The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 22, 1891, Image 4

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gen. butler in reply. HI6 REMARK8 WERE DIRECTED TO OR. 3TOKE8. H? Dttiile? Kuiphatlculiy tlmt He Applied Abu.lTo Epithet* to tho "Cotton Plant" ?'?The World'*" Asherllle Intorvlsw Wm Cevroot. Edoefield, 8. C.t Wept. 8.?As was intimated In today's World Senator But ler yesterday sent Dr. Stokes tho follow ing letter in reply to the editorial In last week's issue of Tho Cotton Plant: sbnatok BUTIjBK'8 letter. Bdobfielb, 8? C, Sept. 7, 1891. Dr. J. W. Htokes, '>rungeburg, H. C. Dear Sir?I have received your two letters of tho 20th ult. and 4th inst. Also by the last mall a copy of The Cotton Plant of the 5th inst., contain ing my letter to you of the 28th ult. In reply to your first letter, I will say that I did not Intend to say in my interview with the reporter of The State at Ashe ville, that i had requested you to pub lish my letter in The State. I glanced hurriedly over the interviow nfter it ap peared in the paper, and was not attract ed by such a statement. Not having it before me I cannot vorlfy your version of it, or otherwise I am quite suro I could not have mado such a statement, becuuse I did not request you to publish the letter in The State. However, that is not at all material. As I now recall the interview, it was In tho main cor rectly reported. In reply to the inquiries in yours ol the 4th inst, in regard to my interviow in The World and News aud Courier, the one in Ashevillo and the othor hero, I will say thoy are correctly reported, and represent just what I did say. And now a word as to your editorial criticism of my letter, in Tho Cotton Plant of the 5th lust; just one point, because I cannot follow you through the mazes of ovasion and quibbling Which pervade its entire length of nearly two columns. You say, near tho top of tho first column: "In view of the abusivo epithets the senator is reported to havo indulged in reference to this papor, (Tho Cotton Plant) in his recent Ashevillo and Edge Held Interviews, I might justly consider that the senator had placed the whole matter beyond the pale of courteous reply, or even notice." Now, my dear sir, you must know there is not an atom of truth in this' statement. No honest man can iind any thing in either of tho interviews to iusti fy it. Whatever of epithets that may be found in these interviews wero addressed to you personally, not the newspaper you edit. I have two much regard for the liberty and freedom ot the press to take oll'enco nt any fair criticism by tho press of my conduct. It is not only tho right but the duty of the newspaper to criticise freoly and fear lessly jtho acts aud conduct of public men and question whenever and wher ever they are ammcnablo to criticism. I have been tho subject of criticism by tho newspapers over and often, some times adversely sometimes otherwise, and I have never complained ot it. It will bo a bad day for tlio country when tho papois fail, from any cause, to hold up to the public the acts ot public offi cials. But neither have you or any other editor the right to make the press . the vehicle of private, personal resent; ? mont. and claim immunity under cover of the freedom of the press. No honor able editor will so abuse the high station I have been somewhat surprised at tho senflltivoness which you and some of your sub-treasury orators have exhibited at the legitimate newspaper criticisms of your public acts. The "boycott," I believe, has been indulged in by some of you to punish certain newspapers for daring to give tho public information as to your transactions. Lot me admon ish you, and those who adopt you methods and tactics, that they will not win. The light will bo turned on, and you'will not be permitted to ply your so called "campaign o! education" behind barred doors, and iadulgo in calumnies and manufactured misrepresentations. The Alliance, as originally organized, was a roostcxcolbnt institution, calcul ated to work lncaculable benefits to the agrlculural classes. Many of tho best men in the county joined and sustained it with tins end L view; but a few self seeking politician got control of Its machinery and ar trying to convert it into a secret poiical organization, to he operated for tfeir own selfish cuds. All secret polital organizations are inimical to frectm of thought and action, and to thebcrties of the people. I trust you will ot succeed in your efforts to make tl Alliance apolitical machine, but that will move forward on the lines origklly intended by its loundcrs and stanun invincible obsti clo bolwcen tho lnlests of tho farmers and those who wot either oppress or mislead them. No, sir. I ha1 not indulged in abusivo epithets yards The Cotton Plant. I was amo the first contribu tors to that paper fore it fell into tho hands of those sonbf whom at least are prostituting its (irons to unworthy purposes. I wish he Cotton Plant every succesas, but mot withhold my expression" of conhpt for the uses to which i? 1? being farted. Very rc ? **"uy y<?"- \ c. ButleR. Driven to ??"l^iion. LONDON/ Sepl. 9.?Fi. y^e\G{ conns tho account of a horrlblvlraj,e(py. jy Jew naned Kaptan, drive ^ tie8r.cra tlon by an order to leave ltu^ ho nftV ^Uig bean deprived of a comfo. Di0 Dusi ne?? ly former decrees, first sl\ nl8 wjf0 and then one bv one his flvovuijrcn, lie afterwards killed himself. {aptan left a note stating the motive T tiie crimo, which was his desire to si^ ju9 family from othwlse inevitable rawtv> From other parts of Russia comes i.w8 of tragedies attendant on the failuri^j the harvest and tho consequent sullt tag and struggle for existence. Wim no cases of cannibalism have been rel ported, there havo l>een several cases of mysterious disappearance that aro at tributed to supposed cannibalism, and In Bessarabia the police are carefullv watching for evidence against persons under suspicion. Many suicides aro stated to have occurred among tho peas* nuti v, who, owing to a strong religious feeling, have been, as a rule, slow to commit this act. Thore is nothing re assuring In Russian advices, and tho prospect for the winter is too tcrriblo to contemplate. The Itat? to be Returned. Washington, Sept. 9.?Tho Itata is to be returned to the Chilean govern mcn, ir. accordance with tho terms of a compromise effected at a conference be twecn ex-Mayor Grace, of New York, and the Congressional representatives here, on the ono hand, and Secretary Tracy and Attorney General Millor on the other. It is an unconditional surren der of the vessel and a simple backdown on the part of the United States, though it is very generally agreed now that the Itata could not be held by tho United States. The terms of the agroement ?ro that the Chilean government is to pay the United States a sum equal to tho expense incurred in chasing ond capturing the Itata, and that the cose will be nolle pressed in the courts, and that then the vessel will be turned over to tho Chilean governmon. 8TOKE8 WOULO REPLY TO BUTLER. What Ha haa to Hay of the Senator'? Un wind *t loa. Columbia, 8. C Sept. 12.?The de nunciation of President Stokes, of tbe Farmer's Alliance, by Senator Butler, at Batesburg, has bo far gone unchal lenged, but yesterday tbe former passed through Columbia on his way home from j furry and Ueorgetown, aud he gave to the papers a written statement of his posit ion in the mutter, and it ap pears in the shupe of an interview, and is as follows: When asked about tho violent lan guage of Senator Butler at Batesburg on tue Oth, he said he had not had timo to read the proceedings carefully, but ho would do so and act as the circumstan ces seemed to justify. With present lights, however, it ap peared to him that Senator Bulle-, if correctly reported, was dealing in 'he cheapest sort of cheap gasconade when he denounced as liars all who said he had charged 40,000 farmers with being thieves nnd scoundrels. ?'Nobody, so far as 1 know," saiil Dr. Stokes, "has 9ver said any such thing, as will he seen by reading the whole matter in tho Cotton Plant of August 8, and following. It was merely a deduction by logical process from his language in the Prosperity debate, as reported by several papers, as a premise. "Ho now denies that premise, after so long a time, though he has written sev eral times on the subject, and has been Interviewed frequently. "But when he denies tho language it becomes a question, as Col. Watson for cibly drove it home to him at Batesburg, 'of evidenco.' "And how does the evidence stand V One one side three reputable newspaper reporters and a host of Intelligent, dis criminating eye witnesses. On the other side stand, Senator and stenographic report, which he had to correct in im portant particulars the day after the re port was published. "A fnil statement accompauicd by cer tificates of eye-witnesses will be pub lished at an early date, so that an intel ligent, discriminating public may de cide for themselves according to the evidence. "The public will scarcely be swayed from a righteous conclusion by any bull dozing or bluff methods." .Superintendent Talbert, of the State penitentiary, last evening gave the fol lowing bearing on the matter to other papers in tho State: "1 understood him to use the language attributed to him by Dr. Stokes, and the Now8 and Courier, viz: Out of three classes that borrowed, the third class would borrow at any per cent, and never intended to pay back. Those were the ones who wanted to borrow money sit 2 per cent., the natural deduction being that thev were dishonest. No one has said ho used tho words, 'thieves and scoundrels.' " Capt. Talbert was also present at the Batesburg meeting and says he hoard (Jen. Butler deny that ho used tlio lan guage, and said that ho would have re plied to it if ho had not been denied by the committee ot arrangements, who had it stated in tho outset that there would be but two speeches, and any in terruption of tho speakers would be ob jected to. He says, however, he will have more to say hereafter where more liberty of speech will be allowed, as there will be more places than one. ?Tho State._ EARTHQUAKE IN SAN SALVADOR. Entire Towuh nnd cities utteriv Wiped Out. Nkw Youk, Sept. 10.?A special cable dispatch to the Herald from San Salvador says: Millions of dollars worth of property and many lives ,vero des troyed in this republic by an earthquake yesterday. Whole towns were wiped out, and hardly a city in the country, except along the eoast. escaped the aw tul clfocts of the convulsions. There have been indications for sev eral days past that a disturbance of more than usual power might have been ex pected. At just five minutes before 2 o'clock yesterday morning the earth be gau to shake. The wave had a strong vertical and oscillatory moveinenit People rushed into the streets in ther. night clothes, and while the shock lasted only twenty seconds, before it had passed away, there was a panic-stricken mob making its way to the open country outside the city. The scene was terribly sublime. Men, women and children were weeping, shrieking and praying in the streets; walls of houses cracked, tottered and tell; there was a deep, continuous rumb ling, of heavy thunder; the sky was overcast and tho air was Idled with a fine, penetrating dust. While it lasted, the earth rose and fell in long waves, and strong men were unable to keep their feet. Tho panic-stricken people flocked to the open ground outside the civy; temporary shelters were thrown up wherever possible, but nearly all the men and many of tho women and children had'only the sky for a cover. All through the morning there have . ecu slight shocks, but none approach lng the intensity of that which bad been so destructive. Tho inhabitants are afraid to return to their houses, and are making thcnisolves as comfortable as possible in their temporary camps. President Kzta Is doing everything he enn to stop the panic, and to make it as comforiablo as possible for them until it is considered safe for them to go back to their homes. The towns throughout the country have Buffered more severely than tiro capital, even. Annhpiitc baa been com pletely destroyed. Cojutcpcque, Zanta Tecln, Nan Pedro nnd Masnhuct were so badly shaken that they nre practically ruined, while the shock wns plainly lelt and damage was done by it at Santa Anna nnd Susiintepeque, fully sixty miles from here. it is impossible, at this writing, lo G|)nn any idea as to the number of lives Vhich have been lost. No people were Klled hero, though there were many mraculOUS escapes from death. It is fefved. however, that there have been ma.y Dcoplo killed in tho smaller towns. Thdloss of property will run well into the f.illions. The Demon of the FhUm, NlAlAUA FALLS, Sept. 10.?A strange committed suicide by jumping into th rivers from Luna Island this iftcmoo,. Ho accosted two gen ? lernen ayiner. "it looks as though ono could iwcr gctout," and in a few minutes sf?tl, "i m going to try it." The., at tested t Rcizo him, but before they cout| reachiim, ho dollbcratcly jumped into he riv?Y nnd was soon carried over tho fab,, Twohour^tcr an elegantly dressed young womru about 20 years old, jumped uto th fiver at Prospect park. A Mr. Kein ,o. Philadelphia, aged 70, jumped in \o rcsl0 bor, nnd 8UCC0? ded In grasping her imd; Sho resisted, nnd it was only by i. efforts ot a police man that *hc was ayed. The woman smiled us tho OUrw caught her, and was soon carried wcr tho American falls. It is rumoredthat two met in a boat from Chippews.wcrc drawn into tho current and carrli over the Can adian falls about 0 o'cl^. Tub Augusta Cbromjo admits that "the returns so far indie*,0 that South Carolina has beaten the Keord and sur passed all Southern si..,n ; , n tho amount of cotton consumed" uid says that "If this estimate is verrtt-d by fuller reports tha Chranielp will J?-in in, cODgratulatiig Carolina upon the gt*at strides in <ottbn spinning." But tv adds: "it tfiust still be noted that Georgia has 481,983 spindles and Caro lina only 403034 spludlesi This would indicate a dlsjfopancy in'tho JNew Or leans report." RATHER FAR-FETCHED. A BUTLER-TILLMAN COMBINATION SUGGESTED. What nn Obiervaut Mpecttitor Suw ai Lanliaiu??*'l'utt Idk Tm? ami Two To Riillinr," He Foraicou a lCtorxunlr.a ' i..11 ?if the "Ii..mil. ?ui Kleiueut." BPGBFIBLPtB. Oj Sept. 9.? KghOPg of Ltit- J.annum Springs barbaeue last Fri day are reverheratinjr throughout this section, and thoso who watched things carefully believo that an Important, po litic d deal has been mado, anyway, what politics there was in it is being quietly discussed by thoso who were present, It will bo remembered that among the distinguished guests present wero Governor Tillma:i, Senator Butler und Congressman Tiliman. This In It* sell is nut especially significant unless the fact is considered that Congressman Tiliman nnd'Senator Untier werealways together, holding littlo private conver sations with each other. A gentleman who noticed all these little things put them together and drew some conclusions and ho unbttr ?Joned himself to a World correspondent. He thoiigiit these continual private con fabs looked a littlo suspicious, because tho Butlen and Tlllmans have not al ways been so friendly. Thoy have never been enemies, but Congressman Tiliman ami Senator Butler wore never seen stick tug together like brothers bo fore. "After all this hobnobbing," the gentleman with one. oye to politics con tinued, "did you notice that every time Geuerttl Capers referred to the heroic valor of Lieutenant James Tiliman in the late war, how Sonaior Butler would npplat-d and pound tho Moor with his cane like he meant to punch a hole through It?" ".Now what do you think," tho gentle man went on, "of (Jovernor Tiliman calling Senator Butler away from the pavilliori, going to it oarriage and re maining there in close and confidential conversation for some time? Their man ner of talking and the expression of their faces did not lead one to believe that I hey were talking either about, the rain or the crop conditions, or what cotton would bring fall. "Several years age Senator Butler, in a speech in the upper part of the State, asked very derisively: 'Who is this man Hen Tiliman ?' Last year at tho Lees villo commencement, too, ho had a trreat deal to say about tho Shell mani festo and the debauching and bambooz ling business. Taking theso things in to consideration, does it not also seem curious that theso two should be hob nobbing in that carriage?" > "Being asked what it all meant, tho gentleman replied that in his opinion the governor and the Senator were mak ing a kind of combination whereby the governor will not contest for tho sena torship, and ? he senator on his part will strive to get tho former anti-Tillman ites, now llnskellites, to support Tili man, and with this combination they think they e m beat the sub-treasury scheme. "1 expect that (Jovernor Tiliman has found that Talbert and Stokes wero about to down him on tho sub-treasury, ami that he was forced to patch up a treaty of peace with tho ring he smashed, and it didn't look as if Senator Butler would ho averse to being in on the 'ground lloor' when the pipe of peace was smoked. "Uesidesall this," the gentleman re marked further, "a relative of Congress man Tiliman and tho governor told me 'the Tlllmans and Butler are now all right.' "Have you not noticed that The State, in Columbia, has kinder let tip on Tili man, and in fact has not said anything about him lor sometime, and that it has been giving Talbert and Stokes more attention than Tiliman? Who knows but what the administration will yet se cure an organ. Think of The State, founded to light the administration, be coming the organ of tho 'Dominant element.'" "But don't you think, if such a com bination was made or talked about, ? hat it would practically shut (Jovernor Till man out of the United States senate if be should want to go there, as has been claimed by some newspapers?" was asked. "Not necessarily so," said tho gentle men. "Tiliman is an ungrateful man and after his re election would not, I think, hesitate to become a candidate for the United States senate against Senator Butler. When tho time came, if he thought he could bo elected, he would enter tho race. Should the gov ernor be elected he would simply pay the senator back for his treatment of Gen. M. W.Gary,whose confidence Sen ator Butler enjoyed, lie knew that General Uary would be a candidate for that position In 1S7I5. That it would bo poetical justice for General (Jury's lirst lieutenant in 1870to avenge the wrongs done to his chief." "Is there any more in this 'all round deal' than (Jovernor Tiliman,Congress man Tiliman and Senator Butler?" asked the correspondent. "I don't know,' remarked the speaker. "I saw Solicitor Nelson communing with tho Tlllmans und Senator llutler. but whether he is'in it'or not, I do not know. But it is strange to see him over here when he should have been at home preparing for court, which will convene there Monday September 7. 1 suppose the combine will include all of tho pres ent, state, olllcers, and all the former op position who havo any influence, for they will need all tho help they can get." This is what an observant gentleman thought, aud it is given as nearly in his own words as possible. Whether his suppositions are true or not only time can tell.-Charleston World. Tlio Htorv Ih Not True. Columbia, s.o.,Sept. 11.?Judas ls cariot. anil the Giant Poodle of tho Press are hard at work Irving to manu facture a sensation. In fine of the dal lies of Charleston this morning appears an article entitled ?Far-Fetched," in which an "observant spectator," a Re porter, snd "those who watched things carefully" ventilate their views and state the facts about a "deal" and com bination between (lovernor Tilhnan, Congressman Tillman, and Senator Unt ier, and also tho prospective adoption of an organ. (iovernor Tilhnan does not talk for publication on ninety-nine out of a hun dred, canards that llnd their way Into the press, but his attention being called to the article (the indelinito article) in tho Kx-Tillmonlcan. ho did say some thing for a fact. "I think It is so far-fetehed," ho said, "that nobody in lOdgelield, and very low anywhere, will consider it anything but a lame attempt to create prejudice against me in t he Alliance, as the world has been trying to do for some months. Con. 1 hitler and I had no private con versation in a carriage at Kdgelield or elsewhere. We met as friends, as our relations have always been pleasant, and as special guests of the Capers Light infantry. There is nothing at all strange in the meeting of the Sena tor, my brother and myself at I.anham's Spring, Merriwether Township being the home of two of us and my brother I living in an adjoining township. I am : too busy attending to my duties as (lovernor to be thinking of political [ combinations for next year's campaign. My Alliance friends and I understand each other." The Klnotograph had bet ter try again.- Nows and Courier. (1 kn. T. M. Ha it iTisT?f West Virginia, a renegade who served in the Federal Armv in the late war, and who "was a member of the conrtmartlal which in vestigated the death of Lincoln and condemned Mrs. Hurratt," has written a book for publication, it is announced, *u which he "boldly assorts" that Presl d'vt Davis and certain members of his Cablet "wero interested in and en couragwi the assassination of Lincoln." 1II arris is nfter filthy luoro. , iv; v;', v * ?.' \. '?',:.V. / THE ALLIANCE A POWER. Mkelv to Wield Greut Iu Uatnc? In lit Virzin!? < '.?m i> ilgu. Richmond, Va., Sept. v.?Tho Democratic Suites committee will meet hero In a few day* to decide upon what policy hhall be pursued toward the Farmers' Alliance in the legislative campaign. This question is a difficult aud uico one to determine. The Democratic leaders concede thut the indications tire thut the Allinnce will develop a great deal of strength in this light. How much, they nre not prepared to say, bat it seems very prob able that unless Rome definite arrange ments can be matte with them by the Democrats, the Alliance will have a decided majority of the Legislature elected m November. They have al ready nominated candidates for tin: House of Delegaten in many of tho counties, and these they a?k the Demo crats to endorse. Before doiug this the local organizations are waiting for tho State committee to commit itself ou that point. The question that presents Used is, if the Democrats ?hall ondorso all candidates, whether the latter will pledge themselves, iu the event of their elec tion, to go into the Democratic Legis lature caucus. Possibly they would make no such pledges in advance of be ing informed just how that party pro posed to act ou the railway commission aud other per. ?ncasuri.s of the Order. Some of the Democratic leaders favor the. party endorsing the Alliance candi dates ou the condition named. Others, anticipating the objection which they may raise to such a course, think it might be the part of wisdom to endorse the Farmers' candidates without such a condition. One of the most interesting features of this campaign is the result it mny have on the election ot Senator Daniel's successor. Nearly all of the Alliance leaders say they lavor Major Daniels's re-election, and it is certain that if bo will ngree to the terms of their platlorni there will be no obstacle in the way of that gentleman's securing nnolhor term in the Senate. The fear seems to be, though, that these conditions may be exacted; if they nre. it is not thought that the young Virginia Senator could accede to them. Alliance leaders have, however, lime and again declared that Daniel would have no opposition from their side. The members of the Order who might be supposed to have aspira tions for the Senatorship have declared repeatedly that they would not be in the Held. Still they have never been tempt ed with the offer of the prize. The Democratic State committee, when it meets nero, will consider all these com plication and agree on a line of party policy._ TILLMAN'S CHOICE IS CAMPBELL. B?ya it Ho Wtua in onto ito win Ho Next President. Columbia, s. c, Sept. u.?a few tlays ago Gov. Tilhnan received the fol lowing from Chairman Neal of the State Democratic Executive Committee, of the State of Ohio: COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sept. 8, 1801. Governor IL R. Tilhnan, Columbia, S.C.: My dear Sin?The Democratic par ty of the Stato of Ohio is just entering upon the greatest struggle in its his tory. Ry the nomination of Hon. Wil liam McKinley, Jr., tho Republicans have squarely endorsed the tarilT law, of which lie is author, and thus they have made tho great issue before the people?that of tarilT reform. Wo glad ly take un the gage of war. With the chief apostle of protection as the stand ard-bearer of t heir party, Ohio becomes this year the great national battle ground upon which is to be fought the fiercest preliminary struggle of 1802. With such vital interests at stake, with so much that is dear to the people de pending upon tho result, we expect tho sympathy and encouragement of the Democrats of every State In the Union. It is our desire, and the wish of Govern or Campbell and the other candidates on the Slate ticket, to hold the great rally of the campaign on Tuesday, Oc tober 6th, to be known as "The Govern ors' Meeting," and addressed by the Democratic governors of every State. It will be heltl in the capitol building, and will bo the greatest political moot ing ever gathered on the soil of Ohio. We earnestly and cordially Invite you to give greeting to our people and to tell them how their cause is being up held throughout oar common country. We shall expect you ami welcome you with open arms. "Will you comeV Every attention will bo given your comfort, and convenience. Von will not bo quartered at a hotel, but enter tained at the homes of tho hospitable citizens of Columbus. Awaiting an early reply, we remain most sincerely, JAMU8 B. NlSAL, S. C. COLB, Secretary. Chairman. Yesterday he replied sis follows. Columbia, Sept. 0,1801. [Ion. .Limes F?. Neal, Columbus, Ohio: My DKATt Sik?Your letter of Sep tember :id, inviting ino to attend si "grand Democratic rally" on the llth of October, at the capital Of Ohio, is re ceived. 1 realize fully the Importance of the contest being waged between "Democracy" and Republicanism in your State this year, and would glsully lend any aid in my power to secure the re-election of Governor Campbell. If he is victorious and God grant he may be ?he will be the next President of tho United States. The South in general, and South Carolina iu particular, has grown disgusted with the "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain" of Now York's greedy politicians, by which the national "Democracy" has moro than once been betrayed, because of corrupt bargains in the struggle for supremacy in New York city's munici pal election. We long for a candidate who breathes a pure political atmos phere, and will rejoice if Ohio shall fur nish the man. I rogret my olllcial du ties will not permit me to bo with you on the day mentioned, in person, but I will bo there In spirit, and bid you God speed in your glorious light. Thanking you for your courtesy, I am very respectfully, Ii. R. TlLLMAN, Governor South Carolina. PIhiioh Hiiti OrcaiiH, N. W. TltUMP, 134 Main Street Co lumbia, S. O, sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Chickering l'lano. Mathushok Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlln Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & ! I am I iu Organs surpassed by none. Ster ling Organs, #50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factorv. Sold on Instalments. It is reported that when Rlaine was urged to invite the President to visit liar Harbor, he said that he would do it but for one thing. Asked what that one thing was, ho answered: "I'm afraid that he'd come and bring that awful boy with him. I could stand tho old man, but that boy would kill me. 1 should, like the heroine in the melo drama, lie constantly exclaiming; 'Take it away! Take it away!'" THE Lancau er County alllanco re cently adopted a insolation that in 1802 they would i-lant only ten acres of cot ton to the horse, antl at a mat<s mooting of the AUIancomen and other farmers, held in Camdon, similar resolutions wero adopted. All cotton planters iojthe country wero requested to co-operate. If this plan was adopted all over the South there would be a groat improve ment in the price of cotton. If as much attention were paid to the solence of cooking as there is to tho art of dancing, marriage would be more of a success than it is, FULLY THKcE THOUSANO PERISH. Appalling Low of Life l?> The Flood-, lu Sc.?in. Mai.Kin. Sent. 10.?Newa sh.wly coming iu from the SuUtli <?t Spain re port* the damage by reason ot the t x traordinai v floods hi that Motion a* tn - lng general. The lo>s ol property i? something enormous, aud everywhere railway trnius liuve i)eeu derailed and the roads blocked. The lacuvrro detail* thus tar received from the 1'rovinco ol Toledo give harrowing accounts of lite exteut and phenomena ol the overwhelm* mg calasiropho which ban befallen the province. So sudden was the breaking forth of the waters that lu number less instau es the uufortunate people were drowned before they could leave their beds. Strong bodies of laborers, UwslslOil by troops, are. worklug night aud day to re cover the bodies of those drownod or crushed to death, but up to Hie pit-sent lime only 400 ot the bodies ol tho mis-s ing thousands have been secured. The viutage aud the corn crops of the dis tressed district have been totally de stroyed, so that poverty und hunger must follow iu the wake of this frightful visitation. TwO-thirds ot the town of Consuegru, iu Toledo, with u population of 7,000, has been tlestl'OWOd bv the Hoods. Five hundred houses have bceu destroyed at Almerla. Itiscerluii that lully 2,000 people have lost their lives by the floods. Hosts of corpses remain uuburicd, and, because ol the great heat, an epidemic is feared. Famine is caus ing many lo engage in plunder. The government is striving to Iced the des titute. The town of Consucgra is ruined and the police are preventing pillage. The burials ot tho victims are proceeding amid scenes or mourniug aud mlscrv. It is thought that f>,000 bead of horses and cattle were drowned. The town ol Alincriu is in absolute darkness, the Hoods having covered the electric light and gas works. Throughout the whole Hooded region there are reports of In creasing misery, destitution und waste. The. mayor olConsuegra estimates the number of people destroyed there at 3,000. In many places liinbs were found separated from bodies. The ollicers have telegraphed for lime to prevent disease. The (juccn Regent has started a sub scription on a large scale for the benefit of tho sufferers, and many subscribers, including the Bank of Spain, have joined her in largo donations. Tho scenes dur ing the Hood at Consucgra were awful. Piteous cries came from the drowning, for whom there was no assistance. Sixty corpses were found in a public hall, where tho victims, in the midst of a wedding Jf'enst had been overtaken by the Hood. Ho Hioil for I,ovo. Charleston, s. C, Sept. s.?Moses Uaumgarten, a well known newspaper man, killed himself this afternoon by taking a dose of cyanide of potassium. The ileed was very deliberate. Aller dining at his boarding house, he rose from the table with nn excuse, went to his room and an half hour later was found dead in bed, undressed, with his clothing laid on a chair beside the bed. BauingarlOU, who was only 20 years old, came here from Charlotte. North Carolina, his father residing there now, nnd had a position on the Charleston World as prool reader. He also occa sionally assisted a King street photo grapher In his business and thus came n possession ol the deadly drug. It is said that the suicide was caused by des pondency, caused partly by notice of discharge from his position and princi pally by disappointment in love. It is said he was engaged secretly to a young lady' in Chester county, and that Ute two were to be privately married on next Friday night. A day or two ago he re ceived a letter from his fiance stating that the marriage would not take place. This, it is supposed, led to the suicide, lie left no explanation behind him. A jury composed ol his friends rendered a verdict ot'deatli from unknown causes. ?Greenville News. A ChooUy niurilorur. Memphis, Sept. 11.?-The remarkable spectacle of a murderer sitting on a coroner's jurv holding an inquest over the body of his victim was witnessed in Forst Pickering yesterday. Lev! 11 HI, a burly negro, boat a woman to death, and in tho nope of hiding his crime, informed the coroner that he had found a woman dead. Hill was on the coroner's jury, but the investigation had not proceeded far before the real mur derer was discovered, and Hill was sent to jail without bail. Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of Sa vannah, Ca., says he had Itheumatlsm so bad 11nit he could not move from the bed or dress without help, ami that he tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the use of I*. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Hoot, and Potas sium), and two bottles restored him to health. The Washington correspondent ol The St. Louis Republic, says Mills and Crisp are the only two candidates who are seriously considered for the speaker* I ship. SEN J IN ALL THE ARMY RECORDS. C"rl?* 1*1114'? U'?r Hrpxritu'iit Mu>l ii ?V? 'i In.in at Oaee. COLUMBIA, K.C.Sept. 11 ?It scuts that, notwithstanding all belief tu im* coi.trar., ?nw gall int soldiers who la d ? io*n t'.eii lives lor the lost cause, and who fought bravely ror Hare tage* their jtistduos. Recently TheState published a number of requests from the war re e ifiis* office of in? War Department of the government, and niueh information whs consequently ohtaituHl. Yestoiduy the assistaut adjutant gen eral reCelVt-d a circular frciu the "War Department publieatiou olllee, war records 18ul*no." It recounts the pro* Visiuos 01 in?- ?et of June 83, 1H71, pro* vidlug for the publication and eo lee tloil of too Coll l e I? rate records. The sigmr auuouuces hit appointment iu lSTS, and his mi; toss so f ar. i n? elroular en*,eludes i aus; From tbe.M pipers, .um a i icgo Hum her of others previously in tae poshes* sion of tu.-<ii paitin-in, forty volume-) have, up ?o this dale (Noveuider, 18b'??), ?wwii publi8 led b> authorit*. of Congress and o! tii-is win noon be i galled, ami the compilation and publication w:h con tinue until all are published. K is, therefore, important that, the War De partment should he placed in possession of all Confederate military papers, books and records widen arc extant and which may be valuable in illustrating the nature of the great s' i ugg le from which the country uas emerged so as to put them in print, lu order to preserve them precisely as they are for historical use. It will, of course, be impossible to in,ike this publication complete it any of the records are withheld from the govern ment; besides, such action would be unjust to the actors in this great strug gle by depriving them of their proper place in history. While the most important large col lections of Confederate papers have been obtained, it is known that many very valuable papers are still in the hands of persons who have not yet been I reached; and as these are important to a full and complete history of the Con federate armies, it is hoped that none will be withheld but that all parties having custody of such papers will submit them for the examination of the ollicer charged with the publication of the Official Records of tho War of the Rebellion. ! To persbns having such records and not desiring to part with their owner ship, but who are willing to have their contents preserved and made public, 1 am authorized to say that if delivered to this olllee for the purpose above indi cated, they will be duly returned to the owners. Packages of papers too large to send conveniently by .mail may lie sent by express at the expense of tho depart ment. All packages of letters should be addressed to me as indicated at the head of this circular. MARCUS J . Witmii r, Agent of the War Department, ate lirig. Geil. C. IS. A. Approved: Ueo. U Davis, Maj. and .Judge Advocate IT, S. A., in enarge. The following letter, which is of in tererst, accompanies the circular: My DlSAH Sin: 1 have seen by the paper that Col. Zimmerman Davis has sent to you a roster of the field ollicers of the Fifth South Carolina Cavalry. 1 would like to have a copy or" it. *1 was a brigadier general in the Confed erate army and am collecting records tor publication in the War Records publication. I refer to (Jen. Wade Hampton and (Jen. M. C. Ruller, both of whom know me. l'lease give me the address of Col. /.. Davis. Very truly yours, MAUOUS .1. WUKIllT. The adjutant general yesterday re ceived a letter from Mrs. Clementina L. l.egge, of Charleston, returning a brief sketch of the record of her late husband Dient. Col. George W. 11. Legge, of the Fifth Regiment of South Carolina infantry Volunteers. All tho records of South Carolina's I brave heroes should be in tills publica I lion.- -The State. j THE LAU KENS BAR. 11, T. SIMPSON, attorney at law. la JitRNa. _"? ?lSL J . T. J o U SION. tf.lt. R10MB JOHNSON * KICH1SY attorneys at i..1 w. OrriCB?Fleming's Corner, Northwou sido of Publlo Square. LAURBNM, II., - ft.d._ " BAL L B A L D, AtTtnniTi at Law, LAURliNS, - - - ? 8. C. o?t. Sm W. W. KUMNHOT. AT t#rtN kt AT I.att Al>??ial ?tltoutlnu glvtll to tho ItlVMti ?{?ileu of i Itles. Laurent 0. H. 0. April KENNEDY BROS UNDERTAKES NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - ? ? LAURENS, t. C Over KENNEDY BROS., .Store. Keep constantly on hand n large assortment of Coflins and Caskets oth Wood and Mctalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse tent when desired, viyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to I. M Robertson. W. If. G1BBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOLE AGENTS for LiDDEL & CO. also [ m: \ i.i' RA IN Engin?? of neariaii make, bcomotiv? and Tubular Boilers, Trsstlon a ml oth er Mounted P.iigliiea of the boat and Intent improved style, Haw Mills, (. riKt Mills* (ilria, Hob? Cotton Presses, Shingle Machines, l'hilnern und Wood Working Ma chinery, lirlok Machinery. Cotton Meed Oil outfits, &0. 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The work of revision occupied over ton years, moro than a hundred edi tor! i\l lahorers having: been employ ed, and over $300,000 expended before the first oopy was printed* 60LD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. a Pamphlet of specimen pases, illnstrationi, testimonials,etc., sent freo by tho publishers. Cantlon is needed in purchasing a dictionary, as photographic reprints of an obsolete and com paratively worthiest, edition of Webster aro be inc marketed undor various names and ofton by misrepresentation. GET THE BEST Tho International, which bears tho imprint of G. &. C. MERRIAM *, CO., PUBLISHERS. SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. U.S.A. W. H. MAHTIX, ATTOKNMT at LAW. La 11 naus.j, - - 8. ('? DO YOU WISH TO lki: IIOSN ???' Vol K 4>W.v l\ IIOUN 1-2. TliKN BUY THK THOMAS STEAM PKKSS AND SEED COTTON ELEVATOR. It Is tho most perfect system lu use. un loading cotton from wagons, cleaning and delivering it Into gins or stalls. Cotton docs not pass through fan and press re quires no pulley nor bolts, it saves tune und money, talbott & sons' ENGINES AN i) BOILERS, STATION AKY AND PORTABLE. OLD DO TALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IMPROYKB FRICTION AND ROPE FEED ?juo TO guoo LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT TON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. We offer Saw Mill Men and Glnnurs the most complete outlits that ean Ih* bought and at bottom prices. V. C. BAD HAM, CKNKKAL AGENT. i lor.UMKiA s. i.\ TBE TALBOTT ENGINE is :UK BEST Fob 19-1 v. OKI! c;i*:.vr B?i:as smm'.iij isv A?!TIIAI< Ti:s'l'. -:o: At the gin of Mr. F. 11. Roberts in Rich land County, just before starling his Sailor Elevator one hale had been ginned by the old method, .lust after starting the Elova tor another bale was ginned from the same pile. Without knowing this fad the cotton buyer offered one cent per pound more for the halo ginned with tho use or the Eleva tor. Rend the statements of the hujer ami seller: COPY. This Will certify that of two samples of cotton offered us today by Mr. Itowan Kose the market, value of one exceeded that Of the other by one cent per pound. I Signed.) 11). URAWFORI) ? SON'S. COPY. Thiss will certify that the two hales of cotton Offered nsallOVO were both from the same pile of seed cotton, ami ginned in the KAinogin. Ono was carried lo the gin in baskets ami one through the Sailor Seed (iotton Elevator, (Signed.) J. R. ROSE. The best Gins. Presses, I?. leva tore. Engines mid the best machinery of all kimIs, for sale by W. it. Gl R ii ks, .In.. & CO.. Columbia, s. c. Leesville College. CO-EDUCATIONAL. PRIMARY, ACADEMIC, COLLEGL L ATE and COMMERCIAL COURSE! Vocal and Instrumental Music, Art, Elocu tion, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cut ting, Domestic Economy, Weekly Bible Studies. Nine teachers. Enrollment, last yonr ist). Pupils from Ihirreon counties. Strong moral and roligous inlluonce, No bnr room nearer than seven miles. Healthful location, 700 feet above the level of the sea, 400 feet above Columbia, 128 feet above Alken. Elegant building. Young ladies can board with the President. Only College in the State that makes pro vision for young ladies to reduce expenses by doing domestic work. Seventeen young ladles aided this way last year. Expenses for literary course and board for ten months. $1()<? to ?1 :',(>; music, *30; bookkeep ing, $20. Next session opens September 23d. For catalogue address L. II. 11 AYNES, A. M.f President, Scp ()-3mos Leesville, s. c. College for Women. COLUMBIA. S C. Second soholastlo year begins Septembei :??, 1801. Full corps of Professors and Teachers in Academic, Collegiate, ?i usic, Art and Medical Departments. Youiik ladles iniemliiig to prepare for tho Medics' Profession will find it to their interest U take the one year's Preliminary Course it. Medicine at this COllegO. Most heautlfth grounds and comfortable home in the South. For circular and catalogue, apply to the President. REV, Wm. U.ATKINSON, I). 1). Aug-'J a I.I TP MAN liKO'v, Wholesale DlftfUtS, Sola Proprietors, Llppman'a Uloek, Savannah, 0t \ i1 O? f'.h Th Vf \?AV KlU \l.A?N U KKPfevVlVT' o OO UtrX UgJjAV, ' Si t.iKK Whiuiik !???-: to IHVtf. Witte '<>r ("nt i'o^ ? ?'??*. ?ml uiy wh.. |m\pfi JIIHMIM tin* i Wertis-in -lit to. ^ t.i vi ii-vi (Jt&l j sk'i fv< r>thlUK uu* , !?????.- u fuintsliinc it >i<-im ? iur.iiutai.,uii-. Mm: "XHOt? tmii'.'s and ><iy?n< others In th* :lar>*.est iKNttlbtv K*to, *hlcl. i?iinob?!? mw to wine i?ut Ait cuoipetitlon. UKKKAKKA Kfc;v\ Of ViV bi.ViVl Li NU llAKUAlNb ' A Nu. 7 KUt U*|> Ouugku* Stov?\ tuiil size, 16x17 UlUh o.a.i.. QUeu ? Uli it pieCUbj ot ware, aelivenu- dl yuui own ueuot, ?'1 lielglil .Inline- pUlO l)J vile, foi 01)1*, 'i'WWlVf ?OIIUO?. Ag&IU, 1 vVlil sell j UU H ? Hole LouWlK Kaugt; ijxio .in. Ii uvuu, ItfxJu iuv.ii to*, ui U ii .1 i ii :. i .I lV*li, ?Ol ! 'II? 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VVulIlttl .nil:.. .', T.OU Luco ourluius i>ui window, l.ui> 1 cannot dcsuiiuu evei> hum. in a oinail tutvoitisenioul, but uuvw uu liiuiUJUtM Mm. iituiniug i>iiu loot ol Uooi loom, wtlli ware houses und luctory buildtiitsia oiiin at is ol Augustu, waxing iu Ali lliw tor* goal busluesd ?I Uns Kinn uudoi lov hum agoiuwnt in iho soutnoru ouuo?. i m? itoroauna warehouses are oovwaud witn (?ho cueieosi productions u? uu, ou.it tucue ries. My caluloguoouniuiuuii; illustrating Ol floods will Oo untiled iL you win mihiij i?j whoio jrun saw tbtbAUvvrtioouiout. i puy tieight. AtUtiinvt, L F. PA?titTT, Ifiuprietur I'adgoU'H bnuiituro, btovij in i.l CiULK-thtOIO, uio-niu Brvntl ?lreot, AUUUbTA, da _.!HEO ? ma AND WOMAN. P I' *'?l purify mi<1 vttall/f your l>'ivi i.. r -ui ii l">?hI npin IHentnl Kltttyuur .-. Ii.ii.-vv?11 in ?cnui an . <ir?'iit;tli. .. iH .in i,'-nt riiilroutl .ii,- -ilii(i*inV>nthi ?'.isi. 'h.mnlVrliiK witli '?' ln*i t-ii i .ui.-' Kiu'iiutAtlMn auj i ^ : '. iiuvit fultw)wi?U In !?.? iifi. in I fil i .. i id could liv.ifv. i ?? ?|.| Hi ? o-: I. p. P." !f ? "Hi um tlnxl out ft .? nnu .?;.i*i- ('iiiitlimuioiit, iui:i> ?5.; ?/?;n f 1 ?. P. P. If yon uro -ftviliHi? Iftlly In tho ?prlng J and out ot soi ls, IhUh P. P. P. i I Ir j itur dlittwUvii ornmuneod toutng ni>, \ i uiVo 1 P. P. P. \'f If v .a niiflVr wllhhi'Adaeho, liullK*>?tlon, 4 ijohifity iiiul woukm*iM, tuk? I P. P. P. If yon niiffi-r \rltli i itvoih prostraUott, ?' tinrvtm tiiiatrunx mid n k.-ikmhi lut ttown ?( ol' tho tiyutuui, lAkii I P. P. P. Tor Blooil Poison, lUiPUtnatUm, 8crof- & ??( ula, old Sonvs, M.iinnn, Cbronto Foxrudo R I p. p. p. I Prickly Ash, Poke Root I and Potassium. j? Tins l>o?t lilivi.1 imriflVr in tho world. MITMAN imoR, Whotoaal* Druggtsts, Hol? l'r?>|iri."t(irft, LirPMAN'h Huick. SaviuaiAh, Oa. TUB LAUGEST STOCK. MOST SK1LLKI) WOUKMBN, LOWKST PRICK?, S?ntb Carolina Marble Works. f. H. HYATT. !Pie<ivitiirr4>n. Is the lin-d plrt?n in South L'Hio|lna oi Hunt lift ii States to HUOtira snlisf&ctiun in Anu'ilciui untl Italian Marble Woik. All kinds of Cemetery Work! a speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMlirfTS, Ac. Send lor price*and full iuforiuatlon. F. H. HYATT Aprils ly COLUMBIA, S. C. First Glass Work. V ery Low Prices. Dllffgles, Catrlat(i*S, Read Carts, Wagons, iU:.. \\ arranted Hecond to none. inquire o acaroNt dualer in thet-e goods, in send for Catalogue?Mentioning tin papor. 14 ? L L E H ? ANDERSOM BIJOUY CO., ROCK HIM.. S IV, Advice to Women If you yvould protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Sc;int)L Suppressed or Irregular Mei>> strualion you must use BRADFIELD'S ? FEMALE 1 REGULATOR j OAiiranaviLi.B, April isi, ihsb. Thl? will certify thftt two mvinticrH of my IniHiedlAte fatnUy, niter llAVlDR nnlToreil fwr ir.ii. from .'i oiiMlro it I ? i i < ii I ii i i < >, boing trenWd without bonofltby ^yaiolnM, were lit K'liKtl) coiniilutoly ctirtvi by onu Im)(Iu< of Urnd<leld,n 1'emnlo IC?Kiilator. lu effect la truly wonderful. j. w. >>i iia.nok. Hook to " WOMAN " ninlltvfl KflRK, whloh i. jiialn. TiUualilii Infoi niallon on oil fcnmlu iU*CA5ot. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. atlanta, oa.