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L - LI - -r - -UtI%1 ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1890. PRICE EDGEFIELD'S JAIL BIRDS IN ARKA SAS. How the Town Authorities of Brinkley Li Carpenter and Murrell E. cape. [Edgefield Chronicle.] The following letter is from John I Butler to his father, Mr. D. M. Butle; of the Big Creek section. Mr. John I Butler emigrated to Arkansas at th close of last year, in cenpany with b neighbor, Mr. W. C. Witt-the ma who sent the telegrams to Sheriff Ouzl concerning the arrest of Carpenter an Murrell-or the two men supposed t be Carpenter and Murrell. Mr. D. N Butler, and we are much obliged t him-sends us this letter for public. tion. The action of the town author ties of Brinkley seems to us to hav been very loose and irresponsible. "MAGNOL_A, ARK., Jan. 25, '90. "Dear Father:- -You requested me t write and give you a correct statemen about myself and Mr. W. C. Witt car turing whom be believed to be Murre: and Carpenter. I will do so as far a far as my recollection serves me: "A man we supposed to be Murre: got on the train with us at Atlanta,Gz He came into the coach where we wer( he seemed to be in trouble. The fire morning he did not have much to sa3 except that he was going to Greenvillk Texas. He then said to Mr. Witt tha he was in trouble, that he had bee] under arrest, and that he would die bE fore he would be arrested any nor Then I and Mr. Witt began to suspi cion him. We told him we were fron South Carolina. He said, 'I am too. He then asked us:where we were goint I told him to Arkansas. He the] seemed to have a great deal to tall about. "After he had already told us tha he was from South Carolina, he thei said he was from York County, Nortl Carolina. He told us different tales a to what he was in trouble about. Th first evening I was sick and did no have much to say to him. Mr. Wit told me next morning of some thing he said to him. First one and then th other of 'us would question him. H would then tell me certain things, an< then contradict them by telling MIr 'Witt something else. We got to Memphis about day. Mur rell had tickets for another route, bu could not leave until 11 o'clock tha day. Rather than lay over, he pur chased another ticket to go on the trail that we were on. At Memphis, Car penter got aboard the train, but we dit not know it until we were crossing th4 Mississippi River. Then I saw Murrel in the boat. As soon as we got acros the river, I told Mr. Witt that I wa going to look for Murrell. I found hin in the next coach to us, and Carpente with him. They bad changed tlat and seemed to be in dread. Murrel took me to be a friend of his, and aske me to take a seat by him. I told him did not have time just them. There was a man that camne to wher ~we were and said he had a good pisto and plenty of money, and that if h could see the parties he was looking fo he would be all right. The man thei went out from these boys. Murrell the. took out h~is pistol, and said, 'If tha man comes back in here, and pulls ou his pistol, I will shoot him.' He aske< me if I had a pistol; I told him na Carpenter then said to me, 'See here I have got a good one.' The; '' seemed to be very much excited. Mur rell said to-'Carpenter, 'Keep my car pet-sack until I go back in yonder. Carpenter asked me to stay there witi him. I told him I must go back t help my wife take care of our litti children. "When I got back where my famnil; was, Murrell was in there talking t Mr. Witt, who asked him to let hii see his pistol. He pulled it out, bu said he would not let any one take hol< S of it unless he first took out the ca: tridges. WVe then decided it was Mu; rell and Carpenter. They kept askin 1 me if I knew how far it was to Brink ley, that they were going to get offa Brinkley. We then went to the cor doctar and got him to telegraph to th marshal at Brinkley to meet us ther< that there were some suspicious person on the train whom we wished to arresl Two policemen met us promptly at thi train. I and one of them walked in one end of the car, and Mr. Witt an * the other one went in at the other em We went up to themi, presented ot pistols at them, and told themi 'hand up.' Murrell had his pistol ini his han between his legs; lhe let it fall to ti floor. We then started with them to t1: guard-house. Murrell said he woul give one h undred dlollars if they we. loose. We searched them, but foun only about two dollars with then We then telegraphed to Sheriif Ouz1 about dark,describing them. There we: *# about t wenty-five personis who wenti to look at thenm. We all agreed thz the description suited them. We the telegraphed to Sherift Ouzts to c~on anrd identify the prisoners. Wet wat to go on that night, so) we made(l a ratngements with the marshal to Ihol them until Sheriff Ouzts could ha' time to get there. The marshal proi ised us he would hold them. We pi confidence in him. We t hen wint ar saw the mayor of the town, and aske him for advice in the matter. Ti mayor told us to leave them in ti hands of Marshal Johnson, that he w: a responsible man. "Let Marsh; Johnson carry them over to Heler jail to-morrowv morning." Johnsc promised to do as the mayor directe we thought the matter was all rigb We asked the prisoners to telegraph their people about the trouble th< were in; they said they did not haa money enoug,h. We offered to pay for the telegrams, but they would not agree to do it. Two of our party, Mr. A. I)evore and 1rs. Luther Koon, say they saw one of them buy some chew ing gum, and pull out a large roll of paper money to get change to pay for the gum. One of the colored men that Mr. Witt was taken with him to Ar kansas, says he knew Murrell and [ Carpenter, that he worked with one of them awhile last year. He had not told us these facts until next day, not knowing that we bad arrested them. After he told us that he knew the boys, we sent four or five dispatches back to Brinkley for the officers to hold them, but did not get any word from them. We then got a telegram from Sheriff Oezts, wanting to know where the prisoners were. We could not tell him. We then wrote again to the mayor; he wrote to us saying that "the o prisoners proved themselves clear, and we turned them out next morning, and they took the tr-ti for Texas." It was ten days or two weeks after we left Brinkley before we got this letter from the mayor. I am sorry they beat us out of our prisoners. The above ac count is as correct as Jean well make it. "Your affectionate son, JOHN L. Br TLIER." t WARNED TO STAY AWAY. Southern Farmerg Indignant at the Men Who Induced Negroes to Emigrate. ; [From the New York Herald.] BIRMING1AM, ALA., Feb 1S.-Two hundred negro emigrants en route from 1 North Carolina to Louisiana passed i through here to-day and five hundred more folio Ned to-night. This ends the t negro exodus for this season, but next s winter the passenger agents of the rail I roads will take up the work again. s R. L. Williams who was in charge e of the party to-day, says no sum of t money would induce a passenger agent t to return to North Carolina after ne s groes until the anger of the white e farmers has had time to cool. Many e of the negroes have jumped contracts l and left the planters there short of help. The passenger agents have been blamed for this, and they have all re ceived warnings not to return to the t State under penalty of severe treatment t or death. Several of them have been - arrested and were kept in jail several i days, and another escaped a flogging - by walking out of Littletown, in Dup I lin County, N. C., without waiting fi.r his baggage. I Just before agent Williams left the > State he received the following note: s Sir-You must leave the State at once and return no more to interfere with our labor. You have received full warning, and if you return you 3 may expect trouble. COMMITT:E. 1 Williams says that all agents have received similar warning. The Leaven of Mr. Grady's Life. 1Current Literature, a nmonthly perio dical which Mr. Grady declared to be a model in its way, says of him: r"The memory of Henry W. Grady Simproves with time. Buried now a month or more, the first dazed shudder tis succeeded by the more mournful o ontemplation, the deeper relization, of his death. Pages of eulogy; black bordered portraits ; a thousand-sourced recital of the incidents of a brilliant and swiftly developed life have told the story of how he was beloved of family and friends, respected and admired of men. TIhe silver-tonigued orator; the Spopular and stirring man of business; the representative of the new South; the magnetic, progressive American all these he was, andI no one does, or ever shall, gainsay it. But the secret of his popularity, the essence of his tniagnetismn, t he quality of the human affection accorded him, was not ini the great, hut the little things, he did. Here is the real mneasure of his great. ness-hie was a thoroughly unselfish man. In tihe breadth and strength. of this own ambitious purpose, he could always recognize, and appreciate, the endeavor of others. Born of that spirit which declares jealously to be the test of real inferiority arnd cowardice, his hat was always off to merit, his speech framed to honest, manly encourage ment-from principle-he hadI ev-er doutstretched the helping hand. Such a personality leavens the whole sordid humain lump. It is an abiding comufort to know that for even thirty-eight dyeairs such a man as Henry 'N Grady A slim on Missouri. d [D)enver News.] .Down in 3Iissouri they have int ro d duced hugging societies to swell the church treasury, and a Mlissouri paper ~ives tile scales o,f p)rices: Girls under e6 lb eetnts for a hug of tw o miniutes,o: 10 cents. for a sI: 'rt squeeze; from 1; t tI 1 5 cents; from 20 to 2o, .5 cents; s .chool mtarmus, 10 cents; another mnu wife, 61 ; widows, according to looks, d 10 eeuts tM 3; old miaids, 3 cents r- piece, or two for a nickle, anid 1not any dI limit of timie. Preachers are not charged Editors pay inl advertisemenits, bul are rmi allowed to participate unti t everybody else has gotton through and even then are not allowed t< asqueeze anything but old maids and school marmis. -- The Old Way Much Better. I From the Philadelphia Record.] a "Rubbing alcohol on the lips tt n make them cherry-red is all very p)ret d; ty for a wvhile,'' said a leading doctoi t. yesterday, as a votung lady p)assed him to "but the alcohol hardens the skin and y soon leaves the girl wvith distigured te 1lnps'" WHEN SY ICINGTI.3IE COMES The Fair Sex tvilI Array Itself in Purple an<i Fine Linen--The New Styles Which the Change of Sea son.. winl brin;g Forth. Vhent the approichi of Lent the woeflnel of a ch:ritab le bent renew their interest in the good work which may possibly have lingged during the gay season, while those whose time is al wayvs taken utp with worldly things, devote the dull days of fasting to (Iry goods stores and d ressmakers. A pretty woman and a most artisti cally dressed one said, 'I always spend Lent in planniag and having made my gowns for the suiier and spring seas on. There is a holy calm about the forty days of fasting which, coupled with the freshness and beauty of early spring, fills me with an inspiration that finds its satisfactory outlet in combinations of silks, laces, etc. I often spend the season in New York, and when I return one has but to gaze upon tmte to behold the whole of my hlusban(I'S estate." The woman who have indulged in expensive heavy wraps and furs this winter are bemoaning the coming of spring, and regretting the mild winter season, which has made the wearingof such things an absolute anguish. Wear them they will on the balmiest and .June-like days. Why they purchase such things -at all will be answered when the reason is given for Southern -people's building houses on Northern plan with cooped-up interiors and ver andas as big as one's hand. I have felt sorry for these fur-bed ecked, heavily-wrapped figures strug gling beneath their heaviness and heat all the winter. One of the prettiest and most attractive young married women here is now in sorrow over a Redfern wrap which she purchased late in the season. It cost a cool hun dred dollars and she has not been able to wear it but once or twice since it came. It is a lovely thing, in heavy and exquisitely fine (ark-brown broad cloth, reaching from throat to skirt hem, made plain and close-fitting. The back is braided in black silk, as are the sleeves, and the latter are bordered with a fine fringe of monkey fur. The front fastens diagonally from the left shoulder, and is finished also with the fur and uraid. Nothing very pronounced and unu sual ever lasts long, and the spring styles prove this in entirely putting aside the directoire and empire gowns, whie:" were the rage last season. scarcely a suggestion of these styles reman in the fashions for this year, and last season although such frocks were amost universally worn, there were a few very stylish women here who have adopted these dresses foi street or visiting wear. "Such gowns," they argued, "will do wvell enough for high tens and fancy parties, where one carn be be-puffed and be-girdled to one's heart's content, but for fornmal occasions give us conven tional drapreries and( tailor cut jackets." N%othing can be plainer than tihe styles wich will be worn this season. rhe fancy of dressmaker and designer can find no inispiration save in the sleeves to these toilets, wvhich are still puffed anld pleated in many ways, and ornamrented with deep cuffs, buttons, etc. Thle everlasting points, of which peop)C leave grown very wer for' the past few mlonIths, will be continued, but will not pJrevail ill sprinlg costumies. A lovely carriage gown of deep green broadcloth, which has just been reviv ed from Krakauer has tire dIraperies in the back perfectly plain. The long overskirts, reacinlg to tile hiem (of the lower skirt, is slightly pleated on the hips, anid op)ened fromr ip to hemn on one side, this side and the front being bordered withn graduating points of black silk p)assemlenlterie. The~ bodice has a mleditumsized belt of black velvet, mlaking a V in front, and the material makes a fewv soft folds froml shoulder to waist over a V shraped black velvet vest. These folds are caughit with rows (of t iny black silk buttons on the shoulder anid over tihe bust, and the leg-of-mutton sleeves have all tihe way ow~n two stripes of black v-elvet over folded withl tile mnaterial, whlich is hleld by rows (If tile smrall buttons. The0 hat to match tis is broad-briml mted greenl straw, t he briml graduating to nlotin g ini thle bacek, whIrich is fin ishe~d wvih ajaunity how of black velvet ribbonl and velvet strings wich tie under thle chin ini a graceful, fiutfy bowv. Thne only other trimming is an other large velvet bow, ove the front of tire brinm whrich is also lined with black velvet. Thel bats and( bonnrets ar~e all low crowned, t Ihe lat ter con formring inl thleir elose-fittinig simlplielty fo thre plainntess ofl the eost unmes they miatch. Most of them have tihe crowns cov.ered wvith clothI like tire dress. One belonging to a bridge's traveling sut had the crownl OI dhark green broadcloth arnd tire phlin, close-fit ting brinm finished with folds of Iblack velvet; a knot of tis in which nestledl three hnaning' birds formied tire front orrinment and threre were narrow strings anid a tiny bow (If black velvet to fastenl -closely under the chin The broadcloth suit had its Iplain p)annel draperies finlished with black velvet. Another lovely- bonnet to match a wvhite broadcloth suit had its crown of wvhite veilvet emnbroidlered ill gold and the brim finished with soft folds of velvet, from whlich p)eeped a delicate Ivine of pink velvet forget-me-nots. The rim was covered with a narrow puffing of (lark red velvet, which also formed Itine narrowv string and bow. In bridal gowns, themselves, thereis is the approven material, and this ha been embroidered in silver. pearls aiic crystal beads until people are bcgin ning to grow tired of so much o>rna, nientation and want to go back to th t plain material, choosing it of the inosl elegant quality and rich lace or tulk forming all or part of the front uw wide draperies. The only novel departure is in thi veil, which is now often made shorte and arranged in a short, closely tit iin piece across the face just like the sireet veils worn with small bonnets. Tihest veils are far more becoming than tl regulation ones which often get folded over the face in ugly wrinkles and fal: ungracefully to the hei of her bride ship's robe. It is a noticeable fact that positively no silver or gold ornaments finish the trimmings of hats or bonnets for the coming season, and that the only orna nients of the kind fasten the draperic and bodies. A gown ordered by at Atlanta belle for the spring season ha: the sleeves, the waist trinmning, and the slightly gathered, straight, fallint front of heliotrope India silk tigured in black fern leaves. On either side o1 this front are two wide folds of blacl velvet from waist to hen. The bacl; and side draperies and bodice are of plain heliotrope silk, the latter slightly gathered in front into a wide belt o1 black velvet fastened by a long, narro, buckle of oxidized silver. Fromltht shoulder two pieces of velvet form a V above the bust, this being fastened in the point with an oxidized silver nedal lion. Silver, gold and bronze medallionm and buckles are to be seen upon all th London and Paris made gowns, and belts of these metals are the most novei feature in spring frocks. These belt. are some two or three inches, arE formed of the fine fixible metal, and have large buckles in every shape and wrought in every imaginable design. A fashionable woman who has a penchant for cats, has ordered from bei Paris modiste a tea-gown of pearl-gray fuille, the graceful draperies to be con fined that the waist with a flexiblt silver belt, whose large, round buckle is carved in a life-like cat's head, whil the soft, silver gauge belt is buttoned in by the smaller silver beads, and th draperies are looped with medallions of the same. An evening gown of heavy whitc velvet, to be worn at the club reception is long trained and severely plain a. to the draperies, whose few folds arc caught with gold lions' heads. The gold belt has a buckle in the same de sign with ruby eyes, and the shorl sleeves are also caught on the shouldei with these medallions. Heliotrope in every shade and com bined with everything will be the pre vailing shade for spring and summer, and this color is brought out in every enticing design. With the plainnes: in drapery there comes greater demtant for the finest and most costly material. and nothing coarse in texture is good form. Black is generally p)referredl fo the contrasting shade, and there is ut combination of the lighter and darke. colors in a suit unless the dlark miaterial be velvet. A woman who cannot afford mnany costumes a season should always have two bodices made to her visiting toilet. One for visiting arnd carriage wear, and one more dressy for luncheon anid after noon teas, and a different bonnet foi these occasions is always pretty. For black lace gown a dressy bodice oj black silk, brocaded in smiall yellowi flowers, has the neck cut round and little low in front arid finished with deep, flat-lying ruffle of lace. The puffed lace sleeves are lined with yel low silk, and the bonnet to match ha: the rim and strings of black lace and the crowvn entirely covered with tiny bu ttercups. lhe cotton frocks for the coming sea son have the skirts pleated or tucke( from waist to hem and the waists which are cut low, have folds or gather trom the shoulders to the belts. All o them have belts and many of these ar< finished wIth long ribbon hnows ant ends in the back, such as have beer worn on lace evening and visiting toilets. The belts, cuffs and vests art chiefly made of dark velvets, and rowv of velvet ribbon is a favorite trinmmini for the panels and deep hemis of th< skirt draperies. The hats to wvear witl these gowns are of rough straw, low crow ned, broad-brimed in front, gradu ating to very narrow in the back, ai finished with jaunty bows of velvet o1 ribboni, and sprays of grasses or fiek flowers. MAUDE ANDREwS. What We Pay for Past Eighting. [Baltimore Sun ] The pension appropriation bill, re p)ortedl Tuesday, calls for $98,427,461l This is more than all other govern merits in the world put together pa: annually for pensions. It is as muel as Germany's magnificent standin army of nearly .500,000 men cost annu ally. It is therefore a burden of con siderable weight, even for as prod uetivi a country as this is. Thinking pier sons will wonder whether it adIds t our efficiency as a military powecr whether it does not impair our abilit: to carry on any future war. As we ar still paying pensions on account of th revolutionary wvar, that closed over: hundred years ago, we may expect t' be paying for our civil war in 107( One would think Congress would cor sider the outcome of wild pension legis lation, but it doesn't. It is intent o: paying the soldier vote for all comnin time. Do you wish to be great? Then begi by being Uittle-_t. A ngvstine. PLtNKETT IN TOWN. The Oh M an an- his Wife Seeing the Sights. [Atlanta Constitution.] "Me and the old 'omion have been up to Atlanta ergin." said Plunkett, as he knocked the ashes out of his pipe and turned to face the group at the fire Side. "Every time we go up there we both swear we won't go ergin, for there haint nobody there that cares for us, 'cause we tire our necks bowing to folks that we meet on the streets and there haint one of 'em that pays er bit of attention to us-they just rush on by us like as if we were horses or cows, and they sometimes mighty nigh run over us. "But Atlanta's er great place, sure," resumed the old man, after another vigorous puff at his pipe. "I never go there but what I see re minders of the war and of old times. I went to the theater-to DeGive's- c the youngsters- persuaded me to go, 1 and little did I. think I would see s things in that glittering place to bring f up memories of the past-but I did. The first thing that met my eyes was er picture of er battle scene on the drop curtain-the new drop curtain that hangs in front of the acting stage. "This new ceirtain represents Napo- c leon at the pyramids, and when I N looked upon it, and seed the soldiers er c chargin', and the cattle er scamperin', f I couldn't help from thinking of old Sherman. But old Sherman's soldiers s didn't run over the confederates, like the French are trampling the Turks. "On the picture the pyramids in the t back-ground lift their shadows to the clouds and the memories of forty cen turies come up. They create feelings t of sublimity in an old man like me, t and I don't know what they do for t this since-the-war generation who have N all. the public school larnin' and know c all of this pyramid history. -But they are not to be compared to the rugged old Kennesaw or the tower ing stretch of old Lookout that kisses s the skies for miles upon miles-they I compare as the hand of man to the t mighty works of God. "But Napoleon's troops are dashin' a and slash in' and the Turks are trampled c under the horses' feet; the Turkish wimin are fleeing to the background, but now and then one loaded with er babe is overtaken and crushed to the I earth by the cruel conquerers. "It niade me feel sorry for the Turks to look upon the picture, and I think old Sherman would buy it and burn it if he were to get his eyes on it, for it I surely would remind him of cruelties t that him and his soldiers perpetrated among the hills of Georgia and Ten nessee. But the yankees didn't do much trampling-they flanked and burned they-but there was many a poor wvoman who fled from their ap proach and died from need and ex posure. "But I was going to tell you of Em ma A bbott, the great songstress. The show was an op)era-atud I say darn op)eras; I had rather hear an old fashioned congregation at a camp meeting sing 'Old Hundred' than to see all the didoes that was ever cut by these opera folks. Thue most of the singing was D)utch to me, and the fools didn't know how to raise the tunes. They pitched 'em so high that I looked every nilnit for somec of the singers to bust trying to keep the chord. "But that A bbott gal beat 'em all! She'd come out herself and start off0on er song andt pretty soonI she'd go to squealing and squeal till I would mighty nigh faint myself. I know she's hollow from her mouth down to her toes, else she couldn't store that much wind erbout her person. I'd like to 'zamhin her, 'zamiin her, just for may own satisfaction. "But Emnna (lid sing one song, and she done mighty well with it. It was 'The Old Folks at Home.' When she started off low and sweet : 4 'Wy down on the Swanee river, Far, far away, Dere's whar miy heart is turning ebber, Dere's wham de old folks stay; And up and down de whole creation Sadly I roam, Still longing for (de old( plantation, And for de old folks at honme it was sweet, mighty sweet, for er -yankee gal that never heard the old Iplantation niggers sing it ; but when she opened on the chorus she touched Iit off with sonme of her opera'trills' that spoilt it to my ear ; but I liked the song anyhow, for it brought up mem ories of long ergo, and as she sang the next verse a tear stole into my eye, for it's these old songs the niggers used to -sing at night as they came from the field On the other side of the river. -"As she sang I shut miy eyes, and it seemedl that I. could hear the old OX Scart's rumble and( the 'wo-haw ! Gee! Get up there, BWII !' of old nigger Tonm who did the dlrivinig. I could hear -the chain lumber in the bottom of the1 Sferry boat. as the boat was loosened1 fromr the stake that held it, and then Sthe lively dar-ce and patting rattled on the boats floor. Up from the river to their cabins the song wvent on, and I Swish that this Emmna Abbott could ehave listened to the verse : SOne little hut among the bushes, SOne dat I lRve, IStill sadly to my memory rushes, Nonmat ter wvhar I roami. When wii ee de bees a hummninag All round de omnb ? aWhen will I hear'-te banjo running D)own in my good old home ? gAll the world any sad and dreary, Everywhere I roam ; Oh ! darkies, how my heart grows nweary, Far from the dld folks at home. "Them old plantation niggers could )eat Emma's singing with all her art, ind they were happier than she will ver be with all her wealth, but they rre gone, never to be ergiu, and this -ankee gal is the next best thing to em-but I hate yankees. "But pictures haint war, nor operas aint music to my ear ; but I do wish )ld Sherman could see the new drap urtain at DeGive's opera house. I now it would make him feel bad.'' SARGE. SHOT DEAD AT ELLOREE. rhe Fate of a Worthless Fellow, who In sulted Other People's Wives. [Special t: News and Courier.] ORN(;Eaa, February 20.-George ollier, a young man who keeps a bar it Elloree, came up here this morning nd surrendered himself to the sheriff, tying that he had shot and killed a vhite man yesterday afternoon in ElI ree, named Will Lindsay. From Col ier's version of the affair the killing is aid by every one to be perfectly justi iable. It appears that Lindsay, who was a nan of very little character, went to a ieighbor's residence aud grossly in ulted the lady of the house. The lady >icked up a big stick and ran him out f the house. The scoundrel then went ver to Collier's house, and as there was no one home but Mrs. Collier he ffered the same insult to that lady and orced her into a room in the house. dIrs. Collier screamed for help and ome one ran off for her husband. As Jr. Collier came up Lindsay was .bout to run off, when he was shot by he former and instantly killed. Collier is well known in this city, mnd his family is a good one. He is said o be somewhat of a wild young fellow, iut, if the account of the dastardly at empt of Lindsay be true. Mr. Collier vas certainly right in giving thescoun Irel the deadly shot. Collier has telegraphed to Capt. F. Y. Wannanaker, of St. Matthew's, to ngage that gentleman as counsel. It is aid that Collier's friends did not want lim to come up and surrender himself o the sheriff, claiming that he was >erfectly right in shooting Lindsay, mud that he would be set clear by his ountryren. INDIANA FARMERS UNITING. tesult of Six Months of the Organization. [From the New York Times.] INDIANAPOLIs February j16.-In the orthern part of Indiana, where the ?'arners' Alliance has been stronger han in any other portion of the State, he movement is steadily growing, and ssumes strength sulicient to com nand attention and respect. The state Assembly was held at Princeton. Davies, Knox, Pike, Greene, Sullivan, ?osey, Gibson, Orange, Lawrence,:Du >is, Warwick, Vanderburg, Harrison, Fountain, Jackson, Washington,Craw ord, MIonroe and Spencer counties, long or near the Ohio River, sent del ~gates. The Grange is called the Far ners' MIutual Benefit Association, and t the Convention 7:21 surbordinate odges were represented, showing a otal membership of 21,112. A board of trade wvas organized, with 52,000 capital subscribed, and it was >rdered that this be the accepted me ium between wholesalers and retail-' ~rs, so that drummers and other ex >ensive intermediaries might be dis enscd with. Agricultural implements tre to be looked after especially. The greatest interest was manifested n the proceedings, and the members bowed that they appreciate the serious mture of their organization. The Al ance will hold another convention in )ctober, and by that time it is said by he officers that the organization will ave enrolled 50,000 oath-bound mem >ers from the farming communcity of outhern Indiana. T1he politicians ire are discussing the gravity of the rganization, for the advisability of >lacing a "farmers' ticket" in the field mt local elections was discnssed in the onvention, and from tihe influence ,at could be exerted upon township Lad county elections to the more grave natter of State elections is more than a ossibility. The organization thIius strongly 'ormed is the growth of only six non ths, but the effect of its workings as already been felt by dealers in mer :handise in the towns or sections ,vhere the Alliance is strong. The teady boycotting of storekeepers and ther middlemen which is now being arried on in some localities must soon aave an effect upon tile wholesale dis ~ributing points for Southern Indiana, mvhich are Cincinnati, Louisville and [ndianapolis. To Supply Fresh Air. [From the Court .Journal.] Thue air is remarkably find and vholesome up aloft within Eiffel Tower reach ; therefore a learned British au hority on air pr~opoe to bring down by meanis of a hligh towver a continuous supply of th'e article, which can be in troduced at an agreeable templerature into all public buildings, hotels, the tres, &c. May we all live to see it done. Failure in Fairfield. [Special to the Register] WIxNsBoRO, S. C., Feb. 20.-A. R. Nicholson & Co., of Woodward's miade an assignment to John R. Craig to-day for the benefit of creditors. Nicholson & Co., were doing a general merchan disc business. Their assignment was unlooked for. The liabilities of the firm are about $3,000; nominal assets aout *l11000 and real about $8,000. A NEW KIND OF BAPTISTS. "Shermanites" Who Let Hair and Beard Grow, Do not Become Rich, and Bap tize in Running Water-Rapid Spread of the Doctrine. [Atlanta Journal.] There is no more queer religious sect in the world than the "Shermanites," of North Alabama. .t In nearly any town in this section you can see among the countrymen t who bring in cotton ann1 garden truck t to sell, several with long uncut beard E and flowing hair, reaching half way to t the waist. In Birmingham,which sits t in Jones' Valley, as the Queen of all these towns, these men with long hair 1 and beard can be seen by the dozens t every day during the crop selling sea son. They are Shermanites and belong to 1 a religious organization that is confined to the mountain fastnesses of North Alabama, but has many thousand fol lowers. About twenty years ago a man named Sherman went through the t mountainous regions of Alabama on t horseback and preached in all the ham lets and villages. In fact, he preached at isolated farm houses, with only a a single family as a congregation. His doctrine was of Jesus Christ, but he departed from the creeds of all the established churches and laid down some new religious laws which found favor among his backwoods hearers, and it was not long till he had many followers. -f Immersion was the foundation of his new religion, and it had to be a done in a running branch, so that the water could carry off the sin as it was washed away from the regenerated be- 2 liever. The next best thing in Sherman's l doctrine was for the men not to cut their hair or their beard. This law, he said, must be followed strictly. Neither scissors nor razor was to touch the head I or face under any circumstances, for Christ had neither his hair nor his t beard cut, and his followers must not t depart from the example. I They were to have no church build ings, for the Son of Man preached in I the fields and in ships and on the I mountains, and so should his disciples. "The only temple," said Sherman, t "erected to God during the old dispen sation was discountenanced by Christ, I and he predicted its overthrow when t it was pointed out to him by his apostles." They were to have no paid preachers, but every Shermanite was to be - a- C preacher. All were to exhort and to pray, and instead of paying money to support preachers, the collections taken r up at the gatherings were to go to a common fund for the relief of the poor t and destitute. I call this sect "Shermanites," for that is the name they are known by to the outside world, because they are fol lowers of Sherman; but as a religious sect they give themselves no name ex cept "followers of Christ," for their leader taught them that Christ did not call His established church by any name, then why should they? - All of the church meetings are either held in the open air or at some private3 residence. Anybody can "open meet ing," and anybody can give out a hymn, offer prayer, or make a few re- 1 marks. There is another peculiar thing about the teachings of Sherman and that is a man must be possessed of only a cer tain amount of this world's goods to be a true Christian. He should have just enough to give himself and family a comfortable living. To possess any more than this is considered iniqui tous. He requires a-tithe of every "fol lower's," possessions and the money is put in the fund for the poor. He him self would receive no pay for preach ing, but owned and worked a farm and contributed like any of his followers. I do not know whether Sherman is living now or not, but five years ago I sawv and talked with hitr. in Birnming hamn. He was a middle-aged, pleasant looking manl, with keen gray eyes and, I although using the backwoods dialect, talked like a man of considerable learn ing. He knew the scriptures by heart and, when once induced to discuss his religion, would quote verse after verse in sup)port of his ideas and theories. "I teach," he said to nie, "men to I love their fellowmen as wel' as to wor ship God." "Are you a prophet?' was asked. "Yes, a prophet thus far: I am sent to establish a church that is free from pharisees and hypocrites and devoid of useless forms and one that teaches its members to follow the footsteps of 1 tihe Savior." To join this band of mountain wor shippers one has only to get some of the "followers" to baptize him in a running stream and then make known to the guardians of the fund for the poor what his earthly possessions are so he can be assessed. These guardians are selected from the regular election districts, or "beats," as they are called in Alabama, and are appointed at an annual meeting. A mining engineer, who inspected all the coal and iron districts in Alabama a fevv years ago, stated that he did not think there was less than five thous and Shermanites. A canvas-back (luck flies at an ha-] bitual rate of 80) miles per hour, which is increased in emergency to 120. The mallard has a flight of 48 miles an hour; the black duck, pin-tail, widrzeon, and wood-duck can not do) much better. The blue-wing and green wing tails can do 10)0 miles an hour, and take it easy. The red-head can fly all day at 90 miles per hour. The gadwall can do 90 miles. The flight of the wild goose is 100) milles per hour. LOTTERY PROFITS. orne Facts for the Perusal of Those luded Mortals Who Patronize the Louisiana Lottery. [Philadelphia Press.] The attempt to secure a charter for he Louisiana Lottery Company from he Northern Dakota Legislature has erved to bring that gigantic combina ion for gambling prominently before he public. Its existence haslong been disgrace to the State and to the na ion, but so quietly does it do its work hat few are aware of the magnitude of ts operations. It has learned that too nuch publicity is not good for it, and hat systematic, quiet effort will bring o it more dupes than conspicuous ad ertising. But, like the cuttlefish, its entacles stretch out in every direction .nd draw to it victims,'frorm whom it ucks Its financial life-blood. The Louisiana Lottery has now been n existence about twenty-two years, ,nd if the reports of its income are rustworthy, it has received during hat time several hundred millions of ollars. An estimate recently made of ts annual income gave the following s the receipts for a recent year through [ifferent classes of letters: Class. Daily. Monthly. Yearly. legistered $30,000 $900,000 $10,950,000 'ost'l ord'r 30,000 900000 10,950,000 )rdinary 7,500 225,000 2,737,500 " $67,500 $2,025,000 $25,637,500 These figures are said, to be "frozen acts," and capable of verification. 'he letters received by the company re reported to average at least 6,000 a lay, or about one-third of the total mail oing to New Orleans, a city Qf about 50,000 people. The outgoing lottery nail is estimated to be nearly 12,000 etters a day, or two-thirds of the mail ing from New Orleans. These facts and figures will serve to how the gigantic proportions of this ottery scheme. Of the $25,000,000 it eceives annually not one-third goes ack in prizes. Of the cost of operating he business no one but those- inti nately concerned in its affairs can give trustworthy estimate. But they are irobably not one-half the gross profits, eaving $8,000,000 as the net revenue vhich the company derives from its >usiness. For this enormous sum it nakes no return to the country. It >roduces nothing and consumes every hing. The $25,000,000 a year it re eives might as well be dumped into he sea for all the good it does the ountry. It is a dead loss. Itis squan ered, dissipated, wasted and thrown- - way, entailing greater financial loss ipon the country than the phenome al storms of last June, which wiped " ne whole city out of existence and >rought desolation to many valleys. If this were the only injury this lottery cheme inflicted the country could bear t. But the moral damage it does is far :reater than the material. Hundreds if thousands of youths and grown men .nd women are allured by its attract ye circulars, and invest their hard arned dollars in this sink of money.? )ne venture does not satisfy them, but, trusting to luck for a turn in the theel of fortune, they go on year after rear gambling in tickets. They be ome morally demoralized. No State ias suffered more from this disreputa >le business than California, the Lmount which goes from that State to he Louisiana Lottery being estimated t $200,000 a month. Earnest efforts iave accordingly been made to break t up, and to prove to its victims how hey are fleeced the following table was :onstructed, showing the amount to be von and the odds against winning: 9,999 to one against winning $1.5;000 ~9,999 to one against winning 5,000 I ~3,332 to one against winning 2,000 .9,999 to one against winning 1,000 .1,110 to one against winning 500 1,26.5 to one against winning 100 I 1,265 to one against winning 50 3.57 to one against winning 30 172 to one against winning 20 84 to one against winning T0 4.5 to one against wmmnng5 In other words, the chances against Ln investor winning range from nineI o one to twenty to one. The efforts to break up this gigantic windling business have thus far proved utile. It has been able to circumvent he attempts of the government to ex lude it from the miails and to shield tself under the protection of the State ~overnment from which in derives its harter. But the storm of popular dis ent aroused by the attempt to obtain charter from the North Dakota Leg slature shows how strongly public >pinion is opposed to the whole busi iess, and to this power the Louisiana Lottery, like every other obnoxious hing, will have to surrender eventu- I Wiy. ;ENSATIoNA L RUMfORS AFLOAT ABOUT IT IN I3ARCK.4 BIS3x ARCK, N. D., Feb. 19.- The ,air vas full of rumors of the most startling Lnd sensational character to-day con ~erning the lottery scheme. It was re orted that the Louisiana Lottery bill vould come up in the assembly again - .n such shape that its chances for pass ~ge were assured. The company was to give the State -- 250,000) the first year and $150,000 each meceeeding year, for the privilege of loing business in North Dakota, and it wras added that the lottery company would immediately deposit $500,000 in yanks of North Dakota's leading cities, Eargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and ramiestown, $125,000 to be deposited in each town. Ex-Senator Spencer of Alabama, at :ornev for the Louisiana Lottery comn pany~was interviewed, and said: "It is all bosh. The lottery bill is lead so far as Alexander McKenzie or [ are concernod. If the peopleof North Dakota want a lottery they will have ;start one on their own hook. We 4 aave given up the scheme entireiy.