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rill-: S'lATR CAMPAIGN. (ooNTiNi'K.n i'i:t?m i-MHST " V?v. you l ownt illy ground rc I, I 'look 'out,' suiu the iiovoriior. Tilt' 111:111 klimil. 111'. Ii mi i ii' )>t 'I'ill. man. , "Shake your linger if you want to. you scoundrel ami coward. I will moot you unywhoro." (Loud applause. | Tillman resumed bin attack on l>ut.ler. Ho said Hutlcr's protended grievanoo was because ho had spoken of Iho Hook Mill crowd as Coxoyitos and as tools of railroad corporations and intimated that corruption funds wore Ixdng used in l?utlor's interest. " I didn't charge that Hutler was ro-| sponsible for the free pass crowd, would have attacked him if ho was' If Hutler felt aggrieved at the insinuation of corruption, why didn't ho come to uio and ask mo for an explanation like a gentleman. No he was glad to assume the position of bulldozer and turned round and used insinuations himself. Hutler had said in the newspapers that ho was going to conduct iiis campaign on a high plane. The very tirst thing he did was to give out an interview characterizing mo as a bully and a braggant. Was that high and dignified't At Hock Hill I adresshd myself to issues solely. His speech was not on issues, but was full of sarcasm and innuendos. At Vorkville 1 brought up the Coxoy army matter and I intend to keep it to Hutler's back like a mustard plaster t ill 1 got to the bottom of it. Furthermore. 1 intend to call him loxey Butler in the future. (Loud and prolonged applause.) Butler insinuates that I am a coward and a liar, yet he goes around using insinuations, etc. lie said he had a hitter tongue, hut when he opened his mouth yesterday there was no bitterness on his tongue. It was tilth and actually stank, i Loud cheering.) Tillman said ho had beat another Kdgeticld man in that county and would heat Itutler. lie proceeded to say that ho could attack Butler's private character, hut would not do it. lie, in a spirit of generosity, had test.ilied to I hitler's honesty, notwithstanding the t'hadwiek lottery business, from which all kinds of charges against Butler's integrity had been made, lie defied and dared Butler to bring anything against his private character, lie charged thut the man who interrupted him a few minutes previous was a sample of the crowd of hired braves which mul crowded m-omul t in! stand at Chester to abuse ami curse him. The first really sensational event of the day occurred at this point. A well known white man of Chester climbed on the back of tbe stand and said he wanted to ask Tillman a question, lie probably meant no harm and afterwards said'he did not, hut his appearance was the signal for excitement. There were erics of "Got down," "I'ull him down," ete. The crowd rushed towards the platform amid mingled cries. I'amlemonium reigned fully five minutes, during which Governor Tillman told tin crowd in front that the man was a fall ..r o... i.i.iii. i oiunjnv; *?i im: iMiiiirn til Ulllill with Butler. Tillman said lie didn't need even one, that the people wore his protectors. They hud threatened to kill him, hut he wouldn't die till the {rood God wan ready for him to go, He said he couldn't he intimidated l>\ Butler and his crowds, and Butler had as well understand that he couldn't b< disturbed by any such disgraceful conduct. Butler is a beaten man. I am not. Butler had to go oil' the stand t< quiet his excited friends who h.ui brought on the disturbance. The Governor said he would take nj Butler's false statements, for they were foully false. He proceeded t?i show that Butler luul been invited to speak in the last campaign, but whei Butler said yesterday that I was in ; plot to prevent him speaking ho said what was unworthy of an honorable man. When Butler says 1 have tc have to clean him up, it sounds funny, Haven't 1 cleaned up Earlo, Orr, Shop pard, and others, and can't 1 clean uj another little lawyer ? (Great laughter and applause.) The next sensational event of the day was when Tillman touched on the alleged insult to "Bunch" McHco't wife. He said he wowld say in MrBee's presence what he had said at Yorkville. He retold the incident and then, turning to McBee, said " Was there any offense in that?" McBee arose with eyes snapping and uuswcreu : j ins is a political campaign in which I have no interest. I have not attended those meetings and do not intend to attend them, except where i have business and I say to yon now that so far as Mrs. McBce's name is concerned, you must keep it out ol tills campaign, i do not want any ex planation and do not say any more." Tillman: "1 will say mora." Mclleo, with emphasis: " Don't sat\ another word about my wife." Tillman : " But I will say more about you and lay it on you thick." Tin Governor then said if McBoo consider' od the name of his wife used in an un warranted manner, he would apologize but that J hitler, in the very nex words, had lugged his (Tillman's) wife\ name into a political discussion. "Then I upologi/.o," said Butler. "All right," said Tillman, " we wil exchange prisoners," and there wui general laughter and everybody breath ed easier. Tillman in the next breath denounce! McBee, if he was responsible for tin Coxey crowd at Kock Hill. He said i was an interference with the liberty o the people. McBee did not say an\ thing. The next sensation was when Till man said the lSttl free pass produce* at Chester yesterday by Butler was no t Ihi niH(riiH) I nr.n and t.liuf. )>< iTillim.m hud the original in hit* possession. Ih said that the |>usb Butler had was ; duplicate madejout by "Bunch"' McBoe Thin created a sensation and all eyes were turned to Mclieo and Butler Me Bee made some remark about bet ting it was the original and started t< get up, but the crowd told hint to sii down. Tillman ridiculed Butler awfully about the mare's nest he had discover ed in the dlsnonsary figures and amit the entire enthusiasm of his friend showed where the discrepancy in tin report wuh accounted for in the sami book from which Butler hud found tlx alleged shortage. It was a simph omission of the printer. Kvorv news paper man in (kuumbia knew uixjiit tlx error long ago. lie also explained tlx matter of wines and showed buyout dobiil that Butler didn't know wliut hi was talking about. He next showed how ridiculous w?: But ler's assertion that Tillman was no authorised hy law to spend over $50,00' in Dispensary purchases. lie sliowei l?V the statutes themselves where lit had the authority, and asked Butler i he did not rot tog n I y.e now that he lux the authority. " I am not running the dispensary/ raid Butler. '?>*. ? *" ? i "Then leavo it alone," said Tillman a in ill defening applause. T'lliuau next Haiti that llutlor Inul i given birth to other stinking ami foul I words, imitating llaskoll in bringing forward (lie faet that ho (Tillman i was | not in the war. He told why ho had j not Ijcoii in the war and turning to i Mil ier sum : " Mimnt on yon, j^enorous ( soldier tlint vou wore, to do that." " Hot lor aiso made another Insinuation about my not groins; to Darlington. My enemies wanted to kill me. Did Lincoln and Davis ^o to the front in the lute war'/ llutler also aoruses iuo of not bointf in tlm riot at llainburtf." llutler : " I did not say it." Tillman: "Yes you did, and didn't! you rido down the road with mo'/ Why . does llutler want to gratify his spleen I and passion that way'/ When he talks I about tho courage of the Tillmuns he's not sane. The bones of three Tillmans lie in a Hold in Moxieo, with those of j I 'ieroo Ilutler." He jumped on llutler about what ho said about State* litigation and lawyers' fees, lie said if llutler knew so much law, they had bettor make him Alter ney Genoral.but hobnlievod Buchanan could beat him all hollow in law. The Governor gave the history of the railI road light and said his friend was the head devil in it. Ho gave blue blazes to Simonton and railroad corporations and ehargod all the Federal Courts j with being bought by Wall Street, Iie told of the Agricultural Halt case and said the hall (should never go out of the hands of the State. Tho Governor had some fun out of tho ex-cart story and said some people would rat her seo t he devil in the Sonate than him. (Cheers, i Hut lie was going there. To Butler's charge that Ben Terrell had made Tillman stand around. Tillman said he lntd not done so and then said: "What became of Butler at Butesburg when Tom Watson got through with him \J" " Used up,admitted Butler. Tillman : " 1 Ionost confession is good for the smd and when 1 get through with him (speaking about Butler) he will learn to hit in front and will ipiit wanting to he a blackguard. I won't ollll him ii fiMKnil until In, (iiu,l.>.?i f-... *? ?< iiv ua r* 11 ?i his conduct yosterday.'' The Covernor discussed the dispensary lawnnd liownuudi money was made und it.-- benefit. lie said tin- barrooms were dens of hell. Tillman chargod Ihitler with voting for Kimnnton's eonliriuation when ho knew Simonton's nomination was an invasion of the State's rights. The (lovernor's hour was up. bat the crowd wouldn't let him stop. Me alluded to Butler's separate proposition and intimated there was I money to buy Keformers. Voice '. " We don't *vant any of it.'' He said UutU r was afraid to trust the people, liuller knew ho was beaten and didn't believe Butler candidates for the Legislature would be put out in one-third of the counties. The (iovernor concluded t?v saying lie would show Butler how the people stood and called for a hand primary. A perfect upheaval of hands and wild , applause for Tillman followed. One hand was raised for Butler. AT CAMIHiN. i Camt>KN, S. C., .June ?The cam[ paiirn meeting here today was comnaratively quiet. Senator Butler gave j'illman a severe and decent lashimr. He dubbed Tillman " Newbold TillI man," the former name beiny that of a 'P l - - -*i -- ? ? * i nruTiivo a110yea i<> do paid to 1 follow Tillman. Ho said Tillman ought not to cry like a baby about being killed. It was demagoguery. lie > wanted Tillman to take bis drubbing I like a man. lie dared Tillman to attack bis personal record and said lie > bail been told that detectives were sent to Washington to look up his record. i lie said Governor Tillman claimed that he could not resent an insult bei cause lie was Governor. He declared ^ it was babyish to give insults and then I hide behind Ills governorship. Ilere) iterated that ho could not understand , the dispensary figures. The crowd was good humored and . Governor Tillman took his basting > good humoredly. ? tin THE CONSOLIDATED llAILWAYS. > | A MAMMOTH COIlPOll AVION IS TO lll<] OIUi.AMZKI). The SoiKbcrn Kailway Company is 'I l lie Title ol' the New System?The VantlcrliilfH Are Itehind this Move* inent?An r.xtciisixe Sehcinc lor the ' Control ol Iinpoi'lant lanes. The organization of the Southern Kailway Company, the successor of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com' pany, has been elYeetod hy the cxeeuI ....a a.ai * a - 1 I nun uiiu in~ii> ^"i %y in lilt) hpUClill 111118! tors' and receivers' deeds to tlio now j corporation, and by tlio execution <?f ' the articles of tho association by ' Messrs. Coster and Thomas, the purchasors of t'ne railroad, and their associates, Messrs. Sponcoi, Andrews, Stetson and Kwon. The deed was filed and recorded in tin1 chancery court at ' Uiclmiond last week. Tho incorporators constituted Messrs. Spencer, Coster, Andrews, Stetson and ; i Aven to be directors and Samuel Spencer to l>e president of the new company. Tho general oflico of the now company is established in Uichmond. . At the first meeting of tho board of directors of the new company ofllcot s were elected. They will assume their duties on the morning of July 1st. when, . pursuant to the court's orders, tho properties oi t ho Uichmond and Danville Kail load Company will be turned j. over by the icr ivcrs to the now coin | The Southern Railway Company as! suiucs tho. leases ?>f tho Atlanta and . Charlotte Air 1/ine, tho Western North Carolina railroad, tho Washington, Ohio and Western railroad, tho Piedmont ruilroad und tlio North Carolina railroad. 1 I'ndor the plan of reorganization of ' tho companies emhracod in tho old Richmond Terminal system, other ' lines will ho brought in later, as too several legal formalities are carried ' out. The ollleor of tho now company elected are: Samuel Spencer, presid? n: A. It. Andrews, second viee-prosi' dent; W. II. Raid win. dr., third vice" ! president: Krancis Ryiulo Stetson, genI ! oral counsel; W. A. C. Kwon, secres rotary: John W. Mall, tieasuror: Geo. S. IIohhs, auditor. A permanent hoard of directors will 1 bo elected latee. |i is also understood ' that Captain C re) n will be continued * as general manager and Mr. Sol ilaas ' i as general tralllc munagor. Indeed, it is believed there will ho no material ' change in tho persomr-l of the comTho gold inoi't/age, tho debenture. * mortgage and i ho c?pn pmont mortgage ' t i 1 tonus are notdi-tui d by the ?->?. t,tI?*- j ? rnent. The whole proceeding of fori-] 1 closure and sale was taken un-; (lcr tlio third general mortgage, ami f for thoso bonds tl?o new company will I issue its obligations. The road will be under the supcrvi.-lon of Divxel, Mor" gun ?.Y Co. for liv?' years, unless other arrangements are made. All dead wood will he dropped from the system anil only such yncs incorporated into it as the new company believes will pay. I n this connect ion attention is culled to the fact that the same parties who control the (Ihesupeako and Ohio rail-! way control this new corporation. The otlieers of the now corporation jjivo i assurances that the road will bo run on business principles and that the most! liberal policy will he pursued toward ; l im" nmivil. Mr. Henry ('rawford, counsel for the complainants in the suit under which the sale of the road was made, said, in talking to a Richmond man on the subject, that the policy of the new company would no very liberal to the South : that the road would bo put in first-class condition and run on business principles, but that the great aim of the company would be to build up the country through which the road passed. lie believed that the South was on the eve of great industrial activity, and that the Southern Railway Coiupuny would he a great factor in t ho the work of development. The fact that Drexol, Morgan iV Co., by whom the reorganization was conducted, represent the Yandcrhilts, who own larjjc interests in the Chesapeake and Ohio, tflvea rise to the boliof that this system and the Danvillo will ho oonduotod on vor/ friendly terms. It is boliovod that, inuuli of the Danville's business will hereafter jjo to Newport News for shipment by that company's steainors. This idea is borne out by a visit to Newport News by several of the reor?,ranization people. Atlanta Journal. Decent developments in railroad cirelos and the talk of railroad men who are in position to take a comprehensive view of the situation, till point to the belief that by the first of < )etobor there will be a mammoth consolidation of Southern railways the ' largest combination of the kind ever consummated in the South and pregnant with possibilities for the development of this section. The union j will embrace systems already vast in i | individual extent and will bo, when I taken as a whole, a combination by the sido of whieh tho consolidation so \ iporoiisly fought a lew years upo by the (Jeorpia I .eeislaturo, will appear a very Hinal I alTair. Tbo new consolidation will, it is understood, comprise no less than throe , j preat systems with lines in el veil Southj rn States?Maryland, Virginia, North i Carolina. South Carolina. Ceorpiu, I'Morida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi! ana, Tennessoo and Kentucky. The sale of the Kichmond and Danville contains the key-note of the situation. This sale, as is ponorally known, occurred in Kichmond under order of the courts and the property was bought by Drexel, Morgan it Co., tin- preat New York financiers and promoters. This firm is credited with the formation of the company that will j control tho property and tho statement t that they represent the \ underbill, j interests will pivo some idea of tho immensity of the plan to bo underj taken. It is declared with confidence by those who arc posted that tbo now organization to lio known as tbo Southern Kailway Company will comprise the Uichmoiul and Danville, tho Mast. Tennessee, Virginia ami Gcorpiu, and me v. inciimaii rsoui liern systems. Tim t Central Railroad of Ceorgia i-. already | practically under the control of the newly organized Richmond and Danville system, and the Ceorgia and Atlanta and Westl'oint roads, while seemingly under independent management, are really controlled through the Central of Georgia and tho Louisville and Nashville. This will leave ! hut three roads of the ten now entering' Atlanta outside of the Southern Kail way company. These three are i the Seaboard Air Line, the Western and Atlantic and the Atlanta and i Florida. It is said in addition to this consolidation the Chesapeake and Ohio i road will he very friendly to the or1 ganization and will ho operated so as | to secure the best results to both systems. It is understood that the policy of i the new company will be to operate i the railroads embraced in this vast J consolidation solely for the money , that is in them, at the same time ex: erting every effort to build up busij ness by improving the country which ! tho lines traverse. The great fault, j the stumbling block of the other eom; bination?that of the Richmond Teri ininal?was tho fact that it was in a measure a political organization. That ' brought it under a ban of public dis' approval. The management of the j new organization will be a business I one and only such interests will he : taken in legislation us the business in- j ! to rests of tho system demand. No 1 j effort will be made to control any ; legislature or government ollieial. Recognizing that the South presents a magnificent Held for investment in such properties when properly managed. tho organizers of the new system, it is said, will do everything to improve t he service and make the roads excellent ones in every respect. The ' manner in which the South stood the past panic indicates an era of splendid prosperity now at hand, ami these moneyed men are merely taking taking advantage of tho fact. An interesting question arises in connection with this consolidation- -what is to become of the many general j oflieers of the lines to be taken i 11 V | Mr. Samual Spencer, it is atlirmed, will be the president of the new system. Ho is a brilliantly successful railroad man, qui to young to have attained such an elevated and splendid position. It is a fact to contemplate with prido that he is a Georgian, and all Georgia will unquestionably rejoice in his success, and in the fact that lais to be at tho head of so many important Southern lines. Hut as to the other ollicers? The I 'i >w.ii 11 - 1.'-- ? iiino ii iiuiihiui II, MIU r.llSk Al'liuessco hu(1 the Kichmond and Danville all have presidents, general managers and superindonts. When these systems eomo under one management what will bceoino of them ? Will they take a subordinate plaoe? All these i questions will he absorbingly interesting to the railroad world and the outcome will he eagerly watched. ?A suit has been entered by Mr. W. i K. Ityrd, of Columbia, against 1). II. Traxlor, Liquor CommisPfoner, lo recover oue barrel of whiskey belonging to Hyrd and seized by constables en , route. This is the lirst ease <?f the kind instituted and itsouteomo will be watched with interest. The notice of the suit was served on Mr. Traxlor last week, lie will he represented by j Attorney Genera) Huchanan. The ease will not eomo up in twenty days ! according to the rules of practice. If you are worn out, rundown and nervous, Magnetic Nervine will restore your health. Sold by Carpenter Ifros., Greenville, S. C. You will be pleased \\ itli the mild and hlstinu olFeetK of the .limnnose 1 Livor I'olietrt. Try thom. Sold !?y ] Carpenter llron., (Jreenvillo, S. Till: WILDCAT CIRCITT.|; ll\ (>1?IK HKAI). 1 i I{unk weeds jfrow about the only ;v reinniniuir church on Wildcut circuit, , f and over tlic door there fjrew n j?roon ; Hiiw-brier. Wild hoifs ;|?t in the old j loj; house, and the screech owl, \\ itli his nerve-startling trcmulo, roosted under the caves. Conference after)' couioroneo mm attempts u t<? ivcijuiM I tho old church, for tho vines ot many ( fond memories were clinging abo.it it, 1 . but ouch attempt was a failure. There * had boon a time when tho triad bout . of the rojfonoratod and the tha ikful , . prayer of the sanctillcd called forth a | j hymn of joy from the devout eongrcga lion, but that time was* loriK ago. for , ( boys who had then, clinging to the ( ( skirts of their excited mothers, i ( wondered what the commotion meant, i had become fathers. Tho religions' system, and consequently the social ^ complexion of the neighborhood, had been changed by the war. The saintly i brother, harassed by guerillas end robbed by maruuders that belonged to ' __ both armies, moved away: many of . thoin, and those who remained, f< rgot , their church relations, and linft.lv i became rough slice rers ait the creed i.l ( which they hud unco been strong hut v gontlo supporters: so, many \ears j later, the uncouth men of the Wildcat circuit laughed at the oiTorls of conference, and actually mistreated . tiie preachers who came among them. Several weeks ago a newly made preacher, concerning whom there had arisen considerable discussion relative to the circuit to which he should bo j sent, arose in conference and said : " lirothron, it upp urs that seine- | body wants for himself or for a frie; d, ' every place that is suggested for ino. Now, all I want is a chance to work, i am not looking out for a plaeo wh ru j they food a preacher on fried chicken and at night tumble him into a feather bed. I have gone into this pleaching business w ith the expectation of having a pretty tough time, but I am pre- | pared for it?I was graduated with ; t honors from the College of Toughness, i( having boon editor of a country paper | | during a campaign for sherilT. Now, v brethren, 1 am very sorry to see there <j should he any eontroversy on my ac- ! } count, and to show you that 1 shall he v satisllod yea, even pleased with my j assignment, I will announce my determinationef re-establishing the Wild- . cut circuit." ! I The young' preachers, given to j n levity, bet an to laugh, but the oltler u ones, several of whom luitl hoed the ; f row of experience, .shook their heads ! f gravely and were serious. t " lirother Gregory," said an old man, i "do wo understand you to moan that t you will face a gang of rutlluns and f attempt to plant the Gospel in a soil jj where it oneo nourished, hut from t which it was violently torn up by the j root s V" ?( "That is what 1 mean. Those men ; .| may he ruilians, but fcliey will not dare ji to use violence." o " They may not Use positive violence, : , lirother Gregory, hut they know how '| to apply a thousand annoyances. They j make a preacher ridiculous, then | laugh at him. I went there some time j n ago, but I will never go again." j, "They may make mo ridiculous," i t lirother (Iregory responded, "but I t shall not allow an imaginative picture , to turn me aside from my purpose." i A number of the brethren strove to <i dissuade Brother (iregory from eai ry- j iug out the plans of his rash deter- j ?. initiation, hut the next day the head- t strong evangelist set out on a journey t to thi! Wildcat circuit. Without j i telling the object of his visit to then neighborhood, he engaged board at a; j house situated near the church, and ; ji the next morning after his arrival he | trill'#* liimui.lf /?!##*? ?* I*-* ?eoi.h ?'f ? I 1 ing away tho woods that grew about , the sue red olil pile of lo^s. He pulled \ down the green-brier that grew over \ the door, washed with soap-suds the t inside of tho house, and, after eotnplet- l ing his work, announced to a number i of curious spectators that there would, \ in that house, be preaching the follow- | ing Sunday. h When the time arrived, the house | was well tilled with " sniekorors" and v seolVors, hut Hrothor (irogory, uu- n daunted in tho contemplation of so a cheerless a prospect, stepped up into t the oak slab pulpit ami declared that he had come to preach, and that the c privilege of retiring was granted to t anyone who did not earo to hoar him. 1< " I came as a friend to persuade and s not as an enemy to coerce," said lie. v " I have come here to join you in all t of your sympathies, in all of your t sports and pastimes." a "(Had to hear that," old Niek Daey 1 spoke up. "Might'ly pleased tr r Ji know that you air goin' tor jino us, an' h as this is jest about our time uv day h tor caper a little, w'y, you can fall in i; right at oneo." h Henelies had boon removed from tho ,1 center of the room, leaving an open '1 space. Niek stepped into t he "clearing," e and, standing on his head, cracked his t heois together. The congregation u shouted with laughter. The preacher c. came down out of the pulpit, stood on 1 his head and erackod his heels toiroth- r or. Old N ick got down on nil fours i galloped about the open space und I I yelped like a dog. "Ounk, ounk, I ounk !" ho barked. The preacher got down on his allfours and galloped with a high-keyed I " ounk, ounk, ounk !" i Old Niek lay down and grunted like I a hog. So did I troth er Circgory. The | pcojuo exchanged many glances of aina/.ement. " Say," said Niek. " Well," the preacher answered. ' You air sorter one of the boys, ain't you ' I told you 1 hadeoiue to join you in your sports and pastimes." " 1 thought you uomo to preach." "So 1 did, but I do not intend to preach until you are all ready to listen." Do you reckon wo need preach in' ter so mighty bad V" " Not half so much as do the people who live in the towns." "Then why don't you go and preach I to 1 horn ?" " liecuuso I do not wish to destroy inv natural manhood be tull.-in.r t,, > people wh()>!(! every aim is to bo un* ( ! natural." i " How ni '' you on the rnsslo V" i " I am not an expert at wrestling, t lull if (In- eongrogution ho will it, I i i will try you on a few falls." i i The com;:relation, with a yell, ox- i pressed an entliusiastio willingness. < fho wrestling took plaeo outside, as i ! the puncheon floor was rather hard, t Old .Nick threw the preacher, but 1 Ih-otber (Jrcgory, still willing to enter | into the : y npathics and to take part t in all the sp r.ts and pastimes, tie- < I clan (1 his readiness foranothcr ' flirt." 1 The con;,;royal ion cheered this evidence ; I of nerve, and Die two men interlaced < tiH-inse vt-H in a < omhination known ;is \ the " Alabn ia stittdi." t " <.'at y< ur capers," said old Nick. i " l/'iiil oil" with your fancy steps," t the preacher remarked. i This time Nick went down. "Throw t ?ll" tho tic.'' a juxtlo of iho poaco lioutod. "(Jivo us another fall." " N<>, lot mo mako a Mijftfost ion," mid lirother (Irorory. "I luivo mtoivd into your sympathies. now* mhi outer mine: 1 havo joined your pi rts and pastimes. now you join nine.'' "T!>at ain't no more than fair." old vr;.?i- ; 1 IVIV ? A V IUUUUU. "That's fair!" tlio eongrej ition ihont mI. " Wt'H, then. < omo inshlo no .v and isten quietly to what I lmvo to 6 v." They w< m in and sat down, an now t hush foil upon tlm crowd that few Moments before had been so 1 oisy. 4 My dear friends," said the prea-hor, 'I want to tell you of a Man v. hose ife was tender and beautiful, who diarcd the sorrow of all humanity, [c poured faith and love into hearts hat wero broken; lie plucked the v 11 ; litter from the eye of human vi( kednoss. so d in its place set, the \arin glow ot iru*t nnd atVcrtloii. l)o on wan* to hour about this Man V ' " Y< toll us," the congregation limited. Then the preacher, in words as i in pie as t! e | >rat t led story of a cii ild, old them of the Saviour of mankind, t. wu> :i story that many of them had loan! and forgotten, and the recolieoion came hack to them like a v. arm v hisper of love. When the story had icon linished, when n hymn had been ling, the people silently dispersed. I'he next day a hundred axes rang in ho woods. The men wero getting ?ut, logs to bo used in the construction >f a new church. WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING ? ',11,1, \ltl? !l \S \ SIM I I. <?! ' Till.1. IllillvS. !o Is 1 It it 11 <M*?*?I About tlu? (\m?l it i on of i In* < \?hnt py lit* Tr.es to Work in ilu* (aitrdi*!! and Talks on Politics. V11 ill a < 011st it ul ion. A man can read and ruminate until in feels discouraged. Then is the lino to <i;ot up and go in the garden .mi work awhile. It is said that when ting Alu.suorus got so awful mud villi Hainan ho walked out in tlie garen to lot I) is eholor down. I rockon le took a hoe and slushed down the feeds and felt hotter. I've been staling up my tomato vines this evening .ml {.rot all in a sweat of perspiration nul feel bettor. There is nobody at lomo, for my wife lias gone to tho nissionary and t-ho girls are Hying .round t rying to get up a l'ro?hy terian estivul to make some money to pay or tho voculition and I was charged o look after tho grand-child. That is 11 right. I had rather look after Ik r ban do anything ; but soon after my atnily departed a lot of nice little :'irls came hero visiting and i had five 0 look after and help to amuse. They ilayed base and hide and seek and set , little table and played dinner and sked the blessing and nursed tho dolls ,nd swung each other and then play? d hureli and hud a baptizing, and they mused me more than I did them, .'hen some nice ladies called and dident 1 avo their cards and go olT, like most adies do, but they stayed and made ne a visit and so, altogether. I had a rutty good time and forgot all about ho political troubles and tho strikes hut now agitato tho country. Happy hildron and charming ladies and work II t )w> trill'tltHl limit.u niwii?./?plo *?* "HO ither medicine. Hut still one can't help being eonerned and perplexed about many hings that are going on. I was dining lie other day at Durand's and a tailing nuin whom I dident know ventiated his thoughts in an audible mauler. Ho said: "I've got nothing igain.it (ioneral lOvatis, of course?no>ody has. but 1 tell you that the war ims been over for thirty years, and this ild soldier's racket has got to stop and s'e Atkinson hoys are going' to stop it. iVo who were not old enough to go ino tin- war have been kept in the background long enough. Let the old irigadiors have a rest and let the oung men have a chance. We havent tad a Governor nor a United States icnator nor a Slate-house ollicer nor tardly ti member of Congress since the L'itr except he was a general or it eolond in the war. Lven the county olllces re tilled with old soldiers and it is inie to call a halt." " Well, I never said anything, of ourse, but it was a revelation to me o hear a man talk that way in public. 1 mow that some army ofllcors havcoccaionally got in the way of other men, . ho were bettor qualified, but not of011. As a general rule a man who ro.-o o be a brigadier or a colonel in the rmy was a man of force or character, lo was tit to command and was lit to iold olllce, and it was right to reward dm. Hut I don't believe that they lave had much preference over eiviiuns in this State. lien ilill and Alec tephens and Jenkins and Johnson and oe Brown and old Lather Burnett and 'hompson Allan and a host of other ivilians have held high olllco since he war. Dr. Lei ton defeated a 0110,rmcd colonel in this district. If the llllllt should bl>. Imwln tlln lll'llll. U inve not played the "old soldier" aekot to cxt .ronies, noitlior in national lor state ofllcoa. I think they havo >oen very modest in their demands, hit still if the hoys havo made up their ninds to run the machine 1 think tiie >hl soldiers will stand aaido, for they ire now few and far between and are jetting old. Moat of them have ought their last battle, whether civil >r military. Lot them depart in iciieo. That young man does not know ind never can know what theso old oidiers endured, for he said that his atlior was not in the war : but 1 trust i reverence for thorn will be perpotuit"d in their children from generation 0 gem;ration. There seems to be a feeling of unrest HTvading the country. I hear men vho are conservative and intelligent >xpressing thefr discouragement every lay. They are wearied with tho long miction of Congress and say boldly hat they have lost confidence and lost espect for the governing power. A cw machine politicians may jump up in ,he courthouse and whitewash the adninistration, but. if it was fairly tested lino-tenths of the people would say ' N'o." Outside of officeholders and dlieobockers I venture to say that not 1 hundred men can be found in any ounty who will say that they endorse ,ho administration. Whether it bo tgiit or wrong, the people hold the idministration responsible for tlio parilyy.ed condition of the country. Tin y lon't stop to inquire into this man's coord in Congress or that man's, but .hoy hold ail responsible, for they enow that the democracy is in power, t is going to lie a hard matt >r to 10,urn any member of the present C.mffOss, for the people arc tired. It ooks to them as if a member who was jetting $."?,(HMt or iW?,000 salary had f: t jotten the t roubles of t he people, and vas only concerned about getting back o the public crib. If Congress doelot act soon on the tariff bill and setdo it tho Democratic p:utr' will lo-,. ts prestige and its votaries and thoiismds will become populists or nothing. (This foelinjr of unrest in prowiriK. Antony thn lnW>rinx <muhs< s who uro i not faniu'i'8 it is intensifying and d i*i ft - E5 I in?y into strikes and luwles-noss. A J R I few vouch uy<> vtrikoH wren ultno>t mi- 1 |f' IklioWn ill Souther? mil ?? i Smith- K* oi n roads, hut row 11 ? y nr< common jjw :111 i Mi' S'ntos 1:it\ l<? : I 111 ? u works and the cm I in i m's ar tic I- _ romi bridtres with State troop-. lulu. 2? restless men aro wanderinjr over tli? v* country, and it looks ike history is re- ^ pouting its'df from away Iwk. for tin- JJ* script ores toll lis tlint wl.cn D.ivid II <1 |? from Saul and took refu?.ro in the cave ma of Adlillum all who were in distress IV nlid all who were in ilnbt and all who Hq woro discontented eunie to liini. That Wj is where t'oxoy jret. his army. Dollar- fa dclaben, the wealthy iron man of A a- ? butuu. ?ravo "00 to the stat" to have his property guarded. Winn t e governor ordered out the troops tin1 ^ first regiment raiseil I Jim and <:ave it to the miners and the Second rejri- k mont rai ed v.'.'Hi for them. What does that mean? And yet all of this trouble might. have* fx navoided if the Demoeratie aumini-1 rat ion 'ad tood via.! I square to the Chicago plai'oi in. S> far as t he repub. icans are epitcvi tied I verily beliovo they would wreck the country in order to wreck the demo- in emtio party and tret in power u.Tuin, ne and it does seem that it would have ? fieeti infinitely better to have lot the Melvinley fiill alone than to have tain- 0,1 norod this lnnf with ; hill tlmt if it evor passod will bo nolthsr hawk nor fo buzzard. Hut congress had better do something and do it quickly. 1 beard several trt'iitloim n say the other day that if a Georgia member dared to come homo to mend his fences before tho tarllT bill was passed ho would never tret back again. So mote it he. , But if I keep on t.ue iino of thougiit jr I will have to ?ro in the garden again and let my eholer down. Wish I was a woman uwhilo and was running the Sgi missionary or getting upmonio, for the ^ vacation. The laities bought that beautiful music box when tho times cm were good and have to pay for it when by thoy are bad. but they will do it. for it makes delightful church music and i tho women will not eivn it no 'tu...? expect to make *."?0 by n lawn party, and some more * f 'rgohe. and ]|< we lords of c real nil have gut u? pay it. money or no mor.ry. In tho first plaot , we have got to furnish the cake and ice cream and the bread and meat and pickles and all the etceteras, and then vol i go to the frolio and buy them back dil again, but this is woman's way. and, of tel' course, it is all right. It would he ph cheaper to us to subscribe the * '><>, but .. | they know we won't do it that way. and so they make us do it another way. Tln-v give U3 a frolic and make us pay for it. Blessings on t he women. As ,-,r" lone' as they are engaged in sueli work ff,,( they won't hanker after female suffrago. lin.ii Aiti'. Till'. PKOIIIIUTION CATKC1I ISM. iai on truest ions I hat Will he Put to All Can- ;in, (lidalcs?The Plat Idriu oft lie ltcccnt Convent ion. 1 The following is at copy of the circular . being sent to candidates by the Prohi- '' bltionists: 011 Dear Sir: The State Prohibition tin convention at its m eting in ('o ittnbia pet on June 7th, adopted a platform con- is l tabling among others the following as declarations to wit: "a. We believe t rallle in that which '.(i. is against the peace, good liealth. safety, commercial prosperity and "ll moral character of a community, State ''' or nation to he in v' lo i f t he real 1? rights of men, and therefore inherently sit,) wrong. spi " t>. We holiovo all forms of license |M( of the sale of liquor as a beverage to ho Vl. morally wrong and in violation of the highest purpose for which the govern- ' merit exists. "7. We believe the Shito should s^(l prohibit absolutely the sale of liijuor lov as a beverago, and should provide for ccc its sale otily for medical, inoehanical and sacramental purposes, with such wo regulations, provisions for enforcement and penalties for violation lis may he expected to prove ellieieut. " S. Wo believe that to make any l),l! prohibitory law clTeetive tiie Kxocu- usl tive and other ollleers of tho law ,nl should lie in full svmiiatliv therewit h tci " Tho oxocutivo committoo elected syl by the convention were instructed to ol fnnmilale questions to bo put to can- ?f didatos for State offices and for tho .ju Legislature and Senate in accordance . with t he platform adopted by litis iron- lV vention as t<? their position upon tho 1?' same, in order that tho friends of Pro- ? hibi'ion throughout the State may vote mfi intelligently." dc. Ity virtue of this authority, wo re- or Bpeetfui y ?lsk your reply to the follow- s(() ing questions : 1. Are you in favor ?<i the State absolutely prohibiting the sale as a hover- sm age of all spirituous or intoxicating liquors, and that any law so prohibiting the salo should provide for its sale ns only for medical, mechanical and sa- ma crameiital purposes and eontain such mi regulations and provisions for its en- ov, forcemeat, and penalties for its violation as will prove efficient to carry into effect said purposes? U. Will you advocate and support the principles expressed in the above quoted articles of the platform of the l'rohibitiou convention ? If elected to the ofllco of Governor. will you recommend to tho General Assembly the passage of a law absolutely prohibiting the tratllc in, and sale of, except for modioinal. mo ehanieal and sacramental purposes, all spirituous ami intoxicating liquors, and will you use all tlio power and authority of your oiHee to enforce the provision of the sumo ? ({espoctfully submitted, THOMAS ,J. LAMOTTK, Secretary Kxeeulivo Committeo. It will astonish you how quick .Johnson's Magnetic! Oil will kill all pains. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Groeuvillo, S. C. A. Golden*. Druggist, Birmingham, Ala., writes: i'lease publish some of the testimonials I have sent you for Japanese 1 *ilo Cure." Sold by Carpen- ft tor Bros., Greenville, S. C. - Mr. Tzlur, of South Carolina, has introduced in the House a bill appropriating $T)0,()00 to enable tho secretary T of war to protect and preserve Fort *?J, Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, S. C. lit, 111 eir .Tii.CTAMISSilO tim ?i iljes i - J J JHL W k. c3orb A tuiil O mipieti1 Trcalnieiit, onusl-tiii,' mil fiUPt'OSITOlI'lN, Cui; u.i'n of Ointment end tv.n fijil li .v > of Oin'ineiii. A isovor-fnlllnu Onro for PiU list >f \i ry un'iiio im.l (loari'o. it nmko > iin<?t_>roti> i tin with U?oknife or lnji< tioin of cnrbollo aold, wlilcb i>|n are | linfui and fi.tiloin n p?rmnnont euro, ami oflou nni riMUllintf in (lontli, unnecessary. Why endure \y( thifi lorriUfo eliuouao? Wo guarantee i> -pi. I hoxee to euro nny c.iBO. You only pay for ' i i. neiiia received. 11 u Ikii, C for (3, 8ont by mull. !'.> Jaaruntcot Iwuied by onr agent*. PflNQTIP ATSflN Curort. Pilot Prevented, OUIIO I H t\ 1 lull by lapnnosc Liver Pellets ? ? 1 Ihrt prent I.IVKK nmi STOMAdf UKOULATOR mid i\i lll,0()l> I'UHIJHKIt. Htnnll, luilil anil pleasant to , lake, especially udoptod for children's ueo, 6o1>oihs? J 'JS rent '. P". OUAKANTliEH iesiiod only by "P1 CAKI'l N'll li l'W*,, C.RKI NMU.K S < J IT TAKE.S rorii MONEY fk?only 'J5 cents to ? |l^. ; buy :\ glass vial of T)j\ t ierco's Pleasant s,. f . 'ellctS ? but then itil'Sifn; : you t*ct a lasting -I nn,l a permai ic- cure of your ^ 1 li'iiiiitvi i\r .'""tifL* T SK9' ache, Constipation or HEnm! P Indigestion, loss of -Jvjl iU'> f?thOSO / r_ . ,,v irouoli's which follow a disordered liver. Tlio time to treat an T" i inactive li\er is before it ' ] ! disease. If llit o tiny i'tllets were in ( [:M every day use peoplo Vj fe Mi v.-on! 1 bo germ - proof. ] The perms of diseaso { n .'ko their entrance to : the syattm through tho LaCi.- liver ? your health and dl-being depends on tho liver. If you suffer from wind and pain the stomach, giddiness, costivcss, disturbed sleep, you get itnmoite relief from the use of "Pleast Pellets." They're fruaranteed to give satisction, or money returned. A "coin in Tin: iikad" is quickly cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. So v'\ is Catarrhal Headache, jsj&i&y | and every troublo that fcc \ caused by Catarrh. 'pV'X'v-.< So is Catarrh itself, 'y 7 " Tho proprietors offer $oOO in eash for anv >o whirl) they cannot cure. Sold all dealers in medicines. TALK. iw, When ami Not to Do So, Also How Murli aiol to WIioiii. irossii.ilI), that delightfu'ly entovning entertainer, compares ihc img Knglish girl's conversation at iner with that of her American sis- ~ 1 lie former has a set of stock rases, uAh," lk Yes," u Indeed," {cally, I don't know," " How intering." These are made to do duty all occasions. With the American 1 lie finds no sncli lault. She has a ad deal to say and every intention of , mg 11. Perhaps she has, perhaps that is iy two (liners out, wishing to secure r play, made a compact hy which o was to have her say during soup .1 tish and the other his through two trees. [!ianting (hat the American girl docs k too much, it is a fault she soon (grows. It is due to the fact that : American women is always exited to begin a conversation. There reallv no reason for this except that, it was in the beginning, it is now d ( vcr shall be. A little experience a lies a woman that when talking to 11 she must either talk a yen great d oi a very, very little. 44 The men whom you may talk a great deal," ,s one who knows whereof sho a.ks, 44 are shy men, clever men, mi who stutter, and men who arc ry much in love with you. The men whom you must talk very, von little i stupid men, men who have just tpped being hoys, men who are in ro with your bosom friend, and animal men." I call that a clover classification. A man may talk a great deal to a shy in, because he never thinks of anyng to say till the time for saying it is U; to a clover man, because lie is tally a man of few words and she ist keep the balance true; to a stilling man. because lie linds bis lost lablo much more quickly, if instead waiting for him sho wot k in a lot small talk while lie looks for it; to man who is very much in love with r, because he can stand a good deal her conversation. slie must talk very little to the stupid n, because he always talks .a good ll. whether be has nnviliin.# o* - , . .....i, ?.'? c.tj nor; to the man who has just pped being ai hoy, hcciiuso he is so sinus to impress her thai there is all chance of her impressing him; to . man who is in love with her bosom ml, because he regains her merely a receptacle for confidences; to the n of anecdotes, because somebody ist hear Ins talc and the sooner ii's t the sooner to sleep. A VETERAN'S VERDICT. te War is Over. A Well-known Soldier, Correspondent and Journalist Makes a Disclosure. ndlana contributed tier thousands of bravo dlers to the war, and no state bears a betrecord In thnt respect than It does. In jraturo It Is rapidly acquiring an riablo place. In war and llteraturo onion Yowoll, well known as ft writer na >1," lum won an honorable posit Ion. l>ur: the lato war ho was a member of Co. M, N. Y. OftVftlry ftnd of tlio 13th Indiana tnitry Volunteers. Howard lov an Important cumstanco bo writes ns follows: Several of us old veterans here are nsli^ Miles' Heslorativo Nervine, Heart C'tnlfe I Nerve and l.iver l'Hls, all of thorn idvlinr vih.im iHiiu iion. in raot, wo have hover il remedies that compare with thorn. Of ? Fills wo must say tlioy arc the host comml Ion of the qualities required In a propitlon of tholr naturo wo nave over known. havo non? hut words of pralso for thorn, oy are the outgrowth of a now principle in alctno, and tone up the system Wonderly. Wo say to all, try thoso remedies." olomon Yowcll, Marion, Ind., l>eo. 5,1892. 'hoso remedies aro sold by all druggists on oslllvo guarantee, or sent direct hy tlio Miles Medical Co., Klkhart, Ind., on reptof price, $1 per bottIn, six bottles $5, exiss prepaid. They positively contutu neither ales nor dangerous drugs. sold by Carpenter Bros.. BmirglBt.