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TeFo. FOR THE LOVE 10 CENTEROD AS DE~~ITEfAk, A-d -F WILL MAKE YOU SMILE GODOAA -WHE-L 4 YUFE ISTEN TO THEIR -YYU OD LOW PRICES 1 glass aM Tinwam. & iry them and see. Foot'sO and - -- Foot S Old Stand. W.EM. S 865d YTS.DAY.FSherard 1,c191 E41STABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, SEAlTlilmt0,81.PIE 50AY R MAKING STOKES SQUIRM. The Correspondence in Full Yetween the Senior United States Senator from South Carolina and the President of the State Organization of the Farm ers' Alliance--A Sharp Con trast of Men and of Style. LFrom the News and Courier.] ORANGEBURG, S. C., September 3. Since the iaterview with Senator But ler was published some days ago in ths New and Courier, and the Senator's subs:equent remarks concerning Dr. i StoLes' treatment of him in the Cotton Plant, there has been much wonder on all sides as to what Dr. Stokes would say in reply. D,. Stokes has been asked for an in Lerv:ew on the subject, but refused it, stating that his reply would appear iu the Cotton Plant. TLe following is Senator llutler's lette: sent to Dr. Stokes: SENATOR BlUTLER'S LETTER. E DGEFIELD, S. C., August 28, 1S91. Dr. J. W. Stokes, Editor Cotton Plant, Orangeburg, S. C.-Dear Sir: On my return to Edgefield 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 'o 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 ;s the one who wants to borrow money at 2per cent,' (italics ours.-Fron the News and Courier report.) This isa remark able s'atement from the Senator. The man 'who borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back' is a thief and s. scoundrel. According i.o the Senator, therefore, 40,000 Alliance men in Soath Caroliua, and a good mlany Non-Alliance men, who would like to borrov: money at 2 per cen t., 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 e-ection:" I wai invited by Mr. WN. D. Hardy to speak &t Prosperity on the 29th of July "to dis7uss the sub-treasury plan on its merits.' I accepted, and upon the an you.@Mm AnL-str de in the papers, t r umst res, toajoint debate. I Primrose & W%e_tA., hen sought you eniaL. Th1is org,- 0I accepted ihat also. Yo ent atMr. to be repieseuted by a substi Livingston, of Georgia, on the that you had other engagements. N The newspapers prodded you so i severely f,>r this "retreat in the presence to of the enemy" that you appeared and v Livingstn1 did not. Although an invited guest, and on w' that accouut, preeuiuably entitled to w select my own place in the debate, you S and your friends imposed the terms ol and noti:ied mie through Mr. Hardy of tt your arr:angemenlt. I promptly acceded ii to them These terms gave you the opening and reply. You wer:e on the V stand, aad having the reply, are sup pos.ed to have heard every word I e uttered. Permit me to refresh your memory C as to what I did say in that portion of ~ my rem:arks to which your editorial ( refers. I spoke as follows: "There are three classes of people one class that neither borrows or lends money, (and they are a pretty large class,) and another class lends mo&ey out on interest (and it is a perfectly legitimnate business; he prefers to live on the interest rather than put his money 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 use 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.1 I don't think a man because he lends money at 10 per cent. is a thief. Sometimeis I am very much obliged to the party for letting me have it; it helps me out of a scrspe and I gladly give him the rae he charges. I have seen the time that I would like to have borrowed $.5. "Then you 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 somethin g by borrowing it at 5, 6, 7, 8, 10) or 15 per cent., and will in due time return the money he borrowed and the interest e' we samne. There is aniothier fellow u t as hon:est, jus't as- truthfaul as the o:.her mani, who borrows monley at s or 9 per cet..and( oisf.ortunel overtakes him:, a eyel.)ne, a sicknless or something ->revents his re'turniing; he is as honest - heohr man. b ut he can not return it just at that time, bumt if he is honest he will keep on hannuiliermgl until he do~p~ t ba-k. Then, the o/her cla!. d oesO Pt y h 9 f9 , ' // , . 1 -, -2 o r 50) eft* and !ir intends to j>aw/ it peri. een -, dc'. FPPplause and jbac ter, It. u too little: it is like ~~ get yorur tIIl( to CV ea y. . ~ ~ I( to r ahieO i re Tbh'ri i a verb ' e* I reognize it P nrt or miy reniar ks. e, to hae//u as co'rre t. I sould li ae toii ~idi,viu / . '-o!ection o~htI ad I miade tno s.eial refreeiiarers', but inc~tl-l all clase in every"~ mi nontity. Theozre are ma.nyl honiest mfeu EP everywhere, in every casadsm dishonest menct ini ailmost every class. To the latter I applied my remarks in the~ third class of the subdivision, and clude the 40,000 farmers belonging to the Alliance. You did not put this construction on my speech either directly or by implieation in your half hour's reply. You could not have thought it anenabl 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 conimunica 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 myself, and 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 construed, as you appear to have construed when penning that editorial, in the quiet and deliberation of yonr sanctum, eight or ten days after the event, why did you not then aud 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 ,o?If 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 CONMUNICATION. The-atten tion of our 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 Edgetield 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 eouched in language of a courteous nature, and presents a personal griev uce ofA;justice done him by the Cot . Plant, I shall notice again the oN he refers to, The committee in in t't Prosperity, as well as myself, arge' ees.surprised and indignant re justl3 .3 we had taken the Lien the fair ma.t,rned 5fted theground ~nator to be unfairly su "heir pro debate, even in~ the face'O b st. Yet when he comes, now a~< jured party, asking fairness ~~hj andi of the Cotton Plant he '~ ays be fairly met and accordea a a g. The '?ar of the Cotton Plant's audi uce will never be denied an honest aim for justice that is couched in t >urteous and fair language. Before nswering the Senator's question, how ver, we ask attention to some general onsiderationis:. TwEEDLEDUM~ AND TWvEEDLEDEE. 1. The Senator justly recognized the litl'erence between the relation of the lebater aod the editor, though the ame individual, to this whole sub 2. The Cotton Plant was not repre ~ented at the debate. 3. The file of this paper for August, which w as tent the Senator from this office, shows that the first issue after the debate had not a word, editorially >r otherwise, about the debate. The speeches might have been allowed to rest upon their merit. But after the newspaper supporters of thbe Senator, in every possible way, sought to prejudice the Alliance side of the discussion, and ter the Senator himself gave an inter view in Washington, in which he was epresentented as claiming everything, aving "completely used up two sub treasury champions in joint debate at ?rosperity," it seemed not improper in the Cotton Plant to point out some of the vulnerable points of tihe Senator' s -rnoJsi-: AwyUL NEwsP'AP~ER5. 4. All reference to tile particular naitttr thle Senator objects to, after the August 8th issue was in repelling the issaults of the Senator's newspaper friends, who appare:.tly felt charged with the defence of the Senator's re 1orted language. None of them until one last week, so far as I know, qjues tiod theC possibility of the language being iniaccura:e: nor did such possibili tv ever occur to my1~ mind. T1hiey ae epted t he ph raseology as uuqul estion ably correct, but denied n:y conistruc ti i of it, without giving atny rational mecaniog. . 1 was an inivited guest a:t Prosperity as much as wvas the Senator--had never been there before, and benee was enti tied to the same considerat ion claimed by him on that score. As a matter of fact, I had 1no more to do withi arranging the order of debate tha the Senator. The customary order of debtte wa fi:Ced up: a: by the ~omm Witt-, andl( I aiccepted it. Certai nly I hd n., d'ire ta t Lke any a.lvanitage, and do't ons:ide(r th:at IL hl :id ~ n under the arrangement. ;. By reading tile whole correspon dence, published in the issue of August rangement was made either "for myself or some representative man." Col. Livingstor was under engagement in this State, and I felt sure he would meet the Senator; but did not feel free to make the arrangement for him with out first consulting hini. He was not present because he was sick: and I missed an engagement to fill the place. WRIGGLANG OUT. What is my individual recollection of what the Senator said? To be frank, I understood hii 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 him to say, as will be seen by their ut terances reproduced on another page, and just what a number of other gen tlemen present understood iin to say. I was amazed, astonished, indignant at such an utterance from such a source. and noted it down for reply, as my notes show. Why did I not reply to it that day? It does seem that the Senator should know the morning meeting was broken up by rain. It was agreed that each of us should have an hour and a half. I was to divide my time so as to have a reply. I used an hour and four minutes in opening. The Senator was alloWed to extend his remards.to about two hours, with the understanding that I should have a like extension. This would have given me near an hour for reply, and I had ample notes to cecupy that time. The rain stopped me in about fifteen minutes, and after dinner I could not well continue even if my voice had admitted of it, becausa the Senator had disappeared. The statement that the Senator was not a farmer was made in good faith on information. I am 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 him by the News and Courier. This is evidently an inadver tence on the part of so astute and logi cal a mind as the Senator's. He should first deny at least using the language attributed to him. For, the comment is a deduction by logical and natural process from that language; and none knows better than he that A logical con clusion can be destroyed or,ly by invali dating the premises. Premises may be invalidated only by denial or retractIon. The major premise in this case is lan guage attributed to the Snator. Does he deny using the language or does he wish to retract it? Since he has set the example, he will excuse me for using the intorrogative form. Does he deny the report of the News and Courier, of The Herald and News, (both his staunch supporters,) and of the Press and Reporter, corroborated by Dr. Pope, Col. Talbert And by a number of other witnesses? So far he has not done so, as I appre end. True, he refers to a "verbatim stenographic report, which he recog .pizes as coriect; and yet that samte r hatimi stenographic report" (the 1 forth fro - n him a card of correctionl tat papr .July 31. I am quite sure nat it omitte,Ad several materIal points my spec r, though it was reason bly accurate -i what it did print. While ato distinctly denying the > orrectesff these papers, as wil be ,een by redo ti :nce to his letter, he sim Iy asi 'uhat even "In its present bap 1 ~ port does not "admit of he eM e,- tion you (1) give it." Sure y ttn.or recognizes that a ques tion of~ tistruction is an exceedingly ariable 1uantity. Avr ~YNG Wirh wORDs. I 9 ognize fully the right of any man nterpret his own language and o what he meant it to convey. I havet no dlesire to hold him to a con strtion he does not desire it to carry, and hace I ask special attention to the Senator's explanation of his posi 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 a-; a fair minded and logical reasoner, whether the language cred ited to him by these three papers, and allowed to pass wit-hout denial--bear ing in mind alwvays 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 struction I placed upon it wvas not logical :'nd natural. I sub)mit to him further, whether, until his correction and explanation appeared, the public were not justified in interpreting it in a natural and Irational way with the context :and whether he should not at least give some other construction to the Ian gtae, if indeed he does not deny it. FIDEli!'.iS TI! EE, AN!D VER!Y rGoOD FIDD1 LEES wERE THIEY. It might be pertinent to ask also, since the interrogative style is in vogue. why I am singled out for rebuke in this matter. The application of his language to 40,000 Iarmners of the State was not even original with the Cotton Plant. IHd the Senator remained tc hear Col. Talbert, he would have heard that application distinctly made and resented, as appears in his printed speech in another column. Dr. Popt made v=rtually the same applicatior' an it was widely printed over his owi signature. Yet in his Ash,eville inter ..:--h en ator m.as over and al most apologizes for 1)r. Pope : but re serves his invective for the Cotton Plant. He appears studiously to have avoided Coi. Talbert's charge as well as his speech. These gen-tlemen are certainly more prominent in the pub lic life of South Carotina than myself, except possibly in relation to the Alli ance. Is that the inspiration of his choice of me as a target ? Again I ask the attention o' the readers of the Cotton Plant to Senator Butler's "correctio.i and explanation." .1. NV. S. CANN''1) Io%wN m~r1LER. An old farmer, who served his time in the late war, said to me yesterday that the Alliance would not have such a soft snap in downiu Senator Butler as it found in defeating Gen. Hamp ton. "In fact," he said, "they just ain't going to beat Butler. lie's got his eyes open and will meet tiem at every itnt, and you mark my word, he'll get there." THE MILK 1. THE CCAN 'T. The general impression here is that Dr. Stokes will certainly enter the race for Congressional honors from the 1st dis trict. It is "loudly thought" that he also has-a weather eye on Senator But ler's seat. FRED WANNAKFN. To avoid any possible misunder standing or future charges of misrep resenLation, it is here distinctly stated that the sub-heads in Dr. Stokes's re ply are not Cotton Plant heads, but are inserted by The News and Courier. -Ed. The N. and C. CHARILESTON'S SHOWING. Strong Financial Condition of the City by the Sea-An Increase of Over Seventeen MillionA in One Year-Over Thirty 311iious Since thelEarthquake. [By Telegraph to The Daily News.] CHARLESTON, S. C., Spt. I-The News and ('ourier will publish to-mor row its annudl review of the trade and commerce of Charleston. In summa rizing the facts contained in the re view the News and Courier will say : "The fiu.ncial condition of the city is stronger than it was a year ago. There have been no failures wo:th counting among business men. "The banks have done a thriving business. The state of trade in every department has been most encourag ing. Ne-' road lines tributary to Charlestou nave been constructed. The rail roads have gone to the water, and our ships at last are coming in fron all parts of the world. During the past year there was a small decrease in the value of the trade of the port in rice, turpentine, rosin and lumber, but the cotton trade of Charleston, notwith standing the very low prices which prevailed, was $1),433,o0 in excess of the cotton trade of the previous year. There waS an increase of $257,000' ini crude phosphate rock, an increase of $43,230 in cotton goods, an increase of $30piH0 in fruits and vegetables, an increase of $:!,083I, f;; in the value of manufactured products of the city, and an increase of $5,n21,000 in the wholesale and retail Itrade of Charleston. The total business of Charleston dur ing the year just closed shon s a net increase of $1-,9:15,0i) over the trade of IS8-90. The trade of the city for the year of 180-91 was $9S, 554,10: as com pared with $80,619,717 in 1889-90. Five yers ago the trade of Charleston amounted to $;G,948,-552. It will be re membered that five years ago on Mon day last the very foundations of the city were shaken and millions of dol lars worth of property wvere laid in ruins. But at the end of five years of intelligent efThrt and conservative bus iness nmethiods Charleston has removed every trace of the earthquake, and shows a gain of $:1,i1H,166 in its trade and commerce. TIhis is a record of which any city might well be proud. With a banking capital of $1,455,000 Charleston is doing a safe and steadily increasing business of $100,000,000 a year. There is no cause anywhere for despondency. Charleston is stronger to-day in its financial position than any other Southern city. With rail roads running to the water, with deep water coming to bay, with most desira ble railroad facilities and connections,. with a territory which is naturally tributary to Charleston, with ships coiing in from all parts of the world, the time is near when Charleston's industries wvill count far more than 10I,00,I(0 a year.'' A Comupi ient for Governor Tilhnan. WVilmnington (N. C.) Messenger. As was generally expected, Governor Tillnnan, of South Carolina, somewhat "astonished the natives'' by his speech at IRed Springs Fair on F-riday. .it was sim ply and unegulvocally a D)emocratic speech warp and woof and filling. He stood tupon br-oad , st atesmuan like, safe pri nc-i ps of .Jeffersoniian Democracy the only safe plank for Southern white men to standl upon if they would conl seve free institutions and see that the State suflers no detriment at the hands of Riadic-als a nd Consolidationists. Carli-le or Gorman. [New York Sun.] Our esteemed cotemporary The. St. Louis Republic is now trying to head off the Gor-man sentiment by ad vancing the idea that if the Democratic nomi nation is to go south of the Middle 'States the first man to receive it would be the Hon. John G. Carlisle. Yet we suppose that the Democracy of New~ York State would vote for Gormar with a rush that couldn't be incited by a,y other atesmnn now in sght TilE ALI,IANUC,. A Rrief leview of Its PaMt asi Ito 1'repsot. The Ocala Dermandm i.,I,sg Mtrictly Adhered to. [From the National Eeonomist. In comparing the present condition far of the order with that of one year ago, e.41 when the State meetings began, a de- tal, cided improvement for the better is at arl once discovered. Notwithstanding the we fierce opposition, the Alliance has in- sA3 creased in numbers, become more die solidly united, and is every way Sh, stronger. It is to-day better equipped see for the struggle for reform, better pre- thE pared to cope with its enemies, and Da better qualified to take care of itselfand all, defend its principles, than ever before, ten There are many evidences of this condi- era tion. Among the first might be men- du: tioned the activity and vindictiveness I of the regulation politicians. This class an( of people are the keenest and shrewdest ful in the country, and can scent danger fer to their profession with unerring pre- at t cision, as the buzzard does its food. ma They have discovered unrmist: %able all signs which point to their total de- ont struction in the prinolples of the Alli- 3 ance, and hence the bitter attack which or : they have made on the Order. To be bor on friendly terms with this class means sor servility, self-abnegation, and an entire ges absence of manly independence. Even chz a neutral position gives tacit consent Thi to their nefarious practices and corrupt- wo ing infi4ences. There can be rl com- sho promise between honest njethods, the patriotic aims and unselAsh devotion ra to principle on the one hand and fraud, S corruption and political chicanery on ruo the other. Nothing save a desperate frol struggle, In which one or the other and must. go down, can for a moment be Mhi considered by those who are earnestly gre and conscientiously connected with ma this reform movement. It is this delib- suc erate, unco,i,promising position taken the by the Alliance that is bringing down frsi the vengeance of the political leaders ma, in both old parties. That the order has Pea been able to prosper and unify under the such an onslaught should be asource of I congratulation to every member of the Mr. Alliance, and ample proof as to the saic justness and equity of its principles. In mai every reform effort some must take the to : lead. This is in perfect accord with bori the natural order of things and is no mol disparagement either direct or implied a c to the great body of earnest and honest In people who constitute the majorily. mol Those who have stood at the front up- w;d holding the banner of the Alliance have the met with such a storm of abuse, villifi- A cation and slander as has seldom fallen Dai to tle lot of men in an unselfish work. gre Private character has been assailed, of 1 public efforts impugned, and everything the that cunning could devise, or mend4- civi Jity employ, has been made use of to she destroy prominent members of the of I Order, and thereby divide and weaken Th( the Alliance. That all such attempt3 and have failed, and that the brethren latt have calmly considered these matters 189( and decided for themselves, is another nat evidence of unity that should warm the the heart and strengthen the determi- nov natIon of every loyal member. Again, Ha: the public press, especially the sub- T sidized portion, has persistently mis- Vic represented the condition of the Order. by A. false report would be sent out from bad Kansas stating that the Alliance was of1 beIng dIsrupted on account of the sub- pre treasury plan. This would be taken up .gra by all the leading dailies both North T~ and South, and heralded all over the bee and. Another equally false statement con would be given out through the same Sta hannels, that the Alliance In Texas Ha: was breaking to pieces for similar rea- not sons. No matter what evidence might ber: be given that these reports were untrue, ora not a line could be got into the columns tral >jf those papers to inform the people of not the facts. A vicious attack planned at tho Nashville, St. Louis or Topeka would still be printed simultaneously in New York, fori Charleston, Chicago and all other large you business centers, proving conclusively a the existence of a plan of campaign Jet agaInst the Alliance from this source." The only method of refuting such cha falsehoods was through the slow pro cess of the weekly papers. Yet the to breth ren have waited patiently before tha judging or making any demonstrations until such information could be oh- "T: tained, and have almost universally ac- wa: cepted the explanations and assurances a tl contained in their Alliance papers. In J fact it is doubtful if all unfair, mislead- bo) ing and false reports gIven out by the ene subsidlized press have changed the old opinions of a dozen members of the ret: entire Order, while the redicule and Da abuse of the principles of the Alliance say is known to have started hundreds of wa good men to investigate these demands, tas which in turn has been of great benefit spt to the Order. 1lere also is fruit ful source litt for congratulation and should not be tal lost sight of in counting tip the victo- wi ries of the past year. Thei action of the recent State meeting in South Carolir.a yo and abject failure of the recalcitrants in sa: Texas disclose the strength and unity an of the Order in a manner not to be mis understood. Six new State organiza- wve tions have been added, the number of pap)ers nearly dloubled, and the memi- w; bership largely increased. All this has m; been accomplished in the face ofvo-g lent opposition and sometimes under discouraging condlitions. To be able to li hold whlat had been previously gained gc wudbe onsidered highly satIsfactory Ib< under the circumstance?, but to be able ' to shiow positive gains should be not only gratifying but encouraging to all. IOne more season of progress like the Il pai wilpaethe Alliance where it gi cnauhat its enemies and will have the power to work out the reforms it has so courageously add intelligently J championed. Every true memiber of the Alliance should take renewed in- b terest in the Order arnd continue the I contest revived and refreshed by this reassuring condition of Alliance af fairs. g,'rrTTI .JEi'. J AVIS. t-te,x P tie. lVae,osso n etsts#rnr& :d ' ;rntod. o n. Pho! N,-w York World reently o: 1e(l an inti-resting article on the rily of tih. lit, Jeff:;rsont Davis, ecially the little grardsoi who has en the Confederate leadier's narne, I who is now iii New York. There re four sons born to Jefferson Davis, s the World. The first, Samuel, d in Washington when but a baby. who is now Mrs. Hayes was the and child. Jefferson Davis II, was third son. Then came William vis, after him Joseph, and last of Varina-"Winnie," fondly chris ed "The Daughter of the Confed uy," Joseph died in Richmond -ing the war. Villiam died at Memphis in 1872, I near the same city, during the aw yellow fever epidemic of 187S. Jef ion Davis 1I gave up his life while he post of duty. Thus perished the le descendants of Jefferson Davis, without male issue. There was no to transmit the family name. [argaret Davis was married in 187.5 876 to Mr. Hayes, of that city, and e a son. He was christened Jeffer Addison Hayes. 'Mr. Hayes sug ted that the baby's name might be nged, but President Davis said no. a boy was Mr, Hayes' only son. It jid not be right that his heir qld not transmit lhis name. But proposition lingered in the old 3's heart. o the boy grew and prospered. Two aths out of the year he spent away n - his home at Colorado Springs with his grandfather at Beauvoir, s. And every day that he lived he w dearer and dearer to the aged j. When they were separated i important news as the advent of first tooth, the first step and the gurgling attempts at speech you ' well believe were hurried off to uvoir as fast as post could carry y and by another boy was born to and Mrs. Hayes. Mr. Dav;s then to his wife that if the offer were le again he would give his consent he change of the name of the first i. The months flew by, and every her knows how rapidly the mind of bild grows fte it begins to talk. the pleasant evenings the grand her and little boy sat out on the e veranda, boon companions. And old man told stories. fter his death, and when Mrs. is was in New Orleans at the t funeral, the governors of most ;he Southern States and many of old generals and veterans of the 1 war called on her and asked that consent to the change of the name ittle Jefferson Addison Hayes. father and mother were willing, appication was made to the legis .re of Mississippi. In the spring of IGovernor Lowery affixed his sig re to a formal act which changed name of the little man, at the rNew York hotel, to Jefferson es Davis. here it was that in June last, at ksburg, he was embraced and kissed the grizzled veterans and given ges, no end, of every organization be ex-Confederate soldiers. This ty blossom has grown out of the le of the lost cause. his is the little fellow who, having a told that some day lie might te to be President of the United t;es, was offended because President rison, not discerning the future, did lift his hat to him ats to other mem a of the party that gathered at Col lo Springs to see the chief magis e pass. His father and mother do like to tell this somehow, lest it be ught the lad is vain. But he is .shy and devoid of that pushing, ard nature that wakes some ngsters such poor company. [rs. Hayes delights to tell how little 'wants to know : Mamma," he queried, "'what is a peron?" It is a companion for young ladies, take them to the theatre, to see t no harm comes to them." Well, tnat's very strange," said he, mat's the first I've heard that there anything to harm young ladies at ieatre. ~urieg his grandfather's life the used regularly to take the sweet d drops of toddy at the bottom of the gentleman's glass. They had diffe t ideas about toddy when President vis was ayoung man, and Mrs. Hayes Swith some concern that the boy s beginning to like the warm, sweet te of the liquor. She didn't like to ak to her father about it, so she took .le Jeff o.e day and gave him a long k about the evils that befall those o become drunkards. 'No.v, when grandlpapaL asks youi if a want some of the toddy you must S'No thank you, I don't want 'But I do want it. I like it." This s the sy barite of four years. "Thats just p)recisely why it is ong for you to have it. There are wy things we like which are not od for us, and miamma doesn't want r boy to be like that old drunkard ing by. See him? 1)Do you want to like that 7" "No, mamma." And that evening Jefferson Davis I put his hands behind his-back, ilped and.said, "No, thank you. My amima doesn't want me to." And e would not. And here is the human side of the y. Once in Beauvoir after a long~ ay's play he was very sleepy. But is mamma wanted him to say hia "No, %arnma, lt me lie down, I'm 'Let him Nie d',w11, daughter,'' said Mr. Davi, who, as all grandfathers do, humored the child. "No, you mu-t .!ay your prayers, deary," persisted Mrs. Hayes, who knows the effect of a good habit of life and the value of livng up to a rule. "Oh, marmInma, d(4t knows I am tired. He wont care if I don't say my prayers this thne." And this is the lineal descendaint of Jefferson Davis. They say he looks like his grandfather, but it is hard to discern in his rounded featueres much likene.sf to the guant face with the tuft of beard under the chin made so familiar by the war prints. WARHORSES AND RIDER.S. 3eneral Hemphill In the Abbeville Me diums (iYea a Bit of History On this Subject. "Stonewall Jackson was, it is said, the worst rider in both armies. He wabbled about in the saddle like a drunken man, and seemed every mo ment about to fall off his horse." The above item is going thc rounds of the newspapers. We would like to know by whom "it is said. "There is no truth that Stonewall Jackson "wab bled about in the saddle like a drunken man and seemed every moment about to fall off his horse." He was taught to ride at West Point and no man was wver turned out as a graduate of that icademy who would cut such a figure is is represented in tho above item. It was our fortune to see Stonewall Jackson many times for we followed him from Cedar Mounain to the day f his mortal wound. There was no 'wabble' about him. He sat on his L Jorse firmiy and there was no peculiar I iwkwardness,,about him that would ittract attention. There was no "wabble" about him vben, in 1862, in rear of Pope, we urned into the town of Manassas in a winging gait and he rode erect by our ide. Afterwards at the railroad cut, when the enemy were working a ma hine gun for all that it was worth ugainst us, what should appear among :s but the warlike figure of Stonewall lackson sitting immcvably upon his orse. Summoning a detail he led it icross the cut right in among the ene 3iy, seized the gun and brought it out. None Qf us saw any wabbling in the addle. Stonewall Jackson wi as not as grace .ul in the saddle as some other riders e have seen, but the picture drawn in the item quoted is mostly imaginary. Ee was no object for ridicule or criti :ism but was more graceful than eighty :mt of a hundred riders we see these iays. The best rider we ever saw in the irmy was Gen. Van Dorn, who com manded a division in the early part of tie war. Gen. Lee and Gien. John C. Breckinridge were next to him accord t g to our observation. Gen. Lee had a more imposing presence than any nan we ever saw, but Van Dorn was i.ead of all as a horseman. T.here was nothing striking about Ice Johnstone. Beauregard was a model of grace, but about the gamnest man we ever saw on horsebaek was Joseph B. Kershaw. Wade Hampton bad the advantage of J. E. B. Stuart nd Magruder made the biggest show when he put on all his trappings. :From this county Gen. McGowan rode a stout grey until a canon ball knocked off the head of Troubadour at Reams' Station and then he rode a large bay. Col. G. McD. Miller rode a LOL g, rawboned sorrel. Col. WVyatt Ai ken rode a h'gh-stepping black as dark as midnight. Col. J. Townes Robertson a bay pony that stepped about six inches high and nine inches forward when iu a trot. When we doble-quicked the pony had to gallop to keep up. OTunE1s iO wnoIOJ> WELL. In speaking of "Warborses and Ri ders" in our last issue we neglected to mention G;en. M. L. Bonhamn, whose appearance on horseback was magni flen t. HIe rode a dark bay and wore a manificent uniform. A brilliant mil ita! v sash encircled his waist, heavy ga;ntlets encased his hands and his hat was adorned with a handsome black plu0me. He sat erect anid firmly in the saddle. We never saw him jos tIed but once in the saddle and that was at a review of the troops by Gen. \an D)orn at Kincheloe's field near Rull Run, in the Winter of 1861-'J2. Then his horse slipped and fell to his haunches but the rider didl not get his fne uniform soiled. At the first Manassas Col. E. B. C. Cash rode a thoroughb)red b,lack stal lion with flowing mane and long tail, a ho)rse that would attract attention at any time. We dloubt if many of our people know how many men Gien. Bonham commandled at first Manassas and we will put it in print for the information of such as desire to preserve such facts. He held the centre at Mitchell's ford on Bull Run. H is own brigade consisted of the second, third, seveuth and eighth South Carolina Volunteers. In addi tion to these regimume:mts he com manded Col. Radford's Virginia caval ry, two batteries of artillery under Capt. Del Kemper and Capt. Shields, Kirkland's North Caroiina regiment and Kelley's Louisiana Battalioni. "It goes right to the spot," saidl an old gentleman, who found vreat benefit in Ayer's Sarsapsrilla. He was rih Derangements of thus stomaich, hver, and kid neys are more speedily remedied by this medicine than by any other. I rehes the trouble directly. A GENTLEMANI So Many Elementa Necessary to His Make I that a Definition is Difficult. [GreenvilJp News.] It is not the thing in the world to do to furnish a d gentleman; so many elements enter into the meaning of the terni in its f&.east coruprehension. 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 finementof 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 evincing 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 an inexplicable charm the thoroughbred and perfect gentleman. Nobility of soul, honor, the courage to do right, respect for God's image in very human soul, delicacy, gentle aess and kindness- of spirit are essent als in every gentleman's general make 1p. He is one who never takes credit when he does not deserve it. Neither gold can buy, nor wild horses Irag hin from the path of right. The ;corn with which he repels all attempts ipon his honor, is sometimes called )ride, but it is very different from the nere self-esteem and self-importance, Lrrogance and superciliousness which lemand homage from all, seeking to iumble others. It is rather a feeling of lisdain and disgust at what is base, and - hat erectness of spirit which must ac onpany the consciousness of merit. iour real gentleman has respect for ,verything respectable in others, and whilst modest in speaking of himself, ie speaks frankly, freely, gladly in )raise of others' nobleness. Respecting God's creatures his im )ulses towards them are delicate and -onsiderate, prompting him to gentle houghts and kind judgment, and these entiments are manifested in speech, :one and manner. So many people are nerely civil or polite out of regard for what is due themselves. They lack the :rue ring of gentility which will never leliberately, -wantonly, needlessly wound the feelings of others, trample )n their self-respect, or self-love, or in iny way discompose thein, put them >ut of countenance, or make them ill it ease. This is what we call courtesy -the outward and visible manifesta Lion of a gentle and kindly spirit, which 3omes from and goes to the heart. True courtesy is the perfect outward rorm of the gentle and kindly spiE-= bhe flower and aroma that springs from those twin roots, and is one of the most raceful anid gracious, lovely and win ning things that deiights human eyes, mnd charms human hearts. 810,000 REWARD. A ia Reward Offered for Railroad Wreckers. [Augusta Chroniele.] This is the kiaid of reward that :atches a criminal. It is very seldom, indeed, these day.e :hat a reward of this large amount is >ffered for the arrest and conviction of a cri.ninal, but this is the size of the reward which the Richmond and Dan nille road offers this nmorning in an ad vertisement published all over the 3ountry for the arrest and conviction >f the person or persons who wrecked the train on the Western North Caro mia road, which resulted in the death f so many persons. The advertisement reads as follows The Richmond and Danville road will pay $10,000) for the arrest and con viction of the person or persons who removed the rail frorni the track of the Western North Carolina railroad, neat Bostian's bridge, Iredell county, N. C., on the niight of Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1891. WV. H. G REEN, General Manager. Every one is familiar with the story of this horrible catastrophe, in which twenty-four persons lost their lives and as many more were badly injured. A thorough investigation was made into the cause of the accident by the coroner's jury, and it was found that a number of feet of the track had been removed, which caused the train to take its fearful plunge into the ravine, sixtf,-five feet below. This reward will no doubt brin; the finest detectives to work on the case, and the guilty parties will probably be arrested. - -- "Praise be to him, whose wondrous skill Has conquered every human ill And now alone, as victor, stands The 'Goldlen' compound of his hands." So spake a man, with tribute crowned, Of Dr. Pierce, the "world-renowned," Whose "Medical Discovery" Had vanquishei pain and set him fr'ee. One can but speak in praise of a remedy so effectual andl unfailing asA Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Acting promptly and, thoroughly, it produces permanent cures. Consump tion in its early stages, scrofula, liver and kidney dis'orders, and all blood diseases, are within the field of its un bounded success. "veyears ago I haacstn cough, night sweats, wasgeaIy. duced in flesh, and had .been gzv..~ by my physicians. I began to Ay~er's Cherry Pectoral, and after using tw~o bottles of this medicine. was con pletely cured."-Anga A. Lewis, R! cad, N.Y.