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BLACKVILLE IN ASHES.
Two-Thirds of the Town Burned-The
Inhabitants in Want of Food
and Clothing.
BLav:.LL. March 16.-Two
thirds of tile town of Blackville, in
cluding the entire business portion,
was destroyed by fire this afternoon.
The fire originated about 1 o'clock
in rear of the general merchandise
store of P. W. Farrell, and before it
was discovered it had gained consid
erable headway. The entire town
turned out and worked heroically,
but notwithstanding their efforts in a
remarkable short time it had spred:1
to adjoining buildings, and in les
than half an hour almost the entire
town was one mass of flames. In
two hours almost the entire town
East of the railroad was one mass of
ashes, twenty-seven houses having
been consumed. The loss is esti
mated at $200,000; insurance about
$50,000. Many people are homeless
and without clothes or furniture, as
even what was put out of the houses
was burned in the street, broken or
stolen, as the town was soon filled
with negroes from the country, who
helped some but plundered as well.
THE DAY AFTER THE TERRIBLE CON
FLAGRATION.
Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.
BLACKILu:, March 17.-No pen
can possibly portray the picture of
utter desolation that prevails here
to-night. At this hour, 9 P. M.,
deathlike stillness pervades the en
tire place. Every one has retired,
some in residences, many of those
having to sleep on naked floors,
while others are resting in barns,
stables, &c. The inhabitants are so
much fatigued after their heroic work
all day yesterday and last night that
they are content to rest their weary
bodies in almost any place covered
by a roof. Many have retired hun
gry, there being a scarcity of food,
and with few exceptions they are
sleeping with no cover save the roofs
of the houses. One hundred and
twenty-five people are homeless and
without either clothing or food of any
kind. They are certainly in a de
plorable condition and need assist
ance at once. Anything in the line
of clothing, covering or food will be
acceptable. Those whose houses es
caped the flames have done all in
their power to relieve tie suffering of
others. having tLeir houses filled from
garret to cellar. But the houses are
* so few they are unable to hold all,
making it necessary for others to rest
in barns, &c., as above mentioned.
The entire portion of the town
south of the railroad, with the excep
tion of two or three small houses in
the extreme western p)ortion, is one
mass of ashes. There only remain
some fifty or sixty chirimeys stand
ing like tombstones to mark the last
resting place of what was once known
as the thriving little town of Black
ville. No wonder the inhabitants
are grieved, for there was not a more
thriving town along the whole line of
the South Carolina Railway than
Blackville. Her merchants were pro
giessive and enterprising, and the
town was rapidly growing. But with
such merchants, although their hopes
are blighted for the present, with
some assistance from surrounding
towns and cities, I am confident they,
will overcome present embarrassment
and in the course of a few monthsI
Blackville will be even larger than;
before the fire swept away three
fourths of the entire town, including
most of the business portion. Even
tc -ay, notwithstanding the sufTering
ot many, the matter of rebuilding has
been discussed, and with only few
exceptions merchants have expressed
their determination to rebuild at once.
The general supposition to-day is
that the fire originated from a spark
fiomn an engine alighting on a roof of
P. W. Farrell's store, which was soon
fanned into a blaze by the southeast
wind. Thus in a few minutes the
entire town was one mass of flames.
-Pope residing some distance south
ofterailway track came up to help
save goods from tile stores, and while
absent, so quick did the flames spread.
their houses were consumed, they not
being able to save a single garment.
Mrs. Hlaygood's house, e quarter of
a mile from where the fire started,
caught from sparks being carried
that distance by the gale and was
razed to tile ground, together with
the outhouses, ba:rns, &c.
Some few goods were carried out
of tbe stores on the east side, but
the pYeat was so great that they caught
and were en.nsamed in the streets.
Only three or four houses in the
eYtreme~ west and eigit small stores
with a few residences on the north
side of the railroad track escaped the
fury of the flames. Whben all had
been consumed within reach of the
flames the inhabitants stood around
in small groups entirely bewildered.
But in a few moments they compre
hended the situation, and made the
best of circumstances by retiring to
rest in all convenient places, includ
ing sheds, stables, &c. Many re
mained standing around small fires
all night, not being able to find a
place to sleep.
Early this morning telegrams came
in from Charleston and other places
asking if assistance was needed, and
all received answers that the inhabi
tants were in a destitute condition
and needed money, food, clothing
and covering. Barnwell was the first
to reply, $750 having been raised
and sent here this afternoon. Shortly
afterwards $50 came from Bamhcrg.
md McGahan, Bates & Co., of Char
leston, sent up nine pairs of blankets
and thirty-five comforts.
Loss on P. W. Farrell's store and
building $25,000, insurance $7,000;
on Stell Bros' stock $4,000, insurance
$500; on s-ore owned by P. W. Far
rell $1,500, without insurance; W. J.
Martin & Sons, stock $15,000, in.
surance $10,000; stock of Lewis Seed.
man $3,000, no insurance; on Brown's
building, used as restaurant and bar,
$1,000; Seideman's store, property of
L. Robinson, $1,000; an unoccupied
store of Seideman, $1,000; Strobel's
Hotel $3.000; W. J. Martin's house,
occupied by James Thomson, $2,000,
insurance $1.000; Mrs. F. B. Dewitt's
residence, owned by P.' W. Farrell,
$3,000; Jasper Redmond's residence
$1.000; three stores of Wieters & Co.,
of Charleston, $3,000; A. Edwin's
residence, property of J. A. Weath.
ersbee, $1,000; L. T. Izlar's law office
and L. C. Stephen's drug store, $500;
E. R. Meyers's store, $200; Mike
Brown's brick store, Q5,000, insu
rance $2,500; J. L. Buist, merchan
dise stock, $1,000; I). F. Drew & Co.,
liquor stock, $1,200; E R:. Meyers.
two stores, $1,500; D. K. Briggs &
Co., drug stock, $1,000, insurance
$500; M. Stringfellow, merchandise
stock, $500; Martin Keeler, store
and stock, $1,800; J. II. Borger, mer
chandise stock, $2,000; G. D. C.
Lange, fancy goods, &c., 81,500; B.
J. Iammet, merchandise stock $500;
W. A. Gyles, merchandise stock and
store, $4,000, insurance $2,000; G. B.
Rich, jewelry stock and store, $1,500;
insurance $650; A. Storne, four build
ings, $3,000; Simon Brown's stable
and carriage house, $1,000; market
and town ball $1,000; Martin Keeler,
residence, $2,000 insurance $500;
Catholic Church $3,000; Mrs. Mary
E. Maher, postmistress, $2,500- 0. C.
Able, outbuildings, $1,500; Mrs. IIa
good's stable, gin and barns, $1,500;
Simon Brown, two-story brick store
and dwelling, stock, kitchen, barn
and outhouse-s, $60,000; iinsurance
$20,000; J. H. Borger, residence, $2,.
000; J. H. Levy. residence, $3.000,
insurance, $1,250; J. F. Grandy, res
idence owned by J. L. Morrison, $1,
500; S. Brown's dwelling, occupied
by C. W. Grandy, $1,000; guano
sheds of railway company, contain.
ing 250 tons guanos. $8,000; store.
ouse of company, containing freights,
$2,000. Many other small buildings
occupied by negroes, valued at $10,.
000 or. over, were also consumed.
Thus it will be seen that the exact
loss is $184,450, with only $47,500 of
insurance.
The people of this place assign ae
their reason for not insuring their
property for a greater amount the
enormous rate of insurance charged
them, it being 6} per cent., and it is
difficult to place even at that extor
tionate figure.
A Mountain Route for the Atlantic,
Greenville and Western.
The new owners of the A tlantic,
Greenville and Western are already
looking for a route over the muoun
tains. They seem to have chosen
the survey made by Captain Kirk, in
1885, and have employed that gentle
man to get up for them the required
facts and measurements as obtained
by his former survey. IIe is now in
Greenville engaged on that work. It
will be remembered that the survey
referred to opened a way over the
mountains with grades and curves of
astonishing ease.
Work on the A tlanmtic, Greenville
and W'estern. between Cukesburv
and the Saluda river, is being vigor
ously pushed, a force of 150 to 20:)
men being employed.-A( ta~( Chrn'ii
icle.
Prohibition in Anderson.
The prohibition meeting held in
Anderson on last Saturday was a deC
termined body. Resolutions were
adopted organizing a central execu
tiye committee and five gentlemen
were appointed in each township to
canvass. The prohibition bill of
Senator Murray was endorsed ini to'to.
Many addresses were delivered. B.
F. Crayte was chairman and John
CHEAP 3MONEY FOI FAIIERS. con,
- and
The Way the Owners of more Land laid
than they know what to do with his
can make Fortunes for Them
selves and Boom the State. you
you
on
Co!um?W a Cwre poiuu Jacs awd Courir
cert
A representative of the Kews ad hI.y
C obri r had a talk to day with a gen
tleman, whose modesty induces him
to withhold his narnelron the public, s
but who may be relied on as one of
prol
the most progressive and patriotic
of our citizens-one who takes a deep
nue
interest in the advancem:ent of our
thec
agricultural and manufacturing in
terests, and whose acquaintance with
such interests is large. This gentle- S
man said :
Sou
'-The great need rf the South is -
capital. If the farmers could get hPr
her
cheap money for a few years the
reqt
cry of 'hard times' would be heard Se
The
no more in the land. Why can they the
not borrow money at low;rates from
capitalists of the North and Europe ?
no
The answer is easy. The money
sef
lenders doubt the security. Not that
he]j
real estate is not the best collateral, her
but because there is a sentiment pre- sist
vailing against the foreign money own
lenders that makes a foreclosure of a .
mortgage unpleasant and some times can
difficult. Consequently when money .
is loaned to our people such rates of Stat
interest are demanded as will cover n
the contingency of possible losses. mos
I have often talked with Northern
men who were contemplating invest- p
ments in Southern enterprises, and Cor
in nearly every case they wanted a una
part of the stock taken by residents
sect
and influence in the enterprise. Now nec
if our people can devise souie means (
for iaking the security good and
com:ne with this advautage local in- beei
fluence I have'nt the slightest doubt all
but that all the money they need can
be obtained at low rates of interest. is
As a beginn'ng in this directione
I would suggest the organization of
what might be called a Land Im- tenl
provemnent Company. There are to ,
thousands of men in the State who whi
are -land poor.' They have extensive den
acres that are simply a burden on
their hands. Now my plan is to
utilize these lands by making them
,he basis of a large loan which can Sc
be used, not only for the develop. I
ment of the lands. but for the inaug- Nor
uration of other great enterprises. Jon
This result can be effected in various yea
ways, but, I think, the most practical har
plan would be to organize a company ten<
with power to purchase land, build Thej
railroads, canals, factories, &c. Let mar
every man in the State who owns un- abo
productive land sell it to this corn- gari
pany, and receive in payment there- beg
for stock of the company at its par but
value. As .soon as the company takt
shall have acquired sufficient land in thei
this way, say $500,000 worth, the cas<
company can issue, say, $250,000 Of frot
debenture bonds secured b)y mort- Jud
gage of these lands. Some reliable sim
National or State bank could be con- abo
stituted the trustee for the bond- no
holders atnd the mortgage deposited clie
with such trustees. Loans then cati imp
be raised by t'he sale of the bonds met
and the lender has then no more sen
tronue to collect his interest th'an to beg
detach his coupon and present it at witl
any banking house in this country. mam
Thue money thus raised at a low rate nec
of interest can be loaned to stock- tior
holders of the company at the rate nec
it is borrowed or invested in various e
enterprises as the board of directors hea
of the company may decid'e. i
'-You will observe that under this j
plan the lender avoids the trouble bef<
and expenlsC of recording mortgages,
foreclosing the same, and gets rid of
mnany other smaller vexations, while
receivxing better security for his
mnoney .and has associatedt with him den
men who are in every way identified Rai
with thie people of the State. T1here the
wil he no disputes about the titles re'
to landts because the land has already
been purchased and paid for by the c
company, and the company as a cor
Loain as given its mortgage' h
All homestead claims would also be ten
gotten rid of. StNa
Tecom:pany would own lands of
every character, timber lands, min- Pre
cral landIs, pastures and agricultural car
hauls. A pato he money raised
onl the b)onds5 could be uscd in de
veloping these lands and in se-ttlingo con
them with thrifty colonies. A p)art a
could be u.sed also in various other 1st
profitable schemes. For instance, the for
Columbia Canal could be quickly de- o
veloped, a line of steamers could be
ano
placed between the up-country andum
Charleston, factories would be built
and many other euterprises inaugu
rated.
'-The loan would not be confined stai
to) one issue of bonds. As fast as doe
the money borrowed was profitably wal
tern
invested new stock would be issued,
a new series of bonds put on the wer
mark-e and .noneectd.i In bet.
ersation recently with an editor I
banker from New England, I
this plan before him and asked
)pinion of' it. iIe i eplied : 'If
can carry it through successfully
can get all the money you want
your bonds in New England at,
ainly, 6 per cent. and very possi
at 5.'
[f the owners of unproductive
is in South Carolina will perfect t
e such organization and have it
)erly conducted I am sure they t
soon receive a handsome reve
from what is now a burden to
here is the suggestion of ^ "tion
m'ell as thought in this stats. .ut.
th Carolina, more than any other t
thern State, needs to day the co
ation of her people in building
up. Be, ond any other State she
tires unanimity of aim and act. t
will be the last State affected by ,
"Alabama boom" or any move- s
,t from without. There can be t
question that she must help her- t
before she can expect others to
her. Any movement to place
abreast of her more fortunate
,rs must be originated by her
sons. When they undertake
i wisdom to help themselves they
rely upon outside aid.
lie experience of every Western
e and every Southern Statr and
enjoying a "boom" shows that a
t potent factor in mnatcrial devel
ient is the "Improvement Com
y, an organization which by
bining the resources of people
ble individually to act effectively,
ires the capital and management
!ssary to make it powerful for the
eral good. The plan proposed
the gentleman whose views have
aigiven is one which has been, in
essential features, adopted satis
orily in the Northwest. There
o reason why it cannot be cqually
,tive in this State. It can be
ie an agency to attract outside at
,ion to South Carolina, as well as
evelop resources within the State
ch will make it in time indepen
t of foreign aid.
The Triple Slayer Sentenced.
-ial Dispatch to the Xees and Courricr.
DGEF]ELD, March 16.-J udge
ton this morning sentenced R. T.
es, the murderer, to twenty-five
rs in the State penitentiary at
I labor. IIe received the sen
~e with an air of injured innocence.
Judge, in his prelinminary re
ks in passing the sentence, was
ut to express his opinion in re
I to the crime, when Major Gary
ged pardon for interrupting him.
respectfully suggested that he
a into consideration the fact that
e might be another trial in this
3. and he would ask him to refrain
n expressing his opinion. The
ge acceded to the request, and
ply pronounced the sentence as
ye. Before the sentence was pro
need Major Gary pleaded for his
nt in a very touching manner,
loring the Judge to exercise
cy towards him by making the
ence as light as possible. iIe
ged the Court to dispense justice
i an eye to the infirmities of ihu
1 nature, the circumstances con
ted with the case .u.nd the provoca
ithat made the homicide probably
essary, reminding the Judge that
arcy, like the gentle dews of
ven, falls lightly, blessing alike
who gives and him who receives."
ones says he will commit suicide
>re he will go to the penitentiary.
road Passes and the Inter-State
Commerce Bill.
'IILADELI'UIA, March 17.-Presi
t Roberts of the Pennsylvania
road Company has made public
action taken by the directors in
ird to passes at their meeting of
ech 9. It recites that the
ipany, having been advised
the General Solicitor that
inter-State commerce law is in
.led to p)rohibit the use of i::ter
te passes except by oficers and
>loyees of railroad companies, the
sident is. therefore, directed to
-y this prohibition into effect on
il 1st, and also to instruct the
:ers of railway bridge and ferry
ipanies embraced in the Pennysl
ia system, that on and after A pril
they shall not issue any passes
the free transmission of persons
spebial cars from one State into
then, or into the District of Col
>ia, except for officers or employ
of railroad cars.
Scitizen of Ionia, Mich., while
ding with wet rubbers on an iron
rstep suddenly lost the power of
king. lIe nearly fainted from
or, thinking he was paralyzed.
n discovering that his rubbers
e frozen to the doorstep he felt
'HE BLOOD OF THE BOURBONS. w]
A Wonderful and Thrilling Story. ar
thi
Vritten for the Aiken Recorder by the
Iev. C. M. Butler, D. D., late rector
of Trinity Church, Washington, and bt
former Chaplain to the United States
Senate.
AimEN, S. C., March 9, 18S7.
Mr. Editor: The account in your P
aper of March 1st of the claim of sc
he late Mr. Rion to have been the m
on of Louis XVI and Marie An- tl
oinette, recalls to my mind the case to
f another claimant, who rested on B
ar higher evidence. I refer to the cc
tev. Eliazer Williams, a clergyman cc
f the Protestant Episcopal Church, tb
.nd for some years a missionary to
he remnant of the tribe of Oneida o
ndians in Western New York. I PI
annot accurately recall the dates of th
ome of the events which I am about vi
o narrate and am separated from a
.11 the papers and memoranda which th
rould aid me in the matter. But I as
in confident that the principal events b
o which I refer fell within the years t
850 and 1852. S
My own acquaintance with Mr. i
Villiams took place in my youth. f
distinctly recal1 the visits which th
4r. Williams made to my father's P1
ouse i3 Troy, N. Y. My father was h
ector of St. Paul's Church in that hi
ity, and Mr. Williams visited the w
>lace several times to secure help for
is struggling mission, and on such t:
occasions he was accustomed to w
pend several days at the rectory. th
Iy father esteemed him highly as
un eminently humble and holy man, L
nd was much interested in securing
Lid for his mission. The manners of t
4r. Williams were marked by a sim- l
)licity, dignity and refinement which it
cemed remarkable in one who was u
egarded-althougli, as we shall see. P
rroneuusly-as a Lalf-blood Indian. C
About the year-I think it was
1850 a book appeared in New York
vith the tittle, "Have we a Bourbon w
toong us ?' It was written by the ti
ev. Mr. Han:son, assistant minister
)f Calvary Church, the rector of s
rhiclh was the celebrated and elo.
luent Dr. Hawks. The Doctor fully d
>elieved that Mr. Williams was the '
)auphin, and was understood to P
,ave aided and counselled Mr. Han- t
on in the composition of the book.
:t is a bare outline of the story that c
can give. The alleged facts pre.
;ented in the book were derived
~rom Mr. Williams himself, after
hey had come to his knowledge in s
he manner which I shall subsequent. c
y descrihe.0
It is stated that the Dauphin's s
uister, the Duchess d'A ngouleme, se- w
~ured the aid of a subordinate of the P
,rutal and cruel keeper, Simon, as P
he poor wasted boy seemed near to s
leath, and had him removed, and a
Lnother dying youth put in his place. rE
tis on' record that some persons Il
v-ho saiw the corpse of the substitute r~
-emnarked that he seemed larger and b
>lder than the Dauphin could haYee
eenz. The Dauphin. almost insen- s~
ible, was put i charge of a gentle. a
nan named Boulanger, who took him iu
o the United States and placed him
n the family of a missionary among a
he Indians near Green Bay. This o
amily consisted of the Rev. Mr. WVil- w
iams, with his half.Indian wife and w
~everal children. It is claimed by tI
SIr. Hanson that the family record h,
>f Mr. Williams does not contain the a:
ame of Eliazer as his child, and ti
~hat there was no place between his 3
ther children where a boy of his age 1]
~ould have been born. The proofs of a
1i1 these facts are minutely recorded 3
)y Mr. IIanson in his book. t
It seems that this poor boy came ii
nto the family in a condition of al- a
nost imbecility. It is saidI to have I
.een a sudden shock which awaken- yj
d his dormant intelligence, lie fell V
rom- a high cliff into the lake and a
vas with difliculty rescued1. From b
:hat time, as he himself states-and ti
hte family of which he was a part I
~onfirms the statement-his mind y
:ook a sudden start an~d his health ii
mnproved. IIe then began to have b
vague mmories of splendid scenes, a
and of a beautiful lady by the side tl
>f whom lie would often sit and o
igainst whose soft dresses he de- d
ighted to lay' his head. But, as he il
said to my wife in describing these
reveries, he often could not tell s:
whether they were dreams or mem- a
ries. But no intimations came to s,
[tim in his earlier years, or to the f<
Family in which lie lived, of what had s,
been his previous history and con- o
dition. It was only known to Mr. s
and Mrs. Williams that it was de- c
sired that he should be trained as r
one of the family and that his past 'I
should not be inquired into, and on- p
ya small sum was left for his sup- c
port. s
In this fami!y he received a 20od i<
secular and reliaious ediucation. 3
Trecrgh an infiunnen and aency n
lich I cannot recall, he became a* c
nister of the Episcopal Church. e
d was placed as a missionary to d
e Oneida Indians. U
It was many years after he had
en thus employeil that an incident! v
curred which made known distinct- r
to Mr Williams what was his real c
rentage. The Prince de Joinville, t
n of King Louis Phiilipe of France, I
ade an extensive tour through our s
en far Western States and Terri- I
ries. In the neighborhood of Green I
zy he made such minute inquiries a
ncerning Mr. Williams as to attract c
nsiderable attention. It seems r
at Mr. Williams was at that time r
siting Green Bay, and, by accident
by design on the part of the
-ince, they were on one occasion in
e same steamer. The Prince in- 1
ted him to withdraw with him into s
state-room, and informed him that <
e King, his father, had become ]
rare that the son of Louis XVI had I
en rescued from his keeper and t
at he still lived. The Prince as
red him that he had become satis- <
d, by information conveyed to his ]
ther, that such was the fact, and I
at he, Mr. Williams, was the Dau
in. On the part of his father he r
d come to make a proposition to 1
m, which he hoped Mr. Williams 1
)uld find it agreeable to accept. I
e then drew forth a document, by
e provisions of which Mr. Williams s
as to abdicate for himself and for -
e elder Bourbon family all right i
id title to the throne of France.
pon signing this document Mr.
'il;iams was .given to understand
at he would immediately receive a
rge sum of money. The amount of
I have forgotten. Mr. Williams
3hesitatingly declined to sign the
iper. For two hours the Pritce
tinued to urge him, but, quite in
Lin. Mr. Williams told him that
,ither he nor his two farmer sons
ould have either means or inclina
on to attempt to secure the throne
France, but that he would not con
.nt to sign away any of those rights
hich had become his by the provi
ence of God, and which in some
iture contingency it might be im
rtant to the welfare of France that
)ey should be found still intact.
.s for himself, he was thoroughly
>ntent with his humble position and
ork in life.
It was shortly after this that Mr.
illiams came to Washington, on.
>me business with the government
>fnnetct with the rights and welfare
r his Indian flock. On that occa
on he was my guest. IIe spent a
eek with me and preached in my
uipit in Trinity Church. The im
ression which he made upon all that
tw him was very favorable. During
.1 his visit nothing could have been
ore admirable than his bearing.
e talked freely with us about his
terview with the Prince de Joinville,
Lt.was reticent with strangers who
ideavored to draw him out upon the
ibject of his birth, and shrank from
aything that would look like lion
ing or being lionized.
There was a very interesting inci
ent in connection with the evidence
the truth of his alleged birth, of
ich I had personal knowledge and
hich made a deep impression upon
tose who witnessed and those who
aard of it. I think it occurred soon1
~ter his visit to me, when I was re-1
rning, after a few wceks of rest at
ewport, and when visiting Dr.
awks in New gYork. Dr. Francis,
aeminent and popular physician in
ew York, and who knew of my in
rest and faith in Mr. Williams, and
ho was also fully convincedl that lhe
as the Dauphin, invited me to join
r. Hawks and a few other gentle
en to a test of,the identity of Mr.
illiams with the son of Louis XVI,
test which, if su.ccessful, could not
ut be convincing. In his investiga
on of the claims of Mr. Williams,
r. Francis had ascertained that the
oung Dauphin had been inoculated
:his infancy, and that there had!
een a peculiarity in the operation
-hich would appear in the shape of
ie scar if Mr. Williams were the son
f Louis XVI. It seems that the Queen
esired that her child should not be
oculated by a mere line of inc-ision,~
s was usual, but that the woun d
sould he of such a shape as to form!
mark of his identity. and that con
quently the operation was so per
rmed as to leave a crescent shaped
ar. Dr. Francis had not inquired
f Mr. Williams if there was sucha
ar upon his arm, but Mr. Williams1
onsented to allow an examination
adc in the presence of a few friends.
'he Doctor, a man of mercurial tem
erament, was in a high state of ex
itemnent and expectation, and the
ene with its issue was quit3 dramat
:.When the white, large arm of
r. Williams was bared the scar ap
eareda just where, and in the preciseI
rescent form that the Doctor expect
d to find it, and its examination p:o
uced a profound impression upon
s all.
In addition to these proofs there
rcre two facts which perfectly bar
ionized with the theory that the life
f the Dauphin had been saved, and
hat Mr. Williams was the Dauphin.
The first fact was the striking re
emblance of Mr. Williams to the
ourbon family, and especially to
.ouis XVI. The other fact was that
lthough the Duchess de'Angouleme,
n the restoration, er,.cted monu
oents to all other members of the
oyal family, she left this young
rother, whom she idolized, without
ny such memorial.
I have felt the embarrassment of
rriting this article with such an in
uflic.ent memory of dates; but I
annot be mistaken in the facts which
have recorded from my personal
:nowledge. I took the deepest in
crest in the question, and my confi
Lence in the high Christian character
f Mr. Williams was unbounded.
3is life of humble Christian labors
ong after he had become acquainted
ritti his origin, and his refusal to
nake or to allow to be made any ex
Libition of, or any capital out of, his
vonderful story, entitled him to the
uighest reverence and regard.
I may add to these brief notes that
work on the life and death of Louis
(VII was published in two elaborate
-olumes, the object of which was to
how that the Dauphin died in the
[cmple prison. It ras very labored
and was supposed to have been in
pired by Louis Phillipe. It did not
eem to me conclusive. I rose from
ts perusal with my conviction un
haken that we had a Bourbon among
is. C. M. BUTLER.
ne Fi:st Four Mills of the New Oil
Company to be.Established at Once.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-A gen
leman from Mississippi, who sus
ains relations of intimacy with the
fficers of the company recently or
;anized to establish cotton seed oil
mills in the South, said to-day that
Fred Oliver of Charlotte, N. C., is to
be the general manager of the com
pany, and that he, with President
Butcher, will go to Houston, Texas,
within the next few days for the pur
pose of establishing their first will.
Jthers will be built at New Orleans,
Nemphis and Atlanta as rapidly as
bhey can be supplied with machinery.
I'bese four mills, this gentleman says,
will be put in operation in time to
work this season's. crop. If the ma
:hinery can be obtained in time, the
ifth mill will likely be' located in
MIississippi. lHe further says that
this company is thoroughly organized
Ind is prepared to enter the field as
a. strong competitor of the companies
which now occupy the grounds, and
will as rapidly as possible extend its
aperationsto all the seed producing
sections in the South- Armour, he
says, will not be identified with the
anterprise.
LARGE CONTRIACTs FORL MACBINEaY.
PIIILADELPHIIA. March 1.-A con
~ract representing over $250,000, for
.nachiinery alone, was signed to-day
>y W. WV. Smith as president, .John
[I. Vaile as vice president and I. M.
Tottschal as counsel, representing
hie Smith & Vaile Company of Day
:on, Ohio, and Henry C. Butcher as
>resident, Frederick OJliver and Dan
el A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C.,
executive -committee, as representa
i-es of the Southern Cotton Seed
Dil Company, recently organized in
New Jersey. The contract calls for
:he construction of press room ma
:hinery for eight cotton seed oil
mills of the capacity of 150 tons per
:ay each. All of this machinery, as
well as 256 libters and 20 hulling
machines contracted for with Carver
Cotton Gin Company of East Bridge
water, Mass., is to be ready and de
livered in time to work up the com
ing seasons crop. The contract with
the Smith & Vaile Company carries
with it all patents on this kind of ma
chinery now owned by that company,
and this, it is said, gives the South
era Cotton Seed Oil Company practi
cal control of all the machinery by
which cotton seed oil is made under
the new and improved process.
Mills are to be erected at different
ponts so'as to cover the entire cot
ton belt, and also insure to the com
pany an unlimited supply of seed, of
which there is annually produced
about 3,000,000 tons, and only about
400,000 tons have heretofore been
reduced to oil;the balance having in
recent years been used for fertilizing
purposes.
Children Starving to Death
On account of their inaLbility to digest food
will find a mnost marvelous lood and remedy
in Scott's Emulsion. Veryr palatable a nd
a.sily dgiested. Dr. W. s. COBEN. of waCO,
Tcea. says: -1 have used your Emulsion in
i Ifne wasting it not only restores
wasted! tigues. but gives strength, and in-I
.....)eaa a a,eite 1-26 4t.1
THE TORCH IN ROCE HM.
lnother Thriving Town Badly Damaged by
Fire.
RoCK HILL, March 18.-A fire oc
:urred at this place last night at fif
;een minutes past 1 o'clock. The
)rigin is supposed to be incendiary.
Loss estimated at $125,000. In
3urance estimated at $75,000, divided
,mong the local agencies.
The following buildings were de.
stroyed: Postoffice, Globe Hotel, W.
L. Roddey & Co.'s store, First Na
ional Bank, M. W. Russell's store,
Frew Bros'. store, Steele Bros'. store,
Feicell & Watson's drug store, W
S. Creighton & Co.'s furniture store
and Heath & Co.'s li.very stables.
The library building was badly dam
aged. A. Smith & Co.'s, Jones &
Robertson's, -A. Friedham & Bro,'s,
J. B. Johnson's and J. R. London's
stores, and stocks were damaged.
Fully covered by insurance.
The citizens worked manfully and
but for their heroic efforts the entire
business portion of our town would
have been in ashes. It is impossible
to~ give the names of the issurance
companies and the amounts of each
loss, as most of the policies are
locked in safes and vaults in the burnt
district.-News and Courier.
A Cave in Barnwell onnty Caued by the
Earthgak]e.
A singular cave, or sink, thirty-one
feet in diameter, one hundred and
twelve feetin circumference, twenty
four feet deep, and perfectly perpen.
dicular, has recently been discovered
on J. N. Lancaster's plantation in
Barnwell County. It is situated on
one of the most elevated points in
the vicinity, and composed of solid
clay of a moist nature. It is sup
posed to have been caused by an
earthquake shock on the nihgt of
March 2.
A case of 7lirting.
The Baltimore conference of the
Methodist church decides that a
preacher who flirts can not be ad
mitted to the pulpit. If the confer:.
ence intended to act fairly it should
have considered the other side of the
question and provided a penalty for
girls who flirt with young Methodist
preachers. A flirtation can not by
any possibility be successfully con
ducted single handed and the man
gets the worst of it nine times in
ten.-Greenville News.
An Old Paper..
We have before us an extra issue
of the NEWEERY HERALD on Sun
day, April 23d, 1865. It is a small
sheet 6x17 inches and printed only
on one side. It contains a brief ac
count of the assassination of Abra
ham Lincoln, telegraphed to Gen.
Sherman by E. M. Stanton, Secre
tary of war. It also has a copy. of
an order from Gen. Joseph E. John
ston announcing a suspension of hos
tilities with Sherman.-Abbeville .Me
dium.
Epidsmic of MMeles in Anderson
The measles have become epidemic
in Anderson, there being now, ac
cording to reports, about one hun
dred and fifty cases in the city. This
type of the measles is rather peculiar
0its effect, producing in many cases,
delirium, and in some instances this
is true even when there is but little
or no lever. In some sections of the
county the schools have been closed
in consequence of this raging epi
demic.
A Shade of Dufarer.ce
There has never been a stronger
illustration of the difference made in.
the looks of things by the way of
putting them than is given by the
statements of Editor Jones and
Lawyer Barrett, of Spartanburg.
Their allegations substantially agree
but the shading to them causes a
wonderful divergence. - Greenville
Nws.
The Veto President.
President Cleveland has vetoed
more bills than all of the other presi
dents of the United States combined,
and has the greater portion of an
other session of Congress left him in
which to continue this amusement.
In three years he has vetoed more
measures than the other Presidents
did in one hundred and eight years.
A Prohibition Campaign in Tezt
The prohibitionists having secured
from the State Legislature of Texas
submission to the people of a prohi
bition amendment to the State con
stitution, are making preparations
for t:e campaign. The State will be
filled with temperance orators for
which a fand of $3,000 has been