Murray, you have
broken my heart." A week or two
after she was married to the inferior
•uitor. She aad Wesley did not meet
again for thirty-nine years. She long
outlived her husband, aad when la
London she came to hear her son preach
la MoorAelds, she met her venerable
lover—lover etill apparently, forthe In
terview Is described ns very affecting.
Henceforth they saw each other no
aad Wesley never again men
Tm/na" Defense. H,s Spsscb jn U»s Ssnei*—
’Will Apetto** WhsnH.sfspfc ^ts t>i»-
proved.
Washing tor, Fsb. 14,1M«
To tbs Editor of Ibe Wbrld:
My Unlforta rule baa been to tree
critlolsmg'-wltipsilsoc* ,1 .break that
rule now (or a purpose, and that is to
challenge those . who have found so
much to condemn In trfy recent speech
in tbs Senate tq h Irlkl before the jury
of their readers, ib which 1 cap have
at least a show Of justice. The New
York-Tim* editorially terms mo " a
filthy baboon.’! thb N-jw'York Evening
_ . ■■ *'-' ^ —irohlstfThs World
uaaq the word '' blather-
1'hliadolphla Record calls
me ^'.the chieftain of anarchists ” and
Ms Globe of St. Paul says: "This
fellow brings to the Senate the uesavory
record he made la his State, a char
acter tattooed with dishonesty.”
These are a few of tfld pail lamentary
.and elegant phrases employed by the
polite and refined editors of some of
the lending newspapers as applied to
myself- They have notread my speech,
they dare not publish it in full, and,
basing their criticisms upon a few
garbled extracts in which 1 used strong
language to express indignation and
contempt, they asked the people ef the
country to render %>verdlet against me
as a coarse, brojial, ignorant black
guard. ‘|.
All the words and phrases which
occur In the speech to which they take
exception do not exceed a doxen. They
neither add nor take,, from the argu
ments and facts as presented. Not .a
single one of them Is unparliamentary,
and frequently, in the same Senate,
language as violent, ns coarse and as
brutal has been uttered In the pant by
more,
Honed her name. Through long years
Grace continued n course of Christian
again
h Tong
a course of Chr
usefulness, and lived anJ died eminent
ly respected. She lies la Chinly Church
yard Id Derbyshire.
Undeterred by his former experl-
em-e*. in ITil Wo«ley again T.-ntured
upon an engagement which actually
resulted la marriage. Now, too, the
lady was a widow, a Mrs. Vaxllle, her
tirst husband hating been a merchant,
who had left her n small independence.
There was little In her tosdeserve the
attachment of such a mao, either in
character or Intellect. She, too, like
Grace Murray, was of humble birth,
and, Ilk# her, had b;eo a maid servant
Having {luring her widowhood joined
herself to the Metbodiste, she wns
naturally pleased and lettered with
the attentloos'of their renowned head.
Chas. Wesley again Interposed, but
this time In vain. It soon appeared
how Ill-advised a union had been oon-
1 tracted, and after a few years of
wretched married life, marked on her
part by outrageous 111-temper, jealousy,
violence, and even treachery, which
her husband on his side bore with the
C tlence of n Socrates, the lady one
y took herself off aad lived in a state
of separation from him till her death.
“ Non earn reliqul, non dlmisi, non
revocabo—I did not forsake her, I did
aot dismiss her, I will not recall her."
was ths husband’s apt and pardonable
exclamation when he found her gone.
She takes her place la the foremost
rank of the bad wives of eminent men,
worthy to be classed with the wedded
companions of Socrates, of Albert
Durer, of George Herbert, of Richard
r Boeder, she was the most vicious vixen
of them all.
It may be imagined, without doing
any Injustice to him, that when his
letters were stolen, interpolated, and
forged by his wife, for the purpose of
injuring his character, the grieving
spirit of the old prophet may some
times bavs said, "Grace Murray would
not have done this." At the same
1 time we must, in justice, say that
Wesley cannot be wholly exonerated
from blame: for, setting aside the
question whether, after electing to
marry, he was not bound to do more
lor the comfortof his wife, he certainly
srave occasion to her jealous temper b;
l
-its unwary conduct, aud, most of al
by his unaccountable fondness for a
certain Sarah Ryan, n quondam maid
servant like the others, who, although
she was the wife of three living hus
bands, so won the good opinion and
confidence of Wesley by her ostenta
tious devoutness that ne actually ap
pointed her matron of Kingswood
School, where he necessarily paid fre
quent visits. No suspicion can really
attach,of course, to the fair fame of
one pure and unblemished ns Wesley,
bni ft wns difficult for n jealous wife to
think so. And assure lly we must say
of him, adopting a well-known phrase
of Mr. Froude’s, that " in his relations
with women he seemed to be under n
fatal necessity of mistake.”
V .. f ~ ,
—Miss Olive If. Brown, of Anderson,
has been elected a professor ia the
Cooper-LUneetqn Institute, Bpsrtin-
burg oounlf, a'hd.bM go®* to
her duties. Miss Brown ir a most ac-
complUhed young lady.
high to oorcountry'll history.
If my language was unparliamentary
and Indecent, why did no Senator call
me to ordeh? If the charges were
untrue, why has no Senator answered
them, aad why do my newspaper critics
not even attempt ho answer them ? Is
It unparliamentary and Indecent to
tall the truth? Are we sunk to-thai
low estafe tbat-faleshood and treachery
end official dishonesty cannot bernenr
tloned without calling down an avalan
che of abuse and slander? What other
Senators have whispered among them
skivea I have spoken aloud and In plain
Words. Wkat a majority of the people
of the country have thought and felt
I have uttered.
This Is the sum of my offending, end
the hireling editors and reporters who
now degrees the so-called freedom of
the press to so despicable a level may
tatter themselves that they create and
con toil public eptaloa, but the thou-
■tautlH of letters tnal have poured In ot
me from every quarter of the Union,
mostly from the North, and from men
engaged In every pursuit in life, have
given me assurances that the scales
are falling from the ey< s of the people
and that the truth, bravely told, has a
sweet and wholesome sound. The
American people as a whole, the
"great ^common people,” love the
truth, and they love their country.
They despise traitors and thieves and
cowards. It Is .a large mats to move,
but the leaven is nt work and ths
issue Is joined, end the result will be
known on the day of election.
So far saj am individually concern
ed, and so far as my speech in concern
ed, I care nothing for the abuse heaped
on me, and thank my critics for direct
ing attention to my utterances, j^hen
my facts and arguments have been dis
proved I will apologise. Until then
decency demands that men who abuse
me for speaking the truth thould let
their renders see it aud judge for
themselves, or reserve the epithets for
men of their own kind who dread ths
truth and love cowardice.
If there is no need of reform, reform
will not come. If I represent nothing
but Ignorance and anarchy, why w»s 1
elected Governor of South Carolina
twice be suck overwhelming majori
ties? Hqr four years, as executive
fought and abused by corporations and
banks and their hireling newspapers,
why did my State send me to the Sen-
*te by s vote of l.M out of s lolel of 100
in the General Assembly ? During
these four years the State advanced in
material growth and Increase of tax
able values more ispidly than in any
previous period !o it# history. 1 spent
1500,000 In the erection and equipment
of two of the largest colleges for the
industrial, technical and normal train
ing in the South—one for each sex.
And the constitutional convention,
with which I had a great deal to do,
fixed constitutional taxes so as to double
the free school fund ; the saloons have
been banished from the State, while
three-fourths of the people. If not
more, are firm suppertersof the new
method of handling the liquor traffic.
These facts, which are history, cannot
be sneexed at nor obliterated. Anar
chists don’t write such history.
I have never Shrunk from the lash
ings of newspaper scribbers in the
areanaof State politics and will Pot
begin to do no in the broader field to
which my commission from the people
has transfeerred me. if it ia to be the
fate of this great republic to sink to
the level of Rome when the Preetorlan
guards were wont to put the emperor
ship up to the highest bidder; If Con
gress is to become or remain the cow
ardly tool and purchasable agent of the
wealthy ; 11 the Federal judiciary are
to undermine and destroy the constitu
tion, as foretold by Jefferson ; if our
liberties are to be lost through supine
Ignoranoe aed venality, I, as a sentinel
on the watch tower, holding a sacred
trust, cannot be charged with having
assisted my country to its degradation
by giving a note of warning.
B. R. TillHan.
Is with yoo. Wa
Interest
all In font
prod action
abandon the
FS.
to keep down
Fight on upon the lines
make the Cotton States
ing, put mora land la
se * for year bofk
esTty year drops, aag when you
have done aU this the area devoted to
Do
heve woe.
laid down,
ielf-supportr
olover
to run on,
table ra
ta Increase
pen dev
cotton will yield mor* profile'
turds than If yon sought
the number of your bales. ,
ft Is fdtt by the meet thoughtful men
that we are entering upon a year of
g&n uncertainties, edt that even a
small cotton crop may fail to give
adequate returns far its prodecUen.
The mutterlngs of storm are disturb
ing the country and unsettling ail busl-
tress calculations. The.prudent man
will trim his sails to meet It. With
the commerce of the country later-
rnpted by war—an J war may come—
cotton would be unsalable except at
nominal prices. Every consideration,
then, of patriotism, of self-interest and
ot rudence dictates that you adhere
strictly to the rule of diminished
acreage-. Earnest men are earnestly
working to lead you and guide you
Into prosperity. Do not let them
labor in vain, but cheerfully and hope
fully respond to their appeal.
* In donclnsloti,'we desire to say to
every cotton grower, whether his crop
4s l0 bales or 1000 bales, see to It first
that your place It self-sustaining—and
we mean by this to be sure you. grow
on the farm an abundance of" corn,
meat, hay, oats, peas, potatoes, ete.,
for all the people on the place, both
white and colored. If the tenant will
not produce these articles, sell them
to him, and you keep the money in
your own pocket, in place of sending it
out of the country. When you have
brutal nas oeenmiereu in me past oj ou t 0 f the country. Wfien you nave
ndosea men whose names are written done this, or provided for It, grow what
cotton you can
If every farmer or planter In the
cotton-growing district will make this
his rule of action, and live up to it, It
will accomplish the results we so muck
desire, of making us all prosperous
and happy, whether our cotton, which
will be a surplus crop, to make sure
first of a cheap, home grown living for
all the people, and nil the animals,
on the place, and then make what cot
ton you can.
Press this idea on your neighbors
and friends; talk It In season and out
of season, at home and abroad; In
fluence your papers to write it up, and
keep It before the public—at least,
until after this year’s cotton crop is
planted.
Rsmember, this Is purely a labor of
love for the benefit of all, and If every
farmer will participate, and lend a
helping hand, by co-operating In a
united and vigorous effort to reduce
the size of the cotton crop, and In
crease the home-supply crop, immense
benefit to all Is obliged to be the result^ 1
Hkctob D Lank. Alabama.
W. H. Stovall, Mississippi,
W. A. Broughton, Georgia,
J. W. COROORAN, ArKunrfa*.
F. L. Maxwell, Louisiana,
W. W. Stone, Mississippi,
J. M. CahtLEMAN, Texas,
T. F. P. Allison, Tennessee,
Charler Scott, Mississippi,
A. F. Mayberry. Arkansas.
Irom Chicago be appointed to decide
whether It was aa opportune tine to
bold aa exposition as proposed, and if
so to proseat a plan for putting the
scheme into operation.' The oommlttoe
appointed byi the ohairmaa le as
follows: W. P. Balllday, William
A. Giles, Gen. jChaMae FltzSlmons, X.
M. Lawrence, W. A. Alexander, Mal
colm McNeill, Joha E. Scott, Wm. H.
Harper, Col. Haary T. Turner, Poet-
mss ter Washington Hosing.
From the South—B. L. Dulaney,
Tennessee. T. 8. Plowman, Alabama;
W. J. Andrews, North Carolina; E. L.
Roche, South CaroUna; D. B. Dyer,
Georgia; T. P. Graety, Maryland; W.
W. Stone, Mlselselppi; W. P. Rolph,
Kentucky; W. A. Simmone, Florida;
Morris Schwabaoker, Louslana, aad Z.
P. Zeiss, Texas. .
A resolution was adopted inviting
ilega
all railroads to sead delegatee to the
ooovehtion.
Col. Turner, commanding the First
Regiment I. N. G., invited the dele
gates to attend a regimental drill, re
ception aad daaoe to be given tomor
row night at the First Regiment
armory to the delegatee by Chicago
citizens and the regimental officers.
The convention than adjourned to
meet tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock,
when the committee will report.
AMELIA AND HER PRINCE.
Anbthsr of ths Quick and ths Dssd Trisa
Matrimony for ths Sscond Tims.
At Castle Hill, Albemarle County,
Va., the home of the bride, on the 18th
Inst., Mrs. Amelia Rlvea Chaaler, the
celebrated authoress, was married to
Prince Troubetekla, a Russian prince.
and
The affair wan' very quiet, and great
efforts were made to keep the time of
the event from the public. The cere
mony way performed by Rev. Paul L.
Menzel, D. D., of Richmond, a German
Lutheran minister, and was according
to the form of the Episcopal church.
Miss Gertrude Rives, sister of the
bride was maid of honor, and Mr.
Allan Potts, of Richmond, was best
man. The bridee-malds were Mias
Landon Rives, sister of the bride; Miss
Bessie Martin, of Richmond; Mi
Julia MoGruder, the authoress, and
Miss Elenor Page, of Keawlck. Only
the immediate family oi the bride and
the white and colored tenants on Col
Hives's place witnessed the ceremony.
The couple will remain at Cattle RLh
until the 29th, and then sail.for Europe.
The ceremony was performed In the
grand hall of the spacious country
Idenoe. the east side of which
banked high with ferns and potted
planta. At the foot of these wge>a
temporary altar, with a pyramid of
three flights of American beauty roses,
ADDRESS TO C'QTTON GROWERS.
Strong Reasons Ar# Given fsr Rsuuctan of
Ac'eage This Ys* 1 ’.
To the Cotton Growers of America :
The Cotton Growers’ Protective As
sociation of America, In convention
assembled at Memphis, Tonn., on this
the 21st day of January, 181W, again
come to you with an urgent appeal for
co-operhtive action In planting the
crop for 1896. It i# a matter of extreme
congratulation that the appeal made
to you last year was so generally re
sponded to and that the crop of 1895,
made upon the diminished acreage,
has had the effect of greatly increasing
the price and bringing prosperity, to
the country. The crop of 1895, though
estimated to be 8,400,000 bales short of
the crop of 1894, was in the markets
of the world worth more by nearly
$30,000^000. In the face of this result,
to abandon the Idea of diminished
acreage would be to sound tha retreat
in the face of victory. It is tha con
census of opinion among, tha best
thinkers that of by any means the cot
ton c/op of America could ba held
within tha limits of 7.000,000 bales pesJ-
annum for tan yearn, the people of t
these Southern States would be th*
richest and most prosperous agricul
tural people in tbe world. How oan
this be braaght about ? Tha answer
SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
To os Hshj in ths Fsli—Ds sgstss Msst
Ch csgo~Pst Walsh, Ch*irm*n.
Chicago, Feb. 19.—An exposition of
Southern products, natural and manu
factured, will be held in Chicago this
fall, merchants, manufacturers and
capitalist# of this city agreeing to man
age and flaance it while the Southsrn-
erv interested will furnish it and de
liver exhibits free of cost to Chicago
This wss the decision of tbe special
committee api*ciaud by the delegation
at the Palmer House this afternoon
The commutes met Immediately after
adjournment and after several hours
of deliberation decided to so report to
the convention when It reassembled
tomorrow.
Bankers, merchants, manufacturers,
capitalists, journalists and men promt
neat in Southern public life came from
all States in the South last night and
Unlay In large numbers to officially
represent their States and cities at the
convention which will organize tho
exposition enterprise. The delegates
were filled with enthusiasm anddId not
say unkind things about the weather
which was down to eero and ag
gravated by a piercing wind all day.
Toe States ef Alabama, Georgia,
Tennessee, Florida, Lousiana, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, North and. South
Carolina. Maryland and TexaUn-were
represented at the opening seeslon,
tho largest delegation being from
Georgia and Tennessee.
Among the morning arrivals Were
Gen. Charles Thurman, of Nashville;
John H. McDowell, the Tennessee
People's party leader; Charles D
Mitchell, Chattanooga, vice president
of the National Manufacturera’ Asso
ciation ; Major . John McCann, tbe
" Lame miller,” of Nashville, who was
appoieU-d by tbe Governor to look after
the military feature of the exposi
tion; Theodore Cooley, chairman of
the art department of the Tennessee
centennial, and A. M. Wells, commis
sion! r general of the Tennessee cen
tennial.
The delegates came to the Palmer
House parlors reserved for their use,
and after registering spent the morn
ing hours in social intercouroe or bus
iness talk with fellow delegates from
Chicago or the South.
George W. Zeiss, of Texas, was the
fisst on the ground with an exhibit.
Ho brought up samples of the carnal-
gre root, which resemblep tbe sweet
potato very strongly and which grows
in the western part of the State, but
thrives in a much more profitable
fashion near the Gulf of Mexico,
where It is being cultivated. U*pro-
duct is the tannic acid of commerce,
and tho T> xans are proud of it. Along
with the oarnaigre comes the ramie, a
fibrous production from which textile
fabrics may be made with a profit.
While tbe delegates were arriving
and being welcomed by Chicago busf-
neas men, ex-Confederatea and Grand
Army veterans, a preliminary commit
tee consisting of W. A. Giles, Chicagp;
Chairman Patrick Walsh, XJ. A. Col
lier, U. H. Stafford and W. H. Harper,
of Georgia ; Malcom McNeill aad Col.
H. L.-Turner, of Chicago, held a meet
ing to outline a plan for submission to
tbe convention.
At 3 o’c ock the delegates assembled
for businisa, Chicago being represent
ed by tunny prominent citix ns hamed
by Ihe mayor.
A cordial v.elcome was given the
vis.tors by Corporation Counsel Beale,
in the absence of Mayor Swift, who la
confined to his home with tbe grip.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta,
Ga. was elected chairman, Malcolm
McNeil, of Chicago, secretary, and
Howard 11. Stafford, of Augusta, as
sistant s«cretary. Chairman Walsh
hanked the corporation counsel for
his welcome and made a few remarks
o tiling attention to the great' re
source, s of tse South and the bees fits
to be derived from making aa exhibit
edged with white candles.
The groom, precoded by the offlclat
ing clergyman and aooompealed by his
best man, Mr. Allen Potts, entered
the hall from the east wing of the
building, the minister takingrhis poel
tioe behind the altar, tbe groom stood
slightly to the right while his best
man took n position n few feet to his
right.
The bride spproached from the north
hallway. She learned gracefully upon
the arm of her father and was regally
beautiful In n simple bridal robe of
white ivory satin, trimmed in |Ruaslan
sably. She carried a large white copy
of the marriage vows, and wore a huge
bunch of purple violets; but no orna
ments. Sne took her place to the left
of the groom while her father stood
to tbe right of the beet mea. Follow
ing the bride and her father came the
maid ef honor, Mias Gertrude Rives,
the charming sister of the bride, and
her mother. These ladles took oorree-
ponding positions on the opposite sides
to those occupied by the best man and
the bride’s father. The four pretty
and stately bridesmaids followed ths
maid of honor and her mother and
formed a semi-cl role around the altar,
thus completing a beautiful aad lasplr
ing scene
(•to
Mr.
it i
Fell
left.
it
ilipe de laa
od dislodged
jwwr
led. If $26,000 was given from
privilege tax It would be $8,000
than 1s recommended, or was
people. They have
attar year and ashed tor money. It
they returned what they had gotten It
would be well to talk about broken
contracts. Clemeoo should be given
definite amounts, damson, be said,
would spend every dollar givsa. . \
Mr. W. J. Johnson, of ths Investl-
C ling committee, said that a similar
k to that of last year was
mended
tbe privilege
more than 1s recommended, or
spent last year. Then there Is $20,000
received for the bohrd and nbout 16,000
ought to be received from the farm.
He wanted to knsk whether the sixth
of all the Stata taxes should go to
Clemspn. Tha four denominational
'colleges were being run at a cost of
948,000 ha understood, and that was
less than Clemson College was reoeiv-
leg. He favored the bill.
Mr. Leon Williams said tbe law
S rovided for but ton professors at
lemson, and many mjre were em
ployed qpntrary to law. There are 150
boys la the fitting school, and they
should be at school and not at colleges.
These professors ware paid $41,360.
Mr. Williams thea exhibited aa in
ternet lag statement of salaries paid
the professors.
Mr. Williams went on to say that at
Erskine 87 boyt were educated at $5,-
850, ao average cost of $67.25. New
berry College, 129 boys were educated
at $5,500, or aa average coat of $42.
Wofford 144 boys at $13,000, an average
* $90, and “
•timed.
Mr. Burns was opposed to tl
principle, but If It De Impoeedl
be distributed aa provided in
ollege
In dao,
lege
ould
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wedding
maid
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an<i aatm
purple violets.
Mrs. Chaaler met Prince Troubetz-
kin In London n little over a year ago
before she had been divorced from her
husband. The Prtnoe paid her some
attentioa aud invited the Virginia
authoress down to the home of his
family in Italy. This Invitation was
accepted by Mrs. Chanter aad she had
quite n delightful visit to Lake Majors.
It was here that the Prlnoe saw most
of his present bride. After Mrs.
Chanters return to America nearly a
year ago tbe dlvorje was obtained and
she very soon afterward annouaced to
a few of her most Intimate frieads her
engage mast to the Prlaoe. Sines her
return to this country she had aot seen
her prospective husband antil ha
reached America upon this occasion.
No invitations were sent out to the
nuptials and there was no wedding re
ception.
DISCUSSES CLEMSON.
Tax—
Ths House Consdsrs ths Privl.sgs
No Chang# Mads.
Columbia, February 20.—The Houae
to-day considered aad acted upon
several important matters. The reg-
gistralion Dill wss finally passed by
-the House and sent back to the Senate
to see what it thought of the amend
ments the House had kindly put in the
m assure.
-After a lively fight the House Inde
finitely postponed the bill to change
the present application of the entire
orlvilege tax fund to
an a *a«P|VWy mu as v oi ung w
cost of $90, and Furman 139 boys cost
$10,500, average $75. At Clemson 499
boys were ft» attendance, and for these
tbe oust for professors wns $41,360, or
a per capita of $166, while the average
per capita of the four denominational
colleges was $6&5Q, The only way he
could explain the difference was that
It was Ste’.a money that was being
sp mt. There appeared to him to be a
s r-W loose somewhere. If Ciemsbn
w«re given $25,000 of the privilege tax
that would give the institution $66,000,
which he held was sufficient for all ex-
peases and more than the four deno
minational colleges united spent. He
did not Intend crippling any of the
college*, aid said that Winthrop would
be well oared for. He insisted that he
only wanted to see things conducted In
a business-like way.
Mr, Tatum objected to tha bill as it
diverts the fusd from the purpose for
which it whs intended. A bill has
ju«t been killed to repeal the tax and
the present effort Is iU-tlu
Mr. Watson eh
■how where the money has been mis
spent. Toe reporta show that all gen
eral funds bavs gout to build up a fins
plant. There Is now a compact that
this tax should go to Clemson, which
compact was mads when the Institu
tion was established. There is ao ap
peal from the farmers for a change ns
to this fund. Ths matter should be al
lowed to remain lust as it is.
Mr. Garris said ths board hoped to
complete the college la every detail
this year out of the privilege tax.
the tax on
it abould
provided in the bill.
Any college depending on n privll
tax is In danger. \Every college shou
come to the Legislature for a direct
appropriation. If the fund amounts
to $70,000 it would all be spent. There
is no reason for special privileges to
Clemson. _
Mr. Ralasford said the committee re
ported a similar appropriation to that
of last year, to7 000, and this bill pro
vided for over$60,0d0 to Clemson
Mr. Sturkle, of Orangeburg, feltsure
that the tax would be repealed, and
the tfme will eouWoome when a direct
appropriation will have to be made.
As he believed this privilege tax will
soon be out eff he favored Clemeoa hav
ing the advantage now.
" Citizen " Ashley approved the tax,
but was opposed to the Dill.
Mr. Connor, of Orangeburg, said
Clemson has bees established oo a solid
fousdatlon. There wee a fascination
about Indirect taxes, and Clemson, he
urged, could 111 afford to get such a
tax. He did not want to criticise
Clemson, hot the fact stares the mem
bers le the face that four denomina
tional colleges are run for less than
Clemson. All information shows that
the Clemson Is doomed unless she
Ives up every purpose for which
m was built has been made n
secondary e meideretlou, this privilege
tax. Clemson started out with ten
professors aad now shs has about 30
He had been Informed that a majority
of the students at Clsmsoe bad better
be at home attending-aa aoadfeory « He
wss told that there were 27 mules at
Clsmsoe, and yet tooney le asked for
hauling coal. Ha was advised that
every professor got house rent and
water and light free, and possibly
vegetables and fuel, and he asked that
the salaries be compared with those
at the South Carolina College, Citadel,
Furman, Wofford aad the other col
leges.
The convicts did all the farm work
he heard, and vet $3,000 wns asked fir
farm 1 arbor. Clemson should be con
fined to her proper sphere and what
she was intended for. He regretted
to have to say that Clemson’s trustees
should take warning of a prediction
made to him thal-lla literary crank ”
would ruin Ahe college. He had no
criticism to make on tke management
of the trustee#, ns they were new men
and doing the best they could.
Mr. Blackwell'.moved to indefinitely
postpone the bUf, and On this the y ja?
and nays were demanded. The bill
was indefinitely postponed by a vote of
59 VO 45.
y u
where 1% Is
Mira, Dias and Castilla with 1,
mounted men. The cavalry troops of
Catnahuanl charged aad defeated them
in Culebra dhd Culebrlta hills. The
enemy retreated towards Navio.
Several oolnmna followed hlm'la a
combined movement, encircling him.
General Linares nss also defeated
Maximo Gomes In Lomas del Porven-
sro, capturing four horses. The troop#
had three wounded. Reconnoiterlng
tbe camp after tbe engagement, th y;
saw the rear guard of the enemy.
Hiking them for the Spanish forces,
but seeing that they made no answer
to the countersign, they opened artil
lery and Mauser rifle fire, killing six
and wouhded 27—the column suffering
four pounded. Tbe troops followed
and encircled the enemy.
In the province of Santiago de Cuba
the guerillas of Cobre defeated on the
11th, on Paso Lajas, a small band,
killing one and wounding another.
The same guerillas In Loma Nbruejo,
defeated on tbe 16tb the rebels in
Porteo Cruz. (Signed) - Weyler.
The places mentioned in the above
details are inside n triangle forihed by
the tailroada from Habana to San Fe
lipe and from Guioei to Habuna by
San Joee de las Lajas.
PfelLAUELPHiA, Feb. 19—Coincide t
with tbe arrival in this country of Dr.
Costello, Secretary of the Treasury of
Cuba, the sending of aid to the in
surgents, has been progressing more
rapidly than ever.
There sailed last Saturday afternoon
from off the Capes of Delaware the
Norwegian steamer Osteris, with
aa expedition of 50 men and a large
quantity of arms and ammunition.
Tbs vessel has been purchased out-
thelr
provlnors
over 10,000 to
arms except
easily get as
equip them.
avaoa aa > Mateaa
sa who are without w
the mao beta. Ha oou
many more l f he cou
right by tbe Cubans and will be used
by them for future work. She Is so*
built that she can easily make twelve
knots an hour and, it is claimed, can
show her heels to most of tke war
ships Spain now has patrolling the
island. The expedition is in command
of Captain Edward Ardue, who served
through tbe ten years’ war. With him
are a number of the sons of wealthy
Cubans In New York city and other
parts of the United States.
It is anticipated that the vessel will
reach tbe North coast of Cuba at a
point near the Havana coast, about
next Sunday, where it will be met by
a detachment from General Gonez’s
army and safe convoyance given to tbe
later lor of the island. With the
expedition are one Maxim and two
Gattling guns.
News uss been received litre that
within the last ten days, ten vessels
have arrived in Cuba from this coun
try with 700,000 cartridges, a large
quantity of powder and dynamites, and
5,10) riffsH. Oue of the local Junta
said to-day : r - r
" As there is no pressing need of
men at this time, no regular expedi-
i Clemson College.
rest and scrutiny ns
affairs of Clemson Col-
passed
pi . ^ M
The debate brought out tbe existence
of considerabl^int
to tbe financial
lege.
There was an unexpected conte»t
against the pHsi-aita of a resolution
providing for the purchase of 106 acre#
of land that Is much needed kw the
Hospital for the Insane.
The bill to provide for a reduction
in the icale allowed for State printing
by a decisive vote. The bill
s a general reduction of about
0 or 15 per cent, and the announce
ment Is that printers stand ready to
make a strfficient bond that the print
ing oan be done for the rates agreed
upon to-day.
When tbe registration bill oame up
for a third reading ia numb.-r of amend-
menu were packed in again by Mr.
Townsend. Tbe Senate will have a
merry time ol it recognising the bill
when it gets back to that body.
When tbe bill, to provide for the
distribution of the privilege tax came
up % Mr. Raiaeford said that the Glees-
•on report baring been received it was
time to act on his bill, which propones
to glvr Gleason $25,000, and the place hi
balanee to Winthrop College. Guines,
Mr. Williams proponed that tbe railroad
balance should gp to the State treasury
direct. // ., - 1
Mr. Breaxeale moved to strike out
the eaactlbg words ol the bill, saying
that as loag as the implied contract
is in tore* that tha privilege tax should
81:
WEYLER BOASTS.
Severe) Skirrnishee—Four Horse# Captured
in One Dey—Rear Guard of the Ene.Yty
Sighted.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The follow
ing is a copy of a dispatch received
here today by the Spanish minister,
signed by the new commandant of the
Spanish forces in Cuba :
Habana. Feb. 19.—Tbe reports of
tho last military operations are a fol
lows : Macco has crossed the line be
tween Habana and Batabano by the
village called Vapor, with 60 horsee.
Later, other troops joined him, ia
numbers nbout 600, but the enemy was
under fire of the troops commanded by
Colonel Seguerra, whiih killed three
rebels and wounded 12.
The Insurgents joined their forces at
San Felipe de las Vegas, abandoning
their route towards Matanxas that has
been to the south of the railroad from
San Felipe to Guines, fearing the ool-
umns which were closing the line be
tween the railroad aad tbw sea. A
train conducting General Eohague
who, with bis command, was going to
himself between San Felipe and
met in Molina, between the
station Of Melena and Palen-
que, 800 cavalrymen of the enemy,
who approached tbe train thinking it
wns a freight train. Tbe column fired
on them without slighting aad arrived
safely at Guines.
Ths'oolumn of Colonel Seguera, for-
Nerious Prostration
Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine.
Frolonred dersnxement of the nerroee
■ystem not only affect* tbe brain sad men
tal powers, but develop# dleeaee In aotae of
tbe vital onrans. The moet dangeron# of
these Indirect results la when tbe heart la
affected. This wa* tbe cane of tbe Rev. N
V. Surface, Fawn River, Mich., who write*
under date Of Feb. 14. DOS:
'‘Fourteen years ago I had a slight stroke of
paralysis. Overwork brought oo nervous
prostration. I was exceedingly nervous and
tbe exertion of pub lie speaking canned
heart palpitation that threatened mr life.
I need two bottles of Dr. Mi lee' New Heart
Cere for my heart trouble, and two of Dr.
Miles’ Res tors l It* Nervine for my nervooe-
neee and feel better than I ever expected to
feel again. I can speak for boars without
tiring or having my heart flutter aa It for
merly did, and I bavs you to thank that I
ana all vs today. n
On sals by all druggists Dr. Milas' Book
oa Heart and Nervous Disorders FREE by
mail Dr. Miles Medical Oo.. Elkhart. lad.
Dr. Miles^ Remedies fotm Haiti
A $25 Cooking Stovi
(i
leaving out the
Delivered to
nil freight chance paid. Bead this
dsesrlptloa carefully. This splendid
GncHng Steve le He. $; hae fear $
K holes; 16x1$ inch oven; 1$
beau $4 laches high; 21x2$
topi alee smooth easting. I
bavs had this stove made for my
trade, after my ewm Idea, combining
nil tim good points ef nil medium
priced stoves, aad ]
eMeetleamble feetan
Beyond nil deaht the best Ho. $
Cooking Stove made, for the priee
Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2
■keilets, 2 griddle#, $ baking peas,
$ Joints of pips, 1 elbow, 1 collar, {
lifter, 1 scraper. 1 cake polish, 1 iroa
toe kettle, 1 ahovel. We west to
moke eoatomera and frieads in ovary
port of the South, for the purpose
of Introducing oar business to bow
pooplo, sad to raaow our aoquolat-
»ace with old friends.
We will ship thfc spleadid Cooking
Stovo sad tho shove doecribed ware
‘•W freight charges
paid, for only $13.00 whoa tho
eash comes with tho order. This
•taj* If *JPe4oas, wall
will give satire satisfaction. Oar
Illustrated catalogue of Funitan.
Stoves and Baby Carriages —
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Auwovva, Ba.
one
For Free Silver.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 19.—Mi. M
Clurg, member ot the legislature fro
Carroll county, the home of '*
George and Senator-elect M<
fired the following resolution
U being adopted with only o
tive vote: „ _
Resolved, by. the House of Repr
eentetlves of the State of Mlssissipl
that we favor the free and unlintlw
coinage of silver and gold at the rat
of 16 to 1 by the government of tl
United States independently of U
ition of any other government.
Second—That we do not favor tl
nomination of any Democratic oaafi
date for Presideptof the United SteW
whose known views are not in scoot
with ours above expressed.
Third—That we faror and (nsli
that those States which give Dem
oratio majorities In the general eleotic
should oontroKin making a no min.
tlon for President and Vice Preside!
—John* Hookin'. Unlver.ity r
oently a patient end hypnotic iniluenc
was successfully operated upon f<
diseased kidney, no ansestbetics belt
used. The case was the first In whit
hypnotism hss been used In thst ii
stltution.
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