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FOR THE LOVE 10 CENTEl8, - TECU8 WILL MAKE YOU SMILE WT a eXo OF ) O, -W11EY YYUY,G,' LISTEN TO THEIR 9-r LOW PaCES E FToot s Stnd. Sa I ry thern and s-e Foo t's l d and WT. M. ,rL %k -STABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1891. . PRICE 81.5 A_EA NAKING STOKES SQUIR31. The Correspondence in Full Retween the Senior United States Senator fron South Carolina and the 11resident of the state Organization of the Farn er*' Alliance--A Sharp Con traLt of Men and of Style. LFrom the News and Courier.] ORANGEBURG, S. C., September 3. Since the ioterview with Senator But ler was published some days ago in the New and Courier, and the Senator's subsequent remarks concerning Dr. Stokes' treatment of him in the Cotton Plant, there has been much wonder on all sides as to what Dr. Stokes would say in reply. Dr. Stokes has been asked for an in terview on the subject, but refused it, stating that his reply would appear in the Cotton Plant. The following is Senator l;utler's letter sent to Dr. Stokes: SENATOR BUTLER'S LETrEr. EDGEFIELD, S. C., August 28, 1891. Dr. J. W. Stokes, Editor Cotton Plaut, Orangeburg, S. C.-Dear Sir: On my return to Edgefie'd yesterday, after an absence of three weeks, a friend handed me a copy of your paper, the Cotton Plant, of the Sth instant, in which I find the following in your editorial column: "Echoes from Prosperity - Senator Butler's Contemptuous Opinion of the Alliance!" "At Prosperity Senator Butler di vided all men into three classes. T xo of these classes are honest, including himself. The 'third one,' he said, 'who borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back. This last class is the one who wanti to borrow money at 2per cent,' (italics ours.--Froi the News and Courier report.) This is a remark able statement from the Senator. The man 'who borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back' is a thief and a scoundrel. According to the Senator, therefore, 40,000 Alliance men in South Carolina, and a good many Non-Aliiance men, who would like to borrow money at 2 per cent., are thieves and scoundrels. How do you like that, farmers of South Carolina? It is an infamous charge; but since it comes from a United States Senator of course wc will keep our mouths shut--till the next election." I was invited by Mr. W. D. Hardy to speak at Prosperity on the 29th of July "to discuss the sub-treasury plan on its merits." I accepted, and upon the an nouncement beiug made in the papers, you challenged me to a joint debate. I accepted that also. You then sought to be represented by a substitute, Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, on the plea that you had other engagements. The newspapers prodded you so .severely for this "retreat in the presence of the enemy" that you appeared and Livingston did not. Although an invited guest, and on that account, presumably. entitled to select my own place in the debate, you and your friends imposed the terms and notified me through Mr. Hardy of your arrangemlent. I promptly acceded to them. These termis gave you the opening and reply. You were on the stand, and having the reply, are sup posed to have heard every word I uttered. Permit me to refresh your nmemory as to what I did say in that portion of my remarks to which your editorial refers. I spoke as follows: "There are three classes of people one class that neither borrows or lends mloney, (and they are a pretty large class,) and another class lends money out on interest (and it is a perfectly legitimate business; he prefers to live on the interest rather than put his - muoney in cotton or mules, and there is no reason why he should not. Does * that make him an enemy to the coun try or make him any less a patriot be cause he loans money at such a rate of interest as he may be able to get?) "Then there is another class, which, unfortunately, I belong to-the bor rowing class. LLaughter.] I don't think a man because he lends money at 10) per cent. is a thief. Sometimes I letting me have it; it helps me out ofamvr uholgdt h at fo scrazpe and I gladly give him the rate he. charges. I have seen the time that I would like to have borrowed $5. "Then vou will take my class, and they are susceptible of division into three. You will find the fellow who if he had one or two thousand dollars would invest and make something by borrowing it at 53, 0, 7, 3, 10 or 15 per cent., and will in due time return the money he borrowed and the interest on thle same. There is another fellow just as honest, ju.-t ais truthful as the r other man, who borrows money at'8 or 9 per cent., and miisfortunie overtakes him, a cyclone,~a sickness or something prevents his returning; he is as honest as the other man, but he cannot return it just at that time. but if he is honest he will keep on hammering until he does pay it back. Then, thec other class viho teil borro:e monewy at 2, 15, 29 or 50 per~ cent., andl( never) intenfds to pay it /Caek, and necer doc(s. [A pplause and laughter.] It is too little; it is like gambling. Yo~u get your money :.c ea-y, andX~ youl spend your mioney toc easy. This~ i ai verbatimn stenographic re part of my remarks, and I recognize 1 as correct. I should like to have yourt islicdual o.efcon of w hat I said, I made no sp'ecial reference to farmers, but inclu'ledl all classes in every coml mnityt. T'here are mny~n honest met everywhel.re, in every class, andl somt <iish1oPest meu in aluost every class To the latter I applied my remarks it the third class of the subdivision. anc vet i: your editorial you make me in elude the 40,00) farmers belonging to the Alliance. You did not put this construction on my speech either directly or by implication in your half hour's reply. You could not have thought it amenabLe to such a construe tion. In view of this explanation and cor rection I ask a retraction of that part of your editorial doing me injustice; and a publication of this commnunica tion in the Cotton Plant, so that it may reach those who have read your edito rials. I note that you predicate your criti cism and conclusion on a report of my speech in the News and Courier. This report does not purport to be a steno graphic report, nor does it, in its present shape, admit of the construction you gave it; but the issue is between your self and myse7 .nd I would be obliged if you would inform me what construc tion you placed upon it at that time in my presence, and in the presence of that large assemblage of farmers, and if you con?trued, as you appear to have construed when penning that editorial, in the quiet and deliberation of your sanctum, eight or ten days after the event, why did you not then and there reply to and rebuke me for these "in famous charges" against 40,000 farm ers, whose especial champion you claim to be? The remaining part of your editorial is teeming with misrepresentations and perversions of what I said and of my attitude towards public questions. Your statement that I am not a farmer is untrue, and must have been made for the purpose of creating a false impres sion and prejudice, but as the one especially referred to above is the most flagrant in its injustice I content my self for the present with inviting your attention to it with the accompanying explanation and request. Yours very respectfully, M. C. BUTLER. The reply of Dr. Stokes, which will appear.in the Cotton Plant next Satur day, is as follows: SENATOR BUTLER'S COMMUNICATION. The attenion of Qur readers is invited to a communication from Senator But ler anent the Prosperity debate and certain editorial comments thereon in the Cotton Plant. In view of the abu sive eithets the Senator is repor. ed to have indulged in reference to this paper in his recent Asheville and Edgefield interviews, I might justly consider that that Senator had placed the whole matter beyond the pale of courteous reply or even notice. But as his com munication to the Cotton Plant is couched in language of a courteous nature, and presents a personal - griev ance of injustice done him by the Cot ton Plant, I shall notice again the points he refers to, The committee in charge at Prosperity, as well as myself, were justly surprised and indignant when the fair man we had taken the Senator to be unfairly shifted the ground of debate, even in the face of their pro test. Yet when he comes, now as the injured party, asking fairness at the hands of the Cotton Plant he will al ways be fairly met and accorded a hear ing. The ear of the Cotton Plant's audi ence will never be denied an honest claim for justice that is couched in courteous and fair language. Before answering the Senator's question, how ever, we ask attention to some general considerations: TwEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. 1. The Senator justly recognized the difference between the relation of the debater and the editor, though the same individual, to this whole sub ject. 2. The Cotton Plant was not repre sented at the debate. 3. The file of this paper for August, which was tent the Senator from this office, shows that the first issue aftei the debate had not a word, editorially or otherwise, about the debate. The speeches might have been allowed tc rest upon their merit. But after the newspaper supporters of the Senator, it every possible way, sought to prejudicE the Alliance side of the discussion, anc a ter the Senator himself gave an in ter view in Washington, in which he w*ai representented as claiming everything having 'completely used up two sub. treasury champions in joint debate a Prosperity," it seemed not improper ir the Cotton Plant to point out some o the vulnerable points of the Senator' speech. THOSE AwFUL NEWSPAPERS. 4. All reference to the particula matter the Senator objects to, after th August 5th ise was in repelling th assaults of the Senator's newspape friends, who apparently felt charge' with the defence of the Senator's TE ported language. None of them untj one last week, so far as I know, ques tioned the possi'bility of the }anguag being inaccurate; nor did such possibil ty ever occur to my, miind. TheyC3 a4 cepted the phraseology as uuqluestiol ably correct, but denied my construi ti.)n of it, without giving any' ration: meanovg. .5. I was an invited guest at Prosperit as muuch as was the Senator-had nevi been there before, and hence was ent tied to the same consideration claimE by him on th at score. As a matter of fact, I had no miore do with artraniging the ordier of deba than the Senator. The c,ustomai order of deb-yite was fi.xed upl m b,y tl e-r cmi~tte, and I acepte,l it. Certain I had ni. d 'sire to t ke anyv ad'vanitag and don't e'ensider that I h a:an- und the arrangement. . Iiy reading the wvhoe. correspo I dence, published in the issue of Augu rangement was made either "for myself nm or some representative man." Col. se Livingston was under engageme . P] this State, and I felt sure he would a% meet the Senator; but did not feel free as to make the arrangement for him with- ct out first consulting him. He was not li( present because he was sick; and I e. missed an engagement to fill the at .place. cL WRIGGLING OUT. re What is my individual recollection of p what the Senator said? To be frank, I understood him to say substantially what the News and Courier, Herald and News, and the Press and Reportor represented him as saying-just what Col. Talbert and Dr. Pope understood tl him to say, as will be seen by their ut terances reproduced on another page, and just what a number of other gen- a tiemen present understood him to say. t I was amazed, astonished, indignant at a such an utterance from such a source, and noted it down for reply, as my notes h show. Why did I not reply to it that day? It does seem that the Senator should T know the morning meeting was broken S up by rain. It was agreed that each of C us should have an hour and a tr half. I was to divide my time so as to al have a reply. I used an hour and four le minutes in opening. The Senator was allowed to extend his remards.to about two hours, with the understanding that st I should have a like extension. This rE would have given me near an hour for tj reply, and I had ample notes to occupy pi that time. The rain stopped me in a, about fifteen minutes, and after dinner I could not well continue even if my voice had admitted of it, because the Senator had disappearvd. The statement that the Senator was s not a farmer was made in good faith on informat ion. I amn glad to be corrected if my information was incorrect. DECLINES TO ADMIT AN ERROR. The Senator asks for a retraction of my editorial comment on the language ) attributed to hin by the News and r< Courier. This is evidently an inadver- c tence on the part of so astute and logi- ri cal a mind as the Senator's. Heshould v first deny at least using the language attributed to him. For, the comment l is a deduction by logical and natural h process from that language; and none a knows better than he that a logical con clusion can be destroyed only by invali- b dating the premises. Premises may be d invalidated only by denial or retraction. il The major premise in this case is ]an- C guage attributed to the Senator. Does r, he deny using the language or does he o wish to retract it? Since he has set the p example, he will excuse me for us'ng y the intorrogative form. Does he deny v the report of the News and Courier, of t The Herald and News, (both his c staunch supporters,) and of the Press s and Reporter, corroborated by Dr. Pope, p Col. Talbert and by a numbpr of other t witnesses? So far he has not done so, as I appre- c hend. True, he refers to a "verbatim $ stenographic report, which he recog- .$ nizes as correct; and yet that same 1 "verbatim stenographic report" (the r State's) so flagrantly misrepresented a him on two points of his speech as to v call forth from him a card of correction '] in that paper July 31. I am quite sure i that it omitted several material points i in my speech, though it was reason- 1 ably accurate in what it did print. y While not distinctly denying the ; correctness of these papers, as will be y seen by reference to his letter, he sim- a ply asserts that even "in its present shape" the report dloes not "admit of d the construction you '1) give it." Sure- c ly the Senator recognizes that a ques- 1 tion of construction is an exceedingly variable quantity. PLAYING wITIE woRDS. I recognize fully the right of any man to interpret his own ]anguage and to say what he meant it to convey. I have no desire to hold him to a con struction he does not desire it to carry, and hence I ask special attention to the Sena1ur's explanation of his posi tion. But I must hold that in the absence of limitations upon the meaning of language, it is legitimate to construe it according to the ordinary rules of con struction. I submit it, therefore, to the Senator as a fair minded and logical reasoner, whether the langu age cred ited to him by these three papers, and allowed to pass without denial-bear- I ing in in d always that the discus-| sion was upon the only plan that pro poses to borrow at :2 per cent. and that the Alliance is the only body in this State which advocates such a plan-I submit to him, I say, as a fair minded - man and a logician, whether the con t struction I placed upon it was not - logical :,nd natural. 1 I submit to himt further, whether, -until his correction and explanatin e appeared, the public were not justified .in interpreting it in a natural and -rational way with the context ; and -whether lie should nmot at least give -some other construction to the Ian I guige, if indeed lie (does not deny it. FIDLERS TJIREE. AND) YERY (;OOD yFI1)DLERS wERE THEY. SIt nmight be pertinent to nsk also, - since the interrogative style is in vogue, d why I am singled out for rebuke in this matter. The application of his :o laguage to 40,000 farmers of the State te was not even original with the Cotton y Plnt. Had the &nator remained to te hear Col. Talbert, lhe wvould have heard y that application distinctly made and , resentedl. as appears in his p)rintedl r speech ini another column. Dr. Pope male virtually the same application i- and it was widely printed over his own st signatore. Yet in his Asheville inter ost apologizes for Dr. 1)oe but re rves his invective for the Cotto ant. He appears studiously to hav oided Col. Talhert's charge as we his speech. These gentlemen ar rtainly more prominent in the pub : life of South Carolina than myself cept possibly in relation to the Alli ee. Is that the inspiration of hi oice of me as a target ? Again I ask the attention o' th aders of the Cotton Plant to Senato atler's "correct ion and explanation. .1. w. S. CANNOT J)owN nI'LR. An old farner, who served his tin the late war, said to me yesterdai at the Alliance would not have suel soft snap in downing Senator Butle: it found in defeating Gen. Hanp n. "In fact," he said, "they jus 't going to beat Butler. He's .-( s eyes open and will mieet them a 'ery point, and you mark ily word 11It get there." T1' MITLK IN THE COCoANt 1'. e general impression here is that Dr okes will certainly enter the race fo )ngressional honors from the 1st dis ict. It is "loudly thought" that h, so has a weather eye on Senator But r's seat. FRE1) WANNAKFrN. To avoid any possible misunder anding or future charg.s of miisrep senation, it is here distinctly statei iat the sub-heads in Dr. Stokes's r( y are not Cotton Plant heads, bu -e inserted by The News and Couriei -Ed. The N. and C. CHAtLESTON'S SHOWING. rong Financial Condition of the City b the Sea-An Increase of Over Seventeen Millions in One Year-Over Thirty Millions Since the[Earthquake. 3y Telegraph to The Daily News. CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 1-Tb ews and Courier will publish to-moi ny its annual review of the trade an >mmerce of Charleston. In summ zing the facts contained in the r iew the News and Courier will say The financial condition of the city i ronger than it was a year ago. Thei ave been no failures wo;th countin rong business men. "The banks have done a thrivin usiness. The state of trade in ever epartment has been most encoura, ig. New rail road lines tributary t harleston have been constructed. TI: tI roads have gone to the water, an ar ships at last are coming in fron a arts of the world. During the pa. ear there was a small decrease in tL alue of the trade of the port in ric, irpetine, rosin and lumber, but t: >tton trade of Charleston, notwitl auding the very low prices whic revailed, was S9,433,000 in excess 4 ic cotton trade of the previous year. There was an increase of $257,00 i rude phosphate rock, an increase 83,230 in cotton goods, an increase 30,000 in fruits and vegetables, a icrease of $2,083,G21 in the value< tanufactured products of the cit; nd an increase of $5,020,000 in tI holesale and retail trade of Charlestoi 'he total business of Charleston du >g the year just closed shows a n< 2crease of $17,935,I)01 over the trade 89-90. The trade of the city for ti ear of 18S90-91 was $98, 554,003 as cor ared with $80,619,717 in 1889-90. Fia ears ago the trade of Charlestc mounted to $G6,948,552. It will be r nembered that five years ago on Moi ay last the very foundations of ti ity werc shaken and millions of de ars worth of property were laidi ains. But at the end of five years telligent effort and conservative bu ness methods Charleston has remov< very trace of the earthquake, at hows a gain of $31,f;n6,16 in its tra< Lud commerce. This is a recordl vhich any city might well be prou Nith a banking capital of $1,485,(] harleston is doing a safe aud steadi ncreasi ng business of $100,00I0,000) rear. There is no cause anywhere f lespondency. Charleston is strong .o-day in its financial position th: ny other Southern city. With ri roads running to the water, with de svater coming to bay, with most desi; be railroad facilities and connectio: with a territory wvhich is natural tributary to Charleston, with shi coming in from all parts of the wor t' e time is near when Charlestoi inud- stries will count far miore thi 80;00X)0Nay year." A Compliment ror Governor Tilmzan Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger. As was ge nerally expected, Goveri Trillan, of South Carolina, sonmew) "astonished the natives'' by his spe, t led Springs Fair on Friday. It sim ply and u nelui vocally a Demuoen. pech warp andi woof and filling. stood upnon broad, statesman like, principles of .Jetiersonian D)emocrae the only safe plank for Southern wI men to stand upon if they would c serve free institutions and see that State suiflers no detrim nent at thle hai f adicals and C'onsolidat.ionist Carli,.1e or Gormoan. [Newv York Sun.] Our esteemed cotemnporary The Louis Republic is now trying to l off the Gormuan sentiment by ad van the idea that if the D)emocratic ii nation is to go south of the Mi States the first man to receive it w~ be the Hon. John G. Carlisle. Y< su)pose that the Democracy of York State wvould vote for Gol with a rush that couldn't be incitt any othr statesman now in sight ,. ITHE ALLIANCE. 1 A Brief Review of it@ Past and Itp 're;e e The Ocala Demands Peln.= Strictly Adhered to. [From the National Economist. In comparing the present conditi of the order with that of one year a s when the State meetings began, a cided improvement for the better is e once discovered. Notwithstanding i r fierce opposition, the Alliance has creased in numbers, become m( solidly united, and is every w stronger. It is to-day better equipp for the struggle for reform, better p pared to cope with its enemies, a better qualified to take care of itself a defend its principles, thau ever bef" There are many evidences of this con tion. Among the first might be m( tioned the activity and vindictiven of the regulation politicians. This el of people are the keenest and shrewd in the country, and can scent danj to their profession with unerring p cision, as the buzzard does its fo They have discovered unmistaka signs which point to their total r struction in the principles of the A ance, and hence the bitter attack wh; they have made on the Order. To on friendly ternis with this classmea servility, self-abnegation, and an ent absence of manly independence. Ev a neutral position gives tacit cons< to their nefarious practices and corru i ing ir.fluences. There can be no co - promise between honest metho t patriotic ainis and unselfish devoti to principle on the one hand and frat corruption and political chicanery the other. Nothing save a desper struggle, in which one or the otl must go down, can for a moment y -considered by those who are earnes and conscientiously connected w this reform movement. It is this del erate, uncow promising position tal by the Alliance that is bringing do e the vengeance of the political lead in both old parties. That the -rder I d been able to prosper and unify un such an onslaught should be asource congratulation to every member of t Alliance, and ample proof as to justnes and equity of its principles. ,e every reform effort some must take V lead. This is in perfect accord w the natural order of things and is disparagement either direct or impl to the great body of earnest and hou people who constitute the majori Those who have stood at the front Le holding the banner of the Alliance h: d met with such -a storm of- abuse, vill 11 cation and slander as has seldom fal to the lot of .men in an unselfish we Private character has been assail publicefforts impugned, andeveryth e that cunning could devise, or men city employ, has been made use o h destroy prominent members of f Order, and thereby divide and weal the Alliance. That all such attem have failed, and that the breth Shave calmly considered these mati Sand decided for themselves, is anot nevidence of unity that should we fthe heart and strengthen the deter nation of every loyal member. Age e the public press, especially the s *sidized portion, has persistently I r. represented the condition of the Or< etA false report would be sent out ft SKansas stating that the Alliance e being disrupted on account of the s .treasury plan. This would be taker re by all the leading dailies both N< n and South, and heralded all over . land. Another equally false statem would be given out through the st e channels, that the Alliance in Te was breaking to pieces for similar n sons. No matter what evidence mi fbe given thbat these reports were unt: . not a line could be got into the colur d of those papers to inform the peopl d the facts. A vicious attack plannel e Nashville, St. Louis or Topeka wt of be printed simultaneously in New Ye d Charleston, Chicago and all other lh y business centers, proving conclusi' y the existence of a plan of camp~ a against the Alliance from this son or The only method of refuting er falsehoods was through the slow ncess oif the weekly papers. Yet Sbrethren have waited patiently bc )judginig or making any demonstrat a-- until such information could be tained, and have almost universall; l .cepted the explanations andi assura contained in their Alliance papers. d fact it is doubtful if all unfair, misl Sing and fdlse reports gIven (out by asubsidized press have cbanged opinlions of a dlozeinimenmbers of~ entire Order, while the redicule abuse of the printciples oif the Alli is known to have started hundret good men to invest igatte thes' (lent: wvhich in turn ha:s been of great be :ot to the Order. ILere also~ is frunit lful s< ut for con gratuiiiationt and shoul hI i lost sight oft in eoun t ing tip th lit eries of the past yeair. Thme act ion< re-cet tat meing ini Soth I (at eantd atject failutre of thle r-ee:lei trat TIexats d iselose thle st rengt hi antd o~f thle Order ini a mamnter not i to be unider---tood. Six naew State org: t- ions have been addled, the numil thdpapers nearly (loullted, and thle b ership I largely increased. AllI thI Iheen accomitplishedl ini thle face o l-ent opi)ositioinansoeis Idis.oulraging cond(itionis. rio be: hold4 what had been previously . would( be considered highly satisf; under the circumnstances, but to I t.to show positive gains should 1 a only gratifying but encouragitng eiOne nmore seasont of progress bi .past will platce the Alliance wvl c-an augh at its eniemies and wil, (ddle thie power to work out the refo ould Ihas so courageously and intelli -t we champiotned. Every true menm New theA Alliance should take rente' terest in tihe Order and contio -nant cointest revivedl and refreshed 1 d by reassuring coni(ltion of Alliar fairs. "No, mamma, let me lie down, 1'n so sleepy." "si "Let him lie down, daughter," sai Mr. Davis, who, as all grandfathers do humored the child. e "No, you must say your prayers s, deary," persisted Mrs. Hayes, wh< ts knows the effect of a good habit o: e, life and the value of living up to i 'e rule. 5, "Oh, mamma, God knows I air 1, tired. He won't care if I don't sa3 r. my prayers this time." e And this is the lineal descendant o: ,s Jefferson Davis. They say he look, a like his grandfather, but it is hard t< d discern in his rounded featueres muct s- likeness to the guant face with th( l- tuft of beard under the chin made s( d familiar by the war prints. WAHORSES AND RIDERS. General Hemphill in the Abbeville Me e dium Gives a Bit of Hibtory On this Subject. 0 "Stonewall Jackson was, it is said the worst rider iu both armies. He wabbled about in the sadd'- like a drunken man, and seemed every mo d ment about to fall off his horse." The above item is going the round, - of the newspapers. We would like t< e know by whom "it is said. "There is n< - truth that Stonewall Jackson "wab. t bled about in the saddle like a drunker r man and seemed every moment aboul to fall off his horse." He was taughi d to ride at West Point and no man wa. ever turned out as a graduate of tha 0 academy who wov!d cut such a figir( Y as is represented in tho above item. s It was our fortune to see Stonewal Jackson many times for we followe e hinr from Cedar Mountain to the da3 of his mortal wound. There was u< 'wabble' about him. He sat on hi! horse firmiy and there was no peculiai e awkwardness about him that wouk u attract attention. 0 There was no "wg.bble" about bin y when, in 1862, in rear of Pope, w4 turned into the town of Manassas in i 0 swinging gait and he rode erect by ou: side. Afterwards at the railroad cut -e when the enemy were working a ma it chine gun for all that it was wortl t against us, what should appear amons y us but the warlike figure of Stonewal Jackson sitting immovably upon hi horse. Summoning a detail he led i across the cut right in among the ene e my, seized the gun and brought it out d None of us saw any wabbling in th< saddle. Stonewall Jackson was not as grace ie ful in the saddle as some other rider 3t we have seen, but the picture drawn ii the item quoted is mostly imaginary ie He was no object for ridicule or criti t cism but was more graceful than eight; e out of a hundred riders we see thes davs. T'Ihe best rider we ever saw in th< army was Gen. Van Dorn, who com manded a division in the early part o Sthe war. Gen. Lee and Gen. John C dBreckinridge were next to him accord ltng to our observation. Gen. Lee ha< a more imposing presence than an; man we ever saw, but Van Dorn wa iahead of all as a horseman. dThere was nothing striking abou Joe Johnstone. Beauregard was: is model of grace, but about the games isman we ever saw on horsebaek wa lJoseph B. Kershaw. Wade Hampto: had the advantage of J. E. B. Stuam and Magruder made the biggest sho1 dwshen he put on all his trappings. From this county Gen. McGowa id rode a stout grey until a canon ba dknocked off the head of Troubadour t Reams' Station and then he rode ilarge bay. Col. G. MecD. MIiller rode slong, rawboned sorrel. Col. Wyval doAiken rode a high--stepping' ' ack i dark as midnight. Col. J. Towni Robertson a bay' pony that steppe about six inches high and nine inlch< aforward wheni in a trot. When 'u e double-quicked the pony had-to gallc to keep up. a OTiUb'-S W ho iRoou: l'IEL. In speaking of '"Warhorses and fl s, der&' in our last issue we' neglected de mention (en. 3M. L.. Bonham, who appearanle oH horseback was magi ' tXeent. He rode a dark h'ay and wore urei eni fieent uniform. A brilliant m: ~atitry sash encircled Ais waist, hen' gauntlets eneased his hands and 1: he hat was aidorned with a handsor Vt- blac k plu me. iIe sat erect and firm :b. in the sade. We never saw him j< e- lni but o'nce in the saddle and til .'nt was at ai review .af the troops by Gt Ie \'an lDorn at Kineheloe's field HE AvIlull llun in the Winter of 18t1l et Then his horse slipped and fell to thauncee but the rider did not get ok tne uniformn soiled. ng,.\t the~ first 3Manassas ('.l. E. B. 's ash rode a thoroughbred black si lion with !ntieinane andl long t n if a horse t hat would attract :attentior just an" time. ant W\e doubt if manyv of our pee k now~ how niany men G en. Bonh lbhis comman1: tded at Ii rst M anassas and will put it in print for the informat .i of such as desire topreserve such f areie held the centre at 31itche'll's for< Bo unllan. Hi is own brigade consi: ant of thme second, third, seventh and eig kard outh C'arolina Volunmteers. In at it to ion to the-se regimm'ients he e mnanded ('ol. ladfordl's Virginia ca rv, two batteries of artillery ui )avis ('apt. Del Kemnper and' Capt. Shiw ack, Kirkland's North Carolina regin My and Kelley's Louisiana Battalion. "It goes right to-the spot,'" sai f the old ge:ttiman. wvho found ureat be long in Ayer's Sarsampariila. He was ri But Derange.ments of ths stomach, I his and kidneys are rmore speedily reme "by this medicine than by any o' Itreaches the trouble directly. LITTLE JEFF. DAVIS. nt- Stories or the Famous Southern Leadei Grandson. The New York World recently co: taMined an interesting article on ti OU family of the late Jefferson~Davi ,o, especially' the little grandson who h le- taken the Confederate leader's nam at and who is now in New York. Thei he were four sons born to Jefferson Davi in- says the World. The first, Samue )re died in Washington when but a bab: ay She who is now Mrs. Hayes was ti ed second child. Jefferson Davis 11, w, re- the third son. Then came Williai ud Davis, after him Joseph, and last < nd all, Varina- -"Winnie," fondly chri re. tened "The Daughter of the Confe( di- eracy." Joseph died in Richmon m- during the war. ?ss William died at Memphis in 187: iss and near the same city, during the a% est ful yellow fever epidemic of 1876. Je er ferson Davis II gave up his life whil re- at the post of duty. Thus perished th d. male descendants of Jefferson Davi! >le all without male issue. There was n le- one to transmit the family name. lli- Margaret Davis was married in 18 ch or 1876 to Mr. Hayes, of that city, an be bore a son. He was christened Jeffe: .ns son Addison Hayes. Mr. Hayes su1 ire gested that the baby's name might I en changed, but President Davis said n ant The boy was Mr. Hayes' only son. pt- would not be right that his he: Lm- should not transmit his name. Bt Is, the proposition lingered in the ol on man's heart. id, So the boy grew and prospered. Tw on months out of the year he spent awa ite from his home at Colorado Sprin, ier and with his grandfather at Beauvoi be Miss. And every day that he lived I tly grew dearer and dearer to the age th man. When they were separate ib- such important news as the advent < en the first tooth, the first step and ti ,n first. gurgling attempts at speech yo ers may well believe were hurried off t ias Beauvoir as fast as post could carx ler them. of By and by another boy was born I he Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Mr. Davis the be said to his wife that if the offer wei In made again he would give his consez ,he to the change of the name of the fir. ith born. The months flew by, and evei no mother knows how rapidly the mind < ied a child grows after it begins to tall es, In the pleasant evenings the gran( ty. mother and little boy sat out on ti jp- wide veranda, boon companions. Aij tve the old man told stories. ifi- After his death, and when Mr len Davis was in New Orleans at ti rk. great funeral, the governors of mo ed, of the Southern States and many 4 ing the old generals and veterans of tl da- civil war called on her and asked th: ' to she consent to the change of the nan ;be of little Jefferson Addison Haye en The father and mother were willin pts and appication was made to the legi ren lature of Mississippi. In the spring es 1890 Governor Lowery affixed his si her nature to a formal act which change *rm the name of the little man, at ti mi- now New York hotei, to Jeffers< .in, Hayes Davis. ub- There it was that in June last,: ais- Vicksburg, he was embraced and kiss< ler. by th'e grizzled veterans and giv< om badges, no end, of every organizati< wvas of the ex-Confederate soldiers. Ti ub- pretty blossom has grown out of t] up grave of the lost cause. rth This is the little fellow who, havii the been told that some day he mig ent come to be President of the Unite .me States, was offended because Preside xas Harrison, not discerning the future, d rea- not lift his hat to him as to other mei ght ers of the party that.gathered at CO -ue, orado Springs to see the chief [nag ans trate pass. His father and mother e of not like to tell this somuehow, lest it I at thought the lad is vain. But he >uld stilt shy and devoid of that pushit >rk, forward nature that makes sot grge youngsters such poor company. rely Mrs. Hayes delights to tell bow lit sign Jeff' wants to know : rce. "Mamma," he queried, "whati uch chaperon ' pro- "It is a comipanionl for youung !adi the to take them to the th,eatre, to: fore that no harm comes to them." ions "Well, tnat's very strange." said: ob- ''That's the tirst l've heard that th r c- was anything to harm young ladies nees a theatre. In D)uriug his grandFathe'r's life ead- boy used re.gularly to take' the sut the ened drops of toddy at the bottom of the 01M genitle'man's glass. Tlhey had di ie rent ideas about toddy wh~en l'resid am l)avis wa:s a young m tan, and '.ts. Ha anee a will i s'lmet 'onlcern thiat the ,nds,. taste of thet hqunor. She d idhti' hk' iotit speakl to her' fat hier about it. so ,.he ' >ureOi little .I,et. one~ dayi and gave' turm a t he' talk about thle eviis hat betfall t1 -iet - whoii beeo'no d runkard. ft lthe ''No x , w lhe igran d pa pa asks ye oli:.a vyou wan! somne of Ithe toddy you ni its ii say :'No hianik you, I donu't v' miis- "B~'ut I doe wait it. I like i:." mniza- wax the~ sybar'ite of four ye'ars. er of "Thiat's just prec'iMely whyi nem1- wrong for you to have it. Tlher' s has mauny t hinigs we like which are Vi-'otd for us, and imnuna doesn't id nter bay to be like that old drunz aie W,ing by. See him '.' D)o you wa ictory ,e like that '.'" e able "'No, miamma:. to all. And that evening .Jetrersonl I eth.IlI put his hands behind his I Lere it gulped and said, "No, thank you. haae nama doesn't want me to.'' etly le would not. ber of And here is the human aide< el in- boy. Once in Beauvoir after a ie the day.'s play he was very alee'py. if-his miammna wanted him to sa A GENTLEMAN! So Many Elements Necessary to His Make Up that a Definition is Difficult. (Greenville News.] It is not the easiest thing in the world to do to furnish a definition of a gentleman; so many elements enter into the meaning of the term in its fullest comprehenion. It takes something inside to make a gentleman, but it takes something out side also. Along with the essential in ternal qualities, principles, sentiments and impulses, there must likewise be numbered a certain propriety and re finewent of speech and manner. Where the spirit is wanting, the hollow out side will seldom impose for any length of time on a tolerably acute observer. On the other hand a man can not have the true internal spirit without it evining itself outwardly. A person may have the true spirit of a gentle. man. and also the manners of one in a degree to entitle him to the appellation and yet lack the delicate deference, nice tact, simple and exquisite grace and courtesy which stamp with anu inexplicable charm the thoroughbred and perfect gentleman. Nobility of soul, honor, the courage to do right, respect for God's Image in every human soul, delicacy, gentle ness and kindness of spirit are essent. ials in every gentleman's general make up. He is one who never takes credit when he does not deserve it. Neither gold can buy, nor wild horses drag him from the path of right. The scorn with which he repels all attempts upon his honor, is sometimes called pride, but it is very different from the mere self-esteem and selt-importance, arrogance and superciliousness which demands homage from all, seeking to humble others. It is rather a feeling of disdain an' disgust at what is base, and that erectness of spirit which must ac company the consciousness of merit. Your real gentleman has respect for everything respectable iii others, and whilst modest in speaking of himself, he speaks frankly, freely, gladly in praise of others' nobleness. Respecting God's creatures his im pulses towards them are delicate and considerate, prempting him to gentle thoughts and kint judgment, and these sentiments are manifested in speech, tone and manner. So many people are merely civil or polite out of regard for what is due themselves. They lack the true ring of gentility which will never deliberately, wantonly, needlessly wound the feelings of others, trample on tneir self-respect, or self-love, or in any way discompose them, put them out of countenance, or make them l at ease. This is what we call courtesy -the outward and visible manifesta tion of a gentle and kindly spirit, which comes from and goes to the heart. True courtesy is the perfect outward f form of the gentle and kindly spirit the flower and aroma that springs from -those twin roots, and is one of the most graceful and gracious, lovely and win fling things that delights human eyes, and charms human hearts.-4 -810,000 REWARD. A Big Reward Offered for Railroad t Wreckers. a Augusta Chronicle.] t This :Is the kind of reward that Scatches a criminal. It is very seldom, indeed, these daya, Sthat a reward of this large amount is Li offered for the arrest, and conviction of ta criminal, but this is the size of the a reward which the Richmond and Dan a ville road off'ers this morning in an ad *t vertisement published all over the Scountry for the arrest and conviction s~ of the person or persons who wrecked d the train on the Western North Caro lina road, which resulted in the death ,of so many persons. pThe advertisement reads as foliowt: The Richmond and Danville road will pay (10,000 for the arrest and con viction of the person or persons who i- removed the rail from the track of the -- :o Western North Carolina railroad, near - se Bostian's bridge, Iredell county, N. C., ion the night of Wednesday, Aug. 26, a 1891. WV. H. G REEN, I-General Manager. I 'Y Every one is familiar with the story is of this horrible catastrophe, in which ie twenty-tour persons lost their lives and - ly as many miore were badly injured. 'S- A thorough investigation was made at into the cause of the accident by the I fl- coroner's jury, and it was found that a ar number of feet of the track had been d- removed, which caused the train to al take its fearful plunge into the ravine, als sixty-five feet below. This reward wil! no doubt bring the C. finest detectives to work on the case, al- and the guilty partics will probably be - til, arrested. at "P'raise be to him, whose wondrous pleHascoqueedevery human ill am And now alne, as victor. stands we The 'Golden' compound of his hands." ion so spae a man, with tribute crowned, : ets. Of Dr. Pierce, the "world-renowned," Ion Whose "Medical Discovery" edHad vanquished pain and set himn hth One can but speak in praise of a idi- remedy so efTectual and unfailing as m- Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. val- Acting promptly and thoroughly, it drproduces permanent cures. Consump udr .on in its early stages, scrofula, liver Ilds, and kidney disorders, and all blood ient diseases, are within the field of its un lnbounded success. eitdued infeh, angad A.e g~iven Ri card, N. Y.- -