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EsABLIsHED 1865. NEWBERRY9 S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,1894. TOE CHARLESTON MEETING. Bigget and Noisiest Time of the Cam pa_gn-some Lively Incidents of the meeting. [Special to The State.] CHARLESTON, July 12 -"You can go to the devil your own way," was the loving invitation extended to the crowd of tive thousand Charlestonians by Governor Tillman to-night from the court house balcony, and such yelling and jeering and his:'ing you never heard. Oh, it was a burly-burly meet ling. Its like we will never look upon again. It was tit for tat between the Governor and the immense crowd. Tillman would burl his double-distilled maledictions aPChbarleston, and back at him would come a thousand and one replies expressed in as many ways and forcibly at that. Thecampaign meeting to-night bears a close resemblance to the one of two years ago, held on the same spot. The entire space in front of the city ball along Broad street, from the new post offlee. half way to Church street, was filled with a saething,-shouting mass of humanity. For the most part the crowd was good-natured, and was sim p bent on giving Tillman as good as sent. At every gubernatorial shot they would yell and hiss and howl un til "de .doom of ole St. Michael" al most eracked. Several times there were symptoms of a fuse or a panic, and the crowd was stampeded right and left, as mounted police dashed through it. No one wassetiously hurt, though pos-i;.y there were a score or more of bruised heads. The meeting was called to order at g o'cl6ek by Chairman J. W. Kinloch, and Brother G. Walt Whitman led off with his hell gate illustration. The crowd bad read it in the news papers before, and they gave the dyna mite man some good-natured gags. He talked Reform, and showed why the South Carolina College should be anni bilated. Representative Yeldell and had his bout for railroad commissioners. He told the Charlestonians they must bow to the will of the majority. The 'honest face of Dr. Timmerman, the Apollo BelVdere of Edgefield Coun ty,. next loomed up, and as the c;owd took in the lineaments of manly pul chritude for which the Doctor is Just celebrated, they roared and laughed and -poked all -manner of fun at him. The Doctor spoke a good word for Charleston, and was heartily ap plauded. A MISCELLANEOUS GREETING. Governor Tillman was then intro duced; and the welkin almost cracked with a miscellaneous assortment of cries. "This is the fifth time I have had the pleasure of appearing before the peo ple of Charleston and trying to poke some common sense into their heads from this spot," was the Governor's opening remark. It was greeted with a:thousand howls and hisses. Every body began talking and the Governor. was drowned .out byAbe ;abef'.-. vntcisd -TheA-Governor recounted his 1 fornier visits to Charleston, reminding them that on one occasion-they "all ran like a pack of cowards." He didn't want their votes, as he was going to be elected without them. All manner of yelling and hissing en sued. The Governor said when he was first elected he had appointed all the county officials recommended by Charleston and he had the Citadel re built. He had given Charleston a free ballot~ and a fair count. Jeers. "Whby do you hate me? I am not to blame *because you are behind the times andi because your street cars are run byi mules instead of ,electricity. You are! cut off from the whole State in progress, in sympathy and in politics, and you can go to the devil in your own way if you want to, but yov shall not be al lowed to take the whole State along with you." This set the crowd boiling and they jeered the Governor for all they were worth. The chairman asketi the crowd to hear him as he was their Governor. "Then let him talk like a gentle man," was the response from the crowd. The Governor told the crowd they were going to have the dispensary again and be would see that it was en forced if it took a thousand metropoli tan police to do so and they couldn'ti help themselves. "Sit down, we don't want to hear you," yelled some one. "Of course you don't want to hear me and I bet you have a blind tiger with four eyes right around the cor nier, now," replied the Governor. ~-,Tbe Governor tried to hold some hand primaries, but the crowd would not let him. He called them a set of political slaves and said all their public men were afraid of the whiskey influence. They were going to vote for Butler, not that they love Butler more, but that they hated TilIman more. (Voice: "It is because we want to hear a gentleman.") The Governor lambasted the fourth Brigade for not going to Darlington A lot of hissing ensued, and he said he wished some one would start a drum and "run these fools away," (Voice: "You are safe.") "Yes, I am safe for the Senate. I have got it in my ,rocket already. (Jeers and howls.) When [ get to the Senate you will be around begging for the postoffice and will swear you were not here to-night (Laughteran3dhowls ) I know seventy five or one hundred men have been brought here to turn this meeting into a howling mob. (Voice: "You are the man who did it ") I give you this parting shot: Your dealers b'etter GET RID OF YOUR wHISKEY, because I am going to open the Dis pensary aesain." Only those who were near the Gov ernor heard this so deafening were the combined jeers and howls and hisses that ensued. GEN. BUTLER was next introdn2ed. "I wonld say," said be. "if I didn't know the Governor so well, that he has had some of his Dispensary whiskey." A GENERAL STAMPEDE. At this juncture the first stampede ersoed. It was caused by a police man's collaring a man in the crowd. In an instant all was confusion. The crowd swarmed everywhere and yelled like mad men. Gen. Butler said he had stood where the shots fell thick and fast, and there1 were not enough men in Charleston to frighten him. He was going to talk to the people if he had to remain till midnight. "I have never been able to under stand Govern1or Tillman's intens.e ha tred of the people of Cbarleston or the bitterness of his resentment against the city. So long as it is personal, no1 great harm can come of it, t'ut wl.en he uses the great powers of his office, which he should exercise impartially' and justly, to oppress, barry and injure C.harleston, he commits an unpardon a~ble and grievous wrong. 'Ahnnt the nly offense of which ] Charleston appears to have been guil is a determination to protect her rigb ot local self-government and her ov rights and interests. She may aL h-ve been guilty of the unforgiveat sin of denying to Governor Tiliman tl quality of moral, social and politic infallibility, and taking him down fro the sublimated heights where his di interested followers had placed hi and requiring him to live and have b being on the same plane with ordinai mortals. If Charleston has done mo than this I am not aware of it. I view of his villification of the city ar some of her most distinguished at best citizens. I think Charleston d serves much commendation and prai for her forbearance with such a tr ducer. Few people would have bort so much, but I suppose you have act( upon the theory that vituperations this order recoil upon their author, at be alone becomes the sufferer in ti end For myself, I have known not] ing of the past of Charleston and hi present attitude but what comman my respect and admiration.. She is the metropolitan city of tt State, and whil- she properly looks ot for her own interest, she has nev4 failed to respond to the demands mai upon her for whatever has affected a the people of the State and countr Realizing her great importance as ti principal seaport city of the State, oi of my first official acts was to secure a appropriation to improve her harbN and secure deep water over her bar i the sea." Gen. Butler bantered Tillman for no making his attack on Judge Simonto where his friends and neighbors were. "I am ready to do it, now," shoute the Governor from his seat. Gen. Butler replied that the old so diers in the crowd knew what th meant. When Tillman had a eban< to fire his gun be didn't shoot. He ha spoken and then he bad gone undo cover. Demagogues, blatant ard unpatrioti, have created a prejudice in the interi( against Charleston. I predict thg Liovernor Tillman will go into th country and tell the farmers the Charleston howled him down and tr to make political capital out of i (Voices: That's it.) when he himself pro voked it by insulting you almost wit his first breath. (Cheers for Butler.) When he talks about the Charlesto ring he forgets that this State and tt newspspers are ringing with charg( that there was a ring in the funding the State debt. This riled the Governor, and comiD forward, he said: "You give me thr( minutes and I will say the last word it right here." Confusion confounded ensued an the Governor was finally hustled ba. to his seat. Gen. Butler then gave the Governt ome nuts to crack on the refundmer luestion. He read a brief of all tran ictions in the funding of the State deb rhe foregoing statement suggest th Fiollowing inquiries: A ow much of the appropriation c ,-ependea in the fundid ransaction, and for what? 2. How much of the funds of th finking fund commission was expenc d,- and for what? 3. Who received the $124,161 65? 4. If paid to Mr. Rhind and his ass( -iates as appears to be the facts wh were his associates? 5. Whom did.Mr. Rbind represen1 nd to whom was he to look for cor pensation. 6. What was Mr. Rhind's financih standing? Was it such as to justif bis employment in so grave and inr portant a financial transaction invoh' .ng so much to the taxpayers of tb state? It is claimed that the funding of Ub state debt was a great achievementi iew of the existence of a distressir anic. I would not rob anybody of tb tredit properly due them, but I mu: say that in my opinion the condition were most favorable for funding th state debt. It was true the Legislatur 2ad armed the commission with th ullest powers. The entire propertyc he people of the State was mortgage o secure the debt. Millions of dollar ere locked up awaiting investment n good interest bearing securities sovernment bonds were drawing onl; per cent. interest. Georgia had re unded her debt at 3 per cent, and or monds ought to have been floated at pa md at the highest 4 per cent. If the aad been floated at that rate of interei without cost to the State you can read ly calculate a saving there would hav been during the life time of the bond: thirty years, I believe. One-half pe sent. on '$5,250,000 foi- thirty year would have saved a good -round sum t he taxpayers. I am credibly informe that some of your leading banks her took $2,000,000 of the bonds and pai par for them, which is a pretty goo indication of their value. Gen. Butler was heartily applaude when he declared that he had nevi :lone anything to divide the people. Secretary of State Tindal got a goc bearing, and made a good speech, plead ng for unity among the people. H1 stributed the existing condition < bings to the town people having mi: judged tbe farmers and misconceive eir purposes. t.Voice: "Till mani responsible.") He believed the rai roads had done Charleston more hart than the war did. Mr. Tindal declare that if elected be would do all he coul to bring the people cf the State t< ge- er. John Gary Evans was greeted with few cheers and a car load of hisses. He said he didn't mind the rattli make hisses, but it was a bumiliatini spectacle. He cherished no moalic against them and when in the Goverr r's chair he would pardon every or af them because they did not knoa what they were doing. All the blin Mics had congregated here under 81 Mibal's. Voice-"How mneh' do you weig when you are fat?" A BOUT HIS FEES. Mr. Kirby Tupper asked Mr. Evarl fit was true that he had been pai 1,000 for protecting the Palmet to bres try and that he had gotten a royalt n the sale of the beer. "No, it's a lie," replied Evans; an I'upper called for thbree cheers for birr Evans also said it was an inferni lie about his having gotten 415,000 fe ssiting in refunding the State bonds He declared that the Charleston per >e would not support their own insti utions, but invested their money out ~ide ot the State. That was not patri >.tic and the young men ought to stain t out. Voice-"Shut up." "I am here to say what I believe ani rou have got to swallow it." Voice-"Tell us about the Black di: rict." Evans-Your own Congressman toll ne that it was easier to carry it thi ay than if it had been left as i f it was 'Wat's his name?" asked Kirb ruper. "Williamp H. Brawley,' replie mane ty "It's a lie," shouted Tupper over and ats over again. rn Evans replied that if Tupper wanted 3o to call bim a lie to come at him when le he was off the stand. ie Tupper hounded forward and was al making for the stand when he was m grabbed by a policeman and a half s- dozen friends and rusbed back into the in crowd. is Evans continued, "You know me, ry Tupper, and I know you, an4, you re know I will slap your face so damn "n quick you won't know it. If that man id wanted to fight, let him come to me id somewhere else.- It is fashionable to e- call men liars these days when they se are on the stand, but it is no evidence a-' of anything but the coward." ie Evans thanked the crowd for their d "kind attention," whereupon there of was a sort of "hell-broke-loose-in d Georgia" time. ie ELLERBE CHEERED. Comptroller Ellerbe got some rous ing cheers as he was introduced. He Is wanted th-se who thought his record was all right to vote for him for Gov i ernor, and those who did not could ! vote for his cousin John Gary. (Cries of "Oh, no!") Evans had pitched into le him at Bonneau's, where he thought 11 he bad a lot of friends, but played tne T dunghill to-day in not repeating it here. e He then crackedsome jokes at Job n e nie's expen-e, gettiug cheers from the crowd. His remarks abou-t Cleveland not being in sympathy with the pro ducing classes of the South and West met with asseat from a score of throats. LIVELY AT WALTERBORO. d [Special to Greenville News.] WALTERBORO,, S. C., July 13.-The I- campaign meeting here to-day had a Lt little more life in it than some others. e 500 people were present. The crowd d was overwhelmingly for Tillman and r gave him an ovation. The Governor devoted most of his time to answering , questions asked at Charleston yester >r day by Butler regarding the refunding tt of the State debt. The veiled insinua ie tion that any money in that transac t tion had struck his pocket was, he said, y a malicicns slander. He told the crowd C, they ought to have seen him "spit fire >- at those hounds in Charleston last h night." Someone asked him was he a Populist, and he replied "I am a n white man and a Democrat, while you e are a white man with a black heart." !s Cal Caughman, candidate for Con )f gress from the 7th district, began his speech with an attack.onTillman, call g ing him the most arrant fraud in South e Carolina, and was howled and hooted )f at. He followed this with an attack on the Columbia Register and was howled d down. He got mad and the crowd got k mad and there was a camp meeting time. ir General Ellerbe was not present, it having been left in Charleston, and the i- gubernatorial speakers were Evans and t. Tindal. Evans had the crowd with him e and was rapturously received. of Life is What You Mfake It. g e Mr. Editor: We have been thinkiLg, I- yes, thinking all the day long, and as we thought we wondered in our minds if the hot weather would melt us, and - just as we would decide that melt we o must, oh! what a cool breeze from off the mountain top would gently fan our 5, brow and then we would feel that it - was not quite as hot as we thought. But some times we wonder how it is Ll that you town people don't melt be y tween those brick walls where you are - hid from this mountain breeze and get - noth,ig but the hot- sun rays. We e guess its because you get the ice cream while we get the breeze. But, Mr. e Editor, this has not, been the only sub n ject of our thoughts to-day. Our gthoughts have kinder wandered round e as we panted and sighed for another it breeze, until we struck a tremendous ,a thought, one that makes us wonder e bow it is that all people are not happy. e Thbat's been the subject of our thoughts e all day long, and the only conclusion i that we have reached on the subject is d the one that we have gleaned from the .s fields by years of past experience. 3 Men are not happy because they will s it so. They murmur and fret their ylives away when they could be happy .if they would. We have learned by r . ears of experience that life is just r what we choose to make it. Now we ydon't mean by this to convey the idea t~ to your mind that men must not neces . sarily have adversities, and at times e have their visions clouded by the sor rows of this life, for we do believe that r the good Lord never intended man in 's his fallen state to be perfectly happy o and have no sorrows. For if this were d the case we would make no effort to .e reach our heavenly home. And besides d this, ifwe had no sorrows in this life d we could not, in our depraved state, enjoy as fully the happiness that we d gather through life as we do. So that r the sorrows and crosses of this life tend in a great measure to prepare us for a d fuller enjoyment of the happiness that .it is our privilege to glean from the e fields of this life as we pass on to the life f beyond the skies. But we must not . let the sorrow rob us of all the sweets, d so that we look only for thorns and s thistles and forget the pleasures that l cluster around thbem. Thbere is no sor n row in this life that is not more than d counter-balanced boy happiness if we d only choose to search for it. So we . state that life is what we choose to make it. It's ours to gather wIld ro'es a that have been scattered by the band of God among the thorns and thistles, . but if we choose we can gather all thorns and no roses. So, then, we e should be careful as we pluck the roses . tbat we leave the thorns. Some peo e pIe gather thorns and thistles all their Slives because they choose to do it. and d then complain that their lot in life has been that of sadness because It was so decreed at first that they should not b glean in fields of roses. But let us all remember that God has strewn all of our fields in this life with roses and if we fail to find the roses it's because we s are satisfied with the thorns and this d tIes. Then we should hunt for the . roses that are scattered among the v thorns, and if by chance we should pluck a thorn with our rose, remember d the sweetest rose has its thorns. ~.Thus we may spend our lives in gath Iering roses or in gathering thorns. r But if we strive to gather only roses we Sare sure to have plenty of thorns. "RusTIcUs." A Prominent Lady Arrested P much attention at a Washington ball by her remarkable appearance of health. The glow of health and the charm of d beauty need not depart from so many women, when a certain remedy exists - Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for their, functional and organic diseases. d It properly cures nausea, indigestion, s bloating, weak ~6ack, nervous pros . tration, debility and sleeplessness. y Strength is renewed,'energy returns, and beauty again bloonls. It is purely d vegetable and perfeotly harmless. nruggIsts have it. ASSESSMENT OF REAL JMTATE. The Board of Equalization Finishes Its Work-Town and County Treated Exact ly Alike-5 per cent. Added to the As sesstnents in Twenty-five Coun ties-and 2 per cent. in the Other Ten Counties. [Special to News and Courier.j COLUMBIA, July 12 -The State board of equalization, at its morning session made the preliminary equalization of a number- of counties. The third and fourth divisions were taken up and passed upon, and as matters now stand the increases and deductions made on the assessments as reported by the county auditors are: Beaufort, 10 per cent. reduction; Berkeley, 10 per cent. reduction; Georgetown, 10 per cent. re duction; Horry, 5 per cent. increase; Marion, 10 per cent increase; Sumter, 12 per cent. increase; Williameburg, 2 per cent increase; Clarendon, 7 per cent. increase; Edgefield, 10 per cent. increase; Orangeburs, 20 per cent. in crease; Chesterfield 5 percent. increase; Lexington, 10 per cent. incresse; Ker shaw, 8 per cent. increase; Fairfield, 8 per cent increase, Pickens, 10 per cent increase, Anderson, 4 per cent. re duction on buildingR in country only; Oconee, 10 per cent increase; Laurens, 4 per cent increase. The other counties, including Char leston, Spartanburg and Greenville, remain the same as reported by the county authorities. The following resolution was passed during the morning.session: Resolved, That when a per cent. is added or deducted to any county it shall apply to all real property in such county unless the county be specified. This makes it the policy of the board to make no discrimination in the classes of property. The returns in the hands of the board, upon which this basis is made and which includes real estate in cities and towns, the buildings thereon, and the real estate not in cities and towns, is as follows: Abbeville.................... .......$ 4,111,485 Aiken........................... ...... 3,146,781 Anderson............................ 3.528,956 Barnwell............................. 3,713,025 Beaufort.................. ........... 1,957,255 Berkeley..................... 2,612,456 Charleston........................... 13,095,088 Chester................................ 2,159,175 Chesterfield......................... 848,105 Clarendon ........................... 1,364,140 Colleton ............... 2.107,568 Darlington ............. 2.341,465 Edgefield ............................ 3,871,040 Fairfield .................... ........ 1.959,919 Florence.............................. 1,984.610 Georgetown......................... 1,263,800 Greenville.......... ................. 4,242,540 Hampton........ .................. 1,015,666 Horry ................................. 829.907 Kershaw...........................,. 1,689,340 Lancaster............................ 1.154,578 Laurens .............................. 2,524,930 Lexington....................... 1,658,050 Marion ................ 2,511,657 M arlboro ............................. 1,707,925 Newberry......... .................. 2,756,450 Oconee.. ............................. 1,366.670 Orangeburg ........................ 3,492,770 Pickens........................ ...... 1,048,338 Richland ............................ 4.200,650 Spartanburg ....................... 5,098,320 Sum ter ............................... 3,416,600 U nion................................. 1,959,660 Williamsburg...................... 1249,472 York ................................... 3,288,130 Totals ...........$95,276,241 It is interesting to note that the ag gregate assessment of real estate for pre vious years has been: 1890......................$88,113,453 1891............................90,217,573 1892.......................91,367,859 1893.......................... 95 899,181 1894 (as returned)........... 95,276,241 Mr. Norton, who is secretary of the board, says that if the preliminary ac tion of the board holds that the total assessed value of property would be about $170,000,000, just what it was last y ear. He figure. It ofit in this way: Relestate............... $ 95,000,000 Personal property.......... 52,000,000 Railroad property......,. 23,000,000 Total...............$170,000,000 He aliows a decrease of one and a half millions on personal property and a million dollars decrease on railroad property from last year. The net as sesment of last year and the changes contemplated by the board, as expressed in the preliminary arrangement, he thought would leave the real estate assessment at $95,000,000. * * * * , The general raise as accepted stands. The districts will be as follows: First-Beau fort, Colleton, Charles ton, Hampton, Berkeley, Georgetown, Horry and Williamsburg, 5 per cent increase. Second-Barnwell,Orangeburg,Sum tr, Darlingtion, Marion, Marlboro, Florence and Edgefield 5 per eent in crease. Third-Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Kershaw, Lancaster, Chesterfield, in crease of 5 per cent. Fourth-Anderson, Abbeville, New berry, Laurens, Greenville, Spartan burg, Chester, York, Pickens and Oconee, in :rease of 2 per cent. These general increases are to be added to the special increases which were made by way of preliminary equalization. Chesterfield say had .5 per cent added to its return on the first change and 5 per cent on the general increase and so on. The only increase on Charleston is the 5 per cent for the general equalization. Edgegeld got 10 per cent inerease during the day and 5 on the general increase. Around and About St. Philip's. Cotton is looking well in this section. Good rains have benefited the corn crop. Mr. Sease has been through this com munity with his thresher and has given each wheat raiser a good "thrashing" just what many more of us need. Thursday, 26th instant, has been ap pointed as the time for having the Sunday school celebration. The place, St. Philip's. Some of our young men met last Saturday evening and organized a base ball club. They played awhile and did well as beginners. They intend to play again on Saturday evening, July 21. It seems that our appeal in our first "Dots," for the young men of this com munity to organize clubs, societies, etc., for the purpose of improving and exer cising the mind and body, has not been entirely in vain, for we have the base ball club now. Can't the young men go on and revive their old debating society. It always afforded us a good deal of pleasure to hear the boys ex press their opinions on the various and interesting subjects which they always had on hand. '.The patro'ns of St. Philip's Acad emy met Thpraday evening the 5th and a ppointed Mr. ,J. C. Chalmers anid ais Lilla Kihier as teachers. School' will on next Monay. T . I DECLINES TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR J GOVERNOR. Hon. George D. Tillman Thinks Edgefield V lRepresented We.] Enough Without His a Taking Part In the Campaign. ] Editor Register: I ask space in your t paper to publish this letter. I am not a candidate for Governor, and as I am tired of writing separate private letters to that effect, I hope this public re- t sponse will suffice for a reply to num erous unanswered solicitations from strong men of all political factions, more or less, residing in Dearly every county in the State, urging me to enter the gu bernatorial race. To say nothing- of being very, very S busy with farming operations and re building my dwelling house which was recently burned, many other reasons concur to prevent me from standing for Governor, only one of which I will t mention, deeming it all sufficient. I am not one of those who seem to thin k that Edgeield and four of its ad joining counties are the State of South Carolina, and therefore it occurs to me that the eternal fitness of things forbid a an EdgE-field roan shou: run for Gov- a ernor i the pending canvass. Edge field may produce all the Ctesars and six-se-enths of- the thirty-four other counties may furnish most of th e underlings of South Carolina, still I 1 cannot divest myself of the belief that 5 a majority of the other counties like wise have good material, some of 8 then an abundance of it, for making y Senators, Congressmen, Judges, Gov- 4 ernors, or State House officers. tk Remembering the many high places th Edgefield men (including myself) have cc filled since 1876. and considering that she now has a United Stateb Senator, a A C.,ngressman, a Governor and a Cir cuit Judge actually in office, while at the same time she has two candidates N for the.Senate, one candidate for Con- of gress, one candidate for Lieutenant C Governor, one candidate for Secretary h of State and still another candidate for cc Railroad Commissioner, if I were to ei come out for Governor also I fear thou- A sands of modest men would marvel at di such audacious impudence. pl This geographical argument in favor gi of assigning honorable civil distinctions fe to different localities, is something akin ai to ajust proportion or rotation, is usual- a ly all powerful and it cannot be long bi ere most of the underling counties of a the State shall assert their natural sen- T timent of self-respect and reciprocal p( equality in awarding political honors. tt Hence, I do not care to provoke too b much the fatigued indignation of the g, supposed underlings, who, sooner or gg later, according to the law of all reac- se tions, shall surely combine to retaliate against Edgefield, and wben that revul- a sion comes, as come it must, or else all t< bistory is a lie, a generation or two will ai likely have to pass before another Edge- d field man shall be able to get any p08i- T tion outside of his county, n .In other words, I cannot stand for ti Governor now, because I have a too ai lively sense of the indecency of a few ai counties, or a few families, or the same county, or the same family, at the same time attempting to monopolixe the best offices of the State. I sincerely thank my many zealous P friends in all parts of South Carolina el for their generous confidence and cor- of dial -assurances of support, and deeply W regret that I cannot comply with their O wishes at this time: b G. D. TILLMAN.W Im ARE THEY PASSING AWAY? f A Writer says that the Confederate Briga- } diers in Congress are Few in Numnber. O [From the Augusta Chronicle.] p The men who enjoyed prominence in the military and civil service of the T Confederacy are rapidly passing from the arena of national politics. .Belown is a record of such as are still in active life at Washingon;a The senior United States Senator from Alabama, John T. Morgan, was a Brigadier-General in the Confederate o~ army; and her other Senator, James L. I Pugh, was a member of the Confedrate G Congress. Hon. .Joseph Whee'er, who attained the rank of Lieutenant- Gen- J4 eral in the Confederate service, has for twelve years been the representative.in 12 Congress from the Eighth Alabama at district. - la The senior Senator from Georgia, hb John B. Gordon, was likewise a re Lieutenant-General ini the army of the p Confederacy. The Hon. Edward C. Walthall of Ci Mississippi, a .Major-General in the Conderate service, and of late the ~ junior United States Senator from his J native State, while not now in active b politics, having resigned for th.e balance I of his present term in the upper House, ta has been elected for and is confidently C~ expected to take his seat in that as honorable body in March, ]895. The senior United States Senator from Missouri, Francis M. Cockrell, T was a Brigadier-General in the Con- DJ federate army; and the other Senator tI from that commonwealth, George G. A Vest, beld positioins in both Houses of the Confederate Congress. F The present senior United States & Senators from both North and South re Carolina, Mat t W. Ransom and M. C. w Bu'tler, were Major-Generals in the Confederate service-.t The Representatives from Tennessee 01 in the upper House of Congress are G Isham G.- Harris, the senior, and p1 William R. Bate, who is the junior se Senator from that commonwealth. w The first mentioned was a war Gover- ps nor of his native State, and the last tli named was a Major-General in the n< Confederate army. til And lastly, Eppa Hunton, who saw er service as Brigadier-General in the ro Confederate army, at present occupies ed the position of junior Senator fiom ea Virginia in the Congress of the United States. Thus do we perceive that of the. mulititude of thbose who distinguished ki themselves in the military and civil th annals of the Confderacy only twelve St remain in national balls, upholding in de the presen t, as they strove to do in thbe past, the right and interests of the section of which they are the honored sb Bepresentatives. gr CHARLEs EDGEWoRTH JONES. H AtUGUsTA, GA., June 25. co soME OF THEM STILL LEFT.y [New York Sun.] re The twelve names mentioned by Mr. Jones do not make a complete list of those "who distinguished themselves in the military and civil annals of thbe Confederacy" and who "remain in Is national halls upholding in the present, e as they strove to do in the past, the - rights and interests of the section of at wich they are thbe honored representa- to tives." S Confederate soldiers distinguished co themselves in lower grades of military wi rank than that of Brigadier-General. cli In Mr. Jones' list we find no mention of Senator George, whbo was a Briga dier-General of Mississippi troops; of ca Sator Taniel, Adjutant-O-"neral on .gr ubal Early's staff: of Senator Roger . Mills, formerly Colonel of the tenth .exas; of Senator Berry of Arkansas, vho got to be a Second Lieutenant, rd lost a leg at Corinth; of Senators ones of Arkansas, Blackburn and ,indsay of Kentucky, and Pasco of 'lorida, all of whom distinguished hemselves on the South side during be war. Nor does the historian of Con federate urvivors take account of the fifty bree Confederate Veterans besides ren. Wheeler of Alabama who are iembers of the House of Representa ves in the Fifty third Congress, icluding eight Colonels and Lieuten. nt-Colonels. The fact is that from the thirteen tates of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, eorgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis ssppi, Missouri, North Carolina, outh Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and 'irginia, not less than seventy-six of ie present Senators and Representa ves served on the Confederate side uring the war of the rebellion. The total representation of these tates is only 142, so that considerably tore than half of the whole number re Confederate Veterans, survivors of tual service in the tield against the nion. When we consider that almost irty years have elapsed since the )d of the war, and that many South n States and districts are now repre nted by men who were bables when ie fighting was on, the proportion of >uthern military and naval heroism ?t in Congress is remarkable. It introls the Southern Dem6ratic vote, ie Southern Democratic vote controls , e majority party, and the majority tntrols legislation. .tesian Water from Granite Bed-A Point Dr for Newberry. The Rock Hill correspondent of the ews and Courier says: "The trustees the Winthrop Normal and Training :llege have settled the question as to )w they are to obta'p a supply of pure ild water for the -arge number they :pect to have in their institution. fter much discussion and correspon mce it was decided to try the plan -oposed by Mr. Knox, hydraulie en neer of Morganton, N. C. Aftpr a w unsuccessful trials Mr. Knox struck i Artesian flow at a distance of about quarter of a mile from the college zilding. The water flows freeiy from number of pipes driven into thevein. bis is located in a stratum of decom >sed granite, the water escaping irough a crevice in the stratum of irder granite beneath. Mr. Knox iarantees a flow of sixty thousand dlons per day, and is positive that venty-two thousand can be. reached. "The strength of th-e current of water it rises from this crevice is sufficient make the overlying soil unsteady id boggy. This will be drained by awing off the water through pipes. be depth of the well is less than forty ne feet, hard granite being reached at at distance. The water is clear, cold id of good taote, but is now being ialyzed by the State chemist." 1,000 Damages. Ever since the opening of the sum er session, the Court of Common leas of Richland County has been !gaged in the hearing of the suit Mrs. Walling against the Con Lree Construction Company for $10, 0 damages for the killing of her bus Lnd. Much of the time so at first as consumed in the argument of the otion for a non-suit made by the de udant's attorneys and overruled by e judge. Tbe case has been in the courts for ree years. Mr. Walling was killed the Columbia, Newberry and Lan ns Railroad in rear of the McKellar ace near Newberry in December, 91, while the road was being built. be first trial resulted in a verdict for ,000. An appeal was taken and the 'xt time it was heard a mistrial was tered. The Supreme Court granted new trial and this is the third which as conducted. The jury brought a verdict of $8,000 for the plaintiff. i last Thursday, after beipg out forty mnutes. od Anywhere You Put Him. That's what a correspondent of the >hnston Monitor says: "We hear that our young friend, S. eG. Simkins, astonished the natives Blease's (Cross Roads on Saturday st, making one of the best efforts of s life. Well, Me is like the nigger's bbit, any way-.good any where you it him." ipt. Bouknight Wins Again. In the case of Capt. J. H. Bouknight the R. & D. R. R. Company, a suit r damages, which was heard recently fore the Supreme Court at Columbia, e action of the circuit court was sus med and a judgment of $10,000 for ipt. Bouknight has been entered ainst the road, and it is said the oney will be paid over shortly. The public is familiar with this case. aree or four years ago Capt. Bouk gbt had his foot ssverely crushed be teen the cars at the Union depot in ugusta. Sheppard Bros., of Edge 'Id, Eugene F. Verdery and Win. H. eming, of Augusta, were engaged to ~ht the case for Capt. Bouknight. The suIt is foretold in the above. hat It Really Was. Everybody does not understand why e Southern 1hailway Company paid 1ly $100,000 for the Columbia and reenville Road. The matter is ex aiued by The State. The road was Id under t,be first mortgage bonds bich amount to $2,000,000. The price id also includes debts contracted by e receivers, the amount of which is >t known. Most of the bonds men >sed are in possession of the South n Company. The price paid for the ad is therefore, more than represent by the 8100,000 bid which bought ch line. rler-Jenkins. Mr. A. R.. Parler and Miss Lula Jen us, daughter of Mr. M. J. Jenkins, of e Elloree section, were married on inday morning 8th, at the resi nce or the bride's father. The county commissioners of Ker aw at their meeting last Friday, a.nted a petition for help for Mr. John Kirby. of the eastern section of the unty. Mr. Kirby is said to be 115 ars of age, and another thing quite narkable ahout him is that he has t his third set of teeth.-Wateree essenger. That Tired Feeling a dangerous condition directly due depleted or impure blood, It should t be allowed to continue, as in its oility the system is especislly liable serious attacks of illness. Hood's reaparilla is the remedy for such a udition, and also for that weakness Pich prevails at the change of se'ason, mate or life. I EIOOD's PILLS are purely vegetable, i refully prepared from the best in-. 1 ARE THEY DISCONTENTED? Some Mutterings of a Storm which Do Not Seem to Amount to Anything. [The News and Courier.1 COLUMBIA, S. C,, July 10.-The State "Reform" Executive Committee met here to-day, and to put it.mildly, there is a whole lot of fuming and fu sing about the capitol. There is plenty of talk about an abominable ring in the Reform movement. There are suggestions that Governor Tillman and John Gary Evaus and a few others are having thing too much their own way. The mutterings that some thing "is going to drop" are becomieg frequent and loud. The Alliance men bereabouts are pretty sick, and if they only felt that they were as strong as they are credited vith being they would pick up their heads and get right into the fight. Well, what is all the trouble about? Simply this: There were a great many Reformers who thought It the best and only thing for the good of the move ment to have ageneral primary for the selection of State officers, inasmuch as the.Conservatives did not intend run ning a candidate and were Democrats who were entitled to a voice in the 4election of candidates. Now it was again demonstrated that theJohn Gary ECvans faction, some say through the influence of Governor Tillman, has con, trol of the "Reform" Committee,which is something known as the Colleton Idea committee. They say that Gary vans and opposition factions went into the convention with every expec ation of fighting to a finish. For some reason long before the vote came the ,lose corporation side, which wanted 3othing but simon pure "Reformers" .o have a say in the selettion of candi lates, showed that they neld the win 3ing hand. Then iLe other side .hought a precedent had already been stablished; tbt a call had alreddy one out for a "Reform" primary, and or various and sundry other reasons vhen the time come to vote the general ,rimary fellows found that they had a ighty small vote, although some of hem afterward said that they thought general primary would have been for ;be good of the movement, but that ,hey could not afford to take such Letion because of various dangers, hich when analyzed, were more or ess personal. The committee's refusal o grant the request ef candidates for a eneral primary will no doubt please tohn Gary Evans and his allies, but !rom what can be heard it has put the Janger signal out. This does not mean that the Ellerbe people will bolt, or that they have any idea of doing such a thing. The fact is .hat the Ellerbe people now say that 'hey are going to wia, hands down, no matter how the eleetion is held. The irgument goes further, that the contest ror Governoris now practically between Ellerbe and Evans, as the refusal to Zrant a general primary has put a cold bath on the chances of Pope and Tin lal. It looks very much from the way that the Reformers are putting it that the Evans side has the endorsement of rillman and Irby, while the Ellerbe race is to be run with the endorse ment of the leaders of the Alliance as an offset. This is going~ to decide whether the Allianee need hereafter be ounted at all as a factor in State polities, and whether the little rings that are doing work are more powerful than the Alliance organization. The %pplication for the primary. to be ex tended to the State officers was a kind of compromise. The committee said that it could not act in the matter as it bad only been authorized to act on the Governorship and Lieutenant Gover norship, but asked the clubs to instruct their delegates whether they wanted the "Reform'" convention to suggest the nominations on which the "Re rormers" are to go into the general primary. This is the plan of the Evans side. Debe. Does he own the Earth. Dr merely the United States of America? [f he does Where in thunder did he get it at? And how? [f he is running the 3overnment, What does he want to side-track it for? why does he desire to blow rbe cylinder-head out of the Consti tution And burst a cog in the by-laws? Did he ever hear of the Declaration of Independence, [ wonder,. And that all men are born With some sort of rights Phat others ought to respect ['o some slight extent? Would he pull the tail feathers out of Phe American Eagle if it dared to squawk Against the A. R. U.? Be would )r slug Uncle Sam if it rode in a Pullman? f'ou ba. What are we here for? ro submit to Debs, )r submit to law? :f eternal vigilance if the ?rice of Liberty, What is the price of Debsism? And how much of it do we get? f we are a nation, WVe must be an abomination :n the Debsistic eye, and we ought to be ditched. Lin't that so? 3oes be give a damn for ['he Union o long as his little 'icayunion omes out on top? Vhy doesn't he take a tumble to him self and give the rest of the country a chance for its white alley? Yhat has this great and glorious Republic of ours iver done to him? sa it Pullman or 'atriotism .Vhich actuates him? s he what our fore-fathers 'ought, bled, and died to establish? )r is he Debs, ~Ierely Debs? -New York Sun. Major E. B. iMray of Anderson, viho was drowned Saturday, had his ife insured for $17,000, divided as allows: Mutual Reserve, $10,000: Equit able, $.5,000; A. 0. U. W., $2,000 hIajor Murray was the son of Rev. cott Murray, and was born in New erry in 1854. 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