The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 27, 1892, Image 1
STABLISHEDNEBRYS
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/ TOE SHADES OF WASHINGTO~N.
The Sage of Endr*e WrU .4nioibour iotie
le Quotes and C co m-nda W-ivie
to' F:'irtwell Addr..'4 to .
Tthe editor 4f These: rida: e:
Wasitington, the rather ur ibei<
and government, in h f:rewell
dress. when he laid d - r. o <
ote, left the folio ciag i ors of a
vice as a legacy for his countrymen t
the end of time. Ie said .I have a
ready intimated to you the danger
partits in the State, with particulz
reference to the founding of these o
geographical discrininations. Let n
now take a more compreheusive vieu
and warn you in the most solemn mai
ner against the baneful efrfeet of th
spirit of party generally. This !piri
unfq ,nately, is inseparable fro-m ou
ua', having its root in the lr(nge
Pf jus of the human mino. It ('s
i l ider diflerent shapes Ir a!l gov
-ru ents more or less ttci. con trulei
and repressed; but in those of the pop
ular form, it is seeu in its crudest rank
ness, and it is truly their worst enemy
"The alternate domiLation of or)
faction over another, sharpened by th
spirit of revenge, natural to party dis
sensions which in different ages an
centuies has perpetrated the mos
horrid enormities, is itself a frigitfu
despotism. But this leads at length t
a more formal and permanent disposi
tion. The disorders and miseries whicl
result, generally incline the minds o
men to seek security and repose in th,
absolute power of an individual; an<
sooner or later the chief of some pre
vailing faction, more able or more for
tunate than his competitors, turns thi:
disposition to the purposes of his owi
elevation on the ruins of public liberty
"Without looking forward to an.ex
tremity of this kind, (which, neverthe
less, ought not to be out of sight) th<
common and continual mischiefsof th
spirit of party are sufficient to mak(
it the interest and the duty of a wis<
people to discourage and restrain it.
The address is full of wisdom and ap
plies directly to the perilous times it
which we live. It would be a helpinm
to the country if the press would pub
lish it ir ~ull and our people wouhi
read an .udy it. It will be found iv
the History of the United States, by
John Clark Ridpath, L. L. D.
Calhoun, the; idol of Carolinians, in
a service of nearly forty years in thE
American Congress, never merg..:d hih
individuality iato any partypaild never
en caiicus'oTny party.
The S never me-ed herself intc
any nati ~ -,arty until after the war.
She alwayME d offand cast her electo
ral vote for the candidate she thought
best represented the rights and inter
. ests of her people. .Since the war she
has been merged into the National
Democrat,ic party.
Is there now un organized Demo
cratic party in the State? The writer
says emphatically, no. The followers
of Tillman during the sessions of the
last Legislature held caucuses with
closed doors, barred inside and outside,
*and rigidiy excluded all Democrats
and Alliancemen who we're not sup
porters of Tillma n. W here is the Dem
ocracy in this? There is none what
ever. The leaders of the deluded fol
lowers of Tillman cast aside the State
Democratic constitution, and franied
and adopted a constitution of their
own, and now boast that they are in
possessiou of the election .machinery
and intend to work it for all it is wortb.
- The trio of conspirators who, in 1890,
Wmet in secret conclave and parceled out
-the offices, assembled recently in Lau
rens. JIrby, in hi 'eech, dleclared
that nothing under h ven can defeat
Tiliman for a second term. Shell swore
he should have it. Tillman said be in
tended to have it, and with it a Legis
lature that will execute his orders.
The last one took his free pass- irom
him and left him standing before the
world a self-condemrned bribe taker.
This hurts him and makes him savage
against the members of that body.
This trio have determined the peopie
sh all have no say in anything. Till
man, through his mian Irby, has issued
his proclamation of amnesty and has
prepared rules to swear in every body
to vote for himself and his friends.
Are these Democratic methods? They
boast they have t.he.election mach iutery
a nd will work it in their interest for all
it is worth. To swvear iu'and count in
is their motto. and they claim they are
D)emocrats. Citizens of the State, what
*do you say they are? They could teach
Scett and MIoses tricks.
George the I111 issued his royal pro
clamation of amnesty during the revo
*lutionary war and oilered every i' lucee
ment to the patriots to retarn an;d
swear allegiance to him. H1ow did
they receive it? They hurled it back
into his face with scorn and contempt.
They pressed on and on and won their
independence and es:alished the soy
ereignty of the States. Washington
had traitors to conitendt with. We
have ti'em an:d will have more of them.
Tiliman fought t he chie-f demand of
the Alliance in seaison and out of sea
san and published it to tihe world. Hie
is now quiet, hopinrg to naatr sneak
into the gubernatorial chlair. Alliance
mnen, Tillman is as mruchi a traitor to
the demands ofthe Alliance as was
~-Arnold to the hberties of the American
people i-,r which the pa:trici:s fougiht.
There is one page ofi English history
Tillman has niot readO. If he has read
it he has not tprofitedi by it.
Charles the L. inr trying~ to destroy
the liberties of thme people, l's: his heard.
Tillman, to accomrplish his ends, would
destroy the~rights and liberties of the
peocple. Tihe bitterest enem ofte
St.ate neve-r dii amc a- l'i!hna
to-, inl h ar i widr-s )to his ewU
t: -'. Let us f,;*i ,w the exnip
se U4 b1v C.;!hIaw. Let vi 1m
m o rse;mfi ilto ony natiot:
Party. Iet us nUr! the 1hg unde
ae
which., Jvif"ers,,n arid .aCtis0) fOUg1h
Id won. It w.a.s the pep bannwer
.eieirson ined it Itepublican bat
ner." Jackson battnised it "De
cratic banner." It always was, and i
the people's banner. That is its righ
r name. lit-t u put it into hands clean
able and brave, and bear it aloft an<
e on everywhere ts victory. Citizens 0
;h(e State, everywhere, rally and organ
1 ize and m1ve i1N sOlid Coimin with
e fir,: an(d steady tread, and drive int<
obscurity he trio of conspirators who
r are in flr "revenue only," and hav
made South Carolina a by-word au<
relproach. Disphty your manhood an<
T F
redeetm I he Stat e's Iood taIe. AIf P
fail to do it vour children will disow
you, and .ught to. Farrners of thi
-State, w e elected Tilimtant, the aposth
of retrenchienit and reform, governor
e His ideas of retrenchtment and reforn
are the trenches which -Inust all b(
dug leading into his pockets, and every
thing must be emptied into his pockets
He has proven what he is. He un
loaded his cows at a big price on t.;
3 unfortunates of the State, using hi4
henchnien to do it, and filled his pock
ets. Let us unload him gratis au
I pray for forgiveness, and try and for
a get we ever voted for him.
Citizens of the State, I have spoken
- candidl.; and friendly what Ieel and
- believe, ljolding back nothing. I in
Voke you to speak out in the same way
Whatever the people in the fulluess o:
counsel decide it is best to do for ti
. common good, be assured the writej
will be with them in the full blaze and.
forefront of the battle.
Respectfully,
ELLISON S. KEIT1.
Enoree Plantati6n, Jail.2,1 .
THE TROUBLE IN UNION
some Facti in Regard to the Alleg(
Shortage.
[The State.]
UNION, January 19.-Superintendent
Mayfield, Auditor -Morgan and School
Commissioner Walker have been here
investigating an alleged shortage in
County Treastrer Scott's accounts.
This rumor has been afloat some time,
and has just now taken shape.
All these officials are fuli-blooded
Tillmanites. The county treasurer, it
is alleged, went out in the country and
secured the tax receipts of some per
sons whose names were not on the
treasuerer's books. Th, school com
missioner then had Mr. Mayfield to
come up and "investigate." Walker,
as school commissioner gets the bene
fit of all polls, and he thought he was
not getting what was due his office,
hence the investigation, of which,
however, nothing has been said in the
Tillman caurp. The county treasurer,
J. B. T. Scott, and the auditor, N. B.
MIorgan, have one and the same clerk,
J. H. Bartles, who keeps books-for
both othices. There can be no denial
that there is a "shortage," or.something
to that effect, to the amount of ST00 or
The county treasurer's books are
made up in the auditor's oflice and
given the t reasuretr. Often, tax~payers'
names are not on the list, and wvhen they
come to pay they are given a receipt
by the treasurer, or his clerk, who
takes the tmoney, taking his name on
a "Slip)," and the "slips" are given to
the audiitor to add otn to his books and(
furnish the Comtptroller-General with
an abstract. In this case they were
charged on the books. bt not against
the county treasurer, who is respenl
Isible for wvhat the audliior and. Camp:n
troller-G.eneral have charged againtst
him: so in the final settlement the
the treasurer was just that amtotut
ahead.
It has been said that Mr. B.Arths,
who p)osts tile books, while in the act
of adding on the aas that were at,
the asid:tionial slips was called to the
bedside of his mo~t her, and while he
was absent tlte C'omptroller camne 01nd
settled with the treasurer, when the
additional slips were not ad.ded.
These are just the facts as I can
gather themt. Mr. Scott has r'ting
to say for p)ublientionl, and Messrs.
Morgan, Bartles antd WValkcr atre tnot
in town. At any,orate, it is a pretty
kettle of fish, and somethi:ng may yet
be heard from it.
Frcom what I can gather, the school
c immtissioner and countyv treasurer are
not "'pu!ling togther," and have not
been for some te. It ht 's been sai..
and in all probiabiity catn he proven,
that the school cPoissionecr signsnt
only hism ow.~n namne, but that of C'. II.1
Peake and M. B. Kelly, thle ther two
'f the board of trute:,tobay cir
tilicates drawn on the count:.y treas
urcr ; no only oni these. ibut it haVis been'i
h'uted hil' 'own accont :.galust the
county has be:n veritied antd sw'tr to
wvhen one iman~ gned i t ium i onle
nanme. Th is "'investi t.rio n" mt.y
cause same ather terestog1c mte to
leak out.
th Yte R': Den it ed:yr
Why are New Ye ar resinton Ol~I k
chocotecrems' Th.y re eas t
nakeru. hr ep
F US K INE CO0L LEGCmE U NEI1).
Everything Dee.:royed, Including the Val
uable Theologieml Library-Not a
DoPar of Iusurancems Bullding
or Contentzi.
ti -
[Special to The State.]
Dui: NvWEsT1, S. C., Jan. 22.-Erskine
College was completely destroyed by
ire at 2 o'clock this morning.
-When first discovered the blaze was
over the entire buildiig. A few chairs,
tdesks anl blackboards that were in the
lower story of the building, covers all
that was saved. Everything else, in
cluding the theological library, con
sisting of upwards of 2,000 volules,
was totally destroyed. There is not a
dollar of insurance on the building or
'its contents.
The contract was signed a few days
ago for a new building, of which the
one now in ruins was to form a wing,
after undergoing a thorough overhaul
ing and remodeling to conform to the
miod(ern style of architecture, and the
plans as made by the architect last
sum er show a most beautiful struct
-ue, in keeping with the progress and
usefunes. of the institution.
The disaster, while it is a great loss,
will not interrupt the year's work but
for one day, as arraugements have been
perfected for a temporary place to car
ry on the work of the collegiate year.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Architect Denson has been telegraph
ed for, and will no doubt be on the
grounds in a few days, from Washing
ton, D. C., for the purpose of altering
the plans to meet this unfortunate
calamity.
The walls are stiil standing, but are
not likely to be of any service te form a
part of the new building, as they are
cracked and disfigured too much to be
regarded safe.
The total loss is estimated at. about
$20,00. All efforts to save the burning
building were futile.
The new building will only be has
tened in its construction on account of
the fire this morning. 'Many telegrams
frn all over the South, expressing
sympathy at Erskine's calamity have
been sent to the president, Rev. W. M.
Grier, D. D.
ILL-FATED EDGEFIELD.
The Enterprising Little Town Again Visited
by a Disastrous Fire.
LSpecial to The State.]
EDUEFIELD, S. C., Jan. 22.-A dis
astrous fire broke out here at 11:30
oWlock last night in the Masonic hall.
The entire building and contents were
destroyed. In the building were the
Edgelield Advertiser office, two stories
and olices of J. B. Lanier and W. F
Roath.
The losses and insurance are as fol
lowsq:
Thomas J. Adams, $1.3,00';; no insur
ance.
W. C. Jackson, $2,500; insurance,
WV. T. I.Ioffman, $2,50)0; insurance,
H. Parker lost his dental office and
two offices, withouit insurance.
Paul & Covar, saloon, $800; no insur
ance.
The Ryan hotel was burned, insur
ance 84,QC0).
The old Anderson hotel, Lewis's gro
cery, Kersey's saloon, a vacant store
adjoining, and the offices of A. S.
Tomipkins and J. WV. D)evore were also
burned.
The total loss is $50,000. The insur
ance is placed as follows: D. R. Du
risoe, of the Georgia Hon'e, $3,.500.
George B. Lake, of the iome of New
York, Hamburg-Bremen and St. Paul
German, S5,700.
Thle court house andl jail were saved.
The cause of the tire is unknown.
Tlhere is no suspicion of incendiarism.
A BRlASS TACK IN HIs SHOE
Gives Mi llionaire Rtockefelier Blood Poison
ing-He Communicates it to is Wife
Most Peculiar Case of the Kind
Ever Recorded.
NEWv Yo RK, January 20.--William
isockefeller, the president of the Stand
ard Oil Company, and his wife, are
bot h ill r-omi blood-poisoning. Although
his physicians say lbe will recover they
admit that lie is not out of danger.
Several days ago Mr. Rockefeller pur
chased a pair of shoes. That night.
when he took them eff blood was no
ticed on the toe of his sock. A brass pin
had plunctured his big toe. This little
sore is now endangering the life of the
big oil speculator. He has had two
operations performed upon his toe, and
ilammration and lymiphangitis spread
until his entire leg was atTected. He
su Ffers intense pain. Am;estheties were
used in8 per forming the oIperationi. Mrs.
Rtockefeller was taken sick shortly
after the first operation upon her hus
band, and1 it was discovered that
through a scratch on her person from
Mr. Rockefeller's toe, the poison h ad
been commziunicated to her. A fter four
.iays of high fever and a severe op)era
i.m. she was pronounceed out of dani
.: and is now slowvly recovering.
''enl Aq The summer Breeze.~
"Il'd rather take a thrashing anyv
time thani a dose of pills,"' groaned a
p4atienit to wvhom the dloctor has pre
scribed physic. "I'd as lief be sick(
with what ails me now, as to be sick 1
wit h t he pills.'
"I don't think you'vye taken any of
lie pill.s I prescrib'e. or you wouldn'tt
d rea.i the pre-scription so," laughed
he docter. "I never use the old, insidle
t wisters vou ha~ve in mind. I use Dr.
P'ierce's P;e:san t Pellets. They al
wvays niuke mei think of a part ofan
old hymn
........... .......mill and lovely,
The b'est thing of the~ kind ever ini
yen ted. No dangu er of t -i r miaki ng
y'on sek. You 11 hardtly know yo'e
taken themi. 1 wvouldn't use any other1
A FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEF.
Ieath of 1). W. Lushyhea,1, K.on;g aLe
of the therokeep.
E-x-(-bief of the Clher-kwes, Dmi:
Wolf Bushyhead, is dead. Busiyhead
says the Philadelibhia Evening Tfle
graph, was born in the Cherokee Na
tion east near Cleveland, a town ih
East Tennessee, on the 18th of Marebi
12(. The Cherokees were then divide(
into clans, as the Scoteh o:.co wen
with this essential dliflerence; that th<
members of ;ne clan being all bloid re
lations on the mother's side, were for
bidden by the tril,al law. uier tb1
severest of penalties, to marry excepi
into another clan. Tlhe elans were sever
in number. That of Chief lushiyead
was called the Ah-nee-Cah-ene, or Deei
clan, and his ancestors were promtineni
and influential as far back as the hip
tory of the tribe is known.
His parents were both half M.ooded
Cherokees. His father was the R'ev
Jesse Bushyhead, a [apist preacher,
who held many fliccs in the gift of th(
tribe, and who, at the tihe of his death,
in 1844, was chief justice. While quitE
young Bushyhc.-d, jr., enjoyed com.
mon school privileges in t he old nation
east of the Mis;sissippi, prior to the great
removal in 1S38-'39, he attended a
mission school, which was established
near his father's res,idence. After the
removal of the Cherokees to their pres
ent home West, Dennis was sent to
another missionar.) school. In January,
1841, young Busbyhead accon panied
the Chetokee delegates to Washington,
and remained there until Grandfather
IIarrison was inaugurated president,
when he entered the high school at
Lawrenceville, N. J. Here he remained
until July, 1844.
In August he returned home with the
Cherokee delegation, consisting of John
Ross, Javid Vann and John Benge,
eminent and progressive men in Chero
kee history. Before reaching homa, and
while at Van Buren, Ark., Busbyhead,
now a lad of IS years, was informed of
his father's death, which occurred on
July 17, 1844. Young Bushyhead lost
no time in putting his education to use
and served as clerk in Lewis Ross's
store, on Gran river, from October, 1S44,
to the sumnier of 1847. He was then
elected clerk or secretary of the senato
rial branch of the national committee
instead of senate.
In 1849 the gold fever broke out with
violence in the Cherokee Nation, as it
did elsewhere in the southwest, and
carried off a great many young men to
Caiifornia. The clerk of the senate was
one.
Bumhyhead's fortune in California
was like that of iaany others who went
there at that early day, sometimes up
and sometimes down, though the final
issue to him was not one of disappoint
ment. In 1868 Busbyhead left San
Francisco for home again, arriving at
Fort GisonV, Cherokee Nation, on the
last day . ;M3arch, 1SOGA
Here he went into merchandizing
and followed it unt,il June, 1871. The
following November he wa, unani
mously elected treasurer of the Chero
kee Nation by the natio'nal council and
was re-elected by a large majority in
Novea~oer, 1875, the term of office being
four years. In 1S8!) Treasurer Bushy
head was nominated as the most avail
able and competent mian of the Chero
kee national party to fill the office of
principal chief. His ability and popu
arity were made evident by his re
lection to the same station at tihe gen
ral election of 1883.
In 18S7, when it was time for another
lection, a certain 3Ir. Rabbit Bunch,
hief Bushyhead's lieu teniant governor,
ccused that gentleman of ruling by
ing methods and of other high crimes
and misdemeanors. Rabbit Bunch pre
ented himself for the nomination of
he national or aristocratic party as a
eform candi&ite and a champion of po
itical purity. He succeeded in impres
ing the party with tihe loftitness of his
otives and in obtaining the nomina
ion, though it was asserted that a
iberal distribution of wampum and
iromiises helped hinm very materially.
uring the canvas personal encotunters
ere frequent and somietimnes fatal, and
arbecues andl free drinks were indul
ed in to an extent rivaling any simi
ar political performances among the
ale faces. Bushyhead, however, mag
animiously turned in and gave his
utpport to Bunch, but with all the
dministration influence there was not
ower enough in the party to defeat the
~pposition candidate, the late Joel B.
Iayes.
Jnsatlee Braldley D)ead.
WAsI1Mr'ioN. January 22.-Justice
osbus H. Bradley oif the Supreme
iourt of of the Uuited States dlied at
is home here at (6:15 this morning,
ged seventy-nine years.
Happy Homes.
Thousands of sad and desolate homnes
ave been mad(e happy by use of "Rose
uds, w hich have proven an absolu te
re for the following diseases anid
eir d ist ressing sy mptoms. Ulceration,
(ngestion and Falling (of the Womb.
vanrian ttumo'rs, D)ropsy of the Womb,
~uppr cese Menstruation, Rupture at
bildbibrth, or any compl-tint originat
ig inm diseases of the reproductive or
ins;~ whether from contagious dIiseases,
ereity, tiught-lacinzg, overwork. ex
ses or miisc.rrialges. One lady writ es
sthat after suffering for ten years
ithi Letucorrhea or Whites, that one
>pliation entirely cured her, and fur
ermiore, she suffers no more paihn
uring the menstrual period. It is a
onderful regulator. "Rise b'uds" are
simple. harmless preparation, but
onerful in effect. The patient can)
plAy it herself. No dloctor's examin
ion necessary, to which all modest
~omeni, espeeially vouing uinm larriedl
des seriously object. .Fromn the first
iplicationi you will feel like a new
~omian. Price $1.00) by nmail, post-paid,
be Leverette Specific Co., :3:;n Wash
aton s-ret nOn, as.
FARMING WILL PAY.
Practical Experience or a Man Wh1 Tried
Raising Things at H1one, ;:nd Who
Gave H ik Own Personal Work
and %uperv;sion to Mak
Ing His Farm Pay.
Editir. (, hroniele:-I notice in VoUr
paper editoriais. anI letters froi f r
ers and others givinIg their views as to
what is best for Ihe farmers to (1) in
the future, as it seems that farming haS
cone to be an up-hill biness in our
day and tine.
On the first day of January, IsS7, I
went to farming for myself. My nearest
neighbor was my uncle, a middle-aged
man. We did not agree as to the man
agement of our farms. ile was an all
cotton farmer, or, at leat, paid little
attention to anything else except cot
ton.
His farm and the one on which 1
undei nook to make iny fi rst eflort to
dig a :iving out of the ground oi my
own account lay side by side. My
uncle had considerab!e experience as a
farmer, and was financially able to carry
out his plans, till I was of the opinlion
that his plan would not do. So I went
my own way with a determination to
succeed if energy and ciose atteution to
business would accomplish it.
My idea was to make corn, wheat,
oats potatoes, peas, etc., enough for
home consumption and have somic to
spare, and make as much cottou as I
could, rotating my crops, wheat and
oats after corn, cotton after grain aud
corn after cotton, raising enough cattle
for milk and beef and some butter to
sell in the town and an occasional beef
to the butcher. I commenced ou a very
small scale pulling the bell cord over
one horse myself. I didn't say to my
hands "go do so and so," but I a!ways
said come boys, and 'Messrs. Editors my
farming was always successful. I in
creased muy farming operations as my
income would warraut me in farming
on a cash basis, and soon I was a'>le to
hand my plow over to another and em
ploy my entire time walking over the
farm and attending to the different
squads of hands, going with the hands
to the field and returning with them,
making use of a!l available pasture
lands, grain fields, etc. I can truth
fully say that I always niade money
every year that I farmed and gave it
my personal attention, but when I
moved to town, away went the farm,
the land too poor, the seasons too bad;
there was always something (a want of
proper management of the farm) the
matter that the farm 4id not pay ex
penses and the rent was short.
My good old uncle took a diflerent
view of the situation. He thought he
could make cottan enough to buy all
his corn, flour, and paid very little at
tention to anything except cotton. He
would plant very large crops of cotton
and use guano. By the way, the first
guano I ever saw was some he used.
His cotton crop would all need hoeing
at the same time, and the result was it
would cost him a good deal of extra
labor to keep his crop in good condition.
We farmed several years and hauled
most of our cotton to Augusta, sixty
miles. It was all he could do to make
tongue and buckle meet, hauling corn,
bacon, flour, etc., to sup.ply the farm.
After several years trial he was con
vinced that my plan was the best, and
he caught on and soon things went
smoothly, and he, too, went to making
money, and continued until his d.eathx a
few years since.
Now, M1essrs. Editors, are not the
farmers generally in the old uncle's
ruts, and if they will put their shoul
ders to the wheel and say, come boys,
and cultivate their lands as they should,
adopting my plan, they will soion get
on their feet again. Let them make
more manure at home and buy less
guano, plant and raise more grain and
everything for home consumption;
raise more hogs, horses, mules, cattle,
etc., and adapt themselves to their sit
uation, living within their incomes. If
it is small, economize and cut the gar
ruent a.ccording to the cloth and alw.ay s
tiny to leave scraps enough to patch it,
when it begins to wear. Touch the
cotton factor very lightly. It will Le
much easie~r to pay. D)on't sit around
the street corners and in front of the
hotels and postoficees and complain
about hard times, when it is all your
own fault and the remtedy is all within
your own hands, and will come at your
tiddiug, if the proper effort is made.
The Alliance, Tonm Watson nor the
Third party can do y'ou no good, but
you imust exercise common-sense and
rmake your farms self-sustaining, and
do not uindertake to raise 5 eent cotton
o buy Kentucky and Ten nesse hogs,
orn, flour, horses, nmules, ha:y, etc. I
xpect to attend the menieting at the
ugusta Exchange . Jan. 27, and anm
atching, with imiuchi anxiety, to see
wbich way the cat will jump. W.
Bralley, S. C., Jlan. 7, ISMi.
ov. ' l11man'.a VieCws On, a l'rimsary ror
state O)ilesi.
[jpecial to Tfhe State.]
'Ilian, in an interview with are
>orter to-day in regard to the aitti tude
n -1 priumary for State olicers, sai
hat he~ still favored a direct -ri m-.r
'"But they neaining tihe lo)w-country.
copleC won't have it, and we wil
ever~ get it. They don't proose to
et cur twelve counties in the~ up-cu
ry) with a large white vote, con:ro
te nomination of State ifleers. The
ave got a lairge black vote. and' tan'
alord to have a direct primary. They
ill never agree to anything mo(red
et than a primary focr delenttes to the
hidren Cry for Pitcher's Castonia.
T;1: CANTWELL CONUN)jU3.
Ar. EiaboratoExplan:tion of the Extraor
dinary Coneatunntion of Circum-4tances
-Au Attempt to have the Case Re
slocieted.
Npecial to t and Couier.]
(>0 uIMMa, Januiary 1.-The many
sided Cant%well ca-e is in the Supreme
Court again. Ar the time of the re
mNral of Nir. Cantwell the question as
to his rigit to his salary was discussed
in the The News and Courier some
dive or six months ago. The striking
of the case froim the (ccket by the
Supreme Court oin account of failure
of the Attorner-General to cone with
in the rilt,s was recently reported in
full in The News and Courier.
The State now takes the initiativ.e in
having the case heard on i!s merits.
In a recent talk with the Attorney
General he said -that he does not con
strue the recent o:-der of the Supreme
Court as making any deliverance on
the subject of 'r. Cantwell as between
him and the State of South Carolina,
but only as between him, Mr. George
W. Wiiiams and others. Hence the
question of pay is still in nubibus.
He desires to have a deeiion of the
Court on the real question at izsue
the right of the Goveruor to make the
removal The petition signed by the
Attorney-General was filed this morn
ing with his verifieation as to facts
therein, and with the certificate of
Solicitor Newton and 'Mr. J. Y. Cul
breath, attorney of the Newberry Bar,
as to the merits of the petition.
The document sets forth that the
appellant, Geo. W. Williams, was ap
pointed deputy supervisor for the
county of Cihareston on MIay -, 1831,
when the respondent, Cantweii, was
removed from the ofice of supervi
sor : that the removal of Cantwell was
confirmed by the Senate ; that appel
lant's sole attorney in the proceedings
was the Attorney-General. That the
case was duly docketed in the Supreme
Court on ' January 8, 1892; that the
appeal was disiissod because the At
torney-General had not filed the points
and authorities, and that there was
no practical question involved.
That on the 4th of December Y. J.
Pope vacated the office of Attorney
General, )n the 10th of December ..
L. McLaurin qualified and asumed
the duties of the ofice : that between
the 4th and 10th it was considered
doubtful whether there was any assis
tant Attorney-General. That by rea
s3n of the vacation of the Hon. Y. J.
Pope and the necessary delay on the
part of J. L. McLaurin to qualify, this
appeal eould not receive attention
during that time. Theease for appeal
as settled by the Judge rendering the
decision was not ied until December
22, IS!J, when the present Attorney
General was in Washington attending
to business for the State in the United
'States Supreme Court ; that the assis
tant Attorney-General was absent on
account o)f sickness in his family and in
person, and did not return to his duties
until December 23, but was obliged to
return home for the same causes on
December 25, remaining there until
December 29.
Trhat tihe Attorney-General returned
here on December 28, but knowing
nothing of the casie be necessarily
awaited the return of the assistant
Attorney-General on December 30, to
be informed of the business of the
office ; that during the consultation the
Attorney-General was called away to
the~ bedside of a dying uncle and was
detained until January 4; and that on
the same day be received three tele
gramns stating that his uncle was dy
ing ; that in the meantime tbe assistant
Attorney-General was in the oflice from
D.cemiber :;l until Sunday, January
3, when be was called away to his siCk
faily,iV but had niot taken any action
in th~e case, because it was espected
when they pasrted on Decembher e 'bat
the A ttorney-Generil would be able to
take charge of the hearing.
That tihe Attorney-General did, at
great sacriflice and in convyen ien ce, re
turn to is omlie on January 4, but be
ing so imimediately called away again
lie could do nothing but prepare in
part his ar*gumlent amd reqjuest other
counsel t'' preen it on c:dl of the
case.
But t he case was high up on the
docket andI it wouid have been impos0
siblO to have the argu ment priniited and
ready three days hefotre the regular
call :that a long subsequenit case was
advanced, but too late to aillow the
thlree days.
That by reason of thle j udgmnent dlis
missing the appeal the respondent
caimred hiis salairy to ih" it h Novemi
ber-$.bI -ani iha actuallyv demanded
paymn t (f .the .oamie from t he onip
trhlkr-; ;cneral That by reas.m of
such judigmn;ot under a forner deci
1i1n of theI (uur*t the a ppelanmt hereini
will have j udgment rendered against
ii:n for* the co:s of this case.
That thii. At torney-General did1 not
kutw that the attorney for the re
gend nt,ud hold him to tihe strict
pra cti: thait th usual1 an:d almost uini
orm eustm T:f tile Bar is to be liber
ti:;pract ice in such cases: that the as
.' . At:rey-Ganerai has no recol
ee on th: st he was ever iniformied that
the strict nractice would have been
niSced, bu tt that on theC contrafry,
om prioal and professional0 ac
'unintc with the respondent's at
orney. eexpected the custoimary
1ber:'" patihe. andl that it wan a sur
rm when suchi sLri<:t piractice was
That it is mnost respectfully urgd
hat b eause of tile j udg~ment dlismfiss
ng t be appeal on the grounds stated,
i thout any fault on the part of the
wAror-ey-wearni hut. ani account of
the peculiar and imperative necessities
the Attorney-General was deprived of
the right to be heard on the merits of
the case before this tribunal.
It is also urged upon this honorable
C:)Lurt that in dismissing the appeal on
the ground that no practical issue was
involved it was not considered by the
Court that the important question
whetier the resporident, the supervi
sor, was entitled to the salary of that
office depending upon the determina
tion of the case upon its merits.
Wherefore, etc., au order is asked re
storing the case to its place on the
docket, and for such other relief, etc.
When the petition was read the
Chief Justice passed the following
order : "On hearing the petition for a
rehearing herein it is ordered filed with
the clerk of this Court, and that the
remititur be stayed until further order
of t his Court."
How to Tieat Grip.
The New York Herald publiIhes an
interview with Albert Robin, the cele
brated Paris physician, giving his ideas
as to the Lest treatment of the grip. He
is reported as follows:
"A curious thing is noted, and that
is that in large cities it is less intense
than in smaller towns and villages. It
attacks all temperaments, but old and
feeble persons are the most severe suff
erers. Children support the malady
better than adults. If influenza is es
pecially dangerous on account of the
complications that arise from it, it fol
lows that its true treatment is to avoid
the latter. These complications are
l)neunonia, pulmonary congestion,
weakness of the nervous system and
acidulous poisoning of the blood. To
avoid such complications the patient
!hould be kept rigorously in bed so
long as there is the slightest fever or
the slightest cough. Warm aromatic
potions should be given, which induce
perspiration, and by sweating eliminate
the toxic products that encumber the
blood.
"I have determined, by the way,
that the sweat of a person suffering
from influenza is twelve times more
toxic thlm that of a person in a normal
condition. Weak doses of sulphate of
quinine of from twenty-five to fifty
centigrams should be given three times
a day. The reason is that large doses
make the patient sleep profoundly and
destroy the fever, but have no action
whatever upon the poisons circulating
in the blood and do not diminish their
destructibility, render more active
exudation and elimination of those
poisons, wLich are the source of the
danger. Antipyrene, which is often
recommended as a specific for influenza,
should be mistrusted. This medicine
depresses the nervous system, closes
the kidneys, which are the principal
means of eliminating animal poisons,
and consequently is more harmful than
useful. To sulphate of quinine should
be added alcohol in moderate doses in
the form of port wine or grog.
"It is necessary above all when fever
has disappeared and the patient wishes
to go out and resume his usual occupa
tions to insist upon a convalesceniTe in
doors for from four to eight days, ac
cording to thbe seriousness of the attack.
Such is the general treatment. If
influenza becomes localized and affects
any particular organ r local treatment
should accompany this general treat
ment. This is, of course, the affair of
the physician consulted, and can not
be treated under the head of general
indications."
Munificent Donation to Education.
RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 21.-A sp.ecial
from Durham sta:es that at the meet
ing of :he trustees of Trinity college to
day, Washington Duke off'ered to in
crease his donation of $75,000 to the col
lege to $10000O0, cash and property val
ued at S:1,000, upon condition that the
Methodist Church of North Carolina
should raise an acdgioual endowment
of $50,000 and equip the main building.
This generous offer was at once ac
cepted. This is the largest donation
given to the cause of education by a
Southerni man since the war.
Bad Fat WVith Ch,arleston.
[Charleston Sun.]
The constitution of the Democratic
party in the State adopted August 13,
l1t', said the people of Charleston
"mnav"' form two clubs in each ward.
The people went ahead and formed two
clubs *in each ward. Now the State
Democratic Executive Committee says
that "no club that was formied or or
ganizcd after tihe 1:3th (lay of August,
IMG * shall be recognized." Does the
committee platy the people for fools?
\nd by what righ t does the committee
wipe out clubs organiz.ed under and by
virt e of the organic law of the party?
It Opens the Eyes.
"Mfy dauighter is losing her sight,"
aiid an an xious mother. "and just on
the eve of miarriage, too i W\hat shall
(10o?' "Let her get married, by all
means,'' resp)onded the :doctor ;"mar
riage is a regular eye-opener." A man's
eyes open pretty widely, when he
inds his wife's charms disappiearing.
H-ealthi is the best friend of beauty,
and the innumerable ills to which
women are peculiarly subject, its worst
enemies. Experience proves that
women who possess the best health,
ue Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
It is the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, under a positive
uarantee from the manufacturers, that
t will give satisfaction in every case,
or mnoney will be ftunded. This guar
ntee has been printed on the bottle
wrapper, and faithfully carried out for
manv years.--I
The finest Grape and Apple Cider
-er brough t to New berry -on draught
EDnny inos. :3m
ANOTHER OPEN LETTER.
Governor Tillman's First Slip-up and What
it Has Led Him to.
Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S.C.
DEAR SIR: You remember my writ
ing you a letter last year when I first
heard of your accepting that free pass
and urging upon you the necessity of
at once repenting of the sin and return
ing the pass to Bunch. I told you
then if you refused to do so that you
would go on from bad to worse until
you would be finally lost. - You refused
to take the advice of your friends, and
now see your lost condition. Gover
-rnor, that pass was your first step to
ruin. That was to you what the first
drink of whiskey is to the drunkard,
or the first game of cards to the gam
bler. You have gone from one bad
thing to another, until you are now
hopelessly lost.
You have committed the unpardon
able act, if what is reported about you
is true. To ask you this question is
why I write you this letter. It is this:
Had you paid your tax when you re
fused to sign the bill passed by both
houses to extend the time of paying
taxes? Did you make the poor farmers
of this State nide from five to thirty
milcs to reach the court houses, leave
their homes at midnight (many hav
ing to leave their families unprotected)
in order to get there in time; forcing
our county treasurers to send out run
ners in the more distant parts of the
county, warning our people to come
at once, (and be it said to the credit of
the treasurers) promising to spend the
entile night in their offices writing
receipts to save the farmers the pen
alty? Were you that night sleeping
sweetly in the Governor's mansion,
dreaming of the $3,500 we are paying
you, and your taxes unpaid? If all
this be true, (but it surely can't be,)
that is the unpardonable sin, and that
one thing has caused you to lose at
least "ten thousand of your braves."
Thd boys in large numbers came in
to-day to know about it, and asked me
to write to you at once. They don't
like to believe anything they see in
some papers. They said that the pic
ture business, flowers, joggling board,
tax returns, etc., are like the gnat on
the ox horn compared to the way they
have been treated on the tax-paying.
Governor, if what is'said should Le
true, I doubt if you will have one
"brave" left in this section "to tell the
tale." Some of the boys (farmer boys)
were talking of the five-dollar joggling
board. They did not seem to under
stand exactly what it was. When I
told them tbey said, Pould you not
have saved the State some money by.
building one panel of fence and run
ning a plank through the crack and let
one child get on each end, and- play
see-saw? Sam Hinton says his ~chil
dren play that way every day, and it
doesna't cost him nigh five dollars.
Now, Governor, you see all this
trouble started by you taking that free
pass. Would that you had taken my
advice last year and returned that pass
to Bunch. You would then have been
our Governor for four years, but that
free pass, that free pass, has been your
ruin. Yo'ur friend socially,
L. M. MOORE,
Green wood, January 15.
P. S.-Can't I truthfully say, "I told
you so?"
FARMERs' ALLIANCE ADVICE.
Hen.:j Ciews Points Out Some oft its Effects
.in the South and We.-..
(From the New York Sun.j
Speaking yesterday of the great drop
in cotton Henry Clews said:
"When cotton was king (so called)the
largest crop produced was just prior to
the war; 4,000,000 bales was the biggest
yield up to that period. Last year the
crop was8,5300,000 bales. This crop more
than doub!es the best crop when slav
ery existed, and cotton as king has been
dethroned by corn, which now rules as
king of crops. Under free labor the
cotton crop has more than doubled in
its yearly product that produced by
slavery, and the price has been almost
cut in two besides.
"The only hope for the South is to
keep the yield hereafter down to about
7,000,000) bales and till the soil for other
products to take the place of cotton.
Then and not until thea can the price
of cotton be controlled and kept up to
a paying basis and the South again re
turn to prosperity. The South is now
almost bankrupt by an overproduction
of their one big crop of cotton, due to
the low price now for the stuff and no
market for the surplus. The difference
to the South in dollars and cents as
between eleven cents and seven cents is
evual to at least $100,000,0t0.
"The advice of the Farmers' Alliance
urging cotton growers to hold back
their product for higher.prices has en
tailed a loss of probably three cents a
pound to those who were so influenced,
which is equal to $1-27,000,000. Similar
advice was more recently given to the
producers of wheat in the WVest, not
withstanding that the price at the time
was $1.10 a bushel in Chicago. The
difTere-nce between that price and the
presenit would be equal to $120,000,000
loss oni the crop. It is, therefore, very
plain that it would be a good thing for
tihe farmers if the Farmers' Alliance
would go out of busine'ss, instead of
continuing to mislead their followers in
so pernicious and ruinous a manner."
Famil!y Groceries.
The undersigned would respectfully
inorm the public that he has opened a
Family Grocery next door to Mr. Klett
ner, on the south-side, whore can be
found a full supply of choice fancy and
staple groceries,cheap for "ash.
J.. S. ADAMs