The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, October 24, 1889, Image 1

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- IC 15 A0EA ~ J NEWBERRY. S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1889 .. B. erably and g, oan bought a prices averaged about on bringing 10. *as been much negoti bie Alliance men and the stored bales. The t satisfied with the trharged a combination members finally met sell their cotton el_e era deny any eombi on the contrary, that bly competitors among ae buyer to-day offered 4 take their entire lot on. BOYCOTT THE MARKET. S. C., Oct. 17.-The hauling away their in-obedience to the, reso jyesterday. Some of it go to the factories direct, be-carried home by the haps find its way here utions aedopted by the not only to the 264 but looked further to tt of this market, and ethat no- more cotton. be sale. They stated the iance that a combina o injure the order by the price of Alliance .s the substance- of the grievance seems to be and the Alliance grader yig 'the bales. B. B. however, to take here yesterday at 9.60 means 9.97k for strict a price which no other venture to offer, and rvative cotton men say was Gramling could safely pay w of selling again. This Eiade on their own grading., -says he would have had the lot, but thinks -that on he would- have put the alittle. rae the dissatisfaction of their '"-.eds is vei..much regretted "i!3e.It is difficult to .he re~canbe any com the bufers, who cer the sharpest-rivalry as a nt conflicting interests. io see also how the boycott $ ilbried out, or exactly what its eel be if carried out. The bulk othe6tton brought here is taken by ourocal mills, and it makes little difference whether they buy it at their doors1or through their buyers in Spar ibiirg. It may save them freight. =-The c6tton bought here for 'the, mills don't le-avegmuch money - in town. They keep::their buyers and oJficers here any-way. . TE ALLIANCE REsOLUTIONS. HEADQUASiTER.S OF SPARTANBURG )~ ComeTY FARM%ERS' A LLIANCE, W. Me/immerman, Financial Agt.) "SPABTANBUEG, S. C., Oct. 16, '88. "Greenville News:-I am authorized to send you the resolution below. -W. McZI3I3EBRMAN, Agenit Spartanburg County Alliance." -"Wiheress we, the members of the -Farmeds Alliance, repre-senting two hundred and thirty-four bales of cotton, which was properly graded by an ex perienced:member of the Alliance long ani the-business, and off'ered for sale in the Spartanburg market yesterday and to-day,:firmly believing from all we can learn-and from all indications that there'is a deliberate attempt amongjhe cotton buyers and cotton mills to cripple our orders and to defeat our co operative plan of grading and selling cotton, . "-Therefore, be it resolved, that we take our cotton off the market and sell in some:other market, and recommend that nembers of the Alliance hereafter, as far as possible, keep their cotton 5ayfromi the Spartanburg market." RAULING IT BACK HO3ME. [Special-to the Greenville News.1 GBER's, S. C.. 16.-This has been a grand gala day for Greer's. From early morn till night the Farmers' Alliance bega'n to "let her roll" and she did roll until.400 bales of cotton in solid phalanx -dresse4n -Alliance uniform and old .jutepulled into) the public square to await the arrival of the 2.20 p. mn. train and Mr. Sims from Greenville to clas's ify the Allance cotton before any was sold. Bida before he arrived ranged -.from 't 9.50, but no go. Mr. Sims came. Every man sampled his cotton where it-was classed ini bulk, with each man's name on his sample, and the ~buyers invited in one by one to bid on the different grades. The high est average bid was 9.8, which was promply declined by the cotton comn miittee, and a regular stampede of: wagons ensued, moving in every di Tection until 200 to 250 bales rolled out of towin to be held for ten cents. A fter tho adjournment 100 to 150 bales were sold at 6.65 to 91 or dumped on the: old field. Thus enided the greatest cotton day Greer's has ever witnessed in its history, and it is but just to say never Wa there greater confusion and dissat -'isfction to both buyer and seller. Long-live the farmers, but save us from ----another day of such chaos and discord! A perceptible emotion was on the faces o menbans as t y-saw hundreds of -oaa ut of town in cotton that -them for supplies and much just now to pay their debts. his will end and the final re in yet to be seen, ANTS. 17.-One hun e'bales were brought o-day and were offered y the Alliance. Wr M. Co., offered 9.683. The bid jeeted by the committee. Forty ee bales were sold, thirty of which were brought by Alliance men. About .sixty-five more bales were on hand by samples. The cotton . not sold was carried back. SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING TO CoNSImER. GAFFNEY, Oct. 16.-Monday being the day set for the Alliance of this part of the county to sell cotton, was a day long to be remembered here, as one of unusual crowd and bustle. Early in the morning the wagons began to roll in, and by noon the square was packed. Up to that time no satisfactory arrange ment had been made, and it seemed that it was likely that no sale would be made, but Carroll & Stacy finally took the lot at 9.85,.and from that time until nine o'clock at night there was a rush of weighing and grading. About -260~ bales were disposed of, although some was stored, and the whole amount on the market probably 'reached three hundred bales, two-thirds of which vas covered with -catton. Some Thoughts on Educatlon. To the Editor of The Herald and News : Perhaps the greatest and most serious question of the day is involved in the word education. It is a subject that has engaged the attention of intel ligent people for centuries, and yet, with all the enlightenment of the nineteenth century, there is very much concerning this great subject that is still to be learned. Many definitions have been given to the word education, and none seem to fully convey the meaning that we gen erally give it. } We find it to be derived from two latin words e, out and- ducere to lead: hence, to lead out. We, therefore,. need another word combined with it to fully convey the meaning we generally ap ply to it. I would suggest the Latin word meus, the . mind, together with the former words which would give us the new word emenducation, meaning the act of drawing or leading out the mind or in, general terms a develop ment of the mental faculties. We might say that education helps to mold and fashion, in certain definite ways,,no less a complex being than a human being withIs various physical, intelleetual and moral capabilities, so as-to fit him& tonfudl1.the-highest func tions of his. destiny. Now, in order to acquire this educa tion, one thing is absolutely necessary, and that is a teacher; not. necessarily a being like ourselves, but nevertheless it must be a teacher. The observing mind is constantly surrounded by one great teacber, namely, nature, which is God's great store house of knowledge, and from which we have the privilege of "culling the purest gems of truth and beauty from the infinite realms of thought." A stunted sprout never makes a thrifty tree, neither will a d warfed in tellect reach those rare attainments" of which the well trained mind is capable. The natural conclusions therefore are, that good teaching is necessary for good education. Much has been said and written on nethods of teaching, but methods as they are generally understood, are of minor importance to the how' to teach. In all good teaching two things are necessary: 1st. The subject must he preented to the pupil's miind in such a form that he will be able to grasp it, anaI 2nd. The subject must be prop erly cultivated. The presentation of a subject is sometimes called lecturing. If the teacher does all the talking him self and allows his pupils to sit idle, perhaps gazing out of the window, his time and efforts will be unavailing. A teacher must obtain and hold the attenti6n of his class if he wishes to be successful. Trhe deductive method of teaching stands first in imiportance, (i. e.) leading the'child's mind from the known to t he unknown. A Southern educator has said: "Con stant repetition of what is taught is the secret of success in the school room." A teacher who goes to extremes in either lecturing or drilling will make almost a signal failure. While drilling i necessary to fix in the mind princi pes learned at some future lesson, there must also he something new learned to keep this knowledge acquired fresh in the pupil's mnind. Perhaps I nwy be misunderstood here. [ do not mean that eerything learned must he repro duced at each recitation, but that the leadig principles upon which other things depend, as in science an d mxathe inaties. E. J. Bp.owNxE From the Bar to the Pulpit. [Walhall-a Courier.) Col. R. A. Child, of Pic-kens, one of the amost talented lawyers of tipper South Carolina, has decided to go from the bar to the pulpit. At the Quarterly Conference at Pickens on last Saturday Mr. Child was recoinumended to the Annual Conference, soon to convene, for admission into the traveling con nection. He has sold his valuable law library to his partner, Janies P. Cary, Esq., and will at once enter upon his ministerial duties. He has been an able local preacher in the Methodist Church for some time, and now that lie relinquishes the law and devotes all his time and talent to the preaching of the Gospel, we predict for him a career of IS SOCIETY CORRUPT? Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Social Defects Immoralities of Country and City Life Compared. - It is only the rustic, the dyspeptic< the declasse man or woman who forever talking of the "corruption" society: Many excellent people, who lives have been passed entirely in run places, imagine the society of larg -towns to be'a hot-bed of immorality an ungodliness. People who have striven vainly fc social place and failed to find the ope sesame, are often loud in their denui ciations of the successful, and ar wont to compare society to a white sepulchre. But the cosmopolitan, of servant being, with a good circulatior knows that human nature is th same the world over, and that ever3 where is the same mixture of good an evil. During a month I once passed in remote and sparsely settled countr place, I heard of more immoral action among the quiet denizens than I hear in. two years in the largest city c America. Yet should one take th -trouble to select at random, in th most respectable part of the city, th same number of human beings, it i wholly probable that an equal nun ber of equally immoral, if less vulga actions could be recounted. The whirl and rush of city life seem alike unconductive to great thought and small gossip, but the morals people are very much the same mi. ture of good and bad in all civilize communities. I think the repression of countr life as often brings latent propensitic for evil to the surface, as the temptt tions of city life. One of our smalle towns has been prolific in the produc of adventurous Women, who rhav achieved notoriety in the divorc courts ; and it is a curious fact that fe of the great adventuresses of the world history were born or bred in larg cities. But, whether in town or coun try plce -he who seeks shall find tha which he seeks. The man or woman who sets fort: on a quest of evil is sure to find il Early in life I realized that there wa more pleasure to be derived from o' serving good than evil, and cons( quently sought and found it existin in abundance about me. It is the crude idea of the yoiuthft mind that the world is divided-int two armies-the good and the bad one clothed in darkness upon the lef one in garments of light upon the righ and in deadly opposition to each othe; As we mix ivith the world this illusic vanishes, for we find the two armic clothed in the same habiliments, nib ing together,,amicably, and the deadl battles are fought, silently and out < sight in each human heart- !betwee right and wrong. A great native virtue planted tc generously in a human heart, and d< prived of careful cultivation, often d< generates into a rank vice, and ti> world not infrequently mistakes sterile and inactive nat.urne' for one < great chastity and self-denial. Th summer sunlight is beautiful and bet eficent, but is as prone to p)roduce buy as butterflies, wveeds as ferns, while ti: winter sun produces neither. Yet til summer sunlight is of more use to than winter's chill rays, despite th bugs .and weeds. A wise gardent urpoots the one and kills the mischie' ouis insects. There is no more godliness in neg: tive goodness thani there is heat witer sunlight, which does,.not pr< duce bugs or weeds simply because has not power enough to warni an; thing into being. and not fromau it herent objection to weeds jor bugs. A bsolute virt ue is that which seeth< with active impulses and is fcrced b will and reason into nnselfish char nels. The worst man I ever knew hadr vice. He attended church and brols no commiandmnent and indulged inr excesses. Yet he nagged his wife at children to thea grave, and destroye every f-lower of pleasure which sprau up by his hearth-stone, and ruined ti tender young lives about him with tI tncasing tempers of a househo] tyrant and petty demon. Disagreeable tempers and unco: trolled nervous dispositions ruin mu homes than drink or vice. A faul finding or sarcastic tongue in a famil crce drives miore men and women evil than original sin. A lady said me once: "I demand good mnanne before good morals from my acquai: tances. Bad zmrals can be hiddei bad manners cannot." I think I would demand good mi tives first of all, since good mora would of necessity ensue ; and whose motives wvere truly good mu: too, desir-e not to give offence by b. manners, and so all three virtu would be his. IWere I to select the one good quali which is most indispensible to me allnitimate friend, I would -witho hesitation say sincerity. No matter she be bright, gifted, refined, ainiab: and witty, full of appreciation al affection, yet an insurmountable we stands between niy heart and. hers she be not sincere inismall matters at in great. "Come and see me soon," I said tc friend one day, who stepped off ac as I stepped on. "Yes; to-morrow or next day," s replied. In consequence I staye-d indo< during both days, missing a drive a a luncheon, which I declined becaus felt that my share in the engageme my remaining at home during t She did not come nor did she send an apology. She had spoken from the - lips only, and she had supposed my in vitation was a purely polite one, wbich would be satisfied with a speedy prom >r ise and a tardy fulfillment. But a tine is code of honor in these small matters )f permits no carelessness of invitation or e reply. L1 If I say to a friend in passing, "Come e around and see me to-morrow," it is d my duty to reiain at home during that day, or to send word if obliged to r go out. -We have no right to say these a things on impulse, and then waive the - responsibility they incur. e It savors of moral worthlessness and d irresponsibility. .. I once knew a gentleman who was prone to make cordial speeches to peo e pie in whom he really felt no interest. . In public conveyance one Saturday d morning he encountered an acquaint ance from a neighboring city. who was a journeying to another State in corn v pany with his wife. Now, my friend had but slight acquaintance with the d couple, and really felt no especial re ,f gard for them; but with an effusive air e he smiled, and said: "I wish you were e not obliged to basten on your way, we e should be delighted to have you stay s over Sunday with us." To his utter . amazement the couple conferred to .r gether and accepted his invitation with thanks. s When he arrived home with his s encumbrances he found that his wife , had given- the servant holiday, and that the presence of these almost strau gers would utterly spoil the pleasure of the Sunday dinner to wl'ich she had invited a few intimate friends on the s day before. "What on earth made you ask those ,r people to come home with you?" cried t the wife in despairing tones.. e "Because I never dreamed they e would accept," explained.the husband. v Alas, too many. invitations are given s because the people are not expected to e accept ! - I wish the expauding minds of chil t dren could be inoculated with the vast importance of sincerity in speech and i action. I wish they could be indelibly impressed with the idea that to make s ever so small a promise, or to give ever . so casual an invitation for the sake of - creating a pleasant impression upon the g recipient, it is as reprehensible as pass. ingspurious coin. il Morals are matters requiring several o generations to rectify, and human be - ings grow more. moral in tendency t, with every century. The passions of t men and women are vast emotions, r. which only the.reatpr and time can n control and improve. The moststrictly s educated and carefully trained men and women sometimes become the y most immoral in after life, and in our )f search for good, whether in our own n hearts or our neighbor's, we are con stantly surprised by stumbling upon 1 hidden propensities for evil. We are e- all working out toward something a- higher. But as we go, we might help e the growing generatjon by teaching it a to be sincere above all things, and >f strictly accurate in keeping its word. Fair Week Attractions. e [Columbia Register, 18th.1 1s There has been arranged a more ex e tensive and elaborate programme of at er tractions for this year than has ever he -fore been attempted. Included therein will be band con -certs Monday evening and Tuesday n forenoon and evening. On Wednmesday, >- at I1 a. mn., will begin the sham battle, it in which 10,000 rounds of ammunition f- will be used. Some eight or ten. com 1- panies are booked to participate, and the Giatling gun, agreat curiosity in it s5 self, will be brought from- Charleston y and detailed to defend the fort. SOn Wednesday night the irrepress ible Callithumpians will parade, and othere will be a display of fireworks. o On Thursday morning, at the fair d grounds, will take place the grand sabre dre tournament, and the prizes offered are liberal enough to attract t he attend ance of knights front all over the State, e and possibly beyond its 'borders, to d compete. On Thursday evening the grand i- trades display will take place, and to re aidl in illuminating the spectacle a t- large amount of colored lights has y been ordered. to On Friday night all the displays will o unite in one grand procession and the s closing attraction of the wveek will be r- made to equal any preceeding it. STo do all this will require money, Oprobably about $1,500. Columbia wants sthousands of visitors and must see that ethey are given inducemients in the way of attractions to bring them. Their dpresence will mean a boom in every line of business, and it is tZo be hoped s all will cdntribute liberally. utj Deafness Can't be Cured if by local application, as they cannot Ireach the diseased portion of the ear. le, There is only one way to cure deafness, id and that is by constitutional remedies. d Deafness is caused by an inflamed con if dition of the mucus lining of the Eus. tachian Tube. Whben this tube gets in dfiamed you have a rumbling sound oi imperfect hearing, and when it is en atirely closed, Deafness is the resu]t, and Sunless the inlnmation can be taker ar out and this tube restored to its normal -condition, hiearing will be destroyed be forever; nine cases out of ten are causedf by catarrh. which is nothing but at inflamed condition of the mucus sur. ad We will give One Hundred Dollant I for any case of Deafness (caused b3 tcatarrh), that we cannot cure by taking he 11all's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars F. . CrETEY & CO.. Toledo, 0 THE OLD RELIABLE. Receiver Chamberlain Takes Charge of the T South Carolina Railway. [News and Courier, 17th. Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain, who e was appointed receiver of the South c Carolina Railway Company by Judge k Bond, assumed charge of the road yes- h terday. As in all such cases -there is a li desire to know what will be the policy s of the new administration, and espec- 1 ially with reference to the gentlemen d who will hold the best offices in the r, appointmient of the receiver, who stands v for the president and directors. Mr. Chamberlain's rema r k a yesterday c ought to satisfy for the present not only a the officeholders, but those who aspire s to positions under the new manage- e ment. n Ex-Governor Chamberlain was found I yesterday at the office of Brawley & r Barnwell. Although quite busy he s agreed to undergo an interview. Mr 1. Chamberlain, however, divined exactly a what the reporter wanted, and gave it h fluently and interestingly. In fact, the is new receiver gave an account of him- is self from the time of entering the city t until the time of the interview. He v said: P "You can say that I arrived in town J yesterday morning with Major Brawley t and am stopping at the Charleston Hotel. At 9 o'clock I called on Col. e Peck at the office of the company, h where I took formal possession of the tl South Carolina Railway. A notice was tj immgediately ordered to be prepared d and posted reading as follows: a "'South Carolina Rhilway Campany, } t, "'CHARLESTON, S. C., Octil6,1889. f e "'In accordance with an order of the United States Circuit Court, for the v district of South Carolina, I have this a day taken possession of the South Caro- c lina Railway Company. u " 'All officers and employees will v continue to discharge their duties as t, heretofore until further orders. a D. H. Chamberlain.' v "That notice," continued Mr. b Chamberlain, "was posted at the office a and will be sent immediately to all d the officers and employees of the road I at the different stations, and also to the I connecting roads; in fact, to all the a roads in the,United States with which v there is a probability that the South i; Carolina Railway would have business. e "I then visited the treasurer's depart- s ment and had the bank account of the f company transferred to the receiver's account in the First National Bank. -I r next visited the auditor's department, c and directed that all the bonds of the f employees, which now run to the com- a pany, should be transferred so as to run t to the receiver. I then had some talk .1 with Col. Pickens, the general freight t agent, and also with Mr. DeCaradeuc, t the engineer and land agent. That t occupied my time until 12 o'clock, and s I then came here to confer with Mr. r Brawley, and with Messrs Mitchell & Smith, and also to call at the First a National Bank toarrange the accounts,i disbursements, etc., as received. r "Now it is, of course, impossible and c it would be premature for me to express s any opinion in reference to the affairs r of the road. The earnings of the roadi are certainly very large at the presenti time. Col. Peck informs me that the I prospect at present is that the grosse s earnings up to the end of the present I calendar year will be over $1,300,000. c If that should be realized there ought c to-be a handsome amount of net earn-i ings for the next three monfhs. The e company turned over to me to-day in 2 cash about $4,400. "I have found all the officers of the f road extremely agreeable, and evidently willing to aid the receiver in all possible ways. I am also much gratified to find, ~ at the company's office, quite a bundle of letters from prominent business men in this city, and in various parts of the C State, expressing confidence in my a management,' and gratification at my c appointment as receiver. ' "I sTall remain here and give my attention to discovering the actual con- I dition of the company's affairs until Saturday evening, when I shall be I obliged to go to Washington to attend E to some cases which are to be argued I there on the 21st and 22nd inst. After ~ that I shall return as speedily as possi ble to Charleston and devote myself to the affairs of the company, as closely and continuously as may be possible. "I may add that I have no intention of being in haste to make changesor removals in the railway force nowI employed. Whatever changes are to be made will be made with deliberation and merely to increase the efficiency of the service. Numerous application for positions reached me in New York, and I found another large number of applications awaiting me here for appointment and employment." The foregoing was all that the re-1 ceiver cared to say at present. His office will be in the room of the trea surer of the railway at the corner of Ann and King streets. REFERRED TO THE RECEIv'ER. To the Editor of The News and] Courier: Governor Chamberlain will, it is hoped, secure for the South Carolina Railway a passenger and freight depot immediately north of the .Custom House, obtaining from City Council the right of way through Concord street. Charleston could then undersell Birm ingham in coal and must at once become the distributing point for the South Atlantic States. Immense grain ele vators would surely follow the build mng of the railroad, the cotton receipts be increased by 100},000 bales, and Mr. Flagler be apt to see the necessity of having a grand hotel where Bennett's Mill nowsannds.w he Pitable Death of John- T. Lyon in the' County Jail at Abbeville. [Special to the News and Courier.] ABBEVILLE, October 16.-The appli ition for a writ of babeascorpus in the ise of John T. Lyon, charged with the illing of D. L. Mabry, which was to ave been made this morning, will ever be made. The accused has been immoned before a higher tribunal. At o'clock this morning John T. Lyon ied in a cell in the county jail, sur >unded by a few friends and- his de oted wife. All the arrangements for the habeas )rpus had been made; the affidavits, bout fifteen in number, had been gned; distinguished counsel had been mployed and nothing remained but to iake the effort to take the 'accused to is home, where he might pass the few imaining hours of life. A hush of neere sympathy has come over the irge circle of friends and'acquaintances nd the only comment that can - be eard, apart from the sorrowful remin cences of the dead man and his deed, "What a tragic end 'to the terrible -adegy!" This seems to be the pre ailing sentiment and is peculiar ex ressive of the community in which ohn T. Lyon has lived and prospered iese sixty-two years. It has been thought best to let the atire matter end with the death of the at actor in the tragic scene, and permit ie gaping wounds of the family afflic on to dry up. The attorneys for the efence think this is the better line of tiou, and I have been requested not > publish the affidavits, as they might scite further ill feeling. Late yesterday afternoon, in company ith Messrs. William C. McGowan, homas P. Cothran and Isaac H. Ma tuley, I visited the jail and called pon Mr. Lyon. The purpose of the isit was to obtain Mr. Lyou's signa ire to his affidavit. When he was ked to sign the document he did so 'ith great effort. He was held up in ed by Mr. McGowan, and signed the ffidavit with a pencil. When he had one so he said in feeble tones: "Willie, want you to get me out of this place. knowyou will.do your best." It was sad scene. The old man, whose sil er hair and beard shone with a pecul tr brightness, seemed to wish for the d. His prayers were pitiful, and the arroundings all spoke of intense suf ring. The cell was made as comfortable as ossible by loving bands and boresigns f efforts to do all that could be done or the dying man. His wrife, herself venerable Chiistian woman, at at his edside and administered to his wants. ust before we left the rays of the set iug sun glinted through the bars of be window in the cell and fell across be emanciated form of the accused and pread a beautiful light over the entire oom. The funeral services took place this fternoon at Upper Long Cane Church, the presence of a large assemblage of elatives and friends. They were con ucted by the Rev. WV. F. Pearson, as isted by the J. .Lowry Wilson. The emains were interred in the fain y plot in the church yard. Speak ag'of the cause of Mr. Lyon's death, )r. Frank Harrison said to mec that it ras due to a g eueral breaking down of is constitution in conlsequence of his onfinement in jail. His regular habits, iretly necessary to his existence, were iterrupted, and, together with the lose confinement, caused his death. Ir. Lyon had been a consumptive for lany years, and was naturally of a rail constitution. TWO PRACTICAL JOKEs Vhleh Were Played on Two Dry Goods Clerks in Savannah. The remark made by an Augusta arpenter in Savannah about high sal ries paid in Nicaraigua was the cause f a huge joke being perpetrated on a avannah dry goods clerk. He was kept in a state of nervous sus ense three or four days by a telegraph e offer from a fictitious agent of $2~>0 ier month as floor walker in a Nicara :uan dry goods establishment. The ,oor fellow was decoyed to Charleston .nd ordered to Macon and then home ry a telegram from the agent (who lidn't show up) and at last realized hat he had been cruelly duped. The joke got out and everybody ;uyed hinm. The unfortunate calico >utcher then resolved on revenge, and ie got it. The joker w as knlocked .compllletely >ut by the appearance of a negro con table at his store, with a warrant for us arrest, in which it was set forth that iewas "guilty of malicious mischief, using deponent loss of money and reat distress of mind by reason of a so lled practical jok e." The negro officer took pains to n:arch he ufortunate fello,w through the rincipal streets, and then make him talk three miles out in the country. ['here he was informed that the whole hing was a hoax-wa rrar t, constable md all. He realized that he was the victim of 2s' own joke-that it was praciically a x>oerang. Both victims are as mad as hornets. The Little Seed. i little seed lay in the carter's path a little shoot bowed in the strong wind's wratbh a little shrub grew, by its roots held fast: rhen a stout tree braved all the winter's blast a. little cough started--'twas only light: A lttle ehml shivered the hours of nighbt: A little palin camne and be:tan to grow.. Fhen consumption laid all his bratvestrength low.. - . Be wise in time. f'heck the little ough, cure the little chill, dispel the ittle pain, ere the little ailment be omes the strong, unconquerable giant f disease. Dr. Rierce's Golden Medical Discoer, taken in tinme, is a remedy orn, these 11% A Battle in the Streets of an labama Town-Two Men Killed and Several Mortally Wounded-The Town it a State of Terror. MONTOOMERY, ALA., Oct. 15.-A spe cial to the Advertiser says that in a difficulty at Dothan yesterday seven men were shot. Two are dead and an other is dying. The trouble arose be tween the town council and the dray men of the farmers' warehouse. The latter refused to pay a license required by the town authorities. They were several times arrested for violating the ordinance and fined, and thiscaused trouble between the farmers and the town. Both marshals, were shot and one will die. Two drayinen defying the law were killed. Trouble was ex pected last night and. the town was well guarded. Many enraged farmers are in town to-day but all is quiet. ATLANTA, Ga., - Oct. 15.-At ten o'clock last night the Constitution started out a special engine.for Bain bridge, in charge of Col. B. E. Russell to investigate the rumored riot atDgrthan, Henry County, Ala. The .engine reached the place at one o'clock this morning. The facts were found to be as follows: The Farmers' Alliance of Henry County had established a ware house at Dorthan. The town authori ties sought to collect a license from the drays which they employed by other business houses. George H. Stringer, manager of the farmers' warehouse, to test the law undertook to drive one of the drays himself. Then he was arrested and his trial set for yesterday. The Alliance men attended the trial in force and B. stringer, a relative of George Stringer, the man to be tried, flourished a knife and made for the marshal. This started the trouble and a ftisilade of shots took place. George M. Stringer and Jeff Winkles, of the Alliance force fell dead and Peter Few, Green Strin ger and B. Stringer were seriously wounded. Marshal J. L, Domingoes and Deputy Marshal Park Howell and a town man, W. B. Cadock, were mortally wounded. The terror which reigned the rest of the day was indes cribable. The people were in fear all. night of a renewal of the attack. The farmers claim that the town people treated them wrongfully and claim the result was inevitable under the provo cation given. BIBLE LESSONS FOR N4EGEOES. A Startang Development of the Virginia Campaign-Mahone's Device to Deceive the Colored Peoplet [Special to theNews. and Courier.] RICHMOND, October 10.-The negroes are wildly excited over Mahone's latest secret campaign circular. Some weeks ago the Republican candidate for Gov. sent out private letters asking for the names of - colored ministers. To the addresses which he received in reply he is sending a card and circulars. Upon the card are printed Scriptural refer enes calling especial attention to the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th chapters of Joshua. In the 17th chapter he calls attention to the follbwing paseage: "But the mountains shall be thine, for it is a wood and thou shall cut it down, and the outgoings of it shall be thine, for thou shalt drive out-the Canaanites, though they have iron chriots and though they be strong." In the 18th chapter he calls attention to the following passge: "And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which Ihad not received their inheritance, and. Joshua said unto the childreu of Isarel: How long are ye slack to go to possess Ithe land which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you? And Joshdfa cast lots for thema in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel accord ing to their divisions." Mahone simply asks. the negro to read the extracts carefully. Joshua is the favorite prophet of the negro race and these utterances of his, which are now being read by thousands in c~on necion with the election, they regard. as a protuise of divisiou of land of the whites among the negroes. Indeed, some11 of their ministers do not hesitate to tell them' that they arc one of the seven tribes w hich have not received their inheritance. Mahone also offers large prizes to the colored mn who shall)ring out the largest number of votes. Mahone spoke at Hanover Court House to-day to a Republican meeting composed chiefly of negroes. The antics of a performing bear, which a showman was exhibiting onl , the Court I[ouse green, camne very near breaking up Mahone's meeting. He insisted that. the Democrats had pitted th'e animnal Iagaist him. In the debate-at times the performances of bruin so worried the Republican candidate - for Governor Ithat he lost his temper and berated his 1keeper in a lively way. Mr. R. H. Cardwell, the Democratic peaker of the last House of Delegates, in speaking for the Democrats, excori ated Mabone severely. He said he would not care to sleep all night with either Maone or the bear, but between tIge two he would prefer the bear every time. At the invitation of the An-ti-Mahone committee of this city Ex&Snator H. IH. Riddleberger and Ex-Governor Cameron, hot hi Anti-Mahonleite Repub lican, were preent to-night to address a eetin7g at the old market hall. An immense crowd of Democrats and Re pulicans was gathered to hear tirese two well-known Republicans denounee Naoe. It was soon obiserved though that these gentlernen were too much indisposed to .speak. The boys in the crowd guyed them, and to add to the confusio>n a brass band in the hail played that fanmiliar refrain, "We have all been there before, many a time .... ...n,atil " E.PB.C. tBaltitre Sun.] Ten of the thirteen electoral vo est. e cast for the first time in 1892 by the our new States are conceded to the i?epublican candidate for the Presi lency in that year, the three of Monii aua being considered doubtful, or prt 'sr ably Democratic. This preponc wce of Republican 'gains has".2 rithmeticians of the Republican part! o make calculations the outeome:o( rhich is that the next national eleo-; ion can be decided in favor of the Re publican candicate without the elee. ,oral vote of New York. In 1888 th_-t Ilectoral college cast401"votes, of wich 101 were needed to elect. Mr-. ison received 233 votes, against 1 :ast for Mr. Cleveland, having cate New York with its. 36 electoral voce. cnd Indiana with its 15 electora votes n addition to the States iaualykau wttnted surely Republicaui In was not inecesary to his sueess, Kew York was. The change in the situation .produced,, it is claimed,.by. the creation of.four new States Is t [udiana alone, without New York. aereafter suffice to give the presidei . ;o- the Republican party. The eleto ' ,ollege in 1892, without a new appor r ionment," which is improbable,.ziHk iumber 414, and 208 votes will be luired to elect. The 197 votes of,t states, excluside of New York, were for Mr. Harrison in 1888, with 1 rotes from the new States, makea total' >f 207, or one-short of a maority;* Phis one vote may ,e had, it ieved from Montana, Connecsicut=o West.Virginia. -With New York )U ublican, the problem, of course, e a vastly easier one, but~that eing naturally Democratic and o carry, the calculation is made he object of showing that Mr.'' nay next time dispense with . York. The flaw of the scheme, it tppear, is in assuming that In vhich is essential to its succesi nore than New York, will go ej ican in 1892. It is iaturally a ratic State. Unlimited bribery .t for Garfield in 1880 and for H n 1888, but-that expedient will n s believed, be 'available at :lie presidential election. The "nit ' ion in Indiana will be held uwde= recently passed Australian ballot so th~ait'e devices of formet purchasing-votes and seeing -, Livered willin 1892 be of no either party. The pr fore that Xnddiiia rai tinieg t timael -i. date. The calculation for:: with New York may be further~ by Rhode Island, nuder its franchise, becoming - a De State. The prospects, therefore, Democrats in the next natiaaaf are certainly not sunh that tYie to be greatly discouraged. r - add the votes of New York- and, ana-States naturally -IDemoera those of the States that wrere for land last year, they will havea jority and eight votes t. pr without Indiana, the Democrats~I! ing New York safe may: win if te~ can capture RhodeAsland orCai They cannot.win without New . Evidently the election is going to close and exciting one. -The result, may be assumed, will be determinid large part by contingencies whicib present no one can estimate. A Postmaster and BiLPpez' Postmaster Lawshe,-oftXza~ a recent, appointee of President~% rison, is in a very unenviable rn ot mind. The postmaster divides-hs time between selling stamps and .ru. ning 'a newspaper. Now'thlsis~ paper glories in a patenit inside, a recent issue the postmasterwa-i rifled upon reading two colwus oF choicest Democratic ab'ase of thela ministration. The office cat had 4~. dently taken a day off. The post t.-r has forwarded alfidavitssovg4 that the matter was inserted withog his knowledge or consent. Senator s,nlth's Son Dangerously airt~ LCarolina Spartan.J Henry Lee Smith, son of Senator . M. Smith, was caught by a shaft hL&f runs the press attached to a.cotton glad last Saturday morning and dangcfe ously injured. He was preparing t. start the press when the head of a set' screw caught in his overalls, made &4 strong cotton bagging, and wbedi. him round once or twice. -His right< arm was brokeni above the elbow and he is paralyzed from the waist down. His chances for recovery are very doubtful. -Just Hear that Chind srien! said Mrs. Smit.h .to her sister, Davis, as the sound of a child's came across the en from a bor's house. "What kind of a woma' have ydu for a neighbor? Does abuse her children?' "Nor replied,Mrs. Davis. "She is ote most tender mothers in ex'se~e~ you see, she believes in- The fashioned styles of doctoring. When child-needs physic, she fills a with some nauseous dose, lays little victim fiat on her lap, holds nose till he is forced to openi is for breath, when down gosthe ful mess. Thben comesbeei wonder," said Mrs. -III, W~ dosen't she use Dr. Pieree's Purgative pellets? They a without being harsh4and are take as sugar pums. -I always them to my child An. ap4l said Mrs. Davis.