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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.