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ELBERT H. ALLL, EDITOR. ;ELBEFRT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, 5 NEWBERRY. S. C, THURSDAY MAY I, 110. The Rev. Sam Smalls will be a can didate for the Legislature from Fulton County, Ga., on the prohibition ticket. The Hon. Richard Vaux has been nominated by the Democrats of the late Mr. S. J. Randall's district in Philadelphia. as the successor in Con gress of Mr. Randall. A nominat ion is virtually an election, as the district is Democratic by several thousand majority. ill Arp has something to say about the sub-treasury plan, and the farmers and reform, and all that sort. We would be glad if all our readers would read his article this week. The Marion Star nominates, or ratherit should be considered a. "sug gestion," ('ol. .Joseph 1-I. Earle as a suitable candidate for Governor, and it is led to express its "suggestion'' in these words: "C0l. Earle cruified Tillnian at Anderson last Saturday. If South Carolina is seeking a man for Governor, and one who can be relied upon to give it a wise, vigorous, and virile administration, that man is to be found in the person of Joseph H. Earle." Col. Earle has been one of the leaders and stiongest adivocates of re form for several vears. There could be no objectioni to hii on that score. It- is rumored here in Newberry that Dr. Sampson Pope will enter the race f ir ('ongress from the 'hird District. The annnal meeting of the State Teacher's Association will be held at Greenville, July 16th, 17th. and 18th. Reduced rates will be furnislied on the railroads and all the teachers who can should attend. (reenvilie is a delight ful place to visit anyway. INSTRUCTIONS TO COUNTY COM.MIT Au Important Circu!ar from the Demo cratic state t:xerntive Committee. Copies of the follow ing circular letter, siued by Colonel .:l1ies A. Hoyt. ('hairman, and \iiie Jones, Secretary, of the State Democratic Executive Committee, have been sent out to the various county chairian in the State: "Dear Sir: A ('onvention of the Democratie Party of South Carolina will assemble at ('olunbia on Wednes day,10th day of Septeiber, 1S90, at 12 o'clock ni., in the hall of the House of Representativ-es, to nominate candi dates for State otmeets and to trnsact such other business as the Convenition. -may deem proper. "The number of Delegates elected by each Coun ty wvill be equal to double the representation to which such County is entitled in bothi branches of the General' Assembly. "The County Chairman of the seve ral Counties in this State will proceed to have the Democratic Clubs in their Counties reorganized, and tnke such steps as are necessary to carry out the call and for the election of Delegates to the State Convention. * It is respectfully suggested that the election of Delegates to the County Convention be postponed wherever practicable until after the meetings of the respective Counties, under the * arrangement for a preliminary cam paign of the State. "It is the sense of the State Execu tive Committee, as expressed by a re solution adopted on the 8th inst.. that Delegates to the State Convention should not be elected until -after the close of the preliminary campaign, which is to end, on the 5th day of August.'' A~ ecompanying the above call for the convention is another circular letter, presenting the plan of the preliminary campaign suggested by the Executive * Committee, in accordance wvith the provisions of the constitution of the party. A fter naming the dates indicated for holding meetings at the various county se-ats, the committee says: "Your attention is dlirected to the fact that these appointments cover the entire State, andl that they have been arrangedl to the lest advantage con sistent with the time allowed for the camipaigtn. If the date selected for you couaty needs to be changed for any urgent reason it will necessarily carry your meeting to tile end of the list, as it is impracticable to make changes any other way. Please not ify the Chairman at once in regard to the date fixed. whether or 'not it is acceptable, and address him at G reenville. "T Ihe State Executive Committee further providetd that. in the conduct of these meetings, each County Execu tive Committee will take full charge of their respective meetings. and while it is ohligatory to invite "all candidates for State otlies,' to tuse thbe exact langu age of the conistitution, there is no i>rohibitio n ag~ainist other D)emocrats being invited to speak, if County Comn mlittees see proper to do so. *The Coun1ty Chairmian will summon their lExecutive Comnmittces to attend the preliminary imeetings of their respective counit ies, and aid in the pr-oper cond1uet and management of these mieetings, so that full and fair discussion may be had of the issues presented to the peopl."~ in~ the General (oniferene of the Miethodist Eniscopal (Chureb, South. at St. oui. 31., esteday Re. Atticuis (;. H iavaz'od. D). ID.. L L.D., wvas elected to fill the ottice of 1iishiop made vacant by the death of Bishop M-Tyeire, and liev. 0. P. Fit zgerald, D. D., editor of the Nashiville Christian Advocate. was elected Bish'op on~ thet fou1rth bal lot. The &eleti to Dr. F) Iitzgerald to the episco'pacy wi, 'in *~ repnse to thle die mnandis of the (1hurch calhuig for an im creatse in th munbe''r of Hidhops. It is miore than probable that w~ith the ad vanmcemnilt of Ir ) Fmitzgerald, the (Church will diemand!t lie transfer to Nashville. as edtr of its cen~tral organl, of Rev. W\. D. Kirkind, D). D., of the :iouth (arolinra C'nfrencice, who has for several years edited t he Sothern Christia.n Advocate, and who is per haps the ab'lest manII enigaged in the Chiurch's journaismi. It would be a great loss to the S uth Carolina Con ierenc-e paper. but the Nashville Advo cate would have reason to rejoice in getting suc-h a sucecessor to its late elti eient editoi. Nippedt' by the Frost. W.mmEn.oo, IowA. :iav I ~.-Ther wvas a sevecre frost throughout this see tionl Oin Thursday night and yesterday morning, extending into Illinois. Ice froze to the thickness of a windowv pane, and vegetables and fruit are seriously danmged. Pota toes sut t'ered most in Iowa. A t alena, l11., t he grape cran) was ruined. CHI:ISTIAN HENRY SVUEo. iautiful and Appropriate Services in the Court House in Honor of His Memory. Judge Jas. F. Izlar arrived in New berry on Monday from his home in Orangeburg. The extra term of court Drdered for this week was convened at three o'clock in the afternoon. Aceord ing to previous arrangement the re mainder of the day wa. set apart for the memorial services by the Bar, and the citi/ens of Newberrv, in honor of Maj. C. H1. Suber, late a member of the Newberrv Bar. It was right and proi cr that others than membersof the Bar shouli take part in these beautiful exercises, for certainly Col. Suber was a general favorite, and much csteemed by all our citizens. The ladies of Newberry completely transformed the bare court room into a place of beauty, with exquisite roses and flowers, in preparing it for the suber Memorial Service. "Dear Uncle Chris" looked down on the throng with his honest brown eyes through the speaking portrait that Williams Welch has created, which hung to the right of the .ludge's bench. In a corresponding place on the other side of the .Judge's bench hung an oil portrait of Maj. Suber, as a young man, from a photograph taken when he was about twenty-two years old, painted by Mr. Kingsmore. Above the bench whereon sat Judge James F. Izlar, Master in Equity Silas Johistone, and Clerk of the Court .lohn M. Kinard, a festoon of black crape was artistically arranged, and fastened with several lovely bouquets of Marechal Niel roses and magnolias,surnmounting the initial" "C. H. S." formed of marguerites. The vacant chair that Maj. Suber once used, occupied a prominent place to the left of the Clerk's desk. It was conpletely covered with a mass of ex ouisite roses-t lie Marechal Niel, ('loth of (old, Malinaison, and Jacqueminot -lornming a combination of color and form seldom excelled in beauty. In the chairs usually filled by jurors sat the members of the Bar, while the space generally allotted to them was occupied by the ladies. In every respect t lie occasion was appropriately and handsomely ob served. If Maj. Suber, the chevalier of South Carolina, could have seen what was done, heard the eulogies of his brethren, noted the presence of the ladies so dear to his heart, and inhaled the fragrance of his favorite tlowers, he would liavo realized as lie may not, how tender is his nmenmory in the minds of the Newberry people. When the court had convered (en. Y. J. Pope addressed the court and stated that he desired in behalf of the Bar to present resolutions expressive of the waram esteem in which Mr. Saber was ;ield by his associates, but before doing so he desired to indulge in some remarks upon the life of the deceased. He said Mr. Suber was born at that period in our country's history which meant a great deal to this Southland of ours. About the time that the seeds of disunion were planted. His young manhood saw his country's tlag plant ed in the capital of Mexico. Admitted t"i the Bar in 1852 he formed a partner ship with Silas Johnstone, and after wards with Gen. A. C. (iarlington, and in 1670 formed a partnership with J. F' J. Caldwell, which lasted until 'his death. For thirty-eight years lie was identified with the life of the Newber rv Bar. *As a lawvyer lie took s very high rank. Trained in the best schools of the State, wvith a wide reading and a high regard for the ethics of his profes sion. he was well calculated to attain to a high position in this his native county. His friends hav'e long won dered why it was that blessed, as he was, with all the qualities which could demanid and command political prefer nent, that he did not in this regard answer the demands of his friends. He served in the State Legislature before and during the war and in 1876. But the philosophical answver to this ques tion is that he had been trained in that school of politics which ended when the fortunes of the South were brought to naught in 1865S. What is true in this case is true in many othbers. Po litical life to men trained in this school was almost a blank after the war, with the exception, possibly, of Stephens, of Georia. Generally those who had no political training before the war hav-e been called to places of prominence. (Can nlot explain his failure to have met the expectation of his friends on any other hypothesis. He died as he had lived with his head erect, true to his senti ments and convictions. He was no time server, nor did lhe make any de part ure from principle. In 1876 some of the most powerful alpeals ever addressed to man were de livered by him in this court room. How~ gentle, how sympathizing, how brimful of courtesy, how forgiving, how~ ('haritable in its broadest sense, was lie. He lived amongst us and we all loved him. From t he lit tle child to the gray-hiaired sire, there was no heart that was not touched with sorrow when he was taken from amongst us. It is a delightful thought that mien of L'i'mracter hav'e lived amongst us to stimulate the young. Such was his life and such his fate when lie died. Gen. Pope then read a letter from L'hief Jumstice W. D. Simpson express ing his sorrow at his inability to at tend on this occasion and pay his trib ute to his departed friend, and though absent in personi he was present on this occasion in deep sympathy. (en. Pope theni presented the fol lowing renldutions and moved their adoptioin: Thle Newi erry Bar, in view of the death of C'hristianm H. Suber, Esquire. iesires to ( xpress the deep sorrow of its members at tihis sad occurrence. For nearly forty years Mr. Suber has ben identitied by active practice itn the cou'trts of this State wvithI this Bar. He has rejoiced with us in times ofjoy. IHe has synmpathized wit h us in times of trouble. Bringing to the discharge of the manny duties of a member of the Bar an active mind, well trained in the best schook~ of this State, and, better ti!l, richly stored with the fruits of deep thought and( patient research, lie was splendidly eqluipp)ed for his life work-that of a lawy~er. While this Bar was proud of his elo quence and learning: while we rejioiced in his many successes as a lawyer, in vindicating the rights or redressing the wrongs of his clietts, yet we loved him for his gentleness, for his sympathby, for his broad cbarity, and for his ready forgiveness of atny wrongs lie may have suttered. lBnt the lawyer. the patriot, the mod el citizen has been laid away' forev-er, and wea:nd our fellow citizens will long~ miss one who was endeared to us br sn> nmanv ties: Thnerefore-u. Rns61''d, That the Newberry liar, in the death of Christian H. Suber. Esq., desires to express its love and respect for, and its con tidene in him wvhile in life, and n(w, that lie is no more, its deep sorrow at his death. 'l. That in his death this county that gav-e him birth, and this State tihat lie loed so well and served so ably, have eauise to nmourn as a public calamity the death of this fav'orite son. 2. Thlit this tribute be presented to te Court in session, with tihe request that the sm ne be eniitered upon its jour nal and that the Court be moved to diourni as an additional mark of re spect to his miemory. 4. Thait a copy- of these resolutions be engrossedl for presentation to his ister. and furnished to the county pa prs for publication. Dr. 0. Bi. Mayer, Sr., a life-long friend of Mr. Suber then addressed the ~ourt anid paid a tribute to his miemorv-. Hie said that perhaps he wvas the olde'st equaintanice acid friend of Mamj. Suber ni this cotmmunity, and as such it had .en suggested that he bring before the "He came under my notce," sai41 Dr. Mayer, "for the first time when lie was 12 years old. and I was 2. Chris. was a Mere child when his fat her died. I call him Chris, iecaul=e by that abbre viated naie he was known to ever\ b>dy fron grevbeards to child:en . from Senators to ploughboys. He knew very little about his father, hut his motlier's m-il inluce guided limit thiough his youth to a mi:inh1odl of pleaLsaitness and kiidntes." I)r. I Mavr said le woild speak iiaiily of Ihe'brigltest meri ini his ebar:ter as they -hown inl the light of -e:Itle b;y ho(.)d. Th'le most co(i)ostri f eharacter as developed in the earliest years of his li e, was his 1ove and obe lience to his ti'tier. If there is a sinii-'e criterion by wh"ltic"h one person 1111 tun1hesitatiingly dete riitic to grapple another to the soul with hooks of steel, that criterion ---tlat as-uring trait of character-is love and obedieiee to parents, especially to mothers. This trait in Chris. was the prin:te cause of his endearruent to mte a half a century ago. I resided in the house where ('iris. was born when I first began the practice of nedicine, troinI IS-10 to 1S4:', and while other boys were wont to break loose frotm parental restrainit, Chris. howed hiimelf to his mother's will as long as she lived, anlod after her death, up to his h:st lucid Inur Iiis heart was faithful to her in fi:ial love. It is well known how nilch'i Suber was adnired as a good natured honrist. This trait was prominent in his char acter far back in his youth, when he was yet a whining school boy'. I have heard the insinuation that Suber was parsimonious in regard to muoney. It was an injustice done himi, and I at proud to be able to repel the charge. His benevoiences were not practiced under a secret, winking coalition be tweei the left hand and the right, to be seen of men. 1-I is admiration for Shakespeare is widely known. and it is possible that a present I iade him forty-seven years ago, when I left his mother's house to visit Europe, had something to do with it. I gave him a copy and reque.ted him to study it. I took the santecopy hoiiie with ie the day after his death, and have it now. One other thing I)r. Mayer said he nmist say".in justice to Suber's memory. When the inevitable messenger sum monel him away he had never conl neeted himself with the chureh. What were the obstacles he couid not say. Suber was always moved by :t deep veneration for tie (Ihristian religion. I know that the cords which tied hin to the world were at first of tle weakness of spider webs. Unfortunate habit of procrastinatio n and reasoning with in conprehensibilities gave these cords strength upon strengt I until they be came as chains of iron. Nevertheless I am not one to think that charity vaunt eth herself when we venture to cherish the hope that all is well with the soul of Major Suber. There can be no0 doubt about the truly religious frane of his heart and mind. Amnong, his last in telligible words were murmured utter anees of broken sentences which I honestly believe were parts of prayers addressed to God. Mr. T. F. .1. Cahlwell said: If the life of man is to be estimated according to the public oflices he has held, we could be able to say very little more of Maj. Saber than of the majority of other men. His record according to this test would be, born in 1S!, graduated at South (arolitna College in Is4S, admit ted to the bar in I4:2, continued to practice law till his death, with the ex eeption of the secession period whlen he filled the humble position of qutar termaster in the army, was ive tinmes a menmber of the lower House of Repre sentatives, was a delegate to many State conventions and to the national D)emocratic conv'-enition that nomiinated G rover ('levela nd for President, and died in 1890O. But if a man is nmeasured by the counsel he has given his fellow-man, and the service lie has been to his as sociaites in the sunshine of a happy life, much can be said of Christian H. Suber that cannot be said of the highest in the land. No need to hide his faults. They are so few they only serve to heighten his taleintis and set forth prom inentlv the beauties of his character. There'was only one thing lacking in his character to make himt a great mhan, aud that was self confidence. He had an attentive menmory, and his appreciation of legail prin ciples was excellent. He had a fine voice anid commnanding physical presence. He was not only a good ad vocate, buit a wijse counselor. H is difli dence of his own opiioin ade hiim uneasy as to the etteet of any instru ment he drew, and this characteristic nmade him catiious, and one (it lie safest banik directors and counselors. His acquaintance with the lawv of eon tracts was minute anid t horoughm. As an advocate he argued wvithi clearness and foroe. his diction was elegant and exp)ressive, his delivery fine and imi pressive. His most prominent featuire was his honesty. that antique: honesty which rendered tunto a noeighi bor every thing that w-as his, and I say this after a businiess association of twventy years. His love for his fellowman and his congeniality niade him at home wher ever' he wvent. He was devot ed to wvomankind, and I heard from his lips twenty years agzo the most eloquent tribute to woman I ever heard from any tongue or pen. He felt that whmateve'r was gZ(ood in him wa:s due11 to the intiuence of virtutouis wvomani. .He was the friend (if the children. No child ever appearedi be fore him wit hout receiving his sympaI thv. No better tribute could have hie'en paid himi than that so many chi! drenm were present when the last sad rites wvere perfornmed at Rosemiont ecem etem r. and 1 couid not rest rain the thought that wvhile so many little ones st oodl arou dm1 the open grave of tihe clil d friend, a liketibr ng of angel clil dren hiad descended from) thle portals above to waft his spirit to thle rest of the G od wvho gave it. Mr. Geo. B. ('romer thlen re:a a beau tiful tribute to Mr. Suher byv Senator M. C. Butler. We cannot this week give even a synopsia of this.zraceful and tender tribute of Senator Butler to his departed friend. Mr. John~ B. ('a rwile said that he die sired to speak b riehly of thbe soc'ial and oesthetic traits of the character oif Maj. Sub er. Hie spoke of hiis aelguainitan"e wvith Maj. Suber :is a yotung nimn. and how the. friendship then becguni had lasted through a ling life unbroken. Of the fond ness of Maj. Snuber for music and his adm iiration an famliari anty~ with thle wiin lgs of Shakspieare, and( of his apprceiatihot of miast er-pieces of art, and his love for goed( literature. The crowingi glory of his character w"as his love for' the vonn. Hie was:i never so hiappy as wxhe'in iurrounaded by a gush of youn.: peoplde. Mr. J1. Y. ( 'ulbreath sail he couild nit le t lhe oppor~ltunii ty p ass of p' aig hiis hmbitle tribu.te to the rmemitry of a friendship of '24 yeairs' durratlin. Maj. Suber was exceedingly kiad to yoing mien. Hie gave that symapathy~ andio en couragemnent to yonotdnsofth awv they sioi ituell stariolI in needi of. Hie wias a ""reat ilawyer himself'. HeI seized upionl tihe s.trn.: pioints 'of a case which decied ir"eat ca u-es. Natur bia estowed ner gi'fts. upon limt wth lav ish har' s. H le exc1lle in tihe social world, anmd by~ ti. sn''hd oualities end'earo'd himelf to al!-the poocr as well as the rich:m the chii a. well as the nieetd. Suber a- a eit ien wa h ighi-tonedl, honi orable. patrio e as'' a friend faith ful , true' as a reltive kind and :tfibetioni Mr. '-li-lo Johnstone' -poke of hinm as a lawver. citizen, represemtative, friendt and coimpaniiion,. and in all thiese rela tion hale proved limsehf the posse'ssor (if those qual itient ionms which mtake up the wmell-rotundied mart. Mr. Jhn - stone thought the prevailing chiarac teris.tic of his life. how~ever, was irenitle nes. It was inI all his words and deeds. 'To me,' said Mr. Johnmstone, "he was iniexpressily dear. That lie knew this aiid fti!ly :t ppreciated the f:v't in It is life time, is a source of comfort to me now that he is dead. The close inti iacv. the perfect contidence between us, unreserved and undiined for forty yetrs, seldom exists among men. Ir. ( 'aiwell then read a letter from lion. Wi. L. Rovall, of Iiehmond, Va., a friend of i:ij. Suber, expressing his sorrow at the death of his friend for many .ears. .i r. .1. K. P. (oggans then spoke of his first ae<iuaintance with Maj. Sober when he came to town as a little boy and realized that lie had a friend and sympatlizer inl him. and this estimate was ne"ver eianged in maturer years. I n the mitianV nobh-l traits of his charac ter there was none more marked than his love for little children. There is al ways geood in him who loves little chil dren. t.11j. Suber had nit oily a kind and gentle heart but a big brain that coiprehc.nled his chosen profession in all its full breadth, not so much in de tails but reaching out for the strong points of a case and clinging to theni like hooks of steel. Letters were next rend by General Pope from Associate J nstices S. Mc Gowan and 1el ver paying their trib ute in beautiful wtrds to the niemorv of the departed lawyer. Mr. I. L. McCaugbrin spoke of Maj. Suber as his friend and as his coadjutor in the busiies sphere. His friends, how ever, were legion. Few there were wh1 knew hit, that did not have a warim placwe in that big heart of his. Be was almost a daily visitor to iy olice, said Mr. Me(Caughrin, from the time lie became a director in the Bank to the date of his last illness, and I deeni it a privilege to myself and a duty to himu to place my testimony on record as to his high sense of personal honor and his unimpeachable integrity of character. As President of the Bank I feel that I have lost in his death an able helper, and our directors one of its wisest and most influential members. Mfr. T. S. Moorman said that in an effhrt to pay a tribute to our departed friend one was struck with the great ness and almost infinite scope of his great abilities. He was cautious in his oflice, cautious when he caine into the court. His logic moved with a force that carried conviction to his hearers. The pleasant humor and geniality that played upon his face shed a lustreupon all those who came in contact with him. .udge FJas. . Izlar said he had listened with deep interest to the beau tiful words that had been spoken, and heartily endorsed all that was said of our depiarted fellow-nimnher. That our memories shall be cherished after we are (ead is one of the greatest incentives of right living, Judge Irlar said lie would not attempt to add any thing to what has already been said. To have known our brother and to have classed him among our friends was a privilege indeed. Let us cherish his memory, imitate his virtues, and throw the mantle of charity over his faults whatever they may have been. The resolutions were then ordered spread upon the minutes of court, and the court adjourned of respect to his memorv. DECENTLY AND IN 01RDEiR. The Anti-Tiliiman Farmers Will Keep Strict!y Within Democratic Lines and Precedents. [Special to News and Courier.] (OLt"MiiA, MaV 20.-The Deno erati" Anti-Tilltmi'n Farmers' Confer ence began its session in the sitting room of the Hotel Jerome at 9 o'clock this morning. The several counties were represenited as follows: Aiken--A. WV. (Cushman and (laude E. Sawyer. Anuderson-Lewis J. Cam pbell. Barnwvell-L. WV. Youmans. Berkeley-C. St. G. Sin kler. Charleston-W. G. Hi nson. Chester-R. T. Mlockhee. C'larendon-.J. A. Mills. S. . Mc Fad den and WV. M. Plowden. Edgefield-T. RI Denny. Fairfield-Thomas W. Woodward, and T. L. Johnson. Florence-E. WV. .Johnson. Georgetown-S. M. WVard. Horry-Jeremiah Smith. Kershaw-A. H. Boykiin and H. Bau m. Laurens-W. G. Sullivan and A~ D. Garlington. Lexington-Theodore Holtzhauser. M1arion-i). WV. Bethea. Newberry-J. R, D)avidson. O)rangeburg-J. A. Peterkin and D)r. J. WV. Summers. Richland-J. C. F. Sims. Spartanburg-J. WV. Stribling. Sumter-J. J. Dargan. WVilliam'sbuirg-Ed~lwin Hfarper. York-Iredell JIones. It wvill he seen that twenty-four counties wvere rep)resented by thirty one conferees. The counties of A bbe ville, Aiken, Berkeley, Chester, Fdge field, Florence, G3eorgetowvn, Horry and Newberry, wvhich were not represented at the first (Conference, had conferees presen t to-day, wvhile thle conferees who attended the first meeting from Beau fort, Colleton, Chesterfield and Hamup ton were unable to be p)resent, but sent letters expressing their hearty supp)ort of the objects of the conference. M1essrs. Graydon and Sawvyer are not farmers, but are deeply interested in the movement, and were admitted to the Conference. The (Conference was not a pulic one, sitting with closed doors. There was no( occasionl for puiblicity hewever, as the discussions were desultory and coninittee-like. Nearly all the co n ferees spoke, giving reports of the condition of sentiment in their several counties and their individual opinio)ns as to the best course to adopt. It was early madhe manifest that a convention 'wotild not be called. Speeches for and agaiinst such action we-re made, but wvhen a vote wvas had only three or four voted for ai conven tion. The large majority did not de sire to adopt any plan which savored of Till manism or looked like g og outside of t he D)emocratic p)artv. The Anti-Tilliman Conferenee met again at 3. I and after voin down proposit ions to nomi inate a camid oate for (Governor andl to ainO1lt a erm paign comimit tee adjouirnedi. Mlembers of the conferenee subse quently muet and (diseussed the availa fiior various proinen t gen tleimen fo eoPice of Gohvernor. A poll be. ing token, it was f undii that a niajority expressedl themselves in favor of Genu. John Brat ton, of Fai rfield, James L. Orr, of G renville. teing a close seond. It is understood that whien the con ferees go home those ini favor of ( eni. Braittoin will initerest themselves in haviniv letters written to hinm from their '0tounties requ est inrg lim 0 to ani nounce h~imself as a candidate. Thiis is news picked tip here and there. The oifeiees wheni approaehed said, what wasv true, that the (Con:ference itself bad tkeni no ctlin that they woulId like to get as niany candidates as possible ou t tht whatever w'as done wotuld bei donec nniicia illy and that thle expr'es s i i of11 oiOn 'woubtid nuotbody. Ar conferee .,tated httherwas a he ost 'ailale mci an. but it hadl been found impo'ssiblie to ascertaini wether lie wou ld make thle rae if re quested to do so. is associates, lhe said, dlid not wvant to leave withbout ex pressingr a psreferenice. which wvould in dceate aiI neleu- for cionnnon i actioni. A num iber of the conferees left on t his aftenooiis and( to-nighit' trains. Some wilt remain until to-morrow. The situnation doies not seem to have been afeted much by the Conference. Wihat is done hereafter will be lby indi viduals. Any one wvho becomes a can didate wvill have a fair showing to de velop his strength, tint those who pro pose to irunV should not put off the start too lonz. Col. D)armran was told that the Green ville News hiad suggestedihat any per s)lial issue bet~vec himslf and Capt. Tillman should be settled at some otner than the Democratic campaign meet ing at A aderson. He replied: "I would infinitely prefer meeting ('apt. Tilliman at a timt and place which would not interfere with any regular Democratic M meeting, at which meeting the charge ut against me might he fully stated and freely met, but if no such meeting can be had, and the people of Anderson l. prefer not to have the discussion there, de the people of Surnter will certainly ac- he cept Captain Tillman's proposition and to hear him at the meeting in that city, fa although I don't desire the advantage of confronting hin in my own county. in One tloitmg is certain, the meeting is in evitable, and I would prefer that it oc cur at the earliest day pos ible. Met by C me ('apt. Tillan will be, even if I have to wait until he goes to Sumter. You can say that a meeting in Edge field or Laurens will be entirely satis factory to me. Let ('apt. Tillman name the time and place.", TI: LEXINGTON AFFAIR. The il'nmarked Grave-Mier in Colum- a ~ ~ re dv [Augusta lhzroniele.1 .]m C'oLt.MII,A, S. C., May 14.-The ex- so citement caused by the Leaphart ti lynching has about subsided. Leap hart, the cause of all, rests in an un Marked grave in the alrmshouse bury ing ground. Miller, upon whose afli davit the negro was respited, reposes in Riebland jail-it being deemed likely gI to be more healthful for him-awaiting al trial on the charge of forgery and per- a jury. Judge G. T. (rahani, the counsel Y for Leaphart, who was also charged in with forgery and perjury, is at large under -S,(0in hail, and has kept his bi promise of returning to Lexington, and cc so far as is known he is attending to w his duties as probate judge there with- fa out molestation. at Two of the partries charged with being ir concerned in the lynchingof Leaphart, ti Pearce Taylor an d F. C. Caughman, are y( in Lexington jail, and the solicitor was ir notified to-day that an application for tr bail in their eases would be made before m Judge Kershaw, in this city, on Satur day of this week or Monday of next. Their stay in jail is being made as h, pleasant as possible, and between eating p ice-cream sent in by the ladies of the w ton%n and playing seven-up and other w ganes, they are said to manage to t1 while away the time tolerably well. .r'J':E KElSHAW (:r.NTS BAIL FOR h '.VL,oR, RUT REF'tUSES IT FOR n ' p [News and Courier.] ti (.A.ini-:M, May 17.-Major H. A. g Meetze and 'Mr. J. B. Wingard, attor- IT neys for F. C. C'aughman and Pierce G. Taylor, who are charged with the y murder of Willie Leaphart, on May 5, s: appeared before Judge Kershaw this morning with thier clients, in charge of Sheriff George S. Drafts, to argue a motion for bail for the now celebrated i Leaphart lynchers. The papers in the case were read and tl the testimony at the preliminary hear- p ing before Justice Muller, already p published, was also read. W An atfidavit of Dr. C. E. Leaphart n showing that he went in the jail with the jury, saw Taylor in the jail, heard Taylor say: "Let nme go in here, I was la not in here last night," was read. Next G an ailidavit of T. H.Rawl corroborating cc the above as follows. Taylor said: b "Let me go in, I was not here last night, and I wan t to see the--rascal." In answer to a question of Judge ir Kershawv it was said that Rawl is a a farmer in Lexinigton County. C. 31. d Efird (in an affidavit) says that he P heard G. T. Grahamn say that arrange- P ments were being tiade to mtove Leap- d' hart to Columbia: that he would get a.. new trial and a change of venue; that - this rumor was current in the county. Thie atfidavits in connection with this -- matter, as wvere printed, in The News and Courier, were offered, but not read, as the J1udge said he was familiar with 3 them. Major MIeetze in wishing to have -i the MIiller affidavits, etc., read, sug- el gested that there was a law higher n than wvhat was found in the books for" the purpose of protecting the chastity of our -women. He wished to show aggravation and extenuation by these - altidavits. J1udge Kershawv said thlat the JTudges were forced not to admuit any higher awv, that lie had read the affidlavits, and would consider them?i as offered in ir this case. an Ini rep)ly Solicitor Nelson read an G affidavit of G3eo. S. Drafts, sheriff, who 01 said that half an hour after tile lynch- ir ing he heard ('aughmian say that "the st -- nigger is (lead.'' In the afternoon Ii he heard ('augh man say, "'I am respon- C sible for the lynching," and that d~ M1essrs. (Clayton arnd Gibbs, reporters, P heard him also. He repeated that o1 Taylor said that lhe was in the jail the B night before. Heard ('augh man say in the afterno:m that lie wvas "struck a: with a crowbar by the--niggver." (A it stiek was ini the cell.1 An atlidavit of Mirs. E. L. Drafts was also read. saying that she recog nizied the v~oices of M1arks and ('aughi man. The solicitor then read the testimony at the ('ourt of Inquest, taken by a stenographer, corraborat inrg Drafts's - stateimeints in the affidavits, also show ig that Taylor was at the jail at day light tire morning after the killing. 'The attorneys for the defendants statedl shat their clients were, undler the circumnstances, able to give bail in large amounts. 'Thle .1 udge said there wvas a reason ile doubt in the case against Taylor, arid the prooft c'onisteetly not Evi dent, nor the p)resiumiptioni great, antd was~ consequiently p)repared to adnmit Ta' vlor to bail in the sum of $5,0o0 bond to 'be signed by~ two or niore sureties to. be arpprove~d by the clerk of the ('ourt of L exin"ton County. He was~ not so imipres.sed in the case against ( aughmatn, but thinks the preumiption1 great as his case now stand. He t herefore refused to allow bail in the case against Caughman. 1 W\hile the Order was being prepared in this ease for the Judge's signature., C'ommisiioner .Jno Bauskett subhmittedJ ain order to the .Judge allowing hail for W. .1. M1iller, chamtpion afliidavitt miaker, in the sum of 000. This wvas signed after it was amended so as to allow bail in the sum of $1,000, and providled that if the bondsmen are of Richiland County they miust lie ap proved~( by the clerk, of Court of Rich- ' land: if of Lexiington by the clerk of , Court of Lexington. and that MIiller re-i miainis in Rtichilarid jail tintil released on bail. TIavl,r seenms to be unwell, but ('augh man~ is sprightly, a little nervous, but otherwise in the best of spirits. No one would know t hat they were prisoners charged with murder. Still Shieritfi' )rafts keeps iris eyes open apparently. Both are certain of acquittal. and their attorneys are equally contidenmt that the "State of Lexirigton" wvill give r hem full freedomi in June. Attorney i W\iingard says that Mfiller and G;rahami would be as safe in Lexington as any- r where: that the peopleC of Lexington have "'put their feet on lynch law."~ I 'Tie party all leave for Columrbia on J thiii afternoo')s I raiin.I Is Life Worth Living ' - Not jf you go t hrough the wo rld a; 9 dyspept ie. Acker's I)yspepsia Tablets are a positive cure for the wvorst forms a of D)yspepsia, Inidigestion, Flatulenrcy andi Constipation. Guaraniteed andJ sohtl by Belcher, Houseal & Kibler. If health andi life are worth anything, ti ad you are feeling out of sorts an:dt tired' (out, tonet. up your systemII by tak- n: ing D)r. J1. H. 31eLean's Sarsaparilla. k Di zziness, nautiea, d rowsiness, dist ress P after eating, can be cured and pre-I vente by t.a-iio Dr. J. H. AleLean's di 1tesignation Tendered. [Record, 20tb] The effieient train dispatcher and aster of trains of the Charlotte, Col abia and Augusta Railroad, Capt. J. Land, some two or three months o was forced to procure leave of ab Qce on account of ill health. The Lve expired to-day, and he has ten red his resignation, and the company s accepted it, but with a reluctance part with one who has so long and thfully served them. fir. Land, it is understood, will go to the insurance and real estate busi ss in Columbia, and the place he has cated will probably be filled by Mr. A. Williams, who has been dis arging the duties of the office during r. Land's absence. What Does It Mean? [News and Courier.] G RiENWoov, May 20k.-Col. J. L. M. by, of Laurens, and Col. E. B. Gary id Mr. A. W. Jones, of Abbeville, are gistered at the Greenwood Hotel to ty. A private conference is being held Col. Gary's room. Capt. B. R. Till an was here yesterday. We infer that inething is being planned outside of te alleged centres. NOTES FROM EXCELSIOR. The writer has been enjoying En ish peas and the7 garden vegetation id now we are looking for beans id Irish potatoes in a few days more. hat a good tinme. Gardens are look gnice. The good seasons of rain have -ougnt cotton to a good stand and rn looking well, however, the bud orms are troubling corn some but the rnmers are used to this and they go on id say their crops are looking fine, deed this is the case. At the present me the prospects for a good crop ?ar are very encouraging. A good any of our farmers have finished iinning cotton while others are al ost through. The grain crops in this community ive come out wonderfully during the st two weeks, however, the crops ill be short at best. Harvest time ill soon be here let the crops be as iey may. Mr. Harmon Kibler informs us that e shot and killed a large chicken nwk on last Monday which was a sur rise to him as well as to the chicken iief just the sanie. This kind act en tles Mr. Kibler to a nice chicken pie ven him by the ladies of his com tunity. Owning to the busy season of the ?ar the Excelsior School has given a iort vacation. The fruit crop in this community ill be very good considering. What better than nice fruit. Politics is growing rapidly even at is early date and from the present rospects there will be a full crop of litics this year. Iudeed it seems that e are living in a political age. So tote it be. SIGMA. S:35,000 worth of School and Miscel ,neous Books, Stationery and Fancy oods to be closed out at New York >st. Address J. D. Pickard, Colum a, S. C. tf He who is feeling miserable, suffer ig with Dyspepsia and Indigestion id often times with dizzinass, would > well to take P. P.?F. at once. P. .P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and otassium) will cure you and arrest the sease in its incipiency. Nominations. For County Commissioner. IR. J. C. PERRY IS HEREBY .k announced as a candidate for re ection to the office of County Corn issioner of Newberry County. Few Advertisements. - NOTICE. VTE THE UNDERSIGNED COR VVporators of thbe Newtenry Build g and Investment Company, by ithority vested in us under the eneral Incorporation Act of the State South Carolina, hereby call a meet g of the subscribers to the capital ock of the Newberry Building and ivestment Company, to be held at >uncil Chambers on Tuesday the :2ith ty of M1ay, 1890, at 8.30 p. in., for the irpose of completing the organization 'said Company by the election of a oard of Directors and other officers. All subscribers to the capital stock -e earnestly requested to be present, person or by proxy. W. E. P'E LH AM. GEO. S. MOWER. G. G. SA LE. R. L. McCAUG HRIN. JNO. M. KINARD. J1. M. JOHNSTONE. 0. McR. HOLMES. IE.SAM.PSJONES REV. J.B. HAWTHORNE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DR. KINC'S The floigis an extract from a letter writ n by the world Renowned Evangelist: "I returnedl from Tyler. Texas. on the 12th it. I tind my wife has been taking Royal ermetuer to thie GREAT UPRUILDING of -r physzcal system. She is now almost free om the distressing headaches with which she as been a MA RTY R for t wenty years. suirelv has done wonders for her ! I WISH Ev ERY' tiR SUFFER ING WIFE HAD ACCESs TO 'H AT MEDICINE." Rev. J. B. Hawthorne. Pastor First Baptist hurch. A tlanta. Ga., was cured of a long stand 1. case of Catarrh. IHis wife had been an in alid from nervous headache. neuratgia, and o,-uatism FOR TItRTY YEARS. scarcely aving a day-s exemption from pain. After kinc Royal G3ermetuer two months,.he writes: "A more complete transformation I have never -it nessed. EVERY SYXPTON OF DISEASE HAS ISAFEARED. She appears to be twenty years o:ner. and is as happy and playful as a eat hv child. we have persuaded many of our -I,-nsto take the medicine, and the testimony all of them is that it is a great remedy."~ Dr. King's R.oya Germetuer is a boon to oman. It builds up the strength. Increases the ppetite, aids direstion, relieves them of the use of di ease. and insures hel t.N ilgia. Paralysis. Insomnia. Dyspepsia. Indi .tionl.Palpitatioln. i.iver, Bladderand Kidney iseases, Chills and Fevers. (Catarrh, all Blood nd kin Diseases. Female Troubles. etc. Prompted by a desire to reach more suffering epie, the price has been reduced from $2.-50 to .w) per concentraited buttle, which makes one allon of medicine as per directions accompa ving each bottle. For sale by the (TLANTIC GERMETUER C.Atlanta.Ga. nd by Druggists. If your Druggist can not monly you, it can be sent by ex press. aBesend stamp for full particulars, certif ates of wonderful cures. etc. 'o th~e People of Newberry nd Surrounding Counties: -HAVE RESUMED) THE PRAC. .tice of Medicine in all of its -anches, and will attend calls at all urs of the day or night in town or in t country. Special attention given the treatmenlt of Diseases of Fe ales, and to Chronic diseases of all lds, includling Port Nasal Catarrh, vpepsia. Skin diseases, Rheumatism, kms, etc.. etc., etc. Ofice f';. 'he present at miy resi nee. SoN POPE, Mf. D. Ma l5, 18C.O NEW SPRIN(I Our NEW and ELEGANT =GLOTHlING SH( Is arriving daily. We have this Stock MADE UP i TO SillT TlE M TS 4 FIRST CL1 A, MODERAI Our stock of Cutaway an $15.00 are perfect models of b finer grades from $18.00 to MERCHANT TAILOR We call the attention of the -BOYS' AND CHILE A stock which has no superio: from $1.50 to $8.00. -OUR SHOE D Needs very little advertising, we carry the best stock of 1 DREN'S SHOES of ALL GI Call and examine our stoc not. Polite attention to all. SMITH d Th.e "NEWE3 MAIN STREET. NEWBERRY, S. C. IT IS A Q With every one where the SPRING ad SUN You are certainly not a goo( The best judges do not pret arises, Where are you to ge money. Everybody in Newt LARGEST, FINEST CHE. I]ST T~E: OUR PRI E8 IRE BO1i If You Value Your Mon WE HAVE EVE tJLOTUNE FOR ME We can give you the Be: Money. We are selling GENTS' FURN HATS, BOOT~ at low figures. BLALOCK The DYER& HI -AKBWEDTETE ORGANS WORLD. Particularly Lc Are Offered Every Orj S0. KLE' NO RENT TO PAY, N OCERKS TO IRE IILLSEL * Stsrh for2 .ts one lb. Knitting Ctton fr Ji .0.S. prUSSELL Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, -COUNTY OF NE WBERRY IN COMMON PLE AS. Samuel F. Fant vs. Richard V. Gist. B y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION in the above stated case, and other sundry executions, to mne directed, I will sell at Newberry Court House, on the first Monday (end day) of June, 1890, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, all the right, title, in terest and estate the said Richard V. tbat tract or plantatino land, situat lying and being in the County of New. Si Hundred and Seventy-Five (6T5 acres, more or less, about nine miles lands ofJ L. Kett, T . I eit. James Brown, Adelia McCants and others. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of the defendant, Richard V. Gist, to satisfy said execution. Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. W. RISER, s heriff m Newe County, CLOTHING! STOCK of ES AND HATS taken particular pains to have SPECIALLY IF THE PRESENT DAY. iSS GOODS r 'E PRICES! 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