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__NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, J91 mT Ah LISHED 186I THE COB-PIPE. A TALE OF THE COMET ; '43. IIL.-THE CHOPPING, LOG-ROLLIN< AND CARDING. BY DR. 0. B. MAYER, SR. A few days after the occurreuces juh related, a sleek-faced negro belongin to Captain Joshua Grimm rode throng the neighborhood, stopping at ever house to unnounce that on the ne2 Wednesday his master would have chopping and log-rolling, and his mi tress a carding, which the young me were invited to attend with their axe and the young women with their card The old people of both sexes were al: expected to be present, to pass a day light-heartedness with the family 1 Captain Grimm. The Captain was well-to-do, cheerful farmer, the fath< of four sturdy sons who, with the ai of several well-disciplined slaves, ha for many weeks been felling the smalli growths in a tract of heavy forest cot taining twenty acres, nore or less, leaving the larger trees to be handlE by their friends, when they should a semble for that purpose on an approacl ing day. The parts of the fallen timb which could not be split into rails, otherwise utilized, were to be piled f< future burning with the brush-heap Taking advantage of the occasion, Mi Grimm had prepared a large quanti of cotton which the invited maide were to card into rolls, for the good o lady and her three daughters to sp into yarn, at their convenience. T] night was then to be devoted, uul late, to merry-making. Ah me! it was the last gathering the kind I ever attended. I was tl youngest person among the many th laughed so carelessly that night; and am still the youngest among the gre headed few that now sigh so ofte with eyes fixed upon the surface of tl earth, as though searching for tl openings through which the mat others have disappeared from view, searching for the openings perhaps wi the desire to folloa after. Wednesday came. It was a cal frosty morning. The roar of the Cohe shoals was pleasant to hear,-coaxii the fancy to listen at it as the voice old centuries long passed away spea ing instructively to centuries yet come. From miles away could 1 heard coming through the still air tI various noises of laborers going to th( work. before the break of day. By sunrise all the persons summon to the chopping and and log-rolling h< assembled in the Captain's "ne gronnd." He himself soon made I appearance there, and rubbing his han together in great glee shouted to I friends: "Now, boys, git to your wor Breakfast will be here soon; and whi the work is over, you know what is be done at the house." They left the blazing lightwoi stumps, which had been set on fire i their comfort, and dividing off' in companies began the work of the dr Such a tunmbling about of logs,amidst t crash of falling trees will never aga be seen and heard in Dutch Folk; u will there ever be repeated such joli followed by such laughter as went t rounds, that day. There were Ma Moyer and George Eckerfeld who, afi tossing an immense knotty log up the top of the heap, would throw dos their handspikes, and engage in a pu: listic mock combat for the amuseme of the bystanders. Then by comm consent there would be a momenta suspension from labor, to witness wrestling match between two negro or they would pause to listen to a jo the captain volunteered to tell about]I triumphing over Jonathan Dumm when he tried to cut out the Captain the courtship that won Mimy Pret: for his wife;-"and the fool had to and git angry about it." The old m stood about in groups admiringt feats of strength displayed by th sons, and told of what they had the selves done in the days of their prin The venerable Ulrich Eckerfeld, practical joker to his last day, stepi up to Mark Moyer, and slapping h upon the back asked him, if it was p sible he could thiuk of doing a da: work so soon after holding Nan Halberdoppels on his lap a whole nig and then the old fellow would expic into an asthmatic laugh that threat< ed to terminate his existe: ce on 1 spot.* "Oh, it's no use for Mark to tell si a story as that," said a young man such size and strength as would foi Mark to take in good part whatever might say; "hte was wust skeered Nancy; and ef you will all believe racket, it was him wat sot on Yant lap instid of her settin' on his', Then the hills echoed back the peals laughter indulged in at Mark MoyE expense. Thus the day wore on from breakf time until late in the afternoon, wl the dinner horn sounded at the hou at first so softly as scarcely to be hea but gradually swelling into a fuln unsturpassed by any note ever attem ed by Gambhati or Herr Koenig. "Never mind the rest, boys!" claimed the C'aptain: "dinner is read H-andspikes are thrown away, a are shouldered, and, after several mi boxing and wrestling matches, not mention a foot-race or two, the labor leave the clearing for the house. Abram Priester was among themn. "I wonder," said he, "ef Sam Burns will be here to-night." "E f he'll be here to-night!"' exclain one of his friends, "wy he's bin at house de whole day. a-tryin' to inw gle de gals; and dat's jess wat he: do wi sme of 'em. I've hearn it s dat ef a feller will go to a cross-roads on d a night wen de moon is in de last quar- s ter, and call for de Devil t'ree times, lie t will come to a feller and put into his west b pocket the very eedentical, indewidjal 1 sarpunt wid wich he fool'd Eve; and b watever could turn de head of de fust s woman kin mighty apt turn de head of a de last one ot'etn. I tellyou wat, men, I have bin so aggrawated by some s g of dese gals dat ef I warn't afeer'd to b walk out after dark, I have bin y frickently tempted to go to a cross- I :t roads and."- t a "Oh pshuh! Absalom," cried one r 5- who was listening, "you needn't go to I n a cross-roads; for de Devil is de most f 3, obleeginest of all creeters. He will I 5. come to you in your own room, ef he r 0. finds dat you're in dead yearnest, and >f put a shnake in bofe o' your pockets." >f "Well, goot peoples," remarked an a other "I believe dis man, Samuel rr Burns, is raly got sich a sbnake. I tell d you wat-let's, do; let's take him to night d down to de river, and tic him fast in a ,r canoe wid a loaf of bread and a bottle L- o' whiskey, and send him adrift." - "Wait!" said Abram Priester in a d hoarse mysterious whisper. a- After washing their hands and faces i- in tubs .of water placed in the yard for er that purpose, the laborers sat down to >r dinner, and it grew dark before they )r arose frotn the table, for it was loaded S. with the plenteousness of thriving in s. dustry, and their appetites were keen. y The girls had already dined, and were is still carding in the house, where they ld expected the young men to join them. !n Abram Priester meeting with Yetta ie Elfins deposited something in her ii hand which he evidently did not wish any person to see. of "Be sure," said he to her, "to manage e dat your daddy receives de pipe from At Burns, and at de right moment, scream I at de top of your woice, Guy Fawks!" y- In leaving her he was joined by n, Mark Moyer to whoq he whispered: ie "Wen I give de sign, run out and ie stand behind de sassafrack tree, so dat iy you kin knock him down ef he gits - away from me, and tries to run 'trough :h the gate, after de poweder goes off. He is an old man, Abram Priester, a m very old man, and can scarcely walk es without his buck born-headed stick; ig how can he run? For shame! come of now, I am willing and ready to aid you k- in eloping with Yetta. What is disobe to dience to parents connected with run >e ning away with a most beautiful girl e in comparison with murder? ir Night came on and the sounds of. merriment began to be heard. Mr. d Elli s, unconscious of the paracidal plot d so rapidly maturing against him, sat by w the fire quietly talking with the school is master and some of his old friends, is equally admirers of the prodigious at is tainments of Samuel Burns. The room k! was full of blooming damsels; among m whom Yetta Elfins and Nancy Hal to berdroppels shone conspicuously. The young men came dropping in oae by >d one, and the hum of conversation com or menced, mingled with the grating to sound of the cards, as the girls contin y. ued assiduously to ply them. be Yetta stood behind her lather's chair in filling his pipe with tobacco, as was her or habit. Suddenly she seemed to recol es lect something, and handing the pipe be to Mr. Burns with the request that he rk would finish filling it, and that "daddy er liked it packed tight." She left the >n room but soon returned and resumed in her station near her father. Meanwhile, gi- several Dutch Fork songs had been nt given by the company; and Mark >n Moyer was put forward by Nancy to ry sing .a song, "wat was her dehght." a But scarcely were the first lines utter as; ed, when Mr. Samel Burns up his nose ke and hissed,-declaring that such a lis song should not be tolerated in ele er, gant society. in Nancy's feelings were deeply wound tel ed by the reception Mark's song met go with, and she bestowed upon him en many comforting endearments. he "Nefier mind, Mark," she cried, "you air shall sing it for mte weneft'er you comes m- to see me." e. "I dunno wat de world is comin' to," a replied Mark. "Effer sence dis school ed master's bin amongst us, nottink wat's m true and comes from de heart is allowed is- to be said or sung. It's all in de head, s and don't git below de tongue. Peo cy ple's gittin' so dat dey likes nottink it; but wat's ornamenshal and agin natur. de It's no tellin' wat it's gwine to pe in m- years to come." he At 'this juncture Mark, recognizing a signal from Abram Priester darted out ch of the room, followed by the expressed of sympathy of the company who whis -e pered that his heart must be nearly he broken by disappointment. The desire or for mush was still predominant; and uthere s a general call upon A bram ys Priester ior a certain song in the sing .ing of which he seemed to have won of some notoriety. Nes:ertheless, a gloonm r's had settled upon Abram's spirit, and it required some persuasion to gain his ist consent. en "Sing it," whispered Yetta, "you se, have plenty of time yit, for it's pcked rd, tight." >t- "Come, Mr. Priester," cried Samsuel Burns, patronisingly, "let us hear your x-song." !" Abram gave the pedagogue a scowl es ing look, that warned him against at re temupting what he had accomplished to against Mark Moyer, and addressed the ers company in these words: "Ladies and gentlemen, de song wat P'm gwine to sing was wrote by my el friend Billy Dawkins, who taught school here t'ree years ago. Dare nefier ied has been sich a schoolmaster in dese de parts since his time. He wrote dis sonig ig- one night after comin' home from de in ineral muster at Ruffs Mountain, em lights 'til de moon gits higher. He aid it made him fancy a passel of coun ry gals and boys dancin in a old field efore de moon was quite up, and to .eep dem from gittin' scratched by de riars and wild plum trees, dey had ome fellers holdin' torches for 'em, e d-"7 "Oh, neffer mind Billy Dawkins"; aid Mr. Elfins, "he is dead an' gone, oor feller. Give us de song." In obedience to this injunction kbram stood up on the floor and, while he girls played a chopping accompani nent with their cards singularly in iarmony with the melody, he sang the oilowing stanzas, in fine style, until ie was interrupted in the alarming nanner to be detailed presently: )h, hold them lights 'til the moon gits higher; Here we cannot see hou to trip it; 'olly 'galnst the plum-tree has torn off her tippet, nd Sally already is scratched by a briar, Wave, wave your lights, boys, they'll all bid me tell you; Dull care no.: scorning, We'll dance 'til the morning: Wave, wave your lights, he the proof of their value, [e girls' slim shadow+, and their bright beaming eyes. lcs, hold them lights 'til the moon gits higher, Soon there'll be no need for to use 'em; ilk a pleasure-thrill thro' the forest's deep bosom, klready approaches the light of her fire: As it advances, so gorgeously gilding The foliage tender With silvery splendor, Vainly behind ev'ry tree itself shielding The cow'ring darkness is into shadows rent. Chen hold them lights 't.il the moon gits higher; Here we cannot see how .o trip it: E'olly 'gainst the plum-tree has torn - A flash, succeeded by a dull explo sion, threw the company into conster nation, and the pipe-the cob-pipe-of r. Elfins was scattered in fragments >ver the room. "Guy Fawks! Guy Fawks! daddy! Didn't I know it, daddy, dat dis here schoolmaster was a plottin' agin' your life!" screamed Yetta, as she flew at the trembling pedagogue. "Oh you ongrateful dog!" screeched Mrs. Elfins, breaking a pair of cards over the culprit's head, "you wanted to kill my old man, did you?" "Let me go-let me go!" blustered Mr. Elfins, as three of the stoutest old ladies in the house held him back. "Let me git at him, so dpt I kin preak his rashkally head!" "Neffer mind, daddy, Abram's got hold of him. Oh I tell you, he's givin' it to-him. -There! didn!t you hearwat a lick he giv'd him jess den? Oh how he hollers. Oh goody! goody! goody! I 'clare it sounded like hittin' of a tree." Poor Sa:muel burns! He perfectly astonished the boys by the superhu man speed with which he outstripped Abram Priester. As he fled through the gate, a man sprang from behind a sassafras tree and aimed a fearful blow with his fist at his head. He dodged it; and his enemy's fist struck against a rugged oak, causing a sound that must have been plainly audible in the house. As he ran on, 'he heard, with feelings of some satisfaction, the groans of his unknown antagonist writhing in agony from his bruised fist. This was the last of Samuel Burns. He disappeared like the pedagogue o1 Sleepy Hollow. In examining his ef fects the following interesting lettel was found in his every-day breeches' pocket: To Mr. Psalmuel Burns, Dear Sur, Durn your mean heart, do you want me to kill you? This is to give you fail noish and warnin', sur, to leave the naborhood. You suppose, sur, cause you can impose 'pon old people, dat you can run over young people. But ] tell you, sur, you is mistaken, sur. Now pack- up wat belongs to you, and leave, or you will have to leave widout dem, sur. Wen a sick man hears s squinch owl he takes it for a warnin' and dis is all, sur, from yours in Sinee rity and Respectability. ABRAM PIESTER. Soon after the flight of Samuel Burni the.comet also tcok its leave; and Mr, Elfins has often been heard to declare, as he advanced in his dotage, that ii was nothing after all but the Devi: waiting at a respectful distance for th4 schoolmaster; and that they went of together into the realms of infinity. Mark Moyer wore his hand in a sling for two months, and has never recov ered the natural flexibility of his righ1 wrist, although his wife Nancy hai tried upon it the powers of every Pair Alleviator that has yet been invented She says, the only thing that has eve: done Ma.k's wrist amly good, is "i poultish of Life Everlastin', Cumnfr3 root, and Ellickcumpain." Abram Priester, in the course of thi year 1843, became the acknowledget suitor of Yetta. Mr. Elfins, after th< "layin' by of the crop" for that year gathered together his neighbors to dinner, which he projected upon a pro fuse scale, to celebrate the marriage o his eldest daughter with Mr. Abrant Priester, which 1.arriage he appointed to take place upon a certain day with out consulting the parties concerned It was truly characteristic of his arbi, trary and tyrannical disposition. Now, Yetta, I hold you up to thi world as a warning to all undutifu daughtrs. See what a retributive habit has grown upon you; for, becausa you would blow up your old father, yoi have ever since been blowing tip you: husband; and, as a perpetual provoca tion, .you cannot hang up a garment 01 a washing day to dry, but the win~di sure to blow it down. "For a long time I had no appetite was restless at night, and very mued debilitated. After taking two bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my strengtl and appitude returned, and my healti was con,pletely restored."-D. M~ THE CONVICT MATTERt. Talbert Says the Charges of Cruelty False-And the Penitentiary Directo Are of the Same Opinion. [Evening Record, 4th.] At their meeting yesterday afterni the directors of the penitentiary m; reference to the article in yesterds State from its Sumter correspond alleging that the squad of convicti the camp there were in a pitiable c dition. The article stated that the sqi of sixty-seven convicts --::e in tati and were barefooted; that one of to had died of fever and had been bui in a blanket on the roadside; that ti had had no breakfast, supper or din except what was given them in cha; by citizens; that one dollar's wort bread formed their midday meal. In answer to the inquiry of the be to these statements, Superintend Talbert said: "As far as I am concerned, fi what you say of said correspondent, statements are positively false, would ask that you investigate matter fully and satisfy yourselvei to the truth of it." C. E. Wheeler, manager of the < vict camps, made a statement in wl he sale: "In regard to the convict I died on the road from Pee Dee Darlington I wish to say that, under circumstances, being unable to sto attend to it myself I turned him < to an old reliable colored man t buried. He agreed to make a coffir box, in which to bury him, of co receiving a just compensation for same. I therefore, pronounce the st ment that he was buried in a blar false, according to the agreement n for his burial, and I can truthfully that it was not from a lack of atten that he died, for he had been ii hospital under a physician for al five weeks, receiving good attentioi the while, and the paralytic has 1 in the hospital for about two mont Manager Wheeler said that the victs "were clad very ~comforts about as well as could be expected parcel of hands wh" had been at vi on a railroad. The majority of t) were barefooted, but I thought it to wait until I got them to the peni tiary to give them 'hoes, as it was a short time before we expected t there." "When I left the camp with the had a sufficient quantity of rat cooked to last them (without any fibessarY'eThyytill th otild'g Columbia; but, owing to a failu make connection at Sumter, as fully expected to do, according t arrangements previously made the railroad authorities to that ef we were left without anything to the Atlantic Coast Line train ha pulled out just as the Charleston, E ter and Northern rolled up, it b about seven or eight hundred 5 from the crossing of the Charles Sumter and Northern, thus dela our arrival at Columbia from Su till 10 o'clock. "I can vouch for their treatmn the camps, that they have all the v been'well, well fed and well treat< general, and that they have rec' no unnecessary abuse, and also we have worked no sick hands, them having been during their sicli in the hospital where they have rect all necessary attention." Five of the guards certified t< correctness of Manager Wheeler' port. Capt. W. H. Sligh certified that his business to note the persona parance of convicts returned fr lease, and that he had "never sei equal num'ber (sixty-seven) retu from any work in an appa,rently healthy condition, and no comp has been made as to bad treatm A statement was then drawn the directors to the effect that the2 investigated the matter, examine< convicts themselves, and _found charges "altogether unfounded,: convicts showing "to their havinj good treatment and have been fed." The board expressed theme as being "perfectly satisfied wit] management of the superintende far." AS SEEN IN SOMTER. The Sumter Watchman, of yeste says: "Having for some time past hea: ports from the highest authorities the convicts under the present ma ment were being ill-treated and for we went down to the depot v view of seeing ourselves the corn of those returning to Columbia. found them huddled together the shed at the depot, some lyil the rough floor, some upon sac guano and some leaning again posts of the shed, a dirty, dejected mal, wretched looking, apparentl: starved creatures. One of them. we told by those in charge, named Wi Gray, died yesterday afternoon miles the other side of Darlington Pee Dee. He had been sick for se days preceding his death. with was supposed to be typhoid fever, body was left with a colored n whom was paid $4 burial exp< We are told that the wretchedc tion of these convicts is due t< miserable and meagre fare that is out to them by the penitentiar thorities. e * * * * * * "We are informed on the best at ity that for months past these cor have been given only the plaines coarsest corn bread and very mei 1con, without any occasional de or change of any sort, but this all h + are not only of the p and most indifferent character, but half the time there is such a scanty are supply that the convicts don't get A r enough to eat, as their looks plainly indicate. Two of the men, Alex. Wright and John Steele, have had cases of dropsy. William Bruton's right fi >on side is paralyzed. Not to mention a de numerous others who have bad colds. ey's There are not more than half a dozen who have on shoes, and what they s at have are so worn and broken as to be on- unserviceable. iad "Not the slightest provision was t ters made by the penitentiary officials for em their expenses on their return trip. -ied There were no pots, no pans, no meat, t bey nor bread, nor anything. The party left ner the railroad camp about noon Monday, rity and the only meal the convicts got was r r of breakfast at Darlington, absolutely f nothing else, except what fell to them ard through the charity of tLe people along lent the way, and the gentleman who ac companied them as far as Sumter. 7om Anyone who doubts the correctness of his the above statements should have seen but what the writer saw at the Sumter the depot yesterday. There was the unmis as takable and general look of squalor, misery and wretchedness pervading dch the whole group, and the lack df h u iich inanity and attention were but too plainly visible. It was a sight, to use :bat the words of our dictator, at which to "the mind revolts and the imagination tb: sickens.' We have time and again seen P to the convicts aZ work on the canal in 1 >ver Columbia, sometimes as often as two a be or three times a month. We know , or what their general condition was then. urse We never saw any of them anywhere the look like those did who passed through ate- Sumter yesterday." iket iade Score One for Tilman. say _ tion [Greenville News.] the We have had occasion to remark iall heretofore that B. R. Tillman is a bad )enlkind of a man to try experiments with, an awkward kind of a cat for any ' smooth, shifty and sanguine person blen with political aspirations to try to put a bell on. of a He not only refused to measure up to oem the Cotton Plant yard stiek on the sub best treasury 'idea or to keep quiet when ten- told to, but he has sailed in for an ag ten- gressive war on the scheme and met o be Lecturer Terrill face to face at Abbe o ville for a straight discussion of it. Now there is no use talking about it; this is'nt a Tillman newspaper, but rons Tillman does deseive the thanks and t approval of the conservative people of. to the State for his stand in this matter. e to He has a financial theory of his own we which is nearly as bad as the sub-treas wiury, but he does not seem to be urging ect that. He is fighting the sub-treasury eat, squarely and going on record as its bit ving ter and direct opponent, and in that he ,um- doing good service. People who would >u- heed nobody else on that matter will arheed him. They have been told that toall who opposed the sub-treasury are their enemies, the agents of Wall street ~ old bugs and that kind of stuff and many of them-some good, honest, well t at meaning people, too-had ears for only hile one side. They were being taught and iidrilled to demand of the democratic ived party approval of the scheme and to that make that approval the condition al of of their loyalty. There is no possibili ness ty of the Democratic party accepting or .ie adopting any such scheme. nd Tillman has come into the discussion the now and will probably make the fur s-fly. He has a strong hold of the people r-the sub-treasury idea has a hold on and it is it will be nip and tuck. We hardly tisknow which to.let on. Everything has ap- had a fashion lately of going as we 0o a thoug~h it should not go, and we have me no notion just yet of getting down from more the fence where we can whittle and lssmoke and see the fun to take any hand in the performance. At the same time en by Tillman's nerve and dash and volun rdtary interference to save the people from the a fearful blunder ought to be scored to the his credit. the- - had KILLED BY HIS OWN ENGINE. well elves Shocking Death of Engineer Williams, of the the G , C. and N. Railroad. nt so - - [Special to The State.] CHEsTER, S. C., June 4.-While ly rday, ing in the shade of, and under a car box on the the G., C. and N. Railroad, at rd re- Sandy River, about 4 o'clock this after Sthat noon, Engineer W. WV. Williams was nage- run over and fatally injured. cared It is ascertained that Mr. Williams, rith a who is a brother of Auditor Williams, lition of the G., C. & N., was lying under the We car reading, when a colored fireman, inder not knowing that he was there, pulled ng on up a few feet and ran one of the wheels ks of over his leg, severing it near the hip st the joint, and stopping just in time to leave I, dis- it resting on the other. rhalf When found the wounded man's first were request was for a pistol to end his mis lliam ery. An engine was sent to this place ix for Dr. S. M. Davega, but he was out near of town, Dr. S. M. Marion was found veral and taken down, Dr. Davega follow what ing as soon as he returned. The The unfortunate man died about 7:30 Lan to o'clock in great pain. mnses. Mr. Williams was a young man and 'ondi- very popular here, where he had lived >the for a considerable length of time. doled-- _ _ _ _ 'y au- The "Sallie" * The "Sallie" is the name of a hand ithor- some steamer that arrived in Charles ivicts ton last week from New York, pur it and chased by the administration for the in ba- use of the phosphate commission and licacy the inspector. The craft is named is not "Sallie" in honor of Governor Till sAM JONES'S WORK. Striking Tribute from a Hebrew Jou nalist. Rev. Sam Jones's recent work i hattanooga has won golden opinion om all classes. Mr. George W. Och progressive Hebrew journalist, an roprietor of the Chattanooga Time ays him the following earnest tribut i the columns of his paper : I am not disposed to engage in a pc mical controversy to question tb ruth or falsity of Mr. Jones's doctrine r to endorse any or all of Mr. Jones iews. My own faith is shorn of do< rinal limitations-an abiding belief i 11 wise, all merciful, omnipotent, ir ivisible God-and is broad enough I espect the tenets of all my fellowme .r I subscribe most heartily to tl rords, For forms of faith let graceless zealo fight, is can't be wrong whose life is in tl right." The unique character and pn^ulii nethods of this revivalist have becon subject of comment all over th road land and the very divergel iews respecting him, which have be( riven publicity at Chattanooga, we: ,xpressed wherever he has conduct( ervices. I have attended his services fr tuently and have been an attenti, istener. My own religious views b ng totally different from his doctrin eachings and dogmas, enabled me lispassionately analyze his utteranc and to critically study their effects. vas never swayed by his passions Lppeals, nor have I been terrified it us lurid pictures o1 impending etern )unishment, nor do I endorse b >pinions of dancing, the kirmess at ociety, yet I have been touched by b )athos, stirred by his eloquence a ascinated by his marvelous magn ;ism. * * * * What of his work ? He never preach Lnything but morality. His sermo: tre simply the ten commandmen1 is exhortations are most eloque tgainst moral vices and social sit Elow can any one consistently-say th , man possessed of his eloquence ai :is magnetism, who always urg :oral uprightness and rectitude, c lo aught but good ? I saw him sw: mn audience of 5,000 men by his narkable powers. I saw men w' 3ae to scoff' remain to pray. I se him on the pulpit in his shirt slees pouring forth a stream of eloquen which gushed from his lips like fro one inspired, enthrall a multitude men until thousands were in tea every fiber of their being wrought tense emotion, and every utterance made, every argument he used, was earnest plea for morality, temperar and ebarity. And when he cease< saw a hardened criminal, one whox had seen with ball and chain, pass the aisle, tears streaming from: eyes, his whole nature softenei as had never been before; I saw him gra the hand of the evangelist and I he: him say between his sobs : "As G is my judge I 'will lead a better life, saw a sporting man, one who mal his livelihood at the gaming table, v never before, perhaps, had a seri refection, wipe his eyes as he took1 evangelist's hands and promise to't an honest life. I saw confirn drunkards step forward-and prom to quit these habits. I saw 1,030 me three-fourths of whom had, perha never before given a thought to moral precept, one-half of whom w steeped in vice, crowd around evangelist with tearful eyes and emly pledge their word to refoi Dare any one say that this is of avail ? By his works judge hi What if his methods are not in accc anc with common usage, his rest condone every fault in language. ( need not commend his flippant rep to his critics, and, it must be confes that his treatment of a recent rev upon his methods-which was dis fled, courteous and conservative not creditable to Mr. Jones. Still1 pertains to his personality, and not affect the result of his labors. What if a large proportion of converts relapse into their former n ner of life ? Some will prove faith and in all a seed has been plam wheretofore there was sterile Everyone on inquiry can learn of good work he is doing, of the refo: he has accomplished, of the bro spirits he has revived, of the wi natures he has strengthened, of the of sunshine he has cast into hereto darkened lives, of his charity, his e: estness and of his sincerity. I have little patience with his tractors; they rail at his mode of pression ; had they bet ter not t their batteries on frail human nat because they know the multitude attracted and is moved by him ? anyone is at fault it is the people, Sam Jones. He perceives he met that must be pursued, and with n velous aptitude he employs it, andx hold the fruits of his labor!: He le: the community better, more eleva and purer, and every seed he sows seed of morality, of temperance, chastity and of charity, and not or evil drops from his hand. Good sense! Disease is largely the result of imi blood. To purify the blood, is' to< the disease ! As a blood-purifier vitalizer, Dr. Pierce's Golden Mec Discovery stand ahead and shouli above any other known specific ! power in this direction is nothing s of wonderful. Guaranteed to her or cure in every case, or mnoney funded. AL r lL .L. LT X.tZA L?. The '"Progressive Farmer" Looks on th Alliance Voting with the New Party as a Matter of Course, Inasmuch as Alliance Demands are Embodied in Its Platform. [Special to Charleston World.] d R ALEIGH, N. C., June 1.-The Stat Alliance organ, the Progressive Fai e mer, owned by L. L. Polk, will sa editorially in its issue of to-morrow "The questica, what will the Allianc e do with the new party, is on the lips < tens of thousands of anxious people t< s day. Well, it ought not to take muc wisdom to answer that question. Tb n new party has adopted the Allianc ' demands in its platform. Does any on " suppose intelligent Alliancemen wi n vote against the party that adopi te those demands, and in favor of a part that not only fails to adopt, but resisi ts those demands? "Western Alliance States have alre. 1e dy giue into the new party. Will n< the necessity for Alliance unity for< i other Alliance States to go into the nel is party also? as "We see no way to prevent tt new party from sweeping .the countr re except the simple one of cheerfull conceding to the people every one 4 their just demands. If Allianceme are to be blamed for going into a ne party, then a hungry child can t blamed for going to some one who es e and will furnish him food. Gentleme a of the old parties, if the time corn when your ranks shall be broken, yot es leaders overthrown and your heritai t taken from you, do not blame the All ance for your ruin. The people, repr, sented by the Farmers' Alliance, has is petitioned and begged and pleaded at id prayed for relief all these years, and tl . haughty minions of political pow is have spurned -both them and the d petitions and prayers. Do not blan them for your overthrow, but blan es your own blind and miserable folly DS THEIR PLAN TO FIGHT CLEVELAN Ls. nt Gov. Tillinan Says the Democratic Par s. Ought to be the People's Party. at - id CHARLESTON, S. C., May 29.-Go a Tillman, in an interview to-day wi n the editor of the State Alliance orga ay is reported as saying that he has c e- posed Mr. Cleveland strongly becau ho of the ex-President's opposition to t w free coinage of silver and also becau ,es his sympathy was with Wall stre e, and its money. "A great danger to t m Democracy," he said, "was that t of nominating Convention in 1892 mig rs, name Mr. Cleveland as its standa to bearer for the next campaign." he Gov. Tillman thinks that the farme an not only in this State but all over t ice country, ought to go to work to see ti 1 Y delegations are sent from each Sti 1 opposed to Mr. Cleveland, or to a up man of his ideas on money. He bis lieves the farmers can control the it mocratic party and thus press forws sptheir demends for reform. rd As to the Sub-Treasury bill, G< ~od Tillman says he is opposed to it p I sonally, and will fight it on the stul ~es if need be. He does not think ti ho after it is presented to the people t1i yus will support it. If a majority of 1 he party in South Carolina still contirl iad to support it, he says he is Democ ted enough to fall in line with the maj< tise ty. He does not see the need fc mthird party, because the Democrs ps party, properly controlled, is the pa Lny of the people. Till man's utterance ere the subject of an anti-Cleveland dele the tion may be taken as the keynot* ol- the preliminary campaign in this St min 1892. m. DEFENCE OF THE BOARD. ,rd- state Treasurer Bates Reads a statenm 31t and Reply-He Says they Did the Be )ne they Could-Pleading Guilty to Pes lies sible Ignorance. ie [Special to the Greenville News. ,n. COLUMBIA, June 3.-When the St 'as board of railroad equalization met his day, . State Treasurer Bates, of oes boad, made a written statement which he assurred the gentlemen]I his sent representing the railroads "ths an- has not been and is not now the int ful, tion of this board to treat the railrc Lted with injustice or unlfairness in the n oil. ter of assessments for taxation." the said that at the board's meeting in3 rms with what ligh t they had from repi ken of the~ railroad commission and ot eak sources they had indicated what t] ray thought would be a proper assessmr fore of railroad property. Continuing irn- said: "In some statements made infer that we are suspected not onl: de- ignorance but of prejudice. Fori ex- self I can disclaim any and all pr urn dice. I think I can do the same for re, board. I am not ashamed to acknc is edge lack of information in regard If railroad property. not I"I have been addressed person: hod as treasurer of the State and war iar not to give the appearance of diser be. inating against rairoads lest the cr tves of the St.ate be injured and it bec< ted, impossible to fund a large part of is a State debt maturing in 1893. '9X of all respect to the gentleman who g e f this warning, I must say it was nlecessary to give 2, and in my opir it was mischievous and is possibly tended to do harm. It has gone ou the press of the country in connec1 >ure with the chlarge, implied at least, i ure in South Carolina railroad prop< and as unfairly dealt with in the ma ical of taxation. It is our purpose to ders tain all the light we can then in Its action be influenced by the spirit bort letter of the constitution and la' left the State." re- Argument was concluded this e' ing and decision was reserved. ? X. r.' da,-.UZLLGV X DATTn . e Statements from Both the Parties-Pro fessor Evans Contradicts an Assertion Professor McElroy's Account of the Interview. [From the Greenville News.1 In one of McElroy's cards, published e in the last Laurensville Herald, he makes the following statement, viz.: S "In my communication to the Herald, Professor Evans assures me that my e reference to 'Haskelite' was not appll f cable to himself." I assured McElroy nothing; simply a demanded a retraction of language e offensive to me. After some hesita e tion and threatening demonstrations, e already reported, he signed a general retraction, having been told m-ore than s once that this alone wold exempt him Y from chastisement. s I am not engaging in controversy only stating facts. Respectfully, It FRANK EVANs. e ALYA P. 0., LAURENS Co., S. C., May 30th, 1891. To the Editor of the Daily News. The reported interview between Pro fessors Evans and McElroy regarding that Haskell invitation as published in n The News of 26th inst., is very incor rect and does me great injustice. Be liev.ng that The News will accord n fairness, I send my acconnt of the n episode for publication and can .ub stantiate my version of the affair by eye witnesses and unprejudiked per sons. I ask the papers of the State that copied the "reported interview" e from the News to do me the justice to d publish my account of the affair. Professor Evans did demand a retrac e .t:"n from me in Mr. Roland's store at the time mentioned in the ir News of a certain communication pub ie lished in the Herald regarding the in ie vitation of Col A. C. Haskell to Lan rens. He made his demand, and I did D. then and there refuse absolutely to re tract anything from his insolegt and ty threatening manner, stating to him that I would die first, or words to-that effect. Professor Evans was armed -. with a stick and pistol and I had only th a little pen knife. Professor Evans did n, not raise his walking 'ane and sternly P- command Professor McElroy to put se his knife back in his pocket and Pro ne fessor McElroy like a coward did not se submissively obey. . et Professor Evans did not offer to buy be a pistol for Professor McElroy. He e was not at that time in sogenemm a ht mood. rd I left Professor Evans and walked over to Auditor Thompson's office rs, where I hold my office as supervisor of he registration, as it would have been the at height of folly for me :to remain dis Lte puting with a map armed with deadly By weaponsand surrounded by his-friends. oe- Professor Evans soon came into-Audi le tor Thompson's office and In a-very .rd gentlemanly manner asked me to give him "some expression" that I had In >v- tended no offense in connecting his. er- name with"Haskelite,"that I had-done np him an injustice. Mr. Thompson, son iat of Auditor Thompson, heard the con .ey versation. I told Professor Evans that he if I had done hint a wrong, I was per .ue feetly willing, as a gentleman, to right raSt the wrong. I then, not under duress, "or threats, wrote the following card, r a which was published in the Herald: tic "As far as my reference to Haskellite dy in my article, as referring to Professor~ on 1Evans, I say tha; I had not intended to offend him individually, or as -a of man." ate This is the only retraction or expla nation I have made. Respectfally, W. T. McELuov. ent A Mysterious Meeting of the Adminlstrs it tion Forces. [Special to Greenvill News. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 3.-There was ate a secret conclave of leading State ad to- ministration politicians' in this city to the night, but they refuse to tell anything in about it except to say they discussed >re- railroads, banks and affairs of State t it generally. To outsiders the whole en- thing is a mystery. They were in ses ads sion about three hours. Among those hat- present were the Governor, -Senator He Irby, John Gary Evans, the Rev. Mr. lay Sligh, Timmerman of Edgefield, Tal >rts bert, Thomas, Dr. Sampson Pope and her others. :iey ent How to get a Handsome Husband. he "When'er some lucky Indian-maiden we Fonud a red ear in the husking, r of 'Muska !' cried they altogether : 'Muska !' you shall have a sweetheart ny- You shall have a handsome husband." JU- The handsome man alwaysadmires the the beautiful woman. Then simply Lwl- make yourself beautiful. Remove all I to blotches pimples, "forked signs of turkey tracks" from your features, by the use of Dr. Pierre's Favorite Pre illy scription, a tonic to the nervous, circu ned latory and procreative systems. Its im- use brings 'roses to the cheeks, and tsparkle to the eyes. Take it, and you adtwl,lke the Indian maidcn, find a >mne "red ear" in good health, an omen of the future happiness. 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