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THE A1?XANDER1MATTER. CORBESPONOENCE BETWEEN 1 HE GOVERNOR AND PR0FE83OR. ?Itopatby With m Heuroh Afttr Truth - Th? Dropping of tb* l'rof???jr nut Ke llgtout ror??oiitlun?A Much Talked of Document With not Much Id It. The following is the correspondence between Governor Tillman end Pro lessor Alexander, In regard to which ho 'much curiosity has been mauitested: THE governor's first letter. (PRIVATE.) April 22, Ml. Dear Sir: In to-day's Haws and Courier I llnd mention made of the sub ject matter of your talk with the Trus tees yesterday and prominence given to a question propounded by me. I desire to disclaim all knowledge of this pub licity, and 1 regret that your earnest and frank statement, which strongly excited the admiration and sympathies of many of the Trustees, should have ?;one forth la such a way and at such a ime. I cannot refrain from giving- oxpret, slon to my own feelings in the matter, and to say that while I fear your open avowal of such doubts will inevitably sever your connection with the college that 1 do not share in the slightest in the feeling which will cause men to cry out against you and demand your dis missal. The seeker after truth, the man, who in this vale of tears honestly strives to know and to do what is right "?''hont panderiog to the prejudices or surrendering to the clamor of the igno rant multitude, must, like the meek and lowly Jesus, expect persecution and sorrow as bin lot. To few Is given the ability or will to swim against the cur rent of popular ideas or uttack old cus toms. The masses of mankind inherit their religion and have no well defined opinion on this subject. In proportion as they are ignorant are they bigoted? but I must not trespass further on your time or patience. I only desire to let i;i you know that I do not share such feel' jugs. With assurance of the highest rospect I um very truly yours, 13.11. Tillman. To Dr. W. J. Alexander. rebpy to or. alexander's uequest. Columbia, S. O, May 19,18?li Prof. vV. J. Alexander, Columbia, S. G. Dear Sir: Your letter of yesterday, asking permission to publish a private letter I wrote you on April 22, concern ing your statement before the Trustees, is at band. The letter in question was not writ tun with a view to its being made public,^, and it may place me lu a false position'unless it could be elabo rated, which I hardly know bow to do. This you can readily understand thnt as I am not a professor of religion of any kind I would not like to appear be fore the public in the role of a critic. I wrote with my usuul frankness and there is nothing in my letter which 1 would not avow If necessary, but I do not think tbo circumstances at present require it. Just as you refus? to give your religious views at lirht on the ground of "private property," I don't,, think mine should bo brought out in this way. And I therefore cannot con sent to your request for leave to publish my letter. If you are very anxious that I should f;ivo an expression of opinion on your eaving the college, I will give my honrst opinion in a statement to tho press or ? in a letter to yourself. In this event will be glad to see you ns soon as may bt convenient. Yours tritly, &c, B. It. Tillman. dr. alexander accepts. Columbia. S. C, May 10,1891. Governor 1J. H. Tillman. Columbia, 8. C. Dear Sir: In your letter of to-day, which I have just received, you decline to allow me to publish your letter writ ten to me on April 22d. The publica tion of this letter could not, so far as I can see. do you any harm, and would, settle the question in the minds, of most persons us to the cause of my removal ; irom, the University. Unfortunately, most of the evidence in my possession is under the seal of privacy; that seal I hoped you would break and let the truth come forth. I regret, therefore, that Jrou decline to allow me to publish your ?tter. You offer, however, to furnish me a statement on the subject with the un derstanding that I may publish it if I see fit. 1 accept this offer, aud will thank you to forward mo such a state ment at your earliest convenience. Very respectfully, W. J. Alexander, governor tillman'8 statement. May 20,1801. Prof. W. J. Alexander, Columbia, S.C. Dear Sir: Your letter of May 19, asking me to furnish a statement of the causes which occasioned your re tirement as professor from the S. C. College comes duly to hand, and I re ply at my earliest convenience. And I do so more readily because I have seen erroneous statements going the rounds of the press charging that 1 had writ ten "you a letter to the effect that your religious views were the cause of your not being re-elected. I will be as brief as I can be making the matter clear. And of course it is understood that I speak for myself alone and not for tho Board of Trustees. When the Trustees met on April 21, a majority and minority report had been prepared suggesting a plan of re organization. In both of theso the chairs which you hold were abolished, and the studies divided and added to other classes. At the first meeting the whole facul ty, one by one, were invited before us and asked to give their views on the proposed reorganization. During tho hearing your religious views becaaie a matter of discussion. The question of Mr. Sloan as to Bain's skepticism caus ing you very frankly and broadly to avow your own skepticism. After it bad lasted a long while, to bring mat ters to au end, 1 asked as to your belief in Christ; as you declined to answer the Board wus left in ignorance of what you did believe. Nothing was said by you * that meeting about your being a Unitarian. Next day I wrote you a privato letter expressing my admiration and sym pathy, but expressing the opinion that such views would inevitably cause a severance of your connection with the institution. I did not speak for any one but myself, and gave my own opinion only. At the meeting of first of May the col lege whs reorganized, your chair abol ished, and this would have happened if you had nover given any information as to religious views, becauso it was one whieh could bo naturally and enslly di vided. You again appeared before the Board and read your protest, which has been published, claiming to bo a Uni tarian ChriBtlon. In Mio election which followed you were not put in nomina tion for any chair and, of course, it is . loft to conjecture whether y0?i would havo been elected, had your namo been presented. These are facts, and 1 will only add that Icannot sf o any ground for the cry of religious Intolerance which h.-u been raised. You and your co-ro liglonista have no cause for complaint that I see. Theie is a vast difference between allowing a man perfect relig ious freedom and putting him in a po sition to teach his dogmas. Speaking for myaelf I can say that fitness no< high moral character will govern my Ivole in choosing a faculty tor the col lege, as I believe it will the other Trus tees, and no Unitarian will be ostra cised for conscience sake. Yours respectfully, li. it. Tillman. TUB st at km kmt NOT SATISFACTORY. | Columhia, H. C.,May 25,1891. Governor B. li.Tillman,Columbia, S.O. i >i:ar Si:t: Your communication of \ May 2! cmne. duly to hand, but on it was incut is Hot satisfactory, and that 1 cannot have it published. I shall, there fore", he obliged If you will trinke your own statement to the public on the subject of my retirement from the University. Yours respectfully, W. J. Alexandek. AtKXANDKK'H KKJOINDEB. i'rof. Alexander Wednesday gave to the press the following reply to the statement of Governor Tillman iu let ters, but more especially to "the second the one submitted for publication, but as unsatisfactory: Am Governor Tillman has at hi: t pub lu?h?Hi the entire -correspondence be tween us it is due to him and to the public that I should explain why the statement that he submitted to me for publication in lieu of the letter that, he refused to allow me to publish was not satisfactory. One has only to compare the two papers to see why the one last written was unsatisfactory, but it will not bo amiss to set forth the principal reasons explicitly. This I shall do as briefly as possible. First. Governor Till in lm in order to make out a case has manufactured his facts. By such a- process any case whatever could be made out. He says: "When the trustees* met on April 21, 1891, a majority report and minority re port had been prepared suggesting a plan of reorganization." This is true, lie proceeds. "in both of these the chairs which yoii holdtoere abolisJwd ami the studies divided and added to other classes." This is not true, a?d no one ought to know better that it is not true than Governor Tillman himself. Both theBo reports were published, both were sub mitted to every member of the board for their caretul consideration, both were doubtless closely examined and deeply pondered by Governor Tillmau, both are now accessible. Let Governor tillman show that the majority report, which is the real report of the execu tive committee, abolished my chair; on the contrary, it was proposed to that committoe (as the minority report nc cessni&y implies) to abolish my chair, us well as to do a number of unwise things, und the proposal was deliberate ly r jected by four out of a committee of five. Mr. May(leld,in presenting the report of the exeeutive committee, spoke for every member of that committee but one when he reported that the chair of logic and rhetoric should be retained in its Integrity. That Mr. Clark's imprac ticable scheme embodied in the minori ty report had very little influence with the board is evident from the fact that nearly every one of his characteristic recommendations was rejected. During both conferences and tho ten days that intervened my religious opinions are the things, and the only filings, that will''eventually sever my connection with the college;" that will "cause men to cry out tor my dismissal," t-k., etc. After the whole thing is over it t in us out that t toil i reports of the executive committee recommended the abolition of my chair, and that such abolition was a foregone conclusion from the beginniog! Are Governor Tiilnitiu und Mr. Joue3 so put to it tu make out a case for themselves that the Speaker o! the I louse of Represen t a lives must distort and caricature facts until they do not know them selves, and that the Governor of the State must manufacture them out of the whole cloth ? Second, as tho editor the State has al ready pointed out, thoro is a flat con tradiction between the whole spirit of the first paper and that of the sec ond. "Looking here upon this picture and on that." In the first "the frank avowal of my religious views will Inev itably sever my connection with the college;" in the second those views have nothing to do with my removal. In the first my views "will cause men to cry out for my dismissal;" in the second Governor Tillman "cannot see any ground tor the cry of religious in tolerance which has been raised." In the tlrst I am warned to "expect persecution and sorrow as my lot ;" in the second "you and your co-religion ists have no cause for complaint that I can see." But enough; no vender of patent medicines could get up a more striking contrast of "before" an'' "after" taking thHn our Governor hai. dono in these two papers. Such evasion is uuworthy of him. Had I received his second pa per before I penned my letter of May 211 could uot have written "you have been ; rank and straightforward in your whole course In the matter." For while 1 was writing these very words, and re joicing that I could write them, the Governor was utterly changing his policy. VV. J. Alexander. The Third Party In Kansas. Chicago, May 27.?A special dis patch from Topoka, Kas, says: Prohib ition loaders are delighted at the result of tho Supreme Court decision in tho Rolircr original package case holding the Wilson bill constitutional. County At torney Welch, who had dropped bis prosecutions of men charged with con tinuing to sell liquor after the passage of lao Wilson bill, will now continue them and the war will be waged with de termination. It is difficult to tell the political effect of the decision. Secretary of State Big gins said that bo hoped Iho qucstloN would now bo taken out of politics. "It is no longer a political question," said be, "and the decision of the highest tri bunal iu tho land settles tha matter so tar as the approaching campaign is con cerned." Many of the Democratic and Repub lican leaders have become sick aud tired of a campaign over a local issue, ami slnco tho People's party has ignored the question altogether it will give tho new pnuy a distinct advantage m tho ap proaching campaign If tho old parties di vido on the liquor question. ou i.mi K l>K?"n? KiKlits. Reading, Pa., Muy 22.?The two days' love feast of the Dunkaids adjourned in Mohler's meeting bouse, near Ephrata, this afternoon. Four thous and people were present to-day. An unusual feature of this lovo feast was the baptism of two young married pair.-, living in the neighborhood by immer sion in the Cocallc? creek at Ruben Fahnestock'a mill, over half a mile away from the meeting bouse. Meals were served to the entire multitude free of charge. - ? ?, . After dinner the brethren washed each other's feet, the women doing like wise with those of their own sex, while hymns were being sung. . .; Tho Lord's supper was then celebra ted, every set of four brethren and every set of four sisters eating out of one tin dish, bread being dipped into soup made of rice and lamb. The sa lutation of the holy kiss followed, the men kUsing each other and tho women kissing each other at tho same time... Ills Last With Oenled. Timm, May 22.?in consequence of the refusal of the French Government to grant tho request of the executors of the will of the late Prince Napoleon the Italian Government has ordered the tomb In tho Church of La Superga, In which the Prlnce'a body lies, to bo closed. The executors requested the French Government to grant the Prince's last desire, which was that his iiody should be burled in I If s San Guln atros, near Ajaccio the capital of Cor sica,_ A Military Train Wrecked. Columbus, Texas, May 22.?This morning a train on the Southern Pa olflo, containing three companies of tho Fifth infantry, on route to Ah.bama, j was wrecked. Charles ('arter, u pri ?? from Santa Fe, was killed outright n^^^^Hbtheih were fatally injured. A SENSATIONAL STORY COMES FROM JEFFERSON, GA. A n < .tut; rnl Ytuna Girl Um? nU? Pater jdkI lV-*?ta,?ng?If*>r Father Objected to tier Favorite Suitor? She Tearfully Con feate*. - Axukns, (,5a., May 28.?Jlrn Jarrett, who lives in Jackson county about fourteeu miles from Athens, and near Jefferson, Is a prosperous and conteuted farmer who has a lovely daughter, Fannter, bmcli admirvd by all the young 'men of the neighborhood. * Among her admirers is aN>ouog far mer, 116b McRao, who had been par ticularly attentivo to her, and who is very obnoxious to htr father. Tbo daughter, however, was fond of Bob, and was determined to see him when ever the opportunity offere 1, no matter how much opposed her father might be to their meeting. Last Tuesday Mr. Jarrett told his daughter that she'must stop'seeing the fascinating Bob, and if she disobeyed htm he would whip her. This threat did not, however, deter the daughter from carrying out her plans, ana she met Mellad and took a long walk with him. This angered her father beyond endurance, and when she returned to her home he gave her, as he had prom ised, a severe whipping. After the whipping wad been admin tsle'ed. tho daughter went off for a few hours, but returned, seemingly as happy as sho had been. Tho next day Mr. Jarjreit had soup for dinner, which was made by bis daughter. Ho was taken violently sick suon after eating, and when the physicians arrived, they saw at onco that ho had been poisoned. The poison was discovered, to bo in the soup, and was rough on ruts. The daughter when she saw her father apparently dying, broko down and con fessed her crime amid tears aud protes tations of future obedience. Stio had procured* the poison aud putit.inthe soup iiitendiug to kill her father because he had whipped her. Fortunately for tho lllo of Mr. Jarrett, too much poison was udmiiiistercd and he was not in stantly killed and now in fact, he may recover., livery effort is being made to save his life and these efforts may succeed. The story is sickening in the extreme and although the daughter is pretty aud attractive slje will In all probability be made an example of.?Augusta Chron icle ?_ The I'coplii'a Party. Cincinnati, May 21.?Since the ad jnurnnu'itt of the Natuonnl Union Con vention last nlgiit, scores of dispatches expressing approval of the outcome ol tho gathering and offorring congratula tions h vo poured in upon the delegates from all over tho country. Both fac tions bo tile third party controversy are satlsilid with the result and each claims the victory,. An effort will bo made to bring the industrial conference that as sembles In February next into the fold, but whether successful or not, a Peo ple's-Party Presidential ticket will bo placed in the field next year. The national committee of the Peo ple's Parl y met at tho Hotel Emery to day and Installed II. E. X. Taubencck of Illinois us chairman, and Robert Schilling of YVUcousiu, secretary, and Informally discussed a plan for a vigor ous campaign all over the couutry. Ohio will bo the first point of attack. A State ticket is to be placed hi tho Held next month, and Congressman Simpson, Gen. Weaver aud others will stump the Stato ?front one end to tho other. A national campaign fund of $100,000 is also to bo raised. 'ihn Wat is Not Ovu'. Washington, May 20.?Tho plan proposed for the providing of a pavilion at Chicago to bo called '-Tho Blue aud tho Gray," for Ihn voterans of both armies, in which war relics could be stored, the veterans to camp in tents lo bo furnished by tho War Department, has received a set-back by tho adoption of resolutions at a recent meeting of Post No. 3 of the department of the Po tomac, G. A. It., setting forth that Its members were opposed to the p an; that tho cause of tho Union soldiers was right from 18G1 to 18G5, and that their oppo nents were wrong; that, therefore, if any honor was duo to anyone it was due to only iho&e who saved tho nation. It was furtnor resolved that there was room for only ono Hag within tho con lines of the United States, and that flag was the stars and stripes?tho ei.tblem ot freedom and right. These resolu tions wero su sequcntly endorsed by tho Department ol the Potomac. An important unciaiou. Washington, May 25.?Tho United Stales Supreme Court to-day rendered, through Chief Justice Fuller, an opinion on the liquor question, which is of great importance to all the Stated. The Importance of the decision is that it up holds the State authority as ugainst na tional authority, and that it settles be yond all eontroyersy that the police regulations of a .State prohlbitihg the Introduction of intoxicating liquors can be enforced despite the originnl pitcknge decision of the Supremo Court. Tho case came up on habeas corpus from Kansas. Justier? Gray, Harlan and Brewer, while assenting to the gen eral purpose of the opinion, differed in some minor particulars. Tho decision is gratifying' to the prohibitionists. T-.ey regard it as entirely upsetting tho "original package" decision of about two yeurs ago, and sustaining in their entirety the police powers of the several States to regulato the liquor trafllc within their respective borders. a i i.nM i?. i. Crime. LoutsviLi.K, Ky., May 22.?Ono of the most liendlsh crimes ever known in Kentucky is reported from Sandy Hook, the county seat of lilliott. A young school 'eacheis Miss Maud Fleenor, was thrown rrom a horse, frightened by two Wilcox brothers, each of whom the girl had refused to marry. With a leg and arm broken sho was chained in a de serted cabin, where she, was kept a prisoner Biftco the middle of April, and slowly dying, was made the victim of her captors' loot. Lust Tuesday a posse, headed by her brother, found the girl, who died fifteen, minutes later. The Wilcox brotln rs worn captured, con fessed, and were promptly shot to death. Couldn't Ktulorse the Platform. St. PAt;i., May 25?Sidney M. Owen, tho Minnesota Alliance candidate for governor, although an enthusiastic third party man, said last evening that he could not endorse the Cinclnnatti platform. Briefly, ho said: "I am in favor of government ownership and operation of the railroads. 1 am also a believer in bimetaHlo currency, but I do not believe in flat money on tho Bub treasury scheme." An Ugly Afl.tlr. Ninety-Six, S. O, May 27.?The dead body of a white baby was found In Sa? Inda l?ver, m ar this place, on Sunday last. At tho in quest yesterday the tes timony developed facts which resulted in tho atrest of a prominent young la dy. Quite a prominent gentleman here is thought to know something about it, and further developments are watched for eagerly. KiIIh'Iwo Oflloer*. RlttMlxuiiAM, Ala, May 25.? At Clements, I'm ludoo.u county, last night, twooflloers, names unknown, surround ed the house of Jim Morrison, a notori ous outlaw, and attempted to arrest him. Morrison opened lire, killing both otU coi-3, and was himself dangerously .ED FOR A MILLION. The Bit I? tfca South U?od* Hvaw I ClSMd. A-ixATMay 27.?Stephen Ry*n, Atbwto'sWjooda king, has failed. MortgaLgalnst him amounting to about 41500 hare been filed in the clerk's offlome for $111,704.20 in favor of II. B. Cui of New York was fore closed at li;loek this morning. At that W the Sheriff closed the door of Mr.Wn'a large drv goods es tablishment took charge of tho goods. This is oi.f) the largest failures that lias ever occfed lu the South and has caused great uteaient in business aud commercial else. A few yeargo Mr John Ityan, who had acquired krge fortune In the drv goods buaincskeld out to his two eld-1 est sons, 8te\ a. Uyan and John f. Jlyan, aud lUusiness was continued under the atyhf John Ryan's sons. Some time agdubn f. Ryan sold his 1 Interest to his (her Steven. Stephen By aha? made hlmsalf fa mous by autagjzlng other merchants by selling goou| far below their cost value. His liabilities 1 lust what his at; at this time. The failure horUa caused the biggest1 kind of a aenaatu though people nave for a loug time bk suspecting it. Steve Ryan's [ther is one of tho. wealthiest meu iiktlanla, and ho, too, has a mortgage abtat his son for $85, 000, as well as hhfother for $70,000. A fow .weeks al Steve Ryan Insti tuted suit against New York house for $100,000. , t about $250,000, end are nobody knows ryan's i-i abpties groa'ino. It now turns 01 that Steve Ryan's liabilities aro abouil,000,000. He Hayn be canu estimate what his | issels are, as thcionsist ef his books and store. He git as his reasons for failure the heavy ris in the spring and having to meet a tuber of heavy pay ments all at once. Several months ?> the gossips had it that Steve Ryau v\i said to be finan cially eiubarassedJAbout that time some New 1'ork uYchant jumped on him with proceediudialculated to throw doubt on his lluulal standing, but liyan. In the law afa, whipped them all, aud later t?ol< u-sonal satisfaction out of "the hide" olie of them in New York. Every assnnce was given at that time that he wj all right. It lias been Steveuyan's ambition to bo tho merehuutpri ho has been well 01 fulfillment of that Hue of Sterns' and e of the South, and he road toward the tnbition. His storo here lias been a grit emporium on the ther big New York establishments, wire It was possible to obtain pructlcallypverythiug, from a needle to a thrashig machine. liyan bat earnefthe enmity of mer chauU iu other pes by cutting into their special tlcldsrith lue departments, and his sacrifice scs iu all these depart ments have sprcauonstcrnation. They have also led oldif merchants to shake their beads aud malet that such busi ness couldn't laslong. scenes f THE STOKE. When the ? Shnft' closed up the big dry goods establiiment there were some exciting scenes. The hundred of clerks were dumb founded and vfre loth to believe the no vs. It took the NltViiV some time to get the store, wlitchWas packed with cus tomers, cleandAf the crowd. It waa some time betoreXll the clerks could be made to stopaelliujgoods. " Not another budle mu -t leave this store," yelled theiheriff, as lie walked about from counter ?(> counter. One old lady plead up a pair of shoes aud started for the loor, saying: "I've paid for thoso shoes tud I'll just take'em homo." An old man had just given a check, $7.50, for a suit of cldhes, and he carried them off on his arm. m Finally tho great Itore was cleared of! tile mass of cuatomon, the clerk put on their hats and routs and quietly took their departure. TheVdoora were closed and locked and tbo Sheriff put the keys In his pockets._i A Bud Wreck. Cummino, Ga., May 18.?Thunulay while Postmaster J. E. Puett aijd " Ebb Barrett, of this place, were retu ing from Buford. the mule they w driving became frighteued at an ox te and ran away. In endeavoring to p it to one sldo in order to pass a buggy i front of them,one lino broke,leu v ing thenj at tho mercy of the mule, which lost mj time iu turning tho buggy over. Botl gentlemen were caught iu the top and dragged a considerable distance. In seems almost a miracle that they cacap-j ed with only a fow bruises. The buggy was demolished, but the mule came out all right, of course._ A Tragedy at a Floate Nkavbekry, S. C, May 13.?A picnic] party from the Sunday-school of the] Associate Reform Presbyterian Church had a sad occurrence to day. The party left here this morning for Little Moun tain, on the Columbia, No wherry and | Lnurens Road, Just after getting off the train at Little Mountain Mrs. Cyn thia Mower, one of tho party, died very suddenly of apoplexly. Death came be fore medical assistance could be render ed. She was about GO years old and one of tbo most prominent and successful merchants of Newberry. Her death will he a loss to the town. She was a prominent and earnest worker in the temperance cause.?News and Courier Filled his Body With Bullets. Eva ns vi llk, Ind., May 21.?News was received here late last night of the wav laying and aaaaulting of a little white girl 13 years old, the daughter of George Bowles, by a negro named Jeuninga. The ne^ro was captured in a strip of woods a few miles from the scene of the assault, and, while on tho way to jail, a party of neighbors took the brute from tbo guards, put a rope around his neck and dragged nim into the air, idling his body with bullets. Jennings, before be ing Imaged, acknowledged Ids crime and pleaded for mercy. l'lanos and Organs. N. W. Trump. 134 Main Street Co lumbia. S. C. sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Chlckerlng Pinuo. Matbushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason Sc 11 am 11 n Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Piauos, from 9226 up. Mason & 11 amlin Organs surpassed by h?he.Ster ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Instalments. Hanging In (ha Cellar. Harlan, la., May 27.?Mrs. Christen Pederson, a Spanish woman, and four children, aged from 3 to 10 years, were found hanging in the cellar of their house, three miles northwest of this town. It is thought they have been hanging since Wednesday night, the 20th lnst. The husband wftssent to the Insane asylum about a week ago, and this series of murders and suicide shor that the wife should have accompauii him, as she must have been violently insane. . * . a Negro Marderer Lynched. Columbia, Tenn., May 87.-~Greer Wells, the negro who on Saturday h shot aud killed John Fly, a farmer, in this county, was last night taken from the Lawrenceburg jatl by a'mob, hang to a tree and his body riddled with bu BgagwBHnele^BK! w~. -VI'.'MJ-SS-?-,T-?--li!lll',mi||.111 ?uw jsv JT,*<iE^iritB''WI>3f'^BJ*TO> "?UP" J.WJL ?aTk.^*' JS73L JL JEU JCuJE^k Sfc ? W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOLE AGENTS for UDDEL & CO. Artso Dkal?rs In Equine* of nearlall in ?ke, L-uomotlye and Tubular II >il ers, Traction and. oth er Mounted Iv.tghiPN iftoe b?>st sod lutes* Improved styl?, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Gins, Bos* Cotton Presses, Shingle Machine.-), Plainers and Wood Working Ms* obluery. Brick Machinery. Cotton >oed Oil outfits, Ac. A larno StooK or EXtilS' K Fittings, of all kinds uud sices, in Stoek for prompt dollverr and at Rook Bottom Prices. BELTING snd PACKING at LOW Figures. A Urge stoek of Pumps, of ?11 ?Ises snd ntyles. BEARING Mower*, Reapers and Rakes alwaya in stoek. ?r-our Mr. K. R. BAUGHAM, Laurous, s. O., who is fully competent, will be pleased to call to see you, or anawor any communication directed to him, sad will sell you as cheap as it you wore hero in Person. We buy for cash and pay our Travelini; Men a Salury, thereby saving the Con sutuer Agent's GQininiasion--Qulok SaloR and Small Profits in our Fort. Write to Mr. Hausham, or to us direct, ar.dfccl prices and discounts. jmf'Old Engines traded lor. K. lt. BAUGHAM. ) W. H. GIBBES, Jr., A CO., Traveling Salesman, > LaVrkns, S. C. ) COLUMBIA, 8. O UNDERTAKES NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - LAURENS, S. C Over KENNEDY BROS., Store. Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Gofrins and Casket* oth Wood and Mctnlic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired, viyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to J. M Robertson. THE THIRO PARTY. What Got. Till mini and Congressman t.lv InestouSnvs. Columbia, S. C, May 23.?Gov. rill man takes no stock in the "People's Party," the new political aggregation that was formed at Cincinnati yester day. lie was seen by a Record representa tive to-day and asked lor an expression of opinion in reference to tho third party question. Me at first stated that there was nothing to add to his views already announced, but when ques tioned as to the meeting at Cincinnati, he said: "I am a Democrat. 1 was I torn a Democrat, and I expect to die a Demo crat. "It would be idocy as well as suicide for the Southern people to follow such leadership. '?The ultimatum as to tho negro shows what we may expect trom any such af filiation." talbert has nothing to say. State Alliance Lecturer Talbert was likewise requested to give: his views for publication, but he declined, saying that he had fully expressed them time and time again, that he had announced his platform and that he stood squarely on it. Captain Talbert added that be ex pected to do a great deal of stump speaking on the Issues of the day. He bad received a cartload of Invitations to speak.?Record. what congressman livingston thinks. Atlanta, Ga., May 21.?Congress man Livingston reached Atlanta this afternoon from Cincinnati. The North west, sayB, is cutting loose from both the old. parties. This Is largely due, so far as the Democrats are concerned, to the letter of Mr. Cleveland against free silver and the effort now being made South and East to force his nomination. The free silver action of the Kentuc ky convention has done tho Democratic causo some good. No nominee of the Democratic par ty, said he. need expect the support of a single western State unless ho is thoroughly committed to tho free and unlimited coinage of silver and tariff reform. They want a Western man for President, and are more than will ing that a Southern mm should get the Vice-Presidency. The action of tho convention will crystallzo the third party movement in the Northwest. Tho success of tho third party movement rosts just now upon the disaffection towards both the. old parties. Opposition to free silver, tariff reform and increased currency in the next Congress will precipitate a successful third party movement. Kt tm la Two Ur?y?S. Nkw Yokk, May 2o.~,When Mar garet Mulhaucy used to wobble through the East.Side streets everybody stopped and stared at her. Margaret weighed t350 pounds and lived with a cousin at No. 43 Hamilton streot. Three mouths ago the small boys in the vieiuity begun to notu.u the stout woman's abseuce. Her flesh was accumulated at such a rate that she was unable to move about. Heart failure set in and Dr. Campbell, of the New York Dispensary, who pros cribed for her, saw that death was not far off. Early on Saturday morning Mrs. Mul liauey died. She was tit ty -live years old. Undertake/ McCullum found it impossi ble to properly care lor the body excopt by embalming. The funeral took placo at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A crowd gathered In the street expecting serious difficulty in gettiug tho casket out of the bouse, and they were not mistaken. An ordinary coffin is sixteen inches wide and thirteen inches high. A plain cloth covered box thirty-seven inches wido ami twonty inches high, onclosed Mis. Mul hauoy's body. Tho hallway of the house being only thirty-fivo inches wide the box had tobe tipped sideways, While twelve brawfty men strained every mus cle to carry it through. This required twenty minutes of hard work. No hearse was big enough to accom modate the coffin, and an undertaker's wagon was in readiness, which carried the? remain) to Calvaiy Cemetery. A grave is dug ordinarily twentj-four inches wido. Ground had been brought for two graves, giving a, width of forty eight inches. Sixteen of the cometcry employes laid hold of aud lowered tho gigantic box into the doublo grave. Handrads Dead wud i >> ?.. ?. Baltimore, May 25.?Tho steamship Elvaston, Capt. Steel, of the Maryland Line, Baltimore ane. Brazil, arrived i.i port this evening on her first trip from Santos The captain and crew report a terrible yellow fever scourge as prevail ing in Brazil at the time of their depart ure from Santos, April 2ttth. Hundreds are reported as dead aud dying in and about the port from which tho vessel sailed, while the statements then receiv ed from other localities by Capt. Stoel would indicate great suffering und loss of life. Soon ?ittor leaving Santos the captain and crew of tho Elvaston were prostrated by feyer and the shin was hove to ten days, until other engineers and help coulu bo secured. Second Of ficer Howe and Fireman Wardle died i'of tho disease soon after sailing. 1 I m&ikfeft?. THE LAURENS BAR. H, Y. SIMPSON, attorney at law. lajkrn8,_ S.O. W. II. MARTIN, attorney at law. LiAUJtVJtiA? - S. C' j t. joiinson. w. b. kiohs JOHNSON A KICHKT attorneys at law. Ofkiok?Fleming's Corner, North wea ? ids of Public Square. LAUBKKB, H.. - - S.O. B ALLABALL, Attornhys at Law, LAUKENS, - - - - S.O. Ost. 23, Sin W. W. KENNEDY. attsrnbt at law Special ntter.tlauJ^giTan te the iuvestl gatien ?r titles. - 1,aurans C. H. ?. C. April -r , ? t.t.-r-nifi Snakes and Kala. Washington, Ga.. May 20.?The sayiug is that if you kill a snake and bang it up it will briug rain. It is an old tradition among the country folk, and has been verified in many instances. Mcriwethcr II ill is one of our wisest and best city farthers, and he succeeds at whatever ho undertakes. He thought the drought had lasted long enough, and he determined to have a rain if It took all tho snakes in WilkeB county to bring it. So a few days ago he set out to killing snakes and hanging them up. He first went down back of his house, where, a week or two since, a snake had bitten tho Colonel of the Ninth Georgia Regi ment on the anile. It wasn't long ho ibre ho had his snake, and ho bung ban up high and dry; and then it. wasn't twenty-four hours belore we had as pret ty a rain as you could wish to see. The only trouble about it is that Meri wether Ought to have done this tiling several weeks before he did. Killed In WTint Fight. HA&lMOMD. Wis.^May 24.?Win. Pfft less and Charles Ctiapmuu, employed by Thos. Murtagh and Thos. Fitzgerald, two farmers Jiving six miles north or here, had a list light last night, in which Peeless Was killed. The men took thi ? mode of settling a dispute. They hkd hot fought more than a few seconds when Peeless fell to the ground, dying in iiiteen minutes. Several bystanders attempted to part them, but not until it was too late. Chapman escaped. The importance of purifying the blood c.mnot be over-estimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Aih, Poke Hoot and Pottasainm) is a mirac ulous bloud purifier, performing more cures in six months than all the sarsa parillas and so-called blood puriilers put together._ Rheumatism.?James Pax ton, of Sa vannah, Ca., says he had Rheumatism so bad that he could not move from the bed or dress without help, and thai he tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the use of P.d\ P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas sium), und two bottles restored him to health._ Rheumatism is cured by P. P. .p. Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by its blood cleansing properties, builds up and strengthens thc^wholo body. CHILD BIRTH ? ? ? ? ?'? MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend " is a scientific ally prepared Liniment, every ingre dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro fession. These ingredients are com bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' ? FRIEND" ? WILL* DO all that is claimed for . it AND MORE. ItShortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to .. Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, con taining valuable information and . voluntary testimonials, Stntbyespreteon receipt of price ft.M perkot?e NOTICE ! Before assuring rear ' life, or Investing your mon ' ey, examine toe Twenty Tear Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF TUB United States. Policies maturing In 1891 realize cash returns to the owner*, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid In, besides the advantages of the Assurance dnrlng the whole period of twenty years. The following Is one of the manv actual cases maturing tliis year: Endowment Policy No. 64,925. Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, SAO0O. Premium, 9289.90. Total Premiums Paid, 14,798. at end of Tontine Period in 1891: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, |8,449.45, (Equal to 917010 for each flOo paid hi premiums, which is equivalent to a re turn of ell premiums paid, with interest at 7 '4 per cent, per annum.) Or, in lieuo. cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR 119,470. (Equal to 9405.80 for each 9l00 paid in premiums.) OB. A LIFE ANNUITY of 9633.55 One fact is worth a .thousand theories There is no Assurance ox taut In any com pany which er r .pares with this. The Equitable Is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply to the nearest agent of the .Society, or write direct to W. J. RODDEY, <? I AMISSA I. A?i:.vr, April 8-3m ' ROCK BILL, 8. O. TUE LARGEST STOCK. MOST SKILLED WORKMEN. LOWEST PRICKS South Carolina Karate Works, P. H. HYATT, PROPRIETOR. Is the best place in South Carolina or Southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Work. All kjuas of Cemetery Work a speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, Ac. Send for prices and full iuformatlon. F. H. HYATT, April ?ly COLUMBIA. S. C. vicyroitY for tiik nailok rtiACifc^rGBY. Exhibited . side by side with its leading competitors at the State Fair, 1800. The .Superintendent and Committee of the Mechanical Department, in inspecting those features not included in the Premium S1st, deem worthy of special mention the allor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by W. II. Gibbes, Jr., a Co. The system operates most efficiently, and much Improves the sample, facilitates tho dinning of wet cotton, and saves largely lo labor and cost of handling. The Committee recommend to tho farm ers of the State an investigation into the merits of these devices. [Signed., D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. a. Ol 1515KM, JB., A CO.. Columbia, S. C. State Agent? and Dealers in fiist elasa Machinery, Buggies, Wagons, Ac. Special ?To test the advertising value of Tbk Statu, we will hell to any farmer rtjfttrrinif to tin't paper one of the liest Dow Law Cotton Plautera made for 4.b5, cash. The usual pi ire ia 99.00 W. Ii U1UBE3. Jb.. A CO. First Class Work. Very Low Prices. e But ales, Cairiag?B, Head Carts, Wagons, eto., Warranted Second to none. Inquire of nearest dealer in these goods, or send for Catalogue?Mentioning thl? paper. HOLLER & ANDERSON rff .yt.*.,Ti - ;, S ??'..' 1 e?r A?k for catalogue. TERRY M'F'Q CO. ?'A4HVIU.K. T*n?. ~!8iMTr%' ft? FreiW I & Qmat OlHB THAT vav wrr AuajnB ph Rkitsatkd. fo ! o s??i DtriJLT, B , "BTjRIKK WHI1 V TH? IhOX U> UlW." I . Wtlte tot Catalogue now, n*nl >;*y wti;. B ptpf r you saw this advertisementIn. Remember that I sell ever> thing thatg goe? to furnishing h hotm ?uiMiufaetUr-i lug some thiugs and buying ot'icra lu th^S largest possible lot*, which enables tue toi wipe out all competition. HERE ARB A KKW OF MY START-3 ling Baku a in b A No. 7 Flat top Oooklug ?Uwe. f?ll'A site, 15x17 Inch oven. titled with M yliwi ] sof ware, delivered at youi own depot, j all freight charges paid by me, tori 'Only Twelve Dollars. ? i ' Again, 1 will ?eil you a 5 hol? Coukiu ; Range 13x13 luch oveu, 18x2? inch top, lit ? i ted with 21 pieces ol wwie, ioi Till It * ITEKN DOLLARS, Mid pay the trelgut to I y our depot. DO NOT PAY TWO PUiCBS FOIV YOUR GOODS. 1 w;' und you a nice plush Parlor suit,* walnut ?Huo, either In combination *>r banded, tlie most stylish colors for as.?O,? to your j&tkoad station, freight paid. I will also sell you a ulco Bedromos nit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high, head Bedstead, 1 Washstnnd, 1 Centre table, 4 cane soat chairs, l cane seat and' back rocker ailforflO.&O, tout pay freight to yourdopot. * ! Or 1 will send you an elcgnut Bedrooin I suit with large glass, full uiaiblotop, for' ?30, and pay freight. Nico window shade on .-in hl- roller | 40 Klegtat large walnuts day clock, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtalu? per window, 1.00 l cannot describe every Udug lu a small advertisement, but have an immense sUne containing 22,000 ieet ol ilooi rooui.witli ware h?usesnnd factory bailduig?lnutliei parts ol Augusta, making in all the lar^ geat business of this kin(i under one mau-t agement in the Southern States. 1'hese storesaud warehou.->es arc crowded with? Uie chelcest productions ol thu best f?cto-* ries. My catalogue containing illustrations] of goods will be muilod if you will kiuuiy' say v'jore you saw tills advertisuineai. i) pay 1 ? eight. Add ross, IL. Fa PAUfiETT, Proprietor I'adgelt's Furniture, blovoB and Carpet> Store, 1*10-1112 Broad rtlieot, AliGl M'A, CrA.^ ' k Spring R%#;to? 11S.?I0 IV-AK ftftu W0j *l i*' i> win purity tv"1 vitalize your ?. J liU^-.. :-.-ii- :inoisluii|r. i..t aiuiuiveyoiir gj / A'll.'lL'.VMom'ii.'i. HHcl I .?.<:-,??!,. ^ ??? pi"i)iuiN>iit railroad Mipi-i'!i:t<Mi<l<tntui ?. S?vu' a-.'n. KUnvrltiff with ? ? 'i hp t; ' jiu. imt Uheiiiiintlem sn' ? ".' ; i he uovcr felt so well In ? n?? ?i - '. .r.U-.c .. .V ? llvoft ? .(.'J ; > ,;.vj.r- {vi i. [? r.v ^ 1 If you wotiwd out fr . ^ an ', . u > i ooulinuHieut, lake ?. P. P. r it you uro fooling i> Jly hi '.lie Boving <\d Olli of rxntS, l..kO i P. P. P. If your digestive orgnoatMOd toning u\\ take is i p. p. p. '.J If v.-ni suffer with headache, Indigestion, ?\ dobllily and weakUCSS, ..-..>? p. p. p. If you aiiiter v.Ith rorvous prostration, tkbrvtia unstrung and u geimral W down of the system, take p. p. p. For Blood Poison, nhcnmstlsm, Rcrof? ula, r?ld Sores, Malaria, Chronic FeuuUe Complaints, take p. p. p. I Prickly Ash, Poko Root and Potassium. Tho beet blood purifier In tho world, l.IPPMAN BROS., 'Wholesale Druggists, t>olu Proprietors, I.ippman's Block, Savannah, Oo. DO YOU WISH TO iti: itosM OF voi it ?WA Gl* IIOUSK. THEN HUY THE THOMAS STEAM PRESS AND SEED COTTON ELEVATOR. It is the most perfect system in u-o, Uli* loading cotton from wagons, donning ?nd delivering it into gins or stalls. Cotton does not pnss tliroilgll fan ami press re quires no pulley nor belts, n saves t me and mom y. TALBOTT & SOWS' ENGINES AN!) BOILERS, STATION ARY AN I) PORTABLE <M,|) DO. MINION CORN MILLS 8128 to aO? T A LBOTTH SA W MILLS, J M ' HOV E1) FRICTION AND ROPE PEED $200 TO 5?ieo LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT? TON C1NS AND COTTON PRESSES. Wo offer Saw Mill Men ntid Glnnors tlie most complete oil tilts that can be bought and at bottom prices. V. C. BADHAM, GENERAL ACS EXT, Coi.PMhi \. s. ('. THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS 1 IIE BEST Feh 10-ly, WHY HOT USE O?lsT MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE IS A GENUINE BLOOD TOKIO! MURRAY'S SARSAPAIULLA is a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine I We. are the Manufactuies and Sole Pro prietors of both. This Is the timo.of the year the system requires a tonic and the bleed a purlAor. Our stock of Drills Medicines, Chftial cals and Druggist- Sund *lea Is compl. to. Our facilities for Oiling your eiders cannot bo excelled, Wo solicit \ our patronage. The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIAi S.O. LlPPJIi.II BROS., TfaoUMdellNrKltU, I feto Proprietor*, IJppnukMOIock. H?Tta?ta,Qik