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* -- T5PHE _Co LEs JO U R NL VOL. .O . PICKE-.NS, S. c., THURSDAY, JUNE 2,~ __--O ON2DLARAYER Benefit of Good Reading. n1Y nioni.nrT POOK. , Composed of imany thoughts, possessing, each, Innate and underived vitality; 'Which having fitly shaped and well ar ranged In brotherly accord they builded up A stately superstructure, that no wind, Nor wave, nor shock of falling years could ilote; Majestic and Indissolubly firm, As ranks of veteran warriors in the field Each by himself alone, and sinly sceh A sea of valor, dread, invin cibo Papers like this. or sacred or profane, Which virtue helped, were tilled not aliss . The im'dicine of the mind: who read them, read Wisdom and was refreshed ; and on his Path Of pilgrinage with healthier step ad vaneed. SAVING 'THE EXPRESS. By ..lAMES HUCK11AMl. Well, Kent, I guess we can spare you for a couple of weeks, if you would like to take a vacation," said the General Manager of the C. I). and P. railroad. Kent Ballard was night telegraph operator for the C. D. and P. road, in the big terminal station at Chicago. lie was eighteen years gid, and as bright, capable and faithful an em ployo as the company had in their on tire system. As the General Manager came And leaned over the window shelf hf the telegraph office, with his pleas ant announcement, Kent looked up gladly and gratefully. "I would like a little outing, sir," he said, "if it Is perfectly convenient. It's been pretty steady work the past year ; -and I must confess that I am a bit tired. When can you spare me, sir ?"' " Day after to-morrow, if you wish. We will have a man at our disposal then, and can' put him on your work !, r a couple of weeks. Have you any Idea wlhal you would like to do, or where you would like to go-any vacation plan in which I could be of assistance to you ?" Kent hesitated a moment. " I have had a plan in my mind for some time, sir." he said, at length, "' but I hardly dare to mention it, even now. It would be asking a great favor of the road." "Out with it, my boy !" cried the General Manager. "If it doesn't in volve us too deeply in financial em barrassment"-and he laughed good humoredly--" I can promise you it will be granted." " I want to maze a trip over the road in a locomotive," said Kent. " I should like to go clear to the Pacific coast. if there is tine. If I could ven ture to. ask you for igrmission to go out and back with the engineer of one of the overland expresse s" "%hy, of course you caln, my, boy !" exclaimed the Ueneral iManager. " Say no more about it. Make all your preparations, and come to my office to morrow for your pass and written permit, in case anybody should dis pute yoar right of way. You may start on Thursday's out-bound trip." " Thank you, sir-ever 0* muihm !" cried Kent. " It will be a great pleas ure to me, and I shall never forget your kindness." Kent Ballard told his mothot' next morning that his pet vacation pro ject was to be realized. " I've always longed to cross the Rockies'and see the Pacific," he said, "and now, if you can spare -ime a couple of weeks, imother', I amf off. Fred and Geor'ge will take good carec of you. They have had thoir vacations alr'eady, you k now.*" On Wednesday, Kent went up to the General Manager's ofilce and got his pass and puermiit. ".1 have also re 'served section twelve 'in the sleeper for' you," said the Manager. "You will want a good, comfortable bed at night, you know. Here is your tioket. And as.S" your meals, get them in thtf bumk,,, car', regularly. The steward understands." "Oh, sir ! you are too k ind !" cried Kent. " No, I am net !" laughed the Mana ger. " A man can't be too kind-it's imnpossible. You must remember, too, that you have served us faitflily in a diflicult and responsible position fomr three years. You dcser've a favoi' now and then, accor'dlng to my way of looking at things., Well, good-bye to you, and a pleasant tripl !" The mid-wecek overland express pliled out at toln o'clock on'Thur'sday mnoining, with Kent Ballard in the (cab of tile big mogul locomotive. " Our irst r'un will be expr'ess for fifty rmies," said thme engineer to him, "andl you will hatve~ a good chance to see how No. 312 behaves." It was a ily full of profit, and de light to the young telegraph operator. He was very fond of alhl kinds of machinery, and the imechanism of the engine proved a most fascinating stuldy, as tht y'whilrled along over thme r'alls. Then the ever-changing scenery; the bustling cities and towns along the routes; the big rivers over' which they sten1med on s pider'-web steel bridges ; the wide level prairies, across which they raced at whirlwind speed, oc casionally sighting ,a herd of d'or or frightening upl a flock of prairIe chickens-all these things made an endless program of interest and p leas ur'e for Kent Ballard. Then what a thrilll passed thr'ough him when at last they came in sight of the tower in g Rockies, with t me terraced foot hills, like natui'e's doorstep to thme threshold of the mighty range. So far the overland expr'ess had whirled on its long western tr'ip with omut the sligh'test adventui'e. Thei'e had not oven boon an hour's delay. Trho train was sharp on time, and, If everything wont well, its journey wouldi be completed Ia twelve hours. Thmey had now recached the ascending graval over' time foot-hills, and were slowly crawlIng up~ward( toward( the pass' between the great snow-capped peaks, through which they were to gain the PacIfic slope. Th'ie scenery was indescribably grand, and K ent eyes never wearied of feasting upon It. "Oh, il' mother' could only see these grand mountains !" lie thought,. "And if I ever get promoted to a good salary she shall !" .Nine hours passe,d, and at length the great engine, with an almost human sigh of relief, stopped panting, on a side track at the Summit Station of the "divide." A train of flat-rars, loaded with stone and drawn by two lodomotives, Was slowly pulling up the west&Ih *grade. The express had to wait on the siding until this freight train should pass and leave the main track elear. While they were waiting, Cent Ballard left the engine, and took his seat on the rear platform of the last ear, where he could look back at the grand snow-capped mountains they had just-passed. Tihe heavy freigh t train struggled up the grade, until it bad passed the lower end of the slaing, and then stopped at the water tank on the main track. A few minutes later the ex press pulled out, and the switchman again set the main track open. Kent remaiued on the rear platform of the tralin, looking back at the mountains. Presently ho saw the Nieight train endleavor to start up again. The engines backed a trifle, and then, as the car brakes were released, went fov-ward with a jerk. Kent Ballard suddenly jumped to his feet. What could it mean ?-the freight train seemed to be backing down the heavy grade after the ex press, instead of going straight ahead. But no! the engines and the main part of the train were going the other way. Then the startllng truth flashed upon the young man. The jerking' start of the heavy engines had broken the train in two, and the rear part of it, without a brakeman aboard, was run ning wild down thesteep grade after the express! What was to be done ? Fortunately, Kent Ballard was not one to be easily confussed in an emergency. He was noted for always "having his wits about him." Plainly the first thing to do was to warn the engineer of the express. But this must be done with out alarming the -passengers and throwing them into a panic. Some persons would have been just foolIsh enough, on making the discovery which Kent had, to run back through the train, crying: "Get ready to jump I fo.r your lives! There's a runaway I freight train on the track behind us !" 8 But Kent did not even hurry through t the cars, on his way forward to the I engine, lest he should thereby excite the suspicions of the passengers. Even the brakemen did not suspect any f danger from his actions, as he passed I through the train. But as soon as he reached the baggage car, where the conductor was sitting, he motioned the latte' to follow him. Rushing t' the forward platform he c'imbed on top of the tender, and shouted - " Faley !" Tihe engineer did not hear him at first. " Faley !" The man turned quickly. "Crowd on steam ! The freight train has broken in two, and is chasing us down the grade !" " Terrible !" exclaimed the conduc Lor, who had followed Kent out on the platform of the baggage cat'. " Laet out Faley ! I will go back and signal you from the rear car." The conductor disappeared, and C Kent crawled over the tender into the engine cab. Laley had already " let her out " as much as he dared on so steep a grade. Presently, however, cane the clear signal of the conduc- t tor's' bell-"' More steam !" Paley's hand was on the throttle ; but he hesitated. "It's worse to jump the rails than to get overhauled on the V track," he muttered. " But here I goes! I'm in this cab to obey orders." He threw the throttle wider open, and the grea1 engine rocked and plunged at more terrible speed( down the sharp incline. "' TJhose stone eat's must be terribly heavy," exclaimed I Kent. " Yes ; how many of them broke loose-do you know ?" asked lValey. "Not exactly," replied Kent ; " but I should say four or live." "lEnough to smash the whole ex rssto bits !" muttered the engineer'. ' tscurious how much faster a loaded, freight car can travel, ont a down gr'ade, than a locotnotive, even. Seems to be a greatet- momentum. Good heavens ! he wants more steam !" The conductor's bell clamored its signal twice. lMaley throw the throttle wide open. "' There." hc oxclailmed ; "'if that don't save us, it. will, smash us !" Kent Blallard had been th inking very hard for a few miinutes. A pro ject was formning itself int Itis nin d. Suddenly he grasped the eng inerm by the sleeve, and asked, cagerily: "How fat' ahead Is the necxt station?" " About five miles." " Sid ing there ?" " Yes." ": Telegraph operator ?" "Good ! I have a plan. Let mne work the whistle I'll signal them What is the name of Lhe station ?"~ "Mineville." Kent, Ballard gr'asp)ed the whistle cot'd. In sounds corresponding to those of the Morse code when ticked out by the instrument, Ito sigtnalled, "M ineville ! attention !" Aftetr a few seconds' pause, he repat ed the call. "' How fat' are we from the station now ?" lhe asked. "Between three and four miles," answet'ed the onginoer. " You can calculate a little more than a mile a minute." Kent r'epeatedl the call once mor'e, atnd allowee a paulse of ton seconmds. 'lThen lhe telegraphed, by sounds '"Open thet sidlinig, qu ick !" 'hen a pautse of temn seonds, and again "Open the siding !" The station was now int sight. Men wore running to and fro In frotnt of it. ''I've telegt'aphed them to open the siding !" shouted Kent in Valoy's ear', for the train was roar'ing and thtmnder lng en at a terific 51)eed. ",And sure enough, they've done it ! exclaimed F'aley, shutting off steam and setting the air br'akes. "The signal says 'siding open.' Y ott'vye either killed us or cured us-depends on how close behtindl the freight cars are ." It was a minamte of terrible suspense. The express, its speed siackened just in time by the powerful alir brakes, glided on the siding. Would there he time to throw Opnth mant'e again before the runaway freight c came on ? "Jump !-we've done everything can,'" cried Paley to Kent and the li man, as the exIress. t0p1)ped on siding. Even as they jumped, th< was a roar like a peal of thunder the right side of the engine, and dark shadow passed with the sw ness of lightning. It was the runaway freight ea thundering by on the main trac The station master had thrown op the switch rod and closed the Sidi just in time. It was not long after this experioa that Kent Ballard got his promotik and the next time ho vislt'ed t Rockies it was as Assistant Gene Passenger Agent of the C., D. and railroad. On this trip he brought I mother with him in a IPullman car. TILiLMAN'S DEC[AltATION. Ile iteputliates the Tillmain-Iai well Coni'erence--Thinks Ho Absolved I1om its Pledges by 1 Action o' Conservat Ives. The following interview with Set bor Tillman was printed in sever 3ewspapers on his returni from Meli1 phils. "What effect will the reversal Judge Golf's decree have on Stato po ics ?" "It simplilles matters very much said Senator Tilliman in reply, "al celieves us to what was daily becoi ng a more threatening situation. ' .lustrate. Those Conservatives w meemcd to have the greatest follow in nstead of pleading, as heretofore, f &m equal. division of the delegatA Ver0 using a hectoring and tlratC ng tone, while nearly all of the C ervative papers were urging the actions not to go into the 1)en ratic primary. General llamnpto und Butler had advised the sume th in tnd while the News and Courier d lot counsel this courso, the rece lenonstration in Charleston ov Ieneral Hlampton left little doubt o whose leadership they would folk lIess the Rleforers surrendered tl ontrol of the convention to them. A his is now changed, aqd in any even to amount of persuasion from al ource can now induce tihe Refora o trust the Conservatives with on kalf the delegates. You will remember that in the i erview published just after our co, erence with Mr. Barnwell and other said that it would depend upon ti ,ttitude of the Conservative pape Lnd a general agreement on ho ides to cease their bitterness. wheth dhe scheme could be successful .arried out. When .ludge Gotf w mported here, with his scandale lecree already written, had the Co iervat-ive editor s and leaders acted >atriotic Carolinians, denounced I miwarranted interference, and offter o join hands with the Reformers naintaining white su pranacy, it wou lave it once obliterated all faction ines and good feeling and confidon VoulI have been restored. The It ormers cannot now forget, nor wi hey soon forgive those who so plain howed their purpose to overthrow ti vhite majority by negro votes: lea f all can they trust them, nor can dvise our people to trust them. I went into the agreement Wit lessrs. Barnwell and the other gentl nen in perfect good faith and ha hat agreement been generally a opted by the Conservatives and e lorsed by their newspapers, it wou nevitably have been carried out I Aimost every county. A golden o )ortunity was lost and the Conserv ,ives have " again "-to use the wor >f the Newberry Herald and News '(done the wrong thing at the rig) ,ime '' for the good of the lIeformem l" DI understand that you nowv r mudiate the agreementI ?" was aske "By no means, although by cvei ule of morals, I could claima to thsolved fiomm it. I wvould still like ace a non partisan convention coimpos08 >f our best men from both factiorl tnd I take this opp~ortunity to urge 01 people, and by that I mean those wvl have supphortedl me. to be generous alm cot treasure up in their hearts i boo muchl bitterness the recent, tauri Intl threats made by the "'Antis.'" V hav'e got to Ilive herce togethber; our 1 Lerests are identical :the futurie pr< perity' of the State depends latrgely a bettor state of feeling :I can see harm and much good that, will mothI if the lI eformercs vol untarily schk mnen of the best hrains aund charact among the Conserv'atives to come the convention. I would only give t caution that no mian he~ allowved come who dluring the d'wrk days Gofl's tyrannical usurpaation, show any gratifleation or made any threa'IL such men cannot, be trusted and b bettor be left a~t home. "There is one other poinmt that, I f should lie Ofmplhasized anti that is th There must be some h iddlen or see p~urpose in the almiost insane desi which has showvn itself aumong1 "Antis," to control the Constitutio convention. having votedl almost a idly against' it, I have never end stood why they have been so anxi< to have equmal represen titioni in when by ail rules of fairness and the principles of Democracy tI would not, be entitled to any' represer tion at all except in the counties wh they control. ".Wh1 len the Barnm)well con ferei met, ther'e applearedl to be' lit prosp1 of an agreenmont being reached boca of this demand for half, anti it only accepted by the lteformers pa ent after imposing condiititlions, wh are famillair to tihe p~ubl ic. These e ditions ar'e still vital, and no Conser tive should lie voted for' at the i mary who does not discuss those <p tions before thme peoplsi antd sati them as to his attitude on them. " There is one other vital feat which our peopl)e m ust hot overlo It is the constitutional prov'isionus thle conltrl'i of corpor'ations andt quiestions and the question tof ta tion. Corpoiration attorneys, th known to be in the employ of corpw tions, had better be left at ht' whethoer Refor'mers or' Consor vatii unless from their characters antd g oral course of conduct, as amen it is lieved they ear. he tiusted. "I mulst believe that the strenlu offorits to obtain half thle delegat were nsrdbyhedesire to puti the n0w costttinsomething t woutld( have either hamne-.i tra Logislaturo or tied its hands in somi wuy." wo " What about the action iI E'dge r.e- field ?" was asked. he " I saw by the papers that thu ire action was credited to my Influonet on I Itad nothing to do with it, and oni, a happened to beat, the court house tha ft- day on private business." " Do you think the plan of the Eldge rs, field committee will be carried out ? IC ! " I doubt it very mueli. Our peopI On have always been strong advocate ng for the primary and tlis return to tLh convention system of nominations I not likely to give satisfuetion. .1 thini cc the county will soud some Conservit n; Oves provided they satisfy the peopi he on the AtumL)." 'al "It scons that while claiming t P. stand by the agreement you are advis I1s ing against its being carr ied out ?" wa suggested. "I am only standing by its spirit, no its letter. The Conservatives haiv stood by neither its spirit nor letter I. t would bo sluicidal now for tho lo formners to give one-half rcepresentatio he to their opponents. We called th< Constitutional convention, and we are reponsible for It. We must control it and I an ver y sure that we eannlol make a Constitution whieb will in any way, do injury to the rights either of Oferson or )ro)erty of the o0lher side, which will not equally bear on our selves. The Golf incident lhuts raised the veil and shown too much of hatred and a fall purpoIse to rule or* ruin, foi ic to ask the lReformers to do imiore Lo than I have iidicated, and if I were to ask it, antad stumlped tihe State county by cotyit', the people would go thei i owl: way. A- .()OVICNOR iHVANS TAIlAlS. ii I'he ietil is (onveit ion Was a (iren Success-ite Will Stali by ~ lII s I"leuiges In t ire iintan- i .liarnit is. Wvell Cn'rne 95 Governor lVians was iite.v iewed oin id his return from Miemphis, and lie gave It his imIllprcsiois as follows : r ',The con ventioni at Metmplis was One of the largest ever held inl the v South and most eniitlisiitstlc. It was not composed of muillioailes 1101 poli ticians, but of inen who.,e faces showed t, that they earned their bread by the 13 sweat of thcirl brows. The eLtbushisim Vs with which the speecles were receiv led, and especially that of Senator Till man, showed that the people of the West an11d South Ya hound to C0110 together. Their interosts are identi cal and they now realize the itter I hoI)pelessIess of ol)taiiiiI ng any relief IS from Congress, so long as it is con1 trolled by the last anld the imoney pjower1. l'oputlists, ltepubIlicans lland 13 Democrats all joined1 in, perfeet hart 1I, monly in the demands so forcibly put in the relolutitions aLoptvd by the eon - venition.'' ts - 'I-low will they coie togetllher'" " This is a matter of mere detail, They are already together, but inl my i 0n)11ionl the DeiocratLic party will de. IL are for the free and unliItedl coi.l al age of silver at the ratio of it; to I by tlan oorwheliing mnajol ty, anld thc Northern and Eastern Democrats are as sure to secelo and bolt the con :y vention as if it were already done. e The Populists inl my opinion ouight not It to mIake any nomilinatiionI for r'residenit, anld the silver lRepublien ns will sulp port the Demlocratie. nloineel. Thelise h 10publiauis are like our people in South Carolia Prepared to go aty whore to obtain relief from the burdens L- that 0)prss our rmr1L s-1(-. They are obliged to come to us for the reason d thatthe lIepublican party will not de ' lare for free silverl and they know it." " What about the reversal of J udge G 'olf's decre ?'" Is Well, I ieceived 1he news imme ~- di ately upon1 1my3 arrival at, the hotel it in Me'mphis th rough telegrams. 1 - have never seen four face~s of worntout, 3~ travelers, who had had nioth ing" to eat .or drink for twelve hours, brightten up, Sas did those of the four aolegates fronm e Southi Ca~rolin 1 11upon0 read ing tihe news. LoIt was very' gratifying oif course5 toi Iiknow tat the Stat'e had tiumipned, ~'and I congratulate the peop1le of South SCorelina, iad our friends oif the nation. onti victory' for State's rights and guarantee oif white supremacy in the South. I wais congratulated by eve(ry ts proinient imeimber oif the con1venitioni, 0among thbemi I epubl icans. Theli p)o( n- plo of the Southwest seenm to take as l ively ani inmterest in thais iliht, for pirin )IeiplIe as our owin people ini South Caro 30 lina. " As to the resu lt thiero need lie noa et' fear oif an1 appllii to the nlegroa. The er- I teformners have a miajoritly sullirient, to to oivteomev the Conservatives and1( enegroes coimbi ned shioul d thet issuec t~O (01m1 to this, but, as I have alwaye' f |nmaintai ned, no considerable following (2(' whethber Conservativye or lI eformnet sicold~ ever he lcad in this dlirectioni." iL " iesire t~i correct, the false stat~e mients and mnisrepreasen tationis coin mI tatiied in ant ed itoiail ini the New: 'and Coiurier (If to-day1, which has baeer -et called tai my attetion. Wh ileI miana~ Ie, oif the C onser-vatin-(' we -e inl syminpa he thy w ithi the State amamini strationm ii izal its cetforts to reverseCLi his l(2 decsion,1 3e1 ol- tile jubilant tone and thbreats tai usa er- the negro and( thei al v ice tao stay3 41ul 6 of the Demnoe'atic1 1 primaIZry, byv mrosh it,, of the Coinservativye pr-es oif t he Stati atli and LI)he it rv Iews aof thmelir elebrs, icy leaves no4 donaht, af Ithe tait that Itha Lit'- whole schemett( origi iated in) tiheit Itre tranks. Iliad it. not bee a soii~- the inasti gatalrs aaf it waiulad ttr. I havet lheer ce( tolerateal ini Saoutlh I'arm1ina. A-a ts ict' the mnatg,.mnt oif thet (cas tooi mtuel se5( (1redit cant he )4 gi ven tli tbe State'z as1, Attairney Geniral and ha is arsistnts es- wie ha'Lare ni oaf the Consea5rvati v elh law~yers wias appec(aited thte sutccess on- u tiL ritiit oni~ hones(2t,1y belotigsa La va- tito A ttornuey' Generali. ari- ' 'vernor, whItat, at tidea will yoai "i Inltis houri (if trtiumph~ii I waitih n'O no)1 tave you lthintk thai. I hatve ie Uk- ceded( air intentd La) recede from any for thaing I h ave said or alone hteretofora ,he ook inmg toi a harimioaii oas settlement 1, xaLs out di ference i(and111( secuiing for Lth iSt State a Constituiiion basedl on Li ra- piiples of (tall coniferenace. TI'ia tmi I )emnocrati e patty is the onily ariito t'n- forea'staIl the noine es11( of Lhe peop be-voul d ha' presum iptious and1( res.ulIti failuet." Les A lov'intg, 5symat Ihetiaci ntuire Is lik m0t0 sunshaiine, whtich brightens all IIt Louel fiat, 's. WI thout, chtarity we acan ala naith . The ltei'Smers Will Conitr'oI thle (,on1. I stit u lo4114 Con Ivet Iont. t The 'iedmont 1leadlight has Inter -View Congr'essmnIII Staniyarne Wilson i r sinceahis r-ceent visit to Washington, t antid onl political topies he speaks as follows : - Now what about polities ? Well, h1 I don't think I ever saw <quito so much w of thei and in such variety. The bi I most, iastidious cannot Complain of an H insulicient assortmunt. If a man can si not now get the kind that he Wants, h1 lhe was never imade to be happy. The b - mto.st striking feature to m1e is that the '1 peoplI are on top, and everything in dicates that they are going to stay there. Thor cani ho no0 butter condi- al - tion for any State than that, for the lH j people or the State. Judg1e G1 olt has cometi and goie. but the people are still t] in the middle of the road, and are no d iuoro affected by what he did, of at t)ipted to do, than by the reprovings t! of some of the littIc tom-tit. inconso- M qu ential, featherweight editors of this o State, who tin Iuk they a're shaping e pblic sentitieit, but whoso inilucitee h s contIinled Within theilr own imagina tions. d " My belief is that. if the inlluenitial a conservative newspapors had submit ted to the Democratie doctrino of let- a ting the majority rule, instead of Con- 1A stantly inflaming- their conservative t< readers by bitter appeals to their pas- Y sils and pirejudices, none of 1,hat, 11 tat-ge class of our citizens would ever N havc thouglt of cutting themselves oil 'I fr-omti their race and of aLpeal ing to tl the negro. The only deplorable thing 0( about .1udge Golf's decision is that it si disclosed to the people some of lhe.- w citizens vho were so hent onl rule or' vi ru in that they g lad ly rushed into the in atrtm1s of the negro to m tkO Common at cause with tbui against thir own th people. It, was a sad spectacle, but vi otte tIhat our State can tever see again, It as tIC opportunity will not atgaiti be C( pr-eented. el b.N " TIhe election f w delegates to the th convintioni, in August, will be con- cC lin ted to those wv ho haIe registration in tickets. The ioneticos for that elec- et tioni will ble selected hi the white et man's :rinm tary, whicli will he hold oi itt the 30th of July. At that election v( ev'etry white man can vote, and no man rC will be Imade to go with the nogro, W except of his own choice. The Con- I servative leader are very persistenitly of leterinitied ini thi' Issortions thItt so they will not go into tha1t, pritiary, and m I don't sli)pose they will. They refuse th to recogn ize the organized I)emocracy af of the State. although 1,re ilas never 01 heent aly question of its legality. sIt lvery voter at, that, primary Will so- it leet his- own seven favorites, and the pI seven noiminatoed Will ho elected. il There will he nm attempt to agrie re iion any comiplomltise oi- division of 81 delegates. I do not believe any tian ti Ibns the rigzht to make any contract or u igtrment, about his neighbor's vote. ly opiniiol is that, this county will bo- w lect men u1pon whomt . the people are eI coiulident they can rely on represent- p ing their iinterests and political sonti- d: m1ents. si "1 Thom is on)e iatter of especial fim- C, I)ortance '.ha1t I will muentlon. It men p( of eertai.' 'ideas get control of the coil vent iol, they will most vertainly ti adopt an educational and)1 popelrty w< qualificattion, either or both, in order in to disfranmuchiso the negro and the poor' eo 1:niedicated white m1an. There are in menii Who ire un lit to votc. But there w< is 1,o wilite ian inl this State, not I a I pILtapir or con viet, who shol Id be do- it nied his vot.-. l ie and his people have rendered too great at service to the g: Statte in her struggles of 18ti-'65, and ti, in the cause of loeform since 1890, to !iI have the halot-hox closed agaitist co Lthem1. ie a I hav e b)een tatlking longer thant cc I intieie, liut wvill say this: My at judgtnent, is just whiat it, wais last aebi-, fe ruany inl CoI lmbia, antd the results ti have justi lied whtat I then stated. We al wvill have the primary, every mani iit hi vote as lie please~s (except ini somel tI coun ities ivhtere 00omprIomhises hiavo er bee( n made) and the cotnvention -will 1)0 ina control of tihe fleformiers, by a ii goild maiijority, aind thle State couldl si not desirie any thing better thani that. sI TJhe lIoformi muovemuent has dlotne a iv grealt decal fotr Siuth Carol ina), buit its Li blest, anld mtost enduiring aclbiivemient ti iiill be the constitution whIeb It wv ill hi firaimenext, fall. . m -A ii accidetnt, (100c1rted not1 far froiti wV Aubhtin, Ala1., ont the I18th iinst.,* at tel l'erry's mniI lt pnd, wiveb rl is greatly ii tdeplored in thtat cotniununiii ty . At i. I owvis al Cmix, a driii uimer fr'omt Tlusk eger, AlIa. s antd .\liss( Cornel ia 'l'orrence, agfed Ilu, ti the helleIt of hier ineightwhoodl, and aIv remar'kabiy prnetty girlI, iieret ouit boa)t iv r'idinig otn the plond, when iunexpctely~ 1i hoth. Th'e ehii bilren playvingi ntear thte at scente of the aiett hieard their it to aid( tlbemi. ','hei pond1 is very dttOop vi ait, tbe point, whtere the acient (oe- h) enenre d, andu thte bod11ii.t hiave not been W re covered il. Th le wh ole comm iiunity Is Ith cov'ereald with gi ic f over' the unttimely 1 dmen oif thu plariii young ctoupleh. ft C -Th'e exeitemott o)ver the gold a fever' in Oiklahtoma iamoiuts now to a b the fa'tt that the veins haIve been t, tested for aL length of forty iiles andi a that they growv rielcr in ore the fur'thier upt they are openeId. We have a In consequence the failia spe1?'51ctaelto s, oIf men going well nigh inisanett leaviing s' thi r Iland clao ims and1( homes10 and ml hi ng to the locality wvhero tho gold t1 is3 supposed0( Lii be. 'i'housandhs wviii ho Li dilsappointed. Even If the tinds prove' aLS rich as i'iportied the Ilanid wvill soon1 N be in the hands of a fowv syndiicates, t, wvhich will employ thio mi's by the 1 *-Th'e synod~i oIf the lieformed I'r-es blyter'iani Clhurchh oIf No~rth Amiferica is r very br'oad ini its demandili tot' a.a i'e cogn itioni of Godt ' In the nattinai con-a sti tlutt'o. Its resotluttionis adopiltw.. at i)cinver' last, wvek demand "a A clear' ant explicit acknowvledgetment of Al- I mighty God as the soc e of al poe ;ii't n j oIf .Jesus Christ as the I'r'ince of Kintgs Sof the ear'th, and the Hihble as the 51 supreme r'ule 1inal1 alfairs."' -C. M. Mills, for'mer'ly of Tr'myoni, N.t C., has b)een arrested (In aL cbarge of C emibozzlig mtonety or-der funds of the I (Jovet'rnment, to the amlount of $5(00,. anid wvas held till the lVeder'aI eourt In I bond of *10,000. "Y (oui)rse would havo been left themb, ut tu go into the primm'y. All the onservtivet, who did not approve ol he 'conference' plan-so far as I could idge from the published acts of the Porty Convention, ' and the inter low, withl others confilrming the ac on of the forty-sconed bound to go Ito the Denocratic primaries, though do not know w Ihat reservationa there ero among the members of the con 3ntion. Sooner or later, however, I lieve there would have been an lual division of delegates. I cannot ieak for other counties, but had the heme of equal division boon carried it amongst the Reform counties I am we Charleston would have been will g to do her share. Governor Hamlpton was invited to iarleston by a committee of ladies id tie young Sons of Veterans, and larleston honorod herself when she (I honxor to his magnifleent services a soldiler and his services to 'the ,ate in 1871 and in the United States mate Many of those who were fore ost. in doing honor to him were not :epared 'to follow him in his view mtt the Conservatives should not go ito the priiairy. "'l'hen came the revorsal of Judge oWs order of injunction, and with it as comie what was to ho expected, the vinug of the pendulum to the other de. It skuis to have carried Senator illman along with it. My advice 0ild be that the Conservatives go On ith their work jusit as hofore ; that icy do not abandon the attempt to cure an unpartisan convention ; that icy go into the primaries and agree abide by the result of the election, ld that the Conservative counties ive reprosentation to the Reform 0le Ont, if the Rleform counties give re 'esontationl to the Con3ervative. *" or nseIlf I do not see how those lit) mi vocated the move of the 'Forty' n consistently refuse to go into the i nou-y, but men look at political ittters froni ditforcnt stand points and suppose they can see the dilforence tween iordering an executive con ittee to work under the State execu ve eominittee and vet say that doing is not, slubmi ting themselves to the trty rules. So far as I aimi porsonally meiied, I do not, ii any respect ire 'et the actioin which I took in sign g the agreoment. I did not ontor into any alliance ith Sonator Tillmani or Governor vanls. I never for at mi1iiont gave up - y lrinaciples as a Conservative. I preiSsed no contrition, and was not ked to express it, for any act, politi I or otherwise, that I had ever taken. liI not, iudertake to guarantee that r agreeoonit would be carried out by matnior Tilimnan or by anyone but my 1f. I d id agree to advocato a truce, >t an offensive and defensive treaty, id I ami still prepared to advocate it. have never said a word but in com mndation of the 'lorty' or anyone Ise who seeks peace. That thd ' con wence' did good, and a world of good, I staying for a time at least the waves f political animosity, has been fresh aCknowledged by Reformers and onservativos. Whether the good lects will be done away with the 3w move of Senator Tillman I am un 'Cparited to say ; results must prove. vective will, I in convinced, do no uod oither against the Reform lead s or against the Conservatives who I n1ot happenI)II to agree with me or ith each other.'' A CHANGE OF VENUE. ie urawil Jury or Charleston County Ialls to IPinl True Bills In Dispen siary Cases. The dispensary law cane up iII th6 aurt of Sessions -for Charleston Coun on the 18th inst., and during the erninig the grand jury were given a itch of bills by the solicitor. Among aese werie six against parties for the iolationi of the dispensary law. On ioso J1udlge lHuchanan said that the arors should carefully consider the vidence against the accused and .iaer prcsentment accor'ding to the vidlence. The~y should not permit icir prejudico, If they held any ainst thc law to iunflence their ordict. if the lnw was an obnoxious Io the strict enforcement of It ould be the HUrost means of enlisting ibl ic son timnent and thereby causing S repeail. (On the contrary, if they wmiittedl their prejCuidlce to influence .e r piresenitment, it w.ould redound l-tvor of the law. Ii. a short while the jurors returned id rep)orted that they had been un )ie to lind Indictments against the Illowing parties, against whom bills tid been given theni .lFrltz Mollen suer, Henry Hlemme, George F. tenicken, M. L. Clark, W. J. B~owen iidBarney Lovatt. Assistant Attorney enerl Townsend, who was here to onduct the dlispecnsary cases, of which Laveral hundred are pending, said that c was totally surprisodl at the ction of the grand jurzy, as the evi ce( in the causes above mentioned rep onderated against the accused, uit lhe dIidl not care to have anything say (on this score. As to what move e would take he could not say unt~il ie niext morning. Ito was to have a in forene with Attorney General ownsn l501I arbor anud would agree upon >mue line of action. in the Court of Sessions the next torninig, th ,Assistant Attorney Gen 'al moved or' a change of venue for me trial of .venty- live alleged viola ons of the l)ispensary law. This scion wats brought on account of the ilure of the grand jury to indict the x parties already named against howu the State claimed its strongene uses. Counsel for the defendlants op >)sed the maotion, claiming that it was mneonsti tutional, unprecedented and us anf impealitch men~tIof the grand jury, asides doinig a grave injustice to the >tmmrunity. The alidav it of the trial .sticc who held the preliminary ex mninations of the cases was read, in 'hich lie said that the State llad made at Its cases and the failure of the rand jury to indict was cdue to pro id ice against the Dispensary law udge Buchanan side6 with the Stato ind granted a change of venue and rans ferred the, eases from Charleston o Orangoburg County. The Dispen am y law was amended at the last legislature so as. to allow the State he special privilege to move for' a iange of vepue. The constitutioni ility of the amendment .will be tested. -The right kind of education will develop chracter. BARNWP8LL'S PLAIN TALK a IS STATIMNICNT OF T11iI. ( ON- L *FIEitiNCHC AGIECMEN1', t - ji v Ieviews the Sit uia ton inl tIhe State ' ani Givea 11s Viows ol'tho he Fantous v l'ent'e Conli'ereneco.t Tho Charleston News and Courier is mi Interviewed Nir. Josopi W. Barn- 1 (11, as a meliber of the confro-once- w >twe i Sonator Tillman and other v, OfOrIlte's 'an1,11d IIImtbers of tit) Conl- bi 'vativo palty, wit) consented to give e< IS vieWS of teli sittulatiOl as a tffetO s t bh late declaratiol of Senaitor' bt illimlan. 01 " NI v. ti'anwell," asked the repojrter, sk do you conshiter your agreonient at Iln I Ind owilg to tle witldrawail of tle oformter's who signed it ," C " Inl thle irtplace, I do not knIow aL ad. all the lIeformt'ter14 have with- C rawn) from it."-replied Nia'. i arnwell. ti Governot iKvants, I see, 11.tilltlains , lat he is still in favor of It, and it S ould lot ho fair to treat him or. 1,m 1 her' iembers ait havin g repudiated n, ither its letter or spirit unt1il they p Iv satid so." L "Then what will the Conservative's it 1) upon G"Ovor-f10l' Tilliiiln's withdraw I?"! askeld thle reporter'. I have no ittithority to peaik for h1 13 iebilerl except llyself," s1id r. s arnwell. " but I amil1 I)erfectly Vill ing I Say what I think should be done. ' ou tmulst rletIembeiilr that Messrs. A empllhill, Mloses, Sloanl, Ml1,owanl ami %N ower, Who, witl mie, mttet Senator tL illm and IsI. friends, acted unlder s4 ic terns of a resoliion which insist- tV I upon only one cond itionl-that there t( louird bi) an ev(enI dI vision in the a hole conveItiont between the Co1nser- g tives and I uforilers. All oPhoLr ml atters wC'e considered stbsidiarI4y, pI d it is violatintig nto confidence to say3 at tljhe term11s requ(ji~jjri l an equall di- wv soll were mltore strontgly inlsisted enk RIn 11m1on1011g tt getitt0ema whom the Il mserlvatiVO COI ImI LteO repr'esettd, an the, ltym1tien tII byN' the11 latwye's, so I at sO fara' 1as those gettleAme e btII M li nieranud Snoator Tal n is entirely mla errol il Saying that the Interests of ti rI'Latiols dilectled the dtnalind fo' sc u1al repre.senitationl. The arlgiuent pI ed for ati eliltl representation wits eo ry siiple i and obvious; that it gi tidered the convention a hotly which il its t i taive of neiLeter fac r )f the IDeaInoa'tiicL party it otte, but w both : tiatt wlen it met it sholid do K1 as 4.'tibreslt of it compromise ald m1 I its the creatlre ol (le faction or' 0 0 oIthet which had beln victorious It ill' a4 contest at, tie polls. If tabus oun ewd it would not, he necessaryI to I 4 bmit its wo1kbak to the peoplle. 1as Ou repret'(nSated t1mil ill, and inl all] S ohability it woilI bi at body bent so 1on1 doing all tha, Was possible to nI gulate th dll ie ( uhi,4.lt qutlestiol of Lllt at irage in uh a Ilntiller as to sece1110 I e State from the dtngers of ignorant it liversal stiffi1ragre. " 1T4. triermi ially agreed uipon f< ere th only ones, after long and il Ltrlest d istlissiol, Which it seamlled 0 assible to obtitni . The I {Uform'tilers I stinetIy said that tey cOUl 1ot, C Ra.k for thei' hIolV 1 party. The el ) nseaVti i ves tquilly disclailld any Il IVer to speak for the Conservatives. pl I ThO view tia ken by the Cofserva- It ,,es was that atilready tmere wias a gk ati-doveloped sentimeatL, inl the State er favor Of having no contest over ti (f atVentiot, and tbat, if Senatort' Till- W ,11. GOvernorI NIaLs 1nd th Oil' frieIIs mld pronoun t ce)l also in favort of suc nioveient, it Voild cortaL inly be ca. !d Out. SWhei the other side asked what atranitee we had 1.hat thte (Conserva res woild consent to ILI eqauil divis '1 Pour Ieply wits thit, we couald not 111ee iVe Of ttny la.tge numbe o11111 Of tIemii fuisinlg such an otfor', althoulgh oftl urseat it, was jimlpossi blea to say whItat, bi I woPuldI dot. I still tinkl I waIs per11- L etly aceurtaite in liy jutd gmen~ t, flat 'If y 0o I efor'mers (n te commtlllittuu ha~d I (arnstl'ty tiuetakent aL can.1vas on1 dhalf of Lthese termias tad eveni now, if r Ito mtllLter' wIere0 pushead, anl agrteaeent a m'or be 0 reached.dIL tu cetingtl~, nor11 hats anuy 'iCnsevattvo a Iggettted sinea, that theo contttion y ould r'eglte thte su Ifriag' Ina such ~a 113 asl t~O bet in v iolattion oft the Contsti- sy Liion or thae lIni 1ted States ot' sancition y lo excilusiont of voters thraotaght fraud, it it, I haive al ways malinitaned, and. dlo Lidntaina toda~y thtat te termas i'aed 1, >OnI, tlhoutgh not, iall of tithemt, w hat I e 'feumastances, n1or eaxceOpt asl a4 iomlptro- t ise, yet fuitsh aHt~ 4 pr'joer basis8 al >0n wVi ihicbotith ((lformersiI' aind Con- it r'vaiL~ves mtight agree2 ; cer'ta~ily Ii 014r Wl wat oting dishtonoale (or sub11- h r51iva of anyl3 1princwiplue whautevr', fotr s ekedi as it may4.3 sc01m, 1 dto not be- ~ ava in the dlvinte rilgh t of an I gno r, nt, atnd barb'har'ous maltjority to aontr'ol ~ wats eaxp~tetead that the agr'eement mId be lercely attackedi from the a rty two. ( quaterstI fromr wichlo it, hasL' d en(ssale, butt thbe cui'outs sight as pres8 etd oPf thle Conlservative VO 3 ig denoun acedi nPt the oneI ha tnd by t etmbet's of LIheir' lparty ais antytIIbigh '011 weak and silly diipois ta 'unrin'1- g pied1831( t12 ' schemer and wiro-pu11ller's ' and11 a L tho same011 timet that Sanattor Tilhna ttyui' nd G;over'nor' i~vans shouldt he as0 sailed 134. y their' paty ats weatkly gi ving atway >~ the Iithince ad bliiadishm aeats of a aoa Conser'vtativye miembt ers, bult in thet ei ta at largo thte tmajor'ity of both tI formeraots iatnd C~onser1vativyos felt tIhat't, l lonlg steop'had 1ben1 tikaen to~wardcsa one basis, atnd in a411 tOnbera of ioun- ti j cs the fool intg wats 5) sit'ong thlat, w tmy hatd alreadaty detoarmtinaedl on the ei armats of dl ivisioin. p, "lThenI 2411 cam Judlge (Gol's dOcisionfl. u o contlitutionlt law~yer' for a momnenit II mulghat tat it cotuld bte uphecld, and1( bl S (1h(ctt, if acqu( 1iescdi in, wouldi e 31.1all ave pre(veted iany r'eglation ji 'hateve'r (Pf the( sulratge ina the futur Ie. '01 a timae the lieforamer's s(eemed2( to 214.1ize tile dliager of ana anigry (200 38t ovea' tihe control of th1( lonvenltiont, g nd1 14 gratt 1impetus wvas givont to the j r'owinlg belief itn someti ompromIi'lse. ''It waLs, in miy otpiniont, ai grt, op- a ortuinitv for all Capons'va:,ives to at neO( a4groto thait thtey woul como1 to 'ether' and1( over't(I row Judge GolY'sa ecision) and( joPina hamds with the Reo- i rarmerals, even2t if circumsatanc~ies stoomfed o show that fot' the time being theI ,d vata4ge) wias iIth the Conservativos. Jndoublted ly a4 numbn er oif the Conso' iativos wor'o elated by the fooling that 0o' once, atL least, fortune sleemned to nelinnW to tham.it but I dl) not a that