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. . . - - -. - s -~ - . . - T.ISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. ., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBR4(88 RC L0AYA .< CLZTZLAND WON-SILVEB. T'm .frident Gives His Views Upon the Utoi ,B= Reamaing Big Opposition to Free Coinage, Eczept on Certain Conditiods. [Atlanta Constitution, September 28.1 A letter from President Cleveland on the financial situation. It was-received last evening by Gov ernor Northeaand is given in full here. TheFIetbe8;wi&j,eplyto one written by the gernw o%the.15th instant. Tne aovernor'e letter was .prepared" aoosp with a number of ';$believed that the situ S as sp serious as to e d -aletter, and when com = ptid was submitted to several of these ~ for their considemation. -It was sent with the nedershLdUng. that if the pre$id t sa*_-to replyat any length pWuid be given to the p$ at reason, and others, to give his letter SBut frm'one of the gentlemen who read-it a fair statement . of what that . Tet ce ined emSa'inaaed" = :T QOVrEN?'S. LETTER. A , o sletter was to the point. t epx adent a graphic pen t Anancial and political .-taM -in Georgia- and the South. H beganby saying that he believed it to be his duty to4.he Democratic party -to give a frank and . true statement of the condition of afairaand-it is-under li,lth&d dinugso he recited the g'e'e i&the rece*t elections ne.m rta.parts of the State, W tade a~showing not altogether t g to Democracy. He went.on to say that under a pro ''fonud imp ression of the financial and political conditions in the State arising from the long continued delay'in help ful legislation by Congress, he respect - fully but earnestly urged upon the presldsdnt the expediency of some-pub Miriteranee from him more .compre u than hI.re%ent mesge.as to -t oper policyti be pursued by. Con upon questions affecti gthe aW gency of the times and th :needs opeople. su htbe-condition of the Georgia r .. ,~- the governor'as letter went - into detW.a He presented ra9f coioa zeady for market, - - O oeey tomove the;crop, eee+pelledo-sell,sn d.the ithfrefore, necessarily, reduUed. t; bitforn that would enriek' the xss.at the expensrof tbe farm ip be ther. atur l result, He h_alt this eould-lae :obisted o b ad i ti ontor the f arinie r ,im 1y some statement f on. the t settig at rest the unedainty - atitDtOn in. are u ned t.-et ali, SMddets or th6goverunr's letter: One' presen.the situation inDisStaterits tru.colors. or THE PRwaSnDT?& EEPLY. Theltte-waone calentated'to bring a reply, and yesterday that rep17ame. ~eraintpadns Tetter: Bon. W. J1. Northen-My, Dear4Sire Ibardly know how to repI3 .0 your erof the 15th Instant. It seems to me t@&IsEg qf4te(plaiiy on -record. p iha-wheft ea&-l conneetimt wghthe -mesage -lately sent toj,he. -. iOngesIn extraordinary 'sessin,-ap pe.ag-maejoje very explicit.. ggmansyneythat is s,table and. udas of our people. I will implicated in a con - ifewgujustly -make ixte1iu the igere. , ansuerable. to any Jboreri o farmer in.-the United States::or a s.Iinge lathe purchasing poiter of tjphe abaa reived for a full deliri rth of ie preduet of his toit. I plg.w#nt as currency to be.of. ac $M1%s,tfatall kinds of -dol ofegtml jurchasing power ~~&$i'wnttt.o:,be of suelta ol~*~i~mt.Lemostrate abroad wosr-mapd good faith, thus plap:. gpo-firm foundation onc credit -. thIjoaolsof te end - ..ouriebursenCy so ~ ~es tng 'that those who a udoy-4 agis<an -invet it nonm ngs ey enterprises, in 3 atcaringit Youcanter g ~F~big lmng it folihannd ure '-'f~a~ema&sjvt eannuot-preent the giie4 meaalroa hsiding: his. mo neys I waint good, soundandstable,money, ~and ' ndtin of confidene that.Will e.ep itn use. Within the limits of' what I haYe - written I am.a.frienad of silver-, but -1I belie] proper:laeja our currency. can.o ybefixe;byg readjustment of -our ,urency leglsdation and the inaug rt on f a consistent and compre liie Snancfal scheme. I think such . thing.mn _only lie -entered upon proC?ahlyand-hopefully-- after the re peal of the law which is charged with 'i srilisnefa& woea. In the present -a-ifrtapAfithe piMemind, hie 'law can -not-be built--upon,snorphedini such -a way as4e relheve the-situation. * . I aa,therefore.pposed.tp.-the free and unlimnited4coinage of.ilver-by this country alone and independerdtly; and I am In favor of the immediatean unconditional repeal of the. purchasing, clause of the so-called Sherman.. law.. eqbsesIamas&onishedAt. the op 1pa4hie Sente tosueb-prompt s arp~shL.eeythe present-uni. -on. My-daly -prayer isjit-edelay 9000soied by such oppositonl- tnay,not ha.-the-.aeeof pnnamneth country into= deeper- de pression than it has 'yet known, and that the Democratic party may not be justly-held responsible for such a catastrophe.. Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELNND. LEGENDS OF NEWBERRY AND VICINITY. BY PROF. F. MUENCB. No. 4. Cateechee, the Indian Maiden-a Legend of Ninety-Six. From the Broad to Ocor.ee, 'through the Cherokees' lands Rang the blasts of the trumpet-shell; For these were-their chieftain Kuruga's commands: "At thetide of the Ngw Moon assem ble your bands From hamlet and mountain and dell! And fall on the farms of the pale-faced race Upon Cambridge, their outmost fron tier, And sweep-with the hurricane's blast through the space, With the furious rush of the forest blaze Every trace, that they ever dwelt here." Cateechee, Kuruga's . fair daughter, scarce beard Of the murd'rous design of her clan, When deeply her heart in her bosom was stirred;. Yet must'ring her courage, nor breath ing a word, She resolved upon thwarting their plan. For'dwelis not at Cambridge, Frank Allan, her friend. Her teacher at school and her guide? And-on him should the tomahawk's blow descend? No, nn! she is bounden his life to de fend, } No matter what fortune betide! So leaving her wigwam with the day light's first ray And turned to the rise of the sun. O'er mountain and dale she directed her way, - Till she reached the Saluda at noon of . the day And she followed its southward run. Nigh foot-sore she entered a grotto's dim nave When the Day-Star stood low in the west, And Rhe tarried o'er night in the friendly cave, And greatly prizing the shelter it gave She named it the "Traveler's Rest." With the limpid Saluda again for her guide, Unwearied the next day she strode, Till she sighted the village at eventide, And the well-known cot at the rivulet's side, Where her teacher, Frank Allan, abode. "What! thou here, Cateeehee? so wan and so worn?" Rpske Allan in utter surprise. "Thy foot-soles a-bleeding.from bram bleand thorn. - Thy tresses dishevelle& thy vestments torn, Ob-tell us, what is thy advice?" Fall ninety-six miles, as the bird will 1ar, - h ave.tavelled to spread-this alarm: Ere stands the young moon in the 'heavens once more, M3ybrethren's dread war-whoop will ring-at thy door; Flee-quick, then, to save thee from harm!" "Oh thanks for thy warning, thy timely report Thatransomfrom peril our lives! Yet to flee from the foe, is a coward's resorC ttU feaE Rot ! 'tis time yet, to build us Eethe host of the Indians ar rives!" And they builded a fort in the shape of a star - On the brow of a towering hill. With bastions that bristled with en gines.of war Ad ramparts that loor-: o'er the landscape afar And baffled the enemy's skill. "But-questioned. the toilers When their work was complete And they rested 'their shovels and picks, "What name shall be given this shelt 'ring retreat?" "None other,"-spake Allen-"none 'other so meet, So fit as the name NINETY-SIx" FozNinety-$z miles,-as the bird will soar, This maiden cenveyed the report, That soon will the Indian beleaguer our door; And proper it is that the suff'rings she bore Shall live in thename of the "Fort" 'Tis to marriage, that.ev'ry good story will tend;. No exception-is-oursa to the rule: And so, w en theljndian blockade was Cateechee was married to Allan, her friend And whilom her teacher at school!' WILL $URELY BE LYNCEEED Another Negro Being Hunted Down for the Usual Crime. LSp6eial to The State.1 KINGSTREE, October, 1.-A negro boy about twenty years old committed rape upon a respectable white girl of the upper portion of this county last evening. Excitement is running very high and bodies of armed me~n are scouring the country in every diirecti.on for the villian. He calls himself eorge McFadden, and it is said this is his fifth attempt at rape on white women in this State. If he is caught, and it is scarcely possible that he can escape, tomorrow's sun will settle his doMCFADDEN CAUGHT. KINGSTREE, October 1.-The rapist, eorge McFadden, alias McElveen, was caught to-night at 1I o'clock near Lake City. Dr A QUIET AND ORDERLY MANNER. KINGsTEE S. - C., October 2. George McFadden was -caught last night - at"'t II 'clock and lynched thlanornngabont &o'clock by a large crnwd. of about 200 of our best citizens in a quiet and orderly manner. near the .place where the crime had been ommitted. The World's Fair will pay off -every dollar of its floating debt.on October th-something-uanpareHecled in simi THEY TALK AND TALK. And Bill Arp Is Tired of Reading the L Senator's Speeches-Some Good Stories Told by Lawyerl-The Negro'i Rea son for Stopping His Divorce Case-Other Good - Stories. - "And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed." They seem to be having a big time at Washington, but the pati ence of the people is about exhausted. Their respect for that august assembly known as the United States Senate has changed into disgust. The argument has been exiausted. All that is worth saying has been said and the country demands a vote. How long, oh, ye Catalines will ye abuse our patience? We want no more speeches. *e have ceased to read them. They only make confusion worse confounded. The peo ple feel very much like the drummers did in Te?as last fall. They made it a rule on every train that if a drummer dared to say Hogg or Clark they would put him off at the first station. They did put one off at Palestine, but learned afterwards that he was going to stop there anyhow. For pity's sake do let us have a rest-vote and be done with It. We don't care much now how you vote, but do something and stop this everlasting fuss. Silver and gold and bimetallism and single- -standard and free coinage have been thrust into our eyes and our ears until a patriarch like me is afraid to open a newspaper or go to town. I read about two men running for life over another man and the police arrested them and asked them what were they running for and they said that theother fellow was just back from Chicago and wanted to tell them about the fair and they had heard it so often they couldn't stand any more of it. Just so I am ready to evacuate when a man begins with silver and gold to me. I had rather read about 'snakes or cy clones. Dr. Parkhurst, the great preach er, is over in Switzerland climbing the Matterhorn and the Weisshorn, and in a late letter says it is just glorious to get away up 15,000 feet on Alpine heights where no daily news of Tam many 'or heresy or biuietallism can afflict you. I envy him and would go there, too, if I could. The other day I traveled with Judge Brown and Bill Glenn and General Phillips, from Marietta to Atlanta and not a single word of politics was men tioned. They are tired too. Judge Brown cut his wit keenly all around and put us in the cautious state. I didn't know that he could be so- delightfully sar eastical. He got after Bill Glenn, but didn't make much off him is the long run. He told many anecdotes abou how Glenn used to worry him when. he was on the bench and how he al ways got even with him. Their talk reminded me that a few weeks ago I visited the ,ordinary's office to find out how many marriage licenses he had issued to white folks -and how many to negroes in this coun ty during the year. I wished to com pare thp ratio according to population, and to my surprise I found that the negroes got miarried about like the whites. "0 yes," said the ordinary, "the negroes sout-marry the.-whites, some of them marry two or three times a year. 'A negro will quit his wife in Atlanta and come up here and get an other one and call for his license and get married and stick until she quits him or he gets tired of her and-then he skips over to Rome or somewhere and tries it again. They are very fond of getting. married." Colonel Stansell was sitting by and said in a very mournful, tone of voice. "that is so major. I have a nigger's ote in my office for $2.5 chat he gave me lAst fall to get a divorce from his wife. She had quit him and 'tuck up' with another nigger, so I brought the suit, land just before the last court I -learned that he had gone to Chat tanooga. I wrote to him to be sure and ome down to .prove his case and he wrote me back very promptly and said 'Colonel Stansell, since I bin to Chat tanooga I done found another 'omad what pleases me mighty'/well and so about that divorce bisness you can jos drap it."~ I was reminded of this when Judge Brown said I never saw my friend Glenn so completely demoralized as he was in his divorce case of Henry Brown, a negro, against Susan Brown, his wife. The divorce was desertion and other bad conduct and Henry was put up as a witness to prove it. The woman did not appear nor was sherepresented, and Glenn seemed to have a very easy going case. He proved all that he wanted to by Henry and told him to come down'. Now I always sympathize with women, white or black, mn divorce cases, for it is generally the man who is the rascal and so I thought I would ask Henry a question or two at randdm. "Hold on a minute, Henry," said I, "where is your wife now?" "She's at my house, jedge," said he. "What is she doing there," said I. "She's cook ing and washing and picking cotton, jedge." "Are you living togetherias man and wife," said I. "Oh, yes, jedge, in course we is. After she lef me, she came back and poligized and what else could I do, jedge, but forgive her." "I looked at Glenn, and it seemed to me be had shrunk up some and I said "what do you say to this, Brother Glenn." He was badly demoralized. "What did I say," said Glenn. "Tell what Isaid?" Judge Brown didn't seem to remember exactly and Glenn refresh ed him. "I said that this was another illustration of how closely the Brown family always stuck together regard less of color or previous condition. That's what I said and I repeat it now ito sery remarkable." General Phillips and I listened with 'keen relish to their wit and anecdote. The judge told us how he got taken in not long ago in Atlanta. He said that a kinsman gave a dining and invited him, but not expecting him to come. Said he: "I had never attended a first class society dinner with distinguished guests and so I concluded to go just to see how the thing was done. At my house, we generally dine about 1 o'clock, and so as I didn't want to be late, I called at 12:30 o'clock so as to give ample time for introductions, etc, but soon found that I was a little prema ture and rather louetone. In course of time, I learned that dinner would not come of until 6 o'clock and so I retired in good order and cane back about 5 o'clock with a better appetite. I en' joyed the fesat immensely, and the goodly company, and behaved myself as well as. Canton country manners permitted. The hours flew so swiftly by that I was not aware of the time of night when I dispersed and as I retired I told my kinsmen that as it was a lit tle late I would not stay to supper. It was just midnight when I got to my lodging place. Next morning I took the early train for Marietta, and on arrival, I told my landlady that I had had no supper and no breakfast and not very much sleep and shewondered where I had been. I wasn't so extra ordinary hungry, but I had lost my supper and it always worries me to skip a regular meal. I oqght to have eaten my dinner before 1-went there, and I will if ever I go to anothernienu' concern." I am"a retired and reformed lawyer, about the only one in the State, I reckon, but I still love to be around when those old-time antebellum law yers dispense their wit and wisdom. The new set will never have the good time that was enjoyed by those who rode the circuit before the war. They had leisure then, and Solomon says that in leisure there is wisdom. BILL ARP. Autumn Fasblons for Ladles. The latest news from the fashionable centres indicates that jackets with full skirts and very large sleeves will be ex tensiiely worn during the fall season, and also that the princess gown-the newest models of which are very ele gant-will be very popular. As for skirts, the double skirt will be one of the features of the coming styles. For either jackets or waists the pretty "godets" drapery and the picturesque directoire revers will be universally adopted. The McDowell Magazines, which are the leading fashiorr publi catioiis, both in Paris : and this coun try, contain many designs of all the newest styles. Moreover they give lessons on practical dressmaking which are of great assistance to professional, as well as to amateur dressmakers. And what is still more advantageous, Mess A. McDowell & Co., reproduce any of their illustrations (or indeed, for that matter, any design clipped from any other fashion journal) in the form of made up paper modets-witb flat patterns besides-exactly repre senting every detail of the original. This -simplifies dressmaking in a re markable degree, and is especially val able to those who wish to appear well dressed on the most economical plan. "La Mode de Paris," "Paris Album of Fashion," "The French Dressmaker," and "La Mode" are the most popular of these magazines. The forrier two cost only $3.50 each a year, or &5 cents avopy. "The French Dressmaker"? is $3.00 per annum, while "La Mode" costs onLy1S0 ayear,.or 15 cents a copy. If you are unable to procure any of these publications at your news dealer, do not accept any substitute, but apply directly to Messrs. A. Mc Dowell & Co., 4 West 14th Street, New York. In Glass. . - That's the way Dr. Pierce's Preasant Pellets come. And it's a more impor tant point than you think. It keeps them always fresh 'and reliable, unlike the ordinary pills in cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. They're put up in a better way, and they act in a better way, than the huge, old-fashioned pills. No griping, no vio lence, no reaction afterward that some times leaves you worse off than before. In that way, they -cure permanently. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache; Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements -of the liver, stomach and bowels, are pre vented, relieved and cured. They're tiny sugar-coated granales, a compound of refined and concentrated vegetable extracts-the smallest in size, the easiest to take, andI cheapest pill you can buy, for they're guaranteed to give'satisfaction, or your money is re turned. You pay only for the good you get. There's nothing,likely to be "just as good." Hard to Keep Track of Him. "Did Jones get an office ?" "You ber," "What was it?~ "Minister." "Where to ?" NIfanged ef I know-they keep a movin' him so fast."* "Moving him ?" "Yes ; he's one o' these here Metho dist ministers." Summer Weakness And that tired feeling, loss of appetite and nervous prostration are driven away by Hood's Sar'saparilla, like mist before the morning sun. To realize the benefit of this great medicine, give it a trial and you will join the army of en thusiastic admirers of Hood's Sarsapa .Sure, efficient, easy-HooD's PILL.s. They should be ini every traveller's grip and every family medicine chest.j DID HE BUY HIS OFFICE? Van Alen Gave 850,000 to the Campaign Fund and is Appointed Ambassador to Italy. [Special to Atlanta Constitution.] WASHINGTON, D. C., September 21. -The New York World of this morn ing comes out in a three column story, in which it intimates that Mr. J. J. Van Alen, of England and Newport, who is chosen by Mr. Cleveland to be the first American ambassador to Italy, se cared his appoiutment through liberal subscriptions to the campaign fund. Mr. Van Alen is, to use his own words, "oneoT the gentry," and says: "Amer ica is no fit place for ladies and gentle men to live in."- For months the ap pointment of Mr. Van Alen *has been discussed, but everybody who knows him knew that his' appointment could not be justified by any worthy argu ment. It is a secret among Van Alen's friends that he paid for his ambasador ship, and one of his most cordial sup porters said at a Newport dinner last August: "If Van Alen does not get that appointment the democratic party need expect no aid from the gentlemen in the future. A politician whom you all know gave his word as a gentlemen that Van Alen would get the ambassa dorship. Van Alen gave $tO,000 to help Cleveland's election when the Democrats needed the money badly. He paid for the office like a gentleman, and if he does not get it, the Democrats may have to get along without the gen tleman's help in the future. The World thus describes the man who Is to represent the United States in a foreign country: "Mr. Van Alen has done nothing in politics, nothing in'any direction, that would make him otherwise than contemptibl' in tbe eyes of self respecting working Ameri cans. He comes to Newport for a short time in the summer. The''est of the time he lives in England.. He had himself elected president of the New port Democastic Club. The presideit of the Democratic club made him am bassador to Italy. It is funnier than anything in opera bouffet. It will in terest Americans to learn what sort of a bargain they made when they traded the post of American ambassador to Italy for J. Van Alen and $50,000." "Van Alen is short and fat. He prides himself on his resemblance to the Prince of Wales. A string long enough to reach around 'an Alen's body at the equator would reach from his head to his heels. He wears a single eyeglass, with a heavy-string at tached. He,seaksyvith what he is. pleased to consider an English accent. Itjs a weird* bastard cockney, which fills Englishmen with- wonder. It is the sort of English:accent that :a man withiotalentfor imitatiig- might:get from'hansourcab- drivers and. strand barmaids. He is about forty-five years old. He wears white sprats and his legs make him look like Diodati Thompson. A prize fighting gentle man of the bowery was brought to Newport to train fat off Van Allen. The work was begun in the cellar. The fighting gentleman, called 'One eyed Connelly,' said to other Newyort men whom he ha&tjrined, thathe had, never in his hard life met a man 'who seemed less fit to be on earth than Van Alen. - '"Van Alen has all the vanhes that an American ambassador --onide do' without. He'Is determined to drive fourin-hand because it is his .idea o? what is proper, and he-pesits in its although he endangers .precious - hu man lives in the process. He informs, whoever will listen, that he keeps English mustard in a:mustard pot of English silver, and French imustard in. a Freneh nmustard pot. He entertains few convictions, except'those which re fer to clothes, horses and Scotch wis ky. His sole intellectual co.nviction'is the one already quoted,- that America is not a fit place for ladies and genrtle men to live in. This conviction be .ex presses frequently. "It has been 'aid -that William C. Whitney helped, Van Allen, as a re ward for services of a social sort, . ren dered when. Whitney first went to Newport. That is nonsense, as it is only a few years ago that -Van Alen was received by nobody. Mr. Cleve land certainly does not know the char acter of the man whom be is sending to Rome. He is sending a second-hand Englishman who will be depised by Americans and ignored by English men. This appointment insults every citizen who does not share the convic tion that this country is unfit for ladies and gentlemen. It insults every worthy American who has represented this country abroad from' Franklin to Bayard." MR. WHITNEY SAYS THTRE WAs NO BARGAIN. [Mr. W. C. Whitney has address an open letter to the New York World, which was published in the New York papers of last Thursday. It is con densed here as follows:-Ed. H. & N.) I have had nothing to do with Mr. Van Alen's candidacy, except what is contained in a communication to the President, which I shall ask you to print, together with the inl'erview to whi.:h it refers. With the President personally I have never exchanged a word on the subject. The letter and the interview contain a complete an swer to the allegations: NEW Yoax, Jone 20, 1893. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I enclose a clipping from The. New York Sun which covers what purports to be an interview with me regarding the can didacy of Mr. Van Alen for the mission to Italy. The interview is substantially correct. I thnk, in jie to r. Van Alen T ought to say more. With the main facts as stated in this interview you should be familiar. I made it clear to every body in the campaign that r would as sume no obligations, tacit or expressed, as to offices or appointments, and you are quite aware that you have not been asked to perform any contracts of this nature so far as I know. Mr. Van Alen is a gentleman, and gave what he contributed to the can paignTreely and from an interest in the success of the party. He had previously identified himself warmly with the party in Rhode Island; his candidacy has the support of nearly every promi nent party man in his State. I have been called upon by these men to see that his warm support of our party should not militate against his candida cy. I therefore break the silence which I have heretofore maidtained since the inauguration to say that I know Mr. Van Alen well, and that he is, in my judgment, in every way adapted to the position which he seeks, and that I sincerely hope that the malicious stories which have found their way into rint will not affect him adversely. There is no obligation upon you to appoint him to any office; but there is the additional reason for appointing him that, as the result of a very patriot ic, generous, and cordial support of the party in- the last campaign, when friends were few and calls were great, he has been accused of dishonorable bargaining. "This, as-you know, is the first time you have been approached by me on the subject of appointments. Very sincerely yours, W. C. WHITNEY. To the Hon. GRoVEE CLEVELAND, Washington, D. C. The interview referred to in the letter was as follows: The Hon. William C. Whitney was asked at his home, 2 West Fifty-sev enth street, last evening by a Sun re porter about a dispatch which quoted the go sip of Washington to the effect that while in charge of the Democratic campaign last fall he promised the place of Minister to Rome to Mr. J. J. Van Alen of New York in return for campaign contributions made by Mr. Van Alen, amounjing to $50,000. The dispatch further said that Mr. IVan Alen's, first contribution was .$30,000, and that later, upon being encouraged to believe that his ambition to be sent to Rome would be - gratified, hejin creased his campaign contribution by $20,000, and then had no doubt what ever that his name would. be one of the first diplomatic nominations to be sent to the Senate. The - despatch went on to say that the weeks went by without any indication that MrYan Alen was to realize upon his campaign invest ment,-aDd then came the reports of the falling out between the President and Mr. Whitney, followed by the al leged statement of Mr. Cleveiand that he' "has learned to distrust Mr.Whit ney and his tricks." Mr. Whitney read the despatch care fully, and, as he returned it to the re porter, said, with more than usual emphasis: "Nonsense ! Nonsense !" Mr. Whitney usually speaks in a rather softly modulated tones. He is not an excitable citizen. But this time he spoke ini emphatic tones.~ He con tinued: "Mr.Nean Alen contributed to the cmpaign fund, but, of course, Ilam not at liberfy to state the amount any more than I,would.be at"-liberty-to tell what otfier gentlemen gave. I can,say, though't that Mr. Van Alen did' not contribute either of the amounts named in -the despatch. At the tifne he con tributed thei-e was' no conversation whatever between 'Mr. Van Alen and myself to the effect that he was to have the place'of Minister to Rome or any other office. Do you suppose that any gentleman would&.contribute with the idea that he was to have a place in re turn?-The subject was never mentioned by MirVan Alen or myself. I will go further and. make it as strong as possi ble when I say that I made no con tracts for office, express or implied, during the 'campaign either in Mr. Clevejand's name or anybody else s name. I made no contracts with any body. Carr I make it plainer than that? I said during 'the campaign to all: "Gentlemen, when this is over I am through." "I have not called upon Mr. Cleve land to fulfill any campaign contract, for the simple reason that none was made by me. I have not asked him to appoint a man to office, simply because I had said that when the campaign was over I was through. I say again that.X made no contracts either with Mr. Van Alen or anybody else. There were no promises made even by in fernce. "Concerning the alleged remark of Mr. Cleveland, that he had 'learned to distrust Mr. Whitney and his tricks,' I can only say that I d6 not believe that Mr. Cleveland ever made that rem ark." "Mr. Whitney," said the reporter, "there has been another version of Mr. Van Alen's contribution heard here i~n New York. It is t'o the effect that Mr. -Van Alen firml,y believed that he was to get the place of Minister to Rome in consideration of his campaign contri butions, and that when he found that he was not to have the place, a num ber of Democrats put their hands in their pockets and made up the amount' of Mr. Van Alen's contributions and handed< it over to him. -Would you like to say anything about that ?" "Oh, no," replied Mr. Whitney; "that is just as nonsensical as the Washington story. It is utter non sense throughout. I cannot make myself plainer'"on this story than I MR. TEAXLER'S POSITION. A Letter to the Prosecuting Committee A Circalar for Support-Thinks His Calling a Noble One, Ete. LThe State,}Sept. 26thJ The cse of State Liquor Commis sioner Traxier in his church at Tim monsville is becoming interesting. Mr. Traxler went home on Sunday to ap pear at the meeting of the congrega tion of his church, that day being ap pointed for the hearing .of his case, and ask for further time, as he did not have his defense ready. He returned to the city yesterday and gave to the press some information on the subject. The church posponed the trial to the last Sunday in next month. Here is the letter that..Mr. Traxler addressed to the committee of the church pre ferring the charges against him: Columbia, S. C., Sept. 22, 1893. Dr. J. F. Culpepper, Mr. S. F. Cole, Mr. R. F. Hill, Committee. Dear Brethren-I have not been un mindful of the state of the case be tween my churci and myself as to my official position as State Dispenser, but protracted sickness in my family has made it impossible for me, up to the present time, to give such attention to the matter as its gravity and import ance would require. I know that you, as a committee, and the church as a body, are desirous of acting in the case with full justice to wards me, and iwith a due regard to our mutual relation as brethren, and, therefore, I feel it the more incumbent to state fully and fairly my views upon -subject. It is a rule of our church, in common with all other Baptist chur ches, to allow to its members perfect liberty of conscience, within the bounds of the moral law of things pro hibited or enjoined in the New Testa ment. There is no intimation of an idea that I have been guilty of any improper conduct in the administra tion of my office, and the sole ques tion for the ' consideration of the church is whether the fact of my holding the official position which I do hold is a violation of myduty to the church. I believe that you will all give me credit for having accepted the office in the first instance from con scieitious motives. It is well known that I have ever been opposed to the free sale and use of intoxicating liquor, and it is also well known that my busi ness is such that the salary offered was not of itself sufficient to induceme to accept the position, I did accept'it be cause I believed, and still believe, that a proper addinistration of the 'office would result in good ,to the cause of temperance rather than otherwise..1 believe that a fair consideration of the act of the Legislature itself will satisfy you th>tthe purpose-of the act was to restrict the sale of intoxicants and to restrain their Improper use. The pur pose of.the act can only be ascertained by the terms of the act itself, and not in ~any wise by the constructions that may have been put upon it by its op ponents, or by the newspapers of the State. I have conferred with some of the prominent brethren of the State who are politically opposed to me, and who consider the at,t itself unwise, and yet they say to me that from my polit ical standpoint, that the only view to be betaken of theaset isthat it was Tn tended to haveihe effect m;hich I have abave mentioned. This being so, I do not think that- you can conclude that the mere acceptaiice"and retentiono my office of itself plages me in a posf tien .that would bring discredit to the cause which Jprofesa. To satisfy my own mind and con cience upon the subject, I havs ad dressed letters of inquiry to about one hundred- of our prominent ministerial and lay brethren in this and other States, but I was not able to do so un til within the last few jdays, and have not yet had time to receive my replies. I trust that the matter will be post pond for a sufficient length of time to allow both myself and you brethren, as a committee, to get all the light upon the subject which these replies may give to us. Of. course I fully under stand the perfect independence of our curch, anid that we are not dictated to or in anywise controlled by the opin ions of any individual or any other church, but I am satisfied.that you, as well as I, desire to act with perfect fairness and full judgment in the mat ter. Yours fraternally, -' ID. H. TRAXLEi. The following is the letter which Mr. Trailer refers to in the above commu nication. It has been sent to various prominent men in several portions of the State, asking for their opinions in regrd tohis case: Columbia, S. C., Sept.-, 1893. Dear Sir and Brother: Charges have been prefered against me in my church (Timmonsville Baptist church) for oc upying the position of State-.Com missioner. My position has been de fined in the papers several times, which you have no 'doubt read. I still feel conscientious after prayerful-conside ration of the matter that I do myself nor church no criminal wrong, g but benefit humanity more and more every day, and if the law is carried out, which can only be done by the support ofi our best people ; it is the next best thingi,to prohibAition. I shall make a defense when my trial is called and solicit your views on the subject, and if not agreeable entirely with mine, some part of your reply mighit add strength to my defense.. An early answer will oblige, Yours with brotherly love, D. H. TRAXLEE. You don't know how much better you will feel if you take Hood's Sars parilla. It will rdrive off that tired feelngand make you strong. THE THREE S's TO BE ORGANIZED And Bonds and Stock-Issued to the Tone of 860,000 per Mile on the Boad, Real and Prospective-The Plan In Detail. [Yorkville Yeoman.] The recording of the deed of transfer of the C., C. & C. R. R. revives-a lag ging interest in that road, as most of the townships through which it pases from Blacksburg to Camden, in this State, voted subscriptions to itsoek. Since the roadpassed into the hands of a receiver, there have been many plans of reorganization proposed. The road is now actually passing into the bands of the late purchasers, and it is presumed will be reorganized accord ing to the latest plan, which bears the original date of August 2, 1893, and which -supplements or supercedesr all - previous propositions. A bondholder who lives in this town is in receipt of a communication from the reorganiza tion committee dated September 18th, inst., in which they submit this plan and ask for his signature to the same, stating in that commubication that "a sufficient number have already been signed to make it effective." It is estimated that to complete the road, pay all indebtedness, and put It in good running condition, will require a cash expenditure of $8,032,500. To - raise this amount it is proposed toissue first mortgage bonds on the road, com pleted and uncompleted, at the-rate of $17,500 per mile, makingya total Issue on 510 miles between Sumter, S.C., and Ashland, Ky., of $8,925,000. To each pu>chaser of-a $1.000 bond will be given fodr shares of the par value of $100 each of the capital stock, Wthich Is to ' e issued at 4he rate of $25,000 per - mile. Subscriptions for tliese bonds will be payable 10 per cent. on-aplica tion, 25 per cent. on allotment, 25 per cent. three months after allotment, 20 per cent. six months after allotment,, . and 20 per cent. nine months after al lotment. To provide for the holders of the present first mortgage bonds, two se- , ries of second mortgage bonds will be imed, series'k and series-B: Series A begins to draw interest at the-end of the third. year at 1 per cent.,-theratee. increasing each year until the end of the seventh -year, when it obtaIns b 6 w percent. and thereremains. SerlesB. draws no interest for ten-years, unles.n the road makes it.above all-other ex perses ; at the end of the tenth year It begins .to draw 5 per cent. This-will require an issue of $17,500 per mile, or $8,925,000.- Each holder of- a present first mortgage bond is toTeeeive-Iniex e therefor one $00 new second mortgage bond Series A, one $500 new second mortgge bond Series B, and seven shares- of the par value of $ , { -each-of the?capital stoek The 'holder of unpaid interest con pons-in- excelo$i sto receive . new secondnorfisiebond&- Sertes We and B, and capital -stock irr the-same proportion as-theboldereof the present -firstlnortgage bonds - ounties-andstownships have taken of the -old -stoele or ave.bIgte4I themselves %t take$%88,606af the cap ital stock, and thestockwIHbe isu14 to them at par. -olders of present . capitalstoek will-receive-$i?6.66I-on.the $100 in new-stock. - Under -' this 1eeie rosa~hEi -have a- bonded -intfebtedn~ess or 1~ 850,000, and, the'eapital stock'wlElbe $12,750,0001 or, in other words, the road - will.be boniedfo$3,000 per uileansd - stook- issued to the tune of.$25,000 per'-: mile on the road, completed and an. cbmpleted, making $60,000 p&mr e upon:: which -the road will be expetbi to pay dividends when~lngood'runnbig condition. "I don't mind a ma'n being economi. 'cal-,"said Colonel Bonelf, -L"but I do, despise 'to see-- stinginess. -You -all knoir John Nutwing-fellow - that - used to sell soda wrater 'and -grumble when a customer Insisted on tsking It K -with syrup. Well he was the stingiest ~ man lever saw. .Why, sir, he--was: so stin'gy tha'he used- to let his mesa spoil. Said he couldn't afford to elit while it w'as so valuable. One day a cart came along with a barrel of water.4 Just as lt was passing John's gate, the thing broke down. Well,' John went out, caught half the water and poured it in his well. .8aid that he couldn't afford to see anything wasted.- 0,~yes, he was clo,se. I was with 'h1m when he died. He was perfectly willig,' though he dreaded the expense of hav ing a grave dug. "Colonel," said e addressing me in an anxious iray thist had become one of his characteristlcs, "can't you git some of the boys arid In- - duce 'em to dig agrave as a matter of consideration ? I did Intend to be buried under the pear tree, but the - land is so valuable I can't afford- It." "You don't seem to be very sick," said - I. "Perhaps you may recover." -"0, no, -I'm gone," he replied." I took - poison just before sending for you. I decided that 1fcould not afford to -live. > It's too expensive. -After a fellow dies, you know, and gets settledA6wn, the expense ceases. 'That confounded drdggist cheated me. I had to - ay five cents for the poison. He should have given me two doses for that sum." He was so-stingy that e died .without a struggle. ~Taking everything- Into consideration, John was the closest man I ever saw." - Not for TransatIn.a I [From the Detroit Free Press.] There was a yon ilin the choir Whose voice rose holr and hoir Till It reached such a height It was clear out of seight, A nd they fond it next dyinter i