The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 02, 1891, Image 4
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