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r- <. ~-F. B.TEPRICE $1.50 AY 5TBIHD 1865. NEWBEIPRRY, S. C.,q WEDND-,AY,MY0 3ONALSON's RWLY TO TILLIA". .2bWW4ddent of the sate A ne GleW n Gewraof a rsee, Or hIs Mnd Shows the Saly of TIma-e Beam- for Indluding hi Namin the Bek Lbt resensd to Pred dent ClevelancL jpeeial to News and Courier.] --May &-Through the of Mr. J. W. Bowden, editor the Cotton Plant, The News and is able to give the reply of t Donaldsonto Governor Till charges in advance of the publi of the Cotton Plant. The an mrof President Donaldson is clear adido tbe point. What will the A111 iine do about it? Here is the letter: .-RzNvnLr., S. C., May 1, 1893. r.. Editor: In replying to Governor THIIman's confession to having black sId me to President Cleveland and s~eaeson he assigns for so doing I al not attempt. to "link" Mr. Till as a citizen and Mr. Tillman as bvernor, nor vice versa, but to deal th him as man to man, recognizing -Ahthet, -as the public will also, that if conduct In this matter is shown to be-tre and noble and manly It will olyive lustre to the office which he rand that, on the contrary, if his ' ourie has been untrue, Ignoble and un manly his oflice as Governor will not Abidld him from the contempt of all tinking men. WhenI first saw the reports in the that the Governor of the stebad included my name in a'black to Mr. Cleveland I, in common _- ith the people generally, gave but citle'redit-tolt, but receiving nostate from the Governor denying it I W ehim a letter of inquiry, which t'r6be-saw fit to ignore. I shall take buhis blic statements, however, and anwer them seriatim. Hedisclaims any "reference" to my character, or any feeling of 'aentment or desire to injure me, and 4etbeeliberately proceeds to charge ith "betrayal" of the Alliance "treachery to the people and to AllIance," thus making a deadly brut: my character and reputation. W:read of one Joab of olden time, k"oile maddened and blinded by i0elasly, pursued a faithful the King, one who was on a Sidfon to unite and harmonize the V1ii%nee and when he had overtaken 2hhi. this Joab, while stroking the his victim, in great show of op shp, thrust the cold steel under ib._Eerhapa Governor Tll et 'flearnthat-'to stab a baracter, whether openly, as i di Amas's person, or under of sup2osed secrecy In a black he President, means death to -A DIRTY TRICK EXPOSE=. - ifrst reason given by the Gov ~w~to prevent "further betrayal of IeAlliance" is that I was repudiated ?abthe Democrney of Greenville Coun yjetc. Sofar asmy failing tobe eeeda delegate to the May Conven lo aI concerned I have the records to .-.~-sov,for they are in the hands of heeas -honorable men as live in Greenville County, that in caucus of Reiformers, held just before the meet o bg of the County Convention, a ballot Swas taken for delegates to the State Oonventon to bevoted for in the open -onvention. About one-half of the - dalots cast for me were not reported, andstilthe number of ballots counted Sfor:me made me an alternate, which, according to a rule of the caucus, re ~ uired that my name be printed on the ticketa to be used in the open Conven tiona. Having failed, therefore, by the counting-out process to keep me off hieleket, it was 4discovered, In the Convention, after a large number of -them were distributed to the unsuspect log members, that my name wras left 40 the tickets. This arousing suspi -eIon in the minds of some, an investiga hoe a.mad, and the facts as above M atated sworn to and publisheda by the a-testitgating committee, it was but zataral, therefore, (and certainly noth 4hag could be more gratifying to me) ~~tmy friends with whom I had so n~og associated in the work of reform, -nsn he persecution that was at tntdtowards me, should rally - smuto asman to my support in the ~C~aeConvention. Is It not a remark A-able position for the Governor lo put the members of that Convention in ~.-when he states that "through the in Sueinnce of a few Alliance men" they Sconferred the most honorable and re sponsible position within their gift spnone so unworthy as he would ~'have me appear? If there were any "presumption" in -~.that Convention as to my being op -.posed to the nomination of Mr. Cleve -l-and, I was notraware of it then nor since, till the Governor makes the bold statement that such was the case. To be entirely frank he makes that state ment In the face of Indubitable proof to the contrary, for my position to wards Mr. Cleveland was given to the press as early as February, 1891, and -was printed in the newspapers all over this8State, and in other States as well, and I know he read my views as then SUP!0BT OF CLEVE-A No BETRAYAL OF THLE ALLIANCE. The Allance gave no evidence of ~igupon my preference for Mr. ?levdaaSS betrayal of them, either ttbat~ttme or since. Moreover the onb.entionl voted down a resolution to jucthe delegates to Chicago, as 'a leeords show. As to tye resolutions ~ftu~wrdSadopted condemning Mr. Oevlsfd'Bformer administration, it ~5teremembered by delegates who Fwith ae on the way to CJhlesgo that I thought the resolution as expres sive of the sense of the Convention must have its bearing upon their ao tion. I went to Chicago, hot as a delegate, to vote in the Convention, but to meet the Democraticnationalexecutive com mittee, in order to organize with that committee for the work ot- the cam paign. I associated with them "open ly" Iconfess; most of the committee, I believe, were supporters of Mr. Cleve land, and the results of the Convention indicated that there were quite a num ber of voting delegates also. who were In favor of his nomination. I felt then, as I do now, that I as a free white 'South Carolina-Democrat had as much right to mycholce of Mr. Ceveland for the Presidency as Governor Tillman had for his choice. As already stated, my position for Mr. Cleveland was well, understood before the May Convention met. Node mand was made upon me by that Con vention, and I deny the charge that I consciously deceived any one, either by silence-or by speech. The next count in this wonderful indictment is that I pledged-myself if elected President of the State Alliance not to seek any office, etc., and this report, I am told, is being very Industriously circulated in Alliancecircless though It were a fact, which it believed will, as is hoped for by those who seek my Injury, have the effect of breaking-the unity of the Alliance In supporting my efforts as its official head to build up and main. tain the true principles of' the Order. The exact truth is I did not seek the nomination of the presidency of the State Alliance, but on the contrary ex pressed to many of those who ap proached me on the subject that I pre ferred to decline, and I am sure -that every member of the State Aliance who voted for me will bear me out In the statement that I did not in the slightest degree express or imply any such pledge, nor was any such require ment laid upon me by anyone whom soever. I did say after my election that I would do all within my power to build up and advance the Interests of the Order, which*I have done and will continue to do. It might be Interesting right here to inquire of the Governor whence-comes this new born zeal for the welfare and safety of the Aianee on his part? I believe that at one time he was made President of the Edgeffeld County Al liance, and that notwithstanding he had published far and wide-to show his disinterested patriotism-that he wanted no ofce save that of a trustee of an agricultural college, yet he did not hesitate to embrace the first oppor tunity to hold office of another kind. When Alliancemen all over the State revert to his defiance of the Order and its principles, as he demonstrated -it at the meeting of the State Alliance at Spartanburg, they will no doubt look upon his great and sudden Alliance virtue in this case s somewhat ludi crous and grotesque. In the last count he charge1me with "treachery to the people and to the Alliance," in that I injected into the railroad bill of '91 "two objectionable features," viz: The right of appeal on the part of the railroads to the Courts and the feature of the bill which al lowed the election of railroad commis sioners by the General Assembly. To any one with the information and In telligence of a schoolboy a reply to these charges would seem superfiuous. Mr. Tillman when Inaugurated Gov ernor took a solemn oath to sustain the Constitution of this State and of the United States. I, with every other member of the Senate and House of Representatives, took the same oath. The constitution unquestionably guar antees to the citizen the right of appeal to the Courts, which right Is one of the bed rocks of civil liberty, -and yet the Governor of a great State, who has sworn to sustain the Constitution thereof, feels justified In proceeding seriously and deliberately to Washing ton and apparently under cover of secrecy asks the chief executive of the nation to decapitate a man who, as State Senator, refused to betray his trust by denying to the citizen his rights under the Constitution-for in its last analysis that is what this rea son, as given to Mr. Cleveland, means. BUNCH M'BEE AS A BooRA NG. So far as ?elates to Bunch McBee having suggested to me that the right of appeal be Inserted in the bill, I have to say that Mr. McBee never once men tioned the matter to me, nor to the best of my recollection did he ever dis cuss the bill in my presence. I have been told, by the best authority, that the railroad men, after failing In their efforts to defeat the bill In the House and Senate, concurred very fully with the Governor in his desire to deny the right of appeal to the railroads, as that would have rendered the whole Act unconstitutional and consequently nugatory. Again, I Incurred the displeasure of the Governor by allowing the Legisla ture to elect the commissioners Instead of the people. As a matter of fact I was in favor of a clause being Inserted In the bill to have the commissioner. elected by the people, one every two years, but It was thought best by some of the Reform Senators not to do so at that time, for the reason that there could be no election by the people till the next general election, and that as a matter of necessity the Legislature must elect as the nearest approach to the people. It was also thought best not to increase opposition to the pass age of the bill by inserting that provis ion, inasmuch as the-same Legislature would sit the next winter, when it would be easy to amend the Act. In these flimsyreasons given by the Governor for his course he again over reached himself, for It Is well known that the Reform Senators had a bare majority in the Senate, and that with out their united support no-part of the bill could have been passed. Why did he not blacklist them all? In this con nection I will also state that upon all the important bills the Reform Sena tors held meetings and agreed upon what they wished passed, after which one of their number was -chosen to take charge of the bill and conduct It on the floor of the Senate. In this railroad bill this duty was devolved upon me to make all motions, offer amendments, etc., astgreed upon. So It will be readily understood that each of the other Reform Senators Is as chargeable with this crime in the Gov ernor's sight as I am. I have thus given the facts In this case in refutation of the tissue of per versions and. misstatements made in the Governor's charges against me, and I fedl happy in the knowledge that there are scores of men who are personallyavquatnted with every cir cumstance -mentioned and who can testify to- the facts as: I have stated them, some of whom have already done so by letter. TMLXAN'S HYPOCISY. In conclusion allow me to call atten tion to some things that are significant In the Governor's statement. He dis claims a,y desire to do me harm, and then stamps upon my character the words "betrayal and treachery." He says "the Alliance has nothing to do with it, either directly or indirectly," and yet tries to defend his conduct to wards its President on the ground of his love for the Alliance. He intimates by the mention of Bunch McBee that I was in collusion with the railroads and that I "ap peared to be governed by self-interest rather than patriotism," and yet he will not deny that as citizen and pa triot he told the people, when first he asked them to make him their Gov ernor, that the corruption and de bauchery in the State was due to the use of free passes by members of the Legislature and State officials. Was it self-interest rather than patriotism" that governed him when after his elec tion he re6eived more passes than per haps anyone who preceded him? Com mon prudence, it, would seem, as well as self-preservation, ought to have steered the Governor clear of Bunch McBee. "Trly-whom the gods would destroy they Airt mke mad." Llstly ih i .eg1ets .nhe sessity "whieh hasfarced- arehearsal-of these undis0tedfacts." OfthisI -have no doubt whatever, for I was told that the Governor has said to - several par ties that his letter to President Cleve land 'was intended to be regarded as confidential, -but as it leaked out the necessity came upon him to explain, and then, although the Alliance has nothing to do !with it,-either directly or indirectly," he winds up by taking refuge In the sanctuary of the Reform Movement and the Alliance. "To Cme sar he has appealed, to Caesar he shall go." As to the Reform Movement I am ready to-ompare-records with him as to loyalty, consistency- and length of service. In the Aluine-cause, with which Ihave been identified from its infancy in this State,d have worked in its almost every departmnent. If there is a brother-in the Order who i willing to charge me with the betrayal of trust or treachery to the brotherhood I amn prepared to answer for my steward ship. I shall willingly leave this mat ter to the honest and discriminating judgment of those whom Gov. Tiliman says I have betrayed and abide by their verdict. M. L. DONALDSON. Mr. Donaldson would have an swered Governor Tiliman's charges last week had he had the time. A. K. MR. DONALDSON PROMPTLY DEFRNDED BY AN ALLIANCEMAN. [The Cotton Plant.) To begin.with I will state that I am no offie-seeker, but a man who likes to see lustice done and one who de spises underhand doings In any way. It Is very evident to me that there has been an undercurrent running for some time for the purpose of undermining Mr. M. L. Donaldson. Gov. Tillman says In the Cotton Plant of April 22: "My reasons were these, and -ag'ain they have no refer ence to Mr. Donaldson's private char acter, but to his public acts." Now what does that-mnean? Mr. Donaldson's public acts hava been very beneficial to the State of South Carolina. There are hundreds of men who are now reaping the benefit of Mr. Donaldson's forethought In getting the stock law for South Carolina. He knew at the time when he voted as he did he was hurt ing himself politically for the time being, but knew that he was doing his duty, and like a man he did it. I know men now who were against the passage of the istock law who would not have it repealed now for anything. If the Allancemen of South Caro lina allow dust to be thrown in their. eyes regarding the standing of their trusted and honored President I for one will feel ashamed of them. I voted for TilImanin both elections, butif he takes the ground he has done towards the State President, although I beas agrain of sand upon the sea shore, yet I will vote no more for him. I am- almost sure there are men in South Carolina who are jealous of Mr. Donaldson and have started mud slinging and then got behind the fence to watch the result. I am alluding to no one, for I do not know who is or has been at it, yet I think it the case. Whoever t may be ought to be thor oughly ashamed of themselves, and they will when the people find them out. There are hundreds of men in South Carolina who know Mr. Donaldson and respect him. It was through foul play that Mr. Donaldson was not elected delegate; his votes were never counted, Is my belief. Men of Green ville County. keep your eyes open and your ears also, and as the old man who was snoring on board the cars, and when told so raked how the passengers kdew he wae snoring. They told him because they heard him. His answer was, "Don't believe everything you hear." Always believe In right and justice, I am a true Democrat. A. L. EUBANK. Travelers' Rest, S. C. NO MORE TO SAY. (The State, 5t1i.1 Governor Tillman, when asked yes terday if he would make reply to President Donaldson's statement, said he did not see anything in it to reply to, and he would therefore have noth ing more to say on the subject. THE ASSISTANT BISHOP. Rev. Dr. ElIlIson Capers Elected to 1igh Bonors in the Episcopal Church. CHARLEsTON, S. C., May 4.-The vote for the assistant bishopric in the Diocesan Convention to-day resulted In the election of the Rev. Dr. Ellison Capers. The ballot was held at noon, and without nominating speeches. The vote was as follows: Clerical vote -The Rev. Ellison Capers, 17; the Rev. R. E. Barrett, Atlanta, 7; the Rev. T. W. Winchester, Virginia, 3; the Rev. John Kershaw, 2; the Rev. A. M. Smith, 1; the Rev. T. D. Bratten, 1; the Rev. Joseph Carey, 1; the Rev. J. S. Lindsay, Boston, 1. Of the 4,8 parishes 35 voted for Dr. Capers, 3 for Kershaw,.. I for Dr. Barrett, I for the Rev. C. C. Pinckney, 1 for the Rev. John Johnson, 1 for the Rev. John Eliott of Washington, 2 for Dr. Brat ten. Three parishes divided. Dr. Ellison Capers, the new assistant Bishop of the diocese, was born in Charleston, and is a son of the late Bishop Capers. He received his early education at the Methodist High School at Cokesbury, in Abbeville County. He was graduated from the Citadel Academy in November, 1857. ind after his giaduation be accepted the place of assistant instructor at the Citadel. When the war came he was elected Colonel of the Twenty-fourth South Carolina Regiment. His career in the Western army was very distin guished, and upon the death of Gen. Stevens he was made Brigadier-Gen era! of Stevens' brigade. At the close of the war he was elected Secretary of the State of the provisional Government in 1865. Following the bent of his mind, he shortly afterward entered the ministry, and filled the pastorate of the Episco pal church in Greenville for several years. He then removed to Alabama, but returned to Greenville at the earn est request of his congregation. He. is now rector of Trinity church, Colum bia. BISHOP CAPERS' SALARY FIxED. LSpecial to The State.1 CHaARLETON, May 5.-The Diocesan Convention adjourned to-day, after fixing the salary of the Bishop at $2,000 and that of the Assistant Bishop at $4,000. Trinity church, Columbia, was selected as the place or meeting for the next convention, on the second Wednesday. in May, 1894. Bishop elect Capers preached at St. Phillip's church Sunday.. "MIND YOUR OWVN BUSINEsS." The Insolent Message Sent to the Chief Executive of the Nation by Gov ernor Pennoyer of Oregon. POETLAND, Oregon, May 3.-The fol lowing telegraphic correspondence to day passed between Secretary of State Gresham and Governor Pennoyer: WASHINGTON, May 3.-Governor Sylvester Pennoyer, the Capitol, Salem, Oregon: Apparently reliable reports Indicate danger of violence to the Chi nese when the exclusion act takes effect, and the President earnestly hopes you will employ all lawful means for their protection in Oregon. W. Q. GEESHAM. ")[MID YOUR OWN BUSINESS." Governor Pennoyer immediately sent the following reply: S ALEr, Ore., May 3.-W. Q. Gres ham, Washington, D. C.: I will attend to my own business. Let the President attend to his. SYLVEsTER PENNOYER, Governor. "AN INSULT TO OREGON." Governor Pennoyer, In speaking to a reporter, said: "Gresham's telegram is an insult to Oregon. 1 will enforce the laws of the State, and the President should enforce the laws of Congress. It comes with poor grace for the President to ask me to efiforce the law, while he, without warrant, suspends the exclu sion law." Hood's Cures. In saying that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures, Its proprietors make no idle or extravagant claim. Statements from thousands of reliable people of what Hood's Sarsaparilla has.done for them, conclusively prove the fact-HOOD'S Barapaill CBES. HooD's PILLs act especially upon the liver, rousing It from torpidity to its natural duties, cures constipation a.nd asstst diesation. A STREET FIGHT IN COLUMBIA. Mr. Calvo, of The Register, Strikes Mr. N. G. Gonzales, of The State, who Responds Very EmphaticaMy-A Storm of Blows, but Neither Seriou-y Hurt. [Special to News and Courier.j COLUMBIA, May 4.-Mr. N. G. Gon zales, editor of The State, and Mr. Charles A. Calvo, the proprietor of The Register, had a totally unexpected en counter- to-night about 9 o'clock in Main street, as a result of which both have braised eyes. No serious bodily damage was done to either. The encounter took place almost in front of Palmer's tin and stove est4b lishment, on the right side of Main street, between the offices of the two newspapers, about fifty or seventy-five yards from the Register office. Nothing was said during the encounter that would indicate the casus belli. Mr. Calvo attacked Mr. Gonzales. It was some time after the difficulty that anything became generully known about it on the streets. Mr. Gonzales says it was a novel experience for him. He was on his way up the street from Capt. R. S. Desportes' residence when he passed a man at the point named. The man .had some papers under his arm. He did not notice him beyond this, thinking of something else at the time. His attention, he says, was at tracted by the falling of some papers, and in a moment afterwards the man he had nassed uttered some unintelli gible words and savagely attacked him from behind. He says the assault was totally unexpected by him. As soon as he recovered somewhat, he states, he was about to force Mr. Calvo down when a man came from across the street and caught his right arm. He did not recognize Mr. Calvo until he grappled with him. The stranger who caught him was Engineer Jack Smith, of the Richmond and Danville Road. While he was being held, Mr. Gonzales says, he had to try and defend himself with his left arm. A you'ng son of Mr. Calvo came up about this time and also proceeded to strike Mr. Gonzales. He says he de manded Mr. Smith to release him, and the youth said that he had only come to defend his father and if Mr. Gon zales would desist his father would. Mr. Smith released Mr. Gonzales and led Mr. Calvo off, the latter saying something about the former difficulty they had five years ago. Mr. Gonzales says he cannot imag ine why he was attacked, unless it wast on account of an editorial he wrote some days ago characterizing a state ment in the Register about the farmers attending the Carnival as an attempt to make the Columbia Conservatives surrender their manhood or submit to a boycott of their business interests. Mr. Gonzales says he considers the attack "a cowardly one, being made from behind in the dark, and is sorry hie was prevented from giving Mr-. Calve a lesson in the decency of fair play." Such is Mr. Gonzales's statement of the affair. Mr. Calve's statement agrees with that of Mr. Gonzales in all the :nain facts as to the fig~ t, but he says he at tacked him fo:n the front when he met him. He frankly states that he was the attacking party, and says that when he met the man who had been insulting him through his paper for the past yearbis blood boiled within him, and he could not resist the im pulse to personally attack him. All the parties concerned have been summoned to appear before the Mayor's Court to-morrow morning to answer the charge of disorderly conduct. In giving the above account of the affair I have endeavored to give only the facts as I could gather them as a disinterested party. *E. J. WATsoN. EDITOR KOESTER'S ACCOUNT. COLUMBIA, May 4.-C. A. Calve, Jr., proprietor of The Register. met N. G. Gonzales, editor of The State, at 9.30 o'clock this evening a few yards from the Register office. Gonzales had passed and repassed the Register office, an unusual proceeding for him, espe cially at that hour of the night, and calculated to inspire the idea that he was hunting the proprietor or editor of the Register. Mr. Calve is a man of high courage, and when he met his detractor his anger rose, and dropping the night's mail (which according to habit he was brInging to the office) he stepped in front of Gonzales and saying, "You -- - --," struck Gonzales in the face, breaking his glasses and cutting his face. Gonzales struck Cslvo in the face, under the eye. Calve replied with two more blows, and Gonzales, who weighs at least forty or fifty pounds more than Calve, clinched with him and came near forcing him through the glass window. Calve freed his hand, and again struck Gon zales in the face. Mr. Jack Smith, an old man, rushed in to separate them. Mr. Calve's young son, who was standing in front of the office, saw the fight and rushed up.; Thinking Smith was helping Gonzales he assisted his father. Gon zales, who had cried for help, yelled that it was not fair for two to attack one. The boy replied that he (Gon zales) was fighting his father, and he would help him. The pair were sepa rated. Calve came to his office, attended to his business and returned home. He was summoned to attend the Mayor's Court in the morning. -He will admit having attacked Gonzales. It is said that Gonzales claimed that (Cale attacked him from ~the rear. This is not true. The attack was en tirely unpremeditated on Calvo's part, nor did he know that Gonzales or his son were anywhere near. - GEORGE B. KOESTER. CALVO PAYS $20. LSpecial to News and Courier.j COLUMBIA, May .5.-Messrs N. G Gonzales and Chas. A. Calvo, Jr., ap peared before Mayor Fisher this morn ing in response to a summons. Mr. Calvo acknowledged attacking Mr. Gonzales, whereupon he was fined $20, which was paid and the case dismissed. The matter is thought to be at an end. Every Why Hath a Wherefore. Mr. Editor:-The following essay was read before the Luther Alliance of Luther Chapel by Mr. H. A. McCul lough and so pleased all who heard it that.he was requested to give his con sent for publicatiorr, which he did: Far back ia-Shakspeare's time we hear the servant Dormio exclaiming, Hold, sir; stop, I beseech you, pray you sir, why am I thus beaten. And the master Antipholus answered, Dost thou not know? Nothing sir, but that I am beaten. Shall I tell you why? Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why bath a wherefore. The master said the why is for flouting with me, and the wherefore for urging it the econd time. Thus we see our sentence was ut tered by .a man in an unpleasant situation, so it is repeated by a man.of like passions and desires. Now I ex elaim to the committee, Hold, I beseech you, why have 3 ou thus placed me? But I suppose they would answer, dost thou not know? I'say nothing, but that I am here. Thus - they say, shall we tell you why? And I answer, Ag, mnesdames, and wherefore; for they say every Why bath a wherefore. But they will say the why is for flouting with the subject, and the wherefore for urging it the second time. This sentence is not only pernicious to the whites, but also throws the good ld darkey out of his equilibrium, and auses him to say what mortal'man never wished to say; yet as bold as an postle he will withstand her to the face. This sentence was once given on % public examination for school teach ing to diagram and parse. And of ,nurse the impetuous old darkey at once eaped upon it with both feet that he might conq,uer it before it got away. And this sbis mode of procedure: "Every is de subject, cause it tells te number of dem whys, and must always be kept on the line. Why is de prepo 5ition, 'cause it tells what de people think, and should stand close by de 5ubject. Hath is dem compliments, cause it 'grees wid de subject in de mas mulin gender, and should come on.a broken line near de end. Doth is de monstrons pronoun, 'cause it stands next to de wherefore, and should be put upon an infinitive frase. De where fore is de interjection, 'cause it 'spresses strong or sudden feelings, and should come down on a'lebel wiid de subject." After he had thus diagramed and parsed is sentence be hermetically sealed his paper, handed it to the examining com mittee trusting in Provideinee to bring him through. Froni a psychological view, every event has a cause, which is equivalent to say every why hath a wherefore. This term is applicable to our Christian Alliance: the Alliance is the wby and the object we had in view in organizing is the wherefore. And if we abese th'e why, we also abuse the wherefore, or if we erase the why we have no where fore; or .erase the wherefore and the why is superfluous. And as They are so important and inseparable, let us foster them as a mother her infant, knowing that the Alliance is intrusted to us, the young people of the church; and if we pale her fair name we are re sponsible for both the why and the wherefore. So we should be zealous and cautious and learn a lesson from the kind old darkey, viz., to keep the subject on the line. And not to be sacrilegious at all, but simply deviate a little, we may get another impor tant phase from our subject. To be or not to be, that is the question. Or to love or not to love, that is the watchword with the young. To love and to be loved is a why with a glorious where fore, but to love and not be loved is a why without a wherefore; he is like the old darkey's compliments, he is on a broken line. Let us for a '.moment assume that the boys are the whys and the girls the wherefores, and how nice the sentence reads: every why hath a wherefore. While this may not be applicable to all, it is surely true with some present. It is often the case where two boys are rooming together for one to be taken and the other left. Now let us reneat our sentence and close. The boys are the whys and the girls the where fores. The superstitious old darkey said, "de why is de preposi tion, cause it tells what de people think, and the wherefore is the interjection 'spressing strong or sudden feelings." So we are the preposition and shall tell you what we think, and you are the interjections and must express to us your strong and sudden feelings. And fnally we shall teal our lives as the old darkey did his paper, and stand before a committee to be examined and trust in Providence that they may bring us through. Bessie H. Bedloe, Burlington, Vt., bad a disease of the scalp, causingr her bair to become very harsh and dry, and to fall so freely that she scarcely dared to comb it. Ayer's Hair Vigor gave er a healthy scalp, removed the dan Iruff, and made the hair thick and glossy. WILL THEY LYNCH JERVEYf The Solicitor of the Second Circuit Declares his Disinclination to Prosecute the Lyn chers Because his Relatives ars Prob ably Implicated in the Crime, and Suggests that Solicitor Jervey be Entrusted with that Duty. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, May 4.-The "Denmark outrage" has a sequel. It has ,given Governor Tiilman an oppotunity for a bit of irony and to "payback in coin" for a statement made it a mass meet ing. Had not-Solicitor Jervey spoken at the meeti6g here it is pretty safe to say that nothing woald have ever been beard of the present turn in the case". For some unaccountable reason Gov ornor Tillman has come'to the conclu sion that there is reason "to prosecute a whole people and make a farce of the trial" An order was to-dayjent to the able solicitor of the 1st circuit. Mr, Jervey, to take hold of the prosecution of the Denmark lynching cases. It locks very much like a fixed-up job, but no doubt Mr. Jervey will look after his laurels and take hold of the matter and do the best he can. So far as is known there has never been just such a proceeding in the history of the State. BELLINGER'S SPECIOUS LETTER. Here is the letter of Solicitor Bell;n ger to Governor Tillman. It is worth a careful study: BAXNWELL C.H., May 3, 1893. To His Excellency, Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.-Dear Sir: I desire to call your attention officiafly to the recent lynching at Denmark in c-nnection with the following state ment: So far no warrant has been sworn out by any one against any- person sup. posed to be connected with the affair, and the proceedings and verdict of the jury of inquest give .no information upon which the prosecution can be begun. Under these circumstances, if the case is to receive 'that investigation which its gravity seems. to require, it becomes the duty of the Executive officer to institute pr'ceedings in the premises, . Inasmuch as the violation of the law was-committed in-, community in which I have many relatives and con nections"it is not improbable that some of them were implicated,' especially when it is stated that the. entire com munity was engaged in the enterprise. Such being the case any effort on my part to bring the. perpetrators to jus tiee Weal1beemlisrriisiig i'tn probably lay me open to the charge of partiality and insincerity. I would, therefore, respectfully' re quest that your Excellency - would charge the solicitor of one of the ad joining cir:uits to take charge of the case, and would suggest that Solicitor Jervey, whose circuit adjoins this county and who probably best under stands the situation, could give the matter satisfactory attention. Assuring you that I shall be ready at any time to render such service as the case and my-office requires, I am very respectfully, G.. DUNCAN BELLINGEE, Solicitor of the 2nd Circuit. THINKS HE HAS JEEVEY IN-A HOLE. Just before leaving the offie Ge ernor Tillman prepared this spicy let ter to Solicitor .Tervey: COLMiBIA, May 4, 1893.' Hon. W. St. J1. Jervey, Charles ton, S. 0.-Sir: I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. G. Duncan Bellin ger, solicitor of the 2nd' circuit, in which he states that by reason of the fact that his relatives and conIactions are probably implicated in the l ecent unfortunate affair at Denmark'i"ny efforts on his part to bring the perpe trators to justice wodd he embarrass ing and probably 'ay him open to thie charge of partiality and insincerity.". He, therefore, asks me to direct the solicitor of one of the adjoining cir cuits to take charge of the case arrd prosecute the persons who have over ridden the law. He further suggests yourself, and I therefore direct you to proceed to Denmark -at your earliest convenience for the purpose of thor oughly investigating the outbreak and taking the necessary steps to vindicate the law and punish the lyncbers. I comply with Mr. Bellinger's re quest the more readily bccause your well-known zeal and legal ability give assurance that you will do your whole dt.Yours, very respectfully, B. B. TIhLMAN, Governor. P. S.-Mr. Bellinger will of course take your place in any work in your own circuit which may interfere with your compliance with this order. . Governor Tiliman referred Solicitor Bellinger's letter to the Attorney-Gen eral's office and received a report to the effect that he had the right to order the change. .The law on which the Governor basis his Grder is: Section 511. Solicitors shall do the duty of the Attorney-General, and ive their counsel and advice to the Governor and other State officers in matters of public concern whenever they shal'l be by them required so to do, and assist the Attorney-General or each other in all suits and prosecutions in behalf of this State, when directed so to do by the Governor or called upon by t' .e Attorney-General. They may defend any person brought to trial before any criminal Court of tiis State when their duty shall not re quire them to prosecute such persons, or their assistance be not required against such person by the Governor or Attorney-General. sOLICITOR JEEVEY PREFEBS TO SEE THE GOVERNOR'S OEDER BEFORE EXPEESSING HIMSELF. OEANGEBUEG, May 30.-Solicitor Jervey, who has-been drawn into the Denmark outrage by Governor Till man, left Orangeburg this -evening for Charleston. He was seen at the depot before leaving here and said that al though he had heard of the Governor's action, he was not prepared at that time to state what he would do. He proposed to see Governor Tillman' rder before he outlined his erse. n's THE MIRACLE OF TH5 NILE. A Sterile Desert Transformed at its Oyer flw Into a Fruitful Paradlse. [From London Natuij By no one, perhaps, haye the.l. pressions produced by the vrii phases of the river been so poetical 'described as by Osburn, who thus de scribes the low Nile: "The Nile has shrunk within banks until its stream is contracted to - half its ordinary dimensions, andi it turbid, slimy, stagnant waters scarcely,A seem to flow in any direction. Broad flats or steep banks of black, sun-baked Nile mud form both the shores of the river. All beyond them is sand and sterility, for the hamseen, or said wind of fifty days' duration, has se ly yet ceased to blow. The trunks and" branches of trees may be seen here and there through. the dusty, hazy burning atmosphere, but so entirely are their leaves coated with dust,t at a distance they are not distinguish- - able from the desert sand thaf sur rounds them. It is only by the mo painful and laborious operatidn watering that any tint appri to greenness can be preserved .07R: - season' even in the pleasure gardens Pasha. The first symptom of theted.. rible season is the rising of thanoth wind (the Etesian wind of the.Greek&' blowing briskly, often fiercelyd the whole of theday. The1oliUeiof the groves that cover Lower Egypt 1S soon disencumbered by it of the du and resumes its verdure. The Aeref fervors of the son, then at his,hig,bes -' ascension, arealso mostseasonablymlt igated by the same powerful agency which prevails for this and the t following months throughout the6n tire land of Egypt." Then at last comes the inundation "Perhaps there is not in nat more exhilarating sight, or one m strongly exciting to confidencein Godj than the rise of the Nile. Day by.diy and night by night its turbid sweeps onward majestically over ihi parched sands of the waste, hoW wilderness. Almost hourlyas slowly ascended it before the. wind, we heard the thundering some mud bank, and sai by,t of all animated nature to thei the Nile had. overleapt' ano struction, and that it%b6ondi were diffusing life and joy thght another desert There are fewnmpie sions lever received upon te - brance of which I -welf pleasure thandhaaf seewg .burst of theNilbeUto-oneo channels di its annual overow. niAture shouts for joy. The men, te1 ihliaen, the buffaloes, gambol: refresting waters, the broad WavMf; sparkle witi shoals of fish, and _0 every wing fltir'over themin Nor is this jubilei iature edi. to the higher orders'of crE&tion. Th moment the sand becomes rbse~~ by the approach of they feti+ an waters, it is literally alive with' innumerable. It is impossible tosdi by the side of one of these 0e streams, to see it every modm4nt: swereping away some obstructiontoits majestic course, and widening as jt flows, without feeling the heart to er pand with love and joy andcofen> ~iau he. great Author of this 'andel - miracle of mercy -" ~-~ The effects of the inundat'i'on burn shows in andther place, "ehihit - themselves in a scen'e of fertility and -- beauty such -as will scarcely be found in another country at any season of the year-the vivid green of thesp'ring-* ing corn, the groves of pomegranate T trees ablaze with the rich scarlet of their blossoms, She fresh breeze laden --- with perfumes of gardens of roses and orange thickets, every tree and every shrub covered with sweetrscented flowers. . These are a few of the nat ural beauties that welcome the stranger to the land of Ham. There is consid erable sameness in thiem, it is true, for he would observe little variety in the trees and plants, whether he first en tered Egypt by the gardens.of Alexan dria or the plain of Assouan. Yet~ is 1 the same everywhere, only bicause would be impossible to 'make any addition to the sweetness of the odors, the brilliancy of the colors or the ex quisite beauty of the many 'forms of vegetable life, in the midst of which he wanders. It is monotonous, but it is the monotony of paradise. "The flood reaches Cairo on a day closely approximating to that of the solstice. .it attains its greatesd heighit and begins to decline near the autum nal equinox. By thie win'ter solstice the Nile has again subsided within its banks and resumed its blue color. Seed time has occurred in this intervaL The year in Egypt divides itself into'three seasons-four months of sowing and grow th, correspondirig nearly with our November, December, January, and February ; four months ofia from March to June ; the four months of the inundation completing the cycle.' MI Am so Tired" Is a common exclamation at .this sea son. There is a certain bracing effeet in cold air which is lost when .the weather grows -warmer; and when Nature is renewing her youth, -her ~ admirers feel dull, sluggish and tired. This condition is owing -mainly toth.~ impure condition of the blood; and k. failure to supply healthy tissue tht various -organs of the body. It is markabli how susceptible the system is tothe help tobe derived from agood medicine at this season. P just those purifying, bniding-uip quali - ties which the body craves, Hood a Sarsaparilla soon overcomes that tr feeling, restores- the appetiepuis the blood, and, in short, imprsvp ous health. its thousands of as with one voicedeclare "Iiu Weak Strong."