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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRIIY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGSD,19.PIE$.0AYA THE f-CRADDOCK" LETTER. The Document that Has Caused so muc Controversy Between Senator Irby, General Farley and Capt. James I. Tillman, Nephew of Gov ernor Tillman. T'e following is the "Craddock" le ter which has caused all the troub] between United States Senator Irbj Gen. Farley and Capt. Jas. H. Til man, which is published in order thi the readers may have the whole histor of the trouble. The first part, down to the paragrap beginning "Senator Irby will be chai. maD, etc.," is the part said to be wril ten by Capt. Tillman; the remaindt Gen. Farley charges Irby with bein the "real author" of: WASHIxoTox, D. C., March 11. mugwump Congressman from Nei York made some startling statement to a Chronicle representative this mort ing. His disappointment at not bein able to control certain patronage in th! State prompted him to divulge wba would have otherwise remained a se cret until the proper time had arrive, for the scheme to have been carrie out. It is a fact that Cleveland wi oppose Crisp, and it is also a fact ths the New York Congressman will vot for an anti-silver candidate. Richard Croker is said to have a! ranged the combination in order t have saved Tammany Hall. The fir. step was taken a few days ago wbe Congressman Beckwell, Senator Hill personal representative, visited tb White House. As a result of this intei view, Senator Hill called on Mr. Clevf 1.Ld yesterday and spent nearly ha an hour in earnest consultation wit the President. When be left, as we as when he entered, Mr. Hill neve l:oked happier or in better spirits j his life. Newspaper men have vainl, endeavored toascertain from him wba passed between. the President and him self, but all their efforts have bee: futile. But here is the whole substanc of the conversation, if a Congressman word it worth anything: Murphy an, Hill are to control the Federal patron ,age of New York City and of the State and in return for this recognition froi Mr. Cleveland the Tamtmany Congress men are to support Mr. Cleveland' candidate for speaker, either Wilsoi or McMillan, against Crisp. Whil such a course would hardly benefi Senator Hill, it appears that he had n alternative, and in order to still b master of Tammany, be was forced t enter the combination upon the term stated. If this is true, and circum stances point that way, the whole des will create a furore all over the coun try. "Senator Irby will be chairman c one of the important Senate Commit tees," said Arthur P. Gorman to th Chronicle represeutative to-night. Thi news which reaches the public for th first time, and exclusively through th columns of' the Chirojicle, will be ver; gratifying to Senator Irby's friends i: Georgia and South Carolina. He hai a long talk with Senator Gorman thi morning and took occasion to use som able bodied English. He had learined and correetly, that a bi ter persona fight was being waged by his enemies both in Washington and at homc against his appointment to one of tb chairmanships, and proe'eeded forth2 with to Mr. GJorman, Chairman of th Senate reorganization committee, fc information, as well as to sl,ate his sid of the matter, which he did in Ian guage, classic and forceful. Senator Irby talked but a few mit utes before Senator Gorman frankl; said: "M~r. Irby no matter what oppos. 4tion may be hurled against you it is settled fact that you will be chairmal of an important committee." Senatc Gorman and Senator Irby have bee: quite intimate, if not cordial, since th latter entered the Senate, and it is dua probable to Senator Gorman more thal anybody else that the young Sout] Carolinian is to be so prominently rn cognized. Senator Iriby called at the Whit House to-day at 2 o'clock and was i co:iference with the President for mior than half hour. He declined to stat the purpose of purport of the interviewi but with his usual smile said: "Our friends, the enemy in Souti Carolina, will have something revealea - to them in a short time that will sur prise them." Mr. Paul Trammel will be our nex collector of Internal Revenue for Geor gia. He is backed by Senator Gordon Speaker Crisp, HokeSmith, and others which makes his appointment cer:ain A deal has been made whereby Otis heretofore backed by Senator Gordon is to receive one of the important depu ties. Mr. Crensbaw, former collecto under Cleveland has been left out en tirely. Incidentally it can be stated tha although the impression is current tha Ben Perry, of Greenville is to be collet tor of South Carolina, he will not re ceive the appointment. This informa tion is from the unusually high sourc and thoroughly reliable. Major Black is putting in some goot work for Major Gary. Senator Irby, Maj. Livingston, an< Mr. Black along with Maj. Gary calle< on the Attorney General to-day an< were cordially received. Maj. Gary ha a good lead over the whole field. The leaders of the South Carolin Reform Movement that assembledi Washington during the inauguration seemed to have more important bus ness than sight seeinig. The rank an fie of the State have to al' appearance; been satisfied with the leadership< Tillman and Irby, but not so wit somec of the Lieutenauts. One oft1: State oflicials announced to a su~p-ose enemy of Governor Tillman and Sena tor Irby that the following combination h had been agreed upon: Congressman Shell, who signed the prepared manifesto in 1890 and who at once became so disgusted with the poli tics and politicians that he had him self interviewed announcing his retire e ment from politics, is to be the anti Tillman candidate for Governor, posing as a healing plaster between the two t factions. Senator Butler is to be their Y candidate for re-election. Gen. Farley is to succeed Shell in Congress. Mr. Talbert is to have no opposition from the Conservative faction for Congress and is to receive the Conservative sup r port. 1 The position of Adjutant General is said to have been offered to Capt. L James H. Tillinan, eldest son of Con V gressman Tillman, but it is likely that s he will not accept. This statement is not a conjecture but an absolute fact, 9 if the prominentgentleman in question s can be relied on. All the recommenda t tions for Federal positions substantiate what has been said. It is said by the i aspirant himself that Senator Butler is d making every effort to have the notor Ll ious lyncher Caughman, of Lexington, ,t appointed reading clerk of the United e States Senate. He now holds the office of fish commissioner by appointment of Governor Tillman, but for the sake 0 of being reading clerk has renounced t his allegiance to the Reform Move 3 ment. The supposed treachery of Con s gressman Shell has caused universal e iadignation and disgust among the re formers. Lively times are ahead in South Carolina politics, and the cam paign of 1894 promises new and interest 3 ing phases. CRADDOCK. ANIMIS OPIBUsQUE PARATI," The 'New Ujes of the Palmetto and the t Motto of the State. 2 1 Orangeburg Enterprise.] eNot only is the palmetto put on the S taLe's fire water flasks, but the proud words taken from the Eneid, and adopted as the motto of the State, "ani mis cpibusque parati'-are inscribed thereon. An enterprisng whiskey house named a "brand" of the fire "Alliance whiskey," and that noble order at once by strong resolutions denounced the t sacrilege. Will not the people of South Carolina, rise up, and in indignation meetings denounce the profanation of tbeir State's motto? "To what base uses we may come!" Now may children learn their State's mot'o, not on our proud escutcheon nor banner, nor but ton of the soldier, but on the demijohn and flask! Take the label of the jug, and teach the latin to the boys! Teach them to scan Virgil's hexameter, while they scan the "ingredient' which s Othello called "a devil." Teach them a critical translation of the classic Sphrase. "Parati"-"prepared," yes, S"ready" for anything, "aznimis," in S"spirits," literal, translation-one lexi cographer gives the translation of s "animmis" here as "courage," yes, B"D)utch courage," "opibus," "in re sources;" yes, as long as there is any "devil" in the flask the resources for 'infinite renewal of "courage" is there! Like a canteen let the soldier wear e his flask emblazoned with the motto and emblem of his State; an(l when e his courage "oozes out" let him take r fresh draughts of' inspiration! And, as a concealed weapon, let the citizen carry t be patriotic pint. And as the father jabbers the iatin and holds aloft the device, his wife will mutter ~the motto, and his children learn the lore. SAssociation of ideas is very strong 2 and hard to eradicate. Whenever one r sees a palmetto tree he will be thirsty, 3 and "animni* opibusque parati" when e ever seen or heard, will be taken for Ssomething to drink! Or, some one, 2 translating Virgil as freely as did Dry 'den, 'l construe the words to import the historic remark at the interview of the Governors. Poetic license, in lieu e of liquor license, will substitute the 2 words. "spirit us frumenti." Let no e man take the medicine, till he reads e and understands the direction on the label, and he will learn a little latin as he takes his liquor. "Somebody suggests that the old de vice, *the coiled rattlesnake and the legend "nolime tangere" would be more appropriate for the labels. That would tscare away the patronage of the dis -pensaries. That is the device and the legend rather for the Dispensary to the judges. Let the judges be "unwilling -to touch me," says the man at the till "lest the rattle of their loom sound, and the coiled snake strike! What a grand -opportunity for the judges of South rCarolina. Let the eventshow that not -only of one of them, but of all, it may be said: S"He never sold the right to serve the t hour - Or paltered with eternal truth for . power." -Tc morituri salutamnus? was the agreeting of the gladiators entering the combat to the Emperor! Patriots hold aloft the flask and drink to the, oh' man at the till! Put to Flight I-all the peculiar troubles that beset a Swoman. The only guaranteed remedy for thbem is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. For women suffering from Sany chronic "female complaint" or aweakness; for women who are run down and overworked; for women ex pecting to become mothers, and for mothers who are nursing and exhaust Sed; at the change from girlhood to wo manhood; and later, at the critical f "chiange of lile"-it is a medicine that b safely and certainly builds up, strength een-, regulaes and cures. fist eei or cfri,os't ifhtaven faiu to back.i THE TWO GOVERNORS. A Story Qalte Different from the One Told by Senator Vance. Every man in the United States is supp.osed to know what the "Governor of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Carolina." Possibly some do not know when and under what cir %s.nstances the famous remark was made. Nearly a century ago a man prom inent in political affairs in North Caro lina moved across the border and set tied in South Carolina. He had been there only a short time when he com mitted some small crime or misde meanor, for which he was indicted. To escape arrest he returned to his old home in North Carolina. In due course of time the Governor of South Caro lina issued his requisition to the Gov ernor of North Carolina for the crim inal. The fugitivo had rich and influential friends in his native State, and they interceded with the Gevernor until he refused to grant the requisition. A long official correhponden-e followed. Prominent men in South Carolina told the Governor he had not been treated with proper official courtesy by the Governor of North Carolina. The result was that the South Caro lina Governor, accompanied by a large party of friends and advisors, jour neyed by rail to Raleigh the capital of North Carolina, for a conference with the Governor about the matter of giv ing up the criminal. The Governor of North Carolina, with a large party of distinguished friends, met the Governor of South Carolina several miles from town, and escorted them to the Governor's man sion with all the ceremony due such distinguished visitors. Before the object of the visit was stated the entire party sat down to an elaborate dinner. After dinner wine was served, and after wine came brandy-the applejack for which the old North State is so famous. After many rounds of drinks th- de canters were removed,and the Governor of South Carolina stated the object of his visit. He demanded the surrender of the fugitive crimiLal. The Governor of North Carolina refused. Then fol lowed a long and heated discussion in which the Attorney-Generals of the 'two States took an active part. Finally the Govern'r of South Caro lina grew angry, and rising to his feet, said: "Sir, you have refused my just de mand, and offended the dignity of my office and State. Uoless you at once surrender the prisoner, I will return to my capital,, call out the militia of the State, and, returning with my army, I wil! take the fugitive by force of arms. Governor, what do you say ?" All eyes turned on the Governor of North Carolina, and his answer was awaited with breathless interest. The Governor arose 'slowly to his feet, and beckoned to a servant who stood some distance away. His beck oning was firm and dignified as be came his position. He was slow about answering, and again the Governor of South Carolina demanded : "What do you say, Go vernor ?" "I say, Governor, that it is a long time between drinks." The reply restored good humor. Decanters and glasses were brought out again, and while the visitors re mained if any attempted to refer to the diplomatic objection of the visit, he was cut short by the remark that it was a long time between drinks. When the visiting Governor was ready to return home, he was' escorted to the State line by the Governor of North Carolina, and they parted the best of friends. The fugitive was never surrendred. WHEN THE GOVERNORS MET. Senator Vance Describes the Interview of the Executives of North and South Carolina. [From the New York Herald. j In the olden times of our Statehood, before the steam engine bullied the earth with thunderous stroke and re duced space to a mere matter of time, when whiskey with sugar was fiye cents a glass and all backs were turned as that glass was filled, and when a white man was considered as good as the negro if he behaved hinmself, the Governor of North Carolina took it into his head sone day to pay a long promised visit to his neighbor, the Governor of South Carolina. So he put a clean shirt and a pair of socks in his saddle bag,'mounted his horse and rode away through the pine forests to ward the Sout b. Diligently following his nose in this direction he came in due time to the home of his brother Governor, where he was received with all the honors of genuine Southern hospitality. When a.sked how he felt his characteristic reply was, "Thank you, Governor, I am tired, sleepy, hungry and sober." The host cordial ly assured him that he could remedy these. Next day dinner was served at 12 o'clock as the horn blew for the hands to come in. A fter it was over the two Governors retired to the shade of the long back porch, where corncob pipes with long twists of home grown tobacco awaited them. There, in the long, soft afternoon, reclining on easy bottom rockers, tney lolled and smoked and talked the hours away. Betwixt the twain, on the floor, sat a brimming pitcher of apple toddy, with the mellow, roasted fruit impudently floating on the sur face of the divine tipple. From time to timeo this aiAddn an enened the conversation. They talked of the com parative excellences and advantages of their respective States, of the price of cotton, of horse raising and run away negroes; as they talked they smoked and as they smoked they drank. They speculated on the coming glories of the country, they pledged eternal friend ship to each other personally, and vowed to preserve all neighborly cour tesies between the two Carolina States forever and forever, amen ! Now and then they would doze in their easy chairs under the mellow influence (f their happy surroundings. and on waking up would indignantly deny having been asleep and take another drink to prove their wakefulness. And thus things went on. Now it happened that the Governor of South Caiolina had a wife-as all good Governors should have, on the principle of the old maxim that he who aspires togovern should first learn to obey-and her name was Betsy Jane. She well knew the failing of her Gov ernor, and she easily guessed that the visiting Governor was tarred with the same stick. Quietly watching pro ceedings she at length concluded that these two old cocks were about as full as they could well hold without slop ping over, and it was time to stop. Watching her opportunity, during a rather protracted doze she s;i pped away the pitcher still half full, and inserted in. its place a piggin of cool spring water with a clear, yellow gourd ban king on the handle. But the instincts of nature are infallible. Though sound asleep the Governor of North Carolina felt that something was wrong-a lack of spirits, as it were-every nerve in him cried out against the pre%sence of a hos tile element, and he awoke. His per turbed soul had not deceived him. The pitcher of toddy was gone. He imme diately awakened his host, who courte ously inquired, "What is the matter?" "Don't you see what is the matter?" said the guest, looking indignantly at the piggin and the gourd. "Indeed, I see nothing wrong," said the now dis tressed host. "Please tell me what is the matter, my dear Governor." "The devil you say! Nothing wrong, indeed! I go to sleep-with a pitcher of toddy before me, I wake up and find a piggin of spring water, and the Governor of South Carolina tells me in his own house that he sees nothing wrong in that! Well, well! All I have to say, sir," said the Governor of North Caro lina, rising with a very great but rather unsteady dignity, "is that it is a d-d long time between drinks." "Oh," said the Governor of South Carolina, as the situation flashed on him, "I see; that's Betsy Jane. She means stop, and we're done for to-day. I'm sorry I can't bring that pitcher back. I hum bly beg your pardon, Governor, but maybe there's a Betsy Jane at your house and maybe you know how it is yourself." Thc offended dignity of the Governor of North Carolina dissolved slowly into a genial smile of intelligent comprehension, and, solemnly working one eye, he fell-either upon the neck of his host or upon the porch f.oor, tradition does not say which-exclaim ing, "You bet. old boy; you bet." And that's how it came about ! Throughout all that Southern land tradition has wickedly repeated and kept alive the saying of the Governor of North Carolina as a convenient mode of jogging the memory stimu lating the flagging hospitality of a host, but has failed to embalm in human memory the righteous prudence and wifely virtues of Betsy Jane, the spouse of the Governor of South Carolina. For near on to a hundred years the saying,. has been a faithiul one, and worthy of all acceptation in our coun try-that is to say, it has been faith rully repeated all that time and any thing offered in response thereto has been universally accepted, either straight or with sugar. ZEBULON B. VA NCE. Are You Nervous? Are you all tired out? Do you have that tired feeling or sick headache? You can be relieved of all these symp toms by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives nerve, mental and bodily strength and thoroughly purifies the blood. It also creates a good 'appetite, ures indigestion, heartburn and dys pepsia. HOOD's PILLs are easy to take, easy in action and sure in effect. 2-5 cents a box. NICE OUTLOOK FOR NANCE. rho Governor Declines to Help with his Fine and McBee is Urging its~ Payment. [Special to Greeuville News.1 CoLUMBIA, S. C., August 2.-The public have not heard much of late rom Sheriff Nance, of Abbeville and he payment of his $500 fine. It seems to be the general opinion that the fine was remitted by Judge Simonton. . It is reported here, however, that Sheriff Nance has been trying to make peace with Governor Tillman in order to get assistance to settle the matter up. But it is understood the governor will ad ere to his former position, "Nance did not stand up to the State and the State won't stand up to Nance." It is also reported that General Su perintendent McBee has been urging Sheriff Nance for a settlement of the $500 fine and the sheriff is expected bere soon to have a con ference with the governor and Superintendent McBee looking to a settlement. It is understood that Superintendent MBee will, through his attorney, Hen ry Brawford, pray the judgment of the court against Sheriff Nance if the fine is not soon paid. So it would seem Nance is not out of the woods yet. When the hair begins to fall out or turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring, and we know of no better specific than Ball's Vegetable sicilian Hair iRe new.a, LOOK OUT, MR. IRBY. A Strong Reform Paper Wants to Duml Gen. Hampton's Successor Overboard But You Can't Unload Him. [Greenville News.] We have been watching with inter est the course of the Reform press ol this State towards Senator Irby. Sev eral specimens have occupied an ab surdly timid and hesitating position as if awaiting an order or hint from some where. They have taken the ground that the Farley-Irby-Shell-Jim Tillman aff'air is purely a personal one with which the public has nothing to do, and that so long as the antis are against the Senator, good Reformers must stand by him through thick and thin, no matter what he does or what be says or what is proved against him. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, however, appears to be disposed to vio late Reform ethics and rules and to speak out in meeting. Nearly all of its editorial page is occupied this week with commentson the recent perform ances of our junior Senator decidedly the reverse of complimentary. Among Dther things it remarks: "There is no use for Senator Irby's rriends to attempt to disguise the fact that he has overreached himself badly in some of his writings and actions lately. His attack on Con gressman Shell at the residence of a mutual friend is unpardonable, and the Senator himself does not even at tempt to palliate it in his card, but simply says right or wrong he did it. rhen again the Senator has met with a crushing and complete exposure in the affair of the "Craddock" letter. "apt. J. H. Tillman, who is a nephew >f Gov. B. R. Tillman, in a letter which we publish this week, shows the Sen itor to be a common forger, the unau thorized utterer of another's name and signature for base and interested mo tives, a crime which is punishable ander the laws of our State with im prisonment in the penitentiary." * * "We are a Reformer all the way ,hrough and have backed Governor rilman in all of his campaigns, but we can't go Irby. He must be made to take a back seat in the councils of the party. His action at the residence )f Colonel Shaw makes him too heavy a load for the Reformers to carry, and we must throw him overboard." But yon can't do it, you know. You bave loaded Senator Irby on the State. He was the first and biggest and most luscious fruit of "reform." He was, in ract, and is, "reform" itself as that ter ribly abused word is now understood tn South Carolina. It was Tillman's influence that made him United States Senator in place of Wade Hampton, and Tillman and the "Reform" faction will have to carry him. The Times and Democrat will find that it will not be allowed to get from $nder Senator Irby or to throw him >erboard. The men and newspapers who bowed down and worshipped him as hero, gallant and skillful leader, sing, Caristian statesman and pure ientleman in the days of his greatness tnd prosperity, will not be allowed to lesert him while he is under fire. He is the same man now he was when he was elected Senator, certainly no worse and obviously no better. The men who elected him and tried hard to do bim honor cannot escape the responsi bility to the people. Ask Your Friends Who have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla what they think of it, and the replies will be positive in its favor. One has seen cured of indigestion and dyspep ia; another finds it indispensable for ick haadache; others report remarka ble cures of scrofala, salt rheum and >ther blood diseases; still others will tell vou that it overcomes "that tired eeling," and so on. Truly, the'best advertising which Hood's Sarsaparilla eceives is the hearty endorsement of ~he army of friends it has won by its rnositive medicinal merit. The Danger ons First Kiss. [Louisville Courier-Journal.] The following is an essay in the May Seld Monitor by one of the town's pre :ocious youngsters: "A'iy girl that will let one boy kiss der will let any other one that wants ~o. So with a drunkard-aft er he takes 3is first drink he is sure to take his icond. The other day there were two foung people, about 12 or 13 years of ige; they were wbat they called sweet bearts, and were having a nice time in an innocent way, until the boy in .ruded on their bliss by asking her to et him kiss her. She consented, and :o-day any boy that wants to can kiss 2er. Girls' don't let any boy kiss you. [f my girl would let me kiss her I would not have her any more." As a hair dressing and for the pre vention of baldness, Ayer's Hair Vigor das no equal in merit and efficiency. [t eradicates dandruff, keeps the scalp mioist, clean and healthy, and gives vitality and color to weak, faded, and gray hair. The most popular of toilet rticles. The Lady and the Druggist. Old Lady (to druggist:) "I want a box of canine pills." Druggist: "What's the matter with the dog?" Old Lady (indignantly:) "I want you to know, sir, my husband is a gentleman." Druggist puts up some quinine pills in profound silence. Ayer's Hair Vigor is cleanly, agreea ble, beneficial, and safe. It is the most elegant and the most economical of toilet preparations. By its use ladies can produce an abundant growth of hair, causing it te become natural in color, -lustre,andt texture. THE SILVER QUESTION. Congress Must Lay Aside Sentiment and Spread Eagle Speeches and Get Down to Business. [Carolina Spartan.1 Our government has reached the business stage of its existence. Senti ment and the spread eagle have to give way to the multiplication table. For several decades legislation and elec tions will concentrate around great economic questions. Our people will not willingly give millions for the de fense of any abstraction. At the approaching session of Con. gress the reconstruction of our financial legislation will be the chief considera tion. Silver will occupy a prominent place in all of their deliberations. There are many persons in our govern ment who advocate an exclusive gold standard. Others believe in the free coinage of both metals. The gold men would demonetize silver and place it on the list with iron, lead and other common metals. The silver men want the two metals to stand on the same footing. Both have been used as currency from the earliest records of history. Gold has always been the more valu able. From 1678 to the end of the 18th century the relative value was about.1 to 15; the extremes being 14.14 in 1760 and 15.74 in 1799. From 1800 to 1873 the relative values were uniform the average being 1 to 151, the extremes being 16.25 in 1813 and 15.19 in 1859. The bimetallic system of France kept these values steady. In 1865 the French system was adopted by Belgium, Swit zerland, Italy and Greece. This was known as the Latin Union. Spain had the same system, but did not join the union. At the close of the Franco-Prussian war, Germany reorganized he moie tary system and adopted the gold standard. Her silver was melted up into bars and rushed off to silver-using countries. This action on the part of Germany caused a sudden rise in gold as compared with silver. In 1873 the ratio was 15.92. In 1889 it was 20.09. Since that time it has gone as high as 23. Norway, Sweden and Denmark fol lowed Germany and demonetized sil ver. In 1876 Russia suspended the coinage of white-metal. In the United States it was demonetized by the act of February 12, 1873. This year India, which is ruled by England adopted the gold-standard. Theonly countries now open to the free coinage of silver are Japan, Mexico and some of the South American States. The annual product of silver in 1873 was 64,267,000 ounces; coining value $81,800,000. In 1891 it was 143,550,000 ounces; coining - value $185,660,000. With this large increase in the silver production it is believed that if the Latin Union had remained open to free coinage -and Germany had con tinued the use of silver that the relative value of the two metals would not have been disturbed. In 1878 the Bland Silver Act was passed which allowed the coinage of two to four million silver dollars annually. The actual amount coined was about 29 millions a year. During this period silver did not rally, but continued to depreciate. Then in 1890 came the Sherman act which authorized thiegov ern ment to purchase 4,500,000 ounces of silver each month at t1he market price and pay for the same in silver certificates. This has brought trouble and demand for the repeal of the Sher man law. Now what will Congress do with silver? There is a demand for more currency, but the people wish a sound one. Whet'aer they have gold, silver, paper or all three, they want a dollar that is good everywhere and for all time. 'rhey also want a flexible cur rency, so that in case of stringency the pressure may be relieved, confidence restored and capitalists induced to bring their money from its hiding places and put it in the channels of trade. If silver is demonetized, millions of dollars will be drawn from circulation. The government does not own the gold to replace it. Then thousands and tens of thous ands of laborers will be thrown out of employment, for if the United States gives up silver, the work in the mines will cease, for there is an abundance on hand for the arts. Congress has no easy job on its hands. Never has tb- -e been a greater need of clear headed, far seeing statesmen than at the present day. The legislation of the next two years will be the most important since the days of reconstruc tion. The small men, the accidents of the hour, the drift-wood that has floated to the surface of the muddy political waters, will be in the way. They know nothing higher than the scheming that will insure their re-elec tion. They care nothing for the com monwealth so they can keep on top. Great questions are forced on us and we want great and goodimen to discuss and settle them. What you are sure of, if you use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is either a per fect and permanent cure for your Ca tarrh, no matter how bad your case may be, or $500 in cash. The proprie tors of the medicine promise to pay you the money, if they can't cure you. A Too suggestive Ward. Young Wife-How nice it would be if life were a perpetual honeymoon nothing but billing and cooing? Young Husband-H'm ! I think I could get along with just the cooing. SHERMAN SILVER LAW. FalL Text of the Mach-Talked-of Memare -A Matter of Compromise. The House had passed early in June, 1890, a bill directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon prepared by Mr. Win dom, then Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate rejected important clauses of the House bill and passed what was known as the Senate bill. The House rejected all the Senate amendments ex cept- one and a conference committee was appointed to prepare a compro mise bill. On July 7, 1890, a committee of con ference, consisting of Senators Sher man, Jones, of Nevada, Vest, of Mis souri, and Harris, and Representatives Canger, Walker, of Massachusetts, and Bland (Messrs. Vest and Bland not signing the report) reported an agree ment as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secre tary of the Treasury is hereby directed to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces or so much thereof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 for 371.25 grains of pure silver and to issue in payment for such purchases of silver bullion treasury notes of the United States, to be prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury in such furm and of such denominations,. not less than $1 nor more than $1,000, as he may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 'Sec. 2. That the treasury notes is sued in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be redeemable on de mand in eoin in the treasury of the United States or at the office of any Assistant Treasurer of the United States; and when so redeemed may io reissued; but no greater or less amount of notes shall be outstanding at any time than the post of the silver bullion and the. standard silver dollars coined therefrom then held in the Itreasury purchased by such notes; and such treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private except where otherwise ex pressly stipulated in the contract, and shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues, and when so re ceived may be reissued, and such notes when held by any National banking association, may be counted as a part of its law;ul rIse.MJtupon de mand of the holder of any of the treas ury notes~herein provided for the See retary of the Treasury shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, redeem such notes in gold or silver coin at his discretion, it being the estab lished pohey of the United States to maintain the two metale on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio or such ratio as may be pro vided by law.. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall each month coin 2,000, 000 ounces of the silver bullion pur chased under the provisions of this act into standard silver dollars until the 1st day of July, I891, and after that time it shall coin of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act as much. as may be necessary to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes herein provided for, aud any gain' or seigniorage arising from suca coilnage shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury. "Sec. 4. That the silver bullion pur chased under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the requirements of existing laws and the regulations of the mint service governing the meth ods of determining the amount of pure siiver contained and the amount of charges or deductions, if any, to be made. Sec. 5. That so much of the act of Feb. 28, 1878, entitled "An act to au thorise the coinage of the standard sil ver dollar and to restore its legal ten der character," as requires the month ly purchase and coinage of the same into silver dollars of not less than $2,000,000 nor more than $4,000,000 worth of silver bullion is hereby re pealed. "Sec. 6. That upon the passage of this act the balances standing with the Treasurer of the United States to the respective credit of Na'ional banks for deposits made to redeem the circulating notes of such banks, and all deposits thereafter received for like purpose, shall be covered into the treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, and the Treas urer of the United States shall redeem from the general cash in the treasury the circulating notes of said banks which may conie into his possession, subject to redemption ; and upon the certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency that such notes have been re ceived by him and that they have been destroyed and that no new notes will be issued in their place, re-imbarse ment of their amount shall be made to the Treasurer, under su.ch regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, from an appropriation here by created, to be known as National bank notes, redemption account, but the provisions of this act shall not ap ply to the deposits received under sec tion 3, of ,the act of June 20, 1874, re quiring every National bank to keep in lawful money with the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to 5per cent. of its circulation, to be held and used for the redemption of its circulating notes; and the balance remaining of the depoits so covered shall, at the close ofeach month, be reporte on the monthly public debt statement as debt of the United States, bearing no in terest. "Sec. 7. That this act shall take ef fect thirty days from and after its pas fotes from Eeluior. Mr. A. A. Nates is preparing to. Im prove the inside 'of his dwelling for more convenience. A good many of us attended ibe - Newberry Lutheran Sunday-school Convention held at St. Luke's church on Sunday last. Miss Alma Nates and sister, little Miss Daisy, visited relatives at Garys Lane last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Samuel Werts, ac companied by Mrs. A. M Counts, have been on a visit to relatives:Dear SaludA Old Town. Mr. Ambrose Dominick is quite ill with typhoid fever. The Mt. Pilgrim boys "wip up" the Hartford boys in the matc game of base ball on Saturday afternoon. The game was played on the Pros perity ground an was witnemed by a large crowd of visitors. We are requested to state that Rev. W. W.McMorries will preach In Excel sior school house.on next Sabbath-afte noon at 4 o'clock. The public Js or dially invited to attend t servL. Mr. George Livingstone and son, ^ Mr. Lester, of Alabama, are on a visit to friends in this neighborhood. Mr. Livingstone informed us that he left Newberry County just for4y-five yea ago and- this is- h1s,first visit back since that time. We. were not sur. prised when Mr. Livingstone told us he notices many changes in Newberry County during the fortyfiveyemarst However, he says many resaen still look natural, but many of his old'asso ciates are now dead and gone t6 the other world. No doubt m of his friends will be glad to shake is-band again. Quite a number of our PO tended the picnic at Mt. Tabo daurch on last Wednesday. The tt&3&L; was large and the audience was enter tained with excellent mueic furnished by the Prosperity String Band almost during the entire day. In thafter noon a match game of base ad was played by the Prosperity and Mt. P11 grim nines which -was very- much en joyed by the large audience present. The nice dinner was all thatcould have been wished for, and no one had ocea sion to go home hungry. We would take pleasure in writing up a more interesting account of the l we spent at Mt. Tabor, we. call off and leave this for some one else to do. Grace church Sunday-school went down on the. morning. train which stopped and let us all on at the church, and stopped again in the eve. ning to return us home. The C.'W. L, R. I. has opened up'new lfe through this community -& an to still brighten epinwre in the future, We all spent a very het day at Mt. Tabor church, but a pleasant and profitable one to us all. SroxA. Flolowswip sebodL To the Editor of The Herald and News: We ask of you suffientrpace in your columns to calu4beAdeaont the colored readers of your paperj and of our friends among thewhite psepl to the closing exercises of Fedowship School, in the Mt. Pleasant sedfion. W. W. Lazenbery has had -charge of our children as teaher :for. the past year, and we wish to expr our unqualified approbation of the way that he has performed- his, dty to wards his students, not uly inazeal ous care for their prgesind heir - studies, but, also, in tecultivation of the moral side of their nature.* After an opeing service-of' irayer, ':~ by Bev. T. BBlr,we were- enter tained and gratified by theperoumane of the children in the parta assigned to them In a carefullyrpad Too much cannot said in of the smallst, shod that oadlence in themselves which comesfrom prep. ration. The singing was excellent, and vied in harmony and steghwith the enliveningstrainsof FaredBrass Band, who weeaen , vitation, and he, tgther with tepn cipal of the schol spoke wod of counsel and cheer that held the undi vided attention of parens and children - for quite a while. Both men spoke from honest convictions, and 'are al ways gladly listened to bythese who take pleasure in subsrbn- thema selves as Your friends, THE P&ThoKs. P. 5.-Free lemonade for -the chil dren all day left a.sufficient amount to dispose of to thirsty friends and visi tors to leave $9.00 in the.treasury for school fixtures. In south Carolina. [Commercial Gaz!+. Ef yo's gwine to old Car'liny an you like a mawnin nip, Yo'd bettah mix de cocktails up a'fotc 'e in y'o' grip. An' hab yo' eye toofsha'pen, an' mind what you's about, 'Kase Masen Tiliman cotch ye' Yo' watch Out ! Dem editors and Jedges dun' go fiuhin' eny mo', 'Kase the "bait" am mighty ska'ce jes' now inole Car'liny, sho', An' dey's mighty shy ob watah, 'kase dey feard dey kotch de gout, An' Massa Tillman kotch 'em - Dey Don' Watch Don' yo' mind de Kunnels knockin' at de ole wha' dey us' to git mint julips in de good ole days ob ye'? Don' yo' hyar de Majahs cussin'? but don' you nebber doubt Ole Massa Tiliman kotch 'em Ef Don' Watch - Out! - It make dis darky grev'ns-like an' troublesomet see De 'ristocrats wha's brung up inude lap of liberty Drinkin' likker fit fo' niggahs,else day done mus' go widout, 'Kase Massa Tillman kotch 'em - Don' . watch Out! Oh, These Girls. [From Truth.J Clara (after her song)-Did my voice fill the room? Prunelia-No it emptied It.