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EW er mkflTT~~flPT7l N~~5 EWER-%r, S. C., WEDA-NE=SDA-y,- FEBRURI4 82 RIE$.0AYA ANOTHER LAW SUIT FOr THE STATE. Blue Bid. Scrip Tendered in rayntat for Agricultural Hall-Governor Till man Does the Andrew Jackson used. Act Again. LColumbia Register, 17th.] Agricultural ball is in a state of s!ege, as it were. A bombshell was burst by the re cent purchasers of that building. Governor Tillman wa? equal to the emergency and put for0h the strong hand of the State. Shortly after noon yesterday J. W. Alexander, through his attor neys, gave the State treasurer a check for one-third of the amount of the purchase price of Agricultural ball, wbich was $16,165. It v. accepted and the title deeds of the building turned over to the pur chaser with an order for the parties occupying the );ilding to vacate the premise!. As soon as the deeds had been ob t,-; :ed the attorneys of t be purchaser tendered Blue Ridge bonds or re venue bond s' rip to the amount of $10,810 in payment of the balance of the amount due on the building. This was of course refused and At torney Haynsworth then served the following notice on Treasurer Bates: The undersigned, J. W. Alex ander, having executed and de livered to you as treasurer of the Sta e of South Carolina his bond, d February. 2nd, 1892, condi ti for $10,776 67, with interest fr id date, and having executed his mortgage of the real estate in Columbia on which is situated the building known as the Agricultural ball to secure said bond, and having the privilege under the terms of sale in compliance with which he executed said bond and mortgage, and also under the terms of the bond itself, to anticipate the maturi ty of said bond and to pay same at any time before maturity, elects now to pay the same, and herewith tenders to you as said treasurer in payment of said bond and satisfac tion of said mortgage treasurer's certificates of indebtedness of the State of South Carolina, otherwise known as "Revenue Bond Scrip," - issued under the act of March 2, 1872, 15 Statutes at Large p. 79, to the amount of $10,810, and should you decline or fail to accept said tender, the said J. W. Alexander hereby gives you notice that be will keep said tender good, and gives notice to you and the State of South Carolina through you that by said tender be is advised and claims that the lien on said mortgage is liqui dated and the running of interest on said debt is suspended. Treasurer Bates referred the mat ter to Governor Tillman and he acted with his usual promptness. Attorney General McLaurin was absent at his 'ome in Marlboro and the assistant attorney general was absent on State business. In this emergency the governor obtained -the counsel of Judge Melton, and after receiving his advice on the -situation, Governor Tillman ap pointed Mr. Coullette special State constable and put him in charge of agricultural hall with orders to ad mit no one. The governor also re scinded the notice for the parties occupying the ball to vacate the premises. Hle will hold the check and the building until the meeting of the sinking fund commission, which had the proDerty in charge and ordered its sal's, and the com mission will then determine what steps to tare in the matter. The Blue Ridge bonds are of the same kind that Receiver Chamber lain tendered in payment of the taxes of the South Carolina railway. It is probable that a long legal suit will be the result of this move on the part of Mr. Alexander unless he caves. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE BE TWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND MR. LYLES. [The State, 18th.] * The fact that Governor Tillman has put his foot deep "in it" by riding that "high horse" in the matter of the Agricultural Hall transfer is now more tban patent. -Such is the opinion of legal men *well acquainted with the facts, and the inevitable result is a big law suit with almost no ground for the Governor to stand on beyond high banded official action. As The State predicted, therE were most interesting development yesterday, but all correspondence etc., being considered "unofficial' by the Governor they were not obtainable by this newspaper at bil office. However, every paper and transaction that passed will be founc below. PossEssIoN OF THE HALL REFUSED During the forenoon Mr. Lyles as attorney for Mr. Alexander, wen to Agricultural Hall and demande< possession, which was refused Thereupon be opened the battle b3 sending to Governor Tillman tbh following, whbich explains itself: To His Excellency B. R. Tillman Governor State of South Carolina Sir-On yesterday, as attorney fo J. W. Alexander of Lincolnton, N C., I completed the purchase of th building and lot adjoining, situat on the west side of Richardson stree in this city, between Gervais an< - Lady streets, known as the "Agri cultural Hail,'' and to-day I calle< at the building, still acting for Mi Alexander, and found it locked Upon knocking at the door Mr. G W. Coulliette opened it from withit and, upon stating that I had corn to take posses-ion of the building informed me that he had order - ~ from you to prevent my enterin -a.d torfus to surrender possessio f the building to me. I demanded .o see his authority, if it was in ;riting. He hawded me a commission ex 6cuted by yourself as Governor of he State to hold during your plea mir-, but it did not state for what >urpose, and I now write to you to now if he was correct in his state ment that you had instructed him o refuse the possession of the build ng to me. About the close of the conversa ion between Mr. Coulliette and my elf, Mr. David C. Means, the clerk >f the board of commissioners of the 5inking fund, came up, and, upon my exbibiting to Mr. Coulliette the :rders given me on yesterday to the >ccupants of the building to recog niz. me as the representative of Mr. Alexander as their landlord, he (Mr. Means) informed me that in pursuance of instructions from you .e had revoked the orders. I beg to know if he was correct in making this statement. Respectfully, WN. H. LYLES, Attorney for J. Wj. Alexander. GOVERNOR T1LLMAN'S REPLY. About 2 o'clock Mr. Lyles received the following reply from Governor Tillman: STATE OF SoCTE: CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. COLUMBIA, Feb. 17, 1891. W. H. Lyles, Esq., Attorney, Colum bia, S. C.: Ia reply to your letter of this date, asking whether :- not Mr. Coulliette had been instructed by me to refuse possession of the building known as Agricultural Hall, to you, I reply: Yes, he is instructed to hold possession for the State against any one claiming the property, and Mr. Means was also instructed to revoke the orders to the tenantQ ;n the building .a recognize you, or any one, as o'wner, except the State. Respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. THE GOVERNOR INDIVIDUALLY LI ABLE. Mr. Lyles in reply to the forego ing wrote the Governor as follows, which seemed to stir him up a little: His- Excellency, B. R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. Sir: Your letter of this date stat ing that Mr. Coulliette and Mr. Means were acting under your in structions in the matter referred to in my letter of this date has been banded to me. On behalf of Mr. Alexander, I de sire to notify you that he considers your action unwarrante' by your official position, and will consider you individually liable for any damage he may suffer thereby, and will proceed accordingly. Respectfully, WILLIAM H. LYLES. TILLMAN GETs SOMEWHAT "WASPY." About 6 o'clock yesterday after noon the Governor sent the follow ing to Mr. Lyles, wherein he ac knowledges his individual responsi bility in the matter: Wim. H. Lyles, Esq., Attorney: Sir:-Your letter of this date in forming me that you consider my action in refusing to surrender pos session of "Agricultural Hall" un warranted by my official position, and will consider me "individually liable for damages," received. I desire to notify you that I, as Governor, am chairman of the sink ing fund commission, and that act ing for the commission, I have re fused to consummate the sale of the property or deliver it to you in my dual capacity. I am resisting an attempt to swin die the State out of $10,000 of de ferred payments, and to preveni litigation. No one knows bettei than yourself that the Revenue Bond Scrip, which you tendered for the balance due, is worthless and if my action in resisting this initiatory step to bring in questiot the settlement of the State's deb1 by the bond court, and saddle sev eral millions of illegal Radical bonde on the taxpayers, is "unwarranted' by my official position. I cheerfully assume the responsi bility and all individual' liabilit' and will leave the question to bi decided by the courts. Respecaiully. B. R. TILLMAN, . Governor. FURTHER "OFFICIAL" AcTION. The following, filed at the clerk' office yesterday morning, explain itself: Mr. Edward R. Arthur, Clerk o Court, Richland County: I.Dear Sir:-Please return me, b: Mr. D. Means mortgage left wit] you yesterday, and oblige yours re spectfully, W. T. C. BArEs, State Treasurer. Later Mr. Arthur received th following, with which he complied Mr. E. R. Arthur, Register Mesni Conveyance, Columbia, S.- C. Dear Sir: You are hereby noti fed that a deed issued by the Sinh ing Fund Commission to J. EX Alexander, for Agricultural Ha! and premises, situate in the city c Columbia, is considered invalic and the delivery of possession wi. -be refused. The validity of th title will be contested in the.courti and you are hereby notified not t record the deed. Respectfully, I B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. TO THE AUDITOR, TOO. 4The following is a copy of the ir ,structions received by County At s ditor Marshall during the mornin] g Iwhich shows what the Governic 2 intends to do: Nir. L. R. Marshall, county auditor, Richland: Dear Sir:-You are hereby noti Bed that the deed given by the Sinking Fund Commission to J. W. Alexander for the building and lot known as Agricultural Hall, in the ::ity of Columbia, is considered in valid and delivery of the property will be resisted. Motion will be made in the courts to annul the deed, and you are hereby ordered not to c( tify the transfer for record by the cerk. Respectfully. B. R. TILLMAN, Gov. and Ch'n'n Sink. Fund Com. MR. LYLES TALKS TO TIE PUBLIC. Mr. Lyles when applied to gave the following for publication, be fore receiving the Governor's last letter: "I called at the building this morning, aceompanied by Col. J. Q. Marshall and my clerk, Mr. W. E. Anderson, of Union, to demand possession. I found the building locked, and upon knocking Mr. Coulliette opened it from within and informed me that I could not have entrance. I thereupon de manded possession upon behalf of Mr, Ilexander, and demanded to see by what authority he held the building. I was informed that he held it under instructions from the Governor, and be exhibited to me a commission from the Governor to him to hold a blank office at the will of the Governor. I thereupon returned to my office, being refused possession, and wrote the letter given you to the Governor. "The purchase on yesterday was completed on behalf of Mr. Alex ander. I paid one-third of the pur chase money as required by the terms of the sale and delivered the bond and the mortgage for the credit portion of the purchase mo ney, drawn under the instructions of the Attorney General. I also complied with the requirement as to the insurance upon the property by paying to the Secretary of State the unearned portion of the premi ums upon the policies then stand ing upon the property, and re quested Mr. Means, his clerk, to have policies assigned to Mr. Alex ander and to have the clause pro viding for the payment of the loss, if any to Mr. Bates, State Treasurer, as mortgagee of the property. "Mr. Means then delivered to me letters addressed to the several occu pants and tenants of the building informing them that Mr. Alexander had complied, and I, as attorney, was entitled to the possession of the building. "This title had thus passed and there can be no doubt that Mr. Alex ander is now the owner of the build ing and entitled to the immediate possession thereof, having delivered the bond and mortgage. If his ten der of the revenue bond scrip waE good, of course the bond and mort gage are extinguished; if it was nol good it could not in any wise affect the bond and mortgage, and amounti to nothing. In any view of the case, it would not justify the Gov ernor's taking such steps as he bal done, and although he has taker these steps under cover of his offici as Governor, he is not justifie< thereby individually, and Mr. Alex ander, of course, intends to bring his action against Mr. B. R. Tillman as an individual, for such damage; as he may suffer. "We believe the jury will awar< him heavy damages." THAT LAST LETTER. After receiving the last note c the Governor, Mr. Lyles stated h was glad it had come, but he dit not intend to continus the corres pondence further. "It is a questio! merely as to the possession of tb building," said he, "and the matte has nothing whatever to do witi the validity of the Revenue Bon< Scrip. If the Governor wants th scrip he's entitled to it. It we tendered in payment of the bon, portion of the transaction and nc the cash portion. We feel well sai isfied, however, that we have on so well able to assume the respons bility for the rents of the buildini until we can get possession of it, Mr. Tillman." THE AUDITOR Is IN DOUBT. [The State, 19.] Late on Wednesday afternoo Mr. Lyles visited County Audit< Marshall and, offering him t1 usual fee, asked him to record tt a deed of transfer at once. Mr. Ma: 5 shall took the matter under advis, mnt,oprmising his written decisio yesterday afterdoon. It is as fo lows: W. H. Lyles, Esq., I Dear Sir: I hereby acknowled; - your tendering the fee, 25 cents, f< recording in my office a deed froi the commissioners of the Sinkir Fund Commission of South Car, lina to J. WV. Alexander of a certai tract of land in the city of Colur bia, S. C., with a building therec known as the "Agricultural Hall Having received notice from B.] -Tilman, Governor, 4nd chairms~ 1of said board of commissione! that the deed given by the sinkir fund commission was considere Sinvalid and that the delivery of ti e property would be resisted; and yc ~(I) are hereby ordered not to certit the transfer for the record to ti clerk." I have to a great extent quote the language used by the cbairma ou see it is pretty peremptory. am placed in a singular and nov .poistion. Under the circumstanc . I must for the present decline to cord or certify the deed. I am n ful!. posted as to the time allow< me in which to enter the deed my book of record, and until I am' satisfied on. that point, I must allow the matter to stand over. Respectfully. L. R. MAPSHALL, Auditor Richland County. MANDAMUS MAY FOLLOW. Mr. Lvles will give Mr. Marshall several days in. which to decide upon his course, and then, if he still refuses to record the transfer deed, he will go into the courts and ap ply for a mandamus to compel him to record the deed a requiredi by law. THE AIMED GUAED. At Agricultural Hall yesterday morning a guard, a large man armed with a rifle, stood on guard and re fused admittance to all comers. Even the members of the press, in order to obtain admission to the offices of the railroad commission and State Alliance Exchange in the building, have .to go through all manner of useless ajd tiresome formalities. NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT IT. In speaking of the political as pect that some are trying to put upon the matter, Mr. Lyles yester day said: "I see by the News and Courier, of to-day, that it is said this thing is instituted by me because I was the chairman of the Haskell executive committee. I merely wish to say that there is no particle of truth in this statement. In this matter I am acting only as a lawyer and business man in a private trans action." THE AGRICULTURAL AGGRAVATION. [Special to News and Courier, 18th.] COLUMIA, S. C., February IS. The "Agricultural Hall" and rev enue bond scrip fight is still on and is being vigorously waged. At pres ent the contest seems to be entirely over the matter of the possession of the building. Mr. Alexander will put the case into the Courts as soon as he can prepare the necessary papers and sue for the titles. Mr. Lyles is about as confident of his case as a lawyer can very well be. The Bureau man had a talk with Ex-Judge Melton, who has had charge cf the case. He said that Governor Tillman's action in hold ing the*property was done with hiE consent. He did not care to give away his case, as it would break his invariable rule of not "talking." He said that the only direct case on the legality of the revenue bond scri-: was decided in favor of the State by the State Supreme Court. That thE case heard by Judge Bond was or purely collateral matter and not or the main issue, and that the Uni.ec States Supreme Court threw out E case which was also on collatera. matters. This was done as he re membered the result. HOLDING THE GOVERNOR FOR DAM AGES. counsel H. Lyles, the leading couselforMr. Alexander, is con tinuing his policy of holding Gov ernor Tillman per.sonally responsi ble for the damages to the propertl and the rents. Yesterday afternoor Mr. Ly]es addressed the followini letter to Governor Tillman: lCOLUMIBIA, S. C., Feb. 18, 1892. -To His Excellency, B. R. Till ,man, Governor-Sir: Tn my secon< letter of yesterday to you, I faile< Sto mention one or two matters c special damage whbich it may becom 1 necessary for Mr. Alexander to hol< you personally liable for. I noi do so: First. The mortgage executed b; f Mr. Alexander contains a covenan a binding him to insure the propert; I against loss by fire, and to assig; the policy as security for the mori 2 gaged debt. There were existin C policies upon the property to tb r amount of $15,000, exiring on th 2 1st of April, 1892, the unearne i premiums on which now amoun e in the aggregate, to $$2.50. Tb: s amount I paid by my persons Scheck to Mr. Means, as clerk of th t board of commissioners of the sini -ing f'und, instructing him to hav e the policies assigned to Mr. Ale> ander and the loss clause insertec , making the loss payable, if any, t S the State Treasurer as his intere: may appear. I am informed b several insurance agents who issue the policies that they have not yi authorized the assignment of tU n policies. So 1I infer that you ha, r instructed Mr. Means not to carr e out the arrangement mentione e above. You are doubtless awai that by the terms of the policit themselves they become void upo n the transfer of the property. Nos - if a loss by fire should occur thes policies. which have been paid f< by Mr. Alexander for the timeb eing are made void by the transfi >and would be of no protection1 h im or to the State Treasurer. F g will, of course, look to you perso: > ally for any damage that he me suffer thereby. aSecond. Upon examinat4on of ti I building day before y day, I a .certained that the roof was in a lea: Ling condition and that the buildir n is suffering by a failure to have ti , roof repaired and the leaks stoppe, g Of course these damages will co: d tinue pending the time it requir e for Mr. Alexander by due process 'u law to obtain possession, and yc y will be held personally liable fi e such damages. I desire to say here that this d written for the purpose of notifyir ;you of the danger of these specd I damages occurring and to put o1 el client right in Court in case thi es should occur. e-Respectfully, ot WILLoIA H. LYL.ES. d Assistant Attorney Townsend2 the afternoon he was closeted with Mr. Melton, discussing the case. A number of books and papers bear ing on the matter was examined. Attorney General McLaurin is in Bennettsville attending Court, and has telegraphed to Governor Till man to know if his return to the city wai absolutely necessary. THE TAXATION TYRANNY. More Banks Deelare War Against the Raise in Assessments. [The State, 19th.] Every time a person steps in the door of the Attorney-General's office now the occupant looks up expect ing the service of papers in some new law suit. It all comes from the raise in tax assessment. Still the Attorney-General is down at his home in Marlboro. It now appears that at the last moment every bank in the State is coming.up to fight with a rush. As sistant Attorney-General Townsend with several assistants is simply overwhelmed with work. In addition to the two phosphate cases and the trio bank cases heard this week already, papers in applica tions for writs of mandamus were on Maj. Townsend by the National Bank of Spartanburg, the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Spartanburg, the National Bank of Laurens, and the National Bank of Union. All these will be called for a hearing before Judge Fraser in one of the upper counties to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The auditors had not been communicated with yesterday afternoon, but it is supposed that each case is similar to the Newberry bank case. Local counsel from some of the points named were sum moned here to assist and they and Maj. Townsend were up late last night preparing the answers. In the midst of his work Maj. Townsend raised his head last night and said very wearily, "And there are many more boxes to hear from yet." All the attorneys will leave this morning for the up country. THE GREENVILLE BAN- CASE. ANDERSON, Feb. 18.-be Green uille bank cases were heardby Judge Hudson at chambers laW.night. After hearing argument of counsel the judge ordered that peremptory mandamus issue, requiring the county auditor to change the assess ment arbitrarily raised by him, and . replace the same on his books at its original valuation, as fixed by the township and county boards. His Honor based his order on the same grounds as be did that of the New berry bank case, as sustained by the recent decision of the Supreme Court. JUDGE HUDSON CRITICISES THE ATTI TUDE OF 'MR. ELLERBE. GREENVILLE, Feb. 18.-Judge Hudson has granted the mandamus asked for the Peoples' National and -Savings banks of this city to comDel -the county auditor to change his tax duplicates to conform to the as ssssments of the county board of equalization. Judge Hudson gives his reason in a long document, and closes as fol - lows: "The full significance of the Saction of the Comptroller-General Sand the auditor in the premises fwould strike a much larger number of our people with much greater force if these petitioners were farm ers instead of banks." THE ROAD TO LOcKHART SHOALS A Handsome Subscription Voted for thi 2Proposed Railroad to the Projected - Factory. e [Special to News and Courier.] e JONEsVILLE, UNION COUTZTY, Feb i17.-Thbe election for a subscriptior ,of twenty thousand dollars eack from Jonesville and Pinkney town 1 ships to the capital stock of tbt e Lockhart Shoals Railway came of -yesterday. The subscription wa: voted for by a large mojority iI - each township. This, with the ,private subscription that will follow :> will insure the road from Jon esvill t by Kelton to Lockhart, and tb< railroad will insure a half-million i dollar cotton factory at Lockhart t which will be doubled, no doubt, ir e a few years. In the end it will bi e a big thing for Uunion County. dPHOSPHATE COMPANIES WIN. S admses Granted by Judge Kershaw n Testate Makes no Fight. eLSpecial to Greenville News.] rCIIRnLEsTON, Feb. 17.-Thbe phos pb ate companies won in the lav r suits for mandamuses, urged befori o Judge Kershaw, in the Berkele: e court. Assistant Attorney-Genera Townsend represented the State an< 7y made no defense in view of the re cent decision of the Supreme Cour ie in the bank cases. The mandam uses were issued and the count: - auditor ordered to reduce the as g sessed value of land phosphate roc] e from S6 to $3 a ton. The sevel ~con.panies which brought suit sav - by this order on taxes amount s ranging from $1.50 to $1,200 each. u Overloaded. r~ You've eaten too much turkey, And so you cannot work, eh ! s Your head feels very murky There ! I den't believe I could ad ganother line and make it rhyme if a1 had a dollar for doing it. A few cents r however, will cure me. To reliev ystomach and bowels from the effects c overloading, a full dose of Dr:-Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets is the bee remedy. They operate gently, _ye thoroughly, and without gripins e- nausea, or other unpleasant effects. II g vials, onvenient to carry. A CONVEL-TED TILLMANITE. 31r. John Henty Chappel Confesses the C Error of His Ways. NEWBERRY, Feb. 16, 1892. To the editor of The State: Hav ing been very much opposed to The T State on acccunt of our political 1 difference, and after so long a time ti having found out that I was blinded by the so-called reformers, "God" B. R. Tillman, and now having come to my senses and seeing the mistake t( I honestly made, I have concluded t< to apologize to yon and to other peo- ti ple who differed wi;.h me, as I was a manager of the election at Newberry t' when Tillman was elected, and v having made myself very conspic- t, uous on that df.y and having a feel- C ing aroused against me which lasts i even until now, I feel that the pub lic should know of my political 5 conversion, ha,.ing been filled to overflow. When you first published I the free ticket card I was still t blinded, by pol-tical folly and tried a to swallow-it down although it al- 0 most choked me, having heard so e much about it in the last campaign. I The next thing that amused me v was the tax return of our "Chief," C then came the sale of cows to an a institution under his charge, but i worst of all, and the "text that con verted me" was: the extension of a taxes, and an attempt to force the r impoverished people to pay theirs, f and cleave to the almighty dollar himself, knowing that it would be t extended. When that come to light in your paper, the veil of unbelief was rolled away -from my eyes, and the hatred that once existed in my heart towards The State was turned into love, and I wish to con gratulate you to-day on having done t more towards politically converting me than any paper in the State. Well, before I close I wish to inform the public, through your paper, of the action of some of Tillman's so oalled "rotten driftwood." Our county commissioners were elected, or the majority of them, under Tillman's flag, and being under that flag, they beat some of our best men,. I and the consequence is, we have on the O'Neall road a negro overseer, when there are five respectable white men that could have performed the I public duty, who are compelled to work under the negro or hire some one to work in their place as I Lave just done. Well, I suppose it is all right, and I take it for my pay for having taken such an enthusiastic stand for T,illman and. reform, but the reform seemed to be going the wrong way as I have not seen a negro oversee a white man on the public roads since the dark day of Moses, Scott, etc. So for fear that we drift back into those dark days again I shall be more careful in the futtre than I have been in the past, I am happy to know, however, that as blind as I was I supported Col. Johnstone for Congress against the so-called reform man, and am happier still that he has made so bright a record which I knew he would make, and will be happier still when he is re-elected, which I know he will be. J. Hi. CHAPPELL. '-TILLMAN-HILL CAUSE." The Visit of Senator Irby and Dr. sampson Pope to Neuw York. [Special to News and Courier.] WAsHINGTON, Feb. 17.-senator Irby and Sampson Pope, of South Carolina, have gone to New York toget'Ler, and it is understood here that their mission is to obtain finan cial aid for the Tillmian-Hill cause in South Carolina. THE GOVERNOR DENIEs THE soFT IM PEACHMENT. COLUMBA, February 18.-Gov ernor Tillman was slightly indis posed to.day, and being fearful of an attack of the grip did not leave the Executive mansion during the day. The bureau man called on Gov ernor Tillman during the evening, and in a conversation inquired what information there was at this end of the line concerning the "Hill-Tillman deal" which was re ported in the Was5hington dis datches. Governor Tillman stamnped it as a fairy tale on tbe part of the corre spondent. "What in the world do we want money here for in our campaigns?" -Ihe said. "We can carr'y everything without money. I d:d not know that Dr. Pope was in Washington until I saw it in the Ne~ws and Cou -~rier, and if Senator Irby wanted to -Isee Mr. Hill or his emissaries he could very easily have done so in Washington, it occurs to me. I do 1not know a thing about the visit. I certainly have never heard of any deal." Governor Tillman was asked who was his preference for the Presiden tial nominee of the Det:ocratic par r ty. He said that he had not yet decided, but that he w;as not in favor of Cleveland. When asked who, he thought, would be the preference cf the South Carolina delegates to the nominat ing Convention, he replied: "Fur ther than that they will not be in favor of Cleveland I could not prog nosticate." Governor Tillman did not seem to think that the people ihad exactly made up their minds as Eto their candidate. The Laurens Multiple Murderers' Case. t LAURENS, February 17.-The case t of the State vs. Jim Young and nine on [~egroes has been continued ill th n trm of Court. L ROUAINCE OF TWO CONTINENTS. lin C.Manning,of South Carolina, Marries 5 Mary, the Eldest Daughter of Chief Justice Fuller. [Special to News and Courier.] WASHINGTON, February 17. here has been rather a romantic [ arriage in the family of Chief Jus ce Melville W. Fuller, of the Su- C -eme Court of the United States. I :e has eight daughters and four of ii tem have married either contrary v >his wishes, or in such a way as a > create the impression that all of I ie Misses Fuller are extremely self- c illed in love affairs. Miss Mary, c ae eldest daughter, is the latest < ctim of that sly rogue Cupid, and 2 ie happy bridegroom is Mr. Colin Manning, a son of Ex-Governor L [anning, of South Carolina. t Young Manning came to Wash igton several years ago to act as rivate secretary to Senator M. C. I utler, of South Carolina, and at E ae same time totake the law course i t Georgetown University. He at nce became popular in social cir les, and, at the iLstance of the oreckinridge family of Kentucky, ras introduced to the daughters of 1 hief Justice Fuller. It was soon pparent to all who knew him in a Washington that he was deeply a love with Miss Mary Fuller. This ffection was reciprocated and they aade no attempt to conceal the lct. For reasons not known, Chief Jus ice and Mrs. Fuller did not look ith entire favor upon young Man ing as a prospective son-in-law. hey knew him to be a member of n estimable South Carolina fami y, but they probably thought he iad not made sufficient progress up be ladder of fame and prosperity. ['hey also recalled the fact that one >f their daughters, who participated n an elopement, might have made L more desiracle choice in selecting L husband. In spite of the mild but deter nined opposition on the part of the roung lady's parents, young Man iing continued his attentions to 4iss Mary until it was thought best or all concerned that she should be sent to Berlin to finish her musi al education. All of the Chief Jus ice's daughter's daughters are more r less accomplished in musical or iterary affairs. It was thought ab sence might make the heart of the young lady grow fonder of some ne else. So she went abroad to take a musical. course at one of the famous conservatories at Berlin. In the meantime she kept up a constant correspondence with Manning and never for a moment allowed their love to grow cold. Several weeks age Mr. Manning went abfoad and joined Miss Fuller. About the same Mrs. Fuller learned that her daughter's health was not good, so she also went to Berlin with the intention of bringing her home. While traveling in Italy, so the story goes, Mr. Manning met Mrs. Fuller and her daughter and with out delay induced the young lady to marry him. When Mrs. Fuller learned what occurred she expressed her surprise and disappointment, but finally gave him her blessing, and after attending the wedding immediately started homeward, leaving the young couple to spend their honeymoon in Europe and come back to America at their own sweet will. "Mallodoce, the Briton." WVe are in receipt of a neat little vol ume, entitled "Mallodoce, the Briton, His Wanderings from Druidism to Christianity," begun by the late Dr. . B. Mayer, of honored memory, and finished by Mr. John A. Chapman both of Newberry in our neighboring county. The character of the work can be guessed at from its title; and the mere mention of that religion of our Celtic forefathers, veiled as it is in the mist and mystery of ages, so aw ful and yet sublime, at once awakens a deep and lively interest in it. The authors were happy in their choice of a theme, and the execution of the work justifies us in saying that the theme was equally fortunate-for we have seldom seen in so small a space, with so few and simple words, a picture brought so vividly before the mind. With our authors we visit the lovely English plateau and the solemn and solitary ruins of Stonchenge, and then having the hood removed from our physical eyesight, we find ourselves in a grove surrounded by the Drmid priests of twenty centuries ago, in the performance of their mystic and inhu man rites. But we do not stop even here, and penetrating the shadowy past of what was even then the past, we behold the beginning and the end and the means of human existence and human destiny-the light of the Cross of Christ, glimmering through Lhe darkest superstition. And moreover, that power of au thorship which enables the writer so successfully to effect a transition from the delights of beholding the appari tion at Stonehenge to the somewhait less aesthetic delights of eating modern apple dumplings, and then bringing the reader back again, on the very same page, is without parallel. We bespeak for this little volume from these honored -sons of Carolina a cordial reception, both on account of its own merits, and for the sake of the one who died while bringing it forth, and the one who nourished it into the worthy, admirable and orthodox thing it is. Unlike the "Mystery of Edwin Drood," it is complete, for the mantle fell upon a worthy successor.-Edge field Chronicle. Ended Her Sufrerings by.Snicide. [Special to The State.] GREENVILLE-, Fob. 18.-Mrs. Har riet Williams, wife of William Wil lams, a farmer living six mileE above the city, committed suicide to-day by shooting herself in the stomach with a double-barreledashot gun. She had suffered a great dea. recently from a tumor in the breast, and her sufferings are supposed tc hae nnhalanced her mind. SENATOR IRBY'S VIEW. )uth Carolina in National and State Poli ties-Serious Opposition to Tillan no Longer Feared-Alliance Men in South Carolina are Democrats. From the New York Times, Feb. 7.] Senator J. L. M. Irby, of South arolina, was at the Sturtevant louse yesterday. The new Senator 3 a tall, powerfully-framed man, dth a smoothly-shaven, round face nd strong features. He is a mem er of the Farmers' Alliance, and is hairman of the State Democratic ommittee. He talked of the politi al situation in South Carolina with Times reporter. "When the wa, swept over the )tate, in 1890, which washed out he old-time Democratic managers nd resulted in the election of Gov rnor Tillman," he said, "there fol owed a disposition on the part of ome prominent Democrats to naintain a factional oppostion to ['illman. The party was not united luring the yearthat followed, and intil quite recently-up to about en days ago-I had thought that hat would result in an opposition 3andidate to Governor Tillman. From information I have received within ten days I am inclined to Ihink that this split will not assume uch seriorC ,roportions, and I now believe thr vnatever feeling in this directiOn Were is will confine itself to efforts of the party leaders before the nominating Convention, which will come in August. "At that time we nominate a com plete ticket, including Governor, solicitor and members of the Legis lature. Governor Tillman will be a candidate for nomination. If he is successful in securing the nomina tion I believe the leaders who may have other candidates up to that time will come into line and sup port him. This condition of things leaves the Democratic party in good shape. It will be united at the elec tion. "The Republican party is sadly divided. There are three factiorls, each headed by a leader of consider able strength and so determined that anything like harmonious ac tion seems out of the onestion." "Is the Alliance as strong as it was two years ago?" Senator Irby was asked. "I think it is," he said. "The Al hance in that State is chiefly com posed of men who have been Demo crats all their lives. They are Democrats now. I am a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and was elected as Farmers' Alliance and Re form Democratic candidate to the Senate, but I have always been a Democrat and am a Democrat to day. The Alliance will not as a political party, count very heavily.. It does not have a strong inclina tion for a ticket of its own in the field." "Whom do the Democrats of the State favor as a Presidential candi date?" "It is hard to say who is the favo rite of the rank and file of the party. The leading newspapers of the State and those leaders of the party who were in control from about 1876 to 1890 are in favor of Cleveland. The papers have strongly expressed themselves, and in my judgment the position of the old-time lead ers is clearly defined for the Ex President. I do not think it safe to say that the rank and file of the party are for Hill. There has been no oczasion yet which has given an opportunity for an expression on this subject. "A misapprehension prevails at the North as to the true position of the colored voters in South Carolina. It grows out of the condition of things in the old carpets-bagger 'days. When the Republicans had control of the State, prior to 1876, the colored man went into politics. He did so because there was money in it for him. But with the passing of the State into the hands of the Democrats this opportunity for money-making vanished, and the colored men began to turn their at tention to something else. They took to religion. Whenever one of them secured a little education he wanted to become a teacher or a preacher instead of politician. The result has been beneficial for them. There is no class in the State so anxious now to secure an education as the colored people. It is some thing really wonderful. They are not bull-dozed at the ballot-box, but they vote as they please." "Who Lath not own'd with rapture smitten frame The power of grace, the magic of a name ?" asks Campbell, the poet, in his "Pleas ures of Hope," forsooth. Many and miany a woman knows them no longer. They are in despair about their health. They are run-down, debilitated, suffer ing from what they know not. It may be dyspepsia, heart disease, liver or kidney disease ; any or all of them. The sicknesses of women are cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. That's where the magic of a name comes in. This improves dige-tion, invigorated the system, enriches the blood, dispels aches and pains, pro duces refreshing sleep, dispels ner vousness and melancholy, and builds up both the flesh and strength of those reduced below a healthy standard. It is a legitimate medicine, not a bev erage. Contains no alcohol to ine briate ; no sugar or syrup to sour in the stomach and cause distress. It is as peculiar in its composition as it is mar velous in its remedial resulls. ventilated Cheese. L From the Philadelphia Journal.1 Yabsley-Wonder what is their Iidea in making this Schweitzer Ich-'ese so full of holes? IMudge-Guess they thought it 'needed a little f;.esh air