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ESTABLISHED 1885. NEWERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY9 FEBRUAYI19.PIE8.0AYA ELIARL!)E 18x3 WMAT THE I'DXIFr%vouD- ziD r eprentative Kui?t, of GreenviVe, U;uder takes to Point Out What the He form Legislature Did Do. ~ [Greenville News.] I see some of the papers of I his Stuatt ask what has the refoim Legilatur< done for the people of South Caroliu .er the boasts of their leader, B. R Tillinan, and I have n(,t seei a correc reply to the query. 'herefore som well meaning reformers may be mis'ed by not beeingaclear and corrct answer The following statemt nt of facts mal open the eyes of those who desire t see and know, but I can not hope t( open the eyes of those born blind wit hate and disappointment. This car only be done by time. That wear away the lofty and-high and c'xsts th. n into the slough of df spond. The first session of the reform Legis lature, December, 1890, reduced th( State levy a half mill. That left it the pockets of the people eighty ($S0, 000) thousand dollars in cash, repre seating, in the bands of the producer eighty thousand bushels of wheat o one hundred and six thousand busheh of corn, or three thousand bales of cot ton. They cut off the appropriation o two thousand five hundred dollar from the State Agricultural societ3 that former Legislatures had been giv ing to them for six or eight years, but now as it had become strong and abl to take care of itself it was .deemec time to stop this drain upon the peopl of the State and it took the reforn Legislature to find it out. There are many other it ems saved tb people of the State that I cannot now recall, but sufficient has been cited t< show that the first session of the reforn Leg. lature saved or left in the pocket of the people eighty two thousand fiv hundred dollars more than the Legis lature that preceded it. Tbe session o 1891 of the reform Legislature agaii reduced the State levy a fourth of i mill more, thereby again leaving ii the pockets of the people $40,000, re fused to give $2,500 to the State Agri cultural Society, when it was admitte( the society bad over and above all ex penses $2,000 in bal-k to its credit; re duced the expenses of the State Asy um $10,000 and put it under a mor efficient managenmelt. Thus you will see the first reforn Legislature, with many difficulties to overcome, ando opposed by a shrew< aud wily tuinority, did save or leav( inthe pockets or the people $145,00K without crippling the efficiency of th State government one particle. The House also passed a bill reduc ing the salaries of all State officers clerks, &c., at its first session, but th Senate refu!ed to agree to this bill au it stands at the head of the Senate cal endar to-day ns special order and stoo there through most of the past sessio unacted upon, thereby requiring th people to pay thousands of dollars t office holders that should be in th pockets of the people. The Senat alone is responsible to the people fc this as the writer called thbe attentio of Senators time and again during th past sessiontothbis mat ter, urging at *- tion upon it. It was the pleasure and privilege < the reform Legislature to inaugurat and make possible the establishnmer -of the Industrial and Winthrop No: mal college of South Carolina for tb training and education of the whit women of our State, an act that wi live in the heart of every woman< South Carolina to Iless the reform the seeks to place them in a high and nobler sphere of independence ar happiness. What man is there in Carolina vit a spark of true manhood in his breat who would not admit that an Acet 1 establish an institution to enable tl: weak by nature to become strong, ti timid brave and independent, is gior enough for the reform movement they had not saved the people of tf State ai.ifiad's You will see the r'efonnajnovemer not only saved the people of Soibt Carolina thoueands of dollars, but has also done for the women-the "bett< haif" of the people-what r-o.other a< ministration ever attempted to do. I have made a cleaxr statement< facts for the enlightenment of the pel lile and if I have erred it has been th: I have not told all that was done. Respectfully, H. B. BUIST. EDITOR WILLIAMIS REPLIES To 31: BUIST AND SHOWS WHERE MIOnE TRIBUTE IS TAKEN FROMt TH E PEOPLE Now TITAN FOR31MERLY. Representative H. B. Buist of th county usually thinks wvith Governa Tillman, but evidently does not acce' the opinion of the Legislat ure express< by the Governor in his speech at Lal rens. He does not seem to think 1l "driftwood" obstructed reforms, for I tells us to-day of the important reforn the reform Legislature aebieved. The first session of the reform legi lature, he tells us, reduced the Sta tax levy half a mill. Did it? As we remember the facts, the on important cutting dowvn of expens made in 1S90 was by the suspension work on thbe State house, previous Le islatures having appropriated fro $30,000 to $75,000 a year for that pt: pose. We are not sure. but our reet~ lection is that the suspension of ti: work was provided for or ordered I the old Legislature of 1>89. TI State's property had been put in. su< a condition that it could be used mt was protected from the weather. At their work on it stopped. That w all right, but it was not a very treme dons reform or a s.tving to the Sta: it does save tl,- tx payers haf a nill of levy for so-ne N.ears but the work must be dotiw, we uj1poe, sole timie, since we have gole so far with it. There is simiiply a pu.stponement Of pay ing iirne from now to some ime in the future. The next iefori to which Repre sentative Buist points with pride is the cutting off of the $2,500 for the State Agricultural Society granted by pre vious fL'egislatures. Precisely. As Mr. Buist says, the society had been put on its feel, by the help of previous Legis latures and this time it asked for nothitig. The reform Legislature, how ever, recognized the wisdom and jus tice of the former appropriations by which the Agricultural Society had been put in good shape, for it gave $500 for tLe colored Agricultural Society which is not yet strong enough to stand alone and asked for help. It did not, as Mr. Buist says. "take the re form Legislature to find out" that the State Agricultural Society did not need help. The society found it out. Sen ator Evans stated in the Senate that the so, iety asked no appropriation. Other items Mr. Buist says he can not evall. As fast as his memory is refreshed and be does recall them we will Ie ready to discuss then with him. "The session of 1891 of the reform Legislature agaiureduced theState levy one-fourth of a mill more, thereby again leaving in the 'kets of the people $40,000." Tbat is vLat Mr. Buist says. We confess the reduction, but must question the statement of leaving the money in the pockets of the people. The Fgures do not show that way. In 1890 the State tax levy of 4: mills was based on an assessment of property for taxation of $150,000,000-one hun dred and fifty million dollars. Let us figure: $150,000,000 L $712,500 The reform Legislature of 1890 called . on the people for $712,300 to pay the - expenses of the State. In 1891 the State tax levy of 41 mills - is based on an assessment of poperty for taxation of $16,000,000-one hundred - and sixty-eight million dollars, or eigh teen nillian dollars more. Let us figure on that: -MOS,000.00 4!. $756,000 The figures show beyond dispute that while the reform Legislature of 1S90 called on the taxpayers for $712,100, the same Legislature in IS91 calls on them for $756,000-$44,000 wore. This calls for 44,000 bushels of wheat, 1,092 bales of cotton and about .58,001) bushels of corn if Mr. Buist's figures are correct) more than wascailed for in 1S90. With the unatic asylum expenses reduced $10,0('0, as MIr. B3uist says, with the ap propriation for the State Agricultural SSociety cut off, with work suspended on Clemson College and the State house ethe reform Legislature of 1891 calls for $44,000 more than it did in 1890. What for? The senate did, as MIr. Buist says, re fuse t.o pass the bill to reduce the sala ries of State offeers. That bill stood at the head of the senate calendar twenty days or mxore, waiting for action. None Lof Governor Tillman's friends or repre esents,tives made a move to have it acted on. Governor Tillman knew it was thbere. He could surely hav'e found some friend to push it. He did not favor it. When asked during his speech at Greenville in June, 1890, if he favored Sreducing his own salary if he should be elected, he replied that he would save bthe people many times hir salary before he had been in emeie a year. HIe hasn't done it, or if he has nobody has found it oLt. WVhen that bill wvas at last forced on the attenltion of the senate jSenator M1oody, of MIarion, a strong Ianti-Tillman man, did it. Here is how fthe senators voted: eFor the salary reduction bill: ."Senators Bigham,Buist, DeSehamp, Dozier, Evans, Jenkmns, MIason, MIoody, M1oore, Sanders, Smythe, Timmerman, SWodward-13." Against the salary reduction bill, or against taking it up for consideration: "SetLators A bbot t. Bamnberg, Beas ley, Donaldson, Ferguson, Glenn, Hem:phill, Keitt, 3Majill, MceDaniel, t MIeetze, Peake, Sloan, R. 3M. Smith, Strait, Verdier, Williams, Wilson: 19." -M3r. Buist says the senate refused to vote for the salary reduction bill. WVhat did the house do? It passed a bill to redcca the salaries of S tate offeers fast enouoh. That did not cost memibers s any hing. On the 17th of December, rM3r. MIooney offered an amendment tcutting down the pay of miembhers of the ihouse and senate one-half, and sup -ported it in a strong speech, dwelling Son the distress of the taxpayers anid ahow welcome som'e relief would -be. s He "called the attention" of reform ruerasbers to it eloquently and( ably. -The reform members of the reformi ehouse voted the amendment down G7 to 23, thereby, as M1r. Buist says, "re quiring the people to pay thou:sands of s dollars to oficee hobiers"-reformi ofmce fholders--''which should be in thes -p:;ekets of the p)eople." The house alone 'i is responsible for this. Our recollection -is that Representative Buist is recordedi - 's voting against redluction of his own s pay, although he wvas uring sensator y to teduce the pay of State omeiers. M1r e 31ocnev introduced the bill t > reducE athe salaries of State offeers. dWe see nso very great reform or relice dfor the people in t he industrial schoo as for girls. I t is a good thing. We hopi tit will suicced, kit what the reforn: wiich says to tle people, "You can build and estabiish this school for girls if you will go down in your pockets and pay the expenses." An unreforried and unregenerate Legislature could have done as much and probably W0121d. We are interested in Mr. Buist's con munication and print it with pleasure. We want the people to see on what lu performances and achievement the re- m form government will base itsclaim for bi coittinuauce of power. Mr. Buist in his summary forgets the cc four really important acts of the reform Legislature. These were, the passage of E the reapportionment bill, the abolition in of the department of agriciture, t he re- bi construction of the phosphate laws and re the free pass bill. tI The question for the people to con sider is whether they have from all re this work (except the reapportionment al bill) secured any substantial good or anything worth all the distarbance, a ill feeling, danger and loss the great ul Ti;lman canipaign brought on us. The reapportionment bill would have fr been passed anyhow. The blunders of ti the governor have made the phosphate i bill the cause of heavy loss to theState a, and the taxpayers. The free pass bill fo was a direct, stinging rebuke by the ti sc Legislature to the governor. It made a thing which he had denounced as a al crime and then done himself a crime si by law of the State. W The three things the reform move ment, legislature and governor can fairly claim credit for are the abolition gi of the department of agriculture, the fr election of J. L. M. Irby as United al States senator in place of Wade Hamp- T ton, the election of Y. J. Pope Associate ri Justice of the Supreme Court ovei W. SI H. Wallace. 01 Are the people satisfied with that re- it sult to all their labors and hopes? Are they pleased with the record? c We will see. tc "Multun in Parvo." a( All Paris is alarmed at the ravages of La Grippe, and temporary hospitals are being secured for the enormous in number of ,ufferers. The malady is of a violent type. This alarming disease C is sifting out hundreds of people for the t grave in many countries. Among the tl recent deaths from this and kindred P( troubles are the Duke Clarence, heir presumptive to the British throne, and * who was soon to wed the Princess May tt -Victoria Mary of Teck; Cardinals ot Simeoniand Manning, two of the lead ing prelates of the Roman 4a tholic Church-the latter universally admired by ,I ch.ssen, not alone for his great a learning and piety, but more particular I ly for his modest, abstemious life and e/ love for the poor, in whose behalf he Ih was a most zealous worker; Associate al Justice Bradley, of the United States A Supreme Court; Chief Jud ;e Ruger of P the New York Court of A,-eals; Cyrus W. Field, of submarine cable memory, d and others. The prin-.e's jew.!ed cl crown, the shepherd's crook and the m peasant's staff~ are laid in the dust forT the silent sleep of death. Prince andT prelate and people, alike, are called of upon in some way to pay tribute to tU this mysteriou.P visitant. The~unloaded pistol is still at its T deadly work. The famous French actress Madame Bern hardt, drew a three thousand dol lar Charleston audieuce last Thuraday hi night. Janauscheck will appear in that tr city to-night. p. The shutting down of railroad trains. in mid-winter and the general stagna- tt tion and apparent scarcity of money, startles the mind. Should the business ti men be able to meet their next pay- ei ments all will be well, for they will i meet a returning current of trade. Let us be cheerful, hopeful, and begin ah crusade for simplicity, and economy of c living on every line-not forgetting, however, to be benevolent and humane, for "man's extremity is God's oppor tunity." Properly appreciated, great prosperity and blessing might be made to grow out of this crisis. The Committee of the General As- v sembly of the Presbyterian Church, in p ses. ion at New York, on the revision C of the Confession of Faith, has receded from the doctrine of infant damnation. 0 The substitute for chapter XI, section. al 3, is now as follows: "Infants (lying in infancy, and all other persons who are not guilty of ac tual transgression, are included in the * election of grace and are saved and re- se generated by Christ, through theSpirit E who worketh when and where and tI how he pleaseth. So also are all other elect persons who are not outwardly called by the ministry of the word." ri This is a hopeful evidence of the evo- s lution of thought. It has eliminated g error and developed a higher standard. The State, Columbia, of a recent date, ti says: ti "We take occasion to congratulate tl the Presbyterian infants. Hereafter, ther- will not be damned unless they g misbehav-e themselves. It took a long y time to secure their exemption from punishment, but at the new trial grant- t< ed by the Church in the revision of the 'Confession of Faith' they have been triumiphantly acqtuitted.'' b Light is breaking in the East. Trans- ri cenudentailism has waned, and Boston ti is ire ofintellectual pride, and, in k blirkn tik~he bands, is pursuing a hap- q pitid of spiritual thought. How to Get Tinu. - si The tonly safe and reliable treatment r for obiesity, or (superflous fat), is the .c "Leverette" Obesity Pills, which grad- h ually reduce the wveight and measure- g ment. No injury or inconvenience. Leaves no wrinkles-acts by abso:p- I tioni.o This cure is founded upon the most scientific priniciples, and has been used by one of the most eminent physicians of Europe in his private practice "for five yeatr-,'' with the most gratifying ' results. p IMr. Heniry Perkins, 2n Union Park, ti Boston, writes: "F'rom the use of the il 'Leverette' Obesity Pills niy weighti has ben redutced ten pounds in three '1, weeks aiid miy general health is very e much improved. The principles of ! your treatment are fully indorsed by |( my falmily phlysicianl. In proof of my ~ratitudite I he-rewi th give youi permis- u sion to use my name if you desire todo Pricefo -2. per pack age, or th ree pack ag 5fo xi-.i. By registered mail. All i: orders supphed direct from our o;.ce- c The Leverette Specific Company, :339 t DOINGS OF THE ALLIANCE. ie Exchange and Publishing Company Meet-Resolutions on the Retire. went of Ex-Manager Donald son - " Cotton Plant" Transplanted. [The State, 28th.] Yesterday was Alliance day in Co mbia, so to speak, and the Alliance en of at least two closely allied 'anches of the order were in session arly all day, perfecting plans for the ining year. The directors of the State Alliance rchange met again yesterday morn g in the new quarters and were very isy until the final adjournment was ached about 3 o'cloc!k. Very little of e proceedings were given to the press. The followina resolution upon the tirement of ex-Manager M. L. Don dson was unanimously adopted : "We, the Board of Directors, deen it privilege. as well as a pleasure. to put >on record our appreciation of the fi lity and ability with which he has nducted the business of the exchange >m its inauguration to the present me. He has, during his entire ad inistration of the affairs of the ex iange, treated the Board of Directors id the Brotherhood at large with uni rm kindness and courtesy, and in re ing from the position which he has I faithfully filled, we tender to him I is, our acknowledgment of the valu le services he has rendered, with our acere wishes for his future success and r elfare." AXENT THE CHANGE OF BASE. t Resolutions were also adopted in re rd to the removal of the exchange )m Greenville to this city, covering I the various points of the transfer. iese resolutions also called on the va )us sub-Alliances throughout the t ate to lend their support to the re ganized exchange heartily, and make what it should be. The resignation of Col. D. P. Dun n as a member of the board of direc- t rs, being disqualified by his accept ice of the position of manager, was cepted, and D. W. McLaurin, of I arion, was elected to succeed him. THE PURCHASE OF FERTILIZERS. t Resolutions were also adopted call- - g on all sub-Alliances in the State to I centrate their orders for fertilizers I is year with the exchange, in order 1 at cheap rates may be secured on this 9 >rtion of the farmer's business. The i :change does not intend to do more r an secure the same reduction as on her necessaries. THE EXCHANGE ORGAN TO GO. f The board, while it did not take any tion yeserday, A idis to abolish the change Advertiser, heretofore pub hed fortnightly in Greenville, giving C the .iarket quotations accorded the Iliance, and merge it into the Cotton ant. One page of that paper will be :voted to this branch, and the ex- t Lange intends to make the sheet as I uch of a farmer's paper as is possible. bis is, indeed, so a member says, one the principal reasons for removing e Cotton Plant to this city. IE ALLIANCE PUBLISHING COMPANY. The meeting of the directors of the liance Publishing Company was also ld in this city yesterday. Thbe formal ansfer of the Cotton Plant by the oldC 'oprietors to the company was made. t was decided to move the offices of te company here next week. No loca >n was decided upon and for the pres it rooms on Main St. will be rented, obtainzble, to be used as temporary adquarters. )L. DONALDSON TO RUN FOR SOME THIING. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, Jan uary 27.-Senator onaldson is not an easy man to inter ew. Something was said about his olitical aspirations in the News and urier to-day on the faith of two his intimate friends. Col. Don dson talked on the same line to-day. e said that he was in no manner a rty to the various boosts in his inter t towards the Governorship which he es occasionally in the newspapers. e called on the Governor to-day and iy had a very pleasant chat. But Col. Do'aldson undoubtedly will i for somiething. He did not say in many wo''ds that he is a candidate r election to Congress in the 4th dis ict, but he came so near it inferen ally (on the part of the Reporter) at Congress can be put down as his al in the only race he will run this ear. One of Col. Donaldson's friends said -day that there was a strz'ng chance >r him; that he had a good record, ad developed strength in the Senato-. al race, was up on the burning ques onS of the day, and had a practical nowledige of parliamentary law asi ualities of recommendation to the eople. Congressman Shell is bound to be in e field, and he is a hard fighter, a rewd politician and is the incum ent. A very interesting factor in the) ice will be the Hon. J. 8~. Verner, Ex omp troller General. H e will stand, as e said, on Cleveland's platform. As1 1e primary election comes off" before1 1 general election Mr. Cleveland will arn how he stands on finance in one Ethe richest districts in this State. "Your Money or Tour Life )'" Such a demand, at the mouth of a sis-shooter, ' sets a man tbinking retty lively ! With a little more inking, there would be less suffer Think of the terrible results of neg cted consumption ! which might asily be averted by the timely use of ature's Great Specific, Dr. Pierce's olden Mediical Discovery. Consung,tion, which is Lung-scrof Ia, is a constitutional disease, and re uires just snch a thorough and effec .al constitutional remedy ! Taken in ime, before thbe lung-tissues are wasted, Sis guaran teed a radical cure ! Equally ertain in all scro:ulous affections and lood disorders. Large bottles, one BUSINESS COMPLICATION. -allure of Cooper& Brunalde Bros , Grocers of Laurens. [Special to The State.] LAURENS, January 27.-The mercan .ile firm of Cooper &k BurDside Bros., rocery dealers here, assigned to-day to F. P. McGowan, for the benefit of -reditors. The firm is composed of A. N. Burnside, former Probate Judge, J. E. Burnside and J. R. Cooper, the lat er two being the active partners. The tssignment includes everything, indi -idual and firm property, except prop !rty exempt by law. No accurate tatement of assets and liabilities can -et be given, but it is estimated that he indebtedness will amount to $12,000 tnd the assets to $20,000. The assets :onsist of considerable real estate, a tock of goods, notes and accounts. k meeting of the creditors to elect an tgent will be held February 4. .One of the banks here and the bank Lt Clinton are large creditors, both, iowever, being partially secured. The )ulk of the indebtedness is held in Lau -ens County. The assignment is due olely to inability to make collections. [he members of the firm are men of the fighest personal integrity and respecta >ility, and it is hoped that they will be ble to realize on their assets and com nence business again before very long. ['he firm has been established about welve years, first as J. B. Cooper & Co., .nd subsequently under the present lame. FAILURE AT BLACKSBURG. BLACKSBURG, Jan. 26.-G. M. Moore, ne of the oldest merchants in this own, yesterday made an assignment or the benefit of his creditors. W. B. )eLoach, Esq., is the assignee. The )roperty assigned is mostly real estate, nd is worth about $8,000. His liabili ies are not yet fully known. The firm of Moore & Johnson also as igned. Their assignment was caused y the indebtedness of Mr. G. -M. foore, who was the senior member of his firm. They assigned to W. B. De oach. Both members of this firm iave the deep sympathy of the com nunity in their misfortune. Both nen are highly thought of, and their ssigning without exempting anything s an evidence of their honor and integ 'ity. FAILURE AT PROSPERITY. PROSPERITY, Jan. 27.-An honest, Air and square assignment was made resterday by E. 0. Counts & Co. to Geo. I. Cromer,. Esq., for the benefit of ,heir creditors. The assignment is omplete, consisting of their entire tock of merchandise, books, notes, ac ounts and insurance papers. Tbe cause f the assignment is the depression of >usiness. Liabilitivs and assets un :nown to this correspondent. FORETOLD HEEDEATH. ingular Incident Connected With the Death of a Barnweli Lady. [Special to the State.] BARNwELL, Jan. 2.-Mrs. Mary A. fakiL in, widow of the late Rev. Mar us A. Makibbin, died on Sunday omoring, after a brief illness from the ~rip. There is an incident connected with this aged Christian lady's life and oincident with her death which is snown to a fe'w of her most intimate riends, and which will be read with nterest by many others. Her hus >and died on Sunday, the 24th of Jan iary, 18S7. At tha~t time Mrs. Makib >in was very ill, being unconscious. When she grew better and was in ~ormed of the death of her husband ihe said that she had a vision and saw 2er husband enveloped in a clond and ,arried heavenward. She prayed to go with him, but a voice clear and dis inct, answered that she had a work to perform on earth yet, and she must re nain five years longer. This was lit trally fulfilled, for she died exactly Sve years from the death of her hus >and, during all of which time she ived a life of pious unselfishness an d by 2er Christian fortitude exemplified the power of her religion. Death of the Rev. Mr. Murray, of Anderson. [special to News and Courier.] ANDERSON, January 2.-The Rev. ohn Scott Murray died at his home in ~his city last night. He was about 60 rears old. For many years prior to 870 he was pastor of the Baptist :urch here. Since then he has been pastor of various other churches in thie :ommunity. He was a member of the aw firm of Murray & Murray, his son, he Hon. E. B. Murray, being the junior member of the firm. Mr. Mur ay was a man of fine character. He was a native Virginian, but settled aere many years ago. He was a good lawyer having been a Judge at one ~ime, and he was a forcible and logical preacher. He was a good man. The ~uneral services will be held in the Baptist Church to-morrow at eleven >'clocli. The Sub-Treasury scheme Again. WXASHINON, Jan. 26.-Mr. Liv ingston of Georgia introduced a bill in he House to-day providing for a sys emi of sub-treasuries for storing ag ricultural products. The measure is identical with the bills introduced by enator Vance and Representative PickIer in the last Congress, except that it red uces from $500,000 to $200,0I00 the value of products that inust be raised by a county before it can be entitled to a sub-treasury. Children Cry for Pitcer's Cnaria. STATE BANKS. Representative Harter's Bill to Increase the Circulating Medium. WAsiNGToN, Jan. 24.-Represen tive Harter of Oio, in an interview I upon the bill introduced in the House by him to increase the circulating medium and to extend the national banking system, said in explanation of the measure: "Briefly, it provides for a repeal of the present peculiar and prohibitory tax upon State bank circulation, and fixes the same rate of taxation upon notes of banks o!' issue under State authority as paid upon national bank notes. All are amiliar," he says, "with the reasons for placing the pres ent very extraordinary tax upon State bank circulation. It was not intended, as tax laws usually are, to raise reve enues. On the contrary, it was de signed to force out of existence, under State laws and into the national sys tem, all banks which desired to exer cise the function of keeping or their own issue in circulation. It was per fectly successful in this, and by bring ing the banks into the national sys tem created an enormous demand for government bonds and made our bank ing system from one end of the coun try to the other the support and right arm of the public credit. "What will the result be? This change, if it becomes law, will insure a large increase of good money in the main. It must be very good, indeed, to have any general .circulation, and unless it is made as good and kept to equal national bank notes it will never enter into general. circulation or get much outside of the States in which it is issued. In this latter case it will prove the kind of money (local) which the West and the South ask for, and which the unlimited coinage of silver would never secure for them. It will be a kind of money which banks can issue nly upon express State authority, and in nine out of ten cases such surely will be required, and such restrictions will be placed about it as to make it promptly redeemable at all times in United States legal tender money. Every State will recognize the necessity for this, in order to ensure even the existence of State banks alongside the national banks." "The result of my bill,!' he said, "w ill, be immeasurably safer than free coinage, for the proposed 81 cent silver dollar is to have a legal tender value of 100 cents, and the farmer, the working man, the-savings bank depositors, the pensioner, the wash woman, the man or woman of fix!d income, and, in deed, ninety-nine out of every one hundred must t.ke it for 100 cents. The bank note roust be kept equal to gold or silvei, or it will not be accepted at the face value or circulate successfully. Were the bill referred to a law, the problem of how to per petuate and expand the national banking system becomes easy and the way clear, for it is no longer hampered by the necessity for providing for State bank circulation, and it can be treated by itself and upon its own merits. By the passage of the bill it will also do away with the prejudice against the national system." Beware of Anti-Pyrine. [From the New, York Telegram.] The telegram reiterates the warnings: it has lately uttered against indiscrimi nate and unautUaorized administra tion of powerful drugs, and especially of anti-pyrine. We are glad to find our position on this point backed up by the cabled opinion of Dr. Albert Robert, of Paris, and by the confirmatory testi molny of Di. A. WXilbur Jackson, the Brooklyn insanity expert.1 Both of these authorities go fully as far as the Telegram in warning indi viduals against tampering with this wonderful remedy, and in calling upon physicians to warn their patients not to use it except when it is prescribed. 'While ant i-pyrine may have its as sured place in the pharmnacopwia, noth ing is plainer than that it should never be employed except upon competent professional authority and under care ful and continuous p)rofessional obser vation. So the Telegram again calls on not only doctors, but the responsible heads of families, and upon other news papers also, to we rn the public as wide ly and as effectively as possible of the dangers that unquestionably attend the excessive or ill-timed use of the new alleged remedy for influenza. Wrongly and unadvisedly used, it has often proved more serious and rmore fatal than the malady for which it was ad mnistered. , woman, despairing and wretched, Dreading, yet longing, to die, Hear the glad chorus that rises, Filling the dome of the sky : "Sisters, be glad, there's help to be had; No longer be in eerable, gloomy and sad; Lost health regain," rings out the re frai n, "Poor creatures, be healthy and happy again." How ? By taking Dr. Pierce's Fav orite Prescriptior., the world-s greatest refedly for all kinds of diseases p)eouliar to women. It brings back tone and vigor to the systemi weakened by those distressing complaints known only to women, which make life such a bur den. It restores relaxed organs to a normal condition. It fortifies the sys tem against the approach of diseases which often termlinate in untold mis ery, if not death--which is p)referable to the pain and torment of lhving in many instances. It is the great gift of scientific skill at:d research to women, and for it she cannrot b)e too grateful. It cures her illis when nothing else can. It is guars nteed to give satisfac tion or price ($ .00) returned. Abso utely sold on trial! BAFFLED THE DOCTORS. W onderful Story of a Little Girl in Spartan burg-An Illness Which Nobody Can Explain-Wasting and Starving for Months-Apparent Death and Sudden Return to Life. [Greenville News.j Probably the most remarkable case in the history of the medical profession of this or any other country was that of Lela Compton, the fourteen-year-old daughter of J. F. Compton, a farmer who lives fifteen miles northeast of this city, just in the edge of Spartanburg County. The story is one of the strang est ever heard or read of and is vouched for by twelve physicians and hundreds of people of this and Spartanburg Coun ty. It is told for the first time by The News, and is direct from Mr. Compton and his little daughter, who is now ap parently as healthy as any child. They were both in the city yesterday. A News reporter had heard of the strange case many months ago but refrained from mentioning it until he saw the father and bis daughter. On the second Monday in May of last year Lela Compton was taken ill. She didn't want to eat anything, but for a week her parents fried to restore her without sending for a physician. She did not grow any better and Mr. Compton sent for his family physician, Dr. White. He said that the little girl had fever and prescribed remedies, among them calomel. The calomel made her intensely sick and instead of improving she grew rapidly worse. Two more physicians of the same neighborhood were called in. Each had a differeut idea of the disease from which she was suffering and each would have prescribed different medi cines. Ncthing appeared to do the patient any good and she began to sob like a chastised child. This continued through the day, but at night would nearly cease and she would sleep sound ly until morning. She began to com plain of pains in the breast and stomach and her head began to jerk convul sively. The physicians finally decided that theie was no hope for the child. Other physicians were called in, among them Dr. J. R. Wilkinson, of thi. city. All of them decided that the girl could not live. The medicine and food which was given her was not retained. By this time the girl declined to take any more food or medicine, saying that medicine would not benefit her. She was a member of the church and said nothing but prayer would help her. Something over a month aftershe was taken ill she complained of the light hurting her eyes and it was Lot long before she lost her sight. For a while she could see objects but every thing appeared black to her. Then she began to lose the power of speech. Two months after a physician had been called in all that her stomach would retain was the juice of watermelon and the water that melted from ice put in her mouth. For five months she did not swallow a drink of water. Her father bought ice by the hundreds of pounds in this city. He did not give up hope and spent everything that he had saved and what he could borrow. The neighbors were kind and assisted him. The death of the child was ex pected every day and every hour. She had lain in bed ninety-four days with out touching a mnorsel of food and for raonths without being able to speak or see. Her sense of hearing remained and by signs her parents understood when she wanted ice or watermelon juice. The physicians had attempted to keep up life by injecing French brandy and cod liver oil. One day after the girl had been ill five months, breath seemed to leave her and her father, who was at work, was sent for. The sad preparations for burial were begun. Not a muscle of the child moved, and there was not the least sign of life. She had been sick so long that her eyes had sunk deep in her head, sores covered fler body and. she did not weigh over twenty ponnds. The neighbors came in to express their sympathy for the afflicted family and offer their assistance. The girl re mained in the trance, for such it was, for two hours. She heard the lamenta tions of her parents, the words of sym pathy of friends, but she could not speak or move. Suddenly life seemed to return to her and for the first time in months she feebly muttered that she was hungry. The father heard the mutterings. He was rejoiced and asked his child what she wanted. She said she wanted some fish and wanted every body to pray for her. Mr. Compton did not wait to get the advice of a physi cian about giving the patient fish, but hurried to the Enoree river. He met a neighbor, who gave him part of an eel which he had caught. Mr. Compton returned, had the fish prepared and gave it to his daugh ter. She sucked the juice from it and swallowed small bits of the flesh. Strange to say, she retained this food. The little girl begat1 slowly, to grow better and asked for and was given what she wanted. The physicians still said she would not live. The father gave his daughter everything she asked for. As the power of speech returned the girl's sight grew better. The power of opening her eyes, howv ever, had left her, but the lids were pulled open and closed by her parents. They remained in whatever position they were left. Weeks passed and the little girl continued to strengthen. Her sight and the power ot opening and closing the eye lids returned and for two mionths she has been in good health, but is still weak. Her long ill ness and the fact that her limbs re mained in nearly the same position all the time. made her legs slightly de this deformity. She does not feel any bad effects of her strange illness and has felt no pains for two months. During her illness twelve physicians visited her but her case baffled them all. Nearly every Sunday persons from miles around went to Mr. Compton's home to learn the condition of the child and to hear the most marvelous story that had ever been told them. Before the little girl recovered, one large stone bruise on each heel caused her intense suffering. Often before she became speechless she said that she felt something in her throat like a worm and tried to reach her fingers to it to pull it out. Her constant request was that she be prayed for and she believes now that prayer and a merciful God restored her to health. She is a pretty little girl, apparently not over eight or nine years old, ard answered intelligently and pleasantly all questions asked her by the reporter. Money was left for her while she was ill and her father brought her to the city yesterday to let her purchase what she wanted, and she bought a hand some bureau with it. Several persons in the city who had heard of her case, gave her presents and she was told that when she returned to town others would do likewise. DEATH OF MRS. HAYNE. The Widow of the Southern Poet Passes Away. [Special to Atlanta Journal.] AUGUSTA, GA., January 28.-Mrs. Paul Hamilton Hayne died at her home, Copse Hill, near this city, this morning. She was one of the noblest of women, and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a Miss Michel, and came out of a distinguished South Carolina fam ily. Mrs. Hayne was a woman of rare intellect and rich culture. The beau tiful union of this gifted woman and Paul Hamilton Hayne reminded all who entered the charmed circle of their home of the love of Robert and Elizabeth Barret Browning. The death of Mrs. Hayne will carry grief to many a heart. She will be laid to rest to morrow beside her lamented husband in Augusta cemetery. Mr. Wm. Hayne, who is already famous as a poet, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hayne. Dr. Michel, of Montgomery, is a brother of Mrs. Hayne. Speed of an Atlantic Telegram. The length of time it takes a tele graphic signal, a current of electricity, to pass - under the Atlantic from America to Europe, or to traverse any great distance, a point about which there is an astonishirg divergence of ideas and inaccuracy ascertained a few days ago under interesting cir cumstaces. Some experiments were made at McGill College, Montreal, under the auspices of the British and 'lanadian Governments. to ascertain the longitude of Mont1eal by direct - observations from Greenwich. It was necessary to know how long it took signals to pass under the Atlantic. The land time was connected with the9 cable so that signals would pass through without being relayed, a thing imnpos sible to do for actual work, which - could be arranged for simply a single flash of current. A return circuit was arranged so that a signal sent from Montreal would go to Canso, N. S., thence through the cable toWaterville, Ireland, and return to Montreal. A chronograph was attached to the sending and receiving apparatus to measure the time. Out of two hun dred signals sent it was found that the average time taken by the carrent to cross t'ie Atlantic and back, a dis tance in all of 8,000 miles, was exactly one second and five-hundredths of a second. Tom Watson on Washington Funerals. LPeople's Party Paper.] Washington is a curious place to a cracker like me, in several respects. 1 was much struck with1 the way people attend tunerals here. It may be the custom in all cities. Doubtless it is. All the same it is queer to me. This is what I mean: A certain friend of Brown dies. Brown feels that he ought to go to the funeral. He doesn't care to go in person, so he sends his empty carriage. Inside of this carriage Brown puts his visiting card. That's all. The carriage drives to the house - of the dec'eased. Tne driver waits till the corpse is put into the hearse, and the hearse started. Then he gravely steers his empty carriage into the pro cession and follows it to the cemetery. Sometimes half a dozen empty car riaLges will be in one funeral; nothing inside except the visiting cards of the mourners. It's about the easiest way to get rid of troublesome grief I ever saw. Brown sits by the fire at home and eats goobers. His visiting card goes to the ceme tery and weeps over the ashes of his friend. You can see, almost any day, a goodly line of carriages speediug along at a cheerful trot, as if nobody in the crowd owed anybody a cent, and in the midst is a hearse-occupied. The first time I saw it my breath almost left me asf - stood and looked. It made my flesh creep, I must say, to see a man gayly trotting off'to the bone-yard as if he were a stick of wood. In a big city, though, I suppose it is all right. A live man don't amount to much in a crowded place like this, an~d a dead one. is just nowhere.