"LE YOUR LIGHT SHI."
8RM & ]BOR
ILL FURNI THE em
KEROSINE OIL
AT .13 CTS.
---PER GALLON
Go and See their Wonderful
Bargains.
FOOT'S OLD STAND.
NEWNBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBR2,181
E]STABLISHED 1865.0
THE ALLIANCE TAX.
What the Farmers Pay for Political Instruc
tion and Driving Away the Darkness
Do the Returnp Justify the
Outlay.
[Greenville News.J
It is none of our business as the
money does not come out of our pockets i
and every man has a right4o spend his 1
-own as he likes, but we are moved to
wouder by the great sums of money
paid by alliance members in the way of
dues and fees. The initiation fee is
fifty cents and the does are a dollar a
year. This is not much. The dues are1
equal to a mill tax on a thousand dol
lars worth of property. Yet many of
'those who pay it cheerfully would pro
test vigorously against an increase of
their taxes by the same amount. Fur
thermore, the members of the Alliance
are usually men who conilain much
of the army of office holders drawing
salaries, fees and expenses from the
people. Yet the first practical effect of
the alliance is to create a multitude of
new officials with salaries and fees. In'
this State the State president receives
$200 a year, the secretary $800, the treas- 9
urer $200. The State lecturer is paid $3
a day while on duty. The members of
the executive and judiciary committees
receive the same. All of these are like
wise paid their necessary traveling ex
penses and the cost of postage and sta
tionery for official correspondence. Offi
cers and delegates of the State Alliance T
are paid $1.50 a day while going to and
returning from the State Alliance and t
in attendance at its meetings, and mile- t
age.
Men who complain of the cost of State
government and the nulibers of office
holders, who jealously watch the use of
every dollar of public money, create a
new State government of their own, a
new brigade of office holders and a new
tax. In this State we suppose the Al- I
liance men pay from $35,000 to $50,000 C
a year to support the order. What do T
they get? What has the order done for t
them? t
As we understand, the State and t
county exchanges are separate from the
State Alliance and supported by sepa
rate funds. We can see how they can
be of practical use to the farmer by sav- a
ing him money in the handling of his )
goods. We can not see how or where
the regular machinery of the order P
helps the members. Nor do we know c
where ali the money paid in goes to. d
No doubt it is honestly passed from d
hand to hand, from sub-Alliance to f
county Alliance and so on to the State a
and general organizations. It looks as
if there should by this time be a large n
sum accumulated somewhere for some b
purpose. Taking the offices, fees, sala- v
ries and allowances as provided for by a
the State constitution of the order, we P
can not figure the expenses of the State k
Alliance at more than $10,OO or $12,- n
000 a year. If there are 25,000 paying
members, which is, we suppose, a very d
low estimate, the income ought to be 0
$2.5,000 a year at the least. P
Now we would really be glad for such a;
in formation as the obligations of mem-s
hers allow them to give the public. We s]
would like membees who feel that they ~
have received the value of their money c
and time in practical results from the '
order during the last year-aside 'rom u
the operation of the exchanges-to tell *
us how they received it. a
There is an army of lecturers abroad '
being paid salaries and expenses to
teach farmers and others politics. Some '
of them are men who no farmer would "
pay twenty-five cents to for advice on
any subject. Some of them, no doubt, t
have been failures as farmers, business ~
men and otherwise. Very few of them n
have had the experience or sudy or are n
quipped with the natural ability to s
make them leaders of men or masters s
of thought or teachers of political econ- a
omty yet their-teachings, lectures and l3
speeches are all an outsider can see that i
the Alliance rank and file get for theirI
money. b
Nor can we see -yhere anything more 1
practical is offered. Alliance men pay
their tax and are instructed to work C
and vote for the sub-treasury and other si
Ocala demands. In the first place, a
good many of them who pay do not y
favor all those demands. In thesecond, h
when we come to) facts and figures g
the success of those demands is a long I
way off. If the Alliance could select n
the president and the house of repre- S
sentatives next year-which its most a
enthusiastic members do not promise- tl
a long process of changing senators and g
the supreme court would be only be- g
gun. Meanwhile the only persons re
ceiving any practical good from the P
Alliance are those who get the fees and
salaries and are elected to office by Al
liance voters.
In the 01(d days when the democratic p
party organization was good enough for P
everybody the members used to grum- ~
b!e when they were assessed twenty-a
five or fifty cents once in twoyears and a
those who expected to iget the offices "
were looked to for the bulk of the ex
penses. Now that we have a govern-d
ment within the government and a si
party within the party farmers cheer- Ii
fully and continually pay a special
tax for the privilege of electing some- e
body. t
As we said at th~e beginning it is no a
business of our's. The condition is a
curious one, however. If we were asked
for advice on the subject by Alliance ~
men we w- ld give them something b
like this-2 "ist that the order shall go y
to work and give you the value of youri
money. Make it drop politics or put
them to one side and attend to business. ~
You are main enough to manage your a
0 .vn politics. You have the ma~jority '
I
in this country and can vote for the t
men nd masues yu lie wthou a
>ig salaried organization and army of
eeturers at day wages to tell you how.
Demand that the Alliance undertake
;orething it can do and do now to bet
er your condition-to help you get
)etter result from your farm or to buy
-our goods cheaper or help your fanii
y. If it can not or will not do that
>ull out and keep your money in your
>ocket.
Watterson's Prose Poem.
Henry Watterson is one of those
iappy, eloquent natures which grow
ender and sentimental npon any oc
asion. The spirit of the company be
s in largerly colors his thoughts and
oflueDces his expression. So it hap
ens that at a banquet given in Chicago
ast Thursday night we find Henry
Vattersou weeping touchingly over
lie memory of Gen. Grant and add
ng the most exquisite tribute that was
>fered at the unveiling of the Grant
nonument. The chandeliers at the
>almer House were very brigbt on
he evening of the banquet of the
Lrmy of the Tennessee. Judge Gre
ham, the orator of the day, was
here, as was Editor Joseph Medill,
ames Whitcomb Riley and Henry
Vatterson. Mr. Watterson was the
econd speaker. "The War Is Over;
,et Us Have Peace," was the toast,
nd his words aroused a perfect tuin
It of enthusiasm among the men who
aany a time in years gone by had
odged Confederate bullets. Mr. Wat
erson, in his speech, paid this tribute
D Gen. Giant:
I came here, primarily, to bow my
Lead and to pay my measure of hom
ge to the statue that was unveiled to
ay. The career and the name which
hat statue commemorates belong to
2e no less than t> you. When I fol
>wed him to the grave-proud to ap
ear in his obsequies, though as the
bscurist of those who bore any official
art therein-I felt that I was helping
> bury not only a great man, but a
rue friend. From that day to this
he story of the life and death of Gen.
rrant has more and more impressed
ud touched me.
I never allowed myself to make his
equaintance until he had quitted the
Vhite House. The period of his polit
:al activity was full of uncouth and
artisan contention. It was a kind of
ivil war. I had my duty to do, and I
id not dare trust myself to the sub
uing influence of what I was sure to
>llow friendly relations between such
man as he was, and such a man as I
new myself to be. In this I was not
iistaken, as the sequel proved. I met
im for the first time beneath my own
ine and fig tree, and a happy series of
,cidents, thereafter, gave me the op
ortunity to meet him often and to
now him well. He was the embodi
tent of simplicity, integrity, and
)urage; every inch a general, a sol
ier, and a man ; but the circumstances
h is last illness a figure of heroic pro
ortions for the contemplation of the
;es. I recall nothing in history so
iblimne as the spectacle of that brave
irit, broken in fortune and in health,
ith the dread hand of the dark angel
utched about his throat, strugging
ith every breath to hold the clumsy.
ofamiliar weapon with which he
>ught to wrest from the jaws of death
little something for the support of
ife and children when he was gone !
he had done nothing else, that
'ould have made his exit from the
orid an immortal epic !
A little while after I came home from
ie last scene of all I found that a
'oman's hand had collected the insig
ia I had worn in the magnificent,
ielancholy pageant--the orders as
gning me to duty and the funeral
'arfs and badges-and had grouped
:3d framed them ; unbidden, silent
r, tenderly . and when I reflected that
ie hand-. that did this were those of a
ving Southern woman, whose father
ad fallen on the Confederate side
the battle, I said : "The war
ideed is over ; let us have peace !"
entlemen, soldiers, comrades, the
Iken folds that twine about us here
>r all their soft and careless grace, are
at as strong as hooks of steel ! They
old together a united people and a
-eat nation for, realizing the truth at
st--with no wounds to be healed and
0 stings of defeat to remember-the
auth says to the North, as simply and
truly as was said 3000 years ago in
mat far-away meadow upon the mar
n of the mystic sea : "Whither thou
est I will go; and where thou lodg
~t I will lodge; thy people shall be my1
eople and thy God my God."1
"Woman's suffer-age"
as what a witty woma. called that
eriod of life which all middle-aged
ass through, and during which so
many to think they must suffer--that
~ature intended it so. The same lady
Ided : "If you don't believe in
voman's sufferage,' there is one ballot
iech will effectually defeat it-Dr.
ierce's Favorite Prescription." This
true, not only at the period of mid
le life, but at all ages when women
2ff'er from uterine diseases, painful
regularities, inflammation, ulceration
r prolapsus, the "Favorite Prescrip
on" so strengthens the weak or dis
ised organs and enriches the blood,
]at years of health and enjoyment are
ided to life.
The apron strings of an American
mother are made of India rubber. Her
oy belongs where he is wanted.-Oli
er Wendell Holmes.
Success in life is the result of push
ni energy. If the blood is impure
nd sluggish, both body and mind lack
igor. To cleanse and vitalize the
lood and impart new life to the sys
am, nothing else has such a marvelous
flect as Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
DEATH OF GEN. W. H. F. LrE.
A Brave and Distinguished Confederate Of
ficer Gone to His Rest.
[Special to News and Courier.1
ALEXANDRIA, VA., October 15.
Gen W. H. F. Lee, second sou of Gen.
R. E. Lee died, at his home in Ravens
worth, Fairfax County this evening,
aged .54. On receipt of the intelligence
of his death all the bells in the city
were tolled. He had faithfully repre
sented this district for two terms
in Congress and was member-elect
of the next House. The cause of
his death was heart trouble and
dropsy.
EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-The
news of Gen. Lee's death caused pro
found regret throughout this city,
where he was well known and sincere
ly loved. He served on the District
committee with Mr. Hemphill, of
South Carolina, and was a devoted
friend of Col. Elliott, who was his col
lege chum in Harvard.
R. M. L.
Gen William H F Lee was born at Ar
lington,Va.,May 31, 1837. In 18.57, while
completing.his education at Harvard
College, was appointed second lieuten
ant in the 6th regiment, United States
infantry, and in 1858 he accompanied
his reg'ment in the expedition to Utah
against the Mormons, commanded by
Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. He re
signed his commission in 1850 and re
turned to Virginia, and took charge of
his estates in the county of New Kent.
In 1861 he raised a company of caval
ry and joined the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, served in every grade successively.
from captain to major general of caval
ry; was wounded at Brandy Station in
June, 1863; was captured in Hanover
County and taken to Fortress Monroe.
In 1863 he was transferred to the United
States prison at Fort Lafayette, where
he was confined till Marah, 18G4, when
he was transferred to Fortress Monroe
and exchanged. He immediately re
turned to his command and served
throughout the campaign of 1864, sur
rendering with Gen. Lee at Appomat
tox. After the war he resumed the
management of his plantatio'n, on
which he continued to reside till 1874,
when he removed to Burke Station,
near Alexandria, where he died.
He represented his Senatorial district
in the State Senate for one term, de
elining a renomination; he had been
president of the State Agricultural So
3iety, and was extensively engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He was elected
to the 50th Congress, and was re-elected
to the .51st Congress, and again to the
52nd.
THE RAILROADS WILL FIGHT.
rhey 'Will Not Accept the Cotton Eates as
Fixed by the Commission.
[Special to the Register.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 15.-It is
earned on good authority here that
the South Carolina, Richmond and
Dan ville and Atlantic Coast Line Rail
roads will light the new cotton rates
adopted by the consultation and are
)nly waiting the decision of the Ri<h
fond and Danville road to file the
aecessary papers to take the case into
:ourt.
No official notice has yet been re
3eived by the railroad authorities for
bbe Commission. If the RichmondI
and Dlanville people go into it the
the fight will be a bitter one. It is
aid that the rate fixed by the Coin-I
nission is 20 per cent. lower than be
ore.
Connecticut's Smallest Baby Deadi.
NoRtWALK, Oct. 1.-Connecticut's
imallest baby is dead. It passed quietly
away last evening and was buried this
norning in a miniature grave near its
bome. The midget was a girl, and its
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Baroleo, t
ive in a big tenement on Chapel street.t
Mr. Baroleo is an Italian, and his wife
s5 a pretty Irish girl. They were mar
ried four years ago. The husband is a
hoe dealer and is the proprietor of a j
rosperous little business on Main I
treet. 'When his child was born it I
weighed nine ounces only, and on the
lay of its death, two months later, it
~veigbed less than a pound. The baby's I
>ead was smaller than a league base- i
>ali, and its legs were so small that an
>rdinary finger ring could be slipped i
>vr its foot and passed up the leg to
he thigh. The arms were no larger t
han pipe stemns. The midget fed on
nilk from a spoon, a few drops onlyC
>eing all it required at a time.t
Land Poor.
[Dover Journal.]
Thousands of farmers are "land poor"
and will remain so to the end of their
ives. How absurd it is to pile up
reasures in many more times land
bhan can be properly op)erated. The
vise and happy men are those operat
ng small farms to their fullest capa
~ity and enjoying life as they go along.
FIolding on to a section or two may or
nay not be a good thing for one's chil-I
Iren or grandchildren, but it certainly
seeps many a man's nose to the grind
itone continually. The number of acres
properly worked that will sinsure the
yld folks a good, comfortable living,
allowing them to take a trip or someI
sort of recreation once every year or
:wo and a small surplus over the cost
>feduca.ting their children, is the size
arm to have. Many men who could
asily be well t. do, however, prefer to
se always bea.hand ears in debt in
rder to add more acres to the!r alreadiy
no lare honding
BILL ARV'S EETrEl
The Older He Grows the More Money He
Wants-Traveling Observation,4.
[From the Sunny South.]
It's just awful to get along without
money. It looks like the older I grow
the less money I have and the more it
takes to get along and keep up with
the wants of the family. An old friend
told me the other day that St. Paul
made a mistake, or else the translators
did, for it was the laetof money that
was the root of all evil and not the love
of it, and he said also that the best
bond to bind the family together was
for the old man to have a healthy
bank account. A surplus that could
be drawn upon when the children were
in need. I don't admit the truth of
either proposition, but I do say that
money is a good thing to have in the
family, and I wish that everybody had
a surpl'us that was honestly earned.
I would risk our preacher on that, I
wisb his salary was $2,000 instead of $1,
)00.
About this time of the year my wife,
ike a prudent woman, begins to men
tion incidentally along the wants of
,he family and how the beds need re
rurnishing, for the sheets are about
worn out, and. will be obliged to have
5ome new blankets and the girls must
aave some winter garments and the
whole family will need shoes, and she
winds up by saying "and you need
indershirts and socks a decent suit of
winter clothing. You look right shabby
id it don't become you. At your time
)f life you ought to dress more like a
,entleman. You have worn those pants
intil they are right slick and they have
Irawn up and are baggy at the knees.
[-was right ashamed of you last Sun
1Ay."
"I can't keep up with my expenses,"
aid I, "I owe some money, and they
ire dunning me pretty hard. I don't
-now how we will get along this winter
inless something turns up. But I am
Iopeful and trusting in Providence, for
Ele has never failed us yet." The next
nail brought me letters from Arkansas,
nviting me to visit Pine Bluff and a
air at Warren and offering me $300,
tnd as Mrs. Arp perused them she
;aid, "Well, William, that is all right.
Vou say money is so tight here you
iad better accept the offer and go
vh-re it is loose, but you must take
:are of yourself. You know that you
:an't stand what you used to."
So in due time I took the train for
hattanooga, and it is really a plea
;ure, a luxury, to ride on Mr. Thomas's
-oad. From there I took a sleeper for
.Iemphis over the Memphis and Char
eston railroad, and was agreeably sur
rised to find how much that road has
>een improved since I last travelled
>ver it. We made the 300 miles in
leven hours, and that is fast enough
'or anybody. At Memphis I took the
Lttle Rock train for Brinkley and Pine
Bluff. We left the depot at 7 o'clock
>. n., and soon stopped at the river to
wait for the ferry boat. And we did
ait, for the boat was bringing a circus
tcross, and we never got off until 9
>'clock. It took us another hour to
~ross, for the river was very low, and
;hey had to dodge the sandbars. And
wen the locomotive backed down to
>ull us up from the boat it carried up
he first three cars very well; but when
t backed down to take up the passen
er cars and had pulled us up about
ialf way an alarm was given chat the
teadblock of the sleeper was pulling
put, and just such a rumpus was never
eard. "All hands to the breaks"
omebody cried, and the engine comn
nenced backing, backing, backing, and
>efore we anew it we were all on the
oat again. But I tell you it was alarm
ng, especially to the sleeper, for if that
ieadblock bad have pulled out that
:ar would have never stopped until it
un through the ferryboat and into the
iver.
Well, it took another hour to repair
he headblock and make the con nec
ionssecure, and a'last, about 11 o'clock,
ve got off, and then such a road. It
s just a sin for any State to allow such
track to be used. The cars actually
ump off of the very trestle. You can
eel the jump and they sway sideways
ike an oscillating engine and move
~long with the double wabbles. Strange
o say, these trains hardly ever jump
he track, and I can't explain it unless
t is as a man said, the track is straight
nd the wheels have got used to the
>umps and hollows. We were due at
ine Bluff at 1 o'clock, but never got
here until day-light, and it was a long
Ld miserable night. "Sorrow en
lureth for a night, but joy cometh in
he morning," and so I went to bed
ankful and relieved and slept for a
w hours. The Truelock hotel is
~ood one, and I enjoyed it, and so
ven I was ready for breakfast I took
ny seat in a luxurious dining room
.nd was presented wvith a giltedge bill
f fare, and I picked out a poterhouse
teak and break'ast bacon, and san
ages, and cream toast, and eggs a la
ruelock, and potatoes a la something
lse, and coffee, etc. Thinks I to my
elf. I'll take a liberal variety and eat
vhat I like best. I never noticed the
ittle figures away off on the margin.
thought I was in a hotel, I did.
ell I partook of the well cooked
iands, and the polite and attentive.
aiter stood by and fanned me like I
vas a prince. When I had finished he
aid a slip of paper by my plate and I
aw $1.25 iarked on It in plain, large
igures. Then I glanced at the gilt
dge card and saw the little figures ad
acent to every thing I had ordered, and
considered myself the injured person.
never said anything-not a word
>ut with lordly mien I walked up to
like a gentleman. But I shall always
think that the landlord ought to let
the guest know in some way that he
lodges you nnd that the other feller
feeds you. I knew there was one way
to get even with him, and that was to
do withouL dinner, which I did.
I like Pi:ne Bluff, though I didn't see
the pine nor the bluff. The pine has
been cut down and the bluff caved in,
but it is a delightful little city of 12,0X)0
or 15,000 people, mostly black and mu
latto. The town is well laid off and
solidly built up, and the streets paved
and thesuburban residences spacious
and home like. New and handsome
houses are going up all the time. The
streets are crowded with wagons loaded
with cotton a6d the negroes throng the
sidewalks and laugh and joke and
spend their money free. A fine-look
ing mulatto named Wiley-Jones owns
all the street car lines and is said to be
worth a quarter of a million, and says
he would give it all to be a white man.
He is highly esteemed by the white
people, and lends all his influence to
keep peace between the races. This
county sends three negroes to the legis
lature. Pine Bluff handles more cot
ton and does more business for its size
than any city in the west; everybody
seems to be prosperous and their busi
ness increasing. I wanted to see Mr.
Howell, one of the eight brothers who
were raised near Rome, and who are
now running eight compresses atdiffer- t
ent points anct have made fortunes. t
His place of business was pointed out
to me, but when I called for Mr. How- (
ell a good-natured gentleman said his f
name was Howell, but he was not the
man I was looking for-"You wish to
see the Georgia Howell, but I am bet- t
ter stock than he is, I am from South 2
Carolina." Most everybody here is I
from Georgia, or South Carolina, or
Alabama. The native-bcri citizens
are very scarce and very young.
Now if a man can stand the negroes,
and face the conflict that may come,
Pine Bluff is a good place for a young
man to come and settle down to busi
ness, but some thoughtful citizen told
me that there could be no general pros
perity until they got rid of the negro.
Their rich lands would never bring a
fair return until a white population
cultivated them. It is all cotton, and
for miles along the railroads you see,
It
nothing but immense cotton fields and
negro shanties. On these farms there
ought to be raised cattle, and sheep, t
and hogs, and fruit, and there ought to
be little thriving villages with churches
and'schoolhouses; but there is nothing I
but miles of cotton and that is badly
mixed with weeds and grass, for the
negroes don't give it but one plowing.
I have heard that Pine Bluff is sickly
but I saw no signs of it among her peo
ple. I never stood up before a more
healthy lookIng audience nor a more
cultured one.
And now I am here in Warren,
which is not far from the Louisiana
li'ne. It is just 100 miles from Pine
Bluff and it took us just thirteen hourst
to make the trip on one of Jay Gould's
roads. It took us seven hours to make
thirty-eight miles of it and that is the
fastest and the only train he has on it.
But for good company, who were used t
to this style of railroads, I should have e
been desperately mad. As it is, I could 1
with great satisfaction, have Jay Gould
tied in that car and made to ride in it e
every day for a month. Arkansas needs
a railroad commissiin badly. Gould
does exactly as he pleases out here, and
cares no more for the comfort of these t
people than he does for a drove of hogs.
Warren is in a different county. 3
Only about one- ird of the population
are negroes, and they give no trouble. ~
The exhibits at the fair show that
white folks run the machine, and are
improving their stock and emulating
each other in raising co'm and oats
and potatoes and hay and fruits of all
kinds. The country is filled up withc
good, old-fashioned, substantial people,
who still believe in a God and a Provi- f
dence, and in virtue and temperance s
and a judgment to come.
BILL ARP.
A delightfully dainty kind of farm- j
ing, more elegantly oethestic than grow- E
ing lilies in Bermuda and almost as a
profitable as raising checks and bank e
notes, is that of Mr. Timothy Hopkinst
of Menlo Part, California. In a grove a
of giant oaks Mr. Hopkins has a five-t
acre patch of violets of the rarest and t
most beautiful varieties-double whites,I
double blues, sky blue, and oine variety
which is blue with a faint dot of red oin t
one of the petals. The violets are e
planted in rows two feet apart, and
under the cool shade and in the leaf
mould soil they attain perfection. For
six months a year the grower ships an
average'of fifty bunches of violets daily I
to San Francisco, and the returns are
not far from the same numbher of dol
lars.
Both Saint and sinner.
It troubles the sinrner and troubles the
saint,
It's a troublesome, trying and nasty
complaint,
Don't think it incurable ; I tell you it
ain't.
Excuse the grammar ; it's the truth
I'm after, whbether gramatically or un
gramiatically told. The truth is, that
catarrh can be cured. The proprietors E
of Dr. Sage's C'atarrh Remedy offer
$5300 for an incurable case of Catarrh in
the Head.
TH IE SYMPToMS OF CATA RRH.
Headache, ebstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into the throat, some
times profuse, watery and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, mucus, puru
lent, bloody, putrid and offensive ; eyes
weak, ringing in the ears, deafness ;
offensive breath, smell and taste im
raired, and general debility. Only a
few of these symptoms likely to be
present at once. Dr. Sage's Remedy a
cures the worst cases. Only 50 cents.
AFTER 99 YEARS.
A Spnrtanburg Lady Heir to $500,000-Th,
is the Upeport and it May Prove True.
LSpartan burg Herald, 16th.]
Yesterday it was reported on ti
streets that Mrs. Carrie 1, leming, of th
city, widow of the late Rev. W. I
Fleming, had, by the death of'a revel
tive in the North, fallen heir to half
million dollars. The Herald has gat
ered the following facts in regard to tl
matter:
Just ninety-nine years ago, a wea!t
resident in New York city named E<
wards, a near relative of Mrs. Carr
Fleming, of this city, died. At th
,ime of his death for some reason h
Jesired that none of his immediate fan
ly should share in his estate, so he cot
racted that at his death all the prol
!rty he owned in New York city, cor
iisting of twenty-five acres of lan<
nuch of it already improved alon
Broadway and Wall streets, should nc
>e sold but leased for a term of ninety
iine years. This was done and it .
aid the record of the transaction
ompleted.
Mr. Charley Hoke, a brother-in-lai
>f Mrs. Fleming, is equally interested
nd is now is New York pushing inve
igations. Their attorney, Judge Wyck
iffe, of Walhalla, is also in New Yori
Lnd as the lease will expire this yea:
hey will take steps at once to recove
be property.
Mrs. Fleming was a Miss Martin, r
xreenville, and it is through he
ather's relatives that she is connecte
vith Edwards. It is estimated tha
n the event this claim is establishe
he share of each of their heirs wi:
mount to something ovei half a mil
ion.
A BADGE FOR THE BABY.
he Vanderbilt Association's Present t
Little Miss Cleveland.
[Special to Register.]
CHARLFSTON, S. C., Oct. 15.-Tb
,anderbilt Benevolent Association o
/harleston has sent to ex-Presiden
Ileveland a very handsome souveni
>adge of the association for his littl
laughter Ruth. When the baby wa
iorn the association passed a resolt
ion of congratulation and directe
bat a souvenir badge be especially pre
tared and forwarded in the name c
he association to Miss Cleveland i
ompliment to herself and as a mar]
f our high regard for her honore
>arents. The badge is of gold and <
be finest workmanship. On the ob
erse it contains the monogram of th
ssociation and on the reverse side i
ays "Ruth, October 3d, 1891."
he Engrossing Clerks to be Hauled ove
the Coals.
rSpecial to News and Courier.]
CoLUmIa, October 12.-It may o
nay not be good news (according t
he application thereof) that the es
rossing department of the Legislatur
nill be reorganized this session. Th
Lepartment is under the control of th
Lttorney General and he proposes t
ake a hand in the appointment e
ndorsement of the clerical force, th
imitation of the extra force and, i:
eneral, to secure more work under th
xisting rules. It is not to be inferre
rom this statement that any violene
nil be done to the appointment o
ecommendationas of the solicitors, a
bat clerks will be summarily dismissed
iut they can be on the qui vive fo
omething tolerably interesting and ii
nhich they will be the "subject matte
f official discussion,', so to speak.
Words of Commendation.
[Edgefield Advertiser.]
Prof. D. B. Busb~y, A. M., Presiden
>f the Emory High School, writing t
i on a matter of business, has th
allowing to say anent the Bu tler-Wal
on debate at Batesburng:
"I am pleased with the position c
ur two papers at the County seat o;
he Butler-Watson and kindred sut
ects. Men of proven efficiency lik
senator Butler, whose services hay
Iways ,in peace and war been at th
all of the country, deserve somethin;
etter than seems to have' been showi
.t Batesburg. In these perilous timet
he highest hopes of the country seen
o me to consist in a strict adherence t
)emiocratic principles, to which th
undamental principle, of the sut
reasu ry scheme are evidently diametri
ally opposed.
Very truly yours,
D. B3. BusnY.
In Memoriama.
[e came with a poem, and dire intent,
aud up the sanctumz stairs he went;
lope and a smile on his face were blended,
assend
which
ner
the
this
Le bearded the editor in his lair,
nd began a reading his poem fair;
ut the editor stop'd hinm before he had endet
-! Yankee Blade.
Falling of the hair is the result of in
etion of thbe glands or roots of the hair
rn a morbid state of thescalp, which
~a be cured by Halls Hair I?.newez
SAX JONES AND A JUDGE.
at A Georgia Grand Jury Hastens to Say
Judge Maddox Is a Good Man.
[New York Sun.]
le RoME, Ga., Oct. 11.-The Rev. Sam
is Jones of the team Sam Jones and Sam
j. Small has met the Grand Jury of this
. county, and the verdict seems to be
a that he was worsted. A month ago
2. they conducted a -series of meetings
ie here. Jones surpassed the record in his 1
denunciation of the morals of the peo
ple. He boldly declared.that gambling
was universal; that peijury was the
e rule; that officers were criminally neli
e gent of duty; that debauchery reigned
e supreme in all circles. The result was
. the formation of a Law and Order Club
. by the admirers of the two evangelists,
whose purpose was to wipe out the
sinful character of the city. Two weeks
later court convened. In his charge to
g the Grand Jury Judge Maddox created
a sensation by saying:
"It has been charged by two minis- i
s ters of the Gospel that certain specific t
a crimes were openly committed here,
and as a consequence a Law and Order
V Club has been organized. So long as
this court exists there is no need ci
such a club. You, gentlemen of the I
Grand Jury, are the only Law and I
Order Club necessary. It is your duty
to investigate these enarges. You can
r have those men who make the charge,
brought before you, and they will be I
,f compelled to prove what they charge t
r or to stand convicted of slandering the e
i people." d
t The Grand Jury at once summoned e
j Messrs. Jones and Small to appear be-.
i fore them and substantiate their re
. markable statements. Small has been
in Massachusets caimpaigning for the
-Prohibition candidate for Governor, t
but Jones responded on Thursday. He
spent an hour with the Grand Jury. :
D The Court House was surrounded by a
thousand people awaiting the exit of
the preacher, who invited the reporters c
to meet him so that he might tell what t
e had occurred.; He launched into an
f abusive criticism of Judge Maddox, in
t timating that his punishment upon ,
r offenders did not come up to the mark, p
and that he had let off certain young b
men lightly for obvious reasons. Judge e
- Maddox heard of the remarks, and said &
the intimation that he had protected s
the men referred to was absolutely and
f wilfully false.
The culmination came last night. On
the adjournment of court the Grand
Jury wished "to express their admira
tion for Judge Maddox as a man acid a
as a Judge, upright, honest, and con- v
scientious in all his official acts." When c
the foreman had finished reading their v
report Judge Maddox said: "It grieves I
me,gentlemen of the jury, to feel called i
upon to notice a matter that has tran- a
spired in the community recently in c
regard to me. I have occupied the t:
r bench for five years. It has been re- a
,ported in the newspapers that I have fi
violated the oath of my office by making c
Bthe fines too light upon certain young
Bmen of Rome charged with gambling, r<
and it has been insinuated that I have
Bdone this because they were men of a
rmeans, or, as they had been called, 'fat
Here Judge Maddox related the cir
Bcumstances of the trial of the young 2
men in question, and then he continued:
"I am publicily accused of having vio- 8
rlated my oath. It has come to a pretty
r pass in this community when no man's F
character is worth anytbing to him in
defence against the utterances of cer
tain parties. Another Grand Jury holds
ra session next week, and those parties ~
who freely charge that these young i
men were criminals and cut-throats
will have another opportunity to make I
out their cases."
r..The Grand Jury asked that they
t might retire. In a few minutes they I
came back with this: "We, the Grand
Jury, having learned with regret that '
-severe criticism has been made on the
act of his Honor, Judge Maddox, in ~
Sreference to certain fines imposed on
parties who pleaded guilty to gaming,
-contrary to law, hereby endorse him A
fully in this matter and believe that
his fine was just and right according to
the light before him."
1 0o. Assmann Resigns.
(Lexington Dispatch.1
As the, resignation of the office of I
Clerk of Court by Col. Wmn. J. Ass
-man, is a matter of public irerest, and'
-u'ijust rumors have gained circulation,
it is but proper to say, that, from what
we cau ascertain, his liabilities, both ~
private and official, are amply covered a
by collaterals, and his bondsmen are
also secured. Col. Assmann has held
the office for nineteen years and has
been a most efficient and courteous
official, and we regret that he has seen A
proper to tender his resignation.
Trifles.
LFrom the Hebrew Standard.]
A Parisian wit once defined experi
ence as a comib that one became pos
sessed of after having lost one's hair.
Blinkers-Hello, Winkers. I hear
you married a woman with an inde
,pendent fortnne. Winkers-No-c; I ~
married a fortune with an independent
woman.
People who are constantly saying
"what is~ due to society" often forget
altogether wb: t is due to themselves,
to say nothing of what is due to the
butcher and baker.
He-I wish you would sing that
dear old song, "Backward, Turn Back
ward. O rime, in Thy Flight." Sweet
Girl-I might wake mother up by
'singing ; but I will turn the clock back v
.if th.i will do.
ELrGIBLE TO THE ALLIANCE4
Her Father was a "Mouth" Fanner, but
Miss Hannah Is True Eae.
[New York Herald.]
LIcOLN, Kan., Oct. I1.--Wben the
Alliance swept the State of Kansas the
rarmers of this district placed in nom
tnation and elected to the office of Con
gressman a preacher and farmer, Mr.
Baker. It was asserted by many of
he new Congressman's enemies that
be was what is technically known as a
'mouth farmer" and his aspIrations as
t farmer's candidate brought out much
Ldverse criticism from the opposition.
While it is possible that Mr. Baker
s not an active farmer there an 1e no
loubt about his daughter beirg eligible
o a seat among the Alliance pe
Aiss Hannah is now runninga fai-i of
ier own near the town and has been
aring for it for several years.
She located and entered It herW4,
Lnd has done all the hard work on it
or the last fopr years. She is but
wenty-four years old, yet she takes a
nan's part and does a man's work.
She has a woman hired to belp her,
,nd in the heaviest season of work em
loys a man to assist in cultiv.ting the
40 acres which she has brought to a
fgh state of excellence. Miss Baker
oes to the field io a man's garb and
loughs and sows, attending to all the
[uties usually followed by a man, and
ias made money ever since she began
o do the work. She has never been
ompelled to borrow a dollar, and to-.
[ay owns the farm, debt free, with an
normous crop on it.
She had the narm well stocked at the
eginning from a sum of money she
ias been saving since she was a little
irl. She raised chickens and sold
hem during her girlhood and reli
iously put the money away until she
ad enough to give her a good start,
nd then she took the farm and made
ier start. She now has 140ares under,
ultivation and 20 acres in a wcod pas
ure, on which bhe has some very good
tock.
She was unfortunate enough last
7eek to be bitten by a rattlesnake while
loughing a new piece of ground, but
y prompt attention she soon rewov
red, and is now at work again and
?ys it will take more than a snake to
top her from working.
Thy He Wanted His Persisninow GrOO86
[From the Alabama Soldier.]
With the immortal Stonewall-Jack
Dn, straggling, especially daing a for
rard march, was an unpardonable
fience; but there was one instnee in
rhich it was promptly condoned.
)uring one of the forced marches, along
2 the summer of '62, through the pine
nd 'simmons regions, be stopped to
onsult with some general officers un
il the whole command had paswed
ame distance. Riding for,vard to the '
cont, be discovered a private of his
Id brigade up a simmon tree.
"What are you doing so far in the
ear?" cried the General.
"I am eating 'simmons," sa.id the
ildier.
"Why, they're not ripe," said the
eneral, with some sarcasm.
"I know it," said the soldier. "I
r'ant 'em green."
"Why do you eat green 'simmons?'
iid old Blue Light.
"To draw my' stomach up to fit my
ations," said old Web Foot.
The Lire I'd choose.
f I to choose the life that I
Would like to lead were free,
'Il tell you what, my girls and boys,
My choice would surely be;
Tot that of lady rich and proud,
Who but for pleasure cares,
I/ho dwells in stately mansion at:d
Tbe rarest jewels wears,
Vith mnany servants at her call
Aid all that gold can buy
'hat's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh, no, my boys, not I.
for that of one by genius set
A bove the work-day crowd,
if whose great gift, whate'er it be
The whole wide world is proud;
Lround whose brow a wreath fis t win
ed,
The laurel wreath of fame,
Lnd who, wherever she may go,
Is met with loud acclaim,
Vhile with each other eage throrga
To do her honor vie
hat's not the life Pd choose, my girls,
Oh! no, my boys, not L.
or, to my mind, a dreary thing
Is idle, costly mirth,
nd splendid dress and jewels see.ja
To me of little worth.
Lnd laurel crown, I fear rme much,
May be most bravely worn,
nud yet hide, 'mid its shining leaves,
To wound the brow, a thorn.
nud then 'oth wealth and fame must
bear
The public ever nigh,
o neither would I have, my girls,
Oh! no, my boys, notlI.
L country life for me, my girls,
On some old farm, my boys,
Vhere many trees make pleasant
shade,
Far from the city's noise;
Vhere I might watch the sowers sow,
While birds sang loud and sweet
n early spring the fresh plowed fields
With oats and corn and wheat,
Lnd soon thereafter leaflets green
A bove the mold des.ery.
h! that's the life I'd choose, my girkP,
Indeed, my boys, would I.
There I might hear the low of kine,
The hum of busy bees,
he whirr of insect wings, the sweet
Faint whispers of the breeze,
.nd see the fruit on tree and vine
Grow riper day by day,
nd smell the honeyed clover tufts
Anid fragrant new-mown hay.
~eneath my feet the grass-green eart'9,
O'erhead the vast blue sky
'h! that's the life i'd choose, my girls
Indeed, my boys, could I.
--MARGARET ETINGE.
Bring us your cotton to be ginned,
e do the unloading at
tf Oil Miil Ginerv